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Tampa's streetcar line appears to be heading for a financial crash.
Thursday streetcar board members discussed a failing endowment fund that is used to pay for operations.
The endowment fund was originally established onto to support long term operational shortfalls.
The endowment was designed to last until the year 2025, now it appears likely it will run out of money by the end of 2014.
Tampa City Council member Mike Suarez sits on the streetcar board and says there are a number of reasons for the problems.
Suarez says, "we've had to reduce service in order to make our budget every year. By reducing service, you reduce your ridership. We've also had to increase rates people pay to get on there, which also creates less ridership."
The streetcar board says a downturn in the economy that started in 2007 also significantly depleted the fund.
Suarez says if the streetcar line closes, the city of Tampa will have to repay 31-million dollars to the federal government that was used for construction.
Suarez says, "Until we find a way of funding it from another source instead besides just the endowment and some of the assessments from the money we get from the port and the city, we're never going to be a successful streetcar system."
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I am singing in a church choir again.
For a short stretch of time, while serving as a full-time associate pastor here in St. Charles, I was able to sing in my church's adult choir. Not only did I really get to know the people in the choir, I also understood how to incorporate the music we rehearsed into the worship. I could make informed recommendations about a song's appropriateness to tie into a scripture or theme chosen for a sermon.
When the choir would stand and sing, I would join them in my clergy robe and stole, mixing in with them in their choir robes. If the senior pastor was preaching, then I would be seated. If I was to preach, then I would move into the pulpit, introduce scripture and continue on with the worship service.
In any church, time commitments and responsibilities shift as staff come and go and the parish needs change. In time, it was clear that I needed to be realistic and choose between another night at church with the choir or a night at home with the family. I stopped rehearsing and singing with the choir.
And so on Sunday mornings I would simply try my hand at sight-reading the harmony line.
I love to sing. Growing up, I took piano, guitar and voice lessons and kept studying voice in college. Yet I know that I am just a yeoman, a cog in the machinery. After all, I sing alto.
Now, the alto part is often NOT beautiful. It is the harmony, not the melody. But as a group, a choir works together to produce vocal music that honors God.
I found when I left the choir, I missed the singing, the beautiful music.
I missed the community and camaraderie, too. There are some fine church choirs in St. Charles. It is my experience that church choir directors are patient people by nature, or they have learned how to be patient. Rehearsals are full of talk and chatter. Friendships are formed, seats are saved, prayers are prayed. I have seen a whole lot of laughter, caring and compassion come out of a choir room.
A church choir is like a team. I missed being on the team.
In December, I joined a different church, St. John's United Church of Christ on Wolfrum Road. As soon as I heard the choir sing, I knew that's what I wanted to do to contribute. The choir was good.
There was no tryout for this team. I was welcomed, handed a playbook, given a spot on the roster, and a calendar of when we play ball, er, sing in worship.
My sight-reading skills are improved. I am still not comfortable in the front row of the alto section, but I am the newest member, so I accept my place.
The choir director has asked if I would sing a brief solo within the Palm Sunday cantata April 17. It's been a long time since I have sung a solo as a member of a choir.
Nine measures of music have never been practiced this much before now. It is a small choir. Seven of us have solos. Three are singing a trio part. That's one-third of the choir. But the entire team is needed to carry each part---soprano, alto, tenor and bass---so that the music is full and rich with depth of feeling that comes from the blending of voices.
I have visited many St. Charles churches over the last four months, and the music varies. There are churches with multiple choirs, grand pianos and pipe organs and churches with a song leader playing a guitar. There are churches with a praise band and worship leaders and churches with an adult choir.
Is the church choir an endangered species? This question was asked by a church choir director a few years ago. I remembered his question this week as I reflected upon the range of music I have experienced while attending worship services.
My answer is maybe. Perhaps the popularity of the television show Glee has interested more persons in the value of singing together and this will carry over into the church. I am more concerned for the future of the church choir than I am hopeful.
But that does not stop me from singing in my church choir, my team.
I sing for my soul. I sing as an offering, however meager, to God. I sing for joy.
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Pitt Meadows council voted in favour of a 1.9 per cent tax increase Tuesday rejecting a proposal by one councillor to further slash the rate change for 2014.
An audible "boo" was heard from the council gallery as Coun. Doug Bing checked in via conference call to participate in the meeting as he was in Prince George on provincial business as the B.C. Liberal MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows.
As council got set to vote on a bylaw for this year's budget, Coun. Dave Murray surprised his colleagues with a motion to shave the proposed 1.9 per cent municipal tax increase to one per cent.
"Just how are we going to do that," asked Coun. Gwen O'Connell.
Council voted against the motion.
The 1.9 per cent increase would add $52 to the tax bill for the average single-family home, valued at $450,000.
Murray proposed the city look at cutting back small items such as grass cutting, janitorial services and scrutinize the services it contracts out, a sum which totalled $2.9 million in 2012.
Although it was supported by Couns. Bruce Bell and Janis Elkerton, Murray's motion tanked as the rest of council believed 1.9 per cent - the lowest tax increase in the past decade - was as far as the city could go.
Murray, Bell and Elkerton were accused of "political grandstanding."
"Why wasn't this brought up before Christmas," asked Bing, whose comments drew snide laughter from some of the audience. "There was an opportunity for more discussion then."
Bing is set to leave council Feb. 4 and has publicly stated he stayed on longer to help pass the budget.
Council met for several days in December to decided how to spend tax dollars in 2014 and considered two budgets this year.
One took into consideration a petition signed by 1,500 people – spearheaded by the late Tom Murray and his wife Norma – calling for no tax increase, while the second looked at a total increase of three per cent.
Mayor Deb Walters claimed the three opposing councillors were silent when it was time to vote on the final 1.9 per cent municipal tax increase.
"One would only assume we had consensus," said Walters.
"We can take away, but we will have to make it up in the future. We have to be stable and steady as we move forward."
Coun. Bell, however, pointed out that there were 13 motions made during budget planning in December. Most of those votes were defeated - 4-3.
He noted even items that were listed as "no risk" to service levels were dumped back into the budget, costing taxpayers $38,000.
Bell also proposed taking money from the sale of city land in South Bonson to offset taxes, but that too was defeated.
"People seem to have short memories," he said.
Before she voted against the budget, Elkerton lauded Port Coquitlam for giving its homeowners a modest decrease of 0.34 per cent on their tax bills this year.
"We could still cut more," said Elkerton, noting the city has budgeted $150,000 for a park at Airport Way and Bonson Road.
A one-per-cent tax increase in 2014 will generate $156,000 in revenue for the city.
"Nothing changed in city hall once we have had the financial crisis in 2008," said Elkerton, adding that she hasn't supported a single budget since returning to council in 2011 because she believes the city has to do business in a different way.
"We cannot continue to tax and spend. We have to look for cuts, just like normal families are doing."
As council began to cast votes in favour or against the financial plan bylaw, Bing's vote was followed by a cry from the audience of "this is not democracy."
A visibly annoyed O'Connell told the room she had no problem supporting this year's budget, even though it was an election year.
"We don't have the tax base of other communities. We don't have casinos. We just have hard-working residents," she said.
"I think sometimes it's easier to say no than make things work. It doesn't matter if every year was an election year. What I vote for is because this is what I believe the residents want."
Only two people spoke during the public input portion Tuesday, one in favour of the 1.9 per cent municipal rate increase and one against it.
"I believe that further reductions can be realized if there is political will," said Mike Stark, who attended all the budget planning sessions this year.
Andrew Thompson, however, praised the efforts of council and staff, adding that it was "unfortunate" that support was not unanimous.
"Such a tax rate does not rob Peter of the future to pay Paul of the present, but instead ensures Pitt Meadows can grow in a financially sustainable manner," he said.
"Had this been anything but an election year, it seems to me that the level of support of council would have been much greater ... I hope it won't be used as a political strategy by some of our councillors in the hopes of being re-elected."
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Over the next few days, Bloody Elbow is going to ask for your opinion on some of the best things that have happened in the MMA world over the first half of 2012. There will be a total of eight different categories you'll be asked to vote on. For simplicity's sake we're going to stick with high-level and relevant MMA stuff in these posts. While I'm sure there was a ludicrous knockout in an unscheduled MMA event at The Lumberyard strip club in Des Moines, or an insane pancreas lock submission on an obscure ZST! card in Japan, let's just stick to stuff a lot of us have seen, okay? (If that spiel looked familiar, it's because I just lifted it from last year's awards post.)
It's pretty simple. I'll post five or ten options in a category, you vote for what you think was the best. If you think I left something really important off my list, post it in the comments and we can add it to the poll if it's deemed worthy. I can almost guarantee you won't like all my suggestions, but narrowing down these lists is tough.
Now that we've got that out of the way, let's get onto the third poll - the biggest upset of the first half of 2012.
Best Submission
Best Post-Fight Celebration
Best Feud
Best Comeback
I went with six options here instead of the usual five or ten. Check out the options and make your pick after the jump.
Tim Boetsch vs. Yushin Okami, UFC 144 - There was no way in hell Okami was supposed to lose to The Barbarian, and it definitely looked that way for two rounds. The third changed all that, and Boetsch stopped Okami in his tracks.
Ricardo Lamas vs. Hatsu Hioki, UFC on FX 4 -Hioki turned down a title shot and was relegated to the undercard. Lamas was viewed as a tough matchup, but not in Hioki's league. That's definitely not the way it turned out.
Ryan Bader vs. Quinton Jackson, UFC 144 - Jackson started out as a massive favorite, but admitting to an injury and missing weight gave Bader a lot of momentum. He took advantage of it and defeated the former champ by decision.
Eddie Yagin vs. Mark Hominick, UFC 145 - Yagin was seen as a bounceback opponent for Hominick following a quick loss. Instead, Yagin dropped Hominick a few times and picked up a decision win.
Jamie Varner vs. Edson Barboza, UFC 146 - Varner entered the bout as a lameduck late replacement against the top lightweight prospect, but flipped the world upside down with his dominant first-round victory.
Travis Marx vs. Masakatsu Ueda, Bellator 64 - Ueda entered the bout as a top-ten bantamweight and a 5-1 favorite. The Marx win was another small dagger into the heart of JMMA.


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Ken Kremar provided the Commercial Truck Industry Forecast. He discussed commercial truck sales trends, improvement in the growth of the NAFTA economy and more.
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So what will Apple announce?
According to numerous leaks, Apple will introduce a new full-sized iPad with a thinner and lighter design that matches the iPad Mini.
Apple's next iPad Mini will have a high-resolution screen, which Apple calls the Retina Display, but will have the same design as before.
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Oh, no he didn't! I found this link through "link-ception" in the Daily links, a link within a link (only one layer down). So thanks to David M Wilson for doing a superb job with these links. I really do enjoy reading your lead in's. Top notch.
There were several times I cringed while reading this article, mainly on the sheer incompetence of the writer and his apparent unwillingness to do any formal kind of research. I am curious if any of you found a similar type reaction to this?
"Every time there's a scrum in Buffalo, Ott is in the middle of it. Is he also a battler and a vocal person in the locker room? One would assume."
Who is this guy? Seriously? Is he really surprised that the "Pepper Pot" is in the middle of most every major fracas on the ice? Remember, this is the same guy that pushed Peter Laviolette out of the way.
The question he poses "Is Ott a battler and a vocal person in the locker room?" is mind numbing. How many times did we as Stars fans (and by extension Ott fans) hear from Mike Heika, Mark Stepneski, and even on DBD what a locker room presence Otter was (and still is). Steve Ott is a great many things, but quiet in the locker room, he is not. He can't be, it isn't in his nature.
"Yet this is mildly akin to the New York Rangers rolling out Sean Avery as their team captain."
In all seriousness, I am not trying to attack this writer or his topic. I am aware that his topic is meant to rustle a few feathers and he is intending on making outlandish claims for eyeballs to be drawn to his words. It has clearly done the job he intended his article to do, as evidenced by my post here.
What this writer may not have realized when making this bombastic claim is we here in Texas and Stars fans across the globe know all too well the antics and the moronic comments that make up Sean Avery. We were here for this:
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It begs the question...how many times did Stephanie Robidas want to do this to Sean Avery while he was a Star?
Apart from being taken aback by the shock someone has over Steve Ott's antics in this league at THIS point in his career and THEN mistakenly comparing them to Sean "Look-Up-Goon-In-The-Dictionary-That's-Me" Avery, I did stumble upon a topic that I wish to pose to all of you.
If Steve Ott had stayed in Dallas, would you feel OK with him being named captain after Brenden Morrow?
At the time Dallas announced "Smallish Brother" Benn as the Captain (during this years training camp, if your memory serves you), we, as fans, were fairly skeptical of his readiness for the position. While I think most of us (on this site at least) have transitioned our minds to seeing him in that role and nodding our heads in approval, there are still some who believe he still isn't ready for the "C".
The point could be made that Jamie Benn was a correct choice, not just for him or the team on the ice, but for the whole organisation and the fans perception of the team. The point could also be made that a "bridge-captain" would have benefited the team, and by extension, Jamie Benn.
Interestingly, the only reason this topic ever occurred to me is due to Buffalo first allowing Otter to be the road captain and, since the Vanek trade, the full time captain.
Here are my thoughts:
First, we can tackle this question in one of two ways, with or without hindsight. The more effective and possibly more relevant choice is without hindsight, but we can do both just for kicks and giggles. Second, we will be going on the assumption that Jim Nill would entertain the "bridge-captain" idea, and since he could have done the same thing with Robidas and didn't, it is a pretty big assumption. The argument can tangent to who would have been a better "bridge-captain" for Jamie Benn, Ott or Robidas? And are either of those two actually "captain" material? But I digress....
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Minnesota Gophers football coach Jerry Kill is now resting at home after suffering a seizure right before halftime of Minnesota's victory over Western Illinois on Saturday, his fourth game-day seizure in three seasons.
Kill was taken off the field on a stretcher and brought to a local hospital for precautionary reasons.
Kill has epilepsy and has now suffered four game-day seizures in three seasons with the Gophers. His most recent seizure occurred in the locker room at halftime against Michigan State in the last game of the regular season. He also suffered a seizure after a loss to Northwestern last October and on the sidelines in the last minute of a 2011 loss to New Mexico State.
The Gophers (3-0) trailed 12-7 until late in the third quarter and pulled away with a 29-12 victory on Saturday.
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"Coach Kill suffered a seizure at the end of the first half of today's game against Western Illinois. He was attended to by medical personnel on the field and was then driven to a local hospital as a precaution to ensure proper medication levels. He is resting comfortably. Coach Kill's staff, which is the most tenured in the nation, and his team are well acquainted with his condition and are prepared if a situation like this arises.Coach Kill's epilepsy has been documented by both local and national media and our fans are aware that situations like this can happen."
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Longshot looks at Gans' BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLVES... Possibly one of the great 2001 movies!
Hey folks, Harry here... one must ask themselves how excited Longshot below must've been to write this review in his second language. But I will tell you this, the word on this film out of EURO-AICN has been nothing short of ELECTRIC! Our guys in Europe have been telling us this is the one... Well, when is it playing the USA or the rest of the world? Not sure as of yet, but if I were scheduling the SXSW film festival, I'd be campaigning these filmmakers like a county in Florida. Read and weep... we've got a wait ahead of us!
This morning, I attended the 1st big screening of this French event film. A strange thing happened when I arrived at the theater : there was a 150 persons queue. this never happens at professionnal screenings. Although we arrived half an hour before the screening, there wasn't any good seats left in the 800 seats theater. And I learned later that a lot of people were refused : there wasn't any seats left. This never happens... The trailers were great, the buzz was high, the budget huge (for a French film), of course my expectations and hopes were at the highest point. I only could be disappointed...
But I'm not : the film is fantastic, it's a big-time nerd party : a horror film in period setting with a huge budget and done with a lot of style. I don't want to spoil the story. It's great. Think "Sleepy Hollow" but 10,000 times better. All the film is a huge bet : the visual style is a cross-over between classic Sergio Leone, John Woo, Matrix or even Mortal Kombat and all in a true-to-life 18th Century French setting! Of course some of the bets are lost, and some scenes look "strange" / out of context. But 99% of the time, all those risks are assumed and the bet is won with exhilarating pleasure for us. It's not a masterpiece but it surely is one of the most entertaining piece of moviemaking I've seen in the last years. My friends and me could not help but smile and giggle like little girls for 2h24. The film is so dense, there are so many scenes, we could not keep track of the time. At a moment, we thought the movie was coming at its conclusion and that there was only 15 minutes left. But when we realized (after taking a look at our watch) that there was still 1 hour to go, we HAD to cheer openly.
There are so many great scenes in the film; and it all holds perfectly. Did you ever had the peculiar feeling that the film you are watching was "made for you", because it includes all the elements that you love in movies? This film will do it for you. If you like Kung-fu movies, beautiful sceneries, fantastic editing, Conan Doyle, big crashing fight sounds, a naked Monica Bellucci, great score, monster movies, all serving the film and done with taste; this film might be the most entertaining you will see this year.
On a technical view, the director Christophe Gans reunited a dream-like team : DP of MIMIC, editor and fight choregrapher of HARD BOILED, composer of the EVIL DEAD trilogy, etc.
I could go on for hours. let's just say it's a great film and soooooooooooooooooooo entertaining.
Final question. Does it feel like a French film or an American one ? It just feels like a film done by a French director who loves American films (the ones we also love i.e. I even found a scene in the film reminiscent of PREDATOR !)
BR to all and go see it as soon as it lands in your shores : it's so ambitious and different. You can't expect all that you will see in this movie but it's fantastic !
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Jan. 11, 2001, 1:09 a.m. CST
Is KingKwanzaa posting while on a hallucinogenic?
by vroom socko
Just what the hell was all that supposed to mean anyway?
Jan. 11, 2001, 1:27 a.m. CST
has mark dacascos in it
by bluelou_boyle
that boy knows his martial arts, see drive:directors cut
Jan. 11, 2001, 1:42 a.m. CST
Merci Jan. Bonne Chance Christophe.
by frenchie
Jan. 11, 2001, 1:56 a.m. CST
And now KingKwanzaa's post has been pulled.
by vroom socko
Which means now I look like a fucking nitwit instead of him.
Jan. 11, 2001, 2:54 a.m. CST
I hope that image is used on the poster cos it's fuckin fantasti
by Pryors Moustache
It is, y'know....
Jan. 11, 2001, 3:27 a.m. CST
That image IS fucking cool!
by Zombie Vig
I have to agree with Pryors Moustache and i hope they have a bigger one to put on my desktop.
Jan. 11, 2001, 4:30 a.m. CST
About time.
by wongfeihung
It's about time Mark Dacascos starred in a movie that kicks ass. He's a pretty good actor and a shit hot fighter - shame that he seems to have been dumped into the STV, B-movie genre. Lets hope that this is the start of his ascent to the ranks of action hero of the new millenium.
Jan. 11, 2001, 5:18 a.m. CST
Le pacte des loups + THE LORD OF THE RINGS (READ THIS)
by panpil
Hello everybody. My sources told me that The Lord Of The Rings trailer will be attached with this film and it will premiere in France January 31. Can't wait. panpil
Jan. 11, 2001, 6:01 a.m. CST
by Clouseau
"LE PACTE DES LOUPS" will rule and will be a revolution in French cinema. The one we have been waiting for. Why? Because Gans is a bloody great director, probably the only one in France who can bring back genre film. Wait. This is only the beginning... Et Christophe, si tu viens lire ces messages de nerds, les deux horribles de Hong Kong te font la bise. ALL THE BEST !
Jan. 11, 2001, 6:24 a.m. CST
Better than Sleepy Hollow?
by Bob X
Everything from the director (and the star) of Crying Freeman has to be cool. The trailers look pretty good, too. But one ecstatic French fanboy is not reason enough to make me start drooling in anticipation. Especially if he proclaims its "10.000 times better than Sleepy Hollow". Not that I want to compare Burton and Tolkien, but that kind of reminds me of people who say Robert Jordan's books are a million times better than Lord of The Rings. Thou shalt not overhype!
Jan. 11, 2001, 6:39 a.m. CST
Trailers are over at DARKHORIZONS
by Critical Bill
Also, the French-reading can check out the homepage, www.lepactedesloups.com This movie is about the Beast of Gevaudan, a wolf or wolf-like beast or beasts which supposedly killed over 100 people in a rural area of France over a period of three years. Animatronics by Jim Hensen Studios.
Jan. 11, 2001, 6:50 a.m. CST
Monica Belucci--naked?!?
by Lance Rock
Good Lord--She is unbelievably gorgeous: http://www.resoftlinks.com/cs1/monicabellucci-2/??
Jan. 11, 2001, 6:52 a.m. CST
Sounds like one to watch!
by Rosie Lass
I loved Sleepy Hollow and the picture makes it look like an up-to-date version of a cool Hammer Horror film. What's it actually about though? Is it some kind of were-wolf film? I am reminded of Angela Carter's In the Company of Wolves which was a really dark fairy tale.
Jan. 11, 2001, 7:21 a.m. CST
Un message pour Christophe
by Liam
Quand tu viendra pr
Jan. 11, 2001, 7:54 a.m. CST
Le Pacte des Wolves
by Mister M
Le Pacte des Loups should be a great moment in French cinema. At last, a talented and clever director, who likes sci-fi movies, kung-fu flicks, musicals AND Visconti (yes, you can love all that), attends to make a genre masterpiece : adventure, horror, romance, action, poetry, period piece... I really pray for this movie to be a great one, that should motivate young filmmakers in France and in Europe to direct more risky films, in the american way. Monsieur Gans, si vous venez visiter ce site, je vous f
Jan. 11, 2001, 7:54 a.m. CST
Oh. My. God. Philip Kwok choreography, Naked Monica Belluci, S
by Wesley Snipes
It sounds like the reviewer's comments about it being a movie nerd's dream come true is right on the money! Can't wait to see this one! One question: Does Daascascos speak French or English?
Jan. 11, 2001, 8:04 a.m. CST
Can't wait to see it!
by psi98
There, I say it again. Can't wait to see it. Finally someone with the guts to do something different for a change. Good luck Christophe. Et une autre bise de la paire de fous tout la bas a Hong Kong. (ou on entretient le buzz sur le pacte). Yo
Jan. 11, 2001, 8:33 a.m. CST
Yeah, Bram Stoker's Dracula had a naked Monica Belucci, wolves,
by 0007
Jan. 11, 2001, 8:38 a.m. CST
Fingers Are Crossed, But...
by Anton_Sirius
Crying Freeman really sucked. It was deadly boring- the fight scenes were slow as molasses. Let's hope Christophe has learned something since then.
Jan. 11, 2001, 8:48 a.m. CST
by Rikou
I saw the movie yesterday and it was amazing !!!! This year at Cannes, I had the chance to interview Christophe Gans, Mark Dacascos, Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci and many others. I was waiting for this movie so much long... All the movies fans, all the people who love Argento, Leone, Peckinpah, McTiernan, Carpenter, Corbucci, Duvivier, Burton... YOU WILL LOVE THIS MOVIE !!! We offered you recently the set of "Jurassic Park". In a week, our gift is called "Le Pacte des loups" !!! Rendez-vous on the 17th January on http://www.canalplus.fr Rikou
Jan. 11, 2001, 9:58 a.m. CST
could someone tell me WTF THIS FILM IS ABOUT?
by Airchinapilot
I've read the posts and the 'story' several times and no one is saying WTF the film is about. Uh, journalism guys? It's a grab bag of a bunch of genres? Oh well, i guess I'll have to go to Dark Horizons after all.
Jan. 11, 2001, 10:19 a.m. CST
okay. this looks pretty interesting
by Airchinapilot
I'm not up on my grade 12 French but this looks pretty good visually. Trailer starts slow but it ends with a bang. Dunno about that 18th century-fu at the end but it could be an interesting twist. The guy at the end looks like an Indian. But does this take place in France or Quebec? Can a French poster give us the run down on the plot summary?
Jan. 11, 2001, noon CST
by IronRabbit
I hope it isn't TOO much like SH, but from the reviewers statement that some scenes look "strange/out of place" I wonder if it doesn't have the same problems. SH was a very good movie, but I hated it because it broke my suspension of disbelief and from then on I'm not experiencing the movie, I'm critiqueing it. What the heck am I talking about, you ask. Important outdoor scenes of SH LOOK like they are on a sound stage. 12 rows of corn, then a black curtain. The big important tree is well lit, but utter blackness startes 10 feet behind it. Once I stop believing the characters are out in a dark forest, it is ruined. Remember in Armageddon when they launch 2 shuttles at the same time, against the spin of earth, swoop in to dock with a spinning Mir to refuel, then "fly" through the asteroids. Some of you thought "that looks cool." Some of us thought "that is utterly ridiculous, and so is that, and so is that, etcetera and heavy orchestral swells are not going to make me forget it." I'm not saying movies need to be realistic, they just need to be close enough that the audience CAN believe it. In the context of a "science" movie about asteroids, it doesn't fit. In the context of a fantasy movie like Star Wars, I don't care if the space ships "fly" through the non-atmosphere, it fits. I just had to get that rant off my chest. I hope the "strange" scenes in Brotherhood of Wolves don't make me stop to think , because I like the idea of the movie.
Jan. 11, 2001, 2:12 p.m. CST
Sounds pretty cool...
by docsisx
Neither this nor Final Fantasy looks too too interesting. There is just something about serious CGI Animation that bugs me. If its a a movie that can be made with REAL people, unlike Toy Story and A Bug's Life, then make the gol darn movie with REAL people! Check out my site which is basicially just a gathering of all movie news...geocities.com/flzine
Jan. 11, 2001, 2:43 p.m. CST
Crying Freeman
by Adrian_b
Gans also directed "Crying Freeman", which is in my opinion one of the best action movies of the 90ies. It starred Mark Dacascos in his best role. If "Le Pacte des loups" is as good as this, im more than satisfied.
Jan. 11, 2001, 3:01 p.m. CST
Two languages for the price of one, or something like that
by LinaInverse
<http://www.upcomingmovies.com/brotherhoodofthewolf.html> claims that the film shoot took place in both French *and* English, so there won't be any dubbing or subtitling necessary when the movie hits the States. Can't wait 'til it gets here!
Jan. 11, 2001, 3:14 p.m. CST
it's christmas, hanukkah, kwanzaa and ramadan all rolled into on
by tommy5tone
a new freakout from the director of 'crying freeman'? starring that underrated ass-kicker mark dacascos? WITH A NAKED MONICA BELLUCCI? damn, y'all, DAMN!
Jan. 11, 2001, 5:41 p.m. CST
Wolves aplenty
by EmperorCaligula
Unless you saw the movie, you couldn't be sure it's about were-wolves. It's about G
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In my thirst for more basketball knowledge, I become a bit of an idiot. I can admit it. I mean, when one searches for more meaning they usually have to dumb themselves down a little bit in an order to let the new information wash over them. It's a sponge tactic, so to speak. Gotta rinse it out before you can soak stuff back up. My point with all this is that I thought I knew who the best jump-shooters in the NBA were. And I'm talking about this past season. I knew that Al Horford was one of the most efficient shooters for big men. I knew that Dirk Nowitzki was strapping mid-range jumpers in people's faces all season long despite his early season struggles. I knew that Kobe Bryant, while he was taking some bad shots, was still making a solid percentage of his jumpers. What I didn't know actually shocked me. So, without further ado, I present the most prolific jump-shooters in the NBA from this past season.
I put a Field Goal Attempt (FGA) on my research and I also narrowed it down to one very specific area. I looked only at 16+ foot jumpers this season that were worth 2 points. I took out three-point attempts. I took out anything from 15 feet and closer. I wanted just mid-range jumpers. That's it. I put the limit on 100 FGA. In a 66 game season that comes out to 1.5 FGA per game from that 16+ foot area. You'd be shocked by how many players actually attempted way more than that per game. It's quite baffling, really.
There were 8 players this season who attempted 300+ FGA from that range. They were Kobe Bryant (391), Josh Smith (390), Kevin Garnett (327), LeBron James (318), Dirk Nowitzki (315), Monta Ellis (312), Gerald Henderson (308), and LaMarcus Aldridge (302). Of those eight, three shot under 40% from that area. Those three being Josh Smith (36.9%), LeBron James (38.4%), and Monta Ellis (37.5%). Dirk Nowitzki (51.1%) was the only player of that 8-man group to shoot over 50% from the field. The only other player to join him with a field goal percentage over 45% was actually Kevin Garnett (48.6%). What's that tell you? Well, those guys can hit mid-range jumpers at will. LaMarcus Aldridge was actually third amongst this 8-man group with a 43.4% mark. Three big men. Three capable mid-range shooting big men. In total, they made 451 of those 16+ foot 2-point jumpers this season. They were assisted on 364 of them. A staggering 80.7%. Kevin Garnett, to his credit (or discredit), was assisted on 146 of the 159 that he made. A ridiculous 91.8%. However, that's what happens when you play with a point guard who can set you up in your sweet spot like Rajon Rondo can.
So now that we have the big men out of the way there that leaves us with Kobe Bryant and Gerald Henderson as the only two non big men to shoot above 40% from that area. Kobe Bryant was at 42.2% while Gerald Henderson was 40.6%. The main difference between these two lies in the fact that Gerald Henderson was assisted on 75.2% of those made jumpers while Kobe Bryant only was assisted on 44.8% of them. That's a lower mark than all but two players in this group. Those two are Monta Ellis (32.5%) and LeBron James (21.3%). What does that tell us? Well, it quite simply tells us that LeBron James is able to generate a shot for himself much better than anyone else who attempted 300+ FGA from that range this season. While he did shoot only 38.4% there, which is good but not great, he did it primarily without the help of a pass. It's quite a ridiculously high shooting percentage when you think about it.
When we back out and look at the 100+ FGA group, we seem some eye-popping numbers. Such as Steve Nash shooting 53.8% despite being assisted on just 13 of the 86 baskets he made from this range, which is just 15.1%.It actually supports my belief that Steve Nash is the single greatest jump-shooter of our era. Yes, even better than Ray Allen. He's just a ridiculous specimen when it comes to putting the ball in the basket from any considerable distance. He's had four 50-40-90 seasons and missed another by mere percentage points from the free throw line. It doesn't get much better than that.
Then there's Chris Paul. Our beloved Chris Paul. He attempted 212 of those 16+ foot 2-point jumpers this season and made 47.6% of them. He was assisted on just 11 of those makes. It comes out to 10.9%, which is tied for the lowest mark among any player with 100+ FGA from this range. The man he's tied with, Brandon Jennings, shot just 40.5% from this range. In fact, among players with 150+ FGA there this season, Chris Paul was the third-best shooting point guard in the league this season behind Steve Nash and, shockingly, Charles Jenkins (48.1%).
If you had to build a team, position by position, of who the best jump-shooters are then there's no doubt in my mind that Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, and Kevin Garnett would be locks to make the team. With Garnett's added ability to now play center you can just slide him there while creating a pick-and-pop trio that would actually be the toughest trio to probably stop. With Nash's ability to create for himself and for others, you'd have no way to double down on any of these guys without giving one of them a wide open look at the basket from their sweet spot. So, now, what about shooting guard and small forward, you ask? Well, what about Ben Gordon? He shot 46.7% from this range this season on 214 attempts and got assisted on 54% of them. That means he can create for himself when the time calls for it as well as run within the offense. Plus, he has the added bonus of being a three-point shooter at times and can hit from a high clip there. Now all we need to find is a small forward.
It all depends on what you classify as a small forward really. I mean, Nick Young saw more minutes at small forward for the Clippers than he did anywhere else. Does that make him a small forward? And he did shoot 44.9% from this range with the Clippers but only took 49 attempts. However, on the season, he did take a grand total of 238 attempts from this range and still made 44.1% of them. He got assisted on 42.9% of his made field goals from this range. So, just like Ben Gordon, he's a capable shooter both within a system and without the system. Plus, like Gordon as well, he has the added benefit of being a capable three-point shooter.
So, I say, would any defense be able to stop a team consisting of Steve Nash, Ben Gordon, Nick Young, Dirk Nowitzki, and Kevin Garnett when it comes to pure shooting? I'm guessing not. In all seriousness, that team might even be able to win a championship because they're defense wouldn't even be entirely bad. They wouldn't be great but they could be sufficient. Either way, that quintet of jump-shooting excellence would be quite the sight to behold.
In closing let me just say that there were a lot of other numbers that I could have gone through and posted in here. I'm actually stopping myself but if anyone has any questions or just wants to know how a certain player did from a certain range in a certain situation, just ask. Don't worry. They're not all gonna be 3 of 15 from the field with 24 seconds or less in the 4th quarter (or OT) with a chance to tie or win the game like Kobe Bryant was this season. No reason to worry at all.


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Thursday mornings are interesting at The Café, with tables pushed together, loud laughter and plenty of eggs broken. That's when a group of visual artists get together to, as participant Keith Kleespies says, "talk art issues and network information — we've been doing this for 17 years." A few exhibitions have come out of the camaraderie, including an infamous one: "Baloney!" in 2010. In response to the Speed Art Museum's call for art to benefit their programs, this "breakfast club" created pieces out of baloney in protest of the time-honored practice of asking artists for donations. So their group show, "Drawing Together," is special because it's rare. But it also features some of our town's best, including but certainly not limited to Ann Stewart Anderson, Tom Pfannerstill and C.J. Pressma. —Jo Anne Triplett


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In the mid-1800s, artists often depicted women as victims, passive observers or merely passengers in the settlement of the American West. Some artists chose to portray Western women in the guise of a "Madonna" figure, based on Renaissance paintings of the Virgin Mary--or, in the case of American Indian women, they might be portrayed more honestly, revealing the harshness of their lives of unceasing toil. This exhibit examines these types of depictions juxtaposed with images of Western women as protagonists. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.
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World stocks drop before Fed as China imports slow
BANGKOK (AP) - World markets slid Tuesday on signs China's economy continues to slow and ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting that may bring new measures to prop up sputtering U.S. growth.
Shanghai stocks led the retreat after China's July trade figures showed a big drop in the growth rate for imports - an indication that rapid expansion in the world's No. 3 economy is cooling.
Beijing has clamped down on a boom in bank lending and construction, eroding demand for raw materials like iron ore and other commodities from overseas. Economic growth slowed from the first quarter's 11.9 percent to 10.3 percent in the second quarter.
The import figures and other evidence of a slowdown - less robust car sales and weaker house price rises - dampened sentiment, dragging most markets into the red. Weakness in China's demand for imports could dent its ability to help to drive a global recovery amid Europe's debt crisis and slack sales elsewhere.
Investors are also waiting for the outcome later Tuesday of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting.
The central bank is expected to keep interest rates unchanged at a record-low level but investors are speculating it will announce new quantative easing measures - market jargon for pumping more money into the economy - to reinvigorate a sputtering recovery.
"Whether Fed policymakers oblige the markets or not only time will tell. Though the markets may welcome such a move, it will only confirm that the U.S. has hit a soft patch. And that will not be good news," investment house India Infoline said in a report.
As trading got underway in Europe, Germany's DAX fell 0.5 percent to 5,384.72, France's CAC-40 slid 1.2 percent to 3,731.48 and Britain's FTSE 100 retreated 0.5 percent to 5,383.21.
Wall Street was set to fall with Dow futures off 72 points, or 0.7 percent, at 10,594.00. Broader S&P futures lost 8.5, or 0.8 percent, to 1,117.10.
The Shanghai Composite Index tumbled 77.26 points, or 2.9 percent, to 2,595.27 after the government announced growth in imports for July slowed to 22.7 percent from 34.1 in June. Exports, meanwhile, continued to grow strongly.
A strong yen hurt shares of Japanese exporters, with the Nikkei 225 stock average closing down 21.44, or 0.2 percent, at 9,551.05.
South Korea's Kospi shed 0.5 percent to 1,781.13, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 dropped 1.2 percent to 4,540.70 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng retreated 1.5 percent to 21,473.60.
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Benchmark crude for September delivery was down 77 cents at $80.71 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 78 cents to settle at $81.48 on Monday.
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Albany -- Could a murder spree like one at Virginia Tech happen on a South Georgia college campus? Police say it could happen anywhere, at anytime, but would we be prepared?
That's why Dozens of lawmen and first responders met at Albany State University Tuesday, to build plans of action should a disaster hit one of the three Albany college campuses. A peaceful day at Albany State University, with most of the students home between semesters.
A far different scene from April 16th in Blacksburg, Virginia, when a Virginia Tech student gunned down 32 people before killing himself. Albany State University Police Chief Roberson Brown said the tragedy led him to call together law enforcement heads and first responders, with one question? Chief Brown said "what if that happens here?"
For an answer lawmen, fire department, EMS, hospital, and other first responders met with Security Heads from Albany State University, Darton College, and Albany Technical College, to come together and build plans of action in case of disaster, from shootings to tornadoes.
Brown wants South Georgia to learn from the Virginia Tech tragedy. Chief Brown said "when I saw what happened at Virginia Tech, I saw a lot of confusion among law enforcement agencies, and finger pointing."
Today the first responders asked questions about how to stop confusion in times of emergency, and how to best handle problems that Virginia Tech officials faced, like putting out emergency messages across a large campus to thousands of people, and how to lockdown a campus. Chief Brown said "we don't want our campus to become a fortress, but at the same time we want to also provide security. That we can lock the classrooms down, we can stop the pedestrian traffic and vehicle traffic."
The lawmen talked about using the resources of each department, and developing more complete plans of action working together. SWAT Commander Captain Mack Green said "yes, I think it's very helpful. It's something we need to get together and do more often."
Sheriff Jamil Saba said he thinks it is a great idea for all the lawmen and first responders to set up cooperation plans, because they could be used in many areas. Sheriff Saba said "there is a lot of people who have been killed in work places, so you have got that problem there. And hospitals, and so."
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Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys
AbstractThis paper investigates whether inferences drawn about a population are sensitive to the manner by which those data are obtained. It compares information obtained using participatory appraisal techniques with a survey of households randomly drawn from a locally administered census that had been carefully revised. The community map tends to include household members who do not, in fact, reside in the enumerated locality. By contrast, the revised official census is slightly more likely to exclude household members who actually lived in the surveyed area. Controlling for the survey technique, we find that the revised official census produces higher estimates of average household size and wealth but lower estimates of total village size or wealth, than the community map. Pairwise comparison of the survey techniques, holding the households constant, shows that the community map leads, on average, to higher estimates of household size and lower estimates of wealth.
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A movie directed by Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski< read all 3 reviews
By not saying much and implying a great deal with a huge amount of style, the thinnest veiled reference to Rene Descartes and some very snappy kung fu sequences, the Wachowski brothers made a certified classic of motion picture history in "The Matrix".
The Matrix Reloaded revealed more, but still mostly just hinted at great depth of learning and profundity. Many - myself included - were sufficiently taken in to declare the film a success, and noted that even if the philosophising was cod, it was a hell of a car chase. Knowing what I now know, I still think reloaded was, on the balance, a successful film.
But the Matrix Revolutions? Oh dear, oh dear. (What follows might contain "spoilers" - but to my mind what the real spoiling here was carried out by L and A Wachowski).
In any case, gone are the clever insinuations (for example that Merovingian might be the devil because his wife is Persephone - as in wife of Hades, lord of the underworld in Greek Mythology) and instead you're thumped between the eyes with the fact (this time, the elevator button to his floor is marked "HELL".)
Gone is any semblance of continuity from the last film. Persephone is back with Merovingian, despite seemingly irreconcileable differences. Merovingian is running some sort of S&M club. The indestructible albino dreadlock dudes are gone. He employs a train man, for no obvious purpose (other than to bamboozle and perplex). There is a confusing sequence with an Indian family who meets Neo while waiting at at underground station.
And there is way, way, way too much pointless fighting. Now I like a good punch-up as much as the next man, but there needs to be some raison d'etre, or at least some outcome, for crying out loud.
In place of the grand car chase we have an action finale that is such a blitzkrieg of overheating pentium processors, gattling guns and exploding squids, that for twenty minutes for all you know your TV might be on the blink (what an irony that so much computing horsepower and intricate programming leads to such an incoherent visual spectacle). And at the end of it the squids just leave as a result of a conversation taking place hundreds of miles away. Dramatically satisfying it ain't.
Finally, the whole intellectual superstructure of the trilogy reveals itself to be so much horse manure. what you thought you understood no longer make sense; the pseudo-religious angle is ditched; central tensions betweeen characters are undermined, characters die and come back to life; characters turn out to be immortal and not susceptible of being killed (which defeats the purpose of fighting, non?) and in any case you really just couldn't care a hill of beans for any of them, least of all Larry Fishburne.
The most pernicious aspect is that by throwing in the philosophical towel, Revolutions undermines the previous instalments of the trilogy which, until you see this one, had for the most part, got away with it.
As they would say in Britain, complete and utter pants.
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Morganians 12, Taunton III 24
MORGANIANS are still looking for their first win of the league campaign but played a good open game against Taunton on Saturday.
They have plenty of possession in the packs and were seldom on the back foot despite a half-time score of 7-21 after Taunton scored three tries to Morganians one, that coming from Ryan Rossitter with James Fox converting.
In the second half, Roy Grimstead scored an unconverted try but Morganians could not close the gap any further and Taunton won 24-12.
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Editorial: Let's not miss the boat with Qatar
President Anastasiades is back from Qatar in what could be described as the first successful mission abroad in his less than a year in office.
As a corporate lawyer and later a politician with leadership skills, he should know that there's no deal until the ink has dried, as was the case with the landmark agreement signed in London two weeks ago, with the Republic now having a bigger say in what goes on within the civilian areas of the British bases.
On the political front, the visit to Doha should be considered a success, as with its small yet skillful diplomatic team, Cyprus has hopefully maneuvered its way into becoming a junior ally of one of the most ambitious power players in the region. Qatar is revered and at the same time hated for the same reason – it has become a major force within the Islamic world by openly sponsoring the Arab Spring revolts throughout the Middle East, yet maintains a liberal approach compared to other Sunni states and appears to show a good measure of tolerance towards Shiites, despite the open rivalry with Iran. It is also warm to other religions enjoying a presence within the emirate, as long as symbols are not brazenly displayed.
The fact that Qataris have been ruled by the same monarchy for a century and a half allows a good sense of stability and continuity, as evidenced by the previous Emir stepping down less then seven months ago in favour of his son. The Gulf state also enjoys the third biggest natural gas reserves in the world, which, combined with its extensive crude oil reserves and subsequent wise investments, made the emirate the richest country on the planet with a per capita GDP of about $103,000. This economic arsenal has allowed it to place its money in financial, infrastructure and political investments, indirectly placing it at loggerheads with Turkey over who has a bigger influence in the region.
This is where tiny Cyprus comes in. With the excellent relations that we enjoy with both Israel and Lebanon, as well as with Syria and Egypt once these two exit from their current crises, Cyprus has more to offer than just a launchpad for peace efforts in a conflict-ridden area.
If the Qataris decide to materialise some of the interest they expressed during Anastasiades' visit to Doha, then they will gain a loyal friend and ally in the eastern Mediterranean and within the European Union, as Cyprus does not have the military or economic muscle to provide anything else.
But this time around, the politicians in Nicosia should show a higher level of sincerity and professionalism, than the farcical negotiations that the previous administration failed to push through for a simple parcel of land in the capital. If Ooredoo (formerly Qtel) wants to invest in Cyta, so be it. If QEWC wants a stake or full control of EAC, then why not? And if Qatar Airways is still interested in CAIR's slots at Heathrow, why be amateurish about and not close the deal?
People in Cyprus are fed up with the pampering by politicians to civil servants and workers at semi-government organisations, to the extent that the general public would welcome major investors from Qatar, so long as they introduced high standards of efficiency and low-cost goods and services to consumers.
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