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A look back on the 737, as Boeing delivers its 7,500th
In the time it takes you to read this story, more than 600 Boeing 737s will have landed or taken off, somewhere in the world.
This week, Boeing delievered its 7,500th 737, to Malaysia-based Malindo Air. There are a further 3,100 orders for 737s, making it the most commercially successful air liner in history.
Boeing's 737 output single-handedly outnumbers the entire Airbus fleet.
And the plane recently got a new engine and a new "Sky Interior."
The hype surrounding Boeing's workhorse can't compare to that of the Airbus A380 (the largest jet ever built) or the Boeing 747-8 (the longest) or the Boeing 787 (the most high-tech).
It's not glamorous, it's not eccentric, and it's often overshadowed by its bigger, sparklier peers.
But the 737's success lies in its ability to continually reinvent itself.
The original series
The first 737 -- the 100 model -- entered service in February 1968. With a typical two-class seating capacity of 85 and a range of only 2,850 kilometers, the 737-100 wasn't terribly popular.
Launched simultaneously, however, was the 200 model. With slight increases in length and fuel capacity, the 200 could carry 97 passengers up to 3,500 kilometers on roughly the same amount of fuel.
A far better proposition for airlines, Boeing sold 1,114 of the 200 model, compared with just 30 of its 100s.
Superseding the 737-200 was the 200 Advanced, with technological improvements to thrust-reversal, flaps and two larger, more fuel-efficient engines, giving operators yet another 15 percent increase in payload and range.
The classic era
In the early 1980s, Boeing completed its first major overhaul of the jet, with the release of three new models in what is now called the "Classic" series.
The updated aircraft offered more power, more range, more seats and a shiny, new, digital flight deck.
The 737 Classics were up to 36.5 meters long, 20 percent longer than the popular 737-200, and had a range of 4,200 kilometers or more with 25 percent better fuel efficiency.
The catch for the new, more-powerful jets was that they were too big to fit on the wings, resulting in a redesign into a shape aptly dubbed the "hamster pouch."
Even so, the jets still had an uncomfortably shallow 46 centimeter ground clearance.
The Classics also inherited the then-new 757's funky new interior.
All together, 1,988 Boeing 737-300s, -400s and -500s were built.
The next generation
When the Airbus A320 began stealing otherwise loyal 737 operators, Boeing decided on a second major revamp of the 737 brand, launching the Next Generation (NG) series. The company left nothing untouched.
The wingspan on the NG planes is 5.4 meters longer than the Classic design, fuel tanks 30 percent larger and the interior 100 percent cooler.
Carbon brakes are also now standard on NGs, lightening the load by around 300 kilos, helping make the series up to 14 percent more fuel efficient than the Classics.
The NG series introduced the extra-long 900ER ("Extended Range") model. At 42.1 meters, today's biggest 737 is 68 percent longer than the original 100 series aircraft.
So far, more than 6,000 Next-Generation 737s have been ordered, bringing the total number of 737 orders to more than 10,500 since the airplane's launch in 1968.
Decisions, decisions
The 737, like any motor vehicle, has come with a number of factory-fitted options, including noise-dampeners for the original 1960s engines, gravel kits to allow the jet to operate on unpaved airstrips and the most noticeable option, blended winglets.
Winglets aren't new, but the upward curve, making it a natural extension of the wing, is a novel approach designed for the Boeing Business Jet version of the 737.
It's now offered as a retrofit on older models and other Boeing aircraft.
Drag-reduction derived from the blended winglets actually reduces noise: less drag means less thrust, means less noise.
Taking it to the MAX
Announced in August and due in 2017, the 737 MAX series will add even larger engines -- 168 centimeters compared with 155 centimeters on the NGs.
It will also be quieter and produce 28 percent more power on 16 percent less fuel than the engines on present-day 737s.
Blended winglets will be standard on all models and the 787 Dreamliner's super-swanky "Sky Interior" will be standard for the 737 MAX.
To boldly go ...
Many of the advances made can be retrofitted to older planes, boosting their efficiency and further extending the useful life of even the Classic series planes. Cheers to Boeing for recycling.
For more on the 737 family, its history and future, go to www.newairplane.com/737.
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One of the big goals of in-house legal departments is to cut the overhead costs of outside legal services. While media coverage has focused on outsourcing as a cost-saver in routine elements of litigation, Randy McClanahan of Houston's McClanahan Myers Espey is advocating something else—his law firm is offering to help in-house counsel bring their litigation work back in house. The advantage for legal departments is less economic reliance on outside providers, and perhaps a higher level of care with the work remaining closer to in-house corporate counsel.
The firm's litigation "in-sourcing" service is based on bringing routine aspects of document production, discovery, investigation and research back inside the company to be handled by corporate employees. The law firm assumes the role of lead counsel by acting in an advisory role, directing the in-house employees' discovery and trial preparation work, and helping track the case throughout its lifespan. And if the file goes to court, the company can rely on having an experienced trial lawyer with full knowledge of the file who's ready to hit the ground running in the courtroom.
Lawyers can learn from this service in a couple of ways. First, that unbundling and isolating elements of legal services can be valuable, and offered as a commodity unto themselves. In McClanahan's vision, we can also see the roles of the trusted advisor and the experienced trial lawyer being packaged together. Another take-away is how it targets a segment of the intended audience: corporate counsel who, for any of various reasons, may not be excited about the idea of setting up offshore offices or using outsourcing services. This firm has created a branded service to appeal to that perspective—and it promises to help clients contain costs while providing quality representation. I call that an excellent concept.
Steve Matthews is principal of Stem Legal Web Enterprises, providing Web expertise for the legal profession. He is a member of Law Practice 's Editorial Board and blogs at www.stemlegal.com/strategyblog.

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From Oct. 3-7, Niagara University Theatre will present "The Secret Life of Girls" by Linda Daugherty and directed by adjunct professor Amanda Lytle Sharpe. Steven Braddock, director of Niagara University Theatre, is associate director of the production. This frank, unflinching, timely play spotlights the devastation caused by bullying in the form of gossiping, using friendship as a weapon, name-calling, exclusion, spreading rumors, forming cliques and manipulation.
Based upon interviews with girls on the giving and receiving end, the play highlights the impact of "cyberbullying," and is by turns both humorous and heartbreaking. A penetrating look into teenage angst, this family event offers the opportunity for insightful dialogue following each and every performance.
"The Secret Life of Girls" will be on stage in the Leary Theatre within the Elizabeth Ann Clune Center for Theatre, Clet Hall, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, and Monday, Oct. 7, and at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4, and Saturday, Oct. 5, with 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6.
Cast members include the following theater performance majors: Amy Mings of Buffalo (Abby); Kaylee LeRoy of Solvay (Stephanie); Brittany Shannon of Watertown (Rebecca); Elena Feliz of Tonawanda (Kayla); Anna Krempholtz of East Aurora (Sutton); Josephine Lazusky of Cochranton, Pa. (Anna Marie); Kendyl Litwiller of Naples, N.Y. (Chandler); Leacel Hillenbrand of Oneida (Sutton's Mom); Karen Harty of Williamsville (Abby's Mom); and Stephanie Wattie of Derby (Coach). In addition, several other theater performance majors will play key roles in the production. Alissa Sumerano of Hurley is set designer. Fabio Del Carlo of Harrison, N.J., is stage manager, and Jean O'Harrow of Newfane is assistant stage manager.
Costumes are by associate professor/costume designer Maureen Stevens, while lighting design is by assistant professor/scenic designer/production manager David Dwyer, and sound coordination is by adjunct sound faculty member Glenn Bernardis.
For tickets, visit http://theatre.niagara.edu/, stop into the Elizabeth Ann Clune Center for Theatre, call 716-286-8685 or email [email protected].


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Editor's note: This article wades into the ongoing debate over private school choice and public accountability. For background see here, here, here, here, and here.
Policymaking usually involves trade-offs, finding the right balance between competing objectives and even principles. This is especially true in education, where so much is at stake, both for vulnerable children and for the health of society.
One of the principles that should guide education policy is that "parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children" (article 26, 3, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in San Francisco in 1948). Officially, at least, this right is acknowledged by almost every nation and is enshrined in many of their constitutions; it has been settled law in the United States since the Supreme Court's 1925 ruling in Pierce v. Society of Sisters (268 U.S. 510).
Americans agree, as Terry Moe showed in Schools, Vouchers, and the American Public. This is especially true of parents for whom public-school provision is of inadequate quality. "Among public [school] parents," Moe wrote, "vouchers are supported by 73 percent of those with family...
President Obama is leaving us on the edge of our seats as to whether he will discuss certain topics in tonight's State of the Union address. But it is a near certainty that he will talk at length about economic mobility and poverty. While we think that's a good thing, we do wish the President would be more open minded toward policies with a proven track record in helping to grow the economy and lift people out of poverty, including school choice.
New legislation released today by Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and a complementary bill from Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released earlier this month show that Republicans see education reform as a major part of their strategy to help our least fortunate neighbors.
Of the two proposals, Senator Alexander's Scholarship for Kids Act is the boldest and would fundamentally reshape the federal education-policy landscape in this country. He repeatedly emphasized in remarks today at the American Enterprise Institute that the program would be voluntary for states. Still, states with even limited school-choice programs could feel its impact. Much of the hype deals with the way it would bolster private-school-choice programs, but it would essentially supercharge any school-choice program, including those that allow charter...
The American Federation for Children applauds the folks over at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute for stirring up debate about academic accountability within private-school-choice programs via the release of their policy "toolkit" last week. It's an important conversation to have.
As the only national educational-choice organization that works to elect state policymakers who support parental choice, lobbies for high-quality legislation, and ensures that the laws work for kids, we've got a pretty good sense of the policy and political questions regarding accountability in private-school-choice programs. We support accountability in publicly funded private-school-choice programs, and our model legislation spells out the very reasonable administrative, financial, and academic accountability measures we believe are necessary to ensure quality, sustainability, and growth in these vitally important programs. Transparency is important for both parents and policymakers, and AFC believes that voucher and scholarship-tax-credit students should take either state assessments or a nationally norm-referenced test and that the results should be reported publicly. It is perfectly reasonable (1) to know whether children enrolled in these programs are making academic progress and (2) to acknowledge and address the issue of whether poor-quality schools should participate in these programs.
It is also important to recognize that the...
As voucher and tax-credit-scholarship programs have expanded in recent years, another promising development has been the incorporation into such programs of provisions that hold participating private schools to account for their students' performance. The newest and largest voucher programs, such as those in Louisiana and Indiana, have gone beyond the familiar "let-parents-vote-with-their-feet-and-judge-the-school-by-whether-anyone-wants-to-attend-it" arguments and are doing more to assure parents and taxpayers that private schools accepting scholarship-bearing students will meet certain expectations regarding how much those youngsters actually learn.
Yet outcomes-based accountability in private-school-choice programs is hardly a settled matter. Many proponents of such programs disagree on how to subject private schools to testing requirements or about how external standards will affect whatever is unique about private schools and why they're worth choosing in the first place. Yes, there are risks associated with drawing private schools into public accountability systems, but empirical evidence shows that such downsides can be mitigated if policymakers are smart about how they design results-based accountability in these choice programs.
We've assembled this toolkit to help with that design. The Fordham Institute supports private-school choice, done right. That means that policymakers should provide an array of high-quality choices—and hold providers accountable to parents and taxpayers in...
We've passed the time for standing by and patiently hoping that Ohio's lowest-performing charter schools will improve on their own. Or that the authorizers of such charters will solve this problem on their own. As a strong supporter of charter schools, my New Year's resolution is to seize the promise of change and resolutely champion the effort to strengthen the quality of the charter sector across the Buckeye State.
I also know that undertaking such an effort sans allies won't likely yield much change. But timing is everything—and now is the right time for all of Ohio's charter advocates to take up the fight for quality schools.
Charters have been operating in Ohio for well over a decade, and their performance can be most accurately described as mixed. We've been blessed with some resounding successes, such as the Breakthrough Network in Cleveland, Columbus Preparatory Academy, and Columbus Collegiate Academy. These schools, and hundreds other like them around the country, highlight the great potential of charter schools to change the educational trajectory of at-risk students. Yet too many other charter schools in Ohio (and elsewhere) have struggled mightily, as documented by a series of...
Readers of this blog have come to expect news from around the country, analysis, cogent commentary, and best-practice policy recommendations. All of that has been in large part due to the efforts of Adam Emerson. Sadly for us, Adam has moved on to become the Florida Department of Education's Director of Charter Schools. We want to congratulate Adam on his new position. We also want to thank him for his insight and leadership on parental-choice issues for Fordham and for getting Choice Words off the ground.
But as they say, the show must go on. We are extremely excited to be taking over the reins of what we'll call "Choice Words 2.0." We will continue to provide readers with insight and news, and we will bring our own penchant for data, analysis, deep dives, and a variety of lenses through which to look at all aspects of parental choice.
Please let us know what you want to see us cover and share with us your own insights on topics as we cover them. For those wanting to know a little more about us, we've described below the background and experiences that we'll bring to this work.
According to the newest assessment from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools regarding the charter sector's share of the public school market, the number of school districts where at least 20 percent of students attend charters has increased about 350 percent since 2005. In thirty-two districts, at least one in five public school students is enrolled in a charter.
In New Orleans and Detroit (and, very soon, Washington, D.C.), the majority of public school pupils are charter students. The good news is that the top ten cities in terms of charter market share include some of the nation's highest-performing charter sectors (New Orleans, D.C., and Indianapolis). The bad news is that some of the worst performers turn up on that list, too (namely, Philadelphia and three districts in Ohio, a state whose laggard charter performance has been well documented by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes and my colleagues at the Fordham Institute).
When announcing this growth, NAPCS chief executive Nina Rees protested that nearly one million students are on charter waiting lists. Her lament is justified. But quantity and quality still aren't matching up the way they should in this growing...
Arbitrary caps on the number of charter schools or charter school students are still bad ideas. At Fordham, we've consistently said so and kept a watchful eye on the fights to remove them. The idea hardly even belongs in conversations about education policy and, instead, represents a kind of education politics that comes about as part of the sometimes-ugly deal making necessary to enact or preserve reform.
Charter school caps and an unhealthy emphasis on market share go hand in hand. A study out this week from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools found that a majority of students in both New Orleans (79 percent) and Detroit (51 percent) are in charter schools. Additionally, the District of Columbia continues to inch closer, with 43 percent of its students in charters during the last school year. While this may be seen as good news, especially given that all three cities have charter sectors that outperform their district counterparts, even those cities have individual charter schools that shouldn't be operating. Part of the reason the debate over ideas like school choice can be so contentious is that when one side says charter schools in a given city are great and the other side says they are terrible, both are right—because...
Jay Greene wants school-choice supporters to relax the testing mandates in the newest and largest voucher programs in the nation. Specifically, these programs require participating students to take their state's public school assessment, which Greene likens to adhering to a "state vision of a good education."
Let's hope these supporters reject his appeal. It's taken quite a push to get where we are now: a level of accountability in relatively few private school choice programs that may be partly responsible for their success and their political support. Hitting the reverse button would only halt the current momentum of the choice movement, while removing one of the few quality-control mechanisms in place for these programs.
To be sure, Professor Greene is not the first to raise concerns about the use of state assessments. His argument is by now familiar: Forcing government test mandates on private schools dilutes what makes these schools private and will force all schools to become cookie-cutter copies. What if families want something other than the state vision of a good education "encapsulated in state standards and testing?" Greene writes.
It's not an unreasonable concern; Mike Petrilli, for instance, once pondered the conflict between...
What good is it to offer an abundance of school options if parents don't know about them?
It may have been heartening this week to see voters in New Jersey and Douglas County, Colorado, elect local and statewide candidates who have campaigned on the need to change the landscape of public education in a way that maximizes school choice. But the reality is that most families who could benefit from these options have no idea they exist. And that is what's holding back the momentum of the school-choice movement.
Far too many school-choice advocates are still going door to door to promote charter schools, school vouchers, and the like, or they're putting up billboards and running radio ads to reach their audience. I recently had the pleasure of leading a discussion on marketing school choice at the annual conference of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers in San Diego, and I was blessed the insight of leading school-choice advocates who shared their work in the trenches. But it's clear that the choice movement relies mostly on old-school marketing efforts when what we need is new-school sophistication.
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various documents related to Purdue early compliance with americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Dean of Students publications, newsletters, guidelines for students with disabilities to obtain print media in accessible formats
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i am a newbie(so dont flame me!).i want to know about tripwire,can anybody give me some thread links ,or maybe some txt files?
system integrity verifiers (SIV) monitors system files to find when a intruder changes them (thereby leaving behind a backdoor). The most famous of such systems is "Tripwire". A SIV may watch other components as well, such as the Windows registry and chron configuration, in order to find well known signatures. It may also detect when a normal user somehow acquires root/administrator level privleges. Many existing products in this area should be considered more "tools" than complete "systems": i.e. something like "Tripwire" detects changes in critical system components, but doesn't generate real-time alerts upon an intrusion.
EDIT: would you mind posting this in the correct forum? As I don't think this is a tutorial :P
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You may want to look at aide or yafic also http://sourceforge.net/projects/aide http://philosophysw.com/software/yafic/
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I'm trying to custom my Tripwire prints outs to keep just what I need to know. However, there is no solid documentation for the open source version of Tripwire. Does anyone have a link to this information or can anyone here answer my questions if I post them here.
- Question one: Would a used program be marked as modified?
Good Day,
Hope this helps: if Tripwire detects that a file has been changed, then it will show the modified file name, size, time, etc.
i.e. Modified object name: /root/aoisgreat.txt
size 2000, 2120
modify time Wed Feb 29 13:00 2006, Wed Feb 29 13:18 2006
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edit: commas added only to separate the entries
From: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...update-db.html
Updating the Database after an Integrity Check
If you run an integrity check and Tripwire finds violations, you will first need to determine whether the violations discovered are actual security breaches or the product of authorized modifications. If you recently installed an application or edited critical system files, Tripwire will (correctly) report integrity check violations. In this case, you should update your Tripwire database so those changes are no longer reported as violations. However, if unauthorized changes are made to system files that generate integrity check violations, then you should restore the original file from a backup or reinstall the program.
Appears that you can modify your report (printout) by "updating the Tripwire database so that those changes are no longer reported as violations."
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It's an odd blend - a sentimental story in a futuristic world of brutal machine-maneuvered fights. There are some ringside thrills, but it's not a seamless mesh.
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This punishingly predictable tale will test whether sci-fi action fanboys can stomach having their cherished genre infiltrated by sentimental hokum about a down-on-his-luck dad and his spunky long-lost son.
Real Steel is a real movie. It has characters, it matters who they are, it makes sense of its action, it has a compelling plot. This is the sort of movie, I suspect, young viewers went to the "Transformers" movies looking for.
Real Steel is directed by "Night at the Museum's" Shawn Levy, who makes good use of his specialized skill in blending people and computer-made imaginary things into one lively, emotionally satisfying story.
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Predictable but fun fight movie has lots of robot action.
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Parents need to know that this futuristic action drama with a heart is equal parts Rocky and RoboCop. There are tons of brutal (if gripping) scenes of robot combat, some of which gets pretty intense. And it's not just the robots who get into brawls; a beating leaves a key character bloodied. One of the main characters (played by Hugh Jackman) is pretty abhorrent when the movie begins; he's introduced as an irresponsible mess who can't be bothered to care for his own son. He drinks and swears in front of the boy (words include "s--t" and "damn") and even goes so far as to "sell" him (or at least his parental rights) -- though he does change over the course of the movie, which ultimately has a message about redemption and forgiveness.
Messages: The movie has a lot to say about redemption and forgiveness between a father and his son. It also makes you think about how we cast aside older models (computers, cell phones, people) for flashier, newer varieties, often forgetting that there's value in what came before. It also suggests that people should be confident in their gifts and use them judiciously.
Role models: Charlie won't win Father of the Year anytime soon (at least not for most of the movie), but he does redeem himself. And Max is kind, forgiving, resilient, determined, and self-motivated; he's quite a kid.
Violence: Tons of scenes, some fairly intense, show robots beating other robots up. While the robots are the primary pugilists here, the machines' bouts take place in front of audiences drunk with bloodlust, and there's one nasty human beatdown that happens in front of a child and leaves a main character bloodied and immobilized.
Sex: One kiss and a few scantily clad women at a boxing match.
Language: Language use (some of which is by the kid) includes "s--t," "ass," "damn," "crap," "bitch," "hell," "oh my God," and "suck."
Consumerism: Plenty of noticeable product placement from brands including Coca-Cola, ESPN, HP computers, Nokia, Capitol One, Cadillac, bing, Xbox, and Sprint.
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The plight of the Falun Gong in China is no longer a front-page story in the West, but allegations that Chinese psychiatrists were involved in their persecution continues to trouble the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) (Stone, 2002b). The new China with its political and economic power on the world stage has been able to block investigations by the United Nation's Commission on Human Rights and to brush aside the many vociferous critics of its human rights record. That powerful China was on display for the millions of people who watched the splendid pageantry at the 2004 summer Olympics closing ceremonies in Athens, Greece, as a proud Chinese nation invited the citizens of the world to Beijing for the next summer Olympics in 2008. A triumphal Chinese state with a new younger regime in place and a growing sense of national pride may be more willing to acknowledge past mistakes, but it is unlikely to allow its human rights critics to rake up the many unresolved allegations: Tibetan Buddhism, suppression of the pro-democracy movement and a litany of other serious human rights complaints including the persecution of the Falun Gong (Amnesty International Testimony, 2002).
The WPA, responding to complaints and a resolution of its General Assembly members, had joined the active ranks of China's human rights critics and had been attempting to arrange for an independent investigation of the allegations of systematic political misuse of psychiatry in China. In January, after a meeting in Beijing with representatives of the Chinese Society of Psychiatrists (CSP) and a vice minister of health, the WPA leadership reported that the Chinese had acceded to the Yokohama Resolution and would permit an independent investigation (WPA, 2004). This, if true, was an astonishing achievement; such an agreement was without precedent in China's international dealings.
The WPA executive committee, meeting in Cairo, Egypt, in February 2004, appointed a task force of experts to carry out that investigation. (This writer was included on the task force.) The task force met in London in March 2004 and after reviewing the allegations that had been submitted to the WPA's Review Committee prepared a detailed agenda for its visit that was forwarded to the CSP. The investigation would have included face-to-face interviews with Falun Gong practitioners, their families, the psychiatrists who treated them and an examination of the relevant medical records at various psychiatric facilities. It should be emphasized that the WPA is not an organization with resources, procedures and technical infrastructure to carry out fact-finding investigations nor does it have the authority to subpoena witnesses, collect independent evidence or other similar activities. Nonetheless the task force made a good faith effort to prepare for the independent fact-finding investigation called for in the Yokohama Resolution. It was clear that the success of the task force would depend on the cooperation of not only the CSP but also the Chinese authorities. I must confess that I had many unresolved questions about the enterprise and was particularly concerned that the doctors, patients and families who cooperated with the investigation might suffer reprisals and that the WPA could not assure their protection.
The CSP, late in March 2004 and only days before the task force was scheduled to arrive in Beijing, rejected the proposed agenda. Their response--unlike previous communications with the WPA--took the standard hard-line position that the Chinese state had adopted in responding to all of the previous international criticisms of its persecution of the Falun Gong, namely that this was a domestic criminal matter, not an issue for outsiders. It seemed clear to me that Chinese government officials had intervened and quashed the investigation. The WPA was back to square one, in much the same position that other human rights critics of China had found themselves. The idea of an independent fact-finding investigation as planned by the task force now was out of the question.
Despite their disappointment the WPA leadership did not respond with confrontation or by threatening the CSP with expulsion as some critics might have wished. World Psychiatric Association's President Ahmed Okasha, M.D., remained calm in the eye of the storm. He maintained a cordial relationship with the CSP and was willing to consider alternative approaches. I made certain proposals to him in the hope we could get beyond the impasse. An unprecedented meeting was scheduled between the WPA and the CSP that took place in New York on May 4 (WPA, 2004). With the encouragement of Okasha, I had prepared three resolutions for that meeting in the hope that if there could be no independent investigation, a new approach based on negotiation and conflict resolution might break the stalemate in which China simply denied all allegations. If the CSP could acknowledge that there were, in fact, real clinical problems in the diagnosis and treatment of members of the Falun Gong, then I thought there might be a basis for continuing international collaboration and perhaps constructive change.
The key psychological issue from my perspective was to find a way to allow the CSP to acknowledge that there were serious problems without losing face and without risking reprisals from their own government. This, if it could be done, would provide a basis for continuing collaboration between the WPA and the CSP. Since there could be no independent fact-finding investigation as originally planned, this seemed a small step forward. The CSP--to the surprise of many--agreed in principle to the proposals. Confusing and misleading reports of the WPA and CSP agreement, however, have produced a swirl of controversy and condemnation (Hausman, 2004).
The points of greatest controversy involve the WPA's conciliatory reaction to China's decision not to permit the independent fact-finding investigation, the idea that some secret deal was made, and that language in the reported agreement between the WPA and CSP indicated that the WPA had somehow decided that there was no systematic abuse of psychiatry in China. I shall discuss these matters further but here it should be said that the language about no systematic abuse was not in my proposals. None of the evidence reviewed by the task force would justify such a finding. Okasha, in an editorial "On the China Issue" in October 2004, recently confirmed that understanding. It should be emphasized that some members of the WPA leadership believe that in some sense they are still pursuing the specific objectives of the Yokohama Resolution. My own personal opinion is that the Chinese government has made those objectives impossible and that future collaborations between the WPA and the CSP will require negotiation, not unilateral demands. In what follows, I shall describe the Falun Gong spiritual movement, review the allegations of abuse, and present my own personal views of China's rejection of the task force investigation and the results of the joint meeting with the CSP held in New York.
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"There's definitely a lot of commercial use of the beach with surf camps and kayak rentals and tours, scuba, day-at-the-beach and boogie board camps, people coming down in large groups," said LJSA chairwoman Audrey Keane. "They add an incredible burden. There's a huge usage of the beach, and a disproportionate use of the beach [by user groups] without a lot of money spent on the beach. There's not enough money going in to maintain it, and we've got to get this back into balance."
The city's request for permit (RFP) process, which licenses and taxes beach business operators like surf camps and kayak operators, is what needs to be changed, said entre-preneur Rod Watkins, who told the LJSA board he had the first marine kayak business in San Diego but got out once government regulation was enacted.
"I'd have no problem paying those fees if they were reasonable," Watkins said. "But I had to shelve my kayak business. They put small operators out of business. There were 14 to 16 operators and now there are four. My point is, not a penny of that [user fee] money comes back to La Jolla Shores."
Several diving enthusiasts turned out at the meeting to request that an agenda item calling for establishment of a committee to develop "consistent, fair policy for all commercial vendors, including surf camps, kayak rentals and tours, SUP rentals, scuba and similar users" be continued because many scuba operators were out of town attending an industry business convention.
Divers were asked by the LJSA board if they agreed scuba operations have a huge impact on Kellogg Park.
"Yes, but skateboarders and bicyclists and others have a bigger impact because they really don't care," said diver Al Blake.
In agreement, Watkins said the small-business community that operates in and around the Shores is generally more interested than other users in the maintenance and upkeep of the area.
"I would love to pay La Jolla Shores Association to keep a beach account where fees could go directly to the beach for the benefit of the local diving community and the smaller operators, the people really not into raping, pillaging and plundering the beach who have an interest in it," said Watkins.
Keane assured Watkins the board is "taking information to come up with something constructive."
"Sounds like you want to be on the committee," she said to Watkins.
Keane had one caveat, however.
"We don't have the power to get rid of RFPs," she said.
Shores surf camp operator Isabelle "Izzy" Tihanyi noted that, despite impositions on business operators, the RFP regulation process has led to improvements in safety standards.
"There's control over who uses the beach, and the city listens," Tihanyi said. "Maybe it's a pipe dream, but if we can find a way to keep those [user] funds along the coastline … it would be worth every penny."
Baker wondered what, if any, considerations would be given to groups that drive customers to other Shores businesses.
"Where do you set your fees?" he asked, noting his trade benefits other businesses in the community. "I bring people in, make sure they spend money in the businesses around here."
Keane noted that charging fees wouldn't be the solution to all the issues plaguing the Shores.
"Charging fees is one thing, but setting down the rules, that will fix the problem. The fees don't," she said.
Keane agreed at the end of the discussion to postpone a group vote on forming a committee on beach commercialization — which she said will be open to members of the dive community, as well — until the group's next meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 12.
In other action:
• Area parks manager Mark Muncey addressed the advisory group asking for suggestions for items to be included in the city's "unfunded list" addressing needs and proposing improvements in local parks for the future. LJSA board members agreed to place a gazebo or picnic area in Laureate Park and a playground at Cliffridge Park on that list.
• LJSA board will hold its annual elections in March 2013. Some boardmembers are terming out, including chairwoman Keane and Terry Kraszewski. To serve on the board, an individual must live, work or own property in La Jolla Shores.


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Jerry Reimond remembers the captain coming on over the speakers in the airplane cabin, asking a bunch of wide-eyed kids from Wichita State to gaze out the windows.
On one side, Mount Rainier climbed to the clouds. On the other, snow-capped Mount Hood.
They were on their way to the school's first Final Four, played that year in Portland, Ore., and a date with John Wooden and his powerhouse program from UCLA. They'd made it without their two best players, and a team featuring five blacks in an era of segregation, oblivious to exactly what they had overcome — something that would take the Shockers nearly 50 years to repeat.
"We had a police escort to the airport, and I remember that was the first time we'd had a police escort," said Reimond, a backup forward on the team. "It was a beautiful flight, and then Portland was so green. Everything about it opened our eyes.
"Then I remember stepping on the court that first night," Reimond said, "and what struck me as a kid at that time was that it was sort of a rarified or electric feeling in the air. The sounds were louder, they were sharper, the colors were more vivid, brighter, more intense. It was just an atmosphere, and it's a cliche and overused, but it was just indescribable."
The surprising Shockers are finally back in the Final Four this year, facing Louisville on Saturday night in their first national semifinal since 1965, and you can bet they'll be feeling many of the same sensations on the elevated floor of the Georgia Dome.
But while this year's team has been a longshot from the start, the Shockers of yesteryear were title contenders from the beginning of the season, returning nearly everybody of consequence from a team that lost to Kansas State in the previous year's regional finals.
Then, everything threatened to unravel in a few short weeks.
Their best player, two-time All-American Dave Stallworth, exhausted his eligibility at the semester, and senior center Nate Bowman was declared academically ineligible in late January.
The Shockers started five Kansans the rest of the season, none over 6-foot-5.
"We anticipated Dave was going to lose his eligibility, and when Nate had some personal problems, it was a shock," said John Criss, who played guard. "We had to start all over again, but that last semester was probably the best team basketball we had ever played.'"
The Shockers managed to win their first outright Missouri Valley Conference championship, and that automatically qualified them for the NCAA tournament. But they were no longer the sure bet to make it to Portland, just one of 23 teams trying to survive and advance.
"We had the best team that year, if we had a complete team," said Mohamed Sharif, a guard then known as Kelly Pete. "Others did step up real good, and we were able to accomplish more than most people thought we would. I still hear guys we played against back in that time, they're still amazed that we were able to go that far with the kind of talent we lost."
The Shockers began their tournament run by beating SMU, and then used the trademark press that they learned under former coach Ralph Miller and honed under Gary Thompson to baffle a team from Oklahoma State that was led by another icon of the game, Henry Iba.
"That," Criss said, "was my greatest thrill of the tournament."
The result was a trip to the Final Four, even back then a big deal, where they were to meet a Bruins team that featured Gail Goodrich and Edgar Lacy. The Bruins were well-respected by then, the defending national champions, but had yet to earn the mystique of Wooden's later teams.
"They were very well-coached, and a wonderful unit," said Dave Leach, would have 12 points and 10 rebounds in the game. "They certainly weren't all that big. I think Lacy was their biggest player at 6-7, but they had a very good press and it ended up being a fast-paced game."
Even without Stallworth and Bowman, the plucky Shockers held their own at first, their game at Portland's old Memorial Coliseum tight until midway through the first half.
"That last 20 percent of the game, we broke the press but our shooting went stone-cold," Reimond recalled. "We just fell off a cliff, and it demoralized the guys."
Goodrich and Lacy were too much for the Shockers, who lost 108-89.
The Bruins would go on to beat Cazzie Russell and Michigan for the championship, while the Shockers were relegated to the third-place game. There, they watched helplessly as a future senator named Bill Bradley scored 58 points and the Shockers were routed by Princeton.
"It was probably one of the greatest experiences of my life," Sharif said of that Final Four odyssey. "For someone 21 years old, it's something that you really cherish."
Wichita State would go into a long period of morass during the 1970s, only to rebound behind guys like Xavier McDaniel and Antoine Carr in the early 1980s. But despite all their success, they never made it to the Final Four, losing to LSU in the 1981 regional finals.
It wasn't until this year's team, led by Gregg Marshall, that the Shockers have finally made it back to college basketball's biggest stage. After stringing together upsets over the likes of Gonzaga and Ohio State, they'll make their their long-awaited return Saturday night.
You can bet those players from that '65 team will be watching.
"This program has a great history. I mean, it's not Duke, it's not UCLA, but there's been great players and a great program for a long time," Marshall said. "Those guys built the program. I'm just the steward of the program. One day, I might not be the coach here, but they will always be Wichita State greats, former players who did something special."


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Free bag of formula given to author when son was born. Note the ice pack to help mothers in stopping milk flow. (Photo by Erik Assadourian)
Which industries will have to be intentionally shrunk or even practically dismantled to achieve a sustainable future for an overpopulated species like ours–one that has grown beyond the bounds of our planetary home? Yes, cars, oil, coal, tobacco, pets, and many others, including even baby formula.
In The Guardian's Sustainable Business blog I wrote yesterday about how we'll need to ratchet down the 11.5 billion dollar formula industry–one based on cultivating artificial need for a product far inferior to breast milk. To be clear, of course there would still be some demand for formula (for those rare cases where breast milk banks or wet nurses are inaccessible) but far far less than in its current form, which would mean far far fewer health and environmental problems.
Of course the question is how would we engineer that transition, when the industry will fight to keep its current lucrative role. I propose a global treaty along the lines of the global tobacco treaty, as I excerpt below. This hopefully would prevent manipulation of parents by banning formula marketing, and would provide time and security for mothers to breastfeed.
What WHO and UNICEF should do now, after decades of modestly successful efforts to curb the dangerous use of baby formula, is to push for a global treaty: a Framework Convention on Formula Control modeled on WHO's successful Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). This could ban all marketing of formula, such as advertising, free samples and product placements (as the FCTC did with tobacco marketing); require breastfeeding assistance at hospitals; provide paid maternity leave so that women could have the time and security to breastfeed, and so on. It could even make formula a prescription-only product, making formula accessible only as a food of last resort.
Of course, if ratified, the industry would shrink like an unmilked breast (fun fact: the free formula sample bag given in many hospitals includes an ice-pack to help stop milk flow in new mothers). But a sustainable future will require certain industries – not just tobacco and fossil fuels, air travel and automobiles, even baby formula – to become much much smaller to sustain a population of nine billion human beings.
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Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale said the tone of discussions between Republicans and Democrats had improved and neither side wanted to see the additional cuts to military spending, which would total $52 billion in fiscal 2013 alone, take effect.
"Winston Churchill once said you can always trust Americans to do the right thing, after they've tried everything else first," Hale told an investor conference hosted by Credit Suisse. "I think we've tried about everything else first."
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CHICAGO – A Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Jury chose Dr. Lesley Farmer, who coordinates the Teacher Librarian program at California State University Long Beach, to present a paper at YALSA's Trends Impacting YA Services session at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting. Farmer's paper is entitled "Trends Impacting YA Services: Sex, Mind, and Body: How Guys and Girls Search for Health Information." The Midwinter event, which is hosted by YALSA Past Presidents, will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014.
Friends of YALSA funds one individual each year to come to ALA Midwinter to present a paper that in some way addresses a topic from YALSA's Research Agenda. In addition to presenting the paper at the Trends Impacting YA Services event, Farmer's paper will also be published in a future issue of YALSA's peer-reviewed, open source journal, The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults. Farmer will receive up to $1,500 to help defray travel, registration and hotel costs.
Of her paper, Farmer says, "Teens need and want information about health issues, increasingly using digital resources. Libraries provide a neutral safe venue for such information, and can guide teens in those resources. Gender impacts the content, and how teens seek health information. Technology use has gender factors that impact information seeking behaviors and health information needs of at-risk teen populations."
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The Voice is a faithful dynamic equivalent translation that reads like a story with all the truth and wisdom of God's Word.Through compelling narratives, poetry, and teaching, The Voice invites readers to enter into the whole story of God with their heart, soul, and mind, enabling them to hear God speaking and to experience His presence in their lives. Through a collaboration of more than 120 biblical scholars, pastors, writers, musicians, poets, and artists, The Voice recaptures the passion, grit, humor, and beauty that is often lost in the translation process. The result is a retelling of the story of the Bible in a form as fluid as modern literary works, yet remaining painstakingly true to the original manuscripts.
Features include:
- Italicized information added to help contemporary readers understand what the original readers would have known intuitively
- In-text commentary notes include cultural, historical, theological, or devotional thoughts
- Screenplay format, ideal for public readings and group studies
- 9.50" x 6.50" x 1.50"
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|Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 1760
Vendor: Thomas Nelson
Publication Date: 2012
Dimensions: 9.19 X 6.19 X 1.50 (inches)
Text Layout: Single Column
|Text Color: Black Letter
Text Size: 8 Point
Note Size: 8 Point
Thumb Index: No
Ribbon Marker: Yes
Spine: Glued
Page Gilding: None
Page Edges: White
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Publisher's Description▼▲
The Voice is a faithful dynamic equivalent translation that reads like a story with all the truth and wisdom of God's Word. Through compelling narratives, poetry, and teaching, The Voice invites readers to enter into the whole story of God, enabling them to hear God speaking and to experience His presence in their lives. Through a collaboration of nearly 120 biblical scholars, pastors, writers, musicians, poets, and artists, The Voice recaptures the passion, grit, humor, and beauty that is often lost in the translation process. The result is a retelling of the story of the Bible in a form as fluid as modern literary works yet painstakingly true to the original manuscripts.
Features include:
- Two-color text
- Italicized information added to help contemporary readers understand what original readers would have known intuitively
- In-text commentary notes that include cultural, historical, theological, or devotional thoughts
- Screenplay format, ideal for public readings and group studies
- Book introductions
- Presentation page for personalization
- Reading plans for Lent, Easter, Advent, and more
- Topical Guide to the Notes
- Topical Guide to the Scripture
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The Bible informs the intellect about God, the world, and ourselves, but it is more than an information book. God is interested in us as whole people, so his Word also stimulates our imagination, arouses our emotions, and appeals to our will. The Voice combines the skills of biblical scholars with the sensitivities of musicians, novelists, and poets and the result is an accurate and stimulating English translation that readers will find hard to put down. Long time as well as new readers will benefit greatly from their experience of The Voice. - Tremper Longman, Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies Westmont College
If it is true that the Word of God is alive and active, and if it is also true that many people have not experienced the Bible as a life-giving text, then The Voice can help bridge that gap. Contemporary language, format, and insight make The Voice a wonderful place to hear the old, old story in fresh waysand in that story to encounter the living God. - Michael J. Gorman, The Ecumenical Institute of Theology, St. Marys Seminary & University, Baltimore, MD
I appreciate very much the fresh and timely translation of The Voice. It provides current English-speaking cultures with a textual bridge that brings them to an ancient and inspiring voice. - J. Andrew Dearman, Professor of Old Testament, Associate Dean and Director of Fuller Seminary Texas
I have been involved in The Voice project for over five years. Many might well ask, "Why do we need yet another Bible translation?" Why? The Bible is an amazingly transparent and yet amazingly puzzling document. Theologians have been translating and interpreting it for millennia, and I daresay they will continue to do so for millennia to come. The Voice represents a new "voice" in the translation and interpretation undertaking, one that genuinely attempts to make the text accessible to the reader of the twenty-first century. Read it for yourself; better, engage it for yourself. Let it draw you in; let it speak to you. And discover in its words "the voice" of the biblical text. - Nancy L. deClaisse-Walford, Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia
The Voice has the best of both worlds in that it is both a lively contemporary dynamic translation by people who have a sense of contemporary idiom and the product of careful, thoughtful review by biblical scholars with respect to its accuracy in conveying the original languages. This is combined with a clear and attractive layout and some explanations of cultural and theological terms, and one has a biblical translation that people can understand without needing a pastor or commentator it is the Bible for those who are turned off by or simply do not understand religious language. It has been a delight to work on this translation and to realize how clearly it will communicate to this or that person whom I know. It is also a translation that I enjoy reading myself, when I do not want to read the text in Greek and Hebrew. - Peter H. Davids Visiting Professor in Christianity, Houston Baptist University
Translating for The Voice put me in touch with the Bible in new ways, both intimate and playful. Working so closely with the Hebrew texts reminded me again of their multivalency and the importance of a project like this. It gives readers a first-hand sense of the many voices that populate God's Word, and it allows possibilities for conveying meaning not bound by one-to-one translation. Given room by VOICE editors to reach within our own language, I could strive for a living text -- evocative, poignant, inspirational, disturbing, and comforting -- some of the many ways that the biblical texts mean most powerfully. - Kristin M. Swenson, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Religious Studies Virginia Commonwealth University
The screenplay format of The Voice offers churches a key resource for today. It will help congregations rediscover the extraordinary power of Scripture when publicly read in a dramatised way. And Christians who may be struggling in their personal Scripture engagement will find the stimulating background details contained in outlined boxes and the overall reader-friendly layout to be really helpful in rediscovering the compelling story of the Bible. - Rev. Dr. Fergus MacDonald, Director, Center for Scripture Engagement Taylor University, Indiana
Rather than imposing a flat, artificial style on the entire Bible, The Voice allows the unique personalities of the biblical writers to shine through their texts. Various features are included to help us feel as well as hear scriptural speech and dialogue. Readers experience the Bible as the living word. - Kenneth L. Waters, Sr., Associate Dean of the Division of Religion and Philosophy and Professor of New Testament, Azusa Pacific University
How something is said can be as important as what is said. All translation is interpretation; but a mechanical meaning offers a text with little texture. The Voice Bible version distinguishes itself and uniquely lives up to its name by making the English text more engaging and enjoyable to read by giving more attention to the mood and mentality of the speakers, which adds muscle to their message. - W. Creighton Marlowe, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor of Old Testament Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Belgium
It has been a joy for me to work on The Voice translation and other projects. Those who led the projects were not just professional, they were also personable and, while they demanded excellence, they treated every contributor with utmost respect. Readers have often said that they find VOICEs retelling of the good news of the kingdom of God very refreshing. This was one of the goals the projects had aimed at achieving, without sacrificing the truth in the original text. I found it challenging and liberating at the same time to work on being creative without forgetting the need to maintain the authentic, soul-penetrating message of the text. - Dr. Felisi Sorgwe, Assistant Professor of Christianity, Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX, Pastor, Maranatha International Church, Houston, TX
Since my work happened near the end of the process, I had the pleasure of seeing and experiencing the fruit of the effort that others had already put into the project. As I read through the New Testament, I was struck by several things. Even though my day-to-day job is to study and teach the New Testament, reading through The Voice helped bring to life the message of encouragement that pervades these writings. Through them we dont just hear random voices of the various human authors. Rather, Gods voice speaks through them, and it was His voice that I heard afresh when reading through these texts. In particular, it was Gods message to the different Christian communities to remain faithful no matter how hard things get that I heard.
With the waning cultural dominance of the church, the need for a contemporary expression of the churchs faith as revealed in the Bible is becoming urgent. The early church struggled to follow God in their pluralistic world, where their claims to truth were not well received. As a result while reading through The Voice, the idea of faithfulness in the face of suffering was more pervasive than I had previously realized. The church today is and will be increasingly facing similar issues and needs a fresh encouragement to remain faithful in the midst of social pressure. Part of that faithfulness is the responsibility to continue to witness to the truth of the Anointed One. As we bring the message of the good news revealed in the Bible and communicated through The Voice, the culture may reject it because of its truth claims, but at least they wont reject it because it is communicated with archaic or merely ecclesiastical terminology. - Ben Blackwell, Assistant Professor of Christianity, Houston Baptist University
What I appreciate most about THE VOICE is the emphasis on the story of the Bible. It is this story of Gods redemptive plan that THE VOICE presents in such an engaging and powerful way. Whether in the classroom or at Church, it is this story that draws us, speaks to us, and transforms us. - Frank Patrick Adjunct Professor, Samford University Associate Pastor, Double Oak Community Church
I have shared The Voice with my family and ministry partners. Without exception, those peopleparents in their 70s, ministry partners who are long-time ministers, and teenagershave found The Voice to be a refreshing, readable, and enlightening presentation of the biblical text. I have received positive feedback using The Voice for individual devotional reading, small group study, and public worship service readings. - Chuck Pitts, Ph.D. Professor of Old Testament, Houston Graduate School of Theology
The commitment to Biblical accuracy on this project is astounding. As one of the Biblical Scholars involved in the early reviewing process, my editorial suggestions are only one stage in a long, detailed progression from the initial rendering of the text to its final republication. The publishers of THE VOICE are serious in their dedication to conveying the meaning of the Biblical text in a fresh manner while staying as close to the original texts as possible. - Brett W. Dutton, PhD, Senior Pastor, Magnolia Creek Baptist Church League City, Texas
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Examining Jeremy Renner's Very Unenthusiastic Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Press Tour
Boy, does he hate this movie.
It's hard not to feel bad when seeing Jeremy Renner in ads for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. The film was shot years ago, before The Avengers made a zillion dollars and before he starred in The Bourne Legacy. It was supposed to come out March 2, 2012, but was pushed back to Friday. It's a classic dump that studios do annually in January — no biggie. The problem for Renner is he still had to do press for a movie he knew was going to do poorly and he probably knew was terrible. (It currently has a 15 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and our critic wrote: "The film fails to actually do anything with the idea, except to keep highlighting how awesome it thinks it is.") Renner might be a great actor with two Oscar nominations to his name, but he just couldn't pretend to care about this film. Let us walk you through Jeremy Renner's dispassionate promotion of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.
In November, Renner hosted SNL. Where most hosts would mention their next project during their monologue, Renner says nothing.
In his Access Hollywood interview, when his co-star Gemma Arterton says what a joy it was working with him, he just grunts at her — and then follows it up with some pained laughter.
He spends much of this interview looking down, which is a pretty clear sign that someone does not give a shit. When he does look up, he looks like he hates describing how they are able to kill witches.
Most interviews are with him and Arterton. He lets her answer most questions. He also spends almost the entire time looking at her and not the interviewer.
Here, he does answer the question, but he mostly uses his time to complain about fairy tales and make jokes to himself.
Here he is on the Today show wearing as much black as possible. There is a sense that, when he's not talking, he wishes his turtleneck went over his head.
And here he is on Fallon. Does he step it up for national television? Nah. He hates joking around about the film, and when the clip ends, he gives a nice, patronizing "woooooooo."
For comparison, the next night, he was on Letterman. Look how much happier he is talking about flipping houses and not this movie he's in.
This clip says it all. He's hunched over, grimacing when he isn't talking and mumbling when he is. Around the three-minute mark, he couldn't look more unhappy to call working on the film a "wild adult ride."


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About Darren Lago
Darren Lago is best known for fusing two recognizable objects into a single dissonant sculpture. Concerned with the material trappings of human lives, Lago's works are both playful and provocative, such as Electric Chair (2003), a dining chair adorned with a silhouette of lighbulbs, and Reproduction (2004), a fiberglass sculpture made to look like a plaster-like mold, complete with flattened edges, in the shape of an infant. Mickey Mouse and handguns make frequent appearances in Lago's work, epitomizing the dark side of free enterprise.
British, b. 1965
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Murder Charge in Subway Push
A 30-year-old homeless man was charged with murder on Wednesday in connection with the fatal push of a man into the path of a subway train in Midtown, officials said.
Naeem Davis allegedly made statements implicating himself and at least one witness picked him out of a lineup as the assailant who shoved 58-year-old Ki-Suck Han onto the tracks at the 49th Street station on Monday, a law-enforcement official said. Mr. Han died when a southbound Q-train struck him as he tried unsuccessfully to climb out of the track bed.
Mr. Davis, who worked odd jobs for merchants in the tourist-heavy area of Times Square, was arraigned late on Wednesday and was ordered held without bail on two counts of murder in the second degree.
As his arraignment, Mr. Davis's public defender said his client was "involved in an incident with a man who was drunk and angry," citing media reports on the circumstances of the episode.
Earlier, as he arrived at the lower Manhattan courthouse, Mr. Davis responded to questions shouted at him by gathered journalists, saying: "He attacked me first. He grabbed me."
The suspect was tracked down by detectives who used images captured by cell phone video, shot by a witness, showing the tense moments before the deadly push.
In the video, which was released to the media by police, Mr. Davis is seen and heard profanely imploring Mr. Han to leave him alone. It was still unclear, however, what prompted the heated exchange.
The official said Mr. Han was carrying an empty pint bottle of vodka at the time of the attack and toxicology results were still pending to determine if Mr. Han was intoxicated at the time of the incident.
One witness told investigators that Mr. Davis was yelling and behaving erratically and that Mr. Han had tried to calm him down shortly before the violent encounter at 12:30 p.m., the official said.
Mr. Han, of Elmhurst, Queens, was in Manhattan to renew his Korean passport on Monday, police said. His relatives held a brief press conference on Wednesday with New York City Comptroller John Liu at their church in Maspeth, Queens where they described him as a dedicated family man.
"My dad was always someone who wanted a piece of the American dream," said his only daughter, Ashley Han, 20. "He was always there for me."
Mr. Davis was taken into custody on Tuesday just a block away from the 49th Street N Q R station. He had shaved his head in a bid to modify his appearance after his image was released, the official said. In the description provided by police, the suspect was said to have short dreadlocks.
Mr. Davis's record includes arrests for minor theft offenses in Pennsylvania and one marijuana bust in New York in which charges were dropped, the official said, with nothing indicating a tendency towards violence.
Ms. Han said she didn't want to spend time dwelling on why none of the witnesses attempted to rescue her father, but later added, "the thought of someone helping him in a matter of seconds would have been great."
—Ted Mann and Pearl Gabel contributed to this article.
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Tutor Development
In conjunction with the Faculty of Arts, the Sydney School of Education and Social Works runs a Tutor Development Program. The program is designed to inform, encourage and support tutors' work. All tutors in the Faculties of Arts and Education and Social Work are invited to register for this program. Tutors who are new to tertiary teaching are particularly welcome, but more experienced tutors are also warmly encouraged to join in. For further details, including how to enrol, please visit the Arts Tutor Development website.


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BURLINGTON —State police have identified the woman who died in a crash on Rte. 128 south in Burlington on Tuesday afternoon.
Frida Litvak, 56, of Framingham, died in a rollover crash after a twin-sized mattress fell onto the highway, said state police.
Litvak was driving a Toyota Corolla and had stopped to avoid the mattress when she was hit from behind by Andrew Lawendowski, 43, of Charlton, who was driving a Toyota Tundra. The crash caused the Corolla to roll over.
Lawendowski also suffered minor injuries from the crash, said state police.
The crash occurred at about 3 p.m. Tuesday and shut several lanes of southbound traffic for more than an hour.
Litvak was taken to Lahey Clinic in Burlington where she died, state police said.
State police are trying to locate a dump truck which lost the mattress. Police described it as large, with a white cab and possibly black netting or a tarp partially covering the bed. The bed is reported to be dark in color, with wood along the sides. At the time of the crash, it was reported to be occupied by two men and carrying multiple additional mattresses.
State police are asking anyone with information on this accident or the dump truck contact the Concord State Police Barracks at 978-369-4100.