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- 3/4 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
- 3 tablespoons chopped red onion
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 small garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper, divided
- 1 to 2 drops hot pepper sauce
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 red snapper or grouper fillets (8 ounces each)
- 1-1/2 teaspoons butter
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro
- In a large saucepan, combine the beans, onion, 1 tablespoon oil, vinegar, mustard, garlic, 1/8 teaspoon salt, dash pepper and pepper sauce. Cook, uncovered, over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, in a shallow bowl, combine the flour and remaining salt and pepper. Dip fillets in flour mixture.
- In a large skillet, heat butter and remaining oil over medium heat. Cook fillets for 5-6 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Top with black bean mixture; sprinkle with cilantro. Yield: 2 servings.
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Re: Export to file
On 9/27/04 at 12:42 AM, e_cysterna at wp.pl (CYSTERNA++) wrote:
>I have parametric function sX[i], sY[i], sZ[i] and I want to export
>coordinate of points to file. For each "i" from "0" to "100" I
>calculate coordinates and print to file. (see below)
>For[i = 0. i < 100 , i += 1,
> PutAppend[
> StringJoin[
> ToString[sX[i]],
> " ",
> ToString[sY[i]],
> " ",
> ToString[sZ[i]]],
> "C:/MyPoints.txt"]
> ]
>I have BIG problem, because of format of these numbers
>(coordinates) My file looks like as follow :
>"18.4568 44.6881 -2.47084" "19.8777 40.9391 1.23937"
>but I need other format (whithout quotation marks) like below
>18.4568 44.6881 -2.47084 19.8777 40.9391 1.23937
>How can I do this in Mathematica 4.0. Please Help me.
Don't use ToString and StringJoin. You are getting quotes because you converted the results of the function to strings. If you re-write your code as follows:
For[i = 0. i < 100 , i += 1,
{sX[i]," ",sY[i]," ",sZ[i]},
you should get what you want. But I think even better would be
Export["C:/MyPoints.txt", Table[{sX[n],sY[n],sZ[n]},{n,0,100},"Table"]
That is write out the completed array and let Export insert the appropriate spaces. This should give you better performance since it doesn't ask Mathematica to open and close the file repeatedly. OTOH, if it is taking a long time to compute each point and there is a risk of your system crashing before all of the results can be computed, saving each result as it becomes available will ensure you get a least a partial result if your system should crash.
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>> Rafa news and articles <<
El entorno, lo mejor de Rafa
Por Jordi Arrese
Qué hace diferente a Rafa Nadal del resto de los tenistas? Tengo muy claro que lo que marca la diferencia es el entorno, la familia que le ha dado una educación exquisita, y un tío, Toni que, además es su preparador, y le dice las cosas tal como son. Nadal es un chaval de 18 años, humilde, sencillo que, gracias a esa educación, valora todo en la vida y está pendiente de que todo el mundo esté a gusto. Los tenistas, por lo general, de por sí se vuelven egocéntricos, y llegan a ser mimados por todo el mundo. Les dan casi todo hecho y encuentran todas las cosas fáciles. Si el entrenador fuera el que pagara, seguramente serían mejores y más fuertes de lo que suelen ser.
Con Nadal no pasa eso. Desde su entorno no han entrado afortunadamente en esta dinámica. Lo tratan como a un chaval de 18 años, sea o no campeón, cuando él razona como uno de 25 años. Lo educan para la vida y potencian esa parte salvaje que tiene y que, para mí, han convertido a Rafa en el jugador mentalmente más fuerte del mundo junto con el australiano Lleyton Hewitt.
Para mí no es una sorpresa que Nadal se presente en el Tenis Barcelona entre los once primeros del mundo. Desde que tenía 14 años ya dije que Nadal iba a ser un número uno, y creo que si no hubiese sido por la lesión que sufrió el año pasado, que lo apartó de la temporada de tierra, Rafa estaría en lo más alto. Porque antes de esa lesión había demostrado que podía ganar a todo un número uno como Roger Federer.
Pero Rafa todavía tiene mucho margen por delante para mejorar. Creo que tras cada torneo que juega, tras cada partido que gana, tras cada título que obtiene, Rafa Nadal es mejor jugador y persona, donde para mí merece un 10.
Rafa Nadal es, además, un buen jugador de equipo, que será muy útil al tenis español. Con su forma de ser, con su personalidad, con esa humildad y sencillez que tiene, Rafa ha conseguido que no haya un tenista que no quiera que gane; el que no lo desea es porque no tiene un buen corazón.
The environment, the best thing about Rafa
By Jordi Arrese
What does Rafa Nadal do differently to the other tennis players? I can clearly see that what makes the difference is his environment, his family who has given him an excellent education, and an uncle, Toni, who is also his coach, and he tells him things straight. Nadal is a young lad of 18, humble, simple, who, thanks to that education, appreciates everything in life, always makes sure everyone else is ok. In general, tennis players at the best of times become egocentric and they get mollycoddled by everyone. Everything is pretty much done for them and they find things very easy. If it were the coach who was the one paying, they'd definitely be better and stronger than what they usually are.
With Nadal, that doesn't happen. Fortunately, in his environment, they have not become involved with this sort of dynamic. They treat him like a young lad of 18, champion or not, when he speaks like a 25 year old. They educate him in life skills and strengthen that wild part of him that for me, have made Rafa the strongest player in the world mentally along with the Australian, Lleyton Hewitt.
It doesn't surprise me that Nadal is coming to the Barcelona tourament being in the top 11. Since he was 14, I always said Nadal was going to be number 1, and I think that if it hadn't been for his injury last year, which forced him out of the clay season, Rafa would be even higher. Because before that injury, he had shown he could beat a #1 like Roger Federer.
But Rafa still has a lot of room for improvement. I think that after every tournament he plays, after every match he wins, after every title he gets, Rafa Nadal is a better player and person and for me he deserves a 10.
Rafa Nadal is also a great team member, which will be very useful to Spanish tennis. With the way he is, his personality, his humility and simplicity, Rafa has made it such that there is no player who doesn't want him to win. For those that don't want him to win, it's because they don't have a good heart.
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Great article! Thanks :yeah:
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Very nice article!!! Thanks Emilita! :)
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I love that article :) Thank you!!
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thanks for the article, i am curious if any one knows Rafael is still at school :confused: i guess he already quit right, otherwise how can he has time to travel around the world to play the tourneys :confused:
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thanks for the article!
He said he quit school... there was no way he could do both
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awesome article :yeah:
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I didn't know where to post this, I guess this is the place... today i went to buy "solo tenis" magazine (from Argentina) and Rafa is in the cover :)
inside there's a poster of him and Federer.
Here's the cover...
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nice cover! Thanks! :)
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Article from The Independent:
Rafael Nadal: Sleight of hand as Rafa-lution sweeps the world of tennis
For once tennis has bounced football off the front pages. Ronald Atkin in Barcelona speaks to a clay-court prince keen to show grass distinction.
24 April 2005
An incredible thing has happened in Barcelona over the past few days. The faces of Ronaldinho and his Nou Camp team-mates have been swept from their accustomed position on the front pages of the city's multiple daily sports papers and replaced by that of an 18-year-old tennis player. Nadal Mania has hit town.
Spain was already in love with Rafael Nadal after he won the crucial singles for his nation in last December's Davis Cup final against the United States, but the romance has soared to giddy heights as the teenager from Mallorca capped what is already a fantastic year by winning the Masters Series title in Monte Carlo and climbing to 11th in the world rankings.
Last Sunday, 24 hours before the Godo tournament got under way on the manicured acres of the Real Tenis Club de Barcelona, the magazine Tenis A Fondo put on display a thousand posters of Nadal at their sales kiosk to give away as inducements to buy the publication. They were gone inside an hour.
Nadal's first emergence from the clubhouse en route to a doubles match was a revelation. He was followed by a gaggle of adoring, beautifully dressed people of an age to have known better, and greeted outside, almost reverently, by kids whose only wish was to touch him as he passed.
Nadal's arrival in the city could not have offered clearer indication of the young man's attitude and commitment. After Sunday's victory ceremony in Monte Carlo, the family Nadal - Rafael and his uncles, his coach, Toni, and Miguel Angel, his fitness trainer - made the journey back to Spain by car, arriving in Barcelona at 4am on Monday. By 8am, Nadal was breakfasting with Pedro Muñoz, president of the Spanish Tennis Federation, who calls him "a model of comportment", and, at noon, he was taking part in a sponsor's clinic for children at the Real Tenis Club. When approached by tournament officials with the suggestion that, after Monte Carlo, he might like to withdraw from the doubles, he simply said: "Are you crazy?"
As if he hadn't already crammed enough into 24 hours, the boy known to everyone as "Rafa" was happy to sit down afterwards and talk about the wondrous things that have been happening to him of late.
"I don't spend a lot of time thinking about what I have achieved at 18," he said, swigging a soft drink straight from the can. "But, if I don't win another match this year, I will have accomplished the goal I set in January of getting into the top 20 in 2005.
"Last year, I reached my first goal of winning an ATP tournament at Sopot [in August]. Then, this year, I won the Brazil and Mexico Opens back to back in February. So, to win again in Monte Carlo, and to beat a great clay-court player like Guillermo Coria in the final, was a huge moment.
"Winning the Davis Cup for Spain made me very happy, but this is incredible, my first big singles title. It is a key moment in my career, but I am only too aware that there will be bad moments to come. I won't always be able to play like that. It is not normal to win the sort of matches I have been winning, and I know a bad patch will come, so it is important to maintain the form I'm in now for as long as I can."
Nadal, who has now won 34 of his 40 matches this year, did not drop a set in reaching this afternoon's Barcelona final where he will meet the man who preceded him as Spain's tennis pin-up, Juan Carlos Ferrero. After a week's rest, he will head for the Masters Series tournaments in Rome and Hamburg before making his debut at the French Open. It is a prospect he relishes, since, in each of the past two seasons, injuries, first to an elbow and then, last year, a stress fracture of the left ankle, kept him away from Paris. Even last January at the Australian Open, Nadal was busy working out what he might need to do to earn a seeding for his French debut. Now there is no need to fret about such matters.
"After last year's injury, which kept me out from April to July, things are going well again, but I know very well that one moment of ill fortune and everything can change. So far, I have managed to avoid such moments. I don't know if I'll still be playing like this in a month's time, so my priority is to maintain form and stay fit."
Clay is the natural playing surface for a youngster brought up in the town of Manacor, on the island of Mallorca , but Nadal insists his main Grand Slam target is Wimbledon, which has only once been won by a Spaniard, Manuel Santana in 1966, not only because it is the world's No 1 event but also because of the challenge it presents. "I want to do well on grass because it is a very special surface, so different to all the others," he said. "Not many players from Spain have done well there, so that is an extra motivation for me."
On his Wimbledon debut in 2003, Rafa defeated Tim Henman's nemesis, Mario Ancic, and then Britain's Lee Childs to become, at 17 years and three weeks, the youngest to reach the third round since the 16-year-old Boris Becker in 1984.
The ankle damage which caused him to miss Wimbledon in 2004 was sustained in April during a tournament in Estoril, apparently because of unsuitable footwear. So keen was Nadal to keep fit until he could run again that he practised for hours sitting on a stool and, a month after his return, had won the Sopot clay-court title.
Nowadays, no risks are taken about things like tennis shoes by a family who guard their prize product closely by the simple expedient of living alongside him. In a house looking out on to the massive, 18th-century church in Manacor, a town of 20,000, grandparents Rafael and Isabel are installed on the ground floor. The first floor is occupied by Uncle Toni, his wife and three daughters, and the second floor by his parents, Sebastien, the owner of a double-glazing factory, and Anna Maria. The top floor is the domain of Rafa and his sister, Maria Isabel.
Toni Nadal, his coach, is a former tennis professional, while his other uncle, the 39-year-old, Miguel Angel, is one of Mallorca's most famous sportsmen, having played nine years for Barcelona and been a member of Spain's 2002 World Cup squad. Rafa came close to following Miguel Angel into football. "He was undecided for a long time whether to play tennis or football," said the uncle, "but, when he started to win all these junior tournaments, it convinced him he had a bigger guarantee of success in tennis. Rafa also has another problem. In tennis, you are your own boss, you make your own decisions. In football, it's the coach who does that. Rafa didn't like that very much."
One massive decision was made for the young Nadal by Uncle Toni. Rafa is a natural right-hander, but Toni was convinced his two-fisted backhand would be helped by using the stronger right arm. So he taught his nephew to play and serve left-handed, to such effect that Lleyton Hewitt calls Nadal's forehand "exceptional".
Wickedly top-spun forehands of lethal pace have been drawing gasps from the Barcelona crowds. To the young people in the audience, however, Nadal's gear is on a par with his shots. The shirt is a garish orangey-yellow, sleeveless with black piping. Though the calf-length white shorts and broad white headband lend a piratical air, the tightness of his trousers is more in keeping with a matador's uniform, though any lack of comfort doesn't show in his whirlwind tennis.
To describe Nadal as exciting would be a serious understatement. Pedro Hernandez, the editor of Tenis A Fondo, has followed his career since the earliest days and says: "He has the spirit, the talent, the fight, the brains. He has everything, and he will be better than most Spaniards because he can play on all surfaces. He is not big-headed but he is very confident and he wants to compete at everything. He will even challenge you to a sandwich-eating contest."
His doubles partner, Feliciano Lopez, reckons Nadal is already the No 1 on clay, while Albert Costa, the Roland Garros champion in 2002, says: "Rafa is in another world. He is able to aspire to whatever he wants and he will probably get it." The Spanish greats concur. Manuel Orantes predicts Nadal will become the best-ever Spaniard, Santana says he is "an authentic phenomenon" and Andres Gimeno, French Open champion of 1972, is certain Nadal will be the world No 1 within a year.
The youngster, who likes to make practice more demanding by having four opponents in the opposite court at the same time, does not buy that last prediction. "I see myself a long way from being No 1. Many players aspire to that, and Roger Federer is a long way in front of everyone.
"All I know is that, if I want to get there one day, I will have to improve," said the teenager, who beat Federer in Miami last year and took him to five sets at the same tournament in this year's final.
"My only thought every day is to become better. My intention is to give 100 per cent every time I play. Sometimes I will win, sometimes lose, but I can always go to sleep knowing I have done my best. I always play with the same humility."
And he might add, with enough eye-catching talent to keep Ronaldinho off the front pages.
Rafael Nadal-Parera
Born: 3 June 1986 in Manacor, Mallorca.
Family: parents Sebastian and Ana Maria, sister Maria, aged 14.
Current rankings: ATP Race - 2nd. ATP Entry - 11th.
Career progression: turned pro 2001. End of 2002: 235th. End of 2003: 49th. End of 2004: 51st. Began playing at four; current coach is Toni Nadal, his uncle. Other: favourite player is Carlos Moya. Managed by Carlos Costa, IMG.
Hobbies: football, PlayStation, fishing and watching films.
Wimbledon watch: on his All England debut in 2003, beat Mario Ancic en route to reaching the third round, the youngest to do so since Boris Becker in 1984.
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:eek: :eek: :eek: OMC!! The Little Guy is the new Spanish No.1 :eek: :eek: :eek:
:bigclap:! WOW!
Moya dropped to 9th :sad: :sad: :sad:
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Including the pics here's the Iberia article.
Iberia Magzine April 2004 (of course the statistics here aren't right anymore;) )
When players of the stature of Carlos Moya or Juan Carlos Ferrero are still at the height of their careers, this 18-year-old from Manacor in Mallorca has become the man to watch in Spanish tennis.
His list of achievements include three tournament wins as well as a Davis Cup won in December. This run of successes has placed him 31st in the world rankings and 6th in the annual ranking.
*Aren't you frightened by such rapid progress?
RAFA: Not at all. Since I was little I have alwasy stood out from the crowd and this is a situation that you have to accept. It's good luck.
*What would you have done if you hadn't become a tennis player?
Rafa: I would have liked to be a footballer
*How would you describe yourself?
Rafa:As a normal kid who lives in Mallorca and who spends little time at home because of his profession. A boy like any other who likes to play golf, fish and have fun with his friends.
*Do you think that you are priviliged?
Rafa: Of course. I'm lucky to be able to work at what I like and that things are going my way.
*Now that you are famous do you like being stopped in the street or does it bother you?
Rafa: Neither one nor the other. I accept it and I try to treat people kindly and with modesty.
*Do you think that your popularity could go to your head?
Rafa: I don't think so. I have my feet on the ground. Maybe some people think I am conceited, but that is because they don't know me. When they get to know me, they realise that I am just an ordinary guy.
*You Have now won nearly one million euros just in prizes. Are you worried about the future?
Rafa: Not at all. I never notice what I earn. I"m young and I think I have many years ahead to secure my future.
*Is it true that you don't have any idols?
Rafa: I don't admire anyone in particular. Well, maybe the only one is Fernando Alonso, a great racing driver and he's the sportsman I follow most.
*What are your goals in tennis?
Rafa: To go on improving and to go as high as possible. That is why I work one hundred per cent.
*What defects do you have to eliminate to improve?
Rafa: Especially my serve and short backhand. Oh and I do have to make my shots more accurate.
*To what do you attribute your succes?
Rafa: Especially to work. I practise tennis for 3 and a half hours every day and work out for an hour and a half. obviously, my natural talents also have an influence, something of a genetic origin. My coach, my uncle Toni, has had a great influence on me.
*You're an example of precocity. This is because you were the youngest Davis Cup Champion at 18 years and 187 days, surpassing Pat Cash's 1983 record of 18 years and 215 days. Have you ever seen yourself as a child prodigy?
Rafa: No. Things happen this way. I have to thank my family for my normality. The family has always helped me a lot and given me the right mentality.
*What do you feel when you win a Davis Cup?
Rafa: It's an incridible feeling. Nothing like anything I have done before. I have always said that after winning the four Grand Slams it's the highest thing that a tennis plyer can aspire to.
*After this year's fiasco, will Spain win the cup again?
Rafa: There's always a chance. Spain is a great tennis power and we have some very good players. The thing is to have luck in the draw and be able to play at home.
*You were a junior semi-finalist at Wimbledon and reached the third round in the seniors event. Does this mean that you don't fear grass?
Rafa: I don't mind playing on this surface. Feliciano Lopez, Moya and Ferrero have shone on grass in the past few years and I believe that I can also do well, although as I couldn't go last year I have almost forgotten what it's like.
*What does a star like Carlos Moya mean to you?
Rafa: Apart from being a good friend, he's a great guy. An example to follow. He's modest, friendly and has helped me a lot. When I joined the Circuit I didn't know anybody and he introduced me to other players and trained with me when I was an unknown.
*What is the thing you like least?
Rafa: Without a doubt, travelling, continuously moving from one point to another.
*Great football fan and a confessed supporter of Real Madrid, although your uncle was a die-hard Barcelona follower. Would you have exchanged your Davis Cup triumph for a decisive goal in a league championship football final?
Rafa: They are very different things, without any possible comparison. There's no doubt that it would be exciting to score a decisive goal in a final, but I wouldn't change places. I am happy with what I do.
*Spanish fans will be able to see you at the Conde de Godó Trophy in Barcelona from 18 to 24 April. What does this competition mean to you?
It's a very important tournament played at home and the major competition in Spain along with the Madrid Tournament. I'd be delighted to play well there.........
Undoubtedly fans enjoy the fighting spirit, power and quality of this young player who seems to be destined for the highest spots in world tennis***
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Toni Nadal, el hombre que forjó al campeón
Después de Rafa, no se plantea entrenar a ningún tenista más
Ángela Lara / BARCELONA
25/04/05 03:00 h.Rafa Nadal dedicó su triunfo en la final del Open Seat Godó a su tío y entrenador Toni, así como a todos sus familiares, algunos de los cuales, como su padre Sebastián o el hermano de éste, Miguel Ángel, presenciaron en directo la final. Sin él no podría haber hecho esto, dijo el mallorquín en refencia a su preparador. Y no es para menos, ya que Toni Nadal fue su decubridor y quien se hizo cargo de su preparación desde que cogiera la raqueta por primera vez.
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Toni Nadal era de aquellos niños que, en su etapa como escolar, dedicaba el tiempo libre a practicar deporte, daba igual cual fuera, el caso era hacer deporte. El segundo de cinco hermanos, Toni hizo gala desde pequeño de sus dotes deportivas para destacar en varias dispciplinas. Estudiante en un internado en Palma, se proclamó varias veces campeón balear de ping pong, a pesar de que acabó encarrilando su vida profesional hacia el tenis.
En el aspecto académico, Toni no era tan aplicado como para los deportes y dejó a medias dos carreras, la de derecho y la de historia, por lo que, finalmente no se sacó niguna licenciatura. Durante los años ochenta jugó a tenis en la Segunda Categoría Nacional y, años después, empezó a ejercer de entrenador en un club en Manacor, su ciudad natal.
Como si por obra y gracia de un gen familiar se tratase, su hermano Miguel Ángel también se decantó por el mundo del deporte, en su caso, por el futbol, triunfando en equipos como la selección española o el F.C. Barcelona, mientras que en la actualidad milita en las filas del R.C.D. Mallorca. Ahora es el turno de la siguiente generación. Su Sobrino Rafa, con tan solo 18 años, está triunfando en el mundo del tenis y, como no podía ser de otra manera, Toni fue su descubridor y ahora su entrenador.
A Rafa le gustaba mucho el tenis y el fútbol, pero como vivía cerca del club donde yo entrenaba, vino un día y se empezó a aficionar, explica Toni. Enseguida, el joven tenista mallorquín corroboró aquel dicho de que la genética nunca falla y pronto empezó a despuntar en ambos deportes. Toni asegura que desde el primer día vi las condiciones de Rafa. Desde pequeño fue ganando todos lo torneos de su edad a todos los niveles. Así, cuando cumplió los 11 años, me dediqué en exclusiva a él, añadió.
A tan corta edad, el técnico mallorquín vio claras las dotes tenísticas de Rafa y asumió el doble rol de tío y entrenador. Nuestra relación familiar lo hace todo fácil; además, Rafa es uno de los jugadores más fáciles de llevar de todo el circuito: es obediente, respetuoso..., reconoce Toni. Pero, esta situación también conlleva sus inconvenientes y obligaciones extra. Por un lado, en los partidos me pongo más nervioso que el resto de entrenadores, porque lo veo más como familiar que como preparador, señala el segundo de los hermanos Nadal, quien añade: Además, como tío, tengo la responsabilidad de educarle, porque pasamos muchas horas juntos desde que él tenía cuatro años. Para Toni, ante todo, lo más importante es la formación de su sobrino como persona y los éxitos deportivos son algo circunstancial. Su objetivo es inculcar a Rafa responsabilidad, humildad y agradecimiento a la vida.
El tenis se acaba con Rafa
Sin comerlo ni beberlo, la buena progresión deportiva de su sobrino en el circuito tenístico metió a Toni en el ritmo frenético de la competición, algo que, en un principio, ni siquiera entraba en sus planes. Me gusta estar en casa e ira a algunos torneos, pero no dedicarme 'full time', admite el entrenador del campeón del Gódó.
Por ello, cuando finalice su labor con Rafa, Toni no tiene previsto dedicarse a la preparación de otros tenistas. Después de Rafa, no me planteo seguir. No vivo del tenis, tengo negocios a medias con su padre, explica. Y es que, de espíritu hogareño y con tres hijos pequeños en casa, Toni no acaba de llevar muy bien lo de estar casi todo el año viajando de un sitio a otro, donde le lleve la competición. Me gusta conocer sitios nuevos, por eso procuro hacer turismo en las ciudades que visitamos, pero también me gusta la vida tranquila. Además, tengo tres hijos, destaca el técnico mallorquín. Por todo ello, Toni reconoce que no le entusiasma la idea de que sus retoños puedan dedicarse algún día al tenis de forma profesional. Juegan a tenis, pero como hobby. Puestos a ser deportistas profesionales, preferiría que se dedicasen al futbol, bromeó.
El futbol, motivo de debate
Si el deporte es uno de los denominadores comunes de la familia Nadal, el futbol, concretamente, puede convertirse en un motivo de discusión. Esta familia, muy bien avenida y ejemplo de unidad, se divide en dos bandos en lo relativo al deporte rey. Mientras la mitad de sus miembros son seguidores del Real Madrid, la otra mitad defiende los colores azul y grana de la camiseta del Barcelona. Miguel Ángel Nadal fue jugador barcelonista, por lo que encabeza el sector seguidor de este equipo, en el que se encuentra el propio Toni. Rafa, por su parte, es la cabeza visible de los madridistas
Toni Nadal, the man who formed the champion
After Rafa, he doesn't contemplate coaching any other player
Rafa Nadal dedicated his victory in the Open Seat Godó to his uncle and coach, Toni, as well as to all his family, some of whom like his father Sebastian or Sebastian's brother, Miguel Angel, were live at the final. "Without him I could not have done this", the Majorcan said referring to his coach and rightly so, since Toni Nadal was the one who discovered him and who was in charge of his preparation right from when he first held a racquet.
It's in the genes
Toni Nadal was one of this kids who, during his time as a student, dedicated his free time to playing sport, regardless of what sport it was, the point was just to do sport. The second of 5 brothers, Toni showed off his sporting talents from a young age, shining in various sports. A boarding school student in Palma, he was the Balear ping pong champion several times, even though he ended up turning his professional life towards tennis.
In the academic sphere, Toni wasn't as conscientious as he was when it came to sports, and he left 2 careers half done, one in law and the other in history, in which he didn't end up getting a degree. During the 80s he played tennis in the Second National Category and, years later, started being a coach at a club in Manacor, his home town.
As if it were thanks to a family gene, his brother Miguel Angel also opted for the world of sport and, in his case, for football, being successful in teams like the Spanish national team and FC Barcelona, while he currently helps out at the RCD Mallorca team. Now it's the second generation's turn. His nephew, Rafa, at just 18, his triumphing in the world of tennis and, like it couldn't be any other way, Toni was his discoverer and is now his coach.
"Rafa loved tennis and football a lot, but since he lived close to the club where I coached, he came one day and started to like it," Toni explains. Immediately, the young Majorcan tennis player lived up to the saying that "genes never fail" and he soon started to shine in both sports. Toni assures us that "ever since the first day, I saw Rafa's condition. At a young age he was winning all the tournaments of his age group at all levels. So, when he turned 11, I dedicated myself completely to him", he added.
At such a young age, the Majorcan coach saw Rafa's clear tennis talent and took on the double role of being uncle and coach. "Our family relation makes everything easy; what's more, Rafa is one of the easiest players to take around the tour: he's obedient, respectful...". Toni recognises. But, this situation also has its disadvantages and extra obligations. "On one hand, in the matches, I get more nervous than the rest of the coaches, because I see it more as a family member than as a coach", the second of the Nadal brothers indicates, and adds: "What's more, as an uncle, I also have the responsability of educating him, because we've spent a lot of time together since he was 4 years old". For Toni, above all, the most important thing is his nephew's education as a person and the sporting successes are something incidental. His goal is to instil into Rafa "responsability, humility and appreciation of life".
Tennis ends with Rafa
Without really knowing how, his nephew's great rise in professional tennis thrust Toni into the frenzy that is competition, something that, at first, hadn't even entered into his plans. "I like to be at home and go to some tournaments, but not dedicate myself "full time"", the Godó champion's coach admits.
That's why, when he finishes working with Rafa, Toni doesn't plan to dedicate himself to coaching other tennis players. "After Rafa, I'm not thinking of continuing. I don't live off tennis, I have half negotiations with his father", he explains. And it's such that, being a homebody with 3 small children at home, Toni doesn't end up liking travelling almost the whole year from one place to another, wherever the competition takes him. "I like to see new places, that's why I try to do some sightseeing in the cities we go to, but I also like the quiet life. I also have 3 children", the Majorcan coach points out. For all that, Toni admits he's not wild on the idea of his kids one day dedicating themselves to professional tennis. "They play tennis, but as a hobby. If they had to be professional athletes, I'd prefer them to play football", he joked.
Football, reason for debate
If sport is one of the common denominators in the Nadal family, football, definitely, can become a cause of discussion. This family, very close and an example of unity, divides into 2 when it comes to the king sport. While half its members are fans of Real Madrid, the other half defend the azul grana colours of Barcelona. Miguel Angel Nadal was a Barcelona player, so he leads the followers of this group, in which Toni is also a part. Rafa is, however, the head of the Madrid supporters.
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V.A.C. VeraFlo™ Instillation Therapy vs V.A.C. Ulta™ Therapy on Biofilm in Chronically Infected Wounds
This study has been completed.
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
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First received: November 24, 2013
Last updated: June 17, 2015
Last verified: April 2015
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|November 24, 2013
|Last Updated Date
|June 17, 2015
|Start Date ICMJE
|November 2013
|Primary Completion Date
|May 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Evaluate the change in bacteria colony-forming units using when NPWT and NPWTi on venous leg ulcers [ Time Frame: Baseline through day 7 ]
Biopsies for bacteria colony-forming units will be obtained at pre surgical debridement (baseline), post surgical debridement, day 4 and day 7.
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|V.A.C. VeraFlo™ Instillation Therapy vs V.A.C. Ulta™ Therapy on Biofilm in Chronically Infected Wounds
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|A Prospective, Open, Comparative, Randomized Single-center Study to Evaluate the Effect of V.A.C. VeraFlo™ Therapy With .125% Dakins vs V.A.C. Ulta™ Therapy on Biofilm Removal/Disruption/Elimination in Chronically Infected Wounds
|Brief Summary
|This study would like to determine if using negative pressure wound therapy with an instillation of .125% Dakins is more effective than using negative pressure wound therapy alone on biofilm removal, disruption and elimination in chronically infected lower extremity wounds.
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|June 2015
|Primary Completion Date
|May 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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|St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
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|St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
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|Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
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It's impossible to wake Zay up when it's raining. The rain makes him sleep so deeply. I had wanted to go to the beach today (possibly our last day here), but the thunderstorm will probably keep me from doing that. I'm pretty much just enjoying watching the rain right now. Kal and I ate breakfast while Zay slept. Now all three of us are sitting on a bench outside of our room, staring at the rain. Our lives are sinking in right now and it feels okay. We will live. Of course I'd love to hear from D, but I bet she thinks it's easier to never talk to us again. I guess we have to respect that. Our lives will go back to "normal," whatever that means. And D will start a new life with her new son and I'm sure she'll figure it out and make it work for her despite her concerns about her situation. But we'll never know him.
We may go to the movies later. We haven't decided what to do with this last day yet. The rain makes us want to relax and "porch-sit." Maybe we need it.
Man, there are so many smokers here.
There seems to be an unnatural number of heartbreak songs on the radio out in the courtyard right now.
There seems to be an unnatural number of heartbreak songs on the radio out in the courtyard right now.
Zay and I talked a lot while watching the rain. About possibly moving back to Georgia. About whether we should keep trying to adopt or not. Zay thinks it may be easier to try to get pregnant again. But adopting is fine – it has just been all the traveling that he doesn't like. I'll have to seriously let go of wanting to be in the delivery room for the birth of all our adopted children. Maybe somehow we can manage to only travel after relinquishment papers are signed. I think we're going to be really distrustful after all this. No reassuring from an expectant mother is gonna make me feel confident in her decision-making again.
I'm trying to figure out at what point she actually changed her mind. Was it weeks ago? Then why didn't she let us know before we traveled across the country? Was it after she had him? Why didn't she invite us to the hospital? I'm so confused.
I'm trying to figure out at what point she actually changed her mind. Was it weeks ago? Then why didn't she let us know before we traveled across the country? Was it after she had him? Why didn't she invite us to the hospital? I'm so confused.
I wonder if I'll be able to use the name Neo now? After this? I don't know if it would feel right. We'll see when we get to that point. Maybe we should adopt a girl specifically just so we can use a completely different name. I had a girl name picked out. Maybe we can use that one and by the time we have another boy we can decide again on a boy name. We'll see.
I honestly don't know where to go from here. I need time to figure it all out. Time to recover and regroup.
I packed up all the baby stuff that I didn't get to use. Big sigh...
We did end up going to the movies. Saw Man of Steel for the fourth time, at an AMC theater. :) It was even better this time around. Kal was so good. I was so proud of him. He watched the entire movie and rarely got fidgety. He sat in my lap. He pumped his arms in the air whenever Superman punched or flew. Omg, he was so cute! That's how I imagined he would be the first time we took him, but he had been majorly sick those first couple times and he had been terrible. Plus I think he's grown up a lot in the last couple weeks and this trip has helped. He always has a spurt in development when we go on a trip somewhere. I could really pay attention to the movie this time and I absolutely loved it, but the adoption themes were killing me. Especially Lara struggling with the plan to send Kal-El to Earth right after giving birth to him... ugh. I got so weepy.
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Out of all the things we could've done as a family on our last day here, we just went to the movies. And I was okay with that. It was perfect. We talked about Superman long after we left the theater.
After the movie, we drove all around looking for a good place to eat some seafood, but the place we finally found looked super expensive, so we just drove around trying to figure out the very confusing/complicated roads, found a Popeye's, and then headed back to the hotel. I'm appreciating the grid system right now. Although I'm not missing Utah. I feel like there's nothing to go back to if I'm going back without the son I thought would be mine.
On the way back to the hotel, we went through a DWI checkpoint. I was annoyed that I even turned down that road because I had missed our turn, confused by the roads. So I just told the officer no I hadn't had anything to drink tonight and no I wasn't on any medication, trying not to look annoyed. When we pulled off, Zay said, "Well that was super inconvenient." Lol. Then he said, "You should've just told him we were Mormons." Ha ha. That didn't even cross my mind.
Kal coughed all night long and it was very hot and muggy, even with the A/C on. Zay was worried about Kal and had a hard time sleeping. I was too exhausted to put Kal to sleep properly and he wondered around the room (poor boy) for an hour or so before I dragged myself out of bed and had the sense to put him in his crib... where he promptly went to sleep, except for the coughing.
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Critics Picks in New York - June 2017
Our carefully curated selection of the Best Critics Picks in New York for the month of June 2017
The divine Bette Midler is back on Broadway in a Tony-winning performance, starring alongside David Hyde Pierce (Frasier) in this revival of the classic, Tony-winning musical. Featuring the songs 'Put On Your Sunday Clothes' and 'It Only Takes A Moment', Hello, Dolly! is an extravagant old-school treat, following the efforts of the titular matchmaker to land a wealthy and cantankerous widow. More info
Ivan Reitman's classic movie is brought to the stage by Matilda's Tim Minchin and Matthew Warchus. An intricate, hilarious and truly heartfelt delight, Groundhog Day follows the fortunes of a grumpy TV reporter who gets caught in a supernatural time loop, forced to relive the same day over and over again. More info
Where do you start with Hamilton? The hit hip-hop infused musical drama about the 10 Dollar Founding Father Without A Father from Lin-Manuel Miranda has all but taken over the world since its first sold-out run at the Off-Broadway Public Theatre in 2015. Now housed at the Richard Rodgers Theatre for the foreseeable future, the rollicking historical epic is a true arbiter of our times, with its message of inclusivity, passion, diversity and resistance from oppression gaining relevance with every passing day. More info
From Trey Parker and Matt Stone, four-time Emmy Award-winning creators of South Park comes this outrageously funny and risque Broadway musical about a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that's about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get. Starring BOM veteran Gavin Creel as Elder Price, fresh from his London stint in the same role, be prepared for a show where no holds are barred and perhaps cover yourself with a napkin as you'll be spluttering in comic awesomeness throughout. More info
Following a critically acclaimed run at the Second Stage Theatre, this six-time Tony-winning comic musical lands on Broadway. The poignant and thought-provoking production has received rave reviews from critics for its unexpectedly touching portrayal of misunderstood youth, young love and the search for acceptance, all wrapped up in a contemporary pop score by Oscar-winning composing duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land). More info
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George Orwell's scarily prescient masterpiece comes to Broadway. Creating a nightmarish vision of suppression, surveillance and the all-powerful 'Big Brother', 1984 is one of the landmark texts of the 20th Century. Transferring from the UK, where it has had four acclaimed runs, this new adaptation is a startlingly staged production, employing live video projections and incorporating the book's appendix for the first time. More info
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Port-Tack Starts

This article was originally published November, 2000 on Sailnet.

It's rare when one boat can port-tack the fleet at the start, and extremely rare when there's more than one that can do so.

With less than 50 seconds to go before the start of the fourth race of the 1996 Tornado Worlds, I was starting to feel a little nervous. It wasn't the normal pre-race jitters. Myself and two American teammatesJohnny Lovell and Lars Guckwere all luffing on port tack, two boatlengths below the pin end of the line. Collectively, we were wondering why the whole fleet was bunched up at the boat end of the line on starboard almost 100 yards away. "Are we on crack?" I asked Lars, incredulously. Johnny started laughing and said that somebody must be wrong. At 10 seconds to go we all sheeted in and crossed the line on port at the gun. Thirty seconds later we were crossing the whole fleet by 150 feet! Still scratching our heads, we wondered how 90 boats would give us such a golden opportunity. Most of those guys were great sailors. What went wrong? What could they have been thinking?
For sailboat racers, the port-tack start is the Holy Grail of the game. Its definitely not for the weak of heart, nor for boats that dont maneuver very quickly, but a properly executed port-tack start can offer huge benefits, not the least of which is the tremendous ego boost it delivers. And when this gambit works, it usually guarantees that you are sailing a lift with the free reign to head anywhere on the course youd like without being controlled by other sailors. The downside? Well, anytime you can't cross the hoards on starboard you risk catastrophic fouls or being forced to tack into a controlled position where your options will be limited.

With a starting line as tightly packed as this one, there don't appear to be many port-tack opportunities; better revert to Plan B.

In an effort to map out the circumstances that call for a port-tack start, I've spent quite a lot of time recently trying to start on port during practices against members of the Yale Sailing Team, whom I coach. The first thing I learned is that it rarely works on very short, or tightly packed starting lines. To make a port-tack start work, you don't necessarily have to start right at the pin and cross the whole fleet. If the wind has shifted left, say 30 degrees or more, and it is difficult to fetch the pin on starboard, then reaching along the line on port and looking for a gap to duck into can work fine if the fleet is spread out. In situations like this, its more likely that a port-tack start will work in the middle of the line than at the pin, because the pin will be so favored that there will be a bunch of boats there and it will be hard to find a hole.
By starting on port in the middle of the line you gain because you are immediately on the lift. Any distance you have given up by not starting right at the favored end is immediately recouped when most of the boats at the pin slow each other, with the majority restrained from tacking to port right away. The sailor who starts on port in the middle of the line and crosses through a gap, will be moving at full speed with no need to tack. If the left shift that made the pin end favored moves back right, then a port-tack starter is gaining leverage toward the new shift and will usually be a nose ahead of the boats that won the pin, which is nice. In addition, the port-tack starter is more centered on the course and usually wont be wedged between boats that limit his or her options as the shifts come down the course.

You know you've made it if you can cross the first two starboard-tack boats.

While a port-tack start in the middle of the line is nice, nothing compares to a perfectly timed port-tack start at the pin end. Your spirit is sure to soar as you cross the first starboard tack boat by three or four feet and then look under the boom to see that youre crossing the rest of the fleet by an easy margin on port. You know youve eliminated the need to tack right away, and you remain free to tack whenever you choose. Unfortunately, for every glory start there are a hundred tales of woe, and all too often those who try and fail are left with their head in their hands, resembling the protagonist in a Greek tragedy whose pride led to a fall.

The biggest mistake sailors make when attempting a port-tack start is not knowing when to bail out if it becomes evident that the starboard tackers are going to close up the lane. Remember, if theres a pack of boats on starboard tack that seems intent on starting near the pin, chances are a port-tack start wont be possible and youd better move on to Plan B.

The second biggest mistake I often see is sailors who position their boats too close to the line. The advantage a port-tack starter has is that usually he or she is not being held up by having to jockey for position within a pack of boats. And usually, a port-tack starter wont have to pinch to make the line. Ideally, you want to come reaching in at full speed toward the pin on port. This means that you need to be three to four boat lengths from the line with 15 or 20 seconds to go. Being in this position will let you get the boat wound up for the big moment.

Tight, aggressive fleets, like this one, are the reason port-tack starts are so rare.

If I am trying to win the pin end of the line on starboard and I see someone trying to port tack the fleet, I make it a matter of pride to take one for the team and close out the port-tack start. That means that I will reach down to the pin to make the port tacker duck me, even if that means creating a nice hole between me and the pack above. This also makes it hard for me to clear the boats on my hip and tack later on because I'll no longer be in a position to pinch off the boats who started to weather of me. But, if you let the port-tacker cross you, youre just resigning yourself to finishing behind that boat because you probably wont see them again.
So, if you are the port tacker, you need to watch out for the leeward-most boat in the fleet and keep that crew from realizing what you are trying to do until it is too late for them to react. There are several good techniques for this. Sometimes Ill set up on starboard as the leeward-most boat in the fleet and pretend that Im starting on starboard. Then at about 40 seconds, I look around frantically like I think I might not make the pin, and I sheet in and sail upwind for 15 seconds, then bear off into a jibe and start reaching toward the line on port. Another trick is to stay on starboard to the leeward of the pin with your sails luffing. Your fellow sailors will think you have broken down and will probably disregard you, and theres your opening.

So, if you insist on playing Russian roulette and living for the port-tack start adrenaline rush that may only come once a year, give these techniques a try. But remember, discretion is the better part of valor and the port-tack start is to be used sparingly. If you find yourself thinking about getting a port-tack start all the time and you cant get it out of your system, maybe a week or two in rehab is what you need. Good luck.

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Getting Good Starts Part I by Zack Leonard

Getting Good Starts Part II by Zack Leonard

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Revealing mistake: When the shark bursts through the window of the cabin, in each of the shots facing Brody, including when he shoves the air tank into the shark's mouth, the glistening water is visible in the window's reflection behind Brody. The shark's reflection is never seen behind Brody, despite the shark's massive size in the small cabin. Bruce must have had the day off during Roy Scheider's takes.
Continuity mistake: When Hooper gets his gear from below, after the explosion in the engine room, he runs to the deck passing Quint using the fire extinguisher. The camera pans from Brody, who stands on the bridge deck, to Hooper right below him. So where exactly is the tall iron ladder that leads up to the bridge deck in this shot? It should be behind Hooper, in front of the window, but it's gone. Don't fret, it's back in the following shots.
Visible crew/equipment: When the fishermen start out on the hunt, Ben Gardner appears in a close-up leaning on the windshield at forward deck, while talking about how stupid some of the others are. In the next wide shot of the boats, Ben's green boat is towards the left of the screen, and the large reflector screen and camera, that are mounted to the bow of his boat, are visible in front of the forward window where Ben is seen in the previous shot.
Continuity mistake: At the scene just after the fake shark scare, the real shark shows up at the pond area of the beach. As the lifeguard in a small boat reacts to everyone's panic, the shark tips over the boat then appears underneath him to tear his leg off. We watch as it sinks slowly to the bottom. You can plainly see that the lifeguard is barefoot in the boat. The severed leg has a tennis shoe on.
Continuity mistake: Orca's ID number normally reads MS 15 LF on both her port and starboard side at the bow. However, after Quint shouts, "Hooper, you idiot. Aint you watchin it?" Orca's ID number reads M 15 L at starboard side and 15 LF at port.
Continuity mistake: Quint embeds his machete into the wood at the side of the boat, but in the following wideshot the machete is gone. Then as Orca starts to move, when Hooper says, "He's chasing us, I don't believe it," the machete is back. But when the shark leaps onto the boat the machete is gone again, and then as the shark devours Quint the machete is back for him to grab, so he can valiantly stab the shark.
Revealing mistake: While Quint is in the shark's mouth, the comfy white cushion is visible under his back, protruding from the shark's mouth.
Revealing mistake: After the shark disappears, with Quint in its mouth, in the next shot facing Brody the door to the cabin closes. The wire attached to the door, leading offscreen to the right, is clearly visible.
Revealing mistake: In the scene in which the two men are fishing for the shark with the roast and inner tube, watch the amount of chain that is pulled off of the pier. Not only do numerous feet of chain go out but there are already many feet in the water connected to the tube. When the pier gets pulled into the water and the shark makes the turn to chase after Charlie, watch how close the pier is to him. With the amount of chain that was let out, the shark would have been well past Charlie and the shark probably would've beached itself.
Continuity mistake: When Chief Brody is standing on the boat, almost ankle deep in water, he throws down the pump and is about to climb up the ladder. In the next shot, while he is on the ladder, the shark (we presume) hits the boat making it list to the right and the deck is dry.
Continuity mistake: The number of barrels on the deck of the Orca changes from shot to shot, during the final scenes at sea.
Continuity mistake: When the shark bursts into Orca's cabin and tries to attack Brody, in the shots facing the shark, at the right of the screen is the forward window. The previously shattered glass (from the yellow barrel) is now perfectly intact within the window frame, and the large wood cabinet below that window is gone. The glass is shattered once again, when Brody climbs out of the cabin, through the window beside it.
Character mistake: On the death certificate for Chrissie, the shark's first victim, the date of death is July 1st. But later, on the reward paper posted by the boy's mother, it says that the date of Alex's death was June 29th. Alex died after Chrissie, not before. Also, the form refers to the coroner as the "corner."
Revealing mistake: When Hooper encounters Ben, the shape and size of the hole in the hull of Ben Gardner's boat, as well as the paint stripes on the hull, all change in this shot. (The close-ups of Ben's appearance were shot later in pick-ups after principal photography wrapped.)
Revealing mistake: Just as Quint finishes scraping his nails on the chalkboard, the camera begins to move in closer when he takes the first bite of the cracker. On the right side of the screen under Harry's chin, Roy Scheider is seen ducking down while staring at the camera, as it pans toward Robert Shaw, and he then lifts his left hand up, cueing Robert's line.
Continuity mistake: Before Alex's attack, the guy who plays with his dog Pippet on the beach wears a bright yellow Izod polo shirt with straight hemmed sleeves, in all of his close-ups. However, in all of the wideshots the polo he wears is pale yellow, with shorter sleeves that have the classic rib-knit sleeve openings.
Visible crew/equipment: When Hooper is underwater in the cage wearing scuba gear, very bright light reflections from the crew are visible on the regulator.
Revealing mistake: When Quint is gone, the shark bursts through the window of the cabin surprising Brody and in its second close-up, with its jaws wide open, the shark's head moves from left to right of the screen. As it does, the aft side of the cabin set is visible on the left, with the wall conspicuously missing and then at the fore side of the cabin, the window frame is not complete.
Visible crew/equipment: After Brody buys the sign supplies, when Hendricks shows up Brody places the box in the front seat, and as Hendricks tells Brody about the Boy Scouts, pay attention to the left window across the street, where we can see one of the local residents holding a camera and looking out the window facing the location shoot, taking pictures of the actors and film crew.
Continuity mistake: When Quint goes below deck to get the machete, with the intent to cut the barrel lines, the machete he takes is shiny and clean, with no rust or pit marks at all. Yet, when Quint holds it over his head and then embeds it into the side of the boat, the entire blade is rusty and full of pit marks.


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WRITTEN BY: Joe R. Lansdale
PUBLISHED: January, 2005
This is classic Lansdale: Well-written, gripping, and at times poignantly funny. Sunset Jones kills her abusive husband in self-defense in the middle of a cyclone. It's really quite symbolic as not only her home and husband are gone, but her entire life is torn apart. From the very beginning, it's a story of her reconstructing everything around her, including her own world views. Through the assistance of her wealthy mother-in-law, Sunset becomes Sheriff of the town, a small logging camp in the 1930's depression. One of her first orders of business is to solve a brutal double murder that her late-husband (the former Sheriff) buried. The book effortlessly cuts across genres of mystery and thriller, horror, western and humor. Lansdale, as common for him, deals with race and gender issues and takes a progressive stance against commonly held clichés. Great read overall. The only complaint was that Lansdale built up such a pair of clever and creepy villains, but then rarely used them. He needs to write a prologue story stat, just about McBride and his half-brother, Two!
Four out of Five stars
Opening with a dramatic start; our heroine, Sunset, shoots the Sheriff (her husband) in the head as he tries to rape and beat her. Events which leave Sunset, homeless, husbandless and in need of a job. So in slightly implausible circumstances through support of her powerful mother in law (who pretty much owns the only company in the town) she gets her husband's job.. and gets thrust into a solving some brutal murders.
This is a whodunit with a lot of darkness but a lot of heart. Set in Texas during the Great Depression we get drifters, low life's, lost souls, Ku Klux Klan, hard workers and firm friends. Once I got over the implausible premise this was a fun read, the murders are secondary really to Sunset and her daughter struggling to come up for air. The highs and lows of the peripheral characters. The story twists enough to keep you entertained and Lansdale is very good at strong female characters, satisfying endings, visually arresting fights and tense drama. It's not gratuitous by any means but the darkness ramps up the tension. You never know who is going to make it.
It may not be my favourite of Lansdale's (try Edge of Dark Water) but lovers of crime and Lansdale fans will lap this up.
It's the depression era in East Texas. The Klu Klux Klan is active and many Texas men feel that they can smack around their wives and not have to answer for it.
Constable Pete Jones comes home drunk and beats his wife, Sunset. Then he begins to rape her. As this is happening, she reaches for his revolver, shoots him in the head and kills him.
Since the sawmill town of Camp Rapture, Texas is now without law enforcement, at a camp meeting, with the help of Sunset's mother-in-law, who is majority owner of the sawmill, Sunset is appointed the new constable, on a trial basis. She will be assisted by Clyde Fox and a new man in town who goes by the nickname, Hillbilly.
Soon after Sunset is appointed, the body of a dead baby is found on the land of the only black farmer in the town. Not long after, a woman's body is found, shot and covered with oil.
To the surprise of many, Sunset takes her job seriously. She tries to learn the functions of her job and identify the dead bodies. When she identifies the woman, complications arise. As this is happening, Sunset must deal with the issues of her precocious fourteen-year-old daughter and her mother-in-law.
As I read the story, I was impressed with the depiction of the action. The realistic portrayal of events made it seem as if they were occuring in front of me.
I felt drawn to the difficulty of life at that time and the courageousness of Sunset.
My favorite Lansdale.
The fertile imagination of Joe Lansdale spins another gripping tale of the life and crimes of a naif in a corrupt land. Lansdale doesn't just spin out a mystery, he tells a story about a time and a place and the people who live there. You could say he paints a picture, the dominant color is blood-red.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0375719229, Paperback)In the middle of a cyclone, beautiful, red-haired Sunset Jones shoots her husband Pete dead when he tries to beat and rape her. To Camp Rapture's general consternation, Sunset's mother-in-law arranges for her to take over from Pete as town constable. As if that weren't hard enough to swallow in depression era east Texas, Sunset actually takes the job seriously, and her investigation into a brutal double murder pulls her into a maelstrom of greed, corruption, and unspeakable malice. It is a case that will require a well of inner strength she never knew she had. Spirited and electrifying, Sunset and Sawdust is a mystery and a tale like nothing you've read before.
(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:14:05 -0400)
"It begins with an explosion: Sunset Jones kills her husband with a bullet to the brain. Never mind that he was raping her. Pete Jones was constable of the small sawmill town of Camp Rapture ("Camp Rupture" to the local blacks), where no woman, least of all Pete's, refuses her husband what he wants." "So most everyone is surprised and angry when, thanks to the unexpected understanding of her mother-in-law - three-quarter owner of the mill - Sunset is named the new constable. And they're even more surprised when she dares to take the job seriously: beginning an investigation into the murder of a woman and an unborn baby whose oil-drenched bodies are discovered buried on land belonging to the only black landowner in town. Yet no one is more surprised than Sunset herself when the murders lead her - through a labyrinth of greed, corruption, and unspeakable malice - not only to the shocking conclusion of the case, but to a well of inner strength she never knew she had."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)
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