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Whether you have dry or oily skin, a great skin toner can transform your complexion. Here, we present the best toners for any skin type
Why it's great: "My skin thanks me every day," says a reader of this pore-reducing product. It keeps her "T-zone fresh" and the rest of her face "hydrated." Other readers agree that this gentle toner is a "cornerstone to a daily beauty routine," because it "delivers beautiful results without side effects."
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Where are cliniques toners? Been using them religiously for years
by Kbhaber Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 07:51AM Report as inappropriate
I have very sensitive and oily skin. I normally do not use heavy creams, but since moisturization is really important, and after a recommendation I saw on youtube, I decided to give the Shielo Complexion Moisturizer a go. I am SO GLAD I did. The Shielo Complexion Moisturizer This does not cause me to break out, and it moisturizes well (although my skin is a bit shinier than usual in the morning now :). I love that there is a large amount in the jar. I think this will be my "official" moisturizer from now on!
by jasmine_santa_maria Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 06:44PM Report as inappropriate
I am happy to see that all 3 toners I am considering are on this list!
by bride040612 Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 05:42PM Report as inappropriate
I Use Dollar General's Oil-Free Astringent, It's Good At Clearing Acne, It Smells Wonderful, And It's Super Cheap. I Love It It Has Done Wonders For My kin
by Sidney210 Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 03:44PM Report as inappropriate
Never really feel the need for using a toner.
by EricaC123 Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 05:34PM Report as inappropriate
I use ORIGING United States toner.. This is part of my daily regimen.. day and night.. I feel the difference. My skin feels fresh and clean, all ready to put on my moisturizer.
by Joana84 Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 08:43AM Report as inappropriate
I use the Body Shop's Tea Tree Oil toner right now and it is pretty good. My favorite toner though (the body shop's seaweed toner) was not on here :(
by Chris213 Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 07:15PM Report as inappropriate
I\'ve been using Olay\'s skin toner gentle years now, and I love it! It doesn\'t have that strong medicine-y smell of many other toners, and it\'s gentle enough to use twice a day. Definitely the best bang for your beauty buck!
by BengalsGal Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 11:04AM Report as inappropriate
I've been using Thayer's Roswater Toner and it has been working great! Very soothing and my skin looks great!
by starla1971 Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 03:02PM Report as inappropriate
been using witch hazel in the mornings and the body shop cucumber toner at night, it's working great for my dry to oily skin.
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Simpsons Movie, The (US - DVD R1)
Gabe takes a look at the new animated film based on the obscure 90's sit-com
Lisa Simpson convinces Springfield to clean up the polluted lake. Meanwhile, Homer Simpson adopts a pig. 'Spider Pig' fills a silo with its excrement, and in a moment of weakness Homer dumps it into the lake, pushing the pollution beyond the brink and turning Springfield into an official environmental hazard. President Schwarzenegger seals Springfield in a giant fibreglass dome, and the angry population chases the Simpsons to Alaska, where things get worse.
Nothing can kill The Simpsons, and I have no idea why. Fox television is notorious for cancelling show after show before giving it a fair shake, but for some reason they can't seem to let their original cash cow go, even though it hasn't been remotely relevant for more than a decade. A freaking decade!. I was one of those idealistic fans that refused to admit that the show had been slowly sliding into mediocrity since just after its fifth or six season, but eight blahgillion episodes later I'm unable to lie to myself any more. The television incarnation of the lovable yellow family hasn't made me laugh heartily for a very long time.
I originally saw the severely belated motion picture under mild protest, but left the theatre with a general sense of basic satisfaction (how's that for a vague analysis?). I probably should've left well enough alone, because this second viewing on DVD was an arduous experience. The Simpsons Movie is just about the most average, middle of the road, half and half thing ever made. Ideally the film seems to be aimed at people that have watched between ten and twenty episodes of the series. Anyone coming in blind won't have any idea what's going on because none of the characters, specifically not the guest cast, are properly introduced or structured. This should please series fans who'd probably rather not sit through redundant exposition, however, these people will have already seen everything here on a smaller production scale.
This isn't the first time Homer has lost the respect of his family. This isn't the first bump in Homer and Marge's marriage. This isn't the first time Bart has bonded with Flanders, the first time Homer's had an epiphany while hallucinating, or the first time the Simpsons have run for their lives from Springfield. This isn't even the first time Springfield's been stuck on the verge of utter destruction. Even the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie, based on a relatively repetitive and plot-less series, had something new to add to the property.
The animation looks good, sometimes successfully wrenching a giggle through pure slapstick appeal, and the melding of traditional cell and computer generated mediums is satisfactory. Homer's Eskimo induced nightmare and the action finale are both particularly impressive. All the actors bring their A-game, specifically Nancy Cartwright, Yeardly Smith and Julie Kavner, who give Bart, Lisa, and Marge a touch of emotional depth beyond what they normally display in the series. Bart's drunken hotel exploits ("I'm troubled"), Lisa's adorable moments with her new boyfriend Colin, and Marge's taped confession to Homer are all standout sequences in a painfully average feature.
I gave the Futurama disc a pass because I knew my Fox studio supplied check disc was not dual-layered, and assumed that the compression noise wouldn't show on the real discs consumers would later buy. This time I have to acknowledge the compression noise because it's pretty obnoxious. I'm going to assume that the final release will look better, but based on what I've got here things are blocky, pixilated and lumpy, especially during quick movement. If this disc is to be believed the colours are quite vibrant, details sharp, and overall it should be impressive, especially on Blu-ray. I'm also happy that the producers went with the full scope ratio, adding a whole lot of theatrical appeal.
Having The Simpsons in 5.1 Dolby Digital surround is pretty cool, I will admit. Animated productions with a decent budget are always fun in surround sound, and the sound designers here have gone all out. The 2.35:1 ratio sets the film apart from the series, but the full surround sound is the real seller here. Of course all these well mixed voices and sound effect are nothing without a musical score, and this one, by Hans freaking Zimmer (?!?) is really over the top, but fitting. The reprise of the 'Spider Pig' during Homer's hallucination was one of two belly laughs the movie got out of me.
Both commentary tracks make me want to like the movie more than I do, mostly because I really like the people behind the film, and came to like them through the Futurama commentaries. The first commentary, which features James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Scully, David Silverman, and actors Dan Castellaneta, Yeardly Smith, actually pauses when a big point must be made. It's kind of shocking the first time it happens, especially since I had no idea it was going to happen. Most of the commentary is devoted to the many, many changes made to the script during production. The effort that went into producing such an utterly average feature is rather depressing, but it sounds like these folks understand where they fell short. Strangely the actors are almost silent, it's almost like Yeardly Smith and Dan Castellaneta are sharing a mic and can't speak at the same time. The directors-only track (with David Silverman, Mike B. Anderson, Steven Dean Moore and Rich Moore) is pretty repetitive coming after the other track and its pauses, but it's nice for completests and technical junkies.
There are six deleted scenes, fully produced, with an introduction from producer Al Jean. Based on the commentary tracks I'm assuming that there's actually about thirteen hours worth of deleted footage, but this is probably the only stuff that made it to completed animation. Really none of the scenes would've added anything but a few jokes to the final film, though it's interesting to note that the first deleted scene features an alternate Russ Cargill design (though Albert Brooks' performance is more or less identical).
Then we've got four ads for the movie described as featurettes in the press materials. 'Homer's Monologue on the Tonight Show' is exactly what it sounds like, and not very funny. 'The Simpsons Judge American Idol' is exactly what it sounds like, and I'm sure it would be funny if I watched American Idol and hated the judges. 'Homer Introduces American Idol' is exactly what it sounds like, and not very funny. 'Let's All Go to the Lobby' is that same old reel where snacks sing a song about eating them, then Homer sneaks up behind them and eats them. Aqua Teen Hunger Force did it better.
The lacklustre disc ends with a bunch of teasers and trailers for the film, including the one that ripped off the South Park movie's awesome idea.
The Simpsons Movie is a vanilla effort from a hard working team that just can't seem to find any new ideas after almost two decades and more than four hundred episodes. There're a few laughs, some nice animation, and the performers are in top form, but the film itself isn't really worth more than one viewing in my book. The relatively scant extras in the day and age of mammoth multi-disc sets leads me to believe a double dip may be on the horizon, and the film's worldwide gross of more than $525 million smackers leads me to believe a sequel won't be too far behind.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Disc Details
Release Date: 18th December 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Extras: Producers, Writers, Directors and Cast Commentary, Directors Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Promos, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: David Silverman, Mike B. Anderson, Steven Dean Moore and Rich Moore
Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Yeardly Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria
Genre: Animation and Comedy
Length: 87 minutes
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Obama quickly, quietly takes oath to begin second termBy KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
Los Angeles Times
January 20. 2013 8:28PM
WASHINGTON - With a quick and simple swearing-in ceremony at the White House, President Barack Obama ended his first term in office Sunday and embarked on another four years leading a nation hobbled by a weak economy and gripped by political division.
Raising his right hand a few minutes before noon, Obama swore to "faithfully execute the office" and "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution. The ceremony that lasted hardly a minute.
The President stood next to his wife, Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administered the 35-word oath, more smoothly than he did four years ago, in front of cameras and a small group of Obama family and friends.
The intimate ceremony was a quirk of the calendar and an adherence to tradition. The 20th Amendment to the Constitution states that a President's term ends at noon on Jan. 20. When that date falls on the Sunday, Presidents have delayed the public ceremony a day and were sworn in at the White House.
Obama is due to reenact his oath-taking before hundreds of thousands at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Obama is slated to place his hand on two Bibles Monday, one owned by the slain civil rights leader and another owned by Abraham Lincoln.
That far grander affair will include the poetry and music of past inaugurals and be followed by a parade and night of dancing at the balls.
But the final hours of Obama's first term were filled with quieter moments and personal reflection.
The President began his day at Arlington National Cemetery, where he and Vice President Joe Biden, fresh from his own swearing-in ceremony, laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
From there, the President and his wife, infrequent churchgoers, made a rare visit to a historically black church, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal, the oldest A.M.E church in the nation's capital. The first African American President, who almost never discusses his own place in history, sat in the pews where 119 years ago congregants listened to Frederick Douglass' last speech, a call for racial and class equality.
"Put away your race prejudice. Banish the idea that one class must rule over another," the former slave said in 1894. "Based upon the eternal principles of truth, justice and humanity, and with no class having any cause of complaint or grievance, your Republic will stand and flourish forever."
On Sunday, Obama listened to a reading from Exodus the final passages of Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery and sending the Red Sea crashing down on the pursuing Egyptians.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - Rudy and Jirka - CZECH UP
Rudy and Jirka - CZECH UP
Jirka Valchar in a newcomer who we called in for a Czech Up. We meet up with him as he is doing some kick-boxing training. he attempts on kick too many, and injures his foot. He dabs at the wound on his toe and decides that it needs further attention, so dons his shoes and jacket and hobbles off to see Dr Rudy Bodlak. As we first see Rudy he is cleaning some equipment as he waits for a patient. Jirka arrives and informs the doctor of his injury. Rudy tells him to get undressed and he will check it. As Jirka undresses Rudy goes to watch, and pulls his cock out and wanks it. Having put on a surgical gown Jirka lays on the inspection table so that Rudy can begin his work. He inspects Jirka's foot and gently dresses the wounds. Then he continues to examine Jirka's foot for any further damage. Then, lifting the gown he examines Jirka's legs, telling him to place his feet flat on the bed, so his legs are up, and we also see his flaccid cock and balls. Rudy checks the legs, and then tells Jirka to remove the gown so that he can listen to his chest with the stethoscope. Next he has Jirka sit, with his legs over the edge of the table, cock and balls dangling, as he inspects his head. Rudy then feels Jirka's body and Jirka twists his head so that they can kiss. As they kiss Rudy takes hold of Jirka's cock and starts to wank it. It soons grows to a rather large erection, standing proud as they kiss. Rudy loves the look of that big, hard cock and starts to suck it, working his mouth over the end and sliding it down his throat. Then the guys kiss again and Rudy pulls his cock out so that Jirka can suck it while he wanks himself. As Jirka sucks him Rudy undresses showing his lovely body. Then the guys move to a 69, so they can both suck at the same time, with Rudy on top taking that massive cock in his mouth. But he needs to examine Jirka further, and takes a scope, lubes it and slides it into Jirka's ass for a nice close inspection. Everything is found to be ok, so they can finish up and Jirka wanks himself to a climax. Rudy quickly drops his mouth of the cock to get a taste of that spurting cum, and sucks it till it is drained completely. Jirka wants to taste some too and Rudy moves up to his head. Jirka pokes his tongue out to catch the cum as it flows from Rudy's cock and then sucks it into his mouth. Rudy then lays down next to Jirka and they kiss bringing a lovely scene to a very fine end.
... more about Rudy and Jirka - CZECH UP further in this newsletter
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For our first Wank Party of 2012 we brought Mirek Ceslar and Honza Copak together with three very hot newcomers, Jan Sadecky, Danek Rovny and Tomas Strasak. The guys have decided to celebrate New Year in a leisure hotel. This first part starts with Jan finishing a shower and then joining Danek in the sauna room. They chat a while before Danek says it is too hot and he will go to the jacuzzi. We switch to the jacuzzi and find Tomas, Mirek and Honza already in situ. They call for Danek and Jan to join them. The guys have some fun taking turns to spread their asses to feel the water jets shooting out and then they open the champagne for a drink. They all charge their glasses and have a drink with Honza and Mirek playfully squirting the rest of the champagne over the others. As they drink and celebrate we see that something is happening under the water, hands are reaching for each others cocks, which soon start getting hard. Tomas goes further and starts to kiss Honza's body as he wanks him. He seems quite eager to do more and also kisses Jan's body before turning his attention back to Honza, and going down on his hard cock. Mirek follows the lead and sitting on the edge of the tub he invites Danek to suck his rock hard dick. Danek obliges, his mouth closing over that cock, eagerly. Honza moves to sit on the side of the tub, to give Tomas better access to his throbbing dick. Then Mirek and Jan stand so that Danek can suck on both of them. He takes turns on each of their big fat cocks. Then he focusses just on Jan's massive dick while Mirek goes to give Honza a taste of his big one as well. Danek's dick is throbbing and needs attention, so he sits and Jan goes down on him too. Honza sits next to Mirek and, after Tomas has a quick taste of his cock, they start to kiss as Tomas moves to suck on Danek. Tomas seems to love the sucking and soon the guys all crowd around him, so that he can suck all of them. But Jan isn't finished and as Danek sits again he starts to suck him, leaving Tomas with only two cocks to work on, but he is happy doing it. Jan and Danek swap roles for a while before Mirek invites Danek to rim Tomas' ass. Jan sucks on Mirek's throbbing cock as Tomas's feels a tongue on his hole while he sucks Honza. Things are really hotting up now. Jan and Danek seem to have taking a big liking to each other as they get together again, while Tomas satisfies Honza and Mirek. Mirek takes control and has Honza and Jan kneel and push their asses out, he pours champagne down the ass cracks and has Danek and Tomas lap at it. Danek gets the bottle and rubs the neck of it over Jan's ass hole, as if he is going to push it in, but he pours more champagne over it instead. Danek and Tomas rim the holes as the champagne flows. What a lovely start to this Wank Party, with the guys enjoying themselves immensely, and promising to continue the action in part 2.
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Winning With ETF Strategies — Top Asset Managers
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By Max Isaacman
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"Winning With ETF Strategies" is essentially two volumes for the price of one. Isaacman begins the book by reviewing the evolution of ETFs and some general discussions of market behavior, along with how ETFs can be used to exploit various market tendencies and movements. The subsequent chapters are a must-read for any serious ETF investor. With sufficient detail, Isaacman discusses the various weighting methods employed by indexes and ETFs. These include cap weighting, fundamental weighting and equal weighting, among others. Isaacman then delves more deeply into specific ETF offerings by the heavyweights of the industry: PowerShares, iShares and Rydex|SGI. Because of the ever-evolving nature of ETFs, some information in these sections already is out of date, but the fundamental underpinnings that he describes still are intact and relevant for today's ETF investor.
The majority of the book consists of short (2-3 pages) interview-like passages on more than 20 investment advisors (IAs). These IAs run the gamut from $10M under management to more than $5 billion. While this part of the book, at times, seems like merely an extended advertisement for the money managers in question, there is much to be learned from their experiences. Isaacman essentially summarizes each manager's investment philosophy and trading strategies. Naturally, they all use ETFs in one way or another. To Isaacman's credit, he seems to have chosen the highlighted managers based on their diverse use of ETFs. One manager prefers ETFs over stocks and mutual funds for their ease in implementing an asset allocation and portfolio rebalancing program, which would otherwise be tricky without their versatility. Yet another manager prefers ETFs because of the wide variety of sector plays available. A few of the advisors I would classify as "market timers," so naturally the flexibility of ETFs, in terms of liquidity and lack of redemption fees, or loads, make them the ideal candidate for such strategies. Still others expound upon the virtues of ETFs related to international and commodity coverage, the ability to enhance returns using inverse and leveraged ETFs and cost of trading issues.
The book does suffer a bit because of the inherent repetition when interviewing more than 20 advisors, (all of whom use ETFs in a mostly systematic fashion); however, there remains enough diversity in their approaches to render the material useful to a wide variety of readers. In fact, individual investors could adapt some of the approaches covered in the book quite easily. Though, to be fair to Isaacman, he does not give away proprietary information, and in many cases stays at a very high-level when discussing the individual manager's strategies. Nevertheless, the multitude of approaches covered in this section will give all investors something to think about regarding their own management techniques.
ETFs have been in the marketplace for nearly 20 years now, with assets more than $1 trillion and, at last count, more than 1,200 available choices. Investors, both professional and individual, will have beneficial (and hopefully profitable) takeaways from Isaacman's book. For the more sophisticated advisors who already very well may be using many of the products covered in this book, there are enough unique ideas and tidbits to warrant a closer inspection of their current trading strategies. For individual investors who may not be using ETFs at all, "Winning With ETF Strategies" may convince them that these investment vehicles can, and should, have a place in their portfolios, whether they trade them themselves or enlist the help of a professional.
Bruce C. Greig, CFA, CAIA, CMT, is the portfolio manager for Altin Holdings, LLC. Greig has Bachelor's degrees in statistics and mathematics, and a Master's degree in finance, all from the University of Michigan.


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NH gun dealer seeing uptick, but Conn. killings only a part of the reasonBy JOHN DiSTASO
Senior Political Reporter
December 19. 2012 10:07AM
As key state lawmakers consider possible action in the wake of last week's tragic school shootings in Connecticut, one of New Hampshire's oldest gun shops is experiencing an uptick in sales, its owner says.
But Ralph Demicco, owner of Riley's Gun Shop in Hooksett, said Tuesday his business had an earlier 'surge' in business after President Barack Obama was reelected because, he said, gun buyers believed even then that the President will push for 'some sort of legislation' to tighten restrictions on firearms.
'In addition to that, it's Christmas time and things are generally busy. And then this heinous thing that happened
in Connecticut, there has been somewhat of another bump in sales,' Demicco said in an interview.
'To what degree that is the cause of it, it's hard to say because things are already operating at pretty full capacity as it is,' said Demicco.
Other firearms dealers in the area refused to discuss sales following the Connecticut massacre.
Spokesmen at Sig Sauer's headquarters in Exeter and its new academy in Epping did not return calls and Carey McLoud at the new Shooters Outpost in Hooksett said it 'would not be appropriate' to discuss sales at the current time.
But the 'Personal Protection in the Home' course offered by the Manchester Firing Line Range, also owned by the owners of the Shooters Outpost, is full until February, according to the range's web site.
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc., announced on Tuesday it has suspended the sale of 'modern sporting rifles' in all of its stores. At the State House, Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, said lawmakers are 'sickened by the tragedy,' but he was not aware of any particular bill filed in response to it, yet.
'We need to make sure we are doing everything we can to enforce existing law, and I think the intersection of mental health issues and the Second Amendment needs careful attention,' Bradley said. 'That's where the discussion should start, at least. I think we can reach a broad consensus on it. 'We're all going to have to act like adults here and that's a good starting point,' said Bradley.
Senate Democratic Leader Sylvia Larsen, of Concord, said all related laws will be reviewed.
She said there may be an effort to review the current so-called 'stand-you-ground' law passed in 2011.
'And I believe there will be another discussion of allowing guns in the State House,' she said.
'You can't have guns in the court houses, so it wouldn't be unheard of to reinstate the policy that had been in place for many years,' banning guns from the State House, said Larsen.
But she said that 'with the ease with which people pass borders, you have to rely on the federal level. It's difficult to have any state-by-state anything.'
Larsen said Democratic senators met on Monday, 'and had a quick discussion but there will be more. We need to review where we are.'
'Obviously people respect Second Amendment rights, but there are also the rights of private citizens to feel safe,' she said.
Veteran Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, said, 'We really have to think about how we deal with the mentally ill. We know that hospitals have done away with psychiatric wards and the State Hospital is jammed.
'The fact that something has to be done along those lines was a foregone conclusion even before this tragedy,' D'Allesandro said.
Demicco, who has owned Riley's for 39 years, said purchasers are not generally bringing up the Connecticut shootings when they buy firearms.
'If there is any comment made, it's something to the effect that this is certainly going to spur the discussion of some kind of proposed legislation, and they're just not sure, and they're just not going to take chances,' he said.
'When the perception is that something is going to happen, then the product becomes impossible to get,' he said.
He said ammunition has been 'at an all-time shortage for the last three or four years, since the President was elected the first time.
'We all have ammunition to sell but we don't have all the ammunition we would want to buy,' said Demicco. 'Ammunition companies are operating a full tilt and people are stocking up on ammunition not knowing what potential legislation may be in the offing.
'There is tremendous fear of the unknown,' he said.
Demicco said semi-automatic rifles, also referred to as 'assault weapons' and 'modern sporting rifles,' have always had 'steady and strong' sales, 'and they continue to.
'Are they selling more now? Maybe slightly, but people are not stripping the shelves.'
Demicco said he has 'strong feelings' about how such tragedies may be at least somewhat deterred in the future.
'The common denominator I see is mentally unstable people victimizing the defenseless, and it's universal,' he said.
'Every firearm purchaser is subject to a NICS (National Instant Check System) check and run through a series of data bases, and most of those data bases do not contain information on mental disabilities, problems leading to having them committed.
'Is this the next frontier we have to look at?' he asked. 'I don't know.
'The big roadblock will be: Who gets to classify and what are the criteria?'
Demicco also said that while opposes censorship in general, 'What I do find objectionable is these young kids playing video games, which are incredibly violent.'
He said young people who are already 'reclusive' and 'lock themselves in their room playing these games become socially desensitized. Life becomes a game. 'They can go out and actuate this behavior in real life, and it doesn't have the impact it would have on most people.'
Demicco said that while there may be many areas to address in the wake of the tragedy, 'I'll tell you one thing: more than ever people need to be able to have a means to defend themselves.'
He said calls for a ban on socalled assault weapons by three members of the state's congressional delegation 'is the easiest position for them to take. It takes the least amount of effort and thinking.'


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Bedford to swear in two new council members
BEDFORD - The town council will swear in two new members when it meets tonight. Jim Scanlon and Kelleigh Murphy will both take the oath of office.
Scanlon, elected for his second three-year term, has been a Bedford resident for 12 year, and has openly discussed his struggles with blindness. He is a proponent of a proposed dog park in Bedford which has had its share of controversy.
Sixty-two percent of voters approved the building of a dog park on election day last Tuesday, but voted that it be privately funded and subject to a lease agreement with the town.
Friends of the Canine Corner, the group that began as a town committee, has said it does not want to take on the liability of a lease, which Scanlon said will ultimately prevent its construction.
"You have a landslide victory on a dog park that will never be built," he said, but he will continue to support the park in future discussions.
Scanlon said he'll focus on several issues in his second term on the council - the widening of Route 101, the leadership of the council, and working in closer cooperation with state representatives.
"We have a moral responsibility to lead the town," Scanlon said, adding that the council's mission should not simply be to cut the town budget.
"Money is a tool, sometimes it's best left in the bank, and sometimes it's best to put it to good use," he said. "Sometimes you need to create additional taxes."
One issue that impacted Bedford, as well as other towns, is the increase in state retirement costs, which cost Bedford nearly $1 million.
Scanlon hopes to forge a stronger relationship with state representatives in Concord, one of which is his new fellow councilor, Murphy.
Scanlon said he hopes the addition of Murphy to the council will provide a connection between Bedford and Concord.
Murphy moved to Bedford in 2009, and has served on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen in Manchester and the Manchester School Board.
"I've always believed you should get involved in the community you live in," Murphy said.
Murphy, an attorney, said her legal training and analytical mind will serve her well on the council.
Murphy said a decline in home values has enabled more young families to move to Bedford.
"I feel I can do a nice job serving that demographic," she said.
Murphy said she experienced a similar issue with a dog park in Manchester and is interested to see how the issue fares in Bedford.
She and her husband, Keith, also a state representative, own Murphy's Tap Room in Manchester, as well as the New Hampshire Sports and Social Club, an adult sports league. They are the parents of a 2-year-old daughter and 10-month-old son.


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The housing market is showing signs of improving, As a real-estate agent, you're feeling optimistic and are ready to implement a full promotional program that targets new prospects, current clients and former clients plus encourages referrals.
Mailing to Prospects
For reaching out to prospects, give out products that are lightweight and flat for easy mailing. A magnetic calendar fits the bill (and the envelope) and is inexpensive enough for wide distribution. If prospects are thinking about buying, a mortgage calculator pen will show them what they can afford.
Closing Gifts
A house-shaped "Welcome Home" gift box filled with chocolate coins or pecans will make buyers feel right at home as soon as they've closed. Another great closing-gift option is a welcome mat, imprinted with the family name. For home buyers who tipple, a bottle of wine is the perfect celebratory presentation.
Keeping In Touch
After the sale, you should keep in touch once or twice a year, so homeowners remember you when it's time to sell. Again, convenient direct mailers like a calendar/thermometer combo or seed-paper coaster make cost-effective choices.
Referral Rewards
Past clients can also be invaluable for referrals, and you can encourage them with a reward program. Present them with a house-shaped key ring/bottle opener for qualified referrals and a clock/paperweight when the referral closes on a house.


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Wilson didn't win ROTY, but has anyone noticed that he is the one on all the shows, interviews, analysis view points etc.
Where is RGIII? Where is Luck? Where is Tannahill?, Where is Weedon?
Is it because he is smoother on camera, looks better on camera, more articulate, or smarter and has better football IQ or all the above ?
Just a thought really but when the whole media circuit seems to want your guy that pretty much sends a statement to what value you have. Endorsements, merchandise and all else is sure to follow. The Seahawks with Sherman and Wilson should spike really high in jersey requests next year versus the rest of the league in improved sales.


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Italian Cheese: The Makings of Parmigiano Reggiano
On a recent trip to Italy, I had the opportunity to visit a co-op that makes Parmigiano Reggiano. It was a first for me – I have witnessed the cheesemaking process before and have even tried my hand at making chèvre but I had never before observed the making of a hard, aged cheese like Parmigiano Reggiano.
This particular co-op was based close to Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. A small group of nearby farmers bring milk to the co-operative each week and, starting at 5am every day, that milk begins a process that transforms it into a cheese so many of us know and love.
Parmigiano Reggiano is a DOP product. In Italian, DOP stands for Denominazione di Origine Protetta (Protected Designation of Origin). A DOP item in Italy is like an AOC item in France – champagne is perhaps one of the most familiar examples – to legally be called champagne, it must come from the Champagne region and be made following certain methods of production. The Parmigiano Reggiano name is similar. Cheese bearing the "Parmigiano Reggiano" name must come from a specified geographic area and follow certain guidelines of production. That geographic area includes the provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia and Modena, as well as parts of Bologna and Mantua.
Parmigiano Reggiano is made using the milk from two separate milkings. When the evening milking comes in, it is placed in long, shallow troughs. Overnight, the cream rises to the top and, in the morning, it is skimmed off. Because they are not using a centrifuge system, the skimming is only partial – some fat does remain in the milk. This partially skimmed milk is then mixed with the morning milk to make the cheese.
Large copper vats are used to make the curds – the vats themselves are pretty amazing. They look large with the milk in them but when empty, you realize that they actually descend a further couple of feet below ground level, making them even larger than they initially appear. Each vat holds roughly 160 gallons of the mixed evening-morning milk and each will yield enough curd for two wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano.
Once the milk is in the vats, whey from the previous day's cheesemaking (the "mother whey") is added to provide the necessary cultures. Rennet is also added and the milk is brought to a temperature of roughly 90°F. Coagulation (separation of the curds and whey) takes about 8 minutes. Once this happens, the cheesemaker or "casaro" finely cuts the curd into pieces the size of rice grains. As a general rule, the harder and more aged your cheese is going to be, the finer your curds are cut – it makes it easier to expel the moisture and compact the paste of your cheese.
After the curds have been "riced," they are cooked. This was the point at which we arrived at the co-op. The "casaro" was working over one of the vats of cheese, using a sieved pan to periodically test the curds to see when they were finished cooking. To me, he looked a bit like a gold miner working a claim. Once he was happy with the feel of the curds, he moved onto the next vat, repeating the process again.
After the curds have cooked, they are allowed to sit for about one hour, giving them time to settle to the bottom of the vats. In the meantime, several things happened. The master casaro used the cream that had been skimmed off the previous evening's milk, along with some whey, to make fresh ricotta. Another of the cheesemakers went from vat to vat, drawing off whey to supplement the "mother whey" for the next day. After this, he visited each vat again, this time to distribute 100% Italian linen cheese cloth in preparation for the next step in the cheesemaking process. While all of this was going on, another man was washing down the troughs used for the evening milking. Whey from the cheesemaking process is used for cleaning – it means that no industrial cleansers accidentally get into the food and it means that the natural cultures in the environment are preserved.
Once the curds have had time to settle, the cheesemakers use a large wooden paddle to lever the curds off the bottom of the vats. Once levered up, it is a two-man process to tease the curd into a ball shape and string it up into the cheese cloth.
Then, the master casaro uses a large knife to cut the curd in half, dividing it into what will eventually become the two wheels of cheese. Once divided, the two pieces are then strung up separately, dangling down into the remaining whey. None of that remaining whey will go to waste – if not used for the mother whey, cleaning or ricotta making, it will be given to the 2,000 pigs out at the back of the co-op, pigs that one day may become prosciutto.
After the curds have been portioned out, they are put in molds and weighed down with a round that weighs about 20 pounds. Every 2 hours, the cheeses are flipped to allow for even moisture distribution.
After 8 hours, a plastic sheet is wrapped around the outside of each cheese – it is this sheet that gives the exterior of true Parmigiano Reggiano its distinct look – the tiny pin pricks that spell out the name of the cheese, as well as giving other information such as the month and year of production, the letters "DOP" and a code number that identifies the cheesemaker. Also included is the phrase "consorzio tutela" which translates as "consortium protected" and is a quality guarantee indicating the cheese production is supervised. An oval space is left vacant on the cheese – this is where the cheese will receive a stamp of approval once it has been tested and passed by the consortium. In total, the cheeses sit for 24 hours in the plastic molds.
The next step is to apply a metal form and the cheeses go through an additional three days of being flipped every two hours.
After the three days, the young cheeses are moved to the brining room. In long troughs of water mixed with sea salt, the cheeses sit for 20-22 days and they are flipped two times per day, to allow for even brining.
Once the brining process is complete, the cheeses move to the aging facility. When the cheeses are moved, the salt has only had a chance to permeate the paste to about 1 centimeter in depth. Only after 12 months of aging will the salt reach the center of the cheese. While the cheeses mature, they are flipped and cleaned once a week.
After the twelve months are up, the consortium comes in to test the cheeses. These tests are done by tapping the cheese – what the testers ("battitori") are primarily looking for are air bubbles and they can do this by sound (much like you can knock on a wall and detect hollow spaces).
If the tester detects small air bubbles in the cheese, it is marked as Parmigiano Reggiano but is deemed to be second class ("mezzano") and it gets lines scraped around the edge that still allow the pin dots to show through.
Cheeses that have larger air pockets or bubbles are not DOP approved and are not allowed to be called Parmigiano Reggiano. As a result, these cheeses receive a through scrape down to remove the Parmigiano Reggiano name from the exterior of the cheese. Due to the size of the air bubbles in these cheeses, they can only be aged 15-16 months.
Cheeses that pass the test with flying colors are DOP approved in the first class ("prima categoria") and are allowed to continue aging without any rings scraped in the rind of the cheese. At this juncture, it is then up to the cheesemakers to decide how long they plan to hold their Parmigiano Reggiano – to age it further or to sell it as is.
Here at the shop, we directly import our Parmigiano Reggiano from the Cravero family. Giorgio and Barbara Cravero and their son, Giacomo, carry on a tradition that extends back to 1855. They send us parm of two different ages – two years and three years. The Cravero family selects and ages cheeses from small farmers. In our case, they send us cheese from a tiny co-op that makes six wheels of cheese a day. These wonderful wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano often have complex notes of fruitiness (hints of pineapple!) or savory notes (freshly baked bread!).
I love using parm on my pasta but it's also delicious snacking for an antipasto platter, paired with fresh figs, some prosciutto and a drizzle of sweet-acidic balsamic vinegar. Parm is also the secret ingredient (finely grated and in small quantities) on the delicious roasted fennel that our kitchen does. It is always in Eduardo's mac and cheese (which, if you've had it, you know is scrumptious!) and it is also delicious mixed into mashed potatoes or into burgers or meatballs. And, a little secret – I learned on my visit to the co-op that the Parmigiano Reggiano rind is completely cheese – it's not rubbed with wax or sealed with anything. This is why the cheese rinds are perfect to flavor soups or sauces. One local resident advised – the rinds are also great thrown on the grill. I will have to ask Eric to give it a whirl next BBQ season!
Mary is a cheesemonger and baker at Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge.


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Suspect in Boston bombing dead; city under lockdown order as manhunt continuesBy Erin Smith, Dave Wedge, Chris Cassidy, Christine McConville and John Zaremba
Boston Herald
April 19. 2013 3:55PM
Boston Shootout Footage - Watertown, MA - April 18 2013
Boston bomb suspect's dad tells him to surrender, warns ' hell will break loose' if son dies
Video: Uncle says nephew called yesterday to ask for forgiveness
ID'd as brothers from Russia region near Chechnya
Region 'plagued by an Islamic insurgency'
BOSTON, April 19 (Reuters) - Police emptied the streets of suburban Watertown on Friday in a house-by-house search for a second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, after killing his brother in a shootout. The night of shooting and explosions in the streets followed the authorities' release on Thursday of video footage of the two suspects. Here is a timeline of events:
Thursday, about 5:10 p.m.
The FBI releases photographs and video of two men suspected of planting the pressure cooker bombs that killed three people and injured 176 at the Boston Marathon on Monday. Video footage shows a man known as suspect No. 1 wearing a dark baseball cap. He was later identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26. Suspect No. 2, later identified as Tsarnaev's brother, Dzhokhar, 19, was wearing a white cap backwards in the images. The 30-second videos are played repeatedly on national television, and photographs of the suspects are posted online.
Thursday night at 9:04 p.m.
Russian language social networking site VK shows someone logged for the last time out of what appears to be Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's page. The site had been accessed via mobile device.
Thursday night around 10:20 p.m.
Two men rob a convenience store at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus. Shortly after, shots are fired in the area.
10:30 p.m.
Police discover MIT campus police officer Sean Collier, 26, shot multiple times in his car in an apparent confrontation with the suspects. He was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital and pronounced dead.
Shortly after 10:30 p.m.
Police say the two brothers carjack a Mercedes SUV. The owner of the car is held hostage for about a half hour and is then released. Police chase the SUV into the Boston suburb of Watertown. During the chase, the suspects throw explosives from the car and exchange gunfire with police.
A transit police officer is hurt in the shootout. Witnesses report hearing dozens of gunshots.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev is hit during the shootout. He is taken into custody, transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and later pronounced dead.
Before 1 a.m. Friday
A huge manhunt is launched for the second suspect and hundreds of police officers and FBI agents descend on Watertown.
Between 3 and 4 a.m.
Massachusetts police announce they will conduct a door-to-door search in Watertown. Citizens are warned to stay indoors.
Around 5:30 a.m.
Train service in Boston is suspended.
8 a.m.
Massachusetts officials announce they have expanded the shelter-in-place recommendations for the entire city of Boston, effectively putting the city in lockdown as they search for Tsarnaev.
10:30 a.m.
Police say they have located a gray Honda CRV with Massachusetts license plates in the Boston area that they believe had been occupied by a Boston Marathon bombing suspect.
Shortly after 10:45 a.m.
Top security and counterterrorism advisers finish an hourlong briefing with President Barack Obama in the White House Situation Room on developments in the Boston manhunt. Compiled based on media reports, official statements from law enforcement and Reuters reporting. All times Eastern Daylight Time.
BOSTON - One suspected Boston Marathon bomber was killed early Friday morning and police are hunting the other in Watertown, Mass., after the suspects killed an MIT police officer and wounded a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officer in a wild chase that involved explosives and gunfire, authorities said.
"We believe this to be a terrorist," Boston police Commissioner Ed Davis said. "We believe this to be a man who came here to kill people."
All of Boston, Watertown, Cambridge, Newton, Waltham and Belmont are under a "shelter-in-place" order, with orders for all residents to stay home with doors locked. Do not open the door for anyone other than a licensed law enforcement officer, said Gov. Deval Patrick. The entire MBTA system has been shut down.
SWAT teams, machine guns drawn, were going door-to-door in Watertown. Blood was found behind one building and a police chemist was testing it.
The suspects were identified to The Associated Press as coming from the Russian region near Chechnya, which has been plagued by an Islamic insurgency stemming from separatist wars. A law enforcement intelligence bulletin obtained by the AP identified the surviving bomb suspect as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old who had been living in Cambridge, just outside Boston, and said he "may be armed and dangerous."
A man who described himself as an uncle, Ruslan Tsarni of Maryland, said the suspects are brothers who have been in the country since 2001.
When his wife showed him the picture of the suspects, he was "shaking."
"Anger, anger, anger. I can't come up with the words," Tsarni said when asked for his response to the terrorist attacks his nephews are accused of. "Unhuman."
A man who described himself as a friend of the suspects, Ahdi Moro, 22, of Watertown, said the two attended Cambridge Rindge & Latin School.
"I was pretty shocked," Moro said. "I would never think anything like that of them. They were good kids."
He said the older brother was a Golden Gloves boxer who is now the father of a 2-year-old and Dzhokhar was an all-star wrestler.
"He was a really quiet kid," Moro said. "He was very popular at school, like, the most popular kid at school. He was a really good-looking kid. He's as American as anybody. He grew up here. He's like a regular Cambridge kid."
He said the older brother was big and tough, and remembered how, on the first day of school, he was "picked on" by three kids _ and beat up all three.
"These kids grew up around violence," Moro said. "They were always not scared of anything."
State Police Col. Timothy Alben said the slain man was Suspect No. 1 in Monday's Boston Marathon bombings and the man police are seeking is Suspect No. 2, the man in the white hat seen in images released Thursday by the FBI. The fugitive was described as armed and dangerous, as police set a 20-block perimeter bordered by Arsenal Street and Mount Auburn Avenue. All vehicular traffic has been banned in Watertown.
A new photo of the man thought to be Suspect No. 2, taken from store video in a Cambridge 7-Eleven Friday night, showed him in a gray hoodie sweatshirt.
The chaotic, violent chain of events began with a report of shots fired on the MIT campus at about 10:20 p.m. Friday, according to a narrative released by the Middlesex District Attorney's office.
At 10:30 p.m., an MIT campus police officer was found with multiple gunshot wounds in his vehicle near Vassar and Main streets. He was pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Police then received reports of a carjacking at gunpoint by two men in the area of Third Street in Cambridge. The driver was held in the car by the suspects for about a half hour before he was released unharmed at a gas station on Memorial Drive.
Dozens of police who had converged on the initial MIT scene near Kendall Square after the shooting raced toward Watertown shortly before 1 a.m. Police had tried to pull over a carjacked vehicle, resulting in one suspect shot and 33-year-old MBTA officer Richard H. Donahue Jr. wounded. A manhunt was launched for the suspect who fled, with heavily armed SWAT teams and uniformed cops with their handguns drawn spreading through the area.
One suspect was critically injured in the course of the chase and died in a local hospital.
Police in Watertown were shouting warnings that the suspects were "throwing explosives," and warned about "unexploded ordinance" on the street.
Marylynn Martin, 24, who lives in Watertown, was sleeping with her 4-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter in the pre-dawn hours.
"First I heard the gunshots and then I heard the explosion," Martin said. "All of a sudden police swarmed the area, so I came out and they told me to get back in. They were swearing. 'Get the (expletive) inside!' I looked out back and there were 20 officers. It was upsetting to see SWAT and police everywhere."
Friday morning while the search continued, and warnings for people to stay inside were repeated, the State Police Bomb Squad was at work removing possible explosive devices believed to have been thrown from the car in Watertown.
Earlier reports continue bellow.
Officer Shot
As local authorities pursued the suspects, at least one of the individuals tried to hurl explosive devices at police, according to the federal official. At that point, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined the manhunt.
When police confronted the suspects, a gun battle ensued. A second officer, from the transit police, was shot and is in serious condition, according to David Procopio, a Massachusetts State Police spokesman. As the chase continued through Watertown, the FBI released two additional images of the men it said were tied to the marathon bombing.
President Barack Obama was briefed overnight by his counterterrorism adviser, Lisa Monaco, about the events in Boston and Watertown, according to a White House official who commented on condition of not being identified.
Suspect Dead
Police brought one of the suspects, an adult male with multiple gunshot wounds and an injury consistent with an explosion, to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at 1:20 a.m., Dr. Richard Wolfe, chief of emergency medicine, told reporters at a news conference held with the hospital's chief executive officer, Dr. Kevin Tabb.
The patient, whose name Tabb wouldn't release, was pronounced dead at 1:35 a.m. local time after efforts to resuscitate him failed.
Beth Israel cared for 24 of the injured from the bombings. Twelve remain in the hospital, one of them in serious condition, Tabb said.
Dr. David Schoenfeld, who worked on the injured male early this morning before he died, told reporters he was home in Watertown last night catching up on paperwork. When he heard the gunfire and explosions outside, he headed to the hospital to help with what he assumed were casualties headed to Beth Israel.
'Two Shooters'
Andrew Kitzenberg, a Watertown resident, said he witnessed from his bedroom window a confrontation between two men in a black SUV and police.
"There were two shooters with handguns," he told MSNBC. They also had "what seemed to be grenades" and "what looked to be a pressure cooker bomb," referring to the type of explosive device that the marathon attackers are thought to have used.
As an explosion went off, one of the shooters ran toward officers, and "went down," Kitzenberg said. The second shooter got in the SUV and "floored it" in the direction of the officers.
Police had issued warnings over their radio about "multiple explosive devices." People in the area were told to stay off mobile phones to avoid setting off any potential bombs. At least one loud explosion was heard.
This morning, police carrying assault rifles swept through Watertown, where people were warned to stay inside their homes. A message from state police on the Twitter social network urged residents not to open their doors unless it's an identifiable law enforcement officer.
Transit Shutdown
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has been shut down, Boston police said, as officers continue to hunt for the suspect who escaped during a gun battle in Watertown.
Police streamed into the area from many local towns, as did law-enforcement officers from the FBI, transit authority and the National Guard. Multiple ambulances were standing by.
Reports of chases and sightings in nearby areas sent streams of police cars careering through the narrow streets. Officers converged with spotlights and guns drawn.
Watertown resident Larry Victor described the scene: "Tons and tons and tons of gunfire. Explosions. What a wild event right here in Watertown. I wasn't about to walk out in the middle of a gun battle."
One man in Watertown was ordered by police to strip naked and then taken into custody. Police had surrounded the man with their guns drawn, ordered him to the ground and shouted. "Drop your underwear!"
It was not immediately known whether the man had any involvement in the overnight violence or the marathon bombing.
'Multiple Gunshots'
"Our daughter woke us up and said there were a lot of gunshots," said one witness, Scott Price.
The family heard multiple gunshots, he said. "You could smell the gunpowder." Price's wife, Anne, said they heard three explosions. "It was very frightening," she said. "Our daughter was very scared."
Shortly before 2 a.m. local time, a half dozen Boston and state police, some carrying assault rifles, ran past a group of construction workers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, across the street from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, yelling "active shooter, active shooter" and urging the workers to get inside, said Michael Hartley, one of the workers. The police ran toward Children's Hospital, Hartley said.
At Beth Israel, city and state police cruisers, their lights flashing, stood by. A state police officer shooed a reporter off the hospital grounds, declining to answer questions.
MIT Officer
The MIT officer who was shot last night was responding to reports of a disturbance on campus, according to a statement from Middlesex Acting District Attorney Michael Pelgro. The officer, who wasn't identified, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Pelgro said.
Gunshots were heard on the campus at about 10:48 p.m. local time last night near the Ray and Maria Stata Center, and people have been asked to stay clear of the area, according to a statement posted on the university's website. MIT later issued an all-clear.
Officers from state and local law enforcement units were on the campus shooting scene, along with some personnel wearing FBI jackets. Two police dogs were seen sniffing around a building marked the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.
About 20 police vehicles with lights flashing were seen along Vassar Street at MIT, which was cordoned off with yellow crime-scene tape. A police boat with lights flashing was patrolling the nearby Charles River, and a helicopter hovered over the campus.
The Cambridge Police Department issued a message of condolences through a posting on the Twitter social network.
"Our thoughts & prayers are with the officer's family & our brothers & sisters at the #MIT Police," the Cambridge police said.
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PRESENTED TODAY THE 20th EDITION OF ACEA MARATONA DI ROMA
The 20th Acea Maratona di Roma, IAAF Gold Label Road Race is going to be held on Sunday, March 23rd 2014. Start will be at 8:50 am from Via dei Fori Imperiali, with the finish line placed there too.
Over 17,000 athletes have entered the race (registrations will close on March 10th). Over 9,000 runners are expected from Italy and over 8,000 from 122 countries. The event has already beaten the record for the number of registered athletes (16,188 in 2011) and for the number of represented Nations (83 in 2010). 80 disabled athletes have entered the race.
The event will be broadcast live in Italy on RAI Sport 1, from 8.50 am to 12 noon CET. Live broadcast will be provided also at www.raisport.rai.it. Swedish TV rights distribution company IEC guarantees live coverage of 3 hours in 90 countries (coverage: Europe, Africa, Australia, Latin America and Asia). Tv producers company Exora will make available all its resources and its cutting edge technology to ensure the best image quality to the race.
Alongside with the marathon, also the traditional "RomaFun – La Stracittadina" will be staged. A huge non-competitive 5k, whose participation in recent years rocketed over 80,000. For the first time this year the finish line will be inside the Circo Massimo.
Acea Maratona di Roma 2014 racecourse has some news compared to the last editions. Due to the roadway downsizing and the high number of registrations, the start and the finish line will be in Via dei Fori Imperiali but about three hundred meters further than previous editions, at the Foro di Traiano / Campidoglio. The start will be in the direction of Piazza Venezia (as usual) while the finish will be in the opposite direction.
The course, sliding average, includes 77 changes of direction (no elbows) and approximately 7.6 km of cobblestones. The half marathon mark is set at Via della Giuliana. The course touches many of the most important and famous Rome landmarks, among them: the transit at Via Nazionale and Largo Magnanapoli (km 41.5 with the sight of the Quirinale on the right). In order to guarantee technical and medical assistance to runners and public, the racecourse segment of Fontana di Trevi was removed. On Sunday, March 23rd everybody wearing the Maratona di Roma and the RomaFun – La Stracittadina bib will ride public transportation for free.


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Run River North is a band that's gotten a few more breaks than most on its level. Last year, the Los Angeles-based Korean-American musicians produced a music video from inside their Hondas. The video went viral — and straight to the carmaker. The company rewarded the group with a surprise performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Before the band landed on the popular late-night program, Run River North had already been approached by a major label.
"We got flown out to New York, and wined and dined. We didn't even know that still happened," says Alex Hwang, the band's lead singer and songwriter.
But things didn't work out quite as they imagined. After the band's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the contract offers slowed, then eventually stopped coming in.
After the unexpected setback, Hwang and his five bandmates dedicated any free time they had — in between full-time jobs or full-time classes at Cal State — to songwriting, producing and promoting their music. They built a local following and eventually sold out LA's Troubadour, a hot live-music venue for up-and-coming artists.
A few gigs later, an offer came from Nettwerk, the Canada-based label that signed the band fun. Run River North is set to release its debut through the label early next year.
Guitarist Daniel Chae says playing music for a living is something none of his bandmates expected to be doing a year ago — and that their parents would likely agree.
"Our parents sacrificed their lives for us, and I think that's why there's such a strong sense of family in each of us," says Chae. "There is that expectation of, 'Because we did this for you, we hope you have a good job. We hope you can live the American dream.' And we finally find that in music now."
Run River North is a Los Angeles-based band that's gotten a few breaks recently. Last year, the musicians produced a music video inside their old Honda. And the video went viral - straight to the carmaker. The company rewarded the group with a performance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Now, Doualy Xaykaothao has the story of the band's journey from late-night TV to getting signed.
DOUALY XAYKAOTHAO, BYLINE: Even before the band landed on "Jimmy Kimmel," Run River North had already been approached by a major label.
ALEX HWANG: We got flown out to New York and wined and dined. We didn't even know that still happened.
XAYKAOTHAO: Alex Hwang is the band's lead singer and songwriter.
HWANG: And then "Jimmy Kimmel" happened. And we were like, we're going to get signed. And then we heard a lot of no's actually. Like, all the major labels that we had talked to, all of a sudden just, for whatever reasons, we're sorry but we're going to move on.
XAYKAOTHAO: So, he and his five bandmates went into hermit mode, songwriting and jamming in between full-time jobs or full-time classes at Cal State. They built a local following and sold out L.A.'s Troubadour. They even started making a little money from iTunes downloads - songs the band recorded on their own.
RUN RIVER NORTH: (Singing) Thought it nice to dream to be a beetle. I think twice, I don't want to be a bug. The story untold has already been sold to the highest bidder...
XAYKAOTHAO: A few gigs later, an offer came - from Canada.
TERRY MCBRIDE: My sort of biggest litmus test is do we love it or do we like it. Do we believe in them as people? And as corny as that sounds, that means an awful lot to me.
XAYKAOTHAO: Terry McBride is the CEO of Nettwerk, the label that signed the band fun. He says he started listening to Run River North last winter, when his 84-year-old father was dying of Lou Gehrig's disease.
MCBRIDE: A lot of the lyrics being about parents, about past really, really resonated with me, and that got me deeper into it, and then I found myself humming melodies quite a lot. And usually when that happens, I will do anything to try and get in business with that artist.
RUN RIVER NORTH: (Singing) Growing up, child, is just a matter of time, for given all you've got so won't you dance under the sun. Growing old feels like you're giving up your soul. I'd rather give it freely to the ones that I call home...
XAYKAOTHAO: The musicians call San Fernando Valley home, just half an hour north of downtown L.A. Theirs is a tight-knit community, bounded by faith, which is why they rehearse weekly at Valley Korean United Methodist Church.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Your monitor is not coming up.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Check, check.
XAYKAOTHAO: Each practice begins with a prayer.
SALLY KANG: God, I thank you that you are so mindful and faithful of each one of us, and...
XAYKAOTHAO: Sally Kang plays keyboard and sings.
KANG: We trust in you, God, that you align things to what you have ready for us, and...
XAYKAOTHAO: The band first formed at the church after Alex Huang passed around a few of his songs to get feedback.
HWANG: Like it wasn't in the audition process, like you have to be a Korean-American, second generation, Christian person to be in this band. But because that's the people that responded, I wanted to use that as a platform to kind of gather up the stories, and the stories, just so happen to be how to live a Christian life as an Asian person in Los Angeles having immigrant parents.
RUN RIVER NORTH: (Singing) They're walking heavy to the beat of a broken drum. Digging for worth in a land under a foreign sun. The children call bitter words of a strange tongue. Hearts down, they're walking heavy until the dying's done, oh, oh, oh - oh...
XAYKAOTHAO: Run River North doesn't consider itself a Christian band with a message. They just want to play music, says violinist Jennifer Rim.
JENNIFER RIM: We just want to share our stories, telling people that we have our bad side and good sides. And that's what I love about our lyrics. It's very honest.
RUN RIVER NORTH: (Singing) Oh, here the monster's calling home now. No, they don't want to be alone, but the closet they keep closed, swallow the key so that nobody, nobody knows how they be....
XAYKAOTHAO: The musicians packed up their gear last month and left Southern California for Seattle to work on their debut album with Phil Ek, producer of The Shins, Fleet Foxes, and Built to Spill. Guitarist Daniel Chae says playing music for a living is something none of his bandmates expected to be doing a year ago. And neither did their parents.
DANIEL CHAE: I think it's safe to say that all of our parents don't have white-collar jobs. My dad worked at Wienerschnitzel - that was his first job when he came here - and then he owned a liquor store. Our parents sacrificed their lives for us, and I think that's why there is such a strong sense of family in each of us. There is that expectation of because we did this for you, we hope you have a good job, we hope you can live the American dream, and we finally find that in music now.
XAYKAOTHAO: Run River North's debut album will finally be out early next year. For NPR News, I'm Doualy Xaykaothao in Los Angeles.
RUN RIVER NORTH: (Singing) So, I will fight to keep your fire burning...
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