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However, Toyota's luxury brand, Lexus, has the
competitors easily beat on price. Priced lower than the
non-luxury 2010 Volkswagen Touareg, 2010 GMC Yukon (GM), 2010 Chevy
Tahoe (GM), 2009 Dodge Durango (Chrysler), 2009 Chrysler Aspen
(Chrysler) hybrids [source], and enjoying the role of being the only luxury crossover hybrid on the market, the 2010
Lexus 450h seems well positioned in terms of price and role. It's clear why
Toyota has managed to sell over two
million hybrids -- something no other automaker can claim.
second generation hybrid, the latest Lexus RX hybrid SUV packs a
combined 297 hp (44 hp from 2 electric motors, 245 hp from a 3.5
L 2GR-FE V6 gas engine) and uses advanced technologies such as
running the engine on the Atkinson cycle, utilizing exhaust heat
recovery, and offering a cooled exhaust gas-recirculation system to
reduce fuel pumping losses. It also offers voice commands, an
in-dash navigation system, and LED headlights.
The vehicle has a one-motor variant
EPA rated
at 30 mpg city, 28 highway for the all-wheel-drive variant, and 32/28
mpg for the standard. It can tow up to 3,500 lb.
sounds like a great package, but how exactly does it perform?
That's the question we set out to answer, taking the AWD (two motor) vehicle variant on
a week long test drive.
When considering hybrids, one of the first questions that comes to mind is how well they perform in terms of fuel economy. This was one disappointment about the vehicle. The vehicle consistently failed to achieve the EPA estimates, from the first day to the last. Instead, we received 27.2 mpg. We
logged considerable mileage on the vehicle -- approximately 430
miles, so we're confident these results aren't just a fluke.
One factor may have been that we were averaging a speed of 29 mph and
encountered a lot of stop-and-go traffic, conditions that would lower efficiency. And 27.2 mpg is still substantially higher than
most SUVs that average somewhere between 18-20 mpg and even diesel
SUVs, that typically get around 21 or 22 mpg.
The fuel economy does illustrate a problem, though -- while customers expect EPA ratings to be conservative, sometimes they're overly liberal. When it comes to hybrid SUV's buyers face a tough choices -- getting lower fuel economy in models like the Lexus RX hybrid in exchange for better power, or opting for underpowered four-cylinder vehicles like the 2010 Mazda Tribute hybrid.
Speaking of power, that was a definite positive -- acceleration
was peppy for a hybrid SUV vehicle and there was little trouble accelerating up to
high speeds on the highway, thanks to the capable V6 engine.
Likewise braking was responsive, though it had a bit different feel
thanks to the regenerative braking features. Handling was
terrific, the car took turns well.
As for the feel of the
vehicle, its very comfortable and spacious. The wheel retracts
when you're not driving, a nice touch. The drive is relatively
smooth and NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness) is not overly high, thanks
in part to the smooth electric motors.
The vehicle's suspension, though felt taut and was rather disappointing. Driving along bumpy city streets in Detroit, the driver was jostled around substantially more in the RX 450h than in his "pedestrian" 2002 Chevy Malibu. Despite the RX 450h's greater weight, this was a bit of a surprise, considering the vehicle had Macpherson struts and gas pressurized shock absorbers (front), along with a double wishbone suspension (rear) with more shock absorbers. The suspension did take turns very well, but the trade-off was that it just did not perform sufficiently when absorbing large road bumps.
One nice feature of the car
was its adaptive headlights. LED bulbs provided clear
illumination of the road. Our model had adaptive headlamps, a
nice option as it helps illuminate curves. Another interesting
feature was automatic brights -- something that we've rarely seen
other reviews mention. The feature automatically turns on
brights when there are no cars in the front view, apparently, and
then turns them off when cars come into view. This is a really
nice feature, and was particularly handy when riding on some back
country streets where deer might be lurking.
As for
aesthetics, the car scores high marks. Arguably one of the more
attractive hybrid SUVs, the car features some nice curves and an
aggressive look. The interior came with optional leather and
wood trim, completing the luxury feel. While some reviewers panned the navigation system
we found it capable from both an aesthetics and utility standpoint.
Brighter than in other Toyota models, the system dropped map marking
dots/breadcrumbs during trips (you can turn them off), a handy feature to help
you plot a reverse course. It also offered a robust system for
finding points of interest like local gas stations or restaurants, as
well as offering turn by turn directions. A directional
indicator (N/NE...S/SW) in the rear-view mirror was also a nice
Recapping, a few things would
make the Lexus RX 450h a sweeter package. A smoother
suspension, better gas mileage, more support for MP3 audio (like Ford's Sync), and a better standard blind spot warning system (blind spot cameras are an add-on) would all help to improve the
However, the great price point and V6 engine overshadow many of these detractions. Taking the price into consideration, we feel that the Lexus RX
450h provides appealing value and a good buy for the eco-minded
luxury SUV buyer. With enough perks to make a fulfilling basic
luxury experience, the Toyota appears to have a solid competitor on their hands
with the 2010 Lexus RX 450h.


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"Good news for fans of the Hollywood Station trilogy that was supposed to have ended with Hollywood Moon. Now here comes Hollywood Hills, extending another golden opportunity to ride with the uniformed crew at what must be the most colorful cop-shop under the sun.... Wambaugh salts the narrative with variously funny, sad and thoughtful anecdotes featuring a cast of characters we've come to treasure: handsome Hollywood Nate, the surfer cops Flotsam and Jetsam, and veterans like Viv Daley and Della Ravelle, burned by experience, but conscientiously training the next generation to face the fire."NYTBR
"Critics compared aspects of Joseph Wambaugh's latest novel to James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, Raymond Chandler's noir classics, andwait for itthe work of British historian Edward Gibbon.... The kernel of truth in each is based on Wambaugh's reputation as a crime writer's crime writer. In fact, he's a master of language, human nature, and narrative pyrotechnics rivaled these days only by James Ellroy, particularly in the dissolute-lifestyles genre that he commandeers in the Hollywood Station books. Wambaugh has not only managed to keep his edge; he's continued to hone his craft. For a crime writer 40 years in the game, that's cause for celebration."Bookmarks Magazine

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Luetkemeyer Staffer: Privacy Vote Expected This Evening
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer's deputy press secretary, Kristina Weger, confirmed reports that the House is expected to vote today on H.R. 749, the Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act.
Weger said the vote on the bill, which is sponsored by Luetkemeyer, is anticipated to occur sometime around 6:30 p.m. EDT.
The legislation passed the House last December but was not taken up by the Senate.
If passed, it would eliminate the annual privacy policy mailing requirement. Instead, financial institutions would only be required to mail the disclosure if the policy has changed in the last year.
Credit union lobbyist John McKechnie called the bill a common sense solution to a real world problem.
Anticipating the bill will pass the House a second time, McKechnie said, "It's encouraging that Congress is finding issues to address that don't divide the financial services industry. But, there are still some things they should put on their to-do list for credit unions, and I'm hopeful we can keep moving in that direction."


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Lee man gets prison for assault on his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend
PITTSFIELD -- An ex-convict who broke into a city home and attacked two people in September 2011 was sentenced on Wednesday to at least a decade in state prison.
Justin M. Steele, 32, of Lee pleaded guilty in Berkshire Superior Court to single counts of armed assault in a dwelling, assault and battery and assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the attack.
Steele forced open Michael D. White's apartment door on Sept. 12, 2011, and attacked White and Nicole M. Henault, who were on a couch, according to Assistant Berkshire District Attorney Richard M. Locke
Police said Steele swung a knife at White and then began punching Henault, his ex-girlfriend, in the face.
White then sprang onto Steele, putting him into a "mixed martial arts-type chokehold," according to a police report. A neighbor called police.
When officers arrived, they found White on top of Steele, who was still in the chokehold.
White then released Steele, whose face was bluish-purple, tongue hanging out of his mouth and eyes rolled back in his head, according to a Pittsfield Police report.
Henault received a "severe laceration" above her right eye and was knocked unconscious, Locke said. The cut required eight stitches.
Henault was not in court on Wednesday out of fear of the defendant, according to Locke.
In a victim impact statement from Henault, read in court by the prosecutor, Henault stated that she has become a fearful person who has trouble trusting people.
"Not one thing in my life is the same," the victim said in her statement.
Steele's attorney, Jill Sheldon, said that her client "reacted in the heat of the moment" after seeing "his best friend and girlfriend" together.
Sheldon said Steele was remorseful for what happened.
Both the prosecutor and defense attorney asked the judge to accept the joint recommendation.
Judge Daniel A. Ford sentenced Steele in line with the recommendation to at least 10 years and no more than 12 years at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction.
One count of armed home invasion was dismissed at the request of the Berkshire DA's Office.
Both Locke and Sheldon had been involved in Steele's earlier case.
In 2001, Steele stabbed a local doctor during a failed robbery on North Street as the man walked to his work at Berkshire Medical Center.
In that case, Steele pleaded guilty to several charges and was sentenced on July 1, 2002, to six to nine years in state prison.
Steele was addicted to drugs and under the sway of an older woman at the time of that crime, according to attorneys in the case.
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Oolite is an independent reinterpretation and ehancement of the classic space sim game Elite for modern computers. The result is a space trading and combat simulation offering encounters with pirates, police, bounty hunters, the occasional alien menace, and other surprises along the way. While striving to reach the coveted Elite status, the players set their own path through the various galaxies, choosing to be trader, pirate, or bounty hunter depending on the situation at hand, and their own judgement. The game is hugely expandable, using a combination of property lists and JavaScript. Oolite's active modding community already provides more than 200 OXPs (Oolite eXpansion Packs). Among them are a huge variety of missions, weapons, ships, and extra career paths over and above what's available within the core game, as well as a number of other gameplay enhancements and customizations.
jMonkeyEngine is a game engine made for developers who want to create 3D games following modern technology standards. The framework is programmed entirely in Java, and aimed at wide accessibility and fast deployment to desktop, Web, and mobile platforms. It is not a visual "RPG Maker" or a drag-and-drop "FPS mod". If you are comfortable writing Java code, you can rely on jMonkeyEngine as your next 3D game's foundation.
Provides a generic CDS (or ARINC 661 Server) conforming to the ARINC 661 standard.
An all-in-one Linux server for small- and medium-sized businesses.


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Katalin Czippán, IUCN CEC Regional Vice-Chair for Europe, invites CEC members to contact her for an invitation to the World Science Forum in November. She also reports on the first meeting of the UNECE Expert Group on Competences in Education for Sustainable Development, attended by five CEC members .
Katalin Czippán of Hungary is co-organizer of an invitation-only session at the World Science Forum. CEC members interested in attending are asked to contact Katalin directly to obtain an invitation at email@example.com.
The World Science Forum session on "Science and ecosystem services – Sustainability for Nature" will be held 5 November 2009 at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. The session aims to engage the scientific community in reaching out to explain to citizens and decision-makers the importance of ecosystem services; encourage new research on the connection between ecosystems and adaptation to and mitigation of climate change; identify the key messages of science for decision making.
Co-chairs of the Session:
Julia MARTON-LEFÈVRE, IUCN Director-General,
István LÁNG, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, member of the Brundtland Commission
Co-coordinators and rapporteurs of the Session:
Katalin Czippán, IUCN CEC Regional Vice-Chair for Europe
Tibor Faragó, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Water, Hungary
Keynote speaker:
Brendan MACKEY, Member of the IUCN Council and Director, Australian National University, Wild Country Research and Policy Hub
Other CEC news from the region
Katalin attended a workshop in Sweden in September to discuss how to incorporate the goals the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's strategy on Education for Sustainable Development into the work of the European Union. Two CEC members were featured as speakers at the event: Hans van Ginkel and Chuck Hopkins.
Following this event was the first meeting of the UNECE Expert Group on Competences in Education for Sustainable Development. CEC was represented by Katalin as well as Daniela Tilbury, Roel van Raij, Willy Sleurs and Paul Vare. The Expert group's task is to discuss and set a list of necessary teacher competencies for turning/channelling/facilitating the learning processes towards sustainability. Parallel to this development process they are working on forming messages for policymakers to support the reorientation of teacher education and practices.
In addition, Katalin discussed with Roele van Raij on inviting a Dutch national activator and organising a European CEC workshop next spring. She also spoke with Daniela Tilbury about a potential education event regarding the climate change conference in Copenhagen.
Related links
UNECE http://www.unece.org/Welcome.htm
EC Enterprise and Industry http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/
EC Climate Action http://ec.europa.eu/climateaction/


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Rumor: Apple to Release New iMacs, MacBooks for Holiday Season
Date: Wednesday, September 16th, 2009, 04:10
Category: iMac, MacBook, Rumor
A recently report from the Barron's financial publication alleges that Apple will release new iMacs and MacBook notebooks within a matter of weeks to refresh its offerings before the holiday season.
The report, which surfaced from Wedge Partners, said that the new iMacs will sport a thinner design with smooth edges. However, the MacBook refresh is said to be "limited."
The document also cited likely price cuts, as tHe company sees the lower prices as a competitive alternative to Windows 7 machines. Wedge Partners predicts that Apple will sell 3 million Macs in the holiday season, riding the wave of price cuts and new products.
While new hardware should come as no surprise, AppleInsider has previously heard word of new iMacs and MacBooks. Last month rumors surfaced that the new Imacs would have compelling new features, one of which was said to have long been on Mac users' wish lists, and another that would appeal to the semi-professional audio/video crowd.
Other rumors have stated that Apple would retain and redesign its line of plastic MacBooks. With only one non-Pro offering in the lineup, Apple is allegedly redesigning the systems with a slimmer, lighter enclosure and restructured internal architecture. Analysts have long believed that cracking the sub-US$1,000 notebook market would be a huge boon for Apple.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.


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Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin said Monday that people affected the oil spill deserve to be compensated, and he says they shouldn't have to pay more taxes because of that compensation.
ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline ruptured on March 29 and spilled thousands of barrels of oil in Mayflower. The spill damaged properties and led authorities to evacuate more than 20 homes.
The measure Griffin introduced on Thursday would prevent money that ExxonMobil provides to Mayflower residents from being taxable by classifying it as disaster relief payments.
Griffin represents central Arkansas' 2nd District.
Arkansas' three other U.S. representatives are cosponsoring the proposal.
An ExxonMobil spokesman declined to comment on Monday.


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Standard Equipment Company offers a broad selection of access hatches and covers for both marine and industrial applications. Both flush and raised designs are available in virtually any size or style with a variety of hardware configurations.
Based on your specifications, our products are custom fabricated using carbon steel, aluminum or stainless steel components. These materials can be used flexibly for different components of your order. We also offer non-pressure commercial storage tank manholes.
Most of our products are built to ABS/USCG Standards. We offer fast delivery with most custom orders currently available in 1-3 weeks. Call us at 1-800-239-3442 for an expert consultation.


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Manuscript Mondays: Bookplates, Part I
One of the fabulous volunteers working here in WH/G is busy processing a huge collection of bookplates. Here are a few of our favorites by Eiichi Hirose. The project has given us some research to do, and luckily the library has plenty of resources to get started. I also found that the University of British Columbia has a digitized bookplate collection, including plenty from E. Hirose. We've not yet digitized the bookplates in WH/G, but there are bunches of other images, maps, and more in the Digital Collections.
Volunteering is a wonderful way to support the library. If you are interested, contact us at 720.865.2043 or email@example.com.


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Reese Witherspoon Pregnant in a Purple Dress | Pictures
Reese Witherspoon Takes Her Pregnancy Style Around Town
Reese Witherspoon's pregnancy style was on display yesterday while she was out in LA. Covering her baby bump in a long purple dress, Reese stopped by the Art Institute in North Hollywood for a meeting. Reese has plenty on her plate at the moment, in addition to prepping for the birth of her third child. She's signed on to produce the big-screen version of Gillian Flynn's thriller Gone Girl and also just nabbed a lead in a new comedy called The Beard. Reese spent time on the set of Devil's Knot earlier this Summer and has Big Eyes, with Ryan Reynolds, in production. Her biggest labor of love, of course, is her baby with husband Jim Toth. The little one will round out her brood, which already includes 12-year-old Ava Phillippe and 8-year-old Deacon Phillippe.


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Before anyone jumps on this with both feet let me say that I believe in advertising as far as what is in the ON goes. With out advertisinag most of wouldn't know what is out there for new gear etc.
First question is with the four page pullout in the November ON. Does the advertiser or the US dealer in this case pay for the full four pages of the advertisment, even though it comes out as a product review? The front cover of the insert is all ready the front cover of the ON. Full cover, high gloss, four pages, must be expensive I would think.
Second question is do the advertisers or dealers pay any towards the printing of monthly product reviews of the various items?
Again, no complaints, just wanting to know.
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'Problematic' detainees tried to harm themselves
WITHIN a month of arriving at Nauru, ''problematic'' asylum seekers had tried to hang themselves or cut themselves with razor blades, internal Department of Immigration reports reveal.
Incident logs obtained by Fairfax Media under freedom-of-information laws show mass hunger strikes and self-harm became regular events at the detention centre during its first three months of operation.
The first transfer of asylum seekers happened on September 14. On October 13, two men tried to hang themselves inside their tents - one with a bed sheet and one with tent ropes.
An email sent by a director within the Department of Immigration and Citizenship said one man was found hanging by a tent rope in his tent about 6.50pm.
''Client [redacted] was cut down by two Wilson Security Client Service Officers who were … monitoring two other clients when they saw the incident,'' the email read.
''Client [redacted] was taken to IHMS [International Health and Medical Services] but is not co-operating with medical staff. IHMS advise he has no obvious injury but is very distressed.''
Regular protests and rolling hunger strikes were reported.
On October 31, a man climbed a light pole, tied a sheet around the top and tried to hang himself, only to be caught by security guards as he fell. At the time, another man harmed himself with a razor, cutting his head.
''These clients continue to be problematic,'' the report stated.
But protests escalated the next day, after allegations a security guard had punched an asylum seeker as a crowd gathered below the pole to watch the man.
''Clients [asylum seekers] refused to formalise the complaint in writing,'' a DIAC email about the incident read. It said some protesters tried to bully others into joining a demonstration, which dwindled to about 50 from 170 earlier in the day.
DIAC had in the past declined to confirm how many people had gone on hunger strikes on Nauru, saying meals continued to be taken from the mess area.
But one document stated that, on November 3, about 260 asylum seekers were on a hunger strike, or what the department dubbed ''voluntary starvation''. At the time, there were 377 asylum seekers on the island.
''Eight clients have been treated by IHMS for heat exhaustion,'' the report read. ''All these clients are currently involved in a voluntary starvation protest. It has been reported that these clients were at the point of collapse.''
The next day a report noted that 17 people had been treated by IHMS after going on hunger strikes; nine had been treated with intravenous fluids, eight had been given basic treatment.
The reports also showed that staff were monitoring whether photographers appeared to be in the area, particularly when asylum seekers were gathering in view of a nearby ridge.
By November 6 the strain of detention appeared to be taking its toll on some. An unidentified officer reported in a case note: ''Six ropes, shaped as nooses, were found inside a client tent … this afternoon. A cardboard cut-out of a person was displayed hanging outside the tent. The ropes and cardboard figures were removed by Wilson Security.''
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Shiloh Winery: Universally Recognized
Founded by Dr. Mayer Chomer to take advantage of the region's pristine grape growing climate, Shiloh Winery is currently headed by Amichai Luria, a master winemaker famous for his use of blending to create exquisite and exciting new varieties of wine. Rather than merely using blending to burn through leftover grapes, these new creations are only produced from remarkable harvests to produce unique and extraordinary finished products. Luria's work in creating superb blends has earned Shiloh Winery international recognition as well as numerous gold medals in international wine competitions.
Shiloh Wines and Blends
Among the blends that have made Shiloh famous is Shiloh Winery's flagship product, Mosaic. A remarkable dark purple blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Verdot and Petite Sirah, Mosaic is the result of each varietal aging separately in their own French oak barrel, then aging an additional six months after being blended together. It has a subtly fruity aroma with notes of cacao, coffee and vanilla, while the palate is reminiscent of black fruits with a balanced acidity for a refreshing, sustained finish. Another popular Shiloh wines blend is the deep red Legend, mixing Shiraz, Petit Sirah, Petit Verdot and Merlot for a full bodied, bold and complex taste.
Not to be missed is Shiloh's limited reserve series, the Secret Reserve. The Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, and Merlot all won coveted gold medals and 1st place finishes in Israel's "Golden Vine" competition. Sample all three for yourself at outstanding prices! Shiloh wines and their premium blends are an extravagant exercise in winemaking bravura that must be tasted to be believed.


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Beautiful Bangs for Your Face Shape, Part II: Square
Welcome back to the second installment of Beautiful Bangs for Your Face Shape. Yesterday we talked about bangs for round faces and today we are looking at the best bang styles for those of you with square faces.
This rare face shape belongs to some seriously sexy A-list stunners such as Katie Holmes, Kate Walsh, Jessica Simpson, Sandra Bullock, Paris Hilton, Mandy Moore, Demi Moore, Audrey Hepburn and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Things to keep in mind if you have a square face is that layered bangs that fall to or below your eyebrows are very flattering, especially if they are swept off to the side. Fringey and wispy bangs look great, too, since they will soften the edges of your face shape.
Cuts to avoid are blunt bangs or airy bangs that come to your jawline (a common look for a chin-length bob), as these types of bangs will only cause your face to look sharp—and not in the good way.
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Stanford Blood Center calls for donations
First time blood donor Adeel Shaikh, left, prepares to get blood drawn by medical assistant Phillip Martin, center, at the Stanford Blood Center on July 8, 2013. Shaikh, a resident of Walnut Creek, decided to drive to the center and donate blood after reading news on Twitter about the blood center's urgent need for donations of type O negative and O positive blood to treat victims of the Asiana Airlines plane crash. The blood center received 71 units of blood on Monday when it usually receives about 45-50 on the same day. Photo by Veronica Weber.
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Danville scored first with 5:34 to go in the first quarter on a 37-yard pass from Brent Wilkins to Alex Xayedeth. Steven Ramirez hit the point-after kick to give the Little Johns a 7-0 lead.
With 2:22 to go in the first quarter, Danville scored again on a 17-yard run by Xayedeth. Ramirez made it 14-0 with his PAT.
The Little Johns defense got in on the scoring with 5:31 to go in the second quarter. Hunter Henry recovered a fumble and returned it 25 yards for the touchdown to give Danville a 21-0 after the Ramirez PAT.
Bigelow answered, however, with 2:51 to go in the first half with a fumble recovery of its own. Bret Kagebein returned it 62 yards for the touchdown, and Eduardo Alvarado's PAT pulled the Panthers within 21-7 at halftime.
Wilkins wrapped up the game's scoring with 5:43 left in the fourth quarter on a 52-yard touchdown pass to Raine Cook. Ramirez set the final score after the PAT.
The Little Johns open 3A-4 Conference play at Charleston next week.
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Just curious....when installing ZASS on the first computer, does that start the 365 day clock
for all three installations? In other words, If I buy the package with 3 installations and install it on my PC (365days left) and 4 months later buy a laptop and intall the next ZASS on that, will the protection on my laptop be minus the
4 months?
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I ran into some issues with 'eval' when writing compilation strategies for Graph. It seems these may have been known for some time [1], but I couldn't find a ticket for them, so here we are.
Clojure docs [2] say "If the operator is not a special form or macro, the call is considered a function call. Both the operator and the operands (if any) are evaluated, from left to right," and "Any object other than those discussed above will evaluate to itself." While bare fns do seem to evaluate to themselves in all cases, when in a call expression, the evaluation of the operator fails on fn objects that are closures or have run-time metadata applied:
;; raw non-closures are fine
user> (eval (fn [x] (inc x)))
#<user$eval30559$fn_30560 user$eval30559$fn_30560@354ee11c>
;; raw closures are fine
user> (eval (let [y 1] (fn [x] (+ x y))))
#<user$eval30511$fn_30512 user$eval30511$fn_30512@3bac3a34>
;; non-closures in exprs are fine
user> (eval `(~(fn [x] (inc x)) 1))
;; but closures in exprs cause an error
user> (eval `(~(let [y 1] (fn [x] (+ x y))) 1))
IllegalArgumentException No matching ctor found for class user$eval30535$fn__30536 clojure.lang.Reflector.invokeConstructor (Reflector.java:163)
;; as do fns with metadata in exprs
user> (eval `(~(with-meta (fn [x] (inc x)) {:x 1}) 1))
IllegalArgumentException No matching ctor found for class clojure.lang.AFunction$1 clojure.lang.Reflector.invokeConstructor (Reflector.java:163)
[1] http://stackoverflow.com/a/11287181
[2] http://clojure.org/evaluation


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This past year, the Wexner Center partnered with Columbus International High School (CIHS) to guide a few of the school's teachers and their students as they explored and, eventually created, socially conscious art. Throughout the school year, under the umbrella of the center's Art in Action program, CIH visited our galleries and also played host to local artist Tariq Tarey. These initial experiences were designed to help students and teachers understand how artists can use their work as a vehicle for communication and social change. Following the mantra "we are all international" as a guide, CIH worked with the support and resources of the center to design and create their own piece, eventually titled Message in a Bottle. The artistic process and guiding ideas behind the work were integrated into the students' AP French, International Seminar, and World Arts Survey classes. Each hanging bottle was created by an individual student or teacher, and each bottle contains objects and writing that hold personal meaning for the artist.
Wex staff and volunteers carried out the installation of Message in a Bottle on the stage of Mershon Auditorium, where teachers and CIHS students and their families were able to view it during a reception, hosted by the Wexner Center, to celebrate the year's partnership. Message in a Bottle will eventually be reinstalled at Columbus International High School.
Here's an excerpt from the school's artist statement:
"The mixed-media artwork captures the spirit of our school and tells a story about our students, teachers and staff to the larger community about where we come from. Our past and present experiences shape who we are and allow us to celebrate our rich heritage, diverse languages, and multiethnic community at the Columbus International High School."
CIH student Karen Castro sums up the project beautifully in these words: "It's a unifying representation of people. It's beautiful because it cherishes all of who we are and connects us as individuals."
—Tracie McCambridge, Educator for Docent and Teacher Programs


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- Andy Argyrakis Copyright Christianity Today International
- 2009 25 Aug
The documentary company that released
"We were pleasantly surprised with the great reception and reviews of our first film," Backroad Entertainment's Troy Groves (Sara's husband) said in a press release. "That confirmed that these unsanitized stories of faith are needed."
After finding tremendous crossover success with 2005's self-titled debut, Flyleaf is following up with
Though currently on tour in Europe, Rebecca St. James is spending much of her non-travel time putting the finishing touches on a pair of new movies. The pro-life themed
Two of Christian music's most recognized vocal groups, Selah and Avalon, team up for a double bill tour this fall. The outing marks Selah's recently released
Casting Crowns is hitting the road this fall, and even though a new album isn't yet ready, fans can hear a preview of its fourth studio CD at the shows. The "Until the Whole World Hears Tour," backed by worship leader Matt Redman, also will include an evangelistic message from frontman and pastor Mark Hall. For tour dates, click here.
Hardcore legends Living Sacrifice has confirmed a reunion on its MySpace blog, noting that the group is in the studio finishing
During a special celebrity edition of
After selling out several shows last Christmas, the Winter Wonder Slam is back for 2009 led by tour founder TobyMac and several of his famous friends, including fellow Gotee Records mates Relient K, Stephanie Smith, and B.Reith, plus a plea for fans to bring unwrapped children's gifts to benefit Toys for Tots. Though dates are still being finalized, additional details can be found here.


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By Hayden Wright
Rachel Roy waded into a shallow pool of Lemonade drama when she appeared to identify herself as "Becky with the good hair," Jay-Z's side trick who Beyoncé sings about on "Sorry." When the visual album debuted on HBO, Roy captioned an Instagram "good hair, don't care" and members of the Beyhive lept into formation to dox, harass, and otherwise destroy her peace of mind online.
Related: Rita Ora Denies Being 'Becky with the Good Hair'
Though the fashion designer has since denied that she's "Becky," the damage was done—and now police are investigating a potential hack.
According to documents obtained by TMZ, Los Angeles police are looking into the matter of whether a Beyhive member nefariously obtained access to Roy's personal information. According to the records, Roy's iCloud, Gmail and cell phone were compromised—though no perp had been identified.


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Stark Differences Between Human and Chimp Brains
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
New research adds to an ever-lengthening stream of discoveries that confirm exactly what a Bible-believing scientist would expect—humans are distinct from chimpanzees. They should be, if they were created in the image of God, not as an imaginary pre-human primate. The study, published in American Journal of Human Genetics, investigated DNA methylation patterning in human and chimpanzee brains.1 Two observations from this research support the biblical origins of mankind.
In a process called methylation, cell systems add methyl groups to some regions of chromosomes. DNA methylation patterns are different in brain cells than they are in muscle cells, for example, and they differ between individuals and species. They do not change the genetic code, but they regulate some genetic functions. Therefore, they comprise a level of information separate from the genetic code. Studies show that they provide critical regulation of the activity of DNA-manipulating enzymes both during embryonic development and during the daily life of adult cells. When methylation patterns are errant, they cause gene malfunction and can lead to disease. Some types of abnormal methylation patterns are lethal.
The researchers used a new technique to peer in unprecedented detail at the methylation patterns of human and chimp DNA that they harvested from brain tissue of three cadavers of each species. They compared only those DNA sequences already known to have basically the same genes, ignoring the vast majority of DNA. If humans and chimps are close relatives, then they should have similar DNA methylation patterns in the areas of chromosomes that they have in common such as similar gene sequences.2 However, this team found major differences.
In particular, human and chimp DNA methylation patterns, called "methylomes," were very different between the two species' brain tissue. The data statistically indicated that "major principal components separate humans and chimpanzees," according to their report in American Journal of Human Genetics.1,3
A second observation is that the very genes that were differently methylated "exhibit striking associations with several disorders, including neurological and psychological disorders and cancers."1 These data show that methylation patterns in many cases can tolerate very little disruption, thus presenting another impossible hurdle for the evolutionary model to overcome.
If humans evolved from chimpanzee-like creatures, then some unknown evolutionary process must have altered their methylomes. But since methylomes apparently cannot tolerate that much alteration, then the evolutionary story must be in error.
Human and chimp species-specific and irreducibly complex methylomes refute human evolution. On the other hand, the origin of mankind as a special creation of an omnipotent and loving kind Creator who made man after His likeness is consistent with the newly described uniquely human methylome.
- Zeng, J. et al. 2012. Divergent whole-genome methylation maps of human and chimpanzee brains reveal epigenetic basis of human regulatory evolution. American Journal of Human Genetics. 91 (3):455-465.
- Human and chimp DNA sequences are overall much more different than widely held. See Tomkins, J. 2011. Evaluating the Human-Chimp DNA Myth—New Research Data. Acts & Facts. 40 (10): 6; and Tomkins, J. and B. Thomas. 2010. New Chromosome Research Undermines Human-Chimp Similarity Claims. Acts & Facts. 39 (4): 4-5.
- Specifically, 474 homologous genes that were either heavily methylated or weakly methylated in one species was just the opposite in the other species. Similarly, 468 gene promoters in human were significantly less methylated than the same gene promoter regions in chimpanzees.
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Article posted on October 5, 2012.
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If You Were a Loser in the First Grade, You'll Be a Loser Forever
Are you currently manically brushing your hair, plastering a smile on your face and saying that today is going to be better, today you're going to be a whole new person? Well, too bad. Science says you'll never change.
Yes, according to a new study ("studies" being always accurate, forever), major personality traits exhibited in people in first grade tend to stick with them for the long haul:
The researchers examined data from a 1960s study of 2,400 first- to sixth-graders who were ethnically diverse. They compared how their teachers rated their personalities with videotaped interviews of some 144 of these people 40 years later.
They found that as adults, the talkative youngsters were interested in intellectual subjects, were controlling, spoke well and had a high degree of intelligence. Children who'd been rated as highly adaptable were cheerful as middle-aged adults, and those who ranked low in adaptability as kids tended to speak negatively about themselves as adults and to display an awkward style when dealing with others.
So... that's basically that! Don't bother trying to get new clothes or take those improv classes down at the adult ed center. If you were unable to deal with new things when you were six, you will be the same awkward loner until the day you die, alone, and only your elderly mother and the nice lady from the IHOP who waits on you every sad, rainy Tuesday night will be at your funeral. Meanwhile, the smart, sociable kids are still doing great.
Sorry, that's just science.


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OLYMPIA — Exactly where marijuana retailers may operate in Snohomish County became clearer Friday when the state released results of lotteries for store licenses.
Brian Bodge couldn't be happier, as he finished atop the list of those applying to open in Everett and be one of the first 334 recreational marijuana retailers in the state.
"Of course it wasn't a certainty," said Bodge, a Seattle resident hoping to operate on Evergreen Way. "Now I just have to go about starting it up. To be part of something new like this is very exciting."
The Washington State Liquor Control Board decided the state will start with 334 marijuana retailers and allocated the licenses throughout the state. They hope to begin issuing licenses in early July.
Lotteries were conducted for communities where the number of applicants exceeded the number of allotted stores. Each lottery produced an ordered list of applicants for review, with results posted online Friday.
Snohomish County is allotted 35 stores with 16 for county-controlled areas and the rest spread among the 10 most populous cities.
Everett is allotted five stores, Marysville three and Lynnwood and Edmonds two each. Arlington, Bothell, Mukilteo, Lake Stevens, Monroe, Mountlake Terrace and Mill Creek were allotted one store apiece. Lotteries were conducted for five cities and for the unincorporated area.
Competition was most fierce in Mountlake Terrace, where 16 applicants vied for the lone license. A company called Purps finished atop the draw and will open on 52nd Avenue West, if it clears the hurdles in the licensing process.
It wasn't much easier for those wanting a spot in the unincorporated areas. There were 87 applicants for 16 licenses.
In Everett, there were 27 applications for the five available licenses. Bodge filed three — one for each of three suites in an Evergreen Way commercial building — which increased his odds of success.
The "winners" must still complete the state's licensing process, which includes background checks and an inspection of their proposed store locations. If an applicant fails to pass, the liquor board will move to the next applicant on the list.
In situations where two applicants are approved for the same address, the landlord will choose the winner.
In Snohomish County, these applicants won the lottery and will get the first crack at obtaining store licenses at the listed addresses:
Everett: Globodyne, 4718 Evergreen Way Suite, A-C; Mr. Nice Guy, 11632 Highway 99, Unit G; Evergreen State, 9506 19th Ave. SE; Purple Haze, 2112 Madison St. Suite 6; High Society, 1520 Broadway, Suite 105.
Marysville: Top Cat Enterprises, 1115-1119 5th St.; Five Star Trading Co., 3915 152nd St. NE; Best Budz, 4308 103rd Place NE.
Lake Stevens: Cannablyss, 2705 Hartford Drive, Suite A.
Arlington: Lisa Davis Kihm, 19129 Smokey Point Blvd., Suite B.
Mountlake Terrace: Purps, 21215 52nd Ave. W.
Unincorporated Snohomish County: Red Canyon, 16530 State Route 9 SE, Snohomish; Trippy Hippy Co., 3716 232nd Drive NE, Granite Falls; VT Associates, 16530 State Route 9 SE, Snohomish; High Times, 520 128th St. SW, Suite A6, Everett; Bellwether Enterprises, 16530 State Route 9 SE, #106, Snohomish; Green City Collective, 13601 Highway 99, Suite D, Everett; Glitch Factor, 16530 State Route 9 SE, Snohomish; T.H.C Supermarket, 8411 State Route 92, Suite 1B, Granite Falls; Uncle Greens, 202 Ave. D, Snohomish; Green Quality, 23128 State Route 9 SE, #2, Woodinville; Shade's Greenery, 23128 State Route 9 SE, #2, Woodinville; Green Place, 23128 State Route 9 SE, #2, Woodinville; Northwest THC Outlet, 8411 State Route 92, Suite 1B, Granite Falls; White Rabbit Retail, 15929 Highway 99, Lynnwood; Marijuana Mercantile, 8411 State Route 92, Suite 1A, Granite Falls; Northwest THC Outlet, 21326 State Route 9 SE, Suite B.


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Rachel Prochazka had 10 aces and seven digs for the eighth-grade Westside squad. Makenzie Akin had three aces, while Aleex Adkins, Annabelle McNeill and Maebre Hale each added three kills. Hannah Morasco recorded two aces.
Taylor Hathcote had eight aces, five kills and no hitting errors in the ninth-grade RJHS West game. Shannon Perkins had seven digs and passed at a 2.5 percentage. Anna Claire Pilkington had three aces. Ashton Sitkowski had four kills. Victoria Underhill had three kills, and Shameka Ealy added two.
Westside travels to Beebe on Wednesday.


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Macquarie Island Penguins Make an Inspiring Comeback
On the small Antarctic island of Macquarie, between New Zealand and Antarctica, there was once a population of roughly 3 million king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus). About one hundred years ago, this penguin colony, known as a rookery, was subject to a terrible slaughter at the hands of New Zealand blubber merchant, Joseph Hatch. He and his crew boiled the 3 million penguins to extract oil for lamps. Word got out of this mass killing, and an international campaign was established to protect what little penguins were left. Thanks to that campaign, the remaining rookery of merely 4,000 has blossomed to 500,000. Furthermore, genetic tests have found that the population's genetic diversity has returned to pre-slaughter levels.
Joseph Hatch was born in London, England and became a qualified chemist. He travelled to Australia and then to New Zealand, settling in the town of Invercargill. He became mayor of the town and later served as Member of Parliament, serving Invercargill. However, his legacy is in the oil business and the near destruction of the Macquarie Island penguin colony.
Fortunately, outside forces stepped in to put an end to the carnage, saving the much reduced penguin population. Conservationists can celebrate as the colony climbs back up to its pre-slaughter levels.
However, the most remarkable part is that the remaining 4,000 penguins have recovered their past levels of genetic diversity in only 80 years.
The recent genetic study was conducted by Tim Heupink of Griffith University in Nathan, Australia. He took DNA from the feet of 17 live king penguins and compared them with DNA from bone shavings of 1,000 year old penguins dug up from the colony.
The study shows that if an endangered species is protected, it can regain its population and genetic diversity relatively quickly.
Unfortunately, the ecosystem of Macquarie Island is still troubled due to exotic species brought in by visitors in the Victorian Age. With the ships came rats and mice which colonized the whole island. Later visitors brought cats to eat the rats and mice, as well as rabbits for food.
Recently, a campaign to destroy the cats has caused a boom in the rabbit population which eat all the grass. This in turn leaves little cover for baby penguin chicks, exposing them to predators like the skua bird. Now, there is a campaign to eradicate the rabbits.
In the end, it is amazing how the introduction of invasive species can cause so much death. Another lesson to be learned from Macquarie Island.
Heupink's study was published in the journal, BiologyLetters.
Link to published article: http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/02/14/rsbl.2012.0053.abstract
King Penguin image via Shutterstock


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Yeah I was about to say - why is Williams in the game and Randolph not?
Yeah I was about to say - why is Williams in the game and Randolph not?
when galo has a good game the knicks dont lose!!!!!!!!
finally gallo starting to hit some shots and shawne williams is getting a shot and he was a beast
wow tht website works thnx...
nice 2 point lead at the half. amare handlin his biz w/o dwest playing. good 2see gAllo make those 3's to close out the half
Take Felton out!!!
Need to pass the ball to Gallo, he is wide open and starting to warm
Knicks 2012
Felton's hurtin, ask to come out after the first 5 min of the 3rd
Yeah Gallo isn't getting a lot of touches on the ball...he can't score too many points if he doesn't get the ball...
I can't really complain cause we're winning but I want to see Gallo really take over when STAT is on the bench
Fair enough, he had a good game.
Randolph would've helped our atrocious -10 rebounding differential, though.
Great win!
**countsdown to when so called Knick fans make West not playing an excuse for the win**


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Copper is very conductive - on the order of 10X low carbon steel. However I doubt that your pans have enough mass to store sufficient heat. Not only will they have much less mass than a typical steel plate, steel has a higher specific heat capacity.If you had a suitable mass of copper, I suspect it would prove to be way too conductive.
I would you like to Copper outside and inside tinned with steel to avoid acidic problems... Have you ever tried on copper pans
Yes, but I''m not sure where you are going with it. The point of copper pans is even heat not stored heat.
point is, I am thinking if was copper pans for pizza heat is distributed evenly and cooked well and offcourse tasty (because most chefs use copper vessel for cooking to get taste and even cooking)What do you think ?
Pizza is a thin, fast food to cook. My pizza`s, I thought cooked from the oven temp. Not sure what you mean by "........ IR heat from the broiler". If copper helps transmit that temp to the food faster, more even. etc..... Seems all the better.
If one was to use a stainless lined copper pan, how much different would it be than a steel pan? You would simply gain some conductivity, no?
I say any doubter's that copper is a bad idea, with a hankering to use copper, go for it. Try it. Experiment. The worse that can happen is you made a bad pie that, my guess, will taste good anyway. Maybe copper warrants a certain technique? The best thing that can happen is you learned something and you can teach the rest of us!
Craig, do your calculations include a lined copper pan? Or just bare copper vs steel? I don`t think anyone is suggesting putting the pizza dough directly on a bare copper pan? (maybe?) And, I doubt anyone is considering using a tinned copper pan? (too high temps for tin). So, that would leave a stainless lined copper pan. I`m guessing the one`s I have, seem to be 50/50 copper and SS. Your 25% additional heat storage in steel may need some recalculating?Czar
If a person is inclined to want much higher thermal conductivity than a steel plate, yet still wants the thermal mass, a thick aluminum plate would be the cheapest way to test the theory that more thermal conductivity than steel is somehow an advantage. Steel is about $1/lb, aluminum about $6-7/lb (cheaper if you find surplus), a 12" x 12" piece of 3/4" copper will run you $550
Someone around here tried an Aluminum plate. I don't specifically remember the results, but my recollection is that they were not encouraging. If someone is interested in trying aluminum, you might do a search first.
The broiler of a gas oven likely puts out enough heat if the pizza is close enough, electric broilers...I dunno.
Actually, in my experience, electric broilers have been considerably stronger than their gas counterparts.
Josh,There's something about a natural gas flame that doesn't propogate IR as well as a nichrome oven element. Theoretically, the natural gas flame should be over 3000F, even 3500F, where the surface temp of the electric nichrome element is probably at least 1000F lower. But the blue flame must not emit IR as well as the heated nichrome.


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The Assassinated Lawyer and Bombay (Not Mumbai)
By Govind Dhar
The hard-hitting biopic "Shahid" by director Hansal Mehta opened the first Dharamshala International Film festival on Nov. 1 after a celebrated debut at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year.
The gritty 123-minute movie documents the life of Shahid Azmi, a Muslim lawyer and social activist who was assassinated February 2010 at the age of 32. Mr. Azmi worked as a defense attorney for ostensibly wrongly-accused or jailed Muslims under the anti-terrorist bill known as the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act of 1985.
The film is an exhaustive account of Mr. Azmi's life, citing the 1992-93 riots between Hindus and Muslims as a trigger for his own experimentation with becoming a "jihadi" in Kashmir. Disillusioned by the brainwashing dogma of his trainers, Mr. Azmi finds his way back to Mumbai where he is arrested and sent to Delhi's Tihar jail under the TADA act. During his incarceration, the young man gains a graduate degree in journalism. He goes on to train as a lawyer after his release in 2001, establishing a practice in Kurla, Mumbai. Taking on cases for little or no money, Mr. Azmi becomes a tireless figurehead for the unjustly accused from his religious community at the cost of his own personal safety, gaining the attention of Mumbai's underworld.
"Shahid" feels part documentary and part love story. It is a compelling tale about a rare crusader for justice in a city with a history of communal tension.
The movie's director Hansal Mehta spoke with The Wall Street Journal's India Real Time about the making of "Shahid." Edited excerpts:
WSJ: How did you decide on Shahid Azmi as a subject for your latest film?
Hansal Mehta: I was really disappointed after making my last film, "Woodstock Villa." I felt like I'd let myself down with films I've made in the past because then I really had no story to tell. So I left Bombay for three years. I kept exploring ideas but never found one. When I read the headlines and articles about Shahid I suddenly felt I had a story that was important. The newspapers are full of… disturbing articles: acid in people's faces, crimes of passion, but nothing that provokes you into thought or action. As a filmmaker you look for a story to express your concerns.
WSJ: How did Anurag Kashyap become involved (as producer)?
Mr. Mehta: Anurag is an old friend and in fact he started his career as a writer on my first film "Jayate" (1997). I approached Sunil Bohra, who comes from a traditional filmmaking family that has been making films for 50 years. When Sunil heard what I was proposing he jumped at the story and said, 'This is it! We have to make this.' And he called Anurag who said this was the right time to make a film with me. He saw that I was upset and said that my anger was back after some of my other films.
WSJ: What are your thoughts on communal tensions in Mumbai?
Mr. Mehta: I was born and brought up in Bombay. Not Mumbai, Bombay! I went out on an assignment for two-and-a-half years to Australia and the Fiji islands and when I returned, the 1993 riots had just finished. Bombay had come back to normalcy. But it was not the Bombay I left behind. It was no longer Bombay, but Mumbai. The change of name is very symbolic. 'Mumbai' represents a polarized city compared to the very harmonious, peaceful city of people on the move, irrespective of color or religion. We have been forced to live in a divided world. The politicians are making caste and religious differences because of the economic divide.
It took 37 days to shoot the film but that was spread over a period of nine months because we were working with actual locations. We shot in trains, houses, Himachal for the Kashmir scenes, but I received no tension while shooting in these areas and that's why I love Bombay. Because despite all these tensions that people talk about, the common man wants peace – for his life to go on normally. When I went to these places, people encouraged me to make this film. They said, 'Make a good film. Shahid bhai was such a great man.' It was amazing.
WSJ: Are you at any personal risk for telling the story of a man who was assassinated?
Mr. Mehta: I was in no danger during the making of this film. Danger only applies to those who have fear. I made this film fearlessly. I don't care if anyone is offended. If somebody wants to mess with me, let him do it. I've not received any threats so far. I've had a few soft sort of threats where people called and said that I'd made a mistake and I shouldn't have made this film. My response to them bore expletives.
WSJ: How accurate is the film in retelling the events in Azmi's life?
Mr. Mehta: The broad strokes of the film are accurate. A journalist interviewed Shahid's brother and he says that the film is 95% accurate. I was dealing with a man who was not alive – it was his life, so I had to tread carefully because you don't know what happened behind closed doors. Hence I had to dramatize certain aspects of his life and relationships, but overall I've worked on facts that have been given to me or researched. This is the perceived truth of his life.
WSJ: In your eyes, what did Shahid Azmi stand for?
Mr. Mehta: For me, he stands for the power of the common man; the power of change in us. I went for a press conference and someone asked me what I thought constituted a good neta (politician). I said I don't know what constitutes a good neta but I know what constitutes a good nagrik (citizen). Rather than asking for everything from our leaders and relying on them to bring about change, I think the change has to start from us. And I think we can rise above our circumstances and be the change.
WSJ: Will the length of the film at 123 minutes, and with no songs, deter audiences?
Mr. Mehta: Not at all. The litmus test for me was showing the film at the Mumbai International Film Festival in February this year. My Bombay audience was going to watch the film. At my second screening in Versova, which bears a hardcore cinema-going audience, the theater was jam packed. The crowd responded to every nuance and when it ended, the ovation went on till the end of the credits, after which people started whistling. That was the kind of reception it got so if a film like this is given a chance, audiences are ready to receive it.
WSJ: How much did the film cost to make and when will it see a release?
Mr. Mehta: The production cost of the film was less than $250,000, but the marketing budget can be as much as four times the production budget. That is the danger right now to independent films being made in India. But it's a good time for independent cinema because audiences are maturing a bit; the markets are slightly more open to them. The film will tour through a number of festivals in December and January and will hit at least three major festivals, which unfortunately I can't disclose yet. The film will see a release in India and hopefully worldwide at the end of January or beginning February 2013.
Govind Dhar is the former executive editor of Robb Report India and has been writing on travel, luxury, the arts and culture for the past 10 years.
Follow India Real Time on Twitter @indiarealtime.


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Wright continues to flourish in All-Star play
Third baseman extends Midsummer Classic hit streak to five
By Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
"It was prearranged," Wright said following a fine performance at Angel Stadium. "He said before the game even started that I would get two at-bats and get out of there. We had a more than capable guy [Reds third baseman Scott Rolen] coming in for me."
Wright's two hits in two at-bats provided most of the National League's offense in the early going. He reached on an infield single in the second inning to extend his All-Star Game hitting streak to five games. It is the longest hitting streak in the All-Star Game since Wade Boggs hit in five consecutive games from 1998-2002.
Wright was not finished there.
He hit a leadoff single to center field in the fifth inning against Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander. He then stole second base to become the first National League baserunner in scoring position.
Dodgers center fielder Andre Ethier singled to right field with one out, but Phillies third-base coach Sam Perlozzo held Wright at third.
Wright said he could not have scored had Perlozzo sent him because Rangers right fielder Josh Hamilton made a strong throw to the plate.
"Great arm. Pretty good throw," he said. "I think even if we tried, I'd be out by 10, 12 feet."
Wright is hitting .462 (6-for-13) with one home run and one RBI in his All-Star career. His .462 average is tied with Al Simmons for fifth best in All-Star history amongst players with 10 or more at-bats.
Not bad, right?
"It's a small sampling, I guess," he said. "You get a couple hits, and all of a sudden, the numbers are probably better than they really are. I've been fortunate to get a couple hits here and there. It's been a lot of fun. So hopefully that continues."
Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, whom NL players voted to the team, did not play because of a sore right oblique.
"It's tough," Reyes said on Monday. "I'm disappointed, but I have to understand that I'm not able to play because I have some injuries. Of course I want to play, but I can't play right now. The most important thing is to get better and try to help my team in the second half."
Reyes is hitting .275 with six home runs, 33 RBIs, 19 stolen bases and 52 runs scored. Those are not mind-blowing numbers, but consider for a moment he has hit .297 with a .335 on-base percentage and a .458 slugging percentage since May 2. His .792 OPS is second amongst NL shortstops in that span.
Only Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez has been better with a .836 OPS.
If Reyes returns to the lineup soon -- center fielder Carlos Beltran said he will be back after the break -- the Mets could cause some problems for the first-place Braves and third-place Phillies in the NL East.
"It's back to business," Wright said. "We've got to grind away and hopefully pick up a few games on the Braves and start playing good baseball. September is right around the corner. We've got to make a move."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The trooper found more than six ounces of alleged methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and a firearm.
District Judge Don Bourne set bond at $200,000 each for Relinda Harris, 32, and Anthony Davis, 23, at bond hearings on Monday at the Pope County Detention Center. They are required to appear in Pope County Circuit Court on June 10.
An ASP report stated the trooper stopped the truck after the driver committed a lane violation, and when he approached the vehicle, both people appeared nervous and exhibited extremely odd behavior.
The couple also appeared to be under the influence drugs and the driver admitted to having drugs in the vehicle.
During a search of the truck, the trooper found several baggies of alleged meth with a street value of more than $18,000, scales, a pipe used for allegedly smoking drugs, cash and a pistol hidden between the front seat and console.
After being read their Miranda rights, the couple told the ASP trooper they had sold meth earlier that evening and were on their way to sell more. Harris admitted she sold methamphetamine 10 to 20 times per week for the last four months and one to two ounces per week in 2012.
In addition, court documents stated the 5th Judicial District Drug Task Force (DTF) had Harris under prior investigation during a six to eight month operation in the latter months of 2011.
A confidential informant (CI) working for the DTF met with Harris in 2011 on two separate occasions to purchase methamphetamine.
The CI exchanged approximately $500 in cash for a total of more than 5 grams of alleged methamphetamine during the investigation.
Based on information obtained from the DTF operation, District Attorney David Gibbons petitioned for a warrant for Harris' arrest in January of 2012.
Circuit Judge William Pearson found probable cause was established and issued a warrant for her arrest.


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TACOMA, Wash. – Fresh after the excitement of the U.S. election on November 6, leading scholar and commentator Robert P. Jones will give a talk offering his views on the role that religion played in the political outcome.
The free, Thursday, Nov. 8 lecture may not produce the answers that everyone expects—for the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) that Jones founded and directs has been busy exploding common myths about public voting patterns.
For example, the PRRI examined issues such as: Are abortion and gay marriage really pivotal issues for Catholic voters? Are the values of the Tea Party and religious right truly the domain of white, working-class Americans? Are ignorance of President Obama's Christian religion and wariness of Gov. Mitt Romney's Mormon faith influencing voting patterns?
Jones, who is regularly featured on CNN and NPR, and in The New York Times and The Washington Post, will address these issues and more in a free lecture titled "Beyond Value Voters: The Shifting Role of Religion in American Politics." The talk will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8, in Schneebeck Concert Hall. Entrance is complimentary, but tickets are required. See below for more information.
In addition to analyzing the election, Jones will discuss the results of new PRRI survey reports that will be released that week. He will look at how religion traditionally divided and swayed voters, and how this has changed in recent decades, influenced by factors such as immigration, economic shifts, lifestyle changes, new generational thinking, and mass media.
The public will be invited to ask questions, and all attendees are welcome to a reception following the lecture in Rasmussen Rotunda in the Wheelock Student Center. The talk is presented by the Swope Endowed Lectureship on Ethics, Religion, Faith, and Values.
Robert P. Jones is the founding chief executive officer of PRRI, as well as a writer and commentator on religion, values, and public life. His weekly column, "Figuring Faith," appears in The Washington Post, and he is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles on religion and public policy. He served for six years on the religion and politics steering committee of the American Academy of Religion, and he is on the editorial board for Politics and Religion, a journal of the American Political Science Association.
Jones is also a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, The Society of Christian Ethics, and the American Association for Public Opinion Research. Earlier he worked as a senior research fellow at a number of Washington, D.C., think tanks and taught at Missouri State University.
His two academic books are Progressive & Religious: How Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist Leaders are Moving Beyond the Culture Wars and Transforming American Public Life;and Liberalism's Troubled Search for Equality. Jones holds a Ph.D. in religion degree from Emory University, and a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
The Swope Endowed Lectureship on Ethics, Religion, Faith, and Values was established at University of Puget Sound through a gift from Major Ianthe Swope in honor of her mother. The Jane Hammer Swope Lectureship is intended to promote broad discussions and ethical inquiry about matters of religion, such as its role in public life, and about issues in contemporary spirituality, ethics, and world religions.
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text: "In this entertaining and insightful book, New York Times science writer Yoon sets out to document the progression of the scientific quest to order and name the entire living worldthe whole squawking, scuttling, blooming, twining, leafy, furry, green and wondrous mess of itfrom Linnaeus to present-day taxonomists. But her initial assumption of science as the ultimate authority is sideswiped by her growing interest in umwelt, how animals perceive the world in a way idiosyncratic to each species, fueled by its particular sensory and cognitive powers and limited by its deficits. According to Yoon, Linnaeus was an umwelt prodigy, but as taxonomists began to abandon the senses and use microscopic evidence and DNA to trace evolutionary relations, nonscientists' gave up their brain-given right (and tendency) to order the living world, with the devastating result of becoming indifferent to the current mass extinctions. Yoon's invitation for laypeople to reclaim their umwelt, to take one step closer to the living world and accept as valid the wondrous variety in the ordering of life, is optimistic, exhilarating and revolutionary."Publishers Weekly (starred review)


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Gutierrez back from second DL stint, starts in right
Outfielder battling inflammatory condition, plays first game since June
By Greg Johns and Jacob Thorpe / MLB.com
SEATTLE -- The on-again, off-again career of Franklin Gutierrez was back on again Monday as the Mariners recalled the veteran outfielder from his latest rehabilitation assignment in Triple-A Tacoma and placed him immediately in the lineup for the series opener against the Rangers.
Gutierrez, 30, has played in just 150 of the Mariners' 453 games over the past three years due to a variety of disabilities. The Venezuelan native said Monday he's been diagnosed with an inflammatory condition called ankylosing spondylitis, which he's been receiving medicine for over the past three months.
"It's something genetic," Gutierrez said. "I started dealing with this the last couple years, starting with my stomach and some other things. It's been happening for three years now. I think it's all connected. So I'm glad that finally they found out what was going on with me, because I didn't know what was happening and it was tough for me to play like that."
After going 0-for-4 in Monday's 8-3 loss to the Rangers, Gutierrez is hitting .250 with five home runs and 11 RBIs this season. He's batted .211 in 47 games during several rehab stints with Tacoma to deal with hamstring issues, including just .179 (7-for-39) over his last 10 games. But the club wants to give him another shot and is hopeful his right-handed bat can help as Seattle lines up against left-handed starters the next three games.
The Mariners designated starting pitcher Aaron Harang for assignment to make room on the 25-man roster. They'll need to add another pitcher to their rotation by Friday in Houston, but for now are going with six outfielders.
"It's a bit of a traffic jam, but it's a good problem to have," manager Eric Wedge said of his congested outfield. "We'll continue to try and put the best lineup out there. The last couple days we've struggled a bit offensively, so hopefully a little bit different look in the lineup helps us out a little bit; getting Gutierrez back in there helps us out a little bit. We'll see what happens."
Wedge inserted Gutierrez into the third spot in the order and flip-flopped Nos. 1 and 2 hitters Brad Miller and Nick Franklin, wanting to put the lefty Miller between the switch-hitting Franklin and right-handed Gutierrez.
Gutierrez will play right field, which Wedge hopes puts less pressure on him physically than his normal center field. Gutierrez was an American League Gold Glove winner in center in 2010, but hasn't played consistently since.
"It's not much different," Gutierrez said of his right-field role. "I've played there before in Cleveland. It is what it is right now. I'm trying to get my legs back. It's not 100 percent that I'm there, but the medicine is working right now and there'll be a time when I feel completely good."
Gutierrez missed 70 games in 2011, first with a digestive issue and then with a strained left oblique muscle. He missed 122 games in '10 with a torn pectoral muscle and later with a serious concussion.
He's had two extensive disabled list stints this season, both due to right hamstring strains. After returning the first time in June, he hit a home run and a double in his first game back, but aggravated the injury in his second game.
"It's been a long time, but I'm really happy to be coming back again and try to help my team," he said. "I'm feeling good. I've been battling with this the whole year, but right now I feel like I'm back again in my normal body. I'm just trying to concentrate and get ready every day and help the team any way that I can."
Gutierrez is in the final year of a four-year, $20.25 million contract that is paying him $7 million. The Mariners have the option of renewing his deal for $7.5 million next year or buying out the '14 option for $500,000.
Harang DFA'd; top prospect Walker could fill spot
SEATTLE -- Aaron Harang was designated for assignment by the Mariners on Monday, leaving the veteran right-hander looking for a team and Seattle with a rotation spot to fill before Friday's game in Houston.
Harang, 35, went 5-11 with a 5.76 ERA in 22 starts after being acquired in an early-season trade from the Rockies. Harang was an Opening Day starter for six seasons with the Reds and went 10-10 with a 3.61 ERA in 31 starts for the Dodgers last year, but struggled to find consistency with Seattle and gave up nine hits and seven runs in 5 2/3 innings in his last start Sunday in a 7-1 loss to the Angels.
"Obviously it's a tough decision, but this is part of the game," Harang said. "I've been around this long enough and seen it enough times. Unfortunately this is the first time I've been told face-to-face that I've been designated, so it's a little tougher than I expected. But I get it.
"I had some inconsistencies that I've got to work on. I know I can still pitch and be successful at this level, so I'm not worried about that part. It's just figuring out the little things and making those adjustments."
Harang threw two complete-game shutouts for the Mariners, but was 0-2 with a 9.12 ERA in five starts this past month.
Manager Eric Wedge said no decision has been finalized on who will take Harang's spot on Friday against the Astros, saying it could come from a current member of the bullpen or from the Minor Leagues. Taijuan Walker, 21, pitched six innings of one-run ball for Triple-A Tacoma on Sunday and would be in line to start again Friday if the Mariners decide to bring him up.
"You have to weigh what's the upside, what's the downside, what's the risk/reward this year, for him, for us, down into next year and the future," Wedge said. "That's why we're not rushing into anything. We feel like we've got a couple different options that we could slide in there, so we're going to weigh all that out."
Walker has thrown 141 1/3 innings between Double-A Jackson and Triple-A Tacoma this year, with a 9-10 record and 2.93 ERA in 25 starts. The Mariners would like to limit him to about 160 innings this year, so he'd only be able to make about three more starts.
But Wedge indicated that wasn't necessarily a deal breaker.
"We've got multiple guys that we feel like have a pretty good chance to be starting pitchers for us in the future," Wedge said. "Because we have options like that, we feel like we can cover the rest of the season. When I say 'cover,' I mean give not just one guy, but maybe a couple guys opportunities."
Rookie Brandon Maurer started 10 games earlier in the season and is working as a long reliever, so he could potentially pick up some starts. The Mariners will likely also add other pitchers when rosters can be expanded in September, with starters Blake Beavan and Hector Noesi among the potential candidates.
Ackley credits relaxed approach for success at plate
SEATTLE -- The Mariners' offense may have sputtered in this past weekend's sweep by the Angels, but don't blame Dustin Ackley. The newly converted outfielder went 5-for-10 with a home run and two doubles to continue a resurgent second half.
After some early-season struggles merited a Minor League demotion, Ackley has returned looking like the hitter the Mariners envisioned when they made him the No. 2 overall pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft. Since the All-Star break, he's hitting .330 with an .833 OPS.
" Obviously he's come a long way," manager Eric Wedge said. "He's had to do it the hard way and a lot of that's on him, but I've been really impressed with the way he's handled it and fought through it."
Ackley says that he believes he is pressing less and taking a more mature approach that will allow his success to be more sustainable than other hot stretches. That newfound belief in his abilities has translated into increased power for the 25-year-old, who hit just his second home run of the season Sunday and tacked on a double.
After slugging just .417 and .328 in his first two years, Ackley has posted a .473 slugging percentage in the second half.
"I think that all comes with tension. The more tension in your body, the more ground balls you're going to hit, the less you're going to hit the ball hard," Ackley said. "I think that's really what it's from is relaxation because I'm starting to square the ball up and not really worry about making contact, more driving the ball and I think that's what separates those ground balls from doubles and homers."
Worth noting
• Mariners designated hitter Kendrys Morales has been claimed off waivers by an unnamed team, according to Jon Morosi of Fox Sports. That means the Mariners and the claiming team have 72 hours to work out a deal, or Seattle can pull Morales back off waivers and hang on to him.
• Outfielder Michael Saunders took batting practice for the first time in three days Monday and said his sore neck was feeling much better, though he wasn't in the lineup for a third straight game. Saunders hasn't played since Friday and says he thinks he hurt his neck when he banged into the fence.
• Rookie catcher Mike Zunino, on the 15-day disabled list since July 26 with a broken hamate bone in his left hand, worked out hard before Monday's game and could be sent out on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Tacoma as early as Tuesday. Zunino is a logical choice to return by Sept. 1 when rosters can be expanded, if he's fully recovered.
• Former closer Tom Wilhelmsen gave up three runs on four hits -- including two home runs -- in an inning for Triple-A Tacoma on Sunday in Tucson. Wilhelmsen has an 8.71 ERA in 10 1/3 innings over six outings since being sent down.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. Jacob Thorpe is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.