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...Chinese movie star is now filming a thriller, The Horsemen...
...Taste The Killers’ “Sam’s Town” ripped off all the bands that hadn’t been copied on their debut, “Hot Fuss.” Meanwhile, frontman Flowers dissed other, arguably better bands. Winner: The Four Horsemen. This album’s actually selling. 1. Jay-Z vs. Diplomats, Jay-Z vs. LL Cool J, Jay-Z vs. Lil’ Wayne, Lil’ Wayne vs. Clipse and Pharrell, Nas not vs. Jay-Z? And the list goes on. Epic, confusing stuff. All that?...
...Buzkashi has actually always been a political game. It's not the horsemen who are the stars, but the sponsors of the event - those who put up the prize money, invite the guests and field the best string of horses and palawans, or wrestlers, as the riders are called. The game originated hundreds of years ago in the north of Afghanistan, hard-pressed against the central Asian steppes. There it was the Khans, or great leaders, who demonstrated their power and influence by holding games and settling the inevitable disputes. Political rivalries were played out on the field...
Sudan is really two countries: the north is predominantly Muslim, and the south is inhabited mostly by tribal peoples like the Dinka, of whom Deng is one. War broke out between north and south when Deng was about 6. His village was destroyed by horsemen, and many of his friends and relatives were killed or enslaved. He escaped. Along with many other boys--the so-called Lost Boys of Sudan--Deng walked hundreds of miles overland to a refugee camp in Ethiopia...
...Review linking poker to other games in history, like jousting, that have motivated young men to increase their combat skills. He wrote that even Islam, which prohibits gambling, has made exceptions for betting on horse races as a way to spur, as it were, youths to become better horsemen and warriors. Some educators leverage the game's current popularity to sneak in their lessons. Emory University math professor Ronald Gould, for example, teaches his freshmen students basic concepts of probability using five-card stud, or for more challenging computations, a seven-card game like Texas Hold...