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(MCT) — WASHINGTON — The House plans to vote Wednesday on a Republican proposal to extend the government's debt ceiling for three months, but conservatives were waging a last-minute effort to defeat the bill because it would not force spending cuts.
The proposal from Republican leaders would keep the $16.4 trillion ceiling intact but declare that it "shall not apply" until mid-May, or about three months after it was passed by the Senate and signed into law.
The measure doesn't seek spending cuts that many conservatives are demanding, but it does have strings attached: House and Senate members would forgo paychecks if Congress doesn't approve a budget by April 15. That provision is designed to force the Democratic-controlled Senate to pass a budget, something it hasn't done in four years. Sponsors said they'll still work to cut spending in other bills, and they stressed that they could always fall back on automatic spending cuts approved in 2011 but not yet implemented.
At the White House, press secretary Jay Carney said President Barack Obama "would not stand in the way" of the short-term bill and likely would sign it if passed by the House and Senate. The administration added that a long-term solution is still preferred.
"A temporary solution is not enough to remove the threat of default that the Republicans in the Congress have held over the economy," the Office of Management and Budget said Tuesday in an administration statement of policy. "The Congress should commit to paying its bills and pass a long-term clean debt limit increase that lifts an unnecessary uncertainty from the nation's economy."
House Republican leaders appeared confident that they would have sizable Republican support for the short-term measure, as they told the rank and file they would produce a budget that's balanced within a decade.
"Passing a short-term hike buys time for the House and Senate both to pass a budget," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told House Republicans at a closed-door caucus.
He added that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a hero among the party's diehard conservatives, would be "working with all of us to draft a budget by the April 15 deadline. With the right reforms in place, Paul's goal is to advance a budget that balances within a decade. I applaud that goal, and share it."
Boehner also gave assurances that automatic spending cuts due to take effect March 1 "will be in place unless and until we get spending cuts and reforms to replace it, and that start us down a path to balance within the decade."
Still, ``tea party'' groups, key conservatives and several Republican House members who want to use the debt ceiling as leverage against the White House to force Obama to rein in federal spending balked at the short-term solution.
"This proposal is more of the same," said Dean Clancy, legislative counsel for FreedomWorks, a conservative group. "Once again, Republican leadership is negotiating with itself to temporarily bail the big spenders out by lifting the U.S. debt limit for four months, with no immediate accompanying budget reforms or spending reductions."
The Tea Party Patriots denounced the bill in an email call to action Tuesday that urged its members call their House member and set up a meeting with them next week to register their opposition to the Republican-sponsored bill.
"The willingness to kick the can down the road is easy," said Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin. "We understand the Republican strategy. But when it comes right down to it, this strategy will cost our country."
Several House Republicans expressed unease over the bill and a few said they intend to vote against it. A defeat of the measure would be another setback for Boehner, who was forced to pull his "Plan B" proposal during the fiscal cliff showdown because of a lack of House Republican support.
Boehner is banking that his assurances will tilt some Republicans who've expressed skepticism about the short-term plan.
But freshman Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said Tuesday that he's likely to buck his party leadership and vote against the measure.
"If your principles lead you to vote for a three-month debt limit extension, which one of your principles would prevent you from voting for a one-year extension?" Massie said. "It's a difficult vote, the most difficult in my two months here. I'm suspect that the strategy will work. It's like punting on first down."
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, told Fox News' Lou Dobbs that the plan won't work "without spending cuts."
"Not without a balanced budget amendment, something more than just kicking the can down the road," Gohmert said.
In a speech Monday to a gathering of conservatives in Charleston, S.C., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., accused Boehner and House Republicans of surrendering to Obama on the debt ceiling.
"I saw the speaker on TV handing the newly sworn-in president a flag," Politico reported Paul as saying. Noting that the debt-ceiling deal was announced last week following a House Republican retreat in Williamsburg, Va., Paul reportedly said, "They came out of their retreat and retreated."
Republicans did receive a bit of good news on the bill from the anti-tax Club for Growth, which said it does not consider Wednesday's vote a key one on its congressional scorecard, meaning the group will not criticize lawmakers who vote for it.
"We don't think it's great policy, but we're not calling it a key vote," said Barney Keller, a spokesman for the group. "Our position has never been, 'Don't raise it (debt ceiling) under any circumstances.' Our position has been that Congress should do its job and put us on a sustainable fiscal path."
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Leaves falling, soccer balls, pumpkins, football jerseys, sweatshirts, crisp air...all indicators of autumn in full swing.While parents are busy driving from activity to activity and kids are getting back into the rhythm of school, we often forget how to connect with each other in the midst of all the busy. Here are some ideas:
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Millions of children are sexually abused every year. Follow these 6 tips to keep your kids safe.
have read two powerful articles about child sexual abuse this week. Evolutionary Parenting published an article written by Anonymous about the power of our words and the effects they have when we find out that someone is sexually abusing our child ... you should check it out. The words are…Continue
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Five tips to be better parents as a married couple.
When our daughter was two hours old, I looked at my husband and stated matter-of-factly, "You better have a good relationship with her for her entire life because there will come a time that you may be all we have." He just stared at me like I had horns coming out of my head and said, "She's two hours old, how could you possibly be thinking about her future?"
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How your pooch can teach you to be a better parent.
Our dog Duke has been so depressed this week. He's a lovable yellow lab who is always willing to run with the kids, chase a ball or go for a long walk by the river. Not this week. He lays on the couch, mopes to his bowl for his breakfast and then returns to the couch.
So, why is this week different? School has started and he is missing our daughter. He misses her so much that he sleeps in her room every night and jumps…Continue
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Why you should learn to speak your child's language, and not the other way around.
I find myself constantly talking about communication in my office. I always ask, "what is your tone of voice?" "What is your body language saying?" "How are you delivering your message?" "What is your child trying to say through his behavior?" "What are you trying to say through your behavior?" There is a constant discussion about communication.
Yet in my own life, I continue to make some…Continue
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In light of the Bumbo Baby Seat recall, I am reminded of how much we worry as parents.
When our first-born child, Stella was only 2 hours old, I said to my husband, "You better
have a darn good relationship with her for her entire life. You may be the only
connection we have to her in her teen years." He just looked at me like I was crazy. In
his defense, I probably was a little crazy. I had just gone through labor. That said, I
clarified my statement to him…
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Back-to-school time is a busy time. These tips will help ensure a successful transition!
This back-to-school time is a special one for me. Our oldest child is starting Kindergarten. While I have spent years talking to parents about how to help them get their children ready for school, this year, I am living it right along with millions of other parents.
I find myself feeling excited, sad, scared, worried, eager, and confused. Can you relate to any of that? I am…Continue
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Do you know the impact that you have on the children in your life?
Today is a day of blessings and thankfulness. I get to spend Mother's Day with my very own mother and my fabulous kids, as well as my hubby. As I observe my little family and notice all that I am thankful for, I can't help but think about the many people who walk into my office and lack their own mother to celebrate with.
Yes, we are all born to a "mom." However, there are some…Continue
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As we get ready for the return of school, it's important to remember the role that teachers play.
I have the wonderful opportunity of having many educators in my life. Several of my dearest friends are educators. Many of my colleagues work in the school setting. I knew at an early age that education would be important in my own life and pursued an education undergraduate degree. Although, I have never been a "teacher" in a classroom filled with kids, I have been an…Continue
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Children who have internal scars are often misunderstood.
Today was a bit of a tough day at work. I sat with a family who has weathered one of the worst storms that a person could ever imagine…childhood sexual abuse. Children, under the age of 5, traded for sex and video taped for porn. Now, a decade later, these children have to deal with their inner demons. No, they are no longer living with the people who did this to them. No, they have no contact at all with anyone from…Continue
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These very words set the tone for how we treat people. What are we teaching our children?
WARNING: I will be ranting today! I have some major energy in the above topic. So, if you are easily offended or sensitive, please stop reading now and return for a later blog!
That said, let's chat about tolerance versus acceptance. I see the word "tolerance" everywhere…teach kids tolerance, we need to tolerate others, human resources departments that have tolerance…
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When you get mad at your kids, just remember this "no kill policy."
Since I have been in private practice, I have often said to families: "I have a no kill policy." Parents and children just look at me with the oddest looks.
Then, I go on to explain: "Sometimes, especially in our families, we have really strong emotions that make us angry and want to attack the ones we love. Strong emotions can often times…Continue
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Many teens are considering dropping out of school. This article addresses this dilemma.
As a therapist who sees teenagers, I get this questioned posed to me often…Stacy, I don't want my child to drop out of school, but they refuse to go and I don't know what to do. What should I do? I often approach this topic from "what is your child communicating to the rest of us that we aren't hearing?"
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Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we know this to be true.
To look this mouthwatering, Matt Bomber admittedly waxed his chest… for the first time. "I'm not a very hairy individual to begin with, but it was painful," he told EW. "But more than that… it was more the feeling of feeling kind of prepubescent again, walking around with no hair on your legs, in jeans, feeling kind of naked all the time, that was odd."
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Anti-abortion measures will be on the state-wide November ballots in California, Colorado, and South Dakota.
In California, a constitutional amendment will appear on the November ballot that, if passed, would require parental notification and a 48-hour waiting period before allowing a minor to obtain an abortion. Also in California, a second measure to amend the state constitution is still in circulation. This initiative would ban abortion once a fetus becomes viable at 24 weeks and states that "abortion after 24 weeks is murder unless necessary to save [the] mothers life".
The Colorado Definition of a Person, designated Amendment 48 on the state's November ballot, is a personhood initiative that declares a fertilized egg to be a person who enjoys all constitutional rights "relating to inalienable rights, equality of justice,
and due process of law". Personhood initiatives not only put a woman's right to an abortion in danger but also threaten oral and emergency contraception, IUDs, and in vitro fertilization clinics.
In South Dakota an abortion ban initiative will be on the ballot and could result in amendment of the South Dakota state constitution. The proposed law is known as "an act to protect the lives of unborn children, and the interests and health of pregnant mothers, by prohibiting abortions except in cases where the mother's life or health is at risk, and in cases of rape and incest". If approved by voters, this law would severely limit access to abortion and likely would be challenged in the courts.
In Mississippi, a petition circulating to put the Ultimate Human Life Amendment on the ballot expired, but the initiative may be re-submitted.
Nationally, anti-abortion measures have been proposed but were defeated in Georgia, Montana, Missouri, Oregon, and Washington.
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Is Josh Freeman an Upgrade for the Vikings?
Josh Freeman has found a new home, but was it an upgrade for the Minnesota Vikings?
Freeman signed with the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night and agreed to a one-year, three million deal. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the deal.
In Minnesota, Freeman joins Christian Ponder and Matt Cassel, and it appears the Vikings have a bit of a quarterback controversy.
Cassel started in Week 4 in place of Ponder, and guided the Vikings to their first win. Cassel was 16-of-25 for 248 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions in the Vikings win. Ponder, meanwhile, sat out Week 4 with a rib injury. He has completed 59.0% of his passes for 691 yards, two touchdowns, and five interceptions.
The new guy in town is Freeman, and since his second season, he's been up-and-down. In his rookie year, he completed 54.5% of his passes for 1,855 yards, 10 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions. In year two, Freeman's numbers increased. He completed 61.4% of his passes for 3,451 yards, 25 touchdowns, and six interceptions. The same year, he also had the NFL's sixth best passer rating (95.9), and led the NFL with five fourth quarter comebacks. The following year, his completion percentage (62.8) increased, he threw for more yards (3,592), but threw less touchdowns (16), and more interceptions (22). Then, last year in Freeman's fourth season, his completion percentage (54.8) decreased again, but threw for the most yards (4,065) and touchdowns (27) in his career. Entering this year in his fifth season, he played three games for the Buccaneers, completed 45.7% of his passes, threw for 571 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.
Freeman's numbers suggest he has the possibility to put up big numbers in Minnesota, but could struggle as well. As he comes to Minnesota, the Vikings should be most careful about his recent decrease in completion percentage. Over the last ten starts, he is a 50.8% passer in the pocket.
Comparing Ponder to Freeman may sound silly, but their completion percentage's are similar. In Ponder's rookie campaign, he completed 54.3% of his passes. In 2012, he completed 62.1% of his passes. Freeman has only had one season with a higher completion percentage (2011).
Ponder and Freeman may be similar, but remember that Freeman's numbers happened with two different coaches, Raheem Morris and Greg Schiano. With Morris, he had two of his highest completion percentages and with Schiano, the numbers fell. Whether it is a coaches system that has helped or hurt Freeman's numbers, there's no telling how he will do in another coaches system.
Going forward into Week 6, head coach Leslie Frazier said Monday morning that either Ponder or Cassel will start. For the Vikings, this means Ponder or Cassel have one more shot, or if Frazier should hand the keys to Freeman. This decision is an important decision for the Vikings, as they are only 1.5 games out of first in the NFC North.


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Mary Ann Sickeri
Mary Ann Sickeri, 78, of Caruso Road, Brockway, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 at her sister Carolyn's home in DuBois after a short illness. She was born Dec. 2, 1934 in DuBois, daughter of the late Samuel S. and Anna Radzik Skraba.On Oct. 21, 1961, she Richard "Dick" Sickeri. He preceded her in death on Dec. 21, 1985. She was a member at St. Tobias Church in Brockway where she was an active participant at daily morning mass. She also was a past Eucharist Minister, and served as the secretary of the St. Tobias Cemetery Board. She was a 1952 graduate of the DuBois High School. Mary Ann also served on the Board at Toby Terrace and volunteered at the Brockway Ambulance Service in the billing department.She enjoyed reading, cooking and baking, and spontaneous out-of-town shopping trips which brought her much enjoyment. Important to her were first and foremost God and her Church of St. Tobias. Secondly her family, friends and neighbors. And thirdly her home, particularly enjoying working outdoors on her lawn, gardening, flowers and plants. She was employed by Brockway Glass Co. and Owens-Illinois most of her working career. She had worked in the purchasing and billing departments and retired from the position of paymaster in 2004 after more than 40 years of dedicated service. She is survived by two brothers, Steve (Lillian) Skraba of Sykesville and Henry (Darlene) Skraba of DuBois; one half brother, John (Josephine) Skraba, of also of DuBois; five sisters, Irene (Joseph) Zinzella of Erie, Frances Shaw, Mildred Rutkowski, Josephine Smith and Carolyn (Timothy) Robertson, all of DuBois. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews, godsons and goddaughters. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Alex Skraba; a half brother, Raymond Skraba; and a niece, Jean Shaw Harrison. A Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Ann Sickeri will be celebrated on Nov. 29, 2013, the one month anniversary of her death. The service will be held at St. Tobias Church in Brockway at 10 a.m. with Msgr. Charles Kaza and Fr. Daniel Kresinski, pastor at St. Michaels in DuBois as con-celebrant.There will be no public visitation. Place of burial will be in St. Tobis Cemetery, also in Brockway. Memorials, if desired, may be made to D.R.M.C. - Hospice or to the St. Tobias Cemetery Association. Online condolences may be made at www.csfhinc.com.Carlson-Shugarts Funeral Home, Inc., 1033 4th Avenue Brockway, Pa. 15824 is entrusted with funeral arrangements.


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In this field activity, students observe clouds, and are introduced to dichotomous key to classify cloud types. Students also make weather observations of current weather and record and track changes in weather over time. Materials/equipment needed... (View More) include weather instruments (thermometers and barometers) and graph paper. A student self-assessment rubric, vocabulary linked to an on-line glossary, a list of elementary level trade books on weather, and teacher notes and class management suggestions are provided. This hands-on activity is related to NASA CERES Students' Cloud Observations Online (S'COOL) project. (View Less)
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Navigating the bureaucracy of military and veterans' benefits can be a challenge, not only for Defense Department personnel and their dependents, but also for DOD offices that must track millions of beneficiaries. In the wake of sequestration budget cuts, the department is eager to move to online delivery of information and services as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to paper.
Name of project: milConnect
Office: Defense Manpower Data Center
Technology: Web application using custom shared libraries for loose coupling of dependencies, linking data from a variety of DOD, federal, state, local government and private sector sources.
Time to implementation: Originally launched in 2008 as MyDoDBenefits, updated and rebranded milConnect in 2011.
Before: Paper-based management of personnel and benefits records in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System for active and retired service members and their families.
After: Online management of data and enrollment for services by 42 million active duty and retired military personnel, DOD civilian personnel, Guard and Reserve members, their spouses and eligible dependents.
The recently rebranded and relaunched milConnect Web application is a portal for active and retired military personnel and their families to check, update and manage information about benefits and services from DOD and the Veterans Affairs Department. The site provides secure access to personal information, health care enrollments and personnel records 24-hours a day.
MilConnect began life in December 2008 as the MyDoDBenefits website and was made over for a relaunch in 2011 by the Defense Manpower Data Center, DOD's personnel information service. DMDC maintains personnel, medical benefits, manpower, training, security and financial records for millions of active and retired members of the services and the reserves, civilian DOD personnel, spouses and eligible dependents.
MilConnect is the front end for the DMDC's Defense Enrollment Eligibility System (DEERS), a database of information about all service members and dependents. Registration in DEERS is a requirement for receiving benefits under TRICARE, the healthcare program for uniformed service members. Because incorrect information in the DEERS database can cause delays in providing health care and other benefits, members are encouraged to keep information in the system updated. The online portal provides a convenient way for service members, retirees and their families to keep information up to date.
Authentication to the site can be done with the DOD Common Access Card, a Defense Financial and Accounting Services myPay account, or through a DOD Self Service Logon credential from DMDC. The site allows users to:
Medical beneficiaries can receive automatic notifications on anniversaries that effect benefits, such as 18th, 21st, 23rd and 65th birthdays.
Revamping the milConnect Web application required collaboration with users of the site, the DOD workforce and beneficiaries; DOD services, Army, Navy Air Force, Marine Corps, national guards and reserves; operational programs providing security, health care, education and financial information; and contractors. MilConnect also collaborates with the Veterans Affairs Department, which implements eBenefits, the portal for information about benefits for veterans and their families.
The milConnect portal serves more than 42 million beneficiaries, and in addition to the website can be accessed through a mobile application for Android devices, available at Google Play. DMDC has plans to create applications for the iPhone and other platforms as well.
The site uses custom shared libraries for loose coupling of its dependencies, allowing a rapid development cycle and cohesive software modules to securely deliver real-time data from multiple sources. In addition to DOD and VA, data sources include the Health and Human Services Department, the Homeland Security Department, the Labor Department, the Social Security Administration, the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of Management and Budget, state public assistance agencies, and educational institutions.
Having a centralized source for information on military benefits has produced savings for both end users and DOD. Nearly 6 million benefit change notification letters to beneficiaries are generated annually by DMDC, and delivery of these letters online through milConnect has reduced the number of mailings for an estimated savings of $576,000 during the first year of the new site.
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Thousands of military do not have computers and/or are not computer literate. There should be phone help for these people that does not put them on hold for a half hour at a time. This site is also loaded with advertisements. If is mostly the taxpayers paying for this site it should be dropped and money spent to assist all and not just those with computer access.
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Sasha Polit Talks Branding
"Stay Branded" is more than a tag line at Branded Creative Group. It's their mission, which is to give companies the tools they need to achieve the consistent, singular recognition that tells the outside world who they are. Sasha Polit, chief operating officer of BCG, spoke with MODERN SALON to explain the crucial steps to giving a company or product a unique identity.
SASHA POLIT: Most of my experience was on the corporate side and most recently I was with a hair care company that launched with eight people and experienced phenomenal growth in four years. I was responsible for all the marketing and design for the company, but I needed a creative partner and contacted Alain Dominguez, who came from the agency and corporate side and I knew his creative capabilities. We worked well together combining my marketing and his design expertise and realized we had accomplished as much as we could for one company. Branded Creative Group was our brainchild, letting us do on our own what we had been doing for someone else. Alain is the creative director and I am chief operating officer and through word-of-mouth, we have grown our client roster in the past two years.
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Gabe finds more Paramount discs around the house he forgot to review...
Beverly Hills Cop
I don't pretend to understand the 1980s, even thought I grew up in them and should have a general understanding of how they work. Somehow, in the year 1984 a formulaic, reasonably funny, sort of action packed cop comedy made more money than Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins and The Karate Kid. That film was Beverly Hills Cop. Having not seen it in probably a decade I remembered very little about the Beverly Hills Cop outside of the theme song, which I recall being the number one hit when I was at Jewish Community Center summer camp, but it certainly works as a time capsule for the era, and effectively reminds us of a time when Eddie Murphy could carry a mediocre production with his R-rated tongue in tact (minus his more objectionably misogynistic and homophobic stand-up material) . Many of the most easily spoofed '80s movie clichés were already cemented in place upon Beverly Hills Cop's release, but I'm pretty sure the overwhelming overuse of tie-in soundtracks started to peak here (following Flash Dance). It's also a great sampling of the kind of blockbusters coke-fiend producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer used to crank out before Simpson died and Bruckheimer joined up with Disney to make some of the most overpriced films in history. I'm not surprised that I didn't really enjoy revisiting this one, but can certainly understand why the Axel Foley character caught on and led to two more sequels (I'm just curious enough that I'm kind of hoping Paramount has the first sequel on their release schedule so I can revisit that one too). What does surprise me is the casual brutality, the definitively R-rated footage, and director Martin Brest's overall direction. Brest's films have never been among my favourites, but this one and Midnight Run prove he had chops before Gigli destroyed his career.
Beverly Hills Cop isn't going to win any awards for its 1080p transfer, but there are some nice things to be said. Overall detail levels are decent, if not a little inconsistent from scene to scene. At its best, this transfer reveals the glimmer of product on the edges of Murphy's hair and a vast array of background elements in wide shots. At its worst, grain overtakes the transfer and darker elements bleed into each other. Black levels are nice, and overall contrast is effective, but there are definitely some muddy bits, and an excess of edge enhancement for an HD master. The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, is equally blah, getting the job done without stepping above or beyond anything. The vast majority of the sound comes squarely from the center channel, with the stereo channels and the LFE getting a decent bump when the ridiculously '80s-tastic music takes hold. The dialogue and effects are clean and scrubbed, but they're just a little thin. Extras include a too often silent, but relatively informative, Martin Brest commentary track, 'Beverly Hills Cop: The Phenomenon Begins' retrospective featurette (29:10, SD), 'A Glimpse Inside the Casting Process' (9:40, SD), 'The Music of Beverly Hills Cop' (7:50, SD), a location map, and the original theatrical trailer. Coolest thing I learned: Sylvester Stallone was once attached to the film, and his original script was later adjusted and turned into Cobra.
48 Hours
48 Hours, an even earlier '80s artefact, and Eddie Murphy's big Hollywood break, is more like it. The roots of the white guy/black guy crime flick dynamic goes back to the '70s, which featured quite a few politically incorrect pairings, but this likely marks mainstream Hollywood's first successful team-up of this type. It's also another source of oft-mimicked tropes. Unlike Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hours has the advantage of being a thriller/actioneer first, and a comedy second. Mixed genre flicks tend to age better than straight '80s comedies, since so many jokes either relate to pop culture, and all the best jokes are usually ripped-off by lesser films, and retold until the joke is no longer funny. The best thrillers and cop flicks are ripped off just as often, but for whatever reason thrills and chills still work time after time. The main reason 48 Hours holds up as well as it does is the work of its director Walter Hill. Hill, as you likely (should) know, is one of the best analogue action director of the 1980s (like John McTeirnan, he took a huge slide down in the 1990s). Hill's rough, raw style, and penchant for goopy squibs keep the film feeling dangerous, and carries over a bit of William Friedkin and Don Siegel's '70s cop thriller edge. He also balances the action with the witty banter more effectively than most directors in the era. Murphy doesn't carry this film like he does Beverly Hills Cop, but he emphatically rules a few scenes, specifically the one where he pretends to be a cop and takes a whole redneck bar hostage. 48 Hours isn't my favourite Eddie Murphy movie (that would be Coming to America), but it might be the best movie with Eddie Murphy in it (save maybe Dreamgirls). Nolte's performance trips a bit too far into hammy (I will always wonder what would've happened if Clint Eastwood would've taken on the role), but the supporting cast percolates with fantastic character actors, including Sonny Landham, Brion James, and James Remar (who was coming directly off Hill's The Warriors and The Long Riders).
This transfer pretty much matches the Beverly Hills Cop transfer in terms of inconsistency, but sits just this side of disappointing. At times details are crisp and sharp, contrast levels are hard-edged, and overall dirt and grain is relatively minimal. Other times the whole frame flattens with backgrounds and foregrounds mixing into a big, lightly contrasted, heavily-grained mess (establishing wide shots, some of which may be stock footage, are the biggest offenders). Most of the time everything sits in the middlingest middle that ever middled. My major issue concerns the overall colour quality, which is yellowed and/or browned. Blacks suffer quite a bit from bleeding hues, and tend to blob into each other. I guess my best single word review would be 'dull', and things definitely get worse as the film progresses. If this was a low budget B-film I'd be more forgiving, but 48 Hours is a pretty big motion picture, and it's not that old yet. The Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track is equally hit and miss. The overall effect is more impressive than many 2.0 catalogue remixes, including effective stereo effects, a decent rear channel presence, and clearly centered dialogue. The track shines the most during the musical sequences, which I'd put up favourably against some of the better concert films on Blu-ray. Shoot outs benefit from the LFE, and are among the few directional effects. Extras include nothing but a trailer.
I generally don't like spoof movies (you're probably sensing a theme in these reviews by now aren't you? I guarantee this was a coincidence). I can't think of a single film that runs mostly on referential gags that I've really enjoyed. I enjoy self contained spoofs, and spoofy shorts, along with satires and well placed references, but in feature form I prefer comedy that depends more on character and narrative, and by its very nature spoof comedy depends on the audience's knowledge of pre-existing material, and doesn't build very much on either character or narrative. But even a guy that doesn't like spoof movies can respect the insane, anarchic genius of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker's Airplane! – the alpha and omega of spoof movies. Even if the Zucker/Abrahams/ Zucker brand of tossing jokes against the wall until one sticks has led to a legion of the most god-awful films of the past three decades, including a never ending string of Not Another ____ Movies, and a series of embarrassing post- Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks movies, I'll still respect it. I'm continuously surprised that the film remains so popular with modern audiences, since modern audiences tend to forget the past, and so much of Airplane! is dependant on the era it was released. The whole film is based around a run of celebrity-heavy, late '70s disaster movies, specifically George Seaton's Airport, and includes needlessly extended references to then recent releases like Saturday Night Fever (restaging sequences from popular films is the absolute laziest thing a spoof movie can do). I'm guessing no one under the age of 30 gets the Ronald Regan joke. It's just Zucker/Abrahams/ Zucker's dumb luck that most of the films they're teasing have remained in the public consciousness over the years (in their defense, they also spoof less contemporary films like From Here to Eternity). My funny bone tends to be tickled the most by the background jokes (the 'Mayo clinic'), repeating gags (people killing themselves when they are forced to hear Ted's story), and the original absurdist gags (the jive talk). The more obvious stuff just tends to be too…um…obvious? Easy? Whatever, it just doesn't make me laugh very much.
This 1080p, 1.78:1 transfer is not going to win any awards, but is a decent representation of a 30-year-old 35mm film. The box art claims that the film has been digitally remastered, and though I'm not really one to argue based on the fact that I haven't ever seen the film on any digital format, I'm relatively impressed, and pretty sure fans will be happy with the HD upgrade. There's a lot of grain on the print, some of it relatively inconsistent in both size and intensity, and some of sharper highlights blow-out a bit, but there's little in the way of print or compression artefacts. More importantly there's no major sign of DNR shenanigans. Details are natural and quite sharp, from front to back. The directors don't use a lot of colour outside of some pretty plain browns and blues, so colour quality isn't a huge concern, but largely hues appear natural, and are cleanly separated enough. The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack mostly sticks to the center channel, and is pretty flat in terms of dynamic sound. The dialogue and simple effects are consistent, but also tend to be tinny, and feature some minor distortion during sharp volume levels. Occasional effects, like the plane's engine, fill out the stereo channels, but the surround channels are mostly silent outside of musical echoes. Speaking of music, I forgot Elmer Bernstein did the score for Airplane!. The disc's producers have done very well by Bernstein's bombastic score, which is presented with plenty of warmth and dynamic range. The extras on this one-time Best Buy exclusive release include a commentary track with producer Jon Davison and writer/directors Jim Abrahams, and David and Jerry Zucker, the 'Long Haul Version', which links to interviews with the cast and crew, along with deleted footage and other goodies I'd much rather just have access to through the menu system (or perhaps picture in picture, anything would be easier to watch than this), a trivia track, and the original trailer.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Generally speaking I'm not much of a fan of John Hughes films. It's not that I think they're bad films, they're just films that haven't connect with me in many years. As a lad, however, I did own a copy of Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and watched it often enough to memorize several hunks of dialogue. Specifically, Steve Martin's f-bomb heavy tirade. Like many childhood favourites I ended up outgrowing this particular film, and can't really enjoy it on that same breezy level I did all those years ago. It may be a change in sensibilities, but it could also be my own fault for watching the damn thing so many times. I have also developed difficulty enjoying this style of satire anymore. I'm just generally not a fan of the 'pile the shit on your lead' brand of comedy, though I do like the kind of disguised Alice in Wonderland motif that Hughes employs. Martin Scorsese did something similar with his vastly more R-rated 'pile shit on your lead' comedy After Hours. Hughes excels with the wacky bits, and the bizarre little touches are quite memorable, but he blows his load way too early on the sappy stuff when he gives John Candy a big guilt trip speech about 30 minutes into the film. I really want to be touched by the twist ending, but it always comes off as mawkish to me, despite Candy and Martin's best efforts (this may be Candy's best performance). Of all the directors making fluffy, innocuous comedies throughout the '80s, Hughes was certainly one of the more technically talented and effortless visualists. He has a real gift for telling a story through images without being too showy about it. In this case he makes particularly good use of Steve Martin's point of view, which makes sense for the character, who keeps his thoughts bottled up until they blow. I also now recognize the clever way Hughes uses Candy's travel trunk as a metaphor for his weakness, and Martin's good nature getting the better of him. This isn't one of my favourites anymore, but it's still a well made, well acted, very late-'80s comedy.
This was another 1080p remaster I was expecting very little from based on the film's plain, natural look, but I'm pleasantly surprised by the clarity of this transfer. Detail levels are sharp and natural, blends are smooth, and colours consistent (sometimes eerily so, specifically flesh tones). The richer hues, like Dell's blue jacket, are quite vibrant without noticeable bleeding. There's plenty of grain on the print, and it tends to ebb and flow depending on the darkness of the frame, but there isn't so much grain that it becomes a problem. There's noticeable wobble on some of the particularly still shots, the wide shots feature minor moiré effects, and the harshest edges do feature some haloes. The opening title is more or less your best source for surround sound movement, as it features a cavalcade of mobile sound effects over a relatively black screen, and exists to create wacky directional movement. Outside of this I'm actually generally surprised with how busy the three front channels are, considering that this is a low-key comedy outside of a few reasonably violent driving scenes. Important stuff like dialogue is clear without any major hiss, or volume inconsistencies. Ira Newborn's somewhat insipid electronic score (which to his credit is coated with some enjoyable blues bits) features quite a bit in the stereo channels, and is given a nice LFE bounce. Extras include 'Getting There is Half the Fun: The Story of Planes, Trains and Automobiles' vintage featurette (16:40, SD), 'John Hughes: The Voice of a Generation' (27:40, HD), 'Heartbreak and Triumph: The Legacy of John Hughes' (25:50, HD),
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The only non-'80s flick in this collection of reviews, Breakfast at Tiffany's is often considered by fans as Audrey Hepburn's finest hour (I'm more of a Charade and Wait Until Dark fan myself, with a more low-key affection for Love in the Afternoon and Sabrina), and one of the stylistically defining films of the early 1960s, but the truth is that we tend to remember more about Hepburn's dress, hair, diamonds, sunglasses, and that incredibly long cigarette holder than we do about the film itself. I'm including myself in this equation, as this viewing mostly felt like a first time experience, apart from a few specific sequences that have become a part of greater film dialogue over the years (Hepburn singing moon river, the politically incorrect portrayal of Mr. Yunioshi). A great deal of the Breakfast at Tiffany's success is a case of image over content, after all, it's a film about writer's block, but director Blake Edward (who would go on to make eight The Pink Panther films, and Victor Victoria) captures the essence of an idealistic early '60s. Even without the omnipresence of AMC's Mad Men, the look of this era seems even more modern than ever, even though the themes are largely out of fashion in the post-recession era. Breakfast at Tiffany's has a floaty, buoyant feeling, even at its most dramatic, and the tone is inescapable. The characters are also quite well defined and engaging, despite the fact that they aren't exactly relatable people (it's hard to like Holly, let alone love her for much of the film, largely because the film never implicitly recognizes the fact that she's a hooker). Truman Capote's witty dialogue, and Hepburn and George Peppard's sly performances certainly help keep things in check, and the meandering narration is well served by some absurd slap-stick sequences (no, these don't include Rooney's hyper-racist performance).
This new HD transfer (the box art assures us that its been meticulously restored) is about a good as a 50 year old release can look. There are a few slightly 'off' shots, mostly among exterior shots, which are either darker and sizably grainier than the rest of the picture, or over-sharpened and haloed, but for the most part this is a digital restoration done right. Detail levels are sharp, contrast levels are even, and the acrylic Technicolor hues are solid and quite vibrant (the reds will burn your retinas out if you stand too close to the set), all with nary a sign of DNR enhancement. The exteriors and skin tones are a bit on the unnatural side, but this is the way of Technicolor, and what film fans tend to love about the process. Edwards tends to shoot Hepburn is soft focus, which definitely sticks out on a transfer this sharp, in an era where such practice is usually CG augmented to avoid drawing attention to it, but this is clearly part of the source's quality, and not a problem for the transfer itself. The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack is surprisingly effective in incredibly natural terms. The bulk of the film is centered and dialogue heavy, and sound effects are largely of the incidental variety, but this mix is teaming with subtle additions. The music Holly plays from her room floats nicely through the scene as if the record player is sitting in the room with the viewer, her parties are pretty intense with crowd noise, and the general sound of the city streets glows softly whenever she finds her way outside. It's not a dynamic mix, and mostly creates movement out of layers rather than movement or surround influence, but it works quite well based on the original mono (which is also included).
The rather substantial extras include a commentary with producer Richard Shephard, 'A Golightly Gathering' (20:30, HD), a gathering of actors from the cocktail scene, 'Henry Mancini: More Than Music' (21:00, HD), a look at the career of composer Henry Mancini, 'Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective' (17:30, HD), a look at Hollywood's treatment of Asians, ' Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic' (16:10, SD), a generally retrospective featurette, 'It's So Audrey! A Style Icon' (8:20, SD), 'Behind the Gates: The Tour' (4:30, SD), a look at Paramount Studios circa 2005, 'Brilliance in a Blue Box' (6:00, SD), a look at the history of Tiffany's jewelry, a discussion of Audrey Hepburn's preface to a book about Tiffany and Co. (2:30, SD), three image galleries, and a theatrical trailer.
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PT&A for me. Shame no 3 hr version.
Nothing more frustrating than when so many films have tv scenes that aren't included on the bluray or DVD. Ace ventura, fast times and breakfast club just to name a few. I just don't see why they cant carry over to the DVD or bluray.
Planes, Trains... is a must-buy. But our hopes of seeing John Hughes' intended 3-hour director's cut has already gone down the drain...
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Disc Details
Release Date: 20th September 2011
Discs: 5
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: Various
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Commentaries, Making-Of Featurettes, Trailers, Etc.
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Martin Brest, Walter Hill, Zucker/Abrahams/ Zucker, John Hughes, Blake Edwards
Cast: Eddie Murphy, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Ronny Cox, Nick Nolte, Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Steve Martin, John Candy, Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime and Drama
Length: 496 minutes
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"Dear Lord, when we drink and write," the performing duo of Sean Benjamin and Steve Mosqueda intone at the start of their latest Drinking & Writing Theater project, before offering the solemn promise to "write until we puke" or at least "puke until we write."
Ten years strong but as loose as ever, their ongoing Drinking & Writing venture (performed in the backroom of the Haymarket Pub & Brewery) is still an appealing blend of high-minded intellectualism and the protean pleasures of alcohol. This time out, they've narrowed their focus to sports, a slice of life that has its fair share of boozy athletes and sports writers, including former Tribune scribe Ring Lardner, whose evocative portrayals of baseball in the early 20th century coalesced in his book "You Know Me Al" from 1916.
Benjamin and Mosqueda don't bring Lardner to life so much as offer a brief history lesson on the guy. They also miss an opportunity to explore the storytelling possibilities inherent in the true-life anecdote they recount from the '70s about two New York Yankees who swapped families. The show is structured, per usual, as an informal conversation, and after all this time I can't help wondering why Drinking & Writing doesn't occupy a better middle ground between informal and sloppy. But the pair gets certain details right, entering to the sounds of "Let's Get Ready to Rumble," a cliche nicely undercut when Benjamin's intro includes a hilariously long list of community colleges on his resume. The matching camel hair blazers (with Drinking & Writing patches on the left breast pocket) function as an amused nod to the bygone era of ABC's "Wide World of Sports."
But for all the show's topical variety (including the story of Sidney Franklin, the first American to become a successful bullfighter in Spain) and Malort shots consumed, it is only when the show turns personal that it finds its footing. I was struck by Benjamin's memory of a weekend spent, years ago, at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Conn., where he passed a long wine-soaked night challenging anyone he could find to an arm-wrestling bout, before stumbling back to his hotel room and destroying his bed linens. It is a story of a restless man looking for that next distraction, unwilling to call it a night, unable to be alone with his thoughts, and it is the most fully realized moment of the show.
Open run at the Haymarket Pub & Brewery, 737 W. Randolph St. Tickets are $15 at drinkingandwriting.com.
"Henry Moore Is Melting"
Stories about small-time crooks and their insular worlds tend to work well on the theatrical fringe. "Henry Moore Is Melting," by Jenny Seidelman, offers a slightly new variation on the theme, with its focus on Irish Travellers, a nomadic ethnic or social group of Irish origins (also known as Pavee) that tends to keep to itself.
Seidelman's focus is on the male species of this particular subset of Irish Travellers. Idiots. Thugs. Dreamers. The script is based on a story of actual thieves who absconded with a metal sculpture by British artist Henry Moore (the "Reclining Figure," valued at 3 million British pounds) and allegedly sold it to a scrap dealer for the equivalent of few hundred dollars. In Seidelman's fictionalized version, the heist turns deadly when an art-loving minion has second thoughts about the scam.
Intriguing as the premise may be, it lacks any sort of narrative traction. Things will end badly. That is never in doubt with these types of stories. But the script has a rote and plodding quality and never reaches a climax in storytelling terms. The performances help some; the ensemble is just low-key enough to suggest complicated inner lives of their characters (including an introspective moment between two brothers), and director Mikey Laird's production for Cold Basement Dramatics has all the right kind of gritty atmospherics.
Through Sunday at the Athenaeum Theater, 2936 N. Southport Ave. Tickets are $22 at athenaeumtheatre.org.
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thebhoy EMERITUS (5)Everything In Its Right Place: Looking at Kid A at the End of the Decade...Med57 EMERITUS (5)...Knott- EMERITUS (5)This is really happening. This is really happening....johnnydeking29 (4.5)The soundtrack to an era...
barcafan21 (4)Radiohead gives the middle finger to commercialism, producing a mostly brilliant, albeit c...HolidayKirk (5)For Tomorrow: A Guide to Contemporary British Music, 1988-2013 (Part 49)...mike197 (4.5)Disjointed, cacophonous blends of sound somehow come out sounding beautiful....Wildcatforever (5)...
fershizzle (5)Kid A is a dark, paranoid and disturbing album, plucked from the annals of Thom Yorke's ...hastapura (5)Kid A is a strange album, certainly unprecedented in Radiohead's discography. But if you c...ednights (4.5)At the least their most important album...avonbarksdale221 (5)I will see you in the next life....
jtswope (5)Kid A marks a revolutionary phase in the band's career, implementing electronic soundscape...Killtacular (4)...IronGiant (5)I'm lost at sea...Zettel (2.5)A turning point in Radiohead's career, "Kid A" was more shocking than a solid piece of mus...
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ocelot-05 (5)...ferociouslettuce (2)Underwhelming...crandynewman (1)Have you ever had a splitting migraine before, that's this album....doctorjimmy (4.5)The best Radiohead album so far...shauryapatel (5)WHAT IS THIS REALLY RADIOHEAD! Well ya it is and they sound better than ever...Nick Mongiardo (5)I'm not here......
Album Rating: 5.0I love this album.
Your review owns mine.
Album Rating: 3.5I can't trust this review. You said that you got the album just a few days ago in another review, and although your review was well written Kid A is an album that takes time to grow on you. When I first purchased the album I also loved it, but than a few songs such as 'In Limbo' and 'Morning Bell' sort of grew away from me after multiple listens.
That being said you did a nice job on the review however I'm not sure how you got together so much info in having the album for such a short amount of time.
Album Rating: 5.0Yeah this a good review and an even better album. But Zebra has definitly got a point.
So Kid A is your third Radiohead album right? What are you gonna get next.This Message Edited On 02.27.06
Album Rating: 5.0This album isn't nearly as abstruse as you make it out to be.
Album Rating: 4.5I agree with Zebra. It sounds like you bought the album ready to praise it and give it a 5, and didn't let it grow or anything. And of all the albums, either this or Amnesiac need a lot of time to grow.
Maybe it's just me, because I haven't bothered with the album much. It sounds like an impenetrable, awkward electronic album to me. Amnesiac I like much more. I don't even remember how I got around to even giving this a rating. To me the album isn't that innovative or anything, just in terms of a mega famour band completely fucking over the media. Listen to some Brainticket, they basically were making Kid As before it was cool.This Message Edited On 02.27.06
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffI received this album 2 weeks ago and have been listening to it ever since. I really wanted to review it was well.
EDIT: A neg vote already? Regardless of what you think of the credibility of this review, neg voter, the question is, "Is this review well written?". I hope you will read this and change your vote.This Message Edited On 02.27.06
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffAnd Vague Dan, I'm planning on getting Hail To The Theif.
Album Rating: 5.0That albums pretty good. Probley the most underated Radiohead album, depending on what you think of Pablo Honey.
Album Rating: 5.0Your review pisses on mine.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Offlol ummm... thanks... I think....
Anyway Vague Dan, I havent heard a lot of good things abour Pablo Honey, and Hail To The Theif sounds more in the OK Computer vein, with putting guitars more into the mix.This Message Edited On 02.27.06
Album Rating: 5.0Yeah, there is also more piano on HTTT that any other Radiohead LP.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffInteresting. I'm really looking forward to it. From what I've heard, it's another classic. Looking forward to the new album coming out later this year.
Album Rating: 5.0HTTT is really good, buy it
Album Rating: 5.0I agree with cheeto-t. I doesn't quite have its own overall sound, as Med says, but it is nonetheless an excellent album.
Album Rating: 5.0Yeah, I can't wait for the new CD, and the tour that goes with it.
Album Rating: 4.5I was about to say, wow that was fast I thought you got it recently. Apparantly I'm wrong, but good review anyways.
Album Rating: 4.5I got OK computer for Christmas and didn't start liking it until a week ago. Now it is one of my favorite CDs, but unfortunately I have never heard any other song by radiohead that isn't on OK Computer (besides "Creep," which I heard once on the radio).
Somebody tell me which one to get next.
Album Rating: 5.0The Bends if you want a more standard rocker.
Kid A if you want more electronic, progressive music.
I got the Bends at the same time as OK but the choice is yours.This Message Edited On 02.27.06
Album Rating: 5.0great review, incredible album. I love optimistic and idioteque
still... ok computer > kid aThis Message Edited On 02.27.06
Album Rating: 4.5at first, i only liked Optimistic and idioteque, then after a lot of listens, everything started sounding good... really love EIIRP now
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OverviewWith some 960-1200 species,(1,2) the characids, sometimes called characins,(1,3,4) are the fourth-most-diverse fish family.(2) These freshwater fish can be found from Texas, USA (1,3) all the way down to the northern part of Patagonia in Argentina,(2) in streams, rivers, and even underwater caves,(3,4,5,6) but the greatest variety of species occurs in the basins of the Amazon, La Plata, and Orinoco rivers.(2) The group's diversity and the dispute over its delineation (2,7) make it difficult to state its defining characteristics; characids range in length from under 3 cm(1,3) to over 100 cm,(1) come in many different colors and patterns, and have varying habits.(4) Some, most notably some piranhas, are fierce predators.(4,7) Others often eat fruits that have fallen off of rainforest trees and disperse the seeds, unintentionally helping the trees reproduce.(4,6) Some characids are used as food sources by humans,(1,4) and some, such as the small brightly-colored tetras and the flying fish known as hatchetfish, are popular choices for aquariums.(1,3,4,7)


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NEW LONDON, Conn. – Coast Guard received a strong pitching performance from Derek Petty that lifted the Bears to a 2-0 win over MIT in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference baseball game this afternoon. MIT also picked up a strong effort from its starter, senior Max Ockner (Chesterfield, Mo.), but the Engineers left seven runners on base as Coast Guard won the series two games to one.
Coast Guard (18-11, 8-6 NEWMAC) picked up the only run it would need in the bottom of the first. Erik Gerken led off with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice and then came around to score on a two-out, RBI single by Tyler Babkiewich.
That is where the score would stay for the next six innings as both starters kept their opponents offenses in check. MIT had base runners in every inning but the ninth, but could not come up with the big hit. Petty had a double-play turned behind him to erase a threat in the third and escaped a leadoff double by sophomore K.J. Parent (Knoxville, Tenn.) in the fifth when Parent, who moved to third on a sacrifice, was caught trying to steal home.
Petty went eight innings for Coast Guard, scattering eight hits and striking out four with a pair of walks to improve to 5-2. The Bears scored an insurance run for him in the seventh when Mike Massacre led off with a single, moving up to second when the next hitter's ground ball to short was misplayed for an error. He was then sacrificed to third and came in to score on a ground out by Joe Petry. Tyler Vieira set down MIT in order in the ninth to record his seventh save.
Ockner took the tough loss to fall to 3-2, going seven innings and allowing seven hits and one earned run while striking out five without issuing a walk.
Parent was the only player from both teams that had two hits, going 2-for-4 with a double.
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Selected Abstracts from JASIST
In the last issue we began an experiment in publishing structured, bottom-line abstracts of selected JASIST articles to improve dissemination of research findings that might be of general interest. The fact that an article does not appear here certainly does not mean that it is of no interest to practitioners. First, there was a start date when JASIST began notifying authors whose articles had been accepted of the opportunity to submit abstracts to the Bulletin, and no attempt was made to solicit retrospectively. Some articles may, therefore, have been accepted before we initiated this project. Second, submission is optional, and third, the Editor can only choose a few due to space restrictions. We would appreciate your comments and input to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Gu, Yinian (2002). An exploratory study of Malaysian publication productivity in computer science and Information technology, pp. 974-986.
Study and Results: A total of 547 unique Malaysian authors, affiliated to 52 organizations in Malaysia, contributed 197 (42.7%) journal articles, 263 (57.1%) conference papers and 1 (0.2%) monograph chapters between 1990 and 1999 as indicated by data collected from three Web-based databases. The results indicate that the scholars published in a few core proceedings but contributed to a wide variety of journals. Thirty-nine fields of research undertaken by the scholars are also revealed.
What's New?: The paper presents Malaysias contribution to world publication productivity in the fields of computer science and information technology for the period 1990-1999, and identifies the main interests of academic activity of Malaysian professional scholars. The findings and conclusion would definitely be informative for interested colleagues and researchers and can subsequently be used by funding agencies to ascertain the ratio of published output to fund allocations for the years under study to determine the benefits obtained. Moreover, the study of a country's scientific output does help to provide a general view of its scientific community's activity and contributions to world scientific literature.
Limitations: Due to constrained facilities, human and financial resource as well as obstacles of language, the investigation was restricted to the three international Web-based databases with selective coverage of academic publications. Therefore, some kinds of data, e.g., technical reports, dissertations and monographs, may have been missed.
Thelwall, M. (2002). Conceptualizing documentation on the Web: An evaluation of different heuristic-based models for counting links between university web sites, pp. 995-1005.
Study and Results: The individual pages of books or journals are rarely studied as entities in their own right, yet on the Web the page is the standard unit of content for the majority of research, as well as for online tools such as search engines. But should Web pages be aggregated, perhaps binding together all pages in the same site into a single document, in the same way that pages are bound into a book or journal? This is an issue particularly for those counting objects on the Web, such as how many links point to a given website. A common technique that can artificially inflate link counts is to place an identical navigation bar or on each page of a site: if there are a thousand pages with this device then one decision has created a thousand links. So is there a more useful Web document definition than the Web page? In the study, three alternative levels of document are defined for university websites based upon the directory, the domain and the whole institutional site. These are then compared on a set of 108 UK university websites under the assumption that a more effective document heuristic will tend to produce link counts that correlate more highly with institutional research productivity. The domain and directory models produced more statistically significant results, showing that the alternative definitions are both practical and useful.
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Megafu led the Bears to a 1-1 record at the University of Dallas Classic, averaging a double-double for the week. Against the University of Dallas, he finished with a team- and season-high 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the field while corralling 15 rebounds.
The sophomore concluded his week with a 16-point, five-rebound effort against Austin College, shooting an efficient 62.5 percent (5-of-8) from the floor.
For the week, Megafu stuffed the stat sheet, averaging 17 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks, while shooting 57.1 percent (12-of-21) from the field over the two-game stretch.
Megafu takes home the AD3I honor for the third time in his career and USCAA accolade for the second time in his career.
McNamee was the leader of a St. Joseph's team that moved over .500 for the first time this season, posting a 3-0 mark for the week. The senior guard opened her week with a 15-point effort at Medgar Evers, finishing 7-of-9 from the field with two boards and three steals.
McNamee stepped up her play at the Cedar Crest College Tournament, as she was named tournament MVP after St. Joseph's defeated both Lehman and NYU-Poly to take home the title.
Against Lehman, McNamee finished with a career-high-tying 21 points, connecting on 5-of-8 shots from the field while going a perfect 9-of-9 from the charity stripe. The senior helped the Lady Bears clinch the tournament title with 11 points and four rebounds along with two steals in the championship game versus NYU-Poly.
McNamee finished the week averaging 15.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. The senior shot 57.1 percent from the field (16-of-28), including 40 percent (4-of-10) from beyond the arc and was a perfect 11-of-11 from the line.
McNamee earns the AD3I Player of the Week award for the first time in her career and receives the second weekly award by a Lady Bear this season following junior Samantha Retas (Brooklyn/Bishop Kearney), who was named USCAA Player of the Week earlier this season.