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September

The Docudrama American History X Reviewed

Posted by Milagros Witt | In: recreation

You likely don’t need a lengthy explanation of what this article is actually about. The content here will serve to properly introduce you to one of the most impressive films of all of the 1990s, “American History X”. You should learn a few different things about this film to fully appreciate it as it was meant to be appreciated, and most of this prevalent information will be contained within the upcoming paragraphs.

This movie was not based on real events, as some people seem to think that it was. Though, the course that the film takes might not be all that unlike what others might have experienced in their own lives. This is a reflection about how we can be led so strongly to believe something that we later cannot believe in anymore through the introduction of circumstances beyond our control.

That is precisely what happens to the main character, Derek Vinyard. Through the scenes that get the film moving, you are introduced to Danny Vinyard who is Derek’s younger brother and still in high school. He is asked to write a paper on his brother by his history teacher after a paper that he has written and submitted has landed him in some hot water with the officials of the school.

Derek is a leader of a gang of white supremacists in the neighborhood where they live. They believe that black people are the problem with the world, and that the world might be a much better place if there were no black people. You are briefly given a reasoning for this belief, as you see Derek watch his father killed by a black drug dealer when Derek was very little. A white supremacist took Derek under his wing and brought him up with his Neo-Nazi ideals.

You also learn that right now Derek is in prison, serving a sentence for a rather violent crime on a couple of black kids that were trying to break into Derek’s car. He, pistol drawn, came out of the house and shot two of the three culprits. He killed one with the shots. The other is the victim of likely the most violent act ever portrayed on film, where he forced the other man to place his teeth on the curb and he stomps on the back of the man’s head.

Derek is forced to confront his hating ways in prison, when he realizes that he is the minority and there is no protection for him. He, through a lengthy series of circumstances, befriends a black man that he is on laundry duty with. Derek vows that he would do anything to take it all back and start over again far away from what he now represents. He learns that his younger brother is headed in the same direction, and he will not allow this to happen.

When he is released, he goes to find his girlfriend to ask her to move away with Danny and himself. He also confronts Cameron, the old white supremacist who encouraged Derek as a young boy. He tells them that he is through, and leaves with his brother after some trouble erupts outside. Danny finishes his paper, with the reflection that hate is baggage and it doesn’t pay to be pissed off all the time.

The tragedy is the ending of the story, which while Danny narrates that hate is too much to keep up with and no one should hate anyone else, he is gunned down by a black kid in the high school’s bathroom. Powerful acting from Edward Norton (Derek) and Edward Furlong (Danny) make this film a movie that you simply have to see at least once.

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September

Cashing In On Sneakers

Posted by Imad Zacky | In: sports

To people who remember the bi-annual trips to the shoe store with our parents, investing sneakers from the comfort of your personal may not appear to be the hot new home-business, but many people, including some still very young are learning buying and reselling sneakers is a quick path to cash.

Their fathers may have collected baseball cards, but the sons are now collecting sneakers. Entire web sites and blogs detail their collections, complete with pictures and announcements of sneaker release dates. For some, sneaker collecting is a love for fashion – the desire to own the hottest, brightest, and best. They may own the same pair of sneakers in a rainbow of colors. But for others, sneakers are money well spent. Stacks and stacks of never worn or barely worn sneakers adorn their bedrooms and closets. While his dad checks stock quotes, the son checks resale values online.

Every day on online auction sites, sneaker clients participate in millions of sneaker auctions. There’s big money to be made. A shoe that initially listed for 100 to 200 dollars can be easily is worth a few times that whether it is part of a limited production run. Sneaker buyers are searching for the shoe that who else has and are going to pay top dollar for the rare sneaker. For sellers willing to brave long lines on sneaker release days, sadly, these big bucks.

So what does it take becoming a sneaker reseller? First, you’ll want to match the ever changing stock of shoes. Sneaker buyers are fickle and will flock to the most recent shoe, so fortunately, sellers have to be right there with them, preferably one step ahead.

There is dozens of different models of a sneaker. You must know which are the “hot” shoes and which are the “lame” shoes or else you’ll get worthless shoes that nobody wants to buy. You’ll want to account for the going rates for each sneaker so your prices are consistent with what sneaker buyers are able to pay. You’ll need knowledge of the online auction process, which means you’ll need to be at least a little computer literate. Lastly, it helps should you have as much of a love for sneakers as your buyers. Just know that, if you wish to make money, you will have to forget about those sneakers it doesn’t matter how rare they are.

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Paddy reckons the Wombles are returning
No stranger to a novelty bet or 20, Paddy Power?s grapevine has been well and truly quivering at the sound of various different types of music this week. In a week that has seen the release of the video of the Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow civil ceremony on Wimbledon Common, Paddy revealed that while he was there a strange animal approached him with some privileged information about one his mates apparently reforming a certain band for one last shot at the big time. The mysterious animal in question: a womble. Likelihood of them reforming: Head over to Paddy Power to look at all manner of novelty odds. Read more.

Chinese collusion ring caught on PokerStars
As if Chinese gamblers weren’t having a bad enough time of it in their own homeland, now they feeling the wrath of the Western world as well. Mind you, this time it’s with good reason as PokerStars has exposed a large scale collusion ring involving several dozen Chinese players, who profited by as much as $750,000 by cheating on the poker site.Talk about giving your fellow countrymen a bad name. It’s hard to feel sorry for the innocent victims of China’s gambling crackdown when this sort of thing happens but we have to remember not to tar everyone with the same brush.Most people in China just want to have a game of poker or mahjong without being given 20 years hard labour, but these reprobates will have only served to justify the country’s misguided, hard-line, anti-gambling stance. Read more.

Yankees looking to land another stud in Cliff Lee
It seems once a player reaches a certain level of super stardom the only place where he can play is where they?re wearing pinstripes and the Yankee blue. That?s just the way it seems to go in baseball. Now that Cliff Lee has established himself as one of the elite pitchers in the game the Yankees want him and they just might get their wish.Trade talks have been going back and forth between the Mariners and the Yankees over Cliff Lee in what would be a package deal going to the Mariners for the former A.L Cy Young lefty. Read more.Whether the Yankees get Lee in a trade is uncertain. What is certain is that Cliff Lee is a free agent at the end of this season and the Yankees already have to be considered front runners to scoop him up. The Yankees have the payroll, they have his friend and former teammate Sabathia and Cliff Lee clearly likes pitching in Yankee Stadium. Lee dismantled the Yankee lineup in last year?s World Series and seemed to enjoy pitching on the big stage. There?s no stage bigger than the Bronx.I can understand why Lee wouldn’t want to hang out in Seattle. Look how the Mariners team ran Griffey out of town, though, Griffey will probably never say a bad word against the team, someone on that snitched on him for sleeping in the clubhouse. That’s like baseball blasphemy for a guy of Griffey’s stature. He should be able to nail hookers in the dugout and no one should say a word about the Hall of Famer, considering all he’s done for that city. Can’t see why Lee would want to stick around in that clubhouse full of snitches. Loose lips sink ships and snitches get stitches, isn’t that what they say? Read more.If and when the Yankees land Lee, he will be another allstar pitcher in a star studded rotation. No doubt all of the Yankee haters will rise up yet again to denounce ?The Evil Empire? for spending the money to sign one of the game?s best. I?ve never understood that stance. You would think that people would applaud an organization for spending whatever it takes to make their team World Series contenders. I get the whole argument that it?s not fair to the small market teams and I don?t buy it. If owners don?t want to shell out the money or can?t afford to that?s just too bad, I don?t see the need for sympathy. Yeah, it?s not fair, but neither baseball, that?s been established. And the argument that other teams can?t afford to sign big name players for the most part to me is nonsense. There?s several teams that make plenty of money, but their owners are more concerned with the bottom line instead of putting a winning team on the field, like the Toronto Bluejays for example. You can?t tell me a team is committed to winning when they give away the best pitcher in the game.If the Yankees do pick up Cliff Lee, head to the nearest bookie or online gaming website and make bet that they win the World Series again, and then do it again next year, heck even year after that.

32Red headlines at July Festival races
Not sure which horse to back at Newmarket today? How about Red 32? Since acquiring Nedplay a few months ago, 32Red has been going about its business nice and quietly, cantering along tucked in the middle of the pack, if you will. But as if to prove that its race is far from run the online operator has cracked the whip and signed a four-year deal to sponsor three of the big races at the July Festival at Newmarket, which begins today. Let’s hope there’s not a faller there.Read more.

Slim Pickings to replace Roy Hodgson at Fulham
If Roy Hodgson has been handed a poisoned chalice at Anfield, God help whoever replaces him at Craven Cottage. By all accounts José Mourinho and Pep Guardiola turned the job down because they couldn’t possibly measure up to Sir Roy, and after Joachim Löw (pictured) wins the World Cup, he’ll find moving to Fulham too much of a step up, so the SuperWhites are now left with the likes of Gianfranco Zola, Alan Curbishley and, inevitably, Sven-Göran Eriksson. Hardly seems fair, does it? Read more.

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