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Superstar couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones decided to split up after she ended a bout of treatment for bipolar disorder in May, according to a new report.
The "Wall Street" star and his "Traffic" actress wife announced on Wednesday that they are "taking some time apart" to work on their marriage.
The news followed weeks of speculation about the state of their relationship, and a report in British newspaper The Sun suggests the Hollywood heavyweights have been apart since the end of May.
It is believed their marriage broke down amid the stress of dealing with Zeta-Jones' illness and Douglas' cancer battle in 2010.
Last month, Zeta-Jones revealed she has a private room at the couple's home where she spends hours sitting alone to be away from her husband.
She said, "We recently had an extension built, to house a closet. It's like the (Doctor Who) Tardis – I go in there and never come out. My husband knocks on the door and says, 'Can I come in?'. But I've got a TV in there, and my daughter brings her friends in … I could be in there for the whole day, happily."

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Alaska & Pacific Herring
Quota booms in the bay, sinks in Sitka; new buyer could plump fleet's prices
San Francisco Bay's gillnet herring fleet began fishing on a bigger quota when the 2012-13 season opened on Jan. 2. Moreover, substantial catch level reductions in Alaska's fabled Sitka fishery, plus an Alaska processor's interest in California product could boost ex-vessel prices for San Francisco sac roe harvesters.
The bay's gillnetters this year will enjoy a 2,690-ton quota. That's up sharply from 2011-12 when the fleet fished on 1,845 tons.
Gillnetters landed 1,634 tons of herring last season, down from the 1,727 tons caught in the 2010-11 season. But there's optimism that landings will be larger this year.
Ernie Koepf, a herring fisherman and marketer of fresh herring to local San Francisco restaurants, says he found the fishing excellent last year.
"Last year was the best in 35 years of fishing, in terms of tonnage," Koepf says.
Koepf continues funneling some of his product — 400 to 500 pounds per delivery last year — to a burgeoning local market for fresh herring. The fledgling food fishery, which starts in November but stops when sac roe fishing begins in January, holds promise, Koepf says.
"The processors were paying a buck a pound," he says. "In today's market a buck a pound is cheap for fresh wild-caught product."
In the bay's sac roe fishery, fishermen were optimistic that the opener could bring offers north of $500 per ton with the possibility of $700 per ton.
Fueling that optimism was word of an additional buyer for the fleet's catch. Sitka-based Silver Bay Seafoods has expanded its operations. Its interest in San Francisco product raised fishermen's speculations that this year's ex-vessel offers could hit $500 per ton — or more, according to Koepf.
Prices last season averaged approximately $200 per ton, Koepf says. Pacific Fisheries Information Network data lists an average 2012 ex-vessel price of $160 per ton in California.
The guideline harvest level at Sitka, meanwhile, has tumbled from more than 29,000 tons last year to 11,055 tons for 2013. A much smaller biomass estimate during winter test surveys plus last year's lower harvest prompted the reduction.
"The biomass dropped substantially compared with what we were expecting to return last year and what we actually caught last year," says Bill Davidson, regional management coordinator of commercial fisheries with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Sitka.
Davidson adds that 2012 landings came in at only 13,308 tons versus the record-setting 19,430 tons worth $5.1 million landed in 2011. While that harvest drop-off and this year's smaller quota may surprise some, Davidson points out that the Sitka biomass had experienced an unusual surge in recent years.
"We had been getting a 15 percent increase in the stock in recent years," he says, "and it grew to an unprecedented level."
When it comes to the market health in Japan, the yen's strength won against the U.S. dollar in 2012. For example, the University of British Columbia's database of monthly average exchange rates lists the yen to the dollar rate in January 2012 as 76.9 versus the 82.6 seen in January 2011.
According to Joe Jacobson, international program director with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute in Juneau, cheaper, marinated roe products designed to suit changing tastes in Japan have been developed, but strong demand still remains for traditional kazunoko. Last year's lower harvest in Sitka was actually about right in terms of what the market could bear, Jacobson says.
"I think last year's harvest, in terms of volume, was just about right for what the market could absorb," Jacobson says.
Furthermore, ex-vessel prices at Sitka ended up at just under $600 per ton, according to Davidson. In 2011, the Sitka fleet settled for an average $266 per ton, down significantly from the $720 per ton they received in 2010.
"So the prices were definitely on the rebound," Davidson says. — Charlie Ess
Gulf/South Atlantic Shrimp
Burned at both ends: diesel still too high for harvesters enduring oil spill recovery
As the 2013 season approaches, Gulf of Mexico shrimpers are still looking for an unqualified good year to tell them that 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil-spill-related troubles are behind them.
Prices are mediocre or worse in most places, and little in the near term suggests improvement during 2013. The region's overall 2012 shrimp harvest through October decreased slightly from 2011 levels, but price remained flat.
It wouldn't hurt if the cost of marine diesel were a lot closer to $3 than $4, but fishermen were still paying in the $3.50 range in early December.
In Apalachicola, Fla., veteran shrimper and boat owner Owen Golden says he and his skipper, son-in-law Michael Dasher, struggle to make the numbers work for his 51-foot wooden hull Owen & Devin in light of the discouraging fuel/shrimp price ratio.
"The shrimp business is poor, but we're hanging in there," Golden says. "We went out there today and got 250 pounds [of whites], but you spend 100 gallons of fuel."
At $3.59 a gallon for fuel in Apalachicola and $2.30 a pound at the fish house for jumbo 16-20 count heads-on shrimp, a trip is barely worth it, he says.
Golden and Dasher try to sell as much of the catch as possible at retail in the $3 range to make ends meet.
"It's been one of the worst falls we've had in several years," Golden says.
Gulfwide, landings of all shrimp varieties for January through October decreased to 98.7 million pounds (heads-off) from 102.38 million pounds for the same months in 2011, according to the most recent NMFS data. The best year of the past five was 2009, when 114.6 million pounds were landed.
Average ex-vessel prices for January through October in most gulf states for all sizes stayed more or less flat in 2012.
For example, Florida 26-30 count shrimp (headless), on average brought $4.05 ex-vessel in 2012 versus $4.20 in 2011, according to NMFS data. However, in the central gulf (Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama) the average price for 26-30s was $3.70 compared to $3.65 the previous year. But in Texas, the price on 26-30 headless dropped to $3.40 from $3.70 in 2011.
In Louisiana, shrimper and commercial fishing advocate George Barisich says the fleet is still waiting to turn the corner post-spill. Ex-vessel price is still way off the pre-spill level, he says.
"It never went over $1.25 for 40-50s," he says. "We're still down 70 cents a pound from the spill."
Earlier in the year, brown shrimp volume started out well, but price was low.
"The brown shrimp, nobody was hitting them too hard because there was no money," he says. "When things seemed to be getting better, then [Hurricane] Isaac came through."
There was a flurry of good white shrimp catches for the small-boat inshore fleet after a couple of cold fronts bunched the shrimp up in the estuaries, but by the second week in December white shrimp was winding down. With diesel at $3.50 and shrimp at $1.25, the numbers just don't add up, says Barisich, who was expecting to be in the red again at the end of the year.
"You can't make it."
There may be one bit of good news for those hard-core survivors in the American shrimp fishery determined to claw back a bit of market share from that staggering roughly 1 billion pounds a year of imported farm-raised shrimp. Shrimp imports decreased in 2012. Imports of all preparations of shrimp, at 951.1 million pounds for January through October, showed a significant reduction from 1.03 billion pounds for the same months in 2011. Total value of the imported shrimp also dropped, from $4.2 billion in 2011 to $3.6 billion. The volume of shrimp imported January through October 2012 was at the lowest level for those months since 2005. — Hoyt Childers


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The Hope College Great Performance Series will open its 2011-12 season with River North Chicago Dance Company on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 29 and 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.
Under the direction of Artistic Director Frank Chaves, River North is a jazz-based contemporary company. The "Chicago Sun-Times" has described River North Chicago Dance Company as "enthralling, a hugely attractive and technically impressive company," while "The Arizona Republic" has said that the company "Sizzled like ice droplets on a hot skillet."
Founded in 1989, the company has established itself as one of Chicago's leading dance companies, receiving critical acclaim on both the national and international level. Under the direction of Chaves, the company embodies a true flavor of "Americana" in its dynamic repertoire. The core works developed by Chaves, along with an array of pieces by nationally and internationally renowned choreographers, construct the varied, eclectic and powerful repertoire that River North Chicago Dance Company possesses.
The company previously performed at Hope College in 1998.
Individual tickets are $18 for regular admission, $13 for senior citizens, and $6 for children 18 and under. Individual tickets and season subscriptions are available at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, which is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located at 86 E. Eighth St.
More information about the season may be obtained online by visitinghttps://hope.edu/gps/.


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Monuments and Memorials
Member contributions from brothers, chapters or pledge class fundraising projects help to ensure the perpetual care of the Fraternity's major monuments, memorials and historical sites in a program sponsored by the Sigma Chi Foundation. The Monuments and Memorials of Sigma Chi booklet describes these sites in more detail and gives directions on how to engage.
Where to Find Monuments and Memorials
The Founding Site
The building housing the room in which the founding of Sigma Chi took place is located on the north side of High Street in Oxford, Ohio, at the town square. The building's second-floor room, which is the exact founding site, was renovated in 1992, and a plaque outside the building identifies its location. The building is owned by the Sigma Chi Foundation.
Constantine Chapter Memorial
The Fraternity's memorial to the Constantine Chapter is located on the west side of US Route 41, about 20 miles south of the Atlanta city limits, near Jonesboro, Ga.
Sigma Chi International Headquarters, Museum and Library
The J. Dwight Peterson International Fraternity Headquarters, which houses the administrative offices and records of Sigma Chi, Museum and Library is located at 1714 Hinman Avenue in Evanston, Ill., a northern suburb of Chicago. Headquarters is located one block south of the main Northwestern University campus and two blocks west of Lake Michigan.
Founders Memorial Monuments
These mark the gravesites of each of the seven Founders. More information including directions to visit these monuments can be found in the The Monuments and Memorials of Sigma Chi.
Gravesite of 9th Grand Consul Joseph C. Nate
9th Grand Consul and 13th Grand Historian Joseph C. Nate, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 1890, authored the four-volume History of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. His grave is marked by a monument similar to those of the seven Founders, and is located in Bloomington Cemetery in Bloomington, Ill.
Gravesite of Harry St. John Dixon
Harry St. John Dixon, VIRGINIA 1861, the founder of the Constantine Chapter, is remembered at his grave in Mountain View Cemetery in Fresno, Calif.
Mausoleum of John S. McMillin
The mausoleum of 1st Grand Consul John S. McMillin, DEPAUW 1876, is located in Roche Harbor Cemetery in Roche Harbor, Wash.
Samuel H. Clark Memorial Monument
The Samuel H. Clark Memorial Monument was dedicated in December 1990 at Brookside Cemetery in West Chester, Ohio, and honors Samuel Clark, MIAMI (OHIO) 1858, who entered the Chapter Eternal on Oct. 1, 1856, and became the first brother to pass away.


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TRACY - A SWAT vehicle rolled slowly through a parking lot Friday evening searching for a gunman who fired multiple shots through the main entrance of the busy West Valley Mall in Tracy.
TRACY - A SWAT vehicle rolled slowly through a parking lot Friday evening searching for a gunman who fired multiple shots through the main entrance of the busy West Valley Mall in Tracy.
Gunfire erupted outside the mall about 4:45 p.m. on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, said Sgt. Tony Sheneman of the Tracy Police Department. Bullets struck an automatic sliding glass door and a window at the mall's main entrance, but no one was believed to be injured, he said.
"It was crazy," said Cecilia Ponce, a 16-year-old Manteca resident who was inside the mall when the shooting occurred. "I was like, 'What happened?' And they said, 'The mall just got shot up.' I didn't think something like this could happen."
Mall security apparently chased the shooter into the parking lot, but the gunman got away, possibly fleeing in a white Toyota Camry, Sheneman said. Police arrived three minutes after the shooting was reported, immediately shut down roads and parking lots on the east side of the mall and started searching for the shooter, Sheneman said.
Officers searched hundreds of cars with special attention given to several white Camrys, but they did not locate the gunman, Sheneman said. Investigators were trying to determine who the target was and whether the mall's video surveillance system captured the shooter on video, he said.
"In my opinion, when they find them, they should throw away the key," said Mike White, 46, a Tracy resident who rushed to the scene to check on his children, who were watching a movie at the mall.
White was accompanied by Ron Moppin, 53, of Tracy, whose children were also at the movie theater.
"It's just not safe to go anywhere," he said. "Not these days."
Most shoppers and store employees remained calm after the shooting occurred, Sheneman said. Some said they were unaware of the shooting until supervisors told them they had to remain inside stores while police searched the premises.
Sheneman said it was believed to be the first shooting at the mall since it opened in 1995.
"I don't ever remember having a shooting here," Sheneman said. "In the 15 years I have worked here, we have not had an incident like this at the mall."
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-8279 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him at recordnet.com/crimeblog and on Twitter @Stockton911.


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What are the goals for your farming operation? How will your operation evolve or grow in the future?
Bret Oelke, University of Minnesota Extension agricultural business management expert , says farmers have many reasons they want to grow their business. These could include maintain or improving production proficiency, adding family members to the business, greed, personal challenge or just because you can.
The common thought in farm country is growing an operation means adding more acres. Oelke cautions farmers to think about these points, before writing a check or getting a loan for more land.
You can grow without adding land.
"Growth is important and you should grow 3 to 5% per year or you are standing still or even maybe going backward," Oelke says. Obviously adding land is one way of growing your operation, but he says there are other good ways. He advises farmers to try to maximize yields, use all the resources at your disposal and become a better marketer, all of which can add to overall growth.
Consider making land improvements.
Land improvements, such as drainage, irrigation or tiling, to current land have huge payback. Oelke says land investments currently have a higher rate of return than land purchases at "top of the market" prices.
Know your cost of production.
To be able to make a quick decision to add new land to your portfolio, whether through renting or buying, Oelke says you must know your cost of production. "I can't stress this enough. The lowest cost grower will always be better to pay more for cash rent."
Right size your operation.
Oelke says your goal should be to have your labor and machinery optimized to the size of your operation. He says you should ask yourself: How many acres can you farm with one planter, one combine and the supporting tillage and ancillary equipment you have? Make sure your equipment is fully maximized, but not overextended, with the acres you have.
Communication is key.
As competition becomes higher for land to rent, Oelke says communication with your current landlords is vital. "You need to have a plan to on what to do if someone offers your landlords more money than you are," he says.
Also, make sure your landlords understand your operation and aren't starting to believe rumors or gossip. Oelke says, in many cases, land owners hear about high prices and assume that famers sell their entire crop at these high levels."
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State Should Help German Business
Good economic news can be hard to come by in Chautauqua County.
County residents should be excited, then, when plans are announced that a new company may locate in the area. On Tuesday, a German company told county Industrial Development Agencies that the former AFA Foods building in Ashville is one of two potential sites in North America for a pet care products manufacturing facility. German company saturn petcare inc. plans to spend more than $20 million on building upgrades and other startup costs while hiring 25 employees at the beginning. Plans are to expand to more than 100 jobs within five years. Even better is the news that saturn petcare inc. wants to hire former employees of AFA Foods because they won't need much training.
Saturn petcare inc. officials will choose between Ashville and a site in Michigan based on the quality of tax breaks and aid they receive from New York state and Michigan.
Needless to say, there is a lot riding on Empire State Development's response to saturn petcare's request. Even it if takes time for saturn petcare inc. to reach full taxable value, it is important both to Chautauqua County and to taxpayers in North Harmony. Millions of dollars will be spent, hopefully on local tradesmen and workers, to upgrade the facility. We have more than enough unemployed workers who could use a job. More jobs means more disposable income, more spending at area restaurants and stores and more sales tax revenue. It will help Panama Central School expand its tax base, an important thing for a small school district.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is fond of saying New York state is open for business. If that's really true, the state will come through with a good enough incentive package to convince saturn petcare inc. to choose Ashville. Now is an opportunity for Cuomo – through the auspices of the Empire State Development Corp. – to put his money where his mouth is.


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More and more babies are being born with addictions
FORT WORTH - The delivery was uncomplicated. But just a few hours after his birth, the tiny baby boy began vomiting and crying inconsolably.
He wasn't fighting an infection. The newborn was suffering withdrawal from the methadone his mother took while he was in the womb.
With gradually decreasing doses of morphine, the medical staff at John Peter Smith Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit worked to lessen the baby's withdrawal symptoms and wean him off the narcotic prescription drug.
"He started having symptoms three or four hours after birth. He cried different. He didn't want to eat," neonatologist Dr. Jose Arellano said. "It took a week before he could handle feeding well."
The baby, released from the hospital this month after two weeks of care, is one of 12 to 16 babies the Tarrant County hospital delivers each year who are born with neonatal abstinence syndrome from being exposed to drugs while in the womb. Though the percentage of babies born addicted to these drugs in the county is small -- one or two cases a month per hospital -- the trend is growing at an alarming rate nationally.
A national study published this year in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that the number of babies treated for drug withdrawal after birth nearly tripled between 2000 and 2009, rising from 1.2 out of every 1,000 babies born in a hospital to 3.4 out of every 1,000 babies.
These newborns, exposed to illegal drugs or prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and Oxycontin, were also significantly more likely than other babies to have low birth weight and respiratory complications, and require an average of $53,400 in hospital treatment, the study found.
"Speaking with some of my neonatology colleagues, they describe it as the most concerning trend that exists in NICU today," said Dr. Glenn Hardesty, an emergency room physician at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital.
Prescription abuse
According to the national study, about 13,539 infants a year are born addicted to drugs. Neither Tarrant County Public Health nor Child Protective Services had data on how many cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome are reported locally, and Texas statistics weren't readily available.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, which delivers more than 3,000 babies each year, reported that the staff there has not "seen a huge prevalence of this issue with our moms and infants."
Doctors at Cook Children's Medical Center do not recall treating a newborn for drug withdrawal during the past three years.
But, like JPS, Arlington Memorial reported seeing one or two cases each month of newborns who have to be treated for drug withdrawal.
Some of these newborns, Hardesty said, are "the tiniest victims" of the growing prescription drug abuse trend in America.
"It's a huge problem. It stems from a well-intended pain initiative 10 or 15 years ago saying we were undertreating pain," Hardesty said. "What happened was a lot of unintended drug addictions."
Hardesty said about one-third of the pregnant women he treats in the hospital's emergency department test positive for some form of drug, including opiate-based pain killers.
"Oftentimes, they don't know they are pregnant. They start taking these pain pills, and once they become addicted, they are addicted," Hardesty said.
About 4.5 percent of pregnant women use illegal drugs or prescription drugs recreationally, said Andreea Creanga, a researcher with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Instead of using street drugs, they are now using prescription drugs nonmedically," Creanga said.
Withdrawal pains
Even if medical workers aren't aware of the mother's drug abuse before she delivers, Hardesty said, it doesn't take long for them to realize something is wrong with the affected babies, who often have a high-pitched cry and are difficult to console.
"The babies certainly do not behave normally. They experience a similar withdrawal that a person would -- shaking, chills, diarrhea, a sense of pain all over," Hardesty said. "When you remove the drug, you have this huge surge of pain because for so long the pain receptors have been blocked. It would be a horrendous thing for a child to go through."
Neonatal abstinence syndrome symptoms, however, can mimic other medical problems, such as infection, which requires testing to be ruled out.
"They can have sweating. They can have fever. They cry a lot. They don't sleep well," said Arellano, adding that some babies also suffer from seizures. "We start suspecting there is something that is not correct. That is when we start asking the mother for more information."
Though doctors educate expectant mothers on the dangers of ingesting anything that could cross the placenta and harm their baby, the message may not get through to those who are already addicted, Hardesty said.
"It's a bad thing that happens but what are going to do about it? Are we going to start criminally charging these women? That is what you are going to have to do," Hardesty said. "If the child was out of the womb and she gave it drugs, she would be arrested immediately without a second thought."
Texas is one of 16 states and the District of Columbia that report infants showing signs of drug exposure at birth to child protective services, according to the Child Welfare Information Gateway website. But mothers who are found to have exposed their unborn children to narcotics do not face criminal charges of injury to a child or endangering a child under an exception within state law, according to the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office.
"Texas penal code precludes district attorneys' offices from filing criminal charges against women who ingest drugs during pregnancy," Assistant District Attorney Rainey Webb said.
Parents involved in neonatal abstinence cases are typically required to participate in drug testing and treatment, counseling, parenting classes and other programs, CPS spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales said. In some situations, the baby could be placed with a relative or friend, or in a foster home, Gonzales said.
The baby born addicted to methadone, for example, was released into his grandmother's care after he was weaned off the drug, which his mother reportedly told hospital staff she was taking for pain.
Drug screening
Because about half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended, the CDC is pushing for doctors such as primary care physicians, gynecologists and obstetricians to screen all reproductive-age women for signs of substance abuse.
"We do want to do something about it before a woman gets pregnant. If a woman is using drugs and she needs treatment, we can advise her to use protection or to avoid getting pregnant before getting treatment," Creanga said.
Substance abuse treatment during pregnancy, Creanga said, has been shown to result in increased fetal growth and a reduction in poor outcomes for the baby, such as low birth weight, pre-term delivery or death. Babies also can suffer from feeding and respiratory issues, and memory and focus problems.
"It is clearly preventable. We have got to try to do something about it," Creanga said.
To raise awareness about these risks and identify women who may need help, Dr. Vivek Mehta, Arlington Memorial's pain management medical director, advocates that doctors use a simple, nonjudgmental questionnaire to learn whether a patient has a history of drug, cigarette or alcohol use or is exposed to drugs by their parents or sexual partners.
Mehta also stressed the importance of exercise, physical therapy, family support and a switch to safer pain medications, such as aspirin, to help pregnant moms who had been taking prescription drugs for chronic pain.
Substance abuse by expectant mothers has financial consequences. In 2009, treating newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome cost $720 million, according to the national study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Nearly 78 percent of mothers whose infants were born drug-addicted that year were covered by state Medicaid programs, the study reported.
"There is a huge cost to society. The taxpayer ends up paying for this," Hardesty said.
Susan Schrock, 817-709-7578
Twitter: @susanschrock


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Lena Dunham has been subjected to an enormous amount of criticism since she came on the scene, and to her credit, she's put up with it incredibly well. So, as someone with a highly developed ability to laugh at herself and create art from her flaws, we'd like think she'd find the about-to-be viral video of a fake Dunham, Chelsea Davison, "auditioning" for Zero Dark Thirty, pretty frigging funny.
It definitely gets a little hairy at times, especially when the subject of her frequent on-screen nudity inevitably comes up. But, there's no denying this impression (not endorsed by Dunham herself) is spot-on, from the intonations to the quirkily-scripted sentence structure and even the outfit. In fact, we're definitely spending the next 20 minutes trying to imagine what would happen if Dunham suddenly plopped into the middle of the dead-serious Oscar-nominated film.
Image: Via Columbia Pictures; Video: Courtesy of Chelsea Davison/YouTube.


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During the past few years, we LACMA curators have been willingly outsourcing some parts of our jobs—to artists. When we invite artists to curate our collections, we don't know exactly what to expect. Artists look at art differently than curators do, encouraging us take a new look at old favorites, pull things out of storage, and put apples together with oranges. Our latest guest curator is Tim Burton, who is also the subject of a major retrospective exhibition opening on May 29. In anticipation of that show, we've assembled Burton Selects: From LACMA's Collection, on view now.
Next month's Tim Burton, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, convincingly demonstrates that Burton's creative process stems from his lifelong dedication to drawing; the vast majority of the 700-plus objects included in the show are drawings of one sort or another, from sketches and doodles to cartoons and character studies. Even in the earliest of these, Burton's key themes and storylines are evident: creatures transforming from one thing into another, quirky children attempting to make sense of equally odd adults, skeletons mingling with humans.
As a curator of prints and drawings, I quickly realized that these same motifs have also been explored by many of the great printmakers in art history. Long before film emerged as the leading mass-culture medium, printmaking was a primary means of disseminating ideas widely and democratically. Thinking about these connections, I decided to invite Burton to curate an exhibition from LACMA's collections.
Burton is based in London, and he already has a more-than-full-time job directing and producing movies. For practical reasons, therefore, we streamlined the curatorial process. I made a preliminary selection from our holdings of over 30,000 prints and drawings. Just for good measure, I included a few objects from the departments of photography, Latin American art, and Japanese art. Setting aside the usual curatorial concerns, such as chronology, I simply looked for things that might resonate with Burton's vision. I knew from interviews that he appreciated German Expressionism, so I offered a lot of examples from LACMA's renowned Robert Gore Rifkind Collection.
There are many other periods in art history when exaggeration, distortion, and fantasy tended to dominate over realistic description. The list eventually included European mannerism and symbolism, Japanese ghost images, and surrealist photographs. I couldn't resist adding some three-dimensional objects: tiny Japanese netsuke, carved in the shapes of skeletons, ghosts, and demons. These were irresistibly similar to the puppets Burton used in his stop-motion animation films The Nightmare before Christmas and Corpse Bride.
From my long list of around 150 works of art, Burton selected 50, which was a comfortable number for the Rifkind Gallery (on the plaza level of the Ahmanson Building). As expected, he did select several German Expressionist prints, as well as an arresting four-foot-tall poster for the classic expressionist film M. He also responded to some of the Old Master prints, especially those featuring caricatured figures or chaotic compositions. Skeletons from the four centuries are included. And to my delight, so are the netsuke.
I know visitors to LACMA will enjoy seeing the full scope of Tim Burton's art in the retrospective exhibition in the Resnick Pavilion. Please also stop by the Rifkind Gallery to see some of LACMA's art through his eyes.
Tickets for Tim Burton are on sale now. Join today for two free tickets to the exhibition and other benefits.
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HAVELOCK � For the last several years, residents on Pine Cliff Road were cut off from the rest of the Craven County because of the poor condition of the roadway.
�It had potholes approximately two feet deep,� Craven County Commissioner Theron McCabe said, adding that emergency vehicles could not access residents because the road was so impassable. �There was no way to get in here to assist the people here in an emergency call. We had to close it off.�
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McCabe said the road used to be better maintained a decade ago, and when he was elected county commissioner in 2006, he became more involved in an effort to improve the road.
Located between Shadyview Beach Road and Temples Point Road in eastern Craven County, Pine Cliff Road had to get added to the state system before work could be done. Houston said that determination came in 2007.
But others steps had to take place before the road could be improved.
�There was some utility work that had to be combined with the work that DOT did, and Commissioner McCabe worked hard to get that funding in place so we could come in here and do our improvements,� said Dwayne Alligood, DOT engineer.
About 300 feet of water line and three power lines had to be moved to make way for the road improvements. Beyond that, the residents had to dedicate the necessary right-of-way space to the state.
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Peter Beagrie is here every week on skysports.com answering YOUR Football League questions.
The former winger, who played over 770 games, representing clubs in all four tiers of the English footballing pyramid, including Manchester City, Everton, Bradford, Sheffield United, Scunthorpe, and Grimsby, forms part of the Sky Sports punditry team for all the big matches in the Championship, League One and League Two.
Doncaster boss Brian Flynn has guided his side top of League One
So if you have a poser for Peter, whether it's about your team, a player, match or incident that has caught your eye, or a wider point on the Football League, make sure you send it in.
Read below for this week's column where Beags gives his take on the League One promotion picture, out-of-sorts Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest's Adlene Guedioura...
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Hi Peter, Simple question: Who is going up from League One? Thanks, Sid Elliott (Swindon fan)
BEAGS SAYS: If you think that is a simple question, Sid, you must be a mastermind as with four points separating the top seven teams, I would say it was anything but simple! What a difference a couple of weeks makes, eh? Swindon were flying but then reveal financial problems; sell their best player, Matt Ritchie; lose their manager, Paolo Di Canio; and then get beaten by relegation candidates Bury. Bournemouth, meanwhile, go top with the highest-paid squad and manager in League One history, but after an unbelievable run lose three on the spin and drop to seventh. Tranmere, after losing five of six, stem the tide and take four points out of six, while Sheffield United get their act together and go on an unbeaten run of five games, including four wins, to move one point behind leaders and away-day wonders Doncaster, who score a last-minute winner at Shrewsbury to register their 11th win on the road this season. Are you getting the picture, Sid? Bournemouth, Sheffield United and Brentford have the best squads on paper but football is played on grass and at this stage of the campaign it is as much about being mentally tough as technically gifted. I do, though, feel the Di Canio factor will have a destabilising effect on Swindon and do not think it is beneficial to have caretaker managers - Tommy Miller and Darren Ward - not focussing solely on their playing duties.
Hi Peter, What do Bradford need to do to ensure that the Capital One Cup run is not just a flash in the pan and they get out of League Two, either this year or next? Thanks, Sam Bryant (Bradford fan)
BEAGS SAYS: It's simple, Sam. Bradford need to build on the principles and level of performance that took them to the final, use the Wembley experience as a carrot to get their again via the play-offs and utilise the extra money this cup run has produced to bolster an already talented squad with emergency loan additions. The Capital One Cup journey has taken its toll on the Bantams' league form, as it has done to other teams in the past - Birmingham and Norwich found that out in 1985, while Cardiff's run to the League Cup final last year damaged the Bluebirds' promotion push - but focus can now turn to the final third of the season; the return of Andrew Davies and the impending one of James Meredith are real plusses and Bradford must now go for it and attack teams by playing creative influences Kyel Reid, Blair Turgott and Zavon Hines on the bigger and better surfaces to give lofty James Hanson the service he deserves. If Phil Parkinson does not price himself out of a new contract, even if the Bantams do not go up this term, they will be in better position financially to get promoted at the seventh attempt in 2014.
Hi Peter, Middlesbrough are on a shocking run at the moment. Why do you think that is and what difference will new signing Sammy Ameobi make? Thanks Andrew Bell (Middlesbrough fan)
BEAGS SAYS: I can honestly say, Andrew, that my gast is well and truly flabbered at the recent run of results Boro have endured; it has been like Emergency Room Seven in the Teessiders' treatment facilities and that has been of huge concern for Mogga, but a lack of confidence was there for all to see in Saturday's Sky Live defeat to Millwall, with players passing the buck and not taking responsibility in the final third. Boro have amassed just four points from a possible 27 but they still remain in play-off contention and with Ishmael Miller, Scott McDonald and few other first-teamers to return, coupled with the addition of Sammy Ameobi, Mowbray's men will be hopeful of a grandstand finish. The pacey Ameobi will make a difference because he won't be affected by the poor run and will play with no inhibitions, offer a threat on the break, especially away from home, and will bring a new dimension if he settles in well.
Hi Peter, Who do you think has been the standout player in League Two this season? Cheers, Pete Turner (York City fan)
BEAGS SAYS: Thanks for your question, Pete. This is very subjective and everybody will have their favourites but I will give you a handful of players who have impressed me this term. Gillingham 'keeper Stuart Nelson has kept 14 clean sheets and been part of a miserly defence that has conceded just nine times on the road, while Fleetwood's Youl Mawene has looked what he is: too good for League Two. Injuries have taken their toll on the centre-back and are the only reason he is playing in the fourth tier, but the 33-year-old former Lens, Derby, Preston and Aberdeen stopper has put in some class performances and is hoping he can stay fit for Town's promotion push. Bradford full-back Stephen Darby, meanwhile, has been brilliant, both in League Two and the Capital One Cup; he has fantastic distribution, is getting better defensively and I'm sure plenty of clubs are looking at a player with a big-game mentality. I'll finish off by stating the obvious and naming hotshot strikers Tom Pope and Nahki Wells; the former has plundered 27 goals for Port Vale, while the latter, a player with a great touch who glides over the surface and has the ability to play at a higher level, has netted 18 for Bradford. I have just scratched the surface with League Two's best but feel the overall quality of the division is getting better with managers playing a more progressive passing game as opposed to the more direct approach.
Hello Beags, Can Hartlepool do the unthinkable and get out of the League One relegation zone? Thanks, Chris Hayden (Hartlepool fan)
BEAGS SAYS: If they do, Chris, I think Jeff Stelling will self-combust on the last Soccer Saturday of the season and I will dust the cobwebs off my summersaults! As many as 12 points from safety just a few weeks ago, John Hughes' side have embarked on a seven-game unbeaten run which has yielded 17 points and they are now just six from safety, but the club's hopes could have been even brighter had Colchester not beaten Yeovil and Oldham, under the tutelage of caretaker boss Tony Philliskirk, not won three in a row. Pools' first four fixtures in March - Doncaster (a), Colchester (h), Yeovil (h), Oldham (a) - are massive and I feel they must beet Colchester and Oldham because they have a very tough run-in. If they finish above Oldham, though, they will remain in the division.
Hi Peter, I am a Charlton fan and while we were terrible against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, I was very impressed by Forest's Adlene Guedioura. What do you make of him and can you understand why on earth Wolves let him go? Thanks,Michael Swanson (Charlton fan)
BEAGS SAYS: I could not believe it, Michael, when Wolves let Guedioura go out on loan to Forest in January 2012 and then allowed him to make a permanent move to the City Ground in the summer for a reported fee of £1million. I have always admired Adlene's industry and work-rate but he has so much more to his game; he links the play really well, has great close control and an excellent rang of passing, while a big plus with the Algerian is his penchant for spectacular long-range strikes. Guedioura is a massive hit with the Forest faithful because he can dictate games form the middle of the park, something Billy Davies' side are going to rely on heavily at this nervy part of the season.
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Episode 214 ("Past and Presence, Part 2") – In the aftermath of the explosion, Patrick and Jagger rush to diffuse a second bomb, while Robin, Kyle, Leo and Epiphany fight to save Saira's life. Meanwhile, Anna (special guest star Finola Hughes), Robert and Jagger all make life-altering decisions and Kyle and Claire reconcile on the season finale of General Hospital: Night Shift, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 (11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m., ET/PT) on SOAPnet.
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Name: Dylan Ballantine
Major: Theater
Year: Senior
Hometown: Avon, Minn.
What made you decide to major in theater?
I didn't come to CSB/SJU intending to be a theater major. But during my first year of college, I started to realize that theater was where I wanted to be, and I couldn't really imagine my life without it.
What area of theater do you focus on?
I chose to focus on acting. Though I've tried my hand at some technical theater, nothing really floats my boat quite like being up on stage. It's not just the gratification of performance, but the confidence and determination that I've developed as a result. Perhaps I'll end up going to grad school for acting, or then again, perhaps not. I do feel well prepared for whatever path I choose.
What do you like best about the theater program at CSB/SJU?
I love the fact that everyone feels like a part of the show. If you are in the Introduction to the Costuming Process class, you'll be learning by helping make the costumes for the department show. The Technical Production I class might play a large role in the set construction. No matter who you are or what your specialty is, there is a good chance you can show up for the performance and say, "hey, I painted that leaf on the bottom corner of the backdrop." And you'll be awfully proud of that leaf.
What is the biggest struggle you've encountered in the program?
The semester isn't long enough to do everything. Because there is so much more than just the department shows happening each semester, it's a juggling act for all of us to get everything done (and on time).
|Ballantine performed in "The House of Yes," a dark comedy by Wendy MacLeod, in spring 2007.
What kind of relationship do you have with your professors?
You learn very quickly in this program to be on a first name basis with your professors. I feel absolutely comfortable approaching any one of my professors for anything. I think this program does a good job of balancing respect and informalities.
How is the interaction between students in your program?
We get up in the morning and go to class together, followed by lunch together, and then more class together. After class, we'll most likely have rehearsal for something together. In my opinion, there is no other major on this campus where the students are as close knit as the theater students. And although we get along great and then fight like siblings, any one of us could really go out to lunch with any combination of five theater majors and feel totally at ease. As cheesy as it sounds, we are always there for each other. The friendships and comradely I've found here are something I wouldn't trade for anything.
Are you involved in any clubs on campus?
I am currently the president of The Smiles and Frowns: Drama Club. Drama Club is a great opportunity for both theater and non-theater students to have a creative outlet in the theater world. We plan several projects every year, such as Hodgepodge (a night of random artistic talents in Brother Willie's Pub), workshops (including mask making and auditioning), script writing parties, improvisation Sundays, and good old-fashioned light sabering. Biases aside, I really feel Drama Club is a great place for anyone at all interested in theater.
|In spring 2005, Ballantine was in "Museum," a one-act play by Tina Howe.
Describe your study abroad experience.
I went to London, England, during the fall semester of 2006. London was a lot of fun, and I highly recommend studying abroad. I was able to intern at a small fringe theater called the Finborough, which was an incredible experience. I also played ultimate Frisbee on two London teams.
What advice do you have for students that are just entering your program?
Get involved right away, come to the theater orientation dinner, and meet people. Audition for the fall show if you can. The best way to succeed in this department is to stay motivated, driven by what it is that you want to get out of this program. You can do a lot of really cool things in this program, just buckle up and get ready.


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Police State Terror in Bahrain - by Stephen Lendman Last summer sporadic protests began. By mid-February, major ones erupted. Demonstrators held firm against King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa's regime. Repression and several deaths were reported from live fire. Anti-government protesters occupied Manama's Pearl Roundabout, Bahrain's equivalent of Cairo's Tahrir Square. They demanded democratic elections, ending sectarian discrimination favoring Sunnis over Shias, equitable distribution of the country's oil wealth, and resignation of the king's uncle, Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, prime minister since 1971. They also want political prisoners released and state terror ended. For weeks, many thousands defied government demands, braving police attacks with tear gas, beatings, rubber bullets, live fire, arrests, torture, and disappearances. On February 14, Canada's National Post writer Peter Goodspeed headlined, "Trouble in tiny Bahrain (population 1.2 million) carries big implications," saying: If Bahrain becomes democratic, people throughout the region will be inspired to demand it. As a result, "the ramifications for US foreign policy could be severe. Bahrain is home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet," the Pentagon "station(ing) 15 warships, including an aircraft battle group, in the very heart of the Persian Gulf." "The island state off the coast of Saudi Arabia provides Washington with a perfect base from which it can protect the (region's) flow of oil, keep an eye on Iran and support pro-Western monarchies against potential threats." On March 14, fearing uprisings against their own regimes, over 1,500 Saudi Arabia-led Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) military and police security forces invaded Bahrain guns blazing. They attacked peaceful protesters, arrested opposition leaders and activists, occupied the country, denied wounded men and women medical treatment, and imposed police state control in support of the hated monarchy. The Obama administration was very instrumental in their coming, to prevent the possibility of emerging democracy in Bahrain or elsewhere in the region. News of the intervention, however, brought larger crowds to the streets. They occupied the Pearl Roundabout, set up barricades against vicious attacks, and persisted against fierce repression. On April 1, Bahrain's al-Wefaq party, its largest anti-government opposition, claimed security forces arrested over 300 protesters since mid-March, dozens still missing. Prominent blogger, Mahmoud al-Youssef, was among the disappeared, taken into custody on March 30. Tanks were positioned at prominent sites. Police checkpoints were set up throughout the country. Unidentified gangs, believed to be plainclothes security forces, conducted nighttime raids on homes in poor Shiite neighborhoods. Residents reported assaults and confiscations of their property. In short order, Pearl Roundabout protesters were violently routed. Since mid-February, perhaps dozens were killed, hundreds injured, and many more arrested, tortured, and disappeared. Bahrain Human Rights Center (BHRC) head Nabeel Rajab said several dozen masked men raided his home in mid-March, "threaten(ing) to rape me and one man was touching my body. They hit me with shoes and punched me with fists. They were insulting me, saying things like, 'You're Shiite so go back to Iran.' " Blindfolded and arrested, he was beaten for two hours, then released. Another gang returned a few days later, threatening him and journalists present at the time. Extreme repression quelled protests and strikes, but anti-regime opposition persists. One man fired from his teaching job said: "We cannot stop. We might go quiet for a bit to mourn the dead and treat the injured and see those in jail, but then we will rise up again." Journalists were also threatened, including the country's only opposition newspaper, Al-Wasat, shut down in late March to silence it. The Bahrain News Agency called its coverage "unethical" for reporting accurately on government repression. Its editor and co-owner, Mansoor al-Jamri, said it was an attempt to suppress independent news, explaining: "There is now no other voice but that of the state. The news blackout is so intense." Its print and online editions are now closed to prevent vital information from being published. Bahraini state terror got so extreme even The New York Times took note in its "Bahrain News - The Protests (2011)" section. On April 7, it said: "Bahrain has taken on the likeness of a police state. There have been mass arrests, mass firings of government workers, reports of torture and the forced resignation of the top editor of the nation's one independent newspaper." Moreover, emergency law provisions let security forces search buildings and homes with no warrant, as well as "dissolve any organization, including legal political parties, deemed a danger to the state." On April 6, writer Clifford Krauss headlined, "Bahrain's Rulers Tighten Their Grip on Battered Opposition," saying: "The intensity of the repression is pushing some toward militancy, while others are holding back, at least for now." Earlier mass demonstrations dwindled to smaller ones and marches, many outside Manama in villages like Saar and Shahrakkan. Two released political prisoners said detainees are being tortured with electric shocks, beatings, sexual abuse, and other indignities. According to Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher Dan Williams: "They are leaving no oppressive stone unturned. They enter homes of people already detained and ransack (them). They are keeping people in detention with limited (or no) access to their lawyers and families." On April 12, Krauss headlined, "Hospital Is Drawn Into Bahrain Strife," saying: Masked soldiers "guard the front gate of Salmaniya Medical Complex. Inside clinics are virtually empty of patients, many of whom, doctors say, have been hauled away for detention after participating in protests." Doctors, nurses, and other medical staff have also been arrested, officials calling Salmaniya (Bahrain's largest public hospital) and local clinics hotbeds of "radical Shiite conspirators trying to destabilize the country." Doctors, however, say Salmaniya and other medical facilities have been targeted by state terror. As a result, sick and injured Bahrainis have nowhere to go for treatment. The Obama administration steadfastly supports the Al-Khalifa regime and other regional despots, saying practically nothing about their abuses, no matter how extreme, while pretending to support democratic change in Libya. On April 11, a Washington Post editorial expressed concern headlining, "The US silence on Bahrain's crackdown," saying: While condemning human rights abuses in Libya and bloody crackdowns in Syria, "the president and his administration remain mostly silent about another ugly campaign of repression underway in the Arab world, in the Persian Gulf emirate of Bahrain." However, instead of denouncing it, WP called it "counterproductive (and) likely to foment the very problem that its advocates seek to prevent: a sectarian uprising in the region that could be exploited by Iran." "Worse, Defense Secretary (Gates) appeared to bolster the (Saudi intervention) during a visit last week to Riyadh, saying that 'we already have evidence that the Iranians are trying to exploit the situation in Bahrain.' " At the same time, the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said US CENTCOM head General James Mattis and US deputy chief of mission Stephanie Williams met with Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Bahrain's crown prince and deputy supreme commander. According to BNA, Al-Khalifa "hailed (Washington's) support for Bahrain's security and stability which epitomizes strong ties bonding the two friendly countries. He also stressed the kingdom's keenness to further promote bilateral relations and cooperation mainly in the military and defense field....Both sides also reviewed regional developments and the need to safeguard regional security and stability." On April 11, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint program of the International Federation for Human Rights and World Organization Against Torture, expressed grave concern for Bahraini human rights defenders following stepped up crackdowns. On April 9, masked police arrested and severely beat Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, former Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) president, and two of his sons-in-law, Wafi Almajid and Hussein Ahmed, at his daughter's home. Mohammad Al-Maskati, another son-in-law, as well as president of the Bahrain Society for Human Rights, was present, severely beaten, but not arrested. On April 10, BCHR reported over 600 arrests and disappearances, including 30 women and children, one aged 12. No information is available on their whereabouts, status or condition. Those detained include dissidents, activists, journalists, bloggers, students, teachers, doctors, lawyers, poets, artists, sculptors, photographers, political society members, and anyone for democratic change. On April 12, BCHR and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned Zakariya Rashid Hassan's death in detention, six days after he was charged with inciting hatred, disseminating false news, promoting sectarian violence, and calling for regime change. His family rejected the interior ministry's claim that he died from sickle cell anemia complications. His body showed clear signs of abuse. BCHR and RSF also expressed concern for Nabeel Rajab, BCHR head, accused of fabricating photo evidence of injuries to Ali Isa Saqer, another detainee who died in custody, clearly from abuse. On March 28, general decree Decision No. 5 of 2011 prohibited publication of any information relating to ongoing state investigations on national security grounds. The measure reinforces others used to silence dissent and truth, especially about human rights violations. As a result, on April 3, charges were filed against three Al-Wasat journalists for allegedly "fabricating" news detrimental to Bahrain's international image and reputation. Those affected include editor Mansour Al-Jamari, managing editor Walid Nouihid, and local news editor Aqil Mirza. On the same day, two Al-Wasat Iraqi journalists since 2005 were summarily deported. Earlier, BCHR reported children being abducted, detained, and abused, saying security crackdowns arrested 76, about one-fifth of the 355 known total at the time. It noted that "special forces attack people randomly, especially children who are at risk of excessive use of force, rubber bullets and tear gas." As a result, many sustained serious injuries. Moreover, BCHR received many complaints from families of victims. One case, typical of others, involved Ali Abbas Radhi, aged 14. Running an errand for his father, he returned bloodstained, his clothes dusty, his head wounded, his body showing clear signs of abuse, including a fractured leg. He told BCHR that: "Riot police asked me to stop so I obeyed their orders, but a group of them pointed their weapons toward me which made me panic and try to flee in fear of getting killed. The riot police chased me until they caught me, and they assaulted me by beating me and kicking me with their boots or with the butts of their guns to my head and all over my body as well as cursing and insulting members of my family with dirty words." Numerous other random attacks against men, women and children were and continue to be similar, many resulting in arrests, detention, torture, disappearances, and an unknown number of deaths, believed to be dozens. Since state crackdowns began last summer, many children as well as adults have been arrested and abused. Lucky ones were released far from home in their underwear, or in some cases naked. More recently, under a state of emergency, severe crackdowns continue to terrorize government opponents, subjecting anyone to arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, and disappearance any time for any reason, or none based on bogus suspicions. A Final Comment On April 12, 19 human rights organizations condemned Bahraini state terror, their joint press release saying: The undersigned "severely condemn the authorities' crackdown on prominent human rights defenders....We are gravely concerned for (their) safety and well-being...." "Human rights organizations estimate that over 600 individuals (including human rights activists and political opponents) remain in Bahraini prisons at high risk of torture and ill-treatment. It is a particularly alarming situation given that torture is a virtually systematic practice that has been used against activists increasingly since last year." In this context, we firmly believe that Bahrain's membership in the UN Human Rights Council (should) be suspended....Furthermore, the undersigned organizations (condemn the) complicity and lack of political will from international actors, particularly the US and EU (for) turn(ing) a blind eye (to) massive and systematic human rights violations in this region of the world." Signed: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Arab Organization for Human Rights, Syria Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, Egypt Bahrain Center for Human Rights Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights Center for Trade Unions and Workers' Services, Egypt Committees for the Defense of Democracy, Freedom and Human Rights, Syria Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement Hisham Mubarak Law Center, Egypt Human Rights First Society, Saudi Arabia Human Rights Organization in Syria, MAF Iraqi Human Rights Association in Denmark Kurdish Committee for Human Rights in Syria al-Rased Kurdish Organization for the Defense of Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria, DAD National Organization for Human Rights in Syria New Woman Research Center, Egypt The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Yemeni Organization for Defending Rights and Democratic Freedoms Other human rights groups, around 1,500 NGOs, and the International Trade Union Confederation (and its 301 affiliated members in 151 countries) also denounced Bahraini state terror. Appealing to the international community, they called for those responsible to be held accountable. So far, daily crackdowns continue, Bahrainis still terrorized by US-backed militarized repression. Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening. http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/the-progressive-news-hour/.
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Consuming an Internet Scale Data Source with a Custom Type Provider
Thus far, I've provided examples of the type providers included in F# 3.0. It is also possible to develop your own custom type provider. A few months ago, the Visual Studio F# team added the source code of the
Freebase type provider sample to the F# 3.0 Sample Pack. The Freebase type provider is an excellent example of the situations in which a custom type provider makes it easy to consume Internet scale data sources. In fact, the Visual Studio F# team has been using the Freebase type provider sample in most of their presentations on type providers benefits.
If you visit www.freebase.com, you will find a simple definition for Freebase as an entity graph of people, places, and things built by a community that loves open data. Freebase provides a huge and constantly growing information space with structured data on over 23 million topics. It is possible to query Freebase's data using Metaweb Query Language (MQL), which uses JSON objects as queries through standard HTTP requests and responses. For example, if you enter the following URL in a browser:
the results will provide all the music albums for Queen (see Figure 9). It is possible to parse the results with a JSON parser but the Freebase type provider can do that for you.
It is easier to read the previously shown query in the following lines with indentation:
https://www.googleapis.com/freebase/v1/mqlread?query= { "type":"/music/artist", "name":"Queen", "album":[] }
album is not specified, that is the value that the query will retrieve from Freebase. Note that it would be very difficult to generate and maintain code with the entire schema for Freebase in order to support IntelliSense and make it easier for developers to consume the data. Just imagine how long it would take for a code-generation tool to complete the entire schema for such a huge structure. However, the sample
Freebase type provider allows you to start reading the database with just a few lines of code, as I did with the
ODataService type provider. This type provider injects the necessary types on demand as you navigate through the Freebase data structure. As such, it is an excellent example of how to ease navigation through huge Internet data sources.The type provider has some limitations and many bugs, but it is stable enough to allow you to consume Freebase without major issues.
First, it is necessary to download and build the source code for the
Freebase type provider. You can download the latest version from http://fsharp3sample.codeplex.com/SourceControl/list/changesets. You must click on Download (not on Downloads), see Figure 10. At the time I was writing this article, the file name for the latest change-set was
fsharp3sample-18045.zip. You can also get the
Freebase type provider from http://fsharp.github.com/fsharpx/.
Next, you need to unzip the downloaded file and build the
Samples.DataStore.Freebase.sln solution found within the
SampleProviders folder. If you want to use the built
Freebase type provider in an F# project, you must add the following references:
FSharp.Data.TypeProvidersin Assemblies | Extensions.
Samples.DataStore.Freebase.dll.You have to select Browse and then click on the Browse… button in order to select the DLL in the Reference Manager.
If you prefer the F# script and you want to work in the FSI window, the following lines will have the same effect. (Take into account that you will need to execute them if you want to test code in either the FSI window or any F# script related to the Freebase type provider. Obviously, you will need to replace
C:\Gaston\fsharp3sample-18045… with your path to the
#r "FSharp.Data.TypeProviders" #r @"C:\Gaston\fsharp3sample-18045\SampleProviders\Samples.DataStore.Freebase\obj\Debug\net45\Samples.DataStore.Freebase.dll"
If you create an F# script and add the following two lines to the previously shown lines that add the necessary references to use the
Freebase type provider, you will retrieve all the cheese names from Freebase (see Figure 11). You will notice that
dsafdafda is definitely not a valid cheese name. Thus, you must be careful because not all the data retrieve is valid.
let data = Samples.DataStore.Freebase.FreebaseData.GetDataContext() let cheeseNames = data.Commons.``Food & Drink``.Cheeses |> Seq.toList
In the code, the
GetDataContext static method gets a simplified data context for the Freebase type provider. The type provider generates types and retrieves data on demand. Thus, when you enter
"data," IntelliSense will display the available domain categories, such as
Commons. If you enter the following:
Let cheeseNames = data.Commons.F
IntelliSense displays all the domain categories for the Freebase database that contain 'F':
- American football
- Fashion, Clothing and Textiles
- Film
- Food & Drink
When you select a domain, IntelliSense retrieves the description. For example, when you select Food & Drink, you will see a detailed description that starts with the following sentence (Figure 12): The
food domain is a collection of information about all kinds of food and drink.
This way, the
Freebase type provider enables you to access the different domains without having to review any schema documentation. You learn the schema as you navigate through the different domain collections thanks to IntelliSense on demand.
The following lines show another example of the basic usage of the
Freebase type provider to retrieve all the musical albums for Queen programatically.
module FreebaseExample = open System open Samples.DataStore.Freebase let data = Samples.DataStore.Freebase.FreebaseData.GetDataContext() let musicalArtists = data.``Arts and Entertainment``.Music.``Musical Artists`` let queen = query { for artist in musicalArtists do where (artist.Name.ApproximatelyMatches "Queen") select artist headOrDefault } let queenAlbums = query { for album in queen.Albums do sortBy album.Name select album.Name } |> Seq.toList let printAlbum (albumName: string) = Console.WriteLine(albumName) List.iter printAlbum queenAlbums let ReadAnyKey() = Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue") Console.ReadKey() |> ignore ReadAnyKey()
In this example, the code uses
musicalArtists (data.``Arts and Entertainment``.Music.``Musical Artists``) as the data source for a query expression. Once you started writing the lines that define the query expression, the type inference mechanism knows that artist is of type
FreebaseData.ServiceTypes.Music.Music.ArtistData. Thus, after you write
"artist," IntelliSense will display the different fields available for the entity).
The code retrieves a musical artist that approximately matches
"Queen" (queen) and then retrieves all the
FreebaseData.ServiceTypes.Music.Music.AlbumData entities in the
Albums property for
queen, and sorts them by name. If you execute the code, you will see the title for all the musical albums related to Queen sorted by name on the console (Figure 13).
Freebase type provider allows you to reach to each individual value for an entity. For example, take a look at the following lines that retrieve the artist that partially matches Queen:
let queen = query { for artist in musicalArtists do where (artist.Name.ApproximatelyMatches "Queen") select artist headOrDefault }
Because the
Freebase type provider allows you to navigate though each data collection, you can access sample data sets of named individuals of many collections. For example, you can access a sample data set of named individuals of type
Musical Artists in the Web data store by entering
data.``Arts and Entertainment``.Music.``Musical Artists``.Individuals. Each time you select an artist, the
Freebase type provider will load a long description (see Figure 14). This way, the previously shown query can be replaced with the following line:
let queen = data.``Arts and Entertainment``.Music.``Musical Artists``.Individuals.Queen
Other Custom Type Providers
You can find many other useful type provider samples with their complete source code in http://fsharp3sample.codeplex.com/SourceControl/list/changesets (see the SampleProviders folder). You can also install them via http://fsharp.github.com/fsharpx/ or use NuGET by executing the following commands:
Install-Package FSharpx.Core
Install-Package FSharpx.Http
Install-Package FSharpx.Observable
Install-Package FSharpx.Compatibility.OCaml
Install-Package FSharpx.TypeProviders
Install-Package FSharpx.TypeProviders.
The FSharpx project usually adds recent type provider samples, so it is extremely useful if you think you might need to build a custom type provider or you're interesting in diving deeper on this interesting feature. The project currently includes the following type providers within
AppSettings: Injects setters and getters that work with application settings files.
Documents: Very interesting type provider that allows strongly typed access to JSON, XML, and CSV files.
Excel: Provides strongly typed access Excel worksheets.
Freebase: The one I've used in my previous examples to access Freebase Web database.
Graph: Offers type providers for graphs and state machines.
Machine: Provides strongly typed access to the file system and the Registry.
Math: Very interesting type provider for vector data structures.
Regex: Provides strongly typed access to regular expressions.
Xaml: Provides strongly typed access to XAML files.
In this article, I've demonstrated the different options for consuming WSDL, OData, and an Internet Scale Data Source with a custom type provider (Freebase). If you already have some experience working with the different data sources used in the examples, you will understand the productivity boost offered by type providers. Once you start taking advantage of F# 3.0 type providers, it is really difficult to go back to the code-generation tools. If you're making the move to F# to work with different data sources using a functional approach, I encourage you to take a look at the additional type providers I've mentioned. In some cases, it is extremely useful to customize the source code for an existing type provider in order to solve your own specific requirements. With the ease of access delivered by type providers, you can focus instead on your algorithms.
Gaston Hillar specializes in using Microsoft developer technologies. He writes frequently for Dr. Dobb's.


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DES MOINES, Iowa — Evangelical activists are Iowa's most potent Republican voting bloc and the fight for their support is in full swing among the presidential candidates competing to emerge as a more conservative alternative to early front-runner Mitt Romney.
A half-dozen GOP contenders flocked to Iowa on Saturday in hopes of gaining any edge with this influential group barely 10 weeks before the state's Jan. 3 caucuses.
These voters have yet to rally around any single candidate aggressively courting them, seeking the kind of lift that carried former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to victory in the leadoff caucuses in 2008.
In fact, with 1,000 social conservatives expected to hear from six candidates late Saturday in Des Moines, there are deep divisions among these voters about where to throw their support.
"I don't see anyone galvanizing people like they did for Mike Huckabee," said Steve Scheffler, president of the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition. "And I'd be lying if I told you that can change in one event."
Activists attending the coalition's forum at the Iowa State Fairgrounds awaited pitches from three candidates who have made the most aggressive appeals so far — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum — as well as from three others in the field — businessman Herman Cain, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul.
The candidates planned campaign stops throughout the day, such as Perry's early pheasant hunting excursion with U.S. Rep. Steve King at the Loess Hills Hunting Preserve outside of Akron, a small town in the western part of the state.
Perry and King had breakfast at a lodge, where they talked for more than 30 minutes as two of King's sons and two of his grandchildren looked on. King hasn't endorsed a 2012 candidate and wouldn't commit to backing Perry. But hunting is "an instantaneous bond," King told reporters before the two went off.
The forum didn't draw Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who has led national GOP polls all year and was in New Hampshire on Saturday. Despite an aggressive effort by the event's planners, he declined an invitation, in part because he is well-known in Iowa from his 2008 White House run and is skipping multicandidate gatherings in the state.
It's also true that he has had a touchy relationship with evangelical conservatives, many of whom are leery of Romney's Mormon faith and his changed positions on social issues such as gay and abortion rights.
He has attended national meetings of conservatives, including the Values Voter Summit in Washington this month, but is emphasizing economic, rather than social issues.
In his absence, the stage at the fairgrounds will feature some rivals who can claim ties to the religious right, but not the commitment yet that Huckabee earned four years ago.
Polls four years ago showed that about half of Iowa's GOP caucus-goers considered themselves born-again Christians.
Bachmann built her campaign around outreach to conservative Christian pastors, who turned out in the hundreds in helping her win the Iowa presidential straw poll in August. But influential pastors say the group is divided, considering Bachmann's campaign has lost some of its steam, while Perry and Santorum have stepped up their appeals.
Likewise, Christian home-school activists, a well-networked group that worked behind the scenes for Huckabee, apparently have no preferred candidate.
Perry gained attention for a national day of prayer he hosted in Houston in August. But some of his luster with evangelical voters has faded in light of his 2007 executive order requiring school-age girls be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cancer.
Santorum, an anti-abortion leader while in the Senate, has impressed social conservative leaders in Iowa, but trails Perry and Bachmann in fundraising.
Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition: http://ffciowa.com


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