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This route is probably the burliest 5.8 in the Gunks. There's no one move that will shut you down, but the climb just keeps coming and coming. Start at an an obvious crack system on a huge left-facing face, about 40' downhill and left of the large Broken Hammer corner, and uphill and left of Lisa. P1: The technical crux is low down (about 20' up) but by the time you get to the top, every move is another crux. If you're not up to the task, or if your second is needs a good belay for the start, you can belay in the middle somewhere at a decent stance. 5.8, 150'. There is a rap station (2 ropes) at the top. Or climb a really gross pitch to the top and traverse left to High E if you only have one rope.
The Double Crack access trail is about an 18-min. walk from the Uberfall, or a 14-min. walk from where the East Trapps Connector Trail meets the carriage road. This is a minute or two beyond The Yellow Wall. Double Crack starts at a prominent crack system about 40' downhill and left of the big dirty Broken Hammer corner.
Usual Gunks rack - bring lots of it if you lead this in one pitch and you're a wimp like me.
WOW! Amazingly sustained. No move is harder than 5.8, but no move is easier than 5.7. I used every draw, sling and spare biner I had on me (even my prussik cord). Lots of medium to large cams, up to #4, maybe even #4.5. No real small cams needed. Milk the rests on the ledge and in alcoves, cause it's all vertical.
Big nuts and hexes protect the route nicely. There are few small ledges and stances on which it is possible to rest a bit if you are pumped.
If you don't have double ropes and are feeling a little daring, there is a sketchy chockstone with a sling and rap rings on it that I used today. I made it down safe, and it seemed relatively bomber. I would say use at your own risk/discretion. Ps -- awesome awesome awesome climb.
The part after the optional belay (second pitch) stays wet couple of days after rain. Not that it makes it unpassable, but definitely adds some spice.
If you are worried about having your second hit the deck down low due to rope stretch, then have the second squat a few times before climbing and take in the slack. If you do that, you don't have to worry about them decking.
super climb for the grade. will test your pump clock. Takes gear well.
a lot better, a lot longer, and somewhat harder than it looks. a really good route for the grade.
I climbed Double Crack last Wednesday, and the tat anchor 2/3 of the way up on a chockstone is still there. It is seriously sketchy-- I touched the chockstone and it moved. Someone should cut this anchor. The route is staggering. One of the very best at the grade. The crux is in the first 20-30 feet, which is a little scary, but there's pro everywhere, it may be a little strenuous to place it if this route is at your limit. I found it eased off after the early crux, and there are several rest stances, but it does keep coming at you and it is steep throughout. The pump factor makes it seem harder than it is towards the top.
Don't be fooled by the name - only the lower crux has some quality crack moves, the rest is burly chin-ups all the way up. Good climb for the start of the season, while your arms are still strong from ice climbing.
One small correction to the descent info - if you have only a single rope, you can walk straight over (climber's left) to the High E rap line. You're already at the GT ledge at the top of Double Crack, so you'll have only two one-rope rappels to do. I've done this several times. Best, though, I think, is to lead it with double ropes and rap. To complete the day, do what we did yesterday - walk over to Modern Times next!
This route is indeed sustained. Yes, there are a few nice rest ledges/alcoves - take advantage of them when you can as the pump factor is high. Not a crack climb, but still protects well and will keep your attention from ground to top-out!
This climb is like the 5.8 twin sister of double-issima - same aspect of a similar massive buttress, and the same sustained climbing that keeps you engaged from bottom to top. Insanely well protected - I'd call it G- if there were such a thing - as such it's a great climb for someone looking to push the grade. Finally, I pity the foo' who does this awesome climb in two pitches. When rapping down from the top, two 50m ropes will get you to the bottom. With only one rope, you can rap off far to the climber's left of the rap station and catch the intermediate chock stone rap station on the way down (you'll see it on your way up. An alternative would be to stop the climb at this rap station and rap to the ground in one throw with a 60m rope). If you accidentally rap off the top to the climber's right, you can end up a solid 20 yards to the right side of the rap station, and (like me today) have a wee struggle traversing back to the intermediate rap station.
There is a two nut+cordelette intermediate belay/rap with a locking biner on it. I recall it being about half way up and in a small right facing corner. Seems good enough for what it is. Better to do this all in one pitch (bring lots of slings!) though and use the High E rap or double rope rap.
Another Gunks sandbag in my opinion. The bottom 20' is probably 5.9. There is a perfectly good belay ledge part way up; back in the day, everyone stopped and belayed there. If there is concern about the second having trouble, then the belay should be at that ledge, since there will be a lot less rope stretch and communication will be possible. It is very hard to communicate from the top. I've cut the tat off that chockstone a few times and will continue to do so if I happen to be there and am and following the route. There's absolutely no reason for a fixed cordelette and locker at the belay stance either; that should be cut down as well. Keep the route as clean and natural as possible fer god's sake. As for descents with a single rope, much closer than High E is the Silly Chimney, and you don't have to climb up a pile of choss to get to it. You can walk straight left over to the top of Silly Chimney from the top of Double Crack. It is easy to downclimb Silly Chimney unroped, although very few people do that any more. There is now a rap station on some trees just climber's left of the chimney. Historical note: Dave Craft and I made what was, I'm pretty sure, the first all-nut ascent in the Gunks on Double Crack in 1967, using what would now be considered a very primitive set of pre-Chouinard nuts ordered from Joe Brown.
awesome, awesome climb! I would say large cams are unnecessary. I used one #3 and that was it. Nuts are great on the first half of the climb. Very pumpy, very sustained. Harder than alot of 5.9s in the surrounding area. G all the way. Utilize the rests. The crux for me was the O.W. section but that may have more to do with my lacking skill set
Awesome fun climb. The 5.8 crux is pretty early on. The rest is steady 5.7 moves with tons of options for holds and pro. We had a single 70m rope and were able to make a diagonal rap to climbers' right and downclimb a 15ft corner to the ground.
Sustained 5.8, first 100ft are slightly overhung. Takes cams of all sizes
There's a shoebox sized loose block a little more than half way up, near the second alcove. I marked it with XXX in chalk but that'll wash off so watch out, it's just sitting there looking like a jug. I was doing a lot of thumping on holds before grabbing and there was a bunch of loosy goosey stuff all chalked up. Eeek. Great route. I combined pitches and used everything I had on me from green c3 to blue c4 and then some. Totally G rated. I was a little curious about the route's reputation for being sustained and pumpy but the rests are there, just have to use them. Great views from the top of this. Quite a nice area of the cliff in general. Thank god this route is a PITA to toprope.
Solid 5.7+ crack. Just have to know how to climb crack. I didn't find it pumpy. There are tons of rests all over the place.
Rocknice - Did you really sink a lot of jams on DC? Despite the name it didn't seem to me to offer a lot of jamming. Also for a dubber like me the first slightly overhanging/vertical 30' with somewhat awkward feeling holds felt pretty pumpy. It always gets my attention. I definitely get rests but for me they are not entirely straight forward. When all is said and done though still an absolutely great climb.


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Immunosuppression and neutropenia
Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, stem cell transplant, bone marrow transplant, steroids, or the cancer itself can suppress or weaken the immune system. This is called immunosuppression. These treatments can lower the number of white blood cells (WBCs) and other immune system cells.
You may get an infection when there aren't enough WBCs, especially neutrophils, to destroy germs. Treatment can also cause these cells to not work as well as they should.
When looking at your risk of getting an infection, doctors look at the number of neutrophils you have. A low neutrophil count is called neutropenia. The doctor may say you are neutropenic.
It's possible for your total WBC count to be normal while you are neutropenic. But in most cases the WBC count is low when the neutrophil count is low.
Absolute neutrophil count
You may hear your doctor or nurse talk about your absolute neutrophil count or ANC. This is the number of neutrophils you have in a certain amount of blood. Your health care team will use this number to get an idea of how well your immune system is working while you're getting treatment. You might want to keep track of your ANC so you'll know when you have a higher risk of getting an infection. Some labs will put this number on their report, or you can ask the nurse to help find it. You can also calculate it yourself.
Figuring out your ANC: The numbers for your ANC are taken from the results of a blood test called the differential white blood cell (WBC) count. You can find out the results of these blood tests or get copies of the test results from your doctor.
Normally, neutrophils make up 50% to 70% of WBCs. To find out your ANC, multiply the percentage of neutrophils by the total number of WBCs. (Neutrophils are sometimes called segs or polys, and young neutrophils may be called bands on your lab report. If bands are listed as a percentage of WBCs, add them to the neutrophils before multiplying.)
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[(% of neutrophils + % of bands) ÷ 100] × WBC count = ANC
So, for example, if a patient's WBC count is 1,000 and the percentage of neutrophils is 70%, and there are no bands, then the ANC is 700, which is calculated like this:
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(70 ÷ 100) × 1,000
0.7 × 1,000 = 700
Another example is if the patient's WBC is 1,300, with 60% neutrophils and 5% bands. The bands are added with the neutrophils (60 + 5), and the ANC is 845:
[(60 + 5) ÷ 100] × 1,300
(65 ÷ 100) × 1,300
0.65 x 1300 = 845
What the absolute neutrophil count means: An ANC less than 1,000 means that you have a low number of neutrophils and your immune system is weak.
The lower the ANC drops and the longer it stays low, the higher your risk of getting a serious infection. If the ANC drops below 500 for a few days, you are at a high risk of getting an infection. If your ANC is 100 or less for more than a week, your risk of serious infection is extremely high.
In a person with a healthy immune system, the usual signs of infection are fever, pus, pain, swelling, and redness. As the ANC gets lower, many of these signs may not show up when an infection starts. This is because these signs are caused by neutrophils fighting off germs. So if you're neutropenic, you might not have enough neutrophils to show signs the body is fighting back, even though the germs are there. This can make it hard to know if you have an infection. The good thing is that another WBC, called the monocyte, can still cause fever in the person who has neutropenia. In people with severe neutropenia, a fever may be the only sign of an infection.
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The 645D looks so much better when it comes to the label on the bottle. You can actually tell it's a printed label at ISO 50 since you can see the little dots. I might bypass the D800 and just get a medium format back instead.
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Sounds like a tough decision considering how close they are in price. You know, $3000 vs. $10,000 :)
Forever has a good point. Substitute the Nex7 and Leica M9 for the two bottom comparisons. They all take exceptionally beautiful pictures. Only one is small and relatively inexpensive.
One thing the samples show is just how good the D700 is.
Now if only Nikon would put the D700 sensor (or better still the D3S sensor) in a body with the size of the D7000 (D300 max) then that would be great.
D700 sensor in a D300 body is... a D700!
Sure, a D3s sensor in a smaller body would be a great thing, but then few people would have a reason to buy a D3s (new or used), or possibly even the D4 (depending on one's specific needs).
We can live in hope.
Or you could take a D7000 sensor and put it in a D700 body and call it a D800 ;-)
I would not say far behind the Pentax - all depends where in chart/image you're looking at and for - if you set to 1600 ISO/RAW (Pentax limit) - move the pointer around the chart/image - you'll notice some subtle and not so subtle differences regarding noise level in the shadow areas - for that matter - there are even some subtle placement/changes of where the shots taken of the chart/image regarding the D800 and the other three cameras - between the Baileys and the robot - right after and below the S of Baileys - the V area on the Pentax is not too promising.
You beat me to it. Nex-7 is an interesting comparison considering its price and dimensions.
nex7 isn't being limted as much as the others via diffraction (esp 645), but look at the noise at 1600 comparesd to the others
Quality not bad when compared with 5D Mark 2, but far behind Pentax 645D.
I saw the same thing.
The detail on the 645D is fantastic and it goes to show that the pixel level detail is real and that the hoo haa of AA filter or no AA filter (D800e) with Moire being an issue is a none issue.
They are plenty of possible instances in the test image to bring out moire on the 645D and there is none, not a even a whisper of it.
It also shows that even at 1600iso the NR on the canon and nikon is noticeable or it is the AA filter that reduces and softens the detail. 4mp diff between the 645D and D800 should be very very close, but the 645D still out resolves it.
Which makes me think that D800e is still the better option.
Its great to have choice !!!
Impressive detail for sure. It's certainly more detail than the 5D2 (and 3), but enough to warrant a system switch for one camera? Apparently lots of folks in a certain forum think so.
Mabye I'm getting old, but the resolution differences in DSLRs don't excite me anymore. Now the IQ80...
I am still holding out for the new full sensor Sony. Can't wait for that camera to come to market.
Well, select ISO6400 and RAW with Sony A77. That's what I call noise.
This camera oversampled to 16mp is very close to the D4 in noise performance. What is stunning is that the sensor even at 12800ISO seems to retain colour information fairly well, compared to the 5d mk II, and D700.
I suppose its not that impressive if you crop a D4 to DX frame and compare it to a D7000 though.
Bravo Nikon and bravo DPR. This is the camera I've been waiting for since I first held a D700 down at B&H. And in a few long days the D800 will be at my door.
Great looking images so far, and I've downloaded D800 files from anywhere I could get them. Thanks DPR, as usual, great job.
i would love to play around with the RAW files, but, i would need a new PC
well the difference from 21MP to 36MP is not worth all the fuzz if you ask me.
but iso 3200 looks good.
Looking at low and high ISO (raw) what impresses me is how good my 5D Mark II is.
I think I'll keep it!
I agree, its close, still holds its own. Still prefer the D800 though.
Definately, looking at raw theres not much difference in noise comparing to the 5d mkii
I don't see any problem with 5d2, except the body size. The tiny OMD looks as good as 5d2. Those new generation Sony sensor cams are revolutionary.
@tkpenalty: Are you looking at the raws or JPEGs? JPEGs are meaningless to me.
Half the fun is trying to guess 'what for' - it can be hard to predict.
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I did a comparison at ISO 6400 against D4:
D800 on the left.
Curious thing: D800 was exposed for 1/1000 sec and D4 for 1/500 at same f-stop and ISO. Maybe it would be more fair to compare D4 at ISO 12800 to D800's ISO 6400.
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Louison Bobet stares doggedly ahead, hands clenched in the drops, his thousand-yard stare willing the bike forward. His Bottechia teammate and compatriot, Pierrot Barbotin follows dutifully on his wheel. With no time to glance at the breathtaking coastal scenery, the duo increase their efforts and pass over the Capo Berta, dropping their final two breakaway companions who remained from an earlier larger escape group from a move upon Passo Turchino.
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The 42nd edition of Milano-SanRemo saw a group of over a dozen men jump clear of the peloton on the Turchino – which was, in the years before the Poggio was introduced, often where the decisive break was made – as opposed to the 20km leg burners of the Cipressa and the Poggio in the final 20km. Working as a unit, the group was split by a nod from Bobet to Barbotin on the walls of Capo Cervo, indicating his desire to launch a move. Only two other riders would latch on, the Belgian Raymond Impanis and the tempestuous team-mate of an absent Coppi, Loretto Petrucci. Yet it would be the two Frenchman working together who would cross the line in first and second, 3'19" ahead of Petrucci.
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Fifty years ago yesterday, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. For most of us, that seems a very long time ago, another era, but, in another sense, it seems not long enough, because it still feels as if the "Space Age" has only just begun.
By way of comparison, it was almost exactly fifty years from the first manned flight under power by the Wright Brothers to the introduction of commercial passenger jet services – a remarkably short period of time. Gagarin's achievement followed within another decade, and within another decade of that men were on the Moon.
There have been other achievements since then, but nothing so spectacular, and if you compare the First Fifty Years of Space Travel with the First Fifty Years of Air Travel, it can look as if human progress is running out of energy.
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Then the sales circulars start popping up online and I start to feel this itch inside me. I MUST GO!!!
Is there usually anything that I NEED in these circulars that would make me want to venture out into the onslaught of human vultures? No, of course not.
No, it is this weird sense of victory after wading my way through the rest of those like me, crazy enough to venture out on a Holiday, and get that one item I didn't think I had a chance to get.
This year it was the Iron Man blu-ray for the low, low price of $3 plus. I must have it!
Anyway, I went right after we all finished our dessert after Thanksgiving day dinner. Since I was stuffed to my very core, I felt that going out to the local shopping establishments would be a good way of working some of this off.
Once there, I noticed that the huge parking lot was almost full. I was not happy about that.
Ever since some of the stores have decided that there must be a 8pm start time for Black Fri...Thursday, more and more people have found there way to the mass of humanity.
It used to be only the brave sort that would head out on Friday morning at Midnight.
Now, it seems, like everyone is there.
It makes life a little more difficult but not impossible.
So, I was a little early and decided to do my normal walk-around.
Since the store I hit has gone from the black wrap to clear wrap, it has been easier to scope out where everything is. Plus they give you a map.
So I planned out my attack run. I even shut off my targeting computer and decided to use the "force" on this one.
I positioned myself as far away from the carnage that is the electronic department piranha tank and set up shop in front of the blu-ray pallets.
Must - get - Iron - Man on blu-ray.
Then it happened. They announced that it was time to unleash the hounds.
Page 2 of 2 - I don't know what it was like throughout the rest of the store but my little group waited patiently for the sales associate to cut away the wrap for us to start shopping.
So I jumped in and searched and searched for what I was there for.
Unfortunately I could not find it. I checked, checked and rechecked every single pallet and not a copy was to be had.
Disappointed I set off to get the rest of the items on my list. Looking back, every so often, with a tear in my eye. Knowing, just knowing I had missed it somewhere.
The next day, which I like to call "Picking the carcass" day, my family and I decided to explore what was left from the Black Fri...I mean Thursday deals.
And there it was. Gleaming back at me like a spotlight was MY copy of Iron Man on Blu-ray.
So I grabbed it and held on to it like it was my long lost son.
Then I realized something. If I would just wait until the day after Black Fri.. I mean Thursday, I bet I could probably find everything on my list without the fuss. So next year, No Black Friday shopping for me. This time I mean it.
Yea right. Heard that before
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Decent Value...But Lacking in some aspects.
Before I get into the review I'd like to note that I have purchased all of the larger sized Legends of Chima sets and have built them all. This set at face value is not...Read complete review
Before I get into the review I'd like to note that I have purchased all of the larger sized Legends of Chima sets and have built them all. This set at face value is not a bad deal. It's 417 pieces which is where it should be at $40. You get 3 figures, two from the Lion tribe and both exclusive to just this set. You also get two cool Chi weapons. The Lion head is also very highly detailed. With all the positives however, this set lacks in playability and features and benefits. This set has no firing weapons . Don't get me wrong the Chi cannon mechanism is cool looking but that's about it. There's also no additional mini build fort for the bad guys so there's not really a lot to do with this set. If you were to compare it with Lennox's Lion Attack this set just seems bare. Not only does Lennox's Lion Attack have flick fire missiles but also a disk shooter as well. I don't understand why this set couldn't have had a disk shooter in it's mouth or at least a flick fire missile. Usually when you buy a larger set you expect more action features not less. Then there's the second issue with the design. It looks like all effort was put into making the Lion Head and the body portion was an after thought. Once you get past the highly detailed head it's nothing but a bare skeleton frame. This set is supposed to represent a Lion which is a dominate and in charge not a weak frail animal. The entire frame of the vehicle is exposed and it just makes it look incomplete. It honestly wouldn't have taken much effort to put some plates or flat curved pieces to cover up the frame. Again it's not a bad value but in comparison with the $40 sets (Razar's Chi Raider and Equla's Ultra Striker) this set is lacking. You could even buy Lennox's Lion Attack and Crawley's Claw Ripper for the same price and have two vehicles 4 figures and A LOT more playability. It's going to be hard for a kid to want to justify making their parents spend $10 more for the bigger Lion set when there's less features and benefits. If you want all of the Lion Tribe you'll end up buying this one but I don't think it will be your first choice. It looks like I'm going to have to do some necessary moding to make this set what it should have been. Thanks for reading. Pros: Two exclusive Lion tribe figures Good value for money Articulated Lion Head Chi Cannon Mechanism Cons: No flick fires or shooting elements Lacks features and benefits No additional mini build for bad guys Vehicle is bare -frame is showing -no detail to body
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A letdown....
Ugh, after buying this set I really regret my purchase. I built it fairly quickly and I began to use its cool functions. I then realized that the lion head part falls of very...Read complete review
Ugh, after buying this set I really regret my purchase. I built it fairly quickly and I began to use its cool functions. I then realized that the lion head part falls of very easily. Just about any motion can make the head topple off. Apart from that, the cannon is pretty cool because it can be posed and modeled. I give this set some props but it lacks some creativity. The figures are not exclusive so that is not a bonus, at least Crawley has hs little minigun cannon but Longtooth does not even have a weapon! I mean come on, a defenseless lion? I am a die-hard Eagle fan so I mostly focus on purchasing the Eagle sets first. With the cons overriding the pros, I declare this set a 5/10. Includes decent features but I cannot overlook the cons. Hopefully whoever reads this buys Equila's Ultra Striker instead. AnakinSkywalker46 signing out. Peace.
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By JediForJesus
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Comments about LEGO Legends of Chima Laval's Royal Fighter (70005):
Details are kick butt... Pros: Design is monumental. Mildly challenging... Cons: None
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By nicki903
from Undisclosed
minifigs: Laval has awsome printing and a cool CHI powerd sword .and a cool blue cape .but I would leave his under head on angry because his other face looks dumb. Longtooth has cool printing. my only complaint is he doesn't have a weapon . Crawly super cool printing and a very cool weapon. now to the set .Laval's royal fighter has a cool hidden mission map.and a raising and swiveling CHI powered cannon. and a cool lion mouth prison. crocs beware and two peices of CHI and awsome all terrain treads. goodbye.
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laval for the win
By cavetroll
from leicester
this set is great for £39.99 with 416 pieces, thats less that 10p per piece! pros laval longtooth crawley tank cons crawley should come with maybe little bike, because this epic tank could just squish him in 1 second unsturdy lion neck overall: the most playable feature is the cool cannon but maybe it should have a chain thing coming off like in 'Gorzons gorrila striker' but instead of bananas those jewel things that have a stick coming off. over all a 9/10 because as i said at the top the price per piece count is great. thanks for reading!
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By LegoBigboy64
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This Legends of Chima set is amazing. 3 minifigures 417 pieces $39.99. Without Further a do lets get strait to the pros and cons. Pros: spining gun posable gun gun function to move up and down 4 treads LOTS of tecnic pieces Cons: Longtooth has no weapon nothing fires hard to move around Well thats all. Please leave a rating and you should buy this set! 8.5 out of 10!
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Best set ever
By Tobysports
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This set is amazingly detailed with great minifigs, weapons, functions, and amazing colors.
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By AnakinSkywalker46
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pretty good!
By CookieMuncher
awesome to play with! one thing I do not like, is the fact that the big lion head always falls off easily. So I'm just saying that you might have to fix that, kind of on the frequent side. enjoy!
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Chima is Awesome!
By masrbildrspek
from wahalla
This is my first Chima set, and i would just like to say: that this series is amazing! I hope this reveiw doesn't turn out too long, so I'll go ahead to Pros and Cons: Cons first: Hard to move. Should have come with more more minifigs, and maybe a villian vehicle. Should have come with a weapons compartment but that's fixable. Why doesn't Longtooth have a weapon? And that's all for Cons, \ Pros now: Spinning and revolving gun (and can be posed). Contraption that brings the gun up and down. Lots and LOTS of Technic (I love technical pieces). 2 Chi. Opening and closing mouth prison. Hidden map. Longtooth! Awesome sword. Great design. Well, that's all, folks! Hope you thought this was helpful! Until... do I even have to?
Our son loved it!
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Another Set that will Gather Dust
By ZombiehunterMD
from Thunder Bay
I was highly disappointed with this set. My son just turned 8 and was so excited when he received this as a birthday present. Needless to say the excitement ended there. This set was very frustrating for him to put together, even though he is an experienced builder. Once it was put together, he found that the tracks do not move and if you try to play with the thing, the lion head usually comes off. This set is purely a model, that is aesthetically pleasing. Once put together, it is very cool to look at, but that really doesn't mean much to an 8 year old who wants to see this vehicle in action. I recommend this set to an older builder who will use it for display purposes.
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Senior Joshua Gelston and junior Jason Berry provide a unique advantage to the Raiders' pitching staff with their powerful left arms.Panthers' senior second baseman Brent Pigg takes some batting practice during an afternoon practice this past week.Manchester seniors (left to right) Ben Fouche, Will Bearden, David Coody and Demarcus Mahone will be vital to the success of the Mavericks' season. The rainy weather hasn't kept Dontarious Brown and the rest of the Indian baseball team from preparing for the upcoming 2012 baseball season.Rivalry game to lead off 2012 seasonBy TAYLOR MITCHELLSports EditorAs a player trains during the off season, with hours and hours of work in the gym and on the field, it's that first game on the schedule that makes the player work harder. If that first game just so happens to be against your biggest rival, it's just more motivation to work harder in the weeks leading up.Benton and Manchester Academies fall into that exact category this baseball season. The two schools, separated by roughly 11 miles of highway, will lead off the 2012 baseball season this week when they meet on the diamond Monday evening."We look at this game like it's one of the biggest of the year," Benton head coach Brent Woods said. "There's bragging rights on the line with the kids. It means a lot more to the community, fans and players than it does to how long our season lasts.""It's intense," Manchester head coach A.J. Downs said. "It's a rivalry game, the first game of the season. We're just going to have to throw strikes and make plays. We try to take each game one at a time because it doesn't matter who you play."The last meeting between the two schools ended in a 12-11 victory for Manchester, despite the Raiders scoring two runs in the top of the seventh inning. This year's game, however, is just one of several rivalry match ups between local schools in Yazoo County.Along with Manchester on its schedule, Benton will also face Yazoo County. The first ever meeting between the two schools was an instant success and the match up is being looked at with heavy anticipation."That game was a lot of fun," Woods said. "The coaches were really coaching hard against us. They wanted that game badly and so did we. It felt like a new rivalry. It was a good turnout. It turned out to be really big.""That's the one they get excited for," Yazoo County head coach Corbin Ellis Jr. said. "That and Yazoo City. Last year, the fans turned out. The Benton Academy game was probably our biggest crowd."As always there is the other biggest rivalry in Yazoo County between the Indians of Yazoo City and Yazoo County. Last season saw a complete sweep of the Panthers by the Indians and it is a trend that has continued over into every other sport (with the exception of one girls basketball game). On March 6, when the Panthers host Yazoo City, revenge will be on the menu.
Zack Coco (center) bagged a 10-point buck over the Christmas holidays while hunting with his uncle Jay Coco and cousin Hunter Cox. Zack is the son of Philip and Susan Coco of Hattiesburg, formerly of Yazoo City.
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By TAYLOR MITCHELLSports EditorWhen it was mandated that all high schools switch to the new composition bats, several teams were opposed to it because it would have a direct effect on their primary offense - the home run.Yazoo City isn't one of them. The Indians have based their offense on getting on base any way possible and from there stealing bases. It's the exact type of offense some teams may switch to now that their home run ability has been marginalized."It won't affect us," 11th year Yazoo City head coach Gerald Peyton said. "It'll affect the home run, power-based teams. We probably average 10 home runs a year, but we hit lots of doubles and steal a lot of bases."-------for the rest of the story see The Yazoo Herald printed edition or subscribe to the Digital Edition.----------
By TAYLOR MITCHELLSports EditorHigh school baseball is full of right-handed pitches. So when a lefty comes to the mound, the batter is in for a rough at-bat. Teams facing Benton this season will more than likely get a lot of looks at left-handed pitchers with senior Joshua Gelston and junior Jason Berry."For some reason this younger generation of kids have feared the left hander," fifth year Benton head coach Brent Woods said. "Typically, batting stats are better against left-handed pitchers because of the angle of the ball with the swing and see it a second sooner. Left-handers tend to intimidate high school batters because they see so many right-handed pitchers."
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Beverly Hills Cop [Blu-Ray]
Director : Martin Brest
Screenplay : Daniel Petrie, Jr. (story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr.)
MPAA Rating : R
Year of Release : 1984
Stars : Eddie Murphy (Axel Foley), Judge Reinhold (Det. Billy Rosewood), Lisa Eilbacher (Jenny Summers), John Ashton (Sgt. Taggart), Ronny Cox (Lt. Bogomil), Steven Berkoff (Victor Maitland), James Russo (Mikey Tandino), Jonathan Banks (Zack), Stephen Elliott (Chief Hubbard)
Beverly Hills Cop, one of the first megahits of the early 1980s and the movie that catapulted star Eddie Murphy into the Hollywood stratosphere, is all about attitude. It has to be: Short in the narrative department, filled with caricatures, and largely lacking in any real surprises, all it has is attitude. Its blend of comedy and violence was trendsetting, but its engine was fueled by Murphy's comic-book self-assurance and laid-back, bad-ass attitude. He never flinches, he never quits, and he's always primed with a witty quip or a sure-fire comeback--he's the comedian as supercop (or is he the supercop as comedian?).
Murphy stars as Axel Foley, a fast-mouthed, rule-breaking Detroit police detective who travels to the exotic land of Beverly Hills, California, in order to find out who killed his best friend, Mikey Tandino (James Russo). Foley is street-smart and down to earth, meaning he is immediately out of place in the posh world of Gucci, five-star restaurants, and red Porsches. In comedic terms, Beverly Hills Cop is an extended fish-out-of-water joke, except that the real joke is how well the fish ends up functioning on land. Axel never fits in, but that doesn't stop him from winning in the end (and raising hell along the way).
After meeting with an old friend named Jenny (Lisa Eilbacher) with whom Mikey used to work at an art gallery, Axel teams up with two reluctant, straight-laced Beverly Hills detectives, Sgt. Taggart (John Ashton) and Det. Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold). Taggart and Rosewood are conceived of in terms of an old married couple, and their domestic bantering shtick works largely in counterpoint to Murphy's more aggressive techniques. "I've noticed you've been drinking a lot of coffee," Rosewood points out gently to his older partner while they're on a stakeout, "and I think that's why you've had so much trouble relaxing."
The plot, originally written by Danilo Bach and then re-written by Daniel Petrie, Jr., involves a drug-smuggling operation by Jenny's boss, an uber-wealthy Aryan art dealer with cold blue eyes named Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff, who also memorably played the sneering Soviet villain a year later in Rambo: First Blood Part II). The plot mechanics are so uniformly simple (there are not even any attempts to thrown in red herrings or bad leads) that they cease to hold any interest, which opens the space even wider for Murphy to take over. Director Martin Brest, helming his second feature after the old-codger bank caper movie Going in Style (1979), was smart enough to understand the inherent weakness of the basic material he was working with and to allow Murphy to command the screen.
For the most part, Murphy's routine works, with his no-fear attitude and unrelenting confidence functioning as the ultimate parody of all pop-culture supercop clichés. Axel seems to exist in his own universe, which sometimes leads to scenes that don't work all that well, such as one in which he gets a room at an expensive Beverly Hills hotel by causing a ruckus at the front desk. Not only is the scene terribly unimaginative (if all else fails, raise your voice), but it's also quite unbelievable. In most other scenes, though, Murphy's attitude and provocative improvisations carry the movie even when everything else around him fails.
Since Beverly Hills Cop was a Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer production, it also carries with it the trademarks of that illustrious producer-duo's pioneering Reagan-era combination of high-tech violence with an irreverent attitude and a high-caliber soundtrack pulsing with Top-40 material (the pinnacle of which is 1986's Top Gun). The urge to include all of the above makes for some awkward narrative ruptures, as the movie opens with a ludicrous chase sequence involving an 18-wheeler smashing through parked cars for no narrative purpose other than to show an 18-wheeler smashing through parked cars (ditto with the climactic shoot-out, which ups the ante by throwing in a couple of submachine guns). All of this, of course, is scored to a long parade of memorable synthesized pop rock, particularly Glenn Fry's catchy title track "The Heat is On."
Beverly Hills Cop's bizarre production history is perhaps even more fun than the movie itself. It began its long gestation in the 1970s as a vehicle intended for Al Pacino or James Caan, then got the green light with Sylvester Stallone attached as star, and finally wound up on screen with then-recent Saturday Night Live alum Eddie Murphy, who already had two certified hits with 48 Hrs. (1982) and Trading Places (1983) under his belt. Despite the number and variety actors who were considered for the part of Axel Foley over the years, the movie is inconceivable without Murphy, who supplies attitude in spades to kick-start what is essentially a rote police procedural. The fact that each sequel, one in 1987 and one in 1994, got progressively worse is evidence that Murphy's attitude could only carry mediocre material so far, which might also explain why his career sank so quickly throughout the end of the 1980s and early 1990s.
Beverly Hills Cop Blu-Ray | |
Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 |
Audio | English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround French Dolby Digital 2.0 surround Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 surround Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1 surround |
Subtitles | English, French, Spanish, Portuguese |
Supplements | Audio commentary by director Martin Brest "Beverly Hills Cop: The Phenomenon Begins" featurette "A Glimpse Inside the Casting Process" featurette "The Music of Beverly Hills Cop" featurette Location Map (7 production design mini-featurettes) Photo gallery Original theatrical trailer |
Distributor | Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment |
Release Date | May 17, 2011 |
As an upgrade from the 2002 DVD, the 1080p Blu-Ray of Beverly Hills Cop improves on that transfer with a cleaner, slightly sharper image that boasts good color saturation and natural skin tones. Most of the minor blemishes on the DVD transfer are now gone, although the image hasn't been digitally scrubbed so much that it loses all sense of texture and grain (which was also evident on the DVD). The soundtrack has also been boosted to a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround mix, which highlights the music even more. As music editor Bob Badami explains in one of the included featurettes, he and director Martin Brest intended for the music to drive the action, rather than the sound effects. Thus, during the 18-wheeler sequence at the beginning, the sound effects of crashing metal and breaking glass are notably subdued while the Pointer Sisters' "Neutron Dance" dominates the aural space. This is not a mistake during the remix, but the intended sound of the movie. Overall, the soundtrack is clean and nicely separated among the multiple speakers, putting out a rich, full sound with a good bass level. | |
All of the supplements that were previously available on the 2002 "Special Collector's Edition" DVD are included here. You can kick things off with director Martin Brest's screen-specific audio commentary, although you may find it to be a bit sparse. Brest has some interesting comments and behind-the-scenes tidbits, but there tend to be large gaps where he doesn't have anything to say. Next up are three featurettes on different aspects of the movie. The longest of the three, "Beverly Hills Cop: The Phenomenon Begins," is a 29-minute making-of featurette that includes interviews with a large cross-section of the cast and crew, including Brest, coproducer Jerry Bruckheimer, screenwriters Daniel Petrie, Jr., and Danilo Bach, editor Billy Weber, and actors Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, and Ronny Cox. Eddie Murphy does appear in the featurette, but his contributions consist of about a minute of footage that was borrowed from an interview session for some other movie, while everyone else was interviewed specifically for the Cop disc. Subjects covered here range from Sylvester Stallone's involvement in the project, to reminiscences of the late Don Simpson, to how Reinhold and Ashton improvised much of their material during casting try-outs. "A Glimpse Inside the Casting Process" runs just over nine and a half minutes and focuses on an interview with casting director Margery Simpkin and how she went about casting all the various roles (Brest, Reinhold, Ashton, Eilbacher, and Cox also appear briefly in interviews). Lastly, there is "The Music of Beverly Hills Cop," a featurette in which music editor Bob Badami talks about how he and Martin Brest conceived of the soundtrack and where some of the various songs came from (other contributors here include Brest, Bruckheimer, and Reinhold). At first I thought the "Location Map" was going to be a pointless filler extra that shows where in Beverly Hills the movie was filmed, but I found it is actually a collection of seven 1- to 2-minute mini-featurettes in which production designer Angelo Graham talks about what was involved in creating the various locations, including the Beverly Hills police station, Victor Maitland's mansion, the Biltmore, the warehouse, the art gallery, the Harrow Club, and the strip club. Unfortunately, this does not include any behind-the-scenes footage or production photographs, but Graham is good about explaining the processes involved in taking actual locations and making them work for the movie. The disc also includes a photo gallery of 32 color and black-and-white behind-the-scenes photographs and an original theatrical trailer. |
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