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(TheBlaze/AP) — Senate Democrats intend to approve a budget for the first time in almost four years, a prominent lawmaker said Sunday, but warned that it will call for higher tax revenues that Republicans are sure to oppose.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also said an announcement by House Republicans that they plan to approve a short-term increase in the nation's borrowing limit without demanding spending cuts was "positive step." He added, though, the extension should be longer than the three months they have outlined.
"We don't want to play fiscal cliff every three months," Schumer said.
Republicans in recent days have backed away from their insistence that they would not increase the nation's borrowing limit – known as the debt ceiling – without deep spending concessions. If the new proposal holds, the shift would clear the way for Congress to avoid a potential government default this spring.
But GOP officials insist that they will not move unless Senate Democrats create a budget to prevent the cycle of crises from continuing.
"All of us losing our pay if we don't pass a budget is the right thing to do," said Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference.
Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican and a favorite of the tea party, said he supports the strategy from his party's leaders in the House.
"There is no doubt the Senate hadn't done its job," said Cruz, who was elected to his first term in November. "It's been nearly four years since it's passed a budget. And the Senate should pass a budget."
But Senate Republicans will get a budget from the Democrats this year, Schumer said.
"We Democrats have always intended to do a budget this year," Schumer claimed, reiterating that the Democrats' budget will raise taxes while offering overhauls to the tax code likely to find Republican support.
"We're going to do a budget this year and it's going to have revenues in it. And our Republican colleagues better get used to that fact," the senator added on NBC's "Face the Nation."
The White House, too, said it remained committed to what officials called a "balanced" approach to cutting the nation's $16.4 trillion nation debt. Asked by ABC's George Stephanopolous whether Obama "will only sign a budget deal if it includes new revenues," White House senior adviser David Plouffe agreed.
"Yes, it's got to be balanced," said Plouffe, who expects to leave his first-floor West Wing office soon. "We need spending cuts, entitlement reform and revenue. We have to have that."
Watch Cruz and Schumer spar over the issue on "Face the Nation," below:
House Republican leaders added a caveat on to the extension Friday designed to prod Senate Democrats into passing a budget: no pay for lawmakers if there again is no budget passed this year. House Republicans have passed budgets for two consecutive years; the Democratic-controlled Senate last passed a complete budget in 2009.


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Snake is in. Effective immediately.
It's showing up in every possible accessory from bags to gloves to key chains and sunglasses. There are snake prints on dresses and underwear, bangles, hosiery and scarves.
Best news: It doesn't have to cost a lot for you to rock a reptile.
Many high-end fashion houses are showing their own luxe versions of snake this season: Valentino, Prada, Chloe, Dries Van Noten and others. But fabulous fakes abound in leather and pleather, and often it's hard to tell the difference between a $350 belt and one that costs $35. Every item on this page — some of them modeled by my co-worker Amy Winter — is less than $120 and most are less than $50.
"Reptile always looks sophisticated," says Gregg Andrews, a national fashion director for Nordstrom. In natural shades, it's more subtle than the popular leopard prints you'll see in every store in town.
But like leopard, a little snake goes a long way. You're better off not matchy-matching snakeskin shoes to bag to belt. And if you're brave enough to pick an overall reptile print, consider first whether your figure is up to looking as if you're being swallowed by a big, bad boa.

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On Monday, Microsoft announced a new line of Microsoft-branded, Windows-based tablets called Surface. The new tablets feature 10.6" ClearType HD displays, VaporMg (pronounced Vapor-Mag) magnesium cases, microSD card slots, full-size USB ports, MIMO networking antennae, built-in kickstands, and detachable covers that double as a keyboard. Surface tablets will come in two categories—Surface for Windows RT and Surface for Windows 8 Pro.
Surface for Windows RT
Surface for Windows RT tablets will have ARM processors, and as the name implies run the Windows RT operating system (a Metro-centric version of Windows 8 designed for ARM chips). For more information on Windows RT and its limitations, check out Seth Rosenblatt's CNET article, "Just what is Windows RT, anyway?(FAQ)."
Windows RT tablets will be 9.3mm thick and weigh just over 1.49 pounds. Along with the features mentioned above, they will feature a 31.5 Wh battery, microSD, USB 2.0, and Micro HD Video. They will be available in 32 GB and 64 GB versions.
Unfortunately, Microsoft didn't announced the tablet's retail price. The company would only say that the price of Windows RT Surface models would be comparable to other ARM tablets (think between $400 and $600).
Surface for Windows 8 Pro
Surface for Windows 8 Pro tablets will have Intel processors and run the Windows 8 Pro operating system. They will be 13.5mm think and weigh just under 2.0 pounds. The tablet will have a 42 Wh battery, microSDXC, USB 3.0, and Mini DisplayPort Video. It will be available in 64 GB and 128 GB versions. Again, the company didn't announce specific pricing for these tablets, but they did say Surface for Windows 8 Pro tablets would be comparable to Intel Ultrabook-class PCs (likely around $1,000).
Unanswered questions
I'm glad to see Microsoft finally release the tablet we've been expecting for so long, but today's announcement left many unanswered questions.
- Complete specs: The Surface's Web site doesn't list either version's processor, amount of RAM, graphics chip, or display resolution. We'll need this information before we can compare Microsoft's new tablet to the iPad and Android tablets.
- Price: The success or failure of Microsoft Surface tablets will hinge in large part on the devices' price.
- Launch date: These tablets won't hit the market until after Windows 8 goes on sale sometime later this year (perhaps late summer or or fall).
- Integration with other Microsoft products: We don't know exactly how, or even if the new Surface tablets will work with Microsoft's existing products—such as the Xbox or Windows Phone devices.
- OEM hardware manufacture reaction: Microsoft has traditionally partnered with PC, tablet, and phone manufacturers to produce the hardware on which Windows and Office run. Selling its own, Microsoft-branded tablets will put it in direct competition with many of those partners. In the Surface press release, Microsoft said that "OEMs will have cost and feature parity on Windows 8 and Windows RT," but only time will tell how Surface affects the Windows tablet market.
For more Microsoft Surface coverage, check out the following:
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1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folder "Knight Catches A Runner" Walter Johnson/Knight
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Graded EX-MT 6 by PSA. Extremely high grade example of one of the key cards from the classic T202 Hassan Triple Folders set: #88 "Knight Catches A Runner," featuring Hall of Famer Walter Johnson and Jack Knight on the end panels. Crisp and clean, both front and back, with four square corners, and centered slightly towards the top right. The very subtle irregular natural cut along the top and bottom (very difficult to see but present on this card) is not uncommon with T202s due to their method of production. This is an exceptional high-grade example which would be at home in any world-class T202 collection, or any high-grade prewar Hall of Fame card collection. Reserve $200. Estimate $400/$800.
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Veteran Yale hockey coach Tim Taylor dies at 71
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Tim Taylor, a veteran Yale University hockey coach with the most hockey wins at the Ivy League school, has died of cancer. He was 71.
Taylor's wife, Diana Cooke, confirmed he died Saturday, two weeks after Yale won its first national championship.
He was active internationally through January when he served as director of player personnel for the U.S. Junior National Team, which won gold at the World Junior Championships in Russia.
The New Haven Register reported at Harvard in the early 1960s where he was an assistant.
Taylor served as Yale's head coach from 1976 to 2006.
He coached 28 seasons in New Haven, not including two years with Olympic teams. He won more games (337) than any coach in the 117-year history of the program.


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Earlier this week, the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority, Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced completion of two U.S. General Services Administration projects to install new variable message signage units at the Peace Bridge and Lewiston-Queenston Bridge.
This signage is intended to provide clear instructions to direct U.S.-bound cars and trucks toward available CBP primary inspection lanes and also provide greater flexibility in Trusted Traveler (NEXUS) and Ready Lane configurations.
In addition, the signage will provide instantaneous or "click of a button" updating from port supervisor consoles, allowing the plazas to make more rapid adjustments to real-time traffic situations and queuing patterns.
"The LED signage fits with Customs and Border Protection's Active Lane Management strategy and allows operations to adapt to specific traffic demands on the facilities," said CBP Acting Director of Field Operations Randy Howe. "This LED signage is an excellent upgrade to the Peace Bridge and Lewiston facilities."
"These signs make it much, much easier for motorists to determine which inspection lanes are open at the Peace Bridge," said PBA General Manager Ron Rienas. "They also provide an aesthetic update for the plaza that, unlike past flip board and static-lit signage, will be really hard to miss."
"The new variable message signs at Lewiston are a significant improvement over the previous signs and add flexibility for CBP," said NFBC General Manager Lew Holloway. "The improved signage saves time and confusion by guiding travelers to the proper lanes, which could add up to real time savings for travelers over the course of a busy day."
There were 18 color variable message signs installed at the Peace Bridge, while another 10 were installed at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. Design of the project was initiated in late 2011, with site construction completed in fall 2012.
The signs are able to showcase different informational messages, including closure notices, specific vehicle-type directions (truck, bus, RV, auto), and many other basic communications.
To complement the variable message signage effort, the PBA also undertook a $150,000 traffic statistics interface system upgrade, which will synchronize with the new signs and allow for further automation of crossing data collection.


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Delivering all the excitement and fun of the equestrian life, from sports and leisure riding to horse care, My Horse and Me is a unique gaming experience for anyone with an interest or passion for horses. The game boasts the most accurate horse models and animations yet realised in a video game, alongside a richly rewarding gameplay experience, all set against a beautiful backdrop of charming indoor and outdoor environments.
Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR), one of the world's most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher and distributor, today announced that My Horse and Me, the ultimate equestrian sports and lifestyle video game experience for Wii and Nintendo DS has shipped to stores nationwide in North America with the PC version following shortly. Boasting the first and only exclusive worldwide license from one of the world's foremost horse sports organization, the Federation Equestre Internationale FEI (International Equestrian Federation), My Horse and Me features a realistic and immersive video game representation of equestrian sports. My Horse and Me is rated "E" for Everyone, and is now available for Wii at the suggested retail price of $29.99 and Nintendo DS for $29.99. The PC version will also available at the suggested retail price of $19.99. Read More »
Also known as: My Horse and Me
Release Region: United States
Release Date: February 5, 2008
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Release Date: November 23, 2007
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The Buffalo Plateau in Absaroka Mountains, Wy is a massive plateau that is likely the largest snowkite area in the Continental USA. It's a fairly high plateau between 10,000 and 11,000 feet the entire way across. Predictable Winds and often the best snowpack in the country made this one of our kiting goals years ago. Its approach is quite a challenge for such a huge area. Next to some marshlands in Louisiana it contains a point further from any road in the continental US. We've loaded up and attempted about 5 times. Many sticky situations lost in the woods and even spent the night with Pascal and Wayne where we found some sweet snow caves left from some winter campers of some sort.
That evening of the overnighter 2 years ago was a success in a sense because I kited SE wind on the approach of the plateau about 12 miles into the adventure. We planned for that SE wind knowing it would hit the plateau with massive lift. I pumped right up and took off exploring thinking Wayne and Pascal were right behind me. They always beat me to climbing the steeps first and navigate tight spots that I sometimes ski instead of kite. I therefore felt pressure to hurry and discover where we were. I ultimately slipped off this steep slope leading to a massive glide over trees and cliffs with no landing in mind. It turned out fine, I just had to compose myself to veer across this valley and land as high as possible so I had a kitable route back. For me that moment was one of the most amazing in my life, I could barely get any sleep that night in the snow cave I was so exhilarated.
Now, we've pushed it one step further in success. It's basically taken us each getting sleds and spending time learning to ride them hard.
I saw the forecast coming and talked Clint into sledding the route with me the day before to make sure a couple of spots were passable before I rallied the group. We got about 15miles in to where there's this huge steep slope. We turned back there for the day, but I knew we had a shot coming back ready with some strong sledneck skills and man power. Me Benji, Fox, Pascal, and Wayne were the crew for this day.
Once we all arrived at that steep slope Benji believed it possible and gave it a go. The climb is about 100' with a nearly vertical top. The right side falls off to cliffs dropping 1000' down, and the other side rolls off to a bottomless ravine that's a horrible avalanche trap. After watching Benji pull off the drop in and climb back out we all reluctantly went for it. After that we were scared the entire time about having to climb back out. Another 3 miles of carefully breaking trail through trees and Avy terrain getting stuck a handful of times and boom! We made it!
What a day to leave my camera in the car. I snapped a few just so you'd believe we made it with my phone camera.
Now the Goal is to make it further. Yount's peak area is my hope. Leaving the sleds at the Wilderness Boundary and kiting from there for about 15miles taking overnight gear and hopefully remembering my camera. I hope to camp at the base of some epic kite climbable peaks.
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Claims administrator York Risk Services Group, in Parsippany, announced Wednesday the promotion of Rick Taketa to the position of president.
According to the announcement, Taketa will continue to serve as Chief Operating Officer. In his expanded role, Taketa will have responsibility for all operational, financial and customer-facing activities for the company.
In addition to his prior role as chief operating officer, Taketa was president, commercial business for York Risk Services Group and also served as York's chief strategy officer. Taketa joined York from Southern California Risk Management Associates, where he served as the Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he was a co-founder and managing director of a private investment group and a corporate securities lawyer, the company said in a statement.
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Born on April 23, 1943 in Eynsfords (Kent), UK, Paul Smart raced with many bikes but it was his legendary victory at the "Imola 200 Miles" in 1972 that assured his eternal fame with Ducati lovers. Ducati showed its stuff in front of 11 powerful competitors, including: MV Agusta, Honda, Triumph, Norton, BSA, and Moto Guzzi, and other famous riders like Phil Read, Walter Villa, and everybody's favourite, Giacomo Agostini.
In the 1970s, the Borgo Panigale brand was concentrated on developing their production models and investment in racing was very limited. Smart's victory was quite unexpected; as talented as he was, no one thought he had a chance against Agostini on his MV Agusta. The bike Smart rode was a touring bike, a Gran Tourismo 750 and the first Ducati to have a desmodromic engine. The Ducati GT 750 had the frame, suspension, engine and breaks of a production model touring bike, while Agostini's MV Agusta was a 500 cc built specifically for racing.
With a small but very professional team to support him, Smart started the "Imola 200 Miles" with his bike tweaked to perfection. On the fourth lap, the English pilot caught up with Agostini and his MV Agusta. Surprising the more than 70,000 fans and onlookers, and even his own team, Smart surged ahead and crossed the finish line in 1st place. To the joy of fans, another Ducati rider, Bruno Spaggiari, followed right behind Smart. Smart and Spaggiari were neck and neck, fighting for 1st place. Smart eventually took the lead as Spaggiari was forced to slow down because of a lack of petrol. This was the first time Ducati achieved such amazing results against Count Domenico Agusta's powerful bikes.
Before this win, Paul Smart wasn't a well-known name in European racing. He was more famous in the United States where he raced for the American team Hanson Kawasaki, on Japanese bikes (that were technically unreliable). When Smart joined Ducati to complete their four person team, he was very surprised at the high skills and capacity of Taglioni's technical team. Seeing their potential, he couldn't understand why the Bolognese company didn't invest more time and energy in professional racing. Although Smart was unaware, the wheels of progress were already turning and the great Imola victory really showed Ducati's management that successful racing has a significant impact on commercial and financial growth.
Bringing the story back in time to before the great victory, Ducati fought an uphill battle to get Smart on the team. Their first step was finding the finances to put a team together. Taglioni was able to convince Ducati's Director to approve the necessary expenditure. Once the finances were available, the hard part was just beginning...
Ducati tried to sign on some well-known riders like Jarno Saarinen, Barry Sheene, and Renzo Pasolini but, in 1972, Ducati wasn't a big name in the world of large cylinder competitions and these riders weren't interested. Ducati's success had been concentrated on races with small single cylinder engines and the riders had a hard time believing that they would have a winning chance in
Ducati first return to racing. With little success so far, Spairani tried to enlist a couple of expert, yet lesser-known riders such as the Englishman Alan
Dunscombe and veteran racer Bruno Spaggiari. He also tried to contact Smart but could never get through to him. Finally, the Ducati team was able to pass the word to Smart through his companion, Maggie (also Barry Sheene's sister). Smart was a bit doubtful about the Ducati team but after a bit of negotiation, he signed the contract.
When Smart touched down in Italy at the airport in Milan, he was surprised to be met by a big sedan that brought him straight to the Modena circuit for trials. Without time to rest, Smart found himself directly on the track trying out Dunlop TT100 tyres and various frames. He was pleasantly surprised by the quality Ducati materials (even those coming from the production models) and by the professionalism of the team (the "best he had every worked with"). The team consisted of 30 people, 10 motorcycles and all of the strength and passion of Ducati.
Smart had only just come to Ducati when his magnificent victory joined the rider and brand for years to come.
Originally published in the Passione Ducati Encyclopedia by Altaya/De Agostini and reprinted with the publisher's permission.


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RENO, Nev. -- The accused driver of the vehicle that led law enforcement officials on a high speed chase exceeding speeds of 100 miles per hour will face charges in two different counties.
A Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) official tells KOLO 8 News Now, 24-year-old Tyler Leggett from San Diego, was arrested overnight and will first face charges in Mineral County then charges in Churchill County will be addressed.
The charges Leggett faces include Speeding, Felony Eluding an Officer, and Resisting Arrest.
Several law enforcement agencies were involved in the chase that began about 18 minutes north of Hawthorne Saturday (March 30th) evening.
RENO, Nev. -- The Nevada Highway Patrol is searching for a suspect who is still on the loose, escaping on foot following a high speed chase. It started around 6:50 PM, 18 miles north of Hawthorne when a trooper spotted a red Ford Mustang passing another driver on a stretch of road marked with a double yellow line. When the trooper attempted to stop the car, the Mustang took off at a high rate of speed, continuing to pass other vehicles.
Walker River Tribal police joined in the chase attempting to use a spike strip to stop the speeding Mustang. That attempt failed, and the driver continued at speeds above 100 miles per hour toward Fallon. As the driver got closer to town Fallon Police and Churchill County Sheriff's Deputies once again deployed spike strips to stop the car. This time 3 of the cars tires were punctured. The driver lost control of the vehicle near Colorado Lane, coming to a stop after failing to negotiate a turn. According to Troopers the 24-year-old male suspect took off and foot. A 30-year-old female passenger remained in the car, and was arrested. Authorities are still looking for the driver who escaped.
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Captain Jay DeMerit was recently on Kick TV, where he was confronted about singing Just Bieber in the shower during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Make sure to watch the captain's interesting interview with Kick TV. (Kick TV)
Early in this 2012 season, the Blue and White have been applauded for their stellar defensive work as they set a new MLS record for most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal to start a season. The back four played has played a huge role in establishing the 'Caps new defensive identity, especially the partnership between Jay DeMerit and Martin Bonjour. Bonjour is fitting in nicely to his new surroundings in Vancouver and letting his footwork do the talking for him while he learns English to better communicate on the field. (Bruce Constantineau - The Vancouver Sun)
Assistant Coach Paul Ritchie had a busy bye week as he travelled overseas to continue his courses in obtaining his UEFA Pro License. Ritchie took part in tactics and scenario discussions with top managers such as Everton manager David Moyes. In obtaining UEFA licenses and working with such experienced managers the 'Caps assistant coach looks like he will be a great manager in the future whether it's in the MLS or overseas. (Marc Weber - The Province)
'Whitecaps FC Daily' with Peter Schaad is back in its usual 3:00 p.m. timeslot on TEAM 1410 sports radio! For those of you who may have missed past episodes, you can find them HERE!
The show airs every Monday to Friday at 3 p.m. PT on TEAM 1410.
You can always get your soccer fix every Sunday night from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. PT by tuning into 'Full-Time: Vancouver's Soccer Show' with Tyler Green and Mike Martignago on TEAM 1040. HERE!
West Coast Soccer Weekly is a new podcast hosted by Canadian Soccer News writers Pierce Lang and Michael McColl. For all things soccer on the best coast, including up to date coverage of Whitecaps FC, Highlanders, Men's and Women's Canadian national teams, and local community clubs be sure to listen in HERE!
Have you heard about 'The Soccer Show' with Nigel Reed and Bob Iarusci? Make sure to listen HERE!
With tomorrow's showdown with Sporting Kansas City looming the 'Caps are prepping for the big match. With Sporting Kansas City undefeated to this point in the season the blue and white know they will be up for quite a challenge come Wednesday night. Be sure to check out the match preview HERE! (Simon Fudge - whitecapsfc.com)
The 'Caps academy announced the addition of 17 players to a brand new U-13 academy team with this addition the blue and white now have a U-13 team in addition to their U-14, U-15, U-16 and U-18 residency teams. Check out this exciting roster of new young players added to the 'Caps development program. (whitecapsfc.com)
The 'Caps residency program received some more good news as four players from the U-16 squad were called up for Canadian National Team duty for the U-17 training camp. Those Whitecaps FC players called up included goalkeeper Marco Carducci, defenders Alex Comisa and Jordan Haynes and midfielder Marco Bustos. (whitecapsfc.com)
Eric Hassli, rarely takes a day off from soccer, and this bye week was no different for the Frenchman as he practised, prepping for this mid-week showdown against league leaders Sporting Kansas City. Hassli continued to work on his offensive game as he looks to find the back of the net for the first time this season on Wednesday night. (Martin MacMahon - MLSsoccer.com)


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Wyrd Sisters Continue Legal Battle Against WB
Mar 03, 2008
The Toronto Star newspaper is reporting Canadian folk group The Wyrd Sisters, are once again pressing further legal action against Warner Bros. in the continuation of a $40 million lawsuit now seeking the "destruction of DVDs, compact discs, video games and other paraphernalia" which contain reference to the fictional "The Weird Sisters" band. This lawsuit targets "all visual performances, sound recordings and merchandise relating to the 'Harry Potter Weird Sisters' band" which would include the film's soundtrack, various video games, Harry Potter Scene-It DVD game, and trading cards.
Originally, the Wyrd Sisters filed a lawsuit in mid-2005 to block the release of the "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" film due to their feeling an association with a fictional band named "The Weird Sisters," a name which was only referenced in the books, had harmed their reputation. The musical act portrayed during a brief scene in the "Goblet of Fire" film, was never mentioned by name. Readers will remember the band's original case of trademark infringement was unsuccessful and they were subsequently ordered to pay a judgement of $140,000 to WB for various legal fees. According to the article, this judgement has not yet been paid and notes a decision made by the court requiring a meeting of the band members with WB.


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The three programs in Social-Organizational Psychology – the M.A. program, the Executive M.A. program, and the Ph.D. program – all share a common grounding in the adherence to a scholar-practitioner model and to a belief in the importance of examining and understanding organizational issues from multiple contexts and perspectives. The programs are, however, designed for different constituencies of students.
For those newer to the field or transitioning in from another discipline or career, the M.A. program is likely to be the program to which this student is best suited. For those wishing to pursue a career in academia or in a research position within an organization, and who already have some experience in research, the Ph.D. program is likely to be the program to select. For those with extensive professional experience who continue to work full-time but wish to pursue an advanced degree, the Executive M.A. program may be the more appropriate program.
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Parents need to know that Oz the Great and Powerful is considerably darker and more intense than The Wizard of Oz. While it pays tribute to the original film, the main character this time is an adult, rather than a girl, and the themes are accordingly more mature. For much of the movie, Oz (James Franco) is a selfish, egotistical ladies' man; he flirts to get his way and ends up kissing four different characters. (He also says "damn" a couple of times.) And if the Wicked Witch's flying monkeys in the 1939 classic frightened your kids, the flying baboons in this prequel may terrify them (particularly in 3-D), as will the general cruelty of the evil characters and the plight of the orphaned China Girl. Glinda is also briefly tortured (via magical lightning), and there's an intense twister scene and several "jump" moments that are especially startling in the 3-D version. The Wicked Witch's transformation is creepy, though ultimately she doesn't look quite as scary as the original. On the bright side, the movie offers a lasting lesson about how teamwork and friendship between unlikely allies can overcome obstacles and how a person's legacy lives on in people's hearts and minds.
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Road closure planned Saturday morning.
Shawnee city officials have announced Ninth Street from Bell to Broadway will be completely closed this Saturday morning while a contractor is having to do some maintenance on the antennae towers atop the Alridge Hotel.
City Engineer John Krywicki said they will need to set up a crane on Ninth Street to be able to access the towers on top of the hotel. They think it will only take them 3-4 hours, but, it could be longer. No more than one day though, he said.


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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (US - BD RA)
Gabe will continue with this review as soon as the iguanas are off the table...
During the flooding following Hurricane Katrina Detective Terrence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) injures his back rescuing a prisoner from the rising waters. McDonagh gets a medal and promotion to Lieutenant for his trouble, and also finds himself addicted to pain killers. The pain killers lead to harder drugs, and naughtier behavior, including theft, illicit sex, and battery. McDonagh also embarks on a co-dependant relationship with a high class prostitute named Frankie (Eva Mendes), and starts a gambling losing streak that puts him in hot water with his bookie Ned (Brad Dourif). All the while McDonagh never stops being a cop, and his guilt and obsession begin to circle his latest murder case, which involves a family of immigrants. His addictions and obsessions lead him to some shocking unorthodox methods.
The early announcements stating that charming oddball auteur Werner Herzog was remaking psychotic oddball auteur Abel Ferrara's 1992 film, Bad Lieutenant were certainly among the strangest movie related news items I'd ever read. The follow-up corrections that stated the project wasn't a remake, but a sequel, didn't quite quell the nerves. Audiences now know Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans isn't really a remake or a sequel, but a sort of relocation of the badly behaved lead character. Still, the existence of this film isn't rendered any less weird, even after seeing the final product. The news would not be surprising had some random, corporate owned director been attached to a Bad Lieutenant remake (I believe Lionsgate owns the rights to the original film), as the basic concept is simple enough to readapt with a mainstream, modern action slant (Ferrara's best film, to my taste, Ms. 45 has been more or less remade a dozen times), but Werner Herzog's interest baffles me. I suppose Rescue Dawn was a reasonably mainstream film, and I admit I've not seen more than half of Herzog's features, but my bewilderment is cemented, and colours my entire film review.
The two Bad Lieutenants are quite comparable beyond superficial levels, no matter what Herzog's pre-release sound-bites may have insisted. Both 'Bad Lieutenants' smoke crack, steal drugs, have gambling problems, commit public sex acts under threat of arrest, and have relationships with prostitutes. Both films feature structural and thematic similarities as well, but the differences are just as important in terms of contextualization and comparison. These differences have more to do with tone and characterization than plot. Ferrara's film is a nightmarish, disturbing, fully frontally nude decent into a smoky hell, while Herzog seems to be more interested in entertaining his audience with the ridiculousness of the protagonist's madness. Bad Lieutenant is a difficult to dissect, Catholic guilt redemption tale, and is weird for seemingly pointed reasons, and Port of Call New Orleans comes off more as a mixed spoof of Ferrara's original, and modern television crime drama. From what I can gather the film is bizarre for the sake of humourous excess, and it's really not excessive or bizarre enough to earn the 'right', at least not considering the source and filmmaker.
I normally expect a solid untold stories, and/or a healthy dose of meditative subtext from Herzog, but Port of Call: New Orleans isn't a particular original take on cops and robbers, or a downfall (it really is kind of a remake, up to the final 30 minutes), and it has only the most incidental attachments to modern New Orleans, and the Hurricane Katrina incident. I suppose the back injury incurred during the flooding does set the character's spiral spinning, but it'd be a stretch to consider the weight of the event pertinent to the subtext. I assumed that I'd be seeing New Orleans through a European Art House lens, but there's little here to even prove the film wasn't shot in any other random Southern coastal city. There are magically little hallucinatory moments here and there (the close-up treatment of reptiles is wonderfully cockeyed), and the final reel verges on riveting, but the bulk of the film feels too conventional. The one predictably weird element is Nicolas Cage's bug-eyed performance. We're all used to Cage taking it over-the-top, but his sudden development of a James Cagney accent almost exactly in the center of the film is probably a first for the actor. I'm not saying it's not an entertaining performance (Cage's body language is fantastic), it's just a little…inconsistent, which is, once again, weird. The other actors are all somewhat stilted, which pushes Cage's histrionics a little more into the audience's faces, but doesn't quite create a sense of belonging.
Herzog once again aims for a natural, almost verite look on this film, but his lack of stylistic overload doesn't equal a wasted 1080p transfer. The whole of the print is clean, exhibiting only fine grain, and the image quality is reasonably sharp without any major compression issues. Occasionally the garish qualities of the story drip into the look, and the pallet will feature some brighter, fuller hues (bars and arcades), but for the most part Port of Call: New Orleans flips between pretty simple, and natural warm and cool compositions. Interestingly enough the majority of the film is set in broad daylight, so details aren't often hidden within darkened sequences (which are grainier than the daylight scenes, but sharply lit overall). Herzog utilizes a pretty even hand in terms of contrast, and mostly keeps his focus shallow, so there isn't an excess of super-fine or deep-set detail. The production used different cameras for some of the more extreme close-up shots, and these shots are grainier, and sloppier than the rest of the transfer (anything to do with an animal seems to apply here).
Sound wise this Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Blu-ray release follows the First Look norm, and comes fitted with a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack. The dialogue, which is clearly the most important element on this track, is uncommonly inconsistent for a 2010 movie. Volume and clarity can noticeably change mid-scene, mostly during incidental cuts. The lip-sync is also off on occasion, and sometimes echo cuts in where it wasn't an issue a second earlier. These are occasional issues, and probably have everything to do with Herzog's style, but they're there for noticing. Incidental noise is a mostly frontal affair, mostly coming from the center channel, but featuring some activity in the stereo channels. The rear channels are very subtle in terms of effects activity, excepting some crowd noise, birds, occasional gunshots, etcetera, and directional effects are mostly a non-entity. The film's music is the best measure of the uncompressed sound, and features some impressive LFE levels and directional elements.
'The Making of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' (31:00, SD) is a lose little behind-the-scenes featurette that despite an excess of existential chatting from Herzog still gives me no understanding of what he saw in the project, other than comedy. The material is rough, but reasonably well edited. Basic subject matter includes first day rituals, filming with alligators (real dead alligator), the flooded set, filming in rain, filming in the heat, break-dancing, and iguanas. The extras are wrapped up with Lena Herzog's on-set photography, an 'alternate' trailer, and other First Look trailers.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans did not meet my perhaps unfair expectations, which probably puts me in a rather lonely category of people that wanted something even wackier from director Werner Herzog and his capable cast. I'm also, again, perhaps unfairly, comparing the film to Abel Ferrara's original Bad Lieutenant, which is very possibly not the point of the exercise. There are genuinely magical moments throughout the film, and the last act is pretty great (especially if we're comparing it to Ferrara's original film), so a viewing is still recommended. The Blu-ray won't over-impress in terms of video or audio, but there are few specific problems. The extras are a bit short and low on production values (and anyone with ears would prefer a Herzog commentary), but there's some decent information to be found in the making-of featurette.
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Review by Gabriel Powers
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In an interview with Herzog, he stated that he had never seen the Ferrara film and that he did not want this movie to be called "Bad Lieutenant". A producer had the right to the title, and decided it would get this movie some more attention, so they put it on against his wishes. It's frustrating, really, because it draws comparisons that Herzog never wanted.
As for the film itself, I agree that it is oddly inconsistent. It definitely isn't among Herzog's best, but I still found it incredibly watchable and entertaining.
As for the film itself, I agree that it is oddly inconsistent. It definitely isn't among Herzog's best, but I still found it incredibly watchable and entertaining.
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The screenwriter took so much from the original movie Herzog really should've watched Ferrara's film. It's like being handed a script called Oldboy, and told it's about 50% remake, but never seeing the original film, and then complaining that as a filmmaker you had no interest in remaking the original. It's weird, and kind of unprofessional.
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Awesome film, one of the best in 2009.
Easily better than oscar garbage films like Up in the air, its complicated or Crazy Heart!
Easily better than oscar garbage films like Up in the air, its complicated or Crazy Heart!
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I like both Bad Lieutenant films. The Ferrara one is better, but the one starring Nic Cage is more accessible to audiences.
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Release Date: 6th April 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH and Spanish
Extras: The Making Of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Digital Photo Book, Alternate Trailer, Other Trailers
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Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Xzibit, Fairuza Balk, Shawn Hatosy, Jennifer Coolidge, Brad Dourif, Shea Whigham, Denzel Whitaker
Genre: Comedy, Crime and Drama
Length: 122 minutes
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Joseph Fielding Smithby Amelia McConkie and Mark L. McConkie
Joseph Fielding Smith (1876-1972), the tenth President of the Church, was born July 19, 1876, in Salt Lake City, the firstborn son of Joseph F. Smith, an apostle who would become the sixth President of the Church, and Julina Lambson, the first of his six plural wives. His grandfather was the Patriarch Hyrum Smith. Under the tutelage of his parents, Joseph Fielding, as he became known in the Church, grew up with a deep affection for the Prophet Joseph Smith and his teachings. Upon learning to read, he constantly studied Church magazines, pamphlets, and other publications, reading the Book of Mormon twice by age ten. A few years later, he read the lengthy History of the Church, published in the Millennial Star. In his late teens he studied the New Testament in transit to and from his merchandizing job at ZCMI (Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution), the Church department store. He built the lasting scholarship on this foundation of constant learning that later distinguished his prolific writings.
He married Louie Emily (Emyla) Shurtliff in the Salt Lake Temple on April 26, 1898. One year later, he accepted a two-year mission call in the Nottingham conference of the British Mission (1899-1901). Upon his return, he secured employment in the Church Historian's office. In April 1906 he was appointed an assistant Church historian.
As antipolygamy sentiment raged in the early 1900s, Joseph Fielding felt the injustice of the attacks upon the Church and the men whom he knew and loved, such as his father. Some of his first publications were defenses of historical Church doctrine and practice, including Blood Atonement and the Origin of Plural Marriage (1905) and Origin of the "Reorganized" Church: The Question of Succession (1907).
In March 1908 his wife, Louie, died leaving him with two daughters. That November he married Ethel Georgina Reynolds, who bore him five sons and four daughters. Ethel died in August 1937, and he married Jessie Ella Evans in April 1938. She died on August 3, 1971, one year before President Smith.
Family influence powerfully shaped Joseph Fielding Smith's feeling about religion and his understanding of the gospel. In his later years he often commented that he had been tutored by his father, who was called to preside over the Church when Joseph Fielding was only twenty-five. "I have a great love for my father," he said. "It was marvelous how the words of living light and fire flowed from him" (remarks at Smith family reunion, Nov. 13, 1970; copies in family possession). "In all my life," he continued, "whenever I have been tempted, one thought has always come to me. "What would my father think of that?"' A year later, dramatizing the impact of his father on his own gospel scholarship, he said, "I feel a closeness to my father, and my grandfather, and my granduncle the Prophet [Joseph Smith] himself, and to the other early brethren of this dispensation. I believe what they believed and am sure that in large measure I think as they thought" (fireside speech to Latter-day Saint Student Association, Nov. 21, 1971, LDS Institute of Religion, University of Utah).
Family influences in turn became the molding forces in the lives of Joseph Fielding's children, who tell of his constant efforts to teach them. At meals, in family gatherings, while walking children to school or church, and later in letters to those in the military and on missions, he was always instructing his children in gospel principles. His letters, like his sermons, were filled with scriptural quotations, often interpreting world events or family activities in terms of what the scriptures said. Through these constant teachings he earned what he considered to be one of life's greatest blessings: all of his children remained faithful Latter-day Saints. Each married in the temple, and each of his sons served a mission for the Church. Following Joseph Fielding's death, Harold B. Lee, his successor as President of the Church, said, "Truly, the greatest monument to him is the great posterity which he has given to the world" (Letter to the Joseph Fielding Smith family, July 14, 1972, Salt Lake City, Historical Department of the Church [HDC]).
When Joseph Fielding Smith was ordained an apostle on April 7, 1910, the Salt Lake Tribune published criticisms against him, his father, and the Smith family for nepotism. This vilification ignored his qualifications for the apostleship. In this difficult time, he took refuge in his family, which had special reason to have confidence in the call because of a revelation to his mother that her son would become an apostle (Bruce R. McConkie, pp. 24-31). In a patriarchal blessing he received at nineteen, Joseph Fielding Smith had also been told, "It shall be thy duty to sit in council with thy brethren, and to preside among the people" (John Smith, Patriarchal Blessing to Joseph Fielding Smith, Jan. 19, 1896; copy in LDS Church Historian's Library).
During his apostolic tenure, amid many responsibilities and duties, Joseph Fielding Smith was best known, and is best remembered, as a theologian and gospel scholar. President Heber J. Grant called him "the best posted man on the scriptures of the General Authorities of the Church that we have" (Letter to Joseph Fielding Smith, Dec. 31, 1938, HDC). He published more books and articles than any other man who became President of the Church, though it was never his main intent to become an author. Many of his writings were discourses, answers to questions posed to him, instructions for Church leaders, and efforts to clarify common uncertainties.
One book, The Signs of the Times (1942), was published after requests mounted for copies of lectures he had given on the last days. The Restoration of All Things (1945) was a compilation of radio talks; the two-volume Church History and Modern Revelation (1953) was a manual of instruction for the Melchizedek Priesthood quorums; and the five-volume Answers to Gospel Questions (1957-1966) was a compilation of answers to gospel questions printed in Church magazines over a period of years.
At a time when many were concerned with the issues of organic evolution, Elder Smith published Man: His Origin and Destiny (1954), in which he provided a scriptural and theological defense of the Church position that mankind is the offspring of and placed on earth by God, not a product of random evolutionary processes. His calm throughout this intellectual storm showed both his serenity and wisdom.
He always built his sermons on scriptural themes. "I never did learn to deliver a discourse," he said, "without referring to the scriptures" (Joseph F. McConkie, pp. 44-45). In his sixty-two-year ministry as an apostle and prophet, Joseph Fielding Smith preached on almost every facet of the gospel. Few Latter-day Saints have spoken so emphatically on the fact that God is a personal being, that he is the creator of all things, that he is literally the Father of Jesus Christ, and that the Atonement of Christ grows out of the fact of his divine Sonship. His defense of the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and the doctrine of a latter-day restoration fulfilled a promise in a second patriarchal blessing that his teachings and writings would stand as a "wall of defense against those who are seeking and will seek to destroy the evidence of the divinity of the mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith" (Joseph D. Smith. Patriarchal Blessing to Joseph Fielding Smith, May 11, 1913; copies in family possession).
He explained the doctrine of the "divine law of witnesses" (CR, Apr. 1930) with a force and clarity not found elsewhere in the literature of the Latter-day Saints (see Witnesses, Law of). The Way to Perfection (1931) and Elijah the Prophet and His Mission (1957) stand as classic expositions of the doctrines of salvation for the dead. His compilation Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (1938) is one of the most widely used reference texts in LDS literature. Essentials in Church History (1922) and The Life of Joseph F. Smith (1938) are examples of interpreting history through scriptural and prophetic eyes.
Yet, while he is remembered as a gospel scholar, Joseph Fielding Smith's love of life and those he worked with was broader than his scholarship. When President Smith was ninety-three, Elder Gordon B. Hinckley said, "I have never heard him say a mean or evil or unkind thing . He speaks generously of those he discusses." He repeatedly said, "I love my brethren," and with regard to the wayward, he urged giving "them the benefit of the doubt; there are two sides to the story." His counsel to bishops was similar: "If you make any mistakes in judgment, make them on the side of mercy." He frequently financed missions, paid the hospital bills of the sick, and sent groceries to the needy. He always disciplined his children with love, avoiding physical punishment, preferring to look them in the eyes and say, "I wish my children would be good." "No spanking or whipping," said one daughter, "could accomplish what this kindly father did with love" (Joseph F. McConkie, pp. 71-90).
Joseph Fielding Smith became President of the Church on January 23, 1970, following the death of President David O. McKay. His two-and-one-half-year tenure was marked by steady missionary growth; the dedication of the Ogden and Provo temples; some significant organizational restructuring, including reorganizations in the Church Sunday School system and the Church Department of Social Services; and a revamping of portions of the Church internal communication systems, which led to the consolidation of all general Church magazines into three.
After a long life of scholarship and influence, one of his most significant acts was his reaffirmation, as President of the Church, of the doctrines that he had taught throughout his apostolic ministry. "What I have taught and written in the past," he said in the October general conference of 1970, "I would teach and write again under the same circumstances" (CR, Oct. 1970, p. 5). He died July 2, 1972, in Salt Lake City.
(See Daily Living home page; Church History home page; People in Church History home page)
Shown here (c. 1970) with his third wife, Jessie Evans Smith. They were married in 1938, and she was famous as a singer. Joseph Fielding Smith was the tenth President of the Church, serving in that position from 1970 to 1972.
McConkie, Bruce R. "Joseph Fielding Smith, Apostle, Prophet, Father in Israel." Ensign 2 (Aug. 1972):23-31.
McConkie, Joseph F. True and Faithful: The Life Story of Joseph Fielding Smith. Salt Lake City, 1971.
Smith, Joseph Fielding, Jr., and John J. Stewart. The Life of Joseph Fielding Smith. Salt Lake City, 1972.
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The Best Chicken Rice in Kuala Lumpur
When it comes to Chicken Rice, I have hunted long and wide for good Chicken Rice in Kuala Lumpur. Unknown to me the best chicken rice in Kuala Lumpur was right next door to Apple Hotel. ok, so officially the restaurant next door to Apple Hotel hasn't opened yet. However in saying this, I was kindly invited for a taste of let's just call it paradise.
The soft opening allowed me to taste this amazing chicken rice. So what is chicken rice some of you may ask. Chicken Rice is a traditional Chinese dish available here in Malaysia but also in Singapore, Taiwan however as expected, each area may have a different variation of the dish.
The chicken is prepared in traditional Hainanese methods which involve the boiling of the entire chicken in chicken bone stock,some may use pork bones as well for extra flavor. The reusing of broth over and over and only topping it up with water when needed, in accordance with the Chinese preferences for creating master stoks. This stock is not used for rice preparation, which instead involves chicken stock created specifically for that purpose, producing an oily, flavourful rice sometimes known as "oily rice" with Southeast Asian pandan leaves added sometimes. Some cooks may add ginger or coconut milk to the rice, reminiscent of the local dish Nasi Lemak.
As each country has it's version so does each area, In Malacca , the chicken rice is served as rice balls rather than plate or bowl of rice, steamed rice is shaped into mini golf balls and served alongside the chopped chicken. This dish is eaten the same way as the regular version, making sure to get a portion of chicken, some rice and the soy and chili condiment into each mouthful.
Some of the older chefs argue that the rice was originally shaped into balls because it needed to be kept warm from the time it was cooked (often earlier in the day) until mealtime. The rice balls, when stored in wooden containers, apparently stayed warm for a longer time. The other theory is that the rice balls were more portable and were easier for labourers working on plantations to transport from home.
No matter which version you may choose. The Best version I have found if right next door to this Budget Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. So next time when checking in, stroll next door and order this delicious meal.


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Interesting ep, so we dont get the juicy fight of exile vs exile. Augusta (Vasant) rebels against Lukia. The big question now where Lukia is heading to?
Alvis? Possible but i dont think it is her that he want to get, because he said it is something related 10years ago, so Alvis should be out.
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So, while Luscinia is away on some side trip, the other side takes advantage of it. It'll be interesting who takes what side. Guess a few people got tired of his scorched earth policy when it came to dealing with conquering others.
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.... after watching episode 14.... still sulking for the awaited exile battle I wait a week for IT!!! but what do I get is scorched earth lands which is the left over result of the exile battle and the Turan exile hanging in the sky
Good episode with good development for Milia and Fam. Fam being powerless and Milia being brave and resolute enough to even say she will strike down her beloved Onee-sama. I can't imagine her resolve to say such thing. And in the end of all it turn into that Luscinia would be an escape goat of the federation or he is really hated <.< not sure on what to make up of the lady officer and her chaos clan last survivor status.
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Every time Fam is on screen I want to vomit. I have not hated an anime character this much in quite some time. I hope to god she dies at the end of the series as a martyr or something, just leave that world already Fam, no one will care.
Oh, and no exile battle was super lame. I guess they're saving it for the last few episodes......right?
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I'm sorry, but given where I feel the plot is going,I've come to the conclusion that this should be called Last Exile:SEED Destiny rather then Last Exile:Fam, The Silver Wing. With the only difference being Fam's just disgustingly naive stupid rather then the PTSD Angry stupid that Shinn had going for himself.
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J.P. Morgan's Battle Doesn't End With Dimon
James Damon is the flash point in the battle of the board at J.P. Morgan. But what happens with his fellow directors may be just as important. Heard on the Street's David Reilly joins MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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It won't be only Disney executives who are watching the box office returns for "The Lone Ranger" this weekend. Lots of people are wondering whether Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer can ride to the rescue of a genre that was once a staple of American cinema but now has fallen on hard times: the western.
"The western has always been a definitively American art form," says Jeffrey Richardson, Gamble curator of western history, popular culture and firearms at the Autry National Center of the American West in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. "It's one that has grown and evolved over time, but unfortunately it has been in decline over the past 50 years."
The western doesn't have the same place in the minds of young people that it does for the baby-boomer generation, who grew up on the movies of John Wayne, Gary Cooper and Clint Eastwood, and television series such as "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza" and "Wagon Train." The western is an empty word for them, conjuring images of cowboys and campfires but disassociated from the true heart behind them -- the survivalist sentiments and moral lessons.
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Even Richardson, who is 35, says he didn't grow up on western movies -- and he's made a career out of the genre.
Still, every few years the western makes a reappearance. There was the remake of the classic "True Grit" (2010), starring Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon, and the more contemporary western "No Country for Old Men" (2007), starring Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem. But neither completely won over young audiences as the former was rated PG-13 and the latter R.
Richardson thinks the revival of "The Lone Ranger" has a shot at change that (although it too is PG-13).
"The marketing might of Disney and Johnny Depp might make this a little different -- hopefully ignite a passion of a much younger audience," he says.
Not only was the film shot on location in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, but modern technology adds an entirely new component, especially in comparison to many great western films that weren't even shot outdoors, Richardson notes.
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"Hopefully a movie like 'The Lone Ranger' will provide a good combination of live action and CGI -- for a younger audience that expects CGI and an older audience that might think it's heavy-handed," he says.
In anticipation of "The Lone Ranger's" release, Richardson shared his top five western films:
"Unforgiven" (1992) -- This film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, follows retired gunslinger William Munny (Eastwood) as he takes one last job after a prostitute is disfigured by cowboys. A darker western, "it really shows the moral and social complexity of the western genre," says Richardson. "It was one of the few I saw as a kid in the theater. I thought westerns were very simplistic, and this film was so much more than that."
The film went on to win an Academy Award for best picture and was the third western to do so -- following on the spurs of "Cimarron" (1931) and "Dances With Wolves" (1990).
"High Noon" (1952) -- "It's the most screened movie by the White House," says Richardson. It doesn't conform to the typical action-packed western scenario. "Really it is quite slow and very methodical," Richardson says. "The build-up and pacing to the climactic action is confined to the ending minutes, but the drama and suspense is quite powerful."
Gary Cooper plays Will Kane, a longtime marshal in New Mexico who is newly married to Ann (Grace Kelly) and about to turn in his badge when he learns that a man he once arrested is seeking revenge. Kane turns back to help, but the townspeople refuse to assist him, so he must act alone.
"The Wild Bunch" (1969) -- The most violent of the group, this Sam Peckinpah film traces a pack of outlaws on the Texas border who look for one last robbery, as the West is becoming more gentrified all around them. "It showed the excitement of the West, but in somewhat of a more unrelenting style that really showed the consequences of violence," Richardson says.
"The Searchers" (1956) -- "I would probably lose my job if I didn't mention at least one John Wayne-John Ford collaboration," says Richardson. Probably no other actor has starred in more westerns than Wayne, who was known for his rugged, masculine look that made him the perfect cowboy. But in this one, "you really see him as a human and not a caricature. He [Wayne] shows an entire range of emotion," he says.
"Blazing Saddles" (1974) – No western movie list is complete without this comedic classic. This western satire stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder and is directed by Mel Brooks, who also appears in multiple supporting roles. The film is filled with oddities and anachronisms -- such as its black lawman, Sheriff Bart (Little). "It has that heart of absurdity that really skewers the genre in ways that are fun and informative," says Richardson, especially in the scene where Sheriff Bart holds himself hostage.
For more western films, check out the Autry's, "What Is a Western?" film series, one Saturday a month at the Wells Fargo Theatre in Griffith Park. More details here.
[For the record, July 5, 5:26 p.m.: A previous version of this post said a prostitute was killed in "Unforgiven." Though she was the victim of a knife attack that disfigured her face, she was not killed.]
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LAWRENCE — The co-founder of Garmin International is donating $1 million to the University of Kansas School of Engineering.
The university announced Thursday that the gift from Min Kao's family foundation will be used for scholarships and programs at the engineering school.
Half of the money will fund the Min H. Kao Engineering Design Studio. The university says the other half of the gift will establish the Garmin Excellence Scholarship in the school's electrical engineering and computer science department. And Garmin plans to start a mentorship program between the Olathe-based company and the engineering school.
Kao donated more than $500,000 in scholarships in the past.


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Nov. 10, 2009
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Men's soccer head coach Tim Vom Steeg, women's soccer coach Paul Stumpf, men's soccer player Danny Barrera and men's assistant basketball coach Brad Holland will all be featured on Tuesday's Talk'n Gauchos, UCSB Athletics' weekly radio show. The show is broadcast from State and A Bar & Grill and airs live on AM 1490 KIST from 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday evenings.
Fans are encouraged to show up at State and A, on the corner of State Street and Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara, for chances to win new UCSB gear, tickets to Gaucho soccer games and even men's and women's basketball tickets. For more information on Talk'n Gauchos, click here.
Fans can e-mail questions to the weekly guests, which will be read live on air. Click here to send in your questions. In addition, the show will be streamed live and archived online and fans can hear it by clicking here. This new streaming audio is also available for men's soccer radio broadcasts as well as men's and women's basketball and baseball. UCSB is the only school to air men's soccer broadcasts live on commercial radio - on AM 1490 - and through our website. Fans can listen to men's soccer's run to the College Cup as every match will then be broadcast.
Stumpf's UCSB women's team won the Big West Tournament last week for the second straight season. The Gauchos earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and will face BYU on Thursday in Palo Alto.
Vom Steeg's men's team, the No. 1 seed in their Big West Tournament, will host a semifinal match on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium. UCSB will host Cal State Northridge.
Holland, in his second year on Bob Williams' staff, will see his team start the season this Saturday vs. Cal State Los Angeles in the Thunderdome.
Fans can purchase tickets to UCSB's final regular season home soccer match, as well as men's and women's basketball season tickets, by calling (805) 893-UCSB, visiting the Ticket Office located inside the Intercollegiate Athletics building on campus or clicking here.
Men's and women's basketball season tickets are now available, giving fans an opportunity to catch the Gauchos all season long.
Season tickets are only $125 for men's basketball and $100 for women's basketball (35% lower than last year). Similar to the successful men's soccer family plan, a new Family Plan season ticket is now available for both men's and women's basketball. Family plans, which include five season tickets (two adults and three youth season tickets), are $300 for men's basketball, $225 for women's basketball or get the combo plan (both men's and women's) for just $400. That's just $2.66 per game! UCSB faculty/staff will also receive 50% off pricing on all season tickets.
And, purchase tickets before Nov. 1 to receive a complimentary Olé bobblehead doll! Click here to learn more about season ticket packages or to buy today!
The Intercollegiate Athletics Ticket Office now has two parking spaces adjacent to the building and is now open on Saturdays, making it easier than ever for fans to purchase tickets. The ICA Ticket Office will be open from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturdays. The two parking spots, designated specifically for the ticket office, are already available during weekday hours, which are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.


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Roger Bernabo 11/16/2007 8:39:28 PMSuper portrait Barbara!! #788495
Sharon Day 11/18/2007 6:49:30 PMAbsolutely adorable, Barbara!!! I was watching your other site for photos of her and didn't even think to look here. She's so cute! #5093149
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Questions For The In Home Care Expert
1. What is home health care?
Home health care is an excellent, cost-effective alternative to hospital or other institutional care. Service is based on the individual's need as defined by his or her physician's plan of care and may range from 24-hour-a-day care to monthly visits from skilled nurses, therapists, social workers and/or home health aides.
2. What are the advantages of home health care?
In many cases, home health care permits a person to be discharged earlier from a hospital, reduces hospital admissions, assists with a more rapid recovery. Most importantly, people are happier at home and receive more care and attention from family, friends and home health care professionals.
3. Who uses home health care?
People of all ages use home health care services-from senior citizens to young children. Some examples include:
- those who are able to be discharged from a hospital or nursing home but need additional care
- those who are terminally ill and want to live their final days with dignity surrounded by their loved ones in the comfort of their own home
- those who have short-term health needs
- those who need assistance, due to age or disability, to remain at home
- those who need education about the disease process and training on how to best care for themselves.


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A growing human population, combined with resource-intensive, wasteful consumption and production patterns, are putting unsustainable pressure on the natural environment and the services it provides. Loss of biodiversity and environmental degradation tend to affect the poorest communities more directly, increasing their vulnerability.
Today we face the challenge of effectively and fairly managing competing human demands on land, water, soil and habitats without undermining crucial ecosystem functions and the sources of livelihoods for millions of peoples. Much of the success of our work depends on the degree to which conservation contributes not only to the maintenance and preservation of biodiversity and ecosystems but also to equitable and sustainable development for the well-being of the women and men that rely on them.
Local communities as well as responsible trade and investments and good environmental governance are key to ensuring the responsible management of the natural capital upon which we all depend. This is why WWF is working to integrate social equity into our programmes in the field and in our policy work at national, regional and global level.


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New Political/Public Governance
Mark Jarvis
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Please check back later for the full article.
The New Political Governance (NPG)—or alternatively the New Public Governance—is best understood as a heuristic model that allows us to empirically consider, compare, and contrast the evolution of democratic governance and public administration beyond the reforms associated with New Public Management. Contributors have focused on NPG as both a product of and a response to the challenges of a complex, pluralist state. Key pressures said to spur NPG include aggressive, 24/7 media; greater demands for transparency; an expansion in government oversight and accountability; an expansion of the advocacy industry; and, an increasingly polarized and volatile electorate. While these pressures are not, unto themselves, new, what is new is the response to them. Four primary elements characterize NPG as a response to these forces: the onset of the permanent campaign; full, or nearly full, integration of the range of activities associated with governing with constant concerns and tactics historically associated with campaigning; the expansion and elevation of the role of partisan political staff; politicization through the personalization of appointments to senior public service positions; and the shift in norms from a neutral, non-partisan public service to an expectation of promiscuous partisanship that demands enthusiasm for the agenda of the government of the day.
The NPG framework has not been without criticism. Theoretically, some have argued for greater precision in the core concepts of NPG (e.g., politicization). Others have questioned whether it is so much the behaviors themselves—expected or undertaken—or the more public context in which they occur that marks the real shift. Finally some have pointed out the lack of integration of exogenous influences in the NPG model. A number of commenters have pointed out the limited empirical evidence that has been provided to support the NPG model.
The Politics of Fires and Haze in Southeast Asia
Helena Varkkey
Transboundary haze pollution affects about half of the countries in Southeast Asia with varied intensities on an almost annual basis. Haze not only affects visibility, but also causes widespread health problems, transportation disruptions, and other socioeconomic issues. This haze, and the fires that cause it, has been a key topic for environmental politics research in the region since the late 1990s. This has largely been driven by one overarching objective: how to prevent haze from returning in the following years. However, conditions on the ground (mostly in Indonesia and in the larger Southeast Asian region) have been changing and evolving drastically. This has resulted in a very dynamic research agenda that has to keep up with these changes.
Within the context of environmental politics, fires and haze can be viewed through the broad lens of national interest. There is a strong link between the severity of haze and the burgeoning agribusiness sector in the region: that of oil palm in particular. Oil palm is a very important crop in the region, with Indonesia and Malaysia making up almost 90% of total global palm oil output. Hence, national and business interest theories have often been used as a framework for research in this area, with commercial oil palm plantations often being the unit of analysis. This includes research by this author, using the patronage politics framework. However, this has been called to question lately as these plantations face increasing market pressure to act more sustainably. A new group of actors that have since been highlighted are smallholders, either independent or in contract with larger plantations. There is potentially much to be uncovered with regard to the relationships between smallholders and commercial plantations, and how this affects patterns of fire use and global sustainability issues.
Related to this is the ever-evolving collection of local, regional, and national policies (and related enforcement issues) over land and fire use in Indonesia. One key area of contention is the use of peatlands. Fires on peat produce the thick, sooty smoke that travels across national boundaries, and are notoriously hard to put out. Political research in this area is heavily framed by a tough debate between the scientific community and socioeconomic concerns. While peatlands play an important role in the global climate change balance, at the same time, these peat areas face immense pressure for development fueled by the scarcity of land.
The regional context has also been an important theme for haze research. Haze primarily affects the Southern Southeast Asian subregion. And the major players of the palm oil sector also come from this region. The Indonesian palm oil sector is a vibrant combination of Malaysian, Singaporean, and local companies. And ASEAN has been the hub of cooperation and mitigation activities over haze. Hence, many scholars have searched for answers at the regional level. However, new national developments like Singapore's Transboundary Haze Pollution Act suggest that countries may be losing confidence with regional efforts, which may be an indicator for future directions for solutions as well.


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Michelle Obama Gives French First Lady an acoustic Guitar
American First Lady Michelle Obama presented France's First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, with a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitar "as a sign of friendship" over the weekend.
The two first ladies met for the first time on Friday afternoon when President Barack Obama and his wife visited French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife at French Palace Rohan in Strasbourg, France.
Mrs. Obama presented Mrs. Bruni-Sarkozy with the Gibson guitar on Saturday before the first ladies visited the Cathedral de Norte Dame de Strasbourg, along with the rest of the NATO Summit spouses. The Gibson Hummingbird apparently hit the right chord with Mrs. Bruni-Sarkozy, as the Mrs. Obama's office reported that the two women really hit it off and enjoyed a private lunch together that lasted for more than one hour.
Mrs. Bruni-Sarkozy is a former model, and is also a singer/songwriter. She has released three albums, the last of which, As If Nothing Happened, was released in July 2008. She plays acoustic guitar on many of her songs.
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