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A Pratt man was injured following a two-vehicle accident Monday evening on east First Street.
Injured in the accident was Wallace McElyea, 64 of Pratt.
The accident occurred when McElyea was westbound on east First between Curtis and Champa in a 2005 Ford Escape and attempted to make a left turn into a carwash driveway on the south side of the street.
It was just before 7 p.m. and the sun was low in the sky. McElyea failed to see an eastbound 1988 Encounter motor home driven by 70-year-old Marshall Hopkins of Hooker, Okla., said Pratt Police Officer Danny Gimpel.
The Escape hit the right front of the Encounter causing extensive damage to the front of the Escape and a little damage to the motor home. The Escape to rest facing south across both east bound lanes while the motor home stopped on the carwash lot.
Pratt County EMS transported McElyea to Pratt Regional Medical Center where he was treated and released.
Hopkins and his passenger, Pai Chin Chi, 33 of Taiwan, were not injured in the accident.


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I have an '84 GL Wagon with a Carter-Weber carb (therin probably lies the problem) and the choke started sticking shut so I had to rip the spring off in a pinch to keep her running for the night. Trouble is, now the spring is destroyed and there is no such thing as a rebuild kit for this carb. Please don't tell me to get a Hitatchi or a Weber. The car is a beater, soon to be replaced, and I have no money to speak of so changing carbs when other than being damn hard to start, this one is working fine, would be senseless. Can I find some sort of universal manual choke cable assembly that I can make fit?
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Manual choke?
Started by markjs , Feb 02 2006 09:13 AM
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Posted 02 February 2006 - 09:13 AM
Posted 02 February 2006 - 09:19 AM
Other than attempting to repair the choke, there is no manual adaptor availible for them - just as there are no rebuild kits really. Best bet is to find a spring at a hardware store that is similar and try to repair the "sticking". Other than that.... you could use some ether to start it every time I guess.
Posted 02 February 2006 - 10:45 AM
I used a piece of wire and permanently 'closed' the choke for winter when I was driving my '86 wagon. The carb was gummed up so the choke would work when the engine was hot, but then it wouldn't close when it cooled down. I sure fixed it good!
Gas mileage was bad, but at least it ran and warmed up well. When spring came, I just took the wire off and it was fine.
A wire will work in a pinch until you can find a wreck with a replacement carb.
Gas mileage was bad, but at least it ran and warmed up well. When spring came, I just took the wire off and it was fine.
A wire will work in a pinch until you can find a wreck with a replacement carb.
Posted 02 February 2006 - 11:28 AM
get a can of "deep creep".and spary the livin hell out of it..buy a new spring and it should free up qa bit.you can also find another throttle cable bracket,a long piece of like, two inch metal and drill some holes attach it where you can and just put a pull lever on it.you can find al sorts of things at your local hard ware store.your not building a rocket here,anything that pulls out and pushes in will work,as long as it has a cable that is trong enough.
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You're in danger the second you step into Iran. Don't do business there, don't visit there.
Yarr, tharr be Photoshop off the starboard bow!
Oh... wrong pirates.
Nowhere near as remote, inaccessible and dangerous as Antarctica.
What really irks me is how a random group of Americans can be discovered by Iranians wandering into Iraq, the media is told OH THEY'RE JUST HIKERS, and a single person finds the story credible.
It is credible. Hiking's not my passion, but in mine there are "places to go" that are considered way better that what you can find in the US. If you've advanced far enough in your sport and want to push the limits ever further, you have to go to places that are dangerous. The danger you intend to face is environmental, but the countries that happen to house them also contain political dangers, as in your country hates my country.
It's completely plausible. It's also possible they're spies, but it seems like a really dumb cover story. I don't speculate which is true because without direct info I can only say both are possible.
First of all, why do they have to go to Iraq to go hiking?
One possibility: Their CIA or DIA superiors ordered them to. Just because the Iranians are bastards about who they'll execute doesn't mean that they weren't spies, and the US intelligence agencies would definitely lie to the US public about whether they were spies in order to avoid blowing people's cover. In fact, they may even use a completely false story to try to convince the public that going to war with Iran is a good idea, if they have leadership that is part of the old and honorable profession of sta
As the poor bastard that has to maintain some of your shit I would have to disagree.
Canada should go to war over this. Another country is murdering one of their citizens (Iranian born or not) on trumped-up charges. Are there any crimes in this savage country that don't deserve the death sentence?
Yes. Arar was wrongfully sent home to Syria, a country he is a citizen of, and they tortured him. He was cleared of any charges by them and a Canadian commision. He was later apoligized to by the Canadian Premier and awarded 10.5 million dollars(Canadian). A clear case of wrong doing by over zealous governments. It still hardly compares to the case above. Want to bet this guy survives to collect any money? Would you really rather take you chance with Iranian justice instead of US or Canadian? Don't
Interesting reading. You do realize he was captured in a firefight in Afghanistan don't you? That is the very definition of enemy combatant. He pled guilty to five charges and is serving an 8 year sentence for murder. Hardly sounds like a tourist and at least he can look forward to going home one day. I'm not a fan of Guantanamo Bay, if people are caught they should be tried and sentenced if guilty or sent home if innocent. This crap of holding on to people for years with no trial is definetly wrong a
- witchcraft
- apostasy
- blasphemy
- homosexuality
- crimes against chastity (i.e. the crime of being raped)
And Iran executes more people, per-capita , than any other nation
Also worth mentioning, Iran executes people for these "crimes" in the most gruesome, and painful ways possible: beheading, hanging, even stoning. The hangings are usually suspension hangings which are far more painful, and last much longer.
Iran also executes children as young as nine years old.
Other than execution, Iranian punishments inclu
After observing the Canadian conservative government go for a while now, I would say don't expect them to do anything. They'll just ignore it, because 1) he's Iranian, 2) it won't contribute to get them reelected and 3) it won't contribute to some good friends in the prairies.
At most, what they could do is revoke his permanent residency and put some security flag on him (ie. put him on some potential dangerous people list).
The conservative, not only do they fail at understanding anything related to interna
Yeah. I mean it's not like Canada can do much after all, after it tells it's citizens. Don't go there. And it can't do much diplomatically besides recalling it's ambassadorship, and besides it's not like we're already in a roll with them after refusing them another embassy in the country because they're terrorist scuzz suckers in the first place either. You don't know as much as you think you know, let alone understand as much as you think you know.
I wonder how you can bring out such bold statements following a single vague comment on my part. THAT I don't understand.
Diplomacy would be a better move... It's quite likely that Canada could achieve his release through diplomatic channels. Or at least, it was quite likely before the current administration took over.... Now, I'm not so sure. But going to war with Iran wouldn't achieve anything, nor would it be a particularly intelligent move. Far more people would die.
Part of the problem is that this person is a dual citizen. He's both Iranian and Canadian. If he had renounced his Iranian citizenship when he got his Canadian
The question is: why oh why do all of these people go back to fscking Iran ?!
On the one hand, one might argue that Malekpour knew - or should have known - what he risked by returning to Iran.
OTOH, the death penalty is heinous in and by itself.
The question that comes to my mind, and that I would very much like to have feedback upon, is: does this case deserve a campaign, under "us" computer programmers, geeks, architects, database tuners and birds of many digital feathers, to free Malekpour ?
The summary itself even says that he didn't know porn sites were using his software, why would somebody know or even suspect they would be arrested for such a thing?
You know, it's easy to just glaze over things like, "conversion from int to long," "unused variable," or "insulting and desecrating the principles of Islam." But it's better to fix them . . . it may save your life!
Well it's obviously a feature come egypt today too.
I would go one further and say that situations like this is why RELIGION shouldn't be allowed.
While religion can be destructive at times, it does do a lot of good. I'm an atheist, but stating that religion should not be allowed is a violation of human rights. Prosecuting every religion is the same as prosecuting just one, which is often what happens in countries like Iran. However, the death penalty definitely should be banned.
The flip side of megaupload. Who knows which of the ~200 governments doesn't like what you do?
Maybe a case for avaaz.org [avaaz.org]?
Remember all those british sailors who got captured for sailing into their territorial waters?
Again, forced confessions, torture.
Iran is probably just flexing its muscles in an attempt to assert sovereignty.
It's just a matter of time, really.
Globalized injustice...
Iran currently has one among the most insulting and desecrating governments on planet Earth.
It is one among many countries who detain foreign nationals without a proper legal system, and like many other 3rd world countries it has retained the death penalty.
How many countries act on these lethal principles? I don't know, but the list is long and is typically related to countries where the populace and those who believe in supernatural forces have a say on the political agenda.
So, a piece of software for photo uploading can damage islam? WHat a f*cking weak religion.
Looks more like maybe he was the sole inheritor of property of his father, and someone wanted him out of the picture. So they came up with the grand charge of 'insulting islam' and bribed some judges..
Tell me, according to these islamists, is there any person alive on earth (except those unwashed bearded mullas) who are not guilty of insulting islam some way or the other?
Heck, everyone connected with any part of internet would all be guilty of insulting islam and therefore target for murder, then.
"Once in October 2008 the interrogators stripped me while I was blindfolded and threatened to rape me with a bottle of water."
So the Iranian government is worried about porn, but it's okay for its interrogators to threaten sexual assault? How does this make any sense?
Never forget [slashdot.org] that governments are inherently evil, because they occupy the space that is historically occupied by the inherently evil forces that fight for power over people.
That's why Constitution is important - law above the government set by the people to limit what government can do.
That is why people who should really be supporting a system of laws set by the Constitution, but who find themselves defending government's action that go above and beyond any Constitutional restrictions are so confused. Often those are the people who want government to cuddle them and give them entitlements and put obligations on others to provide those entitlements, but then government gains strength over all people and those who rely on entitlements are the ones who are going to suffer at the end, because those don't want entitlements can already take care of themselves and always see a government for what it is.
Constitution by itself means nothing. All dark regimes (including Iran and N. Korea) have some kind of constitution - it doesn't prevent the governments from either completely ignoring it or adjusting the constitution to their needs.
What's really required for the constitution to work is an independent authority with power to enforce it, and much more importantly, people willing to stand for their freedoms.
...are bound by illogical and fantasy rules & regulations that only makes sense to a fanatically indoctrinated mind.
The headline in this post is also typical of the sensationalist kind, yes - it's sad that it's a web developer that got the death sentence, but it would be equally sad that it would be anyone in any other category as well, it's why they're being judged that we should react on - not what status they have in society.
1/ what's the name of the software (I tried to google him in various file extensions, but could not find him)
2/ list of websites that use it.
There's a campaign to help this man: https://peoplewithoutnation.wordpress.com/ [wordpress.com]
Most recently, there's an appeal to write to the Prime Minister of Canada, who hasn't yet spoken out in support of Saeed:
https://peoplewithoutnation.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/take-action-write-a-letter-to-stephen-harper-canadas-prime-minister/ [wordpress.com]
The death sentence could be carried out imminently.
Saeed Malekpour was in Iran to visit his gravely ill father. He was waiting for Canadian citizenship and the Iranian regime are aiming to make an example of him, having tortured him and denied him due process. I think the Canadian government does have a particular moral duty to stand up for him under the circumstances, although really all democratic governments ought to oppose this sort of thing.
The Iranian regime seems to have an interest in intimidating the population (and making an example out of cases that are highly-publicised internally, such as this one) since there's an election coming up in March, as well as the general interest in keeping the population scared.
Amnesty also have some information on the case:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/iran-must-halt-execution-web-programmer-2012-01-19 [amnesty.org]
I'm just piecing together some information I've found here, I'm not connected to the case.
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It's scam alert time for Facebook users. Again.
An email and Facebook messages from friends prompting users to switch to pink, rather than the standard blue, is a fake according to software security experts Sophos.
If it comes your way, ignore it. There are official changes being made to Facebook, as the video below explains.
Sophos reports that the dodgy message asking if you'd like to swap out pink for red or black, and contains links, pinkfbookprofile.blogspot.com or redfbprofile.info - which are obviously unofficial Facebook sites marked out by their suffixes.
Sophos says that the scam is designed to earn big biccies for the scammers, generated by victims completing a Facebook survey.
By driving more people to the scammers' link where an online survey pops up, the ne'er-do-wells earn more commission.
Facebook users are already developing a healthy cynicism when it comes to shady offers. But if you have clicked on a link purporting to change your profile colour, Sophos advises remove any mention of the colour change from your Facebook page.
To make sure you're no unintentionally spreading the scam, double check that all sent messages are correct, check that the Facebook applications, events and groups are ones you actiuvely subscribed to.
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Dantonio-Hecklinski incident at MHSFCA clinic today
Dantonio got up and spoke about their season, Cousins, BK Cunningham and MSU. Hecklinski got up and presented how Michigan sets up their recruiting-recruit the state of Michigan first, then the Midwest, and then nationally.
Dantonio then burst in, interrupts Hecklinski and yells, "We're not here to listen to this. Move on!"
Many coaches in the room were stunned and many lost respect for State and Dantonio because of the incident. To Hecklinski's credit, he didn't add to the childish behavior and represented Michigan with class and honor.
Most coaches were stunned but the jealous, anger-filled behavior turned a lot of people off. Other coaches on the panel were visibly bothered by this unprofessional behavior.
speedy turn around and who is giving the deuces behind dantonio?
the situation?
are correct, sir. Sparty Shore.
Pretty sure it's Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
I think I love you.
Was it too soon for that? I'm sorry. That was awkward, wasn't it?
Stay Class Sparty
Hecklinski? More like Heckling-Me!
I am dying to see a video or hear an audio of this.
Detnews and Freep both up with articles of the incident. Looks like this one just might have some legs
Who is this Charboneau guy that wrote that? It's pretty subtly proDantonio. Doesn't mention the fact that Dantonio already had a chance to speak before that, and it says it was a forum, as if to suggest that all the coaches were supposed to be involved but Hecklinski was stealing the show. It was a speech. If it was an open forum I think the organizers would have probably had all the other coaches onstage already don't you? Dantonio really is the douchiest of them all.
Ps. Does anyone else have a problem clicking on detnews links? Every time I click them my browser shuts down and I have to reset it... This is actually the first time it didn't happen, but when I clicked the link again a second time it shut down. Not very tech savvy over here but that seems strange to me.
Honestly, all the articles are really wishy washy on the details. It doesn't really sound like any of the authors were actually there, just second hand reports and quoting of the MLive article. It really just seems like they don't have a good handle on the specifics of the situation rather than any bias one way or the other.
Seems like it was a time for all the coaches to briefly introduce themselves and Heck went on to give a presentation/speech before the actual panel started. Too much biased opinion out there bending this one way or another. Misunderstanding on all sides is what it seems to boild down to. An actualy video/audio of this panel would clear this all up for everyone.
He's a joke
I believe Charboneau is the MSU writer just like Chengelis is the Michigan writer for the Detroit News.
Chengelis knows she is writing for the News. Charboneau on the other hand, acts more like an MSU employee.
Mark Dantonio is going to need surgery to re-attach his dick after stepping on it so violently in front of so many people whose good regard he needs. People who are going to be furiously texting, emailing, and talking about his ridiculous little snit for weeks and months.
I would flat out call Dantonio a douche to his face. I know people always say, "Yeah it would be different if you met the person face to face, blah blah."
Not this situation, I would rip into this guy.
Is there going to be video of this somewhere? I'd love to pass it around to some of my Sparty acquaintances.
...and his flamming bag of butthurt twords Michigan.
And not surprisingly, their reactions are ZOMG DANTONIO IS SO AWESOME FOR STANDING UP TO BIG BROTHER YEAH WE'RE DONE TAKING SHIT FROM scUM!!!!!!
I actually can't wait until we blow them out in the big house next year. Dantionio might be my least favorite sports figure in the world right now. The dude actually has a half-way decent team but he's so angry at Mike Hart still that he won't even smile.. no wonder he has health issues. That isn't healthy!
You've had two good seasons. Don't forget the losing record you put up 3 years ago. I'd be concerned about your slipping basketball program. Your Football program has never mattered and it never will. Your coaches are getting to be downright embarrassing.
Once again, a Michigan coach shows decorum when none is given in kind by a coach for our much-esteemed in-state rival. Scenes like this make me love my alma mater even more, as she taught me to be a better person than that, among other things.
The Det news version makes Dantonio look curiously in the right. it at least leaves room for it. Curious how Hecklinski was made to look like he got his hand caught in the cookie jar.
From this account, he appears ridiculously juvenile. I wonder if this verson will appear in the media. I am so sick of spin. I just hope the story comes out and puts Dantonio in him place.
It's never too late to edit Dantonio's wikipedia page regarding the incident.
Regardless of how it gets spun by the media, what matters is how it was perceived by those in attendance in that room. If MD looked like as much of a douche as the OP indicated, then the damage is done, and that could affect recruiting in the only place in the country where at least a few people give a shit about MSU.
Immature, but funny none the less. I never liked the little brother comment when it first came out, but in hind sight, it was genius.
The MSU culture has evolved into a community of insecure people. It's sad really.
It's great to be a Michigan Wolverine!
Go Blue!
around here, they have always been insecure. They just have a poster child now.
It's never been about what they accomplish its always been about how it compared to Michigan.
Which is why they will always be Little Brother no matter what happens on the field
Not only did I grow up in Lansing but I was a State fan until it came time to pick a college. Then I got serious and turned from green to blue and haven't looked back since. But yeah, they should have a picture of Sparty as the definition of "inferiority complex."
I was supposed to head down to the clinic. Four of the guys I coach with made the trip. I'm disappointed that I missed more than just the bars tonight.
Glad that UM took the high road in this especially when MSU always tries to take the low road.
Appear to be the ultimate Woody Hayes Wannabees. But Woody won big for a long time Dickhead Dantonio.
Izzo, I don't get it. I am waiting for his tackling an opponent that is on a fast break.
Kickin' in the front seat
Kickin in the back seat
Which seat should I take . . .
Lighthen up!
Wonder if Dantonio would have tried that if Hoke was talking...
Anyways, this is a partisan Rorschach test. It does display to high school coaches what their kids will be getting themselves into though.
Hoke would have pointed at him and Dantonio's last two 4-star recruits would have disappeared.
This USA Today article puts him in a worse light than the OP. Seems like the event organizer went on to kiss his ass though, trying to smooth it over for him.
Dantonio = Kanye West
Jeff, I'm really happy for you and I'll let you finish, but MSU recruits nationally now!
Here is what I do not get... If you really wanted to be the smart coach, you would pay attention to what your rival has to say... write it down, go home and figure out the weaknesses and benefit from those weaknesses.
The coaching staff in E.L. has the same maturity level as the elementary school down the road from me...
This is the kind of guy that when you get to 48 points, you go for two to put 50 on him.
USA Today has a story about the incident, and Dantonio comes out as dickish as you would expect, and I certainly would see why coaches would be a little taken aback.
Not only did Dantonio give a 15 minute presentation, but he was supposed to leave after he was done with that.
Wow. I had assumed that this whole thing might have been getting slightly exaggerated, but if those are anything close to direct quotes, that's damning.
"OK, here's what we're going to do," Dantonio said. "We're going to get other people up here. We're going to talk about more than the University of Michigan.
"How many guys got a guy that's going to play in the Big Ten?" Dantonio asked the high school coaches. After a couple raised their hands, Dantonio said: "One, two - so the two guys can go back there in the corner and talk about that. All of us right here, we're going to talk about recruiting for everybody. Let's go."
To interrupt a guy in the middle of a presentation point blank like that as if he's the king of the conference is simply unprofessional no matter what way you look at it. And that's putting it nicely. Especially in the way he did it.
Inferiority complex much?
What a dumb ass. If he was smart he would have been taking notes.
Good god. Why did Dantonio think he was the moderator? Was there an actual moderator?
If anyone has not read the USA Today article, you should. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bigten/story/2012-01-20/michigan-state-dantonio-michigan-coaching-clinic/52700868/1 Some very nice quotes. It was written impartially, and without trying to lay blame. Nonetheless, Dantonio comes off as a horse's arse.
Apparently he thought he ought to play moderator, even though he knew he wasn't:.
"How many guys got a guy that's going to play in the Big Ten?" Dantonio asked the high school coaches. After a couple raised their hands, Dantonio said: "One, two - so the two guys can go back there in the corner and talk about that. All of us right here, we're going to talk about recruiting for everybody. Let's go."
After a couple awkward seconds of silence, Wayne State coach Paul Winters, Siena Heights coach Jim Lyall and former Alma coach Jim Cole were brought up to participate on the panel -- and Hecklinski's time was done.
Larry Merx of the coaches association said there was a misunderstanding on the format because Dantonio decided to stay for the entire 90-minute panel discussion, rather than leave after giving a 15-minute presentation, as he had planned."
"I really didn't know how this was all going to work, this forum," Dantonio said. "This is the first time we've ever done this, and I just didn't know how this was going to work, and I didn't want it to become a recruiting presentation."
This is. Just. Classic.
He "didn't want it to become a recruiting presentation"? Who asked him? Was he involved in the planning & presentation of this event?....This is like getting invited to give a Toast at a friends anniversary party, and then interrupting one of the other invited guests when THEY are giving THEIR toast!!!...This is like getting invited to your Nieces High School Play, and then standing up and delaring that the actors are misinterpreting their lines!!! UNREAL....Let's not forget that this is the man who responded to Paul W Smiths question (on a live radio interview) about his (MD's) impressions of UM's new Football coach (RR), by answering, "This isn't a Michigan Coach you're talking to Paul. I coach at MSU & I'd appreciate if you'd ask me questions about MSU" ??? !!! The words were bad enough, but it was his TONE!
Also, after the success of the Proud Michigan Hater IZZO, it seems clear to me that Hollis has decided to hire ONLY other Proud Michigan Haters... The thing that set MD apart in his interview process was that HE CLEARLY HATED MICHIGAN. This please Hollis very much :) ... Take a look (and a listen) to ST8's new Hockey Coach, and lets remember how he ran the CCHA. Please take a look at his postgame handshakes with Red this year, HE CLEARLY HATES MICHIGAN, & this pleases Hollis very much :)... Please recall how he worked to change the voters preceptions of what the CCHA's "Coach of the Year" award should be about; It should become an award to recognize that years best over-achieving coach, instead of what it used to be, simply an award for the best coach, period! He knew that if the members voted for the best coach period, Red would win once every few years. And he couldn't have that...Folks, it begins & ends with Hollis; He LOVES to hate Michigan.
Interesting that I haven't seen anything in this or other related threads from the OP who apparently was present at the event ...
and it doesnt matter if he was there or not. Dantonio is an asshat and I hope he continues his meltdown. I understand that Um Health System has a world class mental health program. Maybe we can help him!?!


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The match is set for 7 p.m. in Providence, R.I.
Yale split a pair of road matches last weekend. The Bulldogs lost to Princeton and defeated Penn.
With a 6-1 Ivy mark, the Bulldogs are tied with Princeton for first place in the conference standings. Yale is 12-5 overall.
Yale freshman Allie Frappier posted a team-best 28 kills and added 23 digs last weekend to lead the Bulldogs, while sophomore McHaney Carter McHaney Carter hit .452 last weekend with 15 kills and only one error in 31 attempts.
Defense continues to be a hallmark for the Bulldogs – they rank ninth in the nation in digs per set (17.95).
Seven different Bulldogs had at least one kill and Yale hit .327 for the match in a dominating 3-0 win over Brown in the Ivy League opener on Sept. 24. Last weekend, Brown defeated Penn, 3-2, and lost 3-0 at Princeton.
Brown is 2-5 in Ivy play and 5-12 overall.
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"A Holistic Approach to Vocational Rehabilitation & Healing: East Meets West" will take place at the Radisson Hotel in Warwick on April 17. The conference is geared toward practitioners working in the field of rehabilitation counseling, vocational counselors and evaluators, advocates, clinical assessors, case managers, nurses, job developers, teachers, job placement specialists, physical, speech and occupational therapists, consultants and independent living instructors.
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One of the most promising frontiers in healthcare is biologic medicines — complex substances derived from living cells that can help fight chronic diseases and cancers. To encourage investment in biologics, Congress in 2010 gave drug companies what amounts to a 12-year monopoly on the substances they developed. Now, supporters of biologics are pushing lawmakers in Sacramento and other state capitals to put new hurdles in the way of knock-off compounds, called "biosimilars."
The debate over biosimilars is grounded in doubts about their safety; none have yet been approved for use in the United States. Proponents of a bill by California Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) to regulate the dispensing of biosimilars include critically ill patients who fear that the new medicines won't match the biologics they rely on, as well as doctors who prescribe and study biologics. Supporters also include the biotechnology companies whose expensive biologics account for about a quarter of U.S. pharmaceutical revenue — a share that's expected to reach $100 billion in 2015.
On the other side stand the generic drug companies that want to make biosimilars. They see measures like Hill's as a thinly veiled attempt by leading biologic manufacturers Amgen and Genentech to hold off competition. They've won support from U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, who warned against reducing the public's confidence in biosimilars. She recently predicted that competition from biosimilars would "spur innovation, improve consumer choice and drive down medical costs," just as the generic versions of brand-name pills have done.


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COLUMBUS -- Allstate is kicking off 2013 with plans to add 136 jobs in Ohio, including 48 in the Columbus area.
The insurer plans to appoint 12 new insurance-agency owners in Columbus and hire 36 licensed sales representatives for new and existing agencies in the region. The remaining jobs will be throughout Ohio, specifically in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton and Akron, the company said.
"We're seeing opportunity to gain market share in every market," said Kevin Clickett, strategic deployment leader for the insurer's north-central region. "We always need a good pipeline of people."
Ohio currently has more than 300 Allstate agents, he said. Each agent typically has one to seven support-staff members.
Clickett said the opportunity to own an agency has appeal to many in the insurance industry who want to own their own business. Agency owners are independent contractors of Allstate.
"We're looking for folks with an entrepreneurial spirit with a sales background, a management background who are tired of earning money for somebody else," Clickett said.
New agency owners will need a minimum of $50,000 to invest in their agency, an amount the insurer says can be used to successfully fund the normal day-to-day costs associated with starting and running a business.
Clickett said the agencies will offer insurance and financial products, including life insurance, annuities and mutual funds.
Allstate already is one of the biggest insurers in a state where there is stiff competition, which has consistently provided the state's homeowners and drivers with some of the lowest rates in the country.
Allstate was No. 3 in total auto-insurance premiums in the state in 2011 with 9.9 percent of the market and No. 2 in homeowners' insurance premiums, according to state figures. State Farm is tops in both categories.
Clickett said the industry tends to be recession-proof because all drivers need insurance and mortgage companies require homeowners to carry insurance.
The new jobs that Allstate is bringing to Ohio reflect an industry that will need insurance professionals in the years to come, said Mary Bonelli, spokeswoman for the Ohio Insurance Institute.
About half of the state's insurance work force is expected to turn over by 2025 as baby boomers retire, opening up opportunities for young professionals or those looking for a career change, she said.
"The evolving work force creates endless opportunities and job openings in an array of venues, everything from building your own agency business from the ground level to those who seek career stability, which the industry offers," she said.
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The Palestinian Authority on Sunday officially decided to seek UN recognition of a sovereign and independent Palestinian state in September.
The decision came during a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), the terrorist organization that is the driving force behind the Palestinian Authority.
The unilateral statehood bid had been threatened for the better part of the past year. But in recent months, PA leader Mahmoud Abbas appeared to backtrack, noting that the motion would never pass in the Security Council, where the US enjoys veto power.
US President Barack Obama has signaled that his administration will veto recognition of a Palestinian state established outside the framework of a peace agreement with Israel. But that won't stop the Palestinians from taking the motion to the General Assembly.
While UN General Assembly votes are not legally binding, the Palestinian resolution is expected to be adopted by such an overwhelming majority as to cause serious problems for Israel.
The resolution calls for recognition of a Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 armistice lines, which would put all of Judea and Samaria and the eastern half of Jerusalem in Arab hands.
Abbas reminded Obama that he, too, called on Israel to make peace based on the pre-1967 lines. As such, Abbas insisted the White House has no reason to oppose the Palestinian statehood bid.
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"We're still working on a name. So we'll have that as soon as we can," William told scores of reporters gathered outside St. Mary's Hospital as he cradled the child.
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A home at 615 E. Lincoln Ave. in Ionia was estimated by authorities to be a complete loss after a fire broke out early Sunday morning.
Deputy Director John Odette of the Ionia Department of Public Safety said firefighters from IDPS, Lyons-Muir and Berlin-Orange fire departments responded at 7:36 a.m. and found smoke pouring from the eaves. No one was home at the time.
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Toshiba Satellite A660 16in laptop
Symmetry, we've heard of it
Review Fitting a widescreen display into a laptop is all well and good, but it poses a problem: what do you do with all the empty space around the keyboard, now that the machines are so much bigger from one side to the other?
Toshiba's Satellite A660-15T: looks only a mother could love?
The original solution was to place a speaker either side of the keyboard, and that didn't look so bad with 16:10 aspect ratio screens. Screen aspect ratios have changed once more, to TV-like 16:9, but because their diagonal dimension hasn't, laptops are even wider now.
That leaves the keyboard looking as lost now on a 15.6in laptop as it used to do on an old 17in model. Abhorring a vacuum, designers have tried to do something about this, and a common approach, as adopted by Toshiba here, is to slot in a numeric pad.
Quite apart from the fact that this is unnecessary on a consumer-oriented machine, it has the effect of pushing the trackpad even further from the middle of the laptop's wrist rest area, making for a small space on the left but acres of room on the right.
Ergonomically, that may not be an issue, but aesthetically it leaves a lot to be desired and leaves the Satellite A660 seeming oddly out of kilter. Indeed, since you naturally sit facing the axis through the trackpad and main keyboard, you find yourself gravitating toward the left side of the screen.
The way-to-the-left trackpad positions the user away from the centre of the screen
Combine that with the A660's mix of glossy black, matte black and textured black plastics, and you have a notebook that's never going to win any design awards.
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Just like other athletes, bowlers break down film. Their coaches scrutinize every tiny element of their mechanics. It's all in the interest in achieving the form that constantly puts the ball flush in the pocket and sprays the pins as wildly as possible.
But for Dixon senior Brandon
Bonnette, there's an indicator that's more reliable than any eye test.
"When I'm bowling well, and my form's all good, I can tell, because there's a little pain," Bonnette said. "I know when I'm doing good, because that's when my knee starts to hurt."
Bonnette hurt his left knee – the one on which he plants as he uncoils each shot – by keeping his eyes fixed too firmly on the prize as a sophomore.
"I forgot that I had my little footie on my bowling shoe," Bonnette said. "I went up to bowl, stuck and fell right down. Now, every time I go up to the lane, I'm always looking down at my feet to make sure they're not still on."
On Friday, Jan. 27, the Dukes were perceivably just a twinge of pain or two away from bowling into the second day of the state meet.
Bonnette averaged 184 pins over four games – nothing to sneeze at for the average weekend warrior, especially on the tricky pattern at St. Clair Bowl in O'Fallon – but his Dukes came up 37 total pins shy of being one of the 12 teams that lived to roll another day.
But with only Derek Siebert having rolled on via graduation, the newly anointed captain Bonnette and his teammates believe they're ready to take the next step.
Yes, Siebert's first-day total of 1,3531 pins (a 225.5 per-game average) were sixth at the meet. And, yes, there's a lot of bowling to do between now and late-January.
But the Dukes' skipper already recognizes his team is capable of great things.
"That's limited to them," second-year Dukes coach Allen Wickert said. "It's all about their desire. The talent is there. It's just a matter of getting them all on at the same time."
It's just a matter of getting all six cylinders firing in concert.
"If all six guys are on, we're unbeatable," Wickert said. "I've seen a lot of teams that have two really good bowlers. Well, we've got six really good bowlers. Everybody can carry 200 averages."
Bonnette's season began in stunning fashion. He calls the 748 series he racked up in a season-opening victory in Ottawa his crowning bowling achievement.
Not a bad taking-off point, eh?
"Oh, yeah. It was my first-ever 700 during the high school bowling season," Bonnette said. "I was just staying slow, having fun, and I had the line."
Ever since Bonnette's grandfather, Mark Rex – also one of the team's coaches – started taking him to Plum Hollow when he was just 3 years old, Bonnette's latched onto the theory that a happy bowler is a successful one.
"If you're not having fun, you're probably not bowling well," Bonnette said. "Everybody's told me that."
He's been a staple at the house in northern Dixon for years. He rolled in his first league when he was 6.
"That was back when they had the inflatable bumpers here, and had the big dinosaur painted on the far wall," Bonnette said.
Since then, his kid brother, Lucas, has come a long way, too. He flirted with a 300 game last season before losing it in the 10th. And after a throwing shoulder injury held the lefty out for a spell, it appears he'll be able to remain on the varsity squad. See: His monstrous 671 series Monday in LaSalle-Peru.
Brandon Bonnette, bowling historian. He waxes on the many things he's seen over the past 15 years, while his teammates practice at their home house, as well as his workplace since he turned 16.
He might be all of 18 now, but he's seen a lot of things, man.
"I've definitely seen a lot of change," Bonnette said. "They've changed the lanes altogether. They've gone from wood lanes to synthetic lanes in the time I was bowling. I've bowled sport shot leagues, where the conditions are so much more difficult than the typical house conditions."
That's why one of his favorite pros to emulate is Norm Duke, who can throw just about any shot in any situation. He can go down and in, then belly out a hook when the oil demands it. Bonnette is working on such adaptability.
"It's more or less something I've been learning how to do recently," Bonnette said. "It's been pushed on me now. Now that we're higher up, the lanes change more while you're bowling. You always have to be ahead of the lanes and be choosing what you're going to do."


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Francis Preve wrote the book on remixing — literally. He's the author of the Remixer's Bible, 248 pages of creative tips for taking songs to the next level through artful electronic manipulation. But Preve doesn't just preach; he's an accomplished producer himself, with six Billboard Top 10 remixes last year alone.
Through his writing at Keyboard, BeatPortal, and more, Francis has shared countless tips on music production, and this interview was no exception. We started with remixing basics and quickly moved to listening tips, percussion secrets, and gear — you won't believe how little equipment he uses to work his musical magic. I recorded far too much material for one episode, so stay tuned to the RSS feed for more. (DMI 01-04-2008: 40 minutes 56 seconds)
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Another challenge was that some of Francis's Skype audio leaked into my side of the call. I don't know if that was headphone bleed or crosstalk in the Call Recorder software, but it added a distracting reverberation to his voice. In the past, I've manually silenced the parts of my track where I'm not speaking to hide such background noises. But this time I was traveling with my Windows laptop and didn't have my normal high-powered audio editor, BIAS Peak. So I applied a gate effect with Izotope Ozone instead, and it silenced the background noise nicely. By taking Live out of snap-to-grid mode, I was able to edit the remainder of the audio, snipping out ums and P-pops, though I missed Peak's crossfading option at edit points.
Because I was on the road, I recorded my voiceover with the Logitech headset mic as well, then chopped out the false starts in Live. Next, I imported it, the music examples, and the background music into a new Ableton Live session, enhanced the vocals with Ozone, and rendered the mix as a new WAV file. Finally, I converted the WAV mix to an MP3 in iTunes, where I added cover art.
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Lawmakers in Connecticut are now considering legislation that would create a new task force to study how violent video games affect children.
The bill, which was discussed by the Legislature's Children's Committee, will create the proposed Violent Video Game Task Force at the Department of Children and Families.
According to the bill, lawmakers want general statutes to be amended to prohibit a business from allowing a someone under 18 years old from playing a violent point-and-shoot video game.
According to authorities, Adam Lanza played violent point-and-shoot video games often before he shot and killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14.
"It's time once again to join me in helping Connecticut get ahead of the pack to restrict participation in this ill-advised entertainment," said state Sen. Toni Hart.
The issue has divided many because some of the mass shootings across the country have a violent video game connection, but video game industry experts argued the games don't cause any harm and are already regulated with ratings.
"I honestly don't think it's right," said Edgar Vega, who grew up playing video games. "I grew up on them. Doesn't make you the person that shoots up a school."
Members of the Legislature's Children's Committee are expected to make recommendations by October to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the general assembly on ways to lower the impact violent video games could have on children.
Officials with the American Civil Liberties Union said the bill is unconstitutional
"Unfortunately, it conflicts directly with the United States Supreme Court law," said ALCU Attorney David McGuire. "In 2011, the supreme court ruled that video games have the same protections as books and novels and difficult. As such, it is difficult for states to regulate them."
Video gaming industry experts told Eyewitness News that these games are harmless and already regulated.
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Treasuries are just a tad weaker so far Wednesday as markets await the release of the minutes from the latest Federal Reserve policy committee meeting. Treasuries had posted two straight days of gains earlier this week, but today the benchmark 10-year note is down 4/32 in price to yield 2.579%, per Tradeweb data. The Treasury is slated to auction $21 billion of 10-year notes later today.
The shorter end of the yield curve keeps commanding more attention than usual, as it's more susceptible to any changing expectations regarding a Fed rate hike. The 2-year note is down 1/32 to yield 0.520%. The Feds' June meeting minutes are slated to hit the wire at 2 p.m. EDT this afternoon, and markets will be looking for any signs the Fed could be taking a more hawkish turn and leaning toward raising its short-term policy rate sooner than expected. Here's Michael Block of Rhino Trading Partners with his take:
I expect the Minutes to show that the FOMC had a balanced discussion at the last meeting regarding asset prices and economic data. Some of the economics commentary will be "hawkish" i.e. improving and better, and some will be "dovish" i.e. stuck in the mud or going the wrong way. If the commentary on the Minutes is tilted towards the hawkish bits disproportionately as I suspect it will be, and stocks trade lower, I will view it as a potential buying opportunity for stocks.


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1) if you're going to announce that you're buying food for the whole staff, buy enough food! ... I couldn't persuade the guy in charge of lunch to order more food, and I couldn't get him to stop sending the "lunch is here" email to the whole group, but I did get him to send that email FIRST to the deadline time, and then 20 minutes later send it to the rest of the staff.
Have the same problem here.It was solved by not telling the "not in deadline mode" employees at all. Period. Never. Of course, there's way more involved than the company buying lunch in our case.They started the non-announcing because people were actually filling up two and three plates. Ridiculous.
We also have to remember that boss/managers (for the most part) are NOT logical. A whole other side to the issue.
Once people get the "lunch is here" email they are officially being told to help themselves. Its not up to them to determine if everyone else got any, was invited, is busier, etc. And its not rude for any employee who was offered lunch - by a manager, in writing - to take some. So the fault to me, lies with whoever invited the non-crunch people to partake in the lunch.I absolutely think its fine to only buy lunch for certain groups/teams. Different jobs have different responsibilities and different perks. Sometime differences suck, sometimes they are perks, it is what it is.
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The Indian government has initiated actions to scrap its contract for AW101 helicopters with scandal-plagued Finmeccanica subsidiary AgustaWestland.
"We have issued a formal show-cause notice to AgustaWestland seeking cancellation of contract and taking other actions as per the terms of the contract and the integrity pact, signed in 2010," an Indian defense ministry official says.
The move follows the Feb. 12 arrest in Italy of Finmeccanica Chairman and CEO Giuseppe Orsi by investigators looking into whether AgustaWestland paid kickbacks worth around €50 million ($67 million) to secure the sale of 12 AW101 VIP helicopters to the Indian air force in 2010, when Orsi was in charge of the AgustaWestland division.
India has already received three of the helicopters; the remaining nine are due to be delivered by this year.
According to the defense ministry official, 70% of the approximately $700 million due has been put on hold until the federal investigation report is final.
"With today's show-cause notice, the . . . contract has been put on hold. The company has been asked to reply to the notice in seven days," the official said Feb. 15.
The ministry has also referred the case to India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for inquiry. A team of investigators is likely to visit Italy within a week to look nto allegations that a bribe was paid by Finmeccanica to middlemen to clinch the deal.
Asked when the CBI will file the report, Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony says, "We cannot set a time line. But we asked the CBI for an early inquiry. We will wait at least for a preliminary report and act on that."
Both the contract and integrity pact inked with AgustaWestland contain specific provisions under which strict action can be taken against the vendor, including the cancellation of the contract, recovery of payment, blacklisting and penal action.
Article 22 of the contract deals with a penalty for the use of undue influence. It entitles the buyer to cancel the contract and recover the amount of any resulting loss.
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Strombeck, Brown Lead Aggies At Tulane
NEW ORLEANS -- The North Carolina A&T bowling team finished in fifth overall place in the Tulane Collegiate Bowling Invitational behind three National Tenpin Coaches Association ranked teams.
The Aggies built upon a strong day on Saturday to go 2-1 on Sunday, including two big wins against a top-20 team. The Aggies (6-6) competed in a bakers best 4-of-7 tournament bracket to determine the champion.
The Aggies defeated No. 18 Prairie View A&M 4-3 in the opening round. It was a key victory for A&T, since the Aggies took Prairie View to a tie breaker, after coming back from being 40 pins down to force an 808-808 tie in head-to-head competition on Saturday. A&T lost the tiebreaker at 114-97 to the Panthers for their only loss on Saturday.
But on Sunday, the Aggies battled back from being down 3-2 to win the sixth game 191-147 to force the decisive seventh game. The Aggies won that handily, 190-162, to advance in the tournament.
After defeating the Panthers, the Aggies took on No. 10 Stephen F. Austin and lost 4-1. The Aggies narrowly lost the third match 189-88, and were only two pins behind the Lumberjacks in the fifth match, making it a tough loss.
The Aggies then battled Prairie View A&M for fifth place in the tournament. They defeated the Panthers again, this time 4-2, as they closed the match with 203-133 and 179-131 wins to seal the victory.
Eighth-ranked Sam Houston State won the Invitational, edging No. 2 Arkansas State 4-3. The Aggies also finished behind third-place No. 10 Stephen F. Austin and fourth-place Jackson State. Fellow MEAC Southern Division opponent Bethune-Cookman ended up in seventh place, going 5-7 on the weekend.
The Aggies will next compete in the FDU New Jersey Jamboore in Elmwood Park, N.J. from Nov. 2-4.


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OSNews writing about social networks? Yes, it happens, and today is one of those days. We all know Facebook is king here, with a massive userbase and a seemingly unbreakable hold over the market, with Twitter covering the more public side of social networking. Google does some stuff in a fringe somewhere with something called Google+ which tries to combine Facebook and Twitter, but it's effectively a ghost town with a confusing interface. So, if you're Microsoft, what are you going to do? Well, build your own social network, of course!
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If MS were to die, who would replace them? Apple? Ubuntu? I'm sorry, but I just don't see MS losing market share, at least with PCs anytime soon.
I did say it would be a SLOW death, didn't I? With tablets getting more powerful, and devices like the Asus Transformer giving users the ability to add keyboard docks, and sporting video out capabilities to plug into monitors and televisions, it's only inevitable that tablets are going to start eating into desktop/laptop marketshares, assuming that hasn't happened already.
And if the past is any indicator, MS will just try and do whatever Apple and Google are doing, which is why they're attempting to transform Windows 8 into a tablet OS.


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BJ Szymanski sent to Louisville last night.
BJ Szymanski sent to Louisville last night.
That move is a bit suprising. I would have expected others first.
The lowest acceptable payroll amount for ownership to show they are not greedy pigs is 15 million more than they are currently paying. No matter what that currently is.
Wow. Sean Cumberland, Sean Henry, and Cody Strait all deserved it before him.
Domo Arigato, Here Comes Joey Votto
"I do what I want to do and say what I want to say."
--Bronson Arroyo
This is definitely a surprise.
Symanski is older than all of them. They way WJ has handled the minor leagues so far, I imagine this is him forcing BJ in to justifying his spot in the organization.
25 years old, .239/.283/.426 with 64 K to just 8 BB in 165 AB in AA. I wouldn't be surprised if he was let go or traded for cash to make room for this year's draft class.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
He's probably there to sit on the bench.
"Baseball is a very, very complex business. It's more of a people business than most businesses." - Bob Castellini
He's probably filling the space of the OF that'll come up to take Freel's spot on the roster if/when he goes on the DL.
"The players make the manager, it's never the other way." - Sparky Anderson
Hypothetically, what would you say his value is if he could consistently put up a .740 OPS as a solid center fielder in the big leagues? Is it really that unrealistic for him to do that? The guy oozes with talent, and personally, I'm not optimistic about him, but maybe it's not quite time to give up on him.
Lots of players did things in the Majors that they never did in the minors. Szymanski was especially raw when he was drafted, so maybe he needs more time. His minor league OPS is .726, so it's not like I'm talking about a jump from .660 to .760 within a two-year span.
Is he GG material in CF?
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(On the night of July 14, 1991, a "worst case scenario" befell the Upper Sacramento. A Southern Pacific railroad tanker car derailed on the sharp Cantara Loop curve just 2 miles upstream from a trout camp. The tanker car dumped 19,000 gallons of the potent soil fumigant-pesticide, metam sodium, into the river. The chemical quickly dispersed into the swiftly moving river and formed several highly toxic compounds. These compounds killed all aquatic life for miles.)


text: I got $10.00 to spend on myself, so I went and saw a movie. It cost exactly $10.00 -- go figure. So I went and saw "Gravity". Well worth the money. I just got back -- it was a late night showing. So, a mostly empty theater and not a lot of talking from movie goers. Great movie. I'm not saying it's an all-time classic, but it's good strong. Strong drama, good charcters, and the writing was terrific. The following may contain some spoilers, but I'll try to keep them to a minimum.: It's a routine space repair mission. They're upgraing the Hubble telescope. Everything is fine until Houston announces Russia has launched a missile to take out one of it's own satelittles and it creates a debris field which causes a chain reaction and more satellites are taken out and a huge debrisfield is created, now heading straight for the five of them. Now Clooney and Bullock must try to survive. It's a dramatic rollercoster, with nice quieter moments, trying to get back to Earth. I wish I could say this movie had it all, but there was one quite lacking factor: the film's score. The film's score cheapened the whole thing; it made it sound like some NBC prime time movie scored by some police-proceedrial composer. It was even poorly handled emotionally; often scenes had music that was trying to make you feel emotion rather than become one with the scene or help carry it. The score felt wrong for a number of scenes and even made me think what the hell was the compsoer thinking? It felt like a faux emotion was created by the music and that made even the most emotional scenes, seem emptier than they should have been. I have no idea if there were any scene after the end credis, because the overpowering and annoying end credits score drove me out of the theater. This is a score that shoudl have been replaced. In fact, I am still for replacement even now. This was obviously ripe scoring ground for people like Cliff Eidelman and Alan Silvestri. it could be rescored in time for other countries where it hasn't opened yet, or DVD release. This and "Attack the Block" -- guess I'm just not a fan of Steven Price.


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"Arbitrage" hands Richard Gere the type of role that fits him like a tailored Armani suit.
Gere again plays a smooth, wealthy and powerful man who forces the audience to constantly re-evaluate whether they like him. This is a part Gere plays well, and for a while he lifts "Arbitrage" above its lightweight script.
Gere is Robert Miller, a hedge fund manager who is one of Wall Street's richest wolfs. He is trying to sell his company before anyone discovers it is bankrupt. Robert is running out of time. A friend agreed to essentially park $400 million in the company's accounts to disguise its lack of funds, but the friend wants his money back, with interest, by Friday.
No one suspects the company is in trouble because Robert is such an accomplished liar, he probably convinces himself. At his 60th birthday party with his wife (Susan Sarandon), children and grandchildren, Robert delivers a moving speech about how family matters most to him. Then he slips out to visit his French mistress (Laetitia Casta).
The mistress will involve Robert in an incident that could jeopardize the sale of his company. To escape the law's detection, Robert calls on Harlem resident Jimmy (Nate Parker), the son of his former driver. Is Robert setting up this young black man as a patsy, or is he telling the truth when he says he will protect Jimmy?
"Arbitrage" is being billed as a financial thriller, which is usually an oxymoronic term. The plot does generate a fair amount of suspense, although it stems less from Robert's financial shenanigans than his efforts to stay out of a criminal case. A police detective (Tim Roth) suspects Robert is connected to the French woman, and believes Jimmy will lead him to arresting the tycoon.
Clearly, writer-director Nicholas Jarecki wishes to raise issues of race and class. A rich and powerful white man exploits a middle-class black man to avoid prosecution. It is also noteworthy that Jimmy is the only person Robert knows who doesn't belong to the One Percent.
Roth's character complains it is nearly impossible to arrest Wall Street tycoons because they can buy their way above justice. The detective's frustration leads him to pursue unethical tactics.
Aside from these undercurrents, Jarecki avoids political grandstanding and commentary on the current economy. This story could take place at any time during any administration, and in fact Jarecki seems to be aiming for an '80s vibe (most obvious when the mistress snorts cocaine through a rolled-up $100 bill).
To show that not everyone on Wall Street is corrupt, Jarecki includes a subplot for Robert's daughter, Brooke (Brit Marling), an ethical junior partner in his firm. She realizes something is wrong with the company's books, but believes that someone is defrauding her father. She wouldn't dream that her father would commit fraud. Not to the tune of $400 million.
As Gere's wife, Sarandon doesn't have much to do through most of the movie, and the part seems a waste of her time and talent. But a showy scene near the end, when the wife reveals she's not as oblivious as her husband thought, justifies the Oscar-winning actress's participation.
The most fascinating piece of casting has to be Stuart Margolin as Gere's level-headed attorney. Margolin is best known as James Garner's flaky conman friend, Angel, on "The Rockford Files." If you've been watching as many "Rockford" episodes on Netflix as I have lately, hearing Margolin speak as this film's voice of reason and, occasionally, morality is nothing short of surreal.
Once again, this is the type of role Gere excels at, and "Arbitrage" gives him a lot to work with. Robert must continue to project a calm exterior as his situation becomes increasingly desperate on several fronts. Cracks appear, and we see how superficial and venal this man truly is.
"You think money is going to fix this?" someone asks him.
"What else is there?" he replies.
The story, particularly the crime plot, is more simplistic than Jarecki's grave presentation would suggest. When Roth is on screen, "Arbitrage" often resembles an episode of "Law & Order." The plot is resolved when Robert hits upon a sudden burst of Hardy Boys ingenuity.
This is Jarecki's first feature film. He previously directed a documentary, "The Outsider," about rebel filmmaker James Toback. He concludes "Arbitrage" with a Toback-style moral, that Robert doesn't need a conscience because no one else in New York has one, either. With one character's final decision, Jarecki takes that cynical message a soul too far.
"Arbitrage" is not worth a trip to the theater, but it might be worth catching on TV some day you've got nothing better to do. Perhaps realizing this, the distributor is making "Arbitrage" available as a video-on-demand selection the same day it is released in theaters. Check your cable or satellite provider for details.
• Jeffrey Westhoff writes movie reviews for the Northwest Herald. Email him at email@example.com.
Two stars
Rated R for language, brief violent images and drug use
Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Who's in it: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Nate Parker
What it's about: A powerful hedge fund manager (Gere) is trying to sell his company before anyone discovers its accounts are short $400 million. An incident with his mistress could jeopardize that sale.