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Here is the story, the way I heard it: Steven Spielberg, having proven himself one of the most financially successful directors in history with undue speed, decided to get himself a protégé, and found one in the form of Robert Zemeckis, who had wowed the student film community at USC with his 1973 senior project A Field of Honor (which is, incidentally, a terrific satiric short - see it here, in pieces at least). Spielberg saw something pretty darn special in the man five years his junior, and in 1978, he executive produced Zemeckis's feature debut, a Beatlemania comedy called I Wanna Hold Your Hand. It bombed. Undaunted, Spielberg threw his weight behind Zemeckis again two years later, with the dark comedy Used Cars. It bombed too.
At this point, Zemeckis and his writing partner Bob Gale had a time-travel comedy about a teen boy who went back thirty years to become mixed-up with his parents, teenagers themselves. Supposedly, Spielberg liked what he saw, but Zemeckis was petrified that if he made one more Spielberg-produced flop, then his career would be over; he'd be "Steven's pet" for the rest of his life. He hooked up with Michael Douglas - a somewhat noteworthy producer in those days - to direct a project the latter man had been shopping around, a romantic comedy-adventure titled Romancing the Stone. When that film turned out to be a smash hit, against all expectations, Zemeckis returned to Spielberg, and together they made an even bigger hit out of that time-travel movie; the highest-grossing film of 1985, in fact. I am speaking, of course, about Back to the Future.
If you are of a certain age, you've probably been recalling quotes from the movie ever since you saw the poster at the top of the review. It's that kind of thing: custom has made it one of the very icons of 1980s pop culture, less a film than a rite of passage. Which makes it kind of daunting for me (five years old when I first saw it on video, or was it six? - either way, I am suddenly made to feel ghastly old) to try and get around it in any kind of responsible, scholarly way. This was the "full disclosure" part of the review, if you were wondering.
But there is more to the '80s nostalgia vibe than just, well, nostalgia. Part of what keeps Back to the Future fresh and fascinating is the layering effect of period-specific signifiers: a movie about time travel that's also a time capsule. And frankly, given how whip-smart Zemeckis and Gale were in this period, I wouldn't doubt for a moment that it was actually being deliberately future-proofed... but I'm running ahead of the story a little bit.
And that story, of course, is about the chronically tardy high-schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), an aspiring rock star - God help me, but in at least 20 lifetime viewings of the film, I've never been certain whether or not we're supposed to regard Marty as a great guitarist, or a jangling, awful one - whose best friend is the much older eccentric inventor Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd). Doc's latest invention is a time machine built into a DeLorean, which he demonstrates for Marty one night; a nasty run-in with Libyan terrorists results in Doc's death and Marty getting stranded in November, 1955, just a week and change less than thirty years into the past. Here, while working with Doc's younger self to fix the machine and get back to the future, Marty meets his mom (Lea Thompson) and dad (Crispin Glover), and manages to endanger his own existence by ruining the moment where they first met and fell in love.
As with most of the director's films, Back to the Future is mostly about the successful execution of a narrative - while his mentor, Spielberg, has never been above the pursuit of an image or a technique or an emotional moment for its own sake, Zemeckis's best films have all been story-driven, even as they are at times perched right on the cutting edge of effects technology; though it is easy to lose sight of this in the degraded age of The Polar Express and Beowulf. Even as much as Who Framed Roger Rabbit or Death Becomes Her, for example, rely extensively on the best and brightest tech-nerd toys, Zemeckis's tendency was ever to use his directorial skills to keep the story moving, and to hit the right emotional notes at exactly the best moment. And with all that said, I think that Back to the Future boasts probably the tightest screenplay of any film in the filmmaker's body of work. It is a structural marvel: not one scene is wasted, not one line fails to have an exact, precise function (even if that function is solely to be funny). If something is described early on, and seems to make no sense otherwise, you can rest assured that it will be paid off in some specific way. The ballsiest example is the lightning storm that serves as the film's climax: it's introduced right at the start in an otherwise pointless scene, only to be made the thrust of the entire drama, giving the whole movie a ticking-clock format in addition to the other ticking clock, the photograph of Marty and his siblings that starts to fade away slowly as a result of his mucking about with his parents. My favorite example is the matter of Doc Brown's flux capacitor: he describes its creation in a reverie that initially just seems like the musings of an old man, and this leads him to set the exact date that Marty accidentally travels to, while also providing Marty with the necessary evidence to prove his identity to young Doc Brown and thus get the primary narrative started in earnest.
Frankly, I don't think anyone would tell me I was flat-out wrong if I argued that Back to the Future is probably the most coherent time travel movie ever made; partially, it is true, because it does very little in the way of twisting, but mostly because Zemeckis and Gale pay exceedingly close attention to every detail, answering every niggling question that I, at least have ever thought up. On top of this remarkably solid framework, the other niceties of the screenplay are just candy, though very wonderful candy: the simple, but clearly-defined characters, the perfect comic dialogue (under-appreciated line: "The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?" is Doc's justification for the DeLorean, and Zemeckis's justification for his career-wide aesthetic).
Back to my earlier point, though: Back to the Future is, explicitly and obviously, a study of the 1950s, both as tribute (its precise and particular re-creation of the colors and shapes of the architecture, the clothes, the design mentality; the privileged treatment of "Johnny B. Goode") and as satire (the self-serving hypocrisy with which the elder McFlys deliberately misremember their youths; the oblique indictment of Eisenhower-era racism). Zemeckis and Gale were both four years old at the time that their movie takes place, so for them it could only be an act of cultural anthropology to have made it; nor am I at all the first person to point out that Marty's journey within the film - back to the '50s, where he spends a good amount of time feeling hopelessly confused by how alien the culture of a scant 30 years ago is - mirrors the audience's journey - to a representation of the '50s presented with just enough stylisation that it feels entirely otherworldly.
Less-observed (though nothing about a film as widely-loved as this can be properly described as "unobserved"), Back to the Future is, almost 30 years after the time of its creation, a representation of the '80s just as precise and particular, and as stylised and alien, as the representation of the '50s. The first thing we hear, almost, is Huey Lewis and the News, singing "The Power of Love", written just for the film. Now, if you can think of any relic of pop culture more quintessentially of the '80s than Huey Lewis and the News, you have a better memory than I; and this, plus those crazy '80s fashions, plus the intense high-concept '80s-ness of the whole edifice, makes Back to the Future a document of not one, but two bygone eras. I do not know if Zemeckis had this in mind; but as I said, he was a damn good filmmaker in his day, smarter than most other blockbuster auteurs and tremendously confident in the placement of every cut and camera angle. Is it too much to wonder if he found a clever way to over-emphasise the then-contemporary cultural artifacts, so that future generations would get even more out of the film than people did in 1985? Impossible to say, of course. But I am glad that the possibility exists, for it gives Back to the Future an extra shot of fun above and beyond it's great story, cast, and humor; indeed, though I hate to resort to a pun, it makes the film altogether timeless.
Back to the Future ends with a giant smiley face of Hollywood froth; a playful, open-ended but nonetheless satisfying conclusion that promises our characters will still be around, having their adventures. The endless possibilities inherent in the story of a time-traveling car - which can fly now, thanks so much - created an infinity of unexplored vistas, of which Doc Brown's very off-handed reference to "your kids" was merely the tip of the iceberg. In a modern age of sequels green-lit before the first movie is even out of post-production, the ending would be an obvious, slightly charming, slightly groan-worthy sequel hook, but when they first wrote the screenplay, neither Zemeckis nor Gale had any such notion in mind. That is the most important fact to keep in mind about the Back to the Future trilogy: it was conceived as a simple, standalone comedy.
Of course, the movie industry was the same bastard beast in 1985 as it is now, and after Back to the Future became a gigantic smash, Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment couldn't make up the contracts for a sequel quickly enough. It had to wait; Zemeckis was already throwing himself into another Amblin project, Touchstone Pictures' Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It was only after that technically ambitious masterpiece of family filmmaking wrapped principal photography that the director was able to take a peek at Gale's initial scripts for what was still meant to be a single vasty follow-up stretching from the marvels of 2015 to the rugged frontier of 1885. It quickly made sense to divide the story into two parts, which for convenience would be shot in one fell swoop; and thus was franchise history made.
Sequels as such stretch into the silent era; the idea of a trilogy being the ideal franchise model is considerably newer. It was the unprecedented success of Star Wars in 1977 that birthed what has become an excessively common formula: a standalone original would be followed by a middle film that ended on a cliffhanger, so that the "trilogy" could rather be thought of as Film 1 and Films 2+3 (in a "true" trilogy, such as Satyajit Ray's Apu films, or more recently the Spider-Man franchise, the three parts form a unified whole, but each stand unique and independent). Back to the Future was one of the earliest examples of this format to follow in Star Wars's wake; what made it a trendsetter was the idea that the sequels should be produced right on top of the other, with hardly any break in production or in release dates. The only precedent I can find to this - and my knowledge is hardly definitive - is, arguably, Superman and Superman II, initially meant to be filmed together, until backstage issues put a temporary brake on the second installment. It has become altogether more common: The Matrix and Pirates of the Caribbean both followed the BttF model almost to the letter, and it takes little imagination to see the same impulse in the megalithic production schedule of the three Lord of the Rings films, or in the mad dash to crank out five Twilight pictures before everybody stops caring about the property.
None of this has very much to do with the film released in November, 1989, as Back to the Future, Part II. Picking up slightly before the original left off, with a re-filmed version of that movie's closing scene providing a new actress in the role of Marty's girlfriend Jennifer (Elisabeth Shue, replacing Claudia Wells), and Doc Brown getting noticeably re-framed dialogue to set up a slightly different scenario than the first film ended on, the new film skips ahead thirty years, to find Marty's son, Marty Jr. (played by Michael J. Fox, just like his old man), getting in some trouble with Griff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson), the grandson of Marty's 1955 nemesis Biff (ditto). This situation resolves itself fairly quickly, but not before old Biff steals the time machine to go back to 1955 and present his teenage self with a copy of a sports almanac that the young man uses to make himself a billionaire, turning 1985 into a hellish nightmare fantasy. Marty and Doc, protected somehow from the effects of the change - though for how long, it's hard to say - head to 1955 themselves to stop Biff from changing the timeline. Naturally enough, this leads to both of them interacting, in potentially dangerous ways, with the plot of the first movie, and it all ends with Doc being zapped to God knows when during the same lightning storm that sent Marty back to 1985 in the first place.
It says quite a lot about Zemeckis and Gale's continuing strengths as writers that what I just wrote makes absolutely perfect sense while you're watching it. And that all the jerry-rigged elements meant to turn the thin promise of further adventures made at the end of the first movie harmonise rather effortlessly with the original, turning casual gags into clever foreshadowing and building recurring motifs out of one-liners, while also providing a fine story that hangs together and is perfectly effective on its own. Mostly. The filmmakers have been open in later years that if they knew that the final scene of Back to the Future was in fact setting up a sequel, they'd never have put Jennifer in the DeLorean with Marty and Doc, knowing that they had nothing interesting to do with her. Lo and behold, it is very much the Jennifer elements of the plot that feel the most awkwardly kludged in, adding nothing but a handful of minutes of running time.
In the main, though, Part II does exactly what a sequel should do, yet remains a rarity as thrilling as seeing a Siberian tiger in the wild: it faithfully continues the story of the first film without in any significant way repeating it, and it expands upon the rules set up by the first film without violating the spirit of those rules. Or to put it another way: Part II is the film that actually plays around with the ramifications of time travel as established in Back to the Future. The first film is mostly just a fish-out-of-water comedy with some pronounced overtones of Oedipal dread; it's in the second film that we actually start to deal with cause-and-effect, paradox, and a genuinely twisty plot that you really need to focus on. It's also in Part II that we see the franchise's only feints towards one of the classic topics of time-travel fiction: what will the future look like?
Though the 2015 sequence occupies only a portion of the movie, it has usurped nearly all of the popular awareness of it; and not without reason. Knowing that they could never predict a "real" version of the future, Zemeckis and Gale instead created a vision of thirty years hence (or 21, depending on how you're counting) that is unmistakably meant to be the future if the '80s just keep going on for three straight decades. Surely by accident, this '80s-centric vision of the 2010s has proven to be one of their most spot-on predictions (not the fashion, maybe, but have you looked at pop culture lately?) - the only keener observation is the movie theater with the abnormally intrusive advertisement for Jaws 19, a tawdry 3-D epic. It's depressingly likely that 2015 might see a gaudy 3-D version of Jaws, though it would be a remake, not a sequel; probably directed by Marcus Nispel, with Bradley Cooper as Brody, a playfully slumming Ewan MacGregor as Quint, and Amanda Seyfried as "Mattie" Hooper. Um... oh, yes, Back to the Future, Part II.
It's in 2015 that most of the whiz-bang awesomeness of the movie is found, not just in the staggeringly over-detailed production design by Rick Carter - hardly a single frame of this sequence doesn't have some coy detail about life In The Future snuggled away where you simply won't see it without a pause button handy - but in Zemeckis's embrace of technological gewgaws. It's no big deal nowadays to have one actor onscreen in two different roles, but in 1989, when Fox appeared as Marty Sr, Mary Jr, and Marlene, it represented quite a coup du cinéma, and it shows its age not at all. CGI was just in its cradle then, and the very minor use of computer animation throughout the film is every bit as effective as its practical effects. The film's visuals haven't aged quite as well as its predecessors; but much better than some films half as old.
Still, though, the 2015 sequence - with all its details and its pop-culture meta-commentary and the like - is just a portion of the film - and not the only good portion, though it's probably the best. Though the film sags a bit in the middle (the alt-1985, basically), it picks up considerably once it hits the territory covered by Back to the Future. Zemeckis obviously poured himself into this movie, for the verve with which shots reflect images from the earlier movie, with which footage from the earlier movie is re-purposed and re-staged; just generally the ballsy degree to which events that seemed complete before are suddenly revealed to have new purpose and meaning; Back to the Future, Part II is one of the few sequels in history to force us to seriously re-consider the original film, without ever depriving the original of its basic integrity.
Most sequels aren't time-travel flicks; therefore most sequels don't get to recontextualise the original in such narratively fascinating ways. Taken as a pair, the first two Back to the Futures ask a number of unresolved and unresolvable questions about causality, order, and intention; and taken as a pair, they're also a hell of a lot of fun. That's what separates a top-drawer talent like Zemeckis from a routine hack: he can make an entertaining trifle meant to sell popcorn, and still infuse it with all kinds of structural inquiry that you can either pay attention to or not: and staggeringly, the film is equally enjoyable either way. Back to the Future, Part II is unique in the director's career in this respect - he is not given to structuralist or formalist experimentation - but that very loneliness is what makes the film such a loopy success. Not as exceptional and driven as the first movie, of course, but still a doozy of brain-bending comedy, dressed up in bright enough colors and broad enough silliness that even a child can have a real blast watching it. I should know, I was that child, three-quarters of a lifetime ago.
For the morbidly inattentive, a recap: never expecting to put together a sequel to Back to the Future, Robert Zemeckis found himself making two, right in a row, each of them telling a discrete standalone story linked by a cliffhanger ending that takes place seconds after the climax of the first movie. In such ways do time-travel narratives offer up all kinds of structural awesomeness. See also "Lost, third- and fourth-season finales of".
You would be within your rights to assume that, being filmed essentially as one four-hour movie, Back to the Future, Part II and 1990's Back to the Future, Part III would be of functionally uniform quality. To a certain degree, they are, too: with pretty much the exact same set of creative minds as the second film, from designer Rick Carter to cinematographer Dean Cundey (who in fact shot all three entries), Part III is every bit as confident and slick as its two predecessors; but it is hard to ignore a distinct feeling of deflation. I cannot state with authority that Zemeckis used all his Back to the Future energy in juggling the multiple time frames and overlapping action of the second film in the trilogy, but compared to that film's weird energy, Part III feels a touch sedate. Thus it is always with threequels that are not cartoons about toy mortality.
The story you likely know: after receiving a letter from 1985-edition Doc Brown dated to 1885, Marty finds Doc Brown '55 and requisitions his help to first find the DeLorean that has been hidden in a cave outside Hill Valley for 70 years, then to fix it, and lastly to completely ignore the older Doc's express injunction against returning to 1885 for a rescue mission. Soon enough, Marty is in 1885, but the rugged terrain he finds there cripples the car, and Marty and Doc have to find a way to get back to the future; not so easy to get that much iron up to 88 miles per hour in an age before refined gasoline was available on every corner. And there's still the open question as to whether Doc is going back to 1985 or not; between Marty's historical documentation of Doc's death in just a couple of days, and Doc's infatuation with the town's new schoolteacher, Clara Clayton (Mary Steenburgen), it remains a point of contention between the two for most of the film.
Over the years, many people have come up with many explanations for what doesn't work about Part III (and many of them still think it's better than Part II, or at lest no worse): the Wild West setting, the Doc/Clara love story, a whole slurry of plot holes - none of which are necessarily holes, though they require a great more thought than the series has thus far demanded. For me, it really comes down to one thing: sequelitis. The joy of Part II is that it pushes against the universe described in the first movie as hard as it can, testing the rules, and generally playing with time travel as a story element in all sorts of ways. Part III is the first movie redux. With some incidental changes, of course, but the spirit is essentially identical: Marty travels backwards in time and can't return with the state of technology he finds there; the only possible plan involves a shot in the dark that can only work once, and if it fails, there's no hope for a second try. Along the way, the bulk of the comedy involves a teenager from 1985 being absolutely befuddled by what he finds in the past. Of course, the specific nature of the drama is different, though this difference much favors the first movie: there he faced an life-threatening crisis brought about by timeline issues, here he faces the life-threatening crisis of an angry man with a gun.
Following the immaculate genre play of the second film, it's disheartening to say the least that Part III treats time-travel as nothing but an excuse for a steampunk Western comedy; I suspect that, though he's never and would never admit it, Zemeckis feels the same way. Or perhaps it was just the stress of eleven straight months of directing Back to the Future movies that led to the uncommon slackness of his directorial hand. Not that Part III is ineptly-directed, Lord no: you would never watch this and muse to yourself, "Wait, did Robert Zemeckis direct this, or Chris Columbus?" But compared to the intense perfection of every last element of a Roger Rabbit or a Romancing the Stone, Part III feels a bit loose and imprecise.
Yet it still works. In fact, it arguably could not work better for what it is and what it aims for, though I maintain that the conclusion to the Back to the Future saga ought to have aimed for something better. The story, at least, remains perfectly tight, right up until the last ten minutes or thereabouts, which I do not "like"; but I cannot argue against them for any reasons other than those of taste. In fact, the end of Part III brings the trilogy to an entirely effective close: Marty's arc from lackadaisical slacker to bright young man is brought to a perfect close, and one of the final lines sums up the series' philosophy of destiny vs. choice in an entirely coherent and emotionally true way. Everything else is just grousing: the penultimate scene builds off of what was already the lousiest subplot of Part II, the "Jennifer stumbles around 2015, hopelessly confused" bit, and more than anything else in any of the movies, it underlines the division between the first film on the one hand, and the two sequels as a unit on the other hand, which is made to seem contrived and inauthentic. Man, I just do not like the movie once Marty gets back to 1985. But that's probably my problem more than it is the movie's.
Still and all, it's perfectly fun and successful for the bulk of its run: the interplay between Marty and Doc remains fresh and energetic, perhaps surprisingly in light of Michael J. Fox's personal tragedy during this half of the double-length shoot (his father died shortly after filming began on the Part III material). Neither actor reveals any hint of weariness, and indeed they both find new things to do and ways with characters who had long since become iconic. The humor tends at times to the juvenile and silly; but so did much of the humor in the original Back to the Future, and at any rate it is good to have a return to straight-up wacky fun after Part II, which is never aught but a comedy, though at times it becomes so invested in its contorted plot that it forgets to be funny.
For as much as Zemeckis the director seems to be worn out a bit, presenting imagery without much in the way of affect or insight, Zemeckis the writer, along with Gale, remains fully committed, and as I said all the way at the start, the script is always the true mark of a Robert Zemeckis film. Part III is appealing and funny, it trades on our familiarity with the characters and the tropes of the series without seeming stale, and it resolves a complex story without a single dropped stitch. It's just that it does all of these things without any "spark", that extra blast of imagination and energy that separates the truly great popcorn movies from the good enough popcorn movies. Still, "good enough" is a lot more than most second sequels to cinematic candy like Back to the Future usually manage; and thus did Zemeckis and Gale's final collaboration proved one last time that even when they weren't terribly good, they were still among the most gifted mainstream Hollywood filmmakers of their era.


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Scleroderma is a disease of the body's connective tissue. Connective tissue is found throughout the body, providing support and form for organs and structures. Scleroderma is thought to be an autoimmune disorder, a condition in which the immune system mistakes the body's own tissue for a foreign invader, attacking and damaging it. Researchers believe that the immune system's interaction with the connective tissue causes an overproduction of collagen, a tough, hard protein that makes up tendons, bones, ligaments, and scar tissue. When this collagen is deposited in various places throughout the body, it causes hardening and stiffening.
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ISIS has released a video that it says shows the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley.
The video also reportedly shows the group threatening the life of another American if President Barack Obama doesn't end military operations in Iraq.
In the video posted Tuesday on YouTube, the man ISIS says is Foley is seen kneeling next to a man dressed in black. He reads a message, presumably scripted by his captors, that his "real killer'' is America.
"I wish I had more time. I wish I could have the hope for freedom to see my family once again," he can be heard saying in the video.
He is then shown being beheaded.
"We have seen a video that purports to be the murder of U.S. citizen James Foley by (ISIS)," National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said. "The intelligence community is working as quickly as possible to determine its authenticity. If genuine, we are appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent American journalist and we express our deepest condolences to his family and friends. We will provide more information when it is available."
Obama was briefed about the video, and "he will continue to receive regular updates," White House spokesman Eric Schultz said.
ISIS has carried out executions, including beheadings, as part of its effort to establish an Islamic caliphate that stretches from Syria into Iraq. In many cases, ISIS -- which refers to itself as the Islamic State -- has videotaped the executions and posted them online.
CNN is not airing the video.
'They are innocents'
Foley disappeared on November 22, 2012, in northwest Syria, near the border with Turkey. He was reportedly forced into a vehicle by gunmen; he was not heard from again. At the time of his disappearance, he was working for the U.S.-based online news outlet GlobalPost.
On Tuesday, Foley's mother, Diane, took to social media with an emotional statement to praise and mourn her son.
"We have never been prouder of our son Jim. He gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the Syrian people," she said in a post on the Free James Foley Facebook page.
"We implore the kidnappers to spare the lives of the remaining hostages. Like Jim, they are innocents. They have no control over American government policy in Iraq, Syria or anywhere in the world.
"We thank Jim for all the joy he gave us. He was an extraordinary son, brother, journalist and person. Please respect our privacy in the days ahead as we mourn and cherish Jim.''
Another American in video
The video of his killing also shows another U.S. journalist. The militant in the video, who speaks English with what sounds like a British accent, says the other American's life hangs in the balance, depending on what Obama does next.
The journalist is believed to be Steven Sotloff, who was kidnapped at the Syria-Turkey border in 2013. Sotloff is a contributor to Time and Foreign Policy magazines.
The Committee to Protect Journalists estimates there are about 20 journalists missing in Syria, many of them held by ISIS.
Among them is American Austin Tice, a freelance journalist who was contributing articles to The Washington Post. Tice disappeared in Syria in August 2012. There has been no word of from him since his abduction.
'We ask for your prayers'
As a freelancer, Foley picked up work for a number of major media outlets, including Agence France-Presse and GlobalPost.
"On behalf of John and Diane Foley, and also GlobalPost, we deeply appreciate all of the messages of sympathy and support that have poured in since the news of Jim's possible execution first broke," Philip Balboni, GlobalPost CEO and co-founder, said in a published statement, referring to James Foley's parents.
"We have been informed that the FBI is in the process of evaluating the video posted by the Islamic State to determine if it is authentic. Until we have that determination, we will not be in a position to make any further statement. We ask for your prayers for Jim and his family."
Foley had previously been taken captive in Libya. He was detained there in April 2011 along with three other reporters and released six weeks later.


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Ramie - Chi RB Matt Forte - 33.70 pts
Gary - Den QB - Peyton Manning - 26.64 pts
Sparky - Phi RB LeSean McCoy - 19.40 pts
Listener (Justin, NC) - Aaron Rodgers - 19.22 pts
LeRoy - Phi QB Nick Foles - 16.02 pts
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WBY Shootout: Rice Lake 56, Dominican 42
by Eric Nehm
posted Dec 27 2013 7:34PM
After one close half of basketball, Rice Lake pulled away from Dominican and never looked back on their way to a 56-42 victory in the WBY Shootout at Concordia University.
In the first quarter, things were pretty even as Rice Lake were in the lead by one point over Dominican, 13-12. The storyline going into the game was Diamond Stone vs. Henry Ellenson, but the important plays in the quarter were made by each player's supporting cast with Stone scoring four and Ellenson scoring six in the first quarter.
The game remained even through the second quarter as Rice Lake held only a five point lead, 25-20, going into the second half. At the half, Ellenson edged Stone in scoring, 11-6.
The storyline before the game was Henry Ellenson vs. Diamond Stone, but the real story of the game was between the two teams and Rice Lake proved why they were the better team in the third quarter. Just two minutes into the third quarter, Rice Lake had three three point baskets from three different players and stretched their lead out to 14 points with a 36-22 lead.
Dominican started thr fourth quarter down by 19 points and attempted to mount a comeback. With 5:18 left, Dominican was able to cut it the deficit all the way down to nine following three baskets from Diamond Stone, but were unable to get any closer after that and lost 56-42.
Quick Thoughts:
All the attention was obviously on Diamond Stone and Henry Ellenson, but Rice Lake's junior point guard Ben Widdes really did a nice job running the show for Rice Lake. He did a great job handling pressure and dictating tempo for Rice Lake.
Rice Lake senior guard Brandyn Christman is a nice shooter for Rice Lake. He hit a few big threes and used his shot fake to make plays.
6'5" Trapper Ward took Stone for a small portions of the game to give Ellenson a break on defense and he did a really great job defensively. He did a good job using his strength to slow down Stone until help came from the backside.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that many people may think Henry Ellenson is the lone reason why Rice Lake is a highly rated Division II team, but they would be wrong. This is a truly impressive TEAM and will likely do some damage come tournament time.
Dominican looks significantly different than they did last year. With Duane Wilson on the squad last year, Stone posted up constantly, but was playing second fiddle to Wilson. This season, Dominican makes a concerted effort to look inside to Stone every single possession.
Stone is just a load down low. He does a good job getting post position and has soft touch around the basket. He is a monster on the glass and blocking shots. I was just as impressed with him this season as I was last season.
Dominican's junior guard Tywon Bressler Jr. does a really nice job getting to the rack and using his quickness and the attention given to Stone to exploit defenders and get easy baskets.
This is the second year in a row I've came away impressed by Jack Jelacic from Dominican at the WBY Shootout. The 6'7" senior does it all for Dominican including tough rebounding, blocking shots, and showing off a little range.
Though Stone (6'10") and Ellenson (6'9") are both tall, Stone is definitely a post player and Ellenson is definitely a wing.
This was my first time seeing Ellenson and I came away impressed. He has a nice handle for a player his size and does a good job creating off the dribble. Though he struggled from the field tonight, he does have a good looking stroke and he can get that shot off against just about anyone.
Stone fouled out with 1:43 remaining.
Stone finished with 21 points and Ellenson ended with 17.
Both teams will be in action again tomorrow. Rice Lake takes on Neenah at 3 p.m. while Dominican will face off against Catholic Memorial at 4:30 p.m.
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WBY Shootout: Whitefish Bay 76, Racine Case 71
by Eric Nehm
posted Dec 27 2013 5:52PM
After a thrilling first half, Whitefish Bay was able to pull away from Racine Case in the second half and pull out a 76-71 victory in the WBY Shootout at Concordia University.
Racine Case struggled with Whitefish Bay's zone and full court press in the first few minutes, but eventually figured it out and closed to within a single point, 19-18, at the end of the first quarter with a big dunk from junior Desmond King.
The second quarter featured Racine Case once again falling behind and then catching up with Malik House hitting some big threes, including a buzzer beater to tie the game 37-37 at halftime.
Midway through the third quarter, Whitefish Bay started forcing turnovers and opened up a ten point lead to close the third quarter on a deep three from Joe Sherburne.
Whiefish Bay was able to maintain their lead and even stretch it out to 13 points at one point, but a few turnovers and some indecision regarding taking points or wasting time allowed Racine Case to draw within just four points with 25 seconds remaining. Ultimately though, Case was unable to complete the comeback and fell to Whitefish Bay.
Quick Thoughts:
In the early going, Racine Case struggled with Whitefish Bay's zone and full court press, but after a few early turnovers, they did a much better job of taking care of the ball.
Desmond King brought the crowd to their feet to end the first quarter with a big time dunk that brought Racine Case within a single point.
Joe Sherburne has serious range. He was three for three from the three point line in the first half, including two threes from a few feet behind the line. His three near the end of the third quarter was also well behind the line.
Whitefish Bay is LONG. All of their guards and wings are 6'2" or taller which makes their zone especially difficult for offenses.
I talked about Malik House and his ability to finish at the basket yesterday, but he was on fire from the three point line in the first half. He hit three long-range jumpers with the third coming right before the first half buzzer and really kept Racine Case in the game in the first half.
Whitefish Bay will be losing a few seniors, but their backcourt will be fine next season with 6'2" junior Miles Sigh and 6'3" junior Isaiah Johnson. Both Sigh and Johnson showed great ability getting to the rim and finishing in traffic today.
Racine Case lost two tough games in this event, but I would have to assume Coach Steve Jaskulske will look at the weekend as a great learning opportunity for his team as they went up against two very good teams.
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WBY Shootout: Oshkosh North 68, Wisconsin Lutheran 52
by Eric Nehm
posted Dec 27 2013 4:31PM
Wisconsin Lutheran, one of the top teams in Division II, was able to stick with Oshkosh North, one of the state's top Division I teams, for one half, but couldn't keep up in the second half as Oshkosh North pulled away and recorded a 68-52 victory in the WBY Shootout at Concordia University.
The game started off at an incredible tempo as both teams raced up and down the floor combining for 34 first quarter points with Oshkosh North leading 18-16 after one quarter.
The two teams remained close during the second quarter, but Oshkosh North retained a two point lead going into halftime leading 35-33.
After a close few minutes to start the second half, Oshkosh North pulled away behind a great effort from 6'6" senior forward Cooper Radtke. Radtke, a Northern Michigan (DII) commit, scored eight straight points for Oshkosh North as the third quarter came to a close and North took a 51-43 lead.
Wisconsin Lutheran attempted to mount a comeback in the fourth quarter, but just weren't able to overcome the deficit eventually falling 68-52.
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There's an old saying that the best way to beat a press or zone is to beat it up the floor, so it can't be set up. Today was one of the first times I've seen someone beat Wisconsin Lutheran's press up the floor. Oshkosh North's first two baskets came on long passes after made baskets over the top of Wisconsin Lutheran's press.
I didn't get a chance to talk about him yesterday, but C.J. Polk is a really nice player for Wisconsin Lutheran. The University of Minnesota-Moorhead commit is smooth going to the basket and rarely makes bad decisions. Today, he was able to cut through North's zone and find his way to the basket for some easy buckets. His time at Wisconsin Lutheran may help once he gets to school because every coach is looking for a tough defender.
Oshkosh North's 1-3-1 zone was tough for Wisconsin Lutheran to handle when 6'6" Cooper Radtke played on top of it. With Radtke off the floor though, North failed to execute at times and Wisconsin Lutheran was able to find some holes in the zone.
Radtke (committed to DII Northern Michigan) was a handful on the offensive end as well. He did a great job getting position as well as a nice job on the offensive glass. He also did a great job running the break, especially evident on his thunderous two-handed dunk in the second quarter.
Senior point guard Nathan Neveau made some nice plays for Oshkosh North and was much of the reason Wisconsin Lutheran's press failed to force many turnovers this afternoon. He did a nice job remaining under control and finding his way into the lane.
There really isn't a single player that really blows you away on Oshkosh North, but they execute extremely well and do a great job playing as one cohesive unit. Really fun to watch a team that plays like that.
Oshkosh North will be back tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. to face the team that knocked them out of last year's Divison I playoffs, Germantown.
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WBY Shootout: Neenah 62, Milwaukee Marquette 41
by Eric Nehm
posted Dec 27 2013 3:02PM
Neenah was in control from the opening tip today against Milwaukee Marquette as they cruised to a 62-41 victory in the WBY Shootout at Concordia University.
Neenah took a nine-point lead to start the game behind some slick playmaking from point guard and UW-Milwaukee soccer commit Adam Pohlman and some nice finishes from junior forward Matt Heldt. After the 9-0 start to the game, Neenah did not look back as they took a 29-22 lead into halftime.
The second half featured much of the same as Neenah continued to execute and led the game 47-33 after three quarters. One play in the middle of the third quarter perfectly captured today's game. As a Marquette player drove to the basket, Heldt blocked his shot and saved the ball to Pohlman before going out of bounds. Heldt regained his balance and immediately sprinted up floor where Pohlman found him underneath the basket for a layup on a nifty pass through traffic.
Neenah continued their dominance in the fourth quarter and eventually closed out the game with a 62-41 victory.
Quick Thoughts:
During the game someone asked me on Twitter what I thought of Matt Heldt, who is drawing interest from multiple Division I schools, so here is my synopsis of his game. Heldt is a prototypical modern-day big man. He posts up and tries to get good position, but doesn't necessarily dominate from the block. That doesn't really matter though because he does a great job running the floor and finding open space in the half court for easy dunks and layins. He possesses nice touch around the basket and showed some range today hitting a three in the first half. These are all the things I think most coaches now look for in a big man and why many college coaches are drooling over him.
Pohlman picked up his second foul just five minutes into the game. With Pohlman out for a majority of the first half, Neenah turned to senior guard Taulvish McCray and he more than capably filled in at the point.
I gushed about him on Twitter, but Adam Pohlman was in complete control of today's game. Dictated the tempo of the game and made the right decision repeatedly. The true embodiment of a point guard. Selfishly, I wish he would be playing basketball somewhere at the next level, but Pohlman will do just fine as a soccer player at UW-Milwaukee.
6'3" Marquette junior Ben Meinholz ended the first half in impressive fashion as he picked McCray and went down to the other end for a one-handed dunk.
With Meinholz and 6'7" junior Garrison Goode (who I wrote about yesterday), Milwaukee Marquette could have a nice team next season if both players continue to develop.
Neenah might have a tougher test tomorrow as they will face off against Rice Lake at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
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WBY Shootout: West De Pere 65, Milwaukee Washington 49
by Eric Nehm
posted Dec 27 2013 1:31PM
For the second straight day, West De Pere was able to take care of business and prove themselves worthy of their high ranking at Division II level as they took care of business against MIlwaukee Washington and came away with a 65-49 victory.
West De Pere was able to handle Milwaukee Washington's pressure in the first half and ran out to a 25-11 lead at halftime.
The second half looked very similar to the first as West De Pere was able to push their lead out to more than 20 points in the third quarter. Though they could have just folded up and stopped playing hard, they kept working and were able to cut the deficit to just 11 with five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, but Cody Schwartz quickly answered with a deep three from the right wing and West De Pere didn't look back from there, ultimately defeating Milwaukee Washington 65-49.
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Cody Schwartz (6'8") and Chandler Diekvoss (6'6") were just as impressive on day two. Both of them did a great job handling pressure and show an above average ability to handle the ball and make plays for their size. Both of them are also great shooters with range.
Marquette coach Buzz Williams, UW-Green Bay coach Brian Wardle, and Wisconsin assistant Greg Gard were among those in attendance to see Schwartz.
Three seconds into the second half, MIlwaukee Washington coach Freddie Riley received a technical as he complained to the officials. Riley was insistent that the officials were calling the game too tight and not allowing his players to play defense.
With Milwaukee Washington now at the Division II level, Division II is absolutely stacked. West De Pere has proven to be more than worthy of their Top 3 ranking. Washington didn't look great today against West De Pere, but they're a very good team. Wisconsin Lutheran was impressive last night against Milwaukee Marquette and will be tested later today against Oshkosh North. And we haven't even seen Henry Ellenson and Rice Lake yet. Needless to say, the Division II Tournament is going to be FUN this year.
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WBY Shootout: What to Look Forward to on Friday
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posted Dec 26 2013 7:44PM
Everything. I am looking forward to everything tomorrow, but I will highlight just five games that really stick out.
West De Pere vs. Milwaukee Washington – Noon – West De Pere was able to handle their first game against a Division I team from the Milwaukee area, but they'll have see if they can do it again tomorrow against Milwaukee Washington. Cody Schwartz (interest from Creighton, Marquette, Nebraska and Northern Iowa) and Chandler Diekvoss (Richmond commit) put on a show on Friday when both scored over 20 points against Racine Case, so I'll be interested to see what they have in store for tomorrow.
Milwaukee Marquette vs. Neenah – 1:30 p.m. – Neenah has gone unbeaten thus far this season and are led by senior point guard Adam Pohlman (interest from several Division I schools) and junior Matt Heldt (interest from both Marquette and Wisconsin). I'll be interested to see if Milwaukee Marquette can recover from a rough night against Wisconsin Lutheran and push Neenah tomorrow.
Rice Lake vs. Dominican – 6 p.m. – This is the matchup everyone was circling going into the event. Rice Lake features Henry Ellenson (interest from Marquette and Wisconsin among others) and is the #6 ranked team in Division 2, while Dominican features Diamond Stone (interest from Marquette and Wisconsin among others) and is the #1 ranked team in Division 4. This should be an absolute battle and quite possibly the game of the day.
Milwaukee Vincent vs. Germantown – 7:30 p.m. – Germantown is the best team in the state and sports the state's longest winning streak of all-time at 65 straight games. They also feature three players committed to Division I schools: Lamonte Bearden (Buffalo), Jake Showalter (North Dakota State) and Evan Wesenberg (North Dakota State). Vincent is no slouch though as the storied basketball program once again boasts a very good team.
De Pere vs. Arrowhead – 9 p.m. – I am really looking forward to watching De Pere because of junior guard Brevin Pritzl (interest from several Division I programs). I had the privilege of watching Pritzl battle Germantown at a jam-packed Homestead High School last year during the Division I playoffs and he was unafraid of the powerhouse Warhawks. Pritzl's range extends to the parking lot and he does not back down from anyone.
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WBY Shootout: Wisconsin Lutheran 71, Milwaukee Marquette 60
by Eric Nehm
posted Dec 26 2013 7:38PM
Wisconsin Lutheran was in control from the start of their game against Milwaukee Marquette and came away with a 71-60 victory in the WBY Shootout at Concordia University.
After one quarter, the game was relatively close with Wisconsin Lutheran only leading 17-10, but they quickly opened up their lead in the second quarter. Wisconsin Lutheran was able to turn turnover after turnover into points on the offensive end and take a commanding 41-20 lead at the half.
The second half played out very similar to the first half with Wisconsin Lutheran remaining in control throughout the game and eventually winning 71-60 with Milwaukee Marquette cutting the lead in the final minutes.
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One of the things I've always enjoyed about Wisconsin Lutheran teams is their constant high effort under Coach Ryan Walz and his father Dale Walz before him. I don't know how many times I've seen a team handle the pressure from Wisconsin Lutheran in the first half only to see that same team turn the ball over again and again in the second quarter. The pressure and effort on the defensive end is constant throughout all games and that is a testament to great coaching.
Anthony Carver does a really nice job on the glass. He is only 6'3", but you would think he is nearly seven feet tall. He does a really great job with his body and is just one of those players that really understands where rebounds will fall and how to position himself for those rebounds.
Marquette junior Garrison Goode is a very intriguing player. At 6'7", Griffin has the frame play down low and has a ton of athleticism. He could be a solid player going forward.
Wisconsin Lutheran senior Jamare' Griffin is smooth going to the rack. He really did a nice job finishing in the open court.
The efficiency in which Wisconsin Lutheran converts a turnover into points is staggering.
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WBY Shootout: Ashwaubenon 49, Mukwonago 40
by Eric Nehm
posted Dec 26 2013 6:13PM
In a game that was much closer than its final score would suggest, Ashwaubenon Jaguars beat Mukwonago 49-40 in the WBY Shootout at Concordia University.
The contest was close throughout, but with just over two minutes left Ashwaubenon led by just one 37-36, but then Kyle Monroe converted a three-point play and gave Ashwaubenon a four-point lead. Mukwonago was again able to cut the deficit to a single basket, but a three-point play by senior Jackson Messenger gave Ashwaubenon a five point lead at 43-38.
A layup from Mukwonago senior Aaron Nixon cut the lead to 43-40, but that would be as close as Mukwonago would make it as Ashwaubenon was able to pull away with some free throws and finish the game with a 49-40 victory.
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Ashwaubenon Junior Kyle Monroe (6'5") is a really nice player on the wing. He handles the ball well and made quite a few plays with his floor vision and length.
Mukwonago senior and future Wisconsin football player Dominic Cizauskas (6'2") is a monster. Good luck fighting through one of his screens.
Mukwonago Dan Gerrits (6'11") is very tall. I know quite the observation, but I was impressed with his touch around the basketball and rebounding ability.
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WBY Shootout: West De Pere 62, Racine Case 60
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In a battle between two of the state's top teams, West De Pere narrowly escaped with a 62-60 victory over Racine Case
in the WBY Shootout at Concordia University.
After one quarter, West De Pere was in control with some sharpshooting from Chandler Diekvoss and Cody Schwartz. Diekvoss, a Richmond commit, hit three three pointers to help West De Pere take a 16-9 lead after one quarter.
Racine Case was able to get back into the game in the second quarter applying some defensive pressure, but ultimately West De Pere was able to take control and led 34-26 going into the second half.
In the third quarter, Racine Case was able to use some offensive rebounds and defensive pressure to get back into the game. Senior Malik House made a few nice plays and scored a few baskets to help Racine Case draw within a single point going into the fourth quarter.
Again, West De Pere added to their lead in the fourth quarter leading by as many as seven points. Like the second quarter, West De Pere used a 1-3-1 zone to slow Racine Case down and turn them into a jump-shooting team rather than an agressive, attacking offensive team.
Trailing by seven with just over a minute left, Racine Case senior James Trice hit a high-arching three to bring Case within four. After a turnover from each team, Diekvoss went to the line and gave West De Pere a five point lead.
With just 14 seconds remaining, Case junior Daizon Scott hit a big three to cut the West De Pere lead to just two. Case fouled sophomore Luke Pannier, who missed both free throws with just nine seconds remaining.
D'Angelo Jackson grabbed the rebound for Case, pushed the ball up floor, and found Scott wide open on the left side of the floor. Scott's open three hit off the back of the rim and bounced off the floor as time expired.
Quick Thoughts:
Racine Case opened in a 2-2-1 full court press that West De Pere struggled with to start the game, but soon came to figure out.
Racine Case really applies the pressure defensively. Each time they were able to cut into the West De Pere lead came when they were applying tough defensive pressure.
West De Pere was able to take control when they implemented a 1-3-1 zone in the second quarter. They really slowed Case down and turned them into jump shooters in the first half.
Senior Malik House was great for Case as he was making plays for them down the stretch. House is extremely quick with the ball and possesses the ability to finish around the rim in traffic.
Enough cannot be said about Luke Pannier's fourth quarter. He was solid throughout the game and showed off a high basketball IQ, but going three-for-three in the fourth quarter served as a huge boost for West De Pere.
The end of the game was a bit more interesting than it probably should have been as West De Pere missed some free throws down the stretch.
Junior Cody Schwartz (6'8") is attracting interest from a lot of Division I schools including Marquette, Creighton, Nebraska, and Northern Iowa. He finished with 21 points for the game.
Diekvoss finished with 22 points.
West De Pere plays again tomorrow at noon. They will face Milwaukee Washington.
Racine Case will play Whitefish Bay tomorrow at 4:30.
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merge 70049:70059 from the jinty-doom branch. These are the ZODB part of the patches I posted to http://www.zope.org/Collectors/Zope3-dev/655 with an additional import cleanup. The issue was silent for over 2 weeks. Also my attempts at subscribing to zodb-dev or sending a message there dissapeared were doomed;) I'm fully willing to revert this if someone has an issue with it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r70059 | jinty | 2006-09-08 16:26:44 +0200 (Fri, 08 Sep 2006) | 1 line Forgot the NEWS entry. Hope I did it right. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r70053 | jinty | 2006-09-08 14:43:26 +0200 (Fri, 08 Sep 2006) | 1 line Clean up wierd import dance with ZODB. This is unnecessary since the transaction module stopped being imported in ZODB/__init__.py in rev 39622. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r70051 | jinty | 2006-09-08 13:24:45 +0200 (Fri, 08 Sep 2006) | 1 line Add the ability to ask a transaction if it has been doomed i.e. isDoomed(). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r70050 | jinty | 2006-09-08 13:13:06 +0200 (Fri, 08 Sep 2006) | 1 line Add the doom() function to transactions. Look at tests/doom.txt for more info. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Remove a large pile of gimmicks that were officially deprecated in ZODB 3.4. This should be fun ;-)
Merge Jim's savepoint/rollback work from the 3.4 branch. Yay! Original checkin msgs follow: r30131 | jim | 2005-04-23 23:33:29 -0400 (Sat, 23 Apr 2005) | 5 lines M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/ZODB/Connection.py M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/ZODB/tests/testConnectionSavepoint.py Fixed a bug in commits with savepoints and changes since savepoints. Once we start using savepoints, we need to make sure that all data are committed through the savepoints. Otherwise, things can get committed in the wrong order, leading to conflicts. r30130 | jim | 2005-04-23 23:02:00 -0400 (Sat, 23 Apr 2005) | 6 lines M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/ZODB/Connection.py M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/ZODB/tests/testConnectionSavepoint.py Fixed a bug that caused assertion errors if an object was added in a savepoint, then modified and then aborted. Also added missing code to clear registered objects when a savepoint was rolled back. r30129 | jim | 2005-04-23 21:29:02 -0400 (Sat, 23 Apr 2005) | 5 lines M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/ZODB/Connection.py D /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/ZODB/TmpStore.py M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/ZODB/tests/testConnection.py A /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/ZODB/tests/testConnectionSavepoint.py A /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/ZODB/tests/testConnectionSavepoint.txt M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/ZODB/tests/testZODB.py M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/ZODB/tests/test_datamanageradapter.py M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/transaction/__init__.py M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/transaction/_manager.py M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/transaction/_transaction.py M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/transaction/interfaces.py A /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/transaction/savepoint.txt A /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/transaction/tests/savepointsample.py M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/transaction/tests/test_register_compat.py A /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/transaction/tests/test_savepoint.py Added savepoints! (And also added interfaces and rearranged some code to hopefully make it easier to read.) r30128 | jim | 2005-04-23 21:28:59 -0400 (Sat, 23 Apr 2005) | 2 lines M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/transaction/tests/test_transaction.py Removed some tests that son't make sense after the savepoont refactoring r30127 | jim | 2005-04-23 21:28:57 -0400 (Sat, 23 Apr 2005) | 2 lines M /ZODB/branches/3.4/src/persistent/interfaces.py Commented out mtime
Merge rev 29891 from the 3.4 branch. Merge the ZODB part of Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses. Here are checkin msgs from the branch relating to ZODB code: r29872 | jim | 2005-04-04 07:04:39 -0400 (Mon, 04 Apr 2005) | 3 lines Changed paths: M /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/ZODB/serialize.py For instances of persistent classes, save a class-module/clas-name tuple if the class has a non-empty module string. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r29871 | jim | 2005-04-04 07:04:33 -0400 (Mon, 04 Apr 2005) | 6 lines Changed paths: M /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/ZODB/Connection.py Changed sub-transaction abort code to not invalidate created objects. There's really no point, because created objects will be unreachable after invalidating old objects. Also, if a created object is non-ghostifiable, it will try to load it's state again, and then either it would fail or it would load non-committed state. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r29870 | jim | 2005-04-04 07:04:27 -0400 (Mon, 04 Apr 2005) | 3 lines Changed paths: A /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/ZODB/persistentclass.py A /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/ZODB/persistentclass.txt A /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/ZODB/tests/testpersistentclass.py Added ZClass-independent test of (and possible base class for) persistent-class support machinery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r29867 | jim | 2005-04-04 07:03:48 -0400 (Mon, 04 Apr 2005) | 2 lines Changed paths: M /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/transaction/_manager.py Added missing arguments to commit and abort. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r29774 | jim | 2005-04-01 06:24:27 -0500 (Fri, 01 Apr 2005) | 3 lines Changed paths: M /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/transaction/__init__.py Changed to use methods of a threaded manager directly, rather than through wrapper functions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r29773 | jim | 2005-04-01 06:24:25 -0500 (Fri, 01 Apr 2005) | 3 lines Changed paths: M /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/transaction/_manager.py Added commit and abort methods to transaction managers. This makes direcr use of managers simpler. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r29101 | jim | 2005-02-10 07:44:52 -0500 (Thu, 10 Feb 2005) | 2 lines Changed paths: M /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/ZODB/Connection.py Removed an unused attribute. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r29100 | jim | 2005-02-10 07:42:35 -0500 (Thu, 10 Feb 2005) | 3 lines Changed paths: M /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/transaction/_transaction.py Changed an XXX comment to an ordinary comment, explaining the relevent issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r29099 | jim | 2005-02-10 07:41:58 -0500 (Thu, 10 Feb 2005) | 3 lines Changed paths: M /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/ZODB/Connection.py Changed some XXX comments to ordinary comments explaining the relevent issues. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r29071 | jim | 2005-02-07 07:36:05 -0500 (Mon, 07 Feb 2005) | 3 lines Changed paths: M /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/transaction/_transaction.py Added a sanity check to avoid registration of objects without a manager. (Perhaps this should be an assert.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r29067 | jim | 2005-02-07 07:35:56 -0500 (Mon, 07 Feb 2005) | 15 lines Changed paths: M /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/ZODB/Connection.py Changed the strategy for handling invalidation of classes. No-longer use setklassstate. Instead, just call _p_invalidate, as with any other object. This changes didn't break any tests, so I assume that this was untested. :( Changed the strategy for invalidating objects. Non-ghostifiable objects will load their state when they are invalidated. We have to worry about other invalidations that come in while this is happening. See the comment in _flush_invalidations. We need to force all invalidations to take this into account, by going through _flush_invalidations. I haven't done this yet, but I have left some XXX comments in places where it needs to be done to remind myself that this needs to be done. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ r29066 | jim | 2005-02-07 07:35:54 -0500 (Mon, 07 Feb 2005) | 8 lines Changed paths: M /Zope/branches/jim-fix-zclasses/lib/python/persistent/cPickleCache.c Changed the strategy for handling invalidation of classes. No-longer use setklassstate. Instead, just call _p_invalidate, as with any other object. This changes didn't break any tests, so I assume that this was untested. :( Change invalidation to not swallow errors. (Swallowing errors here was a travesty!)
Expand the deprecation warning for get_transaction() to cover the most common cases (commit() and abort()) -- it's not really obvious that shortcut spelling exist for those.
Officially deprecate the monkey-patching of get_transaction into __builtin__. Various Zopes probably need changes too (to avoid the new deprecation warnings).
Merge/port assorted ZODB changes checked into Zope3's ZODB copy. Please don't do that: ZODB changes need to be done in the ZODB project. Checkins to Zope3 have no effect on ZODB in reality. This includes: r26945 | jim | 2004-08-06 18:30:44 -0400 (Fri, 06 Aug 2004) | 6 lines M /Zope3/trunk/src/persistent/tests/test_persistent.py Updated to work with the versions of doctest from Python with versions greater than or equal to 2.3.0 and less than 2.4.0.a2 and with versions greater than 2.4.0a2. r26482 | srichter | 2004-07-13 13:07:03 -0400 (Tue, 13 Jul 2004) | 2 lines M /Zope3/trunk/src/transaction/__init__.py M /Zope3/trunk/src/transaction/_transaction.py M /Zope3/trunk/src/transaction/tests/test_transaction.py Converted XXX to TODO. r25953 | sidnei | 2004-06-23 13:14:20 -0400 (Wed, 23 Jun 2004) | 1 line M /Zope3/trunk/src/ZODB/interfaces.py M /Zope3/trunk/src/transaction/_transaction.py Add missing sortKey method to ZopeDBTransactionManager and DataManagerAdapter, and also add it to the interface. r25273 | philikon | 2004-06-06 04:43:57 -0400 (Sun, 06 Jun 2004) | 4 lines Changed paths: M /Zope3/trunk/src/BTrees M /Zope3/trunk/src/ZODB M /Zope3/trunk/src/persistent Ignore .so files. This fix should probably be merged to the original ZODB tree.
Updated license to version 2.1.
Expand svn Id keywords in .py, .c, and .h files.
Set mime-type or svn-eol property from cvs expansion data
Add optional subtransaction arguments to top-level commit() and abort().
Merge the jeremy-txn-branch to the head. This branch introduces a new transaction API. The key features are: - top-level functions in transaction -- get(), commit(), abort() - explicit transaction manager objects - Transaction objects are used for exactly one transaction - support for transaction synchronizers The changes here are still provisional, but we want to get them off an obscure branch and onto the head for further development.
update to replace ZODB 4 with ZODB 3
Merge jeremy-atomic-invalidation-branch. Add suspend() and resume() to transaction manager API. Change implementation so that the thread-aware manager does not inherit from the thread-agnostic manager. Add suspended transaction state.
Grand renaming: - Renamed most files (especially python modules) to lower case. - Moved views and interfaces into separate hierarchies within each project, where each top-level directory under the zope package is a separate project. - Moved everything to src from lib/python. lib/python will eventually go away. I need access to the cvs repository to make this happen, however. There are probably some bits that are broken. All tests pass and zope runs, but I haven't tried everything. There are a number of cleanups I'll work on tomorrow.
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Re: Chase chances over for Stewart
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WG, Guess, I'm still not "getting it" but that's okay. When I hit 50, I quit expecting to understand everything! LOL I thought you were referring to his decision to block. I'm on the fence. How can blocking not be okay if you're going for the win? Where do you draw the line? If you're in front and you're 1/2 lap from the win, do you let others pass you by? Never really understood that idea but after the wreck yesterday, I am assuming that's why. But racing is about the driver's ability too, not just how fast the cars are, esp with restrictor plate racing so to block or not block?
I don't mind blocking, and it was the only thing he could have done to win. I just wish he had done it right, and hadn't misjudged the speed of the 55 coming up on him. As for Tony's comments earlier in the year about anyone trying to block him would get put in the wall. My view was that I loved the emotion from him, but didn't agree with him that blocking shouldn't happen. Blocking only shouldn't happen if you can't do it right. Unfortunately for so many drivers, Tony couldn't block properly on Sunday.


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PITTSBURGH, PA (August 26, 2009) –The Allegheny County Airport Authority staged a full scale emergency drill on Wednesday, August 26, at Pittsburgh International Airport. The drill is held every three years and is required by the Federal Aviation Administration as part of the airport's operating certification under Part 139 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
"The safety of travelers and airport personnel is always the highest priority. Planning and practice for a major airfield incident is critical to ensuring the success of any emergency response," stated Glenn R. Mahone, Chairman, Allegheny County Airport Authority.
"The realistic simulation of a major aircraft accident is an excellent and practical way to assess the Airport's response to an actual incident. This comprehensive exercise demonstrates that the region is prepared to respond effectively to a major aircraft incident at one of the nation's best airports," said Dan Onorato, Allegheny County Executive.
"Our emergency response employees are continuously training; this multi-agency drill enhances our preparedness for an actual disaster situation," said Bradley D. Penrod, Executive Director/CEO, Allegheny County Airport Authority. "A drill such as this gives us an opportunity to test our ongoing training in a more realistic setting, which allows us to better evaluate our readiness and abilities."
Two drills took place in two locations and ran simultaneously at the C130 exercise location off of Harper Road and the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Training Facility. The C130 exercise location featured more than 100 volunteers as casualties of a simulated commercial airline crash. The exercise tested rescue and response. The ARFF exercise provided live fire experience for mutual aid fire companies on the aircraft simulating training system. A mobile command post was established between the two locations. The organizational structure of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS) were implemented for drill response and management. NIMS provides a consistent format for emergencies and is a program of FEMA.
More than 50 public safety agencies were involved in the drill. Volunteers came from the School of Nursing at Robert Morris University and other companies including CDM, Michael Baker Corporation, dck Worldwide, PB World, ms Consultants, and SAI Engineering.


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Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis
National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
It is possible that the main title of the report Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
General Discussion
Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is an acquired progressive muscle disorder that becomes apparent during adulthood. The symptoms and progression of sIBM vary from one person to another. In most cases, sIBM is characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration (atrophy) of the muscles especially those of the arms and the legs. sIBM can progress to cause severe disability. The exact cause of the disorder is unknown and the muscle tissue of affected individuals shows both inflammatory and degenerative changes. sIBM is a complex disorder and, most likely, multiple factors including genetic, immunological and environmental ones in combination all play a role in its development.
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This Real Housewife was all set to move on to a new boyfriend, but he balked at her asking price and said he could have a string of women for what she wanted. So, she went back to her old cheating one.
Joanna Krupa
I like Elsa betterReplyCancel
@Sandy—google Elsa from housewives of Miami. She is a real hottie!ReplyCancel
Sandy brook, Housewife lesson #2: remember the housewife I mentioned in the last blind? She was married to to this uber rich Middle Eastern dude. Joanna Krupa (above) broke up their marriage. Hoes in different housewife zip codes.ReplyCancel
ok I know who Hohanna is lets go see Elsa. Highest priced call girl in South Beach.ReplyCancel
whoa Elsa looks good but she is gonna end up looking like her mom does 🙁ReplyCancel
Derek and I never pass up a chance to spread the Good Word of Andy Cohen.
Did you hearPorsha threw down with Kenya at the reunion taping and got her ass fired???ReplyCancel
lolll Elsa IS the mother. lol. Kristin we need to draw-up a cheat-sheet for the Housewive blinds…ReplyCancel
LOL! Aging gold digger gets reality check.ReplyCancel
I saw that in the DM the other day. Dont be messing with girls who beard for gay NFL playas.ReplyCancel
@Kristin—yeah can not wait to see that! I hope Kenya gets her twirl on Porshas dumb ass…ReplyCancel
Did anyone see mcready girl tweet about missing kids awards? Wonder if schnieders award had anything to so with itReplyCancel
wait Marisol is the mother?? Old and looks just like daughter except 30 yrs later of drugs and booze. Heysus Christo!ReplyCancel
Mama Elsa is the mother and she used to be Madonna's spiritual healer or something.
Props to Kenya for getting Porscha fired. You know that's what she was going for.ReplyCancel
@K–wait what? She got her fired?
and Elsa and Madonna? lol hopefully she is not her plastic surgery adviser although that would explain a lot…
D, I read it's coming… Bravo has a zero tolerance for violence with these ladies since the fall out from Apollo cracking Brandin's ribs. I wouldn't put it past Kenya to get one of those ladies worked up enough to swing at her and get them fired.ReplyCancel
@K well Carlton violently attacks my eye balls every week—kick her to the curb! and she casts spells on people lmaoReplyCancel
Yeah, she high jacked Kyle's iPad screensaver. Those ladies are shaking in their boots.ReplyCancel
When "Your face is your fortune" one can't be too careful!!ReplyCancel
Whew! Feel better, Derek?ReplyCancel
If Mama Elsa has money Id hit it.ReplyCancel
And I would lay down on the trains tracks to stop that hot mess express, Sandy. :/ReplyCancel
What what what Porscha got the ax? Kenya grates me nerves like nothing else but you have to admit, she is entertaining. Now if only we could get rid of Carleton too…
Aviva makes me want to punch the TV screen in a way I haven't felt since Danielle Staub and her casual placement of that book on the dinner table. I hate myself for letting these women get to me so much.ReplyCancel
I googled her name and found an on-line album of her wedding photos. Her dress was long in the back, above the knees in the front. In every photo she looks like a pole dancer posing for a cheesy calendar rather than a bride. Her bridal party all posed exactly the same way.
I say that knowing nothing – NOTHING – about her.
She's very pretty though, but in a trashy sort of way.ReplyCancel
Kristin is jealous! <3ReplyCancel
There isn't a real housewife in existence on Tv that isn't trashy Marina. That's why they get paid.ReplyCancel
I am extremely unworthy you can trust me on that. And not much else.ReplyCancel
I love me some NeNe, my Boos, can count on that! Not so much this seasons menopausal NeNe, but the old one of seasons past. Bloop.ReplyCancel
JSierra, I jumped the gun. She is rumored to be getting the ax because she assaulted Kenya at the reunion taping Thursday.
Say what you want about Danielle, but when she pulled that mannequin head out of the bag at the reunion for a weave pull demonstration, that was gold.
It's Andy Cohen's world, we just live in it.ReplyCancel
Good point, who would want to watch a well-behaved housewife?
Ugh. It's the genre I find the most "this is a sign of the cultural apocalypse"-ish.ReplyCancel
I enjoy the Housewives more when they aren't screaming and there is no manufactured drama for drama's sake. The real drama will happen on it's own and that's television gold (scary island), but it can't be forced nor should it be. I also enjoy the ladies and husbands when they are behaving well. I'm so over Orange County and have been for many years. Same with most of them now. I still like Atlanta best and Beverly Hills needs some fine tuning. I'm so sick of Brandy playing the "Eddie cheated on me with that waitress" card (as she's f**ing her neighbors dog, drunk) and Kyle's fake laugh, and everything about Kim. Carlton makes me want to hide in a closet – she's frightening to look at. But, I'll give Andy one more season to fix that hot mess.
Anyone watch Chrisley Knows Best? That show is so funny! I never imagined it would be as good as it is.ReplyCancel
Jeezus Kristin yer getting me all excited over a rumor! Just another sign I love Housewives way too much I suppose. I say they cut Kathy (not not Rich and definitely not Rosie) from Jersey and bring Danielle back. Now that would be some television gold! I'm also obsessed with Online Dating Rituals of the American Male. "Do you work out?" "No, I'm just malnourished."ReplyCancel
"She's very pretty but in a trashy way."
Describes ALL Housewives.


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Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: The Great Divide
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- There's a great divide brewing in America and it's not just a political one, Jim Cramer told "Mad Money" viewers Thursday.
Every day in the markets the bulls and the bears are duking it out to win the hearts and minds of investors, and there seems to be little hope for a compromise. Cramer identified six such battlegrounds.
The first battleground is employment, with the bears crying foul over recent upticks in hiring but the bulls seeing some reasons for hope and buying into retail stocks such as Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) and Costco (COST) .
The second battle is over the looming fiscal cliff. The bears see it as an unsurmountable Everest, but the bulls view it more as a bump in the road. Then there's the battle over where corporate earnings are headed in 2013. The bears cite FedEx (FDX) and its two guide-downs, but the bulls look to FedEx's positive comments for 2013 and beyond.
Next is China, said Cramer, where Alcoa (AA) continues to disappoint, but also offered some glimmer of hope that things will improve in late 2013. There's also been a battle on the mergers and acquisitions front, and countless initial public offerings have been closing below their openings and drifting lower thereafter. But the bulls saw this trend end today with a handful of prominent IPOs that all closed higher.
Finally, Cramer said there's a battle over Apple (AAPL) , a stock he owns for his charitable trust, Action Alerts PLUS. He said that the bears have all sorts of reasons to hate the stock, but the bulls clearly have history on their side.
All of these battles may make the markets seem very confusing, admitted Cramer, which is why he continues to advise proceeding with caution.
Looking for Value
Cramer's always on the hunt for stocks that represent good value, which is why Dean Foods (DF) caught his attention after the stock fell from $17 a share to just $14.65 despite the company's recent announcement that its spinning off its WhiteWave-Alpro organic food division.
Cramer said Dean Foods is a classic case of a company being worth less than the sum of its parts. But in this case he doesn't need to speculate on what could happen in the event of a spin-off because the company has already announced not one, but two.
In addition to the WhiteWave spinoff, which is already in process, Dean Foods also announced on Sept. 26 that it's seeking a buyer for its Morningstar division, which makes, among other things, coffee creamers for restaurants.
Adding up the value for both WhiteWave and Morningstar as well as the remaining Dean Foods business, Cramer said the company is worth at least $20 a share, a full 40% more than where it closed Thursday.


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