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The Seer had Cole slip Phoebe some chocolates enchanted with a fertility-enhancing tonic she brewed. These measures not only ensured that the child could be conceived easily, but also that the child's evil nature would grow consistently stronger. After Cole was officially coronated as the Source, he had the Seer give Phoebe a tonic made from her blood, both daily and nightly, so that it not only strengthened the baby's demon side, but also slowly ate away at Phoebe's good nature.posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 9:55 AM on January 29, 2013 [1 favorite]
Under his influence, Phoebe began manifesting the powers fit for the Queen of the Underworld, and was able to touch the Grimoire, even though she never became fully evil herself.


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BIG RAPIDS - Bulldog fans were outside the Ewigleben Center when the Ferris State hockey bus returned from Green Bay Sunday.
The Bulldogs talked about their 2-1 win against Cornell in the Midwest Regional Final Saturday night to earn their first ever trip to the Frozen Four.
Ferris will take on Union College in the NCAA Tournament Semifinal April 5 at 4:30pm. The game will be broadcast on ESPN U.
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Though it has only been a little over a month since she last appeared on stage in Atlanta – as an opening act at John Legend's sold-out Fox Theatre show – Estelle returned Thursday night to draw a near capacity crowd herself.
She's a force. Though her band wasn't quite as remarkable as opening act Solange's (who we'll get to in a second), she has personality (demonstrated in her between-song banter), pipes and a fun pop number in "American Boy," featuring Kanye West.
And unlike many of her young stateside peers, this British soul singer has a comfort on stage that belies her mere one album ("Shine") in stores.
Opening act Solange, on the other hand, has two in the bins – and little of that same ease in front of the audience.
No one expects her to be big sister Beyonce. Her occasionally goofy wiggling/dancing? renders that assumption moot. Plus she comes from a more soulful, retro direction musicwise.
But the most interesting things during her set – other than that quirky noodle-dancing – were her guitarists, her segues into more familiar material (Martha and the Vandellas' "Heat Wave," The Cardigans' "Lovefool"), and her penchant for letting a certain curse word fly with glee.
If you were at Center Stage last night, what was your take? What about the opening acts — Suai and Hal Linton?
March 13th, 2009
3:11 pm
I had a great time at that show. Solange rocked it! Her energy was captivating and fun. She's not trying to be Beyonce, she's just being Solange. My favorite performance was "Cosmic Journey" although I was silently praying that Bilal would join her lol.
Estelle was good too. Her voice is crazy! However, her attitude rubbed me the wrong way. When it was time for her to sing "American Boy" she told us she was getting tired of singing that song. Hmmm…considering that was THE song that expanded her fan base and allowed her to even be on tour in the first place, you would think she would be more humble and respectful of her fans…IMO
Overall, the show was fantastic and I would soooooooo see Solange perform again
March 13th, 2009
10:04 pm
Estelle was pretty good. I saw her last year in London and that was a better show but she has a great range of material. Solange on the other hand was really bad. I'm not a big fan anyway, but she was even worse than I thought. Flat voice, bad dancing and as the blogger said completely overshadowed by her guitarist who at least kept it a little interesting. She should stick to the Raven Simone type audiences.
March 15th, 2009
1:33 pm
Terrible show. What this country needs to do is rid us of black music, and allow only whites to perform.
March 16th, 2009
11:14 pm
I thoroughly enjoyed the show. I thought Suai was good as an opener. I really couldn't get into Hal Linton. I loved solange show, she had great energy and really seemed to be "herself" on stage. I love that she jumped down in the crowd and just danced with people.
Estelle also did a great job, both artist had a lot of banter with the crowd which is the point of a smaller more intimate venue.


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On Sunday morning, NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported that sources within the Dallas Cowboys organization have confirmed that the team no longer believes DeMarco Murray is their answer at the starting running back position. Rapopart also said that Dallas will be actively looking to add a running back prior to next week's trade deadline. Since this information was leaked, team officials have denied these rumors. Of course, they also denied the rumors about the impending release of All-Pro defensive tackle Jay Ratliff. Then Ratliff was suddenly cut by the team last week.
If the rumors are true, who are some likely candidates for Dallas to make a play for? Keep in mind, Dallas has reportedly just over $2 million left on their current salary cap. And they are already $31 million over the cap for 2014. But they also have trade bait in wideout Miles Austin and tackle Jeremy Parnell. With no further ado, here are my ten potential running backs that the Cowboys could trade for.
Name: Fred Jackson
Age/Current Team: 32, The Buffalo Bills
Current Contract (via Rotoworld): 2013: $2.15 million (+ $300,000 roster bonus due in March + $150,000 in per-game roster bonuses), 2014: $2.45 million (+ $93,750 in per-game roster bonuses), 2015: Free Agent
2013 Rushing Numbers: 380 yards on 86 attempts, 4.4 ypc; 5 touchdowns
2013 Receiving Numbers: 25 receptions off 33 targets for 215 yards
Analysis: The 32-year old veteran appears to still have some gas left in the tank and the Cowboys could be a good destination to finish his career. The native of Ft. Worth currently sits behind C.J. Spiller on the depth chart and his contract appears to be doable under the Cowboys current salary cap. But Jackson would simply be a stop-gap measure for the Cowboys drafting a more permanent solution next year.


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Consoling the Heart of Jesus by Fr. Michael Gaitley (Continuing)
"Consoling the Heart of Jesus" is the follow-up Retreat for 33 days to Morning Glory and also a pre-introduction to Fr. Gaitley's new book, A Practical Guide to Mercy in Action — "You Did It to Me"
Join us for a weekly prayer, DVD and discussion retreat. We meet at 7pm Monday evenings in June and August beginning June 2 on the lower level of St. Michael the Archangel church in Leawood. No cost except you will need your own copy of the book ($15) or a retreat packet is available. This DVD presentation by Fr. Gaitley, the text and workbook reveal how we are all called to console the heart of Jesus in our daily lives, patterned after the Ignatian spiritual exercises and the Divine Mercy meditation. For more information, contact Christi White at 913-322-6282.
Consecrating to Mary, here is the Marian Prayer Group with Fr. Schmitz. Julie Entzeroth consecrated for the first time one year ago, and in THAT time, a new little baby Mary came into the world! In fact, Mary Terese Entzeroth was born on May 18, birthday of Saint Pope John Paul II! How blessed we are to have Mary as the newest member of our Marian Consecration group!
When Father Michael Gaitley, author of Consoling the Heart of Jesus and 33 Days to Morning Glory, recently visited St. Michael the Archangel parish, he shared how Mary and Divine Mercy are changing hearts across the planet, that you and I are the heart and arms of Jesus for others! St. Michael's Marian Prayer group shares the graces of the Blessed Virgin Mary through prayer and fellowship. Receive Our Holy Mother's blessings by praying the rosary and then, read or join our 33 Days to Morning Glory: Marian Consecration group. Consecrating ones self to Jesus through Mary with Fr. Gaitley's 33-day book/retreat, is so meaningful, you'll want to repeat it. Mark your calendar for our group's 33-Day Consecration to Mary in May 2014 and Fr. Gaitley's follow-up DVD series, "Consoling the Heart of Jesus."
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August 2014: Consoling the Heart of Jesus by Fr. Michael GaitleySeptember 2014: Study of Fr. Gaitley's new book on Mercy in Action,You Did It to Me
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Sheila McCaffery can overwhelm you with her meticulous notes for a dinner party. She wants you to throw one on the same scale that she does but this is a gal who doesn't believe in doing things by halves. In a time when cookbooks, culinary magazines and TV food shows can be more intimidating than inspiring, Sheila shows you how to become a successful hostess. An accomplished cook who learned by doing, she excels in the ideas department. An important tool to achieve the level of success that she has had is through the keeping of a journal. A chronicle of dinner parties that span four decades, her journals are virtual textbooks for home entertaining.
Sheila recently came to the Greenwich Garden Center to present a slide show of her dinner parties, each of which is meticulously annotated in her journals.
Those jottings would make Julia Child's protracted recipes seem like a quick read over a cup of coffee. Sheila explains that dinner parties for her are like planning a stage set and that food, although important, is but one part of the event. There's the guest list, the date, the table setting, the flowers (mostly from the fields and gardens outside her door), the dinnerware whether casual or formal or indoors or under the arbor, the table linens, and most important, the one component that ties everything together, the theme. It could stem from an experience, a work of art, a holiday, a favorite food or dish, a flower, a movie or a place that you visited.
The theme is the producer of the show, a point Sheila emphasized repeatedly during her presentation to some forty women as aromas of creamy pumpkin soup, bouillabaisse and deviled chicken wafted deliciously in the room. To demonstrate her point, three tables had been set up at the back of the room replete with decor and delicious three-course meals keyed to Into the Woods, A French Bistro and A Santa Fe Feast. An exhibition of exuberant flowers by artist Julie Satinover was the perfect backdrop for the culinary opulence on the tables, courtesy of Sheila's recipes prepared by caterer Andy Burke (the eager audience had to keep hunger pangs at bay for an hour until lunchtime).
Sheila admits that she is an entertaining addict, an extremely apt logo for her blog, but keep in mind this is not the spontaneous "Hey, come over to my house tonight for some steak and salad" type of dinner to-dos. Often she will go to the extent of providing mood-setting props for her guests, such as the masks and capes she borrowed from a costume store for her Halloween's Venetian Masquerade party. By the time she is finished telling you how she prepares for each dinner party, you are so stunned by the degree of organization she puts into each occasion — her paper presentation boards are almost obsessively filled with minutiae even to what vase to use and what platter works best — that you say to yourself, "Forget it. I'll take my guests to a restaurant."
Ah, but hold on. Sheila has set a mission for herself: She is going to show you how to throw astonishing affairs of your own because she has done the legwork for you culled from years of entertaining in different homes (a long-time resident of Greenwich, she and her husband Bill, a former executive inducted into advertising's hall of fame, now live in a Tuscany-inspired homestead in upstate Woodbury).
Contrary to her swirling pen and ink sketches that adorn the journals, her grid sheets are precise columns from theme to shopping lists and recipes. Most of the journals are the simple hardcover black-and-white composition notebooks of grammar school. If ever rebound for the next generation to peruse, Sheila's volumes should be gilt-edged for the bookshelves of posterity because they represent a history of culture and food through the years.
Sheila's 30-year background as creative director in the advertising world with its demanding need for organization and imagination certainly influenced her culinary endeavors. Petite with flowing black hair down her back, she peppers her talks with a good dollop of humor as she recounts working with the likes of Martha Stewart and Sophia Loren (who dished up pasta carbonara for the photography crew) and juggling accounts for Joy perfume, GE Monogram and Cuban cigars, among many other accounts. In one association with the Italian Trade Commission, she drafted ad campaigns to promote Italian food products and a way of life (she threw "Eat the Props" feasts after every shoot).
You almost get the sense that food plays second fiddle to the setting of the environment but of course, it is integral to the dinner. Now an accomplished cook, Sheila wasn't born with an entertaining gene, she says, nor to a mother who could cook. Her own early attempts wielding a spatula, she admits, were pathetic. "I didn't know how to pick a vegetable," she says. "I once boiled lobsters for an hour," she says laughing at the memory of her picnic attempt in the countryside, never realizing that she had bought already cooked ones. "There was no meat in the claws — all boiled away."
Her job took her to top restaurants in New York City and, ever inquisitive, if she liked a dish she would ask the chef how to prepare it. As her palate developed, so did her culinary attempts so much so that her accomplishments reaped a bit fame in the pages of Bon Appetit magazine. Shot in April for an October issue, Sheila launched a campaign to find pumpkins to decorate her table. After much frustrated searching, faux ones were discovered from a supply outlet in China.
When the slide show ended, Miriam Landsman took the floor for an anecdote about her friend. She said that she and her husband Donald decided one time to throw a dinner party evocative of their favorite movies: "Out of Africa" and "The Man Who Would be King." The table had been set up on the "Serengeti" lawn and nearly every guest had arrived in safari hats and clothing when slowly approaching the revelers came properly attired Sheila and Bill McCaffery carrying a pole-suspended leopard (toy one, of course) between them. It created quite a stir with a burst of laughter and applause.
"That's what a theme does: It invites creativity and brings spice and flair to your party," concluded Sheila. But first, buy a journal, sharpen your pencil and start scribbling away.


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Categories > Celebrities > The Used > In Love And Death
All That I've Got2 Reviews
Next chapterrrrrr!!! :)
Over the next few hours that followed when the bus had begun on its way to California for the start of the tour me and Bert had built up a quick question and answer routine together.
"Age" He asked settling himself so we were sitting opposite eachother.
"19. You?" I replied.
"Favourite band?"
"Ours naturally. You?" He was watching me now, a small smirk playing across his lips. His eyebrows were pulled down to make his smile look evil. Like he was a predator and I was his pray.
"Ditto" I returned the smirk and didn't look away from those glittering dark eyes.
"Favourite song?"
"The Used?"
"Slit Your Own Throat. Or Maybe Memories"
"Nice choice"
"And yourself?"
"Im quite a fan of My Pesticide"
"It's a fucking awesome song"
"I know. I wrote it"
"No duh"
"Favourite movie?"
"Nightmare Before Christmas"
"Fuck you"
"It's a good movie!!"
"Okay Mr. Film Critic of the year what's yours?"
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
"Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame!! I was watching that shit when I was in diapers man"
"It's insane, it's twisted and sick and really shows the depth of human emotions and how low people can sink"
"If you wanna see that just watch Jerry Springer man. NBC has a dude made out of bugs. and he sings. That's sick"
"Yeah if you're like...6"
"That didn't make sense"
"I don't care. Next question"
"Favourite country"
"Yeah, It's dark and cold. And it's quiet. I used to live there with my brother. You know the band HIM?"
"Heard of em. We were on the same tour once"
"He knew the singer. Ville"
"He's dead"
"The singer?!"
"My brother."
"Oh...im sorry"
"It's okay"
"When'd it happen?"
"2 years ago. He was killed"
"That's the reason I'm here"
"Here, here or Utah?"
"Both. I moved here after Jamie died. Came back to look after my mother. But she's a bitch. So I moved to Utah.
"Where are you actually from then?"
"Finland. It's confusing. I was born there. My father is Finnish. Jamie is actually my half-brother. We have different father's. We never met his though. He's some scummy crack addict living in Ohio. My mother is from New Jersey. They met in Jersey, she got pregnant and he persuaded her to move to Finland with him. I was born there, hence my name Ria. It's Finnish. Then my father killed himself, so my mother brought me and my brother back to Jersey"
"How old were you?"
"I was 3. He was 7"
"Then what happened?" The smirk had slipped from his face. It was replaced by his eyes looking wide and his brows pulled into an anxious, concerned expression. His mouth was slightly open and his arms were wrapped around himself, like he was watching a crucial part of an interesting movie. I wanted to laugh but I didn't.
"When my brother was 18, he moved back to Finland. He loved it there"
"He left you?"
"He had to. He and my mother hated each other. She hit him. It was dangerous for him to stay there. It broke my heart when he left. But he rang me every week. And he visited whenever he had enough money. Then, when I was 16 me and my mother argued, and she beat me so hard I had to go to hospital. Jamie found out and was FURIOUS. He came straight back and took me with him to Finland. Just threw all my stuff in a suitcase and pulled me onto a plane. We lived together in his friend's flat. It was the best time of my life. We used to watch HIM practice in their studio in Finland. My mother was always threatening him, saying she'd call the police because he kidnapped me but he just changed his number. I didn't talk to her for a year."
"I know. Then one day, Jamie went out to visit one of his friends. He'd been attacked or something so Jamie went to see if he was all right. Jamie had a lot of friends in the wrong crowd. A lot of them were drug addicts or dealers. He never touched any of their stuff, he just knew too many bad people. Most of the ones he introduced me to were actually really nice. He told me he'd only be a couple of hours, but.." I could feel tears welling up in my eyes and my voice was going all shaky. I hadn't thought about how Jamie died in a while, let alone talk about it. The guys all knew that was a no-go zone of conversation and they never asked. I'd told Blake about it and I assume he'd told the rest because they never asked.
Bert placed a hand on mine as a single tear fell."
"Look at me! Im telling you my life story and i've only known you for the best part of..2 hours? You don't wanna hear this" I said laughing unsteadily at my patheticness. Bert stroked a thumb across my hand.
"No I asked. But if you don't wanna talk about it anymore we can stop".
"Okay wanna hear mine? Both my parents are Mormon, so was the town I was brought up in. Im like the LEAST Mormon person ever right? So basically, I rebel against my parents and the community, get into drinking, sex, weed, crystal meth..drop outta high school, my parents find out what i've been doing, they throw me out and I'm homeless for a year. I meet this girl Kate, we start dating and I move in with her. Our house was a drug paradise man. Eventually we split, and I move out. Then I get a call like..2 years ago. She's pregnant. We agree on keeping it and I ditch the drugs. I was gonna be a dad ya know? You can't have that shit lying around when you have a fucking kid. I was gonna ask her to marry me. Saved up and got a ring, it was a shitty cheap thing but it was al I could afford. Then last year at like...3am her sister calls. Kate had just killed herself. OD'd on heroin. And she was fucking PREGNANT man. I'd talked to her earlier that day as well. I lost my girlfriend and my baby that day, and it HURT ya know? 2 years later, here I am" He finished and gave a little flourish with his hand.
"I know. We're both just as fucked up as eachother" He said. He sighed and leant back.
"I wanna finish my story"
I nodded.
"Okay so he goes out, and while he's at his friend's, the guys who attacked him come back to finish the job. They start beating the door down and they break in. Jamie tries to talk to them but they just push him out the way. They start beating this guy again and Jamie jumps up and tries defending his friend. Then this guy just pulls out a gun and straight out shoots him. Then a police car pulls up and they all run. They call me, and tell me my brother's dead. I had to go identify him and everything. Oh God it was horrible"
Bert nodded.
"So then anyway after the funeral and everything I had to go back to Jersey. Jamie's friends offered to look after me. Ville even offered for me to stay with him but I couldn't. So I moved back in with my mother. By this time she's become this total drunk. I stayed with her for 2 years until I couldn't take it anymore. She was always screaming at me and blaming me for my father and Jamie dying. I couldn't take it so I stuffed a backpack with whatever clothes I could fit in, got a taxi and travelled as far as my money would take me"
"That's how you ended up in Utah?"
"Yeah. I was aiming for L.A but I didn't get that far. So I live on the streets for a while and then one day Blake finds me. I was busking in a town somewhere and he heard me singing and asked me to audition for his band. So I did and I got in. Then I went between the three of them sleeping on their couches and floors, till eventually I move into a Motel. But now we all share an apartment together"
"Fuck our lives suck" Bert smirked. I chuckled and raised my beer glass.
"Here's to the two most single fucked up people on this bus" I said. He looked at me and laughed and clinked his bottle against mine.
"I'll drink to that" We both took a big swig of our beer. The bus turned and pulled up outside some highway service station.
Robbie walked over to us.
"Ria? We've gotta get back on our won bus. Pete wants to lecture us all" He said nodding at Bert.
"Joy" I said sarchastically and I got up, but turned back to Bert who' remained seated.
"I'll talk to you later yeah?" I asked. He nodded and I walked towards the door.
"Ria!" He called out after me. I stopped and loked back over my shoulder.
"Favourite The Used member?" He asked grinning.
"That's nasty" I said folding my arms over my chest. He shrugged.
"I think you know" I said an turned and jumped off the bus.


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Maidstone United conceded three goals in 24 minutes to draw 4-4 aqainst Harrow Borough in the Ryman League, Premier Division at the Gallagher Stadium on Saturday.
Simon Akinola put the visitors ahead after 25 minutes, Alex Brown levelled three minutes later, before Orlando Smith earned Stones a 2-1 half-time lead.
Zac Atwood and Brown netted twice in three minutes after the break to put Stones 4-1 up, only for Akinola to get Borough' second soon after.
Michael Peacock added a third with 17 minutes left and Matt Horner got the fourth with six minutes left.
Margate had Scott Kinch sent-off as they went down 3-0 against Grays Athletic at Aveley, while second bottom Thamesmead lost 2-0 at leaders Wealdstone. Bottom side Cray Wanderers' miserable season continued with a 3-0 defeat at East Thurrock.
Jack Simon's 88th-minute winner earned Whitstable Town a surprise 2-1 success at Leatherhead in Ryman League, Division 1 South.
Former Sittingbourne assistant manager Jamie Coyle put the home side ahead shortly before the break but John Guest headed Town level seven minutes after the break.
The game looked destined for a draw until Simon's late long-range strike beat ex-Dartford and Maidstone keeper Deren Ibrahim.
Dane Luchford scored twice as Folkestone Invicta produced the comeback of the day to beat Walton & Hersham 4-2.
They trailed 2-0 and had Stuart King sent-off but Luchford, Josh Vincent and substitute Michael Yianni turned things around.
Faversham are fourth after a 3-0 home win over Peacehaven & Telscombe with goals by Luke Harvey, Jamie Maxted and Renford Tenyue.
Substitute Jamie Turner hit Herne Bay's late winner as they beat Eastbourne Town 3-2. Sam Hasler and Jordan Casey got the others.
Joe Taylor got both as Sittingbourne won 2-0 at home against Tooting, Ronnie Dolan was Hythe's scorer in their 5-1 drubbing at Guernsey, while Ramsgate lost 3-1 at home to 10-man Redhill, despite going in front early through Ian Pulman.
Chatham also led through Andy Constable's penalty but conceded two injury-time goals in a 4-1 home, Ryman League Division 1 North defeat by Heybridge Swifts.
Leaders VCD dropped their first points of the season after a 0-0 draw at Needham Market, while substitute Aaron Jeffery earned Erith & Belvedere in a 1-1 draw at AFC Sudbury,
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Nassau County Junior Firefighters Assoc. holds 7th Annual Installation of Officers
The Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association Seventh Annual Installation of Officers was held recently. The event was hosted by the Massapequa Fire Department at its West End firehouse on Hicksville Road, Massapequa. The incoming president is Dale Warwick.
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I wonder if it's some configuration of Firefox that messes up with certain ads? Clearly it's not a widespread problem and you're quite right MP - it's not something for the forum guys to waste time on. It may be a bug in firefox for all we know.
It's my natural geeky curiousity that makes me want to find out which ad it is though
That would be me.


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Movie News
Moriarty Visits Vancouver Set Of ELF! First In A Series Of Two Articles!!
Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
Originally, Quint was supposed to go to Vancouver for a visit to the set of ELF, but he found himself embroiled in a spy mission here in LA, so I decided to clear the schedule enough to head north to what's been called "Canada's California." There have been huge films shot there in recent years, including the upcoming X-MEN 2, and I'm hoping I'll go back up later this year after I've freed up some more time. In this case, though, the trip was scheduled for about 28 hours total, and I figured it would be worth it to see Will Ferrell in action.
I've been to Montreal before, and I have nothing but good to say about that city. This time out, though, I didn't have enough time to really get a feel for the city itself. I flew in around 4:00 on Monday afternoon, and on the flight in, I met one of the other people covering the event. Rachel, a freelancer working for AOL, is one of those people who covers the junket circuit, and she seemed surprised that she didn't recognize me. The junketeers are a fairly close-knit group, and they see the same faces at each thing they attend. I explained to her that AICN is only occasionally invited to this sort of thing, and that in a case like ELF, we ended up on the list because both the studio (New Line) and the director (Jon Favreau) like us. As we were on our way through customs, we bumped into each other again, and ended up sharing a shuttle through Vancouver to our hotel. She talked about how she used to do hard news, covering Whitewater from Arkansas, for example, and how she just decided that she wanted to be in LA, and she didn't want to live the lifestyle that network news reporters end up living. Neither of us had been to Vancouver before, and it was funny recognizing what has always been portrayed as other cities like New York or even the Bronx. Those snow-covered peaks in the background as Jackie Chan RUMBLEd always make me laugh, and seeing the mountains for myself, I was struck by how lovely the city is. Even when we passed through what we were told was a really terrible part of town, Rachel observed, "I think this is the cleanest, nicest terrible part of town I have ever seen."
Once we got to the admittedly swank Sutton Place Hotel and got checked in, I took advantage of the hour and a half until dinner to call back some readers who had left messages at the hotel, fielding a few more incoming calls as well. I headed downstairs and around the corner so I could exchange some currency and wander about a bit. I wish I'd checked my e-mail so I could have sprinted over to Golden Age Collectibles or A&B Sound. Thanks for the recommendation anyway, Russell. I shopped a little, then headed back to the hotel to shower before joining the rest of the junketeers in the lobby at 6:30. Aside from the one person I met earlier in the day, the only face I recognized was Wendy Rutherford from New Line, who I've been dealing with for at least two years now. The last time I saw her was at Butt-Numb-A-Thon this year, so it was good to have someone along who I knew as we made our way out to the Sand Bar, a seafood restaurant at Granville Island.
All in all, it was a friendly group of people, but I couldn't help feeling like an observer instead of a participant as I worked on my meal and listened to them kidding with each other. It was like being a temp on a job where everyone already knows each other really well. It wasn't until I got back to the hotel and met up with various readers (we sort of met in waves over the course of the evening) that I felt like I was more in my element. It's always a pleasure just to shoot the shit with a hardcore film geek, and I heard some great stories from some long time Vancouver citizens. I learned a long time ago that it's the union guys who know the best stories, and that held true on this trip. Anyone who took the time to come out and show me a bit of the city, thanks. By the time I made it back to the hotel for the final time around 4:00, I was ready to crash and squeeze every bit of sleep out of the five and a half hours until we had to report to the hospitality suite downstairs.
9:30 felt like it was just a few blinks away, and I was still fairly blearly when I stumbled downstairs. Turns out they were doing people's make-up in the suite, getting everyone ready for their on-camera segments later in the day. Since I wasn't planning to appear on camera at all (I figure you already have to wade through my verbiage... no reason to subject you to my giant Macy's Day parade float of a head at the same time), I headed out to grab some breakfast before we left for the set.
That gave me a chance to read the production notes they gave us. I tried to track down a copy of the script before I left town, but I didn't give any of my script sources enough notice to be able to deliver. I totally misunderstood the premise of the film originally, thinking it was about a disgruntled elf who quit Santa's Workshop. Instead, it's a family film, and Will Ferrell's been given a role that should endear him with a huge commercial audience, a chance to harness all that high-wattage freak power into a really loveable character. My co-writer, Harry Lime, always wanted someone to make a film for Chris Farley that would convince the world that Chris was E.T. or the Little Tramp. Farley never really found that role, but Ferrell may have, and it's fitting since there's a similar fearlessness to the work of these two comics. There are stories told about Farley's insane, eager-to-please behavior off-camera, but everything I hear about Will suggests that he is reserved when he's not performing, saving it all for those moments when he cuts loose in character.
Will's playing Buddy, a human being who mistakenly gets raised as an Elf after crawling into Santa's bag one Christmas Eve. His real parents, Walter (James Caan) and Emily (Mary Steenburgen), move on with their lives and Buddy is raised by Papa Elf (Bob Newhart) and sent to Elf school so that one day, he can work for Santa Claus (Ed Asner) just like his family. When he learns the truth about himself, Buddy heads back to New York to meet his real parents and to find his place in the world, something that proves to be quite tricky.
In the synopsis, they mention that Buddy grows up thinking he's got a "glandular disorder," and as soon as we stepped foot on-set, it was obvious that much of the film's humor at the beginning comes from the enormous disparity between the size of Buddy and everyone around him. The world of Santa's elves is made for someone who stands under four feet tall. Buddy towers over them, and even the most mundane of tasks, like going to the bathroom, is complicated by his scale. Like LORD OF THE RINGS, much of the visual trickery in ELF is being done with forced perspective, and we were told that the day would start with a demonstration of the process. When we showed up, they were setting up a shot, so they asked us to wait for a moment.
And, as anyone who's ever visited a film set knows, waiting a moment can actually take several moments. And then several more moments. And then a few more after that. The structure we were in, the PNE Forum, is a hockey arena/"rock palace" where many games and many concerts have taken place over the years. Evidently, Nirvana played there, as did earlier rock icons like Janis Joplin. The place had excellent acoustics, and there were several different partial sets built around the room. Many of them were the same set, duplicated on different scales. For example, all of the visiting reporters were kept standing on an oversized version of the Elf work area, where a number of workstations were set up and where there was a large lectern, on which rested Santa's book. This was the set where they would shoot normal sized humans to make them look like elves, so everything was just slightly exaggerated. I went over to check out the list and saw that it was open to a page full of "NAUGHTY" names, starting at JC Higgins and running all the way to Adam Hockley. Sorry, guys, but it looks like you get a lump of coal this year. I poked around the "toy testing" area, where it looked like Louisville Sluggers were being stress-checked. Because they were made for a larger scale, the bats looked particularly lethal. Give Al Capone one of these, he could have ruled the world.
Santa's photo double was walking around in costume, and at first, I thought it was Asner when I saw him from the back. This guy was shaped exactly the same. There were a lot of crew members who had on elf hats, which gave the activity of setting up the next shot a slightly surreal feeling. They set up a monitor for the journalists to watch, and as they were doing so, a friend of Jon's drifted over and approached me. "Excuse me, but are you from AICN?" It's always awkward when you're singled out, since everyone sent on a junket wants to get something special, something unique even as they're herded through photo ops and five-minute formal interviews, and I took a step away from the group to answer.
"Yeah, I am." Without a word to the publicists who were doing their best to keep an eye on all of us, this guy (who I'd name, except the publicists would cut my throat since he's making a really great and uncredited cameo in the movie) steered me over to where Jon was sitting.
"Here he is," he said before taking off again.
Jon stood up and introduced himself. He actually appeared in the long-rumored but seldom-seen AICN pilot for Comedy Central, but he never dealt with me or John Robie or Robogeek. He was part of a discussion group hosted by Harry that featured Favreau, Julia Sweeney, and David Cross. Even though I was at the studio that day, I never met Favreau because I spent the whole shoot strapped into a motion capture suit and isolated on a separate soundstage. I know he's kept in touch with Quint after the MADE screening in Austin, and as I sat down in the seat next to Jon, he started talking to me about the site. "Funny, though," he said, "I expected you to be in pink slippers."
From my new vantage point, I had a much better view of the set. It was a classroom where Buddy and the other elves were going through elf school. Will Farrell was wedged into a desk in the foreground, and the shot was composed so that we only see him as the teacher walks through the room and the camera pans over. The forced perspective was completely convincing, and even before Will opened his mouth, it worked as a sight gag. He and the other children ran through the three rules of the elf code as we watched.
"Treat every day like Christmas. There's room for everyone on the nice list. And the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear."
Will's able to put on the open, guileless smile of a child and convince you that he's a total innocent, and the only thing that might have marred that impression was the way the shot was framed to emphasize Will's package, prominently displayed by the yellow tights he was wearing. After one take, someone mentioned this to Jon, and he asked for playback. "I didn't notice," he protested. "I'm a guy. I wouldn't even think to look there."
Sure enough, the playback of the shot revealed just how front-and-center the bait-and-tackle was, and several people pushed in around Will to solve the problem of the protruding package. It never fails to make me laugh when you see what kind of bizarre problems people are called on to solve when making a film. Where else would you see six people standing around, staring at Will Ferrell's crotch and discussing it seriously?
As they worked, Jon showed me the chart that was sitting on top of the monitors that showed the day's shots, each marked with a "BIG SET" or a "SMALL SET" so as to keep it clear, and he talked about how difficult the lighting of each set was. Finally, Will's unit hidden away through an adjustment in costume and posture, everyone prepared for the next take. Jon shook his head and smiled at me. "Let your article reflect that we just spent ten minutes covering Will Ferrell's balls."
"Those are some big balls," said someone behind me, and Jon introduced me to the other Jon on the set, Jon Berg, one of the film's producers. Berg is part of A Guy Walks Into A Bar, a combination management firm/production company where he's partnered with Todd Komarnicki. Todd's a screenwriter who wrote THE PROFESSOR & THE MADMAN for Paramount, which John Boorman was attached to direct for a while. Todd just finished directing his own film, RESISTANCE, starring Bill Paxton and Julia Ormond, and was evidently in Los Angeles working to set the film up with distributors. It's a shame. I've met Komarnicki many times in the past, and he's a hoot, a big shambling Ernie Kovacs look-alike circa BELL BOOK & CANDLE. I chatted with Berg all the way up to the moment they were ready to roll film, then watched a few more takes. Ferrell forgot one of the rules of the elf code on one take, but for the most part, he was right on the money, giving Favreau something slightly different each time. Berg pointed out a new problem, thanks to the forced perspective and the position of the kids behind Will.
"That kid's foot looks like a turd." Sure enough, there appeared to be something long and black hanging from Will's ass, and another team was sent in to figure out how to position the offending leg. As they worked on that issue, the New Line publicists came and stole me back from Jon so they could walk me around the rest of the building and show me some other features of the sets. I particularly enjoyed the stacks of toys, some actual toys and some oversized reproductions or partial pieces to be used in the workshops. Boxes of Etch-A-Sketch parts and extra-large board games and doll parts lined long tables that we walked by en route to the elf holding pen at the far end of things, and we had a chance to peek in at a 2/3 scale bathroom that would cripple a normal man if he tried to use it.
All the elves were lounging around, reading newspapers and smoking and playing chess, one of those showbiz-meets-fantasy images that called to mind some of the more surreal moments from UNDER THE RAINBOW. Even the adult elves were being played by the shortest actors possible, and we were led back to where the make-up people had trays of elf ears ready to be applied. Only lead actors like Newhart had custom-fitted ears made for them each day. For everyone else, there were generic ears made and modified as they were being put on.
Walking back through a few other sets, I was struck by something familiar in the design... and not like a reproduction, but more like a suggestion, a general nod in the stylization of things. Favreau explained to me that the whole first part of the film has an intentionally low-tech look, a deliberate nod to the Rankin-Bass Christmas specials that so many of us grew up on. He's even chosen to have all the animals at the North Pole portrayed as stop-motion animation characters, a job that has been given to the Chiodo Brothers. "When they first came up here to see the sets of the exterior of Santa's workshop, they told us it looked like a giant-sized table-top set. That's exactly what we were going for. We took that as a compliment." It's only once the scene changes to New York in the second half of the movie that more high-tech digital effects will be used, in particular during a sled chase through Central Park.
There's a partial sled off to one side of things, and Mary Steenburgen is on-set, ready to talk to all of the reporters. Cameras have been set up, and everyone's told they've got five minutes in the chair with Mary. At the same time, there's another shot already set up for Will, and the crew has managed to switch over to this other set quickly. They're filming Will as he leaves the North Pole, saying goodbye to each of the elves he's come to know and love. It's a shot of Will by himself, a dramatic low angle looking up at him, and he seems enormous as he moves through the miniature set, ducking his head and stooping as he looks at nothing, trying his best to give real emotion to his goodbyes. After the first take I observe, the script supervisor stops things and steps in to have a word with him, showing him a script page before stepping back off the set.
As she walked by me, she shook her head and muttered in disbelief, "I just had to tell a grown man that he flipped 'Sunshine' and "Twinkle Winkle.' Boy, my job is strange."
There were no elves in the shot, although playback of an earlier shot showed where the elves would be in the final composite, so there was a fair amount of effort spent getting Will's eyeline just right. Three or four takes were enough, though, and they finally released Will for lunch as I headed back over to the line for Steenburgen, the last of the reporters to speak with her.
This weekend, I'll bring you more of my set visit, including the full interviews with the lovely and charming Mary Steenburgen, Will Ferrell in full elf gear, and the director himself. Right now, I'm going to go finish a few other pieces for you for this morning. I'm desperately behind, and there's so much I want to talk with you about!
"Moriarty" out.
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Feb. 27, 2003, 5:57 a.m. CST
Gary Glitter, Jonathan King, PeteTownsend and now.....
by KID AB
Feb. 27, 2003, 6 a.m. CST
sounds like a fun movie...
by kicker_of_elves
and for future first posters, u go to hell, u go to hell and die!
Feb. 27, 2003, 7:29 a.m. CST
A Golden Age for Bob Newhart fanatics
by Smilin'Jack Ruby
He's in this AND he's in "Legally Blonde 2???" What happened to Newhart retiring - with all his tons and tons and tons of money from producing two of the biggest hit shows in TV history - to simply sit on his ass and play golf all the time with Kelsey Grammer? Thank God Bob is back. Newhart's a fucking genius of subtlety and it's about damn time modern filmmakers realize what he's got going for him. Anybody else get that Nick at Nite recording of his 1998 live benefit concert where he re-did all his "Button Down Mind" stuff? Brilliant.
Feb. 27, 2003, 9:40 a.m. CST
Bob Newhart? Ed Asner?
by rev_skarekroe
It's like watching prim-time reruns circa 1972! sk
Feb. 27, 2003, 9:46 a.m. CST
Ferrell you da bomb in jay and silent bob yo!
by DavidCamp
the legend that is
Feb. 27, 2003, 11:31 a.m. CST
by Batutta
Go watch THE DREW MCWEENY SHOW...I bet even he would think its funny, and if he doesn't, then he truly has no sense of humor.
Feb. 27, 2003, 12:03 p.m. CST
Dude, I think we've got our Superman!!!!
by Terry_1978
Guy from Guiding Light named Matthew Bomer. I saw him online and he might have the look, I swear to god almighty.
Feb. 27, 2003, 12:39 p.m. CST
The Bronx IS New York City!!!
by bobleeswagger
Feb. 27, 2003, 1:22 p.m. CST
Children of the living dead meets will ferrell
by DavidCamp
Ferrell is cool, but not as cool as somethings in life... Words do not describe the epic genius that is "Children of the living dead (2001)". The makers clearly went in with the intention and belief they were making one of the best horror films ever, and their amazing pretention and lack of any ability or skill in just about every single field shows on every level. They have created the most inadvertently hilarious movie I have ever seen. I saw it in MVC for
Feb. 27, 2003, 3:05 p.m. CST
Is Moriarty in LOVE????
by Lolthien
From the first several paragraphs it sounds like Moriarty's smitten with the AOL lady! After all, we now know all her aspirations and reasons for not going the network route and how the whole community is so close knit. Isn't it CUTE?
Feb. 27, 2003, 3:07 p.m. CST
by Lolthien
That has to be one of the worst constructed paragraphs I've ever seen... "I HAVE PROOF! nuff said."... no.. it is not enough that you SAY you have proof, normal people provide such proof before considering it 'enough'... or 'nuff..
Feb. 27, 2003, 3:08 p.m. CST
Thanks NHC1583
by I'm a banned man
for the link to that Mori clip. That was classic. I can't wait for the next episode. As Homer Simpson would say, "It's funny cause it's true". Sad, but true.
Feb. 27, 2003, 3:23 p.m. CST
i think
by ZO
mcweeny and harry switched roles
Feb. 27, 2003, 3:43 p.m. CST
That Facer Animation is Hilarious!
by KONG33
seriously. good cartoon for a webpic.
Feb. 27, 2003, 4:11 p.m. CST
Moriarty cartoon was dumb.
by rev_skarekroe
The whole site was a waste of time, though it's always a sort of bizarre amusement to see someone so pathetic they have to devote an entire website to hating someone who obviously couldn't give a rat's ass about them. This was the worst I've seen since the site by the guy who hates Paul Barker from Ministry. sk
Feb. 27, 2003, 4:55 p.m. CST
I love daredevil!
by fat ugly harry
yes This movie is the bomb!
Feb. 27, 2003, 4:55 p.m. CST
Will Ferrell is a sucking chest-wound of comedy and has not been
by Cash Bailey
He's a half-assed Chevy Chase wannabe come off like your dorky brother-in-law getting drunk at a barbeque and trying to be funny. Favs should be ashamed of himself, as should Kevin Smith for destroying JAY AND SILENT BOB with this half-wit, like he almost ruined DOGMA with Chris Rock, another staggeringly unfunny person who is just a notch or two above Martin Lawrence.
Feb. 27, 2003, 5:09 p.m. CST
Oh hell, I think I figured it out
by Trav McGee
These "facer" kids who come to AICN to complain about AICN and advertise "facer" which appears to be largely devoted to complaining about AICN--I think I've got it now. They're not movie geeks, or movie fans, or movie snobs. Per se. They're movie website geeks, and movie website fans, and movie website snobs. Well shit, that's one layer removed from reality more than I could possibly give a fart in the wind about. Hey, whatever keeps them from shootng up their schools. But I'd rather talk movies than movie websites. ...ELF, now. Favreau, you had me at Rankin/Bass stop-motion animation homages. I'm there. These Chiodo Bros. (sp?) any good? What's their resume?
Feb. 27, 2003, 5:13 p.m. CST
Vancouver's mean streets
by mtoast
I assume that the "terrible" part of town would be the Downtown Eastside. I can't really think of another one. But how the hell did you pass through there on your way from the airport to the Sutton Place at Burrard and Robson? I mean, shit, you cross the bridge out of Richmond and you just take Granville all the way north, hop over the Granville Bridge and then hang a left. Bang, you're there. If you saw the "really terrible" part of Vancouver, your shuttle driver would have to be ingesting some of the substances that plague that area. Who knows, maybe it was the next day when you were heading out to the PNE. That would make sense. Heading east along Hastings to the fairgrounds would certainly give you a front row seat. Nonetheless, I suspect no one cares. It's really a moot point. Oh god, I'm wasting my life!
Feb. 27, 2003, 5:25 p.m. CST
another pointless fact
by mtoast
There was no mention that the PNE Forum, former home to the Vancouver Canucks, was also the location for all of the dog show scenes in Best in Show. It's true. I saw the movie before I even realized that it had been shot in Van. My girlfriend thought the airport looked like Vancouver International -- so I was on the lookout throughout the rest of the film. When I saw the ugly concrete contours of the stadium, I knew it was the good ol' Forum and the ads for "Old Dutch" potato chips in the background clinched it. In Canada, they make ketchup chips and people love 'em. Holy fuck, do they! AND they put vinegar on their french fries. I shit you not! Sometimes, even gravy. But there are no gravy potato chips. They tried it for a while and nobody bought it. So, what can you do? Potato chip companies gotta make a buck -- just like everybody else. Holy cow, this is a LOT of pointless facts. You are all so welcome!
Feb. 27, 2003, 8:30 p.m. CST
IT's NOT MONTREAL! IT's VANCOUVER! GET IT RIGHT!
by T-MACK 1.01
Feb. 28, 2003, 11:48 a.m. CST
Yeah, well it's AMATEUR, not AMATUEUR, you retard...
by Moe Syzslak
pot and the fucking kettle.
Feb. 28, 2003, 2:38 p.m. CST
by Doc Cock
.....we Brits/Scots put vinegar on our chips (not french fries)...chips as in chipped potatoes.....sheesh, is life really that bad out in the colonies that this is the best you can do, perhaps we should re-start the British Empire, or perhaps I should get out more....send your answers on the back of a postcard, to.."get a life you scottish twat".......thanks
Feb. 28, 2003, 4:30 p.m. CST
Hoke Mosely, you numbnuts.
by Moe Syzslak
Almost perfect definition of irony - criticizing someone's writing, yet spelling "writer " incorrectly while doing so. You, sir, are a fucking jackass.
Feb. 28, 2003, 5:04 p.m. CST
facers flash movie
by SuperTooth
That is the dumbest piece of shit ever. I cant believe anyone said they found it funny. Maybe if you're in middle school. Its just an angry pile of garbage making fun of people. Theres no wit or talent in comedy present. The most entertaining part was that the first customer in the video store looked like Sam the Griffin from the Muppets. It sucked, biggest waste of time ever.
Feb. 28, 2003, 9:12 p.m. CST
Home of the Canucks???
by Joe Cool
I think mtoast is getting the Forum mixed up with the Pacific Coliseum, which is right next to it, and is where the Canucks played until they moved into GM Place in the latter '90s. The Forum is way too small to have ever accommodated an NHL team. I agree with the earlier comment though, that it would be just about impossible for a shuttle to cruise through the Downtown Eastside coming from the airport to downtown without getting lost. Unless of course it was just coming straight up Granville Street, which is not the worst part of town but isn't great either... oh shit, I'm wasting my life too aren't I? Right. I'm going to go waste it over a nice Guinness.
March 1, 2003, 9:15 p.m. CST
Favreau just bought himself a good review
by greetingsearthli
New Line likes us? That's probably because every one of their movies they advertise on this site gets a good review.
March 1, 2003, 9:38 p.m. CST
Thank you for the review of the hotel service, but I want to kno
by Cabron
What did the actors say in their interviews? All I can tell from your article is that you ate well and whacked off to the AOL lady.
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Local News Video About Jon Jones Car Wreck.
Seriously though accomplishing all of your goals has to leave you a bit unmotivated etc.
@Acrilawl – How can you be so sure that crashing into a pole while driving a Bentley drunk wasn't one of his goals?
So much for the Nike endorsement.
Wish I could say I wasn't dumb at 24, but I was. I just didn't have as much to lose.
now he can't work for the police that counts as a criminal record. if he was a mexican he would be all over the news luckily his black and speaks like white man.
driving drunk in a 2012 bently? Winning!
Now that's what I'm talking about!! Now I can relate to this guy. Getin'n drunk, crashing cars. Now bring on the bitches!
I am guessing that since no one will confirm or deny that anyone else was in the car with him, that it wasn't his fiance/wife?
A Ford would've took that tree out
who are these high school reporters? bush-league
Thats what happens when ur so young and have so much going for you… u just dont know how to appreciate it.
that anchor chick is hot
this is gothic news
Get a LIMO what part of millionaire to these idiots not understand!
jon jones is a retard
This isnt a shock, might be LH Champ but he still just a pup. I crashed a few time until I was an experianced driver.
Hope the champ is ok though. Get a 2.0 ltr until you've been driving for atleast 10 years and certainly not a rear wheel drive car!
that guy will try anything to get new fans. Except check on machida of course.
I think Rashad said it a couple weeks ago, When your that high a fall is inevitable
@noslots: SO much for NIKE? If T Woods can bang random whores while being sponsored I think Jones can still get on NIKE's payroll
If only Rampage was there to escort him with his Monster Truck; Jones would have been able to jump the median and drive home on the rims.
Looks like its not my week" Dana white STFU DANA at least you didnt crash one of your cars, what a whiner. Also " if he was mexican he would be all over the news" ummm nope. Happens all the time.. if he was mexican and famous ok, youre right. everybody wanting to use the victim card…
Jon Jones always talks about wanting to being a legend and a good role model. Great way to be a role model Jon
Weed is bad…. but its fine to drink. See nothing bad happens when you drink its totally legal.
God says don't worry Jones its ok…
@JonRetardJones and @tumpherian cracking me up!
I wonder who the lucky lady was? Not to confirm any rumors but booze, bently and broads all go together.
@ Coutura…..dude, that's the stupidest thing I've read on this site. Get a life you effin D-bag.
i wondered if he went and checked on the pole to see if it was alrite, to win some fans? on a more serious note: What a scum bag, people who drink and drive need to locked up forever, what a piece of trash!
This might actually bring him more MMA fans. People complained he acted to perfect and upright, not tough, here's a start. Kiss Nike goodbye!
Don't worry, I was with him. He will be fine.
I actually took the wheel. So he'll get off on a technicality.
I can't believe he crashed a Bentley.. there should be extra fines for ruining such an exquisite vehicle..
Whoa now. He claims to be a Christian but is actually Catholic, which explains the cris-cross movements across his chest before each match. Catholics are much more liberal in their actions. I could see this one coming….a fall from righteousness is ever so Catholic. Bummer of it all is that he is/was my favorite fighter not just for talent, but for his presence. Perhaps Rishad E has been right all along and Jones has been lying his skinny little legs off the whole time. Unfortunate.
@Xformat You don't know much about religion. Catholics are founded in the side of the spectrum as far as Christian conservatism.
they forgot to mention… this accident was sponsored by… UFC lololll
Shut up about religion, no one cares. Keep that stuff to yourselves. Thanks
Anchor chicky is a hotty.
I don't think that was a tree it was a telephone pole
Coutura what the hell are you talking about?
Lmao there are people with way LESS money than Jones who get limoed everywhere they go out so stuff like this doesn't happen
Yup, Rashad was right…Jon you're a fraud!!! I bet you had a little HONEY with you in the car too…"Fake Ass!!!" -Evans-
Come on everyone. Give Jones a break. He's just a kid. MMAFighting and everyone else who say that at 24 and with two children, Jones is still a kid are retards. At what damn point is he a man? What a crock of s***.
A kid is when your under 18. Hes freaking 24 idiot. But he is YOUNG. Just not a kid. He should know better. I really didn't see this coming at all. I'm not a fan of him. Not sure if he had personal issues or what? I'm hoping he doesn't lose his fighting spirit.
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Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence — 2013
Nationalism, Grassfields Tradition, and State Building in Cameroon
"Meredith Terretta's book constitutes a highly significant contribution to the historiography of Cameroon, West Africa, and African nationalism more generally.… In challenging conventional political and cultural understandings of Cameroonian nationalism and its chronological development, the [work] makes important theoretical contributions to the field … and serves as an important model for future studies of African nationalism."
Elizabeth Schmidt, author of Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946–1958
"The subject matter of Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence is significant, the story movingly tragic and revealing of Cameroon's postcolonial morass, and the research has an admirable depth and breadth."
James R. Brennan, author of Taifa: Making Nation and Race in Urban Tanzania
Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence is the first extensive history of Cameroonian nationalism to consider the global and local influences that shaped the movement within the French and British Cameroons and beyond. Drawing on the archives of the United Nations, France, Great Britain, Ghana, and Cameroon, as well as oral sources, Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence chronicles the spread of the Union des populations du Cameroun (UPC) nationalist movement from the late 1940s into the first postcolonial decade. It shows how, in the French and British Cameroon territories administered as UN Trusteeships after the Second World War, notions of international human rights, the promise of Third World independence, Pan-African federation, and national citizenship blended with local political and spiritual practices that resurfaced as the period of European rule came to a close. After French and British administrators banned the party in the mid-1950s, UPC nationalists adopted violence as a revolutionary strategy. In the 1960s, the nationalist vision disintegrated. The postcolonial regime labeled UPC nationalists "outlaws" and rounded them up for imprisonment or execution as the state shifted to single-party rule in 1966.
Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence traces the connection between local and transregional politics in the age of Africa's decolonization and the early decades of the Cold War. Rather than stop at official independence as most conventional histories of African nationalist movements do, this book considers postindependence events as crucial to the history of Cameroonian nationalism and to an understanding of the postcolonial government that came to power on 1 January 1960. While the history of the UPC is a story that ends with the party's failure to gain access to political power with independence, it is also a story of the postcolonial state's failure to become a nation.
Meredith Terretta is an associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa and the author of Petitioning for Our Rights, Fighting for Our Nation: The History of the Democratic Union of Cameroonian Women, 1949–1960.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
Layering Nationalism from Local to Global
- Part One
- Chapter 1
God, Land, Justice, and Political Sovereignty in Grassfields Governance
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Troublesome, Rebellious, Outlawed
International Politics and UPC Nationalism in the Bamileke and Mungo Regions
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Nationalists or Traitors?
Bamileke Chiefs and Electoral Politics in the Year of Loi-Cadre
- Part Three
- Chapter 5
The Maquis at Home, Exile Abroad
Grassfields Warfare Meets Revolutionary
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"Here, God Does Not Exist"
Emergency Law and the Violence of State Building
- Conclusion
"After the War, We Stop Counting the Dead"
Reconciliation and Public Confession
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- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
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What are ecosystem services that you rely on everyday? Are you willing to pay for them?
Ecosystem services are what we gain from an ecosystem, be it medicines, clean water, or any cultural and spiritual benefits we get from nature. Ecosystem services are not specific to the science realm and they are open to interpretation based on our individual views. What ecosystem services do you value?
Although ecosystem services have monetary value, determining pricing has proven challenging. For example, every time you shop for produce, you can choose to support the ecosystem services offered by organic farming. There has been a boom in the organic foods market due to the ever-growing assumption that organic farming methods contribute to ecosystem services including increased pollination (bee populations are higher due to larger production of flowers on organic farms), increased biodiversity, natural pest control, and natural soil fertility. Are these methods worth the extra cost at the grocery store? What factors do you consider when making your choice between conventionally and organically grown produce? What are ways to promote organic farming, or more generally the valuation of ecosystem services, so that more people will be inspired to pay for the benefits?
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Apr 29 2012: Since companies have been moving towards organic it feels the label is less and less clear. They use it now more of a marketing term rather than something that was grown in a more natural way. I try when possible to buy from local markets and actually know it was organic because I can speak with the person who grew the item. I like knowing the products are organically grown, but it still holds little weight when I purchase items at a store. Farming is still clearing out an area and generally creating a less biodiverse area than before. Plus not all organic farming methods are better for the environment. At this point it still takes too much effort for most consumers to truly find out where their food comes from and how it was grown.
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Today, Sonos issued a software update that not only adds new music services, but now allows Android tablets to get in on the fun.
First things first. To update your Sonos just navigate to the appropriate menu in your Sonos controller (we don't have ours in front of us right now) and with one click the system will update to System Software 3.6. Once the update is complete you'll be able to control your Sonos player using your Android tablet running 2.2 or later. This is huge, and needed, especially if you got yourself a Kindle Fire, which just started shipping a few weeks ago.
In addition to Android Tablet support, Sonos has also added Slacker Radio to the mix. Slacker radio provides up to 150 expertly programmed radio stations. So in theory there should be a station for everyone, even you. On top of that, Sonos is launching something called Sonos Labs, which allows Sonos owners to test out new music services before they officially hit their Sonos player. We're a bit confused about this latter offering since it's not clear what the difference is between testing and officially sporting the service, but either way it's a good thing, so no matter.
Those are the big updates to Sonos. Some smaller additions include improved Spotify integration, allowing Spotify subscribers access to their inbox as well as play new releases and top tracks at a glance. Lastly, Sonos now supports the AAC+ codec and languages Danish and Norwegian.
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Readership: A first-class resource for academics and students in the fields of theatre and performance and in literature, languages, and other related disciplines, this Companion is invaluable for theatre professionals, and a handy point of reference for theatre-goers and enthusiasts.
Edited by Dennis Kennedy, Beckett Professor of Drama Emeritus, Trinity College, Dublin
Dennis Kennedy is Beckett Professor of Drama Emeritus at Trinity College, Dublin.
His books include The Spectator and the Spectacle (CUP, 2009), Looking at Shakespeare: a visual history of twentieth-century performance (CUP, 1993, 2nd edn 2001), Foreign Shakespeare (CUP, 1993), Shakespeare in Asia (CUP, 2010), and Granville Barker and the Dream of Theatre (CUP, 1985). He is also a professional director and playwright.
He has held distinguished visiting professorships at the University of California, the Chinese Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, the National University of Singapore, the Salzburg Seminar, McMaster University, the University of Victoria, and the University of Wisconsin, and was Senior Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Karachi in Pakistan.
"The scope of the book is impressive. ... As a reference book, the Companions give readers a quick briefing on almost any theatrical performancec subject, which will prove to be incredibly useful for academics, students, critics and other practitioners wishing to gaina foretaste of subjects which may lead to more in-depth study elsewhere." - Francisco Costa, Theatre Research International
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The investment in lenses is often the barrier to changing from one manufacturer to another....
I shoot Canon - very happy with them and have been for 14 years. They appear to be more "productive" in releasing digital bodies and upgrades than Nikon. But I have a huge investment in Canon glass and would be unlikely to switch in any case. My 10D is very good and only now acts as a second body to my 1Ds which is excellent.
If you have nothing then you have a tough choice. I'd suggest the 10D - but then I would wouldn't I !
I believe that the 10D images are slightly ahead, but I own a Canon too and am biased. If you own no lenses I think the Canon system is better. If you want a Nikon why not get the D70, it sounds like the best Nikon to me and it costs less
If you want to save even more money get the 300D
I had the same decision to make back in January, I went for the Canon 10D for several reasons, seemed much quicker at shooting in continuous mode, the battery housing seemed more robust (in my opinion), better ISO range & slightly higher focal length multiplier.
I't also seemed to get slightly better reviews.
The down side is that Canon's own brand lenses can be pretty expensive (especially L series).
I have not been disappointed with my choice, but then many D100 owners will probably say the same. My advice is to got into Dixon's or similar high street camera shop and ask to have a look at them both and then see which you prefer as the performance is probably quite similar.
I did have my eye on a 10D, but the short supply of them has not helped matters, I have also been offered a D100 at a reduced price of 1029 Body Only and a good deal on some lenses, but as I did make a mistake with my first camera, by going for a fixed lens rather than spending a bit more and have an DSLR.
I have a Nikon D100 and I am delighted with it, but then I have used nikons for the best part of 30 years so I am biased and I had a lot of glass to carry over.
Used in RAW mode I reckon it is a match in the real world for the Canon equivalent. The battery life is excellent, usually lasting the best part of a days shooting. I am not sure about the D70 as an alternative as I have not used one but it looks a good bit of kit with a few omissions from the D100.
Quite the opposite I reckon the noise levels are very well under control. I shot some 2.5 second exposures of the moon eclipse the other week and noise is not an issue, I could email you a file if you want to see for yourself.
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The Rainbow Pick 6 has soared to almost $2.2 million, and it's growing fast. It more than doubled last week.
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A Livable "Left-In" Kitchen
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The first thing you notice about Caroline and Jose's Austin kitchen is everything they didn't change. The space retains much of its vintage charm: the cabinets and countertops are still the 1969 originals, as is the popcorn ceiling and tile floors — all things the couple worked around to make the kitchen loved and livable. See more photos below:
In fact, the couple's proudest DIY, as they tell Apartment Therapy in this House Tour, is the openness they were able to achieve by removing the walls and doorways between kitchen/dining and living room. "We were able to change the flow of the house while leaving structure in place and avoiding costly/labor intensive changes to the floors and ceilings," they say. They may not be crazy about the popcorn ceiling and the tile floor, but because "it is so characteristic of the age and style of architecture [in Austin]" they "choose to focus on other details instead." We love the spirit behind that!
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This is the reality than many, many homeowners live - it's certainly how things are in my house - unless you love debt or have LOTS of disposable income, you're not going to rip out a perfectly serviceable kitchen and spend $1 million dollars on a new kitchen. I love some reality in a house tour! Thanks!
as someone who is about to purchase their first home, this is a welcome relief. thank you for posting what reality looks like for most of us. and, you know what? it's cute, inviting, approachable and unique.
This is what my 1960 kitchen would look like if I painted the cabinets white from their current orangy oak color. It is nice, as other commenters noted, to see the reality many of us live with featured here on AT.
@itsjustjessica: I bought my first house 2 years ago, and we made all these big plans to change this and that and I'm really glad we didn't do most of it right off the bat. My style preferences have definitely matured a bit since we've moved in, so the plan for the kitchen and bathroom reno has radically changed in both function and style between then and now. You should live in your home for at least 6 months before you can make good plans for changes you won't regret down the road. Of course that's not always possible but if it's 'not that bad' definitely try it.
I was all proud because that definitely feels a lot like my kitchen - and then I realized, it basically is. We're in a 1969 Austin ranch house.
The only changes we've made (the cabinets were professionally made by the first owner's son, the luck!) was to paint it a nice cheery yellow. The striped laminate countertops just "feel right" and granite would definitely feel out of place in our little galley. Nice to see someone else keep their bones intact!
Love it. These kinds of kitchens are much more appealing to me than the perfect ones. Love the whole house, in fact - the colors, the furniture and accessories, the comfortable, lived-in feel.
This is a great post, I love the kitchen here. Shame about the rather backhanded compliment in the opening sentence, though. Renovating a kitchen is a huge expense, and it will not make you a better cook!
I truly prefer a kitchen like this over one that is shiny and new. It reminds me of mine. :)
Wow! I thought we were the only ones with those red counter tops! When I first moved into the house, I loved them. Lately, I've been wanting a change, but seeing this post makes me think twice. Honestly, our kitchens are twins down to the original cabinets and red counters!
Thanks for this tour. I have the same cabinets, and want to freshen them up with paint and keep them. Hints, please, on how to achieve such a nice finish.