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Old Farmer's Bank building
Another chapter in what Keely calls "Mom's 'American Main Street' series":
What a surprise for the eyes to see this little limestone bank in Smiths Grove, KY. (Smiths Grove is a small town in Warren County, about 20 miles east of Bowling Green.)
The Farmer's Bank building is currently unoccupied. I found the following information about its history:
Erected in 1894, Farmer's Bank is a pretentious limestone structure built for Dave and James R. Kirby by an itinerant stone mason. Closed in 1931, Farmer's Bank never reopened and was later used as a post office.
Source: Architecture of Warren County, KY 1790-1940, copyright 1984 by the Landmark Association of Bowling Green and Warren County, Inc., Bowling Green, KY.
A "pretentious limestone structure"? The adjective "pretentious" seems opinionated -- and thus, out-of-place. This book is supposed to be reporting noteworthy facts about Warren County's best old architecture.
Were the writers insinuating that Smiths Grove was not a fancy enough town to deserve an attractive stone bank? Or are they suggesting that a small building should not have so many details? There's no way to know what they really meant, but I'm pretty sure they were expressing an opinion, not giving a fact.
According to WordNet (r) 2.0:
pretentious adj
1: making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" [ant: unpretentious]
2: intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat" [syn: ostentatious] [ant: unostentatious]
3: of a display that is tawdry or vulgar [syn: ostentatious, kitsch]

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If you didn't see my older thread pertaining to the E.C.A., check it out. It'll help you to get informed of some important stuff!
Originally designed to simply be a generic faction, the Renegades have taken on a life of its own, becoming a force that commands respect from the modernized E.C.A., Galnonian Empire, and the Nazutosa Commonwealth.
Essentially, the Renegades is a faction that has been made up to represent the numerous nameless miniature entities who originate from near the Germanian Territories.
These Renegades primarily use a mix of of partisan and ex-GAF(Germanian Armed Forces) infantry to fight, sometimes supported by dated HV tanks and other old vehicles. Additionally, they frequently deploy medium to heavy portable guns to significantly enforce the firepower of their infantry.
The Renegades dominate in urban warfare, and are nearly unmatched in guerrilla tactics. Due to limited supplies and production capabilities, the Renegades have become geared towards salvaging and modifying equipment and destroyed vehicles to their benefit.
NOTE: Sorry for the large images. I sorta forgot to downsize them when I uploaded them to my website.
Alright, enough of this talking. ONWARDS WITH THE STUFF!
This is what's commonly known as the Renegade Mech(for lack of a better name). Boasting a massive freaking high-velocity cannon, heavy dual-barreled HMG, a top-mounted missile pod, and a bunch of other amazing things, this beast is one of the strongest weapons in the Renegades. It is capable of side-stepping, kneeling, crouching behind cover, running, and even thruster-assisted jumping. (Note- the boxy missile box is too boxy. I'll improve it some time soon.)
more pictures and a background story
One of the main features about this machine is its ability to upgrade throughout the battle. Your best chance against this weapon is to kill it early game. Otherwise, you'll end up fighting something like this:
Basically, just about any sane person will not want to fight that head-on. Anyway, moving on!
Old GAF Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Although dated, it still serves the Renegades in many combat scenarios. It sports only one weapon - a dual-barreled MG. It can transport three individuals, not including the driver, who operates both the gun and the vehicle itself. Due to its high armor, the GAF IFV is often used as mobile cover for Renegade infantry.
Renegade Commander and officer in front of an HV Tank and transport vehicle.
Renegade Field Medic and Combat Engineer standing in front of a large stationary AA turret.
Oops... Alas, I forgot to upload the rest of the Renegade images onto my website. I'll make another update before long! So, what do you all think so far? I'd appreciate any feedback and constructive criticism.


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Carlos looks like he was dipped in ink. Twenty-four years old, just days out of Corcoran State Prison, his arms are covered with tattoos. His neck is blackened by designations of his gang. Head shaved, it is filled with tattooed threats and ominous markings. Most prominent, though, are two pronounced devil's horns situated alarmingly on his forehead. "You know," he says, "I'm having a hard time finding a job." I suggest that we put our heads together on this one, and gently guide him toward our tattoo removal program.
I run the largest gang intervention program in the country. For nearly two decades, many thousands of felons, gang members and those recently released from detention facilities have found jobs, counseling, and community service opportunities through Homeboy Industries, based in the Boyle Heights section of East Los Angeles. In addition to our job referral program, we currently have five businesses and a tattoo removal program.
"I've been locked up now since I was fourteen," Carlos continues. "I've never had a job in my life." This was a Monday afternoon, and I tell him, "You begin work tomorrow." I give him directions to our Homeboy Silkscreen factory and wish him luck.
On Wednesday, I call the Silkscreen plant and have the receptionist bring the new-hire to the phone. I ask Carlos how working makes him feel. "It feels proper. I'm holdin' my head up high. In fact, I'm like that vato on the commercial, you know the one. The guy who walks up to total strangers and says, 'I lowered my cholesterol'-well, that's me." He loses me here. "I mean," he explains, "yesterday, after work, I'm tired and on the bus-and I just couldn't help myself. I kept turning to total strangers and telling 'em, 'I'm just coming back from my first day at work. Just got off my first day on the job.'"
My mind races to see the folks on the bus. Maybe people smile and greet the news warmly. Perhaps mothers clutch their kids more closely to themselves. Maybe, someone thinks: "Who the hell would hire this guy?" After all, a second chance for the once-felon is often seen as a waste of our collective time.
The prophet Isaiah writes, "In this place of which you say, it is a waste, there will be heard again the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voices of those who sing." Carlos, of the "lowered cholesterol," finds his voice in the dignity of work and in the sure promise of belonging.
Mother Teresa diagnosed correctly, I think, the ills of our modern world: "Our problem," she says, "is that we've just forgotten that we belong to each other." The kingdom of God, it seems to me, is less about membership or card-carrying elitism than it is an invitation to kinship and belonging. Jesus announces his formal ministry in Luke by echoing the words of the prophet and signals liberation for the oppressed, sight for the blind, and freedom for the prisoner. He promises the poor that their voice of "mirth and gladness" will be heard again. On top of it all, he declares that "today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing." His audience is impressed. Yet before you know it, he's being given the bum's rush to the edge of a cliff and the mob nearly hurls him over it. Their opposition was fueled, I suspect, not by the prospects of liberation, sight, freedom or good news. Who could be against that? I think the difficulty people have with Jesus is not rooted in his call to liberation, but in his preposterous insistence that kinship be the starting point.
He asserted his connection and deep bond to the poor, the blind, the prisoner, the oppressed. They wanted to fling him over the cliff because he announced that these folks belonged to him and he to them. Jesus, after all, touched lepers before he cured them. He anchored himself with los marginados and stood against forgetting that we belong to each other.
As a Jesuit, I am moderately versed in the Ignatian principles which undergird "our way of proceeding." It has become a Jesuit tenet in our institutions of learning, for example, that at graduation, we hope to have produced "men and women for others." This call to service of others is obviously noble. The problem comes, I think, in setting it as our goal. It is not. Service is but a prelude, the passageway which leads to the Grand Room we are all hoping to enter-a community of kinship such that God might recognize it. Jesus was not a man for others, after all. He was one with others. There is a world of difference in that. Jesus stood with the easily despised and the readily left out to announce the good news of belonging.
Jesus, with God, imagined a circle of compassion and imagined no one standing outside of it. Yet many do stand outside the circle. And so, it is outside the circle where Jesus chooses to situate himself, as much geographically as spiritually. He stands with the leper, the outcast, the public sinner, and Carlos until the prevailing culture-which aggressively shames, humiliates and isolates the outcast-welcomes the outsider in. If our goal was to create a community of kinship such that God would recognize it, then we would no longer be promoting justice, we would be celebrating it. The popular bumper sticker announces: "No justice, No peace." I believe the stance of Jesus announced: "No kinship, No justice." For Jesus seemed to hold no interest in taking the right stand on issues, but wanted to simply stand in the right place. He didn't fight for the rights of the leper, he touched the leper. He didn't seek equality for the tax collector, he ate with him. He didn't insist on improved conditions for the prisoner-he said, simply, "I was in prison."
The measure of our compassion lies not in our service of those on the margins, but in our willingness to see ourselves in kinship with them. Can we stand with them, and Jesus, outside the circle, until they are allowed in? Mother Teresa's diagnosis was quite correct-we just seem to have forgotten that we belong to each other. And so it is that:
• Six hundred and twenty-two human beings sit on death row in California because we don't believe that they are our sisters and brothers.
• 200,000 children pass through our adult criminal justice system each year in this country. We can throw them away only because we do not believe they are ours.
• The undocumented won't get drivers' licenses in California because they don't appear on the radar of our concern.
And Carlos won't ever find a job elsewhere, until some employer can look him in the eye and say, "Come on in. 'Course you are one of us."
Of course, there's no "us" and "them"-just us. I suspect that Jesus was executed, in the end, for suggesting this very thing. Still today there remains some distance when we speak of service to others. "They" receive "our" help. But there is no daylight in kinship. There was no "other" for Jesus, just as there is no distance in the oneness God imagines for us. The unitive moment we seek with our God in prayer is meant to move to a oneness with each other, which knows not distance, division, nor separation. No one is left behind. There is no hierarchy of value, no pecking order of worth. No one's presence among us is a waste.
If you locate one job for one homie from one barrio, be assured that eight other homies from that same gang will call you asking for a job. It was in late May that Chico called: "This is Chico from White Fence. Kick me down with a jale," he blurts out with what I think is a fair amount of nerve. This can be translated roughly as: "Do you think you'd be able to locate gainful employment for me?" "Well, I don't even know you, dog," I tell him. "How 'bout we meet first?"
I schedule to go to his house, which is not far from my office, and situated on a steep, hilly street behind Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights. Chico is 16 and from a gang whose roots reach back to the forties and the Pachuco (Zoot Suit) era. I meet Chico's mom, a sweet diminutive woman, named Rosa, who clearly delights in her children and maintains, at the same time, an evident dread at the path her bald-headed, cholo son has chosen. Her appreciation at my arrival this day is palpable.
Chico and I sit on the front porch. He is a lanky, funny-looking kid, really. As with most homies, his pelón haircut has pointed huge arrows at his overly large ears. They are more pronounced than most. His smile is ready and willing, always hanging out on the surface and quick to appear at the slightest urging. Chico is shy and jittery, and yet will leap into areas of conversation that would normally take more time with other homies. We talk of his lady and family, and the current status of his gang with neighboring enemies. A most likeable kid, made all the more winning to me by his nervy request for a job, sight unseen.
"If I got you a job, mijo, is there some skill you always wanted to learn or pick up?" Chico is quick, needing no time to really consider my question. "Oh yeah," he says. "Computers. I really want to learn and know computers." I assure him that I will work on this, promising only that I'll do my best.
Some days later, I call Chico. My investigation of a computer job led me to the Chrysalis Center, a non-profit homeless resource center. I knew that they had recently received a bank of many computers. So, I made them an offer. I told them that I knew this kid, Chico, who wanted to learn everything there was to know about computers. He goes to school in the morning, I tell them, and could work at the center from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. "I will (gasp) pay his salary each week," I say, knowing that somehow I will have to find the money somewhere and "you folks will supervise him, teaching him everything you know. We will call it a job." They agree.
"Now, mijo, you start at 1:00 p.m.," I tell Chico over the phone, laying down our ground rules. "If you don't go to school that morning, please don't bother to go to work either. And I'll know if you ditch school. A job is a privilege. You will have two bosses. One of them, you'll meet on Monday, and the other, you're talking to right now. So, if I find out you're hanging (kicking it with his friends), banging (gang-banging/writing on walls), or slanging (selling drugs)-and I'll know-then I'll fire your ass. Got it, dog?" "I understand, G. Thanks a lot. I promise I won't let you down." I finish our conversation. "You know, dog, that I know thousands of homies. But I chose you for this job. I'm proud to know you and I'm sure you'll do just great. Good luck."
Monday comes, and I wait after office hours for a call from Chico. Nothing. I repeat the vigil beyond 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Still no word. Tuesday turns into Wednesday, and Wednesday into Thursday-and still I have not heard from Chico. I start to think that maybe he's flaked out on me. Maybe my directions were bad and he never found the place. Perhaps something happened and he couldn't make it, and he was too embarrassed to call me. I'm scratching my head and pondering Chico's failure to communicate, when a message starts to spit out from the fax machine next to my desk. I can spot at the top of the paper, the letterhead announces: "Chrysalis Center." The fax is a missive from our man, Chico, written in large, clumsy, handwritten script:
About two months later, I receive a call at 7:30 a.m. from Chico's mom, Rosa. She tells me that the night before, Chico was standing with some friends, not far from his front porch. A car had slowly crept up. Windows were rolled down, maddogging glances were exchanged, words were volleyed back and forth, and finally, bullets began to fly from within the car. One had lodged very high up on the back of Chico's neck, and he was now in the intensive care unit at General Hospital.
I leave immediately.
I walk into the unit and I see Chico lying there, skinny and tattooed, heavily tubed up-naked, but for an oversized diaper, with all the requisite I.V's. He is staring, wide-eyed and unblinking, at the ceiling, eyes riveted to the acoustic tiles. There is a doctor at the foot of his bed, scribbling notes onto a clipboard. I go to him first to assess Chico's condition. "You know, Father," he says, shaking his head, "I've never seen a paralysis this high." The doctor points to the back of his own neck. "It is so high on the stem, that we suspect brain damage, though we're not certain." The doctor leaves and I walk closer to Chico. His eyes don't even register that I'm approaching. They remain transfixed on the ceiling and unblinking, stretched, it would seem beyond their capacity, like toothpicks were holding them open. I lean in. "Chico." No movement, no acknowledgement at all. I anoint him in the Church's unción de los enfermos. I rub a generous swath of oil, hoping against hope that the balm will penetrate his frozen state, hoping it will lead us both to some divine compensation for this mad, mindless, waste of life. No such penetration happens. I am left thinking only, "Menos mal." At least he doesn't know what's going on.
Truth be told, this was indeed a hard kid to visit the next day. Excruciating, really. A rush of memory kept at me in the hours after my hospital visit and it placed in bold relief the enormity of the loss. I can still see Chico waiting for me on his front porch every Friday afternoon. Unlike other homies, waiting for their paychecks, I never had to honk my horn, nor leave my car in search of Chico. He was always there, seated on his porch, and I was almost always late. He would catch sight of my red car coming up the narrow, steep hill and would hurriedly head for my car, running in this goofy, gangly way, all decidedly uncool (homies don't run, unless law enforcement is chasing them). Chico just didn't care-he ran anyway. He would hop in the passenger side of my car and there was no extricating him. There, he'd sit and talk and talk. Gone, long ago, was the reticence and shyness. He would just launch into it. He was, as we say, bien preguntón-a man of many questions. He'd ask a grip of questions, mainly about God (like I would know): "Is God pissed off if I have sex with my lady?" "What do you think heaven is like?" "Do you think God listens to us?" And, clearly, far more valuable than the measly paycheck I'd hand him every Friday afternoon, were the times I was able to spend with him, in that car, wondering what was on God's mind. And, to this day, I regret I didn't spend more time.
Of course, I did go back to the hospital the next day. I walked in and found Chico just as I had caught him the day before, with eyes pulled wide open, epoxied to the same spot on the ceiling. I approached, fully expecting the response from the day before. But I made the attempt anyway. "Chico," I say, not far from his ear. His frozen eyes thaw in an instant and they dart to my own, and they lock onto me, and will not let go. I'm stunned by this, and speechless. Chico's eyes become intense puddles. Mine do as well. "Do you know who this is, mijito?" And to the extent that he can nod affirmatively, he does so. He can only move his eyes. I don't know what to say. Finally, I tell him, "Do you know, mijo, that we all love you very much?" This last statement sets him off and he cries and he cries. He can't stop sobbing. And his face says to me, in a most unmistakable way, "Please get me out of this body!"
I anoint him as I had the day before, and I think to myself, "The good news is he's alive, and the bad news now is that he knows enough to wish that he weren't." Our eyes tenaciously cling to each other as I back out of the intensive care unit. His eyes want to leap out of their sockets. They long to be transported anywhere else. The door closes behind me, but its closing is unsuccessful in shutting out Chico's desperately haunted eyes.
One week later, Chico's heart stops, unable to carry what he had been given.
And as I blessed the gold cross resting on his coffin and handed it to Rosa with a long embrace, a thought came to me. I tell myself that I really must let this grief in. Too long had I suspended my own profound sense of loss and dutifully placed it on my emotional back burner. I needed to be there for Chico's family, his girlfriend, his homies. I gave myself permission, then, at this graveside, to allow this pain into some cherished, readied place in my heart. Every homie's death recalls all the previous ones and they all arrive at once, in a rush. I'm caught off guard, as well, by the sudden realization that Chico's burial is my eighth gang burial in a three-week period. Remarkably, this thought does not become conscious until this very moment.
I decide to walk away from the coffin and spot a lonely tree, not too far from the crowd. I stand there alone and allow myself to feel this great loss and I cry. Before too long, the mortician appears at my side. He is more acquaintance than friend. Now, he has broken the spell of my grief and unknowingly invaded the space I had carved out for myself. I am overwhelmingly annoyed that he has done so. Then, I'm annoyed that I'm annoyed. There is an obligation on me, clear and immediate, to break the silence, to make the mortician welcome in my space, uninvited though he may be. I remove my glasses and wipe away my tears. I point feebly at Chico's coffin, and I know that I need to find some words to fill the blank air.
"Now that," I whisper to the intruder, "was a terrific kid." And the mortician, with a voice so loud it turns the heads of most of the gathered mourners, bellows, "HE WAS?" My heart sinks. I know exactly what he means. There is some severe disconnect here for him. He's incredulous, and something doesn't fit well. How is it possible that a 16-year-old cholo, gunned down, not far from his home . . . how could it be possible that this was a terrific kid?
Nothing, however, nothing can alter this fact: Chico was a son any parents would be proud to claim as their own. The mortician would know this if he knew him. Just too few opportunities place us all in the vicinity of the knowledge that leads to kinship. The expanse that separates and divides us forces the judgment: this life was a waste. And yet, "in this place of which you say it is a waste, there will be heard again the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness. The voices of those who sing." (Jer 33:10-11).
There is perfect pitch and oneness in the kinship God longs for us. The gulf narrows and we're taken up in the largeness of God's own compassionate heart. And justice will be ushered in. For Jesus only sees a circle of compassion and wants no one outside of it. Not a gang member. Not a mortician. Everybody belongs. No kinship, no justice. We begin here.
This article was previously published in Spiritus. Baltimore vol. 5, 2005, (79-87).
Curriculum Questions
1. Boyle writes, "Jesus was not a man for others, after all. He was one with others." What does he mean by this differentiation? What are some examples he uses from the life of Jesus to illustrate this point? Do you agree or disagree with his interpretation?
2. In "Companionship," Jack Brace makes a similar argument. In your opinion or experience, is it more difficult to be "with" others in a short-term service situation like Brace describes, or in a long-term situation like Boyle's? What unique challenges do both situations raise for workers and/ or those they hope serve?
3. At Chico's graveside, Boyle recalls, "I tell myself that I really must let this grief in. Too long had I suspended my own profound sense of loss and dutifully placed it on my emotional back burner." In a service situation, how do you decide when to "let grief in" and when to suspend it?
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Father Gregory Boyle grew up in Los Angeles as one of eight children. He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1984. He received a BA from Gonzaga University; an MA in English from Loyola Marymount; a Master of Divinity from the Weston School of Theology; and a Sacred Theology Masters degree from the Jesuit School of Theology. Fr. Greg is best known for his leadership of Homeboy Industries, which traces its roots to "Jobs For A Future" (JFF) in 1988. To address the escalating problems and unmet needs of gang-involved youth, he and the community developed positive alternatives by establishing a school and day care program, and finding legitimate employment for young people. He has received numerous recognitions, including the California Peace Prize and "Humanitarian of the Year Award" from Bon Appétit magazine.


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Eighteen year old Justin Bieber is insistent that his career is not just a flash in the pan.
Teen sensation Bieber wants to have an extensive and successful career that is not limited to his adolescent years.
He said: "I don't want to be just another teen heartthrob. I know some people are waiting for me to fail, thinking, 'Oh, his time's up.' Well, I like being the underdog, and this tour is my chance to take things to the next level."
Whilst preparing for his upcoming Believe tour, the singer has been taking tips from the hugely successful career of Michael Jackson.
He said: "I've been watching (videos) of his concert tours over and over, he's my inspiration."
He added: "When my team gets together, we're always asking, 'What would Michael do?'."
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John McAfee Moves to Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has moved to Portland, hoping to complete a number of media projects about his life. The 67-year-old told The Oregonian on Saturday he'll live there for the next 18 months. He is collaborating with a local illustrator on a graphic novel about his experiences in Belize, where authorities want to question him as "a person of interest" in the Nov. 11 killing of American expatriate Gregory Faull. McAfee has denied any involvement. McAfee is the creator of the McAfee antivirus program. The computer software company, in which he sold his stake in the early 1990s, has its world headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.


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KAQY, the ABC affiliate in northeastern Louisiana, will air three New Orleans Saints preseason games - and in prime time.
"We're excited to have the Saints back - and it's a great bonus to our Monday Night Football season," says general manager Tom Deal.
The Saints' preseason game against the New York Jets airs from 7-10 p.m. Aug. 16. New Orleans takes on San Francisco, after the Little League World Series, from 9 p.m.-midnight Aug. 23.
The team then wraps up its preseason schedule against the Miami Dolphins - featuring former Saints Ricky Williams and Sammy Knight - from 7-10 p.m. Aug. 28.
"It's great to have all the games in prime time," Deal says. This is the second consecutive season that Channel 11 will air the preseason games live.
ABC-11 will also air Tampa Bay at St. Louis on Aug. 18 and Indianapolis at Denver on Aug. 25.
Saints set to break sales record soon: New Orleans is about 100 season tickets away from breaking its all-time record of 53,312 - set 15 seasons ago.
The team announced that sales are at 53,209, with officials predicting the record could fall before the weekend begins.
"We are very hopeful that tomorrow could be a historic day for the Saints organization, as well as for all Saints fans," says Saints executive vice president Arnold Fielkow. "We now have the second-highest season-ticket total in club history."
The Saints open their preseason this coming Monday against Philadelphia at the Superdome. Just 1,100 tickets remain for that contest, and only 3,500 tickets are available for the club's second home preseason game, vs. Miami on Aug. 28. If both preseason games sell out, it would mark just the second time in club history that the preseason has been sold out.
The Saints' first regular-season home game is Sept. 14 against Houston. Other regular-season home opponents include Atlanta, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Dallas, New York Giants, Indianapolis and Chicago.
Guarded condition: Chad Setterstrom, the rookie guard out of Northern Iowa, was injured in practice on Thursday - though it doesn't appear to be serious.
"He caught his foot in the grass," Saints coach Jim Haslett said at the evening news conference. "I am not quite sure what he did. There was no collision and no hit. Hopefully, it is not bad."
Setterstrom was signed as an undrafted free agent in May.
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Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) pops the cork on its ninth anniversary of the PlayStation 2 (PS2) computer entertainment system, which has been the benchmark for innovation in home entertainment systems since its debut on October 26, 2000. At the time of its inception the PlayStation 2 system broke all preconceived notions of what a video game experience could offer, serving as an entertainment hub for the whole family with its integrated DVD/CD technology and online connectivity. Nine years later the PlayStation 2 system is still making its way into living rooms around the world and welcoming a new generation of gamers, some of whom were not even born when the system launched.
In fact, one in every three U.S. households own a PlayStation 2 system and nearly 140 million people around the world can attest to its great entertainment value, making it one of the world's most popular video game systems. The PlayStation 2 system is responsible for pushing the envelope by introducing popular franchises like God of War, Gran Turismo, Ratchet & Clank and METAL GEAR SOLID, which are continuing to make their way into the hands of new gamers – young and old. One such franchise, SOCOM, took clear advantage of online game play and connectivity via the PlayStation 2 system. As a result, the SOCOM franchise has become one of the most played of all time, with over 530 million online hours logged since the debut of SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs in 2002. This equates to an incredible 60,000 years of online play.
The PlayStation 2 system's library and fan base continues to grow every day. In the U.S, more than 500 million software units have been sold for the PlayStation 2 system and more than 485 developers have helped to develop for the platform since its launch.. This number will undoubtedly continue to grow. By the end of this fiscal year, nearly 10,000 titles in total will be available to PlayStation 2 system owners around the world, including new family-friendly and social games from our first party studios such as Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier, Motorstorm: Arctic Edge and Secret Agent Clank, as well as third party titles like Bakugan Battle Brawlers, EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer and WWE.
With nine years under its belt, the PlayStation 2 system shows no signs of slowing down and at $99 (MSRP), it still offers hours of fun for the whole family. The PlayStation 2 system is well on its way to delivering ten years of value to consumers and will continue to serve as a testament to the leading innovation and unbeatable entertainment the PlayStation brand provides its consumers.


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American telecom giant Verizon Wireless hasn't finished rounding out a potential bid to enter the Canadian market, but Telus Corp. CEO Darren Entwistle has gone on the offensive to keep it from jumping in under the federal rules designed to foster new, fledgling entrants.
Telus isn't opposed to Verizon making a bid to come in, Entwistle said, but he wants it to be on terms that are fair.
Verizon is reportedly in the market to buy both Wind Mobile and Mobilicity, which were established as "fourth competitors" to Canada's big three (Telus, Bell Canada and Rogers Communications). Telus itself was blocked from buying Mobilicity.
And under existing rules, Verizon's presence with the two smaller firms would place it in a position to potentially grab a bigger share of Canada's next auction of wireless bandwidth.
"All we are asking for, if they do come into Canada, is that we all compete under the same terms and conditions, that we have a level playing field," Entwistle said during a Sun editorial board meeting Friday.
Verizon signalled its interest in Canada in June by making a reported $700-million bid to buy Wind Mobile, and has since said it is mulling an offer to buy near-insolvent Mobilicity. Both are new companies that the federal government helped get established by setting aside wireless bandwidth for new entrants in the market as a means to foster competition.
To date, Verizon has said its discussions in Canada have been an "exploratory exercise," with the latest comments coming from company CFO Fran Shammo during Verizon's last conference call with analysts Thursday.
However, Verizon's interest has already cost Canada's wireless carriers. Since the first news of its possible bid for Wind was made public, the shares of Canadian telecoms dropped, wiping out a combined $14.5 billion of their market value between May 22 and June 27, according to Telus's calculations.
Telus was effectively blocked from buying Mobilicity earlier this year in a $380-million bid when then industry minister Christian Paradis would not allow a transfer of the bandwidth that Mobilicity bought to establish itself before 2014.
The federal government is looking to auction four more blocks of prime bandwidth next January, and, to maintain competition, will allow a foreign new entrant to bid on two blocks while capping the incumbents, Telus, Bell Canada and Rogers Communications, at bidding for one block each.
However, Entwistle said Industry Canada's rules for the auction were set for start-up companies, such as Wind or Mobilicity, not for one of the biggest incumbent players from an adjacent market that dwarfs all three Canadian incumbents combined on market capitalization and existing subscribers.
"We've been told this unequivocally, that the rules were designed to protect new fledgling entrants," Entwistle said.
For the auction to be fair, Entwistle said, Verizon should be capped at bidding on one block of the new spectrum as well, or the auction should be opened up more by either allowing each party to bid on two blocks, or on as many as they want.
He added that Telus has long argued for Canada to lift all foreign ownership restrictions on Canadian telecommunications companies.
And, he said, Verizon should have to compete to buy struggling players Wind and Mobilicity, since they were established in a process that subsidized the price paid for their bandwidth.
Entwistle's presentation laid out the industry's case: that the $420 billion Canada's incumbent wireless carriers have spent building up the country's wireless network has provided top-quality service in a market that is challenging to cover over vast distances, difficult topography and small populations.
The Telus presentation used, in part, the OECD's latest report on the wireless industry's performance to argue that Canadian companies also deliver top-quality service at prices that are in the middle of the pack among OECD countries, but third cheapest among Canada's peers in the G7 group of countries.
Entwistle made his case to The Vancouver Sun a day after meeting the editorial boards of the National Post and the Globe and Mail, and with government ministers and federal NDP consumer affairs critic Glenn Thibeault.
He said his preference would have been to lobby the federal ministry of industry first, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet shuffle got in the way, and Telus is running out of time before the process for the next bandwidth auction.
Telus is trying to secure a meeting with new Industry Minister James Moore, who is also B.C.'s senior minister, before the Sept. 17 deadline for companies, potentially including Verizon, to register to take part in the Jan. 17, 2014 auction.


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Obama Administration Sides With Technology Over Hollywood In Cablevision Case
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And, indeed, it appears that Kagan has not succumbed to entertainment industry's tortured logic on this issue and has recommended that the Supreme Court not take the case, saying that the appeals court ruling reasonably resolved the issues in the case. Either way, it's nice to see that the administration hasn't been totally taken over by those who believe in twisting copyright law to protect obsolete business models.


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Quick Wings update today about the upcoming training camp. The MOU was signed yesterday so camp will begin today at Compuware Arena until Wednesday. Practices will open today at Noon and 1:00 and Monday at the same times. Tuesday practice will start at 9:30 with the Red-White game at 6pm.
Helm, Eaves and Datsyuk are out. Mike Knuble has been given a tryout. Filppula is skating again after an MCL sprain in Finland, Carlo Colaiacovo expects to be ready after a shoulder injury. Nyquist and Tatar are staying in Grand Rapids, while Brendan Smith has been recalled.


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The bookshop has seen a lot of really nice books come in over the past few weeks. I thought I would share a few of them with you today. The photos aren't the best, I just wanted to take a bunch so you'd have something to check out.
First edition of "Charlotte's Web" signed by E.B. White
First (privately printed) edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lovely little two-volume set of Homer's "Iliad" from the 1870s (I'm keeping this one)
Rare 1825 reference on expeditions to Brazil
Not particularly rare or expensive, just a neat old title
1845 volume, part of a set collecting all of the various expeditions sponsored by the United States. This one particular volume is all about Hawaii
First printing of Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test." I've never seen it in hardcover
1766 book in original binding
Wee little volume of Homer's "Odyssey" - my favorite book
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) The foundation of Jimbo Fisher's coaching philosophy began during rides home with his father after Pop Warner games. His dad would pepper him in the car with a single question: Why?
John Fisher would ask the young quarterback why did he make a certain throw? Why didn't he make different decisions?
The talks continued through high school, and three decades later Florida State's Fisher has used those father-son bonding moments to arguably become the pre-eminent quarterback coach in college football.
Fisher has had eight quarterbacks drafted to the NFL since 2001, works with reigning Heisman winner Jamies Winston and two of his former Seminole disciples are expected to start for other major college programs this year.
''There's one thing I ask them: Why?'' Fisher said. ''Why'd you do that? Why did you not do that? Why was that successful? Why was that not successful?
''If you can't know why you did something and why you didn't, how are you going to repeat it? If you do it well, but you don't understand why you did it, when the moment comes that you have to repeat it In the game for the championship, you can't do it because you never understood in the first place.''
Fisher, 48, lists former Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Tom Moore, Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak, former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden and Alabama coach Nick Saban as major influences, but it was his father who first peppered him with the question, ''Why?''
Fisher always played quarterback through college at Salem College and Samford, but was never the most athletic. His father constantly questioned Fisher with the goal being to outthink other players.
The lessons stuck.
Fisher helped turn JaMarcus Russell into the first overall pick in the 2007 NFL draft when he was offensive coordinator at LSU. Former Tiger Matt Flynn is the backup in Green Bay. Former FSU quarterback Christian Ponder was the No. 12 overall pick in 2011. E.J. Manuel was the first quarterback taken in the 2013 draft. Winston is a leading candidate to win his second Heisman trophy. Florida State transfers Clint Trickett and Jacob Coker are likely to start at West Virginia and Alabama, respectively.
Fisher is the only head coach in college football that has had three quarterbacks drafted in the first round since 2007, according to STATS LLC.
''I think a combination of things makes him really, really successful,'' said Tommy Bowden, who coached with Fisher at Auburn. ''One, he played the position. He's an overachiever. He's extremely confident.
''He's a hard-nosed guy, coming from that coal-mining background with his father. ... He doesn't baby those guys.''
Winston, Manuel and Ponder credit their success to how Fisher trains QBs mentally.
Fisher drills technique and fundamentals, but he holds quarterbacks accountable for everything in the offense.
''He'll test you in practice just to see how you respond,'' Manuel said. ''He'll say things just to get you off your game and see if you can come and battle back because that's what's going to happen in a real game.
''Things aren't always going to go perfect. He wants to see if you have the mental makeup to bounce back.''
The BCS championship victory was one of Fisher's proudest moments as a coach. Not because it validated his status in college football, but because of Winston's performance. He struggled in the first half and the Seminoles fell behind 21-3. Winston responded and eventually drove FSU on an 80-yard drive and threw the game-winning touchdown pass with 13 seconds remaining.
The top-ranked Seminoles begin their title defense Saturday against Oklahoma State in Arlington, Texas.
''His practices are so tough,'' Winston said of Fisher. ''He's constantly on us. He's on us the hardest out of everyone. We are accountable for every mistake.''
Part of Fisher's drive derives from a constant fear of failure. He uses that motivation to be a better coach, recruiter and teacher. He's never had another job outside of coaching and always yearned to be in charge. Fisher wanted that responsibility regardless of the sport.
''I wanted to be involved in play-calling,'' Fisher said. ''I think I liked being in charge. I was competitive as a young kid. I wanted to decide that game, not nobody else. Whether we won or we lost.''
Florida State runs a complex, quarterback-driven, pro-style offense designed to have an answer for every defensive coverage. Fisher compares it to math where there's a formula for each problem.
The quarterback is responsible for knowing where to go with the ball in every situation. The quarterbacks aren't only expected to regurgitate Fisher's ideas, but to come up with their own solutions. He gives homework assignments where they are tasked to come up with concepts to counter certain looks.
''I don't want to teach them everything,'' Fisher said. ''I think the greatest teacher in the world is yourself. I don't want them to be robots. I don't want them to learn it because that's what I said. I want them to understand it. There's a difference.''
It has made his QBs attractive to NFL teams.
''He put a lot of things on the quarterback ... with checks and everything,'' Ponder said. ''That helps the team, getting the best look and the best play, and also helps you transition to the NFL game.
''Because especially in the offense now, there are so many checks and so much on the quarterback, I feel like from that offense I was prepared for this.''
Associated Press reporter Dave Campbell in Minnesota contributed to this story.


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Pronounced "Fush Luh Fave," this Arkansas River tributary is 140 miles long and runs through the Arkansas River Valley and the Ouachita National Forest. The Fourche LaFave Bridge which spans the river at Scenic Ark. 7 in Perry County is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The South Fourche LaFave River, which flows into the Fourche LaFave, is floatable for approximately 40 miles, from Hollis to the community of Deberrie near Aplin. The section can be divided into three parts: the upper is described as a fun Class I-11 stream with good current separated by a few pools. The middle stretch is a small gorge area with several Class II + rapids. The lower section is slower with several long pools separated by Class I and II drops.
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Hi there,
I have been working overtime building a freezer stash for when I go back to work, since pumping there might be difficult (I'm a nurse and unfortunately it's hard to get away even for lunch). I was doing GREAT! Like, have 500 ounces of milk great. But, a few days ago out of curiosity I decided to thaw one of the older bags, about 7 weeks old, and give it to my baby.
Well, it smelled like fish. Like a huge pile of fish. WTF? I tasted it and it definitely didn't taste like the fresh stuff, but I don't know if I'm the best judge of breast milk flavor profiles. I tried to read about what that might be, and some articles suggested that it could be from fish oil supplements, which are in my prenatal vitamins, but other articles said that no detectable odor change was observed from taking supplements. Ugh. Or is what I'm observing actually the lipase problem other women seem to have?
So, have any of you ladies noticed this with your milk? Is it safe to give to the baby? I gave her a few test sips and she didn't seem to love it, but she didn't refuse them either. Plus, it was after she had just been fed at the breast, so maybe she would have taken more if she was hungry.
I do everything right when it comes to storage: pump the milk, milk to bag, milk to basement freezer. I really hope that my hard-earned stash isn't a waste, because I had almost enough for three months worth of feedings while I'm at work, which would get my little one to six months exclusively on breast milk.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The York College men's cross country team came in fourth place out of 12 teams at the Christopher Newport Invitational Saturday afternoon.
The Spartans finished the day with 80 points. Coming in first place was VCU with 48 points. In second place was Lynchburg and Bridgewater came in third. Other schools that competed in the race included Chrisopher Newport, Rhodes, NC A&T, Eastern Mennonite, Hampton, Virginia Wesleyan, Hampden-Sydney, Methodist and Shenandoah.
The Green and White had an impressive day with the top five runners being sub 27 minutes or extremely close to it.
Tim Hartung (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin) had a stellar race for the Spartans. Hartung lead from pole to pole in a field that consisted of 4 Division 1 Schools and the top 6 teams in the South/Southeast Region. Head coach Erick Camodeca said that he made it known he was going to take control from the gun. Hartung earned a first place finish with a time of 25:15.34.
The next Spartan to cross the finish line was freshman Carus Cookman (Cockeysville, Md./Dulaney). Cookman ran another very strong and consistent race for the Green and White. He came in 13th place at 26:29.00.
Finishing in third for York was Matt Smith (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) with an excellent race. Smith crossed the line in 26:51.64 for a 21st place finish. Camodeca says that Smith is silently but quickly making his way up on the roster.
Right behind Smith was Aaron Robertson (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin) with another excellent race. Robertson finished with a time of 26:53.73.
Rounding out the top five runners for the day was Michael Stetson (Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge) who finished strong with a time of 27:02.98.
"This was a perfect tune up before heading into CAC's," said Camodeca. "It gives us the confidence we were looking for at this point of the season.
The Spartans return to action Saturday, October 27 for the CAC championship. The race is being held at Frostburg University and is set to begin at 11:00 am.


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Shanghai Surprise (US - DVD R1)
Gabe goes blind watching one of the most notoriously bad films ever made.
I get a lot of stuff I didn't ask for to review, and I always try to follow through for distributors, but sometimes something I know I hate makes its way into my mailbox. I tried watching Shanghai Surprise on television and couldn't make it. It's a boring mess that goes nowhere, takes forever to find its plot, it's horrendously acted, and its dialogue is comparable to birthing porcupines from one's ears. It's depressing mess that reflects badly on all '80s pop culture, and I don't even like '80s pop culture.
I don't even know how to sum up the plot beyond the fact that there's a fortune in opium flowers that Madonna the missionary and Sean Penn the homeless man (I guess that's what he is) are hunting down. Penn wants money, Madonna wants to give the drug to WWII servicemen to ease pain. The pair is double-crossed at every turn, but still find the time to fall in love along the way.
It's like someone collected the worst elements of Romancing the Stone (which is just an Indiana Jones rip-off any way), hired a made-for-TV director on a coke binge, blackmailed Penn and Madonna into acting as awfully as possible, then dared George Harrison to produce the thing. The only memorable element is the fact that it starred then newlyweds Madonna and Sean Penn. It was the original Gigli. Great.
The newlyweds are both epically bad. The Material Girl's never been much of an actress, but here she's especially vile, and appears to be reading her lines from cue cards, without any sense of inflection or rhythm. And she blinks so often one wonders if she's suffering from pink-eye. Some girls romance, some girls slow dance, some girls should probably just stick to singing pop songs. Penn, who I've always thought was over-rated, looks embarrassed, as if the awful, cliché lines he's forced to speak are actually hurting him. Either that or he was too busy beating up paparazzi to concern himself with petty luxuries like acting.
Shanghai Surprise is one of those notoriously awful movies that lives up to its decades of anti-hype. It really is one of the worst major studio releases I've ever seen, and fall face flat on almost every level possible. It isn't even any good as a 'fun-bad' movie because it's trying to be campy. It's hard to laugh at the ineptitude of a film that's actually cracking jokes. The only thing I can find funny is Madonna's absolute lack of even the smallest iota of acting ability. Recut the film as a 30-minute reel of her making an ass out of herself and you just might have something.
The worst part? Everyone already knows the film is awful. It was winning the Razzy when I was still a child. Critics were writing hilarious diatribes against it when I was in grade school. Audiences were railing against it when I was still playing with Star Wars toys. The worst part is that I'm left with nothing clever to say about how vile this film really is. The visuals are flaccid, the action is flat, the acting is ripe, the script is a hokey mess of missed jokes and obvious double-crosses (honestly, if you didn't notice Paul Freeman's dual role you deserve this mess), and the music is far below the normal abilities of George Harrison (the best Beatle). Though it's still not as bad as White Chicks.
According to the fan commentary, LionsGate has really gone to town polishing this turd. Apparently the original Artisan release was pretty awful (I have a feeling someone at Artisan gave up the remastering process after a dozen technicians plucked out their own eyeballs in protest). This is a pretty decent transfer for a 21-year-old film. Details are occasionally marred by noise, but colours are bright and accurate without blooming, and artefacts are almost unnoticeable. Objects in motion have a slight blur as well. The transfer's biggest problem is its overall softness, though this may have something to do with focus choices on the part of director Jim Goddard.
I still can't believe this soundtrack was written by George freakin' Harrison. It's just bad. It sounds nice and clear here, on this new Dolby Digital 5.1 track (my heart goes out to the poor sap that spent hours remixing it). There aren't any elaborate surround effects to be found, but everything is well balanced, and only occasionally muddy. Madonna's flatly delivered lines are clear as Evian, and Penn's embarrassed muttering is as discernable as it can ever get. The track is pretty much just the original surround track (also included) with some added bass.
LionsGate obviously heard that the campy special edition of Paul Verhoven's Showgirls had made a couple bucks, and desperately searched their acquired Artisan vaults in the hopes of finding another 'cult classic' bad movie that gay men love. This was the best they could do. This isn't much of a party DVD though, but it does have a fan commentary. The 'fan' commentary (I use the word lightly because these guys don't really seem to like the movie all that much) is made up of grown men that are obsessed with Madonna. One guy is totally informative, the other three or four are pretty much just chatting, but all the fellas are intelligent, and don't gush. It isn't much fun, but is still the ideal way to watch the film.
Apparently Sean Penn and Madonna weren't really up for taking about the movie that almost destroyed them. Actually only actor Clyde Kusatsu and writer Robert Bentley are willing to talk about the debacle. Lights, Camera, Shanghai is a brief featurette basically split between Bentley talking about the film's production, and Kusatsu dishing on the backstage antics. Shockingly, Penn and Madonna weren't very easy to work with. End sarcasm.
This is followed by a featurette about Madonna, which starts as some kind of retrospective of the year 1986, but turns into a butt-kiss-festival. Basically a small group of people that adore Madonna have been gathered to tell us why she's so great. The thing is very obviously bereft of Madonna's music.
The eye gouging comes to an end with a featurette featuring 'comedians' making fun of the film, whilst still loving it. This bit drags on and on, and isn't the least bit funny. Sad comes to mind. A whole bunch of entirely unrelated trailers precede the feature as well.
Shanghai Surprise is even worse than I ever imagined. This DVD need only apply to rabid Madonna fans that are just going to stick it on the shelf with their other memorabilia, sado-masochists that can't afford that full sized, Inquisition-era rack they had their eye on, and suicide cases in need of that extra push over the edge. I'm pretty sure even these people shouldn't risk a purchase.
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Quote: Though it's still not as bad as White Chicks.
There's your cover quote right there.
There's your cover quote right there.
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Worse than Epic Movie?
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You could make an argument that this was one of the worst years for quality films. The top grossing films for 1986 were Top Gun and Crocodile Dundee. Other box office stinkeroos besides Shanghai were:
Howard the Duck
Soul Man
The Golden Child
Jumping Jack Flash
Clan of the Cave Bear
Police Academy 3
Thank God for Platoon and Aliens
Howard the Duck
Soul Man
The Golden Child
Jumping Jack Flash
Clan of the Cave Bear
Police Academy 3
Thank God for Platoon and Aliens
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Wow. That was a bad year.
And I never saw Epic Movie, so I couldn't compare.
And I never saw Epic Movie, so I couldn't compare.
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hilarious review, almost makes me want to see it... almost!
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"Cobra" rocks.
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I actually liked Howard The Duck. Loved your review, Gabe.
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I think I may have to watch this now. No, I'm not suicidal, just in the mood for a good cry.
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That's awesome, hehehe!!!!
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I'll wait for the 3 disc box set featuring Shanghai Surprise, Nothing But Trouble, and Ishtar. The box set will be called "Classic Stinkers of the 80's"
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Gabe Powers wrote: Wow. That was a bad year.
And I never saw Epic Movie, so I couldn't compare.I don't think you want to see it Gabe, trust me - I am not a car salesman either.
Good to see you are still reviewing Horror for the site Gabe
And I never saw Epic Movie, so I couldn't compare.I don't think you want to see it Gabe, trust me - I am not a car salesman either.
Good to see you are still reviewing Horror for the site Gabe
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True, the film is bad. That´s what you get with a director that has no idea what he´s doing and a studio that insist on cutting the film as an action/adventure film when the original script was for a romantic comedy! I don´t think Sean and Madonna can´t be blamed that much for their work in the film and for being difficult to work with - they both absolutely hated the experiance. Besides, both of them have shown they can act (no matter what personal opinions Gabriel may have on Madonna - she happens to be a Golden Globe winner for example!).
I bought this DVD and I know several people that did as well. But I agree that the final product is an absolute mess.
I bought this DVD and I know several people that did as well. But I agree that the final product is an absolute mess.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Fair enough. I suppose I have to admit that Madonna worked very well for Dick Tracy. I hope fans didn't take my review too personally.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 10th April 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Fans Unite! Commentary, Behind the Scenes, Madonna: 1986, I Love Shanghai Surprise, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Jim Goddard
Cast: Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Clyde Kusatsu
Length: 93 minutes
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Thank you kindly.Alex wrote:Wow thanks for those posts Chip. I really like this artist a lot. I'm really glad to see him doing so well on AN. Seems there's a wide range on there now with steady sales (Not all you it seems ). I really like the stubby spouts and the wide handle. Often I find that handles can be just a touch too small for me on some kyusu-s and actually they don't need to be longer just a touch fatter. How do these feel in the hand? they look superb.
Those pots look great in a set like that. Any plans for more?
Have you tried the "fist grip" where you slide the handle between the index and middle finger (with the thumb upward) then the fingers are somewhat clenched with the handle end usually resting somewhat perpendicularly against the palm. Thumb holds the lid in place.
This is like one of those grip wrenches advertised on TV. The Kyusu is not going anywhere except as you dictate. Added benefit of this grip is great control or pouring. You can pour with the wrist or more sensitive pouring by rolling the handle between your finger. Cool!
I had a big problem with smaller handles as well, then I was enlightened by Toru ... now I use this grip more than any other.
More ... of course. If I purchased one and I like the artisan after handling, then more is always an option.
I just missed the two Shiggy. I was "Shimuzing" with Hojo and thought to myself I wish there was a plain Masaki Tachi Shigaraki (sieved version) Kyusu ... I should have asked, drat!I got this pot today. 1 week to the UK and didnt pick up customs charges as I picked economy
Its an incredible piece. The attention to detail is sublime and in a different league to the cheaper pieces I've handled by this artist. As soon as I got it out of the box it just felt perfect and right. I don't always get that with high end pots (one of the gambles of buying online) but its lovely when it instantly clicks as soon as you pull it out the box and mime pouring. Akira Hojo sent me about 8 detailed pictures when I expressed my interest. Which helps a lot but its nothing like that first time you actually handle something.
Great looking kyusu and size! Enjoy!
Thanks, Stentor!Stentor wrote:And Chip broke the bank. But it looks like it was worth it. These are incredible.