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Final Fantasy VII
Main Protagonist
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Age: N/A
Cait Sith is a rather odd looking creature and is actually the cat riding on top of the Moogle which he uses for quick transport. He is working in the Gold Saucer as a fortune teller, which is where he meets Cloud for the first time.
Cait Sith offers to read Cloud's fortune but doesn't really appear to be very good at his job. At this third attempt, his fortune reads "What you pursue will be yours, but you will lose something dear". Intrigued by this fortune, Cait Sith manages to convince Cloud that he should join the party.
True Motives Disclosed
Upon returning to the Gold Saucer in search of the Keystone which is said to be held by Dio (the owner of the Gold Saucer), the tram system breaks down. Cait Sith arranges rooms for everyone at the Ghost Square and asks Cloud to fill him in on everything that's happened since the beginning.
During the night, Cait Sith sneaks out and swipes the Keystone, but he is spotted by Aeris and Cloud while they are on their date and a long chase through the Gold Saucer ensues. They can't catch him in time though, and he manages to deliver the Keystone to Tseng.
I'm A Spy - Get Used To It
Now that the game is up, Cait Sith tells the truth about why he has really been tagging along with the group - he's a ShinRa spy! His real body is back in the ShinRa building in Midgar and Cait Sith is just a puppet. Despite these admissions though, he wants to continue along with the group.
Obviously Cloud and Aeris protest about this as he can't be trusted. Realising that they won't let him tag along of their own free will, Cait Sith announces that he's kidnapped Marlene Wallace and that if they don't co-operate, bad things will happen.
Hi, I'm Cait Sith 2
After telling the party that they should head to the Temple of the Ancients next, Cait Sith redeems himself slightly by being a key factor into the acquisition of the Black Materia.
Using the PHS, he contacts them to tell them that because his body is expendable, he can complete the puzzles inside the temple. Cloud has no option but to trust Cait Sith - an option which proves to the be the correct one, even though Cloud probably doesn't realise it afterwards.
Cait Sith 2 arrives to see Cloud losing his mind and decides that it's probably not the best time for formal introductions.
On The Road To Redemption
When Barret and Tifa are to be executed by ShinRa, Cait Sith gets wind of the plans and organises an escape. He dresses up as a fat man, who is there to enjoy the spectacle. Using this ploy, he manages to use sleeping gas on Scarlet, allowing him to free Barret. Unfortunately though, they can't free Tifa, so Cait Sith comes up with another plan.
The plan involves Cait Sith leading Barret through the streets of Junon where they eventually end up at the Highwind, which the rest of the group has taken over. They then use this to save Tifa from the end of the Sister Ray.
A Change Of Heart
Following the things he has seen, Cait Sith reverses roles and acts as a spy for his new friends. Using his position in the ShinRa hierarchy, Cait Sith lets them listen in on ShinRa Executive meetings, so they can hear what ShinRa are plotting to do.
Just before the final confrontation with Sephiroth, Cait Sith informs everyone that he has told the citizens of Midgar to take refuge in the Slums with the hope that it will offer some kind of protection from Meteor.
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
Supporting Cast
Voice Actor: Greg Ellis
Age: N/A
Although Cait Sith is actually the only other playable character to appear in Dirge of Cerberus, his role in the game is still relatively minor. The first of these minor appearances comes at the start of the game, when Cait Sith is seen in Kalm during DeepGround's assault.
Cait Sith's major involvement in Dirge of Cerberus comes when the player takes control of him for a one-off reconnaissance mission in the No. 0 Mako Reactor. The player isn't allowed to engage in combat, because Cait Sith is so weak and fragile, so stealth is of the highest priority. During the mission, Cait Sith discovers what DeepGround are doing with all the people they have kidnapped and is horrified.
By the end of the game, we learn that Cait Sith has now been dismantled 6 times, as the current Cait Sith is Cait Sith 7.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Supporting Cast
Voice Actor: Greg Ellis
Age: N/A
Now without his trusty Mog body to carry him around, Cait Sith comes to the aid of his old comrades by riding on the back of Red XIII. It is from here that he helps them to defeat the menacing Bahamut SIN.
Towards the end of the film, Cait Sith has swapped carriers and is no longer residing on the back of Red XIII. Instead, he is being carried by Marlene Wallace!
Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII
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Age: N/A
Cait Sith has his first incarnation in Before Crisis as he appears as a prototype model. He aids the Turks in the last few chapters of the game by reading their fortunes, amongst other things.
One of the fortunes he tells states that an important Support Materia (Zirconiade) can be found in Gongaga. He then works alongside the Turks to try and find this valuable Materia.
Because of his exploits, Tseng decides that Cait Sith could be used as a piece of intelligence gathering equipment in the future.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Voice Actor: N/A
Age: N/A
Cait Sith's role in Crisis Core is rather unorthodox as he only appears as part of the Digital Mind Wave system. After obtaining Cait Sith's Megaphone, he then appears as part of Zack Fair's DMW system.
The move that Cait Sith offers Zack is called Courage Boost and it grants a large number of positive status effects to Zack.


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The aim of all types of meditation is to create a deeper understanding of the self by means of focus and reflection. Just as listening to a trainer may also help you stay targeted when the thoughts wanders, discovering a group to observe with might help make meditation a part of your routine. Take in the sights, sounds and smells of your surroundings – really feel the recent breeze against your face, or the warmth of the flames warming your body.
Some psychological pictures which could enable you to include: imagining a coin sitting on the spot above your navel, rising and falling along with your breath; imagining a buoy floating within the ocean, coming up and down with the swell and lull of your respiratory; or imagining a lotus flower sitting in your belly, unfurling its petals with every consumption of breath.
Sharma M, et al. Mindfulness-primarily based stress reduction as a stress management intervention for healthy individuals: A scientific evaluation. You possibly can observe mindfulness meditation by yourself anytime and anyplace. Take into consideration setting a gentle alarm to warn you when your follow is up, or time your observe to finish with a certain event – equivalent to your associate getting out of bed, or the solar hitting a sure spot on the wall.
In line with Buddhist philosophy, one part of meditation is developing kindness and good thoughts towards your self and others. Visualization is another fashionable meditation approach, which involves creating a peaceable place in your mind and exploring it, till you reach a state of full calm.
This meditation train is an excellent introduction to meditation strategies. Up to date researchers are now exploring whether or not a constant meditation observe yields long-term advantages, and noting optimistic results on brain and immune function amongst meditators.

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I live in St. Louis. We are not afraid to host a parade, we've done it a lot lately in honor of the St. Louis Cardinals. Here's an image from the 2011 World series parade:
I was listening to the latest edition of the EntreLeadership podcast when Dave Ramsey said something that made perfect sense.
Here's the episode link: https://www.entreleadership.com/podcasts/les-parrotthow-conflict-can-help-you-wi, Dave's interview starts 24 minutes into the podcast.
If you aren't planning to win, you're planning to fail. If you're not planning the celebration, will you set yourself up for a win?
Dave's exact quote:
"You don't schedule a loss, you schedule a win"
I'm working on our school's Comprehensive School Improvement Plan and couldn't help but think about that statement.
Sure we have a goal, a scale for measurement, and action steps to accomplish the goal, but do we have a date for the celebration? How will we celebrate?
Whenever you start a task, a goal, an assignment, a unit, a season, a game, think about this and plan for it: How will we celebrate?


text: AWARDS Tonys: James Corden Heads Back to Broadway as Awards Host (Q&A) 6:15 AM PDT 6/7/2016 by David Rooney FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Edward Erne/CBS James Corden at the 2016 CBS Upfronts The 'Late Late Show' ringmaster talks to THR about being in the room where it happens Sunday night in the trailblazing year of 'Hamilton.' James Corden made his Broadway debut in 2006 as part of the ensemble of Alan Bennett's awards-laden The History Boys, about a bright sixth-form graduating class and their maverick teacher at a British boys' grammar school. He returned in 2012 in Richard Bean's rollicking commedia dell'arte update, One Man, Two Guvnors, which landed him a Tony for lead actor in a play. His next project for the New York stage was to be starring in a revival of the ancient Roman musical romp A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, following in the footsteps of Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers and Nathan Lane. But that plan was put on hold when CBS asked him to become Craig Ferguson's successor on The Late Late Show. On June 12, when he hosts the 70th Annual Tony Awards, Corden gets to combine his love of the stage with the emcee skills he has honed since March 2015 on late night, bringing a few of his writers from the CBS show along for the ride. Having already paid tribute during the upfronts last month to this year's hottest Tony contender, Hamilton, in a musical number inspired by the show, Corden marked the start of Tony week with a special Broadway edition of his popular Late Late Show segment "Carpool Karaoke," featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Audra McDonald, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jane Krakowski. He took a moment Monday, before plunging into intensive Tony preparations, to speak with The Hollywood Reporter about the gig. How are rehearsals coming along? I'll be able to tell you in about four hours because I'm on my way there now. It's day one. As both a seasoned stage performer and a television host, is fronting the Tony Awards the ideal way to draw on that dual experience or a completely different animal from both? I haven't really thought about it in terms of experience. The two times I've worked on Broadway I've been lucky enough to go to the Tony Awards, and both times have been nights I'll remember for the rest of my life. So to be asked to be part of it in any small way, I feel very, very honored. Is there anyone among past awards-show emcees that you most look to as a standard of excellence? Well, the Tony Awards are slightly different from other award ceremonies, I think, because you don't come out and do a 10-minute monologue at the top. More often than not people open with a song. Neil Patrick Harris is a brilliant host. But in terms of awards show emcees — not the Tony Awards — I don't think you'll ever beat Billy Crystal at the Academy Awards. Do you have a favorite moment of past Tony telecasts? Hugh Jackman did this thing where he hopped around the stage and backstage. People should have a look at that; I really enjoyed that. It was something I'd never seen before. A key weapon in the Tony host's arsenal is familiarity with the highs and lows of the Broadway season. You've been busy producing an hour of television a night out in Los Angeles, so how much have you managed to keep up with the shows in the running for this year's Tonys? I've seen a few and I'll see a few more this week. I do sort of feel like the strength to hosting the show is almost to not make it too inside-baseball, but to think about the audience at home. A lot of these people won't have seen Shuffle Along or Waitress or The Humans, so you need to try and keep them engaged also. It's a fine line to walk between making lots of jokes about the Broadway season but also recognizing that this is television live across the country at 8 p.m. You mentioned the tradition of a splashy opening number — any chance we'll see one from you? We're going to try! We'll find out today, really. Hosting the Tonys in the year of Hamilton is a bit like hosting the Oscars when Titanic was up for everything. How do you inject an element of surprise? I just feel very, very proud to be hosting the show on a night when there is a genuine cultural phenomenon at the center of it. There are not many musicals that burned boundaries into the greater public consciousness, not just in America but internationally. The thirst and the warmth for that show is, firstly, absolutely deserved, and secondly, incredible to witness. And so I feel very lucky to host this awards show in a year when such a huge thing is part of it. Any particular presenters or nominees you're looking forward to hanging out with? The list of nominees is great and the presenters are brilliant, but I don't know if there'll be much hanging out. I'll just be busy trying to host it. I'll be doing a lot of getting changed; I have six costume changes. That'll be my night really. You had to put the idea of doing Funny Thing aside when The Late Late Show came along. Is there a dream project you'd like to do on Broadway somewhere down the line when your schedule permits? Yeah, that show I'm a huge fan of; Little Shop of Horrors I'm a huge fan of. Guys and Dolls. The list just goes on and on and on, really. And that's not forgetting that there'll be lots of people out there right now writing new musicals, like Lin-Manuel Miranda was. Is there any particular show this season that you would love to have done? Well, you always want to be in Hamilton. And I wouldn't mind being that wolf in The Crucible — he has a pretty easy show. Aside from Hamilton, is it undiplomatic to ask what shows you're rooting for? I really enjoyed School of Rock; I think it's a brilliant new show. The Humans I thought was terrific, and Bright Star I also really enjoyed. Waitress I'm seeing this week. I feel very excited about seeing that show because I'm a big Sara Bareilles fan. The Tony Awards will air live from New York City's Beacon Theatre on CBS, on Sunday, June 12, at 8 p.m. ET/PT time delay. A version of this story also appears in the June 17 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME David Rooney email@example.com @thr


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Years ago, the movie industry left Mickey Rourke for dead. He couldn't get a job with anyone. His face looked like pot-holed road that a Doberman took a dump on. His attitude was more disagreeable than Jack's white supremacist gang from Breaking Bad. The rumors were he gave up acting prior to his last few movies and what you saw in those last few was simply a cardboard cut-out of Rourke that he bought in Chinatown in the 80's. When Darren Aronofsky found Rourke for The Wrestler, Rourke was ice fishing in a tenement in West Virginia. The ice was methamphetamine and he'd toss a fishing line out a 4-story window and try to fish it out of a drug dealer's hidden stash. Then The Wrestler happened and he acted well enough to distract from his face. Suddenly, the contracts started streaming in and Rourke was hot again. Then a funny thing happened. He brushed off the cardboard cut-out for his next few movies and started calling Marisa Tomei at four in the morning to see if she wanted to go get waffles and blow him. In the life cycle of Mickey Rourke, Nelson Cruz is now receiving acclaim for his performance in The Wrestler. At 33 years old, it is possible Cruz could have a career year, but he is 12 homers from his career high. What does he get the rest of the year? 15 homers? Maybe. That means you already got the bulk of his stats and it's barely June. He's also a .270 hitter that is currently hitting .313, so what does he do the rest of the year? 15 homers and a .260 average? That's Khris Davis. If you have someone in your league with visions of Diner and Rumble Fish, I'd absolutely explore offers selling Nelson Cruz. Anyway, here's some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
Josh Willingham – I know no one that reads this site is in a league where Willingham is still available, but I'm told by ownership numbers that he's readily available. I'm beginning to think ownership numbers are like how many girls you say you've slept with compared to actually have.
Lorenzo Cain – If he were named, say, Fred Smith, I don't think I'd be nearly excited about Lorenzo Cain. Unless it was the Fred Smith that owned FedEx. Surprised he didn't go with FredEx. I would've. Maybe that's why I run a fantasy baseball blog and not a billionaire dollar company. Hmm…
Michael Saunders – You have to platoon him against lefties, or assume you're just not going to have an outfielder in those games. I did call Saunders recently Trader-Joe's-GMO-Brantley because he's a poor man's Michael Brantley and I stand by that. Okay, I lied; I'm sitting.
Denard Span – Going on about 16 weeks in a row of me saying to pick up Span. So, if you haven't by now, that means you're not reading this. Since you're not reading this, I thought it was time to come forward. I was the one that parked two inches from your car that made you crawl in the passenger side. My bad. I figured anyone driving a Corvette was smart enough to figure out an alternate entrance, if only barely.
Corey Dickerson – In the preseason, Steamer had a major hard-on for Dickerson. If that's a pun, it's noted. I'm not entirely sure. I need a Brit to confirm; they're so clever! Dickerson wasn't just Steamer working blue, he does have a solid power/speed combo and plays in Coors. Yes, please and don't mind if I do!
Oswaldo Arcia – You'd think I really liked Arcia with how much I keep talking about him. Well, I do. That's almost as predictable as an old Asian lady wearing a mask. At what age do Asian women start wearing masks? Is it a rite of passage for Asian women at the age of 70? I got questions, y'all!
Andre Ethier – This is more of a Hitter-Tron selection that it's excited for. Not quite as excited as the first time it saw carlashes.
Gregory Polanco – His time is nigh! That's near, not that his time is at night and my T key suddenly stopped working.
Brad Miller – This guy sounds vaguely familiar. He play for the Mariners? Middle infielder? Not ringing a bell at all. He's been hitting recently but don't have any in-depth information because this is the first time I've heard of him.
Jordy Mercer – You know the guy at the supermarket that collects the shopping carts and when you see him you say, "How ya doing?" and he talks to you for five minutes even though you were just being polite and didn't want to actually know how he was doing? Jordy sounds like a guy that would do that.
Brock Holt – I recently dropped Holt because I didn't need runs. I would do the reverse Holt drop if I did need that sorta thing.
Trevor Plouffe – I could sit here and quote you all kinds of reasons why you should pick up Plouffe. But I honestly don't have that many reasons. Just one: he could hit for power.
Kolten Wong – Keep an eye on whether or not his shoulder is going to sideline him for long. If it doesn't, remember he won NL Rookie of the Month honors in May. Hey, I wonder if Wong's parents get a bumper sticker that says, "My child was NL Rookie of the Month."
Tommy La Stella – Funny how the Gods of fantasy baseball work. La Stella looks like the real deal for average, but he has little power and speed. It's like an O. Henry story and La Stella just bought Dan Uggla a comb and Dan Uggla just bought himself hair gel that the comb can't get through.
Kendrys Morales – I just gave you my Kendrys Morales fantasy. It was written while reading the Yahoo Answers entry for "Who sang Looking In Your Big Brown Eyes: Bob Marley or UB40?"
Wilson Ramos – I'm going on the assumption that people are in at least ten team leagues. There's ten better catchers than Wilson Ramos? Well, maybe. But what about in 12 team leagues? Yeah, possibly there too. But maybe not! How's that for the lukewarm seal approval?
Joba Chamberlain – Joe Nathan shouldn't be the closer right now. That's not to say he won't be. Teams often go with the girl they brought to the dance, even if the other girl by the punch bowl is flirting hardcore, laughing at all your stupid jokes and saying she likes fantasy baseball. Worth it to grab Joba just in case Nathan makes it impossible to continue dating. Though usually the girl by the punch bowl lasts for about a week until she sleeps with your uncle and starts calling you nephew-to-be.
Collin McHugh – Has pitched well, but beyond that the Stream-o-Nator only has nice things to say about his next start too.
Andrew Heaney – It takes a doctorate in Brain Chemistry to figure out Super Two, but I think Heaney's coming up on the 16th.
Eddie Butler – I'd grab him for some possible rookie nookie as I went over the other day (if you click his name, you'll see the last three posts where he was mentioned), but I wouldn't start him tonight since he'll be pitching at the same altitude as many Penthouse Letters submissions. Eddie Butler also joins Charlie Blackmon and Corey Dickerson in the Reggie Cleveland Hall of Fame, and joins the White Eddie Club with Eddie Van Halen, Eddie Bauer and Crazy Eddie. (Note: Eddie Munster was green.) Tough break for Forest Whitaker who was all ready to star in Butler's biography. You're a good actor, Forest. But not that good.
Rubby De La Rosa – I don't trust Rubby as far as I can throw him, and while I am hella buff, I can't throw him very far. In deeper leagues though it's worth a flyer for Ks.
Marcus Stroman – I already gave you my Stroman fantasy. It was one part wow and two parts "Oh no he dint!"
Joey Votto – The Buysellatops, that big lumbering beast, thinks this Sell is cock-eyed like the guy on lookout in Puppetry of the Penis. That tool (the Buysellatops, not the– Well, you get it) actually is telling you to buy Votto, and, let's face it, everyone is worth a price to buy or sell. With that said (reversal, snitches!), I'd sell Votto low. In the past two years, he's hit 14 homers and 24, respectively. Or that's pretty whatever, disrespectively. Now he's saying he will have injury concerns all year. I don't doubt he can hit .300 again this year and get decent counting stats. But so can James Loney! What are we running a camp for the kids who don't hit for power and only average? I'm not running that camp. I wouldn't even send my dog dressed up in human clothes to that camp. I'm not saying sell Votto for a limited edition asparagus Pop Tart, but I'd explore options.


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Beauty and the Beast trailer: 5 callbacks to the original film
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
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The tale as old as time received a new chapter on Monday morning, when Disney unveiled the first look at its live-action retelling of 1991 animated classic Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, and many more. There was no golden dress or library packed sky-high with books, but the minute-and-a-half-long teaser was still filled with numerous callbacks to the original.
From the Beast's castle to Belle's foray into the forbidden West Wing, be our guest as we go through five ways the film referenced its predecessor.
The castle
The first thing viewers see when watching the trailer is the castle that the Beast calls home — where Belle's father, Maurice, and then Belle herself, initially become his prisoners. From the pointed turrets to its dark, you-don't-want-to-go-in-there aura, it looks remarkably similar to the animated version's exterior.
The Beast's slashed portrait
We don't see the Beast in this teaser, but we do see what his claws can do. In the original, he slashes a portrait of himself in his pre-Beast form. Here, it's a portrait of him as a young boy with his parents.
Belle's arrival
The arrival of Belle at the castle prompts the attention of the Beast's transformed servants, hopeful she might be the one to break the spell. In the original, Chip spots Belle first ("Momma, there's a girl in the castle!") before candelabra Lumiere and Cogsworth the clock take notice. Here, we hear — but don't see — the latter two (played by Ewan McGregor and Ian McKellen, respectively), discuss her with similar dialogue.
The rose in the West Wing
Our first glimpse of Watson as Belle comes near the end of the trailer, as she eyes the enchanted rose in the West Wing that counts down until the Beast will stay a beast forever — that is, unless he can learn to love another, and earn her love in return…
"Beauty and the Beast…"
Just as the footage ends, we hear a familiar tune: the now-iconic music from the original movie's theme. Just wait until we can see the ballroom all done up for that scene…
Directed by Bill Condon, Beauty and the Beast arrives in theaters March 17, 2017.
Episode Recaps
Beauty and the Beast (2017)


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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Famulari
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Famulari
Breinne F. Jordan of Dover, N.H., and Paul C. Famulari of Dover were married July 8, 2011, in a ceremony at the Regatta Place, Goat Island, Newport. The Rev. J. Michael Egan officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Eileen and Thomas Jordan of North Kingstown. The groom is the son of Noreen and Paul Famulari of Nottingham, N.H.
Caitlin Jordan Shaffer was matron of honor for her sister. Tara Elman and Jenna DeFalco were bridesmaids. Matthew Famulari was best man for his brother. Patrick Jordan, brother of the bride, and Eric Dubois were ushers.
The bride graduated from St. Mary Academy Bay View and Salve Regina University in Newport and received a master's of literacy from the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. She is employed by Spaulding Regional High School in Rochester, N.H.
The groom graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover. He earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., and a certificate in advanced graduate study from the University of New England. He is assistant principal at Pembroke Academy in Pembroke, N.H.
The couple visited Bar Harbor, Maine, on their honeymoon and make their home in Rochester.


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Gearing up for a fitter 2011? Dave Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Men's Health and author of the "Eat This, Not That!" series, shares which calorie-, fat- and sodium-loaded restaurant dishes to avoid.
Top Chinese entrée offender
PF Chang's Double Pan-Fried Noodles Combo (served with beef, pork, chicken and shrimp)
- 1,820 calories
- 84 g fat (8 g saturated)
- 7,692 mg sodium
The human body needs about 1,500 milligrams of sodium each day to function properly. Anything beyond that could be unnecessary, and possibly put your health at risk. And sure, Chinese food is notorious for its high salt content, but few dishes we've seen come anywhere close to this number. It packs enough of the white stuff to meet your body's needs for an entire week! And the rest of PF Chang's menu isn't much better. Stick with the Hong Kong Beef and plan to avoid the saltshaker for the next couple meals.
Sodium equivalent: 22 large orders of fries from McDonald's
Eat this instead!
Hong Kong Beef with Snow Peas
- 670 calories
- 28 g fat (6 g saturated)
- 2,960 mg sodium
Top Mexican entrée offender
Baja Fresh Charbroiled Steak Nachos
- 2,120 calories
- 118 g fat (44 g saturated, 4.5 g trans)
- 2,990 mg sodium
If the full day of calories in this entree doesn't ruin any of your weight-loss goals, then the 2 days of saturated fat almost certainly will. But if all that saturated fat doesn't wipe out your waistline, then the 2 days of trans fat surely will. If the trans fat doesn't wreak total havoc ... you get the point. Fact is, you could eat eight steak tacos and still take in fewer calories than what's found in this plate of cheesy chips. Stick to two tacos and save nearly half a pound of body fat in one sitting.
Calorie equivalent: 45 Chicken McNuggets
Eat this instead!
2 Original Baja Steak Tacos
- 460 calories
- 16 g fat (4 g saturated, 0 g trans)
- 520 mg sodium
Top pizza offender
Uno Chicago Grill's Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza (individual size)
- 2,310 calories
- 165 g fat (54 g saturated)
- 4,650 mg sodium
Congratulations, Uno! You lose! Again! In all the years we've been putting this annual list of worst foods together, this caloric calamity has never budged — it's the worst pizza, year after year. There's simply no competition for this crusty, cheesy nightmare. With a day's worth of calories, more than 2 days' worth of sodium, and nearly 3 days' worth of fat, they should call it the Classic Deep Doo-Doo pizza. Because that's where your diet will be if you eat it.
Sodium equivalent: 23 1.125-oz bags of Baked Lay's Original Potato Crisps
Eat this instead!
Cheese & Tomato Thin Crust Pizza (1/2 pizza)
- 420 calories
- 16.5 g fat (7.5 g saturated)
- 885 mg sodium
Top breakfast offender
IHOP Big Country Breakfast with Chicken Fried Steak & Country Gravy
2,490 calories149 g fat (57 g saturated)213 g carbohydrates5,690 mg sodium
Here's the anatomy of a breakfast disaster: Take a 12-ounce steak, bread it, fry it, and then cover it with gravy. Then, on the side, drop three eggs and three buttermilk pancakes. Does it not occur to IHOP that this is actually three full meals that would weigh in at more than 800 calories apiece???
Saturated fat equivalent: 7 Chipotle Chicken Sandwiches from Dunkin Donuts
Eat this instead!
Simple & Fit Turkey Bacon Omelet w/Fresh Fruit
- 420 calories
- 21 g fat (10 g saturated)
- 24 g carbohydrates
- 730 mg sodium
Top food offender in America in 2010
Cheesecake Factory's Bistro Shrimp Pasta
- 2,730 calories
- 78 g saturated fat
- 141 g carbohydrates
- 919 mg sodium
No restaurant chain exemplifies America's portion problem more than Cheesecake Factory, where the average sandwich contains nearly 1,400 calories — more than three full meals. But the Factory doesn't stop at elephantine portion sizes; it combines that with heavy-handed application of cheap cooking fats and the results are disastrous! However, it's this relatively healthy-sounding plate of shrimp pasta that earns this year's "Worst Food in America" crown from Eat This, Not That!, delivering to your system more saturated fat than you'd find in three packages of Oscar Mayer Center Cut Bacon or as many calories as in seven bean burritos from Taco Bell.
Calorie equivalent: 7 bean burritos from Taco Bell
Eat this instead!
Fresh Grilled Mahi Mahi
- 240 calories
- 1 g saturated fat
- 2 g carbohydrates
- 364 mg sodium
More from Men's Health:Cook This, Not That: 350-Calorie MealsThe 10 Worst Fast Food MealsThe 20 Worst Foods 2010The 15 Best Recipes for Weight Loss


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Every other weekend for the past 3 months, I've been coaching basketball to 60 children. I was pumped at first; I eagerly prepared drills and came up with numerous skills. I knew the main purpose of coaching was for the children to learn English, but I was still thrilled to finally be able to coach my favorite sport…little did I know it would be one of the most challenging things I've done…
To be honest, I was slightly nervous to teach orphans and regular students together. I quickly realized dribbling and shooting became secondary to what really needed to be taught.
For those who may not know about these orphans (abandoned children), they are not your typical quiet, timid type. As I've mentioned in previous posts, some orphans primary goal is to make the teachers cry (I was one of them last year-yes, I was so naive then).
Let's just say I had to teach myself all the Korean swearwords after having one class with them (typical for a foreign teacher to be cussing themselves out in Korean by repeating the unfamiliar words thinking the children were teaching them good Korean while they deviously laugh).
Believe me, love is not a teachers (or anyone's) initial response to screaming children saying, "F—k you, teacher!" while 2 other students are trying to steal from your pockets as your scrambling to break up a fist fight due to a regular student telling the orphan student they have no parents. And forget about trying to get them to listen to a complete stranger talk about basketball in a foreign language. Their thoughts, "Why do we need English? And why the h-ll do we need to listen to you?" Imagine this adding to a total of 60 students with only 2 other teachers. Luckily I have a strong voice.
My motto I kept telling myself the first month, "Love the hate outta them."
No-brainer, right? Loving orphans? Can't be that hard since their behavior is a direct result from their lack of love. But after countless inappropriate comments and behaviors, I was so tempted to just coast through the 2 hour basketball class like any other teacher and just "make it through" to the end of the day till they leave. But I knew I just couldn't…
I knew these students wouldn't want to open up to another person just coming in and out of their lives yet again to be abandoned…the pain is too hard to love and be hurt again by abandonment. So they react by rejecting the thing they need the most: love.
Thankfully, I have learned their ways and used some skills to get their attention. First: high expectations and positive reinforcement. I used their oh so competitive spirit to my advantage and set up a point system for each teams respect and teamwork. I think I spent as much time talking about respect, teamwork, and behavior in the first month as much as basketball skills.
Each class and throughout break times, I would try to speak to as many students as I could individually (as a group they feed off rebellion; when you get them alone, you can concentrate that love individually and it's much more powerful) remembering their names, writing little comments and notes about them.
As I continued to love on them and invest time, and be strict (you gotta be with these kids), I saw a change. The bitter isolated walls started to crumble and those initial curses and grabbing turned to smiling faces says, "Tanya Teacher!"
By the third time, I had many of the students come running hugging (huge deal since most of them refuse being touched in the beginning; hard for me since I'm such a physical touch girl) me waiting excitedly to see me.
Teacher Lane playing with the kids during break time. The kids were fascinated with his super tallness (6'2'' if I remember right).
3 of my favorite girls. Beware of their cuteness…they were some of the most misbehaved students at first.
I came into the cafeteria and saw one of the girls with her hands up against the wall (standard Korean punishment). Her face showed that she was being punished. I thought the girl was being punished for punching a kid or cussing out a teacher—pretty typical for her.
So, I skipped over to her, playfully grabbed and hugged(we had a relationship by this time) her from behind, tickling her I said, "Kwenchana? Kwenchana?" "Are you okay? Are you okay?" in a teasing manner trying to crack a smile.
She didn't smile. Later I found out she was being punished for breaking a window in the cafeteria!
Hmmm…I was wondering why the Korean staff was glaring at me while I was ruining their punishment plan. She is my favorite…for realI think I relate too well with her tenacity. She has such a strong spirit with unbelievable potential.
More play time for Lane.
The kids not from the orphanage…as you can see, they think they're some pretty hot stuff.
Orphan students being scolded by one of the head guys of our company for money being stolen in the dorm rooms. You can't tell, but it was pretty intense.
One of my favorite times with the kids…waving and saying goodbye as they go back to their home. So many mixed emotions going on all at once.
Their overly excited waves as they're blaring to the teachers, "GOODBYE!!" while the Korean staff is rushing them to get on the bus.
The kid with the green shirt is another favorite of mine. Absolutely no English but he makes me laugh just looking at him. His nickname I gave him: Goggles (can you guess why) He has no idea what it means and makes such mischief with his overly exuberant energy. But I can' help but laugh and tease him.
One of my favorite pics of the day…
Another fav…
It amazes me how my worst class has become my favorite class. I have truly fallen in love with these kids. I'm so excited to spend Christmas day with them, but so sad that it will be the last weekend they're here.
I visited their orphanage 2 weeks ago for their baptism (pictures coming shortly) and was so blessed by their reactions. Their faces were priceless when they saw teachers showing up for such a special occasion (major deal to be baptized). Sad to say, but it was almost unfathomable for the kids to see a teacher to actually come to their home. Oh how I can't wait to see them when I come back to Korea.
Saved the best for last…. This picture might be voted for one of the top of the year. There's so many good ones I love that should take that place, but I just can't seem to shake his expression, the lighting, the colors, the way the window splits his face, the parallels of the window to his life…all such good dynamics.subscribe to my RSS feed!


text: Protesters who are digging in at Government House, have rejected Somchai's candidacy [AFP] Protesters have accused Thaksin, who was ousted in a bloodless coup in 2006, of continuing to pull the government's strings remotely from exile in Britain. Kudeb Saikrachang, a spokesman for the PPP, has admitted that Thaksin "still has a lot of influence". In Focus • Timeline: Thailand's crisis• Profile: Who are the PAD? "He gives advice to people within the party and they listen," he said. On Tuesday, Thailand's Supreme Court issued a second arrest warrant for Thaksin when he failed to appear in court to acknowledge charges against him in one of four pending corruption cases. A first warrant was issued after he fled the country in July in connection with a separate case. Fuelling protests The rebel MPs – 73 out of the PPP's 233 legislators in parliament – say appointing a Thaksin relative would only inflame and prolong anti-government protests. Critics accuse Thaksin of continuing to pull the government's strings from exile [EPA] They stormed out of a party meeting on Monday when their call to hold an open debate on potential candidates was rejected, and they have signed a petition asking the party to reconsider Somchai's nomination. The group has also threatened not to back the party's choice when parliament meets on Wednesday. Boonsong Wongtrirat, a spokesman for the rebel MPs, said they would "abstain from voting if [Somchai] is formally nominated". "We want to choose a candidate who will not aggravate problems … a candidate for the prime minister should not be a controversial figure," he said. Protesters are not clear about who they want in government but they know who they do not want: anyone connected to Thaksin. The People's Alliance for Democracy which has been leading the protests, had earlier claimed only to be seeking Samak's resignation, but it has now rejected anyone from the PPP and has vowed to continue its campaign if Somchai is made leader. Chamlong Srimuang, one of the protest leaders, said Somchai would "be even more [Thaksin's] proxy than Samak ever was". Some party members have suggested that dissolving parliament to force new elections is the only way to resolve the dispute. Party sources say Somchai's wife and Thaksin's sister, Yaowapha Wongsawat, even warned the MPs on Monday to support Somchai or face parliament being dissolved - and them losing their seats – but Somchai ruled that out on Tuesday. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies


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Who is eligible to register with MYWC?
Boys and girls 5-14 years old, in kindergarten through 8th grade, are able to join.
How much does it cost?
MYWC is proud to say we still have one of the lowest registration fees in Northern Illinois! For the 2014-2015 season (November-March) the registration fee is $105 and includes:
USA Wrestling membership card (includes USA Wrestler magazine subscription)
MYWC team t-shirt
Participation award(s) at our annual Awards Night
How do we register?
You will need to bring your child so he/she can be sized for their singlet and your child's birth certificate if he/she is new to MYWC.
You will also need to bring 4 checks:
Check #1 - $105 per child for Registration Fee
Check #2 - $60 per child for Singlet Deposit (post-date check to 4/1/2015) - this check will be returned to you once your child's singlet has been returned at the end of the season
Check #3 - $100 per family for Volunteer Deposit (post-date check to 2/1/2015) - this check will be returned to you once your volunteer commitment has been fulfilled
Check #4 - $100 per family for Raffle Tickets (post-date check to 12/1/2014) - sell the tickets or keep them for yourself - 1st Prize is $1,000!
What do they need to wear?
For practice:
T-shirt and shorts – no zippers, buttons or pockets
Wrestling shoes (we have many pairs of donated shoes available, ask to check "the box")
For tournaments:
MYWC Singlet (provided)
Wrestling shoes
When and where is practice held?
Practice begins the week of November 3rd at the old Hawthorn Elementary School in Marengo. Practice is held from 6:00-7:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays for all teams, with an extra practice on Mondays for those on the advanced team. We also offer Open Mat on Wednesdays at Marengo Community High School. A complete practice schedule will be available at the Parent Meeting.
When are the tournaments and how many do we have to attend?
There are tournaments every weekend December through February (usually on Sundays). Competing at tournaments is not required, but we recommend it to fully appreciate the sport and demonstrate what has been learned during practice. We do encourage all of our team members to wrestle at the two tournaments that MYWC hosts – Beginners Brawl in December (1st and 2nd year wrestlers only) and Cabin Fever in January.
What is a Volunteer Commitment?
MYWC hosts two tournaments: "Beginners Brawl" on 12/6/14 and "Cabin Fever" on 1/25/15. MANY hours from MANY volunteers are required to successfully host these tournaments so we need help from each and every MYWC family! Volunteer time is required at both tournaments in order to fulfill the family's volunteer commitment. A volunteer sign-up sheet is made available at our 3 registration dates as well as at our Parent Meeting in October.
What are the divisions in youth wrestling?
Divisions are based on age:
5-6 years old – Tot
7-8 years old – Bantam
9-10 years old – Intermediate
11-12 years old – Novice
13-14 years old – Senior
Will my child get hurt?
There is always a risk of injury to those participating in any sport; however, most wrestling injuries are minor. Serious injuries are not as common in wrestling as in other sports such as football, basketball, hockey or gymnastics due to the fact that wrestlers are not colliding at high speeds or falling as in these other popular sports. Additional safety factors include:
Close supervision with a high ratio of coaches to athletes
Matching up practice partners based on size, weight and age
Requiring all wrestlers to wear headgear during practice and tournaments
Proper warm-up to begin each practice
What about skin infections?
Skin infections such as ringworm and impetigo have been prevalent in the sport of wrestling due to the frequent skin-to-skin contact and contact with mats, but infections can be avoided through proper precautions. Our coaches wash the mats before and after each practice and conduct weekly "skin checks" on all wrestlers. Skin checks are also done at sign-in for all tournaments – if a skin condition is discovered, that wrestler is disqualified to prevent the spread of infection to other wrestlers. Even with these precautions, it is important that your child showers immediately after every practice and tournament.
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Seiya Bowser is an 18-year-old artist who has just graduated high school. Growing up he has lived in Los Angeles, Japan, and New York.
What is the process of creating your paintings? Is it a long creative process?
"The process for creating the pieces takes me very long, but, usually what I do is just chill, smoke weed, and just start the piece. It takes a long time for me to decide what the piece actually is until I'm about halfway through, which is weird I don't know why I do that."
Was this work for school, or did you do this in your own time?
"All the work I do is for myself. When I was in high school my art teacher helped me a lot, but, I never really did work or pay attention just did my own stuff, she didn't really like that."
What, or who inspired you?
"I'm mostly inspired by my friends, they're always throwing ideas at me for what to paint. Me and my friend Jonah always take shrooms and paint together, it's the best."
What techniques did you use throughout this collection?
"For all of my painting pieces, I use the same technique, pretty much. I try to just layer it and create distinct colours. I try to kind of match it with the mood and the paper and what I'm drawing. When I use pen or pencil it's usually a figure, or some funny high drawing."
What do you hope for the future?
"In the future I would like to just travel a lot, meet new people and just keep doing art. Hopefully, make a career out of it."


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Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Running Time
118 min
A team of explorers and soldiers travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific, unaware that they are crossing into the domain of monsters, including the mythic Kong.
When you're preconditioned as a set-up for a bigger film, you're doomed to fail from the start. The objective no longer becomes about making a great film but about making an excellent teaser- show you a bit of bad-assery so movie-goers can give film studios an excuse to fund a bigger budget blockbuster. Kong: Skull Island is like that- a film so rushed to serve as a bridge to Gareth Edward's Godzilla that it never finds its own footing. It showcases a childish fraternal mindset to the Vietnam era with a group of soldiers treating the plot as a game of Call of Duty. We have our beloved Tom Hiddleston cutting through monsters like it was Fruit Ninja and Brie Larson as the damsel in distress who glues herself to Hiddleston in every shot just to emphasize the love interest if you couldn't tell already. There is no sense of consequentialism in the film- characters regularly drop the ball in tense scenes to make yet another flat-landing joke and soldiers who either act like melodramatic martyrs or could care less about another fallen comrade. Even Kong in this film feels out of place, acting more as a plot device by wrecking helicopters or killing monsters to further our hooligans' cumbersome expedition than being the star of the film.
There is no minute to spare on plot development, as the film abandons any sense of a strong character or story-arc build-up and heads straight for the big bad land of Kong. One-liners are sprinkled throughout to add minimal flavor to our ultimately bland characters: Hiddleston the lone wolf ranger with daddy-issues, Larson as the social activist, Goodman as the paranoid conspiracy theorist, and Jackson as the utilitarian hell-bent soldier. Once our band of characters actually get to Skull Island do we truly see how bland these characters are as they helplessly navigate from point A to point B without any meaningful reaction to the situation they're in or development of character. It's all just firing at whatever weird creature pops on screen and hope to god you end up killing it. It stems from the fact that the film tries to be too many things at once, losing its tonal focus and all credibility. One never gets to sulk in the emotions conveyed in a scene before it gets sharply contrasted with the next, baffled at whether this is an actual action movie or a parody. John C Reilly's character serves as a plot dump to the film, expelling any belief in natural plot progression and instead accepting a deranged man's word as truth. If Reilly says Kong is a hero, then everyone should treat Kong as a hero. If Reilly wants a hot dog, then everyone should go get him a hot dog. Our protagonists become hyper-sensitive to what they're told and despite the fact that they'd been crash landed or had a mission to search for rescue, they end up going back to save Kong because 'he's a good guy'. Once the post-credit scene rolls up you start to realize that this film's sole purpose was to provide an excuse for a Kong v Godzilla movie, an idea which by face value should already deter people. The creation of mixing two different worlds into a big bad fight showcases a lack of creativity, when there are no other better storylines to explore you stick both of the most famous monsters in head-to-head and hope the CGI will awe the audiences into devotion.
This tonal inconsistency throughout the film is reflected in the poor class of acting in the film. Mind you that this film has gone to lengths to select a widely celebrated cast, in this film it's as if they can't act. Each character embodies a teenage persona who, like I said, treats the whole movie like a Call of Duty game. No one really seems frightened by the fact that they could die and whenever somebody else dies, it's really brushed off quickly. It's hard to take anyone seriously or commend anyone when their scripts are so unbelievably cheesy and archaic. Because somebody cannot die without a cheesy one-liner nor can somebody stay sad for longer than 5 seconds as it would drag down the film as a whole. The greatest irony is that Brie Larson, having just come off winning an Oscar, deliver a B-movie performance as the damsel in distress that resembles something you'd seen in Sharknado.
Now in a monster movie the one thing you can depend on is cinematography. Unfortunately, that too has been heavily filtered with glaring CGI and green screen mixed with the director's infatuation with panoramic shots of our band of characters every scene he can get. There are scenes in this film surveying the jungle landscape which make you question whether they were original or actually pulled off a Discovery Channel documentary. The monsters have a blatant CGI presence which makes them seem totally out of place with the movie itself and give them more of a 'cartoony' vibe if at all. There are some awing fight scenes spread out through the film serve as some numbness to the film's ultimately frustrating endeavor. On the other hand, the panoramic shots are overly-done as every couple of scenes the camera zooms out on our characters with dramatic music to give them more of a 'we're a bunch of badasses' vibe that deserves no merit.
Kong:Skull Island is another cheap attempt of movie studios trying to jump on the world-building franchise and while there could potentially be interesting elements to explore in such a world, the people making Kong: Skull Island are obviously in it for the wrong reasons.
In Summary
- Some Passable Fight Scenes
- Tonally Unfocused
- Evidently Rushed Storyline
- CGI Overkill and Panoramic Snooze Fest


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Resurrecting the ChampWikipedia open wikipedia design.
|Resurrecting the Champ
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Rod Lurie
|Produced by
|Mike Medavoy
Bob Yari
Marc Frydman
Rod Lurie
|Screenplay by
|Michael Bortman
Allison Burnett
|Based on
|Resurrecting the Champ by J.R. Moehringer
|Samuel L. Jackson
Josh Hartnett
Kathryn Morris
Alan Alda
Rachel Nichols
David Paymer
Teri Hatcher
|Music by
|Larry Groupé
|Adam Kane
|Edited by
|Sarah Boyd
Phoenix Pictures
Alberta Film Entertainment
Battleplan Productions
Yari Film Group
|Distributed by
|Yari Film Group
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
SEVEN24 Films
Release date
Running time
|112 minutes
|United States
|$13 million[1]
|Box office
Resurrecting the Champ is a 2007 American drama sports film directed by Rod Lurie. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett, based on a Los Angeles Times Magazine article entitled Resurrecting the Champ, by author J.R. Moehringer.[3] The film centers on a fictionalized former athlete portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson, living on the streets of Denver, who attempts to impersonate the life and career of former professional heavyweight boxer Bob Satterfield. The ensemble cast also features Josh Hartnett, Alan Alda, David Paymer, and Teri Hatcher.
The film was a co-production between the motion picture studios of Phoenix Pictures, Alberta Film Entertainment, Battleplan Productions, and the Yari Film Group. Theatrically, it was commercially distributed by the Yari Film Group, while in the home video rental market it was distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Resurrecting the Champ explores professional ethics, journalism and athletics.[4] On September 25, 2007, the original motion picture soundtrack was released by the Rykodisc record label. The film score was composed and orchestrated by musicians Larry Groupé and Blake Hazard. Indie Rock band The Submarines also contributed a musical track to the score. In 2008, the film was nominated for an ESPY Award for Best Sports Movie as well as a Young Artist Award in the category of Best Performance in a Feature Film, Young Actor Age Ten or Younger.
Resurrecting the Champ premiered in theaters nationwide in the United States on August 24, 2007 grossing $3,172,573 in domestic ticket receipts. The film took in an additional $69,854 in business through international release for a combined worldwide total of $3,242,427. Preceding its initial screening in cinemas, the film was generally met with positive critical reviews. With its initial foray into the home video marketplace; the widescreen DVD edition of the film featuring theatrical trailers, cast and crew interviews, and commentary with director Lurie among other highlights, was released in the United States on April 8, 2008.
Erik Kernan Jr. (Hartnett) is a young fledgling journalist employed by The Denver Times. Frustrated, Kernan struggles with his supervising editor Ralph Metz (Alda) concerning rudimentary coverage over his articles related to professional sports. Metz views Kernan's editorial work as bland and uninspiring considering his recently deceased father was a famous sportscaster. Kernan is separated from his wife, Joyce (Morris), who also works at the newspaper, and worries that he might be losing touch with their young son, Teddy (Goyo).
In an alley near the Denver Coliseum, three rowdy young men taunt an elderly homeless man (Jackson), who calls himself "Champ" and claims to have been a professional boxer. As the men begin to assault him, Kernan, leaving a boxing match he was covering at the venue, comes to his aid. Eventually, Kernan learns that Champ was once a famous former heavyweight boxing contender, Bob Satterfield.
During an interview with a magazine publisher named Whitley (Paymer), Kernan informs him that he has an influential story about the former boxer Satterfield, who's now a homeless man living on the streets assuming the moniker "Champ". Though at the same time, Champ is reluctant to cooperate for any biographical piece. In order to gain Champ's confidence for the chronicle, Kernan recruits an associate at the newspaper, Polly (Nichols), to assist him in retrieving information about his past.
The magazine ultimately publishes Kernan's article. It wins applause from readers and journalists alike. The story even draws the attention of a TV personality from Showtime, Flak (Hatcher), who boldly suggests it should be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. But the intense publicity brings Kernan into contact with elderly folk who knew Satterfield personally, and are adamant that he's deceased. Kernan later learns that Champ is in fact a lesser known boxing contender, Tommy Kincaid, whom Satterfield once defeated in the ring. He makes a conscious choice and decides to inform his editors about the profile error. However, before he can do so, he learns that he and the newspaper are being sued by Satterfield's son, Robert (Lennix). Satterfield Jr. is angered, since it had been long known to a number of people that Champ had a lengthy history of impersonating his father. Metz derides Kernan for not having done due diligence in examining Champ's authenticity regarding his past.
Satterfield Jr. is later appeased with a proposal by Kernan to write another article retracting his mistake; and to include personal journalistic material about the elder Satterfield which he long wanted someone to articulate about. Kernan is also gratified with knowing that his young son Teddy will be proud of his father even if he does not know the famous people he once claimed to know.
- Samuel L. Jackson as "Champ"/"Bob Satterfield"/Tommy Kincaid
- Josh Hartnett as Erik Kernan Jr.
- Kathryn Morris as Joyce Kernan
- Dakota Goyo as Teddy Kernan
- Alan Alda as Ralph Metz
- Rachel Nichols as Polly
- David Paymer as Whitely
- Teri Hatcher as Andrea Flak
- Kristen Shaw as Perlmutter
- Nick Sandow as Marciano
- Harry J. Lennix as Bob Satterfield Jr.
For logistical and monetary reasons, director Lurie chose to film primarily in Calgary, Alberta.[5] Critical exterior shots were also filmed in Denver, Colorado, where the story itself is based.[6] For some scenes, production filmed at a real homeless shelter called The Mustard Seed, as around forty of the shelter's residents and guests were hired to stand in as film extras.[5] Additional boxing flashbacks were filmed at the Corral Arena at the Calgary Stampede Grounds.[5]
The original motion picture soundtrack for Resurrecting the Champ, was released by the Rykodisc music label on September 25, 2007.[7] The film score was composed and orchestrated by a number of musicians including, Larry Groupé, Blake Hazard, and Neville Ivey.
|Resurrecting the Champ [Music from the Film]
|Film score by
|"Old School"
|"Babe I like your walk"
|"The Truth"
|"Shadow of my Father"
|"Backyard Talk"
|"Ready or not"
|"I'm Champ"
|"Champ sees old video"
|"Career Day"
|"The Right Thing"
|"Five Points"
|"Zulu Segue"
|"For the Record"
|"Hot off the presses"
|"Some Mistakes"
|"Champ Dies"
|"Land of Quiet Poems"
|"Resurrecting Champ"
|Total length:
Home media[edit]
Following its cinematic release in theaters, the Region 1 Code widescreen edition of the film was released on DVD in the United States on April 8, 2008. Special features for the DVD include; commentary with director Lurie; a Resurrecting the Champ featurette; cast and crew interviews; and the theatrical trailer.[8]
Critical response[edit]
Among mainstream critics in the U.S., the film received generally mixed to positive reviews.[9] Rotten Tomatoes reported that 60% of 119 sampled critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 6.1 out of 10.[10] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average out of 100 to critics' reviews, Resurrecting the Champ received a score of 55 based on 28 reviews.[9] The film was nominated for an ESPY Award in the category of Best Sports Movie in 2008.[11] It also received a nomination for a Young Artist Award for actor Dakota Goyo in the category of Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Age Ten or Younger.[12]
—Roger Ebert, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times[13]
Mick LaSalle, writing in the San Francisco Chronicle, channeled with a mild upbeat sentiment affirming, "The fun of watching Jackson is watching him think, but here he's playing a man whose mind is half gone. Jackson conveys that as well as one could hope, but he's boxing with one hand and four fingers tied behind his back."[14] Left a bit impressed, J.R. Jones writing in the Chicago Reader, surmised how actor Hartnett "really connects with the role of a dull-witted but grandly ambitious Denver Post reporter who hits on a great story when he crosses paths with a foggy homeless man (Samuel L. Jackson) who claims he's fearsome heavyweight boxer."[15] In a mixed to positive review, Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, relayed that motion picture "has morals that Winston Churchill and Jake LaMotta both could love. It suggests that true success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm. And it implies that the most decisive bouts are those that take place outside the ring."[16] Stephen Holden of The New York Times, emphatically expressed that the film "captures the hard-boiled tone of a big-city newsroom almost perfectly." He asserted that the film was a "cautionary fable that every journalistic go-getter dreaming of front-page bylines would do well to heed."[17]
The film however, was not without its detractors. Writing for Entertainment Weekly, film critic Lisa Schwarzbaum viewed the filmmakers as not content enough "to make this a story of two imperfect men. Instead, speechy monologues on the responsibilities of journalism, the particular evil of infotainment (represented by Teri Hatcher as a she-devil from Showtime), and the gooey sanctity of the bond between fathers and sons all but nullify Jackson's zesty performance."[18] In similar fashion, columnist Joanne Kaufman writing for The Wall Street Journal emphasized, "Samuel L. Jackson is a knock-out as a broken-down, boozed-up former boxer in the fact-based 'Resurrecting the Champ.' The movie itself — which deals (not very interestingly) with the issue of journalistic integrity and (very predictably) with father-son relationships — doesn't pack much of a wallop."[19] In the Chicago Sun-Times, noted film critic Roger Ebert voiced his enthusiasm with the picture observing, "There are developments in this movie that I don't want to hint at, especially since they surprised me, and you should have the same pleasure. They call into question, let us say, people's motives for doing things, and what happens when two people have the misfortune to find that their motives are a good fit."[13] Columnist Marjorie Baumgarten of The Austin Chronicle professed that the film was "a sentimental drama about fathers and sons and the emotional distances between them. Though most of these narrative facets provide interesting fodder, none are satisfactorily developed creating a hodgepodge effect. Were it not for the solid cast performances, and in particular the showy Jackson performance as the Champ of the title, the visually bland movie would warrant little attention."[20]
—Joanne Kaufman, writing in The Wall Street Journal[19]
For the most part, satisfied with the quality of the motion picture, Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe said that "If most boxing movies are about redemption, 'Resurrecting the Champ' is a boxing movie that goes to exasperating lengths to redeem its boxing writer." He declared the film to be a "one-sided Hollywood claptrap about honesty and valor".[21] John Anderson writing in Variety took a neutral position exclaiming, "Although helmer Rod Lurie circles a lot of thorny issues in this morality tale of a middleweight contender-turned-homeless vagrant and the reporter who rescues him from obscurity, the plan of attack is overly sentimentalized and the execution is slack. If not for Samuel L. Jackson's performance as the ravaged boxer, 'Champ' would be of limited interest."[22] Critic Jeff Vice of the Deseret News accounted for the fact that the film wasn't "quite a knockout." He stated, "if this sports drama was a pugilistic bout, it would have to go to the scorecards just to get a favorable decision." But in summary he concluded, "Director Rod Lurie and screenwriters Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett based this tale on a true story, and parts of it do ring true. The explorations of the strained father-son dynamic and a message about redemption are well-done."[23]
Box office[edit]
Resurrecting the Champ premiered in cinemas on August 24, 2007 in wide release throughout the United States.[2] During that weekend, the film opened in 15th place grossing $1,667,659 in business showing at 1,605 locations.[2] The film Superbad opened in 1st place during that weekend with $18,044,369 in revenue.[24] The film's revenue dropped by 66% in its second week of release, earning $554,616. For that particular weekend, the film fell to 25th place with a lower opening theater count at 1,295 cinemas. The slasher horror film Halloween unseated Superbad to open in 1st place with $26,362,367 in box office business.[25] During its final week in release, Resurrecting the Champ opened in a dismal 111th place grossing a marginal $1,897 in revenue.[26] For that weekend period, The Game Plan starring Dwayne Johnson opened in 1st place with $22,950,971 in box office receipts.[27] Resurrecting the Champ went on to top out domestically at $3,172,573 in total ticket sales through an initial 6-week theatrical run.[2] For 2007 as a whole, the film would cumulatively rank at a box office performance position of 201.[28]
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- Footnotes
- ^ "Resurrecting the Champ (2007)". The Numbers. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Resurrecting the Champ (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
- ^ J.R. Moehringer (1997-05-04). "RESURRECTING THE CHAMP". Los Angeles Times.com. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
- ^ Rod Lurie. (2007). Resurrecting the Champ [Motion picture] Production Notes. United States: Yari Film Group.
- ^ a b c "Resurrecting the Champ". PeterCoyote.com. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ Resurrecting the Champ (dvd). Denver, Colorado: Yari Film Group. 2007. Event occurs at 1:51:36.
- ^ "Resurrecting the Champ [Music from the Film]". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ "Resurrecting the Champ DVD Widescreen". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ a b Resurrecting the Champ. Metacritic. CNET Networks. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ Resurrecting the Champ (2007). Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ "ESPY Award winners". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
- ^ "29th Annual Awards 2008". Young Artist Awards. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
- ^ a b Ebert, Roger (24 August 2007). Resurrecting the Champ. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ LaSalle, Mick (23 August 2007). Review: Two men get a second chance in 'Resurrecting the Champ'. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Jones, J.R. (2007). Resurrecting the Champ. Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Rickey, Carrie (24 August 2007). A good little scrapper, but not a title contender. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (24 August 2007). Heroes and Has-Beens in Redemption City. The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (22 August 2007). Resurrecting the Champ (2007). Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ a b Kaufman, Joanne (24 August 2007). Jackson's a Hit, But 'Champ' Has a Glass Chin. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Baumgarten, Marjorie (24 August 2007). Resurrecting the Champ. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Morris, Wesley (24 August 2007). One-sided plot brings down 'Champ'. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Anderson, John (22 January 2007). Resurrecting the Champ. Variety. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Vice, Jeff (24 August 2007). Film review: Strong cast saves 'Resurrecting Champ'. Deseret News. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ "August 24-26, 2007 Weekend". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ "August 31-September 2, 2007 Weekend". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ "Resurrecting the Champ - Weekend". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ "September 28-30, 2007 Weekend". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ 2007 DOMESTIC GROSSES. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- Further reading
- Littlefield, Bill (1998). The Best American Sports Writing 1998. Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 978-0-395-79764-8.
- Harrington, Walt (2005). The Beholder's Eye: A Collection of America's Finest Personal Journalism. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-802-14224-5.
- Sares, Theodore (2007). Boxing Is My Sanctuary: A Collection of Essays. iUniverse, Inc. ISBN 978-0-595-44594-3.[self-published source]
- Morency, Philip (2012). On the Aisle, Volume 2: Film Reviews. Rosedog Press. ISBN 978-1-434-98714-3.
- Halberstam, David (1999). The Best American Sports Writing of the Century. Mariner Books. ISBN 978-0-395-94514-8.
- Jone, Chris (2007). Falling Hard: A Rookie's Year in Boxing. House of Anansi Press. ISBN 978-0-887-84664-9.
- Soto, Isabel (2012). Western Fictions, Black Realities: Meanings of Blackness and Modernities. Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-1-611-86044-3.
- Markus, Bob (2011). I'll Play These: From Ecstacy to Angst, A Sports Writer's Journey. Xlibris, Corp. ISBN 978-1-462-86976-3.[self-published source]
- Hauser, Thomas (2011). Winks and Daggers: An Inside Look at Another Year in Boxing. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-557-28970-4.
- Lindberg, Richard (1997). The Armchair Companion to Chicago Sports. Cumberland House Publishing. ISBN 978-1-888-95260-5.
- Schulberg, Budd (2006). Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage. Ivan R. Dee. ISBN 978-1-566-63707-7.
- Sares, Theodore (2008). Reelin' in the Years: Boxing and more. BookSurge Publishing. ISBN 978-1-439-20541-9.
- Zimmer, Paul (2002). After The Fire: A Writer Finds His Place. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-816-64019-5.
- Johnston, J.J. (2005). Chicago Boxing. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-738-53210-3.
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A repairman in a provincial middle school killed his boss at the school in full view of the children. Cheonan Police in South Chungcheong Province on Thursday arrested the 38-year-old man identified by his surname Lee for killing his boss, a 52-year-old man identified as Kang. Lee, the school repairman, stabbed Kang, the head of the administrative office, multiple times in the side at 1:25 p.m. in a stack room of the administrative office.
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On the Road with a Travelling Circus
In the spring of 1836, Barnum decided to join a traveling circus as a ticket seller. He shared a portion of the profits, and Vivalla joined as a salaried performer.
The circus encountered trouble along the way, including butting heads with local clergy who objected to their show. But the worst was when a mob nearly lynched Barnum in Annapolis, Maryland.
The circus proprietor, Aaron Turner, was a practical joker who enticed a mob against Barnum. Turner told the crowd that Barnum was in fact Rev. Ephraim Avery, a notorious man recently acquitted of murder (but who was nonetheless convicted in the eyes of public opinion). Barnum claims in his autobiography that he just barely got away with his life before Turner took back his story and the mob let Barnum go.
When he asked Turner why he did it, Turner claimed it was good for business, saying, "All we need to insure success is notoriety" [source: Barnum]. Indeed, he was right, and audiences flocked to the show to see the circus managers who played such jokes on each other. (Barnum did eventually get revenge on Turner with a less dangerous practical joke.)
After six months with the circus, Barnum decided to go off on his own with Vivalla and a blackface singer and dancer named James Sandford. When Sandford left the show suddenly, Barnum replaced him, putting on blackface and singing himself. Later, with the makeup still on, he tried to break up a fight and (according to his autobiography) was nearly shot, until he revealed himself to be white.
Barnum soon acquired horses and wagons and hired a clown and an African-American singer to join his troupe, dubbing it, "Barnum's Grand Scientific & Musical Theater." They traveled the American South until the next spring and then disbanded. After a few months at home, Barnum hit the road again in the summer of 1837. He bought a steamboat and hired a crew, giving performances along the Mississippi River over the winter. The next summer, he sold the boat and returned home, having learned much from his adventures but longing for a more "permanent, respectable" business [source: Barnum].
Back home in New York, Barnum longed for stability. He took out an ad seeking a partner with whom to invest his money. He finally settled on a man named Proler who manufactured paste, cologne and grease. It seemed to do well at first, but after funds ran out and it was clear the company was failing, Proler abandoned him. Meanwhile, Barnum had continued to look for talent.


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…the initial causal state might have been other than it actually was–even though God could not have failed to exist–because God's initial disposition to make other things could have been other than it actually was (either because God could have failed to have an initial disposition to create, or because God could have had initial dispositions to create that differed from the particular initial dispositions to create that he actually had in the initial state.) (13).
The first piece of data that we introduce is the observation that there is a global causal structure: the world is a network of causal relations. One of the standard philosophical questions is, "why is there something rather than nothing?" In the present context we interpret this question to mean "why is there causal stuff, rather than complete absence of causal stuff"?
How Theist answers this question depends upon the view that Theist takes of the scope of possibility. If Theist supposes that every possible world is one in which God engages in causal activity, then Theist can say: it was impossible for there to be complete absence of causal stuff. In other words: there is causal stuff because there had to be causal stuff. If Theist has a more relaxed view of the scope of possibilities–and, in particular, if Theist supposes that it is possible that God might have engaged in no causal activity–then Theist will say: there is no reason why there is causal stuff rather than complete absence of causal stuff–it is a brute fact that there is causal stuff (23-24).
…there is a serious problem for proponents of cosmological arguments that arise with the question "from whence came the causal order?" Once we focus our attention on the global causal order–and not on the question whether the natural causal order itself has a cause–we see clearly that considerations about the shape of the global causal order do not differentially support either Theism or Naturalism (26).
Could God have chosen to make a universe that lasts for less than a second? Could God have chosen to make a universe that blows apart so rapidly that it is mostly empty space? If we suppose that the answer to either of these questions is affirmative, then we cannot also say that God must have all-things-considered reason to prefer a "life-permitting" universe to one of these "non-life-permitting" alternatives. But, if God needn't have all-things-considered reason to prefer a "life-permitting" universe to one of these "non-life-permitting" alternates, then, on the assumption that God's choosing is a brute fact, it surely does turn out that Theist has no better explanation that Naturalist for why it is that relevant cosmic parameters take the values that they do (29-30).
I think that the best position for Naturalist to adopt is one according to which theism is impossible. All possible worlds share an initial segment in the actual world. All possible worlds evolve according to the same laws as the actual world. It is impossible that the actual laws could oversee a transition from a purely natural state to a state in which there are supernatural entities. There have never been any supernatural entities. So supernatural entities are impossible; and hence, in particular, gods are impossible. Graham Oppy, "Arguments for Atheism," S. Bullivant & M. Ruse, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Atheism (OUP, 2013), 57-58.


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WOODBRIDGE&mdash With record numbers of police retiring, Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac believes he's found a way to save money by rehiring former officers who won't cost the township more in health or pension benefits.
McCormac today announced the appointment of retired township police captain Robert Hubner as police director and retired police lieutenant Joseph Nisky as deputy director.
They are two of four retired officers appointed to civilian positions in the township.
Former deputy chief Philip DiNicola, 59, is earning $80,0000 as township court administrator. Retired police officer Victor Pusillo is receiving $50,000 as a civilian in the police evidence bureau.
In addition to saving on benefits, McCormac said the civilian employees receive lower salaries than were paid to uniformed officers in those posts.
The appointments of Hubner and Nisky came one day after Police Chief John Trenery announced he is retiring April 1. He was earning $202,000 annually, running one of the 10 largest police departments in New Jersey. As deputy chief, DiNicola received $189,000 annually, plus benefits.
Hubner, who retired after 30 years, will receive $150,000 as director and Nisky will receive $135,000. Each also receives a pension as a retired officer, as do DiNicola and Pusillo.
McCormac estimates the town will save $100,000 in health benefits and pension costs for both Hubner and Nisky, and about $60,000 in benefits and pension savings for DiNicola and Pusillo.
"It saves us money every time we hire we hire somebody who doesn't need benefits," McCormac said. "This provided us with an opportunity to restructure the department."
With those savings and the drop in the number of officers due to retirements, McCormac estimated the township will save $2 million in police salaries and benefits by the second half of the year.
Although the department will not have a chief, McCormac said he told officers he would only hire retired township police for director or deputy director. The mayor said he picked Hubner and Nisky after reviewing their careers.
• Woodbridge police chief announces retirement, ending 37-year career
• Woodbridge police supervisors receive nearly 7 percent raise over three years
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Budget people-powered mobile network GiffGaff is about to launch a new product it's calling Gigabags -- a data-only SIM package built specifically for mobile web users.
Pricing is, as usual from GiffGaff, pretty competitive. A £5 monthly SIM gets you 500MB of data, £7.50 gets you 1GB, with £12.50 letting you suck down 3GB of internet during your monthly billing period. Go over these limits and you'll be charged an additional 2p per MB until the end of the billing month, although there's a free 50MB "buffer" allowance to use before you trigger the excess charges.
This is the first time GiffGaff has allowed tethering on its packages so it's pretty good news for fans of the curious little mobile operator, which uses the O2 network if you're curious above whether its coverage will reach your mobile.
The Gigabags packages don't seem to be live for users to buy just yet, although GiffGaff promised they would be launching sometime this week. [GiffGaff via CNET]


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Bradley Manning: Wikileaks hero was outspoken at school
The child was father to the man even back at school. Bradley Manning, perhaps the real hero of the massive Wikileaks saga, was outspoken in his challenge of authority as a schoolboy in Wales, according to a Channel 4 News report. He'd stand up for what he thought was important and knew he would "right a big wrong" one day.
Manning moved to Wales from the US in 2001 at 13, later joining the army where his impressive computer skills put him at the heart of government skullduggery as an intelligence analyst. Disillusioned with what he found there, such as the Iraq video designated "Collateral Murder", he released a repository of classified foreign policy so that the public could make informed decisions.
Prometheus was an ancient Greek mythical character, a Titan who stole the secret of fire from the gods and gave it to humanity, and was then punished by having his liver pecked out every day by an eagle, growing back each night so his torture was never-ending. In the same way, Bradley's prospects are looking pretty grim what with the American eagle being so mightily pissed off.
His fearless attitude is needed even more now that the large swathes of the media opinionati still in thrall to our political masters slip the truth a rohypnol, rationalising outrages and naturalising horrors. In Britain and the UK, with any luck, the student protests will be a fertile ground for Bradley's brand of integrity and idealism to take root once more.
Website: bradleymanning.org
Jack Of Kent speaks to Mark Stephens, Julian Assange's lawyer.
Glenn Greenwald on Manning being kept in inhuman conditions in Salon.com.
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Manning is being held in torturous conditions; see today's glenn greenwald salon column: http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/14/manning/index.html
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Jungle Rot Signs To Napalm Records
Napalm Records has announced the signing of legendary old school American death metal band Jungle Rot. The band will enter the studio in December in order to record the material for the upcoming album. The release of their Napalm debut, "What Horrors Await," is tentatively scheduled for Spring 2009.
The band commented: "It's nice to finally have a label we can call home. We have watched this label grow from their beginnings. We're definitely glad to be part of the Napalm roster and we hope to be a great asset and addition to the label. The new album is going to completely crush! We look forward to a long and prosperous tenure with Napalm Records!"
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