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HARTFORD -- A Superior Court judge ordered that the polls will remain open until 10 p.m. in Bridgeport because of a lack of ballots, the secretary of the state confirmed this evening.
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz argued in Superior Court for an extension, which was granted.
Bysiewicz, speaking at the Hartford Hilton, said, "I have come from the courthouse at 95 Washington St. and our office went to support a lawsuit that was brought this evening at 7:15 to keep the polling hours in Bridgeport open for an additional two hours."
"Unfortunately election officials in the city of Bridgeport had ordered 21,000 ballots and this was significantly short of the 69,000 registered voters in the city of Bridgeport," she said.
"This is the first time we've had such a grave ballot shortage."
U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-4, at 8:45 p.m., said, "Hopefully we will gather again shortly for a celebratory occasion. I'm here to let everybody know under court order nine voting districts in Bridgeport have been kept open until 10 p.m. tonight. There have been situations where individuals arrived, but could not vote because there weren't enough ballots for them to vote, so they were turned away. There is nothing more important in our system than voters' voices being heard, so I am urging voters who were turned away to get back to your voting district to cast your vote. It is important that your voice be heard.
Himes is locked in a right race with Republican challenger Dan Debicella of Shelton. Bridgeport is the largest city in the 4th Congressional district.
Bysiewicz said it has always been her advice that one ballot always be ordered for each registered voter, but the decision was made by Bridgeport party officials.
Bysiewicz said the problem won't cause the election to be overturned unless there is a recount and a lawsuit brought as a result of that recount.
Twelve polling places out of 23 in the city had shortages and were being kept open, Bysiewicz said.


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In line with global trends, the promulgation of the Pakistan Telecommunication Reorganization Act 1996 laid the foundations of reforms in the telecommunication sector. The establishment of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) under the Telecom Act was a further step forward in the direction of separating policy, regulations and operations. This arrangement facilitated private sector investments in mobile and value added services whereas in basic telephony services the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) a public sector owned company was granted exclusivity for a period of seven years under the Act. Under the prevailing circumstances the said arrangement assisted growth in all segments of the telecommunication market in the country.
Rapid development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure is a prerequisite for making progress in every segment of the economy. Modernization and development of telecom infrastructure has been correlated to increased economic activity as enunciated in various studies/surveys carried out by independent observer groups, analysts and international institutions.
PTA continuously analyzes the global regulatory environment and modifies its regulations and licensing mechanism to accommodate new telecom services in Pakistan. In view of the liberal approach adopted by PTA substantial reduction was made in royalty fee, CPP regime was introduced for cellular mobile industry and type approval procedure were simplified.
Currently Pakistan telecommunication industry is passing through a crucial phase of deregulating basic telephone services. The exclusivity of PTCL for provision of basic telephony has already ended with the pronouncement of the Telecom Deregulation Policy (TDP) on 13th July, 2003. This new telecom policy has been envisaged with a vision for a smooth transition from regulated telecom sector to deregulated scenario by introducing competition in both local and long distance telecommunication services. PTA being the regulator has the responsibility of implementing the telecom deregulation policy.
Basic Telephony
PTCL was the sole operator to provide basic telephony in Pakistan on commercial basis excluding northern areas where SCO has been entrusted the task of providing telecommunication services. This made PTCL the only owner of international gateway, domestic and local fixed line infrastructure.
Recently, PTA has been actively engaged in completion of the Phase-I of the Telecom Deregulation policy. This included licensing of new entrants in the Telecom sector of Pakistan.
Salient features are detailed as under:
Fixed Line Telephony Licensing as per the policy is divided as follows:
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i. Fixed Local Loop
ii. Wireless Local Loop
b. Long Distance International
PTA had received 95 applications for Local Loop (LL) and Long Distance International (LDI) licenses till 2nd June,
2004 the extended date for submission of applications. The breakdown of applications received is as under:
a. LDI 23
b. LL 72
Total 95
Out of 72 LL applicants, 12 Companies had applied for all 14 Telecom regions, 38 companies applied for single LL regions whereas, remaining 22 Companies, had applied for different regions.
In this regard two separate committees for LL and LDI were constituted to scrutinize and short list applications. The evaluation based on technical and financial viability of the applicants as already provided in the Information Memorandum (IM) was completed successfully.
Both the licenses are technology neutral. Local Loop licensed services can be offered through wire-line and wireless media. PTA provided the spectrum availability in the Information Memorandum (IM) for (Wireless Local Loop) WLL applications and Spectrum allocation process has been completed through auction in fair and transparent manner. The fairness and transparency of this process has been recognized by the print media throughout the country and well acknowledged by the stake holders as well. In this regard the detail of spectrum made available is reflected here under:
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With the award of new licenses for fixed line services, significant amount of investment is expected in addition to increased employment opportunities in the country. Furthermore, the present Tele-density of 2.8 percent of fixed line will grow substantially.
As mentioned earlier seventy-two companies had applied for local loop licenses in 14 Telecom regions, Out of which thirty-nine companies have opted for fixed local loop license and thirty three companies wanted WLL spectrum. Out of these thirty-three, twenty eight companies were cleared for participation in spectrum bidding. Twenty companies have won the spectrum and in all 108 WLL licenses in fourteen regions will be awarded to the successful bidders upon completion of formalities and submission of spectrum winning prices. Total revenue generated from the spectrum bidding is Rs. 14121.56 Million PAK Rupees.
PTA has issued 12 LDI Licenses to various national and multinational companies who deposited Rs. 348.35 million as initial license fee and application fees and fulfilled all other requirements as mentioned in Information Memorandum. PTA has also issued 76 FLL Licenses to various companies for 14 telecom regions of Pakistan and received Rs 44.6 millions.
Apart from promoting telecom services in Pakistan, PTA is also responsible for providing low cost telecom services to consumers. In this regard domestic as well as international call rates have been slashed between 40 and 60 percent despite PTCL?s stance on increasing both rates. Growing demand on the usage of internet has also made reduction of internet bandwidth rates from US$ 90,000 to astonishing US$ 3,800 per month.
Cellular Mobile Telephony
Two cellular licenses were awarded to M/s Telenor and Warid Telecom @ US$291 Million.
Initially PTA offered licenses to M/s Telenor and another mobile phone company Space Telecom on 24th April 2004. However, the offer for Space Telecom was cancelled after it missed a dead line to make a 50% down payment of the auction winning price. Thereafter PTA offered next highest bid Winner Company, M/S Warid.
It will be not wrong to say that last couple of years has shown tremendous growth in cellular mobile telephony worldwide and Pakistan also followed that trend. This may be was inevitable or PTA might take the credit for introduction of Calling Party Pays (CPP) form June, 2000 as opposed to earlier Mobile Party Pays (MPP) regime. That credit may not be wrong as mobile subscriber base made an exponential growth after introducing CPP.
However, introduction of CPP regime was not the only factor which led to tremendous growth in cellular mobile subscriber apart from that PTA provided various incentives to the operators that includes reduction in royalty, interconnection and air time charges. The customer base jumped from 0.3 million in June 2000 to 6.1 million by October 2003.
Besides providing and facilitating new services PTA also has to safeguard the consumer rights. In this regard PTA continuously monitors Quality of Service (QoS) of all Telecom services and especially cellular mobile telephony. Consequently show cause notices were issued to all mobile operators. M/S Mobilink (Pvt) Ltd being the SMP was penalized to the extent of Rs.60 million after providing full opportunity to defend their case in an open hearing.
Another landmark achievement in the cellular industry was awarding of GSM license to SCO to operate cellular mobile telephony service in remote, AJK and Northern Areas.
PTA continuously monitors the market trends and accordingly issue determinations for promoting telecom services. In this regard PTA has reduced the royalty payable by the cellular mobile operators under their respective license from 4 to 1.5 percent of gross sales revenue minus PTCL charges and lease line charges.
This year also saw a long awaited interconnection arrangement between all the four operators to send and receive SMS from any mobile network. Another landmark achievement by the cellular mobile industry was the introduction of 2.5 G services i.e. GPRS by Ufone. GPRS is packet data service on top of existing GSM infrastructure that provides high data rate to end user.
Value Added Services
The telephone coverage in cities and in particularly in the rural areas is still inadequate. Thus creating a need to set up card payphone facilities all over the country for ensuring universal access.
The first step in this direction was the installation of card payphone in 1992. The growth was not substantial till 1998 when the PCOs were installed as outdoor booth. Later on card payphone started as franchises as indoor booth. Since then a significant growth was seen in card payphone industry.
Apart from that Internet Access is now available in 1800 cities of Pakistan as compared to only 29 in year 2000 which shows an enormous growth in the telecom sector.
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Trade meetings were held in Salt Lake City called the Trans-Pacific Partnership ("Trade talks open in Utah, but secrecy spurs protests," Tribune, Nov. 19). I am told that secrecy is typical for trade meetings, even though this treaty would affect laws concerning food safety, Internet freedom, (freedom of speech and expression), medicine costs, financial regulation, the environment and more.
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Time to go bargain hunting?
Author: Charles Sizemore
Covestor models: Sizemore Investment Letter, Tactical ETF and Strategic Growth Allocation
With world equity markets down for five consecutive days on high volume, investors are left to wonder: Is this an opportunity to buy all of those great stocks that "got away from you" in the first quarter run-up at attractive prices, or is it portent of nasty things to come?
It would appear to be a little of both.
Even before the five-day selling spree, stocks were reasonably priced compared to historical measures, and they were downright cheap when compared to bonds and other common asset classes. When you combine this with the generally gloomy sentiment towards stocks that has persisted for much of the past year, your risk of significant loss in a high-quality stock portfolio is almost nil.
Can stocks go from cheap to cheaper? Absolutely. It happens all the time. But the conditions for a real bear market are simply not in place. Fed policy remains loose, inflation remains largely tame, and stocks are cheap and under-owned by individual investors and professionals alike. These would be the conditions I would look for in a new bull market, not a bear market.
Still, after rising 28 percent from the 2011 Euro-crisis lows, stocks were due for a breather. After returning 12 percent in the first quarter, the S&P 500 had already exceeded the returns that most analysts expected for the entire year.
This is where that "nasty portent of things to come" comes into play. To borrow a quote from Lord Byron, it appears that the equity markets have "squandered their whole summer while 'twas May," or more accurately April in this case. As a result, I expect the major indices to move sideways in a choppy, range-bound market for most of the second quarter or until the latest scare coming out of Europe subsides.
Given this, how are investors to position their portfolios?
In a range-bound market, you can make money in one of two ways. You either actively trade, attempting to buy at short-term lows and sell at short-term highs. Or, you can orient your portfolio towards dividend-paying sectors and simply collect your checks while waiting for prices to firm up. For the bulk of your nest egg, it is this second course of action I would recommend. This is the approach I have taken in my Tactical ETF Portfolio in holding the Wisdom Tree Large Cap Growth ETF (DLN) and the PowerShares International Dividend Achievers ETF (PID).
For more active trading, investors might consider a contrarian bet on Spain. I wrote favorably about Spain at the beginning of the quarter (see "Eurozone Member to Watch: Spain"), and I would reiterate this view today. Spain has some of the cheapest stock prices and highest dividend yields in the world today, and Spanish firms outside of the construction sector tend to get a significant percentage of their revenues from outside the crisis-wracked country.
Keep the faith, dear reader. There is money to be made in this market.
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Library Love
Wow, what a great story ("No Shushing in This Library," Cover Story, June 19)! I'm happy to learn so many young people love the library too.
Ernestine Smith
Student Support Services
San Diego County Office of Education
Look What We Did!
I read the article in today's Reader, "No Shushing in This Library," by Alex Finlayson (Cover Story, June 19).
I was very happy to read the positive comments about the design of our North Clairemont library, particularly since I am the artist that gave that poor, neglected building a well-deserved face-lift. When we moved to Clairemont 18 years ago, I would drive by the library and would get depressed looking at it. Yet I could see the beautiful bones it had covered in Navajo white. There was no landscaping, lots of graffiti, and a few derelicts hanging around. It was not the place I wanted to take my young daughter to discover the wonders of reading. When Clairemont Square, across the street, was remodeled, our poor little library faded further into the background.
In 2004, I finally decided that something needed to be done. So I came up with a design to give the building some color to enhance its diamond pattern and balance the blaring colors from Clairemont Square. Then I submitted the design to Friends of the Library and the Clairemont Town Council. Everyone loved the idea and the design. After the approval from Donna Frye's office, pro bono paint from K-Co Construction, and added landscaping, our library finally is a pleasant, family-friendly building that I am very proud of. As far as I know, all the work was done for free. I hope this can be an example of how a community can get together to make their public buildings a little bit nicer.
Perhaps this should be called the "Little Library That Could!"
Carol Cottone-Kolthoff
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Hit The Delete Key
Dear Mayor Sanders,
The San Diego Public Library system refused service to an estimated 50,000 patrons last year. These 50,000 are visitors or locals who wanted to use a one-hour computer station but were refused and informed that all computers are occupied and that they had to wait an hour or longer.
Most never return. It's a hardy crew that occupies a one-hour computer station at a public library, and I'm one of them.
The downtown central library has a ratio of one librarian on duty for every one-hour computer station.
A modern library has a ratio of one librarian for every 30 computers, e.g., Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Biomed at UCSD. Love Library at SDSU. Copley Library at USD. Encinitas library.
There is an overwhelming need to cut the staff and use the money for one-hour computer stations that would increase the libraries' usages by 50,000 patrons a year at no cost to the public.
Robert J. Kachur
Centre City
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Re "No Shushing in This Library" (Cover Story, June 19).
I'm an unemployed librarian. I'm sure there are many of them, and I probably will actually have to change careers. The U.S. News and World Report article mentioned in the story is not factual. Career opportunities are growing much more slowly than average, contrary to what the article said. And our future is in grave danger. Reference librarians will be replaced by library associates, who get half the pay and only require a B.A., not a master's in library science. Only people requiring MLSs will be directors, branch managers, and corporate. In reality, I wouldn't recommend getting an MLS. They'll be useless in five to ten years. I'd recommend people becoming an X-ray tech, nurse, or something in the health-care industry — well-paying jobs anywhere, anytime, with a solid future.
Overall, a great article. As a librarian myself, I've been trying to dispel stereotypes and advocate libraries for years.
Eric Holmberg
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I am the owner of Solare Ristorante Lounge. I am writing about the article that Naomi wrote last week in the Reader (Restaurant Review, June 12).
There were a few mistakes in the article that Naomi wrote, and I would greatly appreciate these corrected.
1. Our website is wrong. It should be www.solarelounge.com.
2. I personally counted, and we have over 30 wines that are under $40 per bottle.
3. We never use whipped cream on any of our desserts. I am not sure where that came from.
4. Our location is made out of wood and glass, and of course it will be noisy on a Friday and Saturday night.
If Naomi were to come any other night, it is not that noisy. Also, since we are in a historical building, we are limited by what the board of directors will allow us to do in order to deal with the noise.
5. We have two private rooms available for dining. We have the all-glass wine room, where a couple or group of up to four can enjoy a quieter meal, and the Prana Room, which holds up to 24 guests.
Lastly, the last name of my husband (who is also the owner and the other executive chef) is spelled Ceresoli.
I would appreciate that these issues were dealt with and published in the next Reader.
Roberta Ruffini
Naomi Wise responds: I do apologize for the incorrect website. I have no idea how that snuck in there except to ascribe it to some evil gremlin taking possession of my typewriting fingers. Ditto the typo on Mr. Ceresoli's last name. (I can only say I'm sorry; my sole excuse is that earlier that same week, a dinner at the restaurant that I actually planned to review that week "flunked out" royally, making that restaurant unfit for print; Solare was a last-minute substitution, written in regrettable haste after a meal on a "noisy Friday" rather than the quieter Thursday nights when I normally eat out for reviews.)
Your wine list is indeed very long, and seeing it in the bright light of your (correct) website I do find more bottles under $40 than I spotted when wrangling with the tome in the restaurant. But perhaps you've added more wines since I ate there: Had I spotted the Verdicchio, I would have ordered it in a New York minute, as it's an old favorite of mine.


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Rue 21 clothing store is having their annual clearance on winter clothing and shoes.
We found rack after rack of clearance with prices ranging from $3 to $6!
There were sweaters for $5 - $6 each, tops for $3 each, bras for $3 each and many shoes marked 50% off the clearance price. They also have a men's section and I saw a number of $3 and $5 racks.
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Elevator Repair Service completes its staging of a trilogy of classic American works with The Select ( The Sun Also Rises), a staging of Ernest Hemingway's novel.
A stage littered with liquor bottles and cafe chairs transforms seamlessly from Paris cafes to Pamplona streets. After their highly acclaimed adaptations of The Great Gatsby and The Sound and the Fury, ERS turns its sights on Hemingway's alcohol-soaked expatriates in this world premiere that features the ensemble's trademark sound design and highly energized choreography. Hemingway's dry wit, a doomed romance and even live bullfighting (as re-imagined by ERS) make this a compelling conclusion to ERS' exploration of modernist American literature of the 1920's
Reading aloud to each other over and over, testing different physical configurations and theatrical styles, we devised a new approach for this book. For The Select, we found ourselves paring and editing and focusing our work on Hemingway's taut and witty dialogue. Whereas we treated the entire text of Gatsby as a play, speaking every word as dialogue, in The Sun Also Rises we have uncovered a play inside the novel.


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A tasty challenge
2:49pm Sunday 22nd June 2008
By Lydia Kinnell
2:49pm Sunday 22nd June 2008
By Lydia Kinnell
IT was spatulas at the ready in Goodworth Clatford when representatives of Andover's branch of slimming programme Lighterlife took part in a Ready, Steady, Cook challenge.
The charity challenge, which took place in The Clatford Arms, raised £150 for the British Legion and provided the audience and participants with a fun evening.
Lighterlife counsellor for Andover, Amanda Brooks, was one of the chefs competing to win the challenge against Simon Blogg, a client of the slimming programme. Simon, who won the cook-off, created chicken in tomato and basil sauce, fish fillets and canapés filled with basil, tomato and prawns.
Amanda meanwhile prepared bean pate, tomato basil and parsley salad, fruit salad and pear with blue cheese salad.
"It was a fantastic event," said Amanda.
"Everyone had a really great time watching the challenge and tasting the results!"
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Jimenez lights spark for Bisons
He took a big lead off third. With one out, he was ready to pounce.
And as soon as Kenny Wilson hit the ball back to the mound, A.J. Jimenez was barreling toward home plate.
He beat the tag, sliding across the plate with his finger tips, to give the Buffalo Bisons a 5-4 win in 10 innings over the Toledo Mud Hens at Coca-Cola Field on Friday night.
"I was on third base. Skipper told me I was going on contact," Jimenez said. "I just was waiting for the contact to happen. As soon as he swung, I was going. I got a good jump. Saw the ball on the ground and he didn't tag me at all."
It was the second straight win for the Herd, which has been in a collective offense slump.
Slowly they're breaking out. Jimenez is an example. He entered the game hitting .219 since joining the Herd on May 26 from Double-A New Hampshire.
He drove in his first runs of the year for the Herd in the fifth when his double scored two runs to tie the game, 4-4.
"Honestly I don't worry about numbers," Jimenez said. "I think I'm doing a pretty good job at the plate hitting. I think I'm just having a bad moment so far ,but I know things are going to come around."
"He's starting to come around with the bat," manager Gary Allenson said. "I kinda felt that, too. He wasn't getting many hits, but he had been hitting the ball on the barrel."
The winning run was set up with a solid offensive sequence from the Herd. Jimenez and Matt Tuiasosopo had back-to-back singles and a perfect bunt from Andy LaRoche moved the runners up a base.
With one out, Wilson's hit went to the left of reliever Chad Smith. He snared it and threw home, but Jimenez beat out the throw and the Bisons poured out of the dugout to celebrate.
"It was about time we had one of those," Allenson said.
Sean Nolin threw his first game since coming off the disabled list with a left groin strain. He missed 20 games with the injury and was on 50-pitch count. He threw 51 in 3∑ innings, giving up one run on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts.
Syracuse comes into town for a two-game series as the Herd closes out the homestand this weekend.
The annual Star Wars Night is tonight (6:05 p.m.) and the game is sold out. Fans who are picking up tickets at Will Call are urged to arrive early to avoid long lines before the game. The Will Call window opens at noon.
Kyle Drabek (4-5, 4.37 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Herd against lefty Aaron Laffey (6-3, 2.72).
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Earlier on Friday, the Bisons placed starting pitcher Ricky Romero on the disabled list with a strained right calf. Romero suffered the injury in his last start on June 1. In his ninth start of the season for the Herd he left after three innings, giving up one run on four hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
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Oyster Lovers Unite: Five Places to Eat Oysters This Valentine's Weekend
Joyce's Seafood & Steaks
6415 San Felipe, 713-975-9902
Formerly known as Joyce's Oyster Resort, this blue and turquoise nautically themed hangout is a great destination for oyster lovers. $7.25 a dozen
Captain Benny's Half Shell Oyster Bar
8506 S. Main, 713-666-5469
Valentine's weekend
The old-time favorite among oyster eaters and still one of the cheapest oyster bars in town. $6.95 a dozen
Ragin' Cajun
4302 Richmond, 713-621-3474
Ragin' Cajun has the cheapest oysters in town during weekday happy hour and all day Monday. 25 cents each during happy hour and all day Monday; $8.99 a dozen on Valentine's Day
Mardi Gras Grill
1200 Durham Dr., 713-864-5600
This is the best place in town to eat ersters and get drunk at lunch. $8.99 a dozen
Goode Company Seafood
2621 Westpark Dr., 713-523-7154
This old, reliable oyster bar has a convenient Rice Village-area location. $8.95 a dozen
Danton's Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen
4611 Montrose, 713-807-8883
Gulf oysters are the first course of a three-course prix-fixe menu for $51 per guest. Or just hunker down in the bar for oysters at $10.50 a dozen.
Rainbow Lodge
2011 Ella, 713-861-8666
Roasted Gulf oysters with Swiss chard, aged goat cheese and brûléed hollandaise is part of chef Randy Rucker's innovative five-course Valentine's Day Dinner, served from 6 to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday for $70 per person.
Oceanaire Seafood Room
5061 Westheimer, 832-487-8862
The extensive oyster bar features a wide selection of imported gourmet oysters from the East Coast. Valentine's specials include Chef Trevor White's "Dishes for Duos," sumptuous meals intended for couples to enjoy together.
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood
1151 Uptown Park, 713-840-7900
McCormick & Schmick's has the city's largest selection of gourmet oysters from the East Coast. Valentine's specials include "Surf & Turf for Two" and a chocolate dessert.
Central Market
3815 Westheimer, 713-386-1700
Central Market's seafood case offers a good selection of imported gourmet oysters, including Connecticut Blue Points and Totten Inlet Virginicas...while they last.
Louisiana Seafood
4410 W. 12th St., 713-957-1653
Louisiana Seafood's retail store sells oysters by the 100-count box or bag. Gulf oysters are around $20; Apalachicolas are around $40; imported East Coast oysters run as high as $75. Call and reserve your oysters before you go.
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After just one sunny weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Arizona Wildcats may have played themselves back on to the NCAA tournament bubble.
A month of regular-season and Pac-12 tournament games remain - including a critical matchup with Colorado on Thursday at McKale Center - but consider this:
The ratings
• Arizona's RPI improved from 85 to 62 after the Wildcats beat Stanford and California last weekend, according to the official NCAA figures updated Monday. With 37 at-large bids available, a No. 62 rating can merit at-large consideration. USC took one of the final NCAA tournament bids last season with an RPI of 67.
• The Wildcats improved to No. 42 in the Sagarin ratings, a power rating also believed to hold weight with the NCAA tournament selection committee. The Wildcats have a 1-4 record against Top 50 Sagarin teams, the lone win coming at California.
• Kenpom.com places the Wildcats with a No. 38 rating.
The bracket projections
(Among those with updated projections Monday)
• ESPN's Bracketology moved Arizona into its 68-team projected bracket as one of its last four teams, assigning the Wildcats a first-round (play-in) game in Dayton, Ohio, against Minnesota for the right to continue as a No. 12 seed.
• Sporting News lists Arizona and Colorado among its "bubble boys" as the top teams just outside the field.
• Yahoo's Bracket Big Board has Arizona, Oregon and Stanford as its bubble teams not quite in the field.
• While SB Nation's Blogging the Bracket did not list Arizona in its first eight teams out of the field, it noted that "perhaps Sean Miller's team will continue to be a factor for both an NCAA bid and the conference crown, even with Kevin Parrom lost for the season."
The schedule
Arizona's schedule is favorable the rest of the season. Five of the Wildcats' remaining seven games are against teams below them in the league standings, including home games against struggling Utah and USC. Arizona will get another crack at first-place Washington on Feb. 18 in Seattle and have a chance to avenge its one-point Jan. 21 loss at Colorado on Thursday at McKale.
If the Wildcats can hold serve at home against the mountain schools this weekend and against the Los Angeles schools in two weeks, they will have 20 wins. Add a win in one of three road games and maybe one in the Pac-12 Tournament, and UA could finish with 21 or more wins and a respectable nonconference strength of schedule.
But with Colorado looming Thursday, there's no time for the Wildcats to waste. As UA coach Sean Miller frequently says about his team, and as the numbers indicate, there's little margin for error.


text: Lydia R Posted November 26, 2011 New developments in Brooklyn:A years long landlord dispute has forced Grimaldi's to move up the block and leave its oven behind. The stunning news is that this location will house the return, from retirement, of Patsy Grimaldi. He plans to name the space after his mother Juliana.Adam Kuban's summary article here and Rich Calder's NY Post exclusive here - graphic from his NY Post article: The pizza-slinger switcheroo came about after landlord Mark Waxman decided not to renew Ciolli's lease for 19 Old Fulton St. The move came a year after Waxman tried to evict Ciolli for being delinquent in rent."A year after I sold Grimaldi's, I was very sorry," Grimaldi told The Post. "So when Mr. Waxman called me and asked if I wanted to come back, I thought I was dreaming. I couldn't say 'yes' fast enough."Grimaldi, who plans to open in March, said he's spent the past 13 years traveling with Carol, his wife of 40 years.But pizza is in his blood so he decide to stage a comeback.Carol Grimaldi said that while the place will get a makeover, the menu would still focus on pizzas made with "only the best ingredients" — like her homemade mozzarella — and include other items like soups, calzones and desserts.Patsy plans to be at the restaurant daily, greeting customers and making pies. Mentions of Patsy's LES/Harlem pizzeria and Grimaldi's from the NYC Mother Thread:Any other Chinatown recs? Heading to NYC in a couple of weeks and want to explore more of Lower Manhattan - maybe, weather permitting, walking across the bridge for Grimaldi pizza and exploring DUMBO.Got amateur night dinner reservations at Tribeca Grill and Bolo (Flay's Spanish restaurant). Usually have Upper East/West Side centered visits so please help me make smart choices (BF awarded bonus points for August RW dinner at Cordouroy). Babbo/Lupia/Otto are booked (any walk-in tactics?). Well....you're right. In name Totonno's now has three more outposts but it is only the original on Neptune Avenue in Coney Island that they promote as the "oldest continuously operating family owned pizzaria in the United States." It has a coal oven-I would be shocked if any of the other three which advertise "brick ovens" use coal. While I could be wrong I believe there has not been a coal oven approved for use anywhere in the United States in decades. It's the Neptune Avenue location that is the one to go to. I would argue that with an oven with 82 years of "seasoning" along with coal burning IN the oven with the pie that pizza there tastes different (crust) than at the other three. I would also make the same argument for Grimaldi's in Brooklyn and their two outposts in Hoboken and Phoenix. I first tasted Totonno's in the early 1960's; my guess is that it still tastes identical. (There is also a "bread" oven several doors down the street from Totonno's identical to the "pizza" oven that Pepe's has on Wooster street in New Haven.) This is really a whole separate thread since there are many who believe that the original Patsy's in Harlem is better than even the separately owned Brooklyn location.www.totonnos.com More pizza notes:Lombardi's (32 Spring St., Nolita, Manhattan): resurrection of the oldest known pizzeria in the US. They do a brisk tourist trade at Lombardi's every night of the week, so the pies really get cranked out. Still, the crust is good, if not baked to the same darkness that the smaller shops manage. The winner here is the abundant tomato sauce - bright red, rich and deep with the flavor of San Marzano tomatoes.(Patsy) Grimaldi's (DUMBO, Brooklyn): although opened in 1990, the space looks like it's been around a lot longer. Despite being stretched amazingly thin, the crust still puffs up a tad much in the coal-fired oven giving it a slighty breadyness, but the flavor is terrific, and it's one of the few crusts that tastes perfectly salted to me. Nice color and blister development too. Good but undistinguished sauce and cheese are perked up appreciably by very fresh basil. I ate at Per Se in late september and the prix fixe was 210 (including tax & tip) but there are often supplements (30 for foie, 75 for steak etc) so its definitely possible to spend 250 or more on food. I think it was absolutely worth the money, easily the best restaurant I've eaten in. The only one that was offerred the night we went was the foie, which I thought was worth it. The wine service was wonderful and fairly priced I think.On the Pizza front I think Grimaldi's is on the lower end of the famous brooklyn pizza parlours, far behind Totinno's & DiFara in my opinion. DiFara is by far my favorite, but it can take an inordinate amount of time to eat there. All the pizza is made by Don Demarco, and I've waited upwards of 90 mins for a pie. Its right off the subway (1 block from the Avenue J station on the Q) but it takes @ 3hrs to ride the train, wait, eat, ride back from my place in Brooklyn Heights (right by Grimaldi's). Totinno's is farther away but takes less time. Another place worth mentioning is Franny's, which is right of the 2,3. This isn't one of the old time Brooklyn parlours, more like 2'amys in approach. The pizza is very very good though, as are the gellato & the appetizers Ive had. 1- Although I still go to Vanessa's on Eldridge St, the dumplings are no longer consistant, with thicker, doughier shells at times. Many of the other places written up on CH as "the best" are also thickly wrapped. Maybe Weinoo knows of something there or on the LES, since he was writing about a dumpling walk on his blog not long ago. However, if it's not just dumplings you're after but street food, I'd recommend the carts dotting Grand St from Eldridge to the heart of C'town. Everything from tripe to rice noodles stuffed with various "things". Vanessa's has decent mystery meat sandwiches as well.2- I love Arturo's... a piece of old NY. The pizza is still quite good and the place is the opposite of yuppie. Salads are ok there but dont expect much from the other dishes... overcooked (but edible) old school red sauce pastas and "find the chicken inside the breading" parmagiana. Worth going to. STAY AWAY FROM GRIMALDI'S (the place in Bklyn under the bridge). Tourist trap, greasy and a line out the door. Motorino in the East Village and Keste in the West Village are hot spots.If you're looking for something this Sunday (12/13) afternoon in NYC, folks from another food board (Mouthfulsfood.com) are getting together at a "bar with bar food" place in the East Village (Jimmy's, E.7th betw. 2nd-3rd Ave) starting at 4pm or so. Consider this an invite. After the welcome I got at the DR picnic and at Dino's a couple of months ago, it's my turn. Verrry informal and mediocre food. Good bar.eta: nothing like going back over a thread and noticing that you not only have been to Arturo's, but I've already said that I like it. And mentioned Motorino and Keste. Okay then. I would try Franny's and avoid Grimaldi's Depending on the weather, a hike across the Brooklyn Bridge and then pizza at Grimaldi's (which -- fair warning -- I am informed may be in decline) literally under the bridge can be an excellent way to stretch legs and eat well.We had a fine dinner at Lupa on a previous visit, and it seems a very kid-friendly spot.I thought the Chelsea Market was a bit of a letdown, but YMMV. A walk on the High Line is always a good idea. Over on the east side, one of the old coal-oven warhorses, Patsy's. 2287 1st Ave (between 117th St & 118th St). One of the few places you can get coal-oven pizza by the slice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Telecine Transfer
by John Sirett
There are, loosely speaking, three classes of Telecine Transfer which I will describe, for the want of better names, as follows:-
(1) Fully Professional :
Top of the range, involving very expensive specialised equipment like the "Rank Transfer", computerised "Flying Spot Scanning" of individual film frames, "Wet Gate" techniques to disguise film scratching, extensive electronic picture corrections and etc.
Video laboratories having this equipment offer their services to the public at a hefty hourly rate.
( Video 8 Broadcast in Artarmon have the 'Rank Cintel 3' machine. Their charge rate is, or was, from about $250 per hour lab working time, -- not film running time)
(2) Semi-Professional methods :
(a) Involving direct optical viewing of the film frame with special and/or supplementary lenses attached to a camcorder focussed directly on the film in the projector's gate. (This method requires re-working of the projector's lamp installation) Can be done as a DIY project, but not easily. I tried, but could not make it work with the close-up lenses I have.
(b) Dedicated "Telecine" machines operating on the same principle as in (a) and made specifically for the purpose. I have not used one of these, but I have seen the resulting video which can be very good indeed.
(For anyone interested, models I see mentioned on the internet are : PanasonicWV-J20N, Goko TC-20, Elmo TRV-S8, Fumeo 9131, Sony BM2100. Ballpark prices range from us$500 to us$1500 on E-Bay.)
(3) The D.I.Y. methods :
(a) Using a small box called a "TELECINE CONVERTER" having a lens, a front-silvered mirror and a ground glass screen. You play the projector into the lens of the box and focus the picture on the small ground glass screen. Then record with your camcorder focussed on this screen.
I tried one of these some years ago and found it quite useless. The small ground glass screen is too refractive, making it impossible to obtain a clear, sharp image. (They cost about $50 to $80 as I recall)
(b) THE "OPTICAL SCREEN" METHOD, which anyone can do, and being a DIY enthusiast myself, the method I adopted.
The basic principle involves simply playing your projector picture on to a suitable screen and at the right speed, then recording it off that screen with your video camcorder, for future showing or for subsequent video editing.
Simple, isn't it !
(For Super 8 silent film) (PAL System)
There are two major requirements that must be considered:-
(1) One involves elimination of the objectionable pulsating 'flicker' that is so often seen to accompany a telecine transfer. This is of paramount importance.
(2) The other is how to manage the difference of frame rates (frames per second) between the original film and the television system.
The pulsating "flicker" I refer to, is caused by a variation in the exposure times of successive video frames recorded by the video camera. This occurs when the projector is "out of phase" with the TV system.In the PAL system, video operates at 25 frames per second while super 8 silent film is shot at 18 fps.
NB: Interestingly, this flicker is not caused by a conflict between frame rate and cycles per second of the electricity supply (50Hz) to the projector lamp. (Even if a direct current supply is used to power the projection lamp, the flickering still persists unchanged. I tried this.)
The power supply alternations (Hz) sets the timing of the TV fields and frames. Every other operation of telecine has to comply with this. So in the PAL TV system we have 50 fields and 25 frames per second
Using a film projector with a 3-bladed shutter (the most common), each film frame is projected on to the screen at three equal intervals of time (I call them 'flicks') before the film advances.
In the case of Super 8 film, recorded at 18 frames per second, each of these exposures (flicks) is about 1/108th sec each in duration (Total exposure time then, is: 3 x 1/108 = 1/36th second for each film frame).
Between each individual 'flick' exposure (1/108th sec) there is an equal amount of time where the shutter is covering the film gate and light cannot pass to the camcorder.
So, 6 x 1/108th sec = 1/18th second = one film frame's time in the gate.
Now, if a projector is "out of phase" with the camcorder, it will happen that every so often (and repeatedly), that the camera will be unable to receive the 'total exposure time' of each film frame, (1/36th sec from the projector), due to projector shutter action not synchronizing with the change of video frame .
Notice in the diagram that the change of film frame does not coincide with the change of video frame. The amount of light received by the camcorder therefore, is continually varying on a regular basis.
These exposure variations occur too rapidly for the camcorder's auto-exposure to adjust and so a visible, pulsating "flicker" becomes noticeable.
Firstly, it is the projector frame rate that has to change to get "into phase" with the camcorder.
Secondly, a manual adjustment of the camcorder exposure will not overcome 'flicker' because it cannot correct the out of phase condition. It will still occur even when a different exposure time is set on the camcorder. (I use my camcorder exposure simply set to Auto.)
The formula is this :
To achieve correct phasing, the total number of projector exposures (flicks) per second, must be wholly divisible into the number of TV frames per second, or a multiple of those TV frames per second.
This is usually referred to as "the number of blades on the shutter, times the number of frames per second, must divide evenly into the TV frames per second, or a multiple thereof"
(Multiples of PAL TV being 25, 50, 75, 100, etc)
TRANSFERRING 18 fps FILM (Super 8 silent) TO PAL.
To get 'into phase', according to the formula, it is necessary to slow the projector down to 16 2/3 fps.
Therefore, a projector with variable speed control is essential
With a 3 bladed shutter (the most common):--- 16 2/3 x 3 = 50 'flicks' per sec, and is wholly divisible
by 25. So no flicker results.
Notice that exactly two film frames fills three video frames consistently along the time line. In this way there will be no exposure variations caused in the camcorder.
Now,18 fps reduced to 16 2/3 fps is a realtime speed reduction of 7.2%, a fairly considerable amount. Will it be noticeable ? Will it be visually acceptable ?
A 'Rule of Thumb' regarding visual perception :
"You are observing two moving objects without the benefit of measuring equipment or instruments. If you can detect, with the naked eye, that one is moving faster than the other, then the difference in their speeds will be 10% or more.
Conversely, if you can't detect any difference, it will be less than 10%."
Applying this rule to telecine, the above Super 8 transfer would seem to be acceptable, running 7.2% slower than normal. However if it is not acceptable, because motion looks jerky, speed adjustment can be made on a computer editing program to restore correct 'realtime' speed. But that is another subject.
On the other hand if we simply speed up 18fps to 25 fps there will be a realtime speed increase of 13.8% which is noticeable and not acceptable - I have tried it. ( I call it "The Charlie Chaplain effect"!)
ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN NUMBER of FRAMES PER SECOND
Because the ratio of 16 2/3 to 25 is exactly 2 film frames to 3 video frames, every third video frame will carry an image mixing two film frames. This is unavoidable. It looks dreadful when you inspect your video, a frame at a time, but when it is being played on the TV screen the "dual image" just behaves the same way as adjoining frames do normally.
TRANSFERRING STANDARD 8 (and others filmed at 16 fps) TO PAL
Increase the projector speed to 16 2/3 fps to eliminate flicker, (a 3.75% realtime speed increase.)
The ratio of frames is then same as in the super 8 example.


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On a recent morning I made the trek to musician Brian Haas' self-described "jazz compound" off of West Alameda Street. The founder of psych-jazz trio the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey has lived there with his girlfriend for somewhere in the neighborhood of five years, and it's a gorgeous space complete with large house and detached studio apartment that seems ready-made for his piano.
This was one of those interviews that generally makes me nervous—with a world-class musician who has toured the world. Plus, everyone I know who is into his stuff is like, really into his stuff, but I was looking forward to it. Turns out, Haas has been coming to Santa Fe for decades to see family and he was already well aware of our, uh, situation well before he moved here.
"It's just one of those incredibly gorgeous places," he says. "I've been smitten with it here ever since I was 8; I remember being a kid and walking around the Plaza and touching the rounded edges and thinking, 'This looks like Tattooine!' ... I remember sort of going, 'Woah!'"
And while you can definitely pop over to this week's SFR Picks page and read about Haas' upcoming show and be secure in knowing that I'm paying close attention to this dude from now on, I feel it my civic duty to announce that he improvised several mini-pieces of music just for me. According to Haas, his label often reminds him to focus on higher preorder numbers when his albums are coming out, and so, in an effort to make that worth the music buying public's time and money, he created the concept of Jazz-trology. Those who preorder Jacob Fred albums can also provide Haas with day, date and time info for their births, and he will improvise pieces of music based on their specific star charts.
Of course, why just sit here and tell you about it when I can show you:
It's a very cool bonus gift in a sea of boring preorder swag items and one that is entirely unique. Improvisation is a major driving force behind much of jazz and its countless subgenres and outlying styles, but to have a well-known improviser and jazz explorer create something specifically for you? Well, that's just amazing.
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey plays Meow Wolf Thursday Sept. 8 at 8 pm. Get your tickets here. Don't miss it.


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June 04, 2016 at 7pm - 10pm
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Fairfax crash leaves one dead
In Fairfax, two brothers were involved in a serious vehicle crash early Monday morning, police say.{ }
The driver, Marvin Jimenez Centellas, 24, of Persimmon Drive in Fairfax, died at the scene. His 20-year-old brother is hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. Police say both men{ }are from{ }Fairfax County.
The wreck occurred shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Pickett Road and Colonial Avenue. Authorities said Centellas struck the median strip and a tree, which caused the vehicle to flip over.
It's unclear whether speed contributed to the crash, but police are ruling out weather as a factor because, they{ }say,{ }it was not raining at the time of the crash.
A section of Pickett Road was shut down for several hours while police were investigating. It reopened around 7:35 a.m.
The cause of the crash has not been determined.(Photo: Jummy Olabanji/WJLA) (Photo: Jummy Olabanji/WJLA)


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Last year, ABC daytime instituted what we thought was one brilliant promotion – Fan February 2003. It was geared to engage the fans and make them part of their favorite ABC soaps.
Here's how it worked. For a limited time, beginning at Super Soap Weekend at Disney/MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida, fans could submit ideas for the scenes they'd love to see on their soaps.
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Not only did this strategy bring the fans right into their favorite soaps, it made these very special stand-alone one day episodes unique and something to truly treasure.
2004 marks the second year of ABC Daytime's Fan February. But instead of sticking with the original premise (which admittedly must have been rather costly to produce and air), ABC Daytime now had fans enter to win a random drawing contest to appear with their favorite actor on their favorite soap.
All My Children welcomed Pauline Dwyer, General Hospital shared the stage with Seanna McBride, and Claudia Gibson got the privilege to work in a scene with her Llanview idle, Kassie dePaiva (Blair) on One Life to Live. The Fan February episodes air this week. Click here to meet the winners.
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