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Opinion: Shoring Up Mark Sanford
Editorial board member Steve Moore on Mark Sanford's phalanx of support. Photos: Getty Images
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... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... the National Republican Congressional Committee ... pulled the plug on money for former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's congressional campaign ... that thou there's news that the friends of Mark might be stepping up to help ... editorial board member Steve Moore joins me from Washington ... Steve we've got a list year Mr. Stanford's at new backers inane Clint's pretty big heavyweight Senator Tim Scott Governor Nikki Haley ... a Lindsey Graham freedom works ... why is it in their interests to help beloved of steam ... well you know the truth is that Mark Sanford has a very conservative rapper of all when he was in progress and as governor ... and so a lot of people even though they may be disgusted with some of his outbursts all ... of my problems on still look at him as a solid ... fiscal conservative who believes in limited government and Doc many people including Rabaul by the way of saying it would be good to have someone like that in Congress who has these ideals now married on the other hand you've got a lot of Republicans I've talked to were Republican leaders mostly talking off the record were actually on you know crossing their fingers and hoping that our tempered loses this race ... because they take a key cause real problems for the party in the big midterm elections coming up ... in November two thousand fourteen well if you look at the numbers Steve he looks set to lose this race the latest public policy polling ... shows and trailing a Elizabeth Kolbert Bush by nine points she has a fifty one to thirty five advantage with independence ... I know why would anyone throw good money after after bad ... well you know those holes are all over the place icon to the Stamford campaign they have about polls that suggest that this is of course races Mackinac so anything can happen let's not forget Mary this is a district ... that is sixty percent Republican is one of the most Republican districts in the country it's a district that doubt that Mitt Romney won idly by and whites ... against of Brock Obama in the November election so it is in Alicante to have the lead for Democrats to win but there's no question ... about the way you mentioned independent voters you know the problem that the Stamford campaign tells me they're having is what is also with women voters who just will not have the boxy and for bail for leaving his wife an anti don't go to the surprise ... date you receive ... um we've got about ... a minute left and Carosa made a big push this time around in the cycle ... to pick candidates they can actually win yet aam you know I know this freedom works on that list ... what the record says Cremers having picking ... those winning candidates are already discussing spraying money and people ... who say the right things that need to smaller government the tea party line ... well it a pretty good record I mean look at Cruise probably wouldn't be in the Senate with the work for ... you know freedom works on ... you know might we probably wouldn't be there from Utah so some of the new you know ... obstructionists service tires of the Senate were helped by three the worst but then you've also got some losers that were backed by freedom works and ... in all I talk to them often and they simply say look we don't expect a win all the boats that and they also say that the part about our agenda is to try to cut output of fear factor behind some of these more moderate Republicans who may not always vote the right way on key issues that Danielle at the primary summer these guys even when they don't win sometimes changes behavior okay editorial board member Steve Moore thank so much for being with this ...


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SKF TKTL 40 brings safer, more efficient temperature measurement
2014 March 10, 14:00 CET
SKF has launched the SKF TKTL 40 – a portable infrared thermometer that records temperature, together with photo or video, enabling safe and effective measurement from a distance.
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Failing to detect abnormal temperatures can result in unplanned machine downtime, while high temperatures can cause lubricant and bearing damage. The SKF TKTL 40 offers technicians an accurate, easy-to-use thermometer with which to prevent such problems and measure temperature safely.
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Unit Tests
- 1 Installing and Configuring your Unit Test Environment
- 2 Developing Unit Tests
- 2.1 Nomenclature
- 2.2 What should be tested
- 2.3 Which base class to extend
- 2.4 What should be mocked
- 2.5 How should template methods of abstract classes be tested
- 2.6 What to refactor to make it possible to test
- 2.7 How to write maintainable tests
- 2.8 Test Documentation
- 2.9 How to test exceptions
- 2.10 What if my test class calls a DAO?
- 2.11 What if my test class depends on calls to static class methods?
- 2.12 PHPUnit annotations
- 2.13 Useful links
- 3 Running Unit Tests
- 4 Installing and Configuring the Build Environment
Installing and Configuring your Unit Test Environment
Web Test Environment (Selenium)
Please install a Web Tests environment if you intend to create or execute automated web tests with PHPUnit.
On the command line execute
wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit.phar chmod +x phpunit.phar sudo mv phpunit.phar /home/YOUR-USER-FOLDER/bin/phpunit
Currently we are using the 4.1.0 version of PHPUnit to run the existing tests
PKP Unit Test Framework
The PKP unit test framework can be checked out as part of the pkp library. You find it in pkp/tests.
You'll however have to use the unit test framework within an application to work properly.
Before starting your tests, please make copies of the files in "/lib/pkp/tests/config", remove the "TEMPLATES" placeholder and configure the pgsql and mysql database connection data.
Eclipse integration
Please see our Configure Eclipse for PHPUnit tutorial.
Developing Unit Tests
This is a very terse documentation of the PHPUnit features we usually use in our unit tests. It is meant to document PKP-specific usage of PHPUnit and as a cheat sheet for the most important PHPUnit functionality. It does not replace the PHPUnit manual. Please refer to the manual when you are using PHPUnit for the first time.
- Unit test classes are called after the class they are testing, e.g. the test to test the "Config" class would be "ConfigTest".
- PHPUnit works well with our usual PKP file name nomenclature. Files are named after the test class name with a ".inc.php" postfix, e.g. the ConfigTest class would be found in the file "ConfigTest.inc.php".
- We'll use the same folder structure inside the tests directory that we use for the classes we test.
- Tests for PKP library classes will be in "lib/pkp/tests". Tests for PKP application classes will be in "/tests".
What should be tested
- Generally you want to test only public interface and public object states. Also, test only methods with logic, including constructors.
Which base class to extend
- Unit tests that require database access extend "DatabaseTestCase".
- All other test cases extend "PKPTestCase".
What should be mocked
All tested code external dependencies. Doubles (or mocks, a type of double object) are meant to isolate the tested code, so we can unit test it without executing the other system parts.
You can also mock your class under test, to inject dependencies, for example. But be careful to not mock internal functionalities. That way you are not completely testing the class. Also, internal methods are implementation details and should be free to be changed. Mocking them would couple too much test and class under test.
How should template methods of abstract classes be tested
Test template methods of abstract classes mocking only the abstract methods that the template method needs. You should not test the public interface of an abstract class using a subclass. The subclass might have its own test, but it should only test details that are implemented there.
What to refactor to make it possible to test
- Add getters and setters if you need to inject external dependencies. Eg.: ScheduledTask uses Mail class, so it has a getMail() method that can be mocked to return the mail double created to avoid that external class dependency.
- Consider that tests are also users of the application. So you might want to expose some interfaces to make it easier to test the class. This should be taken with care, you don't want to expose something that's clearly meant to be private to make the class easier to test.
How to write maintainable tests
- Avoid much logic into the tests methods. Tests should be simple.
- Each test should test only one thing, ideally. Sometimes is hard, but tests that needs lots of mock objects and logic are almost testing more than they should. That makes harder to read and understand the code.
- Avoid tested code duplication in tests. A symptom might be the necessity of a lot of logic in your tests. Pay attention to one test template being used with a data provider to test a lot of cases. This could be a tested code logic duplication code smell.
When unit turns into integration
If your test depends on anything outside your tested class, mock it. If you don't do that, you are not unit testing, you are doing an integration test. When you allow external dependencies running their code, your test code is coupled with them, and if something changes there, it might brake your unit test. That makes tests harder to maintain.
Also, make sure you don't test how the external dependencies worked. You can test what parameters your testing class passed to the external dependencies, if it's needed. But you don't want to test if and how they were stored by the dependency entities.
Test Documentation
- One of the functions of a test case is documenting the class specification in a very detailed and precise way. Please make sure that your source code contains enough method and inline documentation so that an outsider can quickly understand how the class' API is to be used. This is not necessary if the test method name speaks for itself.
- Use a @see annotation in the class comment that points to the tested class.
How to test exceptions
- A test method that is annotated with "@expectedException ExceptionClass" will fail if it does not throw the declared exception.
What if my test class calls a DAO?
We always try to test classes with as little dependencies as possible. We want our unit tests to concentrate on one class without relying on the functionality of other classes.
An example: We do not want to rely on a functioning database infra-structure when testing application objects that draw data from the DAO application layer.
Luckily PHPUnit provides us with a very elegant and lean solution to this dependency problem. See the following test code for an example:
class SubmissionTest extends PKPTestCase { [...] public function testGetUser() { // Our system under test (SUT) $submission = new Submission(); $submission->setUserId(5); // Mock the UserDAO $mockUserDAO =& $this->getMock('UserDAO', array('getUser')); DAORegistry::registerDAO('UserDAO', $mockUserDAO); // Set up the mock getUser() method $result = new PKPUser(); $result->setId(5); $mockUserDAO->expects($this->once()) // getUser should be called once ->method('getUser') ->with($this->equalTo(5)) // expected input ->will($this->returnValue($result)); // mock output // The following assertion will pass if and only if the following // conditions are met: // * UserDAO->getUser() is called exactly once // * UserDAO->getUser() is called with one parameter equal to 5 // * $submission->getUser() returns exactly the object we return from // our mock object. self::assertEquals($result, $submission->getUser()); } [...] }
See the chapter about mock objects in the PHPUnit manual for further details.
What if my test class depends on calls to static class methods?
From a testing point of view, static method calls are evil. It is impossible to mock static method calls with the system under test being unaware of it. Static method calls are not so nice for other reasons as well: They make it difficult to "drop in" different implementations of a class at runtime. This restricts design flexibility and code maintainability. It is usually better to use the singleton pattern instead.
If you cannot avoid static method calls or if you have to rely on legacy classes then you can manually create a mock class that will be included rather than the standard PKP implementation:
- create a file called "Mock<Classname>.inc.php" in the same directory as your unit test class.
- in this file implement a mock version of <Classname>.
- implement only the methods required either during PKP framework initialization or for your own test.
- the test framework will automatically drop in the mock class instead of the original class
If you need the same mock class several times then you can implement it in the 'tests/mock' folder and drop a file with the same name into your current unit test directory that imports the central mock class from the 'tests/mock' folder.
Here is an example for a mock Locale class. The class is placed in the file MockLocale.inc.php in the '/lib/pkp/tests/mock' directory. It is being included from many different unit test directories. One example is '/lib/pkp/tests/classes/core'.
class Locale { /* * method required during setup of * the PKP application framework */ function initialize() { // do nothing } /* * method required during setup of * the PKP application framework * @return string test locale */ function getLocale() { return 'de_DE'; } /* * method required during setup of * the PKP application framework */ function registerLocaleFile($locale, $filename, $addToTop = false) { // do nothing } /** * Mocked method * @return array a test array of locales */ function getLocalePrecedence() { return array('de_DE', 'en_US'); } }
PHPUnit annotations
Annotations have to be declared where they apply.
Please see the PHPUnit manual for details on each annotation.
Declaring Coverage
The @covers annotation indicates to the test coverage analyser the class or method to be covered by a given unit test. The @covers annotation is mandatory for all tests. The function format is always preferable to the class format. You'll very rarely write unit tests that cover a whole class.
- method format: @covers ClassName::methodName
- class format: @covers ClassName
Documenting Test Dependency
The @depends defines a logical dependency of one test case from another. You use the depends annotation if you want to document such dependency or if you want to use results from one test case as input to another test case. Test execution order is only dependent on the order of the methods in the test class, not on the @depends annotation.
Useful links
- Constraints list (can be used in mocks).
Running Unit Tests
Command line
You can run them by using the runAllTests tool, inside the lib/pkp/tools folder. In you application folder, execute this:
.lib/pkp/tools/runAllTests.sh -cC
The lowercase optino 'c' will run application unit tests. The 'C' option will run library unit tests.
If you have followed our tutorial to Configure Eclipse for PHPUnit then running tests will be very easy.
Select the test file you want to execute. You can do this in two ways.
- Select the editor tab that contains the test class:
- Select the file with the test class in the project explorer
Make sure that the file / edit tab is marked blue as in the screen shots. Otherwise you'll get an error when executing your test.
Next you have to decide whether you want to simply run or whether you want to debug your test.
- To run your test select the phpunit-ext external tool configuration from the external tools' favorites drop-down:
You can see the test's output in the console view.
- To debug your test set breakpoints at appropriate places in the code, then select the phpunit debug configuration from your debug configurations' favorites drop-down:
You can see test results in the "Debug Output" view. Sometimes the console output is not complete in the debug output. Use the external tool if you want the complete console output.
That's it. Now you're ready to develop and execute your tests. Enjoy!
You can debug your test setting a break point and execute the debugger. See Configure Eclipse for PHPUnit for debug configuration instructions.
What if my test fails with an error?
You've got various possibilities to debug your test. Usually the test will show a backtrace when there was an error. If this is not the case then have a look in "tests/results/error.log". Errors that occur within the PKP library will be logged there.
Installing and Configuring the Build Environment
On the command line execute
pear channel-discover pear.phing.info pear install phing/phing
The section about the build environment is not complete yet. Please ignore it for the time being!


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At 35, Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski has reached the age when players at other positions have to hang up their cleats. But Janikowski says he thinks it'll be a long time before he walks away.
Janikowski told the San Francisco Chronicle that he believes he can play into his early 40s, and he hopes he's able to do so in Oakland.
"I would love to stay here and finish my career," he said. "This is where I started and where I would like to finish. . . . I can go seven or eight years. If I stay healthy, I can keep going. I want to play as long as I can and win the Super Bowl. That's the ultimate goal."
Kickers can make it into their 40s — the 42-year-old Jason Hanson retired from the Lions this year — so it's not out of the question for Janikowski to play seven or eight more years.
And if Janikowski were to play seven or eight more years at the level he played at last year, he'd have a chance to put his name atop multiple kicking categories in the NFL record book. Janikowski currently has 324 career field goals, including 31 last season. If he averaged 31 field goals a year for the next eight years, he'd have a total of 572 field goals, which would break Morten Andersen's all-time record of 565. Janikowski would also have a chance at breaking Andersen's all-time record of 2,544 points scored, although Janikowski's career extra point total (417) has been held back by playing on teams that don't score a lot of touchdowns.
Janikowski already owns a share of the record for longest field goal ever (63 yards) and he's the only player in NFL history to make more than one 60-yard field goal in his career. If Janikowski were to continue playing at his current level for seven or eight more years, he'd have a case to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


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Veterans Day is this Monday and some events and happenings are taking place in the area this weekend to honor and support local men and women who served in the Armed Forces.
On Saturday, Nov. 9, Veterans Day Commemoration is scheduled in the northern section of Clark Park near the Gettysburg Stone (near 44th and Baltimore Ave.) Everyone is welcome to join the Friends of Clark Park, students of the HMS School for Cerebral Palsy and the Boy Scouts in honoring veterans. The event begins at 11 a.m. If you are a local veteran reading this, you can be honored too. Please call 215-222-2255 and leave your name and phone number.
Also tomorrow, dozens of volunteers from Rebuilding Together Philadelphia will gather to renovate the Veterans Group Home at 3209 Baring Street (in the Powelton Village area). The volunteer work team will build a new gazebo for the home, install a new grill and cooking area and renovate the first-floor bathroom. The work will take place from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. and HGTV and DIY Network will be there to film it.
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Hello, just looking for some guidance/advice if there is any way possible to recover an Oracle database that had our ClearQuest activities/data for all our projects. Let me just state that I'm not familiar with CQ admin features/tools. Currently, we have ClearCase LT and ClearQuest on a client PC and another PC with admin user. The connection to the Oracle database was on a third PC that got wiped out and had a new operating system installed and no backup was done prior.
So, now when we use ClearCase Project Explorer to view our Activities for a project they are listed but when we right click Properties we get no connection errors. Is there anything that can be done without a backup? Is there is a way to reverse engineer our database with our current state?
Our IT department thinks we have a 2011 backup (still working on it) but that's not going to help much since we've done 4-5 projects since then. Any advice? Thanks in advance!


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Monster Hunter vs. Lilith – Cosplay Clash
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text: What to Know about Deferring Grain Sales February 16, 2014 11:35 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By University News Release Email Provided by South Dakota State University Extension Deferred payments may allow grain farmers to more effectively manage each year's taxable income. "This is because deferred grain contracts qualify as installment sales, and with installment sales producers may "elect out" of reporting income when received and instead report the income in the year the grain was sold," said Kim Dillivan, SDSU Extension Crops Business Management Field Specialist, of the tax law which allows grain farmers to accelerate the income from deferred contracts into the year of sale. He further explained that a producer using cash accounting can choose to report as 2013 income, revenue received in 2014 from a deferred contract initiated in 2013. For example, producers who sold grain using these types of contracts in 2013 will not receive payment until 2014. "Typically, with cash accounting, the sale of grain is taxed in the year when payment is constructively received, which may be different than the year the grain was produced or sold," he said. "Constructively received means the income was credited to the seller's account or is made available to the seller without restriction." Specifics of Deferred Payment Contracts A deferred payment contract specifies the date and amount of payment and can be used with cash, basis or forward contract sales. Ownership of the grain passes from seller to buyer when delivery is made, regardless of when money is exchanged. Because deferred payments are backed only by the financial strength of the buyer, some producers elect to purchase deferred payment bonds. "These instruments add a level of protection by guaranteeing that contract payment will be made should the buyer default on payment," Dillivan said. Advantages of Deferred Grain Contracts By moving income from the current tax year forward, Dillivan explained that a deferred payment contract can help decrease tax liability in that year, especially if income was unusually high. Deferred payment contracts can also be used to better match income with cash flow needs. However, he said if circumstances at tax reporting time should dictate, a producer can declare the income from a deferred contract in the tax year the grain was sold, rather than the successive year when payment was received. Advantages of Multiple Deferred Contracts When planning to sell grain using a deferred contract, Dillivan said producers should consider dividing grain into several smaller contracts rather than combining the grain into one large contract. "Selling grain with one contract limits flexibility in regard to income tax reporting and adjusting income to fit cash flow needs," he said. "This is because producers who enter into a deferred contract to receive payments in the next year, but then decide to accelerate the income back into the year the contract originated, must do so for all of the grain covered by that particular contract (i.e. splitting contracts is prohibited)." However, he said with multiple contracts, the revenue from any number of these individual contracts can be reported in either year. For example, a producer who sold 50,000 bushels of corn in a deferred payment contract in November 2013, for payment in January 2014, can report that income in either tax year. "However, the producer cannot report some of this income in 2013 and some in 2014. Had the producer contracted the corn in 10,000 bushels increments, he or she could have elected not to report the income from any number of these contracts (including all or none) in the 2014 tax year and instead report it in 2013. This strategy allows more flexibility in regard to the reporting of income for tax purposes," Dillivan said. For specific questions concerning the reporting and tax consequences of deferred grain contracts, consult your personal tax preparer or attorney. The Farm CPA, Paul Neiffer, provides his advice on deferring grain sales: For more information: IRS Publication 225, Farmer's Tax Guide. Back to news


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The feud over the truthfulness of Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone.
On Jan. 19, the Australian, Rupert Murdoch's Aussie broadsheet, published a 4,600-word investigation challenging the credibility of the child-soldier memoir A Long Way Gone. Author Ishmael Beah's heart-wrenching account of Sierra Leone's civil war and the two years he spent as a cocaine-addicted teenage killer achieved instant literary acclaim after its publication last winter and was selected as the inaugural title in Starbucks' reading club. Into its 35th printing, A Long Way Gone has sold more than 600,000 copies worldwide. Beah, 27, now travels the world as a UNICEF ambassador raising awareness for the plight of child soldiers.
If you believe the Australian, much of the memoir is bunk. In a dozen scathing articles published since mid-January, a trio of Australian journalists alleges that Beah grossly exaggerated his story: Beah served as an orphaned child soldier for little more than two months, not the sweeping two years his memoir chronicles. And, according to the journalists, the book's most dramatic plot twists—the time Beah was shot three times in the foot by an AK-47 and the moment Beah witnessed six murders in a UNICEF refugee camp—don't check out at all.
Beah, his editor, Sarah Crichton at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and his agent, Ira Silverberg, vigorously deny the allegations. In the book, Beah claims to have a photographic memory. He says he has documented his tragic story with infallible accuracy, and lucidly recounts scenes of violence, executions, and torture. But these denials haven't stopped the Australian from waging one of the fiercest, knock-down, drag-out literary feuds in recent memory. The fight pits three Australian reporters, Peter Wilson, David Nason, and Shelley Gare, against Beah, Crichton, and Silverberg. The standoff has spanned four continents and bled into cyberspace, as both sides have entered competing changes into Beah's Wikipedia page. Last month, Wilson tracked Beah around London during his European book tour, trying to land an interview after repeatedly being rebuffed by FSG. Wilson even planted questions with a student reporter from the Oxford University newspaper after the Oxford Union banned him from attending Beah's reading there. Throughout the onslaught, FSG hasn't budged.
"The whole idea that these f-----g muckraking hacks are wagging their fingers at FSG is ludicrous," Beah's agent, Ira Silverberg, told me. "It's been three months of dealing with these people. When they couldn't get one thing, they went looking for something else. I've never witnessed anything so lowbrow as an endeavor to disgrace a really well-meaning and lovely person, who actually did suffer enormously."
"Exactly," Wilson counters. "I'm sure he went through a terrible ordeal, but the truth matters. It is plain to anyone who wants to look at this objectively that he did not experience what has been sold as the truth to hundreds of thousands of readers. The truth matters. It sounds naive, but the shocking thing is: the publishers don't care about this. They've made millions of dollars."
Just how did this whole brouhaha start in the first place?
The story begins last fall when an Australian mining engineer stationed in Sierra Leone named Bob Lloyd learned that one of his employees at the Sierra Rutile mine near Beah's village claimed to be Beah's father. Lloyd had read A Long Way Gone and was especially moved by Beah's tragic account of his parents' deaths in a rebel attack on the village of Yele. Elated at the possibility of reuniting Beah with his father, Lloyd tried contacting Beah. He sent e-mails to Beah's Australian publisher, HarperCollins, FSG, and Beah's adopted American mother, a New York-based human rights activist and professional storyteller named Laura Simms. In addition, Lloyd explained in his e-mails that workers at the mine were telling him that the book's chronology was wrong: Rebels had taken over the mine in January 1995, not 1993 as Beah describes in A Long Way Gone. If true, that would mean Beah served as a soldier only for several months when he was 14 going on 15.
From the outset, Lloyd received a chilly reception from Beah's camp. On Nov. 9, Simms responded with a protective e-mail and a list of test questions to help determine whether the man was Beah's father. Two days later, Lloyd sent an e-mail back answering Simms' questions. His reply went unanswered for 10 days, and on Nov. 22, Lloyd replied with a follow-up e-mail that included two photos of Joseph Beah, the man claiming to be the father. Then, the next day, Simms responded to Lloyd with a curious message. Instead of the polished prose that she had previously written, her e-mail on Nov. 23 contained sentence fragments and awkward syntax, as if English wasn't her first language (which it is). "Thank you for pursing this," the e-mail bearing Simms' address replied. "However, Ishmael say that this is NOT his father. … Why you said in my letter that this man came to you and why you told Sarah [Crichton] that you sought out the boy's father." The e-mail concluded with this ominous warning: "We are deeply concerned that this issue not go further than you, and Sarah and myself."
Frustrated, Lloyd contacted a television producer in Sydney named Anita Jacoby with an Australian interview program called Enough Rope With Andrew Denton. Beah had recently been featured on the program, and Lloyd thought Jacoby could go around the recalcitrant publishers and guardian and pass along a message directly to Beah that his father might be alive.
Three days later, Jacoby called her friend Shelley Gare, a 55-year-old freelance journalist and former newspaper and magazine editor. Jacoby told Gare there might be a story behind A Long Way Gone. According to Gare, Lloyd was reluctant to talk to the press and had no intention of taking his claims to the media. But he was troubled by FSG and Simms' response. Wouldn't a man bearing good news that Beah's father was potentially alive be embraced? In the publisher's cagey responses, Lloyd began to sense there might be a reason they didn't want to know that some facts could differ from the account in Beah's memoir. Lloyd, after some prodding by Gare, agreed to go public.
Gare spent several weeks looking into Lloyd's story that Beah's father was in fact alive, and she called Crichton and FSG's public relations director, Jeff Seroy, for comment on Dec. 11. "It was a very hostile exchange," Gare told me. First, Gare raised the possibility that Beah's father wasn't dead, and then she told Crichton about the discrepancy with the book's chronology and that Beah might have become a child soldier in 1995, not 1993. "After that, there was an incredibly long silence," she said.
Crichton denies this account and says that the Australians were biased from the beginning because they somehow felt slighted by FSG. "They felt dissed by us," Crichton told me. "It weirded us out. Right from the outset, Shelley Gare said 'You were rude to Bob Lloyd. Laura Simms was rude to him.' They felt we weren't taking them seriously as journalists."
Two days later, Crichton wrote Gare a lengthy e-mail both defending the book and detailing her qualifications as an editor and writer: She's a former Newsweek editor; she runs her own imprint at FSG and collaborated with Mariane Pearl, wife of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, on her memoir. To Gare, Crichton's message implied: Do you know who I am? On Dec. 15, Gare e-mailed Crichton back. "Thank you for your letter but I need to make some points for the record," she wrote. "One, I have never suggested that Ishmael's entire story is a hoax. Nor have the Lloyds. … Two, it was entirely appropriate for me to bring up the problem of the date on page six. … Please do not try and make it appear that I purposely tried to spring something on you."
Gare also disputed Crichton's assertions that the Australian and Bob Lloyd were trying to create a media spectacle of Ishmael's memoir. "The Lloyds came to you, via HarperCollins, with exactly that intention of private celebration in mind," she wrote Crichton. "They were met with a mix of such rudeness, silence and dismissiveness that they finally went to Andrew Denton's website simply seeking to get help. Andrew Denton's people - NB not the Lloyds - eventually got in touch with me after the Lloyds continued to have problems that seemed puzzling. … Ms Crichton, I understand your fierce passion for this book, but nobody at this end has ever tried to do anything except present some key points to Ishmael Beah and to the people who have been working with him. The Lloyds honestly believed and still do that they were going to help unite a father and son."
In January, the Australian's European correspondent, Peter Wilson, traveled from London to Sierra Leone to investigate Beah's story on the ground while Gare finished writing the piece back in Sydney. In Sierra Leone, Wilson discovered that the man claiming to be Ishmael's father was mistaken and was most likely a distant cousin, but questions about the book's timeline remained puzzling. Several locals, including the boarding master at Beah's school and the village chief, confirmed to Wilson that the attack on the village of Mattru Jong that Beah describes in the book occurred in January 1995, not 1993. The incident is a pivotal moment in Beah's narrative: After the rebels occupy Mattru Jong, Beah is forced to flee and begins his monthslong exile before being conscripted in the army for two years. "The only way any of us survived was by using a footpath through the swamp which was the one thing the rebels had not noticed," Sylvester Basopan Goba, the acting chief of Mattru Jong, told the Australian. "If they had done their reconnaissance properly none of us would have escaped. I can tell you it was terrible and I tell you that none of that happened in 1993.''
The Australian published its investigation on Jan. 19. Three days later, Beah released a statement stridently rebutting charges that he embellished his experience. "I was right about my family. I am right about my story. This is not something one gets wrong. The Australian's reporters have been calling my college professors, asking if I 'embellished' my story. They published my adoptive mother's address, so she now receives ugly threats. They have used innuendo against me when there is no fact. Though apparently, they believe anything they are told–unless it comes from me or supports my account. Sad to say, my story is all true."
The next day, Gare, Wilson, and Nason issued a 1,000-word statement of their own, rebutting Beah's rebuttal and pointing out, among other things, that they published Simms' business Web site, not personal address. In subsequent weeks, the paper published 10 more critical articles further challenging facets of A Long Way Gone.
The reporters have assembled their case by interviewing subjects who claim that the memoir's most harrowing scenes didn't happen, or at least not in the gruesome fashion Beah describes. A Jan. 21 piece states: "A large number of people in Beah's home region, including a local chief, a Catholic priest, medical staff at his local hospital, his family's former neighbours, several local miners and Beah's former school principal have independently confirmed to The Australian that the attacks he describes on his home town and region happened in January 1995, not January 1993 as stated in his book." Dan Chaon, Beah's writing professor from Oberlin College, is paraphrased in a Jan. 21 piece agreeing that any inaccuracies in A Long Way Gone should be chalked up to "poetic license." The reporters also pointed out that Beah began working on his memoir with Chaon as fiction, suggesting that embellishments remained after Beah recast the project as nonfiction. A follow-up article on Jan. 25 alleges exaggerations in the map at the beginning of the book. A piece on Jan. 26 quotes both UNICEF relief workers and Western journalists who were stationed in Sierra Leone during the civil war stating that they could not recall the deadly fight in which six people died at the refugee camp which Beah portrays in his book. On Feb. 2, Wilson reported that Beah's former schoolteachers had even located academic documents that prove Beah was in school in March 1993, months after he claims to have fled the rebel attack on Mattru Jong.
Despite the allegations, Crichton told me last week that she remains committed to Beah and the truth of his timeline. "The conflict started in 1991. There were successive waves of violence," she says. "That's what Ishmael is writing about." Crichton dismissed the Australian's recent reports that Beah was in school in the spring of 1993. "First, the AP sent a reporter to the school and reported the records were destroyed. Then, the Australian suddenly said, 'a cache of records proves that Ishmael was there.' First of all, that's pretty amazing that there are all these records. Second of all, who are these men? Thirdly, why did they stay up all night long [looking for the documents]?" she said. Crichton hypothesized, "Obviously, these guys are being paid, they're not doing this out of the goodness of their heart. And even if they do come up with something, it's the easiest thing in the world to falsify something like that."
"That's probably defamatory, apart from anything else," Wilson swiped back. "Does Crichton think the principal is going to take money? They have no reason to lie. They have goodwill towards Ishmael. They went through the records as a matter of hospitality. They were mystified and quite hurt that Ishmael said he didn't know them."
When I asked Crichton if the conflicting accounts by the Catholic priest who said he witnessed the only attack on Mattru Jong in 1995 gave her pause that maybe the book fudged at least some of the timeline, Crichton said no, that she believed Beah's narrative to be true. "I have watched [the Australian] publish a systematic distortion of facts. I have heard from too many people who were interviewed by them that their words were taken out of context," she said, citing an aid worker named Leslie Mboka, a former child soldier named Kabba Williams, and Beah's writing teacher Dan Chaon as examples. "I have called people in Sierra Leone, I have done research. I had done research before. Not one of their articles says that there were sporadic attacks before 1995. They started with the supposition that the conflict started then. … They have been cherry-picking their reporting to such a degree that I don't trust them."
David Nason, the Australian's New York correspondent, fumed when I told him that Crichton said that he had misquoted Chaon. Nason showed me an e-mail that he sent Chaon on Jan. 29, after Chaon had posted a letter and his version of a transcript on an Australian literary blog. "It seems to me that you guys are awfully naive in accepting your Murdoch produced 'news' as gospel," Chaon posted. "Hmmm. Do you think there might be an agenda in the decision to go after a third world author whose work is making people aware of human rights abuses in his country? Something to think about."
Nason e-mailed Chaon in response: "Dan, after 30 years in journalism I've been called a liar by all kinds of crooked politicians, corrupt police and shonky businessmen. It goes with the job," he wrote. "I've also been called a liar by people like you -- decent, ordinary folk who say things they later regret when they see the words in print and seek salvation by slagging off the reporter. This unfortunately goes with the job too. But I've never in 30 years had anyone actually make up a transcript like you have and then post it on the web. I know you're a creative writing professor but this really is taking things to extremes. Fortunately, I taped our conversation (something I am permitted to do under New York and Ohio law) so there is absolutely no doubt about the accuracy of my report, the inaccuracy of your comments post publication and the fraudulent (and potentially actionable) nature of your invented transcript."
Last month, FSG rebuffed one of the Australian's claims. Jeff Seroy, FSG's publicity director, e-mailed me a letter that Crichton sent to the Australian on Feb. 14 disputing Wilson's assertion that the map at the beginning of A Long Way Gone exaggerates the length of Beah's journey. For weeks, the Australian had claimed Beah himself had sketched out an inaccurate map used in the book's first edition and hyped the duration of his journey to support his narrative. Crichton's letter shows that FSG has fact-checked the locations Beah mentions in the book, and they check out. "I've been a journalist and a writer for a long time now," Crichton told me. "I've never seen anything like this."
The level of vitriol and escalation of rhetoric has surprised both sides. Clearly, as an objective journalistic exercise, the Australian reporters have made this personal. The obsessive nature of their coverage can work against their reporting, but behind their dogged pursuit of Beah, there are serious questions about Beah's retelling of his traumatic teenage experiences and the publishing industry's sole reliance on authors to verify their memoirs. In marshaling their defense, FSG has cited witnesses who met Beah after his arrival at the refugee camp, but no former child soldiers who served directly with Beah have come forward to back him. Several characters, including a caring nurse who helped Beah recuperate and find his voice as a storyteller, haven't been identified at all.
Ultimately, though, the truth of what actually transpired might be lost in Africa. Crichton herself told me she recognizes the challenge of re-reporting decade-old events from the fog of one of Africa's most brutal civil wars. "As people who reported from Africa know, it tends to be a difficult continent to cover," she says. "You can't just talk to one person and have your story. That's not reporting." For his part, Wilson says he is willing to go to court to prove he is right. "If I'm maliciously inflicting commercial damage on them, they should sue," he said. "They're not suing because they know I'm telling the truth. And they're hoping we'll just go away. So my response is, sue us, and we'll see you in court."
In August, FSG will release A Long Way Gone in paperback. I asked Crichton if the paperback edition will carry a disclaimer or some editorial acknowledgement that the book is based on true events. "There will absolutely not be a disclaimer," she said. "A disclaimer is used when you say I've changed names, he hasn't; moved locales, he hasn't. So, no, there will not be a disclaimer."


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SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Hampered by injuries all season, a depleted women's cross country team entered Saturday's NEWMAC Championship without all the pieces that led to the program's first-ever national ranking. Still, the Cardinal and Gray persevered en route to a fourth-place finish against arguably the strongest field in the history of the league.
Freshman Maria Monks paced the Engineers like she has all season, finishing fifth out of 132 runners. Like the men's race, the women's championship was severely affected by driving rain, which slowed times across the board.
MIT had aspirations for a conference title, but the Engineers were unable to match Coast Guard's experienced contingent. The Bears out-muscled everyone en route to their first NEWMAC Championship by scoring just 54 points. Wellesley finished second with 64 points, while Smith College picked up the third spot after a strong race by its No. 3. Wellesley freshman Clare Egan broke the tape in 19:45 and earned both Runner of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors from the league.
Senior Hana Adaniya enjoyed a strong race in finishing second for MIT. Adaniya and Monks both earned All-Conference honors as Adaniya finished eighth overall.
Rounding out the Engineers' scoring were sophomore Elizabeth Finn (20th), sophomore Jennifer Doyle (24th) and junior Erika Erickson (25th).


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Alexander Skarsgard: 'Hidden' Set with Andrea Riseborough!
Alexander Skarsgard looks thin on the set of his upcoming thriller Hidden on Tuesday (August 28) in Vancouver, Canada.
The True Blood actor – who celebrated his 36th birthday over the weekend – was joined on set by his co-stars Andrea Riseborough and Emily Alyn Lind.
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The Baltimore Police Department reversed course Monday on a shift away from using its popular Twitter page to notify the public about shooting incidents, after news that "criminal-on-criminal" violence wouldn't always be disseminated brought an outcry on social media.
For the past five years, the agency has issued prompt notifications over the micro-messaging service of confirmed shootings and homicides from across the city, garnering the department nearly 40,000 followers who want to receive crime alerts directly from the agency as they happen.
But with nonfatal shootings up 19 percent this year, the department's page fell silent over the weekend as four more people were shot and wounded in separate incidents in Curtis Bay, Barclay, Belair-Edison and the Patterson Park neighborhood. It instead featured mug shots of people charged with handgun violations and photos from a community event in Northwest Baltimore. The agency continued to send brief summaries of the incidents to the news media via email.
Jack Papp, the department's chief spokesman, said the social media policy had been revised after the circumstances of several recent shooting incidents had changed subsequent to being sent out on Twitter. "Details can change, so rather than tweet something out, we clarify and then send out to the media," he said.
In a follow-up email, Papp said "the department is not going to tweet out every time a drug dealer shoots another criminal in the leg for nonpayment, i.e. criminal-on-criminal crime that we know," he said. "We will still tweet out instances where nonfatal shootings involve citizens, public safety issues, etc. in real time, as well as homicides."
City Councilman Brandon Scott, the vice chairman of the council's public safety committee, said he was stung by Papp's comment about pulling back on disclosing "criminal-on-criminal" incidents, calling it "inappropriate and unacceptable."
"We cannot go around valuing one life over another," Scott said. "The simple fact of the matter is, the department and the city of Baltimore have made far too much progress in transparency to take a step back. We should be doing more with social media, not less."
On social media, the reaction was decidedly against the move.
"If their purpose is to provide information, I think it's a bad idea to limit that — already pretty limited as it is," one wrote.
Before 5 p.m. Monday, Papp said the decision had been reversed.
"We saw a lot of concerns from the community, and we listened to the community, and we said, 'We won't change it,' " Papp said.
Baltimore police were one of the earlier adopters in law enforcement circles of Twitter, the now-ubiquitous social media service, and experimented with other tools such as text alert programs and email distribution lists. Officials said city residents had "a right to know what's going on in their community."
They have also been criticized for not going far enough, most notably in April when the city police union president took the agency to task for using social media for "public-relations propaganda." Robert F. Cherry, the union president, said major crimes too often went unmentioned because "police don't want you to know everything."
Seattle, for example, has dozens of feeds tailored to individual neighborhoods. Philadelphia and other cities have encouraged individual police officers to tweet crime information from their own accounts.
Lauri Stevens, a social media consultant for police departments, said some agencies have difficulty balancing the benefits and drawbacks of social media.
"Overall, there's definitely a trend toward putting out more information, but for each agency there's growing pains, and they have to figure out things that work for them, given limited amount of resources and trying not to be the test case that goes to court," Stevens said. She said some agencies pull back if they feel the information isn't building relationships or helping to solve crimes.
One of the weekend shootings that went untweeted occurred in Curtis Bay early Saturday, with a woman shot in both arms in the 1600 block of Elmtree St.
An email sent to Southern District officers said that a man ceremoniously dubbed "public enemy number one" by police last week — because he is charged with an attempted murder of an ex-girlfriend — is a person of interest in the case. Police did not disclose this detail to the media.
Papp's comments about the type of people involved in shootings highlights an increasing refrain from public officials in recent months, who have described this year's rising gun violence as contained to a criminal element.
Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said in a recent interview that "close to 90 percent" of the city's violence "is gang member-on-gang member, drug dealer-on-drug dealer." Batts did not respond to a request for comment.
The Rev. Cortly "C.D." Witherspoon, an activist, said the policy change comes at a time when the department should be working toward greater transparency. Information will help involve Baltimoreans in addressing city crime, he said.
"We can't be partners in this fight if we're not kept abreast and apprised of what's happening," Witherspoon said.


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72,000 Michigan residents will be receiving large checks in the mail this week.
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Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced today that checks of about $1,480 will be going out to about 72,000 Michigan borrowers who submitted a valid foreclosure payment claim through the National Mortgage Settlement.
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Thousands of Michigan residents were affected by the recent foreclosure crisis that consumed the country. These funds will help victims of mortgage servicers' abuses rebuild their lives, and we will work to ensure devastating practices like these never happens again through enforcing new mortgage servicing standards. Borrowers should also note the payment does not limit them from seeking relief through a separate lawsuit or other claims.
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Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking by Cybele Pascal
For individuals and families with food allergies, going out to eat or ordering takeout is not always an option, even if the cook is busy or tired. Cybele Pascal's Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking offers a solution with recipes for homey comfort foods and restaurant favorites that can be on the table in 30 minutes or less.
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• Recipes for right now: Creamy Mac 'n' Cheese, Homemade Gnocchi, SunButter Dan Dan Noodles, Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry, Chicken Mole Soft Tacos, Chicken Nuggets and Sweet Potato Fries
• Other highlights: In Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking, Cybele Pascal shares recipes that are free of gluten, wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, and sesame. About one-third of the recipes are originally vegan or can be made without meat. The recipes are geared toward simple, comforting foods such as soups, pasta, and casseroles, plus "takeout at home" dishes like pizza, tacos, and Chinese food. If you or your kids miss being able to eat these foods, you'll find lots of old favorites to recreate.
An additional chapter on stocking your kitchen includes pantry items and equipment that make it easier to cook quick, allergy-free meals. This should be especially helpful for those who are new to the lifestyle.
• Who would enjoy this book? people with allergies to gluten, wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, and sesame; parents and other busy home cooks; comfort food lovers
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Allergy-Free and Easy Cooking by Cybele Pascal
• Visit the author's website: Cybele Pascal
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Terrebonne General Medical Center's efforts to become a baby-friendly hospital drew the attention of a top state official Thursday.
Rachel Warren
Staff Writer
Terrebonne General Medical Center's efforts to become a baby-friendly hospital drew the attention of a top state official Thursday.
Kathy Kliebert, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, visited TGMC to check on the hospital's progress on its Best Fed Beginnings program, part of the international Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative launched by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund.
The baby-friendly designation indicates a hospital encourages certain practices such as breast-feeding and physical contact to improve the health of new mothers and their babies.
"It's so important for the baby and for the mom," Kliebert said.
There are no baby-friendly designated hospitals in Louisiana. TGMC, Tulane-Lakeside Hospital, East Jefferson General Hospital and Opelousas General Medical Center are vying for the certification.
Julia Bourg, international board-certified lactation consultant who is the team leader for TGMC's Best Fed Beginnings program, said 89 hospitals across the country were chosen to participate in the initiative.
"A lot of hospitals wanted to be part of this," Bourg said. "We were lucky to be accepted."
The hospital started its program in June 2012 and aims to be accredited by September 2014.
"This is what we've been striving for," Bourg said. "This is the gold standard for women's services."
One of the initiative's main goals is to increase breast-feeding rates across the country.
Bourg said before TGMC implemented Best Fed Beginnings, about 40 percent of new mothers initially chose to breast-feed. Now, about 60 percent of new mothers choose to nurse.
Of the mothers who breast-feed, Bourg said about 80 percent of them exclusively breast-feed during their hospital stay. Before the program, that number was 28 percent.
"We believe strongly that these programs will make a big, big difference," Kliebert said.
Kliebert said breast-fed children are less likely to deal with obesity, hypertension and diabetes than their bottle-fed counterparts. She said the hospital has made great strides during the program's first year.
"I'm amazed at the progress," she said. "This takes major cultural changes, not just for the patients but for the physicians, nurses and all the staff."
Bourg said the hospital has made several changes as part of the initiative to improve maternity care.
"The first change we've made that's really important is skin-to-skin contact," she said.
Babies — even those delivered via Caesarean section — are immediately placed on the mother's chest and stay there for at least an hour. In addition to creating a bond between mother and child, Bourg said, the skin-to-skin contact can be beneficial to a baby's health.
"It helps with the baby's temperature regulation," she said. "It stabilizes the vital signs a lot faster."
The hospital also encourages mothers to keep their babies with them in their hospital rooms instead of in the unit's nursery. This way, the mother gets a chance to adjust to her new baby's routine.
Bourg said so far the program has gone over well with new parents.
"Patient response has been overwhelmingly positive," she said. "Moms are leaving here proud of what they've accomplished, and their stays are more enjoyable."


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Hi all,
I have been breastfeeding my second son since his birth 8 weeks ago today. Until now he has been gaining around 200g a week. He was 3.5kgs at birth and is now 5.3kgs.
We have been battling thrush for over a month and have used gentian violet, canesten cream, daktarin cream, nystatin drops, daktarin oral gel and lots of washing, changing and sterilising (we use a nipple shield).
On Sunday night I started taking Diflucan, a 400mg loading dose, followed by 200mg daily since then. My son had been going to sleep around 8pm and usually waking around midnight and 3am. Then from 4.30am he is awake and feeds every two hours, if not more and then feeds pretty much continually for three hours before bed.
On Monday night he slept for 9 hours. I pumped 3ozs before i went to bed. I kept checking on him when he stirred thinking he'd be up in a minute but no. When he did wake up he was happy and alert but not feeding strongly the way you would expect after such a long sleep. I stopped worrying when he seemed happy after a slow feed of 1.5hrs. The rest of the day was as normal but I noticed he wasn't swallowing quite as much and I didn't have a second letdown during feeds.
On Tuesday night he woke twice but again didn't feed as strongly as usual. I pumped one ounce after he fed. Wednesday I noticed I really didnt have enough milk so we nursed all morning, afternoon and evening and I pumped two more times after he fed. I got one ounce each time.
Last night he slept from 8.30pm until 4am then fed again at 6am and that's where we are now. Five days ago he weighed 5.3kgs. This morning he weighs 5.27kgs.
Output has been normal with the exception of a not too wet nappy this morning. Other than that, lots of wets and 3 big stools the past three days and one this morning.
The doctors here know nothing about breast thrush, I have seen two. The baby's thrush is gone but I'm in agony. There is one board certified LC but she hasn't responded to me yet.
Has the diflucan caused our problem? Could it be making my baby sleepy and lowering my milk supply at the same time? I was engorged the first night when milk wasn't removed for 6 or so hours but not this morning after 7.5hrs.
I am worried to the point that I feel ill. There's nobody here who can advise.


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Karen Gillan shaves head for Guardians of the Galaxy
- Bang Showbiz
- 22 July 2013
Karen Gillan has shaved her head in order to play the brutal space pirate, Nebula, in Marvel's big-budget superhero film, 'Guardians of the Galaxy'
Karen Gillan has shaved her head for 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.
The 'Doctor Who' star - who is best known for playing the Time Lord's feisty sidekick, Amy Pond, in the British sci-fi series - has gone bald in order to play brutal space pirate, Nebula, in Marvel's big-budget superhero film.
The 25-year-old actress unveiled her new style at Comic-Con in San Diego, California, where she arrived wearing a flame-haired wig, which appeared to be her normal tresses, before whipping off the hairpiece to reveal her new appearance.
She then told the crowd: "It's liberating. I think everyone here should shave their heads."
Chris Pratt is also on board for the motion picture as the group's leader, the Star-Lord - who is also known as Peter Quill - while Zoe Saldana will play superhuman vixen Gamora, and Dave Bautista is set to portray muscular henchman Drax the Destroyer.
The film - which will be directed by James Gunn - is scheduled for release in August 2014 but Zoe admits they still have "85 per cent of the movie left to shoot."
She said: "This is sort of like the anti-hero hero movie. We're meeting these characters, they're thieves, they're rebels, they're assassins, and they're going to be learning very big lessons."


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State Fire Marshal warns the public to beware of fire danger from alternative heat sources
Heating Equipment: Leading Cause of Home Fatal Heating Fires in U.S.
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Office of The Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is raising awareness about winter fire risks, especially with the use of space heaters and fire places as alternative sources to heat homes. Nearly half of all home heating related fires occur between the months of December and February, according to the National Fire Safety Association.
"This is very dangerous time for fires and carbon monoxide poisoning. During this rough winter it is imperative to remind the public of the proper use of space heaters and other ways to stay warm,†said State Fire Marshal Larry Matkaitis. "Although space heaters provide heating, they could also bring major safety concerns if adequate safety precautions are not followed.â€
In Illinois in 2012, 67 home fires were caused by alternative heaters and 67 other fires were linked to chimneys and fireplaces. The OSFM recommends giving heating equipment three feet of space between the device and anything that can burn, including people. It is also important to make sure there is adequate overhead clearance for space heaters..
The OSFM also reminds residents about the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by many furnaces, fireplaces and kerosene space heaters. It is important to keep all systems and fireplaces well maintained and clean. If a kerosene space heater is used, make sure it is vented to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.
The Illinois Carbon Monoxide Detector Act (430 IL CS135) requires that every dwelling unit shall be equipped with at least one approved carbon monoxide alarm in an operating condition within 15 feet of every room used for sleeping purposes. Every structure that contains more than one dwelling unit shall contain at least one approved carbon monoxide alarm in operating condition within 15 feet of every room used for sleeping purposes. Working smoke alarms must be placed at a maximum of 15 feet from sleeping quarters, at least one on each level (including basements).
Remember the following regarding when using space heaters/fireplaces:
· All heaters need space. Keep anything that can burn at least three feet away from heating equipment, such as furniture, bedding, paper or other flammable items.
· Have a three-foot "kid-free zone†around open fires and space heaters. Pets should also be kept away from them.
· Always use the right kind of fuel, specified by the manufacturer, for fuel-burning space heaters.
· When using electric space heaters, make sure they are UL rated.
· Plug space heaters directly into the wall outlet, not to extension cords.
· If kerosene space heaters are used, look for UL rated labels. Make sure the heater is vented to avoid carbon monoxide problems.
· Turn off space heaters when you leave a room or go to bed.
· Wood burning fireplaces should only be used by adults.
· Wood fireplaces should always be kept clean to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning or smoke inhalation.
· Light the fireplace using a utility lighter or long match.
These are reminders, we have done this before. Be smart and fire safe. For more information on fire safety please visit OSFM website www.sfm.illinois.gov or www.nfpa.org/safetytips.


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Mahwah, N.J. - In a double-header match-up at
Jeff Maund Field in Mahwah, the Ramapo College baseball team
dropped a tough, 9-8 decision in game one to the Rams of
Farmingdale State and fought back in game two behind junior pitcher
Dan Mulligan (Willimgton, DE) earning a 12-0 victory. Ramapo now
stands at 9-6 overall on the year while the Rams stand at 7-9.
Sophomore Joey Cacchiola (Union, NJ) went 3-4 in game two of the double header match-up leading the Roadrunners to their ninth win of the year. Cacchiola posted two runs and drove in three while junior Mike Manges (Glen Rock, NJ) hit 2-3 with two RBI. Ramapo scattered 12 runs across four innings posting four in each the 2nd and 5th innings, and two each in the 3rd and 4th.
Senior Jairo Jimenez (Bronx, NY) scored what turned out to be the game winner in the bottom of the 2nd inning when he singled with one out, moved to second on a walk, moved to third on a ground out, and was driven in by rookie Rob Dimperio (Jackson, NJ).
Mulligan pitched the complete game letting up only five hits and no runs to improve to 2-0 on the year. He struck out 11 while walking none.
Senior Anthony Mazzilli (North Babylon, NY) of Farmingdale hit a three-run bomb in the top of the 7th of game one to tie the game at eight, and after Kevin Curtis (Riverhead, NY) was issued a walk with one out, Rich Gili (Manorville, NY) ripped a single to center field scoring Curtis, which turned out to be the game winner after a one-two-three bottom of the 7th for Ramapo.
Both teams ripped ten hits in the game but Farmingdale's late rally pushed the Rams past the Roadrunners earning the 9-8 victory to improve to 7-8 overall. In the 1st inning the Rams jumped ahead 1-0 after Mike Labrozzi (Sag Harbor, NY) singled to right field with two outs, which scored Luis Felciano (Bronx, NY) who was hit by a pitch to reach first earlier in the inning. Ramapo matched the run in the bottom of the inning when senior Nick Sbarra (Washington Twp., NJ) drove a triple to center field and Cacchiola hit a sac fly to the same spot bringing home Sbarra.
The Roadrunners took a 4-1 lead in the 2nd inning with runs from Jimenez, Gino Gallagher (Cedar Grove, NJ) and Mark Ruggiero (Fairfield, NJ). Jimenez reached on an error, Gallagher was hit by a pitch, and Ruggiero reached on a fielder's choice respectively to get on base.
In the 3rd inning, the Roadrunners tacked on another run when Gallagher hit a sac fly to bring home Manges, who doubled to lead off, before the Rams closed the gap in the 5th with a run of their own to trail only, 5-2. Ramapo's Manges hit his 2nd double of the game in the bottom half of the inning and Jimenez drove him in on a double of his own to left, to jump ahead, 6-2.
The Rams posted huge runs in the 6th and 7th innings when Curtis drove in Brian Benvenuto (Dix Hills, NY), and Frank Italiano (Sayville, NY) ripped a two-run single to center field scoring Curtis and Labrozzi, to close the gap 6-5, after five and a half innings. After two Ramapo runs in the bottom of the 6th, the Rams answered with four in the 7th to take the game 9-8. After an error, a walk, and a wild pitch, that put runners on second and third, Mazilli drove his three-run bomb over the center field wall to tie the game at eight runs each. The Roadrunners summons a new pitcher to the mound and after a walk, a ground out to move the runner up, and another pitching change, Gili stepped to the plate driving in the scoring run with a single to center field.
All three Ramapo batters struck out in the bottom of the inning dropping the game, 9-8.
Manges went 2-4 with two runs while Ryan Paxton (Long Valley, NJ) hit 3-4 with one run and two RBI leading the Roadrunners. Curtis led the Rams hitting 2-3 with two runs and one RBI and Italiano drove out two hits on four at bats, scoring one run and driving in two.
Senior captain Jesse Scott (Massapequa, NY) gets the win in 1.2 innings, striking out three and walking none. He let up only one hit during his appearance. The loss goes to Tim Hannes
(Allendale, NJ) who falls to 0-1 on the year. Hannes walked one and let up one run with no hits in 0.1 innings of work.
(Story by Ramapo Sports Information Department)