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|2010-06-26, 08:23
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He may not know that hydrogen peroxide would do that, I didn't know that. Then again, I am not in the same line of work as him.
If Nanjo was purposely diagnosing people as dead when they were alive, then I assume he would not try to point out red paint used as blood for the same reason.
|2010-06-26, 09:36
|Link #11722
Join Date: May 2009
Most of Nanjo's medical incompetence can be explained away by willful disregard for the facts in front of him. Either because he's on the take or he's just afraid. It's always possible too that his diagnosis is always correct, he just happens to not always check the right people.
|2010-06-26, 12:04
|Link #11723
Intellectual Rapist
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I know Nanjo was a friend of Kinzo's but a guy as rich as Kinzo would have kicked Nanjo's ass straight to the unemployment line if Nanjo was incompetent. He is either a culprit or a paid out accomplice. Fool Nanjo once and shame on you, fool Nanjo an entire 5 episodes and he is mentally retarded.
This is of course to say that Nanjo is a doctor or the person we know as Dr. Nanjo is actually who we think he is.
|2010-06-26, 12:15
|Link #11725
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Location: 13th Hierarchical City Kagutsuchi
Well, it IS Kinzo's island, I wouldn't put it past him to not own any medical kits on the island. I mean people don't even bat an eye to the idea that he'd jump out of the study window to go for a walk unharmed...
But more seriously, I can't imagine Nanjo being innocent in all of this. As Smeckledorf said, it happens waaaaaay too often for a competent practitioner to not come under suspicion.
|2010-06-26, 12:32
|Link #11726
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Been thinking about it, cause I think someone recently pointed out that the number of stakes is the same as the number of parents on the island, but has anyone thought of a good reason why the stakes are used? Running around staking corpses or murdering fakers with these stakes, it seems too risky to go running around the mansion in such a manner once the real murders start happening. I was playing around with the idea of each stake representing a metaphorical "stake" in the Kinzo inheritance, but it gets all knocked around because they're used with different people (not Ushiromiyas) and really just makes no sense in terms of why someone would do it.
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|2010-06-26, 12:53
|Link #11727
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Well, the stake sister devil women, I forget what they are actually called, are probably related 1:1 to each parent. Since each parent shows one sin in excess and they each represent a sin. I don't know if they have anything to do with faked deaths.
|2010-06-26, 13:32
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|2010-06-26, 13:32
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Krauss - Lucifer (pride)
Kyrie - Leviathen (envy)
Natsuhi - Satan (wrath)
Hideyoshi - Belphegor (sloth)
Mammon - Eva (greed)
Beelzebub - Rudolf (gluttony)
Asmodeus - Rosa (lust)
Most are pretty obvious, but I can sortof imagine Rudolf being swapped with Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi, on the other hand, seems to take a similar attitude to Belphegor, wanting to help her to do as little work as possible, while Rudolf seems to be a big fan of excess (which is basically what gluttony is). This also makes more sense if it's in age order (although it means Kyrie is quite a lot older than Rudolf).
Dunno if this means we can use this to read anything in the fantasy scenes... although it does help show why Ange began to understand Eva better in the end.
And damn, it'd be awesome if that pun worked .
Uh, I'll try providing support for the stakes to parents matchup later when I have time. For now, just try looking at the similarities between the ways Natsuhi and Satan act and the way they are received.
|2010-06-26, 13:41
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The stake = the Parents sin theory is as old as the Umineko fanbase is. I don't buy it anymore and rereading it I don't even see decent character development for the parents coming from the stakes as representations. Kyrie and Rudolf get character development in those scenes Independent from their corresponding stakes.
I've said all this before too. I just don't get how the fans can cling onto this theory when it's literally done nothing to solve anything.
|2010-06-26, 13:43
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Well, it's not really meant to solve anything... in the same way that the Siestas lining up to different ammo types doesn't really "solve" anything either. It just sortof... is.
Unless you start with wild "everyone is given a stake" theories :P.
|2010-06-26, 13:50
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It doesn't really solve anything, but I would say that each character probably has some representation in the meta-world and this would give the parents a chance to be represented. No culprit theory is going to come out of relating the parents to stakes but I am pretty sure that's why there are seven parents and not eight at the conference. Maria's dad isn't going to pop out of nowhere with a steak knife and say "Oh hey, I have been the one killing everyone all this time," so there is no reason for him not to be there.
Can we not appreciate how the author weaves the tale without trying to solve the damn mystery? I don't really think there is too much left to solve after episode 6 anyways. Just the epitaph and maybe how a few specific twilights were done. But I could be wrong.
|2010-06-26, 13:52
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Mmm, wouldn't it make slightly more sense for the stakes to be switched between Rudolph and Rosa under that model as while a connection between Rosa and gluttony is kinda iffy, while Rudolph is pretty known for his lust for women? Of course ignoring whether or not the theory can even go anywhere.
|2010-06-26, 14:02
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I personally think Rudolph is lust but arguments can be put forth both ways. I don't really see Rudolph as Gluttony but Rosa seems like a Sloth to me.
I have:
Krauss - Wrath
Eva - Greed
Rudolph - Lust
Rosa - Sloth
Natsuhi - Pride
Hideyoshi - Gluttony
Kyrie - Envy
|2010-06-26, 14:15
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Natsuhi <=> Satan is actually the one I'm most sure of. They both often interrupt conversations with outbursts of anger, they're always ignored when doing this, and they're generally disliked by the rest. "Bossy class president" also seems to fit Natsuhi well :P.
Rosa <=> Asmodeus, as well as the lust connection, are both treated as the child of the family, and aren't taken very seriously due to this. Also note how Asmodeus is always trying to get a boyfriend (if she represented Rudolf, she'd probably get a lot more action ).
|2010-06-26, 14:21
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I dunno, Natsuhi is always talking about her pride so I would put money on her being pride. As for Rosa, she shirks her duty as a parent for lust which would be sloth. It is a hard call because one could say Rudolph is not much of a parent to Battler so he could also be sloth but aside from Rudolph and Rosa I still to my guns.
|2010-06-26, 14:26
|Link #11740
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
She does talk about pride, but it's more about protecting the pride of the Ushiromiya family and her husband rather than her own. Also, Krauss seems to be able to control his temper much, much better than Natsuhi, while trying to make it clear he is the best (Eva's flashback scenes show this, mainly).
And if we're looking at the actual stakes, Satan is a good match for Natsuhi (always getting angry at the others, disliked) while Asmo is a good match for Rosa (youngest, always thought of as childish, always trying and failing to get a boyfriend). Again, Beelzebub seems to be a lot more successful in the field of love than Asmo is...
And "productive"? Well... this is a story, afterall, not just a puzzle.
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History shows that genius and madness often go hand-in-hand, that in the eye of brilliance resides a certain kookiness, a way of behaving that defies normal convention. Whether it be Lord Byron wondering the halls of Cambridge with a pet bear on a leash or Pythagoras's irrational distrust of beans.
That extends to football as well. Some of the most wonderfully inventive players have also been the most wildly unhinged. From Eric Cantona karate-kicking a Crystal Palace fan to the larger-than-life Diego Maradona, from Paulo Di Canio pushing over referee Paul Alcock to Zinedine Zidane headbutting Marco Materazzi in the final of World Cup 2006.
Football is flooded with such controversial and volatile characters, players who can often appear determined - predisposed, even - to throw away their enormous talent. Yet we do not care. Football fans will worship even the most tainted of icons and, in Wayne Rooney, England have their very own temperamental genius.
"There is no doubt that Rooney is one of the best strikers in the world but we know from the last time England played here that he can sometimes play with a hot head," said Montenegro skipper Marko Vucinic in the build-up to the match, eager to prey on that particular pressure point.
All eyes are on the Manchester United forward, waiting to see if he can repel the urge to erupt in an environment that is likely to be hostile and intimidating. In the past there was a sense that no transgression could dislodge Rooney from the public's favour, such was his talent and value, but not this time. This time it feels like the last-chance saloon for the 27-year-old.
That is not so much because of the volume of misdemeanours which he has amassed on his rap sheet but because the moments of match-winning brilliance which accompanied those rushes of blood to the head have dried up. Rooney has not developed into the player that he was supposed to become, his ability is no longer so vast that people will clamour to defend his shortcomings.
It is a decade since he made his debut for the England national team as a 17-year-old, an all-action, unbridled force of nature and the most gifted player of his generation – perhaps any generation of British talent. His ability was obvious and so was his impulsiveness.
But his genius was so rare – especially in an era of English football during which Darius Vassell and Emile Heskey (who scored, combined, 13 goals in 84 appearances for the Three Lions) were regulars in the national side – that his character flaws, no matter how perverse or explosive, were forgiven. England needed Rooney, a lone, peerless spark of creativity, verve and threat, whether he was a hothead or not.
For club and country, Rooney is no longer the talisman that he once was
For club and country, Rooney is no longer the talisman that he once was. Pushed down the United pecking order by the arrival of Robin van Persie, the ex-Evertonian has struck just 12 Premier League goals in 2012-13. He was also ousted from the starting XI for the key Champions League clash with Real Madrid in favour of Danny Welbeck.
In international tournaments, he has scored just once in his last 10 appearances, having bagged four goals in his debut tournament in Portugal in 2004, while Arsenal's Jack Wilshere is the new bannerman for the future promise of English football.
Efforts to tame Rooney's fiery side have diluted his on-field influence and perhaps the question that should dictate build-up to Tuesday night's match is not whether or not the forward can keep his cool but if he should.
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Football fans – especially followers of the Three Lions, so desperately searching for a hero onto whom to latch – will accept almost any shortcoming or indiscretion as long as it is accompanied by genius. You can bet that, if Joey Barton had the pace and power of Cristiano Ronaldo or the poise and majesty of Lionel Messi, he would be the most revered man on England's green and pleasant lands.
England need more of the volatile, lawless, heart-on-the-sleeve Rooney whose energetic genius lit up Euro 2004 and less of the passive, timid, conformist Rooney whose edges have softened. Rather than dispel or hide his anger, he ought to channel it.
While Rooney remains clawless and devoid of spark, his inevitable outbursts and relapses of his inexplicably stupid old self become harder to defend. We can accept the brilliant madman, complete with pet bears and bean phobias, but not the one who provides nothing, whose genius resides in only temporary glimpses of what could have been.
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Dear Michael: I recently graduated with my BFA in film/TV (directing and screenwriting) and a double minor in producing and entertainment business from a university in New York. When I first moved to the Big Apple, I didn't like it. I missed my home state and the place I spent most of my high school years, Los Angeles.
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I'm a SAG-AFTRA member with ambitions that are exclusively film/TV/commercial. I was accepted into a prestigious BFA drama program in New York as well but decided to transfer to directing because I really disdain theater.
When I was in New York, I met with four agents who passed on me. In L.A. I got offers from two (although the one I decided to sign with only got me one audition throughout pilot season).
My question is this: Do you think I have more chances or opportunities to get auditions or get cast in any role from under-5s to guest stars and beyond in New York or L.A.? My lease expires five months from today. —Empire State of Mind
Dear Empire State of Mind: The New York versus L.A. question is one I get asked a lot in letters to this column, and I'm often baffled that people actually think I can tell them which city will yield greater success. Sans psychic powers, it's impossible to predict such things, since acting careers follow very few patterns. And as it turns out, I'm not even a little bit psychic.
However, in your case, I think there are some pretty clear indicators: You disdain theater, and you want to do on-camera work. While both media exist in both places, in general, L.A. has the greater film/TV emphasis, of course. So it's kind of a no-brainer.
Now, yes, New York has TV work too, especially lately, but moving back and forth a lot isn't a good plan, because it usually takes a while before folks catch on that you're around and capable. And so, I think that patience—that awful, awful concept—is the name of the game. I've sat out more pilot seasons...sat and sat, waiting for even one audition. Sometimes it's like that. I did temp jobs, took classes, worked at theme parks, worried, and did theater for free. You know, the typical story. After a few years, I started working. A little. Very little. Then a little more. And eventually, I started working a lot. I can't promise that'll be your experience, but the point is that cultivating an acting career requires time, regardless of the location.
While no one can predict what will lead to what, I'd make a case for hanging around. Missing New York isn't a good enough reason to leave your agents and set the career dial back to zero. I miss Venice, Italy, but it's damn short on acting opportunities. So let's visit those places, and keep our careers on track.


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Former Ohio State WR Devin Smith has drawn some comparisons to Washington Redskins WR DeSean Jackson ahead of the 2015 NFL Draft Thursday, April 30. "Smith might not be quite as fast as [DeSean] Jackson, but he's very fast," says Lance Zierlein of NFL.com. "He has the ability to track the ball deep and consistently take the top off a defense is very reminiscent of Jackson."
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Ohio State WR Devin Smith failed to break into the 4.3's at the NFL Combine Saturday, Feb. 21, surprising many. However, his representation said the problem was all in the initial 10 years. Throughout the combine he has been checking in a 1.45 seconds in the first 10 yards, but for some reason he was at 1.55 in Saturday's workout.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers signed free-agent CB Devin Smith (Dolphins) to their practice squad Thursday, Sept. 19.
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The Miami Dolphins worked out and signed free-agent CB Devin Smith (Steelers). QBs Austin Davis (Rams), James Vandenberg (Vikings) and Nick Stephens (Cowboys) also worked out.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers signed RB Alvester Alexander, DE Brian Arnfelt, LB Alan Baxter, WR Justin Brown, LB Terence Garvin, OL Chris Hubbard, OL Joe Long and DB Devin Smith to the practice squad.
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Right I want to fill my phone with spoken Latin, alas it only has like 60megs of space and my mp3 is in need of repair (DAMN YOU ZEN! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE RELIABLE) so I'm pretty limited space wise.
I know on Latinum Evan states that even before you understand it, surround yourself with a language, the question is...what?
I've downloaded a few files from there, well ages ago, and I particularly like the reading of In Catilinam (I want that accent!) and the 1-49 Aenied, but what should go on my phone?
So: You can decide, choose from Latinum or any other source, what pieces of spoken Latin I should carry around for awhile.


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Everything in Dubai is the biggest, tallest, and the first of its kind, including a manmade island shaped like a palm tree, the world's first underwater hotel, the world's fastest rollercoaster, and the Burj Khalifa—the world's tallest building. Located in the middle of a desert where almost nothing existed 20 years ago, Dubai is a like a futuristic oasis.
Get a lay of the land by soaring to the 148th floor observation deck of Burj Khalifa on one of the building's 57 elevators to get a bird's eye view of the bustling city below. To find some of your own glitz and glam, head to the Dubai Gold Souk. Haggle with merchants for one-of-a-kind pieces that will shine and sparkle in the desert sun. And if malls are more your thing, Dubai is also home to—you guessed it—the world's largest shopping mall.
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Oil spill sparks memories of another disaster in the Gulf Region -- and a creative outburst
Technology is wonderful, isn't it? But it can fail at the worst possible times. Laptops and computers catch viruses and lose your work, the power goes out right before sending in a big report, or an inconvenient rain can turn your new cell phone into a sparking, sopping mess. And sometimes, it's much worse.
The disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which thankfully seems to be all over now (except for the clean-up), all started because a blowout-preventing device didn't work. And even though a bunch of whiz-bang technology is being used to fight the spill and inform people of the dangers, including that satellite map of the oil slick that everyone wants to see, it was still technology that failed us.
And why does this always seem to happen to Louisiana and New Orleans? This latest disaster is painful for me because it reminds me of another event I helped to cover for GCN: Hurricane Katrina. There too, technology failed at the worst possible time. Computerized pumping stations designed to remove six million gallons of water from the flooded city each day became disabled and useless for weeks after the rains fell. You didn't have to be there in person — and trust me, you didn't want to be — to see what happened next: death, destruction and suffering on an almost inconceivable level was shown on every news channel in the days following the disaster. I like to think of myself as a tough guy emotionally, but seeing that was too much. It broke my spirit and my heart.
I felt like I had to do something, anything, to help. But I'm a technology guy and a writer. Those are two skills that aren't worth too much when your world is suddenly shifted into pure survival mode. Still, I came up with a plan, albeit a crazy one. And now I've got the ball on the one yard line. I just need a little help to take it all the way home.
My idea was to use my skills to help out. So I wrote a novel called "Old Number Seven." I wanted to create a dramatic story based on what happened there, one that shows the horrors of that month but also the triumph of the human spirit. And I wanted to donate profits from the book to charities still working in New Orleans. I'd like to help rebuild the destroyed libraries within the city, and also help out animal rescue groups who work with the sometimes forgotten victims — the animals who suffered right alongside people.
The novel is about an old man who works at one of the old coal-fired pumping stations built along the industrial canal in 1925. It's not to be confused with the brand new Number Seven pumping station that was in the news and spectacularly failed to protect the city until it was far too late. The old man in the story is dying from cancer but works with his son to transform the old station from a museum back into a working facility before the storm. Sitting inside a sandbagged fortress they built together, they decide to ride out the storm and try to save as many people as they can.
The novel is finally complete, and I think it's pretty good. Former GCN chief copy editor Trudy Walsh helped edit it for me. It's ready for its debut. Only this is where I need a bit of help. The process of getting a book read by literary agents who then take things to a publisher is a bit convoluted. Throw on the added burden of asking a publisher to donate some of their profits to charity, and you've got a bit of a tough sell in the current market. But I haven't lost hope. If any of you, dear readers, happen to know a good literary agent, please send them my way. They'll really enjoy the novel, and we might just be able to do some good. Any of you can reach me here at email@example.com or at my home address, which is email@example.com.
Who knows, perhaps we can have some small good come out of something so tragic. I'll keep my fingers crossed, and pray that all of you stay safe and never experience anything like what happened in New Orleans.
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I don't know if any publishers are listening, but if they are, count me in as another sale for this book.
What, a book that's not about stupid teen vampires? And one that actually will do some good in the world? Sign me up for a copy. I want to read it.
Wow, it sounds like you have a great story to tell. And I think it's great taht you want to use the book to help people that the novel is about. Sign me up for a copy when this gets published, which I'm sure it will. You obvously know how to write. That plus a good story will get you everywhere, assuming those agent people (or perhaps publishers) aren't asleep out there.
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When the Eagles announced Evan Mathis had agreed to a five-year deal, reportedly for about $25 million, I thought about how for most of last August's training camp, nobody would have envisioned such a possibility.
It wasn't until the final week or so of the the preseason that Todd Herremans was moved from left guard to right tackle, with Ryan Harris experiencing back issues that led to him being placed on IR, and then eventually being released. Mathis was going to get a chance to prove he could start in Herremans' vacated spot, after Mathis had briefly filled in for Harris. Mathis hadn't started any games in 2010 for Cincinnati, which hardly fielded a dominant o-line. In fact, while bouncing from Carolina to Miami to Cincinnati, Mathis had only been a fultime starter once, for Carolina in 2006, the year after the Panthers drafted him from Alabama in the third round.
In a story about how the offensive line was shaping up, right after the Birds moved camp from Lehigh to NovaCare to prepare for the season opener, I identified Mathis as a "veteran, plug-in type of guy" who was unlikely to hold down a starting job for 16 games.
Well, he didn't; Mathis started only 15 games, missing the Arizona loss with turf toe. Otherwise, though, I was completely wrong, as the $7 million guarantee in the new contract attests.
Mathis indicated during camp that he was excited to come here -- a signing much less heralded, but ultimately much more important than that of Ronnie Brown, Steve Smith or Vince Young, by the way -- because of offensive line coach Howard Mudd. Mathis felt he'd been miscast on other o-lines, big beefy units on teams like Carolina, under former coach John Fox, that aspired toward a power running game. Mathis' edge was athleticism, not bulk. He is listed at 6-5, 302. I wouldn't swear to either number. There is no extra bulk on Mathis -- he is a rarity, the "cut" offensive lineman. Herremans, who came into the league with extra weight, now fits that mode as well, but Herremans, a legit 6-6, looks like he could play power forward in the NBA. Mathis looks like a slightly overgrown linebacker.
I've made the point before that because the Eagles were such a disappointment overall, the good stuff that happened in 2011 probably didn't get enough attention. The o-line started out a confused mess, with a rookie center in Jason Kelce and a last-minute fill-in named Kyle DeVan at right guard because rookie Danny Watkins wasn't ready. Left tackle Jason Peters was the only guy starting in the same slot he occupied in 2010. But the unit finished really strong, allowing only 32 sacks and powering Shady McCoy's breakout season. Mathis was very solid at left guard, which he feels is his best position.
The fact that he played under the veteran minimum last season meant the Eagles couldn't sign Mathis until after the 2012 league year, and free agency, began. Going in, I assumed this would happen almost instantly, but Mathis indicated that he at least wanted to take a look around.
I wondered last week how the Eagles were taking that. They aren't big on competing in the marketplace for their own free agents. Hey, they'd revived this 30-year-old guy's career. Wouldn't they expect a little gratitude? But in the wake of the DeSean Jackson signing -- he and Mathis are both clients of agent Drew Rosenhaus -- I was able to talk to a team official who was not up in arms about Mathis testing the market. He made the point that while Mathis visited Baltimore, he didn't sign before leaving, which the official felt was an indication the Ravens hadn't offered the moon and the stars. The Eagles were willing to be competitive. So after that, I kind of expected Saturday's announcement.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh is a great guy and Baltimore is a playoff-level team, but I'm not sure their o-line approach fits Mathis as well as what he found here. The Eagles now have all their 2011 starters signed at least through 2014, and that unit figures to be one of the team's real strengths going forward.
Plus, Mathis is really funny and engaging on Twitter. It would be a much more boring team without him.


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Dave Solomon's State House Dome: Finance flexes its muscleBy DAVE SOLOMON
March 18. 2018 12:28AM
State Rep. James McConnell has repeatedly raised questions about the power of the 26-member House Finance Committee to significantly change and even reverse the policy decisions made collectively by the 400-member House.
The Swanzey Republican, an unsuccessful candidate for Speaker, has tried unsuccessfully to get a bill passed that would restrict Finance Committee jurisdiction to the fiscal implications of legislation, and constrain its ability to reverse policy decisions already made by the full House.
The Finance Committee's power was on full display recently, as two important pieces of legislation already approved by the House went through the committee's Cusinart and came out as something entirely different -the school choice bill (SB 193) and the family medical leave bill (HB 628).
The House Education Committee worked on the Senate-passed school choice bill, SB 193, for the better part of a year and handed it over to the full House in January, where is passed 184-162. The bill calls for state-funded scholarships for certain children to attend private schools, including religious schools, or to pay for home schooling.
Called the "school voucher bill" by critics and "freedom scholarships" by supporters, the bill would be substantially changed by a proposed amendment being guided through the Finance Committee by Chairman Neal Kurk, R-Weare.
The changes include substantial reductions in subsidies to cities and towns that lose public school students; tighter qualifications for those seeking scholarships; more accountability for the private schools that get the money; and further delays in implementation.
A committee vote on the Kurk amendment was expected Wednesday but was recessed until April 4 to allow even more tinkering and a lot of political maneuvering behind the scenes.
According to multiple sources close to that maneuvering, Kurk is opposed to the concept of the bill and is trying to kill it, but is under intense pressure from Gov. Chris Sununu's office and Republican leadership in the House.
The negotiations have been intense. Sununu apparently wants first-graders to be eligible for the scholarships, while some on the Finance Committee feel kids should at least have some experience with public school before they decide it doesn't suit them. First-graders were excluded, then included, then excluded again in an attempt to retain key votes.
It's now possible that Kurk will vote for interim study when the bill, in whatever form, comes to the full Finance Committee in April, and at least half a dozen other Republicans could follow his lead.
When asked about his alleged opposition to the bill on Thursday, Kurk would only say, "When I see the bill I'll tell you how I plan to vote on it, but I haven't seen the bill."
Meanwhile, Kurk's vice chair on Finance, Lynne Ober, R-Hudson, has presided over a complete rewrite of the family and medical leave bill, HB 628.
The revision was presented to Finance on Wednesday, to the surprise of Democrats, who voted against it. The Republican majority on the committee endorsed the new version of the law, which should go to a vote on the House floor later this week.
"It's a totally different model," says Rep. Mary Gile, D-Concord, chief sponsor of the original version.
The Ober amendment takes what was a family and medical leave program administered by the state offering six weeks of paid leave, and converts it into a short-term disability program managed by private insurance companies offering four weeks.
"This could be implemented almost immediately, and families could benefit from paid family leave almost immediately," said Ober before the Finance Committee vote on Wednesday. "The bill that came to us could take a minimum of three years to implement, plus hiring 43 new staff at Employment Security."
Gile, who has advocated for paid family leave for the past decade, says the party line vote in Finance to support the Ober rewrite was disappointing given the bipartisan support the original bill got on the House floor.
Democrats will likely try to defeat the new version of the bill, and make a motion to vote yet again on the original, perhaps with an amendment of their own.
"It's the New York plan, and for New York with 20 million people it's a plan that makes sense," said Gile of the Ober amendment. "But they have the population and the number of insurance carriers that we don't have."


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Record Labels Shut Down Grokster... Sort Of
from the sounds-familiar dept
Not a huge surprise, given earlier reports, but the press is reporting that Grokster has shut down, following the controversial Supreme Court ruling. The press account is a little bit inaccurate. While it claims that the firm has completely shut down, the Grokster website indicates they're about to open up another "legal" offering shortly. Of course, we've heard that story before a few times and it usually doesn't amount to much. Anyway, there are a few other things that aren't clearly explained. First, does this mean that Grokster no longer works? One of the main points people always talked about concerning Grokster was that it was decentralized and didn't need the company to exist to work. Is that so? I've never used Grokster or any related file sharing system, so I have no way to check. Second, the text on Grokster's website is misleading, at best. It says: "The United States Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that using this service to trade copyrighted material is illegal..." That's actually not what the Supreme Court said at all. The court sent the case back to the lower court, saying that some vague inducement test could be used to put liability on Grokster and others -- but only if they were seen to have actively encouraged copyright violations (something they very well might have done). They didn't say that the service itself was illegal. In fact, you could claim that a new file sharing service, that does exactly what Grokster does, but while encouraging people not to share copyright materials would pass muster with this new test and be perfectly legal. So, it seems likely that the text on the website was actually written by the entertainment industry, who has been pretending the Supreme Court said what it didn't say all along. It's likely that folks in the industry will be celebrating -- but all it really means is that those who file share will have just shifted to another system, further underground that'll be harder to track down.


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Where else can you find life-changing objects from Stephenson's Rocket to the Apollo 10 command module, visit award winning exhibitions, take in a science show, catch an immersive 3D movie, enjoy the thrills of a special effects simulator, introduce children to science with fun, hands-on interactives and encounter the past, present and future of science and technology in four floors of galleries? At the Science Museum you can find all this and more!
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Admission to the Museum is free but charges apply to the IMAX 3D Cinema, simulators and some special exhibitions and events.
The Science Museum has over 300,000 objects in its care, with particular strengths in the history of western science, technology and medicine since 1700.
It has been uniquely placed to acquire objects recording the Industrial Revolution, and now holds unrivalled collections in this area. Medical artifacts from all periods and cultures also form an important part of its holdings.
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Exploring Space
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From rockets to satellites, probes to landers, this gallery showcases some out-of-this world objects. Explore how we've sent spacecraft to other planets, walked on the Moon and peered into the heart of our galaxy and beyond.
You'll be able to see a full-sized replica of 'Eagle' – the lander that took astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin to the Moon in 1969. Then discover how we are able to live in space – to breathe, eat, drink and go to the toilet.
Get a unique insight into the history of rockets. Suspended from the ceiling are two real space rockets – a British Black Arrow and a United States Scout.
You can also find out how the space age started in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1. See a full-size replica of the Huygens module that landed on Titan in 2005 and a model of the Beagle 2 Mars lander.
Visit this gallery to learn the astonishing story of space exploration.
Challenge of Materials
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Explore and experience the properties of materials in our eye-opening Challenge of Materials gallery.
Walk across a magnificent glass bridge suspended by steel wires spanning the main hall. Discover historic gems, state-of-the-art materials and bizarre items, such as a cardboard chair and a steel wedding dress. You'll also see art installations from around the world.
From superconductors to spider silk, visit this gallery to discover a wide variety of materials.
The Secret Life of the Home
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From pop-up toasters to horse-drawn vacuum cleaners, take a closer look at the development of household appliances.
Most of the objects on show date from the late 19th and the 20th century. But you'll also find ancient Roman keys, 18th century cooking utensils and a 21st century robotic vacuum cleaner. In fact, you'll be able to discover how applied robotics is one of the key ways in which the appliances in your home will develop in the future.
How does a CD player, washing machine and toilet work? Interactive exhibits in the gallery will help you find out.
You can also examine locks, try to outwit a burglar alarm and play 'Pong', the world's first home video game.
Visit Secrets of the Home to see how the design of household gadgets and gizmos has changed over time.
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The Agriculture gallery traces the history of arable farming and considers a future of genetically modified food. From the ploughs and hoes of the Middle Ages to the combine harvesters and balers of the 20th century, this gallery presents a fascinating collection of original machinery and superb scale models.
Find out about dibblers, seed drills, clod-crushers and junglebusters, and see how the working life of an arable farm changes as the seasons unfold. Examine an original Ferguson tractor and operate a cut-away combine harvester yourself.
Visit the Agriculture gallery for a fascinating insight into the history and future of farming.
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Learn about the most surprising science stories and the biggest breakthroughs in our multimedia science news gallery, Antenna.
Antenna brings you science news from every angle – from headline-grabbing gadgets to hot topics and full-on feature stories. And we'll be asking you to review and rate the latest ideas along with leading scientists, engineers, designers and thinkers.
Energy Hall
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The Energy Hall traces the remarkable story of steam and how it shaped the world we live in today.
Steam has been the driving force behind British industry for 300 years. Without it, the Industrial Revolution could never have happened. Even now, steam provides 75% of the electricity we use every day.
Discover an unparalleled collection of historic full-size engines and models. Displays include:
The oldest surviving and unaltered atmospheric engine
Rotative engines built by James Watt
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Visit the Energy Hall to gain a unique insight into how steam engines developed over time.
James Watt and our World
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Explore the legendary attic workshop of engineer James Watt, preserved as it was when he died in 1819. The workshop is an astonishing time-capsule containing its original furniture, windows, doors and fireplace, and 8,430 fascinating objects left as they were in Watt's lifetime.
See some of Watt's remarkable inventions that have shaped the way we live today and learn why he was heralded the 'greatest benefactor of the human race'. From steam power to tea services, explore the relationship between Watt's steam engine and a new age of consumption.
Watt's improved engines meant steam could be used everywhere, from pumping coal mines to powering textile mills and breweries. Find out more about the renowned engineer and his incredible legacy.
Visit this gallery to discover remarkable objects that helped shape Britain's industrial past and future.
Measuring Time
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In Measuring Time you'll discover a rich collection of more than 500 timepieces. From sand-glasses to sundials, water clocks to wristwatches, trace the remarkable history of timekeeping.
Clockmakers and watchmakers pioneered precision in manufacturing. Early craftsmen, labouring in small domestic workshops, learned to subdivide production into separate specialised tasks – inventing mass production before the factory system. In this gallery, you'll find out how accurate timekeeping was highly prized and attracted the finest craftsmen.
Among the timepieces on display is the Wells Cathedral clock, built around 1392. It's the second oldest surviving clock in England and the third oldest clock in the world.
Visit Measuring Time for a fascinating insight into the history of timekeeping.
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The Atmosphere gallery is an exciting place to make sense of the climate – the science of how it works, what it's doing now and what it might do next.
Step into a virtual world, with its own oceans, land and atmosphere, and go back in time to discover key moments in the Earth's multibillion-year climate history. Uncover the secrets of ice cores and stalagmites, then head for the future to wonder at the latest ideas for a low-carbon life.
Fascinating objects include a real Antartic ice core, tree rings and scientists' instruments. Come to this gallery to get to grips with the latest climate news and investigate the important issue of climate change.
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What makes you smarter than a chimp? What makes you smile? What makes you, you?
Who am I? invites you to explore the science of who you are through intriguing objects, provocative artworks and hands-on exhibits.
Discover what your voice sounds like as a member of the opposite sex, morph your face to see what you'll look like as you age, or collect DNA to catch a criminal in our brand-new interactive exhibits.
Investigate some of the characteristics that make humans such a successful species, such as personality, intelligence and language.
Reflect on the big questions that new techniques in science are raising, and explore how your genetics and brain combine to create your unique identity.
Visit the Who am I? gallery now and discover yourself.
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From mankind's earliest dreams of flight to the wide-body aeroplanes of today, discover the absorbing story of flight.
Overhead walkways allow you to get up close to aeroplanes suspended in the air. Examine exhibits from the pioneer days of aviation, including the world's most authentic Antoinette monoplane (1909), Amy Johnson's Gipsy Moth and the Vickers Vimy, which first crossed the Atlantic in 1919.
Making the Modern World
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The Making the Modern World gallery presents some of the Museum's most remarkable objects. Chart 250 years of science and technology and discover some iconic items that have shaped our society.
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Visit this exceptional collection to follow the cultural history of industrialisation from 1750 to the present day.
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This mathematics study module, available online, looks at how differently shaped bridges, built at different periods of time, handle loads and stress.
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This geography study module, available online, looks at urban development. Case studies are taken from cities around the world, and demonstrate cities as different kinds of systems, sustainability, and how technological developments affect urban life.
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As Congress continues to debate the federal budget, patent stakeholders are justifiably concerned that Direct Kappos' efforts to improve the U.S. patent examination process, enhance patent quality, and reduce the backlog of unexamined applications will be thwarted by inadequate funding. Indeed, if Congress continues to divert hundreds of millions of the USPTO's user fees to the general fund, any vision of an innovation-driven, patent-backed growth in the U.S. economy will quickly fade away.
The Continuing Resolution
Earlier this month, the House Appropriations Committee proposed a "continuing resolution" to fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2011 (through September 30, 2011). This continuing resolution would hold the USPTO (and many other federal agencies) to its FY 2010 funding level, which was about $2.0 billion. (The current continuing resolution is set to expire on March 4.)
Keeping the USPTO's spending at its FY 2010 level for the remainder of FY 2011 might not sound too bad, until you remember that the USPTO is funded by user fees that exceed its appropriations. In 2010, Congress diverted over $200 million in USPTO fees to the general fund.
The USPTO expects to generate more revenue in FY 2011, due to increased patent and trademark filings and higher fees. Based on its estimates, the USPTO had requested a budget of $2.32 billion for FY 2011. Holding the USPTO to its 2010 appropriations for FY 2011 means that over $300 million in user fees would be diverted away from the USPTO.
The FY 2012 Budget
Even as the federal government faces shutdowns if the FY 2011 budget is not nailed down by March 4, President Obama has put his 2012 budget on the table. As summarized in a USPTO press release, the budget request for the USPTO is set at $2.71 billion, which corresponds to the USPTO's estimated fee collections for FY 2012.
The USPTO needs these funds to continue its operations and carry out the objectives of its 2010-2015 Strategic Plan. In particular, the requested FY 2012 budget includes line-items for:
- $11.6 million to hire additional examiners for the Track I prioritized examination program
- $29 million to hire additional examiners for a net gain of about 1000 examiners (including the Track I examiners)
- $1 million to reengineer the patent processing system to increase efficiency
- $9.9 million for additional hires at the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI)(presumably including Administrative Patent Judges) and to upgrade the BPAI's case tracking system
- $5.3 million to develop international worksharing arrangements and manage a capital improvement fund
While individuals can quibble over the specific amounts allocated to specific objectives, most will agree that the USPTO needs increased spending authority in order to address the quality and backlog problems that stakeholders have been complaining about.
Can Patent Reform Solve The USPTO's Budget Woes?
While I have reservations about giving the USPTO some additional authority—such as substantive rulemaking authority—I can't think of a good reason why the USPTO should not have more fee setting authority and, perhaps more importantly, be able to keep (and spend) the full amount of the fees it collects. Perhaps because this "free money" is too tempting for Congress to let slip away, neither of these provisions have gotten much attention or gained much traction in the ongoing patent reform debate. Still, if Congress is serious about bringing meaningful reform to the U.S. patent system, it should eliminate its own contributions to the USPTO's problems by permanently disavowing fee diversion.


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Anyone who has been frustrated asking questions of Siri or Alexa—and then annoyed at the digital assistant's tone-deaf responses—knows how dumb these supposedly intelligent assistants are, at least when it comes to emotional intelligence. "Even your dog knows when you're getting frustrated with it," says Rosalind Picard, director of Affective Computing Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab. "Siri doesn't yet have the intelligence of a dog," she says.
Yet developing that kind of intelligence—in particular, the ability to recognize human emotions and then respond appropriately—is essential to the true success of digital assistants and the many other artificial intelligences (AIs) we interact with every day. Whether we're giving voice commands to a GPS navigator, trying to get help from an automated phone support line, or working with a robot or chatbot, we need them to really understand us if we're to take these AIs seriously. "People won't see an AI as smart unless it can interact with them with some emotional savoir faire ," says Picard, a pioneer in the field of affective computing.
One of the biggest obstacles has been the need for context: the fact that emotions can't be understood in isolation. "It's like in speech," says Pedro Domingos, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington and author of The Master Algorithm , a popular book about machine learning. "It's very hard to recognize speech from just the sounds, because they're too ambiguous," he points out. Without context, "ice cream" and "I scream" sound identical, "but from the context you can figure it out."
The same is true of emotional expression. "If I zoom in on a Facebook photo and you see a little boy's eyes and mouth," says Picard, "you might say he looks surprised. And then if we zoom out a little bit you might say, 'Oh, he's blowing out a candle on his cake—he's probably happy and excited to eat his cake.'" Getting the necessary context requires the massive amounts of data that computers have only recently been able to process. Aiding that processing, of course, are today's powerful deep-learning algorithms.
These advances have led to major breakthroughs in emotion detection just in the last couple of years, such as learning from the raw signal, says Björn Schuller, editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing and head of Imperial College London's Group on Language, Audio Music. Such "end-to-end" learning, which Schuller himself has helped develop, means a neural network can use just the raw material (such as audio or a social media feed) and the labels representing different emotions to "learn all by itself to recognize the emotion inside," with minimal labeling by humans.
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Taurek's basic concern comes down to this: we cannot explain what it means to say that things would be five times worse if five people die than if one person dies. "I cannot give a satisfactory account of the meaning of judgments of this kind," he wrote (p.304). He argues that each person can only lose one person's happiness or pleasures. There isn't five times more loss of happiness or pleasure when five die: who would be feeling this happiness or pleasure? "Each person's potential loss has the same significance to me, only as a loss to that person alone. because, by hypothesis, I have an equal concern for each person involved, I am moved to give each of them an equal chance to be spared his loss" (p.307).
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The landing page below highlights the usability of the product:
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Making it about the customer is all about highlighting the customer's personal benefit and value.
2. Show it, don't just say it – It's not enough to just tell people how their lives are about to change, you have to make them feel it. Our brains comprehend images far faster than text, which is why listing all your features and benefits won't work as well as making people feel the value with your images, colors, and design.Show it, don't just say it
Take Piktochat for example (again). We don't just say "Make Impressive Infographics", we make people feel it's as easy as magic with our main image. The second variation we created still featured the product, but the end result (the amazing infographics you could be creating).
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The 7-8 grade boys and girls basketball teams from St. John are headed to Valparaiso.
The 7-8 grade boys and girls basketball teams from St. John are headed to Valparaiso.
The talented teams each earned one of 32 invitations to the National Lutheran Basketball Tournament of Champions held at Valparaiso University (Ind.) after advancing from the Central Florida Lutheran Athletic Association to compete in the state tournament, where both took runner-up spots after overtime losses in the finals.
"Oh it's great," said coach John Westol, who is in his 34th year at the helm of the boys program. "Both teams have had really, really good years. Last year we didn't have a 7-8 grade girls team because there weren't enough girls that were interested in playing, so to finish second in the state and go 20-2 — Greg Bartram is the coach, and he's done a fantastic job."
The experience is sure to be a new and exciting one for all the players involved and even first-year coach Bartram, who played college ball at Penn State and coached at the AAU level for several years, but it's something that the school itself and Westol have experienced many times in the past — the boys team, which last qualified in 2011, will be making the trek to Indiana for the 11th time and the girls, who last appeared in 2004, will be making the trip for the fifth time.
"We had a great practice today — the boys did — and you can just tell the excitement is there," Westol said. "None of them have ever been. We had some seventh graders who played last year and we had a really good season last year — we just didn't have enough. But, we got some new kids this year and they were pointing toward it."
With a bit of downtime wedged in between the season's end and the Saints' official invite, both teams have sought help from their high school counterparts in order to remain crisp out on the floor and keep the edge that many of the teams they are set to face will exhibit.
"We have been practicing two days a week, scrimmaging, we've scrimmaged some other groups — high school kids, you know, now that basketball season is over they come in and work against us," said Westol, whose boys have compiled a 30-4 record this season. "It's pretty much just trying to keep sharp and stay fresh.
"The tricky part is that the schools up north, because most of the schools are from the Midwest, their seasons are just finishing. But, you know, that just goes with the territory."
Regardless of anything that Bartram or Westol could throw at their players to help gear them up for play at the national level, Westol knows from first-hand experience that the end result depends on bracket formation just as much as team preparedness.
"In 1997 our team finished second in the whole tournament," he said. "And a lot of the times, as with any tournament, it's the luck of the draw. It just depends on who you play and how you match up with them and so on."
In the end, for Westol, it won't really matter how many games the Saints come back with in the win column or what the final scores are. What will matter the most is that his kids will come back with the experience of a lifetime.
"It's a great experience," he said. "I'm so thankful that the kids are able to experience this. We're obviously the only school in the area that offers this opportunity, basketball-wise, for kids to go as a team, you know, you have AAU tournaments and so on, but that's not a school, it's different and so it's really neat."
Both teams will taste their first bit of action during Friday's first round. The girls will take on Pilgrim Lutheran of Minneapolis, while the boys will battle Risen Savior Lutheran out of Mankato (Minn.).


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Soggy South African Clark takes Canadian Open
Tim Clark of South Africa and his family pose with the trophy after he won the RBC Canadian Open at the Royal Montreal Golf Club on Sunday in Montreal.
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MONTREAL — The winning putt rolled his own height plus three inches: five feet, 10 inches from the blade of his long putter to the centre of the cup on the 18th green of Royal Montreal Golf Club.
South African Tim Clark fashioned some kind of wonderful final round of soggy golf in the 105th RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, shooting a 5-under-par 65 for a 72-hole total of 263 to defeat American Jim Furyk by a single stroke.
It wasn't that Furyk, the co-leader of the tournament after 36 holes and solo front-runner after 54, played badly. The two-time Canadian Open champion played 1-under 69 on his final tour of the 7,153-yard Blue course.
But where Furyk played solid golf, Clark had gusts to exquisite, shooting five birdies over a span of seven holes on the back nine before he cold-bloodedly drained the tournament clincher.
This was only the second PGA Tour victory for Clark in 284 events, his only other win coming in the 2010 Players Championship. But it wasn't his maiden win in Canada, twice having finished first in 1998 PGA Tour Canada events.
Clark's 263 equalled the lowest four-round score in this event, also carded in 1952 by Johnny Palmer and 2012 by Scott Piercy.
This Canadian Open, the first at Royal Montreal since 2001, was Furyk's to lose. Bidding to become the fourth golfer in history to win the tournament three times, he began the day three strokes up on Clark, his playing partner along with American Kyle Stanley, and stretched that lead to four on No. 1 when Clark took a bogey five.
But Clark, 38, wasn't going away. Furyk gave back a stroke on No. 4 with his first bogey after 53 bogey-free holes, and Clark reduced the spread to two with a birdie on No. 6.
Once more, Furyk made it three with a bird on No. 7 and there it stayed, the Pennsylvanian apparently on autopilot until Clark birdied No. 11. Then No. 12. Then No. 14, this two-man race tied at 15-under.
Another Clark birdie at No. 15 thrust him into the lead, the two veterans then matching birdies two holes later.
Finally, it came down to No. 18. Clark's second shot on the 466-yard par-4 left him 44 feet to the pin; Furyk had only 12 feet after a marvellous approach.
Clark putted to within five feet, 10 inches and watched Furyk roll his try a couple feet past the cup before the South African stepped up and calmly drained what he had left for the victory that paid him $1,026,000 U.S.
American Justin Hicks fired a 6-under 64 to finish third with a 72-hole total of 267. Matt Kuchar and Michael Putnam of the U.S. and Spain's Gonzalo Fdez-Castano were two shots back at 269, tied for fourth.
Tied in seventh at 270 were Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., awarded the Rivermead Cup as top Canadian who fired a 2-under on Sunday, and American Dickie Pride, whose 63 tied the course record that had been equalled on Friday by DeLaet and Furyk.
"I played great all week, particularly (Saturday) was a great round of golf (64), and the front nine today I was just a little out of sorts," Clark said.
"I didn't quite have it with my golf swing or the putter, but making the turn I was still only three back, so I was still in the tournament, and … it looked like Jim wasn't going to make any mistakes.
"He played pretty solid today so I knew I had to make birdies, and sometimes that can be easier when you know you have to be aggressive. At that point (I had) nothing to lose. I suddenly just got hot and I went with it."
The winner is nicely connected to Canada, having won his first professional tournament in New Brunswick. His wife, Candice, is a Toronto native whose father's family is from Montreal.
Clark spoke of having had elbow surgery since his 2010 Players Championship win, and of having had two children.
He simply never rolled over on Sunday, seizing the opportunity and riding a hot hand over Furyk.
The runner-up has 16 PGA Tour wins to his name and he knew No. 17 had just slipped through his fingers, seemingly little he could do about it when Clark's back-nine charge gathered steam.
"I felt like I hit the ball well today," Furyk said, now a three-time second place-finisher this season. "I played definitely good enough to win the tournament, but I only made two birdies and I've got to make more putts."
Furyk has now gone 86 tournaments since his last win. That one was a dandy, the 2010 Tour Championship paying him $1,350,000 plus $10 million for the FedExCup championship.
The 44-year-old admitted Sunday's loss stung, needing no reminder this was the seventh straight time he's been unable to close the deal when leading after 54 holes.
"I don't really need any validation for how I'm playing," he said. "I'm definitely at the moment disappointed. … I'll take something positive out of the week (but) it's been a long time since I've won and it stings to finish second again.
"It's a little too soon to wrap my hands around it," Furyk said of falling short. "I've got no one to blame but myself. Sixty-nine is not a bad round by any means and only making two birdies … if I go out there and fire a 66 or 67, it's a done deal."
It was an unconventional day to begin, usual Sunday pairings switched to threesomes going off both tees early in the morning to race the bad weather forecast for the afternoon.
An hour before the 8 a.m. scheduled start, Royal Montreal was practically swallowed by rains of biblical proportions.
Île-Bizard rapidly became Atlantis, the sunken island of Greek mythology, and they could have installed backstroke flags in front of greens to help with navigation, lifeguards probably of more use than course marshals.
The start was pushed back by 25 minutes because of lightning in the area and a 26-minute suspension of play came shortly after 2 p.m. when sunny skies blackened and another downpour swamped golfers and fans, Clark and Furyk by then on No. 15.
"I wasn't pleased when the siren went because I felt like I had just hit it to 12 feet or so on 15 and Jim was off the green," Clark said of the delay. "But I was able to come out and make that putt.
"We didn't have that long of a break. We were just in the locker room maybe 15 minutes or so, so I was lucky it was a quick turnaround and that helped."
The way Clark was playing, they probably could have suspended play until dusk and the rains still wouldn't have extinguished his fire.
"I have to take my hat off to him," Furyk said. "He shot 30 on the back nine for a 65, so I'm definitely not going to take anything away from that. It was a heck of a round. I felt like if I shot under par on the back nine, I'd win, and that wasn't the case."
Clark, meanwhile, was deservedly basking in the glow of his RBC Canadian Open win that came down to the 18th green on the 72nd hole of a tournament that became a whole lot more exciting than many figured it would.
"Any national open championship to me is special, particularly to those people for their country," he said. "I know what it means to the Canadian players to play up here. It's an honour for me to be the Open champion."
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Investors should not be spooked by recent events in the South African mining industry, as the market offers a number of strong investment opportunities, Mark Mobius, executive chairman at Templeton Emerging Markets Group, told CNBC Monday.
"The consumer facing stocks are the place you would want to be but you don't have to dump mining stocks just yet, but you do need to be careful there, " Mobius said. "The [South Africa] market is very liquid — unlike much of Africa — and is a great entry point to the rest of Africa because it's so diverse."
He added that an improvement in the global economy could create ripple effects for the South African commodity market, as the Chinese continue to purchase commodities, albeit at a slower pace.
"You have to be cautious on some of the commodities but oil, nickel, palladium and platinum as well as copper are likely to do well, as construction in emerging markets continues, " he said.
Striking miners in Africa's largest and most developed economy have roiled the country's mining industry.
A fatal standoff at the Lonmin platinum mine between miners and South African police also resulted in a number of deaths in August.
The unrest has impacted the broader economy, given the prominence of the mining sector, and the country's sovereign rating was downgraded last week by Standard & Poor's to BBB with a negative outlook.
Mobius also addressed recent criticism of BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India, and China — because of the underperformance of their markets.
Mobius said BRICs — the term coined by Jim O'Neill of Goldman Sachs — were very separate entities with distinct destinies.
"The BRIC concept was very clever and helped customers who buy funds a very good way to conceptualize emerging markets, but when you're investing you have to look at these individually, " he said.
Admitting BRICs had been a phenomenally successful acronym Mobius said it was best to avoid most other acronyms in investment as they were too complex and "not worth it." "So far this year emerging markets have underperformed but now I think they will outperform the U.S., " he added.
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The reality is that Dartmouth alums recently have succeeded in electing a few independent-minded trustees who ask tough questions about where the College is headed. The folks who run the College don't like being asked these tough questions, so they have concocted a complex new mechanism to try to prevent the election of independent-minded trustees.
Adopting the new Constitution would tend to insulate the administration from concerns over its politically correct agenda, the decline of certain departments into bastions of quirky leftism, the loss of outstanding faculty members, and other such issues. Even if the Constitution is defeated, the administration and its supporters will still hold most of the cards, but its critics will at least have a fair chance to pick up a few.
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