text: Who is the beast with 7 heads and 10 horns in Revelation? Caller: Doug I was interested in Revelation chapter 17 verse 3 where John says, 'so he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness.' I heard a Minister once say, or actually a Revelation Seminar once say that John's viewpoint here is at the end of the wilderness period, which was like 1798 - and he was looking back. And the five that were fallen were Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Pagan Rome, Papal Rome. All of those had fallen and this scarlet-colored beast was something other than what most people say because the woman sits and rides it. I was just wondering if you think that this scarlet beast here is the same composite beast of Revelation 13?Pastor Doug: All right. Well the beast in Revelation 13 is the same beast you find in Revelation 17. The big difference is there's a woman sitting on the beast in Revelation 17. That beast in Revelation 13 is the devil working through the Roman Empire ruled by Caesars. Same beast. There aren't too many beasts floating around with seven heads and ten horns that are that color.The difference is now you've got a woman - a woman is a symbol of a church - that is controlling the government of Rome. Because when you sit on a horse, the rider should be controlling the horse. This woman is sitting on or riding the beast. Now you've got a church controlling a government. And there's no question about the beast in Revelation 12, because it tells us that that beast tries to devour the Baby Jesus when He's born. Well that was King Herod using Roman soldiers and the Roman government to try and destroy the Child.So now you get to Revelation 17 and it's a woman sitting on that beast. Now a church has become involved in manipulating the Roman government. But let me share something with you it may be a little different view. It talks about the different heads. It says these are seven mountains. Of course, Rome is called the city of seven hills. And it says there are seven kings - five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come.Now do you have a pencil?Caller: Yes.Pastor Doug: Ok. This is Pastor Doug's slant on this. I used to do seminars on Revelation. These heads not only represent the seven hills, they represent kings as well that persecuted God's people. You've got Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece. Five that were in the past when John has this vision, all five of those powers occupied the children of Israel and persecuted them.Those are all in the past. It says five are fallen. It says one is - that was Rome, Pagan Rome ruled by the Caesars. And it says the other is not yet come, and when he is come, he must continue a short space. That's Papal Rome ruled by the church and it says he's also the eighth. Why? You go to Revelation 13, it says he gets a deadly wound but he comes back again. For me, this has been very satisfying. When I matched it with everything else in Bible history and the Old Testament, it fits. These are the powers that persecuted God's people all through time, and all the way to the end actually.


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By John B Holway
Jim Albrights Cooperstown nominations brought back memories.
I saw my first Japanese game in 1949 in Beppu, a hot-spring resort in Kyushu. The Lions big left-handed slugger, Hiroshi Oshita (pron. Oh-shta by the Japanese and Oyster by visiting American players) slugged a homer, and two kimonoed girls came out to home plate to present him with a live chicken.
Kaneda was my favorite player. He was a sophomore in 1952, when I came back from Korea and won over 20 games every year despite pitching for the last place Swallows, winning half of their victories in a 130-game schedule. He didn't get to a good team until late, after Japan instituted free-agency for ten-year veterans, and the Giants snapped him up, but his big years were over. He ended with 400 wins and 4,000 Ks, which no one else has ever done. Yoichi Nagata and I wrote a New York Times piece about him.
Kaneda was a tall, slim lefty and had a stylish slide-step stride, something like Koufax. He was also temperamental, standing on the mound, arguing with his manager.
But he got hit pretty hard by visiting Major Leaguers, as did all the Japanese then (1952-55). The Americans typically won 14 out of 15 games by scores of 12-2, 9-1 etc. Of course, they really brought great all stars Berra, Lopat, Roberts, Mathews, Kuenn, Slaughter, Sauer, etc. Still, I don't think Japanese baseball was anywhere near big league standards then. I remember the shock, after watching Japanese play each other for months, to see an American hitter step up to home plate, head and shoulders bigger than the Japanese catcher. The gap has narrowed now, if not disappeared. Hard to say how Kaneda would have done with someone like George Bamberger, Mel Harder, Johnny Sain, or Leo Mazzilli coaching him.
I did see a little side-armer named Otomo beat the (Mays-less) Giants 1-0. They said Lefty O'Doul was calling pitches for him, but that has been disputed. He stayed ahead of the hitters, and they won on a home run in the eighth against Wilhelm. The Japanese called it one of the ten greatest games in their history.
I also saw the legendary Starfin in the last year of his career. He was Russian and bigger than the other players. His big statistics in the mid-1930s, like Sawamuras, are hard to evaluate. Both might have done well in the u.s. majors, but we just dont know. I also saw Bessho, but it was near the end of his career. And Sugishita, who won 30 games in 54 to lead the Dragons to the pennant.
I think its conjecture to try to compare Japanese statistics of that era to the Major Leagues.
One guy I didn't see was Inao (pron. E-now), who came along later. He was so sensational that his manager pitched his arm off. He won about 35 games one year, plus pitched in six Japan Series games, winning four of them. Then his arm went to hell. He might have been another Nomo. A lot of pitchers of his era were destroyed by over-work. Kaneda is all the more amazing, because he maintained his excellence for a long career,
A few years after I left Japan in 54, a young kid, Murakami, was sent to the San Francisco giants rookie camp. He stayed to be one of the leading relief pitchers in America. Very popular. Hed bow and take off his hat to anyone who made a good play behind him. The Japanese demanded he come home, where he had only one winning season. Was it because Japan was a tougher league than the N.L? Or was it because, as he said, his coaches wouldn't let him use the delivery he had been taught in America?
If you're measuring Japanese professional players for Cooperstown, its discriminatory not to include Randy Bass, the be-whiskered former Houston Astro who might have broken Ohs single season record if manager Oh hadn't ordered his pitchers to walk Randy every time up on the final day? Or Boomer Wells, another great slugger?
Among the hitters, the guys I saw were just too small to compete with the Americans. Kawakami, the god of batting (Kami means god in Japanese) was best, but his homers came in the small parks, about 280 feet down the line.
Fujimoto would be another like Kawakami, whose home runs cannot be compared to u.s. homers, both because of the short fences and the calibre of the competition in their era.
Nakanishi was a short, stocky third baseman Durocher called him Hack Wilson -- who could konk the ball pretty hard, but his career was short.
Chiba hit number-two in the Giants lineup, a right-hander, and in three years I saw him pull only one ball to leftfield, like a right-handed Pete Runnels.
What about Yonamine, the former 49er football player and Giants leadoff man, who won a couple of batting titles? He was criticized for sliding too hard to break up double plays American-style.
I saw Nagashima in 1973. He hit a rope down the leftfield line to win the game in the tenth. He was Japans biggest star, because he was pure Japanese, unlike his teammate, Oh, who was half-Chinese. His wedding was bigger news than Ohs record hitting.
Like all Asians, the Japanese are very race-conscious. (Kaneda was Korean, which was also a handicap in his career.)
Kinugasa, one of Hiroshimas red bat twins, is an example. His father was a black GI, and the Japanese pitchers went gunning for him. They deliberately hit him to try to break his consecutive-game playing streak, hence his frequent injuries. I don't think that would have happened in America. I talked to Kinugasa when he came to America to see Ripken break his record. I asked them both, is it harder to do it playing 130 games a year until an older age, or 162 a year at a younger age? They both agreed the latter is easier.
I never saw most of the post-1955 stars, so I can't evaluate them.
I never saw Nomura, but he was second only to Oh and played a difficult skill position, catcher.
I didn't see Fukumoto, but from what I've read, he was a legitimate base-stealer. He stole against Bench, for example.
At one time the Japanese held four major world records strikeouts, steals, homers, and consecutive games played. Only the home run mark is still standing.
I also saw Oh at the end of his career. He didn't hit a homer, but he singled to right and singled to left. He hit top u.s. pitchers well Palmer, Seaver etc., averaging about 35 homers per 550 at bats against them. After seeing what Matsui and Ichiro can do, I am sure Oh would have hit very well in America. Oh was half-Chinese (Oh means King in Japanese and is pronounce Wang in Chinese. Wang Chien-Ming is pronounced Oh in Japanese. As a rookie, Oh whiffed a lot and was dubbed Strikeout King.)
Mihara is an interesting manager. A winning manager for the Giants, he was a POW in Siberia during the war. When he was repatriated several years after the war, he replaced Giants skipper Mihara, who went to the other league, opening up quite a rivalry.
Kawakami also had a great managerial career. I think he was a follower of Zen principals, which he employed on his teams.
But if it were my decision, I'd put Oh and Kaneda in Cooperstown, and maybe Sawamura, Starfin, Inao, Nagashima, Fukumoto, Nomura, and Kinugasa. And Mizuhara and Kawakami.


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Think back to the last few days. What has your thinking been like? What have you given time and focus to? If someone were to take every thought you've had in the last two days, would they describe it as: true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, virtuous, and praiseworthy? If not, Paul has a word for you.
Whatever …
In Philippians 4.8, Paul has been outlining the boundaries of what our minds are to dwell, think, and meditate upon. As we've said before, each of these "whatever" statements is a focus upon Jesus; for He is the fullness of truth, purity, virtue, praise, etc.
In the last two studies we discovered that our minds are to be guarded and bound by truth and nobility. Not just correct facts, but Truth itself. How will I know if something is true? I must become so intimate with Truth (Jesus) that anything that doesn't look, smell, feel, or sound like Him, I immediately know is a lie (the $100 bill test). I am also to think upon that which is noble and honorable. The Greeks used this word for noble to describe an individual who lived life as if the whole world was the temple of God. There was a noble seriousness in the way they acted, talked, and thought. Rather than thinking flippant and foolishly, there was a dignity to the way these individuals lived.
Whatever … is just
The Greek word for "just" is dikaios, and as an adjective could be translated "righteous." The Greeks used this word to describe a person who was duty-bound to the gods or other people. Throughout the New Testament it often has to do with being upright, keeping the laws of God, to walk a straight and narrow way, and to live an innocent and guiltless life.
Several times throughout Scripture, this word is used to describe God (see John 17:25, Acts 3:14, 7:52, 22:14, 1 John 2:1). We also discover that it is the righteous (dikaios) that shall live by faith (Galatians 3:11, Hebrews 10:38) and whose prayer is powerful and effective (James 5:16).
Too often we choose to focus on what can bring us happiness, comfort, ease, and pleasure. We frequently think only as much as we have to and even then it's often directed toward ourselves. We don't live duty bound to God and others. Though we may desire to live a righteous life, our minds are focused on the opposite—that which is unrighteous, unclean, perverse, contentious, wrathful, selfish, envious, and the like (see Galatians 5:19-21).
But dear friend, it must not be so! We are called to have upright, focused, innocent and guiltless minds and lives—to be righteous, just as He is righteous.
My friend Eric Ludy defines righteousness as "the correct, proper, just, pure, noble, honorable pattern for living—the most virtuous course, the most perfect means, the most correct methodology and behavior." Would that describe your thought life?
We need the rightness of the Righteous One to come and fill our lives until our hearts and minds only dwell upon that which is in perfect harmony with God's standards as revealed through Scripture.
Whatever … is pure
Purity has been ostracized in our culture today. Few desire to live within its protection and many of those within its borders are camped out next to the exit looking to see how close they can push the boundary before crossing over.
The word pure in our Philippians passage is from the same root as the word "saint" and is defined as holy, morally clean, and undefiled. In a similar sense, a saint is one who is set apart, undefiled, and uninfluenced by the world around them.
Purity is not so much about outward actions (though they are included) as it is about the inward heart and mind. I can act pure (not commit adultery or fornication) while still being impure within my heart (filled with lust).
Over the last ten years, I have spent a lot of time mentoring young men. Sadly in our culture today, perhaps more than ever before, purity seems to be one of the "big" issues every man must win victory within in order to move forward in his spiritual life (the same is no doubt true for women as well). And yet, young men assume that they can fill their minds with junk and live a pure life. Whether it be hours of movies, video games, violence, or lust, their minds are anything but "holy, set apart, clean, and undefiled." They use excuses like: "No one will know," "It's just window shopping," "It's not hurting anyone," "I have no control over my dream life," "The violence isn't even real, it's called entertainment." But in the end, all excuses fall flat because true purity is not merely about the external but the internal.
Have you ever thought about what your life might look like if you had a mind that was governed by purity? A mind that wasn't filled with filth, perverseness, and the junk of the world? Is it possible for Jesus to take your past, your previous thought life, your memories and cleanse your mind to the point where you only think and dwell upon that which is pure? Yes!
The word pure in our passage, when used ceremonially, describes that which has been cleansed so it is now fit to be brought into the presence of God and used in His service.
You must recognize that despite how dirty, improper, diluted, and polluted your thinking has been in the past, Jesus wants to take your mind and cleanse it by His blood; so that you can enter His presence and be used in His service. He, the Pure One, wants to become the focus of every thought.
Psalm 119:9 says: "How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word" (NASB). The key to keeping your heart and mind pure is keeping your focus upon the Living Word (Jesus) and the Written Word—which is one of the reasons I am such an advocate for Saturation Bible Study and practicing the presence of God. In both cases you are saturating your heart, mind, and life with the Word of God and involving Jesus in the everyday moments of life through continual prayer.
What about you? Is your thinking soiled or is it marked by a clean purity? Does your mind edify or pollute your life? Are your thoughts so pure that they could stand the scrutiny of God? If not the answer is simple: you need Jesus.
Romans 12:2 declares: "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
We need a renewal of our hearts and minds. We need Jesus to flush our old way of thinking—with all of its impurity and pollution—and transform us into a vessel pure, holy, set apart, righteous, unstained and unspotted by the world. May Jesus not only renew and transform your heart and mind but be the very thing you dwell upon.
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Credit Q&A: "How often to check your credit report?"
Credit reporting seems to be all the rage these days, now that a ton of companies have realized how profitable the fear of the unknown can be.
Now don't get me wrong – staying on top of your credit history is extremely important, especially when it comes time to apply for a credit card or a loan.
But it may have been blown out of proportion just a bit in recent years.
There are a ton of services out there nowadays to keep track of your credit, such as credit monitoring, which tracks it continuously, and free credit reports, which allow you to access your credit report for free for a week or so, before converting into full blown credit monitoring programs that you pay for.
Choosing which is right for you will depend on your unique situation.
Check Your Credit Report Before Applying for a Major Loan
As I mentioned earlier, if you're planning on applying for an important loan in the near-future, knowing your credit score is pretty darn important.
After all, if it's lower than you anticipated, you may be completely out of luck and stuck without a Plan B. And even if it is high enough to qualify for the loan, you may not receive the most favorable terms, which put simply, will cost you money.
Keeping an eye on your credit report is also important to ensure there isn't any identity theft going on, as any recent credit inquiries and new lines of credit will show up.
That said, if you're simply interested in making sure no funny business is going on, a free credit report from AnnualCreditReport.com will probably be sufficient.
The program allows you to order a free credit report from all three credit bureaus once every 12 months.
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So you could order one credit report from each bureau every four months to do your own type of credit monitoring, though you're still leaving plenty of gaps.
Just remember that this service doesn't provide a free credit score, and the information may vary between bureaus, so it's not full proof.
If you plan on applying for something like an auto loan or a mortgage in coming months (or weeks), signing up for a free credit score (trial offer) may be the best move.
You can always cancel during the trial period without incurring any charges, but you'll need to provide a credit card number and your social security number to get access.
And there's always the option of using Credit Sesame and/or Credit Karma, both of which give you a quasi-Fico score and some decent credit report info to ensure nothing out of the ordinary is happening.
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The list of passenger cars sent to the scrap heap keeps getting longer. The Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 are goners, Ford models including the Fusion and Fiesta are going to be finished, and General Motors Co. recently announced plans to cull the Buick LaCrosse , Chevrolet Impala and others. But as Detroit kills off slow-selling sedans, there's one niche that's hung on: retro-styled, testosterone-fueled reincarnations of muscle cars introduced in the 1960s and 1970s.
"What's dying is the commoditized, four-door nothingburger, no-personality cars," said Tim Kuniskis, who ran the Dodge brand at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV from 2013 to early 2018, before taking over Jeep North America. Muscle cars "have a really well-defined personality and positioning."
They also command respectable revenue. Fiat Chrysler, which kicked off the sedan-slashing trend in early 2016, commands an average transaction price of around $36,000 for its muscular Dodge Challenger. It might not be enough to match the fat margins on the trucks and SUVs that have become the focus for Detroit, but these powerful throwbacks can be still be moneymakers. And that can help big automakers finance their shift to a more electric future — especially since the initial investment on developing a Challenger (on the same platform since 2008) or a Dodge Charger (2011) has long since been paid off.
Looking for growth in muscle cars still might be a bit of a stretch. Fiat Chrysler expected to sell roughly 65,000 Challengers in 2018, about the same as 2017 and just below the record 66,000 reached in 2015. Sales of the four-door Charger dropped 11 percent in 2018 through November.
Still, compared with the death spiral that's consumed sedans, the Dodge muscle cars are doing all right. Retail sales of large passenger cars, a segment that includes the Nissan Maxima and Chevy Impala, were down 21 percent in 2018, according to J.D. Power. The Ford Mustang, the top-selling muscle car in America, was down a modest 3.6 percent through November.
Fiat Chrysler, with less cash to plow into new models than its Detroit rivals, revitalized the Dodge brand by appealing to core drag-racing enthusiasts and regularly one-ups itself with more powerful engine variants with sinister names — Hellcat, Demon, Redeye — that boost horsepower. "There's almost been a resurgence with some of the younger [people], even kids that aren't of driving age that are interested in those products," said Jeff Schuster, senior vice president of forecasting for LMC Automotive. "Those kind of special additions and add-ons have really put some life into the vehicles."
David Kelleher, a Philadelphia-area Jeep, Ram and Chrysler dealer who has a marketing agreement with several basketball and football players from the Philadelphia 76ers and Philadelphia Eagles, finds that 20-something athletes often opt for Challengers and Chargers over higher-volume models. "The kids think it's the coolest thing going," Kelleher said. "Those are cars that say something about who you are."
Josh Towbin, co-owner of Towbin Automotive in Las Vegas, has sold Dodge Hellcats and Demons-with 707 and 808 horsepower, respectively, to collectors who find his business on social media. His dealership's Instagram feed features videos, some with thousands of views, of people doing burnouts in their Challengers.
Manufacturers of more mass-market sedans are trying some of the same tricks — though to a lesser degree — as a way to revive flagging sales. Even Fiat Chrysler is looking to stanch the bleeding from Americans' disinterest in compacts by packing more power into their engines. Every Fiat model starting in 2019 will be turbocharged, said Steve Beahm, head of Fiat Chrysler's passenger brands. U.S. sales for the Fiat brand were down 41 percent through November.
"What we have to do is no different from what we've tried to do on Dodge," Beahm said. "How do we cut against the grain? How do we be different?"
Of course, it's worth considering that drag racers in Challengers, Camaros and Mustangs are already being bested by Tesla drivers on the track, a portent of the electric future awaiting the muscle-car world. Kuniskis said he expects performance cars to become more electrified over time, with plug-in hybrid versions taking off in the future. Both he and Beahm declined to go into detail on Fiat Chrysler's product plans, and the automaker so far hasn't invested heavily thus far to bring in electric vehicles to market.
Another factor contributing to the potential decline in muscle cars is an aging population. Most muscle cars are owned by baby boomers, the youngest of who are in their mid-50s, the Associated Press reported in September. As boomers continue to age, it is likely they will have less money and less interest in muscle cars. The question is if a new generation of drivers raised on high-riding and numb-driving crossovers will appreciate the muscle behind these cars.
With their cult following, muscle cars are always going to be a niche segment, leading some analysts to still question how much longer they'll hang around. The Dodge, Fiat and Chrysler brands were all left out of the automaker's five-year strategic plan the company presented last June, and Schuster of LMC thinks it may be hard to sustain enough volume to keep the Charger and Challenger alive beyond the next three or four years.
Fiat Chrysler's Beahm insisted the Challenger isn't going anywhere because it sets the tone for the whole Dodge brand. "I'm not going to tell you it's going to grow," Beahm said. "But it's going to dramatically buck the trend in regards to where passenger cars have gone lately and where they're going to go in the next couple of years."
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School is almost out and summer is about to begin! Entertaining children during the school year is simple, but planning a great summer filled with activities, education, fun and memories takes a little bit more planning.
Throughout the city, there are numerous options for activities with the children. On sunny days, nothing can beat an outdoor swimming and/or wading pool. Remember to bring waterproof sunscreen, hats, life jackets, towels and plenty of water. Snorkeling mouthpieces, masks and flippers add to the fun. If you are fortunate to live close by to an open body of water, a day at the beach is guaranteed to bring smiles to all.
Recreational parks in the city provide various types of activities. On hot days, water parks can diffuse the heat by keeping everyone cool. Many of these parks involve water sprays, water tables, hoses, sprinklers and showers. For those who prefer to stay dry, play parks providing climbing structures are always a great alternative. Many of these parks provide apparatus that are age appropriate. However, safety of the child must always prevail and adult supervision is a must. Climbing structures may include spider webs, tubes, slides, bridges, climbing walls, rope walls, and any combination of these. Swings suitable for infants to adults can be found in most parks.
Parks may be connected together by walking or biking paths. Many of these paths wind through forested parks and open field spaces that have been reserved for nature conservation. Along these paths, you may find rest stops or points of interest that provide historical information. Why not try a historical themed walk or bike ride?
National parks provide an array of outdoor activities. These range from beginner hikes to rock climbing excursions for the advanced outdoor specialist. Canoeing, kayaking, boating and/or swimming may be offered for water recreation. In select parks, trail rides offered on horseback provide scenic tours over a greater distance that one could not accomplish on foot.
For the older set of children, aerial games set in the tops of trees is not only entertaining, but challenging and adventurous. Aerial activities can be combined with zip lines, foot bridges, swings, bungee lines and netting. This is a definite family activity that all will enjoy.
Footballs, soccer balls, horseshoes, a bat and ball are excellent group activities that cater to a wide age range. Summer activities do not have to be expensive or complicated. Bubble solution and wands, sidewalk chalk, skipping ropes, sand pails and shovels, butterfly nets, bug catchers and magnifiers are just a few examples.
So grab your hatss, sunglasses, sunscreen, water, picnics and other activity related essentials, and head out to have a great time in the sun! Enjoy your summer!
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After the family saw this photo, 'they couldn't sleep.'
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We've previously noted the increased use of liquid cooling technologies in data centers. The folks at TechTarget recently put together a liquid cooling buyer's guide that reviews the leading vendors in this niche, complete with a product comparison grid. If you're researching options for liquid cooling, you may also want to check out several stories here on Data Center Knowledge that provide background on the trend:
- Liquid Cooling Adoption Picks Up
- Vendors: Fluid-Based Cooling is Inevitable
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Look, I admit I'm a law nerd. My Tenth Circuit co-clerks took sinister delight in imposing a no-talking-about-the-law-during-lunch rule on me. And I'm fairly sure I'm in the minority when I say how frustrating it is that my fellow habeas-conference attendees don't want to hash out the interplay between 2254(d)(2) and (e)(1) during the breaks between sessions.
But, still. I can't be the only one who finds the jousting between Ginsburg, Alito, and Kagan in Yates v. United States today hugely entertaining. Right?
[Update: right. Professor Berman over at Sentencing Law & Policy gushes "Amazing stuff."]


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Lower Level below the AMC movie theater inside the Monmouth Mall
(Opposite the Food Court/across from Target Zone Nerf Arena)
180 Highway 35
Eatontown, NJ 07724
Operating Hours (As of March 2022, we will only be taking ADVANCED RESERVATIONS! There will not be walk-in/drop-in play available until further notice)
Reservations are available within the following hours:
Mon-Fri 11am-7pm
Sat 11am-8pm
Sun 11am-6pm
(Times outside these hours can sometimes be scheduled. Please inquire )
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Knockerball & More is a unique concept in experiential group entertainment! Our 18,000 square foot indoor family entertainment center is located inside and on the lower level of the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown NJ directly below the AMC Movie Theater and minutes from popular Jersey Shore towns including Long Branch, Asbury Park and Sandy Hook!
Primarily designed with groups in mind, we offer a variety of unique and hilarious activities and games for kids as young as 5, adults as old as 95 and everyone in between!
Whether you want to try Knockerball (Bubble Soccer), Human Foosball, Hungry Hungry Humans, Dodgeball, Laser Tag or much more, your event at Knockerball & More is sure to deliver lots of laughs, hilarious videos and a unique experience for all of your guests!
Also unlike other venues, with us you will have your own private party area and home base for the full duration of your party, not just 30 minutes after the playtime is over. We offer 90 Minute or 2 Hour options and you can choose to play the full session or if you choose an All-Inclusive Party with pizza/cake, your party coordinator will also assist with serving the food as well as party setup, clean-up and any other needs so you can enjoy the party!
Your party coordinator will lead everyone through our group activities which start off with Human Foosball followed by Knockerball (Bubble Soccer), Hungry Hungry Humans and we finish up with everyone's favorite - Dodgeball. If anyone does not want to play a group activity or if it is a larger group, we will have multiple activities available simultaneously and rotate the players or they can always play with the games in your party area at any time throughout your event while they are waiting their turn. Your guests will also have access to our 9 Hole Giant Lego themed Mini Golf course.
Our Glow-in-the-Dark Laser Tag experience has also been refreshed and upgraded at Knockerball & More in 2021! Unfortunately, we no longer offer NERF Wars but our new high-tech tactical Laser Tag Taggers have been very popular for children as young as 5 and adults as well! They now keep track of your stats as you play just like being in a video game and there are a selection of game modes available such as Classic Laser Tag, Fortnite, Capture the Flag, Zombies vs Humans and more!
As with the Sports Sampler package, if you book a package including Laser Tag, it will be private play time with just your group on the battlefield - no other customers or kids - no waiting in line after a game ends - just game after game. You can choose to just play Laser Tag the full time or you can choose to combine Laser Tag with other activities and book a Sampler package but it will always be a private party no matter which option you go with.
If you are looking to celebrate an event or get together with a group of friends in a unique and creative way, Knockerball & More is a great event space for any age or occasion including:
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Choose one of our group packages below or select an All -Inclusive package with pizza, drinks and more - reserve your slot online for only $1 on a credit card today!
Sports Sampler Package
Try some or all of the activities below in an organized private setting with just your own group of friends and family playing - no other customers mixed in! Our party hosts will take your group through each activity and keep the fun coming and the party moving smoothly!
* Knockerball *
* Hungry Hungry Humans *
* Human Foosball *
* Dodgeball *
* Party Lounge with Soccer Darts, Soccer Pool, Pop-a-Shot Basketball, 6 Player Air Hockey and Lifesize Games including Connect-4, UNO, Jenga & Checkers *
90 Minute Session - $350 up to 10 Players
+$35 for each additional player up to 16 Players Max
Prices do not include NJ Sales Tax. If you are interested in larger parties, please contact us for more info
Laser Tag Sampler Package
Try our updated and upgraded Laser Tag experience with our new high-tech taggers! Keeps track of each players stats like a video game an always a winner! Our 2600sf Glow-in-the-Dark battlefield will be reserved exclusively for your group only - no other kids or customers while you're playing! The battlefield is complete with 2 team bases, blacklights, giant Lego bunkers for hiding and colorful LED lighting!
Choose to play all Laser Tag or combine it with some of our other activities for a more custom experience with a Sampler package.
90 Minute Session - $350 up to 10 Players
+$35 for each additional player up to 16 Players Max
Prices do not include NJ Sales Tax. If you are interested in larger parties, please contact us for more info
All-Inclusive Party Packages
Choose either the Sports Sampler, All Laser Tag or Laser Tag Sampler to celebrate a birthday or any other occasion and we'll take care of food, drinks and party supplies - just bring the cake!
*Private Party area for the full party to serve pizza/cake and Party Coordinator to run the party*
*Ice Cold Bottomless Bottled Water in a refrigerated cooler*
*Party Lounge w/seating & Lifesize Games (Jenga, Connect-4, UNO, Checkers)*
*Plates/Utensils/Napkins/Tablecloths (if needed or bring your own theme)*
*Party Setup and Clean-up*
*Just bring the Cake and the Kids!*
*Gratuity for Party Host NOT included in price but greatly appreciated if you enjoy your experience*
BALLER Party! - $399 plus tax (includes up to 10 Players + $30 for each additional up to 16 Players Max)
-90 Minute Party - 60 minutes of activities followed by 30 minutes for pizza/cake
Includes 2 pizzas. Additional cheese pies available for $16 each delivered by Lupo Pizza out of West Long Branch
BIG BALLER Party! - $649 plus tax (includes up to 14 Players + $35 for each additional up to 24 Players max)
2 Hour Party - 90 minutes of activities followed by 30 minutes for pizza/cake
Includes 3 pizzas. Additional cheese pies available for $15 each delivered by Olivia's II out of Eatontown
**Please wear sneakers or shoes with support - no flip flops, sandals or bare feet. will be permitted
When available, Knockerball is $5 for 5 minutes or $8 for 10 minutes to give it a test drive for individual players. Drop-in Laser Tag is $15 for approximately 30 minutes of play if you have at least 4 players(4-5 games). Games like Human Foosball, Hungry Humans and Dodgeball require larger groups to play.


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Hilarious Shenanigans Are Coupled With Heartfelt Moments in 'Good Boys' – Review
We all know that we weren't always the best when we were kids. We got up to things we were not supposed to, and likely managed to drive our parents a little bit crazy. However, such is life and you're only a child once – so who can blame us for making the most of it, right? Well, in Good Boys, we see what happens when a trio of friends goes above and beyond the madness of most kids, with hilarious results.
The film centres around a group of friends who call themselves "The Beanbag Boys". Max (Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams) and Thor (Brady Noon) are best friends and the start of the sixth grade has them nervous. They want to be cool, they want to fit in – something that hasn't always been their strong suit. However, when the coolest kid in school Soren (Izaac Wang) invites Max to a party at his place, which will be a kissing party. Max asks if Lucas and Thor can come too because they're his best friends. Soren doesn't seem too keen on the idea, but he eventually agrees to have the others attend, despite calling them "random".
An excited Max tells his friends about the party they'd be going to on the weekend and it dawns on them that they've never kissed anyone before. Max has his heart set on kissing his crush, Brixlee (Millie Davis) and he doesn't want to seem lame by not knowing how to kiss. In an effort to get some pointers, The Beanbag Boys use Max's dad's drone to spy on his neighbour, Hannah (Molly Gordon) and her boyfriend, Benji (Josh Caras) to catch them in the act. However, the tables are turned when Hannah and her best friend, Lily (Midori Francis) see the drone and catch it in the backyard. As the boys were forbidden from touching the drone in the first place, the trio set off on a mission to get it back. What starts as a day of cutting school to get the drone back, turns into a chain of bad decisions, nonsense and laughs.
The cast that was brought together for this movie was great. Tremblay, Williams and Noon were great in their respective roles and all three showed their acting chops in this film. From the funny moments to the serious and heartfelt ones, all three actors were amazing and I cannot wait to see them in their next films. From the main characters to the supporting cast, all the actors in Good Boys were great. Retta and Lil Rel Howery as the parents of Lucas were both hilarious in the short amount of screen time they had and the same could be said for Will Forte who played Max's dad. Gordon and Francis were just as funny as the girls next door who try to teach the boys about respecting women, invading people's privacy and that kissing parties aren't a big deal. Everyone played their parts to perfection and made the best of whatever amount of time they had in the film.
Written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (who also directed the film), Good Boys was a perfect amount of hilariousness, ridiculousness and friendship. The script did a good job of giving the audience genuine laughs, even though some of the happenings did straddle the line of ridiculous. However, as ridiculous as some of the moments might be, you could still see the events happening to a group as young and unlucky as The Beanbag Boys. But the best part of the film might just be what is at its core. Yes, it is a comedy that is filled with many hilarious scenarios, however it does a wonderful job at showing the true meaning of friendship. Friends grow up and might grow apart, but true friends are always there for the big things and moments that make life special. True friends have your back no matter what and they support you through what you want to do – whether it's an anti-bullying club, or being the lead in the school musical, your true friends will have your back.
If you're looking for a movie that will make you laugh hysterically, be sure to check out Good Boys in theaters this weekend!


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Welcome to Mrs. O'Sullivan's Nursery ClassI am so excited to be teaching the youngest students at St. Martin of Tours School! It always amazes me to see how much these little minds grow in the course of the school year.
All About Me!
I received my Bachelors of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Long Island University and a Master of Arts Degree in Elementary Education from Hofstra University. I have 20 years of teaching experience, with 14 years in Early Childhood. I have also been a technology teacher and a Teaching Assistant for a blind child. This is my fifth year teaching Nursery School at St. Martin of Tours.
I am married and have 2 teenage daughters. One of my favorite places is the beach. I love the outdoors and try to share that love with my students.


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30 Sep 2014
George Town Festival is a month-long festival that has turned into a proudly Penang arts institution. From its start as a series of arts and culture events in celebration of George Town's listing as a UNESCO Heritage Site in 2008, George Town Festival was mooted and celebrated its first inauguration in 2010.
Since then, we have had the privilege of hosting spectacular events spanning the arts – from world-class performances to cross-cultural creative collaborations, experimental art, traditional and contemporary performing arts, as well as exciting local community initiatives and public installations.
Our mission is to become the platform for culture and the arts in South-East Asia, with a focus on George Town's unique perspectives. For the festival month, the city becomes a canvas where performers and audiences transform spaces within it with venues ranging from auditoriums to five-foot ways, colonial shop-houses to sidewalk galleries.
The festival continues to offer the best possible experience through our core beliefs of Collaboration, Community, Reinvention and Accessibility, intriguing audiences with our various free and ticketed events.
George Town Festival 2015 will take place during the entire month of August.


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As a parent, I find that I need help teaching my kids important truths about life. (Believe it or not, these things don't just ooze from me).
Last weekend, we went as a family to see Monsters University. The teachable moments seemed to come flying from the screen. Maybe my parent radar was extra sensitive but there are some great ideas in the movie.
When you see the movie, talk about one of these questions/thoughts with your kids after the movie over ice cream.
- Cheating has consequences for you and others
- Do you think all of Mike's hard work was worth it?
- Your gifts may be different than others but that doesn't mean that they can't make a difference
- If your group had clubs (fraternities/sororities) like the ones in the movie, which one would you be in? Why?
- What friends do you feel comfortable talking to about serious stuff?
Warning: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DISCUSS ALL OF THESE WITH YOUR CHILDREN AT THE SAME TIME
Please leave a comment with other teachable moments you find in the movie.
Frank Bealer, Family Pastor
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Boom-Era Property Speculators to Get Foreclosure Aid
Isn't this one of the reasons we're in this mess in the first place? Investors fueled the market backed by lenders who bore no responsibility for the (investor) loans because these loans were sold right after the closing (using ARMs, NegAm, No doc, Low doc loans by the way). Hey why not? The banks got their bailout. Why not the investors? What a joke. I don't care if they were mom and pop outfits or big corporations. They are a business, in business to make a profit. If they can't make money in the business and their liabilities/expenses outweigh their assets/income then they are insolvent! Next step should be an appointment with a competent bankruptcy attorney.
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I'm convinced that railing on a ferry exists mainly because the water is so damn inviting on a hot summer day.
Month: June 2004
Pink skies over Awaji
It was more impressive to the naked eye.
Sunset over KIX
My patented diagonal horizon.
Ship Rat
Kuro digging into shrimp/meat clumps hand picked from our cup ramens.
You never know what you may find strapped haphazardly to overloaded big rigs on the Kobe expressway. This was fairly scary, but even scarier was the truck in front of it carrying a reinforced stainless steel tank labeled TOXIC that was weaving between lanes like an Indy driver. Idiots.
Set-tripping and the Art of Parts Procurement
Mondays. I fucking hate Mondays. I am muttering this weekly mantra as I walk into a meeting with a problematic vendor yesterday morning. After greetings, bowing, and the compulsory 30 seconds of silence, I open with a blunt: "Your parts suck, Suzuki-san. One in every twenty are failing incoming testing. This is unacceptable."
"But Yoshida-san, you asked for them to be made as cheaply as possible…" he offers, weakly.
It is time to unload with both barrels: "Never at the expense of quality. Never. Did we ask you to make shitty parts, or inexpensive parts? Because if the last ten years of recession has taught us anything, it is that these two qualities are not mutually exclusive. We have 50 million Chinese vendors knocking on the door, just begging to take over any work you can't handle."
"But Yoshida-san, any such parts could not be stamped MADE IN JAPAN," he replies weakly. This is set-trip number one. He may still actually be under the illusion that sub-component origin makes any difference to anybody at all. Since the part he makes is at no point visible to the consumer this tactic is doubly weak. Plus, he obviously has not looked at his parts under a microscope like we have.
"You have raised another point we need to discuss, Suzuki-san. You are cold-stamping the MADE IN JAPAN on the parts after the molding process, which is causing hairline fractures in the underlying structure and possibly even resulting in part failure. This stamping, which we silently allowed but never gave initial approval for, must stop immediately." It is Monday and I am tired of educating these spoiled sons of rich industrialists that have never truly been weaned from the bubble days of decades ago. I find that the local mom and pop operations, lean and hungry from scrounging for any jobs for years on end in a demanding marketplace, often work out better in the long run.
"Just who do you think you are? You just happen to be handling this account on a temporary basis! I'm not used to working with people like you, I work with top procurement officers at Sony, Matsushita, Canon…" Thus begins set-trip number two, and I'm in no mood. The "people like you" remark is a thinly-veiled insult. He's calling me a dirty foreigner, the cultural equivalent of landing on Go To Jail in today's business world. His sales partner, silent until now, immediately switches into damage control mode with deep bowing and apologies, trying to over-volume his boss, who's still verbally recounting Major Corporations and Deals of Days Past. I am still in a kind of shock from the racial slap-in-the-face and find it hard to stay in the room. It is Monday, and I am within swinging distance of somebody I truly despise, close enough to smell his halitosis and watch beads of frothy spittle erupt from his lips as the bout of verbal diarrhea sputters to a violent, yet inevitable end.
If I were in a different type of organization, this is around where I would demand a finger. But this is mere fantasy. Instead, I walk out and go to Procurement, and ask the manager in charge of the account to go down and negotiate.
Later, the manager reports he was surprised to find the vendor agreeable to all of our requests. He asks what happened in the meeting before he went down, as Suzuki-san was atypically silent and his underling took control of the whole meeting. I explain what happened, including the gaijin insult. "Well," he replies without missing a beat, "maybe you should try that more often. Sure makes my job easier!" He winks and punches me on the arm. Bastard.
I fucking hate Mondays.
Korea Blocks Blog Access
Hot from the inbox:
Fellow blogger,
I am sending this message to the bloggers on my blogroll (and a few other folks) in the hopes that some of you will print this, or at least find it interesting enough for comment. I'm not usually the type to distribute such messages, but I felt this was important enough to risk disturbing you.
As some of you may already know, a wing of the South Korean government, the Ministry of Information and Culture (MIC), is currently clamping down on a variety of blogging service providers and other websites. The government is attempting to control access to video of the recent Kim Sun-il beheading, ostensibly because the video will have a destabilizing influence. (I haven't seen the video.)
Many Western expat bloggers in Korea are in an uproar; others, myself included, are largely unsurprised: South Korea has not come far out of the shadow of its military dictatorship past. My own response to this censorship is not so much anger as amusement, because the situation represents an intellectual challenge as well as a chance to fight for freedom of expression. Perhaps even to fight for freedom, period.
South Korea is a rapidly evolving country, but in many ways it remains the Hermit Kingdom. Like a turtle retreating into its shell, the people are on occasion unable to deal with the harsh realities of the world around them. This country is, for example, in massive denial about the atrocities perpetrated in North Korea, and, as with many Americans, is in denial about the realities of Islamic terrorism, whose roots extend chronologically backward far beyond the lifetime of the Bush Administration. This cultural tendency toward denial (and overreaction) at least partially explains the Korean government's move to censor so many sites.
The fact that the current administration, led by President Noh Mu-hyon, is supposedly "liberal"-leaning makes this censorship more ironic. It also fuels propagandistic conservative arguments that liberals are, at heart, closet totalitarians. I find this to be a specious caricature of the liberal position (I consider myself neither liberal nor conservative), but to the extent that Koreans are concerned about what image they project to the world, it is legitimate for them to worry over whether they are currently playing into stereotype: South Korea is going to be associated with other violators of human rights, such as China.
Of the many hypocrisies associated with the decision to censor, the central one is that no strong governmental measures were taken to suppress the distribution of the previous beheading videos (Nick Berg et al.). This, too, fuels the suspicion that Koreans are selfish or, to use their own proverbial image, "a frog in a well"– radically blinkered in perspective, collectively unable to empathize with the sufferings of non-Koreans, but overly sensitive to their own suffering.
I am writing this letter not primarily to criticize all Koreans (I'm ethnically half-Korean, and an American citizen), nor to express a generalized condemnation of Korean culture. As is true anywhere else, this culture has its merits and demerits, and overall, I'm enjoying my time here. No, my purpose is more specific: to cause the South Korean government as much embarrassment as possible, and perhaps to motivate Korean citizens to engage in some much-needed introspection.
To this end, I need the blogosphere's help, and this letter needs wide distribution (you may receive other letters from different bloggers, so be prepared!). I hope you'll see fit to publish this letter on your site, and/or to distribute it to concerned parties: censorship in a supposedly democratic society simply cannot stand. The best and quickest way to persuade the South Korean government to back down from its current position is to make it lose face in the eyes of the world. This can only happen through a determined (and civilized!) campaign to expose the government's hypocrisy and to cause Korean citizens to rethink their own narrow-mindedness.
We can debate all we want about "root causes" with regard to Islamic terrorism, Muslim rage, and all the rest, but for me, it's much more constructive to proceed empirically and with an eye to the future. Like it or not, what we see today is that Korea is inextricably linked with Iraq issues, and with issues of Islamic fundamentalism. Koreans, however, may need some persuading that this is in fact the case– that we all need to stand together as allies against a common enemy.
If you are interested in giving the South Korean Ministry of Information and Culture a piece of your mind (or if you're a reporter who would like to contact them for further information), please email the MIC at:
Thank you,
Kevin Kim
(Blogspot is currently blocked in Korea, along with other providers; please go to Unipeak.com and type my URL into the search window to view my blog.)
PS: To send me an email, please type "hairy chasms" in the subject line to avoid being trashed by my custom-made spam filter.
PPS: Much better blogs than mine have been covering this issue, offering news updates and heartfelt commentary. To start you off, visit:
Here as well, Unipeak is the way to go if you're in Korea and unable to view the above blogs. People in the States should, in theory, have no problems accessing these sites, which all continue to be updated.
PPPS: This email is being cc'ed to the South Korean Ministry of Information and Culture. Please note that other bloggers are writing about the Korean government's creation of a task force that will presumably fight internet terror. I and others have an idea that this task force will serve a different purpose. If this is what South Korea's new "aligning with the PRC" is all about, then there's reason to worry for the future.
PPPS: This email is being cc'ed to the South Korean Ministry of Information and Culture. Please note that other bloggers are writing about the Korean government's creation of a task force that will presumably fight internet terror. I and others have an idea that this task force will serve a different purpose. If this is what South Korea's new "aligning with the PRC" is all about, then there's reason to worry for the future.
Note: I'll be happy to post letters for any other bloggers who ask, or help out in any other way possible. Drop me a line in the comments or at:
I am an avid reader of many Korea-based blogs and wrote a post about it with many excellent links here:
Fight the power, brothas!
Nail Factory Kana
My cousin Kana opened a nail salon behind Tenri station.
Crane-assisted hedge trimming
Made me late for work. Grrrrr.
The Awaji Armada.
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Ridding society of guns does not rid it of violence. Man is a killer. Remember that the Japanese were not pacifists until they got nuked and occupied into submission. An example of extreme violence in modern Nippon.
Gun Control in Japan
There is a very interesting article regarding gun control in Japan up at GunCite. It's a fascinating outline including the history of guns in Japan (did you know at one time Japan had more firearms than any other country on earth?), and I recommend you read the whole thing for historical value, if nothing else.
I have actually met Americans who, after hearing that I work in Japan, make remarks about how "nice it must be to live in a gun-free country". I usually don't answer back to stuff like that. It's really tiring and rarely ever beneficial to either party to start a debate over. In class at Tenri University I once heard a lecture about how violence in America would simply "disappear" if Japan's gun control laws were adopted. I bit my tongue that time, as well. The bottom line, I believe, is covered by the article very well. Japan's gun laws (with regard to numbers of shooting incidents) work for Japan. If you want an example of a country where similar ones do not work, look at South Africa. (Ironically, the SA government's solution to the problems caused by preventing lawful ownership of guns is more gun control legislation.
One insignificant but irritating beef:
No-one shall possess a fire-arm or fire-arms or a sword or swords
This is a ridiculously poor translation. I suspect it may have been done a long time ago by someone currently working in the field of Nigerian mail scamming.
Beef Bowl: The Game
When the ban on American beef imports rang the death knell for gyu-don (beef bowl), the most popular dish served at beloved fast food chain/icon of Japanese culture Yoshinoya, I tapped out a hasty ode to it in this post (gyu-don photos are posted here). I sure miss the emotional comfort that Yoshi-gyu provided; no matter where you were, at any hour, drunk or sober (usually the former), chances were there was a Yoshinoya within driving distance ready to serve you up a steaming bowl of tender sliced beef and onions – for a pittance. Indeed, around 3 AM the local Yoshinoya was like a beacon for night people and you could always count on hearing conversations between truckers (almost always baseball), street racers (quite often lamenting accidents or trading info about new police hotspots – very useful for avoiding random stops), or groups of people getting off the graveyard shift.
BSE and the subsequent media hype killed the Yoshi-gyu experience. Menu substitutions such as "pork bowl" and "bowl o' curry" simply do not share the status or emotional attachment of a beef bowl, so for the most part, the Cult of Beefeaters, at present, has dropped from sight. In the minds of all, Yoshinoya has lost its unofficial designation as Temple of Beef. I feel very deeply for those who never got the chance to enrich their lives with the One True Way and achieve the higher state of being that I will simply refer to as moo.
Do you doubt claims about the emotional attachment Japanese people have to a particular chain of stores slinging cheap bowls of beef on rice? I guess I really have no way of proving it to you in person anytime soon, but if you have a PlayStation 2, you may be able to have a virtual look for yourself, from the eyes of a Yoshinoya employee:
For the unwashed masses unfamiliar with the game and the Yoshinoya Corporation, allow us to bring you up to speed. Yoshinoya is a company that was founded over a century ago in Japan and that has built an empire around the simple pleasures of a bowl of rice with some thinly sliced beef and onion on top. The chain of reasonably priced foodstuffs has expanded from a family-run store, which opened in a fish market in Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, in 1899, to more than 1,000 stores worldwide as of 2001. Having conquered the food sector over the last few decades, the chain has set its sights on the video game world with the help of Japanese developer Success and the simply titled Yoshinoya for the PlayStation 2.
So how on earth could a game even hope to capture the essence of such a company in playable form? Surprisingly easily. If you've ever played the classic game Root Beer Tapper, you'll have a small sense of what Success has done. You'll take the role of a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed trainee at a Yoshinoya store who must work his way up through the ranks of the apron-and-hat-wearing set to be the best employee to ever seat a customer, pour tea, prepare a bowl, and shout "Arigato gozaimashita!"
Read the full preview done by GameSpot.
Personally, I'd pass on this game as I have no desire to come home from my job everyday just to simulate another one (wait a minute – is being a T/CT considered a "job?"), but I think it's an interesting concept and I hope it does well. If anybody who has played it reads this post, I'd like to hear what you think of it.
Hat tip to Joystiq, a new daily read.
He lives!
Kevin reminded me in the comments that I left everybody hanging. Well, the kitten made it through the night. Sorry for the crappy photo, I'm not used to the new phone's focus. But you can see that he looks a lot better, right? And I have dubbed him, alternatively, Yoda, Gollum, and Kurozuke, or kuro-chan for short. Why did I give him horrible names? Well, he's completely adorable until you look him in the face. His eyes are rolled up and outward, with a protective pink sheath still covering the lower hemisphere of his eyeballs. The effect this creates is hard to describe, but let's just say this cat could be a movie star if I taught him how to say, "my preeeeecioooouus…" I have no idea why his eyes are messed up like that; the night we found him I thought it was because the raging waters had blinded him. Later, after drying him, his eyes opened a little bit but were covered with this mucousy eye-milk (I'm pretty sure that's the technical term for eye-crap), which I wiped off.
I hope his eyes heal. If it's just a minor injury or temporary affliction (could he be so young that his eyes haven't fully opened?), I think there might be a chance for his eyes to heal, because kuro-chan is a scrapper. Remember how I said he might die on the night we rescued him? He was basically in a coma all night interrupted periodically by little coughing fits. When he woke, we fed him and made him nurse water from a dish towel, and within an hour he was stretching his legs and walking around – clumsily, but with surprising vigor. His unsure footing made me realize, again, that this kitten is probably less than a month old, and some living piece of shit threw him in a storm drain… But even thinking about that just gets to me, so I'll switch gears.
I ended up calling him kuro-chan (English equivalent: Blackie?) because he's black and small and… Black. Go figure. Actually, I don't have the official naming rights. After much thinking about what to do with him, my sister decided care for him until she goes back to the states in August. We were worried about what to do with him after that, but it turns out that another teacher who lives near my sister might take him for us.
Finding this little creature has spurred a lot of thinking about what is right in the context of being a foreigner with a different set of values. For instance, if Japan were a land where cats were raised on farms as livestock, delivered to slaughterhouses in cages, and ultimately, their flesh sliced neatly and eaten raw over slabs of vinegared rice, would it be any less wrong to throw an unwanted kitten in the storm drain?
Hey, I didn't say it was coherent thinking, did I?
It was pretty goddamn sad to remember for the hundredth time that there is really nowhere to take abandoned pets in Japan. I know. I've asked policemen, animal shelter workers, and many many pet owners about this problem. They say there is usually no solution in the short-run if you find abandoned pets (which I do alost every year), but they almost all have one common observation: People need to be educated much better than they are now. When I went off on my "spay and neuter" rant the other day it was partially because I have talked with many pet owners in Japan who don't know what these terms mean; the concept of de-sexing is totally strange to them. I find this sad because it's a glaring fault in a society that is so modern and decent in many ways. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that people don't kill unwanted pets in other coutries. I'm just saying that I don't see so much evidence of it every year in densely populated and relatively affluent areas of any other countries I've gone.
It seems I can't write about the kitten without getting worked up. I'm putting myself on time out. In the meantime, I ask that you pray to your god for the kitten's eyes to heal. Quickly. I feel guilty for being a human every time I look at his face.
To the 5 Boroughs
This new Beasties album sounds really great playing softly in the background right now – the beats are funky and I can't hear the lyrics. As far as I'm concerned that's the best of both worlds. A dog that doesn't shit, so to speak.
My aussie pal John is getting serious about Counter-strike; I think he's hooked. Last time he came over to the house he played for five hours straight and ignored everyone around him, totally absorbed in the game. Yeah, I think I hooked him good. He bought a new PC and a new video card just so he could play… Next thing you know, he'll stop eating "in real life" and be mean to his wife for trying to talk to him "when he's defusing."
I'll get some screen shots of me owning him and post later.
Belated Thanks
Well, maybe the time difference can count for something. Happy Father's Day, dad, and thank you for
not selling us all to gypsies continued support throughout the years. You are a good father and I only hope I can do as well (the time is coming pretty soon I think).
Nary a Chance
I am sitting in the dark well aware that I have brought this upon myself and yet cursing fate for having been put in this position again. I haven't slept because someone is keeping me awake:
Let's not kid anybody, this is one of the un-cutest kittens I have ever seen. Skanky, weak, and noisy. My sister and I fished him out of a rain gutter last night, where he nearly drowned in the torrent of rainwater flowing down the hill. He was shivering and weak with exhaustion. I wish I could be more positive but I don't know if he's old enough to make it without his mother, and he mewls when I let him go… So if he dies tonight, he will die in my arms and he will not die alone.
I made a joke about stir-frying a kitten the other day because it was a make believe kitten and anybody who knows me knows I really love animals and say that shit without meaning it. But I still feel guilty for writing those words now that I hold this sick ball of fur against my chest.
So now I am sitting in the dark fantasizing about somehow finding out who threw this kitten in the gutter and doing painful things to them. And I can honestly say, after having seen this kitten half-drowned, that I would enjoy it to some extent.
The way that Japanese treat their pets, overall, is fucking wrong. Knowledge is pitifully low, yet the numbers of pet owners seems to be ever-increasing. YO. ASSHOLES. IT IS FUCKING WRONG TO THROW UNWANTED PETS IN THE GUTTERS. SPAY AND NEUTER, SPAY AND NEUTER, WORDS TO LIVE BY, SPAY AND NEUTER.
A Hairy Encounter
My day started at home on monster island (Awajishima). Woke up at nine. Picked up my new cellphone at the nearby AU shop with Nam (will write review later – it's a Sony/Ericsson A1402S, an upgrade from my trusty old Hitachi). Went to the high-speed boat terminal down the street and caught the hydrofoil to KIX. Met up with none other than deep thinking shitblogger extraordinaire, Kevin Kim, on a day trip from Big Hominid's Hairy Chasms in the "sea of Korean tourists lugging many tape-patched boxes around" scenario alluded to in my previous post (link).
Hopped on the very Nemo-esque Nankai rapi:t train to downtown Osaka. Feeling hungry, we homed in on a forgettably-named okonomiyaki shop across from Namba Parks and I dutifully snapped the obligatory nerd blogger photos with new phone.
From the heavens, a seed crystal fell into my bowl. As structure took instant form from the nether edges of velvety nothingness, I watched the world exist apart from myself and stole a glimpse of the Path. This is how I achieved x-ray vision.
In my heightened state and unfettered by the bonds of sanity, I instantly realized that Kevin is indeed an alien construct like I suspected all along. However, also as predicted, we got along very well since my girlfriend and I as well as the entirety of the Asian continent (and for that matter any lines of text appearing on your screen) are merely figments of my blog's imagination. There was way too much ice in our cokes.
Walked up the shotengai (covered arcade) to nanpabashi (pick-up bridge), where they have drained the stinky canal quite a bit and apparently plan to beautify the river… It just warms my heart to see my taxes spent in this purely symbolic effort, I mean, remind me again, how do you turn mercury into gold? But I won't go into that today. A bald, scary-looking man dressed in shorts/white t-shirt approaches us after hearing us talking in English, and turning to me, loudly asks, What do you think takoyaki? I find myself strangely unable to answer, but I smile and the guy half-grins back in such a way that raises the hair on the back of my neck. Something is not right in there, behind his eyes, which would usually put me on guard. But today I am dwelling on a different plane and feel a strange need to help this guy in some way. So I have a brief conversation with madness and in a short time have confirmed that there is no answer to his riddle, it is a genetically modified logic bomb. Yet I must give some sort of answer. I stall by talking about the hot weather, then throw a loop back at him by teaching him the phrase, How about some hot takoyaki?, which seems to please him immensely. After practicing his pronunciation on me a couple times, he wanders off into the crowd chanting this new incantation over and over and over again. The crowd parts to let him through, this man with a new mission in life. (Note: If homeboy ends up stabbing someone important while yelling about hot takoyaki tomorrow, I'm really very sorry.)
We had dessert in Kirin Plaza at the far end of the bridge, on the 4th floor. Nice place. They have a brewery on the first floor, so I had a pint of their ale – yum. We saw an art exhibition on the 6th floor, which started out interesting but kinda fizzled out for me at the end. Too many neon fish-headed creatures. Plus, I hate galleries that ban photography outright. Many of the paintings were labeled as digital proofs, so I found the photo ban a bit ironic. But it was cool inside and hot on the street, and too many neon fish-headed creatures is, by definition, preceded by just enough neon fish-headed creatures, so I had my moment of equilibrium – which is definitely redeemable for an Hour or Two of Thornless Respite come Armageddon.
Nam took off for a dinner meeting with friends, and I walked with Kev back to Nankai Namba station. We parted ways there and I presume he is now locked in a room at the Korean customs office for trying to smuggle Japanese centipedes into the country so he could make them publicly surrender and admit that his centipede really kicks ass…
DVD Bonus: The toilets on a Nankai rapi:t train look like this.
UPDATE: If Kevin's always going to let the Japanese version of history stand, I hereby declare the official spelling of his name everafter as "Cevin". Also, I predict he may appeal (in vain) with minor technicalities (i.e., "it's just a bug"), when he hears his pet centipede is now officially classified as a Japanese territory.
Quick Airport Tip
If you are picking up someone with the last name "Lee" whose flight from Korea disembarks at the exact same time as three others, it might not be terribly helpful to hold up a sign with only "Mr. Lee" written on it. I'm partly saying this for the benefit of the tour guide who did so and got bumrushed by fifty different Lees today, although he eventually learned from his mistake and scribbled in a first name and flight number as well.


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Summary: This is a profile of Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides ("El Alvin"), one of the early members of Los Zetas. This information includes excerpts from his Wikipedia page, which Morogris created on 28 September 2019.
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Throwback Series: 'El Alvin', the Zetas Founder Whose Death Was Fabricated
Summary: This is a profile of Raúl Alberto Trejo Benavides ("El Alvin"), one of the early members of Los Zetas. This information includes excerpts from his Wikipedia page, which Morogris created on 28 September 2019.
18 comments:
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2019 at 6:34 PM
Z1 went against his patron Osiel ?ReplyDelete
No mames guey
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2019 at 11:18 PM
Wow, Osiel was dirty!! Lazcano had something to do with his own comrade death?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2019 at 8:05 AM
Long live los zetas and long live z40 we miss you come back and take over MexicoReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2019 at 8:24 AM
No offense but how do we know any of this is true?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2019 at 9:52 AM
Where is Juan Miguel?????????ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2019 at 11:36 AM
El z1 threathened oziel? Right there thats when you know this story is bullshit. A deserter mexican army asshole threatening a man like oziel is suicide period. Never wld of happened. Also el z9 died in reynosa. One the original zetas that arayed with cdg.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2019 at 4:40 PM
Interesting read! I've always wondered what really happened between Chacho and Osiel. Juve had quite a reputation. I wouldn't be surprised if he began shooting as soon as he saw the Zetas arrive, possibly mortally wounding Alvin himself, getting killed in the process.ReplyDelete
The most common theory that is probably out there is that either Chacho killed or messed up a Zeta member and it was Z1 that wanted revenge and bloodshed.
But another version that I've heard is that Chacho was the biggest threat Osiel had and was equally ruthless. When Chacho sided with Arturo Beltran, Osiel had to get Chachos permission to use the Laredo border. Until one day Chacho double crossed him and took his merchandise, infuriating Osiel. Chacho wanted to go to war. Osiel sent in the Zetas and before it got ugly, someone turned Chacho in (some say it was Arturo himself to avoid bloodshed) and of course they took Chacho away and brutally killed him. In return, Arturo placed Barbie and El Sol to work for the Federation under the Zetas supervision in Laredo, replacing Chacho.
Osiel agreed but after his arrest, Barbie and El Sol fought the Laredo plaza, along with Chapo, Valencias and Eloy Trevino, the last of Chachos lieutenants. Eloy fought in the front lines but got arrested along with Valencia soon after. Barbie and El Sol fought back but as we all know Zetas won. Barbie didnt actually come on the spotlight to a lot of people until the infamous video. By then he was already in Acapulco and El Sol had been killed.
Anyway if someone knows more feel free to correct or add in! That's only what I've put together from different articles, so...
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2019 at 10:07 PM
Find him kill himReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 4, 2019 at 10:23 PM
Sounds like Osiel bit off more than he could chew when he formed the ZReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2019 at 5:25 AM
Golfos v. Sinaloas, who's the bigger snitch?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2019 at 9:11 AM
Lazcano lives.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2019 at 5:58 PM
I don't get it , if he already dead what's the use of fabricating his death, its not like the guy had life insurance.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 5, 2019 at 8:37 PM
I knew Z1 was not caught and killed by the Mexican army like a normal cocaine addicted mariguano undergoing an overdose, Lieutenant Arturo Guzman Decena would not be that stupid, but he sure was a dumbass who trusted el Lazca, Osiel and the trevinas. Wonder who was the military zone commander in Tamaulipas when Z1 was killed by the Mexican army?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2019 at 1:08 AM
the 2 joto brothers Trevinas were nobodys in the Zetas/Gulf cartel back in late 2002 when Z1 was killed, they had no power. They were simply "tienderos" (drug sellers) in Nuevo Laredo at the time who probably shined Lazanos bootsDelete
- AnonymousOctober 8, 2019 at 3:35 AM
Commander of the Guardia Nacional Luis Cresencio Sandoval was commander Of the military zone when the zetas had the Piedras Negras prison to do their carniasadas and Pozole and burn people in 55 gal drums and they would get out to murder enemies any time they wanted.Delete
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Gene Watson has been singing professionally since the late 1950s and has been a country music album recording artist since the late 1960s.
Gene Watson's contribution to the country music genre is immeasurable.
It is here where you have an opportunity to read a review of Gene Watson's 'Memories to Burn' (Epic Records, 1985), as published in the October 1985 issue of Country Music People.
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'Memories to Burn' (Epic Records, 1985)
Country Music People, October 1985
This review of 'Memories to Burn' (Epic Records, 1985) by Bob Powell was published in the October 1985 issue of Country Music People, and is reproduced here with the kind permission of the publishers.
Album Review by Bob Powell
(***** out of 5)
'Gene Watson once said to me that, if he was forced to record material he didn't like, he would refuse, and go back to repairing cars in Texas.
Well, the body shops in Texas haven't got a new worker yet, but I bet Gene is just a little bit nervous after his last single on MCA, reaching only No.43, and more importantly, his first for Epic, achieving a very poor high of No.24.
Sad, because this is a very fine album, and the song in question 'Cold Summer Day In Georgia' is a very good song.
Maybe it should have been truer to life and called 'Cold Summer Day In Britain'.
Gene and his long-time band leader Larry Booth produced this album, and among the pickers, and another band member Larry Booth's brother Tony Booth, once a rising star on Capitol Records.
As so often seems to be the case lately, Dave Kirby (Sunday 10 July 1938 - Saturday 17 April 2004) is here represented as a picker, and a writer with the title track no less, and 'Stranger In Our House Tonight', a nice if sad ballad.
Canadian Dallas Harms (Thursday 18 July 1935 - Saturday 12 October 2019) wrote Gene's initial biggie, 'Paper Rosie', and he is represented here on 'Get Along Little Doggie', a rather clever song that incorporates the old cowboy ballad.
My two favourite songs though, are the ballad 'The Note' about a 'Dear John' letter, a sad song that is greatly complimented by another long-time member of the Farewell Party Band, Tiny Olson, on steel.
The other highlight to me is a much faster number composed by Obie McClinton (Thursday 25 April 1940 - Wednesday 25 September 1987) who I never rated as a vocalist, but he wrote a hell of a good song in 'The New York Times' about a recurring theme in Gene Watson songs, a departed lady.
Gene's got an excellent voice, the production is good and country, and the songs are of a very high quality. All we need now is a hit'.
Bob Powell
Country Music People
October 1985
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When I look up the term "stab" in Wikipedia it says: "In music, a stab is a single staccato note or chord that adds dramatic punctuation to a composition."
So I was wondering, are stab and staccato synonyms?
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When I look up the term "stab" in Wikipedia it says: "In music, a stab is a single staccato note or chord that adds dramatic punctuation to a composition."
So I was wondering, are stab and staccato synonyms?
No. "Staccato" is a more general term than "stab."
A stab usually describes an accented note surrounded by rests. Stabs are often used in film scores to add drama and highlight individual actions. An example would be the famous show scene from the film "Psycho." Each stab of the knife is accompanied by an orchestral stab. (This example is unique because it includes a long string of stabs, they are usually more isolated).
Staccato literally means "separated," though it is usually interpreted by performers as simply "short." It doesn't have the implication of necessarily being loud or dramatic. For instance, an orchestra member might be asked to play a soft, continuous line of staccato eighth notes as an accompaniment line; these notes would not be described as stabs.
No. A Stab chord may well be staccato. It's not going to be a long note, but it might have a measured length. But its main characteristic is sudden impact.
Conversely, staccato notes very often aren't 'stabs'.
The two words don't mean the same thing.
I want to clarify something that the current answers haven't yet addressed: staccato doesn't mean short.
Rather, staccato means "separated" or "detached." Albeit rare, you can have a staccato whole note; this won't be a short pitch, but it will be separated from the succeeding pitch.
Staccato pitches can be stabs, but they don't have to be stabs. As such, the two terms are not completely synonymous.


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Last week when I said that UFC 149 was going to be a "sleeper" card, I was partially right. There is no doubt that some of you were probably sleeping.
Although going to see the UFC live is usually an amazing experience — and trust me, I did enjoy the week's festivities — there was a part of me that felt sorry for the fans that put down big money to see what was an excellent preliminary card, and an absolute horrific main card. In fact, the show was so bad that even a new gate record didn't take the scowl off UFC President Dana White's face at the post-fight press conference.
I said this the other day and it's true: We make money," White said. "This company makes money, and I like breaking records. We broke the gate record tonight and I'm embarrassed by it. I was excited when I heard and now I'm embarrassed.
The preliminary card delivered big time and it had me — and others in press row — excited about the pay-per-view portion of the card. In the prelims, Edmonton's Ryan Jimmo delivered what I think is the UFC record for fastest knockout. Although it was officially announced as tying the record, it would have been a five-second KO and that would have been the fastest knockout had the referee been in proper position to stop the fight. But it was an amazing debut by the 30-year-old Canadian who many called a boring point fighter from his MFC days.
Another highlight of the prelims was when Calgary's Nick Ring came down to the cage with Brett "The Hitman" Hart by his side. The fans went nuts. In what was a pretty good fight, Ring was able to pull off a controversial unanimous decision over Court McGee.
There were many great highlights in the prelims and like stated above, we were looking forward to what the main card would offer. However, Hector Lombard didn't look like the former hyper-aggressive Bellator champ, Cheick Kongo fought with a broken collar bone, and Brian Ebersole looked tentative. By the time the main event rolled around the fans wanted blood, and while Faber versus Barao was a solid technical fight, it was not exciting enough to make up for the lackluster main card.
The Calgary fans had every right to boo. They were great fans. In fact during the prelims it was one of the loudest stadiums I have ever been in. However, just like Calgary's hockey team, sometimes UFC fights don't always deliver.