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Insurgency: Terrorists, their sponsors won't see New Year, Pastor Adeboye
- Terrorists in Nigeria and their sponsors will not see 2021
- This was the prophecy of Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the RCCG
- Adeboye on Sunday, October 4, stated that the dreaded criminal elements have until the end of 2020 to repent
According to the prophecy of Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG) in Lagos on Sunday, October 4, terrorists and their sponsors have until the end of 2020 to repent.
Pastor Adeboye during a thanksgiving service at the Throne of Grace Church in Lagos prayed and prophesied that those who fuel terrorism in Nigeria will not get the chance to see 2021, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye (Photo credit: Vanguard)
During his prophetic declaration, the Christian cleric prayed:
"Where they say there is no way, God will arise and make a way for Nigeria and everyone. Any form of stagnation in Nigeria will come to an end and every terrorist and their sponsors will not see the new year in Jesus."
This is why Nigeria may break up - Pastor Adeboye sends warning to FG
Adeboye also called on his congregation to thank God for the victory he gave over the coronavirus pandemic which has ravaged the entire world.
His words:
"We thank God for the victory over Coronavirus and we pray that the victory will be total and permanent. We also pray that God will help us to be united and let our tomorrow be alright."
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Defence Headquarters had said that 13 Boko Haram terrorists alongside six women and 17 children from Kodila village had surrendered to troops of 151 Task Force Battalion at Banki junction in Bama local government area of Borno state.
Legit.ng gathered that the coordinator, Defence media operations, Major-General John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, September 27, in Abuja.
Enenche said the terrorists surrendered due to sustained aerial bombardment and aggressive intensive clearance operation by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in the northeast.
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He said the suspects and their family members who surrendered on Saturday, September 26, had been receiving medical attention at a military medical facility.
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I DIDN'T SPEAK AT THE FUNERAL By Ashe Vernon
I DIDN'T SPEAK AT THE FUNERAL
My father was a Man of God.
My father was a liberal,
pot smoking hippie who cursed like a sailor
and knew two dozen ways to kill a man
with his bare hands—my father was a pastor.
And he had a white-knuckled grip on faith that
I do not fully understand, but
he preached gospel like
him and Jesus were old buddies who
snuck out and went drinking together—
the bail-each-other-out-of-jail kind of friends.
He held hands and broke bread;
he had a way of making a
congregation feel like a family.
He believed in heaven
more surely than I have
ever believed in anything.
My father was just a man.
He had a lot of rage in him.
And when the pills stacked higher
than the pages of a hymnal, he
went looking for god with a spade
and a shovel, he
dug the gospel out of me. Tell me,
what do you call a washed up preacher
too sick and feeble to do the lord's bidding?
Well. I don't know what you'd call him, but
I called him Dad.
He had a lot of names for me and
one of them was Ungrateful but
it was hard to be thankful for
the shaking shadow of all the things
my father used to be. See,
my father was a sickness
in a suit of skin. Some days, he
was more pain than person and
he made sure we all knew about it.
I did not grow up in a quiet home.
There was no room for heaven at
the kitchen table, we
had to save a seat for
Pain and one for Loss and
two for all his medications.
They say absence makes the heart
grow fonder and
my relationship with my father
made a lot more sense
after I lost him.
Death makes a space for forgiveness.
There's lots of space in my parent's house
without him.
I was never on first name basis with
my dad's idea of god, but for all that
hurting he held in his hands,
my father was a good man.
Even if he was hard to live with.
And he was hard to live with. Dad,
I am still learning how to forgive you.
I'm getting better at it. But you
were an angry, stubborn son-of-a-bitch and
I guess that runs in the family. And sometimes
it's fucking infuriating to take after someone
you want to be mad at but
I am my father's daughter. And
And, if your god is up there, then
I hope he's playing old blues,
smoking Marlboro reds—
telling dirty jokes and singing
hand-me-down gospel with you.
By Ashe Vernon
Ashe Vernon is a produced playwright, an actor, and a poet. She's been writing for as long as she can remember, but found poetry when she most needed it. She recently graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a degree in theatre and gender studies. Before she hits the job market with her oh-so-impressive fine arts degree, Ashe is spending the summer on tour doing spoken word with her best friend and partner in crime. Her first book of poetry, Belly of the Beast, was published by Words Dance Publishing and her second, Wrong Side of a Fist Fight, will be coming out through Where Are You Press, this July. She spends most of her time writing her way out of dark places, and looking to the stars. Ashe has featured in venues across Texas, such as The Standpipe Coffee House in Lufkin, Nacogdoches Literary Readings, and Love Jonz Spoken Jazz, in Duncanville. She has placed first at WriteAboutNow in Houston and her work has been published in Word Dance Magazine, and volumes one and two of the Literary Sexts anthologies. Ashe has no concept of the term "inside-voice" and spends every waking hour with her giant bear-cub of a cat. She plans on moving to a big city and covering herself with tattoos. It's going pretty well, so far.
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'Civil War' Delivers a Balanced Story and Emotional Impact
Spoilers discussed but not really mentioned in detail.
The first time I saw Captain America: Civil War in theaters, I had my doubts about whether or not it actually was a Captain America movie. It doesn't feel like Cap gets a lot of depth because there is so much else going on. The plot and exposition is really about the buildup to the two main battles at the end. However, it is still a Captain America movie because the events in this film shape the mantle of Captain America and how Steve Rogers carried it. While I and lots of other fans are disappointed because we wanted more resolution for Steve and Bucky's stories, the ensemble of characters was still balanced, even with the show-stealing introductions of Spider-man and Black Panther.
This entry was posted in Fandoms, Marvel, Movies, Reviews and tagged Avengers, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Captain America 3, Captain America Civil War, Iron Man, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Movies, Steve Rogers, The Winter Soldier on May 13, 2016 by Lizy Cole.
5 Predictions for Captain America: Civil War
We are just a couple of weeks away from the premier of Captain America: Civil War, so I thought it would be fun to make a few predictions about what will happen in the film. I've done this in the past with other films, and one time, my crazy theory was even right. We'll see how I do this time around. Let's get to it.
This entry was posted in Marvel and tagged Captain America, Civil War, Iron Man, MCU, Spider-Man on April 20, 2016 by Jake Dietz.
A 'Pepperony' Apperciation
"Where are the ladies?" Maria Hill teasingly asks at the Avengers Tower Gala in Age of Ultron. Thor explains that Jane Foster is off lecturing the world about the science behind the Convergence. Tony Stark, less convincingly, says that Pepper is off running a company. Why is it I buy Thor's excuse more than Tony's? Because at the end of Iron Man 3 Tony and Pepper were very happily together. I can see Jane putting her relationship with Thor on hold for her career. But having been with the MCU since Phase 1, Tony without Pepper is like eating pancakes without syrup: it's still edible and delicious but it's not complete. No discussion of Tony's character is complete without including her (but let's face it, my last Iron Man post was already pretty crammed). If anything, Pepper's absence was one of the many reasons Age of Ultron felt "off" to me as a fan.
This entry was posted in Fandoms, Marvel and tagged Age of Ultron, Captain America 3, Captain America Civil War, Iron Man, The Avengers on February 11, 2016 by Lizy Cole.
Being Geeky and Gifted
I want to talk about scifif/fantasy and disability. Unlike Jake, who wrote a great article on this topic, I want to focus specifically on the disabilities that aren't usually seen on the outside–mental illness and social/emotional disorders. And also, unlike Jake, I'm coming from the perspective of someone who has it.
When I was in eighth grade, I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. And when I was a college sophomore, I went through a period of severe depression and found out that I also had OCD. I sort of always knew I had OCD, but I really struggled to deal with my depression. I wish I had known more about alternative treatments like marijuana and CBD oil, which are becoming increasingly more acceptable as a treatment for depression. Nowadays, you can visit your doctor and ask for a medical marijuana card (click here to learn more) and if they believe it will be beneficial for you, they can prescribe it. Marijuana has become that popular for medical purposes, such as treating depression, that it can now even be ordered online and delivered to the door using a site like Budexpressnow. Having done extensive research on this sort of thing more recently, I have also discovered that magic mushrooms (or shrooms) in particular could made a big difference to how I was feeling at the time. If you are interested in trying this, make sure you know the correct shrooms dosage to have. It's always best to start low and build it up until you start to feel some respite from your depression.
I have always been labeled as a creative, intelligent person, and I am an unabashed geek. A lot of the friends that I had in high school and college (mostly college) fall into the same category. In my own struggles with depression and OCD, I've found out that some of those same friends have struggled with some form of mental illness, mostly depression but also ADD. I know some have sought therapy with someone like this new york psychotherapist, and others are trying to manage on their own. Maybe there's other stuff we don't talk about.
This entry was posted in Fandoms, Harry Potter, Marvel and tagged Avengers, Fandom, Harry Potter, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, Marvel, Star Wars VII on November 6, 2015 by Lizy Cole.
Why Captain America Isn't Perfect
This is part 3 of the 3-part Road to Civil War series.
WARNING! SPOILERS FOR ANT-MAN BELOW. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
The question everyone seems to be asking is why the Civil War installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe a Captain America movie? The truth is, we won't have all the answers until it comes out. However, here are some of my thoughts from what we've heard about the plot and based on my observations of Steve Rogers.
Captain America as a Leader
At the end of The Avengers: Age of Ultron, we see Captain America squarely in charge of a new Avengers team. The actions of this team under his leadership will lead to the debate over the regulation of superheroes.
If you want to fight with Captain America, you better do it his way
Marvel via Film School Rejects
Steve Rogers thinks of himself first and foremost as a soldier, but he has always been a leader. I f people expect Captain America to lead them, then he expects them to work like an army does. In Captain America: The First Avenger, he is the unquestioned leader of the Howling Commandos, and even the directors of the Strategic Scientific Reserve look to him to lead the fight against Hydra. We don't see much of the men who followed him aside from Bucky, but I think he had a good working relationship with these guys that probably set his expectations for similar experiences a little high.
When Captain America goes to work for S.H.I.E.L.D., the situation is far from ideal. What Steve Rogers expects from those who work with him is trust. He prefers to know what other people are doing and what's going on, whereas Nick Fury thinks it's safer to "compartmentalize" assignments and secrets. Finding out that S.H.I.E.L.D. was controlled by Hydra is the last straw. From then on, Captain America doesn't want to be in a position where he isn't calling the shots. Being in control is Steve's way of coping with the fact that he can't trust other people's motives.
Cap in the Age of Ultron
Steve decides to take out the remnants of Hydra, but it is unclear whether he asked the other Avengers for help or if they volunteered. But destroying Hydra is Steve's project, so they let him decide what they do. To an extent they consider him the leader, and he may even think of himself as one.
Tony Stark referred to Captain America as "the boss" at one point during Age of Ultron, but Tony doesn't treat him the way Steve expects he would if he really thought that. In The Avengers Tony is condescending and even resentful toward him. After the two work together for some time, there's a little more respect and even some liking. Yet Steve expects that the other Avengers follow his directions and not do anything to jeopardize them or their mission. Tony Stark does his own thing. And Steve mistrusts Tony for this.
Tony wanted to see Cap's dark side: well, he got what he asked for.
Marvel via Transparent Things
Steve is more concerned at first about preventing Ultron from causing more problems. But then Wanda Maximoff warns Steve the being Ultron was creating with the Mind Stone could be put to use by Tony Stark—and Steve takes it very poorly. His only thought is to prevent Tony from creating another Ultron, and he's offended that Tony's attitude and behavior are hurting the team as well as the world. Civil War as good as almost started over Vision's cradle.
It would be wrong to say that Steve isn't sad to see the breakup of the original Avengers. But at the same time I think he's looking forward to working with the new team that has come together, probably more or less at his invitation. He has an advantage with this new team because he can set new terms for their working relationship. He can teach them how to work together, trust each other, and rely on each other in ways that the original Avengers never could: the way he wants them to.
So one of the hard parts of Civil War will be watching all of Steve's hopes and expectations for the new Avengers go down the drain.
A Product of War
Captain America was created to fight a war that, for the rest of the world, ended seventy years ago. But the war never ended for Steve, and the best thing he can think of doing is continuing to fight.
The things we think are temporary may end up being permanent.
Marvel via DarlingStewie.com
During World War II, all civilian resources—food, clothing, and even entertainment—were redirected to the military and to mustering support for the war effort. It was a time period when people ate, slept, and breathed war. Cap went on the ice. The rest of the world had time to transition, but Steve didn't. So a part of him still eats, sleeps, and breathes war because he didn't get to see it end. And whatever closure he thinks he has—Hydra being vanquished, for instance—is an illusion.
When he got up, furthermore, he was asked almost right away to help save the world from Loki. Steve never intended to be Captain America for the rest of his life, but that's what nearly everyone else wants him to be. So he has chosen to be a superhero: that is "home" for Steve now. And if it is his job to keep the world safe, then he will do whatever he thinks is right to get the job done. His job from the war, stopping Hydra, was left undone, so he is going to finish it. And his mind, it is an army—in this case, the Avengers—that is the best chance of stopping Hydra.
Doing the Right Thing as a Weakness
A lot of people don't see why Steve had to crash the Valkyrie at the end of The First Avenger. My explanation is that Steve didn't want the world to have access to the Hydra weapons or technology that was on that plane: Hydra was so evil that he wanted to destroy it and every evil thing it created. And, of course, he held Hydra responsible for Bucky's "death."
A good captain goes down with the ship, right?
Marvel via Cinemablend
Steve does whatever he thinks is right at all costs, and if you disagree with him about what it takes to keep the world safe, then he is not giving you the benefit of a doubt.
In Captain America: Civil War, Steve will encounter a serious barrier to his goal of fighting Hydra just as Hydra is regaining strength, and his attitudes and choices in that time will put him in conflict with Iron Man and other superheroes. And then we have the Ant-man post-credit scene. From the dialogue and other inferences about the situation, we know that Bucky Barnes turning up again in this manner only complicates an already difficult situation. But why did Marvel choose to show this scene in particular? Steve wants to help his best friend, at whatever cost to himself, and if he has to break the rules—if he has to fight Tony Stark—to do so, needless to say it's going to get ugly.
How far will Steve go to make sure he doesn't lose his friend again?
Marvel via Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
Bucky is the only thing Steve has from the life he used to know: before he was a soldier, before ANYTHING. If Steve can save Bucky, then he will be able, in some small way, to "come home." It isn't right this time: it's personal.
But Steve, however, will put his personal happiness on the line to do what he thinks is right. I am prepared at this point to accept the possibility that Steve might even die in Civil War. What I am really worried about is, can Steve put up with all of this and still be a good person?
That's the best speculation I can give you for now. But of course, it could all change the moment the trailer comes out.
This entry was posted in Fandoms, Marvel and tagged Age of Ultron, Avengers, Captain America, Captain America 3, Civil War, Iron Man, Lord of the Rings, Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, The Avengers on September 19, 2015 by Lizy Cole.
In Fairness to Tony Stark
This is Part 2 of the three-part Road to Civil War series
Let me get to the point: Tony Stark is not a villain. Take away his being a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist, and take away the suit, and he is a person just like every one of us who is trying to do his best.
Iron Man is far from my favorite Avenger, but I can't help but admire his wit
(Marvel via Comicbook resources)
Granted, he started out as a billionaire genius whatever. What makes Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, a hero is when he realizes he has caused problems he resolves to fix them, usually with technology. In Iron Man, Stark is captured by terrorists while on a business trip–terrorists that have taken the weapons he designed. His solution is to create an armored suit with which to escape captivity and fight the terrorists, and he resolves to put his technology to better use in the future. In Iron Man 2, Tony Stark is confronted with the dilemma that everyone in the world wants armored suits patterned after his own. But he thwarts the plots of those trying to steal his design and asserts that the suit is rightfully his. Rhodey gets to be War Machine because Tony trusts him, and because Rhodey understands and supports him.
By the end of Iron Man 2, Tony is not approved for the Avengers initiative, but when Loki arrives on the scene in The Avengers, Tony is asked to help–and ends up doing a lot more than he bargained for.
Did Tony not grasp the meaning of "one-way trip" before it was too late?
(Marvel via NCWTV)
Tony doesn't tell the other Avengers that his near-death experience affected him, but it did. By Christmas, Tony has full-swing PTSD. And among other things Tony struggles with in Iron Man 3, Tony wonders how much he can give to keep the world safe. I am writing this post partly because I recently rewatched Iron Man 3 and I got a new insight on Tony. One thing I noticed was the scene in the restaurant where he's talking to Rhodey. He's practically begging Rhodey to let him help against the Mandarin. In the end, Tony realizes that he can't stay away when the rest of the world has problems–not when he has the power to do something.
Tony blows up all of his Iron Man suits, but I don't think he's completely hands-off helping with global security. We do hear in Captain America: The Winter Soldier that he gave some suggestions for the helicarrier turbines. What if that wasn't the only thing he had input on? What if Tony Stark made some behind-the-scenes contributions to the Insight program? If he wasn't going to keep the world safe as Iron Man, then S.H.I.E.L.D. could do it for him through Insight, right?
Well, if that's the case, he was wrong. Insight turned out to be a conspiracy, and Tony was one of the people on Hydra's blacklist. He probably wasn't waiting for Captain America to come to him for help in the fight against Hydra. He was probably already building new Iron Man armor in order to, first and foremost, protect himself.
Marvel via toylab.blogspot.com
By the time Age of Ultron rolls around, Tony has figured out that keeping the world safe isn't a hobby the way he's done it in the past: it's a real chore. But according to Tony, this isn't how the world works. Tony doesn't just leave problems lying around, he fixes them and moves on. If you remember what he says to Steve Rogers/Cap right before the battle of New York: "We are not soldiers." And then when they are at Clint's house, he says, "Isn't that the 'why we fight'? so we get to go home?" Tony does not want to commit to a lifetime of saving the world. And a part of him doesn't quite understand people who would do that–people like Steve Rogers.
What Tony wants is a way to keep the world safe in a hands-off way, something to protect people from the threats on this planet and, most importantly, from outer space. Ultron is the superhero equivalent of a dishwasher or a washing machine, provided that they have been protected with the best coverage plan, from somewhere like this home warranty california company, as how much use can you get out of a broken dishwasher and washing machine? The same thing applies here: it is a technology solution to save labor. When Tony gets the scepter in Sokovia and realizes what it can do, he asks himself, why not put it to use? Why not use it to build Ultron? The Iron Legion he created could only do so much: why not make something better? Coming from Tony's perspective, it was a pretty good idea. It was probably not very well thought-out, but it was worth a try.
But of course, then the AI decided to kill everyone
(Marvel via Collider)
The Avengers keep Ultron from destroying the world, but they created an enormous mess in order to do so. And in the process, Tony also strained the relationships he had with his teammates. I don't think Tony blames himself completely for what happened, but just enough that he feels like he needs to step out of saving the world, at least for a time. He solved the last problem he caused, so now he can go home. But honestly, I have no idea what he could be up to now. It's not like Tony to just sit back. It is a fair guess, though, that Tony is taking a lot of time to think about what happened.
How far will Tony go to solve the problems he creates? (Marvel via residententertainment.com)
So why would Tony get himself involved in whatever mess happens in Captain America: Civil War? What would make him side with the likes of Thunderbird Ross and take arms against Captain America? I think what might happen is that Steve Rogers, as leader of the Avengers, does something that Tony Stark, observing from the sidelines, doesn't like. There might be evidence, in his mind, that the world doesn't need a full-time superhero force, or if it does then such a force should at least have his input. None of that is really bad, it's just Tony doing what he thinks needs to be done. It is Tony seeing the issue of superheroes as a problem he needs to fix. And when he realizes he can't control other superheroes, Tony will believe that Captain America and the people who are close to him need to be stopped, even if it means killing them.
I do not plan on going to the movie theaters next May and seeing Tony Stark as the villain. Hydra will be the real evil at work there, and Iron Man's opposition will just it harder for Captain America to stop Hydra. Captain America: Civil War is about good versus evil, but Iron Man versus Captain America is about regular people caught in a disagreement–because of misunderstanding and, to an extent, deception–and that is what makes a civil war a tragedy.
This entry was posted in Fandoms, Marvel and tagged Age of Ultron, Avengers, Captain America 3, Captain America Civil War, Iron Man, Marve, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers on September 3, 2015 by Lizy Cole.
Team Lineups for 'Captain America: Civil War'
This is Part 1 of the three-part Road to Civil War series.
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, ANT-MAN, AND CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR INCLUDED BELOW. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
I would have been perfectly happy if Marvel hadn't announced anything and we had no idea who was on who's side until next May. But now that we have the names, it's only fair to speculate. I don't know much about the comics so this is entirely based on the movies, the discussions of other online fans, and what we know so far.
Team Iron Man
Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes is Tony Stark's best friend and sidekick. I did ask a fan website what else would motivate him to take Tony's side in this controversy. The response was that Rhodey works for the U.S. government, so he will support whatever the government decides. This didn't make sense to me, but then I remembered the scene in Iron Man 2 where Rhodey took the stolen armor to the Air Force Base. If that doesn't speak volumes about Rhodey's priorities, little else will.
I have never liked Spider-Man, but when they announced that Marvel had bought the rights from Sony to include him in Civil War and reboot him within the existing universe, I decided to deal with it. In the comics, Spider-Man plays an important part in the Civil War story. The film version, however, will differ since we are seeing Peter Parker at the outset of his career. Tom Holland was cast as the teenage webslinger based on how he performed with Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans, so Parker's relationship with the heads of these two factions, specifically with Iron Man, might be crucial. There was also a mock news interview with Scott Lang released as a promo for Ant-Man, and someone on Tumblr mentioned that in the crawl on the bottom of the screen said Tony Stark had established a scholarship for inner-city students. Peter Parker probably looks to Stark as a patron. Given Tony's relationship with Harley in Iron Man 3, Tony Stark looking for a protege makes sense.
Via haxword.com
Vision used to be JARVIS, but I have to scratch my head because Age of Ultron did little to establish how much of JARVIS is left inside of the android. As Vision, however, he might have good personal reasons for siding with Iron Man. Vision states in Age of Ultron, "I am on the side of life." Perhaps Captain America is doing something he finds morally reprehensible.
In the comics, Vision is in a relationship with the Scarlet Witch, but since they are on different sides I wonder if that relationship is ever going to occur, if it hasn't already.
Via picnations.com
Natasha Romanoff making Team Iron Man was certainly a shock. The fandom is disappointed because after everything that she and Steve went through together in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, they seemed to have earned their mutual trust. I for one would have expected her to at least fight on the same team as Hawkeye. We may have to wait and see what Natasha's motivations are more than for the other characters.
Marvel via slashfilm.com
Team Captain America
Scarlet Witch was not involved in Civil War in the comics, and her presence alone indicates that the film is going to be very different, Wanda Maximoff was my new favorite character in Age of Ultron, so I am really happy that she is on Steve's side. It's not surprising, though, because if you remember in Age of Ultron she and Pietro volunteered for Hydra's experiments in the first place because of their grudge against Tony Stark. A part of me says that Wanda hasn't gotten over that. And the twins, if you remember, were close to Clint Barton, it's no surprise that Wanda is sticking with him.
Marvel via thewrap.com
Sam Wilson, of course, is extremely loyal to Steve Rogers. Considering his role in Ant-Man, Sam will be the one recruiting Scott Lang and he may be the one pulling other people to Cap's side. He might even be considered a co-leader of the team. I am interested to see how he will interact with Hawkeye/Clint Barton. They both have superhero names based on birds of prey and so naturally the fandom thinks they belong together. In-between all of the other shenanigans there is a chance we might get to see the "bird bros" bonding onscreen.
Marvel via sciencefiction.com
If you haven't seen Ant-Man yet, go see it! Those of you who have, you know he'll be called in to do Steve the ultimate favor. Scott Lang is a huge Avengers fan to start with. But what's interesting is that in Ant-Man, Hank Pym mentioned to Scott that he could never trust Howard Stark with his technology and he doesn't want Tony anywhere near it either. That impression probably stuck with Scott. I think Scott Lang will be Steve's new go-to man for equipment, since he is burning bridges with Tony, and heaven knows Steve and his teammates are going to need some tech to compete with Stark.
Marvel via moviepilot.com
This was the surprise for Cap's team. I mean, he is a really loyal friend to Natasha so I am surprised and disappointed they weren't on the same side, but that's what's going to raise the stakes, right? At the end of Age of Ultron, Clint went back to his family at least for a little while, so I wonder what might get him to go back into the field. The registration act from the comics storyline is not going to work out, but in Age of Ultron the other Avengers except Natasha did not know about his family, so he still had at least some degree of privacy. Something may be threatening his family and he is siding with Steve in order to protect them.
Marvel via screenrant.com
The Winter Soldier
All signs indicate that Bucky will be getting at least some of his memory and personality back, but his external circumstances will remain less than ideal. Other people aren't going to care that he's no longer Hydra's brainwashed assassin, and in fact if you saw the Ant-Man post-credit scene you KNOW that he's vulnerable for it. The more I hear, the more I think that the resolution of the Winter Soldier's storyline will be the pin on which everyone hinges. Steve might take his stance based on how people respond to Bucky, and Steve may or may not trust certain people based on who agrees with him.
Marvel via stitchkingdom.com
The Double Agent
When the team lineups were announced, it was also rumored that one of the superheroes was going to be a double agent. Everyone thinks (and wants) it to be Natasha, but I think we need to give the other character a look. To be brutally honest, Bucky fighting at Steve's side is almost too good to be true. Spider Man is a new character and his motivations are unknown, but if he's a young teenager who looks up to Tony Stark I doubt he would do anything that gutsy. Scott Lang/Ant-Man might become disillusioned with his superhero idols after watching them fight each other. Maybe Tony does something that Vision disagrees with, but once Vision makes a decision I doubt he would go back on it: he is too much pure goodness.
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I would say that Team Iron Man has the advantage as far as technology, but for powers I think they might be even. As for the characters I like I think Captain America's team took the vast majority of the cool people. However, much remains to be seen about what the actual conflict is and what will really motivate these characters we know and love to take sides.
The Casting of Tom Holland as Spider-Man
Sebastian Stan on the Ant-Man post-credit scene
Scott Lang Interviewed by WHIH
This entry was posted in Fandoms, Marvel and tagged Ant-Man, Avengers, Black Widow, Captain America, Captain America 3, Captain America Civil War, Civil War, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man, The Avengers on August 20, 2015 by Lizy Cole.
David became Goliath: Will Marvel ever fail?
The year was 2008, and there wasn't much good going on in the world of Marvel movies. Spider-Man 3 had soured the franchise, the Fantastic Four movies were definitely not fantastic, and Hulk was lousy at best. It seemed that Marvel was doomed to have lackluster movies produced by third parties.
Then came Iron Man.
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Everything felt right with this movie. The costume was spot-on, Robert Downey Jr.'s performance was spectacular, and the post-credits scene revealed that a larger, connected universe was on its way. Marvel was a David in the world of movie producing, and it showed that it could compete with all the Goliaths in the industry.
Even with some of their most popular characters, such as Spider-Man and the X-Men, in the hands of other companies, Marvel began building an incredible, connected universe in the movies that followed Iron Man. There could be little that was more exciting than the idea of seeing individual heroes coming together and Phase One culminated in The Avengers. Marvel continued strong during Phase Two, with Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy being huge hits. While not every movie has been a shining example of greatness and fantastic storytelling, all of them have been financially successful. Even the movie that people seem to complain about most, Thor: The Dark World, did financially well at a little over 200 million.
Marvel has bulked up and is no longer a heroic David, but rather a hulking Goliath, (pun intended), and I think people are getting tired of it.
Come on, he just wants a hug.
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When Age of Ultron came out, I read dozens of articles that pointed out every flaw and shortcoming. It seemed like everyone was wanting to bring Marvel down from their now legendary status. This only increased when Ant-Man was getting close to release. With the Edgar Wright problems and Ant-Man considered a B-list hero people were anticipating an Evel Knievel style crash and burn. But Ant-Man did well both financially and critically, and Age of Ultron was still well received even with all the nitpicking people have done.
At some point Marvel will have a flop, since no franchise or company can have success infinitely. But until that flop happens people are going to be looking and waiting for it. Watching a Goliath win again and again gets tiring, and so many people hope to see it fail. And maybe a single fail would be beneficial, since right now people are so anxious to find flaws that they'll tear apart good movies and magnify any flaws disproportionately. Despite the financial and overall critical success of Age of Ultron, there have been a huge number of complaints about things ranging from stereotypical storylines to nitpicking whether or not Black Widow's portrayal is anti-feminist.
I recognize that Marvel's movies aren't perfect. There are a number of different ways that the movies can be improved, but that's true for almost any movie out there. The difference is that with Marvel being so incredibly successful with their movies, people love to cry out "See! They're not so great! Look at all of their flaws!" All because people hate to see a Goliath go so long without losing at least once.
I don't know when Marvel will finally have a failure. Their lineup for the next few years seems pretty strong, so I can't pick anything out in particular as the next target. But I honestly think that a flop can only help them, because instead of saying "look at the strained relationship between Banner and Black Widow", we can finally say "that movie may have had some rough spots, but at least it wasn't another Howard the Duck."
Except Marvel would probably ruin this plan and actually make it awesome.
Via cinemablend.com
This entry was posted in Marvel and tagged Ant-Man, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Howard the Duck, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Marvel, Spider-Man on August 15, 2015 by Grant Baugh.
Revisiting the MCU: Iron Man 3
Here we are at the beginning of Phase 2, which is all leading up to the conclusion of Phase 2, which is Avengers: Age of Ultron. Iron Man 3 kicks off Phase2, which is fitting since Iron Man started Phase 1. There is definitely a feeling of anticipation for Iron Man 3. We have just seen Avengers, which was what Phase 1 was building toward, and now there is a feeling of "So…What happens now?" How are all of these characters different as a result of what happened in New York (what the Daredevil series refers to as "the incident")? We get to see it first with Tony Stark, and we get to see a totally different Tony Stark. Apparently that trip through the worm hole messed him up pretty bad. Throughout the film we see him struggling with massive anxiety attacks anytime anyone mentions New York. We also get to see how the regulars are doing post- Avengers, like Pepper, Happy, and Rhodey.
We also get to see how Tony influenced the formation of AIM, a scientific terrorist group in the Marvel Universe. Basically, it was the result of his old lifestyle, which continues to come back and haunt him years after he has become Iron Man. Basically, Aldrich Killian approached Tony on New Year's Eve in 1999 about getting in on the ground floor of his research. He does this by cornering Tony in an elevator while Stark is trying to get up to a girl's room. Tony lies to Aldrich and tells him he is interested in the research and to meet him on the roof in a few minutes. Of course, Tony never shows, and Aldrich realizes this and is devastated. Now, 13 years later, he has continued his research, and is quite well off, and is back for more.
Tied in with all of this is The Mandarin. This was probably the most disappointing aspect of this film. He was basically a patsy. A front, a fraud. There never really was a "Mandarin." Basically, this intimidating terrorist, The Mandarin, shows up on all the TV screens taking credit for a bombing. And then there are more bombings and he takes credit for those. In one of the attacks, Happy is caught in the explosion and ends up in the hospital. In that attack is when we learn that the "bombs" are actually human beings who are giving huge amounts of thermal energy in the explosions. We also learn that these people are tied to Killian and AIM, so we begin to think that AIM is working for the Mandarin.
Tony Stark being Tony Stark, he challenges the Mandarin after Happy got hurt. He calls the Mandarin out and even gives out his home address. The Mandarin replies by sending 3 helicopter equipped with missiles and machine guns and they basically destroy Tony's Malibu house, and Tony is caught in the wreckage after saving Pepper and a scientist he had a one night stand with on the same New year's he met Killian. Stark is presumed dead, but he is really stuck in Tennessee (coordinates he had set prior to the attack, but was not able to fly to). He investigates a bombing that happened in the town prior to the Mandarin and he tries to repair his suit. He also meets a kid there who helps him out. The interactions between Tony and the kid are probably the best character interactions in the whole movie. They have great chemistry and play their parts very well. It was one of the highlights of the film.
Tony gets to where the Mandarin is broadcasting from, which happens to be Miami, and here we discover that the Mandarin is a fraud. He is really some actor hired to play the role. This really sucked. This was one of Iron Man's greatest foes in the comics, and here they just make him a total joke. A lot of fans got pretty upset about it, and it is still hot topic today. In fact, Marvel released a one shot on Thor 2, just to explain that the real Mandarin is still out there, it wasn't Killian or Trevor, but the real Mandarin is out there at the head of the 10 Rings. It will be interesting to see if the Mandarin ever shows up as a real villain in a later MCU film.
Overall, Iron Man 3 was pretty good. Not as good as the first Iron Man film, but better than Iron Man 2. We see the characters develop and grow as a result of what happened in New York. Tony is scared because he can't lose Pepper, the on e thing in this world that means anything to him, that he can't lose. I can see how it spins from here to the point where he is creating Ultron to protect the world, just to keep Pepper safe. His anxiety and fear grew throughout the film. He is able to control at one point when the kid tells him to just build something, but it will always be there, so I can see Ultron being the next step for him.
The Mandarin was a big disappointment, one of the biggest in the whole MCU. I hope someday they rectify it, beyond just a one shot special feature. I understand taking risks, but don't just totally disrespect the source material either. I also hope that if the Iron Patriot shows up in Age of Ultron, that he shows up as War Machine instead of Iron Patriot. War Machine is a way better name. I would imagine we will see more of Col. Rhodes in AoU and in Civil War, as he is being set up, I would imagine, to step in and become Iron Man in Tony's place when RDJ is done playing the role.
Overall, this is a good start to Phase 2, but it's not my favorite movie in Phase 2. The next 3 are 3 of my favorite movies in the MCU, so I am really excited to get to them. Thor 2, Cap 2, and GOTG are just 3 really great movies, and as I watch each of these and they lead more and more into Age of Ultron, I am getting more and more anxious to see the film. I can't believe we are only 2 weeks away. Can't wait.
What about you? What did you think of Iron Man 3? Let me know in the comments. I love to hear from you.
This entry was posted in Marvel, Movies and tagged Iron Man, Marvel on April 18, 2015 by Jake Dietz.
We go from the movie that started it all, that surprised everyone, to a movie that was a big disappointment in a lot of ways. It is hard to catch lightning like Iron Man in a bottle twice, but Paramount and Marvel were certainly going to try. Iron Man 2 may be thought of as one of the worst, if not the worst of all the marvel films. That puts it above most other superhero movies. I think part of the problem when I originally saw the film was that my expectations were really high after Iron Man. There was no way that the sequel was going to live up to the hype. That's only part of the problem with this film. I really feel like the biggest issue is that they were trying too hard. They were trying too hard to be funny, trying too hard to be cool, trying too hard to throw the Avengers hints out there. That was the real issue, I think.
The dialogue in this movie tried to be as smart and as funny as the first one. What made the first Iron Man film so good is that it wasn't trying to be anything. The whole thing was cool just by being what it was. Iron Man 2 was obviously trying to be that cool, or cooler. The lines all seem forced, instead of natural, and they just seemed to come one right after the other. It almost gets a little painful part way through. Tony Stark becomes more of a character, than an actual character. He is so exaggerated and over the top, it just becomes ridiculous. As a result, the other characters follow suit. Justin Hammer is just as stupid as Tony. The two characters are competing with each other throughout the film, but they both win first prize for "Most Over the Top Billionaire."
The biggest thing that happens in this film, story wise, is that Marvel is making it absolutely clear that they are leading up to an Avengers movie now. In Iron Man, it was hinted at and little clues told you it was possibly coming. They were planning on it if Iron Man was successful. In Iron Man 2, it is clearly going to happen, and they can't help but throw in clues, like Captain America's shield and Thor's hammer. These aren't Easter eggs. These are almost obnoxious with how blatant they are. We also get to meet Black Widow for the first time, which is exciting. We have no idea how important she will be down the road, and it is fun to go back and watch it now, knowing what role she will play later.
One of the biggest disappointments in this sequel is the character development, which is almost nonexistent. Whatever growth and maturity Tony Stark attained in Iron Man is completely erased at the beginning of this second installment. Tony is right back to being Tony, making you wonder what the point of the whole first movie was. In addition, whatever blossoming relationship was there at the end of Iron Man between Pepper and Tony, is completely gone for 99 % of this movie. It is really like the whole first movie never happened as far as the actual characters go. None of the characters came out of this sequel more developed than they were at the end of Iron Man. Most barely made it back to where they were at the end of the first movie.
One of the biggest changes in this movie was Don Cheadle stepping in as Rhodey. Personally, I liked Terrence Howard's Rhodey better, but the whole contract did not work out, so Cheadle became the sidekick in the two sequels. The inclusion of Rhodey, though, did mean we got to see War Machine for the first time, and the possibilities of the two working together seemed endless. The way it worked out, though, we got one elongated scene and most of it was spent with Rhodey's suit out of his control and trying to kill Iron Man. Of course, all of this is at the hands of Whiplash, who is basically the Russian, poor version of Tony Stark, the only other person in the world who has figured out the Arc reactor, and he happens to hate Tony Stark. This character just did not work out well. It wasn't Mickey Rourke's fault. The writers gave him crummy lines, and Mickey just tried his best to deliver the garage he had been fed. I think there was a lot of potential there, but again the delivery was lacking.
Overall, the film is not the worst movie I have ever seen, just the worst Marvel movie in recent memory. It was still fun in parts, and although the Avengers stuff was almost distracting, on a certain level, it was also pretty fun. That kind of describes this whole movie, overall it was kind of distracting and obnoxious, but on a certain level is was also kind of fun. Overall, I gave it a 2.5 stars.
What did you think of Iron Man 2? Is there someone out there who absolutely loves this movie? Am I in the minority for not really liking this one as much? Let me know your thoughts in the comments. I would love to hear from you. You can also check out my review of Iron Man here.
This entry was posted in Marvel, Movies and tagged Iron Man, Marvel on March 18, 2015 by Jake Dietz.


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Have you ever walked away from God then couldn't figure out how to make a turnaround and get your life back on track? Are you there now? Stop!
Stop whatever you are thinking and feeling and considering. Look behind you. God is a gentleman and will never force himself on you. When you turn away from him, he turns away from you. But, oh, how he misses you. He wants you back so you can feel his love again.
Why would God be so good to someone walking away from him? Because he loves you and is always listening for your voice. His love is unfailing.


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I double checked the code and read some solutions in Internet about it but I couldn't solve my problem.
I've used Umbraco 7.3 (ASP.NET MVC) at my project
How can I solve this problem?
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CEO letter shows why third-party sales have become key to retail giant's business.
If nothing else, Jeff Bezos clarified Thursday why Amazon.com 's third-party business is worth the trouble.
In his annual missive to shareholders, Amazon's chief executive provided a more detailed look at how sales by other merchants have impacted the company's massive retail business. Third-party sales constituted 58% of Amazon's gross merchandise sales last year compared with 30% a decade ago. Mr. Bezos added that third-party sales have expanded at a compound annual growth rate of 52% since 1999—more than twice the pace of the first-party business through which Amazon sells goods itself.
This makes for an important contribution to Amazon's bottom line. Recognized revenue from third-party transactions actually is much smaller than that of traditional sales since the company only recognizes the commission it earns on each sale. Gross merchandise sales includes the entire value.
But the profitability impact is much larger, as Amazon also isn't taking on inventory risk with those sales. Analysts generally estimate operating margins in the 20% range for third-party sales compared with low single digits for first-party transactions. So while Amazon's AWS cloud segment is significantly boosting the company's overall profitability, third-party sales are also improving the bottom line of the retail side that still generates nearly 80% of the company's total revenue.
Of course, the third-party business also brings its fair share of headaches. Counterfeit goods are a big one. Separately, Amazon began investigating some of its own employees in China last year for allegedly leaking data to third-party merchants in exchange for bribes. Amazon's growing power with merchants also helps fuel calls for deeper regulation of the company and its Big Tech peers.
But since Wall Street expects Amazon's margins to keep rising, this particular party needs to keep raging.


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This savory slow cooker recipe serves up deliciously tender shredded beef for busy weeknights or is perfect for game day. Just put all of your ingredients in a slow cooker, set it for 6 hours, and move on with your day... it's that easy! Then come home to the savory smells of perfectly seasoned beef. Make tacos, sandwiches, or grain bowls with this recipe!
Fill your tacos with lots of fresh shredded cabbage, diced avocado, chopped fresh tomatoes, and sliced radishes. Sprinkle Cotija cheese or queso fresco over each taco for extra flavor. Add more cayenne or chopped jalapeño peppers to the broth or extra spice! This also freezes well; just put leftovers in a container, seal, and freezer. Take it out the day before you want to use it and defrost in the refrigerator.
Per Serving: 289 calories; 16g fat; 4.1g carbohydrates; 31g protein; 96mg cholesterol; 749mg sodium.
I didn't have any beef stock handy so I used chicken, but that was hardly an issue. Where can you go wrong slow-cooking tri-tip until fork tender? So. Good. If you have leftovers and want something other than tacos, these would be great as a topping for nachos or just on a bun as a little pulled beef slider with some cabbage. Yum.
My wife and I used our slow cooker to make this recipe and we are both highly impressed. The beef broth with onion and garlic gave this meat delicious flavor, and it was very tender. It was also seasoned well with the cumin and other spices.


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Elliot Chorley (born September 12, 1931) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger who played 633 professional games, scored 216 goals, 292 assists for a total of 508 career points.

Awards and achievements
MJHL First All-Star Team (1950 & 1951)
MJHL Goal Scoring Leader (1951)
 MJHL Championship (1951)
WHL Championships (1957 & 1958)
IHL Championships (1960 & 1961)
Allan Cup Championship (1964)
"Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

External links

Elliot Chorley's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

1931 births
Living people
Brandon Wheat Kings coaches
Canadian ice hockey coaches
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Ice hockey people from Winnipeg
Winnipeg Monarchs players


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A Roundtable Chat with actress Lesley Manville ("Another Year")
Posted by Bob Westal (12/31/2010 @ 2:45 pm)
A classic case of an "overnight success" who's been working successfully for decades, Lesley Manville was just starting to be able to bask in the glow of a job extremely well done during the junket for "Another Year" last month. A few weeks later, the already simmering Oscar speculation around her performance in the latest film from maverick English director Mike Leigh got an early boost: she won the Best Actress award from the influential National Board of Review alongside a number of nominations elsewhere.
Lesley Manville began her career on the stage and British television, making her film debut with a minor role in Mike Newell's 1985 melodrama, "Dance With a Stranger." In 1988, she appeared in Mike Leigh's worldwide breakthrough comedy, "High Hopes," the first of six films so far with the director known for his uniquely collaborative approach. Notable roles in Leigh's historically-based "Vera Drake" and "Topsy-Turvy" followed, along with numerous less well known films and television shows. It's possible that she's best known to the mass U.S. audience as Mrs. Cratchit from Robert Zemickis' motion-capture "A Christmas Carol."
In "Another Year," Manville portrays Mary, a lonely and progressively more depressed alcoholic whose visits to the home of a contented therapist coworker (Ruth Sheen) and her husband (Jim Broadbent), become increasingly painful. It's a powerful and all too real-seeming portrayal that has hit Manville's career with enormous force.
Even without a huge number of awards, I suspect we'll be seeing a lot of Manville from now on. During the post roundtable chatter, I half jokingly suggested that she should work on her American accent, and she reminded me that she had just recently finished doing the very American play by John Guare, "Six Degrees of Separation."
Things got a bit interesting late in this group interview, when one of the other writers present asked a question which Manville, perhaps stung by some past public discussion of her short-lived late 1980s marriage to Gary Oldman, deemed overly personal. With a little luck, Lesley Manville will have to deal with more prying from less from the press in years ahead.
Posted in: Actresses, Interviews, Movie Comedies, Movie Dramas, Movies
Tags: A Christmas Carol, All or Nothing, Another Year, Christopher Nolan, Dance With a Stranger, Edgar Wright, English Film Council, Gary Oldman, Gerri, Happy-Go-Lucky, Headlines, High Hopes, Jacqueline Durran, Jim Broadbent, John Guare, Kitty Gilbert, Lesley Manville, Mary, Mike Leigh, Mike Newell, misogyny, Mrs. Cratchit, Oscars, Robert Zemeckis, Ruth Sheen, Six Degrees of Seperation, The Guardian, Tom, Topsy-Turvy, Vera Drake
Academy nominations stay truer to form even than usual
Okay, now we can talk about the Oscars…
Weekend box office: "Little Fockers" and "True Grit" face off as the movies have a worrisome New Year's (updated)
A roundtable chat with director Nigel Cole of "Made in Dagenham"
A roundtable chat with Sally Hawkins and Miranda Richardson of "Made in Dagenham"
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
Posted by Ross Ruediger (12/28/2010 @ 4:04 pm)
Leave it to Steven Moffat to take the annual "Doctor Who" Christmas special tradition and finally get it right. Given how adept the man is at penning this series at this point, this should probably come as no surprise, and yet, for me at least, it did. I'd learned over the years to set my expectations very low for these holiday outings due to Russell T. Davies' mind-numbingly action-oriented yearly offerings. I do love Davies, but his Christmas stories always ranked pretty low for me, or rather I cut him and his holiday specials an immense amount of slack, as in interviews he was always going on about how most of the audience is drunk anyway, and are basically looking for mindless fare on Christmas night. So that was his approach and it worked well as far as the U.K. viewing figures were concerned it seems.
To be fair, they got better as they went along, with only the bloated disaster yarn, "Voyage of the Damned," bucking that trend, although last year's episode was barely even a Christmas tale, being the first half of "The End of Time" and all. More than anything else, though, what was most disappointing about Davies' Christmas outings is how none of them ever became holiday traditions for me as a "Doctor Who" fan, which is pretty amazing since there were four to choose from. Indeed, the best Christmas tale the series had unveiled prior to this past Saturday night was Season One's "The Unquiet Dead," penned by Mark Gatiss, which of course wasn't even a holiday special. As you'll no doubt remember, "The Unquiet Dead" detailed the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose (Billie Piper) meeting Charles Dickens (Simon Callow) right before Christmas in 1869 Cardiff, and here we are, well over five years later, returning to Dickens once again, and once again we discover that Dickens and "Doctor Who" make for a potent combination.
At its start, "A Christmas Carol" alarmingly resembles a Davies-era holiday adventure, with a giant spaceship plummeting through the atmosphere towards the ground below. Honestly, I was scared at this point – not over the potential fate of Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill), but that I was being set up for "Voyage of the Damned II." But the story quickly shifts gears into far more character driven territory, as we move onto the surface below and meet the cantankerous Kazran Sardick, played by the great Michael Gambon. Most people equate Gambon with Dumbledore these days, and with good reason, because it's the role he's been seen in more than any other. Myself? I first became acquainted with the man 20 years ago via Peter Greenaway's "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover," in which he played the thoroughly despicable Albert Spica alongside Helen Mirren. His performance in that film is so perfect, playing such an awful man, that to this day it's the role I still associate him with the most, and it was cool to see him return to that shouting, obnoxious type of character. It's interesting to note the decision to give neither Gambon nor the other high profile guest star, Katherine Jenkins, billing in the opening credits, while Gillan and Darvill – neither of whom have an enormous amount of screen time during the hour – are credited at the top.
Posted in: Doctor Who, TV, TV Action, TV Sci-Fi
Tags: A Christmas Carol, Arthur Darvill, BBC America, Billie Piper, Charles Dickens, Christopher Eccleston, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Christmas special, Doctor Who The End of Time Part One, Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol, Euros Lyn, Headlines, Karen Gillan, Katherine Jenkins, Kazran Sardick, Mark Gatiss, Matt Smith, Michael Gambon, Russell T. Davies, Simon Callow, Steven Moffat, The Unquiet Dead, Toby Haynes, Voyage of the Damned, Where's the TARDIS
Doctor Who 5.13 – The Big Bang
Doctor Who 5.12 – The Pandorica Opens
Doctor Who 5.11 – The Lodger
Doctor Who 5.10 – Vincent and the Doctor
A Chat with Arthur Darvill ("Doctor Who")
Post-Turkey Day film news bites
A few items as Hollywood finishes digesting its turkey and stuffing.
* Paramount has picked up "Area 51," the science fiction follow-up to the ridiculously profitable "Paranormal Activity" from writer-director Oren Peli. Somewhat to my disappointment, this one will also use the "found footage" gimmick, though I guess we can assume that with an exponentially larger budget — $5 million (about enough to pay for craft services on some films) as opposed to $15,000 — Peli will at least attempt to spread his wings creatively. One reason to give him props, however, is that the film has already wrapped principal photography. We can't accuse the Israel-born former video game designer of failing to strike while the iron's hot!
* It appears that The Playlist broke the story that it appears that the very talented Paul Greengrass has left the helm of "Bourne 4" and if he goes, Matt Damon may not be far behind. Still, at this point it's a tale without an ending in more ways than one
* Kim Masters considers "Avatar" and Robert Zemeckis's motion capture and 3-D work as featured currently in "A Christmas Carol." To me, they're creatively too different beasts in that James Cameron's creations aren't trying so hard to be realistic, which I think is the real reason for the "ugly" problem with the creator of Roger Rabbit's more recent work. As for the "Avatar" characters, I'm not sure I'm going to love them yet, either, but we'll see when the movie's out. I'm also not at all sure that movies need to be revolutionized in quite this way.
* Over at Film Threat, Gary Morris of the highbrowish Bright Lights Film Journal is interviewed. Among the topics: interviews like this one. Don't fear the meta. (H/t The Auteurs on Twitter.)
* It technically ended yesterday, but the Boris Karloff Blogathon, hosted where else but at Frankensteinia, lives on with tons of material still coming in submitted by innumerable bloggers about the late, great character actor who originated the role of Frankenstein's monster in 1931. Definitely worth many looks.
The vocal there is quite obviously reconstructed using the original recording by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. If you want to hear the actual vocal from the 1965 episode of "Shindig" featuring the real Boris Karloff, you may hear it here.
Posted in: Action Movies, Actors, Horror Movies, Movie Dramas, Movies, News, Sci-Fi Movies
Tags: A Christmas Carol, Boris Karloff, Boris Karloff Blogathon, Bourne 4, Bright Lights Film Journal, Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster, Gary Morris, Headlines, James Cameron, Jason Bourne, Matt Damon, Oren Peli, Paramount, Paranormal Activity, Paul Greengrass, Robert Rabbit, Robert Zemeckis
Box office preview: Can the ghostly demons of "Paranormal Activity 2" defeat the ghastly pranksters of "Jackass 3D"?
Midweek movie news
Weekend box office: "Alice" will be in the zone and out of everyone's league
"Couples Retreat" hits big, damn it + a "Paranormal" windfall
Bond is coming back; Soderbergh promises he'll retire
"New Moon" rises while sinking; Thanksgiving box office gets hit on "The Blind Side"
My Wednesday prediction that this would be a healthy Thanksgiving weekend at the box office certainly proved true — and it was nice to see it wasn't at the rest of the economy's expense: holiday shopping actually went up slightly this year and went up a lot more virtually. Also, the movie everyone expected to hit number actually did one hit number one. However, looking beneath the surface just slightly, movie consumers were making some interesting choices.
The argument prognosticators were making last week was that Summit's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" pretty much had to come out on top because, considering its $142 million+ opening weekend, even if it suffered a catastrophic drop in its second weekend, it still would be ahead of everything else, and that's pretty much what happened. The vampire-werewolf-human love triangle dropped a massive 70% but, as reported by Box Office Mojo's weekend chart and trade mag writers jolly Carl DiOrio and Pamela McClintock, it still earned an estimated $42.5. That was a mere $2.375 million ahead of this week's surprise #2 film, "The Blind Side," which not only actually won the box office race on Thanksgiving day (which is not included in the weekend tallies) but came refreshingly close to winning the weekend with $40.125 million. The five day total for the films offer a bit more air between the #1 and #2 spots, with an estimated $66 million for "New Moon" and just over $57.5 for "The Blind Side."
The impressive aspect of the Sandra Bullock-led sports film/cross-cultural family drama combo is that it did something I don't remember seeing whenever I've been paying close attention to grosses. In a world where we think it's good if a film drops less than 45-50% on its second weekend, "The Blind Side" actually climbed 17.6% on its second go-round without a significant expansion (it went from being in 3,310 theaters to 3,340). I haven't seen the film but I will say that this seems to be a sign that it's possible what attracts most audiences today isn't so different from what attracted them 50 or 75 years ago.
Posted in: Action Movies, Actors, Actresses, Movie Comedies, Movie Dramas, Movies, News, Sci-Fi Movies
Tags: A Christmas Carol, Cormac McCarthy, Fantastic Mr. Fox, George Clooney, Headlines, John Travolta, Kodi Smitt-McPhee, Ninja Assasin, Old Dogs, Robin Williams, Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side, The Princess and the Frog, The Road, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Viggo Mortenson, Wachowski Brothers, Wes Anderson
No one wants to be a turkey on Thanksgiving
Traditional Oscar bait takes a back seat at 2010 Academy Award nominations
"Avatar" off to a slightly snowbound $73 million start
"Princess and the Frog" leaps as expected; "Invictus" is a bit short of the goal line
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas
Posted by Jason Zingale (11/21/2009 @ 6:56 pm)
The trio behind "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" has cooked up some of the most unpolitically correct humor in the history of TV, but for "A Very Sunny Christmas," they've dialed it down considerably, instead relying on more gratuitous tactics – like language, nudity and gore – to score laughs. Split up into two stories, the holiday special follows the gang as they prepare for Christmas Day. While Dennis and Dee try to teach Frank a lesson by taking him through his own version of "A Christmas Carol," Mac and Charlie try to cope with the fact that their Christmas memories aren't as great as they remember them. The episode culminates with a Claymation musical number that features Hermey the Mischief Elf, Sam the Snowman, and the California Raisins dressed up as KKK members.
Though the former subplot definitely has its moments (a sweaty, naked Danny DeVito not being one of them), the latter is easily the funnier of the two, whether it's Mac losing his temper or Charlie going nuts on a mall Santa. Still, for a show that's just beginning to earn an audience beyond its cult fanbase, it takes a lot of nerve to release a 42-minute Christmas special straight to DVD. Though you can't really blame the creators for making this kind of executive decision (this has Fox's greedy little fingerprints all over it), the show itself really could have been a lot better. Instead, you get a mediocre extended episode for about five dollars less than the cost of an entire season. It's not exactly a great way to win over new viewers, and certainly not the way to treat old ones either. This is strictly for diehard fans only, but even they may have issues with ponying up the cash for something that FX is bound to air for free eventually.
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Posted in: TV, TV Comedies, TV DVD Quicktakes, TV DVDs
Tags: A Christmas Carol, A Very Sunny Christmas Blu-ray, A Very Sunny Christmas review, California Raisins, Claymation, Danny DeVito, Hermey the Mischief Elf, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Sam the Snowman
Seven shows that just don't get enough love
Hidden Netflix Gems – Mary and Max
Not Funny, Funny — the Mamet/Gandhi edition


The National CCAA annually commissions research studies by educational consultants and experts from member institutions to help inform our members' work as enrollment and admission professionals in Catholic higher education. Historically, the studies have demonstrated the value and benefits of Catholic higher education and provide valuable data to direct enrollment and marketing strategies.
National CCAA members use the findings to educate prospective students, parents, and secondary school and independent counselors about the benefits of Catholic higher education. Studies may also be helpful in educating administration and training admission staff.
Findings are shared each year at the National CCAA membership meeting and breakfast at the NACAC conference. Presentations and reports from past years are shared here for the benefit of all National CCAA members.
At our Annual Membership Meeting in Salt Lake City in September 2018, Kim presented results from Eduventures' 2018 Admitted Survey and discussed the six essential mindsets of students admitted to colleges, their desired outcomes and experiences, and demographic profiles. She shared specific results from students admitted to Catholic colleges and suggested ways that enrollment leaders can use the survey results to recruit students.
At both the 2017 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU)'s Annual Meeting and our 2016 Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio, Brennan spoke about Whiteboard's survey results regarding the critical role of parents in the college selection process and their expectations of Catholic Higher Education.
Engages participants in an exploration of admissions work grounded in human dignity, building on Catholic higher education's tradition of developing the whole person and drawing on those values that Catholic institution alumni value most.
Discusses the impacts of changing economics on higher education and the demographic, economic and cultural disruption taking place within higher education.
A look at how Catholic students enter higher education when compared with their peers and how students entering Catholic higher education compare with students entering other institutions.
Examines how Catholic college and university alumni viewed their college experiences in comparison to alumni from non-Catholic institutions.
Considers which variables related to student characteristics and students' stated preferences are important in determining if a student will enroll in a Catholic college or university. Presentation discusses the effect of each variable on enrollment, as well as a global model that gives the probability that an individual student will enroll.
A deep look at how prospective college students perceive Catholic colleges and factors that influence their college decision, including parents, guidance counseling resources and spiritual influences.
Examines financial aid packaging and yield trends at a number of National CCAA member schools according to institutional selectivity.


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Everything I Know About Foreign Policy I learned from Lawrence of Arabia
July 21, 2015 By Dan
"I cannot fiddle but I can make a great state from a little city." -Themistocles (524 BC – 459 BC).
The various nations and geo-cultural territories that make up the Middle East have been denigrated, sometimes rightfully so, as "tribes with flags." It is a region that has undoubtedly devolved into an archaic patchwork of peoples divided against each other in centuries old blood feuds and modern resource claims. Someone who endeavors to even begin to understand the cultural, religious, and historical features of the many tribes who make up that region would be embarking on a lifelong journey that could scarcely be completed in 100 years.
Thomas Edward Lawrence, better known as T.E., understood that better than most, and did his best to make his superior officers in the British military understand it too. Lawrence of Arabia (1962), the film that recounts his service in the desert of modern day Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Jordan, serves as a sobering thesis on the limits of Western wisdom in ancient Arab lands.
I'm far from the first and won't be the last to say how great a film Lawrence of Arabia is, but I submit that it's also the most enlightening 3.5 hours of foreign policy education a person could hope to receive. The setting of the movie is the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of 1916-1918 during which the British military employed Bedouin tribesmen in their fight against Turkish forces of the Ottoman Empire. The primary goal of the campaign was to protect a strategic interest of the British empire and the West—the Suez Canal.
Enter T.E. Lawrence, an eccentric and vastly under appreciated archaeologist-turned-intelligence officer serving within Great Britain's Arab Bureau in Cairo, Egypt during World War I. Lawrence, played by Peter O'Toole in the film, embodied the ideal temperament and character of any government representative hoping to forge a positive relationship in a very foreign land. His example is sorely needed around the world today and the following abridgment of some of the things that made him remarkable is why.
The timeless qualities of T.E. Lawrence
He was well-read both in historical and current events. During one of the opening scenes, Lawrence reads a newspaper headline aloud, "Bedouin tribes attack Turkish stronghold", then laments, "And I'll bet that no one in this whole headquarters even knows it happened." The same could probably be said of today's versions of the "Arab Bureau"—an unwillingness to carefully examine the facts on the ground before making important decisions.
He was a man of conviction with unshakeable and easily identifiable principles that earned him the trust of the British government as well as the Arab tribes—both of whose interests did not always run parallel. When questioned by one Arab leader about his seemingly conflicted allegiances, Lawrence responded plainly that he was loyal to England "and other things."
He understood the culture he was surrounded by in Arabia and could quote passages from the Islamic Quran. "The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped," said Lawrence, attempting to convince the Bedouin tribes of Arabia to take advantage of their knowledge and command of the desert to fight the Turkish Ottomans. T.E. Lawrence was said to be "the mainspring of the Arab movement and knew their language, their manners and their mentality."
He was deferential as an outsider in a foreign land, often seen wearing the Arab styled keffiyeh headdress and bisht cloak still worn by men in modern day Saudia Arabia. He shed stuffy military titles and gladly adopted the mispronounced version of his name, "Aurens", among his Arab friends.
He knew and understood the complex motives of the warring Bedouin tribes and was able to build bridges between vast cultural chasms that had long fragmented them in their struggles against the Turks. Asked his opinion about the advice of British commanders for the Arabs to retreat to a British base in Yanbu, Lawrence said, "I think it's a long way from Damascus."
He was mindful of the vices of men at war, recognizing in himself and others a subtle yet dangerous pleasure derived from the act of fighting and killing.
He was fearless in expressing his honest opinions about the moral failings of Arabs and Brits alike. "So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people. Greedy, barbarous and cruel," Lawrence admonished two warring tribes.
He was courageous and unafraid to repeatedly put his own life on the line when he asked Arab allies to venture into harm's way.
He believed in the inherent goodness of human beings everywhere, and had a remarkable ability draw it out of them even in the most extreme of conditions.
He possessed a childlike sense of wonder and willingness to learn the Bedouin culture that inspired criticism and dismay from his superior officers who regarded the tribes as little more than barbaric nomads.
Lawrence of Arabia for the 21st century
All of these qualities made T.E. Lawrence one of the most universally respected and successful soldier-diplomats in modern history. These qualities also would likely preclude him from ever achieving higher office in today's politically correct world. T.E. Lawrence was guided by facts, not political or financial machinations, and would be equally castigated today by foreign interventionists and isolationists alike. Yet he was neither. His wisdom today would go a long way in curing what ails the Middle East a century removed from his Midas touch.
"Though a price of £15,000 has been put on his head by the Turks, no Arab has, as yet, attempted to betray him. The Sharif of Mecca has given him the status of one of his sons, and he is just the finely tempered steel that supports the whole structure of our influence in Arabia. He is a very inspiring gentleman adventurer."
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