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mr e. When I said snorlax is more effective than uber's it's more of a personal opinion and I wasn't trying to make a big point about it. His normal type, sweet movepool, and near uber stats have always made me think of snorlax as equal to mewtwo/mew, maybe better than lugia and ho-oh. Haha celery...really it's an uber? Anyway, it's hard to tell what would change in the tiers if snorlax was banned. I was just saying it's possible that banning snorlax may make someone, such as alakazam, as you said, on every team the way snorlax is now. It's just speculation. magic Yes it sounds absurd that I think snorlax is uber and shouldn't be banned. It's even more absurd to want to ban him given that gsc's meta has been untouched for over a decade. There must be at least 4 more generations now to play in. Snorlax is gsc. If someone from 2004 came back today to enjoy nostalgia and have a gsc battle, do you think hearing "no snorlax" will resonate a positive note in them? dre Agree, but only to recent generations. Changing an old long-lasting meta, as faulty as it may be, is going to anger a lot of people who grew up playing that meta. jorgen Good point. The question is, will such a change really bring more newer gen players back to gsc than current gsc players leaving in disgust? It's difficult to tell. I'd think no, but I'd rather hear your reasons before I explain mine. Would a 'no-snorlax' clause be a good compromise for both sides in this argument? If such a clause does create a more fun metagame, then people who support snorlax might move over on their own. Banning snorlax from here would be attainable.
I think the entrance barrier to GSC would be lowered since Snorlax requires you to either be expert-level in dealing with it or to simply be bad at GSC. So in that sense I feel like it makes the game more accessible. Whether or not it affects the player base significantly is not really my main concern though. If there's sufficiently-publicized tournaments for it, there will be players. It's more or less for game balance, which Snorlax royally screws with.
CurseLugia is CurseLax, except that it gets Recover. :| Originally it wasn't, but it was eventually banned.
Your only argument is that GSC is too old to change. I won't really argue with you on that point because it's a pointless argument, but you might want to add a bit of meat to it. That being said a Snorlax banned tourney seems like a logical step, to test it's effect on the metagame.
One tournament doesn't establish a meta. You need at least two or three, to give people a chance to feel out what does and doesn't work. The GSC meta with Snorlax is so defined by Snorlax that removing Snorlax would necessitate fundamental rethinks rather than minor adjustments.
If it needs to be banned, it needs to be banned. Now, I don't think it needs to be banned but it's not staying unbanned simply because hurr durr the metagame is too old to change. :[ it ain't gonna make any more or fewer people play anyway
I agree. We should suspect Snorlax because there are very few scenarios in which a team can't afford to run Snorlax. It fits on 99% of all teams.
apart from the fact that gen 2 has ended over 10 years now and it might be a bit late for a suspect test, i would appreciate a suspect test for Snorlax, assuming the Gsc community is big enough to actually have a decent suspect ladder, etc. No other metagame is centralized towards one pokemon as much as Gen 2 OU, and none is dominated that much by it. Snorlax is overpowered in Gen 2, it's just the way it is, and it is one of the most versatile pokemon making it hard to build a team that checks all variants of snorlax (without knowing which one you are facing in a specific battle the first place) and still following your own strategy, covering other threats, etc. I mean i don't think i have to elaborate why and how overpowered and centralizing Snorlax is, everyone who has played a couple of GSC matches knows it and has experienced it. It would be interesting to know how a meta without snorlax would be like, if snorlax is really the only thing that "allows offensive play" in gsc. And i would like to know how and even if a suspect test on this would happen.
Well there's never going to be a suspect test or anything, but I WILL be hosting a non-Lax GSC tournament in the tournaments subforum in the near future for anyone who wants to play competitively in a format without Lax.


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"Did you know ObamaCare will cost nearly twice as much as initially expected -- $1.8 TRILLION?"
Ted Cruz on Monday, March 19th, 2012 in a tweet.
Ted Cruz says health reform's price tag has doubled
U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, tweeted a claim that's been racing through Republican circles in response to updated cost projections of the national health reform law.
"Did you know ObamaCare will cost nearly twice as much as initially expected - $1.8 TRILLION?" Cruz tweeted March 19, 2012.
Other politicians have been making similar claims since the Congressional Budget Office released a new report March 13, 2012, about the law's expected costs. Fox News also ran a story saying the health law will cost twice as much as originally estimated.
A close read of the report indicates that cost projections have increased -- but have not nearly doubled.
The health care law, passed in 2010, helps individuals obtain health coverage by expanding Medicaid and providing subsidies for moderate-income Americans to purchase insurance.
In 2010, the CBO analyzed cost projections, which go up over time as more provisions of the law are implemented. In that report, the gross cost to the government for coverage was projected at $938 billion. That figure -- again, the gross cost -- didn't take into account revenue offsets, such as new taxes on the wealthy and penalties paid by individuals and employers who don't opt into insurance. Those payments bring down the law's net cost.
The CBO's latest report updates those figures, but it looks at different years. The new gross estimate is $1.762 trillion -- the figure cited in Cruz's tweet. But it looks at costs over 11 years -- 2012-2022 -- whereas the earlier report's figure was for 10 years. And it's important to note that the timespan of 2012 through 2022 covers nine years when the law is fully implemented (and thus its costs are greater).
So, when we compare the years encompassed in both reports (2012 through 2019), here's how that apples-to-apples comparison shakes out.
In the CBO's first estimate, the gross figure is $931 billion.
In the new estimate, the figure is $1.01 trillion.
That's an increase of 8.6 percent -- far short of Cruz's claim that it is "nearly twice as much."
Ezra Klein pointed out in the Washington Post's Wonkblog that the cost went up "because the recession has made people poorer, and so the health-care law is going to have to spend more to help them get health insurance."
Finally, when comparing net figures from the CBO -- which certainly provide a more true-to-life picture of the law's cost than gross numbers -- the projection for those eight years is actually less. The CBO estimated it at $784 billion in 2010 and revised that to $768 billion in 2012.
Cruz's spokesman responded to our inquiry by suggesting that the CBO's original cost projection was misleadingly low because it covered years before the law was fully implemented.
"Even the new CBO score includes two years before the law goes into full effect, so the eventual CBO score for the first 10 years of full implementation will be far higher than the new $1.76 trillion cost-of-coverage in the latest CBO score," spokesman James Bernsen wrote.
But that also ignores the revenue that will be coming in from taxes and penalties, which drive the overall cost down.
Cruz's tweet saying that the cost of health reform has nearly doubled does not reflect an accurate comparison of dollars or years. When the CBO's early projections are held up to new projections accurately, the gross cost increase is 8.6 percent. Cruz was a long way off. We rate his claim False.
Editor's note:
When our story first published, we hadn't heard back from Cruz's campaign. A short time later, we received an email from his spokesman and we updated the story to include his response.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 12:58 p.m.
Subjects: Health Care
Twitter.com, @tedcruz feed, March 19, 2012
Congressional Budget Office, "Updated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act," March 2012 (chart cited in this report is on page 11)
Congressional Budget Office, "Selected CBO Publications Related to Health Care Legislation, 2009–2010," December 2010 (chart cited in this report is on page 32)
Fox News, "New CBO health law estimate shows much higher spending past first 10 years," March 14, 2012
Factcheck.org, "Health Care Costs Didn't Double," March 16, 2012
Washington Post Wonkblog, "No, the CBO hasn't doubled its cost estimate for health-care reform," March 20, 2012
Email interview with James Bernsen, spokesman for Ted Cruz, March 21, 2012
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Current plans focused primarily on appropriate prescribing are a step in the right direction, according to the American Pain Society, but are just one aspect of what needs to be a multifaceted approach to turn this public health crisis around. "We would like to see more emphasis on clinical practice improvement," society president Seddon Savage, MD, told Medscape Medical News. Her team sees prescriptions as just one piece of a very large and intricate puzzle. A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows that the number of overdose deaths from opioid prescription pain relievers in the United States has reached epidemic proportions and is greater than fatalities from heroin and cocaine combined. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas Frieden, MD, one of every twenty adults in the United States, or 12 million individuals, has a history of narcotic use a problem that largely stems from inappropriate prescribing. The US Food and Drug Administration has since released a draft blueprint to guide prescriber training modules for long-acting and extended-release opioid drugs. The plan will include information on weighing the risks and benefits of opioid therapy, choosing patients, managing and monitoring prescriptions, and counseling on the safe use of these drugs. One in Twenty AmericansThe American Pain Society has issued a statement in support of renewed attention on prescription drug misuse. "Powerful opioids are often used because they are effective and easily administered," Dr. Savage said during an interview. "Counseling patients, addressing core issues such as stress, diet, and exercise, take time, are more challenging, and don't reimburse well." Many practices are not set up to address these problems, Dr. Savage explained, so there is a need for system changes. Approaches that combine the specialist care of physicians, physiotherapists, and other team members can be ideal, she noted, but require coordination. "We hope that healthcare reform will help, but this is clearly an area we need to be working on." Data from the Drug Enforcement Administration show that sales of opioid prescription pain relievers to pharmacies and healthcare providers have increased by more than 300% since 1999. According to the report, enough prescription painkillers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every American adult around the clock for a month. Although most of these pills were prescribed, many were diverted and abused. "The burden of dangerous drugs is being created more by a few irresponsible doctors than drug pushers on street corners," Dr. Frieden told reporters attending a press briefing when the report was released. Dr. Savage pointed to the high-profile pill mill cases in Florida and acknowledged these criminal activities are contributing to the problem. However, Dr. Savage told Medscape Medical News she is concerned about harsh statements blaming all prescribers. "The evidence strongly suggests that physicians are the source of these medications, but that doesn't necessarily mean there is intentional misprescribing involved in most cases. We don't have good data demonstrating how these drugs are being diverted." Dr. Savage says there is a need to find the right balance between reducing misuse and abuse while safeguarding legitimate access to treatment. "Ultimately, we'd like to see Drug Enforcement Administration involvement." GuidelinesIn 2009, the society, in collaboration with the American Academy of Pain Medicine, published clinical practice guidelines to assist clinicians in prescribing opioids for patients with chronic noncancer pain. Published in the Journal of Pain, the guidelines state that prescribers of opioid pain relievers should have clinical skills and knowledge in both the principles of opioid treatment and the assessment and management of risks associated with drug abuse, addiction, and diversion. According to the guidelines, before prescribing an opioid medication, physicians must conduct a thorough medical history and examination and assess potential risk for substance abuse. The strongest predictor of possible drug misuse is a personal history of alcohol and drug abuse. For patients at higher risk for drug abuse, physicians must provide more highly structured care that may include frequent visits, regular urine drug screens, regular contact with family members, smaller prescriptions, pill counts, counseling, or other interventions. "Regular monitoring of chronic opioid therapy patients is critical because the therapeutic benefits of these medications are not static and can be affected by changes in the underlying pain condition, coexisting disease, or changing psychological or social circumstances," Dr. Savage said. "Weekly monitoring is justifiable for some patients at high risk for misuse and other adverse events." Allison Shelley Medscape Medical News © 2011 WebMD, LLC |


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WASHINGTON—The U.S. is seeing a spike in al Qaeda-related terror plots and threats against its embassies in Libya, Yemen and Egypt, say current and former U.S. officials citing domestic and foreign intelligence reports.
The threats against U.S. missions in Tripoli and Yemen's capital, Sana'a, are believed to involve bomb plots by Sunni extremists and perhaps al Qaeda-linked individuals, and have set off alarms among U.S. officials still shaken by last September's attack on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya.
Protesters at the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a in April demand the release of Yemenis from Guantanamo Bay. Reuters
A planned attack against U.S. and French diplomatic targets in Egypt was wider and more precise than had been reported when Cairo authorities said last week that they detained three men in connection with it, according to intelligence cited by the U.S. officials.
Earlier reports had indicated that embassies had been targeted. But the plots focused primarily on the U.S. and French ambassadors there, the current and former U.S. officials said Friday. One of the three detainees was the intended suicide bomber, these people said.
"There appear to be serious terrorist threats against U.S. embassies in North Africa and the broader Middle East," said Seth Jones, an al Qaeda specialist at the Rand Corp. and a former adviser to the U.S. military. "It shows that terrorist groups, including al Qaeda, remain very active. They have flourished in a political vacuum in several of these countries."
The apparent uptick in threats comes eight months after the al Qaeda-linked terrorist attack killed four Americans in Benghazi and as U.S. counterterrorism officials watch for threats in the wake of the Arab Spring. They also emerge as the Obama Administration faces heightened pressure over security issues—including accusations that it could have better anticipated the Benghazi attacks, and that it overstepped by seizing Associated Press reporters' phone records in connection with another counterterrorism operation.
Counterterrorism specialists draw a distinction between threats in Egypt and Libya and those in Yemen. Daniel Benjamin, who until recently was the top State Department counterterrorism official, said there are frequent threats to the U.S. embassy in Sana'a but that the country's counterterrorism efforts are making inroads.
By contrast, he said, the weaker governments in Libya and Egypt face a growing threat from extremist groups that previous regimes kept under wraps.
These groups are "under considerably less pressure than they used to be," said Mr. Benjamin, now director of the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College. "That has certainly changed the security scene."
U.S. officials are scrutinizing the alleged plots in Tripoli, Sana'a and Cairo, although they say there have so far been no signs of ties between them.
In the thwarted Cairo plot, one militant group implicated by the intelligence reports is led by an Egyptian who has training camps in Libya and has received support from al Qaeda's Yemen branch.
That group, known as the Jamal Network, is among those implicated in the Benghazi attacks, where at least one of its operatives was among the attackers, U.S. officials say. The group's leader, Muhammad Jamal Abu Ahmad, and his top deputy were detained by Egyptian authorities prior to the most recent Cairo arrests, according to U.S. officials.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki declined to speak specifically about the embassy plots. But she said the department works "every day with foreign governments and interagency partners to mitigate the risks to our diplomatic and consular operations overseas."
The alleged Tripoli and Sana'a plots appeared less developed than the one in Cairo, and it wasn't clear how likely they were to be carried out. Still, their inclusion in recent intelligence reporting suggests the seriousness with which the U.S. government is taking them.
A car-bombing plot against the U.S. embassy in Tripoli was corroborated by multiple intelligence agencies, and the U.S. has identified individuals associated with the plot who are part of Sunni extremist groups that may have al Qaeda links, said a former U.S. official familiar with the intelligence. It isn't clear whether the plot remains active.
Tripoli has been restive in the months following the Benghazi attacks. On April 23, a car bomb exploded outside the French embassy there, injuring two guards.
On May 8, the State Department evacuated a handful of "nonemergency" personnel from Tripoli. The next day it issued a travel warning for U.S. citizens but didn't cite a terrorist threat.
The department warned of civil unrest and urged U.S. citizens to avoid demonstrations, which could turn violent. "The security situation in Libya remains unpredictable," the warning said, citing an early May incident when armed groups seized Libyan government buildings.
In Yemen, intelligence agencies have warned recently of a car-bomb plot against the U.S. embassy in Sana'a. That plot, according to the intelligence reports, is connected to individuals who are part of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the group's Yemen branch.
There have been periodic threats against the U.S. embassy there in recent years, officials said. The State Department travel warning for Yemen was last updated in November 2012, warning of a high security threat level.
The Egypt plot, however, appears to have been fairly advanced, said the former U.S. official, especially given that U.S. intelligence concluded that one of the three men arrested was the suicide bomber recruited to attack either the U.S. or French ambassador to Egypt.
U.S. officials believe that at least one of the men the Egyptians arrested has direct links to the Jamal Network's second-in-command and also has ties to al Qaeda facilitators, the former official said.
Egyptian prosecutors have alleged that all three men are linked to the so-called Nasr City Cell, a militant group local authorities disrupted last year and accused of plotting against Egyptian government targets.
Some U.S. officials are worried that the Egyptian authorities will have difficulty prosecuting this latest plot because the Egyptian legal system has strict standards of evidence.
The men admitted to plotting against the U.S. and French ambassadors and their embassies and revealed al Qaeda associations under interrogation, the former official said, which may not hold up in Egyptian courts, where information obtained under interrogation may be dismissed.
The men were found with 22 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a key bomb-making ingredient, Egyptian prosecutors said last week. That amount likely wasn't enough to make a complete bomb, according to the U.S. assessment, which may also make the prosecution difficult.
Security in Egypt has deteriorated significantly since the fall of the Mubarak regime, as the new government has struggled with militant attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and the emergence of the Jamal Network.
The State Department issued a travel alert on Wednesday that didn't mention the plot and instead warned about a May 9 knife attack on an American citizen outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo and cautioned about the potential for violent protests.
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Back to the Future
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He found further success, albeit moderate by comparison, with
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star Hanks. A memorable adventure drama concerning a dedicated FedEx executive's struggle for survival after enduring a horrific plane crash and becoming stranded on a deserted island, the filming of Cast Away was halted halfway through so that star Hanks could physically transform himself for the demanding role - and in the meantime Zemeckis took the helm for the Harrison Ford/Michelle Pheiffer fright fest What Lies Beneath. In the end both films performed fairly well at the box office, even if Cast Away had recieved a somewhat negative reaction by many due to its meditative pacing and open ended coda. By the time The Polar Express hit theaters it had been nearly four years since Zemeckis had invaded the multiplexes. A holiday hit featuring vocal contributions by
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and Daryl Sabara, The Polar Express thrilled families in both traditional theaters and as an IMAX 3D release, and took in an impressive pull at the domestic box office.
His credits as a producer steadily grew as he played an instrumental part in bringing such diverse efforts as House of Wax and The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio to the screen, Zemeckis continued his efforts to provide fun frights for viewers of all ages by serving as executive producer of both the kid-friendly, computer animated haunted house flick Monster House, and producer to the apocalyptic Hilary Swank starer The Reaping. Back in the director's chair, Zemeckis would be putting the finishing touches on the Neil Gaiman and Roger Avery-scripted adventure fantasy Beowulf - an Eighth Century tale of good versus evil inspired by the popular Old English poem of the same name.
He had a huge hit in 2009 with the Jim Carrey starring motion-capture version of A Christmas Carol, however audiences rejected Mars Needs Moms, an animated film he helped produce. He returned to live-action actors with 2012's drama Flight, and followed that up with a remake of The Beatles Yellow Submarine.
~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The search for life outside our solar system becomes a personal and spiritual quest for a young researcher. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) is a scientist who lost her faith in God after her parents died when she was a child. However, Ellie has learned to develop a different sort of faith in the seemingly unknowable: working with a group that monitors radio waves from space, Ellie hopes that some day she will receive a coherent message from another world that will prove that there is a world beyond our own. Ellie's hard work is rewarded when her team picks up a signal that does not appear to be of earthly origin. Ellie decodes the message, which turns out to be plans for a space craft, which she takes as an invitation for a meeting with the aliens. Ellie and her fellow researchers soon run into interference from a White House scientific advisor, David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt), who cuts off their funding and tries to take credit for their achievements. However, Ellie receives moral support from Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), a spiritual teacher who advises President Clinton and tries to persuade her to accept the existence of a higher power, and financial backing from S.R. Hadden (John Hurt), a multi-millionaire willing to fund her attempts to contact the source of the message. Contact was based on a novel by Carl Sagan, who advised director Robert Zemeckis during the film's production until his death in 1996. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Charlatan Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) has genuine psychic powers, but he doesn't use them to help people. Rather, he generates cases for his supernatural private-eye firm by harassing a group of hapless ghosts (including a dearly departed Wild West outlaw and an undead judge played by John Astin) into staging hauntings and poltergeists in the homes of likely marks. Bannister's world turns on its head when he starts noticing real hauntings around town -- ghostly assassinations that seem to be tied to the execution 20 years earlier of a brutal serial killer. Lucy Lunskey (Trini Alvarado), the wife of one unlucky victim, teams up with Bannister to get to the bottom of the killings and find out what shut-in Patricia Bradley (Dee Wallace Stone) and her witchy mother (Julia McCarthy) have to do with the sinister spree. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
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Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood
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In this satirical horror-comedy, a gumshoe investigates a combination TV ministry/whorehouse/vampire infestation. After bounty hunter Vincent (Phil Fondacaro) unearths the remains of Lilith, queen of the vampires, he restores the alluring creature to life and lords over her using a magical talisman. Later, rowdy youngster Caleb Verdoux (Corey Feldman) convinces one of his dim-witted buddies to accompany him to a combination mortuary/house of ill repute where both young men fall prey to Lilith's charms. Rather than merely drinking her victims' blood, this vampire has a tendency to rip out their hearts with her projectile tongue. Caleb's sister, Katherine (Erika Eleniak), who works for a large televangelism operation run by the shady Reverend Current (Chris Sarandon), hires private dick Rafe Guttman (Dennis Miller) to track down the errant Caleb. Rafe's wise-guy antics soon get him in trouble with Lilith and the law, but not before he uncovers the ties between Lilith's organization and Current's ministry; it seems Vincent, and therefore Lilith, are working for the reverend. Soon, Rafe finds himself in the boudoir of Lilith's bordello, armed with a holy-water squirt gun and fighting to save Erika from the glamorous but deadly vampire. Like Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight, the previous film spin-off from HBO's EC Comics-inspired Tales From the Crypt series, Bordello of Blood features interludes hosted by the puppet skeleton known as the Crypt Keeper (voice of John Kassir). Director Gilbert Adler, who previously helmed Demon Knight, would go on to produce 13 Ghosts and The House on Haunted Hill. Whoopi Goldberg makes an uncredited cameo as a hospital patient. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
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This documentary examines the first films of some top Hollywood directors, featuring interviews with the filmmakers and clips of their early student films, as well as some of their blockbuster hits. The program explores how each director learned from early mistakes, and seeks to illuminate the personalities and motivations of these successful "auteur" directors. Volume one covers Roger Corman, Taylor Hackford, Spike Lee, Paul Mazursky, Oliver Stone, and Robert Zemeckis. ~ Steve Blackburn, Rovi
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A crime fighter created in the 1930s and popularized in movies, pulp novels, and a radio show starring a young Orson Welles, The Shadow came back to life in 1994 in this slick, well-cast production. Alec Baldwin stars as Lamont Cranston, a murderous opium dealer reformed by a Tibetan mystic, who teaches him how to use his keen mental powers to manipulate others. As penance for his past misdeeds, Cranston masquerades as a degenerate New York City playboy by day and secretly plays the heroic Shadow by night, staving off evildoers with a network of agents and a cab-driving sidekick (Peter Boyle). A greater challenge arrives when Cranston must fight Shiwan Khan (John Lone), the final descendent of Genghis Khan, who has received training from the same Tibetan master who instructed Cranston. Shiwan plans to use atomic weapons to take over New York and then the world. At the same time, Cranston meets socialite Margo Lane (Penelope Ann Miller), and, although he's instantly enamored of her, he discovers that her psychic abilities render his secret identity vulnerable. The Shadow was directed by former music video creator Russell Mulcahy, whose feature film debut Highlander (1986) was a cult classic. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
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This first theatrical feature spun off from the television series Tales from the Crypt (which was in turn inspired by the infamous EC horror comics of the 1950s) concerns a mysterious man named Brayker (Bill Sadler), who arrives at a church-turned-rooming house in a small town in New Mexico. Hot on his trail is an equally mysterious and very menacing figure known as the Collector (Billy Zane), who arrives with policemen in tow; he claims that Brayker stole some keys from him, and he wants the cops to help him reclaim them. It turns out, however, that the "keys" are actually several amulets that contain drops of the blood of Christ; they can be used to ward off evil in the right hands, but they can lead the world to doom if used improperly. The Collector and his forces lay siege to the house with the other residents caught in the middle between Brayker and the Collector, including alcoholic Uncle Willy (Dick Miller), prostitute Cordelia (Brenda Bakke), sleazy Southerner Roach (Thomas Haden Church), postal employee Wally (Charles Fleischer), sensible Jeryline (Jada Pinkett), and landlady Irene (CCH Pounder). Bordello of Blood, the second Tales from the Crypt feature, hit theaters the following year. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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"Stupid is as stupid does," says Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks in an Oscar-winning performance) as he discusses his relative level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century. Entirely without trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, meets Lyndon Johnson, speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument, hangs out with the Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis, meets Richard Nixon, discovers the break-in at the Watergate, opens a profitable shrimping business, becomes an original investor in Apple Computers, and decides to run back and forth across the country for several years. Meanwhile, as the remarkable parade of his life goes by, Forrest never forgets Jenny (Robin Wright Penn), the girl he loved as a boy, who makes her own journey through the turbulence of the 1960s and 1970s that is far more troubled than the path Forrest happens upon. Featured alongside Tom Hanks are Sally Field as Forrest's mother; Gary Sinise as his commanding officer in Vietnam; Mykelti Williamson as his ill-fated Army buddy who is familiar with every recipe that involves shrimp; and the special effects artists whose digital magic place Forrest amidst a remarkable array of historical events and people. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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High-concept director Robert Zemeckis applies his usual polish -- helped by an equally adept cast -- for this surprisingly gruesome and extremely funny black comedy. The film begins with narcissistic actress Madeline (Meryl Streep) stealing the latest in a series of potential fiancées, wimpy plastic surgeon Ernest (Bruce Willis), from her ex-best friend Helen (Goldie Hawn). Depressed and infuriated, Helen suffers a breakdown that lands her in a mental hospital -- in addition to a junk-food bender that seems to triple her weight. When Madeline crosses paths with Helen again many years later, she is horrified to discover her once-chunky rival looking younger, slimmer and more glamorous than ever before. Fearing that Helen will try to steal Ernest back -- and dreading the thought of not having a plastic surgeon at her beck and call -- Madeline solicits the supernatural services of an exotic New Age mystic (Isabella Rossellini), who sells her a potent youth elixir with the stipulation that she follow the dosage instructions to the letter... yeah, right. It appears that Helen owes her sexy comeback to the same magic formula, and the inevitable violent clash between the two well-dressed banshees leads to the realization that both women have become nearly impervious zombies, clawing at each other's throats long after the blood has run cold in their veins. Best remembered for Dick Smith's Oscar-winning makeup effects, which allow the rapidly-rotting undead femmes to toss off witty one-liners with ragged holes blasted through their bodies or spin their heads Exorcist-style. Not all the sight gags work, and Zemeckis' lighthearted treatment of such grotesque material tends to dull the satirical edge, but there are some truly inspired moments of dementia -- particularly a hilarious cameo from Sydney Pollack as a doctor who comes unglued while examining Streep (who has yet to realize she's dead). ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
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Maverick director Walter Hill, who had a big hit with 48 Hrs., indulges his customary yen for violent and disturbing scenes in this overlooked action film, which was also released under the name Looters. Set in the economically-depressed town of East St. Louis, IL, the film's release was delayed several months because its riot scenes were too similar to those that actually took place in the summer of 1992 in L.A. Bill Paxton plays Vince and Bill Sadler plays Don. They are a couple of good-old-boy firefighters who are tipped off that some stolen gold treasures have been hidden in an old warehouse. They find and enter the building but witness a brutal murder. The gangland killing is part of a turf battle between two rival drug lords. When one of them finds out that the firemen have seen the execution, he orders the witnesses murdered. But they have found the treasure and have kidnapped one gang leader's brother. An elaborate and violent series of skirmishes and chases ensue. Rapper-actors Ice-T and Ice Cube have roles as leading gang members. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
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The Public Eye
Howard Franklin wrote and directed this film noir character study based on the famed New York Daily News photographer Weegee. Joe Pesci plays a character named Bernstein, a freelance photographer for the New York City tabloids of the 1940s. His life is dedicated to his work; with a police radio under the dashboard of his car and a darkroom in his trunk, he quickly and efficiently races to the scene of crimes, accidents and murders to snap photographs of gangsters, politicians, cops, and prostitutes, which he promptly delivers to the newspapers. His knack for arriving at a crime scene before the police earns him the nickname the Great Bernzini. The trouble begins for Bernstein when he agrees to look up a gangster for Kay (Barbara Hershey), the sexy owner of a fancy Manhattan nightclub. After making inquiries, Bernstein traces the man Kay is looking for, but he turns up dead. When he informs the police, he becomes a suspect in the murder; it also turns out that the FBI is interested the case. Bernstein then uncovers an elaborate conspiracy concerning gas rationing, the mob, and the government. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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The final installment in the Back to the Future trilogy picks up where the second film left off, but it casts off the dizzying time travel of the first two films for mostly routine comedy set in the Old West. Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) receives a 70-year-old letter from his inventor friend, Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), who tells Marty that he has retreated a century in time to live out a relatively quiet life in the Old West. Doc Brown reveals that he hid his DeLorean car/time machine in an abandoned mine outside town, and when Marty does some research and discovers that the Doc died shortly after writing the letter, he decides to find the car, travel back in time, and warn the Doc about his demise. Meanwhile, the Doc, who has fallen in love with a local woman (Mary Steenburgen), realizes he can't hide in the past from the problems he has caused to the time flow in the previous two adventures. He reluctantly decides to return to the present with Marty, but first, they have to find a way to get the DeLorean up to time-travel velocity with a broken fuel line and no gasoline. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
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Tales From the Crypt [TV Series]
It isn't often that a popular TV series is inspired by a literary property that all but destroyed a particular industry, but such was the case with the weekly, half-hour horror anthology Tales From the Crypt. Most of the episodes depicted herein were based on stories originally published in the EC comic book series Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, and Shock Superstories in the 1950s. In these grim little morality plays, a number of nasty characters deservedly met grisly fates appropriate to their misdeeds. Examples included the compulsive neat freak who is cut up into little pieces and then tidily repackaged into carefully labeled mason jars, or the homicidal baseball player whose bloody body parts are used as bats, balls, and bases in a grim nocturnal ball game played by the vengeful teammates of his last victim. It was this sort of merry mayhem that brought down the wrath of professional do-gooders (such as the infamous Dr. Frederick Wertham) and their political co-conspirators, who demanded that the comic book industry immediately purge itself of all horror magazines -- and never mind these were among the best written and illustrated comics in the business.
At any rate, the old EC comics had become classics by the time Tales From the Crypt made its HBO debut on June 10, 1989. The series, like the comic books that inspired it, was hosted by the ghoulish "Cryptkeeper," seen here as a skeletal animatronic puppet whose voice was provided by actor John Kassir. Cracking delightfully gruesome jokes all the while, The Cryptkeeper introduced each episode, and showed up at the denouement to make a few additional creepy comments. In keeping with the standards set by the comics, the individual episodes dealt primarily with unpleasant people who were given their just desserts in an even more unpleasant fashion, usually with supernatural assistance. Several top filmmakers contributed their directorial talents to Tales from the Crypt, among them Robert Zemeckis, Walter Hill, Steven E. de Souza, John Frankenheimer, Elliot Silverstein, and even Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Hanks. The casts were equally impressive, boasting the likes of Joe Pantoliano, Amanda Plummer, Kirk Douglas, Miguel Ferrer, Teri Hatcher, Harry Anderson, Teri Garr, Beau Bridges, Christopher Reeve, Mimi Rogers, Martin Sheen, Shelley Hack, Natasha Richardson, and Ewan McGregor. The seven seasons of Tales from the Crypt, totalling 93 episodes, aired first in uncut, uncensored form on HBO, then were rebroadcast with a few judicious trims and expurgations here and there by the Fox Network. The last first-run episode was telecast July 19, 1996. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Things have barely settled from the excitement and resolve of the original Back to the Future, when in pops that crazy inventor Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) with news that in order to prevent a series of events that could ruin the McFly name for posterity, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox ) and his girlfriend are whisked into the future to the year 2015, where Marty must tangle with a teen rogue named Griff, who's obviously the descendant of Biff, the first Future film's bully. Marty foils Griff and his group when he jumps on an air-foil skateboard that flies him through town at rakish speeds with the loser bullies beaten again. Marty gets a money-making brainstorm before hopping in the time-traveling DeLorean, and he purchases a sports almanac. He figures that back in 1985 he'll be able to place sure-fire bets using the published sports scores of the games that are yet to happen. Unfortunately for Marty, Dr. Brown disapproves of his betting scheme -- he feels too much messing with time is very dangerous -- and he tosses the almanac. A hidden Biff overhears the discussion about the almanac, sees it get tossed out, and grabs it. Thus begins a time-traveling swirl to make the head spin. Biff swipes the DeLorean, heads back to 1955, and with the help of the unerring almanac, bets his way to power. The now-altered "Biff world" has turned into a nightmarish scene with Biff the mogul, residing in a Vegas-styled pleasure palace and running everything. It's all our hero Marty can do to pull the pieces together this time, as he must jump between three generations of intertwined time travel. The end of Back to the Future, Part 2 introduces its sequel as the zany professor has already time-dashed away to the Wild West of the late 1800s and invites Marty into a new adventure. ~ Rovi
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Tales From the Crypt: And All Through the House
Robert Zemeckis' "And All Through the House" is about a psychotic Santa Claus (Larry Drake) who has just escaped from an insane asylum and comes knocking at the door of a woman (Mary Ellen Trainor), who's fresh from killing her husband for greedy reasons. The episode is a remake of one of the segments of the 1972 Tales from the Crypt feature directed by Freddie Francis and starring Joan Collins. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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In Robert Zemeckis's trailblazing combination of animation and live-action, Hollywood's 1940s cartoon stars are a subjugated minority, living in the ghettolike "Toontown" where their movements are sharply monitored by the human power establishment. The Toons are permitted to perform in a Cotton Club-style nightspot but are forbidden to patronize the joint. One of Toontown's leading citizens, whacked-out Roger Rabbit, is framed for the murder of human nightclub owner Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye). Private detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), whose prejudice against Toons stems from the time that his brother was killed by a falling cartoon piano, reluctantly agrees to clear Roger of the accusation. Most of the sociopolitical undertones of the original novel were weeded out out of the 1988 film version, with emphasis shifted to its basic "evil land developer" plotline --and, more enjoyably, to a stream of eye-popping special effects. With the combined facilities of animator Richard Williams, Disney, Warner Bros., Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic, the film allows us to believe (at least for 90 minutes) that "toons" exist, and that they are capable of interacting with 3-dimensional human beings. Virtually every major cartoon character of the late 1940s shows up, with the exceptions of Felix the Cat and Popeye the Sailor, whose licensees couldn't come to terms with the producers. Of the film's newly minted Toons, the most memorable is Roger Rabbit's curvaceous bride Jessica (voiced, uncredited, by Kathleen Turner). The human element is well-represented by Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, and Joanna Cassidy; also watch for action-film producer Joel Silver as Roger Rabbit's Tex Avery-style director. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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High schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) doesn't have the most pleasant of lives. Browbeaten by his principal at school, Marty must also endure the acrimonious relationship between his nerdy father (Crispin Glover) and his lovely mother (Lea Thompson), who in turn suffer the bullying of middle-aged jerk Biff (Thomas F. Wilson), Marty's dad's supervisor. The one balm in Marty's life is his friendship with eccentric scientist Doc (Christopher Lloyd), who at present is working on a time machine. Accidentally zapped back into the 1950s, Marty inadvertently interferes with the budding romance of his now-teenaged parents. Our hero must now reunite his parents-to-be, lest he cease to exist in the 1980s. It won't be easy, especially with the loutish Biff, now also a teenager, complicating matters. Beyond its dazzling special effects, the best element of Back to the Future is the performance of Michael J. Fox, who finds himself in the quagmire of surviving the white-bread 1950s with a hip 1980s mindset. Back to the Future cemented the box-office bankability of both Fox and the film's director, Robert Zemeckis, who went on to helm two equally exhilarating sequels. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Kathleen Turner plays a writer of adventure stories, Joan Wilder, who has been having trouble selling her works of late because they aren't remotely believable. The basic problem is that the mousy Joan has never had any real adventure in her life. All this changes when she receives a frantic phone call from her sister, whose is being held prisoner by evil art dealers in Colombia. It seems that sis has mailed Joan a map leading to a valuable treasure. Nasty but cowardly Ralph (Danny DeVito), cousin of the principal villain (Zack Norman), has been assigned to claim the map from Joan. But upon arriving in Colombia, Joan and Ralph learn that others of a more homicidal bent are also after the map. Joan is rescued by soldier of fortune Jack Colton (Michael Douglas), who isn't quite clear about his stake in the proceedings. Jack and Joan undergo several perilous adventures in the wilds of Colombia. The treasure turns out to be a valuable jewel, which changes hands (one of them severed!) many times before it is swallowed by an alligator. Joan manages to break free from her pursuers, but Jack is presumed dead. Jack returns at the end of the film in Manhattan to surprise Joan. The sequel to Romancing the Stone was 1985's The Jewel of the Nile. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Used Cars is one of Robert Zemeckis' pre-Roger Rabbit and pre-Forrest Gump efforts starring Kurt Russell is a devious car salesman who goes to work for affable but monumentally unsuccessful used car dealer Jack Warden. Warden's principal rival is his more prosperous twin brother, also played by Warden, who schemes to take over the "good" brother's lot. After a series of raunchy vignettes, the film boils down to an every-man-for-himself price war between the two Wardens, which rages on even after we're one Warden short. The supporting cast of Used Cars is populated by such reliables as David L. Lander, Michael McKean, Al Lewis, Dub Taylor, Dick Miller and Betty Thomas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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It's December of 1941, and the people of California are in varying states of unease, ranging from a sincere desire to defend the country to virtual blind panic in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Thus begin several story threads that comprise the "plot" of this strange period comedy, a sort of satirical disaster movie, from Steven Spielberg. The stories and story threads involve lusty young men, officers (Tim Matheson) and civilians (Bobby Di Cicco) alike, eager to bed the young ladies of their dreams; Wild Bill Kelso, a nutty fighter pilot (John Belushi) following what he thinks is a squadron of Japanese fighters along the California coast; a well-meaning but clumsy tank crew (including John Candy) led by straight-arrow, by-the-book Sgt. Tree (Dan Aykroyd), who doesn't recognize the thug (Treat Williams) in his command; and homeowner Ward Douglas (Ned Beatty), who is eager to do his part for the nation's defense and, despite the misgivings of his wife (Lorraine Gary), doesn't mind his front yard overlooking the ocean being chosen to house a 40 mm anti-aircraft gun. There is also a pair of grotesquely inept airplane spotters (Murray Hamilton, Eddie Deezen) who are doing their job from atop a ferris wheel at a beachfront amusement park; a paranoid army colonel (Warren Oates) positive that the Japanese are infiltrating from the hills; a big dance being held on behalf of servicemen, being attended by a lusty young woman of size (Wendie Jo Sperber) eager to land a man in uniform; and General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell (Robert Stack), in charge of the defense of the West Coast, who can't seem to get anyone to listen to him when he says to keep calm. And, oh yes, there's also a real Japanese submarine that has gotten all the way to the California coast under the command of its captain (Toshiro Mifune) and a German officer observer (Christopher Lee), only to find itself without a working compass or usable maps. Its captain won't leave until the sub has attacked a militarily significant, honorable target, and the only one that anyone aboard ship knows of in California is Hollywood. By New Year's Eve, all of these characters are going to cross paths, directly or once-removed, in a comedy of errors and destruction strongly reminiscent of the finale to National Lampoon's Animal House (as well as several disaster movies from the same studio), but on a much larger and more impressive scale. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
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The time is 1964, and the Beatles, already a hugely popular group, are about to go on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, an appearance that launched them into a worldwide phenomenon. Already, girls are fainting during their concerts from sheer excitement at being in the same theater with them. Pam Mitchell (Nancy Allen) is happy enough to be getting married but wants to bed one of the "Fab Four" before she does. Grace Corrigan (Theresa Saldana), a dedicated fan, is certain that if she can get some exclusive photos of the Beatles, her career as a photographer will be secured. And then there are two people who feel that the future of civilization as we know it depends on their efforts to ruin the Beatles' appearance on Ed Sullivan's show. In this madcap comedy, when these people (and others besides) descend on the New York hotel the Beatles are staying in, things begin hopping. This comedy was Robert Zemeckis' first feature. A protégé of Stephen Spielberg, he went on to direct Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? among other popular features. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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CLOVER — A York man shot his drunk cousin in the leg while driving in Clover on Saturday after his relative assaulted him with a cell phone and flashlight and threatened to harm his girlfriend, deputies say.
Deputies were sent to the intersection of Hines Road and U.S. 321 in Clover at about 10:20 p.m. after receiving word about a gunshot victim, according to a York County Sheriff's report. As police arrived, paramedics were treating Anthony Scott Howe, 35, who suffered from a gunshot wound to his leg.
Police found Michael Eugene Lanier, 21, sitting on the curb, the report states. Deputies identified him as the shooter.
Lanier told authorities that he was at his house on Ashe Road in York when Howe, his cousin, called asking his grandmother to pick him up from the Mustang gas station in Clover, the report states. Lanier went instead, finding his cousin at the Piggly Wiggly.
Lanier picked Howe up and they began travelling south on U.S. 321 when Howe became upset that Lanier did not pick up his girlfriend, the report states. According to Lanier, Howe threatened to beat up his girlfriend.
Lanier said he would not allow that to happen, the report states. Howe threw his cell phone at Lanier, hitting him on the left side of the face. Lanier tried to unfasten his seat belt as Howe beat him in the face and head with a flashlight.
Lanier managed to grab a rifle from the back floorboard while Howe continued to hit him, the report states. The two wrestled for the gun. Howe aimed the rifle "low," the report states, and fired a bullet into Howe's leg. The truck crashed into a fence on U.S. 321. Lanier, who suffered scrapes and knots on his forehead, flagged a Piedmont EMS ambulance truck travelling down the highway. He was unable to call 911 because his cell phone was not working.
Lanier told deputies his cousin was "extremely intoxicated" and had just come from a bar in Clover, the report states. Howe was uncooperative with deputies and paramedics and refused to give any information about the incident. Lanier was not charged.


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The Boston Red Sox evened up their series at Wrigley Field last night, beating the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in interleague play.
Jon Lester pitched a gem, holding the Cubs to three runs, all of which scored on one mistake pitch that Luis Valbuena slammed into left field for a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning. Prior to that, Lester had allowed a double to Jeff Baker and a walk to the next hitter. Valentine saw enough, and brought in Scott Atchison to end the seventh inning. If we're being honest, I fell asleep after that, so I didn't watch Vicente Padilla and Alfredo Aceves clean up the last two frames for Boston – but apparently they did, since no more runs scored. Exciting Saturday night, folks.
Lester was just what the Red Sox needed him to be – strong, effective, unemotional, and confident. By the time Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija had thrown seventy-something pitches, Lester had thrown 29. That's insane.
Offensively, the Red Sox scored enough runs to win, but they made some baserunning mistakes along the way. In the first inning, David Ortiz walked. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (who hit cleanup and earned it, mashing a two-run home run that gave the Sox the lead in the fourth inning) hit a double to deep right field. You could tell that Ortiz thought he'd only get to second base on the hit, or *maybe* to third – he was kind of loping around second base when you could just see this lightbulb go off in his head. He "sped up" (I use the term loosely since Ortiz doesn't really have any speed to speak of), galloped around third, and was promptly thrown out at the plate by a mile. Then, in the sixth inning, Saltalamacchia got into a baserunning jam of his own, and got caught between second and third to end a would-be rally against a tiring Samardzija.
Saltalamacchia also had a great day behind the plate. He threw out Starlin Castro at second base. I think Joe Buck and Tim McCarver said that Castro had only been thrown out on 7 out of 43 stealing attempts – so this was good. Will Middlebrooks, meanwhile, didn't have the best day in the field. The reason Starlin Castro was on first base to try to steal second was due to a Middlebrooks throwing error. And, the sixth inning won't exactly have a place in Middlebrooks's highlight reel: he made a late throw on Darwin Barney, and then missed what should have been a routine ground ball to let Castro onto first base again.
Luckily for the Red Sox, Alfonso Soriano hit a ground ball to third and then, instead of, you know, running down to first base, Soriano watched Middlebrooks bobble the ball twice before starting a half-hearted trot. Middlebrooks threw Soriano out, but had Sori run, he would have had a shot at getting on. The Cubs fans at Wrigley didn't take this too well, and booed Soriano lustily.
Here's the box score, courtesy of the Red Sox. The Cubs and the Sox finish up their interleague matchup today. Josh Beckett got sent to the 15-day disabled list to deal with his inflamed shoulder, so Franklin Morales will get the start for Boston.


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1. Apple's rejection of Google Voice from the App Store: Last week, word got out that Apple rejected a Google Voice application that Google had submitted for inclusion in Apple's widely popular iPhone App Store. Google Voice, which already has applications available for BlackBerry and Google Android smartphones, offers users a free phone number that can be used to make them reachable via single-number dialing on any phone, including their smartphone. The Google Voice service also offers free domestic calls, cheaper long-distance calls and advanced call-screening features, as well as free SMS messages, voice mail and speech-to-text conversion of incoming voice mails. The FCC is now looking into Google Voice's rejection from the Apple App Store and what role AT&T played in it getting deep-sixed, as Google Voice offers some services for free that AT&T currently charges for on the Apple iPhone. Schmidt, who has excused himself from all Apple board discussions around the iPhone, may have seen this as a wake-up call that the competition between the two companies is a bigger conflict than before.
2. The iPhone vs. Google Android rivalry is heating up: The Apple iPhone is still one of the most swiftly selling smartphones in history, but Google Android, Google's open-source mobile operating system, is still a strong contender in the market. Since its official launch last October, Android has popped up on only a handful of devices, but that is about to change as companies like Motorola, Samsung and a host of others latch onto Google Android in hopes of turning around slumping smartphone sales. And while it may only be a fraction of a percentage, Google Android is chipping away at some of Apple's iPhone market share. The fact that the two will continue to compete head-to-head instead of co-existing peacefully may have helped drive Schmidt's decision to step down from Apple's board.
3. Let's not forget Apple's App Store vs. Android Market: This budding rivalry between Google and Apple is different than just the iPhone vs. Android battle. Apple has proven its mobile application store dominance with more than 1.5 billion applications downloaded from its iPhone App Store, more than 65,000 available applications and more than 100,00 application developers. And while Android currently doesn't boast the numbers, it's making an attempt and trying to lure developers over it its side to bolster the Google Android market. When two companies are already starting to compete in the smartphone game, adding competing application stores to the mix strengthens the blow.
4. Both Google and Apple are entrenched in the Web browser game: Apple's Safari browser is well established in the market. And late last year Google got in on the browser act with Chrome, its own Web browser. While there is always room for more Web browsers, Safari vs. Chrome was just another competitive factor weighing on Schmidt as he held prominent posts in both companies. Google said that Chrome, which launched about nine months ago, has about 30 million regular users, which is sure to take a bite out of Apple's Safari.
5. Apple and Google will also soon compete in the OS market, too: As if Apple and Google weren't competing in enough areas, word surfaced that Google is trying to turn Chrome from just a simple Web browser into its own operating system. Just this month Google said Chrome has been enhanced and unveiled plans for Chrome to become a full-fledged OS by the second half of 2010. That would put Google in an OS war with Apple and its Mac OS X, which runs on Apple's hardware and is getting an update with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard coming soon.


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Ahem. Sorry, flashback there. All those of my generation (…how did I get old enough to be able to say that?!) remember Billy Ray Cyrus for his achey breaky heart. Now days, he's mostly known as Mylie Cyrus/Hanna Montana's dad, where he's traded in his mullet for a soul patch. Us reality geeks remember his desperate cry to get his mullet back on Dancing with the Stars, as well – but now he adds Show Host to his resume. That's right, starting Monday, Nashville Star moves from CMT to NBC as they spend the summer searching for their newest Country star.
The two hour premiere will do what no other show like it has done – take us straight from auditions to the final 12 in one fell swoop – no 3 weeks of painfully bad singers to get through to the cream of the crop. Then, with 90 minute shows every Monday, we'll drop one at a time until a new Nashville Star is crowned. Jewel, who hosted the show on CMT (….mkay. Hey – did you know she grew up in Alaska? Just a couple hours south of me, in fact. She didn't used to like to claim us, and upset a lot of folks by canceling all her concerts a few years back, so it's nice to see Alaska included in her bio now.) returns as a Judge this time around, along with two other J names – Jeffrey Steele (songwriter) and John Rich (Half of the Duo, Big and Rich).
I'd be lying if I said my country loving heart isn't going pitter patter – this is right up there with Can You Duet in the ranks of "OH! Let's WATCH!" TBF (the Best Friend) has tried for years to beat the country out of me with many good indie/punk/hard rock tunes – I love them all, but Country… I still *heart* it too… Yes, I know I'm a geek. I'm ok with that.
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