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When the screen went to black, behind the haunting play-out of antihero extraordinaire Walter White against Badfinger's "Baby Blue," the crowd at the screening of Sunday's series finale of "Breaking Bad" at Hollywood Forever Cemetery wrestled out from their lawn chairs and blankets en masse.
They clapped, they whistled, they hooted, they hollered, they cried, they took deep breaths. And they stood. A standing ovation for their show.
"It was perfect," said Stefanie Turner, from Phoenix, with teary eyes. "Jesse got out! It lived up to my expectations -- and I had no doubt that it would. I can't really be intelligible about it. It's still surreal."
It took hours to reach such muddledness. The line to get into the sold-out event began forming shortly before 1 p.m. (doors would open at 6 p.m.) Fans wore their devotion: outfitted in Heisenberg hats and various "Breaking Bad" shirts. Some came dressed in yellow hazmat suits. One, Rebecca Krakow, came dressed as a show staple and theory-inciter -- the pink teddy bear.
"I bawled my eyes out," Krakow, 23, said after the finale. "I wish they showed a throwback to the pink bear. [But] the best part for me was the nod Jesse and Walt exchange before Jesse takes off in the car." (Krakow's costume, which was essentially pink fur glued to a Halloween pig costume -- paid off; she met stars Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston and creator Vince Gilligan by the end of the night.)
Of course, some had their critiques of the 75-minute finale. Bridget McGraw, of Hollywood, said Walter White was redeemed "a little too much."
"Not that I didn't want that," the 35-year-old added. "But it was a little too perfect. I'd still rank it among the top series finales, though. Definitely. And I couldn't have experienced it in a better way."
Hundreds paid $45 for tickets to attend the big sendoff, boosted by Aaron Paul as a fundraising campaign for his wife Lauren's anti-bullying nonprofit, the Kind Campaign. Tickets sold out quickly -- with some then asking as much as $700 on Craigslist and $1,000 on eBay for extra tickets. Also, donors to Paul's Omaze.com contest had the chance to win a trip to be his personal guest at the event. In the end, an estimated $2 million was raised.
On a grassy knoll inside the cemetery, a celebration unfolded shortly after 6 p.m. on finale day. A DJ played tunes such as "For the Love of Money" by the O'Jays and "Car Wash" by Rose Royce.
On one side of the mostly sedentary party, the show's iconic RV (a.k.a. the Crystal Ship) sat parked, with fans lining up alongside to get their photos taken. Others hounded Lavell Crawford, who appeared on the show in the recurring role of Huell Babineaux, for autographs, many asking the all-important question: "Is Huell still waiting in that motel room?" A few managed to take photos with Matt Jones, who played "Star Trek" expert Badger, in the RV.
A screening of the pilot set the mood shortly after 8 p.m., before the long-awaited series finale rolled out around 9:30 p.m. A question-and-answer session capped off the night, led by Jimmy Kimmel and featuring Paul, Cranston, Gilligan, RJ Mitte (Walt Jr.), Bob Odenkirk (Saul), Jonathan Banks (Mike), Giancarlo Esposito (Gus) and some other cast and crew members.
"How could I not be here?" said Debra Trevino, 30, who lucked into the screening by waiting standby. "This is a communal experience. And 'Breaking Bad' is a communal show. Only, today, forget Twitter and social media. We all get to say goodbye together, side by side -- with our phones off."
With that, we kept track of how the crowd responded to the final episode. Here are the top seven moments that had people amped up.
7. "I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was alive.": Walter's quote when, his fate upon him, he is finally honest with wife Skyler.
6. Walter lurking in Elliot's and Gretchen's swanky home, and all that ensued in that home thereafter. ("Break all the glass in that house, Walt!" one fan screamed.)
5. Lydia meeting her fate via ricin-tainted stevia. Cranston joked during a question-and-answer session with Jimmy Kimmel following the screening that folks should "sell their stock in stevia."
4. The guitar twang of the "Breaking Bad" theme song.
3. When the audience saw Badger and Skinny Pete in the car; fist pumping and screaming was the only logical response.
2. The "Scarface"-style shootout at the clubhouse. Pressing the garage door button will never be the same.
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Boxhead: The Zombie Wars
Bouncing mails with Paul Barnett last night and Boxhead turns up in conversation. Now, I'd heard of it, but never played any of the series. Clearly, it prompted me and – lo! – it's neat. Now, we'd be terribly behind the times linking to it now, but thankfully developer Sean Cooper has saved my indie cred by only releasing the latest version, Boxhead: The Zombie Wars a couple of weeks back. Phew. It's basically a Robotron derived shooter with a splash of Tower Defence stuff. It's had a splash of that previously, with walls and crates you can drop and similar, but now there's turrets and walls and… well, it plays really quickly. There's a mass of Zombies. There's you. And then the screen is red. Go play!
And, yes, if you're thinking the name rings a bell, it's the Ex-Bullfrog Sean Cooper who you may know from things like Syndicate, Dungeon Keeper and Magic Carpet. And after being deep in the belly of EA, he's clearly having a lot of fun with this. Or you have to presume he is, as he's done five Boxheads in less than a year and a half.


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Study: Eating More Blueberries and Strawberries Is Linked to Better Brain Function With Age
By Brenda Goodman, MA
WebMD Health News
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April 26, 2012 -- Eating berries at least once a week may protect the brain from age-related memory loss, a large new study shows.
The study included more than 16,000 women who are taking part in the Nurses' Health Study.
Researchers have been keeping tabs on the women's diets since 1980. Between 1995 and 2001, researchers also measured the mental function of women who were over 70 and had not had a stroke.
Mental functioning was measured during three telephone interviews that were spaced about two years apart. In the interviews, researchers asked the women to recall details from a paragraph they'd just heard, for example, or to remember the order of words or numbers in a list.
When researchers compared women who ate the most blueberries and strawberries to those who ate the fewest, they found that those who ate the most had a slower rate of developing memory problems. The difference was equal to about two-and-a-half years of aging.
"This is pretty compelling evidence to suggest that berries do appear to have memory benefits," says researcher Elizabeth E. Devore, ScD, instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
What may be even better news is that the biggest berry eaters in the study weren't eating mounds of them every day. On average, they were eating a single half-cup serving of blueberries or two half-cup servings of strawberries each week.
"These are simple interventions that appear to have pretty healthful effects," Devore says.
The study can't prove that berries protected the women's brains directly.
In fact, women in the study who ate berries regularly also got more exercise and had higher incomes -- two factors that are also linked to having better health.
But researchers say that even after they adjusted their results to account for differences like that, having a diet high in fruits and vegetables, particularly berries, still appeared to be linked to having a sharper memory.
How Berries May Be Good for the Brain
The study, which is published in the Annals of Neurology, builds on smaller studies in mice and humans that have suggested that berries may benefit the brain.
Berries, particularly blueberries, are rich in a particular kind of antioxidant compound called anthocyanidins. Anthocyanidins have the ability to move from the blood into the brain. And studies in animals have shown that these compounds concentrate in brain centers responsible for memory and learning.
Further studies in mice that are bred to develop brain changes similar to those seen in Alzheimer's patients show that blueberries protect these mice from memory declines. And small studies in humans with early memory loss have shown that adding 1/2 to 1 cup of blueberry juice to the diet each day for three months improved some measures of memory.
"I think it's very exciting," says Brent Small, PhD, professor of aging studies at the University of South Florida in Tampa. "Because there's not a lot that's been reported in the human literature that's focused on these types of compounds."
Small is testing a blueberry-based supplement on memory in humans, but he was not involved in the new study.
"The fact that they were able to see an effect for people who are generally healthy and who aren't experiencing significant drops in performance is interesting," Small says.
Berries on a Budget
Other experts agree that more studies need to be conducted to prove the berries alone are behind the benefit.
But they say there's no real harm in adding more berries to your diet, even before all the evidence is in.
"We know that flavonoids in fruits and vegetables act as really good protection for a range of chronic diseases," including cancer and diabetes, says Nancy Copperman, MS, RD, director of public health initiatives at the North Shore-LIJ Health System in Great Neck, N.Y.
"And now, with this study, they've actually looked at how these flavonoids, especially the types of flavonoids found in blueberries and strawberries, really might protect cognitive function in women," she says.
Copperman acknowledges that at $3 to $6 a carton, fresh berries can be expensive. To cut costs, she recommends buying frozen berries, or waiting until the fresh berries go on sale and freezing what you don't need right away.
"It's pretty easy," Copperman says, "Wash them. Put them on a baking sheet in the freezer for a few hours. Then transfer them to a freezer-safe bag."
She recommends using frozen berries in smoothies and in baked goods like pancakes and muffins.
SOURCES: Devore, E. Annals of Neurology, April 26, 2012. News release, Annals of Neurology. Elizabeth E. Devore, ScD, instructor in medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass. Brent Small, PhD, professor of aging studies, University of South Florida, Tampa. Nancy Copperman, MS, RD, CDN, director of public health initiatives, Office of Community Health, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Great Neck, N.Y.
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A Christmas Carol Press Conference- N West
With 'The Grinch', and Jim's new festive feast, 'A Christmas Carol', you might be forgiven for thinking Jim has a grudge against the holiday season. At the press conference for the film this afternoon, Jim told reporters "It's a hard time of year for some people. It's a confronting time of year, i've had some bad ones."
But the effervescent comic managed to see the funny side to his Scrooge character. "The one thing I will say that I wanted to, not replicate, but definitely have some of it in there, was the bitterness that he portrayed," Jim said. "The way he had sourness in his character. It wasn't just on the surface. You imagined that he had the worst case of acid reflux on Earth. There was a true bitterness, a foul taste in his mouth, and that was something that I wanted to consider." When asked where he drew inspiration from, Jim cited Alistair Sim's performance as Scrooge in the 1951 adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," to be the greatest rendition of the story.
Brought to the big screen by the Disney studio and director Robert Zemekis, the holiday favourite is a new slant on the tale, crafted through motion-capture technology similar to Beowulf. With Jim playing Ebeneezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas past , present and future and Colin Firth playing his nephew. Fellow stars include Gary Oldman as Bob Cratchit and Robin Wright Penn.
'A Christmas Carol' is due out on general release this November.
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If you're interested in a fun new car with an American flavor, you've come to the right place. We've listed eight excellent new sports cars that offer a uniquely American take on high performance.
Cadillac CTS-V
The newly redesigned Cadillac CTS doesn't offer a high-performance V model -- yet. We're certain, though, that one is just around the corner, and if you're interested in a new CTS-V, you can still find some examples of the outgoing models on dealer lots. While we'd usually recommend against choosing a soon-to-be-canceled new car, this time it might be a good move, thanks to the car's impressive 556-horsepower supercharged V8, its bold styling, and its surprisingly upscale interior. The only drawback? Pricing starts at an astounding $64,500 with shipping, though you'll probably be able to negotiate a better deal with a new model on its way.
Chevrolet Camaro
The Chevrolet Camaro is just about the most American sports car you could imagine -- even though it's built in Canada. Long associated with muscle cars and 1960s automobile culture, the Camaro offers impressive retro styling, coupe or convertible body styles, and reasonable pricing that starts around $24,500 with shipping. While that figure only buys a V6 model, even the Camaro's 3.6-liter V6 is a potent engine, producing 323 hp and sending the car to 60 miles per hour in just 5.9 seconds. Looking for even more power? The Camaro has it, offering versions that boast anywhere from 400 to 580 hp.
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Chevrolet Corvette
The newly redesigned Chevrolet Corvette is one of the most exciting new cars on the road. It's also a sports-car icon, with the new model offering exotic-car-like performance for a fraction of the money. It's all thanks to an excellent 6.2-liter V8 that makes a whopping 455 hp, which is fed to the ground through a slick 7-speed manual or a new-for-2015 8-speed automatic. Looking for even more performance? You'll want to check out the new Corvette Z06, which boasts a wild 650 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque, though we suspect that it will carry a hefty premium over the standard 'Vette's base price of $54,000 with shipping.
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Dodge Challenger
It's big, it's fast and it's easily recognizable. In other words, the 2014 Dodge Challenger offers everything you'll want from a uniquely American performance car. Starting from around $27,500 with shipping, the latest Challenger boasts a standard 305-hp V6 and retro-themed styling that's sure to turn heads everywhere you go, even though the bold coupe has been out since the 2008 model year. For drivers who want extra muscle to go along with their muscle car, we recommend the SRT model: a 470-hp monster that starts at just over $40,000 with shipping.
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Dodge Charger
Think of the Dodge Charger as a 4-door version of the brand's high-performance Challenger, and you won't be disappointed. In many ways, that's exactly what the Charger is because it offers rear-wheel drive, a spacious interior, and a wide variety of engines that tops out with a 470-hp SRT model. Admittedly, the Charger's exterior isn't quite as exciting as the Challenger's, but the sedan makes up for it with a modern interior and some new styling touches that help it stand out from other 4-door sedans. We're also impressed with the Charger's reasonable base price, which starts around $28,000 -- or $31,500 if you step up to the 370-hp, V8-powered R/T model.
Ford Focus ST
The Ford Focus ST isn't a sports car in the traditional sense but rather a 4-door, 5-seat hatchback. If you think that disqualifies it from this list, you're mistaken. You'll realize your error as soon as you get behind the wheel because the Focus ST features a 252-hp turbocharged 4-cylinder engine that propels the car to 60 mph in 5.8 seconds -- a sharp figure aided by the standard slick-shifting 6-speed manual transmission. The Focus isn't just about straight-line speed: It also boasts excellent handling and a sporty look, all for around $25,000 with shipping.
Ford Mustang
The Ford Mustang is one of America's favorite muscle cars, which is a title it has held off and on since its debut in the mid-1960s. In 2014, the Mustang is going through an especially exciting time, making the transition from retro styling to a futuristic new look for the 2015 model year. If you want a new Mustang, you'll have to consider which one is for you: Both offer V6 or V8 power, though the 2015 version boasts some exciting new features and a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. We suspect that the old model will be an even better deal than its already-reasonable $23,500 base price suggests, especially with the all-new Mustang scheduled to debut in just a few short months.
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT
When you think sports cars, you probably don't think Jeep, but one drive in the V8-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, and you'll be likely to change your mind. Not only does the midsize SUV offer an absurd 470 hp from its 6.4-liter HEMI V8, it also touts surprisingly strong handling and an excellent interior. Of course, all those features come at a price: a whopping $61,200 with shipping. For some drivers, that's a reasonable figure to pay for the ultimate SUV, especially when you consider the amount of fun that you'll have behind the wheel.


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Just a reminder that Racing Dreams Premieres on PBS tomorrow! Check you local listings!
I was so excited to hear about this partnership I couldn't wait to tell you. Back in 2010 I was lucky enough to get to preview the documentary Racing Dreams by filmmaker Marshall Curry. It was awesome and I gave it a glowing review here. The documentary follows the lives of two boys (Josh Hobson and Brandon Warren) and a girl (Annabeth Barnes) through the five race World Karting Association (WKA) championship season. It is really AWESOME to see and hear the story of the young fresh talent who dream of going into NASCAR someday. I found the movie to be very compelling, engaging and interesting.
Since I watched it, Racing Dreams has won a bunch of film festival awards (Tribeca Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Indianapolis International Film Festival- the list could go on and on) AND had a premiere at the NASCAR HALL OF FAME even.
Well I am now pleased to say that Racing Dreams will be featured on POV on PBS. POV is in it's 25th season on PBS and features the work of today's best independent film makers (Marshall Curry, Racing Dreams Director and Producer, was also featured on POV in 2005 for Oscar nominated Street Fight). The national broadcast premiere for Racing Dreams is on Thursday February 23rd 2012 at 9:00 pm (check your local listings though- because I know my PBS is a timezone off sometimes). It will also stream online in its entirety from Feb 24th to March 24th on the POV website at: www.pbs.org/pov/racingdreams. If you can at all watch it, DVR it or check it out in the internet I HIGHLY recommend it…especially for my race fan readers!
The release for this announcement also mentioned that DreamWorks Studios is developing the documentary into a dramatic feature film. I can only hope that this actually happens because it will rock if it's half as good as the documentary is.


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The Interdisciplinary Major is designed to give students a chance to create a major that addresses the needs of the individual student. A committee made up of an advisor and faculty members from the disciplinary areas in which the student has chosen to study will guide the student through developing the Interdisciplinary Studies major. This committee will also oversee the student's progression through the degree program. An Interdisciplinary Studies major under the Bachelor of Arts degree consists of coursework from two discipline areas along with a minor in another area and foreign language course requirements. An Interdisciplinary Studies major under the Bachelor of Sciences degree incorporates a broader range of courses from two to three discipline areas. Students have a chance to tailor a set of learning objectives and develop courses around those objectives to meet their academic goals.
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Bachelor of Arts Degree:
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_____b. A minor from the list of current offered minors _____c. Foreign language courses (if not already fulfilled)
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_____b. An independent capstone course that requires a thesis or project for the purpose of synthesizing the program
_____ 4. Develop a set of program objectives and a list of attendant courses.
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_____ 9. Participate in Senior Assessment Day and report to a faculty member or faculty group for Assessment Day activities (student may pick among any of the specific activities planned for majors directly related to his / her IM program).
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o Student must fulfill all prerequisites for selected courses.
o Each IM program of study must be approved a minimum of 3 semesters prior to expected graduation date of involved student.
o Each IM must include a minimum number of upper level (300-400) courses equal to or greater than the course requirements required by any one of the component majors.
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Jacqueline Maldonado Watercolor Shibori Blue Baroque Mirror
Art Title: watercolor shibori blue
About Art: blue, geometric, patterned, traditional,
As we like to say around here, if it ain't baroque, don't hang it! With a sleek mix of baltic birch ply trim that's unique to each piece and a glossy aluminum frame, the baroque mirrors collection bumps your stylish reflection up a notch.
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Jacqueline Maldonado is a New York native, currently residing in Long Island. She spent most of her adult career in various facets of the fashion industry, all the while nurturing her artistic talent through higher education in visual art and developing a discipline in her artistic practice. Recently, Jacqueline took a leap of faith to pursue her art as a full-time endeavor. She works in a variety of media and explores many styles and modes of artistic expression; including but not limited to: watercolor, oil pastel, photography, digital imaging, graphic design, textile and surface design. Often, she combines several of these media, inventing unique and modern forms of art.


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The Olympic Animal Sanctuary in Washington State is nothing more than a concentration camp for about 160 dogs that have been locked up in cages with no heat or AC, fed every other day, little water and no freedom for many years. The stench and the constant crying from these animals has been reported over and over to the police in Forks, WA with absolutely no Investigation and no cooperation. Dogs are living in filthy conditions. Agencies have been contacted by neighbors, Facebook animal advocates and many others. No one listens and no one does a thing. That is why I am addressing this to you, Mr. President. It seems to me that you should be able to move this mountain that no one else seems to care about. You have a heart for God's furry children and you can save them from this hell. TX
Patti Mansfield
This petition closed over 5 years ago
So far we have not had any luck on getting this filthy, horrid place shut down. We have to get 100,000 signatures so it can be seen by the White House and, hopefully they will do something about...
So far we have not had any luck on getting this filthy, horrid place shut down. We have to get 100,000 signatures so it can be seen by the White House and, hopefully they will do something about this whole incident. It is a horrid situation for a great deal of dogs. You can put OAS in your FB search and go to a few sites to see the conditions of this concentration camp. This man is a psycho and is holding the dogs hostage. We do not understand how he is getting away with this. That is why I'd like to get enough signatures to go to the White House and then the world will be looking at us. We did get enough signatures that it is on the White House site now. These dog have no food, no water, are living in their own feces and urine, no heat so they are freezing, big holes in the walls of the so called sanctuary (like a trailor) they are housed in. They are also sick and dying. There is no refrigeration so when they do get food it is raw meat that has not been kept at the proper temperature and, therefore, it probably makes them very sick. They are in tiny crates filled with feces and filth where they cannot even move - stand up, sit down and no one takes them out to the bathroom so they go in their crates and sit in it. The howling and crying is horrible and the stench coming from the building is disgusting. The man who is supposed to be in charge only goes every few days and only spends a few minutes there and leaves. They are left for day with no human contact and no human there to feed them or water them. The owner has also used contributors money for his own gain and has not used it to improve the "sanctuary." There are rescues that have asked for their dogs back but he will not comply and will let no one inside.


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Subject: Gift Card Disclosures
Date: August 14, 2006
To: Chief Executive Officers and Compliance Officers of All National Banks, Department and Division Heads, and All Examining Personnel
Description: Guidance on Disclosure and Marketing Issues
As of November 20, 2013, this guidance applies to federal savings associations in addition to national banks.*
Purpose and Scope
This bulletin is intended to provide guidance to national banks on a number of disclosure and marketing issues presented by gift cards, so that national banks that issue gift cards do so in a manner in which both purchasers and recipients of gift cards are fully informed of the terms and conditions of the product.1
A gift card is a type of prepaid or stored value card that is designed to be purchased by one consumer (purchaser) and presented as a gift to a second consumer (recipient) 2. The terms and conditions of different gift card products can vary significantly, but gift cards are generally divided into two main categories: retail gift cards and bank-issued gift cards. A retail gift card is typically offered by a major retail, entertainment, or food service company, to be used at establishments owned and operated by that company. A bank-issued gift card is typically issued by a financial institution, carries the logo of a payment card network such as VISA, MasterCard, or American Express, and can be used at the various locations that accept cards from that network.3
A bank-issued gift card is typically a bank product, and not merely an arrangement through which a third party can facilitate the use of its product in a payment card network. When a gift card is a bank product, the consumer's agreement is with the bank, and the gift card and the related disclosures, the cardholder agreement, and other documentation will specifically identify the bank as the issuer of the card. In addition, the bank generally will establish and impose the fees and other terms associated with the card and control the net proceeds of such fees; will be the party with the financial responsibility to merchants that honor the card; and will hold for its own account, or for the account of the consumer, the pool of funds used to pay merchants when consumers present gift cards to pay for goods and services.4
Industry studies and media reports suggest that the gift card market is growing rapidly, and will continue to do so over the next several years. This rapid growth - together with the diversity of fees and other terms and conditions among different gift card products - shows that it is important for national banks that offer these products to adopt sound disclosure practices to help ensure that consumers understand the gift card products they are purchasing and using.
Consumer Disclosures
Because the purchaser and the recipient of a gift card typically are not the same person, gift cards present unique disclosure challenges. In particular, providing disclosures to a gift card purchaser may not be sufficient to avoid compliance and reputation risks related to misunderstanding by a recipient about material costs, terms, and conditions of the gift card. In these circumstances, the OCC expects national bank gift card issuers to take appropriate actions to ensure that critical information is provided in a form that is likely to be readily available to recipients, as well as purchasers, of gift cards. Accordingly, with respect to gift cards that are bank products, the OCC would expect to see the following disclosures:
Practices to Avoid
National bank gift card issuers should take appropriate steps to avoid engaging in marketing or promotional practices that could mislead a reasonable consumer about the terms, conditions, or limitations of the bank gift card product they are offering. For example, issuers should not advertise a gift card as having "no expiration date" if monthly service or maintenance fees, dormancy fees, or similar charges can consume the card balance and thereby have the same practical effect as an expiration date. Similarly, if such fees may consume the card balance before the stated expiration date for the card arrives, disclosures relating to that expiration date (other than the disclosure on the front of the card) should explain that possibility. Issuers also should generally avoid describing gift card products in terms suggesting that they are similar to gift certificates or other payment instruments with which consumers may be more familiar, or as products that carry federal deposit insurance when such insurance does not apply.
Questions concerning this bulletin may be directed to the Community and Consumer Law Division at (202) 649-5470 or to the appropriate supervisory office.
Julie L. Williams
1This bulletin is limited to particular disclosure matters relating to bank-issued gift cards. It does not address other supervisory issues relating to these products or to other types of "prepaid" or "stored value" card products.
2In this regard, gift cards differ from payroll cards, travel expense cards, and other types of prepaid card products that are not designed to be marketed as a gift from one consumer to another.
3As in the case of credit cards, bank-issued gift cards may be co-branded and offered through, or jointly with, a retailer or other company such as a retail shopping mall, but these cards generally have the same broad acceptability as other bank cards.
4In connection with the gift card, the bank would be subject to the prohibition against unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 USC 45(a)(1), and to all other requirements applicable to bank products.
5Some gift card issuers provide a simple chart, similar to a checking account register, for gift card recipients to use to track their purchases and remaining balances.
*References in this guidance to national banks or banks generally should be read to include federal savings associations (FSA). If statutes, regulations, or other OCC guidance is referenced herein, please consult those sources to determine applicability to FSAs. If you have questions about how to apply this guidance, please contact your OCC supervisory office.


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Wow, the Ford Explorer sure has changed. No longer a truck-based sport utility vehicle, the Explorer rides comfortably and is generously sized, with noticeable roominess.
Inside, the 2013 Explorer can be stocked with high-tech features, including a navigation system offering the most fuel-efficient route to your destination.
For 2013, the Explorer also has more safety features than ever and earned a top, five-out-of-five stars in federal government crash testing. And, with an optional, turbocharged four-cylinder engine helping the 2013 Explorer earn a government rating of 20 miles per gallon in city driving and 28 mpg on the highway, the Explorer ranks as the best large-sized SUV in highway fuel economy.
Pricing is on par with large SUVs that offer three rows of seats.
The seven-passenger, 2013 Explorer has a starting retail price of $31,995 (with destination charge) for a front-wheel drive model with 290-horsepower V-6 and automatic transmission. The 2013 Explorer with the fuel-efficient, turbocharged four cylinder costs about a thousand dollars more, and the turbo four is available only on front-wheel drive Explorers.
Competing SUVs include the 2013 Honda Pilot, which has a starting MSRP, including destination charge, of $30,350 for a front-wheel drive model with 250-horsepower V-6 and seating for up to eight. All-wheel drive 2013 Pilots start at $31,950.
Another competitor is the 2013 Dodge Durango, which has a starting MSRP, including destination charge, of $30,490 with rear-wheel drive and 290-horsepower V-6. All-wheel drive 2013 Durangos start at $32,690.
Note the Pilot is available with V-6 only, while the Durango is offered with choice of V-6 or 360-horsepower V-8.
No V-8 is offered for the Explorer any more. But a new-for-2013 Explorer Sport, with price starting at $41,675, gets the 365-horsepower, turbocharged V-6 that's in the performance Ford Taurus SHO sedan.
In 2000, the Explorer was the top-selling SUV in the United States, with annual sales of 400,000 or more. But highly publicized rollover crashes and questions about the Explorer's Firestone tires hammered sales, and competitors proliferated and benefited over the years.
Through 11 months of calendar 2012, for example, Explorer sales totaled 146,963.
Still, buyers wanting a competitively priced, roomy, domestically built SUV that's can pack in the safety and convenience features of a sedan will find much to like in the 2013 Explorer.
The Explorer now uses a more car-like platform for a nicer ride. It's the same one used in Ford's Flex crossover SUV, and it gave the test Explorer a compliant ride over road bumps and a bit of cushioned ride over sharp humps on an off-road trail.
Yes, the Explorer still is offered with a drive system for all four wheels, and the test Explorer, a Limited model that topped out at just over $47,000, included the easy-to-operate terrain management knob with settings for driving in snow, mud and sand.
But the Explorer no longer has a transfer case and locking differential for rugged off-roading.
Indeed, the test Explorer Limited seemed as luxurious as a luxury sedan -- except everyone sat high up from the pavement.
People in the front two seats had good views out above most other vehicles on the roads. But the driver has no real view of what's immediately ahead of the Explorer hood, which sits high and imposing. Likewise, the rearview camera and reverse sensing system were a must, as it was impossible to see if anything low was behind the Explorer.
The rear camera is standard on the pricey Limited and Sport models but is part of a $1,500 option package on the XLT trim model and not offered from the factory on the base Explorer.
But, Ford has added or offers a host of other safety items on the Explorer, including a first-ever front-passenger knee air bag to help keep the rider from slipping under the dashboard during a frontal collision.
Curtain air bags for the first two rows of seats also are standard, as is traction control with electronic Roll Stability Control that seeks to avert rollovers.
Then there are the optional rear inflatable seat belts for the two outboard passengers in the second row. This is where children typically ride, and these new belt-mounted air bags help distribute crash forces across a larger body area to reduce the potential for injury. There are no reported injuries from use of these belts. But some child safety seat manufacturers have advised caution in using these belts with child safety seats. Parents can consult child seat manufacturers for the seat they purchase.
Among the other safety items: the startling-at-first collision warning system that flashes red lights on the driver windshield if the system senses the Explorer may rear-end a vehicle ahead. Thankfully, Ford engineers include a control to allow drivers to tailor the spacing between cars to avoid frequent red-light warnings.
The 3.5-liter, double overhead cam V-6 in the tester worked smoothly with the six-speed automatic transmission to deliver power readily and steadily, despite the heft of the 4,700-pound Explorer.
The sensation isn't instantaneous, and 0 to 60 miles an hour takes a reasonable-for-an-SUV 8 seconds.
With a majority of the miles driven on city streets or dirt paths, the test Explorer Limited averaged 18 mpg, which is under the 19-mpg combined city/highway rating from the government. With a fuel tank holding 18.6 gallons, this amounted to a range of just 334 miles. The Durango's fuel tank holds 24.6 gallons, in comparison.
Consumer Reports magazine ranks the Explorer much worse than average for reliability.


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PRAIRIE GROVE – The District 46 school board went too far in what it discussed behind closed doors, an open government attorney said.
The board met nine times behind closed doors from Nov. 13, 2012, through April 23, 2013, as it dealt with a one-day teachers strike, a contentious April election and the exodus of district staff.
The minutes for six of those closed sessions were released at the board's last meeting earlier this month.
During those meetings, the school board discussed what should have been public policy decisions, including changes in the junior high's master schedule in light of declining enrollment and teacher retirements, and the reorganization of district positions, such as the curriculum assessment and learning coordinator, said Don Craven, an attorney for the Illinois Press Association.
The minutes were reviewed by the district's attorney before being released, and no questions or concerns were raised, Superintendent Lynette Zimmer said in an email.
Most of the items discussed over that time period fell under the employment and negotiation exemptions of the Open Meetings Act, she said.
The discussions on the master schedule and the curriculum assessment and learning coordinator positions fall under the employment exemption in the Open Meetings Act, she continued.
Zimmer did not return multiple emails or phone calls requesting further comment.
"It looks to me like they might be reading the exemptions a mite broadly," Craven said.
Public bodies can go behind closed doors to discuss appointment,
employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees under the state's Open Meetings Act.
Reorganizing a position or deciding whether to fill a vacancy do not fall into those categories, Craven said.
"There are concerns raised by these minutes," Craven said. "They're not the worst that I've seen, but there are clearly some points where they're going too far. They're talking about things in a closed session that are clearly policy issues. They should be discussed in open session."
Other conversations fall into gray areas where it's unclear whether a violation occurred due to the vagueness of the minutes, he said.
Minutes are kept by a board member who has been appointed board secretary, Zimmer said. Under District 46 school board policy, minutes include a "summary of the discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and a record of any votes taken."
"Minutes never tell the entire story, which is why closed sessions are audiotaped," Zimmer said in the email. "The tapes can be turned over to a judge if necessary."


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MANKATO, Minn.—A Minnesota State, Mankato, football coach facing child pornography counts is trying to get the charges dismissed.
The Mankato Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/U53zyM) that Todd Hoffner's attorney filed a request for dismissal in advance of a Wednesday hearing in Blue Earth County.
Hoffner was put on paid leave in August and charged with felonies after videos of his children were found on a university-issued cellphone. Prosecutors say the videos show the children dancing naked and touching themselves.
Attorney Jim Fleming says the videos are not child pornography. He and Hoffner's wife have called them innocent family moments.
Fleming already asked prosecutors to drop the charges, after officers found no child pornography on Hoffner's computers and county officials found no evidence of sexual abuse.
Hoffner has been volunteering with youth football.
Information from: The Free Press, http://www.mankatofreepress.com


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By JOHN FLOWERS
WEYBRIDGE — Vermont can anticipate around $125 million in federal stimulus money for transportation projects, and the state will need to commit $44 million of that money within 120 days of receiving its cut, local lawmakers reported on Monday.
By KATHRYN FLAGG
BRISTOL — Joel Bouvier and Garland "Chico" Martin square off next week on Bristol's Town Meeting Day in a race for a three-year seat on the town's selectboard.
NEW HAVEN — Middlebury pedestrians braving drab February weather may have glanced a spot of color and whimsy in one Main Street window this month.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
BRISTOL — The No. 7 Mount Abraham Union High School girls' basketball team took control early in Wednesday's first-round Division II playoff game against visiting No. 10 Woodstock, and the Eagles never trailed in a 60-39 victory.
By Andy Kirkaldy
Anyone out there object if we talk spring for a moment?
I didn't think so.
To start with, the Middlebury College lacrosse teams are already practicing and even scrimmaging. One news tidbit: Middlebury Union High School's own Gus Brakeley is assisting Coach Dave Campbell's men's team this year.
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Radio Frequency (RF) Jammers
The Basics of Cell Phone Jamming
Cell phones work by communicating with a service network through the utilization of cellular towers or base stations. Individual towers partition cities into small sections called cells. As a cell phone user traverses the cells in an area, the signal is passed from tower to tower.
Jamming devices take advantage of this fact by transmitting on the spectrum of radio frequencies used by cellular devices. Through its concurrent transmission, the jamming device is able to disrupt the two-way communication between the phone and the base station. This form of a denial-of-service attack inhibits all cellular communication within range of the device.
How It's Done
Through the transmission of a high power signal on the same frequency of a cell phone, the jamming device creates a competing signal that collides with, and, in effect, cancels out the cellular signal. Cell phones, which are designed to increase power in the case of low levels of interference, react to this interference. Consequently, jamming devices must be aware of any increases in power by the cellular device and match that power level accordingly.
As cellular telephones are full-duplex devices utilizing two separate frequencies (one for talking, one for listening where all parties to a call can talk at the same time as opposed to half-duplex walkie-talkies and CBs), any removal of one of these frequencies tricks the phone into thinking there is no cellular service. Consequently, the jammer need only block one of the frequencies.
The less complex jammers can only block a specific frequency group while the more complex jammers can block several different networks thus preventing dual- or tri-mode phones from switching to a different network with an open signal.


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For the past three years I've participated in the Paseo Colorado Chalk Festival in Pasadena. Sponsored by the Light Bringer Project (where proceeds go to art education in Pasadena classrooms and other community-based projects), the event is held in June on Father's Day weekend, where chalk artists work from sunrise until sundown on their murals. Artists can work individually, with a partner, or in a group on a mural that can be as large as 10 x 10 feet—but I've seen much larger:
The techniques used are amazing. Methods include priming the surface with a base layer, sketching, meticulous blending, painting ground chalk mixed with water, spraying down pulverized chalk, or other various combinations. Some participants take inspiration from the year's current events, pop culture, even masterpieces in local museums.
Every year there are always new ideas and new designs; some works are so seamlessly blended it's hard to believe they're done with chalk.
The Chalk Festival attracts several visitors, and while the large crowds and parking might be a detractor to some, here's an insider's advice: beat the summer heat and get there early on Sunday. The parking meters are free, and you can also catch the Pasadena Police Classic Car Show that runs concurrently with the Chalk Festival. If Dad wants to sleep in on his special day, you can always go at dusk: take advantage of the long summer days and see the murals in all their glory after the crowds have died down. But don't wait too long: the concrete gets washed clean the next day.


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It's not every year that the original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation gets showcased by the National Archives and Records Administration. To mark the 150th anniversary of the day President Lincoln signed it on Jan. 1, 1863, the agency's preservation and exhibit professionals offered the public a rare opportunity to glimpse the delicate and fading treasure—written on quotidian 19th-century stationery to free the enslaved persons in territory controlled by Confederate forces.
Turnout to enter the room just off the hall where the nation's charter documents are displayed seemed healthy, judging by the lines that snaked around from Washington's Constitution Avenue nearly to Pennsylvania Avenue. Archives officials reported Wednesday that visitors on Sunday, Dec. 30, numbered 1,909. The number spiked up to 4,381 on Monday, before easing down to 2,851 on Tuesday, the actual anniversary.
"We take very seriously the role of both protecting the critical and precious federal documents and making them accessible to the public," Archives spokeswoman Donna Garland told Government Executive. "We have thorough security screening of all visitors to the National Archives. That was not changed for this event. We did have additional security assigned to the document, but we also do this with featured document exhibits."
The agency stationed additional uniformed staff during the three-day showing, she added. "They were knowledgeable about the Emancipation Proclamation, so they served several purposes: keeping folks in line informed about the status of the wait, discussing the document and answering questions from visitors, and keeping the line moving near the document so that we could accommodate as many people as possible. "


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The topic of how goalie age affects on-ice performance came up again last week, first with a post from Steve Burtch over at PPP, followed by a response from Eric T. here at NHLNumbers. Although Steve's post was about the Leafs' quest for an average goalie, he made the observation that "the correlation between goaltender performance and age is nil." Eric's main critique was that the analysis did not take into account "survivorship bias," that is: only the better goalies actually manage to stick around into their late 30s, so this will bias the observed performance of older goalies upward.
In an effort to further the debate, I would like to propose a methodology that controls for "survivorship bias," as well as an alternative way to account for systemic changes in the game that might impact save percentages on the whole.
Controlling For Systemic Impacts
It is clear that over time changes to the game – be it rules, defensive strategies or even goaltending styles – have impacted the observed performance of goalies in the NHL. Overall league save percentage has risen by about 40 points from 0.873 when the NHL started tracking it in the 1983-84 season, to 0.914 in 2011-12. As stated, there are a variety of reasons for this, but that's not the point of this post. The point is that we can't just look at a given goalie's save percentage over his career without adjusting for this baseline increase across the league.
One way to do this is to measure how many standard deviations a particular goalie is away from the average of save percentage (SV%) of all goalies playing that season. This is a fair approach that should be able to weed out some of the statistical noise in averaging individual SV%. However, instead of averaging SV% I prefer to use overall league SV% as my baseline.
To do that, I calculate SV%(NHL) as (Total Shots Against – Total Goals Against) / Total Shots Against. To me, this properly weights the overal SV% in the league and eliminates the statistical noise that comes from averaging individual SV%.
Once this is done, we can simply index each goalie's SV% in a given year to the NHL SV% as a straight ratio, so for a given year:
SV% Indexed(year) = SV%(year)/NHL SV%(year)
So an index of 1.0 means you were right on the overall league save percentage, while an index greater than 1.0 puts you above the baseline.
I don't believe using standard deviations would result in dramatically different results. It would likely just tend to cluster the data a bit closer around the baseline.
Either way, this is the easy part. Lets see if we can tackle the issue of survivorship bias in the data.
Dealing With Survivorship Bias
I propose to deal with this problem by comparing the performance of goalies as they age not to the league SV%, but to their own performance. Survivorship bias arises because the sample of older age goalies essentially self-selects. So if only the better goalies survive to play into their late 30s, of course you would expect them to be better than the baseline NHL SV%.
But what if we compared goalies to themselves when they were younger? That should give us a true look at how performance changes as goalies age. I propose to do this as follows:
- Index each goalies' SV% to the baseline NHL SV% as per above.
- For each goalie, find the age at which they hit their peak SV%(index), set that year at 1.0 and index the rest of their career to that peak year.
So for a given goalie, their index will be 1.0 at the age that they performed the best in relation to the league baseline, and all other ages will show as some fraction < 1.0, unless they managed to hit that peak in multiple seasons. What this means is that even goalies that were never better than the league baseline will have a 1.0 index year. It may not have been stellar compared to the rest of the league, but it was their best year.
What this does is allow us to compare performance over a career regardless of individual skill differences. You can now compare how any goalie changes from their peak year over time.
Data Filters
One final bit of discussion before we get to the analysis. We need to filter some of the data so that we're looking at a representative sample for our purposes.
First, I want to thank Steve Burtch for the data set, which he sent me months ago when I first started looking a whether we could expect Luongo to maintain his performance level for a few more years. The data includes all NHL goalies going back to the 1990-91 season.
We need to limit the sample to goalies that had some longevity in the league, so I've set a minimum of 250 career games played to be considered. In addition, in any given season, I've set the minimum number of shots against at 750 in order to (a) ensure the SV% for that given season was based on a large enough sample, and (b) to further filter out the impacts from career back-ups that might have met the 250 GP minimum but didn't log more than 20 or 30 games in a season.
What this means is that although a given goalie might make the 250 GP cut-off, only their seasons with 750 or more shots against are included in the analysis.
Here's what the overall data sample looks like in terms of how many "seasons" are counted by goalie age:
What this tells us is that we shouldn't give too much value to the results for ages outside the 21-37 range. In fact, there are only nine seasons by 21 year olds, so even that value is suspect.
So with that in mind, let's get to the results.
The Impact Of Aging On Goalie Performance
When we plot this meta index by age, it's pretty clear that career performance peaks at 24-25 for goalies, on average. The decline is pretty steady through the late 20s, but it tends to plateau a bit after 30. The interesting thing for me, and for those wondering about whether Luongo still has a few good seasons left in him, is that this plateau stretches out to 37.
Interestingly enough, that's the age at which Patrick Roy decided to call it quits. Did he know what was coming?
I should note that In this case, error bars showing standard deviation would probably be useful. I chose to just go with mean and median, as a rough visual indication of variance, because the error bars would be a bit more distracting, but showing the standard deviation would better illustrate the uncertainty associated with the different sample sizes at each age, as per the bar chart above.
One caveat I would add to this analysis is that despite the indexing to try and make individual career performances comparable, these results are still in aggregate. The results for elite goaltenders will get diluted by the inclusion of everybody else, even with the data filters I've used.
So just for interest's sake, let's take a look at how some of the game's top goalies have fared.
Comparing Elite Goaltenders
For this, we'll go back to just the basic index of SV% to the NHL SV%, i.e. the NHL baseline for each year is 1.0, and if you're better than the baseline, your index is higher than 1.0.
How do Luongo and Lundqvist compare to Roy, Hasek and Brodeur? Pretty much on par:
Keep in mind that Hasek didn't really get a starting job until later in his career, and that Roy's earlies years aren't in the data set, which starts in 1990-91. But overall, Luongo and Lundqvist are basically in the Roy and Brodeur territory. Nobody is near Hasek from 29-34, though. He was miles ahead of the rest of the league during that period.
Based on the preceding analysis, I believe it's clear that goaltender performance does degrade with age and the peak is pretty early in most careers. But on average, most goalies can maintain a decent performance well into their 30s.
Barring any injury troubles, I would expect Luongo to maintain a similar performance plateau for another four years or so.
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Dear Benjamin Walsh
On the shelves of the Mary W. Runnells Rare Book Room at the Field Museum's library, there are 18 original letters written by Charles Darwin. They are part of Darwin's extensive correspondence and in 1948 the Museum received them as part of Benjamin D. Walsh's entomology library. Walsh, a British immigrant based in Illinois, was a self taught scientist who admired Darwin's theory of evolution. During his last five years of life, Walsh exchanged several letters with Darwin in which they shared personal stories as well as scientific findings. Thanks to the Library's efforts, these letters are now part of the Darwin Correspondence Project's digital archive.
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The killing was so shocking, so unexpected and so downright weird that it became a Texas Monthly magazine story and then a popular motion picture, "Bernie."
In 1996, beloved east Texas assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede — a darling to those who knew him around the town of Carthage — killed his closest confidant, a reclusive millionaire named Marjorie Nugent.
He was 38; she was 81. The soft-spoken Tiede hid her body in the freezer of her home and carried on for nine months as if she were still alive.
The story of how his secret unraveled, and how he was convicted of murder, was told in the 2011 movie starring Jack Black and directed by Richard Linklater.
The movie came out to favorable reviews, but Tiede was supposed to stay in prison.
That is, until now.
On Tuesday, Tiede walked free. A judge in Panola County recommended that his life sentence be reduced to time served and that he be released on $10,000 bond pending appellate court approval. She set a few conditions, including this one: Tiede will live in a garage apartment owned by Linklater.
"It's art imitating life, life imitating art — imitating murder!" said Skip Hollandsworth, the Texas Monthly writer whose story inspired the movie and who co-wrote the screenplay with Linklater. "In his very sort of easygoing way, [Linklater had] said he was trying to do some work on the Bernie case and see about getting him some representation, and I would listen and go, 'Come on. There's no way you're going to get Bernie a new trial.'"
Tiede, now 55, won't need a new trial, and the reason seems made for Hollywood.
"Start typing, because this story is so amazing," Hollandsworth said in a phone interview. "An attorney watches the screening of 'Bernie' the movie, Jodi Cole, when it comes out during its first screening in 2011. Linklater is at the screening. She walks up, hands him her card, says there's something about this case that doesn't make sense."
It's hard to find someone who didn't think the case was bizarre. Tiede befriended Nugent, reportedly Carthage's wealthiest widow, after handling her husband's funeral. Tiede was known as a sweetheart around town, who was often generous with gifts and conversation.
Eventually, his relationship with Nugent grew so close that Tiede began handling many of her affairs, to the point that she gave him approval to sign checks for her.
In the magazine and cinematic account of their relationship, however, Nugent became overbearing and hateful, with her personality smothering Tiede until one day he shot her four times in the back with her armadillo gun.
Tiede's defense at trial was that he snapped; the prosecution portrayed him as a conniving killer out for Nugent's riches. It probably didn't help Tiede's case that he continued to spend her money after he killed her.
But when Cole, the new attorney, reviewed the case, she discovered a small detail that would boost his defense: Tiede had a small collection of self-help books for victims of sexual abuse.
Cole and a therapist eventually got Tiede to acknowledge that he'd been repeatedly sexually abused as a child, which he'd been too embarrassed to tell his original defense team, according to Hollandsworth, who has been following the case. (Cole couldn't be reached for comment.)
When that revelation came to light — backed by a report from a defense psychiatrist who suggested that the killing was probably influenced by the abuse and that Tiede was vulnerable to toxic relationships — it would change the heart of the tough-talking, string-'em-up east Texas prosecutor who had put Tiede away for life.
"I looked at it and thought, you know, shrinks are a dime a dozen. [Now] I've got information we didn't have at the time of trial," said Dist. Atty. Danny Buck Davidson, who was played by a comically thick-drawling Matthew McConaughey in the movie. (Davidson said McConaughey's portrayal was accurate.)
"I tried the case as if he was a psychopath killer for money," Davidson said. "Now, I got this new information, thinking, 'Well, what do I do?' and I said, 'Well, I'll see what my psychiatrist thinks.'"
When the prosecution's psychiatrist — the same one who had examined Tiede before trial — agreed with the defense, Davidson changed his tune. "If you believe this, that 'prosecutors are the good guys,' and we're supposed to follow the truth no matter where it leads us in our quest for justice, [then it's our primary duty] to see that justice is done," Davidson said.
On Tuesday, Davidson told the judge in Panola County that he supported reducing Tiede's sentence to time served. On hearing that, Tiede reportedly broke down in tears. Then Linklater, who couldn't be reached for comment for this article, spoke in front of the court.
"Rick takes the stand today wearing a gray suit and tie, and I was thinking, 'Who has ever seen Rick in a suit?'" said Hollandsworth, who followed the proceedings by video. "And he says that he will let Bernie live in Austin in his garage apartment."
Tiede is to work as a legal clerk for Cole, the Texas Tribune reported. State District Judge Diane DeVasto ordered him not to speak to the media.
What had struck some observers most strange were the little old ladies who supported Tiede during his trial, even visiting him in jail. Many of them are dead now, and the movie turned much of Carthage against him, Davidson said — and Nugent's family isn't happy either.
"Everybody's mad as hell," he said. Then he added, "I'm just doing my job."


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This is a busy week at the State Department. We are hosting British Prime Minister David Cameron. And all of our Ambassadors from around the world are in town for the Global Chief of Mission Conference. Following up on Secretary Clinton's very successful Global Business Conference, I took the opportunity of inviting several of our Ambassadors visiting us here in Washington to a breakfast to discuss the President's National Export Initiative (NEI) -- which featured prominently in the Global Business Conference.
Even with a 7:30 a.m. start time, 14 U.S. Ambassadors from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates attended, together with Fred Hochberg (Ex-Im), Francisco Sanchez (Department of Commerce), Elizabeth Littlefield (OPIC), and Geoff Johnson (USTDA).
Our goal was to help those of us working on these issues in Washington to learn from the experiences of the Ambassadors and to have them learn from the experiences of one another. The lively discussion consisted primarily of the Ambassadors' sharing best practices and exchanging views on challenges in their countries.
Several Ambassadors described their efforts to look beyond major economic centers in their countries to other large cities that are increasingly serving as drivers for business and economic growth. Many also explained the importance they attached to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A number of Ambassadors explained the methods they were using to help new-to-market or new-to-export small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) gain a foothold in their countries.
Some of the suggestions focused on internal changes, such as setting up a "one team" approach at the embassy that breaks down interagency stovepipes ensuring that all economic officers at our missions are targeting our economic priorities. We also discussed how our Embassies could work more closely with business support organizations, such as local Chambers of Commerce, to further our economic objectives overseas -- including export promotion and attracting investment to the United States. One Ambassador pointed out that our coordination with these associations should go behind finalizing deals, but should also include jointly seeking policy reforms that would make it easier for U.S. companies to compete.
This conversation was just one of several we are having on how we move the President's National Export Initiative forward as a key part of Secretary Clinton's overall "Jobs Diplomacy" agenda. This was one more step in implementing a State Department and whole-of-government effort to boost exports, support high quality jobs for Americans, and broaden economic opportunities for larger and larger numbers of people throughout our country.
Related Content: White House Blog -- Celebrating Two Years of the President's National Export Initiative


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Colchester United manager Joe Dunne is confident his side can end their recent poor record against Notts County tonight.
The U's travel to Nottingham looking for their first win of the new League One season.
Colchester have not beaten the Magpies in their last five attempts and have lost on their last five visits to Meadow Lane.
However, Colchester's last three trips to the venue have come at the back end of the campaign - and Dunne thinks that could make a difference.
Dunne said: "Timing-wise, we're getting Notts County earlier in the season.
"When we've played them in previous times, they've been at crucial times where we've been trying to stay in the league.
"But there's a freshness in that it's the start of the season and the pitch will be good, which will make a difference.
"Shaun (Derry) has worked hard on his squad in the summer.
"He's maybe had to make one or two decisions, based on injury and squad selection.
"Our focus will be to go there and win.
"They're like us I suppose in the sense that in order to take the next step, they need stability.
"They've had a go at it over recent years, in terms of ownership and managers.
"I think with Shaun there now, they have someone in charge who is passionate about the club.
"He did a tremendous job last season to keep them in the league and it really was the great escape.
"We know what that's like.
"The game gives them an opportunity to bounce back from their home defeat against Fleetwood."
For a three-page preview of Colchester's game at Notts County, see Tuesday's Daily Gazette.


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Not a bad day for collecting. On the hunt today I found Star Wars Black and new Marvel Universe figures on the shelves. More pics below!
First up, Star Wars Black, which look great in the packaging. I've never collected a figure and kept it in the box but these are tempting. They look like gourmet chocolate bars…
The Luke was found at a Toys "R" Us, but Biggs was picked up at a nearby Target, so keep a look out for these at both stores.
The new wave of Marvel Universe figures were found at Target only. One Toys "R" Us that I visited had gotten a fresh case of the Hercules wave, they brought out the box for me. That got my hopes dashed of seeing the newer wave until 10 minutes later when I went to Target…
The back of the card shows Black Suit Spider-Man as part of this wave, and the other figures also have older figures pictured on the card back as part of this wave. The shelf reflected this, as I saw all the figures pictured on the pegs except Rhino. It was also interesting that the older figures had updated card backs to fully integrate them into the wave.
Also of note is the character saying "Collect them all!" Obviously different from previous waves, as is usually the case, but I have no idea who that is. Anybody?
I wasn't sure if I wanted the new Cap sculpt, but I was so happy to finally get new figures after a dry-spell I decided to go for it. He's a nice looking figure, recommended for those on the fence.
A very good toy hunting day indeed. I love days like this, the only downside being I'm pretty much caught up until who knows when. Good luck and happy hunting!
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looks like the cardback character is the caveman from Thunderbolts? No clue on name. (Ogre???)
and wasn't SW Black supposed to be 6″ scale? or is there two scales to this sub-line?
The 'collect them all' character on the back of this wave is Troll from (the last incarnation of) The Thunderbolts.
(Someone at Hasbro must be a huge T-Bolts fan, they're getting a ton of love right now…)
nice haul love how they did mysterio and have to agree the character saying collect them all is troll either that or wolfbane needing a trim. but its troll the star wars black look interesting given how hasbro had vowed to only keep star wars one size
Interesting how you phrased your recommendation for Cap, as I am on the fence about him. I saw him once and passed, as all those friction held pieces seem to stand out so wide; plus I'm sure keeping them lined up will be a pain, but I'd love to hear your thoughts once you break him loose. Could you post some loose pics, too? Cheers!
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SOCORRO, N.M., August 8, 2002 -- New Mexico Tech's main library building will officially be designated as the "Joseph R. Skeen Library" at dedication ceremonies scheduled for 5 p.m. on Monday, August 19, on the university campus.
The public and the news media are invited to attend the event, which will take place in front of the library on the northeast corner of the New Mexico Tech campus.
The New Mexico Tech Board of Regents voted earlier this year to name the university's 54,000-square-foot, three-story library building in honor of U.S. Representative Joe Skeen (R-NM) for his longstanding support and contributions to the United States, the State of New Mexico, and New Mexico Tech.
Congressman Skeen and an entourage of his staff, family, friends, and closest supporters are scheduled to attend the dedication and reception, as are some of Skeen's congressional colleagues, including Rep. Jerry Lewis of California (R-Calif.).
Other dignitaries attending the dedication of the Skeen Library will include New Mexico Tech administrators, state and local officials, and a host of other well-wishers.
Skeen announced earlier this year that he would not seek re-election and was retiring from his congressional seat after more than 22 years of service in the elected post. He was first elected in 1980 after a write-in campaign, becoming only the third person in U.S. history to win a seat in Congress without actually being on the ballot.
Last month, Skeen announced that he will make his Congressional and campaign papers available to the public when he leaves office at the end of this year by housing them at the Skeen Library on the New Mexico Tech campus in Socorro. (See


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Maine lost an ardent voice for the arts Thursday with the death of Philip M. Isaacson of Lewiston, who also was a long-tenured lawyer, a dedicated public servant and one of the state's best-dressed men.
Isaacson, 89, critiqued visual art exhibitions for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram for almost 50 years, pursued his passion for art as a professional photographer, and advocated for funding for the arts during his tenure as chairman of the Maine Arts Commission.
"His was a critical voice and a supportive voice of Maine arts and artists," said Bruce Brown, curator emeritus of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport and a longtime friend of Isaacson. "I've always felt his work encouraged the public to want to go out and experience what he has experienced. He was a leader, telling his readers, 'Get out on the town and have a look at what is going on.' That was a key role for him."
Isaacson suffered a stroke Tuesday morning while preparing to go to work, and slipped into a coma. He died in hospice care Thursday afternoon in Auburn. Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday at Temple Shalom in Auburn.
Isaacson practiced law in Lewiston for most of his adult life, specializing in corporate law as a founding partner of the firm Isaacson Raymond.
"He was my mentor," said Ronald L. Bissonnette, one of the firm's partners. "I have been with him for 30 years, and he taught me everything. He was a wonderful teacher and very generous."
Isaacson was ingrained in the daily life of Lewiston. He grew up in the city, got most of his education in its public schools, completed his undergraduate studies at Bates College, and returned to the city after he earned his degree from Harvard Law School. He held an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Bates College, and a Doctor of Fine Arts from Bowdoin College in Brunswick.
Isaacson joined his father's law practice in Lewiston, and later began his own. He served on many municipal boards, and delighted in walking around the city. Although he had many opportunities to leave Lewiston, he always chose to stay.
"He was intensely loyal," said his son Thomas. "He inspired it in others, and insisted on it in himself. He would have viewed leaving Lewiston as an act of disloyalty to the city and to his parents."
In addition to art, Isaacson was passionate about architecture. In 1961, he and his wife, Deborah, built a modern home blocks from the Bates campus. The house drew national attention when the American Institute of Architects named it one of America's outstanding homes.
Isaacson worked tirelessly for its inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, a distinction he won in 2012. Its functional, modern design emphasized outdoor living and open interior spaces, and reflected his sensibilities for architecture.
He frequently wrote about architecture, and dedicated much of his photographic energy into shooting buildings he admired. One such photograph, taken in India, is part of the permanent collection at the Portland Museum of Art.
"He never went anywhere without his tripod," said June Fitzpatrick, a Portland gallery owner who showed his work. "Phil was a very, very good photographer. He would go anywhere and everywhere for that one photograph, which was usually architectural. The last place he went was Uzbekistan. Alone. There was one building he wanted to photograph, so he went to Uzbekistan."
Isaacson's daughter, Elizabeth, said her father loved to travel, and chose trips to exotic places. He was scheduled to go on a walking tour of Ethiopia next spring.
"His trips were always rigorous. He never went anywhere easy," she said.
Isaacson was as well known for his elegant clothes as for his photos and writing. He frequently wore a bow tie, and rarely went out in public without paying careful attention to his dress and grooming, Fitzpatrick said.
"He always looked like he was going to a business meeting," she said.
Isaacson was an avid outdoorsman. He trekked to the base of Mount Everest in the 1980s, climbed Mount Ranier in Washington around the same time, and took many hikes and climbs across the White Mountains. For his 85th birthday, he and his family climbed Mount Washington.
A dedicated skier, Isaacson often took long lunch breaks to ski at Sunday River, said his son John. This past winter, as in most years, he flew to Colorado to ski the Rockies.
As word of Isaacson's condition spread this week, friends from across the state reflected on his life and his role in creating a 50-year conversation about art and architecture in Maine.
He began his newspaper column in 1964, and it continued in the Maine Sunday Telegram until his death. For his next assignment, he was scheduled to review the new Lunder Pavilion at the Colby College Museum of Art.
Edgar Allen Beem, who writes about arts in Maine, once called Isaacson the most cultured man in the state.
"He had impeccable taste in everything from art and architecture to apparel, he wrote elegantly yet modestly, he lived in one of the best Modernist homes in Maine, he was politically progressive and personally charming," Beem wrote in an email. "I call him the dean of Maine art critics not just because he has been writing about art longer than anyone in Maine or because he wrote so well for Maine's premier newspaper. I call him the dean of Maine art critics simply because he was.
"He was writing long enough to have evolved several times over from a cheerleader for contemporary art, which was what was needed in the 1960s and 1970s, to a thoughtful commentator on the art scene who had a long visual memory. Phil Isaacson was a fine writer, photographer and attorney, but more importantly, he was a wonderful human being. He was well loved and he will be long missed."
Rod Harmon, deputy managing editor for features at the Press Herald/Telegram, called Isaacson "the consummate professional who could write about any genre of art with an expert's eye, but also in a way that a layman could understand. He had the unique talent of making you feel as if you were in the gallery alongside him as he described the work on display. His voice, and his talent, will be sorely missed."
A former editor, Jane Lord, said she felt "privileged to have known him. … What a huge loss."
Brown said that when he was curator at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, he would watch Isaacson when he visited the gallery and try to read his reaction to the work, to gauge the tenor or tone of the upcoming review. But Isaacson rarely gave his opinion away until it came out in print.
"I was always amazed — he would come into the gallery, look around carefully but not ponder forever. He would jot a few notes down, and then go home and concentrate and was able to write eloquently and fluently about what he experienced," Brown said.
Dan Mills, director of the Bates College Museum of Art, met Isaacson soon after the former arrived at Bates, three years ago. During his transition to Lewiston, Mills lived in a college-owned house just down the street from Isaacson.
On his first New Year's Eve in Lewiston, Mills attended a party hosted by Isaacson. He was impressed with the meal — Isaacson served goose — and the house. "It was full of wonderful books and collections of interesting things, including oceanic weapons and folk baskets and photographs," he said.
Mills said the Bates community will miss Isaacson for his support and commitment to the college.
"He was a great, good friend of the college and the museum, and has been so for a long time," Mills said. "I've been here only three years, and I think he came to just about everything. He was very social, and just a terrific guy, very smart and witty and self-deprecating."
Mark Bessire, director of the Portland Museum of Art and a former director of the Bates museum, called Isaacson Maine's Renaissance man.
"He has made the cultural world of Maine a wonderful place to be and helped all of us realize the potential of art to speak so many languages and impact so many lives," Bessire said.
Perhaps no one appreciated Isaacson's support more than the artists whose work he championed. Claire Seidl of Rangeley benefited from a half-dozen Isaacson reviews over the years, including a recent one for her exhibition at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.
"He was one of the first critics that liked my paintings and photographs together," she said. "He seemed to accept both, understand both and not question me or anyone what the connection was. That's pretty commendable."
As a writer and a critic, his greatest trait was his ability to speak about art in everyday terms, Seidl said.
"He didn't use art-speak," she said. "He was very clear in what he had to say."
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