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Rabbi Miri Gold is an Israeli Reform rabbi at Kehilat Birkat Shalom, a regional Reform synagogue based at Kibbutz Gezer. Under a ruling by the Israel Attorney General in May, Rabbi Gold will be the first non-orthodox rabbi to be paid by the State of Israel. This success comes after a six year fight by the Israel Religious Action Center in the Israeli Supreme Court. Rabbi Gold will discuss religious pluralism and women's rights in Israel and why this matters to all of us as Reform Jews.
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First meeting February 5, 2012 at 12 PM
ARZA committee is inviting everybody to participate in an Israeli News Club that will meet monthly on the first or second Sunday of each month. The goal of the club is to discuss articles in Israeli newspapers, HaArez, Jerusalem Post, Maariv and others. For every meeting, we will choose 3-5 articles on most important and controversial topics in Israeli press and email the links to all the participants on the weekend before the meeting. If you would like to be included in this mailing list, please send your email to Irena Levitan: email@example.com
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Home.aspxplease see the following list of several articles from Ha-Arez on two major topics in Israeli news - the nucler threat of Iran and recent Israeli-Palestininan talks - all articles are very short, less than one page.
We could also talk about some other topics that have been in the front news - Primaries for Likud and Kadima, Women segregation in Orthodox population and protests against Tal law that allows orthodox jews not to serve in the army
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|Chic Spotlight: Singer/Songwriter Kim Taylor
|Written by Linda Palacios
|Wednesday, 08 September 2010 06:58
Chic Spotlight: Singer/Songwriter Kim Taylor
This hometown girl is making it big, as her music hits speakers around the globe. Learn more about her music — and the musician behind it.
Cincy Chic: Your unique sound has been heard across the nation and throughout the world, but how did you first find your passion for music?
Singer/songwriter Kim Taylor: Ah. Well, I don't remember setting out to explore and "find" my passion for music so much as it has always just been a part of my life. We had an upright piano in my house where I grew up in Florida, and as a kid I always found myself bent over it, obsessively banging out songs I had heard. That started very young, probably around 5 or 6.
Banging on the house piano eventually turned into me playing flute all through middle school in symphonic band, and then in high school, I went back to piano and also sang in the choir. My parents were both music lovers, though, and there's nothing better that my dad loved to do than crank up his humongous stereo speakers and introduce me to some to people like Roy Orbison, Loretta Lynn, The Ventures, Elvis, The Beach Boys, etc. We danced on the shag carpet a whole lot.
Cincy Chic: Where do you find inspiration for your music?
Taylor: Oh wow. I don't really know! I don't necessarily start my day looking for inspiration. Emotions, concepts/words and/or melodies will hit me and I'm just very true (most of the time) to capturing them like butterflies.
I've learned through the years that I can't let anything pass me by, especially if it's something that seems to stick to my ribs a little bit. I learned from being a fan of Hunter S. Thompson to keep a little hand held recorder with me at all times, and I sing and play into that little sucker quite a bit. I do tend to read a lot of poetry and I don't watch TV anymore, so that keeps the popular culture noise down quite a bit in my head, which leaves room for me to listen. If that makes sense.
Cincy Chic: Your songs have played on big name shows like "One Tree Hill," "Army Wives" and "The Ghost Whisperer," but what has been the most exciting feat you've achieved in your music career?
Taylor: Well I just signed a two year deal with Revlon for my first commercial, so that's been awfully exciting! I think my most exciting feat has been to have fans, though. The idea that people from all over the world seek out my songs, I mean it doesn't get better than that for me. When I travel and tour and end up in some bar in St. Louis or Boston or what have you, to have even a handful of people show up and tell me how a song of mine is just part of their everyday life, I mean, as a songwriter, that's it for me. I feel like my songs are doing what they were meant to do, which, for me, is to heal, to encourage, to inspire, even. That may sound a bit hokey, but it's god honest truth.
Cincy Chic: What is your personal favorite song of yours?
Taylor: Oh geez. Well, my favorite song is usually the last song I wrote because I don't have time to hate it yet. Haha. I would say that I still get a kick out of singing and performing "I Feel like a Fading Light," and my song "Days like This" still can even give me a goose bump from time to time.
Cincy Chic: When you're not performing, writing songs or traveling on tour, what do you like to do for fun?
Taylor: Ah! My other life! Well, I'm actually back in school at the University of Cincinnati as a geology major. When I was in school many moons back, I was an English literature major, and I quit in the middle of my junior year because what I really wanted to do was be a short story writer, not a teacher.
I fell pretty freaking hard for all things science about three years back and have dreamt of finishing my degree, so I'm back and I hope to one day be a working scientist. I'll be writing songs over a campfire after a long day of digging up bones in the middle of Africa a few years from now. That's my new vision.
Cincy Chic: What do you love most about Cincinnati?
Taylor: I love the community I have found here in Cincinnati. I have the most amazing friends all based here in Cincinnati (save one who moved a few years ago), and I really like how central Cincinnati is to so many major cities. I was born and raised in South Florida and have been here for about 13 years now. I definitely call it home.
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ST. LOUIS — Trans‐Siberian Orchestra will perform their rock opera, "The Christmas Attic," live for the first time in arenas across the nation and coming to Scottrade Center.
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ALTON — Crime-fighting, cancer-conquering, squirrel-chasin' Peanut "The Wonder Dog" made a miraculous mark on humankind to the surprise of her people parents.
ALTON — All eyes are on the sky as the Alton region prepares for the annual winter migration of the American Bald Eagle.
ALTON On Tuesday, Dec. 16, the administration of Marquette Catholic High School presented a report to the Board of Directors calling for some of the most sweeping curricular changes in decades.
ALTON — With no discussion Wednesday night, aldermen approved text changes in 18 sections of the city's 2002 Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Ordinance.
EDWARDSVILE — A robbery and home invasion in Edwardsville Nov. 10 may have been linked to a drug deal, documents filed in circuit court reveal.
ALTON —The victim of a series of aggravated sexual assaults told the court Thursday that she was driven to the brink of suicide by the crimes of Garrett B. Rattau, 34, formerly of the 100 block of East Elm Street, Alton.
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ALTON — Felony charges have been filed against one of three people involved in a police pursuit Wednesday evening from the Kohl's department store in Alton to Hartford.
ROXANA — Recent car break-ins around Roxana have been part of a more widespread issue throughout the county as the holidays near.
ALTON — The spirit of giving was in the air around Fast Eddie's Bon Air Thursday morning.
ALTON —Alton police have identified the body found in a house on Maupin Avenue.
ALTON — Cross Training is one of the newest group fitness classes held at Senior Services Plus to rapidly gain attention and praise from members its wellness coordinator said.
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ALTON — Acclaimed songwriters with origins in the Riverbend will perform a benefit concert in the round to help Jacoby Arts Center continue its art and education programs.
JERSEYVILLE — Enthusiasts of the movie, "The Santa Clause," featuring Tim Allen as a reluctant St. Nick will be able to see it for free this Saturday in Jerseyville.
ALTON — Three men are in custody after leading police on a high-speed pursuit from Kohl's in Alton to Hartford Wednesday evening.
ALTON — One week after a man was beaten on a street in Alton by two men he knows, no one has been charged in the mob action as of Wednesday afternoon.The attackers also stole the victim's shoes and pants.
ALTON — City police raised $920 for an Alton pantry while growing out their facial hair beyond department regulations the past six weeks.
WOOD RIVER — Wood River Township filled the vacant seat on its Board of Trustees Tuesday.
ALTON — The Alton Board of Education meeting Tuesday featured several student recognitions, a lengthy executive session and the approvals of a new elementary principal and the 2015 tax levy.
ALTON — Congressman Rodney Davis (R-IL) made a special stop in Alton Tuesday morning to award three exceptional young people from the area.
EAST ALTON — A group of six Metro East moms have collected 3,000 new toys, clothes and shoes to give to children this Christmas.The group is called Mid-Town Moms and they just received non-profit status this October.
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35. Fatir (The Originator, 45 verses)
35.1. All praise and thanks are for God, the Originator of the heavens and the earth (each with particular features and ordered principles), Who appoints the angels as messengers (conveying His commands) having wings, two, or three, or four (or more). He increases in creation what He wills. Surely God has full power over everything.
35.2. Whatever God opens up for human beings out of (the treasures of) His Mercy, none is able to withhold; and whatever He withholds, none is able to release. He is the All-Glorious with irresistible might (Whom none can prevent from doing what He wills), the All-Wise (in Whose every act there are many instances of wisdom).
35.3. O humankind! Remember and reflect on God's favors upon you! Is there any Creator, other than God, that provides for you from the heaven and the earth? There is no deity but He! How then are you turned away from the truth and make false claims?
35.4. If they deny you (O Messenger), even so Messengers were denied before you. (So do not grieve:) to God, all affairs are ultimately referred (and whatever He wills occurs).
35.5. O humankind! (Know well that) God's promise (of the Last Judgment) is surely true; so do not let the present, worldly life delude you, nor let any deluder (including especially Satan) delude you in (your conceptions) about God.
35.6. Surely Satan is an enemy to you, so treat him as an enemy (do not follow him, and be alert against him). He calls his party (of followers) but that they may become companions of the Blaze.
35.7. Those who persist in unbelief, for them is a severe punishment. As for those who believe and do good, righteous deeds, for them is forgiveness (to bring unforeseen blessings), and a noble, generous reward.
35.8. Is one whose evil deeds is decked out to be appealing to him so that he considers it as good (like him who follows God's guidance)? God leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. So do not let yourself perish in bitter regrets on their behalf (because they refuse faith). Surely God has full knowledge of all that they do.
35.9. God is He Who sends forth the merciful winds, so that they set clouds to move, and We drive them towards a dead land and (thereby) We revive the earth after its death (with the rain carried in the clouds by the wind). Even so will the Resurrection be.
35.10. Whoever seeks might and glory should know that all might and glory is for God (so let him seek from Him alone). To Him ascends only the pure word (as the source of might and glory), and the good, righteous action (accompanying it) raises it. But those who are devising evil actions, for them there is a severe punishment, and their devising is bound to come to nothing.
35.11. (O humankind:) God created you from earth (in the beginning, and the material origin of every one of you is also earth), and then from a drop of (seminal) fluid, and then He has fashioned you in pairs (as either of the two sexes, making you mates of one another). And no female carries or gives birth, save with His knowledge. No one long-lived has been granted a long life, nor another one not so long-lived has been appointed a shorter life, but it is recorded in a Book. Surely that is easy for God.
35.12. Nor are the two seas (large bodies of water) alike: this one is sweet and palatable, and pleasant to drink, but that one, salty and bitter. You obtain from both fresh meat (for your nourishment), and precious stones to wear as ornament. And you see ships plowing through (both kinds of water), so that you may seek of His bounty, and that you may give Him thanks.
35.13. He makes the night pass into the day, and He makes the day pass into the night (and so makes each grow longer or shorter); and He has made the sun and the moon subservient to His command, each running its course for a term appointed. Such is God, your Lord – His is the Sovereignty (the absolute ownership and dominion of all things) – whereas those whom you deify and invoke, apart from Him, own not so much as the pellicle of a date-stone.
35.14. If you invoke them, they do not hear your call; and even if they heard, they would not able to respond to you. And on the Day of Resurrection, they will disown your having associated them (with God). And none can inform you (and, thereby, lead you to understand the truth) like One All-Aware.
35.15. O humankind! You are all poor before God and in absolute need of Him, whereas He is the All-Wealthy and Self-Sufficient (absolutely independent of the creation), the All-Praiseworthy (as your Lord, Who provides for you and all other beings, supplying all your needs).
35.16. If He so wills (in order for the fulfillment of His purpose for creation), He can put you away and bring a new generation (in your place, who will acknowledge their poverty and praise God in return for His favors).
35.17. That is surely no great matter for God.
35.18. And no soul, as bearer of burden, bears (and is made to bear) the burden of another; and if one weighed down by his burden calls to (another for help to) carry it, nothing of it will be carried by that other, even if he be his near of kin. You can warn (in a profitable way) only those who stand in awe of their Lord though unseen (beyond their perception), and establish the Prayer in conformity with its conditions. And whoever is purified (of his wrong ideas or actions), is only purified for the good of his own soul. And to God is the homecoming.
35.19. The blind and the seeing are not equal;
35.20. Nor are the depths of darkness and the light;
35.21. Nor the shade and the scorching heat;
35.22. And nor are equal the living and the dead. Surely God makes hear whomever He wills; and you are not one to make hear those who are in the graves.
35.23. You are only a warner (not accountable for their being guided).
35.24. Surely, We have sent you as Messenger with the truth, as a bearer of glad tidings (of prosperity in return for faith and righteousness) and a warner (against the consequences of misguidance); and there has never been a community but a warner lived among them.
35.25. If they deny you, even so denied those before them (to whom a Messenger was sent). Their Messengers came to them with the clear proofs (of their Messengership), Scriptures (full of wisdom and advice), and the Book enlightening (their mind and hearts) and illuminating (their way. )
35.26. Then I seized those who insisted on unbelief. How awesome was My disowning them!
35.27. Do you not see that God sends down water from the sky? Then We bring forth with it produce of various colors (shapes and taste); and in the mountains are streaks of white and red, of various colors (due to the flora or the variety of stone and rock), as well as raven-black;
35.28. And likewise human beings, and beasts, and cattle, diverse are their colors. Of all His servants, only those possessed of true knowledge stand in awe of God. Surely God is All-Glorious with irresistible might, All-Forgiving.
35.29. Those who recite God's Book (and, thereby, glorify, praise, and exalt God, and declare His absolute Oneness), and establish the Prayer in conformity with its conditions, and spend out of what We have provided for them (in God's cause and for the needy), secretly and openly, hope for a trade which will never perish.
35.30. For God will pay them their rewards in full, and give them yet more out of His bounty. Surely He is the All-Forgiving, the All-Responsive (to the gratitude of His creatures).
35.31. That which We reveal to you of the Book is the truth, confirming (the Divine origin of, and the truths that are still contained by,) the Revelations prior to it. Surely God is fully aware of His servants and sees (them) well.
35.32. Then (after every Messenger), We have made those of Our servants whom We chose as heirs to the Book (to preserve and teach it, and secure its practice in daily life). However, among them are those who (, in fulfilling their duty as heirs to the Book,) wrong their own selves (on account of certain failings and sins), and among them are those who follow a moderate way, and among them are those who, by God's leave, are foremost in doing good deeds. That (being chosen as heirs to the Book) is the great favor.
35.33. (So) Gardens of perpetual bliss will they enter, therein adorned with armbands of gold and pearls, and their garments therein will be of silk.
35.34. And they will say: "All praise and gratitude are for God, Who has removed grief from us (such as we had suffered until we were admitted here). Surely Our Lord is All-Forgiving, All-Responsive (to the gratitude of His creatures),
35.35. Who, out of His grace, has made us settle in the abode of eternal residence, wherein no toil touches us, and wherein no weariness afflicts us. "
35.36. As for those who disbelieve, for them is the fire of Hell: they will not be sentenced to death so that they can die (and so be relieved), nor will its suffering be lightened for them. Thus do We recompense every ungrateful one who disbelieves.
35.37. And therein they will cry aloud: "O our Lord! Take us out so that we can do good, (righteous deeds), not (the wrong) we used to do before!" "Did We not grant you a life long enough for whoever would reflect and be mindful to reflect and be mindful? In addition, a warner came to you (to warn against this punishment). Taste then (the consequences of your heedlessness); for the wrongdoers have none to help them (against it). "
35.38. Surely God is the Knower of the unseen of the heavens and the earth. And He surely has full knowledge of what lies hidden in the bosoms (so that He treats you according to your beliefs and intentions).
35.39. He it is Who has made you vicegerents on the earth. So whoever disbelieves (in ingratitude, rejecting this truth and attributing God's deeds to others than Him), his unbelief is charged against him. The unbelief of the unbelievers does not increase them in the sight of their Lord in anything but abhorrence; and the unbelief of the unbelievers does not increase them in anything but loss.
35.40. Say: "Have you considered those (beings and things) that you associate with God and, apart from God, invoke? Show me what it is that they have created of the earth. Or do they have a share in the (process of creation in the) heavens?" Or have We granted those people a Book so that they are (, in associating partners with God,) based on a clear evidence from it? No! Rather, the wrongdoers promise each other nothing but delusion.
35.41. Surely God alone upholds the heavens and the earth, lest they cease to be. If they should start to fail, there is none that could uphold them (if He were to let them fail. That He does not let them fail, despite all the wrongdoing of His servants, is because) He is All-Clement (showing no haste to punish the errors of His servants), All-Forgiving.
35.42. They swore by God with their most solemn oaths that if a warner came to them, they would most certainly follow his guidance more than any of the communities (to whom a warner came). Yet, now that a warner has come to them, it has increased them in nothing but aversion,
35.43. Growing in arrogance in the land and devising evil schemes. But an evil scheme overwhelms none but its own authors. So, can they expect anything other than the pattern of (events and outcomes that overtook) the people of old times (whom God destroyed)? You will never find in God's way any change; you will never find in God's way any alteration.
35.44. Have they never traveled about the earth, that they may see what was the outcome for those before them (who obstinately disbelieved in Our signs)? They were greater than them in power. By no means is God One Whom anything whatever in the heavens or on earth can frustrate (in His decrees). Surely He is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.
35.45. If God were to take people to task for whatever wrong they commit (and accumulate to their account), He would not leave on earth any living creature. But He grants them respite to a term appointed (by Him). When the end of their term falls (He treats each as He wills, according to his just deserts), for surely He sees His servants well.
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Summary: A costume party is the perfect opportunity for Hermione to set her plan in motion. Ron doesn't stand a chance.
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Warnings: Het, Major Fluff, Strong Language
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Date: 07/22/2007 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2. You're The Place My Life Begins
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Date: 07/22/2007 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2. You're The Place My Life Begins
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While it's undeniable European
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at the planemaker and parent company EADS, leading to the
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news lying down.
In fact, Airbus has had its share of triumphs of late, as well,
including two big impending orders for its upcoming A350XWB. One of
the enticements Airbus is offering A350 customers is the
opportunity to lease A330 widebodies -- spiritual predecessor to
the more advanced A350XWB -- as holdovers until the newer plane is
available for delivery in 2013. That policy not only may serve to
boost A350 sales... it helps the bottom line on the A330, as
This week, Airbus celebrated the delivery of the 800th A330-A340
family aircraft, as Qatar Airways received an A330-200. Airbus also
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seven planes and month to nine by the middle of 2009.
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operators in this market segment. The continued success of this
family of aircraft in the market place leads us to increase
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This delivery also marked a milestone in the long relationship
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Airbus planes, including 29 A330/A340 passenger aircraft. As ANN reported earlier this
week, Qatar is also rumored to be considering adding
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My introduction to New York's underground film scene came in the form of the "cinema of transgression," as movement figurehead (eh, more or less) Nick Zedd dubbed it. Specifically, it came in the form of Richard Kern, whose crude, short films and videos were widely circulated on VHS in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was the work of Kern and Zedd that almost entirely formed my opinion of the movement, because that was basically all you could get. Film Threat magazine had taken an interest in Kern and released a number of his films on VHS. And so when it came to New York's underground cinema, I knew what he and Zedd had done, which was sloppy, nihilistic, destructive, ridiculous, angry, and absurd. It wasn't until I moved to New York some years later that I discovered the depth of my ignorance, that Kern, Zedd, and the Cinema of Transgression were the second wave of the New York film underground, that they had grown from a whole group of films and filmmakers who have preceded them in the late 1970s.
Tag Archives: Martial Arts
The Hell
Hell has always been popular cinematic fodder. Italian strongman Maciste has conquered it (twice, at least), Claude Rains has managed it, and Nollywood has done its best to make a basement look like it (see Die Danger Die Die Kill's review of 666: Beware! The End is At Hand). Still, when it comes to off-the-wall interpretations of the subject the countries of Asia have something of a monopoly. That all seems to have begun with the inimitable Nobuo Nakagawa (Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan — reviewed on Teleport City here, and WtF-Film here), who persevered against a studio in a death spiral to produce Jigoku, an avant garde guignol masterpiece and perhaps the quintessential "hell" movie. Twenty years later acclaimed Nikkatsu roman porno director Tatsumi Kumashiro paid his respects to that film with The Inferno, a lavish Toei epic that matched Kumashiro's own experimental flair with gobs of big studio production value.
Since the day Tony Jaa, Prachya Pinkaew, and Panna Rittikrai suddenly popped up on fight film fans' radars, Thailand has become the go-to place for the hyperactive, bone-jarring, stunt filled, totally ridiculous style of film making that defined the Hong Kong action film industry in the 1980s. The arrival of Thailand on the martial arts movie scene was a breath of fresh air, or if not fresh air, it was at least a second wind that gave us hope in a time when Hong Kong action cinema was basically dead, and the only place cranking out halfway decent action films was, weirdly enough, France. Ong Bak was like a long lost star quarterback showing up to save his team in the final minutes of a big game, and we rejoiced. What was even better was that Jaa's success spawned a bunch of imitators in his native Thailand and seemed to light a fire under the ass of Hong Kong film makers, inspiring them to maybe think about making fun movies again.
Ninja Mission
At this point, I don't think there is much cause to recount the ninja craze that swept the world in the 1980s (you can piece together the story from our reviews of The Octagon and Enter the Ninja). From Hong Kong to Japan, Bollywood to the United States and of course Turkey, these black-clad shadow warriors fanned out and did that really rapid baby-step ninja run into our hearts. Although the ninja originated in Japan, and Hong Kong produced more ninja films, for my money the United States was still ground zero for eighties ninjamania (many Hong Kong ninja movies were made purely to export to the United States, as often as possible, with as many different titles for the same movie as distributors could dream up). But while the US was inarguably the capital of ninja fanaticism in the western hemisphere, we were not entirely alone. In the snowy northern land known as Sweden, a man named Mats-Helge Olsson was building a sizable filmography of hyper-violent, mostly terrible action films that shocked and disappointed his countrymen. That Mats Helge would make a ninja film was inevitable. That he made two is unfortunate.
The Bottom Ten
In January of 2013, Teleport City had a pretty notable server meltdown and database corruption, which naturally, occurred while I was on vacation and with spotty internet connection. Thus began a big move from hosting the site on my own server and dealing with all the backend hassle that entails, to moving it to a hosting service (wordpress.com). All has been pretty awesome as a result, but one of the things I lost during the move (besides an amazing history of bizarre search phrases that brought people to the site) was all our statistics. In the ten months we've been in our new home, traffic to the site has been pretty encouraging, but there are a number of older reviews that got imported and were never really promoted in our new space. They make up the Teleport City bottom ten, the least viewed reviews since we made the big move.
My introduction to modern Korean cinema was a crash course facilitated by a company whose name escapes me at the moment, but it was a Netflix style rental-by-mail service (with blue envelopes) that concentrated on foreign and non-Region 1 DVD releases. Within the span of a couple of weeks, I rented and burned through probably half a dozen Korean films, including Shiri, Nowhere to Hide, something with a lot of electric guitars and flying swordsmen, and Arahan. I didn't know much about any of the films and was picking them largely on "that title/cover/plot synopsis sounds OK" with occasional input from some fo the few English-language websites that wrote about Korean cinema. Each of them proved to be very impressive in their own way, and while Shiri emerged as my favorite and Nowhere to Hide was the most visually striking, Arahan also earned a special place in my heart with its blend of urban setting, martial arts action, fantasy elements, and ridiculous comedy.
For anyone who ever watched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and was disappointed that, for all its over-the-top absurdities, it didn't feature a scene where Harrison Ford punches a midget and makes him fly across a field, then Naksha is the movie for you. Only it's not Harrison Ford doing the punching; it's action cinema mainstay Sunny Deol. But hell, if anyone in the world is going to punch a guy of any size and make him fly across a field, then it's going to be Sunny. Jackie Chan may have tried it at some point, but he's past the days of being able to do that anymore — although he is an appropriate actor to bring up in our discussion of this movie. Naksha gets compared to Raiders of the Lost Ark (because all adventure films get compared to Raiders), the films it more accurately resembles would be the modern-setting adventure films of the late, great Cannon Studios, like Treasure of the Four Crowns or that thing where Chuck Norris and Lou Gossett, Jr. bicker and hunt for gold or whatever
Black Samurai
In June of 1995, legendary (some would counter with "infamous") b-movie kingpin Al Adamson was murdered by a handyman he'd contracted to complete some work on his ranch. The body was discovered entombed beneath a newly poured concrete slab that occupied the space where Adamson's hot tub once stood. The producer-director's disappearance piqued the curiosity of friends, and one in particular became suspicious of the concrete slab, noting that Al loved his hot tub perhaps more than anything else he owned and never would have had it removed. And indeed that's where they found his body. The handyman, Fred Fulford, was arrested and, in a trial that dragged on until March, 2000, finally convicted and sentenced to 25-to-life. Cult film fans and publications predictably noted how much like one of his movies Al's death ended up being, and I can't really claim not to be among them.
Ninja Killer
In the 1960s and 1970s — at the very least — there was no bigger star in Turkish cinema than Cuneyt Arkin. Whether he was a medieval dude with a steel claw defending Turkey from dastardly Crusaders, or a tough-as-nails cop in a plaid blazer defending Turkey from drugs and ninjas, no one could throw down with as much cool as Cuneyt. He was Bruce Lee (well, Jimmy Wang Yu maybe) and Maurizio Merli all rolled up into one glaring package. Similarly, in the 1970s, there was no bigger star in Hong Kong cinema than Bolo Yeung — and by "bigger" in his case we mean the size of his muscles. This bodybuilder turned kungfu movie whipping boy first rose to prominence when he showed up in Enter the Dragon to stand around with his arms folded, looking impressive until he gets his ass kicked by John Saxon — who kicks Bolo's ass even though he could barely kick. After that role, which actually gave him his stage name, Bolo was in high demand. Pretty much every kungfu star in the world wanted to be filmed beating up the Chinese muscle man, and Bolo was always happy to oblige. The man has been beat up on screen by pretty much every martial arts star you could think of. It was inevitable, perhaps, that Cuneyt would one day cross paths with Bolo — even if it was only in the editing room of notorious hack movie makers Godfrey Ho and Thomas Tang.
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Try to imagine that, like me, your life has become a steady parade of disappointments and squandered potential, but then one day, the following happens: having previously been enlightened as to the existence of a Bollywood ninja movie — a rip-off of American Ninja from the same cast and crew that brought the world Disco Dancer, no less — you go to your little website forum and theorize that, given the popularity of kungfu films in India and the proliferation of Bruce Lee imitators and crappy "Bruceploitation" films during the 1970s, there was no way Bollywood didn't produce at least one film cashing in on the death and popularity of Bruce Lee.


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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 10, 2013 — According to the Barna Group, 59 percent of millennials (ages 18 to 29), who were once active in their churches, have stopped attending. Why this drop off? College students seeking independence and young adults feeding a desire to rebel account for some of the exodus, but not all of it.
In fact, much of the disinterest probably comes from what we can call the John 15:5 dilemma: "Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing."
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The dilemma is right at the end: "Apart from me you can do nothing." The American Church boasts opportunities that most around the world would only dream of. Evangelicals in the United States have the freedom to voice concerns, proclaim opinions and broadcast beliefs; but has it come with a cost?
Often, even inadvertently, we sacrifice God for what we believe to be His mission.
We will protest abortion and same-sex marriage on the Capitol steps while never noticing the 15-year-old girl who is pregnant, terrified and alone, or the 17-year-old football jock who is secretly dealing with the temptations of homosexuality, can barely handle the feelings of rejection, and doesn't even know if life's worth living. That is the ear-piercing cry of the unheard Church.
While we wage an often-unsuccessful theological war against atheists, the unheard masses walk silently down an unrecoverable path. As a student of American politics, I am not saying these debates and defenses have no place in the Christian Church. Truly, I'm saying the exact opposite. It is our delivery thatmmust be altered.
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Jonathan Dodson, a Texas pastor and author, says in his book, Gospel-Centered Discipleship, that we must "express all three aspects of discipleship—rational, relational and missional." No part of the Church can act individually; all branches of the Church must be connected to the Vine, operating collectively. American evangelicals must act rationally. Delivering a clear proclamation of gospel truths—politically, socially, economically, and so on.
Throughout the Bible, we see several political overtones. In fact, we see many parallels between Old Testament law, the Ten Commandments, and the Kingdom of Israel to the Constitution and the values of our nation's Founders. Later, during Jesus' thirty-three years on earth, we see God's Son "bucking the system," turning over tables and challenging the establishment elites and their religious corruption.
The Church must act relationally; as Dodson says, "with a grace agenda." We must seek to love those who are hurting and encourage those seeking to overcome. Jesus Christ transformed the world with twelve men that grew to know one another intimately. Jesus called them to grow community around them, spreading the truth and bringing healing and grace to the world.
Acts 1:8 reads, "You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." The Church is commanded to share salvation, build community, disciple and create disciplers. This requires intimate relationships. This is reaching out to the 15-year-old pregnant girl and giving her grace. This is opening your arms to the 17-year-old boy struggling to find his identity and giving him stability. Change begins with the individual; Jesus Christ discipled a mere twelve men and shared his resurrection with only two women who went on to turn the world on its axis.
Today's Church must be missional. The framework established through individual relationships is what will set the tone for national — even global — change. American millennials walk around with the ability to effect change at their fingertips and a passion to be part of something that will transform culture.
This generation is the generation of Twitter, Facebook, and literally instant communication that has the capacity to reach millions around the globe in less than thirty seconds.
The American Church has the full capability to virtually transform its souring image if it would just reach out and engage the 59 percent it's currently losing. All it takes is a refocused mission.
Instead of only marching down Pennsylvania Avenue to end abortion, it's time to step out, hand-in-hand with the marginalized, ridiculed, abandoned, and victimized and march with them toward the gospel.
Genuinely changing culture one relationship at a time will turn this nation back to God. That is the power of the Vine.
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|Ibibio, Annang, Igbo, Ijaw, and Ejagham (or Ekoi).
The Efik are an ethnic group located primarily in southeastern Nigeria. 'Efik' is also the name of their language which is a variation of the Ibibio language. The Efik migrated down the Cross River from Cameroon in the 16th century and founded numerous settlements in the Calabar area in present-day Cross River State. This area along with present-day Akwa Ibom State are usually referred to as Calabar, and Calabar people accordingly, after the European name Calabar Kingdom given to their state of Akwa Akpa. Calabar is not to be confused with the Kalabari Kingdom in Rivers State which is an Ijaw state to its west. Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State were formerly one of the original twelve states of Nigeria known as the Southeastern State.
The Efik people as well as their Annang and Ibibio brothers and sisters also occupy Southwestern Cameroon including Bakassi. While in the then Eastern Region of Nigeria prior to the civil war, the region allowed Southwestern Cameroon to be partitioned out of Nigeria into Cameroon through the 1961 plebiscite which divided them (Efik, Ibibio and Annang) into Nigeria and Cameroon.
Although their economy was originally based on fishing, the area quickly developed into a major trading centre and remained so well into the early 1900s. Incoming European goods were traded for slaves, palm oil and other palm products. The Efik kings collected a trading tax called comey from docking ships until the British replaced it with 'comey subsidies'.[1]
The Efik were the middle men between the white traders on the coast and the inland tribes of the Cross River and Calabar district. Christian missions were at work among the Efiks beginning in the middle of the 19th century. Even by 1900, many of the native peoples were well educated in European ideologies and culture, professed Christianity and dressed in European fashion.
The Efik are related to the Annang, Ibibio, Oron, Biase, Akampkpa, Uruan, and Eket people by common ancestors. They all speak the same language with different dialects. Most importantly, regardless of the dialects, they share common names with same spelling.
A powerful bond of union among the Efik, and one that gives them considerable influence over other tribes, is the secret society known as the Ekpe, the inventor of the Nsibidi, an ancient African Writing.
The Efik and indeed the people of the Old Calabar kingdom were the first to embrace western education in present day Nigeria, with the establishment of Hope Waddel Training Institute, Calabar in 1895 and the Methodist Boys High School, Oron in 1905.
In 1884 the Efik kings and the chiefs of the Efik placed themselves under British protection. These treaties and attendant territorial economic rights, are documented in CAP 23 of Laws of Eastern Nigeria, captioned 'Comey subsidies law'.[1] The Efik king, also known as the Obong of Calabar, still (as of 2006) is a political power among the Efik.[2]
The Efik people speak the Efik Language. Various dialects of their language include Oron, Biase, Annang and Ibibio, Eket (Ekid) a subgroup of Ibibio was also one recognised dialect of the people.
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- Efik mythology
- Akamkpa
- Annang
- Bakassi
- Eket
- Ekoi
- Ekpe
- Ibibio
- Ikom
- Niger Delta
- Nsibidi
- Opobo
- Southeastern Nigeria
- ^ a b Fubara, Dagogo M.J. (5 March 2006) "Legendary legacies of Dappa-Biriye" The Tide Rivers State Newspaper Corp., Port Harcourt, Nigeria;
- ^ Nwagbara, Friday (2 June 2006) "Efik monarch withholds blessing for South-South" The Tide Rivers State Newspaper Corp., Port Harcourt, Nigeria;
- Waddell (1846) Efik or Old Calabar Waddell, Old Calabar;
- This article incorporates text from the Calabar article in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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One of the world's leading watchmakers, Movado was founded in Switzerland in 1881.
Recognized for its iconic Museum® dial and modern aesthetic, Movado has earned more than 100 patents and 200 international awards for watch design and time technology, and Movado watches are in the permanent collections of museums worldwide.
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One of the world's leading watchmakers, Movado was founded in Switzerland in 1881.


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Website: eventimapollo.com
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