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Something a little different today. I recently decided to give the Netflix show The End of the F***ing World a go. Then I discovered it is based on a comic by Charles Forsman. So naturally, being a comic and graphic novel lover, I decided give that a go. But when I came to write my review for the comic I found I couldn't help but compare it to the TV show.
I'm not the kind of guy that always thinks the books are better and I like to judge each medium on its own merit. Sometimes I like the book more, sometimes I like the TV show / movie more. Sometimes I like them equally despite them having differences.
That isn't the case here though. I'll give the game away now, the comic is pretty bland, and I have a couple of issues with it. The show is possibly one of the most enjoyable TV shows I've ever seen. Since its release a couple of weeks ago I have watched it 3 times in total. It is likely to become a 'go-to' show for me when I just want something fun and enjoyable on in the background.
WARNING: The following post will contain major spoilers for both the show and comic. Both will be discussed in detail. You now have that information, do with it what you like. I ain't your mum, I ain't gonna tell you what to do!
Hey ho! Let's go!
Comic – James is the protag of the story and it starts with his POV. He is a loner skater guy with shabby long hair. He explains that he realised he had no sense of humour when he was 9, that he killed a cat in the woods when he was 13 by smashing its body with a stone and that at age 15 he stuck his right hand into the garbage disposal. This resulted in him losing his index and middle fingers. He kills other small animals during his teenage years and claims to remember each and every one of them. He has a dysfunctional relationship with his father and they appear to argue a lot. He is an awkward individual who doesn't really fit in with the social norms. He states that "There were times when I didn't know how to act. Sometimes I would let things happen that I didn't understand." This leads to an incident where a man giving him a ride somewhere sexually assaults him.
TV Show – James is very similar in both the TV show and the comic. There are some minor differences though. Show James burns his left hand in a deep fat fryer rather than damaging his right hand in the garbage disposal. Show James identifies as being a possible psychopath (or sociopath. I can't remember which). He initially pretends to fall in love with Alyssa because he has plans to knife her to death whereas in the comic he thinks about strangling her to death. In the comic he doesn't kill Alyssa because he recognises that she is trying to make him feel something and he makes a conscious decision not to kill her when the time comes. In the show it felt much more like James didn't kill her because she quickly changed plans on what they were going to do and he just went along with it. He then starts to grow feelings towards her in an organic way, rather than it being because it's something he is looking for. I think in the show his feelings towards Alyssa shock him, he is uncomfortable with his feelings. In the comic he almost creates a scenario to make himself feel something.
There are a few other differences, but they are small and essentially they are the same character from page to screen. The same cannot be said about Alyssa though.
Comic – Alyssa is an emo kid. There's no getting away from it. I know, I was rather emo once.
You still are! She says "I'll stare at the clouds and the blue. I'll get the feeling that everything is different. That I'm not even human or something. Like I'm a dog or a squirrel. Or an alien. An alien with no body. Only feelings. Feelings of the past… when I wasn't so conscious." … I know, right?! Somebody give this girl a hug. Don't – she'll kick your arse. She is a feisty young woman. Bored with life and the town she lives in. She regularly acts in a cocky and shocking manner just to bring some level of interest into her day. She falls in love with James after some time dating. She states "I think I love him. The boy needs someone." Although she has a hard outer shell, she is quite a gentle person inside. She lives with her mum, and her stepdad. She refers to her stepdad as a 'pervert' although we never meet either of them. She decides to go to her dad after James suggests it.
One major issue I had with comic Alyssa happens in a scene where she protects James from being sexually assaulted. It happens during a car ride after they are picked up whilst hitchhiking. She grabs the abuser/driver by the the throat and demands he pulls over. But this happens:
I know this language can be explained away by saying she was angry, and she was protecting her boyfriend and that people say things they wouldn't normally say in moments of heightened emotion, but it really got to me. It shows that comic Alyssa is homophobic. She doesn't shout that he is an abuser or anything like that, instead she decides to insult him by focusing on his homosexual actions. I immediately stopped caring about comic Alyssa at this point. I could no longer get invested in her story or really care too much about what situation she was in. Because so much of the story is essentially about Alyssa, it just spoilt the rest for me.
TV Show – Show Alyssa shares some character traits with comic Alyssa, but they are different in a number of areas. During the first episode show Alyssa gets so fed up with everyone staring at their screens and not communicating in person that she stands up and smashes her phone. I instantly fell in love with show Alyssa! I felt such an affinity with her at that moment. I don't have a mobile phone for the same reason (and a couple of others).
Show Alyssa is not homophobic in any way and is actively shown to be accepting and considerate of different sexualities. In the show she reminds James' dad that "we are dealing with a large spectrum" when discussing sexuality. She meets a guy called Topher in the show and before bringing him 'home' for sex, she asks "Do you have a boyfriend?" During the sexual assault scene, show Alyssa asks James "Are you gay? It's ok if you are, but you really should tell me."
Comic Alyssa gets home sick during their travels, whilst show Alyssa has a couple of moments when she might show a small tinge of this, but never to an amount where she sits crying in the backseat of a car. Show Alyssa is much more of a driving force than comic Alyssa. All the major decisions that move the plot along are done by Alyssa – James just goes along with most of it.
Show Alyssa is fucking hilarious and we don't really see any of that in the comic. Jessica Barden is remarkably talented and plays the character perfectly. Show Alyssa feels like she is vulnerable, but is driven in her goal to get to her dad. Comic Alyssa is vulnerable, but it's suggested by James that they go and see her dad and she just sorta goes along with it.
Show Alyssa feels like such a real person. I grew up on a low income council estate and show Alyssa reminds me of some of the people I knew back then. I live on the very edge of Yorkshire (historically part of the town was in Yorkshire) and so our local accent is very similar to that of Jessica Barden's. I remember walking down the street one day when I was about 15 years old. I walked past two girls of a similar age that I had seen around but didn't really know. They stopped me as I walked past *insert harp music and wavy flashback screen effects here*:
Girl 1: "Why are you so fuckin weird?"
Me: "I don't know how to answer that. I'm not weird to me."
Girl 1: "What?!"
Me: "Everything about me is normal to me. You're the one who views me as weird. Our perception of normality differs from person to person according to the stimuli and variety we are exposed to. You will have to tell me why you find me so weird." Yes, I was one of those annoying little shits that had an answer to everything.
Girl 2: "You ain't fuckin normal. You got long hair."
Me: "Yeah, I have."
Girl 2: "Well that's not normal is it?!"
Me: "You have long hair…"
Girl 1: "Yeah but we're girls!"
Girl 2: "Right?! No one's gonna shag you with that hair."
Me: "Note to self – keep this hair."
Girl 1: "I'd have sex with you if you cut ya hair and acted normal."
Me: "The thought alone is enough trauma, thank you."
Girl 1: "See, you're fuckin weird. I said I'd have sex with you."
Me: "I heard you. I'll pass thanks."
Girl 2: "We can go and have sex now. Over there." She points to the local children's park across the road.
Girl 1: "Yeah, we'll both do ya."
Me: "It's great to see you've overcome your repulsion of my weirdness so quickly, and the temptation is strong, but then I'd have to walk all the way over there, and then walk all the way back here and it sounds like a lot of effort just to get gonorrhea."
I walked off leaving Girl 1 stunned at the thought that I wouldn't instantly shag them, and Girl 2 shouting "Fuck off you fucking weirdo." During my teenage years I hated people like that. I was surrounded by them, but now looking back I find it hilarious. I find Alyssa hilarious. I think it is because when I was growing up, the girls mentioned above were the norm around where I lived. I wanted something different. I liked it when people decided they would just be themselves whether that made them stand out or not. Show Alyssa does what she wants when she wants. She isn't trying to fit in. I like that.
Law Enforcement: Cops and DC Eunice Noon and DC Teri Darego
Comic – They don't appear. I KNOW RIGHT?! Instead, the cop that tracks down James and Alyssa is the partner/mother/relative/friend (?) of the guy that James kills and serves as the story antagonist. The murdered guy and the cop are part of a sadistic Satanic cult. The less we say, the better to be honest.
TV Show – GEMMA WHELAN IS SO FUCKING GOOD! I love this character and I love this actor. DCs Noon and Darego are detectives working on the case of the murdered man. They track James and Alyssa across the country. DC Darego is a 'done by the book' kind of detective and DC Noon is a little more relaxed and works on her instinct much more. I love both these characters. They are wonderful and as much as I was rooting for James and Alyssa, I didn't dislike these two. They are not antagonists. They are detectives, doing their job to try and make sure no one else gets hurt.
Other characters appear in both with minor differences. The security guard that stops Alyssa after she steals from the store is gender swapped from the comic and the show. The hitchhiker abuser, the (soon to be murdered) man whose house they stay in and even the diner server all appear in both versions. As I said, there are minor changes but nothing that changes the story too much. Alyssa's dad is much more developed in the show than in the comic. In the comic, he is just a bit of an average guy that became estranged from Alyssa. In the show, he is much more eccentric and interesting.
Some characters were created for the show and don't appear in the comic. The obvious being the cop/detectives above. Frodo isn't in the comic. I really like Frodo. I don't think James' mum makes an appearance (that whole subplot is none existent in the comic… I think.) Alyssa doesn't have a brother in the comic. The police officer that deals with James after he is beaten up (another great fleeting character) isn't in the comic.
The story is similar in the comic and the show, except the comic is based in the US and the show is based in the UK. In the comic whilst hitchhiking James states he is heading for Texas. I don't think we get to learn where the show is based. It's in England. There were a number of changes made that made the show a more enjoyable story for me. In the comic James is 16 when he first meets Alyssa and he is almost 18 by the end of the story. The show takes place over a few weeks at the most, maybe even less now I think about it. I think this change really helps for the audience to go along with the ride. It helped me grow attached to the characters because I felt like I was with them on their few days of complete madness. The comic just brushes over several important scenes and feels incredibly rushed in parts. Scenes that were 10 minutes long in the show are started and finished on one page in the comic.
James and Alyssa develop a sexual relationship in the comic. This works because of the longer time frame. In the show they don't have sex. They do bits of other things but on the whole they have a sexless relationship. I'm trying to view this objectively, for those who don't know, I'm asexual and therefore don't really like it when I see a relationship that instantly revolves around sex. I think having the shorter time in the show means it makes sense that they wouldn't have started a sexual relationship, and I feel this helps us, as the viewer, connect with the characters more. I know that sounds a bit odd, and I may not be making any sense, but I liked that nothing seemed forced between the two. I like how the showrunners didn't go down that path. It's too cliche and is the obvious route. Instead what we get is a teenage relationship, with the clear desire for sex, but the awkward situations that come along with that. I suppose not having sex made their relationship stronger in a strange way.
I touched on it earlier, but in the comic James and Alyssa meet, develop a relationship and then one day, after James has an argument with his dad, they go off on an adventure together. In the show, Alyssa very much drives the plot forward. She decides what she is doing and where she is going and she simply invites James along. Of course, he agrees because by then he finds himself a little lost, is enjoying the attention and excitement and often goes along with a situation just to see what happens. As the viewer, you are forced to do the same!
The comic is a contemporary coming of age story. But it is rather bland. The show is a dark humour romp with chaos and excitement. I laugh in certain parts every time I see it. (The only other show that does that for me is The Office US) The show feels quirky and unpredictable whereas the comic feels empty in parts.
The artwork in the comic isn't very good if I am honest. It is minimalist and the style of the characters just looks odd. It's monochrome. On the whole, I like monochrome comics. I think they work exceptionally well when the story is an intimate and emotional story. Some of my favourite comics/GNs/mangas are monochrome and when done well it can really portray emotion on the page in a way that colour couldn't. Unfortunately, that is not what we have with this. It's just bland, and boring.
I gave you one spoiler warning, I ain't giving you another. Wait! I just did. Damn you and your trickster ways!! *shakes fist*
In the comic at the end, Alyssa's dad calls the cops to report the two. The cop that shows up is the Satanic bitch seeking vengeance. James ties Alyssa to a chair to make it look like he had kidnapped her and release her of any criminal charges. James escapes through a window and is shot in the leg. As he falls to the ground, Satanic bitch opens her shirt to reveal a pentagram chest tattoo and a knife. She cuts James' cheek, and cuts off his ring finger. Another cop is shouting for her to stand down. James gets the better of the exchange and headbuts Satanic bitch. He then pins her to the ground and continues to relentlessly headbut her. There is a gunshot and the panel is black, indicating James was shot. We then have a scene where Alyssa is back living with her mum and she is mourning the loss of James. She heats up a needle and burns the name 'James' into her forearm. I hate this ending! Just… bleurgh. No. It's shit.
In the TV show, when the police arrive, James knocks Alysa down with the end of a shotgun and he runs off – in a similar way of trying to protect Alyssa. Whilst he is running, we hear a gunshot and the screen goes black. That is the end. It's left open. Now, this was clearly done to leave the possibility of a second season in tact. But, it also works much better for the story. Whereas in the comic it is confirmed that James is dead, we don't know in the show. It has much more of an emotional punch to the viewer. We can decide for ourselves what happened at this point. I like this. I like the open ending. I do have one minor issue though with the police shooting. I get why the police shoot James in the comic. He was assaulting a police officer and wasn't stopping. It's very possible he would have killed her if he wasn't stopped. In the show, he is running away. Sure, he is armed, and he has assaulted a police officer and Alyssa, but he is running away. He is not an immediate threat to anyone. The UK police would not have shot him in that situation. Instead, they would have chased him and tried to corner him somewhere with the aim of arresting him. The only time they could have legally shot at him would be if he was about to shoot himself or someone else. This slightly tainted the ending of the show for me.
So we inevitably have to get to the point where I make a statement about which is better. And if you have read this far (well done on that by the way!) you probably have a good idea of which I preferred. That's right, the winner is:
Ha, I tricked ya. It's the show. It's 100% the show. The show takes the prize every single time with everything. The changes that were made in the show all make perfect sense. They are done to help develop a character or plot movement. The show made me laugh out loud, hold my breath, recoil in shock and ultimately kept me glued to the screen. It is perfect binge watching TV. The comic was just boring. And I don't think I feel like that just because I watched the show first. I read a lot of indie comics/GNs on comixology and most of them are forgettable. It's like a hunt to find the diamond in the rough most of the time. This would have been one of those comics that I simply would have forgotten after reading.
The wonderful Liz (check out her book blog Cover to Cover) asked me if I wanted a season 2 of the show. It was a hard one (he said) and I had to go for a walk to think about it. On one hand, I like the show and the open ending of it. I also think the story works because it is short and because it isn't stretched out too much. But, on the other hand, it's so fucking good how could I not want more?! I finally decided that I would want 2 more seasons of the same length and that's it. And I want James to be alive, and I want the story to continue following the two on the run from the police. Season 2 is about them on a boat and they sail to france or somewhere. Season 3 ends with them finally getting away and living somewhere abroad, together. Gemma Whelan has to return. Make it happen Channel 4/Netflix. Or ya know, do something better. Either one.
Do I want another comic? I'm glad you asked. No. I don't think I would want to read another. The story is the story of James and Alyssa, and that couldn't continue in the comic.
My rating for the comic: 1.259772 stars. This got a low rating because of how forgettable it is. But the homophobia pulled it down into the 1 star category.
My rating for the show: 5.52637 stars. Naturally.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
ESPN Continues To Struggle With NASCAR Credibility
There is a new tone being set by ESPN2 and its daily show, NASCAR Now. As opposed to older ESPN shows like SpeedWeek and RPM2Nite, this new Bristol, CT based group has decided to treat NASCAR as a source of controversy and problems. Despite the fact that the sport is over fifty years old, NASCAR Now acts as though it is "discovering" issues that are always dramatically portrayed as "critical." The problem is, NASCAR Now has labored to build any type of credibility with the fans. That struggle continues.
Today, host Doug Banks blew through the Michael Waltrip accident story without displaying any human feelings or even seeming to care about this man and his struggles. Waltrip could have been a bum on the corner who was hit by a car. This is exactly the problem. Those of us who follow the sport know the history of Michael, his connection with Dale Earnhardt Sr., and his giant leap of faith into the world of team ownership with Toyota. We know his wife, his daughter, and his world. Almost everyone has been entertained by Michael on his SPEED Channel show Inside NEXTEL Cup Racing. Whether he makes you laugh or makes you nuts, we know who Michael is and care about him as a person...because we are NASCAR fans. ESPN has consistently struggled to attach "human emotion" to this sport.
Somehow, Clint Bowyer was roped into calling into NASCAR Now for an interview about another thing ESPN is obsessed with...accidents. Bowyer again had to talk Doug Banks through the Daytona accident that took place in February. Just like people who see a NASCAR race for the first time, NASCAR Now has not yet arrived at an understanding that incidents are just a part of the sport. The Bristol, CT producers love the "violence," which we know from both the Bowyer and Reutimann accidents. These are not hockey or baseball fights, and the continued use of accident footage just because ESPN has it is amateurish.
Angelique Chengelis is always on her game, and finally someone talked plainly about the Ford issues with Dale Jarrett and Mark Martin. If Chengelis had been allowed to do the interview of Clint Bowyer, fans would have been able to get good strong questions and information, instead of Bank's scripted fluff. Perhaps, if NASCAR Now made it available, the fans could send in questions for the drivers. Anything that can help with the hideous content of these interviews.
Brad Daugherty is still an interesting person to have on a NASCAR show. Everyone on NASCAR Now has a defined role...except him. He is not called an analyst, not called an Insider, and not called a reporter. He has never been allowed to prepare a feature report, never been allowed to interview NASCAR personalities, and is brought on the show to comment on things without fans understanding his perspective or credibility. I understand he was a Busch Series owner, a diversity executive, and serves on the appeals panel. But, how does that translate to this show? Why is he talking about the "bump" at Texas or Carl Edwards being "the man?"
With Major League Baseball's key match-up of Dice-K against Ichiro following this show, the emphasis of the entire ESPN day was on what ESPN does best, stick-and-ball sports. While NASCAR has held its own during spring training, the opening of the baseball season clearly puts this sport on the back-burner at ESPN in Connecticut.
Last week's host Ryan Burr absolutely got rave reviews for his knowledge of NASCAR, his ability to interview guests, and his relationship with the NASCAR Now reporters. Fans are wondering why ESPN cannot simply put this talented man on this show right now? With baseball underway, there is even more of a need to establish some credibility for this series before it fades even further into the shadows. NASCAR Now needs Ryan Burr, and they need him now.
11 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Totally agree again, somehow I watched the full show today, but it was still unbearable. So many mistakes were made, with Doug reading from his script, and interrupting people.
- April 11, 2007 at 8:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
At least the show aired, and was not preempted by tennis, or some other sport that ESPN thinks that we might want to watch!!!!
Glenn Klima
New Milton, WV
- April 12, 2007 at 5:25 AM
- Harley said...
I am extremely disappointed with all the coverage ESPN give NASCAR, I wasn't a devoted fan when they used to broadcast races and from letening to people who were I was really looking forward to watching the "experts" cover the races. All I can say is, I hope it used to be better. It seems like a bunch of amateurs that never saw a race before.
- April 12, 2007 at 6:10 AM
- Anonymous said...
I watched the show exactly once.
After 5 minutes the mindless drivel turned my stomach.
- April 12, 2007 at 10:12 AM
- Anonymous said...
Well said, Mr. Daly. Every time I have watched "Nascar Now", they have all of the enthusiasm of a bored 5th-grader doing a speech on President William Henry Harrison. Nothing against the short-term, former president, but it is blatantly obvious that there isn't a passion for the sport that they are covering.
Their boredom has even rubbed off on the usually engaging and energetic Marty Smith. Someone needs to switch the drug they are putting into the Kool-Aid there in Bristol. What ever they are on is dragging their show down fast.
Circle Pines, MN
- April 12, 2007 at 11:32 AM
- Anonymous said...
I 100% agree. Ryan Burr needs to be the host. I don't see this show lasting very long if ESPN doesn't do something quick. Hell I live 30-45 mins from ESPN, I'll go do the show. At least I have knowledge of the sport and know what questions need to be asked. The show needs a host that is also a fan. Plain and simple.
- April 12, 2007 at 11:52 AM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the observations! The show is painful to watch ... Bring back RPM tonight or get Jayski to help. They need to change the format.
- April 12, 2007 at 1:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
I can't stand the show. Way too basic content and always way after the fact. Took it off my TiVo list the first week.
- April 12, 2007 at 5:37 PM
- TheKomoman said...
Ryan Burr is on tonight and I'm watching it as I type this. COMPLETELY different show with him at the helm. It has actual FLOW and content! What a concept.
At least I get to listen to Kernan on Sirius now. I know there's no way, but I'd love to have him & Jenkins back on ESPN.
- April 12, 2007 at 6:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
And these people are going to be in control of Jayski? What a joke thats going to be!
- April 12, 2007 at 7:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
watched the show SO refreshing to see & hear a different side of Nascar not the same old kiss up stuff as we here from the circus performers each week.Was a fan for 35 years now l watch something real WWF. Hmmm 1am in morning - lost it,sure l forgot Mikey don't drink.
- April 13, 2007 at 12:01 AM


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Tim Howard produced one of the best performances ever by a goalkeeper at the World Cup when he turned away 16 shots in the U.S. national team's loss to Belgium.
On the morning after the game, ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike Show" asked Howard what the reaction after the game was like in the locker room when Howard revealed that he was unable to immediately join his teammates in the locker room because FIFA chose him for another random drug test.
Howard did sound at least a bit skeptical about how "random" the test was.
"I got dragged into drug testing, again, randomly," Howard told ESPN Radio. "So I didn't hear all of [the reactions]."
Two players are randomly drug tested and there are only 23 players on the roster, so it may not be that surprising that Howard was selected. But Howard does suggest that he was a little surprised to be picked "again."
He later laughed when he was asked if the "randomness went out of the drug test" after the 10th or 11th save and replied, "maybe." Here are the comments.


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Motorhead, Rancid, AFI + More to Play Chicago's 2013 Riot Fest
Motorhead, Rancid and AFI are among the top acts playing as part of the 2013 Riot Fest at Chicago's Humboldt Park Sept. 13-15. The first wave of performers has just been revealed with Fall Out Boy and Blink-182 headlining the music weekend, along with the third mystery band.
The bill will also include Flag, Pierce the Veil, Rocket From the Crypt, Bad Religion, Pennywise, Against Me!, GWAR, Bad Brains, The Devil Wears Prada and Glassjaw representing the hard rock and punk genres.
In addition, there's an eclectic array of acts from a variety of genres. Those acts include the Violent Femmes, Sublime With Rome, Blondie, Public Enemy, Brand New, Dinosaur Jr., The Dismemberment Plan, Guided by Voices, All Time Low, Taking Back Sunday, Atmosphere, X, Yellowcard, Bob Mould, Best Coast, Say Anything, Saves the Day, Toots & the Maytals, Smoking Popes, Peter Hook, Surfer Blood, Saul Williams and Chuck Ragan among others.
The festival will also include a wide array of other attractions, like a ferris wheel, Tilt-a-Whirl, skee-ball, fire eaters, circus performers, marching troupes, Lucha Libra, gourmet food trucks and quality brews, guaranteed to provide a good time for all.
Three-day tickets and VIP packages for the festival are currently on sale, starting as low as $69.98. Check Ticketfly for details. Stay tuned as the remainder of the lineup will be revealed in coming weeks.


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New Scholarship Aims to Increase Special Education Faculty
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.—Penn State is offering scholarships supporting graduate-level study to become special education faculty members. The goal of the program is to produce highly trained and prepared individuals with the necessary research knowledge and teaching skills to be successful professors in special education. The program in the College of Education, called Training in the Professoriate for Special Education (TIPS), includes scholarships and other financial support in the amount of $36,000 per year.Participants will earn their doctorate in special education. To be eligible, individuals must have at least two years of full-time service in special education or a closely related field, and plan to seek a faculty position in an institution of higher education after graduation.
"TIPS provides strong students access to a nationally recognized doctoral program in special education," said David Lee, associate professor of special education and program co-director. "Special education faculty members are in high demand nationwide. These faculty members provide the infrastructure for research and teacher training in special education. This infrastructure is key in providing effective services for children with disabilities."
TIPS is a federally funded program that provides financial and academic support to full-time doctoral students in special education at Penn State.
"Often times working professionals can't leave their jobs for financial reasons," said Lee. "TIPS makes it possible for professionals with teaching experience to come back for advanced-level training."
Lee and Paul Riccomini, the co-director of the program and associate professor of special education, are both products of doctoral scholarship programs similar to TIPS.
Applications are currently being accepted for the upcoming program, which begins in fall 2014. For more information, contact Lee at firstname.lastname@example.com or Riccomini at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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8 Years Old at Diagnosis
Seth Smiles:
The youngest of five, Seth has always been easy going and has never met someone he didn't like. Born with Down Syndrome, Seth was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at 8-years-old.
Despite this diagnosis, Seth was always happy. His mom says that while Seth was more likely to have ALL because of his Down Syndrome, the "always happy" personality that comes along with Down's makes Seth incredibly resilient.
Throughout the time he spent in the hospital, he always asked for a hug when he met someone new, and often called his time with his nurses "dates."
Seth underwent six rounds of chemotherapy, an extended stay at the hospital, daily injections, and countless medications. Throughout treatment, because Seth always stayed positive, his parents had to as well. Even if they were having a bad day at the hospital, or treatment didn't seem to be working, they kept a smile on their face for Seth. His incredible attitude spread throughout the hospital and helped Seth reach the end of treatment in November of 2012.
Now in fifth grade, Seth is an active boy who loves cheering on his brothers and sister at their sporting events, and is training for the Special Olympics. He is constantly learning new things at school, and loves his teachers and friends.
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Motion Graphics of 2012 Turning into 2013!
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WPLG-TV reports that around 2 a.m. North Miami Beach police say they received the call about the lemurs on the loose around 2049 NE 173rd St.
Officers arrived to find one lemur in a tree and the other a block away. A 2-year-old girl, who police say was getting home with her parents, was attacked as she got out of her family's car. The child suffered scratches to her face and was treated at the scene.
Officers have reunited the lemurs with the owner. Police say the man claims someone broke into the cages in his back yard by cutting the lock.


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VANCOUVER -- Prospects for a proposed open-pit gold and copper mine in northern B.C. improved this week after a B.C. Supreme Court justice turfed a previous decision by two senior provincial government ministers to reject the project.
Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. asked the B.C. Supreme Court in April to overturn Environment Minister Terry Lake and Energy, Mines and Natural Gas Minister Rich Coleman's rejection last September of its $2.5-billion mining project, located 65 km north of Smithers at Morrison Lake. In a decision released Monday, Justice Kenneth Affleck set aside the ministers' decision, raising the possibility the mine could yet proceed.
"(The) ministers' decision refusing to issue the certificate failed to comport with the requirements of procedural fairness," wrote Affleck in his decision, which awarded costs to the company.
The decision appeared to place weight on recommendations that the executive director of the Environmental Assessment Office provided to the ministers before they made their decision — recommendations that did not support the project going forward, and that the company did not have a chance to respond to.
"The petitioner was encouraged to participate at every step and had been kept informed of the concerns of others," wrote Affleck. "Its complaint is that in the final crucial stage of the referral to the ministers, when the executive director firmly put his thumb on the scale, the petitioner could not see that he had done so, let alone (have) the opportunity to attempt to restore the balance."
Affleck ordered the ministers to reconsider the application, and ruled the company be entitled to review and respond to recommendations by the executive director.
John Hunter, counsel for Pacific Booker, told The Sun the company would be very pleased with the decision.
"We're not back all the way to square one, because the company has this clean (environmental) assessment, but we're at a position where the ministers have to reconsider whether they're going to grant that certificate. Hopefully they come to a different decision this time."
Hunter explained that the company had participated in a significant environmental assessment process involving provincial and federal agencies in the lead-up to the ministers' consideration of the Morrison mine.
"In the course of that process, environmental issues were identified and the company was asked to make changes," said Hunter. When the company made changes, others would be identified — ones that the company also addressed. "This went on for quite a while."
In many cases, environmental assessments conclude that projects, should they go ahead, would produce some environmental consequences that cannot be mitigated.
Not in this case, said Hunter.
"At the end of it, (the company) got what we characterized as 'a clean assessment,'" he said. "The assessment said that, provided the company did what it said they were going to do, there would be no significant adverse effects. … I think the company thought they were pretty home free."
But instead, the ministers rejected the proposed project.
Affleck's judgment overturning the province's decision on the Morrison mine proposal is a rare occurrence but a critical decision for the mining industry, according to Gavin Dirom, CEO of the Association of Mineral Exploration, B.C.
"I think this is a very important judgment," Dirom said. "This is about due process, this is about the rule of law."
Dirom was among industry observers who reacted with surprise more than a year ago when the province rejected Pacific Booker's application for an environmental certificate. He added that the province's rejection didn't "appear to represent a science-based decision, and we were concerned about its transparency, its logic and its fairness."
Reached Monday evening before he had a chance to read the full decision, Dirom said Affleck's judgment "appears to represent a fair and reasonable outcome based on the importance of upholding due process and the rule of law in this country."
Karina Brino, CEO of the Mining Association of B.C., also welcomed Affleck's decision if it helps clarify the rules for mine proponents contemplating entering the environmental-approval process.
"This is a very important decision if it is going to allow the proponent to engage in further conversations with the province about what kind of information was missing from the first time around," Brino said.
She added that the environmental assessment process is strict and rigorous, and to get to the verge of a decision "you would assume the proponent has done the work to get to the final submission," and the whole industry needs to "better understand how to get to positive decisions in a timely fashion."
Brino added that she was as surprised as anyone with the Morrison mine's rejection and she wants to take a closer reading of Affleck's judgment to see how it improves the industry's understanding of its position in relation to the overall process.
"Obviously the process has been of concern to us in terms of everything that led up to the very last-minute decision," Brino said.
"There were indications that everything was fine (with Pacific Booker's application)," she said. "Mitigation measures were accepted by the Environmental Assessment Office until the very last minute."
David Crebo, a spokesman with the ministry of environment, said the government had received a copy of Affleck's ruling.
"This is a complicated matter and we are reviewing the ruling so we can understand all aspects of it," he said.
"We will not be in a position to comment on the ruling or our next steps until we have completed our review and had a chance to speak with our legal counsel."


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Chandler: Was that place the sun?
Remember when I said I was a master of spray tan? Several of you wanted to know more, so here are a few tips for the palefaces.
1. Shower, shave and exfoliate.
2. Do not moisturize. (Use lotion only on extremely dry knees and elbows.)
3. Wear loose clothing.
4. Once inside the machine, stand with your arms out like the girl pictured below. Remember to separate your fingers though. (Think, jazz hands!)
5. Tilt your head back at a slight angle so you get an even tan on your face and neck.
6. When it's time to turn around, hold your arms out the same way as before, but keep your hands in front of your body this time. (This prevents a double spray on your hands.)
7. When you get out, immediately wipe off your hands and feet. Your hands and feet will still hold some color. Wiping them off will prevent them from being too dark.
8. Lightly dab the rest of your body with a towel. Dabbing, not wiping, will prevent streaks and an uneven tan.
9. You'll want to avoid sweating and showering for the next 6 to 8 hours. (Personally, I spray tan at night. I wait until the next morning to shower.)
10. After your first shower, you can moisturize like normal.
For me, a spray tan typically lasts 7 days.
If I'm trying to get tan for a special event, I will spray a second time 72 hours later.
Chlorine and salt water will cause the tan to fade faster.
Spray tans aren't right for everyone, but you won't know until you try.
Getting a great spray tan takes time. If you don't get it right the first time, try again.
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Rand Paul struggles to understand what he doesn't understand
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has been feuding with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for a while, and a couple of weeks ago, the governor made his pitch at a Republican National Committee meeting in Boston.
"I think we have some folks who believe that our job is to be college professors," Christie said. "Now college professors are fine I guess. Being a college professor, they basically spout out ideas that nobody does anything about. For our ideas to matter we have to win. Because if we don't win, we don't govern. And if we don't govern all we do is shout to the wind."
Hearing this, one might get a certain impression about competing contingents within the party, and the larger fight between pragmatism and idealism. Christie, in this vision, is the pragmatist, who has no use for Paul, with his head in the clouds, pondering questions better left to philosophers.
But the takeaway from this may be misleading. If one is left to believe that the junior senator from Kentucky uses his expertise on principles to compensate for his lack practical solutions, this is a terrible error. Paul is neither the learned philosopher or the practical problem-solver.
Take the senator's understanding of the concept of "rights," for example.
"There's a philosophic debate which often gets me in trouble, you know, on whether health care's a right or not," Paul, in a red tie, white button-down shirt, and khakis, tells the students from the stage. "I think we as physicians have an obligation. As Christians, we have an obligation…. I really believe that, and it's a deep-held belief," he says of helping others.
"But I don't think you have a right to my labor," he continues. "You don't have a right to anyone else's labor. Food's pretty important, do you have a right to the labor of the farmer?"
Paul then asks, rhetorically, if students have a right to food and water. "As humans, yeah, we do have an obligation to give people water, to give people food, to give people health care," Paul muses. "But it's not a right because once you conscript people and say, 'Oh, it's a right,' then really you're in charge, it's servitude, you're in charge of me and I'm supposed to do whatever you tell me to do… It really shouldn't be seen that way."
Perhaps this is "a philosophic debate" that often gets Paul "in trouble" because he's spouting gibberish.
As Paul Waldman responded, it turns out "you can be a libertarian and not actually have spent any time thinking about those big ideas!"
Paul is obviously unaware of this, but saying that health care is a right doesn't mean that doctors have to treat people without being paid, any more than saying that education is a right means that public school teachers have to work for free. Because we all agree that education is a right, we set up a system where every child can be educated, whether their families could afford to pay for it themselves or not. It doesn't mean that any kid can walk up to a teacher in the street and say, "I command you to teach me trigonometry for free. Be at my house at 9 tomorrow. You must do this, because I have a right to education and that means I am in charge of you and you're supposed to do whatever I tell you to do."
All this talk of "servitude" and "conscription" is just baffling. The only way I can interpret it is that libertarianism is something Paul picked up from his dad, and it seems to go over well with Republicans when he mentions it, but he hasn't spent any time thinking about it.
Now, I suspect some Rand Paul defenders would say, "Fine, he doesn't understand the idea of rights on a conceptual level. But he's more familiar with other stuff."
Except, he's not. The senator says he cares deeply about minority rights, which he struggles to grasp. Paul talks about drone policy, which he flubs badly. He's expressed a great interest in the Federal Reserve, which he doesn't understand in the slightest. Paul claims to hate Obamacare, but he fails to appreciate what the policy is and what it does. He says he's deeply concerned about the deficit, but doesn't know what the deficit is.
The senator has a great number of opinions, many of which appear to be completely nonsensical.
And that wouldn't be terribly problematic – there are plenty of silly people in Congress – except Rand Paul wants to be considered by friend and foe alike to be a deep thinker. He is, in Chris Christie's words, the philosophical "college professor."
As a rule, professors have some idea as to what they're talking about, especially when addressing the issues they're most heavily invested in.
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Where did they get that specific trade idea from? Read here. I'm not accusing anyone of anything here necessarily as I can't "own" a proposed trade idea, but I did happen to write about this very specific trade option on Monday…
And now, PFT talking about Hawk for Lynch
9 Responses to "And now, PFT talking about Hawk for Lynch"
DaveK Says:
September 15, 2010 at 11:29 pm |
Hawk's agent said Hawk would be open to a change in scenery:
Maybe this is falling into place.
Travis Says:
September 16, 2010 at 12:16 am |
It really does seem to be falling into place. I came home after class in college today, to read comments about Rodgers welcoming the idea of bringing in Lynch. I go to my sisters to visit, and when I get home, Hawk says he wouldn't be upset with a trade.
But then I get confused all of a sudden. I must of skimmed over and not saw on the JsOnline post that a third round pick was offered, plus a player and they were rejected. Also, the Bills were contacted last week about Lynch. The Bills have refused, and now they have notified all teams (or teams) that he is not available for trade..
What is up with that? First, getting a third round pick from him, is great for the bills. I truly don't think Lynch is going to do anything in Buffalo, from everything that's happened in the past, and everything that has lead up today with new players (C.J Spiller, Fred Jackson). Getting a third round pick to help out other parts of your team in more need seems to be the logical move, so I'm quite confused.
Giving a third would be steep. Not sure how that could be justified, because now this whole thing turns into a gamble, rather than something we can try out, and if we don't like it, we can throw it away.
Giving them Hawk just seems logical. We don't lose a pick, and we don't lose a player who has a long future here. He's not working out here, so why keep him, instead we may get someone who could really work out here.
Also, Davek.. Were you the one who doesn't agree about changing "scenery" will change a player. Not always, but it can. And in this situation, I do think coming to Green Bay would help turn around his career. I'm aware of his legal problems and the things that have surrounded him since he's entered the league. But it's never too late to pull things together.
Let's be real. These are young guys, who have hit the NFL level. Look to have bright futures. They think they're on top of the world. Estatic. They can kind of just do what they want, they've made it. But then they start to realize things as time goes by. He's not in the position he was, the starter, the future. He got a quick taste of a nice lump of money, well now he wants more, and the only way left now is to actually get his **** together.
The NFL is not an easy thing. It takes hours on end of work, preparation and dedication to have great success. Some end up not caring, giving up etc. Others are motivated at regaining the spotlight and reaching their goals. Bring him to a place where that type of attitude is displayed, and he might start to really focus more on football and being the best he can be.
But, there are idiots out there that throw an incredible life to waste. I'd trade the opportunity to live my life in the NFL. It's a dream of millions, that only thousands can experience.
DaveK Says:
September 16, 2010 at 1:16 am |
Yes Travis – I am skeptical that a change from Buffalo to Green Bay is going to change him much. I'm not saying he hasn't changed or won't change but it'll take more then just a change of scenery. He hit a women with his car and left the scene. He got caught in a car with pot and a loaded gun. He stole money from a lady at a restaurant. Yikes…
I agree with your sentiment that it seems like a real gamble to give up substantial value for a guy like that. If he was a free agent maybe you take a chance. You lose some $ but you can cut ties if needed. But, a trade is more of a gamble. You don't get Hawk back or a draft picks back if you realize a few weeks later he hasn't changed and isn't Packer people.
I'm sure TT and the Packers will perform their due diligence. If they pull the trigger it will be because they feel he is a decent guy that has matured this past year. Maybe Rodgers is vouching for him.
Nick Says:
September 16, 2010 at 10:05 am |
All I know is that if Marshawn Lynch ends up on the Packers, and A.J. Hawk is in the deal. I will not only be happy, I will give all credit to the Packergeeks blog.
Nick Says:
September 16, 2010 at 5:06 pm |
Peter King also mentioned Marshawn Lynch to the Pack in his weekly "picks" column. Packergeeks started a rumor that is gaining steam!
Travis Says:
September 16, 2010 at 6:20 pm |
That would be unreal if packergeeks were the first to think of this idea.
But really, there just seems so much in this that could allow it to work. Of course we don't know what Lynch will do? Will he continue to be that guy who makes bad decisions and acts as if certain things don't apply to him. We don't know. But if he can finally reach his senses and grow up from that College kid who thinks his life is set, we may really find a gem.
He's got the talent. He just needs the dedication to put in the work, time, and effort.
He's got some experience with a few guys on the team – Rodgers and Bishop. If they had a good relationship in College, I think Rodgers would have a big enough influence on Lynch. Doesn't mean it will be that way, but it surely could.
To be honest, I'm not going to go insane if it doesn't happen. Do I think it's worth it, yes, depending on how much it costs to get him. But giving up Hawk is worth it. I'm done with Hawk, and I wish we didn't have to deal with him anymore. Let's move onto someone else.. Lynch.
But we also need to keep in mind about our defense. Is our secondary at the level we need in order to be successful. And that's not even including injuries. If we took a major blow to our unit, what are we going to do. But from a current personnel group, is our secondary good enough for this team to have a legitimate shot at the Superbowl.
Is our Linebacker group good enough for this team to be successful? Those I'm still not sure yet. Our offense can win us games, but to count on them for every game is too much. And our defense needs to step up. Especially the secondary, and linebackers. If the unit we have are capable of that, then we don't NEED to address that area unless something comes our way.
So my thoughts are we need to really figure out if we should be focusing on adding in those positions. It's great that Lynch could be a possible addition for offense, but if we need to make a move on defense instead, that is something that should be more of a priority.
DaveK Says:
September 17, 2010 at 1:16 pm |
Wayne Larivee was a guest on Chicago station 670 'The Score' this AM. They asked about the trade rumors. Wayne said he had spoken with someone in the personal department and got the impression that trading an OL or LB for Lynch was "not their kind of move". Wayne feels the Packers are comfortable with Jackson and Kuhn and the Packers believe Nance can run well between the tackles in their one gap system. They also seem high on James Starks and think he will be a solid 3rd down back when he comes off the Pup list.
Just sounds like the Packers are comfortable enough with their RB's that they are not going to give up anything of value to get another RB.
Travis Says:
September 17, 2010 at 6:21 pm |
Yeah, it's probably 98% going to be that way. I don't expect the Packers to make any more moves, and it's not like Lynch seems to be available.
As long as the organization thought about the idea and decided what to do. They call the shots, not us. I just hope this team will have a heck of a season.
mark Says:
September 18, 2010 at 12:44 pm |
dont know anything about Lynch -ive stated before we need a running game and we dont really have one- so getting one should be paramount- i like Hawk but will we miss him? again dont know- it looks like we could do more with Khun anyway.the guy has heart.


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Red Rider BB gun brings back memories
I re-watch �A Christmas Story� season after season. Besides simply being a good movie, it rekindles wonderful emotions in us older adults. It forcefully pushes southern male buttons.
In fact, some years ago after watching the movie for the umpteenth time I decided I wanted another Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Ann kindly filled the wish.
Although I knew she�d ordered it, I dutifully waited until Christmas morning to unwrap it and go outside to shoot. Plinking with the gun wasn�t a big deal, but hearing the BBs rattle back and forth inside the magazine was absolutely delicious.
Some things bore so deeply into psyche they almost become genetic. The sound of BBs cascading inside a Daisy is one of them that hasn�t changed one iota in 60 years.
I shot a million BBs during my adolescence. I �hunted� away entire summers from can-see to can�t-see, sunrise to sunset.
To my discredit I killed thousands of birds, which now offends my adult human sensibilities. But back then I was more of a predator and less of a thinker and danced to inner reptilian drums.
But that�s neither here nor there in the natural scheme of things. I lived as a normal southern boy, and one of my more precious tools on that journey was my trusty BB gun.
What moved this subject onto this page was my grandson, Bug. He and his parental �staff� are due from Japan next week.
He�s decided that he wants to learn to shoot so to that end my BB gun and carton of BBs are waiting by the tree for his arrival. I look forward to teaching him, letting him experience one of the tiny rites of passage that boys of my generation enjoyed.
So many experiences of formative years are disappearing, lost from disuse or blown away by political winds of social engineering. Just this week the state of New Jersey moved to control BB guns. That could make Ralphie a felon.
When I saw that news I didn�t get upset. Governmental insanity is invading every nook and cranny of our lives. Bureaucratic nonsense is in full bloom, fertilized and watered with egos and speeches.
Just last week a little kid was suspended from school for sexual harassment, kissing a classmate on the hand. Hopefully those powers won�t go back into my life and bust me for my 5th grade peck on Linda Denio�s dimpled cheek.
My song dedication to many public schools is, �Dysfunction junction, what in the world is your function?� It must not be to educate children. Look at results.
With liberal politicians and teachers� unions making rules and dealing cards, the fix is in. Have you checked out our comparative ratings in the world? Nasty.
Children should play ball and tag and live a life of texture, even if they pick up a few bruises along the way. They should be taught reading, writing and arithmetic.
Bad teachers should be fired and good ones rewarded. Oh yeah, while I�m dreaming, let�s free Ralphie!
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Despite its name, the Eclipse anthology series is always luminous. And a new installment of Eclipse is always something to celebrate.
Eclipse Four, out about now, is possibly the most playful and weirdest of the bunch, and it contains some fascinating meditations on storytelling. Not to mention death, identity, and some very strange ways to travel. Spoilers ahead...
You can tell that this is going to be a tricky, storyteller-y book, right from the first story, Andy Duncan's "Slow as a Bullet." It actually starts out with a storyteller asking, "Did I ever tell you about the time Cliffert Corbett settled a bet by outrunning a bullet?" And then you get to Kij Johnson's "Story Kit," which actually starts out by enumerating the types of story, according to Damon Knight. And some of the other stories in the book have a very storyteller vibe, including Michael Swanwick's "The Man in Grey," in which a mysterious figure stands outside of reality and says "let the story begin."
Several other stories in the book, though, have a feeling of being fables or weird fairy tales, like Jeffrey Ford's "The Double of My Double is Not My Double," in which it turns out there are a whole bunch of doppelgangers of people, many of whom seem to live in a shabby house together — but then one of the doppelgangers gets an evil doppelganger of his own, and it gets very weird and trippy and complicated.
I get a similar weird surreal vibe from Nalo Hopkinson's "Old Habits," in which anyone who dies in a shopping mall is condemned to hang around the mall forever, reenacting his or her death once a day — and if you've ever thought shopping malls seemed like bleak, horrible places, this story won't do much to change your mind. And if Hopkinson's take on the afterlife isn't unsettling enough for you, then Rachel Swirsky's "Fields of Gold" will definitely freak you out, with its tale of a man and his ex-wife who are both having their "welcome to the afterlife" party on the same day — and he's not welcome at hers.
Not only do a lot of the best stories in this volume feel like a bit of a story-writing tutorial, but they often seem to deal with the idea of using stories to navigate from place to place. Like Eileen Gunn's screamingly funny/weird "Thought Experiment," in which a man somehow invents time travel via thought, and finds himself in the Middle Ages as well as Woodstock, until his leaping around threatens create so much havoc that it unravels his own personal timeline.
Like a lot of the best short stories, several of the best stories in Eclipse Four will worry at you and come to mind after you've put down the volume. You'll find yourself thinking about the marmalade cat that befriends the bean counter in Damien Broderick's story, or the dragon in a saloon full of gunfighting cyborgs and clones in Peter M. Ball's "Dying Young." I wouldn't say this volume has any particular story on the same level as Ted Chiang's "Exhalation," but there are several really terrific ones. And it's hard to think of many other anthology series that have maintained this level of quality and variety into their fourth volumes.
Eclipse Four makes a worthy addition to one of the most exciting anthology series around, and it might just give you some new ideas about storytelling.


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The Institute for Constitutional History has announced another Robert H. Smith seminar for advanced graduate students and junior faculty. This one is "The Lochner Era, 1880-1940." It will be led by Barry Cushman, the John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law and Concurrent Professor of History and Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. (Before taking his position at Notre Dame, Cushman was the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Virginia.) He has published widely on constitutional history and received the American Historical Association's Littleton-Griswold Prize for his book, Rethinking the New Deal Court: The Structure of a Constitutional Revolution (Oxford University Press, 1998).
Our friends at the ICH elaborate:
The seminar will meet Thursday evenings, 6:00-8:00 p.m., January 10, 17, 24, and 31, February 7, and 14, in the Deans Conference Room (E212) at The George Washington University Law School, 2000 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20052.
This seminar will examine significant developments in the areas of constitutional law governing social and economic regulation in the so-called "Lochner Era," extending roughly from 1880 to 1940. Attention will be given to restrictions on and changes in the scope of the federal powers to tax, to spend, and to regulate interstate commerce, as well as to limitations placed upon state and federal regulatory competence by the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, the Equal Protection Clause, the Tenth Amendment, and the Dormant Commerce Clause. We will seek to understand how these limitations and developments presented both obstacles and opportunities to regulatory reformers, how they constrained and shaped legal strategies, and why particular reformers succeeded or failed in securing their regulatory objectives. The assigned readings will include Supreme Court decisions of the period and secondary works that focus on specific topics within the period.
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The seminar is designed for graduate students and junior faculty in history, political science, law, and related disciplines. All participants will be expected to complete the assigned readings and participate in seminar discussions. Although the Institute cannot offer academic credit directly for the seminar, students may be able to earn graduate credit through their home departments by completing an independent research project in conjunction with the seminar. Please consult with your advisor and/or director of graduate studies about these possibilities. Space is limited, so applicants should send a copy of their c.v. and a short statement on how this seminar will be useful to them in their research, teaching, or professional development. Materials will be accepted only by email at firstname.lastname@example.com until November 30, 2012. Successful applicants will be notified soon thereafter. For further information, please contact Maeva Marcus at (202) 994-6562 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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WILSONVILLE, Ore. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — February 22, 2012 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced expanded support for the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM). The UVM delivers productivity gains made possible by reuse in functional verification. For verification teams with minimal exposure to UVM, the first step to implement a UVM-based verification environment is simply getting started. To facilitate that first step, Mentor introduces UVM Express, a way to progressively adopt a UVM methodology. Other verification teams have an established UVM-based verification environment, but are challenged to move their trusted verification approach up in abstraction where a new level of system verification can be achieved. For those verification teams, Mentor introduces UVM Connect, which provides standard TLM 1.0 and TLM 2.0 connectivity between models written in SystemC and UVM SystemVerilog.
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Greinke started against Houston last Saturday, but was ejected after two batters (0-2-1-0-0, 4). He came back and started Sunday's game (3-5-3-2-5, 66). And thanks to the All-Star break, Greinke was in line to start the Brewers' game last night against the Pirates (5-7-6-2-6, 97).
The last pitcher to start three games in a row was Red Faber of the 1917 White Sox. And he did it in two days! Faber started both games of a September 3 doubleheader against Detroit (lasting 4.2 and 1.1 innings, respectively), then pitched all nine innings in St. Louis on September 4.


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By Mike Mulhern
Denny Hamlin's last lap crash Sunday afternoon aggravated a long-running back injury, his team reported Monday in a brief statement:
"Denny Hamlin suffered an L1 compression fracture following an accident on the final lap of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway.
"Hamlin hopes to be released today (Monday) to fly to his home in North Carolina where he will be evaluated by Dr. Jerry Petty of Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates later this week."
Hamlin was battling Joey Logano for the lead in the final two miles when they banged doors several times. Logano ended up in the outside wall, Hamlin in the inside wall.
The spot where Hamlin hit was one of the places on the track where there is no soft-walls SAFER barrier. Track officials say placement of such soft walls is under NASCAR's control.
NASCAR officials have planned a press conference Tuesday afternoon, and Hamlin's crash may be one of the topics under discussion.
Hamlin's back problems have hampered him over the last year or so. He sat out a race last summer rather than risk further aggravating his back.
Hamlin was airlifted Sunday to a local hospital, to avoid heavy post-race traffic.
It is not clear if Hamlin might need any surgery. The NASCAR tour has a week off for Easter, returning to action next week for the April 7th Martinsville 500, a race in which Hamlin would be heavily favored.
If Hamlin were to miss the Martinsville race, his team would earn no points with a substitute driver. That is an often criticized NASCAR rule, which forces injured drivers to attempt to race no matter how seriously injured.
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I may be completely wrong here, but isn't the rule that the team would still be eligible for points for the owner's championship?
Rather than them not earning points, it's just that the driver would not get points towards the chase (unless a driver committed to NSCS).
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It's one thing when you're introduced by someone else. But what if you have to introduce yourself?
This isn't as rare as it may seem. In many of my professional organizations, time is set aside for a round-robin of self introductions, as in "Let's each introduce ourselves briefly to the group before our speaker begins." In this case, audience members are introducing themselves. If you're the main speaker, you may need to fill in if the moderator, host or organizer is out of the room or otherwise absent. In many ways, I find it preferable to introduce myself, but it takes some finesse. Here's how to handle making yourself known to a group:
- Dial it down just enough: When someone else introduces you, it's fine for them to emphasize your big award or recent honorific. Just don't do it yourself, unless you do so obliquely. You'll score bigger points if you summarize your credentials succinctly and sparingly. If you know ahead of time that you'll be doing a self-introduction, make sure the audience has a printed bio--also short--or that you've supplied the group with a short standard bio to post online.
- Take charge of your intro: Use humor, be selective, and chisel those introductory words to explain why you're here today--immediately, you'll stand out. At a networking meeting, being precise about what you're looking for today sets up instant topics of conversation for you.
- Crowdsource your bio: For the brave and well-friended, ask your audience to help you. Pick three colleagues (ideally, prep them ahead of time) and ask them to say one reason the group should know you....or one thing they should know about you.
- Reflect your audience: Taking an informal show-of-hands poll of the audience is an excellent way to get your group's attention in many situations. If you start with a poll before you introduce yourself, you'll look confident--and can use what you glean from the respondents to share information about yourself, keying what you say about yourself to the group's mood and preferences.
- Get serious about your introductions: On the don't get caught blog, I share how to write a suite of introductions of varying lengths. You'll want these to provide to anyone introducing you--and one of them should be written in case you have to use it about yourself.
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Mar 21, 2020 - Daylight Saving Time Started
When local standard time was about to reach
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Saturday, March 21, 2020, 1:00:00 am local daylight time instead.
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Blu Tuesday: Gonzo Depp, Fallout Shelters and the Female Woody Allen
It's another big week for Blu-ray fans, and not because you can finally watch the latest installment of the "Twilight" saga in the comfort of your own home. Though "Breaking Dawn: Part One" was released last Friday, therefore making it eligible for this week's column, there were fortunately plenty of other great titles to choose from. And because I don't want to waste another second on that godforsaken franchise, let's get right to it.
It's no secret that Johnny Depp is a big fan of Hunter S. Thompson (in addition to playing a fictional version of him in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," he also narrated "Gonzo," the 2008 documentary about the writer), and "The Rum Diary" was a project that he had been trying to get made for several years prior to Thompson's untimely death. Unfortunately, while Depp clearly has a lot of fun channeling the eccentric journalist yet again in this adaptation of the writer's "lost novel," the movie is a rambling mess that fails to find any sort of rhythm over the course of its 120 minute runtime. The acting is solid and there are some great set pieces throughout, but it doesn't really add up to anything of much substance. Having never read any of Thompson's work, that may have very well been the point, but that doesn't make the film any more accessible or entertaining.
Blu-ray Highlight: Though fans of Hunter S. Thompson will undoubtedly enjoy "The Rum Diary Back-Story," a 2002 documentary that features Thompson and many others talking about the publication of the novel and the long road to adapting it for the big screen, I found the much briefer making-of featurette, "A Voice Made of Ink and Rage," more interesting. In it, Johnny Depp and director Bruce Robinson discuss making the film while still keeping Thompson's spirit alive on set. (Hint: It involved plenty of rum.)
There always seems to be at least one indie movie that emerges as a potential dark horse in the months leading up to the Oscars, and this year, that film is "Take Shelter." Although it was overlooked by every major awards show, that hasn't stopped some cinephiles from insisting that it deserved more recognition. In fact, my own critics group awarded the movie the #3 spot in our annual Top 10 and handed Best Actor honors to star Michael Shannon. But while "Take Shelter" is certainly a good film, I'm not convinced that it's a great one, even in a year saturated with underwhelming movies. Shannon's intense performance as a family man suffering from visions of an impending apocalypse has garnered a lot of attention, but it's really no different from the work that the bug-eyed, off-kilter actor has been consistently delivering for years. Whether or not you actually like the film ultimately comes down to its polarizing ending, however, because it's about as love-it-or-hate-it as they come.
Blu-ray Highlight: There are actually quite a few good bonus features on the disc – including an audio commentary by writer/director Jeff Nichols and actor Michael Shannon, as well as a short but sweet making-of featurette – but the best of the bunch is a surprisingly funny Q&A with Shannon and co-star Shea Whigham where they chat about how they got involved with the project and reveal other anecdotes from the set.
I missed out on seeing Lena Dunham's "Tiny Furniture" when it debuted at SXSW two years ago; it was my first time at the event and I didn't want to take the chance on a movie I knew nothing about. But after it won the festival's award for Best Narrative Film, I made a mental note to watch it as soon as it was available on Blu-ray. Although I didn't fall quite so head-over-heels for the movie as some, "Tiny Furniture" serves as a great showcase for a promising young talent who's already drawn comparisons as a female Woody Allen. Granted, Dunham still has a ways to go – both behind the screen and in front of it – but the cornerstones are already there in her smart and funny writing. Your mileage will vary depending on how much you can tolerate Dunham's hopelessly self-involved protagonist, but while "Tiny Furniture" is definitely rough around the edges, it's worth seeing if only to bear witness to a filmmaker on the verge of a major breakout.
Blu-ray Highlight: Criterion always does a fantastic job with their Blu-ray releases, and "Tiny Furniture" is no exception. In addition to an engaging 30-minute conversation between writer/director/actor Lena Dunham and rom-com guru Nora Ephron, the single-disc effort also includes Dunham's first feature, "Creative Fiction," four of her early shorts, and an interview with Paul Schrader. They're all highlight-worthy extras, but the discussion between Dunham and Ephron is something that any film fan will enjoy.
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Playing his career in the shadow of his older brother and teammate Bobby Hull, Dennis Hull was born on this date in 1944.
Dennis and Bobby Hull
Hull played junior hockey with the St. Catharines Teepees of the Ontario Hockey League beginning in the 1960-61 season and gave no indication of what was to follow with two seasons of 10 and 18 points. The team became sponsored by the Chicago Black Hawks in 1962 and thus became the St. Catharines Black Hawks. In 1962-63 Hull raised his point total to 48 before impressing the following season with 48 goals and 97 points, doubling his total from the previous season.
He made the Chicago roster in 1964-65 and saw action in 55 games, scoring 10 goals as a rookie. The club determined he needed some additional seasoning in 1965-66, and Hull was sent to the minors for 40 games with the St. Louis Braves. He also played 25 games with Chicago that season, but his lone goal raised cause for concern.
Those fears were calmed in 1966-67 when he played in all 70 games, scoring 25 goals and 42 points. Two seasons later Hull registered his first 30 goal season. The only problem for Dennis was that Bobby was in his 12th season for the Black Hawks, had ten seasons of 30 goals or more and scored an NHL record 58 goals that same season. Such was life for Dennis Hull in the NHL.
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Dennis had a very good 1970-71 season, setting a career high in goals with 40 and nearly catching Bobby, who had 44 while now having been paired with Pit Martin and Jim Pappin on the "MPH Line", which came from the trio's last initials. The team also excelled, making a playoff run that would take them to the first Stanley Cup Finals in Dennis' career.
Dennis spent 13 seasons with the Black Hawks
For their final season as teammates, Dennis had his third 30 goal season and set a new personal best with 69 points. For 1972-73, the hockey world was turned on it's ear with the arrival of the World Hockey Association, who made Bobby their marquee attraction by signing him away from the Black Hawks by virtue of a million dollar contract.
This defection resulted in Bobby being blacklisted from the Team Canada roster for the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union, despite his undoubted offensive capabilities. Dennis though, was still a member of the NHL and became part of Team Canada, at the urging of his brother following Dennis' thoughts of boycotting the series in support of Bobby. Dennis was paired with New York Ranger teammates Jean Ratelle and Rod Gilbert, and scored two goals and four points in the four games he played in.
Dennis in a 1972 Team Canada jersey
With the 50 goal scorer Bobby now out of the lineup, everyone feared what the impact would be on the Black Hawks, but the MPH Line stepped up to fill the void, and all three players hitting at least 90 points and raising their previous season total by a minimum of 21 which saw Dennis Hull score 39 goals and set a career high with 90 points. That season, Chicago would again return to the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time in Hull's career.
The 1972-73 Chicago Blackhawks
In 1973-74, Hull would play in 74 games, his eighth consecutive season of 70 games or more, a streak broken the following season when he played in "just" 69 games. He followed that with playing 80 and then 75 in his final two seasons with the Black Hawks. In all, he would play 824 games out of a possible 848 games once he established himself as a regular with the club 11 seasons earlier, a rate of 97% for the model of reliability and consistency he, and the MPH Line, provided the Black Hawks.
Hull was acquired by the Detroit Red Wings for the 1977-78 season, his final one before retiring as a player.
His final NHL totals are 959 games played with 3030 goals and 351 assists for 654 points and he would appear in six NHL All-Star Games, including the 1974 version with linemates Martin and Pappin.
Known for his outgoing personality and sense of humor, he wrote a book entitled (in reference to his nephew and Bobby's offensively gifted son Brett Hull) "The Third Best Hull - I would have been fourth best but they wouldn't let my sister Maxine play."
Bobby, Brett and Dennis Hull
Today's featured jersey is a 1972-73 Chicago Black Hawks Dennis Hull jersey as worn during Hull's career year when he played for Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series and then went on to the best season of his NHL career with 90 points.
The Black Hawks adopted this jersey style in 1955 and it has become an icon in the world of hockey, remaining essentially unchanged for over 55 years.
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Hull has gone on to a career as a public and motivational speaker, and here he is telling some of his humorous stories.
Here are highlights of Game 6 of the 1972 Summit Series, in which Hulls scores a goal for Team Canada.
Finally, a pair of intertwined interviews from WGN TV in Chicago, hosted by long time Cubs announcer Jack Brickhouse. Bobby clearly got the better background for his interview...
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Let me take one more crack at bad movie review writing:
Subsidy Wars, The Sequel opens with the Big Bad Villain — starring, once again, Ontario — flaunting its subsidized charms and threatening to lure the Object of Our Desire, the fickle film industry, away from Beautiful And Wholesome But Naive B.C. Meanwhile, a Little Band of Heroes struggles to Save the Day. But to defeat Evil on this scale, they need the help of seemingly uncaring Big Brother in Victoria. Can he be convinced to intervene in the Nick of Time?
If you find this trite and even familiar, your memory is to be commended. The words are lifted almost word for word from a column I wrote early in 2010.
Yet, three years old or not, this is the old story, masquerading as new, that is unfolding today. Not that I'm prescient, but rather that the film industry and its backers are tiresomely repetitive.
The 2013 version of this drama features an online petition that, when I checked on Tuesday afternoon had topped 16,000 signatures and was slowly growing.
The petition is sponsored by a group called Save B.C. Film, and its pitch for support underlines the industry's need for the provincial government's "enthusiasm for maintaining an attractive taxation scheme." That is, bigger subsidies.
As well, "We need your support," it continues. "Without it, you jeopardize not only our industry standards, but our livelihoods as well, leaving many of us with no alternative but to draw upon social programs like employment insurance and welfare."
The petitioners make a valid point that B.C. is losing market share in the Canadian film business to Ontario, which has a richer package of subsidies than ours. But the premise of the petition goes well beyond this, maintaining our dud of a provincial government has done nothing to stop the film industry's steady slide.
But this is wrong for a couple of reasons.
For one thing, B.C. filmmaking is not exactly in a steady slide. The total that the industry, mostly foreign companies, has spent in B.C. has wavered for years around the $1-billion mark, mostly on the plus side. To look at a few specific examples, in 2011 — the year the Canadian dollar finally overtook the value of the U.S. greenback — it actually rose 16 per cent to almost $1.2 billion. And in 2009 — the year before the province caved in to a pitch from the industry for bigger subsidies and the year in which the Canadian dollar made its greatest strides in value — it hit a recent-year high of more than $1.3 billion.
So it's volatile, yes. But it's not in a steady decline, and not particularly tied to either subsidy levels or the dollar's value.
Even more off-base is the presumption of the pro-subsidy tub-thumpers that the provincial government has done nothing for them. Indeed, my view is that it does too much to prop up the 25,000 or so British Columbians who work in movies and TV — at the expense of the 4,375,057 or so who don't. Last year, the province spent $219 million on the industry's "tax credits," and this year the number is expected to hit $325 million.
Finally, there's the question of whether failing to raise these already massive subsidies would really jeopardize the industry and throw all 25,000 out of work?
No one knows the future with certainty, but this is highly doubtful, to put it mildly. A study done half a dozen years ago reckoned that if the subsidies were completely dropped, the B.C. industry would likely shrink by about 15 per cent — significant, but not catastrophic, and well within the fluctuations we already see.
But even if the petition-writer's worst hyperbolic nightmare came true and all 25,000 film and TV workers lost their jobs, where would this leave the rest of us?
By my calculations, we might be better off. Even if, as the writer warns, they all end up on welfare, the cost to the taxpayer for each single individual will be just $7,320 a year. Which is a lot less than the $13,000 that, on average, we pay now to subsidize each worker in the industry.