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On Friday May 31, 2013, the Washington Post published an article about a retreat for LGBTQ Muslims and their partners that had taken place the weekend before. Along with five other individuals who were present at the retreat, the article included a section about me. Amidst positive reactions coming my way from friends and long lost acquaintances, I struggle with my own mixed reaction to the article. For a community whose identities, needs, and struggles are too often invisible within society, it is indeed a cause for celebration to be featured by a high profile media outlet. Yet, I worry that the article misrepresented me, and presented the LGBTQ Muslim community and the LGBTQ Muslim Retreat through a narrow lens.
The title of the section about me, "The Immigrant Experience," felt misleading. While I feel connected to the immigrant experience, that phrase does not accurately capture my identity or my experience. My father is from Somalia and my mother is a white American whose family has been in the United States for many generations. Though I was born in Somalia, I was born a United States citizen. This, along with the fact that English is my mother's primary language and that she was raised to navigate American society, has privileged me in a way that most immigrants and first generation Americans do not experience.
I want to make clear: when I speak of the challenges of being a refugee, I include the experiences of many of my Somali family members, but not my own.
The piece also states that when I came out to my family, I "felt pushed away by the Somali community." Astoundingly, I asked the reporter to say that I was rejected by some Somalis — not all of them. I have not had a blanket experience of homophobia from Somalis (or Muslims, for that matter). I conveyed to her that these are complex and nuanced experiences — ones not easily summed up by a reporter on a deadline with a tight word limit. The multiplicity of reactions from straight Muslims — including outspoken LGBTQ allies and supportive Muslim families — is not captured in the article.
Beyond my personal story, I feel that the article paints the Muslim LGBTQ community as somewhat of a novelty. Why should our gathering be described as a "somewhat surprising event"? Why should the existence of LGBTQ individuals be any more surprising in Muslim communities than in other communities? The reaction is connected to the Islamophobic notion that Muslims are backwards and intolerant.
The author also writes that, "(Many folks said that they face Islamophobia from inside the mainstream LGBTQ community)." But why the parentheses? Islamophobia is not an aside. The LGBTQ movement is led by and serves primarily white cisgender gay men. The implication is that the specific ways in which homophobia intersects with other forms of oppression are peripheral. I find this to be a core reason why LGBTQ Muslims have chosen to gather — to build a community and a movement in which our experiences are valued as central. Islamophobia not only impacts our lives within the mainstream LGBTQ community, but in mainstream American society as well.
I am also frustrated by the title of the article: "At Muslim LGBTQ retreat, attendees try to reconcile their faith and sexuality." When I was coming into my sexual identity while attending university, I was not struggling to reconcile those things nor did I question whether Islam had a place for me. The title also does not capture the breadth and depth of reasons why this is an event that I have now attended three years in a row.
The reasons I attend the retreat are community, activism, and spirituality. I feel blessed to belong to the LGBTQ Muslim Retreat family, and now the Queer Muslims of Boston family, especially since I have felt — like many others feel — like I'm the "only one."
At the retreat, we challenged each other on issues of privilege and oppression and worked to create an inclusive community. This past year I attended an illuminating workshop on religious diversity within Islam that challenged my own ignorance about Shi'a Muslims and last year a white antiracism caucus was held. Some workshops over the years have focused on building activism skills such as community engagement and coalition building. Others emphasized spirituality and theology.
I have found that often stories about LGBTQ folks, especially those of color, focus on the sensational negatives — the rejection, the depression, etc. Maybe these are the parts of our collective story that editors believe will tug at the heartstrings of their readers. But as I shared in an email to the reporter, I believe "the core of why the retreat should be highlighted, is that it's a site of positivity, strength, and inspiration."
Islam is a vibrant religion with a rich history of questioning and debate. It's a faith with a multiplicity of interpretations and lived manifestations. It provides believers from all walks of life with an example — the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) — who challenged the status quo in his society, upset traditions and norms, and pursued the betterment of the world while loving God fiercely. It's a shame that the Washington Post article didn't see the Muslim LGBTQ community in that dynamic light.By Kaamila Mohamed


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News: Guardsman donates kidney to fellow soldier
Story by Senior Master Sgt. David Lipp
FARGO, N.D. — Spc. John Chase wasn't feeling the best when he came home on a two-week leave from his second deployment to Afghanistan in May 2010. He took his family on vacation to Walt Disney World Resort, but just before he was to return to his fellow Guardsmen with the North Dakota National Guard's 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, he discovered what was ailing him: his kidneys were failing.
He immediately started dialysis, a process that would continue for four hours at a stretch, three days a week until the end of September. That's when Sgt. Francisco "Cisco" Raatz donated one of his healthy kidneys to his brother in arms. Raatz had been on both deployments with Chase. The young, healthy Soldier had never had a surgery in his life, but volunteered for the painful process to help his friend and fellow soldier, whom he said goes out of his way to help others.
"Part of me thought maybe it's about time somebody tried to help him for all of his efforts," Raatz said.
Against all odds, Raatz was a perfect match. Oftentimes, 70 or 80 donors are tested before a match is found, the Guardsmen say, especially in a case such as Chase's; he was adopted and had no family available for a potential donation.
Now, one of Raatz's kidneys is in his battle buddy's body, and they're both recovering from the Sept. 27 surgery at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, N.D. Both men and their transplant surgeon will be available to discuss more of this story during a media availability at 11 a.m. Friday at the main entrance of Sanford Medical Center, 801 Broadway, Fargo.
WHO: Sgt. Francisco Raatz (kidney donor), Spc. John Chase (kidney recipient) and Dr. Bhargav Mistry (transplant surgeon)
WHAT: Media availability
WHEN: 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4
WHERE: Sanford Medical Center main entrance, 801 Broadway, Fargo, N.D.
MEDIA: No pre-coordination is needed. Discs with b-roll video and interviews will be available on site, and high-resolution photos can be downloaded from Flickr.
A feature story on the transplant also is available for your use at http://www.ndguard.ngb.army.mil/news/Pages/BloodBrothers.aspx.
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Design + Build, which opens tonight (Feb. 8), is being held at the Nelson Gallery. But this exhibition is all about the university's forthcoming gallery, the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art.
Elsewhere, the C.N. Gorman Museum hosts a reception and artist talk next week with the award-winning Navajo weaver D.Y. Begay, whose work comprises the Gorman's winter exhibition.
Design + Build complements the architectural design competition that is now under way for the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. Museum leaders invited the public to contribute their own visions, ideas and designs, for Design + Build — and they are now on display.
Casual participation is welcome all throughout the exhibition, where building blocks, site analysis and construction advice will be available.
The Nelson Gallery plans an opening reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The exhibition is set to run through March 17. The Nelson is in Nelson Hall; regular hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and Saturday-Sunday, and Friday by appointment.
The Begay program at the C.N. Gorman Museum is scheduled for Tuesday (Feb. 12), with the reception starting at 4 p.m. in the museum (1316 Hart Hall) and the lecture set to begin at 4:30 p.m. next door, in 2 Wellman Hall.
The Weavings of D.Y. Begay opened earlier this quarter, showcasing the works that she calls tapestries — a unique blend of traditional techniques and contemporary design, capturing the changing light, silhouettes and colors of her homestead in Tselani, Ariz.
The exhibition is scheduled to run through March 15. The museum's regular hours are noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. See separate story, with slide show of Begay's work.
• 2013 Student Exhibition — Screenprints from TANA's summer 2012 and fall 2012 workshops. TANA (Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer, or Art Workshop of the New Dawn) is a program of the Department of Chicana/o Studies. Through winter quarter, TANA, 1224 Lemen Ave., Woodland. Call for exhibition hours: (530) 402-1065.
• 2.5 Dimensional — Craft Center instructor Joanna Kidd presents ceramic bas-relief portraits in fragment, removed from any surrounding narrative context. The work in this exhibition combines the three-dimensional depth of sculpture and the illusion of depth on a flat surface of drawing. This combination of sculptural depth and illusion creates distortions in the images when viewed from different angles, lending the sculptures a curious animation as the viewer moves around them. Through -Feb. 8, Craft Center Gallery, South Silo. Closing reception, 6-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8. Regular hours, 12:30-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 12:30-7 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekends.
• Structures, Signifiers and Society: People and Textiles — Global ethnographic and contemporary works from the university's Design Collection, in an exhibition that coincides with the release of alumna Mary Schoeser's new book, Textiles: The Art of Mankind. It features more than 200 objects from the Design Collection, and more than 50 of these are in the exhibition. Through March 18, Design Museum, 124 Cruess Hall. Read more.
• Maynard Amerine: In His Own Words — Professor Amerine (1911-98) joined the UC Davis Division of Viticulture in 1935 and retired in 1974. As a junior enologist, he was hired to work with Professor A.J. Winkler to improve the quality of grape varieties grown in California. From this modest beginning, Amerine became known throughout the world as a foremost wine expert. For this exhibition, Patsy Inouye, photograph curator in Special Collections, drew on the library's Maynard A. Amerine Papers, including travel diaries, photographs, a map of his travels and selections of his writings. The exhibition also includes a computer station where visitors can watch Amerine's lectures from VEN 125, "Sensory Analysis of Wine" (the library recently converted the videotaped lectures to digital files). Winter and spring quarters.
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Direct TV has deep-sixed its Championship Gaming Series professional gaming league, according to the Hollywood Examiner.
An announcement on the CGS website calls the league "an idea whose time came too early" and laments that "profitability was too far in the future for us to sustain operations in the interim."
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The CGS, was founded in 2007… and was sponsored by major brands in gaming and mainstream like Moutain Dew, Fatality gaming gear, Alienware and Xbox 360.
The league launched its first season with six franchises in six major cities in the United States including Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, San Fransico, Chicago and Carolina. In 2008, they launched new franchises in major international markets like Berlin, Spain, England and Mexico…
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I am doing research on new bathroom floors. Currently my 2 bathrooms have ceramic tile from the 70's when the house was built. In one bathroom about 10 tiles are missing and in the other, well the people who lived here before us thought the big bathroom was a great dog kennel so I don't even want to know what is in the grout, but it won't come out. So, I was thinking about vinyl tiles for both bathrooms. It seems to be the easiest to lay but I don't know where to start. Also how easy is it to take out the toilet. And one more thing, what should I seal the edges of the tub and vanity with so water doesn't get under it??? Any help would be great! Thanks for your time
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The menu has a huge variety of delicious items to choose from light lunch meals to some big bites for the more hungry. Relax, kick back, and take in the great views while sipping on a fantastic cocktail.
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The menu offers traditional starters like spiced lamb kebabs with yogurt and mint, chargrilled Karoo lamb chops and an assorted kebab platter, while more exotic choices include tandoori salmon and green mango flavoured line fish. Must-tries for mains are the lamb shanks in saffron curry and the slow-cooked, pot-roasted Karoo lamb with dried spices.
Vegetarians are definitely not forgotten and for every dish that contains meat, there is one that doesn't. Try cottage cheese dumplings and green pea curry, or apricot and potato cakes with yogurt and sweet chutney.
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Enjoy an authentic, yet modern Indian experience at Bombay Brasserie.
If it's an Indian fix that needs satisfying while visiting scenic Stellenbosch, then Bukhara is the obvious choice. Conveniently situated at centre of town, Bukhara is a stylish restaurant that offers a selection of North Indian cuisine.
The restaurant chain is consistent with its upmarket and vibey atmosphere. The trade mark open kitchen allows guests to be privy to the making of their meal as well and serves as a source of background entertainment.
The menu has a good variety, including South African game options and caters for the carnivores and vegetarians alike. Expect authentic, traditional Indian food: Butter Chicken, Garlic Naan and Mango ice cream. The Kashmiri style kebabs cooked over hot coals is a restaurant speciality and a must try.
The exotic Indian dining experience is rounded off with a few dishes with interesting flavours to entice the adventurous palate and a notable wine list.
The de Beers cold Storage building was designed in 1901 by Francis Edward Massey and build for Cecil John Rhodes in 1902. With its sandstone facade bay windows and rustic looks, the building lends itself to the setting for a romantic upstairs restaurant with views over the yacht harbour and naval dockyard.
One of our customers called Captain's Table the best kept secret in Simon's Town. Well it may have been but it is no longer a secret. Yes we have finally opened Captain's Table upstairs above the Two and Sixpence Tavern. The experience was described as follows: "Enter the pub and ask the bar person to direct you to the Restaurant. Through the swing doors, up the stairs and then enter a completely different world" Captain's Table is old world in style, where everything was designed to enhance your experience as our guests. The atmosphere upstairs is relaxed with dimmed lighting, candles on the tables and soothing background music.
The venue is ideally suited for smaller functions and parties. The restaurant can be divided to allow privacy for smaller groups and can accommodate up to 48 people. The restaurant is open for lunch 12h30 - 14h30 on Fridays to Sundays and for dinner 18h30 – 21h30 Fridays to Wednesdays. The restaurant will be closed on Thursdays except for functions.
This wonderful, relatively new restaurant is situated a stone's throw from the beach in Strand and is the ideal hangout for long, lazy lunches and beautiful dinners. The menu is refreshing and creative with dishes like gourmet baguettes, original, gourmet pizzas and the favourite sharing food - sushi.
Try the bitterballen as a starter, five traditional round Dutch croquettes served with mustard, or a lovely picnic basket for two filled with a French baguette, garlic gamba's, Italian cold meat cuts, brie and gorgonzola, fig preserve, fruit, marinated olives, salad, Amsterdammertjes, sparkling wine or Ega Rooibos tea. This should be ordered two hours in advance.
The pizzas are truly unique and the breakfast pizza with free range eggs and bacon topped with Parmigiano Reggiano is a must-try.
A wide variety of coffees, teas, wines, dessert wines and sparkling wines are available.
As Carolina says: 'Buon appetito, Lekker eet, Enjoy, Bon appétit, Eet smakelijk, Selamat makan, Born up a tree!'
This original farm-to-table restaurant uses produce that is grown on the farm or that is sourced from nearby farmers. Natural, organic produce is used to conjure up healthy food that bursts with flavour.
The number 8 denotes an endless loop that begins and ends in the same place, and this harmonious interconnectedness of life is exactly what this restaurant celebrates. The menu is small and seasonal and the food on offer will be chosen to fully utilize the ingredients available.
Spier's award winning wines complement the food and the tranquil surroundings ensure a great experience. Eight to go next door sells picnic baskets with the same fresh produce to enjoy anywhere on the farm.
The health conscious will love 8 Restaurant at Spier Estate in Stellenbosch. With its Farm-to-Table inspired menu and all the focus on wholesome, organic and fresh produce, visitors can indulge in an eating out experience that is guilt free. Not only is the restaurant strictly health orientated, the procurement of the produce is also green all the way.
8 Restaurant has a casual mood that demands relaxation from its patrons. That aspect, combined with the significance of the number 8 in the eatery's name, adds dimension to one's perception of the place.
The number 8 signifies balance, cycles, harmony, infinity and abundance which is a clear indication of the restaurant's approach to its food and means of sourcing produce. Visitors to 8 Restaurant can expect exciting combinations of predominantly raw ingredients. All items are natural and organic and geared at optimal nutrition. The signature dish is Chicken Pie that is served with seasonal vegetables and herbs.
The establishment is licensed, so enjoying a glass of wine with one's meal is a sure option, however, one cannot expect to find carbonated drinks on the menu.
The restaurant is also has a deli for a bout of healthy shopping.
Original recipe chicken made according to the Colonel's recipe. What would a restaurant guide be without KFC. No matter who you are, you will enjoy the fast, convenient and finger-licking food coming out of this take away outlet.
Whether it is the original recipe chicken pieces covered in a batter that nobody we know of has been able to copy, or the tender fillet burgers with or without a kicking spiciness, it is hard to be disappointed with a meal.
For a slightly healthier option, try the grilled chicken twister - a wrap filled with chicken strips, lettuce, tomatoes and a choice of mayo or a sweet chilli sauce. Add a side of chips, hearty mash and gravy, coleslaw or a fresh, soft mini loaf and you've got a meal fit for a king.
Choose to sit down and eat here, or take your food home for a family dinner of wicked indulgence.
Lola's originally started as a strictly vegetarian restaurant, and although they are still offering an extensive vegetarian menu, they, luckily for us, now cater for the carnivores among us as well. A simple, elegant interior complements the cuisine and the restaurant serves as both a business meeting place and a romantic retreat. The menu offers something for everyone and includes a large breakfast selection. From oats to omelettes and French toasted croissants with a variety of fillings, it promises a great start to the day.
Easily accessible by any account, yet a drive out to Haskell Vineyards' Long Table Restaurant may feel slightly off the beaten track. In this case, though, it's more like following the red brick road to a secluded spot where subtle sophistication meets wine estate ambiance.
The shaded terrace is the perfect place to soak up the picturesque view of Stellenbosch on a summer's day, while the indoor fireplace and the Long Table (seats 12) will keep the party quite content in moodier weather.
The breakfast menu has an exciting individualist flare and caters for all preferences. Expect to be tantalized by offerings of Breakfast Trifle, Tunisian Adja and French Toast Pockets amongst the traditional.
The lunch menu is varied, complete with starters, light meals, mains and dessert. Choices range from simple to sophisticated with Duck and Quail for those who crave something a little different.
The wine list is a treat for wine lovers and comprises the farm's own Dombeya Wines and Haskell Vineyards offerings including the Samara (Double Gold Winner Michelangelo Awards 2008) and the Boulder Road Shiraz (Gold Medal Best in Class Winner - 2008 International Wine and Spirits Awards).
Meal portions are generous, offering good value for money.
A bonus for those who would like to make lunch more of an outing is the opportunity for wine tasting in the restaurant's foyer.
MANA restaurant forms part of MANA Guest Cottage Accommodation. The Establishment is ideally located on JC Le Roux, a working sparkling wine farm situated just on the outskirts of historic Stellenbosch.
Guests can enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner with spectacular views of the farm's merlot, pinot noir and cabernet vineyards. The menu offers contemporary fusion cuisine.
The restaurant is open Monday - Saturday for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, and on Sundays for Lunch.
Be sure to book ahead for a unique sparkling wine tasting at the JC Le Roux cellar.
Readers Restaurant is located in Tulbagh's historic Church Street. Here patrons are delighted by the fine food on offer. The Curious Cats gift shop, that is housed with the eatery, gives Readers a quirky edge that is enough reason to return.
The lime washed Cape Dutch Style stead sets the scene for the genuine Cape hospitality that is synonymous with Readers. In keeping with the Cape Dutch feel, the restaurant boasts wooden floors and crisp white table cloths on solid wooden furniture, all the elements for fine dining.
Chef Carol Collins presents an exciting menu which offers traditional fare with a fresh interpretation. Signature dishes include the Springbok fillet with a Gooseberry and Amarula sauce and the Lamb Strudel. The Trio of ice-cream dessert is ever popular with exciting (if not a crazy) flavours such as curry and balsamic. The wine list supports the best of the Tulbagh region.
Cat lovers will spend plenty of time post pudding inspecting the feline paraphernalia in the gift shop section of the restaurant.
Somerlust is a beautifully thought out restaurant that combines modern, imaginative cuisine with old-fashioned heartiness and hospitality. The restaurant offers a gourmet fine dining experience that is affordable and memorable. The menu is seasonal to optimize the flavours of the freshest ingredients and South African, Mediterranean, American and Asian favourites can be enjoyed.
Franschhoek, the French pocket of the Cape Winelands, has become renowned as the culinary capital of South Africa, so it's not surprising to find oneself in a gem of an eatery like Topsi & Co.
A scrawled daily menu on paper set on an easel, the antique silver salt and pepper pots, the water jugs, the fresh flowers and the open kitchen will make one feel right at home as if in a great aunt's kitchen. And then there is food: hearty, comforting and exciting.
Expect traditional fare that has been reinvented with flair. The menu changes daily to make the most of the fresh seasonal produce. Menu items include homemade Springbok sausage with chilli jelly and Warthog loin with mustard seed onion gravy with cabbage and samp. A firm, delectable favourite remains the white mold cheese and figs stuffed with walnuts, poached in red wine with citron.
The restaurant does not sell wine, but visitors are invited to bring their own.
Guests are encouraged to walk into the kitchen and check out what's cooking. Alternatively, sit back and take it all in: the delightful smells from the stove, the clatter of pots and the chatter from the parrot – just like at aunty's house.
Waverly Hills promises the freshest, finest and where possible, organic ingredients in all their South African inspired country cuisine. Located just outside of Tulbagh, Waverly Hills' boasts splendid views of the valley.
Here guests can indulge in views of the farm's vineyards and olive orchards while enjoying al fresco dining on the patio. In winter the restaurant has a blazing fire place to keep visitors comfortable and cosy.
A mother and daughter team heads up the kitchen and delights patrons with menu items that range from starters like Yoghurt-cheese-bacon bundles drizzled with olive tapenade dressing and Best Biltong Pate. The mains on offer cater for all palates from items such as Red Curry, Rump steak and Chicken stuffed with sundried tomato and feta wrapped in bacon.
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Yeah - the songs end up being like the paradox of the Trireme of Theseus: The song is still the same song and yet (nearly) every part of it differs from its original version. Tommy Potts (the chap I mentioned above) is particularly interesting in that result.
Here's The Drunken Sailor Hornpipe:
And here's Tommy Potts playing The Drunken Sailor Hornpipe:
They're the same, but not quite - the planks have been removed and new planks fitted, as it were.
And these two are very different musically and linguistically, although they both express the same concept - of the lass "letting the soldier in" (to the house out of the cold and, er, 'elsewhere') - in their respective dialects:
Martin Carthy - Cold Haily Windy Night
Jeannie Robertson - The Laird o' Windywa's - (only link I can find is on Spotify, sorry)
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The same thing occurs in many musical styles. There are figures in Jimmi Hendrix songs that get re-used by other artists - compare "1983 ... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)" with Iron Maiden's with the lead guitar at the beginning of Iron Maiden's "Children Of The Damned". There are figures in classical music (notably, plainchant figures) that recur all over the place in classical music (the Dies Irae being one (cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_irae). I daresay (even though I know naff-all about Jazz) that there are figures in Jazz that keep cropping up elsewhere. Following the threads can be absolutely fascinating as one musician picks up the thread, adds their own twist to it, influences someone else who picks up the same tune and adds their twist to it (and so on).
Yeah, his 2nd album is where he shows his personal mettle and it's much more directly in line with the American folk tradition - what European folk influences are there are buried under layers of reinterpretation.
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State officials anticipate that they will issue as many as 25 to 30 Silver Alerts each month. Many of those will only be issued locally.
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Ever ponder the purpose of a cover letter? Doesn't a resume tell employers everything they need to know? Why do they want you to reiterate the information in a cover letter? They don't!
The purpose of a cover letter is to give employers a glimpse of the person behind the resume. A good cover letter will give them a sense of your personality and an idea of how you fit in their organization. While a resume provides a factual snapshot of your skills and experience, a cover letter will add depth, credibility and individuality to the mix—and what you say may just tip the scales in your favor!
The key to writing a compelling cover letter is to hone in on a few powerful points that will grab the hiring manager's attention. Before you begin, review the job description and ask yourself, "Why am I the best person for this job?" Think of relevant examples that demonstrate your ability to perform specific tasks well and expound upon them. The more effectively you 'sell your skills' and differentiate yourself from other candidates, the more memorable and interview-worthy you will be!
Cover letters can also provide insight and explanation into sensitive information that your resume cannot, such as lapses in employment, career changes and layoffs. Just keep an upbeat tone and stay positive in your explanation.
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Finally someone said it! I am a professional resume writer and career coach and nearly every single day I work with clients who ask if they should repeat everything in their resume on the letter. A cover letter should in fact be unique, personalized, and give a concise summary of what to expect from the resume. What it should not do is repeat the same information. I have written a similar article at http://www.cpresumes.com/blog/why-cover-letters-are-important/ which explains in detail the importance of cover letters and how they should be properly structured. I hope this provides some value to your readers.
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I read your News item of March 3, about vandalism and GT&T being affected by it and noted that "telephone and other telecommunication services for thousands of customers including several businesses in and around the central Georgetown area have been repeatedly disrupted over the past weeks as a result of what seems to be organized rampant vandalism".
This reminded me of our experience in London a few years ago.
Several telephones in my area suddenly stopped working for days, and everyone affected was puzzled as to why. It turned out that, with the immediate introduction of Broadband nationally, this was mainly through theft, because "traditional wired local area networking systems require copper coaxial cable or twisted pair to be run between or among two or more of the nodes in the network", and copper was greatly needed.
It was not a case of vandalism at all – it was naked greed. The railway system also suffered disruption for the same reason – their cables were dug up, for the copper wire content.
This stolen stuff provided a source of income to many people – thieves and accomplices. To some, the field of IT is a blessing; to others it is perhaps a curse.
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text: Home Politics Is President Obama Abandoning the Palestinian Cause? Never mind his flip-flop on tax cuts for the rich. Obama's recent about-face on Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank could have serious consequences for the peace process. Has a belligerent Benjamin Netanyahu defanged the president? By: David Kaufman Posted: Dec. 20 2010 12:18 AM 0 Bloomberg via Getty Images Much has been made of President Obama's recent tax-cut backtrack, but the most disheartening White House move actually played out far away from Capitol Hill. Buried within the news cycle was the announcement that the United States would no longer press Israel to stop West Bank settlement construction as a precondition for continued peace-process negotiations with the Palestinian Authority. This disappointment is yet another about-face for an administration that -- both home and abroad -- is displaying a worrying creep toward official two-facedness. Ushered into office amid promises of an Arab-world rapprochement, Obama repeatedly insisted that ending settlement expansion would be a cornerstone of his Israeli-Palestinian policy. Yet barely 18 months after his monumental Cairo reconciliation speech, President Obama has caved in to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line hardheadedness. Indeed, despite more than 30 years of U.S. settlement policy on his side and signs that previous settlement "freezes" helped reboot peace talks, Obama appears to be abandoning the Palestinian cause while prostrating himself before a rude, recalcitrant -- and increasingly rogue -- Netanyahu government. More worrisome, Obama does so at the very moment Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas needs him most. Equally frustrated by U.S. inaction and Israeli intransigence, Abbas is sending clear signals that he may take drastic action -- and fast! Scenario A sees Abbas simply resigning -- walking away from a Palestinian Authority that could potentially collapse from the resulting power vacuum. Far more impactful would be a move by Abbas to unilaterally declare Palestinian independence -- an option increasingly popular in many European and Latin American nations. With no formal borders or autonomous army, or even its own currency, the P.A. clearly lacks the institutions needed to sustain a viable independent nation. Add in U.S. commitments to veto any U.N. statehood vote, and Palestinian sovereignty stabs -- at least for now -- are far more symbolic than actual attempts at bona fide independence. Nonetheless, the message is clear: Boxed in and beaten down, Abbas -- along with many Arab moderates -- is joining American liberals in their disillusionment with the Obama White House. "Much as he did with the tax cut, Obama created incredible expectations [among] the Palestinians and within the Arab world," says pollster James Zogby, president of the Arab-American Institute and a member of the executive committee of the Democratic National Committee. "He's now doused those expectations, and there will be consequences. Arabs are beginning to feel like abused children, slapped around with nowhere to turn." The most confounding aspect of Obama's settlement step-back is its sheer emptiness. While the tax compromise at least ensured continued unemployment benefits, the settlement reversal earns Obama -- and the peace process -- little in return. Moreover, it comes at a possible last-chance moment for any real progress on the settlement stalemate. White House initiatives -- like a two-state solution and settlement freezes -- are certain to be obstructed in the upcoming Republican-led Congress. For the moment, however, the settlement issue appears off the table -- much as right-wingers in both Israel and the U.S. intended. "Israel has become a partisan issue in a way that it never was before, so attacking Obama's [peace process] policies has now become fair game," observes Hadar Susskind, vice president of policy at J Street, the liberal pro-Israel advocacy group. Zogby's view is far less diplomatic. "AIPAC today operates from the right," he says. "Hardline Republicans and hardline Likudniks were out to get Obama from the beginning. They sought to defang him, to back him into a corner; they've played this thing to their advantage since day one." The question now is what's next. Both Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the White House continue to insist that Obama does not support settlement expansion. 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Being born in the 70s in America, and thus a child of the 80s, I was raised on Hot Wheels. Remember those bendy blue plastic tracks? Little did I know that 10,000 kilometers to the left of me there were kids playing with die cast metal matchbox cars made by Hot Wheels Japanese brother, Tomica (known as Tomy in North America).
And this year they turned 40.
To celebrate their 40 years manufacturing playthings, they've set up a small set of exhibits and activities on the 7th floor of the HsinYi area Mitsigoshi Building. For NT$150 kids can participate in 3 different activities in which they can win new matchbox cars, including "old" new models. The 3 games are:
Matchbox pachinko. If you win this, you get a classic Tomica car, manufactured in past decades. One of my sons won this golden bus, made when I was his age.
Make Your Own Car. You pick the chassis, the interior, and the wheels, then a white-gloved attendant helps you assemble it into a custom Tomica car. The choices are limited, but it's still something special for kids.
My kids creations.
Finally, there is car fishing. It's exactly what it sounds like.
Beyond the games, there are a few displays. One of particular interest is a timeline display of all Tomica cars from 1970 up through the current year.
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Montgomery, Ala. A lobbyist for the National Rifle Association said the gun lobby expects to support legislation in Alabama next year allowing people to carry a loaded handgun in their car without a permit.
NRA lobbyist Michael Sullivan told Al.com that he expects such legislation when the Legislature returns next year.
A similar proposal from state Sen. Scott Beason failed this year. Beason ran unsuccessfully for Congress, so he will not be returning to his Statehouse seat. The Alabama Sheriffs Association opposed the proposal.
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Texas Tech Overwhelms Mount St. Mary's, 100-69
December 30, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Jaye Crockett and Dejan Kravic each scored 14 points to lead Texas Tech to a 100-69 win over Mount St. Mary's on Monday night.
It was the 750th career game coached by Tubby Smith, who has coached at Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota and Texas Tech. He is now 519-231 all-time.
Kader Tapsoba added 13 points, Jordan Tolbert scored 12 points and Aaron Ross and Toddrick Gotcher added 10 each for the Red Raiders (8-5). Tolbert led Texas Tech with eight rebounds.
Julian Norfleet scored 16 points for the Mountaineers (3-9), while Khalid Nwandu added 15 points and Rashad Whack finished with 11.
Texas Tech secured its first lead of the game (6-5) after a layup by Gotcher with 17:32 left in the first half sparked a decisive run. Gotcher's layup was the beginning of a 21-2 run for the Red Raiders that lasted until Whack sank a 3-pointer with 10:29 left in the first half to make it 25-10.
The Red Raiders shot a scorching 63.3 percent from the field. It is the 16th top total in program history and the highest shooting percentage since shooting 64.2 percent at Iowa State on Feb. 10, 2003.
It was also a night that saw Texas Tech convert 18 of 21 from the line for 85.7 percent. It marked the ninth straight game that the Red Raiders had shot 70 percent or better from the free throw line. The last time Texas Tech converted 70 percent or better from the line for nine straight games was during the 2006-07 season.
With the non-conference portion of the schedule coming to a close, Texas Tech will open Big 12 play on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the United Spirit Arena against the undefeated Iowa State Cyclones (12-0).


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Subject: [hwloc-devel] Build system issues
From: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-08 17:30:59
First post on the new hwloc-devel list -- let's dive right into
development issues...
What version of help2man do you guys have?
On my OS X Leopard MBP, I have v1.36 (brought in via darwin ports).
It does not recognize the "--version-string" option. Indeed, it does
not appear to support an option that specifies the version string at
all. Instead, it tries to execute "<foo> --version" to get the
version, and ultimately fails.
I've never used help2man before -- any suggestions?
Jeff Squyres


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Big Problem In The Hex Editor
Posted 20 April 2006 - 07:27 PM
whenever i try to edit that in my hex editor theres a problem, now let me explain
in the hacking tuturiol for the "aimbot part" it says to change this line "m_retColor=(R=131,G=0,B=0,A=255)"
i'm supposed to change it to m_retColor=(R=0,G=0,B=255,A=150)
But, whenever i try to change "R=131" to "R=0" there will be 2 spaces that you can't delete.
It looks like this "R=0.." When it should look like this "R=0"
How do i fix this?
Also when i try to edit the "B=0" to "B=255" as i start typing in "255" then the programs deletes the number or letter ahead of it. Because the number "255" is bigger than the number "0" and there's not enough space and as i type "255" it starts to delete this line right next to it, "A=255"
Lets say when i'm done typing "B=255" the line looks like this "B=255=255" when it's supposed to look like this "B=255, A=150" because it's erasing the numbers or letters ahead or in front of it.
How do i fix this? and how do i make it so it doesn't delete the numbers or letters ahead of it?
Posted 20 April 2006 - 08:48 PM
Posted 20 April 2006 - 08:59 PM
You are going to need to remove the bytes.. I beleive. Im not sure. Or just make it 000 I dunno if itll work
well nvm about the first post i made,
now there's a new problem
i had to press "insert" to edit the text that i wanted to without it deleting the number or letter ahead of it,
so i used that, and when i edit it, the line looks like this "B=225." when it's supposed to look like "B=225"
without that space after the number. So it's putting a space after the number whenever i edit it.
how do i fix this?
Posted 20 April 2006 - 10:42 PM
Posted 20 April 2006 - 11:25 PM
If you insterted anyting into your umd, you need a fresh one from your game disc. And to answer your other quetion about the reticule colors, to " fill in" empty spaces on the hex side put in 0D0A.....
can i use this "aimbot" hacked xboxdymanic.umd file on xbox live without getting banned?
Posted 21 April 2006 - 12:47 AM
Posted 21 April 2006 - 12:49 AM
but my question is once i edited the xboxdynamic.umd do i replace it with the orginal xboxdynamic.umd on my xbox?
and how do i get it so that everytime i launch rainbow six 3 it has the edited xboxdynamic.umd in it?
Posted 21 April 2006 - 01:23 AM
Posted 21 April 2006 - 01:38 AM
and how do i get it so that everytime i launch rainbow six 3 it has the edited xboxdynamic.umd in it?"
this is not asking you to help me cheat on live i was just curious if you can use it on live,
i would appreciate it if u could answer my other question that i asked
Posted 21 April 2006 - 02:00 AM
what can i do to fix this?
Posted 21 April 2006 - 06:12 AM
Anyway snorida44x what the hex editor is doing is overwriting which is what you want to do. So this is not a problem and is normal. To fix this "problem" just after you change R=131 to R=0 continue writing after it so then basically after R=0 start typing in ,G=0,B=255,A=150) if you did this correctly it should match up the length of what is was before (21 letters) so you don't even need to worry about null values to keep the same file size for the umd (which is probably why it is freezing when loading because it is no longer the same size, just try doing what I said).
Complicated enough though, you should just use xbill's umd extractor and you could edit the tag in notepad with n problem.
Edited by BrokenArrow, 21 April 2006 - 06:13 AM.
Posted 22 April 2006 - 03:36 AM
Posted 24 April 2006 - 11:48 PM
then you can edit the umd file and test the settings by overwriting the new editted umd file over the old one.
I guess i could always get back into hacking Rainbow Six
Edited by Falcon36, 24 April 2006 - 11:51 PM.
Posted 25 April 2006 - 12:34 AM
why are you guys using a hex editor to do this all you need to do is this open the umd file in wordpad or notebook [oops didn't read above ]. Also the easiest way to hack this game is backup original umd file [always keep a backup of the original umd file]
then you can edit the umd file and test the settings by overwriting the new editted umd file over the old one.
I guess i could always get back into hacking Rainbow Six
Opening in notpad doesnt always work it changes 00 to 20 (I believe thats it). Why wouldnt you open it in hex its just as easy.
Posted 25 April 2006 - 11:46 AM
Notepad changes the size of the file i believe, so it screws up the file structure in the header and thus an error. It also does somthing like FSG said from changing blank values into spaces.
Edited by evildoor, 25 April 2006 - 11:46 AM.
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text: Home Culture Judge Orders Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. to Open Up Books More drama for the nation's oldest black sorority. By: Authors Posted: July 14 2010 8:35 AM 0 A judge has ordered Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. to turn over its financial books to the courts. Judge Daniel Riley said a representative of the sorority needs to submit the group's check register, minutes book and wire transfer documents after the group refused to retrieve the records, which a former president won the right to inspect on July 1. The request was made so that members would have the information in order to vote on proposed changes to the leadership and bylaws at this week's national meeting in St. Louis. You have to keep the books for legal and tax purposes anyway, so why not turn them over? The information is made available to the membership at each meeting, so again, why hold the books if there's nothing to hide? Read more at Chicago Sun-Times. Get what we're watching delivered to your inbox everyday! Sign up for our daily video newsletter below. Powered by Livefyre 0


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Because with both straps up, you just look like a hick. See also 90's, Hip-Hop.
Shiny, checkered shorts that were as inexplicably popular on teenage girls as teenage boys. See also 90's.
Like "Help, I'm a pistachio stuck in a peanut jar" and "Bet ya 50 bucks I can quit gambling" and "In dog years I'm dead".
The symbols that represent obscenities in comic strips. Here's a whole list of them. See also Profanity.
See also Lazy.
Both self-consciously bald and patriotic? Why no kill two birds with one stone? See also Patriotic.
A guy said this while turning down a piece of cake at a wedding this weekendit tickled me. See also Diets, Obesity.
So an Oreo cookie with a cream filling that tastes like an Oreo Blizzard. My mind is blown, but I'm still trying to figure out how this going to taste different from a regular Oreo cookie. See also Snacks.


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Two crewmembers from a state ferry rescued a Raleigh couple after their sailboat capsized in the rough waters of the Pamlico Sound.
The state Ferry Division says John and Renee Hoffman last night were sailing in Big Foot Slough, just off Ocracoke, when winds suddenly picked up.
Fortunately, Motor Vessel Cedar Island was nearby and the captain was able to pull the ferry so they could launch its 16-foot rescue boat. Seas were 4 to 5 feet and winds at 30 knots at the time.
"They risked their lives to get those two people out of the water," said Captain Steven Goodwin. "They deserve all the credit. They performed the rescue at night in some of the worst conditions possible."
The Hoffmans were safely placed on board and the ferry returned to Ocracoke where they were given food, dry clothes and a chance to contact their family.
Renee Hoffman used to be public information officer for the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.


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Report into forged document criticizes former IDF chief Ashkenazi for allowing his aide to collect information on Barak. Report also finds faults in defense minister's conduct
Yaron Druckman
Published: 01.06.13, 18:07 / Israel News
Yaron Druckman
State Comptroller Yosef Shapira
on Sunday released his report into the Harpaz affair
and concluded that while there was no attempted coup
of top army leadership there was evidence of official misconduct.
Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein
will now decide whether there is room to launch a criminal investigation.
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The report, which was mostly assembled under the previous State Comptroller, Micha Lindenstrauss, is based on materials from the chief of staff's bureau which records all telephone calls. There had been no access to materials from the defense minister's bureau as some of the CDs had been deleted, though not intentionally.
The "Harpaz document" was a forged paper prepared by Lt. Col. Boaz Harpaz
in an attempt to thwart the candidacy of Major-General Yoav Galant
as the next IDF chief of staff and was first exposed in August 2010. It contained guidelines to building up a positive image for Galant and discrediting Ashkenazi and Benny Gantz.
Then IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi
believed that Barak had devised a plan to undermine his authority and shorten his term. The defense minister, on his part, was under the impression that Ashkenazi had thought up a plan to secure himself a fifth year in office and prevent the appointment of Galant as his successor.
Harpaz after release from custody (Photo: Ohad Zwigneberg)
Both were wrong, the comptroller ruled, as there were no organized plans. Nevertheless, Shapira did find evidence for misconduct.
The comptroller's report determines that the "bad blood" between Barak and Ashkenazi bureaus cannot justify the collection of information on the defense minister with even partial knowledge by Ashkenazi.
It also criticizes the conduct of the former IDF chief and his close aide, Colonel Erez Weiner,
once they became aware of the Harpaz document.
Barak and Ashkenazi (Photo: Ariel Hermoni, Defense Ministry)
The document, which police found to have been forged by Harpaz alone, presented a plan to undermine Ashkenazi and advance Galant's appointment as chief of staff. Having learned of its existence, Ashkenazi failed to turn it over to the military advocate general or the attorney general.
The fact that faults were also found in Barak's conduct toward Ashkenazi did not justify the "straying from basic principles of hierarchy," the report said. Shapira described Weiner's conduct as "wrong" and not in line with Israel's Military Basic Law and Ashkenazi's behavior as "unbefitting."
The report also criticized Barak and his staff and listed the various acts performed against the IDF chief's bureau. The minister had delayed 157 out of 170 senior IDF appointments for a period of eight months until the end of Ashkenazi's term.
The report also found faults in the appointment of Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Naveh noting that Barak failed to inform Ashkenazi of his choice despite the fact that the latter was responsible for all appointments of major-general positions.
The State Comptroller also criticized Barak for issuing a statement announcing that Ashkenazi's term won't be extended for a fifth year, 10 months before he completed his term "for ethical, professional and normative issues." Shapira said that there was no room for such a statement without thorough investigation.
The report also noted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had been aware of the strained relations between Barak and Ashkenazi, should have intervened in the crisis "especially given the security challenges Israel faces."
The State Comptroller further noted that senior officials in Military Intelligence continued to consult with Harpaz without first examining his security clearance, even after he was discharged from the army.
The report described the manner in which sensitive intelligence material was revealed in 2000, as well as Harpaz's actions within the Defense Ministry and the IDF Chief of Staff's bureau
In response to the report, the Defense Ministry said that "The report is not the end but the beginning of a legal investigation into the matter, in order to expose the truth and mend the faults revealed. What we now need is a criminal investigation and a State investigative committee."
Ashkenazi said that he is pleased that the State Comptroller has rejected the charges leveled at him by the defense minister and his associates. He noted that he had already admitted an error in judgment by not forwarding the document to the attorney general and accepts the criticism in this context.


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Posts Tagged 'Nicolas Cage
Cheese Goes to War: Windtalkers
Tags: Chow Yun Fat, Hard Boiled, John Woo, Nicolas Cage, Saving Private Ryan, The Killer, war, Windtalkers, WWII
Stolen, Mud
Tags: Commando, hollywood, Matthew McConaughey, Mud, Nicolas Cage, shit, shitty, Stolen, Taken, Tye Sheridan
Brik Hates the Academy Awards: 90s Edition
Tags: academy awards, American Beauty, Anime, Arnold Schwarzenegger, awards, Braveheart, Bruce Willis, Clint Eastwood, Dances with Wolves, Forrest Gump, Get Shorty, hollywood, Jeff Bridges, Jurassic Park, Michael Bay, Nicolas Cage, oscars, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Sean Connery, Shakespeare in Love, Shawshank Redemption, Silence of the Lambs, Steven Spielberg, Terminator 2, The Big Lebowski, The English Patient, The Fifth Element, The Matrix, The Rock, titanic, Total Recall, Unforgiven
It's no mystery that I hate the Academy Awards. Hollywood spends half the year binging on cocaine and hookers and the other half praising themselves for it. No other industry exerts so much energy and spends so much money on self-congratulatory masturbation than the film industry. These sick fucks have the cushiest, easiest jobs in the world, and they act like what they do is some kind of goddamn accomplishment. "LOL OH LOOK I JUST RECITED SOME LINES SOMEONE ELSE WROTE FOR ME AND SHED A TEAR AT THE SAME TIME! I'M A FUCKING ACTING GOD! QUICK SOMEBODY GIVE ME FIFTY AWARDS LOL!" In theory, I could get behind the awards if they actually awarded things that were deserving. You know, giving a Best Picture award to the best movie of the year. But the Academy rarely gives that award to the best movie of the year. Hell, they don't even give it to the most popular movie of the year. Usually, they give it to whatever cool person produced the movie, or to the most obscure, independent, foreign piece of shit they can find. Typically, no one in the mainstream public will have even seen the winner. They've been pulling this shit for years. So, I decided to analyze the past years, offer my own nominees, and declare new winners. Best movie isn't the one that makes you cry or makes you think. Best movie is the one that you want to revisit over and over again. A movie you watch once and never again isn't good. It's only good if you can't help but watch it a million times. Rewatchability is the hallmark of something great.
Nicolas Cage's Bad Lieutenant: Choose Your Own Adventure
Tags: Bad Lieutenant, Drive Angry, Eva Mendes, Nicolas Cage, Season of the Witch, The Wicker Man, Werner Herzog
Beware and Warning!
This blog post is different from other blog posts. You and you alone are in charge of what happens in this story. There are dangers, choices, adventures, and consequences. You must use your numerous talents and your enormous intelligence. The wrong decision could end in disaster – even death. The adventures you take are a result of your choice. After you make your choice, follow the instructions to see what happens to you next. Remember, you cannot go back! Think carefully before you make a move! One mistake can be your last, or it can lead you to fame and fortune!
Now, enter the mysterious and frightening world of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. You were summoned to this world by Nicolas Cage's Nouveau Shamanic style of acting. You now inhabit his body with no apparent way out. Continue on your quest to find a way home.
Good luck!
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Predators, Drive Angry
Tags: Adrien Brody, devil, Drive Angry, hell, Laurence Fishburne, Nicolas Cage, predator, Predators, Walton Goggins
The title of this post could really be read one of two ways. First, Predators and Drive Angry seen separately. Or second, as a statement telling those Predators to go out there and drive angrily. You know, a movie combining Predators and Drive Angry together could be one of the greatest movies of all time. Maybe somebody will figure out a way to edit them together to create a cinematic masterpiece.
As you all know, the original Predator is an 80s classic. One of the best examples of sci-fi and action. It is such a monumentally important film, it blows away Oscar-winning films by comparison. Unfortunately, the Predator franchise has fared even worse than the Alien franchise in terms of churning out horrible sequels. This movie comes 23 years after the original and rightfully ignores the other movies that came in-between.
A group of modern-day warriors are dropped into a mysterious jungle. The group consists of military-types, mob-enforcers, Yakuza, and serial killers. Each has their own weapon and their own style of killing. They hesitantly team up so they can find their way out of the jungle. What happens next is exactly what you expect/want to happen. Predators start hunting and killing them one by one.
Predators works because it doesn't try to reinvent the franchise. It just uses the good stuff from the original and expands on it. That's all. It has the suspense, the build-up, the action, and the bloodiness of the original. Instead of one Predator there are several, and it turns out the characters were sent to an alien world which is a big "game preserve" for the Predators. Their focus shifts from survival to getting the hell off the planet. They expanded the Predator mythology a bit to show there are two types of Predators and they don't exactly get along. The human characters are able to use this to their advantage in order to resolve the fight against superior enemies in a logical fashion.
Overall, just about everything in this movie works. There is some questionable CGI but it isn't used too much. A few of the characters should have lasted longer but died too soon (e.g. Danny Trejo). The final battle wasn't much different than the final battle from the original movie. The action is plentiful but not overkill. The acting is pretty damn good including fun performances from Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, and Walton Goggins. And it uses musical cues from the original, which helps it to better tie in to the franchise as a whole.
Verdict: Good
Drive Angry
This movie stars Nicolas Cage as a man who literally escapes from Hell in order to get revenge on an evil cult.
Verdict: Awesome
What? You need more than that to justify the verdict? I thought that sentence alone would have done it.
OK, so, Drive Angry is cheesy action cinema at its best. Cage died some years ago. His daughter was murdered by a cult, and that same cult is going to kill his granddaughter as a sacrifice to the Devil. Cage knows all this is going on, because in Hell you see nothing but the suffering of your loved ones. So, he does what anyone would do: escape from Hell in a Buick Riveria (the Devil has good taste in cars), and track down the cult.
What happens next is a series of car chases, shoot-outs, and general mayhem. I was surprised at just how graphically violent this movie is. It doesn't pull any punches in terms of showing us limbs being blown off, brutal beatings, and even Cage getting shot in the face. Yes, you read that correctly. The goofy, over-the-top violence works in the movie's favor, firmly cementing in the viewer's minds that this is a grindhouse movie, and should not be taken seriously. If that doesn't become apparent to you by the time Cage kills bad guys while having sex, then it never will.
Drive Angry is the perfect movie for that person who loves bad movies. It is a tribute to shitty movies. And the special effects, directing, acting, and editing all are pretty good so you still feel like you're watching a high-end Hollywood movie. If you're a fan of action, violence, nudity, and, most importantly, Nicolas Cage, then you'll like this movie.
Verdict: Awesome
Louie Season 1, Season of the Witch
Tags: Big Bang Theory, Black Death, FX, Game of Thrones, HBO, Louie, Louie C.K., Nicolas Cage, Ricky Gervais, Ron Pearlman, Sean Bean, Season of the Witch, The Office, Two and a Half Men, Wicker Man
Louie Season 1
Comedian Louis C.K. has the funniest show currently airing on TV, aptly titled Louie. You have probably never heard of it. Instead, you spend most of your time watching Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, and laughing your ass off because you think recycled shit is hilarious. Guess what, dumbass? You need to change the channel to FX and watch Louie. The show is an honest look at the daily life of a single-dad living in New York City who happens to be a comedian and an enthusiastic masturbator. No joke is considered off-limits. In the first episode Louie is accompanying his daughters on a field trip, and the bus breaks down in Harlem. Solution? Put all the black kids next to the windows to ensure the safety of the bus. With all kinds of jokes about race, sex, religion, inadequacy, aging, parenting, and more, there is nothing that Louie won't touch. His brand of humor can often times be like the British version of The Office. Some situations can be laugh out loud funny, but other situations can just be relentlessly cruel and awkward. At times, the show can be soul-crushing. But no matter what, in every episode, you are always guaranteed to see something completely original and well worth your time.
Verdict: Awesome
Season of the Witch
Nicolas Cage's choices in movies can be considered questionable at best. Horrifyingly shitty at worst. If you check out his IMDB page you'll see he does 3-4 movies a year. 75% of those are guaranteed to be crap. The remaining 25% has a 50% chance of being good and 50% chance of being awful. Is that enough math for one day? Well, I'll simplify things. Season of the Witch is absolute crap. And not campy, funny crap like The Wicker Man. It's stinky rotten crap so putrid you shouldn't go within 500 yards of it.
The movie offers an interesting parallel to the movie Black Death. In Black Death, Sean Bean led a group of medieval knights to a village to kill a witch responsible for the plague. It turned out she wasn't a witch at all, the villagers sacrificed the knights to some pagan gods, and HOLY SHIT I JUST REALIZED THAT MOVIE IS A TOTAL RIP-OFF OF THE WICKER MAN! EVERYTHING HAS COME FULL CIRCLE NOW! OH MY FUCKING GOD! Ahem. In Season of the Witch, Cage and Ron Pearlman lead a group of medieval knights to a village where a witch who was responsible for the plague will be put on trial. The key difference between the two movies is that in Black Death witchcraft isn't real, and in Season of the Witch, it is real.
The movie started off promising with Cage and Pearlman speaking in really half-assed English accents as they killed hundreds of people in literally every battle of the entire Crusades. After that, the movie takes a nosedive into boring mediocrity. Nothing exciting happens, Cage brings in a very restrained performance, the CGI is horrendous, and the story is thread-bare. In the end there is a huge battle against the forces of darkness, and of course the good guys win. Yawn.
To be honest, I wish Cage and Pearlman would have used their regular voices instead of making the movie even worse with their terrible English accents. There is no rule that says every historical movie has to feature people with English accents. That's a bourgeoisploitation fallacy. The fact that these guys were fighting demons excludes the notion they were going for historical accuracy. Why not just let them speak normally?
As an aside, why does everyone in Game of Thrones have English accents, too? They aren't in fucking England, and the author is from fucking New Jersey. HBO should fuck off.
Verdict: Shitty
Lessons Learned from The Wicker Man (AKA Oh No, Not the Bees!)
Tags: awesome, Deadwood, Halloween, hollywood, horror, Justified, Nicolas Cage, shitty, The Wicker Man, Timothy Olyphant, Wicker Man
The 2006 instant classic The Wicker Man starring Nicolas Cage has quite a few valuable lessons to teach us. Here's a list of the things I took away from this thought-provoking cinematic masterpiece.
1) You don't need good acting when the dialog is this amazing – Seriously, the dialog is stellar. It's so goddamn good, they could have filmed the pages of the script and it would have been just as exciting. For example, in the very first scene, a waitress asks how a customer is doing. He answers, "Sorry, my mind was wandering" to which she deftly replies, "If I ate one of those burgers, I'd totally be in a trance, too." Hilarious! A few moments later, Cage's cop character pulls someone over and he asks, "You know why I stopped you?" The driver says, "Yeah." And – scene! Amazing! Are we sure this movie wasn't directed by Hitchcock?
2) It's best to be as literal as possible – Cage gets a letter from Willow stating her daughter Rowan has been missing for 2 weeks. He talks to another cop, we have no idea who he is, but presumably he's Cage's boss or something. He explains the letter and says he is going to the island of Summersisle to investigate. The friend asks, "Who is she? An ex-girlfriend?" Cage answers, "No, we were engaged." That's right. Not an ex-girlfriend, an ex-fiance. How can we expect to live in a functional society unless we are being as literal as possible? I, for one, applaud Cage for being completely specific. If we don't abide by the rules, then we are living in anarchy.
3) Drinking is good for you – Cage drinks mead almost immediately after stepping onto the island. What we didn't see were all the deleted scenes where he got hammered on mead. In fact, Cage was probably drunk on mead the entire time he was filming The Wicker Man. How else could he have turned in such an inspired performance? Substances must have helped him along the way. And to be completely honest, drunk on mead is the only way to watch The Wicker Man.
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