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Candice Ludlow of member station WKNO today helps All Things Considered ketchup ... er catch up ... on a story that's been cooking for a week or so in Tennessee.
It seems that a big red rooster has been hanging out in front of a restaurant in Collierville, Tenn., for the past few months.
But it's not just any restaurant.
It's called Gus's Fried Chicken, as Memphis' The Commercial Appeal reported earlier this month. And, yes, the rooster has to cross the road to get there.
Candice reports that restaurant owner Mathew McCrory says since the bird started showing up, business has picked up: "You know, we've got a little bit of publication out of him, a little press with him hanging out here. Customers always come in and try to take pictures of him. He's been good for business he's been good. We call him Gus."
WREG-TV from Memphis also checked out the story last week. It has video of Gus (a.k.a. Big Red).
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In a weak economy, drumming up business can be a daily challenge, but one small restaurant outside of Memphis is getting some help. It's not a new entrée or a special to lure in customers.
Candice Ludlow of member station WKNO reports on how an unlikely neighborhood character has given business a boost.
CANDICE LUDLOW, BYLINE: Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken is the kind of place where locals flock for tasty food.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Two breasts for me, bro.
LUDLOW: Gus's is tucked into a two-story Victorian in the historic part of Collierville. Across the street is a law office, an investment company and an open field.
LUDLOW: Yup, that's a rooster, a rust-colored rooster with black tail feathers. He's a meaty little fellow and apparently doesn't mind tempting fate. On some days, he leaves the field and crosses the road to peck and scratch in front of the chicken restaurant. He seems to like hanging out by the door.
Owner Matthew McCrory says the rooster started doing this a few months ago, and in a weird twist, business has picked up since the rooster landed in his neighborhood.
MATHEW MCCRORY: You know, we've got a little bit of publication out of him. We've got a little press out of him hanging around here. Customers always come in and try to take pictures of him. And he's been good for business. He's been good. We call him Gus.
LUDLOW: McCrory says Gus just showed up one day when he was out of town. One of his food reps snapped a photo, and since then, the story has taken off as word about the restaurant's unofficial plucky mascot has circulated.
MCCRORY: The funniest part is watching all of our customers - or not all of them, but a lot of our customers - get up, walk out across the street and try to snap pictures of this rooster walking around in the neighbor's yard.
LUDLOW: During a busy lunchtime on a recent weekday, Mark Lawrence and a friend were finishing up their meal of fried chicken.
MARK LAWRENCE: We actually came to see him today, but we haven't seen him yet.
LUDLOW: Ron Braxton had just finished up his meal. He says he comes to eat here at least once a week, and sometimes he gets worried when he doesn't see Gus on his way in.
RON BRAXTON: When you couldn't find him at first, I was wondering, was I eating him? And if I was, he died a hero because he was very tasty.
LUDLOW: Linda Cross works down the street. She doesn't eat at Gus's all that often, but she does think it's ironic that a rooster hangs out near a restaurant that serves chicken.
LINDA CROSS: I see him every afternoon, pecking along back and forth on the corner.
LUDLOW: What does it do?
CROSS: Just hanging out.
LUDLOW: Just hanging out. Do you think it's coming over here for chicken or...
CROSS: I don't know. He may be protesting. I don't know.
LUDLOW: Protesting or not, lucky for Gus, free-range chicken isn't on the menu. For NPR News, I'm Candice Ludlow in Memphis. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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On December 17, 2010, Congress approved H.R. 628, a bill for a decade-long pilot program in which certain U.S. district courts will encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges. During the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association Federal Judges Appreciation Luncheon & CLE Program's Federal Judges Roundtable Discussion on March 16, 2011, Chief Judge Lancaster stated that he put in a request for the Western District of Pennsylvania to be one of at least six district courts that will be selected for the program.
The pilot program will allow district judges to request to hear patent cases. Those district judges who request to hear patent cases are then designated by the chief judge to hear them. In a participating district, a patent case will be able to be removed from a non-designated judge's case load and then randomly re-assigned to a district judge designated to hear patent cases. The program is intended to "create a cadre of judges who gain advanced knowledge of patent and plant variety protection through more intensified experience in handling the cases, along with special education and career development opportunities" co-sponsor Hank Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) remarked.
The courts that are eligible to participate in the program are either: (1) the 15 district courts with the largest number of patent and plant variety protection cases filed in calendar year 2010; or (2) district courts that have adopted or certified the intention to adopt local rules for patent and plant variety protection cases. The Director of the Administrative Office will select at least: (1) three district courts with at least ten authorized district judgeships in which at least three judges have made a request to hear patent cases; and (2) three district courts with less than ten authorized district judgeships in which at least two judges have made a request to hear patent cases. During the ten year pilot program, periodic reports to the House and Senate will be made including comparison data between designated and non-designated judges on issues such as their reversal rates by the CAFC.
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is not your fault, now you know that not all the things are true just because there is a big webpage that says it. Read their articles and you will se by your own; "a telephone call from Putin..." how they get this info?? it is always like this, they quote like this their source "or Russian intelligence source told us..." and then put Real news so it looks credible.Well, fake-disinfo-news chapter closed, lets continue with the real thing
What about that Tom Heneghan guy (also from the Fourwinds website). Is he tripe also? Is that entire website tripe (a la Debka)
I would not trust any news source that uses Sorcha faal stories, this person literally said that the CIA opened a black hole to hell and 17 soldiers commit suicide
Something else suspicious about this.Just as with 9/11, Columbine, Georgia Tech, the initial reaction, the crucial reaction, from the corresponding government agencies are late, uncoordinated and/or ineffective.According to Ha'aretz the response of the Indian authorities was slow, confused and inefficient.They didn't even send the proper terrorist response unit, just some regular city cops.The article tries to say it was because the Indian authorities didn't realize the "scope" of the attack. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1041684.htmlGimme a break. If anything the Indian army should have been called out immediately in response to these attacks. It should have been obvious to even the most casual observer that this was a military style operation, not the work of a couple thugs or a gang or a local, limited operation like a shooting or a bomb going off. The attacks were far more severe than you would send the local police to handle. They were sophisticated, well coordinated - launched on at least seven different locations - violent, bloody and involved hostages.
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Haaretz can suck it.
No one understood the scope of the attack.
The Mumbai police went in as it's their jurisdiction
I've been watching the Indian News channels (it's just running on my computer in the background) and no one has yet stated that any Indian force was "lazy" or "slow."
fourwinds10.com is disinfo Navy gives clean chit to MV Alpha"The Indian Navy which intercepted and boarded the MV Alpha, a Vietnamese registered ship, let off the ship after questioning the crew and cheking the ship's papers, which were found to be in order."http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/27navy-coast-guard-chase-suspect-ship.htm
Saying no one understood the scope of the attacks isn't an argument. The fact is that the scope of the attacks as I said earlier should have been apparent to the trained eye. I'm not questioning why the police went in as a procedural point. Of course it's their jurisdiction. The point is that they should have been told to stand down or been relegated to a support role as the army rolled in to handle it.I don't know what you're seeing on Indian news but just because you say you haven't seen anyone criticize the police doesn't mean the police haven't been criticized
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_eu/eu_india_shooting_intelligenceClues point to domestic terrorists in India attackLONDON The attack on India's financial capital bears all the trademarks of al-Qaida simultaneous assaults meant to kill scores of Westerners in iconic buildings
And I'm saying, yes they did send in the proper units
The local police saw the action first and IMMEDIATELY ATTACKED
Trust me, it was about as quick as you can get without pre-empting the terrorist.
I have no idea what Haaretz or the MSM is fussing about.
There are no teleporters--at least not in India.
And hostage drama always takes a long time as once they get holed up, you can't go in Jack Bauer style (as sexy as that looks) as they'll just end up killing everyone.
In a speedy fashion as they are designed to do? What is your source for this??Your source??Please show me the source to prove them wrong. No. That's why we have reporters on the ground from all over the world. A proper response would have prevented them from holing up.
Pray tell: what was the time lag?
Which units were improper?
How long did it take them to get there?
What is an acceptable time-frame? 2 seconds? 10 minutes?
YOU CLAIMED the Indian authorities send in local police? Really? which authority? When? Let me quote you directly:"They didn't even send the proper terrorist response unit, just some regular city cops."Who sent?
'Cause this mysterious force was lazy and/or stupid?
Please hit "close" on your haaretz button.
Since when do people on an Alex Jones forum put their faith in what the MSM feeds them?
Spangler and Mr Wise, please discuss the pros and cons of real time v. waiting for print reporting in a different thread.thanks
I'm all for this going to a separate thread
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Re: Karen Traviss...
I enjoy Traviss' books. Why do hardcore fans of something always have to have it THEIR way? You like the Boba from the original movies...ok, I'm cool with that. You don't like the Boba from the books. Ok...so then don't read them. Nobody says that you have to like and read everything that even slightly relates to Boba...
But then again...I am talking to members of a Boba Fett fan club... Eh, just get over it. Pretend like the books don't exist in your world. Don't pee on everyone else's cheerios.
you said a few interesting things in ur post, and i think ur new so welcome...hope you enjoy.
but i thought the sentence you wrote...
"pretend like the books dont exsist in your world"
i think you hit on something that Lucas has been doing since episode 2. which is why i dont read EU novels anymore. sure i dont like KT depiction of Fett. i used to read every thing w/ Boba in it, but i am sick of the novelists getting the green light to write an origin etc. then, it being totally ignored.
i would bet my starwars figure collection(except the boba fett, never risk the fett man), that the tv show will contradict the boba fett young readers novel series, which i read by the way.
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Now here (to be honest) is what I'm not sure of: I don't know if that is because Orthodoxy is actually closer to the Truth or whether is a better vehicle to the Truth for me with my personality. I'm also not sure how pure my motives are: whether I am genuinely trying to get closer to the Truth or whether I am just trying to do what feels good to me. Is Orthodoxy really God's will for me, or is it my selfish will for me, or is the choice between Catholicism and Orthodoxy one of those things where God is leaving me free to choose between two equal optioons. These are the things that I have to dsicern. I also have some personal obligations, which I have shared with you but which I do not wish to share in public, that require me to stay Catholic for the immediate fuutre. So, that is what is vexing me; but I'm not jumping ship just now; and I deeply apologize if I offended you.
Hi Arjuna. I wondered if you were Harmon over on Byzcath.ÂÂ
What you're going through sounds very familiar to me and I'm sure to other posters here as well. I really struggled with trying to figure out my motives for wanting to 'dox.' Was I doing what I wanted or doing God's will? I prayed about it a lot. I talked about it with several prayerful people. I came to believe that it was God's will that I convert but I certainly didn't get a pronouncement from on high or anything. One thing that was very difficult for me to reconcile was that people I respected, who were pious and holy, completely disagreed with each other over my conversion. It was hard for me to understand how good, holy and prayerful people could see the Church so differently.ÂÂ
Basically I finally came to the conclusion that it's impossible for any person, except a saint which I am certainly not, to have pure motives. My wanting to be Orthodox was partially due to my dissatistication with modern day American Catholicism. There was also a social element. My Orthodox church is small and people know each other. The local RC parishes are huge and nobody talks to anyone. Plus, I have to admit I've always been drawn to the 'exotic' side of Orthodoxy. But I realized that something can have both good and bad motives. Does that make sense?ÂÂ
It's a very hard decision to make. I could not make the final decision until I made a break with Roman Catholicism and started attending only Orthodox churches.ÂÂ
I think another thing we need to remember is that we need to get rid of that legalistic RC view of God as the judge who will damn us if we make the wrong choice. When I announced my conversion on another board, one of the Catholic cheerleaders said that she was saying a novena for me.They debated whether I was going to hell.
I can see how there were 'impure' motives in my decision and there is a possibility that I made the wrong choice but God is loving and He knows that I was trying to serve Him. Does that make sense?ÂÂ
Yes. That is part of what I dread. I dread losing good relationships over this. Then again, those who are true friends will stick with me regardless...
His books were written for intellectual evagelical Protestants in an appeal for them to turn to the Orthodox faith, and, as such, can find a receptive audience. But they do little to convince Roman Catholics (as he never was one, he really doesn't know how to talk to educated RCs--Michael Whelton's Two Paths does a better job of dealing with RC issues, by the way).
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Tom Still: Interest by investment groups shows something is cooking in Wisconsin
It appears the mere idea that Wisconsin might create a state-leveraged seed, angel and venture fund is attracting some much-needed attention.
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That was the underlying message this week when the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., responding to an open records request, disclosed that 12 groups have expressed interest in managing a state investment capital program if such a fund is created soon.
Included in that number were several national players as well as emerging funds in Wisconsin, all of which are aware of the size and scope of the state's potential to create robust, nationally competitive companies.
That response should be heartening to Gov. Scott Walker and the Legislature as they consider whether to include a down payment on such a plan in the state's next budget. The interest by national and state-based funds validates the core premise: There are ample investment-worthy deals in Wisconsin.
Here are reasons why an investment capital bill can help drive Wisconsin's economy, especially in the critical – and lagging – area of company creation.
Company creation is vital to Wisconsin's economy. While companies may occasionally be attracted from beyond our borders, almost all successful companies in Wisconsin were born and bred here. That includes some iconic names – Kohler, S.C. Johnson, Johnson Controls, Harley-Davidson and many more – as well as most of today's emerging firms.
Young companies yield all net new jobs in the United States, according to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and other observers. Investing in an early stage capital plan designed specifically to lift up emerging companies is a smart bet. If the goal is to create high-paying, secure jobs over time, the best way to do so is to help launch and grow new companies in the economy's fastest-growing sectors.
While it's tempting to think that all angel and venture capital flows to tech deals in Madison and Milwaukee, that's increasingly not the case in Wisconsin. There are now 12 angel networks or funds outside the state's two largest metropolitan areas. Entrepreneurs can increasingly be found everywhere in Wisconsin, and it only makes sense to find ways to help them stay home. It's an answer to the "brain drain" dilemma.
But don't a lot of those young companies move away from Wisconsin before the state reaps the benefits? Far fewer move away than one might think. In a dynamic market economy, some companies move to be closer to customers, talent or capital. Wisconsin increasingly has the talent, the facilities and the specialized equipment: All it needs is more capital, which an early stage investment program would help provide.
Lawmakers are also understandably cautious of about risk. They might ask: What is the risk to the state of Wisconsin in taking part in a seed, angel and venture capital program?
As the newly formed Wisconsin Growth Capital Coalition has explained, the State of Wisconsin would be a limited partner in such a program. That means it would share in the risks – and rewards – just like private investors that may choose to take part. Since 1981 nationally, there has been only one year in which funds created in that year lost money on average. In time, those same national averages suggest the state of Wisconsin could see a return on its investment.
Venture- and angel-backed companies have high survival rates compared to young companies financed in more traditional ways. Because investors provide advice and management background as well as money, venture-backed companies nationally have a 60-plus-percent survival rate.
The state also gets an indirect but important benefit: Economic growth. That helps the state's tax base grow over time. Because it's a more diversified tax base, it is also more secure and recession-proof.
It appears some veteran investors already know what state policymakers are thinking: It make sense to invest in Wisconsin's future economy.
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630 KHOW radio co-host Dan Caplis agreed with a caller who claimed that an illegal immigrant who gave birth to a child in the United States would ensure her "illegal status is removed." In fact, federal law has no such effect and stipulates that U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants must wait until they are 21 to petition for their parents to be given legal status.
On the October 19 broadcast of 630 KHOW's Caplis and Silverman, co-host Dan Caplis agreed with a caller who falsely asserted that an illegal immigrant mother who gives birth to a baby in the United States "automatically gets to stay," and her "illegal status is removed." In fact, while children born in the United States to illegal immigrants automatically become U.S. citizens, those children must wait until they turn 21 before they can petition for their parents to be granted legal status.
From the October 19 broadcast of 630 KHOW's Caplis and Silverman:
CAPLIS: [Caller], you're with Dan and Craig -- 630 KHOW -- welcome.
CALLER: Hey guys, one thing that I found out and that I think that the law would be good for is that -- I don't care what nationality you are, if you're illegal in this country and you're female and you're pregnant, and then you -- get -- go to a free clinic, okay, from a county or state government, and the baby is born in this country, then the mother, okay, because the baby now becomes a naturalized citizen, automatically gets to stay, and her illegal status is removed. And I feel, based on what I've seen -- I've helped friends out, neighbors out, taking people to clinics -- I feel that they're taking advantage of this loophole.
CAPLIS: Sure they are, just as you would be or I would be. Let's deal with the problem at its roots, my friend, and let's shut that border down.
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Ichiro's Choice Single Grain Whisky 1981 62.4%
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You can find this one in Europe. Just under a different label: it's bottled by Part des Anges, a small independant bottler operating out of Paris and affiliated with La Maison du Whisky; Here's a link to the page on their site:
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Yikes, talk about overreactions. I think someone is looking a bit too much into stereotypical cultural innuendos . Personally that topic should be left for a sociology class.
Kiva, you are a very talented drawer. Been following your drawing with my mouth gaping open at your skill....my best attempt at drawing usually turns out as a with the head looking about the size of a melon at the end of a tooth pick
Keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing more of your drawings in the future. And remember, with great talent comes great envy from others ^_^
Cheers to Kairin....wonder if she'll ever head to the beach
|2007-04-01, 21:57
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Kairin-chan's #1 Fan
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Canada
Thank you for the kind words myrmicat! I'm glad you like my work. I must apologize if my previous post seemed a bit...out of line. Things have been a little weird here lately for me. But I digress.
In anycase, I suspect that Kairin will head back to the beach again. Afterall, summer is just around the corner.
|2007-04-01, 23:10
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Dansa med oss
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Near Cincinnati, OH, but actually in Kentucky
Age: 31
|2007-04-02, 06:43
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Kairin-chan's #1 Fan
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Canada
|2007-04-02, 17:10
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|2007-04-04, 20:02
|Link #228
Racer of Speed
Join Date: Apr 2007
Honestly, some of the negative comments deserve one or more colorful metaphors. But I will be nice and leave it at that.
I personally loved the Spring Edition of Karin. Every time I go the the home page and see that, I can't help but smile a bit. It's like she's a little winded after ascending the steps just to come and say, "Hi." Don't change a thing.
|2007-04-05, 01:21
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ruu, yaoi fiend.
Join Date: Oct 2004
normally, i'm a lurker, but it's 2am and i accidentally clicked on kairin and ended up on the thread.
after skimming, i'll throw in my 2 cents for redundancy's sake.
kiva, the picture is awfully cute, and it made me smile to see the usually reserved, fantasy-material-type kairin in a whimsical 'love hina-esque' mood. the proportion issues are certainly there, but they've been beautifully addressed, so kudos to those who gave some wise advice (takes me back to when i used to doodle myself and my more experienced artist friends would use an extra layer on open canvas to fix my posture and sizing )
er, to the heated protests of "dan"... i can relate to your frustration with the ideological restrains present in pop culture and our reality as a whole, but taking it out on a harmless mascot on animesuki?
now, really.
take that energy and focus it to the hordes of college students traipsing around their campuses wearing slight variations of the same hollister/abercromie sweatshirts. or Barbie manufacturers. that's a cause i'd like to help out in, for sure.
|2007-04-07, 13:40
|Link #230
Join Date: May 2006
I almost never go to the homepage, just go directly to the forums but a couple of days ago I accidently clicked my bookmark to the homepage and was blown away by the new Kairin picture. It gives me that joyful almost giddy feeling spring gives me after a hard winter. Thanks for your hard work.
Also, I've been meaning to ask what you thought of my winter banner. http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...259#post741259
|2007-04-10, 13:39
|Link #231
Usor Linguae Latinae
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: In Lecto Melissae Cum Melissa
Age: 40
Spring Kairin is very lovely! I like the way that she's drawn. If she were a real girl, I'd have to steal a couple of looks... (But I wouldn't just stare...)
Anyway, the two things that did make me nervous were a) the small fingers and b) the shoulder. But those two things are really minor, and can be easily dismissed as "that's just how she is." Konzept's modifications are pretty nice, I think.
I completely disagree with Dan. In fact, Kiva128, please draw Kairin more often in jeans like that. I like my women in jeans.
|2007-04-13, 02:39
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Nice pic, although her curves are a bit too exaggerated and pronounced, especially for an anime char, or maybe I'm just not used to seeing females in jeans. They tend to wear skirts in anime after all. =p
I'm sure I'm prolly the 100th person to mention this, but the absurdly short length of her right-arm is beyond ignoring for me. It quite simply implies a mismake by nature... which is not very hot. ;-)
|2007-04-14, 20:41
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
1. Have your read the title for this thread.. the part that says: "Kairin ~ AnimeSuki's Mascot"
2. Of course NOT! She grows on trees! lol
Yes someone created her for this site. There was a Maskot Contest sponsered by NightWish(th' admin) and Karin beat some druken fox girl. eventually~ But if it were a contest between this Karin and the second best then I think the second best would have won~ the adminz are more conservative of sorts~ they wouldn't pick a extreme side.
No offence Kiva but I like the original more.. it was more you. All the latest incarnations just have less feeling and more eye-candy boo~ boo~
3. Her hair always looked redish to me.. mm.. wonder how it would look as a rich black or pure white.
Why?!.. How many people that visited the site have visited this thread. How many would bother to read it. You're probably presuming that since people see her on the main page they'll go like "who's that?!" "where's she from?" etc. like IT'S NOT NORMAL TO SEE A ANIME CHARACTER ON A ANIME SITE
Your always making such a big deal out of this, lol.
Don't you understand, to have anime character pictures on animesuki only freaks out the regulas..
Only people that are intrested in anime that <might> feature characters like Karin would come here. Face it this is just one of those things were you're your biggest FAN. Trust me.. been there so many times I can see it coming with my eyes closed.
Besides.. this is page 12. Sure I would read everything up to it, but I would find it wierd for other people to. Just as it's wierd for people to search before they ask..
BTW why was it ever funny back then.. shouldn't now be the time when it's supposedly funny.
|2007-04-17, 19:16
|Link #237
Join Date: May 2006
I had an idea about using Kairin to help out the moderators and this is what I came up with.
If you want me to change the font or messages I'd be happy to and if you don't want to use them that's ok too since it was fun making them.
|2007-04-18, 07:14
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: UK Oxford (Kinda on Vacation lol)
Age: 28
Just wondering
Wondering if she'll ever get like a girlfreind maybe?
Just wondering lol Maybe? then again that'll be more work for you so lol maybe not heheh.
First time posting here to im new.So hey everyone !!
And I like all your pics I dont know why people say oh error this error that lol there all good its meant to be the way you do them .lol
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|2007-04-18, 07:24
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Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: http://www.exciting-tits.com/
.. its prettier then having a link of text this signature was removed by the mod because it was over the limit ... And link that to the signature rules post
See.. look cute =3
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Gazing at actor Michael Fassbender's fine tuxedoed self as he celebrated "12 Years a Slave's" historic win at the Academy Awards earlier this week, it was hard to believe that seven years had gone by since we first met the dreamy Irish actor, when he played a brave Spartan soldier in the cult pulp classic "300."
In that film, director Zack Snyder put his bombastic gifts to use in bringing ancient Greece, if not to life, then to some kind of mesmerizingly bizarro, synthetic version thereof. A super-stylized mashup of graphic novel narrative and video-game stagecraft, "300" was a huge hit, launching Fassbender into much finer things (including a longtime collaboration with director Steve McQueen) and star Gerard Butler into a Dante-esque limbo of forgettable rom-coms and middling action flicks.
"300: Rise of an Empire" isn't a sequel to "300" as much as a parallel-quel, catching up with the Athenian-led Grecian forces at the same time that "300's" King Leonidas and his Spartans are getting their toned tushies kicked at Thermopylae. While no big stars are likely to emerge from the speechifying and gruesome swordplay of this installment, the film does feature at least one genuinely memorable performance by Eva Green, here playing Persian naval genius Artemisia with such gothic bloodlust that the only things she's missing are fangs and a coffin to sleep in. In "Rise of an Empire," Artemisia has been sent by Persian god-king Xerxes (a blinged-out Rodrigo Santoro) to defeat Greece and avenge the death of Xerxes's father, Darius, at the hands of the soldier Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton). Suffice it to say, things don't go exactly according to plan.
Based on a still-to-be-published graphic novel by Frank Miller, "Rise of an Empire" has been adapted by Israeli commercial director Noam Murro with alternately crude and canny fealty to Snyder's hyperventilating original: A series of smashing, crashing seafaring set pieces interrupted by variations on Henry V's Crispin's Day speech (or maybe the "Gentlemen, to bed" gag from Steve Coogan's "The Trip"), this chapter is a dull, monochromatic affair, its dingy gray palette barely enlivened by syrupy blood that spurts, squirts and gushes with metronomic regularity. When the film isn't sloppily directed, it's a series of lazy filmmaking tics, including fetishistic slow-motion shots of blood, water and sweat, as well as sundry dismemberments, impalings and decapitations.
It sounds like a blast, doesn't it? But "Rise of an Empire" is no fun at all — even those famous six-pack abs from "300" seem to be missing a can or two in this desperate attempt to up an already dubious ante. Despite a visibly sincere effort, Stapleton is a non-starter as the brave Athenian trying to unite the city-states of Greece in defending their experiment in democracy. His supporting players are little more than an anonymous tableau of shirtless, grunting dude-itude.
Oddly, for a franchise founded on the bedrock of man flesh and macho posturing, it's the women of "Rise of an Empire" who make the most impact: Lena Headey, as Spartan Queen Gorgo, makes serious, focused use of her lamentably limited time on screen, and Green rips into her ruthless anti-heroine with throaty gusto, not to mention an endless supply of beautifully draped leather and chain mail. (Who knew Persian barges boasted that much closet space?)
Despite its comic-book sensibilities, "Rise of an Empire" is anything but family-friendly. In addition to its steady stream of gloppy bloodletting, the film includes aggressive sexuality that borders on the perverse, including a ludicrous scene of carnal passion below decks, and a startling moment of intimacy between a key character and a disembodied head. How do you follow a scene like that? "Rise of an Empire" makes an attempt, but it only looks sillier the harder it tries.
R. At area theaters. Contains strong, sustained sequences of stylized bloody violence throughout, a sex scene, nudity and some strong language. 102 minutes.