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'The Hangover Part 3': A visit to the set of the deeper, darker comedy threequel
What to expect: killer cocks, a 'dangerous' John Goodman and...existential crises?
"Oh, fuck! Motherfucking roosters!"
When the first "Hangover" hit theaters in 2009, Ken Jeong was - to the general public anyway - that funny doctor guy from "Knocked Up." Four years later, he's Mr. Chow.
"I think my favorite ever was I was at an ATM and there was a middle-aged man in a convertible staring at me for the longest time," says Jeong. "And as he drives away, he says, [imitating Chow] 'Toodle-oo, motherfucker!'"
It's been a wild few years for the doctor-turned-stand-up-turned-actor, whose other big claim to fame comes via his series-regular role on the cult NBC sitcom "Community," where he plays unhinged former Spanish professor "Señor" Ben Chang.
"For me it's an embarrassment of riches at this point because-- Yeah, in the first 'Hangover,' I think I was only on set for maybe, like, four days," says Jeong, clad in a costume that might best be described as "Mexican drug terrorist." "To say that it changed my life is an understatement. I think Keith Richards said the turning point for him in his life came when his life changed from black and white to Technicolor, and that's what the first 'Hangover' did for me. It just changed my whole career."
Despite the over-the-top characters that have become Jeong's on-screen signature, in person the actor is an extremely low-key, humble presence who himself seems very nearly in shock at the meteoric trajectory of his recent career – not to mention the surprising evolution of what was originally written as a throwaway character.
"In this movie you're going to see different layers of Chow," he tells us. "It's become a fully realized and layered character. Todd Phillips and Craig Mazin, the writers of the movie, have just taken great lengths to give it a lot of depth, and it's really been wonderful. I just can't even believe they're giving Chow so much depth, and I love it. Honestly, this is everything I ever wanted. Everything I ever wanted is in this movie. That's about as blunt as I can put it. This is just one of the happiest moments of my career."
Of course, the filmmakers wouldn't have bothered to keep Chow around at all had Jeong not so fully nailed the role in the first place. In fact, the character's most famous scene in the original resulted from the actor's own suggestion.
"The jumping out naked in the trunk was my idea," Jeong tells us. "That was [Todd Phillips] green-lighting that, which he happily did."
So what kinds of antics can we expect from the diminutive gang leader this time around?
"There is a lot of action for Chow in this movie and things that I have never done before," says Jeong. "Working with Jack Gill, the stunt coordinator, has been absolutely amazing. He's done 'Mission: Impossible,' the last one…I've learned so much just in terms of the whole process and art of what he does. ...[And] I've definitely got to give a shout-out to my stuntman, Phil Tan. He's my main stunt double. He's been with me ever since the first movie. He jumped out of the trunk, he jumped out of the ice machine. In fact, it's his body, you see him jump out of the trunk, the very initial body. So his butt is first, I believe, in...'Hangover One.'"
So will Chow be stripping down again in the new movie? "You'll have to wait and see," teased Jeong.
"'The Hangover Part III': Chow Takes It Off Again, Maybe." I'm sold.


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Dorothy Sudrabin passed away at her daughter's home in York, ME, on March 5, 2011. She was 93 years old. She had suffered a major stroke four years ago, but with rehabilitation and the support of her family she had led a comfortable life until ill health overtook her this fall.
She was born on September 7, 1917, in Dayton, OH. She was the oldest of five children. Her parents Stephen and Julianna Sikes were both born in Hungary. Her father agreed to change his last name from Szucs to Sikes when he arrived in America. He was a fine cabinet maker; he worked for Wurlitzer piano and the National Cash Register Company. Her father frequently stopped by the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop and would share stories of these conversations with his family.
Dorothy (Dot) attended a four-room school house on the edge of a field which became the Wright Field Air Force Base named in honor of the Wright Brothers. As the oldest child, she was asked to help with her younger siblings. Her mother encouraged her to learn to sew and cook; these became life long hobbies. Although she spent her first three years of high school in a college track, her senior year was spent studying for a business career. The Great Depression had a huge effect on her. She always regretted not having attended college.
She seemed to follow her father's interest in cars. She recalled her family as having a variety of cars including: a Buick touring car with running boards and isinglass (mica) windows; a Chevy with a rumble seat; and a Studebaker. During her 20s, Dot Sudrabin drove her sister down to Georgia and then, on her own she drove down the west coast of Florida, across the Everglades, and up the east coast, before heading back to Ohio where she and her husband lived.
In 1960, she purchased an Austin Healey Sprite. This cherry red bug eye seated two. She could fill up the three-gallon gas tank for $1. She kept this car in spotless condition for over 25 years. She and her daughter had much fun driving around town in the Sprite.
A mutual friend introduced her to her future husband, Leon Peter Sudrabin, who was of Latvian ancestry. He was a young chemical engineer who began to work in Dayton after college. With him, she had many opportunities to travel. Initially, they travelled in the Midwest, to Chicago and to Detroit. Soon a trip was planned to New England so they drove through the Green Mountains on the way to the Sudrabin family farm in western New Hampshire. A trip to meet more of the Sudrabins led them to Boston and then, to the World's Fair in New York City. As Lee Sudrabin became more successful in his career, Dot Sudrabin kept the home fires burning, while he travelled around the world to every continent except Australia.
When Lee Sudrabin was not traveling for work, he wanted to stay at home. So he encouraged his wife to travel with friends. Some of these trips included touring through Europe for three weeks while her husband and young daughter were at home. She also visited Bermuda, the Canary Islands and Alaska.
Early in their marriage, Lee Sudrabin contracted a serious illness which prevented him from working for more than 11 years. Although devastated, Dot Sudrabin stayed with him during that frightening time, supported him as he went back to work in a career as a top level scientist, and took such good care of him that he lived to be almost 80. He was forever grateful for her care and love. Her devotion to family greatly moved her daughter to care for Dorothy once she suffered a serious stroke in 2007.
After several moves, Dot and Lee Sudrabin settled in Berkeley Heights, NJ, home of Bell Labs. Mrs. Sudrabin lived in the same home for more than 55 years. She mowed the lawn, painted the house, and gardened while Lee was often on trips. She became a Brownie and Girl Scout leader. For a period of time, she was an active member of the local Y. She later became an avid swimmer, enjoying the pool at the same Y into her 80s. She was actively involved with the Woman's Club at the local and district levels; she held many positions including several times as president of the local club. She was an avid bridge player, sometimes as part of five bridge groups. Between the Woman's Club and the bridge groups she made many good friends.
When she was age 89, after she had a major stroke, 12 friends came to say good-bye to her at an impromptu get together before she moved to New England.

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Oak Harbor's main school levy approved
By LIZ BURLINGAME
Staff reporter
Many teachers and support staff in the Oak Harbor School District are relieved that they will be keeping their jobs.
There was some doubt Tuesday night about the levy election's outcome, but a later vote count Thursday made it official: Oak Harbor School District's Levy 1 was approved by voters, while they rejected a secondary levy to boost math instruction.
The current levy supports 20 teachers, 12 support staff, and two computer technicians, all of whom can now continue working. The levy approval also spares favorite programs from possible cuts, including Advanced Placement classes at the high school.
Only about 40 votes remain to be counted from the March 10 election. The latest count Thursday showed Levy 1 safely ahead, with 4,585 votes in favor to 4,344 against, for a 51 percent favorable margin. Levy 2 remained at 44 percent for both counts. Fifty percent is required to pass.
School officials were thrilled with the news. Without Levy 1, cuts to current programs and teaching staff would have been required.
"Since 2001 there has been a tradition of community support," Superintendent Rick Schulte said, referring to the year the first four-year levy was approved.
Property owners will see their school maintenance and operation assessment increase from about 51 cents per thousand to 74 cents per thousand starting next year.
With the defeat of Levy 2, Oak Harbor schools won't have a ramped-up math program featuring nine new math teachers, math coaches and assistants and newer classroom technology.
Had both levies passed, taxes would have jumped to 98 cents per thousand.
"This is a hard time to ask for taxes," Schulte said.
School board President Corey Johnson said losing Levy 1 would have been "catastrophic" to maintaining the quality of current programs such as career and technical and AP courses.
"We are grateful that the voters had confidence," Johnson said.
This was the school district's first all-mail in election in history. Voter participation was at 42 percent.
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Since those chemicals can harm the environment, the Mobile County Commission will sponsor a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day as part of a grant.
The event will be held on Saturday, March 22, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Grounds, formerly known as the Greater Gulf State Fairgrounds.
The event gives Mobile County residents an opportunity to properly dispose of household hazardous waste.
The waste collection day is part of a series of drop-off events for hazardous wastes that will be sponsored by the county over the next three years with a $700,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
This second event will be limited to household hazardous waste ONLY and will include:
Paints (Oil Based and Latex)
Household Cleaners
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Items not being accepted are: medications, explosives (flares and ammunition), appliances, tires and computers. The event is open to households only and excludes contractors and commercial outlets.
In the future, the Mobile County Commission will hold drop-off events for electronics, batteries and similar items. For all events, trained personnel will be on-site to oversee the collection, transportation and disposal.
Consistent with EPA and Alabama regulations, these events will be open to residents of Mobile County only.


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Despite the fact that Kyle and I sacrificed our Saturday to the high school softball gods, the Western Mass. softball championship tripleheader was rained out today, and postponed until Monday.
Now, I'm not a sports guy - in fact, you'll likely never see this byline on Varsity Voice again. But I was looking forward to doing some sports videography today, and found myself a sweet spot right behind home plate.
And then it rained. Not one to let my efforts go to waste, I thought it was at least my duty to document parents and officials unrolling the giant tarp put on the field during the initial rain delay. Once the tarp was removed, however, it was decided the field was in no condition for play.
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GM Selects ADP as Provider of Integrated Dealer Management System
- GM-branded dealers can now choose ADP's w.e.b.Suite(TM) Dealer Management
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Jan 18, 2007, 00:00 ET from ADP Dealer Services
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- General Motors announced today that it designated ADP Dealer Services, the leading provider of fully integrated, Web-enabled dealership management systems (DMS), as a General Motors Integrated Dealer Management System (IDMS) endorsed provider. GM's IDMS program simplifies technology requirements for its dealers by endorsing DMS solutions that seamlessly integrate data between GM dealers and GM's internal systems. This faster and easier transfer of information streamlines operations, increases productivity, assists with management of parts inventories and improves customer service. ADP will launch w.e.b.Suite GM IDMS as its IDMS offering for GM-branded North American retailers, including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, HUMMER, Pontiac and SAAB dealers, at this year's NADA Convention in February. Built on ADP's evolutionary w.e.b.Suite platform, w.e.b.Suite GM IDMS will be available as either an on-site or ASP Managed Services model. Customized Desktops and Real-Time Information Increase Dealership Performance ADP's w.e.b.Suite GM IDMS will offer GM dealers an IDMS that includes access to a "full view" of each customer, featuring open and updated transactions, contact-preference information and sales and service history; and real-time information on key business metrics, such as sales numbers, repair orders and service requests. These features will help dealership managers make better decisions and increase customer satisfaction. Additional features of w.e.b.Suite GM IDMS will include a month-to-month contract between GM and the dealer, consistent prices for the contract term, select services for GM dealers and GM integration points included in the price. GM and ADP also have available optional software and hardware items that allow dealers to enhance w.e.b.Suite GM IDMS for their needs. "ADP is excited by the opportunity to provide GM dealers with a technology solution that will streamline the transfer of information and enhance dealer performance," said Steve Anenen, president of ADP Dealer Services. "With the innovative technology and adaptability ADP is known for, w.e.b.Suite GM IDMS will help GM dealers to simplify daily operations in order to sell more cars, parts and service profitably." Full details will be available at the ADP booth at the 2007 NADA Convention to help prospects fully understand w.e.b.Suite GM IDMS, and it will be available for sale to GM-branded retailers immediately following the NADA Convention. About ADP Dealer Services ADP Dealer Services provides integrated computing solutions to nearly 25,000 auto, truck, motorcycle, marine and recreational vehicle dealers throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, China, Europe and the Middle East. ADP Dealer Services is a business unit of Automatic Data Processing, Inc (NYSE: ADP). ADP, with nearly $9 billion in revenues and more than 570,000 clients worldwide, is one of the largest providers of a broad range of premier, mission-critical, cost-effective transaction processing and information-based business solutions. More information on ADP Dealer Services is available on the Internet at http://www.dealersuite.com .
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1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 926,308 | Gross: $460.94M
2. Young Frankenstein (1974)
PG | 106 min | Comedy
An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that he is not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle
Votes: 115,987 | Gross: $86.30M
3. Trick 'r Treat (2007)
R | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.
Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes
Votes: 64,216
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 388,158 | Gross: $1.23M
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
On the outskirts of Whoville, there lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans on ruining the Christmas holiday for all of the citizens of the town.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Kelley, Jeffrey Tambor
Votes: 143,071 | Gross: $260.03M
6. I'm Not There. (2007)
R | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 48,831 | Gross: $4.00M
7. The Best Offer (2013)
R | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the world of high-end art auctions and antiques, Virgil Oldman is an elderly and esteemed but eccentric genius art-expert, known and appreciated by the world. Oldman is hired by a ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 71,740 | Gross: $0.09M
8. Cabin Fever (2002)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent
Votes: 63,079 | Gross: $21.16M
9. Life of Brian (1979)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door. He spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 276,926 | Gross: $0.65M
10. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson
Votes: 32,532
11. The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
PG | 84 min | Family, Horror, Mystery
When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.
Directors: John Hough, Vincent McEveety | Stars: Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker
Votes: 4,013
12. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians, and proves to be a match for their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Josh Albee
Votes: 21,776
13. Little Big Man (1970)
PG-13 | 139 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam
Votes: 27,203
14. The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot (1998)
G | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An adventurous girl, a young blind hermit and a goofy two headed dragon race to find the lost sword Excalibur to save King Arthur and Camelot from disaster.
Director: Frederik Du Chau | Stars: Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Andrea Corr, Bryan White
Votes: 11,359 | Gross: $22.72M
15. The Brothers Bloom (2008)
PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi
Votes: 42,090 | Gross: $3.52M
16. X the Unknown (1956)
Approved | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.
Directors: Leslie Norman, Joseph Losey | Stars: Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern, Anthony Newley
Votes: 1,930
17. Andrei Rublev (1966)
Not Rated | 205 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko, Nikolay Sergeev
Votes: 24,128
18. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV Movie)
Unrated | 26 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam | Stars: Boris Karloff, Thurl Ravenscroft, June Foray, Dal McKennon
Votes: 32,926
19. Get Low (2009)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Mystery
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Director: Aaron Schneider | Stars: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black
Votes: 19,344 | Gross: $9.18M
20. The Virgin Spring (1960)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama
A kind but pampered beautiful young virgin and her family's pregnant and jealous servant set out to deliver candles to church, but only one returns from events that transpire in the woods along the way.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson
Votes: 19,248
21. Candy (1968)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Candy, an innocent high-schooler, encounters numerous colorful characters and humorous sexual situations while attempting to find meaning in life.
Director: Christian Marquand | Stars: Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton, Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando
Votes: 2,076
22. Zabriskie Point (1970)
R | 110 min | Drama
An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los ... See full summary »
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin
Votes: 10,976
23. Performance (1970)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama
Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out. He finds the perfect cover in the form of guest house run by... See full summary »
Directors: Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg | Stars: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michèle Breton
Votes: 6,666
24. Mushi-Shi (2005–2006)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
They are neither plants nor animals. They differ from other forms of life such as the micro-organisms and the fungi. Instead they resemble the primeval body of life and are generally known ... See full summary »
Stars: Kôjun Itô, Yûto Nakano, Travis Willingham, Brina Palencia
Votes: 7,697
25. Millennium Actress (2001)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Miyoko Shôji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Shôzô Îzuka
Votes: 15,135 | Gross: $0.04M
26. Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
PG | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bored with his highway traffic duties, Arizona motorcycle patrolman John Wintergreen is assigned to Homicide where his polite investigative style irks his macho boss.
Director: James William Guercio | Stars: Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush, Mitchell Ryan, Jeannine Riley
Votes: 3,664
27. The Pee Wee Herman Show (1981 TV Movie)
58 min | Comedy
An adult-oriented version of what would eventually become an award-winning children's classic. This version of the show features Pee-wee's playhouse and many of the characters of the later ... See full summary »
Directors: Paul Reubens, Marty Callner | Stars: Paul Reubens, John Moody, John Paragon, Tito Larriva
Votes: 1,157
28. Continental Divide (1981)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: John Belushi, Blair Brown, Allen Garfield, Carlin Glynn
Votes: 3,746
29. Salad Fingers (2004– )
Animation, Fantasy, Horror
The adventures of Salad Fingers, an unspecified mutated creature driven to madness by his loneliness.
Star: David Firth
Votes: 900
30. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 185 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A more psychological telling of the Mary Shelley story has a different kind of monster...
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: James Mason, Leonard Whiting, David McCallum, Jane Seymour
Votes: 1,057
31. Tempest (1982)
PG | 140 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman
Votes: 1,804
32. The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013)
120 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
About a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos Island of Floreana in the 1930s.
Directors: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann, Diane Kruger
Votes: 890 | Gross: $0.25M
33. My Father's Glory (1990)
G | 105 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A young boy's life in turn-of-the-century France. Marcel, witnesses the success of his teacher father, as well as the success of his arrogant Uncle Jules. Marcel and family spend their ... See full summary »
Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Thérèse Liotard
Votes: 4,943 | Gross: $1.71M
34. The Spitfire Grill (1996)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
Percy, upon being released from prison, goes to the small town of Gillead, to find a place where she can start over again. She is taken in by Hannah, to help out at her place, the Spitfire ... See full summary »
Director: Lee David Zlotoff | Stars: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton
Votes: 4,873 | Gross: $12.64M
35. The Monkey King (2001 TV Mini-Series)
Unrated | 150 min | Adventure, Fantasy
American journalist Nick Orton is caught up in the world of Chinese gods and monsters while on a search for the long lost manuscript to 'Hsi Yu Chi' (The Journey to the West) by Wu Ch'eng ... See full summary »
Stars: Thomas Gibson, Bai Ling, Russell Wong, Ric Young
Votes: 1,370
36. Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (1976)
PG | 137 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary of a Led Zeppelin tour mixed with live concert footage, a unique fantasy, and interviews with those involved with the band.
Directors: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot | Stars: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham
Votes: 6,245
37. Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan (2013)
R | 90 min | Fantasy, Horror
Young adults at a first-time offenders' boot camp discover the legend of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan is real, but is much more horrifying than they could have imagined.
Director: Gary Jones | Stars: Amber Connor, Joe Estevez, Dan Haggerty, Thomas Downey
Votes: 824 | Gross: $0.00M
38. The King of the Kickboxers (1990)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Sport
A cop goes undercover in Thailand to avenge his brother's death in this martial arts film.
Director: Lucas Lowe | Stars: Loren Avedon, Richard Jaeckel, Don Stroud, Billy Blanks
Votes: 994
39. Silas Marner (1985 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he becomes a virtual hermit until his own fortune is stolen and an orphaned child is found on his doorstep.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Patrick Ryecart, Freddie Jones
Votes: 460
40. Return to Eden (1983 TV Mini-Series)
267 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Wealthy but plain heiress Stephanie Harper marries handsome tennis player Greg Marsden, and thinks she has found true love. That is, until her husband makes a play for her best friend and ... See full summary »
Stars: Rebecca Gilling, James Reyne, Wendy Hughes, James Smillie
Votes: 909
41. The Indian Tomb (1959)
102 min | Adventure, Romance
A German architect runs away with the maharajah of Eschnapur's fiancee but is caught and thrown in the dungeon, while his relatives arrive from Europe looking for him and the maharajah's brother is scheming to usurp the throne.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Claus Holm
Votes: 1,520
42. They Might Be Giants (1971)
G | 98 min | Mystery, Comedy, Romance
In a Manhattan psychiatric hospital a man, convinced he is Sherlock Holmes, is treated by a female doctor who happens to be named Watson.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins
Votes: 2,123
43. Treasure Island (1934)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure
Young Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger
Votes: 1,792
44. Painted Fire (2002)
Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama
In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.
Director: Kwon-taek Im | Stars: Min-sik Choi, Sung-kee Ahn, Ho-jeong Yu, Yeo-jin Kim
Votes: 2,196 | Gross: $0.06M
45. Porcile (1969)
99 min | Drama
Two dramatic stories. In an undetermined past, a young cannibal (who killed his own father) is condemned to be torn to pieces by some wild beasts. In the second story, Julian, the young son... See full summary »
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Alberto Lionello, Ugo Tognazzi
Votes: 1,970
46. For Love and Gold (1966)
120 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
A group of misfits, headed by an incompetent knight named Brancaleone, set out to reach the small town of Aurocastro so that their leader can take possession of the fief.
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Folco Lulli, Gian Maria Volontè
Votes: 3,190
47. Love in Thoughts (2004)
89 min | Drama, Romance
A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.
Director: Achim von Borries | Stars: Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Anna Maria Mühe, Jana Pallaske
Votes: 3,485
48. The Forest (1982)
R | 85 min | Horror
A cannibal hermit living in the woods preys on campers and hikers for his food supply.
Director: Don Jones | Stars: Dean Russell, Gary Kent, Tomi Barrett, John Batis
Votes: 728
49. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)
G | 105 min | Family, Drama, Comedy
Precocious Claudia and her brother run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Sally Prager, Johnny Doran, George Rose
Votes: 387
50. Summer of the Monkeys (1998)
G | 101 min | Drama, Family
Summer Of The Monkeys (set in 1910 on the prairies of Canada) follows the story of a young boy, Jay, who dreams of getting enough money to buy his dream horse. One summer Jay finds four ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope, Wilford Brimley, Corey Sevier
Votes: 443 | Gross: $0.02M


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The music celebration returns with France and the Spirit of the Revolution as its theme. It also features a number of Welsh debuts, which we profile here
From tenor Alfie Boe in Llangollen to Proms In The Park in Swansea, here's our pick of the classical events
Frenchman Stéphane Borie is preparing a menu for the Gregynog Festival while New York's Daniel Burns is bringing his food to Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff
Among the first releases from Ty Cerdd Records is the new operatic version of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood
AUDIENCES are being transported to Venice as part of the Gregynog Festival.
MORE than £1.5m is to be invested in festivals across Wales – a year after 32 groups had their funding cut by the Arts Council.
With a mix of medieval and contemporary music, the Gregynog Festival attracts audiences from all over the country.
How did Claude Monet's famous paintings of water lilies inspire Wales' greatest art-collecting sisters?
TO CELEBRATE the achievements of the men and women throughout Wales who make a significant contribution to society, the Western Mail has teamed up with the Institute of Welsh Affairs for the Inspire Wales Awards.
WITH a fortnight to go until the start of the Gregynog Festival, it's also full steam ahead for the Festival's outreach programme.
A SERIES of celebrations are being planned to mark the 50th anniversary of when art collector Margaret Davies bequeathed Gregynog Hall, near Newtown, to the University of Wales.
A NEW work by the celebrated composer Mervyn Burtch will receive its world premiere at the Gregynog Festival next month.
The festival season is here again. In the second part of our guide to the big events, Karen Price finds out what lovers of jazz, classical, opera and world music can expect Brecon Jazz Festival
The festival season is here again. In the second part of our guide to the big events, Karen Price finds out what lovers of jazz, classical, opera and world music can expect
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EGYPT, Turkey and the Algarve will be among the top holiday hotspots for Welsh tourists in 2008, according to travel experts.
TO coincide with a major retrospective at the National Museum, this handsome volume tells the story of the remarkable sisters Gwendolyn and Margaret Davies who transformed the cultural landscape of Wales and in particular our national art collection.
A centenary exhibition at the National Museum Cardiff tells the story of sisters Margaret and Gwendoline Davies, who bequeathed their major Impressionist collection to the gallery.
A TOTAL of 10 young musicians will compete in a major contest in Wales this weekend.
FANS of chamber music are in for a new year treat when the Alberni String Quartet performs in Wales next month.
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THE BRONX - The city's Department of Recreation is trying to help the Bronx stay on track with their get fit resolutions without having to break the bank.
The Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center is among the places where you can stay motivated at an affordable price.
The facility not only just completed a $5.2 million renovation, but it also has new classes, including Rolling Rally spin classes, in-and-out 30-minute workouts, and breathing and meditation. Kids can get involved too with classes such as youth art club and youth yoga.
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MARYSVILLE — Two weeks after it opened for business, the Community Transit park and ride station at the intersection of Cedar Avenue and Grove Street was officially dedicated Dec. 15 by CT CEO Joyce Eleanor and Board Chair Carlton Gipson, as well as CT Board member and Marysville Mayor Dennis Kendall.
Eleanor noted that the city of Marysville was one of the founding members of Community Transit in 1996 and explained that the Cedar and Grove park and ride station includes 213 parking spaces, with additional parking for motorcycles and bicycles, and room for up to three buses. Its three routes are 207 to Boeing in Everett, 421 to downtown Seattle and 821 to the University District.
Eleanor cited route 821 as a money-saver for Community Transit, since route 421 passengers can connect to route 821 at the Cedar and Grove park and ride, thereby allowing CT to serve both areas at a lower cost and spend that money in other areas. She likewise touted the park and ride's one-block proximity to State Avenue, where buses stop every 15 minutes according to Kendall.
Gipson, who will retire from his position Dec. 31, joined Eleanor in praising those who contributed to the Cedar and Grove park and ride project, and recalled not only the July groundbreaking of that park and ride, but also the growing need that had inspired the creation of Marysville's three other park and ride stations before it.
"When the Ash Avenue park and ride opened six years ago, we already knew we would need another," Gipson said.
Community Transit evaluated 20 potential sites in Marysville, Tulalip and Arlington, before choosing the Cedar and Grove lot. Gipson pointed out that it was flat, undeveloped, centrally located and easily accessible to State Avenue and I-5.
Kendall, the 2008 Board chair for Community Transit, expressed the belief that the Cedar and Grove park and ride is especially important in light of the city of Marysville's annexation of approximately 20,000 residents at the end of this year.
"As elected officials, we're looking to provide our citizens with affordable mobility," Kendall said.
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But as the incidence of drug abuse -- often among young people who opt for deadly prescription pills -- continues to increase, longstanding providers of treatment in the borough are shutting their doors or struggling to keep their financial footing.
Earlier this month, Richmond University Medical Center announced it would close its detox center at Bayley Seton in Stapleton, one of two programs on the Island where the addicted can undergo what is typically a short-term, medically supervised transition period, and begin the physically painful weaning process from drugs.
And Daytop Village, which got its start a half century ago as an experimental, 35-bed treatment program in a Tottenville mansion overlooking Raritan Bay -- has spent the past year limping through bankruptcy proceedings.
The not-for-profit, largely state-funded social service agency, which now runs six residential treatment facilities and eight outreach clinics across New York, including the Mariner's Harbor outreach center, has been forced to sell off properties to stay fiscally viable.
But in spite of the "for sale" sign that went up a few months ago outside the low-slung building on Forest Avenue, Daytop administrators say they are committed to staying on Staten Island.
"It makes more sense to put money into programs than into maintaining buildings at this point," said Caroline Sullivan, a managing director at Daytop and Staten Island native, adding the organization is looking for a similar, rental space nearby. "We are not going anywhere. Our roots are on Staten Island; this is where we started."
The building is listed at $1.77 million.
When it filed for Chapter 11 last year, Daytop owed about $33 million to two banks, was losing hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly, and had entered a contract to sell its Manhattan headquarters for $26.5 million, as part of a restructuring deal.
"A lot of companies go through Chapter 11 and come out fine on the other side," said Ms. Sullivan, assuring Daytop is making its way through the process.
The organization recently went through its regular relicensing process from the state, she said, and was awarded three-year licenses.
A spokeswoman for the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, or OASAS, which provides roughly a third of Daytop's overall funding, confirmed Daytop currently has 12 licensed programs. OASAS could not comment on the specifics bankruptcy proceedings citing ongoing litigation, but noted, "Daytop has not completed its bankruptcy reorganization."
Daytop received roughly $110 million from OASAS over a six-year-period ending in 2010, according to public records.
What happens on Daytop's budget lines does not affect the day-to-day at the Staten Island site, said Ms. Sullivan.
Although the organization cut back on two administrative positions at the Mariner's Harbor clinic as part of its financial reshaping, the center continues to augment the services, she said.
The Daytop Village Outreach Center has roughly 85 clients -- up from 64 clients on Staten Island when the bankruptcy proceedings began last year.
A handful of them are adolescents in an after school program, and the rest are adults and in DWI programs, taking part in Daytop's cognitive behavioral therapy approach to addiction, that that emphasizes outreach to families, she said.
Last year, the New York Probation Department set up a neighborhood office in the facility, to serve the probationers in the community and act as an additional support system for those who may also be part of Daytop Treatment programs.
Roughly 40 percent of the clients at Daytop are mandated as part of the criminal justice system. The rest show up on their own, paying with private insurance if their plans provide coverage, Medicaid, or out-of-pocket, on a sliding scale.
It is an ongoing struggle for individuals as well as treatment providers to secure funding for the right therapy to help addicts kick their dependency once and for all, said Luke Nasta, executive director of Camelot Staten Island - which offers outpatient therapy as well as an inpatient program for men, and hopes to open another an program for women in 2014.
"All the research says when a substance abuser is ready for treatment give them as much as you can," said Nasta. "By trying to control the costs they put the humanity on the side,"Insurance companies and government overseen treatment plans often look to save money by placing clients in less expensive, typically outpatient programs, rather than providing the intensive interventions people really need, he said.
And dealing with the red tape of getting treatment paid for can sometimes turn an addict on the cusp of making a change back into the usage spiral, he said.
"Just because people need services it doesn't mean they access those services," said Nasta.
Drug overdose deaths rose for the eleventh straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these medicines.In 2010, there were 38,329 drug overdose deaths nationwide, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Medication, mostly prescription drugs, featured in nearly 60 percent of overdose deaths that year, overshadowing deaths from illicit narcotics.
Staten Island is an epicenter of the growing prescription drug abuse problem.
"Prescription pill use is definitely on the rise," said Jacqueline Fiore , executive director of the YMCA Counseling Service, an outpatient program in existence since 1980, which helps about 200 clients a week stare down their addiction with therapy, behavior modification strategies and family involvement. "As far as outpatient goes, I do think there are enough options on the Island. But there are waiting lists, sometimes for inpatient for long-term treatment, especially for youth."
And for every client who gets connected to the right program, such as what is offered by the YMCA, there are others who, for one reason or another, do not sign up or follow through with the hard work of reclaiming their lives.
Those stories can end tragically, she said.
"We are seeing an increase in overdoses beyond what would ever end up in the paper," she said, noting she hears often from people in treatment about their friends and acquaintances from the drug world, who never connected to help. "Around the holiday season the loss in lives was astronomical; I was getting a phone call practically every day."


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My Name is Yoon
What It Is
Helen Recorvits' first illustrated children's book about a young girl from Korea adapting to life in the U.S., has deservedly won numerous awards. Yoon, who does not speak English, starts school in the U.S. is understandably very resistant to her new surroundings. At first, she does not like her new school, but each day she gains a bit more confidence and begins to make friends, bond with her teacher and enjoy her new language.
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Every child at some point experiences the emotions that Yoon feels. Ms. Recorvitz does an effective job of communicating how a child processes and expresses these feelings. The award-winning illustrations are stunning and the facial expressions are very real and very touching. On the lighter side, it's fun to talk about a different country and language -- we learn that Yoon means "Shining Wisdom" in Korean.
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Everyone! As a parent, you feel for both Yoon and her parents. It's a very heartwarming story of being patient with and believing in yourself, and a great springboard for a discussion with the kids. Kids who tend to be on the shy side will really connect with Yoon. And, the illustrations and hardcover format make it a very special gift. Recommended age is 4 to 8 which is right-on.
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ATLANTIC CITY — Six poker players sued an Atlantic City casino over prize money not paid when a tournament was canceled earlier this year after a competitor was found using counterfeit chips.
The six, including one New Jersey resident, field the suit Tuesday in Superior Court in Atlantic County. They are asking for $33,756.44 apiece from the Borgata, which ended its winter tournament when it found that a man tried to play with fake chips, according to a report on PressofAtlanticCity.com.
It's the second suit filed in connection with the canceled tournament, which had 27 players left from a starting field of more than 4,800 when it was called off.
If the remaining competitors had been allowed to split the $1.43 million in prize money, each would have received $53,079.44.
Instead, the Borgata only gave them $19,323. The six are asking for the difference as well as lawyer fees.
Christian Lusardi, of Fayetteville, N.C., was arrested days after the tournament was canceled at a motel in Atlantic City. He was charged wit theft and rigging a public contest.
A state investigation has cleared the Borgata of wrongdoing.
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SPRINGFIELD - Frankie Roche may have disappeared into the federal witness protection program, but he didn't do it for free.
According to court records, the admitted gunman in the 2003 murder of mob boss Adolfo "Big Al" Bruno, Roche and his wife were paid a grand total of $141,329.56 after Roche turned government witness in 2007.
The money was paid for "services, expenses and relocation," according to a letter from Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd E. Newhouse to defense lawyers for Fotios "Freddy" Geas, also charged in the case.
Roche told investigators that Geas, whom law enforcement officials labeled as "muscle" for Bruno's reputed successor, Anthony J. Arillotta, recruited him to kill Bruno for $10,000. Roche said he shot the former regional head of the Genovese crime family six times as he emerged from his regular Sunday night card game at a South End social club.
Arillotta, 41, of Springfield, was never charged in connection with Bruno's murder. However, court records "erroneously" released by the Boston U.S. Attorney's office allege he was the one who sought permission to kill Bruno from New York mobsters.
Geas is jailed while awaiting trial which is scheduled in U.S. District Court on Feb. 1.
Roche struck a plea deal that may allow him to escape life in prison. His cooperation also led to the payments, according to court records.
In addition to relocating his wife and daughter, the federal prosecutor revealed in court filings that Roche also was allowed "contact visits" with his family while he was being held in the Franklin County Jail, awaiting entry to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons witness protection program.
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The BP office covering southwest Colorado has removed company logos from about 200 vehicles after employees complained of harassment.
Spokesman Curtis Thomas said employees have been reporting routine abuse from the public, at traffic lights, gas stations and the grocery store.
Thomas says employees have noticed a significant increase in discrimination since a BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April. In July, vandals cut a BP logo out of an awning at the Durango Arts Center.
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TRENTON – A local environmental group has met with the province's new government in hopes of continuing its fight for cleaner energy in the county.
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Peter Boyles of the Hillside-Trenton Environmental Watch Action Group said Wednesday that he met with the ministers for the Department of Health, Department of Environment and the Department of Energy recently in Halifax to bring them up to speed on their fight to have Nova Scotia Power stop using coal at its generating plant in Trenton.
He said he has worked with Andrew Younger, minister of energy, in the past as well as Leo Glavine who both knew the history of his group's protests over the use of coal at the Trenton plant that it says causes health concerns for Pictou County residents.
"We had a good meeting," Boyles said. "We need to follow up with them to make sure they are going to do something."
He said both Younger and Glavine supported the action group when they were the opposition and he would like to see the same support now that they form Nova Scotia's government.
"It's (the emissions from the plant) are not just a little thing, it's causing a lot of heath concerns and killing a lot of people," he said.
He said Environment Minister Randy Delorey was unaware of the group's work in the past, but Glavine told Boyles to bring him all the information and he would look into it.
"Delorey explained that he was new to the job and didn't know anything about it, but he said he would find out what can be done," said Boyles. "Younger was pulling back a little from when he was opposition, but Glavine said, 'Peter, give me the stuff and if they are doing this, they are going to stop it.'"
Boyles said he will give Glavine and the health department the statistics they want and hopefully, "enough will be enough."
The association members believe that natural gas would be a positive solution to an ongoing problem for residents of Pictou County forced to live with the effects of fly ash coming from the stacks of Nova Scotia Power's Trenton Generating Station.
Heritage Gas is investing $15.3 million to extend its pipeline to Pictou County, but Nova Scotia Power has not signed on for the Trenton plant.
Northern Pulp will convert its plant to natural gas as part of the company's plan to reduce its energy costs and improve air quality and environmental performance.
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WWOZ Instagrammed a "phishy" picture. "Something phishy at Jazz Fest." Phish Phans are happy fans. This gal found a spot on the front barricade, climbed up and said, "Oh yeah, this is my spot!"
5:00 p.m.
Keb Mo took time to Tweet a lil picture of his big crowd at the Sheraton Fais Do-Do stage.
The crowd at New Orleans @JazzFest waiting to see Keb' perform! -Team Mo #jazzfest2014 pic.twitter.com/uAy4tKLk8W-- Keb' Mo' (@kebmomusic) April 26, 2014
4:48 p.m.
Abita Amber can be found on the grounds, and apparently it's serious business. How much would you pay for Louisiana craft beer at Jazz Fest?
4:10 p.m.
Seems there was a small protest on the grounds a little while ago. However, this is Jazz Fest! The festival didn't skip a beat.
3:50 p.m.
Some folks like their Jazz Fest food fried, buttered and covered in cheese. For those who'd rather seek out the healthier options, here's where to score your good eats on the grounds.
3:44 p.m.
Hey, these guys look familiar -
@KermitRuffins @MayorLandrieu @IrvinMayfieldJr #Jazzfest
Kermit signing CDs at 3:35p in CD tent. pic.twitter.com/yNvR0n4HPa-- Basin Street Records (@BasinStRecords) April 26, 2014
3:03 p.m.
What does your Jazz Fest schedule look like? You can find the cubes on NOLA.com at www.nola.com/schedule.
Here are the best musical Jazz Fest bets for weekend one from our music writers.
2:51 p.m.
Did you catch the Imagination Movers? Keith Spera reports they entertained fans big and small.
2:30 p.m.
@KermitRuffins on stage right now @jazzfest pic.twitter.com/X3uldugLbS-- Irvin Mayfield (@IrvinMayfieldJr) April 26, 2014
2:22 p.m.
Did ya eat yet?
Jazz Fest offers everything from a trio of Alligator dishes to healthier, lighter veggie options.
Judy Walker has the scoop on where to find food at the Fair Grounds, and what's not here this year.
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Looks like yesterday's Jazz Fest bands are still basking in the after-glow...
If u couldn't tell we had a great time yesterday! thx @jazzfest! Honor to share stage w @JasonIsbell and Avett bros pic.twitter.com/u1ygkhs4QP-- HoneyIslandSwampBand (@HISBNOLA) April 26, 2014
I needed yesterday. That was therapeutic.-- Dee-1 (@Dee1music) April 26, 2014
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It's a great day for kids at Jazz Fest. Keith Spera's children are enjoying the Rosanne St. Romain, a storyteller.
Sophie & Sam, enthralled by storyteller Roseanne St. Romain @jazzfest Kids Tent #jazzfest #jazzfest2014 pic.twitter.com/modZxxA88y-- Keith Spera (@KeithSpera) April 26, 2014
12:46 p.m.
Looks like they've wrapped up a great show...
12:34 p.m.
Can't make it to the Fairgrounds Saturday? Stop by 1518 N Lopez St, and wave hello on our live webcam at Liuzza's by the Track.
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12:14 p.m.Another round of Pharrell's "Happy" coming from a choir in the Kids Tent. That makes 3 for those keeping up.
11:53 a.m.We're looking forward to checking out this set for sure...
11:15 a.m.The first friday was an excellent start to the 2014 New Orleans Jazz Festival presented by Shell. In case you missed the highlights, be sure to check the highlights on all the music, food, and fun.
10:38 a.m.Looks like the Imagination Movers are ready for the Jazz Fest heat.
And we are bringing THIS! #jazzfest2014 #comfort pic.twitter.com/OvLR5QzC3z-- Imagination Movers (@iMovers) April 26, 2014
10:00 a.m.Looks we're in for a mostly sunny day here at the festival, but you may want to bring a small umbrella just in case.
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In his deposition for a class-action lawsuit over Jefferson Parish flooding after Hurricane Katrina, former Parish President Aaron Broussard repeatedly denied knowledge of the parish's drainage procedures, deferred to officials beneath him and denied all knowledge of the "doomsday plan" that resulted in drainage pump operators evacuating a day before the storm. The statements could present a challenge to assertions made by plaintiffs that the administration's actions through the course of the 2005 storm amounted to "willful misconduct."
(Read a 153-page transcript of Broussard's deposition.)
The lawsuit was filed by property owners in Jefferson Parish who experienced flooding in the hurricane. It names the parish, its insurance company, Drainage District No. 2 and Broussard as defendants. Broussard's testimony came in the form of a video deposition recorded in 2007. Broussard did not testify in person; he is serving a 46-month sentence in federal prison for political corruption unrelated to his actions during Hurricane Katrina.
In his deposition, Broussard repeatedly deferred to the parish's former emergency preparedness director, Walter Maestri, and former chief administrative officer, Tim Whitmer. Broussard also denied that he knew of a connection between flooding and the pumping stations, which were not staffed when the hurricane hit because the operators had been sent out of the parish.
Broussard denied knowing the pumping stations would have helped ease flooding. Plaintffs' attorney Darleen Jacobs expressed astonishment: "Common sense would tell you the pumps are there for a reason."
But Broussard said the connection between flooding and pumping stations would need to be asked of an "expert."
"That requires an expert answer," Broussard said. He said that rainfall "can create flooding at any area of the parish, at any time, irregardless of pumping capacity."
Broussard's denial of the knowledge of the "doomsday plan" -- enacted in 1998 and revised in 2004 to send pumping station operators out of the parish -- caused Jacobs to question his leadership. "Are you telling us today that everybody around you knew that there was a doomsday plan -- Mr. Maestri knew it ... but you as parish president didn't know there was a written plan?" Jacobs asked.
Broussard deferred to the office of emergency management, which he said did not give him a copy. Asked if he would he have followed the plan, had he been given one, Broussard said, "I don't know the answer to that."
He denied that he knew the pumping stations would be evacuated, and said he made no motion to recall the operators when he learned they had been sent away, or to call in sheriff's deputies or National Guardsmen to operate the stations in their stead. He said he did not know that some pump operators had volunteered to continue to work despite the threat of the storm. "They had already left by the time I was told they had left their stations," Broussard said.
Jacobs asked why Broussard made no attempt to protect the parish when he learned the operators were gone. "You made no attempts to conceive an alternate plan, to save the parish from flooding?" Jacobs asked.
The video shows the former parish president, himself a lawyer, speaking carefully in a soft tone. Near the end of the session, the plaintiffs' attorneys played a video of an interview that he gave to the "Meet the Press" television show six days after Katrina. In that video, Broussard seemed alternately incensed and grieving. He blamed the federal government for not doing more to help the New Orleans area.
"Whoever's at the top of this totem pole ... needs to be chainsawed off," Broussard said told "Meet the Press." "Bureaucracy has committed murder here, and bureaucracy has to stand trial before Congress now. It's so obvious."
After playing the "Meet the Press" segment, Jacobs asked Broussard: "Who needs to be fired? ... Did you make any attempt to fire Mr. Maestri?"
Broussard said he had not. "I trusted the people that were in place, and I trusted that they were doing their best," Broussard said.
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I was thinking of a word to describe Delon Stephenson.
I found two – whirling dervish. I had heard that term many times before, but when I looked up the true definition, it sure sums up the play of the Sayreville junior.
Whirling Dervish n. 1. A mystical dancer who stands between the material and cosmic worlds. His dance is part of a sacred ceremony in which the dervish rotates in a precise rhythm. He represents the earth revolving on its axis while orbiting the sun. The purpose of the ritual whirling is for the dervish to empty himself of all distracting thoughts, placing him in trance; released from
his body he conquers dizziness.
That's deep.
But how true.
On Friday night, Stephenson had a game for the ages in Sayreville's 53-21 win over Rancocas Valley. In fact, Delon turned in a triple-triple.
The 5-10, 165-pound 'whirling dervish' had over 100 rushing yards, over 100 receiving yards and over 100 yards on punt returns.
Delon's Line:
Rushing: 16-for-112, 2 TDs, 2 yards, 19 yards
Receiving: 3-for-114, 2 TDs, 5 yards, 86 yards
Punt returns: 4-for-105, 1 TD, 47 yards
All-Purpose yards: 331.
1. Piscataway 9-0
2. Sayreville 9-1
3. North Brunswick 8-1
4. East Brunswick 5-4
5. South Brunswick 6-3
6. Dunellen 8-1
7. Bishop Ahr 5-4
8. Carteret 6-3
9. Monroe 5-4
10. Perth Amboy 5-4
Errol Lindo, Metuchen, 25-263-3
Mark Weber, Kennedy, 30-237-1
Greg Jones, Colonia, 23-206-4
Jerod Johnson, Carteret, 29-179-2
Ross Kurtz, North Brunswick, 29-150-2
Craig Cleffi, South Brunswick, 19-143-3
Troy McNair, South Plainfield, 16-141-1
Alex Rivera, Monroe, 26-139-2
Colin Wilson, South Plainfield, 8-134-0
Jared Lynch, East Brunswick, 12-128-1
Dan Gorzynski, South Brunswick, 11-126-1
Isaiah Johnson, Woodbridge, 7-117-2
Delon Stephenson, Sayreville, 16-112-2
Brandon Stout, Piscataway, 25-111-0
Darrell Harper, South Brunswick, 11-101-2
Bryan Peragallo, Metuchen, 8-86-1
Xavier Foster, South River, 15-72-0
Alex Vizcaino, Monroe, 12-25-243-3
J.T. Kotowski, Colonia, 9-17-150-1
Tait Pirkle, North Brunswick, 5-8-134-1
Joe Geiger, Ssayreville, 4-11-119-3
Kyle Anderson, Woodbridge, 9-18-3
Quatay Nesmith, Highland Park, 9-18-101-1
Tom Farley, Kennedy, 5-11-77-0
Jeff Puckett, Dunellen, 5-8-75-2
Woo Joo Han, Monroe, 6-166-3
Delon Stephenson, Sayreville, 3-114-2
Geoff Fairbanks, Colonia, 4-110-1
Karim Sawyer, North Brunswick, 3-96-1
Craig Cleffi, South Brunswick. The RB/DB rushed 19 times for 143 yards and three touchdowns and intercepted two passes.
Patrick Cordaro, Metuchen. The DL was in on 11 tackles with one sack.
Geoff Fairbanks, Colonia. The WR/DB had four catches for 110 yards and a 41-yard touchdown and intercepted a pass for a 61-yard touchdown.
Charlie Helms, North Brunswick. The LB was in on 16 tackles, including 12 solo.
Rontik Sadler, Dunellen. The RB had 15 rushes for 78 yards and three touchdowns and caught a 22-yard touchdown pass.
Karim Sawyer, North Brunswick. The WR/DB caught 3 passes for 96 yards with a 46-yard touchdown, he caught a 43-yard catch to set up a touchdown, he returned a kickoff 77 yards for a touchdown, he threw a 53 yard touchdown and intercepted a pass. He accounted for 228 yards.
Delon Stephenson, Sayreville. The RB had 16 carries for 112 yards and two touchdowns, he had three catches for 114 yards and two touchdowns and he returned four punts for 105 yards and a 47-yard touchdown. He accumulated 313 all-purpose yards.
Dan Valles, Carteret. The TE/LB had three catches for 70 yards and a touchdown, he had eight tackles with one sack, blocked an extra point and blocked a field goal.
Brendan Wilson, South Plainfield. The QB had 14 rushes for 75 yards and two touchdowns and completed five of eight passes for 55 yards and a touchdown.


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The forecast track of Tropical Storm Karen moves the storm close to the mouth of the Mississippi River before pushing east toward Mobile, according to an 8 a.m. Thursday advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
A hurricane watch is in effect from Grand Isle east to Florida. The watch does not include metro New Orleans, Lake Maurepas or Lake Pontchartrain.
A hurricane watch means that sustained winds of 74 mph or higher are possible within the specified area in association with a tropical, subtropical, or post-tropical cyclone.
Because hurricane preparedness activities become difficult once winds reach tropical storm force, the hurricane watch is issued 48 hours in advance of the anticipated onset of tropical storm force winds.
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The Hillsboro School Board discussed the practice of hiring back retirees and learned about vegetarians at Century High School Tuesday night.
The board had mostly housekeeping issues on the agenda with various policy approvals and updates, but board member Wayne Clift wanted to talk about double-dippers. Rosedale Elementary Principal Greg Zinn was on the board's personnel report as retiring on December 31 and being rehired on January 1 to finish out the school year.
Clift said the practice pulls funds from the overall state budget, but other board members and Superintendent Mike Scott said it saves the district money. Rehires are not paid benefits or PERS, and receive about 91 percent of their annual pay.
Five Century High girls asked the board to put veggie burgers on the menu for the sake of not only the school's vegetarians but for general student health. Daily salads just don't cut it, the girls told the board. Scott promised to put them in contact with the district nutritional services director.
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Imagine If..... Godmothers Did More than Name The Ship
March 18, 2015
We wrote an article called Graphics or Graffiti a few weeks ago (which you can read here) in which we asked you what you thought of cruise ships with hull art like the entire P&O fleet now has or perhaps, more famously, all of Norwegian Cruise Line's ship's.
As the article was written by the www.CRUISE.co.uk team it also included a few cheeky mock ups of what some of the more 'traditional' cruise lines would look like if they decorated their ships. As you can imagine, reactions were mixed!
We then moved on and forgot all about it until the recent launch of the P&O Britannia. We were watching the naming ceremony live (we've a recording here if you want to see it) when it occurred to us that godmothers don't really do all that much for a cruise ship.
They turn up, smash a bottle against the hull and are then never heard from again!
So…… (tongue firmly in cheek!) we thought it would be fun to ask "what if godmothers had a much bigger role in a cruise ships life?"
What if, instead of just naming the ship their image was forever featured on the front of the hull as 'art'?
Would cruise lines continue asking the same type of celebrities to name their ship or would they start looking for younger, more famous (beautiful) Godmothers completely?
What would today's cruise ships look like if this had already happened?
Here's what P&O's new ship would look like with H.M The Queen as 'hull art' – What do you think? Do you prefer her to the Union Jack currently on the hull?
It's certainly very regal!
Back in 2010 Princess Fiona (of Shrek fame) named Royal Caribbeans Allure of the Seas – Do you think the below would make the ship more popular with kids?
Whoopi Goldberg named the Serenade of the Seas back in 2003 – Would having some celebrity godmothers 'date' ships quicker do you think?
We wonder how grateful Cunard are that godmothers really aren't used to decorate ships after Camilla named the Queen Victoria back in 2007….
Saying that Princess' Royal Princess looks a lot more 'royal' with Kate adorning the hull doesn't it?
Even River Cruise lines could get in on the act with Joanna Lumley naming the Viking Odin in 2012
Would Cruise Lines Go Looking For 'Superstars'?
If Godmothers did indeed adorn the hulls of ships would cruise lines, in an effort to score the most publicity, go looking for the most beautiful celebrities they could find?
Don't you think Angelina Jolie would make a great godmother to a Carnival ship……
Jennifer Aniston is always popular with the paparazzi – Wouldn't you like to see her on the side of a Royal Caribbean ship?
Would we see Jennifer Lawrence (of Hunger Game fame) on the hull of a Cunard ship or do you think they'd stick to Royalty still?
Surely someone would ask Megan Fox to be a godmother if it meant they got to include her on the hull of their ship?
Would Cruise Lines Try To Be Controversial?
If cruise ship godmother art ever took off do you think cruise lines would ever get to the point where they tried to out-compete each other for the most controversial of celebrities to both make their ships more recognisable from a distance and get the most press coverage?
If things ever got to that point surely Kim Kardashian would be an obvious choice?
Would anyone be brave enough to ask Miley Cyrus to be godmother to a new ship do you think?
Surely if Miley Cyrus was a godmother someone would ask Lady Gaga? MSC maybe???
Or would some cruise lines go in a different direction and look for more 'classy' godmothers?
Jennifer Lopez maybe?
or Scarlett Johansen….
Something For The Ladies…
Traditionally godmothers have always been, well… godmothers but if this trend ever took off do you think we could ever see godfathers naming a cruise ship? We're sure there's some ladies out there who would love to cruise on these ships!
Are there any Gerard Butler fans out there?
Wouldn't George Clooney make a ship look more distinguished, especially in his tux?
We've featured Cunard a couple of times now but as they're one of the most traditional cruise lines out there don't you think Justin Timberlake, suited and booted, would make a great godfather?
Would Johnny Depp make a good godfather? After-all you've a ready made nautical theme already….
Speaking of tuxedos….. Surely a cruise line would snap up the chance to have Bond, James Bond on their cruise ship!
Or could cruise lines go down a much 'friendlier' route and have family favourites Ant and Dec as godfathers?
Or would going down that route mean we may end up with Joey Essex as a godfather – Eeeeeek!
So what do you think?
Would having their godmothers (and maybe godfathers) emblazoned on the side of their hulls make cruise ships look more interesting?
Who would you want to see on the side of a ship?
Let us know what you think in the comments below…..
And Finally…… (You thought we'd forgotten didn't you?)
(Drum roll please!) Introducing….. 50 Shades of Cruising!
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Toms River North's star forward Danae O'Halloran's senior season officially came to an end on Tuesday after the results of a MRI revealed a torn ACL in her right knee.
"I got a phone call from her tonight," Toms River North coach Jerry Kilmek said. "She's going to need surgery. She won't be back."
She suffered the injury in the second half of Toms River North's 3-0 win over crosstown rival Toms River South on September 11. She had two assists in the game.
The procedure is nothing new for the future North Carolina Tar Heel, who underwent surgery last year after tearing her left knee's ACL during an August practice.
O'Halloran, who scored 3 goals in 2 games this year, may never play high
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CHICAGO -- Highly touted prospect Robbie Ray has pitched so well in the minors this season that he was the first choice of the Detroit Tigers when they needed a spot starter to pitch in place of the injured Anibal Sanchez. That's great news for the Tigers.
The fact that he really is their only legitimate option right now? Well, that's bad news for the team and its fans.
The Tigers announced Wednesday that Ray will start Tuesday at Comerica Park in place of Sanchez, who is on the disabled list with a right middle finger laceration. But a look at the minor league numbers shows that they really had no choice.
Here are the five main starters for Toledo this season along with their numbers through Tuesday. (They are listed in the order of the likelihood that the Tigers would call them up right now if necessary, but that's clearly subjective.)
Robbie Ray
- Pros: He is one of the most highly touted prospects in the system. He has great numbers in Toledo.
- Cons: This is certainly sooner than the Tigers would prefer to have had him make his debut in the majors.
- Pros: He has made three career starts and has 43 appearances in the big leagues. He has a decent 3.79 ERA for Toledo this season.
- Cons: He has walked 15 in 19 innings for Toledo, which helps explain his inflated 1.74 WHIP.
- Pros: Lobstein is the only one of these five who is on the 40-man roster. (That's the sole reason he's listed above Drew VerHagen here.)
- Cons: His numbers this season for Toledo leave a lot to be desired. Lobstein has a 7.84 ERA and a 1.89 WHIP. He has surrendered 32 hits in 20 2/3 innings.
- Pros: VerHagen is highly thought of by the Tigers and has a solid 1.24 WHIP for the Mud Hens.
- Cons: VerHagen is not on the 40-man roster, doesn't have the numbers that Ray has and, like Ray, has made just five starts above the Double-A level.
- Pros: He's experienced? Nothing against Hankins, but he's not going to get promoted as a spot starter.
- Cons: Hankins is a 30-year-old career minor leaguer with a 6.23 ERA. The Tigers are not calling him up.
The Tigers traded left-hander Jose Alvarez for shortstop Andrew Romine during spring training. Alvarez pitched well immediately after the Tigers promoted him last year but posted somewhat pedestrian numbers for the season. But he was the only other pitcher outside the team's regular rotation to start for the Tigers last season. (The Tigers used six starters in 2013. Most teams use about 10 each season.)
The Tigers have a difficult time signing six-year free agents who are borderline major league pitchers because those guys tend to sign with teams that don't have as much stability in their starting rotations. The Tigers have headed into spring training the past few years with set, talented rotations, so those pitchers have gone elsewhere.
The young pitchers the Tigers do have simply haven't performed. This spot is custom made for a guy like Lobstein, a young left-hander who is on the 40-man roster. But the Tigers are not going to call up a guy with a 7.84 and a 1.89 WHIP.
(Of course, an argument could be made that the Tigers have not drafted enough starting pitchers who have developed or that trades involving guys like Jacob Turner have hurt their depth. But I was trying to focus on the very recent past in the previous three paragraphs.)
Is Ray ready? Probably not. Whether he pitches great or poorly is not an indicator of whether he will have a solid career. It's also not an indicator of whether he should stay in the majors. The Tigers would be smart to give him as much time in Triple-A this season as possible.
Is Ray the Tigers' best option? Clearly. That says good things about Ray. It also says not so good things about the rest of the guys in the Toledo rotation.
The Tigers hope Ray can perform in at least two starts in place of Sanchez. Tigers fans should hope that the rest of the rotation stays healthy. If the Tigers need to use six starters again this season, they should be just fine. If they have to use eight or 10 or 12, well, things could get pretty interesting pretty quickly.
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BEREA, Ohio – The summer concert series at the Coe Lake gazebo continues Friday night with the rock band Clayton Brothers.
The summer band concerts continue every Friday night, except for the Fourth of July weekend, through Aug. 8. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free. Patrons should bring a blanket or chair.
Other performers this summer will include Lincoln Way, June 27; Joe Moorhead, July 11; Abby Normal & the Detroit Lean, July 18; Don DiSantis, July 25; New Century Beatniks, Aug. 1; and Cats on Holiday, Aug. 8.
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MAYVILLE - Jordan Patterson, Dan Ferguson and Macalum Buchanon each scored in double figures Thursday to lead the undefeated Brocton Bulldogs (3-0) to a 55-35 vicotry over Chautauqua Lake (1-2) in non-league boys high school basketball.
Patterson led the way with 15 points while Ferguson scored 13. Buchanon finished with 12 points for the winners.
The Bulldogs set the tone in the first quarter with an 18-6 advantage and a 32-18 halftime lead. The Bulldogs did not let up as they outscored the Thunderbirds 16-7 in the third quarter to cruise for the win.
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According to a recent announcement on the Times of Trenton website, the Lawrence-Hopewell Trail project received a $275,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation. The money, which Hopewell applied for in April, will be used to construct safe crossings at the trail's junctions with Pennington-Rocky Hill Road and Bailey Drive.
Once completed, the Lawrence-Hopewell Trail would provide more than 20 miles of multipurpose trails in a loop connecting Hopewell and Lawrence townships. To date, more than 50 percent of the trail has been finished, and a final completion is scheduled for 2012.
In the Times story, the Lawrence Hopewell Trail Corporation is considering two options for cyclists and pedestrians attempting to cross Pennington-Rocky Hill Road. One would embed warning lights in the pavement around the crosswalk that would be triggered by switches at either side. In the other option, a button would illuminate lights on a roadside sign that would alert drivers to the presence of potential crossers.
In either case, a median would be installed between the north and southbound lanes for pedestrians to stop in the event that oncoming traffic does not yield. A traditional pedestrian crosswalk would be installed across Bailey Drive.
The project is expected to go out to bid a month after the plans are finalized and for construction to begin a month after that. Depending on weather, construction is to take between two and three months.
For the rest of the story, see Trail gets $275,000 state grant.


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"What makes this dress special is the delicate hand-embroidered flowers and extensive Swarovski crystal beadwork that go into each appliqué," says designer Vatana Watters of this strapless mermaid gown. The lace and tulle form a pleated bodice and a trumpet skirt that are hand-embroidered with organza flowers, crystals and scallop lace. The ivory Alençon lace is a new lace that's been added to the Wtoo collection, which was inspired by Will and Kate's engagement, English gardens, and European cathedral architecture. The designer says the Wtoo bride this season embodies femininity, romance, and reminiscence.
See more dresses from the Spring 2012 Wtoo runway.Illustraition: courtesy of the designer/Photo: Thomas Iannaccone


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Asia guru goes contrarian; does nothing
Hugh Young, the well-regarded head and founder of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia, has decided to sit on the investment fence, adding only one new company to his Asian portfolio in six months.
Manager of the £2.4bn Aberdeen Asia Pacific fund, Young bought into AIA Insurance's flotation in September 2010. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, Rio Tinto, Jardine Strategic and Standard Chartered remain the fund's major holdings.
The fund has a typical turnover rate of 10%-20%, but Young has struggled to find viable investment opportunities in China over the past year. He said his investment team "spent a long time visiting China, but came away with very few companies we are comfortable with".
The lack of corporate governance, not only in China, but also South Korea, Indonesia and Taiwan, has led Young to focus 40% of his portfolio on the developed markets of Singapore and Hong Kong.
Emerging markets are a haven for fund inflows, with equity funds attracting a record-setting $92bn in 2010. However, the region has split market commentators of late. The bulls continue to see strong demand from China boosting growth. The bears point to the dangers of a Chinese property bubble and the failure of Asian governments to confront inflationary risks.
Young agrees with both, predicting Asian equities will remain supported by the "regions robust economic growth", but also noting that "you could argue for double digit interest rates in China."
His Asia Pacific ex-Japan portfolio is also overweight real-estate (12.4%) compared to the MSCI benchmark (7%).
Young also questioned the rise of Indonesia to the Bric grouping of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Jim O'Neill, chairman on Goldman Sachs Asset Management, coined the BRIC acronym in 2001. In January, O'Neill said he plans to add Indonesia, Mexico, South Korea and Turkey to the BRICs, grouping them as "growth markets."
Young said: "Adding Indonesia as another I in the Brics is rather wishful thinking. There are one or two good companies, but the infrastructure is very shaky and corruption is still a major issue."
--write to giles.turner@