Ravings of the Loquacious Madman http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog You'll never get back, the time you are spending to read this... Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:16:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Congratulations to the 2010 NCAA Basketball Champions… Duke Blue Devils http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/04/05/congratulations-to-the-2010-ncaa-basketball-champions-duke-blue-devils-2/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/04/05/congratulations-to-the-2010-ncaa-basketball-champions-duke-blue-devils-2/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:16:05 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/04/05/congratulations-to-the-2010-ncaa-basketball-champions-duke-blue-devils-2/
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1

2

Total

Butler Bulldogs

32

27

59

Duke Blue Devils

33

28

61

 

 

FGM-A

3PM-A

FTM-A

OFF

REB

AST

STL

BLK

TO

PF

PTS

Shelvin Mack

G

5-13

2-3

0-0

1

5

1

2

0

2

1

12

Gordon Hayward

 G-F

2-9

0-2

8-8

3

7

0

3

0

0

1

12

Willie Veasley

G

1-9

0-5

0-0

4

4

3

0

0

2

2

2

Ronald Nored

F

3-9

1-2

0-0

1

6

1

0

0

0

3

7

Matt Howard

F

3-8

0-0

5-8

2

3

0

0

0

1

4

11

Avery Jukes

F

4-6

2-3

0-2

2

3

0

0

0

0

4

10

Zach Hahn

G

1-1

1-1

0-0

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

3

Shawn Vanzant

G

1-1

0-0

0-0

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

2
                         

TOTALS

  

20-58

6-18

13-18

12

31

7

7

0

8

18

59


 

FGM-A

3PM-A

FTM-A

OFF

REB

AST

STL

BLK

TO

PF

PTS

Kyle Singler

F

7-13

3-6

2-2

1

9

2

1

3

2

1

19

Nolan Smith

G

5-15

1-5

2-5

1

3

4

0

0

3

0

13

Jon Scheyer

G

5-12

1-5

4-5

1

6

5

1

3

2

3

15

Brian Zoubek

C

3-4

0-0

2-4

7

11

1

0

1

2

4

8

Lance Thomas

F

3-5

0-0

0-0

1

4

0

2

1

3

4

6

Miles Plumlee

F

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

2

0

1

0

1

2

0

Mason Plumlee

F

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Andre Dawkins

G

0-1

0-1

0-0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0
                         

TOTALS

  

23-52

5-17

10-16

11

36

12

5

7

13

14

61

]]> http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/04/05/congratulations-to-the-2010-ncaa-basketball-champions-duke-blue-devils-2/feed/rss2/ 0 2010 Final Four http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/04/03/2010-final-four/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/04/03/2010-final-four/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:30:00 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/04/03/2010-final-four/ It’s time for the greatest spectacle in sports; the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Let’s see how I do with my picks for this year.  My correct picks are in green, the wrong picks are in red.  Breakdown by day:

 

 

5 Michigan State 50
5 Butler 52

 

1 Duke 78
2 West Virginia 57
]]> http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/04/03/2010-final-four/feed/rss2/ 0 Elite Eight Day Two http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/28/elite-eight-day-two/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/28/elite-eight-day-two/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/28/elite-eight-day-two/ It’s time for the greatest spectacle in sports; the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Let’s see how I do with my picks for this year.  My correct picks are in green, the wrong picks are in red.  Breakdown by day:

 

St. Louis Regional

5 Michigan State 70
6 Tennessee 69

Houston Regional

1 Duke 78
3 Baylor 71
]]> http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/28/elite-eight-day-two/feed/rss2/ 0 Elite Eight Day One http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/27/elite-eight-day-one/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/27/elite-eight-day-one/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/27/elite-eight-day-one/ It’s time for the greatest spectacle in sports; the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Let’s see how I do with my picks for this year.  My correct picks are in green, the wrong picks are in red.  Breakdown by day:

 

Salt Lake City Regional

2 Kansas State 56
5 Butler 63

Syracuse Regional

1 Kentucky 66
2 West Virginia 73
]]> http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/27/elite-eight-day-one/feed/rss2/ 0 Sweet Sixteen Day Two http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/26/sweet-sixteen-day-two/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/26/sweet-sixteen-day-two/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/26/sweet-sixteen-day-two/ It’s time for the greatest spectacle in sports; the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Let’s see how I do with my picks for this year.  My correct picks are in green, the wrong picks are in red.  Breakdown by day:

 

St. Louis Regional

5 Michigan State 59
9 Northern Iowa 52
     
2 Ohio State 73
6 Tennessee 76

Houston Regional

1 Duke 70
4 Purdue 59
     
3 Baylor 72
10 Saint Mary’s 49
]]> http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/26/sweet-sixteen-day-two/feed/rss2/ 0 Sweet Sixteen Day One http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/25/sweet-sixteen-day-one/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/25/sweet-sixteen-day-one/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/25/sweet-sixteen-day-one/ It’s time for the greatest spectacle in sports; the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Let’s see how I do with my picks for this year.  My correct picks are in green, the wrong picks are in red.  Breakdown by day:

 

Salt Lake City Regional

1 Syracuse 59
5 Butler 63
     
2 Kansas State 101
6 Xavier 96    2OT

Syracuse Regional

1 Kentucky 62
12 Cornell 45
     
2 West Virginia 69
11 Washington 56
]]> http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/25/sweet-sixteen-day-one/feed/rss2/ 0 Just Say No To Socialism!.. Wait. What? http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/24/just-say-no-to-socialism-wait-what/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/24/just-say-no-to-socialism-wait-what/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:45:50 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/24/just-say-no-to-socialism-wait-what/

This morning, I was awaken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy.  I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility.  After that, I turned on the TV to one of the Federal Communication Commission regulated channels to see what the national weather service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.  I watched this while eating my breakfast of US Department of Agriculture inspected food and the drugs which have been determined as safe by the Food and Drug Administration.

At the appropriate time as regulated by the US Congress, and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the US Naval Observatory, I got into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads built by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank.  On the way out the door, I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the US Postal Service and drop the kids off at the public school.

After work, I drive my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved car back home on the Department of Transportation roads, to my house, which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and the fire marshal’s inspection, and which has not been plundered of all its valuables, thanks to the local police department.

I then log on to the internet, which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration and post on freerepublic.com and FOX news forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is bad, because the government can’t do anything right.

]]> http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/24/just-say-no-to-socialism-wait-what/feed/rss2/ 0 NCAA Tournament Second Round Day Two http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/21/ncaa-tournament-second-round-day-two/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/21/ncaa-tournament-second-round-day-two/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/21/ncaa-tournament-second-round-day-two/ It’s time for the greatest spectacle in sports; the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Let’s see how I do with my picks for this year.  My correct picks are in green, the wrong picks are in red.  Breakdown by day:

St. Louis Regional

2 Ohio State 75
9 Georgia Tech 66
     
4 Maryland 83
5 Michigan State 85

Salt Lake City Regional

1 Syracuse 87
8 Gonzaga 72
     
3 Pittsburgh 68
6 Xavier 71

Syracuse Regional

2 West Virginia 68
10 Missouri 59
     
4 Wisconsin 69
12 Cornell 87

Houston Regional

1 Duke 68
8 California 53
     
4 Purdue 63
5 Texas A&M 61
]]> http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/21/ncaa-tournament-second-round-day-two/feed/rss2/ 0 NCAA Tournament Second Round Day One http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/20/ncaa-tournament-second-round-day-one/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/20/ncaa-tournament-second-round-day-one/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/20/ncaa-tournament-second-round-day-one/ It’s time for the greatest spectacle in sports; the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Let’s see how I do with my picks for this year.  My correct picks are in green, the wrong picks are in red.  Breakdown by day:

St. Louis Regional

1 Kentucky 67
9 Northern Iowa 69
     
6 Tennessee 83
14 Ohio 68

Salt Lake City Regional

2 Kansas State 84
7 Brigham Young 72
     
5 Butler 54
13 Murray State 52

Syracuse Regional

1 Kentucky 90
9 Wake Forest 60
     
3 New Mexico 64
13 Washington 82

Houston Regional

2 Villanova 68
10 Saint Mary’s 75
     
3 Baylor 76
11 Old Dominion 68
]]> http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/20/ncaa-tournament-second-round-day-one/feed/rss2/ 0 NCAA Tournament First Round Day Two http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/19/ncaa-tournament-first-round-day-two/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/19/ncaa-tournament-first-round-day-two/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/19/ncaa-tournament-first-round-day-two/ It’s time for the greatest spectacle in sports; the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Let’s see how I do with my picks for this year.  My correct picks are in green, the wrong picks are in red.  Breakdown by day:

St. Louis Regional

2 Ohio State 68
15 UC Santa Barbara 51
     
4 Maryland 89
13 Houston 77
     
5 Michigan State 70
12 New Mexico State 67
     
7 Oklahoma State 59
10 Georgia Tech 64

Salt Lake City Regional

1 Syracuse 79
16 Vermont 56
     
3 Pittsburgh 89
14 Oakland 66
     
6 Xavier 65
11 Minnesota 54
     
8 Gonzaga 67
9 Florida State 60

Syracuse Regional

2 West Virginia 77
15 Morgan State 50
     
4 Wisconsin 53
13 Wofford 49
     
5 Temple 65
12 Cornell 78
     
7 Clemson 78
10 Missouri 86

Houston Regional

1 Duke 73
16 Arkansas- Pine Bluff 51
     
4 Purdue 72
13 Siena 64
     
5 Texas A&M 69
12 Utah State 53
     
8 California 77
9 Louisville 62

 

Tim   200   President Obama   250

out of 320 possible

Let’s keep in mind that President Obama leads the ESPN celebrity panel at this point.  However, I am tied with Dick Vitale, who is a college basketball “expert.”

]]> http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/19/ncaa-tournament-first-round-day-two/feed/rss2/ 0 NCAA Tournament First Round Day One http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/18/ncaa-tournament-first-round-day-one/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/18/ncaa-tournament-first-round-day-one/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/18/ncaa-tournament-first-round-day-one/ It’s time for the greatest spectacle in sports; the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Let’s see how I do with my picks for this year.  My correct picks are in green, the wrong picks are in red.  Breakdown by day:

St. Louis Regional

1 Kansas 90
16 Lehigh 74
     
8 UNLV 66
9 Northern Iowa 69
     
6 Tennessee 62
11 San Diego State 59
     
3 Georgetown 83
14 Ohio 97

Salt Lake City Regional

5 Butler 77
12 Texas- El Paso 59
     
4 Vanderbilt 65
13 Murray State 66
     
7 Brigham Young 99
10 Florida 92     2OT
     
2 Kansas State 82
15 North Texas 62

Syracuse Regional

1 Kentucky 100
16 East Tennessee State 71
     
8 Texas 80
9 Wake Forest 81      OT
     
6 Marquette 78
11 Washington 80
     
3 New Mexico 62
14 Montana 57

Houston Regional

6 Notre Dame 50
11 Old Dominion 51
     
3 Baylor 68
14 Sam Houston State 59
     
7 Richmond 71
10 Saint Mary’s 80
     
2 Villanova 73
15 Robert Morris 70     OT
]]> http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/18/ncaa-tournament-first-round-day-one/feed/rss2/ 0 And the Oscar goes to… http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/07/and-the-oscar-goes-to-4/ http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/07/and-the-oscar-goes-to-4/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:09:09 +0000 Tim http://loquaciousmadman.com/blog/2010/03/07/and-the-oscar-goes-to-4/ The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Presents

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards

Sunday March 7, 2010

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Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • Jeff Bridges “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
  • George Clooney “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Springs Pictures and DW Studios)
  • Colin Firth “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company)
  • Morgan Freeman “Invictus” (Warner Brothers)
  • Jeremy Renner “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • Matt Damon “Invictus” (Warner Brothers)
  • Woody Harrelson “The Messenger” (Oscilloscope Pictures Classics)
  • Christopher Plummer “The Last Stallion” (Sony Pictures Classics
  • Stanley Tucci “The Lovely Bones” (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
  • Christoph Waltz “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

  • Sandra Bullock “The Blind Side” (Warner Brothers)
  • Helen Mirren “The Last Station” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Carey Mulligan “An Education” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Gabourey Sidibe “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
  • Meryl Streep “Julie & Julia” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  • Penélope Cruz “Nine” (The Weinstein Company)
  • Vera Farmiga “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Springs Pictures and DW Studios)
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
  • Anna Kendrick “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Springs Pictures and DW Studios)
  • Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Best animated feature film of the year

  • “Coraline” Henry Selick (Focus Features)
  • “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson (20th Century Fox)
  • “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements (Walt Disney)
  • “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore (GKIDS)
  • “Up” Pete Docter (Walt Disney)

Achievement in art direction

  • “Avatar” Art Direction:Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, Set Direction: Kim Sinclair (20th Century Fox)
  • “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction:Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro, Set Direction: Caroline Smith (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre, Set Direction: Gordon Sim (The Weinstein Company)
  • “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood, Set Direction: Katie Spencer (Warner Brothers)
  • “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette, Set Direction: Maggie Gray

Achievement in cinematography

  • “Avatar” Mauro Fiore (20th Century Fox)
  • “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel (Warner Brothers)
  • “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd (Summit Entertainment)
  • “Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson (The Weinstein Company)
  • “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger (Sony Pictures Classics)

Achievement in costume design

  • “Bright Star” Janet Patterson (Apparition)
  • “Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • “Nine” Colleen Atwood (The Weinstein Company)
  • “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell (Apparition)

Achievement in directing

  • “Avatar” James Cameron (20th Century Fox)
  • “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow (Summit Entertainment)
  • “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino (The Weinstein Company)
  • “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels (Lionsgate)
  • “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

Best documentary feature

  • “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller (Oscilloscope Laboratories) A Magic Hour Films Production
  • “The Cove” (Roadside Attractions) An Oceanic Preservation Society Production
  • “Food Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein (Magnolia Pictures) A Robert Kenner Production
  • “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith A Kovno Communications Production
  • “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa A Mr. Mudd Production

Best documentary short subject

  • “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill A Downtown Community Television Center Production
  • “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardener” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher A Just Media Production
  • “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichart A Community Media Production
  • “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett A iThemba Production
  • “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra (Derkert Distribution) An MS Films Production

Achievement in film editing

  • “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, and James Cameron (20th Century Fox)
  • “District 9” Julian Clarke (Sony Pictures Releasing)
  • “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis (Summit Entertainment)
  • “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke (The Weinstein Company)
  • “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz (Lionsgate)

Best foreign language film of the year

  • “Ajami” Israel (Kino International) An Inosan Production
  • “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haddock Films Production
  • “The Milk of Sorrow” Peru A Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production
  • “Un Prophète” France (Sony Pictures Classics) A Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production
  • “The White Ribbon” Germany (Sony Pictures Classics) A X Films Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production

Achievement in makeup

  • “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano (MPI Media Group through Music Box)
  • “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, and Joel Harlow (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)
  • “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore (Apparition)

Achievement in music written for motion picture (Original score)

  • “Avatar” James Horner (20th Century Fox)
  • “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat (20th Century Fox)
  • “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders (Summit Entertainment)
  • “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer (Warner Brothers)
  • “Up” Michael Giacchino (Walt Disney)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

  • “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman (Walt Disney)
  • “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman (Walt Disney)
  • “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner, Lyrics by Frank Thomas (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston (The Weinstein Company)
  • “The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (Fox Searchlight)

Best motion picture of the year

  • “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers (20th Century Fox) A Lightstorm Entertainment Production
  • “The Blind Side” (Warner Brothers) An Alcon Entertainment Production
  • “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Block/Hanson Production
  • “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers (Sony Pictures Classics) A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production
  • “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) A Voltage Pictures Production
  • “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer (The Weinstein Company) A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production
  • “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, and Gary Magness, Producers (Lionsgate) A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production
  • “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production
  • “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production
  • “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, and Jason Reitman, Producers (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) A Montecito Picture Company Production

Best animated short film

  • “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert A Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films Production
  • “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell (Brown Bag Films) A Brown Bag Films Production
  • “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia A Kandor Graphics and Green Moon Production
  • “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin (Autour de Minuit) An Autour de Minuit Production
  • “A Matter of Loaf amd Death” Nick Park (Aardman Animations) An Aardman Animation Production

Best live action short film

  • “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn (Network Ireland Television) An Octagon Films Production
  • “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström (The Swedish Film Institute) A Directörn &Fabriköm Production
  • “Kavi” Gregg Helvey A Gregg Helvey Production
  • “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey (Premium Films) A Druid Films Production
  • “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson A Park Pictures and M & M Production

Achievement in sound editing

  • “Avatar” Christopher Boyes & Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (20th Century Fox)
  • “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottoson (Summit Entertainment)
  • “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman (The Weinstein Company)
  • “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger & Alan Rankin (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)
  • “Up” Michael Silvers & Tom Myers (Walt Disney)

Achievement in sound mixing

  • “Avatar” Christopher Bynes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, and Tony Johnson (20th Century Fox)
  • “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottoson and Ray Beckett (Summit Entertainment)
  • “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, and Mark Ulano (The Weinstein Company)
  • “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, and Peter J. Devlin (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)
  • “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, and Geoffrey Patterson (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount)

Achievement in visual effects

  • “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (20th Century Fox)
  • “District 9” Dan Kauffman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, and Matt Aitken (Sony Pictures Releasing)
  • “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, and Burt Dalton (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)

Adapted screenplay

  • “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (Sony Pictures Releasing)
  • “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche (IFC Films)
  • “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher (Lionsgate)
  • “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

Original screenplay

  • “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal (Summit Entertainment)
  • “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino (The Weinstein Company)
  • “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Movermen (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
  • “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (Focus Features)
  • “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, and Tom McCarthy (Walt Disney)
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Dr. Alexander A. Esposito Sr., 69, of Todt Hill, a dentist who liked to travel, died yesterday at home.
Born in Brooklyn, he moved to Todt Hill about 40 years ago.
Dr. Esposito graduated from James Madison High School and Syracuse University. He was awarded a degree from the New York University Dental School in 1964. He was a resident at Coney Island Hospital before practicing as a dentist in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn for the past 45 years.
In his spare time, he enjoyed spending time with his family, poetry, the outdoors and traveling.
“He was the most giving, generous guy I know. He was smart and a risk-taker,” said his son, Dr. Alexander Esposito Jr. “He was an impervious rock that we all could count on always.”
Dr. Esposito was a parishioner of St. Teresa’s R.C. Church, Castleton Corners.
His wife, the former Joanne Buonopane, died in 1995.
Surviving are Mr. Esposito’s three sons, Christopher, Alexander, and David; two daughters, Lauren Beys and Joanne Esposito, and five grandchildren.
The funeral will be Thursday from the A. Azarra Funeral Home, South Beach, with a mass at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Rosary R.C. Church, South Beach. Burial will follow in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.

Staten Island Advance February 23,2010

Though I haven’t spoken with the doctor or any of the Esposito family in about 3 years, much of who am I came from my 7 years of holidays, parties, and simple general bonding.  I echo Alexander’s sentiment; Dr. Esposito was such a generous man.  He welcomed me into his home in 1999 and never once made me feel like an outsider.  I looked up to him in so many many ways.  In ways, he was a taste of the true father I didn’t get to have.   Thank you, doc.  I still open Christmas presents and make sure to eat some kind of seafood on the Eve.  I always pitch in at parties.  And I never turn my back on someone in need.  I wish you well and it brings me great joy that you and Joanne will be reunited for all eternity.

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Buckeyes

 10 6 3 7 26

Oregon

 0 10 7 0 17

 

  #8osuicon #7oregon-ducks

1st Downs

 26 12

  3rd down efficiency

 11-21 2-11

  4th down efficiency

 1-1 2-2

Total Yards

 419 260

Passing

 266 81

  Comp-Attempts

 23-38 9-20

  Yards per pass

 7.0 4.1

Rushing

 153 179

  Attempts

 51 33

  Yards per rush

 3.0 5.4

Penalties

 5-39 7-59

Turnovers

 1 2

  Fumbles lost

 0 1

  Interceptions

 1 1

Time of Possession

 41:37 18:23

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Wishing the whole world a safe and satisfying holiday.

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 #10    osulogo    at   Michigan Wolverines  
 
 

 

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Buckeyes

 7 7 7 0 21

Michigan

 0 3 7 0 10

 

  #10osuicon michiganicon

1st Downs

 18 16

  3rd down efficiency

 4-15 6-18

  4th down efficiency

 0-1 0-1

Total Yards

 318 309

Passing

 67 229

  Comp-Attempts

 9-17 25-42

  Yards per pass

 3.9 5.5

Rushing

 251 80

  Attempts

 53 31

  Yards per rush

 4.7 2.6

Penalties

 6-40 3-25

Turnovers

 1 5

  Fumbles lost

 0 1

  Interceptions

 1 4

Time of Possession

 32:56 27:04

 

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 #10Iowa-Logo-1979        at  #11osulogo
 
 

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Iowa

 3 0 7 14 0 24

Buckeyes

 0 10 0 14 3 27

 

  #10iowaicon #11osuicon

1st Downs

 16 20

  3rd down efficiency

 3-10 8-17

  4th down efficiency

 0-1 0-0

Total Yards

 300 322

Passing

 233 93

  Comp-Attempts

 20-33 14-17

  Yards per pass

 7.1 5.5

Rushing

 67 229

  Attempts

 24 51

  Yards per rush

 2.8 4.5

Penalties

 6-51 5-50

Turnovers

 3 0

  Fumbles lost

 0 0

  Interceptions

 3 0

Time of Possession

 26:08 33:52

 

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 #16    osulogo    at     #11psu2
 
 

 

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Buckeyes 7 3 7 7 24
Penn State 0 7 0 0 7

 

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1st Downs

 15 9

  3rd down efficiency

 6-16 4-16

  4th down efficiency

 0-0 1-2

Total Yards

 353 201

Passing

 125 125

  Comp-Attempts

 8-17 12-28

  Yards per pass

 7.4 4.5

Rushing

 228 76

  Attempts

 49 30

  Yards per rush

 4.7 2.5

Penalties

 9-86 4-31

Turnovers

 0 1

  Fumbles lost

 0 0

  Interceptions

 0 1

Time of Possession

 34:02 25:58

 
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6

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2

2

0

3

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8

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 newmexicostate_logo_2005       at  #17osulogo
 
 

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New Mexico State

 0 0 0 0 0

Buckeyes

 0 28 17 0 45

 

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1st Downs

 2 24

  3rd down efficiency

 2-13 10-19

  4th down efficiency

 0-0 0-1

Total Yards

 62 559

Passing

 22 249

  Comp-Attempts

 6-15 14-33

  Yards per pass

 1.5 7.5

Rushing

 40 310

  Attempts

 30 49

  Yards per rush

 1.3 6.3

Penalties

 2-30 4-25

Turnovers

 3 1

  Fumbles lost

 2 1

  Interceptions

 1 0

Time of Possession

 26:23 33:37

 
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 minnesota      at  #19osulogo
 
 

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Minnesota 0 0 0 7 7
Buckeyes 0 7 21 10 38

 

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1st Downs

 17 27

  3rd down efficiency

 1-10 7-14

  4th down efficiency

 0-0 1-1

Total Yards

 286 509

Passing

 163 239

  Comp-Attempts

 15-29 13-26

  Yards per pass

 5.6 9.2

Rushing

 123 270

  Attempts

 30 49

  Yards per rush

 4.1 5.5

Penalties

 8-72 5-45

Turnovers

 4 1

  Fumbles lost

 2 0

  Interceptions

 2 1

Time of Possession

 28:10 31:50

 
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Buckeyes 7 0 0 11 18
Purdue 3 6 14 3 26

 

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1st Downs

 12 24

  3rd down efficiency

 5-14 7-18

  4th down efficiency

 0-1 0-0

Total Yards

 287 359

Passing

 221 281

  Comp-Attempts

 17-31 31-52

  Yards per pass

 7.1 5.4

Rushing

 66 78

  Attempts

 28 31

  Yards per rush

 2.4 2.5

Penalties

 9-65 1-5

Turnovers

 5 3

  Fumbles lost

 3 1

  Interceptions

 2 2

Time of Possession

 22:33 37:27

 
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 wisconsin    at  #9osulogo
 
 

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Wisconsin 0 10 3 0 13
Buckeyes 7 7 14 3 31

 

  wiscicon #9osuicon

1st Downs

 22 8

  3rd down efficiency

 6-19 3-11

  4th down efficiency

 3-5 0-0

Total Yards

 368 184

Passing

 250 87

  Comp-Attempts

 27-45 5-13

  Yards per pass

 5.6 6.7

Rushing

 118 97

  Attempts

 44 27

  Yards per rush

 2.7 3.6

Penalties

 7-60 5-35

Turnovers

 2 1

  Fumbles lost

 0 0

  Interceptions

 2 1

Time of Possession

 42:47 17:13

 
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