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New haunt prop added to Halloween Hill

• Aug 06, 2009 from scottfaubion(Scott Faubion)
  Free shipping on this item right now! Sugar and Spice and dead little mice, that's what Spoiled Rottens are made of...Plus foam-filled latex half body, covered with real clothing and wig. Posable armature. You can position head, arms, legs and waist. Stand is included. Clothing will vary.

Comic-Con 2010: Cast and Crew Talk Tron Legacy

• Jul 24, 2010 from orfilms(SlashFilm.com)
  Everyone wants to know more and more about Tron Legacy. For those of you not at Comic-Con, we have transcribed the entire Tron Legacy panel which took place on Thursday. Here is the panels official description:
  Returning for an unprecedented third year to the fans and convention that started it all, Walt Disney Pictures is pleased to present a special insider look at the upcoming TRON: Legacy. Panelists include filmmakers and talent from the film: director Joe Kosinski, producers Sean Bailey and Steven Lisberger, and cast members Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen, and Bruce Boxleitner. The discussion, moderated by Patton Oswalt, is set to include exclusive glimpses of the film, as well as a Q&A involving all panel participants, along with special surprise guests.
  Read the full transcription now after the jump.
  
  Patton Oswalt: Hall H, where the first test footage for TRON Legacy was shown and you guys all went crazy. So these guys, of course, have not completed the film finally. So what were doing is were going to show you five minutes of TRON Legacy every year for the next 20 years, and you will see the entire movie. It will cost you $10,000 to see the complete film. [laughter] If you happen to be on Twitter and you want to help this thing trend, just add hashtag- comma TRON. Get it? Because they took TRON and put[laughs] You can also check out the TRON Facebook page. Facebook.com/TRON. And for some reason there is a Friendster page with three people on it and a picture of a hamster. [laughter] Theres also an iPhone app. App/Tron for all of your TRON updates during the day, including the secret shirtless Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner knife fight that will be happening this evening. You will be sent the location of that. Also, be sure to drop by the TRON booth, which is inHang on, they told me to actually say what the aisle is. But if youve been down on the floor, its huge. You cant miss it. But, drop by aisle 3712. You can check out the TRON: Evolution videogame, as well as a lot of cool TRON merch. And, this year only, permanent TRON facial tattoos, which is a great way to show your loyalty for this film. And of course, you can always go to Disney.com/TRON for all kinds of updates and coolness. So how many people here actually remember seeing the very first TRON?
  [applause]
  How many people actually remember seeing it in the theater? Just raise your walkers! There you go, yes. [in old person voice] Back before there were digital phones, you punks!
  [laughter]
  Well, in those 27 years, the film TRON has pretty much sunk itself pretty deeply into our culture. Way more deeply than I realized. So right now we are going to run a little min-documentary to kind of show you the cultural impact of TRON. So I get to say my three favorite words: Roll the package.
  [video]
  That was TRON! I didnt knowDid they really do TRON on ice? They did an ice show with TRON?
  [laughter]
  Oh, why didnt they do that with Bladerunner? Seriously, how could they not slap some skates on Rutger Hauer?
  [laughter]
  All right. We have got so much cool stuff to show you. They showed it to me last week, and I am not hyping it. It is ridiculously cool. But we dont have a lot of time, so lets just get started and bring out this group of people. We have enough talent to fill 10 dioceses? Im not really sure how to pronounce that word. But ladies and gentlemen, lets welcome the director of TRON: Legacy, Joe Kosinski.
  [applause]
  Ah, look at him. Lanky and lean, every nerd girls dream. Yes! And how about producer Sean Bailey!
  [applause]
  Ooh, looking ravenously, devishly casual in an open shirt! Oh, and the original creator of TRON! This is the guy, Steven Lisberger ladies and gentlemen!
  [applause]
  Yes! Oh, the smartest hobbit in the shire.
  [laughter]
  And now, lets bring outCome on! Hes so adorable! And now, lets bring out the stars of the film, Garrett Hedlund
  [applause]
  And the ladies go craazzy! Olivia Wilde!
  [applause]
  Oh, so many happy nerd boys out there right now. Michael Sheen! Making his first Comic-Con appearance ladies and gentlemen!
  [applause]
  TRON himself, Bruce Boxleitner!
  [applause]
  And a man who really ties the film together, Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges!
  [applause]
  All right, soYeah, youll be hearing a lot of random noobs during the day, Jeff. So thats not any kind of flashback. Just take it and roll with it.
  OK, so Joe. Lets start with Joe, the director. I mean basically, you are doing the next chapter of TRON. So talk a little bit about how intimidating that must have been, and talk about some of the special effects and stuff that you worked withgo ahead. Talk! Thrill them!
  Joe Kosinski: TRON was one of those movies I remember, as a kid, seeing the first time probably on VHS in the mid 80s. And it just looked like nothing else I had ever seen. Technically, it pushed boundaries. And conceptually, I think it was really decades ahead of its time. So it was...

History and Origins of Recent Wave of Terrorism

• Sep 30, 2010 from JohnnyX87(Johnny A)
  History and Origins of Recent Wave of Terrorism
  By Mamnoon Ahmad Khan
  
  Introduction
  I clearly remember that thirty years back I havent heard the word terrorism or terrorist. There was only one term in use which was Israels aggression on Arabs and Palestinians. But after the Russian (formerly USSR) invasion on Afghanistan, the scenario changed. Russian brutalities were not hidden from the world. They not only destroy this independent country but they destroy its future generations. On many villages after killing their inhabitants they crushed the whole village with bulldozers. Even they did not forgive innocent children. Russians threw toy bombs in towns and villages from helicopters and when a child found it and started to play with it blew up. As a result so many Afghan children died or became handicapped.
  Soviet Aggression in Soviet-Afghan War
  Over 1 million Afghans were killed.15 million Afghans fled to Pakistan and Iran, 1/3 of the prewar population of the country. Another 2 million Afghans were displaced within the country. In the 1980s, one out of two refugees in the world was an Afghan.2 Along with fatalities were 1.2 million Afghans disabled with the blessings of the Russian landmines (mujahedeen, government soldiers and noncombatants) and 3 million maimed or wounded (primarily noncombatants).3
  Irrigation systems, crucial to agriculture in Afghanistans arid climate were destroyed by aerial bombing and strafing by Soviet or government forces. In the worst year of the war, 1985, well over half of all the farmers who remained in Afghanistan had their fields bombed, and over one quarter had their irrigation systems destroyed and their livestock shot by Soviet or government troops, according to a survey conducted by Swedish relief experts 4
  The population of Afghanistans second largest city, Kandahar, was reduced from 200,000 before the war to no more than 25,000 inhabitants, following a months-long campaign of carpet bombing and bulldozing by the Soviets and Afghan communist soldiers in 1987.5Land mines had killed 25,000 Afghans during the war and another 10-15 million land mines, most planted by Soviet and government forces, were left scattered throughout the countryside to kill and maim.6 A great deal of damage was done to the civilian children population by land mines. A 2005 report estimated 3-4% of the Afghan population was disabled due to Soviet and government land mines. In the city of Quetta, a survey of refugee women and children taken shortly after the Soviet withdrawal found over 80% of the children refugees unregistered and child mortality at 31%. Of children who survived, 67% were severely malnourished, with malnutrition increasing with age.7
  Critics of Soviet and Afghan government forces describe their effect on Afghan culture as working in three stages: first, the center of customary Afghan culture, Islam, was pushed aside; second, Soviet patterns of life, especially amongst the young, were imported; third, shared Afghan cultural characteristics were destroyed by the emphasis on so-called nationalities, with the outcome that the country was split into different ethnic groups, with no language, religion, or culture in common.8
  The Geneva Accords of 1988, which ultimately led to the withdrawal of the Soviet forces in early 1989, left the Afghan government in ruins. The accords had failed to address adequately the issue of the post-occupation period and the future governance of Afghanistan. The assumption among most Western diplomats was that the Soviet-backed government in Kabul would soon collapse; however, this was not to happen for another three years. During this time the Interim Islamic Government of Afghanistan (IIGA) was established in exile. The exclusion of key groups such as refugees and Shias, combined with major disagreements between the different mujahedeen factions, meant that the IIGA never succeeded in acting as a functional government.9
  Before the war, Afghanistan was already one of the worlds poorest nations. The prolonged conflict left Afghanistan ranked 170 out of 174 in the UNDPs Human Development Index, making Afghanistan one of the least developed countries in the world.10
  Once the Soviets withdrew, US interest in Afghanistan ceased. The US decided not to help with reconstruction of the country and instead they handed over the interests of the country to US allies, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Pakistan quickly took advantage of this opportunity and forged relations with warlords and later theTaliban, to secure trade interests and routes. From wiping out the countrys trees through logging practices, which has destroyed all but 2% of forest cover country-wide, to substantial uprooting of wild pistachio trees for the exportation of their roots for therapeutic uses, to opium agriculture, the past ten years have caused much ecological and agrarian destruction.11
  Captain Tarlan Eyvazov, a soldier in the Soviet forces during the war, stated that the Afghan childrens future is...