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Plain packaging – a dirty war alright!
Some of you might have read the Independent article today "The PM, his pro-smoking aide, and a dirty war over cigarette packaging". In the article it says (amongst other things…)
"…The All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health has asked Vince Cable, the Trade and Industry Minister, for reassurances that Mr Littlewood will not be advising on tobacco-related matters because of his "clear conflict of interest".
"….Deborah Arnott, chief executive of the anti-smoking organisation ASH, said: "Mark Littlewood is not independent, he has nailed his colours to the mast by supporting the tobacco industry-funded campaign against plain packs, just as he did its campaign to bring smoking back to our pubs."
Nailed his colours to the mast ? Too right he has – and years ago. Mark Littlewood (founder of, and former blogger here at LV) has been a passionate smoker, and blogger on the issue for years – and not just on tobacco. He has stood up to governments on tobacco and alcohol and drugs and gambling and a number of other lifestyle issues time and again here on this very blog, on the media. You name it Littlewood has been there.
…And long before he started this blog, when he was the spin doctor for the Lib Dems he was positively evangelical about people's freedoms, civil (co-founder of no2id) and personal.
And who did he report to when working at the Lib Dems ? A certain Lord Rennard. The same Lord Rennard who just happens to be the vice chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health – (which is also chaired by Stephen Williams MP – also a Lib Dem) – the group that happened to make the complaint about Mark Littlewood to erm… fellow Lib Dem Vince Cable. Priceless! What is that about? Memory loss?
There can be nobody on the APPG – not Lord Rennard the vice chair or Stephen Williams the chair, nor anyone at ASH or indeed Vince Cable that doesn't know Mark's stance on tobacco – nor that he has held this stance for decades.
Surprised the Independent didn't seem to know any of that – or perhaps just chose not to mention any of that in their article. No – Their stance is to allude to what monies Mark Littlewood's current organisation might receive from tobacco. As if this would make any difference to Mark Littlewood. It would be laughable were it not all so darned serious.
Personally I find it utterly hypocritical that the entire anti-tobacco health industry feels free to spout their "personal heart-felt beliefs" on smoking to Andrew Lansley and the Department of Health without any qualms. Indeed self-confessed tobacco-haters are commissioned and paid for by the Department of Health to produce "independent" government policy papers on smoking. Yet these people – or their mouthpieces – go charging off to the Trade and Industry Minister as soon as someone, whose personal beliefs are at odds with theirs, gets anywhere so much as a foot into the doors of power. And who was it I wonder that gave this story to the Independent?
What ever the "Independent" might imply or the APPG disingenuously assert, this attack has nothing to do with tobacco funding any organisation. It is indeed, as the "Independent" headline says, a dirty war. Because this is an attempt to use the power and privilege of parliamentary position to blacken a man's name; to cow Mark Littlewood personally into shutting up, or attempt to force his employers into gagging him. I sincerely hope that neither will occur.
As for the APPG on Smoking and Health – a group that receives funding, "admin support" and "briefing papers" from the anti-smoking campaign group ASH – well it is about time this parliamentary loophole to power and influence was plugged once and for all.
Angela Harbutt is a proud campaigner for the Forest run campaign Hands Off Our Packs , opposing the introduction of plain packaging of tobacco.
Update : read also related pieces here – Velvet Gove Iron Fist , Alex Massie at the Spectator and Simon Clark-Taking Liberties


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Pope explains he's resigning for 'good of the Church'
In warmly received address, Benedict XVI tells thousands of faithful that 'these days haven't been easy for me'
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI told thousands of faithful Wednesday that he was resigning for "the good of the Church" — an extraordinary scene of a pope explaining himself to his flock that unfolded in his first appearance since dropping the bombshell announcement.
Looking tired but serene, the 85-year-old Benedict basked in a standing ovation when he entered the packed hall for his traditional Wednesday catechism lesson. His speech was interrupted repeatedly by applause, and many in the audience of thousands had tears in their eyes.
A huge banner reading "Grazie Santita" (Thank you Your Holiness) was strung up at the back of the room.
Benedict appeared wan and spoke very softly, but his eyes twinkled at the flock's warm and heartfelt welcome. He repeated in Italian what he had told his cardinals Monday in Latin: that he simply didn't have the strength to continue.
"As you know, I have decided to renounce the ministry that the Lord gave to me on April 19, 2005," he said, to applause. "I did this in full liberty for the good of the Church."
He thanked the faithful for their prayers and love, which he said he had "physically felt in these days that haven't been easy for me." And he asked them "to continue to pray for me, the church, and the future pope."
The atmosphere was festive and warm, if somewhat bittersweet, as if the crowd was trying to ask him to stay with them for just a bit longer. A chorus of Italian schoolchildren serenaded him with one of his favorite hymns in German — a gesture that won over the pope, who thanked them for singing a piece "particularly dear to me."
"He gave us eight wonderful years of his words," said Ileana Sviben, an Italian from the northern city of Trieste who couldn't hide her sadness. "He was a wonderful theologian and pastor."
"We were just coming for vacation, and now we are getting all of this!" marveled Terry Rodger, a tourist from New Orleans as he headed to the audience. "I am very excited. I'm surprised."
But the Rev. Reinaldo Braga Jr., a Brazilian priest studying theology in Rome, said he was saddened when he first heard the news.
"The atmosphere was funereal but nobody had died," he said. "But then I realized it was a wise act for the entire church. He taught the church and the world that the papacy is not about power but about service."
It was a sentiment the retiring Benedict himself emphasized Wednesday when he told his flock that the "path of power is not the road of God."
The audience included groups of nuns waving papal flags, and among the clerics, US Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned as archbishop of Boston at the height of the clerical sex abuse scandal in the United States.
Benedict is the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years, and the decision has placed the Vatican in uncharted waters: No one knows what he'll be called or even what he'll wear after Feb. 28.
The Vatican, however, revealed some details of his final day as pope, saying he would attend a morning farewell ceremony with his cardinals and then fly off by helicopter at 5 p.m. to the papal summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo.
Under that timetable, Benedict will be far from the Vatican when he ceases being pope at 8 p.m. — a deadline decided by Benedict himself because that's when his normal workday ends.
Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said no formal or symbolic act was needed to make his resignation official at that time, because Benedict has already done all that was required to resign by affirming he had taken the decision freely.
Benedict's final official acts as pope will include audiences with the Romanian and Guatemalan presidents this week and the Italian president on February 23.
Making sure the transition goes smoothly, Benedict made an important appointment Wednesday, naming the No. 2 administrator of the Vatican city-state, Monsignor Giuseppe Sciacca, as a legal adviser to the camerlengo.
The camerlengo, or chamberlain, helps administer the Vatican bureaucracy in the period between Benedict's resignation and the election of a new pope.
The current camerlengo is Benedict's longtime trusted aide, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state. Bertone takes over the moment Benedict retires and will play a key role in organizing and participating in the conclave to elect a new pope, expected sometime in mid-March.
At that conclave, the church's 117 cardinals under the age of 80 will get to vote on who should succeed Benedict.
The Vatican has made clear that Benedict will play no role in the election of his successor, and once retired, he will be fully retired. He plans to live a life of prayer in a converted monastery on the far northern edge of the Vatican gardens.
But his continued physical presence within the Vatican walls has raised questions about how removed he really will be from the life of the church. Lombardi acknowledged that Benedict would still be able to see his friends and colleagues.
"I think the successor and also the cardinals will be very happy to have very nearby a person that best of all can understand what the spiritual needs of the church are," Lombardi said.
Benedict is expected however, to keep a low public profile.
As a result, Benedict's final public appearances — his last general audience will be February 27 — are expected to draw great crowds, as they may well represent some of the last public speeches for a man who has spent his life — as a priest, a cardinal and a pope — teaching and preaching.
And they will also give the faithful a way to say farewell under happier circumstances than when his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, died in 2005.
The audience was the start of a busy day for Benedict: he will also preside over Ash Wednesday services later in the day to mark the official start of the Catholic Church's solemn Lenten season. The service is usually held in a church on Rome's Aventine hill, but was moved at the last minute to St. Peter's Basilica. The Vatican said the shift was made to accommodate the crowds, though it will also spare the pope the usual procession to the church.
The Vatican insisted no serious medical ailment was behind Benedict's decision to retire, though it admitted for the first time on Tuesday that Benedict has had a pacemaker for years and recently had its battery replaced.
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My first degree was in Fine Art and I then studied stained glass at Central St Martins in the early nineties, and an MA in Public Art at Chelsea. My first public commission was for a school in Sunderland. Since then I have made windows for a hospital in Ham, a public hall in Isleworth and a museum in Haslemere. I have also undertaken many private commissions including my most recent window 'Birds and Beech Tree'.
My work is concerned with detail, representation and narrative. The stained glass medium adds luminosity, vibrancy and colour. The restraints of the medium are always an interesting challenge.
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2002: Haslemere Museum, Surrey. 'The Volunteers' window, 16 panels depicting pond life
2000: Isleworth Public Hall, Middlesex. 'Isleworth heron' window
1999–2000: The Families Unit, Cassel Hospital, Ham, Surrey. 'The seasons', windows in entrance and stairwell
1997: Pockford House, near Chiddingfold, Surrey. 'Tockford pheasants', window for a sixteenth century barn.
1996: The Children's Centre, Cassel Hospital, Ham, Surrey. 'Colours and nature', courtyard.
1996: Castletown Primary School, Sunderland. 'The months of the year', 12 panels.
1995: Rotherhithe Primary School, London. 'Creation myths', 6 panels.


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Contributor and NYC based photographer, Bryan Derballa compiles his best photos of 2011.
Cold, snow, more snow, boogie board, San Francisco, shot down, Bush - "Comedown", Baker Beach at twilight, WSJ day shifts, "Finding Emilie" on Radiolab, last minute to trip to India, Nike, cricket, missing Tahir, The Forever War, next stop Brazil, Rio at night, server switch nightmare, Cameron takes care of me, acai bowls, boat down the Amazon, floodplains, Sabá, sleeping in hammocks, avocado and guarana shakes, water buffalo, Mubarak ousted, Danilo and Matt move to Humboldt Hollow, 31 hours to New Zealand, surf contest, Corey Lopez, surfing Rere rockslide, retracing old steps, sleeping at the playground, Scientology, family I've never met, retirement plan, first niece, soccer stadiums, Milan, Madrid, Glasgow, London, royal wedding party, FT meet, Fleetwood Mac - "Everywhere", photojournalists killed in Libya, understanding mortality, Annelise's welcome home dinners, press pass, 36 hour relay race, Alex Welsh is a trooper, Lil' B, The Daily, Catskills, Tree of Life, the usual hustle, Sarah MacLachlan and Run DMC, House of Vans, LOOK3, crystal cave, Austin, Pure X, Sleep 8 Over, Silent Diane, Barton Springs, Topo Chico, Elias runs Austin, Pandora stock, brutal breweries, rogue Williamsburg bridge dance, crush on Lexi, sweat, summer camp revisited, moon shadows, momentary Amsterdam, delicious meal at Marius, Carolina cabin, waterfall in the backyard, Jacob Biba's stunning performance, high-octane, Turtleback Falls, Bust Ass Falls, Courthouse Falls, Babel Towers, Hallie is a friend forever, Chubaby11, sad music DJ set with van performance, Outfield - "Your Love", friends, nostalgia, Vic Blue moves to NY, Rwanda cycling in the New Yorker, can't see Bon Iver through the fence at Prospect Park, old skate videos, Liz + Joel, hurrican't, AARP, 9/11 Memorial, third macbook of the year, Erik + Carrie, Kari in DC, Mustafah bails, corn maze, Newfoundland, Creators Project, paintball, printer, $10,000 for Craig Murphey Benefit, Mom goes vegan, treehouse, Occupy, street style, Morning Benders move back, Sweet Tooth "No Light" video, peanut butter tofu, Al Sharpton, Wylie + Claire, Sleep No More blows my mind, Don Bosco Prep, Friendsgiving gone awry, FCUK, Miami, night swimming, Mojo and Pei Pei, Whole Foods in Austin, double lunch and double dinner in SF, Flore, holidays parties, Ben Ritter's Nirvana cover band, Babe Island Christmas card, ghost town. A damn good year.
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Merge automake into head
- Do a better job at drawing the merge lines by selecting the shortest path from the revision boxes. An analysis is now done whether the source and destinations should be on the left or right side. - Fix the left_right case for merge lines to display correctly. - Fix a +/-1 error on the merge lines to account for both rounding errors and the shadow of the revision boxes. - Add configuration option 'merge_on_tag' to force the left_right case to display merge lines on the tags instead of on the top/bottom sides. This also solves imagemap overlaps where multiple sources or destinations would be displayed at the same position. - Fix the imagemap function to record the correct position of the merges.
Fix merge lines in imagemaps after fixing the merge lines
Prepare release 1.6.1
Do a better job drawing merge lines between branches that originate from the same parent branch by originating the lines to the right/bottom.
- Added dynamic colors and strings for more flexibility in visual representations of the tree. - Added keyword rev_idtext to define the revision ID in a revision box. Normally this would show the revision number, but can now be changed dynamically. - Fix dashed lines when stripped revisions have mergepoints attatched
Implemented multiple regex match for triplets merge_{from,to,color} so that merges can be detected with more disjoined tag definitions.
- Fix fixed background color - Fix width adaption of image width if error strings are displayed
Cvsnt merges should be enabled by default as mentioned in the manual page.
Change color management to reduce used colors. This will help future color extensions with color changes based on context/content. The default setup uses 10 colors now instead of 14.
- Fix merge lines to untagged revisions when strip_untagged is active - Prepare release 1.5.2
Fix total branch-count when branches are folded.
Make timezone mangling with environment POSIX compliant. Should make Solaris happy again.
Do not strip mergepoint linked revisions.
Fix a potential zero length string allocation.
Implement selection of png compression level with image_compress and enable interlacing (progressive load) for both png and jpeg images with image_interlace.
Added patch from Gordon Hollingworth <Gordon.Hollingworth {at} TTP.com> to use mergepoints as implemented by CVSNT. Adapted the patch to enable both tag-detected merges and mergepoints to be shows at the same time.
Change the timezone stuff to fix localtime calculation as suggested by Henrik Carlqvist <henca {at} users.SourceForge.net>
- Add resorting of branches on how many revisions they have. This saves space under circumstances.
- Add patch from Henrik Carlqvist <henca {at} users.SourceForge.net> * add option rev_hidenumber for disabling revision number display. * add option tag_ignore_merge for disabling merge_from/merge_to display if matched with tag_ignore. - Add option merge_findall so that merge_from/merge_to tags can have multiple matches. - Fix some whitespace to tab.
Add a configure check for sys/wait.h so that Windows/MingW should compile without editing cvsgraph.c.
- Added drawing of partial trees. You now can select a subtree based on a revision number, branch number or symbolic tag to show only that part of the tree. New config option branch_subtree selects which part is shown. If the subtree is empty, then the whole tree is shown. - Most error and warning messages are now displayed in the graph, instead of being written to stderr. This enables you to see an image eventhough errors might be present. The old method would generate a corrupt image. New configuration options include msg_color and msg_font to control the looks of it. Messages are always printed at the bottom of the image. - Fixed a bug in the folding code where subtrees would not fold correctly. - Added diff links in the map-generation for detected merges so that you can get the differences in merge-operations. The options map_merge_href and map_merge_alt must be set accordingly.
Make sure that the HEAD tag doesn't get zapped by tag_ignore/tag_negate
Add tag_negate option so to include matching tags instead of ignoring them
Up the version number now so I don't forget it like last time...
Implement tag-ignoring on basis of a regular expression
Fix the version number
Fix a longstanding date-bug in showing local time. Now timezone is accounted for.
- Fix XHTML
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 - Add HTML-izing '&' to & and '"' to "
Fix execution flags of regexec(). Spottet by and many thanks to Morten Sylvest Olsen
- Add the arrow patch from Haroon Rafique <haroon.rafique {at} utoronto.ca> - Adapt the arrow patch to be more configurable
- Fix off by one error in html-izing string expansions - Fix wrong font in branch-box - Fix imagemaps to contain references to each branch in folded branchboxes. - Prepare for release 1.4.0
- Implement folding for all branches on the same branchpoint if empty. New option branch_foldall controls this behavior. See cvsgraph.conf(5) for details.
- Fixed a bug in the initial placing of left to right displaying. - Half-fixed a bug in the kerning code, where a loop-safeguard was triggered way too soon (at 100 iterations). This has now been changed to 10000, but should be dependent on the number of drawable branches, as the function is _at least_ order O(N^2). However, more analysis is required to ensure safe guarding under all circumstances. - Implemented folding of empty branches. Many uses of CVS create many branches on the same revision but have no commits on them. This occurs often with stable files like .cvsignore files and the like. A new configuration option branch_fold enables imaging consequtive brances with no commits in the same branch-box. This reduces images by a huge factor (28000x1700 -> 2100x2300, i.e. a factor of 10). It also speeds up drawing considerably. The branch_fold option is *on* by default. - Fix duplicate branch-boxes (branch_dupbox=true). No duplicates should be created if there are no commits on a specific branch. There is no reason for having two boxes on top of each other.
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- add merge visualization - Provide solution for possible XSS bug in tag expansions
- Implement different HTML levels for imagemaps. - Add new commandline option for HTML level - Update docs
Add rev_maxtags config to limit number of tags per revison box Hopefully fix configure.in (finally?)
Hopefully fixed configure problems Prepared new release 1.3.0
Finished implementing left_right drawing.
First changes for left_right drawing of the tree. Still missing proper branch_dupbox, upside_down and imagemap support.
Fix possible exploitable buffer overflow in string expansion
Fix a coredump on SGI in bsearch and remove c++ comments. Thanks to Sjoerd Mullender.
- Fix browserbug ordering y-coordinates - Speed up parsing by bypassing deltatext parse - Add logentry expansion
- Remove debug stuff before release - Fix strip_first_rev so that it works the right way around
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- Added a new version of auto_stretch. It seems to work better bit it still needs improvement (a lot) - Added TrueType support. This solves also a problem of missing libraries if libgd needs -lttf or -lfreetype.
Major code update to enable some more features. The new formatting scheme is not yet 100%. This should be close to version 1.2.0.
- Updated the docu a bit - Renamed the branch_mirror to branch_dupbox which is more appropriate - strip_untagged displays now draw dashed connector lines to indicate a jump
- Added upside-down imaging of the tree - Added extra branch-box at the bottom/top of the trunk - Added stripping of untagged revisions
- Add binary mode in file opens for DOS/Windows - Extend width of image to title width minimum - Up the version number (forgotten in version 1.1.3)
Update configure to check for getopt.h which does not exist on Solaris 8.
implemented diffs from a branch to a branchpoint. Many thanks to Ed Rapoport (erapoport {at} stratasys.com) for donating this patch.
- Dead tags (i.e. a tag without a valid revision or branch) does no longer print a message in quiet mode. - Added expansions for cvsroot and cvsmodule without trailing '/' - Remove core-files in a 'make clean'. - Fixed default config file to use entities < and >.
Fix bug in diff imagemap coordinates.
Added manual pages for executable and configuration. Minor tweaking and README update for release 1.1.1.
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Michael Scott points us to an opinion piece from lawyer Douglas Wood, in which he does a nice job describing what he refers to as "The Party of We," which he notes is already in control.
I think that final point is the part that is the most interesting, and the least understood in many of the discussions around what's happening online. In the past, with traditional systems, if you didn't agree with something, you would just protest. But if you look at what's been happening lately, when the public doesn't agree with something -- official secrecy, draconian copyright laws, censorship, privacy violations, etc. -- rather than just protesting, they're simply routing around those things. It's an incredibly important point. They're not protesting by saying "this will not stand." They're protesting by saying "your laws don't matter, because we can simply route around them."
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colour blocking nightmare
Added Feb 19, 2012
by chula123
Great Yarmouth, ...
nightmare not because of the colour blocking, but because of the little neck collar ! Just couldn't get it right and it was driving me mad :-((( had to undo it at least 3-4 times but am glad to say that I got there in the end
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polyester Powder Touch and crepe something plus nerves of steel !!!!
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Feb 15, 2013, 05.54 PMby craftycatgal
awesome. and your colorblocking helped me figure out how the shoulders attach to the dress!
May 29, 2012, 06.22 PMby dborecky
I had a really hard time trying to get the points near the bust to lay properly without any weird puckering, so I gave up and scrapped it. Does anyone have any tips on that?
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May 31, 2012, 08.39 AMby chula123
actually that part of the construction went a lot better than anticipated, my problem area was the neckline. Sorry I can't share any tips on that one :-(
May 25, 2012, 09.00 PMby zsyzu
I just saw this and I think it came out great. I've been thinking of this pattern but I wasn't sure if it would be flattering. Seeing how nice yours came out I will definitely give it a go. You look great in it. Oh I see your kitty now and she reminds me of my darling little Heidi!
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May 31, 2012, 08.40 AMby chula123
Thank you zsyzu !
Feb 26, 2012, 07.14 PMby Mary Athey
lovely dress, well done and its nice to know other sewers have nightmare times with projects as well lol
Feb 23, 2012, 02.25 PMby Douli Bee
It's really good, very elegant! Love your cat!
Feb 19, 2012, 09.56 AMby Jolands
Hi Chula. Love your verion of the dress. Looks great on you. The dress is also on my to do list. I bought some pink fabric for it. But i like your idee of colorblocking, so maybe i will ad another color too.
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|2004-06-30, 02:36
|Link #61
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South East Asia
Midori is the one likely to bow under pressure from competition (as evident many times in the manga) to debauch herself. Midori is insecure in both forms (SD & normal) that she will do anything to try to secure something that never existed and it is this desperation that appeals to the guys who like her in the form of "oooo... she'll do anything for me no matter what I do".
Question: So Midori pining away and dominating and attempting to control Seiji's life whilst ignoring his wishes is more mature than a so-called 13 year old way of thinking? You have not answered this but started attacking Takako yet again...
|2004-06-30, 03:28
|Link #62
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Norway
Age: 59
I agree with Kool Dudy to a point. The girls appeal to different kind of boys. I am just surprised that Midori should appeal to Seiji, as he does not seem that type. I personally think it all comes down to the fact that Midori confessed first. It's a bit late to come confessing to people who are already in love.
Of course we are all colored by our own perceptions. We boys tend to put ourselves in Seiji's place (well some may identify with Kouta, but I don't think they will write about it here...) And let me be honest, a girl such as Midori, I would not have noticed her ever. And neither would Seiji without divine intervention. Girls have to talk to me to be noticed at all, and dragging me to cinema (LoTR, not Titanic!) or shopping clothes is a definite plus. I have no idea what kind of boy would notice a girl just looking at him, even if she stands there every day. There must be such boys somewhere since the shy genes are passed on to the next generation, but it is a mystery to me.
I think the story is made to also appeal to girls, and I think many girls sympathize with Midori. She has a miracle happen so that the boy has no choice but to notice her, and let her have a chance to prove herself.
|2004-06-30, 05:01
|Link #63
nothing yet..
Join Date: Mar 2004
|2004-06-30, 05:13
|Link #64
~Trying to Enjoy Life~
Studio Pierrot u gotta make the 2nd season for this series i tell ya....... (Holding a C4 infront of Studio Pierrot Main production office) "I DEMAND FOR 2ND SEASON OR I"LL BLOW UP THIS OFFICE!!!!!!"
Damn...y must it end at ep13?? It could be longer.... sigh~ Why nowadays anime titles especially new series ends so fast?? >_<
|2004-06-30, 05:47
|Link #65
also known as K!
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tokyo, Japan
If Takako is a tease, then she would be last person I would ever want to date. Would you really want anything to do with a girl who would lure you into her home, then lure you into her bathroom (complete with her naked) only to have her say, "sorry, just teasing!"?
Also, we can't forget what Midori asks Seiji when Takako invites him to her house:
Midori knows what's up, and I don't think it's a tease...
And this is anime Midori we're discussing here. We should not talk about the other versions of the characters that appear in the manga. Post in the manga thread if you want to do that.
I think the show appeals to both sexes. Both my Japanese friends liked it and were sad it ended. 紀子 said she really liked the ending, and I swear it looked like she was teary eyed when we watched it.
|2004-06-30, 10:36
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A laughing demonic Skull
Join Date: Apr 2004
And for Seiji:
Why go for a girl that got self-esteem if you can go for the easy way, the girl wich think that you are her everything, the one that can't live without you. Looks like Seiji is taking a safe bet.
|2004-06-30, 10:56
|Link #67
Join Date: Jun 2004
Desperation that appeals to guys who like her? Takamizawa likes her. Why did then she refuses his offer to give her beautiful clothes and pampering?
|2004-06-30, 20:40
|Link #70
Hail to the Sky~
Join Date: Jun 2004
Age: 33
Yeah, the ending really got me choked up... but then again, that's not really all too difficult, but either way, I liked it...
I personally find Takako to be far less attractive (personality-wise) than Midori, (Never been a fan of the pretensious overacheiver girls, nope) and I personally would have chosen Midori were I in a similar situation, so the show ended exactly as I'd hoped it would...
I agree with whomever said that it's kinda disappointing that we never got to hear Seiji say he loved Midori (and also during that ending part I was so hoping to see a kiss, but.. c'est la vie..)
|2004-06-30, 23:27
|Link #71
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: In my daydreams
Age: 31
Hmm, must say I wasn't really satisfied with the final ep.. It was good.. but come on...
Hmm, one good thing though is that the final episode does give the possibility of a 2nd season ..... I'm just hoping that there will be one lol..
|2004-07-01, 03:27
|Link #73
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Norway
Age: 59
I really don't see how there could be a second season now that they have completely waved goodbye to the manga. They would then have to enlist the writer who holds the copyright to the character, to make a completely different story. The story was always about Seiji and Midori, and the people who loved them. This is hard to do when they are going steady with each other.
Ayase, of course, will no doubt fall in love with someone else eventually and start again her crazy plots. The doll guy will no doubt get in more trouble. And Kouta has his own little problem that has barely been touched in the anime. So yes, you could get another 13 episodes, but ... it would not be Midori no Hibi.
|2004-07-01, 04:08
|Link #74
Newbie arimasen
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Animesuki
Personally, I'd rather see Ayase ends up with Seiji than Midori. Why??? Simply Ayase puts so much effort into it and Ayase is way much sexier than Midori.
Anyway, anyone realize that video quality of Seichi's MnH ep13 is really crap??? Flickers everywhere during the whole episode. Hurt my eyes so much
Wish they could encode it better
|2004-07-03, 01:16
|Link #75
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Wonderful series, I was apprehensive at the start when I heard about this crazy concept of a girl on a guy's hand. Thought it would be lame; but heard some great reviews and decided to try the first episode. And then I was hooked.
The animation is very economic. Mucho stuffo like background art is repeated, but the animation for the characters are fluid, although the base art is not anything to scream about. Very presentable, and certainly none of the factors are particularly outstanding, but as a whole the anime is pretty damn good. Very well put-together, I must say. The ED song and sequencing is.. The OP sequence also has one of my favorite scenes; Seiji running with Midori outstretched, like she's flying. I don't know, but to me that scene makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
I supported Midori very much; not that I don't like "spicy" girls and such, but the fact that I thought she was being very sincere. But she was very different as the hand as compared to her full sized self; she was way more active I don't know why so many people thought she was irritating or annoying, I thought nothing was overdone. I also thought her voice actor did a wonderful, wonderful job. Ayase didn't appeal much to me, she was mostly used as a platform for humor and was humanized in the last two episodes as a competing love interest.
As a whole, I thought the series did incredibly good. I'm not saying it's a masterpiece or anything, but at 13 episodes, it's short, sweet and effective. Nothing drags on or gets boring (like how it sometimes does in longer series, like Escaflowne), the pacing is a little quick but it's a -tight- anime, that's for sure. I liked the ending, thought it could use a little more work, but was satisfied with it. It musn't have cost much to produce, because it's so simple, but nevertheless, overall, I seriously think that this is one of the best compact series I've ever watched. I feel happy.
Will proceed on to manga now.
|2004-07-03, 01:48
|Link #76
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South East Asia
Well now... this is downright confusing. One (K_R) insists on using anime only to fight over Midori. Another (Rotweiler) keeps using anime & manga interchangeably to do so. When someone answer to one of them using their method, he/she gets criticised by the other in their method. Interesting.
Sticking with the anime, Midori
- never cares one bit for her grieving family for the entire 13 episodes except for one diary writing except where she writes "Don't cry mother, otherwise I would cry too". Shed one crocodile tear and then she's all "OH Seiji this, Seiji that, haha hee hee I'm so happy to be stuck on your hand forever Seiji just cause then we'll never be apart."
- in efforts to prevent others from having the chance to date Seiji, screams and drags Seiji away.
- no character development, still the same ole "I luv Seiji" schtick.
- Why does she love Seiji? Nothing, unless you count the green-tinted flashbacks where she just stood there with downcast head as Seiji walks past. That's it, she's in love with his feet!!! Downright lovely feet I bet.
- The only saving grace: She's willing to defend Seiji against attacks. But isn't that a minimum requirement of love?
- never blocked anyone trying to date Seiji (there's simply no one else. Who is this Lucy here? I see no Lucy in the anime)
- while trying to entice Seiji with overdone sexiness, does not have the intention to seduce Seiji into bed. Her objective was to catch Seiji's attention.
- was in the mass of "Seiji is a ruffian" thinkers. Even when she was saved by him, she might be thankful but she did not start to go after him then. She only decided he could be her prince after she witnessed how Seiji handled the abduction of Miyahara (She learns that Seiji is more than a simple ruffian).
- She dares to try to win Seiji's heart and not stand there looking like a lamppost, hoping he'll come and say "Hi, wanna go out?!". Even Midori acknowledge that.
Now for the manga,
- more selfish than ever. Everytime she goes back to her body, she looks at the relieved faces of her family and decided "No I do not want to stay here, I'm missing something." Even Seiji's queries of her situation with her mother are conveniently postphoned.
- countless times of "Waaaaaa", dragging Seiji around whenever Seiji could have a possible date.
- seeks to make Seiji dependent on her (Seiji getting used to using his left hand issue) on the thinking that being in love means being dependent hand and foot on the other person.
- Refresh my memory, where did she see Seiji's kindness to make her stalk him, before they entered into high school (She already was obsessed with Seiji before high school). I'm not truly doubting this part since most Shounen manga had the lead female having a 'flashback to the first true moment of male's character' but I can't remember if MnH had one.
- At least she has some character development for the final chapters (realisation that she's not alone, etc)
- She's not a sexpot. Of course she's wearing a swimsuit. She's at the beach. Seems like someone expects her to wear a full body gown to the beach. Did she over flaunt sexiness as what the anime crew depicted her to do? Nope.
- Block Lucy? Where? She races with Lucy to try to prove (to herself and to Seiji) that she is not Lucy's inferior in anyway. Or do you mean when she barged into Seiji's room in Lucy's departure? Geesh, my parents and sister would have barged into my room then at that age if they heard sounds of that nature coming out of it. Have you taken into account the natural actions of different cultures in that situation?
- Her ideals of love though are in the old ways. She's a hopeless romantic.
- She dares to try all means (though in naiveness for quite a lot of ways) to win Seiji's attention.
I think Snoopy said it best on why Seiji chose Midori at the end.
|2004-07-03, 12:38
|Link #77
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Anyone stil haf midori no hibi ep 13????
Yoz, jz wanna ask if any of u stil haf the downloaded midori no hibi ep 13? i was away on a holiday and when i came back today, i discovered tat it had been licensed!!!! feelin so upset man tat i dunno how the endin is like.... so for those who haf the anime, pls pls plsssssssssssss get back to mi.... my email addy is firstname.lastname@example.com..... thx a million
|2004-07-03, 19:37
|Link #79
Join Date: Mar 2004
Age: 31
I enjoyed this series more for its humorous moments than for its romance.
|2004-07-04, 09:31
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Red-bellied piranha
The red-bellied piranha or red piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) is a species of piranha native to South America, found in the Amazon River Basin, coastal rivers of northeastern Brazil, and the basins of the Paraguay and Paraná.[1] The red-bellied piranha has a popular reputation as a ferocious predator, despite being primarily scavengers.[2] As their name suggests, red-bellied piranhas have a reddish tinge to the belly when fully grown, although juveniles are a silver colour with darker spots. They grow to a maximum length of 33 centimetres (13 in) and a weight of 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb). The way to distinguish males from females is that the female has a slightly deeper color of red on her belly.
Their diet consists largely of fish, insects, worms, crustaceans, and the occasional larger animal. In contrast to their popular reputation of feeding on live animals, red-bellied piranhas usually feed on dead, dying, and injured vertebrates in the wild, but have been known to attack healthy animals. The fish usually feed in large schools around dusk and dawn. They locate their prey by scent or motion using a set of sensors down the sides of their bodies, the lateral line system.
Red-bellied piranha usually spawn around April and May during the rainy season. The male will build a dug-out nest in rocks and vegetation, awaiting a female. Females can lay up to 1000 eggs[3] which the male fertilizes. Males become extremely territorial during spawning, and will prevent other fish from approaching the nest. After the eggs hatch, both parents guard the broods.
Red-bellied piranha in media
Many myths surround this species. The 1978 film Piranha by Joe Dante shows these fish in a similar light to Jaws. Piranha was followed by a sequel, Piranha II: The Spawning, in 1981, and two remakes, one in 1995, and one in 2010. Films such as these, and stories of large schools of red-bellies attacking humans, fuels their exaggerated and erroneous reputation as being one of the most ferocious freshwater fish. In reality, they are generally timid scavengers, fulfilling a role similar to vultures on land. In the 2010 film Piranha 3D, Christopher Lloyd's character identifies a specimen of the fictional monstrous piranha, specifically as Pygocentrus nattereri, but erroneously refers to them as the first piranhas, when in reality, red-bellied piranha are most likely not the "original" species.[citation needed]
In an aquarium
Red-bellied piranhas are sometimes kept as aquarium fish. Their natural diet consists of live prey and dead animals and fish. Live feedings to captive piranhas can introduce diseases, and goldfish contain a growth-inhibiting hormone which in turn will affect piranhas. Red-bellied piranhas, particularly when juvenile, will sometimes bite one another in the aquarium, normally on the fins, in behaviour called 'fin nipping'. Fish that have had their fins nipped will grow them back surprisingly rapidly.
- ^ "Animal Diversity Web: Pygocentrus nattereri". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan.
- ^ "BBC Nature Red-bellied piranhas". BBC Nature Wildlife. BBC. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Red Bellied Piranha (Serrasalmus nattereri)". Marwell Animal Encyclopedia. Marshwell Wildlife. Retrieved 24 January 2013.


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Just a few weeks ago, New York Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride said San Francisco 49ers defensive end Justin Smith "gets away with murder." Now Giants defensive end Justin Tuck said the same about the Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of Sunday's big matchup.
"I hope we get some holding calls because they have gotten away with murder," Tuck told ESPN. "They've done a very good job protecting Ben (Roethlisberger) -- they don't hold on every play. But we've seen a whole lot of it."
The Giants have done an impeccable job of sending subtle messages to officials through the media. And they love the "murder" word. But pointing out an offensive line that holds is like pointing out a bird that can fly. That's what they do.
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Saving Daylight, Losing Sleep
When the time came to "spring forward" this year, I was really underprepared. And by underprepared, I mean I had no idea until the day before the switch, when I happened to catch a snippet about daylight saving time on the morning news.
"Oh no," I thought. "This is the one where the clocks skip ahead, isn't it?"
And just like that, by no fault of my own, I lost a precious hour of shuteye, which somehow threw off my entire sleep schedule. Despite suffering through a string of restless nights, I powered through my days with extra caffeine and sugar — which, of course, led to more restless nights. I didn't realize how much the whole ordeal had affected me until the end of last week, when I was so wiped out that locking the deadbolt seemed like a huge and unnecessary expenditure of energy.
I slept 11 hours Friday night and awoke Saturday morning feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. Surely I had made up for the previous week's lack of restful sleep. Turns out, that oh-so-wonderful feeling you get when you (finally!) get to sleep in on the weekend after a long, sleep-deprived week is just that: a feeling.
According to a sleep study performed a couple of years ago, the idea that humans can "bank" sleep on one night to make up for another night's deficit is a complete myth. In fact, it is possible to feel rested on the weekend even if your body is actually suffering from the effects of chronic sleep deprivation — including impaired concentration and weakened immunity.
Experts say you can ease the transition by adjusting your bedtime by a few minutes each night starting several days before the time change. I say, who the heck has the time and patience for that? Since I obviously missed the boat on that solution, I found a list that includes several additional tips on how to find your rest rhythm once more. Take a look — and then take a nap.
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Ted is the Chief Market Strategist and Vice President in charge of the Zaner Ag Hedge Group and specializes in agricultural hedging employing various strategies using futures, futures spreads, outright options and option combinations. He believes it is paramount to be able to use different strategies to adapt to market conditions. Ted works with large to mid size grain and livestock producers and end users in North, Central and South America.
Both new crop corn and new crop soybeans were under pressure today due to a forecast calling for a wide spread rain event next week. The thought is that the yield eating "dome of death" or hot and dry ridge may be dissipating. However, we are still going to see some of the hottest temps of the year in front of the rain chances we see in the forecast. I would think that as we move toward the hot temp this weekend corn and soybeans could find some footing and maybe take back some of today's losses. The fact of the matter is that corn conditions have dropped 11% in the good to excellent category over the last three weeks. The heat in the coming days will add to that stress and until the rain hits the ground there is still a chance that the drier areas will miss out.
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Old crop corn has a different story. Basis continues to widen with cash well over futures. Once we get into the delivery period for July corn we will likely see commercials use the CBOT board to try to force deliveries along the Mississippi at a large discount to cash. This should continue until the discount in futures is small enough that there is no longer any benefit. This could come from either higher futures, lower basis or (most likely) a combination of the two. Either way this could definitely provide strong support to the old crop corn prices and in turn may spill over into the new crop as well.
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All this means that speculators should be looking for opportunities and producers need to look to lock up some prices while we have new crop corn above $5.00 and new crop soybeans above $13.00. Give me a call for some ideas. In particular, producers looking to hedge all or a portion of their production may be rather interested in some of the strategies that I am currently using.
In my mind there has to be a balance. Neither technical nor fundamental analysis alone is enough to be consistent.
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Bulletin, April/May 2007
In Memoriam: Lee S. Strickland, J.D.
The Bulletin lost one of its most significant and enthusiastic contributors when Lee S. Strickland died on January 23, 2007, at age 60. Lees highly informative articles on the intersections between information, civil liberties and our national security appeared in 11 issues of the Bulletin between October/November 2002 and June/July 2005. Many of his contributions are as pertinent today as they were when he first submitted them. The article below on Fourth Amendment issues originally appeared in February/March 2003.
Breaking Developments in Domestic Intelligence
by Lee S. Strickland
Lee S. Strickland is visiting professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. He can be reached by e-mail at email@example.com
On November 18, 2002, the debate over domestic intelligence continued and sharpened when the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, currently comprising three senior Circuit Court Judges, spoke for the first time in history. In doing so, it overturned the unanimous opinion of the seven Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) judges that earlier this year had rejected the proposal by the Attorney General to allow direct use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by criminal law enforcement prosecutors. Readers will recall (Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, December/January 2003) that the FISC had held that such use would violate the statutory, foreign intelligence basis for FISA orders and suggested that the result would present significant 4th Amendment concerns given the lower standard for such orders probable cause that the subject is an agent of a foreign power and not probable cause of a crime.
Statutory review: The 52-page Court of Review opinion acknowledges the paradox in the governments argument that legally there has never been a limitation on law enforcement use of the FISA but that the USA Patriot Act substantially removed such limitation by changing the intelligence predicate from primary to significant purpose. And it bravely attempted to resolve that conflict by granting the Attorney General most but not everything requested. In doing so, it interpreted the FISA foreign intelligence predicate as imposing no limits on who may use the authority provided that the information sought is broadly defined as foreign intelligence information, that the target is deemed an agent of a foreign power and that the purpose must include something more than solely a national security-related criminal prosecution such as a terrorism-type crime. What this means is that criminal prosecutors have carte blanche use of the FISA provided only that there is a scintilla of separate intelligence interest and that the investigation and prosecution do not focus solely on ordinary or street crime although noting that crimes like credit card fraud or bank robbery could be inextricably intertwined with foreign intelligence and/or terrorism activity and thus qualify for FISA investigation.
Constitutional review: In addition to construing the FISA in statutory terms, the Court of Review also considers its constitutionality comparing the FISA with established 4th Amendment law. In doing so, it acknowledges the differences in probable cause standard, the standard of judicial review and the required particularity showing. In the end, however, it avoids a definitive statement by deeming the question close and conceding that a FISA order may not be a warrant contemplated by the Fourth Amendment.
However, that was not the end of the inquiry given that there are many circumstances where the government may proceed without a warrant and the question in all such circumstances is one of reasonableness. Here, the Court of Review found that the government is presented with special needs and recognized as most courts have that the President has inherent authority to conduct warrantless searches to obtain foreign intelligence information (although the exact parameters have never been decided by the U.S. Supreme Court). As such, it found that the FISA passes Constitutional muster consistent with other cases that have drawn distinctions between ordinary crime and extraordinary situations and that have led to the approval of even warrantless and suspicionless searches in schools, in apprehending drunk drivers and in securing the national borders.
The implications and the future: In practical terms, Justice Department officials have stated that they expect the pursuit of warrants for secret FISA wiretaps and searches will grow substantially but may not reach "staggering numbers (USA Today at
www.usatoday.com/news/washington/ 2002-11-18-spy-court_x.htm.). It is, therefore, now ever more important for information-centric businesses to adopt the necessary policies and training to meet this certain demand.
In legal terms, many believe that the statutory interpretations draw an arbitrary line at best why require some scintilla of separate intelligence interest if a legal prosecution satisfies the intelligence purpose? And, many of the legal critics also believe that the Constitutionality was not adequately supported by the Court how can the special needs justification that is typically based on a very limited intrusion applied uniformly to a group of citizens be applied to FISA where the intrusion and application is quite the opposite? Whether the ACLU and other amici will be able to position a further judicial challenge such as an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is an open question. What may be more likely is a political challenge given that members of the House and Senate judiciary committees from both parties were and remain concerned as to the civil liberties implications of the USA Patriot Act in general and the FISA authorities in particular.
In policy terms, this opinion draws our focus ever more clearly to the general issue of domestic intelligence collection and, more specifically, the subsequent, unrestrained use and dissemination of that acquired information. Whether a new agency is formed similar to the United Kingdoms MI5 or the FBI mission is reformed is not the critical issue although many question whether another organization or simply improved information focus and sharing would be more effective. The critical question is the role of domestic intelligence in a representative democracy how we avoid the political abuses of the past yet acquire the needed information to protect citizens lives and property. Indeed, the debate on this question is underway in Washington, with the Attorney Generals directive earlier this year on overt surveillance, and is continuing currently in New York with a reconsideration of the decades old Handschu agreement that limited intelligence collection activities surveillance to circumstances where specific information has been received by the Police Department that a person or group engaged in political activity is engaged in, about to engage in or has threatened to engage in conduct which constitutes a crime and established a three-person oversight board. (See, Handschu v. Special Services Division, New York City Police Department, 605 F. Supp. 1384 (S.D.N.Y. 1985), affd., 787 F.2d 828 (2nd Cir., 1986)).
In point of fact, this debate as to domestic intelligence collection is not so clearly black and white as many argue. The reality is that America is at war with a force that knows well how to exploit our liberties for evil and while the government requires the tools to address this threat, our Constitutional values must be vigorously protected by appropriate checks and balances and an informed citizenry. It thus follows that any debate on domestic surveillance presents three issues:
First is the threshold to focus on an individual or entity. Do we require specific external, validated information that an individual poses a specific threat? Do we expand our focus from individual threats to group threats? Do we make a political judgment that an individual or an entire group may be an appropriate target because of their views, statements and associations? Do we agree that although the First Amendment may preclude a criminal prosecution for even violent advocacy of anti-American views, it may still be appropriate to monitor such statements in order to prevent advocacy from developing into actual violence? Do we establish different rules for U.S. citizens and aliens? And how would such rules work effectively when we know that terrorism transcends national origin, religion, ethnicity and even citizenship? Or do we allow law enforcement to conduct ad hoc, even suspicionless surveillance in order to most proactively identify threats? If the threat were not political terrorism but drunk driving or gang activity, would we answer this question differently?
Second is the threshold to retain and disseminate information acquired through domestic surveillance. Do we severely restrict such information to that data which is relevant to terrorism? Or do we understand that the intelligence process proceeds from the collection and subsequent evaluation of many data points where relationships and hence value may not be discerned for some time? In the past several weeks the American Civil Liberties Union has documented in the form of released documents what it describes as a program by the Colorado Springs Police Department to spy on peaceful critics of government policy, such as anti-nuclear activists speaking on college campuses, and disseminate such reports to the Denver police for inclusion in its files. Beyond issues of appropriateness in terms of resource utilization, this vignette well focuses the concern that the line between effective intelligence to protect the nation from threats and unconstitutional intrusion is unfortunately easy to cross.
And third is the mechanism for oversight. There should be little debate that substantially empowered intelligence and law enforcement, necessary to protect the nation from this new threat, presents an inherent danger to our liberty and requires oversight and balance. Indeed, this inherent conflict between security and liberty has been recognized from the founding of our Republic where James Madison in the Federalist Papers cogently argued that the accumulation of all powers in the same hands may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny (No. 47, The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts, The New York Packet, Friday, February 1, 1788). Do we adopt a British model that provides for an Intelligence Services Commissioner, who reviews the issuance of intelligence warrants for legality and appropriateness, as well as an external Royal Investigatory Powers Tribunal that is composed of senior members of the legal profession or judiciary and is empowered to hear complaints from any member of the public who is aggrieved by any conduct of the intelligence services? What is certain is that a domestic intelligence process including a FISA court operating in substantial secrecy will not engender the necessary public support for an effective, defensive intelligence function. This is not to suggest, of course, that secrecy in such matters is inappropriate since disclosure of a specific inquiry will inexorably lead to the loss of potentially valuable intelligence. What it does suggest is the need to create organizations and processes where as much openness as possible is an important mission. Without this reasonable balance, the American public and political structures will not provide the necessary degree of support for the intelligence mission.
In sum, the Court of Review judgment is merely another, interim step in the ongoing public and governmental debate between effective national security and our constitutionally based right to liberty a controversy where the policy and tools by which we collect, use, maintain and disseminate information will be central. It is an issue that will remain very much in the sights of citizens and information professionals in the coming months and years.
Where to Find the Opinion
Lexis subscribers may find the opinion at 2002 Extra LEXIS 576; others may access a pdf copy as released by the Court at various sites including www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/fiscr111802.html.
Articles in this Issue
Managing in the Digital Environment: Guidelines for Corporations, Government and Academia
Leadership in the Information Age: A Culture of Continual Change
Managing Teamwork in a University Library Digital Environment: Issues to Consider
In Memoriam: Lee S. Strickland
Breaking Developments in Domestic Intelligence
Academic Life of Information Scholars: Cross-Cultural Comparisons of the United States and England
Digital Libraries on the MUVE: A Virtual Adventure


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Annahita Sarcon, a 4th year student in the UC Davis School of Medicine, has been awarded a Ruth G. White Scholarship from the California chapter of the national Philanthropic Education Organization. Each year, the chapter awards scholarships to California female residents based on character, integrity, academic excellence and financial need.
"As the cost of medical education increases, scholarships like this support students, particularly woman, and enable them to continue their studies in science and medicine," said Sarcon, who plans to spend the summer on a research project at Zurich University Hospital in Switzerland.
Sarcon currently is on a Fulbright Scholarship in Spain, where she is conducting cardiac stem cell research. She holds a master's degree in molecular biology and biochemistry and a master's degree in physiology and biophysics, both from Georgetown University School of Medicine.
The Ruth G. White P.E.O. Scholarship was established in 1957 in memory of Ruth Garten White, a physician and former president of the California chapter. White graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1927 and practiced as a pediatrician in Southern California. A trust in her name was established after her death to promote educational opportunities for women in the field of medicine and working toward advanced degrees.
"I admire Dr. Ruth G. White and her support for the next generation of women in medicine," said Sarcon, who acknowledged several other women for their support, including her mother, who was a biology teacher, and her UC Davis School of Medicine mentor and advisor, Colleen Sweeney, an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine.


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2011-12: Went 2-0 overall in singles and 2-0 in doubles with partner Casey Mackintosh.
2010-11: Posted an overall record of 11-2 in singles and 11-1 in doubles during her first season with W&L ... was a perfect 6-0 playing mostly No. 3 singles during the spring ... also posted a clean 5-0 doubles mark, mostly at No. 2, during the spring ... finished the fall season with a 5-2 singles and a 5-1 doubles ledger ... won the Flight E title at the ODAC Fall Championships (10/10) ... also partnered with Lauren Armstrong to take the Flight C doubles title at the ODAC Fall Championships.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in tennis at Lake Travis ... recipient of All-State honors ... recognized as the Capital Area Tennis Association (Texas) Female Player of the Year ... also earned team MVP and sportsmanship honors ... named the Austin Tennis Academy MVP in 2009 and 2010 ... member of junior tennis team that captured a national championship.
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