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Jan 7, 2010 at 10:12 pm #1253906
Jack H.Member
@foundLocale: Sacramento, CA
What are some of your "near miss" stories? What's a time that you got lucky, but it could have turned out really bad.
Here's a crazy video of some hikers in a near miss.Jan 8, 2010 at 3:27 am #1560720
Ryan LinnMember
@ryan-c-linnLocale: Maine!
I saw this video the other day, and it blows my mind. The two people seem to have a very calm reaction for almost being crushed by a GIANT F-ING BOULDER! And if I was below them, I probably would have been a little… shall we say annoyed? General etiquette calls for someone yelling "rock!" I hope nobody was hiking behind them :)Jan 8, 2010 at 4:32 am #1560725
Jonathan DeYoungMember
@jdeyoung81Locale: New England
About 5 or 6 years ago I was hiking Mt. Washington in the winter and had my camera out to take a picture of the top of Tuckermans Ravine when I fumbled the camera and it started to slide down the trail. Thinking quickly (and not to smart) I dove after the camera and went for a short ride on the snow pack. It could have been alot worse but I was able to dig my crampons in and stop after a few feet.
Yes, I did get my camera and the shot I wanted.Jan 8, 2010 at 6:22 am #1560738
Eugene SmithBPL Member
@eugeneiusLocale: Nuevo Mexico
That video gets me boiling. Seriously, what were they thinking? Her massive pack appears loose and to pull her center of gravity off the mountain. Like the other poster said, they sure seemed pretty calm and casual for both having nearly missed being tumbled down the face and/or taken out by man sized boulders. The camera man just laughs…sounded a little blazed to me.
My "Near Miss". My buddy and I did a long day hike in the Dona Ana Mtns. near our town in Las Cruces, NM and we made a decision to descend down a tight funneling crack in the west facing side of the mountain. What started off as typical Class 3 terrain for a brief but sweat inducing couple of moments abruptly turned into a Class 4-easy Class 5 20 ft. drop to the deck. We had no rope but were fortunate enough to have chosen a route down that had a rope attached to a small juniper nestled in the rock. The rope was years old and dry, definitely past retirement and also stopped 6 ft. short of the bottom of the drop. I went down first and tested the rope confident that it would hold, well it did, but that was a nerve racking descent. At one point just before the floor I was just hanging there thinking, "Well if the rope breaks now I'll live." My buddy Ryan who is afraid of heights was coerced by me to do the same, he did, and was pretty upset at the situation when all was said and done. I call this a "Near Miss" because I probably should have made the decision to turn around and not trust the rope. We were all smiles after a while hiking back to the trailhead.
PS: My wife does not know about this incident and I plan to keep it that way.Jan 8, 2010 at 8:35 am #1560777
David UreMember
Wow – there are so many issues with this including off trail hiking in a Utah National Park. In any event, no worry. Her huge pack would have cushioned her from the fall….;)Jan 8, 2010 at 8:40 am #1560779
Juston TaulMember
@junctionLocale: Atlanta, GA
Great thread Jack. I love these threads. No better way to learn and entertain.
My near miss…
I was spelunking in Southern Indiana. I'm a member of the Harrison/Crawford County Grotto. I was entertaining two friends with zero caving experience. We entered a non technical cave called Langdon's Cave. No gear required, just a few tight squeezes, and several large crevices with 30ft + drops. Here is a video I found of it on youtube. It will give you some idea of what it's like.
I made several mistakes on this trip. Number one being safety gear. I only had two helmets and there were three of us. Being more experienced, I gave them my helmets and went without. Number two, I wasn't insistent on route selection inside the cave. This is what eventually led to my near miss.
Towards the end of the cave, you come upon a 25-30ft climb to an overhang that overlooks a cathedral view. It's one of the highlights of the experience. There are two routes that will get you to the top. I advised a buddy of mine to take the route I was following but he wanted to try it his own way. I didn't interject. I made my way towards the top. As I neared, I heard him asking for help. He was about 5ft from the top when he got himself into a position where he couldn't go up and he couldn't go down. The rock was wet and extremely slick. The floor below is covered by man sized boulders. Most likely instant death from a fall of this magnitude.
Having no gear, my only option was to help him from the top with what I had. I laid down on my stomach keeping the greatest amount of my body on the rock surface for friction. Luckily I'm a tall guy and was able to lay down and grab ahold of his arms. He basically used me as a ladder and made his way to the top. He was pretty shook up by the experience, I was as well. We both learned a lot that day. The rest of the trip was uneventful. He's a regular now and loves spelunking.Jan 8, 2010 at 8:41 am #1560780
ben woodMember
@benwoodLocale: flatlands of MO
eugene, i know your wife.Jan 8, 2010 at 9:17 am #1560788
Miguel ArboledaBPL Member
@butukiLocale: Kanto Plain, Japan
I guess all of us have such experiences if we spend enough time out there. I've had a lot of things happen.
One of the worst was my very first time climbing alpine ridges here in Japan, back in 1984, when I was 24. I didn't have a clue what I was doing (though, amazingly, my entire pack weight was only 25 pounds, including three days of food, SLR camera, and single-wall single-person dome tent… to this day I still don't see how I managed to get the weight so low and have everything I needed… though admittedly in those days I had very little hiking gear), especially wearing jeans and a cotton shirt, and headed up to the 3,000 meter zone with no idea what I could get myself into. The first two days were hard climbing, but with great weather utterly enchanting. The morning of the third day, however, was a different matter. I started up the last two big peaks, Aino Peak and Notori Peak, at dawn, alone. The weather was clear and bright and I thought I'd have three straight days of sunshine. But I had failed to consult with the mountain lodge keeper where my campsite was about today's weather and so was completely unaware of the approaching storm. At about 9 am, walking along a razorback ridge I suddenly became aware of a gigantic black presence rising from the western side of the range. I could hardly believe it was a cloud it was so black and menacing. And before I even had a chance to pull out my map and check my bearings it hit with a fury that knocked me to the ground. The day changed from day to night in an instant. I couldn't get up. I ended up crawling on the rocks, trying to keep myself from being blown off the precipice that fell about 2,000 meters to the leeward side of the ridge. Two ptarmigans, birds meant for this environment, whipped past me, bouncing on the rocks like paper bags. The rain hit and within minutes I was soaked to the bone, shivering wildly. I ended up curled against a boulder, whimpering and crying like a child. When the thunder boomed, I thought I was going to die.
I don't know how long it was, but the next thing I knew there was a boot placed next to my head and when I looked up there stood this old Japanese man, and behind him three of his friends, roped up and battened down with full rain gear. The man stared down at me with a gentle smile and asked, "What are you doing down there?"
I couldn't do anything but blubber away, so he reached down and gently pulled me up. "Are you okay?"
I burst out crying again and he put his hand on my back. "Come on, we've got to get off this ridge. It's too dangerous up here."
They roped me in with them and we made our way gingerly along the ridge till we found a break in the neck-high creeping pine and managed to get out of the wind on a ledge on the leeward side of the ridge. It was like a different world… alpine meadow with wildflowers waving in the soft wind, butterflies dancing amidst the grass, clouds billowing softly below. We sat there for about three hours, waiting, sharing coffee and rice cakes and oranges.
Needless to say we got off the mountain safely. And the entire 11 hour descent was spent in earnest discussion about what one needs to prepare for these mountains. I've never looked at mountains the same since then.Jan 8, 2010 at 10:13 am #1560800
Jack H.Member
@foundLocale: Sacramento, CA
Great stories!
Just to point out, I'm pretty sure that the people in the video aren't carrying very heavy packs. To me they look like climbers (helmet on the back of her pack) descending after climbing one of the Zion cliffs.Jan 8, 2010 at 12:15 pm #1560826
Rob LineMember
I had a "crevice with no gear" mishap too. It was a small crack in the mountain that I could press my back against and "spider" up the wall to the break in the ceiling of a small cave. But halfway up the crack got wider and I could no longer press my back against it. So I was basically clinging, limbs starting to turn to jelly, when people happened by and talked me down by telling me where the footholds were. When I got to the bottom I just layed down and shook for a half hour or so.
But the real one was when I was young, hiking in a state forest in Ohio. There was a crescent-shaped, very tall, perfectly straight cliff in a forest. People below looked like mice. There were six or seven telephone-pole-like pine trees that went up the face. I thought I'd take a look down so I put my toes at the edge of the ledge, then leaned out and put my hands on the tree trunk to look down.
The trunk swayed away from me like it was not even there, as formless as a blade of grass. And I was headed well past my balance point, arms wheeling frantically in the air like Wile E. Coyote. In fact, I was pretty certain I went *past* my balance point and thought I was going to die. But I threw myself backwards and was able to get back to the ledge.Jan 8, 2010 at 3:53 pm #1560893
Tom KirchnerBPL Member
@ouzelLocale: Pacific Northwest/Sierra
"And if I was below them, I probably would have been a little… shall we say annoyed?"
From the looks of that video, if you'd been below them you'd have been road kill.Jan 8, 2010 at 11:02 pm #1561019
James NaphasBPL Member
@naphas13Locale: SoCal
Coming over Glacier Pass in SEKI in late summer, I decided to cross a small snowfield rather than take a detour around it that would have involved serious boulder-hopping. Got about halfway through, slipped on relatively icy snow and slid out of control about 30 yards into some pretty big boulders. I managed to get myself into a feet-first orientation, and luckily met a boulder relatively square-on.
Wrenched my knee when I hit, but could have easily sustained a leg fracture, which would have been a very bad thing, considering I was hiking solo off trail, and saw only one other person come through anywhere close to there in the next two days. Where he came through he wouldn't have been able to see me if I had been disabled there.
I continued on my trip, and the knee flared up and swelled a day later. I feel lucky that I only tore my LCL, and merely had to endure 15 miles of agony to get out of there.Jan 9, 2010 at 12:52 am #1561031
Diplomatic MikeMember
@mikefaedundeeLocale: Under a bush in Scotland
Trying to find a way off a mountain a few years ago when out hiking with a friend. It was 'summer', so even though it was raining, i only wore a rain jacket, no rain pants, even though i had them in my pack. Having wet legs didn't bother me.
I had just got a new GPS, so was using it to navigate through the hill-fog that had come down. The temp was probably in the '50's, but very windy.
My friend became concerned when i started giggling for no reason. When we turned full circle and came back to a place we had already been, he took charge of the GPS, and got us down into shelter from the wind.
I had become hypothermic without realising it, and was starting to behave bizzarely. My friend soon had me properly dressed, and got some warm liquids and food inside me. Within 1/2 an hour i was fine, and we made it off the mountain without further incident. If i had been hiking solo that day, i probably wouldn't have made it. I never walk in cold rain without full waterproofs now.
I've also had a few climbing near misses when climbing solo. I remember trying to climb one route, and ran out of holds. I was balancing on this tiny toe hold ledge looking for the next move. Off to my right was a series of ledges, and i figured if i could traverse along to them, i could find a way through. When i eventually made my way 30 yards or so along to them, i was becoming exhausted. There was a ledge below me about a foot wide, and if i could get on to that, i was safe.
I gently lowered myself down till i was hanging with my arms fully extended. The distance had only looked to be around 5 feet, so i had expected to reach the ledge easily. By this time, i didn't have the strength to pull myself back up, so i realised i was going to have to let myself go, and hope it wasn't too far, and i didn't overbalance when i hit the ledge. All this time i felt the 500 foot drop behind me sucking me backwards. With a quick prayer, and a promise to grow up and stop being an idiot, i let go. Luckily it was only about another foot, and i made it safely. My shorts looked like the flag of Japan that day!
Then there was the time i lost a crampon on vertical ice. Luckily i was roped up that day……:)Jan 9, 2010 at 2:51 am #1561035
Sean WalashekMember
@carazLocale: bay area
I have luckily made it into adulthood, wiser from my experience.
When I was 10 I got lost in Yosemite while xc skiing, I made it back to the cabin after dark a cold whimpering blob.
Getting lost after descending Half Dome when I was 11, me and my little brother slid down a sandy bank stopping at the edge of a big drop.
Climbing high on the bark of a giant sequoia and not thinking about how I would get down until I was a few stories up.
The most traumatizing incident (one I replayed in my head for years) was on a river when I was about 13. I had fastened some rope to a large stone to act as an anchor for my play raft on a car camping trip. With my brother in the raft I tried to get it as close to the rapids as I could, thinking we could ride the top of them (they were a narrow in the river with large exposed rocks and fast moving water) Well as I was outside the raft positioning the anchor I got pulled by the current, the anchor slipped along the floor and pulled the raft into the rapids. I reached up and grabbed a branch before being pulled into the rocks and hoisted myself to the bank. The anchor lodged into something under the water and the raft got stuck right in the middle of the rapids. My brother was able to climb onto a rock and step stone back to shore, and the raft broke free and was recovered downstream.
Whew, I learned to never ever ever underestimate the power of nature.
I will occasionally find myself in a situation where I should have a rope too climb any higher or be a stronger swimmer in the ocean but none as scary as when I was young.
Thanks to others for sharing, its like therapy.Jan 9, 2010 at 10:26 am #1561106
Dean F.BPL Member
@acrosomeLocale: Back in the Front Range
My closest call was probably kayaking, not hiking. Here's something I cut and pasted from a post of mine from a few years ago on foldingkayaks.org:
I have returned from my planned Alaskan jaunt and I am notionally whole, but also wiser.
For those of you not in the know- I have spent the past year planning a trip down the mightly Stikine River in British Columbia, into the Inside Passage near Wrangell AK, and up to LeConte Bay. Some friends and I planned to have an outfitter take us 160 miles up the Stikine via jet-boat, after which we would spend about 5 days going downriver and then a few days on the sea near Wrangell, to include the aforementioned peek at LeConte Glacier. (The river trip goes quickly because the current is as fast as 9 knots.) Despite its speed the river is flat, and described as a "novice river" in all the guidebooks. The authoratative work on the river, by Jennifer Voss, describes many people drifting serenely downriver even in sea kayaks (many of them folding) over the years.
Well, it turns out that spring was late and sudden this year in SE Alaska. When we arrived the Stikine was in full flood. But wait! Not only in flood but in "the worst flood since the 1950s." Hmm. That water seemed to be flowing pretty fast, too, even for 9 knots… (Later we'd find out it was more like 14 knots.) Our outfitter assured us that the high water really only meant some difficulty finding good camping, since a lot of the sites were under water, but that the river was still flat and broad.
The local river rats at Telegraph Creek (the town 160 miles upriver) recommended portaging one spot, which we diligently marked on our maps. The Voss book had said that the same spot was the only remotely hairy spot on the lower river, so portaging seemed reasonable. We had noticed some moderately sized standing waves during the boat trip upriver, but they were all in the first 20 miles or so and all in the main channel and we thought we could avoid them by sticking to the eddys as the river is very wide.
You must understand, when the current is 14 knots you have little reaction time (especially in a sea kayak). Also, while none of the waves were really big, there is a LOT of water pushing you through them. We made it about 6 miles.
The first bad omen- Sam slipped in the mud while getting in his kayak and got wet. We then pushed out into the channel and found our sea legs for the first mile or so. We then plowed right through the first set of waves, which had been hidden around a turn. Invigorating, but not difficult. Nonetheless I was having doubts about the river conditions. Tyler got spun around in those first rapids and almost hit the second going backwards as I watched helplessly from an eddy, but he managed to pirouette nicely just before entering them. (He had actually been taking whitewater classes, and thus in some respects may have been the best prepared of us all.)
We progressed downriver, and I only really got sucked into one other set of waves, but I really had to fight to keep from broaching. I soon realized, however, that I was generally the only one who was successfully staying out of the main channel (and the waves). Actually the rest of the group may not have been TRYING to stay in the eddys and soon was spread out over a half mile ahead of me, fighting their way through the heavy water in the main channel. I had just decided that we had had enough fun and was going to set about rounding everyone up to get out of the water when I came around a bend and saw Greg's kayak pushed up against a wall on the left bank where the main current nudged against it.
Greg was not in the kayak.
My first thought was "Hell, Greg's dead."
I pulled a little too close to his kayak to look for him and had to make a few vigorous moves to stay away from the wall and pull into the eddy just before it. Greg's kayak was turned sideways, pushed up against the wall, though all the gear he had stowed on deck seemed intact. Still no sign of Greg, though.
Then I spotted a quick flash of something above the water a good half mile downstream. My heart soared! It was Greg's arms churning as he swam for the right bank! (Greg later described "I was under water far too long, on the kayak, then the kayakon me, then just pushed down, upside down, rightside up…" etc.)
Thus, my second thought was "This pretty much validates my decision to abort, though."
I pulled into the current and made for him with a will. Nonetheless I couldn't quite make the bank where he landed and had to settle for calling to him as I slipped past him. He answered and seemed OK. A glance back showed that his kayak had gotten free and was following me down the river. A glance ahead showed Sam and Tyler still proceeding downriver in blissful ignorance. I decided to catch them and tell them to stop. I was off.
I caught them in pretty short order, actually, because they pulled into an island around the next bend to wait for us. I pulled in and told them about Greg, then set about rigging a tow out of my throw-bag, then told them to stay put and listen to channel 16 and set out after Greg's kayak. I never could catch it though- didn't even catch sight of it actually- it had gotten too far ahead of me while I talked to Sam and Tyler. Eventually I though better of risking my life chasing it by myself for tens of miles downriver, even if there was a VERY expensive camera lashed to the rear deck, and I pulled in and called Sam.
The weird thing was that Greg has been kayaking for years- longer than any of us. If I were to pick the guy in our group least likely to take a swim it would have been Greg. He was just happily plowing straight down the channel but, as I said, the river was pushing a LOT of water and just shoved him into the wall.
Anyway, Sam and Tyler crossed to the right bank and asked some locals for help fetching Greg. A very helpful Tahltan gentleman named Arthur (and his two boys) hauled me to where the group had collected at a local fishing camp in his pickup truck. Arthur's first words to me, upon seeing my rifle, was "Jeez, I'm sure glad one of us has a gun. This spot you landed in has a lot of Griz." Food for thought. Greg got warmed up at a campfire then checked out in the town clinic, and we hired the local river rats to haul all of our gear (less Greg's) back to Telegraph Creek.
Of course, all the locals were saying "Yeah, any other time this'd be a novice river, but not now…"
As an aside, teenaged Tyler caught an enormous salmon when one of the guys at the fishing camp let him throw a line in. He was quite proud, and remains unfazed by the days events.
We called our outfitter in a foul mood. Though we acknowledged that we had gotten ourselves into this mess, he also could have better appraised us of the river conditions. In particular a little heads up before we actually flew up there so we could modify our plans would've been nice. (But I guess he really wanted the $800 he charged for the water taxi service- which was admitted a very good price.) He felt a little sheepish, especially since the crew that dropped us off just refueled and jetted away in notime flat, but this didn't stop him fromasking us to at least cover the cost of gas to come pick us up and take us back to Wrangell. We still had to cool our heels in Telegraph Creekfor a couple of days waiting for an opening in his schedule, so we did some hiking and hauled the (remaining) kayaks to a local lake. We also spent most of the nights teaching Tyler to play Texas Hold'Em. I learned that Greg can't bluff to save his life.
Actually, the area is stunningly beautiful. It is much drier on that side of the coast range, and the nearest neighbor is 80 miles away.
Well, we decided to stay in Wrangell overnight, then have the outfitter drop us off near LeConte Bay so we could salvage something fromthe trip. Sam and I donated clothes to Greg, but he had also lost his tent, sleeping bag, and all the cooking supplies that the three others (less me) had planned to share. He bought a cheap Coleman sleeping bag as a replacement, and I decided to let him use my tent and I'd just sleep in my Hennessey Hammock. We also decided to use my Kelly Kettle to cook for the whole group for the rest of the trip, as it had performed admirably up to this point. (Incidentally, I was VERY impressed with both the Hennessey Hammock and the Kelly Kettle. I may buy the smaller Kettle soon, for less arduous trips. And for those of you who bemoan your kayaks' cargo capacity as being only sufficient for weekend trips- the Hammock packs MUCH smaller than a tent and pad, thus making room for more food, etc.)
Now, recall that I mentioned a late spring? One of the outfitter's crews came in and reported that the LeConte Bay was still chock full of bergs. We decided not to push our luck.
Ultimately we spent the rest of our time on a kayaking excursion around the Wrangell area. We crossed the 4-mile channel to Woronkofski Island and spent some time there- we had lunch next to a quite scenic beaver pond. After a brief hiatus we then made our way to the mainland near the Stikine Delta.
There is a US Forest Service cabin at a place called Garnet Ledge that we spent a very comfortable night in, using the wood-burning stove to full effect. We even spent an evening digging garnets, and produced quite a collection. (As fate would have it my daughter's birthstone is garnet, so in a few years when she is in the "pretty-rock stage" I shall present her with the little sack of garnets I dug for her myself in Alaska.)
We then hopped our way south down the coast, camping as we went. At one point Greg and I hiked up to a 2-mile long alpine lake where we had heard there was another USFS cabin. We were scouting to see if we could have another cozy night similar to our time at Garnet Ledge, but the trail dead-ended at the lakeshore and the cabin was nowhere to be seen. There was however a battered aluminum skiff there, with one broken wooden oar and one cheapo aluminum canoe paddle. We got halfway down the lake before we decided that even if there was a cabin at the far end of the lake that returning and hauling ourselves, the other two guys, and our gear was not worth the effort. Also, the skiff was taking on an unsettling amount of water through a badly patched crack in the hull. We decided to just camp.
Another spot we camped was apparently a very poplular fishing spot. All the groups who motored over from Wrangell in their boats were heavily armed, which made me feel vindicated for packing my Marlin. Never did see a single bear, though.
Ultimately, a very satisfying paddle, though not the epic one we had planned. And of course the details of the last few days are not as entertaining as the first few… (Actually, come to think of it one night we nearly lost the kayaks to a freak midnight high-high tide. Another lesson driven home.)Jan 9, 2010 at 11:21 am #1561122
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Jeff KMember
@jeff-kLocale: New York
>>i still remember the moment when i went from thinking "wow, that's a cool coast guard helicopter" to "oh, they are here for ME."
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A heroin addict incarcerated for a robbery escapes prison and reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of Bombay; his ties to the crime underworld there lead him to Afghanistan, where he partners with a mob boss locked in a battle with Russian criminals.
It Comes at Night
- June 9th, 2017
Imagine the end of the world. Now imagine something worse. Award-winning filmmaker Trey Edward Shults follows his breakout debut Krisha with the psychological horror thriller It Comes At Night, centering on a teenaged boy (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.) as he grapples with mounting terrors—external and otherwise—in the aftermath of an unnamed cataclysm.
Secure within a desolate home with his vigilant, protective and heavily armed parents (Joel Edgerton and Carmen Ejogo), 17-year-old Travis navigates fear, grief and paranoia amid scarce resources as a desperate young couple (Christopher Abbott and Riley Keough) seeks refuge in his family home with their young child.
Despite the best intentions of both families, panic and mistrust boil over as the horrors of the outside world creep ever closer. But they are nothing compared to the horrors within, where Travis discovers that his father's commitment to protecting the family may cost him his soul.
- September 9th, 2011
- 140 mins
- 82%
Two brothers face the fight of a lifetime – and the wreckage of their broken family – within the brutal, high-stakes world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighting in Lionsgate's action/drama, "Warrior."
An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. Even though years have passed, recriminations and past betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father.
But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives.
- July 28th, 2009
- 91 mins
Following the disappearance of a young female classmate, shy high-schooler Mark (Sebastian Gregory) stumbles upon a fresh grave in the woods of his peaceful suburb, and spies an SUV driving away from the scene. With the help of two friends - James (Joshua Payne) and his girlfriend Chasely (Hanna Mangan-Lawrence) - Mark decides to return to the scene to dig up what they imagine is simply someone's dead pet. Their bit of fun turns perilous, however, when they unearth the body of a Canadian backpacker. They embark upon a hunt for the identity of the killer, and James soon realizes that their grim discovery could help them exact revenge upon Gary Parker, a brutal bully who had robbed them of their innocence years before and was recently released from prison.
- November 4th, 2016
- 123 mins
- 94%
Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, are sentenced to prison in Virginia in 1958 for getting married.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
- August 15th, 2012
- 100 mins
- 34%
When young Timothy suddenly comes into the lives of Cindy and Jim Green, they learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life's greatest gifts.
Zero Dark Thirty
- January 11th, 2013
- 157 mins
- 92%
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy SEAL Team 6 in May, 2011.
The Square
- April 9th, 2010
- 105 mins
- 86%
Escaping the monotony of a loveless marriage, Raymond becomes entangled in an affair with the beautiful and troubled Carla. Ray's moral limits are tested when Carla presents him with the proceeds of her controlling husband's latest crime. This is their chance: Take the money and run. If only it were that simple...
American Express
- 2017
- August 12th, 2015
- 99 mins
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
Smokin' Aces
- January 26th, 2007
- 109 mins
- 29%
An FBI agent (Reynolds) hunts for a Las Vegas stand up comedian (Piven) who has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins (including Affleck and Keys).
Race the Sun
- March 22nd, 1996
- 100 mins
- 22%
They call themselves "lolo" -- lowly locals in Hawaiian slang -- and they've already learned a hard lesson: all they should look forward to in life is mediocrity and failure. These low-income, multi-ethnic teenagers don't expect anything from themselves, because nobody else does, until the day the new science teacher arrives at Kona Pali High. For some reason, Sandra Beecher is different from their other teachers -- she actually thinks they can and should, learn something in school.
With her encouragement, a handful of her least-likely students tackle a science project that would challenge even the best and the brightest: they decide to build and race a very special car. Powered by the sun - and by the newfound pride that burns in the Kona Pali High students' hearts -- the fragile vehicle will take them all the way across the Australian continent on a journey of wonder and self-discovery.
The Great Gatsby
- May 10th, 2013
- 143 mins
- 48%
Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
The Double Hour
- 2014
A couple's secret rendezvous is met with surprising intruders.
Exodus: Gods and Kings
- December 12th, 2014
- 142 mins
- 27%
Epic adventure Exodus: Gods and Kings is the story of one man's daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state of the art visual effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader Moses as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Ned Kelly
- March 26th, 2004
- 109 mins
Based on Peter Carey's best-selling book about the legendary Ned Kelly, a notorious, Jesse James-like Australian bandit who, according to Variety, is portrayed less as an outlaw than as a folk hero and freedom fighter.
Black Mass
- September 18th, 2015
- 122 mins
- 75%
In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.
Wish You Were Here
- June 7th, 2013
- 89 mins
- 70%
Kieran Darcy-Smith's feature debut is a calmly devastating exploration of how one misjudged moment in life has the potential to cause everything to fall to pieces. Dave (Joel Edgerton) reluctantly travels to Cambodia with his pregnant wife (co-writer Felicity Price) and her younger sister and new boyfriend, and after a night of partying the boyfriend disappears without a trace. The others are left to return to their lives, each bearing differing degrees of knowledge about what happened. Delivering doses of information bit by bit, the film's meticulously edited, nonlinear disclosure of events is transfixing-as are the superb performances.
Legend of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
- September 24th, 2010
- 97 mins
- 50%
Acclaimed filmmaker Zack Snyder makes his animation debut with the fantasy family adventure "Guardians of Ga'Hoole," based on the beloved books by Kathryn Lasky. The film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father's epic stories of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones. While Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older brother, Kludd, scoffs at the notion, and yearns to hunt, fly and steal his father's favor from his younger sibling. But Kludd's jealousy has terrible consequences--causing both owlets to fall from their treetop home and right into the talons of the Pure Ones. Now it is up to Soren to make a daring escape with the help of other brave young owls. Together they soar across the sea and through the mist to find the Great Tree, home of the legendary Guardians of Ga'Hoole--Soren's only hope of defeating the Pure Ones and saving the owl kingdoms.
King Arthur
- July 7th, 2004
- 125 mins
- 31%
Historians have thought for centuries that King Arthur was only a myth, but the legend was based on a real hero, torn between his private ambitions and his public sense of duty. A reluctant leader, Arthur (Owen) wishes only to leave Britain and return to the peace and stability of Rome. Before he can, one final mission leads him and his Knights of the Round Table - Lancelot, Galahad, Bors, Tristan, and Gawain - to the conclusion that when Rome is gone, Britain will need a leader to fill the vacuum. Britain needs a king - someone not only to defend against the current threat of invading Saxons, but to lead the isle into a new age. Under the guidance of Merlin, a former enemy, and the beautiful, courageous Guinevere (Knightley) by his side, Arthur will have to find the strength within himself to change the course of history
Sample People
- May 11th, 2000
- 93 mins
Sample People is an upbeat dramatic thriller that follows four groups of Sydney-siders as they seek escape routes over one sweltering weekend. 'Len the dreamer' who stutters shyly just wants the gorgeous DJ Lush Puppy. Sem is a funky musician who has a premonition warning him that his girlfriend, Cleo, is in danger. He just wants to get them both out of their inner-city world. Andy is the charismatic drifter who's conned his way through life and stolen money from his boss, TT. He just wants to head up the coast with TT's girlfriend, Jess, but seems to be falling deeper into a love triangle of drugs and delusion. Finally, there's Joey, a TV affected homeboy, who reveals to his best friend Gus that he's got a gun and will use it sooner or later. The inevitable moment will arrive whin his violent gangster fantisies become reality. As the lives of our heroes become dramatically entwined, the consequences of their actions ricochet off each other.
- October 17th, 2014
- 100 mins
- 74%
In Felony, starring Jai Courtney, Melissa George, Joel Edgerton, Sarah Roberts and Tom Wilkinson, three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident leaves a child in critical condition. How far will these men go to disguise and unravel the truth?
- December 4th, 2015
- 111 mins
- 60%
A photographer for Life Magazine is assigned to shoot pictures of James Dean.
Kinky Boots
- April 14th, 2006
- 106 mins
- 57%
Charlie Price faces the impending shut down of the Northampton shoe factory that his family has owned and operated for generations. Just when he feels that all is lost, he has a chance encounter with Lola, a flamboyant transvestite cabaret star. Lola's desire for stylish, kinky boots for herself and her colleagues provides a glimmer of hope for the factory and its employees.
- November 27th, 2007
- 94 mins
When the ten-year-old son, David, (Blake Woodruff) of a wealthy New England socialite is abducted, his kidnapper Max Harper (Josh Holloway) and his seedy associates assume it will be a routine kidnapping in exchange for a large ransom. Unknown to the kidnappers, the shy and reserved David actually has a hidden agenda of his own, and a mysterious way of tapping into the minds of others. Soon, Max will wish that he had never kidnapped David, much less even heard of him.
- June 19th, 2009
- 78 mins
A jobless twenty eight year old residing in an apartment with his single father discovers the meaning of life for a bargain basement price in this stop motion animation film featuring the voices of Ben Mendelson, Barry Otto, Anthony LaPaglia, and Geoffrey Rush. Dave has made it his mission to discover the meaning of life, so when he stumbles across a book claiming to answer just that question for the low, low price of just $9.99, he can't help but make an impulse purchase. Much to his surprise, the book contains all the answers he's been searching for, a revelation that compels him to share this newfound information with his neighbors - an eccentric bunch whose stories gradually intertwine to offer a revealing portrait of their hopes, loves, and spiritual beliefs.
The Three Stooges
- April 24th, 2000
- 88 mins
In the late 1950's, Moe Howard, the leader of the Three Stooges is at a low point of his life with his film career apparently over, and he won't earn a dime from the impending big profits when his films are shown on TV. In addition, he is being pestered by a young TV exec who wants his team for a live show at his city. Amidst all this, Moe can't help but think back to the past starting from the beginning of the team's career with Ted Healy and their break from him to eventually having a successful film career in shorts. Yet that can't obscure the tragedy of Jerome "Curly" Howard's stroke and death or the death of his other brother, Shemp. While he reminisces, Moe must decide whether to gamble on whether there will be a new generation of fans who will let the team to enter a new phase of their career. Written by Kenneth Chisholm ([email protected])
Animal Kingdom
- August 13th, 2010
- 112 mins
- 95%
Welcome to the Melbourne underworld. Following the death of his mother, seventeen year–old Joshua 'J' Cody (newcomer James Frecheville) moves in with his hitherto–estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Janine 'Smurf' Cody (Jacki Weaver), and her three criminal sons – the Cody boys. Eldest son and armed robber, Andrew 'Pope' Cody (Ben Mendelsohn) is in hiding from a gang of renegade detectives. Middle brother Craig (Sullivan Stapleton) is a successful but volatile drug dealer, whilst the youngest Cody, Darren (Luke Ford), naïvely follows his elder brothers' lead. Just as 'Pope's' business partner and best friend, Barry Brown (Joel Edgerton), decides that he wants out of the game, recognising that their days of old–school banditry are all but over, tensions between the family and the police explode. 'J' finds himself at the centre of a cold–blooded revenge plot that turns his family upside down and which throws him directly into the path of senior homicide detective, Nathan Leckie (Guy Pearce). "Animal Kingdom" is a powerful crime drama exploring the tense battle between a criminal family and the police, and the ordinary lives caught in the middle.
The Hard Word
- June 13th, 2003
- 103 mins
- 40%
Three prisoners are about to be released on bail - Dale (Pearce), Mal (Richardson) and Shane (Edgerton). Meet the Twentyman brothers. Hard experience and an unspoken bond of family have made them masters of their craft - armed robbery. It's a job and they do it because they're good at it. Their only rule is, no one gets hurt.
The Thing
- October 14th, 2011
- 103 mins
- 35%
Paleontologist Kate Lloyd has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up. When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew's pilot, Carter, to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.
The Gift
- August 7th, 2015
- 108 mins
- 93%
Can you really go through life having never wronged anyone? Even if you are unaware of how, or when, and even who you may have wronged....chances are there is someone out there who won't ever forget it...or you. Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going just as planned until a chance encounter with an acquaintance from Simon's high school sends their world into a harrowing tailspin. Simon doesn't recognize Gordo at first, but after a series of uninvited encounters and mysterious gifts prove troubling, a horrifying secret from the past is uncovered after more than 20 years. As Robyn learns the unsettling truth about what happened between Simon and Gordo, she starts to question: how well do we really know the people closest to us, and are past bygones ever really bygones?
Jane Got a Gun
- January 29th, 2016
- 98 mins
- 42%
After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband's gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.
Separation City
- November 6th, 2009
- 107 mins
After the birth of two children Simons (Joel Edgerton) marriage to Pam (Danielle Cormack) is becoming a bore in which the only climatic feelings he has involve an unfortunate new tendency for premature ejaculation. He develops an interest in another young mother, Katrien (Rhona Mitra) whose husband Klaus has been cheating on her. The world of young married parents in Wellington is fast leading to a whole new breed of men; the men of 'Separation City'. Written by [email protected]
Midnight Special
- March 18th, 2016
- 111 mins
- 83%
In "Midnight Special," the latest sci-fi thriller from acclaimed writer/director Jeff Nichols, Roy (Michael Shannon) is a father who goes on the run to protect his son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher) who has special powers.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
- May 19th, 2005
- 138 mins
- 79%
After three long years of relentless fighting, the Clone Wars are nearly at an end. The Jedi Council dispatches Obi-Wan Kenobi to bring General Grievous, the deadly leader of the Separatist droid army, to justice. Meanwhile, back on Coruscant, Chancellor Palpatine has grown in power. His sweeping political changes transform the war-weary Republic into the mighty Galactic Empire. To his closest ally, Anakin Skywalker, he reveals the true nature of power and the promised secrets of the Force in an attempt to lure him to the dark side.
- December 31st, 2017
Smith will play a (human) police officer who joins up with an orc played by Edgerton to find a magic wand that could do some damage in the wrong hands. In the world of the film, humans live alongside fantastical beings (like orcs and fairies). Naturally, the police have a unit committed to solving supernatural crime.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- May 16th, 2002
- 142 mins
- 65%
Ten years later, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé, while Obi-Wan investigates an assassination attempt on the Princess and discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi.
All the Way
- January 2nd, 2003
- 97 mins
Based on a true story, ALL THE WAY sees Dennis Hopper stepping into the hallowed shoes of Ol' Blue Eyes as he portrays Frank Sinatra in this thrilling drama. The story begins when concert promoter Rod Blue (Joel Edgerton) travels to Los Angeles to try and convince Sinatra's entourage that he is the man to stage a spectacular show for the legendary singer in Australia. But when the show gets the go ahead and Rod's career looks to be on the fast track to success, disaster strikes when his gossip coumnist girlfriend, Hilary Hunter (Portia de Rossi) asks Frank a few too many personal questions. But after lashing out at the media, Frank finds himself held captive in his hotel room as the powerful unions congregate outside. A fascinating dramatization of events, the stellar cast pull off some impressive performances, making this a welcome addition to the canon of rock biopics.
The Waiting City
- July 15th, 2010
- 100 mins
- 75%
An outwardly happy Australian couple journey to Calcutta to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements have yet to be finalized. Soon, the intoxicating mystic power of the Indian city pulls them in separate and unexpected directions, and the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself.
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Water Rats
Water Rats is an Australian drama series which follows the lives of a group of policemen and women patrolling Sydney harbour.
Beneath its surface exists a playground for the murky underworld, a place of illicit rubbish dumps. pollution hazards, the remnants of huge drug hauls, and a graveyard of bodies from years of suicides, accidents and murders. That's the world of the WATER RATS, and elite bunch of 70 brave men and women guarding the harbour against all the elements that threaten to foul the blue waters. With the breathtaking actions stunts, thrilling races against time, chases across both waves and wharves, intrigue mystery, triumphs, heartbreak, love, lust and laughter.
From the producers of Love My Way comes a ground breaking new Australia drama, Dangerous. Dangerous is a fiery new action series with an interwoven tale of forbidden love between a East Surburban Princess and a crime-stricken West 'burbs guy. This atomic new drama focuses on youth culture and taboo in a way thats enjoyable to all.
The Secret Life of Us
The Secret Life Of Us is an Australian drama revolving around the lives of the residents of an apartment block in an urban suburb of Melbourne. It follows the characters through some of life's most complex journeys, as they search for themselves in their work, social and family lives, yet always following one simple rule: all roads lead back to your friends.
This critically acclaimed, multi-award winning and hugely popular and successful series has gone from strength to strength, delving into aspects of young adulthood never before seen in such an honest and realistic way on Australian television. Featuring an all-star and incredibly talented Aussie cast, including Deborah Mailman, Samuel Johnson, Claudia Karvan and Joel Edgerton, while continuing to find new talent and introducing them in fresh new story lines.
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Marks & Spencer Group Plc (MKS) said it plans faster delivery of online orders and will make products more available as it targets 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) of e-commerce sales and addresses two decades of underinvestment.
The largest U.K. clothing retailer will seek the capability to deliver goods on the day they are ordered, Laura Wade-Gery, executive director of multi-channel e-commerce, said today at an e-commerce distribution center in Castle Donington, England. M&S currently offers next-day delivery, putting it behind competitors such as Next Plc. (NXT)
The Castle Donington warehouse and upgrades to the supply chain will help the retailer to increase the availability of clothing 9 percent by 2015, Bolland said. The site, which opened earlier this year, is "the most-high tech environment in the world," Chief Executive Officer Marc Bolland said, likening it to the set of the movie "The Matrix."
M&S has trailed competitors in embracing Internet shopping. The retailer has about 6 percent of the U.K. market for clothing and footwear online, compared with about 11 percent overall.
To bridge the gap, M&S is investing 300 million pounds in information technology and the supply chain. The retailer is seeking to increase multi-channel sales to as much as 1 billion pounds by 2014 from 559 million pounds last year. E-commerce sales rose 23 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with 0.6 percent growth in total same-store sales.
M&S has "under-invested in this infrastructure for upwards of 20 years," Chief Financial Officer Alan Stewart said today. The retailer's supply chain has historically been "slow and expensive" with inventory in more than 50 locations, he said.
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Castle Donington in central England, one of three distribution centers planned by M&S, will process about a million units a day. The retailer will also have a port site in southwestern England to ship products overseas.
M&S has introduced a forecasting system for its food business that has cut the number of sold-out items by 15 percent, information technology director Darrell Stein said today. Changes to the clothing system will have "bigger benefits" than in food, he said, without being more specific.
The retailer expects to boost annual profit by 45 million pounds a year by 2015 through changes to its purchasing methods, said Krishan Hundal, director of general merchandising sourcing.
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My first few Thanksgivings in the U.S. took some getting used to. In Canada, Thanksgiving takes place on the 2nd Monday in October – you get a good long opportunity to lose those Turkey Day pounds before Christmas and all of the December holiday food extravaganzas. And in the UK, obviously there isn't Thanksgiving.
However, what once seemed crazy-late for Thanksgiving is now just perfect, thank you. It kicks-off a holiday season that lasts from November through to New Year's Day. Since it's on a Thursday, you're pretty much given a four-day weekend. And it is kind of a holiday alarm clock for me – if I haven't started gift shopping or seasonal card mailing, I better get on it once Thanksgiving arrives.
Gift shopping is something I both look forward to, and dread. I'm not a mall person (is that kind of being like a cat or dog person?). I'm much happier to stroll around outside to shops in different neighborhoods, or to visit arts and crafts shows. Which is good because in most cases you end up shopping local, supporting independent businesses versus the almighty chain store.
This finally brings me around to my true focus for this post: some of my favorite Des Moines things. Consider this a handy gift-giving idea list I guess (Tom, I hope you're reading). Some of these I've written about before, so I'll keep it brief. In no particular order:
– Josephs Jewelers: Women Who Wine DSM is holding its November event here at the downtown location, as we did last year. I love Josephs. Really nice people, a good price range of items, and they'll keep a little wish list on file for you.
– Eden: beautiful candles, scents, bath and goodies for children. Plus they carry Kiehls and Lollia. And they too offer a wish list or gift registry, along with free gift wrapping.
– Beaverdale Books: bookstores are definitely my idea of being "a kid in a candy store" – I have a bad habit of accumulating a stack of books as I walk around from shelf to shelf. I've been to a lot of indie book stores on my travels, and this one is a favorite.
– The Cheese Shop: I love their 2012 gift and catering catalog. Not to mention an easy way to pick up a cheese plate – order ahead of time and give them your budget. They'll put together something perfect.
– Salon Spa W: Gorgeous gift sets of Aveda products, some that include gift certificates for spa treatments like massage, mani's and pedi's. And the wrapping is already done. Yes, please.
– Domestica: When it comes to cool things for both home and person, Domestica hits the mark. Especially great for buying gifts by regional artisans and items that are uniquely Iowa. And I LOVE their indie journal selection.
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The First Snowfall
The long promenade of La Croisette winds in a curve along the edge of the blue water.
Yonder, to the right, Esterel juts out into the sea in the distance, obstructing the view and
shutting out the horizon with its pretty southern outline of pointed summits, numerous
and fantastic.
To the left, the isles of Sainte Marguerite and Saint Honorat, almost level with the water,
display their surface, covered with pine trees.
And all along the great gulf, all along the tall mountains that encircle Cannes, the white
villa residences seem to be sleeping in the sunlight. You can see them from a distance,
the white houses, scattered from the top to the bottom of the mountains, dotting the dark
greenery with specks like snow.
Those near the water have gates opening on the wide promenade which is washed by the
quiet waves. The air is soft and balmy. It is one of those warm winter days when there is
scarcely a breath of cool air. Above the walls of the gardens may be seen orange trees and
lemon trees full of golden fruit. Ladies are walking slowly across the sand of the avenue,
followed by children rolling hoops, or chatting with gentlemen.
A young woman has just passed out through the door of her coquettish little house facing
La Croisette. She stops for a moment to gaze at the promenaders, smiles, and with an
exhausted air makes her way toward an empty bench facing the sea. Fatigued after having
gone twenty paces, she sits down out of breath. Her pale face seems that of a dead
woman. She coughs, and raises to her lips her transparent fingers as if to stop those
paroxysms that exhaust her.
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over yonder, and at the sea, the blue, calm, beautiful sea, close beside her.
She smiles again, and murmurs:
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She knows, however, that she is going to die, that she will never see the springtime, that
in a year, along the same promenade, these same people who pass before her now will
come again to breathe the warm air of this charming spot, with their children a little
bigger, with their hearts all filled with hopes, with tenderness, with happiness, while at
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Localization in Sensor Networks with Fading Channels based on Nonmetric Distrance Models
Le, Viet-Duc and Lee, Young-Koo and Lee, Sungyoung (2009) Localization in Sensor Networks with Fading Channels based on Nonmetric Distrance Models. In: International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications, ICCSA 2009, 29 June - 2 July 2009, South Korea (pp. pp. 419-431).
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In a clash of unbeaten featherweights, Luis "El Artesano" Cruz (14-0, 11 KOs) stopped Eric "El Loco" Estrada (8-1, 3 KOs) in round six on Friday night at the Coliseo Rafael G. Amalber in Juncos, Puerto Rico. Cruz looked very good, pounding Estrada until his corner stopped it. Time was 1:16.
Unbeaten super bantamweight Jayson "La Maravilla" Velez (12-0, 10 KOs) won when late sub Juan Cruz (5-6, 1 KO) stayed on his stool between rounds three and four. Velez scored a knockdown in round three with a left hook to the body.
Unbeaten featherweight Wilfredo Bones (10-0, 9 KOs) was extended the distance for the first time in his career by Robert "Can't Lose" DaLuz (12-28-3, 9 KOs). Scores were 60-54, 60-54, 59-55, all for Bones.


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Williamson, 30, is 2-4 with a 5.72 ERA (25 ER/39.1 IP) in 42 combined relief appearances for the Padres and the Chicago Cubs this season. He was acquired by the Padres from the Cubs on July 22 in exchange for minor league pitchers Fabian Jimenez and Joel Santo, and has pitched in 11 contests for San Diego, going 0-1 with a 7.36 ERA (9 ER/11.0 IP) in those outings.
Adkins, 28, is 2-1 with a 3.63 ERA (18 ER/44.2 IP) in 43 games with the Padres this season. He was optioned to Portland on Monday (August 21) and will be making his third stint with San Diego this season. He originally had his contract purchased from Portland on April 18 and was recalled for a second time on May 12. Adkins signed with the Padres as a minor league free Agent on January 23, 2006.
Branyan, 30, was acquired by the Padres from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday (August 24) in exchange for minor league pitcher Evan Meek and a player to be named later or cash considerations. He has played in 64 games for the Devil Rays this season, batting .201 (34-for-169) with 12 home runs, 10 doubles and 27 RBI. The left-handed hitting Branyan appeared in games at first base, third base, left field and right field for Tampa Bay in 2006.
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I would like everyone to know what happened to us and what could very well happen to you if you live in PA, MD, WV, or VA, and have Allegheny Energy as the parent company to your subsidiary electric company.
We have Allegheny Power which is the local PA company, we have paid our bills mostly ontime. We have paid a few late with this tough economic time for us all, but had never been shut off, we gave them a security deposit of $350 in November of 2009. We knew we were late for this month but had not gotten a shut off notice, we had paid the bill online on their company website, for $100 over the past due amount, on Wednesday night. We come home about 11 PM Friday and there is a shut off notice on the door saying we owed $261 and the power had been off since 11:15 AM. We immediately called the company and got an answering service, we were told to call back at 7 am and they would send someone out to fix it. We went to the store got lots of ice to try and save our food (of course we had stopped at the grocery store on the way home).
At 7 am Saturday we call back and are told that they did not have access to the system and we would not have our power on until Monday. I asked them "What if we had someone on oxygen?" They said we would have to find other arangements....WTF?? (We did not, but I wanted to know). They said no one worked on the weekends that could turn our power back on. How can you turn somones power off on a Friday when you don't have anyone to turn it back on for 3 days? After my boyfriend and I calling back several times that morning and getting the same response, we both lost it, I started crying and wondered how could someone do this to us?? Then we went into survival mode. We called around and rented a generator, which gave us enough power for the refrigerator, some lights, the tv, computer and microwave. We brought up the grill to cook food and luckily had an electric heater since is got quite cold at night. We looked online and found out that the payment had gone through our bank acct. on Friday. (I'm going to call the bank to find out exactly what time).
We made it through the weekend despite having limited power and NO hot water, we call back on Monday morning at 7 am and after holding for 25 minutes, ( I guess they were dealing with everyone else whos power they shut off), my boyfriend talked to somone who said it could be up to 3 days before they turned our power back on!!!! Um, no, it even says on the shut off notice it could take 3 days to turn the power back on, and that would be 6, not 3 business days either. She also said we should have never been shut off because she saw that we had indeed paid the past due amount and $100 towards the current amount. He of course asked to talk to a supervisor and they said one would have to call him back....and one did 4 hours later.....Someone is supposed to come by 5:30 PM and reconnect us. It is now 2 pm and I have seen no one thus far.
Needless to say the power company will be getting the bill for the generator ($110) and I am writing letters to the entire board of directors, president, and all vice presidents of allegheny power and the CEO of allegheny energy, plus the governor, senator and the President Obama....excessive?? I don't think so. They will continue to do this to people with small children, pets, people with medical needs etc. and that is morally and ethically wrong. We live in the United States of America and they think its ok to do this?? No its not....I hope this never happens to you.
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We just had our power shut off on this past Friday, for a outstanding balence of $115.00. Granted we missed the bill and later found it in a stack of junk mail, and can understand if there is a late fee or penalty. But to shut off power for $115.00 and on a weekend, is just unethical. I expressed my concerns with other Allegheny customers, (neighbors) 2 of which had the same problem and was surprised to find out that they both had their power shut off on a Friday as well, and had to wait until Monday afternoon. Coincidence. I think not! Now, on top of all that: shut-off, penalties, reinstatement fees, they also want an additional $651.00 deposit. I have the money, but what if I was in dire straits? There is no way I would ever be able to get my power turned back on. Lets see how hard we can kick someone when they are down and see if they can get back up!
These unethical practices of outrageous security deposits and Friday turn off's with no way of getting it turned back on has got to stop! I will also send letters to my Congressman and other goverment reperesentatives to stop the abuse and unethical practices of Allegheny Power.
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Review: "Diego represented me this year for a violation of probation for my 6 Juvenile Cases. Before Diego got appointed for my cases, I was at risk to go to a 2 year juvenile program and I was on probation for over a year and I w...
Practice areas & skills: International Law, Litigation, Corporate & Incorporation, Commercial, Health Care
International lawyers deal with the agreements between the United States and other countries. They are also often experts in the laws of one or more foreign countries that they work with frequently. Agreements between countries create many rules that you must follow if you are doing business or even traveling outside of the U.S. If you would like to do business in a foreign country or if you are having problems with or in a foreign country, an international lawyer can help you.