Replacement Killers, The
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IMDB rating: 5.70 Plot: John Lee is a hitman who works for Chinese crime lord, Terence Wei. It seems that Joh is obligated to Mr. Wei and so far has done everything he was told to do. Now Mr. Wei wants John to get revenge on a police detective who killed his son. John was about to carry out the job but for some reason can't do it. When Mr. Wei hears of this, he sends for some replacements. John now has to return to China to help his mother and sister whom Mr. Wei will now target because of his disobedience, but first he needs a passport. He needs find someone who can give him a passport who is not beholden to Mr. Wei. He is told of Meg Coburn, a small time documents forger. John goes to see her and was in the process of making his passport when some Wei's people come in shooting. While John gets away, Meg is caught by the police but is released by the cop whom Mr. Wei has a beef with. John goes to her and still needing a passport, forces to go with him. Mr. Wei's people finds them and was about to take care of them but John managed to escape. So now the two of them are not only hunted by Mr. Wei but also the police. |
Actors: Lee Leo,Chow Yun-Fat,Rooker Michael,Tsang Kenneth,Prochnow Jurgen,Schweiger Til,Trejo Danny,Collins Jr. Clifton,Gomez Carlos,Medrano Frank,Kilpatrick Patrick,Kim Randall Duk,Marton Andrew J.,Action,Crime,Thriller,
Can I get into Medical School if...?
Alright guys I need you to be blunt with me. I ran into some issues in my past that really affected my GPA. In the end I expect to have it recovered to a 3.4 or close to it. I have all the necessary "prereq's" for med school (shadowing, leadership, volunteer work, etc). I have yet to take the MCAT but know that I have to get a killer score.
My question is - during the year that I had "issues" I earned an F on my transcript for Calculus and a D for Biology. I have since then retaken these courses the F is now an A and the D is a B+. My school allows me to do what is called a grade replacement so the F and D are not calculated into my overall GPA BUT apparently the grades remain on the transcript. So am I totally skrewed? When the admissions board is looking at my transcript and they see those low grades, are they going to slide it right over to the trash can? Or do you think I can redeem myself because I clearly retook the classes and know the material. Also, the bad grades were earned in two consecutive quarters and then I got my act together and improved my grades....
Usually you need to have all A's.
MLGay DERANKER | Jan 29, 2010
it says a lot that you retook the classes and did much better. The fact that you show tremendous improvement will reflect well on you. Just make sure the rest of your application is strong - extracurriculars, MCAT score, personal statement and teacher recommendations.
I got into med school with a 3.4 GPA, so it's certainly not out of the question. Good luck!
Skysong | Jan 31, 2010
Eastern Promises
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IMDB rating: 8.00 Plot: The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon, whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the family's fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill, who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. But Nikolai's carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova, a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the desperate situation of a young teenager who dies while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try to trace the baby's lineage and relatives. The girl's personal diary also survives her; it is written in Russian, and Anna seeks answers in it. Anna's mother Helen does not discourage her, but Anna's irascible Russian-born uncle Stepan urges caution. He is right to do so; by delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries, Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. The family tightens its grip on him; who can, or should, he trust? Several lives - including his own - hang in the balance as a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself. |
Actors: Altin Josef,Mina Mina E.,Mikic Aleksandar,Uzzaman Badi,Jaffrey Raza,Skolimowski Jerzy,Mortensen Viggo,Cassel Vincent,Mueller-Stahl Armin,Crime,Drama,Thriller,
Sen Sessions has New Facts -- Should They Be Considered Before Healthcare is Voted on?
Should Anybody Listen to Sen Sessions' New Facts? Or should the Senate just go ahead?
Obama for the past week has been touting the $350 Billion in deficit reduction savings over the next ten years.
Then today Sen Sessions comes out with a letter from CBO which says whoops! the democrats have been counting the effects of the Medicare Reforms twice. You can't both use the $400 Billion (supposedly saved by curtailing fraud waste and abuse) to EXTEND the MEDICARE PROGRAM'S SOLVENCY and also use that exact same $400 Billion to CREATE NEW HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF MEDICARE.
That's double counting. When the double counting error is removed, it turns out that Obama-Care will greatly add to the annual deficits as far as the eyes can see and vastly increase our national debt.
Let me tell you a true story from the chronicles of the law. Some years ago (about 10 or 15) there was a Supreme Court in an eastern and southern state (could have been GA, TN, KY, or NC, don't remember) that said "It does not matter if the DNA evidence totally exonerates the accused and shows that he did not commit the crime --- He should be executed anyway -- because all the correct processes and procedures were followed in our Courts and the accused got due process of law."
The Court's written opinion saying this was widely criticised, as you can imagine. If you know better, you don't execute a man -- said the critics. The Court Justices were interviewed in the press and at least one of them, in the interviews defended the opinion as valid, sound, and good jurisprudence.
That was the day I stopped believing that capital punishment in civilian courts is an appropriate punishment. We are simply too dumb and too crazy to handle that much power.
Now back to our subject -- I told you the legal story because it is precisely where the Senate is at this exact moment.
The theory that Obama-Care is going to reduce the deficit has been shown, albeit at the last moment, to be a total and complete fraud. And yet the Senate in its insitutional arrogance and mental inertia plnas to vote for Obama-Care anyway tommorow morning at 8 a.m.
They can see plainly that this bill will entail huge deficits, not savings increases in the deficits, and a catastrophic national debt that no generations present or future will be able to bear, and yet, since all the test votes have been taken, and Senate rules and processes, and procedures have been followed, that catastrophic outcome which is now fully known does not matter. They will go ahead anyway.
It would never occur to anyone in the Senate to say, "Let's check this out -- see if the numbers were really double counted like the CBO and Sen Sessions says. If that means we have to wait till January to proceed, OK let's wait. Let's not do something totally stupid and irreversible now. A month more to get to the bottom of this makes much more sense than passing a bill that the whole Senate can see is based on fraudulent premises and duplicitous promises by Obama, Axelrod, Pelosi and Reid."
It will be almost as if G.W. Bush knew before invading Iraq that there was NO WMD there, but decided to go ahead anyway, what the heck.
Tommorrow morning at 8 a.m. the American Prospect will be Lethally Harmed by 100 persons who know better. This is the inertia of mental deadness and the arrogance of institutional proceduralism. We can't stop ourselves, no matter what the facts are.
Source(s):
Senator Sessions (Google his Remarks, Consider the reaction by Sen Reid, and ask yourself -- is this logical?)
Well, I guess they should take his words into consideration...
The guy above me said that Senator Sessions has no credibility. I wouldn't know since I don't even know him at all. So maybe he's wrong! (the Senator, not the guy above me.)
Or Obama is actually adding to the national American debt which to be honest it wouldn't surprise me because politicians do it all the time.
I wish I knew more but I'm a clueless about politics especially in America.
But yeah, it's not logical this Obama-care...
Highlands Emma de Milo | Dec 23, 2009
I also heard that. sounds like they count money like they count jobs created.
froghugger | Dec 23, 2009
There will always be new "facts". If they couldn't get the "facts" out sooner - then it just looks like another delaying tactic.
No, the new "facts" don't have to be considered before the vote, in my opinion.
Mad Mama | Dec 23, 2009
Yeah, that's all well and good, but if you think long-term strategy the Democrats have something going for them. When they lose in 2012 and Obamacare saddles the next Republican administration with huge debt obligations, they can complain that politician is over-spending, when in reality it was the Democrats fault in the first place.
They do this every time.
Pfo | Dec 23, 2009
Senator Sessions of Alabama has no credibility! He is a naysayer from the Republican far right and is doing anything to delay a process of caring and help to American citizens who cannot afford the outrageous costs of medical care.
Thanks
telwidit | Dec 23, 2009
Taxi Driver
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IMDB rating: 8.60 Plot: Vietnam vet Travis Bickle is 26, a loner in the mean streets of New York City, slipping slowly into isolation and violent misanthropy. In solving his insomnia by driving a yellow cab on the night shift, he grows increasingly disgusted by the low-lifes that hang out at night: "Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets." His touching attempts to woo Betsy, a Senator's campaign worker, turn sour when he takes her to a porn movie on their first date. He even fails in his attempt to persuade child prostitute Iris to desert her pimp and return to her parents and school. Driven to the edge by powerlessness, he buys four handguns and sets out to assassinate the Senator, heading for the infamy of a 'lone crazed gunman'... |
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Actors: De Niro Robert,Boyle Peter,Keitel Harvey,Harris Leonard,Brooks Albert,Adu Frank,Ardito Gino,Argo Victor,Cohn Harry,Crime,Drama,Thriller,
Muslims, do you think this is fair?
A Norwegian newspaper has recently published a few Internet links that lead to the Muhammad cartoons.
As a result, 1000 Muslim taxi drivers had blocked the central roads in Oslo with their cars between 2 am and 4 am.
Next week, the Muslims are planning to block lots of roads throughout Oslo during the rush hours, making it hard for people to go to work and come back home.
Do you think it's fair that such a demonstration, which has not gained permission by the police, blocks the streets and stops traffic for innocent people because of one single newspaper?
@eternal - okay, so an entire city with over half a million in population, has to face these consequences because of the actions of 3-4 people working for a single newspaper?
Is that fair to you?
@Victor W - I never said I agree with the Muhammad cartoons.
All I'm saying is that retaliation like this doesn't help the Muslim's cause and only serves as punishment to innocent people who had nothing to do with the cartoons.
So please stop your embarrassing assumptions about me.
@Zakariah - No, but that does not justify ruining an entire city's transportation. There are other ways of dealing with this besides ruining the day for thousands of people who have nothing to do with the cartoons.
@Zeeshan - I agree with you that Islam should be respected. But the Muslim population should also respect the Norwegian people. Respect is a mutual thing.
It is lack of respect to block the roads for innocent people so they won't make it to their job. Why should the innocent people have to suffer?
join the real world since when do muslims consider whether or not their actions are fair they only care about themselves. The locals should slash the tyres of these taxis
George | Feb 06, 2010
I think it is over reacting as usual, but at least this time it wasn't violent.
Butterfly ???????? | Feb 06, 2010
theres muslims in oslo?!
and yes fair don't insult religous beliefs and nobody insults the legals system.
edit: yes true, but the message is muslim will not take to your jokes like christians and jews because next thing you know our prophet will be mocked on tv day in and day out.
eternal | Feb 06, 2010
I think it's not fair to the public.
But I think if the Norwegian Government are caring enough to its own people, they can just issue an apology and directed the newspaper to stop making fun on religious sensitivities.
Unless your entire government feel that making fun on other people's sensitivities is much more important than public like you, then you are barking at the wrong tree & surely I feel sorry for a naive Norwegian cirizen like you.
Victor W | Feb 06, 2010
Is it fair for a newspaper to publish links it KNOWS will cause offense.?
Ask yourself how the message of Islam has been preserved without graven images of God or the prophet?
Look how all other faiths have become diluted with idolatry because they don't preserve these things.
There are more important things in life than the rat race.
Zakariah | Feb 06, 2010
In The Name of Allah, The Creator and the Ruler of the Worlds
Think of a situation like this... suppose in a Muslim majority country, the Muslims make a funny picture of Jesus (pbuh) { which they will never do as its disrespectful to the other religion} wouldn't the Christians there rebel?? The Govt isn't supporting them, no one is listening to their voice.. then rn't they forced to rebel like this?? Just think about this..
I believe that the Govt there should take immediate action against the man who made Muhammad (pbuh) 's picture.. They should know that the Islam is the 2nd largest religion of the world and it should be respected!
Enough Said! Hope I helped!
ASalamualikum!
Zeeshan
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Edit: Yes my friend.. I do agree with u.. but we all know that this is not gonna be banned there... Like I mean yea its wrong blocking roads etc.. but if they don't do that, their still small voice would never be recognized..
Zeeshan | Feb 06, 2010
life's not fair buddy. but to be honest its not fair that they made the cartoons. they're obviously hurt by it. but at the same time its not fair that they're doing that either. But its very rude that the newspaper has those extremely rude cartoons in them.
Zainab | Feb 06, 2010
@Zainab, to say life isn't fair contradicts the status of the one who has given us life, and HE describes himself as Al Adl (The Just).
Abdul-Jabaar | Feb 06, 2010
I don't think it's fair of people who live in a country that values freedom of speech, of the press, and of religion, to suddenly decide that there's too much freedom of religion or that freedom of speech and religion belongs only to them.
Speech, the press, and religion are not free when they are limited.
Until Muslims recognize that the same freedoms that allow them to practice their religion openly in countries without a Muslim majority, to speak about their beliefs, and to publish information about those beliefs also allows other people to mock their (or anyone else's) beliefs, they will constantly be in conflict with the Western societies in which they live.
I am appreciating the irony of them feeling free to protest because they don't like freedom of the press.
Jayden's
Fracture
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IMDB rating: 6.80 Plot: Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in predictable ways. |
Actors: Hopkins Anthony,Gosling Ryan,Strathairn David,Burke Billy,Curtis Cliff,Gunton Bob,Josh Stamberg,Berkeley Xander,Cervantes Gary,Crime,Drama,Thriller,
What can i do......................?
What can i do to improve my throwing skills, I am not a QB in any Football team in high school or college or pro, But i want to prepare myself for the next football game that i'm going to play with my friends? i curretly have stress fracture form Cross country, And i also played a game with my friend in the fall, i was the QB postion and i threw for five touchdowns and ran for one.This was agiast a groupd of older high school kids and i was the youngest of all. ( i am in high school) I was horrible on defense and want to improve it. So what can i do to prvide a deep threat. They say i acted liek chad pennington in the game. So what can i do to be a deep threat in the spring game?
I have a good throwing postion, but need to add strenght to it.
just switch positions. corner is the best in the game ^-^
mika | Feb 04, 2010
Evil Under the Sun
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IMDB rating: 6.60 Plot: Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate a case for an insurance company regarding firstly a dead woman's body found on a moor and then a important diamond sent to the company to be insured turns out to be a fake. Poirot discovers that the diamond was bought for Arlena Marshall by Sir Horace Platt and Arlena is on her honeymoon with her husband and step-daughter on a tropical island hotel. He joins them on the island and finds that everybody else starts to hate Arlena for different reasons - refusing to do a stage show, stopping a book, and for having an open affair with Patrick Redfern, another guest, in full view of his shy wife. So it's only a matter of time before Arlena turns up dead, strangled and Poirot must find out who it is... |
Actors: Ustinov Peter,Blakely Colin,Clay Nicholas,Mason James,McDowall Roddy,Quilley Denis,Alderson John,Antrim Paul,Conway Cyril,Crime,Mystery,Drama,Thriller,
Would you become a rebel against the law if required you to receive a mark or implantable chip under the skin?
The Word of God speak against receiving of the mark of the beast but soon it will be made manditory for all to receive in order to buy or sell! Will you receive it and doom your own soul or will you be a rebel?
Verichip is now called PositiveID! Roll up your sleeve for the implantable human microchip, it
Caribbean Mystery, A
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IMDB rating: 6.70 Plot: Although Miss Marple wants only to bask quietly at a West Indian resort, she is badgered with boring reminiscences by an overly talkative ex-soldier and policeman, Major Palgrave. Although he claims to possess a picture of a murderer, Miss Marple is more interested in her omnipresent knitting than his long-winded stories. After the hard-drinking Major dies that night of an apparent heart attack, the maid tells her that the blood pressure medication found in his room belongs to another guest. When she later learns that the incriminating picture is missing and the maid is found stabbed to death, Miss Marple correctly predicts that more murders will follow. |
Actors: Pleasence Donald,Lukis Adrian,McKenna T.P.,Feast Michael,Middlemass Frank,Swan Robert,Bent Stephen,Mydell Joseph,Crime,Drama,Mystery,
The island has an evil reputation. What role do you think it will play in the story?
"Off there to the right--somewhere--is a large island," said Whitney. "It's rather a mystery--"
"What island is it?" Rainsford asked.
"The old charts call it `Ship-Trap Island,"' Whitney replied." A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition--"
"Can't see it," remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.
"You've good eyes," said Whitney, with a laugh," and I've seen you pick off a moose moving in the brown fall bush at four hundred yards, but even you can't see four miles or so through a moonless Caribbean night."
"Nor four yards," admitted Rainsford. "Ugh! It's like moist black velvet."
"It will be light enough in Rio," promised Whitney. "We should make it in a few days. I hope the jaguar guns have come from Purdey's. We should have some good hunting up the Amazon. Great sport, hunting."
"The best sport in the world," agreed Rainsford.
"For the hunter," amended Whitney. "Not for the jaguar."
"Don't talk rot, Whitney," said Rainsford. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?"
"Perhaps the jaguar does," observed Whitney.
"Bah! They've no understanding."
"Even so, I rather think they understand one thing--fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death."
"Nonsense," laughed Rainsford. "This hot weather is making you soft, Whitney. Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters. Do you think we've passed that island yet?"
"I can't tell in the dark. I hope so."
"Why? " asked Rainsford.
"The place has a reputation--a bad one."
"Cannibals?" suggested Rainsford.
"Hardly. Even cannibals wouldn't live in such a God-forsaken place. But it's gotten into sailor lore, somehow. Didn't you notice that the crew's nerves seemed a bit jumpy today?"
"They were a bit strange, now you mention it. Even Captain Nielsen--"
"Yes, even that tough-minded old Swede, who'd go up to the devil himself and ask him for a light. Those fishy blue eyes held a look I never saw there before. All I could get out of him was `This place has an evil name among seafaring men, sir.' Then he said to me, very gravely, `Don't you feel anything?'--as if the air about us was actually poisonous. Now, you mustn't laugh when I tell you this--I did feel something like a sudden chill.
what are you doing writeing a book or what man i only read the first 2 lines that most likely you copy in paste on here for somebody to read boring
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Kill Me Later
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IMDB rating: 6.00 Plot: Her goldfish dead, her lover exposed as a rat, Shawn Holloway leaves her bank post and goes to the roof intent on suicide. Before she can leap, she's taken hostage by Charlie Anders, a fleeing bank robber. He and his partners have stolen a million in cash and plan to escape to Venezuela. Shawn agrees to cooperate if Charlie promises to kill her once he's in the clear. Parts of the plan go awry, so Charlie has time to try to pierce her bleak manner and self pity, and she has time for reflection. As night falls, their interlude ends: they're each alone, Charlie facing prison as the police close in, and Shawn staring down at a river from atop a high bridge. |
Actors: Beesley Max,Compton O'Neal,Munro Lochlyn,Moffett D.W.,Fehr Brendan,Heaton Tom,Adams David,Zahara Alex,Maillard Marcel,Gordey Keith,Romance,Thriller,Crime,Drama,
Drake Wants His Debut, Thank Me Later, To Drop In February
16.09.09
It looks like you'll be thanking Drake sooner than later. On Tuesday, Drizzy called in to Big Tigger's Washington, D.C., radio show and said he's hoping to release his highly anticipated debut Thank Me Later at the top of 2010.
"The storm is brewing," Drake said. "The ominous clouds are starting to form. It's about to be a problem. I don't know, I'm hoping February. That'll be a nice release month. It's gonna follow the same formula as the mixtape. It's gonna be a step up. That's my goal. It's gonna be very dark and sexy and all the things I like to embody in my music. You're gonna hear me rapping about my life."
Drake told MTV News in previous interviews that he wants collaborations with Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne on his debut.
"His creative process is so unfair," Drake said of his mentor Wayne during an interview with MTV News at Young Money Presents: The America's Most Wanted Music Festival. "I'll work so hard to get a hot verse on a song with Wayne. All he'll do is traipse around the studio, like, 'I'm ready,' and kill me or match it.
"Whatever is going on in his head is not human and it is not fair," the 22 year-old jokingly added. "I'm angry about it."
Drake released an EP of his So Far Gone mixtape on Tuesday, featuring the new track "Fear." Drake also told Big Tigger that he's at home resting and recuperating from recent knee surgery and isn't too mobile yet.
Columbus Day
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IMDB rating: 0.00 Plot: A thief tries to fix the damage done during the biggest heist of his career. |
Actors: Kilmer Val,Valderrama Wilmer,Thompson Bobb'e J.,Sebastian Lobo,Muhney Michael,Kelly Mark,Malil Shelley,Edson Richard,Blakemore Sean,Jackson Larrs,Avery Rick,Barge David Winston,Crime,Drama,Thriller,
Why is there a Columbus Day?
Ok why is there a columbus day? Think anbout this guy comes to the Americas and kill thousands of African Americans and we get a day off school and work. Alot of American holidays are bad but i mean like come on!
I believe people of Italian heritage and people who are Catholic mainly celebrate Columbus Day. Considering the fact that Columbus never stepped foot on the continent of North America and he and his men pillaged the islands of Cuba, Haiti and the Bahamas; I don't feel he deserves a holiday. The United States Government can't afford to shut down every time there is a so-called holiday.
staisil | Jan 30, 2010
You are wrongly informed sir/madam he never killed a single African nor did he enslave them what he did was to be the first one to successfully report His discovery of The Americas and thats all he did no genocide to Africans and don't start about that The Native Americans went through much worse than the African race as well as most other races so please do not start with that and tell who ever informed you that they are wrong. So he gets a holiday because he successfully reported the discovery of the freaking country why wouldn't there be a holiday??!?!
Mike | Jan 30, 2010
.-He led four expeditions to the New World, but never accomplished his original goal--to find a western ocean route to Asia. Instead, Christopher Columbus ushered in a new era in world history by opening up the Americas to exploration. Find out more about Christopher Columbus or explore the history of Columbus Day.
The first recorded celebration honoring the discovery of America by Europeans took place on October 12, 1792 in New York City. The event, which celebrated the 300th anniversary of Columbus' landing in the New World, was organized by The Society of St. Tammany (also known as the Columbian Order).
San Francisco's Italian community held their first Columbus Day celebration in 1869. In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison urged citizens to participate in the the 400th anniversary celebration of Columbus' first voyage. It was during this event that the Pledge of Allegiance, written by Francis Bellamy, was recited publically for the first time.
Colorado was the first state to observe the holiday in 1905.
In 1937, President Roosevelt proclaimed October 12 as "Columbus Day" and in 1971, President Nixon declared the second Monday of October a national holiday.
Cristoforo Colombo. Italian mariner and navigator Christopher Columbus was widely believed to be the first European to sail across the Atlantic Ocean and successfully land on the American continent. Born between August and October 1451, in Genoa, Italy, Columbus was the eldest son of Domenico Colombo, a wool-worker and small-scale merchant, and his wife, Susanna Fontanarossa; he had two younger brothers, Bartholomew and Diego. He received little formal education and was a largely self-taught man, later learning to read Latin and write Castilian.
Columbus began working at sea early on, and made his first considerable voyage, to the Aegean island of Chios, in 1475. A year later, he survived a shipwreck off Cape St. Vincent and swam ashore, after which he moved to Lisbon, Portugal, where his brother Bartholomew, an expert chart maker, was living. Both brothers worked as chartmakers, but Columbus already nurtured dreams of making his fortune at sea. In 1477, he sailed to England and Ireland, and possibly Iceland, with the Portuguese marine, and he was engaged as a sugar buyer in the Portuguese islands off Africa (the Azores, Cape Verde, and Madeira) by a Genoese mercantile firm. He met pilots and navigators who believed in the existence of islands farther west. It was at this time that he made his last visit to his native city, but he always remained a Genoese, never becoming a naturalized citizen of any other country.
Returning to Lisbon, he married the well-born Dona Filipa Perestrello e Moniz in 1479. Their son, Diego, was born in 1480. Felipa died in 1485, and Columbus later began a relationship with Beatriz Enriquez de Harana of Cordoba, with whom he had a second son, Ferdinand. (Columbus and Beatriz never married, but he provided for her in his will and legitimatized Ferdinand, in accordance with Castilian law.)
By the time he was 31 or 32, Columbus had become a master mariner in the Portuguese merchant service. It is thought by some that he was greatly influenced by his brother, Bartholomew, who may have accompanied Bartholomew Diaz on his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, and by Martin Alonso Pinzon, the pilot who commanded the Pinta on the first voyage. Columbus was but one among many who believed one could reach land by sailing west.
By the mid-1480s, Columbus had become focused on his plans of discovery, chief among them the desire to discover a westward route to Asia. In 1484, he had asked King John II of Portugal to back his voyage west, but had been refused. The next year, he went to Spain with his young son, Diego, to seek the aid of Queen Isabella of Castile and her husband, King Ferdinand of Aragon. Though the Spanish monarchs at first rejected Columbus, they gave him a small annuity to live on, and he remained hopeful of convincing them. In January of 1492, after being twice rebuffed, Columbus obtained the support of Ferdinand and Isabella. The favorable response came directly after the fall of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, which led Spanish Christians to believe they were close to eliminating the spread of Islam in southern Europe and beyond. Christian missionary zeal, as well as the desire to increase Spanish prominence in Europe over that of Portugal and the desire for gold and conquest, were the primary driving forces behind Columbus' historic voyage.
Columbus would make four voyages to the West Indies, but by the end of his final voyage, Columbus' health had deteriorated; he was suffering from arthritis as well as the aftereffects of a bout with malaria. With a small portion of the gold brought from Hispaniola, Columbus was able to live relatively comfortably in Seville for the last year of his life. He was emotionally diminished, however, and felt that the Spanish monarchs had failed to live up to their side of the agreement and provide him with New World property and gold, especially after Isabella's death. Columbus followed the court of King Ferdinand from Segovia to Salamanca to Vallodid seeking redress, but was rejected. He died in Vallodid on May 20, 1506. His remains were later moved to the Cathedral of Santo Domingo in Hispaniola, where they were laid with those of his son Diego. They were returned to Spain in 1899 and interred in Seville Cathedral.
Renegade | Jan 30, 2010
There wasn't even an America at that time so how could there be African Americans? All the black people were in Africa or slaves in europe (that would make them african europeans)
Seriously, you're either incredibly stupid or incredibly ignorant.
Timmy | Jan 30, 2010
to thank and appreciate christopher columbus...
Nadine | Jan 30, 2010
I hate Columbus day...
annie42 | Jan 30, 2010
The Rescuers Down Under
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IMDB rating: 6.60 Plot: Cody, a boy from Mugwomp Flats responds to a distress call about a trapped giant Golden Eagle called Marahute. Freeing her, he gains a close friendship with the bird. However, Cody is soon abducted by the murderous poacher, Percival McLeach, who is after that bird which is of a highly endangered species and therefore an extremely profitable quarry. In a panic, a mouse Cody freed from one of McLeach's traps sends a desperate call for help to the Rescue Aid Society in New York City who assigns their top agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard to the task. With transportation provided by the goofy Albatross, Wilbur, the agents arrive in Austrailia and link up with the RAS' local field operative, Jake The Kangaroo Rat. Together, the trio must race against time to find Cody, stop McLeach and save Marahute. |
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Actors: Newhart Bob,Candy John,Rogers Tristan,Ryen Adam,Scott George C.,Robson Wayne,Seale Douglas,Welker Frank,Fox Bernard,Fox Bernard,Firth Peter,Barty Billy,Gilbert Ed,Animation,Adventure,Crime,Family,
favorite Disney animation?
favorite Disney animation and pixar films? i dont care what you say disney and every animation company affiliated with it is the best in the world.
mine are
1 beauty and the beast
2 up
2 wall-e
3 aladdin
4 the rescuers down under (extreamly underrated some REALLY good animation)
5 treasure planet (somehow bombed but it is spectacular)
6 incredibles
7 monsters inc
8 hunchback of notradam
9 tarzan
10 lilo and stitch
here is a list of all the dinsey movies with animation in them. what are your fav? (no disney channel crap, if its not on this list dont add it in your top 10)
(*=not part of the official disney cannon)
(!=co made by different company)
1937- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1940- Pinocchio
1940- Fantasia
1941- The Reluctant Dragon *
1941- Dumbo
1942- Bambi
1943- Saludos Amigos
1943- Victory through airpower *
1945- The Three Caballeros
1946- Make Mine Music
1946- Song of the south *
1947- Fun and Fancy Free
1948- So dear to my heart *
1948- Melody Time
1949- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1950- Cinderella
1951- Alice in Wonderland
1953- Peter Pan
1955- Lady and the Tramp
1959- Sleeping Beuty
1961- 101 Dalmatians
1963- The Sword and the Stone
1964- Marry Poppins *
1967- The Jungle Book
1970-The Aristocats
1971- Bedknobs and Broomsticks *
1973- Robin Hood
1977- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977- The Rescuers
1977- Pete
Scream and Scream Again
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IMDB rating: 5.50 Plot: A serial killer, who drains his victims for blood is on the loose in London, the Police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist. |
Actors: Price Vincent,Lee Christopher,Cushing Peter,Marks Alfred,Matthews Christopher,Newlands Anthony,Holloway Julian,Benda Kenneth,Jones Marshall,Sallis Peter,Earl Clifford,Horror,Sci-Fi,Crime,Mystery,Thriller,
Muslims: what do you think this means? whats happening?
for the past year a bunch of weird stuff has been happening to me, this is how it started:
i began looking through Islam, and why islam, and why christianity and judaism has been played around with and stuff, but not religious really, just interested. then one night my mom was staying the night at our Masjid for the last 10 days of Ramadan and nobody was home that night except for my dad who slept all the way downstairs. so i had this 10 second dream of black cats on trash bins and stuff, suddenly i wake up, my mind is awake and my eyes slightly open but my body is asleep, i couldnt move as hard as i tried, then i face the door which is right next to the steps and i hear and feel running coming up, like a million people, and the background is cats meowing and babies crying and people screaming, i got so scared i really felt like somthing was going to get me so i start crying and i try to say Surahs from the Quran out loud but because my body is numb and asleep my mouth doesnt open so it comes out as just noise, then after a minute the Fajr adhan goes on and everything just stopped.
then i began really looking into Islam, my faith begins to glow. then again almost the same thing happens. nobodys home so i sleep on the couch not wanting to sleep in my room when no ones home, then suddenly my eyes open, bodies still asleep, and i see a purple shadow thing infront of me, it reaches out his hand and tells me to take it, but 1.) i cant move and 2.) i wouldnt take that things hand even if i could. then it just went away.
then i have this dream of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) telling me to not go astray to the devil. It was such a meaningful dream.
okay then just about 3 or 4 months ago all i live for is God, everything about me i do for God. but i ofcourse i still did minor sins and sometimes major sins without noticing. like i have a stealing problem, i know its bad, but i never steal from people just stores and it became addicting i keep promising God id stop but idk what happens. i got caught twice in my life but still i insist. i always take cvs supplies.
so i had this dream wednsday night that a man set up an alarm system and told me to try it out, and it kept ringing. the thurday afterward me and my friend were by cvs and i really wanted to go in but i knew i wouldnt be able to come out without taking something and after that dream i really didnt want to risk it so i didnt go. then my other friend tells me that same day she got caught stealing at cvs. it was so wierd it was like God sent me a warning because i was this close to entering. if i hadnt had that dream i would be the one caught and banned from there!
then just yesterday i pushed one of my moms perfumes by accident and it did a dominoes effect with all her perfumes, i was doing somthing at the time and i felt bad just leaving them there, and i knew id forget so i thought if i made a promise to God that id pick them up for his sake id remember, so ofcourse i go on doing what im doing and 5 minutes later i turn around to see who just entered the room next to the one im in and i hear a bunch of glass hitting eachother i turn around and all 20 perfume bottles are totally up straight!! i didnt even touch them!
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HAPPENING TO ME?? ALOT MORE OF THESE THINGS HAPPENED BUT I DONT FEEL LIKE WRITING THEM ALL!!
and lately i have thins clean loving feeling in my heart and when i read Quran or Hadith or listen to nasheeds i always end up crying from the beauty Allah has created. i love Allah more then life itself more than me, my family and everything! but whats happening to me??
Quit asking this. It is a stupid nonsensical questions.
Slightly Amused 7th Account | Feb 01, 2010
Just a suggestion for you to get more answers - many muslims join in the ramadhan- holiday section.
yohanestoro | Feb 01, 2010
I want to be honest with you, you said in the beggining of your statement that you were not that religious, then you say that you had a dream about the prophet peace and blessings be upon him, I want to point out that you must be religious and must obey the prophet and love him more then you love yourself in order for such an honorble thing to occur. Second all those dreams you having is really weird, try reading quran before you go to sleep, I read surat ikhlas, surat alfalaq, surat alnas, the i read ayat al kursi, while laying on my right, as the prophet (pbuh) did, the say this dua's,
Allahuma ahyanee ba'ad ith en tameetanee wa'anta ala kulee shay in gadir
( O Allah revive me after you put me to death ( meaning sleep) and you are capable of all things
and say:
Bismika rabi watha'atu jambi wabika arfa'ah allahuma in akhathta roohee farhamha wa in rafa'ataha fahfath ha beema hafithtiha bi ebadika al saliheen
(In the name of Allah I lay my soul, or my body, and by your will I lift it, O Allah if you take my soul then show mercy upon it, and if you raise it then protect with those amongst there souls you have protected.)
say There you bear witness that Allah is god and Mohamed peace and blessings be upon him is his final messenger
The prophet (pbuh) says anyone that says these then dies in his/her sleep enters paradise by the will of Allah.
warrior of ALLAH | Feb 01, 2010
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