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Michael Fassbender will keep Magneto ambiguous in the X-Men: First Class sequel. Two actresses join Tom Cruise for Oblivion. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter will be bigger than The Matrix. Plus huge updates for Fringe, Once Upon a Time, and more!
It's spoilers all the way down!
Top image from The Hunger Games.
The Amazing Spider-Man
A recent Tokyo press conference with cast and crew revealed some key details about the film. First up, here's producer Avi Arad:
"In our movie, [Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker] finds his true love. Gwen Stacy [Emma Stone] was always the true love of Peter Parker… We found a very, very good story about what makes a human being. About what sets their destiny..
"We introduce our villain, Dr. Connors [Rhys Ifans], and in the great tradition of Marvel, Dr. Connors is going to be connected to Peter Parker and, in our case even more interesting, to Gwen Stacy. Right there, the challenge of having to deal with a villain who is a mentor and the only one who you can look at and say, 'So what really happened to my dad?' That's a very hard person to fight."
When asked if the movie would replicate the famous kiss between an upside-down Spider-Man and Mary-Jane from Sam Raimi's first movie, Emma Stone said no. She also refused to say whether they would have a new iconic kissing moment, on the extremely reasonable grounds that she can't just up and declare a moment iconic:
"You don't want to know! You want to watch the movie and find out. Plus, it would be weird if we were like, 'There's something iconic coming up!' You've got to decide if it's iconic or not. But there is a nice first kiss and it's different than the upside down one. And we liked it."
Speaking of Mary Jane, Emma Stone said "We haven't even met Mary Jane at this point," which if you squint might be taken as an indication that this Spider-Man series will reintroduce the character eventually... which honestly was a pretty likely possibility anyway.
Finally, Andrew Garfield explains how the stunts in this film are meant to reflect their particular take on Spider-Man's powers:
"As you can see, a lot of the stunts are practical and grounded in reality," he explained. "That was something that Marc, the director, really wanted to make sure happened in this movie to set it apart from previous ones... I would exhaust myself every day and get into near-death experiences every hour on the hour... I collaborated with [the stunt team] not only on the big stunt set-pieces but also on what happens to Peter's body when he gets bitten. What happens to his DNA and how that effects the way he moves and the way he interacts with objects. The idea that he has spider DNA running in his system. What that will do to his sense of space. What that will do to the sensitivity of his skin. To have an opportunity to play in that forum with creative and talented people was a real opportunity and gift."
For those with fifty minutes to spare, you can watch the entire press conference below. [Superhero Hype]
The Dark Knight Rises
We've been slowly moving towards this point for a while now, but it's at last confirmed: Talia al Ghul is indeed in the movie, at least in her younger form. So says 12-year-old actress Joey King:
I play young Talia al Ghul. I can't give too much away because I promised Mr. Nolan I wouldn't say anything. There are too many secrets about the character and the movie.
Of course, one of those many secrets might be that the adult Talia returns in the form of Marion Cotillard, which is the other huge rumor...but that still remains unconfirmed. Still, it's looking much, much more likely now. [My Entertainment World]
X-Men: First Class
Michael Fassbender says he hopes that a sequel will indeed happen and be able to maintain the essential ambiguity about whether Magneto is really a villain:
"I get where [Magneto] is coming from, that's for sure - having read the source material, the comic books. From what we know with human beings, history has told us that we're a pretty destructive race, so you can see where he's coming from. It's always interesting for me to have the villains doing positive things as well as negative or destructive things. I just think it's more realistic. It's like the actions will define the character . . . but it's more about making sure that it's intelligently written and there's a real driving force, there's real drama there, relationships are interesting, and that it's not lazy in any way. A lot of the times I think with action films, the plot can be pretty weak because it's taking a back seat to the action sequences and the special effects. What we wanted to do with 'X-Men' was definitely the reverse of that. We wanted to really focus on the characters and the plot and then have the action sequence there to sort of enhance the story."
He says that both he and Professor X actor James McAvoy would want to see those sorts of ideas carry through to the sequel, and it's entirely possible the two could be allies again even after their rift at the end of the first movie:
"You know what's interesting about Magneto and Professor X from the comic books as well, is there's such a complexity to their relationship. It's not just like clear-cut enemies; they're best friends as well. In the comic books, even after they've had this sort of rift, Professor X asks Magneto to come back and look after the students at certain points. I think there's always that complexity in their relationship. And we want to keep that alive as possible, because that's I think a really interesting thing - the conflict there."
Star Trek 2
Co-writer Roberto Orci didn't reveal much in a recent online chat with fans, but he did say both the budget and the scale of this film would be larger than the 2009 original, and that we will see more of the engine room, which may or may not still be a not particularly well-disguised brewery, in the sequel. [Trek Movie]
This is just a rumor, but following on from comic book creator Rob Liefeld's recent comments about maybe seeing some test footage for the film, the Deadpool movie is reportedly set to start production this year with Ryan Reynolds still on board to play the lead. The latest reports indicated that Tim Miller, who worked on visual effects on the X-Men films, would direct from a script by Zombieland's Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. [Geek Files]
The Hunger Games
Here's a promo image of Lenny Kravitz's Cinna putting the finishing touches on the costumes he designed for the opening ceremonies for the District 12 tribunes, Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson's Peeta Mellark. Director Gary Ross explains what Cinna - and, by extension, the film's costume design department - were going for with this look:
This is one of those moments where Cinna's character syncs up with the creativity of our costume designer Judianna Makovsky. What Cinna was trying to do was create something that came out of District 12, out of a coal mining world, with a fresh, bold look to it. So Judianna went to this wonderful black reflective material that glistened like coal or graphite and would obviously work well in the Tribute parade where Katniss becomes the Girl on Fire."
And here's another poster. [Huffington Post]
Nolan Funk, who played a mutant child in X2: X-Men United and might be best known around here for playing Claudia's ex-boyfriend Todd on Warehouse 13, has reportedly been cast in an unspecified role, joining star Vin Diesel and the already cast Katee Sackhoff and Jordi Molla. [Variety]
Universal has confirmed the two lead actresses who will join Tom Cruise in this post-apocalyptic film from Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski. Quantum of Solace actress Olga Kurylenko will play Vika while Andrea Risborough, who is best known for artier fare like Happy-Go-Lucky and Never Let Me Go, will play Julia. Jessica Chastain, the star of Tree of Life and just about every other well-reviewed film this year, was originally supposed to be playing one of these two characters, but has apparently since dropped out. Here's the official description of the plot and how the newly cast characters fit in:
Based on Kosinski's own Radical Publishing comic book series, the film takes place in a future where humanity has fallen to an irradiated Earth. Cruise plays Jak, a maintenance drone working on the planet's surface alongside another worker, Vika. When a woman, Julia, is discovered in a crashed ship, Jak's whole world is thrown into question and he finds himself strangely drawn towards Julia.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
The Hurt Locker and Real Steel star Anthony Mackie offers some seriously high praise for his next project, in which he plays Abraham Lincoln's long-time friend, servant, and vampire hunting partner William:
"We did a ton of training. I can honestly say that Timur is amazing because he shot this film like it was a real like biography of Abraham Lincoln, but the action sequences are unlike anything you've ever seen before. He realized that this fabricated story is so far out there that he had to go all the way out to make it work. So he just went as far as he could with the CGI and that trademark Timur cranking of shots and the storytelling...If you like those type of movies it gives you an aspect of history, but it also gives you an aspect of filmmaking that you've never seen before… It's crazy. I saw it about two weeks ago and I didn't know how to describe it for a day and half. Everybody kept asking me and I was like: I'm very happy I'm in it...'Abraham Lincoln' is like the 'Matrix' of the next generation. It's going to do to film what 'The Matrix' did to film."
You know, I'm quite a bit younger than Anthony Mackie, and I still would have sworn that The Matrix of our generation was, you know, The Matrix. [ScreenRant]
Dark Shadows
Here's a new promo photo of Johnny Depp made up as the reanimated 18th century vampire Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton's update of the original 1970s supernatural soap opera. [Cineheroes]
Oz the Great and Powerful
Young actress Joey King discusses her dual role in the movie:
I play China Girl and Wheelchair Girl. China Girl's a girl from the book, and Wheelchair girl's in Kansas- she asks Oz to fix her legs, but he can't do it. It's sort of like how in the original Wizard of Oz, Tin Man is one of her friends from Kansas, that's kind of how this movie is. And I have a really great cast. I'm working with James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff and Rachel Weisz. Sam Raimi's the director and it's so much fun. I'm having a lot a lot a lot of fun. China Girl's really like a sassy character. She's lost her family so Oz becomes sort of like her adoptive father.
2000 A.D. comics creator John Wagner says he's optimistic Pete Travis's new film starring Karl Urban in the title role will be a vast improvement on the 1995 Sylvester Stallone and Rob Schneider version...but then again, I'd have to think nearly anything would be:
The plot is about Dredd and his world. It's impossible to cover every aspect of the character and his city – perhaps that was one of the failings of the first film; they tried to do too much and ended up with not a lot. "Dredd" homes in on the essential job of judging – instant justice in a violent future city. I like the actors, they're well cast and they handled their parts well. Olivia Thirlby is perfect as Anderson, the young psi judge. She gives the character a touching vulnerability. Karl Urban will not remove his helmet and will not kiss his costar.
The Stand
Ben Affleck, who beyond his acting credits has turned in some almost shockingly good directorial work with Gone Baby Gone and The Town, is reportedly moving ahead with an adaptation of Stephen King's epic novel, and now the project has reportedly picked up a screenwriter in David Kadjanich. The writer recently won attention for writing a new adaptation of King's It, and he previously wrote the mostly forgotten 2007 Nicole Kidman film The Invasion. [Vulture]
Hancock 2
Director Peter Berg, who is currently working on some obscure avant garde arthouse thinkpiece called Battleship, says he would like to make a sequel to what surely must be considered Will Smith's most inexplicable hit:
"We've been talking about the sequel between us, Will Smith, [producers] Michael Mann and Akiva Goldman and myself. We're all interested, but we literally just have trouble getting into the same room at the same time. We did have a series of meetings last year and started to hash out an idea for sequel — and Will Smith actually had the idea — so I think it will happen, it's just a question of timing."
Doctor Who
Producer Marcus Wilson has tweeted that the production office has officially reopened for work on the seventh season, which should air sometime this fall. [Doctor Who News]
The big kissing scene mentioned in a recently leaked scene breakdown was reportedly filmed, and it was between Peter and Olivia. Check out the link for a full set report. [Sarah Lucia]
Here's a video with the cast in which they discuss the return of Mad Men's Jared Harris as David Robert Jones. [Fringe Television]
Here's an interview with star Joshua Jackson about what's coming up on the show.
Finally, here's an interview with co-creator J.J. Abrams, in which he discusses what fans can do to keep the show on the air. [Fringe Television]
Costar Lance Reddick says that, whether the show ends this season or later, he's optimistic that they will have a chance to do a proper conclusion:
Yes, I definitely [am. Showrunners] Jeff Pinkner and Joel Wyman are pretty brilliant; they work great as a team. So I think fans will not be disappointed, however the show wraps up [and] whenever the show wraps up.
Game of Thrones
National treasure Peter Dinklage promises there will some great battle scenes this season, and Tyrion will get involved:
"I think there were some fans that were disappointed that the end of the first season there wasn't a battle. We do not disappoint this season. I think my character steps to the front in terms of fighting."
Here's a behind-the-scenes video detailing the show's art direction.
Even those reporting this say it's just a rumor, but the first two episodes might be called "The North Remembers" and "Nightlands." [Winter is Coming]
True Blood
The fourth episode of season five is reportedly called "We'll Meet Again." [SpoilerTV]
Here's a sneak peek at tonight's episode, "Chuck vs. the Bullet Train." Check out the link for some additional analysis, if you're into that sort of thing. [BuddyTV]
Once Upon a Time
Here are five sneak peeks for this Sunday's episode ten, "7:15 AM."
Here are some promo photos for episode twelve, "Skin Deep", which airs February 12. You can also check out a brief description below. [multipleverses.com]
When Mr. Gold's house is robbed, Emma suspects he is planning to seek vigilante justice; Ruby, Mary Margaret and Ashley (Jessy Schram) plan a night out on Valentine's Day; Belle (Emilie de Ravin) makes a deal.
And here's much the same for the thirteenth episode, "What Happened to Frederick", which airs February 19. [multipleverses.com]
David decides to tell Kathryn about his relationship with Mary Margaret; as Prince Charming searches for Snow White, he agrees to help Abigail with a dangerous mission.
Episode fourteen will reportedly be called "Dreamy." [SpoilerTV]
Beautiful People
NBC has reportedly cast a bunch more actors in its futuristic drama about a near-future world where humans share the world with human-like, somewhat oppressed androids called Mechanicals. Here's the breakdown:
It centers on the very wealthy Lydia (Frances Conroy), whose late husband founded the firm that makes Mechanicals. Andrea Parker will play the wealthy Roberta, whose life is turned upside down when her rebellious teen daughter (Madisen Beaty) starts a romance with a Mechanical boy (Cody Christian), the son of Lydia's Mechanical servant David (Patrick Heusinger) and his wife Susan (Jud Tylor). Megalyn Echikunwoke will play the boss of Lydia's other son, attorney Gregory (James Murray).
You can also check out our original report on the show here. [Deadline]
Here's the official description for the fourteenth episode, the terrifyingly titled "Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie", which airs February 10:
CLOWNS, UNICORNS AND SHARKS, OH MY! - Sam (Jared Padalecki) is forced to confront a childhood fear when a case takes him and Dean (Jensen Ackles) to Kansas to investigate Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie, a local pizza chain that hosts children's birthday parties. Sam and Dean discover that the victims' children had recently been to the restaurant and drawn a picture of their worst fear, which then came to life to kill their parent. While Dean confronts the man behind the magic, Sam is left to deal with some very angry clowns.
Being Human (UK)
Here's the BBC's official press release for the fourth series, which sees the departure of original star Aidan Turner and a reduced role for Russell Tovey:
Following the gripping series three finale in which viewers watched Mitchell fall victim to the wolf-shaped bullet, series four sees the aftermath as the housemates return to their home in Barry Island. There are also some new faces in town...
In an old B&B in a sleepy seaside town, we join Annie, her housemate George and their new friend. They're reeling from the loss of their best friend Mitchell, Tom's father-figure McNair and the tragic departure of George's girlfriend, Nina. But with a newborn baby to look after, it's never been more difficult to live life under-the-radar as a ghost and two werewolves.
There are also the vampires to deal with: lurking in every corner of society, waiting for the Old Ones to arrive and take over the world with brutal force. Can they fight them off? And at what cost? One thing becomes clear – the vampires believe that the child of two werewolves is important in their own mythology. Can this little baby really be the saviour of humanity? And what exactly are Cutler's 'alternative' plans for world domination?
And here's a trailer for the show's return.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Here are two sneak peeks and the official description for tonight's episodes, "Deception."
When the Jedi learn of a Separatist plot to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine, one of them must go deep undercover as a hardened criminal to extract information from the conspirators. To alleviate all suspicions and fit seamlessly into a high security Republic prison, a Jedi must die! But not everything is what it seems in The Clone Wars. Witness the "Deception" – an all-new episode – which features the return of the series' most memorable villains behind bars: Cad Bane, Boba Fett and Bossk.
The Secret Circle
Here's the official description for episode 14, "Valentine", which airs February 9:
VALENTINE'S DAY IN CHANCE HARBOR BRINGS SLUMBER PARTIES, SURPRISE HOOKUPS AND VENGEFUL WITCHES - In honor of the holiday, Faye (Phoebe Tonkin) and Melissa (Jessica Parker Kennedy) throw a girls only anti-Valentine's Day slumber party for themselves and fellow witches Diana (Shelley Hennig) and Cassie (Britt Robertson). But the night gets wilder than expected when Melissa offers Diana some mood altering "Devil's Spirit" and the first person Diana loosens up around is Lee (guest star Grey Damon), who crashes the party to help Faye achieve her own power. Meanwhile, Cassie is forced to turn to Adam (Thomas Dekker) and Jake (Chris Zylka) after she becomes haunted by the spirits of some vengeful witches.
Additional reporting by Natalie Baaklini and Charlie Jane Anders.


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Phototherapy involves exposure to specific wavelengths of artificial ultraviolet light, which may be ultraviolet B (UVB), ultraviolet A (UVA), or a combination of both. Phototherapy may be effective for older children and adults with mild to moderate atopic dermatitis. More severe atopic dermatitis can be treated with UVA in combination with a medication called psoralen. Psoralen is an oral or topical medication that makes the body more sensitive to light. This treatment is known as PUVA.
Phototherapy treatments are usually given several times per week for one or several months. It is generally done at a clinic or in your doctor's office with a specialized light panel or light box. In some cases, you may be able to use a recommended light box or light panel in your home with your doctor's guidance.
Possible long-term side effects of phototherapy include premature aging of your skin and skin cancer , especially with PUVA.
If other treatments fail to improve atopic dermatitis, a number of other medications may be tried. Each of these has specific risks and benefits. Discuss them with your doctor. Examples of such medications include:
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Your doctor may advise you to make dietary changes. These may include avoiding possible triggers or irritants. Dietary changes may also involve taking supplements.
If you or your child is suffering from eczema, you may want to seek counseling and support groups and services. There are many professionals and organizations that can provide help and support in coping with the stresses of eczema.
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3 Factors Shaping the Future for 3-D Printers
As the largest manufacturer of 3-D printers, with the broadest portfolio of printers in the industry, 3D Systems is at the leading edge of a disruptive technological revolution. However, despite years of earnings growth, 3D Systems' share price has risen even faster, and today the company sports a sky-high valuation. To help investors decide whether the future of additive manufacturing is bright enough to justify the lofty price tag on the company's shares, The Motley Fool has compiled a premium research report on whether 3D Systems is a buy right now. Today, you can get a sneak peek at our report, detailing three critical areas for investors to watch.
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How to Add the Puzzle Gadget to the Windows Desktop
With the Puzzle gadget on your Windows desktop, you can play a quick game and relieve mental stress. The Puzzle gadget displays a mixed-up picture; your job is to put it right again. You can even time yourself and try for better scores each time.
A gadget, by the way, is a small applet that fills a specific function, such as displaying a picture puzzle for you to solve. You can arrange multiple gadgets on the desktop by repeating these steps.
1Right-click the desktop and choose Gadgets.
The Gadget Gallery appears.
2Click the Puzzle gadget and drag it to the desktop.
The Puzzle gadget appears on the desktop where you dropped it, displaying the first puzzle.
3To play the game, click any piece adjacent to a blank square.
The piece moves into the blank space. Keep clicking and moving pieces until you get the pieces arranged to form a picture.
4Click the tools along the top of the puzzle to pause the timer, display the completed picture as a hint, or end the game.
Click the Pause Timer button to stop the automatic count of seconds of play. Click the Show Picture button to temporarily display the completed picture as a hint; release the button, and you go back to where you were in the game. Click the Solve button to end the game and display the completed picture.
5To change to a different picture, place your mouse over the Puzzle gadget and click the Options button.
When you move your mouse over the gadget, a panel flies out; click the Options button on this panel. (It sports a little wrench symbol.) The Picture Puzzle dialog box appears.
6Click the Next or Previous buttons to move through the available pictures.
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7Click OK.
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Man Cracks Open Massive 6 Oz. Chicken Egg to Discover…
I'm going to take a moment to interrupt your normal/art design programming with this absurd video from a gentleman named Sean Wilson who discovered an enormous egg amongst the daily collection of eggs from his chicken coop. As a person who grew up on a farm with dozens of chickens, I'm no stranger to cracking open large eggs to discover multiple yolks or other, erm, unexpected oddities. But in years of collecting eggs I've never seen anything quite like this. Don't miss this great back and forth banter between the dad and the off-screen child. I so hope this isn't a hoax. (via reddit)
Update: Kottke found some more information about the exceedingly rare double egg courtesy of NewScientist which explains how a fully formed egg is pushed back into the ovary, where another egg forms around it.


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by Tom Utescher
Three-quarters of the way through last Friday's Inter-Ac soccer match at Germantown Academy, the host Patriots appeared headed towards their fifth tie in the 10-game league schedule.
In the Inter-Ac team standings, settling for a stalemate nets you only one rankings point, as opposed to three for a win, but GA would've preferred that outcome instead of what actually happened.
With 15:36 remaining, visiting Springside Chestnut Hill Academy got on the board as senior Kevin Voye scored his third goal in two games, heading in a long throw-in from classmate Tim Ogle. With the Patriots all pushed up the field on offense in the final seconds, Blue Devils junior Anthony Liddy cashed in on a breakaway to round out a 2-0 victory for the visitors.
It was Liddy's fourth game back coming off of a mid-season injury, and Springside Chestnut Hill coach Joe DiSalvo felt it was no coincidence that this was also the team's fourth victory in a row.
"He just gives us an added confidence, and obviously we play better soccer when he's on the field," the SCH skipper said. "My goalkeeper, [freshman] Sam McDowell had a great game today with some phenomenal saves.
"I was just kidding Kevin Voye the other week about giving us some goals," DiSalvo added, "and now he has three in the last two games. He stepped up at just the right time, because right now [junior] Evan Wilson is out, and he's the guy who scored both our goals in the first game with GA."
This fall, the central portion of the schedule provided tough going for Springside Chestnut Hill, which went 1-6-1 in an eight-game stretch leading up to its recent win streak. With the late-season turnaround that stretched through Friday's bout at GA, the Devils got back within a game of the .500 mark with a 9-10-2 overall record, while improving to 3-5-1 in the Inter-Ac with just a match against Malvern Prep left to play.
The one tie in the SCH league ledger was a 2-2 deadlock with GA back in the first week of October. Among the other tie games for GA was a 1-1 encounter with Haverford School. It remains the only non-win in the Inter-Ac for the Fords, who have clinched the 2012 league title.
Last season, Germantown had a striker who had a knack for breaking deadlocks and for scoring in general, but Pat Hoy has now moved on to Princeton University, where he's on the baseball team.
"The most difficult thing to do in soccer is to actually score goals off your chances, and it's been an issue for us all year," observed Patriots coach Chris Fehrle. "We lost Hoy, who you could count on to finish consistently, and this season it's been scoring by committee, seeing who can put one in on a given day. We've had a lot of games where we've played well enough to win, but we haven't had that one guy to put the ball away."
In Inter-Ac contests last Tuesday, a pair of goals by senior Adam Villari took the Patriots past Episcopal Academy, 2-1, while SCH topped host Penn Charter, 4-2. The Blue Devils' Voye and Quakers junior Bradford Jones each scored twice, and the other two SCH markers came from Ogle (whose ball went in off of a PC player) and sophomore José Contreras.
For much of Friday's match there was a scoring drought for both SCH and GA, but that didn't surprise the coaches.
"They defend very well," DiSalvo stated after the game. "Chris has them well-prepared and they don't make a lot of mistakes. Without our long throw-in, we'd probably still be playing right now."
Fehrle pointed out, "We just have a history of close games between our two teams. Over the last three or four years we've gone to overtime with them more times than not. Joe and Bobby [Buoncristiano, the SCH assistant coach] do a good job getting their kids ready to go in these league games, which are never easy."
The sideline throw-in artists for each team were showcased from the get-go. SCH's Ogle heaves his in a conventional manner, while fellow senior Jared Whitman of GA performs the more elaborate somersault routine. Both players can fling the ball into the goalmouth if they're starting down near the corners of the field.
SCH's McDowell and GA junior keeper Jacob Jordan each plucked a projectile from the other team out of the air during the opening minutes, and the long-toss lads got plenty of other opportunities later on. A run by Blue Devils junior Phil Kelly ended with a shot that tracked a little high and wide to the right, and a GA ball passed into the box at the other end was cleared out by the visitors' Will McCool.
Later on, Whitman launched two more throws towards players waiting in front of the Devils' den, but McDowell went up and grabbed the ball both times and before long the half ended at 0-0.
When play resumed, McDowell had to make a difficult save at the left post on a well-struck shot by senior Tim Rueter, and the Patriots kept the pressure on for some time. After some more close shaves, including a shot hit hard just over the crossbar by GA junior Scott Solakian, SCH's DiSalvo loudly warned his team "We can't wait until they score to pick it up!"
The Devils generated some more offensive activity after that, and eventually scored as the clock wound down towards the 15-minute mark. Ogle's throw from the left sideline traveled across the cage to the far post, where a handful of players were waiting. It almost looked like the ball went in directly off of the upright (particularly to GA observers), but it was actually headed in by Voye, making it a legal goal that proved to be the game-winner.
The Pats came very close to netting a tying goal several times. On one GA foray across the SCH 18, McDowell saved both a close-range shot by junior Josh Komitsky and a quick follow-up attempt by Whitman. Later, Solakian had a shot lined up in the middle of the box as McDowell approached, but the GA junior fired the ball too close to the Devils' keeper, who flicked out a hand and deflected it out of harm's way.
While Germantown had everyone up on offense in the final moments, SCH's Liddy broke loose on a counter and scored with 36 seconds left to play.
"I'm proud of my team, because it's been a tough year," DiSalvo said. "We struggled in the middle of the season but I always felt that our team was better than that, and now it's nice to get some results to kind of confirm that."


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WORCESTER, Mass./PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - Diego Canil Ordonez was just 16 years old when he realized he needed to get out of Guatemala after gang members arrived at the store where he worked to shake down his boss for money.
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"They took me out of the store, and they took the money and they beat me up," Canil Ordonez, now 21, recounted in a recent interview at a social service center in Worcester, Massachusetts. "They were following me everywhere."
Fearing for his life, Canil Ordonez joined the ranks of a growing number of children from Central America to risk all on a hazardous journey to the United States, driven in part by widespread gang violence and grinding poverty.
During a harrowing trek across Mexico, his traveling companion, an 18-year-old male, was briefly kidnapped and held for ransom. The journey ended when the pair surrendered to immigration authorities in Texas; Canil Ordonez's friend could no longer walk because of injuries to his feet.
The number of such young migrants taken into custody by U.S. officials has risen dramatically in the past year, and while most are sent home, those who are fleeing abusive parents or gang-dominated communities can be granted refugee status, an October report from the Women's Refugee Commission found. The commission is a part of the International Rescue Committee, a nongovernmental organization founded in 1933 and based in the United States.
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Most of the 151 people - 129 boys and 22 girls - interviewed by the researchers of the report, titled "Forced from Home: The Lost Boys and Girls of Central America," said they would make the dangerous trek again rather than remain in their homelands.
"These children exhibited both an urgent need to escape and an incredible will to survive," the report said. "Until conditions for children in these countries change substantially, it is expected that this trend will become the new norm."
The rise in arrivals over the past year comes as the overall number of arrests on the U.S. border with Mexico is at its lowest level since the early 1970s. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection official disagreed with the report's conclusion, saying the surge may not represent a long-term trend.
"This increase, however, is not inconsistent with historic migration trends and patterns, which are cyclical and vary month by month over a year," said the official, who declined to have his name published citing department policy.
The journey poses a host of dangers all its own, according to the report and Reuters interviews with five young men who made the illegal trip as minors. Many migrants travel across Mexico atop freight trains, with the constant risk of falling. They are also easy targets for robberies and kidnappings.
Franklin Chavarria was kidnapped and held for ransom by members of the violent Zetas drug cartel in Mexico when he was 16 years old and making his second attempt to enter the United States.
"The Zetas are dangerous. They want money, and they want to know if you have family in the States who can pay," Chavarria, now 20, said in an interview in Phoenix, Arizona.
"After five days I said to myself, 'What am I doing here? What's happening? What are they thinking?' I decided to get out before something bad happened," he said, adding that he managed to escape and keep going.
U.S. officials launched a public awareness campaign in Latin American media this month aimed at dissuading unaccompanied children from attempting the trip.
Videos, posters, radio spots and movie trailers are to run through March to illustrate the perils from "the perspective of grieving loved ones left behind," Customs and Border Patrol said in a news release.
Chavarria, who is originally from Honduras, now lives with a foster family in Arizona and attends high school. Canil Ordonez lives with a foster family in Connecticut and attends community college. Both now have green cards that make them legal permanent residents of the United States.
Their stories are typical. Many of the children granted refugee status are put in the care of Lutheran Social Services and Catholic Charities USA, who find foster families around the nation to care for them, lawyers to help seek citizenship and counselors to address the trauma many have experienced.
"Over the years, I've seen children coming who are more and more troubled, more and more traumatized," said Mary Bartholomew, a senior program manager at Lutheran Social Services in Worcester, who has been working with unaccompanied immigrant children for nearly a decade.
"Many of them have seen siblings murdered, many of them are pursued for gang membership ... many of them feel the pressure to join because some other family member is going to be harmed besides themselves," she said.
Two gang-related fears drive many young people to flee their countries: the risk of becoming a victim of violence or, for some, being forced to commit violent acts to survive.
"Those guys, they make you to do things that you don't want to do," said Selvin Munoz, now 23 and living in Worcester, who fled Honduras at age 16. "You're trying to be someone in life, but you can't, unless you join them selling drugs, killing people. And you don't want to do that. You want to be a better person."
Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Prudence Crowther


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COLUMBUS - Dominique Gilbert dropped 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Lady Cougars past the struggling Lady Hurricanes.
GSW (8-8, 2-5) has lost two in a row and five of its last seven.
Jessica Bivins led the Lady Hurricanes with 15 points, and Cierra Duhart had 12 points and nine rebounds.
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Olsen became interim coach after Curt Onalfo was fired in August 2010 and was hired for the full-time job three months later.
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OSLO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mobile phone maker Nokia Oyj said on Wednesday it will hold a joint media event with Microsoft Corp in New York on September 5, boosting hopes that it will unveil its long-awaited Windows smartphone upgrade before rival Apple Inc rolls out its next iPhone.
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By Memphis Redbirds | January 23, 2013 4:34 PM
The 72-game home schedule features 13 spectacular fireworks shows at AutoZone Park, including two on Memorial Day weekend, Independence Day, and every Saturday home game. Complete fireworks dates are as follows: April 6, April 20, May 11, May 25, May 26, June 8, June 22, June 29, July 4, July 6, July 20, August 3, and August 17.
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|Monday, April 22
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|Redbirds Piggy Bank (2,000 fans)
|Thursday, June 6
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Jake the Diamond Dog makes his way back to AutoZone Park on April 21, coinciding with the Redbirds' fourth annual "Bark in the Ballpark," offering $1.00 hot dogs and free admission for dogs with paid owners. St. Louis Cardinals mascot Fredbird will make back-to-back appearances at AutoZone Park during the final homestand of the season in August.
The Redbirds will be wearing themed jerseys on two nights this season, and fans will have the opportunity to bid on that night's game-worn jerseys during a live postgame auction on the field. The Birds will wear camouflage jerseys while sporting hats of the United States Armed Forces on July 6, capped off by a special Salute to the Armed Forces fireworks presentation. Retro blue-and-white Memphis Chicks jerseys will be worn on on August 16 for Throwback Night while fans enjoy $.50 hot dogs and sodas.
Among other highlighted ballpark promotions are Scout Night Campout (April 5), Business Person Matinee Special (May 14), Girl Scout campout (May 31), Sunday Brunch and a 0.0K "Race" (June 9), Summer Camp Day (June 13), Rockey the Redbird's Birthday Celebration (July 21), and Guaranteed Win Night (August 4).
Traditional favorites will continue during the season at AutoZone Park. All fans can play catch on the field after the game on one Sunday each month. Education Days presented by MLGW highlight two special morning matinees (April 11 and May 8), which are attended by thousands of local students from Memphis-area schools.
Daily, value-oriented promotions of note also fill the 2013 calendar, including the debut of Two-sdays, Wet Your Whistle Wednesdays presented by Pabst Blue Ribbon, Subway Eat Fresh Thursdays, Fred's Family Fridays, Signature Saturdays, and Kids Run the Bases Sundays presented by Tenn Dent and Shelby Co. Health.
The Redbirds begin their 16th Pacific Coast League season on Thursday, April 4 at AutoZone Park when they welcome the visiting Oklahoma City RedHawks for Opening Night. Single-game tickets go on sale at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 4 via the team's online purchase system at www.memphisredbirds.com, over the phone at (901) 721-6000, or in person at the AutoZone Park box office.
The 2013 promotional lineup will continue to grow and evolve through Opening Night and into the season, while more fun theme nights and events will be added and announced in the future. For a complete 2013 game schedule and an updated list of corresponding promotions, click here or stop by the Redbirds' front office. Promotions and dates are always subject to change.
About Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation: The Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation is the first and only not-for-profit charitable organization in the United States to own and operate a professional baseball franchise, the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds. AutoZone Park - the finest ballpark ever built in the United States below the Major League level - is the home of the Redbirds and has served as the cornerstone of development in downtown Memphis. Incorporating the Memphis Redbirds as not-for-profit entity allows the community to own the team and facility. For the first time in history, Mid-South residents, corporate leaders and baseball fans are able to give back to the community - and at the same time enjoy first class entertainment - by supporting Memphis Redbirds Baseball.
About Global Spectrum: Global Spectrum (global-spectrum.com) manages the Memphis Redbirds, as well as more than 100 other public assembly facilities around the world. Nearly 20-million people attended more than 11,000 events in Global Spectrum venues last year. Based in Philadelphia, PA, Global Spectrum is part of Comcast-Spectacor, one of the world's largest sports and entertainment companies. Comcast-Spectacor also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities, Paciolan, the leading provider of venue establishment ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions, Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company, and Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks.
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Our client is an attorney, but is looking for your suggestions on design.
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We are looking for a website design on behalf of our clients, Eppsteiner & Fiorica Attorneys. We want 1) Home page design & 2) one inner-page design.
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I always listen to early 90s UK ambient techno in January. My pick this year is the first Global Communications album.
I always listen to early 90s UK ambient techno in January. My pick this year is the first Global Communications album.
This is a favourite every January:
The two tendencies in 'ambient' - experimental avant performance and amorphous chill muzak out are practically diametric opposites.
Noise is not meditative.
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goes both way, though. dark ambient can be unsettling and foreboding, while other ambient is soothing and relaxing.
Pink and white noise is often used as for relaxation purposes, but that is a particular physiological response related to pre-natal intrauterine sound, and is generally a sleep aid rather than a listening experience - Ive even seen it prescribed.
Whilst their might be some crossover, Id say the contingent of people who listen to Merzbow or avant noise for relaxation are a fairly tiny minority.
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Absent Ai Weiwei stages major show in Berlin
BERLIN (AP) -- A prison cell, a pair of jade handcuffs and an installation built with rubble from a demolished studio: Dissident artist Ai Weiwei is drawing heavily on his troubles with the Chinese authorities at a spectacular new show in Berlin.
Ai has filled a floor of the Martin-Gropius-Bau museum with pieces large and small for his exhibition "Evidence," which opened Wednesday and was billed by organizers as his biggest yet. Ai is barred from leaving China, but still made his presence felt unmistakably in the selection of works.
"Some are related to my current condition, related to my concerns; some are more aesthetic presentations of the kind of concerns that I always have with art, art history," Ai said in a video message.
Ai, 56, is one of the world's most famous artists, celebrated abroad with exhibitions from Tokyo to London and known for his striking "Bird's Nest" stadium at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But he has irked authorities at home by using his art and online profile to draw attention to injustices in China and to push for greater transparency.
Much of the new show is overtly political, reflecting on issues such as surveillance and environmental problems. On such work, "Mask," is a marble mask atop a tombstone, alluding to China's problems with smog.
Some pieces reflect tensions between tradition and modernization in China. Visitors are greeted by an atrium filled with more than 6,000 antique stools gathered from villages across China's north -- uniform-seeming yet individual objects left behind by history. They also can see a set of Han dynasty vases covered in metallic auto paint -- the vases' antique features overlaid by a symbol of modern consumerism.
Ai's own story is ever-present. Over the years, he has been alternately encouraged, tolerated and harassed by officialdom. In early 2011, a studio he had built in Shanghai was abruptly demolished; Ai used concrete and brick rubble from the site to create the work "Souvenir from Shanghai."
In April of that year, Ai was arrested and held for 81 days during a wider crackdown on dissent. On his release, it was announced that he had confessed to tax evasion and been slapped with a $2.4 million bill.
The Berlin show includes "81," a replica of his cell with a tiny window and naked light bulb. He's also exhibiting computers confiscated from his office and a jade replica of a pair of handcuffs.
Exhibition curator Gereon Sievernich said he visited Ai several times in Beijing and that, despite Ai's absence, "all the work here has been done from his studio."
"He has a team of 20 people and it was a perfect collaboration, and of course we used the Internet and all these tools we have these days," Sievernich said, adding that Ai also provided organizers with a short text explaining his thinking for each of the exhibition's 18 rooms.
Ai said in his video message: "I still hope I can come to see the show and share the moment."
The show opens to the public Thursday and runs through July 7.


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February 15, 2013
Universal's Future: More Cranes & More Thrills
"Theme parks have been one of the biggest surprises for us."
That's the word from Comcast CEO Brian Roberts to analysts yesterday -- when he announced attendance and spending was up once again in 2012 at Universal Orlando & its sister theme parks in Hollywood, Japan & Singapore. A day earlier, Roberts announced Comcast was buying out the rest of GE's stake in NBC Universal. Clearly he has faith in its future.
While he did not break out how much attendance was up, Roberts once again credited The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure & the Transformers ride that opened in Hollywood & Singapore. That's the same ride Universal is rushing to open this year.
"The Universal theme parks have been a real standout and we see great potential in the years ahead," Roberts said
And as a result, Comcast says spending on its parks will go up 25% this year. Keep in mind: that's 25% more than a year when they built 2 copies of Transformers, Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem here in Florida....
and started construction on Transformers here, as well as a new parade, a new nighttime spectacular and started the vast redevelopment of the Jaws area of Universal Studios Florida. I've said it before -- Universal clearly believes the parks are a growth engine. Keep in mind Universal is also building the Cabana Bay resort.
So Let's take a construction tour at just the Studios park. There are cranes everywhere. Almost right from the entrance -- the Transformers ride is very visible. Here's a view of the nearly-finished building near Mel's Drive in.
And Looming over the Monster Cafe near the Shrek 4 -D Attraction.
Finally, a shot of the corner of the impressively vast building. Keep in mind -- this time last year -- an entirely different building was still in its place.
The speed of construction is astounding.
Though a lot of work remains -- already many Universal fans are hoping more work is done to make it look less like a giant grey warehouse dominating the center of that section of the park. We'll see how it turns out soon.
Moving deeper into the park -- you can see the other two projects under active construction. Starting with this shot across the lagoon from near the San Francisco area showing what sources assure me is a Simpson's miniland next to the Simpsons ride.
I know the photo doesn't show much more than some structural steel -- but soon Krusty Burger,Moe's Tavern and other Springfield icons will spring up in and around the former bland-looking International Food & Film Festival.
From Lombard's Seafood Grill -- let's look across the Lagoon at the OTHER construction zone. It is by far the largest construction area. Here's a wide shot.
See that giant square building under the crane? Sources tell me that is the heart of the new, unannounced, London section of the Harry Potter universe.
If rumors are to be believed (and in this case my sources say I very much should) this building will house a thrill ride through Gringott's bank vaults.
Here's a closer view of the same area
And here is a look at the other side of the building. The pictures don't really convey how big it really is. To help -- keep in mind -- that building is not right next door to where I was standing. It is across the lagoon.
You can see work is continuing pretty much around the clock. Other web sites have spotted roller coaster track already installed inside.
We will soon see a lot more happening here, and I will bring you more construction updates from Universal soon.
Before I wrap up for the day -- a tip of the hat to the Orlando Sentinel for uncovering plans for Orlando to spend $9 million in tax dollars to build a pedestrian bridge from the Cabana Bay resort to Islands of Adventure. It's all on Universal property -- except for the road the bridge will bridge.
Don't forget Mardi Gras continues tomorrow at Universal. Here's a link to my last Theme World blog post - taking you behind the scenes at Mardi Gras.
If you want to see more, the ClickOrlando team took dozens of my pictures and has made a Mardi Gras slide show.
And finally -- here's a link to our new Local 6 Theme World page.
See you in the parks. And if you have any tips or questions, please feel free to email me. I'll be happy to answer anything I can.
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A former Central High School janitor accused of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old student in September was sentenced to three months in jail and two years probation.
Curtis Hodges, 28, was ordered to serve two years of probation and to attend sex offender counseling. Hodges had been charged with having sexual contact with a student younger than 19 while being a school employee and second-degree sexual abuse.
Hodges was also ordered to have no contact with the victim or her grandmother.
A Central High School administrator observed Hodges exiting a girls' bathroom. The school's principal reviewed a security tape that showed the student entering the bathroom and Hodges following her a short time later, according to police accounts.
The video showed another janitor locking the bathroom door. He appeared to be standing guard while the two were inside, Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson said at the time.
The second janitor faced no criminal charges, but both men were fired.