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Low Thrusting Back Kick?[edit]

I just want to know the proper name for this fighting technique. As well as a description and an instructional sequences of steps on how to perform it. http://u.cubeupload.com/Luigi/LowThrustingBackKick.png Arima (talk) 07:54, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In karate, the thrusting back kick (regardless of height) is called ushito-geri (or usheri for short). As for how to perform it: pull your knee up as high as you can, as for the forward kick (this gives it power), bend down at the waist and straighten the leg directly rearward while looking over your shoulder to see your target. 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:0:0:0:EA04 (talk) 10:26, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Murder on the Orient Express - text exposing Hardman[edit]

In the current film Murder on the Orient Express (2017), William Dafoe plays Gerhard Hardman, here impersonating an Austrian professor. Poirot exposes him not to be Austrian - but as I have seen the German translation only: How does Poirot achieve this in the English original? --KnightMove (talk) 17:57, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you mean in Agatha Christie's book Murder on the Orient Express, then "Cyrus Hardman [was] a private detective ostensibly retained as a bodyguard by Cassetti, [but] was a policeman in love with Susanne" (the maid who illed herself, IIRC?) — fortunavelut luna 18:03, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ah- KnightMove, when you say "English original," do you mean the English-language version of the current film? — fortunavelut luna 18:05, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(Edit conflict.) Yes. In the film the character has been changed to impersonate Gerhard Hardman who at first pretends to be an Austrian professor. Only later he reveals his second identity to be a private detective, having been hired by Ratchett/Cassetti (which Poirot instantly exposes to be a lie, too). --KnightMove (talk) 18:09, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well, either way, the new film sounds BS :) I mean, what's the point in changing something like that?! — fortunavelut luna 08:04, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am not familiar with the new film, but in the original novel, all of the suspects are concealing key elements of their past and one of them is using a false name. They pretend to be strangers to each other, but they are all connected and have known each other for years or even decades. Because it is the one Christie novel where the murder is the result of a revenge-oriented conspiracy and all of the suspects took part in the murder.

By now the famous plot twist is probably familiar to the public, and adaptations get to toy a bit more with the characters. Could be worse. Several of the Christie adaptations for film and for television do not have any resemblance to the source novels. They change the names and identities of the characters, the motives of the characters, the method of the murders and other crimes, the geographic and temporal setting of the story, and even the solution to the story.

A famous example includes most of the adaptations of And Then There Were None (1939). In the novel, all ten major characters have caused the deaths of other human beings (some by intention, others by accident or unintended consequences of their actions), nine are killed as execution-style punishment for their crimes, and the killer then commits suicide. In the adaptations two or more of the characters are innocent and falsely accused, one character is a hero impersonating one of the killers, there are more romantic subplots, and some of them even have happy endings with the survivors being rescued. Dimadick (talk) 23:54, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@KnightMove: In the current film, the detective notices that Defoe's character is mispronouncing some words, and thus uncovers the charade. RudolfRed (talk) 20:09, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Westlake HS football[edit]

Ive not followed my high school in ages,but ive been searching around but cant find Westlake/TX high school football updates. I was wondering if someone was aware of any such websites? Our Eanes Independent School District ISD one did not have anything. (Or drew brees might know) Back then our only internet access was the desktops in the library, so long ago. In fact, the teacher told us few holdouts to type our papers and if we dint have computer to use the library ;)Lihaas (talk) 19:06, 11 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Am I missing something? It wasn't particularly difficult to find them on maxpreps.com. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:58, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

yep I tried that before coming here but got server denial (as again with your link).Lihaas (talk) 09:24, 12 November 2017 (UTC)–[reply]

The link works fine for me. They're having a hell of a season, BTW. 10-0. They're hosting MacArthur on Friday night.--Jayron 32 23:44, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]