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Spyro: A Hero's Tail
Review by bluej33
"One Story You Won't Want to Hear..."
Once, a long, long time ago, there was a franchise called Spyro. It was named after a small, purple dragon, who was the namesake of the franchise. A long time ago, these games were actually very fun. However, once they began to come to home consoles, their quality dropped like Spyro himself trying to fly. However, the newest GameCube installment, called Spyro: A Hero's Tail, procured a nifty little bit of advertisement, and corrupted many Cube owners, including myself, into purchasing this game for the holidays.
But how deceptive it all was! On Christmas morning, I quickly popped the game into my precious Cube, and prepared myself for hours of old-school Spyro platforming. But how disappointed I was! The game started out with a pathetic excuse for a plot. Basically, some big red dragon, creatively named Red, has supplanted the beautiful Dragon's Realm (shockingly enough, where all the dragons live) with the evil Dark Gems! Now, the dragon Spyro must destroy all the Dark Gems and restore the world to lightness!
So, as all this was coming to me, I was thinking, Uh oh...sounds like a great set-up for a simple item collection game. But...nah, they wouldn't be that obvious! Well, I was wrong; developer Vivendi had absolutely no problem with being so painfully obvious. The game lacks any real depth, because the majority of the time, you just wander randomly around seeking out Dark Gems. But don't despair yet, because collecting Dark Gems isn't the only thing you'll do. That's right, you can also collect Light Gems. Isn't that awesome? They're, like, totally the EXACT SAME THING, except they have different names! Yup, Vivendi definitely outdid themselves here in terms of creativity.
Sarcasm aside for the moment, there is actually one cool feature of Hero's Tail: there are multiple playable characters. Taking a hint from every other video game in recent existence, you can play as more than one character; - - four, to be exact. Now, Vivendi actually did a fairly good job of giving them all fairly distinct abilities. One, for example, is an archer, while another is a mole with some mad digging skills. Sadly, as soon as I saw a spark of life in Hero's Tail, it was quickly stomped back to death by that giant called Monotony. See, the problem is that the alternative characters play such a minor role; you still play about 80% of the game as that stupid purple dragon who can't even fly properly.
Well, I'll just have to stick with it, I thought to myself. Come on- -how bad can it be? As I found out, it could be quite bad. The controls almost made me cry, they were so bad. The camera was bulky, unwieldy, and NEVER did what I told it to do! The controls were stupidly simple, and fighting enemies consisted mainly of hitting one of two buttons. Yet, despite the fact that it was so simple in structure, it was still difficult. And no, that's not the good type of difficult. Rather, it was just incredibly frustrating. For example: you're jumping around from platform to platform, trying to complete the stupid task currently at hand. Then, all of a sudden, a huge boulder comes flying out of nowhere and crushes you into the dark abyss of...the dark abyss that ALWAYS surrounds jumping platforms. And the boulder simply falls out of the sky as soon as you come near it! Vivendi obviously had some difficulty differentiating between challenging and unfair. Hero's Tail is just the type of game that makes you want to hurl you controller against the wall and makes you cry that you ever wasted your money on a game this poor.
To add insult to injury, Hero's Tail just can't seem to do anything on its own. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, has been done before in past games. Do moves like Spin Attack and Wall Jump by any chance sound familiar to you? And Vivendi didn't even have the decency to change the name of these groundbreaking techniques...it's pathetic, really. As you pursue the quest for Dark Gems AND Light Gems, you'll work your way through dungeons (Zelda ripoff, perchance?), if they can really be called that. You'll employ your many complex fighting techniques (remember? X and Y buttons) as you take on a couple of foes with the IQ of a rock. Level design is horrendous; it's far too linear and simple, and dungeons can literally be beaten in 10 or 15 minutes.
In case you're somehow still considering purchasing this game, let me say: the music is horrendous. The voice acting is among the worst I've ever heard - - in all honesty, you'll probably turn the volume off while playing this game. The visuals, on the other hand, are possibly the one good thing about this game. The framerate is surprisingly smooth, and the backgrounds are nicely done. Unfortunately, though, you'll be too irritated with the game's lack of fairness to even take notice of the nice-looking visuals.
So, in case you haven't gotten the point yet, I'll tell you again: don't buy this game! The plot is stupid, the music sucks, and game play is downright boring. If you think that controlling a purple dragon who sounds like a girl and can't fly more than a few feet is fun, though, perhaps give this game a spin. That, or get it for your four year old younger sibling. The game is over for Spyro...
Reviewer's Rating: 1.0 - Terrible
Originally Posted: 05/29/07, Updated 11/12/07
Game Release: Spyro: A Hero's Tail (US, 11/09/04)
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Of God we ask one favor,
That we may be forgiven --
For what, he is presumed to know --
The Crime, from us, is hidden --
Immured the whole of Life
Within a magic Prison
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Of God we ask one favor,
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Island Time on Grand Cayman
The Next Adventure - Living Abroad as a Family
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
– Andre Gide
I enjoy the sensation of being in a new place and the growth that follows. So must Nadine, she married me.
Nadine and I decided to teach abroad in early 2013 and landed perfect jobs for us at the Cayman International School.
Our original plan involved traveling south from Alaska down the western coast of the Americas and return north from Tierra del Fuego up the Eastern coast of the Americas. That would have proven to be more challenging and expensive than our original around the world trip in 2006. So we found an alternative that still exposes our children to the richness of this big world and allows us to be financially responsible at the same time.
We shall see what the future holds for us as we embrace island time here in the Cayman Islands.
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
– Herodotus
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Awww, It's Honey Boo Boo's First Drag Show
It was only a matter of time until Alana Thompson better known as Honey Boo Boo was initiated into the world of drag. It's a natural fit for a fierce 7-year-old who already has a stage name, wears hairpieces and knows how to read a bitch like a pro. TMZ reports that Uncle Poodle and Mama June took little miss Boo Boo to Hamburger Mary's, a gay burger joint in Jacksonville, Florida to play Drag Queen bingo (where Mama June made her Bingo face, no doubt). Allegedly, so many Queens wanted autographs and photos that the Thompsons put out a beer pitcher as an impromptu tip jar and promised to donate the funds to a cyber-bullying charity. WERK! [TMZ] [Photo from Hamburger Mary's]


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Islamic research as often been threatened with extreme violence, however, it seems that some are actually standing up past the threats. I wonder what this news will do to Muslims? Will it turn them on their head? Christians have faced textual criticism since at least Justin Martyr, but have come through with a deeper faith, generally, that the bible is indeed the inspired word of God.
September 26 marked the 20th anniversary of Viking Penguin's publication of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. While generally well-received by the critics, its treatment of Islamic themes in a series of narrative subplots was quickly deemed blasphemous and Viking Penguin's refusal to heed demands for its withdrawal led to an international furor, culminating in an Iranian fatwa sentencing Rushdie to death. His crime? Responsibility for a book which was "compiled, printed and published in opposition to Islam, the prophet and the Koran" and "dared to insult the Islamic sanctities."
That Rushdie was forced to spend 10 years in hiding (and still lives under threat of execution) on the grounds that The Satanic Verses, a work of fiction, represented a "total distortion of the historical facts" about Islam is deeply ironic, given that a genuine critico-historical assault on "Islamic sanctities" had been under way for more than a decade with no repercussions.
Spearheaded by scholars at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), it focused largely on the Koran, which these so-called new historians of Islam subjected to modern historical and philological analysis. Their findings flatly contradict the Islamic account of its origins.
According to this account, the Koran represents the uncorrupted word of God, "constant, immaculate, unalterable and inimitable." It was transmitted to man through Muhammad, a prosperous Meccan merchant who received it via the angel Gabriel as a series of verse revelations between 610 and his death in 632. Uneducated and illiterate, Muhammad committed these revelations to memory before reciting them to his followers, who memorized them verbatim in turn. The killing of hundreds of these "memorizers" in the battle of Yamama in 633 alerted his successor as Muslim leader, the first caliph, Abu Bakr, to the danger that the revelations could be lost. He therefore gathered all available sources into a loose compilation called the suhuf which was then used by the third caliph, Uthman, to produce in the mid-650s a standardized text of the Koran. Copies were sent to Islamic communities with orders that all other versions be destroyed. Muslims believe this Uthmanic recension is the Koran as we have it today.
BUT ACCORDING to the New Historians, there is no evidence that the Koran was compiled by Muhammad or canonized under Uthman; in fact, there is no proof it existed in any form before the end of the seventh century, and the first signs of a standardized codex date from the early 800s, 150 years after Uthman's death. In his 1977 survey Qur'anic Studies, the late professor of Semitic studies at SOAS, John Wansbrough, applied to the Koran "the instruments and techniques of biblical criticism" developed in the 19th century by German biblical scholars such as Friedrich Schleiermacher and Julius Wellhausen – i.e., treating it as a literary construct and comparing it to contemporary devotional works.
The fact that it is "strikingly lacking in overall structure, frequently obscure and inconsequential in both language and content… and given to the repetition of whole passages in variant versions" is evidence, he argued, that it "is not the carefully executed project of one or many men, but rather the product of an organic development from originally independent traditions during a long period of transmission."
The existence in Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock of Koranic inscriptions which differ from Uthman's text, and the discovery in 1972 of a Yemeni "paper grave" containing thousands of Koranic fragments exhibiting other textual variations, further indicate that, far from being divinely revealed in its unchanging entirety, the Koran evolved as a literary artifact.
IN A follow-up study, The Sectarian Milieu, Wansbrough postulated that the Koran emerged out of a two-centuries-long dialogue between Muslims and the Christians and Jews they encountered during the Islamic conquests. Its precepts slowly developed in opposition to the older religions, resulting in a tradition distinctively Arabian but based on Judaeo-Christian foundations. Wansbrough saw rabbinical Judaism as the Koran's overriding influence, citing its biblical and talmudic borrowings.
Other scholars, however, have highlighted its Christian substrates. The German scholar Christoph Luxenburg contends that it is based on the qeryana – lectionaries used in seventh-century Syrian Christian churches. He even proposes that the Koran is not exclusively in Arabic (for Muslims, a sacrilegious suggestion) but incorporates sections of Syro-Aramaic, a language similar in structure and script, and that many of its more impenetrable passages become coherent only when read as Aramaic. Most controversially, Luxenburg claims the word houri, commonly translated as "wide-eyed virgins" in the verse describing the jihadist martyr's heavenly reward, is actually an Aramaic word meaning "white grapes of crystal clarity."
THE IDEA of an evolving Koran has been developed by Wansbrough's former SOAS students Patricia Crone and Michael Cook. In Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World, they eschew Muslim sources for Islam's early history in favor of contemporary Armenian, Greek and Syrian accounts. These, they maintain, demonstrate that Muslim tradition is a myth, a "pious fraud" created after the Islamic conquests to provide an ideological foundation for the expanding empire. The Koran was compiled as part of this process, to provide a coherent scriptural basis for the growing body of law that its governance required. It was then attributed back to Muhammad to give it unassailable authority.
In Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam, Crone also challenges the convention that the Koran was compiled in Mecca and Medina, arguing that internal evidence like its description of Muhammad's "polytheist" opponents as olive growers suggests a Mediterranean milieu. Gerald Hawting, SOAS professor of Near Eastern history, agrees, arguing that these "polytheists" actually espouse a form of monotheism, placing the Koran's development not in idol-worshipping Arabia, but further north in the Fertile Crescent.
Unsurprisingly, such theories have been denounced by Muslim academics who consider the Koran's historicization as blasphemy. Seizing on SOAS's reputation as an old colonial institution, they have dismissed the new historians as "Orientalists" and have imputed sinister motives to their work. For example, S. Parvez Manzoor, mindful of the manner in which biblical criticism helped break Christianity's stranglehold on European civilization, interprets it as "an unholy conspiracy to dislodge the Muslim scripture from its firmly entrenched position as the epitome of historic authenticity and moral unassailability" and "rid the West forever of the problem of Islam."
THEIR THEORIES have not commanded universal assent among non-Muslim Islamicists either. Wansbrough has been dismissed as "drastically wrongheaded" while the "superficial fancies" of Hagarism were said to lend it an air of "pure spoof." However, today there is near consensus among scholars that they are posing difficulties for the Islamic account.
That the New Historians have escaped Rushdie's fate is due mainly to their relative obscurity. Wansbrough's "ferociously opaque" style precluded his work from having any public impact, and while Cook, Crone and Hawting are more accessible, their arguments are difficult for non-specialists to digest. In any case, most have, in the service of their security, maintained a low-key professional profile and largely conducted their work below the public radar. Those like Luxenburg who have courted attention have been careful to publish pseudonymously.
However, in the wake of "the cartoon jihad" and the increasing commotion over Sherry Jones' novel The Jewel of Medina (the book's British publisher's home was recently firebombed), it is time the work of the new historians was packaged for a popular audience. For while rational scrutiny of Islam remains the preserve of a handful of unheard-of professors and taboo for mainstream publishers and the media, Islamist intimidation and violence will thrive. Only when Islam is routinely subjected to the same debate and discussion as other religions will Satanic Verses-type controversies become things of the past.
The writer is a freelance journalist. He is currently working on a research thesis on the Irish Catholic Church's attitude toward Zionism in the first half of the twentieth century and a book on the history of relations between Ireland and Israel.
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The competition is certainly hotting up at Dancing on Ice HQ and the judges believe one of the past six winners could be the first to hang up their skates.
The panel, including Robin Cousins, Karen Barber, Jason Gardiner and former Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts, say the voting public could go for the entertainment factor rather than actual skating skills.
It comes after producers announced an all-star line-up for the ninth and final series of the Torvill and Dean hit - bringing back six past winners alongside memorable contestants from throughout the years.
However Karen Barber told Digital Spy: "Sometimes it's not only the best technical skater that you look forward to - it's the person that will entertain you.
"And if your family at home are going to pick up that telephone, who are you going to vote for? The technical person or the one that made you laugh and entertained you the most?"
Barber said she believes the show is a 'lottery' and the public can be 'very unpredictable'.
Meanwhile fellow judge Cousins, a retired competitive figure skater himself, has agreed with the prediction and said it can take weeks for the audience to work out who are the better skaters.
The news will be a welcome boost for former Eastenders actor Todd Carty who has revealed he'll just be glad to get around the rink alive.
He bombed out of the fourth series and even managed to loose his footing and skate off the set in 2009.


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OK. Just got my iPad today.
First, iTunes 8 won't recognize it. So I downloaded iTunes 9.1, and I'm in business.
First to install is Kindle app for iPad. NICE!
Then iBooks, then Marvel.
For Marvel, I want to see if I can put other comics in .pdf or rar-ed jpgs there.
For iBooks, I have been buying and downloading ePub from Sony, Kobo (shortcovers), Stanza library (the Randomhouse freebies) and the library.
the Randomhouse free-library epub from Stanza is drm-free (as stanza doesn't support ADE). So these ePubs don't need to be relieved from their DRM-burden. After "copying" them from my iPhone to my HD, I can just drag and drop them into iTunes.
the ePub from Sony and Kobo (some are also Randomhouse freebies), have DRM. So, inept-ing them will relieve the DRM burden. From there, another easy drag and drop to iTunes. As is the case with ePub from the libraries.
Problem for me now (as I wrote this post), is the iBooks app still haven't shown itself on my iPad screen, while its setting is avaliable under "SETTINGS"
Maybe because I still have pending downloads directly from App store to my iPad.
I'll update this posting as soon as I have iBooks app properly installed on my iPad, but the idea is to try to open various ePub from as many commercial sources as possible (all HAS to be relieved from their DRM, if any). Maybe I can find out which ePub created properly (i.e. letter sizing, proper cover, proper TOC).
Lastly, when iBooks app is installed, I'll try buy some books from the iTunes iBooks store.
the iBooks is.. quite awesome. While it has limited fonts choice (someone would scream 'EMBEDDED FONT PUHLEEZ"), the Baskerville option is quite nice on the eye.
and Marvel comics (reader) is also nice. With iPad form factor, reading 'enhanced' comics is nice. But I dunno if i can put other comics there, yet, at least not until the jailbreaking peeps can address it
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ONE hundred and seven years after it was first held, The Farndale Show returns on Monday.
An exhibition of the valley's finest agriculture, industry and horticulture gives families the chance to see showjumping, gymkhana, dog classes and take part in sports at the showfield behind the village hall, in Church Houses.
The show opens at 8am to exhibitors, staff and trade stands and 10am to the public.
Admission is £4 for adults, £1 for children or free for under fives.
Meanwhile, visitors to the Yorkshire Air Museum will be treated to the roar of engines from jet planes and bikes.
The museum, at Elvington, is hosting the sixth Golden Era Vintage Motorcycle Run on Monday and as a one-off extra event, has also been given permission to take the three big jets from the collection down the runway.
The annual motorcycle run is organised by the Yorkshire Branch of the Vintage Motorcycle Club and will see 60-70 pre-1931 bikes – some of them more than 100 years old – set off from the airfield for a run through the countryside.
Organiser of the Golden Era Run, Noel Whittall, said: "Riding a vintage bike is a craft in itself: fuel, air, ignition and oiling have to be managed by the rider and constantly monitored – a complete contrast to today's 'twist-and-go' machines."
The three jets making up the 'rolling thunder' runway trips are the Fleet Air Arm prototype Blackburn Buccaneer XN974, the BAE Systems Nimrod MR2 XV250 and Handley Page Victor V-Bomber XL231 'Lusty Lindy'.
Normal museum admission rates of £8 for adults, £6 for concessions and £4 for children apply for the event, but adults can buy a special ticket for £10 to see the runway activities. Under 16s can access this area for free when accompanied by an adult with a special ticket.
The museum is open from 10am to 5pm. The motorbikes will set off at 10.30am, returning from around noon to go on display to museum visitors until about 3.30pm, again weather permitting. Runway activities start at 1pm.
Car parking is £3 on showfields, with free parking nearby.
Any enquiries on any aspect of the show please contact the Show.
Throughout the weekend, families can also visit York Castle Museum's display about the story of the Angel of Mons who was supposed to have appeared to British soldiers in the First World War.
The exhibition features work by artist Alfred Pearse, and runs alongside a separate project for creative children who want to create their own watercolours. This takes place today from 11am and is open to children of all ages. Tickets cost £9.50 and are free for people with a York Card.


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The artist says it's about 'a black woman who proudly and confidently displays her WOMANHOOD (the nude) her ROOTS (the slave) and her POWER(the First Lady of America embraced by the American flag).'
Michelle Obama is undressed in a jaw-dropping picture gracing the front page of a Spanish magazine. The face of the U.S. First Lady is superimposed by artist Karine Percheron-Daniels onto Marie-Guillemine Benoist's "Portrait d'une negresse" painting.
The altered portrait depicts Michelle as a 19th century French slave wearing a white headdress and a white gown that exposes one of her nipples. In a cover story inside the magazine, she was called "gran mujer" or a great woman for successfully winning the hearts of American people.
The picture caused controversy soon after it was released with many claiming it's racist. Karine defended herself, "I am not a racist: I admire people regardless of their colour and this picture was ment (sic) to be a tribute....totally lost in translation . With my art I try and show beauty NOT DIRT."
The artist who's known for her nude series wrote on her official website, "If any of you have found this piece of art insulting I would like to say that my GENUINE intention was never to chock or upset anyone. I created this picture as part of a series of other famous nudes."
"In my eyes , the picture I created here is of a beautiful woman with a beautiful message : The first Lady of America in the first time in history is a black woman who proudly and confidently displays her WOMANHOOD (the nude) her ROOTS (the slave) and her POWER(the First Lady of America embraced by the American flag)."
"As an artist I only paint and create pictures of people I admire and feel passionate about [and] Michelle Obama is one of these people," she also stated. "This picture, is a celebration of EVERYTHING GOOD, it is a celebration of achievment (sic) and in my opinion is not a racist slur."
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Selena Gomez Rejects Vinny at the VMAs (VIDEO)
It looks like Jersey Shore's Vinny doesn't have the right amount to charm to get a date with Celebuzz's Teen Queen Selena Gomez.
The reality star told MTV News that he was hoping to meet the stunning Wizards of Waverly Place actress at the VMAs "if she's 18." Luckily for Vinny, Selena turned 18 this year but she doesn't want the hard-partying celeb to find out:
Tonight I'm not 18! My mom would kill me! I will say I am a very big fan though, a very big fan…and I do look forward to meeting [the Jersey Shore cast] but that's as far as it goes.
Watch Vinny's failed attempts at seduction here.
Maybe Vinny's past hook ups (which includes co-stars Snooki and Angelina) on Jersey Shore have turned off the clean-cut Selena. The "Year Without Rain" songbird's previous boyfriends have included well-behaved boys like Nick Jonas and Taylor Lautner.
Sorry Vinny! It looks like Selena won't be visiting the Shore with you anytime soon.
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Walker tour visits Hudson
Scott Walker, Milwaukee County executive and Republican candidate for governor, stopped in Hudson Sunday on his Brown Bag Bus Tour. Walker, left, organized the bus tour in the final days leading up to Tuesday's primary, crisscrossing the state from Milwaukee to Superior and Hudson to green Bay. Walker faces fellow-Republicans Mark Nuemann and Scott S. Paterick in Tuesday's primary with the winner facing the Democrat winner, either Tom Barrett or Tim John. In Hudson Walker promoted his theme of smaller government and less government spending. He also accused current Gov. Jim Doyle and potential November opponent Tom Barrett of trying to influence the Republican primary election. "Since the attack ads against me began, Jim Doyle and Tom Barrett have literally spent millions of dollars trying to sway the Republican primary so they won't have to face me in November," said Walker.


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One of the main stars of the horror mini series American Horror Story has revealed she doesn't like acting in violent scenes and tries to avoid them!
Lange reveals that there have been a few moments on American Horror Story that she wasn't sure she could perform, reports Huffington Post.
While she's never had a problem with the heavily emotional scenes, the violence of the show is something she's just not interested in. "I don't want to dip into that. I've avoided those kinds of things for my entire career, and I'm not interested in that," says Lange. "I mean, emotional violence? Yes. Physical violence? Not so much."
Fans might remember that in American Horror Story season 1, Murder House, Lange (playing Constance) shot her husband. The character was a cheating husband so Lange says she was able to convince herself that he deserved it.
However, she had a harder time with the violent scenes in American Horror Story season 2, Asylum. Lange explains, "In the second season, I had the thing where caning some bare asses, but after the second time, I said, 'OK, that's it. We're not doing that any more.'"
There are parts of American Horror Story that Lange would like to explore more of. "That thing of despair and loneliness — desperation and what drives a person," is what Lange says she'd like to do more of. "The idea of disappointment. What the tortured kind of do to survive."
The actress also reveals how much input she has in her characters. In the second season, Lange suggested to American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy that she had never played an alcoholic.
That's how Jude ended up with her background as a drunk before joining the church. Lange adds that it's that quality that brings her back to work with Murphy, "He is never not receptive to an idea. I think that is unique, really."
Speaking about the new season subtitled Coven, Lange says that all of the great actresses coming together, this season has made the series better. "It's like playing tennis against a great tennis player — you've got to kind of rise to the game," she explains.
Lange also says that in working previously with Kathy Bates she knows that they work well together. Although, this time around they will be portraying enemies. She also admits that she loves working with American Horror Story veterans including Sarah Paulson and Lily Rabe. While she's looking forward to working with Angela Bassett and Patti LuPone, whom she's never worked with before.
What kind of scenes would you like to see Lange preform this season on 'American Horror Story: Coven'?
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These trailblazers come from all sorts of businesses—automotive, design, technology—unburdened by the conventions of their new industry. They introduce products some consider shocking. Traditionalists scoff at them. But these outsiders are revolutionizing one of the world's oldest professions: the funeral industry.
It's a good time to deal in death. The first baby boomers are entering their mid-60s, and the death rate in the U.S. is expected to rise from 8.1 people per thousand in 2006 to 9.3 in 2020, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Yet the traditional funeral industry is hardly healthy: The Federated Funeral Directors of America, an accounting firm for independently owned funeral homes, found that in the past 20 years, its clients' profit margins have been cut nearly in half. Some 44% of funeral home directors, up from 28% in 2006, blame the increasing popularity of cremations and alternative burials for sinking profits, according to consulting firm Citrin Cooperman. Some funeral homes have responded by offering themed funerals, such as backyard barbecues, while others diversify by hosting weddings and other events.
Yet the $11 billion industry has been slow to change, with multi-generational family and private companies commanding 89% of the business. A few major vertical corporations, which control everything from choice in caskets to burial services, and often provide products to small mom-and-pops, make up the rest.
Enter the entrepreneurs. Clint Mytych, founder and CEO of Eternal Image (ETIM), was running a luxury car rental company in 2002 when it dawned on him that he'd like a car-themed funeral, and a casket shaped like a 1967 Ford Mustang (F). But not only could Mytych not find his Mustang casket, he didn't find anything that he thought had any personality at all. "I mean, nobody says, I am so excited about the Batesville #22 casket' because it's made of their favorite wood," says Mytych. He saw an opportunity in idiosyncratic funeral products that would reflect the customer's personal taste. In 2006 his Farmington Hills (Mich.)-based company introduced the country's first licensed urn—a twisted bronze spire topped with a cross, licensed from the Vatican Library Collection. Mytych has since signed licensing agreements with the American Kennel Club, Major League Baseball, more than a dozen universities, and most recently, CBS Corp., for the rights to the Star Trek brand. His urns cost about $800, compared with $3,000 for a traditional marble one.
Selling to funeral homes wasn't easy. "In the beginning, one of the major players patted us on the head and said, Good luck, but our caskets and urns are the only ones used in the industry,'" says Mytych. Not anymore. Eternal Image, with 10 employees, hit $600,000 in sales in 2007, and several funeral companies have approached Mytych about partnerships.
For Esmerelda Kent, the dive into death began with the HBO show Six Feet Under. Fascinated by the funeral business and inspired by the show, the costume designer started an apprenticeship in 2004 at Forever Fernwood, a cemetery in Mill Valley, Calif., that focuses on sustainable burial practices. In keeping with its green goals, Forever Fernwood was burying people in shrouds. "It was a really cumbersome and ridiculous process," says Kent. "We had no idea what we were doing with these long pieces of cloth, and it was really undignified trying to lower the shrouds into the ground." So in 2005 she started San Francisco-based Kinkaraco Green Burial Shrouds, a collection of more practical shrouds with thoughtful touches such as pockets for mementos and a stiff backboard and handles. Kent's next project is a line of high-end shrouds—"mort couture," she deadpans. She had a warm reception at a recent industry convention, and rang up about $30,000 in sales last year. But Kent says change is barely crawling along. "This is the last industry to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century," she says. "Myself and others like me are completely reinventing the business."
John Carmon, past president and spokesperson for the National Funeral Directors Assn., agrees that the industry has to be more forward-thinking, at least in terms of technology and personalized service. But he doesn't think the newcomers are going to bring any sort of radical change. "You won't see most families shooting cremains in the air," he says. "Cremains" is industry-speak for cremated remains,' and yes, Angels Flight of Castaic, Calif., founded in 1996, will happily disperse yours via one of its fireworks displays.
Regardless of what the Old Guard thinks of them, entrepreneurs are happy reshaping the industry from the outside in. Says Mytych: "No matter how hard a funeral director might put his foot down and think that a Star Trek casket or whatever is tacky, the fact is, the public likes it."
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PLANS to build up to 120 homes in Oakley have been met with opposition from residents living near the greenfield site.
Representatives from a newly-formed steering group attended Oakley Parish Council's planning meeting to set out their concerns about Gleeson Developments' plans for the site, on land west of Beech Tree Close.
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He added: "We are fully aware that in the Neighbourhood Plan, Oakley will most likely have to accept 150 houses in that plan.
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The pulse of the slow, dark music swept though and around Robbie like a wave, making him feel like he was a part of the sound. Tilting his head back, he downed another shot of tequila, setting the glass next to another just like it. His chest rose and fell with a sigh as he turned from the oak bar to look out over the gathering at the club. Brushing a long strand of blue-tinted, curly black hair away from his face, Robbie found himself disgusted with the familiarity of the scene at Club Sanguine. For years he had been coming here to get away from the hell that was his life. Working for his father at the liquor store in his small home town outside of Phoenix wasnt exactly his dream.
Black lights and strobes flashed over the large, crowded dance floor while conversations went on at tables and booths between the mixed sub-cultures that gathered every night. Gothics tended to stay together, although the occasional punk or metal head could be spotted in their midst. Robbie could never seem to fit in anywhere, much less into any of the groups that came here, although he tried.
He leaned back and rested his forearms on the marble bar top, trying to look as if he didnt give a damn. Nothing could have been farther from the truth, but if he let his emotions out, hed never live it down. Instead, he passed the time looking at the girls in their micro-mini skirts, leather and vinyl dresses, and form-fitting tops. Robbie wished every night that he had the courage to go up to one of them and introduce himself, but he knew that if he did he would only end up looking like a fool. Better to imagine them all naked rather than get turned down by one.
Robbies gaze stopped across the room as his amber eyes fell upon the one person in the world that could make his heart skip a beat. Angela. He self-consciously straightened his leather biker jacket and slipped his hands into the pockets. Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath, willing his heart to slow down. When he opened them again, Angela was seated at a table not far from him, near the dance floor, with a group of her friends. She tossed back her long mane of golden blonde hair and laughed as one of her girlfriends told a joke.
Great, Robbie muttered. Nothing was worse than trying to impress a girl when she was around friends. Resigning himself to wait until he could get her alone, as he had done countless times before, Robbie turned to check his appearance in the mirrors behind the old-fashioned, 18th century bar. He saw there the same, lonely visage he had always seen.
With a sigh, he searched his ripped blue jeans for money to pay the bartender then moved across the room to find a seat away from the liquor. The thud from his Harley Davidson boots hitting the hard stone floor was smothered by the industrial sounds of Ministry.
Taking a seat at a table where he had a clear view of Angela, Robbie kicked his feet up on the table and tried once again to relax. He spent the next hour looking at his one desire, always glancing away when she looked in his direction. Once or twice he could have sworn she was looking right at him, but he wouldnt allow himself to believe that was possible.
He closed his eyes again, envisioning Angela, as he often did, trying to remember every detail about her. With flawless clarity he saw her jade green eyes shadowed with black, her straight, long blonde hair that she wore halfway down to her waist. He pictured her soft, full lips and the crimson lipstick that she seemed to prefer, accented with a thin outline of black. Her pale, smooth skin sent shivers of desire up his spine and the full curves of her body were burned into memory, something Robbie couldnt help but notice since Angela rarely wore anything that didnt fit her body like a glove.
He opened his eyes again and turned to gaze at her, smiling to himself as his memory of her became reality. His thoughts matched every aspect of her perfectly. Gradually, Robbie became aware that something had changed. He let his eyes unfocus as he tried to figure it out. Then it hit him.
Her friends were gone! She was alone at her table. Robbies heart began to race again; he could feel it beat against his rib cage. He placed his hand quickly over his white T-shirt, as if the beating of his heart was something he needed to hide.
He quickly looked away from her, staring at his table as thought raced though his head. This is it. If Im ever going to meet her, its got to be now. Fighting down his doubt, Robbie was about to stand when he felt a soft pressure on his right shoulder. He looked up quickly, but was not quick enough to hide his surprise as he discovered Angela standing next to him, her hand resting on his jacket.
Angela simply smiled. Come with me, she said, her voice as peaceful as a gentle breeze. Robbie stood obediently although his mind was still in a haze. She led him out of the club and into a side alley. Robbie stopped as his mind cleared and he realized where she had taken him.
Why are we here? Robbie looked around the dark alley, his eyes adjusting quickly from the low lighting in the club. He was surprised at the emptiness of the alley. Only a few dumpsters backed against buildings cluttered the space.
This, said Angela, turning to face him, is our turf.
Yes. My clan owns this club. The alley is where we take care of business thats not suited for inside.
Robbie was confused. Like what?
Unwanted visitors, Angela moved closer to him, disputes... and initiations. Her eyes seemed to glow as she leveled her gaze with his.
Which one am I? Robbie held his ground. Half of him was filled with anticipation and excitement at her presence, while the other half was telling him to run.
Im hoping youll join us, Angela grinned. Otherwise, youll be going home hurt.
Robbie was shocked as his mind tried to process what was happening. This didnt seem at all to him like Angela, the happy, laughing, smiling, goddess of beauty he saw almost every night.
Ive noticed you watching me. And I must admit, I do find you attractive. Angela smiled seductively, resting her left hand on his chest.
Robbie nearly fainted.
Im hoping your clothes arent just a show, and that you can take care of yourself. Can you?
Robbie replied shyly, Ive taken some martial arts.
Angela nodded. Good. Her foot flew out towards his thigh.
Reflexively Robbie blocked her kick with his hand.
Now, try to hit me. Angela prompted.
What? Robbie couldnt believe his ears.
I dont have all night, Robbie. Do it. Angelas hand flew out, faster than Robbie could react and raked his cheek with her nails.
Shit! What was that for? Robbies hand moved to his cheek where he felt blood trickling from the wounds she left.
Shut up and fight. Angela said impatiently. She moved in and swept Robbie off his feet, moving swifter than he had ever seen anyone move before. He found himself on his back, looking up at her.
I could kill you right now, she said, as she kneeled and straddled his chest, pinning his arms to the ground with inhuman strength. But I think that would be a waste. You just need to learn to act before you think.
I can do that. Honest. Please, just let me go.
And you need to get a stronger spine. Angela frowned. Shit, youll never do. I was fooling myself. She bent over Robbie quickly, her lips pressing against his neck.
Robbie gasped, then shouted as he felt two sharp points break the skin of his throat. Angelas hand covered his mouth as she retracted her fangs and let the blood began to flow. Robbie panicked for less than a minute before Angelas deadly kiss began to have a euphoric effect on him.
He tilted his neck, needing her to drink more from him. She obliged and sucked deeply, draining him swiftly.
Thank you, Robbie whispered, as he felt his consciousness slipping away.
Angelas tongue flicked over the wounds on his neck, causing them to vanish.
Good bye, Robbie. She stood and watched as the life faded from his eyes, then lifted his body and placed it in a nearby dumpster. Shaking her head, she walked slowly back into the club.


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Blow for Iran: Carlos Queiroz quit as coach after their World Cup exit. Photo: AFP
With vital prize money pocketed and reputations enhanced by resolute displays, Iran should depart the World Cup with their heads held high but the departure of coach Carlos Queiroz leaves the future uncertain.
For the cash strapped federation, the $US8 million prize money for qualifying for Brazil is a welcome relief as the economic sanctions placed on the country have hindered their progress, with home friendly matches - a key source of income - proving tricky to organise.
But the money comes too late to retain the much loved Queiroz, whose tactical nous was on full display as the Iranians held African champions Nigeria and came with seconds of repeating the trick against twice former champions Argentina.
If not for a brilliant stoppage time goal by Lionel Messi and two important saves by Sergio Romero, they may have recorded one of the great World Cup shock victories over the South Americans as Queiroz rang every last bit of talent out of his committed but limited squad.
Applauded into media conferences in Brazil, Queiroz will be a huge loss. His desire and determination to improve standards throughout the country's football system over three years in charge resulted in one hard earned point in Brazil.
"Fans need to know what we did over three years to be here," Queiroz told reporters after the opening draw with Nigeria.
"We have problems to arrange matches and that is why I am very happy with what we have done. I think football people understand what we have done. Most of our players play in an amateur league. Our players deserve respect."
Queiroz fought battles to find friendly matches and argued with local clubs to release players for training squads with his successor needing to share the Mozambique-born coach's meticulous planning and desire for greater professionalism.
The former Real Madrid manager also was rewarded for his tireless searching of the diasporas for players to add to the squad, with his personable approach convincing the likes of Ashkan Dejagah, Reza Ghoochannejhad and Steven 'Mehrdad' Beitashour to play for him.
Dejagah and Ghoochannejhad brought pace and skill to complement a disciplined defensive effort, led impressively by holding midfielder Andranik Teymourian, which faltered only in the final 3-1 loss to Bosnia in their Group F finale.
Teymourian, 31, might make the next World Cup but for many of the 23 in Brazil it will be a step too far as Iran bid to qualify for back-to-back World Cups for the first time.
There is, however, a small pool of talent pushing to step up, with 19-year-old striker Sardar Azmoun just missing out on the World Cup squad and 20-year-old attacking midifielder Ali Reza Jahanbakhsh seeing a few minutes of game time in Brazil.
The two play their club football in Russia and the Netherlands, a move that would help the development of many others with Queiroz long bemoaning the standard of the local Iranian league.
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It's been a year since Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, and apparently Cruise is feeling sentimental. A source tells UK magazine Look the actor sent Holmes an "emotional letter" looking to, at the very least, be friends again, Australia's News Network reports. "It's like he's finally recognized that Katie will always be the love of his life," the source says. Even so, "It won't have been an over the top letter—it has been a year and I'm sure Tom will have been aware that Katie wouldn't be interested in running straight back into his arms." Read more on Newser…


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Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Friday July 19, 2013
The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday July 19, 2013:
Report Barry Sternlicht Bid $17-$18/Share for Saks
The Rumor:
Shares of Saks (NYSE: SKS) spiked higher late Friday on a report from the NY Post that Starwood's (NYSE: HOT) Barry Sternlicht has bid $17-$18 per share for for the retailer. Hudson's Bay, owner of Lord & Taylor, had made a similar bid. KKR (NYSE: KKR) and Leonard Green have also been mentioned as potential buyers.
Saks closed at $15.89 Friday, a gain of 8% on 3 times average volume.
Hearing Renewed Chatter of Euronet Bid for Moneygram
The Rumor:
Shares of Moneygram International (NASDAQ: MGI) rose Friday on renewed chatter of an offer from Euronet (NASDAQ: EEFT). Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG), Bain, TPG, and GTCR have also been mentioned as potential buyers of Moneygram, though Deal Reporter reported on July 16 that a potential deal was off.
Spokespersons for Moneygram and Euronet were not available for comment.
Moneygram International closed at $22.06 Friday, a gain of 6.5% on 3.5 times average volume.
Qihoo 360 Talks to Acquire Sogou
The Talks:
Shares of Qihoo 360 (NASDAQ: QIHU) surged higher Friday on a report from Reuters that the company the company is in talks with Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU) to acquire the Sogou search engine for up to $1.4 billion.
A Qihoo 360 spokesperson told Reuters talks were still in the preliminary stage.
Qihoo 360 closed at $58.34 Friday, a gain of 1.5% on 1.5 times average volume.
Apple Acquires HopStop, Locationary
The Deals:
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has acquired online transit navigation service View HopStop, according to Bloomberg and location data startup Locationary, according to AllThingsD. The acquisitions are an attempt to keep pace with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Maps and correct the problems associated with the launch of their own Apple Maps.
Apple closed at $424.95 Friday, a loss of 1.5% on lower than average volume.
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U.S. U-19s TO MEET TALENTED AUSTRALIA SQUAD TONIGHT IN VICTORIA, B.C.: The U.S. Under-19 Women's National Team got two goals from Kelly Wilson and one each from Lindsay Tarpley, Leslie Osborne and Heather O'Reilly to open the 2002 FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championship on a spectacular day at Centennial Stadium, rolling over a tough England squad on the way to a 5-1 victory. It was the first match ever played in a FIFA World Championship by a U.S. youth women's team, who won over the 2,500 highly entertained fans on a sun-splashed Victoria afternoon with some dynamic attacking soccer. The USA's "Triple-Edged Sword" of strikers - Wilson, Tarpley and O'Reilly -- accounted for three goals and five assists on the day - three assists alone by O'Reilly - as each member of the attacking trio notched at least a goal and an assist. The USA faces Australia in its second Group C match tonight in Victoria with the kickoff at 7:15 p.m. PT. The USA is tied atop Group C with Australia, a 5-1 winner over Chinese Taipei. The USA will finish Group C play on Wednesday (Aug. 21) against Chinese Taipei (a.k.a. Taiwan) at 7:15 p.m. PT. Fans can follow the tournament by logging onto the special section of ussoccer.com dedicated to the first-ever FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championship, to get game reports, group standings, notes and photos, as well as the ability to follow live game action on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker, presented by Philips Electronics.
LAST YEAR'S CELLAR-DWELLERS WILL MEET IN WUSA FINAL ON SATURDAY IN ATLANTA: The Carolina Courage and Washington (D.C.) Freedom, who finished the 2001 season at the bottom of the WUSA standings with matching 6-12-3 records, completed remarkable turn-arounds by advancing to the Founders Cup II, which will be played on Saturday (Aug. 24) at Atlanta's Herndon Stadium at 4 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on PAX TV. The regular season champion Carolina Courage came back from an early penalty kick goal to steal a dramatic 2-1 overtime win from the #4-seed Atlanta Beat on a golden goal from defender Carla Overbeck in the 92nd minute. The Beat had taken the lead on a Nikki Serlenga PK in the 28th minute, but Carolina converted one of their own when Danielle Fotopoulos equalized from the spot in the 89th minute. The Freedom, who finished the regular season in third place, needed only a strike from midfielder Monica Gerardo in the 80th minute to down Philadelphia on their home turf.
WIZARDS, RAMPAGE MEET SATURDAY IN FINAL 2002 U.S. OPEN CUP QUARTERFINAL: The A-League's Milwaukee Rampage will try to become the only non-MLS team to advance to the 2002 U.S. Open Cup semi-finals when they host the Kansas City Wizards on Saturday (Aug. 24) in Franklin, Wisc., in the last of the four Quarterfinal matches. For the semifinals, the Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) will host the Dallas Burn (MLS) at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, Calif., on Sept. 3, at 8 p.m. PT, while the Columbus Crew (MLS) will host the winner of the Kansas City-Milwaukee quarterfinal on Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. ET.
U.S. MNT PLAYERS HAVE BIG ROLES AS 2002-03 PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON KICKS OFF: The first meeting of goalkeeper Brad Friedel and Claudio Reyna in the English Premier League ended in a 0-0 stalemate, as Friedel was forced to make a couple big saves off the foot of Reyna to preserve the shutout. Goalkeeper Kasey Keller began the season as the first choice keeper for Spurs, earning a 2-2 draw away to Everton. In England's Second Division, midfielder John Thorrington has appeared in all three games this season, helping Huddersfield Town to a 1-0 win over Peterborough this weekend and scoring in a 2-1 loss to Plymouth last week. In Germany, defender Tony Sanneh and FC Nurnberg remain without a point to start the new Bundesliga campaign, the result of 0-2 loss to Hansa Rostock. Defender Steve Cherundolo has suffered similiar forturnes with Hannover 96, the newly promoted side also falling to 0-2 on the season with a 1-3 loss to 1860 Munich. The Dutch Erevisie kicked off this weekend, with defending champions Ajax cruising to a 3-1 victory against FC Utrecht and John O'Brien resuming his starting role at left back.
U.S. WNT TO PLAY TWO GAMES IN N.C. AS PART OF 2002 NIKE U.S. WOMEN'S CUP IN OCT.: The 2002 edition of the Nike U.S. Women's Cup is coming to North Carolina, where the U.S. Women's National Team will play two games as part of doubleheaders at SAS Stadium in Cary, N.C. The U.S. Women's National Team matches are scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 2 and Sunday, Oct. 6. The entire Nike U.S. Women's Cup schedule and opponents have yet to be completely finalized. Tickets for both matches will go on sale this week at a date to be determined. For the U.S. Women, the appearance in North Carolina will mark the team's first match at the recently-opened SAS Stadium, which debuted as the home of the WUSA's Carolina Courage this past May. Although the U.S. women have previously played matches in Charlotte, Davidson and Greensboro, N.C., the two October doubleheaders will mark the team's first-ever international games in the Raleigh-Durham area.
U.S. WNT TO MEET SCOTLAND FOR FIRST TIME EVER, SEPT. 8 IN COLUMBUS LIVE ON ESPN: After playing its last match against a country that the U.S. Women's National Team has faced more than any other nation (a resounding 4-0 victory over Norway on July 21), the U.S. Women will take the field next against a team it has never played before, facing Scotland on Sept. 8, 2002, at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The match will kickoff at 1 p.m. ET and be broadcast live on ESPN. Tickets went on sale on last week at all TicketMaster locations in Ohio and the surrounding states and by phone at 614-431-3600. Tickets are also available at the Crew Stadium ticket office (open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.). Ticket prices are $18 (endline), $25 (sideline), $35 (midfield) and $45 (club seats). For information on group rates, please call 312-528-1249. The match against Scotland will be the first for the U.S. team after the WUSA season and all focus will be on preparing for the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, which takes place from Oct. 27-Nov. 9 and will serve as this region's qualifying tournament for the 2003 Women's World Cup in China.
PANAMA JOINS MEXICO AS U.S. WOMEN'S QUALIFYING OPPONENT FOR 2003 WWC: The two Central American qualifiers for the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup -- Costa Rica and Panama -- posted very different results on the last day of the Central Zone qualifying tournament at Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador recently. Honduras scored five unanswered second-half goals to break a 1-1 halftime tie with a 10-player Panama and win 6-2, while Costa Rica needed three goals after the interval to break a scoreless tie and defeat the host nation 3-0. Costa Rica finished atop the group on 12 points in four matches played to wrap up the first Central Zone berth in the Women's Gold Cup. Meanwhile, Panama and Guatemala each had six points, with Panama gaining the second spot by virtue of head-to-head competition. The hosts took fourth and Honduras fifth with three points apiece, El Salvador winning the tiebreaker. Panama will join Group A, along with USA, Mexico and winner of Caribbean Group A. Costa Rica will participate in Group B of the 2002 Women's Gold Cup, based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, along with the winners of Caribbean Group B and the third-place Caribbean side, and Canada.
U.S. SOCCER TO HOST UNDER-20 QUALIFYING IN CHARLESTON, S.C., FROM NOV. 13-17: Qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Youth Championship being hosted by U.S. Soccer will be staged in Charleston, S.C., at Blackbaud Stadium from November 13-17, 2002. This marks the first time in 22 years that U.S. Soccer has hosted an Under-20 qualifying tournament. The four-team, Group B qualifying tournament will feature the U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team, as well as Canada, the second-place team from Central America and the winner from the Caribbean playoff between the Group B and Group C champions, in a six-game, round-robin tournament. The top two finishers in Group B group will advance to the FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates from March 25 – April 16, 2003. This region's other final round qualifying tournament will be held in Panama from October 16-20, 2002. This tournament marks the first time since 1980 that U.S. Soccer has hosted an Under-20 qualifying tournament. Last year U.S. Soccer hosted the 2001 Under-17 Group A qualifying tournament in St. Louis, Mo.
U.S. UNDER-20 MNT TO MEET BRAZIL, ITALY & UKRAINE IN U-20 TOURNAMENT IN SPAIN: U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team head coach Thomas Rongen has selected 20 players for the U.S. Under-20s trip to Valencia, Spain, where they will participate against some of the top youth national teams in the world at the XIX Torneo Internacional de Futbol de l'Alcudia from August 24-29. The U.S. team departed for Spain today and will play in the tournament opener on Saturday (Aug. 24) against Brazil. The U.S. follows up against Italy on August 26 and then concludes Group B play on August 27 against Ukraine. The tournament's Group A is comprised of Spain, Uruguay, Costa Rica and Gabon. The tournament in Spain will be the Under-20s' final international games before World Youth Championship qualifying kicks off in the U.S. on November 13 in Charleston, S.C. The USA has posted a 10-5-9 record this year, recording 11 shutouts in 24 matches. Mike Magee has paced the team with nine goals in just 13 appearances (seven starts), including the game's only goal in a 1-0 win over Canada on January 9. Midfielder Ricardo Clark (Furman) has been one of the team's most consistent performers, seeing time in 17 of the team's first 20 matches. The following is the 20-man roster for the trip to Spain:
Goalkeepers (2): Steve Cronin (Santa Clara), Ford Williams (UNC);
Defenders (6): Ryan Cochrane (Santa Clara), Jordan Harvey (UCLA), C.J. Klaas (Washington), Chris Lancos (Maryland), Chad Marshall (Stanford), Chefik Simo (Furman);
Midfielders (7): Craig Capano (Chicago Fire, MLS), Ricardo Clark (Furman), Ned Grabavoy (Indiana), David Johnson (Willem II, Holland), Justin Mapp (D.C. United, MLS), Raul Palomares (NK Osijek, Croatia), Jordan Stone (Dallas Burn, MLS);
Forwards (5): Mike Ambersley (Indiana), Devin Barclay (San Jose Earthquakes, MLS), Knox Cameron (Michigan), Ed Johnson (Dallas Burn, MLS), Mike Magee (unsigned).
U.S. UNDER-17s TRAVEL TO FINLAND FOR THREE MATCHES IN HELSINKI: The U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team headed to Finland this weekend to face Finland's Under-17 Men's National Team in a series of three matches over Aug. 22-26 in Helsinki. U.S. head coach John Ellinger is using the trip to help his team get acclimated to Finland, where the 2003 FIFA Under-17 World Championship will be held from August 13-30. The U.S. Under-17s have posted a 7-6-1 record in international matches this year. Most recently, the U.S. split a pair of games with Canada's Under-17 squad, losing 1-0 on May 22 and then rebounding for a 2-1 win just three days later. Guillermo Gonzalez, John DiRaimondo and Corey Ashe have led the team offensively, combining for 15 goals in 14 international matches. One of just three players to play in all 30 matches this year (along with Ashe and Mike Harrington), Gonzalez has totaled 14 goals and seven assists in 2002. The Under-17s trained and played four exhibitions last week in Raleigh, N.C., opening with a 1-1 draw against the Raleigh Elite (PDL) on August 12. Corey Ashe scored for the U.S., before a second-half Raleigh equalizer provided the final scoreline. The U.S. then topped an older CASL club team 4-1 on August 14, with goals from Harrington, Spector, Gonzalez and an CASL own goal. The Under-17s concluded with a scoreless draw with N.C. State on August 17.
U.S. FUTSAL TEAM TO HOST BRAZIL, MEXICO IN MILWAUKEE THIS WEEKEND: The U.S. Futsal National Team will host two nations at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wis., this weekend (Aug. 24-25), as CONCACAF rival Mexico and the three-time FIFA World Champions Brazil visit the Midwest. This is the second time this year that the U.S. squad has played international futsal matches on home soil, having defeated Canada (10-0) and tied Mexico (1-1) in a triangular event held in the Washington, D.C., area in mid-March. "I am excited that we can compete against one of the top futsal teams in the world in Brazil and once again face our (CONCACAF) regional foe Mexico in the USA," said head coach Keith Tozer. "Hosting this event is another step for our squad to get ready for the CONCACAF qualifiers in another year." Mexico is coming off a 7-1 victory over Canada in their last international match this past March, while Brazil has recently added another title to its already crowded trophy case as they won the gold medal at the VIIth South American Games over the weekend with a perfect 6-0 record, while outscoring their opponents 42-5. Tozer has also named a 14-man player roster along with nine alternates for this competition. The U.S. will open the triangular event on Aug. 24 at 3 p.m. CT, as they face Brazil for the first time since 1998. After Mexico battles Brazil in the opener on Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. CT, the Americans close out the competition squaring off against the Tri-Colores in the nightcap at 5 p.m. CT. Tickets for the event go on sale today at the Bradley Center Ticket Office. Individual session tickets are priced at $25 (reserved), and $12 (general admission), with all-session tickets priced at $40 (reserved), and $20 (general admission). For more information, contact the Wave Office at 414-224-WAVE (9283).
MANKAMYER BECOMES JUST SECOND FEMALE U.S.O.C. PRESIDENT: The U.S. Olympic Committee's board of directors approved Marty Mankamyer as its next president on Thursday, making her the second woman to head the world's most powerful Olympic committee. Mankamyer, whose work with soccer at the national level dates back to the 1970s, had been serving as the USOC interim president since Sandy Baldwin resigned in May. She received a simple majority from the 123-member board after the USOC's Executive Committee selected her over Boston attorney Paul George and silver medal rower Larry Hough in a July 29 vote. Mankamyer, the first woman elected to the U.S. Soccer Federation's Executive Committee, was a leading figure in the push to include women's soccer in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, where she served as the soccer delegation supervisor. She began her work in soccer at the national level by serving as a soccer volunteer at the 1978, 1979 and 1983 National Sports Festivals. The native of Farmington, N.M., later served as the soccer liaison at the 1995 Pan American Games in Argentina.
COLLEGE SOCCER'S TOP AWARDS MERGE FOR UNIFIED NATIONAL RECOGNITION: The two premier awards in college soccer, the Missouri Athletic Club Collegiate Soccer Players of the Year and the Hermann Trophy, have merged to form one award - the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy. As of the 2002 season, the most outstanding male and female soccer player in America, as selected by the members of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, will receive this combined award. The M.A.C. and Hermann awards have been presented to the same player 20 times (nine men / eleven women) and to different players 10 times (seven men / three women) since 1986. "Forming one award will help attain the goal of presenting college soccer's version of the Heisman Trophy," said M.A.C. President Gerald Ortbals. "This will increase the prestige and visibility of college soccer's top honor." Twenty-eight M.A.C. and Hermann recipients have gone on to represent the United States on either the men's or women's national team. The Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy winners are determined through a vote of NCAA coaches in a process administered by the NSCAA. The award represents the highest recognition of achievement in collegiate soccer.
SEITZ TO REFEREE MATCH AT FIRST EVER U-19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN CANADA: U.S. Soccer referee Kari Seitz is scheduled to work her first match as the center referee of the 2002 FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championship tonight in a game between Germany and Brazil in Vancouver. The 31-year-old Seitz, who has been a FIFA official since 1999, began her work in the tournament as the fourth official on Saturday for Brazil's 5-3 victory over Mexico.
PEAK PERFORMER: Columbus Crew rookie forward Edson Buddle showed why he may be one of the key players on the U.S. Under-23 MNT with an impressive six-point performance in a 4-0 thrashing of the Kansas City Wizards this weekend. The 21-year-old native of New Rochelle, N.Y., set up fellow forward Jeff Cunningham twice (in the 11th and 61st minutes) and knocked home a pair of goals himself in the 42nd and 58th to seal the win. Buddle now has seven goals and five assists on the year and is one of the leading candidates for 2002 MLS Rookie of the Year.
MARQUEE MATCH-UP: Mia and Hege. Abby and Danielle. Bridgit and Pretinha. That's right – it's the Founders Cup II (live on PAX on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET). The two losers from 2001 are already the big winners in 2002 just by being in Atlanta this weekend to fight for the WUSA crown. Although both teams boast solid defenses (both teams only gave up 30 goals across 21 regular season games), they were also the two highest-scoring teams in the league and are loaded with firepower. Expect it to be a wide open affair that will be decided in overtime or by penalty kick shootout like the CyberRays' win over the Beat in the thrilling 2001 final.
SOCCER SHOCKER: Not two seasons removed from reigning as 2000 MLS Cup champs while boasting the league's best goalkeeper and best overall defense, the Kansas City Wizards have fallen on hard times, having given up a whopping 15 goals in their last four games (including a 6-1 loss to F.C. Morelia in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup semi-finals on Aug. 7, a 5-1 loss to Chicago on Aug. 14 and a 4-0 loss to Columbus on Aug. 17). With the losses, the ex-champs are now 8-8-8 and mired in last place in the Western Conference.
"It's devastating. It's hard to believe that a young player like this can be hit with a season-ending injury for the third year in the last four seasons."
- Chicago Fire head coach Bob Bradley, on the ACL tear that 25-year-old U.S.MNT forward Josh Wolff suffered last week in a 5-1 win over the K.C. Wizards.


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Visiting Writers Series: Tomás Q. Morín
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Created in connection with the University's recently launched Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, the new Visiting Writers Series features six acclaimed contemporary writers visiting the UArts campus each year. These distinguished poets, novelists and short story writers will give readings – all of which are free and open to the public – and meet with students in the Creative Writing major to discuss issues of craft and the writing life.
This reading is co-sponsored by The American Poetry Review.
Tomás Q. Morín is the author of A Larger Country, winner of the 2012 APR/Honickman Prize and runner-up for the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award. He is co-editor, with Mari L'Esperance, of the anthology Coming Close: 40 Essays on Philip Levine. His poems have appeared in Slate, Threepenny Review, Boulevard, New England Review, Poetry and Narrative.
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