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The Influence of Music
The Psalmist implores us to "make a joyful noise" unto the Lord, but the context makes it clear he is using "noise" as a synonym for music (Ps. 95:1–2). God is pleased when we praise Him with music, whether it ...Read More
The Eye of the Beholder
The four standards of beauty all reflect God's character. The Lord is simple — He is indivisible, each of His attributes affecting the others. God is complex, having many facets to His character. His creation exhibits proportionality: the abilities of ...Read More
Art for Whose Sake?
Many believe the second commandment (Ex. 20:4–6) prohibits the use of all art in the sanctuary. However, the fact God commands the crafting of things like cherubim in the sanctuary (26:31) proves He does not forbid all artistry in the ...Read More
Art in Recent History
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The Birth of Seth
Righteous parents do not always raise righteous children. However, those who do raise their sons and daughters in the fear and admonition of the Lord will often see them follow Christ throughout their lives. As a parent, do you take ...Read More
Favor in God's Eyes
Lamech's Arrogance
Modern man falsely assumes the Lord will never repay him for his wickedness. Instead of repenting of their sin, the impious, as John Calvin writes, "rage against those chastisements of God, which ought at least to render them gentle." Yet ...Read More
The First City
John Calvin comments on today's passage, saying that in Cain's line "we see, at the present time, that the excellent gifts of the Spirit are diffused through the whole human race." Although we must be ever aware of the blasphemy ...Read More
A Mark on Cain
Do you believe that you are self-sufficient? Do you really think that you can live without God and the assistance He provides through His people? Though we try to be strong and handle everything ourselves, attempts at complete self-sufficiency are ...Read More
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The deadly school shooting in Connecticut has prompted a South Dakota legislator to begin drafting a bill that would allow teachers, administrators and even janitors with concealed weapons permits to bring their guns to school.
Representative Betty Olson, a Republican from Prairie City, tells The Associated Press that she feels fewer people would have been killed in Newtown, Connecticut had someone inside the school been armed. Twenty-six people, including 20 children ages 6 and 7, were shot to death in the Friday rampage.
Olson's suggestion will be met with debate. Senate Democratic Caucus Chairwoman Angie Buhl (bewl) says she welcomes a "much-needed conversation about gun safety" but says she thinks there should be fewer guns rather than more. She also questions how gun-carrying school personnel would be trained.

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In that same vein, I hope to apply that same kind of pressure
to the owners in all of my leagues by beating my opponents to
the punch in regards to personnel moves. Sometimes, reaching a
conclusion about a player too quickly is much like trying to blitz
Peyton Manning – dangerous and painful. However, coming
to a correct conclusion two weeks or two minutes quicker than
your opponents is considered foresight. Fantasy owners can be
a uneasy lot, knowing that one two-or-three-game losing streak
can wreak irreparable damage to his/her team's chances to
make a visit to the fantasy postseason. But just as it is in the
NFL and in life, it's hard to land the big prize by playing
scared. Thus, I will strive each week to help each of you become
a smart blitzer, so to speak.
- Counting Crows, "A Long December"
As I was trying to organize my thoughts for this week's column,
I happened to think about this song. Perhaps it was mere coincidence,
but I thought it was appropriate when considering the plight of
all fantasy owners as we enter fantasy football's second season.
On one hand, fantasy owners *should* be thrilled just to reach
the postseason, a place where only half of the teams find themselves
in 12-team leagues that start their playoffs this coming week.
On the other hand, we are less than two full weeks into the final
month of 2009 and many of us will be forced to consider next season
already after the completion of this weekend's games.
It's hard to believe, I know, but I am not immune to "this-might-be-the-end"
syndrome. For many years, I've often joked that I could shoot
holes into a "perfect" roster while dressing up the
most flawed of fantasy teams. I suppose this admission makes me
the proverbial "don't get too high, don't get too low"
type of fantasy owner. However, I have been participating in money
leagues for over 10 years now and I must admit I am getting the
feeling that the word "bittersweet" will be used to
describe Fantasy Football 2009 for me.
First, the "sweet" part of the equation: all six of
my fantasy teams (four PPR, two non-PPR) have locked up playoff
berths. Of that collection of teams, two secured first-round byes
this week, three qualified via the wild card and my final one
- an autodraft league with immediate family and some friends -
doesn't start the playoffs until Week 15 (and goes through Week
17). I defeated the nearest competitor in my division in that
final league last week, so I should have wrapped up a first-round
bye there as well. I'll be the first to admit - it doesn't get
much better than three first-round byes and three winnable first-round
games when you begin the season with six fantasy teams.
Now for the "bitter" pill: Most of my early success was built
on the pairing of Maurice
Jones-Drew and Ronnie
Brown, including my two biggest money league teams. (The other
money league team was built around Adrian
Peterson and Brown.) The common denominator, of course, was
Brown. For all the former Brown owners out there, I probably don't
need to remind you that he was a top-10 RB in fantasy before going
down for the season. For as difficult as it is to secure two top-10
RBs in highly competitive leagues, I don't need to lament on how
hard it is to make sure you can draft/acquire a viable third RB
in case one of your two "no-brainer" options is lost. Fortunately,
most of the remaining owners in my leagues also have RB woes of
their own � even if they didn�t lose a player like Brown � so
perhaps I should be more thankful than bitter.
In the case of my MJD-Brown teams, I was fortunate enough to
have LeSean
McCoy as an option to get me to this point, but until we get
some clarification on Brian Westbrook and his return - which is
looking more and more likely - the rookie only serves as a band-aid.
Fortunately, I have a decent shot (blind bidding) at Correll
Buckhalter in my biggest money league - an unusual last-minute
drop by an owner last week in a league where the next best free
agent option prior was Leonard Weaver - and I have an outside
shot at Jerome
Harrison in the MJD-Brown league, although I am a bit deeper
at RB in that league if I don�t win the bid. On the AP-Brown team
(non-PPR), I am down to choosing between Cadillac
Williams, Chris
Brown and Mike
Bell as my RB2 because Ronnie Brown and Leon Washington both
have bid my team adieu, although Wednesday�s news of Quinton
Ganther�s promotion may help carry me if I am successful in
landing him in blind bidding.
Certainly, just about every fantasy team that is still in the
hunt for a title has felt the sting of an injury or two over the
course of the season - at the very least - but rarely do teams
with more than one or two "fill-ins" thrive in the fantasy
playoffs. While every season tends to produce a postseason "darling",
we don't get to choose who that player(s) might be and, quite
often in deeper leagues, that player is already on a roster. Furthermore,
we don't get to choose what position that playoff superstar plays;
in other words, finding that clutch player isn't exactly one-stop
Throw in the fact that owners who invested in "perfect team"
members such as Peyton
Manning, Reggie
Wayne, Joseph
Addai, Drew
Brees or Marques
Colston may need to start finding alternatives as early as
Week 15 and the list of "old reliables" continues to shrink. Granted,
Saints HC Sean Payton has already announced he doesn't intend
on sitting his starters in his team's pursuit of perfection, but
what happens if New Orleans and Minnesota both lose over the next
two weeks? This scenario likely means Saints starters will be
joining Colts starters on the sideline early in Week 16. I really
don't want to consider the alternatives at this very moment and
I doubt you do either.
Either way, the old clich� of "taking-one-game-at-a-time"
certainly holds true for the fantasy playoffs. No longer are you
concerned about long-term implications or trying to win the points
title in your league. Your one and only focus is to outscore your
opponent THAT week - no matter the consequences - because there
is no guarantee that your team will be around to play the next
week. The fantasy postseason is when calculated risks can not
only result in important wins, but they can also lead to big payoffs
as well. (Obviously, the opposite applies as well.) But the key
phrase here is "calculated risk". By now, I would expect
most owners to know their team's strengths and weaknesses.
For example, Philip
Rivers faces Dallas this week while Joe
Flacco opposes Detroit. Playing Flacco over Rivers is not
a calculated risk; it's just not a smart move. Conversely, benching
Cadillac Williams for Jerome Harrison is a calculated risk. No,
the Steelers haven't turned soft on run defense just because DE
Aaron Smith and S Troy Polamalu are out, but they aren't near
the defense they were in 2008 anymore either. All Harrison has
done in three games with feature-back-like touches is approach
or exceed 100 total yards and catch at least five passes in each
contest. Let's just say I like Harrison's chances of putting up
a 15-point game in PPR leagues better this week than I do Williams'
vs. the Jets, although the matchup says I should go with Caddy.
With that in mind, I feel my time over the 2-3 three weeks would
be best served by identifying unsuspecting players/defenses who
I believe could emerge as the "fantasy darling" for that
week. Each player/defense will be owned in less than
a third of all leagues. (I'm using the % owned from ESPN.com leagues
as of December 8.) I settled on 33% primarily because I'm working
under the assumption that most readers of this column don't have
the luxury of plucking Jonathan Stewart off the waiver wire at
this point of the season. It should also be noted that all
recommendations are based on PPR scoring.
So, without further ado, the Unsuspecting Stars of Week 14...
Note: Alex
Smith is somehow owned in less than 1/3 of ESPN Fantasy Leagues
and is a viable QB1 this week, but I'm looking for a bit more
of a challenge here.
Vince Young: Leading the Titans' resurgence.
Vince Young
(vs. Rams) As much as a household name as Young is, it's rather
surprising to me that Young is not owned in more leagues. I can
only surmise that owners are waiting for the other shoe to fall
on him. While I have suggested - and still believe - that Kerry
Collins could be leading the Titans' resurgence just as easily
as Young is, that doesn't mean that Young hasn't drastically improved
as a passer. What's more is that you can see that all of Tennessee�s
offensive players are buying into the improvement he has made
as a QB. And, sometimes, that's all that matters. This week, Young
will get to face the Rams' banged-up defense. St. Louis has actually
fared pretty well recently vs. opposing QBs and isn't near the
pushover it was over the first half of the season, but I believe
the Rams will commit all their energy to stopping Chris Johnson
and take their chances with Young as a runner and passer. I don't
foresee a big passing day for him, but I could see an undisciplined
pass rush or two leading to about 30 rushing yards. Throw in about
200 passing yards and 1-2 total scores and he could make for a
viable play in Week 14.
Jason Campbell
(@ Raiders) Through the first half of the season, the Redskins'
offense was putrid, averaging 17.6 PPG. The running game was average
at best and the passing game was a non-factor. In Week 7 - the
week before the team's bye - Washington made the call to relieve
HC Jim Zorn of his playcalling duties and bring in Sherm Lewis.
Since the world's most famous senior center bingo caller and Meals
On Wheels deliverer decided to leave his cozy former lifestyle,
Campbell's numbers have taken off. What is the most interesting
is he hasn't become more efficient (86.5 first-half QB rating
compared to 89.7 second-half QB rating; 7.4 YPA in both halves),
he is just getting more opportunities (28.5 attempts/game in the
first half of the season, 35.5 in the second half) and feeling
much less pressure in the pocket (3.6 sacks/game first half; 1.3
in the second half). The payoff is that Campbell is fantasy's
ninth-best QB over the last five weeks. Despite possessing one
of the game's best CBs in Nnamdi Asomugha, Oakland is only in
the middle of the pack vs. opposing QBs. Much like the rest of
the players on this list, a huge game should not be expected this
week, but a more-than-serviceable one should. How confident am
I in him? He is getting the start over Carson Palmer for me in
the highly competitive SOFA Auction Fantasy Football League.
Running Backs
Harrison (vs. Steelers) In a scenario that only fantasy football
can create, Harrison gets the unthinkable nod against the Steelers'
once-vaunted defense. In what is shaping up to be an old-fashioned
"I'm tougher than you are" football game on Thursday, the weather
could very well dictate that both offenses play things pretty
close to the vest. (Please bear in mind that while Harrison looks
like an obvious starter for the Browns on Thursday, HC Eric Mangini
could easily decide that Harrison has regressed as a pass blocker
once again. After all, I'm not sure how he was able to improve
that skill in 33 plays vs. the Bengals in Week 12 after not playing
a snap the previous two weeks, but I digress. For now, we are
going to have to assume that Mangini realizes Harrison gives his
offense its best shot at moving the ball.) Against a Pittsburgh
defense that will be minus DE Aaron Smith and S Troy Polamalu,
fantasy points (specifically receptions) shouldn't be as hard
to come by as they usually are vs. the Steelers. I don't foresee
100 total yards from Harrison this week, but a repeat of Week
13's 17 touches sounds about right. It should also be noted that
Harrison has caught at least five passes in each of his three
starts this season and managed at least 13.5 PPG in PPR leagues
in those games. The fact that he faced the Ravens, Bengals and
Chargers in those contests should ease your mind even more if
you have to consider playing him this week.
Quinton Ganther (@ Raiders) This was a spot occupied by Rock
Cartwright until Wednesday, when HC Jim Zorn opted to turn to
the ex-Titan. Despite being about the same size of the RB he is
replacing, Ganther has a little more lateral agility and speed
than does Cartwright. This week, Ganther draws the Oakland defense,
which is third-friendliest defense vs. RBs in PPR leagues this
season. The Raiders have surrendered seven 100-yard games and
17 TDs this season, so deep leaguers may want to take the plunge
on a player going back to his hometown in Week 14. Be advised
that Cartwright probably will be getting at least 5-10 touches,
so don't go crazy with expectations. But the Raiders defense has
been known to give up a big running play or two per game and Ganther
would be the most likely culprit this week, so there is hope with
this 2008 seventh-round pick.
Wide Receivers
Mike Wallace: Looking for a 5-75-1 line
Thursday night.
Mike Wallace
(@ Browns) Before digesting Thursday's weather report (which calls
for a typical December snowstorm in Cleveland), the rookie from
Ole Miss was an obvious choice for this slot with the news that
Hines Ward will likely not suit up. However, a slippery field
could minimize his speed, which in theory, takes away his biggest
asset. While that is a strong and valid argument, I have seen
enough of Wallace to know that he is not strictly a deep threat
- that's just been his role up to now. Bear in mind that he'll
be assuming Ward's possession WR role this Thursday and it's not
as if Santonio Holmes will fall into Ward's role and Wallace will
replace Holmes. The game plan figures to be run heavy and the
contest figures to be fairly low scoring, but Pittsburgh's isn't
about to abandon its passing game just because of the cold and
snow. Holmes and TE Heath Miller should be the biggest beneficiaries
of Ward�s absence vs. the Browns, but Wallace is certainly capable
of beating the Browns� DBs, so it wouldn't be all that surprising
if the rookie posts a 5-75-1 line.
Britt (vs. Rams) Assuming "starter" Justin Gage doesn't return
this week, it seems like a fairly easy call to talk about Britt
against a defense that just lost its franchise player (S O.J.
Atogwe). The Rams have been better than one might think against
opposing WRs, but with Chris Johnson scaring the daylights out
of defenses nowadays, St. Louis will almost assuredly load the
box and take its chances with Young as a passer and runner. Don't
expect either strategy to work out well; in other words, Johnson
should get his 125+ yards rushing and Young will probably hit
on a couple of long balls to Nate Washington and Britt. Despite
Britt's obvious talent, beware I am recommending his role in the
offense more than I am recommending him this week. (For those
of you who don't know already, HC Jeff Fisher has stated Gage
will return to the starting lineup when he is deemed healthy enough
to take the field.) In short, if Gage is active and starts this
Sunday, I would assume Fisher is happy with Gage's health and
I would start him in fantasy instead. Keep in mind that before
Britt started rolling over the past three weeks, it was Gage who
was starting to take off.
Tight Ends
Note: Jermichael
Finley, like Smith, is owned in less than a third of ESPN
leagues, but that should change pretty quickly. He appeared as
a TE1 in my Dealing With The Deadline
article nearly a month ago, so his MNF explosion wasn't a
complete shock. What is more amazing is the fact he is owned in
only 16% of leagues.
Bo Scaife (vs. Rams) In fantasy football, it's hard to go wrong
with a QB's favorite target as a fantasy option, even on a run-heavy
team. When the two have been playing together since college, it�s
even better. Over the last four weeks, Scaife has seen at least
five targets in each contest and as many as 10. Furthermore, Scaife
has caught at least five passes in each of the last two contests.
While I do expect a heavy dose of Chris Johnson and a few deep
shots to Nate Washington and Kenny Britt, there will be a handful
of long third-down conversions that Tennessee will need to pick
up and I suspect Scaife will be in line for a decent PPR day.
St. Louis is right in the middle of the pack in defending the
TE, so if you're looking for an upside TE play, I'd give Scaife
strong consideration.
Fasano (@ Jags) Jacksonville has been pretty solid at defending
the TE (ninth-best in PPR), but that ranking has come against
a lot of teams that either have average TEs or don't feature one
in their offense. Fasano doesn't exactly qualify as an elite TE
(or even come close to that designation) and Miami doesn't usually
make a special effort to include Fasano in the gameplan, but the
Dolphins have started relying more on their passing game since
Ronnie Brown. The increased emphasis on Chad Henne, Davone Bess
and Brian Hartline has led to much more involvement for Fasano,
who has totaled 10 catches on 13 targets over the last two weeks
since returning from a hip injury. I'll be the first to admit
I would need to be desperate at TE to plug Fasano into my starting
lineup at this point, but if you are still looking for a plug-and-play
option after Owen Daniels� injury or are a disgruntled Jeremy
Shockey owner, I may take the plunge.
Note: Garrett
Hartley is owned in just 5% of leagues, but I attribute that
to the late announcement of his promotion last week. He's top-five
kicker option the rest of the way.
Jay Feely (@ Bucs) I was quite surprised to see Feely is owned
in only 15% of leagues. I have been rolling with him in one of
my money league teams for several weeks now and will use him with
confidence this week in a warm-weather game against the Bucs.
He posted 14 points against the Bills last Thursday and the Bucs
qualify as a similar opponent. Given how dependent kickers are
on the effectiveness of the offense (and defense, in some cases)
on gameday, they are guaranteed nothing. But considering that
Tampa Bay allows the fifth-most points to kickers this season,
Feely is a pretty good option this week.
Graham (@ Vikings) I'm going off the matchup board for this
one, but the Bengals' commitment to the run has reached epic proportions.
In recent matchups that screamed for Carson Palmer to air it out,
Cincinnati has opted to run instead and play defense. (While the
strategy has been effective, I�m going to chalk this over-the-top
emphasis to the run to uneasiness about Palmer�s injured left
hand.) I'd usually say a tough defense like Minnesota would curtail
that approach somewhat, but the Bengals have executed the same
strategy vs. stingy run defenses such as Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
While the "Williams' Wall" should keep the Cincy running game
in check for the most part, the loss of MLB E.J. Henderson may
be enough for the Bengals to enjoy moderate success. With 13 FG
attempts over the last four weeks (12 makes), Graham seems like
a pretty good bet for 2-3 more attempts against the Vikes' solid
defense that will probably keep the Bengals out of the end zone
for the most part on Sunday.
Bills (@ Chiefs) Sometimes, picking out a fantasy defense
late in the season is as much about the degree to which the opponent
is struggling as it is about how talented the defense is. Over
the last two weeks, Kansas City has scored a total of 27 points
on offense while losing by a total of 60 points. Buffalo can't
do much as a team, but it has shown a propensity to stop the opposition's
passing game, if only because the run defense is so bad. However,
I have seen a better defensive effort under interim HC Perry Fewell
and think Buffalo can give Kansas City fits if the Chiefs don't
show any more desire than they have in recent weeks. I can only
recommend them as a desperation play (and it would take an owner
more bold than I to use them), but there are certainly worse options
that are on playoff rosters this week.
Texans (vs. Seahawks) Houston can't help it if its last three
of its last four games have come against the Colts (twice) and
Titans. By comparison, Seattle shouldn't be all that taxing on
this defense. The Seahawks can't seem to settle on an offensive
identity and are a different animal on the road (16.7 PPG) than
at home (23.8). The only explosive offensive element Seattle has
shown lately - Justin Forsett - is hampered by a quad injury and
further hampered by HC Jim Mora's insistence that Julius Jones
is a better back. For Houston, this game represents the final
opportunity the team has to make a playoff push and desperate
teams usually play with more of a sense of urgency at home. That
should be enough against a Seahawks team that loses by an average
of 13 points on the road in 2009.
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Jackrabbits Get Second Post Season Life, Get Ready For A Team They've Never Faced In A Tournament They've Never Appeared
Lots of unknowns for South Dakota State as they head into this post season compared the last two.
In 2012 and 2013, no one had to explain where the Jackrabbits were headed or who they were playing, it was the NCAA Tournament and a national television audience.
But in 2014, a lot has changed.
By not winning the Summit League Tournament last week, SDSU was not awarded an automatic bid in the 'big dance', instead the Jacks were forced to wait to see which, if any, other tournament wanted them.
That would be the College Basketball Invitational, run by a private company in New Jersey, featuring on campus match-ups between teams that did not make the NCAA or NIT events.
South Dakota State head coach Scott Nagy told me he's just happy his group gets at least one more game:
Bittle, who was noticeably hobbled by a bad foot in the loos to Fort Wayne at the Summit League Tournament, could get a shot if the Jacks advance past Old Dominion and get to host a second round game, but won't play in Virginia Wednesday:
SDSU spent last week waiting, and wondering if they get a chance to play on this season, and despite that uncertainty, they still went through workouts:
As for the two problems that Nagy identified after the Jacks semifinal loss to Fort Wayne in the Summit League Tournament, ball handling and poor shooting, Nagy says it's a work in progress:
SDSU's first appearance in the CBI will come against a first-time opponent, Old Dominion from Conference USA. The Monarchs are 16-17 overall and are led in scoring by three guards (Aaron Bacote, Dimitri Batten, and Keenan Palmore, who are all 6'4" or shorter.
Nagy says ODU really isn't comparable to any Summit League team the Jacks have faced:
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Astrobiology Lecture Series Coming, Oct. 12, 2006
by Kathy Hedges
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 12, 2006 – A series of free public lectures related to astrobiology is set for coming weeks on the New Mexico Tech campus, hosted by the class Astrobiology 489/589. Guest lecturers will present a series of talks on the search for life beyond the Earth.
Astrobiology is the study of how life might arise in settings other than on Earth, how and where to look for it, and how to recognize it. Astrobiology 489/589 is an innovative, interdisciplinary course sponsored by Tech's Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL). It is taught by professors from the Departments of Biology, Physics, and Earth and Environmental Science: Dr. Tom Kieft, Dr. Michelle Creech-Eakman, and Dr. Penelope Boston.
Thanks to the CITL, the professors were able to bring in outside speakers, both for the class and for the general public. In addition, the Hydrology Program sponsored one of the speakers, who was speaking on a related topic.
According to Penny Boston, "We chose these particular lecturers because they represent a range of topics within the field of astrobiology, and because each of them was known to one of us personally, as a colleague or collaborator. We were especially lucky to get Seth Shostak, director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute. Not only is he a leader in this field, but also his lecture is sponsored by the American Astronomical Society under the Harlow Shapley Lectureship. This is a well-known series and it's a feather in Tech's cap to have a Harlow Shapley lecturer come to campus."
The lecture schedule is:
- Tuesday, Oct. 17 – Dr. Ariel Anbar of Arizona State University speaks on "Alternative Earths." 7 p.m., Workman 101.
- Monday, Nov. 6 – Dr. Chris McKay of NASA/Ames Research Center speaks on "A Search for a Second Genesis of Life in Our Solar System" 7 p.m., Workman 101.
- Monday, Nov. 13 – Dr. Dirk Schultze-Makuch of Washington State University at Pullman speaks on "Extraterrestrial Life in the Solar System and Beyond: Follow the Water?" This is part of the hydrology seminar series, held in MSEC 101 at 3:30 p.m.
- Monday, Nov. 20 - Dr. Seth Shostak speaks on "When Will We Discover the Extraterrestrials?" 7 p.m., Macey Center.
Dr. Anbar plans to discuss the "fingerprints" that life leaves on the biosphere, which may give us clues what to look for in "alternative Earths" beyond the solar system. Through study of geological, chemical and biological processes that shape the Earth's surface environment, he hopes to increase understanding about the habitability of the Earth, the history of the environment and life, the effects of human activities on the environment, and the prospects for life beyond Earth.
Dr. McKay discusses several places within our Solar System where we might find a second example of the genesis of life. He says, "The most promising prospect is Mars because of evidence that it had liquid water in the past. Europa, a moon of Jupiter, and Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, may also contain liquid water and life."
Dr. Schultze-Makuch also discusses the relationship between water and life. He suggests, "Titan [a moon of Saturn] is of special interest because its environment resembles early Earth conditions in many ways, and because the presence of liquid hydrocarbons on its surface opens up the possibility for the existence of organisms that are based on a biochemistry that is very different from the one case of life with which we are familiar with."
The crowning lecture of the series is the Harlow Shapley Lecture by Seth Shostak. According to Dr. Shostak, "The scientific hunt for extraterrestrial intelligence is now into its fifth decade, and we still haven't uncovered a confirmed peep from any cosmic company. Could this mean that finding aliens, even if they exist, is a project for the ages – one that might take centuries or longer?"
He plans to discuss new technologies being used in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). He maintains that there is good reason to expect that success might not be far off – that we might find evidence of sophisticated civilizations within a few decades.


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Mr. Roger Dickerson, age 50 of Canton, passed away Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009.
Mr. Dickerson was a bus driver with the Cherokee County Board of Education. He was Baptist.
Survivors include his daughters, Denise Jones and Amanda Dickerson, both of Canton; sisters, Patricia Rodriguez, Blue Ridge, Kathy Teague and Rejohnna ?Dee? Lathem, both of Canton; brother, James Dickerson, Jasper; and grandchildren, A.J. and Aaron Jones. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 from Sosebee Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Loner and Bishop Lance Johnson officiating. Interment followed in Pleasant Arbor Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Sharon Howard
Mrs. Sharon McCoy Howard, age 45 of Cartersville, passed away Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009.
Mrs. Howard was employed with Chart Industries in Ball Ground.
Survivors include her husband, Jerry Howard, Cartersville; children, Kayce Massey, Ranger, and Dustin Massey, Marble Hill; step-children, Chruchelle and Codie Howard, both of Cartersville; sister, Carol Lawson, Jasper; brothers, James and Steven McCoy, both of Waleska, Terry Lee McCoy, Canton, and Jimmy and Jeffrey McCoy, both of Jasper; and step-brother, Bobby McCoy, Tennessee. Two grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9 from Sosebee Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Clent Boling officiating. Interment followed in Cherokee Memorial Park.
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Velma Grimes
Velma Jean Bryant Grimes, age 76, passed away Sept. 7, 2009 after a courageous battle with cancer.
She is survived by her sons, Bobby and Tracy Grimes, Cartersville, daughters-in-law, Melinda and Kim Grimes; grandchildren, Jessica Corbitt-Dominguez, Atlanta, Dallas Corbitt, Texas, SSgt. John Grimes, McGuire AFB, N.J., and Tracy Grimes, Jr., Cartersville; and great-grandchildren, Caleb Corbitt, Joshua Grimes, Miranda Dominguez, Dillon Grimes and Daniel Dominguez.
Velma was born in Pickens County on Dec. 17, 1932 to Stanley and Emeliese Bryant. After graduating from Pickens County HS, Velma moved to Atlanta and worked as a typist. There she met her lifelong love, John Robert Grimes. They were married on May 30, 1952 and raised three children in Cobb County. Velma was passionate about crafting, gardening and camping, and was an active volunteer with the Cub/Boy Scouts Atlanta Area Council.
In their retirement years, she and Robert ran a flea market booth in Acworth where they made dozens of friends. Loved ones will remember her strong spirit and unfailing dedication to her family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Grimes, daughter, Dolores Grimes Corbitt, and sister, Elene Bryant Rich. She also leaves behind her brother, Elmo Carl Bryant, Swainsboro; brother- in-law, Johnny Rich, Jasper, and nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.
The family received visitors to celebrate and remember her life on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Owen Funeral Home in Cartersville. The service was held at 11 a.m. in the Chapel on Thursday, Sept. 10 with the Rev. Charles Moore officiating. Interment followed at Rolling Hills Cemetery, Acworth.
Mabel Bryant
Mrs. Mabel Bryant, age 80 of Jasper, Ga., died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 at her daughter?s home following an extended illness.
Born Oct. 23, 1928 in Cherokee County, Ga., she was the daughter of the late Howard and Polly Alice Poole Bruce.She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Bryant. Mrs. Bryant had worked as a house parent at Georgia Highlands and was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include her daughters, Cathy Bryant, Jasper, and Janice Thomas, Annaconda, Mt.; sons, Douglas Bryant, Jasper, and Tommy Bryant, Canton; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and sisters, Elaine Hitt, Jasper, and Ruth Ray, Holly Springs. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 from Roper Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Von Hinton officiating. Interment followed in Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were: David Scott, Billy Westbrook, Richard, Terry and Dwight Bryant and Jimmy Hitt. Flowers were accepted; however, donations may be made to United Hospice, 5004 Appalachian Hwy., Ste. 3A, Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513.
Geneva Wood
Mrs. Geneva Wood, age 70 of Ball Ground, Ga., died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 at Wildwood Healthcare Center following an extended illness.
Born Feb. 25, 1939 in Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late Willie Hubert Boling and Mary Pearl Cavender. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Edwin Wood. Mrs. Wood was a homemaker and member of Fairview Baptist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Becky Stahl, Jasper; son, Dennis Neal Wood, Ball Ground; grandchildren, Brandy, Brian and Crystal Wood and Nick Rider; great-grandchildren, Bryston Mathews, Jackson Shutts, Kenslie Wood, Issac, Ivy and Kylah Chatman; sister, Linda Reece, Ball Ground; and brother, Michael Boling, Ball Ground. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13 from Fairview Baptist Church with the Rev. Calvin Ball officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were: Brian Wood, Nick Rider, Greg Kelly, Scottie Reece, Steven Boling and Clifton Jordan.
Jewell Ray
Mrs. Jewell Ray, age 79 of Tate, passed Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 at her residence.
Survivors include her husband, Emory Ray, Tate;sons, Jimmy and Hoyt Henson, both of Marble Hill, James R.D. Henson, Jasper, Johnny Henson, Talking Rock, Jimmy Ray, Tate, William Ray, Lilburn, Eugene Ray, Ellijay, and Allen Ray, Jasper; daughters, Mattie Whitsell, Yellow Creek Community, Lisa Hughes, Virginia Beach, Va., Sandra Ray, Dawson County, Dolores Jones and Melissa Violet, both of Tate; and sister, Imogene Walker, Hickory Flat. Thirty-five grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild also survives.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 from Bethel Tabernacle with the Revs. Robert Jarvis and Larry Phillips officiating. Interment followed in Sunrise Memorial Gardens in Jasper. Pallbearers were: James R.D., Johnny and Jarrod Henson, Dustin and Scott Violet, Chris Johnson, Craig Jones and Jerome Whitsell. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Stanley Stone
Mr. Stanley Stone, age 51 of Jasper, Ga., died Monday, Sept. 7, 2009 in Sparta, Ga. following a sudden illness.
Born July 3, 1958 in Pickens County, Mr. Stone had worked as a heavy equipment operator with Noland Contracting.
Survivors include his wife, Lisa Stone, Jasper; daughter and son-in-law, Sallie and Allen Bozeman, Peabody, Ma.; son and daughter-in-law, Kevin Stone and Kasea Zeamer, Jasper; grandchildren, Erin Bozeman and Addison and Abigail Stone; parents, Jack and Ann Stone, Jasper; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ricky and Sue Stone, Marble Hill, and Scotty and Tamela Stone, Jasper; and mother-in-law, Mrs. Ruth Satterfield, Marble Hill. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 from Roper Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Harold Bottoms officiating. Interment followed in Long Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Charles Grizzle, Robert Bell, Dennis Noland, Melvin Puckett, Ricky Roper and Jerry Walker. Flowers were accepted or donations may be made to Long Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery Fund.
Alice Thuma
Mrs. Alice Marie Thuma, age 82 of Jasper, Ga., died Monday, August 31, 2009 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper following a brief illness.
Born Dec. 12, 1926 in Little Rock, Ar., she was the daughter of the late Algeron Parker and Florence Marie Roland Vaughn. She was also preceded in death by a son, Terry Neal Thuma. Mrs. Thuma was a homemaker and attended Jasper United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Les Thuma, Jasper; daughter and son-in-law, Lesley and Jeff Floyd, Jasper; son and daughter-in-law, Tim and Dana Thuma, Jasper; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and sisters, Dorothy Cox, New York, Mary Forrey, Idaho, and JoAnn Swartout, Texas. Nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive.
At her request, Mrs. Thuma was cremated and a memorial service was held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 from Roper Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Jeff Floyd was the speaker. A private family interment of the cremains was at Lake Forest Memorial Park Cemetery. The family requests that donations be made to the Georgia Chapter of COPS, 142 Clubhouse Dr., Kennesaw, Ga. 30144.
Danny Redmon
Danny Redmon, age 58 of Jasper, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Susan Redmon, Jasper; sons and daughters-in-law, Lonnie and Terri Redmon, Florida, and Michael and Diane Fent and Philip and Julianne Fend, all of Michigan; brothers, Paul Redmon, Arizona, and James Redmon, Nevada. Nine grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. from the Chapel of Darby Huey Funeral Home with Chaplain Randy Hecht officiating. The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Rose Mary Little
Rose Mary Hitt Little, age 76 of Dawsonville, died Monday Sept. 14, 2009 at her residence following a period of declining health.
Born Dec. 20, 1932 in Pickens County to the late Joseph P. and Connie Jarrett, she had lived in Dawson County for the past 22 years, having moved from Cherokee County. Mrs. Little was a homemaker and member of Cool Springs Baptist Church. She attended Tate High School where she excelled in basketball. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Raymond L. Little; daughter, Deborah Rose Hitt; and grandson, Jamey Kent.
Surviving are her children, William and Peggy Hitt and Pam and Andy Patterson, all of Dawsonville, Terry and Luteen Hitt, Jasper, and Jo Ann and Jimmy Black, Fitzgerald. Eleven grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great- grandchildren.
The funeral service was held Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 2 p.m. from the Bearden Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Kenny Dacus and Keith Poss officiated. Interment followed in Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.
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FX Orders Denis Leary's 'Bronx Warrants' to Pilot
Whether or not you ever caught the critically under-appreciated FX gem 'Rescue Me,' or you delight in Denis Leary's acerbic wit in this year's 'The Amazing Spider-Man,' the comedian certainly has a distinctive voice. Literally, and figuratively. That's why FX's latest announcement has us wondering, will we hear either in the new series 'Bronx Warrants?'
Outside of its normal May pickups, FX has announced that it will bring to pilot a new half-hour police comedy entitled 'Bronx Warrants,' which follows a group of errant warrant detectives in the Bronx assigned to arrest individuals with outstanding warrants. With bonuses paid out for each "body" they bring in, the detectives are out to get rich rather than dole out justice.
The series will be executive produced by 'Rescue Me' vets Denis Leary and Jim Serpico, created by Dean Lorey (Arrested Development, My Wife and Kids), also serving as executive producer. 'Warrants' is based on the real life exploits of David Joglar and Richard Wetzel who are co-producers.
While FX sang the praises of their previous seven-year relationship working with Leary and Serpico on 'Rescue Me,' 'Warrants' creator Dean Lorey says, "I'm thrilled to be working with Denis Leary, Jim Serpico and the great team at FX. We loved this show from the second real life Bronx Warrants cops David Joglar and Richard Wetzel shared their insane exploits with us and we can't wait to get shooting."
Not one to be counted out, Leary had his own bit of wit to share:
I speak for everyone at Apostle when I say it's great to be welcomed back into the FX family where we hope to make a laugh-out-loud half hour and – even more importantly – use the network's juice to sneak into the Emmy gifting suites and come away with many bags of shiny swag.
No word on exactly when 'Bronx Warrants' will shoot or premiere, but what say you? Do you like the idea of Denis Leary coming back to FX, or do you wish he were actually on the show? Who would you like to see in the pilot? Give us your reactions and casting picks in the comments below!


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It's been in the news for the past week. Researchers from the Australian Wine Research Institute, led by Dr. Chris Curtin, have sequenced the genome of Brettanomyces bruxellensis (aka Dekkera bruxellensis) and are promising that a magic bullet solution to winery "brett" problems will be forthcoming. Decanter and Wine Spectator have both headlined the story.
If either of those publications has a microbiologist – or any biologist or biochemist, really – on staff, he or she should be ashamed of letting this one slip.
Sequencing any organism is unquestionably an accomplishment, though it requires more capital investment than scientific ingenuity in the present rapid-sequencing era. And I have great respect for the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI), a government-supported organization that has turned out insightful and important research especially over the past twenty years. But I have to wonder when I see the AWRI managing director Sakkie Pretorius quoted as saying "Sequencing the brett genome, which reveals its genetic blueprint, means the Australian wine industry can future-proof its strategy against brett and the risk of spoilage."
The Brettanomyces genome gives researchers all sorts of useful information, but it by no means guarantees a solution to winery brett problems. For some context, consider that Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic pathogen that causes the death of many people with cystic fibrosis, was sequenced in 2000. We still don't know how to eradicate it, and it still kills people. Haemophilus influenzae was the first free-living organism to be sequenced (by Craig Venter's group in 1995) – multiple sequences for different strains have been sequenced since then – and a lot of effort has been put into developing a vaccine for it, but we still haven't figured out a way to prevent it from making itself comfortable in kids' ears and causing ear infections. I'm not cherry-picking my examples. Knocking out a problematic infection based on sequencing the causative organism is by far and away the exception, not the rule.
So, as much as it's thoroughly awesome that the AWRI folks have sequenced brett, it's a very, very long stretch to conclude that "the Australian wine industry can future-proof its strategy against brett and the risk of spoilage." With all due respect to everyone at the AWRI, I don't think so.
One more nagging problem with all of this hubbub is that the research has been published in a magazine called the Wine and Viticulture Journal. Published by the company WineBiz, the Wine and Viticulture Journal is a non peer-reviewed trade publication. Under the ordinary protocols of science, a new genome sequence is introduced to the world via a scholarly article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal in addition. I obviously don't know the motivations of Dr. Curtin and company – and those motivations might be perfectly reasonable – but publishing something like a genome in a trade magazine is highly unconventional and can't help but raise the question: why wouldn't you want the respectability of a peer-reviewed publication? According to the conventions of the scientific community, this research won't truly be taken seriously until it has been vetted by the peer-review process. In short, the press is jumping the gun a bit.
And by the way, Wine Spectator, misspelling the organism's name (Dekkara?) and improperly capitalizing the species name doesn't win you any bonus points, either.


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Calls grow for Rwanda's president to rule beyond 2017
Adoring crowds swarm around Rwanda's President Paul Kagame when he travels across the country, many begging him to run again when his current term expires. In the state-controlled press, more and more admirers are heaping praise on President Paul Kagame and urging a change in the country's constitution so that it would allow him more time in office.
Rwanda's next presidential election is still four years away, but a movement is growing there for term limits to be removed so that Kagame can still be in charge of the country after 2017, when his current term expires. Rwanda's constitution allows two presidential terms of seven years each. Although Kagame once said he wished to retire in 2017, some say his position on the matter has become vague as more and more of his supporters say he's the best president they ever had and debate the likely consequences of his exit.
Even as Kagame repeatedly warns against premature talk of political succession —and asks the country to focus on economic development instead —others believe the praise chorus of which he is the sole beneficiary is being carefully orchestrated by the president himself.
"Kagame's stand has changed from 'I won't be standing' to 'Let's not discuss that,'" said Eleneus Akanga, a Rwandan human rights lawyer who lives in London. "He now realizes that there is this opportunity for him to stay on." He predicted there may be a referendum on the matter of removing term limits before 2017, which would grant a measure of legitimacy to attempts by Kagame to rule beyond his current term.
Kagame has held power in the Central African country since 2000, although he has effectively been in charge since the end of the 1994 genocide. He was Rwanda's deputy president and defense minister from 1994 to 2000, posts that made him the country's most powerful leader as the former rebel commander who ended a genocide in which more than 500,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were butchered. But since 2010, when Kagame won his current term, he has faced some opposition within his party as well as a series of defections by senior officials who say their lives have been threatened.
Yolande Makolo, a spokeswoman for the president, did not respond to requests for comment on Kagame preparing to stay on for a third term. But recently Kagame said discussion of political succession diverts attention from more pressing matters. This new lack of an emphatic no to the question of whether the president would consider a third term has led some to believe it's possible the constitution will be changed to pave way for his continued stay in office.
Frederick Golooba-Mutebi, a political scientist who is researching Rwandan society as an honorary fellow of the University of Manchester, said he has interviewed many Rwandans who are genuinely worried the country would fare worse without Kagame at the helm. "They see a change in leadership as carrying a risk," he said. "The argument from them is, 'Look, the institutions Kagame is trying to build are still fragile.' I think the people who hold that opinion hold it genuinely."
The Kagame administration is widely praised for turning around Rwanda's ailing economy over the years and for its tough stand against official corruption. But many accuse Kagame of restricting the political space available for the opposition and of harassing independent-minded critics. Many journalists and former civilian and military officials have fled to exile, alleging persecution. In the most prominent case, Gen. Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, a Rwandan army chief who once was a close Kagame ally, defected to South Africa in 2010 and later accused Rwanda's government of ordering a failed attempt to assassinate him. Rwanda denied the allegations, saying the general was a wanted criminal who had run away from charges back home.
Kagame's stand on retirement has since become "less categorical" and that his "position has changed a bit," said Carina Tertsakian, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch who is a Rwanda specialist. "The number of people in his close circle has been shrinking for various reasons," Tertsakian said of Kagame, adding that some people in the president's party are "disillusioned with the very authoritarian style of government." She said growing talk about ensuring Kagame stays in power longer "does make you wonder whether they may be paving the way and making the people used to the idea."
Many African leaders have had term limits removed over the years, including in neighbouring Uganda. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who has held power since 1986, had term limits removed in 2005 so he could run for office the next year. He said at the time that his decision to stay longer in power had been motivated in part by growing calls among rural Ugandans for him to postpone his retirement. In Uganda then, as in Rwanda now, a long-serving president faced crowds who begged him to hang onto power.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/calls-grow-for-rwandas-president-to-rule-beyond-2017-fuelling-concern-among-his-critics/2013/07/10/c18ffcca-e955-11e2-818e-aa29e855f3ab_story.html


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We all have rules to live by when it comes to cohabiting with a significant other. Mine? No TV in the bedroom. I've always assumed it would completely kill my sex life and the sense of intimacy. But really, who am I to say the boob tube is an automatic buzz kill? Leave it to the experts—sex therapists Lisa Smith and Sari Cooper—to duke it out.
Pro TV by Smith:
PRO: You're more likely to linger in bed together. Picture it: You're watching Meet the Press Sunday morning, and David Gregory's hard-hitting questions stir something inside you…
PRO: Watching a TV show together can be a good way to connect emotionally. You just might want to take that closeness to the next level—sex!—after crying your eyes out over a heart-wrenching episode of Parenthood.
PRO: The obvious: Easy access to watching porn.
Anti TV by Cooper:
CON: TV's distracting. Electronics vie for our attention, and unless it's this kind of gadget, that's not a good thing. Great sex calls for complete focus on your partner.
CON: Sexy make-out sessions that happen when you make a date to "watch a movie?" Sorry, but that's early relationship territory. Don't count on those for long. Much more likely you're actually watching the movie, or dozing off, once you're in the living-together stage.
CON: Sure it can be relaxing, but the TV is about entertainment. Preserving your sex life means drawing a boundary between entertainment and sensuality.
CON: No, you don't need it for porn. Bring a laptop in the bedroom when you're in the mood to spice up your foreplay.
Conclusion? Smith made some solid points, but I'm still firmly planted in the no-TV-in-the-bedroom camp. What about you?
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Hi, guys!
I am writing a feature which intercepts SMTP e-mails. It works good with Thunderbird, Mailbird and other clients except Zimbra and The Bat!.
All communications are secure, it means I parse e-mails sent either via STARTTLS or via SSL/TLS. Note, I understand that SSL 3.0 is equal to TLS 1.0
First, I cannot set my own certificate and private key in Zimbra.
Second, I cannot see or set the protocol used by Zimbra for an outgoing SMTP server. I just check the checkbox 'Use SSL...'
I use Boost.Asio and set SSL context to tlsv12 without verifying peer certificates!
The error I get is certificate unkown alert 46
I created a basic SSL server with context tlsv1 and reproduced the error.
Step by step I came to conclusion that you use TLS v.1.0 which is SSL 3.0 which is insecure.
I have created the topic at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4291 ... rification
Q1: Where can I extract the certificate and the private key you use in Zimbra?
Q2: Is this possible to set up Zimbra to use TLS v.1.2?
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California Department of Transportation
Date: June 12, 2013
District: 10 - Stockton
Contact: Angela DaPrato
Phone: (209) 948-7176
STOCKTON – Continuing the drive to rebuild the state's infrastructure, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1 billion in funding for 153 transportation projects that will strengthen the state's economy by sustaining and creating jobs while providing congestion relief for motorists statewide.
"We're building transportation improvements that will benefit the state for decades to come and boost job growth in every region of California," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
The allocations include nearly $541 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. In total, more than $15.5 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been put to work statewide.
Highlights of the funding allocations include:
- San Joaquin County: $96,820,000 – State Route 4 Crosstown Freeway Extension. This Prop. 1B project will construct two mixed flow lanes and two auxiliary lanes in each direction from Fresno Avenue to Navy Drive in the city of Stockton.
- City of Stockton: $2,610,000 – Weber Avenue Beautification, Phase II. The project will complete the Weber Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project, improving pedestrian safety with new sidewalks, corner bulb-outs; installing landscape medians and street amenities, such as benches, trash receptacles, bicycle racks and street lights, between Stanislaus Street and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks at the Cabral/ACE Station in the city of Stockton.
- City of Manteca: $940,000 – Louise Avenue Enhancements. Replace existing asphalt median with a new raised landscape median; constructing four linear miles of bike lanes (an enhanced pedestrian/bicycle crossing); installation of an irrigation system and groundcover between Airport Way and Main Street in the city of Manteca. The project includes planting approximately 200 trees, and beautifying and enhancing a two-mile stretch of a main city arterial.
- City of Lodi: $835,000 – Sacramento Street Enhancements. Install decorative and pedestrian friendly sidewalks, decorative lighting and amenities from Lodi Avenue to Oak Street in the city of Lodi.
- City of Ceres: $651,000 – Whitmore Avenue Landscaping Project. Install 5.9 acres of landscaping and irrigation at the Whitmore Avenue Interchange in the city of Ceres.
For information about all projects that received allocations today please see the attached file.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's top diplomat warned on Thursday that the United States could suffer more lasting damage to its influence abroad if the next round of budget talks in a few months lead to another breakdown.
Secretary of State John Kerry said the recent 16-day shutdown had raised questions among key allies about whether Washington can be counted on to lead - whether it is in talks with Iran, Middle East peace negotiations or completing an Asia-Pacific trade deal.
"What we do in Washington matters deeply to them, and that is why a self-inflicted wound like the shutdown that we just endured can never happen again," Kerry told the Center of American Progress policy think tank.
"The simple fact is that the shutdown created temporary but real consequences in our ability to work with our partners and pursue our interests abroad," Kerry added.
Kerry's warning about future U.S. credibility was more forceful at home than abroad.
In Asia recently where he stood in for President Barack Obama at summits in Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia, Kerry dismissed the protracted budget negotiation in Washington as a "moment in politics" and assured countries it would not hurt U.S. commitments to the region.
But back in Washington on Thursday after several weeks of non-stop travel in Asia and Europe, Kerry said the shutdown had affected confidence in the United States abroad.
"This political moment was far more than just symbolism, far more than just a local fight. It matters deeply to our power and to our example," he said. "While this chapter is temporarily over, we've got another date looming, and the experience has to serve as a stern warning to all."
"Make no mistake, the greatest danger to America doesn't come from a rising rival," Kerry said, "It comes from the damage that we're capable of doing by our own dysfunction and the risks that will arise in a world that may see restrained or limited American leadership as a result."
U.S. lawmakers reached a last-minute deal earlier in October to break the fiscal impasse and avert a crippling debt default, but it promises another budget battle in a few months. Under the deal, a House-Senate negotiating committing will be formed to examine a broader budget agreement, with a deadline of December 13.
The deal funds the government until January 15 and raises the debt ceiling to February 7.
Kerry said America's allies were watching the budgets talks closely.
He said that while news headlines in the United States focused on political party wrangling, fresh opinion polls and the impasse's consequences for the 2016 presidential race, foreign leaders were more interested in the U.S. ability to lead.
"I personally have every confidence we can and that we are, but others are going to need to see us steer a steady course in order to rebuild their confidence," Kerry said, "In the days to come, if we let domestic differences overwhelm diplomacy, those differences will undermine our shared values and most importantly our shares interests."
"The question no longer is whether our politics stops at the waters edge, but whether our politics stops us from providing the leadership that the world needs," he added.
(Editing by Philip Barbara)


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Concentration: Marketing Management
Fall: March 15 [December 15 for international applicants]
Spring: September 30
[August 1 for international applicants]
Completed applications are processed throughout the year as they are received. International students who miss the December 15 deadline are required to submit to Temple University an evaluation of their transcript by an approved educational evaluation firm.
Number Required: 2
From Whom: Letters of recommendation should be obtained from college/university faculty members familiar with academic competence and/or an immediate work supervisor.
Three tracks are available in the Master of Science in Marketing Program. Students in all three tracks require the foundation courses, which include
ACCT 500: Financial and Managerial Accounting; ECON 500: Managerial Economics; FIN 500: Financial Analysis and Strategy; MKTG 500: Marketing Management Strategy; MSOM 500: Operations Management; and STAT 500: Quantitative Business Methods. These courses may be waived by the program advisor based on appropriate past coursework. Students in all three tracks also complete a Field Research Project.
Applicants for the M.S. program are expected to submit a Statement of Goals that describes future goals in specific terms. Applicants should avoid use of generalizations or blanket statements. The Statement of Goals should address how the M.S. will assist in achieving the applicant's goals.
The GRE/GMAT is required. Quantitative and verbal scores on the GRE should be in the 50th percentile or above. Scores under 500 on the GMAT are not considered for the M.S. program.
Minimum TOEFL score or range of scores needed to be accepted: 575 paper-based, 230 computer-based, or 88 internet-based. Any student admitted with a TOEFL score below 600 on the paper-based, 250 on the computer-based, or 100 on the internet-based examination must pass an English skills course during the first semester of enrollment at Temple University. Those having taken the paper-based or computer-based test have the additional option of testing out of the English course by taking and passing the SPEAK test at Temple.
A resume is required.
Upper-level graduate credits from an accredited graduate business program may be transferred into the M.S. program. The credits must be part of the required degree program at Temple University. To be transferred, the grade must be a "B" or better. The Admissions Committee makes recommendations for transferring credits to the department chair. The maximum number of credits a student may transfer is 6.
Number of Didactic Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 30
Required Courses:
The M.S. program in Marketing Management seeks to train students to develop and implement marketing strategic plans and programs. To meet this objective, students must develop an understanding of: (1) the practice of marketing management and the role of marketing in the firm; (2) principles of marketing strategy planning and development, with particular emphasis on middle-level strategic management issues (product development and management, pricing, promotion, sales, and distribution and logistics); and (3) quantitative support available for strategic marketing planning. Furthermore, students must demonstrate proficiency in the written and oral communication of plans and programs. The program offered by the Fox School is appropriate for students who want to work in strategic marketing planning and related areas (e.g., sales management, brand management, and product/product line management) for a large-scale corporation, a small business, a start-up company, or an agency or consulting house.
Marketing Requirements:
MKTG 502: Consumer and Buyer Behavior OR MKTG 503: Marketing Communications
MKTG 505: Marketing Research
MKTG 506: Marketing Strategy
MKTG 514: International Marketing
MKTG 557: Electronic Commerce
MKTG 575: Product Management
Related-Discipline Requirements (Select Three):
BA 505: Entrepreneurship
BA 950: Policy Formulation and Administration
FIN 511: Asset Management
GSM 505: Foundations of Strategic Management
GSM 515: Management of Technology and Innovation
GSM 525: Operations of the Multinational Firm
GSM 535: Industry Competitive Analysis
Internship: No internship is required.
Language Examination: No language examination is required.
Consulting Project:
The student is required to apply knowledge in the context of a consulting project for a client (nonprofit or not-for-profit organization). Students will engage the client, frame the project, and produce an actionable marketing plan. No formal defense is necessary. The program coordinator will evaluate the project along with any faculty the coordinator deems necessary.
Fox School of Business and Management
LL5 Speakman Hall
1810 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Natale Butto
Director of Graduate Admissions
Program Coordinator:
Professor James Hunt
Graduate Chairperson:
Professor Richard Lancioni
Robert Bonner
Assistant Dean
The Fox School of Business and Management offers M.S. programs through which students acquire in-depth knowledge of one business discipline. These programs are ideally suited for the business professional who wishes to develop advanced mastery of one business specialization. Our approach to graduate education helps develop practical expertise through case analyses and presentations, interaction with business practitioners, and team projects. The Fox School prepares students to step immediately into key management roles in highly specialized fields. The Fox School is the region's second largest business graduate school with over 1,300 students studying in 35 graduate business areas of concentration.
Time Limit for Degree Completion: 6 years
Center City, Fort Washington
The business foundation and advanced management classes are offered at both campuses throughout the year but not necessarily in the same semester. Upper-level courses are not offered at all campuses. Courses are also offered online.
Students are able to complete the degree program through classes offered after 4:30 p.m. Students are also able to complete the degree program on a part-time basis (8 credit hours or less per semester).
Fox School of Business and Management
LL5 Speakman Hall
1810 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
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Research is supported by the Fox School of Business and Management's Advanta Center for Financial Services Studies, the Center for e-Marketing, the Center for Healthcare Research and Management, the Ethics Resource Center, the Irwin L. Gross eBusiness Institute, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute, the Institute of Global Management Studies, the Safeguard Scientific Center for Economics Education, and the Small Business Development Center. Research interests of the Fox School faculty are also supported by numerous centers and institutes throughout Temple University. The Marketing Department's faculty conduct research in chaos theory, e-commerce, and product management.
The Fox School offers graduate-level courses during the summer at its Rome, Italy campus.
The Fox School of Business and Management is currently ranked in the top 75 business schools by Forbes and in the top 50 programs for our Executive M.B.A. The Fox School has also been ranked 14th for technology M.B.A. programs by Computerworld and holds a specialty ranking of 26th in the nation for healthcare management programs. The Fox School has been recognized for research in numerous departments and is in the top 1% of citings of university research.
All Fox School of Business and Management graduate business programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB International), the association for management education.
To gain mastery, students complete a minimum of ten advanced level courses (500 level or above) beyond either the prerequisites or foundation curricula.
Graduates of the Fox School of Business and Management obtain jobs in computer/information technology; consulting; consumer products and services; energy/utilities; financial services/banking; government; healthcare; industrial products and services; manufacturing; pharmaceuticals; telecommunications; and tourism/transportation.
Not applicable.
Students with an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above may take classes on a non-matriculated basis. Non-matriculated students can take a maximum of 9 credit hours. Any additional courses require the student to be matriculated in a program.
The Fox School has a limited number of graduate externships for assignments in academic and administrative departments. Work assignments are generally administrative in nature and may include word and data processing. An extern provides up to 20 hours of service per week. Students are required to submit applications directly to the department in which they wish to be appointed.
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text: Is That a Bull in the Corn Market? February 28, 2014 10:53 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Sara Schafer Top Producer Editor Email After many dismal months, there is now plenty of positive news coming out of the corn and soybean markets. Mark February down as a good month for corn and soybean prices. After watching corn prices dip down toward $4, the market has turned around. March 2014 corn closed at $4.57 on Feb 28, while May 2014 corn closed at $4.63. "You have to go back to September to see prices this high," says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group. Soybean prices are even stronger. March 2014 soybeans closed Friday at $14.14, around $2 higher than where the contract was in November. Hear Gulke's full audio analysis: Gulke says during the last few months, the market has digested a lot of information – several monthly Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports and a very bearish USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum. "And, we've had farmers selling on the rallies," he says. "We've absorbed all that information and, in corn, we closed higher than we have in five months." For soybeans, he says, people kept expecting China to cancel its large soybean orders. Yet, they keep buying. "Bean demand looks strong," Gulke says. With the end of February, the crop insurance projected price can now be determined. The spring insurance prices for corn will likely to be around $4.60 and $11.35 for soybeans. With these levels, Gulke says, crop insurance could save farmers from a major loss, but it's not a money-maker like it has been the last few years. "The trade knows more about insurance than they did three or four years ago," he says. "They know there is a support under there, but if the prices fall too soon, we might not plant as much corn." That means the market may need to incentivize farmers to plant certain crops. "We can stand some reduction in corn acres, but we can't stand a 5 to 6 million acre reduction," Gulke says. "The market has come to realize that we need every acre of corn, soybeans and wheat. Globally we are increasing demand for foodstuff and feed." Additionally, Gulke says, farmers have a lot of grain holding power. "We've got some corn in the bin but the market doesn't know when we're going to sell it," he says. "If you haven't sold corn by March 1—when loans are coming due and we're getting ready to plant—then maybe we are better holders than the market thinks we are." Overall, Gulke is encouraged by the current market dynamics. "If we hadn't seen prices collapse before, I would say that in corn, this is one of the most bullish formations we've seen for a long time," he says. Have a question for Jerry? Contact him at 815-721-4705 or email@example.com. Gulke Group is hosting a workshop about technical analysis, as well as a outlook conference March 25-26 in Chicago, Ill. For more information, visit www.GulkeGroup.com. For More Information See current market prices in AgWeb's Market Center Back to news


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st: RE: RE: Graphing: How to suppress labels on second y axis
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Alternatively, try
twoway line `lev'normalized adm_date,
by(hospital, col(1) legend(off)
note(" ") title("`lev' Syndrome", size(medium)))
ylabel(#4, angle(0) labsize(vsmall))
ytitle("Proportion of Cases (%)")
xlabel(#10, labsize(small))
|| dropline `lev'normalized adm_date if alert`lev', ms(i)
Nick Cox
Why do you need a second y axis any way? For example, you could add axis ticks to the x axis to signal times of alert events or a grid of xli().
McDermaid, Cameron
Stata 11 SE
I am trying to suppress labelling on a second y axis in a combined
graph. The graph is normalized patient flow vs. dates as a line graph
(yaxis 1) with a dropline graph showing alert events (yaxis 2). The
alert events are dichotomous and a maximum of 1 can appear per day so a
scale for the alerts (0-1) isn't really useful.
The working graph command is as follows from a foreach command (hence
the local macro `lev'):
twoway line `lev'normalized adm_date, by(hospital, col(1) legend(off)
note(" ") title("`lev' Syndrome", size(medium))) name(Normalized_`lev')
yaxis(1) ylabel(#4, angle(0) labsize(vsmall) axis(1)) ytitle("Proportion
of Cases (%)") xtitle("Date") xlabel(#10, labsize(small)) || dropline
alert`lev' adm_date, yaxis(2) msymbol(i) ylabel(0(1)1,axis(2))
If I use ylabel(none, axis(2)), I get the following error message:
"incompatible types may not assign class to double" and the process
stops. My understanding was that I added the rule (none) and the
suboption axis(n) to designate the axis to which the rule is applied.
Any thoughts on how to suppress labelling on axis 2 would be
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The No. 6 Georgia College & State University's men's tennis team (17-3) defeated No. 20 Lees-McRae College (19-6) earlier today (May 8) 5-1. The victory sends the Bobcats to the NCAA Southeast Milledgeville Regional final match against No. 8 Columbus State University.
Georgia College was able to take advantage early winning at first and second doubles.
The nation's No. 2 doubles unit of Erick Siqueira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Justin Pickham (Armidale, Australia) defeated Steve Karendal and Nandor Solymosi 8-1. Pickham and Siqueira moved to 15-2 on the season.
The Sao Paulo duo of Joao Casagrande and Francis Yoshimoto escaped with an 8-5 victory over VanHoy and Shaun Sumner. The Bobcat twosome improve to a 10-7 mark on the 2009 campaign.
The Bobcats only needed three victories to seal the win and were able to do so winning at second, third and fourth singles.
No. 15 Pickham moved to 13-3 on the year when he took down Alek Mojski 6-0, 7-6 in second singles. No. 24 Yoshimoto won at third singles 6-0, 6-1 against Shaun Sumner. Yoshimoto still holds the team best record at 16-3. In fourth singles, Max Beliankou (Minsk, Belarus) defeated Travis VanHoy 6-2, 6-4. Beliankou has won five straight matches and is now 15-4 on the season.
In the second match, Columbus State University took two of three in doubles play against Anderson University.
The Cougars of Columbus State held off the Trojans and took three of five in singles action.
At fifth singles, the Cougars' Paul van Rensburg won 6-4, 6-3 over the Trojans' Iiya Zakharov to seal the win for Columbus State.
Georgia College will face fellow Peach Belt Conference (PBC) foe Columbus State tomorrow, May 9 at 2 p.m. for the championship match. The winner advances to the finals in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame. The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports.


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It's the final week of 2013, so we're wrapping the year up the way movie people are supposed to wrap the year up: Lists! Friday, we each gave our five worst films of 2013. Yesterday, we each counted down our No. 6-10 best movies of the year. Today, we finish off with our top fives.
Just to remind: As we established yesterday, as you read our top 10s know that neither one of us will be reading each other's. This is the first—well, the second, counting yesterday's—blog post that requires spoilers for the people who wrote it.
Here goes.
5. Her, directed by Spike Jonze
What a relief, to have a movie that's essentially about people falling in love with their computers be so cheerful, good-hearted and optimistic about the whole experience. This is a grandly ambitious movie—it's basically trying to answer the question "What is love?"—but it is constructed from small moments with big emotions. Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix, in his best performance) is clearly falling in love with his OS Samantha (voice of Scarlett Johansson), and while his ex-wife (and perhaps you) thinks it's just an example of him retreating from real life, who's to say what's "real life" about love in the first place? The movie also looks fantastic, and it's nice to have a vision of the future, for once, that's almost cheery. Our world is changing faster than we can keep up with. The question is whether we should change with it, or whether we even can. (Original review here.)
4. Stories We Tell, directed by Sarah Polley
Actress Sarah Polley starts with one question, one that has nagged at her for her entire life and one her family has attempted to keep hidden from her: Who is her real father? Her investigation leads her places she never could imagine, and while the mystery of the Polley family is fascinating, it's not the point of this riveting documentary. It's more about the way we construct narratives of our lives only later, once most of the action, and we're constantly rewriting our own stories to make them makes sense to the world, to ourselves. This is a wonderful film about memory, about forgiveness, about hope, about life.
3. Captain Phillips, directed by Paul Greengrass
Greengrass has always been an expert at capturing (or at least imitating) real life drama, but here, he goes a step further by telling the story of two men who, while currently combatants, are really just the same helpless pawns in the same massive machine. This is a story about a man who is kidnapped by another man—and it never fails in that basic telling—but it's also about how larger economic forces, and major corporate actors who work only in their own interest, force people into situations that are entirely out of their control. It's riveting action, but it's much more than that. And it wraps up with an emotional wallop that'll take you completely off guard. (Original review here.)
2. Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
I don't think I've ever had a more difficult time choosing among the best two films. (Maybe 2008, among three films.) Like their previous film A Serious Man, the Coen brothers are doing a dissertation on suffering, but as much as I loved that film (it was my favorite movie of 2009), this one is better. It's alternately hilarious, scary, mean and deeply sympathetic to its main character, the eponymous folk singer (played perfectly by Oscar Isaac) who is good... but just not quite good enough. Of all the things Inside Llewyn Davis is about—some of which reveal themselves more with each viewing—to me, at its heart, it's a story about grief. Everything that happens to Llewyn, every mean-spirited thing he does, every failure visited upon him... it's all a result of being a man adrift without his partner, a man soldiering on to his doom, knowing he's doomed, plunging forward regardless. But you might feel something else. Inside Llewyn Davis is a breathtaking movie that seems to reveal new levels the more you think about it, the more often you see it. I wonder if, ultimately, we'll consider it the definitive Coen brothers film.
1. 12 Years A Slave, directed by Steve McQueen.
12 Years A Slave is devastating in every possible way, and it's such a straightforward, powerful gut-punch that the fact that no film on the subject has contained even close to its impact is a furious indictment in itself. The film hews impressively close to the facts of Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir, but never feels anything but urgent to the world today; the movie, without ever overplaying its hand, shows how the evils of that time are far from eradicated today. For all Steve McQueen's unsparing direction—and the man is making an industry out of human suffering—I'm not sure John Ridley's script has received enough recognition: It hits every note precisely right. I left the theater shaking, with rage, with fear, with sorrow. I'll never forget it. (Original review here.)
5. Leviathan, directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel.
A startling slap in the face to contemporary documentary conventions, Leviathan doesn't care about talking-head interviews, cutesy onscreen graphics, tidy narratives or feel-good messages. Instead, directors Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel want us to feel viscerally what it's like to work on a fishing boat in the stormy waters off New England. Utilizing shaky handheld cameras than can induce seasickness if you're not careful, the filmmakers transform this harsh environment into a nightmarish, otherworldly alternate reality that's as primal and punishing as anything you've ever seen in a nonfiction film. I've heard Leviathan be described as if it were a death-metal album—unrelenting and imposing—and it's a fair comparison. But the movie's transporting, atmospheric vision of a pitiless, untamed world is consistently astonishing. In a year that gave us survival stories like Gravity and All Is Lost, Leviathan is the movie that wrung me out the most.
4. Before Midnight, directed by Richard Linklater.
Sequels rarely top the originals, and that goes double for the third installment in a franchise. And yet Before Midnight is the best yet of this series directed by Richard Linklater and starring (and co-written by) Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. Jesse (Hawke) and Céline (Delpy) are now a couple coping with children, commitment and nagging discontentment, and while this third film is the darkest and most despondent, it's also the funniest in the trilogy. (That's not surprising: If you want to survive as a couple, you're going to have to develop a strange sense of humor about the whole thing.) Meant to seem like off-the-cuff improvisation but actually tightly rehearsed and scripted, Before Midnight's performances carry such weight because of the quality of the actors but also because of the years we've spent with these characters, aging—and hopefully growing—right along with them.
3. Let the Fire Burn, directed by Jason Osder.
In 2013, films like 12 Years a Slave and Fruitvale Station highlighted how racial tension has riven this country for centuries. I'd like to add to that list Let the Fire Burn, a little-seen but devastating documentary about a violent 1985 altercation between Philadelphia police and the African-American organization MOVE that resulted in 11 deaths. Director Jason Osder incorporates nothing but found footage—live local news reports from the day of the skirmish, subsequent televised public hearings investigating what happened—which creates an extraordinary you-are-there immediacy for the nearly-30-year-old events. Let the Fire Burn isn't concerned with pointing fingers—there's plenty of blame to go around in this tragedy—and instead focuses on the ways in which cultural differences and accumulated mistrust can destroy communities. Even if you're familiar with this terrible incident, the issues at play in Let the Fire Burn couldn't be more relevant—despairingly so.
2. Blue Is the Warmest Color, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.
Lesbian love story, explicit NC-17 sex drama, controversy lightning rod: Maybe at some point down the line we'll be able to appreciate Blue Is the Warmest Color for what's actually there on the screen rather than for all the noise surrounding it. Heaven knows its creators didn't make that easier by feuding publically with one another, but no matter how difficult the shoot was, director and co-writer Abdellatif Kechiche (adapting Julie Maroh's graphic novel) and stars Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux came together to deliver an exceptional story about one young woman's (Exarchopoulos) painful transition into adulthood, aided by her first serious love (Seydoux). For all the inflammatory press it generated, Blue is actually quite a gentle, unassuming, melancholy movie about losing one's innocence and discovering that life is far too complicated to offer anything resembling a happy ending. Blue's wise, sad lessons are waiting to be discovered once we get past the din. (Original review here.)
1. Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by Joel & Ethen Coen.
If you prefer the Coen brothers irreverent and funny, Raising Arizona might be your speed. If you're partial to their screwball regionalism, Fargo probably speaks to you. But if you're like me and have come to adore their tart, smart, unsentimental portraits of everyday individuals trying to keep their head above water, Inside Llewyn Davis may very well be close to the top of your favorite of the Coens' films. In a wonderfully rueful and measured performance, Oscar Isaac plays the title character, a down-on-his-luck 1960s folk singer who embarks on a bizarre odyssey of self-discovery where failure is always an option and the punch lines are often laced with a sour sting. The occasional exuberance of a perfectly executed song, like the already-classic "Please Mr. Kennedy," barely distracts from what is, ultimately, a very, very bittersweet story about the ways in which we all struggle to achieve dreams we don't necessarily deserve, all the while worrying about the thousands of small choices along the way that got us to this disappointing crossroads. That two of our most talented, beloved filmmakers decided to do a movie about the maddening mysteries of chance and fate suggests that even they must wonder how little control they have over their own well-earned success. That their movie is this compassionate and playfully profound demonstrates the depth of their humanity and artistry. (Original review here.)
Grierson & Leitch is a regular column about the movies. Follow us on Twitter, @griersonleitch.