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The Complete Quips of Mad Men's Roger Sterling
"Have a drink. It'll make me look younger," and many, many more.
The sixth season of Mad Men, when this piece originally ran, began with Roger Sterling facing the deaths of two of his loved ones: his mother and his shoe-shine man. The normally blithe executive showed some surprising introspection (and even broke down crying), but even in a state of ennui he still was able to do what we've counted on him doing for the previous five seasons: dole out some stellar quips. The first half of season seven ended with the death of his partner and mentor Bert Cooper. Even then he had a piece of off-the-cuff gold — "I should've known it was near the end. Every time an old man starts talking about Napoleon, you know they're going to die."
Between seasons four and five, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner anthologized many of Roger Sterling's best lines in a book, Sterling's Gold. Named after Roger's ill-fated memoir, Sterling's Gold was full of Roger's pithy, nihilist bile, but it left plenty of cutting quips on the cutting-room floor. So, in the interest of posterity, Vulture has compiled the authoritative canon.
Season One
"An ad man who doesn't like to talk about himself? I think I may cry." (season one, episode two)
"Psychiatry is just this year's candy-pink stove." (S1, E2)
"I think it behooves any man to toss all female troubles into the hands of a stranger." (S1, E2)
"I'll tell you what brilliance in advertising is: 99 cents. Somebody thought of that." (S1, E3)
"I bet daily friendship with that bottle attracts more people to advertising than any salary you could dream of." (S1, E4)
"Maybe every generation thinks the next one is the end of it all. Bet there are people in the Bible walking around, complaining about kids today." (S1, E4)
"I'm glad everybody can make it sound like they're working so hard." (S1, E5)
"Look, we've got oysters Rockefeller, beef Wellington, napoleons. We leave this lunch alone, it'll take over Europe." (S1, E6)
"Reservations at home. I've had those. Easiest ones to break." (S1, E7)
"When a man gets to a point in his life when his name's on the building, he can get an unnatural sense of entitlement." (S1, E7)
"At some point, we've all parked in the wrong garage." (S1, E7)
(Waving an empty bottle) "Can something be done about this sadness?" (S1, E7)
"At some point [women] lose that. That glow of pure youth. It's like they hit 30 and somebody puts out a light." (S1, E7)
"I like redheads; their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk." (S1, E7)
"You hear Pan Am, you imagine London, holed up at the Dorchester with three stewardesses. The truth is it's more like a twenty-hour boomerang flight so you can make a coupon sing in Spanish." (S1, E9)
"I've worked with a lot of men like you, and if you had to choose a place to die, it would be in the middle of a pitch." (S1, E9)
"You know, Mona had a dream once where I hit the dog with a car. She was mad at me all day, and I never hit the dog. We don't even have a dog." (S1, E10)
"The day you sign a client is the day you start losing them." (S1, E10)
"You know what my father used to say? Being with a client is like being in a marriage. Sometimes you get into it for the wrong reasons, and eventually, they hit you in the face." (S1, E10)
(On the film The Apartment) "Oh, please. A white elevator operator? And a girl at that? I want to work at that place." (S1, E10)
"It's Labor Day weekend. Between now and Monday, we have to fall in love a dozen times." (S1, E10)
"When God closes a door, he opens a dress." (S1, E10)
"I feel like I should make a speech: Get back to work." (S1, E11)
"I shall be both dog and pony." (S1, E11)
Season Two
(Duck: "Got a second?" ) "Nothing good ever started with that sentence." (S2, E1)
"Last time Freddy Rumsen had a cup of coffee, it was one of five being poured down his throat by a cop." (S2, E1)
"It's incredible what passes for heroism these days. I'd like ticker tape for pulling out of my driveway and going around the block three times." (S2, E2)
"Can I just fire everyone?" (S2, E2)
"Jets are made for dropping bombs on Moscow, not French cuisine. Although I like those little girls they have. You know, they're completely captive." (S2, E2)
(Don: "What kind of company are we going to be?") "The kind where everybody has a summer house?" (S2, E2)
"A guy like that must know how to make a charming apology, or he'd be dead." (S2, E3)
"Nobody knows what I'm doing. It's good for mystique." (S2, E5)
"I'll tell you what I told my daughter: If you put a penny in a jar every time you make love the first year of marriage, and then you take a penny out of the jar every time you make love in the second year, you know what you have? A jar full of pennies." (S2, E5)
"Errol Flynn is gone, and so is my taste for swordplay." (S2, E6)
"I've been married for twenty years. I know the difference between a spat and spending a month on the couch." (S2, E6)
"Where did you get that sweater? I want to make sure my daughter never buys it." (S2, E7)
"I'll bet she suffers in silence out there, hoping you'll notice her. Wait until she finds out about your Cadillac. She'll be waiting naked right in front of this window." (S2, E7)
"Not to get too deep before the cocktail hour, but do I need to remind you of the finite nature of life?" (S2, E7)
"I can see someone wanting to reprimand you seriously. But firing? Seems a little permanent." (S2, E7)
(Introducing Duck Phillips and Crab Coulson) "Crab, Duck. Duck, Crab." (S2, E8)
(To Freddy Rumsen) "There's a line, Freddy. And you wet it." (S2, E9)
(On Mrs. Cooper's two-headed mink stole) "Alice. I'm sorry, I don't know whose eyes to look at." (S2, E12)
Season Three
"I have Stolichnaya and Cuban cigars. Sent them from Greece. Should've tried a pound of opium." (S3, E1)
"I told him it was a stupid idea, but they don't always get our inflection." (S3, E1)
(On Lane's suit of armor) "You ever get three sheets to the wind and try that thing on?" (S3, E2)
(On pregnant Betty) "Oh, look. Princess Grace just swallowed a basketball." (S3, E2)
"It's a mistake to be conspicuously happy. Some people don't like it." (S3, E3)
"Let me put it in account terms: Are you aware of the number of hand jobs I'm going to have to give?" (S3, E5)
"I don't know if anybody's ever told you that half the time, this business comes down to 'I don't like that guy.'" (S3, E5)
"My father was the tallest, handsomest, vainest man in New York, and he got his nails done. He had his fourth coronary behind the wheel and hit a tree. The windshield severed his arm, and he was dead, so they never put it back on. In the casket he had one hand. The nails were perfect." (S3, E6)
(After the lawnmower accident) "Jesus, it's like Iwo Jima out there. We should put a rubber mat down so Cooper can get around." (S3, E6)
(Paul Kinsey: "He might lose his foot.") "Right when he got it in the door." (S3, E6)
(On the lawnmower incident.) "Believe me, somewhere in this business, this has happened before. (S3, E6)
"It's called Confessions of an Ad Man. Please. It's the book everybody writes, only he got it published. It should be called 1,000 Reasons I'm So Great." (S3, E7)
(To Don) "What do you think Accounts does, besides limit your brilliance?" (S3, E9)
"Look, Annabelle, we were not in Casablanca. The only similarity is that you left me for another man. That woman got on the plane with a man who was going to end World War II, not run her father's dog-food company." (S3, E11)
(To Mona, regarding their daughter) "Tell the bride that everything is copacetic. We both agree that she's nuts and she should shut up." (S3, E12)
"Mona, you're a lioness. And thank you for resisting the urge to eat your cub." (S3, E12)
(About Jane, after Kennedy's death) "She's obsessed. It's the most interest that girl's ever had in a book depository." (S3, E13)
"I know you're sniffing around because I have a golden pork chop dangling from my neck." (S3, E13)
"Have another. It's 9:30, for God's sake." (S3, E13)
"Well, it's official. Friday, December 13, 1963: Four guys shot their own legs off." (S3, E13)
"Look, they still have a picture of Kennedy up. Although what are they going to do, take it down and put up Lyndon Johnson?" (S3, E13)
Season Four
"My uncle lost his leg hitching a trailer. He used to ask me to scratch his toes. He didn't have any." (S4, E1)
"A wooden leg! They're so cheap, they can't even afford a whole reporter." (S4, E1)
"See her this weekend. You hit it off, come Turkey Day, maybe you can stuff her." (S4, E1)
(On visiting businessmen) "I love how they sat there like a couple of choirboys. You know one of them is leaving New York with VD." (S4, E1)
"You know, no one who's ever been associated with an actual event has though it's been portrayed honestly in the newspaper." (S4, E1)
(On his monochrome office redesign) "Jane got a decorator. I feel like, with my hair, you can't even see me in here." (S4, E2)
"If Lee Garner Jr. wants three wise men flown in from Jerusalem, he gets it." (S4, E2)
"I pity him, marooned in that sea of bikinis." (S4, E2)
"My father used to say this is the greatest job in the world except for one thing: the clients." (S4, E2)
"See, I would never buy a sailboat. I don't want to do things myself. For that price, the boat should have a motor." (S4, E4)
(On Secor Laxative's decision to buy television ads) "How'd you ease them into it? Must've had to loosen them up first." (S4, E5)
"Have a drink. It'll make me look younger." (S4, E5)
"I told him to be himself. That was pretty mean, I guess." (S4, E6)
"I can't say I know my furs that well. I know my mother had a chinchilla; I was always on the verge of a romantic relationship with it." (S4, E6)
(Woman in bar: "Is that Don Draper? Is he attached?") "To that glass? Absolutely." (S4, E6)
"My mother always said, be careful what you wish for, because you'll get it, and then people get jealous and try to take it away from you." (S4, E6)
(Don: "I'll buy you lunch.") "I'm stuffed. I had a jar of olives." (S4, E6)
(To Joan, at the Clio Awards) "So you're really gonna leave me alone with all these naked gold women?" (S4, E6)
"I'm going to count to three, and then I'm gonna start saying a lot of words you don't like, sweetheart." (S4, E7)
(After hiring a masseuse for Joan) "I knew I was rubbing you the wrong way, so I thought, why not have someone rub you the right way?" (S4, E9)
(Joan: "I brought you bear claws.") "Caroline won't let me have one, unless it's on the end of a real bear." (S4, E9)
"Dammit, I don't want to die in this office … If it looks like I'm going, open a window. I'd rather flatten the top of a cab." (S4, E9)
(On Ida Blankenship) "She died like she lived: surrounded by the people she answered phones for." (S4, E9)
"Well, I gotta go learn a bunch of people's names before I fire them." (S4, E12)
Season Five
"When you're done with him, just fold him up and slide him under the door." (S5, E1)
(Harry: "It's a Steinway walking stick.") "You could stick it up your ass and have a concert." (S5, E1)
"Look at you, delivering drinks. We should get you a pair of roller skates." (S5, E1)
"As a wise man once said, the only thing worse than not getting what you want is someone else getting it." (S5, E1)
"She's a great girl. They're all great girls. At least until they want something." (S5, E2)
(On the baby he fathered with Joan) "Oh no? He's a loafer?" (S5, E2)
"Has anyone even seen this baby with you walking next to him?" (S5, E2)
"Is it just me, or is the lobby full of Negros?" (S5, E2)
"Baked beans and the Rolling Stones: a client's idea if I ever heard one." (S5, E3)
"I want you to bring me a good-looking version of Don." (S5, E3)
"I had drinks with Mohawk. I sat down with two of them, and I swear by the end there were three." (S5, E3)
"My wife likes fur, but you don't see me growing a tail." (S5, E5)
(On discovering that a Jaguar executive was caught with chewing gum "on his pubis") "What, did she just put it there and forget about it?" (S5, E5)
(On Lane, challenging Pete to a fight) "I know cooler heads should prevail, but am I the only one who wants to see this?" (S5, E5)
"Did you ever hear the one about the farmer's daughter? This is where it all takes place." (S5, E6)
"Don, come on. Alone, I'm an escapee from some expensive mental institution." (S5, E6)
"But the two of us are a couple of rich, handsome perverts." (S5, E6)
"I'm supposed to have dinner with Jane's snooty friends, sit around talking about Frank Lloyd Rice. I always say it that way. They hate it." (S5, E6)
"Who knows why people in history did good things? For all we know, Jesus was trying to get the loaves and fishes account." (S5, E7)
(Sally: "You're wrecking the speeches.") "You're a mean drunk. You know that?" (S5, E7)
"Jane wanted a baby, but I thought, why do that to somebody?" (S5, E8)
"How Jewish are they? You know, Fiddler on the Roof: audience or cast?" (S5, E9)
"You know, it's sacrilege to say this, but Pearl Harbor was an act of genius. The only thing they didn't plan for was success. The Japs won and they didn't know what to do with it." (S5, E10)
"Are you gonna tell me what you're going to talk about, or is my look of surprise part of the sales pitch?" (S5, E12)
(After Don's meeting with Dow Corning) "I'll buy you a drink if you wipe the blood off your mouth." (S5, E12)
"Stop being demure. You're already on the bed." (S5, E13)
Season Six
(After Don returns from Hawaii) "Hello, Don Ho. You have a blue drink in the white sand? Ernest Borgnine chase you down the alleyway with a switchblade?" (S6, E1)
(Re: His mother's funeral) "I looked out on that crowd, and all I saw was a bunch more women I disappointed." (S6, E1)
"I'm afraid she left everything to the zoo. She's making them name the animals ... Her will looked like the manifest from Noah's ark." (S6, E1)
"You know, I used to jump off mountains, and it never occurred to me that I had this invisible parachute." (S6, E1)
(To psychiatrist) "I'm just acknowledging that life, unlike this analysis, will eventually end, and someone else will get the bill." (S6, E1)
"You know, we sold actual death for 25 years with Lucky Strike. You know how we did it? We ignored it." (S6, E1)
"What are the events in life? It's like, you see a door. The first time you come to it, you say, 'Oh, what's on the other side of the door?' Then you open a few doors and then you say, 'I think I want to go over a bridge this time. I'm tired of doors.' Finally you go through one of these things, and you come out the other side, and you realize that's all there are: doors! And windows and bridges and gates. And they all open the same way. And they all close behind you. Look, life is supposed to be a path, and you go along, and these things happen to you, and they're supposed to change your direction, but it turns out that's not true. Turns out the experiences are nothing. They're just some pennies you pick up off the floor, stick in your pocket, and you're just going in a straight line to you-know-where." (S6, E1)
(On Don vomiting) "He was just saying what everybody else was thinking." (S6, E2)
"I'm afraid she left everything to the zoo. She's making them name the animals ... Her will looked like a manifest from Noah's Ark." (S6, E2)
(On Don's Sheraton Hawaii pitch) "What's the matter? You didn't get all your vomiting done at my mother's funeral?" (S6, E2)
"That was the deftest self-immolation I've ever seen." (S6, E3)
(On the MLK shooting) "The man knew how to talk. I don't know why, but I thought that would save him." (S6, E5)
"I'd live in my car if I could. You know, with her in the backseat navigating." (S6, E6)
"Isn't there a section of this meeting called 'good news'?" (S6, E6)
"Remember Ken Cosgrove? Like a six-foot version of Alan Ladd?" (S6, E6)
(Burt Peterson: You're a prick, you know that?) "Damn it, Burt, you stole my good-bye." (S6, E6)
"Why don't you take a nap? Your face looks like a bag of walnuts." (S6, E8)
"They're Lincoln Logs. Thought maybe he'd build his mother a house." (S6, E9)
"Sunkist, Carnation, the avocado people: My biggest job in these meetings is to keep them from saying 'golly' too many times." (S6, E11)
"Be slick. Be glib. Be you." (S6, E11)
"We're conquistadors. I'm Vasco de Gama and you're ... some other Mexican. We're gonna land there, buy whatever they've got for the beads in our pockets. Our biggest challenge is to not get syphilis." (S6, E11)
(Harry: It's a dry heat.) "It's a dry heave." (S6, E11)
"Big accounts require a golf-and-dining offensive." (S6, E11)
(Danny Siegel: I know these lugs from my days in advertising.) "More like a day, wasn't it?" (S6, E11)
"What are you gonna do when you fail here, keep going west? Japan's a long walk for those little legs." (S6, E11)
"You know, I was a boxer. There's nothing like finding that magic spot that'll drop a man to his knees. You know, unless he's already starting there." (S6, E11)
"Are you tripping? I've done it five times. So if you're trying to see through me, just know that I am this handsome and this rich." (S6, E11)
(On his California trip) "It was a series of busts, and not the kind I like." (S6, E11)
(On Ken Cosgrove) "I'd listen to the cyclops, Pete." (S6, E12)
"Well you know what they say about Detroit: it's all fun and games till they shoot you in the face." (S6, E13)
(Bob: I assure you I'm not involved with Joan. We're just buddies.) "Joan's known for having a lot of buddies. They go fishing together." (S6, E13)
Season Seven
(Toasting his daughter) "To the fear of an ambush." (S7, E1)
"Well, the snow's melted, but not the hearts of New Yorkers. I just had some old lady call me a kike." (S7, E2)
"Sign them, right away. Sit in his yard with a pen if you have to." (S7, E2)
"That's a nice offer. They're really trying to make it sound like it's not a demotion." (S7, E3)
(On hiring Don) "I guess you forgot I found you at the bottom of a fur box." (S7, E3)
"You were a disaster. We did you a favor. The man who talked to Hershey? I've seen that man wandering the streets with a sandwich board saying 'The end is near.'" (S7, E3)
"That's my name on the door out there. This is my agency. I'm the president of this agency, I don't have to ask anybody anything. You know what? I call a holiday for the whole office right now." (S7, E3)
"We're getting a computer. It's gonna do lots of magical things, like make Harry Crane seem important." (S7, E4)
(Mona: Margaret's run away.) "To where? Bergdorf's?" (S7, E4)
(After a hippie passes him a joint) "Now I see why we're eating so early." (S7, E4)
"With all the brainpower around here? I'm certain you'll put a man on the roof." (S7, E4)
(Jim Hobart: It's run by morons.) "A lot of companies succeed that way. Look who I'm talking to." (S7, E6)
(On rival firm McCann Erikson) "When we grow up, we're gonna kill you and marry your wife." (S7, E6)
"The New York Athletic Club frowns on people making advances in their steam room. I was kidding around, but — I think you're making eyes at me. I'm gonna go get a massage and relieve some of this tension." (S7, E6)
(Jim Cutler: Ah, good you're still here.) "That's your opinion." (S7, E6)
"Did you see we landed on the moon? Neil Armstrong, what are you going to do with the rest of your life? Screw every girl in Florida, I guess." (S7, E7)
"Poor Bert. I should've known it was near the end. Every time an old man starts talking about Napoleon, you know they're going to die." (S7, E7)
"Cutler's not gonna stop until the firm is just Harry and the computer." (S7, E7)
"We finally turned this place into a threat, and they'd like to neutralize it with cold, hard cash." (S7, E7)


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To the Congress of the United States:
I am today submitting to Congress the Mental Health Systems Act. This proposed legislation establishes a new partnership between the federal government and the states in the planning 'and provision of mental health services. It seeks to assure that the chronically mentally ill no longer face the cruel alternative of unnecessary institutionalization or inadequate care in the community. It provides local communities with more flexible federal support for mental health services and places a new emphasis on the prevention of mental illness.
I am deeply committed to reducing the tragic toll which mental illness exacts from our citizens and our country. Less than one month after entering office I signed an Executive Order creating the President's Commission on Mental Health with Rosalynn Carter as Honorary Chairperson. I directed the Commission to undertake an intensive study of the mental health needs of our nation and to recommend appropriate ways of meeting these needs.
During our years in Georgia, both Rosalynn and I became keenly aware of the unmet needs of people in our state who suffered from mental and emotional disabilities. Those with chronic mental illness were too often locked away in isolated institutions far from family and friends. Children and adults with signs of developing mental and emotional problems did not have access to early detection and prevention programs. Community-based care was beginning to develop but was constantly stripped of its full potential by inflexible program models designed for the "average" community, rather than for the particular needs of a given locale or state. Special populations such as the elderly, children, and racial and ethnic minorities were not receiving care designed to meet their special needs. For those who required hospitalization there were almost no alternatives to large state mental hospitals. Aftercare was almost non-existent for patients released from those hospitals who returned to their home communities.
While I am proud of what we accomplished in Georgia to begin to solve these problems, my concern that similar problems exist throughout the nation prompted me to establish the Commission and to ask it to report back to me in one year with its findings and recommendations. The excellent final report of the Commission presented to me last April made clear that the past 30 years had seen tremendous achievement on behalf of our mentally ill population. Not only had there been a dramatic shift of emphasis from inpatient care to community-based care, but great strides had been made in mental health related research, and thousands of mental health personnel had been trained. However, the report also contained unmistakable evidence that there are unmet needs in every region of our country.
Some of the key Commission findings dramatically illustrated the challenges this nation faces in meeting the needs of the mentally ill:
—According to the most recent estimates, between ten and fifteen percent of the population—20-32 million Americans-need some form of mental health services at any one time.
—Substantial numbers of Americans do not have access to mental health care of high quality and at reasonable cost. For many, this is because of where they live; for others, it is because of who they are-their race, age, or sex; for still others, it is because of their particular disability or economic circumstance.
—There are approximately 1.5 million chronically mentally disabled adults in mental hospitals, nursing homes and other residential facilities. Many of these individuals could lead better lives in less restrictive settings if mental health and supporting services were available in their communities. The problem is that for them—and for the hundreds of thousands of patients who have been returned to their communities from large institutions over the past few years—such support services are seldom readily available. As a result, evidence indicates that half the people released from large state mental hospitals are readmitted within a year of discharge.
—There is insufficient emphasis at federal, state, and local levels on prevention and early detection of mental disorders. Infants and children would especially benefit from expanded prevention efforts, since early intervention with problems in physical, emotional and cognitive development can prevent more serious mental and emotional problems in the future.
—Conflicting policy objectives in various Federal health and mental health programs and between federal and state programs often lead to confusion, fragmentation of services, and a lack of continuity of care for those with mental and emotional problems. In addition, diverse federal planning requirements and poorly developed planning capabilities at the state and local levels have perpetuated the lack of integrated planning necessary to build a nationwide network of accessible public and private mental health services.
—The lack of flexibility in Federal funding of community-based services has prevented some communities from providing services to their underserved populations. Although over 700 Community Mental Health Centers provide services to almost 3 million patients annually, this model of organizing services cannot fit the needs of all people and all communities. Therefore, varying approaches to developing comprehensive community mental health services should be encouraged.
—About two-thirds of all mentally ill persons being treated in this country every year are receiving care in the general health care system. Nevertheless, cooperative working arrangements between general health care settings and community mental health programs are rare.
—Over the past several years, there has been a marked increase in the number of professional and paraprofessional mental health practitioners. However, rural areas, small towns, and poor urban areas still have only a fraction of the personnel they need. Many mental health facilities have a shortage of trained personnel. The mental health professions still have too few minority members, and there is a shortage of specialists trained to work with children, adolescents, and the elderly.
—Since 1969, our national mental health research capacity has undergone substantial erosion and our investment in mental health research is now so low that the development of new knowledge is jeopardized.
To deal with these and other problems in the mental health arena, the Commission developed a series of recommendations for bold new action to improve our nation's mental health. Many of these recommendations served as a blueprint for the proposed Mental Health Systems Act.
The proposed Act charts a new course for mental health care which promises comprehensiveness, flexibility and innovation. For the first time in the history of federal involvement with mental health care, a true, performance-based partnership would be created between the federal and state governments. Special emphasis is placed on the chronically mentally ill. Recognizing that this population has long been the most neglected of any mentally ill group, the proposed Act provides support to states which are phasing down large state hospitals, upgrading the quality of services in remaining institutions, and providing quality alternatives to institutionalization. I believe that these provisions of the Act will encourage the development of a comprehensive, integrated system of care designed to best serve the needs of chronically mentally ill adults and children.
Another innovation is the proposed Act's emphasis on prevention. States and localities are awarded grants to develop preventive and mental health promotion programs through public and professional education and demonstration projects. Such programs, I believe, will lay the foundation for the future in mental health care as we learn how to prevent mental illness before it occurs.
The proposed legislation gives a new and much needed flexibility to community mental health programs. It authorizes funds for one or more mental health services without requiring that a comprehensive package be developed as a prerequisite for financial assistance. This new flexibility will enable communities to provide services to their most underserved populations—whether the chronically mentally ill, children, the elderly, racial and ethnic minorities, the poor, rural residents, or other groups—and build toward a comprehensive system of care for the entire community over time. In addition, by providing financial incentives for closer coordination between ambulatory health care providers and mental health care providers, the Act takes an important step toward assuring that appropriate mental health care is available for all who need help.
The Act also guarantees increased availability of mental health personnel in underserved areas by requiring that mental health professionals who receive federal support for training work in an area with a shortage of mental health personnel for a period equal to the length of the support.
It is, of course, impossible for any one piece of legislation to meet all the mental health needs of the nation. The federal government has already sought to implement many of the recommendations of the Commission in other ways:
—To increase the development of new knowledge about mental illness, the 1980 budget provides additional funding for research into disabling mental illness, and for determining ways to improve the delivery of mental health care.
—To increase the availability of mental health services for the elderly, changes have been proposed increasing the Medicare reimbursement ceiling for outpatient mental health services and decreasing the beneficiary's co-payment requirement. Also, the Child Health Assurance Program will mandate that states provide mental health services for Medicaid-eligible children.
—To assist the chronically mentally ill to function effectively outside of institutions, the Departments of Health, Education, and Welfare and Housing and Urban Development have initiated a joint demonstration project which provides both housing and support services.
—To promote protection of the rights of the mentally ill, the Administration is funding demonstration projects which deliver advocacy services to the mentally ill and is studying existing advocacy programs to determine the appropriate role for the federal government in this area.
I am convinced that these actions and the passage of the Mental Health Systems Act will reduce the number of Americans robbed of vital and satisfying lives by mental illness. I ask the Congress to join with me in developing a new system of mental health care designed to deal more effectively with our nation's unmet mental health needs.
JIMMY CARTERThe White House,May 15, 1979.

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Unfortunately for consumer-oriented news organizations, the right market isn't their market.
But could that be changing?
Last month, Bloomberg published an article, The New York Times Paywall Is Working Better Than Anyone Had Guessed, in which Bloomberg's Edmund Lee observed:
...it's clear the New York Times' pay wall is not only valuable, it's helped turn the paper's subscription dollars, which once might have been considered the equivalent of a generous tithing, into a significant revenue-generating business. As of this year, the company is expected to make more money from subscriptions than from advertising - the first time that's happened.
Digital subscription revenue, which one analyst pegged at $91m, now appears to be a double-digit percentage of the Times' total subscription revenue, which stands at some $768m. More importantly, according to Lee, "subscription sales are rising faster than ad dollars are falling".
That's good news for the New York Times, which faced hefty skepticism when it resuscitated its pay wall in 2011, but it's also good news for the consumer portion of the paid content market as well.
The even better news: the New York Times isn't the only player that seems to be having some success in getting consumers to open up their wallets for content. This week, blogger Andrew Sullivan left the Daily Beast to launch his own digital publication, The Dish.
Within a day, he had sold more than 12,000 subscriptions, generating $300,000 in revenue.
Although Sullivan himself noted that the amount of revenue generated thus far isn't enough to guarantee the success of his new business, the early results are encouraging, especially given that Sullivan is adamantly opposed to advertising, which he believes is "subtly corrupting."
Giving up too soon?
Sullivan's desire to shun ads entirely may be an extreme case, but many publishers will face their own dilemmas over advertising. Although paid content doesn't necessarily have to be ad-free content, figuring out the right revenue mix and designing a paid content service that can deliver it can be difficult.
And it may become more difficult as advertisers funnel more and more dollars into native ads -- ads which are often sold at a premium, making them an attractive proposition for publishers.
While The New York Times has demonstrated that a pay wall doesn't have to be a significant barrier to traffic, publishers looking to capitalize on the native advertising opportunity will obviously need to consider the effect of paid content on traffic.
Which raises an interesting question: as more and more publishers figure out how to convince consumers to part with their money, will they intentionally give up on advertising just as advertisers begin pouring larger sums of money into new and more lucrative ad formats?


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Wi-Fi Product Watch, April 2009
April 30, 2009
Motorola reports major decline in sales; Ekahau and NavSync announce a Wi-Fi/GPS RTLS tag; Hong Kong's PCCW will deploy Ruckus APs at 5,000+ hotspots; Wi-Fi helps with advanced sub-metering; video over 802.11n module from Meru; Palm Treo Pro now available in Canada; JiWire gets new infusion of cash; Verizon Wireless HTC Touch Diamond available tomorrow; and more.
Despite long efforts at a turnaround, embattled wireless giant Motorola today reported continued pain with worse-than-expected sales and earnings, and a precipitous drop in revenue from its once-mighty consumer mobile business.
The company reported a 28 percent drop in first-quarter sales to $5.37 billion, down from $7.44 billion a year ago and below forecasts by Wall Street--analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had anticipated $5.55 billion in sales.
That decline in sales led to a $0.13 per-share loss for the first three months of the year, excluding income from discontinued operations, which proved wider than the loss of $0.11 a share analysts had predicted.
April 27, 2009
Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) provider, Ekahau, today announced that its Wi-Fi location tracking software is being integrated into GPS receivers designed by NavSync Ltd., a division of The Connor-Winfield Corp.
The new tags expand the ability to track the location of assets and inventory, from inside a building, across a campus environment, or even on the other side of the world.
"Being able to track the location of assets and inventory both indoors and in complex or large outdoor environments with a single device over Wi-Fi is a game-changing innovation," said Tuomo Rutanen, vice president of Business Development at Ekahau in a statement today. "We are excited to be working with NavSync to bring to market a solution that will significantly enhance the usefulness of location tracking applications in a wide variety of industries, such as container yards, logistics depots, and open pit mining operations where Wi-Fi can be leveraged for connectivity and GPS satellite visibility is available."
The Wi-Fi-enabled GPS tag combines NavSync's NavTrac high-performance GPS module with Ekahau's location protocol. Ekahau's location protocol is available free of charge as part of the Located by Ekahau program, which enables adding positioning to Wi-Fi-compliant devices. In order to begin tracking those devices, users need to deploy Ekahau Positioning Engine (EPE) server software, which can be installed centrally or remotely to support several customer sites over IP networks from a single server location.
Scheduled to begin shipping in 3Q09, the Ekahau-enabled NavTrac Wi-Fi-enabled GPS receivers "deliver a real-time tracking solution that can be quickly deployed and requires little or no upfront infrastructure costs."
More details are available from Ekahau.
For more on Wi-Fi and GPS locationing, read "Another Big Win for Wi-Fi Positioning," "GPS Chips Get Wi-Fi Positioning," and "You Are Here: Broadcom Partners with Skyhook."
For more on RTLS, read "Tracking Shoppers with Wi-Fi and RTLS," "UWB Brings Greater Precision to RTLS," "May 2008 Newsbits."
For more on Ekahau, read "Ekahau Offers Location-Aware Code," "Ekahau's Positioning Engine 2.0," and "Ekahau's "Infrastructureless" Tags."
Ruckus Wireless announced last week that PCCW, Hong Kong's premier telecommunications provider, has selected its ZoneFlex 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi access points to deliver "ultra-fast" mobile Internet access and mobile infotainment content from its network of 5,000 Wi-Fi hotspots throughout Hong Kong.
PCCW has already installed over 2,000 Ruckus ZoneFlex 802.11g access points in their Wi-Fi hotspots located in convenience stores, coffee shops, restaurants, shopping malls, the airport, and telephone booths."With its innovative use of Smart Wi-Fi, PCCW is setting the standard for ubiquitous, reliable, high-performance wireless broadband services that deliver the ultimate mobile Internet experience," said Selina Lo, president and CEO of Ruckus Wireless. For more on Selina Lo, read "Industry Insiders: Ruckus Wireless CEO, Selina Lo." April 16, 2009 U.S.-based Electro Industries/GaugeTech (EIG) announced last week the release of its new Shark 200-S electrical sub-meter. According to EIG, the Shark provides "highly accurate 0.2% revenue-certified bidirectional energy measurement coupled with extensive interval data logging and patented IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi communication." While that's a tongue-twister to most of us, its good news to those looking to log and record every aspect of power including voltage, current, frequency, Watts, VARs, and PF, in addition to interval energy data. Like my mama always said, "It's the amps not the volts that'll getcha." EIG says, there are up to 2MB and three historical logs available, as well as an alarm log and a system events log for logging attempted reads and tampering. And, most interesting to us, the Shark meter's communication capabilities include Wi-Fi, which allows users to take advantage of pre-existing wireless infrastructures where available within a facility. Isn't Wi-Fi handy?
April 14, 2009
Meru Networks today announced its first 802.11n WLAN solution optimized for delivering high-quality video.
Meru's Video Services Module (ViSM) is "designed to address video-delivery issues specific to 802.11n networks, which are susceptible to unpredictable loss rates that can negatively impact video quality. The module applies application-aware optimization techniques to web streaming and real-time multicast video, the underlying technologies that enable a broad array of video applications, fromwireless projection, IPTV and event simulcast to videoconferencing, telepresence and video surveillance."
It will begin shipping June and is priced a $7,795 for 100 APs.
April 13, 2009
Palm announced Tuesday that its Wi-Fi-enabled (802.11b/g) Treo Pro smartphone is now available in Canada. The Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone features a high-resolution color touch screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, turn-by-turn navigation, and full Web-browsing capabilities.
It looks like ad-driven Wi-Fi hasn't gasped its last breath. "Mobile audience media company," JiWire announced Wednesday that it has secured another round of funding from investors. The $11 million infusion of capital, from both new and existing investors, including Comcast Interactive Capital, will help JiWire continue to use Wi-Fi access as a medium for advertising. The San Francisco-based company says it now reaches 20 million unique users per month across 25,000 Wi-Fi hotspots.
"JiWire is the clear leader in monetizing Wi-Fi with digital advertising and has a proven track record of connecting blue chip advertisers with their relevant audiences," said Chris Albinson, partner at Panorama Capital in a statement Wednesday. "We're excited about the company's rapid growth and look forward to the continued accelerating adoption of broadband wireless technologies that will fuel JiWire's expansion plans. The mobile Web and Wi-Fi are increasingly synonymous, and JiWire is the only company to reach people who are using this as a media on a scale that allows for powerful brand engagement."
Since, according to In-Stat, 387 million new Wi-Fi-enabled devices shipped last year--including 56 million cellular devices and 71 million portable consumer electronic devices--and more people looking to get free access, he may well have his eye on the right prize.
For more on JiWire, read "JiWire Grants Free Access to iPhone Users."
For more on ad-supported Wi-Fi, read "Making Cents of Ad-Supported Wi-Fi."
April 9, 2009
HTC's Touch Diamond ($299.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement) will be available to consumers tomorrow from Verizon Wireless. Aimed at business professionals, the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional-based Touch Diamond has built in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth, and uses the hybrid 2.5/3G CDMA2000 standard [1xEV-DO Revision A (Rev. A) 800/1900 MHz and 1xRTT/IS95 A/B 800/1900 MHz].
Other features include:
- a microSD memory card slot (up to 16 GB)
- a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera
- video capture
- the "intuitive" HTC TouchFlo 3D interface and a touch screen keyboard
The Touch Diamond is compatible with Microsoft Outlook, POP3, and IMAP4 e-mail, and SMS. It uses a Qualcomm MSM7500A 528MHz processor and is rated for up to five hours of talk time. More details at the Verizon Wireless site.
April 8, 2009
Web giants Google and Yahoo! both targeted the mobile space this week with new communications debuts. Yahoo unveiled Yahoo Messenger for the iPhone, while Google brought out a new mobile version if its Gmail e-mail service designed for the iPhone, as well as Android-powered devices, such as T-Mobile's G1.
The news comes at a time when developers are scrambling to take advantage of the hot selling iPhone and its ever-growing App Store of applications. There have been over 800 million downloads at the App Store since its release last year. The App Store features over 25,000 applications, according to Apple.
Yahoo! joins other programs, such as AOL's AIM instant messenger on the iPhone.
Beyond simple chat instant messaging, Messenger includes the ability to send a variety of emoticons and share pictures. The chat feature itself gets around, to a degree, the iPhone's inability to multitask or run more than one program at a time.
For more, click here. For related stories, read "G1 Takes on iPhone," "T-Mobile Launches First Android Phone," "Fix Issued for G1 Security Glitch."
April 7, 2009
Rumor has it that La Fonera 2.0 will go on sale in Europe April 21st and in the U.S. (and other markets) in May. While we can only grudgingly support products from companies that leave the hyphen out of "Wi-Fi"--it gets our goat, raises our ire, puts a burr in our saddle, etc.--nevertheless...the euro banditos--or, Foneros--at FON earn our attention by continuing to try and spread Wi-Fi amongst the unwashed masses. And for encouraging safe sharing.
For more on FON, read our review of the FON La Fonera Router, as well as these other scintillating stories:
- FON Aims for Ubiquity
- FON Deal Triples Boingo Roaming Sites
- Reasons to Fawn Over FON
- How to: Set Up a FON Spot
- FON Lands Time Warner Cable Deal
- FON Banks Millions
- How to: Convert a Wireless Router into a FON Spot
- Share and Share Alike
- I'll Show You Mine, if You Show Me Yours
April 2, 2009
Firetide announced Tuesday a new wireless solution that it says delivers up to 400 Mbps throughput. The MIMO-based Firetide HotPort 7000 is built to enable deployment of large-scale municipal, industrial, and enterprise wireless networks for video, data, and voice applications.
Firetide says, "Now with the HotPort 7000 infrastructure mesh, [large-scale deployments] have fiber-equivalent performance with all the benefits of Firetides proven technology and at a fraction of the cost and time to deploy wired networks."
Firetide is demonstrating Firetide HotPort 7000 at ISC West in Las Vegas, NV this week. It will be available through Firetide distribution channels 2Q09.
April 1, 2009
According to The Wall Street Journal, Hewlett-Packard may use Google's Android operating system in some of its netbooks, displacing Microsoft's Windows.
Android is used on smartphones, such as HTC's G1, but is being designed to support all kinds of connected devices. Chipmaker Freescale, which recently began making chips for netbooks, plans to expand its offering to include chipsets for Android. More details here.
Research in Motion's BlackBerry App World opens for business today, putting the company in position to strike back at Apple, which has boosted the popularity of its iPhone among consumers and developers thanks to its a large collection of downloadable applications.
RIM expects approximately 1,000 free and paid applications to be posted by partners this week, including applications from popular brands, such as MTV Networks, Bloomberg, and the New York Times that can be downloaded either by Wi-Fi or mobile (cellular) networks.
Features include the ability to browse applications by a variety of categories and search by keyword; user reviews that include a "recommend" tool for passing on apps to friends through e-mail, BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry PIN messages or SMS; a personal storage utility for the apps; a "Top Downloads" area for most popular apps, and weekly featured apps.
BlackBerry App World won't support all of the company's devices, however; it's limited to BlackBerries with a trackball or touchscreen and running version 4.2 or higher of its software.
Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerries include the T-Mobile Pearl 8120 (read a review here) and the Curve 8320 (reviewed here).
For more details on BlackBerry App World, click here to read the full story at InternetNews.com.
Verisign says it has a solution for iPhone users worried about identify theft and phishing attacks. The company's VIP Access for Mobile application is now available for free download at the App Store for the iPhone.
The security app offers two-factor identification designed to strengthen protection on e-commerce sites and with other online accounts. As of today's launch, Verisign said it has signed up over 40 Web sites as participating members of its VIP Network, including eBay, PayPal, and AOL.
With two-factor authentication, data or applications are secured using a pair of protection methods. In this case, Verisign supplements a participating site's username and password by generating an additional credential on the iPhone. The credential is randomly generated and changes every thirty seconds. [More details at InterentNews.com.]
For more on two-factor authentication, read "Online Crime Pushes Drive for Two-Factor Authentication" and "Two-Factor Authentication, Get Used to It."
MSI Computer today announced the upcoming release of its new Wind U123 and X320 & X340 X-Slim notebooks. Starting at $700, the notebooks pack a wireless wallop for near netbook prices.Powered by an Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz processor, the X320 includes 802.11 b/g/n-draft Wi-Fi and an optional 3G/WiMAX solution. It will be available in silver, white, or black.


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Belmont officer shot during New Year's Eve call
Authorities say a Belmont police officer was shot in the leg by another officer's gun during a call in a gated community.
Investigators say officers were called to the home around 6 p.m. Monday after someone heard shots fired.
Authorities say several people were in the backyard of the home and started scuffling with the officers when they arrived.
Investigators say one of the officer's guns fired during the fight, and shrapnel hit officer Randy Berry and a woman in the leg. Both are expected to survive.
The State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting. No charges have been filed in the incident.


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The last flavour left for me to sample from my latest 'Peepster Box' was the 'Caramellow' which came billed as 'Swirls of caramel and milk chocolate topped with florentine, caramel drops and crunchy cinder toffee'.
The slab was similar in its build to the previously reviewed 'Rocky Road' - a single 100g slab with a solid base of milk chocolate with added extra elements. Normally products of this size I would eat over two sittings - if you haven't peeked at the score already im going to spoil the review for you here by revealing that this bar was simply too good to not eat all at once...it was simply just too moreish. The slab looked absolutely fantastic - the blend of the two shades of chocolate had a delightful swirl pattern and the extra elements to the bar just made for an outlandish and interesting look - not quite the diversification of colours as with the 'Rocky Road', but it still looked marvellous. I was expecting an aroma similar to the one experienced with the 40% house milk chocolate bar and wasn't disappointed. It smelt creamy and chocolaty with an added sweet toffee like edge...well and truly tempting.
The milk chocolate was of the standard 40% house recipe and was as delicious as ever with its super smooth cocoa heavy taste. What was surprising though was that the milk chocolate was outshone by the simply outstanding flavour of the caramel chocolate that tasted out of this world. The caramel chocolate constituted 28% of the base of the bar and also the 'caramel drop' pieces on top the slab. It was immensely creamy and had an even greater buttery taste that was all the more delicious with its heavily toffee noted aftertaste. The florentine pieces delivered another delightful flavour element, adding a nice almond and hazelnut woody type nuttiness where present.
You may remember that the 'Rocky Road' slab had a similar centrepiece component as with the cinder toffee piece in this 'Caramellow' slab. Unlike the cookie piece in the 'Rocky Road' the cinder toffee was glorious in its taste and well worthy of saving for the very last bite. It had a toffee brittle like sugary taste that although sweet, was a wonderful texture variation against the smooth chocolate elements. Each bite of this slab was wonderfully diverse and equally as rich in its flavour - simply magnificent.
Overall this certainly was a busy slab, though each ingredient genuinely added to what was a delightful culmination of flavours. The milk chocolate was as good as ever; though was outshone by the caramel chocolate which was rich, creamy and had a wonderful toffee noted flavour. The florentine squares, caramel drops and cinder toffee piece not only made the bar look amazing but were all great additional flavour elements, and made each bite amazingly diverse. Im running out of superlatives to use for Hotel Chocolat, this is one of my favourite products of theirs and is definitely up there amongst the best bars I have tried. Yet more fantastic stuff from Hotel Chocolat and one for caramel and milk chocolate fans alike - need I even say I recommend this!?
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It's hard to find the time to read books these days, what with the fragmentation of media, the rapid decline of western economies, and the popularity of fly-fishing. One imagines everyone who enjoys fly-fishing—let's be serious, who doesn't enjoy fly-fishing?—would rather fly-fish than read. Unless: what if there were a third way, a way involving fly-fishing AND reading? Josh Levin explains, riotously, on this week's excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast.
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Susan wrote this as a comment on The romance novelist and the guy with a truck from last month.
This post is especially relevant to me. I am a feminist, and here is the great irony in my own life … I have been writing romance novels for 20 years. And I have resisted the stereotypes almost every step of the way. When I began, when "strong" female characters were becoming as common as "damsel" characters, I began with women who dressed in jeans and boots and such. I think I must have had "heroines" who wore skirts and heels, but of course I was basically writing some avatar of myself in both male and female characters, and I stopped wearing skirts and high heels after college (and only wore them before them to special events such as weddings, or to job interviews).
After the first few novels, I increasingly tried to write women who were fully equal to the men, but even in the 90's there was (and still remains) the expectation that the man will ultimately be the protector/dominant. That expectation became increasingly frustrating to me, to the point that that (along with the expectation of frequent sex scenes) led me to hate the genre. ( I was constantly thinking …. oh, is the heroine "too" strong? Is the hero not strong enough for the readers and my editor?)
I continued to write in it because I am good at love stories and because it's my sole way of earning money, but trying to buck the system ultimately led to my being let go and losing 3/4 of my income. (I might add that my disinterest in loves scenes is not prudishness; I actually enjoy writing "bondage" type sex–which is only appropriate in some novel settings–but I find average sex scenes rather boring compared to other aspects of building a relationship. And I've literally written hundreds of "love" scenes, as they have always been euphemistically called in the genre … though perhaps not now that erotica is so hot.)
Now I have realized that writing romance has almost destroyed my writing soul, and though we will be very tight financially, I will not be writing another romance novel. Instead, I am writing fantasy—my first urban fantasy (based on Norse mythology, set in San Francisco) will be out in July from TOR books. I loved being able to make the woman protagonist earthy and "masculine" in the way I am, not interested in conforming to gender expectations, and as much or more likely to rescue the male protagonist/love interest as the other way around. I loved writing my version of mythical Loki as a pansexual trickster who prefers to embody himself as a man but can as easily appear as a woman, who loves sex, and who messes with everyone sexually and emotionally while not being quite the villain he seems to be.
I guess what I'm getting at is that I have had constant conflicts in my mind and heart over writing in a genre I know most fellow feminists probably despise, trying to hit the right buttons for the readers, and keeping my writer's soul from withering. It's been a balancing act that ultimately, after 20 years, hasn't worked. And yet though I'm not ashamed of most of what I've written, I've felt ashamed among feminists to admit what I've done for a living.
This is all a rambling way of saying (as I finish what I hope will be my last romance novel forever) that I'm sick of boxes, and of feeling ashamed, and yet not fulfilling/able to fulfill genre expectations well enough to continue a career in the field. I have felt bizarrely alone in this way since I began my career and knew I didn't fit in with most of the other romance novelists I know. Your post , though not specifically on the subject of romance novels in general, just got me going on things I've been thinking about for a long, long time.
It has been a very strange, sometimes rewarding, often painful and confusing way of making a living. I hope I can make enough money writing fantasy so that I can continue, since that is what my heart truly loves, and where I don't have to worry if the main female character is often "stronger" in some way or other than the male. And that the men don't have to be stereotypically "masculine" or the women "feminine" and the characters can be who they are. (And even so, I know I still fall into gender traps without realizing it. All I can do is try!)


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Review: Tata Zest
Driven August 2014
The last time we were so impressed with a Tata product, it was back in 2011. It was a crossover, called the Aria, and unlike any other Tata on sale, it had impressive cabin quality, fit and finish was remarkable and best-in-class ride quality. And it's after three years that we have driven a Tata that has come very close to being that impressive.
And why not. Tata has taken them 40 months of hardship to churn out a brand new product. And after having a go in the Zest, it seems their efforts have finally paid off. The engineers have done a stellar job, not just with the aesthetics, but on technology and mechanical grounds too.
Although based on the Vista platform, Tata has completely modified the underpinnings to make sure it doesn't even share a single bolt with the old car. And the efforts gone into getting things right from the start are evident. The exterior design is refreshing, looks compact and dynamic, plus that stubby boot section doesn't seem like an afterthought. It may look a bit odd from certain angles, though.
It's not just the exteriors that manage to get our thumbs up. The cabin too is bloody impressive. It's a refreshing design, and with no component being shared with any of the older Tatas, the Zest's cabin looks striking, in fact the best looking Tata cabin currently. There's a significant improvement in quality of materials, the dashboard layout is attractive, segment-first touch-screen infotainment and voice command are quite thoughtful, and the cabin is spacious enough for average Indian family. However, the boot section at 390 litres, isn't the biggest amongst its rivals and the suspension eats up into the boot space.
At the heart of this Tata are two engine options. The tried and tested 1.3-litre Quadrajet motor and a segment-first 1.2-litre Revotron turbo-charged petrol engine. Teamed with a 5 speed manual at the launch, all the 89bhp and 140Nm of torque will be sent to the front wheels. Another segment-first are the multi-drive modes that lets you choose from three settings - Eco, City and Sport – which can be accessed via click of a couple of buttons.
These modes do make a difference and come in quite handy in our driving conditions. And while we are still at it, the Zest will surprise you with its overall driving dynamics. Acceleration in Sport mode is sharp with turbo kicking in at around 1800rpm and pulling cleanly till 6000rpm. The gearbox too is butter smooth with short and precise throws teamed with well spaced out ratios to aid city and highway driving.
Those hoping for an AMT, need not worry. The diesel motor is also offered with an automated manual transmission called the F-tronic. Offered with a variable geometry turbo, the diesel unit churns out 89bhp and 200Nm of torque. The gearbox has been optimised for the diesel motor with timely gearshifts and it does obey to your right foot inputs pretty well, but shift can be a bit jerky at time. Plus, there's a Sport mode that revs to a higher rpm before upshifting gears. The mid-spec XMA variant comes with hill-start assist and a 'crawl' function that can help you move at a snail's pace in traffic conditions.
What further accentuates the overall experience is the suspension setup. The Zest eats potholes for breakfast, irons out road undulations without making any fuss and offers a good backseat ride. But since it is tuned to be on the softer side, there is a bit of body roll around corners. Then there is the new electric power steering that offers positive feedback and works well when pushed hard with good levels of grip from the tyres too.
A close look at its feature list reveals this is one Tata that's come well prepared to take on its Asian rivals. The carmaker has bravely managed to stuff the Zest up to the brim, with many of them being segment-firsts. It's a great package, a car capable enough to pull customers back to Tata showrooms. It's attractive both inside and out, quality, although not consistent, is up by a notch and the new 1.2 turbo-petrol unit is now a match to the competition. Not to forget its excellent ride, handling and spacious cabin.
Finally, with the Zest, Tata has announced its grand return to the volume segment. All that remains to be seen is how well Tata positions the Zest. Going by the track records, Tata is known to price its products aggressively, and we hope it continues to do so. A range starting from Rs 5 lakh, stretching up to Rs 7.5 lakh sounds promising for a compact sedan with bucket list comfort features. And if that happens, there's no stopping this home-grown auto giant to crawl its way up the sales chart.
The numbers
Tata Zest XT
1193cc, turbo-petrol, FWD, 89bhp, 140Nm, 5-speed Manual, Ground clearance: 175mm, Boot space: 390 litres, Fuel tank: 44 litres, Kerb weight: 1135kg, Tyres: 185/60 R15
Tata Zest Diesel XMA
1248cc, turbo-diesel, FWD, 89bhp, 200Nm, Automated Manual Transmission, Ground clearance: 165mm, Fuel Tank: 44 litres, Boot space: 390 litres, Kerb weight: 1170kg, Tyres: 185/60 R15
The verdict
Finally, an impressive product from Tata with best-in-class features, space and comfort. The Revotron engine is a gem. Also, a much-need mass market diesel automatic now in town. Engine and gearbox combination offers good driveability. Stellar ride and handling
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About Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo's first teacher was his father, the infamous and accomplished Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Though sometimes remembered in art history as having lived under his father's shadow, Tiepolo developed his own style and began independently working for commissions starting at the age of 20. He produced paintings, engravings, and drawings for both secular and religious purposes. Among his most famous works were the frescoes depicting scenes from commedia dell'arte, a celebrated early form of improvisational theater. This subject became an important motif in many of Tiepolo's later works: His mature paintings often featured a central protagonist named "Punchinello," a clown inspired by characters from the commedia (and a precursor to Punch of "Punch and Judy".)
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Mexican authorities on Monday ordered 12 federal police officers to remain jailed as a criminal probe deepened into why they ambushed a U.S. Embassy vehicle last week in a hail of bullets that left two Americans wounded.
Attorney General Marisela Morales said that a court had accepted a request that the officers be kept in jail for 40 days, a key step toward filing criminal charges.
"We are asking for this detention to have the time necessary to carry out an exhaustive investigation," Morales said.
The detentions came in the ambush Friday of an armored Toyota SUV belonging to the U.S. Embassy. It was carrying two U.S. Embassy employees and a Mexican navy captain to a naval installation about 35 miles south of the capital. The embassy vehicle was cut off by another vehicle carrying armed men, who opened fire when the embassy vehicle tried to flee. At least three and possibly five other vehicles joined in the attack, according to Mexican news reports.
Only after reinforcements from the navy came did the federal police attack on the vehicle halt. Press reports said more than 50 bullets struck the embassy vehicle.
The two wounded Americans were hospitalized Friday in Mexico City, but their whereabouts and conditions were unknown Monday. The U.S. Embassy refused to comment. Last week, the embassy declined to identify the U.S. agency the two worked for or to say why they were traveling to the naval facility, which an embassy statement referred to as a training facility.
The ambush underscored possible criminal connections of the federal police, a force of some 35,000 officers that U.S. officials have helped vet and train as a key force against brutal organized gangs.
At least one of the 12 federal police officers detained appears to have received training from the United States. Francisco Humberto Segovia Dominguez, a 35-year-old native of southern Chiapas state, is mentioned in a U.S. diplomatic cable dated Nov. 18, 2008, as among officers approved for small arms and basic explosives training. The cable, obtained and released by WikiLeaks last year, said the embassy had "no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights" by Segovia or any other officer listed.
Morales did not specify what crimes the detained officers might eventually be charged with. She said the officers had not explained why they fired on a vehicle with diplomatic license plates that offered no threat, although Morales said some of the officers cited confusion, presumably over whether the vehicle carried gangsters.
"For the moment, no charge or line of question has been discarded," she said, adding that prosecutors are in "total collaboration" with the Mexican navy and U.S. officials.
Except for a statement more than 12 hours after the shooting, the U.S. Embassy has remained silent, declining to provide a detailed account of what took place. Mexican authorities have also kept details of the attack largely secret.
Mexican news reports, though, say that many of the federal police were out of uniform and operating in unmarked vehicles when they carried out the initial attack and subsequent pursuit of the embassy vehicle, first on a dirt road, then on a two-lane highway leading to the resort city of Cuernavaca.
The area were the ambush took place has been in dispute between various powerful drug gangs, including remnants of the Beltran Leyva syndicate. The Proceso newsweekly said the U.S. Embassy vehicle was helping Mexican marines try to pinpoint Hector Beltran Leyva, a fugitive kingpin of the gang.
Lawyers for the detained police officers say their clients were on an undercover operation a day after a kidnapping in the area of a functionary from the National Institute of Anthropology. They did not explain why they fired on a vehicle with diplomatic license plates that offered no threat.
One lawyer, Marco Aurelio Gonzalez Flores, told Excelsior newspaper that he is worried that unfounded charges will be leveled against the officers because of the high-profile nature of the attack.
"They say that they might even charge them with international terrorism due to the pressure coming from foreigners," he told the paper.


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I think my brother is gay, and I say this because of the way he talks, the way he does his hair, the kind of clothes that he wears and the things that he is interested in. One time I used his USB and saw some pornography on it, including anal intercourse, and I do not know whether it was between two men, because I closed it quickly and erased the file. I asked him about it and he said he did not know where it came from, but in the end I found more in his room. I also checked his personal computer and I found out that he visits gay websites in the country where he is studying. My question is: do I have to advise him and warn him about the bad consequences of this sin?
Homosexuality, whether it is among men or women, is one of the most abhorrent of immoral and evil actions that a person may commit, and is one of the most shameful deeds in this world and in the hereafter. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning the one who commits this act that he has committed so great an evil that there is no hope that he will ever be reformed after that; it takes away all his good deeds and removes all modesty and shyness, because after that he will not feel shy before Allah or before His creation.
Indeed, Allah, may He be exalted, destroyed an entire town along with its people, namely the town of the people of Loot, because of this immoral action. See the answers to questions no. 10050, 38622 and 20068.
What you must do for your brother is tell him of the shame in this world and in the Hereafter that results from this evil, that it will ruin his spiritual and worldly interests, and that he will become insignificant to Allah and to other people if he persists in it. Warn him of the consequences and the shar'i ruling on the one who does that.
Then you have to block every means that makes it easy for him to do this immoral action or that calls him to it. If you can move him from the place where he is studying, where he began to find out about these homosexual websites, then you should do so. If he is under your guardianship and you are responsible for him, then you should prevent him from doing that by all possible means. You should remember that you are responsible for him so long as he is under your care and authority.
In fact, even if this sinner was not your brother or you did not have any authority over him, your duty would still be to strive by all possible means to remove this evil that you see and prevent him from doing it, and to advise him for the sake of Allah and warn him of Allah's punishment.
Muslim narrated in his Saheeh (70) that Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) say: "Whoever among you sees an evil action, then let him change it with his hand [by taking action]; if he cannot, then with his tongue [by speaking out]; and if he cannot, then with his heart – and that is the weakest of faith."
See also the answers to questions no. 52893 and 39357
These signs that you see in your brother's appearance, namely his clothes and outward appearance, and the way he speaks, are all evil actions that lead to homosexuality and immorality, even if you do not know that your brother has committed that action. So how about if he were to exhibit signs indicating that he has committed that action?
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) cursed effeminate men and masculinised women and said: "Expel them from your houses."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5436
Al-Mubaarakfoori (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
That is, men who imitate women in appearance, clothing, using henna, voice, speech and all their movements. Such actions are prohibited because it comes under the heading of changing the creation of Allah.
An-Nawawi said:
Effeminate men are of two types. One type is those who were created like that and are not trying to imitate the attitude of women and the way they dress, speak and move. For such people, there is no blame, sin, shame or punishment for them because they are excused.
The second type is those who deliberately imitate women in their attitude and movements, and imitate the way they speak and dress. These are the ones who the hadeeth says are cursed. End quote.
We ask Allah to make things easy for you and to set your brother's affairs straight and help you to discipline him.
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Weinman turns up victory in IMCA hobby stock race
Life is better in the fast lane. Especially when you finish 1st. That's exactly what Brady Weinman of Arnold managed to do July 6 at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in North Platte. Weinman races in the International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) Stock Car Hobby Division on a weekly basis. The point system is broken down by tracks. Different racers can be ranked different in points standings at different tracks. At Lincoln County fairgrounds, Weinman sits in 5th place with 176 points and is 5th in McCook as well with 103 points. In total, Weinman has racked up three heat race wins and three feature race wins. Weinman pulled off the victory after going through two caution lights due to incidents involving other cars on the track and lost a big lead momentarily before regainining his lead off the final turn and pulling off the win. "When I saw his front bumper, we were side-to-side," Weinman said. I had just enough horsepower to get past him." Laps under the caution flag are frustrating for a leader of a race because once the caution flag is lifted, it allows the other cars to start up closer to the leader. Weinman hasn't been immune to the caution flag himself however. He was part of a pile up in the previous week's race in Doniphan. "It was the 3rd lap of the feature and three cars spun out right in front of me," Weinman said. "When you're going 60-70 miles per hour, you don't really have anywhere to go." The incident caused parts of his car to get bent and subsequently most of the following week working on repairing it to get it ready for the next race. The amount of time spent working on the car can vary from week to week depending on the most recent performance, but on average, Weinman feels there is about 12 hours of work per week. Brady's father Darren raced in the IMCA for 10 years and his grandfather owns and operates the Lincoln County Raceway. Weinman, a state champion pole vaulter for the South Loup Bobcats has grown up around the racetrack. "I got old enough and my Grandpa took over this track about four years ago and I just loved racing." When a hobby stock car came on the market, Weinman saw his opportunity and talked to his dad about getting the car. Brady's hard work on the family farm had paid off and he was given his own racecar at the age of 16. In his second season at the track, Weinman is still learning the tricks of the trade. It didn't take him long to figure out that spinning around in the dirt on the farm in the truck is a lot different than in these high-powered, medal racing machines. Handling the car and learning the ins and outs was a tough task. "My car, at North Platte, goes around 75 on the straightaways and you're turning a sharp corner, so you have to lock the breaks up right away and get it drifting down," Weinman said. "Then you can't hit the throttle right away or else your wheels will just spin. You have to ease into it." Weather is another big factor playing into how the car runs. When it rains more than usual the week of the race, the tires will have to be set at a pressure that will allow them to grip the track better. While there are challenges, it's all part of the love Weinman has for the sport. "It's all about just going fast and having fun," Weinman said.


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A search warrant obtained by The Dispatch has revealed more details concerning the deaths of an Arcadia couple who were found dead in their home Tuesday.
A search warrant obtained by The Dispatch has revealed more details concerning the deaths of an Arcadia couple who were found dead in their home Tuesday.
Davidson County sheriff's deputies executed the search warrant at 1283 Sunset Road, the residence of Timothy "Shane" and Emily Benbow, both of whom were 40 years old.
Deputies responded to the residence at 1:47 p.m. after Emily Benbow's father, Ray Woosley, found the couple dead.
The search warrant listed a number of items seized from the residence. Detectives seized a semi-automatic handgun with a magazine containing three live rounds and one live round in the chamber, two spent shell casings, two cell phones, a prescription for Timothy Benbow of Alprazolam .5 milligram dated Jan. 19 and a green plate with a white substance on it and miscellaneous handwritten letters, according to the court document,
Alprazolam is used to treat anxiety disorders and panic disorder (sudden, unexpected attacks of extreme fear and worry about these attacks), according to the website Medline Plus, operated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institute of Health.
Capt. Mitch Kepley of the Davidson County Sheriff's Office said he couldn't comment on whether drugs were involved and declined to comment on what was written in the letters.
Kepley said Wednesday that the deaths were a result of a domestic-related incident. He said Thursday that he couldn't comment on whether the deaths were being investigated as a murder-suicide. Kepley also has declined to specify if the husband or wife's death was determined to be a homicide.
The sheriff's office, which reported the shooting occurred earlier in the day Tuesday, continues to await the results from the N.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner concerning a preliminary report. Kepley said the investigation into the case is closed, and he expects the results from the report in a few days.
Kepley said he doesn't believe there was an outside perpetrator. He and Davidson County Sheriff David Grice said there is no concern for the community.
Family members and friends of the Benbows told The Dispatch they were stunned by the deaths. They said Emily Benbow was the co-owner of Creative Image beauty salon in Arcadia, and Timothy Benbow worked at Cardinal Container Services in Lexington.
Woosley told The Dispatch hours after he located the bodies that he decided to check on the couple after a daycare worker called and told him his 3-year-old granddaughter had not shown up for day care Tuesday. The concerned grandfather entered the house to find his granddaughter watching television. Woosley continued through the house and located the couple in a room used as an office. The sheriff's office has said in a news release that the girl was unharmed and is now staying with family members.
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While Khloé Kardashian has been hard at work co-hosting The X Factor, her husband of three years is partying nonstop — with other women.
Away for his team's game with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Clippers forward Lamar Odom was partying well into the night at the club Skkybar on Nov. 20.
Now, an eyewitness tells In Touch that Lamar was lingering in an alley in the wee hours of the morning with two women.
"He went out the back door, and it looked like he was about to leave," eyewitness Teresa Witt, who was partying at Skkybar that night, tells In Touch. "They were standing next to a cab. Both of the women were very thin brunettes in their late twenties, and when I saw them, I immediately wondered, 'Why is Lamar in an alley in the middle of the night with two gorgeous girls?'"
And it wasn't the only time in recent weeks that the basketball star, 33, has been spotted in the company of other women. During a Thanksgiving trip to NYC, a source close to the couple tells In Touch he snuck two different women up to his room at the Trump SoHo hotel, adding, "His driver helped him."
And on Dec. 9, he was spotted at Greystone Manor in LA with "a short blond girl," says a witness, "talking so close it looked like they were kissing. He seemed to be having the time of his life."


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Cosby to Crews: America's First Family of Fun Drives Into Second Gear for a New Season of Reality With Terry Crews Behind the Wheel, Premiering Sunday, March 6 at 8:00 p.m.* on BET
TV's Much Loved Family Man Terry Crews Flexes his Fatherly Muscles, as he Tries to Maintain Balance in the Midst of Changes, in the Second Season of THE FAMILY CREWS
Mar 01, 2011, 07:00 EST
NEW YORK, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Terry Crews, America's favorite TV dad, is back for another season of THE FAMILY CREWS, granting viewers an honest glance of what it's like to have a successful career in Hollywood, while keeping your faith intact and your family fulfilled. The second season of THE FAMILY CREWS premieres Sunday, March 6 at 8:00 p.m.*
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Terry Crews, dad both on and off screen, is not your average movie star. Married to his loving wife Rebecca for more than 20 years and the devoted father of five, ages 5 to 23, he has been able to navigate the chaos of raising a family in the entertainment world, without compromising his mid-western values...until now. Now, everything and everyone is changing at the same time, including Terry himself. He now has to uproot his family again and move them cross country in order to work on a new project. Just having returned home from his last television series shoot, Terry has the daunting task of telling his family the news. His wife Rebecca, is upset that she has to put her career aspirations on hold, yet again. Tera, now 12, opposes the move with fears of not making new friends and sadness over leaving her newly redecorated bedroom behind. Azzie, on the other hand, is indifferent as she awaits news of an audition for the NYU Musical Theater Program that will decide her fate. New mom, Naomi, and her boyfriend, Jorge, will stay in L.A. with their 5 month-old daughter, Miley. The little ones, Isaiah and Wynnie, are both excited about the move and thrilled that they can be with their dad, but Wynnie starts to act out as the move draws near.
More new beginnings ahead, this season is filled with twists and turns as navigating life in a new place awaits the entire family. Fans of THE FAMILY CREWS will tune in once again as the Crews family grows, loves, laughs, and prays their way through another chapter of their journey.
THE FAMILY CREWS is executive produced by Strange Fruit Media's D'Angela Proctor & Nia Hill. Terry and Rebecca Crews also serve as Executive Producers on the show. Proctor and Hill are also the executive producing team behind television's #1 gospel music competition show, SUNDAY BEST. THE FAMILY CREWS is a BET Studios Original Production.
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BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the 25- to 54-year-old African-American audience; BET Digital Networks - BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company with festivals and live events spanning the globe; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the extension of BET network programming for global distribution.
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Rule 2.3 - Bias, Prejudice, And Harassment
(A) A judge shall perform the duties of judicial office, including administrative duties, without bias or prejudice.
(B) A judge shall not, in the performance of judicial duties, by words or conduct manifest bias or prejudice, or engage in harassment, and shall not permit court staff, court officials, or others subject to the judge's direction and control to do so.
(C) A judge shall require lawyers in proceedings before the court to refrain from manifesting bias or prejudice, or engaging in harassment, against parties, witnesses, lawyers, or others.
(D) The restrictions of paragraphs (B) and (C) do not preclude judges or lawyers from making legitimate reference to personal characteristics when they are relevant to an issue in a proceeding.
[1] A judge who manifests bias or prejudice in a proceeding impairs the fairness of the proceeding and brings the judiciary into disrepute.
[2] Examples of manifestations of bias or prejudice include but are not limited to epithets; slurs; demeaning nicknames; negative stereotyping; attempted humor based upon stereotypes; threatening, intimidating, or hostile acts; suggestions of connections between race, ethnicity, or nationality and crime; and irrelevant references to personal characteristics. Even facial expressions and body language can convey to parties and lawyers in the proceeding, jurors, the media, and others an appearance of bias or prejudice. A judge must avoid conduct that may reasonably be perceived as prejudiced or biased.
[3] Harassment, as referred to in paragraphs (B) and (C), is verbal or physical conduct that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward a person on the basis of personal characteristics.
[4] Sexual harassment includes but is not limited to sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is unwelcome.


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SOURCE: LaSalle Solutions
February 05, 2013 15:00 ET
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - Feb 5, 2013) - LaSalle Solutions announced today it has achieved Cisco® Gold Certification. To earn Gold Certification, LaSalle Solutions has met the rigorous standards set forth by Cisco in networking competency, service, support and customer satisfaction.
"Receiving the Gold Partner status is a great achievement," said Steven Robb, President - Solutions Group at LaSalle Solutions. "We have a long-term commitment to Cisco as a key strategic partner and this recognition reflects our focus to providing best-in-class solutions and service. As our customers continually demand better from LaSalle this certification shows our commitment to deliver."
"We are committed to providing the tools, training and programs that facilitate partner growth, differentiation and profitability," said Edison Peres, senior vice president of worldwide channels at Cisco. "With specializations in unified communications, routing and switching, security, and wireless LAN, LaSalle Solutions has made an investment in developing the capability to deliver the integrated and customized technology solutions that today's customers demand."
The Cisco Resale Channel Program provides a framework for partners to build the sales, technical and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills required to deliver Cisco solutions to end customers. Through the program's specializations and certifications, Cisco recognizes a partner's expertise in deploying solutions based on Cisco advanced technologies and services. Using a third-party audit process, the program validates a partner's technology skills, business practices, customer satisfaction, presales and postsales support capabilities, and other critical factors that customers consider when choosing a trusted partner.
As a Cisco Gold Certified Partner LaSalle Solutions has met the requirements for attaining the broadest range of expertise across multiple technologies by achieving Cisco advanced specializations in unified communications, routing and switching, security, and wireless LAN. In addition, LaSalle Solutions has integrated Cisco Lifecycle Services into its offerings and is required to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction. Cisco Gold Certification provides LaSalle Solutions with access to comprehensive sales, technical, and lifecycle services training and support available from Cisco.
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Goodwyn has reported on the siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, the trials of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols in Denver, the Olympic Games in Atlanta and the school shootings in Paducah Ky., Jonesboro, Ark., and Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo.
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I have to give this a shout-out because a) I really dig "Star Wars: Legacy," b) I never knew this guy had a hand in the creation of Oracle (aka Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl) and c) sometimes we can do a little more for our comic-book talents beyond just buying the books with their names on them — especially when that something more can help against such a game-changing health issue.
John Ostrander brings his mighty writing talents to "Star Wars: Legacy" and is the storied writer who helped give us Oracle. He also suffers from glaucoma. Ostrander has had several surgeries to treat his condition, but even with health insurance he faces some pretty steep medical bills.
To learn more about Ostrander's condition and how to help, visit Comix4Sight.com.
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Actor Ethan Hawke has felt the wrath of theater critics - they have savaged his turn as William Shakespeare's tragic king Macbeth on the New York stage.
The Training Day star tackles the gruelling role in a new production at the Lincoln Center Theater, alongside James McAvoy's actress wife Anne-Marie Duff as his murderous queen, Lady Macbeth.
However, the show has opened to dire reviews following its press night on Thursday (21Nov13), with Hawke taking the brunt for his performance.
In the New York Times, critic Ben Brantley brands the play's three witches as the stars of the show, adding, "The production also features a lost soul named Ethan Hawke in the title role, but let's not distract ourselves from the main event."
Brantley also claims the audience struggled to hear a word Hawke said, writing, "He delivers Shakespeare's poetry like a moody, glue-sniffing teenager reciting Leonard Cohen lyrics to himself."
Elisabeth Vincentelli for the New York Post agrees, adding, "There's no getting around Hawke's underwhelming performance... It's almost enough to make you believe that the Scottish play really is cursed."
The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney writes that Hawke gives a "sauntering, strangely noncommittal performance" and only "intermittently gets his teeth into the tyrant".