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This is the first known picture of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, bottom, who is posed with his brother, Arthur, in 1892 in Abilene, Kansas. (AP Photo/Eisenhower Foundation)
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This is a portrait of the Eisenhower family, made at Abilene, Kansas, in 1902. The boys, back row, are, left to right: Dwight, Edgar, Earl, Arthur, and Roy. Between Ike's mother and father, first row, is Milton. (AP Photo/The Eisenhower Foundation)
Abilene, Kansas, high school football team of 1910 on which Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower played while a post-graduate student in preparation for West Point. Left to right, top row: Ralph Lucier, Frank Madden, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Earl Briney, "Six" McDonald, Howard Funk. Second row: Orin Snyder, coach Raymond Sare, Ames Rogers, G.N. Hoffman, and Prof. Down. Bottom row: Dean Achers, Charles Barber, Earl Marrifield, Ron Coleman, Carl Nicolay. (AP Photo/The Eisenhower Library)
Dwight D. Eisenhower, left, and Mamie Geneva Doud, 18, pose on a Sunday morning in November 1915, one month after their first meeting. Eisenhower is stationed in Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio, Texas. They married on July 1, 1916. (AP Photo)
Cadet Dwight D. Eisenhower, class of 1915, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., is shown in 1911, his first year at the Academy. (AP Photo/The Eisenhower Foundation)
Dwight Eisenhower and his brothers attend a family reunion in Abilene, Kansas, in 1926, posing for a group photograph on the porch of their home. Ike sits on the steps to the porch. The others are, left to right: Roy, Arthur, Earl, Edgar, David Eisenhower, the boys' father, Milton, and their mother. (AP Photo/Jeffcoat Studio, Abilene, Kansas)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, right, is awarded the Bronze Medal at Paris, June 14, 1945, in a ceremony before the tomb of France's World War I Unknown Soldier by Gen. Charles de Gaulle. The ceremony was part of a reception tendered the allied leader by the capital. With the medal, Eisenhower became a Companion of the Liberation. (AP Photo)
White House official portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower taken on Feb. 6, 1957. (AP Photo/Official White House Photo)
President Dwight Eisenhower, at the White House, Washington on March 8, 1960, where he made a nationwide television-radio address, reporting on his South American trip. (AP Photo/Bill Allen)
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower, standing left in car, waves to the crowds of Parisians lining the Champs Elysees as he rides by during the welcoming celebration in his honor in the French capital on June 14, 1945. Standing with him in the car is Gen. Joseph Pierre Koenig of the French Army. In the background is a remaining reminder of the Nazi occupation of the country. (AP Photo/William C. Allen)
Major-General Dwight D. Eisenhower, until recently Assistant Chief of Staff Operations Division of the U.S. War Department general staff, has arrived in London to command the European theater for the U.S. Major-General Dwight D. Eisenhower, left, photographed as he talked to members of the Associated Press London Bureau staff in London on June 25, 1942.
President Eisenhower speaking at the Indiana State Society dinner for Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R-Ind), right, is enthusiastically applauded by Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (D-Texas), left, as the President joked about Rayburn and his Democratic colleagues on the hill. Rep. Halleck looks toward "Mr. Sam" to see how he reacts to the joshing. Halleck, Republican leader in the House, and in his 25th year as Indiana Congressman, was honored as Hoosier of the Year at the dinner in Washington, March 10, 1960. (AP Photo/Bill Allen)
His arms form a big V-for-victory gesture as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower appears before 1,000 Washingtonians at a luncheon in his honor at the Statler Hotel, in Washington, D.C., on June 18, 1945. (AP Photo)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, left, Commander of Allied Forces in North Africa, rides with Gen. Henri Giraud, Commander of French Forces, to the saluting base in Tunis on May 20, 1943 during World War II. They will review the victory parade by Allied troops following the conquest by the North African Armies. (AP Photo)
Alone together for the first time since Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived from Europe, the General and his wife, Mamie, enjoy a laugh as they leave their hotel for the White House to meet President Truman, June 18, 1945. (AP Photo)
Major-General Dwight D. Eisenhower, until recently Assistant Chief of Staff Operations Division of the U.S. War Department general staff, has arrived in London to command the European theater for the U.S. Major-General Dwight D. Eisenhower, left, photographed as he talked to members of the Associated Press London Bureau staff in London on June 25, 1942. Staff are left to right; Robert Burnnelle, Noland Norgaard, and Alfred Wall. (AP Photo)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is shown in March 1944 as commander of invasion of Europe. Standing beside Ike was British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W. Tedder. In left background is British Field Marshal Montgomery.
New Yorkers turned out June 19, 1945, to cheer the waving General Dwight D. Eisenhower as his car passed through the streets of Manhattan on the way to New York's official greeting at City Hall. (AP Photo)
Scene from "The True Glory," General Dwight D. Eisenhower?s film report of the conquest of Europe, distributed in this country by Columbia Pictures for the Office of War Information through the War Activities Committee. President Franklin D. Eisenhower in the President's plane in December 1943, enroute to the Teheran Conference. (AP Photo/credit: Columbia Pictures-US Signal Corps)
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and Prime Minister Winston Churchill are shown strolling prior to an inspection of U.S. Army glider and paratroopers in England, March 23, 1944. After inspection and witnessing a massed descent, Churchill addressed the paratroopers. (AP Photo)
Four U.S. soldiers chat with Gen. of Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, right, before taking off from Paris for the flight on which they accompanied Gen. Eisenhower to the United States on June 27, 1945. They had just finished broadcasting their farewells to Paris, France. Soldiers from left to right are: T. Sgt. Eugene L. Cottier, Lincoln, Neb.; Sgt. Gerald Ball, Mound City, Kan.; Sgt. Roger Davisson, Tunas, Mo.; Cpl. Richard Corridon, Lawrenceville, Ill. (AP Photo/HBR)
This is the scene censors viewed as the two-millionth foot of motion picture film reviewed since D-Day reached the screen at SHAEF film censorship theater and showed U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, talking with men of the American Division D-Day, June 6, 1944. (AP Photo)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (second from left), Supreme Allied Commander, pats shoulder of Maj. Gen. Joseph Lawton Collins, 7th Corps Commander, after having awarded him the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal during ceremonies at Army Headquarters in Normandy, France, July 26, 1944. Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Commander of U.S. forces in France (left), and Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow (second from right), 5th Corps Commander, both of whom were also given the decoration, look on. (AP Photo)
Gen. of Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, left, talks with six GIs who made the flight from Paris with him when he returned to the United States on June 27, 1945. Soldiers, from left: T. Sgt. Morris H. Smith, Hampton, Neb.; 1st Sgt. Walter T. Sapp, Abigene, Kan.; T. Sgt. Eugene L. Cottier, Lincoln, Neb.; Sgt. Gerald Ball, Mound City, Kan., Cpl. Richard Corridon, Lawrenceville, Ill. and Sgt. Roger Davisson, Tunas, Mo. (AP Photo/HBR)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower holds up a V-for-Victory gesture with the two pens used by high-ranking German officers in signing the surrender document at the school house in Reims, France on May 7, 1945. Kay Summersby, background left, Eisenhower's chauffeur-secretary, is seen peeking over General Walter Bedell Smith's shoulder. Her face was censored from the official photo taken by T/Sgt. Al Meserlin, Ike's personal photographer. Other officers are not identified. (AP Photo/Al Meserlin)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, center, Supreme Allied commander in western France, stands in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, with members of his staff following the liberation of the French capital, August 28, 1944. Left to right: unidentified officer whose face has been blotted out by the censor; Lt. Gen. Omar M. Bradley, commander of the 12th Army Group; Gen. Eisenhower; Lt. Gen. Joseph-Pierre Koenig, commander of the French Forces of the Interior; Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, deputy supreme commander. (AP Photo)
U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, right, Admiral Macahian B. Gardner, center, commander of the U.S. FixPH and Admiral Robert B. Carney, commander of the allied forces in Southern Europe, left, watch the naval maneuver near the island of Sardinia aboard the USS "Des Moines" on October 16, 1951. (AP Photo)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower inspected on April 26, 1951, some units of the Italian army which may be assigned to his command. He is seen, left, while waiting turnouts of Bersaglieri troops in barracks at Pordenone, Udine province, Northern Italy on April 24, 1951. Next to him is the colonel (unidentified), commanding the regiment, and third left, General Efisio Marras, chief of Italian general staff. In background is a bust of Alessandro La Marmora, who founded the corps of Bersaglieri some hundred years ago. (AP Photo/Raoul Fornezza)
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, is shown arriving in a jeep at a front-line position somewhere in France, September 18, 1944. (AP Photo)
Commander in chief of the North Atlantic forces, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, reviewed 10,000 Italian troops and met his immediate superior, sergeant Filiberto Zecchini, 27, of Mof Modena. Sgt. Zechini Commands the squad which a year ago elected Eisenhower as honorary corporal of the squad which belongs to the 76th infantry, second battalion. Eisenhower reviewed a mile and a half of his troops that he was seeing for the last time. He was met at the Campoformido Airport here by Adm. B. Carney commander in chief allied powers southern Europe and by General Maurizo Lazzaro De Castiglioni, Italian commander of land forces, southern Europe. Gen. Eisenhower, left, greets Gen. Efisio Marras, Italian General chief of staff upon his arrival in Rome on May 5, 1952. (AP Photo/Walter Attenni)
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower seated with Vice President Richard Nixon in November 1952. (AP Photo)
General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, sits at the wheel of his jeep somewhere in France, as he prepares to drive to meet representatives of each Allied country to deliver his Christmas message to all Allied forces, Dec. 28, 1944. (AP Photo)
Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower visits paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division at the Royal Air Force base in Greenham Common, England, three hours before the men board their planes to participate in the first assault wave of the invasion of the continent of Europe, June 5, 1944. (AP Photo)
President Eisenhower walks down the ramp from his jet past a saluting guard to be greeted by Maj. Gen. Donald N. Yates, right, commandant, as he arrives, Feb. 10, 1960 for a personal inspection of the Cape Canaveral missile test center. Following the president from the plane is his pilot, Col. William Draper, left. (AP Photo)
Holding binoculars and leaning against a tank, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe, and Air Chief Marshal, Sir Arthur Tedder, with pipe, keenly watch an American armored unit take part in pre-invasion maneuvers in England, February 25, 1945. (AP Photo)
President Eisenhower as he reported to the nation on his recent good will journey through Latin America. He said the United States' relations with the countries of Latin America are at an all-time high and called for "an even firmer partnership." The White House was the scene of the nationwide radio and television address, March 8, 1960, in Washington. (AP Photo/Bill Allen)
President Eisenhower stands in the back of car and waves as he rides past building under construction in Brasilia, new capitol city of Brazil, Feb. 23, 1960, for his welcoming reception. Workers manning construction vehicles pause in their tasks to wave in return. (AP Photo)
President Eisenhower, surrounded by officials, in center foreground, is greeted on arrival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 24, 1960. Honor guard stands near plane ramp. (AP Photo)
As he boards presidential plane for long flight to Brazil's new capital Eisenhower gives farewell salute to Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Preston commanding 72nd Bombardment Wing and his host at Ramey Air Force base, Feb. 23, 1960. At right is Colonel William G. Draper the Presidents personal pilot. (AP Photo)
President Dwight Eisenhower and his host, Brazil's President Kubitschek are in open car, right, foreground, as band plays national anthems of their countries in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 24, 1960. In background is famed Candelaria Church. Square is at Avenida Rio Branca and Avenida Vargas. (AP Photo)
George Tames, New York Times photographer, holds the Grand Award Trophy, Feb. 19, 1960, in Washington as President Eisenhower holds Tames' prize-winning photographs from the 17th annual White House News Photographers Association competition. They are posed together in the chief executive's White House office. Tames took first plane in both the Presidential and Pictorial Classes. His pictorial photograph, made inside the Lincoln Memorial, won the Grand Award. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)
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President Eisenhower and Brazilian President Kubitschek are almost hidden by streamers as they ride in motorcade along Visconde de Inhauma in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 24, 1960. The U.S. chief executive is on a state visit. (AP Photo)
President Eisenhower contemplates during a question and answer session during a press conference, May 11, 1960. (AP Photo/Bill Allen)
President Eisenhower poses in his White House office, Feb. 19, 1960, in Washington with Associated Press photographers Henry Griffin, left, and Bill Smith, both of Washington, after the Cameramen won top honors in two classes of the 17th annual White House News Photographers Association competition. Griffin won the Sport News class with a photograph of Soviet Premier Khrushchev patting the stomach of an Iowa farmer. Smith took first in the Personalities Class with a back shot of Princess Margaret, her dress blowing in the wind, with the Queen at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)
President Dwight Eisenhower is surrounded as he aides in motorcade through the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, Feb. 25, 1960. Banner under which Ike is passing says "Mayor Adhemar greets Eisenhower" in Portuguese. (AP Photo)
President Dwight Eisenhower as he made his nationwide television and radio address from the White House, Washington, Feb. 21, 1960. (AP Photo)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower made this face in Coblenz, Germany, April 11, 1951, when he heard the news that Gen Douglas MacArthur has been relieved by President Truman as U.N. Commander in the Far East. (AP Photo)
According to the high school yearbook of 1909 at Abilene, Kansas, David D. Eisenhower, right, was an outstanding member of the class. Left is his brother, Edgar Newton Eisenhower. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is called "David D." by his mother, Mrs. Ida Eisenhower, and the family bible lists him as David D. The change to Dwight D. is unexplained. (AP Photo)
President Eisenhower delivers his nationwide television-radio address, Feb. 21, 1960 on the administration?s defense program. He told the country that the national defense is an indestructible "trustworthy shield of peace." (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)
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The U.S. Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lucius D. Clay (deputy commander of the U.S. Forces in Europe) and Joseph T. McNarney (commander-in-chief of the U.S. Forces in Europe), from left to right, stand together after Eisenhower's arrival at the airfield Tepelhof in Berlin, Germany, September 29, 1946. (AP Photo/Burr)
President Dwight D. and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower have smiles for each other as they sit in a limousine at Washington National Airport, March 21, 1960, after a reunion aboard the presidential plane Columbine III. The President met Mrs. Eisenhower upon her return from a two-week Arizona vacation. They had not seen each other for a month. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Supreme allied Commander, seated at his desk at his headquarters in the European Theater of Operations, February 1, 1945. He wears the Five-Star Cluster and Great Seal of the United States, insignia of the new rank of General of the Army. (AP Photo)
President Eisenhower waves from open car as it approaches construction cranes which form a welcoming arch at Brasilia, new capital of Brazil, Feb. 23, 1960, now under construction, on Ike's arrival. On his tour of South America, U.S. and Brazilian flags decorate the arch. Reception for Ike was conducted under a huge viaduct in the presence of between 3,000 and 5,000 persons, including officials and construction workers. (AP Photo)
President Eisenhower waves to the crowd along a parade route after his arrival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 25, 1960. (AP Photo)
President John F. Kennedy, left, walks along a path at Camp David near Thurmont, Md., with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, April 22, 1961, as the two met to discuss the Bay of Pigs invasion. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis)
President Dwight Eisenhower as he made his nationwide television and radio address from the White House, Washington, Feb. 21, 1960. Eisenhower rests his eyes just before starting the speech. (AP Photo)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower waves from open car as his motorcade leaves airport after arrival in Montevideo, Uruguay, March 2, 1960. A student demonstration broke out just as the presidential motorcade was passing the University of Montevideo. Firemen used high-pressure hoses to break up the demonstration. (AP Photo)
President Eisenhower, center, and Gov. Luis Munoz Marin, left, inspect a unit of the Puerto Rico National Guard at the San Juan airport, Feb. 22, 1960, just after the president's arrival. This is the first stop on the president's flight to South America. (AP Photo)
President Dwight Eisenhower, at the White House, Washington, March 8, 1960, where he made a nationwide television-radio address, reporting on his South American trip. Top, from left, the President inspects his glasses before starting his speech. (AP Photo/Bill Allen)
U.S. President Eisenhower, left, gets key to Brasilia, brand new capital city of Brazil, Feb. 23, 1960 from Brazilian President Kubitschek, right, and Israel Pinheiro, center, builder of the city. Partially hidden at rear is Ike's interpreter, Col. Vernon Walters. Eisenhower got the key during his visit to city. (AP Photo)
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April is National Autism Awareness Month and the OUPblog would like to raise awareness by sharing excerpts from two different, but equally useful books. Helping Children With Autism Learn: Treatment Approaches for Parents and Professionals, by Bryna Siegel, is a practical guide to treating the learning differences associated with Autism. Siegel, the Director of the Autism Clinic at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, gives practical guidance for fashioning a unique program for each child's problem, effectively empowering families. In the excerpt below Siegel explains how to help verbal children use their words. Be sure to check back later today for an excerpt from Stress and Coping in Autism.
If He Understands, Why Won't He Answer?
Autistic children need a reason to answer. "Just because I asked" is usually not a good enough reason, as that would be a more purely social reason. The probability that a child with autism will answer, or appear to comprehend or comply increases as the "instrumental press" increases. This means if the child can see that there are clearly desirable consequences to answering, and he knows how to answer, he will respond. Just as is the case when using visually based communication, it is necessary to create a situation in which the child wants to answer, or wants to ask a question because in his mind, it will get him something he wants or wants to know.
Upping the Communicative "Press."
When the child really wants something, it is a good opportunity to increase your communication demands just a bit. If the child has just seen you open a bag of Cheetos, and he said, "Cheetos" while approaching your bag with what looks like an intention to grab the bag, this is a good time to tighten your grip on the bag and say, "Kevin, do you want Cheetos?" If Kevin replies, "Cheetos!" prompt him by touching his chest lightly with your forefinger (I'm assuming Kevin is almost on top of you by now) and saying "I want Cheetos." If he says, "I want Cheetos," thank him for asking, and give him a few Cheetos. I prefer "Thank you for asking!" to "Good saying 'I want Cheetos!'" since the latter is not a grammatical sentence and can only serve to confound any emerging sense of grammatical rules. Adult responses that result in the child's possibly echoing grammatical formulations that are not correct fails to provide available opportunity to rehearse meaning.
Depending on how many Cheetos you have, and how much Kevin likes them, this could be a good time to practice related conversational gambits like "I want more Cheetos," and "Mom, I want more Cheetos, please." Take advantage of the tendency to echo by developing a way of prompting an echo like touching his chest, (or cheek or lips, or touching your own lips then pointing to the child's mouth). The prompt should model appropriate speech with just a bit more elaboration of the statement the child has generated on his own.
A common error in prompting speech revisions, however, is to take the conversation lesson too far. If the adult starts to prompt the child to "say it better," add "please" and use a proper noun to address the person with the Cheetos, and keeps withholding the Cheetos until all these additional demands are met, it is no longer a conversation or even a conversational lesson, but just too-hard a lesson. The child is likely to give up and just walk away. The chance to prove the idea that spontaneous requesting is useful is lost. The child will have learned nothing about rules of language pragmatics, which is that you clarify an utterance only until the listener understands. It is also a key teaching opportunity in these kinds of situations for the adult to add real, natural conversational responses, like the "Kevin, do you want Cheetos?" response to an initially nonverbal communicative initiative on the child's part (trying to grab the bag). This exposes the child to natural language models at a time when his receptivity to what is being said will be high—because he wants something.
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[...] Filed in Current Events , Science , Health , Education , Medical Mondays , A-Featured , Psychology on April 23, 2007 | Share This Autism confounds researchers but one way of understanding it is to look through the lens of stress and coping. That is exactly what editors M. Grace Baron, June Groden, Gerald Groden and Lewis P. Lipsitt do in their book Stress and Coping in Autism. Contributions by researchers, clinicians, teachers, and persons living with autism illustrate how it is possible to reduce the impact of stress in autism by understanding both the science and the experience of it. Below we excerpt part of the introduction. To learn more be sure to visit our morning post, Helping Children With Autism Learn. [...]
Thanks for a useful and informative "bite-sized" article on helping children with autism.
Please note that this procedure also works well with "normal" children, and adults. I have raised 5 boys and worked with Cub Scouts for 15 years. Modeling proper speech and behaviour is a must-do.
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great job man
if you want any advice I only have a little
you always circle to your right. never let your opponent know what angle's you feel comfortable in. also after you went for the first armbar, when you turtled, you let the guy stand over you, instead of putting you feet on his knees and pushing his base around
as someone who wrestled from 8-24, 2nd grade through college, I can say you have a great wrestling base, and did the correct thing of establishing position before trying to work from it
also, when he was on his back and you were kicking his legs, kick at a downward angle, instead of straight through. if you try and throw your shoulders with the kick its a bit easier
overall great fight. just dont head to the right all the time. go left, right, back, forth
keep em on their toes and never let them know where you'll be when you strike
Understand the red part lived on Army pay myself, isn't Korea a cheaper place to live still over the states. It seemed like your coach was doing a good job calling the moves. Listend once didn't notice what he said on the mount when you lost it. I envy you when I was ending my prime UFC 1 was just coming out. I got to spar once under those rules had a great time, dam sore afterwards but a great time indeed. So for now listen to your coach and send more video
Good luck
Interesting ruleset.
spinning back kick was setup nicely. looks like someone is taking advantage of being in south korea...
armbar from mount is an unstable move. you can lose position like what happened here. double wristlock or arm triangle is less risk.
if knees were allowed, it couldve been over much sooner.
nice timing on the leg kicks. blue couldve committed with them even more without much risk vs this opponent.
Great kicks and great Kimura like everyone is saying. If I had one criticism it would be not to give up position. You had that guy mounted and went for the arm bar and ended up on bottom. Had that guy been a good grappler you might have been in trouble. That was pretty cool to watch. I was in the army national guard and was deployed for a year, but never did the combatives. I would have to watch it again, but didn't you have a good throw on the guy as well?
That attempted spinning back kick would have been brutal if it landed.
Very nice kicks and a nice kimura to sub him.
Nice spin kick man. That guy did not like your leg kicks haha. Great performance man, that was pretty entertaining.
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just wanted my forum homies to see this.. this is from veteran's day weekend. a army combatives tournament here in south korea.
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a lil' background:
there are graduated rules.. first stage starts off just submission grappling / bjj format.
if you win those matches you go to an old school pancrase type of style.
if you pass that stage, you go onto the full mma match which decides 1st and 2nd place of the tourney. i got 3rd no full on for me this time, but there's another tourney in FEB i'm trying to compete in as well...
any constructive critism or critique is very welcome... i've been training about 2 years now off and on, but never really seriously (once or twice a week) and my weight class is 140lb. oh, and i'm in the red
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Including Super Famicom (Japanese) titles that weren't released in North America. My favorite system, along with the Genesis.
Including Super Famicom (Japanese) titles that weren't released in North America. My favorite system, along with the Genesis.
My choice for both top Final Fantasy game and number one Super NES title.
Such an amazing game. I would play this one through the night with a good friend of mine, during high school.
I had a mint condition SNES cart of this, complete with box, instructions, posters, etc... I decided to sell it in 2012, and picked up a cheap copy of the DS version. (I'm not a collector.)
Packed with incredible atmosphere, great gameplay and music. One of two games that have caused me to cry.
My pick for best Zelda game. I know it's heresy, but I can't quite get into the 3D style of Ocarina of Time.
They really should have released this outside of Japan.
What an excellent Castlevania game! Most people place this as one of their top 3 Castlevania games, along with Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood, and I do too.
The music is incredible, the graphics are great and the game controls respond superbly. If I had to dock this points, it would be for the occasional slowdown, but then it was an early game for the system and people hadn't had much time to learn to get around that on the SNES.
To this day, I refuse to call this "Super Castlevania IV" and go with the simple "Castlevania IV". I never liked that stupid SNES naming trend.
Great music. Excellent combat. Mega fun.
I imported this game during the '90s and I have to say that it's the best DBZ game I've had the pleasure of playing. Sure it's not perfect, and has less fighters than most games in the "series", but it is so well-made!
Known as "Street Fighter II: Turbo"
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— By BRIAN SMITH
Things are ramping up at Lake Weatherford ... in more ways than one.
Construction began this past week on a new boat ramp at the Lake Weatherford marina, just in time for boating and fishing to begin in earnest. The new ramp will double the length of the previous ramp from 45 to 90 feet while keeping the original 30-foot width.
Assistant City Manager Sharon Hayes was watching work on the project Friday, which involved the laying of panels before concrete could be poured to make the ramp stronger, and said it will be a major improvement from the previous ramp.
"This new ramp will have an easier slope, making backing the boat into the water much easier," Hayes said. "Anyone who has launched a boat from the old ramp will be very appreciative."
The new ramp will use precast and prestress technology that has been granted a copyright and trademark by the U.S. government, according to Randall Tedder, owner and founder of Tedder Boat Systems from Ocala, Fla. Tedder has been in the boat ramp business since 1985 and says his patented technology is a three-fold improvement over standard boat ramps.
"The process is cheaper, in some cases saving as much as half over a conventional ramp. It's quicker as we started here Monday and will be out of here late next week, so nine to 10 days as opposed to about six weeks for a normal construction," Tedder said. "There's also much less maintenance on the project. It's literally maintenance free."
Tedder says the ramp has a five-year warranty and he will be in contact with officials quarterly for the life of the warranty to ensure everything is ship shape.
Original bids for the project came in significantly above budget, with some pushing $500,000. Contractor Ed A. Wilson of Fort Worth began searching out other ways of getting the project done.
Company Division Manager Knox Ross said a conversation with his father, a retired engineer, got the ball rolling.
"We began looking at other methods and my dad said there like four or five companies doing precast work, including Tedder," Ross said. "We contacted Mr. Tedder and that got things rolling."
Wilson's original bid of around $420,000 was able to be trimmed by about 40 percent to $251,780, according to Weatherford Director of Water/Wastewater Utilities James Hotopp, who said the Municipal Utility Board approved the lower-priced project in February.
This is Tedder's second ramp in Texas, having built one in Port Aransas three years ago, but does most of his work in Florida and throughout the south.
Hotopp said the new ramp will make access to the lake easier when water levels drop.
"Because of the lower water levels, we haven't had a boat use the old ramp in about three months," Hotopp said. "This ramp became unusable when the water level dropped below 890. The new ramp will be usable to 885, which the lake will never get to because we being pumping water in from Benbrook at 888."
Lake Weatherford is currently at 889 feet, about 7 feet below conservation pool level, Hotopp said.
Tedder said the ramp would be usable the first weekend of May but Hotopp and Hayes said they plan on opening the ramp a week later. Hotopp said he wants to allow about seven days for settling.
Once everything is settled, however, Lake Weatherford will be ready to host a fun summer for all.


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In the profound darkness,
I touch the face of
the star-filled Medicine Bowl.
The night sky opens to me…
Creation courses through my woman form.
The pulsating light of stars dance,
animating the male within.
My senses scream with aliveness.
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By BRAD KELLAR
A local man has been sentenced to prison after he was found guilty earlier this month of aggravated assault, rather than murder, in connection with the 2011 shooting death of a Greenville resident.
Bernard Kelly Jr., was convicted of the lesser included charge December 5 following a two day trial. Following a punishment hearing in the 196th District Court Monday morning, Kelly was sentenced to 12 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division.
As a deadly weapon was found to have been used during the commission of the offense, Kelly will half to spend at least half of the sentence, or six years, in custody before he can be considered eligible for parole.
Aggravated assault is a second degree felony, punishable upon conviction by a maximum sentence of from two to 20 years to life in prison and an optional fine of up to $10,000.
Kelly. 24, and Tyron Learone McCurdy, both of Greenville, had each received one indictment for murder involving the death of Treybbian Leeky Nelson. Kelly had pleaded not guilty.
In a motion filed with the court, District Attorney Noble D. Walker Jr. said his office was seeking the conviction on the lesser charge due to new mitigating evidence which was recently revealed and "defendant's cooperation and truthful testimony in the trial of Tyrone McCurdy, the individual who killed the victim."
McCurdy was convicted by a jury in the court last month of one count of murder and was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Officers with the Greenville Police Department responded to a call of shots fired in the 1000 block of Edgar Street on the afternoon of February 8, 2011 where they found Nelson had been shot.


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Tuesday's generally not much of a day for music, at least not during this stubborn Milwaukee winter (c'mon, spring - get here already). But today's not an ordinary Tuesday.
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell - two of American music's singular voices who, by the way, are longtime friends - are at the Pabst Theater tonight at 8, sharing music from their new album, "Old Yellow Moon." Their opening act ain't no slouch either: singer-songwriter-guitarist-legend Richard Thompson, performing with his Electric Trio.
The 1975, fresh from their appearance at this year's South by Southwest music conference, check into Turner Hall Ballroom for a $10 show at 8 tonight, with local act Boy Blue, who also made the SXSW scene, opening.
And then there's Justin Timberlake: You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him. His first new album since 2006, "The 20/20 Experience," comes out today, and music writer Piet Levy says it lives up to the hype - a pretty big statement, considering the wave of pre-release promotion. Read Piet's review here, and check out a preview for the prime-time release party airing at 7 tonight on The CW - in Milwaukee, on WVTV-TV (Channel 18) - here.
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Trying to get more stringent gun control legislation through the Virginia General Assembly is something of a losing battle, according to at least two state lawmakers representing Northern Virginia.
Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-35th) lamented that he's tried multiple times to tighten up Virginia's gun rights, but to little avail.
He told audience members of a state legislative forum held at Alexandria's City Hall that three years ago he introduced a bill after a man shot and killed two police officers before shooting and killing himself.
Saslaw said in response, he introduced a bill making it illegal in Virginia to bring a gun onto police grounds. The Senate then narrowed that measure by making it illegal to bring a gun into a police station. House members ultimately killed the bill.
"When you can't get a bill through to ban private citizens from bringing guns to the secure area of a police station…," Saslaw said, throwing up his hands exasperatedly. Saslaw serves on the Senate Courts of Justice Committee, which is responsible for legislation dealing with public safety. He also unsuccessfully fought against the repeal of the one-gun-a-month law, which limited handgun purchases in Virginia to one per 30 days for an individual.
What would it take to see more stringent controls, asked Saslaw. If someone with a gun acting irrationally goes into the building near I-66 and Route 50 (the headquarters of the National Rifle Association), "you might get sensible gun control," he said.
Saslaw added that of the 39 gun-related bills making their way through the Virginia state house last session, the NRA was involved in just four of them.
The Virginia Citizens Defense League was the voice involved in most of them, Saslaw said. The senator described the league's members as pulling out of the NRA and forming their own group because they saw the NRA as too liberal.
The nonprofit Virginia Citizens Defense League is dedicated to advancing the fundamental human right of all Virginians to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment and Article 1, Section 13 of Virginia's constitution, according to its website.
Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30th) said he intends to introduce a bill during the upcoming session that would require people to report stolen guns, although he also noted that gun-control legislation never quite sails through the chambers.
Saslaw also recounted that he received an email from an army captain who called Saslaw an idiot for trying to put more stringent controls on gun use and said the captain wrote "I'd never dream of walking down the streets of Kabul without a gun."
Saslaw said people need to realize that Fairfax County is not Kabul.
"These people, where are they coming from?" he said, adding, "Certainly not from Northern Virginia."


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NORMAN — June Arlene Schimelpfening, 94, passed away in the early morning of Tuesday, March 5, 2013, in Lewisville, Texas. She was born in Lexington to Lester and Ella Davis.
Services will be for 10 a.m. Saturday at the Noble United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at the Lexington Cemetery.
June was married to Eddie Schimelpfening on June 11, 1984, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
She was a switchboard operator from the time she graduated from Lexington High School. Although she lived for several years in Connecticut, June returned to spend most of her life in Noble. She retired in 1983 from the Central State Hospital in Norman. June was also the secretary at the Noble United Methodist Church for many years, retiring from those responsibilities when she was 90 years old.
Among June's hobbies were line dancing, researching family genealogy and traveling with Eddie in their camper across much of the United States.
June was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and several genealogical organizations. She attended her 75th high school reunion in 2010. Among their favorite places, June and Eddie loved to eat at Tiffany's Restaurant and Kendall's Restaurant, both in Noble. June was always a fan of the Oklahoma Sooners, in spite of having many relatives living in Nebraska and Texas.
June, known by most of her family as Arlene, was preceded in death by her husband, Eddie, and her brother, James.
She is survived by sister-in-law, Lois Davis; her aunt, Helen Higbee; nieces Barbara Goings of Omaha, Neb., and Rita Tremblay of Carrollton, Texas; many great nieces and nephews; and cousins Delores, Sharrie, Kenneth, Charles, Wayne, Johnnie Lee and Bonnie Jean.
We thank those who assisted with her care during the last few years, including Loving Care, Home Instead and the staffs at Arbor House in Norman and Lewisville, Texas.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Primrose Funeral Service, www.primrosefuneralservice.com.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police have asked for help from the public to identify and track down two men wanted in a 2011 Davidson County homicide.
Around 9 p.m. on July 28, 2011, two men drove up in a car at the intersection of Lellyett Street and Charlotte Pike. A passenger got out and fired multiple times at 60-year-old Eddie Clark as he sat in his SUV.
Witnesses told police after the shooting the passenger jumped into a tan or gold Pontiac Aztec, and drove off on Charlotte toward White Bridge Road.
Police said it was not a random act. They believe the men in the Aztec may have followed Clark from east to west Nashville.
"Over the last couple of years (we determined) two people were involved. We're sure of that. And we believe it's somebody who knew the victim in some capacity," said Doug Bell with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.
Police said Clark was convicted of misdemeanor gambling offenses several times, including just seven months before the murder. They don't know if gambling played a role in the crime, but they believe the motive was robbery since there was property missing from Clark's car.
"You know a couple of years have gone by and that's why we're asking for the public's help at this time, to help us get justice for Mr. Clark and some closure for his family," Bell added.
Anyone with information about the shooting should that could help police has been asked to call Crime Stoppers at 615-74-CRIME (615-742-7463).


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Shaylee Rowland's fifth home run of the season – a three-run shot – helped Muskogee return to the winning side of the ledger Friday with an 11-8 victory against Stilwell.
It was her only hit in four at-bats.
"I was a little upset with myself cause I hadn't had a good hit all day and I missed that flyball in the outfield and I guess all my anger built up and it just came out on that ball," said a grinning Rowland after the game.
With the score tied 8-8, the Lady Indians retired Brooke Hendrickson and Kaitlyn Kaiser for two quick outs in the seventh inning. Hannah Alexander and Aubrey Johnson both singled to bring Rowland to the plate.
"I wasn't expecting to do that. I was just wanting a base hit to score the run," added Rowland "It just happened that way."
That way was a towering shot over the right field fence that left no doubt when it left her bat.
The Lady Roughers (4-2) started slow and did not hit well to start the game. Stilwell plated two runs in the top of the first inning off of Muskogee pitcher Morgan Taylor.
Muskogee answered with two runs in the bottom of the first. Alexander drew a walk and Johnson doubled and both scored on an error by Stilwell's shortstop on a hard ball hit by Dee Emarthle.
Stilwell added four in the second inning on four hits but Taylor kept them close the rest of the game. After the Lady Roughers put a run on the board in the bottom of the second, they plated four runs in the third inning to grab a 7-6 lead. Emarthle singled followed by a Paige Gann single and an RBI single by first baseman Jessi Venable. Nia Maxwell capped the inning with a towering three-run homer over the left field fence.
Stilwell tied the score with a run in fifth only to see Muskogee get the lead back in the bottom of the sixth on a fielder's choice by Maxwell which plated Gann who had walked to get on base.
Stilwell re-tied the score at 8-8 in the top of the seventh, setting the stage for Rowland's heroics.
"I knew they had four or five kids who are really good," said Muskogee head coach Keith Coleman. "I told our kids that they could play and sure enough there one through five hole batters were good hitters. Offensively we have to get more consistent. You take away two three-run home runs and this is a different game."
Taylor, 4-2 in the circle, helped herself at the plate going 1-for-3 with a run scored. Venable was 2-for-3 with an RBI, Johnson 2-for-4 with a double and Maxwell finished 1-for-3 with four RBIs..
Muskogee returns to action next Thursday at home against Broken Arrow.


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Back in 2004, when Michael Cucinotta and I first created Icons Of Fright, one of our main goals (besides providing extensive informative interviews) was seeking out and advocating independent films and filmmakers; the ones that clearly wore their love of the genre both on their sleeves and very apparently in their work, and whose films had something special worth gushing about to like-minded fellow horror fanatics. Thanks to savvy genre fans such as yourselves, flicks like The House Of The Devil, Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon, Hatchet, Feast, The Signal and so on and so forth have become cult favorites. But there are still a handful of horror films over the course of the last decade that for whatever reason have slipped through the cracks and have become somewhat hidden gems. Here are 6 obscure horror titles from the 2000's that require your attention. And while not all of them are easy to get (although Amazon does help tremendously), I personally always did appreciate the thrill of the hunt and perhaps some of you out there still do too.
This is actually the movie that inspired this entire article. While it initially started production back in 2003 and took a few years to complete, it wasn't officially released on DVD until August of 2007 via Indican Pictures, which is probably the main reason it's remained an unknown gem this entire time. (More on that in a minute.)
The story revolves around Peter Bloom, a college student for the local school paper who starts investigating the mysterious murder of one of his fellow classmates. When more people start falling victim to the murderer, including one of Peter's close friends, he begins to put the clues together to uncover the identity of the budding new serial killer. We're pretty much told who the killer is up front (hell, the title kinda gives it away), but it's more about uncovering the pieces of Erin Merryweather's past and figuring out how and why she adopted her Red Riding Hood persona that sets this apart from the traditional slasher pic. And that's the other neat thing about this movie – it's a female serial killer, and an iconic-looking one, who wears creepy doll-like make-up on her face and a bright red riding hood outfit. The visual alone of her in her complete regalia for the third act make her presence indelible, even long after the credits roll.
Tonally, the film borrows more from John Carpenter's original Halloween than it does from the crop of early 80's slasher flicks which it emulates. And the credit for capturing that look and making it feel as if it were a long lost gem from that time period goes to writer, director, and star David Morwick. It's slow-paced ala Halloween, it's got a small body count, and the kills are mostly goreless, but the story and style more than make up for what you don't see on screen. And the thing that truly makes Little Erin Merryweather stand out is the beautiful illustrated artwork (tying it into the original Red Hiding Hood tale via periodic narration) by Kelly Murphy and the lush orchestral score by Paul Cristo.
At the time of its release, Lionsgate or even Anchor Bay Entertainment would've seemed like an ideal home for the film, but instead it went to Indican Pictures who did not get the film as much distribtuon as it deserved. I skimmed through the trailers on the DVD release for their other library titles and most of 'em don't look half bad! The problem is I've never heard of any of them. Hopefully this will shed some light and you genre fans looking for something old-school will seek this one out. Check out my ICONS interviews with writer/director/actor David Morwick HERE and Erin Merryweather herself, Vigdis Anholt, HERE.
Of all the titles I'm suggesting in this article, this is the most recognizable of the bunch, but I still feel it doesn't have as wide an audience as it deserves. Writer/director Stevan Mena crafted Malevolence back in 2004 as the middle part of an epic trilogy telling the story of serial killer Martin Bristol. Yet again, here's another film that absolutely captures the feel and tone of Carpenter's Halloween, as well other classics like Tobe Hooper's original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and even a touch of A Nightmare On Elm Street (primarily with Mena's score).
When a bank robbery goes terribly wrong, the 3 fugitives of the crime take a woman and her daughter hostage and hide out in a secluded house in the woods. Little do they know that the property next door belongs to Graham Sutter and is inhabited by his protégé Martin Bristol; an emotionless and seemingly unstoppable killing machine. It's pretty much the "wrong place at the wrong time" scenario that awakens this purely evil character. And at the time of its release, fans were split down the middle in terms of whether the film was a proper homage to the great slasher classics or simply a rip-off of them. Now with Bereavement, the prequel to Malevolence, finally out there, I think it clearly shows that Mena has had this all planned from the get-go, and that in itself is impressive. Hell, even the Friday The 13th sequels were making things up as they went along, but this could very well be the first intentionally plotted trilogy in "slasher" movie history.
While you can watch them chronologically, with Bereavement first and then Malevolence, I still recommend viewing them in the order of their release. It maintains a lot of the surprise elements of Malevolence if you don't know anything about it, then you can backtrack and see how it all came to be with Bereavement. After watching both films, I think you'll agree that Martin Bristol is one of the most vicious and horrific serial killers we've ever encountered in our beloved genre.
Anchor Bay Entertainment recently put out a 2-pack double feature that has both Malevolence and Bereavement so this one is pretty accessible. Read my ICONS interview with writer/director Stevan Mena HERE.
Long after the Scream franchise and I Know What You Did Last Summer movies wore out the horror revival of the mid-90's, along came this obscure little slasher pic called Cherry Falls, which was released in 2000 starring a still relatively unknown Brittany Murphy, comedian Jay Mohr (!?), and Michael Biehn! The plot? A serial killer is on the loose and targeting the students of Cherry Falls high school. The one common thread? All the victims were virgins. Hence, in an attempt to survive, the kids organize a "pop your cherry" party. But alas, there is a far darker secret that the town holds, which is the true origin behind the killer's motivations.
While most definitely a slasher film in line with the cult classics of the early 80's, Cherry Falls is one of the few post-Scream films to nail that humor/horror hybrid that Wes Craven's influential franchise did so well. And ya know what? The backstory created for Cherry Falls' killer is actually really solid and unique. Don't want to give too much away, but let's just say the killer crashes that "pop your cherry" party for a pretty awesome all-out massacre! And by the way, this movie's got Brittany Murphy at her absolute cutest.
This movie never got to play theaters here in the States and I can only imagine it's because studios and theater chains were extremely sensitive and nervous (especially with horror films) to run this type of violent material so shortly after the Columbine tragedy. For years (with the exception of VHS), this one was really tough to find. However, it is available on DVD, and paired up as a double feature with Terror Tract starring John Ritter.
Ah, next up is The Convent from director Mike Mendez! Following his low budget (and even more obscure) debut feature Killers, but preceding his well received After Dark/8 Films To Die For flick The Gravedancers, The Convent is one of the rare comedy/horror hybrids that gets it all right. (Although most, including Mendez himself would probably argue that it's more of a straight comedy than a horror movie.)
So this is how the movie opens – a hot babe in a leather jacket bursts into a church, beats a bunch of nuns with a baseball bat before pouring gasoline all over them, setting them on fire and then blows them all away with a shotgun. OK, look, turns out the nuns are all demons so it's not as bad (or awesome) as you think. Oh and that babe grows up to be Adrienne Barbeau?! Are you sold yet?
Cut to present time, a group of college kids break into the now boarded-up convent, stumble upon a group of wanna-be Satanists and end up getting possessed by a bunch of demonic spirits still lurking about the old church. What follows is a tremendous amount of fun and even boasts a cameo by genre fave Bill Moseley and rapper Coolio as two police officers.
Why haven't you heard of it? While it did in fact get a theatrical release overseas in Europe, it completely bypassed a US theatrical release, and instead went direct to home video. On top of that, Blockbuster Video (which around the year 2000 was the biggest chain in the video market across the country) refused to carry it because of that opening nun massacre sequence. Hence, this instead became a cult favorite DVD that would be traded and shown off in college dorm rooms and during parties.
And whatdaya know, looks like The Convent will be on FearNET this month so you'll definitely have the opportunity to check it out! Also check out my ICONS interview with Mike Mendez about The Convent right HERE!
All of filmmaker Dante Tomaselli's films are somewhat of an enigma, but none of them quite so much as his second feature length movie, simply titled Horror. While most might be more familiar with his follow-up movie Satan's Playground, thanks to a healthy release from Anchor Bay Entertainment and starring horror alumni Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Ellen Sandweiss (The Evil Dead), and Edwin Neal (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and which also followed a traditional straightforward narrative story, I prefer the odd nightmare-like lunacy of Horror. Horror feels like what I imagine a bad acid trip would be. It's colorful and moody, evoking the visual style of Italian masters of horror like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci. But between the sound design and the non-narrative structure, it feels like a series of nightmares straight out of a David Lynch movie. This is most definitely not for everyone, but if you'd like to see some really crazy, bizarre visually simulating horror, then seek this one out. The 5-minute extended trailer above is a good indicator of what you'll be in for; just imagine that for 77 minutes. Read my ICONS interview with writer/director Dante Tomaselli right HERE.
This one is really difficult to discuss without giving away key elements as to why S&MAN (aka "Sandman") works as a horror film, but I'm just going to flat out say that filmmaker JT Petty is a genius and this flick is the proof. While his first two feature films, Soft For Digging and Mimic 3: Sentinel, were both impressive, it's S&MAN that truly showcases Petty's skill as a storyteller.
In basic terms, S&MAN is a documentary about underground horror filmmakers and the underground movies they make; and I'm talking about the way underground guys. It explores the voyeuristic nature of the films that you can buy directly from these filmmakers at the horror conventions. We're talking the super low-budget stuff that guys make in their basement, all shot on video and that borders on well… fictionalized "snuff". But what if one of them wasn't fictionalizing it? The further Petty delves into the world of these various filmmakers and examines these films, the more the line between what's real and what isn't gets blurred. It's a fascinating exploration of why we as genre fans respond to horrific material the way we do; and this movie is what garnered the attention of the producers of the (still-in-the-works) Faces Of Death remake that Petty is set to helm. While the film began shooting in 2006 and was completed shortly after that, it didn't get an official release until October of 2010 from our friends at Magnolia Pictures. This one is still relatively new, but should be sought out immediately. Check out ICONS interview with JT about S&MAN right HERE!
And there you have it! 6 obscure horror gems from the 2000's for you to sink your teeth into. Stay tuned… I'll be dialing the clock back to the 90's and plucking some more obscure gems from that decade for you in the not-too-distant future!


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It was a humid August night in downtown Milwaukee. I was alone on a street, in a city I'd never been to before. Well, as alone as I could be considering there were nearly twenty-thousand people milling about. I was there for business—my first business trip! (If you don't count that time I was a waitress and my ex-boss and I drank too much and wandered onto a Bainbridge Island ferry.) I had just started a new job and was sent to this strange place to demo a product I barely understood myself. A trading card game? Since when do trading cards attack each other?
My co-workers were at a bar called the Safe House. At least, I hoped it was a bar. I stopped making assumptions about my environment after about hour one in the convention center. Apparently, to get into the Safe House, you need a password, but I was more focused on finding the place first. So I did what anyone (who didn't have an iPhone because they hadn't been invented yet) would do in this situation—find a nice stranger to ask. Preferably nice strangers who look like they might frequent a bar that requires a password. I spotted a couple walking toward me who fit the bill.
"Excuse me," I said. "Do you know where the Safe House is?"
The couple didn't respond, which made me think this was part of the Safe House schtick. The first rule of the Safe House is to make people feel like jackasses when they ask about the Safe House. Makes sense considering its theme, even sort of cute if I weren't standing here alone and thirsty.
"Excuse me," I repeated. "I'm looking for a bar called the Safe House. Do you know where it is?"
Nothing. It's like I didn't even exist, the way they looked right past me. I was eight inches from them. Close enough to see the rim of her contacts. The depth of his pores. Man, I hoped they had some cold cream back at the hotel, because that makeup was going to be a bitch to take off.
"Hello?" I jumped up and down in case their visual cortexes required the same stimulation as my dad's beloved automated snowman that sings "Burning Love" every time it senses movement. The mailman almost sued us because of that thing!
Still nothing. Come on! Sure, I could have found someone else to ask–people were walking by in a steady stream–but I felt invested in this challenge now. Why won't they uncross their arms and answer me?
That was weird too. That pose. They were both standing stock still in the same position with their arms crossed over their chests like they were standing upright in a coffin. Creepy …
I was alone(ish) in a strange(ish) city asking about a safe house. My mom would kill me.
Alas, I received help, but not from those two. Help came in the form of two hysterically laughing co-workers I recognized from R&D. (Why is R&D always laughing at me?)
"You can't see them," Paul, my co-worker explained (if you can call that explaining). "They're invisible."
Great. The entire world has drunk the Kool-Aid. Or least everyone within five miles of downtown Milwaukee.
"What are you talking about? They're right there," I said, pointing to their stony faces.
"They're obfuscating," said Lane, my other co-worker, as he guided me across the street by my elbow. "It's part of a game."
"A game?" I asked. What was up with these people and their games? Don't people play Boggle and Life or Crazy 8's anymore?
"What kind of stupid game requires you to stand on street corners ignoring people who are clearly in distress?" I asked.
"A LARP," replied first co-worker, all blasé, as if he was telling me what's on the hotel's breakfast buffet.
Obfuscating? LARP? I scored OK on the English part of my SATs, but I don't remember these definitions. Why do you need a visible sign to prove you're invisible? What had I gotten myself into?
If I were half as savvy as I am today (yes, you become savvy after over a decade working at a gaming company), I would have known what they were doing and I never would have asked them for directions. I've even been known to obfuscate. I do it in meetings and in the gym when my trainer tells me to hold plank position for three minutes. I even do it sometimes at Barney's when the salespeople get too pushy. (Note that the sign for obfuscating is remarkably similar to the sign for "teddy bear" in baby sign language.)
I did find my way to the Safe House that night. And many more nights after that. (And I always found out the password beforehand, thus sparing me the humiliation of the Chicken Dance on closed circuit television.)
That was the first of many Gen Cons. It used to feel somewhat voyeuristic being there. Me in my Wizards polo shirt and designer jeans thinking I didn't really belong. No one gave me any notice unless I was handing out free samples, but I was certainly paying attention to them. Sure I worked for a game company, but that didn't make me a gamer. I haven't worn fairy wings since 1995 when I dressed up for Halloween as a Washington State Ferry. (Get it?)
For four days, these people existed in a different world. A world where swords, Stormtroopers, and synthetic hair ruled. The more different they were, the more they fit in. It was like bizarro high school. I found myself shying away from conversations because I had no idea what these people were talking about. Can't we talk about the upcoming Fall television line up? Or pets? Or grilled pizza recipes? I have tons of those!
What I really wanted to know was why wasn't everyone aware of this strange, enchanting world that existed in middle America? Shouldn't Diane Sawyer be here? Or at least Triumph the Insult Dog?
Gen Con can be counted on for a few staples—lack of sleep, blisters, eating my body weight in french fries. (It's hard to be a vegetarian in Indianapolis!) This year was different. Or maybe just I was. For the first time I didn't feel like just a Wizards of the Coast employee in a scratchy polo shirt. I felt like … dare I say it? A gamer.
I noticed it first outside the Dwarven Forge booth. I was walking by with my pockets full of shiny new dice for Tabitha when I noticed their classic dungeon sets.
"Oh wow!" I said, dragging my boss into the booth. "Wouldn't you love playing in there?"
"I guess," she laughed.
"Why is that funny?" I asked.
"Because it's you talking about miniature terrain."
It's true. Since when did I get excited about tiny trap doors and a raisable portcullis?
Then there was the heated debate I overheard in the food court about what to call a large group of nerds. One camp was saying "party," the other was saying "stench." I walked over to their table.
"They're called a school."
We've spent a lot of time discussing this at the office.
And, oh yeah, there was a moderately, scary cool elevator ride with a school of nerds who saw my badge and started barraging me with demands.
"You're the Player-in-Chief, aren't you?" one of them sneered, standing dangerously close to the emergency stop button.
I am! (But jeez. Can't anyone be happy magic missile is magic again? Rest assured, your suggestions are on their way to R&D.)
I've been spending a lot of time thinking about gamers and D&D (an there's a reason for that but I'll save it for another time) and trying to figure out what it is about this game that resonates with so many people. There's a reason that D&D has remained relevant in pop culture. It's still the go-to joke when trying to illustrate what a nerd a TV character is. You don't need to own any funny-shaped dice to know what a Dungeon Master is.
If you were there, I'm sure you have quite the highlight reel yourself. If you weren't there, you probably read about it on Facebook or someone's blog. And if you have no idea what Gen Con is, then your Google search for "Confessions" and/or "Wizard" has led you very far astray. Here's a smattering of my favorite things. Eat your heart out, Oprah.
You know that feeling of wanting to punch someone in the stomach the second you meet them? Then you know exactly how cartoonist Jared Von Hindman felt just after we were introduced. To be fair, the punch landed about six minutes into our encounter, but we were long lost nemeses at that point.
I knew of him of course, but hadn't had the strange pleasure of meeting him in person.
"So I hear you're writing for the D&D site, too," I said.
"Yes," he answered. "Light, fluffy lifestyle pieces."
"Oh. How … interesting. Did you know I'm a cartoonist?"
Over the course of the evening, we flipped between feeling like we might be soulmates to, well … punching each other in the stomach. We were like the Real Housewives of the Nentir Vale. If past lives do exist, I'm sure Jared and I were brother and sister. Nemeses indeed. I'm watching you, Jared.
When I was little, I thought my dad was the coolest. He used to take me to get new sneakers and always managed to pick up a pair for himself, too. I wouldn't pull the trigger on selecting mine until I saw the ones he gravitated to. Then I'd tell the sales clerk that those coincidentally were the exact ones I wanted. Imagine that! It was so cool to walk out of Foot Locker with the same kicks on as my dad. Blue Nikes with the white swoosh. White Adidas with the red stripes. Once I even got golf cleats, which really made my mom mad.
"How are these practical for a six-year-old girl?" she asked.
That wasn't Dad's fault. I refused to leave the store without them.
If there's one thing I adore about Gen Con, it's seeing a father bestowing his love of all things geek on his offspring. Kids are dressed up as Link and Zelda without a clue as to who they are. Fathers and sons pose in front of the giant beholder statues. Dads and daughters bond over bedazzling foam swords.
I heard a man force his son to get in line for a Larry Elmore signed poster. When the kid, who clearly had better places to be, bellowed, "Why, daddy, why?" his dad simply responded with, "Trust me. Just … trust me."
I got assigned a task at Gen Con that seemed fun in theory. (No, not "handling" Ed Greenwood. I get assigned that task every year and it's always "fun.")
My task was this: Armed with a camera crew (how Entertainment Tonight!) and the new Dungeons & DragonsFantasy Roleplaying Game packaged with the original, iconic Larry Elmore art, I was charged with walking around the show floor in search of stories from glory days of yore. I wanted to know things like, where did you first discover this mystical red box? Who was your first character? What memories does looking at this new, old box bring back? Who did you play with?
At first I thought, sure, I can do that. It's just walking around talking to people, and I do love those stories about how people were first introduced to D&D. But then I went into a blind panic. Suddenly walking around the show floor with a wireless mic and a camera crew (this was their first Gen Con and they were a little … well … shell shocked) begging people to talk to me seemed a little too 2nd grade. I started worrying: I'm going to look like a big, old doofus in an itchy polyester polo shirt. I won't know what they're talking about! They'll kick me to the curb in favor of real draws like Serra Angels and Time Lords and, lucky me, we'll get it all on camera! (To be fair, I was distracted by the Serra Angels and Time Lords. Costumes were on fire this year.)
But guess what? I didn't need to channel 2nd-grade Shelly. Getting people to wax nostalgic proved easy. I'd just look for people to take notice of what I was carrying and watch them respond with that same goofy grin and glossy-eyed look I get when I walk into the Nordstrom shoe department.
"There it is!"
"I remember that!"
"Those were some of the best games ever."
People were more than happy to share their stories. Places, people, characters, rituals—it all came flooding back. One woman told about how her first rogue went off the rails and stabbed another party member in the back. That guy ended up becoming her husband. Hmm … maybe there's more to that story. I talked to two guys who met playing the D&D Basic Game and were at Gen Con celebrating their annual Man-cation. Another guy shared how his group would nestle between the splintered floor and exposed insulation of the attic crawl space, with candles, to play their weekly game. They were more than eager to talk to me, on camera and off, about their early days with D&D. And here they all were, nearly three decades later.
Never. Keep them safely together in a suite at the Omni.
Remember the contest we ran a couple months ago asking for stories about old adventuring groups that split up for various reasons and the winning party would be reunited at Gen Con? I love essay contests in theory, but I hate the judging part. (Judging reality stars and red carpet fashion choices are one thing—from-the-heart reminiscing is another.)
The truth is, I'm a sucker for a sad story. And a funny story. Even just a well-written story. The judges went back and forth between several top contenders before deciding on the story about five guys who came together because of D&D and subsequently shared some of their best childhood-and-beyond memories because of it.
At dinner with the Wizards crew, they shared how Ben's Uncle Willy introduced a group of nine-year-old boys to a game they would spend hours playing on his parents' front porch. They were resigned to play on the front porch because Ben's parents wouldn't let the boys inside. Not even to use the bathroom. They had to run back to their respective homes to do that. Sometimes Ben would move the living room television up to the window so they could watch Friday the 13th while they played, but mostly it was just their imaginations, the characters they invented (and can still recall with the detail skills of an insurance claim adjuster), and the rules they sometimes went by, sometimes made up.
I know what you're thinking. That's my group! And it may be true. I think that what we liked about these guys was that their story encapsulated so well what we know to be true. Lots of friendships were developed because of D&D and while maintained, lots of groups were broken up because of college, family, jobs. Life happens. At least for 361 days of the year it does.
I wish my early memories of D&D didn't involve making fun of the boys who played it. I didn't have a gaming group then, but I do now. Better late than never, right?
"Friends come and go," one of the guys I interviewed said. "But your gaming group is forever."
"Yep," I said. "I know what you mean."
About the Author
Contrary to the visual evidence, Shelly Mazzanoble is not a dragon slayer. She was merely protecting it.


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A new report says substance abuse, prescription-drug abuse, is one of Durham's biggest public health problems, accounting for growing numbers of emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths.
The report, "Substance Use and Abuse in Durham County," was prepared by the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy and sponsored by the Durham Together for Resilient Youth (TRY), a community coalition.
About 19,000 Durham residents, including 1,000 children, abused or were addicted to alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications in 2012, according to the report.
Among its findings:
• From 2010-12, residents made more than 3,000 visits a year to a hospital ER for substance use, an 11.6 percent increase for adults and a 64.7 percent increase for juveniles.
• The number of deaths due to substance use increased by one-third from 2004-06, which averaged 34 deaths, to 2009-11, which averaged 48 deaths.
• At the same time, deaths due to prescription drugs surged – up 75 percent, compared to a 17 percent increase for heroin deaths and a 10 percent drop for cocaine deaths.
The actual numbers of prescription drug deaths are small – 22 in 2010, 16 in 2011.
But the trend, a doubling in seven years, is troubling, experts say.
They hope the report – which culls data from state and local agencies, law enforcement, public health and community groups – helps get people talking about a problem many don't realize exists or may underestimate.
"Most reports look at only one aspect of a problem," said Joel Rosch, senior research scholar at the Duke center and a member of the Durham TRY board.
"Police report on arrests. Social services may talk about kids being placed out of the home," he explained. "The only way you can get a grip on how substance abuse is affecting people is to look at things at the same time."
Durham TRY members began doing that last month as they pored over the report's findings.
The coalition, which was founded 10 years ago, recently received a five-year $625,000 federal grant to supports its work. TRY is not a program, founder Wanda Boone, stresses, but a group that brings together other groups to change attitudes and behavior.
And attitudes and behavior do change, Boone told members at a meeting at the Durham County Library.
"If you didn't have an ash tray in your house in the '60s and '70s, that was bad taste," she said. Today, "if you see someone lighting in a restaurant, it's like, 'Oh, my goodness!' That's how policies have changed."
Durham TRY has worked with store owners on a Good Neighbor Policy, a non-binding agreement in which convenience store owners and managers agree not to sell alcohol, alcohol containing products and tobacco to minors. It has lobbied against concentrating stores that sell alcohol in poorer neighborhoods based on studies that show more such stores leads to more crime.
Targeting prescription drug abuse presents new challenges.
The drugs are as close as the bathroom medicine cabinet or a classmate's book bag.
Just over one in five Durham high school students, 21.7 percent, said they have taken a prescription drug without a doctor's prescription, according to the Durham Youth Risk Behavior Survey. That was nearly twice the percentage, 12.7 percent, just four years earlier.
'The perception with prescription drugs is they're less risky," said Elizabeth Gifford, a research scientist at the Duke center who prepared the report with Kelly Evans and Rachel Weber.
They're not.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called prescription drug abuse an epidemic, according to the report
In Durham, prescription drugs caused 29 percent of all toxin-related deaths from 2004-11. While that was still less than alcohol (42 percent), it was more than cocaine (21 percent) and heroin (6 percent).
Public awareness may increase with efforts like Operation Medicine Drop.
The collaboration between Safe Kids North Carolina and local law enforcement agencies encourages people to dispose of unused medication in a permanent drop box in the lobby of the Durham Police Department headquarters on West Chapel Hill Street.
In one day, the report said, residents dropped in more than 34,000 pills, as well as needles, creams and other medications.
Schultz: 919-932-2003


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