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The third time might be yet another charm for the actress-and-director team, whose 'Anna Karenina' is out Friday.
TORONTO — Ever since Lillian Gish and D.W. Griffith joined forces on dozens of silent classics, film history has been filled with notable actress-director teams who conjured magic multiple times.
A real-life romance can kindle such cinematic couplings: Woody Allen with Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow. Ingmar Bergman with Liv Ullmann. Tim Burton with Helena Bonham Carter.
Then there are platonic partnerships between artists who are sublimely simpatico: Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich. George Cukor and Katharine Hepburn. Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman.
But few current duos have proven as durable as Joe Wright, a brash purveyor of visual panache, and Keira Knightley, the stunner who ranks among Hollywood's most bankable female talents.
Opening Friday is their third and most daring collaboration, a sumptuously audacious adaptation of Anna Karenina that sets most of Tolstoy's chronicle of love and betrayal among Russia's 19th-century aristocracy inside a decaying theater. Considering that scenes include a heart-stopping horse race at full speed across a stage, it is little wonder that the adjective "bold" figures heavily in early reviews.
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The British twosome — a self-proclaimed show-off who got his start at a puppet theater owned by his parents and a child performer who came of age as a soccer player in 2002's Bend It Like Beckham — for some reason gravitate toward literary-based period pieces. Not that Wright would describe them that way. "I like to think of them as being fantasies," he says. "I'm not interested in historical re-enactment. They allow us to dream and think in more expressive ways."
Wright declares his most frequent leading lady to be "my sister in celluloid," and the sibling-like connection that was forged in 2004 during the making of an emotionally unbound interpretation of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice appears to have inspired some of their best work.
"It feels like we've grown up together," says the filmmaker, 40, whose London home is just a few doors down from where 27-year-old Knightley resides. "We've seen each other through some good times and some bad times, and that's a lovely process. I like the idea of working with someone who has seen me at my weakest and also with success."
Not that they always agree. Both have been upfront about their heated debates. That includes much discussion over which role Knightley would take in their second effort, the 2007 World War II drama Atonement, which earned seven Oscar nominations, including best picture.
Wright's preference for glamorous Cecilia, whose posh mannerisms are in stark contrast to Knightley's girlish portrayal of free-spirited Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice, won out and allowed the stylish actress to make a lasting impression in a showstopper of an emerald-green gown.
"He understands what I'm talking about," the actress says. "We do argue occasionally, and like siblings, you kind of know that you have to get over the argument because you're not going to stop being siblings. And so it's never the end of the world when you argue. There is a trust in the fact that underneath anything that is going on, you're still going to love each other."
She stands by her Mr. Wright even if her characters are sometimes subjected to abuse and worse. "We have worked three times, and he has killed me twice," she observes. "We've done three commercials, and he had me beaten up in one of them."
Adds Wright, "But you've made a lot of love, though."
She nods. "A lot of love."
But don't get Knightley started on the countless hours of rehearsal time she invested in learning Anna Karenina's intricate dance numbers, in which arms intertwine and flutter provocatively.
"Keira still hates me for that," says Wright with a wicked laugh.
"It was worth it," she concedes, "even though he cut another dance sequence that took ages."
Parallels in their private lives abound. Both have struggled with dyslexia. Both became involved in long-term relationships and subsequently broke up with cast members from Pride & Prejudice: Knightley with Rupert Friend (TV's Homeland) and Wright with Rosamund Pike (Jack Reacher with Tom Cruise, out Dec. 21).
And they each have entered a settling-down phase. In 2010, Wright married Anoushka Shankar, a Grammy-nominated musician and daughter of celebrated sitarist and Beatles associate Ravi Shankar. Their son, Zubin, turns 2 in February. Knightley became engaged to her own musician, James Righton of the Klaxons, in May.
Their influence on each other even extends into their off-hours, such as in wardrobe choices. Today, they are a vision in black (her Celine shift) and blue (his natty dark denim suit).
"I'm wearing John Pearse," says Wright, dropping the name of the tailor who once co-owned the notorious '60s boutique Granny Takes a Trip. "Jacqueline Durran (the costumer for Pride & Prejudice and Atonement) made an exquisite denim dress for Keira and I was quite jealous of it. I felt I wanted a denim suit. I didn't think a dress would suit me."
Says Knightley, with a saucy smile, "Oh, I don't know ..."
They have come a long way since everyone from Austen cultists to Colin Firth fans (who consider the actor to be the definitive Mr. Darcy) questioned the wisdom of attempting to top the six-part 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice a decade later. Back then, Knightley was known for supporting roles in the first Pirates of the Caribbean adventure and the ensemble comedy Love Actually.
However, Pride & Prejudice proved to be her entree into the big leagues after it earned her her first Oscar nomination. Wright's reward? A brand-new career path. His feature-directing debut allowed him to move on from the TV projects he had been doing in England to being sought after for theatrical movies.
No small feat, Wright notes. "My producer, Paul Webster, on Pride & Prejudice did keep saying to me, 'One in 10 first-time directors get to make another film.' "
Knightley laughs. "Nothing like working under pressure."
He glances fondly at her. "I think I owe my career to Keira, really."
Knightley gently scoffs: "Bull---- you do."
Tim Bevan, whose production company, Working Title, has produced all of Wright's vehicles with Knightley, thinks it is a match made in costume-drama heaven for both parties.
"Joe brings out the best in Keira," he says, while noting that the actress often gets bashed by hometown critics for being a little too one-note. "He can extract an emotional performance out of her that others are unable to do. He treats her with intellectual respect. Every actor has their tricks and looks, and he knocks that out of her. He insists on proper honesty on-set."
Meanwhile, Wright benefits from Knightley's charismatic wattage. "The reason I got him to see her on Pride is that I pointed out that she is a movie star, an English movie star," Bevan says. "What that does for him is to get these movies made."
While Wright likes to say that Knightley was the one who brought up the possibility of doing Anna Karenina together while making Atonement, she claims it wasn't so simple.
"We were having a discussion of great female characters," she says. "This was one. He remembers me reading it during Atonement. I thought I had read it earlier. But Anna Karenina was at the forefront of my mind. We also discussed Hedda Gablerand Antigone."
She says Wright called her two years later and asked, "Do you remember that talk? Do you fancy doing it?"
Both feel she is the perfect age now to pull off a role as mature as an aristocratic woman who tosses away her marriage and her standing in society after falling for a dashing philanderer.
"Keira was 18 when we made Pride, and when we made Atonement, she was 21," he says. "A lot has happened to her since, and that informs your understanding of the world, eventually. Keira is a proper grown-up now, and it really is a proper grown-up performance. She was incredibly powerful when she was 18 and 21, but it wasn't as focused or as direct. And that's changed. And I've changed, too."
Suddenly, there is a knock on the door, and a tray is brought in stacked with plates of sushi and bowls of miso soup.
Continuing his thought about change, Wright jokes, "I now eat sushi."
Says Knightley, "You now get sushi brought to you."
Wright does want to clarify a wrong impression that arose during the film's premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. "Everyone keeps asking me, 'Is she your muse?' She is not my muse. My wife is my muse."
"That is a very good muse to have," Knightley concurs.
Still, he can't help but act somewhat peeved when the actress discusses an upcoming project, a reboot of the Jack Ryan franchise (including The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games) in which Chris Pine takes over the role of author Tom Clancy's CIA agent, previously played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck. Knightley is cast as Ryan's wife.
Wright can hardly wait to inquire, "Who is directing?"
"Kenneth Branagh," she answers, "who is also playing the baddie."
Wright, who next tackles a stage revival of Trelawny of the "Wells" at London's Donmar Warehouse, is amused by his own overreaction to the news. "I get a little bit jealous when I hear that. You are supposed to wait for me in a field of lavender."


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Philadelphia librarian and social justice advocate Marion Marguerite Stokes spent 35 years of her life recording nearly every minute of every program on every local and national news network on VHS and Beta Max cassette tapes.
Now, her commitment to tracking television news may result in a searchable collection of more than 800,000 uninterrupted hours of historical news footage.
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Metelits recovered his mother's video cassette collection after she died. Shortly thereafter, he reached out to the Internet Archive and the process of preserving the tapes began.
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"It's been hard work but we're just delighted that there's an institution like the Internet Archive that's able to accept them and that's actually going to do something with them that my mother would actually approve of," he said.
According to Metelits, his mother's urge to record the news began with her observation of news coverage surrounding the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 and the emergence of CNN as a 24-hour news channel. Stokes was interested in documenting the way various networks' coverage of news stories would change over time. When people questioned her dedication to the peculiar hobby, Metelits says Stokes eventually stopped fighting to explain her motives and settled in to saying, "I'm archiving. Leave it at that."
Metelits described Stokes as a kind but firm woman who cared deeply for social causes and enjoyed collecting all sorts of things. In the 1960s, Stokes participated in several civil rights marches, including the march to integrate Girard College in 1965, and produced what was then considered a groundbreaking discussion show called Input, which aired on a then WCAU station channel.
In addition to her massive collection of video cassette recordings, Metelits says his mother possessed a collection of innumerable boxes of newspapers, some 192 Macintosh computers (in their original boxes), and a collection of toys and dollhouses that he's currently working to find private collectors for.
Macdonald says digitizing the video collection will be nearly as expensive and time consuming as Stokes' original process, so it may be years before the collection is actually made available to the public in digital form. For now, the organization is focusing on fundraising and awareness.
"We've had estimates of needing 10-15 decks running simultaneously, and one to two people manning those and entering the meta-data of dates and times but we're really not sure how many people or how many years it will take," Macdonald said. "The Stokes family contributed the transport fees and they will make an initial contribution from the Stokes estate to get us started on the digitization process. And we'll look to let others know about this remarkable collection and our attempt to make it available for research and hopefully they'll be willing to contribute."
Metelits said he believes his mother would be proud of the digitization project.
"She faced a bit of opposition, not just from her family members who thought it was strange, but from lots of other people about how worthwhile this project was, whether it would ever amount to anything, whether anyone would ever find it useful," he said. "So, I think she'd feel a great deal of vindication at the interest that's been shown in this archive."

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Have you ever noticed how something weird always happens when teenagers are given the task of disbursing money that is not theirs? In their defense, I am not saying that the strange events that occur concerning said funds are always their fault. However, more times than not, things do seem to go wrong. I'll illustrate my point with this tale about a teenager, the family dog, and parents leaving for the weekend.
Fictitious names have been used because those involved do not deserve further suffering. In this case, the teenager and his family are of little consequence. The dog, however, shouldn't be required to endure any more pain, emotional or otherwise.
Amale teenager, who we'll call Pookie, was given $75 by his parents to take care of his expenses while they were gone for the weekend. (I chose the name Pookie because Pookie Grossberg was a childhood friend who was the perfect role model for the problematic teenager profile.) Anyway, Pookie was instructed to use $35 of his expense money to have the family dog, Bullwrinkle, a pedigreed English bulldog, bathed. His parents left late Friday afternoon and were returning at a non-specified time on Sunday.
Before his mom and dad pulled out of the driveway, Pookie had plans for the $75, and grooming Bullwrinkle wasn't in any of them. Like most teenagers, the concept of money in his hands, no matter the reason, meant: How can I spend this on myself and get away with it before somebody takes it back or makes me do something else? To teenagers, quest for "free money" is a noble pursuit. To unsuspecting parents, giving cash to their offspring for any purpose other than kissing it goodbye is pure folly.
On Saturday morning, Pookie awoke to a rainy day. The weather presented a fortuitous opportunity. Since I have to take Bullwrinkle for a walk anyway, he thought, I may as well kill two birds with one stone. Rub in a little dab of Mom's shampoo and a walk in the rain will do the trick.
To Pookie, a little dab meant half the bottle. Since he had never been a great reader of directions, the warning of "concentrate — use sparingly" — never registered in his pea-sized teenage brain.
So, with umbrella in one hand and bulldog trailing behind on a leash in the other, out the door they went. Bullwrinkle, being dumb as a post, was quite content to walk in the rain. Consequently, by the end of the first block, when they reached the busiest street in town, the bubbles generated by the liberal dousing of shampoo made Bullwrinkle look like a fat, iridescent white French poodle with an English bulldog face. Believe me — not an attractive animal.
By the time Pookie noticed that people were staring at them, they were in front of the ice cream store, a favorite teenage hangout. Bullwrinkle, aggravated by the bubbles, did what all dogs do when they are wet. He shook vigorously to rid his coat of the parasitic suds. Unfortunately, this little action generated even more bubbles. Now he resembled an iridescent-white, miniature sheep that hadn't been shorn in at least a decade. With his bulldog face, he was indeed an extremely unattractive animal.
Pookie's solution to the problem was to tie Bullwrinkle to the nearest parking meter and let the rain do its work while he went into the ice cream store to treat two cute girls to copious helpings of frozen goodies. Of course, this extravagance was financed with the money saved by not going to the pet groomer.
Meanwhile, Bullwrinkle was outside gathering a crowd with his bizarre appearance. The rain had stopped and he was still covered in bubbles. The poor dog then made the grave error of looking at his reflection in the door of a parked car. He was irreparably humiliated and mortified beyond description.
Unfortunately, the crowd included a policeman who immediately called a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals officer, who was on the scene in less than two minutes. This woman had the demeanor of a storm trooper and possessed little patience for pet owners who humiliate their animals. Bullwrinkle was whisked to the dog pound for a good rinsing.
Pookie came out of the ice cream parlor to find his dog stolen, or so he thought. He called the police who were not yet aware that the dog was at the pound. However, the following day when Pookie's parents returned, an SPCA station wagon pulled in behind them in their driveway.
The storm trooper was happy to explain the entire story, which did not exactly match Pookie's version. In the end, the attorney ($750), court costs and fine ($450), needed to be paid. Additionally, the fee for treatments for the dry skin condition Bullwrinkle acquired from the human shampoo was another $300. Thus, we have the $1,500 dog wash.
My point is: bizarre teenage behavior is an integral part of that system we have little hope of ever understanding. Don't make it worse by giving them money.


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JOHNSON, VT - The University of Massachusetts Boston women's tennis team swept host Johnson State College, 9-0, today in Johnson, VT. The match was the season opener for both teams as the Beacons improve to 1-0, while the Badgers fall to 0-1.
UMass Boston sophomore Anitra Kloczewiak (Newton, MA) and freshman MaKenna Hughes (Yarmouthport, MA) both did not drop a game in their respective straight set victories. Kloczewiak defeated senior Kim Blakeman (Scituate, MA) at number one singles, 6-0, 6-0, while Hughes took down freshman Maegan Ploof (Saint Albans, VT) at fourth singles, 6-0, 6-0. Both players went unblemished in doubles play for the Beacons as well. Kloczewiak combined with freshman Destanee Ringler (Scituate, MA) at first doubles to defeat sophomore Rebecca Quarantiello (Newburyport, MA) and junior Katelyn Breault (Orleans, VT), 8-0, in pro-set form. Hughes teamed with classmate Samantha Counts (Bridgewater, MA) for an 8-0 decision at third doubles over Ploof and freshman Tara Krauss (Woodstock, VT), 8-0. Ringler won her first collegiate singles match with an easy 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Quarantiello at number two singles for UMass Boston, while senior Brittany Engel (Freehold, NJ) earned a 6-2, 6-4 victory at third singles over freshman Emily Miller (Tucson, AZ). Engel paired with sophomore Wendy Steinman (Dudley, MA) for a win at number two doubles over Blakeman and Miller, 8-5. Sophomore Hieu Nguyen (Dorchester, MA) won at fifth singles over Krauss, 6-1, 6-2, for her first collegiate singles victory.
Singles competition 1. Anitra Kloczewiak (UMB) def. Kim Blakeman (JSC) 6-0, 6-0
2. Destanee Ringler (UMB) def. Rebecca Quarantiello (JSC) 6-0, 6-1
3. Brittany Engel (UMB) def. Emily Miller (JSC) 6-2, 6-4
4. MaKenna Hughes (UMB) def. Maegan Ploof (JSC) 6-0, 6-0
5. Hieu Nguyen (UMB) def. Tara Krauss (JSC) 6-1, 6-2
6. No player (UMB) def. No player (JSC), by forfeit
Doubles competition 1. Anitra Kloczewiak/Destanee Ringler (UMB) def. Rebecca Quarantiello/Katelyn Beault (JSC) 8-0 2. Brittany Engel/Wendy Steinman (UMB) def. Kim Blakeman/Emily Miller (JSC) 8-5 3. Samantha Counts/MaKenna Hughes (UMB) def. Tara Krauss/Maegan Ploof (JSC) 8-0


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GULFPORT, MS --U.S. District Judge Walter J. Gex III has sentenced a mother and daughter from Texas to prison terms on charges of bank robbery.
The Sun Herald reports that 58-year-old Evie Mearlene Herrin and 30-year-old Amelia Darci Crew, both of Cleveland, Texas, were fined $5,000 each.
Gex sentenced Herrin to 5 years and 10 months in prison for using a BB gun to hold up a Regions Bank on U.S. Highway 49 on March 26, 2012. Crew was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months.
Herrin and Crew pleaded guilty Oct. 1.
They are charged in Louisiana with robberies of a bank in Kinder, La., in February and another in Sulphur, La., in March. They are charged in connection with a February heist in Henderson, Texas.
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BOSTON — Just when it seemed like the Bruins-Montreal rivalry had shifted from a war of words back to a hockey battle, Mark Recchi and Milan Lucic took to the airwaves Wednesday and accused the Canadiens of embellishing the severity of Max Pacioretty's injury.
The timing couldn't have been worse for such statements considering the Canadiens are now at TD Garden for tonight's game one day after the accusatory comments.
Milan Lucic was one of just three Bruins players made available to the media two hours before game time tonight. He said he's not worried that he provided the Habs with bulletin-board material that could impact tonight's game.
"Personally I don't think it affects us or them at all. I mean, I think the focus before the war of words is to get the win and whatever Mark said, he said," said Lucic, who along with Recchi made his comments on The Sports Hub. "He's been on the Montreal side before, and now he's on the Boston side. … As of right now, we're just focused on getting a big win here. It's a big night for us in this last game of the ]season] series."
There are many that think Recchi, a 42-year-old Bruins alternate captain and winner of two Stanley Cups, was just trying to distract all the attention away from Zdeno Chara and the rest of the Bruins, who might be asked to pay even more of a physical price tonight. Lucic wouldn't rule that out as Recchi's strategy.
"A little bit. He's been in the league for two decades. He's done more than his fair share of time here," said Lucic. "And I feel like he has a right to say whatever he's going to say. And obviously we talked about Zdeno yesterday and how he feels about the situation. And Rex said whatever he felt was right, and our focus is not on anything like that. So we're just going to go out there and play."
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The first child of U.S. reality TV star Kim Kardashian and hip-hop artist Kanye West will not be featured on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," TMZ reported.
The couple, who have been dating for less than a year, want to "ensure real privacy" for their baby and will keep him or her off of the Kardashian family's reality show and its various spinoffs, the celebrity news website said.
Although no birth special is planned, Kardashian will share her remaining six months or so of pregnancy with TV viewers, TMZ said.
West announced at a New Jersey concert during the weekend that Kardashian is pregnant with their first child. Her famous family later confirmed she is about 12 weeks pregnant.


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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A single mother in Fargo says she hoped to set an example for her 7-year-old daughter when she returned a wallet containing $1,000 that the two found while running errands.
Sadie Hill and her daughter, Adalee, found the wallet Monday in a parking lot. Hill said she works two jobs to make ends meet and could have used the money, but knew the right thing to do.
"The only option was to return it," she said. "But, I called my mom and I said, 'You know, God is really testing me today.'"
Hill and her daughter found identification in the wallet and drove to J. Pat Wigginton's home to return it. He gave them a $20 reward but later wished he'd done more.
"Such appreciation for their honesty, and I didn't get their name," he said. "The mom did such a great job showing her daughter this is the right thing to do."
Wigginton was able to reconnect with them with the help of a WDAY-TV (http://bit.ly/1u6CZt1 ) story, and has now mailed Hill a $200 gift card for Adalee's back-to-school shopping as she prepares for first grade.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant "wallflower" Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.
A #1 New York Times best seller for more than a year, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), and with millions of copies in print, this novel for teen readers (or "wallflowers" of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.
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Brandeis teams roll through second round of NCAA soccer
For the first time, men's and women's squads both make the Sweet 16
The men's and women's teams teams provided one of the most thrilling fall weekends ever in Brandeis soccer, as for the first time in the university's history, both squads qualified for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Tournament and advanced through the first two rounds to the Sweet 16.
Each team got a dramatic win along the way.
The Brandeis men, ranked eighth nationally by D3soccer.com and 17th by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, earned the right to host their first two rounds on Gordon Field by virtue of their 16-2-1 regular season. Coach Mike Coven's squad didn't disappoint the crowd of 575 raucous fans in the opener, as they defeated Baruch College, 2-0, on a pair of first-half goals by senior Sam Ocel. Ocel, the University Athletic Association Most Valuable Player, scored both goals in the first 12:16 of the game, and the Judges controlled play the rest of the way.
Bus transportation to next round of NCAA tournament games
This coming weekend, the men's team faces off against Williams College on the Amherst College field on Saturday. Bus transportation to the 11 a.m. game will leave the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center at 8 a.m.
The women's team plays Courtland State at Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y., at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Bus transportation will leave Gosman at 6 a.m.
Bus tickets are $5 for the round trip. All students who ride the fan bus will also receive a free ticket to the game. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Bus tickets must be paid for in advance. Tickets will be sold at Athletics Main Office in Gosman from noon to 4 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 14, on a cash-only basis. Bus tickets are non-refundable unless bus is canceled due to insufficient demand, in which case the ticket price will be refunded. Questions? Contact Vanessa Cox.
"Sam has been outstanding all year," said Coven. "His play speaks for itself."
In their second-round matchup, the Judges faced Vassar College, 1-0 winners in overtime against Tufts the night before. The Brewers and Judges battled back and forth for 89 minutes and 30 seconds, with both sides having goals nullified because of offside calls. The clock read 29.4 seconds left when Ocel delivered again, using his head to redirect a cross from classmate Lee Russo to avert overtime. The goal was Ocel's ninth game-winner of the season.
"It's the best feeling in the world," Ocel said about scoring such a dramatic goal.
"Out of the corner of my eye I saw him, and he was unmarked for whatever reason so I tried to put it in his area and he made a really nice finish," added Russo. The duo have a friendly rivalry on the team's scoring charts, with Ocel now leading the squad with 13 goals and Russo leading with nine assists.
The Judges are in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1984, when they reached the national championship game. Coven also led Brandeis to the 1976 NCAA Division III title, one of only two team national championships in school history. Brandeis will face Williams College in the next round.
The women's team, making its second NCAA tournament appearance in three years under head coach Denise Dallamora, advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history. The Judges reached the third round by defeating 21st-ranked Union College, 2-1 in overtime, in their Saturday opener, then handling local rival Lasell College, 3-0, on Sunday afternoon, in games played at Amherst College.
Against Union, a pair of freshmen not known for their scoring helped Brandeis to upset the nationally-ranked Dutchwomen. In the third minute of the game, rookie back Haley Schachter tapped home a rebound after a misplay by the Union defense for her second career goal – her first came with just 1.9 seconds left in the Judges' final regular-season game. Union equalized in the 26th minute, and after a scoreless second half, rookie reserve midfielder Sarah Isaacson launched what onlookers called "a highlight reel shot". Her first career goal was "a marvelous arcing blast over the leaping arms of [the Union goalkeeper and into the netting, sending the Brandeis bench into jubilation" 2:56 into overtime.
The Judges met Lasell for the second time this season in the second round after the Lasers stunned 12th-ranked Amherst in their opener.
Six different Brandeis players recorded points, with sophomore Sapir Edalati's seventh goal of the season in the 13th minute proving to be the game-winner. Schachter and junior Maddie Stein also scored goals for the Judges. Brandeis senior Francine Kofinas had three saves in the first half, while sophomore Michelle Savuto had one in the second as the Judges extended their school-record shutout total to 14.
Up next for the Judges is SUNY-Cortland , which knocked off number 9 William Smith College in the second round.
Brandeis is one of four schools with both of its teams still alive in the tournament. The Brandeis men are the only one of five UAA schools selected to the tournament still playing, All four of the conference's women's teams (Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, Washington University and Emory) are still in the running for a national title.
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Men's Hockey: Vermont completes weekend sweep of UNH
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The University of New Hampshire men's hockey team had a weekend to forget, capped by Saturday night's 2-1 loss against Vermont.
The Wildcats, battling for position in Hockey East and looking to make a case for an NCAA tournament berth, were swept by the Catamounts at the Whittemore Center. Vermont defeated UNH 5-2 Friday night before finishing off the sweep with Saturday night's win.
UNH is now 16-15-1 overall and 8-8-0 in Hockey East.
Vermont (15-9-3, 7-7-0 Hockey East), which won the first game of the weekend series with a 5-2 victory at the Whittemore Center Friday night, jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a pair of goals early in the second period Saturday.
After a scoreless first period, Pete Massar opened the scoring for Vermont at 3:45 of the second, with assists from Yvan Pattyn and Jonathan Turk. Vermont's Mario Puskarich made it 2-0 less than three minutes later, with assists from Brendan Bradley and Chris McCarthy.
UNH ended its scoring drought when Nick Sorkin scored a power-play goal to make it 2-1 at 11:40 of the second. Kevin Goumas and Brett Pesce had assists on Sorkin's goal.
That would finish the scoring on the night, however, as UNH couldn't net the equalizer against Vermont goaltender Mike Santaguida, who made 28 saves in the win.
UNH outshot Vermont 14-5 in the third period and pulled goaltender Casey DeSmith for the final 1:24 of the game but was unable to beat Santaguida.
DeSmith, who made 24 saves Friday night before being replaced with 10 minutes remaining in the game, made 28 saves Saturday night for the Wildcats.
UNH returns to action on Friday night at Boston University in the first game of a weekend series against the Terriers.


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Oh Noeezz
>traditional hunting grounds off the coast of Amity in search of European flesh.
Splutter!!1 Damn! Soaked my keyboard in coffee! Again!!
In what certainly represents the death of the British seaside pedalo hire industry, the Sun reports that hungry great white sharks have moved from their traditional hunting grounds off the coast of Amity in search of European flesh. Those of you who are tempted to doubt that anyone venturing out into UK territorial waters will …
>traditional hunting grounds off the coast of Amity in search of European flesh.
Splutter!!1 Damn! Soaked my keyboard in coffee! Again!!
I for one welcome our great white overlords.
Mind you, having been to Newquay, I can say for certain that from what I've seen, the surfers there are far from innocent!
> for a poke at the devil fish's scaly ass.
You're not going on about that surfing donkey again, are you?
"There have been sightings in the past but no photographic evidence, but that definitely does not mean they are not here."
Yeah, right. Big white last seen in mano-a mano punch up with Nessie.
"Today's stunner, Julie from Sevnoaks, is concerned that youngsters may be afraid to go in the water and hopes that 'something will be done' to stop the terror-beast from harming our children."
Tomorrow - more paedo terror form the deep.
I always suspect that when the sea's too rough, they sit up trees with sausages on hooks and haul screaming badgers into the air before clubbing them and finally drowning them in a bucket.
It's OK, badgers and fish are (to use AnglerSpeak) proud, noble creatures who actively seek out the baited hook in order to engage in a battle of wits. cunning and strength.
Anyway, best of British luck in outwitting an animal with a brain the size of a thimble, then hauling it up with the best Chinese technology your ooh-me-back disability dole money can purchase. Truly, heroes for the modern age.
Never tried fishing, have you?
No? Thought not.
A few points for your consideration:
Most fish caught by sea anglers in the UK are edible and are caught as much for food as for sport. Unless you are a vegetarian, the only difference between you and I (a sea angler) is that I'm quite willing to catch and kill my own food, while you get someone to do it for you.
Frankly, unless you *are* a vegetarian, criticising someone who is willing to catch and kill his own food, while you are quite happy to eat dead animals that have been killed by someone else, is hypocrisy in the extreme.
Badgers are, generally, not considered terribly edible.
Most sharks caught by anglers in UK waters are tagged and released (not killed). It is tagging by sport anglers that has allowed scientists to better understand these amazing creatures.
The skill in angling is not "outwitting an animal with a brain the size of a thimble", any more than picking mushrooms is "outwitting a fungus". The skill is in knowing your prey and its habits, reading the conditions and environment, etc. You don't need to outwit a fungus, but you sure as hell need to know where and when to find them and if they will kill you if you eat them!
Hear, hear, Mr Cowherd.
I prefer a 12 bore to a rod, but I'll swap you half a dozen pigeons for a couple of pollock.
for being a humorless git. Probably why he/she spends most of his/her time with fish.
For being a git, full stop.
Sounds a good deal, though bass from the shore is more my thing.
Do a bit of shooting myself, but mostly clays.
Obviously its not much of a challenge trying to outwit pottery (which, surprisingly, don't have a brain at all), but there you go.
And the death threats from the CLF (Ceramic Liberation Front) can be worrying.
You quite clearly have never tried to fish. I suggest you try to pull out something as trivial as a European trout. I am not talking about "The Old Man and the Sea" monsters or Siberian Tajmen which is the closest freshwater equivalent.
No, just trout. Not even rainbow, the real one which victorian industrialisation has made practically extinct in England. The one that is on average around 300g.
Once you have seen how difficult it is to land something that small that actually fights, please come again.
Disclaimer - I do not fish in England because if I catch something I expect to eat it.
1) Great whites had been seen basking in the Med
2) They don't like human flesh as we are not fatty enough and attacks are down to mistaken identity (and lacking hands, they use their mouths to feel; a bit like a toddler, coochie-coochie-coo)
"They don't like human flesh as we are not fatty enough"
Hey guys, I think I've got our next poster campaign -- "shed that sharkbait".
> 1) Great whites had been seen basking in the Med
Great whites and basking sharks are different species, silly.
Depends what wildlife programme you watch, but 'seals' must occupy 9 out of the top ten answers.
Now, the grey seal is nice and large, and over half of the world's population hauls up around northern England and Scotland. If you want to find a northern great white, park your boat off the Farne Islands, not Newquay Harbour or Perranporth Beach.
I remember one naturalist being asked a few years back if great whites could be off the coast of Britain and he said that it's never been proved but might be possible since they would go where the food is - just that areas favoured by seals tend to be remote and far away from huge crowds which might be a reason why no-one has sighted any. Either that or they just aren't there...
@Rogerborg How is the extremely complicated task of getting a fish to eat outwitting? You can do the same to most land based creatures but I guess seeing it it actually happen makes it hard for you to convince yourself that the £500 pole (to save you actually walking round to the other canal bank) was good value. Oh - and the RSPCA would kick your spotty bot.
irony and sarcasm lost on you?
This is exactly the same as the blue fin mako shark fishing off the west coast of ireland .. one guy catches one and 6 years later the boats are still leaving daily for 'blue fin shark fishing' you have more chance of catching a wellie.
In cornwall nooones even caught one but there are thousands of people dying to part with their cash to pile into a rental boat to try.
I assume these "anglers" are aware that the Great White is still on the endangered list so if they attempt to land one and are caught they can and will be prosecuted.
I really hate the fact that people go out of their way to hunt sharks, leave them alone. They have been swimming the oceans of this planet for millions of years longer that humans (in any of our forms) have been around. The ocean is their environment not ours.
Besides, I cannot be sympathetic to surfers in this....if you are going to dress up like a seal and go into an animal's hunting group you cannot complain when you have a shark nibbling on your leg. I mean, you would not dress up like a zebra and go prancing around the Serengeti(sp?) would you? You would be a lion's meal in no time flat.
Maybe someone should point out they are a protected species before they are carted of by the police.
I dont think I'd want to try 'catch and release' with one of those.
"join Quint for a poke at the devil fish's scaly ass."
so I'll take the pedant route: Sharks don't have scales.
....so i'll take the pedant's route: Too easy.
I'll see your "too", and raise you a capital "I".
There should be no Great Whites off Cornwall. Its not their usual hunting grounds - although they have been seen in the Med from time to time.
We get Basking Sharks which often get confused by locals.
Other than that - we do get Mako and Porbeagle sharks which are of the same family and could be mistaken for Great Whites.
They are all pretty neat though and should be admired. They aren't a huge risk to people although a "sample/curiosity" bite may kill a person anyway. Human attacks are often due to being mistaken for seals.
Now if there were tiger or Bull Sharks sighted then that's different... They are quite aggressive and close to shore but thankfully not in this part of the world.
We need a playmobile reconstruction!
As a recreational diver I can only hang my head in disgust at the continuing misinterpretation of Great Whites as "monsters". Having dived in Southern Australia (where all the live bits of the Jaws films were done) and been in water, without a cage, with these incredible creatures I can definitely they are truly awe-inspiring.
Most people probably are not aware that Great Whites have been living in the Mediterranean for a very long time (Malta is a global hotspot for them) and yet not a single reported incident.
As for the fishermen - congratulations on attempting to worsen the fate of an already endangered species.
Exactly what SlackerUK said. They are awesome creatures to behold, and so long as you leave your seal impression at home they will leave you alone as you should them.
When will people learn to live and let live.
*hooper pulls as the line snaps and sends him crashing into the wall*
*quint picks up the line*
"Gamin' fish eh? Marlin? Stingray? Bit through this piano wire? Don't you tell me my business again."
The Sun "reported" the same story in 2007.
Didn't it turn out to be a hoax?
> The Sun "reported" the same story in 2007.
They do it every few years, it seems.
> Didn't it turn out to be a hoax?
It usually turns out to be a Basking Shark. Again. And an idiot who can't tell the (particularly distinctive) Basking Shark's fin from a Great White's. Again.
No IT? Who cares? It's Friday and we all love stories like this at the end of the week.
Love the genius delivery - I got many a puzzled look from surrounding desks as I giggled away...
P.S. Check out the awesome pic the Sun pulled out to accompany their account if you haven't already!
I'm confused as to the meaning of the word 'awash' in the title of the Sun's story. We're so awash with them that none have been caught, or even photographed.
That'll be your problem: you're reading the Sun and expecting it to make sense and not be sensationalist hogwash.
Ok, let's see.
Oceangoing barge with salvage crane? Check.
2000' of heavy duty anchor chain? Check.
3' tool steel barbed hook? Check.
All I need now is a Sun journalist as bait and a weekend's fishing off Cornwall shall be mine.
Sooner these dangerous sharks die out the better. Same with those polar bears, when they go I won't need to carry a rifle. I'd be happy with that.
If you're serious then you're awesomely ignorant. If you're not, then er, I don't get it.
That would be The Register comment section then. As we exploit the Arctic people shoot the bears when they are a nuisance or threaten human life. Working in that area often means being armed. Doesn't happen much in Norway/US/Canada/Greenland but in Russia it's a bit more lawless. Lack of ice for them doesn't help either. Fishing is killing great whites and removing their prey. Sorry, just the Friday depression about the state of things...
Penguins don't carry rifles,they use harpoons.
Until they get frickin lasers
Does anyone seriously find the shark-laser combo funny anymore?
"Quite how it it takes to the innocent white flesh of Newquay remains to be seen." (One may seriously argue about the "innocent".)
I guess, they will turn away with disgust? But what do I know about great whites' preferences.
First of all, I have personally caught a "Great White"[1], just off the coast from Bude (actually, just off Northcott Mouth). This was in 1978 or 1979. I have Polaroids, and a scar between the thumb and forefinger of my left hand as mementos. I released him/her. He/she didn't thank me. That's where I got the nick ...
Second, I have run across sharks of many stripes whilst surfing and boating here in Northern California, including Great Whites. Not a single one of them showed any interest in making me into a snack, much less a main course. But then I grok what "food chain" means ... and how it works ...
Try not to look like a wounded seal ... you'll live longer, in any walk of life.
[1] For small values of Great White ... only 3.5 feet, or thereabouts.
> I have personally caught a "Great White"[1]
> [1] only 3.5 feet, or thereabouts.
You probably haven't.
New-born Great Whites are around 4ft long.
There are many sharks - even in our waters - that aren't Great Whites. They are spectacular creatures when not threatened. Except Dog Fish, which are just lazy...
It was a Great White. I have SX-70 pics to prove it. I am looking at them right now. I know what a Great White is when I see it. I grew up commercial fishing in Central California, GWs like to take Salmon struggling on the hooks of commercial fishing boats, and thus getting caught themselves.
Note that "3.5 feet or thereabouts" is statistically 4 feet, at least when it comes to fishing (I try to never estimate high when describing fish; it's the fastest way to be classified as a teller of fish-tales).
Unfortunately, none of the pics contain any landmarks to place shark & location together ... but the rest of the collection in the envelope clearly show us making ready at Bude's Strand, and the boat on the sand/pebbles at Northcott Mouth at the end of the day.
Judging by the state of some of the innocent white flesh in Newquay, any shark taking a bite would die in unspeakable agony of something unimaginably horrible in about 30 seconds. I have an idea......
The 2007 report in the Sun was a fake:
Is it possible that a Great White might be in Cornwall?
I've heard of local fishermen on trawlers that have talked of sharks that poke their head out of the water a habit attirbuted to great whites and I don't think attributed to other sharks, and its just about in their operating range of temprature in the summer so it is possible to get great whites of the cornish coast.
We've already got some semi tropical species from the med in these waters like triggerfish so it wouldn't suprise me if the ocasional white wanders over from the med or african coast since its not a big journey for these sharks and they are known to wander big distances.
Suprised though if so that theres not much evidence of seals populations getting hit (unless they are just the odd occasional wanderers) since we have some of the biggest grey seal populations on our coast.
As for catching them hmmn for sciience yeah ok, but for sport what a waste of a beautiful creature, that isn't really interested in humans, even the more dangerous ones like bull, tigers, oceanic whitetips don't always go for humans were not their preffered prey.
"You're going to need a bigger boat" if you want to fish for Limey Jaws!!
The good news for your Brits is that I hear the QE2 rents out cheap these days.....
On a more serious note, living in Northern California, we have one of the world's biggest concentrations of Great Whites offshore. You can leave them alone and they will do the same, but the human-related shape in the water that they do respond most forecefully to is a surfer on a surfboard. When seen from below (Great Whites like to cruise deep then rush up at their prey) the shape of the board with the surfers arms and legs paddling off the sides looks a lot like a big fat seal paddling around on the surface.
Bon appetit!!
This story is a complete joke.
Anyone who set's out to go fishing for Great Whites off the coast of Cornwall is going to have a very boring day. We have plenty of indigenous shark species to these shores, the Great White is not one of them. You might as well go fishing for Unicorn's.
@Jake you almost certainly caught a small Porbeagle, which is often confused for the Great White.
As for the people criticising anglers for threatening the sharks..... Where do you start?!
1] No anglers in Cornwall are going to catch Great Whites. The people quoted in the Sun article are clearly deluded and inexperienced.
2] The majority of Sea angling is done for edible fish. I fish for Mackerel, Bass, Pollock, Plaice, Whiting, Gurnard, Turbot, Dabs and Sole. Everything undersized is returned alive and everything kept is eaten. I've never been on a fishing trip with anyone who hasn't adopted the same attitude. Line fishing is the most sustainable method of fishing, catching and cooking your own fish you get the most out of the fish, in terms of less waste. I fillet my fish so get more flesh off the bone than fillets pre-packed in the supermarket and I use the bone to make fish stock. Fish this fresh is also so much better tasting and good for you than fish packaged and sat on a shop shelf for a week as even chilled fish start to break down the minute they are killed.
If you can't sea fish for yourself or don't want to, but still eat fish. I hope that you look for the Marine Stewardship Councils (MSC) logo on any fish you buy, any fish with this logo means it has been caught from sustainable stocks.
It would be good to know that the same people who are getting uptight about sea anglers fishing out the (non-existent) Cornish Great Whites, think about the MSC and where their fish come from the next time they tuck into a Tuna Panini from a "Café au Chic" or Cod and chips from the local chippy. Because overfishing the fish stocks that we do have is a much more present and important issue for us all to get aggravated about.
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Bassist Talks About 20th Anniversary Of PANTERA's 'Vulgar Display Of Power'
Video footage of AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ talking about the 20th anniversary of PANTERA's "Vulgar Display Of Power" album can be seen below.
A studio recording of AVENGED SEVENFOLD's cover version of PANTERA's "Walk" was released on a special CD accompanying Kerrang!'s 25th anniversary issue. Entitled "High Voltage", the 15-track disc — which hit the newsstands in the U.K. in May 2006 — was made up of classic rock and metal songs covered by contemporary bands, with 10 of the tracks recorded exclusively for the CD. AVENGED SEVENFOLD's version of "Walk" was also included on the the "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) tribute album, which was released in December 2009 on the cover of the 200th issue of U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine.
In a 2006 interview with Blender.com, AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows stated about his band's cover version of PANTERA's "Walk", "Kerrang! magazine came to us and they asked if we wanted to cover one of our favorite bands' classic songs. [And we went], 'Well, we know 'Walk'. Can we do that?' So we had Terry Date [PANTERA producer] record it for us and Vinnie Paul [PANTERA drummer] give us his blessings on it, so we went and did it. And from then on, we kind of like… you know, playing festivals in Europe with METALLICA and stuff, it kind of brings back… Dime, to us, was one of the greatest guitar players ever to live, and to us, it's like a tribute to him. It kind of lets his spirit live on at Ozzfest. PANTERA was, for a few years, tearing it up at Ozzfest, you know, and now they're not a band anymore, and I think… To us, it's a song we can play, we know we do it well, and we're just going out there and letting the spirit live on a little bit."
The 20th-anniversary reissue of PANTERA's "Vulgar Display Of Power" sold 9,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 48 on The Billboard 200 chart. This is more than double the first-week tally registered by the 20th-anniversary reissue of PANTERA's classic "Cowboys From Hell" LP, which debuted at No. 117 in September 2010 with sales of 4,200.
Upon its original release, "Vulgar Display Of Power" peaked at No. 44 on The Billboard 200 and spent a total of 77 weeks on the chart, the most weeks any PANTERA album spent on the list.


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Creedmoor Sports Inc. will cease all operations at its Oceanside, Calif. location and relocate to newly acquired facilities in Anniston, Ala.
Dennis DeMille, general manager for Creedmoor, said in a statement the move will be completed on or before April 15. The decision to move was based on several factors including business climate, proximity to greater number of customers, employee pool and growth potential.
Creedmoor's new facilities are located aboard old Fort McClellan, 10 minutes north of CMP Headquarters in Anniston. Morris Building of Anniston began construction and renovation Feb. 4 on the existing building and on a new addition. Many of the employees key to production and operations will be moving, DeMille stated, thereby minimizing any potential disruption to service.
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It's leadership ballot day and Newspoll shows Labor's primary vote at a 12 month high and the Gillard Government behind in the two party preferred vote by a mere 47-53%. No wonder Tony Abbott looked subdued when he flew into Canberra yesterday!
What did leading press gallery journalists think of Kevin Rudd's communications skills as prime minister, ooh, a mere 21 months ago? Read it here and be amazed.
Canberra weather: 26, a few showers, BoM
Best from the Weekend:
"The World According to Rudd: an insider's guide", Laurie Oakes, The Punch
Smart marginal ALP MPs don't think a souffle can rise twice, Misha Schubert & Stephanie Peatling, Age
Kevin's "faceless men" charge has no legs, Dennis Atkins, Courier Mail
"The truth is, Rudd was impossible to work with", James Button, Age
"Kevin has treated them all like sh-- unnecessarily too many times", Cosima Marriner, Canberra Times
Up a Venetian canal without a paddle, Anne Summers SMH
"Schools we can envy", Diane Ravitch NYRB
"I had not understood school was compulsory", Hilary Mantel LRB
Chinese rush Obama web page, AP/Jakarta Post
Marie Colvin, Anti-Narcissist, Jenny McCartney, Daily Telegraph
"What drives Stella McCartney?" Cathy Horyn NYT
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HOUSTON — For his 28th birthday on Sunday, Dwight Howard received a gift from the NBA's schedule-makers: a game against his struggling former team, the Orlando Magic.
The Houston Rockets and Howard weren't sharp, but they didn't need to be, not against the Magic.
Lifted by James Harden's efficiency on offense and helped by Orlando's awful shooting, the Rockets handled the Magic more easily than the 98-88 final score indicated.
"It's not about the shots, man," Magic power forward Glen Davis said.
"It's about defensively doing what we need to do every day, everybody being held accountable, making sure they do what they need to do, or it's going to be a long season. Yeah, we're down some people. Yeah, we are. But it's time to stop using everything for an excuse. Too many excuses — including myself."
Howard scored 20 points, grabbed 22 rebounds and blocked three shots in his third regular-season game against the Magic since the team traded him on Aug. 10, 2012.
"I was a little late today for shootaround, so Coach said I had to get 20 rebounds or else," Howard said. "So I just tried to go get 'em."
Howard and the Rockets received plenty of rebounding opportunities from the Magic, who made just 28 percent of their shot attempts in the first half and 34 percent overall.
Sunday's matchup against Howard's Rockets lacked the intensity and venom that typified the Magic's games against Howard's Los Angeles Lakers last season.
With Nik Vucevic out with a sprained left ankle, Davis guarded Howard one-on-one for much of the Sunday night and helped limit Howard to six baskets.
After the game ended, Howard and Jameer Nelson, his former Magic co-captain, smiled and chuckled a bit at center court.
"It's always fun to see the little midget and play against him," Howard said, repeating the pet nickname he used for Nelson during the Magic's 2009 run to the Eastern Conference title.
"I wouldn't say it's a rivalry or anything like that. I'll always love what the city did and also the Magic for giving me the opportunity of drafting me number one. I don't know what else to say about it."
In the visitors' postgame locker room at Toyota Center, Nelson sounded more worried about the Magic (6-14) than about the implications of playing against Howard.
"We didn't bring it in certain spurts of the game and certain quarters and certain lineups," Nelson said, sighing. "We don't have the type of team that can just turn the switch on and off. We have to play consistent in terms of our effort and in our approach to the game."
The Magic now have lost five consecutive games.
"There's no secret formula," shooting guard Arron Afflalo said. "There's nothing I can say like, 'OK, we'll do this and we'll win tomorrow.' "
Midway through Sunday's first quarter, with the Rockets (15-7) sinking one 3-pointer after another, Magic coach Jacque Vaughn called a timeout and told his players they should be tired of their recent poor performances on defense.
The pep talk may have helped to a degree, because Houston finished just 10 for 33 on their 3-point attempts.
But Harden still scored 27 points and dished out 10 assists, both game highs.
Howard's reputation as a fearsome rim protector helped limit the Magic offensively from close range. Although Orlando shooters had plenty of good looks from the perimeter, most of those shots just didn't fall.
"Dwight, call him what you want, he's still the best big man in the league," Nelson said. "He's so smart defensively. Everybody talks about his offensive game, but his defensive game is what makes him special."
Just how lopsided was it?
Put it this way: The Rockets committed 20 turnovers, while the Magic committed just seven turnovers, and Houston still won.
The Magic cut the Rockets' lead to 91-81 with 5:26 left, but Howard responded a short while later by sinking a pair of free throws.
Those makes helped ensure the best birthday present of all: a win over Orlando.
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RGIII doesn't appear much taller then Wilson in these post game photos. Just thought how stupid NFL teams make a deal about height.
Funny when you consider the gap between these two QB's in the draft over 2/3 inches.
semiahmoo wrote:I'll say it again - this is Pete's last season in Seattle if the teams doesn't make a legit hard run deep into the playoffs.
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Kaplan International Colleges, a leading provider of English courses, has reached a social media milestone by passing 75,000 fans on their global Facebook page.
Since 2010, Kaplan's Facebook page has seen a strong growth in engagement and the number of fans has rapidly increased. This month the company celebrated reaching 75,000 on their global Facebook page, just a few months after hitting the 50,000 mark.
Last year was particularly eventful for the Kaplan social media team, thanks to the launch of photo competitions, the Kaplan Journal and the #KaplanExperience promotion on Instagram, which has created student winners from around the world.
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Accordance 10
Posted 28 August 2012 - 12:26 PM
Posted 28 August 2012 - 12:47 PM
(Disclaimer: I do not work for Accordance.)
- Julia Falling, Rick Bennett, danieleburrow and 1 other like this
2012 non-retina Macbook Pro
OS 10.13.6 High Sierra
Posted 28 August 2012 - 01:56 PM
I can try to clarify a bit. The new Starter Collection offers both a major update to the program and some excellent modern resources (that we in turn pay royalties on). The $49.99 cost covers both, and we priced the upgrade to make sure it was a fantastic value even if you already owned the Starter modules. The upgrade from version 8 to version 9 was $49.99 as well, but it did not include modern resources like the tagged ESV Bible, IVP New Bible Commentary, or Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. So yes, the new Starter Collection a fantastic deal for new users who don't own these resources yet, but current customers are not being charged a penny more than for previous "whole number" upgrades, and version 10 is a big step forward.
Director of Marketing
Posted 28 August 2012 - 02:37 PM
Also remember that this one-time upgrade includes all future 10.x updates, which historically is 2 years of free updates and a myriad of new features.
Rick Bennett
Director of Content Development
Posted 28 August 2012 - 11:10 PM
Posted 28 August 2012 - 11:29 PM
not completely clear if you get what we're asking.
The upgrade fee is $49.99. That includes the update to the Application - and is our standard major revision upgrade fee. Along with this upgrade comes a number of included modules - some of which you may have paid for in the past. I already had the ESVS - for example - a $30 value. These are included with the starter pack. Any other module you already own, you do not need to upgrade. You can use them straight from your current Accordance install.
IF you decide you wish to upgrade even further - say to the Essentials package - then you may be paying for some modules "twice". And you need to do the maths to see if you can justify the cost for the extra modules. That is a personal decision, but you only need to make that if you are going further than the Starter pack (IMHO).
The way I think about the Starter upgrade is that the upgrade is $49.99, what we have paid for a major upgrade for some years, but now included in that are a bunch of free modules - some of which I already own, so anything extra I get in the Starter package is a bonus, and even if I have everything already, it's a brilliant upgrade.
As far as I have seen so far, if you own modules already, they will still all work in Accordance 10.
Edited by Ken Simpson, 29 August 2012 - 02:23 AM.
Lead Australian Accordance Demonstrator
Administrator, Accordance Exchange
Assistant Minister, Summer Hill Church
Posted 29 August 2012 - 01:48 AM
Edited by DWFrancis, 29 August 2012 - 01:49 AM.
Posted 29 August 2012 - 02:05 AM
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Posted 29 August 2012 - 04:38 AM
In terms of vision, the stuff I've seen for years has now become crisper, clearer and easier to see.
In terms of comfort, the glasses aren't as awkward or heavy and they have new features to lessen the strain.
(edit: lessen, not lesson!)
Edited by Chuck Schneider, 29 August 2012 - 07:42 AM.
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Posted 29 August 2012 - 08:20 AM
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Posted 29 August 2012 - 09:32 AM
Dan, no one is forced to upgrade. Some may want to wait for Version 11. The program will still work. All the modules will continue to work in Version 9. Skipping a single upgrade will not get a user into a mess later on.
Many of us think Version 10, even just the engine, is worth the price. I also look at the great support from the Accordance folks, the free iOS, the free podcasts. I'm so grateful to the people who do the work and do it so well. I'm grateful, too, that such a powerful tool is available at all. Version 10 is not just a tweaking of Version 9 - it really is an major upgrade. I cannot help but wonder how many man-hours went into development and testing.
I upgrade my OS yearly without hesitation, even when we had to buy a disc and it was more expensive. I upgrade my music software (Finale) yearly, too, and it doesn't get used nearly as much as Accordance. I've always looked at upgrades as just part of owning a computer and software. If there are programs I find less useful, I stop upgrading and just let them die a natural death.
[As an aside, I'm tech support for some Mac families. (Scary, isn't it? The closest Apple Store is 90 minutes away in Knoxville.) One didn't want to pay for OS upgrades. Didn't want to upgrade the old eMac, either. He bought a new iMac and went from 10.4 to Lion. If there had been a computer or OS upgrade in-between, he would have been OK. (Some do that with Accordance.) But because he had gotten SO far behind, Migration Assistant wouldn't work. He had to move everything manually. I think the process went on for months. I'm not sure it's finished at this point. It has been pretty nightmarish. You can be sure that he will never do that again!]
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Posted 29 August 2012 - 01:09 PM
To provide some additional insight, we had two goals when planning the new Starter Collection: 1) Add more/better modules and 2) Offer one low price for everyone.
Add More/Better Modules
Our previous Starter Collection (for Accordance 9) offered the Accordance 9 application, but did not include any modern Bibles, Commentaries, or Dictionaries. For this new Starter Collection, we decided to add a modern Bible (tagged ESV), a modern commentary that covers every book of the Bible (IVP New Bible Commentary), a modern dictionary (Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible), and a tagged original language text (GNT Textus Receptus). This lets new users try out a range of Bible study tools in order to get the full Accordance experience. For current users who are buying the new Starter Collection in order to upgrade to version 10, these resources are simply icing on the cake if they don't own these modules yet.
One Low Price
Even though we added all these great new modules, we aren't charging more for the upgrade. Accordance's "engine only" upgrade from version 8 to 9 was also $49.99, so we didn't add these additional modules into the cost. We, of course, pay royalties on them, but we are not passing that cost on to the customer. So if it helps to think about it in these terms, it means you really aren't paying for them again if you already own them.
For Accordance 9, new users could buy the Starter Collection for $69.99. Current users had a tiered pricing structure. For Accordance 8 users, the upgrade was $49.99; for Accordance 7 users, it was $59.99, and so on. In short, $49.99 was the lowest price we offered. For Accordance 10, we decided to simplify things by moving to a single price point. And even though we added more/better modules, we went with the lowest price point we previously offered—$49.99 for everyone. And of course, full-time ministers, students, and professors pay even less with their discounts.
So for news users, the Starter Collection includes more and costs less than before. For current users, the upgrade includes more and costs the same as before. Even if you are a current user who owns all the modules in the new Starter Collection, you still aren't paying a penny more than you would have paid for the "engine only" upgrade from Accordance 8 to Accordance 9. We really tried to offer everyone a great deal, and while new users may get an especially good deal, we made sure that wasn't at the expense of our current users.
I hope this provides some insight into the method behind our madness. We worked very hard to make sure that all of our new Collections were a great deal for both new customers and current customers looking to upgrade.
Edited by Darin Allen, 29 August 2012 - 01:20 PM.
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