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Good vibrations with sensible libation is the message for New Year's Eve celebrations across Australia.
The capital cities will lead the festivities throughout the day and into the evening with regional areas treating locals to time-honoured traditional events.
More than 1.5 million people are expected to witness the Sydney Harbour fireworks that kick off at 9pm (AEDT) on Monday followed by a spectacular display at midnight.
Foreshore events throughout the day will entertain revellers who arrived days before and set up camp on the best vantage points around the harbour.
Pop princess Kylie Minogue, chosen as the event's creative ambassador, developed the theme "Embrace" and chose its colour scheme and soundtrack.
She will be honoured with a musical-note firework which will be one of 100,000 individual pyrotechnic creations this year, including koala, octopus and hand images up in lights.
Police have deployed 3000 extra officers to patrol the harbour, public transport and suburban transport hubs to ensure revellers arrive to the city and return home safely.
Officers will target any drunken louts out to cause trouble or make it difficult for families, many of whom will head home after the 9pm fireworks.
Medical staff from Ambulance Services of NSW and St John Ambulance will have dozens of first aid posts around the foreshore.
"Unfortunately, a lot of what we expect to see will revolve around alcohol and drugs," Ambulance Acting Commissioner Mike Willis said in a statement.
"And often this will involve young adults and teenagers, many of whom will be under-aged."
More than half-a-million people are expected to watch Melbourne's skyline light up as fireworks are launched from 22 sites across the city - 18 from buildings.
Fireworks will light up Brisbane's CBD with Southbank Parklands the focus of celebrations.
On the Gold Coast, children are invited to dress up as their favourite superhero before attending one of the biggest fireworks shows in the state, with more than 10,000 fireworks to be released from Surfers Paradise beach.
Adelaide is also going for family-friendly events, with thousands expected to gather at Elder Park in the city and at seaside Glenelg.
A heatwave in Perth is likely to continue with 40C forecast for New Year's Eve celebrations before dropping to 36C on New Year's Day.
And Hobart will get a chance to show off its newfound hipness to thousands in town for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race and Tasmania's biggest event, The Taste Festival near Salamanca Place.


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For a young Japanese entrepreneur, Shiro Yamada has a perhaps unlikely-sounding hero: Baron Bilimoria of Chelsea, lawyer, accountant, son of an Indian army general, and the first Parsi to sit in the British House of Lords. Bilimoria's establishment credentials were enough to get him in the Royal Box at the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations last year. "He's like Steve Jobs to me," Yamada says.
Bilimoria earned Yamada's admiration for being the man who founded Cobra Beer in 1989, to be the curry eater's beer: designed specifically to complement food, with lower carbonation and a smoother taste. Yamada, who had worked as a venture capitalist, and been involved in dot-com start-ups in Japan, was studying for an MBA at the Judge Business School, part of Cambridge University, around 2005 when Bilimoria, himself a Cambridge graduate, came to deliver a presentation to students at Judge on the Cobra operation.
Yamada had already become interested in beer after going drinking with fellow students around Cambridge, and taken trips to Belgium and Munich to widen his beery knowledge. Listening to Bilimoria talk about his desire to brew a beer that would match up with Indian food, Yamada had a revelation. What about a beer specifically brewed to match up with Japanese food?
The Japanese have been brewing beer since the mid-1870s, after Seibei Nakagowa came back to the town of Sapporo having spent two years learning how to make lager at the Tivoli brewery in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Today, despite a reputation in the West for mass-produced blandobeers, Japan is the home of a thriving microbrewing scene with some excellent products – Yo-Ho Brewing's SunSun lager was one of my personal beers of the year for 2012.
However, no one seems to have thought to do anything for Japanese food what Bilimoria did for curry: design a special beer to fit in with and enhance the different dishes. That, Yamada, decided, would be his task. "I drank a lot of beer from all over Europe when I was in the UK," Yamada says, "beer from Britain, from Belgium, from Germany, and what hit me was that beer had a history in each of those countries, but if you look at Japan, it's not like that. So what I decided I would like to do is to develop an original Japanese beer with a taste to fit in with Japanese culture and food."
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Yikes. Aside from being knocked off the number two plinth by automotive juggernaut ToMoCo and losing $12.7 billion, FoMoCo must endure the additional dishonor of being pushed back to the number four sales spot by
Dr. Z's Moustache Daimler-Chrysler for the month of January. There may be a silver-lining to these gray clouds, though. Ford said that their sales to rental car companies is down 65% as compared to January 2006. Which, if you are to believe what Adrian Imonti over at TTAC is saying about rentals (we do), is good long-term news. In the short-term? How many different ways can we look at Ford and say, "Ouch — that's got to hurt?" Also, it is definitely time to bring back the Pinto Shooting Brake. At this point in time, why not?
Car sales shocker: Ford tumbles to No. 4 [Associated Press]
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Several media outlets reported last week that Beyonce had become pregnant with her second child. The speculation was fueled by news that the 31-year-old superstar had fallen ill before a Belgium concert, and her own comments about wanting more children.
But the program director of New York's Hot 97 radio station said Jay-Z flatly denied the rumors in an email.
"I emailed on some congratulations, send my love to the family, blah, blah, blah," Ebro Darden, known as Old Man Ebro, said Monday. "He emailed me back and said it's not true."
Ebro quoted the 43-year-old hip-hop mogul as saying: "It's not true. The news is worse than blogs."
Pregnancy or no, Beyonce doesn't seem to be slowing down. She'll finish up the global stops on her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour June 1 and start performing stateside June 28.


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CeeLo Green Opens Up About Turning Down Pharrell Williams' 'Happy' [Video]
Most of the time it's hard for an artist to tell if a song will be a hit or fall on def ears, which is probably why CeeLo Green passed on Pharrell's chart-topping hit 'Happy.'
As we shared last week, the Neptunes producer penned the song for Green to sing — the track later appeared on the 'Despicable Me 2′ soundtrack. That's when Pharrell stepped in and recorded one of the most celebrated songs since, well, Ceelo's 2010 hit 'F— You.' But that didn't leave the Goodie Mob member upset. In fact, he said he's thrilled the rap star is finally receiving the shine he deserves. He also says he has no regrets.
And what did he think when TMZ asked if he agreed with Pharrell's opinion that Ceelo's recorded version of 'Happy' being better than his? "I won't say that," said the raspy-voiced singer and rapper. "That's him being modest. I appreciate that. I respect that. He's a generous brother. I think karma is rewarding him because he was all prepared to give all that away. The fact that it's worked so immensely well for him is very gratifying for the both of us."


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Welcome to Russia, Edward Snowden! Here's a disturbing Russian novel, just to give you a sense of what you've gotten yourself into.
The NSA leaker, stuck in a legal limbo in Moscow's international airport for a month now, was able to meet a Russian lawyer for the first time today. The lawyer came bearing a gift: a copy of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic 1866 novel "Crime and Punishment."
Said novel, for the uninitiated (and it really is one of those books you have to read before you die), tells the story of a down-on-his luck student named Rodion Raskolnikov who murders a shady pawnbroker.
"I bought him Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment,' because I think that he should read about Raskolnikov," said the lawyer Anatoly Kucherena. "I am not saying there is a similarity of their inner conflicts, but nevertheless, this world classic should be interesting for him."
Raskolnikov kills the pawnbroker, in part, simply to see if he can get away with the crime. And he rationalizes his act by telling himself it's an act of justice, and that he'll put the ill-gotten money to work for good.
"What do you think, wouldn't thousands of good deeds make up for one tiny little crime?"
Snowden faces espionage charges back home in the U.S., though his supporters say that his actions have helped expose the excesses of a security state out of control.
Told from the killer's point of view, "Crime and Punishment" is a masterpiece of psychological tension: It's the story of a man who seems to be at the mercy of events he himself has set in motion. Just before he kills the pawnbroker with an ax, Raskolnikov feels that "he no longer had any freedom of either mind or will, and that everything had been suddenly and finally decided."
Snowden is now a man deprived of many freedoms. His U.S. passport has been revoked, and he will likely be arrested if he returns here.
"Crime and Punishment" is often quite grim, and perhaps for that reason Kucherena also brought Snowden works by another Russian author, "to cheer him up." That writer is Anton Chekhov, famous for his short stories and for stage plays such as "The Cherry Orchard," which Chekhov considered a comedy, though most U.S. productions highlight its tragic elements — it's about a once well-off family forced to give up a beloved estate.
Snowden, 30, would like to stay in Russia and get to know the country better, Kucherena said. "He wants to study Russian culture," Kucherena said in an interview with a Russian television network. "But his security remains his priority."
On Wednesday, Snowden was blocked in his attempt to leave the airport, The Times reported. It seems his paperwork wasn't quite in order.
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Foley continued to stay involved in sports coaching soccer and football teams while in the Air Force, following his matriculation from St. Joseph's. Foley earned his Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Temple University in 1957 and his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Louisiana State University in 1964. He retired from the Air Force after 31 years on active duty as a Colonel, Chief of Air Force, and consultant to the Surgeon General.


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Oct. 4, 2006
TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona State University cross country program will compete in its lone home meet of the 2006 season this weekend as the Sun Devils are set to play host to the 21st ASU Invitational Saturday morning at Kiwanis Park in Tempe. The women open the meet with a 5k run starting at 7:30 a.m. before the men close out the invitational with their 8k race at 8:15 a.m.
Following competition at the Roy Griak Invitational two weeks ago, the Sun Devils remained in the USTFCCCA National Top 30 as the women are No. 16 and the men No. 20. On the men's side, two teams that will compete in Tempe this weekend also are ranked, including Arizona (No. 7) and Northern Arizona (receiving votes).
The ASU Invitational will feature 12 teams, including nine teams hailing from the Grand Canyon State. The teams that have registered for the 2006 meet include: Arizona State, Arizona State Alumni, Arizona, Northern Arizona, Rice, Dine College, Mesa Community College, Phoenix College, Scottsdale Community College, Western New Mexico University, Yavapai College and the University of Victoria (Canada).
One of the teams set to compete this weekend is a group of Sun Devil cross country and track & field alums. Registered to compete for the women's team are Alvina Begay, Mary Duerbeck, Colleen Epstein, Lisa Galaviz, Amy Hastings, Anna Masinelli and Brianna Torres. On the men's side, the Sun Devil alums will send out John Ball, Fasil Bizuneh, Ronnie Buchanan, Casey Burchill, Roger Cahill, JR Cox, Griffin Lee, Dan Maher, Jeremy Rasmussen, Matt Repak, Juan Reyes and Ari Rodriguez.
Located at Baseline Road and Mill Avenue in Tempe, Kiwanis Park serves as the home course for the Sun Devil cross country team and will once again play host to the ASU Invitational this weekend and Mesa Community College's Canyon West Classic next weekend.
Last year, the Sun Devil men won the ASU Invitational while the women placed second overall in the nine-team competition at Kiwanis Park. For the women, Brooke Bennett won the 5k race, giving her two individual victories on the season and the fourth win for a Sun Devil woman in as many meets on the season. The men were led by Jeremy Cramer as he finished the 8k run in fourth place overall.
Prior to not competing last weekend, the Sun Devils headed to Minnesota for the Roy Griak Invitational and turned in solid performances in both races. The champions of the 2005 meet, the women placed second overall this year with Jenna Kingma leading the way with her 12th-place finish. The women also saw its Top 5 runners finish in the Top 31 to accumulate 113 points while UC Santa Barbara won the event with 91 points. The men placed fourth overall in the meet and were led by an outstanding run by Aaron Aguayo, who placed third overall.
Three women and three men made their Sun Devil debuts at the Dave Murray Invitational with all six running well. On the women's side, true freshman Kari Hardt placed third overall and second among Sun Devil runners in her first collegiate race while both Krystal Duke and Ali Kielty competed in their first races after redshirting the 2005 season, finishing eighth and fourth, respectively. True freshmen Mikias Gelagle and Jeff Helmer also competed in their first collegiate races and placed seventh and 15th, respectively, while Kyle Alcorn, who sat out 2005 after transferring into the program from Oregon, placed fourth overall and second on the Sun Devil squad in his first action with ASU.
The Sun Devils will be looking to extend recent streaks of competing in the national championships this season with the women in search of their ninth-consecutive appearance and the men looking for their third in a row. Dating back to 1998, the women have competed in every NCAA Championship meet, placing in the Top 25 each time and recording Top 10 finishes three times, including the last two years. The men have made the 32-team field four time, including the last two meets, and have placed among the Top 20 every time.
Last year, five women and one man earned All-Pac-10 honors with just one of the women returning for the 2006 season. On the women's side, Amy Hastings and Anna Masinelli each collected first team honors while second team selections went to Rachel Ellison, Victoria Jackson and Jenna Kingma, the lone returning runner. The men saw Ryan Warrenburg collect second team honors.
The 2006 roster features 20 women and 17 men with three women and six men coming to Tempe as true freshmen. For the women, 13 runners return from last year with three of the women coming off a redshirt season while the men return 11 athletes with five entering the season following a redshirt campaign. The women will return six athletes that competed in either the Pac-10, West Region and/or NCAA Championships, including Brooke Bennett, Whitney Hardt, Jenna Kingma, Corey Randall, Cassie Rios and Angela Spadafino. The men have four runners back that competed in the championship meets including Kal Clark, Eric Dall, Joey Heller and David Mehlhorn. The men also will bring back Aaron Aguayo, who competed in all three meets in 2004, and Kyle Alcorn, who competed for Oregon in 2004.
Six women and seven men are on the roster for their first cross country season with the Sun Devils in 2006, including three women and six men entering as true freshmen. For the women, the rookie class includes Whitney Blue, Kari Hardt and Jenn Schraven while the men's freshman class includes Collin Eckelman, Ben Engelhardt, Mikias Gelagle, Jeff Helmer, Garrett Kelly and Patrick Milloy. The women's newcomers also include junior transfers Jenny Cohen (Scottsdale CC) and Sereena Harmon (Paradise Valley CC) and the addition of D'Metra Macedon, a member of the 2006 track and field team. The lone non-rookie on the men's side is Kyle Alcorn who joins the squad after sitting the 2005 season following his transfer from Oregon.
Last year, Whitney Hardt completed her redshirt freshman season with the Sun Devils and ran in four races, including the Pac-10 Championships. This year, she welcomes her younger sister Kari to the team. The addition of the younger Hardt marks the second time in as many years that siblings have appeared on the ASU roster after JJ Duke and younger sister Krystal Duke were teammates in 2005.
The Sun Devil rosters boast 12 women and seven men hailing from the state of Arizona with another five and three, respectively, calling California home. The two remaining women and four of the remaining seven men call the eastern portion of the United States their home. For the women, the Sun Devils have one runner each from Ohio and Vermont (the most eastern representative on the roster) while the four eastern men hail from Kentucky, Iowa, Maryland and Ohio.
Each team has selected two captains for the season. The women's captains are Corey Randall and Cassie Rios while the men will be led by Aaron Aguayo and Eric Dall.
Louie Quintana returns for his third season at the helm of the Sun Devil program in 2006 and will look to continue the recent trend of success the Sun Devils have enjoyed under him. The 2006 USTFCCCA National Assistant Coach of the Year for Women's Distance Track & Field, Quintana's runners made great strides in 2005 with his women playing a vital role in the program's first 'Triple Crown' as ASU secured trophy finishes (Top 4) at all three NCAA Championships (third at the indoor NCAA meet and fourth at both the NCAA cross country and NCAA outdoor track & field meet). His harriers also struck gold on the track, including national titles for Amy Hastings in the indoor 5,000m run and Victoria Jackson in the outdoor 10,000m event. His women also played a vital role in the success of the Sun Devils at the Pac-10 meet as three individual champions and 71 points scored helped secure the team's first conference team championship crown.
Two meets await the Sun Devils next weekend. Several members of the team will head to Terre Haute, Ind., for the NCAA Pre-National race on Saturday, Oct. 14, while the remaining members of the team will compete in the Canyon West Classic at Kiwanis Park the same day.
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How much do you drink? Most say doctors never ask
Drinking is a health hazard, but not many doctors ask about it, survey shows
Most adults, including binge drinkers and pregnant women, say they have never been asked about their drinking by a doctor or other health professional, new survey data show.
It's time for that to change, say officials with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who released the data Tuesday.
"Drinking alcohol has a lot more risks than many people realize," says CDC Director Thomas Frieden, who spoke during a telephone press conference. "In the same way we screen patients for high cholesterol and high blood pressure, we should be screening for excess alcohol use and responding effectively."
The new report is based on a survey of 166,753 adults over age 18 from 44 states and the District of Columbia. It was conducted in 2011. It found that just one in six adults said a health professional had ever discussed drinking with them. Among those who admitted to binge drinking — having more than four drinks at a time for men or more than three drinks at a time for women — the rate was a bit higher, but still just one in four. Just 17% of women who were pregnant at the time of the survey said they had ever been asked about drinking, even though most health authorities advise against any drinking during pregnancy.
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Since 2004, the influential U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended that health professionals ask adults about their drinking habits. The Affordable Care Act says new insurance policies should cover such screening. The idea is not only to find people with alcoholism, but to find and offer brief counseling to those whose problem drinking may not rise to the level of addiction.
"For every one person who has alcoholism, there are at least six who are problem drinkers," Frieden says. They face health and safety consequences, including increased risks of breast cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancies, fetal alcohol disorders, vehicle crashes, violence and suicide, according to the CDC.
Studies show that asking patients about their drinking and then offering brief counseling to those who drink too much can reduce problem drinking, the agency says.
"We are not saying no one should drink. Most people who drink do so without adverse health effects," Frieden says. "But many people who do drink drink too much at a time or too much overall... The health system is not doing a good job of finding out about these problems."
Why not? "We know doctors' offices are busy," Frieden says, and some doctors may bring up drinking only with patients they think are at high risk. Many also may feel they won't have time to follow up if they find problems, he says.
Making alcohol screening and brief counseling part of routine care will mean setting up health systems so that doctors, nurses, social workers and others can work together and use the latest technology, including electronic screening and counseling tools, he says. Some systems, including Kaiser Permanente Northern California, are already doing that, he says.
Part of the problem is that substance abuse is "still too often framed as a justice problem or a moral problem rather than a medical problem," says Susan Foster, vice president and director of policy research at the non-profit addiction research and advocacy group CASAColumbia, New York.
The health care system should be doing more to find and help people with all sorts of substance abuse problems, at all stages, she says.
"Alcohol is the most frequently used addictive substance, but it's not the only one," she says. "We really need to be screening for all risky use. … It's just common sense."


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Clockwise, from left, are Nick Kornegay, Jenny Moody, Michelle Marker and David Moody. These young adults are the chairpersons for Southwood Memorial Christian Church Harvest Festival, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9 at the church. They hope you will mark this date on your calendar as you will not want to miss out on this full day of activities. The bazaar chairpersons are seen getting the quilt tickets ready to hand out at Homecoming.
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First-grade students at Northwest Elementary School have been discussing living things and the services that are provided in Lenoir County. First graders hosted a donation project to the SPCA, an organization that acts as an adoption agency for homeless animals. The collection process lasted Sept. 10-24. Students collected supplies, such as paper towels, wet and dry cat/dog food and chew toys. This project was initiated to show students how they can learn the value of helping others in our community.


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The Prosecution Complex
With the growing number of exonerations in recent years, it is obvious that Illinois has seen more than its share of individuals who have been wrongfully convicted and given long prison sentences or the death penalty by our courts. When those convictions and sentences were handed down, law enforcement and prosecutors celebrated the virtues of the criminal-justice system.
It is now becoming more common to read about the angry reaction of those same prosecutors and law-enforcement officials to evidence that the initial convictions they obtained may be wrong. When these prosecutors continue to pursue individuals despite such new evidence, it can result in what author Thomas Frisbie calls the "Prosecution Complex," which he describes as "a mind-set that spurs some prosecutors, police officers, and judges across the country to pursue convictions at all costs in high-profile cases while settling for light sentences in lesser crimes that don't generate publicity. . . . The Prosecution Complex leads police officers to tell a witness whom to pick out of a lineup. It encourages assistant state's attorneys to make deals with dubious snitches or suppress information that would help a defendant. It assures expert witnesses that it's all right to fudge test results. It pushes judges to ignore the law if adhering to it would help a defendant too much." In those instances, prosecutors continue with no apparent constraints or accountability to pursue the defendant despite evidence to the contrary.
It is this mindset that was at work in the case of Rolando Cruz, who was tried time after time for the murder of young Jeanine Nicarico in DuPage County in 1983. The retrials occurred despite ample evidence that Cruz did not commit the crime and after a convicted murderer, Brian Dugan, confessed to the crime. Through the efforts of many, including local attorney Michael Metnick and investigator Bill Clutter, Cruz's conviction was overturned and he was fully exonerated by former Gov. George Ryan.
It is this mindset that is characterizing the case of Julie Rea-Harper in Lawrenceville. Rea-Harper was convicted of killing her 10-year old son, Joel, in 1997 despite the absence of any physical evidence tying her to the crime. Shortly after Rea-Harper began serving a 65-year sentence, students at the University of Illinois at Springfield, working with Clutter and the Downstate Innocence Project, helped unearth ample evidence of her innocence, including a confession to Joel's murder by serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells, who is on death row in Texas. When Rea-Harper's conviction was overturned by the courts on procedural grounds in May 2004, it was assumed that the new evidence, particularly Sell's confession, would be sufficient for prosecutors to take another look at the case. It was assumed that prosecutors would at least attempt to get DNA results of critical evidence. Instead — in a classical example of tunnel vision and the Prosecution Complex — prosecutors immediately went into court to pursue a new indictment and another trial for Rea-Harper.
It is this mindset that leads prosecutors to continue to resist efforts to release Herb Whitlock, who was convicted along with Randy Steidl in the killing of Dyke and Karen Rhoads in 1986 in Paris. The federal courts overturned Steidl's conviction last year because of a lack of evidence to sustain the initial court judgment. When faced with the decision to retry him on what the federal court found was suspect evidence, prosecutors were forced to back off from pursuing a new trial. However, when faced with a challenge to the continuing incarceration of Whitlock, and even though the same evidence was used to convict both men, prosecutors chose to resist his request for either release or a retrial.
Recently another court challenge, directly tied to the Steidl and Whitlock cases, took place. Illinois State Police Lt. Michale Callahan filed a lawsuit against his superiors for moving him out of an investigative role and into a patrol position after he requested the authority to pursue leads that could have proved Steidl and Whitlock's innocence. Callahan believed that a prominent Edgar County businessman, who may have had ties to the mob and who contributed substantial funds to Ryan and other state politicians, might be linked to the crimes. Callahan sued his superiors for retaliatory action and in federal court in Champaign won an important jury decision for both actual and punitive damages against two of his ISP supervisors.
This brings us to the actions of ISP Director Larry Trent. Given the court decision, Illinois citizens would hope that the director would express some concern that an injustice was done to Callahan and that disciplinary action would be taken against any officers under his command who engage in such behavior. Instead, Trent chose to condemn the verdict and attack Callahan. In an e-mail he sent to his staff, he even asked them all to wear their official uniforms on a designated day in a show of support for those officers who had just been found liable for misconduct by the jury.
Illinois has enough experience and knowledge with innocence cases to know that something must be done to hold these prosecutors and law-enforcement officers accountable. A few years ago the Illinois Supreme Court implemented a new rule that it is the duty of a prosecutor to pursue justice and not just victory. The time has come to hold all representatives of the state who participate in the legal system to this standard. If Trent cannot accept this principle, perhaps it is time for him to look for a new profession.


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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
#1 in New England, #2 in the nation
Mass General again ranks highly among America's top hospitals
Massachusetts General Hospital is again ranked among the top hospitals in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals 2014-2015. Of the nearly 5,000 hospitals evaluated, Mass General has consistently placed among the top hospitals on the Honor Roll since the survey began in 1990. This year, Mass General is ranked #1 in New England and #2 in the United States.
Mass General Psychiatry was ranked the country's number one program in that specialty. In addition, MGH ranked among the top five in the nation in Diabetes & Endocrinology, ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat), Gastroenterology (GI), Geriatrics, Gynecology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics and Pulmonology. MGH also ranked in the top 10 in Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Nephrology, Rehabilitation and Rheumatology.
The oldest and largest hospital in New England, Mass General conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the nation, and is designated a Magnet hospital, the highest honor for nursing excellence awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Mass General's ranking in all 16 specialty areas on the U.S. News survey:
Cancer – 7
Cardiology & Heart Surgery – 6
Diabetes & Endocrinology – 3
Ear, Nose & Throat (with Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) – 4
Gastroenterology – 3
Geriatrics – 5
Gynecology – 5
Nephrology – 7
Neurology & Neurosurgery – 4
Ophthalmology (with Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary) – 4
Orthopedics – 5
Psychiatry – 1
Pulmonology – 4
Rehabilitation (with Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital) – 6
Rheumatology – 7
Urology – 21
A detailed list of the rankings, including the methodology used by U.S. News & World Report, is available at www.usnews.com/besthospitals.
About Massachusetts General Hospital
Founded in 1811, Massachusetts General Hospital (www.massgeneral.org) is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The 999-bed medical center each year admits approximately 48,000 inpatients; handles nearly 1.5 million visits in its extensive outpatient programs at the main campus, four health centers and satellite facilities; and records more than 100,000 visits to its Emergency Department. The surgical staff perform more than 42,000 operations annually, and the MGH Vincent Obstetrics Service delivers more than 3,600 babies a year. MGH conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of more than $785 million. The largest nongovernment employer in Boston, the MGH has more than 23,000 employees, including more than 3,700 registered nurses. In 1994, MGH and Brigham and Women's Hospital – also one of the top 10 hospitals on the U.S. News Honor Roll – affiliated to form Partners HealthCare, an integrated health care delivery system.
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The Catlins is a major highlight of the Southern Scenic Route. Situated off the beaten track, the Catlins encompasses the area between Kaka Point and Fortrose. You will journey through rural heartland and podocarp forests, past rugged coastlines, hidden lakes and stunning waterfalls. The natural landscapes are enthralling and the wildlife is extraordinary.
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Returner (2002)
After an alien invasion threatens to annihilate the human race, a young Japanese girl, named Milly (Anne Suzuki), travels back in time from 2084 to October 2002, and enlists the reluctant aid of skilled Tokyo gunman, named Miyamoto (Takeshi Kaneshiro), to discover and prevent the start of the war. However, trouble ensues when the two protagonists are forced to deal with a Japanese mafia boss, named Mizoguchi (Goro Kishitani), who is somehow involved in the start of the war by keeping the first alien spaceship and its alien pilot cative, while our two heros race against the clock to find a way to stop the oncoming destruction from the vengence-seeking alien invasion fleet on its way to Earth.
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This past week, even though it's still rather warm here in Southern California, I've definitely noticed the changes that mark the movement of Summer into Autumn. They're very subtle, and someone who hasn't lived here for most of their lives wouldn't necessarily notice–how the morning air is just a few degrees cooler, the afternoon light tilts just slightly casting a warm glow across the skies, even though it's still 85 degrees outside. With the seasonal nestiness kicking in, my thoughts have been moving to some of my favorite things to make–roasts, braises, and the like. Tonight, I made some last minute plans to have friends over for dinner, so I wanted some uncomplicated dishes that I knew I could put together easily–a Roast Chicken with root vegetables cooked in the pan; a salad… but what about dessert?
Yes, even with living a primal lifestyle, dessert can and does come into the equation. The occasional sweet thing is not verboten, and with a little tweak here and there, you can make something spectacular. Here at El Rancho, I had a bag of pears sitting on my counter that needed some attention, and I KNEW what I had to make.
Taking the firmest of the pears, they got the peeling and coring of their lives.
A vanilla bean was split down the middle and scraped of its insides (wow, that sounds awfully violent, doesn't it?) and blended with some melted butter and local Orange Blossom Honey. After the pears took a little bath in this magical syrup, they were nestled in one of my favorite roasting dishes and put in the oven for an hour.
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And I'm not joking when I tell you these smelled amazing when they came out of the oven. The pears with the honey, vanilla and a splash of lemon just works. What's fantastic is that the juices mix with the syrup and caramelize into this sauce you could pretty much wear as a perfume. It's so simple, but one of these guys with a spoonful of whipped crème fraiche and a handful of fresh raspberries… okay, words don't do it justice.
I admit: not the greatest picture. Not gonna apologize for it, either–that pear was warm, the crème fraiche was melting, and I needed to PUT IT IN MY MOUTH.
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- 4 firm pears, peeled, cut in half and cored
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup butter, plus extra for pan
- 1 vanilla bean
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Butter roasting dish and arrange pears cut side up
- Split vanilla bean and scrape seeds.
- Add seeds to a small saucepan with the honey, butter, lemon juice and melt on low heat until butter has melted and created a syrup.
- Tuck the remaining vanilla bean with the pears, pour syrup over the pears, making sure some of the syrup is in the core of each pear.
- Roast for about 30 minutes, then turn over and roast another 20-30 minutes until the pears are fork-tender.
- Turn the pears cut side up again, and brush juices over the tops.
- If you'd like a little extra browning like I did, turn broiler on low and broil the tops for 3-5 minutes.
- Serve warm with whipped crème fraiche or if you're feeling decadent, some great vanilla ice cream.


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Nov. 26, 1924 – July 18, 2013
John J. Stone, who was ordained a deacon in the first class to be named to the Diocese of Buffalo Diaconate in 1980, died Thursday after a lengthy illness. He was 88.
A Navy veteran of World War II, he was a graduate of Canisius College and worked as an administrator for Doehler-Jarvis, a Batavia die-casting company, for 26 years.
He served as chaplain for the Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph's Sodality and the Manor House, where he lived.
He was one of the oldest surviving member of Botts-Fiorito Post, American Legion, in his hometown of Le Roy. He was a professional musician, playing bass for local bands.
Surviving are a daughter, Deborah Manhan; a son, Douglas; and a brother, Donald.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. today in Resurrection Catholic Church, 303 E. Main St., Batavia.


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Not every personal injury law firm is the same. If you find yourself in need of legal assistance, you should know what to look for in a law firm. I've broken down the top things the personal injury law firm you're interested in hiring should have. In particular order, here are the must-haves for any reputable firm.
The law firm you want to use should have extensive experience. Although experience alone isn't an indicator of quality, it's a place to start researching the firm. Most law practices have a website with an "About" section where you can learn more about them.
The length of time that a law firm has been practicing tells you that they likely have the resources available to win your case. Personal injury law can be complicated and if they're dealt with your type of situation before, they'll know the best way to handle it.
They're also more likely to have contacts in different professions they can call on to strengthen your personal injury case. You should look for a firm that has experts they can call on such as healthcare and insurance professionals.
The internet has changed how people learn about companies. If you're interested in hiring a particular law firm for your injury case, you can find out a lot about them through their online activity. You should always begin with their homepage and read through the information they provide.
While you're on their website, look for a blog to find out what sort of information they're providing to potential clients. If the posts are filled with useful content that you can understand, there's a good chance they'll be able to explain your situation well to you.
Don't be afraid of digging a little deeper and looking into their social media activity. You can find out a lot about a firm by learning how they communicate with the public and the resources they share for free. Speaking of free, always look for a free consultation so you can meet with the firm before signing any agreements.
There's nothing worse than hiring a law firm but being unable to get ahold of them. Before you decide on which practice to hire, you need to make sure you can reach them when you need to.
In order to find out if the team you're interested in has a good response rate, you should look at their social media activity. If they take days to answer a request, or don't answer at all, you might be best avoiding them.
Another way to find out if they're quick at responding is to send the office an email or give them a call and see how long it takes to hear back. You can also look up reviews of the law firm online to find out what other people are saying about them.
Personal injury law is complicated and the last thing you want to do is deal with an unprofessional firm while trying to recover. Always do your research before signing any papers. If you find a firm that is willing to work for your benefit, instead of their bottom dollar, you'll have an easier time focusing on getting better.
During my research for this piece, I came across Pace Law Firm. If you or a loved one is injured and need help, they're a great place to start. Just don't forget to take my advice into account so you're properly protected and can spend your energy on recovering.


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amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
October 2004—As manufacturers of generic HIV/AIDS drugs begin to proliferate in Asia and growing numbers have access to lifesaving treatment, a serious shortage of trained physicians threatens to undermine the safe and effective delivery of antiretroviral therapy to the estimated 1.3 million people who need it (out of Asia's 7.4 million HIV-positive individuals).
These were the principal findings of a special TREAT Asia report released on the eve of the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok in July. The report received widespread attention and its key findings gained prominent news coverage, including front-page articles in the International Herald Tribune and The Asian Wall Street Journal, and pieces in The India Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, as well as interviews with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC World Service, and Thai National Radio.
Reacting to the report in an interview with the International Herald Tribune, Dr. Joep Lange, outgoing president of the International AIDS Society, said, "We need to scale up training efforts quickly and develop a better mechanism
for quality control of drugs."
The scarcity of trained doctors appears to be most dire in Viet Nam, where the report estimates that there is only one trained physician for every 11,250 HIV-positive people. Similarly low ratios across the region raise concerns that drug-resistant strains of HIV could flourish if medication is not administered or monitored properly.
"In the absence of trained healthcare workers," says the report, "a significant number of people are likely to begin 'self-medicating,' independently purchasing antiretroviral drugs in local pharmacies and haphazardly taking drugs
with little or no direction."
The report also documents the rapid expansion of the generic drug manufacturing industry in Asia. While only one company in all of Africa manufactures generic antiretroviral drugs, there are at least 27 producers of generic ARVs or ARV components in eight countries in Asia.
The report urges the creation of a regional database of generic manufacturers. "Without such a database," it states, "it is impossible to determine which medications are available in a given country, evaluate the quality of those medications, or accurately gauge unmet medication needs among the HIV population."
The full text of the TREAT Asia special report, entitled Expanded Availability of HIV/AIDS Drugs in Asia Creates Urgent Need for Trained Doctors, is available online at www.treatasia.org. The report will be updated and expanded in 2005.
© 2019 amfAR All Rights Reserved || amfAR's mission is to end the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research


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Independent MP Rob Oakeshott says senior figures from both major parties have told him they want comprehensive tax reform, including a review of the GST, but are unwilling to debate the issue before the election.
Interviewed on ABC radio this morning, Mr Oakeshott did not name the MPs he had spoken to, but said ''senior'' politicians from Labor and the Coalition had contacted him and acknowledged the need for reform.
''Privately, the basic sentiment that comes through is 'we get it - we just don't want to go there prior to an election','' Mr Oakeshott said on ABC Radio.
Mr Oakeshott said he wanted to ''flush out'' a national conversation about tax reform ahead of the election.
''Why this risk averse approach prior to an election when in my view there is an opportunity for the political parties if they frame the conversation correctly,'' he said.
''It shouldn't just be about the GST. This is about why on earth in Australia we have insurance taxes at all. Why do we still have stamp duty in Australia in 2012? It's removing those inefficient state taxes that is the game. And if we've got to have a look at how we work some of these so-called efficient taxes harder to achieve that purpose, then that is an opportunity to engage the Australian community, not a threat pre-election.
''Let's have the discussion openly.''
But both major parties have publicly ruled out changes to the GST.
Finance Minister Penny Wong told Sky News on Tuesday that the government was looking at the distribution of the GST, but was not considering broader changes.
''We are not in the cart for increasing the rate, nor extending the base,'' she said.
Mr Oakeshott will meet Treasury officials in Sydney today to be briefed on the operation of the mining tax.


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For our small business and team, I am researching a decent bugtracking system. I have narrowed it down to two that seem to fit our needs (easy to set up, easy to post bugs for non-programmers, SVN integration): Mantis and Redmine.
Mantis kind of has my vote because it is PHP/MySQL and I know that best, see installing and administering will be easier. However, if I search "Mantis or RedMine" in Google, I only find people who are migrating to RedMine.
What are your experiences with Mantis / RedMine? Is it worth the effort of trying to get RedMine to work (add repositories, install Ruby, etc) on our production server? How easy does the SVN integration compare (I found posts on the internet saying the RedMine integration "just works" and I have to setup/program the Mantis integration)?


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Summary Meeting Notes: March 18, 2013 Education and Youth Success PEG Meeting
Summary Meeting Notes
Education and Youth Success Policy Expert Group Meeting #9
Meeting Date: March 18, 2013
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Attendees: Paul Cathcart, Lois Cohen, Will Fuller, Douglas Hardy, Stacey Triplett, Helen Ying
Staff / Facilitator: Deborah Stein, Bob Glascock, John Cole, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability; Clark Worth, Barney & Worth
Public / Guests: Kim Marcus, Betsy Salter
View the original agenda, including materials, for this meeting.
Meeting Goal: PEG discussion and feedback on Comprehensive Plan Working Draft (Part 1 – Goals and Policies)
Welcome and Reflections from Last Meeting
Presenter: Clark Worth
Summary: Deborah Stein announced there was a meeting with school district superintendents on March 8. The superintendents appreciated being consulted about the Comprehensive Plan and welcomed future updates. They expressed interest in the City's regulatory process related to school construction and renovation, particularly in light of construction bond programs currently underway. Don Grotting, David Douglas Superintendent, has asked for building permit data so that his district can better anticipate new development and its impact on school enrollment.Helen Ying said the East Portland Action Committee is also interested in the connection between housing development and schools. Christina Scarzello of BPS will serve as a go-between to provide this information. Douglas Hardy said the Bureau of Development Services produces a quarterly report that may give the districts what they need. Deborah Stein also noted Portland Public Schools has open seats for the Superintendent's Advisory Committee for Enrollment & Transfer (SACET). PEG members are encouraged to apply.
PEG Reports on Public Workshops
PEG members were invited to attend / observe one or more of the public workshops. The seven workshops are now complete. The final workshop, targeting the business community, was held on Thursday, March 14, 7:30-9:00 a.m.
Altogether, PEG members at the March 18 meeting reported attending six of the seven recent workshops:East Portland, North, Northeast, Southwest, Central City and Business. They offered the following observations:
- Turnout varied widely, from fewer than 20 to 80+. Most participants stayed throughout the programs.
- Some workshops drew the "usual suspects" while others attracted new participants and prominent community leaders.
- The well-framed, meaningful questions generated good conversation and insightful comments.
- Education quality was raised as a priority in several discussion groups.
PEG members asked about additional public workshops. One upcoming session (April 3 at the PSU Native American Student and Community Center) will have an environmental focus, and will be co-hosted by the PSU Environmental Club and Sustainability Leadership Center-Institute for Sustainable Solutions. Deborah Stein reported that staff is open to co-hosting additional presentations/discussions with interested community groups on specific topics, and PEG members are invited to suggest additional audiences.
"Ed Specs"
Presenter: Paul Cathcart, Portland Public Schools
Summary: Overview of the PPS "Ed Specs" initiative
In 2012, voters approved Portland Public Schools' $482 million bond measure for school improvements. Paul Cathcartgave a recap on how the bond funds will be spent. The program includes master planning for school buildings and sites, and a series of future bond measures are anticipated to renovate more schools.
The Ed Specs initiative started in February and includes community conversations with groups not traditionally heard from. There are provocative questions such as: "Do we need school libraries anymore?" The Ed Specs conversations finish in May, with a final document due in July.
Questions and comments by PEG members (and responses):
- Has PPS identified which schools are first? (Yes.)
- Do the school master plans consider community use of buildings? (Yes—for small and large gatherings, and diverse types of uses.)
- The use of tablet computers may cause a shift away from standard school buildings and classrooms. School buildings may be replaced by educational hardware and software.
Process Updates
Presenter: Deborah Stein, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Summary: Update on process—workshops, survey, and preview of Part 2.
Deborah Stein reviewed progress including the recent public workshops and a policy survey. In addition to the workshops and survey, discussions are also being scheduled with community-based organizations (ongoing throughout the planning).
Comments are due May 1 on Part 1 of the Comprehensive Plan – Goals & Policies Working Draft. Part 2 – Mapping will cover Comprehensive Plan zoning designations and also include facilities: the updated Citywide Systems Plan and Transportation Systems Plan. Mapping will focus discussion at the district level. Most participants want to know what's proposed in their area. Public workshops on this topic will be held in Fall 2013.
Questions and comments by PEG members:
- Will the Working Draft be revised? When? (Yes—but the revised version won't be published until the end of the Part 2 process. There will be an opportunity for public feedback at that time.)
- BPS should expect more vigorous comment when new land use/zoning maps are published in January 2014.
- Will Fuller volunteered to distribute the survey to the Wilson Leadership Team youth group.
Deborah Stein said that the different PEGs would be wrapping up their work over the next couple months, but there may be upcoming meetings to link the work of different PEGs, and discuss common themes and topics.
PEG Discussion: Comprehensive Plan Working Draft Review
Presenter: Deborah Stein, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Summary: PEG discussion and feedback on Working Draft Part 1 - Review of specific goal and policies for effectiveness at addressing issues of interest to the Education and Youth Success PEG, explore potential outcomes, and consider how they achieve or hinder aspirations for a more equitable city.
PEG members' comments and questions:
- The document is well organized, but should be published in a web-based, searchable format.
- The Plan should highlight youth more than schools: for transportation, community centers, parks, etc.
- Many proposed policies came from a 30-year old document, but weren't implemented. Will things be different this time?
- The Plan should highlight the role of the community. There needs to be a sense of ownership among Portlanders who don't have kids in school. The Plan should focus on priorities that benefit schools / youth and others: e.g., community centers, sidewalks.
- Section 3 policies offer "nice language", but should spell out how coordination and partnerships with school districts work (e.g., sharing population data among school districts, PSU and City)
- BPS should look ahead to the relationship between enrollment forecasts and housing. There will need to be ongoing dialogue with the districts.
- Chapter 8 has "the least fleshed out policies". There need to be more specifics added here to clarify accountability—without making it an action plan. The relationship to Goal 1 should also be clarified and expanded (e.g, policy 1.4 re: partners in decision-making, and 8.1 re: intergovernmental agreements).
- Policy 6.22 – "Community Uses": is it possible to provide more details here or elsewhere? We should add access to nature/greenways here as well, since access to nature is a key element of a youth-supportive environment.
- The East Portland Action Plan group promises to undertake a markup of the Working Draft at an upcoming meeting.
- Can youth issues be added to the Public Safety section? (Violence prevention, youth-oriented services)
- Highlight services that support good, stable families and youth / schools: public health, nutrition, Harvey Scott program to avoid student "summer slide".
- School facilities are also important. They need to be "inviting places" for youth.
- How should area plans consider youth, for exampleOldTown/Chinatownplanning currently underway?
- Planning & Sustainability Commission should understand that many education / youth issues in the Plan are outside the realm of BPS and the City ofPortland. And some items—e.g., SUN Schools—are susceptible to budget cuts.
- Are we using the right verb to ensure action? Use the strongest terms: "require", "must have".
- How can we differentiate between the priorities that require / don't require funding allocations? Let's not create unrealistic expectations.
- Chapter 1.6 Community Involvement: tone of the document is important. Should this be a top-down or bottom-up structure? This chapter represents the strongest deviation from current policy.
- Equity: there's a general commitment to connect with groups traditionally left out.
Public Comment
Questions and comments offered by members of the public who were present:
- How / when can citizens get more information on Ed Specs? (On PPS website.)
- The Comprehensive Plan's updated provisions should be synced with the school district bond measure—current and future.
Next Steps
The next PEG meeting is set for Monday, April 15, 4:00-6:00 p.m. This meeting will wrap up discussion on the draft goals and policies.
Meeting handouts and presentations from March 18:
- Meeting agenda
- Working Draft Comprehensive Plan Policy Survey
- PPS Ed Specs overview and School Construction Bond summary
- PPS SACET application information
- Discussion questions on Comprehensive Plan Working Draft
For more information, please contact either Deborah Stein, Bureau of Planning & Sustainability at 503-823-6991 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or Clark Worth, Facilitator at 503-222-0146 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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(CNN) — A month after the deadly school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, the National Rifle Association is taking heat again — this time for releasing a mobile video game that lets players learn how to shoot at targets.
The game, "NRA: Practice Range," puts the user in a gun range, where they fire a variety of handguns and rifles at stationary targets and earn points for accuracy. Critics are questioning the timing of the game's release Monday — a month to the day after the December 14 shootings — and accusing the NRA of hypocrisy because one of its leaders recently blamed video games for stoking gun violence.
"It's outrageous. The NRA never seems to be able to amaze me," said Joel Faxon, a member of Newtown's Police Commission, who described himself as a longtime gun owner.
"There's no reason that they can't espouse safe, effective, appropriate gun usage," he said. "Why do they have to come out with something like this at a time when the nerves and emotions are so raw in Sandy Hook?"
"It strikes me that this is totally inappropriate," George Ferguson, a member of the Newtown Legislative Council, said Tuesday. Ferguson said he had not seen the game.
"I think video games should be part of the dialogue" about Newtown, he added.
Requests for comment from the NRA were not immediately returned Tuesday.
Most criticism of the app, which is available for the iPhone and the iPad, focused not on the content of the game but on the timing of its release. In nationally televised comments a week after the slayings, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said, "There exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people, through vicious, violent video games."
"Really? What a dumb move. Good luck getting anyone to take your video game theory serious after this," wrote a commenter, Mansonr6, on the game's iTunes page.
On iTunes, the only current marketplace for the game, Apple rates it as being appropriate for children 4 and up.
The game's release date may have been an unfortunate coincidence. Apps must be approved by Apple before they appear in its App Store, and the minimum time frame for Apple to review and approve an app is about 10 days, said videogame designer and theorist Ian Bogost, professor of interactive computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In some cases, Apple has taken three weeks to approve apps.
"We're both speculating if we try to guess whether NRA and the developer had this in their back pocket, waiting for the right time, or whether the release date is mere accident," Bogost said. "It's also not clear exactly how involved the NRA was in its release. The game seems to have been an officially licensed NRA product, but that might just mean that the developer had the rights to use the NRA name."
Apple did not immediately respond Tuesday to requests for comment.
"NRA: Practice Range" is listed on iTunes as an "official NRA licensed product," created in conjunction with MEDL Mobile, a mobile-tech startup. The game is free, although for 99 cents, players can upgrade their firearms and "unlock" an MK11 sniper rifle. The game includes a handful of tips on gun safety.
Former House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich defended the app Tuesday on "CBS This Morning."
"My understanding is that it's a gun safety app, and it's for young hunters to learn gun safety," he said. "But I would just recommend that people watch the entire app before they render judgment."
Bogost, the videogame theorist, believes the debate about the NRA's new game boils down to perspective.
NRA opponents will reflexively see the game as inappropriate, but to gun-rights supporters, "a firing-range game that embraces the NRA's overall position on safety and gun rights probably seems like a welcome alternative to public discourse about gun control," he said.
"In its post-Sandy Hook press conference, the NRA blamed violent media instead of gun ownership for the tragedy, singling out video games in particular. But from the NRA's perspective, the practice range game is not a violent game. The player only discharges firearms at paper and clay targets. For the NRA, it offers a model of responsible gun use," Bogost said in an e-mail.
It's not the first time the NRA has been involved with a video game. In 2006, it endorsed a shooting game called "NRA Gun Club" for the PlayStation 2 console. And in 2008, the NRA lent its name to three shooting games: "NRA Varmit Hunter, " "NRA High Power Competition" and "NRA Xtreme Accuracy Shooting."
Politicians and conservative groups have long condemned video games that challenge players to gun down enemies, saying that the games glorify and instigate real life violence. But scientific research on the topic has been inconclusive.
In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that video games deserve the same First Amendment protections as books, comics, plays and other entertainment.
Most such games, called "first-person shooters," are rated M for Mature by the rating board indicating content is generally suitable for ages 17 and older. Though, of course, many younger teens play them.
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A dark 'Noel': Batman meets Charles Dickens
Somewhere out there, there's a version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" where clerk Bob Cratchit takes an axe to his employer, Scrooge, steals his cashbox and escapes to the Bahamas without his family. The story has been reinterpreted time and time again in stage, screen, animation, book and probably ancient Greek.
Now Batman (aka the Dark Knight) meets Charles Dickens in "Batman: Noel" a graphic novel by artist Lee Bermejo. (For those who read comics only irregularly, a graphic novel is a glossy-papered comic published as a book, dust cover and all.)
The original story penned in 1843 by Charles Dickens was a hit. The story of a stingy old miser who is visited by three ghosts who change his ways, making him into a generous open-handed philanthropist, is a Christmas-time staple.
In "Batman: Noel," Batman — who also is multimillionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne — is a grim, menacing character.
He literally terrifies Bob Cratchit when he first meets him doing an odd job as a courier for Batman's blood enemy, The Joker. Batman's take on Cratchit is that he is little better than vermin.
Batman releases him as bait despite the fact that Cratchit will probably die when the Joker arrives.
So the question arises: Has Batman lost his humanity as Scrooge did? Here, the good guy seems as evil as the bad guy.
Back in the batcave, a lonely Batman broods over his dismal life and his dead friends. He watches, via secret camera, the Cratchit abode waiting for the Joker to arrive. He hacks, gags and sniffs as a cold takes over.
Is it the cold medicine that makes him see his deceased partner, Robin, who announces Batman will be visited by three ghosts?
And we're off, to his past — the fun part of his crime-fighting life with the appearance of a nubile and leather-clad Catwoman; his present — his friend, Superman, making an appearance; and his possible future — death at the hands of the Joker and oblivion of his existence. No one cries about the death of Bruce Wayne or Batman.
Of course, "A Christmas Carol" is more than just the story of Scrooge. It's also the story of Bob Cratchit, the oppressed clerk who works endless days so that he can provide for his family.
Here, Cratchit has just one son, Tim, who still has the idealism of youth. He makes a Christmas tree out of a dead abandoned plant, decorates it with ornaments like a broken bottle and a smashed beer can scrounged from a dumpster, and loves his father. It's for Tim's sake that Cratchit was the Joker's courier, and, for Tim, that Cratchit acts the way he does at the end when the Joker arrives.
"Batman: Noel" is more than just Batman roaming around beating up bad guys, and dispensing justice. It's how an embittered man finds a way back to his humanity told through brilliant drawing and very graphic violence.
It's an interesting take on a Christmas classic.
"Batman: Noel" by Lee Bermejo; DC Comics (112 pages, $22.99)
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Here's a Harry Potter book that even Muggles will enjoy
Don't throw away those hairballs...: Crafting with Cat Hair"


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