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Crunchy Turkey Salad
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What you need:
1 cup cooked, cubed turkey meat
2 celery, chopped
2 tart apples, cored and cubed
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons lemon juice
| 1 tablespoon honey 4
1 tablespoon prepared Dijon-style mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt
ground black pepper to taste
What to do:
In a large bowl, combine the turkey, celery, apples and walnuts.
Prepare the dressing in a small bowl by whisking together the sour cream,
mayonnaise, parsley, lemon juice, honey, mustard, salt, and pepper. Pour over turkey
mixture and toss to evenly coat. Refrigerate until chilled.
TRAFFIC • COnTIRUCD FR0ITT8
first thing we saw,” Svelling
M said, joking of course.
w The real reason behind
their choice? The television
series “Law and Order.”
“I saw an episode that
touched on it and provided
a resource to find out
more on the Web site
humantrafficking.org.
“Which was a great thing,
because it shows that
narrative film can be used
to do what documentary
does,” Curtis said.
After Curtis proposed
the idea that she described
as “completely ridiculous,”
and “couldn’t be passed up,”
on the class’ Blackboard
site, the two guys jumped
on board.
These three are no
amateurs when it comes
to filmmaking however.
Johns and Svelling recently
wrapped on their latest
_ narrative piece, “Gaps,”
,, which will be screened at
M the Nickelodeon Theatre
„ on May 9, at 8:15 p.m.
“I’ve also done lots of
skateboarding videos for
skateboard shops and
; companies,” Johns said.
Curtis is mainly a
„ documentary person, citing
that everything she films is
aimed to educate on some
issue, which she believes all
media work should do.
Making a documentary
may seem like an easy task
because you don’t have
to worry about casting,
scripting, or costumes. But
what you don’t hear about
is all the pre-production,
behind-the-scenes stuff.
“The pre-production
involves more research and
getting more solid on your
subject,” Johns said. “With
narrative, you’re thinking
more about location and
how your audio is going to
be. With documentary, it’s
still extremely organized
but not so much ‘how are
we going to set up this
shot?’ but ‘we’ll set up
this shot however we do it
when we get there.”
Svelling added that with
documentaries it’s all about
the message you want to
convey and making sure
you put the right message
on the screen to get that
message across.
i nere s a lot more
responsibility attached
to a documentary. In the
post-production, you tend
to be more tied to your
production, even though
you’re finished. There’s a
huge follow-up and that’s a
huge part of the process,”
Curtis said.
What exactly are
the plans for this
documentary?
You can catch the film
May 2 at 7 p.m. at the
Nickelodeon Theatre. All
of the documentaries from
the class will be shown.
This piece, roughly titled
“Human Trafficking in
South Carolina,” will be
followed by a 30-minute
community forum.
“We’re going to have
any experts we can get
to discuss the topic, our
film and how our film can
encourage other people
in the community to get
active.” Johns said.
You can also catch
up with this group and
their project at their
weblog, located at www.
humantrafficking.blogspot.
com.
“We actually want to
help make people more
aware with this film, and
get something done.”
Svelling said.
The group has been
working on this assignment
for two weeks with the
April 28 deadline looming.
Luckily, any final editing
can be made up until the
film is shown on May 2.
At this point, the group is
completing tne snooting
and working on archival
footage of other PSAs,
newscasts and other
media related to human
trafficking.
“People need to know
what this is in case they
see something like this
happening. South Carolina
just passed a law against it,
and they can now actually
do something,” Johns said.
Some of the experts the
group is trying to interview
for the project include the
local amnesty international
group and Rep. Katherine
Stipes from Beaufort, who
actually headed up the bill
against human trafficking.
“It’s very powerful,”
Svelling said.
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oemiRicous • connnueD PRoms
l Ben Parrish. By 2005, the
band self-released two
, demos and signed to Metal
Blade Records.
► Wilson says the band
has been extremely content
with its current luck.
“We had really good
representation and a
manager who got things
done,” he says. “We
couldn’t be happier to
sign with Metal Blade
Records. It felt like joining
a big family. It was one of
the best decisions we’ve
made.”
The members of
Demiricous have always
felt a deep love for old
, school thrash, but realized
that no one was making
~ music like that anymore.
The band took matters
„ into its own hands to put
1, the rawness and anger back
into metal. Influenced by
Megadeth, Pantera and
m Slayer, Demiricous gives an
unrelenting attack of heavy
riffs, solos and vocals.
So far, the band has
shared the stage with the
Black Dahlia Murder,
Exodus, Obituary, King
Diamond, Extol and
Malevolent Creation and
has played the main stage at
the New England Hardcore
and Metal Fest where they
were well received by the
crowd.
Currently on tour with
Still Remains, Nodes of
Ravier and If Hope Dies,
the band faces audiences
unfamiliar to the purer
forms of metal. “The
crowd is a lot of 14-year
olds with white belts and
those hair-do’s” Wilson
says. “Sometimes people
will move around, but then
they just stop and stare.”
The unwelcoming apathy
could come from the band’s
appearance. Demiricous
likes their hair long and
beards scruffy, giving
the finger to fashionable
listeners.
“We’re just a couple of
old guys playing heavy
music,” says Wilson,
unworried if the preteen
audience doesn’t quite get
it.
The band remains
somewhat indifferent to
way the metal genre is
going, with all the scream
post-etc.-core bands out
there. “I don’t want to get
on anybody for calling
themselves [metal],” Wilson
explains. “I don’t want to
be close minded about it.
As long as they’re making
heavy music it doesn’t
bother me.”
In 2005, Demiricous
released its first full
length album, “One,” for
Metal Blade Records. The
recording process was a
new experience for the band
that is used to recording
four song demos with their
friends.
“We spent a month
in the studio with ten to
twelve hour days of pretty
monotonous work,” Wilson
says. “We spent most of it
just listening to our songs
over and over. But the
experience was great.”
Demiricous will bring
its straightforward thrash
metal to New Brookland
Tavern on Monday. Doors
open at 6 p.m., admission
is $10.
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| How empathy factors in to murder
After 3 teenagers
killed homeless man,
experts look inward
Amy Sherman
KNIGHT RIDDER TRIBUNE
MIAMI — It’s one of the
most basic human traits: We
care about others.
Even newborns may have
empathy: They react to the
distress of their peers by
joining in their cries. As
we get older we feel angry
with others at times, but
our inhibitions stop most
of us from lashing out
violently. One psychologist
says there’s no such thing as
a person who is completely
devoid of empathy.
How then can we explain
how three Florida teenagers
allegedly beat three
homeless men, killing one
of them?
Psychologists say they
can’t speculate about the
behavior of these particular
teens.
But, in general, scientists
know some factors do make
it easier for people to act
without empathy. Among
them: Do the attackers see
the victims as part of a lesser,
different group? Are the
attackers acting in a group
rather than as individuals?
Were they themselves
victims of bullying or abuse?
Were drugs involved?
Every time the answer
is yes, it gets easier for the
attackers to overcome the
basic inhibitions against
hurting others.
The public will likely
learn more about the
lives of three defendants
during court proceedings
in the next several months.
Billy Ammons and Brian
Hooks, both 18, and Tom
Daugherty, 17, have been
charged with first-degree
murder in the Jan. 12
beating.
Norris Gaynor, who
died from his injuries, was
bludgeoned so severely
— his head swollen to
three times its normal
size — that his father
could not recognize him.
A surveillance video that
aired nationwide showed
two of the teens repeatedly
swinging baseball bats at the
head of a man curled up the
ground in Fort Lauderdale,
Fla.
Psychologists generally
define empathy as the ability
to put yourself in someone
else’s shoes.
It’s easy for people to
lack empathy for those
they perceive as unlike
themselves.
EXERCISE • C0RTII1UCD PROffl 8
on “The Oprah Winfrey
Show” to promote her “S
Factor” stripping workouts,
pole dancing and exotic
dance-inspired exercise has
permeated popular culture
and moved from the strip
club to the health club.
“With it being on 'Oprah’
and getting a lot of media
play, the interest is starting
to grow. It’s been big for
a while on the East Coast
and West Coast, but we’re
in the Midwest. People are
conservative here,” said
Kania Kennedy, 30, who
teaches women to bump
and grind through Exoticise
classes.
Like Kennedy, Kari
Shaver, 34, then a stay-at
home mom, heard about
the trend on 'Oprah’ and
ESPN. She was inspired to
learn and eventually began
teaching pole dancing
through her own company,
Pole Addiction, in Port
Huron, Mich.
In her third week of the
evening beginners’ Pole
Addiction class at Attitude,
a Detroit lingerie boutique,
Minnie Love’s tattoo peaked
out from under pink shorts
as she strained to pull
herself up onto the silver
pole.
“When I was growing up,
this was a no-no. It wasn’t
the proper thing to do.
Now it seems to be nice
naughty,” said Love, a 51
year-old leasing agent who
wore fuchsia polish on her
toenails.
Both Kennedy and Shaver
are adding classes to their
'schedules to meet demand.
One recent evening,
Kennedy’s students
strutted about, facing their
reflections in the mirrored
wall and fluidly followed
her through a dance
number that included such
provocatively named moves
as the “booty pop” apd
“thigh high.”
Temeka Fulgiam, 30, is
a medical assistant who
enrolled in Kennedy’s Fit
Tease class “for a workout
and toning and for fun. I
feel sexier, and I’ve already
noticed some toning has
started. I did one dance
move at home. It went
well,” she said.
sum • connnucD PRoms
the game boasts a user
base of over 6 million
users worldwide, making
it the most popular and
most successful massively
multiplayer online role
playing game ever. The
game chronicles the war
between the Alliance and
Horde factions of the world
of Azeroth. Players can
choose from several races for
their in-game avatar, such
as the “Undead”, “Ores,”
“Night Elves and Humans.”
Many USC students play
this game in their off time
and a Facebook group exists
called “World of Warcraft
Players at USC.” Currently,
the group boasts 32
members, but it is unlikely
that such a number is a true
reflection of the number of
USC students who play the
game.
Another popular
MMORPG is “City of
Heroes.” This game puts
you in control of creating
and becoming your own
comic book superhero. Many
gamers believe this game to
have one of the most in
depth character creation
systems in an MMORPG..
Gamers can create any type
of superhero they want
to, and they can even re
create some of the famous
ones such as Wolverine and
Superman. Several months
ago, the game’s creators
released an add-on title
called “City of Villains” that
gives players the ability to
create their own villains.
First-person shooters are
also favorites among online
gamers. Despite their violent
nature, first-person shooters
can be the most fun games
to play online. “Counter
Strike” is a favorite among
many college-age students
around the world. The
object of the game depends
on which server you choose
from. Objectives range
from “disarm the bomb” to
“neutralize the enemy force”
and “rescue the hostages.”
The “Battlefield” series
is another popular first
person -shooter game that
puts players into a military
situation. The newest in
the series, “Battlefield 2,”
puts players in the modern
world of military combat.
Players will find themselves
playing as the Americans,
the Chinese, or the Middle
East Coalition. The game is
essentially a game of capture
the flag, with specific points
on the map being valuable'
and strategic locations.
Perhaps you’re not a PC
gamer, but find yourself
enjoying the latest games
coming out for the four
major consoles.
The Xbox 360 has just
seen the release of one of
the most anticipated games
of the past few years: “The
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.”
The game puts you into
the role of a character of
your own creation that is
given the task of saving
world and closing the gates
of Oblivion. The game has
seen high praise from many
gaming media outlets all
over the world.
I
With the Xbox,
PlayStation 2 and
GameCube seeing the end
of their lives, many gamers
are beginning to pick up
some great games for cheap
prices.
The Xbox has several
popular games from great
prices with their “Platinum
Hits Collection.” Games like
“Star Wars: Knights of the
Old Republic”, “Burnout”
and “Madden” are a part of
this collection and have a
price of around $20.
The GameCube and it’s
“Player’s Choice Collection”
have some of the system’s
best-known titles for sale.
“The Legend of Zelda:
The Wind Waker,” “Super
Mario Sunshine” and
“Animal Crossing” fill out
this collection of affordable
titles for $20.
The PlayStation 2’s
“Greatest Hits Collection”
is a compilation of some of
the best titles the system has
to offer. The latest added
games to this collection
include “Gran Turismo 4”
and “God of War.”
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