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Ring, The (US - BD RA)
Jonathan revisits the only good Japanese horror remake in HD...
The Blu-ray release of The Ring is currently a Best Buy exclusive.
It begins as just another urban legend - the whispered tale of a nightmarish videotape that causes anyone who watches it to die seven days later. But when four teenagers all meet with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape, investigate reporter Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) tracks down the video..and watches it. Now, the legend is coming true, the clock is ticking and Rachel has just seven days to unravel the mystery of The Ring. (From the Paramount synopsis)
The Ring was one of the first in a long line of Japanese horror remakes, and now nine years since its release it remains the only one of the bunch that has been met with critical favor. I had a wonderful experience seeing it with a group of friends and a very reactive audience on its opening night in 2002, and that initial viewing has cemented my fondness toward the film. For the following week I didn't want to be alone near televisions in the dark. I was at that perfect age where I ate up the viral video concept and children talking cryptically, but pop culture and mainstream horror fare have since drove those trappings into the ground. Watching it now, years later, I don't find myself nearly as forgiving of its flaws. Some of the acting is incredibly poor. The script is often weak, with characters substituting logic and explanation with vague statements that are meant to be creepy. But the movie still has a lot going for it with some genuine chills and unforgettable images.
I hadn't seen Mulholland Dr. at the time, so The Ring was my introduction to Naomi Watts. She's one of my favorite actresses working today, and her performance in the The Ring totally helps to sell the ludicrous plot developments. She also lets out a scream at one point that has always stuck with me. She doesn't get much help from the rest of the cast, except from an incredibly eerie supporting role from Brian Cox. Sometimes I forget that Gore Verbinski directed this film as it is so different from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise that he's known for. I find his work outside of that trilogy far more interesting (I'm the only person I know that really likes The Weather Man). But if you ask me, the real star of The Ring is cinematographer Bojan Bazelli, who does the best work of his career here. He fills the video tape and mysterious locations in the film with a cold, haunting beauty. Even though the plotting and the scares in the film may fade from memory, his visual motifs remain instantly recognizable. I can't even clean under my fingernails without remembering an image from that tape. Ugh.
Paramount has made some pretty significant changes to the look of the film, and in my opinion the new look on the Blu-ray is mostly an improvement. I can't say which is the director's preference, but the aged DVD always felt too bright and a bit low in contrast. Detail is much sharper, bringing out strands of hair, tree branches and wooden textures with a visual clarity that is non-existent in standard definition. A healthy film grain is present and wonderfully consistent throughout the movie. The aspect ratio has been slightly closed from the DVD's 1.78:1 to a 1.85:1 ratio, which is the original theatrical presentation. It looks like the DVD was slightly vertically stretched, and it has been corrected. Color is highly stylized with nearly every scene possessing a cool blue-green hue. The Blu-ray is much warmer in appearance, and when looking at the caps it seems like it is negating some of that cold wintery look that the movie thrives on. It didn't bother me while viewing the film though. Maybe the idea was to bring out more orange tones to compliment the generally teal appearance. Compression artefacts are very minimal with only a few small instances of blocking which happen in the usual places, like harsh shadow gradients and bright lights in dark spaces. Overall it is a very good looking transfer that fits well alongside more recent releases, and if the odd color change isn't a turn off for you, know that everything else on the video front is top notch.
The Ring comes to Blu-ray with a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track that works its wonders in a lot of subtle ways. A lot of the film has low rumbling noises used to ramp up the tension. The environment is often rainy and the score sticks to deep, low tones for the most part. These heavier noises have much more impact here than they did previously, and it really adds to the disturbing proceedings. The surround effects are also subtle, mostly kept to environmental noises like passing vehicles, rain and turbulent water. There's some gentle whistling noises, almost like a faint screech, that ease up in the rear channels during suspenseful moments that were a nice touch. Hans Zimmer's score helps to fill the sound space and create a sustained tension that manages to sound dynamic and distinguished, even during gloomier pieces of music. Dialogue levels and voices are very clear, whether its a child whispering something creepy or Naomi Watts screaming her face off. This is a well-rounded audio track that won't disappoint.
Don't Watch This (HD, 15:26): The back of the box says "HD" next to this feature but it looks like DVD quality to me. This is the same special feature from the DVD, which is a compilation of deleted scenes strung together, separated by bits of footage from the killer video tape.
Rings (HD, 16:42): This is, oddly, a special feature from The Ring Two that documents characters from the second film and their experience with the tape. It functions as a prequel to the second film, and it is not particularly good.
Cast and Filmmaker Interviews (SD, 07:58) is a quick compilation of interview footage with producer Walter Parkes, Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, child actor David Dorfman and director Gore Verbinski. They talk about casting somebody who was experienced but not necessarily famous for the role of Rachel, and the actors speak about the background of their characters.
The Origin of Terror (SD, 04:00) is a short documentary feature about urban legends and horror folklore. There is interview footage with actors, filmmakers, a professor of folklore and some guy just labeled "Internet Expert". It's a pretty hokey featurette that barely skims the surface of the psychology behind the film's concept, complete with that generic over-enthused narration.
Cursed Video (HD, 02:06) is the killer tape from the movie, uncut and uninterrupted. It's an HD encode but given the intentionally low-fi look of the tape you aren't bound to notice much extra detail. The creepy images still hold up very well today. It is hidden on the menu as an easter egg. Just highlight the Don't Watch This feature, press left, and then hit enter to access it.
Lastly, there is a Theatrical Trailer (HD, 02:10).
Nearly a decade after its theatrical release, The Ring doesn't hold up as well as I'd hoped, but it is easy to see why the movie made such a lasting impression on American horror films. At the very least, the imagery is just as chilling as it ever was. This new Blu-ray from Paramount features a strong video transfer with some interesting color changes and a lossless audio track that gets the job done and then some. There are a few extras, including some new ones that weren't on the old DVD, but nothing substantial.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and DVD releases and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Jonathan Hogberg
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i'm in canada so our best buy doesnt offer these sorta exclusives so i'll have to wait til its widely released. i still remember seeing this in theaters, i got home after seeing it to find an unplugged CRT tv sitting on my room floor...was quite funny and creepy. kept telling myself i'll be okay as long as it doesn't turn itself on.
smiley1701 Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 9
Is this region locked or free?
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smiley1701 wrote: Is this region locked or free?
Locked, unfortunately
Locked, unfortunately
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Best Buy Canada suck.
Bouncy X Member Join Date: March 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,931
Simon77 wrote: Best Buy Canada suck.
only sometimes...lol
i recently got these very cool wireless earphones and they were 20 dollars cheaper than Futureshop. which was sorta ironic since Best Buy owns them. lol
only sometimes...lol
i recently got these very cool wireless earphones and they were 20 dollars cheaper than Futureshop. which was sorta ironic since Best Buy owns them. lol
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The new color scheme is definitely way prettier, but I don't know whether it'd suit the movie as well...like, I'll be buying the hell out of this nonetheless, but still.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 20th March 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1 Portuguese, English Descriptive Audio
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Extras: Don't Watch This, Rings, Cast and Filmmaker Interviews, The Origin of Terror, Cursed Video, Theatrical Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox
Genre: Horror, Mystery and Thriller
Length: 115 minutes
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Robert Griffin III had surgery Wednesday morning to repair a torn ligament and to determine whether there was any other damage in his ailing right knee.
A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that the procedure was expected to last about two hours. The person said orthopedist James Andrews planned to repair a torn lateral collateral ligament and examine the state of Griffin's ACL.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Redskins had not made an announcement about the latest details surrounding the rookie quarterback's injury.
A torn LCL requires a rehabilitation period of several months, possibly extending into training camp and the start of next season. A torn ACL is a more severe injury, typically requiring nine to 12 months of recovery, although Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson made a remarkable return this season some eight months after tearing an ACL - and nearly broke the NFL's single-season rushing record
Griffin was optimistic before he entered surgery, tweeting early Wednesday: "Thank you for your prayers and support. I love God, my family, my team, the fans, & I love this game. See you guys next season."
Griffin reinjured his knee at least twice in Sunday's playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks, prompting a national debate over whether coach Mike Shanahan endangered Griffin's career by not taking his franchise player out of the game sooner.
The first major injury to his knee came in 2009, when Griffin tore the ACL in the third game of the season while playing for Baylor. Griffin missed the rest of the year but returned in 2010 and won the Heisman Trophy in 2011.
Griffin sprained the LCL last month when he was hit by Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata at the end of a 13-yard scramble. Griffin missed one game and returned to play three more with a knee brace, his mobility clearly hindered.
Then, on Sunday, Griffin hurt the knee again as he fell awkwardly while throwing a pass in the first quarter against the Seahawks. He remained in the game, with Shanahan saying he trusted Griffin's word that all was OK.
Griffin finally departed in the fourth quarter, after the knee buckled while he was trying to field a bad shotgun snap.
The No. 2 overall pick in last year's draft, Griffin was one of several rookie quarterbacks to make an instant impact on the NFL this season. He set the league record for best season passer rating by a rookie QB and led the Redskins to their first NFC East title in 13 years.
But he also had to leave three games early due to injuries - two because of his knee and one because of a concussion - and missed a fourth altogether because of the knee.

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Florida's House Bill 827 — which would make it easier for creationists and climate change deniers to smuggle instructional materials they favor into public school classrooms — was approved, with slight modifications, by the House Education Committee on a 19-0 vote on February 15, 2018.
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A cable park in the Nichols boat basin is back on the table.
Following a contentious Tuesday night meeting the Hood River Port Commission decided to hold a vote on whether to enter into negotiations for a cable park in the basin Nov. 14.
The commission called the meeting to hear from Naito Development, which is building a hotel at the south end of the basin, and Friends of the Hood River Waterfront, which has filed a land use appeal of the hotel project as being a party in multiple lawsuits against the project.
The Port had hoped to hear an update on negotiations between the two sides to drop the cable park and the lawsuits to clear the way for a plan to conduct substantial improvements within and around the basin using urban renewal funds.
The hope for any potential resolutions between the two sides quickly disappeared amidst bickering back and forth between the two sides and pointed questions from the port commission.
"I think it's safe to say the parties are not even close to resolving this on their own," said Port Commission President Jon Davies following testimony from the Naitos and members of Friends of the Hood River Waterfront.
Bob Naito opened his portion of the testimony offering a revised proposal to put a cable park in the basin.
His proposal included dropping a request for a buoy line to separate the cable park from the rest of the basin.
Naito added that the company's insurance would cover the plan, and that it would eliminate an "exclusive use" requirement for the basin.
By not requiring exclusive use, Naito said that he would seek a concession permit instead of a lease, cover the costs of removing the cable park if necessary and give the port full discretion at the end of five years as to whether the Park continued or not.
He added that in light of continuing difficulties between the Naitos and the Friends of the Waterfront, he felt the proposal would allow time to see how things worked out.
"If you don't like the cable park, at the end of five years you pull the cable park out and you proceed with your plan," he said.
Much of the plan landed with the grace of a one-winged duck.
"I think it's crazy," said Friends of the Gorge president Linda Maddox during public comment.
Port Commissioner Hoby Streich questioned the wisdom of having wake boarders on the cable — traveling up to 18 mph — in close proximity to kayakers and other users.
"If you fall off the cable, you are not going to want a kayaker right there," he said.
Others in the audience wondered why such a proposal was being made now, after the public had weighed in on the Naito's previous cable park proposal.
Friends of the Waterfront member Susan Crowley told the port commission she was "disappointed" they had listened to a new cable park proposal with little notice for the public to have a chance to hear about it.
The meeting had been publicly noticed the prior week, but the fact that Naitos would be presenting a revised cable park proposal had not been made public until the night before when the Port published a letter from Bob Naito announcing the plan on its website amidst a list of additional cable park resources.
Brent Foster, attorney for Friends of the Waterfront, called the proposal "semi-insane" and said that it would still wind up blocking public access through walkways which would entrance to the water along the west side of the basin.
Earlier in the evening he and attorney Steve Naito got into a bitter back-and-forth as each took turns talking before the port commission.
Both attorneys did their best to repeatedly dodge pointed questions from the commission and to instead direct the blame at each other for the lack of progress in negotiations between the two sides.
Foster said the entire situation resulted from the commercial building project being sited below what it says is the ordinary high-water mark.
"If you don't have a parking lot or a building up against the water and put in some buffer you don't have the situation we're in today," he said.
Port Commissioner Fred Duckwall questioned Foster on why the Friends were insisting on confidential settlement negotiations with the Naitos.
"You're concerned with something getting out and leaking and being distorted in the press ... if negotiations are done in full view of the public there are none of those concerns. If everybody knows what everybody is talking about there is nothing that can be used as a stick or used down the road," Duckwall said.
Foster said he understood Duckwall's position but that "to get my three parties on the same page, one is national, one is local and one is a regional environmental group; they have not the exact same interest. It requires compromise, and compromise, whether it's on our part or the Naitos' part, is hard to do in the spotlight. I understand it makes for good theater to say there is some secret thing but that is different from reality."
Earlier in the discussion Port president Jon Davies opened his questioning of Foster saying he saw the Friends as "the holdup" in the process.
Steve Naito attempted to pile on during his presentation before the commission.
"The problem we had with confidential settlement idea is the fact that Mr. Foster misrepresented to you what he told us in a secret, confidential meeting. He told us that 'We don't care what you do with the hotel as long as you give up the cable park.'
"Then he threatened us and said that if you don't give up the cable park we will do everything in our power to stop you from putting up the hotel. So it started off on the wrong foot and we're still on the wrong foot."
Those remarks drew an angry response from Foster when he again got up to speak.
"It's difficult to start a negotiation when someone gets up and says I'm lying," Foster said.
He later added that the only way he saw a possible resolution was for the sides to sit in a room "like real men, like real attorneys" and have confidential discussions.
By the time the back-and-forth was finished, any hope that the plan put forward by Davies and Hood River Mayor Arthur Babitz could proceed appeared to have been destroyed by the verbal crossfire.
The commission eventually decided on a No. 14 meeting to vote on whether to enter into lease negotiations for the cable park.
The commission split on whether to take additional public testimony at the Nov. 14 meeting but eventually decided not to do so.
They did not want to consider the specifics of either of the proposals to put a cable park in the basin, but instead wanted to consider a more general question of whether or not they believed a cable park would be a good fit for the basin and for the Hood River waterfront.
"Details are really down the road," Davies said. "I think the central issue is do you see a vision of the basin where the cable park is in it or not. I think that is all that really needs to be decided at this meeting."
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December 21, 2001
Congress Completes Action on H.R. 3061, Making Appropriations
For the Departments of Labor, HHS and Education, FY 2002
On December 19, 2001, The House approved by a vote of 393-30 the Conference Report on H.R. 3061, the Labor, HHS and Education appropriations for FY 2002 (which includes SSA's appropriation). On December 20, 2001, the Senate passed the Conference Report by a vote of 90-7 and thereby cleared the measure for transmission to the President. The bill includes the following provisions of interest to SSA:
- Provides that any previously appropriated funds unobligated as of the end of fiscal year 2001 are available to continue the evaluation of SSA's demonstration projects to promote Medicare buy-in programs
- Provides--in the description of the conference agreement--that $7 million of the funds appropriated for the Supplemental Security Income program are to be used for outreach efforts under section 1144 of the Social Security Act to identify individuals who may be eligible for Medicare cost sharing under the Medicaid program.


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On Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 at approximately 6:30 p.m., a black male subject wearing a white t-shirt and long, dark gray athletic shorts, with white stripe down the outside of each leg, entered the Chillerz #5 Shell convenience store located at 800 12th Street in Roscoe, Texas and robbed a female subject of $200 cash, according to the Nolan County Sheriff's Office.The suspect is believed to be a black male in his early 30s, approximately 5'9"-5'10" and weighs around 175 pounds. The suspect had some facial hair, which included a short goatee.It was reported that the suspect fled the scene in a 2011-2012 Ford Edge, pearl white in color, with possibly a handicap placard hanging from the rearview mirror. In an attempt to recover the money taken, the victim was dragged from the parking lot on to the north frontage road of IH-20, prior to falling from the vehicle. She suffered minor injuries. At this time, it is unknown if the suspect was armed, however, no weapon was displayed during the commission of the crime. Nolan County Crime Stoppers will pay up to a $1000 reward for information that results in the arrest or indictment of the suspect. Nolan County Crime Stoppers phone number is (325) 235-TIPS [8477].


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Weber Transitions to New Outdoor Grill for Fall
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G3 solutions will move forward with a new grill for RV manufacturers "serious about the quality and performance being built into their coach's outdoor packages and kitchens," according to a press release.
The new Weber electric grill heats to 600 degrees and is backed with a five-year warranty, extending Weber Stephen's commitment to providing quality products to the RV industry.
G3 stated in the release, "The move we're seeing by OEMs for the new model year is to choose wisely in accessories, and where potential RV buyers can and will measure value. With such strong competition at dealerships, having the best on-board makes a difference these days. Our second generation grill has attracted quite a few high profile leaders for this upcoming season."
That includes Keystone RV Co., which recently added the grill to the High Country series in its Cougar brand, the industry's best selling travel trailer and fifth-wheel line.
Cougar product manager Jeff Kloska believes Weber's commitment to quality and innovation mirrors that of Cougar. "Adding the Weber to the High Country is a no-brainer," he said. "In High Country we have incorporated more advanced features to enhance the camping experience. This Weber grill is one of those features that adds to customer satisfaction and continues to make Cougar the industry leader."
A variety of new RV brands and models will be debuting Weber throughout the next few weeks at both the Pennsylvania RV and Campground Association (PRVCA) show in Hershey, Pa., and the Elkhart County RV Open House.


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When China's International Fashion Week wraps up on Monday, over 80 local designers and fashion brands would have stomped the catwalks in various venues in Beijing, in hopes of capturing the imagination of the world.
Desperate to shake off the 'copycat' stigma, this year's designers plunged head on to prove they are at the cutting edge of fashion, showcasing what's been described in the media as "weird and wonderful." The EONfashion styling contest, for one, created lots of buzz, with some industry insiders proclaiming it to be "Lady Gaga-level" awesome.
Other highlights included haute couture presented by Chinese luxury fashion brand NE-Tiger, which showed a commitment to nation's culture by fusing design cues from the Chinese zodiac with contemporary fashion.
The eight-day show is now in its 13th year and has become a cornerstone event in the country's annual fashion calendar.
Did Beijing impress? You decide. Click on to view the highlights of the show.
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Before Jethro Tull became a renowned progressive rock group in the early 1970s, they were a blues band, and their guitarist, Mick Abrahams, was a master blues player. When Abrahams left in the late 1960s, his spot was taken by Martin Barre, a blues player in his own right but far more diversified as a guitarist. Barre stayed with Tull for 43 years, till the band was dissolved by frontman Ian Anderson. But Barre had already started doing some gigs with his own band long before that, the most current version of which is set to perform at the Regattabar in Cambridge on April 22.
Barre, 70, a native of Manchester, England, got his first guitar at 14, was turned on to jazz flute by albums his dad bought him – so also took up playing the flute – taught himself the tenor saxophone in order to join a band that needed a sax player, and went back to his main passion, the guitar, with his late '60s band Gethsemane.
Speaking by phone from a tour stop outside of Atlanta, Barre recalled first seeing Jethro Tull perform around 1968.
"I thought that's exactly what I want to be doing, with the flute, the guitar," he said. "We did a gig with them about three months later in Plymouth, England. That's when I met Ian and the guys, and we got on really well."
Thinking back to after he passed the audition to join Tull, Barre believes he helped take the band's sound in a new direction.
"Mick was a fantastic guitar player, and he was much better at doing what he did than I was," he said. "But I had my own style, and I think Ian saw that, within that style, I was more flexible, maybe more broad-minded in what I played, and that's what he was looking for. Even in those days he was thinking ahead of the blues boom, and he wanted to be writing songs that were getting away from it. He didn't want a 100 percent blues guitar player in the band. I wasn't aware of those parameters but luckily, I guess I fit the bill.
Though he was with Tull till 2011, Barre started working with other musicians in the early-1990s.
"The whole solo thing started with a bunch of friends in Devon, England," he said. "We just put a band together called the Summer Band, because we worked one summer playing all these local outdoor gigs. We had a lot of fun doing it, there was nothing serious, but that sort of gave me the bug to go out and play with other people, do other styles of music. I eventually started writing music, as well, and that was a real big point for me as a musician."
Barre's Regattabar show will have him fronting a quartet. He's on guitar, Dan Crisp is on vocals and guitar, Alan Thomson plays bass, and Jonathan Joseph is the drummer. They'll be playing selections from Barre's most recent album, "Back to Steel," as well as tunes from his earlier solo efforts and, of course some Jethro Tull nuggets.
"I obviously have to start [set lists] with what I think is going to work," he said. "But I listen to the audience, and I look at the audience, and I would never play anything if I didn't think the audience loved what we were doing. We play two songs from [Tull's] 'Benefit': 'To Cry You a Song' and 'Nothing to Say.' But we don't play 'Aqualung' because I think that's sort of a cheap shot. It's just too easy, and I want to win audiences over my way. I want subtlety, I want surprises, like 'Eleanor Rigby.'"
That Beatles cover, which is on "Back to Steel," goes back a number of years for Barre.
"I remember seeing Jeff Beck playing an instrumental of 'A Day in the Life,' and I thought it was beautiful," he said. "And the Beatles' songs lend themselves so well to being played instrumentally. So I went back home and because Jethro Tull have always played an instrumental during their set, I thought about Beatles songs. I worked on 'Eleanor Rigby,' then deconstructed it and wrote different chords and a slightly different melody. I made a little demo of it, but I never got around to playing it live with Tull. That was probably 15 years ago. So, fast forward to doing 'Back to Steel,' and there it was on the shelf and I thought I might have another go at that. I added a couple of riffs, and worked in the vocals with Dan Crisp. Then we rehearsed it as a band and straight away it sounded damn good."
The Martin Barre Band plays at the Regattabar in Cambridge on April 22 at 7:30 p.m. Info: 617-395-7757.
Upcoming concerts and club dates
April 22:
The Cambridge-based trio of rockers The Push Stars continues celebrating their 20th year together at the Paradise in Boston. (8 p.m.)
The 19-piece JCA Orchestra presents new music for jazz orchestra at The Space in Jamaica Plain. Strings Theory Trio opens. (8 p.m.)
April 23:
Amelia White & the Blue Souvenirs play pop tunes from their newest album "Home Sweet Hotel" at Atwood's Tavern in Cambridge. (4 p.m.)
April 24:
Decompression Chamber Music is a string quartet that will play and then discuss music by Argentinian composers Alberto Ginastera and Astor Piazzolla at Club Passim in Cambridge. (7 p.m.)
April 25:
Patrice Williamson (vocals) and Jon Wheatley (guitar) have a CD release party for "Comes Love," which pays homage to the amazing pairing up of Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass. Pianist Mark Shilansky, bassist Keala Kaumeheiwa and drummer Ron Savage join them at the Regattabar in Cambridge. (7:30 p.m.)
Country legend Marty Stuart, with his band The Fabulous Superlatives, are at The Sinclair in Cambridge. (9 p.m.)
April 27:
Upstage Lung Cancer presents "Sensational '60s: Classic Rock & Roll Lives On," featuring the Follen Angels, Custom Blend, and the NU Downbeats at the Boston Red Sox Jimmy Fund Auditorium in Boston. (7:30 p.m.)
April 28:
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In a stunning illustration of the attitude taken towards free speech by too many colleges across the United States, Modesto Junior College in California told a student that he could not pass out copies of the United States Constitution outside the student center on September 17, 2013—Constitution Day. Captured on video, college police and administrators demanded that Robert Van Tuinen stop passing out Constitution pamphlets and told him that he would only be allowed to pass them out in the college's tiny free speech zone, and only after scheduling it several days or weeks ahead of time. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has written to Modesto, demanding that the college rescind this policy immediately.
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Less than 24 hours after Matt Knox set a new Wabash record in the pole vault, teammate Trevor Young eclipsed that mark with a new NCAA qualifying effort at the Dave Rankin Invitational at Purdue University.
Young (right), a freshman from Southport High School in Indianapolis, cleared 4.80 meters (15 feet, 9 inches) at the Purdue meet on Saturday to better the previous record of 4.75 meters (15 feet, 7 inches) set by Knox Friday night at Rose-Hulman. Young placed 10th at the meet, and his pole vault height ties for the 10th-best effort this season by a male Division III athlete.
In other results from the Dave Rankin Invitational, Daniel Ambrosio finished second in the javelin throw with a mark of 52.04 meters (170 feet, 9 inches). Evan Groninger finished third with a throw of 51.13 meters (167 feet, 9 inches). Purdue's Chris Anderson won the event with a throw of 54.64 meters (179 feet, 3 inches).
Jake Waterman finished second in the 800-meter run, crossing the finish line in 1:56.53. Kevin McCarthy was fifth in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:00.72. Billy Rosson was fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.60. Jake Ponton took second place in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 33:43.24. Patrick Posthauer grabbed seventh place in the 110-meter hurdles by finishing in 15.39.


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NWACC was founded by voters in the Bentonville and Rogers Public School Districts on August 15, 1989, when they passed a 3-mill property tax to support the new institution. Since its beginning as "the college without walls," NWACC has been one of the fastest growing higher education institutions in the state. It thrives today as a college that truly cares about the students, faculty, and staff and the community we serve.
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Adam Green necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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I own a small creative agency in Royal Oak, Michigan and need some help designing a great logo for a new client, Detroit Gun Works. We have run out of designers here in-house so we're hoping to find some talented entries that will represent us well. See the rest of the brief for details on what we're looking for. Thanks in advance for you time.
Specific Audience: Gunsmiths, gun enthusiasts and gun retailers who seek a custom product with custom markings. They are rugged individualists who like MADE IN AMERICA.
General Audience: We want to create a buzz through some marketing and word of mouth about the Detroit Gun Works (DGW) Brand before they hit the market and are looking to generate a buzz starting with a kick ass logo that can be printed on T-Shirts and will also be engraved on the actual gun parts they will manufacture. Ideally, we want the brand to be "bigger" than the product if that makes sense. It's very cool and marketable name and want to the logo to be the same and appeal to people who may not even be into guns, but rather just cool looking logos, t-shirts, etc...stuff from Detroit, which tends to be tough, hard working, blue-collar, etc. Detroit is a tough, hard working city and people all over the world know about Detroit and like to wear stuff with anything "Detroit" on it.
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Access to Detroit power, attitude and precision from the "original arsenal of democracy."
1. Needs to be a clean design that will carry over from print and web into merchandise like T-Shirts, hats, mugs, etc.
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I've been mentioning the arrival of much colder air in the Carolinas for the first two weeks of March, but that might not be the only wintry weather in our future.
There are indications from some of the computer models that we could be facing a repeat performance of our Saturday snowfall from a few weeks back.
The cold air is a certainty. After mild weather Wednesday (maybe 60 degrees), colder air will arrive Thursday, and it will get a few degrees colder each day into the weekend.
Once the chill arrives, it doesn't appear to be leaving anytime soon.
The longer-range computer models predict very cold temperatures -- compared to seasonal norms -- next week. That will be followed in the week of March 11-17 by cold (as compared to very cold) weather. The long-range forecasts indicate we won't return to typical March temperatures until after St. Patrick's Day.
Weekend high temperatures, assuming there's sunshine, will be in the middle 40s. That's about 15 degrees below seasonal averages.
So what about snow?
The Global (GFS) model, which sniffed out our little snowstorm a few weeks ago, is predicting a similar system will cross the Carolinas on Saturday. Temperatures will be cold enough for a few inches of snow once again.
Earlier, there were indications of a second storm around the middle of next week, but that system has disappeared off the longer-range forecasts.
Saturday's storm -- if it in fact comes to fruition -- would be another relatively small system. That's four days away, which means there's plenty of time for the track to change. The area of significant snowfall wouldn't be that large, so a change of 100 miles in the storm track could mean the difference of snow or no snow.
Of course, there's also the possibility that the computer models showing no snow this weekend prove to be correct.
One thing is for sure -- the first half of March won't feature the 80-degree days we had last year.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
4-letter word -- snow -- being mentioned again
I've been mentioning the arrival of much colder air in the Carolinas for the first two weeks of March, but that might not be the only wintry weather in our future.
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- Anonymous said...
If it's more than an inch, I'll dance naked in it and post pictures on FaceBook.
- February 26, 2013 at 3:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
what happened to spring coming early.. lets sue the groundhog :)
- February 26, 2013 at 4:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
And we all know this horrible "4-letter word" has caused us such dreadful misery this year. All these life-stopping blizzards here in NC this month have been so deep, the thought of yet another is too much to bear. Please, let us be spared from this wicked, sinful, and completely unnatural "4-letter word."
- February 27, 2013 at 8:04 AM
- Anonymous said...
@Anonymous 8:04am , actually if you weren't being sarcastic ( I hope you were at least),, then if you lived North of downtown Charlotte, like Banner Elk, High Point. You would be wrong, the snow this year has been really bad, along with the Ice.. But again, I am assuming you were being sarcastic, wrather then being stupid..
- February 27, 2013 at 4:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
@Anonymous 4:03 "Wrather"? Is that the British spelling?
- February 27, 2013 at 5:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
#1 comment...unless you're 21 and a stripper with all her attributes (silicon or not),forget it!..if you happen to be latin i'll call you "silicon carne"
- February 28, 2013 at 5:42 AM
- Anonymous said...
"Wrather" than being stupid, I was being truthful based on observation. I am not aware of the treacherous snow this season in "Banner Elk, High Point." Where in NC is "Banner Elk, High Point?"
- February 28, 2013 at 8:26 AM
- Anonymous said...
Forecast = FARCE, as usual.
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Stendhal Syndrome, The (US - BD)
Gabe excites at the release of the first ever Argento movie on Blu-ray disc...
Detective Anna Manni comes to Rome, hot on the trail of a notorious serial killer/rapist. Her search brings her to Uffizi Gallery, where she suffers an attack of the Stendhal Syndrome, a rare affliction that causes those stricken to faint when overcome with profound works of art. She awakens with temporary memory loss and is assisted by a kindly stranger who recognizes her symptoms. When it turns out that the kindly stranger is actually her serial rapist target, Anna finds herself stalked, and is in for a series of terrible attacks and depressing humiliations.
The Stendhal Syndrome is a rarity in the Argento cannon, and in many ways his most challenging film. Though some might argue that the non-sequential nightmares of Suspiria and Inferno, or even the impractical absurdity of Phenomena (Creepers) are ultimately more challenging for the average viewer in that they run on disjointed narratives, I think that the slow motion meditation in The Stendhal Syndrome ultimately alienates on an even higher level. Even Argento fans, accustomed to the daffy logic of the director's more baroque work often find themselves bored with the director's deliberate pacing. But when dealing with an auteur like Argento, whose work mostly covers the same themes, and is often quite self-referential, it's hard to think of each piece as a standalone composition.
The majority of The Stendhal Syndrome is comparable to Hitchcock's more cerebral, less story driven work, like Vertigo or Marnie (which were both misunderstood upon their initial releases), and deals in genuine emotions rather than thinly drawn caricatures, though the hallucinatory sequences have more in common with Felinni than the passionately coloured nightmare images normally found in Argento's Bava and Antonioni inspired work. The fact that Argento aspires to something new at this relatively late point in his career is admirable, but is also the cause of the majority of the film's shortcomings. The simple fact of the matter is that no matter how hard he tries Argento is no Hitchcock, Antonioni or Felinni. His style works better when he allows himself to be meaningless, and outside of his comfort zone he tends to meander and over-analyze. He is the poster boy for form over content.
Another Vertigo comparison is that both films are really two short films presented as one, and act as their own prequels/sequels. And as in Hitchcock's coup de grace (because no matter what anyone says, Vertigo was his best film), a major tragedy toggles a psychopathic switch in the main character's mind, changing his/her place in the story. The second half of both films is devoted to the obsession triggered at the end of the first, though Anna is trying to forget the event, whereas Scottie is doing his best to remember. Stendhal Syndrome is ultimately Argento's anti- Vertigo.
The middle section—where Anna is trapped and repeatedly raped—is the heart of the film both in a narrative and structural sense. Though massively hard to watch, it is possibly the finest and most inspired work Argento has achieved in a decade, maybe ever again (the only more memorable sequence in the film is that of a bullet entering and exiting a woman's cheek in super-slow motion). Argento works best when exploring the 'beauty' of violence; a strange, oxymoronic concept that eludes proper criticism. The 'hows' and 'whys' of the violence, as proven in his best work, is immaterial, and better approached by artists with more interest in those aspects of life. Argento hasn't failed entirely here, but no one can call the film a total success.
The incorporation of digital effects is awkward. The Stendhal Syndrome was made in 1996 when the Italian film industry had just barely dipped their collective toes in the digital revolution pool. The fact that the industry was dying at the time didn't help. Factually this is the first major Italian production to utilize the technology. The crudity of the digital work can be forgiven in the same way we forgive the crudity of early blue screen or stop motion effects, but the poor execution and use within the film cannot. Seeing an actor walk into an oil painting is lovely in concept, but perhaps Argento should've been more hesitant in using the new technology than he was. The first time Anna loses herself in a painting the effect is done entirely though camera zooms and editing, and it works quite well. When Ana physically walks into a painting later, the CG effect looks entirely out of place and painfully obvious. Other digital effects fair slightly better, and are fortunately sparse.
Acting, whilst occasionally wooden, is very solid for an Argento film. Asia Argento is 'interesting' as Anna Manni, a definite improvement over her first adult role in her father's previous film, an Americanized Giallo called Trauma, in both character and practice. There is something very unnatural about her performance. Her mind seems to be focused on everything but the film, but her work (accidental or not) is very fitting to the role. The fact that she's brutally and repeatedly raped as her own father's camera looks on has been covered in better essays before, so I'll glaze over that bit of reverse-oedipal abuse.
The Stendhal Syndrome is, despite its many quirks and shortcomings, probably the best Argento film since Opera, and probably the closest we'll ever see the director get to a dramatic character study. The picture is thoughtful beyond its images, unfortunately revealing a bit too much about the director's personal understanding of other human beings (Argento is a notorious for ostracizing loved ones). As a fan I appreciate this film more than I like it, but admit it improves with each viewing. The actual psychiatric study is strictly pre-med, if you will, but the actions somehow make sense in the strange world the director has thrust these characters into. The Stendhal Syndrome may prove to be the dying breath of an often brilliant career.
I now own four copies of Stendhal Syndrome—the original R0 Troma release, the R2 Medusa release, Blue Underground's R0 DVD release, and this brand new Blu-ray, also courtesy of our friends at Blue Underground. A few years back I wrote an article comparing the R0 Troma and R2 Medusa releases, and included a few screen caps. My DVDActive co-writer Peter Martin also supplied some caps from the R2 Arrow release. The clear winner in the video quality contest was the Medusa release, until, of course the Blue Underground disc came around. In my original review of that DVD I once again compared image quality, and the BU disc was the clear winner.
So what does this Blu-ray version have to offer? Well, it isn't the most incredible high definition transfer I've ever seen, but the differences are distinct, even on my 42 inch set. The overall transfer is still quite grainy, but the size of the grain is much finer this time around. It seems that Argento's choice in film-stock had its limits, as Stendhal Syndrome hasn't aged as well as some of his older anamorphic features. The heavy digital compression that plagued some of the brighter reds on the DVD release are all gone, but the heavy grain makes for a similarly 'noisy' experience. The film is only twelve years old, but the image quality is pushed to a pretty steep limit in hi-def. I can only fault Blue Underground with a few small flecks of artefacts, though, there likely isn't anything more to do with the materials.
The increased details are easy to notice (check out the human faced fish), but not so completely obvious that fans are going to be blown away. The real shocker is the colour pallet. Every subsequent major release of Stendhal Syndrome has managed to pull more colour intensity from cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno's masterful compositions, and I really didn't think there was anywhere to go from the BU DVD. The DVD release was a little more 'realistic' than this release, but realism was never Argento's forte. Stendhal Syndrome may not be one of the director's most visually impressive features, but this disc is a fine teaser for what Blue Underground can hopefully do with his classics (if only the Weinsteins didn't own Suspiria).
I had some expectations for an increase in image quality on this Blu-ray disc, based on the compression limits of DVD, but I really and surely was not expecting anything beyond what Blue Underground had achieved with their original DTS ES audio track. Apparently the advantages of DTS-HD Master Audio aren't lost, even on my system, which only allows for the DTS Core. The general volume levels are higher all around, but not comparably to the DVD release—I was actually able to pick up on several audio details I'd missed before without the old audio blowing out my speakers. The spatial relationships are wider here too, without sacrificing the clarity of the centred dialogue track. The track is still mostly a front channel affair, but the rear channels still dance with stylized ambiance from time to time, though there's a slightly artificial nature to some of the more aurally intense scenes. Ennio Morricone's haunting score is also very aggressive in HD sound. Once again I'm impressed by the sharp separation of the instruments between channels, and the realistic warmth in which they take over the track.
But this brings us to the same problem that hurt the DVD release – the awesome DTS track is only available in English. Most Argento films, and in turn most Italian films, are filmed in multiple languages with multi-ethnic casts. Dubbing is nothing new, and often entirely unavoidable, but in this case Asia Argento, known for her sultry deep throat seems to have been dubbed by an animated chipmunk, and her performance is all but lost, as is any degree of menace to her character. The majority of the cast are speaking English, according to their lips, but the dubbing is pretty soulless. The Italian dub, which is more emotionally convincing but less in sync lip-wise, is only available in a less impressive Dolby Digital 5.1 EX mode. The Italian track is a bit flat, lacking much of the crisp channel separation, improved details, and dynamic range that make the English DTS-HD track so exciting.
I should first note that this is the full 119 minute version of the film which was released originally in Italy. The Troma release was cut at 113 minutes (according to the box art), though the cuts are pretty unspecific, more of snips then scene removals. The superior Medusa DVD was a two disc set, but only because it included both the 113 and 114 minute (PAL) versions of the film on separate discs (the extras seemed decent, but were not English friendly). The Troma release had a bunch of Troma brand garbage special features, and two really sad interviews with Argento, one of which is an Easter egg.
Blue Underground, a studio not renowned for their extra features, rather their impeccable A/V presentations, has ported over all the none-HD extras from their DVD release. I'm not even going to bother writing anything new about the five interview segments, each running about twenty minutes. Though inter-spliced with film footage to spruce things up, the interviews are pretty dry. I personally would've preferred a single behind the scenes documentary featuring edited versions of these interviews. As is, a lot of the same ground is covered throughout the interviews, and if edited together the viewer wouldn't need to start over thematically which each interview.
Argento's interview is first, and in normal Argento fashion the director comes across as uncomfortable and a bit conceited. His information is pretty unspecific, and he glosses over some of the more controversial behind the scenes elements, like his supposed arguments with cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno and some of the actors, or the fact that he puts his own daughter in such a terrible position for a long segment of the film. Argento's never been a good interviewee however, nor is he a good commentator, which is why I personally never care when a commentary track is missing from his DVD releases.
Psychological Consultant Graziella Magherini, whose theories were the inspiration behind the film, gives us the low-down on the syndrome itself. Her segment is kind of like watching a college lecture in Italian, but she's full of vital information, and is well prepared for the interview with true stories of affliction.
Special effects expert Sergio Stivaletti's interview is probably the most entertaining one. Stivaletti has been working with special effects since well before the digital era, and his work on Stendhal Syndrome was groundbreaking in its own special way. Stivaletti has no illusions concerning the quality of the digital work, especially by today's standards, but is proud to have taken the first Italian plunge into the digital realm. According to him the Wachowski Brothers had looked at the 'bullet-through-the-cheek' gag when researching The Matrix, which true or not, makes an old man smile.
Assistant director Luigi Cozzi does his interview from Argento's memorabilia and video store Profondo Rosso, where he works these days instead of making films. Cozzi has made it his business to be Argento's historian, and starts his interview at the beginning. Large sections of the interview are spent discussing the back stories of the only two classic Argento films that haven't yet seen an American DVD release— Four Flies on Grey Velvet and Five Days in Milan. Cozzi has the dirt on a possible R1 releases (or in Flies case any release), and the news is bad. Part of me wonders if Blue Underground prepared these interviews as part of an attempted acquisition of both titles. Cozzi's interview is the longest, and covers the duo's long friendship (according to interviews in Alan Jones' book 'Profondo Argento', Cozzi is one of the only bridges the volatile Argento hasn't burned yet).
Production designer Massimo Antonello Geleng finishes the disc. During his interview Geleng is surrounded by some of the most intriguing and bizarre artwork, and honestly I had trouble paying attention to the subtitles because of it. Geleng is a nice enough interviewee, and recalls his role in the film fondly. He also worked on the Argento produced, Michelle Soavi directed films The Church and The Sect, both of which are visually richer than Stendhal Syndrome.
At the end of my last Stendhal Syndrome review I asked if the DVD release could be seen as the definitive home video version of the film. The rules haven't changed for standard definition DVD, but visually and audible standard definition simply can't compete with competently produced high definition. A lot of viewers are going to be turned off by the heavy grain, but I'm so impressed with the increased colour vibrancy and the new DTS-HD Master Audio track that I'm still going to recommend a double dip for Blu-ray capable fans. The extras are exactly the same, but this is an upgrade nonetheless.
Now I'll ask again—where's my Four Flies on Grey Velvet release Blue Underground?
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
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It's true! Gabe - we wouldn't bull***t a fellow Argento fan. We've been waiting for this to be officially released as much as any other Dario devotee.
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Release Date: 18th November 2008
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I heard some reciters of the quran elongating madd tabiee more than 2 counts .Is it a different way of reading the quran or is it an incorrect way?
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The natural medd or is always lengthened 2 counts, not more or not less, for all the ways of reading. There is no difference in reading for the medd in any of the different ways of reading the Qur'aan. To read this medd longer or less than two counts is a mistake.
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ATLANTA – Dr. Alveda King, fulltime director of African-American Outreach for Priests for Life, said the Occupy Wall Street movement must embrace prayer and disavow violence if it hopes to emulate the 20th century Civil Rights Movement.
"The whole Civil Rights movement was founded in prayer, in crying out to God in peace," Dr. King said today during an interview on "Fox & Friends." "This movement is not peaceful," she said of Occupy Wall Street.
Dr. King, the niece of Rev. Dr. Martin King Jr., was invited on the show to discuss comments made by Rev. Jesse Jackson last week in Atlanta, comparing the two movements and insisting that Martin Luther King would have supported Occupy Wall Street.
"Rev. Jackson knows this is not the model my uncle upheld, or that my father, Rev. A.D. King, upheld," she said. "The people who came out are hurting, they need answers. They need help, not to be incited to violence. They need a leader who is going to lead them peacefully.
Calling him "a civil wrong leader on this point," Dr. King said, "Rev. Jackson needs to revisit his 20th century history."
Dr. King also noted that the pro-life movement has adopted the prayerful, peaceful model of the Civil Rights movement as it works to end abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide and killing of embryos for their stem cells.
To see the "Fox & Friends" interview, please click here: http://bit.ly/toi1by
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Everyone likes their burger done and dressed up differently. I prefer mine good and blackened, piled high with cheese, onion, tomato, lettuce and avocado, with a few pickles on the side. What about you?
However you like it, there are a few basic rules to abide by for your best burger ever…
Pick the Right Meat
The key to a juicy burger is fat. Ground chuck has the perfect meat-to-fat ratio: 80% lean meat to 20% fat. Ground sirloin is tasty, but it has 15% fat, so it's good if you like your burgers firmer and less juicy. Use coarsely ground meat as opposed to fine ground to help keep it moist. And don't fret, most of the excess fat drains off during cooking anyway.
Keep 'Em Cold
Before forming the meat into burgers, chill it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes for easier handling. After you've formed your patties, put them back in the fridge to cool down again for 30 to 45 minutes.
Handle With Care
Do not over-mix your meat, and form your patty loosely. The less you touch the meat, the lighter and juicier it will be. Right before grilling, dimple the top of your patty with your thumb so that when the center rises during cooking, the burger will come out flat and even. Also, form the meat about ½ an inch wider than the buns you plan to use; the burger will shrink slightly during cooking.
Add Spice Just Before Grilling
The more "stuff" like breadcrumbs, eggs, onions and seasonings you add to the meat, the more you'll end up over-handling and losing the flavor of the meat. Add the spices, such as salt, pepper and chili powder, just before the burgers go on the grill, and don't be sparing. Do not add salt before you form the burgers, because salt will melt the fat and dry the meat out.
Flip Just Once and Don't Flatten
On a clean grill, turn up the temperature to medium and wait until the surface is hot before putting the burgers on. This will ensure a good crust on the meat that will seal the juices in. Cook each side for 4 minutes for a medium-cooked burger, and only flip once. Whatever you do, don't flatten your burger by pressing it down with a spatula. The more you compress the burger, the tougher the meat will be.
Let 'Em Rest
After you take them off the heat, let the burgers rest and redistribute their juices for two to three minutes, just like you would any steak. This way, it won't immediately lose its juices at the first bite.
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Rudy Gay leads late rally, Raptors come up with surprise 100-98 win over Pacers in OT
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INDIANAPOLIS – Rudy Gay is making a difference in Toronto, and the Raptors couldn't be happier with their newest player.
Gay rediscovered his shooting touch in time to score 17 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and overtime Friday night. He hit a 17-foot jumper with 1.7 seconds left in the extra period to send the Raptors past the Indiana Pacers 100-98.
"He definitely gives our team a lift. He's a closer, you know?" forward Amir Johnson said. "That's something we've been missing."
A week ago, Gay was in Memphis waiting to find out whether he would be traded.
Since arriving in Toronto, he's scored 20 or more points in all four games.
The win ended the Raptors' three-game losing streak and made them the first team to beat the Pacers on their home court twice this season.
Gay almost single-handedly rally Toronto (18-32) by making big play after big play — even when he wasn't making shots.
During the final sequence of regulation, it was Gay's missed layup that eventually led to Johnson's tip-in to make it 90-88 with 6.2 seconds left. And when it looked as though the Pacers had the game sealed, Gay stole a bad inbounds pass from David West that led to Johnson's buzzer-beating tip-in, which stood up following a replay review and forced the already weary Pacers to play an extra 5 minutes.
It was enough to push the Pacers over the edge.
DeMar DeRozan scored 22 points for Toronto, and Johnson finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds. But it was Gay who made all the right plays late.
"I like to think I make it easy for everybody, a lot more open shots for people," he said. "The Raptors have been playing great since I've been here, and we've been playing well with each other. You know, I just want to be in at the end of games where I can give the team a chance to win."
For the Pacers (31-20), it was a surprising end to a marvelous run.
Coming into the game, Indiana had won five straight, including three in three nights earlier this week. It had won 15 in a row at home, its longest streak since 1999-2000, beating Miami twice, New York, Chicago and Memphis along the way.
Yet coach Frank Vogel was understandably concerned about the fatigue factor as the Pacers played their fourth game in five nights, and eventually Central Division-leading Indiana ran out of steam.
West finished with 30 points, eight rebounds and five turnovers. All-Star forward Paul George had 26 points, 14 rebounds and five assists. The only other player to score in double figures was Lance Stephenson with 11, and it was clear over the final 17 minutes that the Pacers were gassed.
They opened the fourth quarter by missing their first eight shots and going 1 for 11, blowing a 72-64 lead, and they couldn't get Gay stopped or keep Johnson off the glass in the closing seconds.
"We're pretty fatigued. I felt like today was the toughest day of this whole stretch, even through the back-to-back-to-back," George said. "I just think it set in before the game."
Indiana still had chances.
It led 90-86 with 10.7 seconds left in regulation and inexplicably gave up two baskets without even forcing Toronto to foul.
In overtime, George Hill had a chance to give Indiana the lead from the free throw line but missed the second of two shots with 90 seconds left, leaving the game tied at 98. After West rebounded a missed shot with 1:08 to go, he turned it over. With the game still tied at 98, Hill lost the ball out of bounds off his leg with 10.7 seconds left.
That gave Gay a chance to break the tie with his jumper, which he did, and George had a good look at a 15-foot runner that rimmed out as time expired.
"We understood that after winning three in a row in three nights that we weren't out of the clear," Vogel said. "Sometimes, weird things happen at the end of games."
Gay's presence was hardly a surprise, though.
Before the game, Vogel talked about the difference he had noticed in Gay's play since the trade, and then he got to see it firsthand over those final 17 minutes.
"He gives you that. That's a guy that, no disrespect to anyone else we have, that can go one-on-one and finish a play. He's done it throughout his career. He got it for us," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. "He has struggled, fought through a lot of frustration and again like I told him, we've got to fight through things, nothing's going to be easy."
NOTES: The Raptors lead the season series 2-1, with the road team winning all three games. All three games also have been decided by two points. ... The Pacers played without forward Sam Young, who had the flu. ... Andrea Bargnani came off the bench for the second time this week and finished with 14 points in 29 minutes for Toronto. He had started 245 consecutive games before Wednesday but is trying to work his way back after missing 26 games with a torn ligament in his right elbow and a strained right wrist. ... Indiana hadn't lost at home since Dec. 7 and hadn't given up 100 points at home since Nov. 23.


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NEW YORK -- New York prosecutors have dropped all criminal charges against a woman who was once on the FBI's most wanted fugitives list for kidnapping her 2-year-old daughter.
Robert Nardoza , a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office, told the Daily News (http://nydn.us/Wp3loY ) the decision to drop the charges against Yvette Torres was made "in the interest of the child."
Torres surrendered and returned her daughter Sabrena in September, a dozen years after kidnapping her. She had faced three years in prison.
Nardoza said the charges were dropped after consultation with all the parties involved.
Sabrena was returned to her father, Davis Beck IV of Hauppauge, Long Island.
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The definition of cyber security is constantly evolving, but the most common definition relates to the protection applied to computers and networks and the information they store and relay. Over the last few years there has been no lack of media reports regarding cyber break-ins, identity theft and more — all going a long way to highlight the problem, but representing only the tip of the iceberg.
The crux of the threat is that our reliance on networks grows more interconnected every day from cell phones, email, credit cards, social security numbers and more. Ever more important, the electric grid, stock exchanges, banks, municipalities and the Pentagon are dependent on computer networks, making the U.S. vulnerable.
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This is a joke we've all been wanting to make for the longest time. Chances are you've thought it yourself as you've been playing an RPG. It's extremely gratifying to see it done, and done extremely well. College Humor keeps nailing this stuff. Note I'm not giving the joke away in advance. Take a look below.