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'Devil's Knot' Trailer: It's Bad Buzz vs. Colin Firth's Southern Twang
Movie News By Adam Bellotto on March 10, 2014 | Be the First To CommentDevil's Knot is in a bit of a pickle. A new trailer for the film just debuted online, tempting audiences with two minutes' worth of Colin Firth speaking in a Southern twang. But two hours' worth of the same premiered at last fall's Toronto International Film Festival, and the results were… well, less than stellar. So director Atom Egoyan and Devil's Knot must peddle their wares, knowing all too well that the typing of a mere two words — "Rotten Tomatoes" — can all but obliterate the goodwill generated from Colin Firth saying "y'all."
'Devil's Knot' Review: Deeply Disappointing Dramatization Is All Loose Ends
Movie Reviews By Kate Erbland on September 9, 2013 | Comments (15)Four highly publicized documentaries in, it should go without saying that the West Memphis Three ordeal has taken up its fair share of screentime. The necessity for a narrative feature is a questionable one, and despite the potential promise of Atom Egoyan's Devil's Knot, the film ultimately stands as a prime example why the story shouldn't be adapted into a narrative feature – at least not a narrative feature this lazy and uninteresting as this one. Even with a cast that includes Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Kevin Durand, Dane DeHaan, Bruce Greenwood, Amy Ryan, and Mireille Enos, Egoyan has delivered one of the worst big screen takes on a true story of this magnitude in quite some time, an eye-popping failure of both execution and emotion. Egoyan fails to engage with not only his audience but also the actual material he's attempting to portray on screen, making Devil's Knot one of the year's most disappointing misfires.
Colin Firth Defends the West Memphis Three in First 'Devil's Knot' Stills
First Look By Samantha Wilson on August 30, 2013 | Be the First To CommentCourtesy of EW comes this first, small look at Atom Egoyan's Devil's Knot, the dramatization of the horrible tale of the West Memphis Three, a trio of teenage boys who were convicted in the 1993 murders of three eight year-old boys despite a lack of evidence. Though the incident has been the subject of several documentaries, this is the first time their story has come to the big screen as a factual, but fictionalized drama based on a 2002 nonfiction book of the same name by Mara Leveritt. Colin Firth is front and center in the only two stills released, and handsome as the man is, they're not giving us much to work with before the film's premiere at TIFF. Firth plays Ron Lax, a private investigator who worked to find DNA evidence that proved the three teens may not have committed the heinous crimes. In the first image, Firth appears on his massive '90s brick phone, chatting about important PI business, while in the second, he sits in the courtroom with another investigator (Collette Wolfe) looking like they both just heard some bad news.
Casting Couch: Latest 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Rumors, Questions Swirl Regarding Bill Hader and 'Baywatch'
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on January 23, 2013 | Be the First To CommentWhat is Casting Couch? Today it's the casting roundup with news about a talking raccoon, a frog puppet, a famous dog, a beautiful woman, and David Hasselhoff's shorts. So far Marvel's next big thing, The Guardians of the Galaxy, has been a great source of casting rumors, but not yet a generator of any casting confirmations. We've heard about a bevy of actors who might play Star-Lord, a handful who might be Drax the Destroyer, and now the Latino Review is reporting that director James Gunn and company are reaching out to both Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler to inquire about their availability for the film. What roles might they play? Perhaps they could provide the voices for either the big tree guy, Groot, or the little raccoon guy, Rocket Raccoon. I mean, it would just be too weird if either of them actually showed up playing a live action role, wouldn't it? Definitely. Even hearing Sandler's one goofy voice he uses coming out of a CG character's mouth would just be too weird already. Let's hope that rumor is completely off base.
Casting Couch: Jackie Chan Becomes 'Expendable,' Noomi Rapace May Join Tom Hardy in 'Animal Rescue,' and More
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on December 17, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWhat is Casting Couch? It's a column that has a lot of new casting news today, so settle in. Even after only two movies, the number of aged action stars who have yet to appear in Sylvester Stallone's Expendables series has dwindled down to a select few. So, given his age, his lengthy resume, and the way he's linked almost exclusively to the action genre, Jackie Chan has to be seen as one of the biggest fish out there that Stallone has yet to catch. It looks like that's going to change in The Expendables 3, however, as Chan has told Cinema Online [via Coming Soon] that Stallone has invited him to join the cast of the film, and he has agreed to appear as long as it's in a featured part and not just a cameo. Looks like we might finally get our chance to see Dolph Lundgren get beat up with a ladder.
Atom Egoyan Sets Two Total Unknowns for Major Roles in Upcoming 'Devil's Knot'
Casting Couch By Kate Erbland on June 18, 2012 | Be the First To CommentAnd we're back on the Devil's Knot casting beat (and, yes, we're pretty beat by it). Atom Egoyan's upcoming film documenting the tragedy of the West Memphis 3 has so far collected a cast of various talents and notoriety levels, including Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Mireille Enos, Collette Wolfe, Kris Polaha, Kristopher Higgins, along with still-in-negotiations actors Amy Ryan and Dane DeHaan, but now the filmmaker is mining some truly undiscovered country. Variety reports that Seth Meriwether has been tapped for the role of West Memphis 3 defendant Jason Baldwin (the outlet notes that earlier reports that Justin Castor was set for the role were "premature," as the actor had not yet received an official offer at the time of it hitting the wire). Don't know Meriwether's name? Well, you wouldn't – the kid is a seventeen-year-old high school senior from Montgomery, Alabama. Just how the heck did Meriwether land such a plum part? The outlet doesn't say, but it does reveal that Meriwether recently filmed a "minor role" in the Clint Eastwood-starring Trouble With the Curve, so we can only assume that his work there got the word out. A brief Google search of the kid's name also turned up a myriad of articles detailing his acting career over the years, so it looks like Meriwether has been honing his chops for quite some time. But Egoyan has cast yet another unknown as the final member of the West Memphis 3, and this one does come with a thrilling […]
'Devil's Knot' Ties Up Wealth of Talent, Including Amy Ryan, Collette Wolfe, Dane DeHaan, and More
Casting Couch By Kate Erbland on June 13, 2012 | Be the First To CommentIn which we return to our well-worn beat of covering casting news on Atom Egoyan's Devil's Knot, which will chronicle the real life tragedy and drama of the West Memphis 3. The film has already cast Reese Witherspoon as the mother of one of the murdered boys, Alessandro Nivola as her husband (and a possible suspect), Colin Firth as private investigator Ron Lax, and Mireille Enos as a major witness. Casting on the film has now ramped up so considerably that we'll just tease you with some names and provide a full rundown of their involvement and possible roles after the break. Amy Ryan. Collette Wolfe. Dane DeHaan. Read on!
Alessandro Nivola to Play Crucial, Controversial Role in 'Devil's Knot'
Casting Couch By Kate Erbland on June 11, 2012 | Comments (2)Atom Egoyan's Devil's Knot continues to slowly round out its cast with interesting and perhaps off-beat casting choices. Next up, Deadline Primm reports that Alessandro Nivola will play a crucial role in Egoyan's film that centers on the real life story of the West Memphis 3. Nivola (Face/Off, Grace Is Gone) has been tapped to play Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of the victims in the brutal 1993 murder of three small boys. The role is billed as "pivotal" to the film and, with Reese Witherspoon set to play Hobbs' wife Pam (and the mother of victim Stevie Branch), the pair's relationship will "form the backbone of the story." But Hobbs' importance in the film is not just of the emotional variety – he's still viewed as a primary suspect in the case. Hobbs has long been linked to the murders as a possible suspect and, even twenty years later, new evidence continues to come out against the man. Amy Berg's Sundance documentary, West of Memphis, also paid particular attention to Hobbs as a suspect, with the last third or so of the film focusing squarely on a bevy of new accusations and witnesses who have come out against Hobbs (some of the interviews were filmed just days before the film premiered at the festival).
Mireille Enos to Get Tied Up in Key Role in Atom Egoyan's West Memphis 3 Film, 'Devil's Knot'
Movie News By Kate Erbland on May 30, 2012 | Be the First To CommentAtom Egoyan's upcoming drama based on the real-life tragedy of the West Memphis 3, Devil's Knot, has been quite slowly accumulating cast members, with news on each new member of the production trickling out over the course of many months. Reese Witherspoon joined the cast in December as Pam Hobbs, the mother of victim Stevie Branch, and Colin Firth signed on in February to play Ron Lax, a private eye who offered his services to the WM3 before their trial in 1993. While the project itself was announced all the way back in August, with such delicate material to cover, perhaps Egoyan is taking his time in picking his cast (what an idea!). Devil's Knot has now added its third major cast member, and it is indeed a delicate role that is being filled – Deadline Seattle reports that The Killing star Mireille Enos will play Vicki Hutcheson in the film. Those who are familiar with the WM3 tragedy and trials surely know Hutcheson's name – she became a key witness during the 1993 investigation into the murders of children Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers, a witness who later recanted her statements. The film continues the Golden Globe-nominated actress' foray into features – she will next be seen in Gangster Squad and World War Z.
Reese Witherspoon Boards West Memphis Three Movie 'The Devil's Knot'
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on December 15, 2011 | Comments (3)The West Memphis Three trials are infamous, not just for the brutality of the crime that spawned them, but also for the controversy surrounding the verdict. The case involved the triple homicide of three 8-year-old boys and the conviction of three teenagers, who were thought to be responsible for the crime. After the three were imprisoned, however, doubts began to grow about their guilt, eventually leading to their release from prison on August 19th of this year, 17 years after their conviction. The entirety of the trials, convictions, imprisonments, and further investigations into the murders that eventually led to the suspects' releases were already well-chronicled in the Paradise Lost trilogy of documentaries done by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, but now it seems that since the whole ordeal has come to an end, Hollywood is going to take a crack at dramatizing the story. To that end, screenwriters Scott Derrickson and Paul Boardman (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) have been adapting a screenplay from a book about the murders, Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three, which was written by Mara Leveritt. That's a lot of names involved with this project already, but let's add one more to the pile. Derrickson and Boardman's script is going to be directed by Atom Egoyan (Chloe), who has worked on the latest draft of the script with Boardman. The newest news about the film is that Egoyan and company have signed Reese Witherspoon to play a featured role. She'll be […]
Anyone can make a movie that is sexy. In fact, I've seen more than a few films in my day that were sexy, and nothing else. What they give us visual stimuli is not balanced with any substance. Substance is what can make a sexy film an erotic one. Substance is the key to Atom Egoyan's Chloe. That, and the performance of Amanda Seyfried.
French Chloe Trailer: A Brave Amanda Seyfried is Sensual, Dangerous
Movie News By Neil Miller on January 12, 2010 | Comments (4)To this point we've seen little but singing, sweetness and hilarious dumb-blondiness from Amanda Seyfried. Which is what makes this trailer for Chloe so interesting.
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thanks Tremayne, that does really make sense and help me. I didn't relly think about putting the Sin aspect in emphasis at the beginning, now I see that it's pretty invisible amoung all the other symbols and that you're totally right.
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Cool, concept! Before I zoomed in I was going to suggest including the Sin symbol but I noticed that it is in the equation. My only suggestion would be to put more emphasis on the Sin aspect. Maybe place the Sin at the beginning of the equation and then make it a little bit larger...then have the rest of equation following after that. Doing that would really unify the design more because it would be saying that Jesus is the solution for sin. If you get a win then maybe you'll consider changing that. Also, part of the background is cut off. The rectangle portion with all of the number and symbols stops suddenly and then the grunge texture begins. It would look better if that was more seamless. Try mixing some of the grunge over top of that so that it looks like one single texture. Hope that makes sense.
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Sometimes the stories struck entirely too close to home, upsetting Anjula, who wondered why her husband couldn't write something a little upbeat once in a while. For "Pop Squad," a grim parable about police assassins hunting down dissident women who refuse youth-preserving treatments and insist on furtively having children, Bacigalupi dressed some rugrats targeted for elimination in his own son's clothes. In "Softer," a Denver man impulsively smothers his wife after she nags him about housework. Anjula's initial critique of the story, Bacigalupi remembers, consisted of three words: "Don't touch me."
Bacigalupi's early work had been greeted with suspicion or distaste by some editors, who considered it too depressing or outrageous for publication. ("As a mother, this story disturbs me," one wrote about one of his first novels.) But as his short stories emerged in various magazines, the buzz began about a new, noirish voice on the "hard" science-fiction scene — especially after one story, "The Calorie Man," won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short fiction. Among the believers was Night Shade Books, a San Francisco-based house that published Pump Six and Other Stories.
"We very aggressively went after his short fiction collection on its own merits," says Jeremy Lassen, Night Shade's editor-in-chief. "I think Paolo is going to be as important as William Gibson. He very consciously writes science fiction that has a zero entry point. It doesn't require you to have read five or ten years of science fiction to get it on all levels."
Pump Six did well enough on initial release that Night Shade ordered a second printing. Lassen figured he would be stuck with surplus copies for a long time. But since The Windup Girl came out last year, copies of Bacigalupi's short story collection have been snapped up, too. Although it's available as an eBook and a paperback version will be released next winter, hardcover copies of Pump Six now command prices of up to $425 on eBay and Amazon.
In 2003, shortly before his son was born, Bacigalupi returned to Southeast Asia. Travel had always been a way of kick-starting story ideas, but this time he got more than he bargained for.
He started in Hong Kong and journeyed across southern China. It was the hot season, and he was scraping by on little cash, staying in cheap and airless hostels. He soon fell ill — sweating, shaking and vomiting from some vile gut bug. "I was certain I was going to die in this village in the middle of nowhere, thinking, 'This is a really dumb way to die,'" he recalls.
By the time he reached Laos, reports were beginning to spread about the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, in southern China. Bacigalupi had passed through the epidemic's flashpoints, but news of the disease had been so thoroughly suppressed by the state media that he hadn't realized it until he crossed borders and found people wearing masks and treating arrivals from Hong Kong like lepers. Already inclined to paranoia, Bacigalupi became alarmed as he started breaking out in a strange rash. His hands, it seemed, were hosting some bubbly, blistery growth...the skin actually thickening as he watched. Was it the heat? Mutation? Hallucination?
He caught a flight from Bangkok to Tokyo. On the plane, he couldn't keep his eyes off a Japanese stewardess. She wore a blue mask and had a strange spray of freckle-like decorations on the edges of her eyes, but that wasn't the oddest part. Her movements were choppy, stylized, as if she was engaged in some kind of performance, a hybrid of mime or kabuki. "It almost felt like she was slightly robotic," he says.
Like a windup toy.
The trip sent Bacigalupi's imagination into high gear. He began a story that zipped past 10,000 words and kept going. It was a dwarf star, a tangled snarl of plots and characters having to do with "calorie" companies that control the global food supply and develop deadly plagues such as "blister rust" to destroy competing goods; tides of refugees trying to find haven in a battered, overheated Thailand; retro options for power and transportation to replace oil and coal, including dirigibles and giant springs wound by mutated elephants; and a Japanese "windup girl" who attempts to pass as human but whose herky-jerky movements give her away.
Bacigalupi broke off pieces of the dwarf star and published them as individual stories. But friends who saw the ponderous manuscript told him that it was starting to look like a novel.
"I remember having this feeling of horror," Bacigalupi says. "I was thinking, 'There's no way in hell I'm going to write another novel. I could keep pulling pieces out of this for a decade if I want to.' But by that time I was starting to get nominated for all these awards, and I started meeting actual science-fiction writers who did write novels. I thought maybe I should write a novel, and this was the most interesting, ambitious and meaty thing that I had."
The Windup Girl took Bacigalupi three years to complete. The finished book displays more than a passing acquaintance with Thai literature and slang, the mechanics of flywheels and the physics of climate change, in the course of presenting a panoramic view of a world in which struggles for food and energy have converged into a battle over storing and expending calories. Yet, unlike many of the short stories that preceded it, the work is more focused on its characters and enthralling subplots than on conveying a "message." The gradations between good and evil are subtler, the lives of the people caught in this evolving nightmare more complex. (The most sympathetic figure, of course, is Emiko, the more-human-than-human windup girl.) The book also skirts the kind of bald condemnation of technology so common in dystopic science fiction.


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Busy night! The 2x relay race between Aging Warriors (Larsen Brothers) vs White Russian & the Rusty Nail (or Screwdriver) is everything we thought it would be. Allen and Larry Larsen went out hard opening a 20 minute lead over Alex Telitsine and Ian Penner (WR&RN). The Warriors may be aging but they are still very fast (although definitely hampered by having only one van which slows night exchanges considerably). Telitsine and Penner closed to within 90 seconds as the racers began the climb up Battle Mountain and eventually passed the Larsens to gain an 8 minute advantage by TS 6 Dale. They even passed the leading 4x relay – High Performance Cycle U – going through Dale with a one minute advantage although HPCU repassed and currently leads WR&RN by 11 minutes through Fossil. Looking forward to seeing what happens as the racers now enter the most challenging portion of the route! And the FAsT Monkeys – self supported 4x relay – continue to do well reaching TS 5 Dale at 3:35 this morning. They were riding a 3 man rotation trying to keep one racer as fresh as possible for the night.
David Haase continues to lead the solo racers but Sean Hernon has overcome his intestinal problems to close a near 2 hour gap at TS 6 to less than an hour by Fossil. They face Fossil climb, Useless Hill, Clarno Grade and Antelope climb in the next 40 miles – can't wait to see what happens over this section. Speaking of Clarno – the recent fires burned all the way to the highway but are out now. Racers have been dealing with patches of smoke throughout the night and will continue to do so through Maupin. Have not gotten a TS check from Colin Stokes' crew (sketchy cell service) since TS 5 where he was in 2nd place. Stokes had been within 20 minutes of Haase all day until TS 5 when Haase increased his lead to an hour. Update as soon as we get a report. Robert Arkes continues his fantastic rookie ride staying within a few minutes of multi time women's solo champion Karen Armstrong. Armstrong said she felt better than she ever has riding into Heppner. She let the men's field ride away at the start and has been picking her way through the field ever since. Karen passed through TS 6 Monument Summit at 4:06 this morning. Hopefully the winds will ease today so that she can enjoy the upcoming brief flat section.
Three DNFs occurred in the solo field due to stomach and GI issues. Mick Walsh was holding a solid 3rd place behind Colin Stokes and David Haase until his was unable to keep any fluids down. After losing 12 lbs and requiring three IV bags at Race Across the West last month, Walsh decided he did not want to put himself through that again. Travis Profit also withdrew when unable to keep food or liquids and, after putting up the good fight, Paul Spencer's race ended after losing an hour long battle with his stomach.
Nice to stop at the Imperial River Company to grab some wifi service for this update – thanks Rob and Susie Miles!
Updating website results as cell service permits. All solos and teams are through TS 2 Moro except the FAsT Monkeys. The Monkeys are awesome – a self crewed four person team and they are doing a fantastic job! The race at the front of the solo field is intense with 200 mile racer Adam Kennedy leading the way through Condon on record pace. However, David Haase, Colin Stokes and Mick Walsh are all within 30 minutes of the leader. Team race has the Larsen Brothers setting the pace through TS 2 with High Performance Cycle U close behind and White Russian and the Rusty Nail gaining ground. I'm currently parked in Moro with great Verizon service. Will do another update from TS 4 Heppner. Thanks so much for following the race!
IS UNDERWAY! David Haase and Adam Kennedy are leading the 500 and 200 mile races respectively. Photos constantly updated on the Race Across Oregon Facebook page throughout the race!
Schedule of Events
Friday July 18, 2014
Noon – Racer Check-in and Vehicle Inspections
6PM – Pre Race Meeting
Saturday July 19, 2014
5 a.m. – Solo and tandem racers start. Please assemble at starting area by 4:45 a.m.
7 a.m. – Two Person Teams start. Please assemble at starting area by 6:45a.m.
9 a.m. – Four Person Relay racers start. Please assemble at starting area by 8:45 a.m.
Depending on skill level we may start some 2 person teams at 9AM and some 4 person teams at 7AM
Monday July 21, 2014
5 a.m. – Course closes
8 a.m. – Post race breakfast/party. Stick around for the best after party in ultra!


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I took advantage of the big sale to pick up a booster box of each of the 5 sets available (all sets except the Arkham edition). Prior to this I had only played using the Arkham edition starters and the Eldritch Edition premium starter (I also have the chapter packs,in anticipation of the core set eventually coming out). I'd always resisted buying more boosters for the game (I figured it would be too costly to get "caught up"), but have been looking forward to the switch to the Living Card Game format.
With the 5 booster boxes, I am hoping I'll have a reasonable "fixed shared pool" of cards to make decks with for casual play with some friends, but was wondering if it would be worth it to track down Arkham edition boosters as well? Since arkham was the first base set, does it contain a lot of useful basic cards (I know it has cards like shotgun blasts, crafting the elder sign, binding, etc.) that aren't otherwise available and that I should look at picking up? Were any/many of the cards re-printed in the Eldritch edition set or other expansion sets (perhaps with the same effects but a different name)?
Also, since the eldritch edition was a larger base set, would it be worthwhile to pick up a second booster box of it?


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By julio82mx from USA on 2010-03-28 04:55:03 Things I liked:Probably the best rifle of its size, weight and price! Its very easy to load and shoot. Very accurate, at least in the short distances that i´ve tried it. Trigger is excellent, ergonomics are very good and what else can we ask about it? To be silent, and it is way silent. You can shoot this thing 24-7 all day long in an apartment without disturbing any neighbors, and with lots of power in the shot, altough power is not always necesary. Its just amazing. Very well designed and executed, i can´t detect nothing in this rifle that doesn´t have engineering and a performance orientation behind it. Don´t get confused by the fact that it has a polymer reciever, this polymer is probably sturdier than necessary, heavy duty polymer for guns.Things I would have changed:The alignment of the rod that pushes the pellet into the chamber, although not a problem once you figure out how to load the pellet without damaging it. Only requires patience in this step. Cock twice to assure an optimum pellet seating in the chamber. Also the iron sights are a little awkward to adjust but they do their work fine. What others should know:You must have this rifle, dont get tricked with lots of marketing from other brands and models, they dont hold what they claim about their rifles, as the Crosman 2100. The Crosman would like to be as the Daisy 901, but it is not. The 901 has beautiful accuracy, and its a breeze to the hands, has excellent handling, doesnt hurt you while you hold it hard or loose. The grip in the forearm is excellent, just what you expect from a rifle which you want to hold widely from the forearm, as it should be on all rifles of general purpouse. The sound and feel of the shooting is like a single "tac", and your pellet is in the way of exactly where you asked it to go, and im talking about this with medium quality pointed pellets, and with the iron sights, I haven´t tried high performance pellets yet. Also i like the fact that this rifle´s scope rails doesnt appear to be asking "put me a scope please" all the time. The rifle does´t need them. The gun does not vibrate in any perceptible way while making a shot, it is very light in weight and very well balanced. We can´t ask nothing more from this rifle, masterpiece! |
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By Ike from USA on 2011-09-11 18:54:21 Things I liked:Feels solid. Quality is great.Things I would have changed:One pellet at the time is kinda boring. A clip to load pellets would nice What others should know:Very nice gun. It was recomended by pyramid custumer service. Very nice gun. |
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How To Pour Ketchup From A Glass Bottle
As it is written,
Shake and shake the ketchup bottle
None will come
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DrHGuy's Decadent Qualifications
One should first understand that DrHGuy is exclusively interested in the skill of ketchup-pouring, and then only on a conceptual and dilettantish basis. In fact, were it not for his compassion and concern for those ketchup-cravers in the Heck Of A Guy audience, DrHGuy would have no objection to 100% of all ketchup remaining in its designated bottle, thus precluding its contamination of innocent and otherwise potentially tasty food.2
Far from being a ketchup aficionado, DrHGuy is, in reality, ketchup-avoidant, thus eliminating self-interest from today's task, the elucidation of strategies for socially appropriate yet efficacious extraction of ketchup from its traditional container. This selflessness not only allows for dispassionate evaluation and assessment of techniques but paradoxically endows this quest with a certain purity and sanctity, not unlike the Arthurian search for the Holy Grail.
Those readers who erroneously assumed this post was the consequence of the author's ketchup lust need not, however, take it hard; it's an easy mistake to make. Perhaps, for example, one was thinking of DrHGuy's father, who started every morning with a plate of scrambled eggs slathered in ketchup.3
DrHGuy is, on the other hand, all about performing every task, great and small, with elegant competence,4 especially if doing so involves eighth grade level science.
And, notwithstanding his genuine admiration and enjoyment of Carly Simon's hit song, Anticipation, both as a concert number and, more pertinently to this discussion, in its reincarnation as a Heinz Ketchup TV advertisement, DrHGuy, it may surprise you to learn, is not a patient fellow. Watchful waiting may be the appropriate medical recommendation in some cases and serene forbearance may be necessary in raising offspring but these are not acceptable tactics, in the author's view, for condiment availability and application.
The Task
To eliminate trick answers, I am officially defining the mission at hand as
Pouring ketchup from a classic glass ketchup bottle
So you smartypants folks who were planning to allow me to go through my usual prolix and complex explanations (which I indeed will) only to then trump my recommendation with "Why not just squeeze the ketchup from one of those handy-dandy plastic squirt bottles?" can put away those smirks.
We're talking about the all-American, classic, narrow-neck glass bottle which provides a suitable challenge for the true dining sportsman.
We are not talking about squeeze bottles, bottles designed to stand on their lids, fast-food condiment dispensers, overhead dispensers, pump dispensers, wide-mouth jars, and such, which yield their contents to any wuss who can locate its point of egress.
This (the portion prior to the squeeze bottle introduction) is what I mean.
Time In A Bottle
The Heinz classic ketchup bottle was by no means a casual or random design. The narrow neck simplified pouring and minimized the content's contact with air, which could darken the sauce. Most importantly, the clear glass bottle, demonstrated the purity and quality of the contents, especially at a time when other manufacturers packaged their product in barrels that obscured the use of cheap fillers (turnips were a popular choice).
This bottle design reigned until the 1980s when plastic squeezable containers, which were safer as well as more convenient, became available and soon outsold the glass bottles. In fact, these days Heinz sells ketchup packaged in glass bottles only to foodservice establishments.
This limited distribution of glass ketchup bottles does not, however, lessen the need for the upcoming generation to develop the skills necessary to extract the condiment from the container. In fact, today's whippersnappers, lacking experience with this task in the home environment, need instruction all the more if they are to avoid a public faux pas and consequent humiliation.
Of course, glass ketchup bottles will eventually be eliminated altogether. For a vision of ketchup dispensing in that brave new world, check out this must-be-seen-to-be-believed video of a mechanized Ketchup Krapper wrought by those wacky MIT kids.
The Science
The inhibition of ketchup flow through narrow neck bottles involves two interactive scientific concepts:
1. High static shear strength. Ketchup is, as any schoolchild knows,5 thixotropic, i.e., it has a consistency that is gel-like at rest, but fluid when agitated.6
Our problem is that, unless the restaurant hired the Flying Karamazov Brothers to entertain the diners by juggling, in addition to their everyday repertoire of chain saws, bowling balls, cotton balls, and bananas, any ketchup bottles not currently in use, the ketchup has probably been at rest and is consequently in its gel state, blocking the bottle neck. Our goal is the inducement of shear thinning, transforming the ketchup from a more or less solid state to a liquid form.
2. Air blockage. To pour anything from any container under ordinary conditions, the substance (in this case, the ketchup) has to be displaced by another substance, which is typically air. If one is pouring a simple liquid, say, oh … vodka, that's not a big deal – because vodka, at room temperature, has no significant static shear strength and when poured, easily surrenders a channel for air to enter the vessel the vodka is departing. On the other hand, if one is pouring a thixotropic substance, like nail polish or whipped cream or ketchup, then getting air through the plug blocking the container's opening may be more challenging.7
The Solution(s)
The desired facilitation of ketchup flow can be effected by overcoming either the ketchup's static shear strength or the air blockage or both.
1. The Bump
Remove the cap. Hold the bottle horizontally (i.e., with the long axis of the bottle parallel to the floor).
Then rotate the open end downward 10-45 degrees.
Rotating the bottle more than 45 degrees or inverting it such that the opening is pointed directly at the floor is counterproductive. The idea is to induce a sideways flow since, as it turns out, sideways forces are the most likely to induce shear thinning.
Tap the lower surface of the bottle's neck (the encircled "57"8 on the neck label of the Heinz Ketchup bottle is a convenient target) repeatedly with the heel of your hand.
If you are right-handed, this is most efficiently accomplished by holding the bottle in the left hand (palm down) and bringing the hands together as though applauding – politely.
This mild agitation is sufficient to liquefy a portion of the ketchup, propel it obliquely toward the bottom of the bottle, and allow air to enter the bottle, thus fulfilling the conditions necessary for flow.
1A. The Horizontal Bop (The Jiggle Variation Of The Bump)
With the cap on the bottle, force the ketchup from the neck of the bottle by holding the bottle vertically with the cap pointed up and striking the bottom of the bottle against the palm of the hand. Then, remove the cap and rotate the bottle just past the horizontal plane. Jiggle the neck of the bottle in a plane parallel to the floor. The sideways forces induces shear thinning and, with it, ketchup flow. Once flow begins, gravity will cause the flow to continue as long as an air path exists between the outside and inside of the bottle.
2. The Sole Shake
With the cap on, shake the bottle a few times. Then take off the cap and rotate the open end downward just past the horizontal. The shaking causes shear thinning of the thixotropic ketchup.
3. The Western Swing
With the cap on, hold the bottle such that the long axis of the bottle is along your forearm with the cap of the bottle pointing away from you. Swing your arm and the bottle together as a pendulum (to create centrifugal force) for a few seconds. Stop swinging, open the bottle, and pour.
If transforming oneself into a centrifuge to extract ketchup from its bottle seems a bit over the top, there is an alternative methodology that uses the same principles without requiring the public arm swinging:
1. Apply for and be accepted into the astronaut training program
2. When placed in a centrifuge similar to that pictured below as part of the training, smuggle aboard the bottle of ketchup
3. Hold the ketchup bottle such that the capped end is pointed away from the center of the centrifuge
4. Spin
5. Stop
6. Open and rotate the bottle to taste
7. Pour
4. The Mr. Wizard (AKA Turkey With A Straw)
This method requires a flexible plastic drinking straw, AKA a "bendy straw," (no, there is no slurping involved; this is the Mr. Wizard Method, not the Animal House Tactic), which may or may not be available at a restaurant. In any case, users of The Mr. Wizard Method seem the sort to bring along two of three in their plastic pen protectors.
With the ketchup bottle upright and uncapped, place your thumb over the end of the straw, and insert it into the ketchup as far as possible. Remove your thumb, and bend the straw over the neck of the bottle, taking care to keep the lumen of the straw open. Hold the bottleneck and the portion of the straw sticking out of the bottle neck with one hand.
The straw provides a channel for air to enter the bottle.
Invert the bottle-and-straw unit. Pour. Graciously acknowledge the adoration of your audience.
An Inspirational Moment
The World's Largest Catsup Bottle is a 170 feet tall water tower in Collinsville, Illinois built in 1949 for the G.S. Suppiger catsup bottling plant, bottlers of Brooks catsup.
- Ketchup With The Sopranos
- The Third Annual Heck Of A Guy Ketchup Bottle Pounding Condiment Distribution Post
- Ketchup Decantation Effect – The Video Exposé
This sage observation, formatted as delightful doggerel, is properly ascribed to Richard Willard Armour. The frequently seen attribution to Ogden Nash is inaccurate but does have an historic basis. A few years before Mr. Armour's ditty became known wherever condiments are revered, Oggie wrote
The Catsup Bottle
First a little
Then a lottleMr. Armour, it appears, then borrowed Mr. Nash's rhyme, transformed the title into a first line, and thus earned his place in this country's populist poetry pantheon. [↩]
- DrHGuy's interest in ketchup-pouring thus parallels his appreciation of caber tossing; both undertakings are undoubtedly difficult to execute and thus worthy of admiration when done well, but, all the same, DrHGuy cares not a whit if the cabers and condiments in question are actually transported from one location to another [↩]
- Fun Fact: only 4% of people in the US use ketchup on their eggs although this practice is widespread in Russia. Also, many Swedes put ketchup on their pasta. From: Anticipation, Monte Burke, Forbes December 12, 2005 [↩]
- To grasp the notion of performing a task with elegant competence, it may be helpful to envision the stylish, efficient, almost cavalier manner in which James Bond – the James Bond as played by the young Sean Connery rather than the later pretenders – vanquished villains and bedded babes. Can you imagine the tuxedoed James, dining at a four-star, all night diner in Paris, pounding his fist on the bottom of a ketchup bottle to apply a dollop of that sauce onto his Veau à la persillade? I didn't think so. [↩]
- Assuming that schoolchild had Mr. Maupin as his science teacher [↩]
- Other thixotropic comestibles include yogurt, mayonnaise, cottage cheese, and whipped cream. Thixotropy is a also a factor in earthquakes (certain clays that are stable at rest liquefy under certain, sideway stresses), quicksand, epoxies, and paints. Theoretical physicists and the folks at NASA spend a good deal of time pondering this phenomenon. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/07jun_elastic_fluids.htm [↩]
- Consequently, it is unsurprising that the Catsup Cosmopolitan has never achieved the popularity during the cocktail hour as the Vodka Martini. [↩]
- The "57" in "Heinz 57″ is derived from the number of varieties of pickle the company once carried [↩]


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Honda LPGA Thailand 2012
Siam Country Club, Pattaya Old Course
Chonburi, Thailand
Third-round notes and interviews
February 18, 2012
Ai Miyazato -14, Rolex Rankings No. 11
Yani Tseng -13, Rolex Rankings No. 1 and defending champion
Karrie Webb -12, Rolex Rankings No. 20
Hee Kyung Seo +2, Rolex Rankings No. 31
Rolex Rankings No. 11 Ai Miyazato fired a 7-under 65 in Saturday's third round to take the outright lead heading into the final round of the Honda LPGA Thailand. Miyazato, who won this event in 2010, leads Rolex Rankings No. 1 and defending champion Yani Tseng by one shot.
Miyazato, who led after the first round, had eight birdies and one bogey en route to taking back the lead at 14-under-par on Saturday. It was a long day for those on the top of the leaderboard, including Miyazato, as she had to return to the golf course early in the morning to complete the second round before teeing off a few hours later for third round action.
Defending champions galore: This year marks the fourth time that the Honda LPGA Thailand has been held on the Old Course at Siam Country. And for the three players who have won on this course previously - Miyazato, Tseng and Suzann Pettersen - there appears to be something they just really like about playing here in Thailand.
All three players are once again in the hunt heading into Sunday's final round. MIyazato leads at 14-under-par with Tseng, who is the defending champion, sitting one back at 13-under-par. Pettersen, who won here in 2007 and has finished no worse than T8 at this golf course, sits four shots back at 10-under par.
For Miyazato, there is no question that she feels comfortable here at Siam Country Club.
"I think i have a good feeling with this golf course," Miyazato said. "It's just the beginning of the season and a beautiful golf course and a nice temperature today. The people are really nice over here and I'm just having a really good time over here so that's why it makes me really comfortable. So that's the big reason why I can play really well out there."
Here comes Yani: It certainly didn't take long for defending champion and Rolex Rankings No. 1 Yani Tseng to make her presence felt once again near the top of the leaderboard
Tseng followed up her second-round 65 with another 65 on Saturday to put herself right back in the mix, just one shot off the lead. This week marks the first of many opportunities that Tseng will have to defend an LPGA title this season and she certainly is eager to capture a second straight victory here in Thailand.
"I hit so many great shots today and I just feel like my game is there," Tseng said. "I'm pretty confident and just will try to do it again tomorrow."
Not your typical day: 2011 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Hee Kyung Seo shot a 2-under 70 in Saturday's third round to move into a tie for 45th at 2-over-par. But Seo's round was far from ordinary as she had seven birdies to along with a 10 that she carded on the par-5 18th hole.
Seo began her round on the 10th hole and got off to a hot start. She was 3-under for her round when she headed to the 18th, which was her ninth hole of the day. A tee shot into the rough forced Seo to lay up with her second shot and she had about 100 yards remaining on her third shot. That's when the trouble started.
Her wedge shot from 100 yards landed short of the pin and rolled off the front of the green. She then hit three chip shots that rolled off the green back at her. Finally on her seventh shot of the hole, Seo hit her ball across the green. This time, she was left with a downhill chip back toward the pin. She didn't hit that one nearly far enough, nervous to hit the ball off the front again, she said. And then she two putted to finish off her 10 on the hole.
"I hope I learned a lot from that," Seo said with a slight laugh after her round. "I was just trying to hang on. I don't know. I was out of my mind after that hole."
But while it would have been easy for Seo to fold after taking a 10, she instead went on to shoot a 4-under 32 on her second nine which included back-to-back birdies on her final two holes.
"It was really hard to get back emotionally after that hole," Seo said. "It took about three holes and I had a birdie opportunity on the 10th hole and didn't make it. I was trying to think positive. Fortunately this was the third round and I had 27 more holes. So I was trying to think positive. It was a perfect round except for that one hole."
Back on track: After severe weather halted play on Friday afternoon with 14 players remaining on the course, the golfers were back at Siam Country Club early on Saturday morning to finish up the second round. Play resumed at 7:28 a.m. and the second round was officially completed at 8:27 a.m. Karrie Webb held a three-shot lead at the finish of the second round.
Everyone was able to complete the third round on Saturday but it did make for a long day for some of the leaders, including Webb who is now two shots back heading into Sunday's final round.
"It was definitely a lot steeper this evening after a 4:45 a.m. wakeup call this morning," Webb joked of the walk up the hill on the 18th. "So I'm glad to be done. There are still 18 holes to go so hopefully I'll be in good shape for tomorrow."
Hometown girl: One of the best rounds of the day belonged to 16-year-old amateur and Thailand native Ariya Jutanugarn, who shot a 7-under 65 to move into seventh at 9-under-par for the tournament.
Jutanugarn won the 2011 U.S. Junior Girls' Championship and was also named the 2011 Rolex Junior Player of the Year. She is no stranger to competing against LPGA players. In 2007 at age 11 years, 11 months and 2 days, Jutanugarn became the youngest to play in an LPGA event via qualifying.
Tweet of the Day: "With some young golfers in Thailand…" - @natalie_gulbis
Of Note…The top of the leaderboard is quite crowded heading into Sunday. There are 12 players within seven shots of the lead with 18 holes left to play in Thailand…Rolex Rankings No. 7 Jiyai Shin shot a 4-under 68 and sits two shots back at 12-under heading into Sunday's final round…There are currently two Americans - Stacy Lewis and Amanda Blumenhurst - in the top 10.
AI MIYAZATO, Rolex Rankings No. 1
Q. We'd like to welcome our current leader, Ai Miyazato, into the interview room. Congratulations on another great round out there today, a 7-under 65. I know it's been a long day out there for you, having to come out early and finish the second round. Can you just take me through your day and what it was like to get up so early and parts of two rounds today?
AI MIYAZATO; Like you said, it was a really, really long day for me. I've been up since 4 o'clock this morning so it's been awhile. But the temperature dropped down today so that helped a lot too. So that's why I think I could control myself out there. I kept a really strong focus. It was a really long day out there but I felt really good.
Q. You've had a couple chip-ins so far this week, including today. How much does that help your game?
AI MIYAZATO; I think I chipped in on the first day too so it's been like four times this week. My short game is in good shape. I just had a good feeling. I had a good image and I trusted by instincts so it was almost better than my putting laug. Why not? If you have a good image then you can chip it.
Q. We had talked before about how you won this event back in 2010. Just watching you out there it looks like you have a real comfort level out there on this golf course. Do you feel really good when you step out there on this course?
AI MIYAZATO; Yeah, I think i have a good feeling with this golf course. It's just the beginning of the season and a beautiful golf course and a nice temperature today. The people are really nice over here and I'm just having a really good time over here so that's why it makes me really comfortable. So that's the big reason why I can play really well out there.
Q. This is your first event of the season. Did you expect to be able to come out and shoot these kind of numbers right away? Or is there something different this year that has made this possible?
AI MIYAZATO; That's a good question. I just didn't have any idea when I went out there on the first day. I had a quality offseason but you never know what is going to happen you know. I just hoped that hopefully the results will follow. But so far I'm playing really good. Tomorrow I might feel some pressure because every other player is playing really good too. So I have to focus my game and just try to do my best tomorrow too.
Q. How relaxed were you today playing with Yani?
AI MIYAZATO; It was really fun. It's always fun to play with Yani. We talked a lot and I think we're very close. Just the attitude that she brings, I really like it. I think we have good vibes with each other.
Q. What topics did you talk with each other about?
AI MIYAZATO; It was just a lot of things. Not really important things but we did talk about one day practicing together. We also laughed about that since we are two different types of players, it could be a little fun. She also told me that I'm hitting the ball longer so that was a nice compliment.
Q. Did the rain last night affect the golf course and did you enjoy the cooler weather out there today?
AI MIYAZATO; I think the greens are definitely softer than yesterday and the fairway was kind of wet too. My driver distance was a little bit off. But then like I said, the greens are receptive so I could be really aggressive out there. So it was half and half, I think.
Q. How many times have you been in a playoff to decide a tournament?
AI MIYAZATO; I don't think it's many. But once on the LPGA Tour. I won it back at the 2009 Evian Masters with Sophie Gustafson.
Q. What's the most important thing tomorrow for you to win?
AI MIYAZATO; Well I think I just need to focus my game. I know everyone is going to try to be aggressive tomorrow. If I can stay in my game until the last putt, I think I have a chance tomorrow.
YANI TSENG, Rolex Rankings No. 1 and defending champion
Q. Another great round out there for you today. You're making the 18th hole look like an absolute walk in the park.
YANI TSENG: I know it was really close. I tried to make eagle on that one. I thought the ball was in but I made a good try and finishing 7-under I was really happy today.
Q. Two consecutive rounds of 7-under-par so you are one shot behind Ai Miyazato going into the final round. How good are you feeling about tomorrow?
YANI TSENG: I feel good. I am always very happy to play with Ai. I feel relaxed and we both are two very different style of players. So it's always fun to learn something from her. We talked a lot, we talked everything on the golf course. It was really fun and it kept me really relaxed. Hopefully tomorrow I can play with her too.
Q. You exploded in 2011, winning the first four events that you played in worldwide. You didn't win the first event of the LPGA season last week but how special would it be for you to repeat here?
YANI TSENG: I really want to win this tournament. To be a defending a champion would be great. I always really enjoy it out here to see a lot of fans and I'm very excited about tomorrow and looking forward to it.
Q. You hit a number of great shots out on the golf course but your second into 13 today was particularly good.
YANI TSENG: I hit so many great shots today and I just feel like my game is there. I'm pretty confident and just will try to do it again tomorrow.
Q. Your putting, you had a number of putts that were within 10 feet. It's amazing how difficult they are to read and you got many to drop today.
YANI TSENG: It was tough putting out there, the greens are tough. But I try my best. You are going to miss some but I did try my best and I hope tomorrow I will continue to drop a lot of putts.
KARRIE WEBB, Rolex Rankings No. 20
Q. A round of 71, not the best by your standards but you grinded it out on the course today
KARRIE WEBB: Yeah I'll take 1-under. I really didn't swing it well and it progressively got worse as it went on so I made some really good pars out there today when I really was struggling with my swing. I'm glad that I haven't played my way out of it, I'm only two shots back so I'll have a nice Thai massage tonight and my body will be back to normal by tomorrow hopefully.
Q. It was an early start this morning as you came out to finish the second round. You just said that the legs were feeling it on the 18th walking up that still.
KARRIE WEBB: It was definitely a lot steeper this evening after a 4:45 a.m. wakeup call this morning. So I'm glad to be done. There are still 18 holes to go so hopefully I'll be in good shape for tomorrow.
Q. You are very much in contention, you're a proven winner on the LPGA Tour with 38 career wins. Just two shots behind Ai Miyazato and Yani Tseng is one shot ahead of you, what are your thoughts going into tomorrow?
KARRIE WEBB: Hopefully I'll have more of the momentum that I had yesterday and the good swing feels and just the lightness in my body. Get out there and just play some good golf. The course this year is obviously softer than it has been. So there is going to be some low scores shot tomorrow. I think anyone from 9-under on up has a chance to win. Just go out there and play and see what I can shoot.
Q. Slippery putt there on the 18th. They aren't easy, are they?
KARRIE WEBB: No they are not. I saw Na Yeon's race by and I thought…I knew I had pushed it and that I had missed it but I didn't think I hit it four feet past so I was glad to see the next one go in.
Q. You've got a great record here in Asia. Is there something about these courses?
KARRIE WEBB: I've played particularly well at this golf course so hopefully that holds me in good sitting again tomorrow.
HEE KYUNG SEO, Rolex Rankings No. 31
Q. So to shoot a 2-under 70 and have a 10 on your card, have you ever had anything like that?
HEE KYUNG SEO: No, it was a good experience. I hope I learned a lot from that. I was just trying to hang on. I don't know. I was out of my mind after that hole.
Q. That was pretty good hanging on right there. Can you take me through 18 and what happened with the 10?
HEE KYUNG SEO: Well my drive was in the rough, I was laying up before the bunker. For my third shot, I had about 100 to the pin and I thought I got a pitching wedge and I thought it was pretty good. But it landed short of the pin and it came back. The first lie in front of the green was not so good. The grass was burned by the sun and not much grass. We had preferred lies so it was OK. But I didn't swing through enough and it came back. After two short shots, I had no idea what was happening. I finished with a 10.
Q. After three short chips, you then hit the ball over the green and had a downhill chip to the hole. What were you thinking at that point?
HEE KYUNG SEO: It was super downgrain so I was afraid it was going to fall down again so I chipped really short. And then I tried to finish with two putts. There was no meaning to why I had a 10, three or four chips down there. I just wanted to finish that hole.
Q. How were you able to go on and shoot as well as you did on the next nine holes? Were you able to just put it behind you?
HEE KYUNG SEO: It was really hard to get back emotionally after that hole. It took about three holes and I had a birdie opportunity on the 10th hole and didn't make it. I was trying to think positive. Fortunately this was the third round and I had 27 more holes. So I was trying to think positive. It was a perfect round except for that one hole.
Topics: Honda LPGA Thailand, Miyazato, Ai, Webb, Karrie, Tseng, Yani, Seo, Hee Kyung, Notes and Interviews [+]


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Corsair is offering the Force GT in three capacity sizes right off the bat; 60GB, 120GB and 240GB. Today we're looking at the 120GB model. The 120GB Force GT sits in the sweet spot, it costs less than 300 USD and offers enough capacity for you to install Windows, Office and a few games to get started. Corsair claims a read speed of 555MB/s and write speed of up to 515MB/s. These are very high numbers even for a new SATA III SandForce controlled drive. In order to achieve peak performance you will need to pair the drive with a native SATA III chipset like Intel's Z68.
Not listed on the specification sheet is the part that we're finding the most important with these new SandForce SF-2281 controlled drives, the type of flash it's paired with. The Corsair Force GT uses IMFT 25nm synchronous flash, the same found in the baseline Vertex 3. The Force 3 uses asynchronous flash and while that drive performs very well out of the box, it slows down considerably when data is present on the drive. The new GT model still slows down, but not to the same degree.
At the time of writing Newegg lists the 120GB Corsair Force GT at 289.99 USD and the 60GB model at 144.99. The 240GB model was MIA at the time of writing at Newegg and Amazon. Adding value to the total package, Corsair includes a standard 3 year warranty and an all-important desktop adapter bracket.


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Acupressure wristbands might help cancer patients experience almost a 25% less nausea during radiation treatments, a new study says. The finding, published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, also discounted the common belief that such non-Western medical treatments act more as a placebo than an actual pain reliever.
"We know the placebo effect exists; the problem is that we don't know how to measure it very well," corresponding author Joseph A. Roscoe, a research associate professor at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center, said. "In this study, we attempted to manipulate the information we gave to patients to see if their expectations about nausea could be changed. As it turned out, our information to change people's expectations had no effect, but we still found that the wristbands reduce nausea symptoms."
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Jewett's Poems Contents
Scattered Poems and Fragments
Sarah Orne JewettCollected in this page are poems and fragments from Jewett's letters and other writings. These have not been published with her other poems, and so they might easily be missed by readers hoping to read her collected poems. Readers who know of poems and fragments of verse not collected here are encouraged to contact the site manager.
[A Sonnet on Meeting Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)]
Adeline's Pepper-owl Poem, from "The Pepper-Owl" (1876)
Sarah Orne Jewett"Tell me about the kittens, love!
I long to hear you speak.
Oh, tell me everything you know!
Unclose that silver beak."Oh, do not look so sad, my dear!
And cease that dismal scowl:
Smile gently with your yellow eyes,
My useful pepper-owl!"
[A Sonnet on Meeting Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)]
This appears in an undated letter to Annie Fields c. 1886-1890.
Right here, where noisiest, narrowest is the street;
Where gaudy shops bedeck the crowded way;
Where idle newsboys in vindictive play
Dart to and fro with venturesome bare feet;
Here, where the bulletins from fort and fleet
Tell gaping readers what's amiss today,
Where sin bedizens, folly makes too gay,
And all are victims of their own conceit;
With these ephemeral insects of an hour
That war and flutter, as they downward float
In some pale sunbeam that the spring has brought,
Where this vain world is revelling in power;
I met great Emerson, serene, remote,
Like one adventuring on seas of thought.
This verse appears in a letter to Mrs. George D. Howe in Fields, Letters, dated at Chailly, 9 July, 1892.
O little pains! Mes petite breads!
I break with joy your crisp young heads
In you no dreadful soda lurks
To stab me with a thousand dirks.
Some baker immigrant should bring
You to my New World suffering.
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Newton's Group of Institutions was established in 2001 with a mission to make the best engineers with good attitude, skill and knowledge; an institute, which in due course of time to become an epicenter of knowledge for creative solutions.
Though we are in rural area, still we are in a way to create an innovate education with dedication. The management's commitment, the agility of faculty and students' alertness steer the progress of institution towards the intellectual excellence and creativity. We always adopt various methods in practical teaching to bridge the gap between education and industry. We have been able to build up excellent infrastructure for carrying out advanced research and have equipped with research laboratories.
The Group of Institutions occupies nearly 36 acres land in Alugurajupally around d 6 kms. from the town Macherla. With the magnificent Nagarjun Sagar waters on one side, and with hills and vast open spaces on others, the lawns and landscapes in the campus provide an ideal setting for learning.
We have started the first batch with three departments in engineering stream but within short time it has sprawled to different departments and courses. Now the Newton's Group is offering B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA, MBA and Polytechnic courses.
Over the past decade, the educational activities of the Newton's Group have extended beyond the campus. This has been primarily due to the collaboration established by the Institute with various industries, R&D organizations, developmental agencies, etc. This activity for all the on-campus programmes is through the finishing school which as an integral component of the academic curriculum takes the classroom for a specified period to a professional location where the students and the faculty along with the industry experts get involved in real-time problems.
Newton's Group of Institutions will do its best to offer an innovative environment wherein your dreams will be realized: start your NEW life in NEWTON's to see your dreams true and to create a change in the world.
Newton's strives to be a leader in Technical Education by excelling in Science,Technology and Management through effective Teaching, Learning and Research in viewof building an indigenous nation.
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To provide excellent teaching and research ambience
To evolve a friendly face of education with emphasis laid on Engineering, Technology and Research.
Contribute to the knowledge stand (base) through scientific enquiry, Applied Research and Innovation.
Nurturing the students to be confident and self-reliant.
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Sri. Krishna Mohan Reddy Kunduru, the Chairman of Newton's Group of Institutions, is capable of leading the institutions as a genuine team member. Positive and keen to succeed, he has exceptional interpersonal skills with an aptitude for building rapport with a diverse range of people. He is dynamic, hard-working and modest person. He can impress anyone with his pleasing manners. He rightly inherited the quality of associating with the developmental activates of the society from his father, who is a philanthropist. He can remain professional and courteous in fast-paced dynamic environments. A person with cheerful disposition, hospitality and excellent service spirit, he is an independent, self-motivated forerunner.
Secretary & Correspondent
Sri. J. Srinivasa Reddy is an Educationalist and receptive to the anticipated changes and developments in the field of Education. He is the Secretary of Newton's Group of Institutions, Chairman to Chakradhar Group of Institutions, Vice Chairman to Vagdevi Institutions.
He is with the Institution since its inception. A pragmatist to the core, he can evaluate situations objectively and achieve what is practically possible. Over the years he is successful in establishing different institutions in Palnadu region. He is proficient in planning, developing strategies, evaluating plans and making easy interpersonal relations. He has succeeded in setting new benchmarks for successful people-management.
Academic Director
Mr. Nagarjuna Reddy Kunduru received B.E. in Computer Science & Engineering from Kuvempu University, India and M.S. in Computer Information systems from University of Houston, Clearlake, USA.
He started his career as security software engineer in Identity Alliance, Fort Wayne, where he developed security applications for smartcards. He worked as software engineer in Fannie Mae, Virginia which is one of the two US government mortgage companies and developed financial service applications.
And the last 3 years of his stay in USA, he worked for Wincor Nixdorf a German company which is the World No.2 in ATM manufacturing and many banking, retail and recycling hardware and develops server side high end secured banking applications. He worked as PC/E software developer responsible for developing ATM banking server side, client side software for three different projects in Wells Fargo Bank.
He came to India with a specific mission of developing the Newton's Group of Institutions. He has taken charge of the quotidian function of the institution as an active management personal. He has a vision to develop the institute and he spends most of his time for the developmental activities of the institute. Since 2010, he is the Academic Director of Newton's Group of Institutions.
His technical experience in the field of computers for more than 10 years has helped the institution to establish IT server room with huge infrastructure and related software for automation of student, staff and daily activities of the college. All these new innovative works are helping the student utmost in making themselves self sufficient.
He is very passionate in establishing Research and Development (R&D) laboratories in all disciplines in the Newton's Group of Institutions. His efforts for innovative curriculum, percolating research culture, supporting our innovative student teams and upgrading our infrastructure with a commitment are moving further the institute to the pathways of excellence.
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A common entrance test designated as Engineering, Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) of Andhra Pradesh is conducted for entry into the first year of the Government/Private colleges in Andra Pradesh.
Seats in each course in Un-Aided Professional Institutions are classified into Category A (80% of intake) and Category B (20% of intake).
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3. Diploma candidates are eligible to apply for B.E/ B. Tech course. A pass in the Diploma examination or appearance at 3rd year Diploma Examination in Engineering conducted by the State Board of technical education and Training, A.P. or its equivalent thereto is needed to apply. For more Admission Details...
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Applications are invited for Post-graduate Engineering common Entrance Test (PGECET) for admission into Master of Engineering degree (M.E / M.Tech) and other master degree programs in Andhra Pradesh. A good opportunity for Non GATE students to appear for this test and try some of the state universities for Master degree (M.Tech) admissions in Andhra Pradesh, but unfortunately the candidates are considered after GATE candidates.
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Common Entrance Examination for admission into Polytechnics (CEEP 2012) is conducted by the State Board of Technical Education and Training, Hyderabad for seeking admissions into all Diploma coursesin Engineering / Non Engineering / Technology offered at Polytechnics / institutions (including aided and unaided private Polytechnics / institutions running as 2nd shift in Pvt. Engineering colleges) in Andhra Pradesh State for the academic year 2012-2013.
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Nashville , Tennessee
Tel: 615 340 9333
Fax: 615 340 0010
From the editors of Condé Nast Traveler:
Visitors to Nashville were long forced to alternate between the sprawling Vegas-without-vice Gaylord Opryland, the stodgy Hermitage, and a smattering of chain hotels that cheesily play off the city's musical heritage (think glowing jukeboxes and "Ring of Fire" on repeat sound tracks). At the Hutton, the first hotel to truly capture the city's sophistication, you're greeted by striking local art and friendly staff eager to point you toward underground bluegrass shows, hip vintage boutiques, and the newest resto-lounges. The 1808 Grille bar/restaurant draws Music Row power players, who close deals over haute home-cooking (try the pulled-pork risotto balls). Guest rooms have a comfy polish: Plush pillowtop beds are backed by tufted headboards, and cozy reading nooks are lit with sultry red pendant lamps. You'll find the luxury standard bearersspacious rain showers, flat-screen TVsas well as green initiatives like sensors that turn the power off when you're out, bamboo furnishings, and low-flow toilets. A hybrid car shuttles guests from the hotel's West End location to downtown's tourist attractions and honky-tonks, and you're a short walk away from Vanderbilt University, the kitschy concrete Parthenon, meat-and-three-sides diners, and chichi wine bars.2010 Hot ListWhich room to book: Upgrade to a room with additional media offerings, or business amenities, or fitness equipment for less than the cost of a round of drinks.


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Lego shoveling money into...?
Posted by Huw,That strange headline is Google's translation of the title of an article published today on the Danish site Jyllands-Posten. 'Lego skovler penge ind'. I think it means 'LEGO is making loads of money' :-)
The jist of the article, courtesy of Google translate, is that despite difficult economic times, LEGO continues to increase its profit and that LEGO Friends has been a huge success, with sales of the range more than double their initial expectations.
Read it for yourself, through Google Translate. (thanks icey117)
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I'm told that "Lego shovels in money" is more accurate.
No, Paul - it's us that are shovelling money...into the LEGO coffers.
if you read my post in the forum, you will understand:
Lego came out with their half year results this morning, and they are good
Thanks especially to Friends
Jylland posten is just commenting on the results
I've found the press release, let's cancel this article and start again :-)
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The Florida congresswoman said that what she saw gave her pause in recommending the Red Cross as a venue for donations. "I wouldn't say that," she said when asked if the Red Cross was the best place for listeners to donate, adding later that she could not "unequivocally" recommend the relief group.Millions of dollars have flowed into Haiti since a large earthquake devastated its capital, Port au Prince, in late January.
In post-earthquake Port-au-Prince, rainstorms -- including several brief ones over the past week -- lift refuse out of piles and spread it across streets and camps. With the ooze -- an awful melange of rotting fruit, chicken bones and human waste -- comes a smell that brings to mind spoiled milk and gangrenous wounds.
Until recently, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) had been saying that 218,000 people living in so-called red sites around the capital Port-au-Prince would have to move.
Since January's earthquake, Americans have already given $800.9 million in private donations to help the country rebuild. The money has gone to 23 charities that ABC News has been tracking. Only about 37 percent of the money has been spent. Nearly $588 million in donations is still sitting on the sidelines, as millions of Haitians continue to suffer.Charities say that spending too quickly would risk creating waste and robbing money from the long-term work that must be done. But while they plan for the long-term, there is an immediate crisis.More than a million people are homeless and a fifth of them still have no shelter, with the rainy season officially starting Friday and the hurricane season just around the corner.
Most of the news reported over the past week by AHP News and Radio Solidarité has focused on the many conferences and preparatory meetings convened by the international community as well as the Haitian private sector, the Haitian Diaspora, commissions of the Haitian Parliament, civil society organizations and NGOs, and individual governments. Surely the sheer breadth and number of these meetings should be enough to indicate the high stakes involved. There can also be no question that Haitians are well able to match the international organizations and governments - if not with equal resources to hold meetings, at least with expertise, focus, commitment and passion. Some of these meetings were already taking place before the nightmare of the January 12th earthquake. Some draw upon documents prepared in recent years. All of them indicate a capacity and willingness to hold consultations on the question of rebuilding a better Haiti.
The detainees have received little or no mental health care for the trauma they suffered, lawyers at the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center said, despite an offer of free treatment at the jail by a local Creole-speaking psychotherapist.
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UTICA — Most people would agree the first few minutes and the last few are the most important of a basketball game.
The Utica boys basketball team found that out the hard way Saturday in the Division II sectional tournament.
London jumped out to a 14-3 lead early in the first, but it was a 16-3 run in the final two-plus minutes that helped the Red Raiders upset the host Redskins, 65-61.
"Give credit to London. They kept playing hard and made the plays they needed down the stretch," said Utica coach Brian Radabaugh. "I think they made their last six or seven shots. You can't turn the ball over like we did and expect to win the game, especially down the stretch."
Utica (10-13) had responded to that early run thanks to the play of senior Luke Holmes. Holmes scored nine straight and helped the Redskins take the lead later in the game. Leading 58-49 with 2:40 left in the game, it looked like the Redskins were going to advance.
But, four Utica turnovers and a hot shooting London squad turned the Utica gymnasium on its ear in the final minutes. The Red Raiders (9-13) blitzed Utica for 15 straight before Spencer Kendall hit a three-pointer with four seconds remaining in the game.
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It concluded that the national bill would have little effect on how many of its residents got coverage, "making it an unlikely place for a referendum on the health care bill." As for the point Richard Parker was making, well, the Times missed it.
The PBS NewsHour didn't stray far off the reservation either. It assembled a panel of its usual experts, The Washington Post's Ceci Connolly and National Journal's Amy Walter, and added Jennifer Nassour, chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party. Much of what they explored was predictable—are people angry; is Massachusetts as blue as everyone thought; what about those independents?
Massour did give some reasons for voter frustration, but no one connected any dots. She said that "Democrats in the [Massachusetts] House and the Senate decided that right now is a great time to increase our sales tax by 25 percent during a recession." It's reasonable to assume that people are unhappy about the tax, but the NewsHour show did not mention the reason for the hike: the state needed the money to pay for health reform. Massachusetts has no dedicated funding source for the subsidies it pays people to buy insurance, and the cost of those subsidies goes up because medical costs keep going up. It's a shame the NewsHour didn't link the tax increase to the lack of cost control in the Massachusetts law and the federal bill. How far that would have gone toward public understanding.
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State Attorney General warns borrowers to avoid mortgage-related scams
BREMERTON – Al Davis has never piled up credit card bills, avoids lines of credit or even car loans. "I've always liked to save for what I want," Davis this week told a staff member at the Attorney General's Office.
But careful financial practices didn't protect Al from being affected by the mortgage woes that have plagued the country and the state in recent years. Davis's recession-battered employer, a local contractor, closed its doors in 2010. Then major heart surgery left him with more than $10,000 in out-of-pocket expenses. He found work but for much less pay. He started to miss some of the mortgage payments on his Bremerton home. Offers of help – for a fee – started to arrive after he received a foreclosure notice.
"They were coming left and right," said Davis. "By mail, e-mail – any form of contact they could come up with."
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna warns consumers about these kinds of offers. He says questionable operators scour public records to find foreclosure notices and then blanket struggling borrowers with deceptive offers.
"Unfortunately, there are many individuals and businesses trying to take advantage of people who are about to lose their homes," said McKenna. "Do not accept offers of help that come with a price tag. Al did the right thing and contacted one of the many non-profits standing by to provide free help. "That's what we encourage everyone to do." McKenna was in town promoting the Washington Homeownership Information Hotline, which connects struggling borrowers with counselors, such as those at American Financial Solutions. The Bremerton non-profit helped Davis renegotiate his loan, saving him about $300 a month – enough to give him a shot at keeping his home. They also helped Bremerton's Lighton Frazier, who ran into trouble when her family's income dropped.
"I was in a very desperate situation," said Frazier. "We applied for a modification four times. Each time it took months and each time we were rejected."
American Financial Solutions helped save her about $450 a month through a loan modification. "We receive calls on a daily basis from borrowers dealing with a bunch of financial challenges all at once – job losses, overdue credit card bills and mortgage rates that are adjusting up," said Barbara Mascarin, Director of Operations of the non-profit's Bremerton office. "We want people to know they're not alone and that help is available."
McKenna used funds from settlements with mortgage lenders to help fund the Washington Homeownership Information Hotline. He says stories like Davis's and Frazier's are why his office spends so much time righting wrongs in the mortgage-lending industry. That work recently involved helping lead negotiations that resulted in a $25 billion settlement with the five biggest lenders.
McKenna noted that discussions are ongoing about how a portion – about $45 million – of Washington state's proceeds from the settlement might help support programs such as those that provide homeowner counseling.
According to RealtyTrac, which markets foreclosed properties, 1 in every 1,582 Washington state homes and condos received a foreclosure filing in March. Trends in Kitsap County are marginally higher.
"The bottom line is that if you think you might be at risk of foreclosure, call the Washington State Homeownership Hotline at 1-877-894-HOME," said McKenna. "Don't accept any offer from someone who wants you to pay for help obtaining a lower mortgage payment."
McKenna's office distributed $600,000 from a 2008 settlement with Countrywide/Bank of America and $550,000 from the Wachovia Wells Fargo settlement to assist the Washington State Homeownership Hotline. The service provides homeowners with HUD-approved counselors who walk borrowers through the process of finding out if their homes may be saved.
McKenna warns that if a consumer faces foreclosure or the risk of foreclosure:
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Contacts:Janelle Guthrie, Director of Communications, (360) 586-0725