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Modules for course 8H25 | BA/ENGL
BA English Literature
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2019–20 academic year.
You can also view the modules offered in the years: 2018–19; 2020–21.
Find out more about studying and applying for this degree.
Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- QXE-1013: Reading, Thinking, Writing (20) The course will include analytical reading of drama, prose, poetry and film in English from the medieval period to the present era; an introduction to critical and theoretical approaches to the reading of literature; integration of close textual study and critical/theoretical approaches, as the foundation for all other modules in the School; practical development of skills of literary commentary, essay writing, and critical discussion.
Optional Modules
100 credits from:
- QXP-1001: Creative Writing: Prose (20) (Semester 1 + 2) This module, compulsory for creative writing students, introduces you to a wide range of creative prose-writing, both fictional and documentary and you will examine creative techniques used in short stories, autobiography, memoir, travel-writing, critical essays/literary reviews and play-scripts. It will include practical sessions in which students will begin to produce their own work in these genres, and group discussion of students' work in progress. We will discuss the ways in which these genres are distinct from one another and yet share certain features and may in fact be merged by deliberate techniques of hybridisation. We will ask such questions as how a writer of fiction handles the transformation of personal experience as compared to the writer of memoirs. Can imaginative, speculative biographies enhance rather than falsify our knowledge of their subjects? How do writers tackle the adaptation of their work from one medium to another? As well as examining, from the practitioner's point of view, texts by leading authors and critics, you will be encouraged to work independently on your own material, helped by writing-exercises and longer-term assignments designed to stimulate ideas and sharpen technique. You will be encouraged to present your work for class discussion and, by receiving and giving feedback in a supportive atmosphere, you will develop your skills as a close reader and an articulate critic.
- QXE-1003: Intro. to Medieval Literature (20) (Semester 1) Introduction to Medieval Literature offers students the opportunity to study a variety of Old English literature that is evocative of the intricate decoration on the Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon hoard; riddles, Old English battle poetry and The Dream of The Rood (taught in translation). In the second part of the module students will encounter Middle English drama, romance poetry and Chaucerian verse in its original language. The transition between the Old to the Middle English period will be analysed in terms of specific themes and motifs, such as the development from pagan Germanic heroism to Christian values. Chivalry, the comic and bawdy, and piety will be the main foci in the Middle English part of the course, explored through a range of poetry, prose, drama and life writing. This module is an ideal 'taster' for the medieval literature modules available at levels two and three.
- QXE-1004: The Literature of Laughter (20) (Semester 2) The module is organised on a chronological basis, moving from Chaucer to Monty Python and beyond, taking in on the way a selection of texts by Shakespeare, Wycherley, Pope, Swift, Austen, Dickens, Twain, as well as Kate Atkinson's Behind the Scenes at the Museum and an anthology of comic verse. The lectures place the texts in their historical and cultural contexts, while the seminars and study groups focus on the week's specified text for close reading and discussion. Both the lectures and the smaller groups are consistently concerned with the module's over-riding questions about the nature of literary laughter. Concepts such as wit and satire are analysed, along with some of the recurring topics of humorous writing: religion, politics, sex and gender. The major functions of laughter – for stereotyping, for self-defence, for reform, rebellion, or release of tension – are highlighted for both their continuity and their difference in specific literary and cultural contexts.
- QXE-1014: The Gothic in Literature/Film (20) (Semester 2) This introductory course focuses mainly on Gothic writing from the late eighteenth century onwards, although it begins by looking at examples of the medieval and early-modern grotesque that help to set early Gothic novels in context. Organized in a loosely chronological way, this module is particularly sensitive to the ways in which Gothic texts have been used to represent contemporary cultural anxieties (such as the New Woman in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, or New Technology in the early years of the twenty-first), but it will also examine how the Gothic has been used to articulate political resistance, for example in anti-imperialist, post-colonial, and feminist works. It will also pay particular attention to the Gothic as a visual form, both analysing the representation of Gothic spaces in eighteenth and nineteenth-century literature and art, and investigating the importance of the genre to the development of cinema, from silent-era German expressionism to the present. While the precise topics covered by the module will vary from year to year, themes will include some of the following: Terror and the Sublime; Monstrosity and Deviance; Doubles and Doppelgängers; Vampires and Sexualities; Parody and Pastiche; Domesticity and 'The Uncanny'; Cybergothic and the Post-human; Feminist and Postcolonial Rewritings; Gothic and the Young Adult Novel. Students will situate texts within their historical and political contexts, and will also gain an awareness of a range of important theories (from Freud's notion of the Uncanny to Derrida's theories of hauntology) that will be important to the study of literature in the rest of their degree.
- QXE-1015: Landmarks in Literature (20) (Semester 1) The specific texts studied will vary from year to year, but the module will include nineteenth-century works (e.g. Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle); English 'classical' stories of the early twentieth century (e.g. Agatha Christie); American 'hard boiled' versions (e.g. Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler), and modernist, postmodernist and other variants (e.g. Jorge Luis Borges, Sara Paretsky, Walter Mosley, Paul Auster). Film and television adaptations may also be included. The module will also situate the texts in relevant historical and cultural contexts, and explore them via key concepts in literary theory.
- QXE-1016: Children's Fiction (20) (Semester 2)
- QXL-1112: Language, Literature & Culture (20) (Semester 2) 1. the relationship between language, culture and thought processes, 2. the relationship between language and identity, 3. the structures of bilingual societies, 4. the different manifestations of multilingualism, particularly in relation to the concepts of bilingualism and diglossia, 5. the cultural, political, and anthropological issues surrounding minority languages & language policy.
- Students may choose one (approved) 20-credit module from outside the School.
Year 2 Modules
Optional Modules
120 credits from:
- QXE-2003: Jonson to Johnson (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-2005: Victorian Literature (20) (Semester 2) The Victorians lived in an era of change and contradictions: a culture in which some reaped immense rewards from mechanised industry, but feared the idea of 'mechanism'; a period which saw the growth of cities and democracy, but was attracted to images of medieval feudalism. These themes will be examined, along with: realism in the Victorian novel; the narrators of the Victorian novel; ideas of truth in art and fiction; the figure of the intellectual or 'sage'; the domestic sphere; children and orphans; women as writers and members of Victorian society; the important relationship between notions of scientific 'truth' and religious 'faith', and ideas of nationality and race as expressed in the work of Irish, Scottish and Welsh authors working within concepts associated with the British empire. This course looks at a broad range of texts including novels, poetry and essays. Authors studied may include Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Bronte, John Ruskin, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, Christina Rossetti, Robert Stevenson, Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde.
- QXE-2013: Renaissance and Reformation (20) (Semester 1) This course offers an introduction to the `Golden Age¿ of English literature, an exciting period of cultural change which encompasses the Reformation, the rise of a culture of individualism, and the English Revolution of the 1640s and 1650s. Among the modes of writing produced in these turbulent circumstances are poetic forms such as songs, sonnets, epigrams and pastoral epic; dramatic genres such as revenge tragedy and city comedy; and prose works such as autobiographical confessions, pamphlets and fiery sermons. Texts week 1. William Shakespeare, Henry V 2. Philip Sidney, Apology for poetry and all sonnets in Norton from Astrophil and Stella 3. Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta 4. Edmund Spenser, book 1 of The Faerie Queene (in Norton) 5. William Shakespeare, Othello 6. John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi (in Norton) 7. reading week 8. John Donne, Songs and Sonnets, the Elegies,and the Holy Sonnets (all those in the Norton) 9. George Herbert and Henry Vaughan (all poems in the Norton) 10. John Milton, Paradise Lost (books 1-4, in Norton) 11. John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada 12. Etheridge, The Man of Mode Editions ¿ no preference.
- QXE-2019: Contemporary Writing (Lit) (20) (Semester 2) 'Contemporary Literatures' introduces students to the first postmodern texts in the 1950s, and takes them right up to literature from the present day. The course asks students to investigate how literature (across a range of genres) responds to the broad historical trends and specific events of the age. While these might include residual literary traditions from the 1950s such as the theatre of 'angry young men' and 'Movement' poetry, the module will initially focus on the emergence of postmodernity. It will go on to consider how the Anglophone literary field has became more international in the second half of the twentieth century, witnessing the emergence of national literary traditions in a range of former colonies. New and contemporary movements and traditions in Anglophone literature will be explored in the second part of the course. These might include British Asian literature, post 9/11 literature, recent American drama, eco-poetry and the effect on literature of recent digital innovation.
- QXE-2020: The Romantic Period in Britain (20) (Semester 1) The Romantic Period (c. 1785 -1832) was marked by social change, political strife and a growth in print culture. In many ways it was the start of the modern age, as Britain sought to define itself both internally and within a global context. This course introduces students to both canonical and non-canonical texts of the period and the ways in which they both shaped and reflected wider social and cultural concerns. It will guide students through key areas of current scholarship of the period so that they may refine their understanding of the relationship between texts and their contexts. In order to question what the term 'Romanticism' may entail, this course focuses not only on certain authors and texts from this period but also what may be termed Romantic spaces, including the home, nation, metropolis (both London and Edinburgh will feature prominently), border spaces, natural or picturesque settings (including Tintern Abbey and nearby Snowdon), reading rooms, theatres, the boxing ring and galleries.
- QXE-2024: Alfred Hitchcock (20) (Semester 2) Alfred Hitchcock is perhaps the most notable example of a director whose films were popular both with audiences and with critics seeking to establish the credibility of film as an art form. His work provides a case-study of theories of authorship; of different national cinemas and studio systems, and of a particular genre, the thriller. In addition, the popularity and accessibility of Hitchcock's films also raise questions concerning narrative, spectatorial pleasure, the gaze, and gender, and consequently provide an opportunity to explore the interrelation and limits of film theory and film practice
- QXE-2027: Literature and Modernity (20) (Semester 1) Literature and Modernity examines literature about, or by writers from, Britain and Ireland in a period bracketed by the emergence of proto-modernist writing in the late 1890s and the emergence in the early 1950s of texts that would later be seen as postmodern. This period in Western Europe witnessed unprecedented changes in the modes of production, in relations between the sexes and between the classes, and in the development of new cultural forms like radio and cinema. While these originated in the Victorian period, they were accelerated by the social and psychological impact of the First World War, global depression, the rise of fascism, another catastrophic World War and the start of the nuclear age, historical factors that make the study of literature from this period especially rewarding. Students will study some of the ways in which authors responded to these cataclysmic shifts by considering work from a range of critical perspectives. These may include the literary movement (for example, modernism), broad historical change (for example, changes in gender roles), a major historical event (for example, the Second World War), genre, or recent trends in criticism which encourage us to look at this period's writing from a new angle.
- QXE-2101: Beowulf to Malory (20) (Semester 1) Seminar list/lecture list Week 1 Historical and Cultural Overview of the Old English Period Week 2 Beowulf Week 3 The Old English Elegies Week 4 Christian Heroes Week 5 Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: General Prologue and the Franklin's Prologue and Tale Week 6 Chaucer: the Nun's Priest's Prologue and Tale Week 7: NO LECTURES OR SEMINAR Week 8 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Week 9 Malory, The Morte Darthur, I Week 10 Malory, The Morte Darthur, II Week 11 Henryson (photocopies to be provided) Week 12 NO LECTURES; revision seminar
- Students must take (at least) 1 module dealing with Literature before 1800 and 1 from post-1800 module. Students may to choose 1(approved) elective module from outside the School
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- QXE-3099: The English Dissertation (40) This module involves the production of an extended piece of critical writing of a length and quality appropriate to the culmination of the undergraduate degree scheme. Drawing on knowledge and critical methodologies learned earlier in the degree, students will be assisted via lectures and individual supervisions in devising, refining, developing and presenting a substantial piece of critical work on a topic of their choosing. The series of introductory lectures and workshops will focus on how to develop the initial research idea into a workable project presented in appropriate scholarly form. Critical self-reflection will be developed via the proposal and oral presentation in the first semester, and via discussions with the supervisor, which are held at key stages in the development of the project in both semesters.
Semester 2
- QXE-3099: The English Dissertation This module involves the production of an extended piece of critical writing of a length and quality appropriate to the culmination of the undergraduate degree scheme. Drawing on knowledge and critical methodologies learned earlier in the degree, students will be assisted via lectures and individual supervisions in devising, refining, developing and presenting a substantial piece of critical work on a topic of their choosing. The series of introductory lectures and workshops will focus on how to develop the initial research idea into a workable project presented in appropriate scholarly form. Critical self-reflection will be developed via the proposal and oral presentation in the first semester, and via discussions with the supervisor, which are held at key stages in the development of the project in both semesters.
Optional Modules
80 credits from:
- QXE-3012: Detective Fiction (20) (Semester 1) This module covers nineteenth-century works by Poe, Collins and Conan Doyle; English 'classical' stories of the early twentieth century (Chesterton, Christie); American 'hard boiled' versions (Hammett, Chandler), and modernist and postmodernist variants (Borges, Auster). The module will situate the text in some historical and cultural contexts, and focus on the relationship between form and ideology in the genre.
- QXE-3022: Shakespeare and EM Literature (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-3028: Literature in the Community (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-3031: Welsh Writing in English (20) (Semester 2) 'Modern Welsh Writing in English' will consider a range of texts, principally written in English, emerging from modern Wales. The module explores the development of a tradition of Anglophone Welsh writing from the late nineteenth century, across the twentieth century and up to the contemporary moment. In so doing seeks to investigate the varied ways in which Welsh writers – male and female, from North and South (and beyond), rural and industrial, and across a range of genres and forms – have articulated the Welsh experience in all its diversity. The module will also introduce students to some of the current critical and theoretical approaches being adopted in the study of Welsh writing.
- QXE-3034: Arthur: legend and super hero (20) (Semester 1) This module will consider a selection of the best writing about the Arthurian legend, from the ninth century to the twentieth, with the aim of showing the development and use of this legend throughout a very long period. The choice of texts may be vary from year to year, but is likely to include the Mabinogion, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Malory, Shakespeare, Tennyson, Mark Twain and T.H. White. The main themes that inform the legend will be discussed alongside the different writers' agendas in adapting and manipulating the core elements of the tradition.
- QXE-3086: Shakespeare's Afterlives (20) (Semester 2) In order to explore the concept of literary afterlives, the weekly seminars alternate between the study of a Shakespeare play and the investigation of instances of the 'afterlife' of that particular play. For example, a seminar on A Midsummer Night's Dream is followed by a seminar on Angela Carter's novel Wise Children, a text riddled with references to the play and its adaptations as well as to the 'Shakespeare industry' as a whole. The module encourages students to be alert to examples of the use and abuse of Shakespeare in our own contemporary contexts, and to respond creatively as well as critically to the plays and other texts under discussion. Participation in seminars is stimulated by a variety of means, including weekly presentations by pairs of students and a final colloquium on the essay projects being researched by members of the group.
- QXE-3088: Bob Dylan (20) (Semester 2) SEMINARS Material to be studied in seminars will include: Critical distinctions between modernist, mass, and popular cultures; `Folk music¿ and Dylan's early career; Rock music and Dylan's transition to electric performance; The relationship between biography and critical analysis; Dylan and religion; Dylan and literature; Textual analysis of the song lyric; Dylan and the visual arts; The transition from analogue to digital reproduction and dissemination; Bootleg culture.
- QXE-3094: Realms of Magic (20) (Semester 2) This module will cover the development of the romance genre from its earliest form in Marie de France's and Chrétien de Troyes' work through to insular productions such as Amis and Amiloun, Emaré, King of Tars, Isumbras, Sir Amadace, Bevis of Hampton, and Floris and Blancheflour. The range of texts will remain flexible, and their early modern versions will also form part of the discussion; the transformations and adaptations of these romances in medieval manuscripts and early modern prints will also be addressed. Topics as varied as spiritual instruction, courtly love, political governance, war, sexual fulfilment and magic will be investigated alongside incest, race, gender and ideology. The versatility of the genre will be explored in its development into other genres, in particular, but not exclusively, in early modern drama, and the endurance of its appeal will be judged with reference to the transformation of the genre in the early modern period. Connections will be established with Shakespeare's plays and Spenser's Faerie Queene. The module will end with analyses of adaptations of romance in the modern period (novel, film productions).
- QXE-3096: Medieval Women's Literature (20) (Semester 1) What texts were medieval women writing and reading? This module examines women's textual culture in an historical period in which many male-authored works encouraged women to be 'chaste, silent and obedient,' in spite of an assumption that women were naturally inclined towards lust and gossip. The module explores texts from the range of literature written and read by women, and the ways in which female-produced works (those written, translated, read, commissioned, performed and discussed in medieval England) were in dialogue with the constructions of medieval womanhood current during this period. The texts studied in seminar offer opportunity to hear, amongst others, the intimate thoughts and words of Margery Kempe, Julian of Norwich, the Paston wives and Marie de France, on topics as broad as love, marriage, sex, death and religion, as recorded in travel narratives, letters, devotions, lyrics and other literature – all of which contributed to the rich textual culture of the Middle Ages. This module is an ideal companion to any of the other level three medieval literature modules.
- QXE-3102: The 1820s: Print Explosion (20) (Semester 2) The early nineteenth century was a period of radical social and intellectual change that also witnessed an explosion in new forms of print culture, from the 'serious' historical novels of Walter Scott through to the supposedly light reading of the Christmas gift book, or annual. This module concentrates on a single decade – the 1820s – in order to explore the emergence of several of these new forms, including, for example, the illustrated political satire of William Hone and the other post-Peterloo radicals, the playful critical essays of Hazlitt and Lamb (associated with an emergent magazine culture), and the new forms of writing about the self in the 'confessions' of De Quincey and Hogg. This module investigates a range of canonical texts (which may include Byron's mock-epic Don Juan; an example of Scott's 'Waverley' novels; and the Confessions of an English Opium-Eater), while placing them in the context of less familiar works (such as Pierce Egan's illustrated novel, Life in London, the short stories of The Keepsake, and John Clare's manuscript poems). This combination of canonical and understudied popular texts raises important questions about the relationship between image and text, literature and politics, the individual and society, questions still prevalent in our own age.
- LXE-3103: Wales: A European Contact Zone (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-3105: Reading Myth (20) (Semester 2) This module will take as its focus the textual response to inherited mythic structures: how myth may be perceived in theoretical terms as a proairetic discourse; how it establishes affinities with certain genres (e.g. epic, tragedy, romance); and how in more contemporary cultural debates it has been problematised by expectations of falsehood. The seminar programme will range from Ancient Greek representations of myth (e.g. Medea) to medieval accounts of Scripture in dramatic narrative (e.g. Abraham and Isaac) and to varying accounts of saints' lives. In the early modern period attention may be devoted to the changing importance of ancient mythologies in literary narrative. In the more contemporary periods, options will change from year to year, but may include explorations of such pervasive constructs as the Founding of Empire (Kipling, Lessing), The American Dream (Capote, Fitzgerald, Highsmith) and The War on Terror (Buchan, Fleming, and Porter's Empire State).
- QXE-3107: EM Lit: Sex, Sects and Scandal (20) (Semester 1) Beginning with English constructions of nationhood in the 1590s, this module will examine the pressures that are placed upon Tudor notions of English identity by the ways in which early modern texts engage with Britishness. From here, the module will move to explore seventeenth century Anglophone literature in Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Authors to be studied might include Edmund Spenser, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Deloney, Thomas Heywood, William Shakespeare, Katherine Philips, Henry Vaughn, William Drummond and Roger Boyle.
- QXE-3110: Neo-Victorian Fiction (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-3113: The Monstrous Middle Ages (20) (Semester 2)


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Black Dice and Marijuana Deathsquards @ The Cedar
May 8th, 2012
My inner ear hair cells hopefully will forgive me for not wearing earplugs; decibels were running high in the best way possible at The Cedar Cultural Center on May 8th. HASPS and Marijuana Death Squads opened to an energized crowd. Black Dice simply walked in loud and proud with a constant stream of industrial, noise rock. Although the band didn't physically move much, the sound they produced dictated that you must move along with it. No stillness stirred in the audience.
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The San Diego Padres have announced plans for an upcoming public memorial service for famed baseball announcer Jerry Coleman.
According to the team, the free memorial event celebrating Coleman's life and legacy will be held Jan. 18 at 10:30 a.m. at Petco Park in downtown San Diego.
Organizers say the ballpark gates open at 9:30 a.m. Fans can enter through the East Village gate on 10th Avenue or the Park Boulevard gate on Park Boulevard. Free parking is available at two surface lots along Imperial Avenue (Parcel C lot and Tailgate lot) on the southeast side of Petco Park and at the Padres Parkade garage on 10th Avenue at J Street.
In addition, the 6th & K Parkade downtown announced Thursday that it would also provide free parking for those attending Coleman's memorial. The 6th & K Parkade has 1,000 parking spots available and is directly across the street from the west entrance to Petco Park.
Padres reps say the event will celebrate Coleman's storied life and will feature special guests from throughout his career and lifetime.
The iconic Padres announcer – who coined memorable phrases including "Oh, Doctor!" and "You can hang a star on that baby!" – died on Jan. 5. He was 89 years old.
Following Coleman's death, Padres president Mike Dee said the icon would be truly missed and always remembered by the team, Major League Baseball and the City of San Diego.
"It's hard to put into words what Jerry meant to this franchise," Dee said.
Coleman spent more than 70 years in pro baseball, a career that included four World Series titles with the New York Yankees. His baseball career was interrupted by World War II and the Korean War, when he served as a Marine Corps pilot. He flew 120 missions combined in the two wars.
For fans who'd like to make a donation in Coleman's memory, the Padres say the Coleman family recommends making a contribution to the Semper Fi Fund, a non-profit that supports injured and ill members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families.
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As the heatwave continues in Yorkshire, temperatures are currently hot with bright, clear skies, but will this remain the same over the weekend?
Here's the weather forecast for Yorkshire over the next three days.
In general, warm temperatures are still expected, with mostly pure sunshine, but some sunny intervals and cloudy periods may occur over the next three days.
The pollen count and UV intensity are both expected to be high over the weekend.
Friday July 6
Highs of: 26°C
Lows of: 15°C
Any low cloud near the coast will soon clear and will leave a dry day with warm sunshine. It will feel a little cooler near the coast due to an onshore breeze. Maximum temperature will be 26 °C.
Saturday July 7
Highs of: 25°C
Lows of: 16°C
Saturday is expected to reach highs of 25°C, but periods of sunny spells. Although it is expected to be mostly dry, an isolated shower is possible in the region on Saturday. Warm by day, especially inland. Cooler and sometimes cloudier near coasts.
Sunday July 8
Highs of: 27°C
Lows of: 16°C
The temperature will continue to rise on Sunday, with the temperature set to reach its peak of 27°C at around 16:00.
It is expected to be mostly pure sunshine, but some sunny intervals may occur throughout the region, with the temperature still expected to be 21°C at 22:00.
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Gemma Arterton talks hunting witches in 'Hansel and Gretel"
If Lincoln can fight vampires, and a Jane Austen heroine zombies, then why not "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters," opening Friday?
And as the distaff half of that fairy-tale duo, Gemma Arterton -- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art alumna, Tess in the BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and Rosaline in Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost" at the Globe Theatre in London -- takes out the resident evil like Milla Jovovich in "Resident Evil." It's like having Laurence Olivier star in "DieHard."
"Well, yeah, I guess. It's very much out of my comfort zone," Arterton, 27, says with a laugh in a phone interview from Mexico. She and co-star Jeremy Renner are there to promote the film's international release. "I feel much more comfortable onstage -- that's where I really feel my expertise is. So, for me, this really feels like a big departure, even though when I was at RADA I had quite a lot of stunt training -- stage-fight sort of stuff."
Not that the English actress is unaccustomed to rock-'em, sock-'em spectacle -- she was one of the two Bond Girls in "Quantum of Solace" (2008) and the female lead in both "Clash of the Titans" and "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (both 2010). And she was considered for the part of leather-clad, butt-kicking Selina Kyle in "The Dark Knight Rises" ("I had a meeting with Chris Nolan, but that was as far it went") -- although not, despite Internet rumors, for the role of leather-clad, butt-kicking Natasha Romanoff in "Iron Man 2." ("No. I was never up for that role.")
As the leather-clad, butt-kicking Gretel, who with brother Hansel got a taste for killing witches early on, Arterton embodied her character's tough attitude in an improvisational way that surprised her -- and co-star Peter Stormare as well. In one scene, his brutal village sheriff "beats me up," she says, "and I actually spat in his face and he didn't know I was going to do that. And that was good, that got a good reaction from him."
Arterton, who married sales rep Stefano Catelli in June 2010, has three other films upcoming this year, including "Runner, Runner," opposite Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake.
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Act 4, Scene 1
Helga realises that boys and birds are getting in the way of her life's work and retires to a convent, to benefit from the superior facilities.
Act 4, Scene 2
Helga settles into the convent (which happens to be in Bolivia); after discussing matters with a Stern Nun, she discovers that Corbin, King of the Birds, is not to be trusted and has meddled in the love affairs of others.
Act 4, Scene 3
Helga goes to the Chapel with Stern Nun and the Mother Superior; they find the body of the Basement Cat and Helga is told that he is powerful and can assist her. A divine presence begins to descend, heralded by the song of a million penguins. Meanwhile. Helga plans to introduce Basement Cat to William, in the hope that he may be restored as a man. She is deep in thought and sings an aria that reflects her deep longing and unrequited love.
On the horizon, we catch a glimpse of William, arriving at the Balm of Bray.
Act Four, Scene Four
Helga has a revelatory moment; if she can find a bush with two birds in it, all will be well. She sets off on a pilgrimage, wearing her famous purple raincoat, with the body of Basement Cat in her bag and her chemistry set beneath her arm.
Act Five, Scene One
Hans and William are at the Balm of Bray; Hans is feeding birdseed to William and wondering how he can restore his humanity.
Act Five, Scene Two
The spirit of Basement Cat has remained in the Chapel. The divine descending presence is revealed to be Ceiling Cat who delivers a pious aria, singing that "My passion for good cannot let you go."
Act Five, Scene Three
We see Helga on her pilgrimage, listening to the sad songs of Nutella, the opera singer/femme fatale, on her iPod and wallowing in her unrequited love. Perhaps through the power of the Basement Cat, she has realised that she must go to the Balm of Bray - perhaps she will find a bird-filled bush there?
She also recalls a moment at the convent, when she noticed a mysterious woman who appears to have a secret. Who was she? What is she hiding?
Act Five, Scene Four
Helga arrives at the Balm of Bray, where there is (conveniently) a porter called Wilfred at the gate; he tells her that the bird-man and his lover are in the square, but there is much unhappiness due to an accident with the sandwiches.
to be continued...


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Public campaigns designed to boost consumer interest in shopping at small and independent businesses appear to be paying off, new research shows.
Independent businesses in communities with an active "buy local first" initiative reported average revenue growth of 8.6 percent in 2012, compared to 3.4 percent for those in areas without such programs, according to a study by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and several business associations.
In addition, 75 percent of companies in cities with a local shopping initiative believe the campaign helped their businesses.
Michael Morris, vice president of marketing for TriMega Purchasing Association, said he is very encouraged by the growing impact of buy local first initiatives.
"We believe that ongoing education to consumers on the benefits of supporting local businesses, such as keeping dollars in the community, is gaining traction and driving positive sales results in today's economy," Morris said.
The research shows that, on average, revenue grew by 6.8 percent for all independent businesses. Overall, more than two-thirds experienced revenue growth in 2012, up from the previous two years.
"Independent businesses are making huge strides when it comes to communicating their value and building community support, but they are still struggling in an environment in which public policy often gives major advantages to their big competitors," said Stacy Mitchell, a senior researcher with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
One of the major challenges facing small and independent business comes from customers who check out products in local stores, but then return home to buy those items online. More than 80 percent of the businesses surveyed said such "showrooming" practices negatively affected their business, with 47 percent describing the effect as moderate or significant.
Kathleen McHugh, president of the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association, said showrooming is the number one issue facing toy stores today.
"If consumers value that store visit and the investment local retailers make in their community, they should also want to keep those brick-and-mortar stores in business by making their purchases with them," McHugh said.
The study discovered that lack of financing was another top challenge, with 23 percent businesses unable to secure a needed bank loan at some point in the last two years.
The research was based on surveys of more than 2,300 independent businesses across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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With the help of growing numbers of Michigan Tech individuals and organizations—including but by no means limited to the Blue Key Honor Society, Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, campus grounds manager Andy Niemi, the Snow Research Institute, and a stalwart crew of Hancock High School industrial arts students led by Jim Stevens and Mark Koski—the artists are hard at work on the Michigan Tech campus, freezing the 1978 Nova in a solid block of ice.
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," said Wrbican, an assistant professor of art and visual technology at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
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Carothers and Wrbican met in graduate school at the Rhode Island School of Design. Since then, they've made a specialty of collaborative and unpredicatable art. They have blown up a car, set a couch on fire, and traveled back roads in a classic Airstream trailer, all in the name of art.
Now they've towed a 30-year-old car named E.D. (for Ethyl's Daughter) to the Michigan Tech campus, where Hancock High School industrial arts students are building a car-sized container in which Wrbican and Carothers will park the gutted car. Then they will fill the container with water, a little more each day. In the Upper Peninsula's frigid winter weather, they hope to have to have an enormous ice cube with the Nova suspended in the center when they remove the box.
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GOP Senator Hann's problems started with his involvement in The Gang Of Four; which is a scandal because four Republican State Senators called the media to attend a press conference in December of 2011, smiled at the camera — and one of them, for sure, proceeded to lie through his teeth. As of this date, we don't know what Hann knew, when he knew it, nor what his role in this scandal is – and he ain't talking.
We're going to skip over Hann's role in the infamous Lunch Hour Lit Drop scandal; suffice it to say that Hann was co-chair of the GOP Senate Caucus re-election effort. If Hann didn't know what was happening, he should have. See MnGOP State Senate: "…we are in this together…" and MnGOP State Senate: We Are In This Together Part 2.
We'll skip to late last month, when the story broke about Hann's apparent concealment of who he works for/what he does. What we know is Hann has a license to sell insurance and works for a company that sells insurance – Boys & Tyler Financial. Fox9 covered this story; that's where the image to the right came from. It's a statement Hann sent Fox9; Hann says was "too busy campaigning" to talk to the reporter. Hann's been ducking reporters ever since.
And here's something David Hann is probably NOT going to want to talk about either. That facebook image, to the right? That's Brad Biers' page. Who is Brad Biers? According to the State Senate HHS website, Biers is the HHS Committee Administrator; a Committee David Hann Chairs. And what does Biers say, in his facebook post?
"All of my political clients won last night! A Sincere Congratulations to Sen. David Hann, Sen. Paul Gazelka, Sen.-elect David Osmek and Rep.-elect Marion O'Neill. These are four of the finest public servants Minnesota has to offer.
Election cycle 2014 begins. Contact me for winning ideas and and strategies anytime."
RuhRoh… Committee Chair David Hann's Committee Administrator has David Hann as a political client???
Off to google, where we find Biers is a partner in a company called "Capitol Communications".
Now we have a name, so it's off to the Campaign Finance Board to check Hann's Campaign's reports. And we do indeed find an expenditure to Capitol Communications.
OK, now we have an address, so let's look it up! What do we find? It's owned by Brad Biers.
No doubt about it: a State Senate Staffer – Brad Biers, wages paid by taxpayers – is also doing political work for not only his State Senate Boss, David Hann – he's also done it for three other elected officials and he's looking for more.
And not only is he looking for more, he's looking for more at "anytime." Let's look at that facebook post, again:
Election cycle 2014 begins. Contact me for winning ideas and and strategies anytime.
Including the time he's supposed to be doing the taxpayer's work??!?
Ladies and Gentlemen, that reeks. Don't know if it's illegal, or if it's against Senate Rules, but I intend to find out.
In the meantime, in addition to all the unanswered questions Hann has regarding his role in The Gang Of Four, The Lunch Hour Lit Drop, his conflict of interest with regards to what he does for a living, Hann can now add the work his staffer did to the list.
Stay tuned!
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BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Array BioPharma Inc. (NasdaqGM: ARRY) announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 18,000,000 primary shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $3.65 per share. The gross proceeds from the sale of the shares, before underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $65.7 million. The offering is expected to close on or about November 15, 2012, subject to customary closing conditions. Array also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase 2,700,000 additional shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. All of the shares sold in the offering are being sold by Array, with the proceeds to be used to fund research and development activities and for general corporate purposes. Jefferies & Company, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering, with Piper Jaffray & Co., Stifel Nicolaus Weisel and William Blair acting as co-managers.
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Array BioPharma Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted small‑molecule drugs to treat patients afflicted with cancer. Array is evolving into a late-stage development company, with two wholly‑owned programs, ARRY-614 and ARRY-520, and three partnered programs, selumetinib (with AstraZeneca), MEK162 (with Novartis), and danoprevir (with InterMune / Roche), having the potential to begin Phase 3 or pivotal trials by the end of calendar year 2013.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
You Rock
Started with a light gray panel, stamping my circles in different colors just like in the pic. Matted it onto black cardstock.
Stamped my sentiment from Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler onto more light gray cardstock, rounded the ends, added a couple coordinating buttons and a bit of red grosgrain ribbon and popped it up with foam.
Here is the inspirational pic:
Well, that is all for me tonight! Be sure to stop back tomorrow, because sneak peaks begin for The Craft's Meow! Nina Bracket did an amazing job with these stamps! You don't want to miss it! Have a great one!
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what a great masculine card! Love the polka dots! :-) AmyReplyDelete
I love this, Lindsay! It's colorful, and graphic, and I love the playful feel the sentiment gives it!ReplyDelete
Agreed...great masculine card!ReplyDelete
Hee--giggles--because those dots *are* kinda like rocks, right? Or am I just cracking myself up? :-D You have such a gifted graphic eye, and this just, well, ROCKS! ;-DReplyDelete
P.S. Thanks for your sweet words re: my craft space! :0)
Can't wait to see what you have in store for tomorrow! Love your masculine card, can a girl love a guy card? Maybe that is the CAS in me speaking...ReplyDelete
Love your take on this, Lindsay! Awesome job!ReplyDelete
love your card!ReplyDelete
Great card, Lindsay. Love the color and graphic look.ReplyDelete
wow, your card makes me smile, I LOVE this look!ReplyDelete
As SOON as I saw this card I knew it was for the Moxie Fab challenge. This is so perfect! Love it.ReplyDelete
Perfect take on the Trigger this week, Lindsay! Masculine but still fun and colorful!ReplyDelete
great card for the challenge! me love it:)ReplyDelete
Oooooh Lindsay, this is awesome! "YOU" totally rock. Bright and fun, so fabulous. :)ReplyDelete
Love it Lindsay - great take on the TT.ReplyDelete
and another one i love!! what a perfect card for a teenage boy.ReplyDelete
Love this masculine take on the Trigger!ReplyDelete
this is adorableReplyDelete
This is a great take on the challenge. The sentiment works so well with those fun colors.ReplyDelete
Cute, cute, cute!! This fits the inspirational piece perfectly! Love the sentiment and ribbon/button off to the side!ReplyDelete
This is great! I love what you did with the challenge.ReplyDelete
Wonderful take on the trigger photo!ReplyDelete
Hey Lindsay! What a fun approach to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)ReplyDelete
Yay Lindsay! You DO Rock!!!!ReplyDelete
Way to Go! Congrats on the TT shout out! This card is fabulously simple, colorful and just my kind of creation! Love it!ReplyDelete
Congrats on your TT shout out, Lindsay! Totally creative and cool!ReplyDelete
Nice! How could that be any closer to the Trigger.ReplyDelete
Congrats on the TT score! Great card!!ReplyDelete
Congrats on the Trigger Target! Awesome take on the trigger :)ReplyDelete
FAB card! Congrats on your win!ReplyDelete
This is too cute. I love the whimsical sentiment!ReplyDelete


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For the first time in nine years, the Queen and Prince Philip paid a visit to 10 Downing Street.
Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha invited the Duke of Edinburgh for a special 90th birthday lunch of stilton and watercress tarts, roast Scottish beef, and peaches with ice cream.
Samantha encouraged the ever modest Philip to step out from the background and pose for a photo on the doorstep of their London residence.
There was no discussion of politics and the lunch remained a light-hearted celebration of the Prince's landmark birthday.
The PM recently displayed his affection for the Duke in a House of Commons speech describing him as a man with a "down-to-earth, no nonsense approach that the British people often find enduring."
After listing his many humanitarian and military acheivments, Mr Cameron cut the speech short because, quoting Philip, "the mind cannot absorb what the backside cannot endure."
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Source: NIOSH Publication No. 1999-113: Control of Drywall Sanding Dust Exposures
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NIOSH study results suggest that the dust exposures of construction workers doing drywall sanding might be cut simply by changing from hand-sanding to pole sanding. This change is even more important when working overhead. The pole increases the space between the worker and the sanding surface, which in turn reduces the amount of dust close to the workers nose and mouth.
The pole sander shown in this photo is also equipped with a vacuum, which helps to collect the dust before it enters the breathing zone of the employee.


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Seattle CISOs Ernie Hayden and Kirk Bailey are pioneering a new level of trust and cooperation to secure their enterprises.
Two Seattle CISOs, Kirk Bailey and Ernie Hayden, are pioneering a new level of trust and cooperation to secure their enterprises.
Over the clatter of an auto body shop where he was retrieving his car, Ernie Hayden received a disturbing cellphone call. "I'm sending you a warning about the latest MyDoom attack," the voice said.
No introductions were necessary. Hayden, the manager of enterprise information security for the Port of Seattle, immediately recognized the voice as his counterpart at the city of Seattle, CISO Kirk Bailey.
Usually, the pair meets once a week at a local coffeehouse to talk shop. They share their problems, insights, solutions and questions. Nothing is out of bounds, and there's no fear of compromise. Their trust in each other is unquestioned.
While the urgent warning of a MyDoom variant wasn't the norm, it was hardly unusual. When something serious breaks, they call each other immediately. They know implicitly that one always has the other's back.
By the time Hayden rolled into the office, he had the details of the worm that Bailey promised. The variant used an e-mail to instruct recipients to click an embedded URL and confirm an online purchase. The malicious Web site then downloads a virus that damages the host and mails itself to everyone on the person's contact list. With that intelligence in hand, Hayden sent an urgent message to his staff and began working on countermeasures.
It was yet another example of why close, personal, working relationships between peers and the open sharing of security intelligence are important and beneficial. And it's a relationship that Hayden and Bailey continue to foster amongst their peers and are trying to export to others.
While the security practitioner's mind-set is usually wrapped around secrecy, Hayden and Bailey say they're proof that extending a little trust and putting two--or sometimes more--heads together is a better way to solve pressing security problems. This kind of cooperation practiced by Hayden and Bailey, as well as other Northwestern security professionals, could become a CISO best practice.
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Breaking a Cloistered Culture
Cooperation in infosecurity is notable for its rarity. Consultant Ted Demopoulos recently asked 60 security professionals whether they or the hacker community was better at information sharing. "There was just laughter," he says.
The digital underground is a meritocracy; hackers rate themselves on their technical prowess and their capers' success. This means they must be open with information about their tools, targets and methodologies. In contrast, security professionals usually only share what most everyone already knows, not their actual experiences. But, keeping mum means missing out on useful intelligence and potential help.
"There are way more antagonists and players out there than there are keepers of the gate on our side," says Peter Garlock, CIO of the Port of Seattle and Hayden's boss, who likes the cooperation between his organization and the city. If CISOs can discuss problems safely, they can leverage all that experience--at no cost.
Hayden and Bailey have developed a mutual trust, which some security pros just don't get. "When we started raising the specter of CISO-to-CISO conversation, people gave us the look of 'What a concept' and 'What a brilliant idea,' but they didn't want to do that," Hayden says.
The ground Hayden and Bailey tread is perilous; they know they risk the possibility of having their problems appear instantly in a blog or in tomorrow's newspaper. Equally powerful is the fear of appearing vulnerable and weak. That's why building trust is critical. Time is the key ingredient.
The two infosecurity pros met years ago when Hayden was security director for a software company and Bailey, already CISO for Seattle, was running a vulnerability assessment exercise for the city. Over the years, they kept in touch and became friends. When Hayden became the Port of Seattle's first infosecurity chief, they couldn't have asked for better collaboration conditions. Not only did they know and trust each other, but the city and the port are inseparable business partners.
And Hayden and Bailey aren't just sharing their experiences, but also their contacts. If they don't know the answer to a problem, they can call upon their network of peers and acquaintances. "We use each other's black book," says Bailey. "This was a hyperjump to a whole new level of trust."
It's not unheard of for security professionals to consult colleagues and friends. Where their relationship differs is in the extension of trust. If Bailey can rely on what a given contact says, for example, Hayden can as well. The two also act as liaisons to their respective peer networks. If someone has relevant information--such as a warning of an attack or discovery of a new vulnerability--the news bubbles up in one of their networks. Hayden and Bailey share it, so it reaches the other's contacts. Because all the affiliations are informal, there is no bureaucracy to control how information travels. As a result, Hayden and Bailey say, intelligence is quickly communicated.
"The current cybersecurity practice has siloed reporting, where attacks are cross-jurisdictional," Bailey says. But industries and enterprises, regardless of their vertical category, are bound together. A problem in the electrical or telecommunications infrastructure ripples into problems for manufacturing and municipal operations. Hayden and Bailey argue that any truly effective cooperation must break down the walls between industries, even those between government and the private sector.
Share and Share Alike
Hayden and Bailey have felt some resistance to their ideas, but there must be some "collaboration" mineral in Northwestern waters.
The Pacific CISO Forum, a local information network with 25 to 30 members, including Bailey and Hayden, has been around for a while. Some members bring connections to the FBI, Secret Service and Department of Justice, while others participate for access to their local security peers.
"We're like the three-legged people in town," says Peter Gregory, a founding member of the Forum and chief security strategist for the consultancy VantagePoint Security. "There aren't many of us, so we like to get together, share what we know and commiserate."
Vendors are excluded from this group. Bailey says many of the more organized plans for cooperation "are burdened with pundits and participants who are vendors and who don't have skin in the game." When he picks up the phone, the person answering will have the same sort of accountability that he does, as well as the same issues and problems. Vendors may have products and expertise, but they don't have the operational needs and experience. And, of course, there's always the possibility of a vendor tainting discussions to favor their products.
One reason the Pacific CISO Forum has worked is that members have used sound principles for sharing experiences and information, says Jeffrey M. Stanton, a social psychologist and associate professor in Syracuse University's School of Information Studies. Groups like these are "most likely to work if they're peers and if there are enough similarities in their job functions and responsibilities that they have something to tell each other."
Geographic proximity is also helpful. The Internet and telecommunications make it possible to converse with anyone, anywhere. But people still prefer having personal contact with the people they want to trust.
What clinches things, though, are benefits and deliverables. For example, Seattle is renegotiating its ISP contract. Networked connections to computer forensic specialists, network experts and even lawyers helped build a wish list of concessions and benefits, like having a special support telephone number in case of a serious cyberattack, so there's no wait for assistance. No one CISO would have thought of everything, but collectively they draw on one another's experiences and perceptions to develop well-rounded security architectures, policies and response plans.
Some experts, like Dr. Don Goff, wonder whether a total lack of organization might send some groups heading in wrong directions.
"A common understanding of what the basic problems are and how to address them seems to me a basic first step," says the professor of information and telecommunications systems at University of Maryland University College (UMUC), one of 60 programs nationwide certified by the National Security Administration as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. Currently, the Maryland governor's office is launching an initiative to bring together private companies, law enforcement, fire departments and government to create a statewide cybersecurity plan.
Avoiding Bureaucracy
Even in Maryland, with the power of the governor's office behind security information sharing, participants are wary of too much organization.
"As soon as you make them structured, people at the meeting have to represent the party line of their agency," Goff says. And that, he adds, hampers the exchange of information. Loose structure and zero bureaucracy help enable more cooperation between private industry and the public sector.
The federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and equivalent state-level legislation only increase anxiety. Under these statutes, anyone can request documents on file with the government. If private industry cooperates with the government and commits anything to paper, those documents could become public.
Bailey, Hayden and their colleagues circumvent this risk of public disclosure by avoiding minutes, reports and, whenever possible, e-mails. "We don't have a nondisclosure agreement," says Gregory. "We don't have a Web site or officers. We just hang out. If we were [a formal organization], everything would be subject to the Freedom of Information Act."
But a lack of records risks making valuable information a victim of fallible human memory. A CISO would have to depend on stumbling across people who knew what he or she wanted to learn. While the Homeland Security Act of 2002 protects information voluntarily provided to certain federal agencies from federal FOIA requests, it offers no protection from state information disclosure laws. Since much of the cooperation must take place on a local and state level, this leaves participants vulnerable.
That's why there are growing attempts to share critical knowledge through this informal approach. For example, Agora, a low-profile regional network of infosecurity professionals formed in the mid-1990s, is one of these "nonentity" groups gaining a foothold.
"The reason it was formed was that a few security professionals realized we were failing in our attempt to protect our enterprises, and we needed to talk to our competitors," says Bailey, a founding Agora member.
Ultimately, what will drive these relationships and a new dynamic in cooperation are word of mouth and money. CISO networks are perfect examples of viral marketing, with referrals only coming from other trusted sources. Forget about waiting for a conference to hear the latest best practice; your friend across town will probably tell you about it at the next coffee klatch. And then there are the economics: Companies get help from experienced professionals when needed--for just returning the favor.
"Most professional associations reflect very tired practices," Bailey says. "Very tried and true, but tired when it comes to building symbiotic associations."
By taking this approach, Bailey, Hayden and their circle of trusted friends are finding that their approach is no longer lethargic--and that the only thing that keeps them awake at night is too much coffee.
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"You have 23 Cups on the Detroit side against four for Pittsburgh. The theater was not too big for them." � NBC's McGuire on Red Wings dominance thus far
"The Penguins have an extremely loyal crowd and I expect them to give the team an extra boost." -- McGuire
NEW YORK � May 27, 2008 � NBC Sports, the network home of the National Hockey League, will broadcasts Games 3-7 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings in primetime and presented in high definition beginning tomorrow night at 8 p.m. ET with Game 3 from Pittsburgh. The Red Wings lead the best of seven series 2-0, outscoring the Penguins 7-0 in the first two games.
Mike "Doc" Emrick (play-by-play), Eddie Olczyk (analyst) and Pierre McGuire (inside-the-glass analyst) call the action. McGuire will pull double duty in the on-location studio show alongside Mike Milbury and Bob Neumeier, the former voice of the Hartford Whalers. NBC's coverage is produced by Sam Flood, former captain of the Williams College hockey team and the son of a hockey coach.
The matchup features some of the NHL's marquee players, including Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Marian Hossa against Detroit's trio of Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk and Nicklas Lidstrom. Detroit has won 10 Stanley Cup championships (last in 2002) in their long history as an NHL "Original Six" franchise and the Penguins, two (1991 & 92). Ten current Red Wings players have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup compared with just three for the Penguins.
MCGUIRE ON DETROIT'S DOMINANCE THUS FAR: "The experience really showed in the first two games. You have 23 Cups on the Detroit side against four for Pittsburgh. The theater was not too big for them."
MCGUIRE ON RED WINGS STRATEGY: "Their strategy is obvious, to shut down one player -- Sidney Crosby. Having the last change in Detroit really helped them accomplish that. I know I'm stating the obvious but the Penguins need to get Malkin, Hossa and Sykora going."
MCGUIRE ON THE PENGUINS RETURNING TO PITTSBURGH: "The Penguins have an extremely loyal crowd and I expect them to give the team an extra boost. They haven't lost at home in something like three months. Still, you have to wonder about the Penguins' psyche."
MCGUIRE COMPARING DETROIT RED WINGS AND PISTONS: "Detroit has the great tradition of an original six hockey market and it's called Hockeytown for a reason. Fans are going to watch on TV and I think they're going to keep their eyeballs glued to what could be one of the best Stanley Cup Finals we've seen in a long time. Hooray for 'Hockeytown.'"
OLCZYK ON PITTSBURGH: "You have two great hockey markets and hockey cities. I was lucky enough to spend almost eight years of my hockey life there, as a broadcaster, player and coach, and Pittsburgh is an unbelievable hockey town and an unbelievable hockey market."
EMRICK ON THE STAR POWER IN THIS STANLEY CUP FINAL: "I cannot recall more stars in a final since 1987 when Edmonton had five of the best, but they were all on one team. This time we have the stars divided out on teams."
EMRICK ON NHL: "The moons are aligned properly for the NHL and its popularity."
MCGUIRE ON NHL: "Never before in the history of the NHL have we had this much talent come into the league in such a short period of time. So this is not just a one-hit wonder kind of a final. If the NHL were a stock coming out of the lockout that was the time to buy it."
EMRICK ON CROSBY BEING A CROSSOVER STAR: "He will probably be the first one in the United States since Gretzky who can appear in any number of settings that are hockey related or not and be recognized, particularly after this Final.
"We have wonderful star players on both sides. The thing that causes Sid to stand out more than others is not only his playing excellence, because you have to have that, it helps if you're willing to converse. He's so willing and cooperative to take that extra step that not many players in the past have. They either didn't have the playing excellence or the willingness to do it."
OLCZYK ON CHRIS CHELIOS: "He's the greatest American-born ever to play in the league."
MCGUIRE ON CHELIOS: "One of the advantages of being between the benches is I can hear the conversations and I can tell you, the way he talks to the players, he's been almost another coach on the bench. Chris is another set of eyes for the coaching staff, and when you're looking at somebody eyeball to eyeball and you're Chris Chelios, usually you can make an impact that way."
PRODUCER FLOOD ON HOW HIS TEAM WILL CALL THE FINAL: "When we sign a talent, their first obligation is to the audience. It doesn't matter what jersey you've worn in your career, or what eight or nine jerseys you've worn in your career, the only one that matters at the point when you come on board with NBC is the NBC jersey. Your number one obligation is to the fans and telling the truth about what's happening on the ice, good or bad."
FLOOD ON THE MATCHUP: "Our one rule is whoever wins the previous game, we're rooting for the other team so it can go seven."
STANLEY CUP FINAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE (all times 8 p.m. ET)
Game 3 Wednesday, May 28 Detroit at Pittsburgh NBC
Game 4 Saturday, May 31 Detroit at Pittsburgh NBC
Game 5 * Monday, June 2 Pittsburgh at Detroit NBC
Game 6 * Wednesday, June 4 Detroit at Pittsburgh NBC
Game 7 * Saturday, June 7 Pittsburgh at Detroit NBC
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Chapter 3, "Introduction to TopLink Development Tools"
This chapter describes the development tools and tool support TopLink provides.
Chapter 4, "Using Oracle JDeveloper TopLink Editor"
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Chapter 5, "Using TopLink Workbench"
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In the case of Kiyemba v Obama the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously blocks a judge's order to free 17 Chinese Uighurs (see September 17, 2006 and June 30, 2008) from detention in Guantanamo. [New York Times, 2/18/2009; Constitution Project, 2/18/2009] Not a Threat to the US - The Uighurs, members of a small Muslim ethnic and religious minority, have been in detention for seven years after being captured in Pakistan; they insist they were receiving training to resist Chinese oppression, and never harbored any ill will towards the US or had any intention of participating in attacks on US or US-allied targets. Judge Ricardo Urbina concurred in an October ruling. Even Bush officials had decided not to try to prove the 17 men were "enemy combatants"; instead, they said that they would continue imprisoning them because they had "trained for armed insurrection against their home country" in a Uighur camp in Afghanistan. The Obama administration can choose to release the Uighurs if it can find a country—the US or another nation—to accept the detainees for resettlement. Obama officials do not want to turn the Uighurs over to Chinese authorities for fear that they will be imprisoned and tortured. Two Rulings, One on Release, One on Habeas Corpus - All three appellate judges agree to overturn Urbina's order to release the Uighurs, but split 2-1 on a separate question: whether detainees such as the Uighurs have habeas corpus rights to challenge their detention. Two, Judges Arthur Randolph and Karen Henderson, say that the law, as decided by the Supreme Court in the June 2008 Boumediene v Bush case (see June 22, 2008), does not give judges the right to release detainees into the US. "Never in the history of habeas corpus," the majority opinion finds, "has any court thought it had the power to order an alien held overseas brought into the sovereign territory of a nation and released into the general population." Judge Judith Rogers dissents, writing that the ruling "ignores the very purpose" of the writ of habeas corpus, which is, she writes, to serve as "a check on arbitrary executive power." If the court has no legal right to release the Uighurs into the US, Rogers writes, the Boumediene ruling has no meaning. A lawyer for the Uighurs, Susan Baker Manning, says the ruling means innocent people "can spend the rest of their lives in prison even though the US knows it's a mistake." [New York Times, 2/18/2009] Civil Rights Organization 'Disappointed' in Ruling, Calls for Release - Sharon Bradford Franklin of the Constitution Project, a civil rights organization, writes: "We are disappointed by today's DC Circuit ruling that denies freedom to the 17 men whom the government admits are not 'enemy combatants' and yet continues to hold at Guantanamo for a seventh year. President Obama should exercise his power to release the Uighurs into the US. The appellate court's ruling that the trial court lacked the power to compel the executive branch to release the Uighurs into the United States in no way limits the ability of the executive branch to release the Uighurs on its own. We therefore call on President Obama to choose the right course and evaluate the terms under which the Uighurs may be released into the United States. The writ of habeas corpus is a fundamental constitutional right. For habeas corpus to have meaning, it must permit a court to end wrongful detentions. We regret that today's decision failed to recognize the court's ability to check arbitrary detention, such as that suffered by the Uighurs." [Constitution Project, 2/18/2009]
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Empty prison cells, fleeing residents and looted Red Cross warehouses: these are the images of life in Gao, one of north Mali's cities seized by Tuareg and Islamist rebels two weeks ago.
In video obtained by Agence France-Presse (AFP) from before, during and after the seizure, Gao appears as a city riven by chaos since March 31, when Tuareg separatists and Islamist fighters routed the Malian army in what used to be its north base.
In previously unpublished videos, an army officer tells the camera before the attack he is determined to beat the advancing rebels — who took the city of Kidal the day before and would take Timbuktu the day after, consolidating their control over the country's northern half.
"We're going to fight with everything we have," he says. "Together we can win. The enemy's not invincible."
The video shows one of the Malian army's few helicopters flying overhead.
But it failed to stop the city falling to the rebels in a matter of hours.
'God is greatest'
As shots ring out and black smoke pours from buildings, some residents flee while others loot stores, carrying away large sacks of rice and maize.
The camera then turns to a group of rebels, a motley crew carrying AK-47s and mostly clad in turbans.
Most of the group speaks Tamachek, the language of the local Tuaregs.
"Allah Akhbar," yells one in Arabic — "God is greatest!"
Two speak Fulani, a language widespread across West Africa.
An AFP translator said the Fulani men's accent was distinctly Nigerian. That appears consistent with reports from witnesses who have said some of the fighters in northern Mali are from Boko Haram, the radical Islamist group that has carried out a series of attacks in Nigeria.
'Working towards heaven'
One of the Fulani men says he is "working towards heaven".
"We're not after the good life. Everything we're doing today, we do for tomorrow," says the other.
In another video, taken on April 7, local radio journalist Malick Maiga explores an empty prison, looted Red Cross store rooms, plundered banks and a ravaged hospital.
"People took everything. Today the city is in a very critical situation," he says in front of the Red Cross building … Today is a day of desolation, of disappointment for the people, the region and the nation."
Maiga has since been attacked by armed members of the Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA), the Tuareg separatist group, he said.
"They took me by force to their camp. They hit me with weapons and threatened they'd kill me the next time," he said.
"The MNLA rebels told me that I mustn't speak badly of them and to say they are doing good work here in Gao."
Other images, taken the evening of March 31, show dozens of people waiting at the bus station in front of a ticket counter marked "Gao-Bamako".
They want to leave the city, but there is not enough space on the bus. Whole families set up camp there with their luggage to spend the night and wait for the next departure.
"I think it's more than necessary to evacuate all the civilian families in Gao," says one young traveller. "We're under threat here." — AFP