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Ann Coulter: No DACA Amnesty Until Theres a Wall and Hell Freezes Over
Ann Coulter: No DACA Amnesty 'Until There's a Wall and Hell Freezes Over'
by JOHN BINDER29 Dec 2017New York City, NY
New York Times best-selling author and populist conservative columnist Ann Coulter says President Trump should not begin to consider amnesty for illegal aliens "until there's a wall and hell freezes over."
In a post on Friday, Coulter responded to a tweet by President Trump in which he reiterated that he would only be willing to sign off on an amnesty beginning with nearly 800,000 illegal aliens if his list of pro-American immigration principles were enacted simultaneously.
Those principles include full funding for the construction of a border wall — which has been stalled in the prototype stage — as well as an end to "chain migration," which makes up more than 70 percent of all legal immigration as it allows newly naturalized immigrants to bring an unlimited number of foreign relatives to the U.S. with them.
Additionally, Trump says in exchange for DACA amnesty, he wants to see an immediate end to the Diversity Visa Lottery program, whereby 50,000 visas are randomly given out all over the world every year to foreign nationals who do not have to meet a rigorous set of skills or requirements.
Ann Coulter, however, says the Trump administration should not even be considering amnesty for illegal aliens.
In a Breitbart News interview this week, Coulter said she wanted DACA illegal aliens to be deported first, citing the role that many of the enrollees of the program play in the open borders lobby and immigration activism organizations.
Coulter told Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow:
Trump signing off on any amnesty plan, no matter if it included an end to chain migration, elimination of the Visa Lottery and funding for the border wall, would be an enormous betrayal to his "America First" agenda and commitment to American workers.
It has to be said that many of the legal and illegal low-wage workers, they're incredibly hard workers, they're really nice people, and it occurred to me … that I actually like all of the illegal immigrants except the DREAMers. They're the ones I want deported first because they're the activists. They're the obnoxious ones. They're the ones who go to congressional offices and stamp their feet and say, "How dare you not rush to grant us amnesty?" Whereas the other illegals don't have the time to be protesting; they're busy working, being polite, being so friendly and nice and saying, "Merry Christmas."
No. Let's start by deporting the DREAMers. That's point one.
Amnesty for DACA illegal aliens has the potential to flood the American workforce with more low-skilled foreign labor and could trigger a surge of illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Corporate interests, including the GOP mega-donors Charles and David Koch, have teamed up with the open borders lobby to push a DACA amnesty, as it would provide a stream of cheap, foreign labor that would further drive down the wages of America's working and middle class.
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I've tried to keep this spoiler free but it's hard to tell what people consider spoilers these days so be forewarned. You may be unintentionally spoiled in some way.
In 1954 the Japanese Toho production company brought a King to the Silver Screen. His name was Gojira, soon to be Americanised to the admittedly better Godzilla, and he would begin a cinematic legacy that would last for sixty years and counting. He has been many things during his storied career from destructive force of nature to wacky good guy who saved Japan from a host of other monsters and back to destructive force of nature again. And there was that American film produced in 1998. That one was… well. Yeah. It just wasn't Godzilla.
So when I heard the news that the Yanks were going to take another shot at bringing the King of the Monsters back to the screen, I was a little concerned. This concern only grew when I heard that Gareth Edwards was set to direct, my concern originating from the fact that he had only directed one feature length film before, Monsters, which left me slightly underwhelmed. And the trailers started appearing and I was ready to get excited.
It's hard to describe how it feels to be a fan of a film series that, to be fair, has not always been stellar and then finally looking forward to something new from that series. I grew up watching Godzilla films, Son of Godzilla in particular which is easily one of the worst of the bunch but it played a big part in my childhood so I'll always have a soft spot for it. Hell, my pet gecko is called Godzilla because a) I love the king of the monsters and b) reptile owners are not the most original people when it comes to names. To be fair, there aren't that many famous reptiles to go to for names. It's pretty much Godzilla, Dino from the Flintstones and Rango. Godzilla is clearly the best out of those three… I'm sorry, I seem to have become distracted. Where was I? Oh yes, feeling excitement for a Godzilla movie. It was truly a wonderful thing, especially after that '98 piece of shit that for all intents and purposes killed Matthew Broderick's career just like he killed two people that one time in Ireland. Look it up.
And so the weeks went by and the release date grew closer and closer and I took the time to revisit every Godzilla movie ever made, twenty nine films in total. It was a bit of a long haul but overall an enjoyable experience and so I felt properly prepared and primed for the King's return to the silver screen. Finally, the day of release came and I was working so I went the following day. Would the film see Godzilla reclaim his crown or would it be another American turd in the Tokyo punch bowl? Christ, that was a lot of preamble.
Simple fact straight up: I loved this film. Loved it. Is it a perfect film? No, not by a long shot. There are definitely a few things that could have been done differently, a few casting decisions that could have been corrected and a few special effects decisions that maybe didn't sit right with me but overall, I loved this film.
Perhaps we should start with the things that weren't so great. First up, a lot has been made about Aaron Taylor-Johnson and how he's just not that great in the film and it's true that he is probably the weakest link in the film. I'm not going to go all the way and say he's bad, though he does exhibit a few moments of ropey acting here and there. Fact is that he doesn't have much of a character to work with. He's something of blank plate which I believe is deliberate attempt by the film maker to allow the audience to put themselves in his position, projecting their thoughts and feelings on to him. It's an age old storytelling trick, one that was recently most successfully employed in the Twilight series. The fact that a girl can easily imagine herself in the place of Bella is what makes those things so popular despite being poorly written pieces of trash. Yeah, I just bashed Twilight. Deal with it. Unfortunately for Johnson, a lot of people didn't want to be taking his place, experiencing what he was experiencing. They wanted to see monster fighting and during the middle of the film, it dragged a touch simply because Taylor-Johnson is not a giant monster.
There is also the problem of Taylor-Johnson's character very conveniently finding himself able to easily move from location to location where all the monster action is taking place. I suppose it could be easily explained by saying that he's a member of the military so he'd be able to move with the armed forces to where he and they need to be and also what are they gonna do instead? Leave their main character behind whilst the monsters fight elsewhere? Still, it does occasionally stretch the limit of believability in this giant nuclear lizard movie.
Finally, the biggest problem I had was the M.U.T.Os. I was not a major fan of their design, seeming as they did a little bit too Cloverfieldy and then there's that name. Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism is what M.U.T.O stands for and it seems like such an unnatural string of words to put together just to get an acronym which sounds a little bit like mutant which is obviously the reason that that name was chosen. Which is a shame because M.U.T.O. just sounds fucking stupid coming out of an adult human beings mouth. Seriously, any time someone said it, particularly David Strathairn, I cringed. Just stupid. Frankly it was the kind of role that could have easily been filled by a second-tier Toho monster like the Praying Mantis-esque Kamacuras.
Now on to the good and frankly this all comes down to this being a Godzilla movie and whether or not it is a worthy continuation of the big guy's saga. This was a Godzilla movie and frankly, I'm surprised by just how much it followed some of the conventions of the series and not just the original '54 Godzilla as I was expecting. Villainous monsters showing up first to wreak havoc? Check. Humans trying but failing to solve the problem? Check. Godzilla awakening from his slumber to sort shit out? Check. Even the music was perfect. It was loud, it was bombastic. It was everything I wanted from the score for a Godzilla film though I'm perhaps a little disappointed that Akira Ifukube's Godzilla March wasn't used or referenced but I suppose you can't have everything.
Now on to the main event. The Big G himself, Godzilla. There has been much discussion about the fact that Godzilla has so little screen time in the film. This is true. Personally, I loved this choice. It made all the time that we actually got to spend with Godzilla all the more impressive and impactful. Besides, I never felt as though he was missing from the film. From the first time he shows up in Hawaii, I felt his presence was there. Just scenes where you see his dorsal spikes sticking out of the water, flanked by aircraft carriers, as he hunts his prey help to convey his size and really build up the anticipation for that awesome final fight. Seriously, if there is one thing that this film does great in my opinion, it is building up anticipation.
I love the redesign though I did originally agree with some Japanese fans that he was a touch on the chunky side though once I saw it in action, it fit in with this Godzilla's more bear-like movement and way of holding himself. And of course there's the roar. The roar is beautiful and really should be heard in a cinema to truly appreciate it. Yes, just like this IS a Godzilla film, this IS Godzilla. I felt his personality come through in the limited time that he was on-screen and it genuinely felt like a certain Godzilla from a certain period of his film history. There's even one moment which really caught me off-guard in which is probably the best moment in the film, a moment I shan't spoil here but when that moment occurs, I was literally grinning from ear to ear. The King had returned.
So yeah, like I said, I love this film. I can understand the frustration that some people have with the film but personally it's a frustration I do not share. Would I hate this film if it weren't a Godzilla movie? Hate may be a strong word but I definitely would not have enjoyed it as much. It's the things that make this a Godzilla movie that largely make it enjoyable to me. So yeah. Four pints out of five… And in my long winded ramblings, I realise that I have largely overlooked the actors so lets just say good cast overall though some are criminally underused. *cough* Bryan Cranston *cough* Laterz.
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So Pacific Rim hit theatres like Godzilla hitting Tokyo. It's the film I've been looking forward to all summer, the film that I'd laid my hopes on when it came to saving what has been a dreary and disappointing blockbuster season. It made sense. I love Kaiju movies. I'm down with giant robots. This should be a no-brainer, right? This should be a film that was made for me. A modern, big-budget Kaiju vs. Mecha movie. This is what I want right?
Well, it turns out that it wasn't or at least not this version of it. Honestly I hated this movie. This movie that had so much potential, this movie that I put so much faith into. Maybe it's me. Maybe I have become overly critical lately. I look at Twitter and see all the people who love this movie and it makes me sad. I'm happy that they got something out of it that I didn't and I wish I had gotten that out of it too. Still I'm not going to lie and say that I enjoyed it when I didn't. Overly critical or not, my opinion is still my opinion and I can't see it changing anytime soon.
So what was it about this movie that irked me so? Ugh, where to begin? It was just so… ugh. Ok, so the basic plot is giant alien monsters have been invading the Earth through a dimensional rift at the bottom of the ocean and mankind has responding by building giant robots to fight them. Will mankind prevail or be wiped out? That's a question that I literally ended up not caring about by the end of this film. Why? Well I've said it before and I'll say it again, I can't care about the stakes if I don't care about the characters and if there's one thing that this movie is lacking, it's characters. Every one is a cliché or a stereotype. Take our main character Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunman). He's a Mecha pilot who quits after his brother is killed in action. He drifts from job to job, trying to forget the ghosts of his past. Suddenly his former commanding officer Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba), a gruff military man who's hard exterior masks a softer side, shows up in order to recruit him for one last mission. Becket finally agrees and at the base he meets two wacky scientists. One is tattooed and doesn't mind leaving his lab in a messy state and the other is an uptight Englishman who likes a tidy working area. They're the original odd couple! He also meets Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi), a somewhat meek Japanese girl who, get this, turns out to be really good at martial arts! But wait, I hear you say. Is there a cocky pilot who is great at his job but also an abrasive asshole? You bet your ass there is (Robert Kazinsky)! And let me tell you, he and Raleigh just can't seem to get along with each other at all. Will they come to respect each other? Who can say? Ok, let's just say that by the time that the bleached-blonde, sour-faced, statuesque Russian pilots who literally might as well both be Ivan Drago showed up, I was done. Done, done, done.
Look, I get it. This is a movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters. Should I really care so much about how fleshed out the characters are? And you know what, I agree. I wouldn't have minded a few clichés but EVERY SINGLE FUCKING CHARACTER? No. Now I'm afraid you've asked too much of me. And then there's the story. Oh the story. There are threads which are picked up and then resolved far too quickly to make sense. For example, Pentecost originally refuses Mori's request to become a pilot only to change his mind moments later with no explanation as to why. The movie also bends and breaks it's own rules, something which should be a fucking cardinal sin in a Sci-Fi movie. For example, it is explained in the beginning of the film that the robots, which I probably should have mentioned by now are called Jaegers, have to be operated by more than one person because a neural connection with one person outs too much strain on that persons brain. This is broken moments later when a guy pilots his Jaeger solo after a battle. There's also a far more egregious example of rule-breaking at the end of the film but I can't say it because it's a spoiler. Damn.
Speaking of spoilers, the ending is literally lifted almost wholesale from another film. I won't tell you which one because it would be spoileriffic but if you've seen any big blockbusters within the past 100 years, you should be able to tell.
Ok, I still get it. It's a movie about giant robots punching giant monsters. Isn't the story just a means to an end to bring us those awesome action scenes? One, think about that the next time you criticise a Transformers movie and two, fair enough and that'd be acceptable if the fights were great to watch. Don't get me wrong, they were some of the best parts of the film but the fights feature too many close-ups, too many quick cuts, too much of what's going on being obscured by sea spray, rain or just the fact that all the fights take place at night. When you can tell what's going on, it is indeed very cool but half the time it's all just too… too meh. Sometimes there's something to be said for guys in rubber suits.
Can I think of something I enjoyed before I wrap this up? Uh… The Kaiju looked cool, I guess and Ron Perlman was pretty entertaining…
I really wanted to love this movie. I really did. I wanted it to save my summer. I wanted to be able to smile as I walked out of the cinema and say to myself "You know what self? 2013 wasn't a complete waste of time." But I didn't. I just didn't. I'm honestly not sure what to rate this. So I guess I just won't. I mean, I seem to be in the pretty big minority on this one and you're probably going to go and see it anyway. Enjoy it. I hope you get out of it what I could not. I dunno. Maybe this would've been better if all the Kaiju were in a tornado of some kind. Laterz…. Oh, and if your robot has a sword that can cut through Kaiju like butter, why are you not always using it?
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Review: 2012
Massive, World Ending Spoilers Ahead! (Including things to do specifically with the films ending. You have been warned)
Roland Emmerich is a guy who has pretty much made a career out of destroying shit. Sure he's dallied with other projects like Stargate (Which gets an instant pass from me for starring His Holiness Kurt Russell) but at the end of the day what he'll be most known for is destroying the absolute fuck out of landmarks. Whether it's blowing up the White House in 'Independence Day' or ruining the hopes and dreams of every Godzilla fan with the American 'Godzilla', Emmerich just likes to destroy things.
So where do you go after 'The Day After Tomorrow' when you've managed to destory quite a large portion of the world? Well, you have to destroy the entire world of course! And so he took this logical step with 2009's '2012'.
When I saw the trailer, I pretty much described it as Disaster Porn and on watching the film I've gotta say that my opinion of the film in that regard hasn't really changed much. What I was slightly surprised by, however, was there was actually a fairly enjoyable plot. Nothing world changing or anything but it wasn't anyway near as bad as I thought is was gonna be and by the end of the film I was genuinely engaged in the characters predicaments and the story as a whole. Admittedly, the plot doesn't actually really get interesting until the last part of the film, the first hour or so all being filled with set-up, techno-babble and exposition but once the destruction starts you can't help but take some small delight in what appears to be the near extinction of the human race. Then the cataclysmic events come to a bit of an end and the plot suddenly kicks in and just kinda draws you in somewhat.
Now, as a sceptic I think you can already guess what one of the major problems I have with this film is. Yes, that's right, I really, really dislike the whole 2012 Mayan prediction aspect of it. It's a personal problem I understand but it's these kind of films that are just going to draw more people into believing this kind of shit is somewhat possible. Of course, if you actually take a look into the Mayans you'll find there's nothing to suggest that they predicted the world would end in 2012. Not only that but even if they had predicted such a thing, I'm not going to trust the prediction of a civilisation that couldn't even predict that their civilisation would come to an end.
There's another slight little problem which, as an Englishman, I feel I just had to mention. What is the deal with Roland Emmerich taking little jabs at Britain in his disaster films? Seriously, in Independence Day there's a scene where there are some British soldiers just sitting out in the desert when I radio message comes. One of the limey bastards picks up the note and exclaims with delight "It's from the Americans! They want to organise a counter-attack!" To which his equally posh-accented chap replies "It's about bloody time!" Yes, that's right. Whilst the world went to shit, we sat around and waited for the Americans to come up with a bloody plan. May I take this opportunity to point out that whilst America was dithering about whether or not to join World War 2, we successfully defended our country in the Battle of Britain. We weren't waiting for the Americans too come up with a plan like the bloody French!
Then in 'The Day After Tomorrow', we Brits take on a somewhat more heroic role. We're the ones who provide a lot of the sciencey data that help everyone to figure out what's going on but when it comes down to it, it's made very clear that Britain is totally fucked and doomed to freeze to death. Thanks Roland. Finally, in 2012 there is a slightly more comical swipe taking at Ol' Blighty. The US president Danny Glover has decided that he's just too old for this getting saved shit and decides to go down with his country. But who do we see shuffling onto one of the rescue ships in a later scene? Her Majesty The Queen walking a couple of corgis! This is ridiculous. Of course the Queen would die with England because a) she knows that no one on a multinational ship would take any of her 'One is right royal' bullshit and b) There's no way she'd be walking her own corgis.
Wait. Didn't Emmerich direct 'The Patriot' as well? Fuck. I don't understand it Emmerich's not even American, he's German… Oh, right.
Anyway, sorry about that. Just had to get that of my chest. So 2012. Yeah, umm… The cast does a pretty decent job. It's almost impossible not to like John Cusack in anything even though he is kinda playing a douche here. Woody Harrelson is playing a weird conspiracy theorist type and is adequately crazy and who doesn't love Danny Glover? Nobody. That's who.
The special effects are pretty mind blowing and do the job that is required of them. Blowing shit up, cracking open land masses and crumbling statues of Christ. It's all you could really ask for in an apocalypse movie. At the end of the day it's big, dumb fun and though it sometimes tries to be above what it is, it generally doesn't take itself too seriously.
Oh, and I also really liked the ending where the last survivors of humanity have to make there way back to Africa. It was kind of like a nice little home-coming for humanity, returning to the cradle of our species. Three pints out of five. Laterz.
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Good sweet christ. Amongst program crashes and computer crashes this has taken much, much longer than I ever thought. Still, it's done now. Hurrah!
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The films you watch as a child will probably go some way to influencing your choice of movies as an adult. Sure, your tastes may refine as you get older. Some art house films may make their way into your collection, the odd underground hit or perhaps a foreign film or two but chances are that if you watched a lot of films of a particular type as a child, you will generally enjoy those kinds of films when you grow up. By the way, some films should just be taken as a given such as E.T. and Star Wars,
So what films then have most influenced my modern preference of cinema viewing? Let's look, won't we?
10: Son Of Godzilla
Yeah, that's right. Son of Godzilla. Admittedly one of the weaker films in the series starring the king of the giant rubber monsters, the G-Man himself but I loved this movie as a kid. It's got giant praying mantises, a giant spider, a baby Godzilla and glorious bad dubbing. Now I'm generally a subtitles man but fuck it, if I'm watching a Godzilla film, I want bad dubbing! The story revolves around the birth of the big dude's son, Minilla, and his development. There's another story revolving some Japanese meteorologists but who cares what the people are doing? Fuck 'em.
There are some great moments in this film, most of which revolve around Godzilla being mildly abusive towards his son. Ah, giant reptile child abuse. It's what I live for. There are some fun moments such as Minilla jumping over his dad's tail whilst he's sleeping, the baby's attempt at breathing nuclear fire resulting in nothing but nuclear smoke rings and a few nice moments in which Godzilla protects his son from attacks from mantises and the spider. The ending is also bitter sweet as the monsters island home is covered with a blanket of snow, and Godzilla is shown protecting Minilla from the cold as they go into hibernation.
So this film is the reason that I love Godzilla films. All of them. Well, except for that one Godzilla film. Ugh. You know the one I mean.
One final note about this film. I once saw a poster for it and the tagline read thusly: "Have You Ever Seen A Monster Hatch From A Monster Egg? No? You Will!" Awesome.
9. Short Circuit
I love robots. I love Dr. Pepper. Therefore I love Short Circuit. It's one of those films that seems to have moulded my life in tiny little ways that I often don't realise. I'll sometimes just yell out the word "Input!" whilst reading, so it's a good thing I generally read while I'm by myself, sometimes I'll yell "Disassemble!" in a terrified manner, I say the name Stephanie in an odd manner and I can only sing "More Than A Woman" in the style of Number 5.
So what's the film about? Do I really have to explain it? Fine. It's about a military robot, Number 5, who gets struck by lightning and comes all to life and that. He escapes from his military compound and goes off about town learning about what it means to be alive and what it means to die. Of course a remake is now in the works and I was one of those people who wasn't that bothered by the whole remake thing. Sure I wanted to see more original things coming from Hollywood but it's not like they could possibly detract from the originals at all? Could they? Of course, that was how I felt before the Friday the 13th debacle. I refuse to finish my reviews of the original films simply because I saw that damn film.
8. Dark Crystal
Hell yeah! Puppets are good, Muppets are awesome and this film is rife with them. Not your typical fuzzy animal fare mind you. Rather horrible, freakish nightmare creatures that are based on vultures. Ugh, the Skeksis used to freak me the fuck out when I was a kid, in fact only two things probably freaked me out more, the father alien in Mac and Me and the Child Catcher in Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang. Oh god, I think I'm gonna be sick. Why do you taunt me nightmare monsters from my youth?
Still, the freakishness of the Skeksis is counteracted by the greatness of the UrRu because they look a bit like anthropomorphised giant ground sloths and giant ground sloths are awesome. As for the Gelflings, well, them I can take or leave. They just leave pretty much no impression on me whatsoever.
So what was the influence that Dark Crystal had on me? Well I guess it gave me an appreciation for the fantasy genre and for epic movies in general. As far as I know I hadn't really seen many films with the kind of scope that this film had, maybe The Neverending Story but I can barely remember that movie at all, and the fact that it was all done with puppetry makes it even more impressive.
7. Explorers
For years I couldn't remember what this film was called. It was on a video which was full of movie taped for me, simply called "Jamie's Tape." So when it came time for me to buy it, I was faced with a bit of a dilemma. The video was up in the loft and I sure as hell wasn't going to go up there and find it. So I searched and I searched the internet and finally, I found it. It was awesome.
The film is about three kids who build a spaceship after one of them has a surrealistic dream giving them instructions. The spaceship takes them deep into outer space where they meet two aliens obsessed with television. One of the aliens, Wak, seems to enjoy imitating Earth broadcasts such as Bugs Bunny and Mr. Ed. It's all very fun until a larger ship attacks the aliens. They boys are told it's space Pirates and warned that they should leave but they soon discover it's actually the aliens father, reprimanding them for stealing one of the family cars. It's an all round great sci-fi adventure film and definitely went some way towards my love of sci-fi today. One last interesting fact is that it was the first feature film for both River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke.
6. Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
This film is the greatness. A surrealistic mind fuck through a chocolate wonders cape, the eponymous factory as owned by Sir William Wonka. From shrinking corridors to fizzy lifting drinks, everything in this film elicits a response of wonderment and sometimes flat out, bat shit crazy terror. I'm thinking of one scene in particular. Let's take a look:
Did you see that crazy shit? Woah, a chicken got it's head all chopped off! And that dude with the millipede crawling across his face. That was pretty weird, eh? It would, of course, all just be a random collection of images if not for Gene Wilder's fantastic, increasingly hysterical singing. Let's take a look at the lyrics for a minute:
Round the world and home again
That's the sailor's way
Faster faster, faster faster
There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing
Is it raining, is it snowing
Is a hurricane a-blowing
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of Hell a-glowing
Is the grisly reaper mowing
Yes, the danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing
Well this seems like a good time to take a break, part two will be up tomorrow. If you're wondering why I'm not going into too much detail on some of these films, well, it's because I plan to review them. Laterz.


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LOS ANGELES � Paul Chryst will miss the people in Wisconsin most. What he wasn�t going to miss was one more chance to coach his alma mater in the Rose Bowl.
The overlapping duties as Wisconsin�s offensive coordinator and as the new head coach at the University of Pittsburgh has created a busy buildup to the Rose Bowl for Chryst, the former Oregon State offensive coordinator who will try to beat Oregon one more time before moving east.
�This is an unbelievable opportunity,� Chryst said of the matchup against Oregon in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday. �There�s only one way to approach it, and that�s finish it the right way.�
Six days after being introduced for his first head coaching gig, in Pittsburgh, Chryst met the media wearing Wisconsin red on Wednesday during a press conference at the Marriott Los Angeles Downtown. He didn�t talk specifically about the challenges of trying to do two jobs at the same time, but between rebuilding Pitt and scheming for the Ducks, it�s clear he has a lot to juggle.
�I�m extremely grateful that (both schools) are allowing me to do this,� he said. �Because a lot of what drives me in coaching is working with the players. That�s what coaches are in it for, and to be able to finish the season ... it means a tremendous amount to me. There�s some challenges with it, but you do the best you can with that. But I felt from both ends that they wanted me to do this, and I appreciate that.�
A native of Madison, Wis., Chryst has deep roots with the Badgers. His father was an assistant coach at Wisconsin, and Chryst went on to earn three letters for the Badgers in the 1980s.
After leaving Oregon State, he has been the Badgers� offensive coordinator since 2005, orchestrating an offense that set a school record with 44.6 points per game this season.
He interviewed for Pitt�s head-coaching job a year ago before Todd Graham was hired. After a 6-6 season with the Panthers, Graham was hired as the new head coach at Arizona State earlier this month.
Finalizing his new deal with the Panthers was hectic last week, he said. He�s also started to assemble a staff at Pitt; it was announced this week that Wisconsin offensive line coach Bob Bostad will join Chryst as the Panthers� offensive coordinator.
For the next few days, though, they�re eager for another shot in the Rose Bowl after the Badgers� 21-19 loss to TCU last season.
�It�s been really fun to get back (with Wisconsin),� he said. �That window before Christmas you felt like you were going a lot of different directions. But it�s a pretty neat group of guys we have here, and it�s been really enjoyable being with them.�
Leaving home won�t be easy, though.
�The strength of Wisconsin ... is the people. That�s what drives you,� he said. �It�s given (him) a lot. What it meant to me as a kid was (with) my dad, and those are fond memories. And then as a player ... and then to be able to come back and coach here, you feel like you�ve been part of it in a lot of different ways, and that�s been the unique thing for me.�
Before they made the trip to Los Angeles, Chryst thanked the Badgers in a team meeting in Madison last Friday.
�Paul is a pretty stoic guy, but this has been an overwhelming week,� Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said.
According to Oregon State coach Mike Riley, Chryst also had an emotional departure from Oregon State, a job he left after the 2004 season to return to his alma mater.
�He was very reluctant to leave (Oregon State),� Riley told Pitt�s Scout.com. �When he left, he had tears in his eyes.�
Riley, then the head coach of the San Antonio Riders of the World League of American Football, hired Chryst on his staff in 1991. They�ve been close ever since.
Chryst joined Riley�s first staff at OSU as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 1997-98. They stayed together when Riley became head coach of the NFL�s San Diego Chargers, and then came back to Corvallis together in 2003.
Riley and Chryst still get together twice each year for three days to study football.
�Those are my six favorite days of the year,� Riley said.
Asked what Riley has meant to his career, Chryst said, �Everything � everything.�
For the record, the Beavers were 2-2 against the Ducks when Chryst was on the OSU staff, and he said the Beavers� triple-overtime victory in 1998 is his most memorable Civil War.
�For a guy like me coming out there, that was a pretty neat thing to be a part of,� he said. �Playing at Wisconsin and growing up, there were good regional rivalries, but never in-state like that, and that was obviously special because you�re on the right end of it.�
He has one more chance to end his run in Wisconsin on the right note, and he�s hoping to do it, again, at the Ducks� expense.


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Easter 2011: KJB at the Globe
"The King James Bible was written to be read aloud. It was a performance text or it was nothing." This stirring declaration by David Hall, head of classics at Dollar Academy, in his essay in the theater program shown here, suggests one reason behind the plethora of nationwide and worldwide recitals of the KJB in the last few months, including this one at the Globe in London that covered the entire text. The setting provided the perfect link with Shakespeare, whose plays, too, were written to be performed, not read.
I attended the Easter Sunday afternoon recitals of the Gospels according to St. Luke and St. John at the Globe. Four actors, two male, two female, took it in turns to recite the entire texts, in sections of about ten to fifteen minutes each. I wasn't sure what to expect in terms of visuals—I was hoping they wouldn't have someone reciting from a pulpit dressed in Jacobean clothes! In fact, the four young actors were casually dressed, which added not only a comfortable informality to the proceedings but also seemed a good way to reinforce the notion that this Bible still speaks to us today, just as it did four hundred years ago. The text was piped discreetly into their ears with the help of i-players but this did not detract at all from their delivery, which was engaging and fluent. The actors moved around the empty stage, at times addressing the audience, at times delivering their lines to the whole cosmic world with clarity and thought-provoking intensity. They brought out the wonder of the words but also the humor and humanity behind the familiar stories.
The recital was designed so that people could come and go freely, and folks taking the tour of the Globe that day were ushered in and out to sample a short section of the recital. I was apprehensive about being able to sit for four hours on a seat with no back, listening to a recital with minimal visuals, but it was far from being a challenge.
The Gospel according to St. John seemed particularly suited to the young actors' talents. Although not one word was cut, the recital had been carefully structured so that each section ended on a poignant moment or on a passage that was memorable such as, "And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world." (John 12:47)
The experience made me appreciate not only the power of those words, but also the human voice as an instrument of communication. I thought of seventeenth-century churchgoers hearing the King James Bible for the first time. This recital brought the words to life, where they belong.
Carol Kelly is the Festivals Project Coordinator for the Education Department of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC. As she notes here, she attended the April 24, 2011, afternoon performance of the Shakespeare's Globe read-through of the entire King James Bible, which we previewed in this earlier post.
This entry was posted on April 28, 2011 by manifoldgreatness. It was filed under In the News, Influences, The KJB Today and was tagged with Authorized King James Bible Version, Easter, Easter Sunday, Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke, King James Bible, London, Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Globe, William Shakespeare.
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Does anyone know if there will be a similar "performance" in next easter sunday in 2012? I would love to be part of this, must have been a heart-warming experience.
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University students have again targeted Education Minister Christopher Pyne over possible cuts to higher education in the upcoming budget.
Students from Melbourne's Monash University chased and hit Mr Pyne's car after he gave a speech to a select audience at the campus.
Mr Pyne managed to get to his car without alerting the students but he was noticed as he drove away.
The group of about 20 protesters say they want everyone to have fair access to education.
Earlier this week, Mr Pyne was the target of a sustained and raucous protest on the set of the ABC's Q&A program.
The program began with Mr Pyne being asked a number of questions about the Government's proposals to deregulate university funding and suggestions that a number of youth training programs would be cut.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Saying goodbye to Yiannakis Liasi in Agia Triada…
Sevgul Uludag
Tel: 00 357 99 966518
00 90 542 853 8436
We start early, at eight o'clock in the morning on our way to Agia Triada in Karpaz… Today is the 12th of July 2014, Saturday and we are going to the funeral of `missing` Yannakis Liasi in Agia Triada… He is the first Greek Cypriot `missing person` to be buried in the northern part of our island, at the place he was born, in his hometown, in his village, in the place he grew up and played and looked at the sea and climbed the hills. In the place where he learnt to walk and talk, where he learnt the alphabet, to read and write and to grow up as the only son of the family who had a sister, the only girl of the family Toulla… As he grew up, he did not know what life had in store for him, a young boy to go to study in Athens, Economics… He travelled to attend the university, young and fresh and eager to hold on to life – the only son of Maroulla and Savvas Liasi from Agia Triada…
But life was not simple and life was something that happened to us when we were making other plans…
In fact life had never been simple in Cyprus after `nationalisms` arrived in their colours of blue and red, painting everything, taking over the whole geography, dividing and ruling with the help of others from outside…
Yiannakis would come home and the coup would happen and then the war of 1974, the bloody war that spared only those who planned and executed it and the innocent would fall… So many innocent young men and young women and old men and old women would be executed, would be killed, their blood flowing and taking over the geography to be divided into two distinct parts… Karpaz would suffer, Messaoria would suffer, Famagusta would suffer, Kyrenia would suffer, Morphou would suffer… Tochni and Paphos would suffer and so would Limassol… It will only bring tears and misery and death, as well as a huge population movement forced or encouraged to leave for safety of life and human dignity… People would fled never to be able to return to their hometown, their village, their home where they grew up, planted trees, watered the vegetables, grew basil and mint… People would never be able to return to look at the sky under which they had prayed or laughed or
Some had remained despite harassment – in Karpaz, people would be harassed in order to `encourage` them to leave… Some Turkish Cypriots would go around in some villages trying to rape girls in order to push the Greek Cypriot families to leave and never come back…
The young boy, only 21, had been dispatched to go and fight the big war waged in Cyprus, the young Yiannakis from Agia Triada… The last time his family would see him would be 11th of August 1974 when he would tell them that they were being dispatched to Agios Epiktitos… This would be the last time they would look at his face, hear his voice, feel his warmth… He would be listed as a `missing person` and his father and mother would remain in Agia Triada and wait for their son to come back to them, just as they had sent him, alive, young and fresh, eager to live the life he had been promised by this earth…
But he would never come back… His sister Toulla would go to study art in Holland and would remain there…
Maroulla and Savva Liasi would stay in Karpaz and wait for news, any news, any sign of life from their son… Their son `missing`, their daughter emigrated to Holland, they would live a lonely life in Agia Triada in Karpaz, in the agony of waiting and waiting and waiting…
We reach Agia Triada and go to the church – two busloads of Greek Cypriots as well as others have come with their cars to be with the Liasi family on this important day… I see friends among the crowd… The little coffin containing the remains of Yiannakis, found in a mass grave of five Greek Cypriot `missing` found in Klepini four years ago and identified through DNA tests haven't arrived yet so we walk towards the house of the Liasi family – also packed with women in black crying…
I found Tasoula Hadjitoffi inside, writing her speech – Tasoula is working wonders trying to collect the stolen heritage of Cyprus, stolen and sold abroad… She has an association called Walk of Truth and has devoted her life in getting back the cultural and historical heritage back into Cyprus… She will be one of the speakers at the funeral…
Then I find Toulla Liasi, the little sister of Yiannakis, the artist, the painter, the photographer, the poet, the woman with a wounded heart – she gives me her book called `Rusted Evidence` - returning to Agia Triada after the checkpoints opened in 2003 she has photographed ordinary things, plates, pots, the sky, a hand-woven rug and turned them into beautiful art about her feelings towards this land and her pain of having a `missing` brother and her pain of being away from her enclaved parents… Yes, the evidence rusts and yet in our hearts the evidence remains intact and fresh, at one single sighting and one single touch memories come back rushing and bringing us everything as we remember it…
Finally the little coffin arrives and is taken inside the house for prayer… We walk towards the small church, fully packed now with people – I find a space to stand with my flowers…
The coffin then comes to the church and the priests start the ritual singing hymns – Maroulla, the mother of `missing` Yiannakis looks very fragile and a young teacher who is staying with them and teaching at Rizokarpasso is trying to keep her well by giving her water and wiping her face with a cloth… Is it easy at her age to look at that small coffin after 40 years of agony and to attend the funeral of her own son? I am afraid for her but Tasoula tells me that there is a doctor somewhere in the church…
Speeches began as the heat becomes unbearable in the small church… Tasoula Hadjitofi, a close friend of Toulla and the Liasi family speaks from her heart:
`In the House of God, we are all equal and therefore forgive me for ignoring the protocol today.
There are certain moments in our lives where silence is the best speech. Silent I am, as I watch the ordeal of the Liasi family. Silent I am as I observe the procedures for the funeral here at Agia Triada as well as all the things which needed to be managed in order for all of us to be here today to 'place' our Yiannakis 'to rest.'
Today, however, we are not only burying a hero who gave his life for all of us. We are first and foremost burying the son of Mrs. Maroulla and Mr. Savvas, the brother of our Toulla and the uncle of our Marou and Savvas. Although you never met your uncle, you still loved him dearly.
We, the Cypriots of Holland and all the Dutch and Greek friends from Holland who are here today, have been witnessing for 35 years the Odyssey of this family, who has been waiting for their son to return back home.
My beloved Toulla, all these years together in Holland we lived your agony to find your brother. Almost a month ago we heard the truth and then, your own Odyssey began as a modern 'Antigone' who has been looking desperately to find ways to take her brother back home.
Now is the time.
Your brother, your uncle, your son has returned back home today. My beloved Mr. Liasis. Dear uncle Savvas, today it is also your birthday. What a double gift this is for you. On one hand, a circle closes and we also bury the uncertainty as to the whereabouts of your son. On the other hand, we bury the hope that perhaps he is alive somewhere and that he will return.
My beloved ones, we bow in front of you today, I feel so small, you are such giants, 'leventes' and 'leventisses'. With your stance, integrity and way of life, you represent the excellence in every correct and peaceful human being and you are, role models to others.
I hope that the fact that so many of us who love you, have travelled from abroad to be with you, gives you courage that 'You are not alone'. Jullie zijn niet alleen. Dank U wel, Efxaristo.`
Then Toulla reads a poem she has written for her `missing` brother...
'No tomb, no wreaths, no funeral speeches'
Under the shade of the olive-tree
I looked at your watch
and I saw time ceases.
On that eleventh day of August
your voice
fading away
under the stones of Pentadaktylos
your dreams
behind the grain fields, bushes and trees.
where the landscape
on unraveling
its beauty
where the silence
among strangers
the meaning of loneliness
is defined
once more.
The final testimonies
speak without hesitations
a photo in a newspaper-cutting
and an assembled skeleton
are all that is left.
outdated ideals
in old history books
literary recitations
of learned orators
idols of young students
in revolutions.
No tomb
no wreaths
no funeral speeches
anonymous medals
for those
who dare
die for freedom.
After the touching poem of Toula we lay our flowers, touching the coffin…
Yiannakis is buried in the place he was born, he grew up, in his homeland, in his village…
He is no longer laying down in an unmarked grave if that would be some sort of consolation to his family…
Rest in peace Yiannakis Liasi… Your friends have laid you to rest where you belong… And may the earth never give such pain to any family like this, to have someone `missing` and not knowing what had happened… And may we learn something from your ordeal, may we look at the past and learn something so it would not be repeated in the future… May our country learn to live in peace and harmony, instead of enmity, rivalry and blindness to what actually had happened on this island…
Photo: Yiannakis Liasi
(*) Article published in the POLITIS newspaper on the 27th of July 2014, Sunday.
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