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The Gates of Hell
By: Johnnie Moore, Day 2, Caeserea Philipi, and The Golan
For thousands of years a city in the heights north of Galilee was known as the seat of pagan worship. In Jesus' day Caeserea Philipi had temples to Zeus and various other Greek gods, but it was best known as the place where the god "Pan" was born and lived. Pan was a god of nature who was believed to have, among others, the power to make an infertile woman fertile. His temple was built perched over the entrance to the gave where the Jordan River emerged from underneath the mountains. Its water gushed from the cave imposingly. People would travel for many miles to make a sacrifice to appease Pan for various reasons, and you would throw your sacrifice into the mouth of the Jordan.
If it was taken in by the Jordan, totally disappear then the people would assume that Pan had received their sacrifice. If the Jordan didn't consume the sacrifice and it floated out of the mouth down the river it was assumed that Pan was not satisfied.
It would take about 30 seconds to realize whether Pan had received your offering. It's from these 30 seconds of fearful anticipation that we have our word "PANic." Can you imagine the fear as you stood there waiting to see Pan's response? And, by the way, people would travel for many, many miles and many days, spending money they didn't have in the hopes that Pan would help them. It was their last ditch effort, and it was a risky one.
In Jesus' day they referred to the mouth of the Jordan, and the place of Pan's sacrifice, as the "Gate of Hell."
So, when Jesus inaugurated his church in Caeserea Philipi and told Peter that the Gates of Hell would not prevail against it" it was as if he was talking on Pan, face-to-face. Gates are, of course, defensive mechanisms for an army. Jesus was saying that the gates of hell could not contain the advance of his kingdom.
Today, Pan's temple lies in total ruin and the mouth of the Jordan no longer gushes from the cave. An earthquake in the 8th century re-routed the water underneath the cliff, and all that remains of Pan is the crushed and crumbling facade of the moutain and the ruins that archealogists have discovered in their digs.
Meanwhile Jesus' kingdom is still "forcefully advancing." The Gates of Hell can't begin to withstand the power of Jesus. The only people still visiting this defunct, pagan city are the Christian pilgrims who are still - in some way - advancing on the Gates of Hell.
Caeserea Philipi was the northernmost city in Jesus' ministry. It was 25 miles away from the Sea of Galilee. So, why did Jesus go all the way here to speak first about his church? It took a lot of effort to get to this place.
Jesus went to the seat of Pagan Worship in his day to proclaim the inauguration of HIS kingdom on earth. Which also proclaimed the desecration of the enemies kingdom, and the demons shuddered.
The fact that Jesus went into the heart of enemy territory to declare war when he inaugurated the church also tells us something about our Savior. He isn't a frail Savior. He's a warrior. That defeated the enemy on our behalf.
From Caeserea Philipi we took a four mile hike beside the Jordan River. As we went along the River it increased in power, flowing mightily through the mountains and valleys and down at least two waterfalls. Here are some of our team members posing for a picture at the end of the gorgeous, and strenuous, trail:
Along the way, our phenonmenal guide took us off the beaten path to some recently discovered ruins of another part of Caeserea Philipi. We are among a very small group of tourists to have this opportunity. The ruins, which are of a 1st Century palace that once stood prominently in the city have only recently been discovered. A man working on another dig was going on a walk while eating his lunch. He wasn't paying as much attention to his feet as he was his sandwich. So, he fell into a hole. The hole led several feet down into a long buried corridor of a 1st Century palace. Now, they're just beginning to raise the money to begin to unearth the massive structure that lies underneath. The small bit of it that had already been unearthed provided for us a great, behind-the-scenes opportunity to talk about archeology and 1st Century building.
From Caeserea Philipi we turned our attention to modern Israel as we drove deeper and deeper into the Golan Heights. We spent a lot of time discussing the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the establishment of the modern Israeli nation, and its wars. We literally went war-by-war, and discussed them from almost every perspective. We decided to do the primary lecture from the top of a mountain that was a stronghold in the 1967 war. From here we could see Lebanon and Syria, the UN camp that still exists in the buffer zone, and the defunct and abandoned Syrian city that was a striking post for the Syrian forces. It was gorgeous and surreal. Especially since the war bunkers still sit there on top of the mountain.
After the lecture we let the students explore the underground caves that were used for safety and for enemy engagement.
Here's the view of the Lebonese side:
NOTE: Thankfully, now that we're in Jerusalem, I have access to more realiable internet. So, later today or this evening, I intend on posting more of my entries from the last couple of days. So, stay tuned ...
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Deck's Age
If you have a brand new deck, you are dealing with wood that is not completely dry. If you try to put a sealant on it now, it will not penetrate the surface properly. You need to wait at least a year before sealing a new deck. For the first year, apply a new wood treatment product to the deck. This will provide the necessary protection throughout the year as the wood dries and the fibers open up. If you have an older deck, you should reseal your deck every twelve to eighteen months.
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Frustrated fans are looking for someone to blame and are pointing fingers at Ken Whisenhunt.
Just as we stay loyal to our Arizona Cardinals through the highs and lows, we shouldn't be so quick to throw the blame at him.
A reminder of some interesting notes, courtesy of the Arizona Cardinals "2010 Season in Review".
Head coach Ken Whisenhunt has had an impressive run in his first four seasons with the Cardinals. Prior to his fourth season, Whisenhunt earned a four-year contract extension with a team option for a fifth.
Including the postseason, Arizona has posted 36 wins under Whisenhunt, the third-highest total among head coaches in franchise history.
In his first four seasons, Whisenhunt has put together an impressive list of achievements:
The Cardinals earned NFC West titles in 2008 and '09, earning their first back-to-back division titles since 1974-75.
Arizona's win over Green Bay in the 2009 Wild Card matchup gave the Cardinals wins in the postseason in back-to-back years for the first time in franchise history.
The Cardinals have won twice as many playoffs games under Whisenhunt (4) as they had won in their total playoff history (2) prior to his tenure. Under Whisenhunt, the Cardinals appeared in six playoff contests between 2008-09, after appearing in seven total postseason games in the franchise's history prior to his arrival.
Arizona finished with a 10-6 record in '09, giving the Cardinals 10+ wins in the regular season for the first time since 1976 (10-4).
Whisenhunt was the first head coach in franchise history with a .500 record or better in each of his first three seasons. The Cardinals were 8-8 in 2007, 9-7 in 2008 and 10-6 in '09.
Whisenhunt finished with a 4-4 record at University of Phoenix Stadium in '10, joining Don Coryell (1974-77) as the only coaches in franchise history to post four consecutive seasons with at least a .500 record.
Whisenhunt is the first head coach in franchise history to post a .500 record or better at home in each of his first four seasons.
The Cardinals started the 2009 season with a 5-0 record on the road for the first time since 1975.
The Cardinals posted a 6-2 road record in '09, the most road wins in a single season since posting six wins in 1963.
The Cardinals have posted a 14-10 record against NFC West opponents under Whisenhunt.
Led the Cardinals to the NFC West title in 2008, their first division title since 1975.
Led the Cardinals to their first-ever Super Bowl appearance in 2008 and more wins in a single season (12) than any coach in franchise history.
The Cardinals 30-24 win over the Atlanta Falcons in the 2008 Wild Card Game was the first home playoff victory in 61 years.
With the 34-21 win over Seattle in the 2008 regular season finale, the Cardinals finished the 2008 regular season with a 9-7 record, matching their best regular season record since the franchise moved to Arizona in 1988.
With the Cardinals 43-13 win over Denver in week 14 of '10 at University of Phoenix Stadium, the team improved to 7-1 at home against teams from the AFC.
In 2008, the Cards offense scored a franchise record 427 points and added 188 points in the playoffs, the thirdhighest total in NFL postseason history.
Also, note that he has already gained the third most wins by a Cardinals coach.
Most Wins By A Cardinals Head Coach
Wins Coach (Years)
42 Don Coryell (1973-77)
39 Jim Hanifan (1980-85)
36 Ken Whisenhunt (2007-present)
35 Charley Winner (1966-70)
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(Corbin, Ky.) -- The Kentucky State Police-Vehicle Enforcement would like to announce the retirement of a local resident, Mr. Robert Boggs of Corbin Kentucky 40701.
Mr. Robert Boggs, Inspector II, had 24yrs of service with Vehicle Enforcement. While at the agency he maintained high levels of activity resulting in many unsafe commercial vehicles and drivers being placed out of service an taken off Kentucky roadways.
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Foreigners are buying up New York City and it's a welcome development because it is helping the city recover from the recession and the 9/11 attacks.
The second tenant to lease space at Ground Zero's One World Trade Center was Vantone, a billion dollar real estate company from Beijing. A few blocks away the old AIG Insurance Company buildings were purchased and then sold by the South Korean company Young Woo.
The United States, especially New York City and Manhattan, are top real estate choices for Asian companies. It's bringing needed capital into the city's economy, according to city real estate agents.
"Big numbers in the billions, China, India and South Korea and Singapore are coming around," said Gie Faan Kim, Managing Director of Bracha Group.
Kim says wealthy Asian families buy homes here so their kids can get an American education, and Asian companies buy office buildings by Wall Street and Midtown to have a presence in the financial capital of the world.
The non-profit New York City Economic Development Corporation says that Asians see New York as a best buy.
"Foreign buyers are seeing this as a discount, getting great city like New York and have room for growth," said Kim.
So what is the trend for the future of the New York real estate market?
The American economy is rebounding, so the outlook good," added Kim.
What is driving this Asian investment in New York City? Generally good business in a stable, safe society with a clear, if exact, legal system, but also there's an immigration rule known as EB5. If you invest one million dollars in the U.S. economy, you get a visa and legal entry into the United States.
Purchasing New York City real estate, from the Italians who bought the Flatiron Building and Arabs who bought the Chrysler Building, has always been desired by foreign investors.
Now the some of the biggest investors are coming from Asia.
But some longtime immigrants are not benefiting.
Paul Lee, a community activist, says the Asian investment has not reached small stores owners in Chinatown. It's one lower Manhattan community that never recovered fully from the 9/11 attacks.


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On The Warpath: Special Edition – $100,000 Per Year Is Insignificant At FSU
Posted by William Kristoph
First, let me preface this rant with a disclaimer. I have had some awful experiences with Seminole Boosters over the years. My trust for the organization is not high, because on a couple of different occasions money that was earmarked for an individual sport club ended up in the football account. Phone calls supposedly straightened that out both times, but I'll never know for sure. Just keep in mind that I fully admit my perspective is probably a bit skewed and my fuse is a bit shorter than the average fan.
ChantRant is running a Q&A with Seminole Boosters, Inc. regarding the desire of an indoor practice facility for FSU Football. The eye opening comment in the article to me, was about the Jeff Bowden payoff, in which the VP of Marketing for Seminole Boosters, Jerry Kutz, comments.
Will it help to retire current obligations like the payout to Jeff Bowden?
Kutz: "That's insignificant money in the grand scheme of things — about $100,000 a year. And that's coming out of concession revenue or something. Also, the bond issues on the stadium are a 30-year deal, and we're only about ten years into those."
$100,000 is insignificant at Seminole Boosters!
- $100,000 to a guy that only got the job because of his daddy.
- $100,000 to a guy that wasn't qualified to run a D-I offense.
- $100,000 that we could spend elsewhere in the program each year.
- $100,000 so that Jeff Bowden can volunteer on North Alabama.
- $100,000 that could pay a professor that got laid off.
- $100,000 that could help academics at FSU in a time of historic cutbacks.
- $100,000 x the 5 years in the buyout is really $500,000.
Don't forget, I'm not arguing that FSU shouldn't have paid Jeff to leave. In fact, I think when it comes down to it, FSU got a good value, but don't tell me that $100,000 (really $500,000 total) is EVER insignificant.
I wonder what Seminole Boosters thinks of my measly $60 that I personally give each year to be a Booster? (My parents give the bigger money for the right to season tickets, of which I pay half). I wonder what Seminole Boosters thinks of my family's measly little 4 ticket block that we've had since 1998 (which has gone from roughly $25 / game then to $45 / game now)? I know the players appreciate us being there and our money. I'm pretty sure Jimbo Fisher and company appreciate fans going to the games. But, at the end of the day our money is evidently "insignificant" you know, in the grand scheme of things. The prevalent attitude I've witnessed for years is that for hundreds of dollars per year it's like we should all get down on our knees and thank the football gods that we're allowed to purchase tickets. HDTV makes that a tougher argument each year, and the Boosters need to wake up to that fact. On top of that, give a couple hundred to an individual sport club and see how thankful those coaches are for the money. You'll probably get a personal phone call from them thanking you.
At a time when Seminole Boosters needs all of the help it can get to combat falling revenue from a team that declined horribly through "The Lost Decade (2000-2009)" they really should tread a bit more lightly. Instead of talking about insignificant amounts of money, and $30 million for a practice facility that has to be pretty (aka brick, which fits in with campus) in a time of economic struggle for most people, why not talk about how Boosters is helping the students with academics, character and leadership? Put the big expense issues aside, which aren't going to happen for quite a while, and talk about how Seminole Boosters is helping FSU through a time of struggle. Tell everyone about how even $60 to the Boosters or $50 to an individual sport club superbly helps the players, not only on the field, but in the classroom too.
Or maybe none of it matters, in the grand scheme of things.
The next time I have $100,000 just laying around the house I'll be sure to make a mental note that it's insignificant money. Surely Seminole Boosters wouldn't need that measly sum, right? Surely I shouldn't bother with ONLY $100,000 as a donation that is insignificant in the grand scheme of things. $100,000 ($500,000 total) couldn't possibly help build the FSU Football practice facility. Repeat after me, $100,000 is insignificant.
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Piedmont in Athens provides all the advantages of a small-college experience in a big-college town.
The Athens Campus provides a full four-year undergraduate degree program in a variety of career-oriented majors, including education, business, criminal justice, and nursing. Graduate school opportunities include an MBA program through the School of Business; and the School of Education offers master's programs for beginning and experienced teachers, as well as education specialist and doctoral programs.
Day and evening classes are available, providing flexible schedules with working students in mind. And while there is no on-campus housing at the Athens Campus, a large variety of housing options are available in the community.


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Houston's Memorial Hermann Hospital took to Twitter on Wednesday in its most recent live broadcast, sharing a cesarean section delivery. The staff began tweeting at about 7 a.m. after promoting the online procedure for days. During the procedure, the hospital gained hundreds of followers, though it was still unclear how many watched. When it live tweeted a brain surgery last year, the hospital said it gained 7,000 followers and more than 230,000 people viewed the procedure.
Hospitals have been using social media for several years. In recent years, many have hired staff to focus on social media and used it to tout doctors.
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I am what you would call a NFLN junkie. Doesn't matter what time or what show as long as the wife isn't around my TV is on NFLN. Last week there was a show called The Number Ones (or The Number 1's, or something like that) that was about the successes and failures of the first overall QB picks.
They went from Peyton Manning, to David Carr, to Tim Couch to Eli Manning etc and throughout history in general. It was somewhat interesting show but nothing to pound the table for.
There was one recurring theme throughout the entire show that kept getting mentioned. It was how guys like Carr and Couch were destined to fail because they were put in awful situations. Teams that weren't ready for a QB and teams that weren't prepared to give a QB everything he needed to succeed. The players and coaches on the show would mention how guys like Peyton Manning are the exception, not the rule and that a ton of NFL QB's failed because of teams around them and not necessarily the QBs themselves. This mind you is coming from former and current players, coaches an analysts. Time and again they would mention how teams ruined QBs confidence by not grooming them properly and giving them the supporting cast they needed to succeed and how they were doomed from the beginning.
Go back to Buddy Nix's comments earlier in the year (or late last year) in which Buddy said that he thinks the Bills are ready for a QB. Why would Nix say that now and not 3 or 2 years ago? Hasn't Buffalo had the need for a QB for a long time? The answer is yes, but that need has to also be supported by the entire team to make sure he doesn't fail. Or to at least give that QB a fighting chance.
People all over talk about the plan and never seeing the plan and that Buddy doesn't have a plan. In hindsight you see heavy investments in the defensive and offensive lines. You see an emphasis on the defensive side of the football so hopefully they will hold up their share of the bargain. They haven't up until this point but the idea remains.
Buffalo also is setup for a solid running game that Buddy put together. Glenn, Urbik and Hairston are all large road grader type run blockers and there is only one C.J. Spiller.
If you put that all together you have a team that was built for running the football (even though we ran spread, Chan) and an investment in the defense. The investment in the defense was evident this year in the Pettine hiring not just because of his background, but because of Russ Brandon's comment that they targeted him aggressively and went after him. Don't undersell the impact Pettine will bring to this team. Also, regardless of the past coaching failures the investment in both the lines has come in every draft except for this one when the majority feel they are both good to go with impact players.
I spent a part of this morning reading a bunch of fanposts about how Buddy reached on Manuel and that there is no clear plan and the QB pick certainly doesn't show a plan but I just don't buy that. Buddy put a lot of resources into building competent offensive and defensive lines. Games are won and lost in the trenches as they say.
So when Buddy said that now is the time for Buffalo to take a QB it's because he felt the team is ready. He is building this team the way, as he put it, knows works. It's about making sure that you put a QB in a good situation that gives him a chance to succeed. That way he doesn't make it to a show like The Number Ones as a bust when the team around him was awful and gave him almost no chance to succeed.
Also, this years draft was good for Manuel because he can grow with these receivers. It'll be fun to watch them get a rapport with each other but I like the planning behind it.
I hope this puts to rest the lack of a plan mantra. When Buddy said that this team is ready for a QB we should have been able to pick apart why he said at this time and not 3 years ago. Obviously he didn't want to put a QB in a no win situation. Now Manuel has good players surrounding him and solid offensive and defensive lines with a scary run game. That's how you put a QB into a position to succeed.


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Frank has a wonderful wife and two boys (ages 9 and 6). So, his primary job in life now is providing a good draft for his boys as they progress through the peloton of life and reach their podiums.
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Recent successes of zombie fiction have finally given me the "kick start" that I needed to put my own stories on paper. For many years, I have been fascinated with several fiction genres including zombies, vampires, apocalypse, and other sci-fi thus ZombieHustle.com was born.
I intend continue the chronicles of the zombie war survivors and their experiences.
All stories on this website are 100% original and written by me. I hope you enjoy them.
As I have been becoming more interested in apocalypse preparation, this aspect will be creeping into my work. Soon my zombie apocalypse novels will be published in print and electronic form, so stay tuned.
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Are Injuries SU Football's Biggest Headline?
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As Syracuse football inches closer to Akron week, we still are looking for plenty of answers. Why hasn't Ryan Nassib been more dominant in his first camp entrenched as a starter? Who's the go-to wide receiver? How shaky is Delone Carter's situation?
But the biggest question still unanswered is: What's the lede?
Not a single game has been played nor a meaningful snap been taken, but we've already been weaved through several storylines. You have the flurry of injuries that has sidelined players left and right. Kicker Ryan Lichtenstein had a sore leg, wide receiver Adrian Flemming with a pulled hamstring, Ryan Gillum an abdominal strain. The list has been never-ending.
Then there's the players who are out for the season: Cody Catalina, Carl Cutler, Jarrod West, Jared Kimmel, Averin Collier and Ri'Shard Anderson. At least a few of those guys could have thrived this season in the offensive system. Catalina is a versatile and athletic pass catcher who, with how Doug Marrone plans to use tight end this year, could have been a major contributor. West was supposed to be able to help bolster the undermanned receiving corps and Collier had already proven his worth.
But it's not like Syracuse is totally devoid of talent after the injuries. Several Orange players are on national award watch lists. Center Ryan Bartholomew is one of 37 players recognized for the 2010 Rimington Trophy for the nation's best center.
Linebacker Derrell Smith is one of 60 players on the Chuck Bednarik Award watch list, given to the nation's top defensive player. Smith and Doug Hogue were placed on the Butkus Award watch list for the nation's best linebacker.
There's also one of the best punters in the country on this club and SU's top pro prospect in Rob Long. Training camp has been full of ups and downs – but the question remains: What's the lede? Everything we know could change once this team makes it to Ohio.
Posted: Mike Couzens
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Does it really matter!
They should have never fired PP!
Another horrible year, Akron week LOL, we are doomed and going to lose!
You've got to have SOME optimism Jim. Are you always going to live in the past?
If you look at it that way we'd have to hire someone like Lane Kiffin to win. Marrone is the guy.


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Exclusive: Craig Spector to Direct Dead Lines, Denesa Chan to Co-Produce
Fresh into the international premiere of her horror-comedy film Hail Satan! at Fantastic Planet Film Festival in Sydney, Australia, actress-producer Denesa Chan has announced that her next project will pair her with author-turned-director Craig Spector for the feature Dead Lines.
Adapted by Spector from his bestselling novel of the same name, Dead Lines is (according to the PR), "a ghost story of seduction and psycho-sexual manipulation between two young women and the man who killed himself in their NYC loft before they moved in -- and whose soul has become trapped in the subatomic DNA of the place. It's a sensually charged and viscerally disturbing portrait of a toxic love triangle between the living and the dead. Meryl thought she had found the perfect fantasy, and he wants inside of her completely. But what if her dream come true is a hellish nightmare that refuses to leave?"
"I had already been working on another Spector project, and I was instantly gripped by the writing," Chan told us yesterday from Australia. "Every color, every sensation, thought and experience was turned up to a deliciously intense 11 out of 10, and Dead Lines was particularly captivating. I was drawn to the part of 'Meryl': an intense loner, guarded and fierce, longing to connect, to be seen, heard and felt. She's a hopelessly romantic child in a woman's body who finally opens up to an equally passionate man, only to discover that he is twisted and feral. Meryl is an actor's wet dream, or wet nightmare, come true."
The Dead Lines script was written by Craig Spector (A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and Animals) and Philip Nutman, co-writer of the Jack Ketchum adaptation of The Girl Next Door, and is based off the novel by John Skipp and Craig Spector. It's Spector's directorial debut. Dead Lines will be the first co-production between Chan's Fierce Pixie Films and Spector's Serendipity Creative, with veteran scribe Nutman.
"I've never really planned on directing, but I have a clear vision for this film, and given some of my previous film experiences, I feel like it's time for me to step up," Spector explained from Los Angeles. "I'm very excited and a little nervous, but I have a great team working with me so I'm psyched!"
"We are thrilled to have a solid core team and are currently considering other key players, including DP, FX and casting," said Chan. "We're shooting the trailer summer 2012 for a 2013 production. Production is slated for a 21-day shoot in New York and Los Angeles."
"We're opting to shoot on 35mm in order to achieve a 21st century 'Nuevo Retro' old school vibe," Spector said of the intended look of Dead Lines. "Think young Scorsese grittiness meets the flesh-crawling creepiness of early Cronenberg. Dead Lines will be an inexorably intimate descent into surrender and submission, control and carnality, dominance and destruction, and one woman's nightmare fight for her freedom and survival."
Dead Lines is currently fundraising for a budget under a million dollars and planning on a 2014 theatrical, DVD and VOD release.
Given his prolific literary accomplishments and vast source material, we asked Spector, "Why Dead Lines?"
"It's perhaps my most intimate and character-driven story to date," Spector answered. "It's very scary, very creepy, very 'in the skin' of the characters, and thus perfect for an indie horror movie. It's also a very women-driven story, which I think is important in the evolution of the genre: we need more kick-ass roles for women. Jack is a bastard and a user, and he's after both Meryl and Katie, but it's really Meryl's movie. He seduces her through her dreams, he needs her to literally let him in, and she has no idea what's in store for her if and when she does. Her journey is our journey through the story."
Of this, Spector is confident is his choice of Chan for the film's lead and as co-producer.
"The character of Meryl is a very strong-willed, smart and emotionally armored young woman who comes to New York City to make it on her own," said Spector. "She mourns the childhood loss of her mother and wants to escape her overbearing and controlling father, and she's very much a loner. She finds a friend in Katie, another young woman who came to the big city to find something and escape something. And when Meryl discovers the mysterious secret of Jack -- the brooding, fatally romantic writer who lived and died in the apartment and left his unpublished manuscript hidden in a crawlspace -- his dark vision stirs something in her. She starts fantasizing about him, dreaming about him. What Meryl doesn't know is that Jack's soul is trapped there... and the energy of her fantasies is bringing him back."
"I first met Denesa on another project, and I had this instant feeling that she was perfect to play Meryl," Spector concluded. "When I approached her with the role and we started talking, it instantly confirmed that she was born to play this part. Her grasp of the material and insights into its layers are dead-on; I feel like I wrote it for her. Plus, seeing what she accomplished as the producer of Hail Satan! made me want to work with her even more."
Chan is equally enthusiastic.
"I'm honored to be working with Craig on his directorial debut," she said. "He is uniquely suited to direct this film because he knows the story and characters inside and out. I've worked with many directors and have never met one who got so deeply inside the soul of the characters. Craig transcends the flat page and screen and brings entire worlds to life with tantalizing detail. He also has a background in the visual arts, which is instantly recognizable in his writing. His novels read more like films than books."
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This is a fun way to get the kids to learn their tables.
No more excuses for not training the Multiplication table.
Well the kids favorite multiplication training site mult.se was down today, so I spent an hour or two writing a small android application.
-Possible to train on a mixture of tables, just select several tables and press Start
-Multiplication tables 1-12 and for the pros 13-20
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Kids in the Kitchen
Taco Layer Dip
- 1 16-oz. container fat-free sour cream
- 1 envelope taco seasoning
- 1 head of lettuce-shredded
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 1 cup low-fat shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 pkg. low-fat tortilla chips
Materials Needed
- Measuring cup
- Small mixing bowl
- Measuring spoons
- Small sharp knife
- Large sharp knife
- Scissors
- Large shallow dish for the taco layer dip
- Bowl for tortilla chips
- Small paper plates and napkins
- Combine sour cream and taco seasoning in a small bowl and chill for one hour.
- Take a large shallow dish and layer the ingredients, one by one, in the dish in the following order: sour cream mix, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese.
- Serve with tortilla chips for dipping.
*** Recipe makes 8 servings. There are 6 fat grams per serving.
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1011 - Horrors of Spider Island
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Is it just me or is the host segments backwards the first one was mike in the web and the second was mike judging pearl, brain guy, and bobo. It seems to make more sense flipped
Crow says MRYXL!!
"I'd pay eleven thousand dollars to be there right now." LOL
Wife just caught ear of "A whole island full of Gingers," and was surprised to think Tom was a racist. You know you're getting old when you have to explain to someone 6 years younger than you that the comment was made with the noblest intentions.
Yes, Crow. After ten years you have indeed earned one ten-second break.
Mike makes a very pretty languid, helpless and sex-starved lady!
You know, with the way this movie hates women, it's an hour and a half of me rubbing my forehead thinking "Really?"
For a good time call Mike Nelson
My memories are a little vague, but I believe that this was the very first episode I ever watched, which is a little funny because it's one of the last ones they ever made. But as a result, I have a deep fondness for this episode. My family and I mention "Shrimp personal watercraft, shrimp-based religion" on a regular basis.
Mike as Gary....hahahahaha...poor Bobo...
I mean what other purpose could a hammer with a long handle have besides excavating uranium? It's obvious isn't it?
Ah the fifties.
Hey, my home town is name-checked in this one! At the 15:00 mark Mike complains about only flying with 'seed salesmen from La Crosse.' XD
"Mr. Beardsley -- I mean, Gary!"
One of my top ten episodes. Never gets tiresome. "The HORRORS of spider island!"
I can't believe this movie was not considered pornographic back then. Bettie Page was this graphic.
0:10:29 What the hell is that look supposed to mean?
I can't believe this movie doesn't have more laughs! This was always one of my favorites.
Harald Maresch who played Joe, his claim to fame was getting Lupe Velez pregnant and causing her suicide.
Strangled by a spider! .. Gee how totally horrific and scary and stuff! Completely uncomparable to being eaten by a shark, or being turned inside out by the Thing!.
Oh god I want them all to die within the first 5 minutes of the film .. but dammit they persist. My vision of hell .. trapped on a raft with whimpering, nail varnish obsessed harpies ... eugh!
The movie falls off the rails 3/4 through, but otherwise provides excellent fodder for the boys. An underated episode I highly recommend.
@9:50 They're going to be dancing in Singapore.
In the opening scene he pulls the cigarette from the girls mouth, because there is NO SMOKING allowed. He then puts it out... IN AN ASHTRAY!
Should have been "The Whores Of Spider Island". Guess they had to do something to the only man to keep the film from devolving into a nonstop bonkfest.
"This is called, 'You'll never have sex with me'"
Oh god xd
Did anyone else notice that three or four times they make a point of mentioning the professor's revolver, but the prop gun is an automatic?
It's like they made a porno but forgot the sex.
I find it interesting that they should know the name of the guy from "Blue Lagoon".
So with the death of the stripper at the cabin while the other women were out looking for Gary, was the horror movie trope that says the sluttiest character is ALWAYS doomed born?
I love how the man-spider loses ground on the vertical climb.
10:30..... the look on that secretary's face, put her in a patent leather suit, give her a whip, in some dingy basement, what have ya got ? Babs is in some DEEP Kim-chi, that's what !
I want to feel clean again.
Every time I find myself being titillated by the languid sexploitation I try to remind myself that these ladies, if they are alive, are probably hooked up to ventilators in a nursing home right now.
You know, Crow's article in the lifestyle section is essentially twitter.
Huh. I just watched Kitten With a Whip before this, so this is the second time tonight I've seen Mike in drag.
Could there be more goose poop in my yard?
Brain Guy doing that scene from Flashdance with the bucket of water that comes down... So classic.


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Now you can see Skylanders Swap Force as it was originally unveiled, in a 13-minute demonstration featuring lots of gameplay footage. Yes, you will see Skylander body swapping.
Now you can see Skylanders Swap Force as it was originally unveiled, in a 13-minute demonstration featuring lots of gameplay footage. Yes, you will see Skylander body swapping.
Activision's Skylanders franchise just topped $1 billion in worldwide retail sales, the company announced, inclusive of its toys and accessories, and hit that milestone in only 15 months. Last week, we reported over 100 million Skylanders toys have been sold in the U.S. alone, and that Skylanders Giants, released last fall, generated more than $195 million in U.S. sales during the holiday season.
USAopoly has a lineup of new board games for the American International Toy Fair in New York City on February 10, including the following ones based on video game franchsies: Monopoly: Skylanders , Risk: Mass Effect Galaxy at War Edition , Risk: Plants vs. Zombies , Yahtzee: Pac-Man Collector's Edition , Jenga: Space Invaders Collector's Edition , Trivial Pursuit: World of Warcraft and Clue: Dungeons and Dragons . Risk: Mass Effect tops the price points at $50, with Trivial Pursuit: WoW and Yahtzee: Pac-Man the cheapest at $25 each
Square Enix released yet another Tomb Raider video centered around features players can look forward to in the upcoming reboot of the franchise. Here you'll learn about the "Base Camp" system, special locations where Lara can use salvage to upgrade her equipment, and functioning as locations for fast travel through the game's open island environment.
Skylanders proprietors Toys for Bob will step aside for the latest franchise installment, Skylanders Swap Force . Vicarious Visions is handling development this time, which Activision says will allow Toys for Bob the space and freedom to come up with their next thing. The main toy gimmick of Skylanders Swap Force is simple: 16 new special figures have inter-connecting torsos and bottom halves
The next Skylanders is the last thing fans were probably expecting as there's three major changes going on with Swap Force , the new entry in the series. For starters, it's not developer Toys for Bob making this one. Vicarious Visions, the team responsible for the 3DS version of Skylanders Adventure , and the Wii U version of Skylanders Giants , is in charge of making the core versions this time around (With N-Space doing the 3DS version and Beenox handling the Wii version)
If you're at all familiar with the success of Skylanders , you won't be too surprised by Disney's latest gaming initiative.
The Skylanders franchise is the new Pokemon when it comes to money making power. Take the retail version of the new iOS franchise game , Skylanders: Battlegrounds , for example. It sells at retail for $49.99
Who knew actual physical toys would propel a videogame to become the number one selling Activision title (so far) this year and generating over $200 million in sales? Developer Toys for Bob struck gold with its ingenious idea of merging the world of real toys and videogames together with the Skylanders series, and the momentum is still going strong leading up to the release of Skylanders Giants , the first sequel to last year's Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Skylanders was one of the biggest surprises of 2011. Pretty much everyone expected it to be a cheap cash-in of 90s nostalgia to sell toys to unsuspecting kids — and boy, were we wrong


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(WMC-TV) - Drivers hitting the roads for Thanksgiving have a greater risk getting in a accident, according to one major insurance company.
New data from the Progressive Corporation shows automobile accidents spike the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
This day has been dubbed "Black Wednesday" because car accidents increase 17 percent between 8 p.m. that evening and 3 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning.
Progressive found parking and rear-end accidents increased by 27 percent on Black Wednesday and property damage claims increase by 14 percent during that window of time.
According to Progressive's research, drivers in Maryland, Oregon, Ohio, Illinois, and North Carolina have a higher risk of accidents since 2011.
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Attention all BOTC folks in Manhattan.
We tried organizing a BOTC lunch in the Union about 6 weeks ago (or perhaps longer) and some of us were not able to make it. Given the recent happenings with our basketball coaching changes, I thought this might be a good time to try another one. (Also, Season 2 of Game of Thrones just started, and I believe a fair number of BOTC readers are followers of that show).
Where: KSU Student Union Food Court
When: You tell me what day and time works best in the comments below (but I was thinking sometime this week)
So I am going to insert some generic info about Game of Thrones (taken from Wikipedia) just to get past the word count barrier.
Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is based on A Song of Ice and Fire,George R. R. Martin's best-selling series of seven fantasy novels, the first of which is titled A Game of Thrones. The show primarily filmed on a soundstage at Paint Hall Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland. But locations in Belfast, Malta, Croatia and Iceland doubled for the natural world of Martin's Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
The first season of the series debuted in the U.S. on April 17, 2011.[3] Two days later, it was picked up for a second season,[4] which started airing on April 1, 2012. According to the Belfast Telegraph, in March 2012, HBO ordered the production of a third and fourth season, which are to cover the third novel in the series,A Storm of Swords, and which are to be filmed concurrently in Northern Ireland from June 2012 to about February 2013.[5]
Highly anticipated since its early stages of development, Game of Thrones was very well received by viewers and critics.[6][7][8][9] Its first season was nominated for several awards, including Outstanding Drama Series for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards and Best Television Series – Drama at the 69th Golden Globe Awards; Peter Dinklage also won both ceremonies' Best Supporting Actor award (Emmy and Golden Globes). Other accolades include an Emmy nomination forOutstanding Casting for a Drama Series and an Emmy win for Outstanding Main Title Design.


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Alright, this post might be over ambitious/redundant but here we go:
Seeing that there will be very few changes this summer (Unless paxson is being ultra secretive), I was trying to think of how the bulls would operate for the years to come if the bulls just stick with the current roster.
First off, I think the bulls have the talent to win a championship in the next two years or three with the current roster developing etc... It would be really hard to win though because the type of players the bulls have. Not that I like charles barkley, but they need a low post presence/stop living by the jump shot solution.
Part of what worries me is that now I see tyrus playing out in the perimeter during summer league and then they draft Noah. I think Noah is better than Spencer Hawes, but in some ways drafting hawes would have been the better move in terms of potential down the road. Plus it is the second year in a row that they pass up on a post up threat (assuming you call aldridge a post up threat, which he sort of is). Either way, it is not like Noah is going to get more than 15 minutes this year, they might as well have signed a short term vet like Moore, Smith or something and drafted Hawes.
Anyways moving on, as I have mentioned, Tyrus perimeter game has been developing. The more I see him play, the more I think he has the potential to be a better SF than a PF when it comes to offense. There are going to be lots of forwards either hanging around in the perimeter/playing pick and roll OR waiting for something to happen while down low and trying to pick up offensive rebounds or easy baskets off of hand offs. This probably wont work unless Deng and Gordon are able to consistently be more aggressive driving to the hoop drawing double teams, in which case an easy basket wouldn't be as hard to come by. Somehow, I am less hopeful about Deng playing Pf and posting people up after watching him get pushed by Tayshaun Prince (as others have also observed)
Unless the bulls are holding out till mid season for a big trade or waiting for Garnett to opt out, the current team very much limits their options offensively and at certain times stifles thier offensive abilities. No one to break the defense down on a consistent basis (like a Chris Paul/Nash or even Deron Williams) or draw double teams in the post like Duncan.
Thats why many advocated last year for trading for Gasol (except according to several reports West was out of his mind and asking for half the team). I would even go as far to trade Deng or Gordon but they are probably less valuable this year than last year because they are up for extensions this summer.
Tyrus/Noah/Nocioni/Wallace/Deng frontline will probably be the strongest front line defensively, but as demonstrated by the Cavs night in and night out, even if you play great defense you need some offense (in conjunction with a competent coach) to win a championship. Some would say that the same goes for the Rockets problems. In summation, its all becoming more aggravating to believe that Paxson's patient philosophy and the Skiles notion that defense and will can beat everyone. If there's is anything that might be more aggravating then temporary losing is long stretches of mediocrity, and i hope the bulls are heading that way. Throwing money at Nocioni and Wallace and then saying your not willing to go over the luxury tax also doesn't help in that regards.


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A woman appeared shaken up after her Ford Explorer spun out and landed on its side on the shoulder of Southbound I-220. The wreck happened just after 11 a.m. near mile marker 4.
All lanes of the interstate remained open, but traffic moved slower than normal.
The Jackson Fire Department and JPD responded to the scene. The woman was transported by ambulance.
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The above video is a recording of the University of Regina Academic Program Review Forum that took place on Nov. 14, 2012. Information was presented by Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Thomas Chase and Associate Vice-President (Academic) Luigi Benedicenti. A question and answer session follows the formal presentation.
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Regulations and Assessments
If you have any questions or concerns regarding these regulations for exporting animals or animal products to a foreign country, you should contact the APHIS-VS Area Office in the State from which the animals or products will be exported.
Mexico - Summary of Requirements
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All Health certificates for live animals and germplasm to Mexico must not contain any abbreviations. This includes, but is not limited to:
Dates: "January" is accepted while "Jan" is not.
In addition, all health certificates must be type written, or done in word processor or computer. The number of the health certificate must be also type written or in a word processor or computer. Hand written documents will be rejected.
The Texas Department of Agriculture has informed that the Livestock Export Facility located in Del Rio, Texas, will be closed as of August 31, 2011. Livestock will be exported through this facility until August 19, 2011.
"The Breeding Cattle Protocol for Mexico has been modified. The New Protocol will be effective on July 28, 2014.
1) Importers/exporters must make a reservation with the States of Arizona or New Mexico or the Texas Department of Agriculture for pen space at the port of inspection. Pens with inspection facilities are located at the following ports: Nogales and Douglas in Arizona; Santa Teresa in New Mexico; and El Paso, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Laredo, and Brownsville in Texas. Note that space availability at the border is very limited and must be secured prior to shipment.
2) The shipper/exporter is responsible for advising the VS port veterinarians of the expected date and time of arrival of the animals. Thirty (30) days prior to exportation of the animals, the importer will make arrangements with the General Directorate of Animal and Plant Health Inspection (DGIF) of Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASICA) to have Mexican-approved veterinarians available at the ports of exportation.
Upon arrival of the animals at border, the VS port veterinarian or USDA authorized personnel, in the presence of the Mexican approved veterinarian will break the seal, and compare it with the numbers written on the IHC, VHC, and/or addendum for rest stops. Personnel previously authorized by USDA include the VS Port Veterinarians and animal health technicians, State employees, and accredited veterinarians.
During emergency situations, and for humane animal welfare considerations, when the Mexican approved veterinarian is absent for more then 60 minutes after the time of arrival written in the log book, VS port veterinarian or USDA authorized personnel will be permitted to break seals and unload the cattle. The official breaking the seals will file a report indicating the reason why the animals were unloaded. Officials performing this task will wear proper identification.
3) For certifications statements that only require one statement to be submitted, delete the statements that are not needed. Make sure that you use PDF reader or request a Word version of the Health Certificate from the National Center for Import and Export (NCIE). Mexico will not accept hand-made corrections, erasures, line outs, or cross outs. If you do not do not have a PDF reader, you may contact Dr. Osmundo Castilla at the NCIE animal export staff at 301 - 851-3300 to request a Word version of the documents. For additional information, please feel free to contact NCIE Export staff at 301-851-3300.
4) We have been informed that at the port of Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Mexican customs officials do not process cattle on weekends (Saturdays and Sundays). This is not a SAGARPA decision, it is a customs ruling. For this reason no shipments of cattle to Santa Teresa, New Mexico should be scheduled or weekends (Saturdays and Sundays).
Mexico does not require to identify permanent and temporary entry with microchip.
Please fill out the health certificate correctly otherwise the horses will be rejected at the border.
Effective December 16, 2009, Mexico requires to identify all horses for slaughter with microchip
Even when it is not required in the protocol, slaughter horses to Mexico must be free of ticks. Horses with ticks will be rejected at the border.
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There are no additional restrictions on US horses to Mexico in relation to the Vesicular Stomatitis case in Texas.
Poultry and Other Avian Species
''Mexico has informed that the effective September 1, 2013, all shipments (by land or air transportation) for hatching eggs and three-day old chicks must be accompanied by a copy of the new health certificate on the web. In addition, labels describing the description of the shipment must be applied on all the boxes.'' All shippments with new health certificates presented at the board before September 1,2013 will be rejected.
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To export day-old chicks for reproduction and hatching eggs, West Nile Virus certification statement is not required.
1. When stating the inspection date on box 13 of VS FORM 17 - 6, please clarify that this is the inspection date of the flock of origin and not the inspection date of the chicks.
Sheep and Goat
Aquatic Animals
Other Animals
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Zoological Animals
For the importation of muledeer Odocolleus hemionus crooki, SEMARNAT - Mexico has the following additional requirements:
"The animals to be imported do not originate in herds that had sanitary restrictions of any kind due to BSE.
For species not listed, the requirements are not known. However, exporters wanting to ship livestock or germplasm whose requirements are not listed above, should have the interested party (importer/buyer) in the country of destination apply for an Import Permit at the appropriate ministry. This Import Permit will most likely outline the specific requirements.
Sanitary Permit
A sanitary permit is issued by the Division of Animal Health, Ave Mexico No.190, Colonia Del Carmen Coyocan, CP 04700, Mexico DF. This permit must be obtained in advance of the importation by the importer. The permit shall be submitted to the official veterinarian of The Department of Port and Border Animal Health Inspection at the port of entry.
Please note: The exporter must obtain a Sanitary Permit from Mexico for ruminants, swine, and horses. The name of the person that is listed on the permit must match the name of the person listed on the Health Certificate. The Health Certificate must contain the following statement for animals exported to Mexico: "The animals must be transported in cleaned and disinfected vehicles, and not contact any other animals during their transport. Los vehículos utilizados para el transport de los animales a la frontera fueron sometidos a limpieza y desinfección antes del embarque y no estar en contacto con otros animales durante el traslado."
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Incumbent Republican Congressman Glenn Thompson has been busy getting to know local voters. Because of re-districting, a portion of Erie County is becoming part of the sprawling 5th Congressional District. Thompson promises not to be a stranger. He said, "I've been in Erie County probably an average of a minimum of one day a week."
Wherever he goes, Thompson says he hears the same thing, creating and retaining jobs is the top issue on the minds of voters. He says government needs to do more to help business. Some of his priorities include lower taxes and less regulation.
On health care, he is no fan of the Affordable Health Care Act, better known as Obamacare. He thinks it gives government too much control and will drive up costs.
Thompson was re-elected to his second term in 2010 with nearly 70% of the vote. He is being opposed by Democrat Charles Dumas, a professor at Penn State University.


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Author's Note: This year the Grizzlies hold the 41st, 55th, and 60th picks in the NBA Draft. For the next two weeks, I'll be writing draft profiles of prospects who fall in that range, starting with the Euro's, because I love me some foreign players. We've already covered the European Matt Bonner, Tony Wroten's spitting image, and Barcelona dreamboat Marko Todorovic. Today we'll take a look at our final European prospect, Spanish man of mystery Alex Abrines. Also, be sure to check out Andrew's profiles of domestic players!
Alex Abrines
19 Years Old, 6'5", 190 lbs., SG, FC Barcelona Regal
Best Song for a Future Highlight Reel: "Heart + Soul"-Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Alternate Choice: UK "Skins" Theme Song)
What He Brings to the Table: Spot-up Shooting, Dunks, Swagger
What He Lacks: Consistency
Best-Case Comparison: Jeremy Lin (Foreign Flopper)
Worst-Case Comparison: Willie Green (Foreign Flopper)
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Why the Grizzlies Ought to Draft Him (for Basketball Reasons): Much like his teammate, Marko Todorovic, Alex Abrines is in the unfortunate position of being a young player on team loaded with veteran talent. Barcelona Regal's starting SG is former-Grizzly and ForeignFlopper-favorite Juan Carlos Navarro--one of the best players in Europe for almost a decade-and the starting SF is Joe Ingles, an Australian Mike Dunleavy-type who has been on the radar of many NBA teams for several years. Thus, Alex Abrines' minutes were again limited this season. Meaning that any NBA team that is considering drafting Abrines is basically putting their faith in Barcelona's ability to find and develop talent. However, this is not necessarily the worst thing as Barcelona is basically a factory for churning out NBA talent:
- Pau Gasol
- Marc Gasol
- Juan Carlos Navarro
- Ricky Rubio
- Anderson Varejao
- Ersan Ilyasova
- Sarunas Jasikevicius
- Francisco Elson
- David Andersen
In other words, if Barcelona's management thinks highly of a player, he's probably pretty good.
Why the Grizzlies Ought to Draft Him (for non-Basketball Reasons): Mystique is something that all artists strive to cultivate; however, it's also an innate quality, and anyone pretending to have it comes across as fake and soulless to the point where they would better if they hadn't even bothered (Foster the People, Kristen Stewart, every Dan Brown novel). On the other hand, those that do have it could coast off it for years if they choose to (Talib Kweli, Vera Farmiga).*
For whatever reason, many foreign basketball players possess an abundance of mystique, although it's often confused with inconsistency. And yes, Hedo Turkoglu has spent years frustrating fans and coaches, but Robert Parrish and Peja Stojakovic also put together fantastic careers, which simply goes to show that mystique has no tangible effect on production. Instead, it simply makes the players even more compelling than they would be otherwise.
Fortunately, mystique is one quality that the Memphis Grizzlies are not lacking in (although, ironically, our token European, Marc Gasol, has practically none of this). That being said, I'm convinced that it's something that you can never have enough of, and Alex Abrines has so much mystique that he probably smokes Marlboro Lights at halftime while listening to the Cure's Disintegration.
Also, he can be Marc Gasol's Spanish buddy.
Mock Draft Predictions: #44 Dallas (Draft Express), #43 Milwaukee (NBADraft.net)
*-To clarify, neither Talib Kweli nor Vera Farminga has been content to simply coast through their respective careers on talent and mystique alone, but if they were to get lazy and quit putting forth an effort, they easily could.


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December has marked the first month since the new generation console came out where both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One had an entire month of data. Microsoft's Larry Hryb a.k.a. Major Nelson has Tweeted out the latest numbers for the December NPD, an it appears things have gone quite well for the Xbox team.
While December was Xbox's best performance, NPD Group's Liam Callahan paints a slightly different picture when considering the full lifespan of the consoles. "Xbox One led consoles sales in December, while PS4's two-month total makes it the best selling console during the two-month launch window," he says.
The best performance though in the hardware platform was Nintendo's 3DS handheld, which saw a large rise in the US during both the December 2013 and 2013 as a whole. "Nintendo's 3DS topped overall hardware sales for December 2013 and for 2013 as a whole," Callahan says. "However, with its $499.99 price point, the Xbox One led annual hardware sales on a dollars basis."
Nintendo also saw some good news in regards to their flailing home console, the Wii U, with the NPD reporting that December 2013 was its ""highest month for unit sales month so far" according to the NPD data.
Total video game sales for the US in December were up slightly by 2 percent year-over-year, up $3.28B from $3.21B in 2012. Hardware also saw an upswing in 2013, up 28 percent to $1.37B versus the month of December 2012. Continued strong sales of both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 accounted for a hardware sales increase of "over 50 percent compared to December 2012."
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Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's memoir Raging Bull: My Story. It stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, an Italian American middleweight boxer whose self-destructive and obsessive rage, sexual jealousy, and animalistic appetite destroyed his relationship with his wife and family. Also featured in the film are Joe Pesci as Joey, La Motta's well-intentioned brother and manager who tries to help Jake battle his inner demons, and Cathy Moriarty as his wife. The film features supporting roles from Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana and Frank Vincent.
Joey LaMotta: Hey Jack, I just explained the whole thing to you didn't I. It was between me and Salvy. If it had anything to do with Vicki I would've told you about it.
Jake La Motta: That's not what I heard Joey.
Joey LaMotta: What do you mean that's not what you heard?
Jake La Motta: That's not what I heard.
Joey LaMotta: What did you hear?
Jake La Motta: I heard some things.
Joey LaMotta: You heard about me and Salvy.
Jake La Motta: I heard things Joey.
Joey LaMotta: Yeah you heard that I cracked Salvy all around. What did you hear?
Jake La Motta: I heard things Joey. I heard things.
Joey LaMotta: What things you heard?
Jake La Motta: I heard some things.
Jake La Motta: (talks about Janiro) I'm gonna open his hole like this. Please excuse my French. I'm gonna make him suffer. I'm gonna make his mother wish she never had him - make him into dog meat... He's a nice, a nice kid. He's a pretty kid, too. I mean I don't know, I gotta problem if I should fuck him or fight him.
Tommy Como: (laughs) You're crazy. Fuck him or fight him.
Salvy Batts: If you're really in love with that fucker, just watch out.
Jake La Motta: By who?
Salvy Batts: Janiro.
Jake La Motta: You mean, you want me to get him to fuck you?
Salvy Batts: Me?
Jake La Motta: Yeah.
Salvy Batts: No, I don't want him to fuck me.
Jake La Motta: I could do that easily.
Salvy Batts: How ya gonna do that?
Jake La Motta: Because I'll get youse both in a ring, I'll give youse both a fuckin' beatin', ya both can fuck each other.
Salvy Batts: I get all full of blood.
Jake La Motta: You're used to that.
Jake La Motta: Friends. They're in a huddle. Big business meeting. By the pool, they sit around and talk. Big deals. They make sure she can hear. Big Man. Get the fuck outta here. Big shot. Get 'em all in a back room, smack 'em around, no more big shot, without his gun. They're tough guys. They're all tough guys.
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|Biography, Drama, Sport
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|Tough Guys
|Boxers, Redemption, Sibling Relationships, All Washed Up, Domestic Abuse
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What do you do if you have a great idea, yet are low on funding? You could try Kickstarter. It's a wildly successful crowd-funding website that helped thousands of grassroots projects get off the ground by tapping into your fanbase for funding.
Local band, "Naked for Safety" is hoping to become of those success stories.
Here's how it works: create an account, decide what your goal is and how much you need to achieve it; set a deadline and hope fans will donate. If the goal isn't reached within your time limit, no one pays anything.
Naked for Safety members need a van.
"Right now we have to load up three cars every time we have a gig. That means a lot of time, a lot of gas and a lot of opportunities to lose things on the say," says drummer Adam Chamberlain.
"We need $5,000 to buy a van or an RV or a trailer to put all of our gear in so we just make one trip with everything together all at once. That way we can expand our audience, get our music out there and take a tour and see if we can actually do this," says pianist Pierre Cirac.
"It's exciting to be notified someone gave us $5. And if 1,000 people give us $5 that means a lot of people know of us and want us to succeed and that's even better than one big backer. This way we know exactly how the money is spent. There is no middle guy involved and no corporate interests. Just us and the fans," says guitarist Sam Durman.
Naked for Safety has just under $800 pledged with 29 days left to go. You can check out their project and other grassroots projects at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1727780119/naked-for-safety
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Take it for what you will, but I've been picking up on some talk about Kentucky football players possibly planning to stomp the bird logo before the game on 9/2.
I think I speak for all of us in Card Nation when I say....
Feeling froggy, Wildcats?
Since I need to meet 75 words, inquiry minds want to know why our friends down I-64 have been stirring the proverbial rivalry pot as of late. Call me stupid, but if I were in their shoes I would probably keep things as low key as possible in the weeks leading up to the showdown and not give a much more talented group of players any extra motivation to bring to the dance. The mindgames may have possibly had an effect on our young, inexperienced kids last year before they had to travel to Commonwealth and get their first taste of a rivalry. But, trying to get in the heads of a group you'll be visiting who have cut their teeth beating the Wildcats in Lexington, upsetting West Virginia in Morgantown, and competing well against NC State in the Belk Bowl -- yea, I just don't get it. Hyping yourselves is one thing, but drawing the ire of your opponent is something else. I guess I just don't understand the strategy.
Either way, 9/2 won't come soon enough.


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AngkorOne was established in 2008 with an ambitious social entrepreneurial mission to build a world-class mobile gaming and IT consulting firm with an all Khmer staff, and use the profits to improve Cambodia's education system. Today AngkorOne is Cambodia's leading mobile gaming firm. AngkorOne has invested nearly $1 million in support of the company's mission and has the remarkable opportunity to showcase to the world that Khmers can compete globally and raise awareness for Cambodia's education and social issues through our international mobile games. One such game is called Photo Champ, which takes the "spot the difference" genre to a whole new level of innovation, competition and social responsibility. The game will launch in early October of 2012 and every month, each player will have a chance to win 4 and 5-star hotel packages to explore the beauty of Cambodia. The gamers are empowered to make a difference in Cambodia by upgrading to the full version whereby a percentage of the profit will go towards education. AngkorOne is committed to developing truly high quality and innovative mobile games that are fun and addictive while promoting Cambodia's rich culture, history and tourism.
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Since 2008 AngkorOne has established key relationships in various sectors, including NGO's, universities, youth groups and the media. In the NGO sector, AngkorOne partnered with the International Republican Institute (IRI) to design and maintain the home page of the IRI-produced Youth Leadership Challenge (YLC) TV show. The YLC home page included contestant profiles, viewing full episodes and special events, a moderated forum and polls. At universities, AngkorOne held over a dozen workshops to encourage and train students to use the Internet, email and social media. With youth groups, AngkorOne funded and participated in activities to promote creativity, innovations and social responsibility at various locations in Phnom Penh and other provinces . AngkorOne's strongest relationship is with the media. AngkorOne.com, an online Khmer community, is currently the only Cambodian website that has a shared link partnership with the leading newspaper websites including Phnompenhpost.com, Kohsantepheap.com and voacambodia.com. AngkorOne also has a very close relationship with Cambodia's #1 TV network CTN and has a partnership with its sister network CNC (24 hour news) to co-produce the only IT Weekly show in Cambodia. Every Friday at 11:30am and 5:30pm, an expected audience of over a million viewers will tune in to watch AngkorOne's CEO Steven Path share the latest IT headlines and innovations from around the world and how it impacts Cambodia. The show also focuses on how to exploit social media and other popular technologies to improve their business and personal lives.
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Since the '90s, members of the wrestling team at Parkersburg South High School have voluntarily worn a T-shirt under their warm up uniforms that some say started in an attempt to show support and love for former head wrestling coach, Paul Jackson.
From 1990-1997, Jackson coached the Patriots to state titles, including three straight from 1995-1997. Jackson stepped down following the 1997 season after he and his wife, Rose, suffered the death of their young son, Jeremiah.
The Bible verse Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Him that strengthens me," is the verse etched across the t-shirts that Bill Merriman, an attorney who represented a wrestling team member and his parents, said signified "support and love for their coach and friend."
Since the students voluntarily began wearing the T-shirts more than 20 years ago, no one complained. Until now.
One complaint
After receiving one complaint from a local resident, the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, a group which states its purpose is "to promote the constitutional principle of separation of state and church and to educate the public on matters related to nontheism," sent a letter to the county claiming the display of scripture on the T-shirts, and also painted on the gym's wrestling room wall and displayed as the motto on the team's website, violated the "separation of church and state."
Patrick Elliott, an attorney for the Freedom From Religion Foundation, said the organization took particular issue with the team's motto being scripture.
"We needed to point out the obvious fact that this cannot be a team's motto," he said.
However, Jayme Fife, a resident of Williamstown, said she doesn't see the use of scripture for a motto as the school endorsing or advancing religion.
"If it inspires youth to be a part of something, to be part of a team, to part of an organization, if it inspires them to be better, I don't see why it's such a big deal that, OK, this particular one happens to come from the Bible," Fife said.
In response to the organization's allegations, Pat Law, superintendent of Wood County schools, asked the team to remove the motto from its website. The writing on the gym's wrestling room wall also has been covered with fresh paint.
Fighting for shirts
When it comes to the issue of the shirts, both students and community members are fighting to keep them.
According to Merriman, the shirts, which Principal Thomas Eschbacher said he assumes were bought and paid for by wrestling boosters, are perfectly legal.
"It's not part of the official uniform," Merriman said. "If a student athlete doesn't want to wear that shirt, they don't have to. It's not a requirement. It's not part of the official uniform."
Merriman said the shirts were paid for by parents of the wrestlers and he pointed out that they were worn underneath the wrestler's warm up attire. He also pointed out what seemed like a double standard that led to frustration for the parents and children.
"They don't understand how somebody can come along after all these years and say, 'you can't wear that,''' he said. "It's frustrating for the parents because they see a lot of other T-shirts being worn by students that are certainly not religious — but they are offensive. Nobody is saying they can't wear those shirts."
For those who argue wearing the T-shirts can potentially alienate those who choose not to wear them, Merriman has a very simple and short response.
"The First Amendment swings both ways," he said.
While "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" often is recited, many argue the section which states "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" is often ignored or unacknowledged.
Robert G. Natelson, author of "The Original Meaning of the Establishment Clause," argues that not only is the free exercise of religion not meant to be prohibited, but "that the purpose of the 'no establishment' policy was to protect free exercise."
Both Merriman and Travis Webster, director for the Center for Religious Liberty at the Family Research Council, said student expression is usually protected as long as it is not "disruptive to the educational process."
"Generally speaking, when students take action, the law will generally protect that," Webster said.
New school organization
In order to come up with a solution, Merriman said he "had to think a little outside of the box."
The result — the creation of a new school organization on April 24, The Parkersburg South Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which Merriman said clearly complies with the Supreme Court rulings on separation of church and state.
Merriman said his clients are satisfied with the resolution and he thinks all the legal issues with his clients have been resolved.
Although the shirts themselves will look slightly different from the originals worn voluntarily by wrestling team members, Merriman said the parents are happy they can "carry on the tradition of allowing their children to wear the shirt with the (Philippians 4:13) Bible verse."
With Eschbacher's approval, the debated scripture will adorn the FCA t-shirts.
Community support
Since the onset of the ordeal, Merriman said the "support of the community has been unbelievable" and it has "brought the community closer together." Residents have taken to the Parkersburg South Wrestling's Facebook page to pen their support and words of encouragement. Parkersburg resident and owner of Rubin's Deli, Brad Woodburn, displayed a prominent sign that read "Hey Wisconsin mind your own business."
He also thinks school officials should have stood up to the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
"Stand up for the kids, that's what it's about," he said. "And if a few choose to want to have that on their shirt, that's fine. It wasn't forced or anything."
To show their support, community members also created t-shirts with the symbolic scripture that anyone could purchase. Nearly 4,000 shirts have been ordered and purchased. They have even been shipped outside the Mountain State to states including: Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Washington, Florida, Missouri, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Vehicle window decals have also been made for community purchase.
Defending right to free exercise
When it comes to exercising one's freedom of religion, Merriman suggested getting creative and taking advantage of the outlets current technology offers.
Webster said focusing on the legal and public discussion is important, while disregarding any personally or politically motivated biases.
A common problem when similar allegations are brought to other institutions and facilities, Webster said, is that the entity that the allegations are brought against sometimes simply concedes to the demands to avoid a costly and potential lawsuit, taking the advice of the group bringing the charges as law.
What's important to remember, he said, is that the group bringing the charges doesn't have the other's best interests at heart.
"The (Freedom From Religion Foundation) is not the attorney advising the school district what the law is," he said. "It's important to get accurate advice."
According to Webster, the current interpretation of the Establishment Clause is in a confused state and is inconsistent with the way public debate has occurred. It is rare that controversy involves any religion but Christianity, he said.
Silencing that right is not what the Founding Fathers intended, Webster said. According to Natelson's findings, that belief is again brought to the forefront.
He argues that evidence reveals the Establishment Clause has an originally theistic orientation, being "comprised of religious enthusiasts who certainly did not favor government neutrality on the subject of religion in general."
While Natelson argues that the "religious enthusiasts" did not condone the creation of a nationally mandated religion, he said "they shared the public consensus that government should foster religion." Moreover, he said, "these groups would have perceived any suggestion that they wanted a 'wall of separation' between state and faith not as a compliment, nor even as a description, but as an insult. For them, the relationship between good government and religion was interactive and symbiotic, rather than rigid and distant."
Fast forward more than 200 years and the applicable interpretation of the Establishment Clause has involved prayer, monuments of the 10 Commandments outside courthouses, the Pledge of Allegiance's "Under God" phrase, "In God We Trust" on currency, as well as many others.
While the high court's decisions regarding those issues have varied, Chief Justice William Rehnquist voiced what he thought to be a troubling trend in Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe in 2000. The case involved reciting prayer over the school's public address system.
While the majority opinion found that "the delivery of such a message — is not property characterized as 'private speech,''' Rehnquist wrote for the dissenting opinion.
According to Rehnquist, "The Court distorts existing precedent to conclude that the school district's student-message program is invalid on its face under the Establishment Clause. But even more disturbing than its holding is the tone of the Court's opinion; it bristles with hostility to all things religious in public life."