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#1 Louisiana's possible champion of the right06-02-2008, 09:14 AM
Louisiana's possible champion of the right
Speculative frenzy surrounds Gov. Jindal as potential McCain V.P. choice
By Adam Nossiter
The New York Times
updated 2:23 a.m. ET, Mon., June. 2, 2008
BATON ROUGE, La. - Religion and fiscal stringency have a friendly home at the state Capitol here, with a conservative, Bobby Jindal, in the governors office, a host of straight-arrow novice legislators eager to please him and an honored spot for the Louisiana Family Forum in the old marble halls.
The newly conservative tone of state government is seeping through a host of successful bills on school vouchers, creationism, stem-cell restrictions and tax and spending cuts and it is adding to the speculative frenzy here surrounding Mr. Jindal as a potential vice-presidential choice for Senator John McCain.
Politicians here say they are certain that Mr. Jindal would balance a McCain ticket, and not just because he is an Indian-American. The Christian right has a new champion in Mr. Jindal, a serious Catholic who has said that in my faith, you give 100 percent of yourself to God.
The more I learn about Governor Jindal the more I like him. And as much as I believe he could only help McCain as VP, I realize Louisiana needs him right now. It's worth clicking the link to read the whole article, IMO, Gov. Jindal is doing great work for Louisiana.
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Probably not a good idea for Jindal to be wiped out politically at such a young age.
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After 4 years of a Democ. incompetent idiot, former Gov. K. Blanco, Louisiana needs a break. Jindal needs to attain more politicial seasoning. He would help McCain balance the ticket but I hope he is not offered the job. It is remarkable that a Democ. legislature has approved most of what the new Governor has asked for, and has even reduced spending below what was requested by the Administration. I guess when you have a leader, strange things happen. The Repub.Congress & the Prez need to take notice.
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Jindals administration stood in the way of a state income tax cut for a time and is now taking credit for the cut which will happen the middle of next year at the earliest, mean while the state legislature is likely to ram through a 300% raise without objection at any time in the next 3 weeks.
Jindal is far from perfect just better than Blanco, the unfortunate thing is though if asked you do not turn down a V.P. slot.
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What is this 300% raise, you speak of? From what I have read, the legislature has made more budget cuts than what Jindal had requested. Jidal and the legislators have not gone hog wild in spending the additional revenues from oil spiking upward. In the past, this was not the case.
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After 37 years in public education, including 21 in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District, Devon Elementary Principal Tom Tobin will retire at the end of the school year.
"I've had a fantastic experience in the districts which I have served," Tobin said. "The culminating experience here at Devon has been a very rewarding and successful one for me, and I leave just ready to dive into another phase of life."
After working in the Cheltenham and Radnor districts, Tobin joined T/E in 1984, when he took over as principal at New Eagle Elementary at 29 years old. Including a stint as principal at Beaumont Elementary, he worked in the district until 1999, when he left to become director of elementary curriculum in the Wallingford-Swarthmore district.
After also serving as the assistant superintendent for Lower Merion schools, Tobin decided he wanted to come back to T/E after an eight-year absence, and took the job at Devon in 2007.
"I just determined that I missed the rewards of being in an elementary school with the students, teachers and community," Tobin said.
Tobin, 58, has been a part of the district in four different decades, and while some things have changed, he said there have been many constants.
"We've always had great students, very supportive parents and a high-quality staff," Tobin said. "We're fortunate to be able to hire some really excellent teachers, and there's a strong collaboration of teachers working together and schools working with parents and the community to provide the best educational system possible."
On the recommendation of T/E Superintendent Dan Waters, the district Board of School Directors will take action on April 22 to appoint Todd Parker as Devon's new principal. Parker has been with the district since 2001, and currently serves as assistant principal at T/E Middle School and as the district's social studies curriculum supervisor.
"Todd is a really great guy, a good listener, is sensitive to the culture of the district and really enjoys being around children," Tobin said. "He's very excited to be joining the staff, and they're excited for him to join because they know him. He's very intelligent and has a great reputation."
In retirement, Tobin said he will spend more time with his family and perhaps travel a bit, both near and far. He will also search for a new way to make a difference.
"I'll determine a way that I can give to others in our world, whether that's additional work or volunteering," Tobin said. "I want to make some sort of contribution."
Tobin said he will miss his interaction with the teachers, and the way young children looked up to him as a principal, with the kind of openness that "changes somewhat when they get older."
He will also miss a daily ritual that has been a part of his life for decades.
"Every day I go out and meet the kids at the busses, and go out at the end of the day and get them on their busses and wave goodbye to them," Tobin said. "I will miss that a lot."
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Teens Demonstrate Courage in Variety of Ways
In today's society it often takes courage to be a teen and face the various pressures thrust at young adults by their peers and the media. The following coming-of-age stories present teens who demonstrate a high level of courage.
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WASHINGTON — Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, an authority on US diplomatic relations with Taiwan and China and a professor of history at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, died of cancer Dec. 1 at her home in Potomac.
Her husband, Warren Cohen, confirmed her death.
Dr. Tucker, 64, was the nation's first assistant deputy director of national intelligence for analytic integrity and standards, a post she held in 2006 and 2007 while on leave from Georgetown.
She simultaneously served as the intelligence community's analytic ombudsman. In an interview with United Press International, she said her role was to provide ''a release mechanism'' for intelligence officers feeling pressured to reach certain conclusions in their work.
As a scholar, Dr. Tucker wrote hundreds of articles and was the author or editor of eight books, one of which, ''Uncertain Friendships: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States, 1945 to 1992'' (1994), received an award from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.
''Uncertain Friendships'' is believed to have been the first book to report publicly that as early as 1965 Richard M. Nixon, for decades defined by his outspoken anticommunism, accepted the reality of the Communist takeover of China in 1949 and realized it was the nation with which the United States would have to deal. As president, Nixon made a landmark trip to China in 1972 that paved the way for official diplomatic recognition in 1979.
Dr. Tucker was ''an outstanding scholar on China and Taiwan,'' said Winston Lord, a former US ambassador in Beijing and president of the Council on Foreign Relations. He described her approach as meticulous and objective.
Dr. Tucker's other books included ''China Confidential: American Diplomats and Sino-American Relations, 1945-1996'' (2001), which consisted of oral interviews with dozens of former diplomats who specialized in US relations with East Asia.
Nancy Bernkopf was born in New York City. She graduated in 1970 from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y., and received a doctorate in history from Columbia University in 1978.
On a fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Tucker served on the China desk at the State Department and in the US Embassy in Beijing before joining the Georgetown faculty in 1987. Early in her career, she taught at Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., and New York University.
Like his wife of 24 years, Cohen is a China scholar. He and Dr. Tucker's stepsister are her only survivors. Her first marriage, to Bruce Tucker, ended in divorce.
Dr. Tucker was diagnosed with cancer in 2009, and in the years since she had undergone six lines of chemotherapy. Nonetheless, she continued working and writing. Her most recent book, ''The China Threat: Memories, Myths, and Realities in the 1950s,'' was published in May.


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Home Improvement Tricks to Avoid the Winter Blues
(BPT) - Many triggers can affect our moods. From sights to sounds to smells - it's a sensory experience that we don't seem to have much control over. Or so we used to think. But with more research being done on exactly how these elements might affect our stress or happiness levels, we now have better insight on how to enhance our mood. This is good news for those looking to make home improvements.
Homeowners can control factors like light, space, color and even the way a room is arranged to improve mental and emotional well-being. So before you're forced indoors by the cold weather, why not tackle a few home improvements to minimize the impact of colder days and longer nights?
Boost Color and Mood
"The color of a room can make a huge impact on your mood. For instance, blues tend to have a calming effect, while reds tend to energize and excite," says Donna Schroeder, Pratt & Lambert Manager of Color + Design. "So while it might seem most important to select a color based simply on what you like, perhaps it's even more important to first decide how you want the space to speak to you and then go from there."
Brighten Your Space
If being stuck inside seems like a dark scenario and sunlight is what you're craving this winter, artificial light can trick your brain into thinking the sun is shining and the future looks bright. Studies show that smart use of light can actually boost your mood during shorter winter days when sunlight seems sparse.
Decorative wall sconces with candles can add the perfect amount of glow and pull double duty by adding visual intrigue to a room while lifting spirits. Dimmers can ensure just the right amount of light emits from existing fixtures, and, of course, windows are great for letting in natural sunlight.
Rearrange What You Have
In addition to adjusting the light in your home, a simple shift in the layout of your living room furniture can provide a new look to the space and a fresh interest, keeping your brain stimulated and spirits lifted. Consider changing a focal point from a television to a fireplace or to a large window that has a pleasant view. Swapping out furniture from one room to another is a sure way to mix things up without having to purchase new items. This is also true for vases, picture frames and other home decor items. Don't be afraid to mix it up. The same principles for color can be reflected here as well - keep it bright and cheery to stave off winter blues.
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Another small way to beat the blues is by adding some greenery to your living space. Incorporating some real plants to your home not only boosts the oxygen levels but adds living beauty to the indoors. Breathe new life into the space with bamboo, Christmas cactus and ponytail palms.


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Naruto-Arena forces you to select 3 characters when you start a new game. This page gives you an overview of all characters available in the Naruto-Arena game. Not only can you view each character's skills, you can also discuss the characters by posting comments.
Shee (S)
Shee (S) is a jounin of the Hidden Cloud Village and a sensor. Shee is one of the Raikage's most reliable shinobi.Requirement to unlock: Mission: A Respected Cloud Ninja
Sensor Awareness
Shee (S) uses Sensor Awareness and deals 20 damage to 1 random enemy. For 1 turn if a new enemy skill is used on Shee he will be invulnerable for 1 turn.
Cooldown: 1
Chakra required:
Classes: Mental, Ranged, Instant
Ally Heal
Using Ally Heal Shee (S) heals 1 ally for 25 health.
Cooldown: None
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Lightning Illusion Flash
Shee (S) uses Lightning Illusion Flash on 1 enemy dealing 35 damage. That enemy will be invulnerable to new friendly skills for 1 turn.
Cooldown: 1
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Defensive Reaction
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Cooldown: 4
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|6 years ago :: Apr 11, 2012 - 10:02AM #11
Hi Abdullah!
You write:
Muhammad [saw] was prophecised in the Torah too, not as the Messiah, but as the last and final Messenger of God
Can you tell me where I can find this information in the Hebrew Scriptures?
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|6 years ago :: Apr 11, 2012 - 8:11PM #12
Fair enough.
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|6 years ago :: Apr 12, 2012 - 10:12AM #13
Jesus was Messiah for Children of Israel (Jews/Yehudin).
A Messiah is someone who gives you warning just before you are going to get into serious trouble such as dying, falling off a very high place and certain death.
In religious sense, a messenger from God trying to save a group of people (Bani Israel in this case) from God's wrath that was about to fall on them for their wrong doings is Messiah.
Jesus is the Messiah in the Qur'an.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
(Winston Churchill)
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|6 years ago :: Apr 12, 2012 - 10:31AM #14
Hi visio!
You write:
It was a question of Jesus wiping out the false and twisted criterias of Messiahship tongue-spoken by the various predecessing prophets. What I am implying here is that what went into the books were not exactly those that come out of the Prophet's mouth.
How can we really know?
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|6 years ago :: Apr 12, 2012 - 10:34AM #15
Hi Ibn!
Thank you for the information!
Can I ask you to tell me if you think Jesus was both the Messiah and a prophet?
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|6 years ago :: Apr 12, 2012 - 11:10AM #16
Did ever Jesus mention that he came to liberate the Jews from the Roman? What he was talking all the time was about the next (higher) kingdom and how to prepare for it right here on this eartly kingdom. Jews (Judaism) either don't believe and won't discuss, or, believe and won't discuss about an after-life, or, don't know, leave it to God whatever God wishes. They don't believe in hell or heaven, irrespective of their literally or symbolically interpreted meanings. Well that's the general impression I get from many Jewish posters on JD board. And it is the same assesment given by God/ALLAHswt in the Al-Quran. Nothing has changed for them.
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|6 years ago :: Apr 13, 2012 - 9:09AM #17
Hi visio!
You wrote:
Did ever Jesus mention that he came to liberate the Jews from the Roman?
You add:
What he was talking all the time was about the next (higher) kingdom and how to prepare for it right here on this eartly kingdom.
I knew that this is what Christians think...Muslims too?
My "experience" has taught me that there are many different ways to interpret Scriptures so it is hard to know what the authors really meant.
You also write:
And it is the same assesment given by God/ALLAHswt in the Al-Quran. Nothing has changed for them.
Can you tell me where I can find this information in the Koran?
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|6 years ago :: Apr 13, 2012 - 4:18PM #18
Therefore, Jesus was not their Messiah. (Just for the sake of argument) Muhammadsaw was. He initiated the move to liberate all those lands from the Romans. They didn't accept Muhammadsaw as their Messiah because they (the outspoken among them0 would never understand it, nor, believe it that the inherited spirit that was with Muhammadsaw was the same as that of Ilyassaw (Elijah) of several centuries before. Obviously and expectedly they would never understand or attempt to understand the following verse when it was recited/narrated and directed to several Jews in the audience:
Yunus (Jonah) 10 : 16 Say (O Muhammadsaw): "If ALLAH had so willed, I should not have recited it to you nor would ALLAH have made it known to you. Verily, I have stayed amongst you a lifetime before this. Have you then no sense?"
When we talk about our spiritual advancement we cannot run away from the reality of the trinity in the constitution of what is referred to the SELF of each of our PERSON which is simply defined as SELF = SOUL + Inherited SPIRIT/MIND + Receptacular BODY. And the Jewish paradigm is that when we all die, everything in there would all go kaput.
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|6 years ago :: Apr 14, 2012 - 8:29AM #19
here are some links with references inside, but do bear in mind that the Torah too is considered distorted thus there could have been more and clearer references to Muhammad [saw] in the orignal Torah, just as in the original Bible
in the Quran, Allah [swt] says
Those who follow the Apostle, the unlettered Prophet, Whom they find mentioned in their own Scriptures, in the Torah and the Gospel... (Holy Qu'ran: VII - 157; Translation: Yusif Ali)
thus there may have been very clear references to Muhammad [saw] in the Torah in the 7th century, for otherwise the Jews would have been able to refute the Quran by saying there is no such mention at all... , and infact many Jews recognised the Prophet Muhammad [saw] from his descriptions in the Torah; here is a link provides such stories
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|6 years ago :: Apr 14, 2012 - 11:43AM #20
Hi visio!
From what I know of the prophecies announcing the Messiah in the Hebrew Scriptures, Jesus fits it more that Muhammad.
You also write:
That is what one can expect with revealed scriptures authored by men. You cannot equate it with the Al-Quran. It is a singly authored by God/ALLAHswt and transmitted thru the tongue of Muhammadsaw in the chosen language of Arabic which I gather resemble closely Aramaic.
I will give you the the Koran has more unity because it is from the same author. However, if Jews and Christians think that God was talking through the Prophets and Christians add that God inspired the New Testament, isn't it pretty much the same thing as Muslims thinking that Allah transmitted his message through Muhammad? Am I missing something?
I'm curious, who is "we" in:
And this (Quran) is a blessed Book which We have sent down, confirming which came before it, so that you may warn the Mother of Towns (Makkah) and all those around it.
I'm sure glad I have a Koran at home.
Thank you for taking the time!
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This in a lay review of the new film "Eragon":
"If you have read the book, this movie will insult you. The start difference between the book and the movie are at once obvious and inexcusable. This movie tries exploiting… "
Never mind the lack of agreement between subject and verb. We are pretty sure the writer means "stark difference". A quick Google search brought up another possible example:
"The heavy rains in the middle of the growing season in 1999 (August) seem to had less impact on the NDVI values than the start difference of the growing season in June and July." [rains were heavy in August and comparably very light in June and July].
This makes sense as an eggcorn—speakers/writers aren't familiar with "stark" in this sense so they think the sense is "the start[ing] difference". That's our guess, anyhow.
There are other stark entries in the Eggcorn Database: stalk raving , stark raven , and star craving mad.
The following are other ways of losing it, and at the same time, are a stock reminder of the state of the financial markets: stuck raving mad, stock raving conservative, stock craving mad, lock stock raven mad, and stork raven mad.
Travel blog:
That's what this place had reduced us to….a bunch of stuck raving mad Neanderthals!.....
(http://www.mydigitallife.co.za/index.ph … &Itemid=43)
Conservative politics forum, discussion of Libertarian quiz:
Yeah, I think it would be funny if it switched your views like saying you are a stock raving conservative and it says you are a liberal, it's kind of like a punch in the gut, well… It was for me anyways.
(http://www.defendingthetruth.com/global … uiz-4.html)
Oooh, it doesn't get any better than stock raving conservative
Movie forum:
I always thought of Michael Ironsides as just your typical stock raving villain, but he really did a great job here.
(http://www.space.com/common/forums/view … 18&t=14340)
I liked the collocation of typical, stock, villain and actor here, with shades of summer stock and stock character
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Sorry if that sounds like I went on a stock, raving mad rant (I do that from time to time)
The comma here isolates stock, making it look as if stock applies to the rant – a canned rant, a knee-jerk reaction?
African-American forum:
When that didn't materialize for the majority of us, with our new found "freedom" (integration), we went stock raving mad and just hung out..sex, drugs, rock and roll.
A typical madness?
TV show spoilers:
I feared a certain WP had gone stock craving mad now that he's leaving the show.
Singles Forum:
I just figured it out, all woman are stock raven mad.
(http://www.connectingsingles.com/forum_ … _about.htm)
4-foot deep snow and tire traction:
Four foot, that's scary, I'd go lock stock raven mad, I'd make Jack look sane in the Shinning. [The Shining, I presume].
(http://www.autostalk.com/jeep-willys-ve … 699-2.html)
O.J. Simpson book scandal:
Nicole and Ron are in heaven with the Lord, while their families are acting a stork raven mad FOOL here upon the earth.
It was hard to pick this one out from all the deliberate puns
More mundane is the reshaping stark driven mad which I didn't bother to quote. Nor the obvious permutations based on the Database, such as stalk raven mad (stalk makes sense here).
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This makes sense as an eggcorn—speakers/writers aren't familiar with "stark" in this sense so they think the sense is "the start[ing] difference". That's our guess, anyhow.
Is "starting difference" an eggcorn for "startling difference"?
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
"Stock craving" and "stock raving" seem to be significant additions to the sad (but Schadenfreude funny) history of "stark raving."
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
Always room for one more, said the black-cowled elevator operator.
I had expected Colt to be worried about me if he found it, not star crazing mad!
If you really want to go star crazing mad … try to find these fixtures.
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That probably drove Mum star-crazing mad. She'd always hated it when Dad and Pierce would refuse to cut their hair to a reasonable length.
If you really want to go star crazing mad … try to find these fixtures.
Might stir crazy be a part of this one?
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
Good call.
Not just moonbarking, batshit mad, but fucking lunatic fringe, fifth columnist, stir-crazy mad.
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I think I have officially gone stir crazy mad. I cannot stand this crap anymore.
Rightist forum
The air noise is coming from the upper part of the door, where the top latch is. The door shuts tight, so it is making me wonder. It is also driving me stir crazy MAD.
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This thread inspired me to look up "start naked". To my surprise, "start naked" is the original term which was corrupted into "stark naked"! From the online Free Dictionary:
stark naked – A corruption of start naked, from Anglo-Saxon steort, "tail" —as it described being naked to the tail.
So "stark naked" is actually an old, old eggcorn from the acorn "start naked", although of course the former has long been considered standard.


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Vocalist Theo Bleckmann will present a solo concert Tuesday, April 10, at 7 p.m. in the Rooke Recital Hall of the Weis Music Building at Bucknell University.
The concert, which is free and open to the public, is part of the University's ongoing Gallery Series of both world music and experimental new music concerts, funded by the Bucknell department of music.
Bleckmann, a Grammy nominee and ECHO award recipient, makes music that is accessibly sophisticated, unsentimentally emotional, and seriously playful, leading his work to be described as "from another planet" (New York Times), as "magical, futuristic," (AllAboutJazz), "limitless" (Citypaper, Philadelphia) "transcendent" (Village Voice) and "brilliant" (New York Magazine).
His recent album interpreting the music of Kate Bush ("Hello Earth") has been called "gutsy, supple, and seamless." (Downbeat)."
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There are many people who adore this odd movie from director Anthony Harvey and screenwriter James Goldman; among them was George C. Scott, who counted his performance here as among his very best. Those who adore this now little-known movie cite its magical whimsy, the poetry of its conception, its near-fantasy premise.
But those who don't like the movie snarl at its heavy-handedness, director Anthony Harvey's inability to maintain a whimsical tone, writer James Goldman's condescending view of "little people," and the underlying, hackneyed "madness is more sane than sanity" theme. If you do not get into step with the film from the earliest moments, turn it off and watch something else instead; you'll never catch up.
New York city judge Justin Playfair (George C. Scott) became so filled with despair over the lack of justice in the world, and the death of his wife, that he went insane, and is now convince that he is, in actuality, Sherlock Holmes. (Even though he, and everyone else, pronounces "Moriarty" as if it were spelled "Moriarity.") He dresses in an Inverness cape and deerstalker hat, carries a magnifying glass everywhere, makes snap deductions about people's lives, and spends most of his time looking for clues that he is convinced the criminal genius and his personal arch-enemy Moriarty is leaving for him everywhere. He is convinced Moriarty, "the greatest enemy a man could have," is behind everything terrible in New York.
His brother Blevins (Lester Rawlins) is in some kind of vague trouble with The Mob, who want a lot of money from him. If Blevins can get Justin committed to a booby hatch, he'll get control of the wealthy Justin's fortune, and save his own ass. His wife (Rue McClanahan) is skeptical about this; she always liked Justin, and still likes him now that he is Sherlock Holmes.
Blevins turns for assistance to Dr. Strauss (Ron Weyand, who gives an awesomely bad performance), who turns the whole case over to the psychosis expert on his staff, who happens to be Dr. Watson, Dr. Mildred Watson (Joanne Woodward). "Holmes" snaps at Mildred, insulting her, and is on the verge of sending her away when he hears her last name. Convinced his Dr. Watson has arrived at last, he enlists her help in tracking down all those "clues" left by Moriarty.
When they were handed this film, Universal didn't know what the heck to do with it, and billed it as a romantic comedy; a photo was retouched to take away Scott's deerstalker and cape, to show him handing flowers down from a lamppost to a smiling Woodward. This, of course, absolutely belies the movie, and it's no wonder that audiences stayed away, and that those who did go felt misled, even cheated.
But the movie is, unfortunately, strained and obvious; it's patronizing to its characters, all of them, including "Holmes" and Watson. It's profoundly ignorant about insanity (and Sherlock Holmes), but clearly no one really cared about that. Hey, it's a light, romantic fantasy, right? "Holmes" and Watson fall in love, after all, right? They take us all over New York, and we meet other cute crazy people, right?
Well, yes, right, if you're in tune with the movie. But if you're not, it plays like a ham-handed, dull and ponderous misfire, with an infuriating ending, a weak structure and trivialized characters. Whimsy is one of the hardest of all comedy styles to realize properly, and Anthony Harvey hasn't a clue as to how to bring it off. Nor does Joanne Woodward, though she's in there trying. Scott, on the other hand, knows precisely how to play it, and this really is one of his best performances. He very rarely had the chance to play comedy, but was always great when he did, even in misfires like this. Some Sherlock Holmes fans have applauded his performance here, saying it's one of the best portrayals of Holmes -- but it's not at all. Scott always makes it delicately clear that this character is not Sherlock Holmes, but a charming madman who thinks he is Sherlock Holmes -- and a kind of amalgam of all Holmeses before him, not Doyle's character at all. There's a touch of Peter Cushing's energy, some of Basil Rathbone's intensity; it's a performance-within-a-performance, not "reality" at all, and Scott walks this line with grace and style.
It's too bad the film rarely matches his deftness. Only in a handful of scenes does it come close to the near-fantasy whimsy and gentle insanity that was intended. Hard onto one of the (completely imaginary) clues left by Moriarty, "Holmes" and Watson find themselves in an amazing inside garden. An elderly married couple retired from the world in 1939, and spent the time thereafter turning their rooms into a little bit of heaven. It's too bad the visual style of the film is so dark and monochromatic, because the set practically sings with spring-like beauty, and the old couple are genuinely sweet.
Later, Holmes and Watson march across New York, while all of the more oddball characters they've met throughout the story (played by some great New York character actors, including Jack Gilford) fall into place behind them. The scene builds and builds, swelling with a kind of cockamamie joy -- and then absolutely falls apart.
The movie (based on Goldman's play) has a hard time convincing most people of its own reality, partly because it's shot in a hard, cold realistic style more appropriate for a crime movie. And it's hard to accept a Sherlock Holmes who brilliantly deduces why asylum patient Mr. Small (Oliver Clark, who's very good) remains silent, but believes a phantom Moriarty may have left a clue atop a statue in Manhattan.
The DVD includes commentary by director Anthony Harvey, who's now more or less retired. Unfortunately, he doesn't say enough about the movie itself, about what scenes were intended to convey, about working with the actors. He does reveal that the absolutely dreadful music in the supermarket scene at the end was imposed on him by Universal -- who then cut the scene from theatrical prints. It has been restored here, but John Barry's score for the scene is still missing. He often talks about Katharine Hepburn, with whom he worked several times. It's not that Harvey's commentary is uninteresting, but it's rambling, and doesn't relate enough to the subject at hand.
Harvey began as an editor, working his way up from good British films like I'M ALL RIGHT JACK and MAN IN A COCKED HAT to LOLITA and DR. STRANGELOVE for Stanley Kubrick. He turned director with DUTCHMAN in 1966, and two years later made THE LION IN WINTER; it was on that film that writer Goldman showed him the script for THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS. He only directed a few more theatrical films, including the disastrous PLAYERS (1979), then moved on to television. After the debacle of GRACE QUIGLEY in 1984, he only made one more movie, and that for television.


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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) _ Padraig Harrington almost gave away
his first major championship Sunday. Sergio Garcia stunningly gave
it right back.
Harrington needed a four-hole playoff to beat Garcia and capture
the British Open at Carnoustie (kahr-NOOS'-tee). The Irishman took
the lead for good with a birdie on the first extra hole following a
disastrous experience at the end of regulation.
Harrington held the lead heading to the final hole of regulation
before he sent two shots into the water en route to a double-bogey.
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approached the 18th green. But Garcia missed a ten-footer for par,
giving Harrington a second chance to earn his first major title.
Harrington shot a final-round 4-under-par 67 for a 7-under
total. He grabbed the lead with an eagle on 14 and followed that
with three pars before heading to 18.
Garcia entered the day with a three-stroke lead and was four
shots ahead following a birdie on the third hole.
Andres Romero finished third at 6-under, one shot ahead of Ernie
Els and Richard Green.
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Peer Navigators Help Others After Finding Their Own Way
Summer 2012
Juan Mercado grew up in Humboldt Park on the West Side of Chicago. Juan's father was involved with gangs and illegal activities and often in and out of jail. His mother had to work long hours to provide for both Juan and his older brother. As a result, Juan says, he was forced to grow up and be a man -- fast.
"I never had a real childhood like others, and wasn't allowed time to play, or just be a kid," says Juan. "Due to my father's gang affiliations, I was not allowed outside my house without a bodyguard, someone who could protect me, and [I had] a weapon concealed on me for emergencies." Like many teens, he began to rebel in high school, and he started skipping school, experimenting with drugs, and hanging out with the wrong crowd. "I was becoming a younger version of my father, but without being in a gang. I got my first fake I.D. at the age of 17 and began going out to clubs and bars. I was reintroduced to alcohol around this time, and used it as a social lubricant to allow myself to socialize with people without having to have my guard up. I was looking for love or a father figure in all the wrong places."
By the time Juan was 21, the partying and clubbing took its toll, and he was hospitalized due to a drug overdose. "This may have been a wake-up call for some, but for me it was just another night of fun. I did not take life seriously and just wanted to make up for not having the childhood I wanted. This continued until I got my HIV diagnosis on one of my several trips to a detox center and psychiatric ward due to alcohol, drugs, and depression."
Today Juan works at Test Positive Network (publisher of Positively Aware) in Chicago and is one of many peer navigators around the country whose job it is to assist and guide HIV-positive individuals by serving as buddy, mentor, coach, and advocate, and at the same time share his own personal story as a person who has already "been there." The program Juan works on, Project IN-CARE, is for men who have sex with men (MSM) who have been recently diagnosed, or who've fallen out of care. It's funded under the Positive Charge Initiative through AIDS United and in conjunction with AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) and helps connect HIV-positive men of color to counseling, treatment, and peer-to-peer support.
"For many who are newly diagnosed and are dealing with stigma, fear of the unknown, disclosure, and false information, I like to reassure them that I can relate to what they are going through," says Juan. "I tell them that being HIV-positive does not mean that life is over, and that I am living proof of this." He tells them that education about the virus was useful for him, and that medication, taking care of his health, and living a healthier lifestyle keeps him undetectable. But what works for him may not work for them, and they need to see a doctor who specializes in HIV to find out what they should do to maintain their own good health.
Of course, it wasn't always this way. Juan was tested for HIV in 2003, at the age of 23 during one of his stays in detox, because his partner at that time thought he might have an STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) and suggested Juan get tested as well. The doctor asked Juan if he also wanted an HIV test, but the only people Juan knew who were being tested for the virus on a regular basis were sex workers he knew from the club and bar scene.
"My first reaction was no, I did not need one, and that I looked and felt healthy," says Juan. "I never avoided being tested -- in all honesty, I thought that it could not happen to me."
When the HIV test came back positive, all Juan could focus on was that he was negative for STIs. When the nurse repeated that he had tested positive for HIV, he immediately went into denial and began to laugh, and told them they had made a mistake. "About five minutes into the conversation, I began to cry," says Juan. "I was telling them that they were wrong and I was thinking how or if I was going to tell my family the bad news."
When Juan did give his family the news, they informed him that they loved him regardless, and would get him the best care that was available. "I was fortunate to have my family's support. Without their assistance and unconditional love, I probably would not have seen a doctor until I came to terms with being positive." The actual visit was scary, he says, and he wasn't sure what to expect. "It seemed as if the doctor was speaking a foreign language while she was talking about the virus, antibodies, T-cells, and viral load."
Juan sees challenges in his own work similar to those he himself experienced, such as people who refuse services, are in denial, or may not believe they are HIV-positive. "Others may feel as if they don't need to see a doctor, or as if their life is already over and that no one can help them."
Honesty and trust are the main factors for Juan when it comes to building support with the participants. "It enables them to see that I am not just looking to enroll them in a program, but that I actually care for them, and will listen to what they have to say. I like to begin with getting to know the individual before we even discuss IN-CARE, and how they may benefit from working with a peer."
Unfortunately there have been times when he's come across an individual who he'd worked with for months, only to find they are no longer in care. "I've also worked with others who have unrealistic expectations, expect everything to be done for them, and do not gain the proper tools to advocate for themselves," says Juan, "and become too dependent on the peers."
"Today, after educating myself on the virus, attending trainings, and working in the field, I can honestly say that becoming positive was a blessing in disguise," he says. If he had not found out he was HIV-positive, he probably would have been on the same destructive path, living life a day at a time, but with no goals, aspirations, or even dreams. "It has now been almost three years since my last drink or drug, and I have accomplished so much in that amount of time."
Education is key, he says, and HIV is no longer a death sentence. Not only is knowledge important for people who are positive, but also for the ones who love them. "As a community we should advocate for our friends, family, and loved ones to know their status, and for those who are positive to get into care as soon as possible," says Juan.
"Becoming positive was a wake-up call for me -- it also forced me to care about my health, and grow up."
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Played in three matches as a freshman, starting a pair...She was a perfect 2-0 in her two starts, defeating Hawaii and Sacramento State...Barr recorded a 2-0 shutout over Hawaii...She also played against the University of Idaho...In her three matches, she played a total of just over 185 minutes and recorded a 0.97 goals against average.
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HAMDEN, Conn.—The Harvard men's hockey team scored five unanswered goals and Raphael Girard stopped all 26 shots he faced for his first collegiate win as the Crimson extended its unbeaten streak to six games with a 6-3 defeat of Quinnipiac Friday night at TD Bank Sports Center.
Marshall Everson led the comeback with a goal and two assists, while Danny Biega scored twice and Alex Killorn had three assists. Eric Kroshus, Luke Greiner and Alex Fallstrom also scored. Patrick McNally and Colin Blackwell logged two helpers each as Harvard (7-6-9, 6-4-74 ECAC Hockey) captured the regular-season series against the Bobcats (13-9-5, 5-6-4).
Quinnipiac held leads of 2-0 and 3-1 in the first period, but the Crimson tied the score before the end of the second and netted three goals in the final frame. Girard entered after the first intermission and held Quinnipiac at bay the rest of the way.
The Bobcats took control early, netting two goals in the game's first four minutes. The first came off the stick of Bryce Van Brabant from the left side at the 2:01 mark. The second was scored by Kellen Jones from the right side just 86 seconds later. Matthew Peca looked to add to the lead midway through the period, snapping a shot from the high slot, but Steve Michalek lunged to his right to make a crucial save. He stopped 17 of 20 QU shots in the first period.
Everson cut the lead in half in the final five minutes of the period. After Fallstrom had a shot blocked on the left half wall, he recovered the puck and passed to Killorn, who in turn found McNally at the point. Eric Hartzell stopped the rookie's shot, but Everson dragged the puck in with his backhand. On the game's first power play, Loren Barron skated in from the left side and scored for a 3-1 QU lead.
In the second period, it was Harvard's turn to score twice in quick succession, with goals by Kroshus and Biega 19 seconds apart. Blackwell took the puck to the net, and he and Greiner had several swats at the puck before McNally made a left-to-right pass to Kroshus. The senior buried his shot to extend his point streak to four games.
Harvard got the puck deep in the offensive zone on the ensuing faceoff. Fallstrom moved the puck up the right wall, where Everson chipped it back to Biega at the point. The defenseman then beat Hartzell with a long shot. Girard made a tough save in the final minute to send the game to the second intermission tied at 3-3.
The Crimson gained the lead, 4-3, at 5:42. Rushing up ice, Blackwell got the puck from Greiner skated wide on the right side and fired a shot on Hartzell. Greiner followed up to put away the rebound and chase Hartzell from the game with 20 saves on 24 shots.
Strong work by the Fallstrom-Everson-Killorn line in the offensive zone led to a two-goal lead. The forwards cycled the puck out of the corner, and Killorn skated in from the right side. Instead of shooting, he threaded a pass through the crease to Fallstrom, who collected and scored in his first game back from injury.
Biega sealed the win with an empty-net goal 17 seconds from deep in his own end before the final whistle. Dan Ford blocked a QU shot and, after getting the puck back from Killorn passed to Biega behind their own net. Relief goalie Dan Clarke stopped seven of the eight shots he faced.


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THE Australian sharemarket has had its best start to the year in more than a decade, closing 1.2 per cent higher on the first day of trading for 2013 after the US Congress backed a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff".
The S&P/ASX 200 Index closed at 4705.9 points - a 19-month high - and recorded its biggest percentage gain in one day in five months.
"It's a relief rally that's taken shape with the fiscal cliff out of the way for the moment," BBY institutional dealer Anson Rosewall said. But he cautioned that trading volumes were unusually thin and open to exaggerated moves.
The dollar rose against the US dollar, fetching just under US105¢. An appetite for risk saw the yen fall broadly, helping lift the Australian dollar to as high as ¥91.535.
While the market reacted favourably to the deal, more political bickering in the US was expected over the debt ceiling, reintroducing uncertainty into the market, said Justin Fabo, the head of ANZ's Australian economics department.
"What we saw last time this happened is that it will possibly again create all this uncertainty," Mr Fabo said about the last debt ceiling fight in 2011.
"The main effect on Australia will be through confidence channels. We still think that these things get resolved, it's just that that tends not to happen straight away.
"In the meantime, the uncertainty tends to have an adverse effect on confidence, not just in the US but also in Australia."
Mr Fabo said he expected any negative repercussions on Australia to be short-lived, with domestic issues still taking precedence in their impact on the local economy.
He said that recent economic data, such as the surprise fall in house prices nationally for December, which was released on Wednesday, and the fall in private sector credit levels, indicated that the Reserve Bank was still likely to cut interest rates again when it meets in early February.
"There's still not a lot of evidence that the interest rate-sensitive parts of the economy are picking up strongly enough. So our view is that there are further cuts to rates to come over the course of this year," he said.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Colorado's second-largest city has signed off on oil and gas drilling regulations in city limits.
The Colorado Springs city council decision Tuesday came after a spirited debate from environmental activists worried about potential harm from drilling.
Colorado Springs is the first major Colorado municipality to act on drilling since Longmont voters voted three weeks ago to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Some drilling opponents hoped Colorado Springs council members would be swayed by public concerns about fracking, where water, sand and chemicals are blasted underground to free oil and natural gas.
About two dozen held anti-fracking signs outside city hall. Inside the meeting, drilling opponents argued against oil and gas supporters who argued the drilling would bring needed jobs and tax revenue to Colorado Springs. The vote was 6-3.
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When this is aired, I will be in Washington, D. C., where my students and I went to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear cases argued that we have been studying. Since it is also election day, I had to fill out an absentee ballot. On the ballot, the casino proposition leads the group of ballot propositions. Governor Cuomo had "submitted a concurrent resolution to the State Legislature to amend article I, § 9 of the State Constitution to allow for 'casino gambling regulated by the state.'"[1]
Having been twice approved by the legislature, the proposed amendment is being submitted to New York voters. But the State Board of Elections added the following language to the proposal for the obvious purpose of encouraging voters to support it:
"for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated."[2] Read the rest of this entry »


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The Movie or the Book?Submitted by Adult Services on November 23, 2012 - 6:12pm
The movie or the book: which is better? This is the perennial question and one that seems quite pertinent now with the release of films like Anna Karenina, Cloud Atlas, The Life of Pi, and Breaking Dawn.
My latest pondering of this question was over Tsotsi, Athol Fugard's 1980 novel which was made into a film in 2005. In this particular case, I saw the movie first. Set in South Africa, the film tells the story of a young man leading a gang of criminals on the streets of Johannesburg. Tsotsi (a nickname meaning "thug") leads his small band into an escalating spiral of violence which seems to leave him untouched until the night he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen.
Tsotsi won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2005 – it offers both a powerful political statement and a moving take on the mystery of redemption. I might have skipped the book altogether if it hadn't been for the DVD's special features, which included two very different alternative endings.
Since I knew the film was based on a novel, I was curious as to the ending the novel presented. So I checked out the book. It's a short novel and I found it a page-turner. Some parts served to illuminate the film, but most striking for me were the major differences between the two. More precisely, the differences in plot lines illustrated the differences between the two crafts – writing and film-making.
Both succeed and both bring us to the same point at the end. One is not better than the other; together they make a perfect pair.


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Councillor David Sprason (pictured), a conservative at Leicestershire County Council, admitted watching the porn film on the laptop after his home DVD player broke.
A deputy council leader has stood down after it emerged he watched a hardcore porn DVD on his work laptop.
Tory David Sprason admitted watching a pornographic movie called She Likes It Rough at home with his wife Sue, 51, who is also a councillor.
But while the cabinet lead member for adults and communities admitted making an 'error of judgment' when the couple watched the film at home in bed, he is far from embarrassed about it.
Mr Sprason, 56, yesterday said the film was one of the 'tools' the couple used to 'help' their relationship.
The DVD was found when Mr Sprason took his laptop to council IT workers for repairs. He said: 'The laptop crashed and I took it to get it repaired. I should have taken the film out and put it back in its box.
'I was probably rushing around the next morning and grabbed it before going in to County Hall.
'Me and the wife use things to help our relationship. That's one of the tools we use. We both enjoy them. It's one of those situations that shouldn't have happened.
'I'm not embarrassed. There was nothing dodgy about it.
'It's the kind of thing that can easily be bought in an adult shop.'
The incident took place in 2007, but has only just come to light after a copy of a confidential letter sent to Mr Sprason by former Leicestershire County Council monitoring officer Elizabeth McCalla was anonymously leaked to a local newspaper.
In the letter, Miss McCalla said the DVD had been sent to the police 'to ensure it did not contain any unlawful material'.
She said: 'They subsequently advised me the DVD contained hardcore pornography of the type you might be able to buy in this country, but more likely to buy abroad or over the internet, but that no criminal offence had been committed.'
Although it was considered that Mr Sprason had breached council policy, the letter said the matter was not pursued because the DVD was watched in a private capacity.
Mrs Sprason said of the porn film: 'Our DVD player broke so we unfortunately used a county council laptop (to watch it).
'We are a middle-aged couple who love each other as much as we did when we were in our 20s.
'When you get to middle age, you need a bit of assistance.'
After the DVD was found five years ago, officers at council headquarters checked Mr Sprason's internet usage and found nothing untoward.
However, Miss McCalla warned him not to view pornography on a county council computer again 'otherwise I have no alternative but to pursue the matter further'.
Mr Sprason yesterday said he had referred the incident to the Conservative group on the council in order for whips to investigate, after he became aware the letter had been leaked.
He has stepped down as deputy leader but will continue as a councillor while the investigation continues.
The councillor, who represents Markfield, Desford and Thornton, said: 'Most of the feedback I have had from people is that this is all a storm in a tea cup.
'If this damages my chances of re-election then so be it but I am honest and straightforward and it is better to be open. I am just an ordinary guy who works hard for his patch and that is what I'll continue to do.'
Nick Rushton, the council leader, said that under new Conservative group rules introduced following the resignation in July of his predecessor, David Parsons, members were required to either step down or be suspended while an investigation took place to ensure no breach of the party's rules had taken place.
Mr Rushton said it was imperative the authority was 'seen to be acting in accordance with the highest standards of conduct', adding that Mr Sprason had made the 'right decision, personally and in the interests of the council's reputation'.
Mr Rushton said he found it 'disappointing' that Mr Parsons didn't 'deal with this matter properly through the group rules at the time'.
Mr Parsons resigned shortly after it emerged police had begun an investigation into his travel expense claims.


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Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.
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Use this method to close or release unmanaged resources such as files, streams, and handles held by an instance of the class that implements this interface. By convention, this method is used for all tasks associated with freeing resources held by an object, or preparing an object for reuse.
C++ programmers should read Destructors and Finalizers in Visual C++. In the .NET Framework version 2.0, the C++ compiler provides support for implementing deterministic disposal of resources and does not allow direct implementation of the Dispose method.
When implementing this method, ensure that all held resources are freed by propagating the call through the containment hierarchy. For example, if an object A allocates an object B, and object B allocates an object C, then A's Dispose implementation must call Dispose on B, which must in turn call Dispose on C. An object must also call the Dispose method of its base class if the base class implements IDisposable.
If an object's Dispose method is called more than once, the object must ignore all calls after the first one. The object must not throw an exception if its Dispose method is called multiple times. Instance methods other than Dispose can throw an ObjectDisposedException when resources are already disposed.
Users might expect a resource type to use a particular convention to denote an allocated state versus a freed state. An example of this is stream classes, which are traditionally thought of as open or closed. The implementer of a class that has such a convention might choose to implement a public method with a customized name, such as Close, that calls the Dispose method.
Because the Dispose method must be called explicitly, objects that implement IDisposable must also implement a finalizer to handle freeing resources when Dispose is not called. By default, the garbage collector automatically calls an object's finalizer prior to reclaiming its memory. However, once the Dispose method has been called, it is typically unnecessary for the garbage collector to call the disposed object's finalizer. To prevent automatic finalization, Dispose implementations can call the GC.SuppressFinalize method.
For more information on implementing finalizers and the Dispose method, see the GC class, the Object.Finalize method, and Implementing Finalize and Dispose to Clean Up Unmanaged Resources.
When you use an object that accesses unmanaged resources, such as a StreamWriter, a good practice is to create the instance with a using statement. The using statement automatically closes the stream and calls Dispose on the object when the code that is using it has completed. For an example, see the StreamWriter class.
The following example shows how you can implement the Dispose method.
using System; using System.ComponentModel; // The following example demonstrates how to create // a resource class that implements the IDisposable interface // and the IDisposable.Dispose method. public class DisposeExample { // A base class that implements IDisposable. // By implementing IDisposable, you are announcing that // instances of this type allocate scarce resources. public class MyResource: IDisposable { // Pointer to an external unmanaged resource. private IntPtr handle; // Other managed resource this class uses. private Component component = new Component(); // Track whether Dispose has been called. private bool disposed = false; // The class constructor. public MyResource(IntPtr handle) { this.handle = handle; } // Implement IDisposable. // Do not make this method virtual. // A derived class should not be able to override this method. public void Dispose() { Dispose(true); // This object will be cleaned up by the Dispose method. // Therefore, you should call GC.SupressFinalize to // take this object off the finalization queue // and prevent finalization code for this object // from executing a second time. GC.SuppressFinalize(this); } // Dispose(bool disposing) executes in two distinct scenarios. // If disposing equals true, the method has been called directly // or indirectly by a user's code. Managed and unmanaged resources // can be disposed. // If disposing equals false, the method has been called by the // runtime from inside the finalizer and you should not reference // other objects. Only unmanaged resources can be disposed. protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing) { // Check to see if Dispose has already been called. if(!this.disposed) { // If disposing equals true, dispose all managed // and unmanaged resources. if(disposing) { // Dispose managed resources. component.Dispose(); } // Call the appropriate methods to clean up // unmanaged resources here. // If disposing is false, // only the following code is executed. CloseHandle(handle); handle = IntPtr.Zero; // Note disposing has been done. disposed = true; } } // Use interop to call the method necessary // to clean up the unmanaged resource. [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("Kernel32")] private extern static Boolean CloseHandle(IntPtr handle); // Use C# destructor syntax for finalization code. // This destructor will run only if the Dispose method // does not get called. // It gives your base class the opportunity to finalize. // Do not provide destructors in types derived from this class. ~MyResource() { // Do not re-create Dispose clean-up code here. // Calling Dispose(false) is optimal in terms of // readability and maintainability. Dispose(false); } } public static void Main() { // Insert code here to create // and use the MyResource object. } }
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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OF COURSE MOVIES DON'T AGE WELL. THEY WERE MADE 20, 30, 40 YEARS AGO (sorry about the yelling, just trying to get my point across).
But isn't that what makes them so important? That they capture a specific point in history? Similar to a painting or a novel. As I said in the TV thread, I really think we should concentrate on the movies/TV shows that are just as, or more, pertinent than they were when orignally made. As someone mentioned, we shouldn't equate cheesy with "not aging well"
Sorry to be a downer.


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The relationship between community violence exposure and mental health symptoms in urban adolescents." J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2008;15(10):833-49."
Community violence exposure and positive youth development in urban youth." J Community Health. 2011;36(6):925-32."


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CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A man is dead after he became pinned while working on a dumbwaiter used to deliver food to restaurants at a casino outside Philadelphia.
Police say the accident happened Saturday at the Harrah's Philadelphia casino in Chester. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports (http://bit.ly/TsFaqP) the 52-year-old man was a subcontractor and not a casino employee. Police say he died at the scene.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating. It wasn't immediately clear what happened.
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Tuesday, January 03, 2006
How Many Teams Must Get Screwed Before Real Refs Are Used?
Just finished watching the end of the Iowa game and, once again, refs from a rinky dink conference have cheated a team out of a fair shake in their bowl game.
In this instance, Iowa, down 31-7 going into the 4th quarter, mounted a furious comeback to find themselves only behind 7 with 1:24 left in the game after a long FG. Having no timeouts, Iowa lined up for the obvious onsides kick. Not only did they recover, but forward progress off the great bounce took them to the Florida 45. What a finish was on tap...
Until the flag was spotted.
The Conference USA refs called offsides when, as replays (and this picture) clearly showed, there was no offsides! How on earth, with the game on the line, do officials make this call if it's not 110% egregious?!
Now, Iowa might not have scored. But to cheat them out of the chance, after their team fought back from oblivion in this game, is inexcusable. When are bowl games going to start using refs from conferences who are used to calling big games between major schools? As was said time and time again in the Outback Bowl, as well as during Michigan's debacle in the Alamo, officials at these smaller conferences just aren't used to the speed of the game at the next level. Brutal comment? Yes. But honesty hurts.
Please note, just as Michigan complaints about the Alamo Bowl officiating were not a slap at Nebraska, this is not to take anything away from Florida. But players sacrifice too much to get screwed by incompetent officiating that is obvious to all, not just fans of the team getting hosed. And Iowa got hosed. Period.
So Hawkeye fans, as fellow Big 10ers and some of the classiest fans this Wolverine has ever encountered on a roadtrip, we here at the M Zone feel your pain. If you saw the Alamo Bowl, you know we can relate. In fact, we here at the M Zone were so peeved, we wrote the following letter to the person in charge of Sun Belt Conference officiating. Check it out. We think you'll agree.
And as a public service to our conference brethren, here is the contact information for the Conference USA folks should you so choose to drop them a line about their personnel.
Conference USA
Executive Assistant to Commissioner Britton Banowsky is Mandy White
And the man in charge of officiating is Gerald Austin. While his email was not listed, if it follows the structure of the others...
Your friends at the M Zone
11 comments:
- The King said...
I was going to post on this as well. That was a joke. Really too bad too, because that was an absolute beauty of an onside kick.
- January 02, 2006 4:08 PM
- BaggyPantsDevil said...
That was a once in a lifetime onside kick. It's like the officials have developed a "who gives a shit unless it's the National Championship game" attitude.
Also, would it have killed the Outback Bowl to replace the "Tampa Bay" in the end zones with "Iowa" and "Florida?"
- January 03, 2006 12:35 AM
- Benny Friedman said...
And it's not just Iowa fans who are hurt by this, but college football fans in general. I was looking forward to a frantic finish and possible overtime. But some Conference USA ref put his flight time ahead of everything else.
I love that you added the picture, Yost. My question is, is it offsides if you break the 35-yard line plane with any part of your body? Obviously, the Iowa player's feet were behind the line, but is it possible his head was over the 35?
- January 03, 2006 12:58 AM
- Yost said...
[[My question is, is it offsides if you break the 35-yard line plane with any part of your body? Obviously, the Iowa player's feet were behind the line, but is it possible his head was over the 35?]]
Don't know, Benny. Anybody? Even still, it's sooooo close, how do you make that call? Hell, I can't tell if anything is over and I'm looking at a still picture!
- January 03, 2006 1:29 AM
Found this in the NCAA rules book:
Restraining Lines
ARTICLE 2. A restraining line is part of a vertical plane when a ball is
touched or is in possession. The plane extends beyond the sidelines (A.R.
Even using this definition, it still looks like the Iowa kid was not offside...
- January 03, 2006 10:28 AM
- Yost said...
Nice job, Ploeg. Thanks!
- January 03, 2006 1:54 PM
Offsides or not in this picture, the ball has already been kicked and the kicker is in his follow through. That means that Chad Greenway (the kid flagged for the penalty) would not have been offsides at the moment the ball was kicked. Florida deserved to win, but Iowa definitely deserved the chance.
- January 03, 2006 2:21 PM
- Yost said...
Well put, Kim.
- January 03, 2006 2:33 PM
- Randy Roe said...
As a lifetime Hawkeye fan, I can say that we deserved the chance. It took me half an hour to describe (to my wife, who missed the game) how Michigan got screwed in the Alamo bowl. At the time, it reminded me of the officiating in the Iowa-Michigan game in Iowa City this year...but now, and finally, I share the pain.
- January 03, 2006 3:35 PM
Great pic n thanks. What it doesn't show is Florida decided to play with 12 men on the re-kick.
- January 10, 2006 7:25 PM
I just appreciate the kindness shown towards we die hard Iowans and can't wait to join you guys in Ann Arbor this fall for the game. I was in attendance at the game and it was what it was. We should have come out ready to play the game from the git go, not the third and fourth quarters. Trust me when I say Florida is not that good of a team. We faced better in the Big Ten this year, including the Wolverines.
- January 10, 2006 8:09 PM


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It only takes seconds to get into trouble in the surf but ever-vigilant professional lifeguards and volunteer lifesavers regularly avert tragedy.
Photographer Kirk Gilmour captured just one of those instances when Austinmer lifeguard Dillon Ruiz leapt into the water with his rescue board and brought a young boy back to the beach after he got caught in a rip on Monday morning.
The rescue was over in little more than a minute, with hardly anyone noticing, but it is a scene repeated countless times across our region as lifeguards and lifesavers put their lives on the line to keep our swimmers safe during the busy summer holidays.


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A 25-year-old woman faces a child neglect charges after posting a photo on social media that showed her dangling a baby over an apartment balcony.
Friends of Aisha Jean Clark called Tampa police on Tuesday after spotting the photo on Instagram under her account handle.
The Tampa Bay Times ( http://bit.ly/14Fx6ut ) reports police asked the woman if she knew why they were at her apartment.
An arrest report said Clark showed officers the photo on her iPad. She told them she dangled the baby because she was "mad" and was "making a point." She also said she can do what she wants with her baby.
The woman and baby were wearing the same clothes as they were in the photo.
The woman remained in the Hillsborough County Jail Wednesday afternoon.
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Nest classes with care
In Java, you can nest classes within other classes. This feature is very useful when you need it, but it can be easily abused.
When you have a choice, you should declare your nested classes as static. The reason is that non-static nested classes (inner classes) are tightly coupled to the enclosing parent, while static nested classes aren't. This extra coupling can sometimes cause problems. In general, static nested classes are safer than non-static ones, and less prone to error.
Secondly, you should very rarely use deep levels of nesting.
The terminology for nested classes is a bit confusing. Here's a reminder of the hierarchy:
nested class static inner class (non-static) regular, not within a method or constructor inside a method or constructor anonymous localSome more reminders:
- static - not tied to a parent instance (but can see the private fields of a parent, if it has an object reference)
- non-static (inner class) - always tied to a parent instance
- anonymous - no access modifiers; no extends or implements; no constructor
- local - never static; no access modifiers; can access only final items that are in scope; this is the rarest form of nested class.
import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.util.Date; import java.util.List; import java.util.Timer; import java.util.TimerTask; public final class MakeMovie { /** Static, since has no need of being attached to a parent instance. */ static final class Actor { Actor(String aName){ fName = aName; } String getName(){ return fName; } private String fName; } /** Non-static (inner) class, since casting will need to know about the movie's data - its name, director, and budget. */ final class Casting { void chooseFrom(List<Actor> aActors){ //can reference the parent's data directly: if(fDirector.equals("Stanley Kubrick")){ //elided... } } List<Actor> getSelectedCast(){ return fSelectedCast; } //static void doThis(){} //does not compile, since static private List<Actor> fSelectedCast; } void wrapParty(){ Timer timer = new Timer(); //anonymous class - the implementation of TimerTask //this is usually how anonymous classes are used - to define a single method timer.schedule( new TimerTask(){ @Override public void run() { //elided... }; }, new Date() ); } void shootScene(final int aSceneNumber){ //local class - this style seems to be rather rare class Camera { void shoot(){ //won't compile unless aSceneNumber is final: System.out.println(aSceneNumber); } } Camera camera = new Camera(); camera.shoot(); } //elided... private String fName; private String fDirector; private BigDecimal fBudget; }
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These are not at all healthy, but they are oh so good. Imagine a Hostess cupcake with cream filling, only homemade and 10x better. They are time consuming to make, but are great! Make sure the icing on top is in swirls just like the Hostess ones!!
For the Cupcakes:
* 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
* 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
* 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
For the Filling:
* 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
* 1 cup confectioners' sugar
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 3 tablespoons heavy cream
* 1 cup marshmallow creme
For the Ganache and Icing:
* 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
* 1/2 cup heavy cream
* 1 stick plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
* 2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1 tablespoon milk
* 2 cups confectioners' sugar
Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Place paper liners in two 12-cup muffin pans.
Prepare the cupcakes:
Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Bring the sugar and 1 cup water to a boil in a saucepan, stirring until the sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Pour into a large bowl; add the chocolate and butter and let sit, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate is melted and the mixture has cooled slightly. Stir in the vanilla. Using a mixer, beat in the eggs, then mix in the dry ingredients.
Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans (about 1/4 cup batter per cupcake) and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for about 25 minutes, then transfer cupcakes to a rack to cool completely.
Meanwhile, prepare the filling:
Using a mixer, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Beat in 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Add the vanilla and 1 tablespoon heavy cream; beat until smooth. Beat in the remaining 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar and 2 tablespoons heavy cream in batches, alternating after each addition. Beat in the marshmallow creme; set aside.
Prepare the ganache:
Place the chocolate in a stainless-steel bowl. Heat the cream and 1 tablespoon butter until just boiling, then pour over the chocolate; let stand for 5 minutes. Whisk until smooth. Add 2 teaspoons vanilla; let stand until cool but still glossy and liquid.
Spoon the filling into a pastry bag with a medium tip. Insert the tip into the center of each cupcake top; fill until the cupcake is heavier (do not overfill). Dip the cupcake tops in the ganache. Chill for at least 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the icing: Using a mixer, beat the remaining 1 stick butter, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, the milk and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spoon into a pastry bag with a small tip; pipe onto the cupcakes to decorate.


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Recently switched our house to well water. Water test results:
pH 4.5
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iron 0
nitrate 0
Apparently, there's another mineral causing the greenish tint to our hair. I'd like to install in line filters (hot and cold) to the shower and whirlpool tub in the masterbath to resolve this problem. Showerhead filters look cumbersome and I have no problem accessing the pipes (all copper) from below.
What filters should I get?
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Like many other international organizations, the International Union for Conservation of Nature is supporting the call for an immediate cease-fire in the current military operations in Gaza. Political and military questions aside, IUCN believes that the serious humanitarian and environmental crisis unfolding in Gaza has to be addressed without delay.
Since the Gaza strip – one of the world's most densely populated areas – is a territory under tremendous environmental stress, already beyond what even in ideal situations would be sustainable, the current conflict is making a dire situation tragic, both for human beings and for nature.
"What we are seeing in Gaza today is first and foremost a human tragedy," said Ashok Khosla, President of IUCN. "The world is focusing, and rightfully so, on bringing about a cease-fire and addressing the most pressing humanitarian needs of the Palestinian population. But we cannot ignore the longer term impacts of the conflict on the environment and on the civilian infrastructures, which are so essential for the well-being of the Palestinian population."
"IUCN is an organization dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity, which means life, all life," said Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of IUCN. "We are supporting the call for a cease-fire to stop the killing of innocent civilians. Gaza needs peace to address the many environmental problems threatening its future, and the first step is to stop the current escalation of the conflict with a permanent and enforceable cease-fire."
IUCN is mindful that Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions prohibits the use of methods or means of warfare which are intended, or may be expected, to cause widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment. This protection includes a prohibition of the use of methods or means of warfare which are intended or may be expected to cause such damage to the natural environment and thereby to prejudice the health or survival of the population. It also prohibits attacks against the natural environment by way of reprisals.
Fragile ecosystems and the life they support are particularly vulnerable to armed conflict; the possible extinction of species, destruction of critical habitats and other irreversible losses caused by such conflict can lead to deeply undesirable and often highly unintended long-term consequences, both for nature and for society. The IUCN family therefore support calls on all parties to terminate hostilities and to initiate immediate steps to establish a regime of permanent peace that is more conducive to supporting all life in the region and to the well-being of all its inhabitants.


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Dogs remain available at the Lucas County Dog Warden's Office, 410 South Erie St., Toledo. For information, call 419-213-2800.
For a complete list of available dogs, go to lucascountydogs.petfinder.com. A $50 adoption fee includes spay-neuter, a heartworm check, microchip ID, vaccinations, and a behavioral evaluation.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - San Jose State coach Mike MacIntyre told the San Jose Mercury News he has not been offered the University of Kentucky coaching job and he has had no contact with UK.
The Mercury News website quotes MacIntyre Monday as saying that rumors of him being offered the job at Kentucky are false.
"There's no truth to that," MacIntyre said. "Even my daughter's calling me from Texas, saying 'Hey what's this?' It's just all Internet stuff.
MacIntyre also said he has yet to be contacted by Kentucky, or any other schools with openings, including California.
"Nope, not as of right now," MacIntyre said. "We're just going along with what we're doing. I'm honestly just focused on that bowl game."
San Jose State wrapped up a 10-2 regular season with Saturday's 52-43 win over Louisiana Tech. The Spartans are ranked No. 25 in the BCS standings and are awaiting a bowl invitation.
Several reports have linked MacIntyre to the UK coaching job. He is the son of former Vanderbilt coach George MacIntyre.
listen if one of those schools -- which likely would deliver a major pay raise -- contacted him.
"I don't know about that," he said. "I love it here. I've got a son that's a junior in high school. I know he definitely wants to see his senior year. There's a lot of issues that go into everything."


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WESTFIELD - Eight people required medical attention after items piled on a bedroom baseboard heater ignited to start a fire early on Jan. 5 that displaced four families according to Stephen Pacanowski, Westfield fire chief.
Chautauqua County dispatch received a call at 6:45 a.m. for a structure fire at 19 Cottage St. in Westfield. Westfield police officers arrived on the scene and helped all occupants out of the structure. According to Pacanowski, the timing of the early morning incident limited manpower at first, but once mutual aid was called, six more departments and the county's technical rescue team responded to attack the blaze.
The building, which housed four apartments, has been expanded with several additions in the past, making the fire more difficult to attack.
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A fire at 19 Cottage St., Westfield, damaged a building containing four apartments in the early hours of Jan. 5.
"With multiple roofs and tin roofing on part of it, that kept a lof of the fire inside the attic area," Pacanowski said. "It was hard to get to for at least an hour."
Pacanowski said the majority of the fire was out by noon, but crews remained on the scene for nearly 11 hours watching hot spots, investigating the fire and helping the the families remove property from the structure. He believed at least 10 people including four children were displaced by the fire with the Red Cross and other family members assisting them throughout the day.
One resident of the apartment complex was taken to Westfield Memorial Hospital and later to Erie County Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation, while five others were taken to Westfield, treated and released. Two Westfield firefighters were injured while fighting the fire; the first treated for a back injury and released from Westfield hospital, while the second suffered a broken arm and was taken to an Erie hospital for further evaluation.
A week ago Saturday, a fire in Sinclairville was said to be more difficult to fight due to a tin roof, something Pacanowski noted is becoming more common.
"Tin roofs hold in the heat," the chief said. "A normal shingle roof would burn through a lot quicker. When crews go inside with a tin roof, it's a lot hotter. We have saws to cut through it, but it is harder."
Westfield was assisted by fire departments from Brocton, East Dunkirk, Mayville, Ripley, Portland and Fredonia as well as Alstar Ambulance.


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LaHood referenced eight projects currently underway and Amtrak's Chicago-Kalamazoo route that recently added the first 110-miles-per-hour service outside the Northeast Corridor.
"High-speed rail remains a major priority for President Obama and Vice President Biden," Lahood wrote in his blog. "In fact, the president's vision for an America built to last, the budget he proposed last month, would provide 2.5 billion in 2013 as part of a $47 billion, six-year investment to continue construction of a 21st century high-speed passenger rail network."
LaHood pointed out that companies are already investing in high-speed rail and are are leading the recovery in the manufacturing sector. He noted Progress Rail in Muncie, Ind., which recently opened a brand new 700,000 square foot factory and is on track to hire 300 new workers.
Progress Rail isn't the only company experiencing success, he says. According to LaHood, to date, 30 rail companies from around the world have pledged that, if selected for high-speed rail contracts, they'll hire American workers and expand their bases of operations in the United States.
"At the end of the day, that is what President Obama's plan for high-speed rail is all about, and I am thrilled that there are American businesses and American leaders who are working to make it happen," he wrote. "Together, our legacy will be more than trains, tracks and ties - it will be an America built to last."