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Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning taught that lesson to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their All-Pros Monday night.
The Buccaneers sport the best front four on the continent, but they don't rotate defensive linemen, and Manning wore the All-Pros out chasing him in the second half on a long series of long passes.
Then, in one of the great personal quarterbacking triumphs of all time, he rallied the Colts to a surprisingly easy 38-35 comeback victory with the most artistic passing show in recent NFL history, completing so many third-down throws that his official rating as a third-down passer must have bolted into the stratosphere.
As the Buccaneers blew a 35-14 lead in the fourth quarter before blowing up, Manning completed 34 of 47 passes for 386 yards even though his offensive line couldn't protect him when the night was young and the world-champion Buccaneers were well rested.
Then, predictably, their wonderful front four — the NFL's best since the Ram days of Deacon Jones and Merlin Olsen — wore down sprinting in to smash the Colt quarterback. He didn't smash. And on Manning's long overtime drive setting up the winning field goal, he made all four of the critical third-down plays that beat the best team in football.
Leaping Penalty Saves Kicker
THE LEAPING PENALTY, the rarely called restraint that gave the Colts a second chance to win in overtime Monday night after their flustered kicker, Mike Vanderjagt, had failed the first time, is in the NFL code for the players' own protection — and it belongs there.
If you let every tall, eager professional jump any way he wants to, and as high, he might come down heavily on somebody's leg, then spin awkwardly away, turn a cartwheel, fall on his head, and kill himself. Serious injuries on kick-prevention special teams threatened regularly in the old days before the rules were tightened.
It was one of the Buccaneers' tiring All-Pros, Simeon Rice, who somehow summoned the energy to attempt the illegal play that awarded Vanderjagt a bonus chance to kick the football straight, which he didn't really do, either time, but lucked out the second time when the ball hit an upright and flopped over.
Referee Johnny Grier explained the penalty: "Leaping is a player starting more than one yard off the line of scrimmage and running forward and landing on players. He jumped and landed on his own players."
Even so, the leaping penalty isn't what beat Tampa Bay. It was Manning who won this game. It was Manning who beat the intellectual-emotional Tampa coach, Jon Gruden, who had inherited the defense that made him the NFL champion last winter, inheriting from Tony Dungy, the Indianapolis coach who bested him this strange night in Tampa.
Gruden had seen no reason to modernize the great defensive line that Dungy willed him — modernizing with four journeymen in a rotation system with all the All-Pros — but conceivably, he sees some reason now.
For the aging defensive Buccaneers will always be vulnerable to a quarterback like Manning, a quarterback with a lively young passing arm and the young, strong legs to carry him away from Gruden's bruisers. For the present, though, Gruden is safe. Now that Brett Favre is aging too, there's only one Peyton Manning.
1958 Sudden-Death Game Overrated
There are so many good ways to play winning football that "the greatest game ever played" has been played many times.
Best show of them all, conceivably, was Monday night's. Few have been able to do what Dungy and Manning accomplished in the 21-point fourth-quarter rally from 35-14 to 35-35, after which their little three-point overtime performance was a formality against Gruden's dog-tired All-Pros.
Or, possibly, the best game ever played was played in Kansas City Sunday when unbeaten Kansas City came from behind to conquer unbeaten Denver, 24-23. Both sides scored in every quarter to keep it constantly close and dramatic before the Chiefs won with a humdrum play: another long kick return by Dante Hall, his seventh in 10 games, this one for 93 yards.
Or the best game might be coming up this week when the NFL's new power, 4-0 Carolina, conqueror of Super Bowl-champion Tampa Bay, lines up against Manning at 5-0 Indianapolis.
Some say the big one was played 45 years ago in New York when Baltimore's 1958 whiz team won the NFL title by eliminating the New York Giants in sudden-death overtime, 23-17. Within days, New York newspapers had christened that one "greatest game ever played" as well as "the game that made football No. l."
But was it? Not quite, I'd say. Football had become No. 1 in the early 1950s when the Los Angeles Rams began attracting crowds of up to 90,000. The New York writers, smarting from the defection of the Dodgers and Giants to California earlier in 1958, were mainly just sending a message to baseball.
They were also honoring one of their own, the football Giants, who stayed in the East after the baseball Giants skipped out. Best of all for the New York writers, branding the 1958 sudden-death game as greatest ever was telling the world that everything worthwhile happens in New York.
Lombardi Won the Biggest Game
A BETTER CANDIDATE for best ever was the 2000 Super Bowl renewal at Atlanta, where the explosive Rams passed for a record 414 yards against Tennessee's superb defensive team but needed a championship-saving tackle at the one-yard line to win, 23-16, on the game's last play.
Still, football has been around for well over a century. And of the games I've seen in the last 66 years (including all of the above) the "greatest ever played" was presented in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day, 1967, when the Green Bay Packers edged the Dallas Cowboys for the pro championship, 34-27.
It was the last NFL title game played before the start of the long Super Bowl series. And to most sports fans, it was unquestionably the biggest football game that season — which explains why the first Super Bowl didn't sell out two weeks later in Los Angeles (where the Packers beat Kansas City, 35-10).
Matched in the Cotton Bowl that first day of 1967 were the NFL's 1966 conference champions, a Dallas team led by the league's only prominent passing coach, Tom Landry, and the great running team of that era, the Vince Lombardi-led Packers.
Lombardi, fearing Landry's passes, won by abandoning his ground-power machine and repeatedly ordering Green Bay into pass formation. On a day when quarterback Bart Starr threw four touchdown passes for the Packers, they opened a 14-0 lead, only to be caught before the end of the first quarter, 14-14.
It was still close at the half, 21-17, and thereafter, but Lombardi kept Starr throwing, and although Dallas quarterback Don Meredith's 68-yard scoring pass play was the longest of the game, Starr edged him with his last two touchdown passes.
Broncos Still Best in the AFC
DENVER DEMONSTRATED in a beautifully played Week 5 game at Kansas City that although it was to lose eventually to a kick return, it's the best team in the AFC West and most likely in the AFC. Quarterback Jake Plummer outplayed Kansas City quarterback Trent Green and, in a matchup of running backs, Clinton Portis outperformed the Chiefs' more famous Priest Holmes.
Assuming that injuries equalize in the meantime, the Broncos will win the rematch Dec. 7 at Denver. They have some big ones ahead — at Minnesota this month and against New England next month, among others — but they're still on a Super Bowl course.
The kick-return touchdown that outscored Denver, Hall's 93-yard run, was actually a 98-yard play, measuring from the point of his furthest retreat. "Oh, Dante, don't go backwards," Kansas City coach Dick Vermeil exclaimed. But that's part of Hall's style.
He can change direction quicker at speed than any peer — which tells you what makes Dante Hall run. Moreover, his ability to stop and start abruptly, instantly, is unusual. And he also has a rare knack for shifting into full speed at any moment to bypass opponents who seem to have the angle on him. Thus four big runs in four games, an NFL record. He had made three such runs late in the 2002 season.
Clearly, a Hall return is no fluke. But along the way, he has enjoyed the luck that's ever present in football. This time, at the start of his 98-yard run, a teammate illegally clipped two opponents. He wasn't detected, and Hall raced on.
On top of the big plays that had brought Denver's advantage to 23-17 with seven minutes left, Hall's long run pushed the game into the realm of game of the year or, if you prefer to wait awhile, game of the half year.
CBS Makes a Wrong Call
DURING THE WEEK, Denver-Kansas City had figured as, at least, game of the day. Here were two high-scoring pro clubs with sound defenses, both 4-0 in the standings, and both so well coached that a close fight seemed inevitable. So why wasn't the game on the CBS channel in Los Angeles, Channel 2?
Why did CBS decide to present 2-2 Oakland at 0-3 Chicago instead? Hadn't those two teams already proved their ineptness?
In a late-Sunday program when the Week 5 games were over, a CBS announcer, Jim Hill, called Denver-Kansas City the game of the day. But it had been that, and more, all week. Why didn't Hill tell it to his CBS superiors before the game? Why is CBS in bed with the Raiders?
Spokesmen point to a thing or two about ratings. And it's true that the Raiders have a following here, but Los Angeles is an increasingly sophisticated sports town that would turn up higher ratings for bigger games down the road if it saw them now week after week.
The goal of a national network with an affiliate in the Los Angeles area — a place that can count more residents from elsewhere in the nation than any other U.S. area — should be to present the big NFL game of the week every week, regardless of where it's played. The ratings would come along.
TV Needs Colorful Games in L.A.
IT DOESN'T SATISFY sports fans to say that the Oakland-Chicago game was closely contested at the end and won in a last-second upset on a long Bear field goal, 24-21, and that, therefore, the network was justified in showing it to Los Angeles.
Close games count with sports fans, but close colorful games count more. And the Denver-Kansas City game — shown in the Oakland-Chicago time slot — figured to be both close and colorful, as it proved to be.
No pro club is harder to watch this year than the conservative, stumbling Bears, who have been stopping themselves with one penalty after another and who fell behind by 18-3 at the half Sunday and by 18-6 after three quarters though the Raiders were plodding through another off day.
Football is a three-hour game, and in the entertainment era you've made a poor bargain if you waste the first two hours and more only to see a little excitement at the end. Bear quarterback Kordell Stewart gets full credit for the handful of big plays that finally upset Oakland, but Los Angeles TV executives should be thinking of something else. They should remember the way Ram owner Dan Reeves built Los Angeles into the NFL's best football town long ago.
"In this city, it isn't enough to win," Reeves said. "To pull in the crowds, you have to win colorfully."
Today it's still the same in L.A., all over TV-land. There's more entertainment competition here than anywhere else. That goes in music, drama, movies, sports. To think Raiders is to think small. Think NFL, think bigger.
Young Passers Need Noise Experience
THE DALLAS COWBOYS, 3-1 and still leading the NFC East under new coach Bill Parcells, will get one break against the Philadelphia Eagles this week that was denied the Washington Redskins Sunday when they lost at Philadelphia, 27-25. With young quarterback Quincy Carter, the Cowboys are getting the Eagles in friendly Texas Stadium.
Washington, still second in the crowded East, could have won that tight one at Philadelphia if young quarterback Patrick Ramsey had had more experience on loud visiting fields.
The deliberate rounds of noise that handicapped Ramsey every time the Redskins had the ball make Philadelphia the worst in the league for visiting players. For, on a winning day, Eagle fans are the loudest and rowdiest in the league, showing Raider fans how.
It's true that Carter will have to take the Cowboys into Philadelphia in December, but by then Parcells' system will have been installed and ingrained. This is the pivotal week.
When the Redskins couldn't hear Ramsey's signals, they were hustled into six or seven false starts in the Eagle game, and these, and their other noise-related problems, were too much for a young quarterback to overcome.
You'd think a multi-billion dollar business organization like the NFL would take more steps to lessen the unfair home-field edge that makes the difference these days in so many close games. It could be done in several ways. But perhaps the club owners, who enjoy winning for home-town fans, don't really want to even things up.
Call All Late Hits on QBs
ONE OTHER THING really hurt Redskin quarterback Ramsey in Philadelphia: the shots he took after the bell. In general, the officiating was sound there as usual, and the Eagles were called for one attack on Ramsey, but not the time they surrounded him in the first half and pounded him into the ground after he had dispatched a pass.
The first Eagle getting in that time had him. There was no necessity for the next two to crowd in and drive him down.
The problem with all the noise that engulfs visiting teams in NFL stadiums is, first, that it's unfair, unjust, unsportsmanlike. The shouters have one prime objective: to unfairly cripple the visitors. But, second, the screaming home-crowd mob seems to make the home team bloodthirsty.
Ideally, NFL officials would keep that in mind. The only way to restrain the reckless is to make every penalty call, no exceptions, and make it promptly. As Commissioner Paul Tagliabue says, in cases of doubt, give the doubt to the quarterback.
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High-power signal processing and testing requires the use of highfrequency attenuators designed to handle large signals without damage or performance degradation. Especially when working with signals exceeding 1 kW, as common in commercial broadcast and military radar systems, reliable attenuators are critical to any test system. Most attenuators on the market rely on thick or thin film resistive designs screen printed or deposited on a flat ceramic substrate, typically beryllium oxide (BeO), which requires special handling, processing, and disposal procedures. This approach is well suited for lower-power attenuators, but can be difficult and expensive to adapt to power levels beyond 1 kW. Fortunately, another attenuator option cost-effectively provides high average power and high peak power capabilities utilizing standard, offthe- shelf products. The following will explain how to configure a highpower attenuation system from 1 to 12.5 kW for use in broadcast, electromagnetic- compatibility (EMC), semiconductor, military, medical, scientific, and other high-power applications with available standard components.
The first step in developing an effective high-power attenuator system is to choose the proper RF load for the maximum rated peak and average power levels expected in the application. For example, if an application calls for an attenuator with 10-kW average power-handling capability, then a 10-kW load should be specified. One of the most cost-effective and compact types for this power level is an oil (silicon or mineral) dielectric load (Fig. 1). Without the oil dielectric, forced-air cooling a resistor or resistors can result in a load design that is as large as a rack cabinet.
The second step in assembling the high-power attenuator system involves using coaxial connectors that are constructed to handle high power levels, by specifying the load's connector as a 1-5/8-in. EIA flange. This connection joins the load to the rigid line section in the system and typically is not disconnected during a measurement procedure. The rigid line is supplied with a 1-5/8-in. connector, which is typically rated for power-handling capability of about 30 kW. Therefore, the connection to this rigid line section should mate EIA flanges. A coupling assembly between the rigid line and the load connector includes all bolts and hardware needed to mate the two connectors.
The third step in assembling the high-power attenuator system is to specify a 1-5/8-in. flanged rigid line section for attachment to the highpower load (Fig. 2). Once the load's connector has been specified, the coupler/sensor module must be assembled. It consists of a coaxial rigid line section designed to mate to the load. This line section can be supplied in a variety of configurations, such as single, dual, or triple socket. For simplicity, a single socket rigid line section with 1-5/8-in. EIA flange connectors serves many applications.
The fourth step in assembling a high-power attenuator system involves choosing an RF sampling el nondirectional device that has a broadband coupling loop or plate that parallels the center conductor of the rigid line. To be broadband and have negligible impact on insertion loss and VSWR, its mechanical dimensions are held to a very tight tolerance. Once inserted into the line section, this portion of the assembly becomes a 2-to-1000-MHz nondirectional coupler, capable of operating to the power rating of the load. Sampling elements called X-Tractors have a variable set screw that enables minor adjustments of 8 dB from a preset coupling value of 49 dB (Fig. 3). The low signal output is via a BNC female connector on the top of the element. In theory, it is possible to further reduce the signal level by attaching a standard BNC fixed attenuator to the element. The attenuator should be rated for 2 W CW.
An optional fifth step in developing the high-power attenuator system is to choose an input connector for the rigid line section. For truly high-power handling capability, the rigid line section can accept another 1-5/ 8-in. coupler and line section. For convenience, however, it may be preferable to have the input to the rigid line section be more of a standard coaxial type connector, such as a Type N, HN, LC, or 7/16-in. EIA female connector. To accomplish this, standard 1-5/8-in. coaxial adapter kits accept a wide variety of different coaxial connectors in support of many different types of applications. It should be noted that an additional coupler will be needed for this portion of the attenuator assembly (Fig. 4). The final system, assembled with commercial off-the-shelf components and industry-standard coaxial connectors, covers a frequency range from 2 to 1000 MHz with excellent amplitude flatness above about 50 MHz (Fig.5). Below that frequency, fixed-frequency attenuators and more narrowband solutions can be applied for applications requiring higher accuracy.
Specifying a cost-effective attenuator system for high-power testing and other high-power applications does not require custom products, long lead times, multiple vendors, and high non-recurring-engineering (NRE) costs. Time, cost, and space can be saved by using standard off-the-shelf products that are properly matched together. The table offers an example of how standard models can be typically used in a 1-5/8-in. attenuator system that is geared for very high power levels through 1 GHz.

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Within two weeks in September, Americans were cluster-bombed by hate speech and a shock wave of incivility. From politics to music and sports, with the mass media more than willing to devote thousands of column inches and hours of air time to salacious reporting, those shock waves eventually degenerated into mere ripples that have become commonly accepted.
At Fox-inspired teabag parties and the 9/12 demonstration in the nation's capital that drew about 75,000 persons, frustration and a power of helplessness mixed with hate speech. The riled-up Right called those who opposed their views fascists, socialists, Communists, and Nazis. Pictures showed President Obama with a Hitleresque mustache or looking like Chairman Maobama. The mob accused the President of unproven lies, and then added, apparently for good measure, that he wasn't even a true American because he was—pick one or both—a Muslim and/or not even born in the United States. A few signs even called for lynching members of Congress who didn't agree with the Teabagger views.
In a joint session of Congress, Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted out to the President, "You lie!" Republicans around him didn't seem to be shocked at his inappropriate outburst. During the 50-minute address to the nation, the President was subjected to Republican catcalls, one member who wore a sign around his neck asking, "What bill?," and several members who raised papers over their heads during some of the President's statements. Apparently, they didn't think the 161 Republican-proposed amendments already adopted into health care bills weren't enough.
At the U.S. Open, tennis star Serena Williams at the end of a singles match unleashed a profanity-laced diatribe against a line judge.
At the Video Music Awards, rapper Kanye West jumped onto the stage, grabbed the microphone from Taylor Swift, who had just been declared the winner in the Best Female Video category, and announced that Beyoncé should have won.
Although the teabaggers, Republicans who catcalled and raised papers, and news pundits who had inflamed their conservative base never even thought apologies were necessary, at least Wilson, Williams, and West all said they were sorry.
Wilson, pushed by the Republican leadership, quickly apologized to the President, stating that his comment was "inappropriate and regrettable," and reflected a "lack of civility." He said he was sorry, but he believed what he said was accurate. Wilson also claimed the outburst was spontaneous, although he, like the rest of Congress, had a copy of the speech ahead of time. The next day, he joyously signed photos in the halls of Congress and solicited for, and received, a sudden cash spurt of more than a million dollars in contributions from the ultra-right within a week of his outburst.
Williams, a day after her outburst, said she let her passion and emotion get the better of her, that she was sorry, but still thought the line judge made a bad call. She then teamed with her sister to win the doubles title.
West went on a media blitz to apologize for his behavior, after getting booed and tweeted by a horde of media personalities. He repeatedly said he was sorry, but he still got some "street cred" for his outburst.
Even if their comments were out of character—and there's no evidence they were—they failed to adhere to the basic standards of conduct expected in a civil society.
Apologies won't erase incivility. Those who use the invective of hate and don't apologize can easily be dismissed as unworthy of much consideration in the public arena for rational discussion.
But, Wilson, Williams, and West all knew what they were doing when they did it. And, they all knew they could make these seemingly unscripted outbursts, apologize for them, and expect Americans to accept them. It's not much different from lawyers who slyly make inappropriate comments in court, get rebuked by a judge, apologize, and yet have made their point with juries.
As a nation, we like to believe we are compassionate and forgive those who apologize and reject the hurt they may have caused—even if it's only a show for the media. Maybe, instead of allowing half-sincere apologies, we can apologize for our own behavior for allowing crocodile tears to wash our seeming compassion.
The Brasches live in a conservative blue-collar northeast Pennsylvania neighborhood whose residents are appalled at the level of hate speech and uncivil behavior that exists in the country. Walter Brasch's latest books are Sinking the Ship of State: The Presidency of George W. Bush and 'Unacceptable': The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina, available at amazon.com and other bookstores. You may contact the Brasches through www.walterbrasach.com
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During Power Line's ten years, we've spoken with and/or interviewed heads of state and former heads of state, top ranking U.S. officials, leading jurists, and Republican candidates for president of the United States, including one who may well be elected president this Fall. But I don't know that we have ever had a conversation with anyone as heroic and inspirational as Ayaan Hirsi Ali, whose interview with Scott you can watch here.
Hirsi Ali is, as her AEI biography states, an outspoken defender of women's rights in Islamic societies. She was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. She escaped an arranged marriage by immigrating to the Netherlands in 1992 and served as a member of the Dutch parliament from 2003 to 2006. In parliament, she worked on furthering the integration of non-Western immigrants into Dutch society and defending the rights of women in Dutch Muslim society. In 2004, together with director Theo van Gogh, she made Submission, a film about the oppression of women in conservative Islamic cultures. The airing of the film on Dutch television resulted in the assassination of Mr. van Gogh by an Islamic extremist.
I am proud that Hirsi Ali appears on a Power Line video.
Hirsi Ali told Scott that, though she sees serious challenges in the short-term stemming from the Arab Spring in countries like Egypt, she is optimistic in the long-term. I think this she is right on both counts. The short-term holds the prospect of Islamist forces like the Muslim Brotherhood coming to power, to the serious detriment of almost everyone concerned. But it's difficult to see these forces suppressing freedom and holding off modernity indefinitely.
Unfortunately, we know from the example of Iran that the long-term can be a long time away. Islamist extremists there have enjoyed the short and medium-term for more than 30 harrowing years.
The Iranian experience also suggests that the worse things are after a revolution, the longer it will take for things to get better. This isn't an iron law, but it has often been the case with revolutions.
Accordingly, I believe that, rather than adopt a "let come what may" attitude to an Islamist takeover in Egypt, the U.S. should be sympathetic to the military to the extent it tries to influence, and even brake to a degree, the transition to democracy. This does not mean supporting the elimination of democracy or a restoration of vestiges of the Mubarak regime; the U.S. should discourage that. Rather, it means supporting efforts by the military to guide the process away a takeover of the government by forces as fundamentally undemocratic as the Muslim Brotherhood.
Keep in mind that the Muslim Brotherhood doesn't enjoy massive popularity in Egypt. Based on reports, it appears that the Brotherhood's candidate won a narrow victory in the run-off election over a former member of Mubarak's regime. A large portion of voters were unhappy with these options, as well they might be.
Thus, the military might not be widely despised if, for example, it curbed the power of the new president. Such an arrangement might well constitute the resolution most consistent with the popular will – a president elected by the people, but whose ability to run roughshod over the people's rights is constrained.
In any event, we should not despise the Egyptian military to the extent that it takes measures to get their nation's short-term off to palatable beginning.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Facebook Inc. sank Wednesday in the wake of another pricey takeover while King Digital Entertainment PLC, the maker of "Candy Crush Saga," slumped on its debut in the stock market.
Facebook FB, -1.73% skidded 6.3%, the second worst loser in the S&P 500. The social media company said late Tuesday it was buying Oculus VR Inc., a maker of virtual reality goggles, for $2 billion. The deal comes as Facebook is "getting ready for the platforms of tomorrow," said Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg in a statement.
King Digital Entertainment US:KING tumbled 15% to $19.06 on its first day of trading as a public company. The firm priced its initial public offering at $22.50 a share, which values the company at $7.1 billion. Also read: How fast money crushed the"Candy Crush" IPO.
Dish Network Corp. DISH, +0.53% gained 7.9%. Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen has reached out to DirecTV's Chief Executive Mike White to discuss a possible merger, Bloomberg News reported. White is reportedly hesitant about pursuing a deal but hasn't ruled it out completely, according to Bloomberg, citing an anonymous source. Shares of DirecTV DTV, +0.05% rose 6.7%.
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Having a messy bedroom can seem like complete chaos for some people — but not for everyone.
You hear it said that your room can say a lot about how organized you are, but I don't think that's true. I'm a pretty organized person but
90 percent of the time, my room happens to be a mess.
I know that there are some teens who cannot stand to have a mess in their room but it honestly doesn't bother me.
To me, my room is my domain and if it's messy, then I'll clean it when I feel like it. It doesn't give me anxiety or make me feel disorganized if it's not completely clutter free.
Sure, sometimes it's a hassle when I can't locate something, but eventually, after a little digging, I usually find what I'm looking for.
See, I was the type of kid who, when my mom told me to clean my room, just shoved my mess either in my closet or under the bed. That's probably a big contributor to why my room is the way it is to this day. Once and a while I'll clean it, but it's most definitely not a day-to-day ritual. I am a busy girl and I have bigger things to worry about than what my room looks like.
It's also not just about what's on the floor, because I know some kids don't like anything on their walls but I happen to love to put posters up around my room. I have a ton of posters hung up, and I love personalizing my room.
On a normal day for me, you can probably find my shoes scattered around my room along with hangers from my closet. The only time this really starts to bother me is if I trip over something.
Sometimes I think, "OK, I'm going to clean my room and try to keep it clean on a daily basis."
A few days will go by and it's still fairly clean, then a few weeks and it starts to get messier, and a month later — before I know it — it's back to being its messy self.
Your room is supposed to be your own personalized space, so I say if you're comfortable with the mess then leave it. And if you can't stand it, then clean it.
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To most people, deciding whether to spell the color as "grey" or "gray" is probably not a very significant choice.
I am not most people.
This word posed quite a dilemma when I first made up my mind to organize my closet. I had decided to sort everything into categories, such as "long-sleeved shirts" and "shorts," and then to organize each individual item alphabetically by color within the categories. Therein was my predicament: "gray" would precede "green," whereas "grey" would follow it.
What was a girl to do?
For the general population, the answer would likely be not to organize your closet like a crazy person … but where's the fun in that? I love being obsessively organized; not only did I color-code and alphabetize my closet, but I've also organized my books by genre and, within each genre, alphabetically by the author's last name. My friends have joked that I might as well employ the Dewey Decimal System.
As strange or obsessive as some may think me for my tidiness in my room, it works for me. I always know where everything is, so I never have to rifle through my closet to find a particular shirt or search all of my bookshelves for my favorite book. Every item has its place, and I'm able to know precisely where that place is.
I will confess that I'm not neat all the time; I subscribe to the bed-making philosophy of "Why bother when you'll just climb back in that night?" As a result, my bed is generally a mess of rumpled sheets and blankets. My desk is usually buried under a lopsided stack of library books and scattered heaps of old papers. I'm not perfectly tidy, but for the most part, everything has its place, and everything is organized.
Not only does neatness look better, but it's also more practical. For one, it makes it much easier to clean when you're expecting company or simply want to rid yourself of clutter. When your room is mostly clean, it's easy to tuck any stray items into their proper drawers or shelves rather than having to bring in a cleaning crew just to find the floor.
Beyond that, being organized gives the room a nicer feel.
While a pristinely clean room might understandably be uncomfortable to live in, might feel too clinical and sanitary, a neat room feels like home. Messes are unsightly, and it can be difficult to plop down on your bed or make use of your desk if clutter is strewn about everywhere.
On top of that, messy rooms tend to have an accompanying odor and general grimy feeling. Clean rooms are both more comfortable and more livable. It's nice to know that I don't need a gas mask just to walk into my own room.
Even though it can be a little bit of a hassle to make the adjustment to organization, it's well worth it to know that everything is neat and arranged as it should be. Besides, it's not difficult to maintain a clean room. Developing a system that works for you and sticking with it makes it easy to keep everything tidy.
For me, alphabetizing is the best way to stay organized, even if it means having to make oddly difficult decisions regarding the spelling of certain colors. So, in case you were wondering, I went with "grey" rather than "gray" — the sequence of brown, green, grey looks better than brown, gray, green.
I'm not crazy.
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Davis, Calif- After the first day of competition at the Big West Track and Field Championships the UCSB women sit in third place with 41 points. Cal State Northridge leads with a score of 72 points and second is UC Davis at 53 points. Melissa Rake set the UCSB record in the women's javelin with a throw of 151'0. Maxine Goyette finished second in the 3,000m steeplechase and Sarah Schreck ran the race of her life, taking second in the women's 10,000m with a time of 36:39.05.
Day 1 Women's Scores (including the heptathlon)
1) Cal St. Northridge 72
2) UC Davis 53
3) UC Santa Barbara 41
4) UC Irvine 37
5) Hawaii 27
6) Long Beach St. 26
6) Cal Poly 26
8) UC Riverside 24
9) Cal St. Fullerton 6
On the men's side, UCSB is currently in third overall after the first day of competition. The Gauchos have compiled a first day score of 45 points. Long Beach State is the half-way leader at 58 points. Cal Poly is currently in second with a score of 51.5 points. Albert Hughes took second in the men's hammer with a mark of 195'8. Four Gaucho men scored in the 3,000m steeplechase led by Adam Avila in second and Bryce Rausa in third.
Day 1 Men's Scores (including the decathlon)
1) Long Beach St. 58
2) Cal Poly 51.50
3) UC Santa Barbara 45
4) UC Riverside 34
5) UC Davis 27
6) Cal St. Northridge 26.50
7) Cal St. Fullerton 24
8) UC Irvine 7
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In the women's javelin, Melissa Rake set a new lifetime best in the fourth round, unleashing a 151'0 effort. Her mark bettered the exisiting UCSB record of 150'0 set by Rebecca Richey in 2005. Rake put together a strong series, eclipsing her previous lifetime best on three different throws. The sophomore from San Dimas, likely secured an NCAA qualifying bid with her effort.
Day One Recap
Junior Albert Hughes started the first day for the Gauchos at the Big West Championships with a second place performance in the men's hammer. On his second throw, Hughes unleashed a throw of 195'8. Hughes repeated as the Big West silver medalist- last season he also earned runner-up honors.
In the women's 3,000m steeplechase Maxine Goyette earned a trip to the podium with her 10:48.13 performance. Goyette finished in second behind Cal Poly's Diana George, who came in at 10:40.18. It is the first trip up the Big West podium for the Gaucho sophomore. A surprise scorer for the Gauchos was Kelsey O'Connell who finished in seventh with a time of 11:16.10. O'Connell ran hard over the final 800m, moving past several competitors and not letting up until she broke the finish line.
In the men's 3,000m steeplechase the Gauchos showed their dominance in the event after putting four men in the score column last season.
Adam Avila took second place in the event with a time of 9:10.03. Bryce Rausa was third with a time of 9:12.11. Austin Goodheart took sixth in a time of 9:21.33. Freshman George Baier made a solid Big West debut, scoring in seventh place in 9:23.60. In total, the Gauchos took 19 points from the steeplechase. In the previous three seasons, the Gauchos have won 5 medals total in the men's steeplechase at the Big West Championships.
In the women's 400m, Jessica Johnson had the second fastest qualifying time overall earning her a spot in tomorrow's final. Johnson ran a smooth backstretch then closed with a terrific kick, eventually crossing the line in 54.12. She was the winner of the first heat, earning the automatic qualifier.
In the men's 400m, Winton Nguyen had the 8th fastest qualifying time of the day earning a spot in Saturday's final. Nguyen ran 48.93 while taking second in heat two. He qualified with an at large bid determined by the overall fastest times of non-heat winners.
In the men's 800m, Greg Dotson qualified for tomorrow's final after running 1:52.14. Dotson took second in his heat and was the fifth fastest qualifier of the day. Sitting mid-pack after the first lap, Dotson steadily moved his way up and glided across the finish line securing a qualifying bid.
In the men's high jump, Ike Okpara took fifth with a jump of 6'5. Okpara also took 8th overall last weekend at the decathlon championship.
In the women's discus, Heather Hawes and Kathleen Guzman broke into the scoring. Hawes finished 6th overall after hitting a mark of 148'7. Guzman threw 145'11, taking the last scoring spot finishing in 8th.
In the women's 400m hurdles, freshman Hallie Brauner finished in fifth overall securing a spot in tomorrow's final after running 62.25.
Bryan Guijarro and Anthony Monroy finished the days competition for the Gaucho men by taking fourth and fifth in the 10,000m. Guijarro finished in 30:12.66. Monroy came in at 30:17.48- a great run for the freshman harrier.
In the women's 10,000m Sarah Schreck ran a fantastic race, displaying veteran tactics as she fought her way into second- earning her first trip up the Big West podium. Schreck came in at 36:39.05. Taking sixth was Ali Pamer in a time of 36:57.89. Bailey Miller took seventh in 37:09.55.
Saturday FINALS
Tomorrow the track events will get started at 2:08 with the 4 x 100m relays. The men's javelin will start the field events at 12pm.


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Los Angeles is an iconic city, and there's no better way to experience it than from a rental. Want to live like a VIP local? Rent an oversized villa in the Hollywood Hills. Fancy being in the heart of the creative hub? Book an apartment in Venice Beach. Looking for culture and cuisine? Stay in a loft in Downtown. LA is all about neighbourhoods - each distinct and diverse.
Los Angeles gave us Marilyn Monroe, Leonardo DiCaprio and Etta James. It's produced the world's greatest movies, popularised rap music and inspired millions of people across the globe. But it's much more than a one-industry town. Look beneath the surface, and you'll find a destination in a state of regeneration. In Downtown Los Angeles, there's a cultural and gastronomic resurgence taking place, with new pop-up restaurants and galleries appearing every week.
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About this designer: Poul Kjaerholm
Poul Kjaerholm (1929-1980) designed modern functionalist furniture that was praised for its understated elegance and clean lines. He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen where he would later teach, from 1952-56. He went on to become a lecturer and professor in the furniture and interior design department at the Academy of Art from 1957-76. Although he was formally trained as a cabinetmaker, Kjaerholm was a strong proponent for industrial production and his work stands out among that of his Danish contemporaries because of his extensive use of steel frames rather than the traditional wood. He did, however, design many of his seats in natural materials like cane, canvas, leather and rope. Kjaerholm's designs for Fritz Hansen include the PK22 easy chairs, the PK61 coffee table and the PK80 daybed, all of which are stocked by Aram Store.
About this brand: Fritz Hansen
Fritz Hansen started his company October 24, 1872 in Copenhagen, specializing in the manufacture of small furniture parts. In 1915 the first Danish chair in steam bentwood was launched at a new factory in Allerød, north of Copenhagen. It was an immediate success. In the mid-20s Fritz Hansen started a serious and productive teamwork with leading furniture designers. This kind of teamwork has characterized Fritz Hansen ever since. The cooperation with architect Arne Jacobsen began in 1934. However, it was the laminated wooden chair, the Ant, from 1952 that became the biggest success in Danish furniture history. The cooperation with Jacobsen generated a number of laminated chairs but also other world acclaimed furniture such as the Egg and the Swan from 1958. Fritz Hansen has continued working with designers which has resulted in many epoch-making pieces of furniture in the 1960s and 70s. Since then Fritz Hansen has continually added new furniture to its collection.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
International Market
I found a recipe for a vegetarian mu shu stir fry that I wanted to try, which called for mu shu pancakes. And luckily I remembered about the Five Mile International Supermarket, a storefront grocery in the Chancellor 5-Mile Center (on Old Plank Rd. near George's Pizza) specializing in all things Asian, with some Latin items thrown in for good measure. The store is a colorful kaleidoscope of products...and I probably couldn't identify half of them. But if you need any specialty items for your Asian cooking, this is definitely the place. In addition to the mu shu pancakes (frozen), I came home with a big bag of fresh bean sprouts, a tub of peeled, fresh garlic cloves (the height of convenience), and a few different spicy seasoning sauces.
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vfAnother local source for international groceries will be Wegmans when it arrives next year. The chain excells in selling very fresh and unusual ingredients for the adventurous cook.
- October 19, 2008 at 7:59 PM
I'm very excited about Wegman's...I hear they have an excellent selection of cheeses, among other things. But the International Market gives new meaning to "unusual ingredients." Click on the photo of the bottles for a closer look. Preserved mud fish?! I'm not THAT adventurous!
- October 19, 2008 at 9:16 PM
I think they will be complimentary.
With high turnover, Wegman's will probably have fresher vegies, fruits and meats.
But preserved mud fish?? Not so much.
- October 20, 2008 at 12:14 PM
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I've been reading your blog from time to time. Enjoy it. :-)
Thanks for this info. I used Asian rice flour for baking as I have to bake gluten free. The Asian store I used to rely on closed quite some time ago and I've been getting my rice flour when I happened to be in Richmond. So, this is really good news for me! Thanks!
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Preliminary recommendations on $7.7 million in donations collected after the Connecticut school shooting calls for giving $281,000 to each of the families of the 26 children and school educators killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year.
The families of 12 surviving children who witnessed the shootings would each get $20,000; two teachers who were injured would get $150,000 between them.
A community foundation has been tasked with dividing up $11.4 million that was raised with the help of the United Way.
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BRANDON — After a hard-fought, scoreless first-quarter on Friday, the visiting Mount Abraham Union High School boys' lacrosse team began to earn the edge in play in the second quarter, and took a 3-1 halftime lead over Otter Valley.
In the second half, that edge became decisive as the Eagles bounced back from an 11-goal loss in their opener earlier last week to pull away for a 15-2 victory.
Eagle senior middie Myles McGowan said the sharper ball control the Eagles displayed as the game progressed bodes will for the rest of their season.
MIDDLEBURY — Thanks to Middlebury voters' recent approval of two, $3 million bond issues, area residents will see utility improvements, ditching and repaving on several local roads this spring and summer.
BRISTOL — Students at Mount Abraham Union High School rolled up their sleeves, picked up their hoes, and got their hands dirty in the school garden last week. Overseen by volunteer Walter O'Donoghue, who runs the Mount Abe garden, a team of ninth-graders on Thursday turned the soil in the beds and began seeding a wide range of crops from spring lettuce and radishes to summer tomatoes and peppers to leeks and winter squash.
MIDDLEBURY — After 16 years of lighting up local stages, Middlebury's After Dark Music series has itself gone dark.
Series founders and coordinators Harvey and Carol Green explained that while they have enjoyed bringing numerous high-caliber folk, blues, jazz and other acts to Addison County's shire town over the years, they are ready to retire from the physical strain and financial challenge of organizing a half-dozen shows each year.
MIDDLEBURY — A smattering of Middlebury voters at an April 13 meeting approved a 2011-2012 Mary Hogan Elementary School budget of almost $5.9 million.
The annual budget meeting drew around nine residents who were not members of either the ID-4 school board or school administration.
VERGENNES — Vergennes aldermen at their April 12 meeting approved the city's farmers' market request to use the downtown green for another season, but not without some discussion triggered by the proposed inclusion of a pizza maker among the market's vendors.
City Manager Mel Hawley first raised the issue that such a vendor might conflict with existing downtown eateries.
MIDDLEBURY — Two local Christian denominations that normally worship separately will come together in a shared religious service this Thursday.
For the 10th year, members of the Middlebury United Methodist Church and members of the Congregational Church of Middlebury will gather together at the Methodist church sanctuary off Seminary Street for a combined Maundy Thursday service.
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COLUMBUS, Ga. – The Georgia College women's basketball team's (16-10, 9-10 PBC) quarterfinal Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament game will be Thursday, March 6 at 1 p.m. The West Division fourth-seeded Bobcats will take on the East Division's first-seeded Armstrong Atlantic State University (19-6, 14-5 PBC).
The winner of the Georgia College Armstrong game moves to the semifinal round Saturday, March 8 for a matchup against the winner of the East Division's third-seeded USC Aiken (11-17, 9-10 PBC) and the West Division's second-seeded University of North Georgia (21-5, 15-4 PBC). USC Aiken and North Georgia play immediately after the Bobcats' quarterfinal game with a 3 p.m. start time Thursday, March 6
If the Bobcats were to advance beyond the semifinal round, the 2014 PBC Tournament Championship Game is slated for Sunday, March 9 at 2 p.m. Georgia College could face one of four teams in the final that include Flagler College (12-14, 10-9 PBC) and Lander University (12-16, 7-12 PBC), the East Division's second and fourth seeds, respectively; and Clayton State University (21-5, 16-3 PBC) and Columbus State University (18-7, 13-6 PBC), the West Division's first and third seeds, respectively.
The Bobcats make their first PBC postseason appearance since winning the tournament in 2011 against USC Aiken, 62-49. This will also be Georgia College's 21st appearance since the PBC Tournament began in 1992.
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If it seems like it hasn't been even a year since the latest Atlantic City casino, this one with the surreal ads showcasing Revel Atlantic City, opened up, it is because that is exactly the case. Ten months to be precise. And just as quickly as it came, just as quickly did it file for bankruptcy. Moments ago, the company issued a press release that it would engage in a debt-for-equity prepack (with Moelis, K&E and A&M all advising) Chapter 11 which will be completed over the summer. The biggest losers here are not so much the original owners of Revel Entertainment Group, Morgan Stanley which three years ago decided to walk away from its entire $932 million sunk investment in the bankrupt hotel (instead of spending another billion to complete it), but the people of New Jersey, who just lost another investment opportunity as some $260 million in the tax incentives that were supposed to help the project along will never reach their intended target. From the WSJ:
[Revel] received a boost from the state of New Jersey, which over 20 years will send back $261 million in taxes from the project under an economic-redevelopment initiative. Most of that money will be used by Revel to spruce up the scruffy neighborhood and boardwalk around the casino. About $70 million will go into an account that can be used to pay initial interest on the mezzanine loan if the project doesn't meet projections.
The $70 million piece was a key late addition that helped secure the mezzanine funding, according to people involved in the financing process.
The other losers here are the unnamed debt holders who in February 2011 also injected $850 billion in first-lien and $305 million mezz loans which would eventually become 85% of the equity - the CEO of the firm refused to discuss whose these investors were, referring to them only as a "consortium of institutional investors." JPMorgan acted as advisor for Revel in connection with the debt raise. Nearly a year later, JP Morgan advised lenders to sink another $150 million in good money after bad: "The casino resort said it amended its agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank to provide for additional money to help pay down existing debt and to fund operations. Most of it consists of a new $125 million loan."
The continuation of the abandoned investment was the brainchild, and pride and glory of one Chris Christie who then said "the $2.4 billion Revel is one of the most spectacular resorts he's ever seen and expects it will motivate other Atlantic City casinos to revitalize their properties. "I think that one of the things that Revel will be is a catalyst for additional modernization and investment by the other casinos to say, listen, if we grow more people here coming to the region and we're offering something that looks nice further down the boardwalk, maybe people will want to look there as well." As it now stands, the Revel will only be a catalyst for further bankruptcies as industry after industry finds out what a tapped out consumer with no access to $1.8 trillion in excess reserves truly means.
The other losers are the usual suspects: unions.
While construction unions have been backers of the project, the hospitality-workers union and conservative groups have criticized the state help. Unite Here, which represents workers at Atlantic City's casinos, has complained that the project could force older casinos to close, which would mean more laid-off workers.
Mr. DeSanctis on Thursday said the project hoped to instead expand the market by appealing to business groups and leisure travelers who aren't visiting Atlantic City these days.
So much for that. As for the fresh start capital structure, the lenders will roll some $205 million in pre-petition debt into a DIP, and provide a fresh $45 million in new capital, as yet another batch of good money is thrown after bad money that once was good money also thrown after bad, and so on.
As part of the restructuring, certain of Revel`s lenders will provide approximately $250 million in debtor-in-possession financing (DIP), approximately $45 million of which constitutes new money commitments and approximately $205 million of which constitutes prepetition debt.
But the funniest part from the pre-packaged bankruptcy press release is the following line:
No tax payer funds will be used to finance the restructuring.
Ladies and gentlemen: we have just found the first insolvent Wall Street casino (literally) that did not get a taxpayer bailout.
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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier is still hospitalized in Cincinnati after leaving Monday's win over the Bengals with a back injury. The team announced Shazier will not require surgery and hopes he can return to Pittsburgh sometime today. Shazier suffered the injury in a collision with Bengals wide receiver Josh Malone early in the 1st quarter.
The 4th year pro leads the Steelers with 89 tackles this season. Pittsburgh sits at 10-and-2 on the season and hosts rival Baltimore this Sunday night.
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Rewind a few years ago in the electric segment of the motorcycle industry, and you found a landscape where manufacturers published wildly inaccurate numbers relating to speed, range, and power. The situation of over-promising and under-delivering was so bad, virtually any figure quoted, whether it was made with the best or worst intentions, was immediately called into question. The issue of course stemmed from the fact that OEMs were unable to deliver motorcycles with specifications that were remotely acceptable to a savvy motorcycle market. 20 mile ranges? 15hp available continuously? 60 mph top speeds if you're downhill, tucked in, have a tailwind, and add five to the speedo's reading? Yup, those were the good old days.
As the industry matured, so did our expectations, and it looked like some sanity was going to come to fruition as the MIC began pooling interest on developing a standard to rate the various performance specifications of electric motorcycles. An industry group setup to look after the best interests of the OEMs and other business in the motorcycle industry, you only need to follow the cash to see whose best interests are really being served by this group.
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SOCORRO, N.M., July 13, 2006 – A New Mexico Tech undergraduate has been named one of 30 young men and women chosen as finalists from 538 applicants to make up a world-class yacht-racing team for Roy E. Disney's upcoming "Morning Light" film project.
Kate Theisen, a junior majoring in astrophysics at the land-locked research university in Socorro, will now have a chance next month to prove her sailing expertise and high-seas mettle as she participates in selection trials in Long Beach, Calif. for a coveted position as a crew member of the Morning Light, a racing yacht purchased by Disney to compete in next year's 44th staging of the Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii.
"Morning Light," which is also the working title of the anticipated feature-length documentary film, will chronicle the recruitment, training, and performance of the youngest 15-member crew ever to sail the Transpacific Yacht Race.
None of the participating crew members selected to star in the film will be actors; and, there will be no script for the real-life adventure, nor will there be a preconceived outcome of what many sailing enthusiasts, including Disney, consider to be the world's most dynamic grand-prix-class sailing event.
"If we do our job right, I don't care as much whether they win or lose as how they come together as a group and wind up as a team in the end," Disney said. "However, how they do is how they do. . . . But, we're giving them the equipment to win."
Prior to attending New Mexico Tech, Theisen's sailboat racing roots harked back to living with her parents on a boat in various East Coast ports.
Theisen said she also was inspired at an early age by another sailboat-racing movie, and she hopes "Morning Light" will do the same for others.
"I saw the movie "Wind" ages ago, and I've always wanted to race," she said. "In the meanwhile, I've done small boat racing, and I grew up on a sailboat."
The New Mexico Tech undergraduate is one of five young women selected to be part of the group of 30 finalists from throughout the world who will try out for the history making crew of the Morning Light.
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Bill Kehoe runs the 200-meter dash for the East Windsor High School track team. What was his fastest time?
"I would rather not say."
He also competes in the pole vault. What was his top height?
"I would rather not say."
Little surprise that Kehoe, the valedictorian of his 82-person class, wrote his college essay about how bad he is at sports. "So many people write college essays about how great sports was for them," he says. "I wanted to make fun of that approach."
Kehoe served as president of the student council, where he spearheaded a fundraiser to buy malaria nets for Africa. He is also vice president of his school's National Honor Society, which includes tutoring and community service. Musically, he plays tuba in school band and bass guitar for the jazz band.
Kehoe will attend the University of Connecticut in the fall, with a major in mechanical engineering. His goal is to work for Pratt and Whitney or another United Technologies branch.
Kehoe also has a quirky side. "I participated in the Mr. East Windsor male pageant," he admits. "For the talent portion, I fought a light saber duel."


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The Coram Cinemas was built on the site of the Coram Drive-In. Located on Route 112, near Middle Country Road (Route 25), the Coram Cinema closed in 2004, probably because of the new National Amusements Island 16 Cinema de Lux that NA opened this year in Holtsville, which also caused the closure of the NA Brookhaven Multiplex Cinema too.
UA hadn't been maintaining it very well in its later years anyway.
The building currently sits vacant with a "For Sale or Lease" sign on it, and is deteriorating fast. The large sign marquee at the edge of the road still stands empty, waiting for letters to movies that will never come again.
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Not the case here, but interestingly, the former UA Patchogue Multiplex was also built on the site of the old Patchogue Drive in….but in that case, the Drive in also had an indoor theater building for when there was bad weather, winter, etc….and they incorporated that into one of the new auditoriums of the Patchogue Multiplex that was built around it.
A developer apparently has plans to demolish this abandoned and deteriorated theater and redevelop the site: View link
According to an article in the September 20, 2011 Newsday plans are moving forward to demolish the theatre and redevelop the site for housing and commercial use. An optomist target date of 2012 was set.
It's sad that there isn't even a picture to display.
There is a picture, and a sad sight it is, in the Newsday article. But that's probably copyrighted material. Also, I wouldn't even know how to go about linking it. But it's still better than the aerial photo in the link a couple of comments back showing the hole in the roof after a 2007 fire.
This is a link to a picture of the theater in its advanced state of decay from another online publication:
I happened upon this theater the other day while up in Coram and my wife remarked that she remembered when the theater was open. Does anyone know if the interior is intact (other than the area under the hole in the roof) or if it has been vandalized inside?
@CSWalczak: That shot of Coram Cinema in it's current state of graffiti grime was frightening. Having lived in the W-section in the mid-90's, I remember when it was shiny and new. Never my favorite theater in the area, I do recall seeing a few memorable shows here like Casino.
There's inside pictures of it on Photobucket if you are interested in seeing them!… Everything falling apart and messed up with everything all over the place. Id like to get inside it myself and take my own pictures of it before it gets demolished in 2014 supposedly to make way for the new shopping center BUT there's no way to get inside of it during day since there is traffic all around it constantly and I believe there is a no trespassing sign there blah blah blah. But I actually saved the pictures I found on Photobucket to my laptop so I will upload them on here now so you can see for yourself Kino
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I have to hand it to director Ray Austin and writers John Brason and Marc Marais: they do pack their 1973 mad science/voodoo-ish flick House of the Living Dead (aka Curse of the Dead, availabe on the Mill Creek Nightmare Worlds 50-movie set) with some interesting Mad Movie ideas. Soul transference, animal ghosts, evil twins and voodoo, not to mention a bit of Oedipal family ickiness and some of the better CrazyFace Acting I've seen in a while--seems like a winner from the get-go, right?
Unfortunately, despite this smorgasbord of madness spread before them, the filmmakers apparently just don't know what to do with it all. Misplaced narrative emphasis, momentum-draining red herrings, and an almost pervasive lack of energy hamstring the proceedings badly, and the movie's few strengths are just not strong enough to pull it out of the hole it digs for itself. I can applaud the filmmakers' ambitions, and credit them for a certain amount of vision, but sadly it just doesn't add up to an entirely enjoyable movie.
That's not to say there aren't some good things about it, however--as you know, the Duke and I pride ourselves on finding the tiniest scraps of treasure in even the most foul-smelling cinematic dung heaps, and House of the Living Dead does have a bit of the glittery stuff in it. You just have to be judicious in your use of the fast-forward button to find it. Or else just read what follows.
|Quality CrazyFace
Things get iffy when Michael announces his impending marriage to Mary Ann, a girl he met in England during his education. She's traveling to Africa to become his wife, a fact Momma is none too happy about. "You, Breck, and I are the last of the Bratleys," she fumes. "We should be sure there are no more!" Noble thoughts, or Freudian jealousy over loosing the reigns to a younger, prettier woman? Since Mom is a grade-A bitch from scene one, you'd be forgiven for questioning her philanthropic motives here.
|Sam Raimi called--he decided to go with someone younger.
To cut the long story short, Breck has been conducting experiments on capturing the souls of living beings, which he reckons to be organic, physical things rather than intangible spiritual vapors. This makes the natives restless, including the creepy old voodoo priestess Aya Kutt (I'm just guessing at the spelling here), who says Breck is "marked by the devil." When people as well as animals start winding up dead, it's not long before a torch-bearing mob descends on the manor house demanding answers. Intrigue, a police investigation, mysterious goings on and a final shock reveal all happen in roughly that order, leading us to our expected Mad Science Monologue and the accompanying climactic lab destruction/comeuppance.
Despite having so much to choose from here, the movie still somehow manages to be deadly dull throughout most of its 90-minute runtime. Part of this is the strange decision by the writers and director to keep Breck in the shadows for much of the film, his experiments spoken of, but almost never shown. This leads to a de-emphasis of the mad science plot and leaves the movie floundering for focus. In its place we get a completely unbuyable romance between Mary Ann and a local doctor set up as the hero, and a lot of rigmarole about an escaped stallion named Saracen who is being blamed for the brutal killings.
|"I just can't go on, Johnson! My nipples are far too chafed!"
Unfortunately, that's all just a side-plot, and never developed as strongly as it should be. There's lots of boringness that's meant to generate suspense, but doesn't, and even the wicked-looking voodoo lady is given short shrift. In fact, apart from the tangential interest generated by the Killer Stallion idea, there are really only two reasons to watch this movie.
The fact is, bookending all that boring pointlessness are a grab-you-by-the-throat opening and a slam-bang finish that give us a tantalizing glimpse of what House of the Living Dead COULD have been. As the movie opens we see a cloaked figure we'll later identify as the Mad Doc capturing a baboon in the vineyard, courtesy some nasty steel traps. He cradles the primate in his cloak and limps on back to the lab, which is a nicely appointed Victorian Mad Scientist laboratory by any standard: all the beakers, copper coils, and mysteriously glowing jugs you could wish for. Once there the dog sedates the baboon and proceeds to engage in MMMMONKEY TORTURE--which I think (hope?) is not of the "actual" variety seen in many other films of the era. He does something to the beast's head--we later learn he's EXTRACTING HIS MONKEY SOUL to be stored in one of those glowing jugs--and hey presto, opening titles! It's a pretty great opening actually--it gets the viewer asking questions, wondering what's up, leaning forward to see what happens next, just as a good opening should.
|"Do you expect me to talk?"
|"Why NO, Mr. Boon! I expect you to DIE!"
Unfortunately, it takes the movie another solid HOUR to get back to that lab, totally squandering the interest it gained with that excellent start. Breck's ideas about the soul are mentioned only in passing once, and the idea isn't revisited until it becomes necessary for the final confrontation, which (taken on its own) is a doozy. Having extracted his brother's soul offscreen, Breck has Mary Ann strapped to a table and is ready to get his soul-extraction on, with the idea of "marrying" her to his brother by storing their souls in the same jar! "Think of it! A SPIRITUAL marriage!" he raves, and I have to admit, it's one hell of a plan. The actor also manages some truly top-drawer CrazyFace Acting of the kind we love so much here at the Vicarage, which made me wish again the mad science plot had been central throughout.
Best of all is when the default hero busts in to save Mary Ann, and in the ensuing struggle Breck breaks a few of his soul jars, containing the spirits of the aforementioned baboon, a couple of dogs, and Saracen the Murder Pony! As disco lights blaze around the convulsing doctor, reverbed-out animal sounds let us know he's being attacked by the spirits of the animals he killed, until eventually the lab is destroyed and the mad doc has taken a dive off the balcony--actually a BACK SOMERSAULT, which is pretty good for a gimp! As the survivors look out across the field the next day, they see and hear the ghost of Saracen heading to his great reward...which makes this one of the only horror movies I've seen where the hero actually ends up being a horse, so kudos for that bit of originality.
|Even the Russian judge scores it a 10.
Nota bene: director Austin went on to direct 3 episodes of the TV series "The Adventures of Black Beauty" in 1974--I'm wondering if this flick was part of his tryout reel?
In fact, with some judicious editing you could really put together a 30-45 minute short film version that would totally rock--that opening, a couple of short dialogue scenes introducing Mary Ann and the hero doc, and then that ending. It would rule! Sadly, though, there's a lot of other crap here that does nothing but subtract from the bottom line total.
I'm not sorry I watched House of the Living Dead--I liked the opening and ending, and the murder pony idea was a new one on me. (Plus, let's be frank--I got nothin' better to do.) I'm just frustrated because I see where it could have been so much better. Still, 1.5 thumbs is about right for my enjoyment level.
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WEDNESDAY, April 18, 2012 (HealthDay News) -- Worrying may have co-evolved with intelligence as an important survival trait in humans, new research suggests.
For the study, researchers looked at 26 people with generalized anxiety disorder and compared them to a group of 18 healthy volunteers without the disorder. The investigators found that both worry and high intelligence were associated with brain activity measured by the depletion of the nutrient choline in the brain's white matter.
This suggests that worry may have co-evolved with intelligence, said Dr. Jeremy Coplan, a professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in New York City.
"While excessive worry is generally seen as a negative trait and high intelligence as a positive one, worry may cause our species to avoid dangerous situations, regardless of how remote a possibility they may be," Coplan said in a center news release.
"In essence, worry may make people 'take no chances,' and such people may have higher survival rates. Thus, like intelligence, worry may confer a benefit upon the species," he added.
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NEW YORK – UC Santa Barbara seniors Machael David, Nic Ryan and Peter McGlynn were each drafted by Major League Soccer clubs on Tuesday in the league's Supplemental Draft.
David was selected by the Colorado Rapids in the Third Round and was the 44th pick overall. Ryan also went in the Third Round to the Houston Dynamo as the 56th overall pick. The San Jose Earthquakes selected McGlynn in the Fourth Round as today's 72nd overall pick.
David wrapped up a strong career with the Gauchos this fall. During his senior campaign, he played in 11 games, starting nine. The defensive midfielder scored in the 6-2 victory at Seattle (Sept. 16) and assisted Ema Boateng's game-winning goal against Sacramento State (Oct. 16). During his career at UCSB, he played in 66 games, scored three goals and tallied 10 assists.
During his freshman campaign he garnered Big West Freshman of the Year, Soccer America All-Freshman Second Team, All-Big West Second Team, Goal.com Freshman Team, and TopDrawerSoccer.com All-Rookie First Team honors. As a sophomore, he was named to the All-Big West First Team. David has also been a standout in the classroom, earning four-consecutive Big West All-Academic honors and three UCSB Golden Eagle Awards.
Ryan ended his career at UCSB with a bang as he garnered All-Far West Region Third Team honors to go along with his Big West Midfielder of the Year award. The senior led the Gauchos and tied for third in the Big West with eight goals. He added three assists for 19 points, which also tied him for third conference wide. Ryan scored at least one point in 10 of UCSB's 19 matches and tallied four game-winning goals.
McGlynn played in 77 games during his career at UCSB and posted two goals and eight assists for 12 career points. In 2010, he garnered Second Team All-Big West honors. While at UCSB, he logged nearly 5,000 minutes on the pitch for the Gauchos and helped lead the defense to 29 shutouts, including a school-record 16 in 2010.
Including today's draftees, UCSB has had 25 players drafted to the MLS since 2004. David is not the first Gaucho to go to Colorado; he follows in the footsteps of Ciaran O'Brien, who was drafted by the club in 2008. The Dynamo, meanwhile, had previously drafted UCSB product David Walker in 2010. McGlynn is the fourth Gaucho to be picked up by San Jose following Sam Garza, James Kiffe and Greg Curry.