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Greatest Films of the 1940s
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Bambi (1942), 70 minutes, D: Disney Studio
Another appealing, popular Disney animated film classic, based on Felix Salten's book. The film follows newborn baby fawn Bambi as he grows up, becoming a leader of the herd, a magnificent stag. The maturing of Bambi illustrates the struggles, turmoil, and changes that accompany the changing of seasons, the passage of time, and life's survival. With memorable supporting characters and forest friends of Bambi, including Thumper the rabbit, Flower the skunk and Owl the owl. Memorable scenes include the killing of Bambi's mother, and the forest fire.
Casablanca (1942), 104 minutes, D: Michael Curtiz
The best-loved film of all time, a perennial-favorite, a must-see classic and Best Picture. A tale of intrigue, romance, love lost, heroism, and conscience, with a well-paced dialogue, sentimental script, moody and atmospheric sets, and a first-rate cast of memorable characters. Set during World War II in Casablanca (North Africa) at a seedy Algerian saloon/nightclub run by cynical saloonkeeper Richard "Rick" Blaine (Humphrey Bogart). The Cafe Americain is filled with European refugees, smugglers, thieves and Nazis. Into his joint walks now-married long-lost-love Ilsa Lund Laszlo (Ingrid Bergman) and her underground Resistance freedom-fighter husband Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), who are trying to arrange their escape from the Nazis. Vivid memories of Rick's and Ilsa's passionate Paris love affair (just before the Germans occupied the city) ending in betrayal are shown in flashback. Ilsa asks Rick to them escape to neutral Lisbon, because he has two "letters of transit" - will he give the letters to them, or will she stay with Rick?
Cat People (1942), 73 minutes, D: Jacques Tourneur
A classic, suspenseful RKO horror film, the first produced by horror film master Val Lewton (and his biggest hit), with moody and sinister atmosphere, eerie sound effects, subtle understatement, interesting camera angles, and judicious use of shock effects. An ship-building architect Oliver Reed (Kent Smith) marries a mysterious but beautiful young fashion designer Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon). He worries when his obsessed wife refuses to consummate the marriage. She believes she has inherited her Balkan family's ancient and evil curse from the homeland - part of a legend that if she becomes sexually and passionately aroused, she may be transformed into a killer panther and hunt and kill her lover. Psychiatrist Dr. Judd (Tom Conway) foolishly thinks he can cure her.
Gentleman Jim (1942), 104 minutes, D: Raoul Walsh
An entertaining sports biography of famous heavyweight boxer "Gentleman Jim" James J. Corbett (Errol Flynn) and his career from amateur boxer to professional in the 1890s, the early days of boxing. He was known for using "scientific" boxing techniques - the first to "dance" around the ring with elusive footwork. The brash, stylish and charming Gentleman Jim cheerfully challenges John L. Sullivan (Ward Bond) to a championship match, in an exciting, action-packed sequence.
In Which We Serve (1942, UK), 115 minutes, D: Noel Coward, David Lean
A stirring, patriotic, British World War II drama, the story of the lives of the crew of a torpedoed British destroyer Torrin, commanded by Captain Kinross (director Noel Coward). Based on the experiences of Lord Louis Mountbatten (whose ship was sunk early in the war) and filmed like a documentary, with narration recounting the historic efforts of the crew as they survive the ship's sinking and struggle on a raft, while they flash back to memories of their loved ones.
Kings Row (1942), 127 minutes, D: Sam Wood
A penetrating look at American morals in a seemingly peaceful small rural Midwestern town at the turn of the century through to the time of World War I. Two young men, future medical student Parris Mitchell (Robert Cummings) and future playboy Drake McHugh (Ronald Reagan, in his career's best and most memorable role) grow up there. Other characters include the town's psychiatrist Dr. Alexander Tower (Claude Rains) and his unbalanced daughter Cassandra (Betty Field), Drake's girlfriend Randy Monoghan (Ann Sheridan), and troubled Louise Gordon (Nancy Coleman), daughter of vengeful Dr. Henry Gordon (Charles Coburn). When they reach adulthood, a series of tragic incidents reveal sadism, insanity, moral decay, deceitfulness, and pettiness deceptively hidden. Drake is unexpectedly the victim of a brutal Dr. Gordon, who unnecessarily amputates both his legs following an accident, prompting him to ask in the famous line: "Where's the rest of me?"
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), 88 minutes, D: Orson Welles
An adaptation of Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, a rich and dramatic period production. This was Orson Welles' first film following his cinematic success with Citizen Kane a year earlier. Welles both wrote the screenplay and directed this film, a favorite of the critics. It is the 25-year story of the decline of a wealthy midwestern Victorian family, the Ambersons, beginning in the 1890s. Young Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotten) loves Isabel Amberson (Dolores Costello), but she marries Wilbur Minafer (Donald Dillaway). About twenty years later, Eugene returns to the town as a successful automobile inventor/manufacturer and begins to court the widowed Isabel. But her spoiled and arrogant Oedipal youngest son George Amberson (Tim Holt), breaks up their relationship. The Amberson family fortune disappears, as Eugene's automobile industry fluorishes. The studio reshot some of the footage, re-edited the film down from the original length - 148 minutes - to 88 minutes, misunderstanding it and mutilating it with cuts, and adding a happy ending. With rich innovative cinematographic and audio techniques, including contrasting light and dark shadows, deep-focus photography, moving dolly and truck camera shots, iris-in iris-out scene closings, and "Welles sound" montages.
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), 112 minutes, D: William Keighley
A wacky, side-splitting classic screwball comedy, originally a smash Broadway hit play by Kaufman and Hart. A bombastic, cocky, and witty radio celebrity Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) falls and breaks his leg on slippery ice while on tour in Ohio. He must remain during the winter at the house of the local midwestern family, the Ernest Stanleys (Grant Mitchell and Billie Burke) while he recuperates from his injury. His hosts are driven crazy and the household is thrown into chaos by his unending eccentric demands, his loud-mouthed obnoxious manner, and the assortment of oddball friends that come to visit him.
Mrs. Miniver (1942), 134 minutes, D: William Wyler
A moving, morale-boosting war drama (and Best Picture winner), following the lives of beleaguered but courageous British villagers who face tremendous trials, hardships, and dangers during World War II. In the town of Belham outside of London, the middle-class Miniver family, headed by Clem (Walter Pidgeon) and Kay Miniver (Greer Garson) face the onset of the war, including war-time rationings, bombings, a downed, wounded and threatening German pilot, terrifying air raids, and the trauma of their sons fighting in the effort. In the finale, the courageous family sings "Onward Christian Soldiers" in a bombed-out church as proof that there will always be an England, and the church's vicar (Henry Wilcoxon) delivers a moving, patriotic speech. Includes dramatic footage of the Dunkirk evacuation.
Now, Voyager (1942), 117 minutes, D: Irving Rapper
A sentimental, superb, romantic soap opera and tearjerker with great performances. A shy, disturbed, dowdy and lonely middle-aged spinster, Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) from a prominent Boston family is dominated and tormented by her mean, unloving mother Mrs. Henry Windle Vale (Gladys Cooper). Ugly duckling Charlotte is helped by kindly psychiatrist Dr. Jaquith (Claude Rains) at his clinic to assist her in blossoming into a swan - a lovely, confident young woman. She takes an ocean cruise to discover herself and meets handsome, but unhappily married Jerry Durrance (Paul Henreid). They have an affair and enter into an ill-fated romance. Returning to Boston, she resists falling under her mother's domination and is liberated from maternal control. Her mother suffers a stroke when Charlotte breaks off her engagement to an eminent Bostonian Elliot Livingston (John Loder) after meeting Jerry again. Charlotte returns to Jaquith's clinic to resolve feelings of guilt and there identifies with and helps Jerry's shy, withdrawn daughter Tina (Janis Wilson), who has been rejected by her mother too. By coming close to Tina, she brings Jerry back into her life. Includes the famous, memorable scene of Durrance lighting two cigarettes at once.
The Palm Beach Story (1942), 88 minutes, D: Preston Sturges
One of the best of Preston Sturges' fast-paced, zany and madcap screwball comedies. The frustrated, slightly wacky, but ambitious wife Gerry Jeffers (Claudette Colbert) of a struggling, poor, stingy engineer/inventor Tom (Joel McCrea) leaves her five-year marriage and boards a train bound for posh Palm Beach, Florida, to get a divorce. On the train, she encounters a wealthy but wacky, oddball heiress Princess Centimillia (Mary Astor) and her eccentric, clumsy millionaire brother John D. Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallee), and a group of millionaires in the Ale and Quail Club. He falls madly in love with her and pursues her. Things get more complicated, hilarious and interesting when her husband arrives in Florida to win her back, and the Princess falls in love with him.
The Pride of the Yankees (1942), 127 minutes, D: Sam Wood
An exceptional sports biography of one of the greatest baseball players ever, Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper), following his life from his playground days to New York Yankee stardom in the 1920s and 30s. At the height of his career, he was afflicted by a crippling, lethal muscle disease - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (now bearing his name "Lou Gehrig's disease") and eventually died. The film chronicles the struggles of his immigrant parents, his early life, his romantic courtship and marriage to Eleanor (Teresa Wright), his career and his courageous fight against the disease. It is a sensitive portrayal, endearing and touchingly portrayed, especially the final emotional scene - his memorable farewell address at Yankee Stadium.
Random Harvest (1942), 125 minutes, D: Mervyn LeRoy
A sentimental, moving romance about an amnesia victim who forgets the woman he loves and marries. A shell-shocked World War I army officer Charles Rainier (Ronald Colman) suffers from amnesia and is renamed John Smith (or "Smithy"). He escapes from a county asylum and meets and falls in love with a music dance hall singer/performer Paula Ridgeway (Greer Garson). They are happily married and have a son together. While away in London to sell a story he has written about three years later, a sudden shock to his head from a car accident causes him to regain his former memory/life as Charles Rainier and forget her and their life together. She tracks him down and reenters his life as Margaret Hansen, but on the advice of the doctor, does not reveal her identity or their life together. She becomes his devoted secretary as she attempts to rekindle their relationship which he can't remember. Rainier's new fiancee, Kitty (Susan Peters) calls off their engagement, leaving him depressed, so he turns to Paula and asks her for marriage - in name only. In the final memorable scene, he is jarred into remembering his past life with her when he is reunited with her in a familiar setting.
The Talk of the Town (1942), 118 minutes, D: George Stevens
An intelligent screwball comedy concerning a love triangle between a woman, a suspected murderer and a celebrated defense attorney. An avowed anarchist, factory worker Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) is a fugitive from justice, falsely wanted and framed by his employer for murder/manslaughter and the arson of the factory. He escapes into the countryside and seeks refuge in a rented summer house, being prepared by sympathetic school teacher Nora Shelley (Jean Arthur) for an unsuspecting vacationing law professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Colman). Dilg poses as the gardener while he attempts to prove his innocence. The stuffy renter, a strict law-and-order man, and a Supreme Court judge appointee, takes a liking to the fugitive as they engage in a series of witty debates and discuss the justice system. The judge defends Dilg from an angry mob in the final trial, clearing him of the charges.
This Gun for Hire (1942), 80 minutes, D: Frank Tuttle
An atmospheric, sinister, film noir mystery, an adaptation from Graham Greene's novel A Gun for Sale. A hired professional killer Philip Raven (Alan Ladd) seeks revenge after being double-crossed by double-agent Willard Gates (Laird Cregar) and Alvin Brewster (Tully Marshall). Drawn into the hunt is super-sultry peek-a-boo blonde Ellen Graham (Veronica Lake), who attempts to understand the "soft side" of the murderous hired gun. The pair struggle to avoid police as he tracks his victims down to a secret plant where they manufacture poison gas to sell to the enemy.
To Be or Not to Be (1942), 99 minutes, D: Ernst Lubitsch
A classic, black comedy satire, propagandizing and exposing the real nature of the Nazis by lampooning the Third Reich and its leader. Hilarious Joseph Tura (Jack Benny) and flirtatious Maria (Carole Lombard), the husband-and-wife stars of a shabby Polish Shakespearean theatrical group, satirize and outwit the Nazis during World War II in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Their anti-Nazi play is censored and replaced with a production of Hamlet. They help Polish flyer Lt. Stanislav Sobinski (Robert Stack) prevent a spy named Prof. Alexander Siletsky (Stanley Ridges) from delivering names of the underground to the Gestapo. Joseph gives priceless imitations of Hamlet and Hitler. Notable as Carole Lombard's last film before her tragic death in a plane crash.
Woman of the Year (1942), 112 minutes, D: George Stevens
A witty romantic comedy-drama, and the first onscreen pairing of Tracy and Hepburn (the first of nine such films that lasted 25 years), a charming film with superb acting, dialogue and chemistry between the two actors. Successful New York newspaper sportswriter Sam Craig (Spencer Tracy) teaches a celebrated, sophisticated, no-nonsense, career-minded political columnist (working for the same newspaper) Tess Harding (Katharine Hepburn), who knows everything but sports and domesticity, about the simple pleasures of life. Opposites attract and they get married, but find that they have very little in common with each other.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), 126 minutes, D: Michael Curtiz
A somewhat fictionalized rags-to-riches, All-American biography and musical - one of Hollywood's greatest musicals, and the highest-grossing film of the year. It tells of the legendary life of George M. Cohan, the early 20th century vaudevillian song and dance (hoofer) man, prodigious Broadway playwright and songwriter. Born on the 4th of July, immensely patriotic Cohan (James Cagney) relates his life story in flashback to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was a member of a vaudevillian family including his father Jerry (Walter Huston), mother Nellie (Rosemary DeCamp), and sister Josie (Jeanne Cagney). Through sheer determination and talent, he becomes the most famous performer, songwriter and screen writer (aka "the man who owned Broadway"). With fancy footwork and memorable flag-waving tunes (such as "Over There," You're a Grand Old Flag," and "Yankee Doodle Dandy"), a film that helped to build World War II morale on the homefront. Notable for having its energetic tough-guy star, James Cagney, honored as the first Academy Award Oscar for Best Actor for a performance in a musical.


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Teens That Enjoy Close Relationships With Parents Benefit Immensely
by Savitha.C.Muppala on August 22, 2012 at 11:17 PM Child Health News - G J E 4
Spending time with parents during the teen years is good for the emotional well-being of teens, a recent study seems to suggest.
A study conducted over seven years which looked at the experiences of 200 middle and working class families living in cities and rural areas found that teens do not wish to grow apart from their parents. Infact, teens liked having close relationships with their parents.
The study found that having a close relationship and spending time with parents benefited teens immensely and boosted their confidence and self esteem. Teens that spent time with their dads scored high on self-worth.
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Sunday Brunch in T.O w/ reservations?
Does anyone know where in the downtown area or in the west end of the city that takes reservations for Sunday brunch? I have friends visiting in the morning, but they have to leave by noon to get to the airport, thus waiting in line-ups would probably not be the best. Unfortunately most places do not take reservations. i know Jamie Kennedy does, but just wondering what else might be out there.
The Studio Cafe at the Four Seasons would work. And you'd be guaranteed a cab waiting at the front door. :)
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I just thought of Brassaii as a good option. They are on King West, so easy to get on the Gardiner, and they open at 10 AM and they take reservations.
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I went to brassaii today for Sunday brunch and absolutely loved it. The food in my opinion was flawless. Some of the best house made hollendaise sauce I have had in the city by far. The peameal bacon was fresh and tender. They Lyonais potatoes are served with carmelized onions and are crazy good. The churros with chocolate espresso sauce was also a warm treat to start. Coupled with the decor, this place is a winner. I also think it is very reasonable, my main and shared app was $21 with tax. For the extra few dollars, I wil be heading there over the regular breakfast places downtown.
Beerbistro, Frank, Celestin, Globe Bistro and the Studio Cafe at the 4 Seasons serve nice Sunday brunches and take reservations.
ChalkBoy is correct that most brunches start at 11 a.m. Brassai, Kultura, Marben, Studio Cafe and Celestin have reservations available at 10 and 10:30 a.m.
I didn't really enjoy the food at Brassai last time I was there for brunch.
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Caffe Nero (Canary Wharf)
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I disagree with the first reviewer - Caffe Nero in Canary Wharf is a really pleasant place to spend time and money - the food is great (try the Raspberry and White Chocolate Muffins) and the coffee is divine. Great for people watching too and much better than Starbucks in a great number of respects (Starbucks is totally enclosed in glass - very stifling)
The staff are very friendly - I've got to know a few of them over the last couple of years and the current manager is just super. It should be borne in mind that for some, English is not their first language and perhaps the language barrier is causing difficulties for them being totally comfortable with the customers.
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I would like to take Thole/Barajas (preferably Barajas), Flores, and F. Martinez and go get pitching. Obviously, Lee would be the jewel that we could get, but I don't know if we could get him with that package, but assume we do. Then you have to put Takahashi back in the pen, and at that point bring Mejia back into the pen. That should really solidify the pen. Then I think you have to convince a limping Beltran that playing center is just too much running for him this season, and put him in right instead of Francoeur. I want to keep Tejada at second instead of Castillo when he comes back. Tejada just turns the double play so well, and I like a guy that you don't have to worry that he's going to come up lame every other play. Plus then you'd have Castillo's bat/speed off of the bench. Our 25 would end up looking like the below. I think this would be a great lineup with a lot of young talent, set for the future. I know getting Lee is a long shot, and I don't want him as a rental, but maybe you could put Oswalt, Carmona, Westbrook, or Millwood in there and it would still be an upgrade, especially since we would be able to put Takahashi back in the pen and Mejia if we don't trade him. Anyway, it's just my thought.
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Macleod, C. (2010) Setting the scene. In: `Adolescence, Pregnancy and Abortion: Constructing a Threat of Degeneration. Women and Psychology . Routledge, East Sussex (UK), pp. 1-12. ISBN 978-0-415-55339-1 (hbk); 978-0-415-55338-4 (pbk) (In Press)
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Why, despite evidence to the contrary, does the narrative of the negative consequences of teenage pregnancy, abortion and childbearing persist? This book outlines a critical view of `teenage pregnancy' and abortion, arguing that the negativity surrounding early reproduction is underpinned by a particular understanding of adolescence. The book traces the invention of `adolescence' and the imaginary wall that the notion of `adolescence' constructs between young people and adults. It examines the entrenched status of 'adolescence' within a colonialist discourse that equates development of the individual with the development of civilization, and the consequent threat of degeneration that is implied in the very notion of `adolescence'. Many important issues are explored, such as the ideologies and contradictions contained within the notion of 'adolescence'; the invention of teenage pregnancy as a social problem; the construction of abortion as the new social problem; issues of race, culture and tradition in relation to teenage pregnancy; and health service provider practices, specifically in relation to managing risk. In the final chapter, an argument is made for a shift from the signifier `teenage pregnancy' to `unwanted pregnancy'. Using data gathered from studies in four continents, this book highlights central issues in the global debate concerning teenage pregnancy. It is suitable for academics, postgraduate and undergraduate students of health psychology, women's studies, nursing and sociology, as well as practitioners in the fields of youth and social work, medicine and counselling.
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There's dreadful news from the symphony hallthe composer is dead!
If you have ever heard an orchestra play, then you know that musicians are most certainly guilty of something. Where exactly were the violins on the night in question? Did anyone see the harp? Is the trumpet protesting a bit too boisterously?
In this perplexing murder mystery, everyone seems to have a motive, everyone has an alibi, and nearly everyone is a musical instrument. But the composer is still dead.
Perhaps you can solve the crime yourself. Join the Inspector as he interrogates all the unusual suspects. Then listen to the accompanying audio recording featuring Lemony Snicket and the music of Nathaniel Stookey performed by the San Francisco Symphony. Hear for yourself exactly what took place on that fateful, well-orchestrated evening.
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CHAPEL HILL — During one moment in North Carolinas practice on Thursday, Tar Heels coach Roy Williams gave a simple order to P.J. Hairston, the sophomore guard.
Run, Williams said he screamed at Hairston, who then sprinted down the court and received a pass that he converted into a lay-up.
I said, I cant do that in a game, Williams said on Friday, recounting the moment. Youve got to do that on your own. And I looked at [junior guard] Reggie [Bullock], and Reggie said, He wasnt running until you yelled. So its something that theyve got to Reggie sold him out.
Williams laughed at that the notion that Bullock turned in his teammate but Williams took a more serious tone when asked whether the Tar Heels were playing at his desired accelerated, swift pace.
Not close, Williams said.
The Heels today open their conference schedule at Virginia, which utilizes a philosophy and a playing style completely opposite of the one Williams has employed throughout his career. Where Williams believes in running offensively whenever possible, Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett believes in the opposite.
As a result, UNC and Virginia are on opposing ends of college basketballs statistical spectrum. Only two teams in the country average more possessions per game than the Heels 76.5. And only four teams in the country average fewer possessions than the Cavaliers 60.8.
Williams, though, is less concerned by Virginias slow-it-down offensive pace than he is about the Cavaliers defense, which is holding opponents to 35.3 percent shooting. That ranked sixth nationally entering Saturday.
We could all play 30-point games, Williams said. But whats most impressive is they guard you. The pace that you play on offense dictates the number of points that the other team has just as well as it dictates the number of points you have. But they guard your rear end.
They get a hand up on every shot. They pack back in the lanes and make it difficult for you to have driving lanes.
The Tar Heels learned that the hard way last February during their most recent visit to Virginias John Paul Jones Arena. After trailing by four at halftime, UNC prevailed in a 54-51 victory that represented the Heels lowest point total of the season. They also shot just 33.3 percent, their second-worst shooting percentage of the season.
Both teams have changed significantly since that game. Virginia is still learning to play without All-ACC forward Mike Scott in much the same way that UNC continues to adapt to life without four players who were selected among the top 17 picks in the NBA draft.
The preferred styles, though, have remained consistent even if the results havent. More than once this season, Williams has implored his team to run faster, and to be more cognizant of fast break opportunities the kind that are likely to be harder to come by against Virginia.
If [teams are] not any good, you can establish the tempo you want, Williams said. But that doesnt happen with Virginia. Everybody says, Well weve got to speed them up. And nobody does. Theyre good at what they do.
Increasing the tempo, UNC senior guard Dexter Strickland said recently, doesnt begin after the Tar Heels have started a possession. It begins on defense.
Creating turnovers, forcing poor shots that lead to long rebound opportunities those are ways the Tar Heels could turn the pace in their favor today. Strickland smiled when asked how fast the Tar Heels tempo would need to be in order for Williams to be satisfied.
Very fast, to his speed, Strickland said. He wants to run, he wants to get the ball up the floor real good real fast. And he just wants to score. And I think we have the right guys to do that. I think weve just got to get better on defense.
Given the contrast in styles between UNC and Virginia, Williams took time to make clear that hes respectful of Bennetts philosophy and the Cavaliers deliberate pace. Williams on Friday implored media members not to come out and say Im criticizing what the hell they do on offense.
Indeed, Williams is more concerned, anyway, with what his own team is doing offensively and how he can coax the Heels into playing at his desired pace, even against a slow-it-down team like the Cavaliers. When Williams said UNC wasnt close to that pace, he added that few of the teams he has coached have been close.
Weve got a long way to go with establishing a faster place that Id like to play, Williams said. Weve got to rebound the ball, weve got to get them to take some bad shots that lead out to breaks or turnovers that lead out to breaks Weve got to get our two, three running. Our four, five running. But were working on it every day.
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D.C. Police Officially Declare Photography Is Not a Crime
Last week, two years after Washington, D.C., cops told Jerome Vorus to stop taking pictures of a traffic stop in Georgetown and to stop recording his encounter with them, the Metropolitan Police Department issued a general order against such illegal interference with citizens' exercise of their First Amendment rights. The order (PDF), part of an agreement settling a federal lawsuit Vorus filed last year with help from the American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital, "recognizes that members of the general public have a First Amendment right to video record, photograph, and/or audio record MPD members while MPD members are conducting official business or while acting in an official capacity in any public space, unless such recordings interfere with police activity." That was not the position taken by the cops who detained Vorus in July 2010, four of whom incorrectly informed him that he was breaking the law by photographing and recording police without permission from the department's public affairs office. To the contrary, Police Chief Cathy Lanier says in the new directive, "A bystander has the same right to take photographs or make recordings as a member of the media, as long as the bystander has a legal right to be present where he or she is located."
That right applies in "public settings" such as "parks, sidewalks, streets, and locations of public protests" as well as "an individual's home or business, common areas of public and private facilities and buildings, and any other public or private facility at which the individual has a legal right to be present." If someone is legally taking pictures or making a recording, an officer may not "order that person to cease such activity," "demand that person's identification," "demand that the person state a reason why he or she is taking photographs or recording," "detain that person," "intentionally block or obstruct cameras or recording devices," or ""in any way threaten, intimidate or otherwise discourage an individual from recording [officers'] enforcement activities." Furthermore, "a person has the right to express criticism of the police activity being observed...so long as that expression does not jeopardize the safety of any member, suspect or bystander...and so long as that expression does not violate the law or incite others to violate the law."
The order also establishes procedures for police access to photographs or recordings that they have probable cause to believe include "evidence of criminal acts." Instead of handing over his device, a bystander can choose to transmit the files by email, for example. If the bystander declines to cooperate, the officer can seize the evidence without a warrant only in "exigent circumstances" and only with clearance from the watch commander.
Previous coverage of Vorus' case (including the Reason.tv story embedded below) here. More on camera-shy cops here.
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Dancing however still is.
I want to have this broad's feckin' babies!
Wait what?
I could see it. Take the shoulder pads off, make sure her sidearm is FAR away and start bangin'. Yeah, it works.
That's how she looks with makeup and flattering lighting. And it's still pretty meh.
That's a woman? You sure?
I thought it was an ad for Edie Falco starring in a spinoff of The Wire.
"a person has the right to express criticism of the police activity being observed...so long as that expression does not jeopardize the safety of any member, suspect or bystander...and so long as that expression does not violate the law or incite others to violate the law."
You could drive a snowball-covered Hummer through those exceptions, but it's a start.
Will almost certainly be police pushing back at the margins of this, but at least there now are boundaries instead of the lack of them.
You could drive a snowball-covered Hummer
Nicely done, Tulpa.
... Hobbit
D.C. Police Officially
DeclareAcknowledge Photography Is Not a CrimeCivil Rights
According to our resident supercop Buckaroo Banzai, as long as the cops are not given sufficient training, they can not be held responsible when they illegally arrest people for photographing them. It's a double standard, sure, but it's one he fully supports.
So cops aren't responsible when they illegally arrest people for contempt of cop, because they were never trained that contempt of cop isn't a crime?
Or how about this:
"You can't arrest me for refusing to have sex with you!"
"Sorry ma'am, I've never been told that rejecting my advances is legal."
Here you go for your reading pleasure.
Dunphy (the real one)|7.20.12 @ 4:29PM|#|–|filternamelinkcustom
yes. that double standard IS the one that is in place.
i 100% admit it.
it was the duty of the POLICE AGENCY to update the training, since there is significant gap between laws passing and going into effect
investigation by IIU revealed no such notice had been made
thus, ofc was not responsible.
i agree it is a double standard.
and one i support
No one told me it was illegal to shoot a fucking dickhead cop for taking my camera.
And then there's this:
Dunphy (the real one)|7.20.12 @ 5:36PM|#|–|filternamelinkcustom
in brief, knocking on a door is not an aggressive act. the duty is on the homeowner to query before opening the door if he feels unsafe
again, i could poll dozens of uof firearms instructors, those who teach civvies and/or cops, and they would agree that coming with a drawn gun in your hand merely because somebody is knocking is grossly wrong
Hey, I have asked the one in my family and he says dunpy's full of shit.
And then there's this:
Seems like the cops at Policeone have a different standard when the person at home's a cop.
This comment was precious:
" You know how you know NSP404R isn't a cop?? Because if he/she were a cop, he/she would know that a cop doesn't have the luxury of shooting first and asking questions later. "
I agree, it's not a luxury, it's a perk.
Sloopy, it's flat out unfair to expect cops to act with the same level of human decency and common sense as the general public.
They need hundreds of hours of training to act in acceptable ways.
The double standard is astounding.
Police have to be TOLD that when they put on the uniform and swear a sacred oath to uphold the law, they have to actually uphold the law.
But whenever a court considers whether a police officer is giving competent testimony, knows what he is talking about or examines the officer's actions, he's considered a trained expert.
Off Topic:
Body armor turns incoming rounds into gentle breezes and destroys the NRA's arguments for less gun control
Umm, no it does not. Body armor may prevent the bullet from piercing the body, and that is only some models of body armor, but it is still like be hit with a sledgehammer.
Forgot to add, depending on the gun.
My title for the link was sarcastic by the way.
This is why you can't use sarcasm when women are present.
This is why you can't use sarcasm when SOME women are present. FIFY.
By the way.
This is the "Assault Vest" referenced in the Salon article.
Holy shit, I should have checked that.
The thing is made of goddamn nylon. A sweatshirt would offer more ballistic protection (not to mention the big holes in it).
The picture that guy put up for the article fooled me-I figured that was what the dude was wearing based on his caption.
I wish I could tell you there's a way out. But like all those poor souls who perished in Aurora, I don't know how this movie ends.
Ouch. Too soon.
That's the worst part about this whole thing, isn't it? Those people got cheated out of seeing the rest of the movie -- and now some of them will never see it.
But really bad guys—guys capable of planning a serious rampage—aren't stupid. If you want to take your time murdering a theater full of people, the prospect of some
would-be hero drawing a weaponlaw that says you can't buy a gun at Walmart is no problem.
If they're that fucking brilliant, then I doubt gun control laws are going to stop them. They'll either use a bomb, or get a gun on the black market (yes, it will still exist -- if only cops and soldiers can legally have guns, then cops, soldiers, and criminals will have guns, and cops and soldiers will be that much richer).
Most machinists can MAKE guns. It takes an actual gunsmith to be good at it, but anybody who knows how to run a full metal shop can make a functional gun. There are guys in Afghanistan who turn out an AK-47 a day with just unpowered hand tools.
People have successfully made basic guns in maximum security prisons before. There is simply no way to remove guns from the world without removing all skilled labor too.
Everybody smoke a bong and watch ... THIS!
That is a perversion.
Yes, I agree that it's ridiculous they used TNG and not TOS. Good to see we're on the same page, FoE.
Did you see the finger?
I don't think you're doing it as hard as you can.
General cap l just doesn't know what to do with it.
Using a key to gouge expletives on another's vehicle is a sign of trust and friendship.
The Moon Rulez #1
Apropos on this day of mourning for the Penn State football program. The heart, it bleeds. And the anus too, it bleeds a well.
*All of My Posts Today are Dedicated to Sally Ride*
It's time for another Fark response to a Reason article.
More like a Fark response to one sentence that means very little out of context.
Will Farkers click through to RTFA? Nope.
Why you laughin' at me and my girl, dogg?
Police Chief Cathy Lanier says in the new directive, "A bystander has the same right to take photographs or make recordings as a member of the media, as long as the bystander has a legal right to be present where he or she is located."
You mean if the police deem that the bystander has the "legal" right, I guess. Right? Wink-wink, nod-nod?
Wanna hear sumpin' fucked up?
I got charged with that after a cop tried to run me over with his car. Spent a goddamn holiday weekend in jail over that shit only to have the charges dropped.
Not surprised at all. Slightly on topic, here's the policeone response to a man slightly lifting his arm as a cop punches him in the face.
What goddamn video were they watching?
Maybe their super cop-o-vision allows them to see a fast as lightning punch thrown by
Bruce Leethe victim.
I tell you what man. I live on the edge of the ghetto now and I feel safer going to the bars nearby than the cop bar that used to be by my previous residence. Those guys are fucking animals. If one can't fuck you up many will and if there's a scratch on 'em guess what? Yer going to jail asshole.
Preaching to the choir, they just shot an unarmed mexican on my block for turning around as ordered. This guy was the one who called the cops in the first place.
Never call the cops.
You mean if the police deem that the bystander has the "legal" right, I guess. Right?
One time I saw the cops beating the shit out of some people and as I stopped and stared, one of them ran up to me and told me he'd take me to jail for loitering if I didn't get moving on the sidewalk. So I stepped onto the grass. Then he told me he was going to take me in for trespassing. So I stepped into the street. At this point he pulled out his "tactical baton" so I ran away.
I suppose a bystander only has a "legal" right if they are standing on their own property, though I imagine that's doubtful as well.
Just to add to this, I ran to where I lived and sat on the steps, and as he started towards me I shouted "I live here" whereupon he paused and then turned around.
I'm sure though that if I'd had a camera things would have gone differently.
OK, so Michael Moore will be giving us his opinion on Aurora tomorrow on Piers Morgan.
Anyone brave enough to watch and report back?
I'd rather scoop my eyes out with a jagged shard of glass.
Good 'ol ratfucker is quakin' in his boots over an NRA WORLD!oneSKEERD!
This news is really a inspirational news for the civilian rights,


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When Mark Ternes took ownership of Finley's Irish Pub & Eatery last August, he said he planned to take the Largo bar to the "next level."
Those plans included expanding to a vacant space next door on Belcher Road as well as doing more events and other things involving the community.
The expansion plans fell through, but Ternes has kept true to his word about events and community involvement: he recently hosted a benefit for a local resident in need, and he is planning a giant three-day festival for St. Paddy's Day next month.
"We're unofficially calling it Fin-Fest," Ternes said of the event, which will take place March 15-17. "There will be stuff going on inside and out all weekend."
The pub has always hosted a St. Patrick's Day party, but it was relegated to one day and a relatively small portion of the parking lot; this year Ternes is pulling out all the stops.
Two tents will take up nearly half the parking lot outside the bar, where there will be beer trucks, food vendors, an Irish whiskey bar and plenty of live music.
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The fun kicks off on Friday, March 15 with three bands, including Sarasota Slim and Sugar Daddee. Saturday night, local legends the Black Honkeys should pack the place.
Sunday will be dedicated to the holiday, with music by the Guinness Band and Daniel O'Ryan as well as traditional Irish food.
"Friday night will be no cover charge, with regular food items like burgers, hot dogs and sandwiches," Ternes explained.
"Saturday there will be a $5 cover for the Black Honkeys, and Sunday will be a $5 charge as well, with five traditional menu items like corned beef and cabbage and fish & chips."
Ternes said he knows he has to spend money to make money in order for his place to gain a strong following in a large, sprawling city like Largo.
But his experience — he ran a popular bar on Indian Rocks Beach for 10 years — and love for what he does make him confident that he can be as successful as a neighboring Irish bar.
"People say I'm trying to compete with O'Keefe's," he said. "I say yes, of course I am! I want to be as big as them!"
"I'm trying to put Finley's on the map, and I want Largo to be a big part of this."
Finley's Irish Pub & Eatery
Address: 13477 Belcher Rd. S., Largo
Phone: 727-535-7858
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Where are we on Earth Day 2014? It's been known for decades that over-consumption of natural resources will harm us. Sixty-one years ago, Dr. Gilbert N. Plass of Johns Hopkins University, wrote: "Earth's ground temperature is rising one and one-half degrees a century due to the burning of 2,000,000,000 tons of coal and oil yearly." He said it worked the way glass heats a greenhouse. He predicted that "by 2080, the air's carbon dioxide content will double, resulting in an average-temperature rise of at least four-percent."(Popular Mechanics, pg 119, August 1953).
We're getting closer to his prediction. And every president – Republican and Democrat – beginning with John F. Kennedy has warned us that the planet is warming due to our burning of fossil fuels, yet we continue to deny that global warming is occurring or that it is driving worldwide climate change. Besides, ExxonMobil touts the belief that energy exports strengthen our national security.
The Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its Assessment Report 5 - Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. The report concludes that "responding to climate change involves making choices about risks in a changing world." It finds that the "risk from a changing climate comes from vulnerability (lack of preparedness) and exposure (people or assets in harm's way) overlapping with hazards (triggering climate events or trends)."
We are witnesses to the increasing impact of climate change on our lives through heat waves, flooding, sea-level rise, drought, increasing severity of storms and rapidly increasing population. Furthermore, we are feeling its impact in the grocery stores as food prices escalate. Despite all of this, many of our elected officials in both Sacramento and Washington – predominately Republican – continue to deny that global warming and climate change are happening right before our eyes, and they are determined to block all efforts to reduce its effects or adapt. They have sold their souls and votes to the highest bidders in the fossil fuel industry, committing our grandchildren's futures to starvation and disease.
Our Governor and legislature predominately support hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Sure, it's a means to create jobs and reduce the state's economic deficit, but what good is a job if you have inadequate food and water to live? And worse, what if there is NO water? Then it won't only be starvation and disease, but war—not over oil or gas, but over water. (C.I.A. Global Trends – 2015).
Sierra Club and other environmental groups are supporting SB-1132 to place a moratorium on fracking. But what we need is a permanent ban. The gas and oil companies don't care about our future, they only care about pumping the last drop of oil or liter of gas out of the ground and selling it to the highest bidders overseas. So much for the energy-independence they continue to promote in newspaper and television ads.
Tell your elected-representatives in Sacramento to support SB-1132, but consider this as well: we could spend Earth Day evaluating our stewardship of Earth by sending a message to Sacramento that we want a total ban. Celebrate Earth Day by petitioning your city council members to pass the resolution below. Let's remember what Benjamin Franklin said in Poor Richard's Almanac: "When the well's dry, we know the worth of water."
The people of (Name of City), California, have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. (Name of City)'s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the City of (Name of City) conserves and maintains them for the benefit of all the people. Therefore, it is resolved that the technologies known as hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and acidizing, used to recover oil and gas from shale formations, including the use of injection wells for the storage of fracking waste water and fluids, are permanently banned within the city limits of (Name of City) and its adjacent ocean.
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I would recommend. I have it wired to 1 ohm on 2 Kicker CVR12's and it thumps the hell out of them. Very satisfied and for the price, it can't be beat. Have not had it get hot yet. Warm to the touch, surprising since I'm trying to punish it before selling for RF amp. So far, so great!
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May 31, 2013
i installed this amp for a friend on a 07 chevy tahoe running 2 12s behind the third row. pushes the subs as well as other more expensive amps
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February 12, 2013
This poweres my planet audio BB215D at 2 ohm and it pounds, however I'm only getting about 800w rms a the 2 ohm
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February 12, 2013
Really Great Product , Need Better pics of the item. Other than that good product i ran 4 12" Rockford fosgate p2's off it just needed more amp than i thought i had RMS doesnt seem right
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November 19, 2012
It a good price, but its not 3000watts. More like 1000, but it makes my subs hit hard. Thinking bout buy another one, so i can run one on each of my subs.
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August 7, 2012
I bought this amp looking at the price thinking I know I messed up but this is a deal you can't pass I got it on two crossfire 15s and it sounds like thunder.
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Aberdeen, SD
July 15, 2012
2 of these pushed my 4 Kicker L7 12's to 4th place out of 206 systems in a SPL competition in Sioux Falls, SD. I will back this amp and Planet Audio up forever. I've sold and installed their products for 5 years now, and I've never had a customer complain. The dude with the L7's, I would suggest multimetering your wiring, and see if the ohms are correct. You may have it wired to 8 or 4 on accident. If the wiring's good, and you're not satisfied, make sure you've got at least 2.5 cu. ft. per sub in your box, or they probably aren't getting enough air. If that's all good, then the Hifonics Brutus 1700.1 powers 2 L7 12's perfectly. I've got a Hifi Brutus 1200.1 on a Fi SSD 12 in my car, and they're good amps. I've sold them in many systems. They're better than Planet Audio by a long shot. They're just $30 more for the same wattage. 2 L7's competition rating is 900W each continuous, too. So, keep that in mind when the time comes to upgrade your amp.
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Victoria, Tx
May 17, 2012
The amp is decent and 1 ohm stable, but not a true 3000 watts. It's more like 1000 watts peak, 800 watts continuous. For the price, it's still a great deal. It's pushing 2 SB L7 12"s with nice SQ and a decent amount of SPL.
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Pittsburgh, PA
May 14, 2012
Bought it used off a friend, nice and loud running a Power Acoustik 3000W MOFO 152X.
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While writers are often told to build their platforms as soon as possible, it's not immediately obvious what that means. This article will run down the major components of a solid writer's platform and how to get started building yours.
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How to craft and deliver a killer pitch of your novel that will have them begging to read it.
Publish Your Short Stories
The idea of trying to publish your work can be daunting, but it's not hard to make submitting stories part of a writing routine.
Publications for Teen Writers
A number of magazines and journals are seeking work from teens and young adults. Use this list to begin investigating the possibilities.
How to Find a Literary Agent
Though the process of finding a literary agent can be one of the hardest steps in getting a book published, it's also one of the most important. A good agent will help edit your book, get it into the hands of receptive editors, and make sure that you get the best possible deal. So how do you go about this all-important (and time consuming)...
Publishing Company Profiles
When you're ready to get your novel published, you'll probably start at the top, with companies like Random House, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster. It's helpful to know a little bit about the business, even if you plan to have an agent.
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Make a pumpkin dessert or season your pumpkin seeds before roasting them. Here are some of my favorite pumpkin recipes, including cakes, a flan, bread pudding, brownies, and more.
Whether you're planning a Thanksgiving dinner or want to make something to celebrate the fall season, any one or more of these recipes would be an excellent choice.
1. Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling
Freeze slices of this amazing cake to have on hand for guests.
2. Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
These tender, delicious cinnamon rolls will delight everyone on a holiday morning.
3. Classic Pumpkin Pecan Pie
A classic pumpkin pecan pie recipe, the best of both worlds!
4. Pumpkin Cake With Broiled Coconut Topping
This pumpkin cake is easy to prepare with a cake mix and the delicious broiled coconut-pecan topping makes it a hit with everyone.
5. Pumpkin Maple Flan
This smooth, creamy flan is flavored with spices and maple syrup, along with the wonderful pumpkin filling and caramel layer. Spoon a little of the delicious caramel sauce over each serving.
6. Pumpkin Cake With Browned Butter Icing
The browned butter icing is a delicious way to top this great fall cake, but feel free to use your favorite cream cheese icing or, if you're pressed for time, use a purchased frosting.
7. Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
The sweetened cream cheese filling in the center of these pumpkin muffins makes them extra-special.
8. Pumpkin Rice Pudding
Brown sugar and vanilla combine with cinnamon to flavor this wonderful rice pudding. Use Arborio or short-grain rice in this recipe, and garnish with a sprinkling of cinnamon and brown sugar or chopped dried cranberries and pecans. This is a great recipe to use up that extra 3/4 cup of pumpkin in a can.
9. Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie
This pumpkin pie is made with a great tasting cream cheese layer and classic pumpkin filling. Use a homemade or frozen pie crust for this pie.
10. No-Bake Pumpkin Butter Pie
Pumpkin butter gives this easy no-bake pie a delicate spiced pumpkin flavor. Top this wonderful fall dessert with a big dollop of whipped cream or whipped topping and sprinkle with a little cinnamon.


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Just Ignore the Index Fee War
5 reasons why low expense ratios aren't the only difference between similar index funds.
If you've ever weighed the pros and cons of investing in index funds, you're no doubt familiar with the pro-index argument that the lower cost of passively managed funds helps them beat more expensive actively managed funds in the long run. Countless studies, including the latest one from industry-heavyweight Morningstar, conclude that funds that charge less have a higher tendency of outperforming their more expensive peers.
This argument has received renewed support among investors since the start of the most recent market downturn. Actively-managed stock funds have continued to suffer large net outflows while index funds overall have continued to see inflows. Much of that cash flowed to products like exchange-traded funds, and this new popularity has helped index fund investors by initiating a price war among already extremely low-cost funds. In early October, Vanguard lowered the initial investment requirement for its admiral share class from $100,000 to just $10,000 on 52 of its funds. This reduced the Vanguard 500 Index fund's already low 0.18 percent annual expense ratio to just 0.07 percent, surpassing Fidelity's S&P 500 tracker—the Spartan 500 Index fund—by three basis points (or three hundredths of a percent).
[See 9 Strategies for This (or Any) Market.]
So if low cost is the greatest predictor of higher returns, should you cash in on this price war? "If you try to say this is just a one-dimensional decision based solely on expense ratios, you're missing some of the nuances of intelligent fund design and intelligent risk exposure that I believe will lead you to better returns," says Ben Brinkerhoss, chief investment officer of Irvine, Ca.-based Index Fund Advisors. Here are several reasons why narrow cost differences shouldn't be your only consideration in selecting an index fund:
1. A few basis points won't save you all that much. When you're investing in an index fund that tries to track an index—say the S&P 500 or the Russell 2000 Small-Cap Index—its return is going to be incredibly close to other funds tracking the same index. Based on the Securities and Exchange Commission's mutual fund calculator, you can see the difference between a fund that costs 10 basis points and one that costs 20 basis points. If you invest $10,000 in each fund over a 10-year period, both providing an annualized 8 percent return, the costlier fund will only charge you $213 more in all that time. That may be enough to make you want to switch to the lower cost fund, but the savings only amount to a half tank of gas per year. "Only if you start getting to 15, 20, 30 basis points, does it start getting significant over a 5 or 10 year period," says Norm Mindel, founder of Forum Financial Management in Lombard, Ill.
2. Taxes, taxes, taxes. "You don't want to sell out of a fund, if you're going to take a huge hit on your capital gains taxes just to get into a lower-cost fund," says Brinkerhoss. If you sell out of one index fund in order to buy another, you could face a decent size capital gains tax. Even if you're in the lowest tax bracket, you'll pay 5 percent of your capital gains to Uncle Sam. Since 5 percent is 50 times more than a 10 basis point difference, this is probably not a good bet on your part. A 5 percent tax now wouldn't be offset by the slightly lower expense ratio unless you plan on investing your money in the cheaper fund for a considerable amount of time.
3. Securities lending often trumps a small difference in expense ratios. One little-known feature of many funds is that they often lend their securities to short sellers for small fees. This action, called securities lending, sometimes provides some index funds with slight gains that can offset their modestly higher expense ratios. For example: "Based off of data between Oct. 2009 and Nov. 2008, the DFA U.S. Targeted-Value fund generated 25 basis points of revenue from securities lending. The Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index fund earned 9.2 basis points of securities lending. So right away the difference is 16 basis points," says Brinkerhoss. "[That's] going to swamp a small difference in expense ratios.


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Inside Collection (Textbook): Images of Memorable Cases: 50 Years at the Bedside
This 49-year-old woman presented with slowly progressive, asymptomatic abdominal swelling of one year's duration. Six years earlier, she had undergone resection of a retroperitoneal liposarcoma. On examination, her abdomen was incredibly enlarged, rock-hard, and nontender.
Computed tomography showed numerous non-homogeneous masses of varying density compressing and displacing but not invading contiguous abdominal and retroperitoneal organs (image below). At celiotomy, most of the neoplastic tissue was removed in three large blocks totaling 100 lbs! The histopathologic diagnosis was well-differentiated liposarcoma. Patients with this cell type can have a five-year survival rate as high as 80%, while in those with poorly differentiated lesions, survival drops to 20% or less. This patient survived for a total of nine years, ultimately succumbing to widespread metastases.
Computed tomography at level of liver (A), mid- abdomen (B), and pelvis (C) after intravenous injection of contrast material. L=liver, T=tumor.


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Line Up Your Bowling Ball To The Mid Pocket
If you learn to line up for a mid pocket hit, you can make minor adjustments as you move through the first few frames. Watch your ball reaction when your speed changes slightly or if you miss your mark slightly.
The danger in lining up for a flush pocket hit is that if you make a small error in your delivery, you might hit the nose and leave a wide open, difficult split or you might leave a tough spare such as the "washout."
Until you become familiar with how your ball will react on any given condition, try and make sensible alignment decisions and do not play for solid or high pocket hits until you know your bowling ball will not over-react if your shot is not made perfectly.
In many cases with wet/dry oil patterns, you miss outside your sighting target and your ball hooks dramatically through the nose. On the same oil pattern, you miss inside your target and your ball skids so far you leave a washout or a "bucket" spare leave.
Until you determine which ball to use, exactly how to play the lanes, which speed to use, and which release technique in your "bag of tricks" works best, you should be cautious and not try to jam the ball into the pocket solidly. Rather play mid pocket or light pocket to avoid an unpredictable ball reaction which will get you into trouble.
Always have a bowling ball with a weak drilling layout with you and avoid the temptation to always play the lanes with a strong layout pattern looking for a huge sweeping hook and a strong back end ball reaction.
A weak drilling layout in a ball with medium or low flare potential will tame an over-reaction motion on the wet/dry lanes.
It can pay dividends to play it safe until you get accustomed to a given lane condition. Avoid lining up so aggressively in an attempt to charge the pocket until you are sure you have the right variables in place.
No one wins the tournament in the first game. Tournaments are decided in the final game.
Until you are sure about playing the lanes when you bowl for the first time in a new bowling center, take the conservative alignment to the pocket for a few frames until you get the feel for the condition.
Filling frames early on and avoiding open frames which require several doubles to counter the loss in pin fall can benefit you over the long haul in tournament play.
No lane alignment and adjustment system is perfect or fool proof. Adjustments, however, are a huge part of success when trying play lanes after oil breakdown or carrydown has occurred. Line up to hit the mid pocket and then proceed sensibly as you move through the frames. You just might find yourself in the winner's circle.


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