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Discussion in 'Pros' Racquets and Gear' started by tandayu, Feb 3, 2005.
I remember he used Yonex (blue), Slazenger, Prince (aluminum?). Anybody knows which model he had?
Didn't he use the Prince Pro (black aluminum) back in the '80's?
Mega age racquet
He was pushing the MegaAge racquet for awhile. I have two, not bad.
As far as I recall, he started with a Stellar standard sized woodie in the early part of his career before moving to the Slazenger Vilas V24. From the Slaz I think he went to his Prince Mag Pro 90, although I rumour has it he was seen swinging a PK Golden Ace painted to look like a Prince Woodie at one stage. After the Mag Pro he went to the Yonex widebody, and then came the Mega Age, the Head Prestige and his current Volkl Tour 10's. Somewhere in between the Prince and the Yonex he used a Fisher Superform monoshaft for short time as well, but it wasn't very long at all.
Think what you like about him but the guy certainly had good taste in racquets.
galain, just a couple of additions to your pretty comprehensive wrap-up.
Cash started out with a Slazenger, then moved to a Stellar (centre-court I think it was) then to the Slazenger Vilas V24(sweet frame). Apparently he wanted to use the Head Edgewood (?) but Head had Henri Leconte signed to it so he went to the V24. He used a Prince Woodie made in a 90sq head for a very brief time before going to the Prince Magnesium Pro (wonderful racquet and one of my all time favourites) then stuffed up and went to the Yonex R-50 (piece of rubbish) then to the Yonex widebody (was it RQ-180?). You've got me on the Mega-age but know he used the Fischer (?) that Stich and Masur used, then to the Head Prestige then to Volkl C-10 and now is it the T10mpGenII?
Apart from those Yonex frames, which I think set his game back (along with the quick action serve he trialled), he did have good taste in racquets. Personally, I never liked the guy but I will admit to using 5 or 6 of the same frames as him. Aside from the Yonex, if you liked to serve and volley and wanted to know what frame to buy you only had to look at Cash to see a good choice. Makes me very curious about the Volkls
Just curious to know more about your r-50 comments. I've been using that frame for a long time and pick them up when I come across them. For me, it may be a case of being so used to it that I've grown to really like it....
I remember seeing Cash use the yonex r-50 he had dampner in it at the weirdest place next to the knot at the bottom of the hoop and he kept looking at from time to time. I must I demoed that racket and the r-24 that Shriver endorsed and did they vibrate !!!!! Even with a dampner. They were heavy and fu****ed up.
ilvanakis, my comments on the R-50 were said with tongue very much in cheek, although I will admit to an abiding dislike of them. As someone who comes to the net at every single opportunity (whether invited or not) I found them to be incredibly sluggish, not enough feel and all-round bad serve-volley frames. Very powerful and great spin but not manoueverable enough and too slow through the air. Because of Cash, they really took off here in Australia but it seemed within a year everyone had ditched them for those reasons.
I'm almost certain that Cash went to them to put more weight behind his groundstrokes. After winning Wimbledon he seemed to get it into his head that in order to compete he had play more of an all-court game and not the reckless serve-volley style that won him the championship, got him into the semis at the US Open and helped win two Davis Cup titles. Plus, Im sure, Yonex threw a lot of money at him. While all his counterparts -Wilander, Edberg, Lendl, Becker, McEnroe- were sticking with what worked best, Cash fiddle-arsed around with his frames and, I think, lost his way game-wise.
Kirko, I didnt like the R24 either. Seemed like a real come-down after the R22 and the R23. Good for slice, which is whey im sure Shriver went to them, but not a patch on the earlier Yonex frames in my opinion.
Thanks for putting me straight Andrew - didn't know Cash used a "modern" Fischer as well. Maybe Wally put him onto it?
Cash fiddle-arsed around with pretty much everything. Have you read his book? I think it speaks of a little lack of confidence in himself - his game or his body or maybe both.
Galain, I think under all the bs Cash probably does have some insecurities but there's an unfortunately egotistical streak that runs through that at least a couple of members of that family so you wouldnt have to look far to find the cause.
Didn't bother to read his book, just never cared for him, his attitude or the way he presented himself. Even today you get the feeling he thinks he can just open his mouth and say whatever he wants and people will forgive him because he 'used to be a good player'. Actually, as much as I liked Courier at this year's Aus Open I had the strong feeling he was edging very close to Cash territory (especially when he called Joanna Griggs a 'bimbo' and kept on ****ging off JA).
All I can say is if anyone thinks Hewitt's a tool well, he's not in Cash's league and, thank god for Pat Rafter LOL.
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Welcome back to We Can Fix It, an ongoing series in which CRAVE Online looks at some of the most legendarily bad movies ever made and asks, "What if…?" What if they didn't suck? What would it have taken to turn this box office bomb into box office boffo? What if "boffo" was a real word? These are the hard questions, and we answer them every week. Except for the "boffo" thing.
This week we take a hard look at Speed 2: Cruise Control, generally considered to be one of the biggest box office bombs of the 1990s. Following the breakaway success of 1994's Speed, director Jan de Bont returned to the series in an attempt to turn the original action classic into a franchise. He failed. Whereas the first film was an "adrenaline rush" of sharply written action entertainment, the 1997 sequel was a conventional, plodding bore of a movie. Not so much "bad," really, as generic, futile and failing to capture the tone, pacing and cleverness of the original film. Whereas Speed miraculously managed to surpass its initial stigma of "Die Hard on a Bus," Speed 2 merely wallowed in familiar action formulas, replacing likable characters with limp ones and unique set pieces with mostly standard old clichés.
Many believed that Speed 2's failure was intrinsically linked to its concept: a boat, as opposed to a bus, that can't stop moving. Of course this premise reduced the element of actual "speed" dramatically, since boats – particularly large boats – don't move terribly fast in comparison, and even if they did the sense of momentum would be hard to visualize in a cinematic fashion. In order to appear to be moving fast an object has to be filmed moving past something, and the vast emptiness of the ocean does not qualify. But this, alas, was the premise of the film (it was based on a dream that director Jan de Bont had), so it will be our goal this week to fix the film without changing the overall conceit. We're going to make Speed 2: Cruise Control more like Speed without relying on the same action gimmick or the same leading man, creating an action franchise based on a kind of movie rather than the selling point of the of original film.
Can it be done? Definitely. Here's how we would have done it.
So we're stuck on the boat. That's fine. It's not ideal, but it's fine. Frankly if Speed 2 had done somethingtoo similar to the original "If this blank goes under so-and-so miles per hour, it'll blow up" conceit, the movie would never have been be able to step out of the original's shadow (not that it did, but then again this isn't the movie's only problem). Speed didn't earn its name just because of the bus: the movie propelled itself from one action sequence to another, taking just enough time between them to let the audience catch their breath before it ramped up again. Speed 2 is more conventional – read: slower – with a first act full of character development and setups, punctuated by an entirely pointless chase sequence at the beginning, that doesn't exactly "speed" along. And then once the action finally gets going it's a pretty standard scenario in which the heroes run around the boat trying to stop the bad guy. One thing that would have helped would have been to tell the story through the action sequences, rather than to separate them altogether in the first part of the movie. One of the protagonists is a cop. Don't just give him the empty chase scene he has in the opening minutes of the film, speeding after anonymous bad guys (we never even find out what they did). Give him problems to solve that demonstrate his character and force him to interact with others. Tie Sandra Bullock's character into the action by having her call him constantly, illustrating their connection and establishing the dichotomy between successful relationships and, as the first Speed so eloquently called them, "intense experiences."
Another thing Speed 2 needed, and what was missing from the finished film, was a ticking clock once the A-Plot got going. Action needed to be taken constantly and from the get go in order to avert disaster. A series of actions like diffusing bombs, flooding lower levels of the cruise ship and so forth needed to be layered right on top of each other requiring split-second timing and breakneck races across the ship with life-or-death consequences. Time limits were a minor factor in Speed 2, when they should have been the entire point. Speed should be the key component in a sequel to Speed, creating a franchise based on pacing rather than a plot conceit (out of control vehicles) that would – and did – wear thin immediately after one film.
Keanu Reeves did not return for Speed 2, but his character did. They just changed the name. Literally, if you cut out a few lines of dialogue in the first act about how Sandra Bullock broke up with Keanu and how she met his replacement, Jason Patric, you could have dropped Keanu back into the movie and nobody would have batted an eye. Sure, his dialogue wasn't as clever, but Joss Whedon wasn't around to polish the screenplay like he did the first one. It's hard for an actor to step out of somebody's shadow if the filmmakers tell you that the shady spot is your mark.
Jason Patric replaced Keanu Reeves for Speed 2, and despite Stewie Griffin's disdain ("Jason Patric. Ewwww…!") he's not a bad actor. He had just come off of a successful turn in Barry Levinson's Sleepers. He can handle a different role than Keanu's. What's weird is that the film gives him one, but pulls it out from under him.
Sandra Bullock is happy at the start of Speed 2 because her current boyfriend isn't the adrenaline junkie that Keanu Reeves was. Jason Patric is introduced as a beach cop, prone to catching minor bad guys like purse-snatchers and litterbugs. The "gag," as it were, is that he's been lying to her this whole time and is exactly like Keanu Reeves after all. But if he wasn't like Keanu Reeves, and wasn't prone to acts of daring heroism all the time, both the character and the movie would have taken on a different personality. A reluctant hero would have been a change of pace, albeit a lot more like Die Hard. But by making Patric into a slightly dorkier police officer, one who actually requested beach patrol, the contrast would have been humorous and his eventual daring-do would have been more exciting, since the odds would have been against him succeeding. He could have a military history if necessary, providing him with an excuse to know how to handle explosives and the like.
We settled on this take on the character because it's already in the film, but really anyone who didn't have the exact same background as the first film's protagonist would have been an improvement. If you have to change actors, let them make the film their own. The James Bond franchise did this with spectacular success, and Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig were all playing the same guy.
NEXT: How to make 'Speed 2's' bad guy badder, how to make the most of a supporting cast and how to fix that stupid-ass title…
Don't cast a better bad guy. Willem Dafoe is a perfect villain, as evidenced by To Live and Die in L.A., Wild at Heart and Streets of Fire. But his character in Speed 2 is a weak villain in more ways than one.
Firstly, his motivation is weak. I know we covered this last week in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, but it's Storytelling 101. A motivated character is a stronger character, because their goals are easier to understand and they're willing to go to greater lengths to achieve them. Any guy who's going to hijack a cruise ship – all by himself mind you – had better have an excellent reason. Willem Dafoe's reason is that he developed lethal copper poisoning after working on the cruise ship's computer systems, and was fired from the company. It's a reason that only makes sense if don't think about it for more than two seconds. If he wants to punish and humiliate the cruise line, and take them for all that they've got, all he has to do is hire a good lawyer. He's got a slam-dunk lawsuit on his hands. He'll put those bastards out of business. There's no need to hijack a cruise liner. The counter-argument to this is simply, "He's crazy." But that's not enough. Even Heath Ledger's Joker had a point he wanted to make.
There's an interesting take on Speed 2 that reads Dafoe's character as a thinly veiled AIDS victim. For most of the film his ailment is kept under wraps, and only his bizarre "Oh, What A Creepy Thing For A Villain To Do" self-treatment with leeches gives any indication at all that his condition is even blood-based. If he had been fired for having a then-socially unacceptable condition then his fury would have been justified. But they didn't go there, and frankly by 1997 that kind of corporate behavior was already outmoded. There are all kinds of substitute motivations that could have sufficed for the character, many of them taken from the stock motivation bin: his wife or lover could have been killed in an on-the-job accident, and their death covered up by the corporation to cover a flaw in their cruise liner… a flaw Dafoe could have exploited to hijack it. Yes, it's not Shakespeare but for Speed 2 it would have worked quite nicely, and definitely made the bad guy more complex and interesting.
But his other big failing is that he's just one guy. Speed could get away with one bad guy because of the close confines of the plot, and the limited ambition of the villain's plans (creative though they may have been). In Speed 2, Willem Dafoe has to hijack a damned cruise liner. A couple of accomplices, even hired thugs, who wandered the ship killing passengers would have increased the tension considerably and given the hero someone to actually fight: an action movie necessity given the expanded location size of the sequel. More importantly it would have given Dafoe someone to interact with, making him a more prominent character. As it is, he disappears for huge chunks of the film while the heroes busy themselves solving technical problems with the ship, without any antagonists attempting to stop them. The suspense was minimal as a result.
Better motivations and an underling or two. That would have taken the curse off of it.
The makers of Speed 2 wisely realized that one of the defining elements of the original film was a cast of character actors thrust into close-quarters danger via circumstance. The folks on the bus in Speed kept the film from veering too far into clichéd action movie territory by allowing the filmmakers to repeatedly portray the events from the point of view of the bystander, not somebody who catches bad guys for a living who might find life-or-death situations familiar, even if the actual situations themselves were unique. So director Jan de Bont cast a variety of recognizable and talented character actors to populate the boat, including Clue's Colleen Camp, Wayne's World's Mike Hagerty and Twin Peaks' Kimmy Robertson. That's a good idea. You know what's a bad idea? Getting all those great character actors together and giving them nothing to do.
In the first Speed, the bystanders were frequently forced to help Keanu Reeves, putting them in dramatic situations beyond merely being victimized by a madman. In Speed 2 there's a brief moment in which they're all trapped in a room and have to work together to survive, but for more than 90% of the movie they're either off-screen, or merely reacting to Jason Patric's heroism or the craziness of their situations. Following our first suggestion, and increasing the speed with which Patric needed to accomplish tasks in order to save the day, could have incorporated these characters incorporated seamlessly into the plot. They would have been able to pitch in and perform tasks alien to them, turning them all into heroes or even martyrs (notice how none of them die after the initial disaster, unlike the first film). Don't waste a good cast. That's a good rule of thumb for any film.
Speed was a funny movie. But it wasn't funny because it was a comedy, it was funny because the characters inhabiting that world were funny people. InSpeed 2, many of the characters have no sense of humor whatsoever, including but not limited to Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe and Jango Fett himself, Temuera Morrison. Sandra Bullock's character has to carry most of the comedic lifting, which unfortunately translates acting manic throughout half the film. Jan de Bont gave the film comedic elements anyway, particularly in the big finale in which the cruise liner crashes into a Caribbean island. Gags including a guy opening and then immediately closing his store when he sees the ship, a dude's car getting miraculously saved from disaster and then suddenly destroyed at the last minute, and a child's warnings getting misinterpreted by his parents were included, and completely diffused any tension de Bont could have wrung from what is admittedly already a thoroughly ridiculous set piece.
There was no need to make the world of Speed funny. The film is about life-or-death situations, and in order for those situations to play properly and with any kind of dramatic weight, they need to exist in a realistic world. The film needs to be amusing or it wouldn't be Speed, but the solution is to get a funnier writer to punch up the characters, not fill the movie with pointless gags. Joss Whedon apparently wasn't available for the sequel, and Shane Black was probably too expensive, but screenwriters Jonathan Hensleigh (Die Hard with a Vengeance), Jim & John Thomas (Executive Decision) and Matt Reeves (Under Siege 2, later the director of Cloverfield) were probably available. Get them.
Maybe this only bugs us, but we think calling the movie Speed 2: Cruise Control was a mistake. Think about it… it's an oxymoron. The title says that the movie is about acceleration but also, thanks to cruise control, maintaining a safe speed at all times. Sure, it's a cute play on words, but Speed 2 gets the information across just fine. A nitpick, but damn it, we could have fixed it.
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Killing Pre's iTunes syncing, a major new "feature" found in the latest iTunes update, was all but expected. While Apple makes no apologies about it, we expect Palm to drag its rival through the mud over it.
The iTunes 8.2.1 maintenance update (download from Apple's site) posted late Wednesday has ended Pre's ability to sync with iTunes out-of-the-box. According to Precentral's Dieter Bohn, "with the release of iTunes 8.2.1, Palm Pre syncing with iTunes is indeed kaput." Mr. Bohn's finding is echoed by several MacRumors' forum members.
Release notes accompanying the update state that the iTunes 8.2.1 "provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices." To clear any doubts, Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris has officially confirmed to BusinessWeek:
iTunes 8.2.1 is a free software update that provides a number of important bug fixes. It also disables devices falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm Pre. As we've said before, newer versions of Apple's iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with unsupported digital media players.
Palm hasn't officially responded at press time. Eagle-eyed readers could point their fingers at Apple's recent knowledge base article signifying, in an unambiguous nod at Pre, that the company would disable "non-Apple digital media players" to sync with iTunes:
Apple designs the hardware and software to provide seamless integration of the iPhone and iPod with iTunes, the iTunes Store, and tens of thousands of apps on the App Store. Apple is aware that some third-parties claim that their digital media players are able to sync with Apple software. However, Apple does not provide support for, or test for compatibility with, non-Apple digital media players and, because software changes over time, newer versions of Apple's iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with non-Apple digital media players.
A "told you so" moment
You might remember that I recently analyzed whether Apple should kill Pre's iTunes syncing. When you think of it, Palm's decision to rely on a third-party app instead of creating their own syncing solution for Pre isn't unusual per se.
Other gadget makers often leverage open architectures of popular apps, like Windows Media Player and Winamp, supplying drivers that enable these applications to recognize third-party devices. However, Apple doesn't expose iTunes' communication protocols to third-parties. You could bash the company over the policy, but the fact remains that iTunes is Apple's proprietary product and the company is under no obligation whatsoever to open it up to third-party vendors.
That didn't bother Palm at all. Its Pre handset syncs seamlessly with iTunes by fooling the jukebox software into thinking it's talking to a genuine iPod. This clever and brave trickery also files as one of the dumbest maneuvering I've seen in the tech industry. What did Palm expect? Did the company really think Apple would allow this?
Hacking iTunes: A bad idea?
Any engineer could tell you that Pre's iTunes trickery requires deep knowledge of specific communication protocols that iTunes uses to talk to genuine Apple devices. This is something that Palm's current CEO Jon Rubinstein would know given that he served as Apple's top hardware engineer during his honey-moon period with the iPhone maker.
Therein lies the problem: Ex-Apple employees now working for Palm have most likely misused Apple's secrets intentionally, deliberately seeking to hack iTunes. I can clearly see where this is heading: Palm will now accuse Apple of monopolistic practices, painting themselves in the process as little David defying huge Goliath that is Apple. Ironically, it's a carbon-copy of how Apple portrayed itself throughout its many public clashes with Microsoft in the past.
Some think that Palm exploited iTunes simply to gains some time until third-parties develop syncing software for the Pre. Others, including this author, suspect that Palm in fact wanted Apple to lock out Pre so they could bash Apple publicly. Indeed, Palm's spokeswoman Lynn Fox told WSJ's All Things Digital that Apple would risk antagonizing consumers if the company met its threat:
If Apple chooses to disable media sync in a future version of iTunes, it will be a direct blow to their users who will be deprived of a seamless synchronization experience. However, people will have options. They can stay with the iTunes version that works to sync their music on their Pre, they can transfer the music via USB, and there are other third-party applications we could consider.
The question is, will such a risky PR strategy on Palm's part work out well for the company in the long run? Only time will tell. I'm convinced, though, that Palm will play the case of iTunes 8.2.1 to their advantage, much to the delight of online commentators who are already looking forward to more back and forth between two fierce rivals.
Three ways to sync Pre without iTunes
Meanwhile, Pre users have three syncing alternatives to replace iTunes. One of them is Mac-only Missing Sync for Pre, a pricey app ($39.95) that gets the job done.
There's also doubleTwist, a free Windows and OS X app with iTunes-like interface that syncs your media with hundreds of devices, including the Pre handset and the iPhone (3.0 firmware not supported). It lets you automatically convert your videos and sync them with the Pre handset, in addition to syncing your iTunes playlists and photo libraries. By the way, the young Norway startup responsible for doubleTwist has been co-founded by Jon Lech Johansen, aka DVD Jon.
The third and the simplest solution involves putting your Pre in USB Drive mode so you can drag and drop music files on it. Of course, you can also skip this iTunes update altogether if you want to retain Pre's iTunes sync feature.
What do you think? Is Apple right to kill Pre's iTunes syncing? Should have Palm created own custom syncing software for Pre in the first place? Is Apple really flexing its monopolistic muscles over poor little Palm? Surely Palm could have asked for Apple's permission before enabling Pre's iTunes syncing, right? Chime in with your comments bellow.


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Well, these speakers look and sound like they are going to do fairly well in the market. I hope that we will be able to see them soon. I also hope that they continue to create new things.
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On an early Thursday morning on November 10th, 2011, NHT's John Johnsen presented his new SuperPower powered desktop loudspeaker ($398/pair) to members of the hi-fi and consumer electronics press. The NHT SuperPower is an expansion on their SuperZero 2.0 loudspeakers, reviewed by Stephen Mejias in Entry Level #10.
This active desktop speaker houses a 90-watt Class-D amplifier in the rear of an extended SuperZero 2.0 cabinet. NHT will also offer 10-gauge steel SuperPower DeskStands ($59/pair) to prop your little NHT's and hopefully eliminate reflections caused by resting the bottom of the speakers flat on a table-top.
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I thought the performances by Hoffman and Phoenix were excellent and both seem like locks for Oscar nominations, but the film itself left me cold.
I thought the performances by Hoffman and Phoenix were excellent and both seem like locks for Oscar nominations, but the film itself left me cold.
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I was disappointed by the lack of whips, chains, ben wa balls, and safe words. Mine has always been "Olivia Newton John", for obvious, and not so obvious, reasons.
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I can't watch anything Joaquin Phoenix does after that bullshit mockumentary stunt he and Casey(I'm a director too!)Affleck tried and failed to pull.
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PTA clearly couldn't figure out an ending. He dangled the possibility there was homosexual attraction between the two men, but it really was a distraction that went nowhere. The story just seemed to wither in its last half hour. Having said that, I enjoyed watching what was clearly a takedown of $ciTology's earliest days. Incredible production design, acting, great editing and filmmaking. Amy Adams deserves best supporting actress - her character is the true controller, the master in that tale. Her hand job scene alone - a ride or die chick, circa post-WWII. Great performances. Juaquin (sp? who cares) is also excellent, but he looks like a total junkie. He looks very sick. Excellent to see in 70mm. So satisfying to see an "adult" film in a theatre. Pretty dirty little movie too. A prude hipster couple sitting in front of me walked out. LOL. Go see the Avengers a third time, you infantilized shitheads. Support it! Despite the ending, it's worth the ticket price.
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Incredible production design, acting, great editing and filmmaking.
Yes, yes and yes. But still boring in parts (the middle draaaaaaaaaaaagged on), overly long and aimless.
The two best scenes by far were the processing scene and the end scene.
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2 and a half stars from Ebert.
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Joaquin Phoenix was robbed of an Oscar for WALK THE LINE. I have always liked him and am glad he appears to be back on track acting wise.
Philil Seymour Hoffman was robbed of the Tony for DEATH OF A SALESMAN. I love him so much I would pay to see him read the fucking PHONE BOOK on screen.
|by Tom Cruise
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Just saw it, some of the acting and writing were so excellent, transcendent almost, but there wasn't really a narrative arc I could latch onto. It didn't feel like the story transcended from being a character study.
Beautiful costumes and production design, watching movies like this is almost like a kind of time travel.
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Agree that the production design, the costumes and the cinematography were spectacularly good. Also really liked the music.
Too bad it was attached to such a ridiculously silly script. PT Anderson has always dangled the idea of two men being in love, though of course no sex, that would make them gay. And this is his most explicit movie in this regard, without being explicit at all (the naked women don't count).
Anderson is a great visual director, but he has no sense of how to write strong narratives with compelling characters -- it's always just the germ of an idea in search of a plot.
As a result, the actors are left to fend for themselves and even great actors get lost in the process. Phoenix gives a hapless Montgomery Clift/Marlon Brando/James Dean imitation that's embarassing to watch. Philip Seymour Hoffman minces and barks, often at the same time. And Amy Adams is an absolute zero trying to be Lady Macbeth.
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The movie is highly overrated.
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Joaquin Phoenix gives an absolutely ferocious performance and will be, without a doubt, the frontrunner come Oscar time.
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Gorgeous imagery (the repeated shots of the wake of the ships from overhead, the great shot of Phoenix sunbathing on the ship's turret from overhead), and three great performances--I would not be surprised if all three leads won Oscars (Phoenix for Best Actor, Hoffman and Adams for Supporting).
But as always with PT Anderson films, the screenplay was his weak point. Why do young American auteurs always think because they're great directors they're also great screenwriters? The ending just petered out, and the movie didn't have much of a reason for being.
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r11, you're the third person -- professional critics included -- state this idea that so many of the young "auteurs" that have come up since the mid-to-late 90s insist upon writing their own screenplays, even though this is clearly not their primary talent and that the script is almost always the weak element of the film. It's as if they're writing to fit pre-conceived visual ideas rather than starting from character or even plot.
One misses the days when great directors would work with the screenwriter to fashion the film, or take a script that interests them to create a great film that was still a highly distinctive and personal vision.
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I've disliked Phoenix since I found out he and Mark Wahlberg turned down the leads in Brokeback Mountain because they're homophobes. He was raised in a Christian cult, that's where it comes from. River was open-minded, but his ugly brother isn't.
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I really enjoyed it. It was a very thoughtful look at American religious experience (though filtered through a scieno lens). Much like Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven, takes a religion that is obviously ridiculous (and which has a more complete historical record), and uses it as a proxy to show the religions Americans hold as legitimate are no less absurd than those being portrayed.
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Fucking waste of two hours and 16 minutes.
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I enjoyed it. At the end, Freddie fucked Adelle's grandmother.
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I thought I was tremendous. I had to keep asking them to "cut" because I was so overcome with the brilliance of the work I was doing. A magnificent performance.
|by Tom Cruise
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r12, this becomes really clear if you read the book "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls," about the great Hollywood directors of the 70s. Almost all of them--Scorsese, Coppola, Friedkin, Bogdanovich, Altman, Ashby--did NOT write their own screenplays; they relied on other people's screenplays.
But the whole idea of the auteur took hold in this weird way that non-writers became convinced they had to be writers as well as directors if they really wanted to "own" their films.
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I saw it this afternoon and I was totally blown away. Easily the best film I have seen in the past five or six years. I worship the ground Philip Seymour Hoffman waddles on. When he sang "Slow Boat to China" at the end, I couldn't believe it. And Joaquin Phoenix was completely awesome. No matter how nutso he may be in real life, that was the performance of a lifetime.
|by Tom Cruise
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The son-in-law, Clark, was FUCKING HAWT!!!
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I agree with R.19 about Hoffman; his Slow Boat to China rendition is a classic moment.
Phoenix just seems unhinged--not in a controlled way. He just seems nuts. Can you imagine what he would be like on stage?
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The best acted and most boring film of the decade. Anderson had no idea what to do with his story do he just decided not to include one. A real waste of great talent.
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R13 that would have been so yummy hard thinking about the two of them fucking
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Fans of the Timothy Van Patten/Lee Van Cleef series of the same name called foul after purchasing tickets to this film that has nothing to do with a traveling martial artist and his gerbil.
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I loved it, though I can see where it would drive some people up the wall. As everyone has said, a stunning movie to look at and listen to. Great performances, although clearly Phoenix is on drugs (meth? coke?), but he is still incredible. Laura Dern was underused, but the one scene where she starts to question Hoffman really accomplishes a lot in terms of plot. The dancing scene with the naked women was Kubrickian in its combination of beauty and horror.
To me, it was about to approaches to life. One crazy man controls himself and his environment through bullshit. The other crazy man accepts that he is can't control himself, but honest living might be better than the bullshit.
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[quote]Phoenix just seems unhinged--not in a controlled way. He just seems nuts. Can you imagine what he would be like on stage?
He could do "Macbeth" on stage really well because he sure seems to be haunted by something.
I think he has come off of drugs and has had a hard time adjusting more so than to his being on drugs now.
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R.26--But he doesn't seem to have any technique. He would be like the Ronald Colman character in A Double Life. When it came time to act as though he was killing the king, he would cause some serious damage.
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I just can't believe Joaquin Phoenix and I are about the same age. He looks a good ten years older than his 37 years. And in this day and age, when most people with money can easily look much younger than their years, that is saying a lot. He looked ravaged.
The performances were good, verging on a bit hammy. I am still trying to figure out if I liked it or not. It felt important, but as the OP said, it left me cold.
Best I could figure out is that Joaquin was the complete Id with the farting, fucking and fighting - completely impulsive. PSH kept saying he recognized him from somewhere. Yeah, he recognized himself in him and his strong desire to destroy that part of himself. His inability to reform Joaquin underscored the bullshit of all of his work. PSH family recognized this very early on, and insisted they distance themselves from Joaquin, but PSH just couldn't quit him. In the end, we're left back where we started - unfixed, unchanged and unhappy.
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I think that's a good read of it, R28.
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This film will disappear.
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Saw it for a second time today and it was a much more gratifying experience. Knowing what to expect, I found the scenes made much more sense and Phoenix's performance more nuanced, controlled and really moving than I remembered. The flow became clearer and the movie felt much shorter.
I just read an interesting theory that it is somewhat like A Clockwork Orange, with Freddy being Alex and the Cause as trying to "cure" him of his raw impulses. Especially with the Philadelphia scenes where Freddy is conditioned to "not react" when the son-in-law is taunting him and the repetition of walking back and forth between the wood wall and the window.
I think Freddy and Lancaster are definitely two half of one being, at least symbolically. You can see glimpses of Freddy when Lancaster has an angry outburst. Its amazing how Phoenix and PSH's performances mirror each other and there are countless shots where the two are juxtaposed to suggest a ying yang balance for lack of a better term.
You can see that Adams is the controlling device in PSH's life - his master. If not for that structure he may have run off drunk with Freddy.
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Also, at the end, Phoenix asks Adams where their daughter is and she says something like "she's gone to dfc". Anyone know what that is? A church or something?
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I also want to know what dfc is. I thought she meant the child had been seized by the department of child and family services.
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"He dangled the possibility there was homosexual attraction between the two men"
I wish he would have given more thought to coming up with some theory about their relationship, why they were so important to each other and what was at stake with whether Freddie stayed with Dodd's cult or not.... because the movie fails to deliver any coherent vision of their bond. I am not sure if that bizarre "Slow Boat to China" moment was an erotic confession, but it crossed my mind, and while that would have been too little too late, it was the first moment in which I thought there was some glimmer of an answer as to why Dodd would have given a shit about whether Freddie remained in the fold or not.
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R30 called it.
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It was a film that promised so much and delivered so little. Both Phoenix and Hoffman's performances were so dominant, much more about "acting" rather than the characters. I couldn't wait for it to end.
|by Tom Cruise
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Any chance that Amy Adams could pull an upset and win the Oscar?
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Not even the slightest chance.
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What hand job scene with Amy Adams? I took a quick bathroom break, maybe I missed it. When did that happen?
So at the end Freddie just left and went back to drinking and carousing? Or was it all a dream?
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It had some good moments, but it leaves a lot to be desired. I would call this movie Red Herring instead of The Master.
I also didn't get the end. Was it meaningful to you?
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CheckBox field in DataGridView cell is not working
Hi all,
I have created a DataGridView and set the first column to a CheckBox Column. I am adding rows programmatically to the grid. I use the following code to create a new CheckBoxCell :-
DataGridViewCheckBoxCell selectionCell = new DataGridViewCheckBoxCell();
selectionCell.TrueValue = true;
selectionCell.FalseValue = false;
selectionCell.Value = false;
But when the grid comes up and I click on the checkbox, it does not get checked. Doesn't it behave like a normal check box? Do I need to do something else to make it work?
Thanks in advance.
Normally this is not required , may be if you post your code in detail , it would help!
- Marked as answer by Prashant Malviya Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:10 PM
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You should not ____ a checkbox cell again , Try this code DataGridViewCheckBoxCell selectionCell = new DataGridViewCheckBoxCell(); //selectionCell.TrueValue = true; //selectionCell.FalseValue = false; //selectionCell.Value = false;
dataGridView1.Rows.Add();// Modify the value in the first cell of the second row. this.dataGridView1.Rows[1].Cells[0].Value = "true";
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Hi Akshay,
Thank you for your reply. But I think you didn't get my question. Let me elaborate a bit.
Normally when you add a checkbox to a winform, you need not set the checked and unchecked states programmatically, i.e. it automatically checks if it is unchecked and gets unchecked if it is checked. But this is not the case with the DataGridViewCheckBoxCell. I expected it to behave the same way. But when my form comes up with the checkboxes displayed and I try checking one of them, it does not get checked.
I assume, there is no inherent support for that and I need to handle the click events of the cell to manually set the checked and unchecked states. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Thanks and regards,
Normally this is not required , may be if you post your code in detail , it would help!
- Marked as answer by Prashant Malviya Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:10 PM
Hi Akshay,
Thanks for your help. I got the problem. When you said that it is normally not required, I understood that I have done some mistake while creating the grid. I found that while creating the grid view, I had set the Enable Editing to false. This was causing a problem. Anyways now it works.
Thanks for your support again.


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best distrib for acer 5315 laptop
Could anyone make a suggestion please for a distrib that will
give me the least amount of problems with an acer 5315 laptop.
Had thought of Ubuntu but I understand I could have wireless troubles.
If it makes a difference the laptop has a Sata hdd so would prefer not to have the fun of trying to install vista with it's added drivers.
Looking through the forum - Archlinux, Gentoo & Crux were mentioned
for the acer but would appreciate a suggestion as to the first one to try.
Thanks very much
How much you are expirienced with Linux? All 3 of mentioned distributions are not exactly user friendly. They are for experienced users.
All linux distributions install fine on SATA HDD, that is not a problem. Wireless could be a litle problem, which chip do you have? I can't find specs of your laptop.
Not a lot of experience and thanks for the reply.
Does this help--
I could not determine which Wireless chip do you have (it says InviLink, but that is only marketing name), but you can see on this page that people reporting it works well with Ubuntu and Mandriva. Yust make sure that you download latest version (you might want to wait until 9.10 is final). Ubuntu is user friendly and can be a good start for people not familiar with linux. Same goes for Mandriva.
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The Easter rush is over and all of the staff is looking forward to next year. One more day at Grand Caribe is like starting your first day of vacation, you see new faces and more exciting things to do.
Please view the video I just found on YouTube from one of our past guest. Ambergris Caye is truly one amazing place, being near the sea and the sunny days at the beach are like a never ending vacation.
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How many rounds does it take to stay proficient?
For defensive shooting, this is kind of a subjective question as everyone is different. Ball park figure, to retain good muscle memory, I say at least a box (50 rounds) of practice a week to retain good defensive shooting skills. (And that's probably on the light side.) That's 2600 rounds a year. For a 9MM (at $10 a box), that's $520 a year, plus range time. And that practice needs to include much more than just target practice. If you're not practicing defensive drills (including quickly diagnosing and clearing all manner of malfunctions, and reloading quickly) you won't be ready, God forbid, should the need ever arise. I shoot 100 to 200 rounds on most nice days on my home shooting range. But I just enjoy bullet casting, reloading, and shooting. And now that I'm retired I've got the time to really enjoy what I've always enjoyed. The sport of shooting.
How many of you have friends with guns who couldn't hit a pie plate 3 times in 5 seconds at 21 feet, or even 10 feet. Yet they feel safe just because they own a gun. At my coaxing and prodding, a good friend of mine, who never practices, finally came over the other day to shoot with me (which prompted me to make this post). He has a nice 45 auto, and feels safe and secure with it. He talks big, and thinks his 45 will stop anybody, just because, "it's a 45". (People with shot guns mistakenly feel the same way.) He missed the plate with all 3 shots on his first attempt! Got 1 out of 3 on his second attempt. (Even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.) Missed all 3 again on his third attempt. He, like 98% of people who own guns, is living under a false sense of security, and would fail miserable (be dead) in a defensive pistol match, which is no where near the pressure and fear one would experience in a real life confrontation.
If you own a gun for defensive purposes, you need to acquire/practice good gun skills (practical, tactical, and marksmanship), and sound presence of mind. Lacking this, merely "having" that gun could get you killed. (i.e. You start shooting and miss which causes the bad guy to start shooting, and he/they get you.) Learn how to end the confrontation, and not start a gun fight. If you think merely "having" that gun or pulling that trigger will do it, your head is up a very smelly part of your anatomy. And I say that with love. If you can quickly and consistently hit what you're shooting at, none of this applies to you (but be honest with yourself - test yourself).
I have the time, place, ammo, and inclination to practice a lot. Many gun owners don't. Suggestions? What say you all?
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I by no means practice nearly as much as you do....but I do try to get to the range at least 2 times a month. It does take me about 10 rounds to zero in my muscle memory (I'll admit)....but I'm very confident at 21 yrds....I can hit the target at least 3-4 times in the 5 second time frame you suggested. I'm very happy with my skills, but like anything there's always room for improvement. Great thread btw!!!!
I put 100-300 rounds downrange every two weeks or so.
To feel confident is 1/2 of the way there.
A carry piece should be practiced with on a regular basis.
To put a number on such a thing is useless. I've seen people go through boxes of rounds and still not hit the target. I've also seen people who have not shot in over a year come out and hit bull's-eyes (or near it) on the first five rounds.
Regular practice and training is a must if you accept the responsibility to carry.
While I strongly agree with parts of your post there is something missing. Having a gun that fits your hand, that doesn't cause fear on the part of the shooter, and that is easy to operate at the strength level of the shooter is equally as important as practice.
In my life I have had two guns that fit all of the requirements above. As a result I could go 6 months without practice and not miss a beat on my next trip to the range. All other guns take time to adjust to before I regain my consistency. Little things like adjusting my grip a little, placing my finger just so on the trigger, or grabbing the holstered gun just a little bit higher.
The two guns I had my success with didn't need any of these fine adjustments. So what are they? A doctored S&W Mod 19-2 with Mustang grips and serrated target trigger and hammer, and a Glock 27 straight out of the box. They both fit so naturally it was like an extension of my own arm. It was almost as if I could just think about where I wanted the hole and it magically appeared there.
The 1911 is a great gun and once I find my grip I find it very comfortable in the 4" steel versions. Although the alloy guns are easier to carry, they require much more grip shifting for me to shoot them accurately. The J frame guns are what I call belly guns for me. If I can't touch you with it I probably won't hit my point of aim without adjusting my grip constantly.
Anyway, this is something to watch for on the range. If you are helping someone and you see them shifting their grip after every shot, the gun doesn't fit and they will never be more than average. If the fit is bad enough, they will have to work hard to achieve mediocre. All the technique tips and practice time in the world won't help these people. They need a different gun.
More then we have recently.
SWMBO went almost three months without any range time, and it showed. Even better she was carrying my LCP never having shot it. She was excited when she finally hit the frame holding the target. It's no longer her primary carry!
We're going to make a concentrated effort to get out more frequently.
If you can whip it out in an instant and put all the projectiles inside of a paper plate, I would say you are good to go.
I don't get out as often as I used to, but my normal routine was at least two practice sessions a month with my carry 1911. Those sessions would typically be 500 rounds each, using various IDPA type scenarios. I also shoot other action pistol and steel range set-ups. Yes, I do load and usually load at least 1000 rounds in a sitting for serious practice. If you are going to carry, it is your responsibility to stay proficient. If you cant, or wont take the time to practice, then don't carry.
In my case I have discovered that anything over about 50 rounds is just putting lead down range for fun. I lose concentration after a while & depending on the pistol & caliber, my grip & wrist start suffering. My practice usually includes one handed point & shoot, both strong hand & weak hand, at close range of 3 yards. Moving out to 7 yards, I shoot two handed, then one handed with both hands. I won't always shoot at the 15 yard range, but when I do, it's usually just one mag load & two handed. With my 1911s, that'll use up a box of 50 or so. Then to finish out the trip & just for fun, I'll switch to my 1911-22. :)
P.S., This is weekly, weather permiting, but not necessarily with the same pistol.
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Investigation of an Adaptive Treatment Algorithm for Post-op Thoracic Patients to Reduce the Length of Drainage (AATD)
This study has been terminated.
(Interim analysis showed that the tested protocol did not improve treatment)
Medela AG
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The purpose of this study is to reduce the length of drainage using a treatment protocol to control the manipulation of the applied vacuum to the pleural cavity.
|Pulmonary Fistula
|Procedure: Thoracic Surgery
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Implementation of an Adaptive Algorithm to Improve Chest Tube Therapy in Patients With Pulmonary Leaks Following Thoracic Surgery
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Duration of pulmo-pleural fistulation [ Time Frame: July 2011 - March 2012 ]The duration of a postoperative pulmo-pleural fistula is monitored.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Duration of Chest tube therapy [ Time Frame: July 2011 - March 2012 ]Duration of postoperative chest tube therapy is monitored.
- Applicability of a diagnostic "Leakage Scale" [ Time Frame: July 2011 - March 2012 ]Applicability of a generated scale that categorizes the pulmonary air leak is tested.
|Study Start Date:
|July 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2012
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|November 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Digital chest tube
All patients will be treated with the digital chest tube device
Procedure: Thoracic Surgery
Wedge Resection Segmental Resection Lobectomy
Other Name: Thopaz Drainage Device
Detailed Description:
In this prospective study, a treatment algorithm is tested in a subgroup of patients with postoperative pulmo-pleural fistula. The primary aim is to reduce the duration of pulmo-pleural fistulation. Secondary aim is to reduce the duration of chest tube therapy.
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Study Population
Thoracic Surgery Patient
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- Patients with a post operative air leak after 16 to 24 hours bigger than 50ml/min.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with an empyema
- Patients with a spontaneous pneumothorax
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|Universitätsklinik Freiburg
|Freiburg, Germany, 79106
|Klinik Schillerhöhe
|Gerlingen, Germany, 70839
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|Responsible Party:
|Inez Cregan, Study Director, Medela AG
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01177215 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 4, 2010
|Last Updated:
|May 5, 2013
Keywords provided by Inez Cregan, Medela AG:
Treatment Protocol
Thoracic Drainage Device
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
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" Brand: Yardley / Type: Fragrance / Concentration: Eau de Toilette / Gender: for women "
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~ Tell me all about it! ~
Yardley have been producing a range of fragrances for so many years now that we often tend to over look them. I feel that certain of their simple floral scents are very good for wear around the home or for spring or summmer days out, for use in conjunction with aromatherapy treatments and even as dare I say it room spritzes and pillow sprays. The Yardley Lavender Spa Fragrance is part of the revamped fragrance range that includes this EDT and a number of matching and toning body products.
I have always liked lavender based scents and have bought and used this one to good effect around my home to fragrance it and set a relaxed and enhanced mood, as well as using the product as a general all over body spritz and pulse point fragrance. I feel the lavender within the fragrance is as distinctive as the Yardley lavender based scents have always been and I like the freshness it imparts. As the fragrance is so very easy to wear a product suggestion was made to allow me to share my thoughts about it.
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A pale lilac toned theme is used with this product and the box that the fragrance comes in has been given a more modern and updated feel, as has the shape of the scent bottle itself. The bottle is sleek with a nipped in waist and looks and feels modern and light. Gentle tones and shades have been used to create a light and airy looking product that I feel could be bought for younger and older women alike. The absence of fussy packing and floral motifs makes the impact of the product more appealing to the eye and helps it stand out on the shelves.
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The Yardley Lavender Spa EDT is set amongst the lower priced fragrances that you can buy. I find it pleasing that the scent comes as a 50ml glass spray top bottle which contains a reasonably long lasting fragrance that can range from £6.49 to £9.99 in many larger stores. I have also seen this sold at posh garden centres and the pretty floral scents on offer within the range obviously suit the outdoor theme. I feel that at the lower end of the price range the fragrance is good value and is worth looking into.
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The overwhelming scent I get from the Yardley Lavender Spa EDT is of course lavender and I would be rather put out if it didn't come through strongly with a fresh breezy tone to it. The addition of citrusy bergamot enhances the lavender freshness yet fruity tones of pear and mandarin combine to add more of a rounded feel that I like. The scent dries down to allow the base notes of amber, sandalwood and musk to come through and keep the fragrance going on your skin in a rather more subtle less floral and fresh way. This allows the Yardley Lavender Spa EDT to become a softer mood enhancing and relaxing scent, perfect to spray on before bed time to aid more relaxed sleep.
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Yardley say of the fragrance 'No one knows lavender quite like Yardley' a claim I feel assured is completely genuine. They go on to say that this lavender fragrance is 'uplifting, yet calming' and I would agree with that totally as I have found it to be calming yet fresh when worn. When Yardley go on to describe the over all theme and feel of Lavender Spa they say that it 'combines the therapeutic benefits of lavender with the healing qualities of aloe vera to create the ultimate everyday luxuries that restore and heal the mind and body'
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I feel that the Yardley Lavender Spa EDT is a nice fragrance for wear when you want a little help with relaxation and just want a simple lavender based scent with no frills or fuss. I do feel the fragrance has a modern twist to it at times but I still enjoy the fresh lavender scent that comes over keenly when I first spray the fragrance on to my skin. As the product can be used not only as an EDT but as a pillow spray a body mist and a room spray I feel it has plenty to offer and must rate it accordingly. With everything in mind I want to award Yardley Lavender Spa a 4 star product rating.


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SAN JOSE — Police have identified the man who was fatally shot by two veteran officers after leading police on a high-speed pursuit Saturday as 28-year-old Ronald Aduddell of San Jose.
Police say Aduddell pointed a gun multiple times at officers during a 30-minute pursuit which began near Union and Bascom avenues and ended in South San Jose. Police have not yet located a gun.
When the chase was over, Aduddell quickly got out of his car with his hands near his waistband, according to Sgt. Jason Dwyer. Officers Ian Cooley, a 16-year police veteran, and Adam Jenkins, a 13-year veteran, believed Aduddell was reaching for a gun and opened fire.
"Everything happened very quickly," Dwyer said. "They're believing he's reaching for the gun they heard about on the radio . So they fired at the suspect, believing they are about to be fired upon."
The pursuit began Saturday at about 2:35 p.m. when an officer on routine patrol in West San Jose saw a man in a tan Ford Contour acting suspiciously in the area of Union and Bascom avenues, Dwyer said.
When the officer approached the Contour, it took off.
"The officer believed he was acting suspiciously," Dwyer said. "That could have been anything from getting ready to commit a vehicle burglary or residential burglary, and that is precisely what we're trying to prevent these days, with our crime levels the way they are. This officer was out doing good proactive police work."
The officer did not chase the Contour but instead drove around the area and located the car a short time later. Police say Aduddell rammed the marked black-and-white patrol car head-on.
The officer broadcast that he had been assaulted and more officers quickly joined in the pursuit.
"Multiple times during the radio tapes, you can hear officers say he's pointing a gun at us right now," Dwyer said. "They're fearful they're going to be shot at at any moment."
A number of items were thrown out of the Contour, including a purse and other items that did not belong to Aduddell. Police say the license plates on the suspect vehicle were stolen.
Aduddell eventually merged onto southbound Highway 85 from Bascom. Police say Aduddell tried to drive the wrong way against traffic, but the first officer who spotted him blocked the path of the Contour, causing a collision.
Police finally boxed the Contour in at Blossom and Calero avenues, Dwyer said. By then, the Contour was moving very slowly, having been damaged in the collisions with police.
Police shut down a portion of southbound Highway 85 on Sunday to search for the gun.
"We did a methodical search on 85 looking for the gun," Dwyer said. "And we've tried to search as much of the pursuit route as possible. We haven't found one."
Police are asking anyone why finds a gun between the areas of Bascom and Union avenues and South San Jose to contact them. Persons with information regarding the case are urged to contact detective Sgt. Dave Gutierrrez or detective Liz Checke of the San Jose Police Department's homicide unit at 408-277-5283. Persons wishing to provide information anonymously may call Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-STOP (7867) or may visit http://svcrimestoppers.org.org/. and may be eligible for a reward.
Contact Mark Gomez at 408-920-5869. Follow him on Twitter @MarkMgomez


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With the discovery of an Earth-like planet near the centre of the Milky Way, Yorkshire scientists reveal why discovering the final frontier may not be light years away. Martin Hickes reports.
It was a case of two plus two equals five.
When scientists yesterday revealed they had discovered a planet similar to Earth, those who spend their lives convinced that ET was a factual documentary and who spend their spare time being abducted by aliens and then telling everyone else about it, nodded their heads, smugly convinced they had been right all along.
But as always, the devil is in the detail, and beneath the spin which screamed "breakthrough in the search for extra-terrestrial life", the actual truth was the planet, some 20,000 light years away from our own, was in fact too cold for any form of life to survive. But the conspiracy theorists may yet be proved right – they may not have found life this time, but they're definitely getting warmer.
It was some 25 years ago when American astronomer Carl Sagan – as well known in the US as Patrick Moore is in Britain – screened Cosmos, a ground-breaking series of programmes, which considered the likelihood of life existing on other worlds within our galaxy.
Sagan, who once famously said, "If you wished to bake an apple pie from scratch, then you must first invent the universe", ambiguously concluded that among the billions of unknown planets, the number which may contain life may be as small as 10 but as great as one million.
A generation down the line, and thanks to the recent discovery of at least 160 planets around stars other than ours, those figures from 25 years ago might well need to be revised.
Yorkshire scientists, in collaboration with many colleagues at seats of academic learning across the UK, are now at the forefront of the search for the tell-tale signs of new planets around distant stars.
Ren Oudmaijer, from Leeds University's School of Physics and Astronomy, has spent a lifetime studying the formation of stars and planets, and is optimistic that Earth-type planets may one day be discovered – and much sooner than many predict.
"We have made quantum leaps in the identification and study of the formation of planets since Carl's day," he says.
"Personally, I would think that our chances to discover life elsewhere within the universe by the end of the century have increased dramatically.
"While we currently cannot observe the planets directly, a host of new telescopes set to be launched within the next few years, operating from outside our atmosphere, will more readily be able to pinpoint the tell-tale wobble of the light from a star when the planetary candidate passes in front of it.
"In the last decade, astronomers have found that approximately 10 per cent of the star systems they examine have massive planets – worlds at least as large as Neptune, and often a few times the mass of Jupiter.
"It's not unreasonable to suggest that within the next generation, we will witness the discovery of Earth-type planets around other suns."
Astronomer Seth Shostak, from the world-famous SETI Institute in California confirms there is every reason to be optimistic about the number of planets – including those of Earth-size – which might exist in the galaxy. For him, Sagan's universe may not be just an apple pie, but a metaphorical three-course meal full of exotic delights, including dark matter
"Carl Sagan was not pessimistic per se about the number of civilisations which may exist through the galaxy," says Shostak. "Of course, we still don't know whether life exists elsewhere in the galaxy – that much hasn't changed in 25 years. What we do know is that many planets now exist around stars – some astronomers think perhaps 90 per cent of the stars we see have planets – and that we will soon be able to more readily identify Earth-sized planets – perhaps as soon as within 1,000 days from now, given the upcoming
launch of NASA's Kepler mission.
"A project planned for 2008 will allow our generation to be the very first to create an inventory of planets orbiting other suns, which is tremendously exciting.
"Many of them could be Earth-sized. Personally, I think the number may be as common as summer mosquitoes. That's not to say they will have life, of course, as that depends on a host of other factors, but if we have the inventory, we are one step closer to learning if they do.
"If Carl were around today, he would be tremendously excited by the prospect of such an inventory, an accomplishment which will be something unique in human history".
Yervant Terzian from Cornell, Sagan's former university, adds: "Certainly, Carl would have been excited with the discovery of planets around other nearby stars.
"He believed that most stars should have planets, and many should have conditions where complexities could
"The big question now remaining is the longevity (of any intelligent civillisation capable of communicating with us). Many indications seem to say it is short, and that may be why we have not heard from anyone."
So, 25 years after Cosmos,
it may just be possible that the discoveries of the Kepler probe may just result in "billions and billions" of planets, to paraphrase Sagan's famous phrase.
Located near the centre of the Milky Way, about 20,000 light years from us, the latest new planet, discovered as a result of an international project involving 73 scientists from 12 different countries, is too cold for survival but scientists are now hopeful that other habitable ones may exist.
"Our next goal is to find more of them, with lower masses, in order to measure the abundance of cool Earths and determine if habitable planets like Earth are abundant or rare," says collaborator Professor Keith Horne from the University of St Andrews.
"If the abundance is high, the next step is to search for life on those planets."
The new planet, which has been given the title OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, has a mass five times that of Earth and orbits a parent star some five times smaller than the Sun.
It is likely to have a thin atmosphere like Earth, and its rocky surface is thought to be deeply buried beneath frozen oceans. "We have not yet found a true analogue of the Earth, but at least we know that small planets exist that are either hotter or cooler than the Earth," explained fellow collaborator Dr Martin Dominik, also from St Andrews University.
The planet was located using a technique known as gravitational micro-lensing, noted by Einstein as far back as 1912.
The method relies on light from a background star being bent by the gravitational field of a dimmer star in the foreground, acting as a lens.
Planets can then be viewed orbiting the lens star. This latest discovery is the third planet to be detected using the technique.
The nearest other Earth-like contender is GJ 876d, a planet 7.5 times the mass of Earth but which is too hot to support life.


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it started with our librarian at my elementaryschool I was around 9 years old we would sit on the floor in front of her and she would read to us from where I was sitting and the way she had her legs crossed I could see the top of her girdle where her garter connected with her stockings in the bare flesh in between I became...
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IP Telephony Case Study: How Cisco IT Merged Voice and Data Engineering Groups
Traditional boundaries between data and voice teams are dissolved for greater efficiency.
As Cisco migrated to IP communications beginning in the late 1990s, The Cisco IT group reorganized to remove the traditional boundaries between voice and networking. The previous technology-based organizational model evolved to a process-oriented organizational model, in which each IT group included members with voice and networking specialties. To make the transition, Cisco overcame challenges relating to issues such as equipment ownership, responsibility for change management, and job security concerns.
This case study describes how Cisco IT reorganized and helped IT networking and voice engineers adjust to the transition. Benefits of the reorganization included:


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How to view HDFC Credit Card Statement online?
Bank's Credit Card statement is necessary for credit card holder to get on time. Check out how to get HDFC Credit Card Statement on paper as well as view online.
The HDFC bank offers approximately 11 types of credit cards that classify in four categories called Classic Cards, Special Benefit Cards, Premium Cards and Commercial Cards. HDFC bank provides not only its products but also services like hard copy as well as e-statement. You can manage your Credit Card Bills & Payments better along with the host of other benefits offered, that is allowed by HDFC bank.
Monthly statement is a record of all transactions made by you during a particular month. You receive a charge slip or a bill from the Merchant Outlet when you make any transaction.
Keep the records of these slips and cross check the amounts stated in your monthly statements. You can call immediately on our 24-hours helpline in case you find a transaction that doesn't match your records.
Benefits. With Email Statements you can:
- Receive your account statements securely without any time lag
- Access your statements without any hassle
- Save Paper and cut down on paper clutter
- Ensure security as Password Protected files in PDF format are sent to you
- Archive easily for future reference
- You can view your statements of last 12 months after login
- Click on quick view to see your last transactions
- See your statements on official website or in your email address
Registration for e-statement:
You can do registration by two ways given below,
NetBanking: You can request for email statements through NetBanking - Credit Cards module, if you are a NetBanking user.
Alternatively. you can call your nearest customer service center to request for email statements.
E-statement is more convenient than ever before. As a Classic customer, you will receive a statement every month on your e-mail
address. Your monthly statement will provide you with details of all CASA and FD accounts, where you are the principal account holder.
When you will be a registered customer, you can do,
- View Statement
- View Account Information
- View Unbilled Transactions
- Statement on E-Mail
- Register New Card
- Deregister Card
- Autopay Register (Only for HDFC Bank account holders)
- Autopay Deregister (Only for HDFC Bank account holders)
- Credit Card Payment (Only for HDFC Bank account holders)
Understanding the terms used in your monthly statement:
Card member's name and number:
Your name appears on the card along with your 16-digit card number.
Statement date:
Statement generated date.
Due date of payment.
Credit limit:
The maximum amount that can be outstanding against your credit card at any point of time.
Available credit limit:
The unutilized value of the credit at any point of time after taking into account the balance outstanding billed and unbilled.
Credit that available for cash withdrawal (subject to Available Credit Limit).
Purchases and Debits:
This is the sum total of all retail / cash transactions incurred by you during your statement period. This also includes the fees.
Finance Charges:
Applicable charge on cash advances and revolving credit facility.
Payments / Credits:
Details of payments made by you and any credits received during the month prior to statement date.
Purchases of India that covers the date on which the transaction took place, brief details on the transaction (including the registered name of the merchant establishment), the city in which the transaction took place, the transaction number and the amount of the transaction is given. Amount column shows the currency in which the transaction took place in the case of a transaction done outside India, Nepal or Bhutan.
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