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Vicky Kaaz is the vice president of the board of directors for Court Appointed Special Advocates for the First Judicial District.
1. Is this the first time the First Judicial District CASA has sponsored a "Back to the 50s" Dance?
This is the first Back to the 50s themed dance hosted by CASA as a fundraiser. We have held a "barn dance" at the Heritage Center over the past two years in October, but decided to go with a new theme and date this year.
2. What is this event going to include?
This year's event will be held once again at the Heritage Center, 109 Delaware St., and will include a live 50s rock and roll band - "The Fabulous Torques", hula hoop and limbo competition. We will be serving diner-style hamburgers and French fries, along with homemade root beer floats. The Heritage Center will be decorated with nostalgic items from the 50s as well.
3. How do the proceeds help CASA?
As is the case with many human service organizations, local and state grant funding has been reduced over the past several years, and CASA must look to our local community to assist us with our mission to advocate for abused and neglected children who have been removed from or are at risk of being removed from their home. CASA volunteers are empowered to make a lifelong difference in the lives of the children they serve. Unlike attorneys and social workers, the CASA volunteer speaks exclusively for the child's best interest. Children who have been served by a CASA volunteer are more likely to find a permanent home and are less likely to reenter the child welfare system. The event's primary goal is to generate awareness about the CASA program, and to hopefully move more members of our community to become involved with the program as volunteers and/or financial supporters. The proceeds will be used to offset the expenses associated with providing CASA and supervised visitation volunteers for children, youth and their families.
4. How are you encouraging people to get into the spirit?
Our guests can get into the spirit of the event by putting on their best fabulous 50s look (poodle skirt, bobby socks, saddle shoes, blue jeans, T shirt, duck tail, beehive, pony tail...) and showing up ready to eat, dance, hula hoop and limbo the night away.
5. How can people get tickets?
Tickets are $20 and are available at the CASA office, 100 S. Fifth St. or can be reserved by calling 651-6440. A limited number of tickets will also be available at the door.


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This report details the findings of the Mayor's Water Commission of 1945-1946. The Commission made several recommendations outlined in the beginning of the report. The report details the instructions given it by the Mayor, the composition of the Commission and its Board of Engineers, the tasks allocated to the Board of Engineers, analysis of various proposals, and improvement to the present sources and system. Included in the back of the report is a map entitled "A New Water Supply for the City of Philadelphia" prepared by the Board of Consulting Engineers in April 1946.
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The Philadelphia Water Commission was appointed by the Mayor on April 28, 1945. The report was made by a Board of Consulting Engineers appointed by the Director of Public Works under authorization of an ordinance of August 22, 1945. The report of November 1945 is a preliminary report and includes information on population and water needs, water qualities essential in a public supply, quality of water from available Upland sources, hydraulic criteria, and an analysis of proposed Upland Water projects. The final report of April 1946 supplements the preliminary report by consideration of costs of land acquisition and damages, construction costs and operating costs of the proposed Delaware River Project. It also analyzes existing sources of the water supply in respect to quality, future quality, continued use with augmented facilities, and estimates of construction, operating, and consumer costs.
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Emilia Clarke plays Daenerys Targaryen, who embraced her role as the "Mother of Dragons" at the end of last season. (Helen Sloan / HBO)Link
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Clive Russell joins the cast as Brynden Tully, also known as the Blackfish, Catelyn Stark's uncle. (Helen Sloan / HBO)Link
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Love is in the air as well.
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Those who knew Timothy "Shane" and Emily Benbow were continuing to search for answers Wednesday to why the husband and wife were found fatally shot in their Arcadia home Tuesday afternoon.
Those who knew Timothy "Shane" and Emily Benbow were continuing to search for answers Wednesday to why the husband and wife were found fatally shot in their Arcadia home Tuesday afternoon.
Capt. Mitch Kepley of the Davidson County Sheriff's Office says the deaths were a result of a domestic-related incident. The sheriff's office responded to the Benbow residence at 1283 Sunset Road at 1:47 p.m.
Kepley explained he couldn't comment on whether the deaths were being investigated as a murder-suicide. One of the deaths, however, was being investigated as a homicide, the captain said.
Kepley declined to specify if the husband or wife's death was determined to be a homicide.
Stunned by the deaths, friends of the family want to know more about the deaths of the Benbows, both of whom were 40 years old.
Travis Beck, owner of Beck's Hardwood Floors at 12133 N.C. Highway 150 North, Suite G, said he was in a daze as he tried to cope with the tragedy. He confirmed Emily Benbow was a co-owner of Creative Image beauty salon, located in Suite B at the same address of Beck's business.
"I'm just surprised," said Beck, noting he saw Emily Benbow on Saturday night when she came to his house to pick up a puppy. "I just can't believe it. Me and her joked around all day, every day. She was like a sister to me. I would like to know what, how (and) why. Everybody is trying to find answers."
Tuesday evening, Ray Woosley, Emily Benbow's father, described to The Dispatch how he found his daughter and son-in-law dead. The father decided to check on the couple after a day care worker called and told him his 3-year-old granddaughter had not shown up for day care Tuesday.
The concerned grandfather entered the house to find his granddaughter watching television. He continued through the house and located the couple in a room used as an office. Woosley then alerted authorities.
Woosley said his son-in-law worked at Cardinal Container Services in Lexington, and his daughter was a beautician. The father said the couple had been married for close to four years.
Woosley and neighbors were stunned by the deaths. They said they weren't aware of any problems in the Benbow household.
"Everybody is in real shock," Beck said.
Davidson County Sheriff David Grice said Tuesday that "both died violently." Kepley confirmed Wednesday morning that a handgun was involved but declined to comment where on the bodies the bullet wounds were located.
The sheriff's office, the captain said, are awaiting a preliminary report from the N.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Kepley expects the report in a few days.
"It's a tragic situation," Kepley said. "Anytime when you have a domestic-related situation where a child is involved, it's definitely a bad situation for all those involved. Not only for the individuals with the child and for the rest of the family, it's hard to cope for them."
A sheriff's office news release issued Wednesday morning stated the 3-year-old child is staying with other family members. Kepley said the girl was unharmed in the incident.
A number of residents using their Facebook pages posted condolences for the family and other remarks concerning the incident on The Dispatch's website. One of the residents was Lisa Sinclair of Arcadia who wrote that Emily Benbow was a "wonderful person."
Sinclair said in a phone interview with The Dispatch that she's known Emily Benbow for more than 20 years. She described her as a friend who cut her hair for several years. .
"She was just the kindest, most caring person," Sinclair said.
Sinclair, like many, also was surprised to hear of the deaths.
"Of course, it hits home in your neighborhood, but when it is someone that dear of a person, it's definitely a shock," Sinclair said.
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It's here in the U.S., as Michelle Malkin writes:
The Justice Department's inspector general this month released a disturbing report that exposed federal prisons as a fertile breeding ground for terrorists. It was a red alert on a bureaucratic failure that jeopardizes not only other inmates and prison employees, but also the country at large. Yet it got next to no notice.
And, as Michelle notes, the state prison systems are worse. Richard Reid, Jose Padilla and many others have converted to Islamofascism while incarcerated. If we can't prevent terrorist recruitment in our prison system, where we have full control over inmates' activities 24 hours a day, where can we?


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BRISTOL, Tenn. – The defending Conference Carolinas Softball Tournament Champion Lady Tornado softball team have announced they will host two camps this fall for youth players ages 10 and up. Led by the King coaching staff, the Lady Tornado will host camps on Oct. 14 and a second from Nov. 3-4.
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Gross domestic product expanded at a revised 1.8% annualized rate from January through March, down from a prior estimate of 2.4%. The People's Bank of China indicated in a comment on their website that "tight liquidity situation will gradually ease," which likely is another cause for the rally in equities.
Equities: The SEP13 E-mini S&P 500 futures are up 9 points this morning, trading up to 1590, after hitting a recent low in the low 1550s. The rally is likely due to today's GDP, data which was under the consensus estimates, as well as the PBOC soothing markets with its comment regarding the tight liquidity situation easing. We believe the 1582 level is a key pivot/support level for this market. We have an upside target in the near term at 1607. 1590 is the high volume area for today and could serve as a magnet for the near term. We might have lower volatility over the next couple weeks headed into the important monthly jobs report. The market could gravitate toward the key 1600 area and wait for further cues.
Bonds: The 133'19 level in the SEP13 U.S. 30-year bond market has held nicely over the past few sessions, and today the new support level is 134'07. There still is a potentially bearish structure of the 30-year, so this could materialize if we get a big upside surprise in the July jobs report. For now, we believe the bond market may just move back and forth in a range. The 134'07 level is key. If the market can stay above this level, we look for a potential rally to the next key resistance level we have at 136'04. If the market stays below the level of 134'07, we look for the bearish structure to complete with a target of 132'24. We believe going forward this market will be very data dependent, as Bernanke has already said his peace to the markets.
Currencies: The U.S. Dollar Index is up to 83.16 today, or +.43%, as the overall trend of the dollar being looked at again as a safe haven continues, even in the face of weaker than expected U.S. GDP data. We look at 82 as a key support level for the USD, and 83.70 as a potential breakout area to the upside. Again, the theme going forward will be the key monthly data coming from the U.S. The euro is down 92 ticks this morning, as Draghi made dovish comments about monetary policy for the region. The euro, even with its strong rally from 130 to 134 before the FOMC statement, is now looking weak. There is a potential "head and shoulders" pattern on a longer term chart, with a potential downside completion point at 1.21, with 1.28 being a key support. We are not convinced this move will occur, but will watch the key levels and data coming out of Europe.
Commodities: Once again, our focus is gold. Gold is down big again today, trading down $42 to $1,232. Gold has hit our first key level of $1,242, and now we are focusing on our next downside target of $1,195. We do believe gold is susceptible to more selling, but we also would not be surprised to see some major short-covering/buying occur if gold gets below $1,200. Our key resistance level is $1,270. We do believe that in the near term, gold could gravitate toward its recent high volume level of $1,235, or slightly higher at $1,248. Crude oil is showing strength again, this time rallying up from the daily low of $93.68 all the way to $95.48. Our key level is $95, and if this market can hold strength, our next upside target is $96.88. We would not be surprised to see this get hit.
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El Consejo apoya la declaración del 5 de Diciembre como Día Mundial de los Suelos
5 de Diciembre 2012, Roma, Italia – FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has welcomed the decision by the governing Council to observe the 5th of December as World Soil Day.
The day will serve as a platform for raising awareness on the importance of soils for food security and ecosystem functions.
The day has been commemorated unoffically since 2002, when it was adopted by the International Union of Soil Scientists. The date was chosen to honour King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand and his work in promoting conservation of soil resources.
The Council endorsement will, if accepted by the FAO Conference and the UN General Assembly, make World Soil Day an official UN day.
"The sustainable management and use of natural resources is a key to food security," said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva. "Despite the essential role of soils in the life of humanity, their degradation is increasingly due to inappropriate practices, growing population pressures and inadequate governance."
"For some time now, we have known that it can take up to one thousand years to form just one centimeter of soil. And yet, all of that can be lost in just a few minutes, to degradation and erosion," he said.
Within the framework of its Global Soil Partnership, FAO advocates for international recognition of the importance of soil. The Partnership launched today the Sate of the Art Report on Glboal and Regional Soil Information, its first technical report.
In the area of soils, FAO also provides technical and policy support and compiles and analyzes relevant information, producing, for example the Soil Map of the World.
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Rogers man arrested on child porn charges
ROGERS, Ark. —
The Benton County Sheriff's Office, Cyber Crime Division arrested Jesse Green, 18, on charges of distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child.
In March, the Cyber Crimes Division worked an undercover operation to find people sharing child pornography images.
During the investigation, detectives said they found a computer in the Rogers, Ark. area that was spreading child pornography through a file sharing program.
A warrant was issued for Green on April 11, 2013.
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Rachel, well done with the discreet/discrete sentences.
And please don't be worried! You're doing the right thing by taking the time to educate yourself, and it's apparent that you're a good writer. In the long run, it won't matter if you've misused 'decimate' in a piece of writing that's otherwise excellent. People will overlook a tiny error in good writing--and besides, that's what editors are for!


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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Joe See scored 19 points - 14 in the second half - as UC Santa Barbara overcame a 12-point second-half deficit to beat Long Beach State 55-49 Wednesday night in the first round of the Big West Conference tournament.
The seventh seeded Gauchos (11-17) play No. 4 seed Cal State Fullerton, which had a first-round bye, Thursday night.
See, held without a field goal in the first half, went 3-for-4 from behind the 3-point line in the second half.
Jibril Hodges scored eight-straight points during an 11-1 Long Beach State run that put the sixth-seeded 49ers (10-20) up 43-31 with 12:32 to play.
UC Santa Barbara answered with an 11-0 run that featured eight points and back-to-back 3-pointers from See to pull within one, 43-42, with 10:57 left.
Hodges finished with 11 points. Louis Darby also had 11 for Long Beach State, all in the first half.
See tied the game at 45 with a pair of free throws, and made another 3-pointer to put the Gauchos up 52-46 with 4:08 to play.
Chrismen Oliver added 13 points for UC Santa Barbara.
The Gauchos had lost six of eight games to finish the regular season, including a 58-57 loss to the 49ers on Saturday.
Glenn Turner, not expected to play after injuring his back in the regular season finale, played 32 minutes for Santa Barbara and had 11 points and a game-high nine rebounds.
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Asphalt & Rubber wants to give a special shoutout to our boy BT, who is adding another candle to the cake today. BT is probably A&R's biggest fan, at least that's what he told me emphatically in Austin, Texas last year — after he ambushed me coming out of the men's bathroom in the media center.
What was an entirely awkward experience, was quickly made 50-shades of awesome by how enthusiastic BT was for our humble motorcycle blog. Firing away questions he had about recent stories, quoting back lines that we had written, and just generally being passionate about motorcycling, BT had an almost stalker appreciation for our musings.
In other words, he is pretty much the guy a motorcycle blogger wants to meet outside a men's bathroom…that may have come out wrong.
An incredibly hilarious and passionate man, you can find BT performing in Indianapolis, or wherever funny jokes are told, not to mention at just about any motorcycle race that's willing to sell him a ticket.
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New York – Here's the latest buzz on the streets of New York: electric taxis.
Six all-electric Nissan taxis are being used as part of a pilot program. Officials want to examine how well the operators of the car can incorporate electric charging into their daily routine. Re-charging can take about eight hours, although officials are also testing other devices that can provide partial re-charging, said a spokesman for the Taxi and Limousine Commission.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has set a goal of electrifying one-third of the city's taxi fleet by 2020.
"Nissan's proven track record with electric vehicles will put us ahead of the curve in helping us answer important questions about incorporating electric taxis into the fleet," Bloomberg said.
The test vehicles are called the LEAF, an acronym for Leading Environmentally friendly Affordable Family cars.
The city previously approved the Nissan NV200 minivan as its so-called "taxi of tomorrow." That phase-in starts in the fall.
Officials expect that besides environmental benefits from not burning fuel, the electric cars can also lower maintenance costs because the vehicles have no fan belts and do not require oil changes.
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July 24, 2014
Join the JCC community for a FREE Summer Carnival, featuring traveling music group Camplified!
From 4:00-7:00 pm on July 30, we'll take over the athletic field for an afternoon of music, food, fun, games, arts & crafts, and more. Joining the JCC will be North Shore Academy of the Arts, Bayshore Town Center, Mr. Mellow's Mustachery, Erehwon, the North Shore Fire Department, USY, the Schlitz Audobon Nature Center, and more!
Beyond an incredible performance, the Camplified team has a number of fun and engaging activities, from a scavenger hunt to a photo booth to an "air guitar" tent!
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NEW YORK (AP) — The public wants to read a lot more from Alice Munro.
The Canadian author had five books in Amazon.com's top 30 on Friday, a day after winning the Nobel Prize for literature. The 82-year-old Munro is one of the better known literature winners in recent years and has received one of the stronger Nobel sales "bumps."
Her current best sellers include the story collections "Dear Life," ''Runaway" and "Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You."
Publisher Vintage Books has announced a reprinting of previous works that will total 100,000 copies. Covers of the new editions will note her Nobel status.


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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- Mike Magee's 37th minute penalty gave the Chicago Fire a 1-0 lead going into halftime of Saturday night's home clash vs. the Columbus Crew but a miscue at the back mere seconds into the second half saw Federico Higuain equalize and the Fire settle for a 13th draw on the season.
"Right after halftime is the worst time [to concede] because the tactics you talk about three minutes earlier are useless," Fire head coach Frank Yallop said in his post-game press conference. "Now you press the game and I don't think it got in our guys mind to get urgent and get moving forward.
"We still had a couple of chances but I didn't think our urgency -- and it's not from lack of effort -- it's more lack of knowledge of our urgency to try and win the game. I think we were trying to protect what we had and maybe going to see if we could win it. What I wanted was to see us go on and try and win it."
The result moves the Fire to 3-5-13 on the season and Yallop jokingly asked reporters not to ask about another draw prior to the press conference.
The other news of the day regarding U.S. international midfielder Jermaine Jones reportedly turning down a two-and-a-half year, $6 million offer from the Fire allowed Yallop to take a different turn.
"I actually spoke with Jermaine yesterday and wanted to put forward our club and what we thought of him and that we'd like him to join us," Yallop said. "He has an offer – it's not officially turned down because we haven't heard anything back so we're still waiting. It was a big offer – [Fire owner] Andrew [Hauptman] stepped up and put out a good contract offer. He's thinking about it and we'll find out in the next couple of days."
"He was receptive," Yallop said about the conversation. "He wants to play in MLS and he's coming from a big contract and I think that anytime you have that in your background, if you want to come and play somewhere you've got to commit yourself to do that. It's maybe not as much money as you'd like but it's the market value we have in this country.
"I think if he comes to the understanding that can work out – it's a good offer, it's pretty much up there for us and for the league. I'm hoping he thinks about it and takes it."
The reported $2.3 million salary the Fire have offered Jones would make him the ninth highest paid player in Major League Soccer, according to current MLS Players Union salary figures.
With Jones being a free agent, he's not bound to sign inside the MLS transfer window which closes Wednesday or the international window at the end of the month.
On Saturday, The Daily Herald's Orrin Schwarz reported that Jones has an offer from a club in Qatar.
"Good players have options," Yallop continued. "I said it to my staff earlier, we can sign bad players -- it's easy. To sign good players is difficult because everyone wants them and that's our issue. We're trying to get the best players we can for the club, we obviously need help in certain areas."
Even if Jones doesn't sign, the Fire reportedly have other things lined up at other positions as Schwarz reported Saturday the club is currently courting an Argentine forward that recently played in France.
"We're always looking to improve the team," Yallop said. "We have [the close of the] window coming up and we have one or two spots we can kind of focus on, it sometimes becomes who's the best player? If we're getting Jermaine Jones, we'll take him, for sure. He makes us a lot better than we are. If we want to get a forward or attacking midfielder or whatever we want to try and do, we'll take the best available."
"We have interest in some players and I'm sure we'll get something hopefully done in this window for sure."
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God is Not One
By Stephen Prothero (HarperOne, 2010) [1]
In the comparative study of religion, there are two main lines of thought, both of which use the analogy of mountain climbing. One is that all religions take different routes up the same mountain and will meet at the peak, be it God or whatever you call it. The other is that adherents of each religion climb their own mountain. Not only are their paths unique, but the ultimate goal is as well.
With a book titled God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World—and Why Their Differences Matter, it is clear Stephen Prothero sees religions as different paths to different destinations. A professor of religion at Boston University, Prothero has written an introductory class in religious studies in book form, including a brief summary of the unique beliefs and practices of the world religions that he deems most significant (Islam, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Yoruba religion, Judaism, and Daoism, plus "A Brief Coda on Atheism").
God Is Not One is Prothero's follow-up on Religious Literacy (HarperOne, 2007), in which he argued that it is essential for Americans to learn more about religion. Here he outlines the minimum of what he thinks we ought to know—and he is not afraid of being subjective. He offers his own assessment of the religions and the diversity within each tradition, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses (including extremism and violence) in each. His subjectivity isn't bad, though, as it helps the American reader understand the significance of religion in today's world.
After majoring in religion in college and taking much more than the introductory courses, I found the "one mountain" school more convincing: At some level of mysticism, beyond language, I think we're all traveling up the same mountain. Still I found God Is Not One a valuable read. It's important to remember that most people aren't mystics, and, as Prothero says, religious differences do matter, especially as our world gets smaller.
This article appeared in the July 2010 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 75, No. 7, page 43).


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Each of the finalists from our 2009 Emerging Talent Competition will be performing at this year's Festival. Ahead of their trip down to Somerset, we've asked them to write a blog telling us about their experience of the competition and their plans for the Festival. Our fifth blog is from jazzy songstress Charlene Soraia.
Wow… well.. erm…Things are going really well, which is nice! I've been on three back-to-back tours this year as well as the Glastonbury competition, so things have been pretty full on! After Glastonbury I'm going straight into recording my album – after one of those "post-Glastonbury baths" of course! You know the type… Where you have to refill it a few times… and that's after you've showered off the top layer that you thought was a tan… but was really some of the finest mud England has to offer! (and only offers it up on the weekend Glastonbury Festival falls on- like some kinda ritual)
I entered the competition last year and re-entered this year. Apparently noone has got through twice, but I wasn't expecting to win… As long as I got to the Festival – that's all I wanted!! When I turned up to Glastonbury town on the night of the finals… checked into the George and Pilgrim hotel… got given the key to my room… BUT IT WAS THE WRONG ROOM!! I walked in on two people… doing fuzzy tingle time things! I didn't see… too much… but erm… yeah… *ouch? you couldn't do that easily in a tent!*
Anyho… I can't wait for the Festival this year.. last year I played a hell of a lot of shows and this year I'm only doing a handful of small stage things… After touring for most of the year, Glastonbury is looking more like a holiday to me then anything else! I'm praying for the sunshine!
A good Glastonbury would be a nice "close" to the 6 months of intense gigging and hopefully I'll chill out my core to start recording the album in July! Though let's face it… We'll probably all be worn out by the end… I don't think it's possible not to be exhausted after doing a Glastonbury!
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THE TEN Kids Shows That Might Make Great Movies.
This month, Marcus asks what other kid favourites should hit our big screens?
We seem to be inundated with kids shows being updated for the big screen of late, what with the Transformers sequel proving to be one of the biggest hits of the year and G.I Joe: Rise of Cobra on the way. The shows of our youth are becoming big business. Hell, even the Chipmunks are raking in the cash.
In THE TEN this month, I'm taking a look at a few options that just might (and might being the key word here) be an old favourite that could prove successful with a big screen live action makeover. So get your fond childhood memories tuned in, get your Hollywood way of thinking switched on, and let's looks at some kids TV shows that might make good movies.
Let's start with one that (a) is already being developed and (b) has already had a bite of the big screen pie. As we all know, when Prince Adam raises his sword and proclaims 'by the power of Grayskull... I have the power!' he becomes the mighty He-Man, protecting Eternia from the forces of evil, which includes the evil Skeletor and hordes of henchmen.
With Eternia being a world that has as much technology as it does magic, He-Man lends itself to quite a good visual adventure. For example, He-man rides Battlecat, a chunky, green tiger, with armour, while a hovering little Wizard, Orco, follows reluctantly to the right and a hot warrior princess, Teela, is to his left, aided by tech and weapons guy Man-At-Arms, who's riding a hovering ship that he's designed. They are heading into battle against a bad guy with a skeleton's head, who's riding a big purple cat, with a furry orange Beastman to his left, a Tri-clops to his right, and an evil sorceress, Evil Lynne, throwing spells behind them all. Subtle this ain't.
After having already having had one live-action movie, which was woefully unfaithful to the TV show (but hey it was the 80s, there wasn't much they could have done), He-Man has been hovering around Hollywood as an idea for the next big thing, especially after the first Transformers was such a hit. So, thinking in true Hollywood fashion (and this rule applies to many on this list) the toy line/TV show was always popular, everyone knows the characters and Lord of the Rings was massive. That's got magic and swords in it after all, so they're almost the same thing, right?
Could it actually work?
I honestly think, if done right, He-Man could work wonders on the big screen. However that comes with a few provisos. He-man has to be on Eternia, not Earth (like in the original movie). So this means a CGI Battlecat, a goofy as all hell (but respectful to the original concept) Orco, a good actor to play Skeletor (who isn't afraid to have his head CG replaced with yellow skull) and basically all of the weird and wonderful characters that appeared on the show. Of course, story wise it'll have to be overhauled and not be quite so goofy and kid friendly as it was, but then if you look at the 2002 revamped TV show this is entirely possible.
Evil scientist, Doc Terror, is plotting to take over the world. With his cyborg sidekick, Hacker, and their evil drones they set out to terrorise us all. The only people capable of getting in his way are the Centurions, a team of men kitted out in their Exo-frames suits, who upon the call of 'Power Extreme' can have their requested weapon system transported to them, from an orbiting satellite, Sky Vault.
These power systems vary with land, sea and air attachments, depending on the user's expertise and with the three main dudes, Max Ray, Ace McCloud and Jake Rockwell ready for action, the world will be a safer place.
With the Iron Man movie proving to be a big hit, The Centurions seem a pretty valid property to be considered for the movie adaptation (there's that Hollywood thinking again). With characters literally summoning armour and weapons from space that connect to their suits, allowing them to fly, drive, shoot, swim, etc, this could be some pretty exciting stuff for our big screens. In all honesty, I don't really remember the ins and outs of the original show beyond loving the visuals of the suits attaching to the characters, being wowed by the numerous variations, watching the action unfold and like many on this list, the toys were pretty damn sweet, but hey, maybe that's a good thing. It means there's gonna be less they could leave out that would disappoint me.
Could it actually work?
In all fairness, this concept might be that step too far. While the idea is a pretty good one, the actual reality of (a) teleporting armour from space and (b) using it in the weird and wonderful ways that the Centurions do, may be too much for the older audience member to go with. Plus in a genre packed with goofy villains, Doc Terror is pushing the limits and I think this one is better left to a fond fading memory.
Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand or M.A.S.K. as they like to be known, are a secret group that protect the world from terrorist threats, mostly made by V.E.N.O.M (Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem). Led by Matt Tracker, he calls in his agents when needed and taking to their transforming vehicles and special powered masks they defeat V.E.N.O.M., who are also kitted out with the same sort of weaponry, and save the world from terror. Well they did in the beginning anyway.
M.A.S.K. is a weird one. What started as a simple good guys stop bad guys formula, in a G.I. Joe (or Action Force) meets the Transformers by the way of Mission Impossible set up, strangely just became about racing in later seasons (as well as a silly hologram phase, that's best to forget).
Now, I was a massive fan of M.A.S.K. as a kid. This was sort of my new Star Wars, when it came to toy collecting, mainly due to the cool vehicles and many characters. I read the comics, I read the kids novels and I generally loved everything about it but ask me to explain exactly what's going on here and I'll draw a blank. I don't know what V.E.N.O.M.'s leader Mile Mayhem was out to achieve exactly; I don't know who M.A.S.K. was representing or why they were in place. I have a vague recollection about Mayhem being part of M.A.S.K. and screwing them over for his own ends, but I don't know what those ends were and I remember being as totally baffled with why M.A.S.K. were now racing V.E.N.O.M. in later seasons as a kid as I am right now. I mean, what were they fighting over? A gold cup?
Could it actually work?
Due to the extremely vague details of exactly what the hell was going here, M.A.S.K. might actually work as a movie, mainly due to the fact the film makers could come up with anything as long as the end result was everyday vehicles turning into other slightly more weapon-y vehicles. I for one would love to see Rhino, the big rig, armour up and smash into Jack Hammer, the Ford Bronco with the gun turret. I'd love to see Switchblade, the plane that turns into, a well, helicopter chasing down Condor the motorbike/helicopter vehicle piloted by Brad Turner. All this and every character in masks that fire things/ make things levitate/ make thing invisible etc. Okay, so this probably sounds a little twee by today's standards but maybe the simplicity of a red Chevy Camero that simply opens its gull wing doors and flies is exactly what made M.A.S.K. so damn great and could make it great again (because it certainly wasn't T-Bob and Scott).
A group of friends go to a theme park for a normal kid day out. Taking a ride on one of the rollercoasters the kids are transported to the realm of Dungeons and Dragons. There they meet the Dungeon Master and he bestows them with their different weapons. Hank becomes the Ranger, Eric, the Cavalier, Diana the Acrobat, Presto, the Magician, Shelia the thief and Bobby, the Barbarian. Together they must travel through the realm, avoiding the bad guy, Venger's, constant attempts to get their powers and the general day to day inhabitants of the realm of Dungeons and Dragons.
This one really was a show I loved as a kid and while it didn't have as much of an impact on me as Transformers or a few others on this list, these kids adventure in a world full of magic and weird and wonderful characters and more so the adventure they went through in order to hopefully get home one day really drew me in.
At the time of the TV show, this was obviously taking advantage of the ever growing popularity of the Dungeons and Dragons role playing games, so in a modern age where the likes of the World of Warcraft is a massive deal, might the adaptation of this kids classic cross over to big screen adventures?
Could it actually work?
I'm torn on this one. On one hand, I think this could be a fairly successful adventure series that ultimately leads to these kids getting home. Told in a kid friendly Lord of Rings style, with a decent effects budget and a good screenplay, this could be quite a fun ride, but on the other hand this would fall on the shoulders of a bunch of possibly whiney kids. Now, I'm not saying this can't work, the like of City of Ember proves in spades that it can, but when I think about these characters from the TV show and how that might translate to a movie, I can't help but think this is probably just a bad idea that would end up just being another Eragon.
Getting a whole lot more modern, the next consideration is Kim Possible, the teenage school cheerleader who has a double life as a worldwide adventurer. Backed up by sidekicks Ron Stoppable and naked Mole Rat Rufus, as well as Wade, the boy genius who sets Kim's missions and provides all her tech, Kim sets out to rid the world of evil do-ers and all with a bit of fun and comedy thrown in for good measure.
Kim, Disney's animated TV star that's had a long running series and a couple of feature length animated DVDs under her belt is already prime pickings a movie upgrade. With her Buffy-esq dialogue and too cool for school attitude, she's exactly the type of character Disney love throwing out for the currently massive teen market (except she doesn't sing).
Generally a lot of the kid friendly programming of the last ten years has left me cold. Outside the likes of the DC Comics animated projects, Avatar and Samurai Jack, I don't really get what many a kids show is going for, with their funky art, their OTT humour and out there characters, but somehow Kim Possible caught my attention and I thought it was a blast. Kim's a bloody great character and makes for perfect Saturday morning TV. She's got some great villains, some good supporting cast and just provides lots of fun, brain at the door adventures.
Could it actually work?
Don't get me wrong I'm a massive fan of what Disney produces, I love their animation, I have quite a bit of affection for many of their big movies, but when it comes to their TV to movie upgrades, I'm not, as a thirty one year old man, an audience they cater for. Kim Possible works in the world of animation because for the most part animation is for everybody who wants to watch but the chances of live action adventure based on one of their TV shows being anymore than a generic, loosely plotted, unfunny snooze fest for anyone over fourteen years old seems highly unlikely.
The year is 2999 and Earth is attacked by an alien battleship, demanding that Earth delivers F-Zero-One (which they don't have the first clue actually is). Panicking, Earth's defence scrambles the early launch of the X-Project, which consists of the crew of the spaceship known as the X-Bomber.
The Japanese series (dubbed in English), made with puppets and models, follows the mission of the X-Bomber's crew, Doctor Ben, Shiro Hagen, Barry Hercules, John Lee, PPA (Perfectly Programmed Android), Lamia and guardian Kiara as they protect the Earth and try to discover the whereabouts of F-Zero-One.
Watching Star Fleet in its entirety recently, thanks to the whole thing finally getting a DVD release, I'd probably go as far as saying this in the one I'd want to see movie-fied the most. With its mix of Star Wars and what was probably my first venture into Japanese Manga storytelling as a child, Star Fleet (or X-Bomber as it was originally called) just has it all and more. Amazing designs (The X-Bomber is up there with the likes of the Millennium Falcon and Slave One for me), great characters, and with a little trimming of its more repetitive elements a thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding story, oh and it has Dai-X, (the result of three combing ships to make a giant robot type thing) as well, which frankly is worth taking a chance on a live action movie version alone.
Could it actually work?
Yes, yes, three times yes. Good space adventures seemingly fall solely on Star Wars and Star Trek's shoulders of late so this would be the prime concept to take to the big screen. It has elements of both of the big space franchises, as well as touches of Transformers and good ol' Japanese storytelling. Admittedly, it probably doesn't have the world wide appeal or fan base that many of the others on this list have, but I think the story here is one that would have a broad appeal and who doesn't want to see a giant red robot/ship smashing up a load of baddies?
Searching for the cities of gold, Spanish captain, Mendoza, sets sail with his crew and young boy Esteban to the new world. Joined by Zia, an Incan girl, and met by Tao, the last descendent of a lost empire, a grand adventure begins that covers history, archaeology and a nice bit of fantasy for good measure.
Told over thirty-nine episodes in the original TV run, this has a whole lot to cover if adapted into a movie, though in all honesty the TV show did have a knack of dragging things out. If done well The Mysterious Cities of Gold really deserves a trilogy and probably one in tune with the likes of The Pirates of the Caribbean (well at least the first one before they sidestepped adventure for incoherent nonsense).
For those who have seen the absolute classic, Mysterious Cities of Gold is really something that is hugely cinematic even within its limited animated TV show restraints. With lost civilisations, new worlds, giant golden condor ships and a grand adventure that focuses nicely on the characters without losing sight of the adventure at hand, Mysterious Cities of Gold could be something special.
Could it actually work?
Given the same sort of support Pirates of the Caribbean got from Disney, Mysterious Cities of Gold could really prove to be a grand adventure (however unlike the Pirates sequels they won't be making up as they go along). If handled on this scale a few more fantasy elements would more than likely get thrown into the mix (after all what would ILM have to do otherwise?) and it could possibly lose the innocent magic of the original concept, so it's a balancing act. I think this could work but then I'm a massive fan and am willing to see it given a shot, however the realist in me says it might not be as wildly appealing as it needs to be.
Giving mythology a sci-fi twist, Ulysses 31 has captain of the Odyssey, Ulysses, piss off the Gods when he kills a giant Cyclops (who in all fairness was being pretty mean to some kids). Freezing all of his crew, the Gods sentence Ulysses to travel the universe until he finds the Kingdom of Hades, in which time he'll be released and be able to go home to earth.
Ulysses 31 was a great ongoing adventure that ran over twenty-six episodes and has Ulysses face off against countless reworks of mythological characters and presents the audience with a few fables every week and its fair share of personal dilemmas for characters. Ulysses, his son Telemachus, Yumi, a blue skinned little alien girl, and Nono, the small robotic companion (come on this was the eighties, small robot companions were a must have), come up against some weird and wonderful odds throughout the show and with that ever ominous imagery of their frozen and floating crew members aboard their ship, Ulysses 31 is one that always stuck with me as a kid. Oh and that theme tune is one of the best ever.
Could it actually work?
There's very little about Ulysses 31 that's new, outside of its space setting. These types of mythological stories have been told a thousand times before and could be told again on our movie screens as a live action Ulysses adventure. Due to the nature of the long quest, I could see Ulysses 31 told over a few movies with plenty of mini adventures in each instalment and it all leading up to the characters getting home. Throw in a modern re-working of the theme tune, without leaving the original's greatness too far behind and this could make for quite an event.
Set with a medieval backdrop, the Gummi Bears is the Disney animated TV show that gives us the adventures of a bunch of bears, who live under a tree, go fruit picking and make gummi berry juice, which when gulped down enables the Gummi Bears to have superpowers (which mainly involves bouncing). When the evil Duke Igthorn finds out about the Gummi Bears and their powers, he uses his army of mentally challenged Trolls to hunt down the little bears in the hope that he can use their magic to make himself invincible.
In a movie climate where Garfield and The Chipmunks can make oodles of cash it really surprises me that Disney hasn't taken advantage of their family of Gummis. Little brightly coloured bears bouncing around a movie screen, a couple of human kids that they can make friends with and a theme tune they could get any of their current musical stars to lay some pop beats over and they've got themselves a hit... right?
Could it actually work?
I totally think this one has potential. The Gummi Bears are a massive amount of fun and as long as it wasn't modernised too much and kept the backdrop of castles, princesses and magicians, Disney could have a bit of a hit on their hands. All they need to do is make sure they don't make one of the Gummis too modern (and more than likely with a hip hop attitude) and get a story with a real fun adventure and the Gummis could be bouncing their way back into the big time.
Here's an old favourite, that recently had a resurgence of popularity and must be on a 'to do' list in Hollywood. Thundercats follows a group of Thunderians as they escape their home planet's total destruction. Pursued by the Mutant Armies, the Thundercats crash-land on third earth and start making a new home. All this and they have the constant threat of ancient evil Third Earther, Mumm-Ra.
The Thundercats are a great bunch of characters, Lion-O their 'jump into any level of danger with the same wide eyed attitude' leader, Panthro the hard as nails engineer, Cheetara the super fast psychic, Tygra the... I was never sure what Tygra bought to the table outside of his cool whip, Wilykit and Wilykat, the twins with their hover boards and utility belts full of tricks, and of course good ol' Snarf, the nanny of Lion-O.
I'm currently on my way through a re-watch of the Thundercats toons as I got the complete boxset a little while back and I've got to say, beyond a few filler episodes and the odd bit of dodgy animation, Thundercats holds up pretty damn well and has a story that has quite a lot of scope for live action movie adaptation. A group in a strange new land, a new leader trying to prove his status, some cool tech, villains prime for the modern CGI make over and enough potential third earth inhabitants to spawn plenty of sequels.
Could it actually work?
It saddens me to say, but in this case, I think Thundercats might be a little too much for the audience to swallow as a live action movie and its primary problem is its stars. The Thundercats are, well, cats. Granted they are cats in humanoid forms but the thought of a movie with all the stars in this sort of make up doesn't quite work for me, even if a recent fan made trailer on Youtube was quite exciting to see as a hint of what could be done. I'm not saying this is a resounding no because with the right director and some good designs my opinion could change but until that happens Thundercats just seems to much of stretch to do justice to in live action (even if I'd love to see the thundertank rip up the big screen).
So there you have it, a few old favourites that might reach our big screens over the next few years. Are there any more you can think of, or do you have any thoughts on why the ones on the list might or might not work? If so, drop your opinions in the comments below and join in the fun.
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In my last post, I spoke briefly about how I felt that in general crosstabbing data is something that a presentation layer should do and not the database. Consider the result of a crosstab operation -- the columns returned will vary depending on the data. There is pretty much no further manipulation you can do with that result in T-SQL; in the relational database world, the column names of our database objects should be constants and not continually changing as the data changes. Also, in T-SQL there is no easy way to dynamically pivot data, and even doing it with hard-coded pivot values results in long, complicated SELECT statements. So, in my opinion there is really is no benefit of doing this transformation within SQL Server. (Unless you are in the mood for some fun dynamic sql and cursors ...)
Almost all modern report designers allow you to quickly and easily crosstab a standard recordset from SQL Server, so be sure to learn how to use this feature and take advantage of it. Some are more flexible than others, but for the most part they work as you'd expect. Either way, for report-writing crosstabing data at the presentation layer should not be a concern.
The main issue is programmers who are writing their own presentation layer. Many programmers have difficulty writing code to do the transformation; I believe this may be why it is common to be tempted to force SQL Server to do all of the work.
Here's a quick example of an easy way to implement a crosstab at the presentation layer using C#. To keep things short and simple, I have just written a small static function that accepts any object that implements IDataReader and returns a crosstabbed DataTable object. The code for the function is here.
All you need to do is open up an IDataReader object that returns the data you wish to Pivot. The data should be fully summarized by SQL Server already -- i.e., you should GROUP BY your pivot column plus any other columns you wish to return, and you should aggregate your pivot value accordingly. The DataReader should also be sorted so that all rows which will be pivoted into one are sorted together.
For example, consider the Orders table in the Northwind database. Suppose you want to display CompanyNames as rows, ProductNames as columns, and the total quantity of orders per CompanyName per ProductName in your crosstab. The DataReader's recordset should be grouped by CompanyName and ProductName, it should include a SUM(Qty) calculation, and it should be sorted by CompanyName. (see the example for this exact scenario using Northwind).
What's nice is, this is all standard SQL and requires very little effort in terms of writing the SELECT and for the server to process and return the results. We are letting the presentation layer handle the formatting. Another benefit is that we can use this technique with any datasource that ADO.NET can connect to, not just SQL Server. (In fact, we can do this with anything that implements IDataReader)
The arguments for the Pivot() function are as follows:
public static DataTable Pivot (IDataReader dataValues, string keyColumn, string pivotNameColumn, string pivotValueColumn)
And, that's it. You just call the Pivot() function on any object that implements IDataReader, specify the pivot information, and a DataTable is returned that you can use however you like. The example uses this to fill up a DataGrid so you can see the results on a form.
Stay tuned for a performance comparison between this method and doing the crosstab transformation on the SQL Server .... You might be surprised by the results.
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Why will Hollywood Ebola live forever? What makes the deadly disease unkillable?
Because of useless f&cking twats like this. Check it out – some loser from bumf&ck god knows where drags a 4 year old out to Paris Hilton's house, waiting alongside the paps just to score a brief moment and a photo with The Virus, telling everyone that the child is Paris's biggest fan.
Then the kid twirls and hooker-poses for the cameras.
How can a 4 year old be a fan of anything unless she's exposed to it? Unless she's plopped on the couch and forced to watch The Simple Life and dragged out in a strange city to camp out with the pappies – how else would a 4 year old know to "love" Paris Hilton?
Hollywood Ebola is infecting the young.
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It is now being speculated that the exact thing Danielle Staub did to Dina Mano was try to help her ex husband get her daughter, Lexi, taken away from her. Keyword here is speculation. Allegedly, wanting to hold on to custody of her daughter might have been the main reason Dina decided to quit her job to become a full stay at home mom.
No word on if the information Danielle gave to Dina's husband is true or false, nor do we know what information this might have been. This theory does make a lot of sense considering what Danielle wrote in her blog last week regarding Caroline's outburst –
"I simply gave a phone number to her ex brother-in-law to contact proper people with questions that he had concerning something that was absolutely none of my business. I was asked to give this information to him. If I had to do it again, I would have declined and preferred not to get involved."
All interesting stuff. Moving on from that, is a clip of Danielle's appearance on the soap – All My Children in 2001. This seems to be one of the few truths to come out of her mouth, as it was revealed she was never a Ford model even though she claimed she was.
The above photo is from her scene. It is a short scene, and she only had 2 lines in it. You can catch a clip of this below or on Soapnet.


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Quote from: Petey on May 09, 2013, 02:30:19 PMJust 2 for me.1. Be excellent to each other.2. Party on, dudes!Are you Wayne or Garth?
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The Arizona Cardinals released OT Joe Caprioglio, WR Jarett Dillard, WR Nick Edwards, C Deveric Gallington, DE Cordian Hagans, DT Jonathan Mathis, QB Caleb TerBush, CB Ronnie Yell and LB Korey Jones.
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