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Valdosta - Women fighting overseas are about to get a special delivery from a Valdosta salon.
The Ladies on the line campaign, started at Between Friends Salon, has been raising money and collecting hair care and beauty products for a month to send to deployed military women.
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So far, they've collected thousands of dollars in products to be shipped out. "I will be dropped off tomorrow morning to be shipped off to our overseas locations to the addresses that we picked up scattered all over the middle east. I'm sure we are going to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Africa," says Jessica Piper, Ladies on the Line founder.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Charles Grant, a starting defensive end for most of the Saints' first Super Bowl championship season, will be released by the only team for which he has played during his eight-year NFL career.
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Loomis also announced that the Saints had released backup offensive lineman Jamar Nesbit and linebacker Mark Simoneau. The latter has missed the past two seasons because of injuries.
Grant, 31, was drafted out of Georgia in 2002, one of New Orleans' two first-round choices that year. He's eighth on the Saints' career sacks list with 47 and has started 106 games. He also has one interception, 14 forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries.
Grant started all 16 regular-season games in 2009 and was credited with 53 tackles and 5.5 sacks. However, he tore his triceps during the regular-season finale -- a game with no playoff implications -- then sat out the playoffs as the Saints advanced and won their first Super Bowl.
It marked the second consecutive season in which Grant had ended up on injured reserve for a torn triceps.
Grant would have been due about $4 million in base salary for the 2010 season. Also still looming is the four-game suspension he received in 2008 for testing positive for the banned diuretic bumetanide. That suspension has yet to be enforced because an appeal in Minnesota state court involving Vikings players Kevin Williams and Pat Williams, who aren't related.
Bumetanide is banned because it can be used to mask steroid use.
In between the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Grant was stabbed in the neck during a melee outside a bar in Blakely, Ga., during which a 23-year-old pregnant woman was fatally shot.
Releasing Grant could make the Saints a player in the free-agent market for another defensive end. During the playoffs, Will Smith and Bobby McCray were the Saints' starting defensive ends.
Simoneau spent four seasons with the Saints, starting 30 of 32 games in which he played. During the 2006 and 2007 seasons, he made 170 tackles with three sacks and one interception. A back injury sidelined the veteran for 2008, and a torn triceps during training camp ended his 2009 season.
Nesbit, an 11-year veteran, joined the Saints as a free agent in 2004 and started 35 consecutive regular-season games at left guard from 2006 to 2008, plus two playoff games after the 2006 season. He lost his starting job to Carl Nicks in 2008 when he chose to serve a four-game suspension for the same bumetanide-related violation that Grant, Smith and since-retired running back Deuce McAllister all appealed.
Nesbit, 33, played in 13 games this past season, mostly on special teams.
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I agree with every word Ann and I do get tired of Republicans (Jindhal, J. Bush and the "conservative" pundits) eating their own. Romney was not the problem and I think he ran a hell of a campaign he can be proud of. The Republicans hoping for 2016 who keep talking about him the way they are (when there are so many other problems to address in this country) will not have my support!!


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Overview of FLO Technology Optimized Mobile Multicast SolutionSeptember 30, 2005
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To address the challenges of delivering mobile multimedia simultaneously to millions of wireless consumers in a cost effective way, QUALCOMM developed a new multicasting technology, known as Forward Link Only (FLO) technology. FLO technology is base on OFDM and designed from the ground up for mobility applications to meet demands for wireless multimedia services. In this talk, we first describe the motivation of developing a new technology to satisfy the requirements for multimedia multicasting for mobiles. MediaFLO system and its physical layer, i.e., FLO technology, are then introduced. The designs of FLO technology are described in detail to show how it meets such requirements.
Fuyun Ling received his B. S. degree from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1968, and his MS and Ph. D. degrees from Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., USA, in 1981 and 1984 respectively. From 1984 to 1998, he was with Motorola Inc. working on research and development of various wireline and wireless communication technologies and products. In 1998, he joined Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, California, as a Vice President of Technology and worked on research and development of new wireless communication technologies. Since 2003, he has been working on MediaFLO project and is currently responsible for FLO PHY Layer specification and development. Throughout his career, Dr. Ling has been working on digital communications and digital signal processing and their application to wireless and wireline communications. He holds over 50 US Patents with a number of other patent applications pending. He has also published over 70 papers and two books all in his technical areas. He is an Adjunct Professor of Tsinghua University and a Fellow of IEEE.


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Economic Student,
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How we can fight the corruption in developing nations?
In most of this nation, corruption have an economic and social dimension. What we can do for decrease the corruption. Mr. Mather have an interesting solution. What do you think?
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Oct 23 2013: I think we need to stop asking our government and big businesses to stop being corrupt... You can't expect the people who benefit from the system to change it, the only ones who follow laws and count money are not govt officials or big business owners, but the people.
So we need to stop abiding by certain laws, we should stop using money, stop supporting big businesses and governments with our labor and consumption.
We sit here and we think we need money, government, and companies, but no its the money, government and corporations that need us. Stop making yourself available. Become more self sufficient and build a system of interdependence among yourselves. It can be that simple. But we have to all agree to do it, even if in our own way
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It was a dark and stormy night. In fact it had been a dark and stormy day. My name's Craig and I work out of the 99th precinct. But tonight I was on a caper of my own. It was raining (did I mention it was a dark and stormy night?), So I pulled my trench coat around me …
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Slink around, shuffling your feet and bobbing your neck like the lazy retard you are. - Walk down the middle of the street because you don\'t know what a sidewalk is for. - Hang out at carwashes and mini-marts because everybody knows these are the best places to be a dope, I mean dope. - If you\'re a nigger bitch, shit three nigger babies into the world before 17 years of age. This assures that welfare money will support you, so your nigger men have more time to commit crimes. Oh yes, make sure each nigger baby has a different father. - Bastardize the English language in the name of nigger culture. Make sure that several terms have multiple meanings and others have ambiguous meanings and that only 50% of nigger words are even complete words. Real niggers will know what you\'re trying to say. - As a culture, make sure there are always more bucks in prison than in college at any given time. - Hang out in packs of 10 to 15 and make sure everyone acts as annoying as possible. This helps to promote nigger individuality. - Always talk loud enough so everyone in the \'hood\' can fucking hear you, and if they are niggers, they will know what your saying, bro. - Wear clothes that are 10 sizes too big, making sure the pants hang off your ass. Also huge pants facilitate stealing (let me translate that it be easier to lift dat \'box at the Kmart, homes). If you have to hold them up while you walk, it only looks badder. - Park at least 5 junk cars in your yard while being careful not to use the driveway. It\'s OK to abandon them in the street as long as it\'s in front of someone else\'s crib. - Exaggerate every motion, every tonal inflection and grab your dick a lot. - Have red carpet, blue walls, brass and overstuffed furnishings (all rented), purple bathrooms and keep all windows covered so that no light can enter and no cops can see in while you... - Do drugs, sell drugs, make drugs. - Turn your backyard into a junk yard. If you don\'t have a backyard, turn your mother\'s into a junk yard. Eliminate every blade of grass. - Travel around leaching off relatives, friends, salvation armies. Abandon your children with them also. - Smack your kids and yell at them a lot. Make them feel less than human and that they have no future, which they don\'t because they\'re niggers like you. - Drink cheap wine and malt liquor every day, forgetting that malt liquor is just fortified cheap beer. - If you\'re a nigger buck fuck anything that moves, no matter how ugly she is. After two eight-balls, even the ugliest, fattest nigger bitch will look good. - Be charitable and covet fat, ugly white chicks. After all, they\'re niggers too. They can\'t help being so undesirable to white men that they have to fraternize with black dudes on a 2020 trip. And white ho\'s are a special trophy too, especially the not so ugly ones. - Spray paint everything in sight with scribbles that mean nothing to White people but mean things to fellow niggers (except niggers from another hood who will probably try to kill you for tresspassing on their turf) - Use the term motherfucker in every sentence. It\'s one of the most versatile words in the nigger language, being a noun, verb, adjective and complete mini-sentence in event you run out of thoughts. - Stop in the middle of the street, blocking all traffic to converse with fellow niggers and have complete disregard for everyone else. - Delay everybody at the checkouts while you and 3 other dudes fumble around for the $1.42 for the bottle of Magnum. - Clog isles at Kmart with strollers, bastard kids and your fat selves. If you\'re a cashier, never look at or be cordial to a customer and always talk to other niggers while you ring up the customer. - Overcharge customers at Taco Bell and pocket the difference. - Drive your car while slouched so low that you can barely see over the wheel (gangsta drivin\'). - Get a job under affirmative action. Then sit around all day pretending that you earned the position and that the other co-workers respect you. Whenever you fuck up, scream racism! & hope you get enough Generation X liberals in the jury. - Never, I mean NEVER, take any responsibility for your actions. Always blame others including Asians, Latinos, Mexicans, and especially Whites for your sorry ass stupid lives. - Advertise your nation (gang) with a bewildering array of colors that mean nothing to any one but other nig\'s. Oh yes, if another nig violates your nation i.e. garbage strewn empty lots and burned out tenements, shoot their ass. - Look for identity in murderous criminal gangs when you can\'t find it in broken nigger homes because your mother was a 15 year old cokewhore and your father is in jail doing 5 to 15 for pistol whipping a mini-mart cashier. - Be all concerned with eastwest connections, cellular phones, beepers, drive by\'s and other trivial bullshit that Whites will never understand anything about (what\'s to understand) - Lament ghetto gang life while at the same time... - Listen to rap music, which glorifies gangsta life, crime, drugs, murder, early death, oppression of women. Rip off other legit music to fabricate rap music which probably takes an engineering degree to write (because of the technical know-how to operate the machines) while not requiring any music talent at all. Then get some young criminal scum to perform it, after changing his name to something stupid like Snoopy Dog. Spell the name of the group with phonetics and use a number in it because nig\'s really like that. At least rap is an opportunity, e.g. for young black criminals to further their criminal careers. Rap needs only four things to be successful a producer, a promoter, a front-man flunky, and MTV to shove it down our throats. Be sure to say absolutely nothing important during the 5 pages of dialogue in a given rap joint other than look at how much of a nigger I can be. Then roll a joint in the joint and think about the joint while stylin\' to the joint. - Show other lame-ass races the black race is unique by having a culturelifestyle that results in diseasespovertybirth rates for blacks consistently rising while it falls for the others. - Fear and loathing of dogs is set in the genes for nig\'s. Of course bigotry against blacks is set into the genes of dogs. So be sure to get a dog, tie it up in the cold and mud and neglect it until it dies. Then start all over again. - Always have ten excuses involving hospitals for why you can\'t pay your bill. When or if you finally settle up, pull out a big wad of bills out of the welfare check to do it. Cash must be used because you long ago fucked up your credit and checking account. - Cram 5 generations into a two room government apartment and still be able to neglect your kids. - Die young. The #1 cause of death for nigger males between 15 and 30 is murder.


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I talked Hawks today with CineSport's Noah Coslov. No news so far on the free-agent front. Check back tomorrow for a report from the first day of workouts at Philips.
Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
November 30th, 2011
5:29 pm
Can't wait to see what will happen in the upcoming weeks!
November 30th, 2011
5:31 pm
Sorry Grandad,
But you even admit on your little fable that you had to KO me with a dirty trick
Al – Laimbeer…
umm… common points:
Face up scorers
Both play C
Adequate/above average rebounders
nothing else!
Laimbeer was DIRTY and DID ANYTHING, WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE MEANS, IN ORDER TO WIN.
You had to insure your nose, your teeth, your collarbone, your b@alls before you even considered going into the lane with Laimbeer down low.
Laimbeer was the most hated and one of the most feared players in the league.
Al is too nice, too soft… there is no comparison.
If Al played in the 80's, he would refuse to play against Laimbeer. Heck, Dwight Howard would too, even though he is one of the dirtiest players right now.
You must have a man-crush for Al.
November 30th, 2011
5:33 pm
Just Joe,
The Celts are only dumping Rondo IF THEY GET PAUL.
So, your "plan" does not work starting with its point 1.
November 30th, 2011
5:40 pm
From the last blog:
Vava74, and Rod from CP,
Both of y'all are using revisionist history regarding Al and Kurt Thomas. Yes, I saw what you did. Al did get punked ON A FEW TRIPS, but overall, he played very near his season stats for that series. He actually rebounded at a higher rate (9.8 to 9.3 for the season), and had more blocked shots (2.1 vs. 1.04 reg. season), so to say that Thomas "punked him" is hardly the case. His scoring was BAD in games 3 and 4 (where Thomas indeed pushed him off his spots), but for the entire series he scored 14.5 / gm which was just slightly less than his season avg. of 15.3.
And Rod, somehow you don't remember ANY of the 15 blocks that Al had during the series? None?
Selective memory I guess.
Anyway, just trying to keep it real. Al would tell you he didn't play his best, but to say in a blanket statement that Al got "punked" for the series is a big stretch. A few trips, ok, but look at the stats, and it'll tell you differently.
My two cents.
November 30th, 2011
5:48 pm
I received this week's SI today. NBA preview issue. Typical Hawks preview. Talk about how team never makes it past the 2nd round, etc. They make re-signing Jamal sound urgent to the Hawks. Just don't see that. I like Jamal, but he was not as good last year as he was 2009-2010 season. Plus, he just commands too much jack.
I cannot wait until December 9. Watching the free agents fly off the market and trying to anticipate who the Hawks will grab will be fun. I loved the two week free agent period the NFL had this year (I actually think the NFL should do that every year). The NBA's will be even better.
Schedule gets announced on Friday, right? I read that on Twitter from one of the many NBA writers I follow.
November 30th, 2011
5:54 pm
i don't care what the C's turn around and do with Teague, Hinrich, and the pick. If they want add another pick, S&T Jeff Green, S&T Big Baby, Avery Bradley, and/or Marshon Brooks and go after CP3, then that's their business.
November 30th, 2011
6:03 pm
Please name me another All Star in the NBA that would not be critisized if they did not hit their season average in the playoffs, and their shooting percentage dropped tremedously.. I also happened to be sitting very close to the floor during the Milwakee series, actually harassing Kurt Thomas for all of those home playoff games, and lets just say that saying he got punked is the nice way of saying it. If there is any way to go back and look at those games, please watch how Kurt Thomas was always talking to someone whenever he was standing on the on the free throw line. Let's just say that him calling Al soft was a nice way to put it. It starts with a P. I know you are a little older, but if you punk someone on the basketball court today, it means you get in their head, keep them from doing what they do well, take their heart, have them looking like a deer in headlights, and trust me when I tell you, Kurt Thomas did that. So, no me saying that he got punked was not a stretch, and Dwight Howard has punked him as well. He wants nothing to do with Dwight anymore. Early in his career he would at least try to defend him, now we will use Josh before we use Al (LOL). After all of this, I still like Al, and his game, but I have to call a spade, a spade. Al is an All Star, and should be improving his game in the playoffs, not playing worse. See Zach Randolph.
November 30th, 2011
6:18 pm
This was very informative. NOT
November 30th, 2011
6:28 pm
vava & Mary Ellen
My Laimbeer point;
-clearly- at least I thought ? ? ?,
was to point out his face up shooting from 12 – 18 ft.
Mary Ellen had responded to that point from a previous post !
At this time, I'm making that clear !
They play Center & they are very good face up shooters;
which is their strngth,
my point being play to your strength [offensively].
I f – I' m – n o t – m a k i n g – m y s e l f – c l e a r – I' l l,
s p e a k – e v e n – s l o w e r.
That last part was for vava 'cause I'm scared of the Black Momba (sic)
November 30th, 2011
6:28 pm
You sounded slightly impressed with the Hawks performance in the playoffs…..Was I hearing thing correctly?
November 30th, 2011
6:36 pm
For those that critisize Josh for his defense, please see the picture above. That does not look like a weakside block to me. Please notice who he was checking. For all the heat he takes on this blog, and in the media, I can truly say, that I have never seen a better shot blocker at 6-8 or 6-9 in my life (maybe Dr. J, but I was young then) than Josh Smith. I really think some of you forget how many shots he blocked, changed, or disrupted in the early part of his career. I have literally seen Josh Smith totally shut down Pau Gasol, when he played for Memphis early in his career, and have many teams scared to come in the paint similar to what Dikembe did when he was here. When some say that all he does is get weakside blocks, you really have no idea how big a block is in the realm of basketball, and how difficult it is, and how rare it is. The guy is already # 53 all time in the history of the NBA in blocks, and nobody his size 6-8, 6-9 is above him except Dr. J. All of the other guys are mostly centers. and true power forwards. He is only 38 blocks behind Dwight Howard for his career.
Does he make bonehead decisions? Should he stop shooting 3's? Should he stop complaining to Refs? Yes. But some of you who make these ignorant comments, that Al is a better all around defender, and Marvin is a better defender (LOL), need to really think about what you are typing before you type. Marvin or Horford don't have the versatlity to be able to guard from the 2 to the 5 that Josh does, neither guy poses any threat from stopping you at the rim, they can't steal the ball like Josh can, and they don't intimidate anyone that they are guarding. Please think before you type. If you have the ability to hate, you also have the ability to give credit. If I could find something the give Marvin credit for, other than the 4 to 5 games a year, that he plays good in, I would.
November 30th, 2011
6:36 pm
good way to beat around the bush..
November 30th, 2011
6:38 pm
"Please name me another All Star in the NBA that would not be critisized if they did not hit their season average in the playoffs, and their shooting percentage dropped tremedously"
Don't get me wrong. I don't think he's above criticism whatsoever. But now we're talking about last season (where his % dropped from .557 to .423).
And I was wrong when I posted 15.3 as his scoring avg. That was for last year. In 09-10 he averaged 14.2 during the season, so he actually DID raise his avg.in the MIL series, though not by much.
And you may remember that I was as critical of him last postseason as anyone on the blog, save Vava.
But in 09-10 his % only dropped slightly, and he rebounded and blocked shots at a higher rate than the season, so yes, despite your description of Thomas being "in his head", he STILL manged to be productive (unlike last postseason). THAT was my point. Punked or not, he was productive in that MIL series. If he had at least played that way against CHI, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Oh, and by the way, Al's blocked shots avg. and total in the 09-10 postseason was exactly the same as Josh (1.7 / gm – 19 BS in 11 games for both).
Rod, I totally agree with your last statement, that he should be raising his game come playoff time.
Let's hope he has another chance in the spring.
November 30th, 2011
6:41 pm
Let me preview what the FA period will be like for the Hawks…
And the Hawks sign…………………..nobody worth the name.
It happens every year. We end up speculating about all these names. We need bigs, we need wing-players, and then we end up watching all the guys who could potentially help this club get snatched up and we end up opting for the bottom of the barrel players.
November 30th, 2011
6:44 pm
I feel the Hawks should attempt to unload Horford, before teams really found out how limited his game is. Other than his mid range jumper, what can you really say is improving for Horford? As a rookie contract player, Horford is a great bargain. But as a $12 mil a season player, Al will soon become an overpaid, undersized C, but unathletic PF. He's an all NBA player right now, so move him now! If a deal of Al and Kirk's expiring contract brought a super star, than make the deal happen now!
November 30th, 2011
6:50 pm
If Al played in the Western conference, his talents would not be AllStar material…He would not even be mention in the same breath as a candidate…
Aldridge is 2x> than Allstar Al "leave the rim uncheck for layups by point guards" and he did not make the Western Allstar team………………………..
November 30th, 2011
6:53 pm
DeAndre Jordan! DeAndre Jordan! Get him in here asap!
November 30th, 2011
6:53 pm
Ahh…I love it! I have no doubt the Lockout is over now! Blog members are back to ripping Josh (I do this all the time), Al (really?), and nameless free agents the Hawks have not even signed, yet.
Let the games begin!
November 30th, 2011
6:54 pm
FIRE RICK SUND! A mediocre GM for 31+ years! Blah Blah Blah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 30th, 2011
6:57 pm
I guess maybe I see Al for what he HAS rather than what he lacks. Lots of intangibles. I personally think that last year's playoffs were an aberration, but we'll see soon I guess.
That said, if we could get D12 for a package including Al, I'm all in.
But if he starts the season the way he ended last year, his value WILL certainly drop.
November 30th, 2011
7:00 pm
ALL NBA AL is the most overrated Eastern Conference Allstar by a long shot!
Get rid of da bum while he still has tremendous value…
November 30th, 2011
7:01 pm
Excellent post, Rod from CP.
It further reinforces the fact you are one of the best posters on here. I will try get that tape.
I remember someone yelled at Kurt Thomas "KEEP SHOOTING!", he hit a shot, then looked at the guy and said "I will!"
Something like that
November 30th, 2011
7:01 pm
There's a strong chance Horford makes the All Star team as a center again and Joe DOES NOT make it. Deron and Melo are now in the East, people…
November 30th, 2011
7:03 pm
Rod, did Horf say anything back to Kurt? Prob not
November 30th, 2011
7:04 pm
nate robinson will be bought out by okc and be free agent chance to replace jamal
November 30th, 2011
7:06 pm
Pretty Boy wants to play PF? A freaking Joke of this decade!
November 30th, 2011
7:08 pm
Don't get me wrong, Al is solid. But if Josh or his dad starting saying things in the media like I should be playing power forward, you would never hear the end of it. I think Ra'mon said it best. Al was a great player on a rookie contract, but 12 mil a year for a guy who is a all star player in the regular season, and then does not step up his game in the playoffs, and has zero post moves as a PF or C is a bit steep. Knowing the hard worker that he is, hopefully he has been working on that this offseason. Maybe he will improve his post game like he did hid jump shot. I hope so.
November 30th, 2011
7:11 pm
grandad horford and laimbeer similar players but laimbeer and those pitons teams brutalized people physically horford has never played like laimbeer defensively defense is all about effort and laimbeer intimidated people horford not that type of player one thing have said probem is coaching roles are not defined on this team with ld i dont love woodson but they played and horford much better defense under woodson. i also thin chis p choices will be ny, la, atl,orl.
November 30th, 2011
7:13 pm
mc do u know how much hawks will be under the cap at end of this season
November 30th, 2011
7:17 pm
Grandmaster JeJe,
"Rod, did Horf say anything back to Kurt? Prob not"
No. He just had that deer in the headlights look. That what started to change my opinion on him a little bit. Made me keep an eye on him. He has become a much nicer Al, and a much better jump shooter since then.
November 30th, 2011
7:18 pm
@Wabe. Yea that's how it will probably go too. The Hawks will get some guy past his prime or a guy who was never any good and try to spin it as a guy with big game experience as if the Hawks fans dont know any better. There will be some guys available who can really help this team but I dont see this front office spending the money to get them.
November 30th, 2011
7:22 pm
hawks fans who would u rather have at pf reggie evans or horford?also big problem look it up nba winners have always had a post player hawks have no one maybe jj maybe hawks best postup player and that is sad. big reason why horford and smith take jumpshots they need to be directed to keep themselves inside the paint for rebounds and putbacks. why cant horford become a player like antonio davis was for the pacers?
November 30th, 2011
7:22 pm
By the way, Kurt Thomas is one of the best S@&# talkers I have heard. I have heard Jordan, Nick van Exel, Reggie Miller and Kobe, but they were very arogant with it. Kurt Thomas really has fun with it, and plays to the crowd. He made those playoff games fun taliking stuff to the crowd.
November 30th, 2011
7:30 pm
The Unsellables!
Astro Joe, I'm about as sick as I can be about that Meruelo deal. I only got excited today, when I heard CP3 had Atlanta on his short list. That's what got me revved up!
I really hope The ASKG are looking for a buyer, but I heard they pulled that last deal off the table. Any idea why they did that? I was pinning it on Stern this morning, but I can't find any leaky threads on what happened.
Did Alex just not have the money? If not, why did the investment people present hus offer and let it go to a press conference? What a tease! What a mess!
I'm just sick with these owners, I can only hope they spend some money while these two superstars are becoming available … Why not? They ain't got nothing better to do. Why wouldn't a new owner want a winner?
November 30th, 2011
7:34 pm
I dont think its a smart comparison Al vs Laimbeer. I mean really? Ok lets think about this rationally. If
Al faced Bill underneath the basket what would happen?… Al would go out to the perimeter and shoot from the small forward position.
End of story.
November 30th, 2011
7:35 pm
Man Crush;
-I Think Not-
I'm a retired Coach who still consults in Player Evaluation.
[somewhat smaller scale - but not much]
Let us get a few things straight:
I've criticized Josh, but qualified it with "always"(always){always}
saying I like Josh.
I've been Joe's biggest critic, yet I cannot remember stooping to
"Jr High" potty mouth desciptions of his play.
I've been harsh but tried to remain grown up in my critique.
[I'm sorry but "Diaper Al' is not gonna catch on]
If I've been low brow and boorish with Joe / I apologize.
(save for the occasional attempt at obvious humor)
Maybe that's what you are doing ?
I've been equally harsh with Marv …
however, he mostly just pisses me off and I get over it.
If I suggest a joe, Josh, or Marv trade – it does not mean that
I do not support them as long as they are Hawks.
recently I've been throwing Zaza's name out in trade scenarios;
however Zaza remains one of my favorite Hawks, and I would miss
the Big fella.
Your acrimony toward Al is to the point,
that I think you wish for him to fail.
I say to you right now – having been a critic of Joe-
I wish for him to succeed and for the Hawks to win.
I speak to nc because he and I have debated Joe in the past.
I am a Hawks fan covering their entire span in Atlanta, Ga.
Having coverted over from the Celtics in the mid 60's !
Go Hawks;
Al, Josh, Joe, Teaguer, Capt Kirk, Marv, Zaza, et al !!!!!
November 30th, 2011
7:37 pm
Hot Rod!
Hey Rod from CP! Wassup baby? Re: what you said:
"Maybe he will improve his post game like he did hid jump shot. I hope so."
O'Brien posted last season that Al said, he was gonna' work on his 3 point shot next! OMG! I hope he does work on his low post game offensively and defensively.
November 30th, 2011
7:51 pm
I pray he changed his mind. If he does that, we really will be an all jump shooting team, except for our point guard (Teague), that's if Drew decides to let him play this year. LOL
November 30th, 2011
7:54 pm
We Won!
The only thing I remember about those two Milwaukee series is that:
We WON!
Once with Woodson and once with Drew. What else is there to say?
November 30th, 2011
7:56 pm
* Once with Woodson in round 1 and the regular season with Drew.
November 30th, 2011
7:57 pm
Briggy (is that you Jerry?)
"why cant horford become a player like antonio davis was for the pacers?"
While I DID admire AD's game, to me Horford offers more, even at his measly last year's playoff numbers. Keep in mind that last year in the playoffs, Al FELL to .423% in FG%, which was abysmal compared to his season (.557%). Davis' career % is just .448, and he stayed closer to the basket for the most part than Al. Davis would have had better overall numbers had he not been mostly splitting time with Dale Davis. So his career MPG is only 28.9, lower than Al's 33.8. But the shooting % (which was one of Rod's salient points) is not affected by # of minutes, unless you are a bench scrub, which neither is / was.
Anyway, my take is that Al already IS a player like Davis. Better possibly. BUT, and Ramon is correct in this, is NOT currently worth $12M. He's got to step it up to be worthy of his contract. But I'd argue the same for Joe and Josh as well, perhaps to a lesser degree, since their playoff performances weren't as egregious as Al's.
November 30th, 2011
8:07 pm
No use to get excited about the free agency period. The Hawks will sign a player for the vet minimum. If your excited, disappointment awaits you in mid december.
November 30th, 2011
8:12 pm
Agreed.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Remember Sund is the GM right? Cant change a leopards spots….
November 30th, 2011
8:15 pm
sautee yes it is me but davis antonio and dale played much better defense than horford
November 30th, 2011
8:25 pm
Gear-On Up!
Of all the 8 feces throwing orangutans, aka: ASKG … I hope Gearon JR steps up his worth! He said on 680 The Fan last Summer that he would go into the luxury tax for the right player and then mentioned LeBron's name.
Oh yeah, Gear-On JR did get a "Stern Fine" for tampering. LOL! Here's my point: will ASKG still go into luxury tax territory for a Super Star like CP3? One can only hope.
Aye Sund! Give up 3 first rounders (they'll be in the teens anyway) if they're lottery picks? Yawl will mess those up anyway … Give it away!!!
On this team, CP3 would average 15-20 dimes per night.
November 30th, 2011
8:31 pm
Welp! I see the blog is back to normal, lol.
November 30th, 2011
8:31 pm
I think a better caparison for Al would be Manute Bol or Jon Koncak…No, Hes not a Bill Laimbeer.
November 30th, 2011
8:31 pm
Buddy Grizzard
May 25th, 2011
5:13 am
Al is actually our most attractive trade asset. You will never get value for Josh because he's so talented but there are too many questions about his attitude. Some writer with ESPN tweeted that teams low-balled the Hawks with offers for Josh when they dangled him for trades this year.
Meanwhile, All-NBA Al is a two-time All-Star with a value contract. He has zero character issues and is highly overrated. Best trade chip we have.
November 30th, 2011
8:46 pm
"davis antonio and dale played much better defense than horford"
I'll disagree, but it's close enough to say it's splitting hairs for me. There had to be SOME reason that the coaches gave Horford votes on the All-Defensive team (more than Josh!).
I'm astounded that the folks on the blog go SOOOOO overboard regarding his faults, but we live in a "what have you done for me lately" society, and his playoff performance deserved scorn. Which he certainly got from me.
I realize he sometimes looks AWFUL trying for a block near the basket, but his on body defense is actually very good. Or else all those coaches are seeing things. And I have to think that, though we are all Bball lovers here, and we DO have a smart group of posters, still the coaches are the ones who see this level of talent, effort, and awareness on a daily basis, and therefore have a better idea of who deserves awards. I also believe that coaches tend to reward players with a lot of "intangibles", and Al has that in spades.
November 30th, 2011
8:51 pm
If Bill Laimbeer had to play in today's NBA he would not be nearly as productive. He would foul out of every game by hafltime.


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Since 1996, the Hong Kong Film Archive has conducted over 200 oral history interviews. Last year we published Hong Kong Here I Come, the first title of our Monographs of Hong Kong Film Veterans series. From the remembrances of those filmmakers, we can see the countless ties between the cinemas of Hong Kong and China. Hong Kong cinema has always been as integral part of Chinese cinema, but, because of political and ideological reasons, Chinese film historians had often neglected Hong Kong. Such indifference enjoyed a reversal in recent years, when a new interest in Hong Kong films was found, with quite a number of books published on various aspects. Conversely, Hong Kong film critics had also been resistant to establishing ties to the grand historical traditions of China, working hard to formulate an independent local indigenous perspective. The retrospective section of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, though, had done a lot of work in this area throughout the years, such as Hong Kong Cinema Survey 1946-1968 (1979), A Comparative Study of Post-War Mandarin and Cantonese Cinema (1983), The China Factor in Hong Kong Cinema (1990) and Cinema of Two Cities: Hong Kong - Shanghai (1994).
An Age of Idealism, the second title of the series, continues the direction of the first. Through interviews with nine filmmakers, a portrait of the relationship between the two cinemas emerges. They are Lu Yuanliang, a pioneer in early sound films; Shu Shi, who was deported by the Hong Kong Government in the early 50s under dubious circumstances; Wei Wei, the graceful heroine hailed from the classic Spring in a Small Town (1948); actor, director and scriptwriter Bao Fong; Hisa Moon, dubbed as the 'Big Princess' of Great Wall Movie Enterprises Ltd; the renowned comedy actor-cum-director Hu Siao-fung; scriptwriter Chu Hak, who endured an up-and-down career; famed cinematographer Lo Kwan-hung; and Chu Hung, the hottest startlet of Feng Huang (Phoenix) Motion Picture Co. Each, for different reasons, joined the left-wing companies Great Wall and Feng Huang in the 50s and was thus labelled 'left-wing filmmakers'. Many in Hong Kong cringe at the mention of the word 'left'. But during the turbulent time, leftist beliefs represented hope for this group of filmmakers - for the future of China and of humankind. What does 'left' entail? How did these filmmakers realise the spirit of their times? How did they find their place between idealism and reality? After all the twists and turns, how do they regard their past? In their remembrances, abstract concepts become concrete. 'Leftist filmmakers' are in fact not fearsome political animals but regular people with ordinary emotions.
Of the three major left-wing companies, we are only dealing with Great Wall and Feng Huang in this volume. Because of space limitations, Sun Luen Film Company, which produced Cantonese films, had to wait. Efforts to conduct interviews with several important Great Wall and Feng Huang personalities such as Shek Hwei and her husband Fu Che fell through. The couple was jailed without trail by the Hong Kong Government in 1967 for their anti-British political activism. Zhu Shilin was the soul of Feng Huang, a figure frequently mentioned in other interviews. He passed away in 1967 but fortunately his daughter and son, Zhu Feng and Zhu Yan, published Zhu Shilin and Cinema in 1999, providing a lot of precious information that fills the void.1 Yuen Yang-an is a key figure of Great Wall's early years but left the company in 1957 to form Sun Sun Film Enterprises, Ltd. His role is nonetheless often neglected by literature on this period of history.2 Despite interviewing his wife Su Yansheng, daughter Mao Mei and eldest son-in-law George Shen, we find Shen's column, 'Filmdom Anecdotes', serialised in the Hong Kong Economic Journal in 1997, more informative and have thus decided to include the article in this volume.
From Yung Hwa to Great Wall
After World War II, the situation in China remained unstable. Shanghai filmmakers started pouring into Hong Kong. In 1947, Li Zuyong established Yung Hwa Motion Picture Industries Limited in Hong Kong with the help of veteran producer Zhang Shankun. The company's debut, The Soul of China (Bu Wancang, 1948), is an epic with a budget of over HK$1 million. It was followed by Sorrows of the Forbidden City (Zhu Shilin, 1948), another large-scale production that exemplifies Yung Hwa's lofty goals. At the same time, a group of left-wing filmmakers who came to Hong Kong for various reasons - historical, political or otherwise - split to form several companies with progressive intentions. These outfits worked closely with each other towards a shared ideal and they included Daguangming, Nanqun, Nanguo, Dajiang, and Minsheng.
By 1949, clashes of opinions between Li and Zhang resulted in Zhang going off on his own to establish Great Wall Pictures Corporation. As in his Yung Hwa days, Zhang ran things from behind the scene. Lu Yuanliang, who served as General Manager of the Clearwater Bay Studio in the 60s and had worked with Zhang in Shanghai and with Li and Zhang at Yung Hwa, offers a frank evaluation of both men in this interview here.3 Within a year and a half, Great Wall released a number of widely noticed films, including A Forgotten Woman (1949), Blood Will Tell (1949), The Haunted House (1949), Fury in Their Heart (1950), and A Strange Woman (1950). But by then, the situation in the Mainland had changed drastically. Market niche once claimed by Great Wall, now besieged by poor finances and personnel differences, suffered. The company also went through changes. Zhang left in 1950 and the company was reorganised as Great Wall Movie Enterprises Ltd. On this matter, Zhang's widow Tong Yuejuan and Yuen's family have very different views. Tong maintains that Zhang was kicked out because of political reasons, while the Yuens suggest that Zhang and Yuen went their separate ways because of money matters.4 The Chin Chin Screen, published in Shanghai in the 50s, has extensive coverage of Great Wall's reorganisation.5 According to the magazine, the restructured Great Wall, with financial support from shipping magnate Lü Jiankang, was headed by Yuen, who recruited Sima Wensen as his script adviser and was assisted by Ta Kung Pao manager Fei Yimin. The left-wing background of the new Great Wall was clearly established.
The Birth of Feng Huang
Over at Yung Hwa, with Zhang's departure, the company had lost its soul. It was further plagued by budgetary problems and a labour dispute. Some filmmakers, looking for a way out and driven by their progressive beliefs, formed 50th Year Motion Pictures, Inc. Shu Shi, in his interview, shares his memories with us regarding this development. 50th Year is different from Daguangming, Nanqun and Nanguo in that it was a co-operative enterprise, with its labour force serving as capital.6 In one year of existence, the company made two films, The Fiery Phoenix (scr: Sima Wensen; dir: Wang Weiyi, 1951) and Witch, Devil, Man (Gu Eryi, Bai Chen, Shu Shi, 1952), and the success it enjoyed likely provided inspiration for future co-operative ventures like Feng Huang and The Union Film Enterprise Ltd. However, like other small companies with progressive designs, 50th Year didn't last very long. Within a few years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, many filmmakers headed back north; many of those who stayed, like Cheng Bugao, Liu Qiong, Shu Shi, Li Lihua, Han Xiongfei, Hu Siao-fung, Bai Chen, Han Fei, joined the reorganised Great Wall or the newly formed Feng Huang.
The backbone of Feng Huang came mostly from Dragon-Horse (Loon-Ma) Films and 50th Year. Dragon-Horse was financed by businessman Wu Xingzai and run by director Fei Mu. Wu was an art lover and Peking opera enthusiast and his film involvement started in 1924, when he established Lily Film Company in Shanghai. He got along well with Fei Mu and supported the director in the opera films Murder in the Oratory (1937) and Remorse at Death (1948), the latter in colour and stars famed Peking opera performer Mei Lanfang. In 1947, he formed Wenhua Film Company, which produced several outstanding films, including Fei's Spring in a Small Town (1948). Wu came to Hong Kong in 1948 and formed Dragon-Horse in 1950. According to Wei Wei, the company was so named because Wu was born in the Year of the Dragon while Fei was born in the Year of the Horse.7 Fei died in 1951 of a heart attack and Wu left the company the next year, under circumstances yet to be revealed. Zhu Shilin stepped in, rallying existing Dragon-Horse employees to take over while preparing to form Feng Huang, which debuted in 1953 with Festival Moon. Unlike Great Wall, which was financed by a businessman, Feng Huang was a co-operative company that also received support from the Chinese Government.8
Influence of 30s Left-Wing Cinema
To understand the special position of left-wing cinema in Hong Kong, we have to travel back in time to the Shanghai of the 30s.
In 1930, an alliance of some 50 left-wing writers, including Lu Xun and Guo Moruo, was formed in Shanghai. Later, a film group was set up in the Communist Party, headed by Xia Yan. Scripts with progressive themes were offered to film companies and workers associated with left-wing theatre groups were introduced to the industry. Members also wrote in the print media to promote films with progressive intent. In the development of Chinese cinema, left-wing influence may warrant a more thorough evaluation than established wisdom, but its impact is indeed lasting, felt in Hong Kong even after the war.
Starting in 1933, with the entrance of left-wing writers into Mingxing Film Company, the practice of script committee was introduced. This process of working on scripts collectively was also adopted by 50th Year, Great Wall and Feng Huang. At Great Wall, a scriptwriter-director committee was established after the 1950 reorganisation. Committee members Ma Kwok-leung, Yue Feng, Li Pingqian, Liu Qiong, Gu Eryi and Tao Qin met to discuss scripts and casting.9 The names in this roster suggest that creative decisions were still in the hands of filmmakers, while organised political forces stayed behind the scene. It is exemplified by the fact that Sima Wensen, a bona fide leftist scriptwriter, was not on the list. The newly established Feng Huang also had an artistic committee, presided over by Zhu Shilin and many scripts were produced through collective efforts. Chu Hak, once scriptwriter at Great Wall, remembered fondly in his interview that 'in left-wing companies, scriptwriters enjoyed a supreme status.... When we visited the Mainland, we received royal treatment as "the people's playwright".' But at the same time, they had to go through the process known as '9 drafts and 13 treatments', a laborious and time-consuming practice.10 The collective method also received mixed remarks from another Great Wall writer, Cha Liangjing, who concluded that repeated discussions gave the films a certain guarantee of quality and provided good training for budding writers/directors. The drawback was the sacrifice of individuality in the name of collectivism.11
Left-wing companies indeed had a way of nurturing talents. Hu Siao-fung, Bao Fong and Lo Kwan-hung, whose interviews are collected in this volume, were all trained from within the company. Others, like Chen Jingbo, Fu Che, Chang Tseng and Cheung Yam-yim, went from actors or editors to become directors. Women like Ren Yizhi and Zhu Feng were also given chances to direct. Even a top star like Shek Hwei had served as assistant director. Such opportunities were extremely rare in other major companies like Shaw Brothers or MP & GI. Great Wall's finances came from the business sector and it was able to recruit established filmmakers like Yue Feng, Li Pingqian, Cheng Bugao and Huang Yu. Over at Feng Huang, the situation was less promising, with Zhu Shilin the only proven talent. Many of its films had Zhu credited as director-in-chief, though real work was executed by co-directing newcomers. After a few outings, those neophytes were experienced enough to run things on their own. This is one reason why in our interviews, none of the filmmakers - from directors to actors - failed to acknowledge Zhu's contributions. However, such a tradition was also limiting, cutting off the company from outside impetus. This, of course, had a lot to do with the severe political segregation that defined the time.
Segregated Camps
After the change of governments in China, the Hong Kong Government was very sensitive to left-wing influence. In 1952, ten left-wing filmmakers were deported on two occasions.12 Years later, Shu Shi, who now lives in Shanghai, can talk about it with humour in his interview. In 1956, Wang Yuanlong, Hu Jinkang, Zhang Shankun and others formed the Hong Kong and Kowloon Filmmakers Free General Association Limited, which was changed to Hong Kong and Kowloon Cinema & Theatrical Enterprise Free General Association Limited the following year. All films distributed in Taiwan must first register with the Free Association. Before the Cultural Revolution, films from Great Wall, Feng Huang and Sun Luen could be shown in the Mainland and, according to friends who lived in China during that time, were quite popular, sometimes even more so than Mainland productions. Although the economic intricacies of distribution were largely unknown to outsiders, it is safe to say that the Mainland market provided a boost to the companies' finances. This market was however closed to non left-wing companies, making the Taiwan market all the more important.13 It became imperative for these companies to join the Free Association, even for major outfits such as Shaw Brothers and MP & GI/Cathay. As such, even if left-wing companies wanted to recruit from outside, those not in the 'left' ranks were reluctant to answer the call. Besides, salaries offered by left-wing companies were a mere fraction of those of others, forcing Great wall, Feng Huang and Sun Luen to concentrate on nurturing their own talents.
Yet they were not entirely isolated. If anything, the maintained business ties with other companies. During the 50s and 60s, especially the early and mid-50s. Shaw Brothers and MP & GI had not started their production operations, but they had extensive theatre networks in Southeast Asia that required large number of films to fill their bills. The films of Great Wall, Feng Huang and Sun Luen, with their dedicated production attitude and star attractions, fit the bill perfectly. While MP & GI bought mostly Great Wall films, Shaw Brothers concentrated on Feng Huang products and Kong Ngee Co acquired the Cantonese films of Sun Luen. Judging from the left-wing films of the 50s and 60s, Communist China was not intent on staging ideological activities in Hong Kong, aiming instead to maintain a point of contact with the outside.
Watching the films, it's noticeable in some, especially those of the early 50s, a reflection of the post-war society and an expression of idealism. But such sentiments were exercised as satirical comments on the hypocrisy of capitalistic society (such as Awful Truth, 1950 and Map of 100 Treasures, 1953), veiled pleas to return to the homeland (The Show Must Go On, 1952 and The Dividing Wall, 1952), or wishful calls for education of the masses (Parents' Love, 1953 and Joyce and Deli, 1954). More films were charged with the concerns and sentimentality of the petit bourgeoisie (The Three Loves, 1956, Love's Miracle, 1958 and Those Bewitching Eyes, 1958, for example). In portraying predicaments faced by women (It So Happens to a Woman, 1955, A Widow's Tears, 1956 and The Foolish Heart, 1956), the films at once express a longing for the liberation of individuality but remain quite reluctant to challenge the conservative attitudes of the time. By the late 50s and early 60s, Mandarin films reached its blossoming age, when Shaw Brothers, MP & GI, Great Wall and Feng Huang were all enjoying success. Left-wing companies' products became even more diversified. They ranged from Shanghai Shaoxing opera adaptations featuring Hsia Moon (Bride Hunter, 1961, The Princess Falls in Love, 1962 and My Darling Princess, 1964), to new-style martial-arts flicks directed by Fu Che and Cheung Yam-yim (The Jade Bow, 1966), from literary adaptations (Garden of Repose, 1964) to a martial art feature that ventured all the way to Mongolia (The Golden Eagle, 1964), and from satirical comedies (A Gentleman Who Steals, 1963) to tender love stories (That Certain Age, 1966). The path Great Wall and Feng Huang trotted was a far cry from that dictated by Mao Zedong in his famous Yan'an Speech.
Politics and Film
After enjoying a period of relative stability, Great Wall and Feng Huang were unwittingly dragged into the political turmoil that unfolded in the Mainland. When Yuen Yang-an's adaptation of Lu Xun's The True Story of Ah Q (1958) did not receive the support of China, he left Great Wall in 1957 before the film was completed and formed Sun Sun, which eventually distributed the film.14 Scriptwriter Chu Hak says in his interview, 'The Party started sending people to Great Wall in 1954 and Yuen Yang-an had to leave.' The year he quotes may not be accurate, for it involves events half a century ago. Chu himself was dismissed by Great Wall in 1958, a time when the anti-right campaign was launched in China. That these happenings occurred during the same period could either be a mere coincidence or an illustration of the effect China had on the Hong Kong left-wing cinema.
But it is beyond doubt that the Cultural Revolution had exacted irreparable damage on this group, a sentiment shared by every filmmaker interviewed. During those turbulent years, some filmmakers were passionately caught up. Qiu Ping, for example, admits in an interview that she was aggressively involved.15 Shek Hwei and her husband Fu Che also took active part in the anti-British movement and were arrested on July 15, 1967 and jailed for over a year.16 But not everyone agreed with the Cultural Revolution. Hsia Moon was pregnant at the time and excused herself from taking park in the movement. Then, in September 1967, she quietly left for Canada. It wasn't until two years later that she returned, after which she kept a distance from the film industry. She waited ten years before re-embracing film, forming Bluebird Movie Enterprises Ltd to produce The Boat People (Ann Hui, 1982), Young Heroes (Mou Dunfei, 1983) and Homecoming (Yim Ho, 1984).
In this grand political movement, perhaps most were troubled with questions but were unable to stay out of it. Bao Fong was one such filmmaker. In his interview, he admits that, at the time, he made some films that are very 'left', like The Battle of Sha Chia Bund (1968) and Collegiate (1970). After that, the show could no longer go on. Chu Yuan, made in 1974, was not released until 1977, after the Gang of Four was defeated. But Great Wall, Feng Huang and Sun Luen were never able to reclaim the glories of the 50s and 60s. In 1982, the companies were merged to form Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd, and is to remain so up to this day.
Concluding Remarks
Local studies of Hong Kong's left-wing cinema are few and far between. Hong Kong Cinema Survey (1946-1968), the retrospective catalogue of the 1979 Hong Kong International Film Festival, provides a preliminary study of post-war progressive cinema. The 1983 catalogue, A Comparative Study of Post-War Mandarin and Cantonese Cinema: the Films of Zhu Shulin, Qin Jian and other Directors, takes the effort of a step further, especially Sek Kei's article 'Left-wing Cinema of the 60s and Its Petit Bourgeois Quality', a rare article that directly discusses left-wing cinema. In 1985, the Film Festival had a special programme on Li Pingqian, offering an introductory look into the director's work. The China Factor in Hong Kong Cinema, the Film Festival's 1990 installment, includes several essays on the topic, such as Law Kar's 'The Shadow of Tradition and the Left-Right Struggle' and Tony Rayns' 'The Redirected Embrace'. The 1994 retrospective programme, Cinema of Two Cities: Hong Kong - Shanghai, examines the development of left-wing filmmakers in Hong Kong, introducing several films produced by Li Pingqian during his tenure in Hong Kong.
In addition to the trail blazing work by the Film Festival, a few isolated studies are also available. A chapter in Development of Hong Kong Cinema - the First Draft, edited by Shen Xicheng, offers an account of Great Wall's development, shedding lights onto the transition period during the company's reorganisation.17 A rare description of Yuen Yang-an's role is also included. In the 90s, the development of left-wing cinema was considered in three articles, though Yuen's involvement was, for some reasons, neglected. They are Liu Yat-yuen, Feng Lingxiao, Zhou Luoxia and Wu Cun's 'The Development of Hong Kong Patriotic Cinema and Its Influence';18 Chan Man and Xue Hou's 'A Brief Introduction to Early Hong Kong Cantonese Flms';19 and Zhou Luoxia, Feng Lingxiao and Yu Lun's 'The Establishment of Sil-Metropole and Several of Its Influential Films'.20
We hope that this volume would arouse interest on this page of neglected history and contribute to the discarding of prejudices, leading to more fruitful studies. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to all the filmmakers who had granted interviews to the Hong Kong Film Archive's Oral History Project. Their remembrances had given life to a piece of our collective memory that had long been buried, like applying vibrant colours to a drab piece of dry wood.
Wong Ain-ling
Research Officer
Hong Kong Film Archive
September 7, 2001
1. Zhu Feng and Zhu Yan (ed), Zhu Shilin and Cinema, Hong Kong: Cosmos Books Ltd, 1999 (in Chinese).
2. See Liu Yat-yuen, Feng Lingxiao, Zhou Luoxia and Wu Cun, 'The Development of Hong Kong Patriotic Cinema and Its Influence' in Cai Hongsheng, Song Jialing, Liu Guiqing (eds), Eighty Years of Hong Kong Cinema, Beijing Broadcast Academy, 2000 (in Chinese).
3. See the chapter of Lu Yuanliang.
4. See Wong Ain-ling, 'Tong Yuejuan: The Best of Times in Hsin Hwa' in Kwok Ching-ling (ed), Hong Kong Here I Come, Monographs of Hong Kong Film Veterans I, Hong Kong Film Archive, 2000; and George Shen's 'Filmdom Anecdotes' in this volume.
5. The Chin Chin Screen, Shanghai, No 5 to 11, March 1 to May 15, 1950 (in Chinese).
6. Yu Mo-wan, Anecdotes of Hong Kong Cinema, Vol 4, Hong Kong: Subculture, 2000, pp 21-23 (in Chinese).
7. Wong Ain-ling (ed), Fei Mu, Poet Director, Hong Kong Film Critics Society, 1998, p 204 (in Chinese).
8. See article by Liu and Feng in note 2. See also the chapter on Wei Wei.
9. The Chin Chin Screen, Shanghai: No 11, May 15, 1950 (in Chinese).
10. See the chapter on Chu Hak.
11. Taken from an interview with Cha Liangjing, HKFA Oral History Project, April 1, 1997.
12. On January 10, 1952, government agents arrested and then deported eight filmmakers, including Sima Wensen, Liu Qiong, Shu Shi, Qi Wenshao, Yang Hua, Ma Kwok-leung, Shen Ji and Di Fan. Two days later, Bai Chen and Jiang Wei met the same fate.
13. As early as 1950, the Chinese Government was already regulating films with an iron fist. Over 80 films were banned that year, including: The Sins of Our Fathers, Blood Will Tell, Waste Not Our Youth, The Soul of China. See The Chin Chin Screen, No 5, March 1, 1950 (in Chinese).
14. See 'Filmdom Anecdotes' by George Shen in this volume.
15. Taken from an interview with Qiu Ping, HKFA Oral History Project, May 29, 1998.
16. For details, see 'Features on the 1967 Riot', in The Economic Times, November 28 and December 5, 2000 (in Chinese).
17. Sheng Xicheng, 'Development of Hong Kong Cinema' (the First Draft), Xin Guancha, Hong Kong: No 7, 1978 (in Chinese).
18. See note 2.
19. Published in Xue Hou, The Golden Age of Hong Kong Cinema, Hong Kong, Holdery Publishing Enterprises Ltd, 2000 (in Chinese).
20. Paper presented to the Conference on Hong Kong Cinemas, organised by the Chinese Association of Taiwan-Hong Kong Cinema Studies, held in Guangzhou, 1996 (in Chinese).


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A Beginners Guide To Breastfeeding For First Time Moms
Everybody knows that breastfeeding is the most recommended and advisable way to feed babies, even if they reach the age of two. Some moms, however, will always meet some difficulties and hitches when they try to nurse their newborn babies for the first time. And some of the usual problems or difficulties that they will encounter are:
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My poses of the Big Hero 6 team on display at the front entrance of Walt Disney Animation Studios. A daily dose of pressure to walk past during production...
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
"Big Hero 6" Trailer
These are stills from scenes I animated in the new trailer for Disney's Big Hero 6. Only four weeks left until animation wraps on the movie!
Monday, June 30, 2014
"Big Hero 6" Poster
This is a poster I worked on for the film Big Hero 6, based on an idea by executive producer John Lasseter and a sketch by director Chris Williams. In instances like this, animators work with production and marketing and pose the rigs. It goes through the pipeline of every department just like an animated scene in the film.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
"Big Hero 6" Teaser
These are stills from the two scenes I animated in the new teaser for Disney's Big Hero 6. I'm very excited to be a part of this movie! Hiro, Baymax and the gang are all great characters and a lot of fun to animate.
Friday, May 9, 2014
"Palm Springs" Original Soundtrack
A link to the terrific musical score to Palm Springs by Steve Horner.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
The Brave Locomotive - Henry Model Sheet
A new model sheet of Henry the engineer comprised entirely of my cleanup animation drawings from finished scenes in my short film The Brave Locomotive.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
"Juiced and Jazzed" Cleanup / FX Animation
A compilation of scenes I contributed final cleanup / color design / effects / compositing to for the MAKE short film Juiced and Jazzed.
Rough animation was done by Justin Weber, who drew on paper. All the cleanup was done in Photoshop with post-production in After Effects.
The full film can be viewed here.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Character Designs: The Animated Actors Guild
Some character designs I made in summer of 2011 for the just-released CG short by Make entitled The Animated Actors Guild.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
New Tumblr Page!
I now have a Tumblr page! That's what the kids are into these days.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
"Frozen" Animation Reel
A compilation of scenes I contributed animation to for the Disney feature film "Frozen".
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