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QIJFAF-05005v(K)mIf you go to a movie this

weekend, theres an increas-ing chance you might makeyour waytoa classic oldthea-terinstead of a modernmultiscreen complex.

Elegant old theatersaround the USA are getting anew lease because they stillstrike a chord in anyone wholoves the classic movie expe-rience, says John Bell, head ofthe 1920s-era TampaTheatrein Tampa. These theaters areimbuedwitha sense ofhisto-ry and collective memorythat you just dont get at acineplex, Bell says. The ro-mance andnostalgia capturespeoples imagination.

Numbers arent kept onhow many theaters are getting a secondlife,but examplesare plentiful:uIn Fowler Ind., renovations of the

Fowler Theatre are underway. The thea-ter closed Jan. 25 and will reopen thissummer. The Fowler is run by a volun-teer staff. No one involved with opera-tions from theprojectionboothto theconcessioncounter earnsa salary.uThe Hollywood Theatre in Portland,

Ore., remains open during itsrenovations, which includethe replacement of 70-year-old seats in three auditori-ums. Built in 1926, the artdeco theater recently hosteda combined film andlivemu-sic production of a moviecalled Turkish StarWars.uThe Joy Theater in New

Orleans reopened in Decem-ber as a largely performingarts venue. During HurricaneKatrina, the roof was rippedoff, and the basement filledwith water. When the build-ing was surveyed for reno-vation, there was so muchwater, a boat was needed tomeasure theback wall.

Morgan Little, a student atKeene State College in NewHampshire, works part-timeat the Colonial Theatre and

says students appreciate seeing familiarfaces at thevenue. When they go to theColonial, Littlesays,theyget a sense ofcommunity.

Some theaters are still waiting for asecond chance. Howard Haas, presidentof Friends of the Boyd, says the historicBoyd Theatre in Philadelphia is for saleand needs investors to revive it. Weneed anangel ofsomesort, Haas says.

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The Transportation Department has rampedup its effort to prevent distracted driving byproposing its first-ever guidelines aimed at sim-plifying or disabling many communications andinfotainment functionswhen the caris moving.

Thevoluntary guidelinesforvisual andmanualoperation of built-in devices specifically call fordisabling text messaging, Internet browsing, so-

cial-media browsing, navigation destination en-try and phone dialing unless the vehicle isstopped andthedriver puts itin park.

The proposal announced Thursday also callsfor limiting displays of text, cutting complexityandtimeneeded to perform tasks anddesigningdevicesthatneedonlyonehandtouseand divertthedrivers eyes forno more than twoseconds.

The department said distracted drivingclaimed 3,000 lives in 2010 alone and was afactor in 17% of police-reportedaccidents.

Voice-command systems, which many auto-makers have developed and are deploying, arebeing encouraged as an alternative. High-techelectronics systems have become increasinglyimportant to automakers, both as profit-makingoptions andas brandimage boosters.

While many cars already disable many taskswhen in motion or allow control through voicecommands, David Strickland, administrator ofthe DOTs National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-ministration, said there are others that do not.

There aresome automakersthat haveno strate-gyat all fordevicesafety,he said.

Automakers contacted referred calls to theAlliance of AutomobileManufacturers, an indus-try group. A statement from AAM said it wasimpressed DOT incorporated recommendationsthe group already had made to members andadded,Consumersexpect tohaveaccess to newtechnology, so integrating and adapting thistechnology to enable safedrivingis thesolution.

But Washington, D.C.-based auto safety ad-vocate Sean Kane questioned if officials went farenough. Theyare notpushingthe envelope.

Strickland was careful to say NHTSA isntagainst technology. Consumers want these de-vices and want this functionality, he said.Weretryingto make sure iftheyare used inthevehicle,theyare used ina safe way.

NHTSA plansfor hearingsacross thenation onthe guidelines and said later guidelines maycover devices that drivers bring into the vehicleand also voice-controlled in-car systems.

Newpushto disabletexting ifdrivingGuidelines aimed atlimiting distractionsByChrisWoodyard andFredMeierUSA TODAY

An undrafted Asian American from Harvardexcelling for the storied New York Knicks in theNBAsmost famous arena is unlikely enough.

Marrythatwith a timelyconfluenceof unpre-dictable events and unique circumstances, andKnicks sensation Jeremy Lins unprecedentedrisefrom benchwarmerto global basketballstarin 14 daysbegs theperplexingquestion:

HowdidLin goso unnoticedforso long?Lins unforeseen performance hardly an

NBA coach, general manager, scout or fan sawthis coming has captivated sports fansthroughout the world, includingAsia, where Linhas roots. He is the NBAs first American-bornplayer of Chinese or Taiwanesedescent.

Lin is changing perceptions of Asian-Amer-icans, in ways that both reinforce and deeplychallenge existing stereotypes, said Thad Wil-liamson, a University of Richmond professor of

leadership studies. On the one hand, he is theprototypical high academic-achieving AsianAmerican. But on the other hand he is a ballerwho has shown he can not only compete butexcelagainstthe worlds bestplayers.

Said Knicks legend and TV analyst Walt Fra-

zier,Thisleague isdominatedby African-Amer-icans. What aretheoddsof anAsianguycomingon and having this impact? Its amazing. Itsinexplicable.

It began with a desperate attempt by coachMikeDAntonito jump-startthe then-strugglingKnicks. The answer turned out to be Lin, a 6-3,200-pound guard with an economics degree,and faith in God, who just happened to be aperfect fitfor DAntonisoffensive system.

U.S. Secretaryof EducationArne Duncan, whoplayed basketball at Harvard, has developed arelationship with Lin and worked out with himonthe court.

Everyone who thinks this an overnight suc-cess fundamentally gets this wrong, Duncansaid in an interview with USA TODAY. Jeremyhas been very good for a long time and justneverquite hadthe opportunity.

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