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Our formula windsurfing fleet had been invited to race on the Americas Cup course as part of the AC- OPEN- a showcase of different sailing, windsurfing & kiteboarding competitions run in parallel with the Americas Cup and Louis Vuitton race series this summer on the San Francisco Bay.
We waited until Italy's Luna Rossa and Emirates Team New Zealand finished their first race before launching from Crissy Field and sailing down to the start off last chance beach in front of the AC Village on the marina green. The shores were packed with sailing fans on grandstands set up along the water front but the 2nd
of 2 races between Italy & NZ was cancelled as they reached their
maximum safety limit where the organization and teams agreed it was not safe to race- a meer 24 knots of breeze and a 4k flood tide. Your typical summer San Francisco day.
Too windy for America's cup?
Enter the formula windsurfer!
Things were about to get fun.
If you're going to race on the San Francisco Bay- you better have the proper equipment or chances are- you wont be coming back anytime soon. Same applies with the AC boats.
The windsurfing fleet here has been pushing the limit of the equipment and evolving the sport for the past 30 years. We're extremely lucky to have a world class board builder, sail makers and fin makers within our community. Its all about experience and this fleet has it. The average sailors age this weekend was 50 years old and most have been racing some type of board for at last 20+ years. Anyone in the top 10 was capable of winning a race.
I chose my smaller Mikes Lab 89 cm wide board, 61cm Kashy fin and 10.0 Avanti for maximum power and control. Conditions looked brutal with a steep chop and 20-25 knots of westerly breeze coming through the golden gate. If you knew what
you were doing it was manageable. If not it was hell. I'd been sailing
on this course for the better of 10+ years. It's my backyard, my
Race 1 - beautiful start!
Just ducked below the one starboard tacker on the line and squirted out in front of the pack on port with a good lead. The ML 13 has superior speed upwind though the chop and the Avanti 10.0
feels as light as an 8.0. You've got to have an efficient set up if you
want to go fast!
Unfortunately I overstood Anita rock and let Tom Purcell, Eric Christanson and Jack Lundquist sneak in
there to round in front of me. We charged downwind and I was able to
peel past Jack on the first gybe. That kid is really sailing fast and
consistent for a 18 year old and the youngest kid in the fleet. We had a quick reach from A buoy to B buoy just in front of
the St.FYC where there where still hundreds if people at the club
cheering us on.
Time for the hero gybe!
Luckily I didn't blow it.
Tom Eric and I all charged deep downwind through some if the roughest
voodoo chop Ive sailed in all summer. I went down but made a quick
recovery and then saw Tom go down just at the mark. I caught up again and narrowly avoided the collision as I tried to pass Tom to leeward and
at the same time Eric came into the leeward mark rounding the wrong way!
I rounded just in front of Tom and called room to tack at the sea wall
and we both grinded upwind on port tack keeping pace with each other. Tom's got me by a good 30 lbs so he can hold down his own and with the north 9.3 he's wicked fast. I
lost track of the finish line and let Tom tack and failed to cover as he
took the win while I got 2nd and Eric in 3rd for a nice recovery after
re-rounding the leeward mark.
Always stay between your opponent and the next mark.
Simple rule but easy to forget especially at the end if the race.
Race 2 start caught the fleet by surprise including myself as I was
still trying to adjust my boom height on the starting line and didn't
completely engage the cleat so 30 sec after the start my inhaul line let
go. Pro tip- always tie a knot at the end of the line so it doesn't slip all the way out.
I did a quick fix during my tack & lost a few boards in the
process but had it set for the rest of the race.
It was time to play catch up so one by one I picked off the middle of
the fleet until I found myself in the top 5 again by the slalom leg in
front of the St.FYC. 2 good gybes and I was back in the game!
The advantage of the smaller board through the chop was huge- It's got
way better handling than the bigger formula boards; even upwind as I had
the mast track pegged almost all the way forward, it tracked
extremely well & had superior speed through the chop.
Even if you sail a bad race and have good speed- you're going to end up ok!
At the leeward mark I had my eye on 2 more boards to pass upwind. The
opportunity came as a ferry came through the fleet splitting Xavier off
& he tacked back to the city front. I worked hard to grind Jack down
with a bit better speed upwind on port tack but he hung in there and
made a great call to the layline. I was able to just edge Xavier out across the line coming in on the
starboard favored tack for 3rd while Eric took the bullet & Jack in
Last race- time to get serious if I wanted a place on the podium. I knew
the race was close in points between Eric, Tom and I so I had to stay
in front of them. With no throw outs it could be anyone's game if any of
us made a mistake. Tom already had a 6th in the 2nd race so he had no
room for error.
It's important going into the last race knowing where you stand and who has what to gain.
Good start on starboard tack but Al & Eric were right there as we
all tacked over from starboard to port tack. We were all overlapped within a board length of each
other. Who ever let up the slightest would get shot out the back.
Al to leeward, me in the middle and Eric to windward.
We stayed overlapped for a good 30 seconds before Eric fell back a bit.
It was now Al and I grinding hard to weather. I had a slight advantage
to windward and started to climb with the better control of the smaller
Tom reached the top mark 1st and we pushed hard all the way through the 2
slalom marks not letting up an inch. Gybe for gybe we matched each
other. I was on the verge of exploding several times but kept it
together. I know Tom on the bigger board & fin must have been wired.
Heading downwind on port tack past the GGYC there were minefields of
voodoo chop. It took every muscle in my body to keep from getting
catapulted over the front of the board- even on the smaller board.
As we approached the layline, I
gybed first knowing the flood would help and one could understand and
still make it. What I didn't account for was running straight into the
chop. It was the pounding of a lifetime as my leeward foot barely stayed
in the double chicken strap. My legs were absorbing the chop like the front suspension of a mountain bike.
I had the line laid but just needed to
keep it together. I rounded in front of Tom and covered until the finish
gaining a few board lengths on the long port tack upwind. I made sure
to not to make the same mistake again and called the layline to take the
final bullet of the series and the days racing.
We had the awards ceremony at the AC Village on the same stage the Americas Cup and Louis Vuitton trophies will be awarded to the ultimate winners of this summer's AC circuit.
Overall- a huge success at getting to showcase our class and our sport to a wider audience. Many thanks to Cort and David at 101 surf sports for organizing the event; the Americas Cup Event Authority, the AC- OPEN and the many volunteers that make it all possible.
Results here
As promised, I told the editor at Sailing Anarchy Id get some SA shwag up on the podium.
Pics or it never happed, he said.
Here you go Scotty-
Photo Credit: Ron and Sue Kern.
Monday, August 26, 2013
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3 comments:
Thrilling narration of what must have been an amazing race. Congratulations.
- August 26, 2013 at 4:11 PM
- Arden Anderson said...
Good job Steve! Great exposure for windsurfers and the other classes as well.
- Arden
- August 27, 2013 at 11:30 AM
- Bill B said...
Any chance someone has any video of the race? I'm guessing since I don't see anything on the America's Cup YouTube page they didn't capture the moment for "us?"
- August 28, 2013 at 1:33 PM
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The Dallas Stars are a franchise that has been in flux for several years now. After making the deep playoff run on the heels of acquiring Brad Richards the Stars were looking up when Murphy's Law took over. The defense collapsed, the remaining core players from the 1999 Cup lost several steps, and Marty Turco fell off a cliff. Adding to the chaos was the fact that the Stars traded their premium draft picks in 2007 and 2008 for Ladislav Nagy and Mattias Norstrom (while drafting goalies Jack Campbell and Tyler Beskorowany high also).
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The left of the chart shows the protected fourth line and rookie Philip Larsen. Everyone else was thrown on the ice regardless of starting position or on ice matchup.
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At the All Star Break something changed for the Stars coaching staff. I doubt that they suddenly recognized the defensive deficiencies of Ribeiro and Ryder, but after the team scored seven goals total in the six games leading to the break the coaching staff said to hell with it. They began actively trying to put players in appropriate roles to maximize their production down the stretch.
After the break the Stars Fenwick% rose by a point, and as a team their OZ% rose by almost 5%. This also wasn't some coincidental shift. Two ice time decisions stick out. Trevor Daley switched roles with Philip Larsen and the top three lines settled into defined roles.
The defensive shift is particularly interesting. Daley is a lightning rod in Dallas. He can make some incredibly boneheaded plays in his own end then glide from one end of the rink to the other to set up a breathtaking goal on the same shift. The Stars tried to maximize his offensive production after the break while thrusting more defensive responsibility on his shoulders. Both players benefited from the changes.
The table on the left is offensive zone start percentage for the Stars defensemen, and on the right is Fenwick percentage:
Larsen gets very little mention in the hockey media, but he probably should. The kid can play as evidenced by the fact that he was able to help the Stars poor transition game while developing as a rookie in increasingly tough minutes. As a group the Stars defenders weren't particularly specialized at any point in the season.
The forward shift is significant almost across the board though. Again Fenwick is on the right with offensive zone start percentage on the left:
Nystrom, Fiddler, Burish, and Dvorak were shifted significantly toward the defensive end of the ice with Ribeiro, Ryder, and Eriksson pushed into the offensive zone as much as possible. The specific roles for these particular players aren't necessarily ideal under perfect circumstances, but midseason tactical changes after four years of stagnant roster movement aren't always going to look pretty.
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The surprising outcome of these changes is that they didn't really work. Burish was much better after the break, but that's probably more of a function of playing with Benn than anything. Both Nystrom and Dvorak improved, but these moves were clearly aimed at generating more offense. Unfortnately, Eriksson, Ryder, and Ribeiro saw their Fenwick percentages remain flat or drop despite favorable ice time.
The failure of the changes overshadows the fact that the Stars took an analytical approach to solving a roster dilemma. Dallas isn't known as trailblazers by any stretch of the imagination. This is the first clear outward evidence of the Stars organization trying to use analytics to improve the on ice product, and it reflects favorably on the personality of Glen Gulutzan that he was willing to undertake such a dramatic shift midseason when he saw that things clearly weren't working.
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For me, this is all about the attitude that a specific shoe can create for an entire look.
I think the feeling of this look would be completely different without the t-strap.
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For me, this is all about the attitude that a specific shoe can create for an entire look.
I think the feeling of this look would be completely different without the t-strap.
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Absolutely, the shoes set the tone. There is nothing more telling than the shoes! Viva zapatos!
I like the coat and the shoes.
The bow at the neck is kind of aging.
Overall it needs more colour. It;s a little dowdy.
Great shoes!
Yes, the T strap makes a difference! That, with the belt and hair put up, looks controlled but the effect is quietly sexy. Love the bits of brown with the black. Not crazy about the hand bag, even though it compliments the outfit, but that is just my preference. Also love the leather jacket on the woman, with the bikes (scooters?) in the background. Fun.
~ Miss Mary
i think its hard to get a feel for the whole look because it is so dark. but that little green leather purse, oh i just love it! the shoes are great, but the purse is key for me.
I think she's very striking. I love the ease of the uncontrived/simple updo and the classic sophistication in her pieces. And the shoes are beautifully matched to make the outfit. I also love the leather jacket, rather than having used a blazer or something more predictable.
they are gorgeous shoes. i have the same but not t-bar, and.. well, now i've seen these, they just aren't as good. i like this whole look but the wrap skirt isn't perfect.
I got shoes just like these from Repetto.
Sart, you nailed it. Details make the difference!
i love this. she took a simple outfit and accessorized the hell out of it – looks GREAT!
this is such a good pulled together look, I think she thought of everything. What drew my eye was the red ribbon on her handbag and the colour of her belt being similar to the shoes. I love the mixing of subdued colours and the way there can so much going on with the outfit without it looking heavy or over done.
Love her jewelry and the red ribbon on her little suitcase bag, as well as the T-straps. Great details!
Does anyone recognize the sunglasses? They're adorable.
very felini film to my eye.
I'm in love with the short trench and the bag. Really dig the orange Hermés ribbon too, it's kind of an obvious understatement.
I love the t-straps! That's my favorite shoe style. I agree with the previous poster, except that I think her blouse has color that's covered by the jacket.
I do dig this look.
God, how I love this. Modern but with a peeking at past centuries: hair, tstrap shoes, box-purse. Feminine in 1000%.
I like it. Lots of fun shapes.
It's all about the orange ribbon.
I love the red ribbon on the bag, it's thoughtful.
I have always loved T staps!
She looks nice and neatly dressed.
But I think her pose is a bit affected. Or maybe you caught her at an odd moment?
This look is in the accessories. The combination of the shoes, glasses and bag give it that quirky librarian-chic look.
that bag is so enviable…looks like a mini suitcase!
simply gorgeous! in love with her pretty stylish shoes. very stylish.
the hard cover purse it so amazing!! For me it is the best part about the outfit!
Wow. The look is somehow more than the sum of its parts. And I disagree that the colour is dowdy: there is actually a lot going on colourwise; brightness is not needed.
she is adorable
for me it's the necklace.
without it, the outfit just wouldn't shine so.
You know…the shoes didn't grab me as much as it grabbed you.
But that little bag! That made me open the picture and go, "Oooh!"
That's odd for me because I hardly ever notice bags.
i love this look so much -its so my kind of style!!
i agree Sart the shoes are perfect – the colour the detail and I do love T-strap heels…gorgeous girl!!
I LOVE her. The shoes are great and how perfect is that little red ribbon upon her tiny suitcase/handbag? I always put a red ribbon that looks exactly like this one on my luggage before traveling so as to keep an easy eye out for it at the baggage claim.
Anyway, she's perfect. Great shot, Sart!
as my friend was trying to teach me physics, i saw this picture and instantaneously thought about this friday:
after two treacherous weeks of my half-yearly examinations, i finally go shopping.
i've been saving up for a decent pair of shoes, and those just might be it.
(cept maybe in black, though brown goes well with black tights (Y)
I have very similar shoes from Target– they are my absolute favorite and I get so many compliments when I wear them.
uhmmm.. it's just ordinary milan ;)
old style but modern!
she is so preatty and sexy! ,-)
old style but modern!
she is so pretty and sexy! ,-)
Gorgeous! One of my favourite pictures on your blog!
Have you visited Toronto, Canada?!
A perfect pair of shoes!
The outfit is timeless but with subtle undertones of recession. T-straps always evoke the 1920s/depression era for me.
I will always be delightful with the pictures of Scott, amazing eye!


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Arrive in Paris, France at CDG airport & be transferred to our conveniently located hotel in downtown Paris. This exclusive and unique Urban Adventure is only for singles. Want to get out and make new friends? Haven't seen your BFF's in ages because they live too far away? Then this is the tour for you! Explore the most beautiful city in the world, make new friends and catch up with old ones, through a series of group challenges and activities. Visit Paris' most iconic locations and monuments. Travel to the opulent Palace of Versailles to see the Sun King's dream come to life. See the City of Lights from the 2nd floor platform of the Eiffel Tower. Explore hidden passages and secret places only the locals know about. Take in a Jazz concert in the Latin Quarter, sip coffee and eat French pastries in a sidewalk cafe or explore the famous wines and cheeses of France. Visit Haute Couture fashion houses or drool over the famous Renault rally cars. Paris' nightlife is not to be missed either. There's so much to do and such a short time to do it, you may not have time for sleep!
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2 Families Battling Over Deadwood Burial Plot
DEADWOOD - Two families are battling over a burial plot in a Deadwood cemetery, and the City Commission is caught in between.
Eighty-one-year-old Carlton Spindler says his family owns the Oakridge Cemetery plot where Anita Gorder was recently buried. He wants her remains moved so that he can be buried next to his wife when he dies.
Gorder's family says it also has a legitimate claim to the plot and is objecting to the commission's vote this month to move her remains.
A clerical error is the cause of the mix-up. City officials haven't decided what to do.
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As you probably know by now, Florida College did very well at the competition. Yes, two gold medals and one silver!! Here's how the competition worked: Nineteen choruses from ten countries competed in different categories. There were a few children groups but most of the rest were mature, semi-professional groups with some amazing sounds. Each group was competing for points that would put them into either the gold, silver or bronze category. Everyone begins with 30 points
More competition and another Cathedral
Another day of competing and singing ahead but, before all that serious stuff, we began the day by traveling to Gmunden, a small village about one hour from Linz. There, everyone relaxed and shopped (and ate) before returning to the competition at 2:00. At 2:00, it was the Chamber Singer's time to be evaluated in the "Chamber Ensemble Division". They had a rough start on the first song but recovered beautifully before hitting another snag in their last song. Hopefully
On to Linz
Picture this: Maria (played by Julie Andrews) walking down the aisle towards Captain Von Trapp while nuns are singing "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria"........ What a beautiful Abby, eh? Ha! Hollywood..... Actually, the outside of the Abby was filmed at an Abby in Salzburg and the interior was filmed where we stopped this morning.... at the Basilica of St. Michael in the little village of Mondsee about half way to Linz. Our last stop before getting into Linz - and REALLY
"Will You Marry Me?" (Tuesday in Salzburg)
Yes, it's real (hope they've told their relatives already) ..... Micah Simpkins popped the question to Chelsea Ward while we all watched at the amphitheater in the Mirabella Gardens. Micah started by leading a group of singers (Jesse Bingham, Tim Dow, Landon Beauvais and Ellen Perkins) that serenaded Chelsea with "Can't Help Falling In Love" and finished by going down on his knee to get to the "heart" of the matter. There was not a dry eye to be found. The Mirabella Gardens was one
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July 2005
Synthesis of the Tetrahedral Au20 Cluster in Solution
Tetrahedron of 20 Au atoms with PPh3 ligands attached to the apexes (l), and with eight ligands, the additional four less strongly attached to the center of the faces (r).
One of the longstanding objectives of cluster science is to discover highly stable clusters and use them as building blocks for bulk cluster-assembled materials. The discovery of C60 in the gas phase and its subsequent bulk synthesis provide classical inspiration and a prototypical example. However, it is generally believed that few other stable gaseous clusters maybe assembled into bulk materials because of cluster-cluster interactions leading to agglomeration. Indeed, no cluster-assembled materials have been synthesized on the basis of stable gaseous clusters other than the fullerenes, despite intensive experimental and theoretical efforts. Recently, we reported that a 20-atom gold cluster possesses a tetrahedral (Td) structure with a remarkably large HOMO-LUMO energy gap, suggesting that it would be highly chemically inert and may have novel optical and catalytic properties. Researchers at PNNL have observed the tetrahedral Au20 cluster in solution, ligated with triphenyl phosphine (PPh3) ligands, and its confirmation by theoretical calculations. The current work represents a successful synthetic effort directly guided and motivated by a gas-phase observation, validating the gas-phase-to-condensed-phase approach for the discovery of cluster-assembled nanomaterials.
Because of potential cluster-cluster agglomeration, Au20 must also be protected by ligands in order to use it as a building block for cluster-assembled materials. Preliminary theoretical calculations revealed that the Au20(PR3)4 (R = H, Ph) complexes indeed possess high stability. A high resolution transmission electron microscope image) showed that the soluble samples contained gold nanoparticles with diameters as large as 3 nm, but the majority of the particles have diameters of less than 1 nm. Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometery revealed doubly charged ions corresponding to Au20 clusters with eight and seven PPh3 ligands. To obtain structural information for the Au20(PPh3)82+ cluster, we conducted collision-induced dissociation (CID) experiments in the FTICR cell. These results suggest that the tetrahedral core of Au20 is intact in the PPh3-coordinated clusters. This is consistent with our initial expectation and calculation that the four apex sites of Au20 are the most reactive sites that bind strongly to the four PPh3 ligands.
The current experimental and theoretical results suggest that Td Au20 clusters coordinated with phosphine ligands may be obtained in bulk quantity. It is expected that by increasing the size of the ligands one can synthesize the Td Au20 clusters with only the four apex sites coordinated. These clusters may be promising catalysts with the highest surface area and wel ldefined surface sites. These exciting results are published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B and were featured on the cover of that issue. This research was done by HF Zhang, M Stender, R Zhang, C Wang, J Li, and LS Wang:
Reference: Zhang H-F, M Stender, R Zhang, C Wang, J Li, and L-S Wang. 2004. "Toward the Solution Synthesis of the Tetrahedral Au20 Cluster." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108(33):12259-12628. DOI:10.1021/jp048636q.


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The player starts off as a simple lieutenant who receives an offer to participate in a special forces unit named in the year 1983. Over time he moves up the carrier ladder, carrying out missions and overcoming ordeals coming down on him and Russia. All missions have historical counterparts, part of them were kept under secrecy until recent times.
Cold calculation and a decent amount of adrenaline are necessary to implement the continuous time game mode. Considering and giving out orders is done in suspended time; the action on-screen is treated completely different - you won't be able to influence anything that's going on. The game will stop again within 20-60 seconds; you will receive the ability to give out new orders or correct existing ones, depending on the situation at hand. Something similar could have been seen in Combat Mission.
Deep immersion into the game is made possible by modern graphics of the utmost quality. Grass, trembling in the wind, trees, brought to life up to the last leaf, highly detalized objects, photorealistic textures, multileveled level structure: this does not even nearly describe all features made possible by the game engine.
People play the major role in-game, therefore each soldier is given individual personality traits, determining his behavior on the battlefield, as well as his interaction with other squad members. But even the character of a person can change over time! What's left to say about abilities, which can be improved by taking part in special courses in-between missions!
Snow, rain, fog are not just visual weather effects, they are a full part of the gameplay, having an influence in the calculation of the physical world model. Things like the changing sound dispersion mechanism within fog, snowfall influencing visibility etc are taken into consideration by the game.
Only real prototypes of combat vehicles and weapons are being used. Anything you can use in the game has either been used or is being used by the Russian army and special forces. Using special equipment or making a breakthrough using armored vehicles - all this is an indispensable part of the game.
Being realistic in everything is the game motto! * Former and acting members of the legendary and units have been employed as consultants for the project.
Once the story is finished and you get to see the ending movie - that's where the game begins. After defeating the AI, try taking on a real-life opponent. Internet or local connection, HotSeat or play by e-mail will allow you to escape the real world for several hours, prolonging the game's lifespan to infinite. It is possible to record the game as a movie and review the whole battle in real-time, with the possibility of rewinding/fastforwarding, slow motion or time stop, if you wish to show off in front of your friends.
(*) - some missions and maps, as well as the characteristics of special arms and soldier biographies have been changed on purpose due to the ongoing secrecy of the material serving as foundation for the game.
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Formation and Education for the Life of the Church
While prayer must be at the heart of the life of every
Christian, priests publicly and formally profess their willingness
to be known as men of prayer. Indeed, learning "how to be a priest"
is, in large part, learning how to be an authentic leader
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Seminarians at Saint Meinrad participate daily in the
celebration of the Eucharist and, following the Liturgy of the
Hours, in the communal celebration of Morning and Evening Prayer.
Opportunities for the individual celebration of sacramental
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Monday, March 29, 2010
I walked down to Hollywood Boulevard to see Dennis Hopper getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; 11.30, Friday morning. March 26th, 2010.
I've always thought that the placing of the stars, on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, is a strange combination of the fiercely hierarchical and the utterly random. Why exactly is James Brown's star on Vine outside Bed Bath and Beyond? Still, for whatever reason, Hopper's is perfectly placed right outside the Egyptian Theatre. This is as good as it gets; classier and more iconic than getting one outside Grauman's Chinese or the Kodak Theatre. Those places are tourist spots. The Egyptian, one of the homes of the American Cinematheque, is for true movie lovers.
The Hopper ceremony was much reported in advance, since he's simultaneously dying of prostate cancer and fighting (or rather refusing to fight, because his doctor says he's too ill) a bitter and ugly divorce, from Victoria, his wife of 14 years.
Years back I saw Hopper and his wife in the Borders bookstore in Santa Monica. I'm sure I wasn't the only on e who recognized him but nobody approached. He was looking at the new titles, the serious hardback fiction, and the woman he was with – V I now know – was standing beside him bored and restless, and eventually she said to him, "I'm going to look in the visual section." Dennis gave a long-suffering grimace.
I'd never been to one of these unveiling events before, though I'd seen plenty of photographs. They always looked like modest celebrations; a photo op with a few dedicated fans and officials, and since the star is usually being placed in the middle of a narrow sidewalk there's not much room for a crowd anyway.
As I approached the Egyptian, I could see from a block away, there were maybe a dozen film crews, on both side of the street, some of them raised up on stepladders. A crowd of onlookers filled the sidewalk. I joined them. Subsequent reports said hundreds of people were there, but I'd have guessed it was way less than that.
A temporary metal fence had been put in place to stop the crowd spilling from the sidewalk into the traffic, and it was very tempting to perch on top of the fence to get a better view of things. There was a single cop policing the event and a large part of his job involved telling people not to do precisely that. He was standing in the road, and traffic had to swerve to avoid him, but if they swerved too wide, it was also his job to yell at them and tell them to stay in lane.
Even though the sidewalk was full of people, it hadn't been closed off and some passersby insisted on their right to walk right through the crush of people. One or two baffled pedestrians saw how just difficult that would be and plaintively asked the cop what they should do. He suggested, with barely suppressed rage, that they might walk on the other damn side of the street. This seemed to strike the would-be walkers as a baffling new concept.
But the real action wasn't on the sidewalk, it was on the forecourt of the Egyptian Theater. That's where the invited guests and VIPs were. They all looked like Hollywood somebodies though I couldn't put any names to faces. The men were older, favoring grey pony tales, loud patterned shirts, suits of fashionably eccentric cut. The women, with few exceptions, were young and hot.
But then I saw my first celeb, David Lynch, looking EXACTLY the way you'd want David Lynch to look – the thick white hair, the sunglasses, the white shirt - tieless but buttoned at the neck. And there was another one: Dwight Yoakum in his trademark cowboy hat, then Viggo Mortensen looking ruggedly saturnine, and somebody shouted that they'd seen "Nicholson" meaning Jack, but I never caught sight of him.
Someone came pushing through the crowd, a short, soberly dressed Mexican with a pitted face, dragging a plump middle-aged woman behind him. He didn't seem angry or threatening but he did seem very determined to get through the crowd, and then I realized it was Danny Trejo – star of the Robert Rodriguez trailer "Machete." Will it surprise you if I say he looks much taller on screen?
Hopper arrived early, a few minutes before the appointed time. People do that in LA. A huge yelping cheer went up and I joined in. How could you not? He looked frail, had people to help him walk, and there was a bandage on his forehead, but the vibe, the smile, the wolfishly sensitive face, that was all pure Hopper.
There were speeches. I hadn't expecting that. A producer, name of Mark Canton, declared that Dennis Hopper was the coolest man on the planet, and at that moment, who would have argued? Hopper himself said, "Everything I've learned, I've learned from Hollywood," which you might think makes for a rather patchy education, but again this wasn't a moment to quibble.
He also explained the bandage on his head. It was a paparazzi-related walking accident. He was walking outside his house and heard somebody call his name. He thought it was somebody he knew so he turned around to look, but it was just some cameraman. Turning around was enough to make him lose his footing and he'd fallen over and hit his head on the ground. "I know you have a tough job," he said, "but maybe sometimes you should be a little more sensitive." A fully fit Hopper would surely have reacted way more vehemently.
Having read Nathanael West's "Day Of The Locust" we're supposed to find Hollywood crowds vile and predatory, but I couldn't square that with the people who were there for Hopper that day. Of course we'd come to gawk. This was perhaps our last chance to see a member of an endangered species, but they (we) seemed perfectly good humored and benign. We were enthusiastic and admiring. The warmth for Hopper was real and palpable.
When I got home I turned to the end of "Day Of The Locust."
"He could see a change come over them as soon as they had become part of the crowd. Until they reached the line, they looked diffident, almost furtive, but the moment they had become part of it, they turned arrogant and pugnacious. It was a mistake to think them harmless curiosity seekers. They were savage and bitter, especially the middle aged and the old, and had been made so by boredom and disappointment."
Well, you've said a mouthful there, Nathanael. I know that times and social attitudes change, but today it's hard not to read that as self-serving snobbery. There on Hollywood Boulevard, it was hard to imagine the kind of conflagration West imagines in his novel. For better or worse, "The Burning of Los Angeles" will have to come from other sources than movie fans.
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Eagles running back LeSean McCoy said recently that he's set a goal of rushing for 2,000 yards this season, which would make him the eighth runner in league history to reach that milestone.
Coach Chip Kelly said Wednesday that he doesn't care about McCoy's individual goals because his interest is in winning football games over personal accomplishments. Kelly said he thought McCoy feels the same way, but none of that means Kelly isn't interested in what McCoy does personally this season. The opposite is probably more accurate as Kelly said he's pushing for McCoy to be even better in 2014 than he was last season.
"He can do everything better. I know we get that question about all the guys and I get the same question all the time but until someone plays a perfect game, I think that's what we are all striving for," Kelly said during his press conference. "But he can do a better job in pass protection, he can do a better job in short yardage situations, he can do a better job in eliminating negative plays where maybe the hole is not exactly there but second and nine is better than second and 14 where all of a sudden every play he's trying to run has to be a home run. I think we are seeing that. … I don't think he's complacent or happy in terms of where he is. Hopefully he thinks that last year was just him scratching the surface in terms of what his potential can be."
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Faces of Palestine: Reviews the film "Occupied Minds" about Palestinian and Israeli journalist-friends who interview Zionist settlers, militant Palestinians, Israeli soldiers, Palestinian farmers, and an Israeli surgeon blinded by a suicide bomber. Reads poems by Mahmoud Darwish, Ibrahim Nasrallah and Hiyam Noir. Discusses the censorship of Nasrallah and quotes Darwish on telling the Trojans' story. Cites from Noir's blogs Palestine Free Voice and Poetry4Palestine. Discusses an article by Jonathan Cook called "Israeli Firms Profit from Holocaust" and one by Keith Harmon Snow called "Israel and the Ongoing Holocaust in Congo." Also quotes Howard Zinn from "The Optimism of Uncertainty" and praises a radio show ala Zinn called "History Counts" by Ken MacDermottRoe. Ends with Face2Face, a project that made giant side-by-side photos of Israelis and Palestinians making goofy faces, and posted them on both sides of the wall.
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Jolly Old St. Nick recently made a call to the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office Program Director Deputy Brian Keis to get an update and progress on the 2012 giving season. He was pleased to hear that fundraising efforts are in full swing and donations are still coming in. Deputy Keis continues to send out letters to county businesses to help raise more funds as the program is approximately $1,000.00 lower than it had hoped to be by this time.
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A RECORD-BREAKING 8,500 people have got involved a controversial consultation to slash bus route funding in Worcestershire.
The county council has revealed it has received an unprecedented number of responses over plans to axe a £3 million public transport subsidy.
As your Worcester News first revealed in October, the cut places 88 bus services along 43 different routes at risk.
It also affects Worcester's two park and ride services at Perdiswell and Sixways, which would need to be operated commercially in order to survive.
The consultation came to an end on Friday, and transport chiefs are now filtering through the feedback.
The massive response has led to calls for the consultation to be extended, but the council's Conservative leadership says there is no need.
Councillor Alan Amos, from the opposition Labour group, said: "Given the fact there's been an unprecedented (number of) responses, that alone shows how much fear and concern there has been over this."
His request for an extended period of public dialogue was considered by the council last week but thrown out.
Councillor John Smith, the cabinet member for highways and transportation, said: "We've got no plans to extend it and the officers will be looking all the feedback very closely.
"What we've done is good and the response has been very pleasing.
"It wasn't just a case of 'do you want this bus or not', we asked people 'do you use it, why do you like using it', and so on - the consultation has been a very useful exercise."
The council is battling huge budget pressures and needs to chop £98 million off spending by 2017.
Back in 2011 it removed £2.5 million off public transport subsidies, but removing the £3 million would see all of the remaining spending vanish.
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Over 1000 years ago, the demonic Orgu- soulless creatures created from the despair and hatred of humanity- fought a terrible war against humans. Side-by-side with the mighty Power Animals, the ancient Gao warriors were just able to defeat the Orgu generals, and drive them back into the deepest places on Earth. By 2001, the Orgu had slowly gathered their strength once more, thanks to humanity's mistreatment of the world. One by one, an Orgu left their domain known as the Matrix, and ascended to the surface to conquer and destroy, gaining power all the more in the name of their grand stone-encased Orgu Master. They usually took on the form of inanimate, non-living objects, such as streetlights, magnets, barbed wire, etc, and were recognizable by the long horn on their heads. On the mystical, turtle-shaped Sky-Island Animalium- "the highest paradise for animals"- the virginal Gao shrine priestess Tetomu and the surviving Power Animals have been searching for new modern warriors to counter the Orgu threat. Over the course of one year, five special people were plucked from their daily lives and chosen to secretly defend humanity from the darkness of its own heart- as the Hundred-Beast Taskforce GaoRanger!
"Hyakujuu Sentai GaoRanger" celebrated the 25th-series Anniversary of Super Sentai in 2001!
Power Animals are no different from those found in the wild today. They have only lived far longer, and can regenerate themselves much faster thanks to the power of the Earth which has been absorbed into them over the centuries. This has increased their defense, intelligence, and size as well. They are also capable of merging their bodies together to form incredible humanoid-shaped warriors which stand several stories tall, and have weapons & special powers granted to each. Kai Samezu (Gao Blue) is having a recurring nightmare in which the GaoRanger are fighting in Gao King against an unrecognized opponent. Gao King takes hit after hit, and cannot stay standing. As Gao King falls to the ground, the rangers are sent sprawling around the cockpit. Then he hears Tetomu's voice, telling him to use the other one. "Other what?" he asks, as Kai wakes up in a cold sweat. The next day, the Boat Orgu begins to disrupt the peace at the nearby city docks. As the GaoRanger engage him, Gao Blue comes to realize how many of the images from his dream are becoming true. When the battle scales up and Gao King Sword and Shield is formed, Gao Blue becomes panicked, knowing what will happen next. Gao King does indeed fall, and Gao Blue's Jūōken fall next to him without Gao Shark's Gao Jewel in place. Suddenly, Gao Blue remembers something said in the dream- something about a 'speckled spear'. Tetomu realizes that he is referring to another lost Power Animal! Gao Blue summons the PA, asking for its powers to help them. In the harbor where the Boat Orgu first appeared, an orange crane begins to move all by itself. Then suddenly it glows and changes into the lost Gao Giraffe!
Gao Giraffe (back) is an elegant, if somewhat arrogant, looking Power Animal. Standing just over 7.5 inches, he can easily overlook all of the others with his long silver legs and tall neck. He also has some angular brown spots all down his neck & back, and a thin silver row of fur. His neck is jointed at the base of his body, and snaps every few degrees. His head can free pivot side-to-side and up & down. His center of mass is just so so that he can lift one of his back legs and stand successfully on the other three, and when lowering his neck, this makes for a few limited poses. This stance certainly allows him to trip giant Orgu off their feet! Gao Giraffe is a right arm component PA, and forms the right arm of any combo.
For those of you wondering what the differences are between PA-2 Gao Giraffe from "Hyakujuu Sentai GaoRanger", and its English-speaking counterpart, the Giraffe Wild Zord from "Power Rangers Wild Force", there is only one big difference. The brown spots on the majority of the Giraffe Zord were not painted; only the black main body got any attention. Otherwise all moldings, colors, & die-cast metal were left intact. The Giraffe Zord was not released individually, but as one of five components in the Deluxe Isis Megazord set. Gao Giraffe, also, was released as part of a special release DX Hyakujuu Gattai Gao Icarus set, but could alternately be obtained individually (as it is here), which it wasn't for the "PR" release. For that matter, the Deluxe Isis Megazord never made it to American shores. It was, however, released in the UK.
As a stand alone, Gao Giraffe is just as nice as the other Power Animals so far. A little poseability in the neck helped make it interesting, and allowed it to emulate a real giraffe. I cannot find anything really wrong with it. The mouth not opening wasn't an issue; Gao Giraffe is actually one of the very few DX Power Animals that didn't have a poseable mouth. I still recommend it!
Sets required for combination:
- DX Hyakujuu Gattai Gao King (sold separately)
- PA-2 Gao Giraffe
Gao Giraffe- who had been communicating to Kai through his dreams- gifted Gao Blue with a new Gao Jewel to summon him. Placing Gao Giraffe's jewel into his Jūōken, Gao Blue commanded Gao Shark to separate from Gao King and then pick-up Gao Giraffe. Gao Giraffe rode on Gao Shark's back until they were near Gao King, and then Gao Giraffe transformed- attaching itself to Gao King to make it into Gao King Spear. The 'speckled spear' is able to penetrate an Orgu's defenses with its flaming Neck Thrust finisher.
Gao King Spear (back) is a little more normal looking for an upgrade in weaponry. A long, straight orange arm with no joints of its own, there is actually an add-on needed to make the component, and that is the silver PVC spear head of the new right arm. The spear head fits snugly over Gao Giraffe's head, anchored in place by the immobile mouth! In the show, the spear head is just silver, but when fired at an opponent, the spear head bursts into flames. Hence a smooth, transparent yellow crescent effect was added to the tip. Only Gao Giraffe's ears and tiny antlers stick out. "Why PVC?" you ask. Well, there's a small black button located at the base of Gao Giraffe's neck. And when depressed, the spear head springs out along a 1½" die-cast metal shaft! This is the special action feature of Gao Giraffe. The extended shaft doesn't move very fast, the spring isn't too strong (it won't hurt ya), and it doesn't weigh that much, so Gao King Spear can be posed in any number of ways with it extended or closed.
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