| Serena slams watch words | | Posted Friday, January 26, 2007 3:22:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | SERENA Williams hit back at claims a "close friend" deliberately tried to upset her opponent Nicole Vaidisova during their Australian Open semi-final with dazzling sun reflections from his watch. Television footage highlighted a young man sitting with Williams's entourage at Rod Laver Arena yesterday with his left wrist raised to his chin and sunlight reflecting brightly off his watch. " As of now, I'm not answering any more questions about a God-dang watch. This is stupid. " – Serena Williams Australian Open finalst Channel 7 commentator John Barrett alleged the pictures were shot while the Czech teenager was serving and the reflection was shining in her eyes. "It is an extraordinary coincidence that whenever Vaidisova is serving, that youngster seems to be getting (the sunlight) into the eyes of Vaidisova," Barrett said.... | |
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| | | Sanctions may hurt Kim's "gift politics" | | Posted Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:18:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has recently recognized the academic works of dozens of local scholars by presenting them with wrist watches as part of his "gift politics." But this policy may not last much longer when the international community implements the U.N. sanctions resolution slapped on North Korea following its nuclear test last month.According to the (North) Korean Central News Agency, a total of 26 professors and officials at the country's prestigious Kim Il Sung University were awarded the watches inscribed with the captions, "Gift of Great Leader Kim Il Sung," in reference to the country's founding leader and father of the current leader Kim Jong Il.The award was part of Kim's unique ruling technique of using gifts to keep a key group of supporters in his hands.Under the "gift politics," Kim has provided wrist watches and other luxury goods to his aides and ruling elite members to reward their unconditional loyalty toward him.... | |
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| | | Clark watches football with new perspective | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 7:11:35 PM by Blog57 Team | | HAMILTON -- While Hamilton High's football team celebrated touchdown after touchdown on the way to a 42-13 win over Monroe in the NJSIAA Central Group III tournament, one former player sat in the stands, watched and wondered. Zane Clark, the high school run ning back with Division I talent, who played three years for Hamil ton before transferring to Trenton before this season, was in the stands yesterday fresh from a 10-day stay at Capital Health System/Helene Fuld Medical Center. It was just over a week ago that Clark was shot twice, once in the wrist and once through his abdo men area, as he stood on his mother's front porch just a few blocks away from where the Hornets were winning for the seventh time in state playoff history. According to reports, the high school senior received a phone call from someone he knew, who told him to come out on the porch.... | |
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| | | Oden watches from the bench in exhibition opener | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:29:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | Columbus, Ohio - The recruiting class dubbed the "Thad Five" made its Ohio State debut with a 80-57 exhibition victory over Findlay tonight, while injured center Greg Oden looked on from the bench. Oden was Indiana's high school Mr. Basketball last season at state champion Lawrence North. Ron Lewis led the way with 17 points. He was the sixth man on last year's Buckeyes team that went 26-6 and won the Big Ten regular-season title. Three members of the standout recruiting class also hit double figures. Daequan Cook had 13 points, Othello Hunter had eleven and Mike Conley had ten points. Conley was oden's teammate at Lawrence North. Adding nine points was guard David Lighty, the fifth member of Ohio State coach Thad Matta's highly regarded recruiting class.... | |
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| | | Dunhill Timepieces | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 3:29:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | A wristwatch is a must-have accessory -- and a popular collectable -- for many men. While various shapes, colors and sizes of watches have passed us by on the trend wagon throughout the decades, classic timepieces -- like the ones offered by Dunhill -- will always keep your wrist fashionably elegant. .... | |
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| | | Film Listings | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 3:22:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Kimberly Chun, Michelle Devereaux, Susan Gerhard, Max Goldberg, Dennis Harvey, Johnny Ray Huston, Jonathan L. Knapp, Laurie Koh, Lynn Rapoport, Jason Shamai, and Chuck Stephens. The film intern is Sara Schieron. For rep house showtimes, see Rep Clock. For first-run showtimes, see Movie Clock. OPENING Babel See “Oh, Alejandro." (2:22) *Borat See “Offense Defense." (1:23) Excellent Cadavers Drawing material from Alexander Stille's book of the same title and Letizia Battaglia's hard-boiled photography, director Marco Turco plunges into the Mafia's long-standing stranglehold on Sicilian politics and capital in this heated documentary. Mafiosi are as much a sell as ever in the Sopranos era, but Turco isn't impressed by the Cosa Nostra's mystique.... | |
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| | | Update: Caller ID Watch One Step Closer | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 1:44:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | The day when you can twist your wrist to see who's calling may soon be at hand. Because the Federal Communications Commission has just approved Fossil and Sony Ericsson's new Bluetooth-enabled Caller ID watches for release in the U.S. When PDAStreet spoke to Fossil VP of Watch Technology Bill Geiser last month, he said the timepieces would start to ship in mid October, but that obviously didn't happen. Of course, the FCC must give its blessing to all devices that use American airwaves. So waiting for the government agency's approval may have been the hold up that kept the four variations on the Bluetooth watch out of user's hands past their original due date. We'll find out soon enough. Update: A Fossil reprehensive has informed PDAStreet that the company just received the charging clips for the Bluetooth watches last week.... | |
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| | | WILLIAMS WITHDRAWS | | Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 3:26:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | Mark Williams has withdrawn from the Royal London Watches Grand Prix in Aberdeen due to a wrist injury. The two-time world champion injured his left wrist in a gym about 10 days ago and, despite battling on in three group matches, the Welshman decided the pain and discomfort was too much to contend with. "My wrist is hurting and I can't play properly," said WilIiams. "I don't want to make it worse so I have decided to pull out and rest it before the next tournament." That will be the UK Championship at the Barbican Centre in York in December. Williams decided to pull out of this event after losing his third match, a 3-1 defeat to Robin Hull, a match in which the left-hander looked in real discomfort. "Every time I play a shot with pace I get a lot of pain," added Williams.... | |
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| | | Caller ID at the flick of a wrist | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 3:13:24 AM by Blog57 Team | | It's a moment many of us have experienced: The cellphone, deep in your pocket or stuffed in an out-of-reach briefcase, starts to ring as you're driving. It could just be a friend, calling to gossip. Or it might be someone at the office, warning you that the meeting you're headed to has been canceled. If only there were a way to know who was calling without having to reach for the phone. Wristwatch maker Fossil has come up with a way, using wireless Bluetooth technology. A small screen on the face of two new Bluetooth men's watches, priced at $200 and $250, displays the name of your caller (if it's someone in your phone's contact list) or the phone number. Tap a button, and you can send the call straight to voice mail. You can't answer the call and speak into the watch -- at least not yet.... | |
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| | | Clock store open in downtown Greeley | | Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:18:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | It's more than just clocks -- although there are a lot more of those in varying sizes, styles and prices. King's Clocks, which opened in downtown Greeley about a week ago, has expanded its business with painted glass pieces, wind chimes and Rock Salt Crystal Lamps mined from the Himalayan mountains. More home accessories such as wine cabinets and bar stools are on the way. It's come a long way from when Charles and Patricia King first opened their clock shop from their home in east Greeley in April 2002. When Weiss Jewelers vacated the downtown store in May, the Kings decided it was time to expand their business and move it to a more accessible and visible location at 827 10th St. "I think we are now the largest clock dealer in northern Colorado," King said.... | |
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