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Legacy Presents - Top Home Chefs - fundraiser for Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council - CanadaHelps
Event Details:
- Saturday, April 28th
- St. George Banquet Hall, Waterloo
- Doors open at 5:00pm, sampling starts 6:00pm
- Tickets are $100 per person (including a $50 individual charity receipt)
- Dress attire is Semi formal.
- Live band (Romeo Sex Fighter)
- Live and silent auction
- Proceeds will be donated to Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council
- Tickets : https://tophomechefs.eventbrite.ca/
Event Overview:
So what happens when 50 "home chefs" volunteer to prepare samples of their signature dishes for 500 gala attendees? An evening of fun and fellowship in support of the Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council!
In a nutshell, the Top Home Chef competition is a unique event where 50 volunteer chefs prepare the meal for Gala attendees. Chefs will prepare about 80 - 100 small portions of a dish of their choosing, which will be served at the Gala on April 28th, 2018.
Guests will have the opportunity to sample and judge the food along with a panel of celebrity judges. Entries will be categorized by Appetizers, Mains and Desserts and our celebrity judges will be Chef D, Dana Short, Nick Benninger and Chef Scotty.
Chef D
Darryl Fletcher's inspiration to pursue a culinary career began while watching Graham Kerr (The Galloping Gourmet) and trying some recipes at home. He is a graduate of the Chef program from Humber College in Toronto, Canada.
Chef D's career as a Chef has grown from humble beginnings in Kitchener to all over North America to once more bringing him home to Kitchener. He and his recipes have been featured in Canadian Living and Foodservice and Hospitality magazine's Chef's Corner, various cook books and has been a popular guest on CTV News at Noon Kitchener and Vancouver, City TV's Breakfast Television, CHCH Morning live, Edmonton CTV Morning Live and Kitchener's Rogers Daytime.
Chef D is filming his Sixth season of his top rated cooking show, 'At Home with ChefD' on Rogers TV. He is the author of two cook bookettes, Maple Madness and Garlic Madness. ChefD has prepared meals for the likes of the Late BB King, Stuart Mclean, Blue Rodeo, Michael Buble, Diana Krall and many others.
ChefD creates new recipes and flavour profiles for Pillers Meats, Gay Lea, Broil King and Nutra Farms.
ChefD believes in sharing his passion for food with others and keeping recipes simple, easy and incredibly tasty!
Dana Shortt
Dana Shortt is a mother of two and the owner of Dana Shortt Gourmet and Gifts in Waterloo. The shop is a boutique-style gourmet food store specializing in hand crafted prepared meals, an olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting bar,gift baskets and quality chocolates from local suppliers.
"I opened the store in 2004 because I wanted to create delicious and unique dishes for people to enjoy that they couldn't get anywhere else, with everything made by hand, using great quality ingredients and featuring local flavours whenever possible.
My goal in opening Dana Shortt Gourmet and Gifts was not to create another food and gift shop; it was to curate a unique customer experience".
Dana Shortt received her formal culinary training at George Brown College. Along with her Culinary Management Diploma, she also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Hotel and Food Administration from the University of Guelph.
Nick Benninger
Nick found his calling to become a Chef at the age of 16 working at a summer camp in northern Ontario. He fell in love with the kitchen and cooking and since then has "rooted" his career in many of the philosophes he learned in that first encounter with food service. After attending George Brown College Nick completed his apprenticeship working at kitchens throughout Ontario and finally settling back down in his hometown of Kitchener-Waterloo.
In 2008 Nick opened Uptown 21 with his wife Natalie and in 2013 the couple went on to open Taco Farm. Uptown 21 has been included in Where to Eat Canada every year since it opened, and recently Taco Farm was featured on the television show You Gotta Eat Here!
In 2016 Nick added two landmark restaurants: Marbles Restaurant and Harmony Lunch to the portfolio of kitchens that he is managing in uptown Waterloo. Having grown his brand to 4 establishments it only made sense to create an umbrella company. So in 2017, the Fat Sparrow Group was born.
Nick has twice appeared on the Food Network, and in 2013 his contribution to the culinary community was recognized in Waterloo Region Record's annual 40 under 40.
Nick's newest project is an independently made food show showcasing the highly under celebrated 519 food scene called Nick and Taylor Make A Food Show!
An early adopter and leader in the local food movement, Nick is proud to showcase the cornucopia of great ingredients and produce found right here in Waterloo Region.
Chef Scotty
Chef Scotty began his culinary aspirations by graduating from chef school in 2003, after almost
twenty years in the automotive industry. Excited about this next chapter, his hard work and desire to learn from some of the area's amazing food destinations, such as Dana Shortt Gourmet, Wildcraft Wherever, Appetizingly Yours, he quickly established himself as a very passionate local chef with a love for food. In 2013, he decided to launch his own business, ChefScottyCooks, which includes catering and his "BistroTour" Food Truck. The truck has been seen at festivals and special events around the region, but his specialty is his unique culinary excursions. He can actually take passengers right on the truck to visit and tour local craft breweries, cideries or distilleries. As well, he ventures to the Niagara region for some amazing winery tours. They even come complete with a fully served dinner at a chef's table inside the truck itself.
Chef Scotty has also been privileged to be a part-time culinary instructor through the Conestoga College Program since 2012. The thought of helping young aspiring chefs start their culinary careers is something that he is naturally drawn to. In late 2016, Chef Scotty collaborated with Guelph's own Dixon's Distilled Spirits to produce his first bottled BBQ sauce which is now for sale in some of the area's top gourmet food stores. Earlier this year he added a second sauce in which he teamed up with Wellington Brewery, also out of Guelph. He is currently in discussions with several other local producers to build on his line of Craft Sauces. Look for more to come soon… When you get a chance to see Chef Scotty, always remember his tag line...
"What Love Tastes Like"
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Have a dish that you think could win an award? Interested in participating in a fun-filled night while raising money for a local charity? Contact us for more information on how you can become a Top Home Chef: firstname.lastname@example.com
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- Saturday, April 28th
- St. George Banquet Hall, Waterloo
- Doors open at 5:00pm, sampling starts 6:00pm
- Tickets are $100 per person (including a $50 individual charity receipt)
- Dress attire is Semi formal.
- Live band (Romeo Sex Fighter)
- Live and silent auction
- Proceeds will be donated to Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council
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"Slots For Tots" Vs. The Commitment To Education Act
"Slots for Tots" was a cute slogan for a referendum item on the 2008 General Election ballot. That item would allow video lottery terminals in newly built Maryland casinos, with proceeds from the slots to benefit Maryland public schools.
Here's a little refresher on how this referendum item came into existence. Back in 2008, the Maryland General Assembly passed a bill to have a referendum (Question 2, the constitutional amendment allowing the video lottery terminals or VLT's) item put on the November General Election ballot to allow the VLT in newly established casinos in Maryland. Money generated from these VLT machines would be taxed, and a portion of that taxed money would be deposited into the Maryland Education Trust Fund to benefit Maryland public schools. Fifty-eight percent of Marylanders voted in favor of this referendum. The voters were lead to believe that the money generated by slots would go strictly into the Maryland Education Trust Fund and used only for educational needs.
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The way the 2008 law was written, the Maryland Education Trust Fund was not created as a "lockbox" fund. As casino revenues increased, the money allocated to the Maryland Education Trust Fund, the state has been able to divert state revenues elsewhere. That revenue was redirected to pay salaries, fund roadwork, and support other government programs and services. The casino money essentially allows general fund money that would have gone into the Education Fund to be spent in other ways. This money will fluctuate from one year to the next. Budgeting should be the same with a leveling mechanism in place so the money flows on a constant basis. School revenues need consistency. The money should have supplemented the Maryland Education Trust Fund, not supplant current education funds.
Two pieces of legislation related to this issue are working their way through the legislature this session. Senate Bill 1122 would make a constitutional amendment to keep the casino gambling revenue in a "lockbox" for Maryland public schools. If this constitutional amendment is passed, it will then go on the November ballot for voters to decide on whether or not to create a lockbox for the Maryland Education Trust Fund. Once again, voters would have to vote on this issue to correct a previous referendum they voted on. Governor Larry Hogan has proposed his own education bill titled the Commitment to Education Act of 2018, which would create a lockbox without placing the item on the ballot as a referendum item. He vows that his plan would pump billions into classrooms and school construction over the next 10 years. Under his proposal, the first 20 percent of casino revenues would go toward school construction and an additional $100 million would go to K-12 operational spending. He wants to correct the problem that was created by the Democratic majority legislature in 2008 and have the casino money solely go for educational requirements.
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A lot of people approach me for IELTS lessons saying, "Helen, I need to pass IELTS, can you help me?" The answer to this is a little tricky. First of all, there is no such thing as a "pass" in IELTS. IELTS is not a certificate in the way that Cambridge Proficiency or Michigan ECCE is. That is, you don't learn a particular level of English in order to get a certificate. Instead, what IELTS does is it certifies your current level of English. So if you if your level of English is, for example, intermediate, this will most likely be reflected in your IELTS score. No teacher can teach you to "pass" IELTS if your English is not at a level that it needs to be.
For postgraduate studies in English-speaking universities, the IELTS scores required vary. Typically, most universities want at least a 6.5. Some will require an overall score of 7 with at least 6 in each area or some will specify 7 in all areas. Check with the universities you are interested in to be sure.
So what is a 6.5 or 7? the IELTS website provides this guideline . For those of you who are familiar with Cambridge ESOL exams, a B2 is a First Certificate and a C1 is an Advanced. Could you pass these tests with at least a 60%? If so, you are well on your way to getting a 6.5 or 7. If not, then what you and your teacher need to do is improve your English to get it to this level. This will take some time and effort and is also one of the reasons I advise most people not to self-prepare.
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2017 has been magic, and not. Or the year of me being 22, as my birthday is only four days away from the end of the year.
All somersaults forward and utter stillness.
All of which, if I had to be honest, was a year-long shitstorm. And I can't even make it sound pretty.
In 2017, I wanted to walk through the very best door.
In the first two months of this year, I was out of the woods with new perspectives gaining from studying abroad.
I felt recharged. I felt whole. And all until I crashed into someone, falling head over heels.
There are some people who you look at, and you can just tell how the story will end. But when I looked at him, I just knew instinctively, that despite the odds against us and although life would always find a way to test us, I'd look forward to a new day after him.
He isn't super my type. He doesn't have the right combination of a 6' stature and an athletic body. But we met, we clicked. He quickly drew out the long-lost caring and loving side of me. He was the reason why I started to give a fvkc again.
Prettiness aside, we had more than our fair share of ugly arguments. Time and time again we were tested by our differences, idiosyncrasies, and individual flaws that were unavoidably brought to light as any two people move forward.
When it became clear that our interests didn't match up, I still held on.
I went from being a confident free spirit to a self-doubting emo cripple staying in an almost-relationship, stagnant and idle.
I couldn't escape from the feeling that I was unworthy. It was a feeling that taped into almost every other negative emotion I was capable of. I was stuck in a long period of thick depression, fumbling through life half-hearted.
I almost lost it all for someone who had nothing to bring to my table. Who I thought was my very best door.
Hope, as it turned out, took quite a lot of work.
Luckily for me, my soul wasn't going to give up that easily, instead, it led me back to blogging.
Words have always meant everything to me. Words have somehow convinced me that I mustn't live ordinarily. I must be wild enough to chase after my dreams and then, maybe then, I will become those dreams.
With my first blog created back in middle school, I wrote only in Chinese. I liked to play with words, break conventional grammar rules, which in turned made my peers tilt their heads in confusion – "Reading this is giving me a headache."
Years later, I still am, surprisingly yet thankfully, embracing writing. For a long while, I'd been seeking my muse, my anchor in English format. As I worked to put together pieces of work, some would comment, "Are you depressed?"
In reality, this is just how I write.
But I don't find that annoying. I find it rather cute, actually.
In May, I dedicated myself to this blog. I polished the site to look more professionally, sorting out categories of lifestyle, travel, and more.
I've come to own my feelings, take pride in my passion.
Own your stories. Our stories are ours, they belong to us, and we should be able to tell them – not at the convenience of others but when we are ready.
I am a sucker for words, and especially for words that when strung together feel like an entrancing story. Or maybe if I work hard enough the story will sing. It will come out right and strong, it will matter.
You never know.
I remember a time when my cheeks were ablaze, but now the only blaze that flares up is the one in my heart called passion. The passion to move forward. Sometimes the flames dim, like today. But all it takes is a good idea, fuel, to bring the flame alight again.
It's a tough world out there, but it takes a tougher person to be gentle in it.
I practiced forgiveness – for myself, too.
For myself, especially.
It has taken me a very long time to understand that there are people who are just not good.
This is the time where the whole society is questioning patriarchy, power, and misogyny, #metoo. And for the longest time I withheld the details; I still do to some degree. Out of the fear that people would question me, doubt me. Because I regretted denying my instinct from the beginning which was to avoid him.
For a long while I thought that as everyone aged they'd shed the noise of immaturity to reveal an innate goodness below. They'd be sensitive, soft-spoken. But that in fact takes quite a lot of work and the intelligence to know when it is needed. And some people are so deeply toxic with themselves that it is easier to cast the toxicity outwards and catch others in the net.
It turns out that as one works up the courage to leave the situation all together, it only creates more space to confront it.
Which is why, it is only now, all this time later, that I am loosening my grip. But it is an uncomfortable process. Something very human in me is still reminded of the hurtful snapshots from time to time. Something very human in me is afraid to break free.
But through the thick of it,
I've come to forgive the people who I love/loved for being as flawed as everyone else, as flawed as I am.
I've come to forgive myself for being the one who has to go through all that. There is not one thing you are meant to know before you are meant to know it.
Despite how open, peaceful, and loving you attempt to be, people can only meet you as deeply as they've met themselves. The eyes see only what the mind is ready to comprehend.
I still want to walk through the very best door.
But I've learnt not to make the mistake of choosing the closest available door, as opposed to the best one.
So this is a little PSA (mostly for myself) to say: Try anyway. Do the best you can. Make peace with the imperfection of it. And move tf on. Sometimes your best isn't quite as great you'd like it to be, but that doesn't mean it's not enough.
Finally in mid-September, I started to take my life back. Little by little. Piece by piece.
I moved into a new house, living with two of my best friends. Some days were still so damn shitty. But then I was reminded of the women I knew, and I was like. Aite. "We can do this."
I dug into new possibilities and found myself hooking into data analysis. So much so that transcribing data became my alternative way of translating the non-sense to words. As if writing my own dramas and feelings and anecdotes is not enough and I have to steal the words for other things.
Later in December, I got a job offer at a well-established marketing firm. And that was when I truly reaffirmed that, you attract whatever energy you radiate — again… the Law of Attraction 101.
As life inches forward…
This year was hard. I think I can say that honestly, without addition or pretense. I am so glad this year is ending real soon. And as I'm back home in San Francisco for my last-ever winter break, quietly happy, I couldn't help but think I'm moving onto 2018, or 23, with everything I might need.
A little bit of grit. A sense of awe. A capacity for both joy and sadness. A clear and meaningful value system. And a deep appreciation for the woman my 22nd year made me – or the woman I became in spite of my 22.
At the end of the day, people don't really change. But at the end of year, they kinda do.
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DVD-by-mail rentals have been delighting Netflix
Alongside this week's rousing earnings report, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told analysts that the company is testing the uncharted waters of shipping out movies six days a week. Saturdays and Sundays have been postal holidays for Netflix envelope stuffers since time immemorial, so this is breaking new ground in the name of customer satisfaction.
Expanding its hours of operation by 20% would presumably raise shipping costs by a fair bit. A gross margin that expanded from 33.8% in the 2007 holiday quarter to 35.2% this time around tells me that Netflix can afford that. Besides, the online streaming option seems to save the company shipping costs on the DVDs we're not watching.
And if the all-online program makes a few customers drop their subscription down to fewer movies per month, that's probably okay with Hastings -- there are volume discounts for the consumer in the mailing plans, so margins should be higher in the entry-level packages.
Of course, we learn of these potential shipping improvements the same week that postmaster general Jack Potter asks permission to move to a five-day postal work week. Faced with dropping mail volumes and sagging under the weight of pension funds, the postal service is in the same boat as General Motors
So, just when Netflix gets ready to add Saturdays to the working week, we all might lose Tuesday or Thursday deliveries. Oh, the irony.
Summa summarum, Netflix will still come out looking good. The good-faith effort of improving the service will likely balance out the zero-sum effect in customers' minds because it's hardly Netflix' fault that the post office is in trouble.
The winners, the losers, and the also-rans
Accelerating the move into a fully digital world can only be good for the frontrunners in the new era of entertainment delivery. Long-term winners would include Netflix, TiVo
Left eating dust are mom-and-pop video stores, big-box retailers without a transition plan into the downloading age, and a rash of lesser lights who are still hoping to carve out a niche in the new virtual reality. Blockbuster
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28 January, 2010
Get your game on!!!
yep new comp over at BON'S....seeing as Bon is away in WA for 2 weeks the DT are running a new comp with DAILY challenges, games, bingo, and $50 voucher to use at Bon's is the PRIZE!!!
Game On started TODAY...and I am already chatting like crazy to get points LOL.
Check out ALL the challenges HERE
In other news
*32 weeks today
*starting to retain some fluid:(
*done a little scrapping - about to get off here and do some more:) Not very happy with the first one ...bit hit and miss atm... but like this one LOL
*went to Pt Lonsdale over the weekend.....here's a few photos....will do a proper post over the weekend
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- Charmane said...
ohhh those photos and layouts are just fabulous Mal!!! Love Isy's butterfly face.... looks like she loved it :)
You are next on the blog train and the next word is:
where's the next stop???
Love Charmane
- January 30, 2010 at 11:05 PM
Fantastic update Mal!! Thanks so much for sharing ♥
- January 31, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- Jane said...
Love all the piccies from your few days away Mal :) I hope your foot is starting to feel better today?
- January 31, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- Rachel said...
Great updates Mal, you've got so much talent!
- January 31, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- Sam said...
The photos are fantastic ... love them
- January 31, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- Tara said...
gorgeous pics Mal!!!
i want to go see the thomas train one day too....
- January 31, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- Natalie said...
cute kids! 32 weeks - feels like such a long time to go doesn't it? I feel for you in this hot weather.
- January 31, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- kerry said...
Wow thirty two weeks ha.Not long now.I hope your feet have come down a bit today.Take care Kerry xx
- January 31, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Catie said...
Chugging past on the blog train - choo choo! Looking forward to seeing more of your work over at Bon's!
- January 31, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- Leonie said...
Hi Mal, thanks for sharing, and thanks again for the paint by numbers:)
- January 31, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- Sue said...
Lovely photos Mal. Love the butterfly face painting.
- January 31, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- Linda said...
Awesome photos Mal - I love the 2nd last one of Issy hanging out of the carriage :)
- January 31, 2010 at 9:07 PM
- Kristy said...
Hi Mal,
Love the pics of Isobel's new room. I am i love with green. Beautifully decorated too. Lucky girl!
- February 1, 2010 at 12:41 AM
- Nicole said...
Hiya Mal, super pics hun.
- February 1, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- Mel said...
cute pics and great LO's :)
- February 1, 2010 at 3:33 PM
- Marelle said...
Hi Mal
love your pics from my neck of the woods!!
Just travelling on that old blog train again
- February 1, 2010 at 10:44 PM
- Melinda said...
How cute is Isy!! Love your work Mal :-)
- February 3, 2010 at 2:32 PM


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Announcement of Filmmaking Guest and Extended Call for Papers Deadline:
Cine-Excess XI International Film Festival and Conference
Dear Colleagues, sorry for cross posting the following information. We are delighted to announce that the first filmmaking guest for the Cine-Excess XI International Film Festival and Conference is the cult Italian director Sergio Martino (Torso, All the Colours of the Dark, The Violent Professionals). With the confirmation of Sergio Martino's attendance at Cine-Excess XI, we are now extending the current call for papers deadline until Friday 22nd September to invite presentations on the director's work. In addition, we would also like to commission a new panel on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to coincide with the announcement that we will be hosting the UK theatrical premiere of the new Kim Henkel/Brian Huberman documentary Beset by Demons on the life and murder of Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2 actor, Lou Perrymen.
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The 11th International Conference and Festival on Global Cult Film Traditions
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Cine Excess XI
Fear and the Unfamiliar: Wrong Time, Wrong Place, Wrong Crowd
Birmingham City University (and related screening venues)
9th-11th November 2017
Guest of Honour: Sergio Martino (Torso, All the Colours of the Dark, Violent Professionals)
Keynote: Professor Mark Jancovich (UEA)
Over the last 11 years, the Cine-Excess International Film Conference and Festival has brought together leading scholars and critics with global cult filmmakers for an event comprising a themed academic conference with plenary talks, filmmaker interviews and UK theatrical premieres of up and coming film releases.
Cine-Excess XI is hosted by the Birmingham School of Media at Birmingham City University, and will feature a three day academic conference alongside filmmaking guests, industry panels and a season of related UK premieres and retrospectives taking place at screening venues across the region.
We are delighted to announce that our first filmmaking guest of honour for 2017 is Italian cult director Sergio Martino. Having worked in a variety of genres and capacities, Martino (along with his producer/brother Luciano) came to public prominence in the 1970s, with a series of productions which reflected the contemporary European fears: from the traumas of urban violence and metropolitan crime, to more longstanding fears of the rural other. For instance, between 1970 and 1974,Sergio Martino created a series of influential and often controversial titles including The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971), All the Colours of the Dark (1972), and Torso (1973), each of which fused psychosexual dynamics within wider examinations of the generational conflicts between the countercultural and conservative forces dominant in the era. With later cop thrillers such as The Violent Professionals (1973) and Gambling City (1975) Martino's cinema perfectly captured wider social and political anxieties that related to a decade of terrorism which swept across Europe. Throughout his career, Sergio Martino's films were marked by a strong sense of cinematography, editing and experimental colour techniques, which have proven influential to recent generations of cult directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth.
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For its 11th annual addition, the conference Fear and the Unfamiliar: Wrong Time, Wrong Place, Wrong Crowd considers the ways in which cult media exploits the boundaries of self and other in order to address horror and unease across a range of key genres. Specifically, it revisits and reconsiders Robin Wood's (1986) taxonomy of otherness, which positioned categories such as women, the working class, ethnicity, alternative ideologies, and deviations from the ideological sexual norm as triggers for the evolution of the horror film and related transgressive genres.
Although Wood's original return of the repressed hypothesis generated a range of critical readings around disreputable film genres, the parameters of his analysis have become invested with new and politicised resonances in recent years. Here, acts of extremism, and the making strange of the familiar in the contemporary milieu of Trump's travel ban, a proposed wall to separate Mexico from the US, and generalised calls for greater immigration control all serve to resituate 'other people', 'other cultures' and 'other places' as sources of fear and revulsion. In short, awareness of individual, national and international difference has once more become culturally and politically foregrounded as threatening, thereby situating the other as being at the axes of Wrong Time, Wrong Place, Wrong Crowd.
Cine-Excess XI invites papers that either look back to Wood's original premise, or assess more contemporaneous works/influences to consider such boundary awareness through the articulation of the other in cult media, film and television. This might involve the making strange of the familiar person/self, either in appearance or behaviour, perhaps through the mirror image or the doppelganger, or the rendering of places and spaces as uncanny, different or ideologically/physically remote, such as in the Gothic ruin, the rural backwater, or the isolated cabin in the woods. Proposals might also examine how shifts in time likewise cause ordinary contemporary on-screen places to become peculiar, excessive and cult.
Proposals are now invited for papers on a wide range of cult media case-studies, including film, television, literature, comics and digital media. However, we would particularly welcome contributions focusing on:
- All the colours of the dark – Sergio Martino's European cinema of excess
- The return of the rural repressed – a special panel on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- Legacy of the living dead – Social realism and apocalyptic satire in the cinema of George A. Romero
- Migrant trauma – Fears of the immigrant in classical and contemporary media
- Bloody kids – Infants and infantile fears in cult media traditions
- The return of the repressed redux – New readings of the concept of the other
- The savage lens – Colonial visions of the unfamiliar
- The gothic other – Terrors old and new
- Wicker men and stone children – British tradition, folklore and cross-generational conflicts in UK cult film cultures
- "Colonised by bourgeois ideology" – Robin Wood and the fear of the working class
- Picket fences and domestic perversions – Unwholesome portrayals of the nuclear family in cult film and television
- Invasion USA – Alternative ideologies and fears of national infiltration
- Deadlier than the male – Case-studies of the transgressive female on screen
- Film and the unfamiliar – Global visions, transnational variants and genres out of place
- Don't go into the woods tonight – Urban fears in cinema's forgotten rural spaces
- Lost boys and girls – Gang culture tropes across cult film and TV
- Cult on cults – Representations of religious and political extremists
- Sexuality and the unfamiliar – Queer bodies and threats to heteronormativity
- The other within – Outcasts , radicals and vengeful veterans
- Fear of the once familiar– Mainstream icons reborn as cult performers
- The Cultification of the Uncanny – Theoretical perspectives on the concept of the unfamiliar
- Fear of the all too familiar– Doubles and doppelgangers in cult film and TV
Please send a 300-word abstract and a short (one page) C.V. by
Friday 22nd September 2017 to:
Fran Pheasant-Kelly
University of Wolverhampton
Xavier Mendik
Birmingham City University
A final listing of accepted presentations will be released on Friday 28th September 2017. A selection of conference papers from the event are scheduled to be published in the Cine-Excess e-Journal.
Delegate fees for Cine-Excess XI are £130 (standard) /£60 (concessions) for the three days, or £50 (standard) and £25 (concessions) per day. This fee includes entrance to the conference and related Cine-Excess screenings and industry panels. For further information and regular updates on the event (including information on filmmaking guests, keynotes and screenings) please visit www.cine-excess.co.uk


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I started out teaching TEFL at Hor Wang school just north of
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with Mike Schmuecker, Sam Sorich and Jim Barber from our group.
I wasn't adjusting to the culture well. Despite being in Bangkok,
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Mike Schmucker and Dan curry left. Bob O'Keefe, from a later group,
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out in my English programs and became one of the characters on
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By the end of my fourth year in Thailand I was totally adjusted
to living in Thailand. Thailand had finally become "home".
I liked my job in television and I enjoyed the people I worked
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However, I realized that I couldn't make a career out of being
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At that time my parents were living in San Jose, so I went to
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for me. I hated sitting behind a desk all day banging out scripts.
So, I decided to go into business for myself. I quit DDBNeedham
and set up shop in one of my bedrooms, bought a fax machine and
began looking for corporate and commercial clients who were interested
in doing videos and commercials. We had just bought a new house
in Folsom and things were really tight for the first year or so.
So Dim took up child caring to help make ends meet for the first
two years.. We both really enjoyed having little toddlers running
around the house.
Business grew and we felt confident enough to move again, this
time to El Dorado Hills.
In 1998 with the advent of computer editing, we were able lease
the cameras, lights ,computers and software that allowed us to
become a really "independent' production company. The business
is small enough that I don't have to hire too many people and
can still be involved in the productions.
I've been on my own for 17 years now. (www.egeefay.com)
I have a stable of regular accounts and new ones come in by word
of mouth.
Our daughter, who just graduated from college, works for us now
The Peace Corps experience was one of the best
jobs I ever had . I've always said that got a lot more out of
the Peace Corps than I ever put in; Besides a wife, a career,
a chance to live in a foreign country, and many fond memories,
the Peace Corps help shape the way I look at things.. I always
imagine that I might return to Thailand as a volunteer when I
get ready to retire.
I've been back to Thailand many times starting
back in 1985. A lot has changed. Most of those tall building we
used as landmarks are now dwarfed by even taller skyscrapers. Bangkok
has a skytrain, an underground system , and lots of freeways crisscrossing
the city. They've torn down some of old buildings, like the house
Mike, Sam and I use to live in on Soi Aree and the Siam Intercontinental
Hotel. And Peace Corps headquarter off of Petchburi Road is now
a shipping company.
When we arrived in Thailand in 1969 Bangkok had a population of
3.2 million people. In 2005 there were 8.1 million people living
there. It's disappointing not being able to recognize much of anything
except the old monuments.
But when you wander down the small side streets
and alleys, you can still catch the flavor of the Thailand we use
to know.


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Here is a headline from an article recently posted on Slate.com:
Advice on how to talk to the white working class without insulting them
You haven't learned anything yet, have you? What is wrong with you? Did you not look at any of the polls? Do you believe that there is a homogenous group out there called, "The White Working Class.?" Does that mean that there is a homogenous anything out there?
There people who voted for Trump, really voted against how they have been treated over the past 50 years. Don't come at me with Democrat or Republican. I have lived through most of those years as a sentient person advocating for rural people. Can't you understand that this was their one chance to get even with those 3 piece suited over educated smarmy know it all that they put in the "Liberal Box."
Let me give you one example of how this hatred can be inspired. As an educator in a very rural area, I was aware of the massive unemployment among the people in our area (3000 square miles in Northwest PA). I somehow got involved in economic development. After a time, I was asked this question, "How come all of the companies coming to PA are settling in just a few areas?" I guess I could have answered by saying that logistics mandated that they settle where there is transportation, services, skilled workers and such.
However, there were many industries that would have been advantaged by locating on route 80 only 60 miles from the Ohio border and a few hours away for 2/3 of the population of the U.S. Some of these industries required skills that could have been acquired by workers there or they were minimum skilled jobs.
So, I decided to inquire of the state, how they decided where to direct the companies who inquired about PA locations. It took me a bunch of time to locate the person who actually answered those questions. When I spoke with her, and asked her the question, she said, "We send them to suburban Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Allegheny County, Harrisburg and its suburbs, etc." I then asked her why she does not consider some of the companies to other places in some rural area. She said, and I am not kidding, "Why should I send them to hamburger, when I could send them to steak."
You may interpret that question as you will. To me, it was a succinct answer to how state government and later on federal government discriminate against rural people. I understand that you might want to put this in terms of "White Working Class," but if you look more carefully, you will see that it is mainly rural people with these kinds of anti-establishment feelings.
Those in suburban communities are mostly looking inward toward the cities. They may be thinking that cities are not doing well and we must take care of ourselves. They rarely turn around and look to the rural areas that border them. Rural people know that they are being disregarded. They know that the majority of the still think that rural people are mostly farmers. That is so far from the truth these days.
The portrayal of rural people in the media is astounding. And sickening. Most of the jokes about rural people are demeaning. I have been chided for many years for describing programs like Lake Woebegon as anti- rural in his description of the unknowing rural people. How about Gomer Pyle, even Jeff Foxworthy and the Cable guy make rural people look like jokes. Do you think maybe there is a part of the soul of rural people that resents all of these things? Did they see Trump as someone who might get even for them? They didn't seem to care that he was just the kind of person who really knew nothing about them, but was going to do things that they would like.
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In the UK, payday typically takes place only once a month, which – when I first started working here – I hated. Now I prefer it. I find it keeps my finances very simple, as all my bills are also paid monthly. I can't imagine the headache that must come from being paid weekly or bi-weekly and having to pay rent and bills monthly. Or maybe I'm just being precious.
Anyway, here are the top money-saving tips I've compiled regarding payday. Thanks to everyone who contributed!
1. Both Andy from Saving to Invest and Nicole at The Budgeting Babe wholeheartedly suggest paying yourself first. This doesn't mean you should head straight to Debenhams and buy that dress you've had your eye on for a month. Paying yourself first entails making payments towards savings you need but can sometimes neglect – your savings account or retirement fund/401K, for instance.
2. Even if you've been working at a company for several years, you should always make a point to verify the amount on your pay cheque. Mistakes can happen, and it is your responsibility to ensure that you are duly paid for your services. You should make a habit of checking your pay slip as soon as you receive it – it might be hard to address a lapse in pay to your employer if you wait too long to say something.
3. Ginger suggests making regular payments towards an emergency fund as well – something that many of us can take for granted. If you do this before you ever consider the remaining balance of your pay cheque, you'll never know what you're missing. And don't let it take having an emergency to realise how useful an emergency fund would have been.
4. Look into any retirement or pension plans that your employer offers. If they match some or all of your contributions this is something worth beginning to pay into now. It's no extra work for you, your company will simply take the money out of your pre-tax paycheque and pay it straight in for you. Starting this earlier rather than later is invaluable, even if you're not contributing huge amounts, thanks to the wonder that is compound interest.
5. One for the hard-core savers: Sheryl from Young Money Talks suggests limiting your spending to a quarter of your total pay cheque, though some months you may have to forego the extra cash in order to pay off outstanding debt. In other words, budget your savings and your spending – and be prepared to tap into your spending allowance if a conveniently forgotten bill pops up in the post.
6. Don't be complacent if you have set up automated direct debit payments for utilities bills or monthly fees. Even on a salary, pay cheques can be irregular, and some utilities bills may be especially high during certain times of the year – gas bills during winter, for instance. Stay on top of your bills and your bank balance, or you may risk having to paying a hefty overdraft fee.
7. Once you've transferred money into your savings account for the month, consider that money to be like a paid bill: it's gone, spent, and you can't dip into it again unless it's a proper emergency! If you get into that mindset and budget for the rest of your cash to last the month you won't constantly be paying back your savings account every payday.
8. Avoid payday loans at all costs. And I mean it! They come with very high interest rates and must be paid back once you receive your next pay cheque. This means that you'll already be in the red once the next payday comes around. On top of credit card debt or a hefty utilities bill, making a payday loan repayment could simply wipe away a month's earnings – or even worse, require you to take out another payday loan. And this is exactly what payday loan lenders want to happen. They're evil! Don't fall for it.
9. If you're easily prone to a case of payday madness (sweaty brow, crazed eyes, need to own a certain top in every colour), you might be wise to re-evaluate your payday rituals. Many of us feel entitled to certain pleasures once we've been paid – and rightfully so (cue Donna Summer's 'She Works Hard for the Money'). But this doesn't mean we should be so eager to spend a large amount of a pay cheque right away. If you usually eat an expensive meal out on payday, consider cooking your favourite dish at home instead. You'll appreciate the cash you saved when you reach the end of the month.
10. Payday is the beginning of a new cycle, an opportunity to draw a line under the last month and begin again. Take the opportunity to spend an hour getting your finances in order for the month to come. Spend an hour cleaning the junk out of your purse, filing your receipts, submitting work expenses, balancing your chequebook, and checking your monthly bank and credit card statements for mistakes. Try keeping things as simple and organised as possible and you'll be surprised how much this positively impacts your finances.


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Outfielder Greg Allen was called up to the Cleveland Indians on Sept. 1, becoming only the second Quincy Gems player to reach the big leagues since the team joined the Prospect League in 2009.
Allen and Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Adam Rosales are among the 10 Major League Baseball players who also once played for the Gems, a summer collegiate baseball team that has been in existence since 1996.
So who are the next ex-Gems who might get the call?
Geoff Hartlieb
Hartlieb, a native of Highland, Ill., played one year of basketball at Quincy University before transferring to Lindenwood and playing baseball for three years. The 6-foot-6 right-handed pitcher is now with the Pittsburgh Pirates' organization.
Hartlieb, 23, made 39 appearances this season for West Virginia and Bradenton, two Class A teams, and collected nine saves and a 2.12 earned run average. He struck out 62 batters and walked just 15 in 63 2/3 innings. His four-seam fastball consistently hits 96-97 miles per hour and has topped 100 mph. He allowed one earned run and struck out 10 in nine innings over his last six appearances for West Virginia to close the season.
Hartlieb pitched for the Gems in 2014. He appeared in 14 games, recording six saves and a 2.25 earned run average in 20 innings.
Sam Coonrod
Coonrod, 25, was a non-roster invitee to the San Francisco Giants' training camp this past spring, and he spent the summer with the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Class AA Eastern League. The 6-foot-2 right-handed pitcher had a 4-11 record and a 4.69 earned run average, making 18 starts. He had 94 strikeouts in 103 innings. He was moved to the bullpen for his final six appearances.
Grant Brisbee with the McCovey Chronicle, a blog that covers the Giants' minor-league system, believes the Carrollton, Ill., native, will be added to the 40-man roster in the offseason.
Coonrod pitched at Southern Illinois and was a fifth-round draft pick of the Giants in 2013. He played for the Gems in 2012, pitching 20 innings in four appearances. He struck out 18 batters and had a 1.80 earned run average.
Jake Romanski
Romanski, 26, a right-handed hitting catcher, has slowly climbed the Boston Red Sox's organizational ladder, finally reaching Class AAA Pawtucket this season. He batted 56 times and had a .286 average.
He batted .308 in 90 games and threw out 53 of 108 base stealers last season at Class AA Portland, but he was suspended 50 games last December by Major League Baseball for testing positive for amphetamine.
The website Bosoxinjection.com says Romanski is a fringe major league prospect. He was described as an "organizational catcher, which is a polite baseball term for having no MLB future as you serve your time in various minor league outposts before advancing to coach or manager."
Romanski played for the Gems in 2011, batting .281 with no homers and 10 RBIs in 139 at-bats.
Jordan George
He went by Zach George when he played for the Gems in 2012, but regardless of where he plays or what his name is, he has always hit.
Now in the Pittsburgh Pirates' organization, he batted .302 for Class A Bradenton in 248 at-bats this summer, then hit .302 for Class AA Altoona in 106 at-bats after a promotion. He hit 10 homers and drove in 61 runs in a combined 99 games this summer.
He batted .333 in rookie ball in 2015 and .300 in Class A in 2016.
George played third base when he was in Quincy, but he's listed as a first baseman and designated hitter with Altoona. He's also played third and right field at lower levels.
George batted .350 with 51 RBIs in 206 at-bats when he was with the Gems.
Eric Aguilera
Aguilera appeared to be getting close to earning a call-up to the Los Angeles Angels, hitting .327 for the Class A Inland Empire 66ers in 2015 and .270 for the Class AA Arkansas Travelers in 2016. However, he was released after the 2016 season.
Aguilera, 27, was picked up by the Texas Rangers and batted .222 for the Class AA Frisco Roughriders, hitting 15 home runs as the starting first baseman. Time may be running out on Aguilera's big league hopes.
He played outfield for the Gems in 2010 and batted .344 in 32 at-bats before his summer ended early because of an injury.
Other hopefuls
Other Gems still toiling in the low levels of the minors this summer were:
Cassidy Brown: Catcher hit .166 for Class A Dayton in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
Nick Roscetti: Infielder hit .264 with the Helena Brewers of the rookie-level Pioneer League
Stuart Levy: Catcher hit a combined .244 with two Class A level teams in the Baltimore Orioles organization.
Adam McGinnis: Catcher hit .290 with three homers in 62 at-bats for the Chicago White Sox's team in the Arizona Rookie League.
Anthony Villa: First baseman hit .314 with 16 homers in 226 at-bats for the Great Falls Voyagers, a Chicago White Sox affiliate in the rookie-level Pioneer League.
Tyler Adkison: Outfielder hit .343 for rookie-level Ogden before getting a promotion to the Class A Great Lakes Loons, where he hit .208 in 48 at-bats for the Los Angeles Dodgers' affiliate.
Billy Oxford: Right-handed pitcher had 3.75 ERA in 24 innings for Kingsport in the rookie-level Appalachian League.
Joe Mortillaro: Right-handed relief pitcher sat out 2017 in Los Angeles Dodgers organization with an injury.
One more shot
Three former Gems have been in the big leagues once in their career and are hoping to return.
Pat Venditte, an ambidextrous relief pitcher, pitched this season for the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, a Class AAA team in the Philadelphia Phillies' organization. He was 9-5 with a 3.36 earned run average in 52 appearances. Venditte, 32, pitched for the Gems in 2006 and briefly played for Oakland, Toronto and Seattle from 2015-16.
Neal Cotts, a left-handed reliever, pitched this season with the Syracuse Chiefs, a Class AAA team in the Washington Nationals' organization. He was 1-3 with a 3.94 earned run average in 52 appearances. Cotts, 37, pitched for the Gems in 1999 and 2000 and played for Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Texas, Milwaukee and Minnesota from 2003-15.
Matt Tracy, a left-handed pitcher, pitched at three levels in the Minnesota organization this year, spending most of his time with the Class AA Chattanooga Lookouts. He was 5-6 with a 4.71 earned run average, making 13 starts and five relief appearances. Tracy, 28, pitched for the Gems in 2009 and pitched one game for the New York Yankees in 2015.


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The Wolverine Review
The Wolverine Rages
Ever since the original X-Men film, Wolverine has been the shining light of the franchise. Wolverine has long had a glorious history in the comics and his big screen presence has grown to be equally effective. Hugh Jackman returns to the role of Logan for yet another outing as the animalistic mutant.
Taking place following the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, The Wolverine positions itself as a new launching point for future X-Men films and Wolverine adventures. But does it slash the memories of the last Wolverine solo outing or does it stab fans through the heart once again?
Journey to Japan
The film opens with Wolverine living as a recluse in the mountains. He has detached himself from society and is dealing with the grief of taking the life of his true love, Jean Grey. By following X-Men: The Last Stand, the movie is free to take Wolverine on a journey without having to fit into previous material like X-Men Origins: Wolverine did. Logan is tracked down by Yukio, who requests Logan's presence in Japan to meet her employer, Yashida. Yashida is a man whom Logan saved during World War II and he wants to repay the favor to Logan.
Upon Logan's meeting with Yashida, he is told that his immortality can be cured. Initially skeptical, Logan refuses to grant Yashida's dying wish of transferring his powers to him. That night, Yashida dies and the future of his multi-billion dollar corporation is in limbo. Yashida's granddaughter, Mariko, quickly captures the interest of Logan. She is set to be the heir-apparant to the Yashida company, but her own father, Shingen, doesn't take kindly to this revelation.
Logan quickly decides to protect Mariko from harm as constant attacks are made on her life. And Yashida's doctor is not exactly who she is believed to be. As the Viper, she is out to make her goals fulfilled and Logan's mutant powers are the key to unlocking her master plan. Logan and Mariko's time together serves to reveal the man behind the monster in Logan. He is much more than the killing machine he believes himself to be. It is her presence that releases the human side of Wolverine and shows that there is still so much more to life.
Throughout much of the film, Logan has visions of Jean Grey trying to convince him that he doesn't have to live forever and he can let go. These scenes serve to express the inner workings of Logan's mind and the struggle he undergoing inside. They do feel somewhat out of place at times and perhaps there are too many, but they still effectively relay the message they are going for.
Wolverine is put into positions we have never seen him in throughout the film and we watch a wounded and vulnerable Wolverine for the first time. It is exciting to watch Logan actually evolve as a human, rather than just an animal. His character grows as the film progresses and is the most true Wolverine depiction we have seen on film.
The Best He Is At What He Does
What would be a Wolverine film without action? The film has several extended action sequences that put to shame anything else we've seen Wolverine do. The fight on board the bullet train is edge of your seat fun. Wolverine is stretched to his physical limits when he must face-off with a group of thugs at the funeral for Yashida. The action is intense and in your face. Wolverine and Yukio both have moments to really shine as the action ramps up.
Yukio actually has quite an exciting showdown with Viper that shows the woman in the X-Men universe can be just as lethal as the men. We even get to see Mariko display her skills with a blade and her fast hands in several moments.
But this is a Wolverine movie and in following with the classic Japanese saga from the comics, there is one fight every X-fan has been wanting to see: Wolverine vs the Silver Samurai. The fight is intense and brutal. Wolverine and Silver Samurai engage in a battle that can only be described as vicious. They slam each other into walls and down scaffolding. The Silver Samurai is much larger this time than in the comics and his adamantium suit allow the battle to take place on equal footing. This battle is the culmination of all the fighting that has led to this climax.
Hugh Jackman Continues to Deliver
Hugh Jackman is once again spot on as Wolverine. His portrayal of this character has quickly become a defining showing. You can tell he is enjoying playing this character and that Wolverine is more than just another role to him. His dedication to looking the part is never truer than in this film. Jackman looks to be in the best shape of his life.
Rila Fukushima gives a spirited performance as Yukio. Her character is a full of soul and depth behind her eyes. She makes for the perfect companion to the cold, Logan. Tao Okamoto also works great opposite Wolverine as Mariko. Her presence is that of a vulnerable, yet stern woman. She needs the protection of Logan but won't admit it. Her delivery is more than good enough to express the way these characters need each other.
Finally, Svetlana Khodchenkova is beautifully seductive and dangerous as Viper. Her screen time is filled with her manipulative demeanor. Viper doesn't fool around and her cold delivery allows you to hate her.
Successes and Failures
Where The Wolverine succeeds in leaps in bounds is the lack of other mutants. The film only feature a handful of mutants. This is where that last solo Wolverine film failed. They tried to cram too many mutants in and we forgot who the movie was about. This film, however, does not repeat history. The focus is solely on Logan and his journey.
The film also does a great job of allowing us to step outside the X-Men universe and see how Wolverine exists on his own. You never really miss the other X-Men, the script keeps you wrapped up in this contained story in Japan.
When the film goes off the rails is when it tries to relate too much to Wolverine's past. The flashbacks with Jean feel too forced at times and they tend to relay the same information over and over. Logan's scenes with Mariko when they discuss Jean also feel out of place. While it's great to set this after X-Men: The Last Stand, the issues with going back to it time and time again makes you remember that awful film exists.
The only other drawback is the film moves a little too quickly. The film has a two hour runtime, but it never seems to have a moment where you get to just relax with these characters. You get one, maybe two scenes with Logan being human, and then we are back to Wolverine mode. Thankfully, Wolverine shines when his threatening attitude comes out. He his a vulgar beast that spews degrading jokes and off color comments.
I did think it interesting we don't see Wolverine smoking his trademark cigar. I guess he kicked the habit.
Wolverine's Future
The film lays the groundwork for Wolverine's future very nicely. All X-films to come after this that may feature Wolverine have a new character model to play with. Logan has evolved, much like his DNA. The Wolverine is the film we have wanted for a very long time. The character is handled with care and given the time to shine like he deserves. The future of Logan can continue to shine as he sets out his next adventure.
As a note, I'd recommend sticking around during the credits as we get a wonderful set-up for the next X-Men adventure, Days of Future Past.
The Wolverine Trailer
Even though Hugh Jackman is great as the Wolverine character, you're right that there were too many other mutants in his own film and some plot points were too out of place. But I am curious to see how he might fit into the X-Men Origins. Don't say what you saw. We'll get a teaser trailer soon anyway.
Can't wait. X-men Origins: Wolverine is the best film of all of the X-men offering !
I'm now looking forward to seeing this flick.


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