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Panathinaikos have unveiled former Ajax boss Henk ten Cate as their new coach.

The 53-year-old Dutchman has signed a two-year contract with the Athens club. He moves to Greece after being sacked as an assistant coach with Chelsea, who he helped to the Champions League final.

He added: “Panathinaikos’ organisation, history, ambition and attitude towards football in general match those of the greatest football clubs in Europe, so I’m confident that we will achieve our goals. I’m looking forward to coming to Athens and meeting my players.”

Ten Cate inherits a team that finished third in the Super League last season. The campaign was a huge disappointment as the club had sought to mark its centenary with a league title, and coach Jose Peseiro was sacked at the end of the season.

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“Crystal Skull” even dusts off the Russians, so severely under- exploited in recent years, as the bad guys. Up against them, Indiana Jones is once again played by Harrison Ford, who is now 65 but looks a lot like he did at 55 or 46, which is how old he was when he made “Last Crusade.” He has one of those Robert Mitchum faces that doesn’t age, it only frowns more.

He and his sidekick Mac McHale (Ray Winstone) are taken by the cool, contemptuous Soviet uber-villainess Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) to a cavernous warehouse to seek out a crate he saw there years ago. The contents of the crate are hyper- magnetic (lord, I love this stuff) and betray themselves when Indy throws a handful of gunpowder into the air.

In ways too labyrinthine to describe, the crate leads Indy, Mac, Irina and the Russians far up the Amazon. Along the way they’ve gathered Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), Indy’s girlfriend from the first film, and a young biker named Mutt Williams (Shia LeBeouf), who is always combing his ducktail haircut. They also acquire Professor Oxley (John Hurt), elderly colleague from the University of Chicago, whose function is to read all the necessary languages, know all the necessary background, and explain everything.

What happens in South America is explained by the need to create (1) sensational chase sequences, and (2) awe-inspiring spectacles. We get such sights as two dueling Jeep-like vehicles racing down parallel roads. Not many of the audience members will be as logical as I am, and wonder who went to the trouble of building parallell roads in a rain forest.

Most of the major characters eventually find themselves at the wheels of both vehicles; they leap or are thrown from one to another, and the vehicles occasionally leap right over one another. And that Irina, she’s something. Her Russian backups are mostly just atmosphere, useful for pointing their rifles at Indy, but she can fight shoot, fence, drive, leap and kick, and keep on all night.

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Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones is such a larger-than-life, iconic film classic hero that when the actor strode into a hotel meeting room, one half-expected to hear John Williams’ rousing theme song from the movie series.

But Harrison, wearing a simple suit and shirt, is not that kind of guy. He’s not the type who requires blaring trumpets and French horns to herald his entrance. “Life is good,” he said with a smile. “I can’t complain. If I did, nobody would listen to me anyway.” Such wry, self-effacing statements reflect the man who once left acting to work as a carpenter.

When a journalist asked an “intellectual”-angle question about the much-awaited, 1950s-set “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” on behalf of her editor, Harrison cracked, “Well, isn’t that nice? Let’s send him to an intellectual movie. That will make him happy.”

When the same reporter posed another question written by her boss, about Indiana Jones’ “un-modern approach to women,” Harrison smiled and quipped, “It is set in 1957, for Christ’s sake. We reflect the characters in that period of time. But I also want to say that Indiana Jones loves women. There’s a nice way of doing that and a not-so-nice way of doing that. I think Indiana Jones is a guy with a very strong moral core.”

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A 68-year old East Ridge man is jailed tonight charged with pulling off a noon bank robbery.

It didn’t take long for police to Find Cate School arrest Melvin Cate of East Ridge.

They say he robbed the First Tennessee Bank AT 5401 Ringgold Road and tried to flee in his car.

They say Cate’s car was spotted on McBrien road, and stopped at 801 Moore Rd following a brief pursuit.

He is being held on a 62-thousand dollar bond.

Officers reportedly found a note used in the robbery along with an undetermined amount of Find Cate School cash.

It only took police 4 minutes to catch the suspect after the first call was received.

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Brendon Coughlan, sales manager at El Cheapo Cars in Petone, said March had been one of its worst months.

Recent potential buyers were citing interest rates, food inflation and rising petrol prices as deterrents. But prices were unlikely to fall much, despite an oversupply of older cars, as these were already selling for the cheapest prices in years.

He expected a tough six to eight months for car dealers, with some more-marginal operations likely to close.

Turners Auction general manager for marketing Todd Hunter said repossessed vehicles going to auction had risen 100 per cent in the year to March 2008, with 700 going under the hammer.

Statistics NZ said February car sales fell $41 million, or 5.8 per cent, compared with January. That followed falls of 0.6 per cent and 2.5 per cent in January and December.

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But adolescents in the study who used prescription medications were also more likely to use dietary supplements, and doctors and pharmacists should be sure to ask their young patients about supplements to avoid the possibility of harmful interactions, Dr. Paula Gardiner of Boston University Medical School and her colleagues conclude.
Gardiner and her team reviewed data from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys for 11 to 19-year-olds to investigate how common supplement use is among adolescents and factors associated with using vitamins, herbal medicines, minerals and other products.
Twenty-seven percent of the adolescents surveyed said they had used a dietary supplement in the past month, the researchers found. Sixteen per cent used multivitamins, while 6 percent said they took vitamin C. Just 4 per cent used non-vitamin mineral supplements, including 2 per cent who said they used supplements to help them lose weight or enhance sports performance.
Non-Hispanic whites were most likely to be using dietary supplements, while prescription medication users were 37 per cent more likely than those not taking prescribed drugs to use dietary supplements. Study participants who said they were in fair or poor health were 41 per cent less likely to take supplements than their peers who considered themselves to be in better health. And adolescents who reported having chronic headaches were 25 per cent more likely to use dietary supplements.
Obese individuals were 51 per cent more likely to be using non-vitamin or mineral herbal supplements, the researchers found, as were older teens.
%26quot;To better understand use among culturally diverse groups and those with different clinical conditions, future studies should include a broader range of dietary supplements (such as those used in folk remedies, foods and medicinal teas) and ask about common health conditions,%26quot; the researchers conclude.
%26quot;Additional studies are needed to determine the impact of dietary supplement use on health care use, health status, and quality of life,%26quot; they add.

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US average retail gasoline prices hit a record $US3.4737 per gallon ($NZ1.16/litre) on April 18, up 15.66 cents from the April 4 average, according to the nationwide Lundberg survey of about 7,000 gas stations.
Higher driving costs come at a tough time for US consumers, who are already struggling with higher food prices, a slowing economy, job losses and sinking home prices. In addition, surges in petrol demand during the peak driving months of June, July and August and higher costs could force motorists to cut back on their vacation travel plans, or reduce spending in other areas.
%26quot;Behind the record-high pump prices are other record highs that are less visible to the naked eye of the motorist, including record high crude oil prices and a record number of regulations that are adding costs to refining,%26quot; said survey editor Trilby Lundberg.
The WTI crude oil futures price closed at $US116.69 per barrel on April 18, up from $US106.23 on April 4, she said.
Boosting fuel prices still more, regulatory mandates are calling for increasing levels of ethanol to be added to gasoline. That%26#39;s raising expenses for refiners. In addition, the costs of spring reformulations of gasoline will also hurt prices at the pump.
Refiners and retailers have not yet fully passed on their higher costs to consumers, Lundberg said. When they do, prices will shoot higher.
%26quot;If crude oil prices do not retreat, then we will see somewhere between 10 cents to 30 cents rise in the retail price of gasoline, probably in the next few weeks,%26quot; Lundberg said.
So far this year, the price of gasoline has climbed 53.47 cents per gallon, Lundberg said.
CALIFORNIANS, TRUCKERS HURT
Californians are paying the most for their petrol, with average prices in San Francisco reaching $US3.88 per gallon. Some gas stations are charging as much as $US4 per gallon, Lundberg said.
California is the biggest state consumer of gasoline.
Trucking companies, too, are paying more for their fuel. That could boost prices for a range of goods that are transported, including produce and consumer products.
The average US retail diesel fuel price on the 18th of April hit $US4.2134 per gallon, up 15.13 cents.
The lowest average gasoline price was $US3.21 a gallon in Newark, New Jersey. Taxes account for most of the disparity in prices between California and New Jersey. Taxes in Newark add about 33 cents per gallon to the cost of gas, while in San Francisco, motorists pay about 68 cents per gallon toward taxes.

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The students were in Rotorua for last week University Games. But horrified staff say they behaved more like animals than athletes, causing thousands of dollars damage during late-night parties.

The students say the claims have been exaggerated and there wasnt as much alcohol as made out. But they admit causing noise and minor problems with carpet stains and vomit.
Terrified owners called in a security firm after a tip-off that students planned to ransack the Cleveland Motel and Havana Motor Lodge on Thursday night after a party.

The Havana had evicted 44 unruly students and the Cleveland 88 that day because of their behaviour, noise complaints and the state of rooms.

Victoria University vice-chancellor Pat Walsh plans to meet student representatives this week and says inappropriate behaviour is unacceptable.

The motel owners plan to complain and seek money to cover damages.

It was just shocking. We were under the impression that they werent young kids and they would be a bit more mature - not just hooligans out of control.

An ambulance was called after staff found a man lying unconscious in a garden. He had vomited through a unit and on a bed. Furniture was broken and beer bottles left floating in a pool.

Havana owner Jan Stevenson said carpets were soiled with food and stained with red wine. A mattress was soaked with urine and vomit found in rooms.

There were no reports of trouble with students from other universities, she said.
Assistant team manager Mark Davis said students were paying for a broken window and some minor carpet stains but denied they had trashed the motels.

Students were upfront with motel staff and deliberately hired out both complexes so they would not cause problems for other guests.

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The recount in 23 of 210 constituencies, which began on Saturday, could overturn the results of the parliamentary election, which showed President Robert Mugabe%26#39;s ruling ZANU-PF losing its majority to the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) for the first time.
%26quot;There were some delays yesterday and I am not sure the results will be available after three days as initially indicated. It might be more than that,%26quot; said Utoile Silaigwana, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission%26#39;s deputy chief election officer.
%26quot;But what I can confirm is that the process started smoothly today. But again, I cannot say how many polling stations have been counted. That information could be available by end of today,%26quot; he said.
The MDC says it won the elections fair and square, and says the recount is illegal. The party said on Saturday it will reject the recount%26#39;s results. Results of a parallel presidential ballot on March 29 have not been released, but MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he won.
The delay in announcing results has given rise to opposition fears the recount could be a government ploy to steal the election.
The MDC has accused Mugabe, a former guerrilla commander, of unleashing loyal militias to help him rig victory in a probable runoff and allowing veterans of the independence war to invade some farms, echoing a wave of land invasions that began in 2000.
Opponents say Mugabe, 84, has wrecked his once-prosperous country, where the collapse of the economy and inflation of about 165,000 percent have led to chronic shortages of water, food and fuel, and 80 percent unemployment.
ZANU-PF triggered the recount after it accused election officials of taking bribes to undercount votes for Mugabe and his ruling party and committing other electoral fraud. Several election officials have been arrested.
Harare%26#39;s High Court rejected an MDC application to block the recount on Friday. The court previously denied its request to force authorities to release the presidential election result.
African reaction to the post-election crisis has been muted, and the United States has urged African states to take more action to end the deadlock. Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who helped clinch a power-sharing deal to end a post-election crisis in Kenya, has issued a similar call.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he would discuss Zimbabwe with African leaders at a UN trade and development conference in Ghana which starts on Sunday.

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A group of Christchurch people have got together to throw a party — for their dogs.
%26quot;People enjoy parties for different reasons,%26quot; said Kathleen Crisley, organiser and owner of eight-year-old birthday bitch Daisy.
%26quot;If you enjoy your dog and you enjoy a party then you will enjoy this. You don%26#39;t have to dress the dog up in clothes or carry them around in a box or anything like that.%26quot;
However, the party at the Christchurch Dog Training Club did serve a specially baked birthday cake, as well as laying on party games.
Crisley — director of company Canine Catering, which bakes food especially for dogs — said the concept of dog birthday parties was becoming more common.
%26quot;It is a nice way for people to incorporate their dogs into their social lives.%26quot;
With all that canine energy and cake around there was always the potential for the party to turn sour.
%26quot;You get used to fact that some of them might get into a scrap,%26quot; said Crisley.
%26quot;If they do that%26#39;s where the naughty dogs have a little time out and have to go and sit in the car for a while.%26quot;
Among the 16 human guests and 11 dogs who attended the party were English pointer Daisy%26#39;s father Shakka, 10, and his owner John Hamilton.
%26quot;This kind of thing is getting more and more common,%26quot; said Hamilton, who breeds English pointers with his wife Jenny, in Belfast.
%26quot;People treat their dogs as more than just pets these days. We live for our dogs.%26quot;

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