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The 52-year-old takes charge of the European champions on an interim basis until the end of the current campaign after spending almost two years out of work following his dismissal at Inter.
|Fernando Torres is 6/1 with William Hill to score first when Chelsea face Manchester City on Sunday
A statement on the club's official website read: "The owner and the Board believe that in Benitez we have a manager with significant experience at the highest level of football, who can come in and immediately help deliver our objectives.
"The 52-year-old Spaniard is due to meet the players at the training ground in Cobham tomorrow [Thursday]."
Benitez will take charge of his second Premier League club after a successful six-year spell at Liverpool between 2004 and 2010.
His time on Merseyside led to success in Europe as he won the club's fifth European Cup in his second season in 2005, while he also secured the FA Cup a year later.
Roman Abramovich relieved Di Matteo of his duties on Wednesday morning despite the Italian guiding the club to their maiden Champions League trophy and a seventh FA Cup last season.
Di Matteo signed a two-year deal in the summer, but has seen his position questioned almost continually since with Pep Guardiola thought to wanted by the Russian oligarch to lead the club.
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The pursuit of truth
Probably you're sick and tired of your job right now. Whatever it may be, it probably doesn't hold the same adventure, freedom and noble purposes as investigative journalism. What sets investigative journalism apart from most other careers today that rely on dishonesty, safeness and production is that investigative journalism in its purest sense stands for truth in the service of society. It handles the most delicate issues and treats them with the most objective eye possible. Investigative journalism is one truly life changing career path!
But is investigative journalism a career for everyone from jasminlive? Not exactly. First, you need to be reasonably fit to have a career in investigative journalism because these kinds of journalists do a lot of legwork and travel to some pretty dangerous places. So in this kind of work you need to get in location as quickly as possible and get out just as fast to avoid trouble. Because trust me, in this line of work, trouble follows you everywhere.
Working for the betterment of society does have a pretty big downside. As an investigative journalist , you're expected to tackle society's most delicate issues. Drug trafficking, prostitution, political scandals and gangland violence are just a few of the very touchy topics that investigative journalism deals with. And because these things are some of the world's most sensitive things to deal with, it makes the life and livelihood of people who investigate these things even more in peril. If you're an investigative journalist, expect a lot of death threats, bribes and lawsuits to come between you and your story.
But the rewards are much better than the potential threats. This is not only a career for the courageous but is also a really huge boon to democracy.

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It is something small but maybe someone is in a great need of better performance
Good tip, but it's for just Windows 98 users. Just a thought for next time, be a little bit more specific with your links, rather than having someone have to click on the link and then find out it won't work with their OS.
Though the same general idea that was explained in the website you provided can also be done in any OS... just have to go about it in a different means since the Control Panels are setup different.
Just a thought...
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Formatting my server because someone hacked into it sounds pretty boring to me...
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I posted this before, but mine is different in a way. Take a look: http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=243312 .
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i like d00dz post better ...way more explanation and not just a link to a website .... next time script kiddie when you give alink you may wan to explain whats in there , whats it for and what advantage we have from it ....
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go to MyComputer Properties ->Adcanced ->Performance Settings ->Advanced Tab
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'My Cup of Char' showcases her professional talents, to enable her to fund her continued travels and her passions for the things she loves to do.


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November 17. 2013 12:23AM
Garry Rayno's State House Dome: Battle likely on expanding Medicaid eligibility
By GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
With all the talk in Concord and Washington about Medicaid expansion, one piece not getting much attention is the cost to states for those already eligible for Medicaid, but who have not signed up. Under the individual mandate coming Jan. 1, those who go onto the federal insurance marketplace will be put on their state's Medicaid program.
Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government initially pays 100 percent of the cost for the newly eligible. But it pays only the existing federal percentage if the person was already Medicaid-eligible. In New Hampshire, that's a 50-50 split with the feds.
In a letter to the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Sen.
Kelly Ayotte
says she believes "it is important to highlight the true costs of the law to our states."
One of the key elements of the act is expanding Medicaid, she says, although it is optional for states thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the ACA.
"While states are no longer required to expand their Medicaid programs, we believe it is important that states better understand the program costs they can expect to see after Jan. 1, 2014," Ayotte wrote along with fellow Sen.
Lindsey Graham
of South Carolina.
In that light, she asks three questions:
Will the percentage of federal matching funds remain the same for those previously eligible for Medicaid that now enroll in the program?
What percentage of the nation's new enrollees in the expanded Medicaid program were previously eligible for the program?
What percentage of New Hampshire's new enrollees were previously eligible for Medicaid?
"As senators representing South Carolina and New Hampshire, we want to understand fully the underlying costs to states' Medicaid programs," Ayotte and Graham wrote.
State Senate Majority Leader
Jeb Bradley
, R-Wolfeboro, said he was unaware of the letter, but is aware of the problem and said delaying the individual mandate would have been good to do along with the one-year extension President
announced last week for existing insurance policies that will not meet the requirements of the act in 2014.
In terms of the current debate in Concord over expansion, Bradley said, he is not sure the letter would have much effect.
State Health and Human Services Department officials expect about 1,657 people who were previously eligible will be added to the Medicaid program in 2014, and the number will grow to 3,208 by the year 2021.
Paying 50 percent of the Medicaid cost for those individuals is expected to cost the state $46.6 million over the eight-year period, according to information supplied by the DHHS.
But the agency also predicts about 2,000 people will leave Medicaid and go on private insurance and the number to grow to slightly less than 4,000 by 2021, saving the state $71 million.
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LITTLE STEPS: Another week passed and Democratic and Republican lawmakers inched only a little closer to an agreement on expansion of Medicaid eligibility with the crucial vote Thursday. Neither side is willing to give on the "essential components" of their plans.
Republicans do not want to create an open-ended entitlement program that puts taxpayers on the hook for health care with questionable outcomes, while Democrats talk of hard-working waitresses and carpenters who desperately need health care at no cost to the state for three years.
The key words for Senate Republicans and their plan are private insurance, reforms, and triggers, while the key words for Democrats are competition, federal money and access.
Key words left out of the spin are budget neutrality, something the federal government is not likely to bend on. The cost of private insurance and the additional services required for the Medicaid program such as transportation cannot be more than it would cost in the "regular Medicaid program."
Little has been done to demonstrate that private insurance coverage and the "wrap-around services" would be no more expensive than the state's new managed care program.
Medicaid currently pays providers about 54 cents on a dollar, while private insurers would have to pay something close to 100 percent of the cost or more. That makes budget neutrality difficult to achieve.
Bradley says the savings from requiring those qualifying for Medicaid with insurance through their employers to remain on those plans saves enough money to make the Senate's plan budget neutral.
Currently, there are about 150 people on the Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (HIPP), which has saved about $1 million annually, DHHS officials told lawmakers last week.
Expanding the program to include 13,000 to 14,000 in the next three years could be expected to bring the state savings of about $10 million, according to DHHS, because the federal government pays most of the cost.
Is that enough to make up the difference? You can't answer that unless you know what the private insurance premiums will cost and that is yet to be determined beyond 2014.
Until the real cost of the private insurance is known, it is impossible for either side to make a convincing argument. Lawmakers need real data, but that will not come until the program is expanded.
Under the Senate plan, expansion would end within a year if the state does not receive the necessary federal waiver. Republicans cling to their belief the Obama administration will give states more flexibility, which it may not.
Also the Senate plan ends after the three years the federal government pays 100 percent of the cost, requiring lawmakers to vote to reauthorize the program.
House Democrats and Gov.
Maggie Hassan
want the program to continue in perpetuity unless the feds renege on the promised money or require more expensive benefits.
Somehow the two proposals need to come together with evaluation periods so that the state can assess how well the managed care program is working for say two years and then the private insurance provision for another two years.
Unless they both agree to give up key elements of their plans, Thursday will be a long, bitter and partisan battle.
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NO HIDDEN AGENDA: Senate Republicans agreeing to the leadership's plan are between a rock and a hard place.
On the one hand, hospitals and their health-care systems want Medicaid expansion. While they would like the higher private insurance reimbursement rate, they will accept what Medicaid pays because something is better than nothing.
It is much easier for hospitals to target 24 Senate members than 400 House members.
On the other hand, the right-wing of the GOP does not want Medicaid expansion or any part of the ACA.
Several weeks ago at a press conference,
Aaron Day
, the new chair of the Republican Liberty Alliance, warned Republicans they will have a primary if they vote for Medicaid expansion.
The organization's home page has a picture of an empty Senate chamber with a box on the right titled "RINO (Republican in Name Only) Hunting.
"Join the team that's helping to stop Obamacare's Medicaid expansion and prevent a New Hampshire state income tax," is displayed prominently on the group's Home Page.
Clicking the box brings up pictures of 11 of the 13 Democrats and says "Click on the picture of the RINO Senator to obtain contact information and recommend primary candidates" and a place for your name and other information.
The only two Republican senators not on the list are
Andy Sanborn
of Bedford, and
Sam Cataldo
of Farmington, who both appeared at the press conference where Day made his statement.


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To celebrate what would have been Steve McQueen's 75th birthday, TAG Heuer has reissued one of the most famous and iconic watches in the world – the TAG Heuer Monaco. But hurry – it's a limited edition.
The Monaco was designed to match McQueen's suit in the movie Le Mans, which itself was a replica of the suit worn by TAG Heuer's first sponsored driver – Jo Siffert. That adds the cool factor, but its status also lies in the technical innovation – it was the world's first square-cased chronograph, with a microrotor for automatic rewinding – the revolutionary 'Chronomatic Calibre 11'.
The new version differs slightly from the original, featuring a white dial, along with red, white and blue bands to match the McQueen/Siffert suit and blue alligator bracelet. Only 4,000 made – if you want one, you'll have to pay £2,400.
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NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock concedes some trepidation about calling Thursday night's game between the Eagles and Seattle.
A Haverford School graduate and Newtown Square resident, Mayock said he is a little bit nervous about how to explain the current situation in Philadelphia to a national audience.
"I'm excited about doing a hometown game," he told Sports Illustrated's Peter King during a podcast this week. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't. A part of me feels a little nervous about how to conveny what's going in Philadelphia and what the fair thing is and what's going to happen here next year and all those things. There is a lot more than meets the eye and I think it has to be handled with respect."
As for next year, though, Mayock is among those who think Andy Reid deserves to keep his job and return for another season.
"Philadelphia is a passionate city. I grew up here in West Philadelphia and I can say that. I understand it. It's Super Bowl win or bust. That's the attitude and I get it.
"What I try to tell people all the time is, there are 27 or 28 other NFL citieis that would give anything to have had the record Andy Reid has had the last 12 years. It seems like every year, he's in the final 4 or the final 6. The analogy I use is if you had 32 salesmen in the company and you have on guy who's a star but not a superstar and every year he finishes in the top 3, 4,5, are you going to fire him or pat him on the back and tell him to keep working hard and trying to get him to No. 1 ... They've got 5 games left, and think you find out a lot about people in these last five weeks. There are going to be some people that bail and there are going to be some peope that have just signed contracts and are new to town and don't really care and are gonig look around and say the grass is greener. We are going to find out a lot about exactly who cares and who doesn't in this organization over the next five games.
"I think Andy Reid deserves a second go-round ... May there be some changes in that staff? Maybe. At the end of the day, I think this guy deserves the opportunity to work it out moving forward."
As for King's view, "I've always thought if the players are still listening to you, if you're runnig a controlled ship, you're fine. You can withstand a real bad year, which is what they're going through this year. If you start having coaches arguing on the sidelines and have to bench your star receiver because you sense he's maybe not trying or giving it 100 percent, now my thought is a little bit difrerent and a little bit more open-minded.
"All along, I've said the Eagles could go 2-14 and I wouldn't fire Andy Reid. I think he's too good a coach and he's done too much. Bill Cowher in Year 13 was 6-10 ... and two years later he's holding the Super Bowl trophy. I'm not saying that will happen with the Eagles. I don't know what's going to happen. ... I think Reid deserves an absolute rotten year."
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Media briefings with state coordinators and reports tracking conditions at the polls and monitoring black voter turnout
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Unity 12 Campaign will host The Ronald Walters Election Day Command Center on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at the National Education Association's Headquarters 1201 16th Street, NW Washington, DC. Unity partners will track Election Day results, problems at the polls. The command center will feature a social media center hosting a tweet-a-thon and a Watch Party that includes political commentary by Black political scientists, activists and organizers.
Several partners from the Unity '12 coalition will serve as liaisons to communicate hourly reports from state coordinators who are managing get-out-the-vote activities and supervising poll monitors. The state liaisons will keep track of conditions and problems at the polls, monitor black voter turnout, and get exit poll results from Unity '12 states that are conducting exit polls. The command center will pay special attention to the trends from key battleground states. Unity '12 states are: AL, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MD, MI, MS, NC, OH, PA, VA, and WI.
Coordinators on the ground will provide updates via conference calls scheduled throughout the day, twitter (Hashtag: #UNITYVOTE), and upload video and photos. Video, photos, and blogs can be accessed via the Unity '12 Campaign website: www.unityvoterempowermentcampaign.org.
Scheduled participants in conference calls include: National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) field coordinators, Black Youth Vote! coordinators, student coordinators for the HBCU Challenge, political analysts, and NCBCP Unity '12 partners. Unity '12 Partners co-hosting the command center include: The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, A. Philip Randolph Institute, The Ronald Walters Leadership & Policy Center at Howard University, The Praxis Project, National Education Association, Black Youth Vote!, National Urban League, Black Women's Roundtable, Generational Alliance, Politic 365, Industry Ears, National Council of Negro Women, National Conference of Black Women, NAFEO, Institute of Caribbean Studies, National Action Network, Skinner Leadership Institute and others.
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Tom Cruise is embarking on a new mission.
Production kicked off Monday on the fifth film in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise; the upcoming release will see Cruise reprise one of his most successful roles, super-spy Ethan Hunt, for director Christopher McQuarrie.
The actor is also producing the film, which McQuarrie wrote with Drew Pearce and Will Staples.
The production is scheduled to shoot in Vienna, Morocco and London and will see franchise veterans Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner and Ving Rhames join Cruise on screen.
Alec Baldwin and Rebecca Ferguson are also set to appear in the film.
The previous film in the series, 2011's "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol," directed by Brad Bird, earned nearly $700 million at the global box office to rank as Cruise's highest-grossing film.
Since then, though, the actor has appeared in several projects that had a more difficult time connecting quite as strongly with moviegoers including 2012's "Rock of Ages," "Jack Reacher" (the latter of which McQuarrie wrote and directed) and last year's "Oblivion," which was directed by "Tron: Legacy" filmmaker Joseph Kosinski and was set on a future Earth left decimated by an alien invasion.
Earlier this summer, Cruise starred in Doug Liman's "Edge of Tomorrow," the sci-fi action adventure is based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka's award-winning novel "All You Need Is Kill." Cruise played Lt. Col. Bill Cage, an officer dropped onto a futuristic battlefield only to die and be reborn again and again at a moment before the siege.
Although the film generally earned positive reviews — it is rated 90% fresh on the website Rotten Tomatoes — it struggled to reach the $100 million mark at the U.S. box office, though it did bring in $364 million worldwide.
— Gina McIntyre | @LATHeroComplex
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Interest from foreign clubs in teenage American players is at an all-time high and an increasing number of youngsters are considering leaving their homes to pursue their soccer dreams aboard.
One day Francisco Lletget noticed something slightly odd about the way his son, Sebastian, was eating breakfast, so he approached and took a closer look. While scooping cereal into his mouth, Sebastian was tapping a soccer ball back and forth under the table.
"The thing about Sebi," says Francisco, "he always wants to play soccer. Even now at age 15, he still plays soccer in the house."
Francisco was the same way when he was growing up in Mar del Plata, Argentina, dreaming of becoming a professional soccer player.
"But my parents didn't support me in that dream the way I support Sebi," says Francisco. "They wanted me to be a lawyer or a doctor. But whenever I opened a school book, I just started thinking about soccer again."
Francisco and his wife, Sara, immigrated to the United States when he was 20. The family lives in South San Francisco. Francisco works at the Oroweat/Bimbo bakery and Sara for the U.S. Postal Service.
Sebastian plays youth soccer for Santa Clara Sporting, about an hour drive from their home. His story serves as an example of how aggressively scouts from foreign clubs are pursuing young American talent.
Sebastian has played for the U-15 U.S. national team, but it was when he was playing with his local club, more than 5,000 miles away from London, that West Ham United scouts spotted him.
"I couldn't believe it when a scout from an English Premier League team came up to me and said he was interested in my son," says Francisco.
After Sebastian's third visit to West Ham, where he trained with its U-16 and U-18 youth teams, the club invited Sebastian to join its youth academy. At the same time, Sebastian received an invitation from the U.S. Soccer Federation to move to Bradenton, Fla., and enter its U-17 residency camp. But his parents' visit to West Ham had convinced them it would be the right place for him.
They toured the club, the boarding home where Sebastian would live, the school he'd attend, and observed the training he'll experience.
"Everything about it looked like it would be a good place for Sebastian," says Francisco.
Sebastian is in the process of acquiring an Italian passport, for which he is eligible because of his maternal grandfather. It will make him a European Union player, meaning he won't require a UK work permit if he's offered a pro contract down the road. Also, FIFA's ban on international transfers of minors does not apply to EU members.
(Another method of circumventing the ban is having the parents move as well.)
Making the decision for Francisco and Sara to send their son away from home easier was the West Ham Academy's long history of producing top-level players. Alumni who are top current England players include Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and Michael Carrick. (Hammers Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters started on England's 1966 World Cup championship team.)
In fact, West Ham is one of the few English clubs that has drawn praise for its player development. Each English Premier League is required to have an academy, but so few players advance to the EPL that Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson recently said the academy system was "falling apart."
A STEP TO THE TOP? There are examples of Americans who went to Europe as teens and enjoyed successful careers.
Jovan Kirovski left California in 1991 at age 15 to join Manchester United. The inability to get a UK work permit prevented him from appearing for Man U's first team, but he played in Germany, Portugal, and after becoming a U.S. international, returned to England. Kirovski currently plays for the Colorado Rapids.
John O'Brien was 16 when he joined Ajax Amsterdam's youth program. He made a smooth transition to its first team, was a star for the USA at the 2002 World Cup, but retired at age 29 because of injuries.
More recently, New Jersey product Giuseppe Rossi went to Italy's Parma at age 13 and is now a leading scorer in the Spanish La Liga at age 20.
Of course, for all the success stories many, many more players who venture abroad won't make it as professionals. With that mind, players and their parents must carefully consider whether leaving home as a teen is a prudent choice.
For one, joining a pro club's youth system or even trying out can jeopardize a player's college eligibility.
If a boy receives expenses from a professional club for a visit longer than 48 hours, he will break NCAA eligibility rules. He can, however, regain eligibility if he repays the money. The NCAA sets no limits on self-financed tryouts.
A player interested in playing for a youth or amateur team of a professional club without forfeiting his eligibility is at the mercy of the NCAA's interpretation of the player's relationship with the professional club. If the professional club pays the player's living and travel expenses, it will likely render him ineligible for college, although reinstatement is possible.
"There are some gray areas when a player becomes part of a professional club's youth system," says Cal Berkeley coach Kevin Grimes.
Grimes says that about seven years ago the number of elite Americans who skipped college to pursue pro careers increased dramatically.
"There's no doubt that most of the top players aren't going to college," says Grimes, "whether it's to play in MLS or to go abroad. But some players still do go to college, make it in MLS and go abroad.
"I think it can be very difficult for a 17-year-old to move to another country. And even if a player only goes to college for a year or two, it may make the transition easier for him when he does go abroad."
Clint Dempsey, currently one of the most successful Americans abroad, spent three years at Furman University and four years in MLS before joining English Premier League club Fulham at age 23.
RESEARCH REQUIRED. Bob Jenkins, U.S. Soccer's director of player development and its U-18 national team coach, says young Americans have long aimed to play abroad, but recently the opportunities have increased dramatically.
"In the last year and a half it seems more and more people are showing up trying to place young players in Europe," Jenkins says. "Part of that is because some Americans are succeeding abroad. And the other reason is that the United States is kind of a frontier, because here foreign clubs can get players and not have to pay anybody."
While in other nations clubs that develop players can earn transfer fees or training compensation, American youth clubs don't. That has spurred some youth coaches to act as agents and work actively to find foreign clubs for their players, increasing the drive to move kids abroad.
One of the lures of leaving home is the notion that foreign clubs will accelerate the player's development.
"That's not always the case," says Jenkins. "I've seen players come back after a year with a European club and not be better than when they left. You cannot make a blanket statement that if you go abroad you'll be better off.
"Sometimes what a club has to offer looks good on paper, but either the training sessions or living conditions aren't optimal."
It's also important for players to know the club's track record of producing players for its top team and how many players from its youth academy play high-level ball with other clubs.
And how many players does the club bring into its youth program each year? An offer from a famous club may flatter, but realizing the club brings in 40 players from around the world each year puts the invitation into perspective. In some cases, a less glamorous club may have a more successful youth program.
Jenkins emphasizes it's crucial for players to understand the FIFA and national federation regulations when pursuing a move abroad. He cites a young player who joined a foreign club only to learn he wasn't eligible to play in competitive games.
There's also homesickness, the adjustment to a new culture, and the reality that the odds of reaching the top level are still minuscule even if one enters a club's feeder program. Most European clubs field youth and reserve teams while rarely promoting players to their first team.
"I always tell Sebastian, it's one step at a time," says Francisco. "He's still a long way from realizing his dream of playing pro soccer, but we believe West Ham is a great opportunity him."
(This article originally appeared in the November 2007 issue of Soccer America magazine.)


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Jan. 5, 2009
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -
Big West Player of the Week Release in PDF Format
Senior guard Lauren Pedersen was named the Big West women's basketball Player of the Week after leading UC Santa Barbara to a pair of victories to open conference play.
Pedersen scored a team-high 16 points, grabbed six rebounds, handed out four assists and had three steals in a 66-48 win over Long Beach State on Jan. 2. Pedersen went 7-for-15 from the floor, tying her career-high in field goals made.
Following it up vs. preseason favorite UC Riverside on Sunday, Pedersen had a game-high 21 points on 7 of 17 shooting, while grabbing five rebounds and tallying three steals. She matched her career-high with five three-pointers made, canning 5 of 8 from downtown in the 47-40 win.
"Lauren is obviously a tremendous player and she does so much more for our team than you can see in the terrific numbers she puts up," UCSB head coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. "She's been our floor leader all year. She had a huge weekend and I'm proud of her and the entire team that she's recognized by the conference this week."
It is Pedersen's first career Big West Player of the Week accolade as she averaged 18.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game while shooting 43.8 percent from the floor.
For the season, Pedersen leads UCSB averaging 12.8 points per game and leads the team with 4.9 rebounds per contest. She also has dished out a team-high 48 assists while nabbing a team-leading 37 steals.
UCSB, currently 6-6 overall and 2-0 in the Big West, take to the road this week. The Gauchos will face UC Irvine on Thursday at the Bren Events at 7 p.m. and will play at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday at 5 p.m. Both games can be heard in Santa Barbara on 990 AM or watched online at UCSBgauchos.com
The Gauchos return to the Thunderdome on Wed., Jan. 14 vs. Portland State at 7 p.m. in a non-conference match. Tickets are available by calling (805) 893-UCSB or clicking here.


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By Kerry Magro [1] Jul 19, 2013 0 [2]
A New Emphasis on Adults
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the 44th Annual Autism Society [3] Conference in Pittsburgh. The three-day conference had many amazing highlights. One came from fellow Autism After 16 columnist Caroline McGraw, who did a breakout session called "Challenges and Joys of Being a Sibling." Caroline—whom I had never met before the conference—was very powerful in presenting what it is like being the sister of an adult on the autism spectrum. Caroline did an amazing job on her speech and presentation.
Another highlight, which blew my mind, involved the keynote address focusing on adults with autism. This address called "Legislative Efforts and the Autism Community" was given by Congressmen Mike Doyle [4] and Chris Smith [5]. These two individuals played pivotal roles in the passing of the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act of 2011 [6] by the House of Representatives. This bill provided $693 million in federal funding to help those affected by autism. These two congressmen have had a dramatic impact for the autism community in the past. They announced that now they are focusing their agenda on adults with autism.
Even though the congressmen only spoke for about 10 minutes apiece, they each made a lasting impression on me. One quote that stuck in the back of my head was when Smith said we must change the conversation from helping "children with autism" to "people with autism." This hit home for me because for over a year I have been advocating for just that. I've said over and over that the popular image of autism has been of children and the conversation should now focus more on adults with autism. To have someone stand up at a national conference and support this meant a great deal to me.
Their overall message is something I think can move mountains for us! The facts are clear. The numbers keep rising for autism. Kids with autism are growing up, and we better be prepared for them. The other take-away for me was the passion behind what they were saying. Both congressmen know that the future is going to be difficult because of the current spending cuts, but they refuse to use that as an excuse.
Finally, a personal highlight for me at the conference was the friendships I made with other young adults on the spectrum. As someone who has a full-time job along with several part-time jobs, it's difficult to fit in a social life. These three days helped me by being with others my own age along with gaining some great perspectives into autism.
It was also the start of one of my new positions as a member of Autism Society's Panel of People on the Spectrum of Autism Advisors (PSA). As one of the youngest members on the panel, the social opportunities here along with the opportunities to be mentored were plentiful.
Overall, this was my fourth year at the conference and as in prior years, those three days have done wonderful things for me and for that I'm grateful.


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Amour: A Film to Die For
Opens at the Albany Twin Theater on January 18
Nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar, Austrian director Michael Haneke's Amour, features a trio of French acting royalty in a stunning, intimate portrayal of the grandeur (and drudgery) of devotion, when an aging couple is forced to square off with the demands of mortality. Jean Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert embody the close-knit and cultured octogenarian couple Georges, and Anne and their distant musician daughter. Trintignant (81) has acted in more than 100 films (including A Man and a Woman). Riva (85) has appeared in more than 40 movies (beginning with a starring role in Hiroshima Mon Amour). Huppert has more than 70 films to her credit. Together they represent nearly 150 years of cinematic chops. -more-


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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A group of quick-acting bystanders came to the aid of a woman who was being carjacked in San Diego, tackling the suspect and holding him for police.
Witnesses tell KFMB-TV (http://bit.ly/1wqgO0r ) the man jumped into the car and tried to drive away with the woman and her child inside on Sunday.
Before he could get away, a group of people grabbed the keys out of his hand, pulled him out of the vehicle and held him until police arrived.
The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Ismael Hernandez, was arrested and is being held on suspicion of carjacking and kidnapping.
The incident was recorded on video and posted to YouTube.
Hernandez was being held Tuesday on $110,000 bail. He's set to be arraigned Wednesday. It's unclear if he has hired an attorney.
Information from: KFMB-TV, http://www.kfmb.com/


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Warman's Field Guides are the perfect size to take along on your antiquing excursions. Learn more about the Warman's Field Guides at shop.collect.com.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The original antiques week did it again, filling this northern New England city with antiques, dealers and antiques collectors to experience what several customers called the best shopping in the country for Americana. Waiting in line for the opening of New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association's annual affair, there was broad agreement among a group that this event is the very best collection of early American furniture, household tools and equipment and décor items from before 1800.
The year's show, held Aug. 9-14, consisted of five antiques shows, with Manchester Pickers Market starting the week on Monday, for just one day. Barnstar Productions had gathered nearly a hundred dealers in the former Furniture World building at the south side of Manchester, with great early painted furniture as one of the favorite collections. Hannah Humes, a well-traveled dealer from Westerville, Ohio, was offering a collection of small Americana, including a collection of miniature paintings at Pickers.
Managed by Frank Gaglio, this show moved to the beginning of the week several years ago and has prospered with great attendance, and, even in these tough economic times, good sales.
Tuesday morning, Nan Gurley's Americana at Deerfield was opened at 8 a.m. to more than 500 waiting patrons, who came running up the hill to be first at their favorite exhibition. Gurley had all the available buildings at the Deerfield, N.H., Fairgrounds filled to the maximum capacity, with several dozen exhibiting outside in their own tents. This show typically features early Colonial-era primitive antiques, but it is not limited to that. Several exhibitors reported that small antiques were selling here very well.
At noon Tuesday, Start of Manchester Antiques Show opened the gates at J.F.K. Ice Rink in the north part of town for the customers, allowing the collecting to begin. This show was begun in the late '90s by Kay and Bill Puchstein, then sold to Flamingo Eventz. Over the years, opening times and schedules have changed so while keeping its original name, it is the third to open in the week. There were a variety of collections offered, including with Revolutionary and Federal period antiques from Axtell Antiques of Deposit, Penn., and collections gathered in England from Fanshawe Blaine from Raphine, Va.
As the week continued, the shows got even bigger, with Mid-Week at Manchester, Barnstar's second show opening at Furniture World Building Wednesday. This two day affair was 130 dealers exhibiting early home furnishings, art, folk art and even some outsider art. Gaglio has been building this event as his most important show of the year with probably the best collections and largest audience. Featured collections included stoneware from Charles and Barbara Adams, Cape Cod, Mass.; fine Southern furniture and accessories from Sumpter Priddy III, Alexandria, Va.; and folk art from New Jersey dealer Jim Grievo.
All these shows are satellites to the original show — and one of the most important antiques events of the year — the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association Antiques Show, which opened Thursday for a three-day run. Held in the center of New Hampshire hall, now a part of the Radisson Hotel in the center of town, this gathering of about 70 dealers was spectacular in the presentations and arrangements. Sales here, with more than 800 waiting for the opening, were just as good as could be expected for this is one of the oldest shows in the country. Exhibitor Tommy Thompson, who has homes in Florida and New Hampshire, was the volunteer show manager this year. For the first hour, customers waited in line to speak to him about specific purchases in his booth. There were many other dealers who were similarly busy that morning, selling Americana, home décor, additions to collections of earthenware and many more fine small antiques. This is also the show where there were many pieces of furniture made by the master cabinet makers of pre-revolutionary America.
In its more than 60 years, The Week has become the premier event for antiques, where customers proudly say they found their antique in Manchester, and only add the year, for they usually come back. This year, the audience for the shows was like it had been several years ago, big crowds of customers waiting and returning to the individual shows and buying in good quantities.
These shows each have their own producers, but the date pattern has remained the same for many years. For 2011, expect the week to be Aug. 8-13. Book hotels early, for they do fill quickly, and watch Antique Trader's calendar for more specifics. ?
Tom O'Hara is a freelance writer and dealer, owner of Easter Hill Antiques of Sharon, Conn. In the past, he has covered shows in Brimfield, Round Top and Springfield, Ohio, for Antique Trader.
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The Walrus Says
The July 4th fireworks shoot at Mackerel Cove will be the Rocket Dawgz last.
Lead dawg B.J. Whitehouse said this week, "It's been great, but situations, life and age have conspired to make the endeavor diffi- cult. Instead of great fun, it has become a chore. Don't get us wrong, the generosity, strong support and good wishes have been overwhelming! The town officials have been great over the years helping us with permitting, police, fire and rescue service and road crew assistance. We are very proud of our impeccable safety record.
"We've blown up about $110,000 of your money over the last 11 years. And we'd like to go out with a bang rather than a whimper. We will, as always, blow up whatever you would like to donate and light up the July night. This year, we'll be at Mackerel Cove (as long as we get all the required permits) on July 4 to celebrate 231 years of independence. Send your donation to the Fireworks Fund, PO Box 1776, Jamestown, RI 02835, and let's go out with a bang."
Fran Boyer of Whale Rock Road has sent her contribution into the Rocket Dawgz. The Boyer family has donated to the fireworks for all 12 years that the Dawgz have been blowing up money.
Does the Tiverton thing mean that Peter Rabbit will now come to our house on Easter morning?
Jamestown's teen coordinator Melissa Minto is putting together a sustainable agriculture delegation of high school students 16 years of age or older to travel to rural Leon, Nicaragua, July 18 to 26.
"We will be working on several community projects and I'm in search of responsible students to travel with us. Jessica Bucklin, Eric von Hohenleiten, Victor Lambert and others have begun planning some fund-raising projects to help with the costs of the trip," Melissa said.
There will be an informational meeting next month, but in the meantime you can contact Melissa at email@example.com or visit www.newhavenleon.org.
There are other ways to get your cat to scratch in the right place according to Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic.
"In addition to providing a good scratching post for your cat, there are other tricks that may help reduce their destructive tendencies. Some cats prefer flat scratching posts and you can find cheap cardboard scratching boxes or you can make a flat scratching post of your own with leftover plywood, carpet remnants, and then tack that to the floor. Again, using cat nip or cat toys to encourage your cat to use that specific post and not the other furniture will help get them using it appropriately.
"To discourage your cat from scratching at your furniture, drapes, or carpet you can use either a scented spray that the cats don't approve of, something like bitter apple, potpourri or citrus scented sprays most cats will avoid. You can also use double sided sticky tape near those objects because the cat won't want to stand on that or use plastic runners to protect your furniture while the cat is being trained to use the scratching posts."
Jamestown's Boy Scout Troop 1 is looking for adult volunteers to help with all aspects of Scouting. If you have specialized expertise and are willing to serve as a counselor for any of the more than 120 Merit Badges (ranging from Archaeology to Woodworking and Insect Study to Engineering) the troop needs you.
They're also seeking volunteers to serve on the troop committee and work with Scouts in other aspects of the Scouting program. In the coming weeks, the troop will conduct a resource survey to find ways people in our community can enjoy using their talents to help our Scouts.
Troop Secretary/Advancement Coordinator Tom Bailey said, "Boy Scouting is for adults as well as boys, and Troop 1 invites you to share your skills and interests to help develop the best possible program for the Boy Scouts in Jamestown. If you are interested in taking part in this survey, or if you have any questions about Scouting, please contact Tom at 560- 0112 or Jim or Diane Archibald at 423-3094.
Jamestown native Linda S. Hurteau, now living in North Kingstown, will be running a marathon for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training. This time, she's headed to Anchorage, Alaska, to run the Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon on June 23.
"Leukemia is the number one cause of death in children between the ages of 1 and 14. A 10-year-old girl at my kids' school was recently diagnosed with leukemia." (Payton Watson, daughter of Sergeant Frank Watson of the Jamestown Police Department and Elizabeth Goode Watson.)
"My goal is to raise a total of $5,500, ($1,300 by April 8), and any donation you make will help me reach that goal. All donations are tax deductable. Please consider donating even $1 per mile ($26), or $2 per mile ($52). Any donation, whatever size, would be great!"
Contributions by credit card can be made at www.active.com/ donate/tntri/lhurteau or send a check made out to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to 1307 Stony Lane, North Kingstown, RI 02852.
B.J. Whitehouse's musical "Cover Story" closed last weekend after a very successful two-day run at the Wilbur/McMahon School in Little Compton.
This was the second time it has been staged. The cast consisted of members of the middle school chorus and in B.J.'s words, "They were great!"
B.J., the top music man in the school system, wrote the book, lyrics and music. He explained that, "The story takes place in a middle school classroom and the same scene starts nine times in the play. Each time the scene unfolds there is a point of departure in which we find out a little bit about each of the students.
"One student imagines that he is a superhero, one student is being bullied, another wants to be a rock star, another girl's little brother is dying of leukemia. Even the teacher has a song about being the greatest teacher.
"The title 'Cover Story' comes from the adage 'you can't judge a book by its cover.' And, you can't judge a kid (or anyone for that matter) by outward appearances."
The musical's next stop is at a middle school near you.
Sunday is All Fools' Day. Stay alert!!
Monday is the Grass or Egg Moon.
Tuesday is Passover.
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Honors & Awards
- Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2012)
Seung Hoon Choi was one of two senior offensive linemen who played a key role for the Huskers during the 2012 season, helping Nebraska field one of the top offenses in the nation. The 6-2, 295-pound Choi started all 14 games at left guard and the continuity of the offensive line played a key role in the success of the offense.
A native of South Korea, Choi came to Lincoln in the eighth grade and first played football as a sophomore in high school. A former walk-on to the Husker program, Choi was one of five players to be awarded a scholarship prior to the start of the 2012 season.
2012 (Senior)
Choi started every game for the Huskers, helping Nebraska lead the Big Ten in both rushing offense and total offense. The offensive line paved the way for a rushing attack that saw sophomore I-back Ameer Abdullah rack up 1,137 rushing yards, while quarterback Taylor Martinez added 1,019 yards and 10 rushing touchdowns. Nebraska gained better than 430 yards in 12 of 14 games and rushed for at least 250 yards eight times in 2012.
2011 (Junior)
Choi and sophomore Andrew Rodriguez split the starting role at left guard, with Choi taking over full-time when Rodriguez missed the final four games with a foot injury. Choi's play helped Nebraska average 217.2 rushing yards per game, while rushing for more than 200 yards seven times. The Huskers rushed for more than 300 yards against Washington, Wyoming and Minnesota.
Choi made his starts against Washington, Wyoming, Penn State, Michigan, Iowa and South Carolina, joining Spencer Long and Mike Caputo as walk-ons on the starting line. The play of the line paved the way for I-back Rex Burkhead to rush for 1,357 yards, the most by an NU I-back since 1997.
2010 (Sophomore)
Choi added depth at offensive guard and played in the opener against Western Kentucky.
2009 (Redshirt Freshman)
Choi provided depth at guard, but did not see game action.
2008 (Redshirt)
Choi walked on and sat out his first season as a redshirt.
Before Nebraska (Lincoln Christian HS)
Seung was born on Nov. 24, 1989, in Seoul, South Korea. He is the son of Sang Ho Choi and Yu Mi Chu, who still reside in South Korea. Choi came to the United States to live with an uncle who worked at UNL as a researcher. Choi is majoring in sociology/business administration.
Seung was born on Nov. 24, 1989, in Seoul, South Korea. He is the son of San Jo Coi and Yu Mi Chu, who still reside in South Korea. Choi is majoring in sociology.
Choi's Career Statistics
» Games Played-26 (1 in 2010; 11 in 2011, 14 in 2012)
» Games Started-20 (6 in 2011, 14 in 2012)


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SEGA released a trailer showing Wreck-It Ralph in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Get this noise out of my SEGA game, if there are guests at least make them video game characters.
Not going to lie, I am digging this game. I am itching for a better Mario Kart experience!
Now hopefully this tie-in is better than the movie. Just saw the movie and the Sonic cameos were nothing we havent seen before :(


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Here's how it goes down: 4 is better than 3, about the same as 2 and worse than 1.
On Stranger Tides isn't nearly strange enough. Its one real act of piracy is stealing away your excitement.
Captain Jack Sparrow is back in excellent form for his fourth adventure in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which is more serious in the hands of a new director, Rob Marshall, and thanks to Penelope Cruz it's also a good deal sexier.
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OK for kids 12+
More swashbuckling + less violence = OK for older tweens.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that the fourth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean series is actually slightly less violent and creepy than the previous movies. But rum and wine do still flow in a couple of scenes, and there are loads of innuendo-laden comments (most thanks to Johnny Depp's iconic Captain Jack Sparrow) -- as well as all of the swordfighting, explosions, and felled pirates and soldiers that audiences are used to in this franchise. Though there are some deaths, none are bloody/graphic. And although this movie isn't an age-appropriate pick for young kids who might be frightened by some of the pirates and fighting, this shorter-and-simpler edition is fine for older tweens and up.
Messages: Despite the fact that pirates are, by definition, thieves, the movie offers several positive messages about how parents should sacrifice for their children and how every being is worthy of being treated with kindness and respect.
Role models: Philip the missionary is very moral and helps keep Blackbeard from being sadistic whenever possible. He protects Syrena the mermaid and sacrifices his own safety for her. Angelica is a strong and fierce female character who can hold her own against male pirates. Jack and Barbossa, despite their past rivalries, are able to work together against Blackbeard.
Violence: Lots of sword fighting, some of which ends up in death but some of which stops just short of a kill. Also gun use and a brief explosion, and a pirate is punished by being sent on a longboat and then burned. A mermaid is captured and threatened with death; someone is poisoned, a man's throat is slit, and there are other scenes of swashbuckling and violence. But actual blood is minimal, and the body count isn't as high as in the other movies.
Sex: Captain Jack makes countless innuendos and jokes with double meanings. (A typical exchange: "What were you doing in a Spanish convent?"/"I thought it was a brothel -- honest mistake.") He whispers something presumably naughty to a woman who begins to swoon. Jack and Angelica dance and roll around on the floor, fighting and flirting. Random, rowdy pub patrons are briefly shown kissing (with one woman leading a man up the stairs), and two other couples kiss in more passionate exchanges
Language: A couple of uses of "damn" and "my God," plus some pirate insults -- usually directed at Jack.
Consumerism: Nothing in the movie itself, but the Pirates franchise has loads of merchandising and toy deals, including LEGO sets, video and board games, costumes, and collectible figures.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Fewer drunk-pirate scenes than in the previous movies, but there's still a good bit of drinking (rum, wine) and alcohol-related humor.
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FUN AT CHURCH: You can make an argument that we don't know a lot about theology, but it would be a weak argument and one that we pretty much put paid to with our fatwa-sparking column last week. Platinum Club members who have access to all our columns know what we're talking about.
This week, as Head Chaplain of the What's Hot! College of Divinity, we're turning our attention to church carnivals, specifically the big neighborhood bash that is the annual St. Cornelius Fiesta, which goes from Friday through Sunday on the church and school grounds on Bellflower Boulevard at Wardlow Road.
In our younger days, we used to work the beer garden at the fiesta, but then we built a bar in our backyard and went all Howard Hughes on everybody.
Still, even without us, the Corney bash is a great gathering spot for folks in the area and alums from the school.
It's not real big on rides, but lots of game booths, live bands and mountains of food.
Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Friday; 2:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Some key events include an Italian dinner at 5 p.m. Friday; a wine tasting at 7 p.m. Friday and an NFL champagne brunch at 9 a.m. Sunday.
JUMP-START GAMBLING: OK, now let's turn our benevolent eye toward doing good works which, happily, you can do while drinking and gambling.
Operation Jump Start, a Long Beach community-based organization dedicated to equipping disadvantaged Long Beach youth with the skills and vision necessary to graduate from high school and go on to higher education, is throwing a Casino Night benefit Friday from 7 to 11 p.m. at The Marketplace, 6475 E. Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach.
The $75 buy-in gets you an evening of dinner, dancing, cocktails, casino gaming and entertainment. Food comes in the sampler form of "A Taste of the Marketplace," including offerings from Sababa, California Pizza Kitchen, the Veggie Grill and more.
Live rock comes from the Squeezebox Band and raffle and auction items include a VIP package to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, seats at the USC homecoming game and round-trip tickets for two to anywhere Southwest Airline flies in the States.
You can buy tickets at the door. For more, check out www.operationjumpstart.org.
FOOTBALL PICKS, WEEK IV: You want to know how stupid this season is in the NFL? We've only picked 54 percent of the games correctly, and we're still very much in the hunt. Usually, a 54 percent success rate gets you sent down to the Lingerie League and yet, thanks to inferior teams beating superior teams on a regular basis, we're still up with the sizeable hounds.
Look at last week, if you can bear it: That whole Green Bay-Seattle mess; Minnesota, which hasn't had a good team since Fran Tarkenton was a 22-year-old, beating the supposedly mighty 49ers; Tennessee beats Detroit in a great game that shouldn't have been a great game; Houston won, which wasn't exactly an upset, except we hate Houston; and Jacksonville, for the luvvamike?
This week, we're throwing away our reasoned and calculated approach to picking winners and just doing things stupidly. We'll see how that works for us.
You are free to pursue your own method by playing along online at presstelegram.com.
ARENA ROCK: On Tuesday we asked people from the Age of Rock to recall their favorite concerts at the Long Beach Arena, which turns a mellow 50 years old next week.
A few poured in, but we need more if we're going to stretch your memories into an entire column, allowing us to pretty much just type up your thoughts and then go home and hit the Ja-cuz with a pitcher of gin and tonics.
Also, don't make the mistake of rhapsodizing about Quicksilver and the Mark-Almond Band, because that was at the Auditorium; or Van Morrison's great show here, because that was at the Terrace; or Pink Floyd's performance of "The Wall," on accounta that that was at the L.A. Sports Arena, not Long Beach.
So, hurry up and remember stuff about the Long Beach Arena, and ship it off to us by email or Facebook. We'll chat about the best moments next week.
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A thoughtful play previously presented by the Yale University Dramatic Association, "Phantomwise" is exquisitely performed and boasts a creative team and cast composed predominantly of Yale alumni.
Playwright Oren Stevens seamlessly blends events from the girlhood of Alice Liddell—the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll's books aboutAlicein Wonderland—with language, characters, and adventures from the fantastical stories. Emphasizing themes of feminism and maturation, the show imaginatively demonstrates how Alice's young life sparked the literary classics, but it makes a less than persuasive case for the books' later stifling of her psychological development into adulthood.
Gracefully directed by Avital Shira, the show is performed by seven deft actors. Kevin Stanfa is slyly endearing as the famous author, and Susannah Jones gives a delectably animated performance in the role ofAlice's younger sister. Only Lily Dorment, asAlice's mother, disappoints: Fully half her lines are delivered inaudibly.
Presented by Lily Lamb-Atkinson as part of the New York International Fringe Festival at the Connelly Theater,220 E. Fourth St., NYC. Aug. 16–25. Remaining performances: Sun., Aug. 19, 2 p.m.; Mon., Aug. 20, 5:15 p.m.; Thu., Aug. 23, 2 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 25, 8:45 p.m. (866) 468-7619 or www.fringenyc.org.
Critic's score: B+


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Open House New York
The Big Apple opens its hidden and little-known doors during a very special weekend
Next weekend, New Yorkers and tourists alike will get the chance to snoop around at sites throughout the city that are typically off limits to the public. It's all part of Open House New York weekend. The event provides an all access pass to hundreds of New York landmarks, businesses, parks and even private homes.


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Olympus Has Fallen (US - BD RA)
Gabe prefers the original title: 'Gerard Butler Stabs Terrorists in the Head'...
When the White House (Secret Service Code: 'Olympus') is captured and the President (Aaron Eckhart) is kidnapped by a terrorist mastermind disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) moves to action. As the national security team scrambles to respond, the secret service ground team is wiped out and it's up to Banning to retake the White House, save the President, and avert an even bigger crisis. (From Sony's official synopsis)
Hollywood has never been opposed to repeating a popular idea, but, every once and a while, two or more big-budget blockbusters based on the same premise will go head-to-head in a single year, often within the same summer period. In 1989 three undersea thrillers fought for box office cash ( Leviathan, The Abyss, and DeepStar Six). In 1998 we had a A Bug's Life vs. Ants and Armageddon vs. Deep Impact. This year saw a dueling pair of 'terrorists in the White House' movies – Antoine Fuqua's Olympus Has Fallen and Roland Emmerich's much more expensive White House Down. What's especially unique about the Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down situation, besides the fact that they may share the most specific similarities of any of these films (aside from maybe Bug's Life and Antz), is that both are being distributed on home video via the same studio – Sony. That has to be a first, right? I haven't actually seen White House Down, so my curiosity here is merely academic. Until I end up with a review copy of Emmerich's film, I'm not going to bother comparing them. Besides, there are plenty of other movies that Olympus Has Fallen begs comparison to.
Fuqua, who started his career with music videos, STV thrillers, and medium-budget vehicles for Chow Yu-Fat and Jamie Foxx, has settled nicely into a position as one of the most trustworthy directors-for-hire working in gritty crime and action features. He never quite delivered on the promise of Training Day and didn't manage to cross-over with King Arthur, but even his worst movies have never been badly made. It'd be nice to see a studio hand him something with substance (he'll probably won't be ascending to 'great filmmaker' status), but if someone has to make the lowest common denominator B-action, better him than the vast majority of his contemporaries. His name on the marquee cries out for endorsements, like, 'hey, this crappy movie might at least well-made, I guess.' Olympus Has Fallen is a typically decent Fuquaian production. His workmanlike refusal to show-off serves the material perfectly with crisp, serviceable storytelling and action. The opening act's terrorist attack shows budget limitations in terms of CG quality, but is a vigorous and somewhat unique take on the all-too-familiar, stake-setting destruction trope. This sequence is brutal in a more personal manner than most modern, PG-13-friendly action films and the brutality carries through the entire film, which doesn't shy away from its R-rating. The squibs are juicy and plentiful, the wounds are gaping, and the innocent bystander body count is shockingly high. Fuqua flops a bit in terms of acting too maudlin when dealing with the aftereffects of the destruction, but his action direction is, for the most part, right on the money. He uses handheld camera styles without shaking the images into chaos, effectively conveys sequence geography, and doesn't over-edit the carefully choreographed violence. His one major technical shortcoming is his sometimes overwhelmingly under-lit sets (more on that in the Video section).
The script, by first time screenwriters Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, recalls a number of '80s genre offerings and does it much better than most recent period throwbacks, such as Walter Hill's Bullet to the Head and the Expendables films (which were also produced by Olympus Has Fallen producer Boaz Davidson). Instead of grouping classic genre actors and throwing them into an utterly generic story situation, Rothenberger and Benedikt recall the period's high concept roots and pay homage to an era when every other action movie was jokingly re-titled by critics ' Die Hard on a/in the (fill in the blank).' Olympus Has Fallen is very much Die Hard in the White House, not Crusty Old Actors Reenacting Movies You Wish You Were Watching Instead. It also captures the idiotic, but loveable jingoism of the Reagan-era, rah-rah America prime without any noticeable irony. The lack of irony is surprisingly potent the whole way around, actually. It's not an entirely humourless film, but the jokes are clearly jokes and rarely made at the expensive of the melodrama or super-serious action/violence. It would be easy to quibble about story oversimplifications and cliché character types, but the scripts one major problem is that it's just too long. Fuqua shoulders some of this burden, because he could've easily cut down the sluggish second act to match the breathlessly-paced first and third acts, but it would be difficult to overcome the repetition and inactivity of the middle section without a pretty big rewrite (apparently, the big Blackhawk helicopter action sequence was added after the fact to give the audience another large-scale action sequence).
Like Fuqua, the cast also works where the screenplay fails. Gerard Butler (who acted as co-producer) settles well into his role of Bruce Willis surrogate (Bruce Willis doesn't seem interested in maintaining that title lately) and is easy to root for as he takes care of business. Aaron Eckhart seems hell-bent on portraying a Commander in Chief that is more furious and cranky than Harrison Ford in Air Force One and he succeeds in spite of some inadvertent silliness. Olympus Has Fallen has a surprisingly strong supporting cast, despite its comparatively modest budget. Morgan Freeman sleepwalks through his role as an apparent Colin Powell stand-in, but still manages to exude plenty of his typical charm. Rick Yune and Dylan McDermott appear to be having a great deal of fun as the cool-headed number one and hot-headed number two villains (respectfully). Angela Bassett and Robert Forster, on the other hand, are generally wasted as reactive order-barkers. Other cast members seem to be on their way off of the A-list, like Ashley Judd, (an almost unrecognizable) Melissa Leo, and Cole Hauser, and barely have any real screen time, but still offer some recognizability and character texture to the film.
This 2.35:1, 1080p Blu-ray transfer is true to the film's 35mm source format. There has been some digital grading applied and natural film grain is relatively thin, but the dynamic ranges and detail levels are quite filmic. Fuqua and cinematographer Conrad W. Hall's (son of Conrad Regular Hall) opt for a mostly natural palette, but seem to be placing the entire film around magic hour, leading to some harsh artificial backlight during outdoor scenes with a sort of yellowish tint and an overall dimness. As I mentioned in the feature section of my review, that dimness does become a bit of a problem at times, especially during the opening sequence, where a wintery night makes it almost impossible to tell what's going on. Details are sharp in close-up (Butler's craggy face is one of the film's favourite landscapes to explore), but do suffer minor smudging in wide-angle shots, along with hints of edge enhancement. The bigger issue, however, continues to be the darkness, which wastes some of the crisp embellishments and turns them into crushed mush. Still, when the palette isn't entirely overwhelmed with black the hues are relatively vivid. Natural greens are lush and poppy highlights, mostly reds and blues, are strong without bleeding or cross-colouration issues. At worst, I noticed some blocking effects on the darker reds/oranges and some random, inconsistent flecks of digital noise, most of which are clearly augmented by digital effects.
As you may have expected, this DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack is pretty darn aggressive. The bulk of the attention goes toward scenes of epic destruction, beginning with the explosive terrorist attack that kicks the plot into gear. These relentless sequences include the sounds of revving airbus engines, large calibre machinegun fire rattling through the channels, screaming masses, crunchy vehicular mayhem, and, of course, huge, LFE-rattling explosions. The more intricate and dynamically-ranged action scenes are equally impressive on a subtler, more punchy level. The quieter moments aren't nearly as expertly tweaked, but do feature plenty of ambient crowd and street noise, a lot of which is given an effective amount of directional enhancement. I suppose that a couple of dialogue-based interactions are too quiet. Trevor Morris' score is sweeping and sappy, just like the late '80s/early '90s Americana action flicks he's emulating. The subtler, driving action cues are sometimes cued low enough that you wonder why they were included at al, but, for the most part, the music offers an additional depth to the track and is quite vibrant.
The extras begin with Under Surveillance: The Making of Olympus Has Fallen (11:40, HD), a quick and fluffy EPK that doesn't deeply explore the behind-the-scenes process, but does feature a reasonable amount of technical and research-related information. Things get a little more technical with Deconstructing the Black Hawk Sequence (3:30, HD), Ground Combat: Fighting the Terrorists (3:00, HD), and Creating the Action: VFX and Design (7:00, HD), all of which speak for themselves in terms of content. The featurettes are wrapped-up with The Epic Ensemble (7:00, HD), which covers the casting process. Interview subjects throughout the featurettes include Fuqua, writers Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, technical consultant Ricky Jones, FX supervisor Evan Jacobs, effects coordinator Jack Lynch, production designer Derek R. Hill, producers Danny Lerner and Alan Seigel, editor John Refoua, stunt coordinator Keith Woulard, and cast members Butler (also producer), Eckhart, Freeman, Bassett. McDermott, and Leo. The extras come to an end with a blooper reel and trailers for other Sony releases.
Olympus Has Fallen isn't going to win any awards (unless there's one for the most authentic '80s/'90s era action callback) but it's certainly an entertaining and thoroughly R-rated movie. It is, however, going to be very difficult to remember anything specific about it in a week and it is certainly too dark (photographically, not tonal) for its own good. That darkness doesn't do the 1080p transfer any favours, but, otherwise, the A/V quality is strong. The extras include only brief and basic behind-the-scenes featurettes and a blooper reel.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
pitdeadite Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 662
The world needs more movies based around terrorists seizing "The White House". I'm sure Bruce Willis will help fill in the gap and use that as a basis for the next "Die Hard" movie.
felipe-11 Member Join Date: July 2009 Location: United States Posts: 418
This was the best Die Hard movie of 2013.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,719
felipe-11 wrote: This was the best Die Hard movie of 2013.
This is true, but every movie released in 2013 was a better Die Hard movie than A Good Day to Die Hard.
This is true, but every movie released in 2013 was a better Die Hard movie than A Good Day to Die Hard.
Marcus1138 Contributor Join Date: June 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 910
True that!
Matt Contributor Join Date: October 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,113
Gabe Powers wrote: felipe-11 wrote: This was the best Die Hard movie of 2013.
This is true, but every movie released in 2013 was a better Die Hard movie than A Good Day to Die Hard.
Even Star Trek Into Darkness, Gabe? Hmmm?
This is true, but every movie released in 2013 was a better Die Hard movie than A Good Day to Die Hard.
Even Star Trek Into Darkness, Gabe? Hmmm?
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,719
Yes, even Star Trek Into Darkness. At least Abrams can put together a shot and Weller was having a good time. There was nothing not bad about GDtDH
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Disc Details
Release Date: 13th August 2013
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 English Audio Description Track
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Under Surveillance: The Making of Olympus Has Fallen, Creating the Action: Special Effects & Design, The Epic Ensemble, Deconstructing the Black Hawk Sequence, Ground Combat: Fighting the Terrorists, Bloopers, Trailers, DVD Copy, UltraViolet Copy.
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Cole Hauser, Finley Jacobsen, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott
Genre: Action
Length: 120 minutes
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November 06. 2013 7:00PM
Police: Truck in Rochester hit and run found
By JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
— After receiving a tip, police believe they found the pickup truck that seriously injured a New Durham man along Route 11 Tuesday evening.
Police, firefighters and emergency personnel responded around 6:45 p.m. after the man was struck by a pickup truck along Farmington Road — Route 11 — across from Hagan's Motor Pool near the Farmington town line.
The man has been identified as Bernard Cormier Jr., 44, of New Durham, according to Capt. Paul Toussaint.
After receiving a tip Wednesday morning, Toussaint said police seized a truck they believe was involved in the accident. He added police have not identified who was driving the truck, but the matter is still under investigation.
Toussaint said he would not comment whether the seized vehicle had damage consistent with the case.
Cormier — who was found lying in a grassy area just off the road on the westbound travel lane — suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries. He was flown by helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.
Although Cormier remains at Maine Medical Center, his condition was not available, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
While Toussaint said it was unclear why Cormier was walking along Route 11, police believe he was not in the travel portion of the road.
Police believe he was struck by what was described as being an older model, full-size, dark-colored pickup truck, which was traveling west. As a broken side mirror and directional light were found on the side of the road near the collision site, the truck may have damage to the passenger side, according to police.
Anyone with information about the matter is encouraged to contact the Rochester Police Department at (603) 330-7127. Anonymous tips can be made via the Rochester Crimeline at 335-6500. All calls to the Rochester Crimeline will remain confidential and rewards may be given for information leading to an arrest. You can also text the Rochester Crimeline at Crimes (274637) in the body write TEXT4CASH followed by your tip.


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When snowboarding starts being your job, does it stop being your escape? Can it ever be both? If you ever start walking down that path to burnt out, can you ever come back? A few Finnish pros tell us what's up.-J.S.
Honestly, have you ever gotten burnt out on snowboarding?
Heikki Sorsa
Age: 25
Sponsors: Burton, Oakley, Analog, Gravis, Red Bull, Active Ride Shop, Northstar, GoMobile, Trulli Clan
"No, not really. It's always fun to go snowboarding! I was over riding halfpipe for a while, but I'm getting back into it! I like riding all kinds of stuff, and I was just in the halfpipe too much before the Olympics, so I burnt out a little bit. But I never got tired of going snowboarding!"
Wille Yli-Luoma
Age: 28
Sponsors: K2, Volcom, ThirtyTwo, etnies, IS Design, Utility Board Supply
"Yeah, several times. The first was when I was nineteen and I switched sponsors. I had so much pressure on me that I started thinking the whole thing was dumb. I wanted to quit, but instead I switched sponsors again, and this time I had more supportive people behind me and no pressure. Snowboarding suddenly got fun again.
"If I film too much, I get burnt out, so I try to snowboard as much as I can when the cameras aren't there. Too much traveling and bad conditions can also wear you out. When that happens I go home and sleep in my own bed for a few nights and I'm recharged."
Jussi Oksanen
Age: 28
Sponsors: Burton, Rockstar, DVS, WeSC, Smith, Northstar-at-Tahoe, Utility Board Supply
"This year I got burnt out from trying to film month after month and getting absolutely nothing, from early January until the end of March. That's when it gets tough-when you're trying so hard to make it happen and you just keep getting shut down. At the end of March I had a few amazing days in Whistler followed by an Alaska heli trip where we got some really good riding and filming. That's when you know that it's all worth it!"
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Once again.........these pics are just awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
scotland wrote:Here is a family getting a Texas Instruments TI-99/4a for Christmas, 1982. Notice the $50 off rebate sticker on the box. TI was losing a price war to Commodore's VIC-20 at the time in the US. In 1983, TI suffered massive losses and discontinued the TI99/4a. The TI99/4a is not a bad computer relative to the competition, with pitchman Bill Cosby.
When we look at Nintendo and wonder why the WiiU is still so expensive, we can also remember the fate of the TI99/4a and what it did to Texas Instruments.
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I have been working on Data feeds for more than 8 years and I am just horrified at how many MLS's have no clue how to even pull their own RETS feeds. We have been dealing with a number of MLS where they have decided to move to another RETS provider because they are cheaper or because the board made the decision not realizing the impact on their agents and their vendors.
To me the answer, that we get when having issues with some RETS providers, that other Vendor's do it is not a response because they have no clue how many hoops other vendor's have had to go through to change feeds. I would like to see MLS's pull a full feed (in house) and then a partial feed from their RETS provider and see just how much of a pain it can be. When Providers have limits like 5000 per pull and there are 34,500 members and maybe 11,200 offices, I wonder how do they think you will make sure to get every member/office without a hick up. you can't is the answer and that is why a full feed should not have limits.
Realtors(R) are always wondering why vendors keep going up on their cost and they really should look at why their MLS is not making sure the feeds to their vendors are as easy as possible to make it reliable when being sent to the vendors. When we have to write special code because the so called RETS (standard) is not the same with every RETS provider, because some want to restrict the number of queries or the max number of records pulled, well then you will find that cost will go up. When RETS providers push all the images to the vendors because they don't wish to host the images then even more cost goes to the vendors. I just don't understand why the MLS and or the RETS provider wants to put all this on vendors who can't even make money on the feeds in the first place.
Let's work a bit harder on first making the feeds reliable by not putting restriction on the pulls and allowing vendors to link to the images which will save bandwidth and cost to the agents. Let's try not to change RETS providers every year or two which also brings up the cost to the agents. Remember that changing RETS providers cost the vendor 1 or 2 weeks of man hours to convert the feeds and update their sites because 9 times out of ten all fields have to be remapped and the agents pages have to be recreated because of feature changes, city and school id changes.
Realtors, help your vendors keep these things from happen. Tell your MLS to pull the feeds themselves, all at one and daily so they understand the process they are putting the vendors through. Make sure your MLS allows the vendors to link to the images so that you know they are always recent images and not something the vendors have to pay more storage for. Remember with RETS there is not a system in place to tell us which images to delete so we either have to dump them all and pull a full dump of images every month (more band width cost) or write special code that is specific to your MLS to delete them. Or just keep letting them stack up on our servers which slows down sites and increase cost.
Remember the vendors rely on the Realtors (R) to help keep the data feed process as simple as possible. The simpler the process the more reliable the data and that is what is all about.
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