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Thursday, May 10, 2007
I Could Get A Job As A Digital Restoration Artist
My guess is that on the new dvds coming out, they will look more like this:That's how many of the Warner's cartoons look like now that we have advanced digital restoration techniques. I ruined the frame with simple cheap Photoshop controls. They have much more expensive controls that do a better version of ruining classic films.
Original lush colors from 1948. Enjoy them while you can!
Actually I really hope I'm wrong, but all the DVDs I've bought in the last 10 years look and sound awful thanks to "Digitally Remastered" promises.
19 comments:
- Sean Worsham said...
Hey John,
Does this mean I should stop purchasing the Looney Tunes Gold Collection? I can't think of anymore ways I can support further distribution of my favorite cartoons. It's hard to expose the new generations of artist to the golden age of cartoons. Heck I know one 25 year old who hardly saw Tom and Jerry and proclaimed he hated it. I'm afraid to bust out my dvd to show him how wrong he is.
- Sean Worsham said...
Note I'm not trying to refer to Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry being the same thing in my last comment. I'm just referring to them as examples of Warner Bros. distinct lack of quality when it comes to remastering and restoring old classic cartoons.
- I.D.R.C. said...
Your restoration hurts my eyes. It's perfect!
Back when my grandparents first got a color TV I used to go over there and make Fred Flintstone purple. I was always ahead of my time.
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- pinkboi said...
Remastering requires judgment. What works for one thing doesn't work with another. You must fiddle with the controls meticulously and have good eyes and ears. My feeling is that many remasterings (be they audio or video) were and are too automated. The computer can do awesome things, but it can't think for you.
- Semicolon said...
You're just a bit too pessimistic sometimes John. I don't see any reason to believe this sort of thing will just get worse and worse, digital video technology is still in its infancy, and the next higher definition generation of media is rearing up on us, standards for quality and faithfulness to originals will only rise.
- JohnK said...
>>I don't see any reason to believe this sort of thing will just get worse and worse<<
Look at the last 12 years or so of remastering. The films DO get worse and worse.
The more remastering tools they invent, the more choices engineers have to change the look and sound of the films.
I've spent a lot of money buying films that promised to look better than the last remastering, only to find them more and more changed from the original.
There is nothing in the trends that indicates it will get better.
- Sean Worsham said...
>There is nothing in the trends that >indicates it will get better.
There is always a way for it to get better, we just have to be more optimistic. However all I know is that there are less and less options to even expose new audiences to show my favorite old-time cartoons.
Most people I know don't have Boomerang, No network or syndicate channel will show anything old anymore and these dvd's and blu-ray discs are looking more and more like the only way we can show anything from the past nowadays. The best we can do is write and complain but who knows that may even shorten the chance of big studios releasing more of our favorite cartoons.
To me showing clips on You Tube of my favorite cartoons is even a bigger travesty as the quality on that sucks and the internet is certainly no way of watching animation in top quality form (damn compression artifacts).
But then again I'm only paying for these dvd's because that is the only way most of us and our kids in the future are going to see the cartoon treasures we've known for years. That and ASIFA is miles from where most people live. I can't imagine this great art dying along with me, I want my kids to see it and hopefully appreciate it too so it can influence the future John K's out there.
- NateBear said...
Dear classic animators,
We here at Time-Warner-AOL-Verizon-Mobilecom & Sid Inc. regret to inform your that your painstakingly crafter cartoon figure outlines are in actually scratches and pubic hairs. We apologize for any inconvenience this confusion might have cause.
While we hav eyour attention, we would like to offer you a brand new set of colors that your tasteful mind never dreamed possible for animated cartoon. Imagine an icy blue Bugs Bunny emerging from a purple hole in a neon green patch of grass while harassing a orange-suited , magenta-skinned Elmer Fudd. How much more delightful and stimulating would little kiddies find that compared to the hand-mixed watercolors you were stuck with back in the day. Wouldn't you like to enhance your bedroom experience?
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- Oliver_A said...
do you refer to cartoons alone, or life action movies, too?
I think the worst phase was around 1999-2002, when they filtered almost every movie to death with DVNR algorithms. Nowadays, at least in life action movies, they got aware of the problem, and leave the original film grain as it is.
The problem, what you may percieve as digital sterileness, may also be that in many cases, much better materials have been found. For example, Technicolor dye prints have a certain colour look and atmosphere, but lack a little bit in sharpness due to the process of manually combining the 3 dye layers. Now, you have digital technology, and when you find the original 3 strip black and white seperation masters, you can scan them in digitally, and recombine them with perfect alignment, yielding a much sharper picture. Wizard of Oz and the original Robin Hood have been restored that way.
Since almost all classic colour cartoons are originally distributed as Technicolor dye prints, chances are that they may be restored that way. That they didn't scan in an original release print but went back to the seperation masters, because they are much sharper. The problem arises of course that they need rebalancing teh colours in software, but you could easily avoid that problem if you take a release print as a colour reference.
The Woody Woodpecker examples you posted are definately struck from an original Tecnicolor dye print. They have that warm, strong but darker feeling to them which is typical of this process.
- Kali Fontecchio said...
They admit it too! I remember when we met someone from Disney who said, "...ya we up the contrast etc." and was proud of it! They had just done some new version of Bambi. Scary.
Nice saturation skills, John- hahahahahaha.
- David Germain said...
Did Tex Avery ever make any Woody cartoons?
No, but he did make two Chilly Willy cartoons while at Lantz.
- Oliver_A said...
They admit it too! I remember when we met someone from Disney who said, "...ya we up the contrast etc." and was proud of it! They had just done 'some new version of Bambi. Scary.
In case of Disney, it is even worse than that. In Cinderella, they digitally repainted some of the backgrounds. Snow White was digitally recoloured to a large degree, it doesn't look like film anymore. Redrawing lines is also one of their cruel practices in destroying their own body of work.
DVNR on Warner DVD's is really bad enough, but no one has treated their own work more badly than Disney. Amazingly, they left the Classic Shorts on the first Treasures Sets untouched. No DVNR, and all grain structures intact. Like John said, perhaps they didn't want to invest money to have them destroyed.
- Lyris said...
John, I don't know if you're aware of a new type of digital mangling method. There's no official name for it that I know of, but I call it BACKGROUND FREEZING.
Basically, the 'restoration' people grab a still frame of a scene and video-freeze it, so that the film grain doesn't move (there seems to be this phobia of film grain that I don't understand). Then they 'cut holes' in this electronically frozen background to allow the moving parts of the scene to appear.
The problem is that since the film naturally jitters around a little bit as it moves through the film scanner, the unfrozen parts aren't in quite the same place as they were in the frozen frame so whenever something moves, there's this weird sort of warping effect around the area.
It's difficult to explain, but the new DVD of BAMBI has it (as well as some DVNR artefacts). The High Definition versions of DRAGON'S LAIR (not really a huge loss I know) also have it. There's a video at the bottom of this post here, it looks terrible:
If anyone wants to know how to help PROPERLY preserve animation's original elements and cartoons, learn how on my blog.
- Oliver_A said...
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive is dedicated to archiving classic animation artwork, children's books, films, illustration, comics, and other things you and I care about, to preserve them on permanent, indestructible COMPUTER data forever.
Actually, I think it will be due to our modern obsession with digitalization, that large parts of our culture which we know now will be lost in 100-200 years.
There is nothing more fragile than digital data. One click, and the data is simply gone. A few bytes currupted, and the file is unreadable in the worst case. File formats and operating systems are changing quickly. Optical mediums like Compact discs already have started to deterioate. Floppy discs are dying in large quantities.
This coming from a computer science student.
- Shawn said...
It's a shame about the digital remastering, but HOOOOLY CRAP, those drawings look cool! I can't wait to get that Woody Woodpecker DVD set this summer (as well as the Popeye set). By the end of July, nobody is going to see me, because I'll be busy watching cartoons!
- Tim said...
"Remastering requires judgment. What works for one thing doesn't work with another. You must fiddle with the controls meticulously and have good eyes and ears. My feeling is that many remasterings (be they audio or video) were and are too automated. The computer can do awesome things, but it can't think for you."
You're correct in that there can be a science behind it, but I doubt enough people complain for them to really care to focus on "true" remastered cartoons that are as close to the originals as possible. I want to see it the way the artist originally intended, not the way some random guy wants it to look. Given the fact that a lot of those old films have degraded, remastering is pretty much a neccessity, but who's doing the quality control there?
- Jim Rockford said...
I despise the term "newly remastered" LEAVE THE CLASSICS ALONE!,
One such instance of this blatant disregard for the artists original conception is the dvd sets of Gumby,all of which have been basterdized,gone is the original hi-q Seeley,loose production music,replaced in the 80's with cheesy synthesizer crap,and whats worse is even the voices have been redone,all to fit in with the gumbys made in the late 80's.
this "new and therfore improved" attitude doesnt stop,it just seems to get worse and worse as seemilgy every old movie or album has to be "re-mastered" and sterile in order to be released.
Whats wrong with todays society,stop trying to inflict modern day technolohical "tweeks" on our old shows,we dont need garish bright and shiny re-issues and clean sterile new music in the background.I have LP's which display far better fidelity than the CD re-issues that have been digitally remastered so every tick and pop is gone.
when WGN was showing re-runs of the Camrbria Stooges Cartoons the title music had to be re-dubbed.
Needless to say I wont be buying any more Gumby dvd sets.hopefully someday they will release the originals intact.


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Fifty years ago this month, on Dec. 4, Pope Paul VI presided over the solemn closing General Congregation of the Second Session of Vatican Council II. As we celebrate this "ending" of the Second Session, we find ourselves, as did those bishops 50 years ago, in the midst of Advent, preparing to celebrate the great feast Christmas and new beginnings in Christ. It therefore seems appropriate to review some of the highlights of Pope Paul's message on that day, not only as an historical exercise, but as a reflection on where we have come from and what remains ahead.
To put Dec. 4, 1963, into perspective a little, at least from an American point of view, the United States, and U.S. Catholics in particular, were still reeling from the November assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In fact, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, the Warren Commission held its first meeting beginning its investigation into the assassination. On the following day, however, more than 2,000 bishops and more than 10,000 people packed into St. Peter's Basilica for Mass and the promulgation of the first two documents of the Council.
Following Mass, the Holy Spirit was invoked, and the Constitution on the Liturgy and the Decree on Social Communication were formally presented to the bishops for final votes. The Constitution on the Liturgy was approved by a vote of 2,147 to 4; the Decree on Social Communication was approved 1,960 to 164. Pope Paul, who had remained in prayer while the votes were tabulated, then solemnly promulgated the two documents and addressed the Council Fathers.
The Pope thanked all the bishops for their efforts, especially those who were generously contributing funds to support the participation of bishops from poor countries who, otherwise, would not have been able to attend. He noted that the work of the Council was far from done (in fact, he hoped that the coming Third Session would be the concluding session), but that its works thus far were grains of wheat cast into the furrows "awaiting their effective and fruitful development" through divine goodness. He observed, "Let us rejoice, my brothers, for when was the Church ever so aware of herself, so in love with Christ, so blessed, so united, so willing to imitate Him, so ready to understand one another and to deal with one another, and, though we were almost strangers, through the process of union we have become friends."
It was toward the end of his talk that the Pope pointed ahead to two significant developments. He referred to the frequent suggestions that a kind of "senate of bishops" be created to assist the Pope in governance, and that "experience will suggest how. . .the earnest and cordial collaboration of the bishops can more effectively promote the good of the Universal Church." It was this openness that would lead him later to form the so-called synod of bishops, which now Pope Francis is developing further.
The second announcement was that Pope Paul would visit Jerusalem in January, as he wished to be "a pilgrim ourselves in the land of Jesus, our Lord." The pope said, "Most humbly and rapidly we shall return there as an expression of prayer, penance and renovation to offer to Christ His Church, to summon to this One Holy Church our separated brethren, to implore divine mercy on behalf of peace among men, that peace which shows in these days how weak and tottering it is, and to beseech Christ Our Lord for the salvation of the entire human race."
As we approach Christmas today, may we also re-commit ourselves as priests and deacons to work collaboratively and collegially with one another in ministry, and to join the Holy Father in offering ourselves to Christ, to implore divine mercy on behalf of peace among all people and for the salvation of the entire human race. May you all have a blessed, prayerful and peaceful Christmas.
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Following a series of concert dates in Tokyo late in 1961 with his quintet, Horace Silver returned to the U.S. with his head full of the Japanese melodies he had heard during his visit, and using those as a springboard, he wrote four new pieces, which he then recorded at sessions held on July 13 and 14, 1962, along with a version of Ronnell Bright's little known ballad "Cherry Blossom." One would naturally assume the resulting LP would have a Japanese feel, but that really isn't the case. Using Latin rhythms and the blues as a base, Silver's Tokyo-influenced compositions fit right in with the subtle cross-cultural but very American hard bop he'd been doing all along. Using his usual quintet (Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Junior Cook on tenor sax, Gene Taylor on bass) with drummer Joe Harris (he is listed as John Harris, Jr. for this set) filling in for an ailing Roy Brooks), Silver's compositions have a light, airy feel, with plenty of space, and no one used that space better at these sessions than Cook, whose tenor sax lines are simply wonderful, adding a sturdy, reliable brightness. The centerpieces are the two straight blues, "Sayonara Blues" and "The Tokyo Blues," both of which have a delightfully natural flow, and the building, patient take on Bright's "Cherry Blossom," which Silver takes pains to make sure sounds like a ballad and not a barely restrained minor-key romp. The bottom line is that The Tokyo Blues emerges as a fairly typical Silver set from the era and not as a grandiose fusion experiment welding hard bop to Japanese melodies. That might have been interesting, certainly, but Silver obviously assimilated things down to a deeper level before he wrote these pieces, and they feel like a natural extension of his work rather than an experimental detour. ~ Steve Leggett


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Don't say "abstract" (instead say "general")
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The word "abstract" is common in computer science. An abstract thing is one where some part of the whole is unspecified. For instance, the expression "3*x + 3" is an abstraction of the expression "3*4+3", because the "x" is unspecified. Likewise, a function is an abstraction over some set of values, supplied when the function is called.
The word "general" is not at all common in computer science. In non-computer-science use, the word "general" is used to describe things that may be applied to more than one thing or situation. For instance, a "more general solution" is one that applies not just to the problem at hand, but instead to a larger set of problems.
From a computer science perspective, things that are abstract are also general. Things that are general are also abstract. Substituting the word "general" for the word "abstract" would not be a terrible hurdle.
From a non-computer-science perspective, however, "general" and "abstract" have very different implications. Something that is general is better: it is more useful, it applies more frequently. Something that is abstract, though, is worse: it is lacking detail, it is non-concrete.
This is one difference—the major difference?—between computer science (and of course mathematics) and the real world: the abstract is no less concrete. We can abstract over expressions using functions, and we can even abstract over syntactic things, using hygienic macros. The result of such abstraction is a perfectly well-defined element in our universe of expressions.
In computer science, then, the pejorative sense of the word "abstract" is misleading, and the use of the terms "abstract" and "abstraction" merely provides ammunition for those who wish that we could all still be writing assembly language.
I suggest instead the use of the word "general."
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Another Day, Another Study That Says 'Pirates' Are The Best Customers... This Time From HADOPI
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From a strategic standpoint, this impacts how one responds to increased "piracy." If you realize that they're merely underserved customers, the correct response is to come up with better business models. If the problem is that it's "free, free, free!" then perhaps enforcement could make some sense. But... all of the studies seem to suggest it's the former, rather than the latter... and thus the enforcement/stricter copyright responses won't help at all (as we've seen).
Joe Karaganis, from SSRC, points us to the news that there's been yet another such study... and this one is from HADOPI, itself. Yes, the French agency put together to kick people off the internet for file sharing did a study on the nature of unauthorized file sharing, too. Not surprisingly (and consistent with every other study we've seen on this topic), it found that those who spend a lot of money on content... were much, much, much more likely to also get content through unauthorized means. HADOPI released the results in a somewhat convoluted way (perhaps trying to downplay this result), but Karaganis reformatted the results to make this clear:
If piracy is a sampling and discovery tool for high spenders, then suppressing piracy could depress legal sales. If–as I'll argue at more length in a subsequent post–we're in a mostly zero-sum market in which consumers are maxed out on discretionary media expenditures, then enforcement won't significantly expand but at best just cannibalize one media sector for another. Music, games, and movies, let's say, competing for the same discretionary dollars–and all of them competing with rising, increasingly non-discretionary internet access and data charges. If we're in this type of market, then HADOPI is just in the business of eliminating its best customers. Good luck with that business model.And suppressing the means of communication at the same time -- collateral damage for no good purpose. Brilliant!


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In a short message issued to members of the press this morning, Japanese gaming icon Nintendo claims that sales of games for its Nintendo 3DS handheld system have massively increased over the past year. According to Nintendo, software sales have shot up by 89 percent since last October.
The company cites a number of major releases for the system as the impetus for this windfall. Specifically, it points out that the relatively recent New Super Mario Bros. 2 is still going strong at retail, having sold over 295,000 units in its second month of availability. Nintendo also spotlights a number of other first-party games for the system as contributing to this sales feat, and mentions Mario Kart 7, Kid Icarus: Uprising, The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D and Star Fox 64 3D by name.
Unsurprisingly, Nintendo executives are feeling pretty good about this news. "Hardware sales are up, software sales are increasing exponentially and the attach rate is growing stronger every month," said Nintendo Of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing Scott Moffitt. "With a great slate of upcoming games, including Paper Mario: Sticker Star, which arrives exactly one month from today, we like our position heading into the crucial holiday selling season."
Finally, as if to roll out every possible highlight of how well Nintendo's handheld division is doing, the company points out that the Nintendo DS' Super Mario 64 DS has finally topped five million total units sold. Given that the game was initially released in 2004 and that all Nintendo-developed games sell well, this news isn't exactly amazing, but this does mean that Super Mario 64 DS now joins Mario Kart DS and the original New Super Mario Bros. on the short list of Nintendo DS titles that have surpassed the five million copies sold mark.
Though it's likely little surprise to those familiar with Nintendo's history, it seems important to point out that none of the games mentioned above were developed by third-party companies. Each and every one of them is a Nintendo game set within a famous Nintendo franchise. As we said, this isn't all that surprising as Nintendo's own games have always been the main selling point for the company's gaming systems, but it does highlight how heavily Nintendo relies on its own decades-old series to bolster consumer support for each of its new hardware ventures.


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Okay it's not the same, but I am pretty sure this is because of my English patch, since it uses SEEN from the original LB (or does it? I see untranslated lines in the common route so maybe it's not the original LB SEEN, it's the EX SEEN??) in which you can't possibly play Refrain on a fresh install... But if anyone has the English patch and knows how to do this, could they help me out? Thanks!
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(note: the discussion with their parents was only with their Father. Their mother was bed ridden at that time).
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That said, I must have missed a detail but...
Spoiler for Kanata's route:
Suffice to say, reading it again, I think this route is definitely a mandatory read in order to flesh out both characters and give proper answers to everything that had occured in the past. The only problem of that route is how longwinded it can be (not as "beating around the bush" as Haruka's however), and the conclusion is a bit "too easy" but fits quite well the series, whereas Haruka's route was a tad... too disconnected from the LB in general.
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It is not pressing enough for me to do that, I was just wondering if there is a way to play Refrain if you answer "Yes" to the beginning question. And anyway, shouldn't Key have put in some mechanism to play Refrain again if you answer "Yes"? Because otherwise you would have to play through all seven girls' routes again, but I doubt that is possible because afaik Rin 1 is forever locked when you complete it and would the game still keep count of whose routes you finished after you complete the whole original game?? Seems like a waste when Rin 2, the rest of the girls, and the new heroines you can get right off the bat by answering "Yes".
But thank you for your help, I see what you are doing.
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I'll edit this later once I have time to write the rest lol....
I might have interpreted a few parts wrong.
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Coach Jon Ireland, after viewing what he called the worst game one of his teams has played since a 2-0 loss Oct. 29, 2008 at Tennessee Tech, has scheduled a film session at 8 a.m. Saturday followed by a practice session.
The Lady Bisons fell 2-0 Friday evening at Tennessee-Martin in Martin, Tenn. Ireland saw a need to really give his team a wake-up call.
"We played really, really bad," said Ireland. "That's the frustrating part.
"We were organized enough at times so that we still limited their shots. But we didn't create anything offensively which is something we really have to work on. We can't win games with only four shots.
It was the home opener for UT-Martin. The Lady Bisons, facing their second Ohio Valley Conference team in row, fell to 1-1.
The Lady Bisons allowed only 11 shots, but UT-Martin connected with one goal in each period.
Freshman goalkeeper Erin Zerio made a season-high five saves, but allowed one goal. Fellow freshman goalkeeper Ally Marler played the second half. She made two saves and gave up one goal.
Kendyl Wilson score one-minute into the game for UT-Martin with a cross in front of the goal.
"If we are going to give up a goal in the first minute of a game we are not going to win," said Ireland. "For whatever reason, we just lost focus. We have to address that. I don't care who you play when you give up a goal that early it gives the other team so much confidence and completely deflates your team.
"We didn't come out ready to play. I told our players we are not good enough to come out and not be really focused. We can't have an off day and win."
Amy Iwanicki scored at 72:39 of the second period on a deflection off of Marler.
Offensively, the Lady Bisons managed only four shots. Brandi Besheres, Kate Spellman, Martika Powe and Lacey Cross each had one shot. UT-Martin goalkeeper Aubrey Buehler only had to make one save on a second period shot.
Last season the Lady Bisons attempted four shots or fewer in five games.
""We were off all day in terms of connecting passes," said Ireland. "They didn't put us under a lot of pressure. They gave us room to knock the ball around."
The Lady Bisons held UT-Martin to three corner kicks. The Lady Bisons made two corner kicks.
It was the first time the two teams have met in two seasons. UT-Martin was picked to finish second in the OVC preseason poll.
It was the fifth straight win for UT-Martin in the series. The Lady Bisons are 1-1-6 overall against UT-Martin.
'We are closing the gap in terms of competing," said Ireland. "The encouraging part was limiting their shots. We would have given up 25 or 28 shots against them last season.
"The first half was really bad. The second half was better. The bottom line is we still lost."
The Lady Bisons are back on the road Wednesday when they travel to Alabama to face Troy University at 4 p.m.
"I made sure to tell our players that it is not the end of the season," said Ireland. "We are nowhere near where we need to be. We have a long way to go. We definitely have a lot to work on. We have to regroup before we play Troy.
"The focus is going to be on our offensive end and also on our possessions overall. Defensively, we have done well enough the last two games in terms of eliminating shots. We were in the game until near the end even though we playing pretty bad."


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March 14, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - With 31 seconds remaining in the third overtime period, Brendan Carroll connected on a feed from Chris Walker to give visiting Salve Regina University a 7-6 win over MIT in a non-conference men's lacrosse game on Saturday. Ryan Ballentine registered his third consecutive four-point effort for the Engineers (0-3), finishing with two goals and two assists. Brendan Rooney also led the Seahawks (3-1) with two goals and two assists.
Salve Regina wasted little time getting on the board as Ryan Doherty notched an unassisted goal after 51 seconds expired. MIT eventually knotted the contest courtesy of a solo strike by Ballentine with less than four minutes remaining in the period. The Engineers captured their first lead when Ernie Park converted a pass from Corey Garvey at the 14:07 mark of the second quarter. The remainder of the frame was a defensive battle, as the Cardinal and Gray entered the intermission with a 2-1 edge.
The Seahawks ended the scoring drought just 13 seconds into the third frame when Michael Augustus found Rooney for an extra-man goal. MIT reclaimed the advantage at the 10:35 mark on a goal from Neil Zimmerman that was set up by Park. Back-to-back strikes by Walker and Rooney put Salve Regina ahead, 4-3. Zimmerman notched his second goal of the quarter on a pass from Ballentine, but the Seahawks maintained their slim edge following a goal from Carroll.
The Engineers evened the contest for the third time when Park connected on a feed from Ballentine at the 10:10 mark of the fourth quarter. Just over four minutes later, Rooney found Walker to put Salve Regina up, 6-5. With less than three minutes remaining in regulation, MIT's Eric Zuk scooped up a groundball and sprinted downfield where he setup Ballentine for the equalizer.
Park finished the day with two goals and an assist as Zimmerman scored a pair of goals. Zuk collected a game-high seven groundballs while Patrick Shannon added five groundballs for the Cardinal and Gray. In net, Garth Grove tallied six saves.
Walker notched two goals and an assist as Carroll totaled two goals. Augustus earned two assists while Nolan McGarrity, Maurie Fitzgerald, and Brian Walker each recorded five groundballs. In net, Brian Walker made eight stops for the Seahawks.
MIT continues its home-stand against Wentworth Institute of Technology on Tuesday, March 17 while Salve Regina travels to UMass Dartmouth the next day.


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Today I received further confirmation of Nathaniel Hawkins being my great-great grandfather. I think I have enough evidence now that I don't need to second-guess it anymore as to whether or not I have the correct name. I've received in the mail the death certificate of my great-aunt, Annie B. Green, and there on her death certificate is the given name of her father, NATHANIEL HAWKINS. So, there you have it. I now have two sources from two different locations for two different people, both of which name NATHANIEL HAWKINS as the father of Anna's children. (The first was the marriage bond for their oldest son, John W. Green, in Franklin County, NC).
Annie was the second daughter of Nathaniel Hawkins and Anna Green (although the informant on the death certificate gave the name as, Annie B. - the same as the deceased). She died in 1952 in Jacksonville, FL, where she had been living with her daughter, Jessie Patterson, and her husband, who I believe may have been a doctor. It was Jessie who served as informant on the death certificate. I've heard a few stories about Annie, all of which had one common theme -- She was MEAN! Also, according to my dear cousin, Florine, Annie looked white, and so did most of her children. I also know that several of her children did "pass" and disconnected themselves from the family back in Louisburg.
As thrilled as I am to have received this death certificate, it also raises a few questions. Annie is listed as a widow, yet I don't know of her being married, and even though it says this, there is no married name given. Also, the date of death is listed as 3-23-1952, but then the doctor says he last saw her at 3 a.m. on 3/24, so I'm not sure which is the actual date of death (although I think it's probably 3-24). The other thing is that Jessie gives her mother's date of birth as 12-20-1875, but everything I have has her born in 1871. She was 9 at the time of the 1880 Census, so I'm thinking that she was a bit older than Jessie thought she was, but I'll need to follow up on that.
Anyway, I'm more sure than ever now about Nathaniel Hawkins being my ancestor. He's still hiding from me, but I won't give up on finding out more about him, no matter how long it takes!


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Ronald Joseph Patnode, 78, of Yakima died early Sunday morning, Nov. 24, 2013, completing his journey home to the Lord on the Solemnity of Christ the King at Cottage in the Meadow in Yakima.
He was born July 23, 1935 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Yakima to Joseph Edward and Zelia Amelia (Goulet) Patnode.
Fr. Ron lived and received his elementary and junior high education in Toppenish. He entered St. Edward's Seminary in Kenmore in the fall of 1949, where he received his secondary and college education, receiving a B.A, in 1957. In 1961 he completed his theological education with a Master of Divinity from St. Thomas Seminary in Kenmore.
Fr. Ronald Patnode was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest on May 20, 1961 at St. Paul Cathedral in Yakima. He received a B.A. in education in 1962 and a Master's of Education in 1970 from Seattle University.
Fr. Ron taught at Marquette High School in Yakima from 1961 to 1966, St. Joseph Junior High in Wenatchee from 1966 to 1968 and at Carroll High School in Yakima. He was vice principal and teacher at Carroll High School from 1968 to 1973, then principal from 1973 to 1979, and Superintendent of Catholic Schools of Central Washington from 1974 to 1979.
He was instrumental in developing the first Diocesan School policies. As secretary of the Washington Federation of Private Schools, he helped lobby for a state voucher system for private school parents.
Fr. Ron studied Spanish in Mexico City from 1979 to 1980 in preparation to serve the Hispanic people in the Diocese. After returning from Mexico, he enjoyed teaching a course at Heritage University in its second and third years of existence.
He was Diocesan Director of Hispanic Ministries from 1980 to 1995. Fr. Ron was a leader in establishing a Regional Office for Hispanic Affairs for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska, serving as its board chairman several times. Conferences were put on to sensitize priest and religious workers to the Hispanic culture.
He was a strong advocate in the diocese, region and on the national level for parishes to be communities that include all Baptized members. Many workshops were held to train lay ministers and leaders. He was a leader in the process leading to the National Hispanic Encuentro that began in local parishes, continuing in dioceses, regions and a final meeting in Washington D.C. that brought to the surface priorities of needs. This concluded with the U.S. Bishops Statement of a National Policy for Hispanic Ministry. Fr. Ron was a founding member of the Instituto National de Liturigia Hispana and first Secretary for the National Association of Diocesan Directors of Hispanic Ministry.
He was a member of the Washington Association of Churches Committee establishing and directing a program for Salvadoran and Guatemalen refugees. He also served as Diocesan Director of Continuing Education of Clergy from 2000 to 2006. He served twice as regional representative on the Board of Directors for the National Federation of Priests' Councils.
Parish assignments were; assistant and administrator of St. Peter Claver in Wapato, St. Mary in White Swan, Immaculate Conception in Mabton, assistant and pastor of St. Joseph in Wenatchee, pastor of Royal City and Mattawa, pastor of St. Joseph in Kennewick, pastor of St. Aloysius in Toppenish and Resurrection Parish in Zillah, St. John the Baptist in Cle Elum and Immaculate Conception in Roslyn, pastor of St. Joseph in Sunnyside, and pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in Selah. He also did jail ministry in Benton, Chelan and Yakima County jails, as well as in the Yakima Juvenile Justice Center.
Fr. Ron was active in the Cursillo Movement and the Search Retreats for many years.
Fr. Ron enjoyed golfing for many years and was proud of his Carroll High School golf team who placed highest of all AA high schools in the state tournament. He enjoyed skiing and his ministry of providing Masses at White Pass Ski area. He enjoyed playing cards with his cousins and close friends who provided him the opportunity to offer them the Sacrament of Reconciliation afterwards! He traveled the world with his friends not only for enjoyment and relaxation, but especially for educational and informational purposes. From those experiences he learned that our human differences are blessings from God and that we are all children of God. Fr. Ron was a strong advocate of equality, social justice and a dignified life.
Fr. Ron is survived by his sister, JoEllen (Larry) Barrientos of Packwood; nephews, Lindsey (deceased) (Kerri) Barrientos, Vickie Barrientos, Loren (Carmen) Barrientos, Michele Rhode and Lonny Barrientos; several grandnephews and grandnieces; many cousins; and those who truly considered him "Father": Osmar Aguirre, Candido Huertas, Rafael, and Lalo Gudiño.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Viewing and vigil services will be held Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5315 Tieton Drive in Yakima. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church, with interment to follow at Calvary Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Priests Retirement Fund or the Seminarian Education Fund, c/o Diocese of Yakima, 5301 Tieton Drive, Yakima, WA 98908.
Brookside Funeral Home & Crematory, Yakima, is entrusted with the arrangements.
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The past couple days have seen their fair share of Whitney Houston tributes in the wake of the singer's tragic passing. However, few of the tributes have been as stirring as the one at the Dubai Fountain in the United Arab Emirates where they created a beautiful light and watershow in sync with Whitney Houston version of I Will Always Love You. Get your tissues out, it's going to be an emotional ride.
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Keith Taylor, chief financial officer of Equinix, and Jason Starr, director of investor relations for Equinix, will present at the conference on Tuesday, November 27th at 3:00 P.M. (MST). The conference will be held November 26th -29th at The Phoenician hotel in Scottsdale.
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Program Helps Manteca Parents Get Word Out About Missing Children
Thanks to an enterprising city employee and financial backing from the local Kiwanis Club, Manteca parents now have a way to quickly disseminate information about a missing child to the public.
Police want Manteca parents to know about the free program, which could save critical time when a child has disappeared. The program involves having police take a digital photo of the child, which is then placed on a computer floppy disk. The parent is given the disk, which also contains a software program that allows the parents to fill in other personal identifying information on their child. If a child suddenly goes missing, the parents can immediately e-mail the information on the disk to the Manteca Police Department and other organizations whose mission it is to find missing children.
The system was pieced together by Modesto city employee Jeff Ross. It's a pretty simple process, he said. "Put the disk in your computer. You put the description of the person who took the child and other information where the child was."
In addition to making it easier for police to get the word out on missing children, the program also makes it simpler for parents to print their own missing child information flyers.
The Manteca Police Department hopes to expand the program for caretakers of those with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia.
The Kiwanis Club of Manteca donated the nearly $4,000 for the program and disks.
About 500 Manteca parents have already taken advantage of the program. Parents are encouraged to click on the above link for a list of community events where the police department will be taking children's photographs for the free disks
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SALEM, Mass. – Jeremy Fanning scored twice in the final 3:41 of regulation to break a 5-5 tie and propel Salem State University to a 7-5 victory over MIT in a men's lacrosse game at Alumni Field on Tuesday afternoon. With the win, the Vikings improved to 6-4 on the year while the Engineers evened their record at 4-4.
Britt Cyr put MIT on the board by scoring off the opening faceoff, but Greg Shidler connected on a feed from Ryan Gendreau to even the contest six and a half minutes later. Dan Piemont, who would finish with a hat-trick, intercepted a pass in front of Vikings' goalkeeper Brendan Gill and beat him on the left side to give the Engineers' a 2-1 edge after one period.
Gendreau registered the equalizer at the 12:13 mark of the second stanza; however, Piemont put MIT ahead three minutes later. Goals by Gendreau and Robert Mulroy resulted in a 4-3 halftime lead for Salem State.
Christopher Rullan kept the Vikings off the scoreboard in the third period as the Engineers regained a slight advantage. Will Waste and Piemont each recorded scores to give MIT a 5-4 margin which held for most of the fourth period until Brandon Cali sparked the Vikings' late rally by burying the tying goal with 6:34 left to play.
Gill made15 saves against 20 shots to earn the win for Salem State, which has won five of its past six games. Rullan suffered the loss while stopping 14-of-21 shots faced.
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In 1895 the Birthplace Cottage was bought as a surprise 60th birthday present for Andrew Carnegie by his wife Louise and then let out to tenants. With the creation of the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust in 1903, a caretaker was installed and in 1908 it was first opened to the public.
In 1909 Andrew Carnegie wrote in the visitors book 'First visit to my birthplace. The humble home of honest poverty... Best heritage when one has a heroine for a mother.' The day that Dunfermline put out the flags for its benefactor Andrew Carnegie is captured in the celebrated oil painting 'The Dunfermline Demonstrations' - today the focal point of the foyer in the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Dunfermline.
After the death of her husband (11th August 1919) Mrs. Carnegie proposed and funded the erection of a Memorial Treasure House adjoining the Birthplace. The linked buildings of the Cottage and Memorial Hall were formally opened on 28th June 1928, the ceremony beginning with the switching on by Carnegie's grandchildren of a granite water fountain quarried on Carnegie's Highland estate of Skibo, near Dornoch.
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Raising a kid as a teen mom is daunting enough, but one Louisiana charter school's policy was poised to make things even more difficult. The state-funded Delhi Charter School in Louisiana attempted to mandate pregnancy tests for students, and use positive results to ban students from the classroom in order to uphold "the school's goals and objectives relative to character development."
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According to TODAY.com, this "Student Pregnancy Policy" came to the attention of the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana. The ACLU alerted the school that this discrimination is illegal, and threatened to pursue legal action if the policy is not changed by August 16th.
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Approximately 70% of teen moms overall are unable to complete school, according to the ACLU – that's without school kicking them out. This practice just stacks the odds against them that much more. Another shocking aspect of the policy is that it does not include repercussions for male students who father children.
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On a more positive note, it seems as though the Delhi Charter School is willing to comply with the revisions. However, it says something that the policy was allowed to exist in the first place. Do you think pregnant teens should be kicked out of school? Leave a comment.


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The point where most fairy tales end is where the Redwood Area Theatre (RAT) summer musical "Into the Woods" really takes off; "I like to think the first act of "Into the Woods" is for kids, and the second half is for grown ups," said director Josh Johnson....
Everyone knows the goal of living a fairy tale is to live happily ever after, right?
But what happens after you've met and married Prince Charming?
What happens after you've stolen the giant's hen that lays the golden egg?
What happens after you've escaped from the tower you've been locked in your whole life, or saved Granny from the wolf?
The point where most fairy tales end is where the Redwood Area Theatre (RAT) summer musical Into the Woods really takes off.
"I like to think the first act of Into the Woods is for kids, and the second half is for grown ups," said director Josh Johnson, making his RAT debut.
He continued, "The first act is all the Grimm's fairy tales we grew up hearing. The second act is about how what the characters thought they wanted, isn't."
When the original 1987 production premiered on Broadway, it won awards for original score, and anticipated later fairy tale mash-ups like Shrek and Wicked.
Johnson, who credits Mel Brooks as one of his comedic influences, said one of the things that intrigued him about Into the Woods is "the contrasting moments. It goes very quickly from comedy to serious, and back to comedy."
One of the biggest challenges for the RAT cast and crew has been mastering the score. Composer Stephen Sondheim is infamous for not making his songs easy to sing or play. Several cast members compared Into the Woods' songs to singing tongue twisters at top speed.
"The music is very, very complicated," said Cat Lovett, who plays one of the show's two charming princes. "The songs are very fast. This production has been like a two-month theatrical workshop."
Kurtis Parlin plays the Baker, whose quest to become a father ends up becoming the focus of the story.
"The biggest challenge is simply how much music there is," Parlin said. "In large numbers, with a large number of singers having to all sing the same words at the same time, if someone gets it wrong, you're going to have a muddle."
Parlin added, "The biggest thing people need to know is how much fun Into the Woods is. I can promise everyone they'll enjoy it."
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ROCHESTER – When asked about St. Bonaventure's experience, Niagara University coach Joe Mihalich said the Bonnies, "have a few more miles on those tires than we do." Indeed, Senior Night came a few months early for St. Bonaventure and it was the player with the most wear and tear who came up with the game saver.
Michael Davenport's late steal lifted Bona to a thrilling 80-75 victory Saturday before 4,758 at the Blue Cross Arena against its Big 4 rivals. St. Bonaventure (3-1) finally put away the irksome Purple Eagles (2-3) when Davenport came from behind and slapped away a shot attempt by T.J. Cline with six seconds left and the Bonnies leading, 77-75.
A fifth-year senior who missed most of last season with a shoulder injury, Davenport came off the bench and scored eight points, including a pair of threes, in 15 minutes but it was his steal that ended the Bonnies' Rochester losing streak at six games.
"I thought Mike came in and played with the most confidence he's played with all year," St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt said. "He hit a couple of shots and that's what we need."
It was St. Bonaventure's seniors who played big at the right moments. Chris Johnson had 19 points as he stuck jumpers into the teeth of the Niagara defense, while Demitrius Conger contributed 18 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in 39 minutes. Niagara couldn't handle Marquise Simmons inside (12 points, 12 rebounds) or St. Bonaventure's bench, which produced 31 points.
"We had great guys who led by example last year with a lot of the seniors," Johnson said. "Like coach said, we're only as good as our seniors so we try to bring it every day in practice - sometimes we don't do that - but we're working on it."
After a slow start to the season and an adjustment to a new role, Davenport looked much like the player was a double-figure scorer two years ago. But after suffering a left shoulder injury last December and as the Bonnies made their run to the NCAA Tournament last year, others stepped up so Davenport had to find minutes as a reserve.
"Obviously no one wants to get injured and sit out, especially being a competitor and playing in as many games as I played," said Davenport, who played in his 103rd game for St. Bonaventure on Saturday. "It was kind of heartbreaking but it was a real good learning experience for me so I just took what I was observing and I was looking forward to being in the moment."
So far this season, Davenport has had a lot of time to observe, playing a total of 29 minutes in the Bonnies first three games and had more turnovers (four) than points (two). None of that mattered against Niagara.
Off an inbounds play with 7.5 seconds left and Niagara trailing by two, the Purple Eagles got the ball to point guard Juan'ya Green. His first look was to Marvin Jordan, who cut across the middle off a staggered screen, but Davenport read it and snuffed it out immediately. Green noticed the 6-foot-8, 230-pound Cline on the 6-5 Davenport and fed him the ball but Davenport alertly smacked it away.
"One of the things Niagara is good at is slipping screens," Davenport said. "So I was in the right place at the right time when he tried to slip and I got my hands on the ball."
Said Mihalich: "I thought [Cline] made a good strong move. Bang, bang play."
Mihalich had more to say to the referee - perhaps a bit too much - and was issued a technical foul. Conger, who was fouled by Jordan following Davenport's steal, made 3 of 4 free throws to end the game.
Mihalich figures Niagara will be good once they defend - the Bonnies were 7 of 14 from three-point range - and rebound (St. Bonaventure grabbed 18 offensive boards).
"Until we get better in those two areas it's going to be tough," Mihalich said.
St. Bonaventure couldn't get rid of Niagara until the end. The Purple Eagles tied the game for the seventh and last time at 75-all with 58 seconds left.
"I get upset and it's tough to swallow but I have to remind myself how young we are," Mihalich said. "Those four freshmen and sophomores we played all last year are now four sophomores and juniors. We're still kind of young. ... These guys wouldn't give in."
Niagara was led by Antoine Mason with 19, Ameen Tanksley with 16 while Green and Cline each added 11.
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Guido Miani's 'Out Of Reach' Leads The Way At 2013 Audi Melges 20 Sailing Series In Gaeta
20 April 2013
Gaeta, Italy - The Audi Melges 20 Sailing Series opened its 2013 session today with four incredible races. A nice sea breeze of 5-10 knots with waves and current greeted the fleet on the Gulf of Gaeta leaving Alessio Marinelli at the helm for Guido Miani on Out of Reach in first place overall. Miani, with tactician Gabriele Benussi now maintains an 8-point margin to lead Giancarlo Capolino's Legionario in second and Mirko de Falco's Pecceré in third, followed by Achille Onorato's Mascalzone Latino, Jr. in fourth.
Claudio Dutto's Asante Sana had a very positive day, ranking amongst some of the best performing teams. Francesco Farneti aboard ITA-157 was fast all day, however had to withdraw from the fourth race, reducing any possibility of ending up at the top of the leaderboard.
Gold Cup Champions Alessandro Rombelli on STIG (2011) and Dario Levi on Fremito d'Arja (2012) had a difficult day finishing 10th and 13th respectively overall today.
Racing will finish up on Sunday. With at least two races scheduled, a discard will go into effect after six heats. The Race Committee, ruled by a careful Costanzo Villa, has slated Sunday's start for 11.30 a.m. Forecasts are calling for a mild sea breeze.
The Sailing Series continues its test drive tradition in 2013. At every event, the Audi Quattro Instructors will be available to guide all those interested in experiencing some of the most recent Audi models. The Audi A3 SB, RS5, SQ5 and S6 Avant will be available in Gaeta. For more information and test drive bookings, please call 345.3472530 or send an email to the Audi Quattro Experience.
In addition to title sponsor Audi, the 2013 Sailing Series is supported by official sponsor AstiHour, a very refreshing fruit cocktail that will be served during happy hours at the Audi Hospitality Village. Other sponsors include Kuehne+Nagel, Yeykey, Helly Hansen, and SimBroker e Nacora.
B-Plan Sport&Events is committed to greater visibility and appeal of the 2013 Audi Sailing Series. The event has 3 newly renovated websites: www.audisailingseries.com, www.audisailingteam.it, www.bpse.it – and a new Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/AudiSailingSeries. Updates are also being posted as the racing happens at the Official Facebook Page of the International Audi Melges 20 Class Association too!
Press releases are distributed in three languages – Italian, English and German – written and released at the end of each day. All photos will be posted online at melges20.com thanks to a renewed collaboration with Studio Borlenghi. Zerogradinord will produce interviews and video highlights available on the Official Audi Sailing Series YouTube Circuit Channel.
TOP TEN RESULTS (After Four Races)
1.) Guido Miani/Gabriele Benussi, Out of Reach; 3-4-8-1 = 16
2.) Giancarlo Capolino/Francesco Ivaldi, Legionario; 7-11-2-4 = 24
3.) Mirko de Falco/Gugleilmo Giordano, Pecceré; 5-3-11-5 = 24
4.) Achille Onorato/Lorenzo Bressani, Mascalzone Latino, Jr.; 4-14-4-3 = 25
5.) Claudio Dutto/Fabio Zeni, Asante Sana; 6-2-7-12 = 27
6.) Francesco Farneti/Alberto Bolzan, ITA-157; 2-1-5-DNF = 30
7.) Federico Albano/Guilio Desiderato, 3Menda; 1-9-6-14 = 30
8.) Marco Francini/Sandro Montefusco, Mezza Luna; 14-8-3-6 = 31
9.) Lauro Bonora/Carlo Fracassoli, Camay; 12-10-9-2 = 33
10.) Alessandro Rombelli/Paul Goodison, STIG; 11-5-10-10 = 36
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Rodgers has empathy for under-fire Moyes
Brendan Rodgers has expressed empathy for David Moyes' struggles at Manchester United, but points out he took on Liverpool at a lower ebb.
United looked a shadow of the side that won last season's Premier League by 11 points as Liverpool dished out a comprehensive 3-0 beating at Old Trafford on Sunday.
A transitional period was expected following the end of Alex Ferguson's exceptional 27 years at the helm, but the fall from grace under former Everton boss Moyes has been particularly severe.
Liverpool are a sobering example to United of how a footballing giant can suffer a change in fortunes, although the club's stunning form under Rodgers has ignited hopes of a first English league title since 1990 for a team that finished last term in seventh place.
"I have empathy in terms of the pressures," Rodgers said. "We're both at the two biggest clubs in British football that are world-renowned clubs.
"It's incomparable where we were at. He's obviously come in when they were champions, with world-class players.
"We were eighth when I came in so we had a lot of work to do - a hell of a lot of work to do. I've got outstanding owners, they have never buckled from when they offered me the job.
"As a football club, we are restoring that solidity, and as a group both on and off the field. I have empathy for every manager because unless you've been a manager you never know the pressures.
"Certainly I understand the pressure of a worldwide institution because Manchester United is a fantastic club."


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Porrajmos: The Romanies and the Holocaust
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The Holocaust claimed anywhere between 500,000 and 1.5 million Romani lives, a tragedy the Romani people and Sinti refer to as the Porrajmos, or "the Devouring." Notwithstanding the scope of the catastrophe, the Romani genocide has all too often been minimized or ignored. A Romani-born British citizen, activist, and scholar, Hancock has been instrumental in raising awareness about this tragedy. For the past four decades, he has been a professor of English and linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the director of the Romani Studies program and the Romani Archives and Documentation Center. He has represented the Romani people at the United Nations, served as a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, and is currently a state commissioner on the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. At this special event Hancock will be introduced by Yale Strom, an expert in Jewish and Roma culture during and after the Holocaust.
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July 27 marks 60th anniversary of end to Korean War
Eighty-one-year-old Jim Vitali remembers exactly where he was on July 27, 1953.
"I was in the Kumwah Valley fighting the Chinese when we got the news," the Cuba, Mo., native said.
The news spreading through his Army field artillery unit was that the Korean War was about to end.
"I still have the paper they had us sign. It stated that there was going to be a cease fire at 22:00 hours. We couldn't believe it," Vitali said.
It was hard to believe that the Korean Conflict was about to end, said Vitali, because he and thousands of other American troops had been in an 11-day, 11-night non-stop battle with the Chinese.
"We were told to stand by until we were all clear," he shared."You can imagine the feelings. It was so quiet it scared you after being in the midst of an 11-day battle.
Vitali told his story to the Rolla Daily News at a recent meeting of the Rolla Chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association. The group of more than 50 veterans meet once month to share lunch and take care of business at the Knights of Columbus Hall off Highway 72. The Rolla chapter was started by Army veteran Les Burris in 2002.
Interestingly, Burris is a Bronze Star Award honoree for his heroic action in Korea in 1950. He was asked by his tank commander to take out an oncoming series of tanks which he and his bazooka crew did successfully.
The agenda for the group's July meeting included an update on sick or hospitalized members. They also discussed matters as it related to the Korean War Veterans Association at the state level and national level.
One such event is an upcoming Honor Flight which is a free daylong trip to Washington, D.C., where veterans will visit a number of war memorials.
More than 325,000 U.S. soldiers fought in the war which began with North Korea's invasion of the South in June of 1950. Forrest O'Neal was a 19-year-old Marine stationed at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina.
"I was somewhat anxious when I found out that I was headed off to war," said O'Neal.
He cannot forget the bitter cold winter he spent with his corps in the Chosan Resevoir.
"We were involved in setting up security at around 5,000 feet. I can remember it being at times 30 degrees below zero," he said.
When the armistice ending the war was signed, O'Neal had already been sent home. He was digging ditches in Columbia, Mo.
"I was glad to hear it was over," said O'Neal. "I was happy the men that I knew could come home like I did."
O'Neal along with a handful of other veterans have been guests of honor each year at Rolla Junior High. They spend time in several classes sharing their war stories and helping the students get a better understanding of what the Korean War was all about.
The Korean War has often been dubbed the "Forgotten War" because of the lack of public attention it received both during and after the war. However the men of this area's veterans association are quite proud of their service to their country and the world and they should be.
"For 60 years, the South Koreans have kept their freedom," said O'Neal. "It's because of our intervention and that is something that we are proud of."


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Melges 20 Takes Newport International Boatshow By Storm
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14 September 2008
The Melges 20 is a huge hit at the 2008 Newport International Boat Show. Taking place September 11-14, the Melges 20 was the talk of the show! Cool boat, North 3DL sails, clean and simple layout, yacht club purchases, team racing and team building, match racing, great one-design were some of the key words today.
There was a boat on land for display and another for providing test sails all day – every day! The Melges 20 is coming to a regatta near you - SOON!
The Newport show runs through the weekend and there will be private sails by appointment on Monday post show. Interest level – extremely high!


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Astros turned away on short night for Keuchel
OAKLAND -- In a back-and-forth contest between two teams going in opposite directions, the team with the winning record prevailed.
The Astros fell to the A's, 7-5, on Friday night at O.co Coliseum after Philip Humber surrendered a two-run home run to Josh Donaldson in the sixth inning that opened up Oakland's lead.View Full Game Coverage
OAKLAND -- In a back-and-forth contest between two teams going in opposite directions, the team with the winning record prevailed.
The Astros fell to the A's, 7-5, on Friday night at O.co Coliseum after Philip Humber surrendered a two-run home run to Josh Donaldson in the sixth inning that opened up Oakland's lead.View Full Game Coverage
The Astros entered the game having taken four of the previous six against the A's after losing the first 10 meetings of the season, but Oakland used the win to take a half-game lead in the American League West.
Dallas Keuchel lasted 3 1/3 innings for the Astros, yielding five runs off 10 hits and two walks. He was spotted with the lead after Houston's three-run third inning, but it wouldn't last. The two teams exchanged the lead five times before Donaldson clubbed his 21st dinger of the season.
The third inning began with a double by Jonathan Villar and singles from Jose Altuve and Trevor Crowe. Matt Dominguez, playing in his first game since Monday after missing time with a sinus infection, then singled in two runs to take a 3-1 lead.
Villar -- who went 3-for-5 -- gave the Astros another lead in the fourth with a bunt single toward first base that scored Brett Wallace from third.
The A's soon bounced back, scoring two runs in the fourth and sixth innings. They received 13 hits from eight members of their starting lineup, compared to Houston's six starters combining for 11 hits.
"We had a good game plan going in," Keuchel said. "I felt like the slider was keeping them in check early in the count because they like to hack. Some of those base hits were just because they're strong enough to get them through the hole. It's just one of those days where nothing was going right and everything was going wrong."
Keuchel had lasted at least seven innings in four of his previous five starts dating back to July 27. The extended at-bats, combined with what he considered to be a tight strike zone from home-plate umpire Alan Porter, contributed to his falling to 1-3 with a 5.51 ERA over his past six starts.
"I don't really say too much to the umpires, but I felt like a few of those inside fastballs were right there in the zone," Keuchel said. "It looked like he had a pretty decent zone, and it's just one of the frustrating parts. I can't live on the outside part of the plate all day long. I was getting them to chase the slider early and trying to back it up late with the fastball inside and I just wasn't getting the call."
Keuchel wasn't the only Astros player frustrated with Porter's officiating. Brandon Barnes was tossed in the sixth after arguing with Porter after he was hit by a pitch from A's right-hander A.J. Griffin but denied first base.
Porter ruled that Barnes, who leads Houston with seven hit-by-pitches this season, didn't make enough of an effort to avoid the pitch. Barnes eventually struck out swinging.
"He told me I leaned over and I leaned into it," Barnes said. "That's a judgment call. So I went back to the dugout."
Barnes disputed the call at the plate and continued to express his anger over the call from the dugout and eventually was ejected.
"I was at the bat rack and I was yelling at the bat rack, and I guess he heard something," he said. "I wasn't deliberately yelling at him. Again, it's a judgment call."
The Astros responded by threatening in the eighth with runners on the corners with two outs, but L.J. Hoes struck out looking on a 95-mph fastball from Ryan Cook to end the inning.
They pushed a run across in the ninth against A's closer Grant Balfour on a fielding error by second baseman Eric Sogard before the rally fell short.
"They battled all the way until the end," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "It was good to see. Really good at-bats during the ninth. They made him throw a bunch of pitches, and they definitely had to earn it."
Jeff Kirshman is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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If, as some have suggested, Paul Pierce is the face of the Boston Celtics, here's hoping that face shows up on a "most wanted" poster in other NBA cities real soon.
If, as some have suggested, Paul Pierce is the face of the Boston Celtics, here's hoping that face shows up on a "most wanted" poster in other NBA cities real soon.
Statistics may back the suggestion that the face of the Boston franchise belongs to Pierce, but reality clearly points out the franchise is in dire need of a face-lift. Let's face it, Pierce's face has become the face of mediocrity and, as a longtime fan of the Celtics, I'd like to see a new mug shot as soon as yesterday.
This team wasn't going to win another championship without discovering the fountain of youth. Kevin Garnett has been a shell of his former All-Star self for the last two years, and Pierce's talents continue to trend downward as his age goes up. Their best days are behind them, yet they remain the team's two biggest offensive weapons. And, with Rajon Rondo going down with a season-ending injury, Gramps and Pepe are the team's only weapons.
So what should the Celtics do? Stand pat, wallow around in mediocrity and hope they're mediocre enough to slip into the playoffs? Or, make some kind of move that could make this team relevant again?
Standing pat only prolongs the current scenario and assures the same questions will be asked a year from now when Garnett and Pierce are a year older. The Celtics will never be a serious title contender until they find a legitimate big man — someone who can rebound the ball and set the offense in motion. Since you aren't likely to find one of those guys when you're a mediocre team selecting in the middle of a two-round draft, the logical way to land one is through a trade. And, who's the bait most likely to land that kind of fish? Paul Pierce.
With a wide variety of salary cap issues and restrictions, trading in the NBA is harder than keeping Elton Brand healthy. And, the percentage of finding the right trading partner can be as low as Dwight Howard's free throw shooting percentage. But, if I could play Danny Ainge for a day, here's what I would do.
First, I would scan the rosters of the teams currently just in or out of the playoff picture figuring they would at least consider a trade that would help them solidify their current spot or give them a potential lift into the postseason picture. If one of those teams had a couple of productive big men, I would try to visualize how the addition of Pierce would not only offset the loss of one of them but would make them better. Then, I'd make my pitch.
My focus would be on teams in the Western Conference, since some teams may be squeamish about trading within their own conference.
Portland has 6-11 LeMarcus Aldridge, who is averaging 20.5 points and 8.8 rebounds. Getting him a trade may also be out of the question. But the Trailblazers also have a 20-year-old named Marques Leonard who is 7-1 and is averaging just under five points and four rebounds in limited playing time. Joel Freeland is another biggie at 6-10 and he's just 25 years old. Either of the latter two could possibly be had in a package, match-that-salary type of deal.
Denver has a handful of biggies, including 7-0 Javale McGee — who is 25 and commands a $10M salary for his 10 points/5 rebounds a game. The Nuggets also have 7-0 Kosta Koufos, who is 23 and averages 8.2 and 6.5, respectively, along with 7-1 Timofey Mozgov (26) and 6-11 Anthony Randolph (23) — any of whom may be available in some kind of package deal that includes Pierce.
Golden State has a couple of 7-footers, including Andrew Bogut who averages six points and four rebounds, while Houston has 7-0 Omer Asik who is 26, averages 10 points and 11 rebounds and makes $8M. With another seven-footer (Donatas Motiejunas) and 6-11 Cole Aldridge in reserve, maybe the Rockets would be willing to sacrifice ole' Omer's inside game for the all-around talents of Pierce.
But, that's just me trying to be Danny.
Trade Pierce and take the pressure off Garnett by getting a legitimate inside presence who can score little and rebound just enough to help Avery Bradley and Leandro Barbosa ignite the fastbreak offense. Whatever addition Danny may make probably won't add up to a championship run this year, but any inside presence will, at least, bring some hope to what is now a hopeless future.
Buddy Thomas' column appears weekly in The Standard-Times.


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Quote from: Fadedsun on August 31, 2011, 11:19:45 AMHopefully this fixes your problem, Yoda. http://www.famitsu.com/news/201109/01049309.htmlNow that's what I call results!
Hopefully this fixes your problem, Yoda. http://www.famitsu.com/news/201109/01049309.html
Shinjiro (though i doubt that's even possible)
Takaya would be an awesome character to play in this, his persona looks badass. Plus, we need some evil to balance the good.
If Atlus wants money, they just need to make:- Every other P4 character as DLC.- Every other P3 character as DLC.- Raidou, Tatsuya, Maya and Mara persona as DLC.
If it'll hold Jello, Utah will put Jello in it.
Now that I think about it, I hope that the game has a choice to between English and Japanese audio. I can't play fighting games in any other language than Japanese with the exception of Soul Calibur.
Hmm... aren't the two personas just their base and evolved forms? That isn't much of a choice, though it could equate to speed vs power...I'd be fine if they just cracked it open and let every character choose any personae. I am expecting this to be a huge, deep game, so while it wouldn't make sense canon-wise, it'd make sense gameplay-wise.It'll own for being what it is. Gameplay could be crap, and it'll still be a frickin' Persona fighting game.
I love how it looks, but I'm bummed it seems restricted to P4 (and Aigis). The roster is a bit small.. =/Now, a P4 beat em' up might be a cool "story mode" add on! :D