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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Info on al-Ruwais Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Info on al-Ruwais Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> United Arab Emirates View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ntropyJoined: 11 Oct 2003Posts: 671Location: ghurba Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:28 pm Post subject: Info on al-Ruwais Has anyone had any experience living/working in Ruwais? From what I can tell it's a very quiet backwater, which would suit me fine. What about an international school for kiddies? Would a family like it there? Thanks in advance. Back to top spicegirlJoined: 29 Mar 2004Posts: 112 Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject: I've been to Al Ruwais twice, but only to do examining work. It's a very small town, as you say, and miles from anywhere, or that's what it felt like when I was driving there. When I was there, I drove past a Choueifat School, which if you've been to the UAE, you'll know is an 'international' school. There are some expats working there, in the oil industry, I've heard. Hence the Choueifat school, I assume. There's also a hotel there, which has a swimming pool and a small pub/bar. They charge Dubai prices. When I stayed there, there was a power cut, followed in quick succession by a raging sandstorm, so I didn't get a very good impression. The road from Abu Dhabi to Al Ruwais is surrounded by a desolate desert, and is littered with wrecks of cars and trucks. I guess it would depend on your family as to whether or not they'd like it. It depends how self-sufficient they are. If you/they've lived in the Gulf before, I doubt whether it would be like any other place they've ever lived. For example, Fujairah is a metropolis and hive of activity, compared to Al Ruwais. What kind of job is it that you're going for? Back to top ntropyJoined: 11 Oct 2003Posts: 671Location: ghurba Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:08 pm Post subject: Thanks for the info. Confirms what I've found on the Internet and adds a little substance to it. I thought it'd be cheaper than Dubai so that's good to know. The job (which is theoretical at this point) is training nationals at one of the industrial plants there. I worked in the Yemeni desert -- totally isolated, far from any towns/cities -- for a couple years and really loved it. Being away from everything is actually a plus in my books. Abu Dhabi doesn't seem that far away for quick shopping/recreation trips, either. Of course, my family wasn't with me and it was on a monthly rotation. Different for a family to be there with no job to keep them occupied and not much to do in town. Decisons, decisions. Back to top teflliferJoined: 13 Jun 2003Posts: 81 Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:54 pm Post subject: Hi Does the company you might work for have community facilities like social club, health club, activities etc? If I have got my geography right, Ruwais is on the way to Qatar and must be near the Saudi border - I went there once (I wasn't really sure if it WAS Al-Ruwais even though the sign said it was... mainly because I wasn't sure what to expect and it was at a national holiday, so pretty quiet.). Turn left off the main road, through a barrier into a big complex - saw a bank, travel agent, health centre, supermarket, etc. - all modern buildings - and villas. There's an old beach hotel near it with usual facilities, and there's a new hotel too - just about finished I think - so that might have some life in it in the future. Probably there's an expat community if it's industrial - and if you like water sports, sailing etc., it could be OK. Depends how old your kids are and on your family's social needs. Abu Dhabi - 2.5 - 3 hrs. if I remember correctly. Back to top ntropyJoined: 11 Oct 2003Posts: 671Location: ghurba Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:46 am Post subject: Yes, all of the above. Sounds like the place. I've found a few web sites that have pics of the place. The bairn is 8, and would be in heaven playing at the pool or bowling alley all day. Problem is his mom, who might be bored to death. Very shy to begin with and no work opportunity and only a few expat wifes to socialize withl. 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1. To record one's financial losses during the accounting process. We've had such a rough third quarter that being able to write off our losses for a tax break is the only upside.
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DA: IRS agent handcuffed intern, then raped her at gunpoint in Government Center garage
An IRS agent charged with aggravated rape and other charges for an alleged attack on an intern in his office last year was released on personal recognizance today but ordered to stay away from the woman and not leave Massachusetts, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
James Clarke, 44, was formally charged with aggravated rape, indecent assault and battery, strangulation and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for an attack on July 26, 2017, which came after the student intern accepted his offer to get a drink after work, the DA's office says. Prosecutors had asked for bail of $10,000.
[Assistant District Attorney Ian] Polumbaum told the court that Clarke spent several hours with the victim at a downtown bar. Later, when the victim was intoxicated, he offered to drive her to South Station to catch a train home.
While parked in his IRS-issued vehicle in the Government Center garage, Polumbaum said, Clarke handcuffed the woman - initially under the guise of showing her what it was like given her interest in law enforcement work. Polumbaum told the court that Clarke groped the woman, placed his service weapon in her throat, and subjected her to sexual contact against her will. Polumbaum said an additional assaultive act occurred in the car outside South Station after Clarke had driven the victim there.
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"Oh, you're a white guy who works for the IRS?"
"Ten grand and see you at Opening Day? Don't have it? Noooooo problem!"
Imagine if this piece of shit was a person of color. Think he'd be seeing ROR and such a stern warning?
Why is this racial?
Agreed this POS sounds like a complete psycho - and should never have been allowed to walk out the door.
Horrible actions - none of them acceptable.
But why does your comment need to focus on race?
What is the goal?
Hell in this situation, I'm most concerned with the well-being of the victim.
And the prosecutor only asked for 10K bail (that is "low bail") - he would have just paid then walked anyway.
Hopefully, this lowlife will be convicted when he actually goes to trial and then to prison where he belongs.
Once again...
I am subject to the same old criticism about focusing on race. So you tell me if this guy was black and was an Uber driver in this town, think he'd get ROR and a pass like this until his eventual deal from what seems to be a very sympathetic and in no way, no way indicative of the way things have been around here DA?
Two years tops and he won't even allocute.
you mean like this?
again horrible allegations...$1,000 bail (and a six-month sentence) seems pretty darn low to me. no?
He won't even what? I believe you mean he won't "allocute," or make an allocution. Are you a real lawyer or are you just playing one on the Internet? (FWIW, I agree with you on the race issue.)
You say potato...and I never claimed to be a lawyer..
(intransitive) (facetious) to speak as if practising elocution; declaim
Just someone who has spent a shitload of time in courtrooms and around lawyers. Forgive my apparent error for not knowing the proper spelling.And let's see how much time this scumbag gets.I'll bet money he gets off easy.
Meh pretty standard for this type of case.
No previous record of violent assaults or defaulting on payments or bails/court appearances?
I'd say there is a pretty good chance he is even found not guilty, and thatmay be based more on his race.
Actually an uber driver
Actually an uber driver (using false credentials) did rape a girl going to Boston College in 2016. He was given 2500$ bail and promptly left the country and fled back to the Dominican republic. That literally was the end of the case. ;/
In a country where a white
In a country where a white supremacist is president and black people are given longer jail terms than white people who commit the same crimes I would say race is very often a factor and is worth discussing.
And don't forget where women
And don't forget where women are assaulted at an alarming rate with a only a tiny fraction of perps are ever given punishment.
Because Rostonian, our country in its past and in its current time has a provable pattern of behavior when doling out punishment to whites vs blacks when said whites and blacks committed alleged crimes. So while in this particular instance, one should not assume of course, but if the alleged rapist was black, bail would of been involved and the guy probably would not of walked away with his own personal recognizance.
"one should not assume of course"..ok then why assume?
What does that achieve?
The focus should be on the victim, their safety and creating awareness against similar crimes - not injecting race where it was not involved in the crime.
Race may not have been involved in the crime
bu race was sure part of the punishment.
And as far as Carlos, he did two years and did not allocute either and was the first man ejected from the legislature since a white guy was kicked out in 1916.Now he's a pariah in this town and rightfully so.
Now tell me about the phalanx of lackeys trying to continue the covering of Stan Rosenberg's ass about his twink terrorizing the State House, something I even knew about years ago and was common knowledge allegedly at the House.
Think Stan will give up his seat and if he does, guess where he'll land? And if you're so concerned for the poor victim, let the DA know of your objections.No one here is denying the impact of the crimes committed against her, only saying that because of the Agent's status, she is still living in terror.
Punishment? This is bail,
Punishment? This is bail, not punishment. Let's see what the punishment is when (hopefully) this POS is convicted.
Thanks for the whitesplaining.
Facts, figures, and lived reality all wither under your NO IT ISN'T "reasoning".
Thanks for the whatifism as
Thanks for the whatifism as well.
No bail
Is outrageous. Not even a GPS monitor? If I were the intern, I'd be out of my mind with anxiety.
Women in general, probably
I'm not the intern, but as a woman I'm concerned about a guy who is willing to put a gun to his victim's neck is still out and about!
Not just against her neck --
Not just against her neck -- down her throat.
But I'm sure if we ask nicely, he'll be a good boy.
As a man I too am concerned
As a man I too am concerned with a guy who would do this to a women, or anyone for that matter.
The fact a judge is able to reduce the prosecution's
bail recommendation of $10k to NOTHING without having to explain the rationale for that decision is equally outrageous.
You still don't get it, do
You still don't get it, do you.
The judge doesn't work for the prosecutor. The prosecutor is ONE of TWO parties who ASK the judge for things.
Dude, this isn't rocket science. This is fundamentally basic high school civics.
Bet this isn't his first rape
Bet this isn't his first rape.
service weapon?
This is kinda a weird take away, but does the IRS normally issue weapons to agents? I figured they had a specialized division, but standard issue?
They have a criminal
They have a criminal investigation unit, probably the ones who would carry firearms.
I had the same thought
Reminds me of the movie "The Inspectors", featuring postal inspectors investigating a mail bomb. "Who are those guys?"
He got out on Personal Recognizes for aggravated rape at gun point. Yea he's a white guy. If he looked like me there would either be No Bail or a $1 Million Bail -aka- no bail.
Personal recognizance?
Who the fuck does he know in the judge's office?
probably the judge
probably the judge
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If this guy was a black uber driver from Roxbury he would be held on a half a million dollar cash bail or with no bail thats just the way it is everybody knows that!!! the fact theres no high cash bail in a violent rape charge is embarrassing also if he was a black uber driver from Roxbury and he put handcuffs on his victim trust and believe there would be a kidnapping charge thrown in there but if your employed in law enforcement agencies you can commit carjackings, rape throw racial slurs at your victims and even post it on social media like the Mass Statie and God forbid you ever get charged you can hang around your house while the case in pending while anybody else would be in Suffolk County Lock up
Oh really?
Oh really?
What if...
there should be a standard 2x
there should be a standard 2x or 3x multiplier on sentences for any crime committed by someone we as a society trust enough to give a service weapon
Bail <> punishment
Don't forget, bail is not intended to be punishment. If the judge determines the suspect is likely to report for trial, and is not a threat to society AT THIS MOMENT WHILE ON BAIL, then no bail may be reasonable. I have no idea how he determined that in this case, and most of you don't, either.
If there is a racial disparity in setting bail system-wide, that should be addressed. But an institutional problem has little to do with this specific case.
And finally, if he is convicted of what he's accussed of, I hope he goes away for a long time.
But as Adam likes to say, "innocent, etc".
I Stand Corrected
But the Uber driver still got a $10,000 cash bail which in his world might as well be 10 million and this guy got released with no cash bail no gps bracelet etc etc did they even make him surrender his weapon the one he forced down his victims throat??? Regardless its a double standard the games fixed and unlike the Uber driver the taxpayers will be paying this creep his $2,000 a week for the next 3 years while the case is pending and hes out on paid leave
Why on earth does an IRS
Why on earth does an IRS agent have a firearm?
demented mansplaining
A woman is violently raped while a gun is shoved down her throat and some men here are mainly concerned that a black male rapist uber driver would get a longer jail sentence than a white male racist??? Are you f'ing serious!!! NO concern for the victim, just rapists' skin color. I'm pretty sure rape is rape no matter what the skin color of the rapist! Wake up to yourselves! I'm so disgusted right now.
We Get It
of course the victim is the real tragedy here especially when a person in a form of law enforcement is the perp and gets cut loose when in most of these cases the Perp is in custody after there arraignment except if your a middle aged Caucasian with a badge you are allowed to live your daily life in the comforts of your house while the victims probably suffering just as much as the night it happened cause the court system and sitting judge that day didn't treat this guy like they would a normal criminal


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If you've spent time with the "more mature" relatives in your family, then it's likely that you've heard your grandparents, or even great-grandparents, share stories from their youth and the old days. Perhaps they've even told you stories about your parents when they were kids. These are always great fun to hear.
While we've all listened to these kinds of stories countless times and perhaps even consider them to be family treasures, the simple fact is that unless we take the time to write them down, they can easily be lost forever.
Some of my most treasured childhood memories are listening to my great-grandmother share stories of her visit to the 1904 World's Fair. She was the first generation of my family to be born in the United States. My children never met my great-grandmother as she passed away years before they were born. If I don't take the time to retell her stories and share their value with the younger members of my family they will be forgotten. This would be a sad loss for my family.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 | Posted by Brodd Family at 6:41 PM 0 comments
Duluth Trip - Part I
To spend our first weekend away from Sylvia (can you believe that!) Jamie and I spent the weekend up in Duluth. Most of you know that Jamie and I both went to school in Duluth, so while on our way to visit campus, we drove by some of our old college homes.
First the dorms:
The one on the left is Lake Superior Hall (Adam) and the one on the right is New Griggs (Jamie). It turns our that there is a newer Griggs Hall, so Jamie's dorm would now be called 'Not-so-new' Griggs.
Adam's houses are in the next two images. The tan one used to be red, which is still seen on the rails of the porch, but it appears the landlord ponied up some dough to put new siding on it. I wonder if they fixed the slanting kitchen?
The big white one was my last house in Duluth. We had friends that lived next door and across the block. It was a great house and had many bbq's on the front porch. Memories...Jamie's houses are similar in age and beauty. The yellow one below was shared with 6-7 other girls and in Jamie's words was terrible. It was off-campus and she didn't have a car, so getting to school wasn't very fun. She also mentioned that the house next store housed some murderers. (Not sure if they were ever convicted)
And finally, the house she spent the last three years of college in. The basement of the yellow house just across the street from campus. The things I remember about the house were it was always cold... The lady living upstairs kept turning up the thermostat, but when there is limited ducting going to the basement, you will not get any heat down there. The second thing was when she had company with a dog. You could hear the dog walking from one side of the room to the other and then plop down... It was funny and annoying at the same time.
And lastly, a quick picture of a boat from the view of my red (tan) house.
More to come in posting number 2.
Sunday, September 26, 2010 | Posted by Brodd Family at 11:41 AM 0 comments
Deer Park
As a kid we used to go to a Deer Park on the way to the cabin. We drove right by Paul Bunyan Land, but I don't have a memory of ever stopping there. I guess we went for the more exotic tourist stops.
Looking back this was a pretty strange park. We walked around the park petting animals and feeding them corn. I am not sure why we are squatting in the picture, but maybe it's normal to take strange photo's in a strange park?
I wish I had a picture of the bear in Hackensack. He lived in a small cage and we used to feed him mini marshmallows. I think the PETA people saved him.
Sunday, September 19, 2010 | Posted by Brodd Family at 8:16 AM 0 comments
Apple Picking
A couple weekends ago, we checked out one of our local apple orchards. Since the Woodbury area was hit hard with a hail storm earlier this year, the crop was damaged and the trees are yielding very little crop.
That being said, we had a good time checking out the rest of the farm. They had a couple goats, a bunch of turkeys (for Thanksgiving I am guessing), and a chicken coop.
They allowed us to walk through the orchard and pick any apples that we would find that seem edible. It turns out we found about two dozen various apples that worked out well for a couple apple pies that Jamie made.
Sylvia decided she wanted to pull the wagon into the orchard.
And also pull it out of the orchard... This time Daddy could help, however.
As we were leaving, the owner had us check out the mum farm that they have on the back side of the property. While only a few were in bloom, I can imagine this looks quite impressive as the season goes on.
Thursday, September 16, 2010 | Posted by Brodd Family at 8:37 AM 0 comments
While at our weekly BBQ last night, Sylvia was unlucky enough to find a patch of burrs with her head. These were the smallest burrs I have ever seen.
While we were able to pick some off while over at Aaron and Jen's house, the final picking didn't happen until after bath-time.
Here is what they were like after bath time. It was amazing how these burrs made Sylvia's hair stand up on its own. It looked like dreadlock pigtails.
Fortunately, Dora the Explorer is a new cartoon in our house and the 25 minute episode was enough to keep her attention while mom pulled out all remaining burrs.
All back to normal now... just a little thinner on a couple spots!
Friday, September 10, 2010 | Posted by Brodd Family at 5:27 PM 1 comments
Big Smiles
Just wanted to share a cute picture from daycare. They send us pictures once or twice a week which is a nice surprise in the middle of the day.
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Two Year Check-up
This past week we finally got into Sylvia's new clinic for her two year checkup. While we are a couple months delayed, her stats did jump up from previous check-ups.
Height – 32.5" (25th percentile)
Weight – 24 lbs. 12 oz (25th percentile)
The water in Woodbury must be to blame for unexpected jump in weight. No more 3rd percentile for this girl!
Take that corn!
More posts to come with the fun from the long Labor Day weekend.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 | Posted by Brodd Family at 5:32 AM 0 comments


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I bought an NPX 4/3 Assassin (I think) this past Spring. It is warm and comfy and I hope it lasts! I dont' have that many sessions on it so mine still looks new.
I wonder if the Patagonia suits would hold up better over time? They certainly have the killer warranty. I also tend to see a lot of ProMotion wetsuits that last a long time. They used to make a good suit and they have a superb price point. Hopefully theirs haven't changed.


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Water rose to the maximum level at China's Three Gorges Dam on Tuesday, driving electricity output to full capacity at the world's largest hydropower plant for the first time since it began operating two years ago, its operator said.
That marks the culmination of the mammoth $23 billion project on the upper reaches of China's longest river, the Yangtze, touted by the government as the best way to end centuries of floods along the river basin and to provide energy to fuel the country's economic boom.
But the project has had major environmental impacts and its construction displaced more than 1.4 million people. Some geologists also warn that raising the water level of the vast reservoir carries a heightened risk of landslides, earthquakes and prolonged damage to the river's ecology.
Construction of the 410-mile (660-kilometer) -long reservoir began in 1993 and it began storing water in 2003, but the dam was only finished in 2006.
Its water level hit its peak height of 175 meters (574 feet) at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, according to project operator, the China Three Gorges Project Corp. The previous record was 172.8 meters (567 feet) set in 2008, the year the generators began operating.
Company chairman Cao Guangjing called it a "historical milestone." He said annual power generation will reach 84.7 billion kilowatt hours which would "enable the project to fulfill its functions of flood control, power generation, navigation and water diversion to the full."
To reach that level, dam officials had begun holding back water in September. The water level will be maintained at the current height for about two months and then be allowed to drop, the official Xinhua News Agency said. In the future, the water level will be kept between 145 meters (476 feet) and 175 meters (574 feet), depending on flood control needs.
But that could carry risks.
Last year, the Chinese investigative magazine Caijing revealed a government report that warned that rising water levels were increasing landslide risks by reviving old landslide fissures as the soil around the dam became more saturated and unsettled.
The report cited a pre-flood inspection report by local officials that identified nearly 700 areas vulnerable to geological damage, 587 of them possible landslide spots.
When reservoir officials attempted to raise the water levels last fall, at least one town near Chongqing had to evacuate dozens of residents after a 400-meter (1,300-foot) hairline crack appeared on the slopes above homes.
But hydrology expert Yan Echuan, part of an expert team hired by the government to assess geological risks of the project, said Tuesday he doesn't believe that keeping the water at the maximum level poses an increased danger since water levels have been as high as 172 meters (564 feet) in the past.
"Theoretically, there would be risks of landslides and even collapses," he said. "But it does not make too much difference if the water level is raised two or three meters from 172 to 175 meters. There's no substantive change in the local geological conditions," said Yan, a professor of hydrogeology at China University of Geosciences in Wuhan.
He said he was only aware of "one or two minor cases of earth-shifting" caused by the raised water level.


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With director James Gunn's superhero flick Super opening this weekend, I recently got to sit down with Ellen Page to talk about how she got involved with the project. As you might expect from Gunn (Slither, PG-Porn), the film is violent, twisted, and darkly comic. During the interview, Page talked about the six degrees of Kevin Bacon, what's her karaoke song, does she have an opinion on the ending of Inception, the violence in Super, upcoming projects like Freeheld (which will be written by Ron Nyswaner) and Stitch and Bitch with Alia Shawkat.
Finally, if you're a fan of Page, you definitely need to see Super. The reason I say this is you've never seen Page like this. When I saw Super, she had the entire theater laughing at some of the insane stuff she does on screen. It was great. Hit the jump to watch the interview:
Ellen Page
- :18 Did she join the project to be higher up on the list for Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon?
- :31 Her go-to karaoke song. Says you will never see her doing karaoke. Likes to watch, but will never get onstage.
- 1:18 Does she have an opinion on the ending of Inception?
- 1:36 Her attraction to the project. Says it was an "immediate" yes when she read the script, which was emailed to her by Rainn Wilson. Was really excited for the project.
- 2:21 Talks about the violence in the film. Says she has a lot of trouble watching violence and gore, but when she was playing the character she enjoyed the physicality of the role. Never actually thought about the violence of the film while shooting.
- 3:32. Upcoming projects. Hopes to make Freeheld soon, written by Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia). She's still developing the TV show Stitch and Bitch with Alia Shawkat and Robert Tillman.


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WHERE: Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
1.5-mile, intermediate "cookie-cutter" track with variable banking.
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Can Matt Kenseth win three in a row to start the 2009 season? Before last year's tangle with Jeff Gordon in the final laps, it would certainly seem so. He took back to back checkers in 2003/2004 and finished among the top five in two of his next three attempts there. The battle between the No. 17 and 24 last year took place at the head of the pack as well, which makes Kenseth a driver to watch closely this week.
WHEN: TV Start 3:30 p.m. ET
BROADCAST: Fox, live on Sirius satellite radio, channel 128
With its glitzy charm and hollow facades, Las Vegas is the perfect place for Fox to cover a race and you can bet they are going to go all out with "Digger cams" and extra hairspray for Chris Myers this week. Their enthusiasm should make up for the loss of the Camping World Truck Series as only the Nationwide and Cup cars compete. If you are looking for something a little out of the ordinary (or if your wife grabs the remote control), check out NASCAR Angels on the Hallmark channel first thing Sunday morning.
PICK YOUR STORY: One way or another, fans were going to get a heck of a story last week. Kenseth eventually stole the headlines by winning the first two races of a season for the first time in more than a decade since Gordon performed the feat in 1997. The Rainbow Warrior did his dead-level best to keep that from happening, however, and had he won, he would have snapped a 42-race winless streak. If that were not enough, lying in wait in third was Kyle Busch, who was gunning for his third major league win during a weekend—an exploit that had never been accomplished in NASCAR's history.
UPSTAGED: As good as the Kyle Busch story was last week, older brother Kurt has upstaged him so far in 2009. Anything can happen on the restrictor plate tracks, so the driver of the No. 2 was cautiously optimistic entering last week after finishing 10th at Daytona. He raced with the lead pack all night, however, and rarely fell out of the top five. And when the checkers waved, that is precisely where he found himself: in fifth.
THE LOWDOWN: The three drivers with the best overall record during the last three years at Vegas all ran into trouble last year. This takes on added significance because those three racers are also the ones who swept the top spots last week at Auto Club Speedway. Kenseth, Gordon and Kyle Busch entered last year's Vegas race with seven top-fives between them and nine top-10s in the previous three events, but none of them finished in the top 10 that day. Want to make a side bet that doesn't happen again this week?
2008: Carl Edwards
2007: Jimmie Johnson
2006: Jimmie Johnson
2005: Jimmie Johnson
Laps in the top-five, cookie cutter tracks, last five years
Atlanta, Lowe's, Texas, Las Vegas, Chicago, Kansas
Driver Top-five laps Possible Laps
Jimmie Johnson 6,690 13,230
Tony Stewart 4,420 13,230
Greg Biffle 4,328 13,230
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4,211 13,230
Kyle Busch 4,176 12,304
Matt Kenseth 4,085 13,230
Jeff Gordon 4,011 13,230
Carl Edwards 3,726 12,304
Kasey Kahne 3,280 13,230
Kurt Busch 2,851 13,230
Mark Martin 2,727 13,230
Jeff Burton 2,279 13,230
Ryan Newman 1,993 13,230
Kevin Harvick 1,819 13,230
Denny Hamlin 1,738 9,785
Elliott Sadler 1,441 13,230
Clint Bowyer 1,404 8,523
Casey Mears 1,381 13,230
Brian Vickers 1,313 12,149
Martin Truex Jr 1,122 9,907
Jeremy Mayfield 948 9,112
Jamie McMurray 872 13,230
Scott Riggs 838 12,638
Joe Nemechek 783 12,226
Sterling Marlin 415 9,564
Bobby Labonte 409 13,230
Michael Waltrip 327 11,570
Robby Gordon 264 12,304
Average Running Position
Las Vegas, last four years
Rank Driver Average Place
1. Kyle Busch 6.777
2. Jeff Gordon 7.446
3. Jeff Burton 10.530
4. Greg Biffle 10.666
5. Matt Kenseth 10.771
6. Jimmie Johnson 11.629
7. Mark Martin 12.214
8. Kurt Busch 13.354
9. Kevin Harvick 13.971
10. Tony Stewart 14.601
11. Denny Hamlin 14.878
12. Carl Edwards 15.385
13. Kasey Kahne 16.382
14. Ryan Newman 17.355
15. Scott Riggs 18.764
16. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 19.383
17. Jamie McMurray 19.662
18. Martin Truex Jr. 19.734
19. Tony Raines 19.801
20. Elliott Sadler 19.817
21. Jeremy Mayfield 20.280
22. Joe Nemechek 21.353
23. Casey Mears 24.297
24. Travis Kvapil 24.371
25. Bobby Labonte 24.432
Green Flag Passes
Las Vegas, last four years
Rank Driver Average Finish Green Flag Passes
1. Carl Edwards 11.8 283
2. Jeff Burton 11.0 268
3. Tony Stewart 20.3 255
4. Jeff Gordon 11.5 252
4. Jamie McMurray 18.3 252
6. Jimmie Johnson 8.0 233
7. Kevin Harvick 11.8 230
7. Bobby Labonte 25.3 230
9. Casey Mears 17.3 224
9. Elliott Sadler 17.3 224
11. Robby Gordon 27.5 222
12. Kurt Busch 20.8 213
13. Kyle Busch 6.3 210
14. Greg Biffle 8.3 209
15. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 20.5 205
16. Scott Riggs 29.5 201
17. Martin Truex Jr. 15.7 197
18. Kasey Kahne 20.8 196
19. Clint Bowyer 26.3 194
20. Matt Kenseth 8.5 192
21. Jeremy Mayfield 20.3 188
22. Ryan Newman 18.5 169
23. Denny Hamlin 7.3 165
23. Juan Montoya 20.5 165
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The memories most fans, friends and former teammates have of former Nebraska quarterback — and current Kansas University head coach — Turner Gill involve a heavy dose of football.
There's the famed "fumblerooskie" in the 1984 Orange Bowl, the fourth-place finish in the Heisman Trophy voting that same season and the three consecutive Big Eight titles that Gill delivered to Lincoln.
But for two people who know him perhaps better than anyone else, the memories of Gill have very little to do with football, especially on Father's Day.
Jordan Gill, 20, a junior at KU, remembers one Fourth of July when she and her father headed to a small town in Nebraska to celebrate America's birthday with family. When they arrived, the Gills hit the fireworks stand, and what happened there changed Jordan's outlook forever.
"We were with my cousins, and we went to a fireworks store, and they gave us three cart-loads of fireworks for free because of who my dad was," Jordan said. "I was kind of like, 'Whoa, this is crazy.' But little things like that kind of gave me hints that there was something with my dad going on."
Gill's younger daughter, Margaux, 15, also recalls her first encounter with the realization that her father was adored by thousands of Nebraska fans.
"I don't really remember a single moment, but it was definitely sometime during my elementary-school years," Margaux said. "Because a lot of people wouldn't believe me that he was my dad. I guess he was kind of a big deal then. It was just kind of weird because, I mean, he was just my dad."
Just 'dad'
All these years later, after successful coaching stints at Nebraska, with the Green Bay Packers in the NFL and, most recently, the University of Buffalo, Gill remains "dad" to two of the most important women in his life.
Jordan, who came to Kansas before her father, said Gill is exactly the same person she has always known, a man who values personal relationships above all and a coach whose passion for the game tends to inspire the best from the players.
"As the season goes on, we'll definitely see some different colors," Jordan said. "But for the most part, I think people are going to enjoy watching my dad coach and watching these players have fun. I think it's definitely going to show on the football field, all the excitement and all the fun they're having."
That's no surprise to Jordan or Margaux, who grew up with fun as a priority. Both can recall dozens of different occasions when their dad would take time out of his day to share a laugh or an ice cream.
"He manages the different atmospheres perfectly," Margaux says. "He has time for his family, and he has time for his work."
In those days, the Gills spent time on just about everything but football. Jordan remembers her dad teaching her the finer points of soccer, with Gill jumping in goal to help Jordan practice her shooting.
"It was really fun that he was able to help me even though I was basically uncoachable," Jordan said.
There were also dabblings with basketball, bicycles, "horse rides" — in which Gill cruised around with his daughters on his back — and even pingpong.
King pingpong
The table tennis was typically reserved for Gill and the Nebraska players he coached, none of whom could beat him.
"He definitely has some skills in pingpong," Jordan said. "A lot of the Nebraska football players, when they would come over … pingpong was the big deal, and everyone wanted to play my dad because he was really good, and nobody could beat him.
"We definitely played sports in our house. It was always fun because we would team up on him, and he would try to dodge us. He would try to soften down his athletic ability for us a little bit, but it was still fun to play with him."
Of course, as with any father-daughter relationship, there's more to this than sports. In fact, both of Gill's daughters recalled more recent events when asked to share a memory of their father that jumps to the top of the list.
"Just a couple weeks ago, I had a soccer tournament in Virginia, so I flew there from (Buffalo) New York, and he flew there from Kansas to meet me, and we basically just spent the whole weekend together," said Margaux, who will attend Free State High and move to Lawrence at the end of July. "He was there supporting me throughout the tournament, and it was just a really fun time. We went out to dinner and just talked and watched sports. It was pretty much a weekend just for us."
For Jordan, the memory goes back a little farther, to high school, when she was nominated for homecoming queen. All of the candidates were asked to write a speech and then have someone read that speech in front of the rest of the school. Most picked teachers; some picked friends. Jordan picked her dad.
"I thought that would be special for him and special for me," she said. "He didn't choke up, but he started reading it a little slower, and I could tell that he was really touched by it. It was really a great moment in my life just because I was able to share it with him. He definitely took it in the highest regard even though it was a silly high school thing. It definitely meant a lot to both of us. Everyone else in the audience was crying, so I guess it was a big hit."
'I think it'll be great'
From here on out, the Gill girls are hoping that their dad is a big hit at Kansas. So far, so good.
The only thing left to do is win. Jordan and Margaux know that. And their take on the topic differs.
"I'm not really worried because he's so passionate about the sport, and he knows how to get his players passionate, too," Margaux said. "I know they'll play their best for him. I think it'll be great."
Jordan, who has lived and died with both KU and her dad's team for the past several years, is substantially more worried, if for no other reason than the fact that her chances at a win on Saturdays were cut in half by her dad's move to KU.
"Oh yeah, I'm very nervous," she said. "I usually have my KU team and my dad's team, and I cheer for both. And now that KU is my dad's team, it's like, 'Whoa,' double expectations on one team. I only have 12 games instead of 24. I'm expecting a bowl, though. That's my Christmas present from my dad."
Happy Father's Day Coach Gill!
Nice story!
I'm sure having two daughters their ages living in a college town presents some concerns for Dad. Something tells me, they know he's looking over their shoulders at every guy they talk to, etc. Plus, he has a potential squad of spys who could be lurking around keeping tabs on them! How would you like to be caught in the wrong place or doing the wrong thing with one of Coach Gill's daughters?
Happy Father's Day Coach!
(and a Happy Father's Day to all you other fathers out there lurking the boards)
Happy Father's Day Coach Gill. Thank you for coming to KU.
Given all the time required to be a head football coach must put a strain on parental duties. Happy father's day coach.
Happy Father's Day, Head Coach Turner Gill! Don't let Jordan down on that bowling trip! Beat Georgia Tech and you will instantly sway the doubters!
MrPilot---thanks for the thought and best wishes to all Fathers!
Happy Father's Day, Coach Gill. I concur on Memhawk's thoughts, too! Dads, look over your daughters because some guys are, well----you get the picture. I have a daughter--I know all too well what on some guy's minds. BTW, great story, Matt. I enjoyed reading it. Rock Chalk!
Depending on where you're from and how old you are...tons of people across the nation knew him before 2009, KSA. I'm Kansas native, but like you did not know who he was or his accomplishments until 2009.
Happy Father's Day. Also, here's to finding a way to keep in state, blue chip players like Phillips (commit to OU) and Starling (commit to Nebraska)!
Just don't take any more FREE fireworks while you're our coach. Lew will tell you it's not a good idea. Good luck this year.
KSA_21, that's an incredibly ignorant comment. I realize that you hadn't heard of him until recently, but in the time you have gotten to know him you surely must have heard enough to know that he was an incredibly popular player in Lincoln. Since that's where the girls spent most of their time growing up, they were growing up with a famous father. Just because someone isn't world famous doesn't mean they're not a celebrity in their own neck of the woods. And anyone who followed college football in the early '80s knew all about Turner Gill.
That would be like Danny Manning being hired to coach in Portland, Maine and someone criticizing the paper there for saying that his kids had grown up with a famous father.
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While smartphones have gotten smarter, and cellular networks have gotten faster, battery life has struggled to keep pace. In my own use, recent iPhone models and most Android phones manage to get through a day on one charge. However, for many others, smartphones don't make it through a long workday, and that is especially true for Android phones using the new, faster, 4G networks, which can drain power at an alarming rate.
Even assessing cellphone-battery life has become trickier. In the old days, voice-call "talk time" was pretty much all that mattered. But today, people use the devices for a variety of tasks, including voice calls, Web browsing, playing local or remote audio and video, running apps, and gaming. The battery drain varies, depending on factors such as the kind of connection or how far you are from a cellular tower.
Now, Motorola has introduced a 4G Android smartphone on Verizon Wireless that seeks to erase battery worries. It is called the Droid Razr Maxx and it attacks the power problem with a huge battery almost twice the capacity of the one in the company's similar Droid Razr, and more than double the capacity of the one in Apple's iPhone 4S.
Droid Razr Maxx
I've been testing the Droid Razr Maxx, which has been out since late January, and found it delivers far greater battery life than any smartphone on which I've run battery tests. In one test, it lasted more than 20 hours in mixed, moderate use, including voice calls, video playback, and lots of Web and apps usage, plus downloading hundreds of emails. I also conducted a simulated, continuous test voice call, which the phone powered through for more than 20 hours before dying. And it played videos back to back for more than 14 hours before the battery gave up.
By comparison, Apple claims talk time of up to eight hours, and video playback of up to 10 hours for the iPhone 4S.
To me, the Droid Razr Maxx is the smartphone to choose if you are a heavy user for whom battery life is a problem, or a light or moderate user who would like to charge your phone less often. But there are trade-offs, notably price.
Unlike the plain Droid Razr, or the iPhone 4S, which start at $200, you have to pay $300 for the Droid Razr Maxx. This is somewhat offset by the fact that it comes with 32 gigabytes of memory, instead of the usual base amount of 16 gigabytes. An iPhone with 32 gigabytes costs $299 and doesn't have the bigger battery. But with the Maxx, you have no choice: There is no cheaper option.
And then there is size and weight. The large battery makes the Maxx significantly thicker and heavier than the ultra-slender Droid Razr. But it is still fairly thin and light. Unlike old phones with "expanded" batteries, it doesn't sport a huge bulge on the back.
iPhone 4S
Still, like a lot of recent Android phones, it's wide, perhaps too wide for comfortable use by someone with small hands.
The most impressive test result I got was in the voice-call test. To simulate my end of the conversation, I placed the Maxx next to a laptop playing a repeating loop of famous speeches. To simulate the other end, I dialed into a special test number Motorola has that features a spoken voice on a similar repeating loop. Ignoring the company's test suggestions, I kept power-draining functions such as Wi-Fi, 4G and Bluetooth running during the test, because I don't think people turn those off when they make a call. Still, the call lasted 20 hours, 11 minutes.
One note: The screen, a major source of battery use, was dark for most of the call, but it would also turn off if the phone were held up to your ear for a real-life call.
In other respects, the Droid Razr Maxx is pretty much the same as most other current Android phones. Like them, its pluses include a large screen — 4.3 inches in this case — and a single sign-in for a variety of services from Google, which makes Android and is in the process of acquiring Motorola.
Like some other Motorola phones, the Maxx can be used with an optional $250 dock that resembles a laptop. When docked, it can run the Firefox Web browser. Motorola is committed to this idea, but, so far, consumers seem unmoved.
I found the Maxx to be a reliable phone. In tests around Washington, D.C., it didn't drop a single call, voice quality was good in both regular and speakerphone mode, and Verizon's LTE 4G network was very fast, typically delivering download speeds of 13 or 14 megabits per second, better than many home wired services.
The software ran smoothly and quickly, but, as is typical with Android phones, various apps crashed a couple of times. The Maxx runs an older version of Android, called Gingerbread, but Motorola says it will eventually be upgraded to the latest version, called Ice Cream Sandwich.
The rear, 8-megapixel camera took very good video around my neighborhood, but I found the still photos it took to be worse than those on some Samsung models and the latest iPhone.
Motorola delivers a few software features that attempt to differentiate it from competitors. One, called MotoCast, can sync music, photos, videos and documents from a PC or Mac, either using a USB cable or wirelessly. In my tests, it worked fine.
Another, called Smart Actions, is a somewhat geeky feature that lets you set certain actions that will occur when a "trigger" action happens. For instance, I was able to make the phone start playing a particular playlist of songs when earbuds were plugged in. The result is cool, but it's likely too much work for most people.
If you are dying for longer battery life and are willing to pay more, the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx is the smartphone for you.
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The Romanesque Route, which is part of the TRANSROMANICA European Cultural Route, brings together quintessential Romanesque styles. In its name is a promise of the wonders to be discovered along its paths. Nowhere else in Germany is home to as many examples of the Romanesque as Saxony-Anhalt and the regions between Harz and Elbe and Altmark and Saale-Unstrut.
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The sites of important medieval events and almost 1,000 years' worth of cathedrals, holy treasures, tranquil minsters, village churches, abbeys, imperial palaces, picturesque castles, half-timbered buildings and historic medieval cities: Saxony-Anhalt is a rich repository of medieval art and it should be remembered that none of these Romanesque treasures would have been possible if it were not for the skills of the stone masons.
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It's just worth pointing out that an online CELTA isn't entirely online. You still have to go into a training centre and be observed in 6 hours of teaching practice. And to be honest, any course where you don't have to do this won't be taken seriously. But just looking at that site, there are 4 centres in Oman that offer the CELTA and 1 that does it online.
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Continuing from where we left off in part 1 of Dreams: When to Know You're Stressed, we will discuss four more dream symbols that could indicate your life is more hectic than you may have realized. Often we internalize stress and don't even recognize its presence. However, it will always find some way of manifesting itself, and often it comes out through our subconscious by way of dreams.
Hell. Whether you believe it exists or not, many people dream of being caught in a flaming pit of fury. This can symbolize being entrapped in a situation that you dislike or possibly that you are having feelings of guilt about something. If you are dreaming of Hell, you can pretty much be assured that you have some unresolved issues in your life that are causing you stress and must be addressed.
Bugs. Unless you're an Entomologist, most people find bugs disgusting to some level. They are creepy and crawly, get in your food, your bed, and even your body! They are horrible when you think of it that way. If you are dreaming about bugs, it can mean several things. This is one of the few stress-related dream symbols that can get a little hairy (pun intended!). Miller indicated that bug dreams in general suggest that there is a complication in your life that you are struggling with. Taken in a more literal sense of the word, according to modern usage, there could something going on in your life that is "bugging" you. Either of these explanations works as far as your dreams showing you clearly that you have too much stress in your life.
Death. Death is a clear symbol of something ending. Usually you will dream of death when you are fearing that some current aspect of your life is about to change, such as career, relationship status, or children moving away from home. Death dreams don't necessarily symbolize that the forthcoming change is bad, just that you fear the change.
Cats. I couldn't resist saving the best for last, mostly because of its shock value. Many dream experts have agreed that cats in a dream are a bad sign and suggest impending misfortune—or at least that you are fearing an impending misfortune. If you are able to get rid of the cat in your dream by killing it or chasing it away, Miller says that you will be able to change the course of events to something more favorable. If the cat is friendly, then you may be setting yourself up to face this difficulty head on.
Dreams are an incredibly interesting subject and we could go on forever discussing their meanings and innuendos. However, there are some symbols that are more clear to read than others. If you are struggling with something in your life, or are refusing to accept the fact that you're struggling, your dreams can reveal the truth. They show you what is really going on inside your mind, even if you aren't willing to admit it to yourself. You would be wise to take notice if you are repeatedly having dreams about any of these stress-related symbols.
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The Central Connecticut swimming & diving team sprung ahead of St. Francis (P.A.) on day two of the Northeast Conference Championship to top the standings. On day one, Central trailed St. Francis (P.A.) by 14 points but on day two the Blue Devils turned in 270 points to overtake the lead.
Junior Taylor Friedmann claimed the 500 yard freestyle event with a time of 4:53.71, 3.58 seconds ahead of second place teammate junior Allison Rasile (4:57.29).
Another back-to-back Blue Devil duo came in the 200 yard IM event. Senior Alex Czaplicki swam to a second place finish in the event (2:04.29) just a fraction of a second ahead of junior Katie Lang who rounded out the top three with a time of 2:05.77.
Senior Madison Vestergaard continued her dominance on the boards earning gold in the 1m diving event with a score of 250.10.
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MADISON, Wis. — A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday to mark the beginning of the redevelopment of the historic Edgewater Hotel in downtown Madison.
"We are grateful for the support of so many in the community that enabled us to get to this milestone day," said Bob Dunn, the project developer. "I am particularly grateful to our investors, who stepped forward at a critical time to make the new Edgewater a reality."
The project includes the construction of a public terrace overlooking Lake Mendota, and a public stairway to the lake shore and the Edgewater Pier.
For now, 65 Edgewater employees will lose their jobs when the hotel closes next week for remodeling.
Approximately 700 jobs will be created for the construction period and more than 250 permanent jobs will be created when it opens, according to developers.
The $98 million renovation is officially under way after five years of red tape, debates and lawsuits.
"It seems like one ought to be able to get a project done more quickly than that," Dunn said.
The controversial project faced opposition from some residents, who argued that the plan for the Edgewater, particularly the proposed nine-story tower, was a poor fit for the historic Mansion Hill neighborhood and violated building ordinances in the area.
The so-called "Madison process" nearly killed the grand idea. One of the biggest blows was a Madison Common Council vote last year that slashed $16 million in promised public funding to $3.3 million.
"It was certainly the low point, but we learned shortly thereafter that there are people in this community who are really committed to seeing Madison continue to evolve and grow," Dunn said.
With a group of investors, led by Madison philanthropists Jerry Frautschi and Pleasant Rowland, and with support from a federal financing program created to help alleviate losses from flooding in 2008, the new Edgewater will feature a public terrace, public lake access and a new nine-story hotel tower.
Developers said the original hotel will be restored to the Art Moderne style of the 1940s era in which it was constructed.
City leaders said they hope this journey, while at times heated and rocky, will bring a new vision to the city.
"This project has been a long journey," said Alderwoman Bridget Maniaci. "Cities really are successful with they invest in people and ideas."
The Edgewater will completely shut down next week and re-open in September 2014.
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, a critic of public financing for the public, was invited to Thursday's groundbreaking ceremony, but a representative said he was unable to attend.


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Vice Prime Minister of Israel Silvan Schalom, right, and President of the National Olympic Commitee Zvi Varshaviak take part in a wreath laying ceremony at the commemoration plate for the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, Sept. 5. There ceremony took place in front of the house where the Israeli team stayed during the Olympic Games, in Munich, southern Germany.
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Masked officers of German Police Special Operation Unit SEK participate in security arrangements during the laying of wreaths to commemorate the Israeli athletes who were murdered in a terrorist attack on the Olympic Games 40 years ago in Munich.
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Munich Massacre relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes who were killed after being taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, paid tribute at Fuerstenfeldbruck air base, the site of the killings. NBC's Andy Eckardt reports.
Politicians, survivors, and relatives of victims attended a memorial Wednesday to remember the 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team killed at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The ceremony occurred in the Olympic Village, where the hostage-taking started 40 years ago in Munich, according to the European Press Agency.
They were killed in September 1972 by members of the Black September group who broke into the Olympic Village and took several members of the Israeli team hostage. Two Israelis died as they tried to fight the attackers; nine others and a German police officer died during a failed rescue attempt. Continue reading.
London Olympic organizers were criticized after they said they would not hold a moment of silence in memory of the athletes killed at the Munich games, NBC News reports.
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Wrestler Gad Tsabary stands in silence after laying a wreath at the memorial to the eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team and one German police officer who were killed in an attack by the radical Palestinian group Black September, during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
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It's official. When it comes to style, the cast of the "Jersey Shore" simply do not "make it work."
"Project Runway's" resident fashion Yoda and stern taskmaster declared the MTV reality show cast "vulgar" during a visit to the George Lopez Show, adding that if "Snooki" is considered a fashion icon then he is "leaving the industry."
Gunn then presented his "Monkey House at the Zoo" theory to explain the Snooki effect.
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"In the case of say, a Snooki, she looks at herself in the mirror for the first time in that getup and says, 'Oh my god. Can I really go out in this?' And then 20 minutes later, she's still looking at herself and she thinks, 'I don't look so bad.' At the monkey house, it would be, 'Oh it doesn't smell so bad anymore.' Though when you first walk in it stinks, and after 40 minutes it doesn't smell at all, and that's when Snooki leaves the house."
Gunn was then pressed by Lopez to have at political figures, and Gunn once again did not mince words. He claimed that any attempt to differentiate Sarah Palin from Michele Bachmann was ridiculous because "they are both the same person" (which, he added, is why one has declared a run for the presidency and the other has not). Gunn then described Hillary Clinton's look as "her Jersey Shore style," and suggested she may be uncomfortable with her gender.
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"Like Crazy," the Grand Jury prize winner at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, is a semi-improvised, microbudget marvel with a range of feeling that shames most big-budget star-driven movies. It's so piercingly poignant that at times I worried it might devolve into wet-hanky sentimentality. I needn't have worried. It's the rare example of a film that manages to be both lyrical and tough-minded.
Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones) are L.A. college seniors – she's a poetry-writing exchange student from London; he hopes to design furniture. She places a long mash note on his car's windshield one afternoon – it closes with the words "please don't think I'm a nut case" – and he takes a chance and calls her. Their ensuing romance unfolds on screen as a series of grace notes and ellipses. Drake Doremus, the director and co-writer (with Ben York Jones), is, like his lead actors, still in his 20s. His film is youthful in the best of ways. He and his cast are able to convey the sexy, giddy, terrifying landscape of first love because no doubt for them these experiences still have a freshness.
The characters seem to be discovering their emotions right in front of our eyes, and this is not simply because the scenes came out of improvisations. It's because the actors understand the essential seriousness of what they are attempting, which is nothing less than a delicate, layer-by-layer rendering of mirth and passion and heartbreak. Yelchin and Jones want to do justice to these emotions because so much is at stake in getting them right.
The emotional honesty of "Like Crazy," which is comparable to Richard Linklater's great "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset," is far removed from most of what passes in these goony movie days as youthful romance. To categorize it as a rom-com would only devalue its delicacy. (The only other film this season with a comparable sensitivity is Andrew Haigh's "Weekend," a gay-themed English variation on a similar subject.) "Like Crazy" is comedic only in the sense that it displays the human comedy, junior division, in all its spangly confusions.
Chief among those confusions is Anna's mistake in overstaying her student visa because she can't bear to leave Jacob. Banned from re-entering the United States after a short trip back to England, she and Jacob endure, off and on, over a period of several years, the pangs of breaking up and recombining. Anna, in particular, seems stricken by her love for Jacob. She can't shake her feelings for him.
Doremus captures the deadening aloneness of their separations. It is often in the most crowded of situations, in bars or in clubs surrounded by friends, that Anna and Jacob seem the most alone. They can text each other or call across continents – and they do, often at inopportune moments – but the connection only confirms the absence. When Jacob impulsively flies to London to visit Anna, they both come alive, but the bewilderment remains. Closeness carries its own confusions.
We begin to observe widening hairline fractures in their devotion, and it's a terrible thing to see because Anna and Jacob seem so poetically perfect for each other. The dissolution, if that's what it is, of their love carries a symbolic weight. If these two people can't overcome these trials, then what hope is there for any of us?
Doremus allows his actors to work intuitively, as he does, and so we are free to make up our own minds about Anna and Jacob. As in all good romances, the love is never entirely equal between the lovers. Moment-by-moment we must gauge whose love is stronger, whose devotion is more likely to give way, who will patch things up or bust things up. No one is really to blame for any of this tumult, but in Anna and Jacob's wake are a host of good people upended by the couple's agitations, including Simon (Charlie Bewley), a smitten neighbor; Jacob's love-struck office assistant Sam (Jennifer Lawrence, in a small, pointed role); and Anna's relentlessly compassionate parents (beautifully played by Alex Kingston and Oliver Muirhead).
Doremus, often utilizing quick cuts, jump-cuts, and time-lapse montages, nevertheless gives us a startlingly filled-out portrait of Anna and Jacob. What he is saying is that it is in the off moments, the sidelong glances and captivating stares, that one can best capture the tenor of people's lives. There is a certain bedewed quality to this approach – Doremus, for example, never really shows Anna or Jacob having sex, although, tellingly he shows them, briefly, in the throes of passion with others. For a film about, among other things, the way sex can addle your senses, this omission may be too coy a ploy.
Still, we get the point: The consequences of love, or its absence, is where the real action lies. Few films are as good as this one at orchestrating the rejuvenations and dissolutions of a love gone right and wrong. Grade: A (Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief strong language.)