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Arizona Diamondbacks' Hot Streak Burns Out Against the Colorado Rockies
Chris Young strikes out to end the game in the 4-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday, July. 25, 2012 at Chase Field.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks have been hot lately -- scoring at least six runs in their previous seven games -- but the hot spell fizzled out last night, when the 'Backs lost the third and final game in a home series against the Colorado Rockies.
Right-handed pitcher Trevor Cahill had another less-than-stellar outing, pitching 6 2/3 innings and throwing 68 strikes in 108 pitches. Last night's loss put Cahill at 8-9 in his first season with the D-Backs. Of course, it didn't help that umpire Wally Bell can't make up his mind what a strike looks like (as you can see in the zone plot below.)
Check out more photos from last night's Diamondbacks v. Rockies game.
The D-Backs are now 49-49, and six games behind the San Francisco Giants in the NL West. They're still in the hunt for a wild card spot, but losses in next series could be the end of their postseason aspirations.
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The Rockies started off with a triple from outfielder Dexter Fowler, followed by Marco Scuatro's sacrifice fly to chalk up the first run of the game. Arizona answered quickly, when Jason Kubel knocked his 22nd homerun out of Chase Field off Colorado's left-handed starter, Jeff Francis.
Francis pitched 6 1/3 innings and threw 64 strikes in 97 pitches. The slow-throwing pitcher gave Arizona a hard night of swinging, with not much to show for the effort.
In the third, Scutaro struck again -- this time with a double to left -- bringing home Fowler and Francis, who got on base bunting into a fielder's choice. Rockies catcher Wilin Rosario stretched Colorado's lead with a homerun to left on a 1-0 pitch in the fourth.
From there, things got quiet until the bottom of the seventh, when Miguel Montero smacked another homer to bring the score to 4-2. In the bottom of the ninth, trailing by two with two outs, Montero took seven pitches to gain a walk and sustain Arizona's hope of pulling out the win. But Chris Young took to the plate, swung hard, and missed to end the game, and the D-backs five-game winning streak.
Off the field, the D-Backs have been making some moves that fans might have missed. Tuesday the Diamondbacks "Tat-Man" Ryan Roberts to the Tampa Bay Rays for infielder Tyler Bortnick.
Arizona will begin a four-game series against the New York Mets tonight. Rookie Wade Miley (11-5 with a 3.02 ERA) will face right-hander Matt Harvey. First pitch will be at 6:40 p.m. TV: Fox Sports Arizona, Radio: KTAR Sports AM 620.
Normalized strikezone plot for Wally Bell yesterday, in which everything in red was a called strike -- like those pitches about 15 inches off the plate.
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The latest photographic journal from award-winning photographer Sarah Jackson. Peruse her vibrant images, many of which have been recognized by the Smithsonian Institute, the Wall Street Journal and HubPages.com.
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I started my life-long love of photography at age 11 when my parents taught me to use the Minolta my dad bought while he was stationed in Vietnam. My photography is recognized by the Sony Corporation, the Smithsonian Institute, the Wall Street Journal and HubPages.com. I am also an artist, working with many mediums including oils, acrylics and guache. I have created and published several posters for various charitable organizations in Alabama. I am currently making sculptural leather masks, which can be seen in my portfolio gallery on DeviantArt.com, which is here: http://sarahredhead.deviantart.com/
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There are many times when etiquette dictates our actions; what order you use silverware at a fancy restaurant, how you write a wedding invitation or how to comport yourself during High Tea. Well during a signing there is also an etiquette which you are expected to follow:
1. The first and most important rule -You are expected to purchase a copy of the book being promoted at the store hosting the event.
Why? The publisher calls us after the event inquiring about how many books we sold. If our numbers are low we may not get the author back the next time he swings thru town, or any other author assigned to the particular publisher. Plus the author appreciates knowing their efforts are worth it. You wouldn't expect to purchase a ticket to a high school football game and expect the Seahawks to honor it. It's the same if you purchase the book elsewhere and expect it to be signed in another shop.
2. Another nice and easy way to help out the author and the hosting bookshop; prep your book in advance.
It will make the author and the people in line behind you happy! If you are bringing in your library to sign - as well as purchasing the promoted book in our store, of course! - prep them. If they are hardbacks put the flap in at the title page so the author can turn the book quickly and easily to the page. For a paperback put a book mark in at the title page, again helping the author speed through the line. Be ready to go through the line more than once to get all your title signed, four or five at a time. People in line behind you may be on their lunch breaks and need to get in and out of our store in a hurry.
From the Office of Fair Warning: Some authors have restrictions on which of their older books they'll sign and how many.
We may not know this in advance. Preparing for this unfortunate event will save you a headache. How? Prepare a mental list of titles you would most like to have signed. Lastly, be polite if the author refuses to sign everything (some publishers place restrictions on an author if they have previously been with another. Telling them they may not sign the other publishers books on their dime.) *Note*- Do not bring in multiple copies of the same title for resale, the author isn't making any money on these copies and neither are we.
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Just give us a quick call and we can get a book signed for you. However please do not drop a box of back list books off for the author to sign without contacting us ahead of time.
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Authors on tour travel light needing to move quickly from location to location. Bringing edibles, flowers or other gifts while appreciated, unfortunately will frequently not be taken with them.
When getting an inscription in your book, try and limit its' length. A number of authors simply don't have the time to write the paragraph their fan is hoping for. Keep it to a few sentences and the author will thank you!


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Girl Talk: I'm On Anti-Depressants
I was standing in front of a table lamp display in Crate & Barrel when I decided maybe I needed to be on psychiatric medicine. I had been alternating between staring at the display and wandering around the store helplessly for the last two and a half hours and was no closer to making a decision on what table lamp I was going to buy than I had been when I walked in. My heart was beating fast, my mind was racing, and I simply could not concentrate on making what should have been a very simple decision. I was thisclose to a full-blown panic attack. Instead, I walked out of the store, went home empty-handed, and told my therapist that Tuesday that I needed a referral for a psychiatrist. I seriously could not take this s**t anymore.Eventually a psychiatrist and my general practitioner concluded that I probably suffered from a mixture of anxiety and depression and I was prescribed Lexapro, a med that treats both, as well as a low dosage of Adderall, which has been shown to work well in combination with Lexapro in patients whose anxiety is influenced by an inability to focus and mild ADD. As a way of regulating my anxiety, I'd developed some obsessive-compulsive behaviors. I was constantly straightening things around the house — objects had to be aligned perfectly, bedding needed to be totally symmetrical on both sides, and I mopped my kitchen floor free of streaks on nearly a twice daily basis. These flaws both ignited my anxiety, but also gave me a way of controlling it — unfortunately, being a complete freak about dust bunnies over 20 feet away does not make for a comfortable home life.
So while finding that there were three things, well, wrong with me was kind of scary at first, it was also a relief, because now I could maybe deal with them properly. I had been in therapy for a little while, having already recognized that I had some emotional issues I needed help dealing with, but I had reached a bit of a plateau with my progress. Even though I was actively working hard at resolving issues from my past that had bothered me, my coping skills felt extremely inhibited. Sometimes I would explode with rage (like the time I hit my then-boyfriend) or would go on a crippling crying jag.
Still, despite these outbursts, for the most part my senses felt extremely dulled. I had no real "reason" to be unhappy, but I still felt like I was walking around each day in a fog. It wasn't until the medicines began to take effect that I realized, Oh holy s**t. This is what I've been missing. It was as if I had been seeing in black and white for so long and I was finally glimpsing the color again. That allowed me to finally notice the intricacies and the subtleties of the issues I had been working so hard to acknowledge and get through, but couldn't.
Since I started taking Lexapro (especially this, though I think the Adderall aids it in very important ways that are particular to my needs), I've been released from the white noise in my brain that made it impossible for me to sense the deeper issues at their roots. Without the dull, aching sadness weighing heavily on my shoulders, I can feel true joy and deal with genuine sadness.
All of this is hard to put into words, but I'll simply say this: Taking medication for my anxiety, depression, and ADD has made it so I am no longer standing in my own way of feeling what is real. As a result, the last few years have been my best ever professionally; while they have been extremely difficult at times personally, I've had the strength and the clarity of mind to just deal. I don't know how much longer I will need them, but I am definitely not ashamed that I do.
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Fixing bogus summary, cz.xul has nothing to do with this. CC-ing someone who actually uses this stuff - Eyal, what shortcut could we use instead? Is there a standard we could adhere to that we are not already using for other things? (For the record, I think starting to preprocess any of our files just to squash this warning, and coming up with some other key just for GTK2 would be weird and inconsistent, so we can either ignore the warning or change it altogether, imho)
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Accel+Shift+X is the standard key combo for Switch Text Direction in Mozilla (bug 251958). I think we should add that as the primary shortcut (shown on menus, in docs, etc.), and maybe keep the old shortcut. From what I've read, the warning can be suppressed by putting an extra comma at the beginning of the modifiers.
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Ok, so WHY is this shortcut not available? And why has the "standard" switch text direction key changed since we added it? Who didn't tell us when they changed?
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not a blocker at this point, its just a warning, Chatzilla can decide how they want to handle this.
Created attachment 245831 [details] [diff] [review] Just use the new shortcut OK, I agree we should have been told and all that, but I'm not about to go on a crusade just because someone forgot to tell us. Let's just fix this and move on, it's no use keeping a bug around for month if there's a 2-line patch way to solve it.
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(This warning feature does not exist on 1.8 branch; I can't test Trunk builds anymore (on W98SE).)
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Sylvester McCoy is said to have landed 'the second biggest lead' role in the adventure film and will play opposite Ian McKellen as well as Andy Serkis.
"The Hobbit" casting process possibly has found an actor to join the cast ensemble. According to swirling report, Sylvester McCoy has been recruited to take one of the major roles in the film. Screenrush which first spread the news claims the news "did not come from the man himself" but a close source has confirmed that he indeed will play "the second biggest lead".
More detailed info about McCoy's character has not been available yet. But since it is said that he will take the second biggest lead role, it is likely that he will not be seen portraying the central character of Bilbo Baggins. McCoy's agent would neither confirm nor deny the story, choosing instead to elicit an enigmatic "no comment".
Sylvester McCoy is best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor on U.K. TV series "Doctor Who". Screenrush additionally says that the 66-year-old Scottish was Peter Jackson's second choice to play Bilbo Baggins in "Lord of the Rings" trilogy before the role was given to Ian Holm.
Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis have been previously confirmed to reprise their "Lord of the Rings" roles as Gandalf and Gollum respectively. However, the 71-year-old actor recently said that he will not wait forever if the project does not get start date or new helmer soon. As it has been known, Guillermo del Toro has pulled out of the project due to the ongoing delays. Jackson has been rumored to replace del Toro, but it has not been confirmed yet.
"The Hobbit", which will re-create the scenes of the novel, with additional events that make an impact to "The Lords of the Rings", such as the expulsion of Sauron from Mirkwood by The White Council, will be split into two parts. The first film is expected to arrive in December 2012, while "The Hobbit 2" will come out a year later.


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Hi there,
I am Mysticdoc, experienced Internal Medicine Specialist.
I am here to help you with your concerns.
Do you have any nausea, vomiting?
Pain radiating to the back can be due to the acute pancreatitis.
Gallbladder disorder also can cause similar symptoms.
No nausea or vomiting. A couple of burbs and a little gas
Does gasX help?
I thought possibly gallbladder. I really think it was brought on my the ice cream. I could do 1/2 gallon in 2 days. I realize how stupid that is.
that is a lot of ice cream.
Yes likely gallbladder if you still have it.
If it does it is hard to tell. There is no immediate effect.
also, pancreatitis another possibility.
sometimes it may not cause classical symptoms.
do both pancreatitis and GB gradually get back to normal?
I am not a binge eater, the ice cream just went down so easy in this hot weather.
yes the attacks can be intermittent
What do you recommend i eat?
Diffidently no more ice cream
low fat diet.
Eat smaller, more frequent meals to ensure a better mix with available bile. Take small amounts of lean protein, such as poultry, fish and nonfat dairy, at every meal, along with vegetables, fruit and whole grains.
Avoid high-fat foods, fried and greasy foods, and fatty sauces and gravies. Opt for nonfat or low-fat foods. Read labels and look for foods with 3 grams of fat or less a serving.
I know you don't have a crystal ball, but will this gradually go away?
that is a good question.
In some cases, you may not need any surgery.
Diet modification is all that is required.
You will have less attackes.
What type of tests are done to diagnosis this?
Blood tests --liver function test, amylase, lipase
Ultrasound or a CT scan with contrast.
Ultrasound is better for gallstones.
I usually have oatmeal or a weight watchers drink for breakfast. Is that ok?
CT scan is better for pancreatitis.
yes that is ok.
yes that is also ok
just avoid pizza, ice cream, red meat, fried and greasy food.
Oh, i also threw out the potato chips and dip a long with all of the ice cream. I have lost 50 pounds with the band and only fluctuate 5 pounds one way or the other. I think i am paying for my errant behaviors.
How long would you guess till it gets better?
It only started over the weekend.
once you change you diet, within a week, you should see improvement.
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NSW voters believe the Carr Labor Government has performed well on crime and public safety but has done a poor job in health and hospitals, a new survey shows.
The latest Herald-ACNielsen issues poll also finds that a majority of voters believe that the Government has done a poor job on reducing state taxes and charges and is vulnerable during the election campaign on public transport issues.
However, the poll is not good news for the Opposition either, indicating no policy area where it was clear voters felt the Coalition would do a better job than the Government.
In every area, the percentage of voters saying the Coalition would do better was less than its primary vote support of 39 per cent.
The survey, taken on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, asked 1007 voters to rate the performance of the Government and Opposition in six major areas: crime and public safety; health and hospitals; education; public transport; reducing state taxes and charges; and urban development and planning.
Crime and public safety - perhaps the most emotional of election issues - rated best for Labor, with 50 per cent of those polled saying the Government was doing a good job.
Conversely, only 33 per cent said it was doing a poor job.
The result on health and hospitals was the opposite, with just 28 per cent rating the Carr Government as good while 56per cent - twice as many voters - rated its performance as poor.
The Government rated even worse on tax.
Despite the amazing run of surplus budgets fuelled by the property boom, only 22 per cent said the Government had done a good job in reducing taxes and charges, while 51 per cent said it had done a poor job.
Public transport, seen as one of the Government's weak points because of the run of train accidents and concerns about crime at stations, also rated poorly for Labor, with just 39 per cent approving and 38 rating it as poor.
However, 44 per cent of respondents gave the Government a tick on education and urban development and planning, with just 33 and 34 per cent respectively disapproving.
Though the Government appears vulnerable in some areas, the poll also showed that the Opposition has so far failed to convince enough voters it can do a better job.
It polled best in health, where 38 per cent said they thought it would do a better job than the Government, while just 25 per cent believed they would do a worse job.
The remaining 37 per cent said the Opposition was either capable of doing the same job as the Government, or didn't know.
Despite the support for the Government in crime and safety, 34 per cent of those polled also believed the Opposition would do a better job.
In public transport 33 per cent backed the Opposition to do a better job, while 32 per cent thought so on education and taxes and charges.
The Coalition will be disappointed with the rating on taxes, as this has traditionally been a strong area for them.
It rated worst in the area of urban development and planning, where just 28 per cent had confidence.
ACNielsen research director John Stirton said: "The strongest areas for the Opposition were health and hospitals, and crime and public safety, although the latter has been effectively neutralised by the Government's relatively good rating with voters."
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Samsung Talks About 32nm 1.5GHz Exynos SoCby Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/29/2011 5:07 PM EST
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lifeblood - Thursday, September 29, 2011 - linkI hope they're not using Global Foundries for 32nm. They may be waiting a while. Reply
Aikouka - Thursday, September 29, 2011 - linkSamsung manufactured Apple's SoCs for awhile and even manufactures their own NAND... I don't see why they couldn't handle their own SoC production (unless they're over production capacity of course). Reply
LauRoman - Thursday, September 29, 2011 - linkI hope i'm not wrong, but i think a company of Sammy's size would have chip foundries, considering all the other crap that corporation manufactures in-house. Reply
zeth006 - Thursday, September 29, 2011 - linkWe know Samsung has a foundry, but the unresolved question is whether they're outsourcing the CPU. Reply
Strk - Thursday, September 29, 2011 - linkApparently very few are aware that Samsung is the second largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world. Reply
stanwood - Saturday, October 01, 2011 - linkSamsung and Global Foundries co-develop their CMOS logic technologies in partnership with other companies at IBM's 300mm fabricator in East Fishkill, NY. The two companies have also promoted a Common Platform for manufacturing.
I don't imagine that Samsung farms out much of their volume (they are one of the largest semiconductor manufacturers in the world) but in any case, the 32nm technology at these two companies should be closely related. Reply
acx - Thursday, September 29, 2011 - linkSamsung has their own foundries... Reply
pookguy88 - Thursday, September 29, 2011 - linkEveryone's saying this will be in the new/next Nexus phone.. slated for Q4 2011.. Reply
tipoo - Thursday, September 29, 2011 - linkThat would be awesome. The current Exynos at 1.2GHz is already the fastest SoC in a smartphone, this would increase that lead considerably. Perfect candidate for the Nexus Prime. Reply
3DoubleD - Thursday, September 29, 2011 - linkEverything I've read regarding the "Nexus Prime" is that it will have a 1.5 GHz Exynos SoC. If only the 32 nm version can reach 1.5 GHz, then we have our answer! However, if they are only sampling in Q4, then maybe it a new model number (4211?) that is more power hungry. The Nexus Prime apparently will have a 2000 mAh battery, which is gigantic by phone standards.
Either way, I'm very excited for the Nexus Prime. I've barely paid attention to the SGS2's since they will look silly next to the Nexus Prime on Oct 11th. Reply
g1011999 - Friday, September 30, 2011 - linkhttp://nccc.cool3c.com/article/51309
According to this article.
GPU frequency will boost from 266MHz to 460MHz Reply
tipoo - Saturday, October 01, 2011 - linkThat would be huge if true. It would probably bring it close to if not over the iPad 2's 543MP2 graphics performance Reply
rpmrush - Monday, October 03, 2011 - linkMy god! Release this SOC already in the Samsung Prime on Verizon! I waited and waited for the GS2 and now I have to wait and wait for the Prime. And now I know this is around the corner, if the Prime has something less...I'll have to wait and wait. Freaking technology! The waiting game never ends and when it does..u wish u would have waited just a bit more..lol Reply


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Should the government directly intervene in stock market during a crisis?
Unlike foreign exchange markets where central banks frequently intervene, the governments strive not to intervene in the stock markets since intervention transmit negative signals and carry market-related side effects. The main reasons often cited in support of intervention are to bring price stability and to restore investors' confidence. During the recent economic turmoil, opportunities for the governments to intervene in the stock markets were mainly exploited in emerging and developing countries. We study the outcome of the Russian government's intervention in its major stock market between September and October 2008. This intervention was intended to reverse the sudden and swift declining trend in traded security prices by altering the market's expectations. By using a combination of event study and a multivariate GARCH model, our findings does not support direct government intervention in the stock market during a crisis.
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Jason Cassidy leaves USA Films for MiramaxJason Cassidy has been named vice president of marketing at Miramax Films, responsible for marketing films in addition to helping develop the company's internet businesses. He will also serve as the liaison between his department andt he company's internet group.Based in New York, Cassidy will report to David Brooks, executive vice president of marketing and new ventures.Cassidy joins Miramax after five years at October Films and USA Films, most recently as director of marketi
Kinowelt confirms submission for $200m loanGermany's Kinowelt has confirmed that it has submitted plans for a $200m loan to the Frankfurt stock exchange.Kinowelt's head of finances Eduard Unzeitig said the loan would be used to reduce current commitments to banks and in the long run would help optimise company financing. A report in German newspaper Financial Times Deutschland cited a need for a substantial cash infusion due to slow sales and high US-investments. Kinowelt has been enjoying a successful year so far, with
Legends 2, new Exorcist storm US box officeAlthough the North American box office was some 21.6% down on the same week last year, at least it picked up on last weekend by about 15% as a result of two new horror movies on the market. Or rather, one new horror movie and one very old horror movie re-released in a new format.Phoenix Pictures' Urban Legends: Final Cut, a sequel to its moderate 1998 hit Urban Legend, took the number one spot with an estimated $8.8m at 2,539 sites - an average of $3,466 per theatre. Columbia P
Lions Gate takes over US on The Golden BowlLions Gate Films has picked up North American rights from Merchant Ivory Productions to James Ivory's The Golden Bowl which was orginally bought at Cannes 1999 by Miramax Films. Miramax announced that the rights had reverted back to Merchant Ivory this week as the two had disagreed over the final cut. Ivory had final cut in his contract, while Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein was asking for further cuts to the 134 minute running time. The film was financed by TF1 International.
Lola appoints Wagner as marketing directorLudwig Wagner has been appointed the marketing director for Spanish producer Lolafilms. Based out of the London office, Wagner will direct the marketing and publicity of all of Lola's films, both Spanish and English-language. He will also assist Lola UK head of sales Nicole Mackey. Wagner is a former independent product executive with South African exhibitor Ster-Kinekor. Forthcoming fall releases out of Lola include Alex de la Iglesia's Common Wealth (La Comunidad
London Film Commission appoints Hayes as headThe London Film Commission (LFC) has appointed Sue Hayes as its commissioner and announced that Richard Attenborough will be its first patron.Hayes worked as a documentary producer in the UK and US and has been director of the Edinburgh International Television Festival. The commission has also appointed Graham Anderson, managing director of Arri Media Film Services, to its board of directors.The appointments come after the commission narrowly escaped closing down earlier this y
MaelstromDir: Denis Villeneuve. Canada. 2000. 88 min.Prod co: Max Films. Int'l sales: Alliance Atlantis International, tel: (1) 310 899 8000. Prods: Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal. Scr: Villeneuve. DoP: Andre Turpin. Prod des: Sylvain Gingras. Ed: Richard Comeau. Music: Pierre Desrochers. Main cast: Marie-Josee Croze, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Stephanie Morgenstern, Pierre Lebeau.A masterful examination of modern morality, Maelstrom plays like the work of a master at the hei
Men Of HonorDir: George Tillman Jr. US. 2000. 120mins.Prod Co: Fox 2000 Pictures. Int'l Sales: 20th Century Fox. Prods: Robert Teitel, Bill Badalato. Exec Prods: Bill Cosby, Stanley Robertson. Scr: Scott Marshall Smith. DoP: Anthony B Richmond. Prod des: Leslie Dilley. Ed: John Carter. Mus: Mark Isham. Main cast: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr, Charlize Theron, Aunjaune Ellis, Hal Holbrook, Michael Rapaport, Powers Boothe, David Keith.An inspirational account of one man's monumental
Miramax opens up Italy with Eagle Pictures pactMiramax International appears to have found a new Italian outlet for at least some of its higher profile titles, selling three films to fast-growing Eagle Pictures.The Italian production and distribution company is understood to have picked up John Frankenheimer's Reindeer Games; Chocolat, directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp; and Jez Butterworth's Birthday Girl, with Nicole Kidman and Vincent Cassel.Miramax has been dist
O Brother wins audiences despite UK fuel crisisDespite the UK's fuel crisis and the start of the Olympic Games, cinema-going was not as disrupted as first thought - a relief for several of the weekend's new releases. Although the Top 15 box office tally of $8.4m (£6m) was $1.8m (£1.3m) down on last weekend's Top 15 aggregate, both Scary Movie and Snatch scooped over $1.4m (£1m) at number one and number two in the chart respectively. The latest Coen brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou' opened with an impres
Olympic fever impacts Australia's box officeOne week into the Olympics and most Australian cinemas are reporting revenues down by 25-50%, with games venue Sydney being the worst affected. Unseasonably fine spring weather is further exaggerating the fall in business, particularly as it's helping to draw non-sport lovers out of doors.Although the Olympic site is 14 kilometres west of Sydney at Homebush, a lot of outdoor entertainment is focused on the Sydney's central business district - a pivotal cinema market within Australia. "
Pathe signs Born Romantic's Camarda to first-lookMichele Camarda's UK production outfit Kismet Film Company has struck a first-look deal with National Lottery studio franchise Pathe Pictures, Pathe announced on Wednesday.The move comes hard on the heels of Kismet producing David Kane's highly-anticipated UK comedy Born Romantic. The deal replaces New York-born, London-based Camarda's recently-expired first-look pact with BBC Films, which bankrolled Born Romantic."We are delighted to be working with Michele, who i
Possible WorldsDir: Robert Lepage. Canada. 2000. 93 min. Prod co: The East Side Film Company, In Extremis Images. Int'l sales: Alliance Atlantis International, tel: (1) 310 899 8000. Prod: Sandra Cunningham, Bruno Jobin. Scr: John Mighton, from his play. DoP: Jonathan Freeman. Ed: Susan Shipton. Prod des: Francois Seguin. Main cast: Tom McCamus, Tilda Swinton, Sean McCann, Rick Miller.Possible Worlds is so serious, so much a left-brain film - the promotional material describes it as a
Rio festival firms up hefty line-upTim Robbins' Cradle Will Rock, Ken Loach's Bread And Roses and Lars von Trier's Dancer In The Dark are amongst the highlights at next month's sprawling Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.Guests expected during the 14-day event include UK director Stephen Daldry, whose debut Billy Elliot will screen, and John Waters, who gets a tribute retrospective. Amongst the 400 films screening in 20 sections are Stephen Frears' High Fidelity, Patrice Lecon
Rocket, Walt Disney board Gnome animation featureAs reported in Screen International weekly this morning, Elton John and David Furnish's production outfit Rocket Pictures and Walt Disney Feature Animation have acquired UK animation script A Gnome's Story. Disney, which has a first-look pact with Rocket, is funding development on the original spec script about two rival groups of garden gnomes living next door to each other. Written by UK writers Rob Sprackling and John Smith, the big-budget project is being fast-tracked
Sales Co chief Alison Thompson to join PatheAlison Thompson, chief executive of UK-based international sales operation The Sales Co, is to join Pathe's London arm in the newly-created post of head of sales - Pathe International.Thompson, who has headed the Sales Co for four years, will be responsible for selling all Pathe's English-language films. On arrival, she will have at least three new Pathe titles to sell immediately, including Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, starring Johnny Depp.Also on her
San Sebastian festival opens on poignant noteThe 48th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival got off to a halting start on Thursday night with the cancellation of the traditional party as a protest against the latest assassination by Basque terrorist group ETA.But the opening film of the festival's Official Section, the much-anticipated Common Wealth (La Comunidad) from Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia, was enthusiastically received. Encapsulating the mixture of feelings, Stephen F
Sexy BeastHollywood Partners (HP), the Munich-based private film fund, has committed to co-financing and co-producing Walter Hill's Undisputed, starring Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames and Peter Falk, in return for all foreign rights and certain income rights in the US and Canada.The film, which began shooting at a maximum security prison just outside Las Vegas two weeks ago, is being co-produced with Avi Lerner and Danny Dimbort's Nu Image/Millennium Films alongside Brad Krevoy's MPCA. Nu Ima
Sky starts shooting three films over next monthSky Pictures, the feature production arm of satellite broadcaster BSkyB, is readying three features to start shooting over the next month, kicking off with Gypsy Woman.The film, scheduled to crank up on September 25, stars The Talented Mr Ripley's Jack Davenport and Neve Mackintosh, whose credits include the recent BBC2 drama Gormenghast. Sheree Folkson will direct.Gypsy Woman is a romantic comedy about the unlikely relationship between a London prope
State And MainDir: David Mamet. US. 2000. 106 mins.Prod cos: Green, Renzi Productions, El Dorado Pictures. US dist: Fine Line. Int'l sales: Filmtown International (1) 323 464 6644. Exec prod: Alec Baldwin, Jon Cornick. Prod: Sarah Green. Scr: David Mamet. DoP: Oliver Stapleton. Prod des: Gemma Jackson. Ed: Barbara Tulliver. Mus: Theodore Shapiro. Main cast: William H. Macy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Paymer, Rebecca Pigeon, Julia Stiles.Mamet, the
The Prime GigDir: Gregory Mosher. US. 2000. 97 mins.Prod co: Independent Pictures. US dist: Fine Line. Int'l sales: Independent Picures, tel: (1) 212 993 1200. Prod: Cary Woods, Gina Mingacci, Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt. Co-prod/scr: William Wheeler. DoP: John A. Alonzo. Prod des: Richard Hoover. Editor: James Kwei. Music: David Robbins. Main cast: Vince Vaughn (Penny), Julia Ormond (Caitlin), Ed Harris (Kelly Grant), Rory Cochrane (Joel).Director Gregory Mosher is - potentially, at lea
The Weight Of WaterDir: Kathryn Bigelow. US-Fr. 2000. 110 mins.Prod cos: Manifest Film Co, Palomar Pictures, Miracle Pictures. Int'l sales: Le Studio Canal Plus (33) 1 44 43 98 00. Exec prods: Lisa Henson, Steven-Charles Jaffe. Prods: Janet Yang, Joni Sighvatsson, A Kitman Ho. Scr: Alice Arlen, Chris Kyle, from the novel by Anita Shreve. DoP: Adrian Biddle. Prod des: Karl Juliusson. Ed: Arthur Coburn. Mus: David Hirschfelder. Main cast: Sean Penn, Catherine McCormack, Elizabeth Hurley, Josh Lucas, Sar
waydowntownDir: Gary Burns. Canada. 2000. 83 mins.Prod co: Burns Films, Odeon Films. Int'l sales: Alliance Atlantis Films International (1) 416 967 1141. Exec prod: Bryan Gliserman, Marguerite Pigott. Prod: Shirley Vercruysse, Gary Burns. Scr: Burns, James Martin. DoP: Patrick McLaughlin. Prod des: Donna Brunsdale. Ed: Mark Lemmon. Mus: John Abram. Main cast: Fabrizio Filippo, Don McKellar, Marya Delver, Gordon Currie, Jennifer Clement, Tobias Godson. waydowntown features a cat


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B.C.'s Workers' Compensation Board has agreed to inspect all provincial correctional facilities with a focus on violence in the workplace, the union that represents prison guards says.
"This stems out of meetings we have had with senior WorkSafe officials over the last year-and-a-half," Dean Purdy, chair of the Corrections and Sheriff Services component of the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union, said Thursday.
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The number of assaults and incidents involving prison guards has increased in recent years, Mr. Purdy said, adding that there have been 29 incidents so far this year at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre alone.
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Style 911: "I Need The Perfect Dress For A 'Casual, Elegant' Beach Wedding!"
Next month, I will be traveling halfway across the world for my boyfriend's sister's wedding, and it will be the first time I meet most of his family. It's a beach wedding, and the only style guidelines I've received from my fashion-challenged man are that the wedding is "casual and elegant" (though, frankly, I think it'll be more elegant than casual). I'm envisioning a drapey, colorful dress (coral? royal blue?) with a defined waist and a plunging neckline, or maybe a beautiful print, though any two of these variables would do. I need to look good! My ideal price point is somewhere below $250. –Smalls
Ahh, boyfriends — not always the best communicators when it comes to letting us know what we should be wearing. Dress too dressy, and you'll upstage the bride. Not dressy enough, and your boyfriend's family might think you have no taste. Never fear, there are ways to make this work! First off, I'd recommend steering clear of certain "prom dress-y" fabrics that may come off as too formal, such as satin, lace and taffeta. Stick with a more neutral fabric like linen or cotton to keep things on track. Remember, this is a beach wedding, so you're going to want to be comfortable. You're also most likely going to have to wear sandals, and that will help better define what your options are.
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The number one tip for properly dressing for the occasion: Bring lots of accessories. Once you've spent some time around his family you'll be able to get a better sense of how they dress, and you'll be able to tell what their definition of "casual elegance" really is. If you need to dress up your outfit, pile on some bangles and necklaces. Dress it down, wear less jewelry.
I've picked out an array of dresses in blue and coral–I think it's best to steer clear of prints at a wedding–again, you don't want to upstage the bride. Plus, both colors are classic and timeless and wearable year round. After all, you want a dress you can wear long after the wedding's over, don't you?


text: Stop this (fresh)man! From East Texas roots, Peterson quickly has become Oklahoma's newest hero By Randy Riggs AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Wednesday, October 6, 2004 NORMAN, Okla. -- There was always something about Adrian Peterson. Nice kid, very good athlete, the kind of player you want on your football team. But the full realization of what unsuspecting Palestine High School had in its midst didn't crystallize in the minds of its football coaches until the first practice in pads before Peterson's junior season in 2002. "It was called 32 zone," said former head coach Jeff Harrell, recalling the precise moment and play when realization struck with blinding suddenness in his head. "It was just a regular old inside zone play. But he blew through there like a man toying with high school kids. "All the coaches stopped and just looked at each other. It was like, 'Oh my, what have we got here?' " What they had would become the center flag in another classic Texas-Oklahoma recruiting tug-of-war. Peterson was on his way to becoming another East Texas legend, evoking memories of Hooks' Billy Sims, Tyler's Earl Campbell, Big Sandy's David Overstreet and another Palestine native son from the 1960s, "Super" Bill Bradley. They all wound up wearing either burnt orange or crimson and cream. They all experienced the adrenaline rush of walking down the Cotton Bowl tunnel in early October and being showered by either praise from the faithful or scorn by the jilted. Now it's Peterson's turn. There is no shortage of personalities linked to Saturday's 99th edition of the Red River Shootout. But, arguably, the brightest light, and heat that accompanies it, will be directed at the Sooners' No. 28 (on offense; on defense 28 belongs to another "AP," cornerback Antonio Perkins). Adrian Peterson says he's ready for whatever comes his way from the Longhorns -- the defense or their supporters. "Hey, I'm still a Texas fan because I'm from Texas," said the quiet youngster who once had a poster of Ricky Williams on his bedroom wall and refuses to make the upside-down Hook 'Em sign because he considers it disrespectful. "I just felt OU was the best choice for me." The choice, announced Jan. 3 at the halftime of a high school all-star game, capped a tumultuous recruiting period that essentially lasted for two years. After that 32 zone play on the first day of 2002 drills, it didn't take long for recruiters to find Palestine. After all, a running back who is 6 feet, 2 inches and 210 pounds, with the muscles of a weightlifter, the speed of a sprinter and the balance of a Baryshnikov, is going to attract a little bit of attention. While the recruiting battles for Campbell, Sims, Overstreet and Bradley were epic, they don't compare with what Peterson experienced. They can't. In this Internet age, with the proliferation of dot.com recruiting services, Peterson obsession wasn't limited to the Sooner and Longhorn camps. It was national. "I was getting calls from recruiting places in Connecticut," Harrell said. "It was crazy." Those close to Peterson believed he could handle it, but there was some initial anxiety. "You love the kid, so you certainly have concerns," said longtime family friend Steve Eudey. "Nobody can really know what to expect." Eudey assisted Peterson and his mother, Bonita, a former sprinter at the University of Houston, with the recruiting process. Peterson's father, Nelson, is in prison in Texarkana, serving a 10-year sentence for laundering drug money. "Adrian's personality -- and it helped him in the recruiting process -- is he's really laid-back," Eudey said. "He doesn't get too upset about anything. He just kind of lets things fall where they may. Sometimes that's stressful on the rest of us, but he handles it pretty well." There was plenty to handle. It was more than the constant attention of coaches -- in addition to Texas' Mack Brown and Oklahoma's Bob Stoops, there was Southern Cal's Pete Carroll, Louisiana State's Nick Saban, Texas A&M's Dennis Franchione, among others. It also was the relentless quest of the recruiting services. "I really don't think there's any way to prepare for it," said Harrell, now an assistant athletic director at Texas High School in Texarkana. "It was a constant thing. "What was really hard were the recruiting services," Harrell added. "The coaches were OK, but all the services trying to get the latest was the constant barrage. They wanted any word, any thought they could get. That was tough." After Peterson rushed for 2,960 yards (11.7 yards per carry) and 32 touchdowns as a senior, the barrage reached avalanche proportions. Even after Peterson declared he would sign with OU, a full-page ad appeared in the Palestine Herald-Press begging Peterson to sign with a Texas school -- "Make us proud, Adrian," it begged. "Stay here!" Peterson's reaction was typical for him. "I just smiled about that and never bowed down to it," he said. "I didn't let that kind of stuff get to me." Peterson added insult to injury for Longhorn fans when he not only chose their most bitter rival but suggested it was because the Sooners have done a better job of developing talent. Stoops snorted this week when asked if part of Peterson's decision also might have been because UT's Cedric Benson had announced he would be returning for his senior year. "Everybody has their speculations," Stoops said. "You know what? I think Adrian looked at Oklahoma and said, 'Here's a team that's been in two of the last four national championships. Here's a team that's been in three of the last four Big 12 championships and has won some of those. Here's a team that had Quentin Griffin rush for almost 2,000 yards the year before (1,884 in 2002).' "Why wouldn't he want to go to Oklahoma?" His Mr. Football Hero reputation proceeded him to Norman, of course. But it didn't take long for Peterson to develop a close relationship with his new teammates. "I was expecting a cocky kid, real arrogant," said senior center Vince Carter. "But he's the complete opposite. He was a surprise to most of us. I believe that's one reason he's having success now. He came in humble, ready to work hard, and he hasn't slacked up at all." So far, Peterson has lived up to his billing. He's the first player in the Sooners' storied history to rush for at least 100 yards in each of his first four games, despite splitting time primarily with Kejuan Jones. His average of 136.5 rushing yards per game ranks fourth in the Big 12 and eighth nationally. Because of Peterson's fame, the Sooners have brought him along slowly with the press. Although he's the subject of a cover story in this week's Sports Illustrated, his availability to the media generally has been limited to postgame interviews, although that will increase as the season continues. "Coach Stoops just wants to ease him into that process," OU spokesman Kenny Mossman said. "If you've watched that process a time or two, you'd see why, because he's engulfed." Indeed, his remarkable talent has exposed Peterson to more than most 19-year-olds have ever faced. So far, he's handled it all gracefully and successfully. But the biggest hurdle yet comes Saturday. "I don't feel like I have anything to prove to anybody," Peterson said last week. "People say, 'Well, if he doesn't do this, then he was overrated.' I just go play. I don't really care what people think about me." firstname.lastname@example.com; 445-3957