text:
What some people may or may not know, is that you can actually "grab" a standard library class and use it, by obtaining the source code of a specific Java or Javax library class, and place it into your Android project.
There are some classes when about to be compiled, the source files may contain errors, thus unable to make it work in Android.
The link I have provided says, you can import a Vector Math class into your Android project, and , by my guess, you could make use of its functionality in OpenGL ES related features, without re-inventing some of the wheels.
I wondered if it's possible to make some other useful library classes taken from Java or Javax, put them in the project(s), and get pleasant results from them. This is probably a game changer, right there.
Small non-trivial thing: Apparently you can do this to your advantage.
Started by tom_mai78101, Sep 10 2012 07:23 AM
2 replies to this topic
#1 Members - Reputation: 612
Posted 10 September 2012 - 07:23 AM
#2 Moderators - Reputation: 33323
Posted 10 September 2012 - 08:05 AM
Yes, you can drop the source code from somewhere else into your project. Just like dropping any source code into your project.
I assumed this was an obvious thing, but I guess that's something that comes with years of experience.
I assumed this was an obvious thing, but I guess that's something that comes with years of experience.
Check out my book, Game Development with Unity, aimed at beginners who want to build fun games fast.
Also check out my personal website at bryanwagstaff.com, where I occasionally write about assorted stuff.
#3 Members - Reputation: 612
Posted 12 September 2012 - 02:12 AM
But the downside of this is, you can't be entirely sure the library(-ies) that you have dropped is compatible with Android's Dalvik virtual machine, such as the Color class. I think it may warrant something like a notice, or disclaimer for some top-notch libraries mentioning that they may or may not be compatible will all Android devices (including devices that's not well-known to consumers).
It's my opinion.
It's my opinion.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Like a snail moving from point A to point B leaves a mark on its path, General Aronda Nyakairima has in the same way left a mark on his way from the lowest ranks of the army, to the top.
On Monday, he reached the very pinnacle of this journey, when he was appointed the first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF). Things have changed for the better in the UPDF, ever since he became Army Commander more than two years ago. There was no way the commander-in-chief would have dropped him for another officer. It would have been equated to a team manager changing a winning captain. Nyakairima was the sixth army commander ever since the National Resistance Army (NRA) captured power in 1986. But he has made history because he is the very first CDF. Of course, his appointment did not surprise many people.
According to people who have worked with him, it is no surprise that he is succeeding. "He is naturally very organised. He is amazingly calm even under the most extreme circumstances, yet as fearless as a lion when the need arises. Those are the characters of a good soldier,†says one of his aides. "His achievements speak for themselves,†says a captain in the army. Aronda made a study of the reasons why the war in the north was not ending. Issues of motivation of soldiers have been dealt with in the best way possible. Soldiers are now smarter and many of them live in better environments.
"We are now given four uniforms each year, instead of the three that we were getting before he came,†observed a lieutenant. Another said, "Our salary, although still very low, arrives on time these days.â€
Through his reign as Army Commander, construction of several barracks has been made. These include Kakiri, Kalama, Kasenyi and others. This has been the first concerted effort to try and get rid of the infamous mama yingiya pole (unipots) that had become characteristic of the army.
Nyakairima has emphasised training as the basic step to modernise the army. Kimaka Senior Command Staff College Jinja, an internationally recognised military academy was established. Already, the first in-take of students that included senior army officers has formed the basis for the army restructuring. Other heavy training was undertaken by most of the specialised units, including Artillery and Air Defence in Masindi, Armoured warfare at Kalama and the Air Force at Entebbe. All these units have passed out officers this year.
Efforts to weed out 'ghosts' were hurried up and all units are nearly completely clean now. This means that the right number of soldiers is deployed. "These days, the standing order is that there should be regular reports about the strength of each unit, before and during the course of deployment. Casualties are immediately reported, as are defections,†says a UPDF soldier, based at the Artillery and Air Defence Unit, Masindi. By cleaning the procurement process of the UPDF, Nyakairima and the army establishment have made sure that the best equipment is acquired by the army. This is why cases of junk equipment have disappeared from the UPDF.
There is also Nyakairima the motivator. In the first months of his appointment as Army Commander, he visited virtually every army unit in the country. He talked to the officers and men and listened to their problems. He then went back and drew plans of solving them.
Nyakairima is most of the time at the frontline, lying in trenches with his men. There is nothing that can motivate a soldier, than knowing that his chief commander is with him in the line of fire. "He talks with us directly. This motivates us,†says a soldier in the 1st Division at Kakiri. Nyakairima joined the bush war in 1982 right from Makerere University, where he studied Political science.
In the bush, he, then in his 20s had several responsibilities, most of them risky. For example, at one time he was involved in urban subversion under a squad famously known as the Black Bomber.
At the time, he was under the command of (Brigadier) Matiya Kyaligonza. This squad used to operate behind enemy lines. Nyakairima and the likes of Colonel Elly Kayanja used to attack UNLA units within and on the outskirts of the city with devastating effect. After the war, he attended a Basic Officers Course in 1989. Later, he was sent to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas USA, where he did a course in Strategic Studies. On top of that, he also attended one of the most reputed academies, Nasser Military Academy in Egypt.
On top of those courses, friends say that he reads a lot, especially about military strategy, a lot of which he computes and applies in the UPDF. He can explain
off-hand why mambas, tanks and choppers should be deployed at the same time or why they should not.
For example, while commanding officer of the mechanised division, he came up with a concept paper on which the creation of new formations within the Mechanised division was based. His concept saw the separation of the Armoured Brigade, which mainly comprises APCs like Mambas and Buffalos from the Mechanised Division that is composed of main battle tanks. He was also among the architects of the new command structure of the UPDF.
Some of his friends claim that he takes northern Uganda to be his home. Perhaps this is because way back in the '70s, he chose to undertake his secondary school education at Kitgum High School.
As a student, he interacted with the local population, learnt their language and even understood their cultures. It is these virtues especially the language that he has employed to improve the image of the UPDF in the north. There is no doubt that the image of the army before the eyes of people in northern Uganda has gone up in the last year. Previously, it was difficult to hear Acholi civilians praising the army.
Today, it is very common to hear them say 'Thank you'. The improvement of the image, is as a result of the creation of a de facto information desk specifically for the north through the Directorate of Information in the UPDF. The Gulu information desk is headed by Lt. Chris Magezi.
Nyakairima's biggest challenge now as he takes on the new assignment is to completely weed out corruption in the army, streamline promotions and most important of all, end the northern conflict.
While some officers are away drinking in clubs, he rests or reads. With his sobriety, his friends say he can achieve these goals.
Born in 1959, Aronda Nyakairima is son to Mzee Nyakairima of Rukungiri. From the bible, that he loves reading most, one of his best quotes is "Here I am my lord, send me,†Nyakairima has now been sent for an even bigger assignment.
The statements, comments, or opinions expressed through the use of New Vision Online are those of their respective authors, who are solely responsible for them, and do not necessarily represent the views held by the staff and management of New Vision Online.
New Vision Online reserves the right to moderate, publish or delete a post without warning or consultation with the author.Find out why we moderate comments. For any questions please contact firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Lookin 4 Skeeters n ATL....
[2011-05-19 02:47:58 pm]
Lookin to meet up with sexy attractive (fit/toned weight and height) big dick dues who like oral n 4play, and who bust big nutts. So if u you down holla at me, oh yeah check out all my vidz on my page...
2 Comments
Top Comments
All Comments
3 years ago
You already know whats up with me.
1 likesThank you for voting!
3 years ago
wassup hit me up bruh i live in Atlanta
1 likesThank you for voting!
Domeboi's Blog


text:
Apply Now | Admission | Advisement | Doctoral Program Student Schedule
A doctoral degree through the College of Criminal Justice will sharpen your analytical abilities, expand your expertise, and generate new intellectual skills and theories. We do not simply graduate students; we launch our doctoral graduates into successful criminal justice careers.
Our alumni consistently expand our knowledge of current criminal justice professions and hold leadership positions in numerous academic associations across the field of criminal justice. The academic experience our students receive is enhanced by the quality of our faculty, who hold a variety of interests and expertise amongst numerous career fields in criminal justice. A visiting lecturer program further expands our students' exposure to world-renowned scholars, illustrating the numerous career options with a criminal justice degree.
Reasons to pursue a Ph.D. through the College of Criminal Justice:
- Competitive Funding - Up to $26,000 available in college course funding.
- Research Opportunities - First-and second-year Ph.D. students are assigned to individual criminal justice faculty members as research assistants. These assistantships build the critical skills and credentials necessary to obtain a quality academic position upon graduation.
- Teaching Opportunities - Third year Ph.D. students qualify for a doctoral teaching fellowship. After completing a specialized course in pedagogy, students may take full instructional responsibility of a criminal justice course and teach up to two courses a semester. These students are instructors, not instructional assistants.
- One-On-One Mentorship - Our prestigious faculty provide one-on-one mentorship to doctoral candidates throughout the process of building their Research Assessment Portfolio, including submission of manuscripts to prestigious journals and criminal justice publications. Our goal is to have all doctoral graduates published before they enter the job market.
- Worldwide Networking - Students join the global criminal justice international community and create a network of professional contacts from around the world.
- Travel Funding - In the academic year 2013-2014, criminal justice Ph.D. students were provided up to $1,000 to present at a national conference. At the November 2013 American Society of Criminology (ASC) conference in Atlanta, 28 of our Ph.D. students presented papers. At the February 2014 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) conference in Philadelphia, 23 of our Ph.D. students presented papers.
- International Scholars - Through the Beto Chair Lecture Series, students interact with top scholars from the fields of criminology and criminal justice in formal and informal settings.
- Unique Research Opportunities - The Correctional Management Institute of Texas and the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas both have strong research and development programs. Our focused research institutes include the Crime Victims Institute, the Police Research Center, Texas Regional Center for Policing Innovation, and the Institute for Legal Studies.


text:
The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, BlackBerry...
New to eBooks.com?Learn more
- Bestsellers - This Week
- Foreign Language Study
- Pets
- Bestsellers - Last 6 months
- Games
- Philosophy
- Archaeology
- Gardening
- Photography
- Architecture
- Graphic Books
- Poetry
- Art
- Health & Fitness
- Political Science
- Biography & Autobiography
- History
- Psychology & Psychiatry
- Body Mind & Spirit
- House & Home
- Reference
- Business & Economics
- Humor
- Religion
- Children's & Young Adult Fiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Romance
- Computers
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Science
- Crafts & Hobbies
- Law
- Science Fiction
- Current Events
- Literary Collections
- Self-Help
- Drama
- Literary Criticism
- Sex
- Education
- Literary Fiction
- Social Science
- The Environment
- Mathematics
- Sports & Recreation
- Family & Relationships
- Media
- Study Aids
- Fantasy
- Medical
- Technology
- Fiction
- Music
- Transportation
- Folklore & Mythology
- Nature
- Travel
- Food and Wine
- Performing Arts
- True Crime
- Foreign Language Books
Most popular at the top
The EuropeansThe Floating Press 1878; US$ 3.99
Henry James, the nineteenth-century American writer who was lauded for his skill with insightful, elegantly styled prose, was fascinated by the differences between Americans and their European counterparts. This theme was a feature of many of his works, including the novella The Europeans. In this text, James takes a comic approach to highlighting... more...
Daisy MillerThe Floating Press 2009; US$ 3.99
A beautiful American girl, Daisy Miller, is pursued by the sophisticated Winterbourne, who moves in fairly conservative circles. Their courtship is frowned upon by the other Americans they meet in Switzerland and Italy because Daisy is too vivacious and flirtatious and neither belongs to, nor follows the rules of, their society. The novella is a comment... more...
The BostoniansThe Floating Press 1921; US$ 4.99
First published in 1886, The Bostonians is one of James' wittiest social satires. It begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, in search of a career. The book turns on the relationship between Ransom, a conservative civil war veteran, his feminist cousin Olive Chancellor, and Verena Tarrant, a newcomer to their circle whose affections... more...
The Portrait of a LadyThe Floating Press 2009; US$ 4.99
The Portrait of a Lady is perhaps Henry James' greatest novel. It tells the story of Isabel Archer, a young American heiress who "affronts her destiny". Dealing with one of James' recurrent themes, the American in Europe, and the differences between the two cultures, The Portrait of a Lady is a tale of the conspiracy to separate Isabel... more...
The Turn of the ScrewThe Floating Press 2009; US$ 3.99
The Turn of the Screw is s ghostly Gothic tale by Henry James. A masterpiece in ambivalence and the uncanny, The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a young woman who is hired as governess to two seemingly innocent children in an isolated country house. As the tale progresses she begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor. Or does she? The story... more...
Washington SquareThe Floating Press 1921; US$ 4.99
Washington Square by Henry James is the story of the gentle, dull Catherine Sloper who falls for the ambivalent Morris Townsend, who her father believes is a fortune hunter. When Catherine's father refuses to countenance the marriage and threatens to disinherit her if she proceeds, the dutiful Catherine is unable to choose between her father and... more...
The AmbassadorsThe Floating Press 1909; US$ 4.99
One of Henry James' greatest novels, The Ambassadors is a dark comedy from 1903. Lewis Lambert Strether travels to Europe to find his widowed fiancée's son, planning to bring him back to the family business, but once there Strether meets with unexpected complications. Taken by perceived contrasts between European and American culture,... more...
The Golden BowlThe Floating Press 1904; US$ 4.99
The Golden Bowl is an intense, involved study of marriage, adultery and family ties. The central characters are a man and his daughter and James delves into their consciousness to explore the complexity of their relationship to each other and their respective spouses. The novel is often considered the completion of the "major phase" of James'... more...
What Maisie KnewThe Floating Press 2010; US$ 5.99
Maisie's parents go through an acrimonious divorce when she is very young, and the court decrees that she will travel between them, spending time with each. They do not hesitate to use her in their war against each other, and she is neglected and abandoned by them as they each remarry and then take further lovers. The story follows her to maturity,... more...
The Aspern PapersThe Floating Press 1888; US$ 2.99
The Aspern Papers is a novella set in Venice. A young man travels to the city and takes lodgings with an old woman--the former lover of the dead American poet Aspern. The man believes the old woman still has some letters from Aspern and he ingratiates himself with her niece in an attempt to find them. Suspense builds around the motives and actions... more...


text:
Pictured are (l to r) SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, John Payne, a Sports Management major from Manchester, N.H., and originally from Port Moody, B.C., and SUNY Canton Interim President Carli C. Schiffner. Payne won the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 at 8:36 am and is filed under .
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Name (required)
Mail (will not be published) (required)


text:
|I Feel You Acoustic
|TABS text only
|Difficulty: undetermined
|return to normal Once i spent some time jaming on my acoustic and found a good way to play this song. Mode songs make good acoustic versions - Personal Jesus is one of my favourites! The song is in Am Main riff: E|------------------------------------------ (guitaretab.com)


text:
Posted: 6/27/11
Margaret Brown is a longtime favorite of T/F, having come here two times with great work, and along the way becoming a trusted colleague.
The Order of Myths (2008) is a landmark film, a work that defines what is possible in a genre too often limited by artificial constrictions. Here Margaret was able to tell a panoramic story about Mobile, Alabama with the intimacy of a native daughter. At the same time she had the independent spirit and moxie to complete it without being beholden to the community's approval. She captures and celebrates the traditions of the city in all its rich pageantry -- the cinematography and sound design are exceptional -- while still asking penetrating questions whether those traditions had outlived their usefulness. In TOOM, we are treated to a rare mix of journalism and artistry.
In Be Here to Love Me (T/F 2005, premiered at Toronto 2004), her earlier film, Margaret accomplished a similarly unusual blend. In this case, she elevated the traditional "rock-doc" that's so often seen into something poetic and moving and evocative. Rather than just leading us through the chronology of songwriter Townes Van Zandt's life, Be Here to Love Me seeks to capture the spirit of an enduring music, invoking the romance of a beautiful dreamer while showing the wreckage he left behind.
This is why we're itching to see her upcoming film "The Great Invisible" which scored the Whole Foods Market and Silverdocs Grant for Works in Progress (along with fellow T/F alum Ian Cheney (King Corn) for his film "Bluespace". The film will show the fallout of the BP oil spill on Gulf communities, an overwhelming topic that we trust she'll handle with her usual aplomb. She is also broadening her scope (and going to the dark side!) by creating a narrative feature. T/F director David Wilson talked with her before she moved to New Orleans
Margaret Brown: I want to make an updated version of Peter Pan. I love that book
T/F: Live or animated?
T/F: Wow, bold.
Yes it will be a doc set in Williamsburg, in my building
T/F: Are you Wendy?
I'm Peter.
T/F: Ah, of course.
This is not going in the interview.
T/F: That's true. So, the last time that T/F audiences saw you, The Order of Myths had just recently premiered at Sundance . . . what's happened with the film since then?
I've traveled with it all over the U.S., and some of Europe. And as you know, Paul Sturtz started a program with the Sundance Institute that sent directors around with their films for greater outreach, and OOM was the pilot doc for that.
T/F: Right .
It also went on to win a Peabody and an (Independent) Spirit award and some others.
The Order of Myths (2008) trailer
T/F: On a personal level, did the film's reception reach your expectations? Did you have expectations?
Well I never knew that it would get outside Mobile. I hoped it would. So when it got into Sundance in competition Iwas happy but also nervous since the film was so personal. I think since the film showed on PBS it had a pretty wide audience, in some ways wider than the Townes film, so I was very pleased with that. But in terms of what was most interesting, it was most interesting to travel with the film and show it in different communities and talk about how the issues in the film pertained to that particular community. The feedback section (or talkback)? on the PBS site is great. I was really impressed with their web component. I'm already thinking about how I'm going to use the web for the next film.
T/F: Yeah, that seems to be one aspect of the attempt at "cross platform media" that's actually working really well. (the PBS site)
At this stage on the last one i was not thinking about that at all. Or to this degree. I think because of the type of film it is - about the spill.
T/F: I'm interested in the ways that it feels like more and more these days filmmakers are being called on to be promoters and publicists and web designers and distributors . . . and to think about all those things while they're in production or even pre-production.
It kind of doesn't bother me. I like to think about all aspects of what I'm producing. I don't like the publicity part though. At all. I like thinking about outreach though. Ways to reach people. But then I'd hope to have partners that would do the actual promotion and publicity. Does that make sense?
T/F: Yeah, that makes total sense. I was thinking about this kind of stuff the other night in the context of video games - which are far more financially successful right now than movies. Maybe we should all be figuring out ways to make nonfiction video games?
Hmm. How would that work Mr. Wllson?
T/F: Well, I'm working on that.
Choose your own Blair witch? Wait, that is not a doc.
T/F: Haha. But maybe The Thin Blue Line? Ok, another question . . .How does it feel right now to be a director with two very successful docs under your belt working on new projects? Are things any easier for you than they were 3 years ago? or 7 years ago?
I certainly feel more confident, so in that way its easier -- I think that is the main difference. I used to be terrified in a very pure way to interview people.
T/F: Did anything change in your interview style? Or have you simply gotten more confident?
I don't think my style has changed particularly. I just hang out with my subjects as much as possible to get to know them. It's weird, i think my whole personality kind of shifted to do this job. i think I used to be a lot shyer.
T/F: Do you write out questions ever?
Sometimes. it depends. Sometimes sometimes it makes people nervous when you have questions, you have to gauge them. Usually i just follow them around. Sitdowns i try to avoid. But sometimes they are unavoidable.
T/F: Right. you used them more on Be Here To Love Me, even though you found really stylish and wonderful ways to stage them. Were you intimidated by any of your interviewees on Be Here to Love Me?
YES. that was terrifying at first. My first interview was the Flatlanders. They are so witty, and they kind of teased me the whole interview. Butch Hancock especially. I think my face was red the whole time Kris Kristofferson was scary going in but he was such a nice guy that he made me feel comfortable.Townes Van Zandt
T/F: I'm really curious about the new film, but I want to touch on Order of Myths first . . . I'm hoping you'll talk a bit here about your process in finding the story on Order of Myths. I think it's really fascinating.
I actually made the film in less than a year, but it wasn't the film I thought I was going to make. I went down south to research a movie about a runaway Mardi Gras queen (Order of Myths was going to be a narrative at one point) loosely based on my mom. And then when I started interviewing people I found that Southerners are complicated, visually entertaining creatures. Not only that, I realized that there was a story happening on screen that was different than what people were saying... like...they would say one thing but the camera would say another. particularly on matters of race and class. And that interested me.
T/F: How did you see that? I mean, were you watching dailies and being like "Hold on . . . " Or was it there in the room while you were shooting?
It was there in the room pre-main shoot. and yes, when we were shooting as well. We shot 370 hours though, it was exhausting going through all that footage.
T/F: But how much of that was shot before you had your main story in mind?
A lot.
T/F: There must have been tons of interesting dead ends, right?
It"s funny, we didn't really know we had a movie until after Mardi Gras ended. TONS of dead ends.
T/F: What was one of your favorites that didn't make the final film?
I was interviewing Stefannie Lucas, the African-American Mardi Gras queen, and she was sitting with her grandparents and her grandfather just happened to mention that he was descended off the Clothilde slave ship ....which the white Mardi Gras queen's ancestors had very famously illegally brought to America as the last slave ship to ever come to America. The dp and i looked at each other and we knew we had a film. My favorite thing that did not make the film was the LGBT Mardi Gras. It was so great, but it did not quite fit. and also people were really nervous about being outed on their job. So not everyone would sign releases within the Sundance time frame.
Steffanie Lucas in "The Order of Myths"
T/F: So, tell me about this new project of yours? I know it was a quick start - did you just jump on a plane and head to the Gulf?
Its a documentary about the (Deepwater Horizon) Oil Spill, inspired by my dad sending me daily documentation of our house on Mobile bay, and how it is affected by the oil. I just kept getting madder and madder and had to go down for myself and see what was going on. {Ed. note: The spill, which began April 20, 2010, gushed almost 5 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico before being capped three months later.} As for how it started, I basically was encouraged by Jason Orans [award-winning indie film producer] to go to the Peabody awards with a proposal and budget in hand which is what I did and it worked! I got a good amount of development money, enough to shoot the "before" of the story with a kickass crew, and hire Geoff Richman (The Order of Myths, The Cove, Murderball, Sicko) to edit with me.
T/F: Oh wow, nice! That's like the thing that everybody says to do (have your next project ready), but it's good to hear that it actually worked. How receptive were people down there to having you around?
Well, they are scared and don't trust outsiders, but since i grew up there (and had just made another movie there) I think people were fairly receptive.
T/F: Did your accent get a little thicker?
Hahaha. i think it may, darlin.
T/F: Oh, I bet you call those fisherman "darlin" too!
T/F: So, any timeline for this new project?
I'm not sure yet. Soon-ish.....
"Be Here to Love Me" (2004)


text:
Hello again Hawk fans! It's basketball playoff time again. The Lady Hawks defeated Shaw last Friday night and the Hawks defeated Booneville Saturday in the Prentiss/Union Clash. Both teams were in action in our last regular season home game with Ripley Tuesday night at 6 p.m. Our Seniors were also honored at the game. The division tournament begins Monday at Hickory Flat and our Lady Hawks will face Strayhorn at 8:30 p.m. The Hawks will play Ashland Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at Hickory Flat. Good luck to all Hawks!
A blood drive was held Wednesday from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. and was a great success. Thank you to all who donated and a special thank you goes out to Mrs. Penny Grose for organizing the event.
The following pictures will be made for the yearbook on Tuesday, Feb. 9: Jr. High Who's Who, Senior High Who's Who, Yearbook Staff, Class Officers Grades 7-12, Class Favorites Grades 7-12, 2nd Grade Class Favorites – Ms. Holditch – Sara Beth Decanter and Tristan Prestage, Sophisticated Senior, Jolliest Junior, Silliest Sophomore, Freshest Freshman, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Goolsby, Cafeteria Staff, Custodians, Jr. High Baskeball teams – Hawks and Lady Hawks (Coaches, Managers, Players, etc.) and Varsity Basketball Teams – Hawks and Lady Hawks (Coaches, Managers, Players, etc.).
Weekly Wisdom: "But He answered and said, 'It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.'"


text: Front (Blue) Back Left side view Right side view Top view Photos (5) Videos (3) View larger Pentax K-30 (no lens included) Rugged 16-megapixel digital SLR camera body (Blue) Item #: 815K30L 3 Reviews This item is no longer available. Original Price: $499.99 Shop all Digital SLR Cameras Need help? 1.888.955.6000 Email Chat Ask an expert advisor No pressure, no commission — just lots of good advice from our highly trained staff.


text:
"I am pleased to announce the hiring of Rick Harris as the new principal of Bishop Manogue Catholic High School effective July 1, 2013. Rick is highly regarded in the northern Nevada education community and we are confident that his leadership abilities and communications skills will help guide current and future students toward their highest possible academic goals".
Mr. Harris is the Area Superintendent for the Washoe County School District and is currently serving as Interim Principal of Marvin Moss Elementary School. He graduated from the University of Nevada-Reno in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education, earned his Master's Degree in Educational Leadership in 1990, and is currently pursuing his doctorate degree in Educational Leadership.
"It is an honor and privilege to join Bishop Manogue Catholic High School and to become a part of the long and proud tradition that the Manogue family is known for. I am excited to begin working with outstanding teachers and staff, dedicated parents and families, and especially the student body," Harris said. "I have to admit that I have always admired Bishop Manogue for its exceptional learning environment. I look forward to helping strengthen the framework for lifelong learning and, most importantly, to play a part in enhancing the school's commitment to its Catholic education, mission and values."
Nick Rossi, president of the Bishop Manogue Board of Directors, stated, "We recently concluded a national search that included over 20 candidates from around the country. We are very fortunate that someone of Rick's caliber has agreed to lead our school into the future."
Here are the most recent story comments.View All


text:
By Admiral James Stavridis and Dave Weinstein
As General Keith Alexander prepares to depart from the federal government early next year, it's important to note that he will be vacating not one job but two. He has earned plenty of attention for his role as director of the National Security Agency (NSA), the United States' signals intelligence operation. But Alexander has concurrently served as head of Cyber Command, the cybersecurity command that the Pentagon established in 2010. This overlap was not an oversight; in fact, it was quite the opposite. Policymakers assumed that it would be efficient to have the same person run the two organizations, given that they both relied on the same types of technical expertise and operated in the same virtual space (not to mention that they are both physically based in Fort Meade, Maryland).
But if decision-makers at the White House and Pentagon are smart, they will use Alexander's departure as an opportunity to dissolve the marriage between the two agencies. The past several years have proven that the arrangement is not as mutually conducive as it once seemed. Not only do the organizations have starkly different cultures, their missions are vastly different, even contradictory. There is, indeed, an overlap between military and intelligence missions in cyberspace. But it was a mistake to assume that they would complement, rather than impede, each other.
Read the full op-ed


text:
Friday, November 15, 2013
2 comments
I am now two weeks on my weight loss life journey. I am more motivated this time not sure why but I am not complaining... I bought the Spark tracker and LOVE IT!!! I do have low goals set for myself right now just because I rather go beyond my g... Read more
Friday, February 01, 2013
0 comments
So as I sit in my office... i feel the need for chocolate... admittedly I am not working too hard since there is NO school today... and yes I am "Sparking" a little. I am also snacking on Almonds (which I read should help with chocolate cravings... Read more
Friday, February 01, 2013
5 comments
I am not sure this is what a Spark Blog is suppose to be BUT, I need to voice these thoughts and feelings...
So I am a BIG fan of Biggest Loser, lately as I have been watching the show I have been wondering WHY!! Why Did I let myself get th... Read more


text:
There are lot of NEW Coupon Network Coupons today! Check out all these RARE coupons that you can print! Here is a list of the ones I saw that are new:
|$1.00 off 1 MiO Liquid Water Enhancer Coupon
|$1.00 off 2 KRAFT Dressings Coupon
|$1.00 off 1 KRAFT Singles Coupon
|$.55 off 1 2000 Flushes Toilet Cleaner Coupon
|$1.00 off 1 Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Cold Cuts Coupon
|$1.10 off 2 Raisinets Stand Up Bags Coupon
*Be sure to check your specific zip code for special coupons too! There are lots of places to get coupons, if you haven't already…check out my Printable Coupon Website List and see all the places you can go.


text: Thinkstock [ New Food Labels Would Highlight Calories and Sugar By Associated Press February 27, 2014 | 96.5 KPEL The Food and Drug Administration today will propose larger, bolder type for calories. Read More Category: Music News Tags: calories, Food, nutrition Send to a friend! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr!


text:
Wausau East's Jase Meyer is one of five seniors on a Wausau East boys cross country team that will compete in todays Division 1 race in the WIAA state meet in Wisconsin Rapids.
- Filed Under
The Wausau East boys cross country team's first appearance in the WIAA state meet since 2005 is not a major surprise when you look at a few factors.
The Lumberjacks have a veteran roster with five seniors among their top seven runners - a group that just missed a state trip last season. But experience only can get a team so far.
"There are a couple things," said East coach Tim Olson, who leads his team at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids today. "One, I think they were pretty highly motivated from last year. They had the sense that, 'Hey, we can do better than this.' They really wanted to take ...


text:
MOS "Magnetic Organization System"
Unique and elegant solution for organizing and keeping track of your cables
-Microsuction padding to affix itself to your desk without use of tape or glue leaving behind no residue
-When used on the wall, the MOS uses the included mounting circle to firmly and secure mount
-Simply set the end of your cable on the MOS when it's not in use and the MOS will magnetically hold it in place until you're ready to use it again
-Available in black and white
Available at: www.bitemyapple.co
Price: $23.99
Website: www.bitemyapple.co
bēm wireless: outlet speaker
Outlet speaker plugs directly into the wall outlet for incredible audio that is always charged and ready to-go
-3" x 5.25"- only slightly larger than a juicebox so it is portable and easy to hide behind a sofa, under a desk or anywhere
-Built-in power adapter so it never needs to be recharged. Music is ready to go anytime.
-Aux In and Aux Out provides more connecting options, and a USB port charges the user's mobile device
-Low-profile and soft touch design for a sleek and subtle appearance
-Up to 25 feet of working wireless range
Available at: www.bemwireless.com
Price: $99.99
Website: www.bemwireless.com
Toddy Gear: Toddy Wedge
Hand-crafted stylish and essential companion for your electronics both cleans and holds your mobile device
-Multi-faceted design cleans touch screen devices while propping them up on your desk or at home
-Bottom exterior crafted with plush microfiber material to offer scratch-free cleaning without the need of harmful fluids
-Exterior engineered with microfiber silk that leaves your surfaces with that "out of package" look
-Features AEGIS Microbe Shield® technology to protect against microorganisms that contribute to mold and mildew
-Available in a plethora of different colors and designs to match anyone's preference
-Optional customization feature – print your favorite team's logo, office logo, or quotes for a one-of-a-kind Wedge
Can also be used with sunglasses, computers, TV's and more
Available at: toddygear.com, bestbuy.com, and Target retail stores nationwide
Price: $14.99
Website: www.toddygear.com
Satechi: Smart LED Desk Lamp
Sleek, energy efficient lamp brightens rooms and charges USB devices
-Features four different brightness levels – reading mode, study mode, relaxation mode & bedtime mode
-USB port efficiently charges smartphones and MP3 players
-Lifespan of 40,000+ hours
-Consumes only 1/8 the power of an incandescent lamp and half the power of a florescent lamp
-Timer function automatically turns off the lamp to avoid unnecessary energy consumption
-Made of 3 adjustable joints to adjust LED panel up to 140 degrees and the frame up to 90 degrees
-Clean, glossy and sleek aesthetic matches décor in any home or office
Available at: Satechi.net and Amazon.com
Price: $99.99
Website: www.Satechi.net


text:
November 28, 2015
A special request by area opthamologists has encouraged the development of a new program at Wallace Community College.
The school is partnering with Eye Center South in Dothan for a Certified Opthalmic Assistant program.
With baby boomers turning 60 this year, there is a growing need for qualified eye care professionals.
So Wallace Community College is now offering a 12-week, 130-day program at the center for economic and workforce development.
Eye Center South's Dr. Marnix Heersink says, "The program came about because we had a number of eye care practitioners in the area that came to us and said, 'Gee...we're finding there's a terrific shortage of well-trained people in the area.' So we thought this would be a great way to do this cooperatively with Wallace College
The program will include hands-on clinical training.
For more information, contact Amy Brabham at 556-2452.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or email@example.com.


text:
Friends, family members and fellow defendants protest sentences for men convicted in murder of VIPD officer
Published: April 5, 2014
Font size: [A] [A] [A]
ST. CROIX - When Jose Rivera and Jose Ventura were sentenced Friday to spend the rest of their lives in prison, family and friends vowed to fight for their release, saying that the case was a smokescreen to allow a small group of corrupt police officers get away with killing veteran officer Police Cpl. Wendell "Lazee" Williams more than 13 years ago.
Following the sentencing hearing, about 15 supporters of the two men braved heavy downpours and began protesting.
They set up camp under a bus stop adjacent to the court, and they shouted and incited support from motorists along the busy Queen Mary Highway that runs east-to-west down the center of the island.
Vanessa Velasquez, who is a sister to Ventura - as well as to defendant Maximiliano Velasquez, who was acquitted, and defendant Juan Velasquez, whose charges were dismissed - said justice has to be served as she walked back and forth along the roadway.
"They feel good about what they do, but they sent innocent men to jail and that is not justice," she said. "The VIPD knows the corruption that is being covered up and the truth must come out."
As detectives associated with the case drove out of the court's parking lot, the supporters became more incensed, stepping out onto the street, toward the cars, shouting and cursing at them.
The protesters also shouted out for justice as random police vehicles passed on the road.
Other family members chanted "we want justice," "police are killers" and "freedom is a must" as they incited motorists to honk in support.
In addition to Ventura's brothers, Maximiliano and Juan Velasquez, Sharima Clercent also was a defendant, and charges against her were dropped halfway through the trial.
Maximiliano and Juan Velasquez both joined their family members outside the courthouse to show support.
Maximiliano Velasquez said he is grateful that he was found not guilty by the jury, but it hurts him every day and breaks his spirt to see that two other innocent men are suffering for a crime they did not commit.
"It is so frustrating, because I know that none of us had nothing to do with this crime," he said. "We had nothing to do with it, and there was no evidence that proved differently."
He said during the trial he heard the testimony and the prosecution's key witness - Theresa Coogle, who testified that she witnessed the murder - wrapped herself up in a tight web of lies and should not have been believed by any jury.
"It was obvious that she was making it all up," Maximiliano Velasquez said. "She said one thing, then changed it and just made a mess. Nothing was there to find anybody guilty in the case."
Juan Velasquez stood in the bed of a truck with a bright green poster board in hand that read, "Police killed officer Williams. Freedom is a must."
He said he was angry because he never knew the corruption was real until he lived it as a victim.
"I see it. I feel it. I lived it," he said. "They covering up for the corruption, but God don't sleep, and justice going to come out and the truth is going to come out."
Other signs read "Frankie Ortiz needs to be in jail" - referring to the case agent, V.I. Police Detective Frankie Ortiz - "Too Much Corruption in the VI" and "We want justice."
Maximiliano Velasquez said he had spent two years in jail between the time he was arrested and when he was found not guilty, and he lost a lot during the time.
"I lost things they can never give me back and that hurts," he said. "My two youngest children don't even remember me and that is hard."
He said the prosecution ruined his life and that of his family and friends because of the word of one witness and it is not fair.
"They have taken away so much from me," he said, adding that even with the judgment of acquittal from the jury entered in his case, a cloud of guilt still hangs over his head in the eyes of many in the community.
"I have to sleep with one ear open and walk with eyes behind me, because I don't know who is after me. I have been targeted and marked for something I was not associated with," he said. "I only deal with fishing. We all just deal with fishing, and to be dragged through this is something I would not want for anyone."
Maximiliano Velasquez said he has seen a lot of suffering in jail and has met prisoners who are detained for years before having their case dismissed and that is unfair, because the time you lose can never be given back.
"I just hope that the day of justice come soon for them. We work hard. We have been living our lives, and I don't know how this could be dropped on us like this," he said. "The people who really do this have Williams' blood and other police officers' blood on their hands, and it has to come out. It has to come out soon."
- Contact reporter Fiona Stokes at 714-9149 or email email@example.com.
To comment you must first create a profile and sign-in with a verified DISQUS account or social network ID. Sign up here.
Comments in violation of the rules will be denied, and repeat violators will be banned. Please help police the community by flagging offensive comments for our moderators to review. By posting a comment, you agree to our full terms and conditions. Click here to read terms and conditions.


text:
If you are looking to construct new windows altogether or replace old ones for a revamped look, it's time to move over traditional makes like aluminum and wood. Today, vinyl windows have outscored these age old makes and have clearly emerged as the most preferable option. If you have managed to land a manufacturer who would be providing you with the best vinyl windows that would suit your requirement, the benefits would be laid out in a platter! Some of the most practical advantages have been listed below.
High Degree Insulation—When you compare vinyl windows to regular variants such as aluminum, the degree of insulation provided by the former is of far superior quality. Therefore, vinyl would help in keeping your spaces warm in winter and would be sealing the room from climactic heat during summer. Vinyl is basically PVC or polyvinyl chloride which possesses a very high R value. The R value is a numerical assessment of the insulation quality a material is destined to provide.
Higher degree of insulation also translates to reduction in energy costs via usage of air conditioners, heaters and fans. So, if you are planning to spend on replacing your existent windows with vinyl variants, the cost can be easily squared up through savings in your energy bills over the years. Besides, if you are keen on making environment friendly choices, you also end up saving tons of energy and minimizing wastage. The construction waste ensuing from the window installation is also recyclable.
Range, Maintenance and Installation—The best vinyl windows are the ones that can be installed easily. You can also mold and color them to suit your personalized styles with ease. Besides, they are inexpensive and last a lifetime with very little maintenance. Plus, if you wish to install vinyl windows, there would be an impressive range to choose from and they would easily fit into existing spaces providing for ideal replacements.
However, the advantages associated with vinyl windows are subject to the fact that you have actually chosen your manufacturer or your windows solutions provider with due precision. Reputed brands like AMSCO vinyl windows would provide you with all the advantages listed above at cost effective rates.


text:
The purpose of the ministry of deliverance is to help individuals in need with healing and deliverance with prayers. Under church law, which called Canon Law, only those priests who get permission from their bishops can perform an exorcism after proper training. Solemn exorcisms, according to the Canon law of the church, can be exercised only by an ordained priest, with the express permission of the local bishop, and only after a careful medical examination to exclude the possibility of mental illness.
At Baptism, the rite of exorcism is performed in a very simple form. During the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), a process to become a Roman Catholic, the unbaptized candidates undergo a series of three rites each individually called "a scrutiny" where the candidates reflect on their lives and the priest performs a simple form of exorcism during these rites.
Often receiving the sacrament of penance is much more powerful than an exorcism. Prayer and the reception of the Eucharist at Mass are other effective, preventative measures to keep evil away and stay in a state of grace and communion with our God.
Individuals, within the Diocese of San Jose who are seeking help should first contact their local parish priest to help them discern their individual situation. Click here for your nearest parish.
The Rite, a book by Matt Baglio follows Rev. Gary Thomas, a priest in the diocese of San Jose, Calif. through the latter's training to become an exorcist in this incisive look at the church's long-standing rite of exorcism and its continued application as a healing ministry in the contemporary church. Father Gary participated in this training at the express request of Bishop McGrath in response to a Vatican mandate to US Bishops to reinvigorate the rite and its use in the United States. Father Gary studied and apprenticed under an experienced practitioner in Rome while he was finishing his sabbatical before joining Sacred Heart as pastor. He has been acting in this official capacity since he returned to the US.
Newline Warner Bros is producing a film adapted from the book, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, released on January 28, 2011.
KTVU Posted January 24, 2011 – South Bay Exorcist's Life Depicted In New Film
CNN's Tom Foreman interviews Father Gary on Exorcism and the 2011 movie "The Rite",
click here for the article and view the video.
Pilot Catholic News Posted Monday March 14, 2011 written by – 'The Rite' is a reminder that the devil exists, Vatican newspaper says.


text:
Undergraduate Catalog 2012-2013
Principles of the development and performance practice of instrumental music in the traditional and non-traditional worship service. Students learn the importance of building the rhythm section. Additional time is spent on rehearsal and performance techniques for building and directing praise band, rhythm section with small, medium and large orchestra, and praise band with vocal ensemble.
WMUS 103, 104, 105, 106, 203, 204, 205, and 206.
Credits: 3
Highlighted text indicates a change from the official version of the catalog.


text:
Minimum purchase of $20 at restaurant.
Minimum purchase of $10 at restaurant.
Founded in 1982 by the Sullivan Family, Dolores Sullivan, the gregarious owner, used her mother's Sicilian recipes to titillate Hartford's taste buds an inspiring pizza pie. Together with her son Darrell Sullivan they made Lena's Pizza an event in dining. No pomp and circumstance, just great pizza. The menu evolved to soups made fresh daily. Subs, salads, sandwiches, wraps, calzones, and other dinner specials. Meat lovers and veggie lovers unite under one roof! What makes Lena's special is our people's fast and festive service.


text:
The rumors of my demise…
are less false than I'd like to admit! Well, not demise really, but I have been working my ass off and that's kept me from updating here, writing on my blog, or doing anything but the absolute necessary work on my comics. Which sucks, because I really enjoy posting fairly regularly. I'll try my very best to do better!
So, news wise we've had issue #3 hit the streets! That's right, Fallen Justice #3 is out and available through all the normal outlets, either Indyplanet, Haven, or right here in our very own Red Handed Store! And in keeping with the new release, we've also had our newest issue reviewed by Comic Related! Check out Bill Gladman's review as he continues to show us an incredible amount of love. I will say that he got one thing wrong. We are NOT putting out a book monthly. Fallen Justice is and has always been a bi-monthly book. We couple probably do a monthly…but there would be a lot of give for not a lot of receive. My take on this is, we have a good thing going, so why mess with it? Could I hire an outside inker and speed things up by half? Sure. Could I hire a flatter, and another colorist to speed things even further? Certainly. But it's not all about speed. To me, it's about putting the book out on the schedule we promised we'd hit, which we have. And it's about making this book the highest quality product we possibly can. I think we've done that too. So all in all, I'm stoked about this series. We hope you guys are digging it too!
Honestly, there's a lot more to tell. We've got superheroes, supervillains, IPhone apps, new graphic novels, Samurai and all manner of other things to show you in the coming weeks and months so rest assured, there's going to be some great things coming down the line! Hang in there and we'll get you up to speed.


text:
Events for January 11, 2013
Friday, January 11
|6:00 pm
|CrowdFunding Launch Party, Startup Tips & Networking | 111 Minna
*Please RSVP on Eventbrite
|6:00 pm
|Art Show, Live Painting & Free Drinks | Mission Dist.
*Drinks are free, but snacks may be for sale.
|9:00 pm
|Free Jazz Fridays | Cafe Royale
Every Friday
Learn more about the New Presidio Parklands Project, a new gateway to the visitor experience at the Presidio of San Francisco, a new kind of national park site located at the center of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, one of the largest urban national parks in …
Every Friday night the Computer History Museum will be extending its hours so you can enjoy a fun block party offering 50% off museum admission price, a variety of food trucks and special museum programs.
The museum has partnered with Off the Grid, the Bay Area's network of street food …
New Leaf Community Market in Pleasanton invites you to start your weekend off right with free weekly wine and beer tastings happening every Friday from 5-7 pm.
Free, but an RSVP is required.
A different vendor is featured each week. Must be 21+ to sample alcohol.
El Rio, a neighborhood dive in the deep Mission, gives away free Oysters on the half shell from local folks in Tomales Bay, every Friday at 5:30 pm. Arrive on time, they go fast.
And get your drink on with happy hour on Friday from 5-8 pm …
Fridays are now a little bit more awesome. Did someone say $1 drinks and $2 tacos?
Monroe in North Beach hosts "Battle of the Decades" DJ party and happy hour every Friday with a DJ spinning progressive tunes. Every hour is a different decade – with …
Come and play with all the fun circus toys that fit under the Circus Center's roof every Friday.
Circus Skills Jam Class
Summer 2015: Fridays | 7-9 pm
Free first time, and $5 after that, with an RSVP is required; class has a 25 person maximum. Please make sure to check-in …
Join Hunny Bunny and Her Hot Toddies for Mischief at the Skylark Bar every Friday at 8 pm.
Enjoy drinks, dancing, DJs and more at this free weekly burlesque and variety show. Come early to purchase your beverage and toast to these Barbary Coast Beauties.
Pamtastic's Comedy Clubhouse on Mutiny Radio is a free comedy show every Friday from 8-11 pm at Mutiny Radio on the corner of 21st and Florida in the deep Mission District.
Over 25 of San Francisco's underground comics entertain your cheap asses every week until the …
Hotel Durant in Berkeley hosts a Movie Night every Friday night at 8 pm.
Complimentary sodas and popcorn will be served in the setting of this unique hotel. Opened in 1928, Hotel Durant has undergone a recent renovation and also houses Henry's Restaurant & Bar.
San Francisco has long been home to an electric comedy scene and has spawned some of the biggest names in stand-up from Margaret Cho to Patton Oswalt, in addition to current up and coming stars like Vahé Hove and Chris Schiappacasse. Check out a fresh …
Meet and compete against locals, travelers, couch surfers, au pairs, and hostelers. Games are free to play (including flip cup, beer pong and relays) and many weeks they have themed events for holidays, or just because.
They have a great 5-for-$10 beer special until 9:30 pm. After …
Strap on your skates and roller disco around the city at the Midnight Rollers Friday Night Skate party.
This weekly skate (as long as it's not raining or during Burning Man) hits up San Francisco's main attractions, all while blasting their own beats from two jogging strollers …
Get an earful of live music from queer artists, every Friday night at 10 pm at the free "Friday Live" series at El Rio in San Francisco's Mission District.
DJ Emotions gets the party started with hip hop, salsa, house and world tunes at 10 pm sharp.
Begin …
EndGames Improv is bringing something new to the genre, what could turn out to be a very hot affair (in that release of tension, funny kind of way) with "Your F!#&ed Up Relationship."
"YFUR" is an entirely improvised comedy show inspired by stories of your own …


text:
November 28, 2015
At Central Elementary today, Mitch Barnhart helped the school kick off it's anti-drug Red Ribbon week. The program encourages kids to be responsible about the decisions they make. As the head of UK athletics, Barnhart knows a thing or two about responsibility.
"Anytime you can promote drug free awareness with the young kids we want to make sure we do that. Kindergarten through fifth grade, they begin to make decisions and we want to give them some foundational pieces to grow on" said Barnhart.
Every kid in the school, kindergarten through fifth grade, heard today's message, and Barnhart and the teachers agree, getting that message to them while they are that young is a good thing.
Red Ribbon week is the nation's oldest and largest drug prevention program. It reaches millions of Americans during the last week of October every year.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Charles Moter
- Filed Under
A Duson man remains in the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on $260,750 bond, accused of causing a crash that killed three people, including a pregnant woman whose baby couldn't be saved.
Charles Moter, 58, faces three counts of vehicular homicide ($55,000 bond for each), third-degree feticide ($45,000), negligent injuring ($50,000), reckless operation ($750) and driving left of center (traffic summons).
The state police press release on the crash said Moter was intoxicated. Toxicology samples are on their way to the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab for analysis. ...


text:
- Age / Gender:
- n/a, Male
- Location:
- Location not disclosed
- Joined:
- 9/3/07
- All Stats >
User Statshot
- Community Stats
Level 6 Blank Slate
Normal Whistle
Ranked as Civilian
Contact Info / Websites
Recent Game Medals
Sweet Revenge 25 Points Take out Santa! Medal Stats.
Elf Massacre 25 Points Eat 200 elves. Medal Stats.
Poor Animals 5 Points Eat 100 animals. Medal Stats.
Yeti Predator 5 Points Eat 10 yeti. Medal Stats.
Monstar 25 Points Achieve the rank of Sea Monster (over 5 000 000 points ) Medal Stats.
Xpert 50 Points Beat on Expert Medal Stats.
Sushi 10 Points Eat 200 fish in one game Medal Stats.
Evolver 5 Points Evolve Once Medal Stats.
The news is out there 50 Points Complete 11th mission Medal Stats.
Golden scope 50 Points Complete all missions (Any Difficulty) Medal Stats.
Total Medals Earned: 136 (From 30 different games.)
Favorite Movies
LUCKY DAY FOREVER Rated 4.4821 Stars Win your happiness! Drama The Ultimate Showdown Rated 4.3087 Stars Everyone is fighting for ultimate superiority. Yes, even batman. Comedy - Parody Starbarians - Episode 1 Rated 4.4640 Stars The Starbarians have landed... Comedy - Original The Pigpen Rated 4.4422 Stars Pigs aren't greedy... they just lack self control. Other


text:
Stock Market to Linux: Yeah, Baby!
Markets Soar After First Graders Learn How to Pronounce 'Linux'
News item: K-tel investors heard the sound of money this morning, as shares of the online music company soared more than 24 percent in early trading after it announced its support for a Linux-based system � C|Net, December 16, 1999
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) � Linux-related stocks soared this morning after reports that a first-grade class in suburban Minneapolis learned how to properly pronounce Linux.
This move came when Sean Reichard told his classmates in Mrs. O'Leary's first-grade class in Excelsior (Minn.) Elementary School that his father worked on a Linux Web site, "and Linux is cool cause it rhymes with sucks." It is not clear whether the students were actually intrigued with the next-generation operating system or by the novelty of getting away with saying "sucks" in class repeatedly, but that nuance was of little importance to the Linux investors. The stock market, which can't seem to shake its fascination with the freely available Linux, responded by sharply raising Linux-related stock prices in heavy trading.
"We really see this as a vindication of Linux," said Bob Young of Red Hat Software, which issued several press releases shortly after recess, touting the actions of the first graders. "The fact that some first-graders in Minnesota learned how to pronounce Linux properly really vindicates the stock prices we're seeing for Red Hat Software and other Linux-related firms. We're right on track in building brand awareness."
In other related news, the countries of South America banded together and announced that in an effort to relieve third-world debt they would jointly adopt Linux as the official operating system of the newly renamed continent of LinuxLand.
"This is really a shrewd move," said analyst Tony Franke of King-Matador Securities. "We know that anything related to Linux defies all the laws of economics as we know them. I would expect nothing less from LinuxLand." The International Monetary Fund (IMF) immediately forgave all debt to the new LinuxLand in exchange for 10 percent of the new entity, clearing a way for an economic resurgence in the Southern Hemisphere.
Solid state disks (SSDs) made a splash in consumer technology, and now the technology has its eyes on the enterprise storage market. Download this eBook to see what SSDs can do for your infrastructure and review the pros and cons of this potentially game-changing storage technology.


text:
November 26, 2009
by Richard Evans
(for Henrymakow.com)
In 1981, Soviet defector Gregory Klimov (left) authored a book for the CIA to secretly distribute to members of the senior staff of the KGB.
His title was a play on the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, Klimov's Protocols of the Soviet Wise Men. He wrote it as first person narratative of a series of lectures to top KGB insiders. The lectures are a course on the secret history of Civilization.
In Protocol 3, The Keys to Power, the lecturer reveals that a secret society controls the world.
The lecturer said, "It's names are legion, but so you can understand I will call it the Homintern
(International Brotherhood Of Degenerates)."
What does it take to acquire and hold power over the lives of millions of people?
"Only person with abnormal power drive will win in the race for positions of power. It is an axiom of degeneralogy that degenerates will make it to the top in the majority of cases. Once this is understood, we can continue with the analogy of an Olympics competitor. Can a person with normal leg muscles participate and win a race? Yes, he can. On the local school level. He can also participate and win at town level. He can participate and may win at regional level. He can participate but has no chance to win at national level. He could not even participate at world level competition.
"Did you get the picture? Only person with abnormally developed legs muscles can participate and has chance to win at national or world level competitions. It is the same in the levels of power in the world. "
"Now we will talk Hi-Tech. Leaders of the world usually have complex of power which helps them to became world leaders. This complex is usually associated with suppressed sadism, which in turn is a result of latent homosexuality. We all have seen pictures of insane or semi-insane person, not huge at all, but 5-6 well built medical workers have a difficult time subduing him. This is perfect example of incredible energy that a semi-insane sadistical power-hungry person can produce to achieve his goals.
"Normal healthy people don't have this drive. How does it happen? We will be talking here about clans. It happened where two families married members to preserve land and wealth close to the clan and if this continues we have inbreeding of genes. Degeneration has three stages: 1. Sexual deviations. 2. Mental illnesses. 3. Inborn physical deformity.
"Once stage 1. infects a clan, degeneration of offspring accelerates. Clan degenerates now consider sado-masochistic traits superior 'gifts' and seek perpetuation through tightening of mating close inside degenerate bloodlines.
"If a family tree is healthy, has many new branches with many new and healthy leaves (children) - this is certainly a normal and healthy clan. On the other hand, if family tree is drying up (childless couples) [or] has many dying branches (suicides, mental illnesses) - you are looking at clan entering golden stage of decay.
"Degenerates hate normal people. It is pleasure for them to watch how one semi-insane sadistic leader, chosen by them, goes to war with another semi-insane sadistic leader of another country, also chosen by them. Millions of normal people are dying for the joy and sadistic pleasure of degenerates...
"Masons, Illuminates etc. - are clubs, where degenerates observe behavior of possible candidates and upon verifying real homo-sadistic inclinations of the person - promote him into the real world of power. Older clans that have reached stage 2. and 3. (losing their ability to produce surviving offspring) will seek secret insemination with new clan of physically 'healthy' psychopaths.
Within the degenerative community there are different types of degenerates--the good, bad or ugly.
"No questions about it. There are only one thing left to determine -- is it an obedient clan or rebellious clan. Just look what this clan supports in the real life. Does it spread poison of decadence in art, science, literature or does it support normal causes, normal art, normal science, normal literature? Good degenerates honor the will of God or nature, become celibate, and do not reproduce and enjoy a golden age of decline.
It is the ugly degenerate clans which cause the trouble in the world. One historical example whose secrets were made public because they were so hated even among the cult was the House of the Borgias notorious Valencian-Italian family of the Renaissance. The patriarch Rodrigo promoted Simony to become Pope or Rome in 1492 . He committed incest with his daughter Lucrezia who was herself a poisoner. The sons Cesare and Giovanni were also murderers, and rapists. This family terrorized even the most degenerate families of Italy till Rodrigo was poisoned in 1503, probably by Cesare, so he could have his sister to himself. There had been bad blood between father and son over incest jealousies. But without the power of the Pope father, Casare's fortunes reversed and he had to flee to Spain,Lucrezia remained under the protection of a powerful degenerate Italian consort.
(left, a sculpture of Karl Marx, viewed from rear)
But the grandson of Rodrigo through Giovanni became a legitimate priest later. He performed exorcism of demons on high degenerates, used his wealth to build a university, and was venerated as Saint Francis Borgia after his death. This is example of good degenerate in the power structure of the world.
"Now - what is BAD? Bad do follow God and did not follow leaders of degenerate cult, but try to fool God by marrying normal person and destroying her dreams of normal happy life and healthy children.
"They have a weaker power complex and exercise terror at home, but they serve self interests only and cooperate with UGLY. The Good degenerates recognize the Ugly and the Bad and help normal people protect themselves and fight them in society."
Lucifer is the archetypal revolutionary. Klimov concluded that all social revolutionaries are degenerates. Normal people are content with procreative sex, raising normal families, and do not instigate violence or crave superhuman power. They are content with traditions which sustain equilibrium of culture.
Comments for "Only Homosexual Degenerates Win Power--Gregory Klimov"
Laura said (November 28, 2009):
If the churches would confront/preach this issue publicly /socially, and show resistance teaching it as perverted lifestyle like years back it would not be looked at now as normal..but since the churches have turned into social clubs with no substance and preachers only interested in money, it's no wonder it has flourished as an acceptable lifestyle the same as having abortions for casual birth control
Eddie said (November 27, 2009):
Two great frauds of all times have broken in the past two weeks and the elite are using the branches of the UN for complete population control and destruction of national sovereignty. The evil of it all is beyond the pale as it is a
political move and all facets of media, corporations, and national political leaders are ignoring reality; they have all sold out the masses, as know the truth.
It is coming right out of Orwell's 1984 as the major point in this book was all human dignity will breakdown under a reality of fear. The illuminati have taken this reality as
if fear don't exist they will simply create an illusion of it with the manipulation of facts as a means to an end and they are going for it with national treaties with the UN.
I am watching this unfold before my very eyes with no end in sight, as the rights of citizens are being taken away with frauds amounting to $trillions and the facts are clear to all,
but such is being covered up without a word being said in the mainstream media and yet it is all on the net.
Joseph said (November 26, 2009):
Tremendous article by Evans.
I am getting caught up in Klimov's "Good, Bad, Ugly" scenario.
To cite an possible example of this, is the Kennedy family.
JFK looks to fit the "Good" degenerate mold, who despite his philandering, sought to protect the innocent or normal Americans (As the article stated, "The Good degenerates recognize the Ugly and the Bad and help normal people protect themselves and fight them in society.") by trying to expose the "worldwide monolithic conspiracy," as JFK described the depraved PTB to a National Press Club ... This speech probably a more suicidal stunt than Jack ever conceived and had to have contributed greatly to his Grassy Knoll murder in Dallas. I have also a quote in which JFK also reportedly said,
"The high office of the Presidency has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom, and before I leave office I must inform the citizen of his plight."
His brother, Robert looked to follow this legacy, and met the same fate. Whereas, Teddy was the "bad" degenerate, who all his life cooperated with the very same forces that killed his brothers. Maybe he was just trying to protect the rest of the Kennedy family, but anyone who did the acts of extreme cowardice as he did in the Mary Jo Kophechne incident is categorically BAD.
The father, Joseph Kennedy, looks to fill the "UGLY" category.
I am sure other readers can come up with similar examples.
Larry said (November 26, 2009):
Thanks for the Gregory Klimov article. To me that should be an obvious fact to most. Whether one chooses to associate this behavior with "psychopathy" or "possession, the fact remains that it is abhorrent. Whether it is a local group or a larger sphere of influence, it is always these self-serving "opportunists" who "rise" to prominence. So, knowing that, it does seem silly to expect them to assist the "normal" underlings with their problems. It seems the only effective thing we more balanced individuals can do, if we actually have anything to say about it, is to keep them away from any office where they wield authority.
As I'm sure you know these people (?) inhabit a very exclusive club. Mr. Klimov has it right. They don't train them, they recognize them. Lately I've been playing with a thought experiment. What if we all just ignore them? Whenever they speak in public, turn your back. Refuse to talk to them or respond to anything they say or do. In other words, declare them anathema. There is nothing more terrifying to a psychopath than being ignored. The Italians actually had this down to an art form. They don't "resist" openly. They just smile, nod their heads, and go on to do whatever they were going to do in spite of them. It makes "ruling" a bit like herding cats.
Well, again, thanks for the article. It is always encouraging to see others who are aware of a basic problem. It would be nice to see someone develop a "vaccine" for this.
Victoria said (November 26, 2009):
Hi Henry: Perhaps you would be kind enough to tell us exactly who 'Richard Evans' is? I've looked him up on the Internet and the main name that comes up is that of a professor of history at Cambridge U. Is this 'your' Richard Evans? It might be helpful (and give credibility to his reports) for people who are unsure about this information.
This is all most interesting and I was glad to see that someone, too, in a letter, has given the links to the interviews with Kay Griggs. Hers is an amazing story and she is a very brave lady. As I've said to many people - those are the ones to be trusted; those who have made a personal sacrifice or put their physical bodies at risk in order to get out the information. Those protecting the status quo are too cowardly and materialistic to risk all for their beliefs.
Well done, too, publishing the letter from 'Austin Rozzell' who challenged your courage to do just that. The hatred and vitriol imbuing that letter is exactly the venom with which our modern world is awash and shows the intensity of feeling in those who wish to deny God's supremacy over Creation.
Richard Evans is the pen name of a longtime friend of mine, who is %100 reliable. I suggested this story to him.
Richard S said (November 26, 2009):
Kudos on publishing the Klimov article. I think it offers an accurate analysis of the power structures mankind has had to contend with for a very long time.
Powerful men like Caligula, Ernst Rohm and many of the "Bohemian Grove" attendees, etc. have been notoriously homosexual. I don't think all homosexuals are power-mad psychopaths, but it does seem that many power-mad psychopaths are homosexual or bisexual. It is not surprising that Obama has been accused of being on the "down low" by Larry Sinclair and others. George W. Bush's public smooching of Jeff Gannon and Saudi Sheiks is well known. Vladimir Putin's extremely odd compulsion to lift a young boy's shirt up and kiss him on the belly because "He seemed so nice" can be seen on YouTube for goodness sake!
The other key point that Klimov touches on is the idea that inbreeding among the "Elites" fosters the moral and mental degeneracy so frequently seen among them.
Meyer Amschel's admonition to his five sons was: "Remain faithful to the law of Moses. Remain united to the end. Consult your mother. Intermarry." Consider how many US Presidents can trace their genealogy to European Royalty. Even Lynn Cheney has admitted that Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are distant cousins!
Pierre-Samuel du Pont, founder of the du Pont dynasty believed in inbreeding. He told his family: "The marriages that I should prefer for our colony would be between the cousins. In that way we should be sure of honesty of soul and purity of blood." In 1997, one of the heirs to the du Pont fortune, John du Pont was convicted of murdering Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz. John du Pont had been behaving erratically for years, driving a car into his swimming pool and exhibiting paranoid schizophrenic behavior. He was married in 1983 but the marriage was annulled 90 days later. In truth he was a known homosexual that generously funded training facilities for his favorite sport – wrestling.
The wrestlers that trained on du Pont's estate are reported to have tolerated du Pont's often overt advances. A gentle rebuff would allow them to maintain a working relationship with their benefactor. The unfortunate Mr. Schultz, who was married and by all accounts not interested in any sort of homosexual liaisons with du Pont, was shot and killed suddenly and without provocation by an insane du Pont. Du Pont was found guilty (there was no doubt he had done the crime) but "mentally ill."
There are many such stories out there, and the Klimov article illustrates why.
Henry Makow received his Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Toronto in 1982. He welcomes your comments at


text:
Marian University President Steven DiSalvo is leaving his position May 31.
DiSalvo, who has served as Marians key leader since 2010, has accepted a position as president of Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire.
The events surrounding his choice to leave Fond du Lacs private Catholic institution remain unclear. DiSalvo did not return emails or phone calls from The Reporter.
Marians Board of Trustees Chairperson John K. Nelson wrote that he was aware of DiSalvos intention to leave.
A national search will begin to find his replacement. The search is anticipated to take a year, according to a press release from Lisa Kidd, director of Marian University relations.
An interim president will be appointed to serve while the search is carried out.
The press release states: Marian University will search for a leader to continue the universitys efforts to bring excellence to its students, faculty, staff and the Fond du Lac community.
The Marian University Board of Trustees is thankful to Dr. DiSalvo for the initiatives he has undertaken for Marian, its students, faculty, staff and administrators. During his time at Marian University, he has been actively involved in the Fond du Lac community and has advanced the universitys mission to serve the students in the best way possible to prepare them for professional service and leadership in our global community.
An article that appeared in the Saint Anselm College student newspaper, the Saint Anselm Crier, stated that DiSalvo will be the 10th president at St. Anselm and first lay president in the colleges history, arriving just in time to lead celebrations for the colleges 125th anniversary next year. He succeeds Father Jonathan P. DeFelice, O.S.B., who has served in the role for nearly a quarter century.
DiSalvo met with faculty, students, administrators, trustees and the monastic community during a campus visit last month.
According to the Crier article, DiSalvo told the Saint Anselm community that as president at Marian he has been able to utilize his experience in fundraising and Catholic higher education to improve the universitys financial position and administrative efficiency.
DiSalvo is the 14th president of Marian University.
Sharon Roznik can be reached at email@example.com or 907-7936.


text:
December 2009
Monthly Archive
Monthly Archive
5. Kanye West: "We Were Once a Fairytale" [dir. Spike Jonze]
A year ago I might have put this higher, but honestly, after that MTV Awards fiasco, I'm starting to have my misgivings about Kanye's ongoing self-dramatization of his burdensome ego, whether it amounts to crocodile tears. Still, there's no getting around the fact that this video is incredible. It's maybe not as simple and elegantly devastating as "Flashing Lights," also directed by Jonze, but it pushes his self-critique into a disturbing yet compelling terrain of psychosis. It also works as a riff on Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are – Kanye is Max, disavowing the animal embodiment of his inner child.
Continuing from 2008's countdown, I've carved out time to watch several dozen videos and picked ten that I want to highlight. Without further ado, and minimal commentary – hopefully they speak for themselves:
10. The Dead Weather: "Treat Me Like Your Mother" [dir. Jonathan Glazer]
Takes a simple, wild premise and plays it out in real time, bestowing it with fierce authenticity, synched perfectly to the tune.
The rest after the break… Continue Reading »
Screened December 22 2009 on .avi downloaded from the Website that dare not speak its name in Brooklyn, NY
TSPDT Rank #955 IMDb Wiki (German)
Considered the pinnacle of '30s Austrian cinema, Maskerade embodies much of the best of 30s European filmmaking, in which the camera dances to a distinctly musical rhythm of movements and countermovements. It sits comfortably among the '30s films of Rene Clair, Max Ophuls and Jean Renoir, as well as Ernst Lubitsch's work in Hollywood. Compared to most of those films, its topic may seem relatively fluffy: an artist creates a minor scandal by painting a masked nude suspected to be an aristocrat's fiancee; when he names an innocent girl in an attempted cover-up, it leads to unexpected romantic entanglement. Willi Forst takes a well-worn continental costume milieu as a starting point, doing everything he can to breathe life into it. The camera darts with ease through ballroom scenes, connecting the eyelines of characters as they scope each other's movements. He laces the film with clever tricks both visual (dialogues filmed in silhouette) and aural (a montage of citizens making animal sounds while reading the gossip pages). Driving everything is a buoyant soundtrack of 19th century waltzes and opera, whose lilting rhythms can be found in the film's pacing even when the music subsides. The film itself feels like a symphony of varied movements: robust allegros, minuet-like montages, and a climactic rondo that brings everything to full circle. Overall, life is presented as an irresistible society ball, governed by status, gossip and decadent desire.
9 comments alsolikelife | greatest films, greatest movies, TSPDT Final 100
Screened December 19 2009 on unsubbed Region 2 DVD with subtitle file in Brooklyn NY
There's a strong suggestion of a great movie in Victor Erice's second feature, made 10 years after his celebrated debut The Spirit of the Beehive. Erice's breathtaking use of natural light demands comparison to Vermeer, while his ability to evoke a child's wonder and terror at the mysteries of the world make him an art cinema antecedent to Spielberg. But financing woes halted filming on this story of a girl's attempt to solve the riddle of her enigmatic father. While Erice edited the footage to what he considers a finished film, it's clearly lacking a satisfying final act (in which the daughter travels to the father's hometown carrying clues to his past).
But the narrative is just as compromised by moments that stray from the child's first-person perspective, Erice's strong suit. Scenes where the father corresponds to an old flame diffuse the suspense, though they give the film clarity in its truncated form. A running voiceover narration by the girl as an adult reinforces a sense of pastness that further dilutes the primacy of the moments Erice offers us, a number of them visually stunning.
It's strange that Erice would allow a voiceover to structure a film whose underlying thesis is the futility of words: the father's anguished letters leading to no good outcome; his awkward conversations with his daughter and virtual non-communication with his wife. Instead, it's objects, images and gestures that link the characters: an amulet, a drawing of a woman, a joyful communion dance, the incessant pounding of a cane on floorboard. These are also Erice's best forms of communicating, and what ultimately links this film to his viewers.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? Continue Reading »
3 comments alsolikelife | greatest films, greatest movies, TSPDT Final 100
Screened December 4, 2009 on Warner Brothers DVD in Brooklyn NY
TSPDT rank #995 IMDbWiki
For this film I felt less interested in my own thoughts than in those of two of my earliest friends in the world of online cinephilia. Back when I was a regular on the IMDb Classic Film board, Lee Price (Lee-109) and Christianne Benedict (Chris-435) were among the most knowledgeable and engaging peers, especially on the subject of horror films. In fact they were contributors to the anthology Horror 101. (Some of you may also know Christianne from our wonderful video essay on The World According to Garp; and Lee was behind the 100 Directors of Animated Shorts). So I thought to call them up and ask them what they thought of this film. What follows is 25 minutes of awesomeness. You can listen to the .mp3 here or right-click to download. Here's an index of topics for easy reference:
0:00 – Setting template of Hammer horror and post-'50s horror movies
6:24 – What do Hammer's Dracula and James Bond have in common?
8:20 – What Christopher Lee brought to Dracula
11:35 – Sex, vmpires and Victorian women
14:15 – Bram Stoker's paranoia
16:00 – Favorite Dracula films, and why no movie yet has gotten Dracula right
18:00 – What Hammer introduced to the Dracula myth and to the movies
15 comments alsolikelife | greatest films, greatest movies, TSPDT Final 100
Screened December 13 2009 on NYFA VHS (courtesy of the NYU Library) in Brooklyn NY
TSPDT rank #910 IMDb
In the second installment of Mark Donskoi's coming-of-age trilogy, based on Maxim Gorky's childhood memoirs, teenage Maxim emerges from the ashes of his family's destitution, as chronicled in The Childhood of Maxim Gorky. Searching for a trade to apply himself, Gorky is repeatedly sabotaged by petty folk entrenched in each establishment he enters. Whereas Childhood held a quietly romanticized view of the masses suffering under the petty tyranny of pre-Revolutionary feudalism, My Apprenticeship shows the underclass exploiting each other.
These films are saddled with a Socialist Realist agenda that threatens to reduce each scene to a civics parable, denying it of the pulsing lyricism of that other landmark childhood film trilogy, Satyajit Ray's Apu films. But there's a strong humanist countercurrent that takes the film beyond mere didacticism. At its best moments the film resists the easy Soviet stereotyping of characters into desirable and undesirable social types. The most memorable characters engage with Maxim over books and ruminations about their waylaid ambitions; paradoxically, it is in relaxed conversational stasis, not in reform or production, that this Marxist propaganda film envisions a state of human fulfillment. The way Donskoi deploys music to freeze time and saturate a moment with lyrical pathos anticipates what John Ford would start doing around the same period. The ultimate motif is that of the Volga River, upon which the film stages more than a few knockout moments of wordless beauty. Its gentle, constant flow evokes a grace that transcends the turmoils and conflicts, grand or small, inflicted by humans upon each other throughout time.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? Continue Reading »
6 comments alsolikelife | greatest films, greatest movies, TSPDT Final 100
Screened December 11 2009 on Columbia Tri-Star DVD in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Capra abandoned the vibrant American melee upon which he built his reputation to issue this queasy utopian treatise dressed as an exotic adventure fantasy. Shangri-la makes for both a visually and dramatically banal paradise. Proto-Bob Ross matte landscapes and manufactured nature sets alternate with knockoff Frank Lloyd Wright architecture cluttered with curios. It could be fun in a camp/surreal way if Capra wasn't so insistent that this Neverland was what Depression-era American needed, where fun times involve listening to Sam Jaffee's wrinkled Lama make longwinded pseudo-Buddhist platitudes bemoaning man's fate (I'll take spitfire banter with Claudette Colbert or Jean Arthur anyday). Jane Wyatt is easy on the eyes and Ronald Colman, that paradigm of 30s benevolent colonialism, somehow bestows dignity on his environs through his benevolent colonialist gaze. Thomas Mitchell and Edward Everett Horton bring some down-to-earth Capra back to the proceedings by virtue of their charming petty-mindedness, casting the warm glow of genuine human behavior amidst the lofty artifice.
The restored version of Lost Horizon can be viewed online on Google Reader (see after the break)
13 comments alsolikelife | greatest films, greatest movies, TSPDT Final 100
I haven't had much time to pursue the Best of the Decade Derby in the latter half of this year, but it would only be right to give it some kind of closure. So this week I made some time to sort through a long list of films from the past 10 years, and compiled a list of top 50 films of the decade. (One proviso: there were so many good films that I wanted to include, that I decided to restrict the list to one entry per director.)
I'll post the list before the end of the month on this site – but for now I'm counting them down on my Twitter feed. You can follow @alsolikelife.
For now, here's a list of films that I had planned to do Best of Decade derby entries on with friends and colleagues. We'll just have to reflect on what they might have been like…
Battle in Heaven
Before Sunset
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Fat Girl
Kings and Queen
Punch Drunk Love
Regular Lovers
Syndromes and a Century
There Will Be Blood
Two Lovers
The Wayward Cloud
The Wire – I would have done a roundtable podcast pondering whether it deserved inclusion among the best films of the decade (there are some critics I know who think so)
Screened December 7 2009 on Masters of Cinema Region 2 DVD (thanks Gina) in Brooklyn NY
Douglas Sirk's penultimate feature, and one of his most personal, brings his entire Hollywood career into stark relief. This adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's novel of love in WWII Germany envisions a bombed-out wasteland that couldn't be further removed from the Technicolor gloss of affluent America seen in his most famous films. There are no vibrant pastels or lush interiors decorated with fine upholstery or shiny bric a brac; here, whether inside or outside, it's a seemingly monotonous ash gray or dirt brown. Whenever color arrives (usually a tree blossom or sprig of a leaf), it's a miracle.
This seems to invert the formula established in other Sirk films, where the abundance of attractive surfaces amounts to overcompensation for dissatisfied lives lurking underneath. Here, it's luxury that makes life worth living: the young lovers Ernst (John Gavin) and Elizabeth (Lilo Pulver) bluff their way into a fancy meal in an officer's club, in a scene that defies gravity. What's even more fascinating is how that famous Sirkian irony is turned on its ear. In films like All That Heaven Allows or Imitation or Life, Sirk lays ironic subtext into the dialogue or the mise-en-scene, such that it verges on mocking the characters' myopic pursuits of happiness (while priming hipster camp laughter). Here the script is flipped: cynicism and irony wrought by wartime cruelty are the fashion, a way for soldiers and civilians alike to numb themselves from the inhumanity that engulfs them. It's against this convention that the lovers fight, hanging on to a flickering sense of hope and earnestness (Gavin, a bit wooden, doesn't quite carry it off, but Pulver more than compensates – it's easy to see why Godard was smitten by her in his famous review of the film, as her doe-eyed litheness make her a prototype for Anna Karina).
What Sirk keeps consistent between this film and the American-set melodramas is his fixation with the fragility of what makes life worth living in a world of suffocating convention. Wealth and poverty prove to be equally dehumanizing. What matters are the frail bonds between people, enabled by fleeting moments of fantasy fulfillment. This isn't tied to any overt political or social agenda. Quite the opposite, there's a startling, paradoxical acceptance of the status quo as a fundamentally inescapable condition: it's ground that gives birth to its own acts of defiance – these moments of transcendent beauty – and it's the ground that smothers them out.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? Continue Reading »
7 comments alsolikelife | greatest films, greatest movies, TSPDT Final 100
Senses of Cinema Great Directors Biography by Tom Ryan
Biography on Turner Classic Movies
Douglas Sirk films ranked on They Shoot Pictures 1000 Greatest Films:
#199 – Written on the Wind (1956)
#203 – Imitation of Life (1959)
#281 – All that Heaven Allows (1955)
#491 – There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
#556 – The Tarnished Angels (1958)
#994 – A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE? Continue Reading »


text:
Indianapolis Colts Griff Whalen hauls in a touchdown pass over Houston Texans Kareem Jackson in the first half of Sunday's game against the Houston Texans at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 15, 2013.
- Filed Under
Coby Fleener and Andrew Luck had seen this act before. Many times, in fact, at Stanford.
Yep, same ol' Griffer.
"No, not surprised," Luck said when asked about Griff Whalen's contributions to the Colts' 25-3 dismantling of the Houston Texans Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. "Great job by Griff. ...


text:
Apply Coatings Quickly and Easily
Spray Equipment & Service Center, Inc. has provided custom and standard industrial finishing equipment since 1969. We carry a variety of automated and manual systems to fit every need and budget. Whether you want to apply protective coating, specialty coating or foam, we provide the right equipment for the job. Call us at (888) 498-3158 for high-quality spray equipment and protective coating services!
We work with manufacturers to give our clients the best possible products. Our technicians know each piece of equipment and provide reliable repairs. Spray Equipment & Service Center, Inc. has offices throughout the United States, and we ship worldwide.
Call us for personalized solutions!
(888) 498-3158
We also accept wire transfers.


text:
Community Status Updates
PurpleJesus → resistor X
Beholdith the power and be amazed. or disappointed, My money is on disappointed.Oct 31 2011 07:44 PM
resistor X → PurpleJesus
Wabbit.Oct 28 2011 11:00 AM
Just had to leave something, pointless though it may be. :)
Just had to leave something, pointless though it may be. :)
resistor X
Q. "I wonder if Jesus wore underwear beneath his robing....if so how were the skid-marks removed? Shout them out?" A. "They were 'shouted out' alright....... Demons OUT!!!!!!" (c) Noah, resistor X, in that order.Jan 28 2011 03:52 PM
resistor X
always lookin out for #1, unless someone's throwin shit around then I watch out for #2Jan 13 2011 02:47 AM
BinRev is hosted by the great people at Lunarpages!


text:
10 Ways to Grow Your Facebook Page Following
How can you quickly encourage people to become followers of your Facebook page?
This is the most common question I get from clients. The truth is it takes time to build a new fan base from scratch.
From the day you set up a Facebook page, it does require an ongoing commitment to brand, monitor, and network with people who find interest in your product. Besides quality service, it's important to build close-knit relationships with visitors.
How do you get people to like your Facebook page? Here are 10 tips…
Top 6 Social Media Mistakes And How to Fix Them
While there are many success stories of people using social media for personal and business reasons, there are also plenty of people who may feel their efforts are not paying off.
Whether you use social media to market your business, increase sales, promote your blog, or raise awareness for a non-profit organization, here are six reasons social media might not be working for you—along with ways to overcome these problems.


text:
Winslow Homer: Society and Solitude
Winslow Homer: Society and Solitude
WINSLOW HOMER: SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE profiles the life and work of one of the greatest American artists of his time (1836-1910). Two one-hour programs chronicle Winslow Homer's evolution from wood-engraver to Harper's Weekly illustrator to an innovative watercolorist best known for his evocative oil paintings. Noted artists and scholars describe a man who lived in the midst of a lively and cosmopolitan New York City art scene, but gradually withdrew from public life, earning him the reputation as the great recluse of American art. The documentary features more than 180 of the artist's paintings, watercolors, etchings and illustrations and extensive on-location footage of places immortalized in some of Homer's most famous works.
All Upcoming Episodes
There are no broadcasts currently planned. Please check back for future broadcast dates.


text:
Books must show: IN STOCK at your desired location for same day pick-up in stores. We recommend calling stores that show low stock numbers.
For last day of Hanukkah Delivery Order By:
For Christmas Eve Delivery Order By:
A masterly collection of new stories from Russell Banks, acclaimed author of The Sweet Hereafter and Rule of the Bone, which maps the complex terrain of the modern American family
The New York Times lauds Russell Banks as "the most compassionate fiction writer working today." Long celebrated for his unflinching, empathetic works that explore the unspoken but hard realities of contemporary culture, Banks now turns his keen intelligence and emotional acuity on perhaps his most complex subject yet: the shape of family in its many forms.
Suffused with Banks's trademark lyricism and reckless humor, the twelve stories in A Permanent Memberof the Family examine the myriad ways we try--and sometimes fail--to connect with one another, as we seek a home in the world.
Moving between the stark beauty of winter in upstate New York and the seductive heat of Florida, A Permanent Member of the Family charts with subtlety and precision the ebb and flow of both the families we make for ourselves and the ones we're born into. One of our most acute and penetrating authors, Banks is a virtuosic writer whose stories are profoundly humane, deeply--and darkly--funny, and absolutely unforgettable.