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Vanguard's decision to move its emerging-markets fund from a benchmark run by data company MSCI to one overseen by rival FTSE means South Korean stocks could disappear from some investors' portfolios. Why? Unlike MSCI, FTSE considers South Korea a developed country. Currently, South Korea makes up about 14% of the Vanguard emerging-markets ETF.
Canadian stocks represent about 4.4% of the world's stock market value, more than any country except for the U.S., the U.K. and Japan. But it's absent from many investors' portfolios. The reason: Most international index funds are tied to MSCI's EAFE Index, which tracks developed-country stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East. According to MSCI's take, Canada belongs with the U.S. in a "developed-country Americas fund." But the vast majority of investors just own a U.S. index fund that tracks the S&P 500 or the Russell 3000. If they combine this with an EAFE fund, they end up missing Canada.
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This is the international version of the problem faced by investors in U.S. funds that track the S&P 500. Many popular funds are based on indexes with little or no small-company exposure. That means it might make sense to buy a separate, international small-cap fund. An all-in-one solution: Look for a fund that describes itself as "total international." Two examples are Vanguard Total International Stock Index ETF (VXUS) and iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock (IXUS). (Bonus: You get South Korea and Canada thrown into the bargain.)
Exchange-traded fund firms love to tout how ETFs help investors access hard-to-reach corners of the markets. But when it comes to many emerging markets, this promise can be limited. Some nations, including China, put restrictions on how foreigners can invest in stocks. How to tell? Investors need to carefully read the description of the index that the fund tracks. Tipoffs include a focus on American Depositary Receipts — U.S. securities of foreign firms — or words like "investible," which in certain contexts are designed to convey that the fund only owns the securities it can easily invest in.
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Flyers left wing Simon Gagne injured his surgically repaired right hip on the first day of Olympic workouts in Calgary on Monday, the Courier-Post has learned.
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Just wanted to let anyone know here that was thinking about trying Rift pvp since conquest releases next week what you are getting yourself into. I disliked this game and cancelled long ago but was having a moment where I wanted to pvp badly after playing GW2 beta so I resubbed and this was my first time pvping in Rift really.
First to say to the fans your not going to like what i have to say. Sorry but coming from DAOC and WAR i was used to seeing a lot of c/c but man....Rift by far is terrible in every single regard to pvp. Its a complete gear grind even with taking the 100% vet rewards for favor and prestiege. I played on Faeblight with a 50 with 4 pieces of tier 1 pvp gear and the matches were completely lop sided. I play a defiant and even with proper teamwork and ninja taking objectives we would still just get farmed by rank 40 tier 3 pvp premades 500 to like 100. The warfronts were completely one sided at least on my server battlegroup.
I played a bard healing and support soul mostly and I would just get pulled into a zerge and farmed or constantly get critted and stunned from a warrior titan strike for 2.5 health when I only had 6k. It was probably the most misrable experience Ive ever experienced in a game for pvp. CC in Rift is a serious joke and you will constantly have to deal with it and when you use your break free skills they will just follow up with another form of cc and its pointless to use.
If you are thinking about trying to get into Rift pvp all I can say is if you do not have a premade or tier 3 gear good luck because your in for one rough ride. I cancelled my sub today after only a week and a half of grinding warfronts and I can honestly say this is the first game ever in my life that actually made me rage and quit. Im usually a laid back older guy but this games pvp system is by far the worst experience in a mmorpg to date. Anyways attack me if you like maybe I did it all wrong but I dont think there is anything but grinding warfronts and being slaughtered anyways with rift. I just wanted others to know like myself who wasted 15 bucks thinking conquest would be fun but not even making it to it next week because the pvp grind is horrible and rank 40 players can 2 and 3 shot you . My two cents.......
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Conquest isnt going to appeal to DAoC fans anyway. It lacks everything that made DAoC special. It will appeal to the curious that want a new take on a battleground/warfront
yeah but I had some buddies talking about how great rift is now and talked me into resubbing after a long break and going for the pvp to gear up for the patch next week. I have honestly never ever in my life raged on a game and all the c/c stuns 2.5k crits etc I had to actually get up away from my pc and leave the house. I came back and instantly cancelled , I just do not see how anyone at all can enjoy that sort of pvp but hey to each their own. I just wanted to warn others of my experience before they just went diving in from pve to pvp and thinking it was going to be a faceroll or even on EVEN playing terms. People on their own boards are complaining about the gaps and stuff and of course majority of the rabid fans are your just a noob or grind and earn it like the rest etc. Man honestly I can say people bitch about GW2 fans but Rift fans are like on drugs or something because they attack anyone that complains at all and are hardcore .
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Originally posted by cronius77
I played on Faeblight with a 50 with 4 pieces of tier 1 pvp gear and the matches were completely lop sided. I play a defiant and even with proper teamwork and ninja taking objectives we would still just get farmed by rank 40 tier 3 pvp premades 500 to like 100. The warfronts were completely one sided at least on my server battlegroup.
first off, not all warfronts are premades. i love how everyone who gets spanked in pvp say they go up against premades. lol. the game does a really good job of putting premades up against each other anyways, and there's nothing stopping you from getting your own premade formed up.
second of all, your fresh 50 with 4 pieces of tier 1 PvP gear aren't going to do a whole lot. you need full set which is really easy to get. 4 pieces isn't giving you a whole lot of valor. after half a day of playing you'd have all the gear you need and would have about the same valor as the rank 40s. all pvp gear has the same valor on it. also use some consumables to help your stats. don't go in and half ass it. you screw your team as well as yourself.
third. if you're a brand new pvp player the game isn't going to put you up against rank 40s. it places you against players in your rank bracket. the game also has bostering if you do get placed higher. what that does is boost all your stats so you can hang.
forth is i'm guessing you went in with some sorry PvE spec thinking it would work fine. that crap doesn't fly in Rift warfronts. build a spec, learn it, get quick with your skills, and keep some distance. sabs right now spank in PvP. learn some real builds and the game is more fun. no one would have fun if they got spanked all the time, but it's even worse if you didn't understand what you were doing wrong.
so again, you aren't always going against rank 40 premades, get a full set of starter pvp gear, use consumables, it's more even then you think, get a proper spec and try a few specs to find one that fits for you.
Experience is the best teacher.. if you can afford the tuition.
thank you for the helpful advice about it but i been playing rift off and on since beta 1 when it was just defiant area avail to level 20. Even with 2000 valor bonus (40%) i get yanked into a crowd by spotters order on a warrior and die. Dunno what your talking about with brackets as ive played plenty of warfronts and just because trion says it doesnt mean its truth. I know how to inspect others on my team and as a merc and i can see the full set of gear so bolster no. I was running a full sab build and doing like 150 damage a tick to guys with 8 and 9k health clerics mind you not warriors and they were hitting me straight up crits over 1.8k each . Im in a level 17 guild also and we did que as premades sometimes and it was still a spanking even using tactics. I remember one warfront two players ported up to us and kicked the crap out of 8 players with two healing so Im sorry thats not for me its not pvp its just gear and no skill. Coming from DAOC and WAR i expected a grind for gear but I took 2 hour prest and favor 100% pots and it still took me a week to get 4 pieces of gear.
Also the ability to yell at the oposite team and brag about spanking the other team just shows how moronic trion really is especially Adam Gersowitz who by the way was FIRED from mythic for creating the same garbage in WAR with bright wizards. You can talk Rift up like its such a wonderful game and fun but to most players that Ive run across in other games its, wow Rift is great and shiny, then a month later they are playing something else because at its core it sucks. Im sorry Im not interested in gear grinding for pvp just so I do not get stomped in the ground after a month of grinding. OP sab build? Ive run into many sabs in pvp in rift and Ive yet to run into any OP sabs . All i see is flavor of the month titan strike warriors with pocket healers or OP clerics with both healing absorbs and two handed damage in the 1500s . No thanks its just not for me Also its pretty sad that you hit your breakfree from c/c only to a second later be hit with another c/c. Anyways thanks for the advice but its already uninstalled and cancelled and I have no intention of even trying to get back into it.
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I haven't played Rift in a long long time but back when I played there were also whiners complaining about getting spanked by vets in warfronts. Funny though that when I was fresh into warfronts I would very often hold my own, so I never understood what the whiners were complaining about. You gotta play smart and sometimes teams are just better (skill and gear) it happens. And a premade will spank randoms no matter what the gear situation.
But using gear as an exuse for getting pwned over a several day period? LOL. I never had that problem but mabye I'm just pro though LOL.
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nope its not a gear excuse all the time man its just a crappy pvp system in place period , you can go look at the offical forums and see people complaining about the same thing. Tactics only go so far against geared up players whom run in premades daily and pvp. Ive played many games and I can say that even with the gear gap in WAR and the premade arguments there , it at least had ways to make a difference. You go in at least as a rogue to level 50 pvp with 5k health and you gotta get to rank 12 prest. before you can even get your first pvp weapon with real stats. maybe im just on a terrible server cluster for pvp but we won one match all night last night out of about 30 port scion black garden and library. Even one button spam macro players in good gear can win in rift and you can see it all day in the combat logs if you read them and know they are just using macro's . Sorry it does take absolutely no skill in rift I cant understand why people can rationalize that its not gear when its so blantantly obvious it is just by health being about 4 to 5k higher in rank 3 gear and stats.
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I played on Faeblight back then too and quit after about 4 months. We started playing again about 2 weeks ago and I know how you feel. I had 4 or 5 pieces of pvp armor coming back and my Cleric gets 2 or 3 shotted constantly. I managed to get a few more pieces since then but it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. The only spec I can really stay alive in is my tank spec and that doesn't do shit for damage so I can run around with people beating on me and live but can't do a damn thing to them. The rest of my non-valor gear is good stuff too but it makes no difference. I don't have the patience to get farmed for hours and days to get better gear so I can stay alive. It's not that I mind grinding gear, it's that I can only tolerate getting facerolled so many times a day before saying F this...
It looks like they rolled back a lot of nerfs to warriors that went in back when I was playing and now they are back to doing extreme amounts of damage again.
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amen ! thank you for someone else noticing this shit. What it is and i totally forgot about it is vengeance and the planar attunement garbage they added last patch. You can buff up your vengeance now high as hell and every 1 pt equals 1dps buff and 2 dps healing and spell damage. Yeah I REALLY wanted to get into this with conquest coming next week but I cannot even stand the games current pvp system at all as its so top heavy and grind heavy .
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The pvp grind in Rift is really rough, but what does that have to do with the new conquest system?
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Tried it again today after not playing since a couple months after launch. PvP is complete garbage. Character movement is slow, CC stuns unbelievable, time to kill idiotic. Terrible.
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Originally posted by holdenhamlet
well i jumped into rift on friends wish to because of conquest and if conquest is just three different sets of players in a big warfront nothing is going to change at all new players will still be dominated and you will still be just as frustrated trying to get geared up . I couldnt even make it to conquest release as the gear grind and crazy stats on tier 3 gear drove me away as i know its just more of the same in conquest.
If trion was smart they would just get rid of the crazy scale bonuses and keep vengence and valor low on all gear so people that pve raid cant stomp pvp players just because they can raid and pvp cannot stomp pve players wanting to enjoy pvp. I seriously do not understand at all why rift and wow do this crap they are the only ones , well i know as rift copied everything from wow. WAR PQ sets per tier were equal to armor sets in pvp bonuses and DAOC didnt even have pvp armor. Plus the c/c is WAY over the top in Rift even compared to wow.
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Lol, the so called gear grind, for a casual player like me, isn t even hard to obtain. The CC is nothing, you have many ,many ways to break it. The conquest is quite a bit different then the existing warfronts, and alot more fun IMO. As far as getting steamrolled, ya it happens, but it s alot less then it used to be, with the changes they ve added.
Rift has decent pvp, is it great not at all, but it can be fun. I play Rift mostly for pve, with some pvp thrown in there. This is why I m getting GW2. I find GW2 pve average, but pvp amazingly fun.
As I said, to get geared in Rift is stupidly easy now, and really takes maybe a month per set, for a casual.
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I was content with Rift pvp. until I hit the 30s bracket and now I'm waiting 45 mins to an hour for a warfront to pop. Hell, i leveled through warfronts it was my primary exp source, but it was taken away.
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Originally posted by cronius77
You have lost your damn mind!!!
Vengence and Valor aka PvP stats are in games like Rift and WoW so for exacly the reason you mentioned. To prevent Raiders from dominating PvPers using Raid Gear.
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Originally posted by jonesing22
Not a chance that will happen when you hit 50. The game has been out a while now, of course it will harder to find lower level PVP as most are at 50. I Never wait more than 3 minutes for a WF at 50, and this is at all hours of night and day. Heck usually a WF pops up the second I ask for it.
And for those of you bashing the PVP system saying its "to slow, OP, blah blah blah" Maybe you should actually play the game before saying things that make you sound stupid.
I just started PVP last week, with no gear and got pounded and could do no damage, so I changed my role to bard and helped other players dominate. The team did very well when I was a bard, and it made WF fun. Point is WF is more than just pounding each other. There are objectives, and support roles every class can play. I now have a full set of the first tier gear, with a couple pieces of tier 2 and do some damage and can survive pretty well. I had an entire first tier set in 2 days, so it's easy to get. It takes time, and it can be fun if you use your brain.
Conquest has roles for non pvp players with crafting, and gathering for resources to use. So again, stop talking about something you know nothing about.


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Swiss precision. More than 200 tiny parts. A sapphire crystal. A price tag that's close to twice what I paid for my first car. It sounds like something from Rolex or Omega. But it's the Aura, a new cell phone from Motorola.
The Aura has the following features:
–the phone industry's first round display, with 16 million colors and 300-dpi resolution;
–a stainless-steel frontpiece that takes two weeks to make;
–an "assisted opening" blade mechanism that involves more than 130 ball bearings (" an effect more like opening a luxury car door than accessing a mobile device") and which is visible through the back of the phone;
–Stereo Bluetooth!
(Motorola's press materials don't mention whether it has Internet access or not; if if it has a browser that reformats pages so they're round, I'm impressed.)
Aura is available exclusively from Motorola. It costs $1995 and will start shipping in December; there's a "Buy Now" button on the Aura site, but nothing happened when I clicked it.
This watc–er, I mean phone is clearly a big deal for Moto, one that the company must have been working on for a long time. The timing of its release turned out to be unfortunate; a phone that costs two grand would have sounded excessive no matter what, but now it sounds weirdly out of touch with the world we find ourselves in as of mid-October 2008.
(Although it might be a convenient way to convince yourself you've saved $2000: Briefly consider buying an Aura, they go for a free phone from your carrier instead.)
I'm not immune to the attractions of luxury watches. Actually, I collect vintage American timepieces and wear a watch that's fifty years old, with at least as many moving parts as the Aura. (An electric Hamilton Ventura, in case anyone out there cares.) And I admire serious craftsmanship in consumer electronics, like the new MacBooks' unibody case.)
That said, I don't understand the Aura. (Or at least most of the things that make it the Aura: The idea of a round display is cool…or at least not inherently absurd.) The tiny moving parts inside a watch are fascinating because they're doing something that's essential to life as we know it–telling time–and they're doing it by a means that has centuries of history behind it. (If someone invented the hand-wound mechanical watch movement today and proposed it as a replacement for cheap, reliable, simple quartz, I kinda suspect that he or she wouldn't get too far.)
And I think the idea of bragging about the number of parts inside a electronics device is tone-deaf on some fundamental level. Even the cheapest electronic gizmo, of course, is crammed full of far more, far tinier components than Motorola's phone, in the form of transistors. But the whole point of digital technology is that you don't need to worry about complexity. Or, for that matter, to pay for it. It's just there, silently making your life a little better.
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George, what has you comment got to do with what I said about Rob01's comment? Perhaps you should understand the argument before commenting? As for your comment which is on a different level to the one previous, of course an f1 team is still a business, ergo you do as you are told in business, unlike Vettel. A driver, no matter who, is not above the team. And there are teams that do not want a driver that ignores what the team wants!


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Thomas George Beckett was born in London in 1859 and was one of seven children; his father was a pharmacist. He studied medicine in Edinburgh and qualified in 1880. After his graduation Beckett spent several years as a ship's surgeon before arriving in Victoria, Australia, in 1885 with wife Kate Beckett (nee Lawrence) and one son, George. Thomas and Kate had married in London in 1883; they would have four children surviving to adulthood: George (b 1884), Helen (Nellie) (b1885), Lawrence (b 1890) and Kathleen (b 1892); Maud died in infancy.
Beckett commenced practice in the north central Victorian town of Charlton in 1885, moving his practice and family in 1892 to Northcote, a northern Melbourne suburb. In 1905 they moved house and practice to 340 St Kilda Road, South Yarra and around 1913 to 132 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, opposite the Exhibition Building.
Beckett was one of a small number of medical practitioners in Melbourne to make radiology an important and successful part of their private practices in the early 20th century. Beckett was a friend of Frederick John Clendinnen (1960-1913), another pioneer radiologist in Melbourne, whose collection of x-ray tubes is held in the Museum Victoria collection. Beckett worked as head of the X-Ray Department and electrician in charge of equipment at the Alfred Hospital from 1901 to 1908. He was a pioneer in the building and use of x-rays for cancer treatment and delivered many papers and public lectures on the subject.
A skilled electrician and woodworker, Beckett built his first x-ray apparatus, even constructing his own batteries, and building the cabinets and tables for the apparatus. Beckett took a photo of the x-ray apparatus he built at his Northcote surgery, around 1900-1902.
Beckett was also a keen photographer, and documented the history of his family and community. He was a keen cyclist and a Captain in the Militia, retiring with the rank of Major.
Beckett was to suffer from his work, spending the last 15 years of his life in constant pain and losing his arm, fingers and the tops of his ears to amputation because of exposure to radiation.
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Princes Bridge decorated with commemorative arch to celebrate the opening of Federal Parliament, Melbourne, May 1901. Photograph by Thomas Beckett. Part of a collection of glass plate ...From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1
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NEW YORK - JANUARY 25: Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins skates against the New York Rangers on January 25, 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Penguins defeated the Rangers 4-2. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
Coach Dan Bylsma said there is no change in the status of Sidney Crosby, who is cleared for contract practices but has not played since Jan. 5 because of a concussion.
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After a Queensland health employee demanded proof about workers who had not appeared during floods has been reprimanded. It has been stated that these workers did not turn up because they themselves were affected by the impact of floods.
Staff at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, RBWH, was asked to give evidence for which a memo was sent and the evidence they said should have photographs so that it could be proved by them that they were actually affected by floods.
According to Queensland Health Minister Paul Lucas, the memo was no apt fro this time as it was a time of flood crisis and termed the memo as offensive and one of the most stupid emails to be sent to staff. He said that some sort of common sense and sensitivity was expected by the staff at this time.
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Recruiting 2010 - 10 for '10
Instant Impact JUCO Transfers
While blue-chip prep stars are recruited for the future of a program, junior college standouts are signed for today. When a kid from a two-year school is inked, he's expected to pay immediate dividends. These athletes, who build a following at anonymous institutions, like Blinn and Snow College, are the quickest means for a coach to fill a pressing need. And why not? He's filled out since leaving high school, is more mature, and is better prepared to make a quick transition to the FBS. He also has a smaller, two to three-year window of opportunity, fueling a sense of urgency.
Their time is now. Their need is unequivocal. If you start tossing around their names today, they could make you look real smart by the end of the summer.
10. ATH Randall Mackey, Ole Miss - With Dexter McCluster out of eligibility, Mackey becomes an ideal candidate to carry the torch as an all-purpose threat out of the Wild Rebel package. A first team Junior College All-American, he was a quarterback at East Mississippi Community College, where he threw 32 touchdown passes, yet has the athletic ability to be used in a multitude of different ways. It'll be up to the Ole Miss staff to get him prepared as quickly as possible and find unique ways to get him involved in the offense.
9. CB Mike Harris, Florida State - If last season taught the Seminoles anything, it was that the defense needs to improve dramatically in coverage. Not only was Florida State dead last in ACC pass efficiency defense, but its best corner, Patrick Robinson, is off to the NFL. Harris signed where he was most needed, and will have a shot to win a job right away. A physical 6-0, 185-pounder, he has the hips and the leaping ability to stay with opposing receivers when the ball is in the air.
8. DT James Carmon, Mississippi State - Have the Bulldogs landed their version of Terrence Cody? Mt. Carmon, anyone? Dan Mullen should be so fortunate. A 6-7, 375-pound behemoth, he's an immovable object, who could wind up occupying blockers for the much quicker Pernell McPhee. Carmon needs to work on his conditioning and is more effective when he sheds a few pounds, which is worth monitoring in the offseason. While he can be stiff at times and won't make many plays in pursuit, that size and brute strength can be real roadblocks for opposing running games.
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5. DE Wayne Dorsey, Ole Miss - The first thing that jumps off the film of Dorsey is that he's extremely big and extremely fast off the snap. He was a man among boys at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, using his 6-8, 255-pound frame and athleticism to toy with opposing tackles. A former basketball star in high school, he's a fluid overall athlete with tremendous closing speed. He's already in Oxford, looking to join a rotation that lost ends Greg Hardy, Marcus Tillman, and Emmanuel Stephens to graduation.
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3. DE Bruce Irvin, West Virginia - The coaching staff is absolutely ecstatic that Irvin has switched his allegiance from Arizona State to West Virginia. He's a weakside end packaged in an outside linebacker's body, blending explosive get-off with an insatiable appetite for the quarterback. When one-on-one with offensive tackles, he's just too quick to be contained. Because of his speed at 6-4 and 230 pounds, the Mountaineers would like to disguise him as much as possible, moving him around the field and using him in myriad different ways.
2. S Jakar Hamilton, Georgia - At a time when the Bulldogs are looking to replace both safeties, Reshad Jones and Bryan Evans, Hamilton's signing could not come at a better time. Originally headed to South Carolina before failing to qualify academically, he used last season to get bigger, stronger, and more experienced in a JUCO All-American debut at Georgia Military College. An outstanding open field tackler, with good pop and closing speed, he'll be particularly beneficial in run support for the Georgia D.
1. QB Cameron Newton, Auburn - This could be the perfect marriage of the physically-gifted quarterback and the system that helps turn him into a star. A former backup at Florida before being arrested for stealing a laptop, he's a 6-6, 245-pound athlete, who led Blinn (Tex.) College to a junior college national championship last season. He has a strong arm, outstanding athletic ability, and an opportunity to learn from coordinator Gus Malzahn, who could probably milk 20 touchdown passes out of the Tiger long snapper. If Newton can soak up all he has to learn about the system, he could be a household name by October.


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5.0 out of 5 stars "The Graduate" - The Film That Defined My Generation
I don't know if every generation has one particular film that defines it, but Mike Nichols' "The Graduate" is the one which defines mine. This masterpiece, with its themes of alienation, idealism, social consciousness, cultural and generation gaps, and the extraordinary music of Simon & Garfunkel, brings back strong and poignant memories of life in the late 1960s and...
Published on 4 Mar. 2005 by Jana L. Perskie
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3.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, surrealistic, narcissistic nonsense.
How to evaluate such a film in star credit ratings? On the one hand, one could take it as a sideswipe at US city culture, on the other as simply high-farce comedy on the rampage. At showing what empty lives these people lead it wins hands down. So, let's just leave it at that and give a non-committal three stars.
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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars "The Graduate" - The Film That Defined My Generation,
Jana L. Perskie "ceruleana" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Graduate [DVD] [2001] (DVD)
I don't know if every generation has one particular film that defines it, but Mike Nichols' "The Graduate" is the one which defines mine. This masterpiece, with its themes of alienation, idealism, social consciousness, cultural and generation gaps, and the extraordinary music of Simon & Garfunkel, brings back strong and poignant memories of life in the late 1960s and early '70s. Many of the issues the movie addresses, however, are still relevant today.
Benjamin Braddock, (superbly portrayed by Dustin Hoffman), has just graduated from college. A confused young man who is awkwardly making the transition between adolescence to adulthood, he is totally unsure of what to do with his future, let alone what to do next. As the film begins, the Braddocks are throwing a party for their son, the successful new grad. All his parents' financially secure and affluent friends are there to celebrate. Benjamin is not one of the happy participants, however. He returns to his room as if it were the womb, and watches the aquarium. It seems as if he longs for comfort and clarity, but doesn't know how to express himself or whom to ask. He attempts to talk with his father to no avail. He will spend much of the summer like this, contemplating the tropical fish and his future - which he sure doesn't want to be "in plastics."
Benjamin is expected to enter the bland suburban Californian society that his folks move in, filled with unhappy relationships, materialistic brinkmanship, and manicured lawns. He doesn't know what he wants to do, but he definitely knows what he doesn't want. Enter the famous Mrs. Robinson, and may I say BRAVO Anne Bancroft! Bored and unfulfilled, she is married to Benjamin's father's business partner. She obviously feels that Ben can temporarily alleviate her situation when she seduces him - or attempts to. He is initially unbelieving and reluctant, but persuadable. Filled with self-loathing, he continues the affair, which only punctuates his ineptness and his emptiness.
Elaine Robinson, (Katherine Ross), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, is about to come home from college. Benjamin is forbidden to date her, by his lover, who happens to be her mother. Talk about incestuous! Of course the now jaded Benjamin and the fresh, lovely Elaine will go out, fall in love, and you'll have to see the movie for the rest. The conclusion is brilliant.
Anne Bancroft, in her gorgeous prime, is perfect as Mrs. Robinson. She is also sad, sarcastic, manipulative, at times really b*tchy, brittle in her beauty, and vulnerable in the role. If it were real life I would have asked her what she was doing with the virginal nerd, when she could do so much better!
The film holds up so well today, not only because of the brilliant acting, direction and screenplay, but because the Graduate's problems are not dissimilar from what many youths experience now. Nichols won the Best Director award for this movie. His pacing is fluid, and his imagery metaphorical, at times chillingly so. Writers Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, (working from Charles Webb's novel), did a remarkable job with their satirical, off-beat screenplay. Simon and Garfunkel songs, including "Scarborough Fair" and "The Sounds of Silence," give the film a wonderful lyrical tone.
A five-minute interview with Dustin Hoffman and a fascinating documentary "The Graduate at 25" make up the extra features on the DVD, along with a limited edition 64-page book with production notes and a collection of articles and reviews from the original theatrical release.
I remember watching "The Graduate" for the first time in 1968, and really relating. What can I say? I was young! Naive as this may sound, I did identify with the feelings stirred by the movie and performances. I still do, very much...no matter how retro. Now after almost 40 years, this is a classic!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Guaranteed To Leave You In A Cheerful Mood,
Peter Kenney (Birmingham, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Graduate [VHS] (VHS Tape)
THE GRADUATE is one of my all-time favorites - a memorable classic from the sixties. It is a story about a young man (Dustin Hoffman) who is a recent college graduate facing a bewildering array of life choices. He has an affair with an older woman named Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) while a romance is developing simultaneously between him and Mrs. Robinson's daughter (Katherine Ross). So you know right away this is going to be either a comedy or a tragedy. Actually it has enough elements of both to keep you interested until the climax which is quite creative and guaranteed to leave the viewer feeling satisfied.
The competition for awards in 1967 was tough from the likes of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT and GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER. Mike Nicholls, however, did manage to win an Oscar for Best Director and nominations were received for Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Actress (Anne Bancroft), Best Supporting Actress (Katherine Ross), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson,
Dennis Littrell (SoCal) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Graduate [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is one of the defining films of my generation, and of course I saw it when it came out in 1967. Seeing it again after all these years I was struck by both how funny it is and by the brittle, cynical and brilliant performance by Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson. She really is flawless in a part that might easily lend itself to overacting. Instead she is subtle, controlled, focused, and authentic in a way that is both sexy and chilling with just a hint of ironic humor. The maternal manner with which she treats virginal Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman in a breakout role) emphasizes the creepy, almost incestuous nature of their sterile affair.
Mike Nichols has directed a number of sexual/relationship comedies, including Carnal Knowledge (1971), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Nora Ephron's Heartburn (1986) and Carrie Fisher's Postcards from the Edge (1990). Nichols's films typically feature talented and charismatic actors and actresses who explore in a deceptively humorous manner the dark side of our human nature. The humor usually has an edgy quality while the taboo elements are somehow resolved into happy endings as in a musical comedy. Nichols likes to work with material from another medium and make it his own. Typically, The Graduate is adapted from the novel by Charles Webb. Nichols also likes to feature cutting edge popular music in the score. What we hear in the background and played over the opening credits is Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence." Of course Paul Simon wrote the song "Mrs. Robinson" for this movie, but what I didn't realized until now is his "It's all happening at the zoo" was probably inspired in part by the zoo scene in this film.
Dustin Hoffman's confused and drifting Benjamin, worried about his future and suffocated by his parents' generation, knocked everybody out in those days with his dead-panned, literal delivery of one-liners, some of which were written by Buck Henry, who plays the desk clerk at the rendezvous hotel. I especially loved Ben's answer when his father, enquiring about his Quixotic plan to marry Mrs. Robinson's daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross), asks, "Isn't this a half-baked idea?" In dead seriousness, Benjamin says, "No, sir. It's completely baked."
Memorable is Norman Fell (whom most of us recall from TV's long-running comedy, Three's Company) in a small part as the landlord of the Berkeley rooming house. He is of course a past master at dead-panning one-liners; in fact, he is a master at mute dead-panning. One of the funniest bits in the movie is when the camera catches his face as Elaine's father comes out of Ben's room spewing obscenities and insults at Ben.
What we loved about this movie was the youthful point of view; the wonderful chase scene at the end, a Hollywood staple made fresh; the sympathetic character of Benjamin with whom we could readily identify; the cliché-ridden and shallow parents being slyly made fun of; and the sense of getting what we want out of life and doing it our own way. This is a coming-of-ager and a romance and a social satire rolled into one, and a classic Hollywood movie that no afficionado would want to miss.
But see this for Anne Bancroft, a brilliant and perhaps underrated actress in one of her most memorable roles.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Graduate (1967) Blu-Ray,
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This review is from: The Graduate (Studio Canal Collection) [Blu-ray] [1967] (Blu-ray)
It is, ultimately, the film that signaled a renaissance for a certainly debatable industry by the late 1960's. Such was the surprising subject matter of The Graduate at that point in time that it is no wonder the film is still considered a cult classic today, and has rightly been re-released on Blu-Ray with a restoration, accompanying many other classics that Studio Canal have carefully pumped out at very descent prices.
It is a film that can apply to (or at least touch on) much of the problems that occur as we come of age, hence it was released at a time when 'College-culture' was coming to fruition as we know it today. For our lead character Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman), the mind-set of being a graduate and not knowing what to do with ones life is a dilemma many of us face, or indeed have faced. As such, it doesn't help that at a family party, Mrs Robinson (Anne Bancroft), a friend of Ben's parents decides to take the situation at liberty and immediately offers Ben an ultimatum that, no matter which way he looks, will always resort to a crazy cougar relationship. The build up to the events that follow, as the two go on secret dates and awkwardly have sex in a hotel is both incredibly entertaining as it is touching, which is equally why the film should be appreciated.
Things go from awkward to worse though for Benjamin as he soon realises that the more sensible path would be to date Mrs Robinson's daughter whom his parents very much approve of. Tensions fly, and it soon becomes a battle of wills as Ben attempts cope with the world being on his shoulders. For all the 'education' that he may have gained from Mrs Robinson, he is ultimately compromised by this woman who will go out of her way to ensure Ben never even looks at her daughter, such is her envy of the girls looks and generally off-beat mind-set, though one of the clever ironies of the film which is often overlooked is that, while Mrs Robinson has diverted this sensible young man who did well at College, she herself was once an Art student who went off the rails thanks to a partner of the time. As much as they are both opposites, they are also quite alike.
The film here is presented in its original aspect ratio and has undergone a generally good restoration. The problem when a film does have such a wide aspect ratio is that, as the point of view is often more distant so that more information can be put into the wider frame, I don't feel High Definition transfers look "as" good. This is not to say the film is not worth buying, because as with any other restoration/HD transfer, it still reveals levels of detail and perspective that you won't have seen before on DVD, so at this price there is no reason not to purchase this product. The restoration isn't a Lowry Digital job (the Gold standard), but it still retains the natural film grain and has removed any large defects/dirt in the print. Film judder however still remains.
Along with a nice splattering of extras and some really lovely packaging, The Graduate is a modern classic that will touch the hearts of many and entertain others. I myself was once in a cougar relationship and, after being frustrated with how such a situation can affect your daily life, I was recommended this film. It not only made me feel better in myself, but I could totally sympathize with Ben and I applaud the acting all round for what turns from a thoughtful beginning to a tense finale.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic 60's movie,
Ms. H. Sinton "dragondrums" (Ingleby Barwick. U.K.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Graduate [DVD] [2001] (DVD)
The Graduate has become a classic film, one that makes all those 'top 100 film' lists. It stars a young Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, a young man from a wealthy family, who has just graduated from college. He is in limbo, unsure of what to do with his time and where life will lead him. The Robinson's are his parents' best friends and it is their daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross) who Ben's parents have earmarked as a partner for their son. However Mrs Robinson (played by a brilliantly predatory Anne Bancroft) has other plans and is set on seducing the naïve young man. When Elaine returns from college, Ben falls for her and ends his relationship with her mother. Predictably Mrs Robinson reacts with hostility and sets out to ruin both his relationship with her daughter and his life.
Simon and Garfunkle provide the music in their inimitable style and the title song, Mrs Robinson, was a huge hit for them. Director Mike Nichols managed, in this film, to capture the feel and mood of the 60's flawlessly and he deservedly won an Oscar for his work. The DVD itself has few extras, a documentary by the director, interview with Hoffman, some trailers and the usual subtitles. The picture and sound quality are good, what you would expect from the format. This is a film that has stood the test of time and is still worth watching today.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Are You Here For An Affair, Sir?,
Keith M - See all my reviews
..so queries (co-scriptwriter) Buck Henry's geeky hotel clerk as Dustin Hoffman's (still) bewildered 'come of age' seducee, Benjamin Braddock, wanders 'innocently' before embarking on his illicit rendezvous with Anne Bancroft's (married) 'woman of the world', Mrs Robinson, in Mike Nichols classic 1967 film. Although, on the surface at least, Nichols' film is a much more 'conventional' film than other 'seminal' works of the period, say, Easy Rider or Bonnie And Clyde, it is no less a compelling watch, primarily due Henry and Calder Willingham's hilarious (and, at times, Woody Allen-like) script, plus the film's set of impressive acting turns. To round off the viewing experience, we do, of course, have Simon and Garfunkel's heavenly songs (The Sound Of Silence, Scarborough Fair, Mrs Robinson) which fit perfectly with the film's airy, laid-back West Coast USA look (brought to the screen courtesy of Robert Surtees' evocative cinematography).
I have always thought of Nichols' film as very much a film of two halves – the first which sets up the Ben/Mrs Robinson 'relationship' and the second focusing on Ben's pursuit of daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross). And, although the latter section has some nice moments, plus the exhilarating ending, for me, the first scores more highly. Hoffman's turn as the clean-cut, but nervy and dumbfounded, graduate is totally convincing (despite the actor being 10 years older than the role) – as he stares into a fish tank, mixed-up about his future, and engaging in inane conversation with his parents' 'friends' ('Ben', 'Mr McGuire', 'Ben', 'Mr McGuire', 'plastics' – priceless dialogue). Similarly, each of Elizabeth Wilson, William Daniels and (best of all) Murray Hamilton as, respectively, Ben's mother and father, and Mr Robinson, exude complacent and 'respectable' well-being and parental pride, such as in the hilarious scene (like a combination of Woody Allen and Only Fools And Horses) as Ben emerges to the assembled house party masses completely encased in a scuba-diving suit.
Acting honours, though, are undoubtedly stolen by Bancroft's blasé and self-confident vamp, a bored alcoholic, out looking for 'superficial kicks' as she lures (the, at first, reluctant) Ben into a series of hotel bedroom encounters and Ben, feeling he should (as encouraged by his 'elders and betters') 'sow a few wild oats', eventually complies. Bancroft's oblivious, 'matter-of-fact' attitude (receiving an initial kiss and then grope) during the first seduction scene is both hilarious and sad.
Nichols also depicts the hippy, 'flower power' ambience of the era nicely, particularly during the film's second half as Ben pursues Elaine to San Francisco (Berkeley), which features some evocative shots of Ben in his Alfa Romeo Spider crossing The Golden Gate Bridge and the memorable 'first date' sequence in a strip club. And, of course, Ben's obsessive behaviour culminates in the film's memorably intoxicating concluding sequence.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars "The Graduate" graduates with a Collectors Edition,
RR Waller "ISeneca" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This Collectors Edition has a bonus of a five-minute interview with Dustin Hoffman, a documentary "The Graduate at 25" which makes interesting watching and a limited edition 64-page book with production notes and a collection of articles and reviews from the original theatrical release. For the cinema historian, these are fascinating additional bonus features BUT the really bonus is owning the DVD which seems to have brushed up well after so long.
Katherine Ross, fresh, lovely Elaine Robinson, Anne Bancroft, the sad, manipulative yet vulnerable Mrs Robinson, William Daniels as her husband and Dustin Hoffman, as the jaded college graduate, play the lead roles.
Charles Webb's novel, with screenplay by Henry and Willingham, and music by Simon and Garfunkel, is a powerful indictment of some elements of 1960s' America and Mike Nichol's direction earned him Best Director award. To some eyes, it will appear dated in almost every aspect, although the individuals may be seen as metaphors of timeless sterotypical characters; other eyes may look back to their youth and remember it with affection, e.g. some scenes, like the scuba-diving present and Mrs Robinson's "Plastics!", are timeless in their humour, while others like the "Elaine! Elaine!" church scene resonate with great depth and the Alpha Romeo breakdown and Hoffman's running to get nowhere show a director and cameraman at their best.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one you'd want,
This review is from: The Graduate (Studio Canal Collection) [Blu-ray] [1967] (Blu-ray)
This BLU-RAY review ONLY applies to the Studio Canal release
European released BD presumably taken from a different master than MGM's US release Graduate [Blu-ray] [1967] [US Import].
Colors seem more saturated and balanced in my view (see also blubeaver.ca for a comparison of both BDs)
PS: One thing that struck me as odd: Two over-shoulder-shots of Dustin Hoffman riding his Alfa Spider on the Bay Bridge headed for Berkeley (TC 01:36:58 - 37:22) and going down on 101 to Santa Barbara (01:38:37-58) were NOT anamorphic - TV image only looks ok when set to "4:3" - was it like this in theatres?! If so my guess would be that in 1966/67 when this was shot it simply wasn't practical to mount a (Mitchell?) Cinemascope rig to such tiny Italian convertible going at 70mph with the car top down... So maybe they shot this with a normal lens and "stretched" the image to fit widescreen presentation?
Anyone like to comment? Thanks!
Film: 8.5/10
Picture quality: 9/10
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (orig.)
Run time: 1 45'55", 24 fps
Audio: GB;F;D;E (dts HD MA)
Region free !
Bonus (all in SD):
-Graduate at 25; 22'21"
-THE GRADUATE - Looking back; 12'57"
-Meeting with author Charles Webb; 20'13"
-Scene analysis; 12'10" (German with Engl. ST)
-About the music; 7'55" (German with Engl. ST)
-Audio commentary by Prof. Koebner, Univ. of Mainz
-Song selection 4 songs, HD
Studio: Canal
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars a bit of a downer though,
Fuficius Fango (London) - See all my reviews
This film is a major icon of the Sixties, and rightly so. It's sharp and witty, but it's actually quite pessimistic too (as some of the more observant movies of the Sixties were): on the bus at the very end they sit apart looking in opposite directions, not looking happy. The song is "hello darkness". She's going to become an alcoholic like her mother; he's going to go into plastics sooner or later. Perceptive of life's journey then, but a downer.
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purchased this recently and never seen it before , but actually really liked it .. I did find the film a bit long to sit through but found it interesting
The lead character Ben Braddock is a rather shy and sweet character and actually reminds me of when Dustin Hoffman was in the film Rain man .
Anyway Ben is a recent graduate and is trying to find his way in the world his career path , and where his future may take him, but he isn't sure of the right path ..love the bit where he sits staring at the fish tank !
He soon finds himself seduced by Mrs Robinson, the wife of his much respected fathers best friend and to put it politely Mrs Robinson isn't exactly backwards in coming forwards,! and is only too happy in seducing poor Ben - Ben is worried what his father would say, if he were to seduce Mrs R ! any way the story does tend to drag on rather a bit . until Ben finds himself in love with Mrs R's daughter much to her dismay !
the story ends with Ben finding out where the marriage of the Robinson daughter is taking place , and manages to stop the wedding and then runs off with the daughter an American style bus ! this together with amazing actors such as Anne Bancroft as Mrs R and Dustin Hoffman as Ben and the musical score makes this a true Hollywood classic ! all I would say if I could critic this film is that the storyline is dull, up until the end few minutes
of the film and that apart from going off with Mrs R's daughter you don't really see much development in Bens future plans and what he chooses to do after graduation you just know he gets his girl !!!
not a film you could sit through time and again as you do lose interest as the films storyline isn't consistent or entertaining enough and the acting is a little bit boring which is a shame spoils what could have been a great film ....unfortunately not the best Dustin Hoffman film ...
There is a great original score by Simon and Garfunkel .. Mrs Robinson and all the tracks you may have heard of before !
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October 2005: The Seminole tribe of Florida, instructed by the IRS, refinances its casino projects with taxable bonds and attempts to sever ties with Cordish.
May 2006: The tribe sues, alleging that the developer violated federal law by taking a "proprietary interest" in tribal gambling operations.
March 2007: The tribe settles with Cordish for $756 million, severing the partnership.
October 2007: Cordish reaches an agreement to develop and operate a casino at a horse track outside Indianapolis.
June 2008: Cordish confirms that it bid for Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino and Resort.
September 2008: Cordish wins a contract to develop a casino at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City.
September 2009: Cordish sells its interest in the Kansas casino to focus on building a casino at Arundel Mills mall.
December 2009: Cordish secures a Maryland license to build a slots casino at the mall.
July 2010: The owner of the Indianapolis "racino" notifies Cordish that it is terminating their management agreement. Cordish's first venture operating a casino is over by the end of the year.
November 2010: Anne Arundel voters approve zoning for Cordish's casino and entertainment complex at Arundel Mills.
February 2011: Cordish files a $600 million lawsuit against its former business partners in Indiana and the Maryland Jockey Club, alleging that they conspired to spread false information to sabotage development of the Maryland Live casino.
April 2011: Indianapolis Downs LLC, which owns the Indiana Live casino that was built and managed by Cordish, files for bankruptcy.
June 6: Cordish is scheduled to open Maryland Live casino at Arundel Mills.
Source: Baltimore Sun archives.