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Stars' Seguin no stranger to being down 2-0
They're trailing two-zip. So what?
Dallas Stars centre Tyler Seguin has been in this spot before.
Yeah, actually, you might remember the story.
Then a member of the Boston Bruins, Seguin and his buddies returned to Beantown in a 2-0 hole after dropping the first two games of the 2011 Stanley Cup finals to the Vancouver Canucks.
Long story short, they evened things up with a pair of wins on home ice, then eventually carried Lord Stanley's mug out of Rogers Arena in Vancouver after a seven-game thriller.
Perhaps even more relevant to the Stars' current scenario after back-to-back losses to the Anaheim Ducks in the latest instalment of the NHL's spring fling, is that the Bruins also suffered two straight setbacks to open their first-round series against the Montreal Canadiens in the spring of 2011.
"I've been here many times before," Seguin said. "The first round is the hardest to get out of. We're definitely going to put up a fight."
Down but certainly not defeated, there was an air of optimism on Easter Sunday as the Stars reported to their practice rink in Frisco, Texas, to prepare for Game 3 on Monday night at American Airlines Center.
"What would you be expecting?" Seguin said. "It's a long playoffs, a long series. You're going to have ups and downs throughout. We're excited to be back at home right now. It would have been nice to steal one on the road — that's usually the goal — but we've gotta regroup."
This is the time of year when you'll hear over and over again that a playoff series doesn't really start until a team loses in their own barn.
Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau actually brought that up Sunday afternoon, and the Stars are certainly aware of the old saying.
"I've told the team, we haven't done anything the easy way all year long," said Stars head coach Lindy Ruff.
It doesn't hurt that the Stars are also feeling pretty darn good about their performance in Game 2 on Friday night at the Honda Center, where they peppered Ducks puck-stopper Frederik Andersen with 36 shots but didn't have enough to show for it in a 3-2 loss.
"We're confident," said Stars centre Shawn Horcoff. "I think, in the first game we showed some nerves and a little of inexperience throughout the lineup. But in the second game, we played a good game. We outshot them by quite a bit. I thought we controlled the play a lot. Really, everything they got we gave to them, so we have to feel in a good mood.
"It's home-ice advantage for a reason. They held serve at home, and now we have to do the same."
It's important to note, the Stars probably wouldn't have ended their five-year playoff drought if they weren't so successful on home ice in the late stages of this season.
In fact, they posted a 9-2-1 record at American Airlines Center after the Olympic break. They also defeated the Ducks at home in late November, Anaheim's only regular-season visit to the Big D.
Monday's clash will mark the first NHL playoff outing at American Airlines Center since way back on May 19, 2008, so fans have been waiting a while for this.
"We've shown that we can play with them. Now, we get a chance to get home and I think guys are excited to play them in this building," said defenceman Trevor Daley, the only member of the Stars' current roster who has ever played a home playoff game in Dallas.
"This is a good sports city. When you get into situations like this, the city gets behind you. The fans are going to be great. If you just look at that last game we played at home, to clinch a playoff spot, that crowd was electric. So we're excited."
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The Anaheim Ducks can't dictate the matchups at American Airlines Center.
For what it's worth, though, Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf and his partner-in-production, Corey Perry, hope they'll continue to see a steady diet of the Dallas Stars' top line.
It seemed like every time the Stars' dynamic duo of Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin stepped foot on the ice at Honda Center, Anaheim's top-notch tandem of Getzlaf and Perry were immediately hopping over the boards.
"We like it. I've always loved that head-to-head matchup with anybody," Getzlaf said. "It draws out the best in you. It forces you to play both ends of the rink and play the game well. That's always a good challenge for us and, so far, we've been up to it."
Getzlaf has scored twice and collected two assists in this series and is a big reason the Ducks won back-to-back games at Honda Center, while Perry has a goal and one helper.
Benn also has one of each, while Seguin has tickled the twine once but has no assists.
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The Unnecessary Noise
The Unnecessary Noise
By David Shenaut, President, Oregon Bartenders Guild
The grapefruit in the Aperol pairs perfectly with the natural sweetness of Maker's Mark® Bourbon. I loved adding a bit more vermouth and enjoying this over crushed ice.
- 1-1/2 parts Maker's Mark® Bourbon
- 3/4 part Aperol
- Absinthe
- Dash rhubarb bitters
- Splash Dolin® Blanc Vermouth de Chambrey
- Orange zest for garnish
- Rinse a martini glass with a little absinthe and ice, stir and let sit and bind to the glass.
- Fill a shaker with ice, add the Maker's Mark® Bourbon, Aperol, bitters and vermouth.
- Stir gently.
- Discard the ice and absinthe.
- Strain the cocktail into the glass.
- Garnish with a strip of orange zest.
Tags: Cocktails, Spirit Forward, Old Fashioned, The Unnecessary Noise, Aperol, Absinthe, Rhubarb Bitters, Vermouth, Orange Zest, Thirsty

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Big Ten M5: 01.10.13 EditionPosted by Deepak Jayanti on January 10th, 2013
- The finalists for the Bob Cousy Award have been announced and there are four Big Ten point guards who made the cut – Trey Burke, Aaron Craft, Keith Appling and Dre Hollins. Michigan's Burke is averaging 7.5 APG and is also a leading candidate for National Player of the Year this season. In addition to his fantastic assist numbers, he has averaged 18.2 PPG but his most impressive stat might be related to turnovers – he's committed just 11 over the last 10 Michigan games. The sophomore point guard has been named the Big Ten Player of of the Week twice already and will likely make the cut for the Cousy Award for the final 10 and even the last five in March.
- Michigan State's athletic director Mark Hollis wanted the the 2013-14 season opener to be held in the Dallas Cowboys Stadium where four games would be played at the same time. But after that idea fell through (thankfully), head coach Tom Izzo is wondering about a "normal" start to the Spartans' next season. Over the past two years, MSU has opened its season on an aircraft carrier and at an overseas military base. Izzo is looking forward to some normalcy and added that he "leaves things to Hollis" when asked about scheduling the grand openers. The Spartans had to travel back home and play Kansas within a few days after the trip to Germany this season which had to be very tiring, so maybe Izzo's squad will benefit from playing a run-of-the-mill regular season opener and start a November winning streak.
- After two months of basketball, one thing is very clear for the Buckeyes – Deshaun Thomas needs help. The junior forward is averaging 20.3 PPG and has asserted himself as the primary Buckeye scorer after the departures of Jared Sullinger and William Buford, but he needs help from another consistent scorer to spot for him. The second leading scorer for Thad Matta is Lenzelle Smith Jr., who has averaged just 10.7 PPG but has not been very consistent in big games. Smith needs to average at least 14 PPG in order to form a formidable combination with Thomas the rest of the way. The sophomores – Sam Thompson, Shannon Scott and Laquinton Ross – are still getting used to the Big Ten play so it might take them some more time to contribute consistently to the overall offense.
- Seniors are highly valued at Wisconsin in the Bo Ryan system because they understand his offensive philosophy and play solid defense. Senior forward Ryan Evans has been very effective on the boards, averaging 8.0 RPG this season, but he has been absolutely dismal from the free throw line – shooting just 36.5% from the stripe. Evans scores 11.5 PPG but definitely needs to improve his free throw percentage to help the Badgers compete in the Big Ten. The poor shooting is very unusual for a forward who has played a key role during his time in Madison because Ryan ensures that his teams maximize every opportunity on offense and free throws are the easiest and best way to improve offensive efficiency. It is unlikely that this trend will get Evans benched because he is an experienced player who still adds value to the Badgers, especially on the defensive end.
- Illinois head John Groce has been heavily scrutinized during his first season in Champaign but there is another new coach who has done an excellent job at Nebraska – Tim Miles. At the outset, a pedestrian 9-6 record may indicate that Miles hasn't done much yet but he is trying to get Nebraska out of the cellar and onto the B1G basketball scene. When asked about coaching in the Big Ten, Miles said " I really do feel like I'm in the best conference in the country. I look at fan support, quality of the coaches, the way the teams play — how productive and efficient they are, and they are all well coached." The new head coach has a daunting task but he has shown so far that he is energetic enough to instill some confidence into a moribund basketball program in Lincoln that will require a long journey to relevence in the historic conference.


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May 21. 2013 9:05PM
Alleged taunt
Board benches Franklin football coach; supporters angry
By DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
In a captured image of video provided by a Friends of Franklin Football member from the championship game last fall between Franklin and Mascoma, a Franklin player allegedly taunts a Macoma coach at the end of the teams postgame congratulation line. (COURTESY)
— The mayor, members of Friends of Franklin Football, and present and past players are upset that the school board has not rehired head football coach Greg Husband after his players allegedly taunted a Mascoma coach when Franklin won the championship last fall.
Husband, who has led the team to four championships — winning two — in his nine years as head coach, was not rehired as the team's coach in a closed-session personnel session last month. He was replaced with his assistant coach, Jeff Kaplan.
The school board was acting on a report by the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association on the events following the Nov. 10 Division IV Championship game held at Hanover High School, which Franklin won. After the game, Mascoma team officials filed a complaint against their Franklin counterparts, alleging that Franklin players taunted them and used foul language.
An NHIAA sportsmanship investigation into the incident found "clearly inappropriate behavior" that "was not well handled by the Franklin coaching staff" after the game's end. An added factor, the NHIAA said in a letter to the school board, was the Franklin school administration's "disappointment with the absence of any remorse or accountability for the student behavior."
"It was also shared (by the Franklin high school staff) that a number of the same student athletes … continued to be problems in terms of behavior and sportsmanship as members of the school's basketball team the following season," wrote R. Patrick Corbin, executive director of the NHIAA, in a letter March 27.
Corbin said the committee instructed him to inform Franklin school officials "that their programs will be under careful scrutiny in the coming years and that any sportsmanship infractions, even minor instances, will lead to sanctions against the Franklin football program and potentially the entire athletic program."
School Board Chairman Ray Yonaitis would say little about the matter Tuesday.
"There was no termination. Coaches are hired for the season.
The board took action to protect athletics and stands by its decision to hire a different coach," Yonaitis said.
But members of the friends group, made up of parents and supporters of the Golden Tornadoes football program, are angry that officials at the NHIAA and school board members refused to watch a video from the end of the game that shows a member of the Franklin team allegedly taunting a Mascoma coach.
The video shows the Mascoma coach then parting his players from the congratulation line between the two teams at the end of the game — which Franklin won, 42-22 — apparently telling them not to shake hands with Franklin players.
The player can be heard saying "Who's laughing now?" while tugging the shirt of the opposing coach. The player was making reference to a headline in a newspaper when the two teams played each other early in the season that used that phrase after Mascoma won the first game. It's unclear if the player said anything else, though in the complaint to the NHIAA, the Mascoma coach claimed a Franklin player "repeated a chant to (the coach's) face, saying "you (expletive) idiot."
In the NHIAA report, Husband was criticized personally. The Mascoma coach is adamant that Franklin players used profanity, the NHIAA said, and the situation amounted to a "he said/she said" argument, but "although the Franklin coach spent considerable time denying the charges, he did not appear to accept any responsibility for what was clearly inappropriate behavior; profanity aside."
Husband did not return phone calls Tuesday. But Chad Carey, the father of a Golden Tornado player and a member of the friends group, said the video clearly shows that there was nothing beyond good-natured, after-game activities between teams.
"It's a witch hunt," he said. "This was one comment made by one player, the coach has admitted to it and the student has been punished. This coach, who is a hero to a lot of us, didn't have anything to do with that. And we have video that shows what happened, and they won't look at it."
Mayor Ken Merrifield said he was surprised by the decision.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Have you heard the one about the kid who thinks President Barack Obama's job is to "approve this message?" Or the time Mitt Romney compared another presidential run to giving birth?
At presidential fundraisers and rallies, the jokes are easy applause lines for Obama and Romney, a way to entertain supporters before the talk turns to more weighty subjects like Medicare, taxes and foreign policy.
You certainly won't hear the sound of a snare drum or Obama or Romney telling their fans, "I'm here all night, folks! Try the veal." But during tough economic times, the punch lines lighten the mood and let the candidates poke fun at themselves, their opponents and the odd life of motorcades, basement loading docks and countless handshakes that come with running for president.
Obama often shows a self-deprecating sense of humor on the campaign trail, pointing to his "funny name," the gray hairs that have sprouted on his head and his personal features that often find their way into editorial cartoons.
"I confess, I am excited to see Mickey," Obama said at Florida's Walt Disney World last January. "It's always nice to meet a world leader who has bigger ears than me."
Romney tends to take the dead-pan route, playing the role of the buttoned-up former business executive who can deliver a funny one-liner while keeping a straight face. One of the former Massachusetts governor's favorites combines Bill Clinton's comment about his youthful marijuana use with Romney's extensive private-sector pedigree: "I only spent four years as governor. I didn't inhale," Romney says.
Obama's latest punch line involves Big Bird, Elmo and the fuzzy characters of the long-running children's show "Sesame Street."
During Wednesday's first presidential debate, Romney said he would cut the federal subsidy for PBS because the nation couldn't afford it. Even though "I love Big Bird," Romney said.
The next day, Obama accused Romney of being unwilling to uphold tough regulations on Wall Street but being willing to crack down on Big Bird. "He'll get rid of regulations on Wall Street but he's going to crack down on Sesame Street," Obama said in Madison, Wis. "Thank goodness somebody is finally cracking down on Big Bird ... Elmo has got to watch out."
A good sense of humor has served presidential candidates well in the past. Richard Nixon appeared on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" in 1968, joining in on a gag called "Sock it to Me." Ronald Reagan deflected attention about his age in a 1984 debate by vowing not to exploit 56-year-old Walter Mondale's "youth and inexperience." And Clinton traded jokes with late night host Arsenio Hall in 1992 (and wore sunglasses while pumping out a rendition of "Heartbreak Hotel" on his saxophone).
Since July, Obama has been telling supporters a story about a 4-year-old boy named Sammy, whose parents met campaign manager Jim Messina on the presidential trail. The couple, as the story goes, points to a picture of Obama and ask the boy what the president does.
"And the boy thinks for a second and he says, 'He approves this message,'" Obama tells supporters over and over. "So that's what I do. I approve this message."
Whenever Obama invokes Romney at a rally, it typically brings a smattering of boos. Obama's standard response is: "Don't boo — vote," a line that brings laughter and applause. And he likes to refer to his health care reform law by the name "Obamacare," a word promoted by Republicans. "I don't mind the term because I do care, that's why we passed the bill," Obama says.
Romney always peppers his events with stories about successful entrepreneurs he's met across the country, from a North Carolina furniture maker to an oilman who helped pioneer the drilling of North Dakota's Bakken shale. Romney always gets laughs when he brings up the sandwich maker who founded Jimmy John's. "Jimmy John" Liautaud, Romney likes to remind his audiences, "graduated second in his class — second from the bottom" but still became a successful businessman.
The former Massachusetts governor occasionally surprises audiences with some "he said what?" moments. During a recent taping of ABC's "Live with Kelly and Michael," Romney held hands with his wife, Ann, and traded stories that don't usually come up in the world of heavily scripted modern presidential campaigns.
Ann Romney, who raised five sons with her husband, repeated a story she typically tells about how, after the 2008 campaign, she told Romney she never wanted him to run for president again. Romney said his response was: "You know, Ann, you say that after every pregnancy!"
But the interview got even more revealing. Mrs. Romney talked about a visit to the White House with Texas first lady Anita Perry that led to them opening a door and finding President George W. Bush in the middle of a massage. Bush later told an embarrassed Mrs. Romney, "I look pretty good, don't I?"
The fun continued when former New York Giants lineman Michael Strahan asked Mrs. Romney, "What does Mitt wear to bed?" prompting her husband to pipe in and say, "I hear the best answer is as little as possible."
Some comedians and satirists say the campaigns could benefit from more light moments. Actor and stand-up comedian Gilbert Gottfried said in an interview that, from his vantage point, the campaign trail humor has been "almost as bad as the banter that goes on with presenters at awards' shows."
Gottfried said he remembered being struck by how Republican Bob Dole showed his sense of humor in commercials and television appearances after his losing 1996 campaign — and how it could have helped him during the campaign.
"I remember watching him, thinking had he done that before, he may have won the election," Gottfried said. "Because during the election he came across as the grumpy old man who is chasing you away from his lawn."
Will Durst, a political satirist, said a sense of humor can serve as a humanizing element for presidential contenders. He suggested Romney could benefit from making light of some of his so-called "gaffes," offering a line such as: "The campaign is so busy right now my wife is driving both Cadillacs."
"Humor is cathartic. It's very important to us as American people and to our leaders," Durst said. "When we see them enjoying it, I think it gives them hope."
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When Joy McCormack's son was murdered after a Halloween party in 2009, she was lost: not only in trying to rationalize why this senseless act occurred, but also in the horrific aftermath of navigating everything from emergency rooms to courtrooms.
"I looked in the phone book, I looked online, but I could find no resources to help me," McCormack said. "I was so outraged and so shocked. I thought, 'How could this be happening to me? What's going on? Why is no one helping me?' "
McCormack's son--Francisco "Frankie" Valencia--was a DePaul University honors student who was awarded an Illinois Lincoln Laureate Award for his excellence in leadership and service. He was active on the campus community and campaigned for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
But two semesters shy of graduation, and days before he was to receive the Laureate award, Valencia was gunned down by a gangbanger who was angry for being kicked out of a party.
During his time at DePaul, Valencia had a mantra that he often posed to family and friends: "We are the future. How will you make it better? How will you be remembered?"
Just six months after Valencia's death, McCormack seemed to answer her son's question by starting a nonprofit organization called Chicago's Citizens for Change, which aims to support victims' families, reduce youth violence and chip away at the stereotypes often associated with gun murders.
"I knew that I was outraged, but I didn't know where to begin," McCormack said. "So that was my first goal, to get people connected and get people together."
Her first step to kick-start the organization was to put together a steering committee that includes professionals, community leaders and volunteers who believe in her cause. McCormack then held focus groups to assess the greatest needs for families who have lost a loved one to violence.
"When people go through this kind of experience, the trauma that you're left with, the post-traumatic stress, the depression, the consequences of that are extremely paralyzing," McCormack said. "Imagine living in a community where half the block is paralyzed in that way?"
While the members of CCC regularly testify at legislative hearings and attend anti-violence and gun rallies, McCormack said the part of the program that specifically targets the families, dubbed "Chicago Survivors," is the most critical aspect of the organization.
"It's really important to create a program so that every family that goes through this is supported in their experience and knows they aren't alone," McCormack said.
Chicago Survivors holds support group meetings every six weeks for victims' families to get together and share their experiences. The program also provides referrals for grief counseling and funeral services, guides families through court proceedings and helps them get in touch with detectives.
"We walk through every step in the process," McCormack said. "If the case is unsolved, we try to get people to come forward and break the code of silence. If the case is solved, we help them prepare for what can be a very difficult legal process and trial and sentencing."
The domestic violence hotline has agreed to help host a 24/7 "Chicago Survivors hotline" in the future. Eventually, McCormack also hopes to have a "palm card" that is distributed to every victim's family on first response--just like the ones that are given to domestic violence victims--that provides the hotline number, website and basic information on how to get help.
But her biggest hurdle, like most nonprofit organizations, is raising adequate funds. Despite working a full-time job and not receiving any compensation for her work with CCC, McCormack tirelessly fundraises and sinks all her free time into the organization.
In addition to supporting families, McCormack has worked to educate youth about violence by providing her personal story to Steppenwolf Theater for an ongoing play series, "How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence," which wrapped up in March.
"By sharing our experiences and allowing our lived experiences to become real, a lot of people connected to this issue in a way that they hadn't previously connected," McCormack said.
Miles Harvey wrote the play, which toured in libraries and was designed to be discussed in high school classrooms, based on the stories of Chicago murder victims and their families, although he was instantly drawn to Valencia and McCormack's story.
"I do think for the thousands of young people who saw (the play), it was a profound experience," said Harvey, an English professor at DePaul. "Frankie's an important character because he made important choices about how he wanted to live his life and spoke about them eloquently. He's an inspiration, and I think kids can mourn him and relate to him in a powerful way."
Harvey interviewed victims' families, gang members, cops, clergy and community activists for the play. He met with McCormack multiple times, and she even shared Frankie's personal writings and videos, so Harvey was able to paint a vivid picture of Frankie even though they had never met.
Both the play and CCC were only dreams for Harvey and McCormack during their initial meetings. Now, the play is being turned into a book, and CCC is close to becoming a staple of support for murder victim's families in Chicago.
"One of the things that's been exceptional for me is to watch how Joy's dealt with the pain in an incredibly positive way," Harvey said. "It doesn't bring Frankie back, but I think it honors him in a profoundly beautiful way."
Melanie Zanona is a RedEye special contributor.
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Commentary: Uber's $18.2B Valuation Is a Head Scratcher
Ride-sharing company Uber is great at execution and long on vision, but one thing investors who just valued the company at $18.2 billion might be overlooking is the fact that the "moat" around Uber's services is incredibly shallow. This means competitors -- and they will be legion -- might have little trouble taking business away from the company and limiting its ultimate size.
Why do I think this? Lately I've been interrogating every ride sharing driver and cabbie I ride with. (I don't own a car and I travel a lot, always in cities with Uber, so this happens often.) They're a remarkably chatty bunch. Here's the primary theme that emerged from talking to them:
Drivers are completely mercenary and driven by price; they have no specific loyalty to Uber.
The savviest Uber drivers I've encountered keep two phones or even three, one for each of the ride sharing services they participate in. One San Francisco driver drove a cab for a private taxi company. He also had one phone for Uber, one for its primary competitor, Lyft, one for cab-specific Uber clone Flywheel, and a fourth for receiving dispatch orders from the cab company itself.
Add in the point-of-service terminal where he could accept credit cards (when not taking rides for Uber and Lyft, which automatically charge customers) and at any given moment he was staring at 5 screens.
I'm convinced this man is the future, and it's not one that's favorable for Uber.
Uber's larger vision, according to CEO Travis Kalanick, is to disrupt transportation and "make car ownership a thing of the past."
That's a worthy mission, but the wrinkle is that Uber is entering what is essentially a frictionless market (for both drivers and riders) in which its services are a commodity. The company's phenomenal growth so far (we don't know the actual numbers, but doubling in revenue every 6 months is what Kalanick claims) has been built on the back of low-hanging fruit -- expansion into new cities, particularly where taxi availability is low -- and levels of dissatisfaction among taxi drivers that may be temporal. (When I asked drivers who had a particular loyalty to Lyft why they liked the company, they said they felt it treated them better in general.)
In both respects, Uber's growth is reminiscent of Groupon, and we know what happened to them.
I say ride-sharing is "frictionless" because in its price war with Lyft, both companies are forced to constantly lower prices, and riders -- especially those whom the company presumes will give up their cars -- are naturally price sensitive. Even if Uber uses its funds to try to crush competition such as Lyft, the Lyft model is simpler than Uber's and built on recruiting everyday folks, not professional drivers. It isn't hard to enter this market.
Unlike Apple and Google, which own much of the ecosystems on which their respective marketplaces are built, Uber doesn't own anything, other than its apps and dispatch service. That means Uber can only ever be a participant in a much larger and more diverse ecosystem -- transportation -- in which both drivers and riders can opt for the non-Uber option at any moment.
I'm sure Uber has convinced its investors that its future includes myriad ways to both differentiate and dominate the market it's in, but getting from point A to point B is not, nor has it ever been, the kind of winner-take-all market that allowed Facebook to reach its current size.
Uber has also touted itself as something much bigger than a transportation alternative, and in New York City it's experimenting with becoming a courier service. This has led some to imagine that Uber might someday be a do-anything service that does everything from picking up your dry cleaning to dropping off your donations to Goodwill, but services that actually do this sort of thing -- like TaskRabbit -- have seen only modest growth. And the idea that Uber might become something like the last-mile UPS alternative that allows a company like Amazon to achieve same-day delivery seems far fetched at best.
Even the most aggressive estimates of Uber's value -- let's assume the company captures 50% of the world taxi market in 5 years -- mean the company would still be worth less than $18.2 billion. As VC Marc Andreessen, an investor in Uber competitor Lyft, famously put it: In tech, being early is the same thing as being wrong. Uber is the first to the game of ride sharing, and this is a marketplace the size of which is ill-defined. It's quite possible that investors have wildly overestimated the ultimate size of Uber's potential revenue.
Christopher Mims is The Wall Street Journal's technology columnist. Write him at email@example.com, and follow him @mims on Twitter.
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Before we begin the review, one thing to get clear about "Crawlspace." This is not the "Crawlspace" from 1986 starring Klaus Kinski, and it's not the "Crawlspace" that's set to be released later this year starring Lori Loughlin. It's also not the film that was originally named "Crawlspace" before getting re-named "The Descent" (yes, that "The Descent). No, this "Crawlspace" was released in 2012 and is from Australia.
"The Snowtown Murders" is a movie about one of Australia's most notorious serial killers, John Bunting, and how he came to seduce a group of people into helping him torture, kill, and dispose of anyone he saw fit. The story is told through the eyes of a young man, Jamie, who almost never talks, and basically just reacts to the things that Bunting does. He essentially only ever serves as a proxy for the audience. Jaime is befriended by Bunting after the neighborhood finds out that his next-door neighbor molested Jamie and his brothers.
The angst and elation of maturity are the heartbeats of mainstream cinema's adolescence. Through several decades of teen comedies and horror films there is the consistent playing out of maturation through sexuality, violence (graphic or not), and familial independence. Often genres such as comedy and horror are in themselves perceived as "adolescent" in their form and content. So it is unsurprising—if not appropriate—that such films often find teenagers as their core characters.
Rutger Hauer has landed the role of vampire hunter Van Helsing in upcoming Dario Argento film "Dracula 3D". That combined with his role in "Hobo With a Shotgun" has made Hauer the hottest new item in Hollywood. You'll see him on the cover of Bop! and Tiger Beat next month. The girls are going gaga for him.
Rob Zombie recently sat down to discuss his next project titled "Lords of Salem" saying it's the "bleakest of all my films". He goes on to state that the "Blob" remake is no longer happening with him at least and that he won't be touching another remake for a while. Seems he's found there's no real winning with horror fans when it comes to remakes. Kind of makes us sounds like jerks, which is true but still it doesn't have to be said. I have feelings too, Rob!
Australia seems like a happy fun loving place with their Kangaroos and Vegemite but I'm here to tell you they're a bunch of sickos. Case in point is the trailer for the new flick "Bad Behavior" which has a kind of "Clockwork Orange" type vibe to it. Meaning if "Clockwork Orange" had a bald fat man vomiting blood on a women, which I'm 99% sure it didn't.
With its release being only a year away we're all getting really excited for "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters". Did I mention it's going to be in 3D? Anyway Ingrid Bolsø Berdal is the latest witch to be cast in the flick and I assume that means she will in fact be hunted. Of course she should be hunted in real life also, never trust anyone with one of those o's with a line in it in their name. 9 times out of 10 they're complete pricks.


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(RNN) - The airline industry has come to a harsh realization over the past 10 years.
Airlines have reinvented the way they operate in the wake of 9/11. And they've had to cut the fat in order to optimize profits.
The result: airline mergers.
Problems at American Airlines and seemingly imminent merger with US Airways have brought airline consolidation into the spotlight again.
Mergers are the result of airline deregulation. After the federal government opened up the airline industry in the 1980s, new carriers entered the industry and fares sank.
"There was so much fierce competition that airlines were going out of business, and that helped prevent the type of consolidation you see now," said Joshua Schank, Eno Center for Transportation CEO and president.
Schank said the only way an airline can grow in today's industry is by consolidating.
Unfortunately, that doesn't result in increased service or better prices.
The first in a long line of airline mergers came shortly before 9/11. Feeling the strife of financial issues and bad press, St. Louis-based carrier Trans World Airlines was acquired by AMR Corp, the parent company of Fort Worth, TX-based American Airlines.
The merger closed by the end of the year and American ended up being the only major U.S. airline that did not file for bankruptcy after 9/11.
It was a merger that kept planes flying, passengers moving and employees working.
At least that's how American sold it.
American juristically scaled back the size of the combined operation, preferring assets from the old American Airlines.
TWA had 417 daily departures out of their St. Louis hub before the merger. American decreased that number to 207 flights in less than three years. They currently list less than 40 daily departures.
St. Louis, a mid-sized city, was less valuable to their network because of its smaller population. Hubs with more origin and destination, or O&D, passengers are not dependent on connecting travelers alone.
"The more people you have in the city and metropolitan region, the stronger the hub. That's why the hubs in the smallest regions are first to go," said Schank.
Similar mergers slimmed down airline operations at mid-sized cities after 9/11. US Airways and America West merged in 2005, aiding in the closure of hubs in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas. Pittsburgh, which had over 500 departing US Airways flights before 9/11, now sees about 40 flights.
Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines merged about five years later, creating the most flown airline in the world. However, the new airline also trimmed the fat. The company shrank some of the airlines smaller hubs, including Delta's in Cincinnati and Northwest's in Memphis, TN.
Most recently, United and Continental Airlines completed their merger. The new airline, flying as United, serves more cities than any carrier. However, the former Continental hub in Cleveland faces the axe.
"You're going to see the same thing with a US Airways-American merger. There are going to be certain hubs that are deemphasized," said Schank. "If I was Charlotte, I would be a little nervous."
Consequently, passengers have to connect through "mega hubs" like Atlanta, Chicago-O'Hare and Dallas-Ft. Worth.
Less nonstop flights also results in fewer seats. Airlines have cut back their schedules and increasing their load factors.
Empty seats equate to money lost and airlines are filling up planes by forcing passengers on fewer flights.
US Airways has reduced its total capacity by 8 percent over the past 7 years. The airline previously recorded load factors in the mid to high 70 percentile. In September, they announced an 87.3 percent load factor, setting a company record.
Delta's load factor, previously in the high 70s, has also rallied to the low 80s since merger consolidations. September brought an 83.2 percent load factor.
Airlines have not passed any of their savings onto consumers regardless of constant consolidations and capacity cutbacks.
According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the average price of an airline ticket was $355.72 during the first quarter of 2011. The average ticket price was $301.39 during the same quarter in 2005, before the US Airways/America West and Delta/Northwest mergers.
Schank added that a US Airways/American merger would almost certainly lead to higher fares.
The merger would also continue to reduce choices and shrink capacity.
Destinations might be additionally cut from some cities served by both airlines.
For instance, if a city has service to American's Dallas-Ft. Worth hub and the US Airways hubs of Phoenix or Charlotte, NC, a combined airline might discontinue service to one or two of those airports. A move like this would primarily affect smaller airports.
Despite the perils of airline consolidation, there's at least one benefit: a stronger industry.
The airline resulting from a merger typically surfaces as a financially stable company. Although this is due to less competition and the ability to charge higher fares, airlines can give better service.
"(An airline) can offer higher frequencies through big hubs," added Schank. "And the bigger the hub, the more effective the service is for the average traveler," said Schank.
Schank added that business travelers might also benefit from mergers because it gives them an opportunity to stay loyal to one airline and get frequent flier perks.
And although the future of American Airlines may be uncertain, a merger with US Airways might be its best option for stability.
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Davone Atrayo Bess (born September 13, 1985 in Hayward, California) is an American football wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Hawaii.
Bess attended Skyline High School in Oakland, California and was a student and a letter-man in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he was a first team All-City wide receiver as a junior. As a senior, he led his team to the League Championship and was a second team All-City quarterback. Davone Bess graduated from Skyline High School in 2003.
Bess grew up five minutes away from the Oakland Coliseum as an avid Oakland Raiders fan and even played a high school playoff game for Skyline High during his senior year at the Coliseum. His favorite player was Tim Brown.


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On Monday, July 29th, Andy Dorman and Kelyn Rowe joined former Revolution goalkeeper Doug Warren at Crossroads for Kids summer camp at Camp Wing in Duxbury, Mass.
Crossroads for Kids is dedicated to creating a safe and caring community where young people from at-risk environments discover a sense of belonging and a passion for life. Beginning with its summer camp programs, Crossroads provides life-changing experiences and support that builds trust and healthy relationships kids can count on throughout their childhood, teenage years and beyond.
During their visit, the Revs got a tour of the grounds from a number of staff and campers, appropriately named ambassadors. These ambassadors shared their experiences at Camp Wing and showed Dorman, Rowe and Warren the sites – from the rock wall to the cabins. Highlights included a stop at the fields to play some soccer with campers and a dining hall dance party during lunch.
For more information about Crossroads for Kids or to find how you can get involved, check out www.crossroads4kids.org.


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Wearing a wristwatch seems almost anachronistic in this age of information technology.
For today's "wrist devices," finding out the time is practically secondary to receiving email or monitoring the wearer's vital statistics, such as blood sugar levels, said Randy Jaye, the president of the Daytona Beach Chapter 154 of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors.
But as the "Watches and Clocks Road Show" demonstrated on Sunday at Duff's Original Buffet in South Daytona, the fascination with timepieces is timeless, whether it be satisfying the curiosity of how things work or providing the time travel experience of nostalgia.
There were financial implications as well because the show provided evaluations of heirlooms and antiques, but not actual appraisals because members of the club are not certified to do appraisals, Jaye said.
Restoring old clocks and watches is a full-time job for Mike Katz, the owner of H & E Clocks Inc., who makes house calls on grandfather clocks.
"There might be fewer people wearing wristwatches nowadays because the time appears on everybody's cellphone, but there are still plenty of wristwatches out there that need fixing," said Katz of Port Orange.
Ed O'Brien, a clock repairman from Winter Park, demonstrated the LeCoultre Atmos clock. Manual wind-up is not required because the clock gets its energy from changes in the temperature.
"A one-degree change in room temperature will wind the clock for 48 hours," said O'Brien of a clock originally manufactured in the late 1920s.
Because central air and heating systems have become so efficient, the Atmos has been known to have problems in controlled environments where the temperature is very consistent.
To get a stalled Atmos ticking again, O'Brien recommended placing it outside on a porch or inside the refrigerator.
Historically, the Atmos clock has been a status gift for retiring executives and heads of state.
Many of the show's timepieces recalled another time.
A commemorative watch for a 1973 professional golf tournament in Atlanta had a gone-with-the-wind quality because the tournament sponsor, Eastern Air Lines, no longer exists.
In this age of recycling, broken clocks have become treasure mines for Steampunks, who like to dress in the costumes of late 19th Century to early 20th Century science fiction characters.
Steampunks like to make jewelry and accessories from old gears and coils.
O'Brien may not share their sense of style, but appreciates their creativity, he said.
"It's a blessing," he said. "It might be brass scrap to me, but you can make art of it."
Clock, watch collectors satisfy curiosity, nostalgia
Wearing a wristwatch seems almost anachronistic in this age of information technology.


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Here you'll find recipes that use a variety of vegetables like zucchini, eggplant, mushrooms, artichokes, pumpkin, spinach, silver beet, sweet potatoes, okra, beans or bok choy. Need more ideas for vegetarian bakes and barbecues? Here you can expand your tofu, tempeh, cheese, lentil, bean, gluten, quinoa and grain repertoire. You'll also find falafels, vegetarian burgers, curries, salads and vegetarian pasta meals.
This is a great, easy recipe people love. Our family has made it for gatherings for as long as I can remember. Refried beans are layered with guacamole, a seasoned sour cream mixture, cheese and vegetables. Serve it with tortilla chips. Enjoy!
A popular streetfood in the Phillipines, kwek kwek refers to the smaller quail eggs and tokneneng is for the larger chicken eggs. These hard-boiled eggs are dipped in orange coloured flour batter and deep fried then served with sweet sour sauce.
Kanom Krok is an ubiquitous street snack made in the cast iron kanom krok pan. This version is rich, custardy and consistent. Recipes vary wildly, but this one works every time. More important than the recipe, though, is having a seasoned pan and even heat. I use a charcoal brazier, but you can use a gas burner that is wide and has a low temperature setting.
This anytime snack is like a doughnut, but slightly more dense. They are best eaten warm.
Banana muffins make a healthy snack for children after school. They are so easy to make and freeze well too. So, make these instead of throwing away those brown bananas!


text: In this draft of a chapter for his book Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, Dr. King offers an in-depth description of the plight of African Americans over the past few hundred years and how it will never be fully understood by their white counterparts. He recounts the issues associated with American slavery – the dehumanization of slaves and the destruction of the family unit. He ties what happened in the past to what is occurring in the present, explaining that because of these layers of oppression African Americans have to play catch up to be seen as equals in America.


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Heat, humidity hamper Gothenburg runners
COZAD—It certainly wasn't ideal running conditions for a cross country meet on Thursday.
With the temperature over 100 degrees and a hot wind, some runners struggled to complete the course.Gothenburg had its share of difficulties as the girls finished seventh in the team standings without a medalist.
Kearney took the girls team title, bringing in all six varsity runners in the top 10.
Sophomore Alayna Collins was the first Swede to cross the line in 18:30.0 with Abbie Mazour not far behind.
"The meet was an experience builder for a lot of our runners," said coach Steve Reeves. "We will improve."
On the boys side, Hastings captured the team title with four runners earning medals.
The Swede boys only put four runners on the course, not earning a team score.
Swede senior Alex Spencer led the way for Gothenburg, finishing in 18:53.3 outside the medals.
Aaron Collins was the second of the Swede boys to cross the line.
Younger runners showed lots of promise for the Swedes. Reeves said he was especially proud of the junior high kids.
Seven of the 15 junior high boys and girls completed their mile race under six minutes.
Weather conditions should improve for Swede runners this weekend as it will be cooler when they travel to Broken Bow on Saturday morning.
The meet at the Broken Bow Country Club is set to begin at 10 a.m.
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Emily Dickinson at Poets House
On view October 20, 2011 through February 18, 2012
Poets House celebrates the life and work of iconic poet Emily Dickinson in a groundbreaking exhibition of original manuscripts, rare books and even a recipe from the Donald & Patricia Oresman Collection. Most of the pieces are on view for the first time to the public. The Donald & Patricia Oresman Collection is one of the larger holdings of privately-owned Dickinson manuscripts and represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see many of these materials.
With a smaller, concurrent exhibition of curator Jen Bervin's Dickinson-based works, as well as a sequence of related public programs, this exhibition evokes the radical nature of Dickinson's writing process and poetry, opening new doors for Dickinson lovers and inspiring Dickinson neophytes. Bervin, herself a poet and artist, brings together text, textile and archival research in a practice that encompasses artist books, poetry and large-scale art works. Her exhibition of large-scale sewn composites based on the variant marks in Emily Dickinson's manuscripts are exhibited for the first time in New York, along with new white-on-white works based on Dickinson's fragments.
Both exhibitions are on view through January 28, 2012.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jacob Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary, pledged to work with Congress on a comprehensive overhaul of the tax code while urging lawmakers to avoid automatic spending cuts that could slow the economy's progress.
During a three-hour confirmation hearing Wednesday, Lew fielded a broad range of questions about how he would handle a number of challenging issues, including Europe's debt crisis, U.S.-China relations and the implementation of the 2010 financial regulatory overhaul.
But the sharpest questions focused on his brief tenure at Citibank, where he was a top executive during the height of the financial crisis. Republicans pressed him about his duties and a nearly $1 million bonus he received when the bank was being bailed out by taxpayers.
Overall, the hearing was mostly friendly with few tense moments. And when it concluded, Sen. Orrin Hatch, the panel's ranking Republican, said he thought Lew had "done very well."
Lew, 57, most recently served as Obama's chief of staff. He is expected to win Senate confirmation late this month and would succeed Timothy Geithner, who stepped down in January after serving as Treasury secretary during Obama's first term.
Much of Lew's testimony reflected the Obama administration's message. He advocated a balanced approach to reducing the long-term budget deficit through spending cuts and additional tax revenue. He said he would be open to "sensible reforms to Medicare." And he urged lawmakers to avoid $85 billion in defense and domestic spending that are set to kick in on March 1.
The cuts, Lew said, would impose "self-inflicted wounds to the recovery and put far too many jobs and businesses at risk."
When asked about tax reform, Lew was upbeat without offering any real details.
He said he would look forward to working with the committee on a rewrite of the tax code and that the way to accomplish it would be to scale back deductions so that tax rates can be lowered.
"But broadening the base means taking on a lot of entrenched interests," Lew said. "I think we can do it."
Lew declined to say what current deductions he would recommend scaling back so that tax rates could be lowered.
Several senators wanted to know more about Lew's three years working for Citi, including a brief period when he was chief operating officer for an investment unit at the bank in 2008. During that time, the bank received the first installment of a $45 billion bailout from the federal government. It has since paid back the money back.
Lew's unit had been criticized for making risky investments that imploded during the crisis. Lew told the panel that he did not make decisions about investments during that time.
"I was not in the business of making investment decisions," he said. "I was aware of what was going on, but I wasn't designing" the investment funds.
Lew left in early 2009 to join the Obama administration. Shortly before his departure, he was paid a $940,000 bonus. Lawmakers wanted to know why he received such a large bonus when the bank was receiving billions in aid from the government.
"I was compensated for my work," Lew said. "I'll leave for others to judge."
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, also questioned Lew about an investment of $56,000 he made in an offshore fund registered at a Cayman Islands address. Critics — including Obama — have called the property a tax haven.
Lew sold the investment in 2010 for $54,418, losing money on the investment. He said that he had reported the investment transaction on his tax reforms and had paid all required taxes.
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__Promised to keep pressure on China to allow its currency, the yuan, to rise in value against the dollar. That would make U.S. goods more competitive in Chinese markets. He also said he would pursue other areas where Chinese trade policies are putting U.S. workers and companies at an unfair advantage.
__ Defended the 2010 financial overhaul law. But he said the rules must balance the need to prevent another financial crisis with not over-burdening banks with too many regulations.
__Expressed the view that Europe is making good progress in dealing with its debt crisis. But he said further steps would be needed. He said that he had followed the issue closely as Obama's chief of staff because the president had been deeply involved with Geithner in working with European leaders.


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Drunken driver arrested after fatal hit-and-run crash, police say
Drunken driver arrested after fatal hit-and-run crash, police say
A drunken driver was arrested and charged in a hit-and-run crash with a motorcycle in Albuquerque on Friday, police said.
Peter Lafond was driving a motorcycle south on Unser Boulevard NW when he collided with a car driven by Amanda Casaus, who had pulled into his lane about 4:08 p.m. Friday, police said.
Lafond was pronounced dead at the scene.
Casaus, 24, attempted to flee the scene on foot was quickly arrested, police said.
Casaus was found to be intoxicated at the time of the crash, according to police.
She was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center on a charge of vehicular homicide.


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(Reuters) - EMC Corp, the world's leading maker of corporate data storage equipment, and its publicly-traded subsidiary, software maker VMware Inc, are planning to merge their data analytics and cloud application assets, EMC said on its website.
EMC said on Tuesday the companies expect to combine a number of divisions into the new group - called the Pivotal Initiative - by the second quarter of 2013 and said the specific operational structure will be determined then.
Paul Maritz, EMC's Chief Strategy Officer, will head the group, EMC said.
An EMC spokeswoman declined to elaborate on the plans.
The companies will provide an update on the details of the plans in the first quarter of next year, EMC said.
The move will combine EMC's data analytics division Greenplum and its Pivotal Labs group with VMware's vFabric, SpringSource and Gemstone units as well VMware's data analytics company Cetas and CloudFoundry, a cloud computing platform as a service.
This will affect about 600 employees from VMware and 800 employees from EMC, the company said.
Analysts said the realignment may eventually result in a spin-out of the new group.
"This is a very good move," said Kaushik Roy, a longtime EMC watcher who is a principal with Hercules Technology Growth Capital.
"Both companies have applications that are overlapping," he said, adding that "if things go well they may spin it off".
Tech analyst Alkesh Shah at Buckingham Research Group said the companies could decide on a partial spin-out of the unit in 2014/2015.
"This realignment should enable EMC to position itself more as a Cloud enabler while VMware can concentrate on its expanded strategy of the software-defined datacenter," Shah said.
(Reporting By Nicola Leske, editing by Nick Zieminski)


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After his wife's death, 80-year-old Fauja Singh moved to the United Kingdom to live with his son. Being in a strange country and speaking a foreign language, Singh felt isolated until he rediscovered an old passion — running. Thirteen years later, he is the marathon world record holder for adults 90 years of age and older. His time is 5 hours, 40 minutes.
Singh's rise in the marathon world started five years ago, when at age 89, he completed the 26.2-mile race in six hours, 50 minutes. What made this so special was that he knocked 58 minutes off the previous world best in the 90-plus age bracket. Since then, he has completed seven marathons and holds eight world records. His achievements have not gone unnoticed. In 2004 Adidas signed him for an advertising campaign that also featured soccer great David Beckham. The campaign's tag line, "Impossible is Nothing," reflects not only Singh's achievements but also those of older athletes from around the world.
The United States alone has more than 250,000 older athletes. Their desire to compete has created the need for the national and state Senior Games and Senior Olympics. Last year, more than 10,400 older athletes went for gold at the National Senior Olympic Games.
How can you tap into this market? The following are eight tips to share with your staff and your clients as the first steps to building life champions:
- Don't underestimate your clients' desires
When older clients want to train for a competitive sport or a competition, such as a marathon or triathlon, don't discard their commitment or capabilities. Singh is only one example of what happens when desire is set in motion.
- The aging body
Many of the perceptions of the older body's capabilities are incorrect and debilitating to a generation whose true potential is snuffed out by ageism. Gerontologists have found that many of the issues we attribute to aging are more a function of disuse. When your clients choose to challenge their bodies and minds, they can push past what was once thought unachievable.
- Set goals
When setting goals for your clients, identify the challenges they will face along the way. Create a realistic picture of what they will and won't have to do to achieve.
- Short-term advances
Monitor your clients' progress on a regular basis to ensure that they are making the desired improvements in performance. This not only motivates older athletes, but it also ensures that their bodies can handle the training. For example, an older body takes more time to heal after a competition, so encourage your clients to compete less frequently but to go for it when they do. And, competing less may improve their performance.
- Create a foundation
Before starting your clients on a sports-specific training regime, build a solid foundation by having them participate in a regular fitness program that includes cardio, strength, balance, range of motion and flexibility training. Once they have the foundation in place, you will be able to build upon it, bit by bit.
- Get rest
Older athletes may require more rest to recover from their training. Structure the program to take this into consideration. Also recognize that people over the age of 50 are more likely to experience aches and pains. For some, the pain may be debilitating, which will require adjusting their training. Some may find relief by doing flexibility exercises throughout their program or by participating in less strenuous sessions in the pools. You may also wish to make warm-ups and cool downs more gradual and longer.
- Water counts
Aging reduces the body's mechanism to alert us about thirst and dehydration, placing the older client at risk. This can affect older people's ability to compete and process their medication. It can even lead to illness. Remind your older clients to drink water before, during and after training.
- Enjoy the experience
For many older adults, the most rewarding part of the journey on to competition is the experiences they gain and challenges that they overcome. Make sure to recognize and reward these along the way.
They may not be household names, but Gail Kantak, Al Gabbard and Oscar Peyton are all Senior Olympians who tapped into their passion for competition and desire to excel. They are all life champions. By helping your members tap into their competitive spirit, you are helping to create an environment that says, "It's never too late to pursue your dreams, and we will help you."
Colin Milner is chief executive officer of the International Council on Active Aging™. An award-winning writer, Milner has authored more than 100 articles on aging-related issues. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Classic rockers coming to Summerfest
Headliners for BMO Harris Pavilion announced
Summerfest officials have announced the lineup of headliners who will perform at the BMO Harris Pavilion at this year's festival. They also announced how fans can buy Blue Circle Seat Passes in advance and on the day of the show.
Headliners at BMO Harris Pavilion are:
- June 26 -- Foreigner with special guest Bad Boy, 8 p.m.
- June 27 -- Billy Idol with special guest Cherry Pie, 8 p.m.
- June 28 -- LL Cool J featuring DJ Z-Trip with special guest Terry Simms, 8 p.m.
- June 29 -- The Zombies with special guest Et Tu Bruce', 2 p.m.; Dispatch with special guest The Ballroom Thieves, 8 p.m.
- June 30 -- Alice Cooper with special guest No Quarter (Led Zeppelin Tribute), 8 p.m.
- July 2 -- Styx with special guest Connor Christian with Southern Gothic, 8 p.m.
- July 3 -- Cody Simpson with special guest Ryan Beatty, 2 p.m.; The Go-Go's with special guest Streetlife with Warren Wiegratz, 8 p.m.
- July 4 -- Barenaked Ladies with special guest Vicci Martinez, 8 p.m.
- July 5 -- Lewis Black, 8 p.m.
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GParted FAQ
1: What does GParted stand for?
GNOME PARTition EDitor. You can also think of GParted as Graphical Partition Editor.
2: What is the difference between partition editing software and partition management software?
There is no difference. GParted was originally conceived as partition editing software but there are many other names that encompass the same or similar functionality including: Partition Management, Partition Manager, Partition Editing, Partition Editors, and Partitioning Software.
3: Is GParted really free?
Yes. You do not have to pay money to use GParted. You have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve GParted. GParted is free software.
4: What is the difference between GParted and GParted Live?
GParted is the partition editor application.
GParted Live is a small bootable GNU/Linux distribution that contains the partition editor application.
5: What are the dependencies of GParted?
You will need Parted >= 1.7.1 and Gtkmm >= 2.8.x
Get Parted from http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
and Gtkmm from http://gtkmm.org/
Also, several file systems are supported through their native tools. See the features page for more information on these tools.
For a more detailed list of package dependencies, see the "Building from Source" section of the README file.
6: Is it safe?
Short answer: Yes, it is safe :)
By using the official tools for each file system and performing extensive checks before any actual operation I think GParted is as safe as it can/should be.
Of course you have to realize I cannot give any guarantees, so you should probably make a backup of important data before toying with your partitions.
NOTE: If you move a partition that is used in the operating system boot process (for example the C: drive in Windows), then the operating system might fail to boot.
To fix this problem you will need to repair the boot configuration.
See FAQ #13 for Linux/GRUB.
See FAQs #14, #15, and #16 for Windows.
See FAQ #21 for Mac OS X.
7: Is there a maximum to the amount of operations in the list?
Nope, that is, not one an ordinary human being will ever reach.
I myself tested it with up to 150 operations and it went smoothly.
HOWEVER, I think it's wise to keep the amount of succesive operations limited. After all it's your data which is at risk.
Especially when doing complex operations (copy,resize) I advise you to take it one step at a time.
When resizing boot NTFS partitions, it is advisable to perform this as a single operation only. After resizing, boot into Windows twice to allow Windows to perform its checking operations.
8: What is the maximum amount of logical partitions an extended partition can hold?
Well, in theory you could go on and create logical partitions infinitely; however, all operating systems impose some limit. For Linux it is the device number allocation that limits support.
For IDE devices 64 minor numbers are reserved for each disk. For instance /dev/hda is major 3 minor 0, /dev/hda1 is major 3, minor 1, etc up till /dev/hda63.
For SCSI devices only 16 minor numbers are allocated for each disk, so there Linux only supports 15 partitions. Devices that use the SCSI driver have names like /dev/sda.
NOTE: When GParted is linked with libparted 3.1+, the limit of 15 partitions is removed.
9: Why are some menu items disabled?
1. The partition is mounted and modifying a mounted partition is DANGEROUS. Just unmount the partition or in case of swap, disable it (use swapoff).
2. At startup GParted decides which operations on which file systems are supported. For instance, to create an ext3 file system GParted needs mkfs.ext3. If this cannot be found on your system, the creation of an ext3 file system is not possible and therefore disabled in GParted. The same goes for copy, resize etc....
3. Check that you are running the latest version of GParted (menu entry Help -> About). The features page shows which operations are supported for the most recently released version of GParted.
10: Why do I need kernel support to resize certain filesystems (e.g. xfs) ?
That's because those file systems can only be resized when they are mounted and you can only mount a file system if the kernel has support for it.
11: Why does "Scanning all devices..." or "Searching /dev/sda partitions" take exceedingly long on some computers?
1. Check the BIOS settings. This problem can be caused when the BIOS indicates that a floppy drive is present, but no physical floppy drive is installed.
A work around is to start GParted from the command line and pass the name of the device(s) you wish to partition.
E.g., gparted /dev/sda
2. A hard disk device contains a fragmented NTFS or FAT16/32 file system. See Bug 569921 - dosfsck -n delays device scan.
Two work arounds are available.
a) Defragment the NTFS or FAT16/32 file system from Windows.
b) After GParted starts and begins scanning, open a terminal window and use the "ps -ef | egrep 'ntfsresize|dosfsck'" command to locate the process ID, and kill this process ID. If the process is killed then there will be no used and unused space statistics for the file system and some features, such as resizing, will be disabled.
12: Why has GNOME automounting of devices stopped working?
GParted version 0.3.6 (and many earlier versions) created a file to prevent problems that occur if a device is automounted while GParted is working on the device. This file is removed when GParted exits normally. However, if GParted terminated abnormally it could leave this file on the computer.
Newer GParted versions (0.3.7 and greater) do not use this file, and instead rely on hal-lock to acquire device locks.
To fix the problem you can do one of the following:
1. Remove the file /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/gparted-disable-automount.fdi
2. Start and then exit GParted. This will also remove the file.
13: GRUB fails to boot. How can I fix this?
For information on how to restore the ability to boot with GRUB 2 or GRUB Legacy, see the following link:
Fixing GRUB Boot Problem
14: After resizing my Windows 7 or Vista partition, my computer won't boot. How can I fix this?
The following article by the How-To Geek contains useful information regarding resizing your Windows 7 or Vista partition, and getting it to boot again.
Using GParted to Resize Your Windows 7 or Vista Partition
If your PC did not come with a complete Vista installation CD, you can download a Vista Recovery Disc at the following (now requires payment) link:
Windows Vista Recovery Disc
If your PC did not come with a complete Windows 7 installation CD, you can download a Windows 7 System Recovery Disc at the following (now requires payment) link:
Windows 7 System Recovery Disc
15: What are the commands for repairing Windows Vista or Windows 7 boot problems?
The following commands are entered at the command line when using the Recovery Console from the Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation disk.
To repair the Master Boot Record of the boot disk:
bootrec /fixmbr
To write a new partition boot sector to the system partition:
bootrec /fixboot
To rebuild the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store:
bootrec /rebuildbcd
For more details refer to the following link:
How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows
16: What are the commands for repairing Windows XP boot problems?
The following commands are entered at the command line when using the Recovery Console from the Windows XP installation disk.
To repair the Master Boot Record of the boot disk:
To write a new partition boot sector to the system partition:
To rebuild the boot.ini configuration file:
bootcfg /rebuild
For more details refer to the following links:
Fixmbr, Fixboot, Bootcfg
17: How can I improve my ability to shrink an NTFS partition?
Tips on how to improve the ability to shrink NTFS partitions can be found in the GParted Manual here.
Forum member cmdr wrote some detailed instructions on resizing NTFS partitions that can be found at the following link:
Forum Post - Resize-Windows
18: How do I restore my Windows drive letters?
Sometimes after a disk configuration change, Windows will change the drive letter assignment (e.g., from C: to D:).
If this occurs for the boot drive letter, then see:
How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows
If this occurs for a non-boot drive letter, then see one of the following links:
How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP
How to change, add, or remove a drive letter in Windows Vista
19: "ERROR: Current NTFS volume size is bigger than the device size!"
If you encounter an error message similar to the above, then please refer to the following link:
Problems Resizing File Systems with GParted
20: Are you experiencing trouble booting the GParted Live CD / USB image?
Please refer to the GParted live manual Tips on Booting GParted Live.
21: How can I fix missing or lost partitions on Intel-based Mac OS X?
Intel-based Mac OS X uses a combination of GPT and MBR for partition tables. When editing partitions with GParted, the GUID partition table will be updated, and the MSDOS partition table will be set to a single protective entry.
You can re-sync the GPT partition entries to the MSDOS partition table with the following command:
sudo gptsync /path-to-disk-device
Where /path-to-disk-device is something like /dev/sdb
This problem can also be repaired with the rEFIt application.
22: GParted shows entire disk device unallocated, but I know the device has data. How can I fix this?
23: What does the error message "Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition" mean?
24: What are the basic partition rules for an msdos partition table?


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This is the site for 6.034 Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2012, with Professor Patrick Winston.
Logistical stuff:
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Reference stuff:
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In the fall semester of 2012, 6.034 will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 to 11. Most, but not all of Professor Winston's lectures will be on Monday and Wednesday. On most, but not all Fridays, you will learn about what is happening in the field right now from someone who is doing work right now in an area related to the Monday and Wednesday lectures.
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