The standout scene from the screenplay features Dennis Hopper as Clarence’s (Christian Slater) estranged father, Clifford. Clarence and his new wife, Alabama (Patricia Arquette), surprised Clarence’s father with a visit before they escaped Detroit for Los Angeles. Clarence wanted his father, a former cop, to see if he could look into the crime they committed — killing Alabama’s violent pimp and mistakenly taking a suitcase full of cocaine.
Continue readingArguably the greatest spectacle in college football unfolds moments before kickoff at Doak Campbell Stadium when Osceola charges down the field aboard Renegade, a beautiful Appaloosa, and plants a flaming spear at midfield prior to each home game. This tradition is a tribute to the great Seminole Tribe of Florida.
The tradition was born on Sept. 16, 1978, when a student, portraying the famous Seminole warrior Osceola, led the football team from the tunnel riding a horse as the Seminoles headed into battle against Oklahoma State. The first student to portray Osceola was Jim Kidder riding Renegade I. Since then, six different Renegades and 16 different riders have made the ride and planted the spear, which brings the game day crowd to its feet. In 2018, the tradition of Osceola and Renegade is celebrating 40 years as the 17th Osceola takes to the field aboard Renegade.
Bill Durham, a 1965 FSU graduate, developed the concept of the Osceola and Renegade tradition. He launched the tradition at Florida State University in 1978 after obtaining permission from the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The Durham family provides the beautiful Appaloosa horses involved with the program and has directed the Osceola and Renegade program since its inception with the assistance of the members of the Renegade Team. The regalia used by Osceola is designed for authenticity and approved by the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
Prior to the 2011 season, ESPN’s SportsNation voted Osceola and Renegade the best NCAA Football Tradition in the country. A framed rendering of the spear plant was presented to the Durham family during the Oklahoma game on Sept. 17, 2011. That rendering now resides in the Moore Athletics Center.
In 2013, Osceola and Renegade made their second appearance at a National Championship Game, traveling to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, to watch the Seminoles claim their third national title. Osceola and Renegade also appeared at the Orange Bowl where Florida State won its first national championship to cap the 1993 season.
| NAME | YEARS |
|---|---|
| Renegade I | 1978 |
| Renegade II | 1979-89 |
| Renegade III | 1989-99 |
| Renegade IV | 1999-02, 2005-06 |
| Renegade V | 2003-04, 2007-14 |
| Renegade VI | 2014-present |
Damn it, Bones, you’re a doctor. You know that pain and guilt can’t be taken away with a wave of a magic wand. They’re the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don’t want my pain taken away. I need my pain!
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 1989
When the newly-christened starship Enterprise’s shakedown cruise goes poorly, Captain Kirk and crew put her into Spacedock for repairs. But an urgent mission interrupts their Earth-bound shore leave. A renegade Vulcan named Sybok, who has the ability to remove inner pain through suggestion, has taken three ambassadors hostage on Nimbus III, the Planet of Galactic Peace. Sybok’s ragtag army captures the Enterprise and takes her on a journey to the center of the galaxy in search of the Supreme Being.
Fannie Hillman of Winter Park, Florida passed away on October 12, 2022, at the age of 88. Ms. Hillman was born in the coal mining town of Norton, Virginia on June 29, 1934. She was a graduate of Longwood College & Medical College of Virginia and moved to Winter Park in 1958. In 1969 she became the sole provider for her family, teaching biology at Winter Park High School. While teaching during the day, she studied at night to get her real estate license.
A pioneer for women-owned businesses in Central Florida, Fannie was one of the first women to own her own company in the City of Winter Park. In 1981 she founded Fannie Hillman + Associates Real Estate Company. What started out as a small firm with just a handful of associates, has become one of the most celebrated real estate firms in Winter Park for over 40 years. Her choice to start a real estate company not only improved her life and her family’s, but also the many clients (now friends) and the community that it continues to serve.
Her well-lived life is proven by the impact she had in the local real estate industry, but even more so the large circle of family, friends, and clients that will truly miss her. Ms. Hillman’s love and passion for Winter Park and its community is seen in her successful efforts as a community leader and advocate.
Fannie‘s zest for life included regular trips to her beloved home in Maine, where she loved visiting with friends, supporting the local artists and boating. She enjoyed entertaining, collecting recipes, traveling, and especially spending time with friends and family. She was known for making friends quickly and enjoyed any excuse for a get together. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
She is survived by her loving family; children- son Scott Hillman his wife Debbie, son David Hillman his wife Leigh, daughter Mary Hillman Greer and her husband Russ; Grandchildren – Hannah Hillman Bobich and her husband Nick, Sam Hillman and his wife Emily, Annie Hillman, Claire Hillman, Luke Hillman, Emma Greer, Lucy Greer, George Greer, Mary Margaret Greer; Great Grandsons Henry & Scotty Hillman and Great Granddaughter Nora Bobich.
Not one for formalities, Fannie would ask that in lieu of flowers- have a laugh with friends, help a neighbor in need or donate time to a favorite charity, share a smile with a stranger, spend quality time with your family and tell them you love them often.
If you’ve ever been to Creole or Cajun country, then chances are you’ve seen jambalaya and etouffee listed on the menus of restaurants. Or perhaps you love the uniquely spicy foods that are associated with the low country and wanted to make your favorite dishes at home. Jambalaya and etouffee are both classic staples for both Cajun and Creole cuisines, and both dishes share several characteristics, so you might wonder what exactly the difference is.
One way to think of these dishes is how they’re served, though. Both are main dishes, but jambalaya is made with rice already in the dish. Etouffee, on the other hand, is a main course of shellfish in a thick sauce that can be served over rice (via Popsugar).
A number of the distinguishing characteristics come down to several key ingredients within each dish. To really understand the difference between jambalaya and etouffee, you have to break down the dishes into their components or main ingredients. One dish must have a certain base that the rest of the dish is built on, while the other is a harmony of flavors defined by the combination of main ingredients.
Evaluate the main ingredients
To understand the difference between jambalaya and etouffee, start by taking a closer look at the main ingredients. Etouffee always begins with the Holy Trinity: onions, bell peppers, and celery, chopped and cooked as the base of the dish. It’s also important to note that etouffee includes a roux to thicken the sauce, though jambalaya doesn’t use one. Another key indicator of etouffee is that it is typically made with shellfish, like crawfish, shrimp, or crab, though it is sometimes made with meat. Whatever the star protein might be, etouffee only has one, maybe two at the most.
Jambalaya is all about the combination of proteins — namely, andouille sausage, chicken, smoked ham, and shrimp. It isn’t uncommon to see at least three of these (if not all four) in a pot of jambalaya. The dish is also simmered with the rice in the pot already, too, which makes sense, because it is a distant relative to paella.
Now that you know the difference between etouffee (the thick, seafood gravy dish) and jambalaya (a simmered stew of meat, shellfish, and rice), you can easily make either example of Cajun and Creole cooking.
Dear President Putin:
Since the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine on February 24 this year I have tried to use my small influence to encourage a ceasefire and a diplomatic settlement that addresses the security needs of both Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
In that endeavor I have written two open letters to Mrs Olena Zelenska, the the wife of the Ukrainian president. These letters are readily available on the Internet. I am increasingly asked to write to you too, so here goes.
First, would you like to see an end to this war? If you were to reply and say, “Yes please,” that would immediately make things a lot easier. If you were to come out and say, “Also the Russian Federation has no further territorial interest beyond the security of the Russian-speaking populations of the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk,” that would help too.
Continue readingAverage long-term U.S. mortgage rates reached their highest level in more than two decades this week and are likely to climb further as the Federal Reserve has all but guaranteed more rate increases in its battle to tamp down persistent inflation.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on the key 30-year rate climbed to 6.92% from 6.66% last week. Last year at this time, the rate was 3.05%.
The average rate on 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages, popular among those looking to refinance their homes, rose to 6.09% from 5.9% last week, the first time it’s breached 6% since the housing market crash of 2008. One year ago, the 15-year rate was 2.3%.
High rates have pushed many prospective homebuyers out of the market
Urban legend claims that if you play Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon while watching “The Wizard of Oz,” there’s an incredible synchronicity that could only come about had the band literally planned the entire album around the movie.
Pink Floyd has denied the rumor outright for years, with Floyd drummer Nick Mason giving one of our favorite answers to MTV in 1997: “It’s absolute nonsense. It has nothing to do with ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ It was all based on ‘The Sound of Music.’”
OK. So those evil flying monkeys could be symbolic Nazis. But it sure seems like Wizard of Oz is a better fit — at least, hearing the line “I don’t know; I was really drunk at the time” while we gaze upon Munchkin Land seems like a pretty realistic reaction.
There are plenty of tidy thematic coincidences between Wizard of Oz and Dark Side of the Moon. The movie’s keynote song, “Over The Rainbow,” fits neatly with the iconic, light-splitting prism design used for the album’s cover art. The album boasts the song “Great Gig in The Sky,” which sounds like the perfect name for a song to go with a movie about a tornado.
For the most part, the biggest coincidences seem to show up on the first trek through the album. That may be due to greater familiarity (and, by extension, observational powers) of what’s going on in the movie and on the album. Or, it could be that writing an album to hold up through two and a half cycles isn’t exactly easy — or, possibly, wasn’t even done in the first place.
In our book, this urban legend lands somewhere between reading a horoscope and analyzing literature: There’s probably some truth in it somewhere, but finding the “truth” relies upon the user doing a lot of mental heavy lifting, and those theories may not match up with what the authors actually intended. Judge the coincidences for yourself.
Regardless, this was a fun way to spend a Saturday night. Warning: Even if you love Dark Side, you’ll probably want to have something else to listen to for a few weeks after doing this.
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