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From The Files Of December 3, 1998
Pennsylvania Game Commission officials report a slow opening day of deer season due to extremely unusual, warm weather. As of Tuesday morning no hunting accidents had been reported by the Game Commission, however, Pennsylvania State Police at McConnellsburg stated two children from the Harrisburg area were separated from their father while hunting in Needmore Monday afternoon.
District Forester Merl Waltz stated for this time of the year the current dry conditions being encountered in the area have not, reportedly, been this bad in decades. As a result of the lack of rain, a burning ban for open fires in the 70,000 acres of Buchann State Forest land was instituted over the weekend of November 20.
The Medical Center Auxiliary Tree of Love was erected this past week on the front lawn of the hospital. The initial lighting of the tree is set for December 15.
The full moon which will appear Thurdsay is known as the Big Freezing Moon, but there has been no sign of frost in this area the last few weeks.
Hometown convenience and holiday shopping at its finest are featured at this year's Christmas In Mc- Connellsburg December 4 and 5.
Cory Hall of Wells Tannery killed his first buck, a nice seven point, the first day of the season while hunting with his father.
Deaths: Rev. Harold Hunsecker, Chambersburg; Ann Green, McConnellsburg; Nellie Schultz, Warfordsburg; Roy Keefer, Hancock; Howard Stokes, Hancock; Sandra Hoppengardner, Warfordsburg; Estalene Manning, Hancock; Mary Jane Keebaugh, Marianna, Fla.; Cora Mellott, Needmore; Theodore Summers, Hustontown.
A surprise 50th anniversary party was held for Lewis and Alice Foster of Three Springs. The couple was married October 30.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 15, 1988
Record cold temperatures greeted the many avid sportsmen who heard the call of the wild on Monday for the first day of doe season. Those who had packed sandwiches to eat lunch in the woods found them frozen solid.
Despite less than ideal weather conditions, antlerless deer hunters in Fulton County harvested an estimated 325 deer on December 12. The estimated first-day kill was higher than last year's first-day estimate of between 275 and 300.
Bonnie Mellott Keefer of McConnellsburg was elected president of the Central Fulton School Board by a close vote at the board's annual reorganizational meeting held last Tuesday. Keefer, who is beginning her sixth year on the board, replaces N. Parker Knepper, who had served as board president for the past 16 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ott entertained a host of friends and neighbors at a Christmas tree-cutting party at their farm in Todd Township on Saturday. Guests were invited to choose the tree they wanted cut from the stand growing there for a nominal fee. A fall of snow added just the right touch to the holiday event.
On December 21, Lloyd Kerlin of Burnt Cabins will be celebrating his 92nd birthday.
Norman Knepper of Three Springs recently dug from his 20x60 plot at his home a six-pound turnip. Knepper repots harvesting six turnips about this size from seed purchased at the Racket Store. The monster turnips were from an area of the garden away from the main plot but were not given any special fertilizer.
Don Welch of Needmore bagged a rare buck on Monday, the first day of the season. The 8-point is a white deer and he bagged him in the woods above Breezewood. The deer is not an albino because it does not have pink eyes, but is white in color.
Specials at the IGA: whole ham, $1.39 lb.; turkey breast, $1.29 lb.; bananas, 29 cents lb.; grapes, 49 cents lb.; round steak, $1.99 lb.
Deaths: Fred Lamberson, McConnellsburg; Raymond Kerlin, Knobsville; Thelma Mellott, Needmore; Charlie West, McConnellsburg; Amos Brown, Warfordsburg; Dalton Crawford, St. Thomas; Charles Diffenderfer, Fayetteville; Thomas Hyatt, McConnellsburg.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 7, 1978
Compared to last year, the winter so far has been mild, but people are already worrying about the increased costs of heating their homes and businesses. Last winter fuel oil was costing around 47.90 cents a gallon, this winter the cost has steadily increased to around 50.40 cents a gallon and is expected to increase even more before the winter is over, according to those in the oil business.
Employment in Fulton County hit an all-time high in October. Though more people had jobs than ever before, the unemployment rate here still was worse than in the nation as a whole. An estimated 5,000 local residents had jobs in October, according to a preliminary report from the state employment service. Those without jobs numbered 300, for an unemployment rate of 5.8 percent.
Jere L. Cook of Sheepskin Hollow died on Tuesday night. He will be remembered for the handmade wooden churches and fireplaces which he made and sold each Christmas season and are part of the Christmas decorations in many homes in the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Deneen of Warfordsburg were the guests of honor at a reception on November 11, celebrating their 25th silver wedding anniversary, hosted by their children at the Needmore Firehall.
Specials at the IGA: sugar, 59 cents lb.; chuck roast, $1.98 lb.; Pepsi Cola, $1.19; six 12-ox. cans; Spic and Span, $1.79.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Hollenshead of Needmore on November 25; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Zeger of Hustontown on November 27; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John Deshong of McConnellsburg on November 30; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Beale of Warfordsburg on December 1.
Deaths: Mrs. Leslie M. Mellott, Ambridge, Pa.; Chalmer E. Wallace, Luthersburg; Nelson Carlin, Fort Loudon; Paul Mellott, Everett; Philip Bishop, Hancock; Dottie Wible, Chambersburg; George G. Shank, Warfordsburg; Estelle Cromer, McConnellsburg.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 19, 1968
Dr. G.T. Lorentz, chief of the medical staff at the Fulton County Medical Center, reports that to date there have been no cases of Hong Kong flu reported in the county to his knowledge. A few cases have been reported in areas bordering
Fulton County. The doctor said the Hong Kong flu will most likely make its appearance here during the normal flu season, reaching its peak in mid-January.
Stephen M. Hoover, son of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. David R. Hoover of McConnellsburg, is a member of the Gettysburg College Band. He is a sophomore at Gettysburg.
Marriage licenses: Thomas B. Matthews of Mc- Connellsburg and Rosetta Brightman of McConnellsburg.
On December 12, Edwin H. Layton, vocational agriculture teacher at the Southern Fulton High School, was that local chapter's delegate to the 116th convention of the Pennsylvania State Education Association.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hall of Fort Littleton on December 10; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Tritle of McConnellsburg on December 11; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Pool of Knobsville on December 11; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fields of Mc- Connellsburg on December 10.
Men in service: Stephen P. Houck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Houck of McConnellsburg, has enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and is now stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
Specials at the local IGA: California large navel oranges, 49 cents doz.; Tablerite ice cream, 59 cents half gal.; Maxwell House coffee, $1.39, 2-lb. can.
Deaths: Peter M. Guillard, Wells Tannery; Mrs. Marjorie L. Geist, Altoona; Gerald R. Naugle, Hagerstown.
The Potomac Edison Co. last week issued a warning to its customers that con artists are posing as employees of the utility company in efforts to bilk customers of money.
Now playing at Fulton Theatre: "Where Were You When The Lights Went Out" and "Did You Hear The One About The Traveling Salesman." Playing at the Hancock Drive- In: "Day Of the Evil Gun" and "The Young Runaway."
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 18, 1958
Mrs. John Greathead is occupying the editor's chair at the News' office this week while her husband is on vacation. Stanley Kline, Eddie MacKinlay and John are spending the week in Canada enjoying the famous ski slopes in Ontario.
State police of the local substation participated in a thrilling chase over mountainous roads and the eventual capture last Thursday of a 27-year-old mute man from Upper Darby who entered a Bedford home at noon that day, beat and bound a 62-year-old woman and then shot her husband in the foot when he came home 20 minutes later and tried to wrestle the gun away. Police apprehended the Upper Darby man about two hours later near Waterfall and found in his possession, a .22 caliber pistol, a hypodermic syringe and some alcoholic beverages. After being alerted by Bedford police, personnel of the local substation who took part in the thrilling chase through Bedford County, into Huntingdon County and back into Fulton County were Sgt. Lester Hoover and troopers William Eiker, Peter Migatulski and Charlie Wheeler.
Dr. Russell Stevens and Mrs. Amy Clevenger were married on December 7.
Nearly 150 relatives and friends called on Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kendall of town on December 13 to offer congratulations on their golden wedding annivesary.
As they go about their preparations for this holiday season, the members of the Fairview MYF ask their friends to pause long enough to send best wishes to one of their members, Don Fix, who is seriously ill in the U.S. Naval Hospital in Philadelphia.
Enoch Truax, 65, of Needmore, suffered severe cuts early Friday afternoon when his left hand came in contact with a tractor-powered saw he was operating.
A total of 969 children from all sections of the county flocked to the local firehall Saturday night to greet Santa Claus and receive a treat from him.
The tame deer which used to be seen around the farm of John Black of McConnellsburg, as well as on neighboring farms, was shot last week during buck season. Mr. Black, while mowing hay in May had found the two-day-old fawn being attacked by dogs. After being fed and back on its feet again, it did not leave the vicinity and was fair game for any unsuspecting hunter.
Rev. and Mrs. Carl Buterbaugh announce the birth of a son, Michael Brian, on December 9 at Lewistown hospital.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Shore of Burnt Cabins on December 7; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sipes of Washington, D.C., on December 7; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Waters of Burnt Cabins on December 10; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Mixell of Chambersburg on December 10; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Willard Lynch of Mercersburg on December 14.
Deaths: Lorraine Ott of McConnellsburg; Mrs. Eleanor Nelson Miller of Chambersburg.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 26, 1948
Births: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deshong of Harrisonville on December 12; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Garland of Knobsville on December 12; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mellott of McConnellsburg on December 14; a son to Mr. and Mrs. John H. Rasp of McConnellsburg on December 15; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Schooley of Harrisonville on December 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence "Ike" Bivens have moved into the Matthew Lewis apartment.
The two-year winning streak of the McConnellsburg Termites basketball team was broken on Monday evening when they bowed in defeat to Fort Littleton 27-9.
Deaths: Mrs. Lou Amy Mellott; Miss Vera M. Kope of McConnellsburg; Mary Ellen Gelvin of Fort Littleton.
Approximately 120 employees of the Fulton Manufacturing Co. and their guests attended the annual Christmas banquet at the Harris Hotel last Wednesday evening. Orville "Doc" Holtz served as toastmaster.
Mrs. Ida Nesbitt suffered a fractured leg last week when a pile of boards fell on her while she was gathering eggs at the home of her son, Thurman.
80 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 22, 1938
Several McConnellsburg young men escaped injury on Tuesday evening when a car operated by Robert Lynch overturned east of Everett.
Arlene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Mellott of Harrisonville, underwent a serious operation at Chambersburg Hospital last week.
Nearby Huntingdon County was horrified by an axe slaying on Sunday when a 44-year-old man killed his 47- year-old brother with the broad side of an axe. The surviving brother admitted that they had been drinking and started to quarrel. The older brother threw a chair at him and he swung the axe in his own defense.
Cars driven by John E. Wink of Harrisonville and Fred Mellott of Needmore collided south of Saluvia on Saturday. No one was hurt but damages were estimated at $185.
Woodrow Mellott of Hustontown escaped injury on Monday when a tire on his car blew out and the car overturned on Rays Hill. His car was damaged to the extent of $75.
Carol singers form Needmore gave a program in the Cedar Grove Church on Sunday night; the carollers, in costume, were led by Rev. and Mrs. David Hollenshead.
Dr. and Mrs. John L. Neill were called to Emlenton, Pa., on Sunday due to the death of Mrs. Neill's father.
Mr. and Mrs. John Johnston of Newville announce the birth of a daughter, Juliet Mae, on December 17.
Smith Henry of Clear Ridge has entered a Philadelphia Hospital for observation and treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorraine Locke were serenaded Monday night at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Denton Rosenberry.
The Junior Red Cross has enrolled 498 children in schoolrooms in the county, according to the chairman, Ella Kendall.
Donald McDaid of Laidig is a patient in Waynesboro Hospital, suffering from severe injuries, including a fractured skill, which he received when his Ford coupe sideswiped a coal truck near New Grenada on Monday afternoon. A passenger in the McDaid car, Bert Wagner, escaped with slight injuries.
Dr J.L. Neill is now making plans to move his office and residence to the Daniels property, three doors west of the courthouse.
Among the lucky deer hunters in the Laidig area were Silas Mellott, Robert Brant, Darrell Huston and Earl McDaid.
Prof. H.M. Griffith and Mrs. Freda Duvall have moved from Wells Tannery to McConnellsburg.
Earl Mellott and sons Fred and Kermit were among lucky doe hunters in the Needmore area
Veryl Horton of New Grenada became suddenly ill Saturday and was taken to Huntingdon Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Sprowl of Wells Tannery celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on Sunday, December 4
Mr. and Mrs. David P. Knepper Jr., Center, are the proud parents of a baby girl.
The local Lions Club planned its Christmas activities at a meeting on Monday. Among the activities this year will be treats for children of the first four grades of the local school; grocery baskets, costing $2.50 each, for needy families of the community, and, an innovation this year, a home decorating contest in which three prizes will be awarded.
Rev. Robert L. Haydon, pastor of the Harrisonville Methodist circuit, has taken up residence at the J. Wilmer Sipes tourist camp.
The two-county organizations of Future Farmers of Fulton and Franklin counties met in the McConnellsburg auditorium on Friday evening for the purpose of bestowing degrees. Honorary membership degrees were awarded to R.G. Moery, superintendent of Franklin County; Harold Welsh, superintendent of Fulton County; Owen Fries, principal of the McConnellsburg schools; and G.L. Reisner, vocational advisor. Boys from McConnellsburg who received the FFA degree were Melvin Cutchall, Robert Mann, George Shaw, Harry Lynch, Dean Long, Darl Long, Kenneth Richards and Deane Helman. Warfordsburg boys receiving the degree were Donald Spade, Frank Bard, Wilmer Mellott, Julian Shanholtz, Wayne Smith and Perry Jackson.
90 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 20, 1928
Deaths: Luther Wesley Mellott of near McConnellsburg; Jonathan C. Snyder of Thompson Township; Adah Belle Schooley of Everett; Miss Mary Jane Keyser of McConnellsburg.
John Mosier and Fannie Fisher were wed December 12.
Johnnie Conrad, faithful clerk at the post office for many years, is seriously ill with pneumonia.
Mrs. Lavina Hill of South Second Street will observe her 90th birthday on Saturday.
John P. Sipes has sold his nearly new house on North Second Street to Harry E. Grissinger, the meat dealer.
Charles Herncane and Estella Souders were married on December 10.
Eighty-five members and guests attended the annual banquet of the local Masonic Club at the Fulton House on Thursday evening.
Scott Alexaner butchered a little "runt" last week that weighed 700 pounds on the hoof.
Bethel Township's new consolidated school building at Warfordsburg was dedicated on Saturday afternoon.


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Can Amazon Save Android From Malware Hell?
Dec 20, 2011 5:00 AM PT
As Android continues its breathtaking rate of growth, malware directed at the platform is keeping pace.
Studies from McAfee and other antivirus software providers warn that Android is a breeding ground for malicious software.
Google has come under fire as a result, with security experts pointing to the company's relatively laissez-faire approach to Android apps and the Android Market as a major contributing cause to the proliferation of Trojans and other forms of evil software on the platform.
Google has often stepped in to pull apps from the Market when it learns they contain malware; however, by the time an app is yanked, it may have already infected thousands of users.
That style of store management has often been compared to that of Apple, which aggressively vets developers' applications before selling them in its iOS App Store.
Recently, however, a new sort of Android tablet made its debut: The Kindle Fire from Amazon. The Fire uses a heavily modified version of the Android operating system, and its users buy their apps directly from Amazon, which runs its own app store and tests its wares for security and other issues.
Is this an example that other Android app outlets should follow?
Amazon's App Scrutiny
Simply put, Amazon tests apps to death before letting them into its app store. Every app submitted undergoes tests for various aspects of its performance. There are linking tests, stability and functionality tests, tests on content issues and tests on security issues.
Each aspect is tested in several ways. For example, stability and functionality tests look to see whether an app opens within 15 seconds; whether it is compliant with the major carriers' networks; whether it freezes, has forced closings or exhibits other forms of instability; and how it reacts to phone calls, text messages, and alarms.
Content issue tests look for missing content, unreadable text and incorrect graphics. They also ensure the app complies with Amazon's content guidelines on offensive content, copyright infringement, illegal activities and other issues.
Security tests include making sure the app doesn't store passwords without the user's content, doesn't collect data and send it to unknown servers, and doesn't harm existing content on the device.
Amazon provides devs a checklist of the six most common reasons for which it rejects apps, together with tips on how to create and submit apps so they pass the first time.
Apps that are resubmitted after having been rejected will be put through the entire grueling round once again.
Verify, Then Trust
Malware in smartphones is "a catastrophe just waiting to happen," Jakob Ehrensvard, chief technology officer for Yubico, told TechNewsWorld.
That's because smartphone apps focus on the user experience. They have simple installation and invocation procedures, and a "vast toolbox" for accessing the Internet, telephone connections, text messaging, files, contact lists and social media accounts, Ehrensvard explained.
Further, by its open nature, Android is open to kernel and operating system updates, which makes the situation worse.
"Anything being installed in the kernel will, by its nature, be unreachable by any antivirus add-ons," Ehrenvard said.
Mobile malware growth is increasing "exponentially," but "it's a question of what protections are being put in place to minimize the danger as much as possible for the average user while still allowing for the maximum amount of fancy new gadgets and capabilities," Adam Wosotowsky, senior research analyst at McAfee Labs, told TechNewsWorld.
Openness in an Unsafe World
Google's open attitude may be partly responsible for the security problems plaguing Android. The Internet giant tends to place few restrictions on the platform and developers. That also keeps Google from controlling independent third-party app stores, where malware-laden apps are most often found.
For Google to vet Android store apps or insist that third-party app stores vet apps before allowing them in "is not enforceable without hampering the open development model of Android software" McAfee's Wosotowsky said.
Google needs to find out why people go to third-party app stores and minimize their reasons for doing so because "you have to click past a few warning screens in order to install from outside the [Android] Marketplace, so obviously there are reasons why some people ignore those warnings," Wosotowsky explained.
Google "takes a much more open approach [than Apple] when permitting content into their marketplace, relying on crowdsourcing -- the belief that any unsavory app will quickly be called out by the millions of Android users and can then quickly be revoked," Michael Sutton, vice president of security research at Zscaler ThreatLabZ, told TechNewsWorld.
This, together with the openness of Android, make the operating system "a magnet for those wishing to distribute malicious content," Sutton added.
Will a Walled Garden Help?
Apple's approach to its app store is the antithesis of Google's, requiring a long, tortuous approval process that has often set devs' teeth on edge.
However, malicious content has slipped through because "the application reviews focus is on the end user experience, not end user security," Sutton pointed out.
Taking a more proactive stance on security, as Amazon has, would help secure Android apps better.
"Providing a known secure source for apps will greatly enhance the overall value of the app store, especially in the Android space where competing app stores exist -- an approach that Amazon appears to be adopting," Sutton concluded.
Neither Google nor Amazon responded to requests for comment on this story.

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Jocketty, Reds formulating postseason rosters
General manager Walt Jocketty must submit a 25-man roster, and there will be some names left off.
"It will be tough. It's also nice because we have some depth this year," Jocketty said on Wednesday. "But it will be tough, especially with the pitching when we get down to the end. We've talked about it, and we'll talk about it some more. We'll make our final decision next week when we know who we're playing."
Depending on whether they get the No. 1 or No. 2 seed, the Reds could likely play either the Giants, Braves or Cardinals in the NLDS.
"It could depend on who we play and how guys match up against different teams," Jocketty said of his club's roster.
Reds manager Dusty Baker has been, and will continue to be, involved in the meetings as he recovers from a minor stroke.
"We had a meeting yesterday and talked a little bit more about it today," Jocketty said. "We won't get into the final stuff until next week in St. Louis."
Since all teams can reset their rosters after each round of the postseason, the Reds will have a "taxi squad" of extra players who could be added. In 2010, they sent some players to the team complex in Goodyear, Ariz., to work out and stay sharp.
"We'll do that again," Jocketty said.


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On Friday, we chronicled Calvin Johnson's disdain for the Chicago Bears.
We only can assume that Megatron would give this post a thumbs down.
Bears cornerback Charles Tillman will play Sunday against the Detroit Lions, NFL Media's Stacey Dales reported Saturday, citing a source close to the team.
Tillman, who has been dealing with groin and knee injuries, returned to practice Friday as a limited participant and officially was listed questionable on the Bears' injury report.
Peanut Tillman is the main reason the Bears have been able to slow down Johnson -- allowing just two 100-yard games to the All-Pro receiver in 11 meetings.
Tillman has struggled this season dealing with injuries, but the football still seems to find him.
Johnson will receive almost all of the Bears' defensive attention Sunday with a deep-dish pizza limiting the Lions' receiving options this week as the two teams tussle for the NFC North division lead. Having Tillman on the field -- healthy or otherwise -- is a good first step in slowing down Megatron.
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By Matthew Heimer
I remember how proud I used to feel back in the early 1990s when I would walk to the bank to deposit the paychecks from my first full-time, post-college job. I also remember how sweaty and nervous I would feel on weeks when I couldn't get to the bank right away, and I started to wonder whether the paycheck would clear in time to pay the checks I'd written to pay my first full-time, post-college bills. And last but not least, I remember how relieved I felt when my employer finally got direct-deposit and I could get on to worrying about other things, like whether Steve Young would ever win a Super Bowl.
In a similar vein: Uncle Sam very much wants Social Security to convert completely to direct deposit, partly to save on printing costs (which add up to $1 billion over 10 years, says MarketWatch's Robert Powell), and partly to avoid disruptions (Hurricane Sandy interrupted delivery of Social Security checks to as many as 350,000 Northeasterners, Reuters reported at the time). If fact, retirees who started collecting Social Security after May 1, 2011 were required to have their benefits deposited either to a bank account or a prepaid debit card. Nonetheless, some 5 million Americans still get paper benefit checks, so the government is giving them a deadline of March 1 to sign up for electronic deposit.
There's just one problem with that "deadline": As Ann Carrns reports in the New York Times this week, the government doesn't have the authority to switch people over to direct deposit without their permission. So in practice, folks who choose to hold out will be able to, well, keep holding out. A Treasury Department spokesman tells Carrns those people will continue to get polite but insistent letters.
Retirees who are 92 or older are exempt from the changeover, and beneficiaries can also get a waiver if they have a "mental impairment" or live in a geographically remote area. Personally, I can't imagine an area so remote that having to physically cash or deposit a check there would be more convenient than the alternatives, but hey, it's a big country. (Also: Steve Young did, eventually, win a Super Bowl.)


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It isn't totally fair to judge a player on their first season in a new country, especially when they are as young as David de Gea.
Coming from Atletico Madrid, the Manchester United supporters were expecting great things from the youngster.
There was a lot of pressure placed on his shoulders before he had even taken a step into the Theatre of Dreams - mainly due to his price tag and the fact he was replacing the legendary Edwin van der Sar between the sticks.
Although he made astonishing saves, his weakness remained in the air. Coming from the Spanish league where the physicality in a goalkeeper isn't seen as an important trait, he was thrust into a league with big, physical strikers and he definitely struggled.
His poor judgement of coming out and catching the ball or punching it instead, turned a lot of the supporters against him. The mistakes were unfortunately big ones and most of them resulted in goals.
In fact, his shot-stopping was the only thing keeping his head above water. However, like most of the players in his squads down the years, Sir Alex Ferguson held his faith.
De Gea was required to bulk himself up in order to deal with the physicality that the Barclays Premier League requires. That, along with the constant competition from the reliable Anders Lindegaard, De Gea has transformed into one of the best goalkeepers in the world.
Age is definitely on his side with him only being 22 years-old. As with most goalkeepers, he will only get better with age.
With plaudits from Van der Sar himself, the confidence of the fans in the Flying Spaniard are growing with each and every performance.
With De Gea being voted as PFA Goalkeeper of the Year in the 2012/2013 season, United supporters are anticipating an even better 2013/2014 season. With plaudits coming from arguably United's best ever goalkeeper in Peter Schmeichel as well, should we expect anything less?
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Industries Environmental Documents
FERC staff issues Final Environmental Impact Statement on Creole Trail LNG Terminal and Pipeline Project (Docket No. CP05-360-000, et al.)
Issued: May 5, 2006
FERC staff prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Creole Trail LNG Terminal and Pipeline Project (Creole Trail Project), as proposed by Creole Trail LNG, L.P. and Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline Company (collectively referred to as Creole Trail).
The project includes construction and operation of a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana; 116.8 miles of dual 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline in Louisiana; 17 meter and regulation facilities; and other associated aboveground facilities.
FERC's environmental staff concludes that the Creole Trail Project with appropriate mitigating measures, as recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) cooperated in the preparation of the final EIS.
Staff concludes the project would be environmentally acceptable action (with appropriate mitigation) because:
- The LNG terminal facility would make use of a site previously used for a dredge material placement area.
- The LNG terminal facility would be located in a remote area with access to a deep water federal navigation channel.
- Materials to be dredged from the marine basin and tugboat dock areas would be put to beneficial use.
- Creole Trail would implement the FERC staff's Upland Erosion Control, Revegetation and Maintenance Plan and Wetland and Waterbody Construction and Mitigation Procedures to mitigate impacts on soils, wetlands, and waterbodies.
- Creole Trail would implement an approved Aquatic Resources Mitigation Plan to minimize and mitigate for impacts on wetlands, Essential Fish Habitat, and oyster fisheries.
- Creole Trail has routed the pipeline to avoid placement of the construction work areas near most residences and would implement site-specific mitigation where construction work areas are within 25 feet of any residences.
- Appropriate consultations with the COE, FWS, NOAA Fisheries, the State Historic Preservation Office, and the Coastal Management Division of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources would be completed before Creole Trail would be allowed to begin construction.
- Appropriate safety features would be incorporated into the design and operation of the LNG import terminal and LNG vessels.
- Operational controls would be imposed by the local pilots and Coast Guard to direct the movement of LNG ships, and the security provisions to deter attacks by potential terrorists.
- An environmental inspection and mitigation monitoring program would be implemented to ensure compliance with all mitigation measures that become conditions of any FERC authorization.
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Hide was a zine released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the 1980's.
Hide was a multimedia zine with each issue released in both zine form and accompanied by an audio compilation cassette, or 'mix tape'. The type of music featured in Hide, in both the zine and on the cassette, ranged from punk and industrial bands, to post punk and hardcore, and even more experimental music, sometimes of an electronic nature, such as tape loops, but sometimes acoustic. Five issues were released.
Hide releases are now collectors items, occasionally found for sale on-line, since they were issued in limited editions.
Hide was published by Caroline Azar and Candy Parker. They were later joined by G.B. Jones who, together with Caroline Azar, went on to publish Double Bill in the 1990s.
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he isn't concerned about Dirk Nowitzki's swollen right knee because of the 11-time All-Star's history of coming back from injuries.
Nowitzki is missing a third straight preseason game Wednesday night when the Mavericks face the Phoenix Suns.
Cuban says Nowitzki dealt with swelling in his right knee last season. Nowitzki missed four games last January and played through the rest of the season without any problems.
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FALMOUTH — A bill introduced by state Rep. Mary Nelson, D-Falmouth, would limit public access to information that is currently part of the public record and allow municipalities to charge more for information they do provide.
If approved by the Legislature, L.D. 104 would add a stipulation to the Maine Freedom of Access Act to protect the email addresses of people who subscribe to town websites and email announcement lists.
Nelson said the bill is not necessarily a reaction to an incident last June, when frequent town government critic Michael Doyle sent an email to the town's 3,100 subscribers through a security hole in the town's email server.
She said abuse of publicly available email distribution lists has become an issue for many municipalities.
"Certainly Falmouth has a real-life example but there were other communities that were dealing with this also," Nelson said. "It certainly raised the issue, which we brought up with the Maine Municipal Association."
Eric Conrad, communications director of the MMA, said between 10 and 20 communities in Maine, notably Falmouth, Union and Poland, have had problems with similar freedom of access requests.
"What has happened in recent years is that towns and cities have been trying harder to enforce their rights about communication and creating email and distribution lists," Conrad said. "In a few cases there have been instances where people have requested through the Freedom of Access Act to get all of those addresses to send information (subscribers) didn't want."
He said the MMA supports Nelson's bill and believes one-way communication, like subscriber lists, should be protected. He clarified that the proposed law would not exempt conversations with town officials, but would allow towns to redact personal email addresses from publicly available subscriber lists.
Nelson said the bill not only protects people from unwanted solicitation, but it is another identity safeguard.
"Email addresses are a gateway to a terrific amount of personal information," she said. "The way in which you have your identity stolen often is through that gateway. Those who ask for the town to send notices to them by email, I believe (the town should protect) those email addresses as a piece of private information, just as they wouldn't give out a Social Security number."
Both Conrad and Nelson said the bill is an extension of a 2011 revision of the FOAA, which allowed the Maine Department of Fish and Wildlife to protect the email addresses of applicants for fishing and hunting licenses. That revision allowed applicants to opt out of having their email address made public.
"(Before the revision), organizations and businesses were using those addresses to solicit, and the state got a lot of complaints on that," Conrad said.
Nelson's bill also changes the fee structure for FOAA requests. Currently, municipalities are required to provide the first hour of research for a public records request at no charge; subsequent hours may be charged up to $15 per hour.
The change to the fee structure, according to Nelson, would maintain the first free hour. But after that towns would be allowed to charge the hourly wage of the lowest-paid employee capable of fulfilling the request.
"(The fee change) is a way of trying to help towns cover what could become a very significant cost to the town," Nelson said. "The first hour of any FOAA request is free, and after that the towns felt that it is appropriate to charge somebody if you have a very expensive request which requires many hours of going through electronic and written records. It takes a town employee away from their divine duty."
But opponents believe Nelson's attempt to limit access to public information is problematic.
The Maine Right to Know Advisory Committee has not met yet to discuss this specific legislation, but Judy Meyer, managing editor of the Sun Journal in Lewiston and a member of the committee, said email addresses have been a topic of discussion for at least the last four years.
"We have no consensus on our committee about shielding email addresses," she said. "(But) street addresses are not confidential and never have been, no one feels the need to do that, so we can't come up with a plausible reason why email addresses should be shielded."
Meyer said that while the committee does not necessarily believe that the addresses should be shielded, members do recognize that this is a localized problem and the committee has asked Maine's public access ombudsman to examine the problem and see if it extends to more than a few isolated towns.
If that were the case, Meyer said, she and other committee members might be persuaded to change their minds.
"The evidence we had before said that this is a Falmouth-specific problem," she said. "So I don't think it is really responsible for us to do any more until we have some data."
Meyer said the committee did raise the fee for public records requests from $10 to $15 last year in an attempt to curb "abusive requests," but members did not support moving to an actual-cost fee structure. She said the higher fee structure could price citizens out of obtaining information they have a right to access.
Doyle, who helped stir the pot last June with his request, said he feels blocking residents from accessing public records by limiting them or by implementing the proposed fee structure is undemocratic.
"I really don't have a good feeling about (this)," he said. "I think it is a terrible injustice to non-conflict inquirers of information. This is going to put individuals who don't have vast resources at a disadvantage. This (public) information is the property of the citizens of Maine."
Doyle said he feels the change in fee structure for public records requests would price many people out of being able to ask questions of their government officials.
"I believe that in Falmouth at least, the only people who will be able to answer my questions at this point are (Town Manager) Nathan Poore or (Superintendent of Schools) Barbara Powers,at $56 an hour," he said. "We're talking quite a bit of money."
In Falmouth, because of the volume of Freedom of Access requests – Doyle alone has submitted hundreds – Poore has been appointed to handle all public records requests.
Doyle said he feels the bill is aimed at stopping him from asking questions.
"This has wide-ranging ramifications," he said. "This is a law being proposed to stop me from asking questions that will impact the entire state, (but) they haven't been able to intimidate me to stop asking questions."
He added that he has asked the Judiciary Committee to inform him of any public hearings because "I would be up there in a second."
Meyer said she feels the type of limits proposed by Nelson create a "slippery slope" and are a step in the wrong direction.
"At some point, once we say that we are going to qualify this part, this method of communication, it is going to be too easy to pile on that," she said. "I don't even want to make the first step on that journey without a really definable reason that is backed up by evidence.
"The overwhelming feeling on the Right to Know Advisory Committee is that we need some reasons that we can define and hold onto in order to take this enormous step toward confidentiality."


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One day, MLB umpires are going to leave the field, ostensibly to review tape of a play — then keep on going, never to return.
Now that MLB has a sensible (and sensibly infrequent) use of TV replay — to determine if balls hit over fences and against walls were home runs — baseball wants more replay. It even knows when. It just doesn't know why, what, where, how.
"We're going to increase replay, next year," MLB VP Joe Torre said Tuesday. "We just don't know how we're going to go about it yet."
Gee, if MLB doesn't hurry, millions of fans never will watch baseball again! That the game had survived so long without any replay rules is miraculous, so now let's throw in as many as we can!
Despite the media's focus on perceived blown calls, there is no populist revolution to add more replay rules — and replay stoppages — to big league baseball games. For the most part, Tuesday's tempest is forgotten by Friday. Play ball.
Beyond that, the practicality of the matter — lost in a cloudy stew of knee-jerking and reflexive reflux — rarely is addressed. The only things even marginally reasonable left for MLB to do is to stop its games to check replays as to:
1) Whether batted balls down either line that did not leave the field of play before landing in the field of play — balls originally ruled fair — were, in fact, foul.
2) Whether a batter was/wasn't hit by a pitch.
3) Whether the force play call at first base — and only with none on — was correct.
4) Whether the runner who was first ruled safe at a base or the plate was out — creating, at that moment, the third out and end of the half-inning.
That's it. I think. And that's more than plenty, as in lots of stoppages for reviews in every game. Everything and anything else would pry open a large drum of variables that simply can't be determined.
You can't predict what would have happened anywhere on the bases or on the field had the ball initially been ruled fair or the runner not initially been ruled out. Again, the post-call or reversed-call variables are too great. You can't presume that anything would have otherwise happened.
MLB seems impractically primed to substitute perceived bad calls with guesswork — guesses made during frequent stoppages that would extend games that already are played too slowly.
Remember, many of the media experts who want more replay are the same deep thinkers who knowingly tell you that the batter would've hit a two-run homer had the man on first, moments earlier, not been thrown out stealing.
Most importantly, for all the greed and day-after debates, it still is a game. And for those who can't remember or reconcile that — including those with the authority to change the game — well, they're missing a good game.
No baloney! Maloney, Albert show it's OK to wait before judging
Given that Dave Maloney, when he played for the Rangers, clung to an illogical mistrust of the media, he seemed a dubious choice to be the team's radio color analyst. But teamed with Kenny Albert, Maloney keeps getting better. A single episode late in Tuesday's Flyers-Rangers provided evidence:
The Flyers' Scott Hartnell, after a glancing check on Rick Nash, got into a hassle with someone on the Rangers' bench. Neither Albert nor Maloney tried to spin it as a good (Rangers) vs. bad (Flyers) thing. Both judiciously said that they would await a replay before issuing judgment.
Hartnell, hit with a 10-minute misconduct, was done for the night and was leaving the ice when, said Maloney, he saluted the hostile Garden crowd "with a Papal wave." Maloney added, "Ah, old-time hockey." Fabulous. Ya could see it, feel it.
Through the replay, Albert and Maloney then suggested Stu Bickel, from the Rangers' bench, may have started it with Hartnell. Ah, fair and balanced.
Then as Bickel also was hit with a 10-minute major, Albert and Maloney didn't miss the oddity that Bickel would finish the night with 10 more minutes in third-period penalties than he had in minutes played in the third period.
* World Gone Nuts, Continued: Jose Canseco, who last year filed for bankruptcy, currently stars in a TV ad for a product called HT — short for High Testosterone. In the ad, the former MLB anabolic slugger displays his flexed arm to the camera while reminding men they can't have enough testosterone.
The ad seems aimed at young fools who could think this product contains human growth hormone — muscle-builders that are either illegal or should be.
And so, in a world gone nuts, it came as no surprise that Canseco was in Albany last week, where he urged legislators to get tough on dangerous muscle supplements.
"A lot of young kids," Canseco testified, "will take any risk to get where their idols are." Ya don't say?
Speaking of state legislators and the world gone nuts, though N.J. legislators and Gov. Christie remain eager to legalize sports gambling, they still won't allow bets on games played by N.J. colleges. In other words, these lawmakers understand the importance of protecting local schools from the laws they propose!
U. guys are old school
We usually don't find anything to admire about U. of Miami athletics, but with the NCAA Tournament near, it is worth noting the school apparently isn't lying about the ages of its basketball players: As college students go, they're old.
Among The U's regulars are three born in the 1980s, including a senior who turns 25 in May. There's also a 21-year-old sophomore and a junior who will be 23 in October. This "veteran" team must be attending on the G.I. Bill.
* The little things often say plenty. At least twice this year, ESPN's Top 10 Plays have included slam-dunks whistled for offensive fouls. Yep, at ESPN, committing a foul and a turnover on the same play can win one the Play of the Day!
* The first time the Yankees will lose a game on YES's "Yankee Classics" will be on the day Mike Francesa declares them a lock.
* Every time I hear newscasts talk about Dennis Rodman meeting with a powerful, repressive dictator, who inherited his muscle from his father, owns and controls media, disallows free speech and dissent, and now threatens the free world south of the 38th parallel, I figure they're talking about Jimmy Dolan!


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Its the halfway mark, so I am curious to hear how everyone is doing so far.
I am currently 8-0 in one league with this draft. Unfortunately I am only 5-3 in another and 4-4 in my NFL league.
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With spring on the way, thoughts turn to the outdoors and our place in it. How we shape our environment says a lot about us. Sustainable and organic practices are growing increasingly important all over the world and it's no different for Sooke, British Columbia. On March 6, there is a unique opportunity to learn about the past and present of sustainable, organic farming and gardening on south Vancouver Island.
The Awareness Film Festival will hold its Annual Farming and Gardening Gala, featuring film and discussion of women farmers and gardeners of the region at Edward Milne Community School in Sooke, British Columbia on March 6, 2013.
If you are coming to Sooke, you will want to take the time to add this evening program to your itinerary. To enjoy accommodations that will be as memorable as your time in Sooke, we recommend the Sooke lodging of our member bed & breakfast inns.
Feature Film: "Outstanding in Her Field"
The heritage of organic and sustainable farming in the Greater Sooke area and beyond will be highlighted with a screening of "Outstanding in Her Field," a 1995 Media Network Society documentary that explores the unique history and legacy of women in sustainable agriculture, including Sooke's own ALM Organic Farm cofounder Mary Alice Johnson. In this film women share their stories about and love for organic farming, including the challenges of access to land, seeking support, the physical demands, cooperative marketing, and the never-ending search for creative solutions. (more…)


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The cold won't stop your favorite magazine. We left sunny Florida and headed to the Midwest for you, our readers. Team 5.0&SF is live on the scene in Indianapolis, Indiana, prowling the Performance Racing Industry show on the floor of the Indianapolis Convention Center.
If you aren't familiar with the PRI Show, it is the trade show for the racing aftermarket. The racing industry converges on Indy to show off its latest hardcore performance products. From camshafts and cylinder heads to sticky tires and lightweight wheels, you will see it at PRI. Of course all these products don't fit Mustangs, so Editor Steve Turner traversed the aisles to uncover the coolest Mustang racing products for the coming season.
Of course, we'll bring you complete coverage of all the new products that we find on the pages of 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords magazine's June 2014 issue. However, you wants to know what's hot right now. So, to whet your appetite, we are selecting the Top 5.0 Hottest New Products that we found at the show for your Mustangs. Without further delay, here are our picks for the show's hottest new products:


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Given all the news this week about a lack of winter here in California, I thought I'd start a thread about what this might mean for wind this coming Spring and Summer.
Any budding meteorologists out there wanna chime in? What will the drought do to our "Normal" wind expectations?
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Hello everyone. First off, thanks for letting me join the forum. I wanted to reach out to you all and ask the experts if there are any after market performance options for the 2.4L ecotech engine in my 2008 Saturn Vue XE. This is a great gas saver but looking to mod it with something that gives it a little extra. Can't seem to find very much. Any help is appreciated.
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eIDcompare™ is an Internet-based service that that helps companies mitigate the risk of doing business online by validating that an applicant's identity actually exists and by offering an overall risk score for that identity. Useful as a 'frictionless' first layer of defense in a multi-layered strategy, eIDcompare leverages a waterfall approach to validating applicant information against multiple data sources.
- Standardizes and reviews applicant-provided information to test for data inconsistencies and irregularities. This includes checking for details such as data that has been reported as belonging to a deceased person and the validation application data formats.
- Conducts a pattern recognition algorithm on each transaction. For example, a velocity parameter determines the number of times an applicant has applied for verification in a specific time frame.
- Determines the risk associated with the device used including device identity, IP address, and reported prior fraud behavior
- Uses a waterfall approach in gathering validation information from multiple data sources to confirm an identity's legitimacy. This means that if the identity cannot be validated with the first data source, it will proceed to the next data source until the identity is validated.
- Applies a statistical model that generates a fraud index that can be leveraged in the overall assessment of an applicant.
If an identity is connected to questionable activity, eIDcompare delivers a warning indicator, reason codes, data source validation, and either a 'pass' or 'manual review' recommendation.
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BP has agreed to pay an estimated $7.8 billion to settle lawsuits brought against the company by businesses and individuals in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The disaster, which caused around 205 million gallons of oil to spew into the Gulf of Mexico, had widespread economic and health impacts on local communities. The estimated compensation, which is not capped, includes provisions for $2.3 billion to bolster the region's seafood industry and $105 million to improve available health care in the impacted communities. The Washington Post reports that under the agreement, BP also agrees to provide medical consultations for the next 21 years for those with spill-related health complaints.
Clean-up workers and Gulf Coast residents alike reported adverse health effects from exposure to oil and the dispersant used in the effort to clean up the spill. The Plaintiffs Steering Committee explained that "Residents in the coastal and wetlands areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle will be compensated for a broad range of specific medical conditions such as respiratory, skin, stomach, headaches and a host of other ailments." Similarly, clean-up workers may also receive compensation.
BP was widely expected to reach a settlement in the case, as experts cited fears that a court case would likely have led to devastating disclosures regarding cost-cutting measures within the company which led to the disaster. Such a court case is not yet, entirely, off the books. While this recent settlement brings to a close litigation brought by private individuals and businesses, it does not cover fines the oil-giant faces from State and Federal Authorities under the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act. If BP is found to be negligent in the disaster, they could face fines of $1,100 per barrel of oil spilled. If a court determines that BP was grossly negligent, that number could increase to $4,300 per barrel. BP has disputed updated government estimates regarding the quantity of oil which leaked from the blown-out well, estimating flow at between 210,000 gallons and 1.6 million gallons a day, while Federal officials estimate the rate at around 2.4 million gallons a day.
The funds for this most recent settlement will come from a $20 billion escrow account set up by BP following the environmental disaster. The Gulf Coast Claims Facility, administered by Kenneth Feinberg, had previously overseen tens of thousands of claims presented by individuals seeking compensation for lost earnings and ill health resulting from the disaster.
While this settlement is a significant stride in supporting the communities affect by the Deepwater Horizon blow out, the full public health and environmental impacts of the disaster are unlikely to be realized for several years. Among a multitude of environmental issues raised by the spill are concerns over the oil's impact on already fragile wetlands, the effect of dispersants on marine life, and reports of a sudden increase in deaths of dolphins and endangered brown pelicans in the area.
In the meantime, however, BP's share price increased with the announcement of this most recent settlement, and drilling is on the rise in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
By Zora Neale Hurston
Published in 1937
"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.
"Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly."
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Why hello! I've had too much coffee, and I've taken pictures of my workspace! Come along with me, won't you?
This is what my office looks like in the morning. Look how sunny! You'll notice there's no computer. That's because I compose my thoughts in a linen-bound journal, which I then read into a recording device, and send the digital voice files to a transcription service in Uruguay.
Actually the computer's just downstairs, and I'm too lazy to get it, so I was writing in my journal instead. I tend to write on whatever's handy. A journal, the side of a building, my son's forehead. Whatever.
Here you see the doodles I doodled at some point, I can't remember when. Doodling is essential to my thought process. I drew, as you can see, a heart, because love is very important to me. Then I drew the symbol for eternity, because I often ponder the big questions. Then there's a star and a star-like shape, and I don't have a reason for those. I like to practice the alphabet, because sometimes I forget what comes after what. The "catapult" note is about this deadly, enormous catapult that I'm designing… but I've said too much. Then there's a space for… for what? Who can say! You see how inspiring that is?
And here are the toys I play with, when I crave inspiration. Sometimes I like to take a break and go on a space mission. Or a "mission dans l'espace." It all depends. On what? Je ne sais quoi.
Here is my exercise ball. I have been known to use this for some forms of exercise. Usually I just leave it in that rattan basket, so I can pretend I am a bird, sitting on an enormous, bouncy egg. This amuses me.
This is my chalkboard easel, upon which I scribble angry notes to my inner critic. Here, as you can see, I have scrawled NONONO. This is because my inner critic told me to write something more worthwhile than this rambling mass of lies. Another day I might write POOP, or just draw a space man. I find this technique quite valuable, until my inner critic mocks my penmanship, and I cry.
Here is my cat. She likes to sit on this chair and stare at my back while I work. This keeps me awake, because if I nod off who knows what she'll do. She really cares about me, that cat.
In the adjoining bedroom is Charlie, who as you can see is lounging across our pillows. He does not care about my Art at all. All he cares about is himself. Himself, and his damned sleep.
Now he is pleading me with his eyes to go away, and leave him in peace. And so I shall.
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JSC Result 2013 will be Published on 29 December 2013 – www.educationboardresults.gov.bd
JSC Result 2013 will be published on Sunday 29 December, 2013 despite several exams were rescheduled due to strikes and blockades.
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid confirmed that the JSC-JDC result 2013 will be published on Sunday 29 December, 2013. Education Board has notified the JSC Result 2013 date and time in a press conference at the ministry.
JSC Result 2013 will be published at 1:00pm on Sunday 29 December, while PSC exam result will be live on 12:30pm on Monday 30 December, 2013.
JSC result 2013 wll be available at exam centers at 2:00pm and PSC result 2013 will be available at 1:30pm on respective dates.
In JSC-JDC exam 2013, a total of 1,902,746 candidates sat for the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) exams. Meanwhile 2,950,193 students took the PSC exam 2013 (Primary School Certificate) and Ebtedayee 2013 tests.
In 2012, JSC exam result were out on 26 December and board is confident enough to do so this year. Senior officials of primary education directorate and education boards said they are well prepared to publish the JSC result 2013 and PSC result 2013 by this December 2013 to enable all successful students to attend new classes of the academic year 2014.
However, the date of JSC results 2013 might be changed in case Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is not available to formally receive a copy of the results, said the board official.
Meanwhile, a preparatory meeting about the JSC result 2013, JDC result 2013 and PSC result 2013 of 10 education boards was held at the education ministry conference room on Thursday 19 December,2013, said trusted sources.
JSC results 2013 and JDC results 2013 will be published in grading system including the PSC exam 2013.
Students can download JSC Result 2013 and JDC Result 2013from www.educationboardresults.gov.bd.


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pycparser v2.09.1
|Eli Bendersky
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installing
- 3 Using
- 4 Modifying
- 5 Package contents
- 6 Contributors
1 Introduction
1.1 What is pycparser?
pycparser is a parser for the C language, written in pure Python. It is a module designed to be easily integrated into applications that need to parse C source code.
1.2 What is it good for?
Anything that needs C code to be parsed. The following are some uses for pycparser, taken from real user reports:
- C code obfuscator
- Front-end for various specialized C compilers
- Static code checker
- Automatic unit-test discovery
- Adding specialized extensions to the C language
pycparser is unique in the sense that it's written in pure Python - a very high level language that's easy to experiment with and tweak. To people familiar with Lex and Yacc, pycparser's code will be simple to understand.
1.3 Which version of C does pycparser support?
pycparser aims to support the full C99 language (according to the standard ISO/IEC 9899). This is a new feature in the version 2.x series - earlier versions only supported C89.
pycparser doesn't support any GCC extensions. See the FAQ for more details.
1.4 What grammar does pycparser follow?
pycparser very closely follows the C grammar provided in the end of the C99 standard document
1.5 How is pycparser licensed?
1.6 Contact details
Drop me an email to email@example.com for any questions regarding pycparser. For reporting problems with pycparser or submitting feature requests, the best way is to open an issue on the pycparser project page.
2 Installing
2.1 Prerequisites
- pycparser was tested on Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.2, on both Linux and Windows. It should work on any later version (in both the 2.x and 3.x lines) as well.
pycparser has no external dependencies. The only non-stdlib library it uses is PLY, which is bundled in pycparser/ply. The current PLY version is 3.4
2.2 Installation process
Installing pycparser is very simple. Once you download and unzip the package, you just have to execute the standard python setup.py install. The setup script will then place the pycparser module into site-packages in your Python's installation library.
Alternatively, since pycparser is listed in the Python Package Index (PyPI), you can install it using your favorite Python packaging/distribution tool, for example with:
> pip install pycparser
It's recommended to run _build_tables.py in the pycparser code directory after installation to make sure the parsing tables are pre-generated. This can make your code run faster.
2.3 Known problems
- Some users who've installed a new version of pycparser over an existing version ran into a problem using the newly installed library. This has to do with parse tables staying around as .pyc files from the older version. If you see unexplained errors from pycparser after an upgrade, remove it (by deleting the pycparser directory in your Python's site-packages, or wherever you installed it) and install again.
3 Using
3.1 Interaction with the C preprocessor
In order to be compilable, C code must be preprocessed by the C preprocessor - cpp. cpp handles preprocessing directives like #include and #define, removes comments, and does other minor tasks that prepare the C code for compilation.
For all but the most trivial snippets of C code, pycparser, like a C compiler, must receive preprocessed C code in order to function correctly. If you import the top-level parse_file function from the pycparser package, it will interact with cpp for you, as long as it's in your PATH, or you provide a path to it.
On the vast majority of Linux systems, cpp is installed and is in the PATH. If you're on Windows and don't have cpp somewhere, you can use the one provided in the utils directory in pycparser's distribution. This cpp executable was compiled from the LCC distribution, and is provided under LCC's license terms.
3.2 What about the standard C library headers?
C code almost always includes various header files from the standard C library, like stdio.h. While, with some effort, pycparser can be made to parse the standard headers from any C compiler, it's much simpler to use the provided "fake" standard includes in utils/fake_libc_include. These are standard C header files that contain only the bare necessities to allow valid parsing of the files that use them. As a bonus, since they're minimal, it can significantly improve the performance of parsing large C files.
The key point to understand here is that pycparser doesn't really care about the semantics of types. It only needs to know whether some token encountered in the source is a previously defined type. This is essential in order to be able to parse C correctly.
See the using_cpp_libc.py example for more details.
3.3 Basic usage
Take a look at the examples directory of the distribution for a few examples of using pycparser. These should be enough to get you started.
3.4 Advanced usage
The public interface of pycparser is well documented with comments in pycparser/c_parser.py. For a detailed overview of the various AST nodes created by the parser, see pycparser/_c_ast.cfg.
There's also a FAQ available here. In any case, you can always drop me an email for help.
4 Modifying
There are a few points to keep in mind when modifying pycparser:
- The code for pycparser's AST nodes is automatically generated from a configuration file - _c_ast.cfg, by _ast_gen.py. If you modify the AST configuration, make sure to re-generate the code.
- Make sure you understand the optimized mode of pycparser - for that you must read the docstring in the constructor of the CParser class. For development you should create the parser without optimizations, so that it will regenerate the Yacc and Lex tables when you change the grammar.
5 Package contents
Once you unzip the pycparser package, you'll see the following files and directories:
- README.rst:
- This README file.
- setup.py:
- Installation script
- examples/:
- A directory with some examples of using pycparser
- pycparser/:
- The pycparser module source code.
- tests/:
- Unit tests.
- utils/cpp.exe:
- A Windows executable of the C pre-processor suitable for working with pycparser
- utils/fake_libc_include:
- Minimal standard C library include files that should allow to parse any C code.
- utils/internal/:
- Internal utilities for my own use. You probably don't need them.
6 Contributors
Some people have contributed to pycparser by opening issues on bugs they've found and/or submitting patches. The list of contributors is at this pycparser Wiki page.


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September 28, 2004
Get directions to Wabash College Fine Arts Center
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — David Krohne, professor of biology at Wabash
College, will present the 25th Annual LaFollette Lecture on Friday,
October 1 at Wabash College.
"A Field Guide to the Geography of Hope" will be the title of Krohne's
presentation, which will begin at 4:15 p.m. in Salter Hall of the Fine
Arts Center. A reception will follow his talk in the Littell Lobby in
the Fine Arts Center.
The LaFollette Lecture Series was established by the Wabash College
Board of Trustees to honor Charles D. LaFollette, their longtime
colleague on the Board. The lecture is given each year by a Wabash
College faculty member who is charged to address the relation of his or
her special discipline to the humanities broadly conceived.
David Krohne was awarded a bachelor's degree in biology from Knox
College and a doctorate in zoology from the University of California at
Berkeley. He became a member of the Wabash faculty in 1979. His
accomplishments include an undergraduate research project grant from the
National Science Foundation, the McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Research
Scholarship from Wabash College, and service as a consultant on biology
for Talking Technology. He has published several articles in scholarly
scientific journals.
The LaFollette Lecture is free and open to the public.


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Rolty needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 36 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
We need a new look for this uk hotel to reflect the quality offered. It specialises in weddings, conferences, and food with frequent 'specials' such as Christmas, New Year, Mother's day, etc. There are 2 conference rooms, 2 restaurants and over 30 bedrooms.
Alveston House Hotel
We need an uncoded front page design that we can use as a theme to produce the rest of the site. The colours and logo etc are available.
The page will have a horizontal top navbar with possible dropdown additional items, a booking search box, A special offer area and some featured images linking to other pages as well as a main text area.
We are a design company that specialises in coding, and for this project we feel we need a little more than our in house graphics talent can provide..
- A clean, simple, quality look
- 2 column layout
- Colours and logo are at http://www.whetstonedesign.co.uk/colours.zip
- We like the look of http://www.thornburycastle.co.uk and http://tortworth-court-hotel.four-pillars.co.uk/ (although the latter is too busy..)
- We want to convey an air of quality, cleanliness, competence and modernity for the discerning business traveller, at the same time looking attractive as a wedding venue, as and a place to come for your office party.
- Bright colours
- Wild curves, however small radiuses etc are ok.


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"O Canada, our home and native land" .... well, like the thousands of Jamaicans who have made their home in this wonderful country, Canada is indeed our home. I have spent two-thirds of my life here ... I'm a proud Canadian citizen, and my children and grandchildren are Canadians, but home? That's a tough one. After forty-seven years, yes it's home, but I still feel a connection to my "native" land. (It's too bad that they can't come up with a better word than native in the national anthem for those of us who chose to make Canada home.)
I'm looking at a certified copy of my birth registration, number BM 8896, in the District of Cross Roads, Saint Andrew. It's too long to scan on my little 8 1/2 x 11 scanner. I was born at Nuttall Memorial Hospital, 31 May 1935. My father was Michael Leopold Levy, civil service clerk of 7 Anderson Road, Woodford Park, Saint Andrew, and my mother was Maud Dey Levy, formerly Smedmore. My father registered my birth on July 3, 1935. Well, I don't remember Anderson Road in Woodford Park, because when I was about six months old, my parents bought a house at 5 Holborn Road, St. Andrew from a Mr. Garsia, and moved there, and that house was the only home that I knew for my life in Jamaica, until I left there in 1957.
This is the house I remember ... 5 Holborn Road. It was situated off of Trafalgar Road. At one point Holborn Road ended in a dead end, which later was developed as Chelsea Avenue, which in turn ran out to Half-way Tree Road. Holborn Road ran south of Trafalgar Road, and there were two side roads off of it ... Renfrew Road and Dumphries Road, before it ran into Chelsea Avenue. In my childhood Dumphries Road was a dead end which ended at Knutsford Park, the major horse-racing venue at the time. Now it's all gone and the area I lived in is known as New Kingston, but more of that later.
Here I am as a child with my brother, Micky, with our nurse, in front of the house at 5 Holborn Road.
The house, as I remember it, was quite large. There was a large front verandah with four large pillars supporting a gable roof. Off of the front verandah were four French doors. The two in front opened into the dining room. One on the left opened into the drawing room, and the one on the right opened into my parents' bedroom. On the left side of the house, behind the drawing room, was a bedroom with a full bathroom. This was my brother's but I also remember that during the war it was occupied by a boarder, a mysterious Mr. Wellard. Moving back, on this side of the house were the pantry and kitchen. On the right side of the house, was my parents' bedroom. Off of it was a dressing room with a sink, the bathroom which contained the bath only, and there was a separate room for the toilet. Behind this was my bedroom, and behind that, a spare bedroom which was occupied for some time by my Aunt Tess when she lived with us. In the middle of all this was the dining room, off which the other rooms were situated, and at the back an enclosed latticed verandah. To me the house was quite large. It sat on a quarter acre of land. In the front there were two gates and a grassy driveway connecting them, and a lawn enclosed by a privet hedge. (It was not really privet, as I discovered later, but a type of barberry.) My mother's pride and joy were the garden beds in which she grew flowers. The ones I mainly remember were gerberas, also called African Daisies.
We had a detached garage, though for a long time we had no car. This sat at the end of the driveway leading from the south gate entrance.
By the time this photo was taken we did have a car. These photos aren't that great. They were taken with a Brownie 120 camera, but hopefully you get the idea. Though it's a bit hard to make out, on the right side of the photo you can see that there was a separate entrance to the bedroom on the left side of the house (Micky's bedroom aka the spare bedroom).
In the backyard we had all sorts of trees: a huge breadfruit tree which my brother climbed and claimed he could see Kingston Harbour from it -- a grapefruit tree, a Valencia orange tree, mango trees (Bombay, Julie, Number Eleven, Hairy), an ackee tree ... and we also had a chicken coop and kept a few chickens who came to a sticky end so we could have chicken dinner.These are my memories and I think this photo of me with my parents is one of my favourites.
On either side of the verandah were planted pink oleander. I remember also that we had pointsettias and euphorbia which were a riot of colour, red and white, come Christmas.
These are my memories of the house at 5 Holborn Road. My parents sold the house after I left home. By then my brother was married and the place was too big for them. They sold the house to a Canadian from Guelph who turned it into a hotel ... more of this later ... and moved to 11 Dunrobin Avenue. Later they moved with my Uncle Rodney to 4 Carvalho Drive.
The house at 5 Holborn Road still lives in my memory as my home till I was 22 years old and left Jamaica. It has changed dramatically, and those changes will be the subject of my next post. But still ... the memories are there and they are what I see when I think of "home".


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You want a shot at the title?
The 2nd annual Putting On The Foil pool is about to kick off, folks. Spots are limited (12… 14?). Anyone is welcome to join, although because I like to know whose ass I'm kicking, slight priority will be given to regulars of the foil and people who were in last year's pool. But don't let that deter you from signing up though, if you are a lurker.
Gr8one did a fantastic job of organizing it last year, and has volunteered (or been voluntold?) to do it again this year. Thanks, gr8one! If it's similar to last years, expect it to be a Yahoo pool involving a draft. Once the season kicks off, you'll have to set your lineups for games each night. Sounds like a lot of work, but you can do it all a bit in advance. My recommendation is to pick one night a week, do the whole week at once, and then tweak your lineup as needed each night. You will be able to perform trades with other GMs as well as waive and pick up players on waivers. Last year was a lot of fun, but more so for me, and not for all you sissies that lost. *flexxx*
Soo, how do you join?
Well, feel free to post a comment in here if you like, but to join:
Send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com (<- click link) with your screen name on Putting on the Foil and stating that you would like to join the pool (both are important) and I will then forward it off to gr8one. Simple as that. Some of you have expressed interest in other threads, but I need an e-mail from you because that e-mail address will be what gr8one uses for his invites.


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See Harry Styles of One Direction Shirtless
Chicago One Direction fans may be some of the luckiest on the planet. The U.K. heartthrobs thrilled their Windy City crowd when Harry Styles' bandmates ripped off his shirt!
During their show at the Allstate Arena, mischievous Liam Payne and Zayn Malik snuck up on Styles and began tugging at his white button-down shirt, ripping it open and exposing his lily-white abs to piercing screams from their fans. We don't think Harry minded too much -- he has a reputation for being naked more than any of his 1D bandmates.
This isn't the first time Styles has fallen victim to his fellow 'What Makes You Beautiful' bandmates. At a recent stop in New Zealand, every 1D member save for Niall Horan took turns pinching Styles' butt onstage.
The band are currently in the midst of their sold-out North American tour, but that's not all they're working on. One Direction are also recording a new album when they aren't making Harry blush in front of their fans!
See One Direction Rip Off Harry Styles' Shirt Onstage


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"You have to search out Jeffrey on an opening night," said James Fuld, a businessman who's known Richards since they were classmates at a private school in the Bronx in the '60s. "People have this glamorous image of a Broadway producer. Jeffrey takes the subway."
The four-time Tony Award winner -- for the revivals of "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "The Pajama Game," the musical "Spring Awakening" and the drama "August: Osage County" -- will once again be a ubiquitous presence at tonight's Tony fest.
He has copped three producing nominations -- for best revival ("Hair"), best play ( Neil LaBute's "Reasons to Be Pretty") and best special theatrical event ( Will Ferrell's "You're Welcome, America: A Final Night With George W. Bush"). And in a less hotly competitive season, that tally might well have included three more critically acclaimed productions: "Desire Under the Elms" starring Brian Dennehy, Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" and David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow." All told, his productions received six more Tony nominations in the acting categories: Raul Esparza ("Speed-the-Plow"), Thomas Sadoski and Marin Ireland ("Reasons to Be Pretty"), Gavin Creel and Will Swenson ("Hair") and the heavily favored Angela Lansbury ("Blithe Spirit").
Despite the proliferation of Tonys on his mantel, Richards appears less motivated by awards than the opportunity to work with his favorite artists, at least according to Mamet, who is usually astringent on the subject of producers. "He's brave and he's honorable," says the playwright, whose newest work, "Race," will be presented by Richards next season.
"Jeffrey doesn't say, 'I'd love to read your play.' He says, 'I'll do it.' And when I told him that I wanted 'November' to open on Broadway, he thought about it for 10 seconds and said, 'OK,' " he says. "That's tremendously freeing for a writer."
Not since the heyday of the legendary David Merrick has a single producer had such an influence on Broadway. And it comes from a press agent, known largely as a fanatical and often quirky booster before his debut as a Broadway producer in 2000 with a revival of " Gore Vidal's The Best Man." How did Richards manage to be so prolific this season?
"With lots of therapy," quips the producer, still boyish at 60, sitting in his midtown Manhattan office with phones ringing off the hook. Unmarried, it's a 24/7 existence for him. Blithely padding through the hive are the two real stars in the producer's life: Lottie and Skye, two strays that regularly get Playbill credit as mascots. Unlike their human peers, they remain unimpressed with their billing. "They're jaded," he says.
Richards, most decidedly, is not. In fact, his giddy enthusiasm and encyclopedic knowledge have attracted Jerry Frankel and Steve Traxler, who have provided much of the financing that fuels Tonka Productions, Richards' production company named for yet another of his dogs. The well-filled coffers are an anomaly in these economically strained times. "We complement each other," says Richards of his business partners.
"He's definitely the lead," says Frankel, mentioning the transfer of the Public Theater's revival of "Hair" from Central Park to Broadway. "Everybody said it wouldn't work in a theater, the money couldn't be raised. Jeffrey looked at me, and he said, 'Let's do it.' We raised the money in three weeks, pared down the budget and watched every penny." "Hair" is now one of the season's most surprising hits.
That hands-on approach -- Richards and Frankel once spent an afternoon in a blizzard handing out fliers for "Best Man" -- is how the team came to be awarded what Philip Smith, president of the Shubert Organization, calls "the plum" of the season: "You're Welcome, America." The smash hit, which later aired as an HBO TV special, was hugely lucrative for all involved. "Ferrell's agents could've given it to any producer on Broadway, and they gave it to Jeffrey because of his record, his professionalism and his extraordinary command of every detail," Smith says. "On any given day, you can ask him about any of his productions, and he can give you a complete rundown, right down to the names of the box-office personnel."
Richards, Smith adds, has a theatrical flair that he doesn't hesitate to use. When the producer was hunting for a theater to house his revival of Herman Wouk's "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," he showed up at the Shubert offices in Navy dress uniform and snapped, "Jeffrey Richards reporting for duty," Smith says. "He gets your attention."
'Theater nut'
Richards' love affair with the theater began almost at birth. His Texas-born mother, Helen Stern Richards, ran a small theater in Oklahoma before moving to New York where, in short order, she met, married and divorced Richards' father, a maker of short-subject films. Helen Richards worked as a Broadway press agent and general manager, allowing Richards access at an early age to major productions in New York. He reveled in plays he would later revive, including "Best Man," "A Thousand Clowns" and "The Homecoming."
"Jeffrey's been a theater nut, a real groupie, all his life," says veteran producer Liz McCann, whom Richards replaced as the lead producer on "Hair" when she failed to raise the necessary capital. "He's fair," she says. "I would work with him again -- and there's not many people I can say that about in this business."
A graduate of Wesleyan and Columbia School of Journalism, Richards became a press agent and quickly earned a reputation as a tenacious, imaginative and impulsive publicist. He once startled an airport lounge of passengers when he conducted a spot poll to determine the box-office viability of a star in a production he was representing.
Then there's that incident during a performance of "Reasons to Be Pretty," LaBute's drama that has been lagging at the box office. Some longtime theater observers suspected Richards' fingerprints when a male audience member stood up and started cursing at Ireland, who was in the midst of an emasculating diatribe directed at her boyfriend. (The producer denies that the man, who was ejected by ushers, was a plant.)
Richards has also gained notoriety for his volatile temper. He was famously brought up on charges and fined by the theatrical press agents union for abusing a staffer. Ashtrays flew, glasses were broken.
"He's high-strung and passionate," says Irene Gandy, who has worked in Richards' office for more than two decades and is one of the few African American women in the business. "But Jeffrey also places tremendous confidence in the people he works with and just lets you do your job. He cut me no slack; he expects you to be as totally committed as he is."
Indeed, woe to those who don't measure up. Richards has pursued Jeremy Piven with a vengeance after the actor abruptly dropped out of the revival of "Speed-the-Plow," citing mercury poisoning from eating too much sushi. Though the revival ultimately ended up in the black, the profit potential was significantly reduced. "What happened during that production affected our investors, and since we are going to arbitration I have no other comment," Richards says. "But with any other artists I've ever worked with, their motto has always been 'the show must go on.' "
As a producer, Richards rewards commitment with an unquestioning loyalty. Elizabeth Ashley, currently starring in Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County," recalls a test case that came up early in Richards' producing career. "We were all grousing about the set, which looked like a condo in Alta Vista," says Ashley, who is a close friend to Richards. "But he told us, 'This is a wonderful designer, this is his concept and I won't interfere with that.' End of discussion."
Supporting writers
Richards' loyalty to the artists with whom he works may be why he eschews the comparison to Merrick in favor of the producing team of Richard Barr and Clinton Wilder. This adventurous producing team was an early and sustained backer of Edward Albee, producing not only his early successes such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" but also sticking with him when he precipitously fell out of fashion.
"I think when you have an enormous success with a writer, you have a responsibility to be there for them," Richards says. Nonetheless, a producer's commitment can extend only so far. After all, such a stellar talent as Stephen Sondheim is hard-pressed to receive a commercial production these days after a series of flops, a situation that befell Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and William Inge in their later years. "All I can tell you is that the writers I support are young in their careers, and they have a lot of good plays left in them," Richards says.
In addition to Mamet's "Race," Richards is presenting Letts' new play, "Superior Donuts," another transfer from Chicago opening on Broadway in October. These may be no-brainers as both writers are on something of roll. The more difficult propositions have been the transfer of LaBute's "Reasons to Be Pretty" from off-Broadway and the revival of "Desire Under the Elms," which has since closed at a total or near loss of its investment.
But Richards simply says he's more than willing to take risks. That has also been true of such commercially unpromising projects as the Broadway premiere of August Wilson's "Radio Golf," which quickly folded on Broadway.
"I've heard him say any number of times, 'This is going to be a hard sell, but we're going to sell it as hard as we can,' " Ashley says. "I think those plays are actually more thrilling for him than the successes."
As far as this season is concerned, Richards will no doubt be batting at least .500 with "You're Welcome, America" and "Speed-the-Plow" having recouped, "Hair" likely to, and even "Blithe Spirit" standing a good chance. He is already looking toward the 2010-2011 season with a revival of Ketti Frings' Pulitzer Prize-winning stage adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel," to be directed by Daniel Sullivan and updated by David Auburn ("Proof"). "I just picked it up one night and was totally captivated by it -- it has death, first love, a mother more grasping and greedy than Madam Rose in 'Gypsy,' the disintegration of a marriage, and a young man who must escape to become the artist he is destined to become."
Asked if he's personally drawn to plays about dysfunctional families ("August," "Homecoming," "Desire Under the Elms") because of something in his past, he laughs ruefully. "I never look at myself that closely," he says. "Besides, I'm not an artist."