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I like that you can do these things with Siri but honestly the necessary steps far outweigh the practicality. Wouldn't it just be easier to swipe up from CC and tap pause, play, etc.? Maybe runners/athletes find this useful?
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My thoughts exactly.
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I agree that starting up a song, album, playlist, etc. is pretty useful through Siri and I agree with car use, but I still feel that holding down the home-button (or even however your car activates Siri) is more of a hassle and more time consuming than just tapping the directional arrows or play/pause button.
Which is what I said. Play/pause/skip still works best with the finger controls. Either on the steering wheel or dashboard. The touchscreen has no tactile feel to let me know WHERE my finger is before I tap a button and my eyes need to stay looking ahead, not down at the phone. :)
The steering wheel or dash controls and the iPhone Home button I can all locate by just knowing where they are and feel. The on-screen controls, not so much.
Ahh okay! I understand now. :-)
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Now if only such basic commands were baked into the local computer and not have to connect to servers for her to understand me. I have a phone plan without paying for data (the 5s with the $25 GoPhone plan, a few minutes, unlimited texting, but no data), you would think small stuff like this doesn't take much memory?
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For the record it's like having a PDA without an internet connection; I use it as an organizer as well, that's why I have a smartphone yet don't pay for data.
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I just wish we could unlock our iPhones via Siri, what use is a voice command if you cant have it read your messages without having to unlock it http://www.made4nonsense.com/siri-unlock-my-phone/
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- Metal Address Plate for the Gas Industry Salaried Officers Federation, circa 1980-1985. It is one of a set of 34 Address Plates used on a label printing machine which was employed for circularisation of mail to unions affiliated with the Victorian Trades Hall Council.
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Frank Underwood (House of Cards)
|Frank Underwood
|House of Cards character
Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood
|First appearance
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|Full name
|Francis J. Underwood
|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 5th congressional district
(Season 1)
Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives
(Season 1)
Vice President of the United States
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President of the United States
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|Juris Doctor
|Claire Underwood
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|Gaffney, South Carolina
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|The Sentinel, Harvard Law School
|Francis Urquhart
Francis J. "Frank" Underwood is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American version of House of Cards. He is portrayed by Kevin Spacey. He is a variation of Francis Urquhart, the protagonist of the British novel and television series House of Cards, from which the American Netflix series is adapted. He is married to Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), but also had a sexual relationship with Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) in season 1. He made his first appearance in the series' pilot episode, "Chapter 1".
Underwood is from Gaffney, South Carolina. He graduated from The Sentinel, a fictionalized version of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and Harvard Law School. Some of Underwood's dialogue throughout the series is presented in a direct address to the audience, a narrative technique that breaks the fourth wall. The character speaks in a Southern dialect. During season 1, he is the Democratic Majority Whip in the United States House of Representatives. In season 2, he is the newly appointed Vice President of the United States, before becoming President of the United States in the season finale.
The character has been described as manipulative, conniving, Machiavellian, and even evil and homicidal, while receiving significant critical praise as one of 21st century television's antiheroes. Spacey shared the distinction of being among the first three leading web television roles to be nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards when the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on July 18, 2013. Spacey's portrayal of Underwood is the only one of those three to earn a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series nomination. Spacey has also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, winning one, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, including one cast nomination and including one win, for his performance.
Background and description[edit]
Francis J. Underwood was born around the year 1959 to Calvin T. Underwood (1935–1978) and Catherine Underwood in Gaffney, South Carolina.[1] He graduated from The Sentinel, The Military College of South Carolina—and Harvard Law School. He speaks in a southern dialect.[2][1][3] Underwood's great-great-great grandfather was fictional Corporal Augustus Elijah Underwood, who died at the age of 24 serving the 12th Regiment of McGowan's Brigade at the Bloody Angle engagement in the American Civil War. Underwood's great-great grandfather was 2 when his father was killed.[4] Publicly, Underwood speaks fondly of his father, who died at age 43 of a heart attack,[5] as a political ploy; in reality, he hardly knew his father, and did not think much of him.[6] Nonetheless, he was influenced by his father.[7] In Season 2's finale, he says that, at the age of thirteen, he walked in on his father putting a shotgun in his mouth, and that his father asked him to pull the trigger. Underwood says that his biggest regret is that he did not do it, as his father's alcoholism and abuse caused the family several more years of misery.[8]
Much of Underwood's dialogue throughout the series is presented in a direct address to the audience, a narrative technique that breaks the fourth wall.[9] Immediately prior to starring in House of Cards, Spacey had starred in a production of William Shakespeare's Richard III as Richard III of England,[9][10] a character that serves as a partial basis for both Urquhart and Underwood.[11] He may have been named by the show's creators after Oscar Underwood, who served as the first Democratic House Minority Whip from about 1900 to 1901.[12] Among his few vices are smoking cigarettes. He has a hobby of playing video games;[13] when his online gaming service becomes unavailable after he becomes Vice President, he takes up creating model figurines.
Spacey viewed portraying Underwood for a second season as a continuing learning process. "There is so much I don't know about Francis, so much that I'm learning... I've always thought that the profession closest to that of an actor is being a detective... We are given clues by writers... Then you lay them all out and try to make them come alive as a character who's complex and surprising, maybe even to yourself."[14]
Underwood's sexuality is ambiguous throughout much of the first two seasons; he has sexual liaisons with both men and women, but he is never explicitly identified as gay or bisexual. Before Season 2, various sources speculated about his homosexuality. The New York Times blog review of "Chapter 8" notes that he had a one semester experience with homosexuality in college.[15] According to David Carr and Ashley Parker, although it is unclear how his youthful homosexual experience influenced his choices, we never see Frank and Claire have sex in season 1.[15] Slate journalist Hanna Rosin notes that, if Frank and Claire Underwood were a real-life Washington couple and they were found each to be having an affair, Frank would be accused of being "secretly gay, turned on by women only when he can use them for a pure power play".[16] Other sources make no definite stance on Underwood's sexuality, but hypothesize that he is not sexually attracted to Claire.[17] In season 2, Frank is involved in a threesome with his wife and male Secret service agent Edward Meechum (Nathan Darrow),[18] while in season 3 there is a moment of sexual tension between Frank and his biographer, Tom Yates (Paul Sparks).
Underwood vs. Urquhart[edit]
Underwood is an Americanized version of the original BBC series' lead character Francis Urquhart, a Machiavellian post-Margaret Thatcher Chief Whip of the Conservative Party. Urquhart employs deceit, cunning, murder, and blackmail to influence and pursue the office of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. According to series producer Beau Willimon, the change in last name stemmed from the "Dickensian" feeling and "more legitimately American" sounding resonance of the name Underwood. Whereas Urquhart is an aristocrat by birth, Underwood is a self-made man.[19] Urquhart was one of television's first antiheroes,[11] whereas Underwood follows the more recent rash of antiheroes that includes Tony Soprano of The Sopranos, Walter White of Breaking Bad, and Dexter Morgan of Dexter.[10] However, unlike most other antiheroes, Underwood is not forced into immorality either by circumstance (White), birth (Soprano) or upbringing (Morgan). In his review of Season 2, Slant Magazine 's Alan Jones writes that Underwood is evil by choice.[20] Although the character is based on the BBC show's lead character, in interviews during the writing and filming of season 2, creator and showrunner Willimon said that he used Lyndon B. Johnson as a source of themes and issues addressed in House of Cards.[21] Unlike the right-leaning Urquhart, who is affiliated with the Conservative Party, the centrist Underwood is a member of the Democratic Party, but cares little for ideology in favor of "ruthless pragmatism" in furthering his own political influence and power.[1]
Relationships with Claire[edit]
Stelter described Frank and Claire Underwood as a "scheming" couple.[22] Michael Dobbs compares the compelling nature of their relationship favorably to the characters in the original British show and likens them to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.[11] Frank has strong feelings for Claire, and frequently plots with her at night. He says "I love that woman, I love her more than sharks love blood."[23] While Frank is Machiavellian, Claire, like Lady Macbeth, encourages her husband to do whatever is necessary to seize power.[24][25] Hank Stuever of The Washington Post describes her as an ice-queen wife.[26] She encourages his vices while noting her disapproval of his weakness, saying, "My husband doesn't apologize... even to me."[25] Her overt encouragement gives a credibility to their symbiosis.[27] Smith says "The Underwoods have proven themselves almost robotic in their pursuit of power."[28] Upon viewing a four-episode preview of season 2, Goodman says the series "...sells husband and wife power-at-all-costs couple...as a little too oily and reptilian for anyone's good."[29] Willimon notes that "What's extraordinary about Frank and Claire is there is deep love and mutual respect, but the way they achieve this is by operating on a completely different set of rules than the rest of us typically do."[30] Los Angeles Times critic Mary McNamara makes the case that House of Cards is a love story on many levels, but most importantly between Frank and Claire. It is a story about a man who will commit almost any crime imaginable while in pursuit of power and a political wife who gives him the encouragement to pursue that power.[31]
Relationships with Zoe Barnes[edit]
Underwood develops an intimate relationship with Washington Herald and Slugline reporter Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara), with Claire's knowledge.[19] As the show begins, Barnes is desperate to rise from covering the Fairfax County Council beat to covering "'what's behind the veil' of power in the Capitol hallways."[26] By the end of the first episode, Barnes is among the cadre of Frank's accomplices. They begin a relationship, with Zoe promising to earn his trust and not "ask any questions" in return for his supplying her with sensitive political information.[25] Toward the end of Season 1, she ends their personal relationship and begins investigating his connection to Congressman Peter Russo's apparent suicide (Underwood had in fact killed him by locking him in his car in a closed garage).[28] Frank ultimately kills Zoe in the season 2 premiere, by pushing her in front of an oncoming Washington Metro train after she begins to follow clues related to the murder.[32]
Breaking the Fourth Wall[edit]
Spacey summed up Underwood's relationship with the viewer - i.e. whenever he breaks the fourth wall - as being like that of a "best friend" and "the person [he trusts] more than anyone."[33] Indeed, Underwood's constant asides to the camera serve as a reminder of his intentions, and usually reveal his actual opinions on people that he is interacting with - he may, in one instance, smile to one of his colleagues' faces, but then tell the viewer of the disgust he feels for that individual. In this sense, the viewer serves as Frank's closest confidante over the course of the series. During these asides, he will try and justify his actions and address moral qualms or concerns the viewer may have - in the season 2 premiere, after having gone the whole episode without doing so, Frank addresses the viewer directly, and immediately brings up his recent murder of Zoe Barnes, justifying himself by saying that she would have just become a thorn in his side later. In addition, in season 3, after an argument with Claire that ends with her storming out on him, he looks directly at the viewer and snaps, "What're you lookin' at?"
Season 1[edit]
"Power is a lot like real estate. It's all about location, location, location. The closer you are to the source, the higher your property value."
At the start of the show, Underwood is a Democratic Majority Whip in the House of Representatives, representing South Carolina's 5th congressional district since 1990.[1][34][35]
Underwood is passed over for an appointment as United States Secretary of State even though he had been promised the position after ensuring the election of Garrett Walker (Michel Gill) as President. Walker's Chief of Staff Linda Vasquez (Sakina Jaffrey) gives him this news prior to the January 2013 United States presidential inauguration. With the aid of Claire, and his own Chief of Staff Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly), Underwood uses his position as House Whip to seek retribution. He quickly allies with Washington Herald reporter Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara), whom he uses to undermine his rivals via the press, and begins manipulating Pennsylvania Rep. Peter Russo (Corey Stoll), who is manipulated into dropping out of the Pennsylvania governor's race, then killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. The viciousness of Underwood's manipulations escalates over the course of the season.[10] In the season finale, "Chapter 13", he is appointed Vice President to replace Jim Matthews (Dan Ziskie), whom he had manipulated into resigning earlier in the season.
According to Time television critic James Poniewozik, by the end of the first episode, it becomes clear that Underwood both literally and figuratively uses meat as his metaphor of choice. He may begin a day with a celebratory rack of ribs, because "I'm feelin' hungry today!", and he depicts his life with meat metaphors. For example, he describes the White House Chief of Staff with grudging admiration: "She's as tough as a two-dollar steak", and plans to destroy an enemy the way "you devour a whale. One bite at a time". He also endures a tedious weekly meeting with House leaders, as he tells the audience, by "[imagining] their lightly salted faces frying in a skillet."[27]
Season 2[edit]
"There are two types of vice presidents: doormats and matadors. Which do you think I intend to be?"
Underwood assumes the position of Vice President of the United States. Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter notes that with his new position "he's got more power now and that means he instills more fear in his enemies".[29] At one point during the season, he states "The road to power is paved with hypocrisy and casualties. I need to prove what the vice president is capable of."[36] Frank and Claire "continue their ruthless rise to power as threats mount on all fronts."[37] Over the course of the season, Underwood "faces challenges from similarly ambitious businessmen, the Chinese government and Congress itself" as he continues to pursue his political aspirations.[38] His plotline revolves around battles with billionaire Raymond Tusk (Gerald McRaney), involving Chinese money laundering. Over the course of the season his biggest challenges are the institutional power of the Office of the President and Tusk's power as a billionaire industrialist.[39]
According to Sara Smith of The Kansas City Star, Underwood fails to break the fourth wall as he had done throughout the first season until the end of the first episode in this season, when he finally asks the audience "Did you think I'd forgotten you? Perhaps you hoped I had."[28] Subsequently, Underwood begins with his trademark fourth wall statements beginning with "For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no mercy. There is but one rule: Hunt or be hunted."[28] He finds new rivals in Tusk, who seeks to replace him as Walker's right-hand adviser, and his former communications director, Remy Danton (Mahershala Ali), who is now a lobbyist working with Tusk.[28]
At the beginning of the season, Underwood is trying to erase all links to Russo's death.[40] Thus, he kills Barnes by shoving her in front of an oncoming Washington Metro train.[41] Another early task for newly promoted Underwood is finding his own replacement as House Majority Whip. He supports Jacqueline Sharp (Molly Parker), a military veteran and third-term Representative from California, although he refrains from offering public backing.[42]
Toward the end of the season, Underwood orchestrates Walker's downfall. He secretly leaks the details of the money laundering, for which Walker is blamed. While publicly supporting Walker, Underwood works behind the scenes to have him impeached, with Sharp's help. In the season finale, "Chapter 26", Walker resigns, and Underwood succeeds him as President of the United States.
Frank and Claire engage in a threesome during the season, but have otherwise largely given up intramarital and extramarital sex in favor of their pursuit of power. International Business Times critic Ellen Killoran notes that this may relate back to Frank's quotation of Oscar Wilde in Season 1: "A great man once said, everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power." Avoiding sex may retain the balance of power in their relationship.[43] His relationship with Claire is the epicenter of season 2.[44]
Season 3[edit]
"When they bury me, it won't be in my backyard, and when they come to pay their respects, they'll have to wait in line."
Season 3 begins with Frank's presidency off to a rocky start: six months into his term, he is unpopular with the public, and Congress is blocking his attempts to move legislation forward. He plans to secure his legacy with an ambitious jobs bill, America Works, but the Democratic Congressional leadership refuses to support it; they also tell him that they will not support him if he seeks the presidential nomination in the next election. To make matters worse, Claire's run for a United Nations post is defeated after she makes a gaffe during a Senate nomination hearing. Frank then announces that he will not run for president, and advocates for the jobs bill, which he intends to pay for by stripping entitlement programs. He fails to get the jobs bill through Congress and uses that as a reason to renege on his promise to not run in 2016. Solicitor General Heather Dunbar announces that she will seek the presidential nomination, and actually gives Frank a battle. Frank convinces Jackie Sharp to get married so she can announce her candidacy, for the sole reason of sapping women's votes from Dunbar, at which point she will withdraw and accept the nomination for VP. After the presidential debate, where Frank attacks Dunbar and Sharp, she announces her withdrawal from the race, and gives her support to Dunbar. Ultimately, however, Frank wins the Iowa caucuses.
Meanwhile, the Underwoods' marriage is faltering. Frank gives Claire the ambassador job in a recess appointment, but she is forced to resign in order to solve a diplomatic crisis. Claire begins to question whether she still loves Frank, and they get into an ugly fight in which Frank tells her that she is nothing without him. Season 3 ends with Claire leaving Frank as he prepares for the New Hampshire primary.[46]
Critical response[edit]
Season 1[edit]
The New York Times' David Itzkoff called Underwood a "scheming politician" who does "some of the most evil and underhanded things imaginable".[47] Brian Stelter of The New York Times said Underwood "…is on a quest for power that's just as suspenseful as anything on television."[3] New York Daily News critic Don Kaplan says "…conniving Congressman Frank Underwood, is easily one of the most complex antiheroes on TV — except he's not on TV".[48] David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle describes the character as one who "all but salivates over the chance to use his considerable power to gain more power, especially if it involves pulling the rug out from under some colleagues and the wool over the eyes of others."[49]
Director David Fincher describes the character as a "Machiavellian taking you under his wing and walking you through the corridors of power, explaining the totally mundane and crass on a mechanical level to the most grotesque manipulations of a system that is set up to have all these checks and balances".[19] Beau Willimon describes him as "remorselessly self-interested, desiring power for power's sake".[11] Andrew Davies, the producer of the original UK TV series, feels that Underwood lacks the "charm" of the original character, Francis Urquhart.[19]
The Independent praised Spacey's portrayal as a more "menacing" character, "hiding his rage behind Southern charm and old-fashioned courtesy,"[11] while The New Republic noted that "When Urquhart addressed the audience, it was partly in the spirit of conspiratorial fun. His asides sparked with wit. He wasn't just ruthlessly striving, he was amusing himself, mocking the ridiculousness of his milieu. There is no impishness about Spacey's Frank Underwood, just numb, machine-like ambition. Even his affection for his wife is a calculation."[10]
Poniewozik praises Underwood's accent, saying "Spacey gives Underwood a silky Southern accent you could pour over crushed ice and sip with a sprig of mint on Derby Day."[27] Nancy deWolf Smith of The Wall Street Journal describes the accent as a "mild but sometimes missing Carolina accent".[23] Time listed Frank Underwood among the 11 most influential fictional characters in 2013.[50]
According to Salon 's David Sirota, by making Underwood a liberal rather than a conservative "'House of Cards' is avoiding the standard cartoonish portrayal of Washington as a place of Evil-And-Powerful Conservatives and Idealistic-But-Powerless Liberals. Instead, it is more honestly admitting that in many cases, both parties' leaders are equally vicious, powerful and corrupt."[1]
Spacey says he followed the real life House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy in order to add realism to his portrayal. He also claims that the portrayal of a Congress that is efficient and effective is both enviable and realistic.[51]
Season 2[edit]
According The Kansas City Star 's Smith, "Frank hasn't changed, and neither has his brand of Machiavellian political theater" and "Spacey has lost none of his smarmy magnetism as the cartoonish villain".[28] According to Variety 's Brian Lowry, "Kevin Spacey's showy performance as an unscrupulous politician" is foremost among the show's strengths, but the show's weakness is the "failure to present its scheming protagonist with equally matched foes".[52] Lowry feels that as conniving as Underwood is, it is unfathomable that "nobody else in a town built on power seems particularly adept at recognizing this or combating him".[52] Goodman says "Spacey is nothing if not constantly magnetic".[29] The delayed use of the fourth wall is perceived as clever.[29] Alison Willmore of Indiewire says that "Unlike Walter White or Tony Soprano, Frank feels at peace with his ruthless pragmatism and what he does in pursuit of power, and reminds us of the fact in his asides to the camera...he may be a ruthless sociopath, but there's something to admire there".[53] However Willmore noted that Frank became lighter in season 2 noting that the season was "...delivered with more of a wink by Frank than before."[53]
Poniewozik notes that "It also remains a delight to watch Spacey pump the humid breath of life into House of Cards' arid Capitol chill. If only his character weren't so dominant of his surroundings as well. One reason the series' movements can feel so mechanical is that, so far, no one seems nearly in Underwood's league: not the adversaries he battles directly, nor the sad sacks that he gulls without their even knowing it."[13] Chuck Barney of the San Jose Mercury News notes that the preview episodes show that "Frank's "Survivor"-like back-stabbing is beginning to feel a bit repetitive." and that his lack of an adversarial foil has become an issue: "...things always seem to fall neatly into place for him. Even his showdowns with the president (Michel Gill) come off as one-sided..."[54] Verne Gay of Newsday notes that "Frank Underwood has no remorse, no superannuated sense of Washington tradition or decorum, and certainly no second thoughts. He is TV's perfect monster of the moment - a compleat malefactor, with a pleasing honey-toned drawl."[55]
Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times says "By positing a Johnsonesque power broker and master schemer who wields cabalistic influence behind the scenes, House of Cards assigns order and purpose to what, in real life, is too often just an endless, baffling tick-tack-toe stalemate."[56] NPR's Eric Deggans says that Underwood "blends velvety charm and mesmerizing menace like no other character on television".[57]
New York Observer critic Drew Grant notes that although the series aired during the golden age of dramatic antiheroes, Underwood's villainy has become trite: "House of Cards is a good reminder, however, that there is a reason Iago wasn't the center of Othello. Unrelenting, unexplained cruelty can be as pedantic as constant kindness."[58]
Awards and nominations[edit]
At the 3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards, Spacey was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Underwood.[59]
On July 18, 2013, Netflix earned the first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for original online only web television for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. Three of its web series, Arrested Development, Hemlock Grove, and House of Cards, earned nominations.[22] For the first time, three Primetime Emmy nominations for lead roles were from web television series: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series to Spacey for his portrayal of Frank Underwood, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series to Robin Wright for her portrayal of Claire Underwood, and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series to Jason Bateman for his portrayal of Michael Bluth in Arrested Development.[22] Spacey submitted "Chapter 1" for consideration to earn his nomination.[60] Spacey also earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama and a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series nominations.[61][62]
In season 2, Spacey won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.[63][64][65][66][67]
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Big 3 help Heat even NBA Finals with Spurs
The revelry in south Florida was marred Thursday by an accident in which the packed deck behind a popular sports bar collapsed during the game, spilling patrons into Biscayne Bay. Miami Dade Fire Chief David Downey said 24 people were transported to area hospitals, and that two people were in serious condition.
Back in San Antonio, the Heat put it away early in the fourth quarter.
Wade, battling right knee pain throughout the spring, followed a basket with a steal and dunk, pushing the lead to 90-81, and after he made another jumper, Bosh scored the next six Heat points, taking the load off of James.
"We're not going to put him on an island," Bosh said. "He's never alone. We're out there with him."
The Heat switched their lineup, inserting Mike Miller, who made 10 of his 11 shots, going 9 of 10 on 3-pointers, in the first three games of the series. They changed uniforms, too, switching from their road reds to their blacks.
The only change they really needed was in the performances of their Big Three.
James called it a "must-win" and it probably was: No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals.
And the way their three stars played, they couldn't lose.
The Heat blocked shots, made stops, and occasionally flopped, playing with renewed aggression after what coach Erik Spoelstra called a "miserable" day of watching and analyzing their passive performance from Tuesday.
They still haven't lost two in a row since Jan. 8 and 10.
Parker played through a strained right hamstring, shooting 7 of 16, but the Spurs couldn't match the Heat's speed.
After the teams traded blowouts in the previous two games, momentum swung wildly in a first half that ended tied at 49. San Antonio raced to a quick 10-point lead, fell behind by 10 with 7 minutes left in the half, then finished with an 11-2 spurt sparked by reserve Boris Diaw. Bosh dove for a dunk that came just after the buzzer, Spurs owner Peter Holt waving it off from his seat along the sideline.
James rocked back and forth during the national anthem, a bundle of energy ready to get going. It took a few minutes after the game started, but he began playing with the speed and power that can make him unguardable, grabbing rebounds on defense and rushing the ball up the floor himself to get the Heat into their offense.
He and Wade combined to make 10 of 11 shots and score 21 points in the first quarter, helping the Heat erase their early 10-point deficit to go ahead 29-26.
Popovich even lit into Duncan during an early second-quarter timeout with Miami on its way to a 41-31 advantage, but the Spurs had it back to even by the time the teams headed to the locker room.
Notes: Sebastien De La Cruz, an 11-year-old mariachi singer, sang the national anthem again after his Game 3 performance set off a barrage of racist tweets by what Popovich called "idiots." Popovich and Spoelstra congratulated him at midcourt after his performance, which earned him a rousing ovation. ... James passed Hakeem Olajuwon (3,755 points) to move into the top 10 in career playoff scoring. James has 3,777.
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How can I implement a Preference that displays a simple yes/no confirmation dialog?
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How can I implement a Preference that displays a simple yes/no confirmation dialog?
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That is a simple alert dialog, Federico gave you a site where you can look things up.
Here is a short example of how an alert dialog can be built.
Android comes with a built-in YesNoPreference class that does exactly what you want (a confirm dialog with yes and no options). See the official source code here.
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A new bike park is nearing completion in Twin Falls, Idaho. The one-acre site is adjacent to the Rock Creek bike path. Trail Specialist Jason Wells with IMBA Trail Solutions is leading the construction project. Local bike shop owners Bob and Robin... Read More / Post Comments
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The new Bell Built bike park in Steamboat Springs, CO, is attracting both experienced riders and the next generation of rippers, as reported in this article from Steamboat Today. Developed by the City of Steamboat Springs, the Routt County Riders (... Read More / Post Comments
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Trek Bicycles is one of IMBA's biggest supporters so Trail Solutions was happy to assist the company with the development of a new dirt jump line at their headquarters in Waterloo, WI. Working with Trek's resident trail builder, Dewayne Buratti, and... Read More / Post Comments


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Keep Score of Your Internationalization Efforts
Those in the localization industry have become more aware of the importance of internationalization as a part of their overall globalization efforts. Software internationalization in particular can be difficult to articulate and efforts can be prone to errors without the proper help.
Lingoport has come across a number of companies that have issues with tracking the status of their internationalization efforts, resulting in hindered global development cycles. A delay in internationalization is compounded to further …
Globalyzer 3.5 Released; Helps Companies Gain Edge in International Markets
With the emergence of international markets as an alternative to a struggling domestic market, companies are looking towards expanding their reach to more foreign markets. In an article published by The China Daily, it is noted that exports have accounted for half of all economic growth since 2009 in the US.
Lingoport's release of Globalyzer 3.5 is a step forward in internationalization tools. Software companies can more easily streamline their internationalization process in …
Worldware Presentation – The New Information Revolution
Information is being created more quickly and by more people every day. Anybody with internet access now has the ability to spread news and information at broadband speeds. This means that news is coming from millions of point sources, enhancing the web of information that we have already come to know. This information revolution presents a crossroads for companies: get lost in the clutter, or stand out like never before. In this presentation, Andrew Bredenkamp …
Worldware Presentation – I18n Assessments
Software internationalization can be a seemingly arduous task that is difficult to track. The fact is that there are methods to map out and track product globalization; ways that remain compliant and standardized. Speakers from three companies, Adobe, Autodesk and Yahoo!, share their expertise, including what they think works and doesn't work, in software globalization.
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BP + Hanigan for Melky Cabrera, Brett Cecil, and Maicer Izturis? I think it'd be a good deal if the Reds can land Omar Infante in free agency.
BP + Hanigan for Melky Cabrera, Brett Cecil, and Maicer Izturis? I think it'd be a good deal if the Reds can land Omar Infante in free agency.
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Interesting. Shame to put Hanigan out to pasture because he's quite the receiver and a hell of a Red, but the bat just totally fell off a cliff.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
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Pena hits solidly from the left side of the plate. Last year Mesoraco was horrendous against right handed pitchers. I think this is a solid pickup, and definitely do not see it as having no effect on the team.
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I appreciate getting rid of the stupid personal catcher assignments, if this is what is being signaled. Playing the matchups will help the pitchers more through run production, than hoping guys get along with their battery mate.
The Sox traded Bullfrog the only player they've got for Shottenhoffen. Four-eyes Shottenhoffen a utility infielder. They've got a whole team of utility infielders.
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I expect Pena will replace Hanigan and partner with Mesoraco. I expect Pena will see a lot of action against righties. I expect Hanigan to be traded or non-tendered.
With all respect to Hanigan, or whomever leaves, this is precisely the kind of move the Reds should be making. This is the correct formula. Mid-level free agents and role players who can fill out the lineup with solid production.
Catcher, offensively, was just a disaster for the Reds last season. If Mes and Pena share the position the offense is likely upgraded without superstar money.
My hope is that the Reds upgrade a couple of other positions in this way. Plus maybe one major addition on offense to replace Choo (or signing Choo himself).
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The Reds, of course, probably will try to trade Hanigan now, and given his skills, he does have some value. In fact, given his place as a sabermetric poster boy, it would not be at all surprising to see nearly the entirety of the American League East competing to acquire his services. The Rays, Blue Jays, Red Sox, and Yankees are all looking for a catcher this winter, and Hanigan's skillset is tailor made for a team that emphasizes walks and values defense from the position. Toss in the Phillies (if Carlos Ruiz leaves) and a host of other teams who could use at least a part-time catcher, and Hanigan is likely to be in heavy demand.
Perhaps this was the plan all along. Maybe the Reds anticipated that Hanigan would incite a mini-bidding war among the nerdy teams, and they'll use him to upgrade another hole of their roster that Mesoraco couldn't fill. That would actually make sense. If they're just dumping Hanigan because they think Brayan Pena is better, well, that's weird.
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Wow, Rays fans are in love with Ryan Hanigan over at SB Nation...They are talking about trading Price for him and a package.
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I Googled this subject and found no information about this. Am I seeing things or is there something wrong with my Sony XTZ?
I bought a Sony XTZ couple weeks ago. I love everything about this tablet, until I watched a movie on Netflix on it. It is borderline blurry compared to streaming the same title on Windows 8 or iPad. So I thought it's just a Netflix thing, until last night I played a movie from Google Play. It looked absolutely horrible, SD quality. It is not my internet connection speed as I get 100/30Mbps here.
I Googled this subject and found no information about this. Am I seeing things or is there something wrong with my Sony XTZ?
So I did some more reading, apparently Sony didn't pay for licensing for HD playback on the XTZ I've read that even Sony's own video services do not offer HD playback on the XTZ. Wow, just wow. I really love this tablet but this is a deal breaker.
I have 4 more days to request a return on this. I was trying to get it to update to the latest 10.4.1.b.0.101 but it's not available yet. I will give it 3 more days to see if the update hits, and see if it enables HD playback. If not I have to return it which will be unfortunate and very disappointing.
Please tell me this is not true DAMMN im about to buy this tablet ..( not waiting for the z2 because the tablet is on 350$ deal so yeah..)
i love watching netflix and i when i see this .. well no, just no i have like 24 hours before the deals end .. someone tell me that i can watch hd content on it .. is it netflix only or all hd playback?
Yes, all streaming HD services. Very disappointing as I loved everything about this tablet. I really wanted it to work, so much so that I called Xperia support even knowing it'd be a waste of time. First thing I was asked was if I can copy the movies to my XTZ to be played.
This appears to affect the entire range of Xperia devices including the flagship Z1 Ultra. I'll link two samples I found here, but I saw the same complaints on other Xperia devices. I've found no complaints about Netflix, but trust me, if you watch the same title on Netflix with any other devices, the quality difference will be clear - it's way sharper even on a 720p device than on the XTZ.
Did some more reading on this matter. 1080p Netflix on Android requires Android 4.3 (which the XTZ does in fact have) that has additional DRM API built-in, but it seems the ONLY Android device that can do 1080p streaming is the Nexus 7 2013. One might say on a smallish tablet device 720p vs 1080p shouldn't matter. I probably would've thought so myself if I hadn't been spoiled by the biting sharpness from iPads and Windows 8 devices when watching Netflix. The difference is immediately noticeable.
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Edward P. Evans' favored homebred Christmas Kid won the first stakes race of her four-race career when taking the $100,000 Tropical Park Oaks by a half length over Perfect Motion on Monday at Calder Race Course.
Lisa M was 1¼ lengths behind Perfect Motion in third.
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