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Santi Cazorla was the star turn as Arsenal came from behind to win easily at Upton Park
Welcome to a repeat of the 1980 FA Cup final. But Trevor Brooking's headed winner at Wembley only carries so much currency for the modern Hammer. And West Ham United's recent record against The Arsenal isn't much to shout about.
They've not beaten their big-city neighbours since 2007. Since then, Arsenal have won six league games and an FA Cup tie, and drawn the other two fixtures. Still, that 2006/07 season was something to remember for the Hammers, featuring their first league double over Arsenal since 1964/65: two 1-0 victories and one touchline brouhaha between a gloating Alan Pardew and a thoroughly piqued Arsene Wenger.
Whoever wins today, it'd be lovely to see another childish shoving match between two grown adults by the dugouts, especially as Wenger and Sam Allardyce have a history of mutual seething resentment which stretches back to the modern West Ham boss's days at Bolton Wanderers. Or, to say that again using the pious and wholly disingenuous language expected of football journalists by football fans, let's hope we don't see another childish shoving match between two grown adults by the dugouts!
With no love lost between clubs, fans and managers, this promises to be a cracker. Both teams have started the season solidly, West Ham especially, Allardyce's newly promoted side settling back into the Premier League with ease. This is their first match against one of the big guns, though, but at least they've timed it well, Arsenal coming off the back of a home defeat to Chelsea. So this could be nip and tuck. Gervinho is three goals from three shots, while Per Mertesacker is expected to return to shore up Arsenal's defence. But West Ham have only lost once in their last 16 league games, and they could throw Andy Carroll into the mix, a player who's caused the Gunners more than enough heartache in the past. It is on!
Kick off: 5.30pm.
West Ham United, who welcome back the big man: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Collins, Reid, McCartney, Noble, Diame, Vaz Te, Nolan, Jarvis, Carroll.
Subs: Henderson, Tomkins, Cole, Maiga, Taylor, Benayoun, O'Neil.
Arsenal, who recall Per Mertesacker, Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud: Mannone, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Ramsey, Cazorla, Arteta, Gervinho, Giroud, Podolski.
Subs: Martinez, Koscielny, Andre Santos, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Coquelin, Arshavin.
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)
The teams are out! They trot onto the Boleyn Ground pitch, an event soundtracked by that version of I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles with the jaunty bassline that's somewhere between Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Rock DJ by Robbie Williams. I know. West Ham are dressed in their trademark claret and blue, Arsenal in their familiar yellow away shirts. As the managers enter the scene themselves, they shake hands warmly. There goes hopes of that touchline brouhaha!
A pre-match round of applause for the recently departed John Bond, who won the FA Cup as a player with West Ham United in 1964. Here's the great man in his pomp, taking over at Manchester City...
Save it for later, though, yes? You'll not concentrate on the football if you click on it now.
And we're off! Arsenal are on the front foot almost immediately. Podolski has a whack within 30 seconds, and then a minute or so later Giroud is fizzing a low, hard shot towards the bottom-right corner. Jaaskelainen is forced to get down and turn the ball around the post for a corner kick. The set piece is cleared upfield by Carroll. The Big Man's back.
3 min: West Ham are struggling to get the ball at present. Arsenal have turned up and they're swaggering about like a cut-price Barcelona. It's a very confident start. And it's already silenced the home crowd. Not totally, but the blistering volume at kick off has decreased somewhat.
6 min: Arsenal are pinging it around in the sweetest fashion. Podolski skips down the left and fires a low cross into the centre. Cazorla hammers a shot straight at goal. Jaaskelainen, wrong footed by the speed of Arsenal's football, appears to be diving out of the way, but Collins slides in to deflect the ball out brilliantly. The corner's a waste of time. "Just so you know, I don't think you're pious or disingenuous," writes Simon McMahon. "Even if I knew what they are. I'm reminded of an interview I once saw with the young Muhammad Ali being asked before a fight, 'You're being rather truculent, aren't you?' to which he replied immediately with a glint in his eye, 'If that's good, I'm that.'"
8 min: Big Sam's Soccer would be a crude and reductive way to describe this: a long hoof down the middle, with Carroll getting eyebrows on the ball, which flies through to Mannone. Not exactly an aesthete's dream, but it's the first time West Ham have shown up in Arsenal's half, so it's a start.
10 min: This is far prettier, though: Vaz Te looks to release Nolan down the inside-right channel with a cute back heel. It doesn't quite come off. It's almost as though Big Sam's teams aren't quite as one-dimensional as suggested by lazy journalis... ah hold on, Arsenal have had 73% possession so far.
12 min: A saucy sashay down the left by Ramsey, who tricks his way to the byline with a couple of adroit spins. He dinks a delicious ball into the middle, but there's nobody in yellow there. Lazy Arsenal team-mates, how could you!
15 min: West Ham simply can't get the ball, although at least Arsenal aren't doing much with it at present. "Is it my imagination or has Big Sam let the grass at Upton Park grow, John Beck style, to slow Arsenal's passing game?" wonders our very own Sean Ingle, who has obviously recently purchased a high-definition television set. I can't tell. But could he be so cynical? It's not doing West Ham much good, if he has. Maybe he needs to ramp it up with some other old-school Beck tactics. Maybe he should throw a cold bucket of water over Andy Carroll at half time. And before he goes out on the town in the evening, come to that.
17 min: Arsenal step it up a bit. Cazorla slides a ball down the inside-right channel for Jenkinson. Collins, not for the first time, slides in to deflect the resulting cutback away for a corner. From which Collins is forced to hack behind again. After a mild scramble, the ball finds the feet of Giroud. The French striker takes one touch and, from the edge of the area, looks for the top left corner. Carroll is on hand to head behind for a third corner. And the big man clears the resulting set piece! Carroll and Colllins have been throwing themselves into the line of fire with great regularity here. But West Ham can't keep on like this.
21 min: GOAL!!! West Ham United 1-0 Arsenal. So they decide to give it to Diame, and see what he can do instead. And what he can do is this: pick up the ball down the left with Jenkinson and Ramsey sandwiching him; slip the ball past Ramsey, leaving the two defenders in his wake with a deft on-a-sixpence turn inside; and curl a powerful shot into the top-right corner from a tightening angle! That is a simply amazing finish, a beautiful piece of skill - and, let's face it, somewhat against the run of play. Wow.
22 min: Diame is booked for celebrating his goal with the crowd. For the love of God, these diktats are wholly preposterous.
24 min: Arsenal don't know what's hit them. They've been on the front foot for the vast majority of this match, and find themselves trailing. This state of affairs has gone down well with the paying public; Upton Park really is bubbling now.
25 min: Arsenal ping it around awhile, and then Ramsey lashes a frustrated shot miles right of goal. Jaaskelainen waves it out of play. On the touchline, Arsene Wenger stands frowning, with both hands on his hips. This pose is semaphore for EFFING EFF.
28 min: Diame wants to watch himself. He's late on Arteta, who's sent spinning up into the air by a late challenge. That's a booking any day, and the goalscorer should be walking. Perhaps the referee Phil Dowd realises the celebration booking was a total nonsense, and that it's karmic payback time. Mertesacker certainly doesn't see it that way, and enters into a full and frank exchange of views with the whistler. As does Arsene Wenger on the touchline, his debating partner the fourth official. Grown men getting involved in this here.
31 min: Corner for West Ham, who have put a stop to Arsenal's gallop, down the right. It's sent into the middle of the Arsenal area. Carroll wins the header, and blasts a powerful effort towards the top right. Mannone claims.
32 min: Noble swings a cross into the area from the left. Carroll goes up for the header, and clatters Mannone to the floor. Free kick. Goalkeepers are over-protected, but that's a fair decision, Mannone - who is big and honest - taking a proper clatter to his jaw. No malice on Carroll's part, though. West Ham's early inferiority complex has totally evaporated. Arsenal aren't showing half the composure they were before the goal.
35 min: Arsenal pin West Ham back for the first time in a few minutes. Gibbs clips a cross in from the left. Mertesacker flicks it on, and Giroud is this close to connecting with his head, coming in at the far post. But not quite, and the ball flies out of play.
36 min: Reid is booked for running into Cazorla. That's a wee bit harsh, issued for nothing more than a coming together.
39 min: The passes aren't quite sticking for Arsenal now. Podolski is gifted possession in the middle of the West Ham half. He slides the ball down the left for Ramsey, who, forcing it somewhat, sprays a Hollywood Ball towards the right wing for Jenkinson. But it's well off target, heading towards Mexico, and a chance to advance on the Hammers area is spurned.
41 min: GOAL!!! West Ham United 1-1 Arsenal. Finally, joy for Olivier Giroud! He starts a move which sees Podolski skitter down the left. The German swings a ball towards the near post, allowing the Frenchman to slide in and guide an unstoppable shot into the bottom left. His drought is over! And on the balance of this half's play, that's the least Arsenal deserve.
43 min: The passes are sticking again for Arsenal. Funny thing, confidence, eh.
44 min: Jaaskelainen uses up a year and a day to take a goal kick. A strong suggestion that West Ham have decided to steady their ship and get in level at half time.
45 min: Corner for Arsenal down the left, Podolski and Cazorla having busied themselves. The ball's swung into the area, and headed out. Ramsey sends in a piledriver, but his effort is easily blocked and cleared. West Ham try to relieve the pressure with a sortie upfield. Noble looks to skip past Gervinho down the left, but is upended. Booking for the Arsenal player. There's just enough time for Noble to swing a free kick into the area from the left. From which ...
45 min +2: ... Carroll wins a header at the far post, sending the ball across the face of goal to the unmarked Nolan. Who somehow screws an awful effort well wide right. That could easily have been a second West Ham goal.
HALF TIME: West Ham United 1-1 Arsenal. The teams go in for their half-time buckets of ice-cold water. If Sam Allardyce really is doing the John Beck tribute-act thing Sean Ingle was suggesting earlier on.
HALF-TIME ENTERTAINMENT inspired by the management techniques of
Sam Allardyce John Beck:
Yet another example of Tiswas knocking into a hat which is cocked.
And we're off again! Yes we are, yes we are. No changes. West Ham get proceedings under way once more.
47 min: An early corner for West Ham, the ball clanking off Jenkinson's head from a throw. Noble hoicks the set piece into the six-yard box. Mannone slaps the ball away, and is upended for his trouble. Free kick.
49 min: Giroud tries to release Ramsey into the area with a reverse ball from a position down the right with his back to goal, but overcooks what would have been a very elaborate dink. "John Beck left Kettering Town last week," reports Richard Woods. "Today KTFC could only field 10 players, none of whom apparently have been paid. They lost 7-0 at home to Bashley and it looks like it might be the end for a great club. Sad times." Indeed. Wouldn't it be nice if the Premier League chucked them a few quid, seeing Kettering were at the forefront of shirt sponsorship, one of the fancy money-making ideas the big clubs benefit from today?
52 min: Good work from Jarvis down the left earns West Ham a corner. It's wasted, and Arsenal flood upfield through Cazorla and Podolski. The ball ends up at the feet of Gibbs, who with team-mates waiting in the middle, clanks a hopeless cross into the stand from the left.
55 min: Diame showcases his dancing feet all along the edge of the Arsenal D. He flicks a ball to Nolan into the area down the inside-left channel, but the midfielder's offside. In a subsequent melee, several players not hearing the whistle, Carroll manages to miss a gaping goal from six yards. It matters not, but still.
57 min: Gibbs is replaced by Andre Santos. Meanwhile anyone interested in John Beck's cold showers can bone up, as his players were perhaps unable to, from around the 2m30s mark . Thanks again to a nostalgic Sean Ingle, who is perhaps pining for his early twenties tonight.
60 min: Vaz Te chases after a loose ball down the right. He clatters into Mannone, accidentally kicking the keeper in the head. Mannone, who gathers the ball, will be OK. But the West Ham striker looks in some pain, landing awkwardly. It looks as though he might have broken a wrist, writes Dr Murray the inept quack. Poor lad's jiggered his arm one way or the other, anyway, and he holds it gingerly as he is escorted off in very real pain.
63 min: A couple of changes. The departed Vaz Te is replaced by Taylor. Meanwhile Arsenal swap Gervinho for Walcott.
64 min: That wasn't the longest of injury stoppages, but long enough to take a bit of the sting out of this game. "Kettering Town ought to go and ask for a few bob from Uncle Peter Coates at Stoke," suggests Alec McAulay. "We will always be in their debt for the wonderful, wonderful John Ritchie."
65 min: A scramble in the West Ham area, instigated by a scuffed Podolski shot from the edge of the D. The ball hits Cazorla, then is backheeled towards the bottom-left corner by Walcott, a very clever idea. It's slightly off target, but Giroud chases the loose ball up. Jaaskelainen is covering the angle well, though, and Giroud can't convert a difficult chance.
67 min: Hoof! Carroll's under it, on the edge of the Arsenal box. He should score, having beaten the advancing Mannone to it, but can't get his header on target, looping it over the keeper and wide right of goal. He holds his head in his hands. Not a gilt-edged invitation to score, but a miss nonetheless.
68 min: Cazorla dances and diddles down the inside-right channel. Upon reaching the edge of the area, and with the West Ham defence in tatters, he shanks an awful effort wide right. "Does Sean Ingle have an Exchange bet on references in a 2012 MBM to John Beck and will he and Mrs Ingle be sunning themselves in a Harry-style Vegas Bungalow next weekend?" wonders Jason Frew, who is probably not too far from the truth. Say it ain't so, Seanie!
69 min: Nolan is sprung clear down the inside-right channel. He's offside, but not flagged, and free into the area! But he pauses, checks, faffs about, and fannies it. He doesn't even get a shot away. He had two team-mates in the centre, too! What a textbook example of ungrateful equine dentistry! Meanwhile here's news on Vaz Te: a dislocated right shoulder.
72 min: Ramsey goes down the left, then checks to enter the area. He's clipped on the back of the ankle by Taylor, and goes over. Arsenal scream for a penalty - but it's not given! If it makes Arsene Wenger, tapdancing in the irate style on the touchline, feel any better, the foul was just outside the area, so shouldn't have been a penalty. It's not going to make him feel any better, though, is it.
73 min: Tomkins replaces Demel.
76 min: GOAL!!! West Ham United 1-2 Arsenal. Arsenal, fuelled by injustice at not getting their penalty/free kick, force a couple of corners. Nothing doing. West Ham push upfield, but Diame loses the ball, and the Gunners come straight back at them. Giroud strokes a lovely sliderule pass down the inside right channel, splitting West Ham's defence in two. Walcott tears clear, reaches the edge of the area, and curls a delicious shout into the bottom right.
77 min: Walcott is booked for celebrating. A happiness infringement. For goodness sake, that football's come to this.
78 min: Jarvis, working in from the left, finds Nolan just inside the Arsenal box. He's got space, but with only Mannone to beat, balloons his shot over. That really should have been the equaliser.
81 min: Mertesacker turns on a sixpence in the West Ham area and hammers a first-time curler towards the bottom right. This is what German international defenders do. A fine effort, and one that's only just deflected away for a corner. Nothing comes from the set piece.
82 min: Diame is replaced by Carlton Cole, who only has eight minutes to score the sort of goal the man he's replacing managed in the first half. He's going to need more than eight minutes, isn't he.
83 min: GOAL!!! West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal. What a goal this is. Walcott bundles the ball in from the right. It breaks to Cazorla, 25 yards out, just to the left of goal. The Spanish international hammers a first-time blooter straight into the top right with his left peg. That is an immense finish. What a player. And what a performance by Arsenal, who thoroughly deserve to win this game.
84 min: Giroud tries to curl one into the top left from 30 yards. It's like this now.
85 min: Koscielny replaces Podolski.
87 min: Taylor is booked for a clumsy slide on Arteta. Andre Santos was involved in there too, three men clattering into each other with clumsiness very much the top note. "When have Arsenal last scored from a corner?" asks Lucian Stanescu, unhappy that Santi Cazorla hasn't also lassoed the moon. "I like them and would love them to keep on playing beautifully and winning, but their corners seems to never bring anything, do they?" No idea, I've not been paying attention. It's either last week, or sometime during March 1993. In fairness, it's not their signature move. And who scores from corners in modern professional football anyway?
90 min: Taylor has a whack from distance, forcing Mannone to scramble down at his left-hand post to save. The keeper was behind it all the way, and the loose ball is cleared.
90 min +1: There will be five added minutes. This is the first of them, and it nearly saw Arsenal's fourth goal. But Giroud, released into the area down the left by Cazorla, humps the ball straight at Jaaskelainen.
90 min +4: Cazorla's pass to release Giroud, by the way, was exquisite: a reverse ball, played diagonally along strict geometric lines, cutting out three defenders and landing right at the striker's feet. Giroud wants a skelp on the Aris for missing that, because there's a pass that deserved everything.
FULL TIME: West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal. And that's that. West Ham were outplayed and outclassed for most of that, Arsenal deserved victors. The Gunners leap above their hosts in the Premier League table, to fifth spot. But West Ham, still in eighth, can take heart from at least giving Arsene Wenger's side a scare, and a decent game in the first half. It was easy to forget they've just been promoted, which is to their credit. And credit to both managers, who didn't get involved in a pitchside riot, and shook hands warmly at the end. Still, Santi Cazorla, eh? Santi Cazorla!


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#1 IBD: Alabama Bans U.N. Agenda 21 Sovereignty Surrender06-10-2012, 10:55 AM
Few have heard of Agenda 21, the U.N. plan for sustainable development that tosses property rights aside. But Alabama has, and it recently secured a victory as important as that over union power in Wisconsin.
After Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's stunning triumph over the excesses and abuses of public-sector unions, the London Telegraph's James Delingpole, an indefatigable opponent of global warming fraud, opined in a piece titled, "How Wisconsin And Alabama Helped Save The World," that we should take note of "an equally important but perhaps less well-publicized victory won in the Alabama House and Senate over the U.N.'s malign and insidious Agenda 21."
Agenda 21 is one of those compacts, like Law of the Sea, Kyoto and New START, that are supported by an apologetic administration with a fondness for the redistribution of American power and wealth on a local and global scale.
It fits in perfectly with President Obama's pledge to "fundamentally transform" America, its institutions and its heritage of capitalist freedom.
Agenda 21 has not been ratified by the U.S. Senate, but it may not have to be if in a second Obama term the Environmental Protection Agency pursues it by stealth, as it has other environmental agendas that make war on the free enterprise system and rights we hold dear.
One of those is property rights. "Land … cannot be treated as an ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market," Agenda 21 says.
"Private land ownership is also a principal instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth and therefore contributes to social injustice; if unchecked, it may become a major obstacle in the planning and implementation of development schemes."
Not liking the sound of that, Alabama recently passed Senate Bill 477 unanimously in both of its houses. The legislation bars the taking of private property in Alabama without due process and says that "Alabama and all political subdivisions may not adopt or implement policy recommendations that deliberately or inadvertently infringe or restrict private property rights without due process, as may be required by policy recommendations originating in or traceable to Agenda 21."
http://junkscience.com/2012/06/08/ib...nty-surrender/Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
Shhhh.... quiet. "Agenda 21" .. "sustainable development" ... dont wanna be branded a conspiratorial nutcase. [waits for Thinkingbig to interject]
Liberalism is just communism sold by the drink.
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Programs leading to teacher licensure include specializations in elementary education, health and physical education, foreign
languages, early childhood and developmental risk, and special education (including behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, and
mental retardation). For secondary teachers, specializations are available in English, mathematics, sciences (biology, chemistry, earth
science, physics), and social studies.
The second major mission of the Curry School is to enhance human potential and performance by preparing professionals and conducting
research in such areas as psychological/emotional development, physical development and fitness, and speech/language/auditory
development. These areas contribute to the betterment of the human condition and are directly related to increased learning and
successful experiences in our educational system.
Two additional program areas are designed for students interested in pursuing human service careers related to communication
disorders and physical education/sports medicine. These programs require that students transfer into the Curry School, and are
designed to terminate after four years (B.S.Ed. degree) so that students may pursue additional graduate study. The Communication
Disorders Program provides pre-professional training in speech-language pathology. The Sports Medicine Program is a pre-physical therapy
and pre-athletic training program. These programs provide the necessary academic and practical work for the four-year B.S.Ed. degree,
and for application to graduate (master's degree) programs in their relative specialities.
Programs within the Curry School are among the best professional education offerings in the country. Faculty hold offices in
professional organizations, are scholars of international renown, and are numbered among the University's finest teachers. Students
score well above the national norms on the SAT examinations, and are members of such student honorary societies as Chi Sigma Iota,
Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Outstanding Students in America, and the Raven Society.
Extensive information about the Curry School of Education and its programs is available online at the address listed below. Access to
information about admissions and academic policies may also be requested by sending an electronic mail message to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Curry School of Education
University of Virginia, Ruffner Hall
405 Emmet Street S
P.O. Box 400261
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4261
(434) 924-3334
The Curry School of Education and its programs to prepare school personnel are accredited by the National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education. In addition, teacher education programs are also accredited by the Teacher Education
Accreditation Council and individual program specializations are accredited by such organizations as the American Speech,
Language and Hearing Association, the National Athletic Trainers' Association, and the American Psychological Association.
Ruffner Hall The majority of academic facilities and offices of the Curry School of Education are located in Ruffner
Hall. This modern facility houses laboratory space for studies in science education, instructional technology, counselor
education, reading, educational psychology, and educational research. A well-equipped behavioral study area enables students
and faculty to carry on advanced-level clinical observation and research, and a number of flexible meeting areas provide a
supportive environment for studies in education.
Additionally, Ruffner Hall houses centers that provide services to the community, the state, and the nation, while providing students
and faculty with instructional and research opportunities.
The Athletic Training and Physical Therapy Clinic provides therapy for the University's athletic teams, Student Health
patients, faculty and staff, and physician referrals from the community. Offering M.Ed., Ed.D. and Ph.D. programs in athletic training
and sports medicine, and an undergraduate program in sports medicine, the clinic provides practicums for both graduate and undergraduate
students. It is located in the McCue Center, adjacent to University Hall.
The Center for Cardiac Health and Fitness provides professionally supervised programs of physical fitness enhancement and
coronary risk factor modification. The programs provide coronary risk factor screening, medically supervised graded exercise testing
(stress testing), supervised exercise programs for normal adults, and supervised exercise rehabilitation programs for coronary heart
disease patients. The center also serves as a teaching and research facility for experiences in exercise physiology and sports medicine.
The Center for Clinical Psychology Services is a non-profit clinic that provides psychological and educational services to the
public and serves as an in-house training facility for graduate students of the Institute of Clinical Psychology and other areas within
the Curry School. The center is organized into specialized clinics and offers three basic categories of services: diagnosis,
intervention, and consultation.
The Communication Disorders Program provides clinical, research, and office space for programs in speech-language pathology.
Classes are taught in the Curry School of Education's Ruffner Hall, Program facilities include conference room, speech and language
science labs, anelectrophysiological hearing science research lab; rooms for individual and group client assessment and treatment;
research space; and a computer lab with internet connections.
The Education Library contains approximately 150,000 volumes of current educational materials, a file of over 400,000 ERIC
microfiche titles, and access to VIRGO. The library supports the academic needs of the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Curry
School, and provides periodicals, microfilms, books, and reserve materials required for class reading. Optical disc (CD-ROM) data base
systems and Internet connections provide access to materials from throughout the world. Retrospective research materials in education
are located in Alderman Library.
The Instructional Resource Center provides students and faculty with excellent opportunities for both instruction and research.
In addition to audio-visual equipment, the center houses the Audio-Visual Production Lab, both a video filming studio and a video
production facility, the Special Technology Laboratory, the Apple Lab, and the interactive IBM Microcomputer Classroom.
The McGuffey Reading Center functions as a laboratory for the study of the reading process by furthering clinical and
empirical research in developmental reading and preparing graduate students to serve as reading-language specialists. It also provides a
remedial center for children with reading disabilities.
The Motor Development Clinic provides evaluative and prescriptive services for children and youth with motor development
problems. Operated by the Department of Human Services, the clinic serves as a teaching laboratory to prepare motor development
specialists and provides a source of research opportunities to produce new knowledge and understanding about motor development in
children and youth.
The Motor Learning Laboratory is a research facility designed for the study of factors that influence motor skill acquisition
and performance. Individuals conduct research to investigate perceptual constraints; movement speed; EEG correlates of movement;
substructures of balance, strength, and flexibility; and psychological factors related to the acquisition and performance of motor
skills. Those seeking research experiences related to motor skill acquisition and performance utilize this laboratory.
The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) produces and disseminates high-quality, practical studies
relating to the identification and development of the talent of students. The research of the center has ranged from investigating ways
to encourage talent in young, at-risk students, to the social and emotional development of gifted students, to investigating the
feasibility of high-end learning in middle schools. There are currently six faculty and twelve graduate students working on projects of
the NRC/GT.
The Personal and Career Development Center is operated by the Counselor Education Program, within the Department of Human
Services. The mission of the PCDC is two-fold: to provide a training venue for graduate-level counseling students and to provide
assessment and counseling service to individuals. Services are provided to UVA students, as well as individuals from the surrounding
community. People typically seek counseling for personal growth or development, as well as when they experience problems associated with
career-life planning, interpersonal and family relationships, coping with life transitions, grief/loss, anxiety, and depression.
The Speech-Language-Hearing Center (SLHC), housed in the Communication Disorders Facility, is an integral component of the
Curry School's Communication Disorders Program. The Center is a full-service, ASHA-accredited clinical facility supervised by the faculty
and staff of the Communication Disorders Program. It provides students in the speech pathology academic program an opportunity to acquire
experience working with individuals of all ages presenting a wide range of speech, language, and hearing disorders.
The Sport and Exercise Psychology Laboratory is designed for experimental and interview studies on such topics as
observational learning, peer relationships, perceived competence in sport, coaching feedback, performance enhancement, and character
development through sport.
The Sports Medicine/Athletic Training Research Laboratory conducts research in injury prevention and rehabilitation. Specific
areas of research include isokinetic assessment of human muscle performance, postural sway (balance), and joint laxity. The laboratory
also collaborates on research with several departments in the Health Sciences Center, including the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
and the Department of Radiology.
The Center for the Study of Higher Education fosters informed and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of higher education
as a resource for scholars and practitioners. It offers degree programs, seminars, short institutes, and workshops, as well as research
reports and occasional papers that provide administrators and other educational leaders with fresh perspectives on developments in the
arena of post-secondary education.
The Center for Technology and Teacher Education is a cross-disciplinary institute with collaborating faculty drawn from several
disciplines, including educational technology, teacher education, and policy studies. Teachers must be prepared to use the rapidly
evolving technologies that are being placed in today's classrooms in order to realize the promise that these technologies hold for the
future. If we prepare the next generation of teachers, they will effectively serve as diffusion agents. One goal of the center is to
identify and develop educational technologies that should be integrated into teacher education curricula. An equally important goal is to
prepare the next generation of educational technology leaders. Graduate fellows affiliated with the center are expected to serve in
leadership positions in school districts, state education agencies, and teacher preparation programs.
Education Council All students in the Curry School of Education are members of the Education Council (EC). In addition
to its function as liaison between students and faculty of the Curry School of Education, the EC participates in many service
programs affecting the University and the Charlottesville community, such as tutoring underprivileged children and coaching
children's sports activities.
Council for Exceptional Children The Council for Exceptional Children is a professional group focusing on issues related to
individuals with exceptionalities. Membership is open to both faculty and students who have an interest in working with exceptional
individuals. It is sponsored by the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education.
Departmental Student Groups Most departments have a student advisory committee to help plan activities for students and
contribute to the quality of the academic and professional experience at the University.
The Pre-Physical Therapy Association The Pre-Physical Therapy Association was founded in 1981 to provide opportunities for
undergraduate students to learn more about graduate programs and careers in physical therapy. Officers, elected by interested students,
plan specific experiences such as field trips to rehabilitation centers and hospitals, visits from graduate schools, and lectures related
to contemporary issues in physical therapy. This organization is part of the sports medicine and physical education programs within the
Department of Human Services.
Student Virginia Education Association (SVEA) Student Virginia Education Association membership is open to both graduate and
undergraduate students. SVEA members participate in various professional activities, receive various publications, participate in
seminars and conferences, and receive liability/tort insurance.
Dean's List To be placed on the Dean's List of Distinguished Students in any given semester, an undergraduate must
maintain a minimum 12-credit course load and achieve a current grade point average of 3.4 or higher without failure in any
course. Courses taken on a CR/NC basis may not be counted toward the 12-credit minimum. Any student receiving an F, NC, or NG
during the semester is not eligible to be on the dean's list.
Graduation Honors Students with a grade point average of 3.6 or higher will be recognized as graduating "with honors;" students
with a grade point average of 3.75 or higher will be recognized as graduating "with high honors;" and students with a grade point average
of 3.9 or higher will be recognized as graduating "with highest honors." Computation of grade point averages for the determination of
honors is based on all standard letter-grade courses carried since the student has matriculated in the Curry School of Education.
Students in the five-year Teacher Education Program may be eligible for dean's list through the College of Arts and Sciences (for B.A.
and M.T.) or the Curry School (for B.S.Ed. in Physical Education).
Kappa Delta Pi, an honor society in education that was founded in 1911, chartered its Eta Kappa Chapter of the University of
Virginia in 1951. The constitution of the society reads as follows: "The purpose of Kappa Delta Pi shall be to encourage high
professional, intellectual, and personal standards to recognize outstanding contributions to education. To this end it shall invite to
membership such persons as exhibit commendable personal qualities, worthy educational ideals, and sound scholarship. It shall endeavor to
maintain a high degree of professional fellowship among its members and to quicken professional growth by honoring achievement in
educational work.
All students are subject to the academic policies specified in the chapter titled "University Regulations." In addition, students must
follow the policies of the Curry School of Education. Students in the five-year Teacher Education Program should consult the regulations
in the College of Arts and Sciences chapter, as well as those of the Curry School of Education.
Application to the Curry School Students who wish to apply for the teacher education program in the Curry School of Education
must submit a full application by March 1 of their first or second year; those who wish to apply for the communication disorders or
sports medicine programs must submit a full application by March 1 of their second year. Students wishing to teach in high need areas
(math, foreign languages, science, special education) may apply as late as their third year in the college. Students seeking to enroll
in teacher education must be in the College (i.e., students in the Schools of Architecture, Engineering, or Nursing must transfer to the
College first). Students applying to B.S.Ed. programs in communication disorders or physical education apply to transfer to the Curry
To apply, students must complete an application, provide a statement of professional goals, and furnish all transcripts. Applications
are evaluated in terms of academic course work (preference given to 3.0 GPA), strong SAT scores (preference given to 1000 or above), and
experience related to professional goals. Applications from under-represented groups or those with varied backgrounds are strongly
encouraged. Information about specific application procedures is available in Room 104, Ruffner Hall, Office of Admissions.
Residence Requirement A recipient of a degree in education from the Curry School must have completed four semesters of
full-time (12 credits) study at the University of Virginia while enrolled in the Curry School of Education. Exceptions for emergency
situations may only be granted with the advisor's and dean's permission. In addition, all students must be full-time (12 hours minimum)
during all semesters, except the final one (9 hours minumum).
Course Load Special permission of the advisor and dean's office is required to take fewer than 12, (except for the last
semester) or more than 18, credits during a given semester.
Final Examinations are given during a designated period of time at the end of each semester. Examinations may only be given at
the time listed in the Course Offering Directory unless authorized by the dean. Students are not authorized to take final exams before
the regularly scheduled time. However, under serious conditions, and with their instructor's and advisor's permission, students may be
allowed to postpone the examination to a time convenient to the instructor. Students who have three exams in one day or four in a two-day
period may petition to have one examination moved.
Attendance Students are expected to attend classes throughout the session, with the exception of University holidays, unless
permission to be absent temporarily or to withdraw has been first granted by the instructor. Routine excuses for illness are not
furnished by the Department of Student Health either to the student or to the instructor. If final examinations are missed for serious
medical reasons, the Department of Student Health notifies the dean. On request of the dean, the Department of Student Health may
evaluate the effect of any illness upon a student's attendance and academic performance. Failure to attend classes or other prescribed
activities in a course may result in enforced withdrawal from the course or other penalties as determined by the instructor.
Attendance Upon Examinations Written exams are an essential part of the work of most courses. A final examination or
culminating experience is expected in all classes. The time period assigned for final exams is considered part of the regular academic
semester, and classes must meet during their scheduled examination period. Absence from exams is not excused except for illness, attested
by a physicians certificate, or for other causes that the instructor, advisor, and dean, by special action, may approve. An unexcused
absence is counted as a failure and, at the discretion of the instructor, may result in failing the course.
Course Grades All specifically required courses must be taken for regular, graded credit (no S/U or CR/NC), including grades
of A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-. C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F. Internships, practicums, and student teaching are generally graded S/U.
Incomplete Grades for BS Ed Students An IN is recorded when reasons known to the professor are judged adequate to justify an
extension of time to complete course requirements. An IN may not be used to allow a student to attempt to raise a grade at the end of
the term. The time line to complete course work may be negotiated with an instructor, but may not extend beyond one year of the semester
in which the course was originally taken. Students are expected to enter into a written contract with the instructor specifying the
remaining requirements and agreed-upon time line. It is the student's responsibility to file the incomplete agreement in the Curry
Office of Admissions. After one year, if the student has not met the terms of the incomplete agreement, the faculty member may submit a
grade of F, U, WF, or W; if no action is taken by the faculty member, the incomplete is administratively changed to a W.
B.A.-M.T. students should consult the policies of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Grade Changes No grade may be changed after it has been submitted to the university registrar without the approval of the
dean. The dean is not authorized by the faculty to change a grade submitted to the university registrar except when an instructor
certifies that, because of errors in calculation or transcription, an incorrect grade has been submitted.
The Curry School limits the time in which a grade change may be approved to one calendar year.
Credit/No Credit Courses Students have the option of receiving the grades CR (credit) or NC (no credit) in place of the
regular grades, A through F, for a given course prior to admission to a Curry program. This option is taken at the time the students
register for the course. Instructors have the right to deny students permission to take courses on a CR/NC basis. If this occurs,
students may either change back to the regular grading option or they may drop the course entirely. Courses taken for CR/NC may not be
used for any major or basic area requirements.
No more than two courses may be taken on a CR/NC basis in any semester or in summer session. A maximum of 24 credits of CR/NC courses
may be used toward the degree. Students may not use a CR/NC course to repeat a class in which a grade has already been given. If such a
case should occur, the credits in the CR/NC course would not count toward graduation. The last day to change a CR/NC option is the same
as the last day to drop a course. The CR/NC option may not be used to meet the specific requirements under general education; to meet
requirements for specialization in a teaching field; or to meet requirements for professional education, with the exception in some
teaching areas of field experiences and accompanying seminars that are offered only on a CR/NC basis.
Repeating Courses A student who has received a grade of D in a required undergraduate course may be required to repeat the
course as directed by his or her academic advisor or program faculty. Both grades for the repeated course remain on the transcript and
are used in the computation of the grade point average. The course credit will be for only one offering.
Adding a Course or Changing the Grading Option All additions to course schedules or changes in the grading option for a course
must be completed by the last day to add a course. These changes are made via ISIS (434) 296-4747; www.virginia.edu/isis. Changes after
the add deadline may only be considered under emergency circumstances and require a petition signed by the instructor, advisor, and dean.
Any course required by name must be taken for a grade (not pass/fail). B.A.-M.T. students should consult the policies of the College of
Arts and Sciences.
Dropping a Course With the approval of the student's advisor, a student may drop and void registration in a course until the
official drop date. Permission to take fewer than 12 credits must be petitioned to, and approved by, the advisor and the dean and can
only be granted for unusual or emergency circumstances.
Withdrawal from a Course B.S.Ed. students may withdraw from a course at any point prior to 5:00 P.M. on the last day of
classes (in the term of enrollment) if permission has been secured from the student's advisor and instructor and a petition has been
filed with the dean. This action results in the course remaining on the transcript and the instructor being asked to record a grade of
W, WP, or WF on the final grade sheet and on the petition filed by the student. A W may be assigned only if there is not basis on which
to determine a WF or WP. None of these notations effect the grade point average, nor does the course count toward credits earned.
College students should consult the policies of the College and note the earlier date.
Enforced Withdrawal See chapter 5.
Probation and Suspension An undergraduate student must maintain good standing each semester by completing at least 12 credits
of graded work (or S/C work if engaged in practicums or student teaching), with at least a 1.8 semester average and no more than one
grade below C- (or U/NC). A student will be placed on academic probation after any semester in which good standing is not attained.
Suspension involves enforced withdrawal from the Curry School of Education. A student placed on probation in any semester may be
suspended if he or she does not regain good standing at the end of the next semester. A student who has been suspended may apply to the
Office of Admissions and Student Affairs of the Curry School of Education for readmission after one regular semester or one summer
session has elapsed since the date of suspension. If readmitted, the student will be on probation and will be suspended again after one
semester unless the cumulative grade point average for all courses completed is above 2.0.
Students in the College must comply with all College rules, as well as Curry School policies for teacher education.
Readmission to the Curry School of Education is not automatic. After an absence of twelve months or longer, a former student
must apply for readmission by submitting an application to the academic dean's office at least sixty days before the semester begins.
Failure to comply with these regulations subjects the student to suspension from the University by the vice president for student
Grievance Procedure Due process is guaranteed to all students. See "Grievance Procedures" in the University Regulations
chapter or consult the associate dean's office in 104 Ruffner Hall.
Licensure for Teaching The Curry School of Education affirms the distinction between degree requirements and licensure
requirements in its programs. While many programs contain both kinds of requirements, and major portions of the two may be synonymous,
one may meet one set of requirements and not the other (i.e., receive a degree without qualifying for recommendation for licensure).
Information concerning licensure requirements is provided to students through the Office of Admissions and Student Affairs of the Curry
School of Education. In order for a student to be recommended by the Curry School of Education for professional licensure, he or she
must complete a teacher education program sequence approved by the faculty of the Curry School of Education and meet state cut-off scores
on the Praxis I and Praxis II examinations.
State Assessments of Teacher Education Under the Commonwealth of Virginia's approved program status for schools of education,
all students enrolled in a teacher education program at the University of Virginia must take the appropriate licensing exams required by
the Commonwealth of Virginia for the specific program area endorsement. The scores on these exams and other evidence presented to the
U.S. Secretary of Education, in accordance with Section 207 of the Higher Education Act (HEA) regarding the preparation of graduates who
intend to work in the nation's schools, demonstrates the high caliber of the students at the University of Virginia. During the
2001-2002 academic year, 503 students were enrolled in the Curry School's Teacher Education Program and 124 students participated in the
Teaching Associate (student teaching) semester involving 560 hours of student teaching. A total of 31 full or part-time faculty
participated in supervision activities resulting in a supervising student/faculty ratio of 4:1.
The following report of Praxis exam pass rates is a mandated condition of the HEA and reflects the scores of those University of
Virginia's teacher education program completers who took the exams from September 2001-August 2002 (state-wide pass rates are shown in
parentheses). Praxis I pass rate for the PPST Reading was 97% (95%) and CBT Reading was 98% (97%). The PPST Writing pass rate was 96%
(89%) and the CBT Writing was 92% (92%). The PPST Mathematics pass rate was 96% (92%) and the CTB Mathematics was 97% (89%). The
University's aggregate pass rate for Basic Skills was 99% (96%), while the Summary pass rate 99% (94%).


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BellSignal sounded when the starter opens the gates or, at some tracks, to mark the close of betting.
Beyer Speed FigureA handicapping tool, popularized by author Andrew Beyer, assigning a numerical value (speed figure) to each race run by a horse based on final time and track condition. This enables different horses running at different racetracks to be objectively compared. Can be found in Daily Racing Form past performances.
Big RedRefers to either of two famous chestnut-colored horses Man o' War or Secretariat.
BitA stainless steel, rubber or aluminum bar, attached to the bridle, which fits in the horse's mouth and is one of the means by which a jockey exerts guidance and control. The most common racing bit is the D-bit, named because the rings extending from the bar are shaped like the letter "D." Most racing bits are "snaffled," (snaffle bit) which means the metal bar is made up of two pieces, connected in the middle, which leaves it free to swivel. Other bits may be used to correct specific problems, such as bearing in or out.
BlackA horse color which is black, including the muzzle, flanks, mane, tail and legs unless white markings are present.
Black TypeBoldface type, used in sales catalogues, to distinguish horses that have won or placed in a stakes race. Many sales catalogues have eliminated the use of black type for stakes below a certain monetary level -- $15,000 in 1985, $20,000 from 1986-1989 and $25,000 beginning in 1990. If a horse's name appears in boldface type in a catalogue and in all capital letters, it has won at least one black-type event. If it appears in boldface type and capital and lower case letters, it was second or third in at least one black-type event. Black type was awarded to fourth-place finishers in races before Jan. 1, 1990.
BlazeA generic term describing a large, white vertical marking on a horse's face. The Jockey Club doesn't use blaze, preferring more descriptive words. See snip; star; stripe.
Blind SwitchA circumstance in which a rider's actions cause him/her to be impeded during a race.
BlinkersA cup-shaped device designed to limit a horse's vision and prevent him from reacting to and swerving from objects and other horses.
BlisterCounter-irritant causing acute inflammation used to increase blood supply, blood flow and to promote healing in the leg.


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The hottest trade, at least in the commodity markets, is shaping up to be live hog futures.
Thanks both to a free-falling metals complex and the Smithfield Foods deal, traders looking for a good commodities play have stampeded to hogs.
Live hog prices have surged 18 percent year-to-date and about 40 percent since bottoming out in late March.
That ascent has come while metals, such as gold and silver, have been in free fall, with the former dropping nearly 30 percent and tumbling below $1,200 for the first time in nearly three years.
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|john writes:
. a decent mixer for your 8 track studio. 8 xlr and 1/4 inch inputs on the first 8 channels along with rca tape ins and outs make with a channel/tape reverse swich make it a convinent, no brainer, easy to use inline console. 10 hz to 75 khz frequency response. never herd of that on a budget console before. nobody else is delivering these goods at this price point, but what can you say about the inventor of the adat - they know what the basic home studio user really needs. inserts on the first 8 channels and inserts on the stereo buss and the sub group/buss qualify it as being a real console as you could use the inserts to tie in a graphic eq or compressor so you could use it for live applications. I would really bring it out on the road w/o a case as its not the most durable mixer on the planet (allen heath and mackie are by design better suited for heavy road use, with or with out a case.)
Good Points
what ever you put thru it will sound like it should, the eqs do the job. it sounds clean and quite at unity gain, and it gets a really nice nasty square wave about 10 - 15 db over full peak. if you own an adat this is the perfect mixer for you.
Bad Points
2 aux sends on the first 8 channels. I wish they would have devised a way for you to access those monitor out to use as aux sends on mix down. however they let you do this on the 4 stereo ins so that *kind of* makes up for it. the new mackie sounds smoother and is laid out in such a way to give you more space to work than the alesis. yea, that alesis is deffinetely cramped for space - you get what you pay for. made in china, support your nonlocal sweat shop.
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Apocalypse Now (UK - BD RB)
Marcus is not seeing the horror in this amazing release of Coppola's classic...
Apocalypse Now (149 mins) Apocalypse Now: Redux (196 mins)
Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent into the jungle to assassinate once model officer, Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando) who has taken up a life in a Cambodian temple, training the locals as his troops and is believed to have gone insane. As the journey goes on Willard witnesses the madness of the war and upon meeting Kurtz realises his own sanity may be in question.
Well, what is there to say about Apocalypse Now or indeed the Redux expanded re-release that hasn't been said already. Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece has it all. Incredible visuals, characters whose complexities never fail to fascinate (honestly calling Brando's performance captivating doesn't seem nearly strong enough praise), the sort of storytelling that is barely even glimpsed at in modern cinema and both versions legitimately deserving the status of "classics". All this and more still really doesn't begin to sum up the full wonder of Apocalypse Now, but with this three disc edition the celebration of the film's greatness has never been so enjoyable.
Despite my admiration of this film (in both incarnations) I have to say Apocalypse Now isn't a film I remember the ins and outs of (even when I think I do). I've seen it a lot over the years yet every time I watch it I have those moments of "I forgot all about this" or "that is not how I remember this scene playing out", or even more extremely, totally re-evaluating my feeling towards certain moments or characters. This has a lot to do with the different ages I've seen the film (as well as the two versions). I think I was about twelve or thirteen the first time through and I'm pretty sure its deeper meanings were lost on me. Properly revisiting the film around the Redux release was like seeing the film for the first time, despite having rewatched it a number of times since seeing it the first time and if I'm honest I felt like it was still a movie I wouldn't really pick on a whim to rewatch despite being in awe of it. Around about the 'Full Dossier' DVD release was when I truly fell in love with the film and after coming away from the film in my darkened living room I honestly felt like I'd wasted too much of my life not being in love with Apocalypse Now.
Talking about Apocalypse Now here in lots detail seems fruitless as lovers of the film don't need me to sing its praises and newcomers should go in blind and discover what the fuss is about for themselves. Plus there's been so much written about this masterpiece over the years that I wouldn't even skim the surface of what makes it so great. Instead I'll concentrate more on the disc itself and exactly what makes this three disc edition the first absolute must have release of the 2011. Starting with the inclusion of the documentary that's about as well respected as Apocolypse Now itself...
Heart of Darkness(135 mins)
"My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. My film is Vietnam."
With an opening statement like that, you know you are in for a documentary that isn't here to tip toe through a movie production. The warts and all approach from Francis Ford Coppola's wife Eleanor Coppola is such a fantastic insight into the filmmaker's vision that it makes most regular movie documentaries feel as if we aren't seeing the big picture, the real goings on and the struggles that go into filmmaking. But then not all movies are Apocalypse Now are they?
With a 238 day shoot, a change in the movie lead, dealing with Marlon Brando's demands and of course the weather, this 1991 documentary is filled with on-set footage, private recorded interviews that Eleanor had taken for her diary of the Apocalypse Now shoot and of course retrospective interviews from all involved including George Lucas, to a very Super Mario Bros. era looking Dennis Hopper, a very open Martin Sheen, all the way up to Coppola himself.
There's a reason Heart of Darkness is so highly regarded and to be honest it's almost worth buying this new Apocolypse Now Blu-ray set just for its inclusion. It's literally ninety or so minutes worth of stuff you just don't see in regular movie documentaries. Yeah there's the on-set footage, but we're getting the inner workings of Francis Ford Coppola's mind for the most part and this really does feel like a personal insight. Sound bites from the time, big talk press conferences or press junkets, personal conversations between husband and wife about the epic problems they are dealing with (studio's lack of faith and money, Martin Sheen having a heart attack mid shoot, Marlon Brando being Marlon Brando) it's all here and it feels a world away from the safety of almost entirely risk free modern filmmaking.
In all honesty the documentary doesn't really give us all that much of an insight into the making of the movie like you'd expect. There are no prolonged sub sections on elements of the shoot or anything (though there is a very good segment filled with Marlon Brando reeling out perfectly delivered adlibbed dialogue), there's none of the usual making of fluff about how positive everything was. This is more a film about the day at a time approach to a movie that was on the brink of insanity from pretty much the get-go, from the pressure of being Coppola's production company, American Zoetrope's first movie, to the struggles to find an ending for the film or indeed the many, many rewrites. This shows Francis Ford Coppola as an artist struggling to get it how he wants it and that angle alone makes this fascinating. There's no committee, no studio notes, just Coppola and his own choices dictating the entire process, in the middle of a jungle, for a very long time. No wonder everyone went a bit insane.
Well other than the unavoidable softness and grain in the multi layered opening shots, Apocalypse Now, in both versions, looks absolutely stunning in HD. Colours are the first things that sell the upgrade. The warmth of the orange sky in that opening sequence feels brand new and with the extremely deep blacks of the shadows on Willard's face contrasting that the image is incredible striking in its vibrancy.
Meeting up with Harrison Ford, the level of detail is quite amazing for a thirty plus year old film. Beads of sweat on Martin Sheen's face really show and the table full of plates and shrimp looks almost 3D in sharpness. That said there is still the odd fleck of dirt here and there, though nothing consistent or distracting.
Getting out on the river and the exterior shots are really where the HD upgrade shows its power. The warm glow of the sun on the boat crew is almost enough to consider putting suntan lotion on. The green of the river foliage pops off the screen and the cloudy water looks incredible natural. Once again detail shows off, beads of sweat pop all over little Larry Fishburne's teenage torso and the stubble on the crew's faces is so sharp that you could pretty much individually count the strands when the sunlight hits their faces. However it's when we first touch down with Robert Duvall that the transfer starts showing off. The warmth of the image is simply staggering. Sure, there is softness in the wider shots, but the closer shots simply glow and the sharpness of the image is a joy. With the background fires, the helicopters, the overbearing green of the jungle and the smoke in the air Apocalypse Now has simply never looked this amazing.
Speaking more generally now, the transfer here just consistently impresses. Every variation in lighting simply works in making the jungle feel alive and even the foggy scenes doesn't hinder visuals. Night scenes all look great and any import of colour (usually fire) just glows against the deep black backgrounds. The end of the film in the Kurtz compound really is full of striking dreamlike imagery anyway, so with the power of HD behind it there are literally dozens of moments that have never looked so good. This transfer really is amazing and you can really sense the love and care that's gone into its production.
Well I may as well state the obvious first, the sound design on Apocalypse Now is simply one of the best there is and is reference quality. Doing the film justice across the board and has so much going on in certain places it makes most other films feel lazy in their sound design.
Dialogue is strong and clear but doesn't lose that ever so slightly muffled quality that Sheen's voice-overs offer. Coppola also does quiet incredibly well with the ominous sounds filling the rear speakers creating that mood Apocalypse Now is so good at. The ambience of scenes is full of little effects that each speaker seems to take a part in and of course there's also the battle scenes.
My god do they punch. Bass is heavy, sweeping helicopters and firepower blend through speakers like you're actually there and absolutely nothing feels lost in even the most chaotic of moments. The score and general creeping sound design literally holds you in the palm of its hand in the track and its presence is so well presented it lures you through the story like never before really.
Apocalypse Now is a prime example of the perfect unison of visuals and sounds and both elements are stellar on this Blu-ray release.
Sadly I only got the review discs to look out and missed out on the boxset itself with the booklet and postcards, so let's delve into what's actually on the discs shall we.
Disc 1
As both versions of the film are on disc one the only extras we get on this disc are the commentaries from Francis Ford Coppola. The Redux version is all the same stuff as the original '79 cut with the extra scenes having the extra elements covered for the commentary. This really is a fine commentary, with Coppola giving a structured thought about track that covers everything about the film's production. However considering how much of it is covered in the other features you may want to decide what you hit first to avoid the repetition. Though even if you do decide to hit the documentaries and featurettes first make sure you do come back because this commentary is well worth your time.
Disc 2
We begin Disc 2 with 'An Interview with John Milius' (49:45 HD) which was shot in April 2010 and the interview is actually with Coppola. The conversation hits the ground running and doesn't really let up. Coppola talks with lots of respect for Milius's work on the screenplay and the two of them seem quite willing to talk about the ins and outs of the entire collaboration and how Millius developed his screenplay after being told "The Heart of Darkness" concept had beaten many a filmmaker previously and was an impossible task. Honestly it's a joy to watch for anyone with a love of film, let alone anyone with a love of Apocalypse Now, so we're already in great extras territory.
'A Conversation with Martin Sheen and Francis Ford Coppola' (59:26 HD) is again a newly shot interview and seeing these two together in the recording studio where Sheen recorded his voice-overs for the film is quite a feel good affair. Sheen and Coppola seem genuinely fond of their time on the film (despite some of the darker tales) and what with this combined with the Milius interview we really get an even further fleshed out look at what most of the documentaries on this set cover but from a more personal angle. Great stuff.
'Fred Roos: Casting Apocalypse' (11:43 HD) is a pretty raw discussion with Roos in an office. It's packed with rehearsal clips (from the 1975 casting) and photos plus it features a look at another star not cast in the film, Nick Nolte.
'The Mercury Theatre On The Air: Hearts of Darkness – November 6 1938' (36:34 HD) is the original radio reading from Orson Welles. The sound is scratchy but beyond that incredibly clear. My only issue here is the static image of a black and white radio (as opposed to some artwork or photos of Welles or something but none the less, anyone wanting to hear the original Heart of Darkness story now has the opportunity.
'The Hollow Men' (16:56 SD) is a number of unclean/unused shots of film with ominous music and Marlon Brando readings.
'Monkey Sampan – Deleted Scene' (02:51 SD) is a deleted scene with Kurtz's tribesmen singing The Doors' 'Light my Fire' intercut with some more boat footage. It's trippy to say the least.
'Additional Scenes' (26:08 SD) is twelve very raw scenes in very early format, while the 'Kurtz Compound Destruction With Credits' (06:02 SD) is again very raw footage but this time it's of the Kurtz compound blowing up with Coppola's voice over explaining the misunderstanding of there being two different endings of the original release. He explains that this footage is more for editing purposes and a possible credits sequence idea and goes into his view of the films ending (while we get many, many shots of explosions).
'The Birth of 5.1 Sound' (05:51 SD) is where I started remembering how good the old DVD features were. The amazing idea Coppola had to build a cinema in the centre of America (Kansas seemed to be the plan) that would be the only place to see Apocalypse Now and it would be screened for ten years, as he intended it to be presented, is him at his megalomaniac best. What we then get is a history of surround sound and how we got from mono to 5.1 and how each of the evolving sound systems worked in a cinema screen. Absolutely brilliant stuff despite the shortness of the extra.
'Ghost Helicopter Flyover' (03:35 SD) is an explanation of the sound effect used for the opening of the film and how the multi channels are used to great effect and exactly how those sounds were structured. Of course this ends with the effect on show and demonstrates how its split in the speaker system (just a shame the feature wasn't actually in 5.1).
'Apocalypse Now: The Synthesizer Soundtrack by Bob Moog' is actually a text article used in a 1980 issue of 'Contemporary Keyboard' magazine. It's an okay read but not all that friendly an extra.
'A Million Feet of Film: The Editing of Apocalypse Now' (17:55 SD) is more greatness from the DVD release and is a fantastic look at the art of editing a movie (and the struggles involved when you have with Coppola's million and a half feet of negatives to work with). This really shows off how important editing is and includes a handful of interesting alternative takes on assembling scenes.
'The Music of Apocalypse Now' (14:44 SD) opens with footage of the original score recording and Coppola trying to explain his intentions to some baffled looking musicians. It then goes into The Doors music that was being used in the entire film and why they decided to pull it out and then into where we got with the final version.
'Heard Any Good Movies Lately? The Sound Design of Apocalypse Now' (15:17 SD) is Coppola's decisions with the feel and scope of the film's sound and musical choices (as well as a bit of history into sound design). 'The Final Mix' (03:07 SD) wraps up the sound section with the mix decisions and the work that went into that.
'Apocalypse Then and Now' (03:42 SD) starts with a snippet from a 2001 interview with Coppola at the Cannes Film Festival and goes into how important the festival was to the film's history before getting us into Redux territory. This links into '2001 Cannes Film Festival: Francis Ford Coppola' (38:34) which is the entire interview at the festival and it's great stuff covering the movie's importance and history.
'PBR Streetgang' (04:07) is a collection of interviews of the boat crew from the 2001 Redux press junkets, 'The Colour Palette of Apocalypse Now' (04:05 SD) is a brief look at Technicolor and how the dye transfer system works in restorations and the disc credits show off all involved in extras here and by golly everyone deserves a pat on the back because even with one more disc to go this is already contender for the most thorough collection of extras in home format history— phew!
Disc 3
Well not only do we get Heart of Darkness included but we get a commentary from Francis Ford Coppola and Eleanor Coppola about Heart of Darkness. Now this really is a great track to listen to because the couple expand on stories and give even more insight into this period in their lives. This is such a great inclusion and is really the cheery on top of the Apocalypse Now three disc boxset cake.
After the commentary we're greeted with even more extras but this time it's goodbye to featurettes and hello to a more text and photo based approach, starting with 'John Milius Script Excerpt with Francis Ford Coppola Notes'. This is copies of the screenplay with hand written notes jotted all over them. Unfortunately there's no zoom function and while the text was okay on my 60" screen, anything smaller might be a struggle if you really want to study the screenplay.
The 'Storyboard Collection' (11:14 HD) is a series of quick firing pieces of art depicting many of the film's key scenes all in colour and more than mere storyboards in my opinion. Some of them are amazing.
The 'Photo Archive' is split into 'Unit Photography' (01:37 HD) and 'Mary Ellen Mark Photography' (00:30 HD). Both sets have some great shots but are not all that long.
Lastly we hit the 'Marketing Archives' which offers up the 1979 Theatrical Trailer (03:56 HD), the 1979 Radio Spots (02:05) which sound a little bit like the opening of the A-team TV series, the 1979 theatrical program, lobby cards and press kit photos and the post gallery—and that folks wraps up a collection of extras that will take a whole lot of beating.
Simply put this Apocalypse Now release is a must have. Every element is astounding. The features are so thorough and enjoyable to watch they cast a shadow over most if not all of the Blu-ray catalogue and honestly not having this one in your collection is just a crime. What are you waiting for. Go get it.
* Note: The images below are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Marcus Doidge
MeatloafJack Member Join Date: October 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 5
Quality review Marcus, and seeing as I've never owned a dvd version of this film, looks like i've waited until the right time to get myself a copy!
Marcus1138 Contributor Join Date: June 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 910
Absolutely!!! Now is most definitely the time.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 13th June 2011
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS 2.0 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Commentaries, Documentaries, Featurettes, Trailers, Galleries
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper
Genre: Drama and War
Length: 196 minutes
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Spotlight on Johnny Manziel Gets Brighter, and He Doesn't Seem to CareJuly 7, 2014
Johnny Manziel had his photo taken in a bathroom. He had a $20 bill in his hand. It was being rolled. Now the world is coming to an end.
This is the life of any NFL celebrity. For Manziel, it seems even bigger than that.
Manziel has been a celebrity since he was a tween. The kid was a star athlete from a rich family in the heart of a country that makes celebrities out of far less. At Texas A&M, as the legend of Johnny Football grew and grew, from the trophy ceremonies to the "money" gestures to the repeated reports of impropriety, Manziel seemed to act like it was all part of a big elaborate game for him.
In life, the one who ends up with the most toys wins, and dammit if Manziel doesn't have a huge head start over everyone else.
How that sits with the NFL, and specifically the Cleveland Browns—who took him with the 22nd overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft—has come into question time and time again this offseason.
Nobody could question that the media and observers all over the Internet are full of opinions about all this, with two outlets—Pro Football Talk and The Big Lead—getting into dangerous territory with their postings after this last news item.
Let's back up. A week ago, Manziel was all over the news—his nights out now transcend just the tabloid media—after hanging out at a party with Justin Bieber and Floyd "Money" Mayweather. His travels to and from Las Vegas have become stuff of legend already, so it's no surprise that the Browns have told him to take it a little slower the rest of the summer. That's according to Chris Mortensen of ESPN, as Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reported on June 27. Cabot also had this quote from Manziel:
I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I'm going out. Everybody goes out on the weekends and enjoys their life and lives their life and just for them, they don't have people that when they walk into a place pull out their phones and all they want to do is follow me around and record everything, so my situation is unique and different and now more than ever I've seen that it's an every weekend thing wherever I'm at, whether it's here in Cleveland on a weekend, or in Dallas or anywhere on a weekend people want to record what I'm doing because they think it's a story.
The rest of the quote is what makes some people think Manziel doesn't get it—doesn't get what life is like for an NFL quarterback taken in the first round. Others, though, think this next part shows just how much he does get it.
Everybody goes out and has fun. I'm not doing anything that's putting myself in a harmful situation. I'm not doing anything that's putting my team or jeopardizing what I do here throughout the week, or what I'm looking forward to doing this season.
All the videos and photos that Manziel has posted or have been posted of him show the kid goofing around and smiling, having fun (while admittedly looking rather intoxicated in a lot of them).
Are we to assume a 21-year-old athlete—who, by the way, ordered a beer while underage at a restaurant with a national magazine writer who was doing a feature story on him—isn't going to drink in the offseason? Are we to assume because he's more famous than most kids his age, Manziel—Johnny F'ing Football—is going to play by the rules?
So for all the NFL fans and writers and pundits and won't-somebody-think-of-the-children-knee-jerkers who are now hopping on this "hey, look at the famous guy out in bars all drunk and stuff" routine (just search "Manziel" on Twitter to see what we're talking about), they aren't seeing anyone different than who Manziel has always been.
This is the same entitled kid, the same star quarterback, the same rule-breaker. It's just that the stacks of money in his hand are a little bigger. (Note: only a little bigger, let's be honest.)
Manziel won the Heisman Trophy, and a year later he was taken in the first round of the NFL draft. That means he's fair game. This is the world we live in, and society eats those who taste the most delicious alive.
Right now, in the NFL mess hall, nothing is more delectable than a big serving of Johnny Football.
That said, Manziel's nights out and questionable associates—I mean, Bieber, really?—do not give anyone in the media the right to make assumptions about his activities when those assumptions could get the rookie suspended from the NFL before he even takes a snap.
That's a screen capture from a story posted by Mike Florio at Pro Football Talk—taken in case the story is amended or pulled—whereby Florio, who also works network-TV games for NBC, all but accuses Manziel of using that rolled 20 to snort cocaine, while carefully not accusing him of anything.
Now, Florio is a lawyer as well as a noted Internet troll, so there's an absolute certainty he worded that post in such a manner that Manziel or his people couldn't threaten legal action. And come to think of it, a lawsuit could be what Florio wants, given that Manziel's recent history would be open to further interpretation and investigation during discovery should "legal" action be taken by either party.
If Manziel demands the post be taken down, the story lives. If he ignores it, it has to be true. The system (and by "system," I mean the Internet) works!
Busted Coverage gets credit for finding the photo and did its best to speculate without speculating as to why the money was being rolled. Florio took it to another level, and this story has now become something of a cautionary tale for today's media, as much as it's a cautionary tale for Manziel or any famous athlete.
Nobody in our industry should be wondering if an athlete might be using cocaine after seeing one photo of him where cocaine isn't even present.
If you have a source that says they witnessed an NFL player doing drugs, verify the source and run with it. That's journalism…or whatever passes for journalism in the Instagram and Twitter era. If you have a photo you grabbed from a popular cheesecake sports-adjacent website of a guy in a bathroom holding money, maybe wait on the intimations and innuendos.
That said, Cleveland should probably make another phone call to Johnny to beg him to avoid camera phones for a while. Maybe Browns owner Jimmy Haslam should get on the horn with Manziel and tell him it's a good idea to schedule a summer's worth of house parties where the phones and recording devices stay outside in the mailbox.
Don't even invite anyone with an Instagram or Twitter or Vine or Facebook or Snapchat or whatever social-media app 21-year-olds are using these days. (Oh, I forgot about Tinder. Johnny, stay away from Tinder.)
Stay away from everything, because people won't stop. The media won't stop. If we aren't the ones taking the photos in the bathrooms, we damn sure are the ones buying them or posting them or speculating about what illicit activities are taking place before, during or after them.
We will not stop, because we no longer have the ability to do so. The world is a 24/7/365 media circus, and people like Johnny Football are the biggest attraction in town.
You would think a kid who has been in the spotlight for as long as he has would know that by now. And maybe he does. Maybe he just doesn't care.