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West Point Thorughbreds' gelding returns to the scene of his world record in Saturday's $200,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (gr. IIT) at 1 3/8 miles Feb. 15.
New York shipper Last Gunfighter earned his fourth graded stakes win of the year, closing to get the job done in the $350,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (gr. II) at Hawthorne Racecourse Nov. 30.
Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) contender Last Gunfighter and grade I winner Alpha head a competitive Nov. 30 edition of the $350,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap Presented by Xpressbet (gr. II).
Reigning champion female sprinter Groupie Doll breezed a half mile Nov. 16 on the Belmont Park training track as she prepares for her second career start against males in the Cigar Mile Handicap (gr. I) Nov. 30 at Aqueduct.
History was made last year when Alpha and Golden Ticket became the first dead-heat winners of the Travers Stakes (gr. I). The two meet again Nov. 1 in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I).
East meets West when Verrazano, Alpha, and Pants On Fire head to California to do battle with locals Fed Biz, Centralinteligence, and Goldencents in $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.
Seven-year-old faces Cross Traffic and star 3-year-olds Orb and Palace Malice in $1 million event at 1 1/4 miles Sept. 28 at Belmont Park.
At Belmont, Todd Pletcher worked Cross Traffic and Palace Malice while Chad Brown breezed Last Gunfighter, and at Saratoga Kiaran McLaughlin sent Alpha through his final paces for the Sept. 28 event.
Jockey Joel Rosario continues to recover from the foot injury that caused him to miss major mounts over the Aug. 24 weekend, and is on course for a comeback around the first week in October, agent Ron Anderson said Sept. 4.
Alpha enjoys Saratoga slop for the second time in winning Woodward. read blog
Godolphin Stables' Alpha sprung a wire-to-wire upset in the $735,000 Woodward Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 31, winning for the first time since he took the 2012 Travers Stakes (gr. I) in a dead heat.
Tom LaMarra and Claire Novak preview the Woodward Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga. Watch Video
Successful Dan and Paynter, two horses who have overcome great physical difficulties to continue their racing careers, head a strong edition of the $750,000 Woodward Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 31.
TimeformUS plays for Saratoga and Del Mar Graded Stakes Races. read blog
Multiple grade II winner Mucho Macho Man, 2012 Travers Stakes (gr. I) dead-heat winner Alpha, and Fast Falcon were all on the worktab July 27 at Saratoga, tuning up for the Aug. 3 Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I).
Nearly unbeatable at Belmont Park, Flat Out collected his fifth win from six starts at the New York oval while finishing much the best for his second victory in the $350,000 Suburban Handicap (gr. II) July 6.
Last Gunfighter has won six in a row, including the Pimlico Special (gr. III) last time out. On July 6 he looks to make it seven when he takes on a compact field including multi-millionare Flat Out.
Godolphin Racing's Alpha, who dead-heated for first in last year's Travers Stakes (gr. I), is set to make his next start July 6 in the $350,000 Suburban Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park.
Soft Falling Rain got a less than ideal trip in the $1 million Godolphin Mile before storming to victory in the first race on the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) card March 30 at Meydan.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum's unbeaten colt Soft Falling Rain will get the first major test of his career in the $1 million Godolphin Mile (UAE-II) March 20 at Meydan.
Godolphin's Hunter's Light provided trainer Saeed bin Suroor a ninth win in the $250,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round II Sponsored by TABLOID (UAE-II) Feb. 7 with a convincing 3 1/4-length victory at Meydan.
2012 Travers Stakes (gr. I) winner and former U.S. classics hopeful Alpha is set to make his Dubai debut Feb. 7 in the $250,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2 (UAE-II) Sponsored by Tabloid.
Jason and Tom give their picks for the 138th Kentucky Derby. Watch Video
Janis R. Whitham's Fort Larned led from gate to wire and held off a sustained stretch bid by Mucho Macho Man to win the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) before a crowd of 55,123 at Santa Anita Park Nov. 3.
Game On Dude could put himself atop the favorites list for Horse of the Year with a victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I).
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin discusses Alpha, Emcee, Fortify, and Questing at Breeders' Cup on Oct. 29. watch video
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin had Godolphin Racing stars Alpha, Emcee, and Questing prepare for the Breeders' Cup World Championships with workouts at Darley's Greentree Training Center on Oct. 19 in Saratoga Springs.
Handsome Mike is the fourth graded/group stakes winner of 2012 for Ashford Stud's Scat Daddy.
J. Paul Reddam's Handsome Mike staged a Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) shocker at Parx Racing Sept. 22, taking the $1 million event at odds of 19-1.
Dead-heat Travers winners are set to clash again in Saturday's Pennsylvania Derby.
Godolphin Racing will send out the favorites in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) and $1 million Cotillion Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 22 at Parx Racing.
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, following Godolphin's fourth grade I win of the Saratoga meet with Emcee in the Forego Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 1, talked about the upcoming plans for each of those horses.
For the first time in history, two canoes will float on the infield pond at Saratoga Race Course in honor of Golden Ticket and Alpha.
Evan Hammonds recaps the Travers Stakes, Personal Ensign, Pacific Classic, and more! watch video
Alpha and Golden Ticket, forever linked after their historic draw in the Travers Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 25, could meet again in another $1 million race, the Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) at Parx Racing Sept. 22.
Dead Heat in Travers causes unanticipated concerns. read blog
Attendance and handle, both ontrack and all-sources, were up substantially from 2011 figures for the Aug. 25 running of the $1 million Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course.
Golden Ticket, a 33-1 shot, and 2-1 favorite Alpha made history with the first dead heat in the modern history of the $1 million Travers Stakes (gr. I).
Mid-Summer Derby bears little resemblance to Kentucky Derby. read blog
Tom LaMarra and Pete Denk handicap the Travers Stakes this weekend. watch video
Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II) winner Alpha was installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite in an 11-horse field drawn for the Aug. 25 Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course.
It's a good time to be Kiaran McLaughlin, but don't confuse that with an easy time. The trainer has his hands full conditioning and placing top runners for Godolphin Racing with year-end goals in mind.
Alpha turned in his final serious work for the Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 17, while Fast Falcon also breezed. Neck 'n Neck is expected to turn in his final preparations Aug. 19 or 20.
Grade I winner Liaison figures to be Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's lone representative in the $1 million Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Aug. 25.
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin sent the Godolphin runner through his first post-Jim Dandy move Aug. 9 at Saratoga Race Course, beginning the tune-up process for the Travers Stakes (gr. I).
Godolphin Racing's Alpha emerged from his Jim Dandy (gr. II) victory July 28 in fine fettle and is definitely bound for the Travers Stakes (gr. I), trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said the morni
Horse racing's graded stakes committee may wake up to the reality that the graded stakes of summer and fall for 3-year-old horses fail to meet the criteria of grade I competition. But it's likely the committee won't. read blog
Unraced since a 12th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), Godolphin Stables' Alpha proved his mettle off the layup July 28 when he took the $600,000 Jim Dandy (gr. II) wire-to-wire at Saratoga.
A deep, competitive field of eight will face off in the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II) July 28 to determine who continues to the $1 million Travers Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 25.
Alpha, who missed last month's Belmont Stakes (gr. I) after developing a fever the week before the race, continues to train forwardly for a return to competition.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach jumped up the table into the last Europa League place temporarily after a big 1-0 victory in the Commerzbank-Arena against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Gladbach was more than comfortable allowing Frankfurt possession, while they waited for their opportunity to counter. They came close in the 19th minute, but Amin Younes' cross was behind both Luuk De Jong and Patrick Herrmann.
However, just a couple of minutes later it was 1-0. Thorben Marx headed on a corner kick to the far post, and De Jong was on hand to head it into the back of the net for only his fourth goal of the season.
The real star of the match for Gladbach was Younes. The 19 year old has come up through the club's academy and has put in stellar back to back performances against Borussia Dortmund and now Frankfurt.
Dropping all three points sees Frankfurt within striking distance of several clubs. If Freiburg manage to win this weekend, they'll pass Frankfurt for the fourth Champions League place, and four other clubs can come within one or two points of them. Gladbach are into sixth now but could fall as far as tenth if results go against them this weekend.
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Bulgaria - Registration and Cadastre Project [English]Year of Publication: 2010
Bulgaria - Forest policy note [Bulgarian]Year of Publication: 2009
Bulgaria - Registration and Cadastre Project [English]Year of Publication: 2009
Bulgaria - Forest policy note [English]Year of Publication: 2009
Land reform and farm restructuring in transition countries : the experience of Bulgaria, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan [English]Year of Publication: 2007
Аграрная реформа в постсоциалистическом пространстве: опыт Болгарии, Молдовы, Азербайджана и Казахстана [Russian]Year of Publication: 2007
A stocktaking of land reform and farm restructuring in Bulgaria, Moldova, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan [English]Year of Publication: 2005
Bulgaria - survey on rural development needs [English]Year of Publication: 2004
Голоса бедных из многих стран [Russian]Year of Publication: 2003
Bulgaria - Second Agriculture Sector Adjustment Loan Project [English]Year of Publication: 2002
Voices of the poor from many lands [English]Year of Publication: 2002
La voz de los pobres de muchos países : La Voz de los Pobres: Desde muchas tierras [Spanish]Year of Publication: 2002
穷人的呼声:在广袤的土地上 [Chinese]Year of Publication: 2002
The challenge of rural developments in the EU accession countries : Third World Bank/FAO EU Accession Workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 17-20, 2000 [English]Year of Publication: 2001
Bulgaria - Registration and Cadastre Project [English]Year of Publication: 2001
Food and agriculture in Bulgaria : the challenge of preparing for EU accession [English]Year of Publication: 2000
Bulgaria - Agriculture Sector Adjustment Loan Project [English]Year of Publication: 2000
Regional and international trade policy - lessons for the EU accession in the rural sector [English]Year of Publication: 1999
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The headmaster of St. Luke's Episcopal School in Mobile has been facing that question ever since a Geico commercial featuring a camel went viral. The commercial has been viewed more than 16 million times on YouTube.
Mike Notaro says he was constantly bombarded by colleagues and students on Wednesdays. So, Wednesday he brought in a camel of his own to the school, WPMI-TV reports.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – First-year FGCU head women's golf coach Sarah Trew announced the signing of Sara Detlefsen (Eagan, Minn./Minnesota Virtual Academy) to a National Letter of Intent (NLI) on Friday. Detlefsen will join the Green and Blue as a freshman during the 2012-13 season.
"I am extremely excited that Sara has decided to join the FGCU family. She has a wealth of experience, having competed with some success on every level from local to national," said Trew. "One of the things that struck me about Sara during the recruiting process was how well balanced she is. Sara has had success on the golf course, in the classroom, and still finds time to give back. Sara has an amazing attitude and strives to be the best at everything she does. She will fight for every shot and understands how to get the most out of every round. I am confident that Sara will come in and make an immediate impact on our program."
With seven top-10 finishes in the American Junior Golf Association, Detlefsen finished second at the 2010 Minnesota Junior Girls' Championship following a three-hole playoff. The Eagan, Minn. product finished in a share of ninth place at the 2011 Minnesota State Women's Open, and also competed in the very prestigious Rolex Girls' Junior Championship and the Rolex Tournament of Champions.
Outside the playing arena, Detlefsen also finds time to give back to the community, volunteering her time with The First Tee, dedicated to providing young people of all backgrounds an opportunity to develop, through golf and character education, life-enhancing values such as honesty, integrity and sportsmanship. The daughter of Glenn and Louise Detlefsen also volunteers with her high school ministry and was selected to the National Honor Society.
With the fall season completed, the FGCU women's golf team prepares for the 2012 championship season. The Green and Blue open the spring campaign with a trip to Jacksonville, Fla. to compete at the Courtyard Classic, hosted by Jacksonville, at the Hidden Hills Country Club from Feb. 5-7.


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Asia is the biggest continent on Earth, a darling little gem floating around in space.
Hm, what is Asia? Who's in on it?
China and India are safe bets for Asian nations. Korea, Japan, Thailand, you're fine.
Europe? No. Europe would sort of be on the "Asian continent" if not for those pesky Ural mountains dividing things up in the middle, and then also the whole lineage of kings and wealth and nations and the EU and all that "give me my respect" stuff.
Russia would probably be happiest as its own continent, so for now we'll leave it in "Eurasia" and just hope the natural gas supplies keep flowing.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are dang close to Asia, but politically they show up in "Middle East" news stories an awful lot. Verdict: Eurasia.
I guess we'll actually have to consider everything from Turkey on eastward to be "Eurasian", although the moniker seems overlappitory of the territory.
The Asian economy is now officially raging like a wild furnace of lava that consumes everything in its path. Japan has had the largest individual economy in Asia for decades, but it is forecast that both India and China will outstrip Japan within twenty years.
China is the largest holder of United States debt and is positioned to become the world's next superpower, provided that Godzilla doesn't return and decide to stomp everybody back into the Shang Dynasty.
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The Crenshaw Chamber of Commerce welcomed Mayor Eric Garcetti to their luncheon Tuesday afternoon,
This just 24 hours after he dropped an expletive at the Kings' Victory Rally at Staples Center.
"I'm not only proud to be your mayor, but the first mayor to address the Crenshaw Chamber of Commerce,"
After getting down to business he addressed what some are calling his "shocking" comment.
"I'm so proud of the Kings. I got enthusiastic. and if there's one thing hockey fans understand it's enthusiasm, but it was electric in there and it was electrifying. I'm so proud of these kings. Two times in three years to win and I got carried away with the same enthusiasm as the fans," Garcetti said referring to the Stanley Cup.
Garcetti says the comment was not planned and came after spending hours with a crowd of hockey players and their fans.
The crowd at the luncheon didn't seem to mind. Jewel Jackson leads a foundation that employs young adults to do community service. She says hey helped put on the luncheon.
I don't look at people in power as people who are perfect. I look at them as people who have a platform, so I fhe can show young people there's a balance between having fun and being responsible, I'm okay with that," Jewel Jackson said.
Andrea Porter, 15, was working as an usher with Jackson's team. She says she liked seeing the mayor put his hair down.
"I was like. we have a cool mayor, very cool mayor," Andrea Porter said.
But, over at the LA City Council meeting, some weren't so happy with the mayor.
"We demand an apology from the mayor," one southern California resident said.
Councilman Joe Buscaino, representing District 15 says he can see why some people are upset.
"The other debate that we hear is the kids that were listening. I tell my kids all the time, we don't repeat bad words," Buscaino said.
Council President Herb Wesson (District 10) says the mayor's comment is understandable.
"If there's ever an instance when emotions and everybody gets caught up, that's the time," Wesson said referring to mayor's comments at the Stables Center rally.
"It's something plenty of people have heard about before," Garcetti said. "I was very proud of the kings and as mayor I let my enthusiasm get ahead of me," "I think we're way over analyzing it," Garcetti said.
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Bills WR David Nelson got a lot of national attention after Week Two, when he had 10 catches for 83 yards and scored the game-winning touchdown. Now, with Roscoe Parrish done for the season, Nelson is expected to get more targets. The way we hear it, though, Nelson's increased involvement in the offense should not be a surprise and was bound to happen regardless of Parrish's injury. Undrafted out of Florida in 2010, Nelson has good size (6-5, 215) and very good hands. "Nelson catches everything," one daily observer said. The Bills are thin at wide receiver, with Marcus Easley and Parrish on injured reserve, and Lee Evans is now a Raven. Buffalo brought in WRs Donnie Avery and Jaymar Johnson for a tryout last week, but stuck with what they have on the roster. Expect Nelson to continue to excel out of the slot and be the team's second-most productive receiver behind Stevie Johnson. C.J. Spiller and Brad Smith also can line up at receiver to remedy the depth issue.


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The Indianapolis Colts made some news off the field Monday with the announcement that former New England Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch has been signed to the active roster.
Branch, who played collegiately at Louisville, currently lives in Carmel and had gone through a workout for the Colts last month.
He wasn't signed then but after wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey was sidelined by a hamstring injury in last Saturday's AFC wild-card playoff over Kansas City, Indianapolis officials looked to improve their depth at the position.
Branch had two stints with the Patriots (2002-05 and 2010-12). He also played five seasons with Seattle (2006-10) with Seattle. He was a teammate of Colts placekicker Adam Vinatieri at New England and backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck in Seattle. He has caught 518 passes for 6,644 yards and 39 touchdowns in 140 regular-season games. He has started 111 of those games.
The Colts also added wide receiver Josh Lentz was elevated from the practice squad to the active roster. Lentz had been signed by Indianapolis on Nov. 11. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by Chicago last spring. Lentz has also spent time on Seattle's practice squad.
Heyward-Bey is expected to be sidelined for at least a week. He might be available to return if the Colts are able to beat New England Saturday night in Foxboro.
"We needed some legs at the wide receiver position. With DHB being in question, so we brought Josh Lentz up off the practice squad and signed Deion Branch," Indianapolis head coach Chuck Pagano said in a teleconference Monday afternoon.
"We work out guys every week. [General manager] Ryan [Grigson] and his staff bring in players every week for workouts. The [defensive tackle] Jeris Pendleton's of the world that we end up signing either right away or work them out and get physicals on guys. And we have a pool of guys in case we have injuries and things like that. And so Deion was one of those guys that we worked out a couple of weeks ago. He's a local guy, lives right here in Carmel. He's in great shape. He had a great workout. Obviously he's a proven guy and played at a high level for a long time in this league. With him being right here in our backyard and us having some familiarity with him from just working him out and things like that, it made sense to bring him on board at this point."


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Jared Allen bulldogged his way into the Sweet 16 of our tournament, scoring a relatively easy victory over former teammate Pat Williams.
Pat Williams completed a pretty sound beating of current General Manager Rick Spielman to move on in our Greatest Viking Of All Time Tournament.
One half of the Williams Wall takes on the Vikings' current front office boss in this first round match-up.
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
"Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" doesn't have the electricity of the original, mainly because we've already seen it. Nothing more is really revealed…
"Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" doesn't have the electricity of the original, mainly because we've already seen it. Nothing more is really revealed…
"To Be Takei" is a conventional documentary that has a surprising emotional heft. A fun, informative exploration of the life of actor, activist and Trekkie…
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
Patrice Leconte's "Monsieur Hire" is a tragedy about loneliness and erotomania, told about two solitary people who have nothing else in common. It involves a…
Roger Ebert loved superhero movies but he was a superhero himself to me.
Chaz and Roger Ebert will be awarded the Deloris Jordan Award for Excellence in Community Leadership at the 20th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival.
White privilege, lived.
An FFC Review of Kim Beyong-seo and Jo Eui-Seok's South Korean thriller "Cold Eyes."
An FFC Review of Kim Beyong-seo and Jo Eui-Seok's South Korean thriller "Cold Eyes."
An FFC looks at the horrible situation in Ferguson, MO and what it says about where we are and where we're going.
Much progress has been made in representing African-American life onscreen, but there's a long way to go.
An updated list of the theatrical venues and VOD platforms currently screening "Life Itself."
He has feeling all over his body. He has an instinct his time is running out. He would like to experience sexual intercourse with a woman at least once before he dies. At a time when sex is as common in the movies as automobiles, his need and his attempt to fulfill it requires an awesome dedication. The film is a reminder of how unique sexual intimacy is, and even how ennobling.
Mark is played by John Hawkes, who has emerged in recent years as an actor of amazing versatility. What he does here is not only physically challenging, but requires timing and emotion to elevate the story into realms of deep feeling and, astonishingly, even comedy. More than most movies, "The Sessions" depends on two actors if it is to work at all — and here Helen Hunt provides a performance of tact and delicacy.
She plays Cheryl, a sex surrogate in Berkeley, Calif. At a time when sex surrogates were fodder for comedians, she insists on the legitimacy of her profession and explains the ground rules to Mark. They will have six meetings, no more. They are not working together in order to fall in love but to achieve a specific physical purpose. He understands this, although there may be times when they both feel challenged. Their circumstance is complex and very far from casual.
What's especially brilliant is the way the movie, written and directed by Ben Lewin, is specific about precisely what is happening. Although the movie is rated R, and Helen Hunt is seen nude at some length, no actual intercourse is ever seen. That's wise. It's the idea that counts. As she tells him specifically what she's doing and why she's doing it, it becomes almost as fresh for us as it is for Mark.
The film benefits enormously by the presence of an onlooker — a confidant and adviser, who, as it happens, is himself celibate. Perhaps his lack of sexual activity better qualifies him. This is Father Brendan (William H. Macy), Mark's confessor and parish priest. Mark is serious about his Catholicism and turns to the priest for guidance. Father Brendan, whose long hair faintly evokes the look of the Beach Boys, is serious as well.
When Mark goes to confession, it takes place after his gurney is wheeled into the church and positioned before the altar. This might seem to be a placement for dramatic purposes, but my guess is that the confession booth is physically impossible for Mark, and the place before the altar lends their time together a special solemnity.
It also provides a setting for a moment of truth we know will happen. In theory, sexual intercourse outside marriage — or for any reason precluding the possibility of conception — is regarded by the Catholic Church as a mortal sin. What Mark proposes to do is a sin. He needs spiritual guidance. Why can't he simply have sex and then — quick! — make a good confession? It doesn't work that way. There are no loopholes.
But perhaps there is a higher good, one that involves mercy and compassion. Father Brendan knows all about Mark and his case, and comforts Mark with a sublime line of dialogue: "I know in my heart that God will give you a free pass on this one. Go for it." If that line isn't directly from Mark O'Brien's original magazine article, it should be.
At first, Mark has inevitable episodes of premature ejaculation. He is a bomb waiting years to explode. Kindly, gently, Cheryl guides him through their sessions, while at the same time we get glimpses of her own imperfect private life.
"The Sessions" isn't really about sex at all. It is about two people who can be of comfort to each other, and about the kindness that forms between them. This film rebukes and corrects countless brainless and cheap sex scenes in other movies. It's a reminder that we must be kind to one another.
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Four players (Will Weber, Daniel New, Jake Hansen and Trent Vogelhuber) made their pro debuts Friday night when the Falcons topped the Adirondack Phantoms 4-2 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield. With the win, the Falcons effectively played spoiler, crushing the Phantoms slim chances at making the Calder Cup playoffs.
Despite all the fresh faces in the lineup, Captain Dane Byers got the Falcons on the board at 16:46 of the first period. Byers, alone in the high slot, beat Michael Leighton cleanly for his 16th of the season. Nick Drazenovic and Brent Regner were credited with the helpers. The goal stood until late in the second stanza when the captain of the Phantoms, Ben Holmstrom, returned the favor on the power play, tying the game 1-1.
That set the stage for a really well played third period by Springfield. Daniel New picked up his first pro point when he passed along the blueline to David Savard, who unleashed a bomb past Leighton on the power play at 3:34, giving the Falcons a 2-1 lead. Nick Drazenovic picked up the other assist on Savard's fourth goal.
Wade MacLeod continued his torrid spring when he collected his ninth goal of the season as 12:33, also on the power play. Dane Byers fed Savard, who again let one fly towards the Phantoms cage. MacLeod has really become a presence around the net, and this was no exception as he tipped the puck past Leighton, extending the lead to 3-1.
The Phantoms, with their playoff backs up to the wall, didn't go quietly. Mike Testwuide came back just over a minute later, drawing the visitors to within one. The Falcons remained tough though, and after the Phantoms pulled Leighton, MacLeod found the empty net for his second of the night, icing the 4-2 win for the Falcons.
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The Falcons wrap up their season tonight at 7PM when they host the St. John's IceCaps. It's "Cam Atkinson Night", with lots of #13 swag available for bid/purchase. It's being reported that Atkinson will be in the lineup tonight. He still leads the Falcons with 29 goals, and this could be his chance to hit 30 goals with the Birds. Also, Manny Legace is expected to get the starting nod as the Falcons look to have their best won-loss record since the 1997-98 campaign.


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Game Day- Alfie Hits 400
(UPDATE 3:02 PM)- As expected, Craig Anderson will get the start in goal for the Senators tonight. Matt Carkner draws back into the line up and Brian Lee heads to the press box. GameRead More »
Game Day- A Call to Lurkers!
With the Eastern Conference standings as tight as ever, the Ottawa Senators have a chance to pick up some crucial points as they close out their 2011 schedule. First up, Jarome Iginla and theRead More »
Sens Super Skills (Noesen, Puempel Sign Entry Level Contracts)
(UPDATE 2:58 PM)- The Ottawa Senators have signed first round picks Stefan Noesen and Matt Puempel to entry level contracts. Noesen was selected 21st overall, Puempel went 24thRead More »
Anderson, Sens Struggle on Home Ice
The first game back from the holidays certainly didn't go the way the Ottawa Senators were hoping it would. Zack Smith got the home side on the board early but it was all CanadiensRead More »
Game Day- Sens Host Struggling Habs
After a few days off for the holiday break, the Ottawa Senators return to action tonight when they play host to the Montreal Canadiens. The Sens come into the game holding on to theRead More »
Back At It
After a hectic couple of days away from the site, it's time to get back on track and look at the week that lies ahead for our Ottawa Senators. The Sens are back onRead More »
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According to a study reported by the Wall Street Journal, there's only about 11 minutes of actual playing time in a 60-minute NFL game. I think that's true of college football games, too. Eleven minutes of action, and 49 minutes of standing around. And since the players are split into offensive, defensive, and special teams, and there are substitutions throughout the game, even first team all-Americans may average just a few minutes of action a game. And most of the players, the linemen, don't even have to move more than a yard or two from their stance in a given play.
Of course, a lot can happen in those short bursts of activity in between the longer periods of standing around or warming the bench. And there's no denying that those few minutes of running, passing, blocking, tackling, etc. do require highly developed athletic skills, strength, and conditioning. But could you blame fans of soccer (which is called football everywhere but in the U.S.), basketball, or hockey for saying that American football is less demanding athletically than their sport?
After all, in those three sports all players on the field, court, or ice (except goalies) are moving every minute of the game, playing both offense and defense, running or skating back and forth, often at full speed. And every player handles the ball or puck many times in the course of a game, using their feet in soccer and their sticks in hockey. There are substitutions, of course, but the first team soccer, basketball, or hockey players certainly see many more minutes of action in a game than their American football counterparts, and they play many more games a season.
So what's with all the fuss about American football? Is it much ado about nothing, mostly standing around in colorful uniforms, and only exerting oneself for a few seconds at a time, lest one might break a sweat, while the superior athletes are going all out in soccer, basketball, or hockey for long periods every game, in more games per season?
Please vote in the poll and comment below. Some may say that baseball, water polo, or some other team sports deserve to be included in the poll, but I am exercising my discretion as author of this piece to leave them out. By all means check "Other" in the poll and feel free to tell me why I'm wrong to have omitted your sport.
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The harder it rained the more Joseph
Meyer's house flooded.
"It goes everywhere but out the front
door," said Meyers.
Meyers is a Captain in the Army. He says he's on his way out the door
of his Dresden Drive house because he doesn't want to keep watching things that
are important to him get destroyed.
He says a rug that his brother gave
him as a wedding gift was ruined by the 4 inches of water that rushed into his
Not only did his house flood, but
heavy rains also caused a section of Dresden Drive, which was already damaged,
to collapse even more. Large chunks of Meyer's driveway crumbled into the hole
that grew 10 feet deep.
"I knew I was going to have to
move but I figured I would at least be able to make it to the end of my lease
which is over in September," Meyers, said.
He says this is the second time his house
has flooded in six weeks, so he's not staying here another day.
He's says he's taking his three
children away from the Dresden Drive neighborhood because the area can't handle
a long, hard rain.
He estimates the flooding has cost him
about $1,000 but he says he's lucky because he has flood insurance and he's
He thinks the homeowner is facing
$14,000 of damage and that's why he says he's moving high and dry.
"I'm looking to buy a house on a
hill," he said.
He and his children will be staying with his mom until
they can find their house on a hill.
Columbia County road crews say they hope that contractors
will be able to start working on the collapsed road next week.
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Paris Exposition: Palace of Decorative Arts, Paris, France, 1900
- Image: "Paris Exposition: Palace of Decorative Arts, Paris, France, 1900", 1900. Glass negative, 5 x 7 in. Brooklyn Museum, Goodyear. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, S03i1416n01.jpg)
- Notes: [One of the three Palaces of Decorative Arts. Front portal and side colonnades.] Goodyear number: 77.
- Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
- Citation: Brooklyn Museum Archives. Goodyear Archival Collection
- Collection: Goodyear Archival Collection
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From the new album by Spyros Polychronopoulos (aka Spyweirdos)… coming this fall on Experimedia.
Experimedia Films present Strange Lines and Distances, an award winning two-channel audio-visual installation by artist Joshua Bonnetta which examines Guglielmo Marconi's first transatlantic radio broadcast. The work is inspired by Marconi's belief that sound never diminishes, but rather grows incrementally fainter and fainter. He believed that with an adequately sensitive receiver, one could amplify the echoes of history. Strange Lines and Distances looks at and listens to the past, revisiting Marconi's original transmission sites in order to explore the hauntological aspects of radio and landscape. The installation invites a consideration of the monumental impact of the first wireless transmission, and explores the medium's potential to conflate and fragment both space and time. The dual channels represent the transmission site in Poldhu Cove, U.K. and the receiving site at Fever Hospital, St. John's, NL. Each historical site is documented using 16mm colour negative film. The sonic composition was created from site-specific field recordings, shortwave and longwave radio recordings and archival material.
Presented as a lavish limited edition featuring:
-DVD of the film
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Available March 18 2014 from Experimedia.net.
Strange Lines and Distances has been featured at Images Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Rotterdam International Film Festival and was awarded the Deluxe Cinematic Vision Award.
Presented by Experimedia Films in association with Images Festival, Umor Rex Records and Evil Llama.
Launch screening and talk with the artist will take place at the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art on February 27 2014.
Joshua Bonnetta's latest film project Strange Lines and Distances is an official selection at the Berlin and Rotterdam film festivals.
Strange Lines and Distances is the follow up to Joshua's American Colour released last year as a lavish LP & DVD edition on Giuseppe Ielasi's Senufo Editions.
Strange Lines and Distances will be released later this year on Experimedia as a special edition gatefold LP and DVD. Until then enjoy this brief excerpt from the film.
Strange Lines and Distances-Rough Excerpt. 16mm to HD. 5.1. Two channel installation. 2012. 30 minutes (excerpt) from joshua bonnetta on Vimeo.
Strange Lines and Distances is a two-channel audio-visual installation focusing on Guglielmo Marconi's first transatlantic radio broadcast. The work is inspired by Marconi's belief that sound never diminishes, but rather grows incrementally fainter and fainter. He believed that with an adequately sensitive receiver, one could amplify the echoes of history. Strange Lines and Distances looks at and listens to the past, revisiting Marconi's original transmission sites in order to explore the hauntological aspects of radio and landscape. The installation invites a consideration of the monumental impact of the first wireless transmission, and explores the medium's potential to conflate and fragment both space and time. Strange Lines and Distances takes its title from a passage in Francis Bacon's utopian text New Atlantis, in which Bacon imagines a futuristic society's culture, politics, history and media. In contradistinction, Strange Lines and Distances moves backwards, retrospectively exploring the invention of radio while looking for echoes and historical intimations of the past within the present.
Strange Lines and Distances' dual channels represent the transmission site in Poldhu Cove, U.K. and the receiving site at Fever Hospital, St. John's, NL. Each historical site is documented using 16mm colour negative film. The sonic composition was created from site- specific field recordings, shortwave and longwave radio recordings and archival material. Mired in static and atmospheric interference, the recordings exist as fragmentary spectres of outport beacons, noise, musical passages and human voice. Visually, each channel contains imagery that resonates and rhymes with the opposing channel in terms of shape, line, colour, light and optical geometry. Through a visual examination of the sites' topographical similarities, the work plays with the juxtaposition of landscape, architectural ruins, flora, and geological and meteorological phenomena. The images unfold as a series of long shots, and this play with duration creates a montage that asks the spectator to consider distance and the poetics of form.
Ben Bennett
Spoilage LP
*Out Now! Limited edition of 300. Includes immediate download.* Columbus, Ohio artist Ben Bennett creates an exquisite racket armed with a mutant kit of recycled and modified acoustic instruments and found objects. I first experienced Ben's work when he performed at the Rubber City Noise Cave in Akron, OH on February 11 2012. After witnessing Ben simultaneously double bowing a drum head, blowing on mutant wind instruments using circular breathing techniques, dragging himself across the floor through the crowd and smacking ball bearings onto the floor I immediately knew I needed to document and present Ben's work. Unlike anything I have released before and a thrilling new direction for Experimedia. To truly understand the experience that is Ben's work I recommend watching some of the performance videos below. Enjoy. - Jeremy Bible
"It takes a certain amount of guts and attitude to call the opener on your newest record "Have you ever considered taking a break from listening to music for a while?" Yet it perfectly encapsulates what makes the latest from Columbus, Ohio's Ben Bennett, Spoilage, such an interesting record. Bennett uses no electronics in his creations and improvisation plays a vital role. This is music that is messy and organic and human.
The list of instruments and implements that Bennett uses through Spoilage is mind-boggling. Everything from various drums to a wheelbarrow, pizza cutter, and "the narrow part of a balloon" is in play. Considering this, the cacophonous symphony that ensues isn't as out-of-control as one might think. No, this is carefully-constructed from beginning to end, each choice made at the spur of a moment and pushed to extremes. Spoilage is a maximalist exhibition, extorting visceral sounds from the tools at his disposal.
Bennett flips back and forth in his song-titles from the specific and mundane to something more universal. All of it, though, is where this music comes from. Personal, political, whatever - it all goes hand-in-hand. The scattered, blown-out percussive blasts could be the bombs falling just as easily as that moment you realize the last bus arrived two minutes early and you were one minute late. Quiet scrapes flicker between gulfs of silence, leaving room for philosophical contemplation or drawing up a reward sign for your stolen bike. In the end, it's all matter that fades through time. Everything is Spoilage." - Brad Rose
Ben Bennett started playing music as a young child, took up the drums in middle school, and has always been attracted to improvisation. His interest in jazz moved steadily towards the more avant-guarde, then to free jazz, and onward into the world of free-improv. His current music stems mainly from various forms of free-improv: maximalist, reduced, noise, etc. A desire to get the most varied and visceral array of sounds from the simplest instruments has led to an ongoing process of distilling the drumset to its essential sound-maker, the vibrating membrane. Using extended techniques involving breath and friction, as well as the time-honored tradition of hitting things with sticks, he plays an evolving pile of frame drums, pre-tuned drum heads, metal things, tubes, and other objects that can be combined and recombined to get a variety of sounds during a performance. This set-up lends itself greatly towards being crammed in a backpack, strapped to a bike, dragged along the ground, or thrown down the stairs, generally without physical or psycological damage.
Recent projects include: bst.cr - trio with Ryan Jewell and Wilson Shook, Wrest - with Jack Wright and Evan Lipson, Rotty What - trio with Jack Wright and John M Bennett; Central Ohio War Coalition - with Mike Shiflet, Joe Panzner, and others; duos with Ryan Jewell, Jack Callahan, and Ben Hall; and solo performances.
Ben Bennett - Spoilage (LP edition of 300 out January 2013)
Test pressings of the Ben Bennett LP arriving tomorrow. Can't wait to hear this spinning. Columbus, OH artist Ben Bennett creates an exquisite racket armed with a mutant kit of recycled and modified acoustic instruments and found objects. I first experienced Ben's work when he performed at the Rubber City Noise Cave in Akron, OH on February 11 2012. After witnessing Ben simultaneously double bowing a drum head, blowing on mutant wind instruments using circular breathing techniques, dragging himself across the floor through the crowd and smacking ball bearings onto the floor I immediately knew I needed to help document and present Ben's work. Unlike anything I have released before and a thrilling new direction for Experimedia. To truly understand the experience that is Ben's work I recommend watching some of the performance videos embedded below. Enjoy.
Dat Politics
Blitz Gazer
(Sub Rosa)
Simply, "Blitz Gazer," the new album from French duo DAT Politics, is a lot of damn fun. DAT Politics have been around for over a decade and "Blitz Gazer" is something of a reboot for the band, who were previously a trio. These stylized pop confections grind their way into your head with their insanely catchy hooks and big fat beats. It's a tried-and-true combination but DAT Politics absoultely kill it on "Blitz Gazer." From the anthemic leads on "Switch On" to the auspicious, '80s-tinge of "Between Us," they manage to cover a lot of ground. Sure, every song here has a heavy pop-bend to it, but the songwriting is so good and the execution so flawless that this is head & shoulders above all the pretender-pop records that come out every other week. Hints of modern R&B bleed through the chaotic and bizarre "Corpsicle" - one of the album's standouts - which lead into the robotic haze of "Melt Down." Plus, I'm a sucker for layer-upon-layer of vocoder and DAT Politics play that trick in spades. I think the reason this album stands out so much in the end is that there's an ambivalence that pervades the entire album and it really, really works. You get the feeling that these two could not give a fuck and are just having fun, doing whatever they want - everyone else be damned. It's their attitude and talent as songwriters that make "Blitz Gazer" such a good time and an album you'll return to over and over. Oh, and this was recorded in Berlin which somehow says it all. - Brad Rose, Experimedia
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Jon Porras
Black Mesa
(Thrill Jockey)
As half of the scorched-desert duo, Barn Owl, Jon Porras has cultivated an impressive catalog of sprawling, rusted, drone-infused compositions. There's a reason that Barn Owl are so highly regarded and Porras keeps those high standards with his latest solo opus, "Black Mesa," for Thrill Jockey. The information included with the album says that is a 'reflection on desolation.' Sonically, this is exactly what it is. This is dark and lonely blues-ridden guitar music at its finest. Out of all the influences listed for this record, the Sandy Bull mention hits closest to him. Music like this spreads its wings underneath a gauzy spritual haze. If Porras is playing the part of the lost wanderer, the atmospheric embellishments and expansive, open-air feeling that pervades the record is his landscape. There is richness in the subtle details of "Black Mesa;" some chimes here or a handdrum there add life to the charred aural canvas. Throughout its entirety, "Black Mesa" is building massive funeral pyres aimed at burning up the darkest hour of the night. Once the embers glow, everything goes up in flames. Porras pours on the gasoline as the album closer, "Beyond the Veil," stretches all the way to the dawn. This is one hell of a record. - Brad Rose, Experimedia
Masaki Batoh
Brain Pulse Music
(Drag City)
In the promotional video for Brain Pulse Music, Masaki Batoh attaches a humorous looking piece of gear to his head, stating "there is a small sensor in front which will pick up your EEG (Electroencephalography = Brain Wave)." He then demonstrates the device running through a "motherboard," which is essentially a crude synthesizer, with pitch, frequency, and volume control effects. Voilà! The electric impulses in your head are made audible. This translation of brainwaves into raw sound forms the intellectual basis for Brain Pulse Music, but the actual record is much more than seemingly aleatoric synthesizer/brain squiggles. The theme of the work seems to be meditation; the centering of one's mind through music. Batoh attempts to achieve this state through his EEG machine, but also with understated percussion and woodwind passages. Throughout the "Kumano Codex" tracks, for example, a sense of beautiful timelessness is conjured; if someone told me they were ancient religious chants or the soundtrack to a Kurosawa film neither option would seem too far a stretch. Simply, Brain Pulse Music reveals the struggle and harmony between mind (synth/brainwaves) and body (percussion, woodwinds). - Keith Rankin, Experimedia
Koi Pond
So Higher
(Sonic Meditations)
Well this is unexpected. This is the perfect dose of scuzzed-out jams. And I do mean JAMS. Koi Pond first came to light on a solid tape on Night People, but "So Higher" is on another level entirely. Plodding, dub-infused drums are the backbone while solid bass grooves hum along at pace. I could probably listen to that pairing for an hour and not get tired of it, but when you add serious synth shredding to the mix it's like opening the blast furnace and sticking your face straight in. And that's just the A-Side! Flip the record and you are off to another planet entirely. Holy shit. First dip into the rabbit hole and fuzzed-to-the-floor guitars are up in your face, pulling the skin off in sheets. The narco-dub rhythms continue, but the fire dancing on top is something nastier. As the track moves along, you're thrust into deep space where everything echoes to infinity. There's an eerie calmness that creeps in, but it's nothing but a ruse. Koi Pond bring the whole thing to a close by turning their guitars into spires that cut open the sky, dripping liquid crystal straight into your skull. Yes please. - Brad Rose, for Experimedia
Celestial Habitat
(Hooker Vision)
Afterlife is the duo of Franklin Teagle (Cenote Glow, Tranquility Tapes, etc) and Ryan McGill (Cliffsides, Bones of Seabirds, etc) and after a run of fantastic tapes, "Celestial Habitat" is their first foray into vinyl. From the opening moments of the album, it is clear that this is something special and something different for the duo. Obviously the last few years have seen a glut of releases that one would call 'synth albums,' and while "Celestial Habitat" superficially falls into that camp, the truth is that it is so much more. Teagle and McGill have composed an aural journey. There's a real narrative aspect to "Celestial Habitat" that is impressive. Symmetrical analog lines split out from a cybernetic frenzy, pushing these sounds past the surface waves and into the deepest reaches of the sonic ocean. There are living galaxies within these synthetic walls. Dripping arpeggios purr through the effervescent morass while warped leads pierce through the bliss. There's a surprisingly tinge of darkness that floats along underneath everything happening on "Celestial Habitat" that really strikes a chord. This is a deep record - one that takes many successive listens to finally unlock. - Brad Rose, for Experimedia
Self Titled
(Translinguistic Other)
This is the first time I've heard Swahili but I'm already curious enough to hear more. Their self-titled debut comes courtesty the Translinguistic Other label and is absolutely relentless. The thing that really stands out is the drumming. The whole album is pretty murky and blown-out, but the way the percussion is always bordering on being totally overdriven works perfectly. Tribal-infused rhythms are the perfect backbone to the synth and vocal interplay that makes up the bulk of the album. Tracks like "Soma" and "Contact" are almost straight-up rock songs. Shrouded under a murky veil, these songs are easily hypnotic and draw you in with hints of familiar structure. The thing is - there is nothing about this music that is by the book. Everytime I think I've got it figured out, the band throws a wrench like the ghostly scrawl of "Kidhr" or the out-of-nowhere minimal electronic aspects of "Ascher J2000." The fast-paced insanity of "Agni" is the cherry on top. The percussion beats you over the head while the synths sound like the end of the world. It's a sonic fucking monument. This 'everything goes' mentality serves Swahili well. The heavily dosed jams that make up most of the album are certainly the band's strongest point, but they never settle and keep trying out new ideas that make this record better as a whole. - Brad Rose, Experimedia
Trouble Books
Concatenating Fields
(Bark & Hiss)
Absolutely entrancing album of nuanced synth/drone pop from this Ohio-based duo whose previous output includes a collaborative LP with Emeralds' guitarist Mark McGuire, among other self-released gems. What I notice first about the album are its stellar production values. Mastered to divine effect by James Plotkin, crystal clear, cycling synthesizers skitter across the stereo spectrum, anchored by Freund's minimal but affecting guitar work (at times recalling aspects of Mick Turner). This lush instrumentation ultimately serves as a backdrop for Freund and Lejsovka's lovely boy/girl vocal arrangements, which at times remind me a bit of Yo La Tengo (or, when Freund sings alone - and this could be purely word associative - Nick Zammuto/The Books). Ultimately and without hyperbole, this album kind of smacked me in the face with its blend of hypnotic instrumentation and truly arresting pop sensibilities. A really fantastic, totally out-of-nowhere (at least for me) record, and one that won't leave my turntable anytime soon. Limited to 300 - don't hesitate. - Alex Cobb, Experimedia


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The secret is in their diet, rich in fresh fruits and vegetables, and healthy fats. So here are some skin-loving foods that I recommend you get more of to get that same glow.
Avocados, eggs, legumes, and nuts, all contain biotin, a vitamin that helps prevent dry skin.
Eat Salmon for it's wrinkle-fighting omega threes and antioxidants.
And drink green tea. It contains polyphenals that protect against damage from the Sun.
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NEW YORK (MainStreet)—Remember your first paycheck? How surprised you were at all the taxes that came out of your pay? And then, when you had to start filing taxes, somehow you got a refund! What the what? Money back? You started looking forward to filing your taxes, didn't you? You did the little "I'm gonna get a tax refund check" dance, didn't you? And then you made more money, kept filing the short form, and within a few years…no refund. In fact, you owed money to the IRS!
Welcome to the Other Side.
Just like the rest of us, Millennials worry about taxes.
"The thing that I am most worried about when it comes to taxes is how much more I going to have to pay each year," says Elizabeth Samolis, a student in Maryland and graphic artist for 20Something Magazine. "I have always paid my taxes and on time, but my taxes just keep going up. And for what? As my taxes continue to rise, we hear more and more about billion dollar corporations paying zero taxes and getting a refund. What is fair about that?"
Oliver Gray is another Gen-Yer who worries about taxes.
"From personal experience, a lot of my friends seem really concerned about filing incorrectly and getting in trouble -- or even audited," says Gray, 27, a contract employee working with the U.S. Treasury. "Taxes seem pretty overwhelming before you get acclimatized to all the little boxes on all those forms, and I think a lot of young people quit before they begin. They just throw some money at TurboTax or H&R Block and hope the problem fixes itself."
The good news: most Gen Y filers don't have to worry about math mistakes or getting audited by the IRS. Maybe your parents have to sweat the possibility of an IRS call, but you – not so much.
"The IRS routinely sends out notices for math corrections and omitted items," says Tim Abbott, a CPA in Lombard, Illinois. "This is much more common than people realize, and it rarely triggers an audit. The biggest factor in being selected for examination by far is still a taxpayer's adjusted gross income. Those earning more than $200,000 a year have a substantially higher chance of being audited than those earning $1 to $200,000."
Finally, a benefit to being broke.
So, what should 20-30 somethings be concerned with when it comes to taxes?
"One of the biggest issues I've encountered in dealing with Millennials relates to tax withholding," says Abbott. "It's very common for Millennials to have multiple jobs. Frequently they assume that if they have three jobs and are paid as an employee at each job, their employers will withhold the proper amount of tax. What they don't realize is that each employer will withhold the proper amount of tax for that job. The employee needs to be aware that they need to carefully review their income and withholding in aggregate -- either on their own or with a tax advisor -- to ensure there are no surprises at the end of each year."
This issue seems to be increasing more and more as it is much more common for Millennials to have several jobs, instead of the one job that previous generations have had.
According to our experts, here are the five biggest tax breaks Gen Y filers might be missing:
- Deduct charitable contributions: Millennials are known for their benevolent world-view: volunteering at a local soup kitchen, or helping out now and then with Habitat for Humanity. You can write-off out-of-pocket expenses related to your charity work – and even small amounts add up. "For those who are able to itemize deductions, charitable contribution tracking is one item that is overlooked by Gen Y," says Mary Beth Storjohann, a Certified Financial Planner – and Millennial -- in San Diego. "If they're donating cash, clothing, or any other type of possessions, receipts and proof of donations should be kept in a file or stored online in order to reference for tax deductions." If your contribution totals more than $250 to one organization, you'll need an acknowledgement from the charity documenting your donation. Vehicle expenses count, too. You can deduct 14 cents per mile, plus parking and tolls paid in your charitable travels.
- Deduct job-search expenses: "If you're spending money in a search for a new job in the same occupation that you have now and the total cost of your expenses exceeds 2% of your Adjusted Gross Income, you may be able to deduct the amount that exceeds the 2% limit," adds Storjohann. "This means you should keep track of what you pay for employment agency fees, resume preparation and mailing, phone calls, and in some cases, travel and transportation expenses." And you can take this deduction even if you didn't land a new job. Think Adjusted Gross Income is just plain gross? Find a qualified tax advisor for help.
- Deduct student loans: Here's a tax deduction you can take for something you don't even pay for. If your parents help out with your student loans, the IRS treats the money as if it was given to you, and then you made the payment. If they don't claim you as a dependent, you can deduct up to $2,500 of student-loan interest paid by your parents. And you don't even have to itemize to claim this deduction.
- Take advantage of married life: "If you're newly married, moving expenses of one spouse into another's home are generally not tax deductible, but if both parties are forced to move because of a new job, then moving expenses are deductible," advises John-Paul Valdez, a financial expert in Palm Springs, Calif. and contributor to the advice website Pearl.com."Keep in mind that you are "married" for income tax purposes even if you were married as late as Dec 31, 2012," adds Valdez. "Going the married--filing-jointly route is to your benefit. Filing jointly means that you will be able to claim several credits, including the earned income credit, household/dependent care expense credit, adoption assistant credit and more."
- File a return! "The biggest mistake any taxpayer, Gen Y or not, can make is not filing a return when they are required to file a return," Tim Abbot warns. So, fire up the coffee pot and get to work. April 15 is around the corner.


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High school hoops is just about to heat up, as next week, several area squads take the floor as Rutherford High School hosts their annual tip-off classic. The Rams are coming off a 25-4 season, but Rutherford lost seven seniors from that team.
On Saturday, the Rams hit the court for practice before they take the floor Tuesday night for their first preseason match-up. Besides the Rams, Bay, Bozeman, Mosley, East Gadsden, and Chipley will play in the Classic, and Ram Head Coach Rhondie Ross says inviting teams like East Gadsden, who made the Final Four in Class 4A last season, will only benefit his guys in the long run.
"Competition can do nothing but make you better," said Coach Ross. "We want to see where we are at this time of the year. Anytime you graduate seven seniors it's tough. You know, we have some really good players, they're small and very skilled, good basketball IQ's but they haven't been though the fire yet as far as game competition an experience. Football season is ending up and it's time for round ball season and we'd love for some people to come out on Tuesday and Thursday night to support us."
Games begin at 4:30/CT at Rutherford High on both Tuesday and Thursday, with the Rams playing the late games both nights at 7:30/CT.
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Gennady Golovkin will headline for the first time at Madison Square Garden on July 26, facing Daniel Geale for the WBA middleweight title on HBO.
Mike Perez has been cleared to start training next week, and could face Bryant Jennings in a rescheduled bout on July 26, part of HBO's card that night.
Bryant Jennings and Mike Perez will headline next month on HBO, with an eventual shot at the WBC heavyweight title on the line.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr's conditioning has always been a question, and now there's a seven-figure penalty in place if he can't make weight for a July fight with Gennady Golovkin.
Nine months after their HBO fight, Gabriel Rosado says something wasn't quite right about Gennady Golovkin's gloves, and ahead of his own fight with Peter Quillin, Rosado says that Golovkin's next...
Gennady Golovkin will face Curtis Stevens on November 2, live on HBO from the The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Gabriel Rosado says he never asked for a catchweight to face middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin, and has officially rejected a maximum weight of 158 pounds to fight at the full 160-pound weight...
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Treatment for breast cancer used to take a kitchen sink approach, throwing in a little bit of everything. But we've come a long way since then.
"Because there's so many choices and it's not a cookie-cutter approach anymore," says Dr. Rie Aihara, surgical oncologist with Lee Memorial Health System.
Surgery is the first leg of treatment- removing tumors and looking into lymph nodes. What follows for many women is a mastectomy. How they look afterwards is up to them.
"95% of women I would say choose reconstruction. The most common way is at the time of the mastectomy the tissue expanders are placed and gradually filled with saline until the desired cup size. And then they would have to go a second surgery to replace that with a final implant," says Aihara.
Replacing a horrible image of mastectomy, women are using plastic surgery and even tattoos to restore their look.
"It's a tattoo of the nipples. The makeup artist adds different shades to it, so it really looks 3-dimensional," says Aihara.
Life after mastectomy is a series of progressions. Beginning with surgery women have choices. Personal decisions that give them control over how they want to look and feel moving forward.
"This is where we bring the ladies in and this is where we fit them for their breast forms and for their bras," says Lindy French, coordinator of Cookies Place.
Cookie's Place within the Regional Cancer Center specializes in post-op garments.
"Once the drains come out this is velcroed and then you wear this until you heal," says French.
And it's no secret; specialty bras can be pretty too.
"This is a real popular one with the younger ladies," says French.
Breast cancer is not a one-size fits all disease. Likewise there is a world of ways to help a woman feel whole.
"I don't think there's anything any happier than to see a woman walk out of here with the biggest smile on her face," says French.
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Houston Texans
Bryan Braman - #50 - LB
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|Spokane, WA
|West Texas A&M
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Texans won't negotiate with Schaub until after 2012 season
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RB Ward announces retirement
Former Giants and Texans RB Derrick Ward announced his retirement on Twitter on Tuesday.
Insider: Harbaugh should be 'frustrated' with Ravens' roster
An NFL insider said there is only average offensive talent in Baltimore, and Jim Harbaugh should be frustrated with the state of the Ravens' roster.
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The Texans' public relations staff won the 2012 Pete Rozelle Award by the Professional Football Writers of America.
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In the latest "In the Trenches" video series, Pro Football Weekly is searching for the best defense in the NFL
Schaub's absence hurting Texans' rookie receivers
In NFL Whispers, we look at the impact QB Matt Schaub's absence from OTAs is having on the Texans' rookie wide receivers.
Texans still fired up about ILB James
New Texans ILB Bradie James has been so impressive that the spot vacated by DeMeco Ryans is now his to lose.
Trio of NFL coaches honoring late friend 'Dinger
Three NFL coaches are honoring the late Mike Heimerdinger by helping his foundation raise cancer awareness.
McNair's patience results in Smith, Kubiak extensions
The contract extensions rewarded to Texans GM Rick Smith and head coach Gary Kubiak wouldn't have been possible without patience and loyalty of owner Bob McNair.
Texans extend contracts of Kubiak, GM Smith
The Texans have extended the contracts of head coach Gary Kubiak and general manager Rick Smith.