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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 547062 [Title] => Turkish Delight [Summary] =>Your law is my delight. — Psalm 119:174
[DatePublished] => 2010-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316375 [Title] => The magic of faith [Summary] => C.S. Lewis was allegedly reluctant to have the Narnia books adapted into film. The sight of a talking lion, he thought, might produce inappropriate titters. But had he lived to see the strides that filmmaking technology would take, he probably would have had a different opinion. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, directed by Andrew Adamson, has little that is unintentionally risible and much that inspires awe.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413042 [AuthorName] => Jonathan Chua [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316412 [Title] => Coming of age in a wardrobe world [Summary] => After the Disney and Walden Media logos dissolve into blackness, the picture fades in to reveal the London night sky cluttered with German warplanes dropping missiles onto the helpless city. I look at my ticket to check if I am in the right theater. Yes, the ticket says The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, not Sky Captain: The Sequel. The visuals of the Blitzkrieg are stunning and my mouth drops as the Pevensie family rushes into their air raid shelter. [DatePublished] => 2006-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1498306 [AuthorName] => Marie Jamora [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 311412 [Title] => The Chronicles Of Narnia [Summary] => The beloved master piece comes to life!
In the film, four young adventurers playing hide-and-seek in the country home of an old professor stumble upon an enchanted wardrobe that will take them places they never dreamed. Stepping through the wardrobe door, they are whisked out of World War II London into the spectacular parallel universe known as Narnia - a fairy-tale realm of magical proportions where woodland animals talk and mythological creatures roam the hills.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Entertainment [SectionUrl] => cebu-entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175278 [Title] => A fantasy world comes to life [Summary] => If youve seen the first two stagings of Trumpets adaptation of C.S. Lewis spiritual-fantasy childrens epic The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, youll probably agree that this years production is the grandest. It features a magnificent production design complete with a revolving stage by Mio Infante and new musical arrangements.
As director and co-writer Jaime del Mundo says, "I hate repeating myself."
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134006 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804782 [AuthorName] => Boy Abunda [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175352 [Title] => A better, improved Lion from Trumpets [Summary] => Its still three hours long, but Trumpets musical production of C. S. Lewis classic childrens novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe still packs a wallop.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420681 [AuthorName] => Joseph Cortes [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) ) )
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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