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Movies I watched Feb 8 - Feb 14

So I’m still on a huge kung-fu kick (pun intended) since I was working on a spreadsheet of 100 martial arts movies, which I’ll be posting soon. So all but 2 of the movies I watched this week contained martial arts.

Movies I watched this week behind the cut.

The Prodigal Son

Big fan of Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung and I’ve been meaning to watch this for a long time but just haven’t seen it available anywhere til now, found it on a free streaming channel called TCL on my Roku tv, so I watched it and loved it. My favorite part of this movie is the guy that plays his master Lam Ching-ying, he’s one of those guys that’s ubiquitous in Hong Kong movies but typically in a supporting role. I really thought his performance was really good for what could’ve been (and usually is) a caricature, a lot of the other cares ARE caricatures, intentionally, but Lam Ching-ying plays an effeminate opera troupe leader but he’s nuanced rather than over the top about it. Warning that he is called some homophobic slurs within the movie. Fun movie, great choreography, and a good satisfying story too, will definitely purchase a hard copy of this one.

Martial Arts Master Wong Fei Hung

Found this while looking for more movies featuring Lam Ching-ying, he plays the bad guy in this, a Japanese swordsman bent on defeating dojo masters to prove he’s the best. Chin Ka-lok plays the hero, Wong Fei Hung, who is a Chinese folk hero that has been played by every major Hong Kong action star; Jackie, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Sammo, Gordon Liu, and so many others. I didn’t know this before but this, Drunken Master, Once Upon a Time in China, Iron Monkey, Rise of the Legend and so many other films are fictionalized stories about Wong Fei Hung in different stages of his life. An interesting thing I’m finding about Chinese culture through film is they treat historical figures really no differently than we treat superheroes. Wong Fei Hung, Ip Man, Huo Yuanjia (portrayed by Jet Li in Fearless among others), and it’s kinda cool and beautiful that after these people have long passed on they have become these epic larger than life characters. Anyway, the movie is cool, has really fun choreography. It kinda ends abruptly, but that’s because it touches on elements of his life that are later explored in other films. Cool movie.

Unlucky Stars

This stars and is directed by Dennis Ruel, on the left, its an independent martial arts film that is on youtube for free, definitely recommend it. The title and the whole film is an homage to 80′s Hong Kong cinema; there’s a “lucky stars” series of films that star Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and others. If you’re bout that life you’ll catch references, if you’re not it’s still a fun little beat em up. It’s not going to blow you away with it’s cinematography, story or acting, but I thought it was really good for a low budget affair of essentially a bunch of stunt performers getting together to make a movie together. Had some good laughs, fights and stunts are great, I hope these guys get an opportunity to keep doing bigger and better stuff.

Undisputed 2

I’ve known about the Undisputed films for a long time and was never too in a rush to watch them, decided to rent the movies on Prime and was not disappointed. When you watch a lot of East Asian action films the choreography in American films, especially straight to video stuff like this, can seem a little slow and boring, but that wasn’t the case with this at all. The fights are fun, the characters are fun, and Scott Adkins kills it. Oh, and by the way Undisputed 1 features Ving Rhames, and I don’t remember else, I saw it eons ago, I don’t think it has any connection to these films other than the concept of fighting in prison.

Undisputed 3

It was such a smart move to turn the franchise’s focus to the villain of the previous film. Boyka has a real Vegeta story arc in these movies, and his super athletic style is just fun to watch. The highlight of this movie to me is when he faces off against a capoeira expert and they’re both just flipping around during the fight. I think this movie is my favorite of the Undisputed series, it has a satisfying end.

Triad Wars

This is a mob movie with Sammo as the boss and Wu-Jing, pictured above as his enforcer. It’s more of a crime movie than an action movie, but the action scenes are crazy, it’s like if you’re watching the Departed than all of a sudden someone starts flipping around and cutting off everybody’s arms. There are some brutal kills in this. I honestly don’t know if I was following the story that well, the weird thing about movies where different crime factions go to war is it’s like... these people are all evil, and we watch them do fucked up shit, and they all have the same motivation; money, so it’s like I’m not really emotionally invested in what happens, I’m just here to enjoy a guy in all white landing on top of  car and then proceeding to kill everyone with a sword.

Fighter in the Wind

I had been looking for this movie for a while but forgot what it was called, and it’s hard to search for martial arts movies because what are you going to search “the movie where a guy fights a lot of people”? Anyway I finally found it and it’s a cool movie, another film that’s based on a true historical figure, I don’t know how faithful this movie is but it was enjoyable. This coward who is always being humiliated in fights decides to train himself to become stronger and then challenges every dojo owner in Japan to a fight. It’s a karate movie, so the choreography is not as flash as kung-fu films, and he essentially wins his fights not because he has better technique but because he can take more punishment and hit harder. SIde note: THe lead actor looks so much like Stephen Chow it was distracting.

Judas and the Black Messiah

The hype is real. This was a good ass movie. The performances are all perfect. I knew that Fred Hampton was assassinated, but to see the whole story and how it went down and to get to know him really gave you the full impact of just how fucked up it was on so many levels. 

Undisputed 4

Back to Undisputed! Boyka’s back baby! Cool movie, and furthers his character development. I still think I like the previous movie a little better but this was fun too.

Brigsby Bear

Kyle Mooney is the current best member of SNL, he wrote this film and it’s funny and weird and endearing. I guess after watching people fight in prison, the true story of a black radical being assassinated by the government, and countless people dismembered and impaled, I wanted to watch something a little more lighthearted and fun. Kyle Mooney is an awkward manchild who wants to recreate a show he grew up with. I don’t want to say anymore than that, but I enjoyed it.

A Kid From Tibet

Yuen Biao with some Golden Child style mystical action adventure. It’s not mind-blowing in terms of action, but I liked this, it has some precursor to Naruto type stuff in it, doing hand jutsus to initiate powers and stuff like that. My favorite thing about the movie is the main henchwoman played by Nina Li Chi, who I’m not retroactively deciding is one of 80′s crushes. I actually went ahead and bought this on DVD just because it’s such an obscure movie I wanted to have it my physical collection.

Nina Li Chi 

That’s all for this week!

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Multimale | Nevermind

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wait i actually have more weirdly specific questions (if ur up to it) - how do the kids feel about poetry? do they follow any sports? what childhood tv shows were their favs? do they have celebrity crushes? fav coming of age movie? how are they doing in quarantine? what time in history were they obsessed w as a kid? have they ever been to summer camp? what type of candles do they like? what song do they cry to? how do they drink their coffee/tea sorry if u’ve answered already/too many questions

wooooo thank you for your patience iz!! we’re gonna go point by point

poetry?

charlie loves it genuinely and will read it for fun. riley likes it enough but doesn’t go out of her way to read it. farkle loves coming up with insane explanations for the metaphors and is smug about interpreting it in class. zay doesn’t care for it, neither does lucas. asher appreciates it but finds it boring; dylan likes it for the same reason farkle does, only not to look smart but to come up with something completely crackheaded to combat farkle’s interpretation (which he can’t then say isn’t correct, bc its poetry, so all interpretations are valid!). isa doesn’t like it because she doesn’t get the metaphors on paper the same way she can pick them up in film. maya hates it even though multiple people have pointed out that song lyrics are basically poetry -- she will tune you out.

sports?

sports aren’t Big at aaa (aside from dance), but there are remnants here and there. riley follows basketball of course -- even tho as demonstrated in 110, she cannot play it to save herself -- and she tried out for cheer in 9th grade at her old school but was rejected from the squad (another bad mark on a terrible year). farkle prefers wii sports over any actual sport, but will sometimes watch golf with stuart because it’s quality time with his very busy father. charlie did soccer when he was younger before it got phased out by dance and semi keeps up with it. dylan also “played” soccer, but this meant the other little league teammates getting pissed at him bc he never paid attention to the game and was just like “hey! hey, dennis, look at this!” and did like 3 cartwheels across the field. it was a smart move when randall pulled him from the team bc those intense soccer moms were gonna like beat them up fDJSKG. so now dylan is just an unofficial gymnast instead.

isa doesn’t like sports but played them a lot with foster siblings, and even though she sucks she gets very competitive. lucas liked baseball and was good at track in middle school, but he never thought about doing a sport for real because he knew he was going to quincy eventually where his dad is a coach... yeah. no. but he’s great at running fast from the police!

maya hates sports (aside from the art of dance). waste of time, waste of energy. asher has never done a sport nor ever contemplated a sport. the most Sport he’s endured is going with jade to support dave at his swim meets (where nigel also does swim) and suffice to say, asher wasn’t there to look at the swimming.

childhood tv?

dylan to this day is a spongebob squarepants STAN. legend, icon, scholar, best television show ever made, in his opinion. he also was well-versed in pokemon, adventure time, gravity falls, and phineas and ferb. asher and lucas both didn’t watch lots of tv growing up (if at all), so dylan considers it his job to give asher a thorough education in the quality tv he missed as a kid.

maya was all over hannah montana (miley is still a role model to this day for her), and she, zay, and charlie all remember the fever dream that was shake it up. zay especially loved it bc he was (is) obsessed with zendaya. zay and maya both also watched victorious. charlie was sharing a tv with four siblings so he just ended up watching whatever the dominant sister that day wanted to watch. riley was a disney channel girl, and farkle was a pbs scholar (arthur, cyber chase, fetch! with ruff ruff man... classics).

 celebrity crushes?

zay = zendaya (as previously mentioned). charlie = harry styles to a major degree, although his Cover Story would be zendaya if you asked (ironically). maya = britney spears (but in a I Want To Be Her way, major idolization rather than attraction) and technically the same for valerie de la cruz but like... rip to that lmao. isa = loki, yes we know, but sometimes it be that way (altho that does extend a little bit towards tom hiddleston in general). asher = logan lerman, aka the main valid white boy who dresses nice, is polite and soft-spoken, and minds his own business (not to mention he is the Same Type as dylan). dylan = had crushes more on like... personalities so like ash ketchum and percy jackson, and now its irrelevant bc he met asher and became obsessed and its like every other potential crush just flew out the window of his brain. it’s full asher territory in there nowadays.

riley doesn’t have a specific one, she thinks lots of people are Pretty but no one particularly strongly. farkle doesn’t have one because he’s insane and doesn’t have the mental capacity. lucas doesn’t have one because he’s demi and also hates most celebrities as people.

coming-of-age movie?

maya’s is mean girls. farkle’s is ladybird. zay’s is easy a. riley’s is bend it like beckham. isadora’s is eighth grade. charlie’s is dead poet’s society. asher’s is perks of being a wallflower. dylan’s is spiderman: into the spiderverse. lucas doesn’t know movies.

quarantine?

we’ve somewhat discussed this before, but ultimately es and i elected to let aaa remain in a nice, calm universe where they don’t have to endure covid. lucky them. blow a kiss to the ether for us, buds,

fave time in history?

riley is huge on ancient greece and greek mythology. maya loves the theatricality and Drama of the roaring 20s (a baby flapper at heart). zay vibes hard with the 80s. charlie likes the fashion and romanticism and music and art of the 70s (that sort of flowery positivity clashing with the rebelliousness of the movements of the 60s... yeah. that hits something in him). farkle’s is the great depression not only bc he’s an emo but also all the raw and desperate art that came out of it. isadora was a egyptian mythology kid. i know lucas sounds lame (he is), but i don’t think he cares about history -- but if pushed he’d probably say the 90s bc he dresses like he’s straight out of there, everyone was angry rocking, and he wasn’t born. asher likes the victorian era bc of the sheer elegance and Aesthetic to everything. dylan doesn’t have a favorite time period because due to being the subconscious multiverse conduit (i.e. the being that is somewhat connected to every other version of himself) sometimes he wakes up and for a minute he doesn’t even know what year it is 🤪anyway...

summer camp?

charlie has been to many a christian youth summer camp. zay went to the kossal program, but that was basically it. lucas no although he probably wished he could be anywhere else during the summer sometimes including a camp he would hate. riley went for a few years in elementary school. isa has gone to a couple of “foster kid” summer camp bonding things that she despised. farkle went to jewish summer camp One time and was like that was HORRIBLE, never make me spend a whole summer outside AGAIN. asher was more of a Enrichment courses at the rec center during the summer kid than a camper. dylan no because the orlandos couldn’t afford something like that. same for maya.

candles?

riley has a small variety of scented ones that are like... warm scents, like cinnamon and stuff. asher a couple that smell like clean linen but his fear of accidental fires keeps him from ever lighting them. maya has one and it smells like “star power,” a gift from her mom one christmas. isadora can’t have any because many of her foster homes don’t allow them. lucas legally shouldn’t be allowed anything that catches on fire. dylan doesn’t have one but similarly should not be given one. the minki have a whole collection for different things so farkle can just pluck one at any time if he needs one like for a super fancy bath or whatever the fuck rich people do.

mental breakdown song?

charlie’s are “falling” and “from the dining table” by harry styles.

riley’s is “manhattan” by sara bareilles and “rainbow” by kacey musgraves.

zay’s are “imagine” by ariana and “dear life” from the step up soundtrack (post zc breakup).

farkle’s are “vienna” by billy joel and “get it right” from glee.

asher’s is “don’t cry” by ruel.

isa’s is “you are my sunshine” because valerie used to sing it to her a lot when she was really little, so it will always make her a little emotional.

dylan’s (although rare) are “soon you’ll get better” by ts and “make you feel my love” by adele. the second one is because his mom loved adele when she was just starting out bc 19 was released the same year that she passed away so there’s a lot of like subconscious association there even if he doesn’t realize it.

maya doesn’t have one, and lucas also doesn’t have one because in the rare moments he does cry its in his closet in the dark silence alone bc he literally can’t stand the sentience of knowing he’s crying so. sensory blackout.

coffee / tea?

riley will add at least 3 sugars to anything, but she’s ultimately an iced tea gal. lucas drinks it black but only because it never occurred to him to add anything to it and so it’s a big wake up call when he realizes you can drink it and have it NOT be bitter and horrible and demoralizing ( “i thought we were all just suffering for the caffeine fix??” ). isa is a tea girl mostly, although she wishes she could drink black coffee for the aesthetic (and hates that lucas can... it’s like... he didn’t even Earn that aestheticism, smh). asher doesn’t drink caffeine bc it makes him Jittery (and he’s already jittery) so he’s like... the lemonade bitch at coffee shops which kin, and then dylan definitely drinks caffeine but not thru coffee, he’s more likely to get like a hot chocolate.

farkle lives on coffee but he can only drink it from home because they’re rich and can have like fresh ground good imported whatever the heck etc etc so he’s like spoiled about coffee. zay will hit up a starbucks now and then and will order coffee at a diner, but he’s not too attached either way. maya is a fun n free starbucks gal with her frappes and lattes and lots of cream (whipped or otherwise). charlie doesn’t drink coffee or tea bc hes hyper aware of his body and health (he doesn’t really have soda either) and it was frowned upon in his house.

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RULES ⇥ TURN YOUR URL INTO SONG TITLES (because we all need a little more music in our lives) 🎵🎧

tagged by @morenva, thank you so much! 🧡

tagging: @lorddeath, @windupzenos, @chuckhansen, @queennymeria, @zahra-hydris, @geirdrifuls, @arborstone + anyone else who would like to! (sorry if i double tagged someone)

D — dazed & confused, ruel

E — el mañana, gorillaz

N — nevermind, dennis lloyd

E — everything will be alright, the killers

R — retrograde, james blake

I — icky thump, the white stripes

M — message in a bottle, the police

S — stirred up, matt and kim

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Joey Clift is back again for his wonderful Ghost of Christopher Columbus Theater Smudging Spectacular at UCB, that will come just in time for Indigenous Peoples Day (the day that has officially been recognized over Christopher Columbus Day in Los Angeles).

This night will be a special night showcasing great Native American comedy including:

Stand Up From Kaitlyn Jeffers (Sisseton-Wahpeton) Monique Moreau (Saulteaux \ Cree First Nations) Jana Schmieding (Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux) Jim Ruel (Ojibwe) Characters From Tai Leclaire (Mohawk + Mi'qmak) Timmy Mayse (Cherokee)

Storytelling From Taylor Orci (Sandia Pueblo) William Jehu Garroutte (Cherokee) Reading Excerpts From Her Book Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's Tiffany Midge (Standing Rock Sioux) A Short Film From Joey Clift (Cowlitz) Native Weekend Update With Jason Grasl and Darrell Dennis Featuring Jason Grasl (Blackfeet), Darrell Dennis (Secwepemc) and Lucas Brown Eyes (Oglala Lakota) A Sketch Written By Erik Fritts (Ojibwe) Starring Benny Wayne Sully (Sicangu Lakota), Kyla Garcia (Taíno), Shannon Joy Rodgers (Cherokee) and Erik Fritts (Ojibwe) Hosted by Lucas Brown Eyes, Jana Schmieding, Joey Clift

Also, if we our memory serves us correctly, there is a very fun bit with a “ghost of Christopher Columbus”. 

Don’t miss out and get tickets here.

[scholarshipja]

32nd Batch Of Japan #Education And Teaching Programme Heads To #Japan. Members of the 32nd batch of Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme pose for a photograph at a farewell reception organised for them at the residence of Ambassador of Japan to #Jamaica on Thursday, July 12, 2018. With them are (front row, sitting, from left): Marsha Dennie, vice president Jamaica JET Alumni Association; Marcia Gillbert-Roberts, permanent secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade; Senator Ruel Reid, minister of Education, Youth and Information.; Hiromasa Yamazaki, ambassador of Japan to Jamaica and Laurie Peters, high commissioner of #Canada to Jamaica. A total 35 #JET participants are leaving for Japan this year of which five left in April, the rest are scheduled to depart at the end of July. (at West Albion . Yallahs)

[phgq]

Calbayog cop chief sacked over mayor’s death, ‘sloppy’ intel work

#PHnews: Calbayog cop chief sacked over mayor’s death, ‘sloppy’ intel work

MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) ordered the relief of Calbayog City police chief Lt. Col. Neil Montaño effective Sunday in connection with the March 8 “shootout” that killed Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and five others.

 PNP officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said in a statement that the sacking was a result of intelligence chief Lt. Fernando Calabria Jr. seeking from the court a list of lawyers defending alleged communists.

 Calabria was previously relieved of his duties, too.

 "The relief order is in connection with the incident in March 8 incident in Calbayog City which resulted in the death of Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and five other people, including three PNP personnel and at the same time, the irresponsible conduct of his intelligence officer in relation to the letter request to the local court," Eleazar’s statement read.

Montaño will be replaced by Lt. Col. Rodolfo Albotra while Maj. Ruel Burlat was designated as the new chief of the city police’s intelligence unit.

 Aside from Montaño and Calabria, nine other non-commissioned officers were reassigned to the Samar Provincial Police Office to undergo refresher seminar. The relief orders were based on the recommendation of the Police Regional Office 8 director Brig. Gen. Ronaldo de Jesus. "This reorganization is intended not only to improve the investigation and intelligence capacity of the Calabayog City Police Station in the light of the two incidents that happened but also to infuse new ideas and strategies on peace and order with the deployment of new police officers in the area," Eleazar added. Another new appointee was Maj. Marino Estoño as the company commander of the Calbayog City-based 1st Samar Provincial Mobile Forces Company. “Estoño just finished his commando course and we expect that his deployment in Calbayog City will calm the tension and address security apprehensions of the local residents as a result of the incident involving Mayor Aquino,” the PNP statement said. Also killed on the spot were S/Sgt. Rodeo Balonzo and S/Sgt. Romeo Laoyon, and Aquino’s driver, Dennis Abayon. Clint John Paul Yauder, a local government employee whose car was passing by when the alleged shootout happened, later died at St. Camillus Hospital Calbayog while the body of Capt. Joselito Tabada, chief of Samar Drug Enforcement Unit and acting chief of police of nearby Gandara town, was found under the Laboyao Bridge in Lonoy village on the same night. Aquino, 58, was on his last term. He reportedly came from a tennis match and was on his way to his son’s birthday celebration. PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "Calbayog cop chief sacked over mayor’s death, ‘sloppy’ intel work." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1133552 (accessed March 14, 2021 at 11:38PM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "Calbayog cop chief sacked over mayor’s death, ‘sloppy’ intel work." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1133552 (archived).

[poormemeroy]

Injustice League 3: Secret Fiddle Dee Dee

continuation from Justice League 2: Speed Force Boogaloo

Lex Luthor: Clancy Brown - I just want to see him do live action Lex goddammit

Black Manta: Khary Payton

Catwoman: Sienna Miller

Sinestro: Bill Duke

Deathstroke: Dennis Ruel

Bane: Javier Bardem

Bizarro: Bruce Willis

Scarecrow: Mads Mikkelsen

Two-Face: Mark Wahlberg AND Matt Damon

Reverse Flash: Bruce Greenwood

Mister Freeze: Kiefer Sutherland

Poison Ivy: Eva Green

Black Spider: Tobey Maguire - this had to be done

Psimon: Cillian Murphy

Captain Cold: Oscar Isaac

Killer Frost: Katie McGrath

Sportsmaster: Eric Jacobus

David Cain: Colin Firth

[onestowatch]

Hobo Johnson, Michael Seyer, Sam Fender & More | #NowWatching Playlist

You know it’s a good day when Ones To Watch tour alumni Hobo Johnson releases an album, Michael Seyer unveils one of the grooviest numbers in recent memory, Sam Fender reminds us that he’s the voice of a broken generation, and Cautious Clay spoils us with a new track before his fall tour. All of that and more is included in today’s #NowWatching Playlist additions.

Follow along for the best new songs added every week.

TRACK LIST: 

Hobo Johnson - Mover Awayer 

Chiiild - Back to Life 

Michael Seyer - I Can't Dance

Rex Orange County - 10/10 

Sam Fender - Call Me Lover 

Cosima - Close To You (Moonlighting) 

Cautious Clay - Erase 

Sueco the Child - dork 

Matt Maeson - Tread On Me Stripped

The Faim - Beautiful Drama 

Cavetown - Telescope 

Gavin Haley feat. Ella Vos - The Way I Am 

Sports Team - Fishing 

grandson - Destroy Me 

Mark Diamond - Monster 

Dennis Lloyd - Wild West 

gabriel black - blue skies 

Joji - Breathe 

Xavier Omär - Thief 

Nina Nesbitt - Black & Blue 

Ruel - Free Time 

Harry Hudson - Pendulum 

Avonlea - Big Kid 

Drama Relax - Take A Trip 

Refs - Bones

JMR - Towers 

SEBASTIAN PAUL - ON SOME HIGH 

Ella Henderson - Glorious 

Au/Ra - Stay Happy 

Your Smith - Man of Weakness

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1976

Insiang

Theatrical release poster Directed by Lino Brocka Screenplay by Mario O'Hara Lamberto E. Antonio Story by Mario O'Hara Starring Hilda Koronel Mona Lisa Ruel Vernal Rez Cortez Marlon Ramirez Music by Minda D. Azarcon[1] Cinematography Conrado Baltazar[1] Edited by Augusto Salvador[1] Production company CineManila Corporation[2] Release date 1976[3] Running time 94 minutes[1] Country Philippines Language Filipino

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Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon

Theatrical release poster Directed by Eddie Romero Produced by Dennis Juban Written by Roy C. Iglesias Eddie Romero Starring Christopher De Leon Gloria Diaz Music by Lutgardo Labad Cinematography Justo Paulino Edited by Ben Barcelon Distributed by Hemisphere Release date 1976 Running time 125 minutes Country Philippines Language Filipino Tagalog English Spanish

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Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos

1976 theatrical release poster Directed by Mario O'Hara Produced by Nora Aunor Written by Mario O'Hara Starring Nora Aunor Christopher De Leon Bembol Roco Music by Minda D. Azarcon Cinematography Conrado Baltazar Edited by Efren Jarlego Ike Jarlego Jr. Production company NV Productions Release date 1976 Running time 118 minutes Country Philippines Language Filipino

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Minsa'y isang Gamu-gamo

Official poster for the 1976 Metro Manila Film Festival Directed by Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara Produced by Digna Santiago writer Screenplay by Marina Feleo-Gonzales Story by Marina Feleo-Gonzales Starring Nora Aunor and Jay Ilagan Music by Resty Umali Cinematography Jose Batac Jr. Edited by Edgardo Vinarao Distributed by Premiere Productions Release date 25 December 1976 Running time 110 mins. Country Philippines Philippines Language Filipino Box office ₱ 10.5 million

[thephantomprojectionist]

5 Killer Fight Scenes You Might’ve Missed

If you enjoy any of these, consider supporting the studios by buying or renting the respective movie.

College Kickboxers (1991) - Ken McLeod vs. Jeff Langton

Mission of Justice (1992) - Jeff Wincott vs. The Gauntlet

U.S. Seals II (2001) - Karen Kim vs. Sophia Crawford

In Hell (2003) - Jean-Claude Van Damme vs. Michael Bailey Smith

Contour (2006) - Dennis Ruel & Ray Carbonel vs. Everybody

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Iwan, Ipswich & That Goal

Iwan Roberts vs Ipswich (A) - 1999/00 #ncfc #itfc #derbygoal pic.twitter.com/t8WiXM0RWK

— Rewind Norwich City (@RewindNorwich)

September 1, 2018

Iwan Robert’s Dennis Bergkamp-esque effort against Ipswich Town in March 2000 is still such a favourite game and goal.

I wasn’t a spectator at Portman Road that day but I do remember my 10 year-old self eagerly awaiting the highlights on Anglia that Sunday evening. My VHS copy of the 99/00 season review is particularly battered during the extended highlights of this game.

The week leading up to the Derby was hardly ideal. Following a one-nil defeat at home to Crystal Palace the previous weekend, Bruce Rioch quit as manager leaving Bryan Hamilton in charge as interim boss.

City had only won once in the previous 11 league games and had injuries to key players Shaun Carey, Darren Kenton and Jean-Yves de Blasiis. Although in hindsight, it was almost certainly a blessing.

Norwich had also failed to bring Ruel Fox back on-loan after personal terms couldn’t be agreed with the Spurs winger.

But somehow this mishmash starting-eleven who had never played together before, nor did they after, performed remarkably well against promotion-chasing Ipswich.

Iwan’s first goal, a left-foot swing from the edge of the area which deflected off Jean-Manuel Thetis, was so bloody lucky that no-one cares to remember that it should have been an OG.

Shortly after, Chris Llewellyn fluffed a one-on-one. Iwan setting him free on the half-way line before he dragged a wrong/right footed shot horribly wide.

Then just before half-time and 78 days into the millennium, the goal of the century (so far).

It started with Andy Marshall who gathered the ball during another Ipswich attack. He probably considered running down the clock but instead he released Paul Dalglish deep inside his own half.

He just kept running, unchallenged. We didn’t attack with considerable numbers, yet after carrying the ball deep inside Ipswich’s half, he hung a cross to the vicinity of the back-post.

Now Iwan certainly didn’t move as eloquently as the Dutchman against Argentina, but bloody hell it looked good. The control. The touch to set himself. How it nestled into the corner. The sunny pitch. He even celebrated quite nonchalantly, like he does that sort of thing all the time.

Don’t underestimate that pass from Dalglish either. It was at least 20+ yards and was undoubtedly his biggest contribution in a Norwich shirt. Kind of reminiscent of Alex Notman at the Millennium Stadium in 2002.

In the second half, we held on dutifully and could even afford to miss another one-on-one from Lee Marshall.

This match was also a sort-of job interview for Andy Marshall who was fantastic that day. You’ll remember he joined Ipswich one year later.

Anyway, the bad news was this 2-0 victory gave Hamilton the full-time job and Ipswich won promotion via the play-offs in May. So it ended up being a nothing season.

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Better Align Education and Training with Labour Market

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Better Align Education and Training with Labour Market

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and the Public-Private Sector Partnership in Education Committee have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that seeks to better align education and training to meet the needs of the labour market.

With youth unemployment at an estimated 30 per cent, the Government is taking a targeted focus on human capital development through education and training, in order to improve labour market outcomes.

Under the five-year MOU, an extensive review of the Ministry’s programmes will be undertaken, with the objective of establishing an institutional framework and strategies to deepen the alignment of the education and training sector to labour market needs.

At the signing ceremony and information session at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (November 2), portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said the initiative forms part of the reform of the education and training system.

Through this collaborative effort, Senator Reid said, he anticipates that future generations will be better equipped with the required competences for industry.

Senator Reid said the Ministry recognises that in order to stem the tide of unemployment, greater coordination is needed to facilitate the transition of students from educational institutions to the world of work.

“For our economy to function at an optimal level, we need to have our people trained and certified so they can produce the goods and services to drive economic growth and development,” he pointed out.

Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Dennis Chung, noted that Jamaica has to be at the forefront of the education revolution in order to “be able to compete with the best globally and tie that into the development agenda as it relates to a joined-up government approach to education and training”.

The Public-Private Sector Partnership in Education Committee, which had its inaugural meeting in July, was formed under the auspices of the Education Ministry. It is comprised of representatives of State and private-sector entities.

Among its core objectives and functions are to review the current education, training and labour market alignment model to identify the extent of the mismatch; use international best practices and identify institutional models that can be adapted to the Jamaican experience; provide technical advice and make appropriate recommendations to the Minister; guide the development of policy and strategic direction for an institutional framework; provide advocacy; and communicate in a timely manner, the progress of its work to key stakeholders.

In attendance at the signing were representatives of the Education Ministry, HEART Trust/ NTA, PSOJ, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), University of the West Indies (UWI), and the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA).

By Rochelle Williams November 3, 2017

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LGU Dasmariñas provides financial assistance, relief goods to fire victims

#PHinfo: LGU Dasmariñas provides financial assistance, relief goods to fire victims

Councilor AJ Advincula and Tito Monzon representing the office of Congressman Alex Advincula assist Dasmarinas Mayor Jenny Barzaga in the distribution of food packs to  Bautista fire victims. (Photo: Dennis Abrina)

Dasmariñas City, Cavite Jul 15 (PIA) --The city government provided financial assistance and relief goods to the 114 households affected by the fire that razed several houses in a residential area at Zone 5, Bautista Barangay Sampaloc IV  July 3, 2020.

Mayor Jenny Austria-Barzaga led the distribution activity July 10, 2020 at the Barangay Luzviminda II covered court.

The financial assistance was the subject of the resolution passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod as requested by Mayor Barzaga to help the families left homeless and suffered because of the fire.

The amount granted for the households affected depends on the degree of damage sustained. A total of P3.75M were distributed to the households broken down as follows: P1,880,000 for the 44 households in Block 44 that were totally damaged; P1,845,000 to 44 households that were totally damaged on Block 43; P25,000 to 5 households that were partially damaged; and P210,000 for the 21 households renting. 

The families also received assistance from the office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) who gave 144 packs of Family Food packs; 144 pcs. of sleeping kits; 144 cartons of family kits; and 288 pcs. of bottled water and ready-to-eat food.

Meanwhile, the neighboring city of Imus thru the office of Congressman Alex 'AA' Advincula and represented by Councilors AJ Advincula and Tito Monzon lend a hand in the distribution and also gave food packs and relief goods for the affected families.

In a separate occasion, representatives from the office of Senator Bong Go came to visit the fire victims and gave financial aid amounting to P5,000 and food packs for each family.

The Bautista fire victims are still sheltered in the five barangay covered courts in the city were they were immediately evacuated and given collapsible tents to allow social distancing.

Mayor Barzaga assured the local government will continue to help especially in the processing of documents they lost during the fire. (Ruel Francisco, PIA-Cavite with report from Dennis Abrina)

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References:

* Philippine Information Agency. "LGU Dasmariñas provides financial assistance, relief goods to fire victims." Philippine Information Agency. https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1047680 (accessed July 15, 2020 at 07:30PM UTC+08).

* Philippine Infornation Agency. "LGU Dasmariñas provides financial assistance, relief goods to fire victims." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1047680 (archived).