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This is a bad, bad movie. Stay far away.
Badly paced, badly acted. When I accidentally pushed the button on the Playstation that brought up the menu about 3/4 of the way through the movie I didn't feel compelled to try to find the point that I left off at and continue.
Let me summarize the film: Take one part Tommyknockers, mix with one part It and mix in another part Stand By Me. Stir the mixture well until blandness occurs, then pour the gloppy soup onto the television screen.
There you have it. That is all.
Posted by Evilhippy at 10/31/2003 12:50:00 AM No comments:
Spiritual Herald
There's a 'paper' here in Murfreesboro called the spiritual Herald. It's a small religious paper and is sold out of machines for the astounding price of $1.00 per issue. It's black and white and I think probably eight pages. I don't know how often it comes out, most likely monthly.
I glanced at the front cover on my way out of Shoney's this morning, and one of the headlines caught my eye. It was something along the lines of "You Must Read This." Well I read it, and it started by saying "We are fast approaching the 21st century."
Right there I knew there might be something amiss to the story, as, If I am correct in my observations, we have been in the 21st century for at least a year now.
It went on to reveal the startling information that the right to vote for African Americans will expire in 2007, due to the expiration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965".
According to the paper African Americans only gained the right to vote in 1965, and only keep it through the renewal of this act; the most recent renewal having been for 25 years and signed by Ronald Reagan in 1982.
Standing there I was pretty sure that there was a, you know, Constitutional amendment that covers this area. I thought that I remembered that from my social studies classes, but I have been known to be wrong.
So I came home and looked it up, and damned if there isn't the 15th amendment that guarantees the right to vote for all citizens (assuming you were male and 21 of course, women and 18-21 year-olds would have to wait until the 19th and 26th amendments respectively).
You see, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 only became necessary to stop Jim Crow laws enacted by the southern states.
The whole story can be found here.
A simple knowledge of civics or a search of the internet would have revealed this fact to the editor's of the paper.
I think that they were duped by an erroneous e-mail or letter since the story lead with the "...approaching the 21st century..." bit, and just pretty much printed the info they had verbatim.
Just goes to show you you should always check your sources.
Sneaky Bastards
Has anyone else noticed that when you type (anything).blogPSot.com you get a bible site, or as it calls itself "Mega site of Bible studies and information"?
The guestbook is an interesting read, especially the guy who was using crack cokane (sic).
That's some sneaky stuff on the snaring links. I am a sloppy typist sometimes, and I would imagine they catch quite a few people.
I wonder how many other domain names they have misspellings of pointing at that site?
Here's a bit I'd like to refute from the site:
The Bible gives us over 50 descriptions about the people at the time of the end. These fit the people of today perfectly, but did not fit the people of fifty years ago. Here are some:
A. Some would depart from the faith and go into devil worship-1 Tim 4:1. This is perfect.
B. People would mock about the last days and not believe-2 Pe 3:3; Jude 18.
C. People would become lovers of themselves-2 Tim 3:1,2. Remember the TV commercials—"I do it for me"?
D. People would be disobeying their parents-2 Tim 3:1,2.
E. People would be grateful for nothing-2 Tim 3:1,2.
F. Homosexuality would increase-Lk 17:28,30; ref Gen 19:5; Ro 1:24,26,27.
G. People would be without self-control in sex-2 Tim 3:1,2,6; Rev 9:21, Lk 17:28,30; Jude 7. Is this not the great sex generation?
H. People would love pleasures more than God-2 Tim 3:1,2,4. This is true. Shall we go on a picnic, watch football, or sleep. Church?—we can go another time. Our American motto "In God we trust" has become a joke. Remember, these were all predicted centuries ago as part of the signs that we are at the time of the end.
I. People would be taking drugs-Rev 9:21. The Greek word for sorceries, in Rev 9:21, means pharmaceuticals or drugs. God's Word is 100% right on every one. That's 6 out of 6. How could you have any doubts at this point?
Note: Fifty years ago, many people seldom locked their doors at night. There was little or no profanity on television, radio, or in the movies. One of the biggest problems in public school was gum chewing. Those days are long gone.
OK, it may not have applied to whitebread central America 50 years ago, but I hate to tell the person who wrote this, it very much described the debauchery of America 80 years ago in the 1920s, and at various other times since these books were written a couple of thousand years ago. It's just that we have a little thing called television that brings the world right inside our homes. It is a scary place for these people, I would imagine.
Also that was only 9 descriptions, not 50 as the site boasted. I'd like to see the other 41. (was the person who wrote this not able to count?)
Here is some rebuttal point by point:
A. In most mainstream Christianity, devil worship would include any form of non-Christian, or non-the-same-denomination-as-the-person-looking-at-the-other-person, so that would lump in pretty much everyone else in the world except the little clique that the person writing this belongs to.
B. I think that this is pretty much all times. I don't think that's a recent occurrence.
C. Ditto. This person is saying that people didn't love themselves in 1950?
D. Almost all children disobey their parents. That was also happening in the 50s, otherwise there would have been no beats and then no hippies.
E. Another one that applies pretty much across the board.
F. I don't think that it's so much increasing, but that it is more public and open. It was also around in the 50s, it was just that gay-bashing was accepted more then.
G. If they are referencing the 60s and 70s with the great sex generation, doesn't that blow the 50 years ago bit, because that was over thirty years ago. Anyway, I just think the person writing this is either afraid of sex, or isn't getting any themselves.
H. Again, this is the constant struggle of religion over secularism. "You don't love and think about God enough." This has been around as long as religion.
I. People have ALWAYS taken drugs. It is just that there has never been the gigantor drug industry that we now have. Just remember that Sugar can be considered a drug. If I read this right, isn't this page arguing that the line should read "People would be taking sorceries?" That would open up a larger scale to the meaning. Sorceries can be in drug or idea form.
Also there is a place where people seldom lock their doors at night, and it isn't the 1950s, it's Canada, where there isn't such a culture of fear around.
I think that I've spent enough time on this.
From Al Franken's wonderful self-help book Oh, The Things I Know!:
The effect of laughter is more than just psychological. When you laugh, your body releases endorphins, and every so often, if you laugh really hard, a small amount of diarrhea. Like a good orgasm or a good sneeze, a good laugh relieves unhealthy pent-up tensions which can cause an imbalance in the body's humors--specifically an excess of black bile--which we have known since the Middle Ages is the cause of all illness.
I have lots and lots of black bile. That is partially why the knickname Black Bile Bill is so appropriate. I also have problems with laughing really hard, it seems.
Hopefully I won't laugh too very hard at the comedy show on Thursday, since I don't really think that anyone wants me to be releasing black bile during the show.
Me Forgetful Is
The woman on Who Want's to be a Millionaire right now is really, really stupid, but that's neither here nor there. She's used two lifelines before 1000 and her phone a friend is an idiot too. Coven of witches. That's the answer. Very simple. Even though Vampires is technically correct in some uses as well.
But this is a post about my own absent-mindedness. I was just sitting here after cleaning my room and thinking how nice it was to have washed that big pile of dirty clothes and gotten them into the clean pile where they are supposed to be, and this got me to thinking: Did I hang up all my pants or what? Then I realized that I didn't go down and get the last load of laundry out of the dryer yesterday.
I would just like to state that the clothing thief that has prompted multiple signs to be posted in my laundry...
Crap this woman is stupid. Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Mormon. Not the Book of Jehovah. Sooooo Stupid
...such as "Stay with your laundry. Protect your financial investment," is crap. My clothes stayed down there for over 24 hours and they were still there. Though I could see why no one would want to steal them.
That is all for now.
The Big Stupid Tommy Friday Five
1. Which would you rather have? Three extra fingers on each hand, or an extra nose right above the one you have? What if there were magical powers bestowed upon each trait?
I think the fingers would be nice. Would you also get the extra number of toes to go with it? I think that would cause problems with finding shoes and whatnot. Fingers would give you more dexterity, while an extra nose would just allow you to smell better. Unless the magical powers were something like flight, or invisibility with the nose.
2. What was something that you worried about, but told yourself to stop worrying, because it was silly, and then have had that thing come true? Was it silly?
I'm always worrying about gremlins, and then deciding it is silly to worry about things you can't control. Then when the gremlins start attacking it isn't so silly anymore. Lucky they only come out at night and I am not at home most of the time.
3. Who would be the absolute worst celebrity to have to share an apartment with?
Russell Crow, since he's always so serious. He would constantly be punching me and whatnot. Also we'd end up killing one another.
4. What is the funniest moment on television that you've ever seen?
There is nothing funny on television. Except for that time that they had that Tommy discussion on "I Love 86" on VH1. Who would have thought that Tommy would provide such fodder for Chris Jericho and Juliette Lewis to expound apon, and Triumph the insult comic dog's comment of "Yeah, I remember Tommy that year. He was great...for me to poop on." Classic.
5. Do you know personally anybody named Vance?
I don't really know them, but I know of two Vances.
Giant Sized Man-Thing
How did it escape my attention that Marvel and Artisan were off filming a Man Thing film?
The mind boggles.
Now where's my Dr. Strange movie Avi?
Does anybody remember the Zach Galifianakis show on VH1? Maybe I was the only one who thought it was funny.
He and Jim Gaffigan are coming to MTSU's Tucker Theatre on October 29th, at 8 o'clock and I think that I shall have to go. This is more to remind myself than anything else.
Consider me reminded.
Saw the Presidents of the USA in concert at MTSU's Tucker Theatre tonight, and I have to say that it was a pretty good rock and roll show. There was a story on Fark a little while ago about them playing sold out shows in Alaska. Well, the theatre was mostly full standing up for the show.
Their opening act was Murfreesboro's local De Novo Dahl. They are a new wave style college rock act with a keyboardist/singer (who needs to wear pants for godsake), a guitarist/xylaphone player, a bored looking bass player in a skirt, a drummer, and a cute blonde who played tamborine and bounced around. Gunny described them as pretty sucky, and I would tend to agree. They have some potential, but to me it looked like that there were at least two types of band wanting to break out on the stage, the bass player and lead singer want to rock out, while the guitarist and keyboardist seem to want the new-wave style harmony band, the blonde (Sarai) just bounced and looked pretty for the most part. The crowd was mostly indifferent to them, and sat through the set.
PUSA took the stage after a bit of a break and proceded to rock the house. They played all of their recognizable songs (Lump, Peaches, Mach 5) as well as others like "Naked and Famous" and "Kitty" as well as some new songs and covers of Iggy Pop and Sex Pistols song and a good rendition of "Video Killed the Radio Star." Where the crowd sat on their hands for the opening act they were on their feet for the whole of the hour and a half or so that PUSA played.
They came out for a four or five song encore as well.
High energy rock and roll power.
Can a Darkhawk Revamp Be Far Behind?
Why in the hell would anyone want to bring back Sleepwalker?
For those of you who don't know it was a moderately stupid to completely stupid comic character from the early 90s sucktastic period of Marvel comics where anyone who could hold a pencil or could write more than two words in a row (any words mind you, and the row didn't have to be all that straight) could get a multi-book deal from Marvel. Sleepwalker is a big green alien guy who wore purple clothes and legwarmers who could only come out when his alter-ego was asleep. Sortof like Freddy Krueger as a good guy, only with ill-defined powers.
He was from the same era as Darkhawk and the poster child for that era Slapstick the cartoon superhero.
I won't lie, I have most of the three year run of the original Sleepwalker somewhere in my 30 some odd long boxes of comics, due to 5-for-a-dollar sales and the like. I like Brett Blevins' artwork (He was the guy who did New Mutants before the New Mutant Rob Liefeld took over). He draws the pretty women and, no matter what Phillipe Jones will tell you, I think he did a fine job on people's faces. He has a bit of a cartoony style, but much like Terry Moore over on Strangers in Paradise, he still makes it work believably.
But seriously, why the hell would you want to revive this book? Is the clamor for it that deafening? It's a bit like having Terry Taylor come in and wrestle at your promotion, it won't really hurt you in the long run, but what's the point?
I guess if it keeps one more Spider-Man/X-Men book from starting up, it's good, but pointless.
Marvel needs to work on fixing the books it has, then branch out into some new stuff. I'm not for the closing down of the Epic line before it really begins, but Sleepwalker is not the route to go.
By the way, Marvel comics guys, if you are reading, I have a really great pitch for a new Night Thrasher comic that I think would really sell.
Oh, Danny Boyle
I picked up 28 Days Later on DVD this morning along with a couple of Hammer films from the $5.88 bin and one that has a no doubt fine film called Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter as well as Dementia 13 and the Screaming Skulls. Perhaps there will be a report later, but probably not.
On the 28DL disc there are three alternate endings. One is a variation on the ending shown in US theatres, only without a main character making it through to the end. Another is the same main character dying after a try at a valiant save by the other two.
The third ending, though, is glorious.
It completely dumps the final third act of the film with the soldiers in favor of a smaller story where the characters end up at the same research facility as the beginning of the film and find out how to stop the virus. The story and whatnot are not what makes it so good, however.
The whole thing is done with the only visuals being the storyboards of the sequence, and all dialogue and stage directions done by director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland.
It's like a book on tape with pictures. Or one of those books with the audio track that you 'read' along to and turn the page when the tone sounds. Only there's no tone, and no annoying pages to turn.
If only all movies and or books could be done this way.
Imagine the wondrous world we would then live in.
I think it was last week that I bought Legends of Wrestling II, and I have found it a fun but maddening game. The selection of characters is good and extensive (Abdullah the Butcher, George the Animal Steele, Andre the Giant, the Von Erichs) but the gameplay is buggy and poorly done. The instruction manual is woefully inadequate (it doesn't tell you what to do in ladder matches for instance, and I was left for ten minutes trying to figure out how the hell to win the match) or cage matches, and to unlock each new character you have to first unlock them as an option in the lengthy career mode and then gamble for them using a convoluted coin system.
The career mode's storyline breaks down, to a cut scene with the promoter then a few jobber matches, to a cutscene with the promoter to a few matches with name talent, to a cut scene with the promoter, to some difficult matches, then another cutscene and a title match with a defense following. Even things like Jerry Lawler's feud with Andy Kauffman follows this pattern.
I just want to play as Andy and Abdullah, but I have to beat them and then spend an hour trying to gamble for enough coins to unlock them. That is bullshit my friends.
On the plus side, the graphics are pretty good, as is the wide range of characters (did I mention Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Roddy Piper?), and there are some good interviews with some of the wrestlers included as a bonus. George Steele's interview is particularly good.
All in all, worth the $20 I paid for it I guess. Not as good as the Smackdown series, but maybe they can get a real game engine in the next installment, or perhaps the NWA-TNA game that is supposedly in the works will fullfill the promise.
Today I bought MTV's Celebrity Death Match, and I can't really say that I'm dissapointed by the game, but I wish they'd gone a little further with the game.
There are a number of 'celebrities' to choose from, including N'Sync, Carrot Top, Mister T, Anna Nicole Smith, Ron Jeremy, Dennis Rodman and Miss Cleo. There is also a fairly limited create a character mode (though I was able to create a pretty good version of myself).
The graphics re-create the show well, and the polygon characters look enough like the clay to pull off the illusion.
The gameplay is simplistic, with a handfull of moves that seem to be randomly chosen when you push a button, as well as a few special moves and weapons that can be used at various points in gameplay. Each character has a specialized fatality that they do at the conclusion of a match that are usually sufficiently gruesome. The game was rated M, mostly for the violence, and also for the slightly scandalous dialoge (nothing really more than juvenile sexual humor).
I was unable to unlock all of the hidden characters and arenas and defeat the story mode in about thirty minutes of gameplay which is not very good. Even on the most difficult setting the game is not very hard. This would probably be a good party game, but as a replayable game the repetitiveness and lack of depth don't warrant alot of returns.
But, hey, it's only $20 new, then you can sell it to a used CD/Movie store for half the price you paid for it.
What's On...now?
Saw this on Tommy's blog awhile back and have been too lazy to do it until now.
What's on...now? asks, "What's On your bookshelf Right Now? (pick a shelf; any shelf)"
Well, there's quite a bit, since I have an inordinate amount of bookshelves, but on the one right behind my chair there are:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
High Adventure in the Great Outdoors by Henry Rollins
More Letters to Rollins by Rob Overton
Cabal by Clive Barker
Strange Days by James Cameron
The Best of Roald Dahl
The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles
Classical Literary Criticism
The Oresteia by Aeschyllus
Movie History: A Survey by Douglas Gomery
Dance For Two by Alan Lightman
I am Legend by Richard Mattheson
Rainbow Six Gold: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Legends edited by Robert Silverberg
Speaking With the Angel edited by Nick Hornbey
The Minority Report and Other Stories by Phillip K. Dick
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
MTV's Beavis and Butthead Ensucklapedia
Star Trek: First Contact by J.M. Dillard
The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker
Midnight Blue: The Sonja Blue Collection by Nancy Collins
The Choice by Bob Woodward
Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years
From Acadia to Yellowstone by J.A. Kraulis
Creative Editing for Print Media by Bowles and Borden
These are the Voyages by Charles Kurts
The Dream Cycle of H.P.Lovecraft
Jacob's Ladder by Bruce Joel Rubin
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Storm of the Century by Stephen King
Clerks/Chasing Amy by Kevin Smith
The Pro Wrestling Illustrated Almanac and Book of Facts 1999
An empty bottle of Lime gatorade (32 oz.)
A can of Krylon Workable Fixatif
A talking stretchy mummy in the mold of Stretch Armstong, whose eye pops out when you squeeze his head
A mini bust of Gene Simmons
My TV remote control (there it is)
and my Stephen Hawking Action Figure
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
That was way more extensive than it needed to be.
Lego Seeking MasterBuilder
By way of Boing Boing
Lego is seeking a full-time master builder for their theme-park. First, they have a theme park? Isn't that a joke from the Simpsons?
Second, I would apply for the job, cause it would be sweet, but I can only seem to build rectangular towers out of the legos. I'm not so good with the blocks. I think it has to do with my childhood edumacation.
I may show myself to be the out of touch old fogey that I am with this post, but it cleared up some confusion on my part.
For quite some time I had been seing this face around town on signs and walls and whatnot and had been wondering what it was.
I had some idea that it was attempting to be vaguely big-brotherish and had that confirmed when the word OBEY! sometimes accompanied the image.
I asked people I knew if they knew what it was, and most of them didn't know what I was talking about and the ones who did didn't know what it was either.
Apparantly, that's the whole point.
From the Obey Giant website:
The Obey campaign can be explained as an experiment in Phenomenology. The first aim of Phenomenology is to reawaken a sense of wonder about one's environment. The Obey campaign attempts to stimulate curiosity and bring people to question
both the campaign and their relationship with their surroundings.
Because people are not used to seeing advertisements or propaganda for which the motive is not obvious, frequent and novel encounters with Obey propaganda provoke thought and possible frustration, nevertheless revitalizing the viewer's perception and attention to detail.
The medium is the message.
The idea is a bit of viral marketing, which I understand. Memetic style viral ads seem to be all the rage in the advertising industry right now, where attention grabbing is primary, and the message is secondary.
The new image that is showing up around town is a Barney Fife head in various colors and sizes.
I am a bit underwhelmed that the campaign is in part designed to sell skateboards, but not surprised.
Raiding the $5.88 Bin
Ah, the Wal-Mart $5.88 DVD bin, where you can find copies of such luminous films as Freddy Got Fingered, Samurai Jack, The Tenant, Rambo II and III, Reign of Darkness, The Breed and The Howling III: The Marsupials.
I have mentioned the horribleness of The Breed, a bad vampire movie starring Adrian Paul, before, and I thought that that was the lowest point, the ultimate low that they could scrape for a 'horror' film to be in the bin, but I was wrong.
Reign of Darness is quite possibly one of the worst films I have ever watched the first 15 minutes of. It is so bad that after five minutes I was ready to eject it from my DVD player and throw it in the trash.
It's an Australian vampire/virus outbreak film set in what I assume is the U.S. It stars Kel Dolan as Michael Dorn (not Worf), who is a molecular biologist on some form of program to create some form of virus or other, that the film assures us is believed to be real and exist in our world.
It was filmed on digital for the price of $1 million dollars last year, of which none went to script writing. It seems that Dolan, who also wrote and directed the film with parner David W. Allen, just made the shit up as he went along. In the bit I struggled through there is a lab, there are some chases and gunshots, and apparantly to test the drug the bad guy, who has what I assume is supposed to be a Southern Accent, but just sounds like an Australian with a cold, injects tagged homless people and watches the results. He does so on the mysterious orders of shadowy figures who are most likely vampires.
Yeah. Right. Spend some money on script next time guys. Batman: Dead End was a demo reel for the writer director and cost about $60,000. It had no real story and was only 8 minutes, but it is so much better than this crap that it is scary.
The other film I bought was The Howling III: The Marsupials. WereKangaroos, in Australia. Obviously it's a comedy. It's exactly what you think it is.
If you're in the cheap bin at Wally-World go for the Samurai Jack, it's much better and more worth your time.
Chaos and Confusion
The funniest thing about the Conservative claims that the Clintons support Clark because they know he won't be able to win or keep his momentum, so as to add confusion and to destabilize the Democratic conteders, until Billary can announce her candidacy, is that the Clinton's aren't the ones destabilizing the Democratic field...I am.
(that was a bit of a run-on sentence, wasn't it?)
It is my goal to add as much chaos and confusion until Andre the Giant returns later this year to take our country into his iron grasp.
Not a Dream Buffet
When I found out that KFC had a free buffet program where if you buy four buffets and get the fifth free (complete with stamp card to keep track), you can bet that I was overjoyed.
The day before yesterday I went in for my free buffet. I skipped up to the counter and handed the cashier my card and she wished me a good day. It was not to be, however.
Squash and okra were both in supply, but the okra was overcooked, and the squash was soggy and not very good. The mashed potatoes were dry and poor, and the only really good thing was the biscuits.
All in all a 3 out of 10 on the Bill Buffet Scale (BBS).
I realize that all of you regular readers out there have probably been asking yourselves, "Why hasn't Bill been commenting on Charmed lately?"
Well, it's because I just haven't been watching it. The whole super short haired Alyssa Milano thing is just offputting for me. I"m watching what I think is an episode from last season here, and in it the Titans have attacked heaven or whatnot, and Leo, Piper's angel/husband is apparantly being promoted to God, while the three witches are moving up to Goddess level.
OK, so you make the three of them goddesses and him a god, where do you go from there? Any good old D&D player knows that at that point you have to retire the characters or start over because there's just nowhere to go from there.
The show is still not any better written than it was in earlier seasons, but I still likes me some Rose McGowan. It just goes to show you that you can't just make yourself a Buffy the Vampire Slayer without the good writing.
Comics Missed This Week
In what seems that it will be an ongoing weekly column, here are the comics that I missed this week due to the closing of my local comics store What It Is?:
Hellboy Weird Tales #5: I don't know who are the creators of this book this month, but this rotating short story anthology has been consistently good.
Animal Man, vol. 3: Deus Ex Machina TPB: I think this is the third volume of Grant Morrison's run on Animal Man, and I would get it like the good completist that I am. The book is solid, if the art is a bit weak.
Life Eaters HC: The DC comics re-working of Captain America Meets Thor which was to have been published by Marvel. They removed the Marvel elements and re-worked it, and the result is a story about Hitler using magic to summon the Norse Gods to defeat the allies. The $29.95 price tag is a bit hefty though and I might have waited for the softcover.
Smax #3: I have to wait an extra year for this Alan Moore book, then I don't even get the third issue? That is some suck indeed. The story and art have been quite good on this one so far. I guess that I'll have to wait on the eventual trade.
Tom Strong's Terrific Tales #8: Another good book that I'll miss not getting, though not too much.
Daredevil #53: I think this issue is a continuation of the David "I'm an artist" Mack storyline about Echo, the deaf version of Elektra that he co-created.
Hulk Gray #1: To be honest I wasn't that impressed with the Spiderman Blue series that Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale did before this. I don't think it added anything new to the Spidey character. I really like Sale's artwork, and their collaborations on Batman are some of my favorite Batman stories. I think that this could be an interesting story, but probably won't do much.
New X-Men #148: Grant Morrison's run on X-men is quickly coming to a close (as is my buying of the title), and I would like to keep up. Magneto is back from the dead (again) and now he's a drug addict to the power boosting drug kick, which is probably going to end up killing him again. Grant said that this storyline will wrap up the X-Men for him and he's pushing to keep the newly not stuck up Cyclops as a lasting contribution to the X-men. This is the book that I'll miss most this week. Perhaps I'll be able to pick it up at Books-A-Million or Hastings in a couple of weeks when the newstands catch up.
Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures #1: More Moore goodness from Avatar Press. I guess I'll get the trade (if there is one) on this one as well.
Archie and Friends #76: Ya'll know I loves me some Betty.
More Box Office Poison, TPB: Alex Robinson's series about normal people and relationships is one of my favorite comic series ever. Each character is well drawn and the stories feel real. I though that the gigantor trade that came out from Top Shelf Comics re-printed the whole series, but I guess it didn't, or this is just some new work that Alex has done. Either way, I'm there.
That's a grand total of $83.62. Pretty stout week. To commemorate not being able to get those books I went out and bought The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick, and the Disinformation Company's Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult, ed. by Richard Metzger. The BOL looks pretty good even though I've read some of the stuff before (I have a couple of the books it excerpts and the opening piece is the first two parts of Pop Magic, which is at Grant Morrison's web site (that's a lot of links to morrison's site today). The Mitnick book I've been looking forward to ever since it was featured on Tech Tv's The Screensavers a few months back. It's about Cultural Engineering and how to do it and stop it.
Check back next week to see what comic fix I won't be getting.
RTB is TCB
I see that I'm now a member of the Rocky Top Brigade, courtesy of BigStupidTommy. Howdy to any and all from the RTB, and please forgive the spelling and grammar errors herein, they are mine, and I did attend Tennessee public school.
New President?
According to Comic Book Resources, this man:
is the new president of Marvel Comics, taking the sacked Bill Jemas's place.
What did he let Wizard take that picture? Warren Ellis said in an interview once that comic people should never let Wizard take thier picture because they end up always using the one that makes you look the most ricockulous (Warren's was of him holding up a handfull of pencils menacingly and grinning like a fool).
Anyway, it looks like they are in good hands if this is any indication. I look for the first slate of the 10 new Spider-man and X-Men/Wolverine comics that are no doubt to come down the pike.
Also, BTW from that column, Chuck Austen writing both X-comics? Has no one figured out that he's a hack yet? I think that the War Machine books should have brought that to at least someone's attention.
Today's Word?
Intomplicated, discuss.
Your word for today is Suspirious. Discuss.
Kill Bill, vol. 1
Quentin Tarantino's fourth film is quite possibly the best 70s Kung-Fu Exploitation film ever made. It's also likely the bloodiest film ever to get an R rating.
This is a revenge film, with Uma Thurman playing the part of the Bride who was shot in the head and left for dead on her wedding day by her former partners in an assassination squad led by Bill (David Carradine). She awakes from a coma four years later and sets herself on avenging her family and unborn daughter.
Her Kill List takes her first to Japan where she obtains a sword by a legendary swordsmith and then goes against Cotton Mouth (Lucy Liu) and her 99 warriors in one of the bloodiest battles in any film.
The blood and gore flies in this film in ways that would impress even Takashi Miike. Limbs are severed, eyes are gouged, and heads are chopped.
Great fight sequences overseen by Yuen Wo Ping.
This is a film where my lack of knowledge of Shaw Brothers films might leave me not getting all the references, but is still just as enjoyable. I get the Five Deadly Venoms reference, and the bride and the one-eyed woman, but I'm sure that I missed alot more along the way.
Oh, and the schoolgirl with the razor-chain-mace...awesome.
I'll also never be able to look at Kaboom cereal quite the same again.
Gordon Liu and Sonny Chiba make entertaining cameo appearances, and left me wanting more.
There is also an anime sequence that tells the origin of Lucy Liu's character by the same company who did the Boy's story in the Animatrix. This sequence is some of the best anime that I've seen on the big screen, and if Carradine's assertion that there is to be an OAV prequal to this film later on, then I can't wait.
Uma is quite strong in her role as the bride, and her English dialogue most of the time sounds like it is the translated subtitles of a samurai from a Hong Kong film. It is most of the time quite proper sounding.
Also, in case you didn't know Lucy Liu is quite pretty. Just thought I'd throw that in there.
Great film if you like gory, funny/sad exploitation flicks.
The Return of the King Trailer is great. Simply great.
The Matrix Revolutions Trailer is also great.
That's two great movies that are both the third films in trilogies that will be released within a month of one another and that I can't wait to see. Then two months after that the second part of Kill Bill will be released.
Thank you Hollywood, I forgive you for the Dickie Roberts film.
Bulletproof Monk
The movie made from the comic book that was, in essence, nothing more than a movie pitch in comic book form. The comic this film was 'based' on bears little to no resemblance to the final film other than the name of the hero, Kar.
In the incredibly wordy and boring little comic, the Monk is a quasi-mythical figure who protected Chinese peasants from the blah-blah-blah in the past. No Nazies. In the book Kar is a young asian man embroiled in gang fights and whatnot, trying to win the heart of the ice-princess daughter of a crimelord. The best part about the book is the artwork from Mike Avon Oemig, other than that it's a pass.
The movie stars Sean Stiffler Scott, pouty faced model James King and Chow Yun Fat. Stiffler and Fat are fine and have some good chemistry. King is a bit bland and uneven.
The film as a whole is a hodge-podge of things and never really gells into a complete whole. It has some good action sequences that mostly involve Fat, and some horrible action sequences, with some really bad wire-fu and blue-screened backgrounds.
The script brings up characters and then forgets them, such as the Mister Funktastic and his band of criminals who seem set up for a larger role and then just disappear. It also suffers from not knowing whether it wants to be a kung-fu film, a buddy comedy or a superhero film. It fails at trying to be all three.
The bad guy Nazi Strucker kept reminding me of Gary Oldman's Dr Smith from the Lost in Space Film. I'm still unsure what his torture device was doing exactly. Was it electrocuting the people or using high pressure beams of water to bore into their brains? A little expository dialogue on the point would have been helpful.
This seems like a film that was 'written' by scripting out big action sequences and then left up to the editors and second unit director to hash out what was actually happening. There was one example of horrible dubbed over dialogue where the bad guy was explaining what his nefarious plans were while his daughter wheeled him through his underground lair that was just as preposterous as anything from the Adam West Batman series.
This felt like the direct to video sequal to a successfull action film, along the lines of Mortal Kombat II or Best of the Best IV.
I was not impressed, though I did enjoy Fat's performance, I only wish that the movie could have done more with him.
No Comics and no Wrestling make Bill...Something, something
Go crazy? Don't mind if I do.
The 'Tis, my local comic store of choice is closed due to illness, which I can only take to mean either Pat, the co-owner has fallen ill, or worse that Kevin, the other owner who was in the hospital battling cancer, has taken a turn for the worse. He's a good guy, I hope that he pulls through and beats the odds.
But in selfish news, that means I get no comics this week. Here are the books according to Diamond Comics that I am missing out on this week:
Tokyo Storm Warning #3(of 3)- Warren Ellis's third and final issue of his Japanese-Big-Robots miniseries that will most likely never see trade, and due to low order numbers around here, I may never see the completion of.
Tom Strong #22- One of the more consistently solid books in Alan Moore's ABC line, this one no doubt continues the crossover that will most likely end the ABC universe as it stands now.
Marvel 1602 #3- Neil Gaiman's Victorian Marvel Universe. I haven't been truly impressed by it yet, but it's still early in the run.
NYX #1- With Josh Middleton's dazzling artwork, this could be one of the prettiest comic books since Darkminds started. This is one that I was really waiting for.
Ultimate Six #3- I really should just wait for the Ultimate trades, but I like this book. The art is solid, and the story is thusfar reasonably entertaining, with the standard Bendis writing.
Archie #541- 'natch. You knows I just have to know what's up with my Riverdale homies. Veronica the bomb, yo.
Poison Elves: Lusipher and Lirilith TPB- Poison Elves with great artwork? Who would have thunk it. This series may not have been the most Earth shatteringly brilliant book ever, but I liked it quite a bit. Of all of the Poison Elves books, this one looks the best, and I would have probably went for the trade.
All in all it would have been a $30 comic week. I went to Hastings and Books a Million to see if I could find a trade paperback that I want, but neither really had anything that caught my eye. The closest thing was the Batman Black and White Volume 2, but that's pretty much just an 'eh.
I did find a stack of trades that I haven't read here in my room though. I had forgotten about buying some of them (Essential Silver Surfer and Essential Hulk 1 and 2), so maybe I'll read some of them.
I also picked up the new Michael Moore book this morning, Dude Where's My Country. It's good stuff. All of his other books have been about things that I'd mostly seen in his earlier movies or on TV Nation or the Awful Truth, but this one is newer stuff that I would guess he's working on for the next film, Fahrenheit 911.
And on the no wrestling front, I just don't have the money to hit tonight's TNA Show. No money for gas and no money for a ticket. Oh well.
I'm just going to sit here and watch Bulletproof Monk and hope that it's much better than the comic was, but I'm not that hopeful.
Tommy, and others, should go play This game at I-Mockery.com. It's ridiculously hard, but I think it is the final level that is based on the game Golden Axe, but in this game you are a monster with a stick that kicks some ass. And you get to beat up the Power-Puff Girls, did Imention that? The game is pretty hard though.
Guns and Drugs
So I'm bummed that R.A.Wilson didn't win by a write in majority, but I didn't really expect that. I expected the governed to win. Now he can get down to the serious business of finding and protecting Eddie Furlong, then killing him.
So, if Arnold has been elected to serve the rest of Gray Davis's term as governed of California, but legal rumblings keep him from taking office until the next scheduled election, what happens then? I don't imagine that this transition will go smoothly. What happens if Arnold isn't able to bring the state under control, and it just goes bankrupt? Will they just get rid of most of their State Troopers and let the prisoners go from jail like Alabama just did?
On Sep 28 Doonesbury's strip contained a preprinted, pre-addressed form to the California Secretary of State (Will it be the same one under Arnold?) for a recall of Arnold. All you had to do was write in your information, put on a stamp and drop the sucker in the mail. I wonder if any will get used?
I imagine they could really do without a government there in the California, they have Hollywood after all. I think it's time for us to build a wall around them so that they can't escape. A large wall.
This will be an interesting microcosm of politics now though. Lets watch, and hope that all the rest of our states don't suddenly get recall happy. I don't relish the idea of us having a governor Witherspoon (Reese), or some other such celebrity from our state. Unless it was governor Jerry Lawler, that would be cool.
Surviving Nugent
VH1's latest offering in the non-"Greatest however many things in whatever"-shows category is a reality show where seven 'lucky sons of bitches' are tricked into spending a few days with the Motor City Madman, Terrible Ted Nugent on his ranch.
It seems that VH1 instead of breaking this up into multiple shows has decided to just show it in one big chunk.
They have to survive Ted and his family, and head ranch-hand but the worst part is surviving one another.
Ted eliminates the first guy for smelling like a 'french whore.' He gets rid of him right after they get to the house while he is giving them the rules of the place.
Ted puts them in the barn when they first arrive and makes them build an outhouse for their first chore.
They build something that bears no resemblance to an outhouse. Believe me, I know what an outhouse looks like and that wasn't it.
Who are they you ask?
Well, there's the whiny DJ guy, the french-whore guy, the nympho model, the big tough guy, the vegan animal rights activist, the brother, and the girl with no personality.
The vegan has the obvious problems with Ted, but makes a fair showing of herself when she's not being the saviour of all the poor widdle animals. That's quite a bit of the early show.
Ted's an asshole, but he's a fair asshole. You get in there and try and don't whine too much and he'll respect that. He can also spot somebody who's full of it.
I imagine the reason they didn't make this a full fledged show is that there probably just wasn't enough material there. Most of these people just aren't that interesting.
Ted is what makes the show interesting.
Annoying people running from Ted while he shoots at them with a paintball gun from horseback. Annoying people running through a leech infested swamp. Annoying people running through an obstacle course
It's like I imagine living with my friend Joey would be.
The Doo
You know where they went wrong on Scooby Doo? I know that from the three readers out there there is at least one cry of "Scrappy!" going up now, perhaps a small peep of a cry, but I have forgiveness in my heart for the transgression of Scrappy.
I'll forgive the terrible Three Stooges crossovers and Scooby Dumb. I'll even go so far as to allow the change in Shaggy's shirt from green to red. Where they really went wrong was when they started making the monsters real.
In the good old days these stupid-ass teenagers and their dog and perhaps a 'celebrity' of the episode would eventually discover that the monster was just a mean old man or woman in a rubber suit.
There is no way that these kids would really thwart something like an alien invasion, or stop a vampire, even if those aliens or vampires are of the stupidest and most cartoony variety. They have as much chance of that as anyone on the A-Team has a chance of actually shooting someone.
Ain't gonna happen bubba.
That's where the problem lies.
Man in suit is the way to go.
Man in suit.
Robert Anton Wilson for Governor of California
Classics Online
Here's a good site with .pdf's of various classic books and whatnot, The Penn State University's Electronic Classics Site.
Just for your own edumacation. Embiggen your minds.
Interview with Wes Clark
TalkingPointsMemo has an interesting Interview with Gen. Wesley Clark.
Schools aren't businesses. Schools are institutions of public service. Their job--their product--is not measured in terms of revenues gained. It's measured in terms of young lives whose potential can be realized. And you don't measure that either in terms of popularity of the school, or in terms of the standardized test scores in the school. You measure it child-by-child, in the interaction of the child with the teacher, the parent with the teacher, and the child in a larger environment later on in life.
"Because in foreign policy and foreign affairs you have to work with allies. It doesn't matter what the threat is. And in the world that I learned to work in, international law trumps diplomacy. And, except under the most extreme circumstances, diplomacy trumps force. Force is the ultimate action, but improperly applied, force only kills people and breaks things. It gets you into something. It doesn't give you your success. I've had the experience of putting together the complete packages."
Redecorating Shows
What is with this proliferation of redecorating shows on my television now? It's like every network feels the need to have a Trading Spaces. I say stop it now.
The most disturbing show I saw advertised is the one on MTV where they go in and search through your room for incriminating things. That's just wrong.
On an unrelated note, who keeps insisting that Martina McBride dance in her videos? She is quite possibly the stiffest person on the dance floor outside of me. I don't think that it's that she doesn't have any rhythm, but she just can't dance. They need to just do static style shots and resist the temptation to make her dance. Jewel only danced in that one video, and only very briefly.
How Many Mountain Dews would it take to kill you?
Personally it would take 255.627 to kill me in a sitting according to this handy calculator.
I think I'm safe.
But what counts as a sitting, and would the death come from the Dew, or from just bursting?
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Inside Meghan Markle's Final Days on 'Suits' Set
By Emily Marcus
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As Meghan Markle's Suits days came to an end, multiple sources tell Us Weekly that the 36-year-old actress was soaking in every second of her final moments on set.
Meghan Markle Through the Years
Although Markle was said to be "much more reserved" with her Suits costars ever since news of her romance with Prince Harry broke in October 2016, she really enjoyed her last days on set of the USA Network drama. "Meghan was extra pleasant on set and more personable, really engaged with the cast and crew," a source told Us Weekly.
Markle, who exited the show after season 7 wrapped, has spent a great deal of time with the cast and crew of the series, which she has been part of since it aired in 2011. "The whole cast and crew were getting along better than ever," an insider revealed to Us. "Having the end near made everyone nostalgic."
TV Shows Gone Too Soon!
As Us Weekly exclusively reported, Markle and costar Patrick J. Adams shot their characters Rachel and Mike's wedding in a Toronto hotel on the weekend of November 11. Markle was then seen on set Sunday, November 12, days before Us Weekly exclusively reported that she has packed up her apartment in the city and is preparing to move in with her royal beau, 33, in London.
"When Suits is over, so is Meghan's life in Toronto," a Markle pal previously shared with Us. "It's the end of a really precious era so she's definitely sad to see it come to an end, but she's also really excited about starting a new chapter with [Prince] Harry."
As they filmed the final scenes, Markle's stand-in, Nicky Bursic, took to Instagram on Friday, November 17, to wish her "all the happiness in the world."
15 Charming Throwback Photos of the Royal Family
Although Markle headed to London shortly after she walked off the set for the last time, she's not turning her back on the people she worked with for six years. "All of her close friends from Toronto will be part of her life forever," the Markle insider added. "She doesn't want to say goodbye like that. It's not goodbye — just a change of locale."


Nearly hundred community members concerned about how our residents will plan to thrive and survive in the tenuous times we face attended a weekend conference March 24-26. After months of careful planning, Colorado College at the Baca Grande hosted the Resiliency Conference, which took the participants through the Search Conference model to action groups creating plans for community sustainability.
The Search Conference model was developed in England in 1959 to find common ground between two corporations who were merging. The model using a "funnel" process to find common ground and themes for change is very successful. A Search Conference held in the Crestone/Baca community in 1995 set many goals in motion and into creation, including the Crestone Charter School.
The process seemed to work, and participation was enthusiastic. Working on concerns and plans that were gleaned from the entire group on "common ground" allowed for a group consensus around issues to address in smaller circles. "My favorite piece of the conference was gathering in circles. In indigenous traditions circles neutralize negativity. Energetically there are no sides," Malathy said.
Core concepts emerged on Sunday and action groups were formed. These groups formed around specific issues are committed to bring the core concepts into reality for the common good. Participant Paul Jackson said, "Amazing commitment and participation. I wish the whole community could participate." It turns out the whole community can be part of this creative process. Action groups are looking for people eager to prepare and execute their plans. Listed below are the action groups with contact information so you too can help facilitate necessary change.
The event was inspiring. Doug Beechwood and his company Terra Media donated $5,800 worth of equipment rental and labor to facilitate technology for the weekends conference.
The following action groups were formed at the conference. If you are interested in participating in one of these areas, please call the liaison person listed.
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Cameroon was the first African country to reach the quarter final stage in a Soccer World Cup, in 1990.
The name 'Cameroon' originally comes from the Portuguese, Rio de Camarões. Translated, this means 'River of Prawns'.
Cameroon, as it is today, came into being in 1961 when two territories (a British and a French territory) were combined and English and French are still official languages.
Cameroon's President, Paul Biya, has been in power since 1992.
The Cameroonian economy is largely cash based. Debit or credit cards will typically only be accepted at international hotels and some restaurants and grocery shops.
Malaria is endemic in Douala.
Early termination clauses are not standard in Cameroon, and would need to be negotiated into the lease.
Rather than monthly, rentals in Cameroon are paid quarterly or biannually.
Real Estate Agents' commissions typically is payable by the tenant.
Cameroon is showing promising levels of economic growth. Cameroon's economy is heavily dependent on its commodity exports and natural resource endowments. The country's major exports are crude oil and petroleum products, timber, cocoa, aluminium, coffee, and cotton.
Cameroon is relatively small – the 24th largest country in Africa and the 54th largest country in the world. Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé, is located in Centre Province; while, Douala, is located in the Littoral Province.
While Yaoundé is Cameroon's capital city, Douala is the country's commercial capital and the destination for most expatriates. Douala is considered amongst the most expensive cities in Africa, for expatriates. Douala is not considered a particularly easy location to move to with expatriates citing housing availability and culture shock as particularly challenging. Speaking French is an advantage as French and dialectics of French are widely spoken in Douala.
In terms of transport, there are considerable infrastructure challenges in navigating around the city. For this, and safety reasons, it is recommended that expatriates make use of company cars and drivers while in Douala.
Limited availability and quality of housing are significant challenges facing expatriates in Douala. It can take as long as 3 months to find and secure a suitable home in. Homes in Douala are typically free standing houses or apartments, Apartments are usually recommended, for security reasons.
Popular suburbs of Douala for expatriates include Bonanjo, Bonamoussadi, Bonapriso, Bonaberi, Akwa Residential, and Bali.
The academic year in Cameroon runs from September to June, at which time, end of year examinations are always written. The supply of international schools in Douala is limited.


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Mama Bear Clan
In Pembina Trials, we take great pride is creating opportunities for our students to think both locally and globally. We aim to inspire our young people to give back to their communities in many different ways.
A group of Fort Richmond Collegiate students recently spent an evening doing exactly that - in early June, students and staff joined the Mama Bear group on a patrol of Winnipeg's inner city streets.
"We connected to the Mama Bear Clan through our partnership with Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges program organized through Ceda (Community Education Development Association) Pathways," shared teacher librarian, Chantal Rochon. "During one of our sessions, one of the leaders, Mitch Bourbonniere, spoke about his work with the Mama Bear Clan and how students can get involved in the cause. We felt this was a wonderful opportunity for our students to give back to the North Point Douglas Community."
After a quick introduction at North Point Douglas Women's Centre, the group made their way to Main Street with water bottles, sandwiches and toiletries. Students spent time meeting people in the neighbourhood and handing out much need supplies.
"I was not aware that there were that many homeless people in Winnipeg," shared FRC student, Han Wang. "I felt happiness because I felt that everyone is connected in some way. We were able to show love and compassion to others. I think there are many things we can do to help those in need. We could even start our own walk in our community to help those in need."
Many other students echoed the same desire to become even more involved. "It was an exciting experience. It made me want to help more around the community. I would like the opportunity to do it again one day," said student Maddie Cook.
The evening wrapped up with a visit to a few local playgrounds and the Norquay Community Centre where volunteers handed out snacks and took time to say hello to local children. The evening was just as meaningful to the community as it was to the volunteers.
Fort Richmond staff are looking at the possibility of other opportunities for the next school year.
Fri. Jun. 21, 2019


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Петро Миколайович Буц ( 2 липня 1966, Кривий Ріг, Дніпропетровська область, УРСР) — радянський та український футболіст та футзаліст, захисник. Майстер спорту СРСР з 1989 року.

Життєпис
Вихованець криворізької ДЮСШ «Кривбас». З 1983 року виступав у другій лізі СРСР у дорослій команді «Кривбасу». У 1986 році грав за клуб першої союзної ліги «Спартак» (Орджонікідзе).

Через рік перейшов у клуб вищої ліги дніпропетровський «Дніпро». За чотири сезони в складі «дніпрян» — чемпіонів (1988), віце-чемпіонів (1989) та володарів Кубка СРСР (1989) — Буц проводить 4 матчі у вищій лізі чемпіонату СРСР. Виступає в основному за дубль. З командою дублерів — чемпіон СРСР 1987 року. Також брав участь у матчах розіграшу Кубка Федерації футболу в 1988, 1989 (фіналіст) і 1990 (володар).

У 1991 році перейшов у «Тилігул». Стає основним гравцем молдавської команди. У цьому сезоні тираспольці займають друге місце в першій лізі СРСР і завойовують право на наступний сезон підвищитися в класі. Однак турнір 1991 року став останнім в історії першостей Радянського Союзу.

Після розпаду СРСР Буц повернувся в Україну. Виступав у вищій лізі за тернопільську «Ниву» й криворізький «Кривбас». У криворізькій команді, з урахуванням радянського періоду, провів понад сто офіційних матчів.

Наприкінці кар'єри виступав у чемпіонаті Казахстану. У складі «Кайрата» ставав бронзовим призером турніру (1999).

Після завершення активних виступів, працював викладачем фізичного виховання в Дніпропетровській митної академії. У складі команди ветеранів «Дніпра» виступав в чемпіонаті України.

Досягнення
  Вища ліга чемпіонату СРСР
  Чемпіон (1): 1988
  Срібний призер (1): 1989

  Кубок СРСР
  Володар (1): 1989

  Кубок Федерації футболу СРСР
  Володар (1): 1989
  Фіналіст (1): 1990

Примітки

Посилання
 Статистика виступів гравця на офіційному сайті ФФУ
 Візитна картка футболіста на офіційному сайті УПЛ

 Профіль гравця на сайті «УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ФУТБОЛ (історія та статистика)»
 Профіль гравця на сайті footbook.ru

Уродженці Кривого Рогу
Радянські футболісти
Українські футболісти
Українські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери в Росії
Футбольні легіонери в Казахстані
Майстри спорту СРСР
Футболісти «Кривбаса»
Футболісти «Аланії»
Футболісти «Дніпра» (Дніпро)
Футболісти «Тилігула-Тирас»
Футболісти «Ниви» (Тернопіль)
Футболісти «Миколаєва»
Футболісти «Полісся» (Житомир)
Футболісти «Амкара»
Футболісти «Ордабаси»
Футболісти «Кайрата»
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One more thing, which made Tsuda change his image of cats, was when he took four abandoned kittens into his care in 1979. The kittens were just barely born and couldn't even open their eyes yet. Tsuda did his best to take care of the kittens by warming up the room and feeding them milk with a dropper, but he was doubtful of their survival, as they were too small. He took the kittens to work everyday in a special basket, and gave them milk, wiped their bottoms, cleaned their ears several times a day and washed them. He just couldn't leave them unattended. Although people say that cats don't cling on to people, with these kittens it was different. Because Tsuda was the first thing they saw and smelt they probably took him as their parent. Like following a mother cat, the kittens would run after Tsuda. And in the morning when Tsuda goes into the toilet they would also come and gather around the toilet and do their business. At night when Tsuda goes to bed the kittens would also squeeze under his blanket. That made Tsuda to adore cats even more. One day, almost two months since they met, Tsuda noticed the kittens playing with costumes for dolls left behind by his girlfriend. He put the costumes on the kittens for fun and because it was funny he took photographs of the kittens running around in their outfit. That was the beginning of the "Namen nayo" Cats.
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There are 42 achievements worth 400 (2762) points.
ok why the game has a timer if there's no achievement about speedrun ??
i suggest achievements about weapon-only playthrough, like you can only z-saber until finish the game.


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BA in Accounting, Modern Academy in Maadi , Cairo, 1999.
MSc in Accounting, Benha University, Egypt, 2008.
Pre PHD studies in Accounting, Benha University, Egypt, 2011.
Registered PHD thesis in Accounting, Benha University, Egypt, 2016.
Teacher Assistant, Modern University for Technology & Information- faculty of management- Accounting Department, 2009- Now.
• Teaching several accounting courses that include: Financial Accounting; Financial Analysis, Managerial Accounting; Cost Accounting; And Budgets.
• Member of the Student Grading Committee.
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• Using budgets in planning.
Lecturer Assistant, Modern Academy in Maadi, 1999 - 2009.
• Teaching several accounting courses that include: Financial Accounting; Advanced Accounting; Financial Analysis, Managerial Accounting; Feasibility Study, Taxation; Accounting For Corporation; Cost Accounting; And Statistics.
• Member of the accounting department administration and academia.
• Financial Analysis Fundamentals, Cairo University, 2018.
• Online Certificate in International Financial Reporting (IFRS), Association of Charted Certified Accountants, 2012.
• Staff development sessions, University of Wales Prifysgol Cymru (Modern University for Technology & Information), 2011.
• Soft skills courses (communication skills, time management, planning, leadership, mind mapping, Self-learning), zedny training center, 2006.
• International Computer Driving License (ICDL), UN 05075414, 2006.


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Cameras seem to be more effective because of the associated fines
While speed cameras are widely accepted as a deterrent to speeding, the use of breathalysers to curb drink-driving has yet to be regarded in the same manner, insurers believe.
In a Talking Point in Times of Malta, the head of the Malta Insurance Association, Adrian Galea, argues that while speed cameras seem to be acceptable "because they rake in several euros in fines", breathalyser tests, which he said also save lives, do not seem to be similarly accepted.
"The association encourages further investment in deterrent, including more breathalyser kits as well as kits to test for drug consumption," Mr Galea said.
"The police can only improve their effectiveness if more resources are available to them.
"The difficulty of the task they face in having to deal with individuals who may be driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and who are facing the prospect of a combination of heavy fines and licence suspension, not to mention the possibility of spending the night locked up, should not be underestimated."
He also insisted on the importance of organising awareness campaigns throughout the year, and not just during the festive period.
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The Concerts: Spotlight on Santa Barbara
Our 2020/21 Season: 7 Spectacular Performances
See and hear us like never before!
We are shining a spotlight on our Santa Barbara Symphony musicians and local artistic treasures. Designed by Music & Artistic Director, Nir Kabaretti, these seven concerts connect you to the music and musicians you love – whether watching the live broadcast from the comfort of your living room or in a socially-distanced audience at the Granada Theatre should that become possible January-May.
Performances will be filmed with multiple cameras, state of the art technology, and then digitally broadcast LIVE into your living room. These community-wide events will include a full concert, approx 60 minutes of music along with behind-the-scenes interviews, and fun ways to enhance your concert experience.
*Program content and concert dates may be subject to change: check our website for regular updates.
Cabaret with Kabaretti
Streamed live October 17 & 18, 2020
On-Demand Digital Tickets Now Available!
The Santa Barbara Symphony returns! On October 17th, music fans from around the world joined us for intimate evening with the Santa Barbara Symphony. Featuring Broadway star Lisa Vroman, Maestro Kabaretti and members of the orchestra, and hosted by celebrated actress and singer Leslie Zemeckis.
Beethoven @ 250
Streamed live November 21 & 22, 2020
Beethoven: from our hearts to your ears. Join Maestro Nir Kabaretti as he weaves together a way for home audiences to experience musical chemistry in a chamber music program of beloved and new adaptations of Beethoven's music presented in unaccompanied solos and together in duos, trios, and quartets. The performers share their personal reflections about Beethoven — his music and legacy — in the context of our time
Santa Barbara Celebration
Maestro Nir Kabaretti leads the Santa Barbara Symphony and soloists through a program highlighting Santa Barbara's musical talents. This program will be a tribute to our area medical professionals. Performances include "State Street" from Bramwell Tovey's "Santa Barbara Sonata", Beethoven's Romance in F Major with Concertmaster Jessica Guideri, the beautiful "Elvira Madigan" movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21 with local doctor Toni Meyers as soloist, and Mozart's Symphony No. 29.
The Santa Barbara Symphony presents a unique line-up highlighting the works of African American composers and their influences. Featuring performances of Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges's: Symphony No. 1, Serenade for Strings by Santa Barbara's own Robin Frost, Lyric for Strings by George Walker.
Violins Around The World: From Baroque to Bluegrass
Violinist Gilles Apap joins maestro Nir Kabaretti for a globetrotting program from Baroque to Bluegrass. Performances of Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 , Mozart: Concerto for Violin No. 3 in G Major, and French, Irish, Balkan, Bluegrass, popular music.
Fanfare for The Common Man
Brass, winds, percussion, oh my! American composer Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, an American standard, is the perfect way to spotlight our talented symphony brass section. Our wind section is featured in Serenade No. 2 by Johannes Brahms, and our percussionists join forces in Evangile from Fanfare Liturgiques for Brass & Percussion. Another spotlight: B. Tovey's Santa Barbara Sonata. We'll conclude with a unique take on Mahler with vocal soloist Valdis Jansons performing Songs of the Wayfarer (arr. Arnold Schönberg),
Join us for our Season Finale, a special evening honoring the strength, perseverance, hope, creativity, and community that makes up the Santa Barbara Symphony family. Guest pianist Awadagin Pratt performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, our musicians are once again in the spotlight in Schönberg's Notturno for Harp and Strings, and our 20/21 Season concludes with Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op.92.


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It was just another ordinary early morning start for Mr Owen Keenlan, he had just started his shift with Mr David Lane, the driver of the Ninewells route. Even though it was early, he felt hot in his conductors uniform. He thought it was going to be a hard days shift as it was so close. He had a headache and this was always a sure sign a storm was on its way.
An empty Ninewells tram slowly left the terminus, on time to a rumble of thunder overhead. Just as Mr Keenlan was about to hop on board BANG! Lightening struck the rear side of the tram. He thought the lightening hit terrible close to the car and had disappeared down the side near the wheels. Moments later he saw a blinding flash and smoke began to rise from the seats on the lower deck. The driver immediately pulled on the brakes and joined Owen, both men franticly threw sand on the fire, hoping they could keep the flames down till the Dundee fire brigade could finished the job off.
Little did they know, moments later, in another part of the city, four passengers boarded Blackness tram. FLASH! Lightening struck and blew the trams fuses, setting fire to a cable under the seat in the lower deck. The passengers quickly got off as the driver Mr Hadane and the conductor Mr Mullis desperately used bags of sand to put the fire out.


The reasons Sales should begin to embrace AI now, rather than waiting.
It is coming to the end of 2018 and without doubt, in the B2B commerce world the buzz word of the year is Artificial Intelligence or AI.
This is the year that all the large ERP and CRM vendors announced AI initiatives following on from 2017 Dreamforce and the Salesforce announcement of Einstein.
So why is everyone suddenly talking AI and what does it mean to sales organizations?
Sellers are facing more informed buyers and more of them involved in each sale.
Although there is no simple panacea, there is a way for sellers and sales organizations to improve their odds. By using AI.
AI can help sales organizations prioritize opportunities, identify deals that are not currently a focus but should be, and surface important reasons as to why deals are either on track or off track.
machine learning (ML) infrastructure to "learn" from the data.
It is not just about the the algorithms as most have been available for over 30 years. And it is not just about having the data. It's the intersection of all three.
What machine learning can do is look at vast amounts of say opportunity data and discern patterns in the data. By having a large enough data set that contains both opportunities that won and opportunities that lost and stalled. By looking at patterns across a sufficient set of opportunity data, the machine learning will identify what does "good" look like and what does "bad" look like in terms of winning and losing.
Once the machine has determined this, you have a very useful model. Good AI predictive models will have the ability to identify the key influencers that are evident in won and lost opportunities.
Armed with these models, forward looking sales organizations are deploying them via applications like ours. It is important to realize that AI does not replace human judgment, but augments it. In fact to take out human judgement will almost guarantee low adoption throughout an organization as sales professionals have tribal knowledge and emotional intelligence insights that AI can not yet replicate.
An opportunity probability win score should aid in understanding the totality of a pipeline, and should triangulate with human judgment, either reinforcing through agreement, challenging through disagreement or uncovering hidden insights into overlooked opportunities.
Deals that the sales organization believes are weak candidates to close win (committed deals) but the Aviso Score believes are good candidates to close won and are worth another look.
Additionally, we provide insights or reasons as to why we are calling these deals the way we are, either confirming that deals are on track and are progressing at the right pace through the deal process or highlighting the reasons why the deal is off track and suggesting areas that need addressing.
Opportunity scores are not just for helping to decide where to apply scarce sales effort, but in addition can be used to create more accurate revenue forecasts earlier in the quarterly cycle. With deal level scores, a good forecasting system will combine an aggregation of projected opportunity win amounts with a top down view of deals that are projected to open and close (new won) in that quarter that are not currently in open pipeline.
A good system will be accurate from day one of the quarter, constantly re-evaluating both projected opportunity win amounts and new wins.
This does not necessarily replace more traditional judgment based rollup forecasting but it adds an extra dimension to triangulate the different methods. Typically, early call deals are less likely to be committed, meaning that judgment contributes to a higher percentage of the sales forecast earlier in the quarter as opposed to later in the quarter. AI is more willing to commit early stage deals and will compute new wins with better accuracy than judgment alone.
It would be a mistake to judge all current AI marketing as hype, believing it will play a future role, but not this quarter as you focus on making the number.
Companies that embrace the right AI tools for Sales today will have a leg up on their competitors. These companies will learn earlier how to deploy AI to derive maximum value. These efforts will pay off in terms of shorter and more predictable successful sales cycles, more effective deployment of resources and Day 1 visibility into where the Quarter will land.


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Chemotherapy advances in small-cell lung cancer
Authors: Bryan A. Chan, Jermaine I. G. Coward
Although chemotherapeutic advances have recently been heralded in lung adenocarcinomas, such success with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) has been ominously absent. Indeed, the dismal outlook of this disease is exemplified by the failure of any significant advances in first line therapy since the introduction of the current standard platinum-etoposide doublet over 30 years ago. Moreover, such sluggish progress is compounded by the dearth of FDA-approved agents for patients with relapsed disease. However, over the past decade, novel formulations of drug classes commonly used in SCLC (e.g. topoisomerase inhibitors, anthracyclines, alkylating and platinum agents) are emerging as potential alternatives that could effectively add to the armamentarium of agents currently at our disposal. This review is introduced with an overview on the historical development of chemotherapeutic regimens used in this disease and followed by the recent encouraging advances witnessed in clinical trials with drugs such as amrubicin and belotecan which are forging new horizons for future treatment algorithms.
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Oregon Tea Party Crasher in Right's Crosshairs
Posted By The Source Staff on Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:28 PM
Conservatives in Oregon, and all over America, have found something new to be angry about – not that that's ever any challenge for them.
The latest target of their wrath is Jason Levin, a middle school teacher in Beaverton who set up a website on which he vowed to "crash and destroy" the Tea Party movement. Levin planned to do it by infiltrating Tea Party rallies and trying to discredit the movement by carrying racist and/or homophobic signs, dressing up as Hitler and generally behaving like a douche.
Levin never got to actually infiltrate the Tea Party, however, because somebody discovered his site and spread the word, Fox News picked up the story, and legions of Tea Partiers and sympathizers started flooding the school district with angry calls and e-mails.
The district has put Levin on paid leave while it investigates whether he did his anti-Tea Party thing on district time or used district resources, such as computers. But that's not good enough for right-wingers, who are demanding Levin's head.
"This is a man who thinks it's legitimate to further your political goals by lying, by stealing and damaging somebody else's reputation," radio yakker Lars Larson fumed on his Wednesday show. "I don't want a kid [sic] like that teaching kids."
Larson isn't buying the argument that what a teacher does on his own time is his own business: "If you ran a Klan Web site on your own time, do you think you would be excused?"
Of course the Ku Klux Klan is an overtly racist organization that has engaged in acts of terrorism such as lynching, arson and blowing up churches, which would appear to put it in a whole different category from Levin.
In a message to a TPM blogger Levin maintained he didn't use school district time or equipment to put up his site and defended his right to engage in political free speech.
"Any allegation that I used school district equipment or district time to create or maintain the website is completely and totally false," Levin wrote. "The fact that teachers are held to a higher standard when exercising their right to free speech [in their private lives] is patently unfair."
Meanwhile Levin has put his domain name up for sale, and the site now only sells "Tea-Shirts" to raise money for Levin.
It seems to me that the school district has handled this issue properly so far. If Levin used district time and/or equipment to engage in politicking, or if he tried to promote his personal political views in the classroom, he should be canned.
Otherwise he's just an American exercising his right to free speech, and becoming a teacher doesn't mean you forfeit that right – as I'm sure Larson & Co. would be the first to point out if Levin was pro-Tea Party instead of anti.
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For the past week or so, "Zeo" of the NW Republican blog has had his jock strap in a knot over the prospect of Congress repealing the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" rule. To hear Zeo tell it, if DADT is repealed and gays are allowed to serve openly in the US military it will mean the end not only of our armed forces but of America, its economic system and civilization in general. More »