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4-3-11 Nationals Park
We were back at Nationals Park for another game today.
Hopefully today would be a bit better day for me.
The weather was expected to be a bit warmer with no chance of rain.
Amy was back in charge of the camera, and did a fantastic job taking lots of pictures.
We were again first in line, so to pass the time, Nick and I played catch.
This time, we played catch on the street, so as not to get yelled at by security.
When the gates opened, we ran in to look for baseballs,
but there were none. I made my way over to center field and spotted a ball below, but there were security guards everywhere down there.
I thought about asking them to toss it up, but they were engaged in a conversation. I went and checked the gaps behind the walls, which were empty. When I came back that ball was gone.
Much like yesterday, my day got off to another really slow start. There was a lot of inactivity and waiting.
All I could do is look at Amy with a "this is going to well" look.
I noticed a few balls were landing in the seats in right field, so I hustled over to try and get in on some of the action.
Amy was right behind me to capture the action.
Once there I set up in the third row.
I didn't have to wait too long as Laynce Nix launched a home run in my direction. I could tell that the ball was going to be a bit short, so I had to scale the row of seats in front of me to catch the ball just above the man in red's black glove.
Here I am with my first ball of the day.
I headed over to left field with Nick, but it was too crowded, and I got shut out there despite several home runs landing here and there.
I headed back to right field to stay for a majority of the Braves batting practice.
After changing quickly on the concourse, I made my way to right field.
I began cutting through the second row when I ball appeared out of nowhere. Mike Minor randomly flipped a ball up from the warning track. I reacted and caught the ball for my second of the day. There wasn't anyone else within a few feet of me, so I figured it really wasn't intended for anyone in particular. Here I am with Mike Minor below:
Despite several Braves batting, I noticed a ball land in the gap in left center field. I decided to go over and glove trick it immediately.
Here I am setting up the glove trick:
I leaned on the glass railing for a moment and pretended to watch BP so as not to bring attention to myself from the security guards. I then lowered my glove over the ball:
And reeled it in.
That was my third ball of the day.
Upon returning to right field, I noticed another ball in the gap between the stands and scoreboard.
I glove tricked that ball too.
I'm was working with a new rubber band and it was working really well. I snagged both glove trick balls in one try.
The rest of batting practice was just a lot of standing around. You can tell by Nick's body language how slow things were.
Near the end of batting practice, I went over to left field above the bullpen to scope out the balls in the bullpen.
While there, an unidentified Braves player tossed my ball #5.
Batting practice ended, and there were three balls that were gettable in the bullpen. I knew how security was, so I spoke with the usher in the section, "There's a ball in the bullpen that I can get with my glove," I said. "Is it ok if I get it?"
"Alright," She replied, "Imma let you get it."
I went to work and got the ball to stick in the glove on the first try. Weirdly, the same lady that just gave me permission, came and started yelling at me. "You can't do that!"
"You just told me that I could get a ball from the bullpen."
"No! You have to stop."
"OK, the ball's stuck in my glove, should I throw it back onto the field or can I keep it?"
She ignored me. So I stuck it in my pocket and let. It was the sixth one of the day.
That would be it for batting practice.
We left the stadium after BP to head back to Pittsburgh.
We headed back to pictures and Amy was still snapping away.
We left sunny 65 degree weather for dreariness.
Here are the baseballs I snagged today:
And the sweet spots:
Season: 9 balls (4 hit, 2 thrown, 3 device, 0 found)
Games: 2 games
Average: 4.50 balls per game
Career: 1,131 balls
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PEABODY-BURNS: Large track team hopes to be competitive
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If numbers equate to success, Peabody-Burns track and field should accomplish a great deal in 2014. With 30 athletes — 20 boys and 10 girls — PBHS will be able to compete in team and also individual events in the Wheat State League.
Michael George is the only returning senior and will compete in the sprints and relays. He finished last season well, barely missing out on qualifying for state in the 400 meters by less than a half of a second.
First-time senior participants Xavier Jabary and Alyssa Brooks will also help boost the competitiveness of both teams.
The jumps look to be a strength for the boys this season. State qualifier Braxton Kyle in the high jump and sophomore Cody Partridge, who just missed qualifying in long jump and high jump, placing fifth in both events last season at regionals, return. Development of the skill events will be key for the boys' team this year in order to have a chance to place in the top two at the league championships.
Two girls return for the Lady Warriors. Junior Carlee Wentworth will compete in javelin and relays. Junior Kenzie Young will compete in relays and middle distance.
"A good portion of the freshman class has committed themselves to improving and working this spring as well, having more participants will hopefully help our girls team compete better at our league meet," head coach Brian Lightner said. "I'm really proud of the student-athletes who have chosen to represent their school and community this year. They are the best athletes our school has and it is a pleasure to coach them every day."
Returning letter winners include Kenzie Young, Carlee Wentworth, Michael George, Nick Preheim, Braxton Kyle, Kevin Baatrup, Cody Partridge, Clayton Philpott and Patrick Egan.
The team began practice on Tuesday and will open the season April 8 in the Central Christian Central Kansas Track League meet at Buhler.
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Annual to shrubs, generally glandular, some green root-parasites
Stem generally round
Leaves generally alternate, simple, generally ± entire; stipules generally 0
Inflorescence: spike to panicle, generally bracted, or flowers 12 in axils
Flower bisexual; calyx lobes generally 5; corolla generally strongly bilateral, generally 2-lipped (upper lip generally 2-lobed, lower lip generally 3-lobed); stamens generally 4 in 2 pairs, generally included, a 5th (generally uppermost) sometimes present as a staminode; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, placentas axile, style 1, stigma lobes generally 2
Fruit: capsule, generally ± ovoid, loculicidal or septicidal
Seed: coat sculpture often characteristic
Genera in family: ± 200 genera, 3000 species: ± worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental (e.g., Antirrhinum, Mimulus, Penstemon ) or medicinal (Digitalis )
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include only Buddleja, Scrophularia, and Verbascum in CA; other genera moved to Orobanchaceae (Castilleja, Cordylanthus, Orthocarpus, Pedicularis, Triphysaria), Phrymaceae (Mimulus), and Plantaginaceae (= Veronicaceae sensu Olmstead et al.)
Key to genera by Elizabeth Chase Neese & Margriet Wetherwax.
Perennial to shrub
Leaves generally opposite, entire to toothed; upper sessile
Inflorescence: panicle or raceme; bracts generally small
Flower: calyx lobes 5, ± equal; corolla tube ± cylindric or lower side expanded, ± 2-lipped, generally pink or blue to purple (some red, yellow, or white), upper lip 2-lobed, external in bud; anther sacs 2, generally spreading ± flat at dehiscence; staminode attached near base of corolla tube, well developed, generally hairy on upper side; nectaries 2, at bases of upper stamens; stigma head-like
Fruit: capsule, septicidal and sometimes also loculicidal at tip
Seeds generally many, irregularly angled
Species in genus: 250 species: North America., especially w US
Etymology: (Latin & Greek: almost thread, from stamen-like staminode)
Reference: [Holmgren 1984 In Cronquist et al. Intermountain Flora 4:370457]
Largest genus of flowering plants endemic to North America. See also Keckiella , Nothochelone.
Perennial 80120 cm, glabrous, green or glaucous
Leaves ± thin; upper cauline leaves 35100 mm, lanceolate to widely ovate, pairs fused at base, generally folded lengthwise and recurved at tip, ± serrate
Flower: calyx 3.56.3 mm, lobes ovate to ± round; corolla 2434 mm, blue (-purple), throat 814 mm wide when pressed, pale violet to lavender, whitish within, glandular outside and on throat roof, floor generally glabrous; anther sacs 1.82.4 mm, dehiscing full length but barely spreading; staminode included, glabrous
Ecology: Gravelly and sandy slopes, banks of washes, coastal-sage scrub, chaparral, oak woodland
Elevation: 1002400 m.
Bioregional distribution: Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges
Distribution outside California: Mexico
Varieties hybridize in e TR.
Inflorescence glandular
Ecology: Habitats of sp.
Elevation: 5002400 m.
Bioregional distribution: Transverse Ranges
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People have been known to tie the knot in this town. Famous people. People who like to act like they're famous. And people who are just generally inspired by the whole Vegas-ness of the place. Vegas and weddings are the perfect match. And following the recent appeals court ruling lifting a ban on same-sex marriages, now every couple can be legally wed here -- and in any number of ways.
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A wedding in Las Vegas is sure to leave any couple with lasting memories. Think of the photo opportunities, the reception venues and the available hotel rooms for all those friends and family who want to share your big day. And after you tie the knot, there's no need to rush to the airport; you're already in one of the top honeymoon destinations.
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The Apostolic Summit is an annual event, held in Rockhampton during May. People from all over Australia and from many other nations gather together to hear and share in what the Lord is saying and doing among His people. This year, the Summit speakers included John Alley & Glenn Shaffer. This set of messages will encourage, challenge and inspire the listener to live in holiness and purity, to walk in the fear of the Lord and to mature as spiritual sons and fathers.
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6809 was the best 8-bit microprocessor ever made, I ordered a couple while they are still available.
compatible SRAM and some program storage memory that is relatively easy to program as I have no idea where my EPROM programmer has gotten off to. Any recommendations welcome.
Quote6809 was the best 8-bit microprocessor ever made, I ordered a couple while they are still available. I used to program on a 6809 as well. How about we make a retro dual processor (09/Z80) board Quotecompatible SRAM and some program storage memory that is relatively easy to program as I have no idea where my EPROM programmer has gotten off to. Any recommendations welcome.There's plenty of SRAM around these days that will work. As for the EPROM, maybe use flash or just battery-back the SRAM. You could build in a modern micro to act as a programmer.Another idea is to have an modern micro actually serve the EPROM data.______Rob
An ABM Ultrasonic Industrial sensor (used for measuring fullness of large tanks, I think), .7 - 20ft range, absolutely no idea what to use it for, but won the auction on a 99 cent bid with free shipping. 4- 20ma current loop it says, I'll have to research it a bit.I love oddball stuff....
Does anyone remember the "computer" from 70's made out of long plastic switches and wires and lights? You stuck pre-printed paper in the plastic in front of the lights. You stuck wires in the holes. Each lever switched like 8 switches which were wired in parallel. I didn't know who else to ask this question to, so I thought I'd try here. It's related to the post about the gravity powered computer above.
As I recall though, it was very Motorola like at the bus level
I was thinking about building a programmer for EEPROM that ran off my Raspberry Pi.
I thought since the hex files would already be on it it would make sense to use it for the programmer.
How would you propose serving the EPROM data via micro?
Unless you plan to remove the chip for programming you have to dual port the memory chip, easy enough but adds several chips. I had an EPROM emulator on the market that plugged into the EPROM socket and used SRAM with the dual porting added.
Well these old chips weren't very fast eh? Maybe connect the AVR (or whatever) up with pins the same as an EPROM and monitor the CS/RD signals, when you see an active select you use the address to index into an array and provide the data.This was proposed by somebody here quite some time ago, originally I poo-pooed the idea but it may have legs. Especially if you can control the target CPU's clock.
Adding dual-ported RAM would be easier but uses a few chips, this idea only needs a single chip.
Or build an FLASH emulator for development and drop a chip in when finished, just like we used to do but without the UV light
I'll never forget the smell of conductive foam exposed to UV light!
I had two big EPROM erasers running full time.
QuoteI'll never forget the smell of conductive foam exposed to UV light!It's funny how you remember such things.QuoteI had two big EPROM erasers running full time.That's why I built the emulator, got sick of swapping chips.______Rob


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Beem Plus is a Windows Phone music app that allows users to tap into Digitally Imported music sites and stream various EDM radio stations to their Windows Phones. The DI.FM client was updated the other day to version 1.5 to address a handful of bugs, tweak performance and now supports Last.fm scrobbling.
Scrobbling is basically the system building a profile based on the music you play regularly and makes recommendations based on that profile. With the update, you no longer need to have a specific track name written in your notebook, instead just have it listed in your "Recently Played" table. You can either perform manual scrobbling by tapping the sharing button above the heart (in the station player) or enable auto-scrobbling where, for each opened station, the current track details will be automatically sent to your Last.fm account.
As far as stability improvements are concerned, the developer is now using an in-house management interface for all the stations that is based on Azure Mobile Services. This should not only improve stability but also give the app a little more zip.
The developer does offer this upgrade note:
"Because of internal changes to the station storage and retrieval mechanism, you might experience the "crash on launch" problem. This is caused because of how the update process manages the application isolated storage (it leaves it intact). And since Beem 1.5 no longer supports legacy settings, you will simply need to delete the app and then install it again. Since you already purchased it once, you won't have to do it again."
Beem Plus is a nicely laid out music app for your Windows Phone that delivers a wide range of music. The app also has Skydrive support to back up your records with.
There is a free version of Beem that is still currently at version 1.3 and can be found here. With no trial version of Beem Plus, the free version will give you a good feel for things. Beem Plus is currently running $1.29 and you can find it here in the Windows Phone Store.
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My sister is 49 years old and has breast cancer. She underwent quadrantectomy and they found cancer cells in three lymph nodes. She is scheduled for chemotherapy and then radiation. Someone in her support group referred to a drug called a "rescue" drug. Is there any information you can provide on that drug? Does it have to do with the blood cells and the effect that chemotherapy has on them?
John Han-Chih Chang, MD and Kenneth Blank, MD, OncoLink Editorial Assistants, responds:
Thank you for your interest and question.
The drug or chemotherapeutic agent to which they were referring is leucovorin. To explain what it is attempting to "rescue," we have to understand the other chemotherapeutic agents' mechanisms of action. The types of chemotherapy agents with which leucovorin are utilized are methotrexate (MTX) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). They are classified as anti-metabolites.
Methotrexate is an inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), which maintains intracellular folates in the reduced form. Reduced folates in cells are used for production of DNA building blocks (bases). Thus, if there is lack of reduced folates in cells, they would not be able to repair and create more DNA resulting in DNA strand breaks and fragmentation leading to dying cells. Because the rapidly dividing and growing cells in the body require more production and repair of DNA, they seem to be most affected by chemotherapy. Cancer, bone marrow, hair follicles and gastrointestinal lining cells are just a few of the cell types that are rapidly proliferating and seem to be most affected by the anti-cancer drugs (basis of chemotherapy).
5-FU is phosphorylated into metabolites, which inhibit thymidylate synthetase (TS) by forming a complex with covalent bonds to TS. TS also functions in preparing bases to be utilized for DNA synthesis. Thus, 5-FU disrupts DNA repair and production of rapidly proliferating cells also. Of note, in times of low reduced folate levels, the complex dissociates much quicker.
With that background being given, leucovorin is a reduced folate that is utilized with the two aforementioned chemotherapeutics. With high-dose MTX, leucovorin is given to "rescue" the gastrointestinal lining and bone marrow cells from MTX toxicity. Usually, the blood level of MTX is measured and an appropriated dose of leucovorin is given to benefit the gastrointestinal lining and bone marrow and not effect MTX's toxic effect on the cancer. For 5-FU, having a reduced folate actually prolongs the binding of 5-FU's metabolites to the TS enzyme. Thus, using leucovorin actually increases the duration of 5-FU's cytotoxic function.


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French photographer and blogger Sophie , is my latest muse. Her blog is full of dreamy photography, live music and vintage....swoon!!
Her blog is full of dreamy photography, live music and vintage....swoon!!
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i love her peacock feather necklace.. lovely!ReplyDelete
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yep, peacocks are a favorite if late---I will have to take a visit to her place :)ReplyDelete
I'll go check it out<3 Lovely ^^ReplyDelete
G'day! (I learned Australian peaple say that,is it true?haha).Thanks so much for this post!cute!And what does "swoon" mean?:0ReplyDelete
PS: this post you made brought me a LOT of new peaple on my blog.That's amazing :o Thanks again!ReplyDelete
@sophie ~ you welcome, swoon: "To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy." hehe your images make me dream inloveReplyDelete
Yes I have been poking around her blog. It is lovely indeed.ReplyDelete
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The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces it has been awarded a prestigious Museums for America grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The $150,000 grant will support the Amon Carter's Access to American Photography initiative, a collections digitization project that will allow the museum to digitize and catalog nearly 25,000 priority photographs from its renowned collection.
"This digitization grant allows us to take a major step toward fulfilling the museum's strategic plan to make the collection available to a much wider audience," says Director Ron Tyler.
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Museums for America is the largest IMLS grant program for museums, providing more than $19 million in grants to support the role of museums in American society to sustain cultural heritage, to support lifelong learning and to be centers of community engagement. Museums for America grants strengthen a museum's ability to serve the public more effectively by supporting high-priority activities that advance the institution's mission and strategic goals.
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Gwyneth Paltrow is movie royalty – her mother is Blythe Danner and her godfather is Steven Spielberg – but you wouldn't know it from just meeting her. The A-list actress is one of the most down-to-earth people you'll ever meet, and though she was once known as "that actress who was engaged to Brad Pitt," she's now married to "that guy from Coldplay." She's also one of the best actresses of her generation, so it certainly raised a few eyebrows when she picked "Iron Man" as her grand return to the big screen. While sitting down to chat with Bullz-Eye and a small group of writers at Comic-Con, Gwyneth talked about why she chose the project as her next movie, her husband's cameo on "Extras," and even let something slip about "Iron Man" that, well, she probably shouldn't have said.
Reporter: What's it feel like to be in a superhero movie?
Gwyneth Paltrow: It was so great. I never expected to have so much fun and I absolutely loved doing it. I loved my character and I loved working with Robert [Downey Jr.], Terrence [Howard] and Jeff Bridges, and it's just, it was a great way to come back to work, you know after a few years of not working.
Reporter: When you read the script, what made you want to do the project?
GP: It was even before I read the script. I love Jon Favreau's films, I've always wanted to work with Robert Downey Jr. – always, always, you know I've always loved him – and you know, I used to watch him in movies when I was a teenager, and he's so brilliant. And so, the combination of him, Jon, Terrence and Jeff Bridges – I mean, he's the Big Lebowski, and you know, I must've watched "Jagged Edge" 800 times on Betmax growing up, so, I've always loved him, and then to read the script and it was actually really good, and so I felt really lucky to be asked to do it.
Reporter: How do you think this stacks up to other sci-fi movies that you've done? Like "Sky Captain [and the World of Tomorrow]?"
GP: Um, I think that's my only other one, isn't it? Well, it's a very different … that movie was like doing, you know, an off Broadway play, because it was all in a blue room, and we didn't know what we were doing, and I had never done anything like that. And that was like this experimental thing that was also really interesting to do. I really liked doing it, I'm really glad I did it, but to do a movie like this – "Iron Man" – that has this amazing life that precedes the movie, and it has a whole group of people who have this fervent passion about it.
Reporter: Pepper's a really strong female character.
GW: Yes. She's very strong, she's kind of the moral center of the movie, and she's amazing – she's a great character. I love her; I loved playing her.
Reporter: Are you similar to her at all?
GP: To Pepper? Yeah, I am. I'm very organized like Pepper (laughs), but I always think you bring parts of yourself into a character. You find parallel things that you have, but I don't have a complicated relationship with a superhero. (thinking about the fact that she's married to Coldplay's Chris Martin) I kind of do, actually. (laughs)
Reporter: Do you have a budding relationship with the character of Happy Hogan like Pepper does in the books?
GP: Um (looking anxious) Am I allowed to talk about this? Where's Kevin Feige? (Editor's Note: He is the film's producer) Kevin?
Reporter: He said yeah, we asked him.
GP: He did? OK. (laughs) He, um, there's sort of room for it. We don't know.
Reporter: So there is a Happy Hogan?
GP: Happy Hogan – am I allowed to say that? – yes, he's in it. You know who he is in it?
Reporter: (obviously lying) Yeah.
GP: OK, fine. I know, they freak you out. It's like "Don't say anything, don't say this, don't say that," and everything.
Reporter: Well, don't say any names then, so you don't get into trouble.
GP: No, it's OK. Happy Hogan is in the movie, he's in the movie – God, I hope Kevin doesn't kill me – and they just have a professional relationship in the movie. He doesn't have a big part. It's more of a cameo in the movie.
Reporter: Did you get action scenes in the movie? Did you have to train or anything?
GP: I had to train. I didn't have too much – I had an action sequence at the end, but they wanted me in tip-top shape.
Reporter: Do you recommend this movie for the girls?
GP: Oh, definitely. This is not a movie only for guys, you know, there's a lot in it for… You know, I think the relationship, all of the relationship stuff -- not just between me and Robert, but between Robert and Jeff Bridges, and Terrence and Robert, and me and Terrence and me and Jeff -- it's all like really good stuff. And so, yeah, I think women will be happy to accompany their guys.
Reporter: Jon [Favreau] is a very funny guy. Did he bring that… are you having fun, are you laughing on the movie?
GP: Oh, I had a great time. There's a lot of good humor. He's very, very dry, but my relationship with Robert – there's a very playful funny side to the relationship.
Reporter: Did you like the red hair?
GP: Yes, I did like my red hair very much.
Reporter: Did your husband like the red hair?
GP: Yeah, he did. (laughs)
Reporter: And along that line, are you making drumsticks tonight? (Editor's Note: This is a reference to Chris Martin's guest spot on the HBO/BBC series "Extras")
GP: (laughs) Oh, god, "Extras."
Reporter: Did you get a big laugh out of that?
GP: I thought it was brilliant. I thought he was really, really good. I didn't know he was such a good actor.
Bullz-Eye: Did Ricky [Gervais] ever approach you about making a cameo?
GP: Well, yeah. Originally, he wanted us to be in it together, but we're not so into doing stuff in public together, so – and Chris is the rabid "Office" and "Extras" fan – he did it and I thought he was great.
Bullz-Eye: One final thing: When "Iron Man" becomes the biggest movie of next year…
GP: (laughs)
Bullz-Eye: …and they greenlight a sequel, would you be excited to go back?
GP: Definitely. I had such a great time. I mean, I felt so lucky to be a part of it, and I hope they make tons of them.
Reporter: You're Pepper Potts now – we don't want anybody else.
GP: (laughs) Thanks.


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The referee was centre stage as Sheffield Wednesday inflicted a first defeat in nine on Hull with a surprise 3-1 win.
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The Owls won it thanks to a goalkeeping howler from the Tiger's Eldin Jakupovic, who inexplicably dropped Miguel Llera's corner over the line and then had to leave the field wearing a neck brace after Reda Johnson had clattered into him.
Hull wanted a foul for Johnson's challenge, which led to a 10-minute stoppage, but Haywood waved away appeals and Wednesday made sure of the points in the seventh minute of injury time when Michail Antonio raced clear and rolled home.
Wednesday's second goal had come just four minutes after Hull had drawn level thanks to Robert Koren's header, which cancelled out Johnson's first-half opener for Wednesday.
That was not Haywood's only involvement in the game, though, as the West Yorkshire official inexplicably ruled out a Giles Coke effort for an apparent foul on the uneasy Jakupovic.
Whatever the circumstances of Wednesday's win, it was thoroughly deserved as despite only playing winger Antonio in a lone striker's role, they put in a superb display and could have won even more convincingly.
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After some shoddy defending in the area, Coke nipped in ahead of Jakupovic and clipped the ball home. The majority of the Wednesday players were celebrating in a heap in front of their travelling support when referee Haywood ruled Coke had fouled the keeper.
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I finally got around to finishing Halo 4 last night and the ending troubled me. Not because I thought it was incoherent or unsatisfying, but rather I didn't know what to make of its attitude towards women--or, rather, what assumptions it seems to make about the player's attitude towards them. One thing really stood out to me: clothing and the lack thereof. I looked around the net to see what others had written about Cortana, and quickly discovered I'm far from the only one who has some issues with it. As Jon W of Gamasutra puts it: "It doesn't seem particularly fair to permaban pumped-up teenage boys from acting like immature sexists when that is exactly what the game has trained them to be." Warning: there are some spoilers here.
Let's start with Master Chief. Like many super heroes, you never see this guy's face (or any of the rest of his body). He's well protected by the equivalent of a wearable tank. Arguably, not showing the hero's face is an important part of the identification process; since we can't see him, it's easier to imagine ourselves in that suit. I do think this is part of his appeal, but I think it also taps into something more profound than that. Perhaps it's getting at a deep-seated anxiety about having our emotions exposed; characters like Master Chief strike us (and the other characters in the game, actually) as emotionally withdrawn and guarded. Like Batman and countless similar types, the Chief is strictly focused on what he perceives as his duty as a man. While the mask is ostensibly there to protect his identity, it also, and perhaps more importantly, protects his male ego. In much the same way that a prison guard gains some emotional distance by donning a pair of dark sunglasses--so the convicts cannot see his eyes--characters like Batman and Master Chief's identity-masking erases those elements unique to an individual. After all, a "real man" shuns special treatment and consideration; the macho ethos is always about "doing what any man would have done," not what only someone with a deep emotional attachment would do. If we want to indulge in stereotypes for a moment, it's easy enough to see how Master Chief represents a very common fantasy for boys, particularly those who don't have much confidence. Being in a suit like Master Chief's makes you incredibly strong, tough, and, most importantly, concealed, so that you are protected physically as well as from those discouraging stares or dismissive glances (whether real or imagined).
Fine. But what's perhaps more disturbing is the game's treatment of Cortana. Here we have the game's only real female character, and she's almost the total opposite of the male image of Master Chief. Instead of being almost totally concealed behind heavy armor and an opaque visor, she's practically naked, and when she's on screen, the camera pays close attention to her rich facial expressions and exaggerated curves. Whereas the Chief is a highly physical being of great strength, one who really makes an impact wherever he goes--Cortana is not even granted a body, but exists only as a hologram. She is completely and utterly dependent on the Chief for protection as well as mobility--he literally picks her up and plugs her into his suit. In perhaps the final insult to females in this game, it's emphasized that even her individuality is an illusion; she can be copied again and again when the need arises. Finally, she is even denied rationality, and becomes increasingly less coherent and more dependent on Master Chief until the closing credits (and a poignant moment I won't spoil here).
Cortana's lack of a physical body also protects Master Chief from the need to be physically intimate with her; by her very nature, her being and his affection for her can only be conceptualized, not consummated. In a way this seems a return to chivalric traditions of the aloof, "untainted" romance, where sexuality is expressed in poetry rather than prurience. While the Chief never waxes poetically, the music in the game certainly suggests such themes, and it's easy enough to read whatever longing we experience ourselves under his visor. While chivalric traditions might seem to celebrate and protect women by placing them on a pedestal, it also denies them the right to their body and sexuality. It's as though their corporeal existence beneath all the claptrap is simply so reviling that it's better to deny oneself the pleasures of sex than to destroy the illusion.
Is the game sexist? I wouldn't talk about it in those terms. I think it's simply more symptomatic of the latent sexual anxieties experienced by the young men who tend to buy these games more than any conspiracy or sexist attitudes on the part of the studio. I do wonder, though, if games that indulge and immerse us so deeply in these pubescent fantasies might in some way retard our emotional and sexual development. Halo 4 presents the ideal woman as, literally just an idea, whose very identity, individuality, and physicality, are all either denied or rendered suspect--all the while protecting the male ego behind a near-indestructible and opaque set of body armor--well, it can't be good, now, can it? There's a telling (if not touching) moment at the end of the game where the Chief is talking to a much less intimidating man, one who's face is not obscured behind a helmet but is in fact quite animated. It becomes obvious from the man's questions, attitude, and height compared to the Chief makes it clear he's not nearly as rugged and self-contained as the hero. His remark that soldiers makes him seem weak and barely worthy to be in the same room. The Chief is taciturn, as a man ought to be; this guy talks too much about his feelings. Indeed, the Chief's last words before the credits point out that Cortana, the Female, had said the same thing.
It seems that this type of hero doesn't seem to thrive well in other media, such as comics. Iron Man might seem to have a lot in common with the Chief--after all, they wear similar suits. But Iron Man has an alter ego, like Batman and countless other characters. We thus get to see their weaker, more emotional side. Games like Halo 4 seem better able to get away with this lack of emotional development, perhaps substituting the thrill of controlling the character to that of identifying with a character. While many of us have often fantasized about wearing Iron Man's suit, I imagine relatively fewer of us have fantasized about being Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne. While some of us as boys might have resisted either of these characters--"Just get back to crime fighting, Batman!" or whatever, they did provide some wholesome balance. What a game like Halo 4 might be imparting to the boys and young men, though, I shudder to think.
I often wax poetic with my friends about how we, the gaming generation, and the games themselves grew up "together". Halo Combat Evolved came out in 2001; as a guy in his twenties, this type of macho male fantasy was appealing. 11 (12?) years later, I'm married, have a career, and responsibilities. Gaming is sort of stuck right now in that age 30 demographic - too mature for the likes of Mario and Nintendo, yet too immature for truly artistic games (Shadow of the Colossus). Halo is like a relic of the past, that is carried now by its gameplay systems and not its aesthetic.
Now I wonder, comparing to Iron man or Batman, both have loves.. and cant act on them (for whatever reasons, fear of their death etc..).. master chief cant because its physical impossible.. its a moral choice for "superhero's" its forced choice for master ... depending on if he would like to act on it or not. You also mention her being Dependent on him for movement.. Which is the case in the game.. but one can argue he was dependent on her before the game (she is the AI of the ship after all) which in way makes her 100's more powerfull then master in almost every way. Now we get to looks.. well with a predominantly male buying public ( especially on FPS) curves and boobs are simply the way to go. BUT! even in highly intelligent SciFi writing the AI is made to look like a HUMAN to make us more comfortable.. and often made to look female.. and yes for sexiest reasons, they are seen as less threatening in almost every way (which I wonder is because most Sci Fi Geeks have never had a real woman in there life.. PURE EVIL when there mad I think :) far scarier then any male I have run into ). There are real "proven" reason to ahve a female represented AI.. once can even argue about lack of cloths.. exposed is way to basically say "nothing hidden" and ins some case "you are in control".. while horribly outdated and again coming from repressed and often sick and evil beginnings its been brought down through time.. Often times prisoners or slaves or captives where striped.. again to make it all but impossible to hide anything.. but as way to show total control for the "master" and total submit from the "slave" and in the end a computer is just a tool to serve its master and Cortina is just that. While i can say all that.. I'm about 90% sure she looks the way she does for pure sexual reasons. But i don't see any submissive fantasies in the game.. (again , even if i just spouted a whole bunch about them). I look at here more like old fantasy A sword that can speak (Elric) and is traveling companion in a sudo way.. Cortina is just a way to add a companion that doesn't shoot.. but can often fix plot holes.. Face it,, she is sorta a Plot fixer.. she can control something or do some strange thing in some spots of game..and to me its just to further the story without guns.. some of that "we cant just shoot guns to solve all the problems, lets do this"
was she developed to appeal to teen boys? You betcha.. is it sexiest? sure is..nothing new in video games.. and easily some of the least. You will see more on a 10 am soap opera, heck the Price is Right with women jumping up and down and jiggling has more . Violence.. now.. that might be over that top and excessive.. maybe even in a damaging way.. (sorry Im firmly in the "images, games, TV dont create violence" the people who say they saw it on TV have far bigger problems.. MENTAL problems, they cant separate rel from fake.. TV is not real, Video games are not real, etc..
I think games, just like all entertainment media, can either reflect ideology or try to change it somehow. The argument that says, well, most of the audience are horny boys, so we want to put tons of boobs and ass in there and make the women as unthreatening as possible--that's just pandering to the masses. If the only thing you're worried about is making as much money as possible, fine, but I don't believe most designers really feel that way. If they did, wouldn't they be working in banks or investment firms rather than games?
I notice plenty of games that DO try to make a difference. I thought King's Quest IV was a good example of that, offering a female protagonist despite an expected uproar from some fans. It took balls to do something like that. Of course, there's also the Metroid situation, though arguably there's nothing feminine about Samus anyway, so it's just a guy who happens to have female parts.
I think a truly progressive game would adopt Judith Butler's perspective on gender as a performance. Instead of making gender about having male or female parts, you act out masculine or feminine roles. Thus, a female character could be just as "manly" and a male just as "womanly" as the player chose. There's no need to have a rigid separation between the two just based on body parts.
Your comment about Samus Aran is interesting, and true. There is a sexual revolution going on right now, and video games are not caught up to other media.
In the past, most forms of media (movies, books, television, and games) have applied male traits to female protagonists. That's what men thought equality was all about - in order to have a strong female, she must want to be a man right?
In the present, Twilight has sparked a downright movement. Women identify with Bella, and men don't understand it so they make fun of it mercilessly. Punch number 2 came from Hunger Games. It presented a female protagonist stuck in a very stereotypically male situation solving problems in a way females identify with. Punch number 3 is Fifty Shades of Grey, which like the other books mentioned here is a statement on modern female sexuality. It should be noted that all these books were written by women, not men.
Women never identified with Samus Aran, Laura Croft, or the "playmates" strutting around in Gears of War 3. Men identify with those characters. They're male fantasies that are acting like men want to act. It didn't take balls to make King's Quest 4 - it took a woman (Roberta Williams). I have a feeling you'll start seeing more of those types of games as soon as video games catch up to other media.
I think games, just like all entertainment media, can either reflect ideology or try to change it somehow. The argument that says, well, most of the audience are horny boys, so we want to put tons of boobs and ass in there and make the women as unthreatening as possible--that's just pandering to the masses. If the only thing you're worried about is making as much money as possible, fine, but I don't believe most designers really feel that way. If they did, wouldn't they be working in banks or investment firms rather than games?
I know what your saying.. but I still stand by my "most players are male boys" Not all for sure, and in fact more girls are playing then ever. But its already been shown the majority of the "new" girl players are playing MMORPG not console games (halo). Games and their success is already a small crapshoot, by catering to your market and not taking chances you hedge your bet. One can argue games can cater to more realistic females, and have very successfully but the reality is up till now, they failed more then they succeed ( look at your Nancy Drew games, critical and well done, but not enough want to get a kickstarter going). I don't think its just math.. but I'm willing to bet 75% of all games do talk numbers and demographics.. and that demographic is teen males. Go on live.. listen to the standard Halo player and tell me I'm wrong.. heck.. im not sure they are teens.. 7 year old is more like it.
I think we are mixing up common sense and what should be with money and what is..
talking about succesfull FEMALE drivin movies with normal female leads and there success... and the fun poked at them. I haven't seen a Twilight movie so I cant really speak anything about it.. but from my understanding the reality is more adult (as in not teens) females are buying this stuff then the teens girls.. its a FANTASY for them too.. young guys with shirts off.. so its ok for 40 year old women to droll over teen boys, but a 40 year old guy looks at teen girl and he's a pedo.. Twilight and shades of Gray are just for women the same way charlies angels and most any action movie is for men.. Men just like action and guns in unrealistic ways.. woman like relationships in unrealistic ways (vampires and werewolves?)
Whats changed? Men like soft porn disguised in there action movies.. woman like soft porn disguised in their love stories.. as far as I can see.. the only thing that has changed is woman are coming out and saying they like it..and not hiding it.. There where several female driven movies with far more real stories long ago that where succesfull (Erin Brockvich, Fried Green Tomatoes.. and if you want to go way back before any of us where born, All About EVE (yes that name seems to suggest otherwise), Three came Home, the Women .. but up till now "fantasy" has been pretty much dominated by guys.. and there fantasy figures.. Twilight, Shades of gray, and even True Blood has shown woman can do fantasy with the best of them hunks half naked and totally unrealistic situation they can prevail in..
Here is where I think i just "think" differently then most.. master Chief saving the damsel in distress who is rendered sexy.. I never once thought women need rescuing, that all women are sexy (wow did i just say that).. i thought.. Im the hero here..give me somebody to rescue.. save.. this is fantasy.. not reality.. at work i get to depend (and yes be rescued) on women every hour.. with some problems.. and vis versa.. this is fantasy.. half naked women just makes it more pleasing on the eyes.. it doesn't warp my perception of whats real and whats not.. AND I can honestly say, if I was playing Laura croft and she was hitting male strip clubs I would have no interest.. but I sure would not think it was demeaning to me if my GF played it.. its Fantasy.. and Im far from ideal.. overweight, not that pretty to start with.. I should be the first to scream about better looking guys in video games.. but again.. i know real and fantasy..
in a safe world, a PC world the game would have both male and female leads you could pick. there would be no unrealistic half naked people at all (male or female) and it would be intelligent and keep your interest. But then.. you would skip alot of "real still" sex is part of the real world, racism, hatred, evil, along with silly, off the wall, strange, unbelievable..kindness, etc.. yes our games are stuck in a stagnant male fantasy world..most are made by males to appeal to males.. its just a fact.. and Kickstarter a popularity vote has shown we like it that way.. the female lead games which are not over the top are not making it.
I'm agreeing with you 100% , but im saying its maybe not all bad.. its how it is. We ote with moeny.. and success shows we vote hard for the "sexist standards".. not right.. but that's what it is.
The effect Twilight will have is a broader understanding of fantasizing on both sides of the "aisle". I've noticed it somewhat with the women I'm around - since their demographic is finally being tapped they appreciate the male fantasies for what they are. We need to mutually respect them; we need to respect Twilight, lust like we expect them to respect Halo.
Cortana appeals to men. I don't think there's any problem with that. Cortana doesn't lead women to want to explore the medium. That's OK too, the art is what it is and it appeals to who it's intended to appeal to. But, from a business perspective there's huge, untapped monetary potential for a Twilight equivalent event in gaming. Big companies like Microsoft, EA and Activision would be foolish to ignore whats going on right now just because they don't understand it. I think Blizzard (Activision still, I know) understands this. WoW isn't "Women's Lib: The Game" by any standard, but it's constructed in such a way that it appeals to both sexes - and Blizz profits from this greatly.
Hey Matt,
Read your peice - it's interesting, and I think you have some good points. However I can't help but feel some of your arguments are a little ignorant of wider context from within Halo's lore and backstory. I've written my own thoughts about this, and on the Gamasutra article you reference, in a blog post: http://digitaleccentric.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/points-of-view-halo-4-s...
I'd love to know what you think.
Hey Matt,
Read your peice - it's interesting, and I think you have some good points. However I can't help but feel some of your arguments are a little ignorant of wider context from within Halo's lore and backstory. I've written my own thoughts about this, and on the Gamasutra article you reference, in a blog post: http://digitaleccentric.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/points-of-view-halo-4-s...
I'd love to know what you think.
You mention "the point." That pretty much kills it for me. Obviously, there are a multitude of legitimate ways we could interpret what we have here, and assuming that there could be a "correct" version is galling.
Hey Matt,
Ok, I see what you're saying there - I'm not trying to say there is a "correct" way of interpreting the material. I'll edit those sections to try and convey my feelings better, and I'm sorry if I've offended you.
You're right, there are multiple view-points here - I guess I'm just trying to say I don't understand how, for certain sections, you guys interpreted it the way you did when there's clear grounding for it all within the lore.
Edited :)
Sorry again for that - going back over it that was a poor choice of words. Hope it's less accusing now and more thoughtful.


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"We promise you the best possible foot and ankle care. Backed by board certified and exceptionally qualified foot doctors in NJ, we are able to support our patients with the finest of treatments and first-rate facilities," stated the Essex Union spokesperson adding that their 3 different outlets are meant to assure a convenient visit for patients across NJ.
He added, "Our physicians here are very understanding and always treat each of the patients with the most individualized attention to ensure that the patient's specific podiatry needs are addressed at their best."
Speaking on their podiatry services, one of the senior Essex podiatrists informed high quality assistance in a comprehensive array of foot & ankle problems. "Whether it's arthritis, calluses, fractures, heel spurs, warts or tumors, we are equipped to treat any foot and ankle issue. We assure premium podiatry care for every member in your family," noted the senior podiatrist. The clinic also mentioned about their emergency care services for foot & ankle trauma.
While approached on their surgery services, the Essex Union manager emphasized on low risk, minimally invasive and cutting edge laser surgery. "Thanks to our meticulous, precise techniques, extensive experience and minimal surgery time; we can minimize the usual surgery side-kicks like pain, infection or swelling. As we take to the advanced laser surgery procedures we can ensure less scars, lesser damage on tissues & quicker healing," explained the manager personnel.
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Walk the trails with a group at Harold Parker State Forest every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. – meet at the headquarters at 305 Middleton Rd., North Andover.
This is a moderately paced walk appropriate for all ages. Tips and guidlines for this walk:
- Wear comfortable walking footwear, preferably hiking footwear. Sneakers are not recommended.
- Feel free to bring snowshoes/skis on days with snow.
- Please wear appropriate attire for the weather.
- Water and trail snacks are recommended, especially if you are bringing children.
- Cancelled only in the event of heavy rain/snow.
- If you are not sure about weather conditions or have any other questions please call ahead.
This community hike began during the fall of 2009 and continued through the winter. We are planning the same for this year and will cover all the trails in the park.
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Some babies grow attached to the bottle and do not want to give it up. Here are some common behaviours and suggestions on how to deal with them.
- Your baby always wants to have a bottle in his or her mouth. Do not let your baby crawl, walk around, or go to bed with a bottle. This will make him or her more prone to dental cavities (caries). Also, a baby with a bottle or other object in his or her mouth is at risk for face and mouth injuries if he or she were to fall. Offer a stuffed toy or blanket for comfort instead of a bottle.
- Your baby does not want to give up the bedtime bottle. Bottle-feeding at bedtime can often be part of your baby's regular routine. This feeding is usually the hardest to give up. Cuddle your baby often, and gradually replace the bedtime bottle ritual with a new one. For example, 1 to 2 hours before bedtime give your baby something to eat or drink. (Don't give your baby cow's milk until he or she is at least 9 to 12 months of age and eating a variety of iron-rich foods). Then at bedtime, brush your baby's teeth, give him or her a bath, or read a storybook instead of offering a bottle.
- Your 18-month-old still drinks from a bottle. Start using a cup to feed your child if you have not already. Dilute the liquid in the bottle to make it less tasty.
- Your weaned baby wants to bottle-feed again. Try giving your baby extra hugs and attention instead of going back to the old way of feeding.
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SamMobile is reporting that the Galaxy S 4 Zoom will be Samsung's first actual "camera phone." It will reportedly be equipped with a 16-megapixel camera sensor, which may be the same one featured in the currently available Galaxy Camera point-and-shoot.
The rumored device will allegedly have a smaller screen size than the current Galaxy S 4 handset—a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display, to be exact—and 8GB of on-board storage, as well as an expansion slot to help store all of those extra photos. The phone will come with standard handset capabilities, like Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, GPS, and Android Jelly Bean, though no specific iteration has been specified. Rumors also point to a dual-core or quad-core processor, but no particular SoCs have been mentioned.
This rumor trails behind a pack of others surrounding the different variations of Samsung's Android-equipped Galaxy handsets. Most center on different variations of the Galaxy S 4 smartphone, including mentions of a "life proof" series of handsets and both miniature and "Mega" versions of the popular smartphone. This camera phone, however, could look like Samsung's current Wi-Fi only Galaxy Camera while sharing all of the same phone capabilities as its handsets.
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I don't know why it irks me so much, but when a nurse comes to tell me that there is a "family plan in room 12" my heart sinks in my chest and I think of stabbing myself through the eye with a pen to lessen the pain I already feel.
A family plan means that there is more than one patient from the same family in the room. The 'reasoning' seems to be something like this, "Junior has the sniffles, we can go the the ER for free and we don't have a regular doctor, let's get the whole clan checked out 'just in case we might be getting sick', plus we can get a work note."
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The walled, pint-sized city-state known as the Vatican physically takes up around 100 acres in the center of Rome, but occupies a vast, measureless space in the lives of more than a billion practicing Catholics around the globe. Over the past few years, of course, the goings on in the holy enclave have also grabbed a lot of real estate in the world's media, as Pope Benedict XVI — the 265th successor of Saint Peter — abruptly resigned as head of the faith and Pope Francis was installed.
Here, as the most recent pope continues to puts his personal stamp on the ancient role -- and appears willing to make the entire Vatican more open to the faithful -- LIFE.com looks back more than six decades to a time when the church was actively unearthing its own secrets . . . literally.
In 1950, LIFE reported on a years-long effort undertaken beneath the staggeringly ornate public realms of the Vatican, as teams of workers meticulously excavated the myriad tombs and other long-sealed, centuries-old chambers far underground. Nat Farbman's color and black and white images in this gallery — most of which never ran in LIFE — were touted on the cover of the March 27, 1950, issue of the magazine as "exclusive pictures" for the story titled "The Search for the Bones of St. Peter."
Deep in the earth below the great basilica of St. Peter's in Rome [LIFE wrote] the clink of pickaxes and the scrape of shovels in the hands of workmen have been echoing dimly for 10 years. In the utmost secrecy, they have penetrated into a pagan cemetery buried for 16 centuries. Architects feared they might disturb the foundations on which rests the world's largest church. But the workmen, with careful hands, pushed forward finally to the area where, according to a basic tenet of the Catholic Church, the bones of St. Peter were buried about A.D. 66.
The Church has always held that Peter was buried in a pagan cemetery on Vatican Hill. Now, for the first time, there is archaeological evidence to support this: the newly discovered tombs, which LIFE shows [in these exclusive pictures].
The greatest secret of all — whether the relics of the Chief Apostle himself were actually found — is one which the Vatican reserves for itself, although there have been rumors that the discovery of the relics will be announced at an appropriate time during the Holy Year.
In the end, LIFE's editors expressed their appreciation for "the privilege of guiding LIFE's readers through these chambers where in the dust of antiquity can be traced the humble yet transcendent beginnings of the Christian faith."
[MORE: Buy the LIFE book, Pope Francis: The Vicar of Christ, From Saint Peter to Today.]
NOTE: In December 1950 Pope Pius XII announced that bones discovered during the excavation could not conclusively be said to be Peter's. Two decades later, in 1968, Pope Paul VI announced that other bones unearthed beneath the basilica — discovered in a marble-lined repository, covered with a gold and purple cloth and belonging to a man around 5' 6" tall who had likely died between the ages of 65 and 70 — were, in the judgment of "the talented and prudent people" in charge of the dig, indeed St. Peter's.
To this day, of course, that claim has as many doubters as adherents.
Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LizabethRonk.


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People have been trying to film Jack Kerouac's On the Road, the talismanic beat novel, almost since the day it was published in 1957. Here, finally, and kind of anticlimactically, comes a real On the Road, directed by Walter Salles, who made The Motorcycle Diaries, inspired by Che Guevara's pre-revolutionary rambles in South America.
People have been trying to film Jack Kerouac�s On the Road, the talismanic beat novel, almost since the day it was published in 1957.
Heart Beat � the 1980 semi-biopic, with John Heard as Kerouac; Nick Nolte as his madman muse, Neal Cassady; and Sissy Spacek as Cassady�s second wife, Carolyn � captured a little of the reckless spirit caroming around the room. And there have been other imitators and aspirants.
But here, finally, and kind of anticlimactically, comes a real On the Road, directed by Walter Salles, who made The Motorcycle Diaries, inspired by Che Guevara�s pre-revolutionary rambles in South America.
Cut to North America, where the ramblers are Sam Riley as Sal Paradise, Kerouac�s alter ego, and Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty (alias Neal Cassady). Crisscrossing the country, the wild and crazy guys lob a lot of highfalutin gab about freedom and truth, the nature of man and the search for God. And then they smoke some weed, play some jazz, have some sex (mostly, but not exclusively, with women), and scrounge for cash.
If there�s an element of posturing and posing in the book � the eager Sal practically taking notes at Dean Moriarty�s feet � it�s even more pronounced in the film. Riley and Hedlund are handsome dudes and earnest actors, but to watch them here is to see two men uncertain how to burrow into the characters they�re playing, because the characters they�re playing were faking it, too. How do you get to the core of someone who is still figuring out who he is, scratching for clues from the people who impress them, glomming onto intellectual and artistic theories that ring true?
On the Road is shot beautifully, and Salles has managed to find a two-lane America of small towns unblemished by strip malls, of big cities that feel as if they have room to breathe.
Kristen Stewart drops her sulky Twilight shtick long enough to be convincing as the wild, teenage Marylou (based on Cassady�s wife, LuAnne), a sexually accommodating traveling companion with a sad, self-protective edge.
And Kirsten Dunst gets the strongest � and least fun � scenes as Camile (aka Carolyn), Moriarty�s next missus, and the mother of his babies, stuck in her San Francisco apartment while the guys hit the town.
On the Road is an honorable homage to the bennies-, booze- and bebop-driven journeys taken by the anti-establishment duo. But in the efforts of Salles, screenwriter Jose Rivera and company to get the details right, they only get so far.
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Fort Donelson
Other Names: None
Location: Stewart County
Campaign: Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers (1862)
Date(s): February 11-16, 1862
Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Flag-Officer A.H. Foote [US]; Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, Brig. Gen. Gideon Pillow, and Brig. Gen. Simon B. Buckner [CS]
Forces Engaged: Army in the Field [US]; Fort Donelson Garrison [CS]
Estimated Casualties: 17,398 total (US 2,331; CS 15,067)
Description: After capturing Fort Henry on February 6, 1862, Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant advanced cross-country to invest Fort Donelson. On February 16, 1862, after the failure of their all-out attack aimed at breaking through Grant's investment lines, the fort's 12,000-man garrison surrendered unconditionally. This was a major victory for Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and a catastrophe for the South. It ensured that Kentucky would stay in the Union and opened up Tennessee for a Northern advance along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Grant received a promotion to major general for his victory and attained stature in the Western Theater, earning the nom de guerre "Unconditional Surrender."
Result(s): Union victory
CWSAC Reference #: TN002
Preservation Priority: I.1 (Class A)
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The Ardagh Group plant in Milford, MA was built by Foster-Forbes in 1973 with one glassmaking furnace to supply the food and carbonated beverage markets. In 1976, a second furnace was added to the site. In 1995, Ball and Saint-Gobain formed Ball-Foster Glass Container Corp. (including Foster-Forbes) as a joint venture. In 1996, Saint-Gobain purchased Ball's interest in the joint venture, making Ball-Foster a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saint-Gobain. On Jan. 1, 2001, the name was changed to Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. In 2010, the brand name was changed to Verallia. On April 11, 2014, Ardagh Group purchased Verallia North America, changing the name to Ardagh Glass Inc.
The Milford plant has reinvented itself twice in its history, first, in 1987, when the site began producing beer bottles, and a second time in 2006, when the facility was converted to manufacture all amber-colored glass, enabling the post-consumer recycling rate to be increased.
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It's official: "Saturday Night Live" will return in the fall without Jason Sudeikis.
The sketch comedy pro confirmed on Wednesday's "The Late Show With David Letterman" that he's left the NBC late-night staple after 10 years. Along the way, he's goofed on such characters as Billy Ray Cyrus and "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks.
"I'm definitely done," Sudeikis, currently starring in the feature "We're the Millers" and engaged to former "The O.C." costar Olivia Wilde, told Letterman. "I'm not coming back next fall."
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Looks like "SNL" is in one of its periodic housecleanings. "Portlandia" star Fred Armisen and Bill Hader, famed for such impersonations as fey nightclub kid Stefon, have already announced their departures. Seth Meyers, the host of the "Weekend Update" segment and a longtime writer, is leaving to host NBC's "Late Night." And "Bridesmaids" star Kristen Wiig, another popular performer, left a couple of seasons back to pursue her movie career.
Sudeikis joined "SNL" in 2003 as a writer and became a featured performer in 2005.
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