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Jul 27,2007
Films in Focus: New and recent releases
by David Elliott and others
NO RESERVATIONS - Beware of elite restaurant stories that taste like processed cheese. Is that a special frisson de Velveeta we detect in the glowing, plushly served "No Reservations"? Catherine Zeta-Jones is a classy truffle as Kate, workaholic star chef at a Greenwich Village trendy spot, 22 Bleecker. Aaron Eckhart's Nick, a charmboy chef who challenges Kate's kitchen queendom, is a hearty steak. And as Kate's adoptive niece, Zoe, Abigail Breslin is still the fuzzy peach we adored in "Little Miss Sunshine."
'NO RESERVATIONS' - Aaron Eckhart and Katherine Zeta-Jones cook up a kitchen romance in the comedy 'No Reservations.' CNS Photo courtesy of David Lee.
4 STARS - Excellent.
3 STARS - Worthy.
2 STARS - Mixed.
1 STAR - Poor.
0 - Forget It (a dog.) Now, she's Little Miss Mascot and wide-eyed cupid, much like fabled Eloise of the Plaza Hotel. Zoe sniffles moodily about her dead mom, but cozies into Kate's busy, busy kitchen. And she prods the budding, frisky romance of Kate and Nick that, as main course, is strictly lean cuisine. Carol Fuchs helped redo the menu, from Sandra Nettelbeck's 2002 "art" hit "Mostly Martha." Zeta-Jones subs just fine. But Eckhart, for all his manly stubble and dental dude smile, is just a big American stud who "loves all things Italian." From "Mostly Martha" to "Mainly Comfort Food" - by way of the Hollywood microwave. Even maternal death is just another flavor at the snack bar. A Warner Bros. release. Director: Scott Hicks. Writers: Carol Fuchs, Sandra Nettelbeck. Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Bob Balaban. Running time: 1 hour, 48 minutes. Rated PG. 2 stars.
4 STARS - Excellent.
3 STARS - Worthy.
2 STARS - Mixed.
1 STAR - Poor.
HAIRSPRAY - It has taken nearly 30 years for John Travolta to make it from 1959 (in "Grease") to 1962 (in "Hairspray"). In his defense, the man's been busy, what with getting a sex change and gaining about 200 pounds. Travolta is the expansive Baltimore mom Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray," the new movie based on the recent musical adapted from the original '88 film. Although racial integration is a key "Hairspray" theme, what's really on the movie's mind is a broader idea of acceptance and the vessel for that message is a bubbly tugboat of a teen, Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky). Unlike Mom, who has exiled herself inside the family home since before Ike's first inauguration, Tracy refuses to feel shame about her weight. Tracy's life mission is to be anointed a dancer on the Corny Collins Show, a cheerfully bigoted TV dance program run by the frosty ex-beauty queen Velma Von Tussle (Michelle Pfeiffer, filmed deliciously in Vamp-O-Rama). Tracy, though, is all about integration, and when she gets sent to detention and hooks up with the black kids warehoused there (talented Elijah Kelley as Seaweed J. Stubbs among them), their dance moves become her catalyst to blow the Corny show wide open. Director: Adam Shankman. Writers: Leslie Dixon, John Waters, Mark O'Donnell. Composer: Marc Shaiman. Cast: Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden. Running time: 1 hour, 57 minutes. Rated PG. 3 stars.
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY - Maybe it is a sign of health (but not much) that, nearly six years after the 9/11 disaster, New York firemen are not treated as saints in a Hollywood movie. Instead, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" says they're a bunch of lovable buffoons, prone to silly gags during fires, and suddenly switching from glandular homophobia to get-along PC values. This Adam Sandler comedy grabs its material every which way. So frantically hetero that he has a virtual harem of bimbo dollies, fireman Chuck (Sandler) consents to pretend being gay with fire buddy Larry (Kevin James). He owes Larry a big favor, and widower Larry needs benefits that he will only get by faking a gay marriage - and never mind the entire prior histories of both men. The writers and director Dennis Dugan conspire to be gutsy in a gutless way. The stars barely dabble in gayness (nothing sexual), but they squirm a great deal and camp a little while always being covered: Larry remains fixated on his dead wife and his adorable kids, while Chuck preens a manly cigar, dukes out a nasty homophobe and has a pro-gay lawyer (Jessica Biel) who lets him fondle her prized breasts because she thinks he's gay. A Universal Pictures release. Director: Dennis Dugan. Writer: Barry Fanaro, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Lew Gallo. Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Buscemi, Richard Chamberlain, Ving Rhames. Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes. Rated PG-13. 1 1/2 stars.
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX - Director David Yates' "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is one of the best in what may prove to be the finest movie series ever made. With Daniel Radcliffe now budding almost manfully, Harry is deep into disturbing adolescence. Nothing like zit problems, more like: Can he save both the magic and mortal worlds from the Dark Lord often called you-know-who? Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is taking over the gloriously weird universe again, marking Harry as special victim. In a typical Rowling masterstroke, the new internal evil at the Hogwarts academy of magic arts is Professor Umbridge, a fascistic pedant played by Imelda Staunton in stuffy pink outfits, like Queen Liz II as evil Avon Lady. The ensemble work is flawless, including all the familiars in the grand family of characters. A Warner Bros. release. Director: David Yates. Writer: Michael Goldenberg. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Imelda Staunton, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith. Running time: 2 hours, 16 minutes. Rated PG-13. 4 stars.
YOU KILL ME - Contract killer Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) has left Buffalo for San Francisco to dry out after far too much boozing the hard way. No California wines can lure Frank once he gets the earnest hang of his AA meetings. But confession comes hard for a guy used to speaking through a silencer. There, he meets svelte shepherdess, Laurel, played as a comically dry, uplifting martini on legs by Tea Leoni. Her scenes with Kingsley give the movie its zippy sprints of adult charm, a certain pressure and percolation, like the bantering, seductive ploys of Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo in "The Thomas Crown Affair." Kingsley maintains his usual excellence; for a man with nonstar looks he certainly does turn in star performances, meting out his large talent in fine increments. "You Kill Me" may be the best film endorsement of AA since the TV movie "My Name is Bill W." Despite so wry zigs and crafty zags, the story does tend to end up just where you think it will. An IFC Films release. Director: John Dahl. Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely. Cast: Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni, Bill Pullman, Philip Baker Hall, Dennis Farina, Luke Wilson. Running time: 1 hour, 33 minutes. Rated R. 3 stars.
TRANSFORMERS - It's a Hasbro ad. It's a Chevy commercial. It's a pitch for Homeland Security. (A pretty ineffective one.) There's a whole lot of shape-shifting going on in "Transformers," and that's not even counting the movie's hulking robots. Actually, the movie - "based on" the '80s toy line (the way a pit-bull attack is based on a flea) feels more like a commercial for its director, Michael Bay. Give Bay and company credit: The effects are amazing. The Transformers - they're robots from another planet, and beyond that it's not worth asking - morph from cars, trucks, planes and tanks into walking, stalking, lethal machines in a dizzying whirl of wheels and steel. As they transform, they look a bit like the world's most complicated Rubik's Cubes. By the end, though, the humans feel reduced to robots by the movie's crushing, numbing orgy of action. For the audience, the transforming gets lost in the translation. Director: Michael Bay. Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, John Rogers. Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, John Turturro, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Anthony Anderson. Running time: 2 hours, 24 minutes. Rated PG-13. 1 1/2 stars.
LICENSE TO WED - "License to Wed" has a license to drop dead, and does. Directed by Ken Kwapis, a TV titan whose very name settles in quippishly with the quality of humor in the script, this laff pile was compiled (or composted) by writers we shall mercifully just call Kim, Tim, Vince and Wayne. That is more mercy than the movie extends to us. Mandy Moore and John Krasinski play Sadie and Ben, who meet cute, fall in love cute, tease cute, quarrel cute. The setting is Chicago, which often looks rather cutely like Los Angeles. But then comes the Ken Kwapis ace card, burning a hole right through the comic deck: Rev. Frank, played at the motorized lower level of his talent by Robin Williams. In order for Sadie to marry at her family church, she and Ben must submit to Frank's crash course in prenuptial exploration. This involves fake psychology, idiotic word games, queasy embarrassments, bits of physical cruelty, high-tech spying and Frank's indulging in fundamentalist "healing" even though he doesn't believe in it. A Warner Bros. release. Director: Ken Kwapis. Writers: Kim Barker, Tim Rasmussen, Vince Di Meglio, Wayne Lloyd. Cast: Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, John Krasinski, Josh Flitter, Peter Strauss, Grace Zabriski. Running time: 1 hour, 38 minutes. Rated PG-13. 1 star.
RATATOUILLE - Only one letter separates pet from pest, and that "s" attaches to the tiny hero of "Ratatouille" like a stigma. After all, Remy is a rat. And he is in Paris, a great rats' city but also the capital of French cuisine. And never the deux should meet, as Remy discovers when he rises from the alleys and sewers to high cuisine (though raised on trash, this rodent has Remy Martin tastes). Inspired by the fabled cookbook of the late, five-star chef Auguste Gusteau, who lives large in Remy's imagination, the little hero finds his way to Gusteau's restaurant, which has fallen to three stars. Only Remy can fix that, allied with the clean-up boy Linguini, a shy teen probably related to the late Gusteau but not a cookery natural. In the new Pixar animation comedy, Remy first dazzles with a superbly improvised soup. He scampers its elements into a bubbling pot, and every bit of food or spicing seems to flavor the film. "Waitress" is a fine slice of pie, but "Ratatouille" is a gourmet occasion. Amusingly fine voices include Patton Oswalt as Remy, Lou Romano as Linguini, Janeane Garofalo as Colette, Ian Holm as Skinner and Brian Dennehy as Remy's dad, named for Django Reinhardt. If a bit long for a cartoon feature - probably a sign that its makers fell in love with it - "Ratatouille" is the eighth and one of the best Pixar features. A Disney/Pixar release. Director: Brad Bird. Writers: Jan Pinkava, Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco. Voice cast: Patton Oswalt, Peter O'Toole, Lou Romano, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Dennehy, Ian Holm. Running time: 1 hour, 45 minutes. Rated G. 3 stars.
EVENING - People who call "Evening" a chick flick are not far wrong but may be ducking what the film offers. The best element is casting, possibly the most elite gallery of women this year. Can a film go wrong that has Vanessa Redgrave, Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Natasha Richardson, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Eileen Atkins and endearing young Mamie Gummer? At times, "Evening" is ripe to go wrong. The scene of old Ann (Redgrave), who is dying through the entire film, chasing a moth in her childish trance is just mawkish. And there are some lines like "Nice hair is nice." Adapted by Susan Minot (with another writer) from her novel, the movie keeps a double ledger of plot. Ann is dying while grown daughters Nina (Collette) and Connie (Richardson) fret and watch over her deathbed. A night nurse (Atkins) also hovers, sometimes seen by Ann as an angel. Pillowed by lush imagery, the cast remains alert, and there is a very moving bed scene of Redgrave and Streep. How can you not be moved by the heartfelt quavering of adorable Lila (Gummer is Streep's daughter) or by the wistful last talk of Redgrave and Richardson (Redgrave's daughter)? Good acting makes a big difference. A Focus Features release. Director: Lajos Koltai. Writers: Susan Minot, Michael Cunningham. Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Meryl Streep, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Natasha Richardson, Glenn Close, Mamie Gummer. Running time: 1 hour, 53 minutes. Rated PG-13. 2 1/2 stars.
EVAN ALMIGHTY - "Evan Almighty" is odd, as if Cecil B. DeMille and Frank Capra once got drunk over lunch, sketched silly plot notes on a napkin, and left it in a studio file where this film's makers could find it. Director Tom Shadyac is no Capra or DeMille, but he had a $240 million hit with 2003's "Bruce Almighty," a figure even those commercial gents would have envied. He also had Jim Carrey to star. Now he has Steve Carell, plus God. God is Morgan Freeman, and who would dispute it? George Burns ("Oh, God!," 1977) long ago retired to Friars Club heaven. And so Freeman is free to brandish his almighty voice and lordly twinkle, telling new Congressman Evan Baxter (Carell) to build a big boat just like Noah's, blueprint from Genesis 6:14: "Make thee an ark of gopherwood; rooms shalt thou make ..." Sure enough, a flood must come to Washington, and only Evan's ark can foil the grasping schemes of hoggish Rep. Long (John Goodman, who is like Huey Long multiplied). But there are laughs, good effects, fine beasts and a mood of goofy apocalypse. Our national capital is flooded, though all the good stuff is left standing. The ark sweeps past Lincoln's memorial, where Abe most likely prays to Morgan Freeman. A Universal Pictures release. Director: Tom Shadyac. Writer: Steve Oedekerk, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow. Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Molly Shannon, Wanda Sykes. Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes. Rated PG. 2 1/2 stars.


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If you want to have some real fun this fall, check out the next big thing. It's interactive, downloadable and filled with apps. Unfortunately, it's not available on iPad, Nook or Kindle Fire.
It's the big woods, of course, and it's a lot more entertaining than all of those modern gadgets combined. But be warned: Just like technology, the big woods comes with a sharp learning curve. Sure, you could just plunge right in and try to learn on the fly, but that approach will invariably result in a lot of hours of aimless wandering.
I love the big woods, especially our national forests, probably because I spent my first 20 deer seasons learning in these vast environments. Big woods offer solitude, enchantment and opportunities to hunt deer in as close to a wilderness setting that you will find.
That being said, the big woods are lightly hunted for a reason: this environment typically consists of thousands, if not millions, of acres of unproductive deer land.
If you want to see more deer this fall, here's a tip: Don't waste time hunting large tracts of mature sections of big woods. Instead, hunt areas where young and old growth meet, and scout from your truck whenever possible. Use a county plat book, and begin by marking an "X" at your camp. From there, break down the map into sections and continue by investigating each section in a 10-mile radius.
Drive each road and logging trail, looking for deer habitat. Deer trails that cross roads are good starting places, but it's even wiser to note areas that include young aspen clearcuts, pine plantations, cedar swamps or any amount of red or black oaks. In wilderness areas, note streams, rivers, ponds and hiking/snowmobile trails.
Combine road-scouting efforts with summer fishing trips, when lush foliage helps contrast well-worn deer trails that zigzag from fresh understory to river bottoms and swamp edges. Big-woods deer don't miss the opportunity to dine on acorns and clear-cut browse.
In areas where young growth isn't abundant, look for natural runways near creeks, lakes, beaver dams and rock formations. Some of the best hunting can be found in remote funnels. A topographical map is critical to pinpointing these areas. Unfortunately, finding one or two such areas isn't enough. Success hinges on flexibility.
Use your imagination when formulating hunting plans, but remember that success is secondary to the overall experience. The big woods is big-time entertainment that's upgraded with every passing day.
•Need help getting all of your stand locations read? Make sure all of your gear is safe.
•But you don't need to hunt from a stand to experience success. Learn how to track big-woods whitetails with tips from a still-hunter.
•After the shot, learn how to track and trail whitetails in big woods environments.

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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The Gamecocks have a starting running back.
University of South Carolina assistant coach Everette Sands said Tuesday after practice Mike Davis would be the team's starting running back against North Carolina next Thursday at Williams-Brice Stadium.
The sophomore ran for 40 yards on two rushes in the Garnet and Black Game and was considered the top back heading into fall practice.
Sands said Brandon Wilds and Shon Carson would also see some action "early" on opening night.
"We'll see all three, but right now Mike is a little bit ahead. He's going to be the starter," said Sands. "But those guys know they're going to play. We have to have all three of them to be as successful as we can be. (Mike) made a few more plays in the scrimmages. All of them are getting better in the pass protection. They can all get it done, he just made a few more plays."
All three backs averaged more than 6 yards per carry in a scrimmage held on August 10.
Head Coach Steve Spurrier has been pleased with Davis' transformation from 2012 to 2013.
"I think you guys watched him a little bit last year," said Spurrier in April. "He was a true freshman. He hadn't really been able to get into our weightlifting and conditioning program. He's a different person," said Spurrier in April. "He's faster, he's quicker, he's tougher, he's stronger."
"Strength and conditioning, they helped me a lot," said Davis during spring practice. "I gained ten pounds. I got stronger, I got faster. I think that's what really helped me a lot."
No matter who lines up in the backfield for the Gamecocks, there are big shoes to fill after Marcus Lattimore left for the NFL after three seasons. Lattimore holds the team record for rushing touchdowns.
The team is scheduled to practice again on Wednesday at 10:15 a.m.
Copyright 2013 WIS. All rights reserved.


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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — New day. New lawmakers. Same old pension-reform dispute.
Illinois legislators failed to deliver a solution Tuesday to a ballooning, $96 billion pension deficit. As a new General Assembly prepared to take the oath Wednesday, lawmakers said they would try again with fresh legislation and a larger Democratic majority, but there was no certainty a new line-up would lead to a deal to prevent the crisis from hurting the state's economy.
After a weekend of revived talks that hinted at progress, the House failed to even vote on a proposed pension solution Tuesday night. The reasons are as varied as the geography of Illinois, from the Mississippi River hills of East Dubuque to the Ohio River lowlands of Old Shawneetown.
"It would be great if we had one thing we could focus on and get it corrected, but that's not the way this works," said Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook, the sponsor of the last, best House effort to close the funding gap with greater contributions from state employees and less-generous retirement benefits, among other provisions.
Lawmakers representing large numbers of state employees worry about cutting benefits. Democrats with ties to strong unions fear backlash. Republicans believe defined-benefit pensions should be dumped for 401(k)-style plans.
Nekritz's legislation, however, had buy-in from House Republican Leader Tom Cross, of Oswego, the lawmaker Democrats have blamed since May for holding up a solution. Gov. Pat Quinn convinced powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan to allow consideration of a bill that excluded, for now, shifting any teacher-pension costs to local school districts, which Cross opposed.
Despite his efforts, the Democratic governor suffered the greatest, having set up the must-do Jan. 9 finish line but breaking the tape empty-handed. In a last-ditch effort that opponents called desperate, Quinn pulled out legislation creating an independent commission to make necessary pension changes — but even that failed to get a House roll call.
Whatever hope there was in the session's final days initially came from a concession by Madigan. The speaker agreed last week to forgo a proposal shifting school districts' pension costs to the state, which Republicans feared would lead to local property tax increases.
But the speaker, a master of generating votes for bills he supports, took no visibly public role after that. Nekritz said Madigan supported her effort to build consensus for her proposal, but would not answer specific questions about how he was lending a hand or whether she'd asked him for help.
Madigan has said for months that Republican votes, not just Democratic ones, were needed to pass reform.
"The bipartisan coalition that was needed to pass a pension reform bill didn't come together. That's been a continuing challenge over several years," Madigan spokesman Steve Brown said. "We'll continue to work on it."
The prospects for the new Legislature to successfully deal with the issue were far from clear Wednesday, and some were warning about continued failure to do so.
"It's scary going forward because the only other alternative is an additional tax increase, and everyone in the state should be worried about that," said Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno of Lemont.
Not so fast, Democrats said. Nekritz and her allies claim progress and will introduce fresh legislation similar to their abandoned plan after being sworn in to new terms. Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, said he will again offer a version of his proposal, which he says is the only constitutional idea in the building because it doesn't take away promised benefits without offering recipients choices.
Quinn warned that missing his deadline means bond rating agencies will downgrade Illinois' credit as early as Wednesday. The governor told lawmakers that without action, the state's credit worthiness is in "dire jeopardy."
"Public pension reform is absolutely necessary if Illinois is going to have sound financial footing once and for all," he said.
Wednesday will be filled with pomp and patriotic bunting; lawmakers wearing corsages will take oaths, accept congratulatory hugs from parents, spouses and children, and snack on cookies and punch.
There will be little to remind anyone of the lame-duck session that began a week earlier with sky-high expectations of sending Quinn bills not only to reform pensions, but also to legalize gay marriage and put restrictions on assault weapons and their fast-feeding ammunition devices.
Gay marriage got a Senate committee OKs, as did gun control, but Democratic sponsors did not move those pieces of legislation to the Senate floor despite a Democratic majority.
Lawmakers produced a proposal that Quinn plans to sign allowing illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses, but nothing was heard of other measures that were in line for lame-duck consideration, including medical marijuana and expanded casino gambling.
The pension problem, Quinn noted, goes back decades. Years of inattention by lawmakers and governors to properly fund state-run pension accounts caused the situation. Without reducing costs, catching up means the state's annual payment will continue to eat up money that would otherwise go for schools, health care and public safety.
Sen. Daniel Biss, an Evanston Democrat who was Nekritz's pension-plan partner and House colleague until he was sworn in early to his new job Monday, said they're ready to keep talking — even if it means starting from scratch with newcomers and facing a new slate of issues.
"We'll learn as we work with these new members what those issues are," Biss said, "and we hope it will be easier."
The bill is SB1673.
Illinois General Assembly: http://www.ilga.gov .
Associated Press writers Sophia Tareen and Regina Garcia Cano contributed to this report.
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P-W tops Carson City-Crystal, Lakewood defeats T-K Middleville for district titles
The Pewamo-Westphalia volleyball team picked up a three-set win over Carson City-Crystal Saturday by scores of 25-20, 25-13, 25-11 to win the District 80 championship.
The Pirates now head to the Regional 21 tournament at Ravenna High School tonight.
"The girls worked hard to get through districts," P-W coach Lauren Iszler said. "We won districts last year too, so the girls really want to take the next step and win a regional semifinal game.
"We are taking things one game at a time and are looking to go out and play Pirate Volleyball."
Madison Smith led P-W with 17 kills and four aces, while Allison Martin dished out 33 assists and Kasey Schmitt scored on four aces.
Candace Martin finished with 18 digs and Schmitt earned five blocks.
P-W (47-3-3) will take on Grand Rapids Covenant Christian tonight for a spot in the regional championship.
Division 2, District 47
WAYLAND — The Lakewood volleyball team punched its ticket back to the regional round of the Michigan High School Athletic Association State Volleyball Tournament Saturday by earning a 25-17, 20-25, 25-11, 25-8 win over the Lady Trojans of Middle Thornapple-Kellogg.
Emily Kutch led the Viking offense with 14 kills, while Olivia Davis finished with 10 and Vanessa Reynhout chipped in with four.
Brooke Wieland dished out 38 assists and three aces.
Davis led all Lakewood servers with six aces.
Libero Beth Tingley finished with 14 digs, while Kutch earned 11, and Jordan Kietzman and Wieland each collected six.
At the net, Reynhout earned six blocks and Wieland finished with four to take the Trojan middle hitter out of their game.
Lakewood will travel to Middleville T-K High School tonight to open regional play against Holland Christian.


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There's talk of a lockout shutting down the early part of the season, but since the Winter Classic acts as the unofficial kick-off to the NHL's romp in mainstream American sports discussion, I doubt the league would prolong the work stoppage to force a cancellation of their major January 1 event.
Sure, the NHL has the right to cancel the game, but we're told that's standard legal proceedings, protecting the league against weather and Acts of God, such as an injury to Jimmy Howard forcing the Red Wings to start Jonas Gustavsson in net.
But that's not the main attraction yet. The alumni game, which has had a bunch of people speculating whether or not Dave Keon will mend fences with the Leafs and show up, got an infusion of grit for the game. The team announced today, as per James Mirtle, that Tie Domi, Brad May and Tiger Williams will represent the Leafs.
Leafs add Tie Domi, Brad May and Tiger Williams to alumni game roster.
— James Mirtle (@mirtle) August 16, 2012
Seriously, even. I will say that to many fans in their mid-to-late-20s, Domi was one of the more recognizeable Leafs when we were growing up. Brad May, not so much. He played 38 games with the Leafs, scored one goal and had 61 penalty minutes.
The three add to the Leafs alumni roster, which now consists of:
- Darryl Sittler
- Rick Vaive
- Wendel Clark
- Doug Gilmour
- Dave Andreychuk
- Darcy Tucker
- Kevin Maguire
- Russ Courtnall
- Bill Derlago
- Bob McGill
- Vincent Damphousse
- Dave Ellett
- Gary Leeman
- Tie Domi
- Brad May
- Dave "Tiger" Williams
- Mike Palmateer
- Felix Potvin
- Curtis Joseph
(Our previous posts on the alumni rosters are here and here)
That's, for the mathematically challenged, 19 players. Last season, the Flyers skated with 25 players and a pair of goalies, so there are still a lot of spots open. Old guys apparently can't move as much as they used to.
Still, no Dave Keon, Mats Sundin, Borje Salming, or Todd Gill, who is surprisingly has more career games as a Leaf than all but 15 players.


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In his 17th feature, indie stalwart John Sayles sheds welcome light on a long-suppressed episode in American foreign policy. Uneven but ultimately affecting, "Amigo" looks at the Philippine-American War, an often brutal adventure in imperialism at the turn of the last century, through the story of an occupied village.
Shot entirely in the Philippines, the film captures the tropical humidity as U.S. troops overtake a remote community and place its leader (Philippine star Joel Torre) in an ever-tightening vise of political pressure. Rafael must appease the Americans even as he's helping the revolutionary guerrillas.
Torre is excellent as a man very much in the middle and increasingly aware of the impossibility of his situation.
The American soldiers, led by the aptly named Col. Hardacre (Chris Cooper) and a more compassionate lieutenant (Garret Dillahunt), are mere boys, most touchingly so in the case of Gil (Dane DeHaan of "In Treatment"), who falls for a local girl although he speaks not a word of Tagalog, and despite everything he's been taught about the Asian "monkeys."
Representing the fading colonial presence of Spain and the church is a friar (Yul Vázquez) who isn't so much duplicitous as out-and-out disdainful. The history lesson is often framed in stagy exchanges of dialogue, diluting the strong sense of place.
Some striking linguistic anachronisms ("loop us in") might be intentional, but they're unnecessary; the contemporary resonance of this portrait of racism and war, however obvious, is fully felt.


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They may not have announced any breakthroughs, and there was no historic meeting. But the presidents of the United States and Iran made it clear on Tuesday that they're ready for serious talks on a settlement to the feud over Iran's nuclear program that could begin easing more than 30 years of hostility and estrangement.
In separate addresses to the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, President Barack Obama and his Iranian counterpart, Hasan Rouhani, a moderate cleric, both said that an accord could be reached if it is based on "mutual respect" and shared interests.
Obama said that Iran would have to take actions "that are transparent and verifiable" to reassure the world that its nuclear program is peaceful, while Rouhani insisted that his government is prepared to "remove any and all reasonable concerns" that it is developing nuclear weapons, which he asserted have no place in Iran's national security strategy.
Rouhani reiterated Iran's demand that any agreement respect the right of his country to pursue civilian uses of nuclear energy that it has as a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the accord that forms the cornerstone of the international system designed to halt the spread of nuclear weapons.
In his speech, Obama indicated that the United States is amenable to that demand. "We should be able to achieve a resolution that respects the rights of the Iranian people while giving the world confidence that the Iranian program is peaceful," he said.
At the same time, each man also recited the familiar litany of differences – from the civil war in Syria to the Israel-Palestinian conflict – that divide their countries, underscoring the huge hurdles that will have to be surmounted to reach a settlement.
But both also said that after years of stalemate and tension, and with sectarian and ethnic conflicts ravaging the Middle East, it was time to try a different tack.
"The roadblocks may prove to be too great, but I firmly believe the diplomatic path must be tested," said Obama, the second leader to speak to the annual gathering of kings, presidents and prime ministers. "That while the status quo will only deepen Iran's isolation, Iran's genuine commitment to go down a different path will be good for the region and for the world."
Making his debut on the world stage following his unexpected election in June, Rouhani hours later said that Iran "seeks constructive engagement with other countries based on mutual respect and common interest and within the same framework does not seek to increase tensions with the United States."
"I listened carefully to the statement made by President Obama today at the General Assembly," said Rouhani, who wore the black garb and turban of a Shiite Muslim cleric. "Commensurate with the political will of the leadership in the United States and hoping that they will refrain from following the shortsighted interest of warmongering pressure groups, we can arrive at a framework to manage our differences."
His statement was a brittle reference to the opposition that Obama faces from conservatives at home and some foreign partners, especially Israel, to moving too rapidly to embrace the unprecedented charm offensive that Rouhani has launched to win relief from international sanctions that have devastated Iran's economy.
Even before Rouhani spoke, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran might simply be playing for time. "Israel would welcome a genuine diplomatic solution that truly dismantles Iran's capacity to develop nuclear weapons," Netanyahu said in a videotaped statement. "But we will not be fooled by half-measures that merely provide a smokescreen for Iran's continual pursuit of nuclear weapons. And the world should not be fooled either."
In Washington, some lawmakers said sanctions should be intensified until Iran stops enriching uranium. "We don't need words from Rouhani; we need real action from Tehran," said Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the author of legislation to broaden U.S. economic sanctions. "The regime's commitment to negotiations shouldn't be measured by rhetoric, but by the nuclear activities it ceases. Through crippling economic sanctions we can continue to increase the pressure on the regime."
Rouhani also faces opposition by conservatives at home to improved relations with the United States. That consideration apparently prevented Iranian diplomats from agreeing in talks with U.S. officials to what would have been a meeting between the two presidents during a luncheon for world leaders hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Iranian state-run Press TV said that Rouhani skipped the lunch because alcohol was served. But a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the issue, said that Iranian officials declined in talks to arrange a meeting because of domestic political considerations.
"It was too complicated for them to do that at this time given their own dynamic back home," said the senior administration official. "Clearly, there are complicated dynamics in Iran surrounding the relationship with the United States."
In another bid to appease his conservative opponents back in Iran, Rouhani used his speech to lambaste U.S. policy toward Iran and the Middle East, and called the harsh economic sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran "a manifestation of structural violence" that "are intrinsically inhumane and against peace."
But several analysts noted that his criticism of the United States was far tamer than the bombastic speeches that his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, delivered at the United Nations during his eight years in power.
"Even in his criticism of the United States, in the Iranian context, it wasn't particularly harsh," said Trita Parsi, the president of the National Iranian Council, an advocacy group, and the author of two books on Iranian foreign policy. "He pointed out that they can reach a framework on how to manage the differences."
Parsi said that he also was encouraged because the two leaders used similar terms in describing their willingness to engage in serious talks.
"They've both used the same language and pointed to the same paradigm: mutual respect, mutual interests, and a rejection of zero sum politics," he said.
The sides' new readiness to engage in serious negotiations after eight years of deadlock will receive its first test on Thursday, when Secretary of State John Kerry is to join his counterparts from Russia, France, Britain, Germany and China in talks with Iran's new foreign minister, Javad Zarif, on how to move forward.
The meeting would be the most significant contact between Iran and the United States since diplomatic ties were severed in April 1980 following the 1979 Iranian revolution that overthrew the late Shah Reza Palavi and led to the 444-day U.S. hostage crisis.
Hopes for a turnaround have been fueled by a series of recent statements and positive gestures by Rouhani and other Iranian officials, who apparently have received the blessings of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to seek a settlement to the nuclear dispute.
Some U.S. officials and analysts attribute the change to the damage to oil-rich Iran's petroleum-fueled economy by international sanctions imposed for its defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions ordering it to stop enriching uranium, the process that produces fuel for power plants and for nuclear weapons.
The United States and the European Union have imposed their own harsh measures to cut Iran off from the international banking system, and ending international investment in the Islamic republic.
But Iranian officials and other analysts point to Rouhani's substantial election victory over a number of conservative candidates after a campaign in which he pledged to end Iran's international isolation and find a negotiated resolution to the nuclear crisis.
Talks between the so-called P5-Plus-1 – the United States, Russia, France, Britain, Germany and China – with Iran on its uranium enrichment program have been stalled since the last round was held in April.
The United States and other powers suspect that Iran is using its program – which it kept hidden for 18 years from inspectors of the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency – to develop the ability to quickly assemble nuclear warheads if it ever decides to do so. Iran counters that it is enriching uranium for fuel for power generation.


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(Reuters) - Telus Corp, Canada's second-largest wireless company by subscribers, ended its plan to buy struggling startup Mobilicity after the government blocked the deal in an effort to boost competition in the sector.
Last week, Canada rejected the transfer of Mobilicity's wireless spectrum licenses to Telus, effectively blocking its takeover of the startup as the government tries to hold back the industry's bigger companies from swallowing smaller rivals.
Debt-laden Mobilicity and other entrants such as Wind Mobile, which have struggled to turn a profit, bought airwaves in 2008 that Telus and its main rivals were barred from bidding for. Mobilicity has around 250,000 customers, but is mostly coveted for its spectrum assets.
Anthony Lacavera, the entrepreneur behind Wind Mobile, said on Tuesday that his group was interested in buying Mobilicity, while another entrant, Public Mobile, has also pressed for consolidation among startups.
Mobilicity said late on Monday that it would now pursue its previously announced recapitalization plan, which will be voted on by debtholders at a meeting on June 25, 2013.
(Reporting by Ankur Banerjee and Garima Goel in Bangalore. Editing by Andre Grenon)


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Resource Guide for a Multiracial America
The Spring 2010 issue of YES! Magazine examines America's future as a multiracial nation and explores ways Americans today are already working across race lines.
Here are some groups, campaigns, media sources, and organizations to help you learn more about the multiracial experience and growing movements across the country. Pick one (or 10) that interest you and get involved yourself!
Get Political
Learn How to Build Communities Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries
Explore Your Identity and Reach Out to Others
The Multiracial America Library
Get Political
Be vocal about your feelings on racial discrimination and connect and organize with others who are too! Join up with Just Cause to help fight for immigrant rights in the Bay area. Splurge on dinner that fights discrimination at NYC's Colors cooperative restaurant. Organize a fundraiser in your community to benefit Health Care Is a Human Right's free medical clinics. The organizations below are fighting to break down racial and cultural barriers in the fields of economy and jobs, justice and democracy, and environment.
Economy and Jobs
Colors is a worker-owned international restaurant in New York's NoHo district, with a menu drawn from the varying cultures of its owners. A group of former World Trade Center restaurant workers started the establishment after 9/11. The space is used during the day by the COLORS Hospitality & Opportunities for Workers (CHOW) Institute, which provides free training for restaurant workers trying to move up the ladder of the restaurant industry.www.rocny.org/colors
Jobs With Justice engages workers and their allies in campaigns to win justice in the workplace and in the communities of working families. They believe in the continued elevation of economic and social justice through long-term multi-issue coalition building, grassroots base-building and organizing, strategic militant action, and the engagement of a wide community of allies. www.jwj.org
Just Cause, the newly integrated merger of Just Cause Oakland and the St. Peter's Housing Committee, works to promote awareness of and build coalitions in support of tenant and immigrant rights among low-income and predominantly immigrant communities in the Bay Area. www.cjjc.org
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United is a national organization of restaurant workers that provides free training and technical assistance to restaurant workers, develops restaurant worker organizing projects, conducts national research on the restaurant industry, and engages in policy work to improve working conditions for restaurant workers. www.rocunited.org
The Workers Defense Project is a center in Austin, TX, devoted to the protection of low-wage workers rights—particularly through the provision of resources with which to fight workplace abuse and challenge fundamental structures of hierarchy. www.workersdefense.org
Justice and Democracy
The Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality is working to organize a local, national, and international voice against institutional violence and police brutality, through the engagement of both victims and other societal sectors. www.detroitcoalition.org
Healthcare is a Human Right is an organization committed to providing holistic health care to all individuals, regardless of socioeconomic status. Currently their staff of medical volunteers operate quarterly free clinics in Woodstock, Phoenicia, and Kingston, NY. www.healthcareisahumanright.com
The League of Young Voters is working to empower young people nationwide to create progressive political change on the local, state, and national level through engagement in the democratic process. While the organization seeks to engage all youth, it particularly focuses on non-college youth and those from low-income communities and communities of color. www.theleague.com
OneAmerica works with both local and national community partners to protect and advance the fundamental principals of democracy, justice, and human rights for all Americans, particularly immigrants. www.hatefreezone.org
The Making Milwaukee Green Coalition is comprised of central Milwaukee residents and inner city business owners dedicated to the rejuvenation of the Milwaukee economy through the creation of green collar jobs. The group is facilitated by The League of Young Voters and The Campaign Against Violence. www.theleague.com/cav/archive/green-investment-create-economic-opportunities-for-all/
The Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project is a Bay Area organization that provides training about the climate crisis and facilitates strategic action planning among urban community organizers working towards economic and racial justice in communities of color. www.movementgeneration.org
Learn How to Build Communities Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries
Engaging in, implementing, and nurturing communities of diversity takes effort. Be deliberate about the community in which you live, and seek out neighborhoods which count diversity and openness among their goals. Travel to the U.S. Social Forum in June to tap into new ideas about de-compartmentalizing our world and connect with like-minded people from across the nation. Strike up conversations and compare experiences with those from different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. The organizations below are working to share knowledge and experience about how to build movements that transcend race and class lines.
Allied Media Projects is a Detroit-based organization that supports and advances media-based organizing models; particularly through its annual Allied Media Conference—an organizing space in which social justice leaders and alternative media specialists meet and collaborate. www.alliedmediaconference.org
The Center for Media Justice is a communications strategy and outreach center for grassroots leaders and organizations based primarily in historically disenfranchised communities. The center hopes to facilitate communications and media activism strategies that provide a successful avenue for improvements in racial justice, economic and gender equity, and youth rights. www.centerformediajustice.org
Fund for an OPEN Society (OPEN) is a national non-profit working to promote thriving racially and ethnically integrated societies. They are committed to enabling a break from America's past of racial and ethnic separation as an organizing principle of its economy, politics, and social circles. www.opensoc.org
The Ruckus Society provides training and strategic tools in non-violent direct action to organizations and activists seeking to advance campaigns in environmentalism, human rights, and social justice. www.ruckus.org
The Third Coast Activist Resource Center was created in order to help activists in Austin, TX strengthen their efforts in sustainable organizing. This is undertaken both through the support of the local activist network as part of a larger national and international movement for global justice and through the distribution of educational resources and the worldwide organization of community events pertaining to U.S. policy. www.thirdcoastactivist.org
The United States Social Forum is an annual gathering of engaged citizens dedicated to the formulation and discussion of alternative world policies. The forum is intended to spread the idea that there is an active movement within the U.S. that opposes both domestic and international U.S. policy. www.ussf2010.org
The World Social Forum is an open meeting, held annually in Brazil, for social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society organizations opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital. Attendees come together to pursue thinking, debate ideas democratically, formulate proposals, share their experiences freely, and network for effective action. www.forumsocialmundial.org.br
"Take Back DC" is a Jobs With Justice campaign dedicated to bringing an immediate halt to the privatization of public services and property currently being enacted by government officials in Washington DC. It is focused on demanding impact assessments of recently-privatized departments, a framework for transparent, inclusive community input, that the City honor union contracts and bargain in good faith, and fair wages for cab drivers and city workers. www.jwjblog.org/2009/10/take-back-dc-protecting-the-public-sector-holding-elected-officials-accountable/
Urban Habitat is a Bay Area program dedicated to empowering low-income communities and communities of color by using a combination of education, advocacy, research, and coalition building. www.urbanhabitat.org
Urban Land Institute is a membership-based research and education non-profit organization that aims not only to provide leadership in responsible land use, but in creating and sustaining thriving communities around the globe. www.uli.org
Explore Your Identity and Reach Out to Others
Understanding your own identity can be complicated and confusing, but reaching out to others who are also struggling to understand their place in the world gives you valuable emotional support and provides you with an arena to further explore ideas about race and culture. Start your own Swirl community in your area and invite others to join. Take your children to the traveling "Race: Are We So Different?" exhibit and talk to them about how race has affected their lives and those of friends and family. The organizations below are connecting people across the world who want to learn more about themselves and others.
Loving Day is a global network of events that aim to build multicultural community and fight racial prejudice, celebrated annually on June 12th. The holiday marks the date of the landmark 1967 supreme court decision to legalize interracial marriage throughout the United States. www.lovingday.org
The Mosaic Project is a week-long residential program for young children of diverse backgrounds, that inspires them to work towards a more loving and peaceful society through song, collaboration, and inclusivity. www.mosaicproject.org
"Race: Are We So Different?" is a traveling museum exhibit, that explores the realities and unrealities of race, ethnicity, and human variation. A project of the American Anthropological Association, the exhibit explores the experience of living with race, its history as an idea, the role of science in that history, and contemporary scientific findings that are challenging the foundations of racial difference. www.understandingrace.org
The Rockwood Leadership Institute specializes in delivering the best practices and methodologies in leadership development to the nonprofit community through leadership trainings. With nearly 2,500 alumni, Rockwood is the largest provider of transformative leadership trainings for social change nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. www.rockwoodleadership.org
Swirl is a national meet-up organization for multiracial individuals, families, and their allies, with chapters in eleven locations across the country. Members meet for events such as book readings, film screenings, happy hours, and playdates in an effort to increase awareness around multiracial issues and offer friendship and support to one another. www.swirlinc.wordpress.com
The Multiracial America Library
Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancing, directed by Nadeem Uddin, co-produced by Nadeem Uddin and Robert Jensen (2009), is a documentary in which the 92-year-old Osheroff reflects on the meaning, ideas, and wisdom behind his life-long activism, which has included key contributions to the Spanish Civil War, the U.S. labor movement, the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi, and human rights advocacy in Nicaragua.
The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization, by Rinku Sen with contributor Fekkak Mamdouh (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008), argues that labor should flow freely across international borders, as capital does through globalization. The book illustrates the contradictions and challenges of U.S. Immigration Policy, through Mamdouh's own experience as an immigrant living in New York after the attack on the World Trade Center.
"Battered by the Storm: How the Safety Net Is Failing Americans and How to Fix It" (Institute for Policy Studies, December 7,2009) is a policy report that advances a comprehensive plan to combat poverty and unemployment given the coalescence of the rising effects of the economic crisis and the failure of our national social safety net.
Breakthrough Communities: Sustainability and Justice in the Next American Metropolis, edited by M. Paloma Pavel, foreword by Carl Anthony (MIT Press, 2009) uses case studies of successful mobilizations for sustainability and justice, in which activists' accounts alternate with policy analyses, to demonstrate that economy, environment, and equity are mutually reinforcing.
Coming of Age Around the World: A Multicultural Anthology, edited by Faith Adiele (New Press, 2007) is an anthology of 24 stories on adolescence and growing up from noted authors around the world.
Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology, edited by Mary Frosch (New Press, 1995) is an anthology of more than 20 short stories and book excerpts on adolescence and growing up from such noted authors around the United States, including pieces from Julia Alvarez and Tobias Wolff.
Family Activism: Empowering Your Community Beginning with Family & Friends, by Roberto Vargas (Berrett-Koehler, 2008) outlines Vargas' "Familia Approach" to activism—a tribute to his Mexican background. Vargas advocates for activism not as a solo pursuit of ideals, but as "a way of living so as to teach love and activate the positive power of our families and communities." Treating each relationship in our lives with the same love and respect that we accord to those we hold with friends and family can create powerful social change and tackle community problems on a larger scale.
The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege, by Robert Jensen (City Lights Publishers, 2005), argues that the time has come for white people to acknowledge that they are at the root of our societal problems with racism and white-privilege in the United States. Furthermore, he argues that by denying non-whites their humanity, our social system also keeps whites from fully accessing their own.
Meeting Faith: The Thai Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun, by Faith Adiele (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2004) is Adiele's account of her spiritual journey, as she becomes a Buddhist nun. Living in a forest temple in Thailand, Adiele intersperses journal entries with personal narrative to detail her personal struggles with meditation, fasting, loneliness, and the value of faith.
Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids, by Kip Fulbeck (Chronicle Books, forthcoming March, 2010), is a book featuring the portraits of multiracial children. Each portrait is accompanied by a handwritten statement from the child and a note from their parents about the multiracial experience.
My Journey Home, co-produced and co-directed by Renee Tajima-Peña and Lourdes Portillo (2004), is a PBS documentary profiling the splintered cultural identity and experiences of three multiracial Americans—Faith Adiele, Andrew Lam, and Armondo Pena—as they travel to their ancestral homelands, retracing the intersection of historical events and their own family histories.
The New Metropolis is a two-part PBS documentary series, produced and directed by Andrea Torrice, that explores the challenges faced by our older suburbs, including a dwindling tax base, population and business loss, decaying infrastructure, increased racial tensions, and white flight, and points towards solutions for their revitalization. The series is available through Bullfrog Films and www.TheNewMetropolis.com.
Part Asian, 100% Hapa, by Kip Fulbeck (Chronicle Books, 2006), is a book of Hapa portraits, each of which is accompanied by a handwritten response to the question, "What are you?" The term Hapa, Hawaiian for half, was originally used in derogatory contexts, but today has been pridefully reclaimed by many of those whose mixed racial backgrounds include Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry.


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|2011-11-26, 14:53
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Uchiha Sasuke, Ishida Ryu (Bleach), and Emiya Shirou all share the same voice actor.
They each have extremely different backgrounds, and thus developed into very different characters, but all three have similar temperaments beneath it all.
Of course, none of them are Nanoha-verse characters...
Hayate and Tohsaka Rin share a voice actor. Would Rin have turned out more like Hayate if she'd been wheelchair-bound and had no parents or sister?
I could certainly picture Rin taking over the TSAB from the inside out the way that Hayate seems to be doing.
Didn't Zafira's VA voice someone from FSN? I forget.
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|2011-11-26, 23:57
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I'm not convinced there's much fundamental similarity between Luvia and Nanoha, or that there's anything either would meaningfully gain from a cross-dimensional link. Broken individuals like Hinata and Fate get a much-needed support-group out of the whole thing, but they were also equals in the sense that both were magical girls.
Since Nanoha doesn't have any magic at the time when she would most benefit from a telepathic connection to another individual (ie: before meeting Arisa and Suzuka), her relationship with Luvia would be rather lopsided. Also, the worlds of Naruto and Nanoha are much more compatible than the worlds of Nasuverse and Nanohaverse, so it's more acceptible for Hinata to have Midchildan tricks than for Luvia to get the same.
With Sasuke, Ishida and Shirou, on the other hand, all three are magical boys and have lost everyone they ever cared about to total massacres. Ryu could learn to not be such a prick (I mean before he joins Team Ichigo and mellows out a little), Sasuke could learn to not be such a vengeance-obsessed prick, and Shirou could learn to value himself more as a human being.
But I much prefer crossovers that are more properly called "fusions", where the two different series have actually been occupying the same universe and suddenly both casts run across one another.
This is another way in which the Hinata/Fate "Die Sterne" connection is appealing (if not outright superior), because it's entirely possible that the planet of the Narutoverse occupies the same universe as Midchilda, and Fate might one day meet Hinata by arriving at her planet aboard a starship.
This would not be possible with Nanoha/Luvia or Ryu/Shirou, as those crossings draw from extremely incompatible versions of the planet Earth. Sasuke/Shirou is likewise out, because non-human extraterrestrial life is impossible in the Nasuverse. Sasuke/Ryu just produces questions like, "Does the planet of Naruto have Shinigami and Hollows of its own?" and doesn't inherently provide plausible ways that the interplanetary pals might meet.
Let me repeat for emphasis: I much prefer crossovers that are more properly called "fusions", where the two different series have actually been occupying the same universe and suddenly both casts run across one another.
It's still a fusion if the two casts suddenly run into each other earlier than canon would allow; much as Fate and Hinata establish contact and begin to change at least the Narutoverse's canonical progression.
At that point, it's also an Alternate Universe/Continuity as much as a Fusion, but still a Fusion.
Another example of a compatible Fusion with Nanoha would be Fairy Tale. The world of Fairy Tale could be another planet in the Nanohaverse.
I remember some people expressing disappointment that Natsu lost that flaming sword about the time that he got his regular magic back. Well, if he ends up teaming up with the TSAB, he could get his hands on a Device; perhaps one patterned after Laevantein.
I can also see some strong bonding between Signum and Erza Scarlet. Hot damn.
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|2011-11-27, 01:53
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That always catches me; it's hard to remember to deliberately mispell something... even if it's not actually mispelling, because they really do mean to refer to a TAIL rather than a "story".
Also, I wonder if I was properly using the word "Fusion", since I've also seen the term used to describe fanfics where the cast of one series is used to completely replace the cast of another series.
Like replacing the cast of Evangelion with the cast of Nanoha, but still using Tokyo-3, Evangelions and Angels.
Well, whatever. I explained what I meant well enough.
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|2011-11-27, 11:19
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How about this idea?
The planet of Familiar of Zero (Tsukaima no Zero) exists within the Nanohaverse. Easy enough, as it different enough from Earth to be a completely different planet rather than some alternate counterpart. I mean, it has two moons, one red and one blue.
Instead of Saito, Louise summons Yuuno (as a teenager like her, so post-A's, pre-StrikerS) to be her familiar.
Afterall, the purpose of her familiar is to protect her while she learns how to cast Void magic, and then to protect her for the long periods it takes her to cast and recover from the spells. And who better to provide protection than the Nanohaverse's unrivaled Stone Wall?
Also, we would get to enjoy Yuuno's consternation at becoming an ACTUAL familiar (even if one of a very different kind) and vowing that Chrono would never, ever find out.
He'd also wonder what it is about him that he seems to keep falling in with girls whom possess unbelievable amounts of talent, mostly within the realm of firepower.
On the other side, Yuuno arrives in ferret form, so Louise is somewhat depressed that she could not manage to summon the "powerful and beautiful" familiar she desired. She'll still be happy to have summoned anything at all, and at least Yuuno is cute as a ferret. (Cuter than Montmorency's frog, she'll be quick to retort, when that blonde attempts to backbite her.)
Yuuno will probably play the "I'm a normal ferret" bit for a while as he examines the situation. He might slip up when Louise kisses him or when the contract brand-burns him, but he already proved he can keep his act together while staying with Nanoha's family.
As to which sort of familiar he becomes, the Gandalfr is not quite appropriate for Yuuno, who has no need for mundane weapons at all.
Rather, one might do a little re-arranging of the ZnT setting and swap the Windalfr for the type of familiar that Tristanian Void Mages are alloted to summon.
The Windalfr power to command beasts is much more useful and fitting for Yuuno; not simply considering his own animal form, but also how he could use animals to gather information, and hinder enemy forces in non-fatal ways by using rodents and other pests. Combined with his teleportation abilities, he'd become an able Summoner.
Which itself would be a nice reflection on the fact that Louise was the only current Void Mage to summon a familiar from a completely different planet. Everyone else grabbed someone who was already on-world.
The Earth military weapons that happen to exist on Louise's planet -- the bazooka, the fighter jet and such -- might be left the same, or might be replaced with magitech devices taken from Al Hazard or Belkan worlds.
The "staff of destruction" (ie: bazooka) might be instead be a cousin to Raising Heart or the Schwertkreuz -- a staff which does aid its wielder in causing destruction. It's remained useless to everyone for so long not because they couldn't figure out the priming and trigger mechanisms, but because the Device was as choosy as Raising Heart.
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Or how about Fate being raised, not by Linith, but by someone else? Say Precia's Familiar creation spell didn't carry the 1 and instead of Linith's soul being put into that body, someone else is pulled from the void. Like say... Nagare Ryoma?
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Lately, an idea for a Nanoha/Discworld crossover has been germinating in my head.
A little bit after the events of StrikerS, Yuuno meets up with the Librarian through L-space and stuff happens.
What do you guys think?
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|2011-11-27, 20:11
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...then again, he already sorta screwed that at the beginning of season one
Well, so long as whoever willing to write the story dares to make drastic changes, I guess. The current ZnT Crossover trend of "Get a character from another series and make him take the same paths as Saito, only more awesome!!!(duel with Guiche, mission to the prince, last stand at Albion, etc)" was overused IMO. Instead of having [Insert Character Here] take the same path as Saito, it's better to have them change the course of the story. Maybe even set the entire setting on fire
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It's harder to change stuff at the beginning rather than at the end of a series. Unless you throw it all out an make it A.U. completely.
Even SRW, as crazy as it gets with the crossovers, STILL covers the base story, just changes how it comes to be.
It's not a bad thing to cover the base canon, but going scene for scene is bad.
I mean, in SRW W, when it was time for the Rugby match that happened in Fufumo, Kaname tells Sousuke to make sure that rivals don't get in and screw everything up.
What does he do?
Puts so many land mines out that when Dr. Hell's beasts show up later, they're instantly vaporized from the explosion.
And those things tended to give Mazinger a hard time.
|2011-11-27, 20:55
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Anyone ever seen Boukenger, by chance? Its one of the Super Sentai series, and the premise is a specially trained team working for an organization that have to locate and contain dangerous artifacts before they can be used for evil.
The possibilities are, I should think, obvious.
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Also, the runes imprinted on familiars in Louise's world affect the familiar's mind, inclining them to regard their master favorably and preventing ideas of running away to return home to friends and family. The same mental influence could lead Yuuno to disregard the law.
(I hear Saito had a very negative reaction to Louise when his runes were broken and the hypnosis was removed from his mind. Something along the lines of, "Who would stay with a flat-chested psychopath like you?!", or something.)
In any case, Louise already knows about the existence of magic. The law might prevent Yuuno from revealing the existence of the Time-Space Administration Bureau, but there's really no point in with-holding that information.
Probably, there'd be no legal trouble for Yuuno unless the authorities on the planet itself expressed displeasure with him as a citizen of the TSAB. Which they can't do, since Louise is the one that summoned him and whom would try to claim legal ownership of him.
By their own laws, anything Yuuno does is Louise's responsibility. Even Midchildan courts would accept this on account of the influence of the familiar runes, though the TSAB would simultaneously be demanding that their citizen be set free and that no more of their people be abducted like this.
He would also probably be posing as a normal dumb ferret for a while, so even if he interfered with Guiche, the noble is unlikely to challenge him to a duel.
Even if Guiche knew that Yuuno was a person and challenged him, Yuuno would likely refuse.
Yuuno would also be far more enthusiastic about the archaeologic puzzles to be found on that world -- not only regarding its own fascinating history, but regarding the pieces of other worlds that got summoned to it.
But even before that, I suggested trading which nation gets the Gandalfr and Windalfr runes. Likewise, the talking sword might not make an appearance, because it got picked up by the familiar who is now the Gandalfr.
The usual position of talking weapon might instead be filled by the Staff of Destruction being an Intelligent Device that accepts Louise as its master. (And Foquet might thus not end up revealing her true identity and getting arrested.)
The Dragon Mantle (ie: the Zero fighter jet) might be replaced with something completely different, since Yuuno can already fly and, as the Windalfr, could command actual dragons and other flying beasts.
Even before that, with his own brand of magic and the powers of the Windalfr, Yuuno has the ability to turn the tables regarding the Albion royal family's last stand against the rebels in a way that Saito never could.
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Thanks to a pair of very late, very tough jumpers by J.R. Smith, the New York Knicks managed to eke out a 99-97 victory in Phoenix Wednesday night despite missing both Carmelo Anthony and Raymond Felton.
The first was a 15-foot, fadeaway shot from just inside the key to tie it with 10.6 seconds left, the second a 21-footer from the baseline at the buzzer.
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Chris Copeland and Tyson Chandler added 14 points apiece for the Knicks.
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It was knotted at 76 entering the fourth.
Dudley was fouled by Copeland on a 3-point try and made all three free throws to put Phoenix up 90-86 with 5:19 left, but Smith scored the next four, Kidd sank a 3 and Copeland made a 21-footer in a 9-0 spurt that had the Knicks up 95-90 with 3:34 left.
After a scoreless 1:28, Sebastian Telfair made a 3, then Brown sank a 20-footer to tie it at 95 with 1:15 remaining.
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Gentry called a 20-second timeout but the play broke down and, when Telfair tried to hit Gortat for a back-door layup, the ball was knocked back into the backcourt by Kidd. Telfair chased it down but wound up stepping out of bounds with a second on the clock.
After a timeout, Kidd tossed the pass to Smith, who got the shot off, again over Tucker, from just inside the 3-point line. It went in and he was mobbed by his teammates.
"It happened so fast and obviously you want to keep it for the last shot and live with that," Dudley said, "but you give them one second and J.R. with the big shot."
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This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media's Field Notes, in which reporters talk to newsmakers and experts about important issues related to food production.
For this edition of Field Notes, Harvest Public Media's Peggy Lowe spoke with Chuck Hassebrook, who is on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents and is the program director for the Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, Neb., about the ever-increasing corporate funding of research at land-grant institutions in America's big beef-producing states.
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If you go back to the founding legislation, the Morrill Act and others, there was a great emphasis on serving smaller farms. And I think that has been lost to a great extent in our agricultural colleges. The assumption is that if we continue to develop and improve technology and agriculture and improve the efficiency of agriculture, that inherently means that agriculture will become concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, that we'll have fewer farmers.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars have four wide receivers that are locks to make the roster. While WRs Cecil Shorts, Ace Sanders, Marqise Lee and Allen Robinson should make the squad, WR candidates Mike Brown, Kerry Taylor, Tandon Doss, Lamaar Thomas, Chad Bumphis, Damian Copeland and Allen Hurns will likely compete over the final two spots.
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Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:05:43 -0800
The Jacksonville Jaguars signed TE Brandon Barden, WR Chad Bumphis, RB Shaun Chapas, OT DeMarcus Love, S Sherrod Martin, DE Will Pericak, DE D'Aundre Reed, WR Jabin Sambrano, QB Matt Scott and C Matt Stankiewitch to futures contracts Monday, Dec. 30.
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|Patriots | Work out 11 players
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The New England Patriots worked out free-agent QB Austin Davis (Rams), QB B.J. Coleman (Packers), QB Graham Harrell (Jets), RB Damien Berry (Ravens), RB Jonathan Dwyer (Steelers), RB Cameron Marshall (Dolphins), WR Josh Bellamy (Chiefs), WR Chad Bumphis (Dolphins), DT Sione Fua (Panthers), DT Clinton McDonald (Seahawks) and DT Andre Neblett (Buccaneers) Friday, Sept. 6.
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The Miami Dolphins have released LB Austin Spitler, DL Kheeston Randall, WR Chad Bumphis, WR Brian Tyms, WR Keenan Davis, WR Marvin McNutt, DE Antwan Applewhite, CB De'Andre Presley, RB Jonas Gray, CB Julian Posey, S Keelan Johnson, S Jordan Kovacs, LB Lee Robinson, OG Chris Barker, C Sam Brenner, DE Tristan Okpalugo, OT Andrew McDonald, DT A.J. Francis and DT Tracy Robertson. The team also injured waived QB Aaron Corp (undisclosed) and OT Jeff Adams (undisclosed).
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Miami Dolphins WR Chad Bumphis is making his case to win a roster spot, and receivers coach Ken O'Keefe has told Bumphis all about how former WR Davone Bess (Browns) came to the team in a similar situation back in 2008. "He said, 'Davone came in undrafted and was able to contribute'," Bumphis said. "I said, 'That could be me.'" Bumphis had five grabs for 85 yards in the team's first preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys, and an error on a route resulted in an interception return for touchdown, too.
Fantasy Tip: Bumphis could very well end up with a roster spot, but he is a while away from contributing for fantasy purposes. Bess came to a team with far less talent at the skill positions and took advantage. If Bumphis wins a role, he is likely to be relegated to reserve duty and special teams unless injuries decimate the team.
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Sun, 28 Jul 2013 19:50:56 -0700
The Miami Dolphins learned Sunday, July 28, that WR Armon Binns (knee) is out for the season, and WR Rishard Matthews (undisclosed) will be sidelined several weeks with an undisclosed ailment. The two were considered the favorites for the No. 4 and 5 receiver jobs. With those two on the shelf, WRs Chad Bumphis, Jasper Collins, Jeff Fuller, Marvin McNutt, Andrell Smith, Kenny Stafford and Brian Tyms all find themselves competing for a bigger piece of the pie in training camp and the preseason. Matthews could still end up being the team's No. 4 receiver unless he is forced to start the season on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list.
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The Miami Dolphins signed undrafted free agents WR Chad Bumphis, WR Jasper Collins, LB Alonzo Highsmith, WR Terrell Sinkfield and Taylor Stockemer Sunday, April 28.
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