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Terminator Salvation (2009)
Terminator Salvation Synopsis
Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.
Terminator Salvation Release Date
In Theaters May 21, 2009
Terminator Salvation Credits
Starring: Josh Brolin, Christian Bale, Helena Bonham Carter, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Common
Written By: John Brancato, Michael Ferris, David C. Wilson
Directed By: McG
Produced By: Victor Kubicek, Derek Anderson, Moritz Borman
MPAA Rating: [ PG-13 ]
Distributor: Warner Brothers
External Info: Terminator Salvation Official Website
Running Time: 130 min.
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Avatar And Star Trek Compete For Effects Oscar
Even though at this point, it seems all but certain Avatar will win it, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this morning that there are now officially seven eligible movies
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Bill Murray Headbutted McG For All Of Us
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Police said a patient being transported by an ambulance jumped out and stole a different ambulance for a joyride Saturday morning.
Police said Darren Ethedge, 31, of northeast Washington, was high on PCP and was being transported by a DC Fire EMS ambulance at 9:30 a.m. Saturday when the vehicle got into a minor crash in the 300 block of Florida Avenue, Northeast. As is protocol, a second ambulance wass called to transport the patient.
When the second ambulance arrived, Ethedge jumped out of the back of the first ambulance and into the driver's seat of the second. He sped off with police in chase.
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The pursuit ended at Mount Olivet Road and Brentwood Parkway where police ordered him out of the ambulance. He was arrested and is expected to be charged with theft of the vehicle.

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If Chestnut Hill news had a theme this year, it would be zoning debate. From the Fresenius dialysis center at Winston Road and Moreland Avenue to the Green Woods Charter School proposal for Chestnut Hill Avenue to the Magarity Ford site and on up to Chestnut Hill College, Chestnut Hill has seen some pretty big disputes about how best to develop property.
Last week, City Council passed new zoning legislation that will dramatically change the way developers address zoning and the way in which civic associations have a voice in the process.
The latter part of that last sentence has been a cause for alarm in Chestnut Hill for nearly two years now. The worry is that the Chestnut Hill Community Association's process will be put in jeopardy.
The CHCA's current process uses the Zoning Board of Adjustment's variance process as leverage. Whenever a developer or property owner needs a variance, he or she is told to solicit the local civic association for support.
The CHCA has used that practice to require all variance applicants to submit to its review process, which includes the Development Review Committee, the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee, Traffic Transportation and Parking, Aesthetics and a Historic District Advisory Committee that is part of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society.
That process allows the CHCA to give everything from major projects to fence installations a thorough vetting and allows neighbors to have a say, too. It also slows down the average application, as the process requires at the very least one month of review, but often takes two.
Now that the code has been approved – though it will not take effect for eight months, meaning there is an opportunity still for tweaks – the old tried and true CHCA process will likely have to change. And by change, the CHCA is likely to lose some control of the process and have less leverage.
Although many in the CHCA have expressed concern about the erosion of the process, perhaps it's not the worst thing to happen to the CHCA.
First, to be clear, although the CHCA process is often long and seems at times infuriatingly redundant, the people who make up the CHCA's committees, particularly the LUPZ, are a group of dedicated and professional architects that provide the kind of service you'd have to pay millions to get. The amount of work-hours put in and the professionalism by volunteers like Joyce Lenhardt and Larry McEwen is remarkable. I can't imagine any community that has a more capable group of people perusing its zoning applications.
The process of reviewing zoning, however, puts the CHCA and its committee volunteers in the interesting dilemma of acting like government, which is not the most enviable position to be in, especially when the decisions impact your near neighbors. The opinions of the LUPZ, DRC and CHCA are advisory, but they carry weight. And they also carry the likelihood that you'll upset or alienate a group of people that you would also very much like to participate through CHCA membership.
A case in point is the recent Bowman Properties/Magarity Ford decision. The CHCA appears to have made the best overall planning decision. The investment Bowman is putting into the site is larger than anything you could reasonably hope to attract to the property. Nearly every professional planner I've spoken to says the project is the right move. It might not be perfect, but it's a solid planning decision that makes sense for the community.
In making that decision, however – whether it's right or wrong – the CHCA is left to deal with the fact that it sided against 600 Hillers who signed a petition in opposition to the project. That's 600 Hillers who may be a harder sell to join the CHCA or participate in its events.
There's no question that the zoning process of the CHCA has been a big net gain for Chestnut Hill. It's architects, planners and other volunteers have spent countless hours working to manage progress and preserve the neighborhood's character at the same time. Yet, more and more, the CHCA has been put in the no-win position of needing to take a side. It doesn't matter what side it takes – right or wrong – every time it takes a side it has to face a group of people upset by the decision.
Perhaps the new zoning code will take a lot of that decision-making power away from the CHCA and centralize zoning decisions downtown.
Perhaps that won't be the worst thing that's ever happened to the CHCA.
Pete Mazzaccaro


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Dana Milbank: Romney holds his own
Fifteen minutes into Wednesday night's debate in denver, Mitt Romney politely called the president of the United States a liar.
After President Obama accused his GOP rival of seeking to cut taxes on the wealthy -- a stock line for the incumbent, and basically accurate -- Romney deftly returned fire. "Look, I got five boys," he said. "I'm used to people saying something that's not always true, but just keep on repeating it and ultimately hoping I'll believe it. But that is not the case, all right?"
His chances slipping away in Ohio and other key points on the electoral map, Romney needed something -- anything -- to change the trajectory of a race that has turned against him. It was his best chance to alter the narrative of the contest and, with tens of millions of Americans watching, Romney gave one of the strongest performances of his campaign.
He said Obama picks "losers" with his energy policy, and he accused the president of being naive to the ways of corporate America: "Look, I've been in business for 25 years. I have no idea what you're talking about." He went on to accuse Obama of decimating Medicare, of not meeting his promises to cut the deficit and of neglecting the unemployed.
Romney went into the exchange benefiting from low expectations. Polls found that by nearly 2 to 1, Americans expected Obama to best Romney in the debate. That meant Romney would do well just by holding his own.
By that standard, Romney certainly succeeded. While Obama's answers were often lengthy and ponderous, Romney went a long way to defeat the impression that he is wooden and awkward. His attacks on the president were respectful but deft. He joined Obama deep in the weeds of policy and demonstrated a command of substance, even if he didn't divulge much new about his policies. At times he sounded downright human -- and even (can it be?) funny.
"I'm sorry, Jim," Romney said to the moderator, PBS' Jim Lehrer. "I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS. ... I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too. But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it."
It's not clear whether any of this is enough to shake up the race. Obama's performance was lackluster, but he left the stage without having committed any major mishaps. He inexplicably refrained from pressing Romney on his biggest vulnerabilities, such as his income taxes and his "47 percent" remark, but Obama did force his rival to defend his proposals, which Obama said would "double down on the top-down economic policies that helped to get us into this mess."
Perhaps the best reason for Obama to be hopeful about reaction to the debate: The 90 minutes were so substantive and solid, with so many numbers and such lengthy dissections of policy disagreements, that many viewers may have found it dull -- and therefore may not have noticed Romney cleaning Obama's clock.
Romney, who reportedly had difficulty sleeping earlier in the week, was perspiring on his upper lip and chin. At times he sounded pedantic as he pleaded with the moderator and tried to enforce the rules: "Jim, the president began this segment, so I think I get the last word, so I'm going to take it, all right?"
But he sounded at ease as he joked about the debate occurring on Obama's 20th wedding anniversary ("I'm sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine, here with me"). And the "zingers" his aides had promised were delivered smoothly. "The president has a view very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago, that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more -- if you will, trickle-down government -- would work," he said.
The challenger increasingly got under Obama's skin, and later in the debate it was the president quarreling with the moderator: "I had five seconds before you interrupted me."
The debate proceeded, from the economy to the debt, to health care and to education, but Romney ended where he began. "You're entitled to your own airplane and your house but not your own facts," he told Obama as the debate wound down.
If Obama wishes to keep that airplane and house, he'll have to do better than he did in Denver.
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SWIMMING AND DIVING - The Lady Bronc swimmers and divers will host a meet with Riverton and Cody and it will be the Lady Bronc's last home action of their season.
Head coach Brent Moore says it's going to be a big day for the Lady Broncs Friday. And he says they've had a great year so far and are looking forward to a strong finish.
The numbers in the program have really grown as 25 girls are in pool this year and Moore says that has been a huge factor in the team's success this fall.
And moving forward they'll finish the regular season Saturday at an invitational in Gillette then to the conference meet next week in Riverton.
LADY BRONC VOLLEYBALL - In other Homecoming action this week the Lady Bronc volleyball team will host Laramie Friday night the varsity match is scheduled for 5:30. They will play Cheyenne South at home Saturday at 12:30.
X-COUNTRY - The Bronc and Lady Bronc cross country teams are taking a week off to prepare for the conference and state championship meets.
BRONC FOOTBALL - The Sheridan Bronc football team will host Laramie Friday we will have the game live for you on 14-10 KWYO and 87.7 ESPN radio. The First Federal savings bank pregame show will start at 6:30 with kickoff at 7:00.
ACT and Sheridan college will also join us to bring you the live webcast on line at sheridanmedia.com and cable channel 21.
EAGLES FOOTBALL - It's Homecoming at Tongue River high school as well Friday the Eagles football team will host Newcastle and we will have it live on KWYO and 87.7 ESPN radio kickoff at 1:00.
TR VOLLEYBALL - The Tongue River Lady Eagles volleyball team will host Wright Friday the varsity match is schedule for 6:00 they host Moorcroft Saturday at 3:00..
RAMS FOOTBA;LL - The Big Horn Rams look to remain unbeaten this week, the 5-0 Rams play at Moorcroft Friday
BH VOLLEYBALL - The Big Horn Lady Rams have matches at Buffalo tomorrow and travel to Moorcroft Friday, Saturday they play at home against Thermopolis.
SC VOLLEYBALL - The Sheridan college Lady Generals will play at Casper college tomorrow night and host Northwest college Friday at 7:00. Next week Thursday and Friday they will host matches with Central and Western Wyoming.
WYOMING COWBOYS - The Wyoming Cowboys are back in action after an off week they play at Nevada Saturday. You can hear the game on 14-10 KWYO and 87.7 ESPN radio broadcast time is at 4:00 with kickoff at 5:00.
DENVER BRONCOS - The Denver Broncos play at New England Sunday afternoon we will have the game live on KWYO and 87.7 FM broadcast time is at noon with kickoff at 2:25.


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AN INDEPENDENT Scotland would not be able to clear nuclear weapons from its military bases and remain in Nato, one of Britain's leading defence experts has warned.
As the SNP debates a U-turn that could see Alex Salmond's party dropping its long-standing opposition to being a member of the international defence pact, Professor Malcolm Chalmers has claimed that signing up to the organisation would mean the Trident submarine fleet and its nuclear warheads being kept in Scotland for possibly decades to come.
In a paper commissioned by Scotland on Sunday, Chalmers, the defence policy director of the Royal United Services Institute, stated that the SNP's anti-nuclear stance would be "hard to square" with an independent Scotland accepting Nato's commitment to a nuclear alliance. A separate Scottish government might have to allow the UK's nuclear deterrent to remain based in Scotland if it wanted to remain within the military group.
Chalmers' analysis suggests the SNP government now has a difficult choice to make in the run-up to the independence referendum planned for 2014 as leaving Nato would be unpopular with many grassroots members.
A recently-published survey exposed deep fault lines in the party when it found that more than half of the membership opposed the long-held view that an independent Scotland should withdraw from Nato.
The policy's unpopularity with members and the public at large has now led to the SNP preparing to rethink its Nato position. The SNP defence spokesman Angus Robertson has said the party is "looking at the policy options" on the Nato treaty.
In his paper, Chalmers also warned that, after independence, Scotland would struggle to fly combat aircraft, could not afford new frigates and submarines and would see lucrative defence contracts move to England.
With a defence budget of around £2 billion, Chalmers cautioned that with just one new aircraft costing around £100 million, an independent Scotland could be forced to stop flying combat planes. He also questioned whether a separate UK would retain a "foreign" airbase in Scotland.
His analysis, which is published today on the Scotland on Sunday website, also said that an independent Scotland could not afford to maintain any of the seven Astute class nuclear-powered submarines that are supposed to come into service at Faslane over the next decade.
He argued that it would "not make sense" for Scotland to acquire any of the new Type 26 frigates due to enter service in the 2020s, most of which are scheduled to be built on the Clyde – resulting in job losses.
On the central issue of Nato, Chalmers highlighted other political dangers should Scotland choose to leave the organisation. He said the existing SNP policy of withdrawal would be faced with "hostile" US opinion and would make it difficult for Scotland to maintain relations and technical co-operation with the UK armed forces.
In his paper, Defence In An Independent Scotland, he also claimed that withdrawal would result in neighbouring Nato countries becoming wary of Scottish attempts to "free-ride" on their security protection.
Chalmers believes that signing up to Nato would create its own problems for a party that has always opposed nuclear weapons. He wrote: "There would be a fundamental inconsistency in accepting the role of nuclear weapons in Nato's security, but demanding their rapid removal from one's own national territory."
According to Chalmers, Scotland would be under pressure to delay the removal of Trident until agreement could be reached with the UK. Chalmers gave the examples of Ireland, which saw Royal Navy ships in Irish ports for 17 years after independence in the 1920s, and the Russian fleet which will be stationed in Sevastopol until 2042, even though the Ukraine gained independence in 1991.
"Recent historical precedent suggests that they [nuclear weapons] could remain for some considerable period of time, likely to be measured in decades rather than years," Chalmers wrote.
He warned it will be "much more difficult or perhaps politically impossible" to find another place to store the nuclear warheads currently stationed at Coulport.
Last night, the SNP said its long-standing policy was for Scotland to be a member of the Partnership for Peace – like Sweden, Austria, Finland and Ireland – which provides for defence co-operation between Nato and non-Nato countries.
Robertson said: "An independent Scotland will not have unwanted, unneeded and hugely expensive Trident nuclear weapons based in Scottish waters. We will be able to decide Scotland's own defence priorities."
Last night, Labour's shadow defence secretary, Jim Murphy MP, said: "This is a devastating critique of the SNP's position on defence. Scots deserve to know how big our armed forces would be, how would the shipyards stay open, how many navy ships Scotland would have, what happens to the RAF, our membership of Nato and our role on the UN Security Council – before the referendum, not after."


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The Department of Consumer Affairs, Consumer Information Center (CIC), has received complaint calls about plastic piping constructed of polybutylene. A class action lawsuit is pending at the federal court level to address problems associated with these plastic pipes. Consumers should contact the Consumer Plumbing Recovery Center, an organization that takes calls relating to the class action lawsuit.
Criteria for current claims filed with the "Consumer Plumbing Recovery Center" are:
Interior Pipes that are:
- In homes built between 1978 and 1992
- Pipes that are gray or black (not including copper, galvanized or polyvinyl chloride (PVC, etc.)
Exterior Pipes that are:
- In homes built in 1978 and 1992
- Pipes that are blue (not including copper, galvanized, polyvinyl chloride (PVC, etc.)
The Consumer Plumbing Recovery Center administration facility for polybutylene plumbing claims, assists in determining whether a consumer has polybutylene plumbing pipes, provides information about problems related to current leaks in outside water lines, explains how to file a new claim and provides the status of claim eligibility forms, and existing claims.
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Twins to make roster additions
The Minnesota Twins announced today that they will recall infielder Eduardo Escobar, outfielder Chris Parmelee, left-handed pitcher Scott Diamond and right-handed pitchers Michael Tonkin and Cole De Vries from Triple-A Rochester. Additionally, the Twins have selected the contracts of catcher Eric Fryer and right-handed pitcher Shairon Martis from Rochester. To make room on the Twins 40-man roster right-handed pitcher Samuel Deduno and outfielder Wilkin Ramirez have been transferred from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL.
Escobar began the season with the Twins and appeared in 55 games, hitting .214 (28-for-131) with two doubles, two triples, three home runs and nine RBI. Since being optioned to Rochester in July, Escobar appeared in 43 regular season games, hitting .307 (51-for-166) with 16 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 27 RBI.
Parmelee began the season with the Twins and appeared in 83 games, hitting .223 (54-for-242) with 12 doubles, eight home runs and 20 RBI. Since being optioned to Rochester in July, Parmelee appeared in 45 regular season games, hitting .231 (40-for-173) with 13 doubles, one triple, three home runs and 22 RBI.
Diamond made 20 starts for the Twins this season, going 5-10 with a 5.52 ERA (107.2 IP, 66 ER), with 31 walks and 45 strikeouts. In six regular season starts for the Red Wings, he went 4-0 with a 2.41 ERA (41.0 IP, 11 ER) with nine walks and 19 strikeouts.
Tonkin appeared in two games for the Twins this season, pitching 2.1 scoreless innings of relief (allowing three unearned runs) with one walk and two strikeouts. Tonkin appeared in 52 regular season games between Rochester and Double-A New Britain, recording 21 saves, while posting a 3.47 ERA (57.0 IP, 22 ER), with 16 walks and 66 strikeouts.
De Vries made a combined 16 starts between four stops in the minors this season, going 4-6 with a 4.96 ERA (78.0 IP, 43 ER), 15 walks and 45 strikeouts. He has a career record of 5-5, 4.11 ERA (87.2 IP, 40 ER) with 18 walks and 58 strikeouts with the Twins.
Fryer, who will wear uniform number 54, appeared in 65 games for the Red Wings this season and hit .215 (43-for-200), with 11 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 31 RBI. The Ohio native appeared in six games with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2012.
Martis, who will wear uniform number 64, appeared in 42 games (3 starts) for the Red Wings, he went 2-4 with a 4.26 ERA (80.1 IP, 38 ER), with 31 walks, 65 strikeouts and 11 saves. He last pitched in the majors with Washington in 2008 and 2009.


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AUSTIN — The Senate, fending off criticism that lawmakers are spending too much, approved a two-year, $197 billion budget Saturday.
Leaders stressed their spending plan would not raise taxes and would keep $8 billion set aside for emergencies, while helping public schools, state universities, military veterans, abused children and the mentally ill.
The state is growing so fast that it adds 80,000 students to public schools each year and wears out roads and strains water supplies, said Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock.
"You can't do that on the same amount of money you spent last year," said Duncan, a key budget writer.
Senators approved, 27-4, the budget compromise hammered out with the House committee. Voting no were staunch conservatives Brian Birdwell of Granbury, Donna Campbell of New Braunfels, Dan Patrick of Houston and Ken Paxton of McKinney, all Republicans.
"I don't believe it holds true to the fiscally conservative model that has put our state on a path to prosperity," Campbell said.
The House is expected to vote on the budget bill Sunday.
The 2014-15 budget doesn't include another $2.7 billion that could be spent over the next two years. It is in a separate bill, which could reach both chambers Sunday, and $2 billion of the spending comes from the rainy day fund and would only be spent if voters this fall approve a constitutional amendment creating a water-infrastructure bank.
The amendment also awaits lawmakers' final signoff Sunday.
Since Friday, anti-tax and fiscal hawk groups have escalated their criticism of the proposed budget.
"Texans will be shocked to learn of the details," said Chuck DeVore, vice president for policy of the free market-oriented Texas Public Policy Foundation.
He chided lawmakers for not meeting Gov. Rick Perry's push for $1.8 billion in tax cuts.
Michael Quinn Sullivan, head of the limited government group Empower Texans, took to Twitter to lament lawmakers' last-minute move to undo a school payment delay with rainy day dollars.
The move allowed lawmakers to put back $887 million of school cuts made two years ago, and freed up a like amount for tax cuts.
"In their rush to spend every penny, it appears [lawmakers are] trying to pay some bills twice. Irresponsible," Sullivan wrote.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, said the budget "struck a good balance" between the two political parties and the state's diverse regions.
"Some of the most vocal critics from the extreme right … don't do math very well," he said. "We probably need to take them back to school and teach them how to count."
He and Duncan stressed the budget would increase spending of state and federal money by 3.7 percent over the current cycle, not the 26 percent that DeVore claimed Friday. Liberal budget analyst Eva DeLuna Castro of the Center for Public Policy Priorities said the spending growth figure is more like 7 percent, after various accounting shifts.
Williams said he's been vilified in some emails as "a horrible big-spending liberal — some have said a socialist."
Sen. Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, said he'd been called "a liberal, godless heathen" for supporting the budget.
"Some of our biggest critics about this budget are people who … have never had to make a payroll," said Deuell, a family physician. "They don't understand the details."
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Harvard will face Cornell in a rematch of the 2011 Ivy League Championship Series Friday (Gil Talbot).
The Particulars
The Harvard softball team kicks off its Ivy League schedule with doubleheaders at Cornell Friday and at Princeton Saturday. The matchup with the Big Red is a rematch of last year's Ivy League Championship Series, where Harvard posted two shutouts to take the 2011 league crown.
Last Time Out
Walks proved to be the downfall for Harvard in its home opener as the Crimson surrendered 13 free passes in a 15-6 loss to Bryant Tuesday. Jane Alexander and Camilla Gibson crossed the plate in the third inning, helping the hosts to a 3-1 lead, but a nine-run fifth by the Bulldogs was too much to overcome. Singles by Allison Scott and Kasey Lange led to a three-run Harvard sixth, but Bryant added two more in the top of the seventh to cap the game's scoring.
Series History: Cornell
Friday's games will be the 61st and 62nd matchups between the Crimson and Big Red, who kicked off their series in 1982 with a 10-0 Harvard victory. The Crimson holds a 38-22 all-time lead in the series, including a stretch of 21-straight wins from 1984-97. Harvard has also won the last three meetings between the teams.
After splitting a doubleheader during the regular season last April, Harvard hosted Cornell in the 2011 Ivy League Championship Series after the Big Red hosted, and defeated, Harvard in the league championship a year earlier. The Crimson pitching and defense were superb, as Rachel Brown and Laura Ricciardone blanked Cornell, 5-0 and 4-0 respectively, to claim the fifth league title in school history.
Series History: Princeton
The Tigers have represented a tough test for the Crimson since the teams' first meeting in 1981, a 10-5 Princeton victory. Harvard didn't claim its first victory against Princeton until 1997, but has gone 20-11 in games since. Princeton holds the all-time series lead, 41-20, and also captured a victory in the teams' most recent meeting.
In Game 1 of last season's doubleheader, Brown allowed just two Princeton hits and struck out 10 batters in a 7-0 win. Allison Scott blasted a home run and went 3 for 4 with four RBI, and Stephanie Regan and Lange collected a pair of hits each in the contest. Solo home runs by Lange and Alexander gave Harvard its runs in Game 2, but a three-run Princeton seventh gave the Tigers a 3-2 victory.
Pitching Prowess
For the fourth time in four weeks of conference awards, a Harvard pitcher has been named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week as Laura Ricciardone received the nod March 27. The sophomore didn't allow an earned run in 15 innings of work last weekend and went nine innings in a 1-0 shutout of Lehigh to cap her week. Rachel Brown collected three straight Pitcher of the Week accolades to begin her senior season.
Up Next
Harvard travels to Providence, R.I., to take on the Friars Tuesday in a single game beginning at 4 p.m.


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This year marks the centennial of the one-act opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle, written by Hungarian composer Bela Bartok in 1911, and now music lovers in Taiwan have a chance to see it performed here for the first time. Director and conductor Tseng Dau-hsiong says that the story is about relationships between men and women, but only two characters appear in the entire performance — a baritone and a mezzo-soprano — because "the code of the drama is to be found within the musical score."
Bartok was one of the most important Eastern European composers of the 20th century, following on from Bedrich Smetana and Antonin Dvorak. Duke Bluebeard's Castle was composed in 1911, but because of World War I it was not until 1918 that it was premiered at the State Opera House in Budapest. Bartok incorporated Hungarian folk melodies in the composition, filling the music with strong ethnic color. On top of that, orchestras derive immense enjoyment from the score's colorful orchestration, strong logic and sound reasoning, which surprisingly give musicians a sense of playing without inhibition and in unison.
The opera tells the tale of a chaste lady named Judith who marries Duke Bluebeard despite the many rumors going around about him. On her wedding night, Judith, driven by curiosity, insists on prying into the secrets of her husband's past, using feminine seduction to persuade Bluebeard to open a series of seven doors in his castle. In the end, Judith dies in the castle, just like Bluebeard's former wives, all of whom are haunting it as ghosts.
Tseng says that the opera's seven doors are a metaphor for men's secrets. A clever woman would only want to open three or four doors and leave it at that. This way the couple would get along fine or even live happily ever after, but, on the other hand, if a woman insists all the doors be opened, then "the couple would bring destruction upon themselves," Tseng says. The finale includes a 20-second nude scene on stage. As Tseng says, "All this is specified and can be found in Bartok's score, since the composer had already taken the plot into consideration while composing the music. It is a very classic work."
1. derive v.
得到 (de2 dao4)
例:Many people derive great pleasure from quiet pastimes such as gardening and hiking.
2. haunt v.
常出沒於 (chang2 chu1 mo4 yu2)
例: The villagers told us that the bamboo grove was haunted by the ghost of a child who was eaten by a bear.
3. hitch n.
障礙 (zhang4 ai4)
例: Our project ran into a hitch last week, but now everything is back on schedule.
This production of Duke Bluebeard's Castle went through many twists and turns before it could be put on stage. The first hitch came when the original organizer, the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, decided to cancel the production for this year. Given that the National Theater and Concert Hall had already booked a schedule for the opera, Tseng felt it would be a pity to cancel, so he decided to put on the production himself. Much to his surprise, he did not get any funding from either the Council of Cultural Affairs or the National Culture and Arts Foundation. Consequently, Tseng had to spend the cash prize he won from the National Award for Arts this year, but that still leaves a shortfall of NT$3.6 million. As Tseng says, "The opera is rarely performed, but it is very much worth producing. After the performances, I would like to see what excuses the two arts bodies can give me for not funding the production." The opera will be performed at the National Theater in Taipei next Friday and Saturday.


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"The Bachelor" star Juan Pablo Galavis' anti-gay statements invoke not-so-distant memories of the uproar over similar anti-gay and racial comments made by "Duck Dynasty" and "Big Brother" stars — even as way, way back as Paula Deen.
And it's not just their apologies we're parsing. The question of television networks' culpability — and requisite response — has become central to the discussion, too.
In the case of Galavis, ABC speedily condemned his anti-gay statements on Saturday afternoon, calling them "careless, thoughtless, and insensitive." It had not addressed whether there would be any disciplinary action, or whether the flap would be addressed on the telecast, which completed shooting.
Also read: ABC Condemns 'Bachelor' Star Juan Pablo Galavis' Anti-Gay Comments: 'Careless, Thoughtless and Insensitive'
A&E cycled through its options during an uproar over Robertson's quotes during an interview for GQ magazine in December. As a result of a public outcry and, as TheWrap reported first, in respect for the feelings of its own employees, A&E first suspended Phil Robertson because of his views on homosexuality, saying they "in no way reflect those of A&E Network."
Robertson's fans took to petitions en masse asking that A&E rescind the suspension, and the Robertson family presented a publicly united front, saying they couldn't go forward on the network's top-rated show without their patriarch. About a week later, A&E flip-flopped.
"After discussions with the Robertson family," the network's later statement read, "as well as consulting with numerous advocacy groups, A&E has decided to resume filming 'Duck Dynasty' later this spring with the entire Robertson family."
Also read: CBS's Nina Tassler on Whether 'Big Brother' Housemates Will Get Smarter
Both situations beg the question: How responsible is a network when one of its stars holds and expresses unpopular or inflammatory opinions?
Earlier this week, CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler addressed a related issue in a Television Critics Association panel in response to one reporter's question, which referenced several racist comments last year, including those by Texas model Aaryn Gries.
"I sit in those auditions and I sit in those interviews and you're talking to people and you get one perspective on their personality," she said.
Tassler said she was "mortified" by Gries' comments, noting that they came amid an intense focus on racism because of the Paula Deen "N-word" debate, which cost the host her Food Network show, and the Trayvon Martin case. She went on to say that CBS CEO Les Moonves had also found the "Big Brother" comments "absolutely appalling."
Also read: Paula Deen Dumped by Food Network After N-Word Admission
She explained that the show's producers interview all the applicants multiple times and run a battery of background checks. The network was assured that "the producers handled it responsibly, dealt with it as well as they could."
So, what is the responsibility of a network in policing possibly unpopular or inflammatory beliefs from being expressed among its stars? Weigh in below.


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Jan 25, 2011 | ISBN 9780345515995
"A first novel of immense power."—Pat Conroy
"Guaranteed to keep the tears flowing . . . destined to be a popular choice for the Nicholas Sparks crowd."—Booklist
"Gripping . . . [George Bishop] somehow gets into a teenage girl's head and roams around there like a native. You believe in Laura; her voice never hits a false note."—Star-News (Wilmington, N.C.)
"Before you sit down to read this book, put aside a few hours or else you'll miss some appointments. You will be pulled into every paragraph."—Clyde Edgerton, author of The Bible Salesman
"George Bishop writes Letter to My Daughter with a keen eye, an open heart, and a lot of love. I am sure I will return to it again as a cautionary tale and a parable of forgiveness."—Adriana Trigiani, author of Lucia, Lucia and Brava, Valentine


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TORONTO - It's the 13-minute shot heard round the world.
Festival audiences in Venice and Telluride have been floored by the lengthy opening shot to Alfonso Cuaron's 3-D space odyssey, "Gravity," which plunges moviegoers into space and leaves them reeling in weightlessness. When the film premiered Sunday at the Toronto International Festival, the lore of Cuaron's balletic beginning is sure to only grow.
"It's the idea of trying to create a moment of truthfulness in which the camera happens to be there just to witness, and respecting that moment in real time," Cuaron said in a recent interview.
The Mexican director and his longtime cinematographer, Emmanuel Lubezki, beginning with "Y Tu Mama Tambien" and up to their last film, the gritty science-fiction thriller "Children of Men," have been renown for their propensity for long, unbroken, beautifully choreographed sequences. A four-minute uncut scene in "Children of Men" captured a playful conversation scene in a car suddenly ambushed in a forest by dozens wielding clubs and guns, and then carried on through the escape and beyond. For it, Cuaron built a track inside the car for the camera to move forward and backward.
The shot at the start of "Gravity" similarly moves from banality to mayhem, ending in uncertainty. Several astronauts (Sandra Bullock, George Clooney) are repairing a space station and bantering breezily with their NASA dispatch in Houston (voiced by an unseen Ed Harris). When a cascading storm of satellite debris caused by an asteroid rushes past, the space station shatters and the astronauts are stranded in space.
Cuaron and Lubezki capture it all seamlessly with a camera floating around the characters, moving variously into close-up and wide shots. It's, as Cuaron calls it, "a continuous moment."
"We feel like sometimes the language of close-ups and intercuts abstracts the characters from the environment," says Cuaron. "We wanted the environment to be as important in weight as the characters."
Variety hailed the shot as having "completely immersed us in the beauty and majesty of a dark, pitiless universe." The Hollywood Reporter called the film, which Warner Bros. will release Oct. 4, "the most realistic and beautifully choreographed film ever set in space."
There are several other minutes-long takes in "Gravity" of startling uninterrupted clarity, but the opening shot is the one cinephiles will drool over. Considered bravura feats of filmmaking prowess, long takes are the stuff of filmmaking legend with famous practitioners including Orson Welles ("Touch of Evil"), Alfred Hitchcock ("Rope"), Martin Scorsese ("Goodfellas"), Robert Altman ("The Player") and Michelangelo Antonioni ("The Passenger").
Cuaron doesn't like to draw attention to his long takes, which have been roundly inducted into that cinematic tradition. The director, who claimed not to know how long the first shot of "Gravity" is, fears turning into what he calls "Look, mama! No hands!" filmmaking.
"That's something I worry about sometimes," he says. "If it catches the attention of people, I'm not sure it works."
Advances in digital technology have opened up new realms for long takes (the 2002 film "Russian Ark" was made in one 96-minute Steadicam shot), but Cuaron had particular challenges operating in simulated zero gravity. He and visual effects supervisor Tim Webber created what they called "The Lightbox": a large cube surrounded by LED lights inside of which Bullock and Clooney were rigged to mimic weightlessness.
It was complex work, trying to stay faithful to the reality of movement in space. But Cuaron wanted an immersive experience, partly inspired by documentaries of astronauts on the moon like "For All Mankind" - films that didn't have the luxury of cutting to a close-up.
Instead, Cuaron's camera at times drifts into the perspective of Bullock's engineer character and then floats away "almost as if you're another astronaut following the journey," he says.
Though Cuaron revels in such choreography, even he was surprised by the size of the task. He started expecting to make a simple chamber piece with just two characters. It ended up - as his collaborators often reminded him - taking four and a half years.


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Forget living in your bathing suit and wearing marshmallow on your face for a few days. Taking your car camping in jolly olde England between the First and Second World Wars required a three-piece suit, driver, and a mobile cottage to rough it in.
The National Motor Museum Trust in Beaulieu, England has just been awarded some grant money to blow the dust off these and other great photos of early-1900's car camping adventures in England. The image above is a A 1922 Armstrong Siddeley with a Piggott caravan in tow.
As Curator of The "Caravan Club Collection," Angela Willis explains; "Ex-war vehicles and surplus parts were sold off by the government at knock-down prices. These became the building blocks of charabancs and trailer caravans, fulfilling the demand for leisure journeys into the next decade."
That created these amazing human-haulers you see here; taking folks on day trips and overnights all over the English countryside.
Charabanc on "Southsea promenade."
Daimler chassis charabanc.
Morris puling a 1928 Eccles camper.
Images: National Motor Museum Trust, Beaulieu


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Types Of Crime
Homes with no security measures in place are five times more likely to be burgled than those with simple security measures. Good window locks and strong deadlocks can make a big difference. Find out about a few effective steps you can take to secure your home.
Top tips: things you can do to prevent burglary
Taking just a few steps can make a big difference in keeping your home safe from burglary.
Here are a few tips:
- lock your doors and windows every time you leave the house, even when you're just out in the garden
- hide all keys, including car keys, out of sight
- install a visual burglar alarm
- install good outside lighting
- leave radios or lights in your house on a timer
- make sure the fences around your garden are in good condition
- store valuable items (including passports, driving licenses and bank statements) out of view
- hide cash and wallets away
- secure bikes at home by locking them to an immoveable object inside a locked shed or garage
- keep ladders and tools stored away; don't leave them outside where they could be used to break into your home
More tips that can keep you safe
If you live in a building that has a shared entrance, be careful about 'buzzing' people in or holding the door open for a stranger when you walk in or out of your building.
Never leave a spare key in a convenient hiding place, such as under a flowerpot or doormat, or behind a loose brick. Burglars know to look there. They will also check the garage or shed for spare keys to get into your flat or house.
Doors and windows
In most burglaries, the criminals broke into the house or flat through the door, either by forcing the lock or kicking it in. So make sure your doors are strong and secure. Consider fitting a bar for extra strength; a locksmith can advise you on how best to do it.
Glass panels on doors are particularly vulnerable. If you have one on your door you could replace it with laminated glass, which is stronger. You can also buy a film in a DIY store that you can stick over the glass to make it harder to break.
Home security and DIY shops sell inexpensive, key-operated locks to fit most kinds of windows. Fit window locks with keys to all downstairs windows and those upstairs that are easy to reach.
If you are fitting new doors or windows, make sure the ones you buy are certified to South African Standards (SABS).
Beware of bogus callers
'Distraction burglars', known as bogus callers, will distract your attention in order to get into your home to steal your money or belongings.
If anyone you don't know turns up at your door, you should always ask to see their identification before letting them in. Only let someone into your home when you are absolutely sure they are genuine.
Join Neighbourhood Watch
You can help keep your street safer by getting involved with your local Neighbourhood Watch team
By working with your neighbours to look out for each other's property, you can make burglars' work much harder.
Domestic violence
If you are thinking about leaving an abusive relationship, or have left, find out your rights and where you can get help. If you are worried about your safety, or the safety of your children, there are people who can help you stay safe.
What to do if you are a victim of domestic violence
Domestic violence does not just mean that your partner is hitting you. The abuse can be psychological, physical, sexual or emotional.
Domestic violence can also include many things, such as the constant breaking of trust, psychological games, harassment and financial control. It is rarely a one-off incident and is usually a pattern of abuse and controlling behaviour.
It can affect adults in all types of relationships and can also involve violence between parents and children.
If you are in an abusive relationship, there are three important steps you must take:
- recognize that it is happening to you
- accept that you are not to blame
- get help and support
Rape and sexual assault
Rape and sexual assault affects people of all ages, both male and female. Sometimes alcohol or drugs are used in a sexual assault. The police and other organizations are there to help anyone who has been raped or become a victim of sexual assault.
What is rape?
Rape is when someone forces another person to have sex against their will. Most rape victims are female but there are also many cases where it happens to men. Sexual assault covers any sort of unwanted sexual contact or behaviour.
Often, rapes are committed by someone who the victim knows. That includes members of their family or someone that they know socially. You can also be raped or sexually assaulted by someone who you're in a relationship with or someone you've never met before.
Rape doesn't just affect adults. It happens to teenagers and young people too. When a victim is under 18, rape can often be referred to as child abuse.
Drug and date rape
In many rape cases, the victim is given drugs without them knowing. This often happens by dropping drugs into someone's drink (which is known as 'being spiked'). Someone who has been spiked will become unaware of what is happening to them.
Date rape drugs sometimes cause memory loss too. The victim cannot remember exactly what happened and they're left unsure about whether or not they have been raped.
To stay safe when you're out, never accept a drink from someone you've never met before. Always take your drink with you if you're going to the toilet. If you're making a phone call, leave your drink with a friend.
What to do if you've been sexually assaulted
If you've been raped or sexually assaulted, report it to the police as soon as possible. If you're under 17, the Child Protection Unit of your local police will deal with your case.
If it makes you feel more comfortable, you can ask to speak to an officer that's the same-sex as you. They will be experienced in dealing with victims of sexual assaults and will understand the distress and fear you may be feeling.
You may be asked to give the police the items of clothing you were wearing when you were assaulted. This is because the clothes may contain traces of evidence that can identify the person who attacked you.
The police will also arrange for you to have a medical examination. The doctor will treat any injuries you have and also gather any evidence that may help the police with their investigation. The doctor will talk to you about the examination beforehand, so you understand what they're doing and why they're doing it.
The police may want to talk to you again as they investigate the crime. They will keep you updated with any developments in the investigation and let you know if you need to go to court.
Gun crime
If you're worried about gun crime in your area, there's a lot you can do to stay safe. If you want to know more about the laws on guns and general gun crime information, find out the facts here.
What is gun crime?>
Gun crime includes any offence that involves the use of a gun or other firearm.
This includes:
- a murder where the victim was shot
- any situation where a gun was fired, even if nobody was injured
- any robbery or burglary where the thieves carried a gun
- any case in which people were intimidated with a weapon
- anybody found carrying a banned gun, such as a handgun
- anyone found carrying or using an imitation gun
Fraud happens when somebody lies to you or deceives you in order to cause you harm, usually by costing you money. Millions of people fall victim every year. Find out what you can do to stay safe from fraud.
What is fraud?
Fraud is a complex kind of theft. Fraud is sometimes called a 'confidence game' or a 'con'.
You can be defrauded if somebody steals your credit card, and uses it to buy things, or if someone hacks into your bank account and takes the money. Other types of fraud include fake investment projects, when you give money for something that never happens. And identity fraud, when somebody pretends to be you in order to buy things that they never intend to pay for.
Bogus callers
Bogus callers, who may be any age and appearance, male or female, aim to trick or worry you into leaving your house or into letting them in, by making up stories.
Tips on stopping bogus callers
Bogus callers may pose as water, electricity or gas-board workers, council workers or police officers; so they can steal money or property from your home. You can prevent this type of crime if you take precautions.
To reduce the risk of becoming a victim of this crime, remember the following three steps:
- Stop before you open the door
- Chain put it on
- Check ask the caller for their identification – and check it by phoning the company they say they're from – before letting them in. Use the phone number in the phone book, not on an identity card.
Robberies (including muggings, and snatch thefts) are crimes that often involve violence or threats. While the likelihood of this happening is small, you should be aware of what you can do to keep yourself and your property safe.
Top tips: staying safe from robbery
If you have to walk alone at night take extra care. Stay on roads that are well-lit and relatively busy.
To stay safe, you can also:
- plan your route in advance
- avoid short cuts that involve alleyways or walking across parks or commons unless they are well-lit
- if you're carrying a bag, try to have it across your chest and keep your hand over the fastening
- be aware of your surroundings and stay alert to what's going on around you
- be careful with your electronics; talking on a mobile phone, listening to an MP3 player or carrying a laptop bag shows thieves that you have something to steal
- don't carry important documents or credit cards that you do not need
- avoid using cash machines at night
- only take your wallet out when you need to
- if you think you are being followed, cross the road or go into a shop and stay there until you're sure you're safe
Staying safe on public transport
If you are travelling by yourself and you know how to get home, using public transport is safer than walking. However, you should still use common sense to protect yourself.
If you are waiting for a bus or a train, stand in a well-lighted area near other people. Once you are on board, try to sit near other people and make sure you know where the emergency alarms are.
Don't be afraid to change seats or carriages if you feel unsafe, even if it seems rude to do so.
Taking care at ATM machines
Choose a well-lighted cash machine that can be seen from the road, or from nearby houses. Ideally, you should get cash out from machines located inside businesses such as banks or building societies.
Stay alert and keep an eye on who is about – if someone suspicious is waiting nearby, find another cash machine.
Don't be distracted by people you don't know trying to talk to you while at the cash machine.
When taking money out of the machines, stay aware of your surroundings. Keep an eye on the people around you. Are they keeping a reasonable distance? If they're too close, cancel your withdrawal.
Have your card out and ready before you actually walk up to the cash machine. Make sure no one can read your PIN number when you enter it, and put your cash away quickly.
Keeping your mobile phone safe
The most common item stolen in a robbery is a mobile phone, so make sure you keep your phone safe.
If you're not making a call, keep your phone hidden away. Keep it in one of your front pockets or inside a bag. Don't attach the phone to your belt or hang it around your neck.
Register your phone
All the major mobile phone networks have systems in place to ensure that stolen mobiles are blocked within 48 hours, making them completely useless.
You should register the details of your phone with your network provider so that they can block it should it ever be lost or stolen. You can also register your mobile phone with the National Mobile Phone Register using the link below.
Check with your mobile phone company for more information on how to protect your phone.
Reporting a crime
If you have been robbed or someone has attempted to rob you, please report the crime immediately. Call 082911 as soon as you can safely do so, either from your mobile phone, a call box or from a nearby shop or business.
A police officer or member of police staff will ask you to describe what has happened and where you are. They will ask if you're hurt, and if you are they will send an ambulance to help you.
Remember that giving as full a description of the robber as you can will assist the police in investigating the crime.
Anti-social behaviour.
Anti-social behaviour includes abusive or noisy neighbours, littering and graffiti. It can leave you feeling intimidated, angry and frightened. Your council and the police can help. Find out what can be done and what you can do to stop it.
What is anti-social behaviour.?
Anti-social behaviour includes things such as:
- rowdy, noisy behaviour in otherwise quiet neighbourhoods
- night-time noise from houses or gardens, especially between 09.00 pm and 07.00 am
- threatening and drunken behaviour.
- vandalism, graffiti and fly posting
- dealing or buying drugs on the street
- litter and fly tipping rubbish
- aggressive begging
- drinking in the street
- setting off fireworks late at night
- abandoning cars on the street
Anti-social behaviour doesn't just make life unpleasant. It can ruin lives and make whole areas feel unsafe.
If you encounter it, report it
If anti-social behaviour is a problem in your area, there's a lot you can do to help put a stop to it.
You can:
- talk to your neighbours to find out if they're affected as well
- if you feel comfortable doing so talk to the person causing the problem; they may not realize how it is affecting you
- report the problem to your local council's anti-social behaviour coordinator
- call your police force's non-emergency number
- tell your landlord or residents' association about the situation
- contact your local neighbourhood policing team, or attend one of their regular meetings
If the situation is an emergency (if someone's life or health is threatened) call 082911.
No matter how you report anti-social behaviour., all complaints are treated as confidential. So you don't have to worry about your identity being revealed.
The council and police both need evidence of what's happened to you, so keep a note of problems. They should not ask you to do this indefinitely.
Once you have reported the problem, you should be kept informed of progress in your case.
Knife crime
Knife crime can involve many things, including just buying or carrying an illegal knife. In recent years, laws on selling and carrying knives have been tightened, and punishments for knife offences increased. Before you consider buying a knife, make sure it's legal.
What is knife crime?
'Knife crime' is any crime that involves a knife.
This can include:
- carrying or trying to buy a knife if you're under 18
- threatening people with a knife
- carrying an illegal kind of knife
- murder or assault in which the victim was stabbed with a knife
- robbery or burglary where the thieves carried a knife as a weapon
Carrying a knife
If you carry a knife to protect yourself or make yourself feel safer but don't intend to use it then you are committing a crime. You are also more likely to become a victim of crime.
Your own knife can be used against you.
If you do want to know more about protecting yourself, there are much easier and safer ways to do it. You could, for example, take a self-defense course offered by your local council, or at a gym.
Identity fraud
Identity fraud (also called identity theft) is when somebody pretends to be you. They may do this in order to buy things in your name and leave you and your bank with the bill. Find out how to protect your personal details and prevent identity fraud.
How your identity can be stolen
There are many ways that someone can steal your identity, including:
- finding out your bank details
- taking your passport or driving license, or copying the details
- copying your credit card details
- accessing your personal information through a fraudulent website or email
- taking junk mail that has your personal information on it
- going through your dustbin to find receipts or other information
You may not know straight away that your identity has been stolen. It is important that you make sure to protect your details and be aware of any signs that your identity might have been stolen.
How to tell if your identity has been stolen
Signs that you have become a victim of identity theft might include:
- unusual payments or direct debits appearing on your bank statements
- important mail going missing – you should know when to expect a bank statement or a new cheque book, and if it doesn't arrive, tell your bank
- contents of recycling bins and rubbish bags being tampered with
- Accounts arriving for things that you haven't bought or for services you haven't ordered
- new credit cards appearing on your credit record
Drugs and crime
You may think that the police will only arrest someone who's caught dealing drugs, but even using drugs could land you a large fine or worse. Find out more about the laws on drugs and drug use.
How drugs are classified
All drugs are put into one of three categories based on how dangerous they are.
- Class A drugs are the drugs that have the most harmful effects. These drugs include heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and LSD.
- Class B drugs are drugs that are less dangerous than Class A ones, but they can still be harmful.
- Class B drugs include cannabis and some amphetamines.
- Class C drugs are less dangerous to the user than Class A and Class B drugs. However, they are still classed as illegal and can be harmful. Class C drugs include ketamine, GHB and some tranquilizers.


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Two recent studies by the Employee Benefit Research Institute show how baby boomers and Gen Xers are faring in their retirement readiness (much better thanks to the housing and financial markets), while another shows that those already in retirement are taking "small" withdrawals from their IRAs.
While gains over the past year in the financial and housing markets have boosted Baby Boomers' and Gen Xers' retirement readiness, staying on track in the coming years depends on age, income and having access to a 401(k) plan, EBRI found.
The Washington-based EBRI also found that withdrawals from IRAs tend to be small and closely follow the rates dictated by the federal required minimum distribution (RMD) rules that apply to individuals age 70 1/2 or older.
Examining patterns drawn from the proprietary EBRI IRA Database, the median withdrawal rate for those taking a distribution was found to be 7.4 percent for the combination of traditional and Roth IRAs and 6 percent when considering traditional IRAs only. Just over 16 percent of traditional and Roth IRA accounts combined had a withdrawal in 2011 (the latest data available), including 20.5 percent of traditional IRA accounts.
For its report on retirement readiness, EBRI used its proprietary Retirement Security Projection Model and found that overall retirement income adequacy for Baby Boomers and Generation X households improved last year, though factors like age, income, and especially access to an employment-based 401(k)-type retirement plan can produce "significant individual differences."
Employers are holding back on both the amount and the timing of 401(k) matching funds and dragging out vesting schedules.
EBRI found that last year's gains in the financial markets and housing values mean that fewer of these baby boomer and Gen X households are likely to run short of money in retirement.
In looking at boomer and Gen X households' retirement income readiness, EBRI's simulation model takes into account a combination of deterministic expenses from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Expenditure Survey (as a function of age and income) as well as health insurance and out-of-pocket, health-related expenses, plus stochastic expenses from nursing-home and home-health care (at least until the point such expenses are covered by Medicaid).
Ratings are expressed as a percentage of "life paths" for a particular group that are projected not to run short of money.
EBRI found that the overall gains from a year ago are modest when aggregated by age cohort (between 0.5 and 1.6 percentage points); however, the ratings can vary widely, based on various individual factors.
For instance, the study found that annuities and long-term care insurance could alleviate much of the risk of going broke in retirement. The annuitization of a portion of the defined contribution and IRA balances "may substantially increase the probability of not running short of money in retirement," EBRI said. "Moreover, a well-functioning market in long-term care insurance would appear to provide an extremely useful technique to help control the volatility from the stochastic, long-term care risk, especially for those in the middle-income quartiles."
Future Social Security benefits "make a huge difference for the retirement income adequacy of some households, especially Gen Xers in the lowest-income quartile," the study found. "If Social Security benefits are subject to proportionate decreases beginning in 2033 (when the Social Security Trust Fund is projected to run short of money), the RRR values for those households will drop by more than 50 percent: from 20.9 percent to 10.3 percent."
Jack VanDerhei, EBRI research director and author of the report, said that "it would appear that while retirement income adequacy depends to a large degree on the household's relative wage level and future years of eligibility in a defined contribution plan, a great deal of the variability in these values could be mitigated by appropriate risk-management techniques at or near retirement age."


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We are saddened to inform you that Lucile Fessler, a member of the Lakeland College Board of Trustees for nearly three decades, former board chair, a board member emeritus and a great friend and supporter of the college, passed away Friday. She was 100.
Lucile, a staunch supporter of liberal arts education and winner of numerous awards and honors for her service to the community, became a Lakeland trustee in 1973, and served as board chair from 1982 to 1986. She is the only female board chair in the college's history. She was named trustee emeritus when she retired from the board in 2003.
In 1999, she was named an honorary alumna by the Lakeland College Alumni Association, and in 2003 she was awarded a doctor of humane letters for her service to Lakeland and the community.
"Mrs. Fessler was a model for civic responsibility and contributing in any way possible to the common good," said Robert Melzer, chair of the Lakeland Board of Trustees. "Her considerable service to Lakeland was but a small part of her work that benefited all of Sheboygan. We are a better place for having been recipients of her leadership and her friendship."
In 2003, when she received the honorary degree, Lucile said, "It's wonderful to see the part Lakeland plays in the lives of so many people. There's a wonderful sense of community that you feel among the young people."
Lucile was a significant financial supporter of the college. She was a member of the college's 1862 Society, and longtime contributor to the Annual Fund for Excellence. In 1990, she was instrumental in establishing the Jacob and Lucile Fessler Professorship in Creative Writing. The position is held by Karl Elder.
Visitation will be between 5 and 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Grace Episcopal Church, 1011 N 7th Street, Sheboygan. Family and friends may gather at the Church on Friday, Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. until reflections by selected family members at 10 a.m. and a funeral mass at 10:30 a.m. See a complete obituary online at http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sheboyganpress/obituary.aspx?n=lucile-f-fessler&pid=167647529.


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