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Republicans have pulled off an upset in a special election to replace former New York City Rep. Anthony Weiner. Bob Turner claimed victory over Democrat David Weprin Tuesday night.
Democrats hold a 3-1 registration advantage in the district that spans parts of Queens and Brooklyn. And they put scores of volunteers to work canvassing on Election Day, but none of it was enough to stop Turner.
"We've been asked by the people of this district to send a message to Washington, and I hope they hear it loud and clear," Turner said in his victory speech shortly after midnight.
As he had throughout the campaign, Turner framed the result as a referendum on the policies of President Obama.
"We're ready to say, 'Mr. President, we are on the wrong track.'" Turner told the crowd.
It was less than a year ago that Turner, a retired cable TV executive, ran against Anthony Weiner, and lost by more than 20 points. Democrats hoped that support would carry over to state Assemblyman David Weprin. But those hopes had faded by earlier evening.
Weprin spokesman Anthony Hogrebe admitted the district is no slam dunk for Democrats.
"Keep in mind, President Obama only received 55 percent of the vote in 2008," Hogrebe said. "So it's not as democratic, or as sure of a democratic district as folks seem to think. That said, really what I think made the difference is, this is a special election. Special elections are always unpredictable."
The meaning of this special election will likely be debated well into 2012. But for some voters, it clearly was a referendum on the president.
"It's not based on Turner versus Weprin, a lot of it is anti-Obama," said Stuart Schnitzer, who lives in Forest Hills, Queens. He describes himself as a Democrat but he says he voted for Republican Turner because he's unhappy about the Obama administration's policy toward Israel.
"Hopefully my vote counts, and sends a message to Washington: Don't screw with Israel," Schnitzer said. "You have to choose your friends wisely. That's my opinion. A lot of people feel the same way."
Including Ed Koch, the former democratic mayor of New York City, who crossed party lines to endorse Turner. Koch said a Republican victory could influence the Obama administration to change its stance on Israel. But a lot of Democratic voters disagree.
"There may be some people that are voting against Weprin because they think they're voting against Obama," said Greg Stein of Forest Hills. "I don't buy it. I don't see that connection well at all."
Stein thinks voters in the district are angry about the economy, not the president's foreign policy.
"The people are really unhappy with the speed of the recovery," Stein added. "I don't think it has anything to do with national policy."
Other Democratic voters placed the blame for Weprin's defeat on the shoulders — or maybe the thumbs — of Anthony Weiner. The former congressman resigned in June after sending lewd photos and text messages and then lying about it.
"It's Weiner's fault," said Gary Brocks of Forest Hills. "He was completely irresponsible. People elect you to office, put their trust in you. You've gotta do better than that."
The seat may not stay in Republican hands for long. In fact, it could disappear altogether. New York state is set to lose two congressional districts next year, and this is expected to be one of them.


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I've been looking at lot of youtube videos on the backhand and most of them have a closed or neutral stance, but then I run into this bollettieri video talking about how awesome the open stance 2HBH is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkcGItjlULQ I've been trying it out a bit, but I can't seem to be able to hit through the ball well. I'm wondering what you guys think if this. When's the best time to even use an open stance backhand?
It can be used effectively for returning serve and for returning shots out wide. The William sisters use the open stance quite a lot. Are you coiling your torso when preparing to hit the open stance. You chest should be facing the side fence more-or-less. Notice the orientation of the feet, hips and torso in the video. Are you driving off your back leg (left leg or a righty).
it works best i find for returning serve or dtl. i've posted elsewhere though that it tends to make it much more difficult to hit cc. not just me, this is from the pros i went to straighten me out.
You mean it's only good for stretching and sliding to your far left? But it takes quite a lot of elasticity, no wonder we only mention women in that regard. Of all men I can only think of Djokovic... Anyway it's quite taxing to try to get behind the ball when you are stretched out wide.
I only ever use this if I'm in a position where I cannot move my feet into the position I want fast enough (returning etc). It can work out perfectly fine, but I feel I lose some control over where I want the ball to go.
It is good when you don't have time to set up, like previous posts have mentioned. I have two college students I am teaching now, both with good two handed backhands, and I am working with them both on this. It definitely helps on the return of serve and on out wide balls. Return of serve because you have such little time to reach and you are starting in open stance (the ready position). Out wide balls as well because you have less time to get to them and when you recover, recovering from an open stance when you are out wide is more effective as you will have better balance to bring yourself back to the middle of the court. It's important to time your step with your outside leg (left leg if you are right handed) so that you take a nice big step leading into the open stance shot. Also, the mechanics such as hip and shoulder turn preparation are still the same, it's just not as much of a turn and not a linear shot where you are bringing your weight forward like you would in a closed or neutral stance. I teach all my students to hit this shot. Most of the backhands you hit are better hit with a closed or neutral stance, but it is important to know how to hit with the open stance as well. Even with a one handed backhand, it's important to know how to hit with an open stance. I have a one handed backhand and hit with an open stance when the situation calls.
^^ I think it's always good to define open stance first. Like I can turn my whole body to the side while still having both feet on the baseline. It is still open stance even though I hit the ball all the way to my side. Requires much flexibility to reach for the ball this way and I would not do it a lot on the hard courts. But for many players "open stance" means "facing the net when approaching the ball and hitting the ball in front of body". And such definition is very counterproductive.
Not so. I am very inflexible, primarily due to age (61), but I manage to hit open stance BHs (both 1-handed slice and the 2HBh) in some situations when pulled out wide. I usually hit the ball x-court but after watching the IMG video, I will believe that I will be able to hit the DTL shot effectively more often.
Even with an open stance, you need to swing through the ball to get your arms fully extended before finishing over the shoulder. I find that it is helpful to think of the stroke is more of squarish motion and not a circle (note that you are shifting weight sideways with your body during contact to power the stroke, but should still be extending out forward and through the ball with your arms). Extension is key to the 2-hander.
The key to understanding open stance on the two hander is grip and hitting arm position. The women are hitting with both arms bent and more of a left handed emphasis--often like Serena with a weaker bottom hand grip. They will also-- like a forehand--thend to be more open with the torso at contact. Some men, such as Davydenko use this config. But most men are hitting with the back arm straight or near straight--Murray, Djok. Or even both arms straight--Rafa, Agassi. The dynamics are different with stronger grips and more bottom arm pull. The config is bent/straight or straight/straight It is a backhand hit more with both arms--not as much a lefthanded forehand. As such it resembles a one-hander is some ways. The preferred stance is closed--or netural near the center of the court although obviously these players also use open. The torso because of this stance and arm config is much more closed at contact.
The more I see all these drastic variations in technique of the best players, how "good" technique has changed over time, etc....the more I think that it hardly matters how one hits the ball as long as it goes where you want it and with some amount of pace on it!
I'll going to experiment with it a bit today. Seems like people think its only for returning serve or a stretched out wide shot.
Why do you think it should be different than an openstanced forehand? Same thing...it's the last and plant step, hit ball, you're on your way to recovery. It doesn't apply the most power to your 2hbh, but like the forehand, it works just fine and can go sharp angle CC much easier than a typical closed or neutral stance.
This thinking could get you into trouble. The modern game puts more stresses on the body than ever before. In the past decade or two, we've seen more injuries of the hip, shoulder, lower back, knees, etc. You've got to consider more than pace & accuracy if you want longevity in the modern game.
Just my thoughts as I've been pondering this a bit lately...... My thought is not really about playing the modern game.....it's questioning that this style is 100% better for everyone. For every pro or expert that says "this is how you should hit the ball", there is another which says/does the opposite and is perhaps just as successful. When I read old tennis books, I see a way of playing being taught as "correct" that would be called "incorrect" today. I also see quite a number of higher level amateurs which play more old school tennis and it works just fine. Of course, I am not one of them....but am seriously considering learning the old school game for no other reason that longevity. Would this style work at the ATP level...probably not, but that isn't really of concern to the average player.
I don't know why you find this. I mean if you're stretched really really wide and can barely reach the ball then maybe. But otherwise it's easier to hit crosscourt than DTL. But yeah, it's very useful to be able to hit a topspin or flat shot when stretched wide, as opposed to having to hit a slice every time. The more options the better, assuming you know how to use them.
Variety and low-stress biomechanics might be the keys to longevity. Federer is a good example of this. He has quite a bit of variety in his game with solid mechanics and he glides around the court. Contrast this with the harder styles of Nadal and Djoko who both put a lot of G forces on their joints repeatedly. Roger employs a variety of stances -- open, neutral and closed. Contrast this with Hewitt and Kuerten who both hit most of their FHs with a fully open stance. Both have had serious injuries to the right hip. I saw Hewitt, who has already had hip surgery, play recently (SAP Open). He was still hitting a lot of open stance FHs. And he was hitting some jumping (mule-kick) BHs as well. This undoubtedly puts added stress to that right hip. Others who've had recent hip issues include Haas, Nalbandian, and (Brian) Baker. It might be best for you to learn both classic and modern styles and try to employ variety in your game. It's ok to get creative with your shot-making but make sure that you are not setting yourself up for overuse injuries in the process. Studying Federer's footwork would not be a bad idea either.
If the preparation and the set up to the ball are correct there is no problem going crosscourt off the closed stance.
Double Handed Backhand: John, do you mean closed stance (when the right foot crosses over to the left sideline?), or square stance (when both the feet are in the same line)? Going cross-court with closed stance (at least for teen-agers) could be very painful because it creates twist on the lower back. I have seen many back injuries because of this. Venus and Serena can hit any shot with an open stance, but I would recommend open stance when going cross court and square stance when hitting down the line. The key, as you said, is the preparation, proper set up, and good upper body turn. Nice to hear from you. Mahboob Khan
Mahboob, It's the male female difference. Stance is related to grip and hitting arm structure--so yeah Venus and to a lesser extent Serena are going to hit open going crosscourt. I was surprised to find this, but it is very different for most of the men--again related to arm structure.
I've seen examples of guys in the A/Open level who hit all their 2hbh's with an open stance. One uses a conti on his left hand, and switching his right to strong E backhand. The other, FrewMillian, used double conti for all his groundies when using both hands.
LD, I don't have film of those guys and open stance is always possible. BUT for the current top men with the arm structures noted above, the preference is closed when on the backhand side toward the sideline, more neutral stances when closer to the center. Because the body is less open at contact and the role of the front arm, so long as the back foot set up is good, cc is no prob. In fact prefered. They are doing this in my opinion because they get more pop from the initial hip and shoulder rotation caused by increase turn in closed stance and the use of more front arm.
Watch the latest teaching segment on Tennis Channel by Jenny Hopkins (Mrs. Taylor Dent). She explains the advantage of the closed stance on the two-handed backhand and demonstrates it. Learn from the pros.
It's wrong to think open or closed stance. It can hamper your footowrk. If you think about getting your foot lined up behind the ball, you are closer to the proper weight transfer. Now which foot is that? Optimally it is closed. Easier to get your weight going into the court, but with more modern tennis you can obviously transfer weight more laterally and be fine. So when to do what? That is really the question. The answer is, whatever you are allowed to do during that shot. If a guy hits a weak, short ball to my forehand, I am most likely going to drive with it all my weight moving forward so I can have a nice controlled swing and hit a winner. If he hits wide to my outside there is no way I can be balanced and hit closed unless my name is Djoko and I possess elite ability. The more I thought about balance and weight transfer and less about open vs closed stance, the better my footwork got. Perfect example of why it is better to think this way. Get pulled wide on the FH side, hit a FH with an open stance..start crossing back to middle, opponent hits ball short but where I was so im wrong footed. Open stance can't happen and be on balance (short ball) so I hit the shot stepping in and closed because its all I can do. Doing this keeps me balanced, and I hit an easy CC winner. tough to describe each scenario, but the less I think aboout open or closed, the better my balance is. Also, Agassi hit a ton of 2 handers open when pulled wide. Just watch his french open match against courier. You will see it in the first few games.
Thinking and doing... those don't mix that well now do they? But to make the point we are talking about pro level backhands and there is a reason these guys hit so many closed. It may be a matter of how it feels--that extra turn and coil. Applicability across levels--well there is anothe issue...
Does this discussion sound eerily like the 1990 discussion on forehands, openstanced or closed? Don't forget, there was a discussion then about exactly that, and open proved to work just fine. Currently, most 2hbh's are hit with conti normal hand, and eForehand on the top hand. Eforehand traditionally are hit with closed stances, but Fed and some guys hit it well with neutral, closed, AND openstances. Will 2hbh follow suit? We're not talking about what is being done here, we're talking about whether the open stance will work in the future. Remember that old Verdasco match where BudColliins kept saying that he, Verdasco, would hit a better sharp angle CC if he didn't close his stance so much?
Anything is possible. My opinion is that on the backhand the evolution or increase in closed stance has mirrored the evolution or increase of open stance on the forehand. Why? In both cases the stance is allowing more turn--and hence more energy coiling and releasing.
Well, I suppose anything is possible. Just I saw GeneMayer and Frew hitting groundstrokes with semi open stances on their 2 handed shots, often sidespinning for DTL shots like Connors. That sidespin makes the opponent run one more step. CC, they'd hit normal topspin, so the ball curved normal. One of my hero's on my way up beyond C was a RonnieLouie, of the Louie sister's fame, who hit wide openstanced 2hbh's with sidespin and even a little underspin. Playing mostly in the A's when I was watching him, his 2hbh didn't seem at all a weaker side, and smart opponent's would often hit to his forehand, which was a flat E grip. I"m not saying we all should hit 2hbh's with an open stance, but I think there is room for a Connors like 2hbh today, where sidespin is used for DTL, and topspin for CC shots.
LD, Oh I agree open stance is part of the mix and if your back arm is in a double bend like Gene, yeah that's the pref. The point is there is a correlation between arm structures (which is diff than grips alone) and stance. Surprising but hundreds of high speed clips don't lie...
BD, SA, I think we are talking two hander and double bend with rear arm... And the answer is, no one knows exactly why the men/women diff. Is is about ratios of shoulder to hip width? Is it strength since fewer women hit one handers and this carries over into two handed variations that use more front arm? Is it a matter of coaching or emulation? Good questions.
In certain cases close stance (Djokovic) will work if the left leg would come along so that he finishes in open stance. If the left leg will not come along the right thigh will not clear and the stroke will be inhibited. I still believe that it will be quite painful to go cross court with closed stance. In such situations open or semi-open will be better. For example, Djokovic uses variety of stances: open, semi-open, square, and close. I think stance is dictated by the hitting situation.
That is a 3rd possibility that I hadn't even considered. (But then I has not thoroughly read all of your previous replies ). The 1st thing that comes to mind when I hear the phrase, double bend, is the FH. I actually started a reply with that assumption. But then I realized that the conversation was primarily about BHs. My 2nd assumption was that BD was talking about both arms being bend = double bent. My bad (it was 6 o'clock in the AM). .
Does it always HAVE to be double bend 2hbh's? I know FrewMcMillian didn't double bend, using a double continental with elbows close together. And while GeneMayer often lined up his feet, I know for sure I've seen him hit groundstrokes open stanced, a few times.
I think that's a big reason why early weight transfer onto the front leg is so important. This is why I'm suspicious of the "left-handed forehand" analogy.
Yes, I know that, but some here are associating one with the other. And more than anyone else, I believe it's a personal style that hardly ever is universal, which means it cannot be applied in all cases.
Right there are a lot of combinations--but yet some general associations--open stance double bend. Closed stance straighter arms. That's in the modern footage I have studied but can't speak about other players not on film.
This makes me wonder about why there would be such a relationship. Is it because of the way the racket is oriented, in relation to the body? For example, I would imagine, given equal bends in the right arm, if the left arm is straight, the racket would protrude more in front of the chest. Whereas, if the left arm is bent, the racket would protrude more left of the chest, and thus require more body turn.
For the right handers double handed BH: The left arm's function is basically a lefty's forehand and you do use open, semi-open, or square stances with forehand; thus, in my view the open stance, semi-open, and square are the stances that augur well with the double handed BH; and if you do get stuck with a closed stance make sure that you transfer your weight onto the right foot allowing the left foot to come along so that you finish in an open stance. Try this experiment: Use "Closed Stance" and hit cross court; you will feel extra twitch in your lower back. It's so dangerous for children whose backs aren't strong enough.
I have personally moved from a more equal balancing of what my hands are doing to really adopting the left handed fh model, though it's more traditional fh. But I really do think there are many ways to to hit a 2hbh successfully. Listen to John Yandell. The great thing about what he's saying is that it's primarily observations of the best player's technique. That's data, and data is good. We can move to a discussion of whys and hows, but it's good to start with the whats.

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text: In 1900, San Francisco's Chinatown was quarantined with barbed wire fencesCyriaque Lamar1/24/12 2:15pmFiled to: secret historyRacismChinatownSan Franciscobubonic plagueMedicineDiseasestweetepidemiology21EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkHere are some snapshots from a dark chapter in American history. Throughout the 19th century, San Francisco's growing Chinese immigrant population had to contend with codified prejudice from legislation like the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, segregated communities, and the sentiment that Chinese-Americans were the source of leprous, smallpox, and malarial "vapors."AdvertisementThis racism took a stark, physical form in 1900, when a Chinese laborer was suspected to have died of Bubonic plague. Despite flimsy evidence of the disease, San Francisco city officials built a barbed wire partition around Chinatown. Explains the National Park Service of this racially motivated quarantine:While the cause of death was still undetermined, a cordon was placed around Chinatown, and no Chinese American was allowed to leave the area bounded by California, Kearny, Broadway, and Stockton streets. This restricted the freedom of movement of people, some of whom were American citizens. It caused them many hardships, for they had difficulty in obtaining goods and services from people outside Chinatown. There was a shortage of food, and prices increased sharply. Chinese American businessmen faced a loss of income, and workers a loss of wages. Finally, after three and a half months, it was found that there were no cases of bubonic plague within Chinatown.Contrast this approach with the 1899 Bubonic plague outbreak in Honolulu's Chinatown, which saw city officials eventually burning the neighborhood to the ground. Thanks to John Ptak of Ptak Science Books for alerting us to these photos.AdvertisementImages via The Library of Congress.


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Memory Beta cites Janeway was captain of the USS Bonstell(Oberth class) for a few years before she got Voyager. Then again Memory Beta also says that vessel was destroyed at Wolf 359, so that's fan wikis for you. Either way, it would seem to indicate a pattern of getting the captain rank and working your way up to bigger ships as you go. Janeway does strike me as the type to say yes to being CO of a small ship than XO of a big one.
That's one of the contradictions in canon. She's said that Voyager is both her first and second command at different points in the complete story. This is only worth bringing up because Riker kept turning down dinky Captaincies on ships which were expected to chart jack squat thirty light years away from anywhere interesting. Riker and Janeway are the opposite.
All of the men Janeway likes are softer than her. She wants a homefires burning fellah. Kashyk was a dalliance with the bad boy but he's not someone she would ever set up house with. And Riker is neither of these things, not the genial handyman she prefers and not the dangerous bad boy she can have a little fantasy about. He's just a big, ape-ish, barking putz.
I think Janeway is a murderous, insane tyrant with bi-polar disorder. That said, even she doesn't deserve Riker. Though Riker does deserve to serve under her command.
You know what I love? I love how Janeway stares at someone and says, "I beg your pardon?" as though frozen death rays are coming out of her eyes. She did this in 10 different episodes. I would like to see a youtube of all these "I beg your pardon"'s. I would also like to see her say it to Riker.
Ops on a tiny ship like Voyager is a job for an ensign, which is why they gave it to an ensign. Ops on Enterprise, which is almost 10 times the size of Voyager, and expected to do anything, anywhere (Ops is also about resource management of the ships stores. The Ops officer is the quartermaster as well as traffic controller for everything else.) is not a job for an ensign green straight out of the academy, even though there were extras in those seats all the time. Besides. This isn't a question of just sitting at the Ops station. This is about the person, Harry or whoever, being a section head. Commanding staff responsibly. How much staff, floaters and fixed do you think these two very different Section heads of Ops have to roster and organize on there respective ships? 3 or 4 shifts a day depending on what era we're talking about, then redundancies they can put into play and then green buggers they're still training up. Data probably had 20 to thirty lieutenants in his stable of Ops officers at any one point. Kim on the other hand probably had 4 or 5 enlisted personal to push around in his ops department because no one above the rank of Ensign during the original "mission" can (without a grain of salt) work in ops on Voyager because Kim can't give them orders or write crew evaluations on his superiors recommending advancement or demotion or transfer, unless you believe that he has magic rank from being a section head like how O'Brien does. besides if Kim had a huge staff, then why do we almost never see anyone else sitting at the ops station unless he wanders off to do something important like an away mission?
Worf also wore two hats. Well, three if you count his Merry Man lid. Hmmm. There's an alien name for ya. The Shorndoo. Mediocre navigators, but excellent at the celibacy.
I would always see Operations as being one of the larger departments on a ship, when you consider all that they would need to cover. On my fanfic ships I have it that Ops covers more than just the Bridge station, but also communications, computer management, sensor monitoring, transporters, cargo, logistics. But that's just me. Anyways, the point I was raising was: does anyone, anywhere bye Kim as Security Chief? Was there anything in an episode that makes you think he could handle the job, or should he just have remained at Ops and someone else promoted/brought in to replace Tuvok.
Kim as a security chief is a really weird choice. I can see him as tactical or engineering, or even command track, but not anything like security.
Count me as another that thinks Kim as a security chief makes no sense. Tactical, yes. Engineering, yes. Command track... I have to disagree with that one.
Before automatic pin setters in bowling alleys, they used to use child labour to pick up the pins between turns. The title is still used for the mechanics who maintain the pinsetting machinery.
Pin boy? For some reason that just makes me envision Janeway holding a Harry Kim voodoo doll and stabbing it repeatedly.
My third job was as a pin boy. It would be hard to come up with a less suitable job. I had applied at a bowling alley (a place I'd never set foot in before.. that or any other bowling alley) and was instantly hired. I thought I would be at the counter giving people the ugly shoes and telling them where the toilets were but the boss (who was pretty much George Costanza's father) led me down alongside the alleys to a mysterious door and into the secret world behind the pins. The bowling machines were huge, they were like 8 feet tall and and full of gears and baskets and pulleys and they made terrible noises scooping up the pins, popping them into their holders, setting them in place. At this point in my life I couldn't so much as fix a bike chain, I was mechanically retarded in the extreme and I knew it. Mr Costanza waved his hand at this long hall of monstrosities and said, "these are the machines.. you will be in charge of them." Terrible, terrible things would go wrong, buzzers would sound and I would have to CLIMB to the top of the machine after turning it off (very important) and wrench the ripped up pins out of the system and try and figure out what belts had slipped. If I didn't fix it in like three minutes Mr. Costanza would be barking on the intercom, "Machine number six, machine number six!!!" That part was very stressful. However many hours would go by uneventfully. I had to paint the broken up wooden pins with this thick white goo which was fake wood but that didn't take long. During that summer I read the first five books in Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan series which were left in the drawers in the back room next to the stack of porn mags. I've always been very fond of Edgar Rice Burroughs though after book number two in every one of his series they go down hill rapidly. So. Harry can fix stuff holographically and whack off while waiting for something to go wrong. That way the bowlers don't have to dirty their hands during their recreation time.


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I did this thinking it would show a simple story of a relationship triangle. While it is essentially the story between Kirika, Mirelle and Chloe, I attempted to reflect the melancholy tone that was consistent in the series. The guns ultimately rule the girls and it seems excessive, but if you haven't watched the series...give it a try, they are pretty trigger happy. Hence the title.
I used T.A.T.U.'s cover of The Smiths song, because I thought it was a good cover. It's much better than the love spit love version, and Julia belts it pretty well.
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I started this sometime after AnimeExpo...so possibly four months, on and off, of weekends and evenings.
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MONACO -- (Marketwire) -- 01/28/13 -- Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) (the "Company") announced today an update to its fleet and earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of 2012.
The Company expects a fourth quarter 2012 adjusted loss per share to be within a range of $0.04 and $0.09 per share, excluding a $1.0 million, or $0.02 per share, unrealized loss attributable to the discontinuation of hedge accounting of the Company's interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $51,000,000.
The Company took delivery of the sixth vessel under its Newbuilding program, STI Sapphire, in January 2013. Upon delivery, the vessel began a time charter for up to 80 days at $20,750 per day. The vessel was partially financed by the Company's 2011 Credit Facility.
The Company's seventh and eighth newbuildings, to be named STI Emerald and STI Beryl, are expected to be delivered before the end of March and end of April, respectively. On delivery, both vessels are expected to be employed on time charters of up to 120 days at $19,250 per day plus an adjustment based on actual fuel consumption.
In January 2013, the Company took delivery of a 2007 built, 49,999 DWT MR product tanker on a one year time charter-in agreement at $14,000 per day. The agreement also contains an option for the Company to extend the charter by one year at $15,000 per day.
The Company also took delivery of the following previously announced vessels:
- A 2003 built, 72,344 DWT LR1 product tanker in January 2013 on a two year time charter-in agreement at approximately $11,250 per day. We have an option to extend the charter for an additional year at $12,500 per day. Additionally, we have entered into an agreement with the vessel owner whereby we split all of the vessel's profits above the daily base rate.
- A 2008 built, 115,406 DWT LR2 product tanker in January 2013 on a one year time charter-in agreement at $16,000 per day. The Company has options to extend the charter for three consecutive six month periods at $16,250 per day, $16,500 per day, and $16,750 per day respectively.
About Scorpio Tankers Inc.
Scorpio Tankers Inc. is a provider of marine transportation of petroleum products worldwide. Scorpio Tankers Inc. currently owns one LR2 tanker, four LR1 tankers, one Handymax tanker, six MR tankers, and one post-Panamax tanker with an average age of 4.5 years, time charters-in 20 vessels (three LR2, three LR1, nine MR and five Handymax tankers), and has contracted for 12 newbuilding MRs (two are expected to be delivered to the Company by April 2013 and the remaining 10 by the end of September 2014). Additional information about the Company is available at the Company's website www.scorpiotankers.com, which is not a part of this press release.
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The Office of Polar Programs (OPP) supports NSF's implementation of the Arctic Research and Policy Act.
The Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984, Public Law 98-373, July 31, 1984; amended by Public Law 101-609, November 16, 1990 (ARPA), provides for a comprehensive national policy dealing with national research needs and objectives in the Arctic. The ARPA establishes an Arctic Research Commission (ARC) and an Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) to help implement the Act.
In July 2011 the President signed a memorandum that established IARPC as an Interagency Working Group of the National Science and Technology Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability.
On 10 May 2013, President Barack Obama signed the National Strategy for the Arctic Region. The United States joins Arctic Council colleagues Canada, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Russia, and Sweden in articulating strategic priorities for this critical region of the world.
The Administration solicited input from Alaska Natives, the State of Alaska and others as it was developing the National Strategy for the Arctic. Successful implementation of the National Strategy will depend upon active engagement with Alaska Natives, the State of Alaska and other key stakeholders. In particular, proceeding with the stewardship of Arctic resources under an Integrated Arctic Management approach requires meaningful input by the State, Alaska Natives, and others. As a further demonstration of its commitment to such input, Administration officials will host roundtable discussions in Alaska to determine how best to move forward with the implementation of the concepts laid out in the National Strategy.
A copy of the National Strategy for the Arctic Region can be found on the White House web site.
The National Science Foundation is pleased to have participated in the development of the National Strategy for the Arctic Region. The release of the Arctic Strategy is timely and builds on collaborations underway across government to identify and address priorities associated with environmental changes in this important region and implications for Arctic residents, the U.S. as an Arctic nation, and the world. One such effort is the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, which is chaired by the director of NSF. Read more about NSF Arctic activities.
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It seems quite a jump from the more common Rest API examples.
I'm not a Rest purist, I'm just tired of one side of the Rest camp preaching their approach and the other side (or maybe just the real world) going off on their own way. You may want to call it pragmatic Rest or not Rest at all, its getting to the stage where nothing surprises me about what can be called Rest nowadays.
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thank you for retracing the "history" behind REST. We are now 7 years after Tim Bray's infamous post on "The End of SOA" and we are still looking for the "road to REST"? really?
However, the case (so to speak) that you have built in this presentation is no stronger than the case that was built to support a Data or Domain approach to REST. The fundamental flaw of HATEOAS is that the client and the resource owner need to have a shared understanding of the links. You keep making arguments at the UI level where a user (as in human) can reason about the meaning of a link. However an arbitrary client cannot make much more sense of any relationship unless it has been instructed to do so, in some way.
Sure, it's interesting to expose "links" based on back-end state, such that the client do not travel paths that will lead to exceptions, but we are no even a nanometer closer to emulate how a user uses a browser. Roy's REST is brilliant, as I said it many time, but REST needs the intelligence of a human to work. This was clear from the beginning. There is simply no way around it.
All the hard core RESTafarians are now cornered to make HATEOAS work, and as I predicted 7 years ago, this effort will fail, because it only works with the intelligence of a user or an extremely heavy shared understanding. HATEOAS is the UDDI of SOAP, it will lead to the same sort of failure: "discovery" and "dynamic binding" are extremely expensive, far more expensive than a "coupled understanding" at the API level.


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Sony Xperia Z Ultra 6.4" Smartphone Coming Later This Year
Subject: General Tech | June 26, 2013 - 11:52 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: xperia z, xperia, triluminos, sony, Android
Sony has a new smartphone on the way called the Xperia Z Ultra. This 6.4" tablet-sized smartphone uses high end hardware and will be available in Q3 2013.
The Xperia Z Ultra measures 17.9 cm x 9.2 cm x 0.65 cm and weighs in at 212 grams (approximately 0.47 lbs). The front of the device is dominated by a large 6.4" Triluminos display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080p (342 PPI). Users will be able to use touch or a capacitive stylus to interact with the screen. The back of the smartphone includes an 8MP camera (no flash). The chassis is IP55 and IP58 rated as being dust resistant and waterproof.
Hardware.info was able to get some hands-on time with the upcoming Sony phablet.
Internally, the Xperia Z Ultra features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 SoC clocked at 2.2 GHz along with Adreno 330 graphics, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and support for microSD cards. Wireless radios include 4G, NFC, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. A 3,000 mAh battery provides power to the smartphone, which Sony rates at 14 hours of usage per full charge. It will run Google's Android operating system.
Hardware.info managed to get some hands on time with the Xperia Z Ultra, and it looks like a promising device. The crew stated that the display had some of the best viewing angles they have seen on Sony devices, for example. According to the site, Sony will be releasing the Xperia Z Ultra in the third quarter of this year for 719 Euros, which works out to about $940 USD. However, keep in mind that if/when the smartphone does come to the US, it will likely be subsidized to a much lower price point.
Computex 2013: Toshiba Unveils Tegra 4 Powered 10.1" Excite Write Tablet
Subject: Mobile | June 4, 2013 - 07:19 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: toshiba excite write, toshiba, tegra 4, computex 2013, computex, Android
Computex Taipei is not only about gaming notebooks, desktops, and PC components; it is also about tablets!
One such tablet to make its debut at Computex 2013 is the Excite Write from Toshiba. It is a 10.1" dockable tablet with a touchscreen, 8MP rear camera, Harmon Kardon audio, and best of all, an active Wacom digitizer with 1024 pressure sensitivity levels. The 10.1" Gorilla Glass 2 touchscreen has an impressive resolution of 2560 x 1600, which is the same resolution as Google's Nexus 10 tablet. The Write tablet can be docked with the same keyboard case/dock that the Toshiba Excite Pro uses. The Excite Write runs Android 4.2 and comes pre-loaded with Toshiba's TruNote and TruCapture note taking applications.
Internally, the Excite is powered by a quad core NVIDIA Tegra 4 SoC and 32GB of internal storage (can be expanded with a microSD card),
Toshiba will begin selling the 10.1" Excite Write for $600 next month. Providing the build quality is up to par, it looks like a decent option for students wanting something lightweight but capable, especially with more class material moving online or to eBook formats.
Read more about Tegra 4 at PC Perspective!
LG Launches Optimus F5 Android Smartphone
Subject: General Tech | May 3, 2013 - 11:00 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: smartphone, optimus f5, LG, jelly bean, Android
LG has launched a new Android smartphone with 4G LTE connectivity. The new LG Optimus F5 is available in France now, and will be rolled out worldwide later this month. It measures 126 x 64.5 x 93mm and comes in either glossy white or piano black. Its specifications are not anything surprising, but this is not a new flagship smartphone. Rather, LG is positioning the mobile device as an affordable LTE smartphone.
On the outside, the LG Optimus F5 features a 4.3" IPS qHD display with a resolution of 960x540 (256 PPI). Above the display is a 1.3MP webcam while the rear of the smartphone hosts a 5MP camera with autofocus.
Internally, the LG Optimus F5 is powered by a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC clocked at 1.2GHz, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage. LG is using a beefy 2,150 mAh battery which should give it decent battery life even when connected to 4G LTE networks. The phone also supports microSD cards for expandable storage up to 32GB. The Optimus F5 is running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
The new Optimus F5 smartphone will be available soon in France and worldwide towards the end of May. LG has not yet released specific pricing information, however.
Additional Google Glass Specifications Discovered By Developer
Subject: General Tech | April 27, 2013 - 08:42 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: wearable computing, ti omap, omap 4430, google glasses, android 4.0.4, Android
Earlier this month, Google announced some of the key specifications of its Google Glass project. However, the company left out just how much RAM the device would have or what the exact System on a Chip (SoC) would power the Android device.
Now that the Google Glass glasses are making their way to developers, those as-yet-unknown details are fairly-certain. Google Glass developer Jay Lee managed to access the device using ADB and discovered that the device offered up 682MB of RAM (accessible to developers) and a Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 SoC. Google Glass likely has 1GB of total RAM, but the operating system and other necessary device-level processes are likely responsible for reserving the remaining 342MB chunk of RAM. The TI OMAP 4430 is the same SoC that is powering the Amazon Kindle Fire and a number of other mobile devices released last year. Because of battery life constraints, Google is most likely not running the chip at its maximum 1GHz clock speed. In the Google+ discussion, developer Kevin Fitch speculated that it is likely clocked at 600MHz due to the cores' BogoMIPS scores.
The remaining Google Glass specifications include Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream sandwich), 16GB of internal storage, a 5MP camera, and support for both 802.11g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It is essentially a mid-range smartphone hidden away inside a pair of glasses. At $1500, the first round of Google Glass was solely for developers, but once Google rolls it into production next year, judging by the internals, it should be much cheaper.
Are you excited for Google Glass? If you are curious about the software or hardware, Jay Lee is taking questions on his Google + thread.
WeVideo Launches Free Video Editor for Android Devices
Subject: Mobile | April 12, 2013 - 12:58 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: wevideo, video editor, Android
An online video editing company called WeVideo recently added an Android app to its services. The new WeVideo Android application allows users to capture, edit, and share videos taken by a number of Android 4.2 smartphones and tablets.
Video that has been captured by your phone can be edited, trimmed, stylized, saved to the phone, and published to Youtube, Vimeo, and the company's own WeVideo site. The video editor also syncs with the WeVideo browser editor and will allow you to capture video on your phone and then edit it on other computers in the online editor. Once published, the app also gives you the option to post a link to Facebook and Twitter that leads to the video.
You can select multiple clips and arrange them on a timeline. The clips can be trimmed and volume can be adjusted. Once on the timeline, you can apply automated styles that include background music, transitions, filters, titles, and effects.
According to WeVideo, the Android video editor is compatible with the following devices:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 (upcoming phone)
- HTC One (upcoming phone)
- Samsung Galaxy S III
- Samsung Galaxy Note
- Samsung Galaxy Note II
- Google Nexus
- Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD
- HTC Droid DN
- Sony Xperia S
- Sony Xperia Z
The app is a free download from the Google Play store (which recently got a facelift).
You can grab it here.
Overall, it seems to have good reviews, but it does have its share of 1-star reviews as well (as pretty much every app does heh). If you have been looking for an Android-equivalent to iMovie this might be a good option -- especially since it's free.
Google Rolling Out Play Store Redesign That Emphasizes Larger Images and Faster Checkouts
Subject: Mobile | April 10, 2013 - 10:45 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: google play, google, froyo, appstore, Android
Google has begun a worldwide rollout of its re-designed Google Play store for Android smartphones and tablets. Over the next few weeks, users will be presented with a new, and simplified, user interface for the Play store.
Mobile devices running Android 2.2 (Froyo) and above will recieve the update. The redesign has moved to a simpler layout that groups similar content together and uses larger images to draw in the user's attention. A continuous scroll feature will introduce recommendations for related content as you scroll down.
Google has also reportedly simplified the checkout process, in order to reduce the time between buying an app, purchasing an MP3, or renting a movie and actually being able to begin consuming the content.
From Google's blog post and what little screenshots they have shown off of the new layout, I think Google has made some positive changes here, but I'll reserve final judgement once I've been able to test it out for myself.
Has your Android device received the Play store update yet?
IDF: ZTE Shows Off New Geek Android Clover Trail+ Smartphone
Subject: Mobile | April 10, 2013 - 08:46 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: zte, geek, Android, android 4.2, clover trail, Intel, idf, atom z2580
During the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing, China, ZTE showed off its new Geek phone. The Geek is a 5" smartphone running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and powered by a 32nm Intel Clover Trail+ processor.
The ZTE Geek is not quite ready for release, but the internals are now official. Specifications include a dual core Intel Atom Z2580 processor clocked at 2GHz (HyperThreading allows 4 total threads), an integrated SGX 544MP2 GPU clocked at 533MHz, 1GB of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage. A 2300 mAh battery provides power for the device and can be recharged wirelessly in the ZTE Geek.
Engadget goes hands-on with the ZTE Geek at IDF in Beijing, China.
On the outside, The ZTE Geek features a 5" capacitive multi-touch screen with a resolution of 1280x720 and Gorilla Glass protection. There is a 1MP fixed focus webcam above the display, and an 8MP camera with auto-focus and LED flash on the rear of the device.
The Geek smartphone is compatible with the following wireless connections:
- GSM: 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- UMTS: 900 / 2100 MHz
WiFi: 802.11 a/b/g/n at 2.4GHz
- DLNA, Wireles hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, and Wi-Fi Display
- Bluetooth 3.0 LE
It also offers up an accelerometer, proximity, ambient light, compass, and gyro sensors. Engadget reports that the device on display at IDF is merely a prototype, and the glossy white finish and chassis material is subject to change. Naturally, there is no word yet on pricing, or when it will be released. The smartphone will likely not see an initial US release, however (if past Atom-powered phones are any indication).
What do you think about the ZTE Geek's design and specs? Personally, I'm still pining for the Lenovo K900 (another Clover Trail+ powered smartphone) to see a US release heh.
Blink and It's Gone: Google Forks WebKit
Subject: General Tech, Mobile | April 6, 2013 - 05:47 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: webkit, Blink, Android, Google Chrome, ChromeOS
There once was a web browser named Konqueror which was quite common in the Linux community. At its core was the KHTML rendering engine, a nice standards-compliant layout package; KHTML was so nice that Apple decided to create WebKit based on it. Since then, WebKit has been the basis of Google Chrome and other applications such as Steam as of a few years ago.
And even though the project maybe never be done, Google stuck a fork in it.
Blink is a new layout engine, based on WebKit, soon to be implemented in Google Chrome. By soon, I mean practically the next release. It stands to reason, too: a forked project by definition starts out looking nearly identical because they both start from the same point. The two projects will be able to evolve in different directions as each begin to differ in needs and desires.
So what does it mean? Firstly, web developers do not need to worry about a new vendor-prefix until at least Google starts to worry about one. According to their above Q&A, they currently seem more interested in reducing prefix support rather than adding new ones. Personally, I expect that at some point they will likely need to add some as standards evolve.
In terms of the future: I feel that multiple rendering engines will only be better for the future of the web. Sure, it can be difficult for web developers to test their products across a variety of devices but that is a drop in the bucket compared to the misery caused when a dominant player gets complacent. A noncompeting player will stop innovating and maybe pull away from open standards.
Then again this pretty much always happens: no-one is satisfied with monopolies. Thankfully the WebKit license made it easy for dissatisfied parties to take action. In turn, WebKit can benefit from many of these developments at their leisure, particularly before their products look too dissimilar.
Futuremark Launches 3DMark Benchmark For Android Devices
Subject: General Tech | April 3, 2013 - 06:53 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: ice storm extreme, ice storm, Futuremark, benchmarking, Android, 3dmark
Futuremark recently unveiled its latest 3DMark benchmarking suite for Android devices. Compatible with over 1,000 devices, the new 3DMark is a free benchmark that incorporates both the Ice Storm and Ice Storm Extreme tests. The benchmark was developed by Futuremark in cooperation with a number of industry companies including Broadcom, Imagination Technologies, Intel, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm. The Ice Storm Extreme test is also coming to the Windows version of 3DMark, and the tests can be used to compare benchmark scores across platforms.
Both the benchmarking tests are based on OpenGL ES 2.0. Ice Storm runs through two graphical tests to stress the GPU and one physics test to measure CPU performance. The ice Storm Extreme benchmark takes things further by bumping up the resolution to 1080 and swapping in higher quality textures and post processing effects.
The benchmark is compatible with a number of mobile smartphones and tablets running Android 3.1 or higher. It is a free download from the Google Play store.
The iOS and Windows RT versions of 3DMark are still in development. More information can be found in the press release.
Read more about Futuremark's 3DMark benchmarking suite at PC Perspective.
Android Version of Chrome May Get SPDY Proxy Speed Boost
Subject: General Tech | March 5, 2013 - 02:17 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: web browser, mobile, chrome, Android
Chrome for Android will allegedly be getting a speed boost thanks to a new SPDY-assisted proxy service. If a recent patch is any indication, future versions of Chrome may adopt a proxy service similar to Opera Turbo, Amazon Silk, or BlackBerry Proxy. Google would take advantage of its SPDY protocol to compress and multiplex web sites. We requests would be sent through Google, where Google would take the HTTP/HTTPS pages, compress and otherwise optimize them, and send them to your Android smartphone.
While on Wi-Fi or a wired connection, the performance merits of such proxy services are minimal at best (and at worst can actually slow down page loads). With that said, over a mobile network--especially if you are living in an area with (at best) 3G speeds, the new SPDY proxy service could make a huge difference in page load times. If my experiences using Opera and its Turbo proxy service over a 3G connection for the past month is any indication of the potential benefits of such a setup, some pages will load much faster, a few sites will actually load slower than browsing without the proxy, and the majority of websites will fall somewhere in between those two extremes, providing a slightly faster web browsing experience. Google may be taking things a step further by introducing its SPDY protocol to speed up the HTTP requests, which is an interesting tactic beyond the basic compression and/or caching that the existing alternatives employ.
Details on the hinted-at Google-run SPDY proxy service are scarce, but I hope that it holds true. There are some privacy considerations, but if you are just reading articles and have resigned yourself to the fact that Chrome/Google tracks you anyway (heh) it is a nice optional feature to have!
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Sometimes it is easy to forget that our patients are more than just a medical record number, a case history, a hearing test, a diagnosis, a report awaiting to be finished. Sometimes it is easy for us to get into a routine, and go through the motions. I know I am guilty of doing so; after a while, everything blurs together, back to back patients, day after day. A patient can get lost in a miasma of diagnostic codes and statistics. Yet, the truth remains while they are one of many, to our patients we may simply be the one and only.
The beauty of becoming an audiologist, at least one that appeals to me strongly is the sheer amount of time we get to spend with our patients. By virtue of exposure, and by virtue of the nature of our work, we suddenly become more than just a doctor- we become their confidant, their nurturer, their advocate. We may joke amongst ourselves about things like keeping within our scope of practice and avoid becoming marriage counselors. Yet, frequently, and as my supervisor once commented, that first set of hearing aids a patient buys are not for themselves but rather for their relationships. More often than not, that soundbooth becomes almost a confessional, a sacred space in which patients confess to us their deepest fears, their feelings of inadequacy, their frustrations, their dreams and desires. When we sit with them, when we walk them through the test, when we discuss with them about hearing loss, about their tinnitus, about their balance problems we often end up talking about a whole lot more. If we listen carefully, pay close attention and read between the lines, we would realize our patients have actually divulge to us beyond a list of symptoms and red flags. We are invited to take a glimpse into their lives, their secrets. We are entrusted with so much more; never take that duty lightly.
It is such a blessing, albeit at times a blessing in a "hideous" disguise, when our patients feel comfortable enough to be true with us. It is a blessing when a patient can feel our unconditional positive regards for them to the point of letting slide their strong fronts. There are many tears of joy shed in an audiologist's office. You have seen it on youtube and heard tell from many people who have experienced the activation of a CI, the wonders of hearing sounds again because of hearing aids and ALDs. Similarly there are a lot of tears shed because of fear and the sensation of helplessness. We may not always be able to fix the problem they present to us, but one thing we can be darn sure of is we can be there for them. We are in the business of hearing and balance, and more importantly, we are in the vocation of listening and keeping centered; two things essential to helping people stay engaged in their world.
We may not be priests, psychologists and counselors, but that should not deter us from being the best ministers, healers, and nurturers that we can be. Stop, listen. Time is relative, and when you can lose track of time, and have a moment with a patient, you might just step back and realize you have made better use of that second, minute, hour than had you worried about getting by the minute and making it to the next.
What I am trying to say is this: be there for your patients. Let your love for your patients pervade all your actions. You may feel the need to help many, but focus on helping the one in front of you, and you will be surprised by just how much and many you have helped at the end of the day.


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Ever since our president clinched the last election, media liberals on both coasts have been bracing for a full-fledged coup de culture staged by the God squad. The box office success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ also suggested that the entertainment industry, sensing the prospect of gold in them thar values, would start churning out righteous fare by the burning bushel. Turns out that Hollywood's ideas about religion don't quite match the moral majority's, though, and when TV producers attempt to court the churchgoing demographic, they whip out something either wimpishly wholesome like Joan of Arcadia or slick and racy like Revelations.
While easily the most intriguing attempt at religion-themed TV yet, The Book of Daniel is even less likely to appease Bible-thumpers. A series about a troubled Episcopal minister created by a gay sitcom writer, Daniel aims to do to the church what Six Feet Under did to the funeral business, The Sopranos did to the mob, and Rescue Me did to firefightingblast it wide open, exposing the messy innards.
In fact, Daniel has stolen a lot of licks from these very shows. WASPy Reverend Daniel Webster (Aidan Quinn) doesn't swear like the louts on Rescue Me, but he grapples with problems similar to those that burden Denis Leary's fireman pals: Vicodin addiction, a mother with Alzheimer's, a gay son, and an unusually intimate camaraderie with Jesus. As in Rescue Me, Jesus (Garret Dillahunt, fresh from his creepy role in Deadwood) is our hero's co-pilot, usually riding shotgun in Daniel's car like the supportive sidekick in a buddy flick. The two hash out moral issues but also bounce jokes off each other; at one point they entertain each other with fake self-help book titles like My Tuesdays With Jesus.
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In The Book of Daniel, religious folk get the best riffs. Daniel's boss, Bishop Beatrice Congreve (Ellen Burstyn), comes off as a brilliant, bitchy figure who doesn't shy away from power or pleasure. She meets her superior in the city to see Hairspray, has an affair with a married man, and even scrounges pills from Daniel. ("I lived through the '60s," she says witheringly.) But Beatrice also sees it as her job to teach Daniel how to keep his personal demons from interfering with his job. He makes waves in his suburban New York community with his deeply personal sermons about temptation, and complains to Beatrice that he doesn't want to guilt-trip his flock with lectures about sin. "But that's the business we're in!" she snipes.
"Edgy" is this show's buzzword. Along with drugs, extramarital affairs, and homosexuality, there are prim, hypocritical neighbors, each with a Desperate Housewivesstyle secret awaiting exposure. And don't forget Daniel's brother-in-law, who runs off with church funds earmarked for a new school, forcing Daniel to seek the help of a slimy, mob-connected priest straight out of The Sopranos. The taut scripts are crammed with outrageous incidents and amusing dialogue. In the midst of a family dinner, Daniel's addled mother says of her clergyman husband, "He's always showing me his penis." And when one of the characters is revealed to be having a lesbian tryst, Daniel's wife quips, "She did go to Vassar."
Daniel tanks up on glossy melodrama, immersing the series (at least the first two episodes I previewed) in a portentous soundtrack and allowing sunlight to seep through every crack of the Webster housea trick that gave Six Feet Under a luminous glow but here seems more like a crass religious signifier. Ditto for Jesus, possibly the most annoying television neighbor since Bewitched busybody Gladys Kravitz. He's a lazy shortcut to Daniel's internal battles with doubt and fallibility.
For a series presumably counting on controversy for buzz, there's been little advance protestprobably because Daniel doesn't go far enough in any direction. It yearns to be an HBO-worthy drama that reckons with heady moral issues, but it can't resist the temptation of prime-time gloss and melodrama. Aidan Quinn exudes such gentle gravitas and brokenness that you can't help rooting for him. He's the quiet center around which all kinds of artificial, exaggerated plot twists unfurl, a man torn between heaven and earth, God and Nielsen.
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