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A dental tooth whitening material sets to a rubber-like or elastomeric yet fluid consistency. The material includes hydrogen peroxide. A method of whitening teeth employs such a material by placing it into a dental tray or by placing the material directly onto a tooth. Once the material has set to its solid or semi-solid yet fluid consistency, the dental tray, if employed, can be left in place or removed.
1. A tooth whitening composition comprising:
a mixture comprising a powder phase and a liquid phase; said powder phase comprising a salt selected from the group consisting of a mixed powder of sodium/calcium salts of the copolymer of methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride, a blend of mixed sodium/calcium salts of the copolymer of methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride, and mixtures thereof, and optionally, a filler; said liquid phase comprising a solution of from about 3 to about 50 percent by weight of hydrogen peroxide in water.
This application which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/191,588 filed on Mar. 23, 2000.
The present invention relates to a two component dental bleaching system and method for bleaching human dentition. More particularly, the invention relates to tooth whitening material formed from a powder component and a liquid component, that sets to an elastomeric-like, semi-solid texture that also exhibits a fluid-like characteristic for placement into or onto a mouthpiece or other delivery medium for delivery to dentition or directly to dentition.
This invention relates in general to teeth whitening materials used by a dental practitioner to whiten human teeth. For a variety of reasons it has become desirable for a person's teeth to appear bright or "white". Society places a high value on the "whiteness" of one's teeth.
A tooth is comprised of an inner dentin layer and an outer hard enamel layer that is the protective layer of the tooth. The enamel layer of a tooth is naturally an opaque white or slightly off-white color. It is this enamel layer that can become stained or discolored.
Many substances that a person confronts or comes in contact with on a daily basis can "stain" or reduce the "whiteness" of one's teeth. In particular, the foods, tobacco products and fluids that one consumes tend to stain one's teeth. These products or substances tend to accumulate on the enamel layer of the tooth and form a pellicle film over the teeth. These staining and discoloring substances can then permeate the enamel layer. This problem occurs gradually over many years, but imparts a noticeable discoloration of the enamel of one's teeth. Some pharmaceuticals, diseases and environmental factors may also have the effect of discoloring one's teeth. So long as the discolored teeth are still healthy and do not pose any health risk or problem, a product or substance that would whiten the discolored teeth would be advantageous.
It is known in the art to provide compositions containing hydrogen peroxide and to contact a patient's teeth with the composition. Prolonged contact will bleach and whiten stained teeth. Because many known peroxide compositions are viscous or even liquid, it has been a common practice to provide a dental tray molded to the patient's dentition to hold the bleaching material in place for sufficient time to effect bleaching. Without the tray, the bleaching material either flows away on its own or is degraded and removed by saliva.
Whitening compositions may be thought of as being of two types: in-office materials and take-home materials. Dental professionals may carry out the in-office treatment, while the take-home materials are designed to be administered by the patients themselves. As can be expected, the in-office treatments can be carried out using bleaching compositions having higher peroxide concentrations as compared to take-home materials. This is for the obvious safety reasons.
The dental bleaching systems heretofore known in the art have been effective in whitening teeth. However, there has been to date the requirement that the dental tray employed be closely configured to the dentition. Otherwise, the saliva effects noted above are compounded. An exemplary tooth whitening material employing a dental tray is shown for example in U.S. Pat. No. Re. 34,196, which is hereby incorporated by reference. It would be desirable however, to have a dental material that was not as dependent upon the use of a dental tray, or which in certain cases, not require a dental tray at all. A need exists therefore, for such an improved tooth whitening material.
It is therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a tooth whitening composition.
It is another object of the invention to provide such a material that sets to at least a semi-solid and/or elastomeric texture.
It is still another object of the invention to provide a method of whitening teeth.
These and other objects of the invention, which will be come apparent from the present disclosure, are carried out by the invention as herein described.
In general, a tooth whitening material comprises a solid or powder component and a liquid component. When mixed, the resulting composition will set to an elastomeric quality within about 1 to about 5 minutes. Exemplary powder components include mixed sodium/calcium salts of poly(methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride) and titanium dioxide. Liquid components include hydrogen peroxide in an amount of from about 30 to about 35 percent by weight, and water.
A method of bleaching teeth according to the invention includes preparing a mixture of a powder component and a liquid component. When mixed, the resulting composition will set to an elastomeric quality within about 1 to about 5 seconds. Exemplary powder components include mixed sodium/calcium salts of poly(methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride) and titanium dioxide. Liquid components include hydrogen peroxide in an amount of from about 30 to about 35 percent by weight, and water. This method may include placing the mixture into a dental tray and placing the tray onto the human dentition. The method may further include removing the tray after a period of time and after the mixture has set to an elastomeric texture, leaving the set mixture in place upon the human dentition.
Another method according to the present invention includes applying such a mixture to a tooth without the use of a dental tray.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a dual syringe mixing apparatus suitable for use in the present invention to mix a powder component and a liquid component, and to then dispense the material as required.
The present invention provides a tooth whitening material which includes from about 10 to about 70 percent by weight of a hydrogen peroxide solution, preferably a hydrogen peroxide solution being about 3 to about 50 percent by weight of hydrogen peroxide and water; from 0 to about 40 percent by weight of carbamide peroxide, preferably being either 100 percent carbamide peroxide or at least 98 percent by weight carbamide peroxide and water; from about 0 to about 30 percent by weight glycerin, preferably from about 96 to about 99.8 percent by weight of glycerin and water; from 0 to about 40 percent by weight of water, preferably purified water; from about 15 to about 65 percent by weight of a mixed powder of sodium/calcium salts of the copolymer of methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride or a blend of a mixed sodium/calcium salt of the copolymer of methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride; and from about 0 to about 10 percent by weight of titanium dioxide. In this composition, glycerin can be substituted with other polyols or hydrogenated starch solutions or the like. Further, titanium dioxide can be substituted with other filler agents such as silicon.
The present invention is preferably a two-component tooth whitening material that is intended to be used by a dental practitioner as opposed to being used by a non-professional patient. The material employs hydrogen peroxide in concentrations preferably of from about 30 to about 35 percent by weight. The material is prepackaged with a solid or powder component separate from a liquid component. The liquid component contains the hydrogen peroxide in water, and may contain other conventional components such as stabilizers, flavoring agents, or the like.
The liquid component may also comprise other conventional whitening agents such as carbamide peroxide, if desired.
The powder component preferably comprises mixed sodium/calcium salts of poly(methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride). Such a polymer is available for example from International Specialty Products as Gantrez. A particularly useful grade of Gantrez is Gantrez MS-955.
The two components, liquid and powder, are blended in ratios of from 20 to 80 parts by weight of hydrogen peroxide to 20 to 80 parts by weight of Gantrez. Preferably, the powder component is the Gantrez is mixed with titanium dioxide. Preferred Gantrez and titanium dioxide mixtures include 99:1 (Gantrez: titanium dioxide) to 90:10 by weight.
One preferred embodiment of the present invention includes from about 40 to about 60 parts by weight of hydrogen peroxide and from about 60 to about 40 parts by weight of a 99:1 Gantrez/titanium dioxide powder mixture. The two parts are blended together for about 10 to about 60 seconds, and the resultant mixture is a creamy white to off-white material. The material sets to an elastomeric or rubber-like, solid or semi-solid texture in from about 1 to about 5 minutes. Before setting, the material can be placed into a dental tray, or applied directly to dentition without the use of a tray. Once the material has set, the tray, if used, can be left in place or removed.
FIG. 1 shows a preferred form of packaging for materials according to the present invention. The package 10 of FIG. 1 includes a first syringe 11 connected at its output end 12 to the output end 13 of a second syringe 14. One of the other syringe by or 14 holds the powder component as described above, while the other holds the liquid component. Any method of selectively preventing fluid communication between syringes 11 and 14 is within the scope of the invention. For example, stopcock 20 may be employed. In this way, the materials may be packaged separately, delivered and shelved until needed. When needed, the interiors of syringes 11 and 14 are caused to come into fluid communication, such as by using other wise conventional stopcock 20. Stopcocks such as stopcock 20 are well known in the art and the internal function of stopcock 20 need not be specifically described.
Once the interior of syringe 11 is in fluid communication with the interior of syringe 14, the user manually depresses one then the other plungers 21 of syringes 11 and 14. The contents of each syringe 11 and 14 are thereby caused to alternately flow therebetween, effecting mixing.
When mixing is completed, the syringes are separated with the mixture held in one syringe 11 or 14. That syringe 11 or 14 is then used to dispense the mixture as required. As stated above, dispensing can be into a conventional dental tray (not shown) or directly onto a tooth.
Formulations according to the present invention were prepared as in Table I. In Table 1, HP is hydrogen peroxide and CP is carbamide peroxide.
Formulations according to Table 1, when prepared according to the description provided above, either with syringes 11, 14, or by some other method of mixing the liquid and powder component, within 1 to 10 minutes will set to a elastomeric-like semi-solid texture that also exhibits a fluid-like characteristic. The Material can then be placed into a dental tray, mouthpiece or other delivery medium for delivery onto tooth surfaces. Because of the presence of the peroxide component or components, the tooth whitening materials will have a tooth whitening effect upon the tooth surfaces, in an otherwise conventional manner. It has been found that the transition from a pourable fluid, upon initial mixing of the liquid and powder components to an elastic semi-solid phase, can be affected by many factors, including for example the rate ratio of the solution (liquid) phase to the powder phase, the moisture content of the powder phase, the temperature of the solution phase and powder phase part to mixing, the mixing technique itself, and the like.
Based upon the foregoing disclosure, it should now be apparent that the tooth whitening composition and method of whitening teeth as described herein will carry out the objects of the invention set forth hereinabove. It is, therefore, to be understood that any obvious variations fall within the scope of the claimed invention and thus, the selection of specific constituents and substituents can be determined without departing from the spirit of the invention herein disclosed and described. Thus, the scope of the invention shall include all modifications and variations that may fall within the scope of the attached claims.
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That video did it for me. Wildstar is on the top of my list. I thought about selling my pc after all the E3 news with the new consoles, but Wildstar is the one game I'm looking forward to above all the rest.
The combat looks fluid, animations are good, combat looks good, I like all that he had to say there too. Skill vs skill really catches my eye. Jack of all trades catches my eye too. I know from playing so much wow, that the art style will not be exhausting to me like so many games have become with their attempt to create the most realistic look. Been looking for that game outside of wow to really sink my teeth into and this is shaping up to be it more and more. Let's hope they don't botch it all up with their hybrid payment model. Please just open the gates up and let me sub.
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This is one of those games where you have to buy it on day one to get the enjoyment of world pvp.
If there is that many wow devs as people claim then they should see a mile away the implications of having both Instanced and World pvp as dual feature sets. Being that, Eventually Instanced pvp will kill world.Sat Jun 15 2013 11:52AM Report
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"Deadly" Banana Spider...Or Not
Cupiennius chiapanensis
Deadly Banana Spiders !!!!!!!!! Or not
Every once in a while in North America, a large spider is found in international cargo, most commonly in bananas. The spider is collected and taken to a local "authority" who typically has no arachnological experience. A quick search of the Internet leads the "authority" to identify the spider as a deadly armed spider of Brazil (genus Phoneutria) and then, panic and hyperbolic media coverage ensues. However, most of the time, these incidents are misidentifications of harmless spiders. This is due in part to the dynamic nature of being associated with a potential dangerous animal. People like to jump to the exciting conclusion that they are dealing with a "deadly" creature. Another contributor to the hyperbole is that a quick identification is understandably forced by a desire to know if the spider is indeed dangerous so that cargo crews will not suffer envenomations and cargo can then be unloaded before it decays (in the case of fruit). People then err on the side of the fantastic rather than caution.
Vetter, R.S. and S. Hillebrecht. 2008. On distinguishing two often-misidentified genera (Cupiennius, Phoneutria) (Araneae: Ctenidae) of large spiders found in Central and South American cargo shipments. Amer. Entomol. 54: 82-87.
Information regarding spiders collected from bananas can be found in the above article, which can be obtained from me in PDF form with an email request. firstname.lastname@example.com
Below is a recap of the pertinent aspects of the paper.
Armed spiders (Genus Phoneutria)
Spiders of the genus Phoneutria cause the greatest concern. Typically, harmless spiders are misidentified as Phoneutria spiders when intercepted in cargo. The reason for this misidentification is the well-known fact that some species of Phoneutria have red hairs on their chelicerae (the two structures on the "face" below the eyes which have fangs at the end). Unfortunately, these are not the only large spiders found in bananas that have these red hairs. Because almost no one in North America has the proper identification publications for South American spiders, they turn to either the Internet (where the spiders are often already misidentified) or the Golden Guide to Spiders, a very rudimentary identification guide.
The dangers associated with these spiders for North Americans are very much overexaggerated. First, the most cited dangerous species is Phoneutria fera. This is actually an Amazonian species, which does not live near areas of human commerce and, therefore, they don't have the opportunity to be transported in cargo, or at least are highly unlikely to be so moved. In Germany from decades ago, specimens listed as imported P. fera were most likely misidentified specimens of other Phoneutria species. (One must also keep in mind that Phoneutria taxonomy has been a nightmare for the last century with new species being named and other names being absorbed by other existing species, back and forth almost like an Abbott and Costello comedy routine. It is really difficult sometimes to pin down a name because for some spider groups, the taxonomy is not yet settled). They were most likely specimens of P. nigriventer and P. keyserlingi, which are only found on the Atlantic coast of Brazil and are mostly involved in Brazilian envenomations. All 3 of these spiders can get up to 50 mm in body length. However, they still are not nearly as deadly as people claim. In one study of 422 Phoneutria bites in coastal Brazil, only 2.3% of the victims required antivenom and the only death was one small child. Although there is an obvious major concern when children are bitten, most bite victims experienced minor problems without long-lasting effects and certainly not death. Most of the bites were in adults; minor symptoms resolved without complications.
Although these large spiders were transported in bananas to Europe many years ago, currently, Brazil consumes almost all of its banana crop domestically so now there is less chance for the spiders to be transported out of the country, at least in fruit.
On the west coast of South America, another species, P. boliviensis, exists and has occasionally been transported in cargo to North America (mostly from Ecuador). However, in comparison to its eastern relatives, this species is smaller (30 mm body length) and its envenomation effects are milder. So even if these spiders were transported to North America, they are not considered very dangerous and should not cause concern.
To summarize:
- The dangerous species of Phoneutria are found in the Amazon where interaction with people is rare and transport out of the country in commerce is highly unlikely.
- The two species associated with high human population on the eastern Brazilian coast cause human envenomations but are not very dangerous. Although they can cause death in young children, most bite victims experience mild reactions.
- Brazil no longer exports much of their banana crop.
- The western species of Phoneutria is much smaller than the eastern species and although sometimes is transported, is not a major medical concern when bites occur.
- All Phoneutria species are virtually restricted to South America. If a spider is found in a banana shipment from Central America, then it is highly unlikely to be a Phoneutria spider (see next section).
Cupiennius getazi
Cupiennius spiders
These are the spiders that are most frequently mistaken as Phoneutria spiders. They are large, found in banana shipments and one species, Cupiennius chiapanensis, has bright red hairs on its chelicerae. One major contributing factor to the confusion is that C. chiapanensis was only officially described in 2006 so only a few arachnologists in Central America were aware of this spider. There are other species, C. getazi, and C. coccineus, which have sometimes been transported to North America in bananas. The large species of Cupiennius, which are most frequently found in banana shipments in North America, live exclusively in Central America. They have characteristic coloration:
Cupiennius chiapanensis- bright red hairs on chelicerae
Cupiennius getazi- underside of legs near body has black dots on white background
Cupiennius coccineus - underside of front legs near body has bright red hairs
However, because C. chiapanensis has bright red hairs on the chelicerae and was only recently described, almost no sources have accurate information on this spider. Hence, it looks closest to Phoneutria fera and then the hysteria starts. I am aware of 6 cases where a North American arachnologist (including myself) as well as several Mexican authors made misidentifications, most of which came before 2006. No species of Cupiennius spider is considered dangerous and verified bites result in mild pain for a short time with no long-lasting effects.
To summarize:
- Cupiennius spiders are often found in banana shipments to North America but are harmless.
- Cupiennius spiders are virtually restricted to Central America or at least the ones that end up in banana shipments come only from Central America.
- Cupiennius chiapanensis has only been officially known since 2006 and is frequently mistaken as the potentially dangerous Phoneutria fera, even by experienced arachnologists because both spider species have red hairs on their chelicerae.
Huntsman spider, Heteropoda venatoria
This spider is established worldwide in tropical areas including Hawaii and Florida. It is frequently found in cargo shipments of all kinds and in bananas is common from Ecuador. It has a white "moustache" under its eyes and holds it legs rotated to the side like a crab. The males and females have strikingly different coloration. These spiders are harmless.
Summary for the entire page
- If you have a large spider found in bananas from a country in Central America, it is most probably a harmless species of the genus Cupiennius.
- If you have a large spider found in bananas from western South America (i.e., Ecuador), if it has a white moustache, it is the harmless huntsman spider, Heteropoda venatoria. If large but with no moustache, possibly it is Phoneutria boliviensis, which is of minor medical concern but could also be one of several other non-related species.
- You can't use the red facial hairs alone to accurately identify a large spider found in bananas.
- None of these spiders are deadly.
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Did you access this web site because you have a spider from international cargo that you are trying to identify? I am doing a study on spiders found in international cargo. If you have a specimen that you would like identified, I would be interested in seeing it. I will return it to you if you want it back. I just want the information for a scientific article. If the information is available, I would like to know from what country it originated and in what type of cargo it was found. Contact me via email and I will describe the mailing process depending on whether the spider is dead or alive.


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Lauren Herring (pictured above) will be the lone senior on the 2014-15 squad.
June 5, 2014
2013-14 Season In Review
Overall: 24-5; SEC: 11-2
Home: 14-2; Away: 6-1; Neutral: 4-2
Final Ranking: No. 4
NCAA Quarterfinalist; SEC Tournament Champions
Season in Review: The Bulldogs made their 28th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, falling in the NCAA Quarterfinals to No. 8 Florida, 4-1. Georgia beat Elon (First Round), Florida State (Second Round) and Southern California (Round of 16) in route to its 22nd quarterfinal appearance in program history. Georgia is 70-26 all-time in the NCAA Championships. For the first time in school history, Georgia entered the NCAA Tournament as the country's No. 1 overall seed.
In the regular season, Georgia went 24-5 knocking off ten Top-25 opponents, five of which were among the nation's Top Ten. The Bulldogs won their seventh SEC Tournament Championship, beating No. 53 LSU, No. 11 Vanderbilt and No. 3 Alabama in three straight days. The Bulldogs' wins over Vanderbilt and Alabama both avenged regular season losses.
The Bulldogs' final 24-5 record gave them their 22nd 20+ season in program history and a final national ranking of No. 4.
Bulldogs in NCAA Singles and Doubles Tournament: Junior Lauren Herring and senior Maho Kowase advanced to the finals of the NCAA doubles tournament, becoming the fifth Bulldog pair to advance to the finals. Georgia tandems are still in search of their first national title. In singles, Herring advanced to the Round of 32 and freshman Silvia Garcia advanced to the Round of 16.
SEC Tournament Champions: It's safe to say that the 2014 squad will always have fond memories of the program's first trip to Columbia, Mo. Georgia beat LSU, before avenging regular season losses to No. 11 Vanderbilt and No. 3 Alabama in route to the program's seventh SEC Tournament Title, and first since 2009. Lilly Kimbell and Silvia Garcia were named to the All-Tournament team, with Garcia also taking home Tournament MVP honors.
Top Dogs: The Georgia women's tennis team was ranked No. 4 in the ITA's final rankings of 2014.
In addition, the Bulldogs had four singles players and three doubles pairs in the final individual rankings. Lauren Herring headlined the Georgia contingent at the No. 7 spot. Silvia Garcia and Maho Kowase followed at the Nos. 13 and 23 spots, respectively. Lilly Kimbell rounds out Georgia's presence in the singles rankings at No. 106.
In doubles, after their deep run into the NCAA doubles championship, Herring and Kowase finished ranked No. 2, while Kate Fuller and Silvia Garcia concluded the season at No. 24. Lilly Kimbell was also ranked with Mia King at No. 71.
The Georgia women's tennis program is the only in the SEC to have three singles players ranked in the Top-25 and is the only school in the SEC to have two doubles pairs ranked in the Top-25. It is also one of just three programs in the country to have three singles players finish the year in the Top-25 (Cal, UCLA).
Perhaps most impressive, Georgia is the only school in the country to have three players ranked in the final Top-25 singles and doubles rankings.
As a school, Georgia is one of five schools in the country to have both its men's and women's programs ranked inside the Top-Ten.
Dawgs. Always: Georgia says goodbye to three seniors who have made a lasting impact on the program. Individual career totals can be seen at the end of this package, but its worth looking at what they've done as a group. The class will certainly go down as one of the winningest and most effective classes in program history. Here's why:
They've combined for 318 singles wins and 342 doubles wins.
They held a 75.4 singles and 77.4 doubles winning percentage.
They made three NCAA Quarterfinal appearances , won an SEC regular season and tournament championship.
All-Americans: Three players took home four All-American honors this season. By virtue of being seeded in their respective draws, Lauren Herring and Silvia Garcia earned singles All-America honors and Herring and Maho Kowase earned doubles All-America honors. In the Jeff Wallace era, 29 different Bulldogs have garnered 96 All-America honors.
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Three members of the Georgia women's tennis team were named to the All-SEC First Team, and one was named the SEC Player of the Year.
Junior Lauren Herring was awarded SEC Player of the Year Honors and she, senior Maho Kowase and sophomore Silvia Garcia were named to the All-SEC First Team. Georgia is one of just two schools to have three players included on the top All-SEC team.
Senior Kate Fuller was named to the SEC Community Service Team. She is the SEC's first four-time honoree since the award expanded to include a team for each individual sport in 2003. Also, for the second straight year, Kate Fuller won the region's Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sportsmanship and Leadership award
Earlier this spring, Fuller was also a 2014 Georgia "Peach of an Athlete" collegiate nominee for her work in the classroom and in the community.
Lilly Kimbell was awarded ITA Regional Most Improved Senior of the Year. She was a career-best 30-8 in singles this season.
Maho Kowase was named ITA Region Senior of the Year and the region's winner of the Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship. In early May, it was announced that she won the ITA's National Cissue Leary Award.
Head Coach Jeff Wallace and Assistant Coach Drake Bernstein each won ITA Regional Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach of the year honors, respectively. Wallace, who this season led Georgia to its first No. 1 overall seed in program history and the program's 23rd 20-win season, has now won four ITA regional coaching awards. This is the first such honor for Bernstein.
Junior Lauren Herring garnered SEC Player of the Week honors on Jan. 29 and March 19.
After Georgia won the 2014 SEC Tournament, Kimbell and Garcia were named to the All-Tournament team. Garcia was also named the tournament's MVP.
Give Me 20: Georgia captured its 23rd 20-win season in program history. Head coach Jeff Wallace has been present for 22 of those seasons. The Bulldogs' have now hit the 20-win mark in three consecutive seasons.
Battle Tested Bulldogs: Georgia played nine Top-Ten opponents this season, having beaten five of them. Since 1994, it has beaten at least five Top-10 opponents six times. Georgia beat seven Top-10 opponents in 1994 in route to its first national championship--a record that still stands today.
Dogs on Top: After a dominating run through the SEC Tournament in April, the Bulldogs found themselves atop the rankings for the first time since March 2007. For the first time in history, the Bulldogs were the NCAA Tournament's No. 1 overal seed.
Nobody Does It Like Kowase: Maho Kowase leaves Georgia as the winningest player in program history, now holding the Georgia record for most combined career singles and doubles wins (245). Said Kowase, "It's such an honor. There have been a lot of really great players that have played here at Georgia so to be talked about with them is a great feeling."
Kate The Great: Like Kowase, Fuller ended her Bulldog career with the most career doubles wins in Georgia women's tennis history (123). Fuller passed former Georgia greats Naoko Ueshima (2007-10, 109-50), Chelsey Gullickson (2009-12, 106-42) and Cameron Ellis (2008-11, 103-54). Fuller and Garcia went 27-5 this year. Two seasons, the Fuller was 40-9 in doubles (26-4 with Garcia).
Also in the record books:
Kowase finished second for most doubles victories in a season (38). Fuller holds the record with 40 and former Georgia great Chelsey Gullickson is third with 35.
Kowase is second (112) and Lilly Kimbell is fourth (107) for most doubles victories in a career. Former Bulldog Naoko Ueshima sit in third at 109.
Kowase, too, is tied for second (133) for most career singles wins with Stacey Schefflin. Shannan McCarthy leads the pack with an impressive 150 career singles wins
800-Win Club: With its 4-0 win over No. 28 Kentucky earlier this season, the Georgia women's tennis program joined an exclusive club, becoming one of just three Division I women's tennis programs in the 800-win club. The Bulldogs have 807 all-time wins. The others are Florida (953), Stanford (919) and Indiana (815).
*The NCAA and ITA records for program wins are incomplete. These totals are based on a survey of SIDs. Updated 6/1/14.
Best Fans in the Country...Literally: Georgia took home the title in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) Attendance Race.
Georgia led the nation with 4,747 fans coming to watch the Bulldogs play this season. The Bulldogs averaged 396 fans over 12 matches, more than 100 more than runner-up Baylor. Athens was also the home to three of the nation's most attended matches this season (Alabama, 833; Missouri, 608; Florida, 602).
Following Georgia Women's Tennis: During the offseason, fans can check Georgiadogs.com for updates. Fans should also "Like" Georgia Women's Tennis on Facebook and follow @UGAWomensTennis on Twitter.


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By Edmund Tijerina : October 17, 2013 : Updated: October 18, 2013 11:17am
Heavenly Pho's menu includes several vermicelli bowls. This one has grilled pork, shrimp and a Vietnamese egg roll.
Let your taste buds party with the fire-spicy baby clams with lemon grass and shrimp chips.
Photo By Photos by Billy Calzada / San Antonio Express-NewsIf you're looking for new taste sensations, try the Bun Bo Hue, a richly flavored spicy beef soup with vermicelli, at Heavenly Pho.
Photo By San Antonio Express-NewsHeavenly Pho - Special combination pho. Oct. 16, 2013.
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Hit: Baby clams with lemon grass; spicy Vietnamese Hue-style beef and noodle soup
Miss: Crispy shrimp with white onion, bell pepper, green onion and black peppercorn lacked depth of flavor
Noteworthy: Lunch specials 11 a.m.-2 p.m. weekdays
Lighter choice: Entire section of vegetarian items
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Food: ***
Service: ***
Ambiance: ** 1/2
One Last Bite: Enjoy the pho or try some of the lesser-known Vietnamese specialties and let your taste buds party.
Price range: Appetizers, $4.25-$12.50; salads, $11.50-$12.75; pho, $6-$9.75; chicken noodle soups, $7.50-$9.50; beef stew, $9-$9.50; vermicelli bowls, $7.75-$9.50; rice dishes, $7.95-$11.95; fried rice, $9.25-$11.50; vegetarian dishes, $4.25-$9.25; Thai dishes, $9.50-$12.25; Chinese dishes, $9.25-$10.75.
Hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. daily
Ratings key: **** Excellent |*** Good |** Average |* Poor | Express-News dining critics pay for all meals.
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It was a good sign when a well-meaning waiter at Heavenly Pho asked if we were sure about ordering the baby clams with lemon grass and shrimp chips.
Usually only Vietnamese customers order it, he explained, and non-Vietnamese diners often complained it was too intense.
In that case, bring it on!
The clam appetizer brought a raucous party of flavors that reverberated with umami from minced clams, heat from dried chiles, brightness from lemon grass, basil and other aromatics and a layer of crunch from peanuts, all stir-fried with confidence. It's served on an oval platter, surrounded by shrimp chips that can be used for scooping.
That dish alone is worth making a visit, but several other dishes also hold their own.
One in particular is another dish that currently appeals more to Vietnamese clientele, Bun Bo Hue, (pronounced BOON bo wheh). Like pho, it's a noodle soup but more herbaceous, spicy and beefier tasting. The version here includes a layer of chile oil on top of the broth, a slice of Vietnamese pork roll, cut in half and vermicelli that is thicker than the pho noodles.
It's spicy, but beautifully layered, with accompanying bean sprouts, lime wedges, cilantro and basil sprigs adding more complexity.
If you're even the slightest bit adventurous, this is a must-try. This isn't to slight the comforting pho, which delivers good depth of flavor in a light-bodied but well-seasoned broth. Our combo with several kinds of beef included plenty of thin rice noodles. Even the "small" bowl seems too much for one person, but that's part of the appeal. The accompanying side veggies add extra notes of texture, flavor and brightness.
Other bowls of pho include beef, chicken, seafood and even one without any meat, as well as plenty of bun, or vermicelli plates, and plates featuring rice, or com.
The Com Bo Luc Lac, translated on the menu as shaking beef with steamed rice, is a Vietnamese restaurant classic that's traditionally a celebration dish. The "shaking" in the name refers to how the beef is tossed in a hot wok. The cubes of tender beef combine with small crescents of onions that have caramelized edges and a barely crisp texture from just enough time stir-frying in the wok, and a beefy sauce with almost like molasses-like undertones. The combination of sauce and skill evokes layers of flavor with just a few ingredients and it's one of the better versions of this dish. This plate included a mound of rice and a small salad of iceberg lettuce slices, tomato wedges and sliced cucumbers.
Not every item succeeded on the heights of the clam appetizer, the spicy soup or the bo luc lac. The crispy shrimp with onion, bell pepper, green onion and black peppercorn featured shrimp with a bit too much batter served atop the diced and stir-fried vegetables. Not bad, but not on the level of the menu stars.
The menu also features several Thai and Chinese dishes, and they may do the job, but why bother when the Vietnamese dishes are so satisfying?
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Good read here. Thanks a million man.
thanks a million
Good read here. Thanks a million man.
In your excellent softmod guide, you say at one point to the effect that if we bought a game for the purpose of using it for modding, we can sell it now. But in this thread you recommend doing something with Indiana Pwns, which seems to contradict what you say in the guide. Which route is best?
Which I don't have because your guide never says to do it. Respect!
If you want to install it, load Nintendo Backup(250).zip via neogamma or cfg
Then extract these to sd:\
PAL- Indiana_PWNS-PAL.zip
USA- Indiana_PWNS-USA.zip
Then install them with the backup disc
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Thanks for that. It's a little over my head some of it, but I just got through with your guide and have a lot of reading to do.
Thanks very much for the important information!
thx for the adivse
Reading this made me remember that I actually formated my Wii some time ago.
But now I'm thinking about making it a real virgin.... so, can I?
I formated it because it freezes from time to time, and I couldn't localize the problem.
Now I've been without my Wii for about 3 months and I just want to see what possibilities I have in resurrecting it.
Would appreciate some guidance


text: No recent wiki edits to this page. Nancy is a strong robot fighter in Tekken 6/Bloodline Rebellion. Nancy is only fightable in Arcade and Time Attack modes. Due to its size Nancy cannot be thrown, along with other special rules (letting the time run out won't give you victory.) Nancy can kill you early by cutting a hole in the floor and having your character fall through. By beating it you get 1000 G times your health. It does not matter if you lose you can still continue with the game afterward. You do not get any other continues to beat it. In Scenario Mode, the player can control a Nancy bot. It has all the moves it's Arcade mode counterpart does.


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Will Peralta be on the trade market this offseason? Yes or no, what does this mean for the role of Andy Marte and Matt Laporta potentially at first base next year?
Anyone who watches baseball and has any common sense at all knows the Indians and many teams like them don't have the advertising deals and other revenue streams to make big signings. Even if they did would you want a past his prime Bobby Abreau for the next four years? There is a reason that he and Hudson are still free agents and it's not because only the Indians won't commit to contracts for them. The Rays pretty much had the first pick of the draft for 10 years in a row. Would you prefer the Indians have the worst record in baseball for 10 straight years in order to stockpile cheap, young talent? Money does affect how your team finishes. Any type of statistics allows for some outliers. There are always teams like the Rays and the Rockies, but for the most part the more money, the more wins. Think before you make a fool of yourself.
the indians do not need to make a move. the team we have is capable it just needs to turn it around. in the 90s we were rich in hitting with no pitching. we traded away giles, casey, sexson etc. all in an attempt to get that one pitcher to get us over the hump. anyone wearing their 95 world champions tshirt? no....97? thats what i thought. now we are on the other side of things and trading away pitching (unless its cc and we are completely out of it at the trading deadline which we wont be) for a bat is stupid and wont do us any good. stop over reacting to a slumping team. what happens if we trade for someone and he slumps? nobody is slump proof.
also it does seem like the team is coming out of it. and yes consistent hard hit outs are a lot better than a few scattered flares for base hits. 70% of line drives become base hits. if you keep making solid contact things will happen on their own
seriously get over it. if you watched sportscenter the next day you saw them do a side by side with victors home run later in the game. he took longer to round the bases than manny. anyone but manny and this is already forgotten.
the guy took the best deal and left a team that was rebuilding during his prime. anyone else would have done the same. in fact it was the only rational thing to do. the man gave 8 great years here. how bout everyone gives him a little thanks and respect and stops being so bitter.


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I shared our Mealtime Blessings with you a little while ago.
Since then so much has changed in our life, but one thing has always remained the same : Before every meal we take some time for everyone to gather their thoughts, then we take each other's hands and say a blessing.
Many of our blessings these days include thanking G-d for our food, but there are also a few that thank nature,earth,rain,sun and wind.
Here are some of our favourites, a happy mix of religious and non-religious blessings.
Religious Mealtime Blessings:
Let us pause before we eat and think about the ones in need
of food and shelter and of love,
please bless us all, dear G-d above.
We thank you, G-d , for happy hearts,
for rain and sunny weather.
We thank you, G-d, for this our food,
and that we are together.
Thank you for the world so sweet,
thank you for the food we eat,
thank you for the birds that sing,
thank you, Lord, for everything.
To G-d who gives our daily bread a thankful song we raise,
and pray that he who sends us food may fill our hearts with praise.
Non-religious Mealtime Blessings:
Earth who gives us our food, sun who makes it ripe and good,
Dear Mother Earth , dear Father Sun, we won't forget what you have done.
Thank you, Earth , for our food,
the vegetables, the bread, the fruit.
For every cup and plateful,
We are truly grateful.
Blessings on us & our family.
Earth we thank you for this food,
for rest and home and all things good,
for wind and rain and sun above, but most of all
for those we love.
Blessings on the blossom,
blessings on the root,
blessings on the leaf & stem
& blessings on the fruit.
Give thanks to Mother Earth,
Give thanks to Father Sun,
Give thanks to the plants from the fields
where Mother and Father are one.
I hope some of these sweet blessings can be useful for you.
If you have a special blessing or verse that is not listed here feel free to share it in the comments.
Wishing you a lovely day!


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Long Barracks gets new mission
BRAC's renovation project at Fort Sam also preserves history.
By Sig Christenson
May 18, 2011
: Updated: May 19, 2011 2:28am
Photo By Bob Owen/Express-News
The Long Barracks' renovation will cost $23.8 million and is part of a preservation project to spruce up buildings once used by the Army's most famous commanders.
Photo By Bob Owen/Express-News
William Smith, a site safety officer, takes a look at progress on the third floor of Fort Sam's Building 600, better known as the famous Long Barracks. The building will serve as office space for 300 workers with the Mission and Installation Contracting Command.
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William Smith, a site safety officer, looks at inscriptions on the bricks at the renovation site of Fort Sam Houston's Building 600, known as the famous Long Barracks.
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Renovation of Fort Sam Houston's Building 600, known as the famous Long Barracks on Friday, May 13, 2011.
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An old stairwell in the sally port secton of what is known as the old Long Barracks at Fort Sam Houston's Building 600, Friday, May 13, 2011.
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William Smith, a site safety officer at the renovation of Fort Sam Houston's Building 600, known as the famous Long Barracks on Friday, May 13, 2011.
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A worker walks up the steps of the old Long Barracks at Fort Sam Houston's Building 600, where renovation where renovation is taking place on Friday, May 13, 2011.
Photo By Bob Owen/Express-News
A worker repairs a section of conduit in the renovation of Fort Sam Houston's Building 600, known as the famous Long Barracks on Friday, May 13, 2011.
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Renovation of Fort Sam Houston's Building 600, known as the famous Long Barracks. This is a look at one of the old stairways in the sally port section of the building on Friday, May 13, 2011.
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Electrician Greg Stokes stood on a ladder slicing a shiny metal pipe in half with a cordless saw.
It was just another job for Stokes, the latest in an endless series of buildings he's helped fix up, but this one is a little different.
"I have no idea what this building is," Stokes, 41, of San Antonio said. "All I know is they're turning it into offices."
The building is the Long Barracks, one of the oldest on Fort Sam Houston but soon to be among the most modern. Its $23.8 million rebirth is the result of the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, which sparked the construction of 51 new buildings on the post worth $1.8 billion.
Renovation projects add another $185 million, but the closure round has had as profound an effect on the preservation of history as it has economic development. Buildings once used by the Army's most famous commanders, Generals John J. Pershing and Dwight D. Eisenhower among them, will be occupied by a new generation of leaders when the closure round ends this fall.
"These buildings, yes they are a part of the Army and what they do, but they are a part of San Antonio's history, and the people of San Antonio have always considered Fort Sam our fort," said Paula Piper, a former president of the San Antonio Conservation Society.
"It's important because not only are we preserving the buildings that house our history and house our heritage, but we also are continuing to serve the Army's missions," said Phil Reidinger, spokesman for the Army Medical Department Center and School. "Fort Sam Houston is a historic post, but it is not a museum. It is a vibrant, vital military facility."
Once an eyesore, the Long Barracks is longer than an aircraft carrier and will serve as office space for 300 workers with the Mission and Installation Contracting Command. It's one of 24 structures to be renovated — the bulk more than 75 years old.
The Long Barracks opened in 1887, after the end of the Indian wars. It was born as a result of a closure round in which small Army posts were shuttered, with the missions going to Fort Sam and other garrisons.
The post's museum staff said the Long Barracks housed 13 companies of enlisted men, and that construction of the building marked the first time the Army built a living area for lower-ranking troops.
Generations later, the two-story barracks, a brick structure sporting hipped roofs and ornate parapets, was used by Vietnam War-era conscientious objectors undergoing basic training to become medics.
Built between 1881 and 1885, the 98,414 square-foot Long Barracks and the old Brooke Army Medical Center symbolized an aging post after they were abandoned in the mid-'90s. Still, both were in better shape than they appeared.
The Army follows guidelines set by the National Historic Preservation Act. That means trying to restore buildings to as close to the original structure as possible, and the attention to detail is a time-consuming affair.
Masons on the Long Barracks project have had to create a "rope" in the grout between bricks that form the exterior façade. Two thin lines are etched on either side of the brick.
"Like with any historic building with masonry, the cast stone, the tin façade, the stencil work in the front, the cornice, the ventilation, it's just labor intensive," said Jim Michel, project engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers. "It's a lot more hand work. You can't just go get stuff off the shelf to replicate it."
Finding the potential in Fort Sam's historic but often decaying buildings was the challenge on the cusp of the millennium. In mid-December 1998, a group toured the old BAMC and found it ravaged by mold and mildew, ruined electrical wiring, rusted plumbing and peeling paint.
The view of downtown San Antonio from the top of the Depression-era building was breathtaking, but the 172 developers and bankers gathered that day had to find profitable approaches to redevelop the post's historic buildings.
Old BAMC became one of the first, reopening with great fanfare in 2003. A firm revamped the 210,000-square-foot building under a landmark 50-year lease. U.S. Army South is housed in most of the space today.
BRAC has accelerated the pace of redevelopment, bringing in a wave of organizations like the Installation Management Command. The Army has renovated four historic buildings and built one from scratch to house the command, which will have about 1,100 employees.
"Certainly what is going on right now with our medics' command that's coming in and all of that, what a huge boost to the fort and to San Antonio," said District Attorney Susan Reed, a member of the conservation society. "And it's actually preserving a very historical area as well as adding the new components of the future."


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When I saw Monster or The Queen, I felt like I had seen movies where the actors (in these cases, Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren respectively) embodied the persona of a real-life person. In La Vie en Rose Marion Cotillard takes it one step forward…she embodies the persona and the SOUL of the Edith Piaf. When I was watching this, I just became immersed with Piaf and this movie. I was in a trance…mesmerized in the performance. I had seen Cotillard in A Good Year, a romantic comedy in which she played the love interest to Russell Crowe. She was a striking, tall, stunningly beautiful woman with close-to-perfect features and almost an ethereal quality. In La Vie en Rose, she is truly Piaf…hunched over, small, course, and beautiful only the eyes of a few select people. What is beautiful, mostly, about Piaf, is her voice. Watching Cotillard, though, makes this short, awkward woman a striking person without an overabundance of physical beauty. Without adding any physical attributes to her, Cotillard brings out the inner beauty of Piaf…in both the depth of the fabulous performance and with the sparkle always shining through Piaf's eye whenever Cotillard is shown. The movie, itself, is a good deal too long and would be quite tedious if I were not memorized with the performance. I'm sure it could have benefited with some serious time in the editing room…as long as no scenes featuring Piaf were cut out. She's way too good to leave on the cutting room floor.
Blake Edwards' directs this comedy about a destitute singer (Julie Andrews) who meets up with a gay, out of work nightclub performer, Toddy. He comes up with a plan for them both to be successful involving her changing her image from a woman to a man to a woman. Complications set in when she falls in love with a mobster (James Garner) who is homophobic and convinced she is a woman. Alex Karris steals all of the scenes he is in as Garner's bodyguard who is coming to terms with his own sexuality in the midst of this whole mess. Definitely the best film from the husband and wife team of Edwards/Andrews.
Are the hills alive? Well, if they weren't before this movie, they sure are now. Take the premise from Maria von Trapp's life story and add songs and dancing and what do you have—magic! That's what Rodgers and Hammerstein must have discovered when they began adapting this story for the stage. And, shortly after its success on Broadway, Hollywood came calling and Rodgers and Hammerstein answered, taking director Robert Wise and writer Ernest Lehman along for the ride. If you don't like musicals, you might be advised to be especially leery of this one. The Sound of Music takes the sappiness and melodrama you normally find (in small amounts) in musicals to new heights. But, in this film with this story and with these characters, it just seems to work and I love it. Julie Andrews (never better) plays Maria, a young, fledging novice nun who just can't seem to make her convent life work with her rebellious and free-spirited personality. Christopher Plummer plays stern and ill-tempered Captain von Trapp, the head of a family for whom she governesses. Since I already said it was sappy, you can assume that a love story between these two unlikely people develops. Now seen as more of a children's film, this movie is very much for everyone. Sure, children like the singing and the fact that there are six kids in the cast. But, adults should also appreciate that this film, though a bit overdone, is one of the best examples of the Hollywood musical ever produced.
Good old Eliza Doolittle with her flowers in Covert Garden Market…she's so seemingly content in her existence on the steps of the famed London opera house. Then, along comes Professor Henry Higgins and turns her simple world upside down. From the classic play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and then adapted into a musical production by Lerner and Loewe, director George Cukor masterly takes hold of the big screen version, making Eliza, Professor Higgins, and all of the rest seem as fresh as the day Shaw originally penned them. Audrey Hepburn as Eliza caused quite a bit of controversy in the day. Julie Andrews, who originated Ms. Doolittle on the stage, was seen by Hollywood execs not to be "Hollywood" enough for the starring role. So, very Hollywood Hepburn was brought in as a replacement, along with professional-dubber Marni Nixon singing the songs for her. Rex Harrison was able to reprise his stage role of Professor Higgins (I guess he was "Hollywood" enough, or at least would not take no for an answer) and he did manage to "sing" his own songs. As in the stage productions, Harrison got away with his lack of singing talent by doing more of a "melodic talking" to music. Regardless of all of the hoops that were leapt through along the way, the end result is one fabulous film. And, even though I'm sure Andrews would have been great in the movie, Hepburn just shines here, as if Audrey and Eliza were one in the same. Isn't it Loverly???
A riotous, toe-tapping adaptation of the Kander-Ebb Broadway musical that will keep you dancing and singing along from start to finish. Told through the eyes of wannabe star Roxie Hart, the movie's tone is much lighter and more fun than the Broadway musical, which spends more time on the dark side of Roxie. Great performances by Renee Zellweger as Roxie and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Roxie's nemesis Velma Kelly but that stand-out performance is by Richard Gere, who is just phenomenal as the conniving lawyer Billy Flynn. If you're not still humming the songs of this Best Picture winner a day later, there's something wrong with you!
Not knowing anything more about Maria Callas than that she was an internationally renowned opera sensation, I was particularly interested to see this one. Not really a biographical film, this movie, as it states in the blurb on the back of the DVD case, is director Franco Zeffirelli's interpretation of what Callas' last months might have been like if things had gone differently. But, I wondered differently how? After watching the film, I got the impression that even though Zeffirelli worked often with Callas, the film is more about what he personally would have liked Callas to do with her last days, instead of apparently what she did do…which was pretty much…well, nothing. The film is a glorious tribute to Callas as a singer and as a "diva." French actress Fanny Ardent does a great job of capturing both Callas' torment at the lost of her voice and the admiration she thrives off once she becomes "famous" again. This film is not especially for someone who does not like or have even a mild appreciate for opera since much of the movie revolves around Callas doing a film production of Bizet's Carmen. Of course, since Zeffirelli has directed many, many opera productions, he knows how to stage, light and shoot the musical parts. But even if you think you don't like opera, between Zeffirelli's beautiful direction and the sound of Callas' voice in its prime, you might just find that opera is one of your hidden loves. If any film can bring that passion out in you, this one can.
When you hear about gangs in New York, do you automatically think of the Sharks and the Jets? When is the last time you heard someone say that they feel or look pretty when you didn't think of West Side Story and the infamous song I Feel Pretty… "I feel pretty…oh, so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and bright…" If you don't know that song, you might want to watch or even re-watch this film and I promise that soon, you will humming at least one of its many catchy, timeless tunes. Trust me, this film is contagious. More than most musicals of its era, this one is filled with songs and characters that are actually memorable. True, there is some corny stuff here but it wouldn't be a 1960s musical with some sentiment. Part of the "difference" of West Side Story comes from the music itself…a score and songs written by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Both men perfectly capture the rhythm and energy of New York, but without forgetting about the grime and grit that goes along with any urban setting. Speaking of New York, this one is actually FILMED there…on the streets themselves…not on a set, like most musicals (and even many non-musical movies) of the day. So, the Jets and the Sharks are fighting about territory we REALLY see and can REALLY feel. The story, for the few who do not know, is really a modern day re-telling of Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed who were doomed from the get-go. Whereas Shakespeare's couple had feuding Italian families to hinder their romance, here it's rival gangs and, more importantly, different cultures that get in the way of the young lovers' happiness (Tony is in a White gang…The Jets…and Maria's brother, Bernardo, is leader of the Puerto Rican gang, The Sharks). The real draw to this one, though, is the music…which is good since this is a musical, right? I promise after you hear a few bars of America, you will be singing along for weeks…"I like to be in America…OK by me in a America…"
After watching this film, saying "good morning" to folks takes on a whole new meaning. You say it and then just want to burst into song… "Good mornin', good mo-o-ornin'… We've talked the whole night through…" etc. OK – maybe that's just me. Maybe you won't feel compelled to dance and sing around but I sure did after seeing this classic for the first time…and even subsequent times. Singin' in the Rain is addictive. Yes, it is corny and hokey, but name a musical from the first part of the 20th Century that wasn't. At least this one is poking fun at the movie industry and, in turn, itself. Unlike most of the Lerner/Loewe and Rogers/Hammerstein musicals of this same period, Singin' in the Rain is more of a comedy than a drama. Well, OK, it does get pretty melodramatic but add Donald O'Conner to anything and comedy usually ensues. So, if you haven't seen this one…or even if it has been a long time…check it out. When you walk into work tapping your toes, just sing "Good mornin'" to your co-workers and they will understand!


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U2's The Edge Discusses Gear and 'The Joshua Tree' in 1987 Guitar World Interview
U2's The Edge Discusses Gear and 'The Joshua Tree' in 1987 Guitar World Interview
The quiet U2 guitarist opens up about the evolution of his gear, his recent discovery of American blues and U2's latest (and some say greatest) album, The Joshua Tree.
Lately, Edge has been readdressing the need for the solo spotlight, The Joshua Tree containing fewer lead guitar breaks than ever (a notable exception being the jarring, Sergio Leone excursion that graces "In God's Country"). As far as solos are concerned, it's an area in which The Edge remains happily egoless.
"The solo for 'In God's Country' is a pretty tricky one to talk about. The Sergio Leone reference is a fascinating one because I'm a fan. The end of the song has a new kind of rhythm solo guitar thing mixed in with a new technique I'm working on. So maybe the solo comes through because it's so Duane Eddy-ized. Again, it's the AE2000 sound, sort of country, early rock 'n' roll. The idea that this song would have a broad unashamed overdub inclusion rather than it being part of the original take, as a sort of splash of primary color "It goes in with serving the songs on this record in a way that, in the past, we felt no such obligation.
"I don't think we intended to create an album of 45's, but each song was complete and didn't need that much. Now, on a song like "New Year's Day," it was perfectly right to put a solo in because it fit in with the concept of War. On this record, I think solos would only have been permitted had they worked within the context of the song itself; there are some, but I've been moving against solos because I didn't feel the need to play any."
Coinciding with Edge's team-player instincts is his insistence that, although he is generally regarded as the principal guitarist in U2, he champions the contributions that Bono provides on his occasional forays with the six strings.
"I never set out to be the only guitar player. When we started, Bono played quite a bit. His playing is ... well, I don't know. See, our styles are so different, there's never a conflict. Bono's a field player, nothing really amazing -- I'm nothing amazing either. The whole point is that, whatever you're going to do, do it with flair. Bono is very much like Neil Young in that he turns in some incredible guitar things. Danny [Lanois] really loves his playing. We all really like it. There was some important stuff that he did on 'Exit' and 'Mothers Of The Disappeared.' Some of the things he did on the end of 'With You Or Without You' we didn't put in the mix because the arrangement was shorter on the final tracks, but it was great stuff."
The influence that The Edge has had on young players worldwide could probably account for the great number of delay units sold during the past five years. Aware of the effect his playing has had on aspiring guitarists, Edge is equally watchful to guitar scenes he might not necessarily be a part of, like heavy metal.
"It's a difficult world and I wouldn't presume to condemn or sort of say that it's not valid. It's just something I'm not interested in. I mean, someone has to be the fastest. Fair enough. Music to me is a whole creative world of possibilities. Pure dexterity or technique is such a myopic view of what music is all about-just too rigid. Technique, to me, is knowing enough and being able to do enough to play what you want. I think all my favorite musicians are probably similar to me in that way.
"I'm not a fan of the million-miles-an-hour players. I'm more into Keith Richards or Jeff Beck. See, music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock 'n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about. If you are great and amazingly talented, it's something else.
"I'm not saying it wouldn't be great to be a really fast player, sometimes that kind of riff can be really great, but it can be a cul-de-sac, very limiting. It's not such a high priority."
One immediate priority is the current world tour, which will see U2 playing to perhaps one of the largest collective audiences that a rock band has ever entertained.
The Edge's choice of guitars is certainly not among the most elaborate ever assembled -- he doesn't view himself as much of a collector -- but it might be the most essential. You won't find any custom-made jobs contoured in girlie shapes, nor do The Edge's axes light up in the dark. Reliability and sound quality are Edge's prime concerns.
"In the beginning I was interested in Gibsons because I used a lot of high treble chords -- they had a fatter treble sound. Fenders I always thought were a bit thin when concentrating on those highs. Recently that's changed because I've been getting into some other things. I've been getting into Stratocasters a lot.
"Again, I try to keep things simple. Guitars haven't been improving. Quite the opposite, they've been losing character and getting more homogenized in sound and feel. So generally I steer towards older designs and styles.
"I use Superwound strings on all my guitars. I think standardization is very important in that department -- to know where you stand. I vary the gauges from guitar to guitar, usually light to medium. I have an arrangement with Superwound that allows me to buy the strings at a good price."
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