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I'm in a rather cranky mood this morning.
I could share with you the good news. I could tell you that Vincent Cassell has joined the cast of David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises" with Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortensen. Watts is a nurse who helps a mysterious woman give birth. The woman ends up dying and Watts investigates her past, which leads her into the seedy world of Russian prostitution. Cassel plays a man named Petrid, whose family owns a Russian brothel.
I could tell you all about how that sounds like it could be even better than "A History of Violence," my favorite movie of 2005. Or I could share the news that, in lieu of sitting down for the five course meal she so desperately needs, Buffy has signed on to star in "Addicted," yet another remake of a Korean movie. In it, she will play a woman whose husband and brother-in-law both end up in a coma after an accident. When the brother awakes, claiming to be her husband, she must try to understand the reality, suspecting something more sinister is at work.
But I can't even get remotely excited about that. Why? Because we have entered the single worst week for movies in the entire year, at least in my little corner of the world.
A brief look at what's out there:
Apparently shooting cops and slapping hookers with Dave Chappelle wasn't enough to prove Wayne Brady is a very bad man. Now he has to play the bad guy in what appears to be an extended AND-1 slam-dunk mix tape.
Oh well, I should give this one a little credit, since it had the nerve to show its face to critics (and get one star from the AP's Christy Lemire - no wonder movies skip the critics nowadays!)
OK, the first "Transporter" movie was pretty cool, but enough is enough. How many times can we make a movie that centers on Jason Statham driving around in a car for the whole flick?
In this one, as far as I can tell, he gets poisoned, then takes his revenge on the poisoners (while, of course, driving around a lot.) This one just looks like crap on toast.
"The Wicker Man"
OK, the first two just annoyed me, but this last one just flat pisses me off. I have seen the original "Wicker Man," and while I'm not as devoted to it as some people I know, I did find it a solid enough diversion in the Saturday afternoon moviehouse genre.
But why in the hell would you make it again? With Nicolas Cage? With the cult leader being a woman (albeit the very talented Ellyn Burstyn, apparently.)
I beg of you, if you have anything better to do this weekend, please, please do not go see this movie. The only way this madness will stop is if these totally unnecessary remakes stop making money.
Thanks for letting me let off some steam. Things aren't actually all that bleak for me this weekend, so I should get over it.
Saturday, it's the best day of the year in Athens, with the Bulldogs' season kicking off against cupcake Western Kentucky. I'll be there in my usual seat, in the end zone next to the visiting team's band. It's a better spot than you might think, except when you have to hear "Rocky Top" 47 times in a row.
And I still haven't seen "Little Miss Sunshine," so there should be a great movie in store on Sunday. So, life is pretty good. Just, please, please, I beg of you again, DO NOT GO SEE THE WICKER MAN!
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
A Wednesday morning rant
26 comments:
- Dan said...
I can't agree with about crank.
Just ask Crawford on film he's very excited about this.
Jason stathem indeed gets poisned but there's a catch, it only gets released/activated if his heart rate drops below a certain number. So in affect he has to run around keeping his heart rate up.
It's like speed with Jason stathem as the bus. genius;-) - 8:18 AM
- Reel Fanatic said...
I suppose that could be fun, Dan, but I'm still sceptical ... I'll have to wait and see what the buzz is
- Aaron said...
"Good Ol' Rocky Top. Rocky Top Tennessee".
I have to agree about the movies this week. So me and the lady are going to go check out a bunch of movies from the past few weeks since we will be on vacation this weekend. - 9:17 AM
- Julia_Claudine_Deveraux said...
I totally echo your sentiments on all the films you've named. I fell to my knees screaming when I found out they were remaking The Wicker Man. I would put that movie in my top 100 great films of all time list. Nick Cage is no Edward Woodward! I hope it crashes and burns in the box office.
- Reel Fanatic said...
Amen to that, Julia ... Mr. Cage had built up some goodwill in my book this summer with "WTC," but this awful idea just wipes that all away!
- Todd Jones said...
"fuck you rocky top, go to hell tennessee"
i'm actually kind of looking forward to crank myself, though i'll wait til it pops up at the $1 theater since $8 is too much to pay for such silliness. I need to get a review up of Little Miss Sunshine, it actually came out here in Birmingham and I saw it last week but haven't gotten around to writing about it. I haven't seen nearly as many movies this year as I did last year, but it's my favorite of the year by far. - 10:46 AM
- Reel Fanatic said...
Thanks, Todd ... I'll definitely have to use that chant when those damn Vols roll into Athens in October .. i can't wait to watch the Dawgs maul them again!
- Mercurie said...
I definitely do not plan to see The Wicker Man. I had thought about it, given the fact that Neil LaBute is one of my favourite directors. But then a quick look at the film's web site showed that they had made such substantial changes to the story that it sounded as if they more or less ruined the story. Of course, I was always disturbed by the idea of Ellen Burstyn in the role of Summerisle's head. While she is talented, she simply does not have that sense of menace that Christopher Lee (Lord Summersisle in the original film) does in many of his roles. I think Anjelica Houston or Diana Rigg would be better casting. At any rate, as I love the original, I have no plans to what appears to be a butchery of a remake.
- Reel Fanatic said...
I have no idea what possessed the very talented Mr. Labute to do this, Mercurie .. I've read interviews where he says the original is one of his favorite films, but that certainly doesn't seem like a reason to butcher it!
- kalipornia said...
little miss sunshine is the bees knees
- themarina said...
Dan and I are on the same page. I'm actually a big fan of Stathem and I like his dose of action films. Sure, he's no Oscar hopeful but I love these fast, action packed rides. Always make for a good ride, at least for me.
On the other hand, I COMPLETELY agree with you on "Wicker Man". What the heck are they thinking? To makes matters worse, even the ads and trailer look awful! I can't imagine this will make any decent money this weekend. Or at least, I hope it doesn't!
madaboutmovies.net - 4:37 PM
- Reel Fanatic said...
I think it's just that as I get older, I become snobbier, Marina ... I think if someone dragged me to watch "Crank," I'd almost certainly enjoy it, but as it is I'll wait for DVD
- Lori said...
I'm pretty much with you on Crank. Statham's cool, but it would be nice to see him take a break from the action flicks for a while. As for Wicker Man, no interest whatsoever. I actually didn't know it was a remake, but can't say as I'm surprised. H'wood strikes again.
- CAPT_Sawyer said...
Ironic that I just watched Transporter 2 today and posted a quick review of it. For mindless entertainment, it fit the bill. But I wasn't looking for anything else from it. And it delieverd...mindless entertainment and nothing else. I still give it a thumbs-up.
- Sadie Lou said...
I have the original Wicker Man in my Netflix que right now--I wanted to see it before hype gets out about the current one. The story intrigues me.
- Reel Fanatic said...
The original Wicker Man is indeed a great little flick, Sadie .. when you get to watch it, you will very unique touches that can't be replicated, so no one should try!
- chicaleecious said...
Yech, I can't even imagine Wayne Brady in a film! Thanks for the tips though. Added the original "Wicker Man" to my queue, while I have to look out for the latest film, being a new Vincent Cassell fan. I think I need to see "History of Violence" again and take it for the satire it's intended to be... it was one of those that I got to like more as I thought about it after the fact!
- MaeMae said...
Little Miss Sunshine is one of the best movies of the summer (albeit, late summer..) but that seems to be when all the indie films sweep in....after the high budget pictures steal the show from the masses, and Superman or Spiderman or whatever other overgrown, overproduced film has left the theater, the indies come through just in time to keep me from chewing off my own tongue for entertainment (sorry, graphic portrayal) :) But honestly, you'll love it....Steve Carrell (spelling mistake?) plays such an out of character part, it allows him to reveal the depth of acting he has...but enough is enough...see the film and fill me in.. :-)
- Vasta said...
Little Miss Sunshine is definitely a good movie to watch, I laughed a lot. Very quirky.
I'm taking the weekend off from movies (though I am excited to see Crank) in anticipation of the 2-3 films a day I'll be watching next week. - 11:49 PM
- mellowlee said...
I've heard that Miss Sunshine is a sweet movie. I really want to see it myself :)
Don't worry I wont go see Wicker. I haven't seen the inside of a movie theatre since uhmmmm... Lords of Dogtown. I have never seen the orginal, but I just checked it out on imdb and it looks good. - 1:28 AM
- sumo said...
Thanks for the visit...and so happy to find another that feels the way I do about Saddam...the sausage...and the Devil.
- Reel Fanatic said...
It's worth a second look Chica ... I know a lot of people who didn't appreciate it on first glance, and just saw it as an overly violent revenge movie (which, on a certain level, it certainly is) .. let me know what you think!
- Jenz said...
Thanks for the warning about Wickerman... It was definitely an option for the weekend. I was not even aware that it was a remake. WTF is up with all the remakes these last few years? Are there really so few good original scripts around?
- Reel Fanatic said...
I don't think it's that they aren't out there, Jenz, I think people in Hollywood just aren't looking very hard for them .. maybe TomKat's breakup with Paramount will lead to more attention to story rather than stars, but that's probably just wishful thinking
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- Movie Reel said...
Nice blog about hollywood
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Family Name: Oleaceae
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Glossary of archery terms
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of archery terms, including both the equipment and the practice. A brief description for each word or phrase is also included.
- Aluminium (material) – Used in modern archery for the production of arrows
- Anchor point – A point to be touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot, usually a point on the archer's mouth, chin or nose
- AMO (organization) – The Archery Manufacturers and Merchants Organization (now known as the ATA)
- AMO length (measure) – A standardized length for measuring bow strings
- Arbalest – A late variation of the crossbow that came into use in Europe during the 12th century
- Archer (practitioner) – One who practices archery (a.k.a. bowman)
- Archer's paradox (effect) – The effect produced by an arrow flexing as it leaves the bow
- Archery (practice) – The practice of using a bow to shoot arrows
- Arm guard (equipment) – A protective strap or sheath for an archer's forearm (a.k.a. bracer)
- Arrow (equipment) – A shafted projectile that is shot with a bow
- Arrowhead (equipment) – The front end of an arrow; also known as the head, point or tip
- Arrow rest (equipment) – A device used to hold the arrow against the handle until it is released
- ATA (organization) – The Archery Trade Association (formerly known as the AMO)
- A.T.A. (measure) – Acronym for axle-to-axle, the length between the two pivotal axles which hold the cams onto the limbs on a compound bow
- ASA - Archery Shooters Association
- Bodkin point (equipment) – A sharp, pointed arrow head
- Bolt (equipment) - A crossbow projectile; also called a quarrel
- Boss (equipment) – A target, typically made from tightly compacted foam or straw
- Bowman (practitioner) – One who practices archery (a.k.a. archer)
- Bow (equipment) – An ancient weapon powered by elasticity, used for hunting and sport
- Bowfishing (practice) – The use of archery equipment for catching fish
- Bowhunting (practice) – The practice of hunting game using archery
- Bow string (equipment) – A fiber joining two ends of a bow for launching arrows
- Bowyer (craftsman) – One who makes bows
- Bracing (practice) – The act of attaching a bow string to a bow
- Brace height (measure) – The distance from the string to the pivot point of the bow's grip
- Bracer (equipment) – A protective strap or sheath for an archer's forearm (a.k.a. arm guard)
- Broadhead (equipment) – A sharp-bladed hunting head
- Bullseye (equipment) – The central area of a target, often for which a greater number of points may be scored when hit
- Butts (location) – A practice field with mounds of earth used as targets
- Button (equipment) – An adjustable spring-loaded contact for the arrow as it sits on the rest, mounted perpendicular to the arrow
- Carbon fiber (material) – Used in modern archery for the production of arrows
- Clicker (equipment) – A device used to indicate an archer's optimum draw length
- Clout archery (practice) – A form of archery in which archers shoot arrows toward a flag (known as the clout) from a relatively long distance and are scored based on how close each arrow lands to the flag
- Cock feather (equipment) – A differently-colored fletch that indicates proper arrow alignment on the string (a.k.a. index feather)
- Composite bow (equipment) – A bow made from various laminated materials
- Compound bow (equipment) – A modern bow that uses a system of cables and pulleys
- Crest (equipment) – Heraldic markings on an arrow used for identification or design
- Crossbow (equipment) – A bow mounted on a stock, which shoots projectiles called bolts or quarrels
- Crown (equipment) – The nock end of an arrow where cresting and paints are applied
- Daikyu (equipment) - A Japanese longbow
- Decurve bow (equipment) - A form of bow in which the unstrung tips curve toward the archer
- Deflex bow (equipment) - A form of bow in which the entire length of the handle and limbs curve toward the archer
- Drawing (practice) - The act of pulling the string that is attached to the bow.
- Draw length (measure) – Archer: individual measure. At full draw the distance in inches from nock point on bow string to deepest grip spot (pivot-point) plus 1 3/4″ (AMO standard). Bow: characteristic measure of the bow together with its draw weight. The technically given optimal draw length for full draw of that bow (AMO standard). Draw weight of a bow means weight at its draw length.
- Draw weight (measure) - The number of pounds of force required to draw a bow to its draw length
- Dry loosing (practice) - refers to the loosing of the string of a bow without an arrow on the nock, potentially damaging the bow
- End (practice) - A round of arrows shot during an archery event (rarely more than six)[1]
- English longbow (equipment) - A powerful medieval bow; also known as the Welsh longbow
- Feet per second (abbrev. FPS, measure) - Unit of measurement for arrow velocity
- Fiberglass (material) - Used in modern archery equipment for the production of both bows and arrows
- Field archery (practice) - Shooting at targets of unmarked distances in an open field
- Field tip (equipment) - A practice head for targets
- Finger tab (equipment) - A small leather patch to protect the archer's fingers
- Fistmele (measure) - The proper distance between the handle of a bow and the bow string when the bow is strung (a.k.a. brace height)
- Flatbow (equipment) - A non-recurved bow with a rectangular cross section
- Fletching (equipment) - The stabilizing fins or vanes of an arrow
- Fletcher (occupation) - One who makes arrows
- Flex (measure) - The amount of bend an arrow shaft provides; contrasted with spine
- Flu-flu arrow (equipment) - A specially designed short-range arrow
- Footed arrow (equipment) - An arrow with a shaft composed of two types of wood
- Game (target) - Non-domesticated animals hunted for food or sport
- Glove (equipment) - Protective gear for an archer's fingers (a.k.a. shooting glove)
- Gungdo (practice) - The Korean practice of archery
- Hankyu (equipment) - A short Japanese bow
- Hybrid (equipment) - A term to describe the combination of a recurve and a longbow, also known as 'reflex/deflex'
- Head (equipment) - The front end of an arrow; also known as the arrowhead, point or tip
- Hen feather (equipment) - Name given to the shaft feathers based on misunderstanding of cock (leading) feather
- Horse archer (practitioner) - An archer mounted on a horse
- Index fletching (equipment) - A differently-coloured fletch that indicates proper arrow alignment (a.k.a. cock fletching)
- Judo point (equipment) - A target and small-game head equipped with spring wires for easy location
- Kisser (equipment) - A button used to indicate consistent vertical distance when drawing a bow
- Kyudo (practice) - The Japanese practice of archery
- Longbow (equipment) - A tall wooden bow with a D shaped cross-section, approximately the same height as the archer, without significant recurve
- Loose (practice) - The act of shooting an arrow from a bow (a.k.a. release)
- Laminated bow (equipment) - A bow with different materials laminated together to make a single bow
- Limb (equipment) - The upper and lower arms of a bow
- Longrod (equipment) - Rod attached to the bow to dampen vibrations
- Majra (equipment) - an overdraw device used in Turkish archery
- Mounted archer (practitioner) - an archer mounted on a horse
- Mongolian draw (practice) - the act of drawing a bow with the thumb
- Nock (equipment) - The notch at the rear end of an arrow; also the notches at the ends of the bow limbs to which the bowstring is attached, or looped over
- Nock (practice) - The act of setting an arrow in a bow
- Nocking point (equipment) - The point on a bow string over which an arrow nock is placed
- Overdraw (practice) - The use of a device, e.g. a siper, to allow the shooting of arrows shorter than the draw of the bow
- Overdrawn (measure) - A condition in which a bow string is too short for the bow; fistmele is exceeded
- Plunger or pressure button (equipment) - A device used to correct an arrow's flex at the point of release
- Point (equipment) - The front end of an arrow; also known as the arrowhead, head or tip
- Poisons (equipment) - Toxic additions to arrow heads in order to increase hunting effectiveness
- Quarrel (equipment) - A crossbow projectile; also called a bolt
- Quiver (equipment) - A container for an archer's projectiles
- Recurve bow (equipment) - A form of bow in which the unstrung tips curve away from the archer
- Reflex bow (equipment) - A form of bow in which the entire length of the handle and arms curve away from the archer
- Release (practice) - The act of relaxing the finger(s) of the drawing hand (see Bow draw) to free an arrow from a bow (a.k.a. loose)
- Rest (equipment) - A device used to hold the arrow against the handle until it is released
- Riser (equipment) - The handle section of a bow
- Reloading (term) - A term used for loading an arrow
- Safety arrow (equipment) - Arrow with wide tip or padded head, often used for reenactments
- Self bow (equipment) - A bow made from a single piece of material (normally wood)
- Serving (equipment) - Extra thread wound around a bow string in order to support or protect the main fiber
- Shaft (equipment) - The main structural element of an arrow
- Shaftment (equipment) - Part of the arrow upon which the fletchings lie
- Shaft feathers (equipment) - The two feathers which oppose the cock feather
- Shooting glove (equipment) - Protective gear for an archer's fingers
- Siper (equipment) - an overdraw device used in Turkish archery
- Spine (measure) - The stiffness of an arrow shaft; contrasted with flex
- Stabiliser (equipment) - A weighted rod or set of rods used to provide balance to a bow
- Stave (equipment) - A strip of wood from which a bow may be made
- Tab (equipment) - A small leather patch to protect the archer's fingers
- Target (equipment) - General term for the intended destination of a shot arrow
- Target archery (practice) - Shooting at non-moving targets placed varying distances away
- Target panic (condition) - Set of symptoms developed for psychologial reasons resulting in lowered accuracy
- Target point (equipment) - Bullet-shaped practice head, used for targets
- Target shooting (practice) - Competitive event that uses projectile weapons for tests of proficiency
- Thumb ring (equipment) - Protective ring for an archer's thumb
- Tip (equipment) - Either (especially the top) end of the bow, as differentiated from the point of an arrow
- Tong-ah (equipment) - an overdraw device used in traditional Korean archery, similar to the Turkish Majra
- Upshot - The last shot in an archery contest
- Vane (equipment) - The stabilizing fin of an arrow
- Wand shoot (practice) - An archery event in which arrows are shot at a slat of soft wood that is typically 6' tall and 2" wide[2]
- Welsh longbow (equipment) - A powerful medieval bow; also known as an English longbow
- Wood (material) - The earliest material used for the construction of bows and arrows
- Yabusame (practice) - A type of mounted archery practiced in Japan
- Yew (material) - A type of wood traditionally used to make bows[3]
- Yumi (equipment) - An asymmetric Japanese bow; includes both long and short varieties (daikyu and hankyu)
See also[edit]
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- ^ Schulyer, Keith C. (1970), Archery, From Golds to Big Game, A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., ISBN 0-498-06961-3, p. 128
- ^ Schulyer, p. 494
- ^ Hansard, George Hagar (1841), "Of Yew Trees, Yew Bows, &c, &c," Section VIII, The Book of Archery, The Archery Library


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Omaha is 38-45 and 7 games back of first. Albuquerque RH Travis Smith (2-2, 7.50) takes on RH Denny Bautista (0-1, 4.91) in tonight's series finale.
AA: A 3-run 7th made the difference for Springfield in a 7-4 win over Wichita. The Cardinals scored 2 in the 1st before Wichita tallied a run on a ground out by CF Mitch Maier in the bottom of the frame. Wichita later tied the game with 2 in the 5th on a 2-run shot by 2B Donnie Murphy (his 4th). Springfield scored 4 in the 6th and 7th to take a 7-3 lead and Wichita could only muster a run in the 8th on an RBI single by SS Mike Aviles. SP Kyle Middleton went 6 innings and allowed 6 R (5 ER) on 9 hits and a BB with 4 Ks to pick up the loss and move to 7-6 with a 4.06 ERA. RP Ambiorix Burgos made his first rehab appearance and allowed 1 ER on 3 hits with a K in 1/3 IP to move his AA ERA to 5.40. RP Trae McGill went 1 2/3 IP and K'd 3 to drop his ERA to 4.61. RP Colt Griffin pitched an inning and K'd 1 to drop his ERA to 3.98. Murphy was 2-4 with a BB, HR, 2 RBI and 2 RS to improve to .287; 1B Justin Huber was 2-4 in his return to AA with a double to improve to .335 (Tell me why, again, he wasn't just sent to Omaha? It doesn't exactly seem like Omaha 1B Chad Santos is being groomed for the majors.); C Mathew Tupman was 1-4 to drop to .309; and RF Wilkin Ruan continued his hot streak with a 2-3 night that included a double as he improved to .242. Aviles made 2 errors in the game to get to 21 on the season.
Wichita is 5-4 and held its game lead on first. RHP Ryan Baerlocher (2-0, 1.61) and his 20+-inning shutout streak will face Springfield RHP Jordan Pals (4-5, 3.71) tonight in game 3 of the 5-game set.
High-A: A 2-run 6th was enough to propel High Desert to a 7-5 win over Lake Elsinore Saturday. The Mavs came back from an early 1-0 deficit with 3 in the 2nd on a solo homer by DH Alan Moye (his 12th) and a 2-run double by 2B Walter Sevilla. Lake Elsinore tied the game but High Desert scored 1 in the 4th on a sac fly by 3B Brandon Powell and another in the 5th on a solo homer by LF Billy Butler (his 19th). Lake Elsinore closed the score to 5-4 in the top of the 6th but the Mavs scored 2 that inning on a 2-run tater by Powell (his 12th) to make it a 7-4 game. From there the bullpen took over to clamp down the win. SP Chris Coughlin got off the zero-point with 6 IP of 4 ER on 11 hits and a BB with 2Ks to move to 1-7 with a 6.64 ERA. RP Stephen Chamberlain got his 6th hold with 1 2/3 IP of 1 ER on 2 hits and a BB to make his ERA 7.08. RP Chris Demaria picked up his 8th save with 1 1/3 IP that included 1 K to drop his ERA to 2.61. Butler was 2-4 with a HR and RBI to improve to .361; 1B Kila Kaaihue was 0-4 to drop to .314 and is officially slumping; Moye was 2-4 with a HR and RBI to improve to .269; C Jared Price was 3-3 with 2 RS to improve to .314; and Powell was 2-3 with a double, HR and 3 RBI and 2 RS to improve to .305. Butler had his 61st RBI in the win and Moye stole his 14th base.
High Desert is 5-4 and a game back of Rancho Cucamonga. No starters were announced for today's series finale with the Storm.
Low-A: A big comeback was all for naught for Burlington Saturday in an 8-7 loss to Peoria. Peoria scored 6 in the first on 4 walks, 2 hits, an error and 2 wild pitches by SP Matt Campbell but Burlington didn't fold early. The Bees scored 2 in the 2nd on RBI singles by LF Kenard Springer and DH Felipe Del Rosario and, after Peoria stretched its lead to 7-2 in the 6th, added 2 in the 7th on an RBI triple by SS Irving Falu and a throwing error on a ball hit by 3B Mario Lisson. A run in the 8th on a Springer ground out and 2 in the 9th on an RBI single by C Damaso Espino and a wild pitch that scored Lisson tied the game. Peoria ended the drama shortly, tho, as 2B Eric Patterson hit a 1-out walkoff double to end the game. Campbell went 2 innings and gave up the 6 ER on 2 hits and 4 BB to move his ERA to 4.66. RP Daniel Christensen went 4 innings and gave up 1 ER on 3 hits and a BB with 2 Ks to move his ERA to 3.58. RP Gabe DeHoyos pitched a hitless inning to drop his ERA to 1.77 and RP Adam Rowe picked up the loss to drop to 3-4. He went 1 1/3 IP and allowed 1 ER on 3 hits to make his ERA 5.35. Falu was 2-5 with a triple, RBI and 2 RS to improve to .258; 2B Geraldo Valentin was 2-4 to improve to .257; and Del Rosario was 2-4 with an RBI to up his BA to .182. Lisson stole his 21st base and Valentin made his 10th error in the loss. Falu has a 20-game hitting streak going.
Burlington is 4-6 and 4 games back of first. SP Patrick Green (3-6, 4.86) goes for the Bees in the series finale with Peoria tonight against RH Matt Weber (3-8, 3.39). In other Bees news, RP Greg Atencio was moved up to High Desert after going 5-2 with a 4.15 ERA in 17 appearances, including two starts.
Rookie: Idaho Falls got back on the winning side with a 6-5 win over Orem Saturday. The Chukars kicked off the scoring with 1 in the 1st on an RBI single by SS Christopher McConnell but Orem came back with 4 runs to take a 4-1 lead. Idaho Falls tied the game with 3 in the 4th on a solo homer by LF Antonio Sabatini (his 2nd) and a 2-run triple by McConnell. The Chukars added runs in the 5th and 6th on an RBI single by Sabatini and a sac fly by 2B Gary Perez and the bullpen held off Orem for the win. SP Ryan Dipietro went 4 innings and gave up 4 ER on 7 hits with 5 Ks to move his ERA to 3.97. RP David Henninger got the win to move to 2-0. He went 4 innings and allowed 1 ER on 4 hits with 4 Ks to make his ERA 0.73. RP Zane Carlson got his 2nd save with 1 IP of only 1 hit to keep his ERA at 0.o0. CF Ethien Santana was 1-2 with 2 BB and 2 RS to improve to .400; McConnell was 3-4 and a homer short of the cycle with a double, triple, walk and 3 RBI to improve to .348; and Sabatini was 3-4 with a HR and 2 RBI to improve to .414. The Chukars left 11 on base.
Idaho Falls is 5-7 and 4 games back of Ogden. Game two of the Orem series is tonight.
The ASL Royals did most of their damage in a 3-run 1st and got the 5-3 win over the Giants. The 3 early runs came on a 2-run double by DH Felix Peralta and an RBI single by LF Alvi Morel. They tacked on a run in the 3rd on a solo homer by RF Oscar Gonzalez (his 1st). The 5th run came in the 7th on an RBI double by Peralta. SP Phillip Davidson went 5 innings and allowed 3 R (2 ER) on 4 hits with 1 K and got the win to move to 2-0 with an ERA of 2.45. RP Gilbert De la vara got his 1st save with 4 IP of 2 hits with 4 Ks to drop his ERA to 7.94. SS Jeff Bianchi was 0-3 with a BB to drop to .531; CF Joseph Dickerson was 1-4 with a double to drop to .394; Peralta was 3-4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI to improve to .462; Gonzalez was 1-4 with the HR and RBI to drop to .306; Morel was 3-4 with an RBI to improve to .429; and 3B Valentino Arce was 2-4 to improve to .360.
The ASL Royals are 6-3 and in a 4-way tie for first. They were set to play the Mariners today.
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The moon wasn't quite full Saturday, but lunacy ruled the National Hockey League.
It began when the Islanders fired Don Maloney as general manager without naming a replacement.
The reign of terror spread to San Jose, where the Sharks' front office told Kevin Constantine that he now coaches with the fishes.
In Ottawa, the Senators scratched Alexandre Daigle, their $12 million bust, while General Manager Randy Sexton fled to Montreal to scout someone else's game.
Was Sexton trying to save his precarious job by trading Daigle or the superstar holdout Aleksei Yashin to the Canadiens? Who knows? But in the old Forum, Sexton saw the most astonishing employer-employee scene of the season, behind the Habs' bench.
Ronald Corey, the team president, who has already fired one coach and general manager this season, sits there every game, looking over everyone's shoulder.
On this occasion, Corey's team was trounced, 11-1, by the Russians who play for the Detroit Central Red Army Wings. The goalie, the great Patrick Roy, was hooted at by the fans for a routine save as the game got out of hand.
Roy, whose name loosely translated means "king," responded with an elaborate raising of his arms. Pulled midway through the game after allowing an astonishing nine goals, and apparently steaming that he was left in so long, Roy approached Corey, and not to check his ticket stub.
Roy spoke emotionally, with Corey listening intently. No translations or transcripts were provided, but the headline in La Presse yesterday morning said, "Roy humilie!"
General Manager Rejean Houle said yesterday that Roy told Corey, "That's my last game in Montreal."
"I asked him today if he still felt that way and he said yes," Houle said. "We concluded that it was time to separate."
Late yesterday, the Canadiens announced that Roy, who led them to two Stanley Cup championships, was indefinitely suspended and, in effect, would never play for them again. He was immediately placed on the trading block.
The French-English divide seems to taint everything in Quebec and no longer works in favor of the Canadiens. When he fired General Manager Serge Savard and Coach Jacques Demers -- who used to call the 30-year-old Roy "our only superstar" -- Corey said their replacements had to speak French. He chose two former players, Houle and Mario Tremblay, with no experience in such roles.
By limiting the hiring pool for managerial jobs, Corey couldn't even consider 90 percent of the qualified candidates. Does this hurt the franchise? The answer is yes. And for what it's worth, Tremblay's comment on the Roy situation was this: "Maybe I could have taken him out after seven goals, but I don't think two goals are going to change his career."
But apparently it has. Meanwhile, out on Long Island, the language differences are merely a matter of accent although the notion of secession might find some support on both sides of the East River. Maloney, who crossed that water after a Ranger playing career, replaced Bill Torrey as general manager in 1992.
Perhaps he should cross back and go to work for Neil Smith, the president and general manager of the Rangers, who pilfered Ray Ferraro and Glenn Healy from the Islanders during Maloney's era.
Like Roy, Healy got mad this season when pulled from a game. But he yelled only at his coach, Colin Campbell. Unlike Corey, Smith is smart enough to sit far from the bench. Across the Hudson, no lowly goalie would dare sass Lou Lamoriello, who rules the Stanley Cup champion Devils as if they were one of his college teams back at Providence.
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Torrey's replacement as Islander president was one of the managing partners who quickly departed. The remaining partners own only 10 percent of the franchise. The majority is owned by John Pickett -- yes, still him! -- who stays away. At the beginning of the decade, Pickett tried to sell his Islanders.
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Hey, what's John Pickett thinking these days? A call to Pickett's Florida home yesterday brought no enlightenment. A voice said he wasn't there and his whereabouts were unknown. Sometimes, in this league, it seems as if the lights are on, but no one's home.
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Thomas soon began taking his act on the road, but rather than assemble another formal band, he worked instead with a rotating circle of musicians who shifted from gig to gig, with any number from two to ten players likely to appear on-stage. Thomas billed his informal group of accompanists St. Thomas & the Magic Club, and several Magic Club alumni joined him in the studio in April 2000 to record an EP called The Cornerman. Thomas was still holding down his day job as a letter carrier when The Cornerman was released, but when it debuted at number eight on the Norwegian charts, Thomas quit to pursue music full-time; and set out for his first tour of Europe, where he was met with rave reviews in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. After returning from Europe, Thomas and members of the Magic Club circle began work on his second full-length album, I'm Coming Home. In Norway, I'm Coming Home more than doubled the sales of The Cornerman, and it not only sold well, but became his first recording to be released in the United States. Following more touring in Scandinavia and Europe, Thomas made plans to tour the United States for the first time in the fall of 2002, followed by recording sessions for his third album, which are scheduled to be held in Nashville, TN, with Mark Nevers from Lambchop (who toured Europe with Thomas) producing.


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What to do in Iraq? Obama consults Congress
White House officials said Obama had made no decisions about how to respond to the crumbling security situation in Iraq.
White House officials said Obama had made no decisions about how to respond to the crumbling security situation in Iraq.
The defective switches are blamed by GM for at least 54 crashes and more than 13 deaths.
Barra made her second appearance before the committee since GM recalled 2.6 million small cars in February.
The Kansas City Royals held off Detroit once again to claim their 10th victory in a row.
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CORE Performance Company Offers a SHIFT in Focus
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The Set-Up: On November 2 and 3, CORE Performance Company presented SHIFT at Barnevelder Movement Arts. The dance concert showcased new work from CORE Artistic Director Sue Schroeder, Leslie Scates and Tori Teague. The title of the show is taken from its movement vocabulary, that of moving weight from one part of the body and into another. Shift is also a reference to the addition of new dancers to the company, a changing of the guard of sorts.
The Execution: The three premieres on the program were each thought-provoking and intellectually stimulating, not a weak link in the bunch. The first piece, Sue Schroeder's STILL, is clearly meant to be ironic. The dancers are in a state of continual motion from beginning to end, and stay this way through curiously crafted movement patterns.
For much of the first half, the dancers simply pedal, the weight shifting from the ball of the foot to the heel and back again. The lighting design provides five interlinked squares on the floor that the dancers move within, sometimes alone, sometimes in groups. The dance becomes more dramatic as they move into the floor and out of it with intensity, yet, control. There is something arresting about the human body falling and recovering, as well as watching it react in close proximity to another moving organism.
Speaking of arresting, I was held spellbound by a sequence in Leslie Scates' herd that was comprised solely of gestures, facial expressions and the quiet repositioning of dancers in quadratic formations. The dance is an anthropological study of female behavior, a juxtaposition of woman as cultural construct and woman as organic caregiver. The sequence, with its turning of heads, closing of mouths agape, and palming of foreheads is a revelatory representation of the modern day woman's struggle between the two realms of existence.
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Perhaps the most riveting piece of the evening was Lori Teague's I felt my life with both hands. Much of its power is given by Zoe Keating's familiar score, but that's not to say the dance isn't just as potent. The quintet rushes across the stage in beautiful flourishes of kinetic force, each maneuver seamlessly gushing into the next. The body weight of each performer is what is informing the movement here, with gravity dictating the directional changes and the spirals of the body. There is particularly moving partner work between dancers Rose Shields and Joshua Rackliffe. During one moment, Shields grabs hold of Rackliffe's legs, anchoring him to the floor, and he reaches in all directions, arms flailing in what could be any acute emotion. He is indeed feeling life with both hands.
The Verdict: SHIFT is a fascinating exploration of the creative possibilities of improvisation. Each dance is not only visually pleasing to look at, but is organic and has a soul that might have been missing if developed in a more structured choreographic process. The artfulness in CORE's work is not in codified technique, though there is plenty of that to admire; it's in the scooping out and refining of the ethereal mass that is inside everyone, dancer or not.
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Q. Who is Mr. Smarty Plants?
A: There are those who suspect Wildflower Center volunteers are the culpable and capable culprits. Yet, others think staff members play some, albeit small, role. You can torture us with your plant questions, but we will never reveal the Green Guru's secret identity.
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From: Vienna, VA
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Title: Removing nut grass and wild strawberry in Vienna VA
Answered by: Barbara Medford
Mr. Smarty Pants, How do I get rid of wild strawberry plants and nut grass in my large garden bed? I have rosemary and thyme already there and don't want to use a harmful pesticide (kids and pets as well).ANSWER:
You aren't going to like this, but in both cases simply pulling it out again and again and again is the time-honored method. An organic approach, which we have never tried, is found in Gardens Alive Is Nutgrass Driving You Nuts? The problem, even with very intense organic or chemical pesticides, is that the rhizomes, deep underground, will hold nourishment for the plant for a very long time, usually permitting it to overcome attempts to do it in. If you pull off the leaves of a plant long enough, the roots will finally starve, because there are no leaves making food for the whole plant through photosynthesis. If your ground is soft, there is no greater satisfaction than pulling out a long string of those tubers and destroying them. Unfortunately, there are always more a few feet away, and they will quickly grow into the vacated space. Cyperus rotundus is native to Africa, south central Europe and southern Asia. If we could deport it, we would.
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From our webpage on Fragaria virginiana (Virginia strawberry):
"Virginia strawberry or wild strawberry is a ground-hugging plant rising from a fibrous, perennial root system. Hairy leaf petioles, up to 6 in. long, each bear a single trifoliate leaf. The hairy flower stalk gives rise to a loose cluster of small, five-petaled flowers followed by tasty, wild strawberries."
This means you have a similar problem to the nutgrass, in that the underground roots are perennial, and will live in the soil to send fresh new plants up. From Illinois Wildflowers, we learned that it is considered a food plant, as well as a host to butterflies and other wildlife. No one seems too interested in getting rid of it. When you read about it, you realize it is much the same situation as the nutgrass, spreading by stolons and rhizomes. However, it apparently goes dormant in warm weather; that might be a good time to launch an attack. Or try making strawberry jam.
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"Shaping the audio world of tomorrow, today" - that is the ambition that Sennheiser lives by. The foundation for this vision statement is Sennheiser's history, culture of innovation and passion for excellence. Good sound is not enough. Sennheiser aspires to achieve the perfect sound, to make sound come alive. Sounds can transport us to distant places, awaken sleeping emotions and even intensify our sense of taste. We do not perceive them just with our eardrums, but by way of the skin and some people can actually see sounds. This is why they work every day to achieve the perfect sound and open up to their customers the whole feeling world of the audio universe.
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Definition - What does Creditable Coverage mean?
Creditable coverage refers to coverage under a previous health insurance plan prior to enrollment in a new one. Ordinarily, under a new health plan, pre-existing health conditions (conditions for which treatment is sought within six months prior to enrollment), are excluded from the coverage within a year. Under a new law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), if you applied for new coverage within 63 days of having previous coverage, the new plan cannot impose the exclusion. In other words, to offset the exclusion, the period of lapsed coverage must not be more than 63 days between the policies.
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For example, John transfers to another company that offered better career opportunities and benefits. Six weeks after his resignation, he started his new position, which entitled him to a similar health benefit that covered his entire family. John has high blood pressure, and his wife and two children have previous records of asthma.
John spent three full years at his former company. His transfer temporarily put a stop to his health coverage for six weeks or a total of 42 days. Since the lapse period of no coverage is less than 63 days, John is entitled to creditable coverage under HIPAA, thereby effectively offsetting the new plan's "pre-existing conditions" exclusion.
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With a stay at Best Western Bed And Suites, you'll be centrally located in Gemenos, convenient to Santons Maryse Di Landro Museum and Marcel Pagnol House. This hotel is within the vicinity of French Foreign Legion Museum and Chateau de la Buzine.
Make yourself at home in one of the 29 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Planning an event in Gemenos? This hotel has 592 square feet (55 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
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It's 3 in the morning and my daughter is crying in her crib. I pick her up, and rock her back to sleep. But when I lean over to place her back in the crib, the screen on my watch lights up, waking her once more. This is an unintended consequence of my watch's ability to sense my movements, and it has come alive in anticipation that I may want something from it. But what I really want is to go back to bed.
Samsung Gear Live
An efficient way to deal with notifications. Raises voice commands to a new high—especially sending text messages or asking Google Now for something. Not unpretty. I expect app-makers to figure out some cool new interactions down the road.
Terrible battery life. Crummy charger. It listens well, but it can't play audio. Nor can it take a picture or run a video chat. Screen is too dim for sunny days. Blips on and off awkwardly in the dark if you forget to mute it.
The watch on my wrist, Samsung Gear Live, is one of two Android Wear watches already on sale. The other, the LG G Watch, is reviewed here. A third, the Motorola 360, is coming soon.
For years now, smart watches like these have been "coming soon." Well, here they are. And it's worth thinking about what they do, and how well they do it.
The main thing I've found that Android Wear smart watches do well—much like Android itself—is eliminate clutter. Thanks to recent updates to Google's mobile OS, the barrage of emails and tweets that flood onto your phone during the day can be more easily dismissed and trashed and shunted aside by tapping or swiping on the notifications as they appear on the phone's screen. And now, you can tap or swipe on those notifications from the watch face too. It is a wonderfully efficient way of managing digital clutter.
But overall, it feels like an evolution—as opposed to the revolution of the first iPhone and Android devices. It is not something entirely new, at least not yet. It is simply a way of shifting certain actions from one screen to another. It promises to do some things uniquely, but ultimately it is a triage system for your notifications. An alert system.
Driving in my car, my watch vibrates on my wrist. A new text message from my father has arrived. This is the Ur use case for wearables—acting on items without diving deep into a smartphone application. But there's a problem. While my watch will listen to me, it doesn't ever speak. There is no speaker, nor can I even command it to "read me my text" to have the message play on my phone's speaker. So I still have to fiddle with a screen to read the message. Given the screen's small size, it occurs to me that this is even more dangerous than looking at it on my phone. Replying, however, is effortless. I talk, and it sends him a perfectly transcribed response. A miracle, if a minor one.
That dissonance between utility and uselessness is the core experience. Some of the things that Android Wear, and specifically the Gear Live can do are really great. I've already sent very many text messages and emails from my wrist, without pausing what it was I was doing. It is especially true of very short messages, which it fields with aplomb. If you need to send something longer, you are still going to want your phone or even your computer. But voice actions for SMS—a short-format medium by nature—are great.
I'm hopeful Facebook and Twitter will roll out versions of their apps that support Android Wear voice actions, but neither company has shown much enthusiasm for the platform yet. Hopefully that will change, because the ability to run a voice command and update your status without having to take out your phone and unlock it is really hot.
"OK Google," I say to my wrist, "play William Onyeabor." On my phone, Google Play All Access Music Jukebox, or whatever it's called this week, fires up and begins streaming "Atomic Bomb." My phone is in my pocket, headphone cables snake up to my ears. It's awesome. So what if the other people on the bus are looking at me. Who cares. I close my eyes and listen. I'm going to explode.
One of the bigger drawbacks of the Gear Live is that it's a total battery hog. I've never gotten more than 24 hours out of it. One way to handle this is by charging it every night when you go to sleep. Yet one of the chief things I like about wearing a timepiece is being able to look at it when I wake up in the night, which you can't do when it's docked somewhere charging. Nor do I always remember to take it off at night (see above) which means I wake up with it dead on occasion.
Worse, the charging cradle is garbage. It's difficult to click the watch in and out of it. Despite doing it every day, it never gets easier. It's also a cheap little piece of plastic, that's poorly designed so that it doesn't sit well on a desk. It is remarkable to me that a product manager somewhere thought it was acceptable to ship a $200 watch, a miracle of glass and silicon and lithium-ion, with this horrible little plastic nub that looks like something you accidentally broke off of your LEGO Mindstorm kit.
I have trouble seeing my watch in bright sunlight, and just about can't see it at all when I'm wearing my sunglasses—that's a much bigger deal on a watch than a smartphone. Conversely, it can be much too bright in a dark room. You can place your hand over the screen to dim it, and you can also mute it which will keep the screen from coming alive when you raise your wrist. But forget to mute it, or tap it accidentally, and it's going to annoy you at the movies, or in a dark room where your child is trying to sleep.
On Sunday, as I'm out and about, my watch buzzes to tell me I've taken 10,000 steps. Hooray! I've met my goal. I take another two thousand more before the day is through. Monday is a work day and I spend it sitting down and only make it 6,975 steps. My watch doesn't notice. It bothers me about all sorts of things. It has a fitness app. Why not make it useful by prompting me to be more active?
The vibrations this thing puts off take some getting used to. For the first few days I wore it, every time someone called me, which would set off a series of hard vibrations on my wrist, it scared the shit out of me. Even once I became accustomed to it to the point where it no longer startled, I still found it very annoying.
At the end of the day, when I'm really really exhausted, I raise my wrist and mutter, "OK google, call a car." Lyft fires. It knows just where I am. Within (literally) seconds, a car is on its way to me. Well, that was easy. Maybe too easy? At my desk, I am showing how easy it is to call a car, and accidentally ordered one. Thankfully, it's pretty easy to cancel as well.
Once, I had to take a minute and reboot my watch. No big deal at all, but an odd experience.
A notification flashes on my wrist. It's from Google+. It tells me that 11 photos are ready to share. There is a small preview of one. It's a picture I took of my family, my wife and children, all asleep. It's really beautiful. I swipe to the left to see the others, but there's only an option to share. I swipe back to the right to go back to that original image. I swipe up. Nothing happens. I swipe down. Nothing happens. I wonder about the other ten photos. I wonder who I would share a bunch of pictures I've never seen with. Why Google+, why? Some of the actions that developers are taking with Android Wear—even Google—are puzzling or poorly thought out.
The clasp on this thing is really nice. You can replace the band, but there's no real reason to do so. And generally speaking, the hardware is nice-not-wonderful. It is noticeably big, but not ridiculous by any stretch. It is too dim, and yet still can't get great battery life. It doesn't have a front side camera or a speaker, which would make it a Dick Tracy device suitable for Hangouts and Skype calls. It seems such a waste for this to only be about text, and to only be able to input audio, rather than play it as well.
Overall this is a success. Do you love gadgets? Get it. You'll enjoy playing with it and as more apps come along it's just going to get more useful. But it isn't for everyone. It lacks the gee-whiz factor of Google Glass, while offering no more utility (although you probably won't get laughed at for wearing it). It needs a better reason to exist, which it doesn't have yet.
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