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The new Alternative for Germany party has struggled in early polls but its biggest influence may lie in taking votes off other center-right parties and opening up the possibility of a left-based coalition formed around the Social Democrats. Andreas Kissler assesses.
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"The expectations are pretty high since we won here last February, but it's not something that I really think about or dwell on," the 32-year-old Holcomb said Wednesday after training. "We're still strong, and I have total confidence in my team going into this year. We're excited to start the competitive season now, and it's especially nice starting out on our home track. There's a level of comfort here. It really is home."
Holcomb, of Park City, Utah, won gold in both the two-man and four-man at the world championships and easily was the class of the field in four-man. Holcomb and his crew of Justin Olsen, Steve Langton and Curt Tomasevicz beat Germany's Maximilian Arndt by a half-second, while defending world champion Manuel Machata of Germany took the bronze, eight-tenths of a second behind Holcomb's "Night Train" bobsled.
Holcomb's triumph with Langton in two-man was a first for the United States at worlds since two-man began in 1931, and his string of success has been impressive.
Three years ago, Holcomb broke a 50-year gold-medal drought for America in four-man competition at world championships and took home the bronze in two-man. Two years ago, he won the first four-man Olympic gold for the United States since 1948, and he has 15 individual World Cup medals.
Pilots Nick Cunningham and Cory Butner join Holcomb on the men's side.
Elana Meyers will team with Olympic gold medal sprinter Tianna Madison in women's bobsled. Jamie Greubel and rookie Aja Evans shattered the Lake Placid track start record in team selection and figure to be in the mix, while Jazmine Fenlator and Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones, of Des Moines, Iowa, will be in a third sled. Fenlator and Jones had strong results together in the first national seeding race.
The U.S. team concluded last season with five medals at the world championships in Lake Placid, four of them gold. Besides Holcomb's haul, Katie Uhlaender won gold in women's skeleton, the U.S. won gold in the team event, and Meyers took the bronze in women's bobsled.
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Now arriving back from my traditional Game #2, the one historically populated people who go to baseball games because they love baseball and not so they can drink on a random weekday while wondering who Mike Brantley is, it is now time to realize how many people are going to be heading to the corner of Carnegie and Ontario for the 2010 season.
While 10,071 was the announced attendance, it actually represents the amount of tickets given out, because I would put the number of folks down there (who saw The DiaTot correctly answer a question on the Jumbotron to upgrade our seats to behind home plate from the RF Lower Reserved) closer to 3,000 or 4,000.
Thus after spending some time in our new season seats…yes, it's true that we've moved us down from the Mezz for a nominal price increase PLUS (as I don't know if you've heard that the Indians are struggling to sell seats) 4 free Opening Day seats (which went to a friend). We're now in the same section as the Batter's Eye Bar…er…"RIDGID Jobsite" (no,
) between where Messrs Sizemore and Choo ply their craft. With that clarification out of the way, get those Tommies in the air…
As frustrating as the first week of the season has been (and it has been frustrating as the Indians have looked very simply like a bad team), realize that the Indians play 15 of their 22 games in April on the road, so if the Indians can tread water in April (which may be a tall order), they could be setting themselves up well, despite what is likely to be a losing record. While a losing record in April feels inevitable and as these games remain painful to watch, it has to be asked in the early going - is getting a healthy and (more importantly) effective Fausto Carmona back more important than winning these games in April, or really throughout the course of the season?
It goes without saying (though it has been said over and over again), but the most important player on the Indians' roster is Fausto Carmona because he has the potential to fill a hole that no other player on the roster projects to filling – that of a legitimate top-of-the-rotation starter. The roster is flush with talented position players around the diamond, the bullpen is full of young talent (at least it seemed that way), and the arms seem to be there to fill out the back-end-of-the-rotation on the cheap for a couple of years with enough time to separate the wheat from the chaff.
However, there is no player in the Indians' system (above Kinston, at least) who legitimately projects as an arm that could sit at the front end of the rotation and not be miscast in that role. No player, that is…except Carmona.
While Carmona's fall from grace is well-documented and frankly too depressing for me to rehash, his performance in his first two starts of the 2010 season (after a great Spring Training) is the most positive sign thus far in a season in need of positive signs. The walks remain a problem (obviously, though I do think that some of his first start's walks were the result of a tight strike zone), but the HUGE difference in Carmona from 2008 & 2009 to this year has been his "ability" to limit damage done when hitters do put the ball in play.
Not only is he not allowing many hits (he's given up 6 in 14 IP), the hits that he's given up are largely singles. Other than the Konerko HR and the Nellie Cruz 3B, Carmona's given up only 4 singles in 14 IP, meaning that he's limiting the damage that was inflicted on him so horribly for the past two years by not allowing the opposition to tee off on his "get-me-over" offerings, because he's not throwing his "get-me-over" pitches anymore.
Again, this is just in two starts and 14 innings, but opposing hitters have posted a Slugging Percentage of .244 against Carmona, good for 18th best in MLB among starters in the early season, at least after Monday's game.
Why is this an enormous development?
Opponents' Slugging Percentage vs. Carmona
2007 - .352
2008 (pre-DL) - .324
2008 (post-DL) - .437
2009 - .465
2010 - .244
Not only is he limiting hits, but he's limiting the damage done due to those hits. Remember, he's given up 6 hits in 14 innings thus far this year after allowing 1.2 hits PER INNING in 2009 and more than a hit (1.04) an inning in 2008. As a result, even with the walks (which, let's be honest, remain a concern) his WHIP on the season is a sparkling 1.14 (20th in AL among starters) after posting a cumulative WHIP of 1.70 for 2008 and 2009.
Some of this may be due to luck, as his otherworldly BABIP of .127 is the 2nd lowest in the AL and it should be noted vociferously and forcefully that the 6.43 BB/9 is unquestionably still concerning, but Carmona looks like a completely different pitcher than we've seen the last two years. While I wouldn't go as far as to say that he's close to recapturing his 2007 success, he's made strides in that direction and, for this team and for the future of this organization; there can be no brighter spot in the early going, regardless of wins and losses.
While there is much hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth over the early performance of the bullpen, I thought it would be interesting to note (for the sake of perspective) how the bullpen compares to the rest of the league, at least after Monday's meltdown:
4.70 ERA – 17th in MLB
.753 OPS against – 18th in MLB
1.57 WHIP – 22nd in MLB
0.84 K/BB – last in MLB, this despite having a 6.26 K/9, "good" for 22nd in MLB
Not dreadful, but it certainly shows that bullpen struggles are not (for once) unique to Cleveland. Coming out of Spring Training, most knew that the bullpen was going to take a while to sort out, particularly with Kerry Wood still shelved, but the issue is much greater here as the performance of past bullpens have shown that the benefit of the doubt is not warranted:
ERA by year (rank in MLB)
2009 – 4.66 ERA (27th in MLB)
2008 – 5.13 ERA (29th in MLB)
2007 – 3.75 ERA (6th in MLB)
2006 – 4.73 ERA (25th in MLB)
Yes, we all know about the excellence of the 2007 bullpen and the 2005 bullpen, which was best in MLB, because that was 5 seasons ago and if anyone's still resting on those laurels…well, they shouldn't be. In the body of work spanning the last 4 years, the track record of the organization has not just an inability to put together a league-average effective bullpen, we're talking about an continued incapability to put a bullpen together that ranks even in the upper ¾ of the league.
Sure it's still early and maybe this all shakes out with positive results, but what's most frustrating is that the Indians put this ENORMOUS emphasis on getting out of the gate quickly. When Acta was hired and throughout Spring Training, he continually stated that he would set his 25-man roster with some time left in camp so the team would be ready, with semi-defined roles, once the games started to count.
Despite that, bullpen usage and roles has been…well, muddled so far. If you were to ask me which pitcher would come in for a particular hitter or in a particular situation, odds are that I'd be wrong. That's not to project that I am this all-knowing bullpen expert, but rather to point out that each and every pitcher on the staff has been used in different roles and in different situations already in the early season.
Obviously, specific situations dictate who comes in when and Acta is still trying to figure out who he can trust in which situation (though I thought that Spring Training was supposed to answer some of that); but just take a look at the irregularity in which these pitchers (with the exception of Chris Perez, whose role has been only in the 9th inning…or the last inning of a game) are being used, in terms of pitching with a lead or with the team behind as well as when in the game they're throwing, up to an including Wednesday's game:
Laffey – 4 games, 5 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 2 ER, 1 K
Came on in a mop-up role to get out of a starter-induced jam, came on to start the 7th in a game with a lead, came on to face one LH batter in the middle of the 7th, and finally came in to start the 7th inning for a multiple inning relief appearance with the team behind
Lewis – 4 games, 4 2/3 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 1 ER, 5 K
Pitched the 7th inning with the team losing, pitched the 9th and 10th innings of a tie game, pitched the 8th inning with the team behind, and pitched the 6th inning with a lead.
Wright – 3 games, 4 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 ER, 2 K
Began the 6th inning with a lead, threw two innings (7th & 8th) with the team behind, and pitched his way out of a jam in the 9th inning in a tie game then gave up the scoring run in the 10th inning.
Sipp – 5 games, 3 2/3 IP, 2 H, 4 BB, 2 ER, 6 K
Began the 8th inning with the team losing, was the second reliever to throw in the 6th inning of a game with the lead, pitched the 6th inning with the team losing, entered a tie game in the 9th inning to get out of a jam created by another reliever, and pitched the 9th inning of a game with the team behind
Smith – 5 games, 3 1/3 IP, 1 H, 3 BB, 1 ER, 3 K
Came in with the lead in the 8th inning, then the 7th inning (losing the lead), pitched with the team behind in the 7th inning, came in with with a lead in the 7th inning, and finally came in for one batter in the 8th with the team behind
R. Perez – 2 games, 2 IP, 5 H, 1 BB, 2 ER, 2 K
Began the 8th inning with the team behind, then threw the 8th inning with a lead
What can be gleaned from the usage patterns so far?
Not much…other than that the Indians don't have any idea which relievers can be counted on to protect leads or that project into defined roles in the early season. That, above all else, is what strikes terror into my heart when thinking about the early going of this season, particularly given the…um, uncertainty of so much of the starting pitching staff, performance to date considered.
While trying to figure out how these relievers are going to shake out and bemoaning the fact that the Indians have been unable to put together an effective bullpen (save the troika of Betancourt, R. Perez, and Lewis in 2007) in the past five years, I was struck by this
little bit from Ken Rosenthal
as he explained how big RHP Tyson Ross (1.69 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 1 save in 5 1/3 IP) found his way into the Oakland bullpen:
Ross, a second-round pick out of Cal in 2008, cracked the A's Opening Day roster after making only nine appearances at Class AA last season. Most club officials opposed the move, but general manager Billy Beane basically asked, "Why not?" Ross throws 91-95 mph, occasionally touching 97, and his slider is tough on right-handed hitters.
The A's still view Ross, 23, as a starter, and likely will return him to the minors after Wuertz and Devine return. Then again, as a shutdown long man, he could amount to yet another weapon for a bullpen that already is quite deep.
Realizing that the season is terribly young and that the bullpen needs some time to shake itself out, after reading this, the question at least needs to be uttered – is it time to change the philosophy on how the Indians construct their bullpen from Day 1?
Is it time to start setting up more of an open competition in Spring Training where the guys who are throwing the best in Goodyear have a legitimate shot at making the team out of Arizona?
We've seen the names that could factor into the bullpen at some point through the course of the year - Josh Tomlin (Columbus), Jess Todd (Columbus), Josh Judy (to join Columbus soon), Steven Wright (Columbus), Erik Stiller (Akron), Zach Putnam (Akron), and CC Lee (Akron), among others – but is it time to develop a new strategy for allowing this bullpen to come out of the gate quick that actually presents guys like this an opportunity out of Goodyear if they're the most impressive arms in camp?
Maybe I'm just unnecessarily throwing things out there (and Judy was prominently covered this Spring after a solid stint in the Arizona Fall League) and need to exhibit some patience with the guys in the MLB bullpen who have been touted as back-end options throughout their Minor League career (like CF Perez or Toné Sipp or Joe Smiff), but watching these guys go in and out of these games with no confidence and no cadence leads me to believe that Spring Training presented an opportunity that was missed to define some roles and to put the best relievers in the position to contribute early on.
I know that Axl has always told me that I just need a little patience (and I was the one extolling the virtues of one Jamey Wright), but this inability to present an even moderately effective and settled bullpen has gone past the point of lunacy. Again, maybe this is just an overreaction and perhaps the bullpen settles into some semblance of an effective order soon; but right now, the bullpen looks to be an Achilles' heel…again.
Hating to be the bearer of bad news like I do (and realizing that it's not even technically the middle of April yet), I'm loathe to point out that Mike Brantley has 29 plate appearances with 5 hits (one of them for extra bases), 2 walks, and 7 strikeouts in the young season. Yes, he LOOKS good up there and he's giving the team some "professional" at-bats (whatever that means), but after Monday's game, the guy had an OPS+ of 8…remember 100 means league average, meaning he's 92% worse than that of the average Big Leaguer to this point in the season. Of the 217 players in MLB with 25 or more plate appearance through Monday, Brantley's performance at the plate puts him 206th.
At this point, one of two things is true – Mike Brantley simply needs more time to adjust to MLB pitching, or Mike Brantley needs more time in AAA to get ready for MLB pitching. With Rusty Branyan coming back in a couple of weeks and realizing that the seriousness of the Grady back injury could affect all of this, the obvious odd man out if Branyan comes back (still an "if" in my book) is Brantley.
Not that I don't want to see Brantley fight through this adjustment period, just that I don't think he'll be given the chance to do so…at least not yet.
Since much of the focus in the early going has been on when uber-prospect Carlos Santana will be replacing Lou Marson (1 for 16 with 4 strikeouts and some passed balls, as you may have heard), I thought I would direct you to
a piece from Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports on service time management
The thrust is simple: If a team parks a player in the minor leagues for at least 20 days to begin the season, it can delay his free agency by one year. Teams looking to save money go a step further and keep players down for about two months, which prevents them from gaining the Super 2 status that gives the top 17 percent of any service class an extra year of salary arbitration.
To burn a year of service time – to pull a Lincecum – is practically a fireable offense for a GM.
Because right now baseball's rules force the players to earn less money and the owners to field sub-optimal teams. General managers make excuses to fans, players act like it's OK and the vacuum inside which teams should operate – keep the best 25 players for that clubhouse – doesn't exist.
"If we were in that vacuum, it would be a no-brainer," Braves GM Frank Wren said. "All of them would be up."
While I expect Santana to spend more than 20 days in AAA (the two month stint in Columbus seems more likely), here's hoping that Passan is right in that this suppression of service time for monetary savings and player control down the road is something that is an easy decision in the next Collective Bargaining negotiations after 2011.
Remember when Manny Acta said of Luis Valbuena's intended usage for 2010 that "we're not in the business of developing 24-year-old platoon players"?
Through 7 games, Valbuena has 2 plate appearances against LHP, resulting in one K and one BB. Mark Grudzielanek has 3 plate appearances against LHP and 4 plate appearances against RHP. Valbuena has 25 plate appearances against RHP.
This situation…this bears some watching.
How about Jason Donald?
Through the first 5 games, Donald has gone 9 for 20 with 3 doubles and it is worth noting that the RH Donald has gone 8 for 17 against RHP. Donald's career Minor League OPS vs. RHP is .796, and his career Minor League OPS against LHP is .821, meaning that the pronounced platoon split that Valbuena has shown in his Minor League career (.808 OPS vs. RHP, .630 OPS vs. LHP) is not an issue for Donald, who has split time between 2B and SS thus far in Columbus.
This has been written here before, but don't be surprised if Jason Donald is the Indians' everyday 2B at some point in 2010 with a possible short-term landing spot for Luis Valbuena possibly being a fill-in at 3B (he played 3B in 5 of his 23 games in Columbus last year) for the day when Jhonny Peralta is no longer a member of the Cleveland Indians.
The Indians attempt to avoid their second straight series sweep in an afternoon tilt against the Rangers in a season that feels like it could be a long one…in mid-April.
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pster wrote:So I am thinking about reading Thucydides this year. It is about 700 pages. So 2 pages a day should do it. Anybody interested?
pster wrote:Well, I just did a massive amount of French reading (5hrs/day for four months), so I am ready to do something similar with Greek. How many pages a day would you want to do? What do you think of 2/day? Does that strike you as too little?
pster wrote:Well, I love GFS Porson. I haven't given much thought to how I want to read it. I am not going to do anything until the beginning of the year anyway. We should wait and see what others think. When I read Greek on the computer it is because I want to make use of the hyperlinked LSJ through a Perseus text. But if you want to pull off 8 pdfs of Thucydides in GFS Porson I won't stop you. Perhaps I will print them out rather than buy the Oxford. I like big fonts.
pster wrote:No, I don't need it to be searchable, because I would only use it to print out a hard copy.
pster wrote:Only because you say it is so easy. I have other resources for printing texts. I have this site set up with Porson on my browser and I usually use it for printing: http://mercure.fltr.ucl.ac.be/Hodoi/con ... #thucydide (It is down at the moment, so you can't see much; goes down every night it seems.) They have good tools for creating vocabulary lists.
spiphany wrote:My impression is that Xenophon is easier if you haven't read a lot of prose. (We read parts of Kyrou paideia in a second-year Greek course). The annoying thing about Thucydides is that his sentences seem to go on forever. I haven't read much by him at all, though, so I can't say a lot about his style or relative difficulty.
Lucian (A True History) is another option if you want to read prose and want a break from philosophy.
I can't promise I'll be able to participate, although it would be a good way to keep my hand in with Greek. Perhaps I can bring the text along to read during my 12+ hours sitting in an airplane in January.
jaihare wrote:I've deleted all of the files associated with the links above.
SBL Greek: PDF (1,061 KB)
GFS Porson: PDF (484 KB)
I found a way to reduce the file size of the Porson formatting. So, now it's much smaller — which means short upload and download time. (You're welcome!) I hope you like how it looks. I'll be using the SBL Greek, since I like it better.
Anyway, these files contain all 146 sections of the first book of the Peloponnesian War.
I have maintained the structure of the Perseus text, just cleaning things up (such as the use of : instead of · throughout the text, the appearance of the parentheses from their site, non-breaking spaces after closing square brackets, etc.). The text is faithful to the Perseus edition in all of the body of the text. This will be my intention as I put together all of these files.
Can you put together vocabulary lists for the text? If you make the vocab lists and I put together the printable text, we can both invest in the project and enjoy it more.
I wonder if Nate or anyone else would like to join us in this endeavor?
pster wrote:Maybe we should do 1 page per day for the first book, just so people get their bearings. And I was thinking about formally starting the second week of Jan, so say Jan 8.
Bob Manske wrote:I'd like to read with you. I have the OCT. How is this reading group going to work?
Bob Manske wrote:I'd like to read with you. I have the OCT. How is this reading group going to work?
jaihare wrote:Bob Manske wrote:I'd like to read with you. I have the OCT. How is this reading group going to work?
Good question. I won't be able to comment much at all. I want to read for my passive skills. I won't be translating or working through things very deeply. I want more exposure than anything. I don't know what others are expecting.
C. S. Bartholomew wrote:I know for sure I could not read Thucydides at the rate of two pages a day. I have the first vol of Thucydides LCL 1924. I might comment occasionally once the thread gets underway. The reading level is quite different depending on the genre. The narrative history is not as difficult as the orations. Narrative has a higher level of standard vocabulary.
Baker wrote:
I have read Thucydides more than once in English translation, having only encountered the Greek in small chunks at varying times. I studied the book in detail both as an undergraduate and graduate student as well as private readings on my own time. I have studied Greek both inside and outside a classroom in fits and starts for the past 7 years. Alas, my mastery is far from complete.
As far as this thread goes, I have a few questions and comments. First, what do you mean by 1 page a day. Would that be a chapter as at the Perseus website and Oxford edition? Second, I think you will find that Thucydides is as much philosophy as anyone though the style is admittedly different from, say, Aristotle. It is political philosophy at its finest. Following some of the orations and their "logic", as you call it, can and should be as difficult and rewarding as Plato. Third, I wouldn't worry too much about the vocabulary. Thucydides shouldn't have as many unique words as Herodotus simply because the focus is wildly different.
jaihare wrote:When are we going to get started? New Year is tomorrow!!


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•2900 block of Birch Ave., landlord/tenant dispute. Landlord complained that evicted tenants did significant damage by leaving the water running. All floors were damaged and there was three feet of water in the basement, destroying the furnace and water heater. Rocks and pebbles were found in the bathroom drain.
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•7600 block of Dean Brown Drive, false alarm. Patrol dispatched to residence for a front door alarm. House and surroundings appeared secure.
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|La Falaise à Fécamp
|Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums
|Monet, Claude (French painter, 1840-1926)
|1881 (dated)
|Monet's distinctive, and apparently rapid, treatment of sea and sky, with choppy waves and scudding clouds set against a luminous sky, gives a very real sense of the breezy Spring day. Vibrant blues, greens and yellows give joyous and brave colour to this magnificent scene, and in this daring modernity it is possible to see how far Monet has come since his traditional interpretations of the Normandy coast of fifteen years earlier.
|Current Accession Number
|Former Accession Number
|front lr 'Claude Monet 81'
|landscape; marine
|65.0 x 81.1 cm cm (estimate)
|oil on canvas
|Acquisition Details
|Purchased 1927 through Wallis & Son, with half the purchase price met by Sir James Murray.
|Madame Choquat sale, Paris, 1899, lot 80; purchased by L. H. Lefevre, 17 March 1924, stock no. J1003, £744 7s + 10%; purchased by Sir James Murray, 9 November 1925, £1200.
|Principal Exhibitions
|London, Tate Gallery, 1926; The Spirit of France, Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, 1943, cat. no. 41; United Nations International Art, Edinburgh, 1951; London, Royal Academy, 1973; Monet, Madrid, Museo Espanol De Arte Contemporaneo, 1986, cat. no. 32; Collecting Impressionism: Impressionist Paintings From European Museums, High Museum Of Art, Atlanta, 1999, Seattle Art Museum, 1999, Denver Art Museum, 1999; A Scottish Collection - Treasures from Aberdeen Art Gallery, Nagasaki (touring), 2000-2001, cat. no. 50; Monet - The Seine and the Sea, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, National Gallery of Scotland exhibition, 2003; Boudin, Monet and the Sea Painters of Normandy, Barnard Castle, Bowes Museum, 2004.
|Lefevre Glasgow stockbook, 1924-28; Catalogue of Christie's sale - Sir James Murray's collection, 29 April 1927, p. 17; . Wilenski, R. H., French Paintings, p. 249; Aberdeen Art Gallery Catalogue, 1937, pl. 34; Royal Academy of Arts, 1974; Illustrated London News,1974; Catalogue For Monet Exhibition In Madrid, 1986, p. 257; House, J., Monet, Yale University Press, 1986; Pavet, M., Catalogue Raisonné de Monet, Wildenstein Institute 96, p, 248, cat. no. 56, cat. no. 35; Bergeret, A., Monet - La Normandie, Editions Herscher, Paris, 1997; Wildenstein, D., Catalogue Raisonne, Paris, 1998; Melville, J., 'Claude Monet', Impressionism: Paintings Collected by European Museums, Atlanta, 1999, pp. 172-3; Aberdeen Art Gallery and Japan Association of Art Museums, A Scottish Collection-Treaures from Aberdeen Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2000, inside back flap jacket and pp. 144-145, cat. no. 50; French Connections, Aberdeen, 2001; Clarke, M., and Thomson, R., Monet - The Seine and the Sea, cat. no. 37, Edinburgh, 2003, p.98.; Barker, A., Boudin, Monet and the Sea Painters of Normandy, Barnard Castle, 2004, p. 24.
By far the most popular of the French Impressionists, Claude Monet was born in Paris in 1840 but as a child went to live in Le Havre. There he met Eugène-Louis Boudin (see cat. no. 33), who persuaded him to take up landscape painting. Monet shared Boudin's love of the Normandy coastline, and throughout his lifetime he returned to this part of France to paint its dramatic cliffs and seascapes.
This painting is an early example of Monet's sequence of cliff-paintings of Grainval, just to the south of Fécamp in Normandy. Monet knew this particular area well, having holidayed there as a child. From 9 March to 10 April 1881, he had been at work, studying the different effects that the Spring weather made to the varied shapes of these chalk cliffs between Le Havre and Dieppe, and delighting in their anthropomorphic shapes.(For a discussion of this aspect of Monet's cliff paintings see R. L. Herbert, Monet and the Normandy Coast, Yale University Press, 1994.) Here he has chosen a viewpoint where the far cliff, to the east of Fécamp, juts out from behind the principal shapes. In other works of the series a human presence in suggested by boats, buildings and sometimes a path but here no trace of human life is allowed to reduce the immensity and monumentality of the cliffs. By taking a slightly different viewpoint from some of his other paintings (moving slightly to the right), Monet abandons all such indications. The cliffs in the foreground now block much of Cap Fagnet, and obscure completely the church of Notre-Dame du Salut, which flanks the harbour of Fécamp. In so doing Monet increases the viewer's sense of vertigo when viewing the painting - the scene is somehow ambiguous and apparently vertiginous.
The composition is severely simple, the canvas divided to the left by the horizon and to the right by three consecutive cliffs that together form a strong diagonal. This strongly asymmetrical composition is redolent of Monet's interest in Japanese prints, which had transformed his art and his depiction of the French landscape.
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|2007-12-12, 02:30
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|2007-12-12, 02:43
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Aoi and Hinako also showed no romantic interest in Sana. That doesn't mean anything.
|2007-12-12, 02:55
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Age: 29
I don't get why everyone is so mad at this plot twist. Before this episode, Asami was a plot device, no more, no less (this may be hard to swallow, but it's true). With the twins' exodus, Asami won't be having an important role ever again. I'm grateful they gave her character SOMETHING. As for it being totally random or not, I'm planning to re-watch all of the episodes containing Asami to see if there were any subtle hints that were overlooked.
|2007-12-12, 04:35
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Hm, mixed feelings about this one. I wasn't really feeling the whole "Asami divulges everything in an 8 minute monologue," they could've spiced that up a bit.
I was kind of surprised that it was her even though I knew about her character bio. Unfortunately that's the only development Asami will get, and now she's done...
I hope the game executes this better and has better resolution.
Now Sana and Nanaka. Too be honest I think ep 12 will be a snoozer unless we finally get some info on Sana's elusive past.
I think this show is doing what it can in its limited episodes. It would've been better if they had some extra episodes to work with to let stuff marinate.
|2007-12-12, 06:35
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Even after watching the said episode, I cannot use any other word than absurdity.
The whole deal with Asami is completely silly. I don't have any problem with lesbians. I don't have any issue with "dark" characters. What is actually erratic is the execution and how deceiving they portrayed a character until now. Don't get me wrong: characters changing completely aren't a problem either (see Tsukihime), but it is exactly what I mean: how a character is done like this, changing completely the said image without the proper "transition".
Asami was a plot device for some characters here and there. Indeed, there wasn't any solid "romantic interest" towards Sana, but there weren't any solid hints for Shuuri either. What is actually annoying is how they used a complete off topic and random plot "arc (Granny Kaji) to forcefully pull that revelation out of nowhere.
Asami's speech was not only long, but forcing many things which were obviously not a natural aftermath. Plot twist can work if they aren't seen coming, but they have to make sense as well. In M;Y case, it doesn't for me, because the way Asami explodes, as a result of a random accident isn't convincing at all.
And her reasons to reveal that to Sana are even more shaddy, but heh...
And before you use that cheap explanation: no, reading a game profile isn't supposed to justify this stuff. I already read Asami's profile, and I was expecting something, but not of that scale, nor at that kind of timing.
If you have to read a spoiler/external information to understand the actions of a character, It isn't exactly logical.
Still on Asami, if you are to check the hints before while you already know what will happen, it isn't convincing either. Considering the knowledge, any "subtle" hints can be seen anywhere. If a weird hint was to be spotted before and get all its meaning with this revelation, it is fair enough. But checking any hint which didn't make sense or obviously overlook without the said knowledge is not a proof of "foreshadowing".
The follow up is probably how both arc (Kaji and Asami) are twisting with the Wakatsuki twins arcs altogether. Though their feelings were build up, the situation wasn't. Asami's accident accelerated the things from nowhere, and suddenly, we got a non conclusive end for the twins. We won't know what will happen with their father, we don't now how they will live (considering how they are reckless, they will surely have to overcome lots of hardship). Even their feelings are pretty much vague.
And still, the revelation of Shuusuke's yell wasn't convincing either, considering that Sana still remembered it and could ask anytime. (In fact, it really surprised me that after what he discovered about Nanaka, that Sana didn't actually check out what Shuusuke wanted to say).
The episode avoided a complete disaster with a well executed "run away" of the twins with Sana running like nuts to stop them.
But that's it. the rest is completely on the left field: the execution forces a lot of false drama.
Asami's character is pending between "plot device" and "plot device enhanced". She isn't a character by herself, but she is some trigger for others, that's all. A character with some random revelation doesn't become a "true character" for the hell of it. A revelation of this caliber doesn't give any substancial point for the said character, especially if this revelation will be used for others characters "development". That's the reason why I can't consider Asami as a character on her own.
Yet, we will probably won't know what will happen to Kaji (not that I care much to be honest), and so forth.
We still have some things to resolve (namely Sana), and we still didn't see anything about Aoi (aside of being useless) and Hinako, who completely disappear.
|2007-12-12, 06:48
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I kind of see that coming for the twins when i saw the preview last week.And Asami,oh that girl seriously reminded me of Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde.I studied that damn story for a year.Funny,i should be shocked at the revelations but i dont find it surprising regarding Asami,since most of the animes i watched recently have either wtf ending or an incomplete one.I have this bad feeling that something terrible will happen to the twins.Like them losing their lives or something.
|2007-12-12, 09:37
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Location: Toronto, ON
Age: 33
Well I can't sit here and defend the show against those who thought the twist was just too much. It worked for me, but I understand it might not always work for you. Some people seem to be angry that there wasn't enough hints and Asami going lesbian/dark seems absurd. But were there any solid evidence that she was straight/not dark in the first place ? Were we just making assumptions about her character based on every other anime we've seen ? They've revealed nothing about her so far except for really superficial information, so is this absurdity just them contradicting our own assumptions of her character with this episode ?
This is the kind of stuff Nakazawa likes to pull (yes I know the anime isn't directly related to him, but I'm sure he had some influence), although done at a much higher level. He plays off your assumptions, and builds on those assumptions by tossing you red herrings that seem to solidify them. Before long you don't even consider the alternative because your mind is used to this assumption even though the game itself never explicitly stated it, then he'll drop the bomb on you. Anyone who's played Ever17 and especially Remember11 can attest to this.
I agree with you guys. It could have been done better, but I just don't think it's THAT "out of left field" to the point of absurdity. Maybe I saw it coming, maybe I just like dark characters and was happy Asami got developed as one, who knows... we all have our own motivations to argue our own points.
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|2007-12-12, 10:25
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I understand how many could not see this development as good thing or very weird. But, many are always complaining that everything was so cliche ,and they saw it coming. And when are they going to do something new. Well this was not seen by many people. Not many could have foreseen this. And yet complaining always shows. Yes, it could have been done better ,but if were to have been revealed that it was the step-mother then there would have been a bigger uproar. And more dissapointment because it would have been obvious. This was not.
|2007-12-12, 11:01
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As many have said before AsamixSyuri relationship wasn't exactly out of the blue. Even though Asami relationship didn't have ample foreshadowing there were few hints like Asami crying in OP, Asami blushing in ep3 & ep7 ( she doesn't usually blush) ... to support her current relationship (I do agree that there wasn't sufficient character development, only hints). Only thing in from character profile was Asami's nature which gave a hint about who sent the letter.
|2007-12-12, 16:45
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I can only see this as a pleasant surprise really...So many anime series (especially romance) have gotten boring with the same reused cliches, this is just a new breath of fresh air. The sudden turn of events is something rarely seen and this is actually done well imo (sudden yes but our of place no...the explination is logical - Asami has been working from the shadows all along, what fun would it be if we knew that she was yuri in the first place? ).
|2007-12-12, 17:28
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|2007-12-12, 19:34
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I do agree with some people that this ep feels forced. I kinda expected Asami was the one that sent the letter, but didn't expect her to be yuri But.. what can ya do? They tried to do to much within a 13 ep series. If not that, then it's just poor direction i suppose.
I decided to give it a 9 because of the fabulous (imo) musical score. Especially when Sana was yelling at Shuu (and Shuri?) in the train. It was the violin right? sigh... just love it, my favorite instrument... Wish i knew how to play it
BTW.. about that violin at the end, didn't it seem to be cut off? Sounded to abrupt to me
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|2007-12-12, 19:37
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Seattle
Age: 36
ok... the whole psycho lesbian thing came out of no where... There was only one scene where they showed her having concern for Shuri... and that was it... they were expecting us to believe this whole thing off of that? really bad story telling....
Oh well, at least they gave twincest.
|2007-12-12, 20:39
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Well get a plot twist that really seemed to knock people right out of their seats. I'll definitely say that I never saw this coming. Sure if you look back tiny things here and there that could in hindsight make you think "oh ok, that makes some sense". But either your really perceptive or just guessed out of the blue and nailed it on the head.
Really wasn't upset by it and just kept on following the episode to the conclusion. Asami definitely got a bigger role than just being a vehicle for Nanaka's jealousy. Now obviously some aren't going to be satisfied, but that's just how things like this are. Either you love it or you are just angry about the whole thing.
Anyways seeing Asami's character, things just grew until they were unleashed into a horrible situation. Really putting out there that keeping things locked up can lead to a horrible explosion down the road. A mixture of emotions stirring inside of her for so long and that ferris wheel was the place where the shell that held all of it in broke down. Going to be a long road for her to recover. Will only hit harder once she finds out Shuu and Shuri ran off.
Anyways can understand telling the others about the London situation right before going. Know that if they revealed the whole plan they may have tried to stop them, so this was the best goodbye that they could go with. Sana did pick things up before it was too late. Calling out to them before they got onto the train and then chasing it down on bike. Music was top notch and just added to the situation. Finally got to see what Shuu said back then, even if they aren't all together that friendship will remain.
Of course now wonder just what will happen from here on out. Seems like they will just have enough time to wrap up Nanaka and Sana's past. Unless Hinako jumps in for a surprise conclusion or Aoi reveals her deep plotting has given birth to all of this. Just where the twins will go and when will they ever come back is up in the air. Not an easy road they are walking on, but they wouldn't allow separation no matter what.
So I enjoyed this one. Certainly I didn't see the Asami situation coming, but oh well. A charged farewell and got some answers and that's fine for me.
|2007-12-12, 20:46
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I'm going to give this episode a 9, because I found it to be an entertaining and nice episode to watch, and seemed a bit more streamlined than a lot of the episodes 1-9. And Asami is a lesbian? I did not see that coming.
I just feel like this anime is doing all that it can in 13 episodes. Knowing what I do now, it could have definately used another 11 to slow down the pacing, increase some build ups, and expand some arcs. Like, I'm sure Aoi has more of a story than just being a charecter with a squeeky voice, and there's definately more to the teacher than she just handed out caramel as rewards. And I think the anime put Hinako in because they were planning on having her as a charecter, but they realized they just didn't have the time to include it in. That is probably why Asami's confession seemed so random, and a bunch of characters seem underdeveloped. Heck, it is still hard to grasp Sana's personality.
It was a great episode, but this series is too short for what it is trying to accomplish. It's probably to promote the game, but still, I'd like to have a full adaptation.
|2007-12-12, 20:47
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Location: Florida
Some episodes ago, I wrote a jokey little statement asking if Asami had "precognitive Sana sense". Given that everyone in the show stays together in their group, I may have to change that.
Precognitive Sana Shuri sense.
Asami really seemed hurt by the whole ordeal, as she should. Hopefully we get to see what she thinks now that Shuu and Shuri are off to who-knows-where. Seeing the group shot of Aoi, Nanaka and Sana alone reminded me of the first episode of the series. In a way, it's as if things are coming full circle. A strangely shaped circle with a few squiggly lines a few stains from where your drink spilled on it, but a circle. And Sana's in the center.
Aoi's been the only one in this show to mostly stay "background", except for the first episode and the occasional helping Hinako moments. Then again, if Asami wasn't all sweetness and light, perhaps the moeblob is hiding something too. Next episode should be interesting, starting with the changed atmosphere. Whatever comes of the ending...well, here's hoping there's hope.
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1: Love the strict symmetry giving structure to this outdoor dining room. Eat dinner amongst the garden plants that are incorporated into the meal!
2: How could we not include Ina Garten's patio outside of her barn? We have always adored that table.
3: An incredibly fancy outdoor kitchen. Check out the dining patio adjacent to it, too.
4: A slightly more bohemian yet still very cush outdoor kitchen in Southern California.
5: A wisteria-shaded sitting area must be the star attraction when entertaining outside.
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The San Jose federal court issued the injunction last month, after a jury in August found A10 guilty of four counts of patent infringement in a case that depended nearly as much on the incestuous habits of Silicon Valley technology companies as on technical invention.
The patents, covering a series of load balancers and application delivery controllers (ADCs), were actually granted to Foundry Networks, which Brocade acquired for $3 billion in 2008.
ADCs focus on improving delivery of chunks of data related to specific application sessions, especially those of virtualized applications.
The Foundry technology currently sells under Brocade's VDX line of Ethernet switches and VCS Ethernet-fabric products.
According to Brocade's original suit, A10 used its close connections to Foundry Networks to convince Foundry employees to transfer source code and other intellectual property to A10, often just before accepting jobs at A10.
A10 hired at least five Foundry Networks engineers in the years between 2004 and 2007, according to Silicon Valley Business Journal.
ZK Research founder and principal analyst Zeus Kerravala calls the data transfer "a significant paper trail of Foundry employees emailing source code to their A10 accounts."
In August of last year a jury found A10 guilty of infringement in the development of its AX Series of load balancers and of directly copying Brocade code, misappropriating Brocade trade secrets and unfair competition based on a fight over a hiring spat involving a Foundry engineer who left for A10 in 2008.
The jury awarded Brocade $112 million, an amount reduced to $60 million by the court.
Federal court judge Paul Grewal confirmed the guilty verdict and $60 million award in a damages hearing Jan. 11, but narrowed the scope of the injunction blocking A10 from selling products based on infringed technology.
In January, A10 declared itself unaffected by the judgment and announced it had already developed new software for its AX Series products that does not infringe on Brocade patents.
"We are our industry's leading innovator, and this ruling will not affect our customers, our partners, or our progress," said A10 CEO Lee Chen in a company press release.
Brocade's original suit accused A10 of anti-competitive practices via product development that was unnaturally fast because it was based on technology patented by someone else.
A10, citing the upcoming trial over damage awards, its intention to appeal the verdict and effort to rewrite the offending code, asked the court to delay enforcement of the permanent injunction.
Tuesday, the court said "no."
In response, A10 announced it would soon ship versions of its AX that comply with the injunction and do not infringe on Brocade patents. The ruling also doesn't affect customers who had purchased A10 products before the injunction.
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He went back to Vietnam in 1969 for a year as CSM of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). His next assignment involving aviation projects was at Fort Hood, TX, where he served as CSM of the III Corps. When he returned in 1975, Kennedy was CSM of the Fifth Army with headquarters at Fort Sheridan. In that position, many reserve aviation units were under his supervision.
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Transporter 3 (US - BD)
Gabe Powers takes out the Euro-trash with super tough guy Jason Statham...
Frank Martin, transporter of persons and objects of interest, is back on the job, even though he would really rather be fishing (his other car is a fishing boat). Frank once again finds himself tied up in a quagmire of a transport, this time with a neat little bracelet that will blow him up if he gets more than one hundred yards away from his car. Next to him is a Ukrainian girl with similar jewellery, and a very skimpy skirt, and out the window are bad guys gunning for his hide. You know, the usual.
The worst thing that happened to the Transporter series was other movies that pushed over-the-top action into the full-on R rated realm. The Bourne series was an answer to the increasingly unrealistic Bond series, then the Transporter series was the answer to how unrealistic the Bond movies could become. 007 went the Bourne rout, which left the Transporter films to fill the ridiculous spy-type-man slot. The second film in the series did not disappoint with its medically impossible plot points, and one of the funniest bomb removal scenes in recent history, but even in its 'unrated' form the film wasn't exactly hard R material.
Then came Running Scared, Shoot 'Em Up, and most importantly Crank, which stared The Transporter's leading man, Jason Statham. These films were every bit as preposterous as the Transporter series, and feature the extra added fun of full frontal nudity, graphic bloodshed, and some very naughty language. Without going the distance and taking the R rating, Transporter 3 enters the race minus a leg, and things don't really get better from there.
With the director of parts one and two, Louis Leterrier, chasing the Incredible Hulk across South America, producer/writer Luc Besson has gone to another 'exciting young director'—Olivier Megaton, who directed the equally middling Asia Argento vehicle Red Siren. Megatron, I'm sorry, Megaton, has a good handle on the look of the film, and the ins and outs of action (he cuts quick, but not too quickly, and he has a good understanding of geography), but his dramatic scenes cannot overcome Besson's repetitive script. This time the over-the-toppitude has been cranked down a hair as well. The car chases and fight scenes are appropriately intense, but don't cross the line into pure insanity save two very unrealistic moments, one where Frank gets his car on two wheels to get between two semi trucks, and another which would constitute a pretty big spoiler.
But beyond repetitive scripts that make absolutely no sense, and middling action set-ups, my biggest disappointment concerns what I see as an unfortunate character change. The most interesting thing about the Transporter series has nothing to do with over-the-top action, and everything to do with its implications of the main character's sexual orientation. The first film features several overtly homoerotic action scenes, and the second film features direct dialogue hints at the fact that Frank Martin may be gay. The fact that these hints weren't entirely overt was what made the possibility so interesting, as one would assume a mainstream gay action hero would flaunt his homosexuality. Unfortunately, the closest we get this time around to an oiled up and slippery man on man fight is an amusing bit where Statham uses his clothing to fight off attackers, effectively doing a kung-fu strip show, which he's later forced to recreate. This scene is just as much for the straight ladies as it is for the gay men.
Minor spoilers follow.
Unfortunately, for episode three, the Besson and company write the gay right out of the character. Frank hooks up with Valentina, then holds her gently as she pours her heart out too him. The hook-up comes after a whole lot of coaxing (she even accuses him of being 'the gay'), but it's still a disappointing development, especially considering how annoying Valentina is as a character (sure, she's super hot, but Frank's gotta meet super hot girls that aren't annoying all the time). Beyond my accusations of sexual orientation, which are backed up to some degree by other critics, and the director of the previous films, the love story angle sort of neuters the character, and makes him even more of a cheap James Bond knock-off. Even if Frank wasn't actually gay, just chaste, this character turn makes him a more boring character, and that much more interchangeable with Statham's other characters.
Stylistically Transporter 3 sits somewhere between the super slick first film, and the super stylized second film. The look is unmistakably modern, including high contrast, and duelling super-saturated and unsaturated colour schemes. This 1080p hi-def transfer is clear of any obvious errors, save a few unavoidable colour inconsistencies in lower lighting. The saturated colours are solid without bleeding, and work well as highlights (such as Natalya Rudakova's bright orange hair and freckles, which stand out harshly against her pale skin). The details are very sharp, from close-up facial details and hair, to wider shots of asphalt roads and rolling ocean waves. Black and white levels are pushed to the perfect extremes, but aren't so contrasting that things appear unrealistic or over-stylized. The print is pretty much spotless concerning artefacts (which are pretty obvious on the DVD release, especially during Valentina's red flashback), and is even clear of heavy grain.
Transporter 3 runs on a high octane 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track, with full bodied effects, lots of directional play, and generally high, if not a little exaggerated, fidelity. The dialogue is centred and clear, even over the loud music and sound effects. The unmotivated and over-revved sound effects are all whippy and zippy, with sturdy LFE, and enough surround style to make audiophiles happy. The film's score matches the scores of the pervious film, in that the same composer wrote it, but different in its scope. It sounds more like a Jerry Bruckheimer movie than a Luc Besson movie. Strangely too, the score audio rarely enters the centre channel. The pop and dance tracks are well placed in the mix, and very aggressive on the track (I had to turn down the bass, myself). There's even some clever use of volume control when it's revealed that the dance track during the big car chase is actually coming out of Frank's stereo, and is turned down when he has to make a phone call. There was one split second of audio drop out at about the forty-two minute mark on my disc, but otherwise this was an error free track.
A commentary with director Oliver Megaton starts our average extras. Megaton has a thick French accent, but is generally understandable. He runs through the usual pre-production woes (apparently the writers' and actors' strikes had an effect on things), the process of following up Leterrier's films, trying to make the film stand on its own, shooting action, and so on and so forth. Megaton's attention is very linear, and though pretty technical, the track runs like a good story. Not surprisingly Megaton doesn't cover the gay angle, and is all but entirely silent during the strip tease and sex scenes.
'Special Delivery: Transporters in the Real World' is a mixed discussion with law enforcement types, who explain the reality of such a character in our world, including Secret Service type movement, and military stuff. There are scenes from the film thrown in the mix, but the piece isn't an EPK, which is a nice change of pace for these less inspired Lionsgate extras. The featurette runs a total of fourteen minutes, and is followed by a more traditional making-of featurette, which runs about sixteen minutes. This is a little more in-depth than I initially expected, including raw footage of early pre-production, including training and storyboards, but overall things come down to more hype machine interviews, and exciting footage from the film.
The disc is wrapped up with a three minute storyboard to screen comparison, with commentary from Megaton, a two and a half minute before and after visual effects glance, also with Megaton commentary, a two minute look at the set construction, again, with Megaton commentary, and the original theatrical trailer, along with other Lionsgate new release trailers.
Transporter 3 looks really nice, director Oliver Megaton has a slick style, and a good handle on understandable action. The action itself isn't as much fun as the entirely ridiculous action found in the second film, and more importantly it pales in comparison to recent R rated action like Shoot 'Em Up and Crank. The plot is no better or worse than the rest of the films in the series, meaning it will insult your intelligence, but this isn't really a problem. Most sadly the main character has been de-gayed for this outing. The disc follows the Lionsgate major release model, featuring top end A/V, but relatively dry and minimal extras.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Disc Details
Release Date: 10th March 2009
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English, DTS 5.1 French
Subtitles: English SDH and Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, 'Special Delivery: Transporters in the Real World', Storyboards, Production Design, Special FX, 'Making-of Trasnporter 3', MoLog, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Oliver Megaton
Cast: Jason Statham, Robert Knepper, Katia Tchenko, Natalya Rudakova, François Berléand
Genre: Action
Length: 104 minutes
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NEW YORK (AP) Curtis Granderson and David Wright are expected to deliver big hits for the Mets. When they get one from Ruben Tejada, it's a bit of a surprise.
The punchless shortstop singled home the winning run with two outs in the 11th inning, Granderson hit a tying homer in the eighth and New York beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Monday night.
Wright went deep early, Travis d'Arnaud had an RBI double and Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched seven shutout innings for the Mets, who have won three of four on their 10-game homestand following a 1-6 road trip. They took the opener of a four-game series after losing all three to the NL East leaders at Turner Field last week.
''We needed it bad because it was very similar to the game in Atlanta we had a chance to win,'' manager Terry Collins said. ''So it's a big game for us to start the series with.''
New York nemesis Freddie Freeman had three hits and a walk for the Braves, who won nine in a row before Sunday's 3-1 loss to Arizona. Andrelton Simmons singled twice for his sixth straight multihit game.
Mike Minor allowed only two hits in seven innings on a 91-degree night, an encouraging outing for the Atlanta left-hander after he had a 5.21 ERA in his previous eight starts. He was in line for his first win since May 19 before Granderson connected off lefty Luis Avilan with two outs in the eighth to tie it at 3.
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez was ejected in the bottom of the ninth for arguing a call that was overturned on replay. After much discussion, Eric Campbell was ruled safe at second when replays showed Simmons came off the bag too soon as he took a throw and relayed to first.
The ''neighborhood play,'' as it's known, is not reviewable under instant replay rules. But after Collins came out to argue, the umpires determined it was the throw from third baseman Chris Johnson that pulled Simmons away from the bag.
''We reviewed the call because, in our judgment, we felt the throw took the fielder off the bag,'' crew chief Mike Everitt told a pool reporter. ''That was going to be reviewable.''
Gonzalez vehemently disagreed.
''It was one of the worst calls I've ever seen,'' he said. ''It's bad interpretation - whoever interpreted it.''
In the end, Shae Simmons pitched out of the jam for Atlanta.
''They got lucky that we didn't lose the game there,'' Gonzalez said.
Juan Lagares doubled off Anthony Varvaro (3-2) with one out in the 11th, and Lucas Duda was intentionally walked before Lagares went to third on d'Arnaud's long fly to center.
Tejada lined the next pitch up the middle and tossed his helmet aside after rounding first. His jubilant teammates chased him down to celebrate in shallow center field.
''Feels pretty good,'' Tejada said.''Stayed positive, keep working.''
Carlos Torres (4-4) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. He has a bruised right hand after deflecting a line drive in the 11th, but X-rays were negative, the Mets said.
Matsuzaka was lifted after 100 pitches, a move that backfired on Collins when Atlanta rallied for three runs with two outs in the eighth.
''I faced them last game, too, and I just know I didn't make the same mistakes,'' Matsuzaka said through a translator.
Freeman doubled off Vic Black with one out and scored from third when reliever Josh Edgin's first pitch sailed just over Jason Heyward's head. The ball kicked hard off the backstop and caromed up the third base line, allowing Freeman to come home easily on the wild pitch.
Heyward then singled to center, ending an impressive streak for Edgin. He had retired his first hitter in all 23 outings - a club record to start a season.
Collins went to closer Jenrry Mejia, and Johnson doubled off the top of the center-field fence to tie it 2-all. After an intentional walk to Tommy La Stella, fellow rookie Christian Bethancourt punched a go-ahead single to right.
New York's improving bullpen had a 1.97 ERA in the previous 21 games.
''I thought we had it set up perfectly,'' Collins said. ''I said, `We can't lose another game like this to these guys.' So I thought it was really big late in the game.''
NOTES: Freeman batted .407 with 18 RBIs in his previous 15 games against the Mets. ... Mets RHP Dillon Gee (strained right lat) will be limited to 90-95 pitches when he comes off the disabled list Wednesday night, Collins said. Gee will start in place of LHP Jonathon Niese, put on the 15-day DL last weekend with a left shoulder strain. ... Collins and GM Sandy Alderson called 2B Daniel Murphy into the office Sunday to tell him he made the All-Star team. ''He thought he got traded,'' Collins said, drawing chuckles. ... New York wore camouflage caps and jerseys as part of its Military Mondays theme.


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Scan the notes in the original entry for more dumpling making tips, I've outlined 4 or 5 important ones there. Also, the instructions here are for steaming the dumplings, but I also had success pan-frying them in just enough olive oil to cover the bottom of the skillet. Cover and cook in a single layer until the bottoms are deeply golden, flip using a metal spatula, cover and cook until the other side is browned.
2 cups (about 10 ounces) cups peas (freshly shelled or frozen)
2/3 cup ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil
scant 1/2 tea spoon fine grain sea salt
1 small shallot, minced
1/3 cup grated Parmesan
zest of one large lemon
1 package of wonton wrappers, or round wrappers
special equipment: bamboo steamer (or see head notes for alternative cooking method)
Bring a medium saucepan of water to a boil. Salt the water (as you would pasta water) and add the peas. Cook until bright green in color and puffy, about a minute if the peas were frozen, less if you started with fresh ones.
Drain the peas and run under cold water for one minute to stop the cooking.
With a food processor (or hand blender) blend the peas, ricotta cheese, olive oil, and salt into a puree. I like a bit of texture, so I don't go too far. Return the mixture to a big bowl and stir in the shallots, Parmesan, and lemon zest. Taste. Add more salt if needed.
Fill the dumplings using an assembly line technique - a dozen at a time (for the most part following the instructions on the wrapper packaging). Place twelve wrappers out on the counter, drop a very scant teaspoon of filling onto each wrapper, rub the perimeter of each wrapper with a wet finger seal, fold (most packages have diagrams), and set aside on a plate. Do the next dozen and repeat until all the filling is used up.
Set up your steamer, rub each dumpling with a bit of olive oil, arrange the dumplings in a single layer (being careful not to overlap), and steam for about three minutes - until the dumplings are tender and transluscent. Sprinkle with a touch of salt and enjoy.
Makes about 4 dozen dumplings.
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