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» Dawn of the Dead (1978) (Blu-ray)
Dawn of the Dead (1978) (Blu-ray)
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// Unrated // October 2, 2007 // Region Free
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| posted September 23, 2007 |
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"When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth."
Most studios scrambled to find the most mediocre, disposal movies in their catalogs when they made the leap into these high-definition formats. With their first wave of Blu-ray discs, Anchor Bay has done the complete opposite, jumping into the fray with four of the highest profile titles in their extensive library.
George Romero's
Dawn of the Dead
opens with tensions strained in a Pittsburgh newsroom as civilization is in tatters. The recently
dead walk, feasting upon the living and adding to their ravenous, undead numbers. Helicopter pilot Steven (David Emge), seeing no hope in sight, convinces his lover Fran (Gaylen Ross) to take off with him in the station's chopper. They don't have any particular destination in mind, just hoping to find some sort of refuge. With a pair of SWAT officers -- cool, collected Peter (Ken Foree) and an impulsive firecracker named Roger (Scott H. Reiniger) -- in tow, they eventually stumble upon the ideal place to hole up: the Monroeville Mall. The undead gravitate towards the mall, seemingly out of some flicker of recognition from their consumeristic days among the living. Their numbers aren't all that overwhelming, and the undead move slowly enough for the four survivors to be able to clean them out and secure the mall into a virtual fortress. The Monroeville Mall is stocked with everything they need to live comfortably, regardless of whether or not any sort of help ever arrives. The zombies may not be able to break through the shatter-proof glass, but the survivors soon learn it's not the undead that they have to worry about...
Anchor Bay last issued
Dawn of the Dead
on DVD as a lavish four disc set that included several different cuts of the movie. This initial release of the film on Blu-ray just features the American theatrical version, and at least for my money, it's by far the best of the three. The workprint cut screened at Cannes meanders far too much, bogged down by pointless scenes and cringingly bad lines of dialogue like Fran asking Peter if he'd lost "Real brothers or street brothers?" in the chaos. On the other end of the spectrum, Dario Argento's
cut gutted out virtually every trace of characterization, preferring instead to focus on the bloody, violent zombie attacks and not much of anything else.
To my eyes,
Dawn of the Dead
approaches perfection. Even though its runtime breaks the two hour mark, Romero keeps the film moving at a fast enough clip that it never seems dull or bloated. As brutal and near-legendary as so many of the zombie attacks are,
Dawn of the Dead
's greatest strength is its characterization. It's willing to take the time to let the audience get to know these four characters. Romero is aware it's that sort of color that makes the movie what it is, regardless of whether or not it advances the story. Too many horror movies haphazardly throw in characters just because they need someone to butcher, but
Dawn of the Dead
has a true affection for them. Its characters are remarkably well-realized, with distinct personalities, wants,
desires, fears, and flaws, and I really felt as if I got to know them throughout the course of the film.
Despite the inexperience of some of the actors, the performances are rather strong. It helps that the dialogue has such an effortlessly natural quality to it; there aren't any overwrought monologues or clunky exposition to bog things down. Because of the strength of these characters, my favorite part of
Dawn of the Dead
is its second act -- clearing out the mall and shaping it into their own personal stronghold -- and that's the least savage stretch of the movie. Romero makes the audience practically forget that there even
an apocalypse outside its brick and mortar walls until a tennis ball bounces off the roof into a horde of the undead.
Dawn of the Dead
is astonishingly ambitious, and part of Romero's genius is how he's able to convey that epic scope with such a lean budget.
Dawn of the Dead
functions brilliantly as a horror film, but the satirical streak and comedic edge that run throughout are equally strong, and there's even a sense of adventure. The way these four survivors swoop in and seize the mall almost seems like something out of a Western -- taming a hostile, hopelessly isolated land teeming with emotionless savages -- and the way they defend their fort from invaders could be a third act culled from one of John Ford's films. It's also intriguing how the zombies are treated more as an obstacle than an outright menace. They kill, yes, but they're borderline-mindless creatures driven by pure instinct. The zombies aren't constantly hissing and snarling like the ones in Zack Snyder's remake; they seem harmless and docile until they come across someone to devour, and as has been the case throughout Romero's films, the living are much of a threat than the undead.
Even if Romero is more fascinated with using zombies as a metaphor rather than a persistent menace, they're still the centerpiece of
Dawn of the Dead
's most memorable scenes. Even if the general look of the zombies hasn't aged all that well in the decades since, many of the more brutal effects are still effective and keep me cringing no matter how many times I've seen them: exploding heads, a screwdriver lobotomy, an oversized forehead lopped off by whirring helicopter blades, bikers ripped limb from limb, disembowelment... Tom Savini established himself as the industry's premiere goresmith with his tremendous work here, and he's given particularly free reign as
Dawn of the Dead
draws to a close, with his effects taking center stage during the film's devastatingly vicious third act.
Some of the cast and crew laugh uncomfortably in the disc's extras at the idea of
Dawn of the Dead
being a life changing experience, but that's exactly what it was for me.
Dawn of the Dead
is the movie that made me love movies...that transformed cinema from a way to kill a couple of hours on the weekend into a flat-out obsession. Even having seen it at least once a year for the past 15 or 16 years, I still find myself completely engaged by
Dawn of the Dead
each and every time. The film's deliberate pace and grayish-blue zombie make-up may not appeal all that much to younger viewers weaned on more visceral fare, but it's their loss. Even nearly
thirty years later,
Dawn of the Dead
remains one of the most inventive and compelling films the genre has ever produced and is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in horror.
I have to admit that at first glance, this 1080p presentation of
Dawn of the Dead
didn't particularly impress. Clarity and fine detail are both okay but didn't really strike me as that big a step up over a well-mastered DVD. Sure,
Dawn of the Dead
is a low budget horror movie whose thirtieth anniversary is quickly approaching, and there have to be
allowances made for that, but the middling detail and occasional smearing in motion leave me thinking that Anchor Bay may have filtered the image more than they probably should have. Speckling is exceptionally rare, and there's barely any trace of film grain outside of a couple scattered shots, but it looks as if that sparklingly clean image comes at a cost.
I didn't really think all that much of this Blu-ray release until I dropped in the first DVD from Anchor Bay's four-disc Ultimate Edition from a few years back. The difference between this 1080p presentation and the upscaled Divimax release is
. The flourescent hues of the stage blood leap off the screen, and the image is drastically crisper and far better defined than any previous release. The edge enhancement that crept into the DVD is largely wiped away, and the very healthy bitrate of the AVC encoding helps stave off any sign of compression artifacting.
I'd bet most kneejerk reactions to this Blu-ray release of
Dawn of the Dead
are going to range anywhere from indifferent to hesitantly positive. Taken purely on its own, the movie just looks
in high definition, not managing to impress
disappoint to any great extent. Still, a direct comparison reveals a very substantial improvement over the most recent DVD release. I believe there's room for even further improvement if Anchor Bay were to retransfer the film for another special edition down the road, but as long as
Dawn of the Dead
's rabid legion of fans go in with reasonable expectations, I think most of them will walk away pleased.
Despite what some early specs indicated, this Blu-ray release of
Dawn of the Dead
does include the movie's original monaural soundtrack, although the 192Kbps audio is fairly muffled. Also, despite the fact that the DTS emblem is printed on the disc itself, there isn't a DTS track anywhere on here.
A six channel remix is offered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and uncompressed PCM, but it can't manage to escape the age of the movie either. The dialogue often sounds somewhat harsh and strained, and there are a couple of spots early on where a few lines get buried in the mix. As a remix, it's fairly tame. Some of the gunplay takes advantage of the other speakers on-hand -- particularly the bullets ricocheting around the boiler room -- but overall, the sound design doesn't get all that gimmicky, instead preferring to anchor the bulk of the action in the front channels. Ambiance is kept fairly light, steering clear of immersing the room in the moans of the undead. Many of the sound effects have a hollow quality to them, and although they lack much of a low-frequency kick, the pounding, rhythmic electronic score serves up a decent amount of bass.
Dawn of the Dead
is serviceable, but the audio doesn't really rank any higher than that.
Exclusive to
this Blu-ray release is a set of 'Fast Film Facts', a subtitle stream that periodically drops a sentence or two in over the movie. They really don't pop up that often, though, and fans who've devoured the other extras on the disc and scoured Wikipedia and the IMDb will already know much of this. Some of the notes include where certain shots were filmed and how those locations have aged over the years, a bit of background information on the cast, crew, and Romero's zombie mythology, and random facts like the exact model of Flyboy's helicopter, where the idea to toss in a pie fight came from, using actual U.S. currency in the bank, and pointing out how few undead extras there really were. It's worth putting on for viewers who ritualistically watch the movie once or twice a year anyway, but I wouldn't recommend going out of your way to check out these facts.
The only of the disc's extras to be presented in high-def is a promotional reel for this first wave of Blu-ray releases from Anchor Bay. The other extras are selections from each of the four discs in their Ultimate Edition DVD set, all of which are offered again in standard definition. Some of the trailers and "The Dead Will Walk" documentary are enhanced for widescreen displays, and the remaining extras are presented at 4x3.
First up is an audio commentary with writer/director George Romero, assistant director Chris Romero, and makeup effects artist Tom Savini. Moderated by Perry Martin, it's a chatty, animated commentary, both a hell of a lot of fun to listen to as well as covering just about every conceivable angle of production. There's really not much that
discussed, tackling everything from getting barrel drums of stage blood from 3M, Romero's response to the glut of zombie movies that have followed in the wake of his success, Savini's response to CGI, Romero's personal politics that bleed into his films, Chris' distaste for the pie fight in the climax, and Romero's joy the first time he saw
Dawn of the Dead
with an audience. Romero speaks at length about his approach to the direction in
, noting the quick setups, limited lighting, a general lack of dailies, and how he dealt with the zombie extras. He also touches on some of what he didn't think worked so well, such as the rushed boiler room sequence. The personalities involved are the greatest strength of this audio commentary, and I particularly enjoyed hearing all of the comments about struggling with financing for the as of then still-pending
Land of the Dead
. This is essential listening for any fan of the film.
The main menu labels "The Dead
Will Walk" as a featurette, but clocking in at nearly 75 minutes, it's actually a feature-length documentary. Like the disc's audio commentary, the enthusiasm of the people involved is infectious, as much a light, fun retrospective as it is a remarkably comphrehensive look at the making of the movie. The list of interviewees is sprawling: George Romero and his wife Chris, Tom Savini, all four of the lead actors, Dario Argento and his younger brother Claudio, director of photography Michael Gornick, Goblin's Claudio Simonetti, production manager Zilla Clinton, a slew of the more prominent zombies, and probably a few other people I'm forgetting. "The Dead Will Walk" touches on just about everything related to the movie in chronological order. It opens with a look at the dawn of Romero's career making commercials in Pittsburgh, noting how
Night of the Living Dead
came about, the string of financial disappointments that followed, and an invitation to Italy by Dario Argento to pen the undead follow-up.
"The Dead Will Walk" isn't just another rote making-of piece, and the score of interviewees do a fantastic job giving viewers a sense of the collaborative, improvisational, almost Halloween-like tone of the set. They're also honest about some of its shortcomings, from their own inexperience to a boy's club dynamic that continually frustrated Gaylen Ross. In fact, as engaging as
of the interviewees are, Ross stands out as one of the best, telling a great story about bringing the violent, outlandish script to her dainty, wizened Russian acting coach as well as noting her determination to make Fran a strong female lead.
There are quite a few thoughtful responses to the screenplay, and Romero comments on his view of
Dawn of the Dead
as not being much of a horror movie in the usual sense. "The Dead Will Walk" is littered with notes about Tom Savini's legendary effects work for the film, with practically every standout moment covered in great detail along with a discussion about how they approached hammering out a legion of zombies for so little time and money. Most of the documentary's emphasis is on the actual shoot, but post-production is touched on briefly as well, particularly Argento's interest in shaping his own leaner, more brutal cut of the movie for European audiences and Romero's struggles with distribution and
promotion stateside for his unrated version. Other highlights include comments about the quick and dirty photography, the local reception to the undead, the astonishingly free reign they had while shooting in the mall, working with so many zealous zombie extras, and a discussion of the unrelentingly bleak ending for the movie that was originally scripted. "The Dead Will Walk" is a fantastic documentary and well worth setting aside the time to watch.
Bob Langer narrates thirteen and a half minute of Super 8 home movies he shot of himself and his brother Ralph during their stint as zombies in
Dawn of the Dead
. He captured a tremendous amount of great stuff, including Romero's reaction to accidentally shattering some enormous windows in the mall, Tom Savini and his make-up effects crew hard at work, a slew of candid footage caught between shots, and even Romero blowing out birthday candles and whacking a zombie dummy with a mace. This home movie is definitely one of my favorite extras on the disc, and it's a welcomed change of pace to get the perspective of someone who's somewhat on the periphery like this.
Makeup effects wizard Greg Nicotero shot a home movie a few years back of Ken Foree taking a throng of fans on a tour of the Monroeville Mall. Although the mall obviously looks quite a bit different all these years later, Foree points out where some of the movie's most memorable shots were filmed throughout the eleven and a half minute tour montage and fields questions from the couple dozen fans in tow. Although the camerawork and editing are both pretty choppy, it's still a neat feature, including some mock-zombie shambling on escalators and appearances from some of the more prominent flesh-eaters from the original movie. A vintage 30 second TV spot for the mall is also included, and a promotional gallery -- five U.S. and international trailers, five domestic and British TV spots, and a set of radio promos -- rounds out the extras.
Most of the extras from the Ultimate Edition DVD set made their way onto this Blu-ray disc, but there are a few bells and whistles missing. The most glaring of the omissions is Roy Frumkes'
Document of the Dead
, and hopefully that Romero documentary will soon be issued in high-def by Synapse Films as mentioned a couple of years ago on their website. Also missing are several still galleries, a Romero biography, a handful of Easter eggs, the booklet and mini-comic, and, of course, the other cuts of the movie and their accompanying audio commentaries.
The menus are nicely designed, but those who haven't seen the movie before might not be thrilled to have the fate of one of the lead characters -- something that's not revealed until
Dawn of the Dead
's final moments -- immediately splashed across the screen.
George Romero's
Dawn of the Dead
defined the template for what a zombie movie is. Even close to thirty years later, it not only remains the best of the undead films but is easily among the best horror as a whole has to offer. Epic, ambitious, frightening, thrilling, and hopelessly engaging,
Dawn of the Dead
has long been one of my favorite films of
genre, and I'm floored that Anchor Bay saw fit to issue it as part of their first wave of high definition releases. My unending enthusiasm for the movie doesn't quite carry over to this Blu-ray disc, though, thanks to its passable but uninspired video and audio. Still, this high definition release is a dramatic improvement over previous DVDs, enough to warrant an upgrade for fans of the movie as well as marking a great starting point for those who haven't had a chance to see it before.
Highly Recommended.
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Squash Casserole with Feta, Lemon, and Oregano
15-Mile Run
To cap off Week 2 of my training for Wineglass (14 weeks left!), I did my 15-miler today. I had planned to do it yesterday at a really flat trail near school, but a meeting with my thesis advisor ran way long and by the time I finished I was too mentally exhausted to get psyched up for a long run. So I did it this morning, which throws off my schedule just a bit, but I have a race this weekend so I'll need to juggle it anyway.
Worse than the scheduling issue, though, is that I did this run near home, which means (as always) that it was very hilly. I managed to maintain the scheduled 8:00 per-mile pace for 13 miles; the hills caught up with me on the last two and I lost about a minute between them. So I finished in 2:01 rather than two hours flat, but I'm sure that the difficult course more than compensates for that lost minute. I do worry a little about training on hills so much though, just because I know that harder workouts mean greater chance of injury. Since my marathon isn't hilly, I'm going to make an effort to ensure that anything longer than 15 miles is run on flat terrain.
By the way, as I write this I'm wearing a pair of compression Recovery Socks that the company sent me to try out. People say they've worked wonders for them, so I'm really interested to see how I feel tomorrow. I'll fill you in tomorrow and give you some more details about the socks, in case you haven't heard of them yet. Stylish huh?
Squash Casserole with Lemon and Feta
We scored some beautiful yellow squash and zucchini this week at the farmers market, which prompted a search for some way to actually use the stuff. For whatever reason, maybe the texture, I've never really cooked very much with squash. So I found a recipe in The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook for this squash casserole. As an aside, I love this book. Not so much for the recipes as for the reference material. Whenever I need to look up a substitution or how to prepare or cook with a new ingredient, this is where I go. Sometimes even before I head to the Google/Twitter-machine.
I was worried that the recipe would be a little boring ("casserole" makes me want to take a nap), but the feta and lemon zest seemed interesting enough, so we gave it a whirl. And I must say we were pleasantly surprised. The baked, browned feta worked really nicely with the squash, and the carmelized onion was my favorite part. This isn't a mind-blowing, so-good-you-stuff-yourself-and-induce-a-food-coma meal, but for what it is, it was really nice. A light summery meal made from local, seasonal ingredients, with a little bit of flair (three pieces of flair, if you count the fresh oregano). We served it with quinoa to get some protein and more complex carbs, and it was a pretty good match. Here ya go, knock yourself out. Note that it takes 45 minutes in the oven, so leave yourself some time.
Yellow Squash Casserole Recipe (adapted from America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook)
Ingredients (for 6 servings)
- 3 Tbsp canola oil
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced (we used elephant garlic from the market)
- 1/2 C dry white wine
- 1/2 C vegetable stock or broth
- Fresh oregano leaves from one large sprig, minced
- Zest of one lemon
- 4 small yellow squash, cut into 1/4 inch slices
- 2 medium zucchini, cut into 1/4 inch slices
- salt
- pepper
- crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 C crumbled feta cheese
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Heat 2 Tbsp canola oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion with a few pinches of salt and a small pinch of crushed red pepper. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring once in a while, so that it gets some nice dark carmelization. After the onion is nicely browned, spread it in a single layer in a 9×13 baking pan.
Add the rest of the oil and garlic to the pan. Once it's fragrant (don't let it burn), add the wine, vegetable broth, oregano, and lemon zest. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper.
Lay the squash and zucchini nicely on top of the onion, pour the contents of the pan on top, and top with crumbled feta. Bake for about 45 minutes, until just starting to brown.
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Fifty years ago Thursday Gene Roddenberry's visionary TV series "Star Trek" debuted on NBC.
It was not an instant success — in fact, it was canceled just three years later — but a devoted fan base kept the sci-fi epic alive and it has since spawned numerous hit TV spin-offs and over a dozen blockbuster films that have dominated the box office for 35 years.
The show, which followed the exploits of a 23rd century crew of interstellar explorers, distinguished itself with its intricate plot lines that often featured prescient social commentary, and its colorful cast of characters including the logical half-human Spock, the compassionate Dr. "Bones" McCoy and the purely passionate Captain James T. Kirk.
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And, like so many other pop culture phenomenons, fans have projected all sorts of sociopolitical meanings onto "Star Trek" in the decades since it first aired, NBC News reported.


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Operative Jack Cazir took Laura Hallman's story for a lengthy journey into the city for Valentine's Day. Delivered to you, from the man himself (who, incidentally, has an article over at Thought Catalog about means to avoid similar situations in your own lifeliness.) Here goes, a solo love riot (words by Jack):
If I had a Valentine I'd buy her flowers and things with hearts and we'd eat at Momofuku and I wouldn't sit alone.
If I had a Valentine we'd walk the High Line and maybe hold hands here.
Maybe here.
If I had a Valentine I'd shield her eyes.
I thought maybe I could find my Valentine in Times Square.
But this woman seemed more into Laura Hallman than me, which is fair.
I thought this Modigliani could maybe be my Valentine but she didn't hardly even move.
Neither did this girl.
If I had a Valentine she'd explain Abstract art to me.
And remind me not to stand in front of the pictures.
If I had a Valentine she'd ignore all of this shit.
And put up with this shit.
…and I wouldn't be so lonely.
We love you, Jack.
More to come.


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Beat the Streak Report: Weekend, Aug. 14-16
Today's recommended picks
Manny Ramirez, OF, Dodgers
.500 AVG (10-for-20) lifetime vs. D-backs starter Dan Haren
Orlando Cabrera, SS, Twins
.351 AVG (34-for-97) during 22-G hitting streak
Cristian Guzman, SS, Nationals
.457 AVG (32-for-70) during 17-G hitting streak from July 23-Aug. 12
Saturday's recommended picks
Orlando Cabrera, SS, Twins
.351 AVG (34-for-97) during 22-G hitting streak
Ryan Zimmerman, 3B, Nationals
.441 AVG (26-for-59) during 16-G hitting streak
Alfonso Soriano, OF, Cubs
.455 AVG (15-for-33) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Zach Duke
Sunday's recommended picks
Dustin Pedroia, 2B, Red Sox
.625 AVG (5-for-8) lifetime vs. Rangers starter Dustin Nippert
Orlando Cabrera, SS, Twins
.545 AVG (6-for-11) lifetime vs. Indians starter Aaron Laffey
Hunter Pence, OF, Astros
.455 AVG (10-for-22) lifetime vs. Brewers starter Braden Looper
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
One day after the third longest streak of the season was snapped, the Top 5 on the BTS leaderboard held steady.
Top dog hammanm tabbed Ichiro Suzuki, who came through with a 1-for-4 day to boost his streak to 38 games. Fourth-place contestant sagtraf2 also went with Ichiro to move up to 34 games.
Hot-hitting Ryan Zimmerman was the choice of second-place holder samolina55 and fifth-place fan nate_14513, who bumped their respective streaks to 37 and 32 games following the Washington third baseman's 1-for-4 effort.
Third-place contestant Sun_Tenshi went with another sizzling batter in Joe Mauer, receiving a 2-for-4 performance to reach 35 games.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 13.5%, 1-for-4
2. Troy Tulowitzki (COL): 9.3%, 1-for-4
3. Hanley Ramirez (FLA): 8.8%, 2-for-4
4. Derek Jeter (NYY): 5.7%, 2-for-4
5. Michael Young (TEX): 4.9%, 2-for-5
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Dragbunt's Great Experiment – Day #5
As a critic of the "Kings at the Plate" daily advice, I've decided that if you can't beat them you should join them!"
I've got a five game streak going now. My pick of the day will come from the "Kings at the Plate" players only. I'm going with Orlando Cabrera for Friday, August 14th.
The Kings of at the Plate choices are poor today. Is the King afraid of giving dragbunt decent advice?
Orlando Cabrera ? Hot hitter, Twins home game vs. Tribe. He is 1-5 v. Masteson of Tribe, probably a 1-5 game earlier this season. The 1 -5 does not deserve a ?Kings at the Plate? mention even considering that he is on a big hitting streak. I?m going with Cabrera as the best pick of the three players available.
Kevin Youkilis ? Suspended ? His replacement for Kings at the Plate is the Cristian Guzman. Guzman is 2 ? 4 vs. Harang who gives up a lot of hits. BUT ? Harang is a wild card here. I stay away from his games as he can be great one day and a bum the next. He had a good outing last time and this is a Reds home game. I can?t go with Guzman.
Manny Ramirez ? Going up against Dan Haren at AZ. This is a pick to stay away from.
?Life Line? Suggestion from ohwow: Joey Votto ? I will now have to refuse the life line help because Cristain Guzman has replaced Kevin Youkilis as the 3rd King at the Plate for Friday.
Good Luck ohwow! I hope ?The Black Cat? goes 5 for 5!
Thursday?s Results: All —– ?Kings at the Plate? players got hits. Kings at the Plate choices are now 12 for 12 in the four days of my experiment.
Good Luck to all today!
Hello aheiser2,
You are 100% correct. That 16 game streak needs to be protected. Brian McCann was on my list of players that should have been a "King at the Plate" today. As I've mentioned in the past, the "Kings at the Plate" information can be sub-par. e.g. Kings at the Plate today mentions that Cristain Guzman has a 17 game hiitting streak from 7/23 to 8/12 with an batting average of .457. What did Guzman do on Thursday 8/13? He went 0 – 4. The king failed to mention this fact. You have to read between the lines when you look at the King's advice.
This is a really tough day for the kings at the plate… i'm not picking any of them with my 16 streak i'm going with brian McCann who is 6/10 vs Joe Blanton
HR Beat the Streak!
Toughest game of them all for me.
But – We all have inside info on the teams we follow and need to help each other out when we can.
Advice of the day from a Cub Fan.
Wrigley Field is affected by wind conditions tremendously.
Today, Friday 8/14. There is a decent wind blowing from SSW meaning that balls hit to center and left field will carry well. I'm going with Derek Lee today.
they put things like cristian guzman on so nobody will get a streak of 30+ so they don't have to give away money and prizes
Hi aheiser2,
You are 200% correct about the not wanting to give away the prize money. Giving out less than accurate info on players etc., an omission here or there, second rate picks etc. this is intended to put your thought process on the wrong track. It is our job, as players, to see this and post a comment. No one can win this game alone. But working together can make someone's chances of winning better.
Here's another one:
Vernon Wells as a King at the Plate for Saturday. HUH!
OK he seems to hit well v. Scott Kazmir of Rays. But —Kazmir can be a tough lefty. Wells is hitting .309 on the road and game is at Rays. But — Wells bats right but is hitting .221 vs. lefties, his overall batting average is .255 and on astro turf Wells is hitting .218 – Rays have turf. This is not a Kings at the Plate type guy. Again the King is not giving you good information with Wells.
there is 131 people who have streaks of 20 or more.
i person forgot to pick though, he was at 20 games.
for the 20 or more streak, 40 different players were chosen today.
hanley ramirez was chosen by 25, manny ramirez 11, mauer 10, ichiro 9, m young 8, jeter 6, pujols 5, votto 4,
m cabrera and figgins 3
5 players picked twice
23 players picked once
This is going to be one interesting day and night
Cubs 17 Pirates 2 top of the 5th inning – Wild Day at Wrigley Field as the wind is blowing out toward center and left fields. Derek Lee is 3 for 3 so far with 7 RBI's – two of his hits are doubles! No HR yet!
Wind will be blowing out toward left/center fields on Saturday(8mph S) and Sunday(15mph SSW) at Wrigley Field. These could be wild games filled with HR's. Derek Lee is hot too!
Local knowledge can be helpful to us all. Guys – when you have it pass it along.
local knowledge from the indians… don't pick anybody they all suck cause they traded everyone away
Interesting Guys!
Did my negative comments posted above earlier today get to the conscience of the "Kings at the Plate" selector? or did Vernon Wells go on the DL today? Earlier today, Vernon Wells of the Jays, was a King at the Plate for Saturday 8/15. I posted some negative comments on why he was not worthy of this honor. When I looked this afternoon, his name was gone from the Kings at the Plate for Saturday 8/15. Replaced by hot hitting Ryan Zimmerman. There are two other guys that should be Kings at the Plate for Saturday: Chipper Jones and Matt Kemp.
Has the King realized that he needs to give better advice each day? If the answer is yes, I applaud him for standing up and doing the right thing. Long live the King!
I'm asking the King to consider giving me a day to choose the 3 Kings at the Plate for a day next week.
crap! my streak of 16 in is trouble with brian mccann going 0-3 through 5 innings he better get a hit!
crap! my streak of 16 in is trouble with brian mccann going 0-3 through 5 innings he better get a hit!
shake up at the top though.
Manny is still hot against haren 2 for 2 as i write
but samolina is stopped at 37 by zimmerman
Sagtraf at 34 by M Carbera and Nate at 32 by McCann.
so far 11 people over 20 have lost streaks this evening.
I mentioned carl crawford and his crazy numbers against Roy Holliday in another post, and see Crawford went 4-for-4
backrubs – You are the "stat-man!"
Hitting streaks of Ryan Zimmerman and Orlando Cabrera both stopped last night. You were 1,000% correct on Crawford. Also, Manny Ramirez went 3 – 4 vs. Dan Haren.
Dragbunt's Great Experiment – Day #6
As a critic of the "Kings at the Plate" daily advice, I've decided that if you can't beat them you should join them!"
Orlando Cabrera went 0 ? 4 on Friday so my 5 game streak ended. My pick of the day will come from the "Kings at the Plate" players only. I'm going with Alfonso Soriano for Saturday, August 15th.
Orlando Cabrera ? His hitting streak ended with a 0-4 last night vs. Tribe. Should do OK today vs. Huff.
Alfonso Soriano ? Having a tough season. He could go 5 ? 5 or 0-5. He has dominated Duke in the past and is a streaky hitter. When your streak is at zero you can throw caution to the wind so I?m going with Soriano. Game is at Wrigley Field too.
Ryan Zimmerman ? His hitting streak ended last night. I would think that has a hit or two in his bat vs. Cueto.
Friday?s Results: 0-4 Orlando Cabrera, 0-4 Cristian Guzman and 3-4 Manny Ramirez.
Kings at the Plate choices are now 13 for 15 in the five days of my experiment.
Good Luck to all today!
Manny Ramirez is 9 for 12 (.750) against Doug Davis in his career. Also, he has been hot in last 7 days with a .455 AVG
How much gold is the "King" sitting on?
I took a look at the prizes for this contest.
Hey the $1million is a great prize. But the prize structure falls off a cliff after the grand prize. A 45 game streak wins a $100 gift certificate. Sounds as cheap as that uncle who always came to your birthday party and ate enough food and drank enough beer as an entire NFL offensive line and gave you a card with $5.00 in it!
King – You can do better than that next year!
1. Longest streak of the year (must be over 40 games)
2. 2nd prize for next year (streak must be over 35 games)
3. 3rd prize for next year(streak must be over 30 games)
4. Every streak over 25 games next year wins a $25.00 Burger King gift card.
Come on king – share the wealth!
May the baseball gods look down favorably on Joe Mauer's bat today! The keaders have loaded up on Maurer today.
If he gets a hit, everybody advances.
If he has an 0-fer, the leader board will look as desolate as Hiroshima, Japan did the day after we dropped the atomic bomb!
you are so right about Mauer being the pick today.
Today there are 141 with 20 are more game streaks.
34 took Mauer… 23 took Cabrera…18 took Ichiro…10 took Pujols…7 took Teixeira…5 took Crawford… 4 took H. Ramirez and V. Wells… 8 more players were taken twice…15 were taken once.
Theriot was taken twice and he game is already over and he did have a hit today
I am surprised that 'old reliable' Ichiro was take by less than 20 people though. and surprised that no on took Matt Holliday who is hitting over .475 since joining the Cardinals
Ichirio today is facing Sergio Mitre I believe. I'm surprised that Mitre is with Yankees. He at best a journeyman 5th starter. Ichirio should hit him well.
He would have been my choice today but I'm staying within picking one of the three "Kings at the Plate" each day. So I took Alfonso Soriano who went 0 – 4. Choosing from the Kings choices each day is way too confining. Tomorrow will be the end of my "Great Experiment" of selecting one of the Kings choices each day.
Matt Holliday is on fire! He should have been one of the three Kings at the Plate for Saturday. The Kings advice should be reviewed each day but not taken as gospel.
i had soriano picked but went and looked at his season average, which wasnt all that good, i DID change to Matt Holliday before i went to bed last nite
Three guys that have similar hitting lines per game, compared to Ichiro, are Scott Podsednik, Alberto Callaspo, and the aforementioned Alfonso Soriano, arranged in declining order of ability.
I have no idea why Scott Podsednik has not played over the last few days though.
I also have no idea why Alberto Callaspo hits sooo low in the Royals order. The guy goes 3 for 3 and the Royals bump him down another notch in the order. No wonder that franchise is doing sooo terribly.
It has gotten to the point where you know you are only getting 4 AB's with him max and maybe only 3, but he is the best choice in the Royals' order.
I am shocked at how many days Alfonso Soriano comes up with a hit. I remember earlier in the season having Soriano hitting .235 and he would still come through with a hit pretty consistently, especially when he is favored.
He must pick up a lot of 1 for 5 games.
Ryan Sweeney is also a good bottom of the order pick like Alberto Callaspo, but there does not seem to be any consistency on when he starts, so if you are not sure he is starting, then he is a risky pick.
White Sox signed Alex Rios (OF) a few days ago and there no longer is room in the OF each day for Scott Podsednik.
Also, White Sox OF Carlos Quentin if off DL and back in LF so now Podsednik plays CF when he is starts, Quentin LF,
Dye RF. Rios must be playing CF and the fact that Rios has a $72M contract pushes him ahead of Podsednik too.
There are much better picks than Alfonso Soriano each day.
Stay away from him. You are right he had played 106 games with 108 hits as of Friday. Better than one hit per game for a guy hitting .245 is remarkable. The fact that he was a King at the Plate on Saturday shows that you can not put much faith in the picks of the King at the Plate choice.
Also, Alfonso Soriano is very streaky……..
He will go on a 20 – 40 hit spree and then sulk back to an 0-20 stretch. He is not an Ichirio guys who will go 1-5, 1-4 etc. It's all or nothing and this year it's been mostly nothing. Thats why he is at .245 and not his usual .290.
Watch when he gets hot (if he ever does this year). The down side to this is that you never know when the 4-5 days are going to switch back to the 0-4 days. Very chancey to pick Alfonso Soriano. As a Cub fan, I've seen this for a few years now.
I picked him on Sat 8/15 because I've been making picks from Kings of the Plate guys only and he was a King at the Plate guy. ALSO my streak was at zero and I had nothing to lose. I watched the game and his first two at bats were poor.
Dragbunt's Great Experiment ? Day #7 ? Final Day
As a critic of the "Kings at the Plate" daily advice, I've decided that if you can't beat them you should join them!"
Alfonso Soriano went 0 ? 4 on Saturday, not too surprising. My streak remains at zero.
That?s what happens when you pick a guy batting .245!
My pick final pick today in my "Kings at the Plate" experiment will be Orlando Cabrera for Sunday, August 16th.
I took a look at who the ?Kings at the Plate? players are for the next few days. I?m too limited in sticking with the King?s picks. By way of example, Saturday ? My experiment limited my to Zimmerman, Cabrera and Soriano $#@!&*()# – I would have loved to pick Ichirio v. Sergio Mitre.
Ichirio would have been a good ?Kings at the Plate? choice with this as the by line:
Ichirio Suzuki: 6 game hitting streak, .359 season average, Lefty hitters are averaging .500 vs. Mitre this season. Now that is a King at the Plate Choice ? Ichrio went 2 ? 5 v. Mitre.
Reasoning for Sunday August 16th pick:
Hunter Pence – Away game, hitting .248 in August ? pass here
Orlando Cabrera ? Twins at home, Laffey is hit-able. My pick
Dustin Pedroia ? TX pitcher, Dustin Nippert is tough at home with ERA of 0.96 ? pass herePedroia had an 0 -4 on Saturday ? he could get the day off on Sunday.
Saturday Results: Alfonso Soriano 0 – 4, Ryan Zimmerman 2-5 and Orlando Carbera 2-5
Kings at the Plate choices are now 15 for 18 in the six days of my experiment.
Good Luck to all today!
HR Beat the Streak alert!
The wind is blowing big time from the SSW today in Chicago.
This means balls hit to left and center at Wrigley Field will carry very well. Normal outs become HR's on this kind of day. Even the pitchers are HR threats today.
I'm going with Derek Lee in HR Beat the Streak today.
149 with 20 or more…. saw a few with both Hanley Ramirez and Todd Helton, hope that know their players need hits in BOTH GAMES to continue the streak.
pedroia-25….ichiro-24…..mauer-16…..Jeter-10…..pence-7… Holliday, pujols, MCabrera, OCabrera, all 4 picks
Well that was anti-climatic.
Everybody hits.
Update on Ichiro
With his sixth-inning single today, Ichiro has hit in 98 of 109 games he has played in this year (he was out most of April with injury). This is just under a 90 percent success rate.
90 percent is scary high. Given this success ratio, there's an over 80% chance that Ichiro will get a hit in his next two games, much less his next game. And for the ultimate prize – taking 90% and elevating it to the 57th power – there's a 1 in 405 chance that Ichiro will hit in 57 straight (assuming that he continues at a 90 per cent clip).
As a contrast, I took the top 15 players picked every day for this season. Dropping out the 'did-not-play 0-for-0' players, the top 15 picks are successful in getting at least one hit 74 per cent of the time. If you take a 74% success ratio, and raise it to the 57th power – there's a 1 in 28,430,990 chance of successfully beating the streak.
My own picks (including my tempting of fate and taking Joey "The Black Cat" Votto last Friday) have been successful 72 per cent of the time. In other words, I should probably just pick Ichiro against right handers and against left handers, against Cy Young award winners and against rookies with control issues, in day games and in night games.
Ichiro has not failed to get a hit in two consecutive games this year. His streaks have been 3, 1, 5, 5 (at this point, he was at 78%), 27 (bringing him to 91% success), 8, 12, 13, 2, 7, 7, and, after his hit today (Sun 8/16) 8.
Monday is going to be interesting.
they have a kings of the plate aubrey huff,who is doing okay against a pitcher but a seaon average close to .255 but leaves off team mate brian roberts who is 9-for-27 against ervin santana.
With seattle not playing on monday, these picks become even more fun to see who is picked where
The Ichirio Every Day Theory
Your tough days would be on days when Seattle is off and you have to pick another player to keep the streak intact.
This would be 2,3 or 4 days in between "The Little Magician's" 57 game hit streak.
watch this because the games for monday LOCK at 4E and 1P.
discussion on monday?? and picking?
Take a look at the Yankee game for Monday.
Vin Mazzaro pitcher for A's gives up alot of hits.
His August ERA is 7.04 and righty and lefty batters are both hitting over .310 against him.
Jeter or Damon would be good picks.
I'm trying to decide between them.
Damon was 0 – 4 on Sunday
backrub62 – You are right on target with the "Kings at the Plate" picks for Monday. As usual, the king has given us less than excellent information. Taking a look at the kings picks is a smart thing to do – then look out from there. Roberts would make more sense as a "King at the Plate" for Monday. Remember – Roberts is not bashful about taking a walk or leaning into a pitch to get hit. Roberts would consider it a good day if he walked twice, got him by a pitch and flew out twice. But for us, that makes it a 0 – 2 day and your streak is again at zero.
Pedroia & Mauer were both mediocre picks for today. If you look at the #s closely, you will see they were not the best picks. Even during the hot month of August, Mauer is only hitting .300 against the lefties. And in fact, Mauer didn't get the hit off the starter. He got it off the righty reliver on his last at bat. Top 5s days are numbered. Watch for the crumbling in next few days.
BTW, chamipin_88, where have you been?
King picks are mostly useless. I can give better picks than that while smoking crack all day. First, you simply CANNOT give best picks 7 days in advance. This is ridiculous.
What is deceiving is that King picks come through often enough to delude you into thinking its worth a piss pan. Remember, getting it right 80% of the time means jack. You only need one mishap to send you back down to the BTS gutter of fat zero.
I don't think there is any nefarious intention in the picks. I think the picker simply don't care. He doesn't get paid more for making better picks so he just chooses what looks good in 5 minutes of quick research before he lets out the fart from Burger King ******* he had for lunch. But at the same time, he definitely leads amateur pickers astray. Come on, Hunter Pence today. Big deal that he as good #s off Braden. Pence has been in a 2 month slump. Lastly, most deluding thing of all is the batter v. pitcher avg. That really sucks in lots of loser picks.
i think the kings players are posted when all or most of the pitchers are known for that given day. i even like to see whats coming up and then go compare them.
Monday is going to he a hard one, that is for sure.
Right now im leaning toward Chipper who is 4 for 6 against Max Scherer of arizona. still cant forget Holliday in St Louis who is still batting better than 450 since being traded……
With DAVID WRIGHT going down, there isnt anything left on the NY METS to chose from either.
Mauer in Texas against the Rangers staff the next 4 nights could prove to be interesting. Rangers Young seems to have bounced back after the mini slump from a week ago.
this is why we play the game
You know what's funny. Mazzaro isn't even pitching on Monday anymore. The A's called up Tomko to start against the Yankees so that point is moot for Mazzaro.


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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Dodgers announced their first round of cuts from their major-league camp roster Tuesday.
Pitcher Pedro Baez, outfielder Nick Buss, pitcher Stephen Fife, pitcher Yimi Garcia and pitcher Jarret Martin were optioned to the Dodgers' minor league camp. Pitchers Sam Demel, Chris Reed and Daniel Moskos, and catchers Griff Erickson and Chris O'Brien were optioned to the minor-league camp.
"Some of our decisions are just based on the length of this camp, and us having to try to get down to a working number, and to prioritize the number of innings and at-bats we have left," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "That's the biggest reason. It seems early, but for us it's getting there, toward the 22nd."
The Dodgers have 46 players on their camp roster, plus Scott Elbert (on the 60-day disabled list) and Erisbel Arruebarrena (who is in the Dominican Republic awaiting a work visa).


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This afternoon I received an email from
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After reading the file, I began to equate KARMA with HEREDITY, genetic, social and learned, hence, KARMY is related to GENEALOGY as far as I'm concerned. Read on and think about it. Look back on your life and try to see how your ancestors have influenced it via heredity, thus touching you with their KARMA. You are part of them and they are YOU.
Karma is continuous on all levels of existence. Karma results daily in the material world through our actions & our non-actions as well as our thoughts and emotions. We are continually, minute by minute, second by second, nano second by nano second, creating and paying off karma. It works not only on the physical, mental and emotional level, but on the spiritual level as well. When you pick up something you must eventually put it down. That is Karma
You create karma by the act of picking the thing up and the unavoidable karmic reaction comes when you are forced or choose to put it down. Note, however, that if you do not choose to put it down, you will eventually be forced to do so. Not picking it up at all will result in the karma of the thing staying in place. If it is in the way of something you are attempting to accomplish, by choosing not to move it has created bad karma relative to you. So we do create our own karma.
When you die the excess karma goes with you. You may be required to pay it back on the physical level six lifetimes from now, or in the very next life. Karma is the Law and cannot be denied.
When you die the excess karma goes with you. You may be required to pay it back on the physical level six lifetimes from now, or in the very next life. Karma is the Law and cannot be denied.
There are many forms of karma. When and where your karmic debt comes due (is balanced) is largely determined by you. Just as when you put down whatever it is you picked up is determined by your choice. But by the same token, if you choose not to balance your karma by choice, your payment will be extracted by force (by operation of the law). You will have lost the right to choose. The law is then enforced by circumstance. Taking responsibility and acting responsibly gives you control of the karmic result and gives you the ability to correct bad choices. The key is to act responsibly in the first place.
So the evil men do does live after them. It will be here for them in the form of karma due and the entity that created it will be held responsible for it when he returns. But what about the good a man does. The law always works and cannot be denied, so the good is rewarded with good and the evil will be rewarded with evil.
Most religions teach that you will be rewarded in heaven. But where is heaven? If the Universe is moving in a more positive direction and everything is getting more positive and if the occult statement of "as above, so below" is correct, the conclusion must be that heaven is in the future.
Is your karmic reward in the future? The answer must be yes & no. Yes if you have not collected it here. No if you have. He who understands this bit of knowledge will be rewarded with great wisdom, purchased with his karma.
The Universe is based on the need to know, the ability to understand and the wisdom to use the knowledge properly. If the great Hermes spoke the truth when he said "As above, So Below," and if our karmic rewards are in heaven (a more perfect & positive place) then so are our punishments. If karma is the rule of law then reincarnation is its vehicle. With this key the wise man can see the other half of the half-truths.


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First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable New Year's eve!
The Texans host their first ever playoff game this Saturday at 3:30 against the Bengals. I thought it pretty smart to sit most of our starters. We all saw what happened to Wes Welker a few years ago when NE tried to get cute and win their final game.
While it's always nice to win and we even had a chance to set a franchise best 11-5 record, it would've done no good one way or the other. What I liked even more was that we sat half our key players and still came a bad snap away from almost winning. That had to irk the Titans after they realized Cincy wasn't letting them go to the dance.
So I'm waiting to hear back from my good friend Brenton at the Ragin' Cajun. It seems the room I usually reserve is under construction. He's going to try to set us up in the bar though which should have plenty of room. If he can't, I'll be shopping quick for another venue and hope to have one set by Wednesday's chat so I can let everyone know.
To give me an idea of how many plan to attend, please, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and let me know how many of you plan to attend and how many seats you'll need.
If we can't get the Cajun I'll find a sports bar or BWW in the area and try to reserve us some seats, but it'll be very important to get an accurate idea of how many I'll need.
So who's with me?
Pro Bowl snubs a defect in the voting system?
So the Pro Bowl votes are in and the results are out. While the pretty teams, like Green Bay and New England march 8 players each into Hawaii, the Texans, for all their successes this season, got a whopping TWO.
TWO. Representing Houston at the Pro Bowl will be running back Arian Foster, as the #3 back, and CB Johnathan Joseph. Snubbed were TE Owen Daniels, RT Duane Brown, ILB Brian Cushing, OLB Connor Barwin and rookies JJ Watt and Brooks Reed.
Now I didn't expect all of those to make the cut, but come on, let's be real here. Brown and Cushing should've been locks. Daniels is his same old pre-injury self and has been solid. Barwin has made a strong case for himself, though more so the last half of the season. Foster and Joseph both deserve to go. I have no qualms with those two at all. But I have to wonder if the voting system used is flawed when so many other players get overlooked. I'd like to see a one-vote-counts-as-one-vote system rather than this vote as many times as you want stuff. It just seems flawed to me.
Yeah I know, the Texans don't get the national coverage and love that the other teams like that one in southern Oklahoma gets, but I think they get enough to get more players invited to the prom dance than a whole whopping two.
Anyways, I had to get that off my chest.
Don't forget Wednesday's chat at 11:00 am sharp!
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…I am able to truly appreciate my marriage. It's not foreordained that I love my husband, which means that every minute I spend with him is a conscious choice to invest time and love and energy in this relationship. I don't feel like I'm failing God when I fail to do my part to maintain the relationship; instead, I just recognize that it's a failure on my part to put in the work necessary to sustain this choice that makes me so happy, and I fix it. I don't get complacent about it because, again, it's a choice, and it takes work. We've only been together a few years, and we are a good enough fit that it hasn't felt like work yet, but in the more difficult moments we've had I have reveled in the fact that no, I am staying *here* because it is what *I* want, and that he is doing the same, because we love and value one another, not because we feel like we have to. It's glorious.
I'm also more amazed at my children, and I wonder more what impact they will have on the world, because that's the only way that I will live on: through teaching my values to other people. I'm fascinated by watching my daughter grow into this compassionate, articulate little person who is going to grow up to be a big, fierce, empathetic, brilliant adult, and who will hopefully be better than me. I don't need an afterlife if I have that (although I'm not getting an afterlife anyway). I may end up with a book or something anyway, but I want to live on through what I can do for other people, and my children are one of the most at-hand ways to do so.
As a note, I'm not saying these things to push marriage and kids; other people find meaning in different areas, and if I talked about music and how I find transcendence in nature and literature then we'd be here all day. I'm just amazed at the connections that we're able to form with other people, and with the universe in general, and at the fact that all of that is a product of chemicals firing off in our heads rather than of some divine hand reaching down and making it so. I'm in absolute awe of what simple chemicals can do, and my life is vastly better and happier for the recognition of it.
I'll also say that it takes a lot of pressure off to think about the vastness of time. Eventually everything is going to end, and things that seem huge and traumatic to me seem less so when I realize what a blink of an eye my lifetime is. Feeling small in comparison to the universe–not in the sense that Neil deGrasse Tyson details in his amazing Cosmic Sermon, but in the sense that I am legitimately very small in terms of size and lifespan–permits me to put things into proportion. I'm a lot more at peace now than I was before.
I do not think that atheism is absolutely necessary to any of these things, but it was for me and I would not be surprised if it was for most people.
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Reversion of monies or securities to the state in which the securityholder was last known to reside, when no claim by the securityholder has been made after a certain period of time fixed by state law. This is known as the holding period or cut-off date.
The acquisition of property by a state or government from the estate of a deceased person. An escheat occurs when the deceased person has no will, no relatives, and no survivors to whom the property would otherwise go. Because it is rare for a person to have no relatives at all, escheats are fairly unusual. The concept has its origins in feudalism, when the immediately superior feudal lord would inherit property that would otherwise be left without an owner. Different states have different laws governing escheats.
The right of the state to claim a deceased person's property when there are no individuals legally qualified to inherit it or to make a claim to it. This occurrence is fairly unusual even when the deceased leaves no will.
The reversion of property to the state because of the lack of anyone to inherit it.


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There has recently been much interest in finding simple principles that explain the particular sets of experimental probabilities that are possible with quantum mechanics in Bell-type experiments. In the quantum gravity community, similar questions had been raised, about whether a certain generalisation of quantum mechanics allowed more than quantum mechanics in this regard. We now bring these two strands of work together to see what can be learned on both sides.


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07 July 2014
Lots of Support for Lotus at Silverstone
In its 50th year of hosting the sport, Britain's Silverstone Circuit welcomed the 9th round of the 2014 Grand Prix…
Taking Hairpins and Turning Heads: Maldonado takes the prize in Monaco
Despite a disappointing race weekend, Lotus F1® Team driver Pastor Maldonado takes the Lotus prize with a brand new Lotus…
Glimmers of Green Shoot Growth for Lotus in China
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900th F1® Grand Prix, 1st night race of the 2014 season: Its Bahrain
The third round of the F1® 2014 World Championship competition sees Lotus F1® Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado…
900th F1® Grand Prix, 1st night race of the 2014 season: Its Bahrain07 April 2014
The third round of the F1® 2014 World Championship competition sees Lotus F1® Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado taking the flag in P12 and P14
As the sun set on the desert kingdom of Bahrain, The Lotus F1® Team went to battle, and a challenge it was. With Romain starting 16th on the grid and Pastor 17th, it was never going to be an easy task. Yet, once again the team unified, and attacked the job with gusto.
Staving off competition, they managed to gain several places and halfway through the 57-lap race, Romain was running in P15 and Pastor in P12. A later collision for Pastor Maldonado saw him pick up a 10 second stop-and-go penalty and a 5-place grid penalty which will be applied during the next round of the 2014 F1® Championship inChina. A disappointing end for the team, as both cars took the chequered flag this time around. Romain finished in P12 and Pastor P14.
Romain Grosjean P12 E22-03: "It's good that we didn't have any problems during the weekend and we were able to finish the race with both cars. It's not easy racing - what with the fuel management and energy recovery system – so there's certainly more mental work going on in the cockpit. At certain points of the race we were quite quick, but then at other points we were really struggling with the rear grip. Fortunately, we now have two days of testing atBahrain so we'll be able to try a lot of different set-ups to try to get the car more as we want it."
Pastor Maldonado P14 E22-01: "As we expected the pace was much better in the race than it was in qualifying. We were using quite an interesting strategy and were running on two stops which was working well until the incident. We will need to have a look again at what happened as Esteban seemed to be off his line coming into turn one - maybe he missed his braking point, I don't know – and by then I was in the corner with nowhere to go. For sure it's difficult to understand and I was coming out from the pits and with cold tyres. I think he was very unlucky and it's good he jumped straight out of the car. As a team it's a plus that we finished with two cars which is very important and now we need to learn from this race and push hard for Shanghai."
Frederico Gastaldi, Deputy Team Principal: "Both drivers kept their heads down and kept pushing today. It's clear we still have to unlock a lot of pace from this car, but we were much better with reliability here and our relative pace has improved too. It was good to see both cars at the finish of the race as this is what we need to improve the car and make it faster."
The team now head toChinafor the fourth round of the competition which takes place at theShanghaicircuit on the 20th April 2014
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I love Monday wins. I am hoping and waiting to see if it happens again this week, like last week where I won more than once that week. You can read about it in a post before this one.
Today I received in the mail from UPS a Digital Photo Key chain. I actually already have one, that my dear sister bought for me. My tween asked me if she could have it, and before really thinking about it, as always, I said yes. Damn I hate it when I do that, as she ends up with more crap in her room.
I have seriously got to stop doing that. I am hoping to get a friend over here to help me overhaul her room. I would love to do it myself, but it's really, really bad. In fact, it's so bad I should go and take a photo of it tomorrow while my child is gone, for the next messiest room contest or something. Because it really is that bad. Who knows, I might even post a photo of it here, to show you guys.
This is also making me think that I really should start my new spreadsheet for my wins. This is something that I do (because I guess I'm anal about it) because I love to keep track of my winning. It actually is helpful for two reasons. First, because I keep track of my wins, when I go through a dry period, I can go back and look at what I've won, and not feel like a loser. The second good reason for this is for Tax season. You would be surprised how quickly all the little things add up and need to be included on your taxes, because when you do win sweeps, you have to pay taxes on it...you know good old Uncle Sam has to get his piece of the pie, no matter how big or how small it maybe.
Another thing I am doing this year, is to work harder on entering my snail mail sweeps. I don't know why, but I really love entering my name, address and phone number over and over again. I did this crap back when I was a young girl and would write that information down on anything I could..mainly the TV guide or my books. I liked the way the ink flowed from my pen on that type of paper for some reason. But I also think I was getting practice for my hobby that was to come.
Anyway, I digress.
So for this year, I am trying to send in at least ten entries of snail mail sweeps each postal day of the year. I don't know how long I will keep it up. I can do anything, when I put my mind to it..but I do tend to quit a lot of things. Piano lessons, jobs, college, you get the picture. BUT I've been doing this hobby of entering sweepstakes for five or six years now. I want to say six years, but maybe it's going on seven. I really wish I had kept better records when I first started. I could actually drag out my old issues of Sweepsheet to see when I started subscribing, to see when I really started.
Sweepsheet was my first sweepstakes newsletter. I've learned a lot from the owners, Sandy and Dan Guillver. They sold the company to a couple called Patti and Kurt Osterheld and so far I think that they are doing a great job. I also subscribe to another sweepstakes newsletter, and I am not as crazy about the format, however the owners of that one, which is called Sweeping America, does seem to get sweeps out quicker, which can be very important. Especially if it's a short running sweep.
Since starting those newsletters, I also belong to a local sweeping club and also another "newsletter" type group, on yahoo group, which so far sends out an amazing amounts of sweeps. Sometimes it's really hard keeping up. But I like knowing that if I need to focus my attention on something, to get my mind off of something else that might not be as pleasant, then I should have lots to choose from.
Last but not least, I am trying to get back on track with my online entries, which OLS helps me with. I love the "check mark" sweeps and the ability to keep track of those, by checking them of for "My Sweeps" Even though all of these newsletters (except for the yahoo group)and OLS cost money, it's well worth it, to have such a rewarding hobby. Because not only have I won $$$, material items..I've gained friendships and made many memories.
Until next time...which hopefully will be before next Monday, I will post soon.
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This Oct. 16, 2009, file photo, shows driver Jason Leffler at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. Leffler died after an accident Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway. The 37-year-old Leffler, a two-time winner on the Nationwide Series, was pronounced dead shortly after 9 p.m., New Jersey State Police said. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan, File)
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The Chicago Bears may not have made the playoffs, but that doesn't mean the fun will end at Soldier Field.
The Gridiron next month will be transformed into a massive ice skating rink for two days, Feb. 2 and 18, 2013.
Officials say 3,000 passes will be given out to the public on a first come, first served basis Sunday morning at eight Office Max stores across Chicagoland. Tickets will be passed out at 10 a.m., the Chicago Sun-Times reported. There will be a limit of four passes per house hold.
They'll be available at:
- Fullerton Plaza: 1829 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago
- Rivercrest Shopping Center: 4921 W. Cal-Sag Road, Crestwood
- Forest Plaza: 6455 E. State St., Rockford
- New York Square: 4338 Fox Valley Center, Aurora
- Oakbrook Court Shopping Center: 1500 16th St., Suite C, Oak Brook
- Grand Hunt Center: 6523 Grand Ave., Gurnee
- Willow Creek Retail Center: 2211 Willow Road, Glenview
- Poplar Creek Crossing: 2570 Sutton Road, Hoffman Estates
The free skating will be held Feb. 2 and 18 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. For those who don't own their own skates, rentals will be available for $10 a pair.
The event is the first time since the 1930s that Soldier Field has hosted public skating. It's part of the OfficeMax Hockey City Classic Winter Festival, which celebrates outdoor college hockey games being played at Soldier Field for the very first time.
Games include Notre Dame's Fighting Irish versus Miami Redhawks, and Minnesota's Golden Gophers versus the Wisconsin Badgers. Both games will be played on Sunday, Feb 17.
Check out Office Max's website or hockeycityclassic.com for more information.