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FLCL - Fooly Cooly

FLCL - Fooly Cooly FLCL (フリクリ, Furi Kuri?, also Fooly Cooly) is an original video animation series written by Yōji Enokido, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which included Gainax, Production I.G, and Starchild Records. Furi Kuri follows Naota Nandaba, a twelve-year-old boy living in the fictional Japanese suburb of Mabase, and his interactions with Haruko Haruhara, who arrives in the quiet suburb, drawn by the industrial town houses and the Medical Mechanica building. The English adaptation of the series is licensed by Synch-Point and Geneon Entertainment, which released the DVDs and soundtrack respectively. Plot Naota's life is confined to going to school and living with his father and grandfather. The usually boring life in Mabase is rudely interrupted by the arrival of Haruhara Haruko, who bursts on the scene by running Naota over with her Vespa scooter and hitting him on the head with a guitar. Later, Naota is shocked to f

Mr. Olympia

Mr. Olympia Mr. Olympia is an international bodybuilding competition which is held annually by the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB). Winning is considered to be the highest accolade in the sport of professional bodybuilding. The competition was created by Joe Weider to allow the Mr. Universe winners to continue competing and to earn money. The first Mr. Olympia was held on September 18, 1965 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, with Larry Scott winning his first of two straight titles. The record number of wins is eight, held by Lee Haney (1984–1991) and Ronnie Coleman (1998–2005). Jay Cutler currently holds the title of Mr. Olympia after consecutive wins in 2006 and 2007. The film Pumping Iron (1977), featured the build up to the 1975 Mr. Olympia, in Pretoria South Africa and helped launch the acting careers of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, both finalists in the contest. There is a parallel contest, the Ms. Olympia, for female bodybuilde

Rip Girls

Rip Girls Rip Girls is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Camilla Belle. Sydney Miller is a 13 year old girl who revisits her homeland of Hawaii and discovers her own inner strength through surfing and other island riches. Her overprotective father keeps her from surfing with her new friend Gia and her other friends. Although not allowed, she does so anyway after finding her deceased mother's old surfboard. After a surfing accident, she meets her mother's old friend, Malia, and is able to learn more about her mother, which her father never told her about. While at a ceremony celebrating the coming of whales, she learns how her mother died. Her mother was a surfer, and on one great day of surfing she drowned in a surprise set. Her new friends start disrespecting her because she had an inheritance to a beach and rumor was that she was going to sell it. However, she proves them wrong by not signing the papers, and her parents decide to move there because of

Karnataka ITI Results

Karnataka ITI Results You can view the ITI results at - www.kar.nic.in/resultscts Since there is a huge page load going on the server, so might be the server may not respond to your request, so please try after sometime when server gets up. More Updates - Delicious - http://delicious.com/Indiainsured Digg - http://feeds.feedburner.com/is-digg

Operation Dumbo Drop

HTML clipboard Operation Dumbo Drop Operation Dumbo Drop is a 1995 live-action movie. It is loosely based on true events, as related by MAJ Jim Morris (USA, Ret.) which involved the U.S. Special Forces in 1968, in the tiny South Vietnamese village of Dak Nhe. The film aired on Cartoon Network for the first time ever on September 27, 2008, replacing Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. Synopsis It's 1967, during the Vietnam War. A village that U.S. Forces are using to spy on the Ho Chi Minh Trail has its sacred elephant killed by the North Vietnamese Army, because they were cooperating with the Americans. The villagers need an elephant for a ceremony that will occur within the week. Special Forces Captain Sam Cahill (Danny Glover), an easygoing man who is heading home, and his hotheaded replacement Special Forces Captain T.C. Doyle (Ray Liotta) embark on a mission to scrounge up another elephant. Enlisting the aid of a sneaky Supply Chief Warrant Officer Three David Poole (Deni

Kirsten Marina Costas & Bernadette Protti

HTML clipboard Kirsten Marina Costas (July 23, 1968 – June 23, 1984) was an American high school student that was murdered by her classmate, Bernadette Protti, in 1984. The daughter of well-to-do parents, Arthur and Berit Costas, she and her brother Peter grew up in the small suburban town of Orinda, California. Costas went to Miramonte High School, and was a member of the school's varsity swim team and the cheerleader squad. The case On June 21, 1984, Costas' mother received a phone call from a girl who claimed to be one of the "Bobbies" (i.e., "Bob-o-links", a sorority-like group at school) telling Berit Costas that Kirsten was invited to a dinner for the new group members. According to Protti's later testimony, she had planned to take Costas to the party to befriend her, but Costas got angry when she was told that there was no dinner for the new "Bobbies". The girls quarreled, and Costas fled to the Arnold family living nearby, telling them

Angela Delvecchio

Angela Delvecchio A Friend to Die For is an American TV movie made in 1994 by William A. Graham. Written by Randall Sullivan and originally title Death of a Cheerleader,[1] the film is based on Graham's own Rolling Stone magazine article concerning the real-life murder of a high school girl by her jealous classmate. Kirsten Costas, a fifteen year old cheerleader at Miramonte High School was killed by Bernadette Protti, a less popular classmate in 1984.[2] The movie stars Kellie Martin as Angela Delvecchio, a girl who wants to be popular. She idolizes Stacy Lockwood (Tori Spelling), the most popular girl at school and wants to become a cheerleader. When she joins the "Larks", an elite group of girls in her high school, she tries to forge a friendship with Stacy, who rejects her. Angela, determined to be friends with Stacy, calls her mother and anonymously invites her to a party. After Stacy gets in the car with Angela and they drive a fair way, it is revealed

Paul Newman

Paul Newman Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008)[1][2] was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Emmy award, along with many honorary awards. He won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing and his race teams won several championships in open wheel Indy Car racing. He was also the founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all profits and royalties to charity.[3] As of May 2007, these donations have exceeded US$220 million.[3] On September 26th, 2008, Newman died at his long-time home in Westport, Connecticut after a battle with lung cancer. Early life Newman was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland), the son of Theresa (née Fetzer or Fetsko)[4][5] and Arthur S. Newman, who ra