| Philly FF Review: Wicked Flowers
You want a movie that'll really test your limits for Japanese genre weirdness? Here it is: Torico's Wicked Flowers, or as I like to call it: "What Saw 5 might look like if it were co-directed by David Lynch, Rod Serling and the Pang brothers." Here the target is not merely a group of slacker teenagers, but the the generation as a whole. Yes, all you Xbox-addicted, bong-smoking, living-off-your-parents'-income S.O.B.s ... director Tirico has something he wants to say to the whole lethargic lot of you, and he'll use lures like pretty girls and free video games to get you in the front door.Here's the simple synopsis: An aimless young guy eats some poisoned pizza, logs into a mysterious online video game, and awakens to find himself in a "real life" video game, where the contestants and the prizes are real -- but unfortunately so are the kills.
YWCA Women of Achievement are recognized at annual event
Being honored as 2007 YWCA Women of Achievement were Jill Baker, Susan Barnhart, Carol Davis, and Young Woman of Achievement Deidre Albrecht.The Salute to Women of Achievement award honors women of the area who have made valuable contributions to their community and to the YWCA, and who have overcome barriers to achieve success. .
High level Night Elf druid saves PC gaming
A level 60 druid seeking l33t blue drops in the Hellfire Ramparts may have saved PC gaming, according to The New York Times. The paper reports that US retailers sold $203m worth of PC games in the first two months of 2007 — a 48 per cent increase on floundering sales the past few years. Market analyst NPD Group attributes the retail boost (from $137m the same time last year) to expanding sales of online games on the PC platform; most notably lead by the glorious exploits of adventurers in the war-ravaged lands of Azeroth (that's lonely nerds to the layman). .
Monday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International ...
The Irish Independent reports that the greater Dublin region got the lion's share of new hotels opened in 2006 and will also feature strongly when the 2007 figures are collated by Filte Ireland. The Dublin Airport region alone accounted for over 16pc of the new hotel rooms opened in 2006 with 900 of the 5,500 bedrooms as the capital accounted for 21pc of the total. On top of this there were 1,137 new bedrooms opened in Cos Meath and Kildare. "Dublin Airport has experienced major hotel development in 2006. "New hotels in the area include Days Hotel, Bewleys, Holiday Inn Express, Carlton and Ballymun Plaza adding almost 900 rooms," according to Filte Ireland. The Dublin region accounted for 21pc of all new hotel rooms opened last year.
Our schools: The real makers of lethal weapons
Soon after the school shootings at Jonesboro, Ark., and Springfield, Ore., were reported, the American media began rounding up the usual suspects: guns and, by implication, the National Rifle Association and the parents who allow their children access to guns. Since then, school killings in the U.S. have become a common occurrence, and both the national media and gun control advocates keep chanting the mantra that access to firearms is the main reason for the killings. The killings, they claim, are a reminder of the terrible price we all pay for the lax gun control laws in our nation. It is interesting to notice, however, that the self-appointed "gun control advocates" are actually "selective gun control advocates." When they talk about gun control, they don't have in mind controlling the guns in the hands of the government, only in the hands of private citizens.
Urban: FC Dallas-Rapids Rivalry the Real Thing
USSoccerPlayers (April 23, 2007) -- The best rivalries are organic, and free of artificial ingredients like league-implemented trophies to sully the recipe for animosity between clubs. The budding enmity between the Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas has all the classic qualities for a true rivalry: cruel defeats, mischief and mayhem on the field, and genuine dislike between the players and both sets of supporters. There's nothing prim and proper about this rivalry: no geographical proximity; no bogus cup at stake; and thankfully, no pin-headed attempt to secure a sponsor. The reasons for the rivalry between FC Dallas and Colorado stem purely from events on the field. "I didn't hear them," Colorado's Kyle Beckerman told MLSnet.com of the FC Dallas fans after his side's 3-1 defeat (though surely he heard the cheers that greeted the three FC Dallas goals).
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