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DTU (SAT) 07/06/2013 Arena Lopez Mateos [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring, R de Rudo]
1) Yuta b Jhonky, Kalibus, Jorge Kebrada, Kiuby, Artikus, Ángel del Misterio, Osiris, Atomic Star, Miedo Extremo
Jhonki, Atomic Star replaced Kalibus, Pequeno Cobra, Slayer Pack. Reports differ on if Kiuby or Arana de Plata was the third addition; best guess is Kiuby based on the pictures. Yuta beat Miedo Extremo for the win.
2) Kaleth & Niño Hamburguesa b Lucky Boy & Niño de Ébano and Crazy King & Principe Escorpion and Lanzeloth & Rocky Lobo and Araña de Plata & Pequeno Cobra
Locker/Rocker team scheduled for this match moved up one. Arana de Plata & Pequeno Cobra team seems to have replaced them, according to EdR.
3) Carta Brava Jr. I, La Magnifica, Locker b Comando Negro, Keira, Rocker
Match had been listed as three way tag with Arana/Perro Mocho (who seems to have missed all DTU shows), Carta Jr./Comando Negro vs Carta IWL/Cerebro Negro.
4) Epitafio, Judas el Traidor, Samael, Tormento NC Black Fire, Chica Ye-Ye, Demente Extreme, Peligro
Tormento replaced Leviatham, Peligro was the mystery man on the DTU side. Los Porros ran in to attack everyone, then got into an argument with Ciclope.
5) Steve Pain b Fenix (AAA), Príncipe Halcón, Jinzo, Orion, Sádico, Tomahawk T.T., Hacker, Hormiga [#1 Contenders, DTU AI]
Fenix and Steve Pain replaced Septimo Dragon and Poison. Pain beat Fenix for the win, and wins a shot against Flamita at some point.
6) Drastik Boy & Flamita b Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards and Daga & Eterno
switched to the semi main (in before the ring was filled with leftovers from the hardcore match.) Upset win for Flamita & Drastik
7) Aero Boy & Violento Jack b Crazy Boy & Joe Lider and Cíclope & Paranoiko
switched to the main. Besides the usual violence, the LA Park Chair On Fire spot has made it's way to DTU. Arana de Plata ran into help Ciclope, setting up lamps on the match, but Violento Jack put Ciclope thru them for the win.
It sounds like the fifth match was the best, but there's not too many notes about the match quality. There's really nothing said about the sixth match. I maybe have gotten the wrong Carta Brava.
CMLL (SUN) 07/07/2013 Arena Coliseo [CMLL]
1) Höruz & Robin b Akuma & Guerrero Negro Jr.
Tecnicos took 2/3.
2) Arkángel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Skándalo b Hombre Bala Jr., Pegasso, Soberano Jr.
Soberano replaced Starman. Rudos took 1/3.
3) Tritón b Raziel [lightning]
Triton won with a moonsault tornillo in a good match.
4) Bushiroad, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Boby Zavala, Namajague, Shigeo Okumura
Tecnicos toko 2/3 in a good match. Delta & Maya challenged for a title shot next week, and Okumura & Namajague accepted.
5) Diamante Azul, Shocker, Thunder b Euforia, Mr. Niebla, Vangellys
Tecnicos took 1/3.
6) Ephesto, Mephisto, Volador Jr. b Máscara Dorada, Mistico, Valiente
Rudos took 1/3 in a slightly disappointing match.
Main event seemed to start a Estetas del Aire vs Avernos/Volador feud, similar to Puebla. They're probably a few weeks away from doing that match.
Next week's show is in Arena Mexico, according to the announcers at the end of the show. This might have been made clear during the earlier microphone challenges, but the ring microphone wasn't plugged into the Terra feed from the second match on. There was no sound entirely from midway in the second match until Triton's post match promo.
CMLL (SUN) 07/07/2013 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [@acogdl]
1) Brillante & Capitan (Guadalajara) b Relampago Azul (Guadalajara) & Samael (Guadalajara)
Debut for Capitan. Tecnicos took 2/3.
2) Demonio Maya, El Yaki, Satara b Halcón de Plata, Idolo, Javier Cruz Jr.
Yaki back as a rudo, which makes since with that name. Rudos took 2/3.
3) Acertijo, Jocker, Sádico b El Hippie, Sky Kid, Tony Escobedo
Escobedo's debut. Rudos took 1/3, Acertijo snuck in a foul on Hippie to set up the rudo win.
4) Black Metal b Bárbaro Cavernario [OCCIDENTE MIDDLE]
Metal took falls 1/3 to win the championship. Barbaro falls on fourth defense. Barbaro demanded a rematch in precisely two weeks.
5) La Máscara, Máximo, Rush b Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora, Rey Bucanero
Tecnicos took 2/3.
The title change could be a setup to Barbaro coming to Mexico City. He was good in his three day stint last month. It's not like Arena Coliseo Guadalajara to care that much about their championships; they didn't take them off Palacio Negro or Metal Blanco when they knew they were leaving or even when they came back.
Canek was the unadvertised surprise luchador on AAA TV's taping in Ecatepec. Unclear why they brought in Canek and didn't advertise him. La Parka worked the AAA TV taping and not the WWL show, while Eita did the opposite. More details about the AAA TV taping, though there's not that many details to go around.
AAA had a photoshoot with Angelico & Jack Evans and the Reinas del Ring, along with a promo for Sunday's taping which helps you not at all now. Sorry! Jack Evans yelling "woo" holds up.
The next TxT show appears to be on 07/27. This poster doesn't make any matches clear except that the usual woman will face each other, and I think you could've figured that. It's a Mexico vs the World Theme, which is pretty much the same as most of the TxT shows this year. Hijo del Santo is on the poster even though he's said he's not wrestling on the show.
Rob has video of a Los Payasos photobomb and CMLL 06/04/13
LuchaWorld has KrisZ's news update.
CMLL posted highlights of their press conference.
Cronicas y Leyendas looks back at the fall of the Intocables, Andre el Gigante in 1980, and video of Ray Mendoza & Cavernario Galindo vs Memo Rubio & Pantera Blanca from 1964.
SLP luchador Magico is out of action due to appendicitis.
Big match for Joel Lider on Friday.

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The 19th-century Historic Village is comprised of buildings gathered from rural communities around New York state and painstakingly relocated and restored, piece by piece. Each building provides an intimate view of commercial and domestic practices common to rural life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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I remember talking to a beautiful young woman many years ago at the gym, one of my many many many times I had started to exercise and try to get fit, after a whole night of not sleeping and lying in bed, hating my body, furious at my own fat, unable to sleep because I felt so fat – which is such a horrible thing to do. Insomnia is awful enough but 'insecurity insomnia' – that is a true nightmare. This is sad to me because I look back at pictures of my younger self, and I really have never truly been fat – I just thought that I was – therefore I missed out on appreciating my young body. Now I just have to appreciate my old body (which is not so bad).
So years ago, I was at the gym for the first time after a long absence, tired and worn out from hating myself ferociously all night. While waiting for a step class to begin (oh shit remember Reebok STEP????? Bruises appear all over my shins when I even think about fucking STEP), the woman and I were talking about her marathon training. She had run in the Los Angeles marathon and was thinking about going to Boston and New York to run in those famous city marathons. "You can eat anything you want…" which to me are like weird magic words. Have you ever heard these words uttered – "if you take this class/pill/powder/hire this trainer/dance this number/drink this drink/swim every day/get on a vibration machine while you work out with weights/buy this ab-flex/watch this dvd/learn to purge/run this marathon – you can eat anything you want." If I ever am fortunate to encounter a Genii, with his muscly arms and curly shoes, I would ask for just one wish consolidated from all three – "I want to eat whatever I want" (presuming that my body would be perfect to begin with and then just never change). My mother tried to append this wish by adding "and never get full" because truly that is her desire – because fullness gets in the way of eating whatever you want! Goddamn body – doesn't it know we are not eating for hunger!! We are eating for reasons entirely personal and unique and emotional and mental – not physical at all!
The marathoner got to eat whatever she wanted. She ran and ran and ran away from the food and it never caught up with her. Her eyes got misty and far away as she reminisced about bagels and cream cheese, countless pasta dinners, desserts long ago eaten and enjoyed and burned away by running. She ate and ran to utter exhaustion, and after the race was over, she felt incredibly triumphant. Her face glowed as she said, "and afterward, my body was just…..CARVED." She described the thinness of her own body after running a marathon with a pride and satisfaction that I have never known for myself. What a strange world to live in – to enjoy oneself and love oneself so you are high from it. She actually looked high – thinking about how thin she was, despite eating everything. Is this the runner's high that is so sought after, yet to me is so elusive? Then she talked about all her toenails fell off and I got grossed out and never tried running.


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Texas Gov. Rick Perry better junk those cowboy boots and don running shoes when he hits California next month for the first time as a GOP presidential candidate.
In the 48 hours after the Sept. 7 Reagan Library debate, he'll be going non-stop for two days, picking up cash every step of the way across the Golden State.
His two-day fundraising schedule in California, as published by Politico.com, doesn't give him a lot of time to down much of that rubber chicken on the circuit. Perry will be hobnobbing with a crowd of big donors and big pols — backers who include former state party chair Shawn Steel and his wife, Board of Equalization member Michele Park Steel; San Diego Chargers owner Dean Spanos, former CA Assemblyman Mike Villines, and Gregory Slayton, a former Silicon Valley insider and big GOP fundraiser who was appointed Consul General to Bermuda by President George W. Bush.
The way it breaks down now, tickets to all the "Main Events" described below are $1,000, but it will take a $5,000 check to get a photo op with the Lone Star governor.
Event hosts are asked to put in $20,000, which includes two tickets to an event and 8 photo ops; event chairs write a check for a whopping $50,000, and get "head table/priority seating, listing as a national finance committee member with the Gov. Perry campaign" and 20 tickets to the VIP photo ops.
Here's how his California schedule breaks down:
*On Sept. 8, the morning after the debate, he'll be at a 7:30 a.m. VIP reception and photo op, followed by breakfast at the Hyatt Aventine on La Jolla Village Drive in San Diego. (Not far, as we noted in Twitter, from Mitt Romney's $12 million waterfront mansion in the same neighborhood.)
*That's followed by a noon VIP reception and lunch at the Ialand Hotel in Newport Beach.
*That's followed by a 5:30 p.m. VIP reception and photo op at the home of Paula Kent Meehan in Los Angeles.
*That's followed by a Host Committee Dinner at the home of Carla and Fred Sands in Los Angeles.
On Friday, Sept. 9, Perry will be hitting a 7:45 a.m. VIP reception and photo op with breakfast in Bakersfield at the Bakersfield Inn.
That's followed by his Silicon Valley stop, a noon VIP reception and lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel in East Palo Alto.
That's followed by a 5:30 p.m. reception and dinner in Fresno, at The Downtown Club.


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More details on Stephen Hawking's solution to black hole problemStephen Hawking and colleagues have finally provided more information about how black holes might preserve information.
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PixelJunk 1-4 named "Shooter"
Q's Dylan Cuthbert just confirmed the name of PixelJunk 1-4 as PixelJunk Shooter. The moniker's the result of a naming competition that drew more than 10,000 entries. A demo's promised for E3, and Cuthbert's confirmed co-op play in that post. Have a read.
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Q-games give walk-thru of PixelJunk 1-4
In the PixelJunk1-4 video posted after the break, producer Matt Morton provides a walk-thu of the gameplay. If you have been aching to get your hands on the next bit of PixelJunk, you'll wanna watch it. You can also hit up the US PS Blog for more, if you like.
Sony first-party embargo lifts - MAG, White Knight Chronicles, more
The embargo just went up on content from Sony's first-party press event in the US earlier this month, giving new details on MAG, White Knight Chronicles and plenty more. We'll link to everything we can find below. White Knight Chronicles Joystiq preview IGN preview IGN screens MAG 1UP Preview Destructoid Preview Eurogamer hands-on Gamespot hands-on […]
PixelJunk 1-4 gets first video, naming contest opened
Q Games has released the first video of PixelJunk 1-4 in action – get it after the break. The firm's also opened a naming competition for the title, which appears to be some kind of strategic shooter with water and lava. Look and see.
Facebook event launched for PixelJunk 1-4
Q Games' Dylan Cuthbert has created a PixelJunk 1-4 Facebook event titled, "PixelJunk 1-4 sells one million units at launch!" Via Twitter, Cuthbert explained said it was all a joke, but promised that the more people join, the more images of the game will be uploaded. And yep. There's an image on the page. Hit […]
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According to a recent Twitter post from Dylan Cuthbert, Q Games is working on a PixelJunk 1-4 demo. Here's the tweet: "About to go collect an order of MOS burgers for everyone still at Q working on the PixelJunk 1-4 demo" Cuthbert told Wired back in March that his company was currently at work on […]
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Q-Games' Dylan Cuthbert's slapped down talk of a showing of the next full PixelJunk game at GDC next week, saying the title he'll be demoing in the PS Blog lounge is, in fact, Eden Encore. "Everyone seems to think we are showing PixelJunk 1-4 next week at GDC, but it ain't true," the developer said […]
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Yesterday I read that Michael Phelps was caught on camera smoking pot. People made a big deal. He apologized. Blah blah blah. I feel I must throw in my two cents here.
I have to give him credit. At least he didn't pull some shit like, "Oh, that was Marijuana?" or "Yeah, that was me on the bong, but I DID NOT inhale." He owned it. He was like. Yeah, that was me and that was a device for smoking some J. I promise I'll never do it again (or at least I won't do it again when some silly drunk girl has a camera).
Give the man a break. He probably needs a little relaxation in his life. Doesn't he get up at like 4:30 in the morning and swim the length of the Nile or some shit?


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Kontor Kontur – "A mishmash of ordinary but beautiful things"
The Göteborg-based design collaboration Kontor Kontur created 8 colorful still life poster (available now), with "ordinary but beautiful things" they found in their office. Kontor Kontur is a design office, for graphic design, product design and interior design.
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Former Lakers star Magic Johnson made his way back into Southland sports Tuesday in a big, blue way with a record-breaking deal.
Complete Coverage: Dodgers' ChangeUp
Johnson's group won the bid to take over ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2 billion, blowing past the record selling price for a U.S. sports franchise. The most a team has fetched was the Miami Dolphins for $1.1 billion in 2009.
Fans on Dodgers Deal: It May Be Magic
The purchasing group Guggenheim Baseball Management LLC includes controlling partner Mark R. Walter, Peter Guber, baseball executive Stan Kasten, Bobby Patton and Todd Boehly.
Former owner Frank McCourt and some "affiliates of the purchasers" will acquire the Chavez Ravine property surrounding the stadium for an additional $150 million.
The deal is subject to approval in federal bankruptcy court, and the team's transfer is expected to be complete by the end of April.
"I am thrilled to be part of the historic Dodger franchise and intend to build on the fantastic foundation laid by Frank McCourt as we drive the Dodgers back to the front page of the sports section in our wonderful community of Los Angeles," Johnson said in a statement.
The team's statement was more business-oriented, focusing on the tumultuous journey that started in Spring 2011, when Major League Baseball took over operations of the team.
"This transaction underscores the Debtors' objective to maximize the value of their estate and to emerge from Chapter 11 under a successful Plan of Reorganization, under which all creditors are paid in full," the Los Angeles Dodgers said in a statement.
The Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection in late June, just days before the team was expected to miss payroll. The filing came after baseball Commissioner Bud Selig refused to approve a 17-year agreement between the Dodgers' and Fox's Prime Ticket subsidiary that would have been worth $2 billion or more. MLB feared McCourt would use about half of an intended $385 million cash advance to fund his divorce.
McCourt paid $430 million in 2004 to buy the team, Dodger Stadium and 250 acres of land that include the parking lots, from the Fox division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. The team's debt stood at $579 million as of January, according to a court filing, so even after the divorce payment, taxes and legal and banking fees, he stands to make several hundred million dollars.
Los Angeles finished third in the NL West at 82-79, had just three sellouts and fell short of 3 million in home attendance in a full season for the first time since 1992.
Johnson's group won out over a group led by hedge-fund billionaire Steven Cohen and Los Angeles billionare and philanthropist Patrick Soon-Shiong; and St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke.
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Event Calendar
February 2013
Performances and Films/Videos
Lectures and Conferences
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Free Hours at L.A. Museums (PDF, 269 KB)
Art Platform – Los Angeles
A + D Museum
Autry National Center
Craft and Folk Art Museum
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Hammer Museum
Huntington Library
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles Public Library
MAK Center for Art & Architecture
Museum of Latin American Art
Natural History Museum
Norton Simon Museum
Orange County Museum of Art
Pacific Asia Museum
Pasadena Museum of California Art
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Skirball Cultural Center
February 24, 2013
Lectures and Conferences
Perspectives on Vermeer
Sunday February 24, 2013
3 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Ann Jensen Adams (professor of art history, University of California, Santa Barbara), Anne Woollett (curator of Paintings, the J. Paul Getty Museum), and Karen Hellman (assistant curator of Photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum) each offer a different perspective on Johannes Vermeer's
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center through March 31, 2013.
Tours and Gallery Talks
Garden Tour
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Getty Center
The gardens of the Getty are the focus of this 45-minute tour. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance to the Museum.
Architecture Tour
10:15 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm
Museum Entrance Hall, Getty Center
Discover more about Richard Meier's architecture and the design of the Getty Center site in this 45-minute tour. Meet the docent outside at the bench under the sycamore trees near the front entrance to the Museum.
Collection Highlights Tour
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
Collection Highlights Tour
1:30 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Meet the educator at the Museum Information Desk.
The Life of Art: Context, Collecting, and Display
South Pavilion, Plaza Level, Getty Center
From the time an object is made until the day it enters a museum's collection, it may be displayed, used, and perceived in different ways.
The Life of Art
takes selected objects from the Getty Museum's galleries and encourages visitors to sit down and spend time with them, offering the opportunity to examine them closely to understand how they were made and functioned, why they were collected, and how they have been displayed. Through careful looking, what may be learned about the maker and previous owners of a French gilt-bronze wall light, for example, or the transformation in England of a Chinese porcelain bowl? Close engagement reveals the full lives of these works and why they continue to be collected and cherished today.
Learn more about this exhibition
The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker and the Institute of Design
Daily through February 24, 2013
West Pavilion, Lower Level, Getty Center
Ray K. Metzker (American, born 1931) is one of the most innovative photographers of the last half-century. Utilizing experimental techniques such as high-contrast printing, multiple exposure, and composite images, he creates photographs that strike a unique balance between formal elegance, technical precision, and a deep human regard for the objective world. A graduate of ChicagoÕs Bauhaus-inspired Institute of Design, Metzker studied with renowned photographers Harry Callahan (American, 1912Ð1999) and Aaron Siskind (American, 1903Ð1991). An introduction to the climate of intense photographic experimentation fostered by teachers and emulated by students at the school accompanies this overview of MetzkerÕs career. The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker and the Institute of Design was organized in collaboration with The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. The J. Paul Getty Museum has added photographs from its own collection and other key loans.
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In Focus: Robert Mapplethorpe
Daily through March 24, 2013
West Pavilion, Lower Level, Getty Center
A tastemaker and provocateur, Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946–1989) ranks as one of the great photographers of the second half of the twentieth century. His highly stylized explorations of gender, race, and sexuality became hallmarks of the period and exerted a powerful influence on his contemporaries. Arranged chronologically, this one-gallery exhibition presents works—from his early mixed-media objects to his photographic portraits, nudes, and still lifes—that were jointly acquired in 2011 by the Getty Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, New York City.
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Farewell to Surrealism: The
Circle in Mexico
Daily through April 14, 2013
Research Institute Exhibition Gallery, Getty Center
In the 1940s, an international circle of writers and artists from Europe, Latin America, and North America came together in Mexico City and created the unique journal
. Many of them—including the journal's founder and primary editor, Wolfgang Paalen—had been part of Andre Breton's Parisian surrealist circle in the 1930s, before taking refuge in Mexico during World War II. This group shared a passion for the pre-Columbian past of the Americas, and their immersion in its artifacts transformed their art.
is a record of their ideas and the art they made, an art that had ramifications far beyond Mexico City.
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Johannes Vermeer,
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
Daily through March 31, 2013
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
One of Johannes Vermeer's most exquisitely nuanced paintings,
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
(about 1663–64), is on view at the Getty Center as a special loan from Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. Standing alone, a young woman reads a letter with rapt attention, bathed in soft morning light that captures a delicate array of blues within the interior. The painting serves as an ambassador for the Rijksmuseum, which reopens on April 13, 2013, after a ten-year renovation.
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Drama and Devotion: Heemskerck's
Ecce Homo
Altarpiece from Warsaw
Daily through April 7, 2013
Museum Galleries, Getty Center
One of the most admired Netherlandish painters of the sixteenth century, Maerten van Heemskerck (1498–1574) worked in an expressive style influenced by his exposure to the work of contemporary Italian painters, particularly Michelangelo. His dramatic
Ecce Homo
(1544) altarpiece from the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, on view to the public for the first time following conservation and study at the Getty Museum, offers a rare opportunity to experience a complete triptych by this Renaissance master. The exhibition provides insight into Heemskerck's materials and expedient technique and elaborates on the original location of the altarpiece in Dordrecht. Supported by the Getty Museum Paintings Conservation Council, this event also marks the 150th anniversary of the National Museum.
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February 24, 2013
Courses and Demonstrations
Artist-at-Work Demonstration: Music and Instrumentation
Weekends through February 24, 2013
11 am - 12 pm
Education Court, Getty Villa
Join Musicàntica for a hands-on demonstration of folk instruments and music that carry on the ancient oral traditions of the Mediterranean. Learn how to make and play modern versions of ancient instruments, such as the
(reed pipe). This is a free, drop-in program.
Handling Session: Greek Vases
Sundays through March 31, 2013
11 am - 12 pm
Reading Room, Getty Villa
How were Greek vases made? Find out in this multisensory handling session! Touch tools and materials used by ancient potters and painters, ranging from riverbed clays to mouse-whisker brushes. Discover the hidden techniques used to shape and decorate these ancient painted vessels. This is a free, drop-in program.
Artist-at-Work Demonstration: Music and Instrumentation
Weekends through February 24, 2013
2 pm - 3 pm
Education Court, Getty Villa
Join Musicàntica for a hands-on demonstration of folk instruments and music that carry on the ancient oral traditions of the Mediterranean. Learn how to make and play modern versions of ancient instruments, such as the
(reed pipe). This is a free, drop-in program.
Tours and Gallery Talks
Architecture Tour
10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
Explore the architecture of the Getty Villa and learn more about daily life in the ancient world in this 40-minute tour. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
Garden Tour
10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Getty Villa
Discover the rich mythological and cultural connections of ancient gardens in this 40-minute tour of the Getty Villa's four Roman gardens. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
Collection Highlights Tour
Weekends through March 31, 2013
1 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Sign-up begins 15 minutes before the tour at the Tour Meeting Place.
Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
In 2003, the J. Paul Getty Museum acquired a collection of over 350 pieces of ancient glass, formerly owned by Erwin Oppenländer. The works on view in
Molten Color
are remarkable for their high quality, their chronological breadth, and the glassmaking techniques illustrated by their manufacture. The vessels are accompanied by text and videos illustrating ancient glassmaking techniques.
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Roman Ephebe from Naples
Daily through February 26, 2013
Getty Villa
Youth as a Lamp Bearer
, a long-term loan from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples, is on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa.
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Lion Attacking a Horse from the Capitoline Museums, Rome
Daily through May 6, 2013
Museum, Floor 1, Getty Villa
Among the most storied works of art to survive from antiquity, the spectacular Lion Attacking a Horse was created in the era of Alexander the Great. A trophy of war in imperial Rome, then a symbol of justice in the medieval city, this image of savage animal combat was admired by Michelangelo and inspired generations of artists. On the Capitoline Hill, its presence heralded the Renaissance spirit, laying the foundation for the worldÕs first public art collection. The extraordinary loan of this recently conserved marble group, presented in a special installation at the Getty Villa, signals a new partnership between the J. Paul Getty Museum and the civic museums of Rome.
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Relief with Antiochos and Herakles
Daily through May 4, 2015
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
On loan from the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, a stele honoring Prokleides, a military officer in the Athenian army, is on view at the Getty Villa in a gallery (208) devoted to Religious Offerings. Carved in relief above a public decree are figures of Antiochos, the mythical founder of the tribe Antiochis, and his father, the Greek hero Herakles.
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Mass. man sentenced in model airplane terror plot
BOSTON A Massachusetts man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison in a plot to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.
Rezwan Ferdaus, 27, of Ashland, pleaded guilty in July to attempting to provide material support to terrorists and attempting to damage and destroy federal buildings with an explosive. As part of a plea agreement between prosecutors and Ferdaus' attorney, both sides agreed to recommend the 17-year sentence.
Ferdaus, a Muslim-American who grew up in Massachusetts and has a physics degree from Northeastern University, delivered a long, soft-spoken statement in which he offered no apology for his actions but thanked his family and friends for supporting him. He said he has accepted his fate and "can dream of a brighter future."
Ferdaus did not make any direct anti-American statements, but he did refer to "a world filled with injustices."
"Who other than God knows best what it takes to make a good human being," he said.
Ferdaus was arrested last year after federal employees posing as members of al Qaeda delivered materials he requested, including grenades, machine guns and plastic explosives. Authorities have said the public was never in danger because the explosives were always under the control of federal agents.
Prosecutors have said Ferdaus began planning a holy war against the United States in 2010 after becoming convinced by seeing jihadi websites and videos that said America is evil.
Prosecutors say he approached a government informant at a mosque in December 2010 and later met with undercover agents to discuss a plot. Prosecutors said Ferdaus also wanted to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan using improvised explosive devices detonated by modified cellphones.
Counterterrorism experts and model-aircraft enthusiasts have said it would be nearly impossible to inflict large-scale damage using model planes.
- Mass. man pleads guilty to plot to blow up Pentagon, Capitol with model planes
- FBI: Mass. man had "mission" against Pentagon
- Could model airplanes become a terrorist weapon?
The defense had suggested that the FBI ignored signs of mental illness in Ferdaus while investigating him. During a bail hearing last year, an FBI agent acknowledged that Ferdaus told undercover agents that he was anxious and depressed and having "intrusive thoughts" in the months before his arrest.
After he was sentenced, his lawyer, Miriam Conrad, said Ferdaus was being treated by a psychiatrist for depression and anxiety in August 2011, a month before his arrest.
U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns said he had received a series of letters from Ferdaus' family and friends that painted a portrait of a "much loved" man who had lived "90 percent" of his life in a positive way.
"Everyone noticed that there was a point when Mr. Ferdaus' life turned darker," Stearns said.
In a letter to Stearns, Ferdaus' parents, Showket and Anamaria Ferdaus, said he slipped into a depression during his senior year at Northeastern, which led to mental illness that was "obviously visible" to his family since late 2009. They said they tried to get him to see a doctor but he would not.
"We took a very cautious approach. After all, he was over 18 and we could not force him to see a doctor. That is the American way. We felt helpless," they wrote in their letter.
After the hearing, Ferdaus' mother was mobbed by television cameras. "My son is innocent," she cried. "Go investigate your government."
Ferdaus will receive credit for the 13 months he spent in prison while awaiting trial. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons will decide where Ferdaus serves his sentence.
As he left the courtroom in handcuffs, his family stood and shouted, "We love you, Rezwan!" "Stay strong, Rez!" and "See you on the other side!"


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ZHMICRO has announced availability of Visual '09 Linux, a C++ IDE that provides a built-in editor, debugger, compiler, and memory-leak detection, among other features. When used with the the Z47 Virtual Processor, applications written with Visual '09 can run on multiple desktop and enterprise operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows, LINUX, and UNIX, as well as mobile operating systems such as Palm, Windows Mobile, and Pocket PC. This combination of applications written with Visual '09, and the use of the Z47 Virtual Processor enables rapid development and the integration of these applications within a wide range of frameworks.
The Z47 Virtual Processor is a self-contained distributed operating system of about 500K for all platforms. Z++ applications become processes of the Z47 Virtual Processor, which manages its own threads, processes, local and remote inter-process communications signals, and exceptions without making system calls to the underlying operating system.
"This release of the Linux Visual '09 continues ZHMICRO's commitment to provide developers with a truly 'complete' Linux IDE that is feature rich, easy to use, and gives software development organizations a one-stop solution that allows them to greatly reduce their development costs and make the most efficient use of their development resources," says ZHMICRO's Daniel Hatton.


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Spotted this little guy while photographing markers at Mt. Sherman Cemetery.
Red Velvet Ant or Cow Killer
They are actually wingless wasps, not ants and have a very painful sting. Females are wingless and covered with dense hair, superficially resembling ants. The red velvet-ant is the largest velvet-ant species, reaching about 3/4 inch in length. They are black overall with patches of dense orange-red hair on the thorax and abdomen. Males are similar but have wings and can not sting.


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Sand from Panama City has been declared white enough to grace the beach on Okaloosa Island.
OKALOOSA ISLAND � Sand from Panama City Beach has been declared white enough to grace the beach on Okaloosa Island.
Or at least good enough to go under a hotel there.
Panama City-based GAC Contractors, which two weeks ago was asked to stop putting sand on the Air Force property site of a new Holiday Inn Resort, has been given the green light to resume hauling.
Okaloosa County Growth Management Director Elliot Kampert said a Munsell chart soil test has convinced him that sand being brought in from a pit in west of Panama City Beach meets all quality standards.
�They are okayed to proceed,� Kampert said.
GAC Contractors had hauled about 375 truckloads of sand to what was formerly known as the A-5 test site when the work was stopped after complaints were made that the sand was darker than the rest of the island.
GAC Contractors Vice President Derwin White estimated at the time the work was stopped he still had about 1,800 more loads to haul.
Kampert said sand samples were used to determine the imported loads contained only tiny amounts of shell fragments, red clay, yellow clay or sediments.
�It was almost all sand,� he said.
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Fourth generation farmer likes the challenge
Staff writer
It has often been said that farming is a gamble. You put something in and hope to get more back, but you're never sure how it will turn out.
For 41-year-old Scott David of rural Tampa, that's what makes life interesting.
"Farming can be challenging," he admitted. "You have to be up for it. It keeps you going."
He especially enjoys raising calves from his large cowherd of mostly Black Angus cattle.
From the time he was a boy, David knew he wanted to be a cattleman.
"My dad bought a couple of bucket calves for me to raise," he said. "I liked it and stayed with it."
His father, Fred David, lives in Hillsboro, and the two men partner in keeping the farm going. Fred David comes out every day to the farm three miles south of Tampa to assist in doing chores.
They calved a large group of heifers (first-time calvers) in February. David said he kept a close eye on them, getting up at night to check on them. A large Morton building served as a calving shed when the weather was bad. One time, 20 or more heifers were penned inside. Except for a set of twins, no calves were lost.
The cowherd started calving on March 10 and are about three-quarters done. A couple of calves were lost in the last snowstorm. A record number of 20 calves were born in one 24-hour period.
After every calf is born, it is tagged to identify the mother.
Scott David's wife, Sherry, and their three daughters — Meghan, 13; Emma, 11; and Sarah, 7 — help whenever they can. They were especially helpful when the snowstorms came. While David was pushing snow and feeding cows two miles away, they kept an eye on the heifers. They also helped spread bedding for the cattle and bottle-fed orphaned calves.
The Davids were fortunate they did not run out of hay this winter considering the drought of the past growing season. Some of the cows grazed on sedan grass and were supplemented with wheat straw fortified with anhydrous.
When the grazing season begins, some of the cattle will be placed on leased native grass. Some will be placed on brome grass. The Davids uses rotational grazing to maintain more cattle on fewer acres.
They use artificial insemination in their cowherd.
"You can see improvements in the genetics of the cattle when you use AI," Scott David said.
He found that producing good cattle is learned in the "school of hard knocks."
"You learn what makes a good cow," he said.
The Davids also produce wheat, corn, milo, and soybeans. They grow silage corn for their feeder calves.
Scott David is thankful his father gave him the opportunity to farm. He is the fourth generation on a farm that was established in 1904.
"I learned to take pride in being a steward of the land," he said.


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Tecumseh's Brett Romberg hopes a proposed $765 million settlement with the NFL can make a difference in the lives of thousands of ex-players who are suffering from dementia and other concussion-related brain injuries.
Romberg applauds NFL for compensating ailing ex-players
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Tecumseh's Brett Romberg joined former Detroit Lions offensive tackle Lomas Brown and other former football players who hope a proposed $765 million settlement with the National Football League can make a difference in the lives of thousands of ex-players who are suffering from dementia and other concussion-related brain injuries.
"The NFL took a step in the right direction," said Romberg, a Belle River high school grad who retired from the NFL in 2012 after a nine-year career.
"They messed up in the past but the 765 million will be a much-needed bandaid, especially for those who suffered injuries 20 and 30 years ago."
Romberg, who said he suffered head trauma while playing football in high school, college and the pros, was one of 84 former players who started the lawsuit against the NFL in 2010.
He withdrew his name from the lawsuit to sign a $1-million contract with the Atlanta Falcons in 2012.
"I don't regret not being part of this settlement," Romberg said.
"I was aware of the consequences of my injuries but I wanted to leave the game on my own terms. I had another career to fall back on. I'm just glad to see the NFL acknowledge the direct correlation between head injuries and the pain and suffering of former players."
Brown, a seven-time Pro Bowler with Detroit, Arizona, Cleveland, the New York Giants and Tampa Bay, and Super Bowl-winning quarterback Jim McMahon were among the more than 4,500 former athletes — some suffering from dementia, depression or Alzheimer's — who have sued the NFL since the first case was filed in Philadelphia in 2011.
They accused the league of concealing the long-term dangers of concussions and rushing injured players back onto the field, while glorifying and profiting from the kind of bone-jarring hits that make for spectacular highlight-reel footage.
"I'm curious how they came up with the figure and I've got a lot of questions, but I am happy that it's done," Brown told The Associated Press.
"Any time the NFL acknowledges they are ready to settle something, it shows they knew they had some sort of negligence."
The settlement would mean immediate compensation for ailing former players and their families, as well as medical exams and treatment for all other retirees — a group that could total more than 20,000.
It also would set aside $10 million for research that the plaintiffs hope will protect future generations from the devastating effects of repeated blows to the head.
The settlement still has to be approved by Senior U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in Philadelphia, something lead plaintiffs' lawyer Christopher Seeger said he expects to happen in the next 60 to 90 days.
"I'm glad to see there's been some movement and some reaction to all this," said Hall of Fame running back Dorsett, who starred for the Dallas Cowboys after winning the 1976 Heisman Trophy at Pittsburgh.
Dorsett is the most accomplished and best-known plaintiff in the mass of lawsuits.
"I'm glad to see this has come to somewhat of an end," Dorsett said. "But the research obviously is going to be important, the safety of the players is going to be extremely important."
The NFL has insisted that safety has always been a top priority, and in settling the thousands of cases it admitted no wrongdoing.
While a trial could have forced the NFL to disclose what it knew, and when, about concussion-linked brain problems, Seeger said the plaintiffs' greater concern was a fair settlement — and one that would be paid immediately.
Had the lawsuits gone to trial, it could have been years before the players saw any money. Years the players might not have.
"It's a good day, because we're getting help for those who need help," said Mark Rypien, the MVP of the 1992 Super Bowl for the Washington Redskins.
"And a sad day, because we didn't get this done earlier to help guys in the past."
Already, Pro Bowler Junior Seau and former Atlanta Falcon Ray Easterling, one of the first players to file a lawsuit, have committed suicide.
Former Philadelphia Eagles fullback Kevin Turner has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, at 44, and fears he might not live to see his 50th birthday.
Dorsett finds himself forgetting how to get places he's been going for 30 years, and his 10-year-old daughter now complains that they can't do certain things together because "Daddy won't remember how to do it."
"Football has been my life and football has been kind to me," Dorsett said.
"But when I signed up for this, I didn't know some of the repercussions; I did know I could get injured, but I didn't know about my head or the trauma or the things that could happen to me later on in life. I'm glad, again, that they've come to some type of resolution, but I've got to see how it all plays out. I hope it will benefit some guys that need help. That's the good thing."
The settlement would cost the league $765 million, the vast majority of which would go to compensate athletes with certain neurological ailments, plus plaintiffs' attorney fees.
Under the settlement, individual payouts would be capped at $5 million for men with Alzheimer's disease; $4 million for those diagnosed after their deaths with a brain condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy; and $3 million for players with dementia.
"They deserve it, there's no question about it," said Mike Ditka, who played tight end for the Chicago Bears and later coached the 1986 Super Bowl winners. "It's absolutely good to see that. I think people have hid behind this too long. It's time it's out in the open."
The settlement also sets aside $75 million for medical exams, and all former NFL players are eligible to seek care, screening or compensation — whether they suffered a documented concussion or not. The amounts they receive will be based on their age, condition and years of play.
They do not need to prove their health problems are connected to playing football.
"My whole deal, and the other lawsuit with images, is all about health care, which we don't have," said Joe DeLamielleure, the Hall of Fame offensive lineman with the Buffalo Bills. "Some reporter called and said, 'That comes out to $170,000 per man.' I said, 'Good, I don't want that. I want health care.' Because what good is the money going to do you?"
Many had expected the litigation, or at least the negotiations, to drag on longer. And most expected the settlement to be larger.
"I'm not going to say it was settled. I'm going to say it was a good start," said Rayfield Wright, the Hall of Fame offensive lineman with the Dallas Cowboys.
"It's not the end of it because there are a lot of other players that will come up with the same situations, so I think the league has to find some kind of way to address the issue because it's going to happen. Those are issues that have to be resolved, and I don't think they're going to be resolved overnight."
But it's better than what the players had before.
"My whole thing through this whole thing is we lived our dreams, the players, and now our families live our nightmares," DeLamielleure said. "Let's help take care of the women and the kids who have to take care of their dads from this stuff."
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Preston Beverly looked back over his shoulder with quiet satisfaction as his Lincoln College New England men's basketball team raced for the locker rooms at halftime. It wasn't his team's five point lead that brought a smile to the athletic director/coach. It was the swarm of kids from the Bristol Boys and Girls Club that flooded onto the Bristol Eastern basketball court with a small group of college students.
Beverly's team has surged out to a 4-2 record in the opening weeks of the winter season. The Wildcats have already toppled a nationally ranked program, and their two losses have come by a grand total of three points. Lincoln fans have had a lot of things to cheer about in the early season, but it's the total package that has Beverly smiling at halftime.
For the first time in years, it feels like the little known sports team has finally found a home.
"On the weekends, we were able to get in here [at Bristol Eastern] so that we can try to build that sense of community," he said. "We do a lot of work here and in Southington. We wanted to find some place closer to play. We had some kids here today from the Bristol Boys and Girls Club, and it's been great."
Lincoln College is a division three school in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and the athletic director is trying to build them into something that the region can be proud about. Without a facility at the school, the athletic programs have already had to reach out to the community, and that's helped Beverly to set the foundation for community involvement.
"It's something that I've always wanted to do. When I was in high school, I used to volunteer hours at the boys and girls club. When I was in college, we did a lot of community work. When I came here, I really wanted to give that whole-istic view to our athletes," he said. "They're doing well in the classroom. We've set up mandatory study halls, and we want them to give back to the community that they're in. We have some kids from Ohio or Florida, but at the end of the day they are Connecticut residents. They have to give back to the community they're in."
So the bus load of kids from the local boys club were a welcome addition to the Saturday afternoon double header. The team practices at the boys club, and that helped to create some relationships. The team still plays its weekday games at Courtside Athletic Club in Harwinton, but on Saturday and Sunday games the school has been able to partner with Bristol Eastern.
Beverly hopes that it can help draw public interest to his up-and-coming team. After all, the Wildcats are only one of two junior college teams in the state. They include a number of former varsity players from Connecticut and a wide array of talent from across the country.
It has allowed the team to continue to build upon their recent successes. In the past few seasons, the team has been able to win tournament titles. Twice, they've qualified for the postseason tournament. Now, Beverly thinks that they are about to turn the corner again.
"Come to one of our games. I think if you come, you'll have total buy in," he said. "We've got some great kids from all over that are just hard working kids. If you want to see that, along with some good college basketball for free, come on down and check us out."
The proof is in the level of play. On Saturday, the Wildcats took on Quinsigamond Community College, a school with over 2,000 students in Worcester, Mass., but the Southington team matched them point for point in the first half before going on a small spurt at the end to take a 43-38 lead into the break.
Beverly shuffled 12 different players onto the court with six players in double digits as the Wildcats battled against their conference rivals. Jalen David led the way with 16 points and eight rebounds. Jordan Taylor added 13 points. Kojo Lockhart (7 rebounds, 5 assists) and Michael Campbell (5 rebounds) chipped in a dozen points apiece, while Chris Brown and Kyre Jackson contributed 10 points apiece.
With 10 minutes to go in the game, Lincoln trailed by two points. With five minutes to go, the Wildcats had clawed their way to a double-digit lead. When the dust settled, the Wildcats celebrated an 85-79 victory over their northern rivals.
"It's spurtablility, and we have that," Beverly said. "In so many close games, it really only comes down to one or two possessions. We have the ability to knock down some threes. We have post players that can finish inside and get 'and-ones.' It really just comes down to limiting them to one shot and having a real team effort."
The victory capped their second 2-0 week of the early season, and it was their first home game of the season. It came on the heels of a 78-55 win over Bunker Hill Community College on Tuesday, Nov. 14 that snapped a two-game losing streak.
Once again, the Wildcats showed a balanced attack with 12 different players contributing to the victory. Jackson paced the offense with 17 points. Chris Austin had 10 points and five assists. Taylor (9 points, 7 rebounds) and Dairyon Davis (7 points) contributed. Every player scored. Eight players earned assists. The defense held Bunker Hill to just 24.6 percent shooting, and Lincoln rallied to a 78-55 win.
"It comes down to the hard work of all our players," said Beverly. "We have a great group of kids from all over, and it's that fight. I really think that, at the end of the season when we're looking back on all this, we have the ability to be in every game. That's really what I want from them and what I want them to want for themselves."
So far, everyone's a winner.
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Absolutely:Queequeg wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:52 amI don't think it's that simple.
I recall reading Bertrand Russel suggest we only think in metaphors. Maybe more like tropes. "A is like this, B is like this", but all of them just approximations.
It's more radical than mind only.
"The path to Buddhahood is not to be found in the Flower Garland doctrine of the phenomenal world as created by the mind alone, in the eight negations of the Three Treatises school, in the Consciousness-Only doctrine of the Dharma Characteristics school, or in the True Word type of meditation on the five elements of the universe. Only the T'ien-t'ai doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life is the path to Buddhahood."
"The essence of the sutras preached before the Lotus Sutra is that all phenomena arise from the mind. To illustrate, they say that the mind is like the great earth, while the grasses and trees are like all phenomena. But it is not so with the Lotus Sutra. It teaches that the mind itself is the great earth, and that the great earth itself is the grasses and trees. The meaning of the earlier sutras is that clarity of mind is like the moon, and that purity of mind is like a flower. But it is not so with the Lotus Sutra. It is the teaching that the moon itself is mind, and the flower itself is mind. You should realize from this that polished rice is not polished rice; it is life itself."


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The actor, who once dated his X-Men: First Class costar Zoe Kravitz, is currently dating his Shame costar Nicole Beharie, 27. "I'm seeing Nicole," he reveals in the June issue of GQ. "We're trying to see each other as often as possible."
Fassbender, 35, admits that spending time together has been "kind of difficult" since Beharie is based in New York "and I live in England."
Unlike his relationship with Kravitz, Fassbender didn't pursue Beharie while working together on the Golden Globe-nominated film. "Nothing happened while we were filming. We started talking more on the promotion thing," Fassbender says. "So, yeah, it just sort of unfolded like that."
Fassbender was famously snubbed in the Best Actor in a Motion Picture category at the 84th Annual Academy Awards — a blow he didn't anticipate.
"At the beginning people [say], 'You're going to be going to the Oscars,' and you're like, 'Whatever, doesn't matter, don't think so.' But after a while it does penetrate. After a while you're like, 'Anyway, so I'm going to the Oscars. . .' And you start to believe it. And I did. I thought I was going. And then I found out I wasn't and I was upset. I was very upset by it. The first reaction was, 'What the f-ck?'"
The Prometheus actor adds: "It's a vanity thing. It does become important to you. And it shouldn't."
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RobDIKUM wrote:d1mex wrote:Ok here we go the old Raiders or Niners debate.
I honestly think as a Raiders fan that the Raiders have the better overall team. We may have people who are inexperienced (Russell/DMC) but at least we know who's gonna start. Unlike SF who's thinking about Smith, Hill, or even my god JT O'Sullivan (!). Both O line's suck pretty much. WR's Raiders have better no doubt there. RB Raiders have a better plethora of them, Niners just have Gore. TE Davis could be a beast but Miller has been way more productive. Defensive line Raiders have outdone the Niners, Burgess, Kelly should be good. CB's Raiders have both Nnamdi and D-Hall Niners just have Clements. I'll give the Raiders the advantage in the Safety department because of the signing of Gibril Wilson. LB's both are very solid. Willis is an absolute beast, but the Raiders have two players that are very very good, Howard and Morrison.
Raiders are the better team no doubt.
I think our QB situation is really holding us back, but as of now I think Gore is still better than the Raiders tandem, until McFadden proves he is as good as he seems. Fargas is pretty good though. Hopefully Deshaun Foster can be a solid backup. Our receivers are really weak, so it's no secret the Raiders probably have us beat there , but the Raiders receivers aren't all that good either. Let's not pin all hopes on Javon. VD may not have had the breakout season as a receiver, but who would you rather have as your TE? you know Al Davis likes freaks of nature. DLINE.... no comment! haha, but we will be improved I believe, and Sopoaga could be an X factor. Tommy Kelley is good, but Burgess is declining a bit. LB's is a good matchup. HOward/Morrison, Lawson/Willis, those are some fast LB's, but I think the Niners have the edge here in terms of versatility. O Line, I think the niners have more potential, we just have to shed a guy like Jennings. We gotta go young and develop guys like staley and baas and so on.
We'll have to see about Hall, because he is a bit overrated. Talented, but hasn't lived up to it. The Niners can be pretty deep at CB if our guys like spencer and harris play to potential. Not spectacular but pretty good. And I think our safeties are better as well. We will have to see though, because things never work out how you think they will. We thought Gore was gonna have a dominant year and he didn't come close because of the line, the Raiders thought they would have a dominant D and they didn't.
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Programmatic login allows the application developer to bypass the GlassFish Server-supported authentication mechanisms and feed authentication data directly to the security service. While flexible, this capability should not be used without some understanding of security issues.
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