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OT: Favorite Movie/Best Under Radar Movie
Back To The Future... best. movie. ever.
And I'll admit it... Les Miserables was unexpectedly great.
Not really answering your question, but I've been watching a lot of BBC documentaries recently. They're typically well written, the cinematography is first-rate and there's no reason to be paranoid about downloading them. It's easy to find them on YouTube too.
Best movie ever: Braveheart.
If this counts as under the radar, idiocracy is hilarious.
Things to do in Denver When You're Dead. It's from 96 or so. Great movie.
and the Shining for the best in the well-done, non-cheesy scary movie category
But an argument for John Carpenter's The Thing or Alien as one of the best scary movies.
True Romance. Unreal cameos by Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, and a young Brad Pitt.
32 hours Til tip, Go Blue!
Brad Pitt's character is awesome! "Don't condescend to me, man..."
Val Kilmer as Elvis is also a highlight.
Pitt's character is Floyd.
scene is one of the best Tarantino's ever written. That's saying something.
Repost. Damn this itchy finger.
Under the radar movie: Jacob's Ladder
Smokin marlboros and kung fu. One of the great movies of all time
I personally love The Town. Everyone I talk to hasn't seen it.
The Town is a great movie. Highly underrated.
The Town is my fav, along with Life ( Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence ), Animal House, and Mississippi Burning.
Troll Hunter. I am no film snob, which is why I am suggesting a Norwegian film about giant trolls. Great movie.
I happened to be doing work on a Norwegian securities fraud case, so it hit the spot. It's a great satire on provincial attitudes and the haplessness of Norwegian bureaucracy, as well as being a decent action film. If you like Scandinavian movies, I also recommend "Rare Exports," set in Finland - a little gory, but fun.
Ernest Scared Stupid
And I feel like a lot of people haven't seen Man on Fire an that movie is underrated.
Was unbelievable. Denzel should've gotten some award interest on that one
Curse of the Golden Flower
Devils Double
City of God is one of my favorite movies that a lot of people haven't seen...
Pretty gritty, but a really good movie....
I agree. I actually bought it because the cover said "The Best Movie Ever Made." Pretty bold claim I thought. They were right.
I have a thing for hilariously terrible movies. "Troll 2" and "The Room" are the best.
It's so bad it's actually VERY entertaining.
"Keep your stupid comments in your pocket!"
"She says I hit her. That's bullshit. I did not hit her. I did not. I did Naaaaaahhhhtt.....Oh hai Mark"
...I'm currently watching the Room as we speak.
Chris R is such a badass.
is simply fantastic. I came here with every intention of admitting how much I love the room. My buddy and I watch it every time we brew. Also, check out the soundboard: http://theroomsoundboard.com
If you want a hilariously bad movie experience. Supposed to be a horror film but turns out to be quite the comedy as far as how low budget it is.
Awesome choice! "You're lying! I never hit you! You are tearing me apart, Lisa!"
Saving Silverman
My UTR fav.
Favorite movie is Apocalypse Now, most underrated is the Layercake.
Great ending.
Patton is favorite movie. My dad served under him durring WWII (the part at the very start when Patton first takes command of the American troops) so needless to say when he took me to see it when it came out I got to hear just how historically accurate it was. And George C. Scott delivered probably one of the greatest if not THE greatest performances in the history of cinema in the lead role.
Under the radar? Probably either Miracle Mile (crazy concept - nuiclear war has begun and it shows what civilization would be like in the hours before the missles hit) or Groundhog Day believe it or not. I've seen that movie like 100 times and it makes me laugh everytime I do. Bill Murray is fantastic.
Best 10 minutes EVER of film? Alex Baldwn delivering the "pep talk" in Glengarry Glenn Ross I have worked my entire life in sales and nothing gives me chills more than watching him address the broken down, sad-sack sales team before the evening "sit".
Coffee's for Closers!
...some great stuff in Glenngarry Glenn Ross
What's your name?
Fuck you. That's my name.
in "Catch Me If You Can". He's an FBI* agent and very serious. Another agent is busting his ballz about not getting their jokes.
Hanks: Knock Knock
Agent: Who's there?
Hanks: Go eff yourself
Was a very entertaining watch and great acting all around. I'm curious to see how Bradley Cooper follows up this performance in Hangover 3 (final chapter) coming out Memorial Day weekend.
Apocalypse Now is one of the greatest movies ever made. As far as under the radar films go, I'd agree with Jacob's Ladder and also throw in Sunshine. I also really like There Will be Blood, The Professional, and Primal Fear.
yep, sunshine was kick ass
Akira, He Got Game, and Requiem for a Dream
edit: also, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Kelly's Heros
True romance
Worlds fastest Indian
Big trouble little china
Hard candy
Tops of my list
I'd put the Road Warrior right up there as well.
Memento for under the radar movie.
I've always liked some of Sidney Lumet's films in particular, so count "The Verdict", "Serpico", "Network" and "Dog Day Afternoon" among some of my favorites.
As for a movie that I thought was good and didn't get a whole lot of attention, at least in the US, it would have to be the German film "Goodbye, Lenin!" - very clever film, I thought. Another one that was obscure but a decent adaptation, in my opinion, was HBO's adaptation of "Barbarians At The Gate" from the early 1990s, based on the Bryan Burrough and John Heylar work about the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco.
Goodbye Lenin! is excellent. Such a great movie.
Other under the radar movies I've seen recently:
"Win win" - Paul Giammatti in an excellent, simple character story about a struggling lawyer/high school wrestling coach taking in a troubled teen.
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" - Pyschological thriller about a troubled/possessed teen with superb acting (Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller). Very chilling and disturbing - not disturbing in a "gross out" way, but disturbing in the sense that it is totally believable and kind of scary to consider this movie's place in our society today (that's a weird, shadowy description, but I can't really explain it better without giving away too much).
The walrus
Color of Money as most underrated
The Verdict, a movie about a drunken lawyer seeking redemption starring Paul Newman & Charlotte Rampling
Noi, a quirky funny film from a rather bleak part of Iceland
Auditon, a Japanese horror flick that'll get under your skin
Detroit 9000, blaxploitation film par excellence
Bill Cunningham New York as a unlikely fascinating documentary
Fellini's Roma for an insider's look at a great city
and of course some of the work of William Klein such as Qui êtes vous Polly Magoo and Mr. Freedom.
I even think Nacho Libre also qualifies as underrated.
Goodness, there's so many excellent underrated films out there.
That's creepy as shit.
kiiiiri kiri kiri kiri...
double post.
Not as old as some of these, but Kiss Kiss Bang Bang with Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer is a great one. Sort of a modern semi-comedic take on film noir, not a parody movie though
Grosse Pointe Blank.
... and almost anything John C's in
More than any other movie...maybe Almost Famous is a close second.
-City Of God
-Children of Men
-What About Bob
-So I Married and Axe Murderer
.....all underappreciated IMO (although I do think City of God had some oscar nominations, you don't hear much of it)
also.....Django Unchained is one of the most entertaining films of our generation, although I know it's popular, Les Mis was great too.
upvoted for Children of Men.
I have a lot of movies that I loved, but if I have to pick a favorite I have to say that is Forrest Gump, the one movie I have watched over and over again without ever getting sick of it. As far as underrated goes, Lord of War. I am actually surprised as to how under the radar that movie is. If you like foreign flicks, Gangster is a wonderfully produced Bollywood movie. Worst movie I have ever seen that I still love would be Rubber.
My Under the Radar Movies go to:
Suicide Kings - '97
Boondock Saints - '99
hahaha...I'll have a coke! mmmmm...tell me one more.
Unfortunately Boondock Saints II, one of the worst sequels of all-time.
Boondock Saints is the source for some of the best movie quotes ever.
A Prophet
Sleepers or Bronx Tale is my pick for UTR.
Yeah, I like Deniro.
Good movie.
Strange Brew is like the best movie ever, eh
"It's a jelly!"
The Prestige is one of the most under-the-radar great movies. Nolan made it between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. The Batman movies cast a large shadow on it.
This is a phenomenal movie. Highly recommend it.
Agreed, phenomenal atmospherics, great characters and several interesting twists throughout. Highly recommend.
Groundhog Day...best ever.
The Secret in their Eyes
A Separation
The Last of the Mohicans
Gross Point Blank
CIty of God
In America
All the Real Girls
Amores Perros
Daniel Day-Lewis is a beast in Last of the Mohicans.
You get a bit different sense of Hawkeye in different DVD versions. I forget which expands on some of his dialogue. There were at least 3 scenes cut short where he's said more, usually a quip in his response.
When first arriving at the fort, one buddy of his already there asks him, "We didn't think you and Uncas were joining in this fight." Hawkeye's response is, "We didn't." Yet in the other DVD he adds, "We just stopped in to see how you boys were doin."
When they're walking to get to the fort in the conversation between Duncan and Hawkeye, Duncan asks, "There is a war, how is it you are headed west?" Hawkeye responds, "Well we face to the north and real sudden like turn left." (Great response by the way). Hawkeye adds, "We ain't your scout, not your damn militia either." In the extended version of the conversation he adds, "Clear it up any?"
There's at least one more but can't remember off the top of my head. Unfortunately I have the sortened version on DVD (also the last fight scene is modified). In the version I have, the last blow to Magwa is shown in a slow motion/blurry shot. The original is just a normal shot which is much better IMO.
Spaceballs. It has everything you need in a movie, comedy, drama, action, romance,suspense.
Under the radar-Dirty Work and Kung Pow
every day for a month in high school... Norm McDonald is pure comedic genius in that movie.
with Charles Bronson
Safety Not Guaranteed. Recently watched on Netflix and is very good.
Under the radar and awesome is Chopper. It's similar to Bronson but actually a good movie and came out years before Bronson.
The Departed. Greatest movie of all time.
Probably in my top 5 comedies... WAY underrated. Phil Hartman makes anything better but Sinbad is hilarious in that movie.
King Fu Hustle is another great flick.
perfect role for Bruce Willis
"What's in the box?!"
"What's in the box?!"
-Moon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/?ref_=sr_4 Really cool movie done in 2009. I have never really been into Sci-Fi movies, but if you have some time and want to relax, this is a good Psychological Sci-Fi movie. It gets better and better as it goes on.
You can't mention this film without noting that the director is DAVID F'N BOWIE's son.
The Big Lebowski
Princess Mononoke
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Strange Brew
V for Vendetta
The Living Daylights
Ghost World
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
The Prestige
The Godfather/ part II
The Maiden Heist
Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country
I could go on forever...
...but V for Vendetta was awful.
saw it mentioned on the Nerdist and checked it out... thought it was very good.
I thought this was about Under the radar movies. I see movies on here that have won awards. How is that under the radar?
Thread title says favorites and under the radar
yes, I was wrong. That's what I get for having kids distract me.
Oh, and Kenneth Brannagh's Hamlet...
Does great work with Shakespeare. Hamlet is good but I prefer his Othello.
Is Much Ado About Nothing.
Though an underrated one of his flicks is Dead Again.
Earth Girls Are Easy
I kid.
I think Beautiful Girls is underrated. It's not amazing or anything, but I thought the cast was great and a young Natalie Portman, especially, kicks ass.
Among my well-known favorites:
The Maltese Falcon
The Sting
A Night at the Opera
City Lights
Touch of Evil
Some lesser-known ones:
The Big Heat
High and Low
Red Beard
The Stranger
Did you know Duel was first released as a "made for TV" movie? I remember watching it on ABC as a kid and being scared shitless of truck's when driving with my parents for a while.
First glimpse of what we now know as road rage.
The giveaway of it being made-for-TV is the font used for the credits is the same one used for every TV show/movie for something like a 10 year span back then.
You can really see hints of Jaws in that film, not to mention hints of Spielberg's face in the car's rear view mirror.
Richard Matheson, which he adapted for the movie. He also wrote I Am Legend, What Dreams May Come, and the Twilight Zone episode " Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", plus many others.
My personal under the radar movie is Charade. I saw it during a film festival at the Stanford Theatre (shows lots of old movies in a wonderful venue) with movies like North by Northwest. I had never heard of it before and it is brilliant. "Where had this movie been all my life, and why haven't I heard of it before?!" was our reaction. The dialogue is fantastic:
"I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn't possibly meet anyone else. "
"Well, if anyone goes on the critical list, let me know. "
"Ha! She batted them pretty little eyes at you and you fell for it like an egg from a tall chicken!"
Big Trouble in Little China -- this is Jack Burton on the pork chop express
Mr. Mom -- 220, 221, whatever it takes
Clue -- Mr. Body's body, it's gone
Roadhouse - Left Boot
Red Dawn (original) -- one of the greatest films ever made. WOLVERINES!
Big Trouble in Little China -- this is Jack Burton on the pork chop express
Mr. Mom -- 220, 221, whatever it takes
Clue -- Mr. Body's body, it's gone
Roadhouse - Left Boot
Red Dawn (original) -- one of the greatest films ever made. WOLVERINES!
...Red Dawn. Wolverines indeed!
Having said that, I recently rewatched it and it's odd how geo-politics have shifted in relation to that film. In the movie, of course, a bunch of American teenage kids retreat to the mountains & wage a guerrila war against an invading enemy power. And now it's hard not to look at a place like Afghanistan & see how the tables are turned (i.e., America as the invading power & young kids resorting to suicide bombs to retaliate). Weird how times changes.
Air Bud
Air Bud 2: Golden Receiver takes the cake for that series.
Ticks, Slugs, Chopping Mall, The Stuff, Slumber Party Massacre, The Gate, One Dark Night
Heat is pretty awesome!
Debbie does Dallas had no clue what that was about
I personally can't enter a movie conversation without mentioning Shawshank Redemption, but I think the most underrated movie is the original Muppet Movie (1979). Its even better when you have kids.
If you're feeling naughty, though, I highly recommend "Lawrence of a Labia". Fantastic character development...
Last of the Mohicans. Great cinematography, great soundtrack.
Cold Mountain also very good.
Fiday Night Lights - my favorite sports movie. Lead me to Explosions in the Sky...one of my (if not my) favorite band.
28 Days Later - my favorite 'horror' movie. Not that big into horror films but this one struck me.
Have to agree, Boondock Saints is a great under the radar film.
Any architecture enthusiasts out there: My Architect. Very good film on Louis Kahn directed by his son.
Good topic. I've scrolled the thread and have lots of movies written down I may need to see now!
Favorite movie: The Shawshank Redemption
Most underrated: A River Runs Through It
For you sci-fi people: Serenity
Some of the best comedys ever: Bazzing Saddles and History of the World - Part 1
The one movie I have seen about 14,000 times: Princess Bride
Semi-acceptable chick flick: Notting Hill
I've probably seen Princess Bride about as many times as you have and it will never, ever, get old. INCONCIEVABLE!.
shut up - you know you LOVE Notting Hill. That's OK. Accept your true self.
Favorite: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (don't judge)
Under the radar: Oldboy
UTR- Dazed and Confused
and I literally mean ANY movie written/directed by Jim Jarmusch. The guy is really a genius. Can't believe he's not better renown.
I also really like the earlier Woody Allen (Manhattan, Annie Hall, etc.). Not really under the radar, but most people can't stand him or his movies. But Woody has a way of getting under your skin and those earlier movies are really masterpieces.
Jarmusch is great!
La Haine, one of my top 10, few people know about it.
A fantastic French, gritty, B&W film from about 2000 (?) about Paris kid gangsters. Great, great film... it's not a foreign art film, btw.
favorite family movie: School of Rock. Just fantastic and it still makes me laugh every time.
Movies: shawshank redemption and inglorious bastards
OFFICE SPACE ftw
Jarhead/FMJ for something patriotic
Caddyshack is the all time best
But there's no cure for the blues, like Varsity Blues
a few:
Thin Red Line
Almost Famous
High Fidelity
Dr. Strangelove, OHISWALTLTB
Cloud Atlas - recently seen - just loved it.
School of Rock
Swimming to Cambodia
Children of Men
Pulp Fiction
Fab Five and Hoop Dreams (not really, but favorite sports movies)
Favorite: Back to the Future, part II
underrated Kick-Ass
Of the three, why Back to the Future 2?
We watched it when I was in high school and I loved it. This is a great movie.
Great movie. Though not ideal for the first movie you see after a parent dies.
Maybe the most underrated Burton movie is Ed Wood.
...Pee Wee's Big Adventure? I honestly can't remember.
...but the coolest thing about it is when the school band plays for Edward Bloom while he is in college, they are actually playing the Victors.
Favorite: Back to the Future, part II
underrated Kick-Ass
The Fountain
A little weird and hard to follow, but one of those movies that is open to interpretation. I love it.
Great music, performers, cameos and quite funny. Actually considered a musical.
Underrated: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988 version)
Michael Caine and Steve Martin are brilliant. Great ending twist for first-time viewers. Can watch this a couple of times a year and always laugh. Love it!
Not really sure what my actual absolute favorite movie is. I'd be leaving out a lot of good ones by picking one. It might just have to be Tommy Boy, or maybe Jurassic Park since when that came out I was, like, right in that movie's wheelhouse for a target audience that would walk out of the theater with their mind completely and totally blown by the awesomeness. (I was 11. You could probably say it was the first "grown-up" movie I saw in the theater.)
For under-the-radar stuff, that pick is easy: Titus. It's Julie Taymor's (she's more famous for the stage production of The Lion King) adaptation of Titus Andronicus, which is one of Shakespeare's goriest, nastiest (and for that matter, itself very under-the-radar) plays. It's fantastic. Takes place in a very anachronistic version of Rome and has some serious talent in it, notably Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange.
Some Favorite Under The Radar Films
The Conversation (Gene Hackman as Private Investigator Harry Caul plus John "Fredo" Cazale and a young Harrison Ford)
The List Of Adrian Messenger (George C. Scott and campy cameos from Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum and Frank Sinatra)
Don't Look Now (1973 thriller directed by Nicholas Roeg featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, the canals of Venice, Italy, a memorable love scene and a shocking ending)
House Of Games (1987 feature that David Mamet wrote and directed, with Joe Mantegna and Lindsay Crouse, Mamet's wife at the time, plus a great supporting cast in a memorable con game)
Festival Express (documentary of the musical caravan from Toronto to Winnipeg to Calgary on a train in 1970 with The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band and others)
The Kids Are Alright (The Who's on first in this 1979 documentary of their career)
Where's Poppa? (a.k.a Going Ape) (Ruth Gordon and George Segal as mother and son, Lucky Charms and Pepsi for breakfast, Rob Reiner before he became Michael "Meathead" Stivic and a memorable chase through Central Park)
- The Station Agent (Peter Dinklage before he became Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, Bobby Cannavale before he became Gyp Rosetti in Boardwalk Empire and Patricia Clarkson before she became Patti "Mrs. Herb" Brooks in Miracle)
Donnie Darko
The Descent
Midnight Meat Train
John Dies at the End
"Memento" Christopher Nolan. Highly recommend.
Under the radar: Hot Fuzz. I have never laughed harder in a theater. For some reason everyone's seen Shaun of the Dead, but many fewer have seen Hot Fuzz despite it being IMHO much funnier.
I think Hot Fuzz is funnier because we grew up with the action films that it satirizes/pays homage to, but the premise of Shaun of the Dead is better.
I'm a huge fan of Gangs of New York. That Bill the Butcher is one hell of a character.
Seriously though, any movie with Daniel Day-Lewis is phenomenal.
...ending of There Will Be Blood.
UTR- The Burbs' and The Program.
Hans Klopek... excellent movie to throw out there!
...the Burbs is one of the worst movies of all time.
Your 2nd favorite Hanks movie must be Joe vs. the Volcano...and favorite Chevy Chase movie is Nothing But Trouble.
Star Wars as a favorite.
Under the radar is tougher...so many good ones and what qualifies as UtR? I mean, are Kevin Smith movies UtR? Probably not with this crowd, but to the general public. I saw Charade mentioned as a favorite above, but I'm not sure how many have seen it in this day and age. Does the cheese of Flash Gordon qualify? Then there some movies that made good money but maybe underrated with how much money comic book movies are making- I think Sin City is awesome, and Watchmen underrated because I don't think it ever could satisfy all expectations. Moulin Rouge is a great musical if you're ok with melodramatic camp. But I guess if I'm going to try and stick with one that people go "WHA?" on, I'd say Shall We Dance? The original Japanese version, not that Jennifer Lopez remake nonsense. I love that movie.
I have seen it so many times, I know most of the lines. (Drives my wife crazy). Other favorites: Shawshank Redemption, Saving Private Ryan, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Forrest Gump, The Wedding Singer, The Usual Suspects, Shrek, The Bridesmaids, Crimson Tide, Tombstone, The Unforgiven, Scent of a Woman, School of Rock, Silence of The Lambs. I could go on.
A Korean horror film, "Thirst," directed by Park Chan-wook, who also directed "Old Boy." It's a vampire film, but one that grapples with the morality of it, and it is darkly funny at times.
Another underrated Korean film is "Memories of Murder," about a rural detective who tries to solve a serial murder - a slow-paced but satisfying mystery thriller.
"Tell No One" is another great mystery-thriller (French), heavy on the thrills.
The BBC serial adaptation of "Wallander" starring Kenneth Branaugh is very good; really great atmosphere. I think most people will like it better than the Swedish adaptation ("Henning Mankell's Wallander"), which is also very good but focuses more on the day-to-day job of being a police detective and less on the psychological toil that being immersed in murder cases puts on one's emotional state.
Movie had to be Frequency. Great story, suspenseful, and full of emotion. It also deals with that age old father-son relationship with a well done twist on time travel.
Four Brothers is also up there for under the radar. Perhaps I like it because it's set in Detroit (like Gran Torino, another great film), but I gotta give it up for Mark Mark.
Favorite movie - probably The Patriot.
Gummo. The disturbing nature of it keeps your interest, but you end up wishing you could undo seeing it.
come out to play-i-ay
3 UTR movies everyone should watch (foreign, but impressive):
1. Lives of Others
2. The Counterfeiters
3. Tell No One
A last movie I'll throw in that's great is The Debt (with Hellen Mirren and Jessica Chastain before she hit it big).
The Prestige and The Illusionist were both great movies that a lot of people I've talked to haven't seen.
Kind of common in Hollywood
It's about the entire state of Ohio.
Saving Private Ryan has to be one of the greatest of all time for me. Also, cant pick favorites without the movies Blow, A Beautiful Mind, and Ferris Beuler's Day Off.
For an under the radar type movie, Zoolander is halarious.
...just kidding. Under the radar sports movie...Warrior. Not really into UFC...but this movie was surprisingly good.
Acceptable chick flick...Love Actually.
Love the Memento, Last of Mohicans, Usual Suspects, Tomstine, Gladiator, True Romance, Snatch, Lock, Stock..., Almost Famous, Better off Dead posts. I love BTILC...but it is a terrible movie!
Some more awesome movies I did not see above...Traffic, No Country For Old Men, True Grit, Royal Tenenbaums, LA Confidential, The Big Chill, Swingers, Jaws, Fugitive, Kingsom of Heaven, The Two Towers, Empire Stikes Back, Dazed and Confused...and I love Old School, Hangover and Wedding Crashers.
The Big Chill and No Country For Old Men.
...about Michigan alums...created by a Michigan alum...a classic. Old Country was just a bad ass movie.
a terrible movie. It is the pinnacle of the action comedy genre. You can like or dislike that genre in general, but it is one of the best of it's kind.
"China is here? I don't even know what the hell that means!"
... watched it at least 50 times as a kid. Cinematic masterpiece it is not. Pinnacle of action/comedy...meh. Try Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, Die Hard, 48 Hours...Even Remo Williams! But given your Avatar and the fact u liked the Burbs...I am not going to change your mind.
American History X and No Country For Old Men. Under the radar Would be Kids
- I Saw The Devil (2010) - A voilent South Korean thriller. It's crazy and super intense.
- In Bruges (2008) - Black comedy with Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes
- RocknRolla (2008) - Guy Rtiche crime comedy caper film like Snatch. Big cast list with Gerard Butler, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Jermey Piven, Ludacris, Toby Kebbell, Thandie Newton, and Tom WIlkinson. It's a fun ride.
- Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - British psychological revenge thriller. Army vet returns home to help his brother deal with the local gang. The ending brings it all together
Pulp Fiction, Dazed and Confused, Dumb and Dumber, Tommyboy, Friday Night Lights, Troy, Goonies, Spider-Man 1,2,3, The Hangover, 40 year old virgin...just to name a few.
but my choice for under-the-radar movie is Chronicles of Riddick. I'm a huge fan of good sci-fi, and I think it's one of best of that genre ever made.
This probably doesn't qualify as under-the-radar, but Reservoir Dogs is awesome.
Also Amores Perros, The Devil's Backbone, and Pan's Labyrinth.
...Chronicles is awesome.
... I see Chronicles as a mish-mash of potentially interesting science fiction themes ground together as backdrops for the putative action scenes on which the plot is overlaid to tie them together. I do watch for a bit when it's on because those action scenes are visually striking but I wouldn't call it great science fiction.
What about it puts it in that category for you?
Reservoir Dogs is the second-bloodiest movie I've ever seen behind only the second half of Event Horizon (the first half of which is quite good and abandoned in the second half when the director punts and says "Release The Blood!"). An excellent movie though, as little of the blood is gratuitous.
Is the 2nd bloodiest Tarantino movie.
...Mr. Blonde's ear cutting scene is pretty unnerving.
Gritty, interesting plot, action packed sci-fi fight sequences, great special effects, hot chick, makes you forget that you are watching a Vin Diesel movie...nobody saw it.
It is one of the funniest and more original movies have ever seen without knowing anything about it going in. I recommend it to everyone.
I second this. Worthy addition to the list of underrated films. At the forefront of the new genre of comedic horror films.
"If you hurt my dog, imma....I'm gonna be really mad"
Great movie.
One of my favorite underrated movies is Law Abiding Citizen. Highly recommend that one.
All time favorites are Godfather I and II, The Empire Strikes Back, and the Dark Knight.
As far as underrated movies goes how about Dark City, and Oldboy. A more recent film but doesn't really qualify as underrated is The Cabin in the Woods, great flick, and the elevator scene is nothing less than pure gold.
...so many movies like the Matrix ripped off that movie. Cabin in the Woods was a blast...so was origin Evil Dead!
The Evil Dead is great. As far as horror/comedy films go, I like Idle Hands, Club Dread, and Cabin Fever.
...the Devil's Rejects.
I have watched all of his movies that are on instant stream. Have to say I recommend all of them. They are all darker than most U.S. movies, esp the revenge trilogy.
Terrific mystery/suspense film with great dialogue. Thug George Kennedy tells Peck, "I owe you some pain, Mr. Stillwell" just before beating the shit out of him.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned 2001: A Space Odyssey or Blade Runner yet. Those are some great sci-fi flicks, although not under the radar.
Christmas Vacation
Are you serious Clark?
...but one of the most underrated shows (not movie) is Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job. If catch it at the right time, it's pure brilliance.
Especially Spaghett
...start one.
How about, "Check it out with Dr. Steve Brule" I love John C. Reilly in that role.
In Chicago. His Mr. Cellophane is fantastic.
God I love Steve Brule too. I have never laughed so hard!
I love how cocky he is at first
Is one of my top 3. I've given up on trying to recruit new viewers. Rarely do people get it or find it funny. Either you love it or hate it. It's truly one of those shows. It's fun to be out and here people reference it. It's so common and boring to hear the typical Will Ferrell (i.e. "you're my boy blue")movie reference. When I hear someone reference it, said person and myself usually bond over our favorite Tim and Eric characters.
The Right Stuff
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Judgement at Nuremberg
Blazing Saddles
My under the radar movie: The Lives of Others
Couldn't name all of my favorites but two of my favorite UTR movies from the last couple of years is Goon and Four Lions. Both movies had me laughing for days afterward.
good UTR comedy
...Chevy Chase at his best.
No Fletch Lives??
Outside Providence is hilarious. Easily the most under rated and under the radar movie the Farrelly Bros have ever done.
Also, agree with everyone on True Romance. And Hot Tub Time Machine was much funnier than I expected it to be.
Favorite movie: Jaws
Most Underrated: Clifford (Martin Short comedy 1994)
A realy fun Korean Spaghetti Western.
I like me some sci fi
these are the more "under the radar" variety, but they are all awesome.
Brotherhood of the Wolf, Hard Boiled, The Killer, & The Raid: Redemption. Need a good action flick? Can't go wrong with any of those.
"What the Bleep do We Know?"
It launched a few careers in the quantum physics/personal development field.
Incredibly seedy Secret Service movie from the 80s. Willem Dafoe is a brilliant bad guy, Billy Petersen phenomenal as a win at all cost agent, as is Turturro as his partner.
Will always be my favorite movie.
Favorite comedy: wedding crashers
Utr: : boondock saints.
Classic Film Noir with Robert Michum and Kirk Douglas.


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Podcast exclusive interview with SuperDAE, the man behind the various leaks of the PlayStation 4 and Microsofts Durango.
Our site is down, but should be back up hopefully soon. You can listen to the full interview here: http://directory.libsyn.com...
I'm not sure what this guy's problem is. I think he said:
-MSFT didn't take him serious about a problem and he did what he did to show MSFT without a doubt
-He says the durango is the better machine vs orbis yet he's already in trouble but teases us with a lack of point by point info( somewhat understandable).
-He was lead to belive what he did would be a good lesson for MSFT from other MSFT employees but was betrayed
-Already in trouble over the latest version of durango but scared to admit he tried to sell the other durango prototype(software)
-Breaking security to prove a point but doesn't think he's a hacker.
-Liked MSFT but hates them now that they're upset.
He should attempt to find some scissors and attempt the sophisticated act of hacking his damn hair. Good lord.
I think I saw this guy one time playing backup guitar for the Monkees. As I recall he was pretty good.

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|Small honored by WAC
DENVER - University of Idaho sophomore forward Chelsea Small was honored on Monday as the Verizon Wireless WAC Offensive Player of the Week after leading Vandal soccer to a 2-0 record over the week of Sep. 27-Oct. 3.
Small (Solana Beach, Calif./Torrey Pines HS) scored four goals in two games during the week, including game-winners in both matches.
On Tuesday against Portland State, Small helped Idaho lock up its best non-conference record in school history (9-3-0) with a pair of goals on eight total shots in the 3-2 win over the Vikings. On Sunday, she led the Vandals to their first win over Hawai'i with two more goals on four total shots.
With her two game-winners, Small moved into a tie for Idaho's school record with six career deciding goals, while her five winners this year are a single-season school record and are the most in the WAC so far this season.
Small leads Idaho this season with nine goals and 20 total points, and leads the conference with 66 total shot attempts and five game-winners.
The honor is the second of Small's career and the first of the 2010 season. It is the second weekly honor for Idaho this year. Junior Liz Boyden was honored as WAC Defensive Player of the Week on Sep. 6, after leading Idaho to a 2-0 record with just one goal allowed at the Governor's Cup tournament.
Small will lead the Vandals into a pair of home WAC matches this weekend. First, the Vandals face Louisiana Tech on Friday at 3 p.m., then they take on New Mexico State on Sunday at 1 p.m., both of which will be played at Guy Wicks Field.


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|Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
|High School:
|Lawrence County
|Previous College:
|Tennessee Tech
HIGH SCHOOL: Amanda played four years of varsity soccer under coach Ben Bush at Lawrence County, serving as a forward and outside midfielder. She was named the district's Midfielder of the Year as a senior in 2009 while helping the Wildcats to a district runner-up finish, and was 1st Team All-District her junior year. She was the captain of her team and earned the Most Goals Assisted Award in 2009.
PERSONAL: Full name is Amanda Koch….born Sept. 22, 1992 to Tom and JoAnn Koch….intends to major in biochemistry and work toward a career in research and development.


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Although I remember my dad telling me that sometimes it's better to be lucky than good, I've come to rely more on luck, since good continues to elude me. On the other hand, luck continues to fall right into my lap. Case in point: my recent trip to Westech for some dyno testing. Actually, the trip was more in preparation for an upcoming dyno day. You didn't really think these test engines built themselves did you?
As I muddled over which heads to install on the awaiting 383 Chevy, luck walked right up and introduced itself. In most cases, direct back-to-back dyno testing requires a great deal of preparation, even before you get to the actual day or days of dyno testing. Believe me, even with all the preparation in the world, dyno days often go astray. Things don't fit, bolts get stripped, and parts don't show up on time, but none of that matters because today (as luck would have it), the gang from Westech was already performing a direct back-to-back test, just the way I like it. To make things even better, the comparison went beyond the usual part A vs. part B; it pit brother against brother, in a high-performance civil war of sorts.
In addition to the cool comparison, the testing was also proof positive that high-performance from the past has found a way into the youth of tomorrow (despite MTV's best effort to the contrary). Without fresh blood in the system, the original small-block Chevy is doomed to follow the missing motors of yesteryear. Sure, we have the modern LS family to carry us over-and an impressive powerplant it is-but there is something about the assembly of an original 23-degree small-block that just feels like home.
Now that I've waxed nostalgic about an era I was far too young to appreciate from the driver seat (I was a mere 7 years of age when the LS6 Chevelle ruled the streets), it's time to get to the comparison. This particular motor was a small-block Chevy, a stroker version no less. Truth be told, the stroker was actually a factory 400 block and matching crank, making it not so much an aftermarket stroker as a large-displacement factory small-block. While 350 small-blocks are a dime a dozen, you don't often see 400 small-blocks being rung out on the dyno for all they're worth.
Upon inspection of the small-block, I noticed that it resembled a similar version currently residing out on an engine stand. Naturally, my first inclination was to review the power, as the motor in question had already been properly tuned and jetted. After expressing the observation that the two motors looked very similar (with the exception of the induction system), I was informed that the two motors were, in fact, identical. Each of the brotherly combinations were 400-inch small-blocks equipped with the same Eagle cast crank, Eagle rods, and Sealed Power hypereutectic (flat-top) pistons. In the interest of full disclosure, one combination required a .040 bore for proper clean up while the other made due with just .030 over.
Each combination was fitted with the same hydraulic roller cam profile. The custom Comp grind offered a .520/.540 lift split, a 236/242 duration split and a 110-degree lobe separation angle. Naturally, installation of the hydraulic roller cam profile in these early 400 blocks required the appropriate hydraulic roller retrofit kit. Since these two motors were destined for rat rods (stepping them up a few more notches on the cool scale), both were equipped with old-school Pete Jackson gear drives.
Since the buildups were definitely budget oriented, the 400s were topped with a set of Pro Comp aluminum cylinder heads. The aluminum heads naturally dropped precious pounds off the buildup (thereby improving the all-important power-to-weight ratio) and helped suppress detonation as well, thanks to the superior heat dissipation of aluminum. The Pro Comp heads featured 2.02-inch intake valves and 1.60 exhaust valves to maximize the flow of gases through each motor. Though not provided in the spec sheet, the chambers must be near 76cc to achieve the sub 10.0:1 compression ratio with the 3.75-inch stroke offered by the 400.
Additional performance touches included Mellings HV oil pumps and Edelbrock timing cover sets. Initially, the Pete Jackson gear drive and Edelbrock timing cover would not cooperate, as the cover was designed for a conventional double-roller timing chain. A little machining here and there and the two were finally able to coexist. Both motors were even equipped with identical Mallory ignition systems, right down to the 8mm plug wires.
While the brothers agreed on running identical 400-inch small-blocks, the civil war started with the induction system. While Joe Tally went with the tried-and-true single four-barrel carb setup, his brother Jesse stepped up to the impressive dual-quad system. With otherwise identical small-block Chevy motors, here's where the comparison test came in.
Truth be told, any intake manifold that goes up against the Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap is likely to have quite the uphill battle. Tested time and time again, the impressive dual-plane intake has proven itself a powerful performer, offering not just impressive peak power but a veritable avalanche of mid-range torque. Things get even more difficult for a dual-quad manifold, as we've never been able to match the power output of a single four-barrel with a dual-quad system in a modern street application. That said, the dual-quad has a lot more to offer than just horsepower. You're not likely to wow anyone at the local hot-rod morning meet by lifting the hood to reveal a single four-barrel, but dual quads are a whole different story. They may not match the power of a single-quad, but they more than make up for it in presence.
Thus our dyno comparison had predictable results, this despite the fact that the dual-quad intake in question was the new Edelbrock Dual-Quad RPM Air Gap. A huge step up the performance ladder compared to the original C-26 dual-quad intake, the RPM Air Gap offers larger runners, a taller mounting pad, and the legendary Air-Gap design to cool the intake charge. Equipped with the Performer RPM Air Gap dual-quad intake and matching 500-cfm Edelbrock carbs, Jesse's 406-inch street small-block produced 406 hp at 5300 rpm and 470 lb-ft of torque at 3900 rpm. As expected of the long stroke 400, torque production was impressive from 2500 rpm all the way to 5000 rpm, never dropping below 400 lb-ft of torque. Torque production from the 406 exceeded 450 lb-ft from 2900 rpm to 4600 rpm, making for a sweet (and useable) power curve.
By comparison, Joey's RPM Air Gap and single 750-cfm Edelbrock carb showed why so many small-blocks are currently running around with dual-plane intakes and single four-barrel carbs. His 406 Mouse thumped out over 500 lb-ft of torque, with a peak reading of 505 at 3900 rpm on its way to a peak power number of 444 hp. Torque production from the single-quad motor exceeded 450 lb-ft from 2500 rpm all the way to 5200 rpm. While the single four-barrel intake may not have the look, it sure enough knows how to cook.
Is this the definitive answer to the single- vs. dual-quad dilemma? Not hardly, since a small-block reflects an owner's personality. If maximum power were the only criteria, the world would be filled with race motors. This is especially true of induction systems, as even the most mundane small-block pulled from a long-forgotten donor in the wrecking yard will garner its fair share of oohs and aahs once topped with a 6-71 blower, a stack of Weber carbs, or even a dual-quad intake system. Will the wild induction system take over the street and show scene? Not likely, since the single four-barrel offers drivability and (as demonstrated by this comparison) power production that is difficult to match with a multi-carb system.
When it comes to recommendations, the induction choice comes down to the intended application. If your car is destined to live its life a quarter-mile at a time (excuse the "Fast & Furious" quote), then a racy single-plane intake and large double-pumper might be the best choice. If all-out performance isn't a primary concern and you're interested in maximizing fuel mileage, maybe a Q-Jet or even a two-barrel might be the way to go. If street performance is the key, it's hard to beat a single four-barrel on a dual-plane intake like the Performer RPM Air Gap. If the wow factor is a key ingredient, who can argue with a trick dual-quad system?
The single-quad combo was equipped with a 750-cfm Edelbrock carb. The RPM Air Gap also received the benefit of a 1-inch open carb spacer.
Run on the Super Flow engine dyno, the single four barrel 406 produced 444 hp and 505 lb-ft of torque.
Like the single-quad combination, the dual-quad small-block received identical Pro Comp aluminum cylinder heads.
Rather than the go the single-carb route, Jesse topped off his 400-inch small-block with a trick dual-quad setup. Compared to the original Edelbrock C-26 dual-quad intake, the RPM Air Gap induction system was 1 5/8-inch taller. Hood clearance was not a problem since both motors were destined for home-built rat rods.
The new RPM Air Gap dual-quad intake offered a significant improvement over the original C-26 intake. Few things look as good as a pair of dual quads, and now Edelbrock has added bite to go with the bark.
406 Small-Block Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap Dual Quad
Who wouldn't be happy with a street engine that pumps out an honest 1 hp per cubic inch, especially when the motor displaces 406ci? Equipped with a set of Pro Comp aluminum heads, a healthy hydraulic roller cam, and the new Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap Dual-Quad intake (with 500-cfm carbs), the 406 produced 406 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque. Torque production from the big-inch small-block exceeded 450 lb-ft from 2900 rpm to 4600 rpm. Add to this power production the cool factor that comes only with multiple carburetion and you have an impressive rat rod powerplant.
406 Small-Block Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap Single Quad
This combination clearly demonstrates why dual-plane intakes combined with a single four-barrel carb rule the streets. Equipped with the Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap and 750-cfm carb, this 406 produced 444 hp and 505 lb-ft of torque. In all honesty, it is tough to beat the Air Gap for average power production. This combo netted torque reading that exceeded 450 lb-ft from 2500 rpm to 5300 rpm.
And A One, And A Two...
The results of our comparison show the single four-barrel to be the hot setup, however, as the old advertising escape clause goes, "individual results may vary." An Edelbrock spokesman says its testing has shown the two systems used here to be very similar in power output, and that he was surprised by the 39hp deficit we witnessed for the dual quad. In hindsight, maybe we should have swapped induction systems to see if there were any variances in the two 406s. Still, given our compression ratio, cam, and redline, our trusty old carb-picking formula says 750-cfm should be just about ideal for this engine.


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Adams, John (Parents needed, no other information.)
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Top Ten -- Brick Walls
Adams, John (Parents needed, no other information.)
10 comments:
- Carol said...
I jumped when I saw that Jaquays. I have researched a Jaquis clan in upper NY state, Clinton County, and surrounds. Have seen references to birth places of Vermont, New Hampshire, and just to keep it interesting, France. Wahhooo! But, Benj died in Franklin County, New York, date ???, after 1860 census.
- October 13, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- Brenda said...
Oh, how I wish I could have helped on your Farmer line!
- October 13, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Greta Koehl said...
(Just saw your comment on Moore History - Deep in the Heart of Texas) - I need to do this. I have so many brick walls it's hard to pick the top 10, though.
- October 13, 2010 at 10:11 PM
- Barbara Poole said...
Thank you Carol, Brenda and Greta for your comments. Carol, I appreciate your writing that, and I know you will remember that name now. Brenda, I know how much you tried, and I appreciate it deeply. Greta, I do have more than 10, so I guess we will forge ahead together, forever!
- October 14, 2010 at 6:54 PM
- Yvette Hoitink said...
Your Gerritje Wyckoff seems to match a woman by that same name who lived exactly a century earlier. See for example: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=trees4u&id=I8965 This Gerritje Wyckhoff had the same named spouse, same named child who was born exactly 100 years earlier in the exact same location.
To me, that is very suspicious. Are you sure your information about Gerritje Wyckhoff is correct? What sources do you have for her?
Whatever her story is, the name Gerritje Wyckhoff is without a doubt Dutch in origin. Please contact me if you need help tracing your ancestors in the Netherlands!
- December 30, 2012 at 8:50 AM
- Barbara Poole said...
Hi Yvette,
Thank you very much for commenting on this difficult Brick Wall of mine. I am the person who posted the RootsWeb information, you referenced above.
Sources: Somerset County Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1 "Van Neste Family" (March 1983). "Van Neste Family." Pp. 113 & 341-343. Author not sure Gerritje's last name is Wyckoff, and if Marytje's is Bodine. AND, New York Genealogical & Biographical Record (NYG&BR). Vol. 131: 142. (April 2000). "The Rall / Roll Family: Descendants of Jan Mangelsen and His Wife Tryntje Van Woggelum" by Barbara A. Barth. Gerritje and John/Jan were married 4 years before she died.
Thank you for catching her death, yes, it should be 1725!!
Her husband, and his ancestors were mostly in New Jersey and New York. I've a lot of Wyckoffs in my tree (but not direct lines).
If you could solve my mystery, then I'd love to pay you the $100.
Happy New Year's to you.
- December 30, 2012 at 11:57 AM
- Yvette Hoitink said...
Hi Barbara,
The son's birth date too, is off by 100 years in your post. I can't help you any further than that but I hope that having the correct information in your post will allow somebody who does to find the information and help you.
- January 3, 2013 at 2:58 AM
- Barbara Poole said...
Yvette, I clearly had a problem with this line. However, my database and RootsWeb site are correct. Maybe I should "hire" you as a proof reader! Many thanks.
- January 3, 2013 at 8:06 AM
Is is possible that Jaquays is a varient of Jaquith? There was a Jaquith family in Vermont (in or near Stowe). Agnes Town married Lester Jaquith. I used to correspond with Agnes, but I believe she passed away in Arizona some years ago. David
- May 6, 2013 at 11:47 PM
- Barbara Poole said...
Anonymous, I wish their name was Jaquith, as there is a book and lots of sources for that surname. However, an early Rhode Island line clearly states Jaquays, as well as other records. I appreciate your suggestion, since every bit of input helps.
- May 7, 2013 at 4:09 PM


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MOBILE, Ala. – The first real glimpse of what life has been like for those stranded aboard a Carnival cruise ship adrift in the Gulf of Mexico came late Thursday as passengers began to disembark at the port in Mobile, a process that stretched into the early morning hours Friday. The lengthy parade of passengers was, at times, irate, tearful, amused and full of new-found gratitude.
They described an atmosphere aboard the Carnival Triumph reminiscent of "Survivor" and "Lord of the Flies," starting with the engine fire that stranded the ship without power off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday.
Debbie Moyes, 32, of Phoenix said she was awakened Sunday by a fellow passenger banging on her door, warning people to escape.
"That was one of the only points in my life I thought I might die," the mother of four said as she stood in the parking lot.


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Rear output shaft seal has a very slow drip leak, been that way for years, about time to replace it.
2002 OBW H6 VDC. Any Subaru will probably be in the same ballpark. I'll jack the rear of the vehicle up so more fluid will stay in that way too.
A quart? A bunch of quarts?
Been awhile since I've done it and I usually had the nose way up so more comes out.
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How much ATF drains out if you pull the rear driveshaft?
Started by idosubaru , Dec 20 2012 10:23 PM
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Posted 20 December 2012 - 10:23 PM
Posted 20 December 2012 - 10:27 PM
A quart? A bunch of quarts?
somewhere between. In park the fluid is not far above the pan
Posted 20 December 2012 - 10:32 PM
if it's not far above pan then with the rear up in the air, fluid up front - that rear seal is already above the pan so might be possible for very little to come out?
somewhere between. In park the fluid is not far above the pan
i'll probably just drain some, simple enough, i just didn't have any on hand tonight.
Posted 21 December 2012 - 05:43 PM
i don't think any will spill out when you pull the shaft unless you tilt the trans.
the learning process on pulling the trans goes something like this,
remove the shaft,
drop the trans,
tilt the trans, oops,
clean up the ATF.
the learning process on pulling the trans goes something like this,
remove the shaft,
drop the trans,
tilt the trans, oops,
clean up the ATF.
Posted 21 December 2012 - 05:56 PM
that settles it - i'll just pull the driveshaft with cardboard on the cement and a large pan to catch anything that might come out. might save a drain/refill.
LOL, been there, done that!
tilt the trans, oops,
clean up the ATF.
Posted 21 December 2012 - 09:45 PM
If you jack up the rear of the car you should only get a few drops. If you use a clean pan you can filter any that drains out and put it back.
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The country's oldest continuous-use theater performed "Savannah Live" to a full house Dec. 29.
While introducing Virginia College's Sonja Lother and family to Savannah Theatre house manager Dru Jones, I pause for a quick minute to congratulate Dru on her ghost story with 3-D Ghost Hunters that aired on the Biography Channel earlier in the month. The sassy Portland, Maine, native waves me off so I take a stance in the quaint lobby to snap pics of arriving music lovers.
My first photo victim is Bryan County Board of Education's Crystal Lanier Trombly and her husband, Jason, a Vermont native. After the happy couple cozy up on a red vinyl car seat, I get group shots of ushers and theater peeps, producer Mike Meece, guitarist Josh Holley, his wife, Anna, a light board operator, and technical director April Prow.
I grab a quick hug from the amazing April and get escorted down the aisle to meet one of Savannah Theatre's season regulars, Ralph Connor. The retired Air Force veteran doesn't sound a bit Southern even after driving a Savannah cab for the past 22 years.
With a promise to sit with him for a song or two if I slow down, I pause to tease Jules and Suzi Rappaport for admitting that they do "not" read the paper. Their friends Richard and Theresa Feldstein are gracious enough to move multiple times until I get the perfect photo of the friends.
Leaving the lobby after taking a warm break is Savannah Pedi-Cab's Paul Hammond, who says to me, "Call us for a good time." Giggling, I write down the number and promise to call him the next time my hoofs hurt. With close to 40 drivers, these guys have pedaled me behind the scenes of St. Patrick's Day to New Year's Eve parties and only accept tips. Can't beat that!
While posing the guys in a Captain Morgan imitation photo, Madison Tour Company pulls up with their carriage and I get a chance to feed "Betsy," a prissy Belgium/Saddlebred, a handful of popcorn.
MTC owner Dee Thompson tells me, "I bought Betsy from my mom's neighbor, an Amish fella named Maylon Troyer four years ago. She's 12 now and is now known as the Movie Diva because of her recurring gig in the movie 'Killing Winston Jones!'"
OK, this is one busy corner! As soon as the carriage pulls off, Savannah Slow Ride pedals a full crew to the corner for a quick breather. I wave a big hello to the lively revelers and make my way back inside to congratulate gorgeous Clinique Account executive Tara Beebe on her 35th birthday.
My next pic of Tara and her handsome husband Sean is one of my favorites of the night followed by an equally perfect pic of Pippa Lother with theater owners Matt Meece and Michael Zaller.
Here's the good part. Matt and Michael are gorgeous and sing like angels. The bad part. They are married. Their wives are tiny, talented and stunning and if they weren't so nice I would probably dislike them. Besides that they are yet another set of Savannah's musically gifted couples that perform almost every night at the historic theater.
How many of y'all have been to see one of the many musicals that change more than our seasons? From "Civil War Voices" and "The Beat Goes On" to "A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline" - singers, dancers and comedians perform to a five-piece live band for 11 and half months of the year!
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Woman wanders away from rave party in Qatal Canyon area. She is found Monday after overnight search
A young woman attending a large rave party in a remote area near Mt. Pinos was found safe after being lost in the wilderness over the weekend.
The search took place in the area of Toad Springs and Qatal Canyon south of Cerro Noroeste Road near the Kern-Venturas County border.
The Kern County Sheriff's office reported the woman, identified as Alissa Goldman, 19, of Ventura was found about 7 a.m. Monday.
The search for the woman started on Sunday after the Kern County Sheriff's communications center in Bakersfield received a 911 call from Goldman's cell phone.
Goldman told dispatchers she had been attending a rave party in the mountainous area and wandered off and became lost.
The Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team joined deputies in a search that started about 5 p.m. and continued through the night.
Finally, after a 14-hour search, Goldman was found wandering just inside the Ventura County line and rescued safely.
The KCSO said the rave party started Saturday night and continued into the day Sunday with more than 200 people attending.


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The schedule spraying dates for 2014 are as follows:
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McGrail to host online chat Friday
April 10, 2013
District #6 Councilmember Kevin McGrail will host his first live, online chat Friday, April 12. The 90-minute chat will begin at 6 p.m....
Will he be telling the people who participate that the city is starting with a $20 million deficit in a balanced budget?
Will he say the population of Cape Coral is about 157,000 to 160,000?
Will he tell the people he is going to extract another $150 per home?
Will he tell the people that the U.S. census states there are 2.5 people in each home in Cape Coral?
Will he tell the people that if 2.5 people live in a home that figures out to about 62,000 homes?
Will he then tell the people if you multiply 62,000 homes time $150 per home the amount it generates is $96 million dollars to cover a $20 million deficit.
Will he tell the people that compared to last years figures real estate is estimated to be higher. This will generate more money for the city to work with. Will the $93 million be over $100 million and almost 25% more than the $442 million amount collected last year? The state has to be brought in to curb these crooks!
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Rockhold (10-1 MMA, 9-0 SF), the Strikeforce middleweight champion, and Larkin (13-0 MMA, 4-0 SF) are being targeted for an as yet unannounced Strikeforce card on Jan. 12. Sources close to the promotion on Wednesday told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the fight booking is in the process of being finalized.
Rockhold and Larkin were scheduled to meet in the co-main event of Strikeforce's Nov. 3 show in Oklahoma City, but that card was scrapped not long after Rockhold pulled out with a wrist injury.
That card, which was to take place at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, also lost its main event, a heavyweight fight between Daniel Cormier and UFC crossover Frank Mir. The loss of the two marquee fights led to a Showtime decision to not broadcast the card, and then ultimately the Strikeforce cancellation of its second consecutive show.
But at the time of the cancellation announcement, Showtime and Strikeforce said a blockbuster card was being planned for January. Now that card appears to have its first matchup, though nothing has been announced by the promotion or the cable network.
Rockhold is unbeaten in Strikeforce and has defended his title twice since winning it against Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza. In January, he stopped Keith Jardine in the first round. And in July, in a long-awaited fight, he made relatively easy work of Tim Kennedy, winning by unanimous 49-46 scores in Portland, Ore.
Larkin will come into the fight unbeaten off a dominant unanimous decision sweep of Robbie Lawler at "Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy" in July. His unbeaten record comes with an asterisk of sorts, as he lost by second-round knockout to Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal in January. But when Lawal tested positive for a banned steroid after the fight, the result was flipped to a no contest.
That bout was at light heavyweight. Against Lawler, Larkin made his middleweight debut and the win resulted in a quick title shot that was put on hold with Rockhold's injury.
For more on Strikeforce in January, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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Another thing about Labor Day is that it is a holiday that most people get off from work. Not retail workers, or restaurant staff, or health care workers or staff at amusement parks and the like. But the average office/factory worker will get the day off. But the US does not have any holidays where an employer is *required* to give employees the day off. Many employers follow the Federal Government's holiday schedule, which has ten holidays per year: New Year's Day Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas DayBut many do not. But the majority of people do get Memorial Day and Labor Day off, giving us two three-day weekends to bookend the summer season. In addition, most people get New Year's Day, Independence Day (July 4th), Thanksgiving and Christmas Day off. But Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day are really done on an employer by employer basis. And since most of us get less vacation time off than people in Europe, we value each and every holiday.
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For Beau Sia, Inspiration Works Both Ways [1]
The Inspired Word, a twice-weekly poetry, spoken word, and performance series in New York City, featured P&W-supported poet Beau Sia on September 22. Inspired Word founder and producer Mike Geffner (whose journalistic work has appeared in USA Today, Details Magazine, and the Village Voice) describes the evening.
At my Inspired Word [3] series in Manhattan's East Village, Los Angeles poet Beau Sia took the stage donned like some kind of rock star: chalk-white jacket flipped up (Elvis-style) at the collar, tight-fitting jeans, and nifty looking maroon-colored shades.
It all seemed pretty cool until we quickly found out the sunglasses weren't a fashion statement. His eyes, you see, were sensitive right now. "This light is painful to me," he told the packed downstairs Nexus Lounge–a crowd of about fifty people–inside the Irish pub, One and One. He wore ear plugs too. Because his ears were sensitive as well, he said as flat as can be, his arms pinned to his sides like a pair of wooden slats and his neck, as if held by a brace, not budging a smidgen.
He went on to explain that he'd recently had a bad car accident, suffered whiplash, and now had "this brain-stem injury thing," which meant a sudden jolt could send his world upside down. Which also meant that he had no choice other than to be desperately "low key." He apologized in advance for not being at his best.
Indeed, imagining a poet known for his frenetic performances (on HBO's Def Poetry and as a two-time National Poetry Slam Champion) unable to use his body reminded me of what Gay Talese once famously wrote about Sinatra having a cold: It's like "Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel."
"You guys can't imagine how frustrating it is for me," Sia said early on, "to not utilize my full physical capability."
But a poet of stunning range, Sia still pulled it off brilliantly, reading with such intensity that his body appeared to pulsate. He had us all leaning forward (with poignant pieces about life's fragility and wisdom gained from working with stroke patients), laughing a whole lot (especially one moment when he cranked up a stiff left arm to count off parts of his poem with equally stiff fingers), and thinking a ton.
"It's pretty awesome of you guys to be listening as deeply as you are," he said. "I can feel [it]."
He received a standing ovation, having created, despite everything working against him, a truly magical evening. He could've easily blown off the night and called in sick. But he didn't. Instead, he endured all the discomfort and pain and weirdness for the sake of doing nothing more than sharing his words with an audience. It's what I'll remember most about that night. Not the words so much, as what he went through to utter them. Could poetry be any more inspiring?
Photo: Beau Sia. Credit: Raymond Hamlin.
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Grandal clearly hasn't signed yet, but from a pure prospect point of view, who is the better prospect between the two guys? Why?
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Grandal clearly hasn't signed yet, but from a pure prospect point of view, who is the better prospect between the two guys? Why?
Went with Meso. I like Grandal as a switch hitter but after dealing with some injuries Mez seems like hes taken the next step. He's producing now with the wood bat which I think Grandal can also but I guess what really put Mez on top for me is his D
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Mez because the reports of his defense and the numbers he is putting up this year. Also he is doing this at a higher level of baseball but I can see how people would be Grandal.
"When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
I voted "not sure." We haven't see Grandal against similar competition yet.
I've said this before, but I'll take Mes over Grandal without thinking twice. Between injuries and adjusting to catching professionally, I don't see any reason to get hung up on Mesoraco's performance the past few years. Everything seems to be coming together for the guy, and he's starting to look like a potential masher with plus defense behind the plate...pretty rare stuff.
There seems to be differing opinions as far as Grandal goes, but slow bat and weak arm seem to come up a bit too much for my liking. Wait and see approach with him.
Mez is killing with a wooden bat, and we don't have a grasp on Grandal's wooden bat capabilities. Couple that with his improvements behind the plate...and I'd have a tough time believing Grandal is a better prospect.
What else do we have on Grandal besides scouting reports? Between aluminum bats and erratic competition, I'm skeptical to read too much into college stats. I guess you never know who's going to be better if you want to get technical, but as far as ranking them, I like Mesoraco's ceiling better than Grandal, and I feel much safer saying that he'll reach that ceiling based on what he's done this year.If this is the case, how can you say Mesoraco is better? You're simply going off of scouting reports and nothing else.
Mesoraco. Because there's nothing more he could do. He's hitting for power, he's getting on base, he's throwing out runners, he's got great makeup, and he's young. If Grandal progresses well, we'll be able to say that about him in a year or two. But that sentence starts with "if".
Mez. A bird in the hand...
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Mes has a track record in the minors. Grandal doesn't.
Mes has started to show that he could be a good all around catcher. Grandal still has to show that the negative reports about his game are overblown.
"Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."
Well, I am the dissenter. I think too many people look at Mesaraco and see him finally reaching a respectable number in the minors after some horrible years. Even then he is only above average in AA. I think Grandal has the ability to do more than that. I personally think Mesaraco is a future regular catcher in MLB, but Grandal has the ability to be a borderline all star.
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I look at them and honestly see the same type of kid. Both have good swings, both have good bodies, and both seem to have the ability to D up.
As it stands right now though i think Mes has the better set of tools. I think hes a better hitter, I think hes a quicker player, and I think he has the better arm and better D.
I think Yas has all those abilities also but I really dont think hes better at any of them than Mes. Close, but I think Mes grades out better everywhere in my grading system.
This seems almost unfair for Grandal in that he has no chance of winning this poll. Few here have seen him as much as they may have seen Des in Dayton or spring training, plus as others have said, he's got legit minor league numbers, with a wooden bat and vs legit pitching and basestealing prospects in the minors, while Grandal's numbers come against inconsistant college pitching and inconsistant college base stealers, some legit prospects, some that will never sniff pro ball.
So a couple of questions. Is there a rough estimate on how Des' numbers this season would have transferred back to a high level college program like Miami? Or conversly, how Grandal's numbers would tranfer to High A/AA ball? My gut says their numbers would be pretty similar, if not favoring Des though I don't believe its an exact science comparing a college metal bat to a pro ball wood bat. Wouldn't Des be a college junior this season had he gone the college route? Seems like they would have been picked around the same point had Des gone to college and put his translated numbers from this season in his junior year of college.
2) More importantly in my mind, if Des continues on the path he's set forth this season, what are the odds he breaks camp w/ the Reds next season? The safe path would seem to indicate that they pick up Ramon's option and go w/ the catching tandem they've used this year, w/ Des getting a full season in AAA. However, if Des can prove he belongs in the show, at least as a back up to Hannigan, perhaps in a similar role as hannigan and Ramon share this year, it could save the Reds a decent chunk of change, at least enough to help pick up some middle relief or pay Rhodes for 1 more season.
one more thing, I'm reminded of the considerable conversation redszone had on Texas' catching situation a couple of years ago. Seems like Texas had more catching prospects than they needed and seemed like a solid trading partner for the Reds to find their catcher of the future. Flash forward 1.5 seasons later and the Rangers are picking up Molina. Seems the moral would be to keep both in the fold and let time sort things out as to which one is the better long term option along w/ Hannigan. I think they'll find it easier to get better value out of a legit catching prospect the next several seasons than it will to get legit value out of a 1b prospect in a trade.
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By Paul Newberry
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ATLANTA — There is dribbling, lots of dribbling, in college basketball these days. There is bumping and banging, lots of bumping and banging. Not to mention all the grabbing and tripping and colliding.
If this was roller derby, it would be OK.
But this is NCAA hoops, and it's downright ugly.
There is little running the court, or soaring through the air, or crisscrossing through the lane, all the things that make this such a beautiful game. No, more often than not it's just organized mayhem, with plenty of stalling thrown in for good measure, which not surprisingly makes everyone look like the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight.
The college game, quite frankly, is in need of a major overhaul.
"Our game is brutal to watch right now," said Jay Bilas, an analyst for ESPN.
In case you haven't noticed — and how could you not? — scoring hasn't been this low since at least 1982, and one has to go all the way back to the early 1950s to find another season that beats this one for offensive ineptitude. Field-goal percentages are at 1960s levels. Three-point shooting has never been this bad since the long-range line was added in the 1980s.
Some people want to blame the players, saying they're not as good as they once were, not as fundamentally sound, that the good ones don't stick around long enough to make an impact on the game.
The players are as good as they've ever been. Sure, it hurts when someone takes the one-and-done route, but that's not the major issue confronting the game. No, this is about coaches who paralyze their players with overcoaching, about referees who are reluctant to call all the fouls they surely see, about a scattered system of governance that makes it difficult to address the problems with a broad stroke.
So, while professional leagues such as the NBA, the NFL and even the NHL have taken significant steps to clean up their sports and boost scoring, college basketball has gone the opposite direction.
"It's organized fouling," Bilas said. "The referees feel like they can't call it all, and they don't call it all. The result is we're having wrestling matches instead of basketball games. It doesn't take long, if you're really watching, to see what's happening and say, 'Oh my god, this is awful.'"
Awful, indeed.
Northern Illinois set an NCAA record by scoring only four points in the first half of a 42-25 loss to Eastern Michigan, and it's not at all that unusual for teams to be held under 50 points. The elite programs aren't immune to these sort of games, either. Last month, Kansas scored fewer than 70 points in six straight games for the first time since the mid-'70s. And guess what? The Jayhawks won all six of them, content to run the shot clock and rely on their stifling defense.
Even teams that prefer to run-and-gun can sometimes look like they're playing in quicksand. North Carolina State, for instance, is tied with Duke for the Atlantic Coast Conference scoring lead at 78 points per game. But the Wolfpack lost to Maryland 51-50, and fell to Virginia 55-52.
"Our game," coach Mark Gottfried said, "is tremendously more physical than it used to be. I think it's a gradual thing, year by year by year by year. All you have to do is grab a tape from the '90s or the mid-'80s, and you can watch it and you'll say, 'Wow, there's very little contact.'"
Anyone can see the game is more physical than ever, but you can't tell by listening for sound of the whistle. Incredibly, fouls have dipped to a per-team average of 17.6, nearly a half-foul less than last season and on pace to be the fewest in NCAA history, going back to 1948.
"These games are ridiculous," Bilas said. "The amount of contact that's allowed — the hand-checking, the arm bars, the dead-on pushing, the body checks on the shooter, the contact after the shot is released. Guys are getting knocked down and it's not called."
But this isn't necessarily a knock on the refs. With 32 Division I conferences overseeing the officials (at least until they get to the NCAA tournament, when the national governing body takes over), there's too many masters and not a clear way to implement the sort of widespread changes that are needed in the way the game is called.
Which brings us to a few of the changes that are needed ASAP to get the game back on track:
— Consolidate the referees under one sanctioning body. It's vital that everyone be held to the same standard. For instance, if hand-checking is going to be a point of emphasis, then everyone should get the memo, regardless of what league they're playing in. At the very least, Bilas said, the major conferences should come together on this issue.
— Follow the rule book. A bunch of new regulations aren't needed; there's plenty of things that aren't being called already. No one wants see the game become nothing more than a free-throw contest, and it may take a year or two for the message to sink in. But it will.
— Reduce the 35-second shot clock. This is more of a step to show the fans that college basketball is serious about addressing its problems, and likely would have less impact than the first two steps. But going with the NBA's 24-second clock or, at the very least, the 30-second clock already used in the women's game would undoubtedly create more possessions.
Certainly, there needs to be more shooting. This season, teams are taking an average of 55.2 shots per game, which is roughly on par with the past few seasons but pales in comparison to the 1950s, '60s and early 70s, when the average was generally in the high 60s.
Which brings us to another matter that can't be addressed through legislation: coaching.
Unlike the NBA, this will always be a game that's more about the guys wearing suits than those out on the court. And too many of the suits have decided that winning is all that matters, even if the style they're using is ruining the game.
Check out Alabama, which hasn't scored more than 60 points in its past eight games but is tied for second in the Southeastern Conference. Coach Anthony Grant actually sounds proud of his team's offensive woes, saying an "ugly win beats a pretty loss any day of the week." Maybe so, but it shouldn't be every day of the week, which is what the sport is becoming.
Or listen to Georgetown coach John Thompson III, who insists that the game is just as good as it's ever been. "I don't think the level of play is down at all," he said. "I think defenses across the board are better now, but I don't think the fact that the scoring has gone down means that the game is any less exciting."
We beg to differ.
Heck, there are even some coaches who find it tough to watch. And judging by all the empty seats we're seeing at arenas around the country, there are plenty of fans with the same mindset.
"A couple of nights ago, I'm watching an SEC game and there's 5 minutes to go in the half and one team has six points or eight, something like that," Gottfried said. "Just as a fan watching the game, that's not a lot of fun."
Paul Newberry is a national writer for The Associated Press. Write to him at firstname.lastname@example.com or www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963


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SALT LAKE CITY — Kevin Murphy was assigned to the D-League by the Utah Jazz, but he certainly wasn't just shipped off to fend for himself with the Reno Bighorns.
The 2012 second-round pick was escorted to his temporary team by Utah's director of basketball operations, Richard Smith, and he'll be evaluated in practice and games by more Jazz personnel, including general manager Dennis Lindsey and head scout David Fredman.
Utah wants this to be a moving-forward experience for their No. 47 pick out of Tennessee Tech. Lindsey said the Jazz are hoping Murphy will work on a variety of things while he's in the D-League for the next couple of weeks or so.
The GM listed several items, including a desire for him "to really focus defensively," to be a good teammate, to be "very appreciative of being in professional basketball," and to not try to light up the scoreboard with offensive numbers.
"We don't want him to be a pig scorer," Lindsey said, " ... We want him to play basketball the right way, meaning score when he needs to score, pass when he needs to pass. Really, our evaluation of him is not going to be, 'You go score 40 points and we're bringing you back to the Jazz.'"
Murphy has to earn his playing time with Reno. The NBA team isn't about to insist that Bighorns coach Paul Mokeski give the 6-6 guard preferential treatment on a team that includes Jazz camp participant Darnell Jackson and the son of Rocket great Ralph Sampson.
"If his role is 40 seconds, it needs to be professional and thankful. If it's 40 minutes, the same thing," Lindsey said. "We're not going to go tell the Reno program that you've got to play Kevin X-amount of minutes with this role and this amount of shots. That doesn't happen here."
Added Lindsey: "Kevin needs to earn those things even in the D-League. We want him to be very professional with his approach to the coaching staff. ... How he approaches coaches and teammates is very important."
Lindsey called Murphy's D-League move "an open-ended assignment." Reno's next game is this Friday against the recently relocated Santa Cruz Warriors — formerly the Dakota Wizards.
"We will evaluate it after the first five games and then make a determination after that point," Lindsey said.
The NBA and D-League recently came to an agreement to stream games live on YouTube, so Jazz fans will have an opportunity to watch Murphy in action via computer.
The Jazz are certainly curious to see how the 22-year-old responds.
"I think it will help him a ton," Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said. "He's getting a chance to play on the floor."
Like Lindsey, Corbin emphasized that the Jazz aren't looking to see Murphy light up the scoreboard.
The Jazz coach told Murphy, "We don't want you to just go and look for points. We want you to play on both ends of the floor, (do) the things we talked about you doing to get better to help you get more prepared for when you come back to us."
INJURY UPDATE: Starting point guard Mo Williams said his moderately sprained right forefoot is doing "a lot better," but he missed his second straight game because of the injury.
Williams hasn't attempted to run on his foot yet — and he's still sporting a walking boot — but he's hoping to be back in action when the Jazz kick off their three-game road trip in New Orleans.
"We're shooting for Wednesday," said Williams, adding that he still feels soreness when he tries to twist and turn his foot.
STILL WAITING: Shooting guard Alec Burks will not be sent down to the D-League, Lindsey confirmed. But the second-year player hasn't been able to crack into the rotation yet, either.
Burks is only averaging 7.8 minutes an outing after seeing 15.9 minutes a night his rookie season. He's already missed more games due to coach's decision this season (nine) compared to the entire 66-game lockout-shortened campaign (seven).
"He should be frustrated. I'm a little frustrated I haven't had an opportunity to get him on the floor," Corbin said. "He deserves to play, and I've got to find ways to let him get on. It's difficult to get him quality minutes."
With Randy Foye and Gordon Hayward sharing the bulk of the shooting guard time, Burks has been the odd man left out.
"I told the guys before, 'I don't want to just give you a minute or two just to get you on the floor and pull you out,'" he said. "'I want to be able to give you minutes where you can do something with them.' He's been great about it thus far."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 20th Jun 2013 18:29 UTC, submitted by MOS6510
So, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft was very close to take over Nokia, but that the talks eventually broke down, probably beyond repair - at least for now. The reasons the talks broke down illustrate something that I have repeatedly tried to make clear for a long time now: Nokia isn't doing well.
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Skater bum wrote:Can anyone recommend a good book that has many English bible stories for children?
AmoyMama wrote:How old are the children who will be reading it?
My boys (7 and under) really enjoy the Storybook Bible:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Jesus-Storybo ... 011&sr=8-1
The stories are retold in a way that is easy for children to understand, and the illustrations are beautiful--not the typical cartoon-y illustrations found in most children's Bibles.
We also have this one and like it:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Beginners-Bib ... 106&sr=1-1
bob wrote:I think that Richard Dawkins new children's book..
http://notaboutreligion.com/2011/05/15/ ... -for-kids/
... gives a something of an introduction to the Bible and adds a bit of information about none of it's supernatural elements being "true" in a literal sense. He provides background on other religions as well and explains that creation myths and all the rest of it are common to all primitive cultures.
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WATCH: Bear In Heaven Perform "The Reflection of You"Posted by katie on May 17th, 2012
Vesper Magazine shares a sweet video of Bear In Heaven performing "The Reflection of You" live in New York City. WARNING! It's almost IMPOSSIBLE to sit still while watching this video. Jon's dancing like his life depends on it and he couldn't have a bigger smile on his face while doing so. Adam and Joe are grooving right there with him too. What better way to end your Thursday? There isn't one!! Watch above.
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Bogus DMCA Notices Nearly Delete Cyberlocker From Google
from the what-happens-when-you-let-others-mess-with-search-results dept
And there are real dangers when you effectively let third parties "edit" or "shape" Google's results as they see fit. TorrentFreak recently highlighted a good example of this, as the cyberlocker RapidGator discovered that it's basically been almost entirely delisted from Google because of DMCA notices. RapidGator already blocks Google from indexing the files hosted on its site -- so even if some users of the service post infringing files, they wouldn't have appeared in Google anyway. As the article notes, copyright holders apparently sent Google DMCA takedowns on links that weren't even in Google's index in the first place. But, more importantly, the pages that were in Google's index were clearly non-infringing, including things like the site's front page or details about the site and the services it offers.
The end result is that Google has taken RapidGator almost entirely out of the Google index. As the company states, the same thing could easily happen to a more high profile or "mainstream" cyberlocker like Dropbox. Just get enough DMCA notices -- legitimate or not -- and thanks to pressure from the entertainment industry, the "results" pages on Google get effectively edited by the legacy entertainment industry. I wonder how long it will take until other industries demand similar rights....


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The New York State Lottery has a slogan that: All you need is a dollar and a dream. Well, Lake Placid hosting another Winter Olympics may fall into the dream category, but it's a start.
Far-fetched? Well, the 2014 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held in Sochi, Russia. Let's consider that the current state of U.S.-Russian relations have hit a low - and may get even lower.
For starters, Russia is harboring fugitive leaker Edward Snowden who has given up secrets of the National Security Agency. That alone has led to President Barack Obama to cancel the bilateral presidential summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia is about sign a deal to support new Iranian nuclear facilities. Recently, the U.S. approved legislation known as the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act.
Russia continues to support Syria's Bashar al-Assad. The United States and its allies say Assad has used chemical weapons in Syria's civil war, leading President Obama to provide military support to opposition groups.
And to top it all off, Russia has just passed legislation that criminalizes public displays of support for gays and lesbians, a move that has been condemned by athletes, sports officials and politicians worldwide.
Then there is the safety issue. Sochi is located in a region surrounded by rebellious groups that would like nothing better than to lead a terrorist plot and disrupt a symbol of unity in the Olympics. Certainly Russia - as with any Olympic host - will be taking gargantuan efforts to prevent terrorism, but the threat will be thrown into this mix for the sake of argument.
And that brings us back to Lake Placid hosting another Winter Olympics.
What if for some reason, the U.S. and a bunch of other nations wind up boycotting the Sochi Games? Granted that is a remote possibility, but what if it did?
What if there was a last-minute effort to change the venue and/or hold some type of Olympic Games somewhere else? Why not have Lake Placid on the radar screen just in case? At the very least, it may open the door for serious consideration in the future.
No one is screaming that the sky is falling. But, all of the aforementioned situations could snowball. OK, there is no Cuban Missile Crisis here, but it may not hurt for local officials to reach out to the International Olympic Committee or even members of Congress to at least mention Lake Placid and the surrounding regions (Plattsburgh, Albany and Montreal) as a possible Olympic site.
Chances are that another Cold War is not around the corner, the 2014 Sochi Games will not be boycotted, the Games will go on without political interferences and terrorism will not show its ugly head.
Chances are that a 2014 Lake Placid Winter Olympics is a pipe dream.
But then again, what are the odds of winning the lottery? Well, again to coin some lottery phrases: "Hey, you never know" and "You got to be in it to win it." So all those who wish of another Lake Placid Olympics, dare to dream.


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- Battlemaster's Bravery
- Item Level 213
- Binds when picked up
- Trinket
- Requires level 80
- Equip: Increases spell power by 111.
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