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Debt Dumpers - 2013
Hi Everyone, DH and I are focusing on dumping debt this year. We have a little CC debt, and student loans. We practiced living on a budget last year so we have fine tuned it for this year and are ready to go. We have a couple if variables - a new baby coming, and one new student loan to start paying, so we will have to adjust our budget once we know those costs. I want to start a thread where we support each other on passing up those unnecessary expenses to focus on the long term goal. Who is with me?
I would love to join you. We are very much in debt ( mostly medical and attorney fees that I either put on credit cards or took out loans for....lesson learned). We are making all of our payments very comfortably, but it would be nice to have all the cash we are spending on interest going to our saving account instead of the credit card company. We have a disney trip planned for this year that we are paying cash for. Yes that money could have gone to bills, but we needed a break from all the doctors.
Thanks for starting the thread and letting me vent some!!! |
Welcome! We have no trips planned, which is sad. But I think about how great it will feel when we take our child for the first time and don't have to feel guilty that we could have used the money to pay down debt! But in your case, it does sound like the trip is needed. Use it to get refreshed and attack that debt like crazy!
I am with you!! We have a good bit of debt to get paid off this year!! We are hoping to be able to take our next trip next year...we'll see....
Our main goals:
We are attacking the debt this year too.
I used Gail Vazoxlade's own up to your debt spreadsheet to figure out how to pay each card off. http://www.gailvazoxlade.com/resourc...worksheet.html I put everything on there, including the house and the cars. It breaks it down with the total and interest and it tells you what you need to pay to get the debt paid off in 12, 24, and 36 months. I also put everything on that list to pay off in order. Like CC #1 gets paid off first because it has the smallest balance and the highest interest rate. We are also going to refinance the house when DH's expense check comes in. We can save $400 a month when we switch from the big bank mortgage company to our local credit union. |
Our goal is to pay off our three smaller credit cards by the end of the year! We have about 2,300 or less to go.
We are buying our first house in a few weeks and have student loan/car debt that we want to try and knock as much as we can away from. Gah never mind. Looks like a decent chunk of this is now going towards our wedding :( |
We are using the Dave Ramsey snowball technique - paying off the littlest first, rolling what we were paying into that one up to the next biggest, and so on.
We are also doing Dave's snowball. So far I am starting to see a dent and I have only been committed for a few months. When we get our tax return I am going to put some of that toward the credit cards and that shouls help out some.
good luck everyone! My goal is to pay off our van this year! we have about 9k left....
we use cc, but pay off every month. It is going to be tight this month....kind of overspent with the holidays.... |
We were working on Dave's snowball until DH lost his job in September and our income was cut way down. It took 12 weeks before unemployment kicked in so our snowball is on hold while we just pay living expenses. Still hoping to dump the debt as my car is paid in March and DH's in August so there is a light at the end of the tunnel. At that time, if he still isn't working, I can get back to the snowball.
I think that's a great idea. We are debt free except for our mortgage and my CC which has about a $350 balance. DH lost his job last June and went back to work in November at a better paying job, but thankfully we were able to make it through his unemployment without going into debt. The CC balance is from a few tanks of gas and groceries between paychecks while DH was unemployed. We are closing on our refinance tomorrow and will skip February's payment, so I can pay off the balance then. I am the biggest debt free cheerleader in the world so I will gladly encourage everyone on their quest to crush debt!
We are using the snowball technique also. No "real" vacation this year, but we may go camping with extended family in August. Cruising (on DVC points) next January, so I currently have $50/pp going into a savings acct. to cover airfare and misc expenses for that trip.
I was supposed to pay off my Kohl's card with last week's paycheck, but we got slammed with a $900 car repair bill, so I'm already behind. I'm using the cash that was supposed to pay the cc off plus all of my and DH's Christmas money and about $350 from the emergency fund to pay for the car repairs. I'm supposed to pay $200 towards my Sam's Club card next payday, so I'm hoping my check is enough to pay off Kohl's and still send Sam's $200 since it will have a little overtime on it. |
We dumped debt in 2012. I have a potential job loss coming up in the first quarter of 2013, so we sold the toys (jet skis and atv) and our third vehicle. I hated to see my toys go but we're down to mortgage payment only and it will make surviving the job loss if it happens a little easier.
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Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
Former names | Stoll Field (1916–1923) |
Location | 202 Avenue of Champions Lexington, KY 40506 |
Coordinates | 38°02′19″N 84°30′08″W / 38.03861°N 84.50222°WCoordinates: 38°02′19″N 84°30′08″W / 38.03861°N 84.50222°W |
Owner | University of Kentucky |
Operator | University of Kentucky |
Capacity | 37,000 (1972) |
Opened | October 14, 1916 |
Closed | November 1972 |
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Kentucky Wildcats football (1916–1972) Wildcat Marching Band KHSAA State Championships (1959–1966, 1968–1972)[1] |
Stoll Field/McLean Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. It was the home of the University of Kentucky Wildcats football team. The field has been in use since 1880, but the concrete stands were opened in October 1916, and closed following the 1972 season, and was replaced by Commonwealth Stadium. Memorial Coliseum is located across the street from the site.
It is the site of the first football game played in the South. A historic marker was erected in 2008 and reads -
Side 1 - "STOLL FIELD: In 1880 the first college football game ever played in the South was held here at what was eventually named Stoll Field. It was dedicated in 1916 at the Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt game and was named in honor of alumnus and long-term Board of Trustees member Judge Richard C. Stoll. The field was the setting of early football games and an integral part of student life.
Side 2 - MCLEAN STADIUM This field, which once pastured President Patterson's cows, was used for military training during World War I and in 1924 it held McLean Stadium. It was named for Price McLean, an engineering student who was fatally injured in a football game in 1923. McLean Stadium was the site of Kentucky football games until they were moved to Commonwealth Stadium in 1973.
McLean Stadium was the site of the first football game of the newly formed Southeastern Conference (SEC) on September 30, 1933, in which Kentucky defeated Sewanee 7–0.[2]
The stadium was a two-sided concrete structure, with bleachers in both endzones. It was named for Judge Richard C. Stoll, a prominent alumnus. In November 1924, the grandstands were renamed McLean Stadium in honor of Price Innes McLean, a former center for the Wildcats who had died from injuries sustained in the 1923 Kentucky-Cincinnati game.
The stadium was the home of the Wildcats during the Bear Bryant era (1946–1953), which included the team's first bowl appearance (in the 1947 Great Lakes Bowl), and their first SEC football championship (in 1950). Bryant's coaching tenure at the predominantly basketball-savvy school is regarded as the best era in UK's football history.
The final Kentucky game played at the stadium was on November 11, 1972, with the Wildcats beating Vanderbilt, 14–13. The final overall games were the 1972 Class A and AA KHSAA State Championships, played on November 24. Trigg County defeated Pikeville 22−0 in the Class A final, while Tates Creek won the Class AA final over Ashland, 16−7.[1]
The stadium was razed during the 1970s, the south end being replaced with the Singletary Center for the Arts. A field was installed in the north end, perpendicular to the old end zone, and is named Stoll Field. It is still the practice field for the UK marching band, and is also used for intramural activities.
- ^ a b "Past KHSAA State Football Champions". Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ Dorsey, Patrick (September 23, 2011). "Sewanee, long-lost member of the SEC". Page 2. ESPN.com. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
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A book by David M. Bader
Paul Celan's German poetry became major work for study and consideration from the prolific literary era after World War II. Coming from a Romanian Jewish family, surviving the political polarity and communist labor camps that his family did not, he became an important man of letters and historical insight. His skill with words as a linguist, poet and translator was significant and has been extolled thoroughly by critics and admirers before and since his suicide in 1970. Paul Celan is generally regarded as a German language master because of his eight important German collections from 1948 to the end of his life and two German posthumous books. The Romanian work offered by translators Julian Semilian and Sanda Agalidi in Green Integer 81's 2003 publication Romanian Poems is an exceptionally personal collection of work. Traditional stanza constructions and long unstructured prose poetry show an earlier, intimate side of the poet that cannot be overlooked.
Having studied some of his more famous works such as "The Triumph of Achilles" and "Death Fugue," I was surprised at the kind of deeper connection that these fledgling constructions provided for me. Celan's intensity of language and construction skills seem to melt away into more personal, introspective verses. The reader of these Romanian translations feels more like a fly on the wall of the poet's private space, a half-invited and quietly welcome voyeur. Since many other translation efforts were spearheaded by the poet himself, the ironic voice of external translators to generate such intimacy is quite amazing. The publishers and translators wisely present a bilingual addition with corresponding Romanian on the facing pages of English.
Though the craft of the contents cannot compare to Celan's masterpieces nor to the cryptic rhythms of his later works, the very informality of these poems makes them beautiful and beguiling. Some of the greatest contributions are untitled fragments like : The grass of your eyes, bitter grass
Wind, billow above it, eyelid of tallow
The water of your eyes, forgiven water (43)
Reading Celan's efforts as a younger artist we find less political and philosophical angst and the truly sincere feelings of a man on the verge of major life changes. These selections were written in Bucharest from 1945-1947, before his expatriation and other struggles with alienation. It can seem like a contradiction for a Jewish Romanian to become so prolific in German writing, so this sense of ambivalence that lingers in most of his work is absent here in the Romanian texts. Celan's comment on this: "There is nothing on earth that can prevent a poet from writing, not even the fact that he is Jewish and German is the language of his poems."
I enjoyed reading this immensely and as a student of classics, knowing that Romanian and Latin are closely related, especially appreciated being able to connect the original voice to the adjacent translation. Celan also provides several classical images that we can view as sprouts for his later, more serious canon. Consider, from "Those Were Nights:"
...I was Petronius and spilled
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stained you extinguished a torch.
Do you recall? I was Petronius and you didn't entrance me.
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I always like the shows with Lenny Briscoe (Jerry Orbach). He manages
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There are two themes running through this episode.
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Community Capital Investment, LLC bought the property for $100,000 from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. last month, according to the FDIC.
The FDIC acquired the Regal after Citizens Bank &Trust Co. of Chicago failed in April 2010. The bank had foreclosed on the property.
Opened as the Avalon Theater in 1927, the building at 1641 E. 79th was renamed the New Regal Theater in 1985 in tribute to a demolished Bronzeville cultural institution that had hosted the likes of Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, Dinah Washington, Lionel Hampton and Duke Ellington.
The former owners of the New Regal Theater, Soft Sheen executive Edward Gardner and his wife, Bettiann, closed the theater in 2003.
In 2008, a group that included former Country Clubs Hills police chief Regina Evans bought it. Evans became involved in an alleged fraud scheme; and pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in state grant money and spending it on friends, family and debt payments on the theater, for which she borrowed more than $2 million from Citizens to buy.
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7:00am | Hadden Sayers "Room 155" from Hard Dollar (Blue Corn 2011) N —One powerful blast from the depths of the blues.Buy it! |
7:08am | Maria McKee "My Lonely Sad Eyes" from You Gotta Sin to Get Saved (Geffen unk 1993) —One of my all-time fave Van Morrison covers.Buy it! |
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7:21am | The Dukes of Stratosphear "Have You Seen Jackie?" from Psonic Sunspot (Geffen unk 1987) —Jackie is a name for a girl and a boy, see.Buy it! |
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7:54am | Foster and Lloyd "Watch Your Movie" from It's Already Tomorrow (Effin Ell 2011) N —Reunion album of the year?Buy it! |
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8:25am | Mott the Hoople "Sweet Jane" from The Ballad Of Mott: A Retrospective (Columbia 1998) —Though the original didn't have cowbell, all the best covers of this song seem to add it.Buy it! |
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8:39am | Phil Judd "Rendezvous (With a Girl Like You)" from Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond (Raven 1997) —Cool song from the former Split Enz member.Buy it! |
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8:55am | Brian Eno & John Cale "Been There Done That" from Wrong Way Up (Warner Bros. 1990) —One of John Cale's many, many great moments.Buy it! |
9:01am | Lowell Fulson "Reconsider Baby" from Chess Blues (MCA/Chess 1992) —Just a perfect blues record.Buy it! |
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9:07am | Fenton Robinson & the Dukes "Tennessee Woman" from Complete Meteor Blues R&B & Gospel Recordings (Ace 2006) —A different kind of blues funk.Buy it! |
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9:12am | Dion "Donna the Prima Donna" from Bronx Blues: the Columbia Recordings (1962-1965) (Columbia 1991) —I had the 45 of this one when it was relatively new - I knew nothing about the singer, but I recognized genius when I heard it.Buy it! |
9:16am | Laura Nyro "Monkey Time / Dancing In the Street" from Gonna Take a Miracle (Columbia 1971) —Laura Nyro backed by the ladies from LaBelle - delightful.Buy it! |
9:21am | The Bo-Keys "Got to Get Back (To My Baby)" from Got to Get Back (Electraphonic 2011) N —They'll be playing at Euclid Records next Friday at 3 pm. This cut has Otis Clay with them, but he won't be at the instore.Buy it! |
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9:31am | Ben Hall "I Feel Fine" from A Little More Ben Hall (iTunes 2011) N —Very cool guitar hotshot sounding like Chet Atkins playing the Beatles, produced by Eric Ambel.Buy it! |
9:33am | Brenda Lee "Sweet Nothin's" from Anthology (1956-1980) (MCA 1991) —It's that rhythm that sucks me in, then those vocals that keep me happy.Buy it! |
9:36am | Wynonie Harris "Sittin' On It All the Time" from Bloodshot Eyes: the Best of Wynonie Harris (Rhino 1993) —Thanks to Tony C for reminding me of this gem.Buy it! |
9:38am | Love "My Little Red Book" from Love (Elektra 1966) —I never get tired of this cover that annoyed Burt Bacharach because they didn't play all the chords.Buy it! |
9:41am | Liam Finn "Don't Even Know Your Name" from Fomo (Yep Roc 2011) N —This record hasn't grabbed me by the shoulders the way his debut did, but it's got some good songs, that's for sure.Buy it! |
9:45am | Michael Fracasso "Saint Monday" (Michael Fracasso 2011) N —It just hit me how excited Larry Weir would have been to have a new record from Michael Fracasso.Buy it! |
9:48am | John Hiatt "Damn This Town" from Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns (New West www.newwestrecords.com 2011) N —Still a little thrilled from that John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett concert last week. Or was that the week before? Time flies.Buy it! |
9:53am | Tim Easton and The Freelan Barons "What Do You Live For" from Beat the Band (Campfire Propaganda 2011) N —Another fine song chosen at random from this new record - I need to hear the whole thing some time.Buy it! |
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By: Samantha Palacio for Journey to "Green"
Here are some quick and thrifty instructions from Samantha Palacio on how to make a decorative wreath. Recycle those old bottle caps into a beautiful bottle cap wreath for an eco-chic holiday!
- Cardboard box
- Silver paint
- Hot glue gun and glue
- Bottle caps
- I started with a piece of a cardboard box. Shipping materials are a plenty around here so you will notice that reuse these a LOT.
- I traced two decorative bowls to get my perfect circles.
- I painted it silver. Green would be pretty too!
- I used hot glue to secure the bottle caps. The amount you will need will depend on the size of the wreath. I used about 50.
- In the end, I just reused a Velvet Bow that I had in my existing decor. Something about the simplicity of the actual bottle caps was appealing to me.
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Interesting. I think I will start saving bottle caps from my travels to make this with and maybe hang it indoors. That would make a great conversation piece and memories too.
I see you live somewhere in or near the Carolinas- you have a Cheerwine cap on your wreath! I live in Texas but have been vacationing in North Carolina all my life, so Cheerwine is always a special treat.
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'ABCs of Death' Director Angela Bettis Talks Fake Blood, Spiders and the Scariest Thing About Human Beings
Features By Scott Beggs on January 31, 2013 | Be the First To CommentIt seems like years since Drafthouse Films announced that they'd be boldly making a 26-part anthology that would shed a bloody spotlight on 26 different ways to die. With entries like "B is for Bigfoot" and "J is for Jidai-geki," The ABCs of Death appears to be the kind of teaching tool that's almost perverse enough to end up in Texas public schools. We've seen a trailer, written a review, and now the icosikaihexagonal horror is hitting all sorts of streaming and On Demand services ahead of its theatrical release in early March. Amidst a coordinated slew of interviews, I was lucky enough to speak via email with a personal favorite, filmmaker Angela Bettis, who starred in May, directed Roman and helmed the ABCs segment "E is for Exterminate."
26 Things We Learned From the 'Miami Connection' Commentary
Commentary Commentary By Rob Hunter on December 13, 2012 | Comments (2)A rock band who practice Tae kwon do and sing about the joys of friendship. Ninjas who move noisily between drug deals on speeding pocket rockets. Welcome to the dangerous world of Orlando, circa 1987, and the little film that found a second chance on eBay. Miami Connection opened and closed in central Florida in 1987, never to see public exposure again, but when an industrious Alamo Drafthouse employee bought a print online for $50 a legend was reborn. The film follows a group of friends who go to college during the day and rock out at night as the house-band for an Orlando nightclub. Their world is shattered though when they're forced into a confrontation with a rival band, poorly dressed gang members and drug dealing, motorcycle riding ninjas. Let's listen to some commentary!
Red Band 'ABCs of Death' Trailer Offers a Glimpse of 26 Ways to Die, Many of Which Involve Boobs
Movie News By Rob Hunter on November 15, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThere's a danger to anthology films in that the films often lack consistency when it comes to quality. They consist, after all, of multiple short films, each with their own writers, directors, and actors, and that variety can only lead to varying levels of success. So how do you combat the chance some of your shorts might suck? Make a movie featuring 26 shorts, of course. The ABCs of Death is an original Drafthouse Films production that gathered 26 filmmakers, assigned each of them a letter of the alphabet and gave them a simple task: make a very short film about death inspired by their particular letter. The roster of directors who answered the call are an international directory of genre fans and masters, and a small sampling includes Jason Eisener, Xavier Gens, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Nacho Vigalondo, Ti West, Ben Wheatley, and more. The first red band trailer has just appeared online, and you should check it out after the break.
Review: 'Miami Connection' Is the Reason We Have Eyes, Ears and Souls
Fantastic Fest By Rob Hunter on November 3, 2012 | Be the First To CommentEditor's Note: This review appeared as part of our coverage of the 11th Annual New York Asian Film Festival, and we're bringing it back as the film opens this weekend in limited theatrical release. Anyone who lived through the decade knows the 80s were a hazardous and dangerous time to be alive… especially if you were part of a band spreading peace and a love of Tae Kwon Do through your music and kickass stage shows. Dragon Sound is just such a group, and when they're hired as the house band at a popular club the musicians they replaced come looking for payback. The quite literal battle of the bands soon explodes into a violent conflagration involving drug running, murder and inspirational lyrics. And ninjas. Motorcycle-riding ninjas.
31 Days of Horror: Wake in Fright (1971)
31 Days of Horror By Robert Fure on October 31, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThey said it couldn't be done. A fifth year of 31 Days of Horror? 31 more terror, gore and shower scene-filled movies worth highlighting? But Rejects always say die and never back away from a challenge, so we've rounded up the horror fans among us and put together another month's worth of genre fun. Enjoy! Synopsis: During his trek home to Sydney from the nowhere town of Tiboonda, bonded school teacher John Grant gets side-tracked in the rough and tumble town of Bundanyabba, or as the locals call it, The Yabba. What starts with some hesitant gambling to win enough money to quit his teaching job quickly spirals into a hellish span of five days stuck with hard drinking, hard fighting, quick shooting Australian rednecks who escort Grant to the gates of his own hell.
'Miami Connection' Trailer Will Feed Your Brain More B-Movie Stimuli Than it Can Handle
Movie News By Nathan Adams on September 19, 2012 | Be the First To CommentJust a couple of weeks ago, what is arguably the best-loved movie from the '80s, Raiders of the Lost Ark, enjoyed a good deal of success getting re-released into IMAX theaters. Seeing that the market is hot for 8'0s revivals, Drafthouse Films, the distributing arm of the Alamo Drafthouse, has decided to take it upon themselves to ready what is probably the second biggest movie of the '80s, Miami Connection, for a theatrical run of its own. What is Miami Connection? How fortunate that you should ask now, because Hobo With a Shotgun director Jason Eisener has just cut together a new trailer for the film that will answer all of your questions. To put it simply, Miami Connection is probably the best realized interpretation of the war between Miami's motorcycle ninja drug gangs and its martial arts vigilante rock band, Dragon Sound, that's ever been put on film.
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Austin Cinematic Limits By Don Simpson on September 11, 2012 | Be the First To CommentI was going to yell at most of you (yes, even you!) for not buying an advance ticket to Cinema East's Tugg screening of I Am Not a Hipster. Why? Because I really want to see that film, but not enough pre-sale tickets were sold so it was cancelled. But as I thought about it some more, I realized that my yelling would have probably come off as being condescending or patronizing. Besides, it is not my job to lecture the Austinites reading this column about their lack of support of independent film, now is it? It does sound like Cinema East is going to give us another chance to see I Am Not a Hipster in the near future, so stayed tuned…and please don't let me down ever again. While on the subject of cancelled screenings… You know those high winds that came in with the "cold front" on Saturday? Well, those very same winds that brought our daytime temperatures down into the 80s (!!!) destroyed the screen at the Blue Starlite! For those of you who were disappointingly turned away from the sold out Saturday night screening of Grease, there will be a "wind check" (you know, like a rain check but without the rain) date on September 28 but you do need to send an email to them to confirm your slot. If you cannot make it that screening, you can use your "wind check" anytime before the end of the year; you just need email the Blue Starlite […]
Exclusively Watch the Friendliest Alamo Drafthouse Don't Talk PSA Yet, Then Watch All of 'KLOWN'
Features By Neil Miller on July 28, 2012 | Comments (1)The folks at that Alamo Drafthouse and Drafthouse Films don't speak Danish — at least not that we know — but the stars of their latest acquisition, KLOWN, do. And they do so in a rather raunchy manner, creating hilarity all over the land. You don't need to know Danish to enjoy the new "Don't Talk" PSA featuring KLOWN stars Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen. It's got subtitles for that. All you do need to do is be right here, right now. Because this is where it's debuting. And as a bonus, we've got a line on how you can just jump right into watching KLOWN in its entirety online. The wonders of the internet!
Review: 'Klown' Is a Well-Executed, Envelope-Pushing Comedy But That Doesn't Mean You'll Enjoy Watching It
Movie Reviews By Landon Palmer on July 24, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThe Danish television series Klovn ("Clown") ran for six seasons, from 2005 to 2009, and accumulated about sixty episodes during this run. It was an incredibly popular show in Denmark and throughout Scandanavia. The series spawned a feature film, Klown (2010), which has now made its way to the US thanks to Drafthouse Films. Klown presents an admittedly difficult scenario for a US distributor and for American audiences. Word-based comedy typically encounters difficulty traversing across languages and cultures (hell, some Americans are even turned off by the idiosyncrasies of British humor despite the (mostly) shared language); there's a reason the arthouse is typically associated with snooty Euro-drama. Add this to the fact that Klown is a based on a long-running series with a core existing audience in the country in which was made that is virtually invisible in the US. Put these factors together and you've got a uniquely difficult film to promote. Despite these obstructions, which are by no means the fault of the film itself, Klown is well versed in the language of comedy. The film's comedic set-pieces are executed with an undeniably honed sense of expert timing, and the emotional arc of the film is thankfully crafted without any regard for the sentimental aspects of the human condition, avoiding the rut that so many domestic comedies reduce themselves to in their final acts.
'Klown' Stars Casper Christensen and Frank Hvam Talk Canoes, Underberg, and Child Nudity
Features By Brian Salisbury on July 5, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWhen you watch enough movies, you come to associate canoe trips with many reprehensible things. Among these unfortunate associations are banjo music, forced sodomy, and leaving the house. Still, undaunted by the twanging intro of "Dueling Banjos" that may or may not have only existed in our heads, a group of intrepid movie fans loaded up and headed to Spring Branch, Texas for the Alamo Drafthouse's Klown canoe trip and outdoor screening. While in the film, Casper (Casper Christensen) and Frank (Frank Hvam) are on a Tour de Pussy, we were more or less on a Tour de Someone's-Assuredly-Not-Making-It-Back. As liquored up as Drafthouse impresario Tim League would allow, which is to say to our eyeballs, we set out on the Guadalupe River and took in the beauty and wonder of nature…as we tried, some of us futilely, to keep from capsizing where it was deep enough, and grinding to an embarrassing halt where the drought had made a puddle of the mighty river. Arriving back at camp at various degrees of dampness, we sat down for a glorious screening of the Danish comedy under the gorgeous Texas sky. I laughed heartily into the mouth of my ever-dwindling flask; delighted to be seeing the film again. The next day, in the throws of a beautiful hangover, I stumbled into a back room at The Highball in Austin–with no recollection of how I got back to the city–to find the stars of the film restrained in a strange Tiki gulag from […]
Learn How to Become a 'Bullhead' in Exclusive Special Feature, Complete With Bonus Tuna Smoothies
Exclusive By Kate Erbland on June 26, 2012 | Be the First To CommentMichael R. Roskam's Bullhead is unquestionably a film about physical transformation and eventual deterioration. The Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film centers on Matthias Schoenaerts in a star-making performance as the unhinged and undeterred Jacky Vanmarsenille, a cattle farmer with too many secrets to count. Most of them are obscured by his raw power and terrifying size, and Schoenaerts had to beef up considerably to the play the role. The actor had to add roughly sixty pounds of pure muscle to his frame – a feat that seems all the more impressive when you see a non-Bullhead Schoenaerts, who is considerably less beefy (and far less terrifying) than Jacky. But how to did Schoenaerts pack on the muscle essential to playing his role? And just how much did the strain of that gain impact his actual performance? In an exclusive special feature clip from the new home video and digital release of Bullhead, we learn a little bit more about what fueled Schoenaerts' transformation – and it's one hell of a change. Learn how to become a Bullhead with a not-as-supple-as-he-used-to-be Matthias Schoenaerts and 2,400 tins of tuna fish after the break.
An Austin Drive-In and The Most Perverted Canoeing Trip in Texas
Austin Cinematic Limits By Don Simpson on June 25, 2012 | Be the First To CommentAustin has a drive-in movie theater? Really? No way! Actually it makes total sense, since Austin is a city that really loves movies and really loves cars [and pickup trucks and SUVs]. Besides, it seems to never rain here, so the weather is perfect for outdoor movie screenings. Way back in 2010, native Austinite Josh Frank (author of "In Heaven Everything is Fine: The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers and the Lost History of New Wave Theatre" and "Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies") took a cue from San Francisco's mobile drive-in MobMov.org — he constructed a modestly sized outdoor screen, acquired some car-speaker posts from defunct drive-ins via eBay, and restored a vintage runabout to use as a concession stand. Frank's Mini Urban Drive-in, The Blue Starlite, has existed in varying capacities and locations for the last two years. When he found out a few months ago that his lease at 1001 E 6th Street would not be renewed, the future of The Blue Starlite seemed uncertain. One of Austin's best kept cinematic secrets was in jeopardy of disappearing forever. Along came a surprising announcement from the Austin Film Society — The Blue Starlite found a summer home at Austin Studios (1901 E 51st Street). They even built their first real drive-in movie screen to complement the new location.
'Klown' Red Band Trailer Artfully Attempts New Depths of Depravity
Movie News By Scott Beggs on May 2, 2012 | Be the First To CommentYou know what this Klown Red Band Trailer is all about? Hospitality. It's about repaying a woman who is nice enough to invite you into her home, let you crash there and make you pancakes. It's sweet really. Even if it gets a little smelly. The film played at Fantastic Fest, where Adam Charles laughed his ass off to its absurd male bonding, and Drafthouse Films picked it up for distribution. The movie, based on a television show, focuses on two men who are on a wild Tour de Pussy. Trying to boldly prove that he's fatherly material to his girlfriend, one of the men kidnaps her 12-year-old son and brings him along. Check out more good parenting with the trailer:
'The ABCs of Death Poster' Promotes Youth Literacy, Terror
Movie News By Scott Beggs on April 3, 2012 | Be the First To CommentTalk about giving back. With 26 directors and 26 short films making up the horror anthology The ABCs of Death, you'd imagine that they'd have their hands full, but the fine folks at Magnet, Timpson, and Drafthouse Filmshave decided to give back to the community. Their first poster promoting the project is a vibrant public service announcement celebrating the FUNdamentals of reading. It does it with a crow-winged Angel of death and a tiny toddler, but the sentiment is the right one. Check it out for yourself:
Don't Be a Chucklehead, Get to Know 'The FP' Urban Dictionary Then Bring That Shit to Your Town
Exclusive By Neil Miller on March 13, 2012 | Be the First To CommentIf the title of Brian Salisbury's SXSW 2011 review of The FP — 'The FP' Shakes Off the Suckas and Drops that Dope Absurdity in Ya Eye Holes! — is any indication, there's some language in this film that is simply out of the realm of casual, polite conversation. It's a hyper-real story about a relentless turf war in a dystopian future where everything is decided by dance battle, a place where brothers named BTRO and JTRO battle for honor. Destined to be a cult hit, The FP is one of the lead films for the new Tugg service, which allows users to sign up at Tugg.com/TheFP and bring the film to their own local theater in conjunction with its limited release on March 16. Now you too can be the hero who brings such an ambitious, ridiculous, completely hilarious experience to your neighbors. They'll probably thank you for it, unless they are Chuckleheads. To celebrate the release, the folks over at Drafthouse Films, who bought the distribution rights to The FP right after it exploded out of the 2011 SXSW film festival, have sent over this Urban Dictionary for The FP, which explains some of the lingo behind this Knuckle Fluffin' Whatchamacallit havin' movie. As we always say, it's important that you're prepared. So check out the Urban Dictionary by The Brothers Trost and request The FP on Tugg. You owe it to yoself… yo.
Austin Cinematic Limits: Comin' At Ya! … Texas!
Austin Cinematic Limits By Don Simpson on February 28, 2012 | Comments (1)When Austin's very own homegrown distributor Drafthouse Films signed on to distribute the 30th anniversary re-release of Comin' At Ya! in the United States, I really wasn't sure what to think. I had heard that the screenings at Fantastic Fest 2011 went over like wildfire, but I suspected that those screenings were essentially just preaching to the choir. What would other audiences think? Then I watched the fully restored Comin' At Ya! and realized exactly what is so damn special about this film. Sure, Comin' at Ya! is ridiculously gimmicky but that's exactly what makes it so much fun. The first-ever 3D spaghetti-western, Comin' at Ya! does precisely what the title promises. Rather than using 3D technology to add greater depth to the scenes — like most of the namby pamby 3D films released today — Comin' at Ya! breaks out from the confines of the silver screen and attacks the audience with a relentless barrage of… well… everything but the kitchen sink. From the brilliantly conceived opening title sequence, it seems like there is always something jumping off of the screen and into your face. Watching Comin' at Ya! is more like strolling around inside a wacky fun house (or a haunted house) than a traditional cinematic experience. It will rarely scare or thrill you (though the flaming arrows are pretty effective), but it never fails to conjure up laughs and cheers from the audience. Upon its initial release in 1981, Comin' At Ya! single-handedly ignited the resurgence of […]
Movie News After Dark: Foreign Action Films, 'Hunger Games' Omissions, Tim League and The Spirit of Vengeance
Movie News By Luke Mullen on February 17, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWhat is Movie News After Dark? It's the ketchup on your ice cream. Good evening and welcome back! We'll begin with a piece from film critic and feline advocate Scott Weinberg who's compiled a list of the best foreign action films to hit our shores in the last few years. Prompted by a recent screening of festival darling The Raid, which should be assaulting American eyeballs in the next month or two, Weinberg runs down plenty of ass-kicking titles to feed your Netflix queue. Head on over to Movies.com for the full piece.
Texas, 'Comin' at Ya!' Is Coming At You! Now Watch The Trailer In Preparation
Movie News By Brian Salisbury on February 3, 2012 | Comments (1)Do you like insane spaghetti Westerns? Of course you do, your eyeballs work. But I can personally guarantee that you have not seen anything until you seen an insane spaghetti Western…in 3D! During last year's Fantastic Fest, our ocular cavities were lovingly assaulted by the tidal wave of extra-dimensional madness of 1981's Comin' at Ya! The film, which was made at the dawn of, and credited with contributing to, the resurgence of studio-released 3D films, is a nasty, gritty revenge story that works in a number of hilarious gimmicks designed to force-feed imagines from the screen into your consciousness. The film made such an impression that it was picked up for distribution by the young, but formidable, Drafthouse Films. Yes, as in The Alamo Drafthouse. Drafthouse Films has already helped spread the good news of Christopher Morris' Four Lions and their recent acquisition Bullhead is nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Now they've given this little indie absurdity a fancy digital restoration for its Texas theatrical launch.
Lee Hardcastle and His Sick Claymation Win the 'ABCs of Death' Contest to Join 25 Horror Directors in the Anthology
Movie News By Scott Beggs on November 15, 2011 | Be the First To CommentAccording to a press release that left blood all over my inbox, Lee Hardcastle – a filmmaker twice featured in our illustrious Short Film of the Day feature – has won the chance to see his work next to 25 of the best horror filmmakers working today in the anthology picture The ABCs of Death. Drafthouse Films and Timpson Films held a contest that saw 170 entries narrowed down to 13 by the voting public. Those top 13 were then shown to the directors involved in the production, and they voted Hardcastle as the winner. T is For Toilet features a young boy who is learning to use the toilet all by himself, and the horrific monster that we all know lives inside all of our johns has different plans for him and his family. It should be shown to all potty training young ones, alongside this magical gem. Runners up, T is for Talk by Peter Haynes; T is for Turbo by Francois Simard, Anouk Whissel and Yoann-Karl Whissel; T is for Table by Shane Free; and T is for Termite by Steve Daniels will all be invited to be included in the DVD/Blu-ray release of the film. In the mean time, check out T is for Toilet for yourself:
Drafthouse Films Acquires Oscar Contender 'Bullhead' and Sex Comedy 'Clown'
Movie News By Scott Beggs on November 4, 2011 | Comments (1)When Luke Mullen said that Bullhead was "damn near a masterpiece," he wasn't exaggerating. It's a stirring, heart-vicing film that explores the rotten depths of manhood in the no-frills world of the Belgium mafia that controls illegal bovine growth hormones. His full review is absolutely worth the read, but the short of it is that the movie is pure, grisly and fantastic. In fact, it's already been chosen as Belgium's entry for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars, which is even more stunning because it's the first film from Michael Roskam, and the country's favorite go-to Awards contenders (the Dardenne Brothers) have a new film out this year (that won't be going to the big dance). A newcomer has overthrown titans, and according to Badass Digest, Drafthouse Films has picked up the film for distribution. On top of that, they picked up fellow Fantastic Fest film Clown – the sex comedy from Denmark that sees men taking a young child on their "Tour de Pussy." Adam Charles said that it displayed the awfulness of (some) male specimens with "one of the most pointed, extreme, and filthy senses of humor imaginable." From Oscar nominees to raunchy foreign sex comedies, Drafthouse has picked up some great movies here, and hopefully they'll be in theaters near you fairly soon. And no one will be texting or talking when you go.
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Welcome to Troop 1 of Ballston Spa, NY
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"One of the first, one of the best."
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations. The BSA provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness. Who picked up one of the hiking sticks that Troop 2 left for us at the Sept 22nd meeting? I found some ideas on how to personalize your staff to make it a useful tool (yes, tool, not toy) and make it into a wonderful reminder of your scouting adventures. check out these great ideas uses of a stave even more uses by Robert Baden-Powell Scout StaffThe Scout staff is a useful addition to the kit of the Scout. Personally, I have found it an invaluable assistant when traversing mountains or boulder-strewn country and especially in night work in forest or bush. Also, by carving upon it various signs representing his achievements, the staff gradually becomes a record as well as a treasured companion to the Scout. The Scout staff is a strong stick about as high as your nose, marked in feet and inches for measuring. The staff is useful for all sorts of things, such as making a stretcher, keeping back a crowd, jumping over a ditch, testing the depth of a river, keeping in touch with the rest of your Patrol in the dark. You can help another Scout over a high wall if you hold your staff horizontally between your hands and make a step for him; he can then give you a hand from above. Several staves can be used for building a light bridge, a hut or a flag staff. There are many other uses for the staff. In fact, you will soon find that if you don't have your staff with you, you will always be wanting it. If you get the chance, cut your own staff. But remember to get permission first Check out our Facebook Page at "BSA Troop 1 Ballston Spa, NY" March Lock In was Board Game Night! Check out the FUN! Check out some of the excitement from the World Brotherhood Camporee!!
In 2013, Troop 1 turned 100!
Troop 1 is one of the longest continuously chartered troops in the nation; chartered out of the Ballston Spa United Methodist Church since 1913. This means we've had more FUN than anyone else!
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Corporate Accountability International is running their annual Corporate Hall of Shame with candidates like TransCanada, Monsanto, McDonald's among their list of 10 global offenders. The "winner" will become the target of mobilized grassroots action, like last year's inductee Koch Industries which led to the removal of climate change-denier David Koch from the board of Boston PBS affiliate WGBH -- the producer of national programming like Frontline and NOVA.
It's hard to pick just one but cast your vote and take a stand against corporate abuse.
They don't show a tally of votes but apparently, there's no clear cut winner yet so you can help push your cause to the top. From financial, health, environmental, media, democratic and other harms, their list of the worst of the worst will likely cover it. And if not, you can add your own suggestion.
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I'm really looking forward to seeing our friend Harold Crooks' new film - The Price We Pay - which is coming to VIFF. The documentary offers a 90-minute look at corporate tax avoidance through the creation of offshore havens, and how many tech giants of the "cloud" economy seem to be eroding the very foundation of democracy.
It's also up for an Impact Award, another initiative by our pals at Agentic Digital Media and Story Money Impact (Read about the Impact Awards below).
Harold co-wrote The Corporation's narration and I'm excited to see him tackle such an important social justice topic as tax havens. Harold was also on the street in NYC during Occupy, and knows first-hand how strongly current the issue of economic justice is.
So far "The Price We Pay" has garnered big praise at its TIFF premiere with film critic Jason Gorber pronouncing it:
The Corporation filmmaker Mark Achbar agrees:
"If you've ever wondered why our social and cultural programs are starved for funds, why health care is being rationed, and why, as a society, we're becoming ever more miserly, here's a plausible explanation: The scale of tax evasion by the world's wealthy and the world's wealthiest corporations is simply staggering. Harold Crooks shows us the mechanisms and far-reaching consequences of this phenomenon in his fascinating new film, The Price We Pay. Entirely watchable. Essential viewing."
~Mark Achbar
Among the tax justice activists featured in the film are familiar names such as John Christensen, Nick Shaxson, James Henry, Alain Deneault and Krishen Mehta, as well as Robin Hood Tax activist Dr. William Barclay of the Chicago Political Economy Group, former French banker Daniel Lebègue of Transparency International, as well as National Nurses United, the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in America.
Recently quoted in Reel Screen, here's some of what Harold had to say about the film:
"I had to keep my eye on so many issues: whether U.S. Congress or the British parliament, the new French president or Ireland would deal with the rising public pressure over these issues, over tax havens, about corporate tax avoidance – and wondering if there was going to be some legislation or some big breakthrough in the change of international tax rules that would date the film."
"What happened was really quite the opposite. We couldn't have predicted that at the very moment the film came out, that tax inversions would be front page – Burger King and Tim Hortons and Apple – so the timing of it turned out to be a stroke of great fortune for our film."
The Price We Pay is produced by Nathalie Barton and InformAction Films with the collaboration of Ici Radio-Canada and Filmoption International.
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With events co-hosted events in 22 states starting Thursday they will be bringing the film to Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
In Iowa City this Sunday, Senator Bernie Sanders will be joining us to accept a Champion of Freedom of Information Award, and the post film panel discussion will include the insight of former FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson. Not to be missed if you are in Iowa City!
Shadows of Liberty is partnering with incredible organizations such as the Native American Journalist Association in Norman, Oklahoma, Tulsa Community College, and the Society for Professional Journalist Student Chapter in Warrensburg, Missouri.
Thursday October 2 – First Unitarian Church of Des Moines – Des Moines – Iowa
Friday October 3 – KHOI Radio Station – Ames – Iowa
Sunday, October 5 – Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa – Iowa City – Iowa
Tuesday, October 7 – The Art Theatre – Champaign – Illinois
Wednesday, October 8 – UU Church of Bloomington – Bloomington – Indiana
Thursday, October 9 – Earlham College – Richmond – Indiana
Friday, October 10 – CWA Local 6330 - St Louis, Missouri
Saturday, October 11 – Star Theater - Willow Springs Missouri
Monday, October 13 – University of Central Missouri – Warrensburg – Missouri
Tuesday, October 14 –Washburn University – Topeka – Kansas
Wednesday, October 15 – All Souls Unitarian Church – Tulsa – Oklahoma
Thursday, October 16 – University of Oklahoma – Norman – Oklahoma
Friday, October 17 – Tulsa Community College – Tulsa – Oklahoma
Saturday, October 18 – OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology – Fayetteville – Arkansas
Sunday, October 19 – Vino's Brewpub - Little Rock - Arkansas
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Guest Blog by Sam Stime, Calling on Corporation Blog readers to sign our petition!
For a year, students at UBC and SFU have been raising the alarm bells about the federally-funded and mandated Canadian International Institute for the Extractive Industries and Development, the CIIEID, now housed at our universities. After extensive due-diligence, we've rolled out a petition calling on the decision-makers at our universities to review the poorly informed decision to host the extractive industry think-tank, and to take the precedent-setting step of dismantling it.
The petition is available here. The students' blog StopTheInstitute.ca provides extensive background to problems around Big Mining, Canadian diplomatic support for Canadian extractive companies overseas, and a narrative of the students' rigorous search for information from the completely opaque CIIEID. The petition is getting attention from citizens, NGOs, and academics across Canada, who recognize this institute as a threat to academic freedom & integrity, as corporatization of the universities in its most heinous form, as an academic cloak concealing a predatory industry, and as a menace to the well-being of communities and to the local decision making processes of sovereign nations. To date, hundreds of stakeholders have signed on to the petition, including dozens of faculty at the coalition universities.
In stating what is expected of the university, the student blog doesn't beat around the bush. Cards promoting the line-in-the-sand petition don't either. Text accompanying an image of a gaudy masquerade mask reads, "Cute mask. But claiming to 'alleviate poverty' by promoting Canadian mining overseas isn't fooling anyone.' It goes on to assert, "This new mining institute is a threat to academic independence, and a threat to many countries' own resource governance decisions. It's way too problematic to host at our universities. Together, we're asking the highest authorities at UBC, SFU, and EPDM to close it. Please sign the petition today."
With the atrophy observed among directors, managers, and other key staff (all mention of them having been removed from the CIIEID 'people' page in the last months), students are now confident that the charade is nearly over.
The petition has stimulated a critical examination of whether it's really appropriate for such a mining institute to be hosted at our universities. It's urged self-reflection on Canadian complicity in abuses and exploitation outside Canada's borders, and challenged our own assumptions about our right to acquire others' resources, even at the cost of their own sovereign decision-making.
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Three filmmakers: Mark Achbar of "The Corporation" and Keegan Kuhn and Kip Andersen of "Cowspiracy," in from Canada and California respectively.
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Year 2013 Accomplishment Report
In year 2013, we celebrated our 29th year of existence as an organization. MQAN also received the CARITAS AWARD last November 2013. This award I offered up to our Mama Mary who is smiling at our work done with great LOVE and under her direction with Jesus and Papa Joseph. Without them, it would be impossible for us to survive and last this long. They provided us with the health and strength, courage and perseverance we need to keep going for the sake of the poor. This year was a year full of challenges and trusts in the Lord. It was the first time ever that we provided the highest funds for one project in the Philippines, that of providing help to many victims of typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda as known to the Filipinos. Compared to big organizations, our funds are just a drop in the bucket, but the number of people that were helped is astonishing. We helped in the Western Visayas, the areas that were not covered by the Relief Services as they concentrated their assistance in the Eastern Visayas where there were many casualties. One month after the typhoon, Sr. Michaela wrote, "The need here is shelter. Nobody yet is distributing materials for rebuilding. You are the first one to provide materials that is why these people are very grateful."
Through Sr. Michaela Suresca, OP, we were able to provide for the needs of the people in three provinces, Iloilo, Capiz and Antique known as Panay Island. Immediately after the typhoon, 500 families were given rice and canned goods. 80 families were provided with building materials, mostly G.I. sheets for roofing, 5 houses in Antique, 22 houses in Iloilo and 53 houses in Capiz, where most of the houses were flattened by the typhoon. We also provided roofing for 3 schools, St. Martin Academy in Dumalag, Capiz, and Saint Ann Catholic School in Balasan, Iloilo and Parochial School of Concepcion in Iloilo. We also provided roofing and assistance to St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in Casanayan, Pilar Capiz. The Parish Priest, Fr. Antonio Arinquin wrote,"This is to acknowledge the amount of P150,000.00 Php you donated to St. Vincent Ferrer Parish thru Sr. Michaela, OP, for the damage brought by typhoon Haiyan. Thank you also for the 50 pcs of G.I. sheets for the church roofing". The Home for the Deaf and Mute (Bahay Dayonan) in Roxas City, Capiz, as well as the convent of the Dominican Sisters in Dumalag, Capiz were also provided with roofing assistance. We also have provided Sr. Michaela with 9 Balikbayan boxes, each box weighing more than 50 lbs. containing, basic necessities, non-perishable food, clothes, shoes, and diapers for the elderly nuns, books, rosaries, school supplies, kitchen and laundry supplies, toys, games and many other items for distribution to the flood victims. Earlier in the year, we also sent funds for a wheelchair for their elderly nuns and help for a family to restore her kitchen damaged by the flood.
Another Dominican missionary, Sr. Milagros Caperig, OP, was provided with funds to help the Dominican College of Iloilo (DCIL) students, staff, faculty and 23 families who were equally affected by the typhoon. They distributed 25 sacks of rice and other goods in four towns, namely Concepcion, San Dionesio, Batad and Balasan. Two families were also provided with materials to rebuild their houses, one of these families is a couple with 7 children and both parents are jobless.
In this College, we also have been providing Sr. Milagros with funds assisting 15 students in their studies. They are taking two year courses, 8 in Hotel and Restaurant Services (HRS), 3 in Computer Programming, 3 in Computer Hardware Servicing and 1 taking BS in Education in WVSU, a University in Western Visaya. Also five students graduated in 2013.
In Rwanda, through Fr. Bernard Kyoribona, we have assisted those in extreme poverty to become self- sufficient. Fr. Bernard wrote, "I am sending the photos of the goats that I bought. My people are extremely happy and with this they will celebrate Christmas with a smile on their faces. All those that were in extreme poverty are now covered. They can now say thank MQAN, for the concern you showered to us." 658 parishioners living in extreme poverty were helped with self-sufficiency projects, such as rearing pigs and goats and sewing machines. We provided Fr. Bernard in the past with 8 metal doors, as the parish suffered many robberies. When I asked how the doors were helping, he wrote, "Yes, the metal doors helped me to keep off the robbers from breaking in again, now it is safe. You remember we manage to change 8 doors and today is OK, the house is safe."
In Bolivia, we have been reaching out to their needs for so many years now, assistance provided through Fr. William Keenan, for the education of the seminarians, this year 15 of them. Funds were provided for the education of high school and college students, through Bishop Juan Vargas. We also provided him with funds for evangelization. Likewise, the Youth Groups of Caranavi and Sorata parishes were provided with funds for their activities. Medical help was also provided to Basilia Bautista as well as emergency fund for the seminary and Mass Intentions for Fr. Mario Alanoca and the other priests, who wanted to receive Mass Intentions.
In Palawan, Philippines, through Fr. Zoilo R. Deslate, Jr. we provided funds for the education of two seminarians and Mass Intentions. We have sent him 3 Balikbayan boxes, containing basic necessities, vitamins, razors and personal items for his own use, non-perishable food items, school supplies, Catholic Almanac for his rectory and school library, chasuble, clothes, shoes, books for the school library, learning CDs, rosaries, office supplies, many other items for distribution to the poor parishioners and students.
Fr. Joseph Ssebyala in Uganda was provided with funds for the education of the orphans under his care and Mass Intentions. We received accounting of the funds provided and report, "Now as I have some who are already in college, they more or less took the Lion's share of the money for school fees. But I am happy because two of the orphans are in college and will complete their college studies in two years time to come and am sure if they will finish well, they will be able to get jobs and live a dignified life. 4 orphans are candidate for Senior Four and 20 are in lower classes." In the past, we have provided Fr. Joseph with water tanks to water his coffee plantation during dry season and funds to buy a little more land to plant more coffee trees. With this he now has 400 coffee trees. He was hoping to buy the neighbor's land, who was going to relocate, that was for sale, big enough to reach his target of 2000 coffee trees, for which we hope to give, but could not for lack of funds. When the time comes that he would be able to harvest the coffee trees, by then they will be self-sufficient and would be able to stand on their own without our help. But this will take a few more years. In the meantime, we continue to help them.
In Uganda also, through Sr. Teddy Joyce Adaku, we have been assisting 5 girls in their education. One of the five has completed her two years vocational training and graduated last Nov. 12th, 2013. Two will start vocational training in 2014, one is promoted to Senior 3 and the other to senior 4. With the education provided to them, they will one day become self-sufficient, able to support themselves and their families.
Fr. Kasipogu Balaraj from India was provided with funds for the education of 40 students, attending different schools, in primary and high school, as well as funds to provide 3 widows with sarees and bed sheets, also a young, unmarried orphan lady was given a sewing machine for self sufficiency and funds for her left eye retina surgery. A sick elderly man was provided with funds for food and medicine. The students at Sitaramapuram village were provided with school fees, uniforms, school bags, textbooks, pens, notebooks. We received detailed accounting, receipts and reports as well as pictures of these students, some in their new uniform, the widows, the sick elderly man and the young orphan lady. One of the pictures has this caption. "Children are standing in the classroom. As this school does not have benches or chairs, they sit on the mat. They are happy with the minimum they get. I also bought for them charts, (as you see on the wall) to learn English as well as local language, Telugu." "The children are given an opportunity for education. It is possible because of your goodness and donors generosity." Two High School students were also given uniforms and foot wear. As regards the eye surgery, Fr. Kasipogu wrote, "After the surgery she could see better now. She could not control her tears. She wept aloud in the hospital. She was really happy and grateful to you. She told me to thank you. I have taken her pictures in the hospital." Fr. Kasipogu was also provided with Mass Intentions.
Also in India, we provided educational assistance to ten students in college to Fr. Paul Vijaya and Mass Intentions as well. Bishop Moses Prakasam with Fr. Joseph Pidatala, was provided funds for education of 10 students in the primary. Fr. Showry Raju Yarasapu was provided Mass Intentions. He has been requesting for funds for construction of toilets with urinal for the 3 mission schools, for the pilgrims of the Shrine of Our Lady of Health and drinking water facilities in his new parish where he was transferred. We do not have the required amount and has to wait until we are able to collect enough funding.
In Garissa, Kenya to Sr. Sarah Tari and Bishop Paul Darmanim, we provided funds for food for the nutrition center that we built in 1991 that was also used as classrooms for informal education, to help care for young children from age 3 – 13. Over the years, the center has grown into a formal primary school now known as St. Mary's, to respond to the emerging needs of the poor and disadvantage children. They provide food, education, faith formation and other special needs or care for those affected and infected by the HIV/AIDS and are with them at the center. The learning continued along side with the feeding programme (breakfast and lunch). The school has grown steadily and is now up to the 8th Std. where the pioneer pupils will sit for the Kenya certificate of primary education just like and with other pupils in the country for the 1st time. Sr. Sarah is also requesting assistance to build bigger classrooms/library, reading materials, food and special needs subsidy. We were able to provide for food but do not have enough funds for constructions of classrooms and library.
Sr. Bertille Lizy Ezeh in Nigeria with Bishop Lucius Ugorgi was provided funds for food for the nutrition center in Nkporo. When we visited in Nigeria in 1992, I brought with me the funds to build this nutrition center to help feed and care for the children. This nutrition center was also used as clinic as well as for informal education of the children. Over the years it now has grown into a nursery and primary formal school for the children of Nkporo. As many of these children lives far from the nutrition center/school, they are requesting for assistance to buy a used school bus but we do not have the funds to provide.
In the Manila, Philippines, Sis Rosario Denoga was provided funds for the Rice Subsidy Program to assist 80 families living in the depressed/squatter areas of San Jose Manggagawa parish. (St. Joseph the Worker Parish). We are also assisting a bedridden poor lady named Anita. She lives outside the wall of a building, exposed to the elements. When it floods, her wooden bed floats on the water. We provided her with a metal bed, a wooden chair, a raincoat and a tarp to protect her from the weather. She has asthma and need oxygen which we provided her. We also provide her monthly allowance for her basic needs and twice a month rice subsidy. Her Parish Priest, Fr. Roberto "Bobby" Titco was provided with a chasuble given to us by a donor. Also at San Jose de Trozo Parish, we are assisting 10 High School students in their studies. Sis
Rosario is now elderly and has been sick and needs medical care, we also provide her funds for her own medical needs.We sent Sis Rosario 2 balikbayan boxes containing basic necessities, non-perishable food items, school supplies, clothes, foot wear, rosaries, vitamins for her and for Anita, many basic items for distributions to the poor.
In Quezon, Philippines, Sis Adoracion Abuel was provided with funds to assist 63 families with Rice Subsidy. The Sinag Kalinga, a Home for the Destitute, is also provided with rice. We are also providing tuition fees to 8 elementary, 24 high school and 7 college students and 2 seminarians. In mid year 2013, when typhoon Maring hit the area, many places were flooded, some died and many livelihoods were destroyed. Assistance was provided to those who were affected. Families who are in need due to circumstances such as death in the family leaving orphans to care for, are also provided with some assistance. We sent Sis Adoracion with a balikbayan box containing basic necessities, non-perishable food, vitamins for her own use, clothes, shoes, rosaries, other items.
All over the Philippines, our lay prison minister, Manuel Navoa, was provided funds for his transportation to go visit all the prisons, rehab centers, jails, all over the country, from the north to the south, east and west. He distributes basic necessities and religious items, holy cards and prayer leaflets to the prisoners. He also gives them rosaries and teaches them how to pray. He also goes to the schools and talks to the students to encourage them to study hard and to avoid drugs, alcohol, vices and evil things. He tells them the goodness and love of God for them. He sent us reports and pictures of his prison ministry. Before he visits a prison, he goes to the Bishop or the parish priest in the area and asks for their blessings and for permission and sends us pictures of him with the bishop. We sent Manuel a balikbayan box containing basic necessities, rosaries, religious items, prayer cards, and non-perishable food for Manuel, paper and envelopes so prisoners could write to their families, clothes and many basic items for distribution to the prisoners.
In India, Fr. Matthew Uzhunnalil was provided with funds for 25 seminarians and also Mass Intentions. Since he has been ill and is now up in age, he had given Fr. Cyriac Malayil the responsibility of corresponding with us, receiving the funds and giving us reports and pictures, as regards our sponsorship of the seminarians at Kristu Jyoti College in Bangalore. Each year many seminarians are ordained.
In Uganda, through Fr. Pontius Bandua, we provided him with funds for sewing machines and carpentry tools. This will give the youth under his care, the skills and knowledge they need for their livelihood. The girls will learn how to make dresses and be able to earn a living. The boys will learn how to make furnitures and from the sale of them, they will be able to support themselves and their families. Fr. Pontius was also provided with Mass Intentions.
To conclude, I would like to thank all of you, a million times once again, for your love, kindness and generosity. All of you are our partners in this Ministry of Love to reach out to all those in need, particularly in the third world countries where people live in extreme poverty and do not have the resources that we have in the first world countries. I want to reassure you that 100% of all that we have received goes to help our poor brothers and sisters in many poor countries. Our funds are very limited but despite of it, so many are being helped and many are already able to rise above poverty. The little we have, we give with great LOVE and the good Lord multiplies them so that many benefits from it and have a chance for a better, healthier life. The good Lord also sent us new members to help with the work of the Alliance and also new donors to help provide for the needs of God's favorites, "the poor who have no one to turn to". We provide for Jesus as well, for HE said, "Whatever you do for others, that you did it for me."
May Mama Mary, the Queen of All Nations, keep you in her loving care. May Jesus bless you abundantly and Papa Joseph provide for all your needs. GOD BLESS AND LOVES YOU ALL!
Your loving and caring sister, Merla
Fall 2013 Newsletter
My dear beloved brothers and sisters in Christ,
Peace, joy and love of Christ be with you all!
It has been quite a while since I have sent you a newsletter. Life has been so busy not only in trying to meet the needs of our poor brothers and sisters in the different parts of the world, but also in trying to get more reviews at greatnonprofits 2013 competition, that we hope would be a means for us to have more exposure to prospective donors and corporate foundations. I want to take this opportunity to thank all those who have given us reviews and put us up on top.
I am happy to report to you that we have landed at the top as the most reviewed nonprofit in New Jersey, in the four categories that we are listed in, that is International, Education, Human Services and Religion. We landed third in U.S. Of the 386 reviews in the 2013 campaign, MQAN rated 4.95 out of 5 Stars. Greatnonprofits has compiled a list of Top-Rated nonprofits of which we are also included. I believe this list will be provided to greatnonprofits partnered media and to corporate foundations. I encourage you all to go to www.greatnonprofits.org and check the reviews that we have received from our missionaries, our poor brothers and sisters whom we served, donors, volunteers and the general public. It is truly humbling and a great joy to know from the reviews that we have made an enormous difference in the lives of our poor brothers and sisters in the third world countries. Please continue to give us your five star reviews for 2014 contest.
On November 2, 2013, Mary Queen of All Nations Missionary Alliance was awarded the Caritas Award for convening by Catholic Charities of our Paterson Diocese. We received our heart-shaped Caritas Award, with a nesting pelican surrounded by her young atop the heart. We are grateful to all those who have made it possible for us to receive this award.
In the event that our good Lord sends us more donors and we receive substantial donations, we are hoping to provide more to all our projects that at the present, we are only able to give very limited funding. Such projects are assistance to seminarians, students, most especially those in college, rice subsidy, prison ministry, sanitation and medical assistance and hopefully more self-sufficiency projects to assist more poor people to rise above poverty.
This year, funds we have so far received are very minimal but we continue to reach out to all, especially to on-going projects. I would like to give you a summary and some pictures, as well as progress reports, after the project has been implemented and how it impacted the lives of the people who are the recipients of your love, kindness and generosity. Let us all be thankful to the good Lord, for the strength, courage and perseverance that together, with great love, we are able to give a hand to our poor brothers and sisters, through self-sufficiency projects, education, etc.
to improve their lives, health and sanitation as well as have an education that will help them rise above poverty, be able to stand on their own and support their families.
I am happy to report to you that in Rwanda, with the last group to receive the distribution of 35 more goats, 100% of the poorest parishioners of Fr. Bernard Kyoribona will become self- sufficient. Fr. Bernard have given us two reviews at the greatnonprofits on the projects that we have provided and the impact of these on the lives of his people. Some of those who have received our assistance also have given us reviews. Before this year ends, Fr. Bernard could celebrate with his people, that 100% of his parishioners, are now able to stand on their own and able to support their families. Mass Intentions were also provided to Fr. Bernard.
Fr. Bernard provided us photos to show the goat project and the recipients of your love, kindness and generosity.
In India, Fr. Vijaya Paul was provided with funds for the education of 10 students and Mass Intentions. We have provided Fr. Vijaya assistance for a number of students for over a decade now and all are grateful for the continued assistance. One of these students whom we have assisted has now finished her studies and she had put a review at greatnonprofits. This is what she wrote, "I am T.Sruthi, 23 years from India, I am one of the beneficiaries of Mary Queen of All Nations Missionary Alliance, Dover, NJ USA. I have been supported for more than a decade for my education through this organization. Today I have completed B. Tech from JNTU (Javaharial Nehru Technology University), because of the financial support of this organization. We are 10 students who had been supported through this organization for the last thirteen years. We are grateful to this organization. We came to know that this organization is supporting many more students, mostly orphans. Thanks to Mary Queen of All Nations Missionary Alliance and especially, to the founder Merla Ricafranca."
In the Philippines, we continue to assist the two seminarians of Fr. Zoilo R. Deslate, Jr. and also provided him with Mass Intentions. The flood victims were assisted and the old nuns were provided with wheel chair, 15 college students are supported through Sr. Michaela Suresca. We continue to support Manuel Navoa in his prison ministry all over the Philippines. Through Sis.Rosario Denoga, we continue the rice subsidy, education of high school and college students, assistance for medical and basic necessities. Likewise, we continue the projects under Sis. Adoracion Abuel, namely, rice subsidy, education of elementary, high school and college students as well as 2 seminarians, assistance for medical and basic necessities. All these missionaries have given reviews at greatnonprofits, except for Sis Adoracion who has no computer and no access to the internet. Please go to www.greatnonprofits.org to read their reviews that will touch your hearts and see how the good Lord is working through MQAN.
Also in India, 10 students were provided educational funds through Bishop Moses Prakasam and 25 seminarians provided with assistance through Fr. Matthew Uzhunnalil.
Fr. Showry Raju Yarasapu in India was given Mass Intentions. Previously, we provided him with funds to build two mineral water sheds and toilets for two primary schools without toilet facilities. He has since been transferred to another parish. He has been requesting for funds for toilets and other projects for his new place but due to lack of funds, Fr. Showry has to wait until we can collect enough for all the needs of his people. Hopefully, this coming year, with more exposure to corporate foundations and prospective donors through greatnonprofits and the workings of Jesus, Mama Mary and Papa Joseph, we might be able to provide Fr. Showry with funds to meet the needs of his poor people. Many other missionaries are also requesting for similar projects and for assistance for equipments for their medical dispensary.
In Uganda, you provided Sr. Teddy Joyce Adaku, funds for the education of 5 girls. One of these students will be graduating in a Vocational School of Tailoring and Cookery and will be employed by December of this year. We hope to continue to assist the other four secondary students until they are able to graduate in their respective careers and earn a living.
Also in Uganda, through Fr. Joseph Ssebyala, funds for the education of many orphans, in primary and in secondary and Mass Intentions were provided. Previously, we have provided Fr. Joseph with medical assistance for his sick mother. We provided him with a piece of land to plant more coffee, for coffee plantation to add to his existing land. For irrigation we provided him with two large water tanks. Fr. Joseph Ssebyala is requesting for funds to purchase more land to add to their present coffee plantation to have enough harvest, when the time comes, as future proceeds will be used for the needs and education of the orphans. By then, he will be self-sufficient, able to provide for the many orphans under his care. We do not have funds for his latest request. Fr. Joseph also has some college students, but we are unable to provide for them as their needs are more than what we can afford to give. We hope in the coming year, if more donations come through, with God's help, that we will be able to provide more funds to Fr. Joseph for the education of more than 100 orphans, many whose parents died of HIV/AIDS.
Sr. Sarah Tari of Kenya was provided funds for food for the nutrition center which we built in 1991. It has now grown to provide the children not only with food but also with education.
In Bolivia, through Fr. William Keenan and Fr. Emilio Medrano, you provided funds for the education of 15 seminarians, 4 high school and 4 university students, for evangelization funds for Bishop Juan Vargas, Youth Groups at Caranavi and Sorata parishes, Mass Intentions, medical assistance to Basilia and emergency funds for the seminary.
In India, 34 more students were provided with education, supplies, uniforms, through Fr. Kasipogu Balaraj. Mass Intentions was also provided. A lady going blind was also assisted with funds for an eye surgery. Old ladies received sarees and old sick man, food and medicine.
I do hope that this newsletter has given you a glimpse of what your love and generosity have accomplished in the lives of our poor brothers and sisters in the missions. As always, your donations are used 100% for all these projects. Operational expenses, I personally shoulder myself, at times, I have to fill in what is lacking in donations. It is my way of showing my love for the good Lord and for our many poor brothers and sisters in the Third World countries. Besides, the good Lord invests it in heaven where HE gives great dividends and high interest. He will reveal this to us, when we come face to face with him in heaven. God loves you all. Please share this with your families and friends. Check reviews at www.greatnonprofits.org.
Mary Queen of All Nations, pray for us.
Love from Merla