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As politicians pursued voters and media coverage around the country this Fall, labor's most voluble and highly visible national spokesperson was out on the hustings as well. A non-candidate himself –at least for now– Service Employees President Andy Stern had a new book to promote. It is packaged very much like the "campaign bios" manufactured every four years to burnish the image of Democrats and Republicans seeking the presidential nomination of their respective parties. Stern's A Country That Works also reminds one of John Sweeney's 1996 manifesto, America Needs a Raise, which landed in bookstores during the AFL-CIO president's own brief ascendancy as a widely-acclaimed "new voice" for labor.
To find out how the political thinking (and book marketing) of American labor leadership has evolved– for better or worse–during the intervening decade, it's worth examining these two slim volumes. Laid side- by-side, they shed considerable light on the over- lapping SEIU careers of the authors and the dramatic developments, within the AFL-CIO, that gave birth to their respective ghost-assisted literary efforts. (The title page of America Needs a Raise credits former White House speech-writer David Kusnet as Sweeney's main wordsmith; meanwhile, A Country that Works buries its "special acknowledgment" of Jody Franklin's "excellent writing and editing skills" on page 201).
Each book appeared in the wake of a high-profile AFL- CIO shake-up. Sweeney's collage of childhood memories from the
Instead, as the head of a new, media-savvy AFL-CIO, Sweeney received rave reviews from leading figures in politics, feminism, the civil rights movement, and academia. The author of America Needs a Raise was hailed as a "visionary leader" (Cornell West) who, "with the audacity and diligence of FDR during the Hundred Days, has transformed American labor" (Daniel Patrick Moynihan). After Sweeney's election, progressives looked to "a newly militant labor movement for a larger vision of American business than the next quarter's stock market index" (Betty Friedan) and "a compelling strategy for how working Americans can restore not only their living standards, but also the traditional American values of work, family, and community" (Marian Wright Edelman). Said Julian Bond: "Anyone concerned with economic democracy and social justice must read America Needs a Raise."
Reading Sweeney's book jacket copy ten years later, it's hard to recognize, in such descriptions, the self- effacing septuagenarian still hanging on to the AFL-CIO presidency long past his promised retirement age. Nearly 73 and quite pass, Sweeney looks more like an old Irish-Catholic priest than a "labor militant" or "visionary." He is, in fact, presiding–with greatly reduced visibility (but still very high pay)–over a much-diminished flock. Five million of his former parishioners belong to another congregation.
The media spotlight has shifted accordingly to the flashy "mega-church" minister down the block who spirited them away and replaced Monsignor Sweeney, on the public stage, as
Stern first seized the microphone (not to mention the blogosphere) from his one-time mentor during the 2003-4 media campaign that accompanied his creation of a "New Unity Partnership" with Bruce Raynor and John Wilhelm, leaders of the yet-to-be married UNITE and HERE. Round Two of Stern's PR blitz unfolded in 2005, when NUP morphed into CTW, its affiliated unions stopped paying dues to the AFL-CIO, and then boycotted the federation's national convention. Stern's resulting "fifteen minutes" of personal fame and media acclaim– in outlets ranging from Business Week and Fortune to 60 Minutes and the Sunday Times Magazine–has been very long indeed. It was recently extended further via the fall 2006 nationwide book tour that followed publication of his new book.
Stern's superior preaching style notwithstanding, his emergence as labor's premier pitchman in the marketplace of ideas leaves us with a serious "messaging" problem. The SEIU president may be a much better "talking head" than Sweeney–on TV, radio, in print, or in person. But his recent statements, on a number of political and economic issues, have aroused growing concern among progressive trade unionists, including members of his own union. His conservative pronouncements–usually made in front of business audiences and dressed up as creative new thinking– don't improve with repetition or further elaboration between hard-covers. In Stern's book, CTW's demand–"Make Work Pay"–comes across as a cosmetic re- working of Sweeney's mantra, "America Needs A Raise." Furthermore, Stern's "bold unassailable plan" to "get America back on track" actually falls short of Sweeney's 1996 proposals on similar topics–workers rights, retirement, health care, education, and taxation. And definitely missing from Stern's laundry list of "vital reforms" is the warm and fuzzy feel of Sweeney's valiant defense of the post-war "social compact" and the good old days of the Great Society and New Deal.
According to Stern, "anyone who might long wistfully for a return to the New Deal policies of 1935 should consider that
Not surprisingly in light of such passages, Stern has been communing lately with a fellow "change agent" named Newt Gingrich. The author reports that he and Change To Win chairperson Anna Burger were "pleasantly surprised" by the former House Speaker's thoughtfulness and candor," plus his "smart, contemplative demeanor," when they all met at a Republican Main Street Partnership meeting in
"As only a history scholar can, Gingrich talked in broad historical terms of the change-making process, the challenges facing our country, and America's need to confront its future….he argued [that] labor would have to continually rethink its role in the changing economy–specifically, how it could deliver increased productivity and better services to its members and employers. Gingrich's thinking reinforced much of my own…." (emphasis added)
As a personal memento of their conversations, Gingrich presented Stern with "a set of diagrams he called Designing Transformational Change" that communicate twelve steps to promote organizational transformation." Newt embellished this "parting gift" with "his handwritten comments" on the diagrams and "followed up" by later sending his new friend, Andy, "a personally annotated edition of the Tofflers' Creating A New Civilization."
The U.S. Army is among those civilizing institutions that Gingrich, joined by Stern, applaud for "consciously and continuously conforming itself to changing times." In their talks, "Gingrich cited his respect" for "the army's management" because the military "accepts change as a fact of life and has worked for decades to reshape itself to meet changing security needs. It actually integrates change into its planning process." Stern notes that some Americans wonder, nevertheless, whether the army should still be blamed for the quagmire in
This example of what Stern's book jacket copy calls his "eye-opening analysis" would be fairly eye-opening even if the paragraph above wasn't the only reference to "Iraq" cited in the book's index. One would think that a $2 billion a week war–not to mention America's costly post-9/11 military build-up–might warrant a little more discussion in a book that purports to explain what's "Wrong With a Country That Helps the Rich Get Richer While Most Americans Get The Squeeze."
To be fair, Sweeney's book, "
The root cause of such problems, as Sweeney defines it, is "corporate
Enter Andy Stern–after a decade of failed efforts by Sweeney to "save our bosses from themselves." In "A Country That Works," Stern uses management consultant jargon to offer up a series of "twenty-first century policies to ensure
Stern believes that all of organized labor should, like his own union, be more appreciative of "employers' competitive reality and attempt to create or add value to their business models" as "a basic operating principle." In the apt description of political consultant Donna Brazile, Stern favors a "strategy of adaptive cooperation." (In essence, if you can't beat them, join them.) As examples, he touts SEIU "alliances with hospitals and nursing home owners" on both coasts, with Kaiser Permanente in
To build "new relationships with public employers in the South and Southwest," SEIU introduces what Stern calls "the 'IQ' program–innovation and quality," while "eschewing traditional collective-bargaining issues and focusing on improving public services." In states like
As Stern admits, most employers are not being persuaded, either way, that they need a union "partner" (proving that Jesse Jackson-style alliterative rhetoric only gets you so far–even if you're Jesse!) As part of his peripatetic speech making to human resources managers and open letter writing to Fortune 500 CEOs, Stern has been promoting the idea that "responsible unions" should embrace outsourcing. At the PC Forum, a national meeting of high-tech entrepreneurs, he "shared a variation on the outsourcing concept," providing "a straightforward intellectual argument that made solid business sense–but there were no takers…" Much to Stern's dismay, "changing non-union employers attitudes…remains a monumental challenge. They often don't believe that partnerships with unions are possible, nor are they able to overcome their prejudices against unions in order to establish a different kind of relationship that could add value to their bottom line."
A Country that Works contains no thoughtful discussion about the pros and cons of the labor movement "moderniz[ing] its strategic approaches to employers in order to take into account their competitive business needs." The California Nurses Association (CNA) has compiled an impressive record of organizing, bargaining, and legislative success, while remaining a leading foe of "jointness" in health care. Yet its ideological and organizational dissent merits only a two-sentence dismissal from Stern. "Not every union agrees with our approach," he writes. "To this day, the CNA still criticizes SEIU's arrangement with Kaiser and has chosen not to join us in the process." Readers of the book are left to wonder why CNA abstains–or find out on their own what the downside of health care partnerships might be for the quality of patient care or the right of patients to sue their HMO (something SEIU has tried to take away from Californians as part of its joint lobbying with Kaiser).
On the subject of legislative and political action, Sweeney and Stern agree that Democrats are often a disappointment waiting to happen–particularly in the area of worker rights and job-killing free-trade deals. Sweeney recalls that labor was extremely unhappy with the results of Democratic control of both houses of Congress and the White House during Bill Clinton's first term. "After two years in which working people had relatively little to show from their friends, it is not surprising that, with their abstentions and even their votes, they helped elect their enemies [in 1994]."
Sweeney urges unions to move beyond "politics as usual"–just making COPE contributions and candidate endorsements–to greater membership involvement in grassroots political initiatives. He has few good things to say about Republicans. Stern, meanwhile, says that "hitching our fate to….Democratic politicians [has] proved to be a losing strategy for American workers." Unfortunately, his preferred "alternative" is more check-writing and deal-making involving the GOP. In this vein, A Country that Works praises Republicans office-holders like George Pataki, John McCain, and Mitt Romney–all for their dubious contributions to workers' rights, immigration reform, or universal health care. We learn also that, after his election as SEIU president ten years ago, Stern:
"[R]eached out to the Republican Party chair, Jim Nicholson, and SEIU became an "Eagle"–a $10,000 donor to the Republican National Committee. It was an expression of my interest in engaging Republicans on issues of concern to
Stern remained undeterred when the RNC "accepted SEIU's contribution" but never got around to having the "conversation." Ever the optimist, he reports that:
"SEIU continues to keep an open mind and open door: At the Republican Convention in 2000, we honored several Republican legislators. We also employ Republican advisors. In 2004, SEIU was actually the largest contributor to both the Democratic and Republican Governors' Associations, a fact that confused both party establishments."
Nevertheless, Stern admits, "the Republican Party's agenda on issues of work" is still "often not in our members' best interests." In 2004, this was particularly true in Indiana and Missouri where SEIU dollars helped elect GOP candidates who then proceeded to strip state workers (including some SEIU members) of limited bargaining rights obtained under previous governors–an outcome Stern neglects to mention. That same year, SEIU also aided a GOP gubernatorial hopeful in
While his book promotes this "independent, non-partisan approach," Stern's true political identity is deeply Clintonite. As Atlantic Monthly editor Joshua Green recently observed, "veterans of Bill Clinton's White House often speak of themselves as having been a 'modernizing force' in the Democratic Party….Their guiding idea was that a more pragmatic, results- oriented approach held greater promise for achieving traditional liberal goals." As a self-styled modernizer of labor, Stern couldn't agree more, in terms of both medium and message. "If the Democratic Party wants to win elections," he argues, "it needs a permanent infrastructure–not controlled by the party's elected officials–that employs and integrates the modern techniques of data management, marketing, mobilizing and new communications technologies."
"Bill Clinton's two [presidential] victories were not due to a Democratic Party infrastructure but were the result of his self-assembled, highly talented campaign staff and consultants, his finely honed, disciplined message that directly addressed issues of concern to voters, and his extraordinary charisma and leadership."
The tragedy of Stern is the tragedy of Clinton–a fellow product of Sixties liberal idealism whose similar media savvy, organizational drive and ambition, personal charisma and formidable political skills all could have done much to advance a real progressive agenda, but instead have always been deployed on behalf of a cramped, technocratic, and triangulated politics, which has achieved very few "traditional liberal goals."
When Stern travels–and he is quite the globetrotter– the results are invariably path breaking as well. We learn in his book that he's been to
"Mr. Wei was China's highest-ranking labor leader, assigned by the Communist Party. More important, he served as one of the eight powerful members of the Politburo's Standing Committee, China's highest governing body. Mr. Wei wielded enormous power over all the affairs of China, and his importance surpassed that of any labor leader I had previously met."
Based on this conversation and others described in the book, Stern now maintains–with little supporting evidence–that the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is demonstrating a previously unnoticed "willingness to transform itself to effectively counter the impact of globalization"–a development hailed by the author for its "far-reaching implications for workers everywhere."
In their respective arenas, here and overseas, Stern and Clinton both command continuing attention because they represent "success." In the case of the former president, his is based on being the only Democrat to serve more than one term in the White House in the last 38 years; in Stern's case, proof of success comes from being, as his book-jacket proclaims, "the news-making president of the fastest-growing, most dynamic union in America" who has "led the charge for modernizing the 'house of labor,' taking unions out of the past and into the twenty-first century," while building "stronger global alliances" with the likes of Mr. Wei.
Within labor, Stern's message boils down to this: he and his union are "winners," most of the others are "losers"–so, if any of them really want to be winners too, they'd better get with the SEIU/Change To Win program. His message for America is that we need A Country that Works and that "government, business, and labor must work together as a team in order for America to prosper in the new global economy." In Sweeney's ten-year old concluding chapter–"Changing Lives, Changing America"–there's at least some recognition that the motor force needed for major change might be mobilization of the rank-and-file. "For all our problems," he observes hopefully, "the labor movement can still draw on the energy, experience, intelligence, and resources of more than thirteen million members"– if working people can better "organize themselves to transform the economy."
In Stern's closing argument for "common sense ideas" that would "get America back on track," there's barely a nod to "the power of protest" or the role that various social movements played during the Sixties, "when the winds of change were gusting." Nevertheless, the author's list of "course-correction reforms" in the area of taxation, education, health care, retirement, and telecommunications are said to be "so compelling, simple, and achievable that readers will find themselves enraged that they haven't yet been enacted." On the contrary, readers are more likely to end up wondering how any future Democratic administration might be pressured to adopt such an agenda without some real big 1960s(or 30s)-style gusts of wind.
A Country that Works is thus far less convincing and coherent as a brief for reform than America Needs a Raise because it deals so little with the dynamics of successful, grassroots movement-building. (Even the immigrant worker upsurge around the country in the spring of 2006 rates a mere two sentences). In Stern's book, we're left with the impression that what really brings about "change" is not mass mobilization, but rather some well-oiled labor organization equivalent of the Clintons' personal political machine. In Stern's union, not surprisingly, one finds the same kind of finely-honed message discipline, "highly talented staffers and consultants," non-stop fund-raising (i.e. "doubled dues" because "you can't have a champagne union with beer money") and, last but not least, a maximum leader (or two) long on personal charisma, political opportunism, and relentless self-promotion.
Steve Early has been active in unions since the mid-1970s as a lawyer, labor journalist, organizer, or union representative. He is currently working on a book about the role of Sixties' activists in American labor over the last four decades. (He can be reached at [email protected])
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This debate was sparked by an online article and subsequent discussion between co-workers. Any Google search will return a number of opinion pieces on the topic, but of course I'd like to hear the Cougar perspective.
We figured there are many factors to consider when determining the best trophy, including (but not limited to): Look/aesthetics, tradition, relevance/importance, name, and uniqueness.
But then there is the debate over how heavily you weigh each factor. Is it better to be a little odd but one-of-a-kind, or classically styled but cookie-cutter?
Our vote for the best trophy ended up landing on the Stanley Cup, though the Heisman, Lombardi, and Clarett Jug all got (informal) votes. The worst was less decisive, with some votes for NCAA Championship plaques and many more web-searched "write-ins". There are some pretty comically bad college football rivalry trophies out there: The Paddlewheel Trophy (Cincinnati vs. Pitt), The Telephone Trophy (Iowa State vs. Missouri), among others.
What are the best and worst trophies in (at least relatively mainstream) sports?

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Since Jenkins was lost so early last year, someone said this second round pick can become the 2012 second round pick. There is truth to that, except we already know that this second round pick will not be a bust. Redskins fans got a chance to see offensive lines cave with this big 309 lb 6' 4" beast barreling down on them. Although much was made of his Clemson teammate Da' Quan Bowers, it became evident in preseason play that Bowers might have benefited by having Jarvis Jenkins next to him.
As a fan, I am extremely excited about the prospect of his return to the Redskins defense for a few reasons. First, I absolutely love the way this rookie handled his adversity. Instead of rehabilitating at home in SC, he chose to remain with his teammates. Secondly, unlike most rookies, though he is still young, he has spent the past year studying film and learning the defense. Third, in an interview with Brian Tinsman Jarvis reveals a tenacious attitude, which is needed at DE in the NFL. He says, "I'm a run-stopper, I'm physical at the point of attack," he said at his Draft day conference call with the D.C. media. "I can play double teams, I can beat double teams, I've been seeing them all through Clemson." In an another interview with the Washington Times Jarvis says, "I'm going to be a 10 times better player than I was before."
Just think, for the first time in a while, we will have major play makers (game changing play makers) on both sides of the ball. While RG3 is giving Defensive Coordinators fits, Jenkins, Coefield and Kerakpo will be giving fits to the O-lines as well as Tony Homo and Vicks Vapor Rubs.
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Having the ability to parse XML files is a requirement for a lot of applications these days. XML is a standard format for exchanging data between programs and storing configuration data.
If you want to parse XML documents in C++ you can benefit from using an external library like the Xerces-C++ XML Parser. Xerces provides an elaborate, but somewhat complex API for navigating XML files. To simplify matters, I'll describe a C++ class that encapsulate the Xerces calls to index and retrieve XML element values and attributes.
XML Parsing Models
XML Elements
XML documents consistent of elements that are denoted by beginning and ending tags. XML elements are of the general form:
where value consists of either a string value or additional XML elements. An attribute is a value associated with the given element.
<element attribute> <element>value</element> </element>
Here is an example of an XML document that is intended to represent two books contained in a bookstore. The bookstore element contains two book elements each with a category attribute. Each book element contains fields to that describe the book.
<bookstore> <book category="cooking"> <title lang="en">Everyday Italian</title> <author>Giada De Laurentis</author> <year>2005</year> <price>30.00</price> </book> <book category="children"> <title lang="en">Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</title> <author>J. K. Rowling</author> <year>2005</year> <price>29.99</price> </book> </bookstore>
The bookstore in this case is analogous to a database table with two book rows and the title, author, year and price fields are the colums of the rows.
SAX Model
XML files can be parsed using two different XML models, SAX and DOM (Document Object Model). Parsing with SAX utilizes mechanisms where the XML document is traversed and as XML elements are visited the contents are passed back to the calling application. When the beginning and ending elements of a section, e.g. the book sections in the example XML, are encountered, the caller is notified so it can keep track of each section and so it knows that other elements will follow.
Since SAX parsing visits each element one at time, it is fast and does not make heavy demands on memory. It is also possible to process XML documents of arbitrary sizes. However, SAX requires the calling application to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to storing the XML field values.
DOM Model
With DOM parsing the entire XML document is read into memory and organized in the form of a tree as shown in the following diagram.
Example XML Document Diagram
Source: XML DOM Node Tree by w3schools.com
The root element is the bookstore and child elements are book. The bookstore is the parent element of the book elements. Each book element is the parent of four child elements, title, author, year and price.
When using DOM it is possible to index through each parent and child element, so the calling application does not have to maintain the document structure as it does with SAX.
The downside of using DOM is that the size of document you can parse with it is limited by the amount of memory an application has to work with and parsing is less efficient.
Xerces Installation
Before diving into the XML DOM parsing API, let's go over how to install Xerces. You can get the Xerces library in binary form for various platforms, but I was built my example on MacOS so I elected to build from source.
- Download Xerces 3.1.1 from the download site.
- Place the tarball in your home directory or wherever.
- tar zxvf xerces-c-3.1.1.tar.gz
- cd xerces-c-3.1.1/
- ./configure
- make
- sudo su
- make install
This will place the Xerces headers and library in /usr/local on your system.
Xerces Platform Initialization
Before we do any parsing the Xerces the platform must first be initialized, which involves the following 3 steps:
- Call XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize()
- Create an XmlDOMParser object.
- Create an error handler for the parser.
For convenience we'll do these three steps in a single function call.
XercesDOMParser* parser = NULL; ErrorHandler* errorHandler = NULL; void createParser() { if (!parser) { XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize(); parser = new XercesDOMParser(); errorHandler = (ErrorHandler*) new XmlDomErrorHandler(); parser->setErrorHandler(errorHandler); } }
We only need one parser so createParser() does the platform intialization and parser creation just once. The error handler class is derived from the Xerces HandlerBase class as follows:
class XmlDomErrorHandler : public HandlerBase { public: void fatalError(const SAXParseException &exc) { printf("Fatal parsing error at line %d\n", (int)exc.getLineNumber()); exit(-1); } };
When an exception in thrown within the Xerces platform it will be caught here and an error message will be displayed indicating the line number of the offending code.
XmlDOMDocument Class
The XmlDomDocument class encapsulates the Xerces DOM API. The class interface and definition are contained in the XmlDomDocument.h and XmlDomDocument.cpp files respectively. Note that the createParser() code in the previous section is also defined in the XmlDomDocument.cpp file.
#include <xercesc/parsers/XercesDOMParser.hpp> #include <xercesc/dom/DOM.hpp> #include <xercesc/sax/HandlerBase.hpp> #include <xercesc/util/XMLString.hpp> #include <xercesc/util/PlatformUtils.hpp> #include <string> using namespace std; using namespace xercesc; class XmlDomDocument { DOMDocument* m_doc; public: XmlDomDocument(const char* xmlfile); ~XmlDomDocument(); string getChildValue(const char* parentTag, int parentIndex, const char* childTag); string getAttributeValue(const char* elementTag, int elementIndex, const char* attributeTag); int getChildCount(const char* parentTag, int parentIndex, const char* childTag); private: XmlDomDocument(); XmlDomDocument(const XmlDOMDocument&); };
The constructor calls createParser(), which is defined in the XmlDomDocument.cpp file and visable outside this file, to initialize the Xerces platform then XercesDOMParser::parse() to parse the given XML and produce a DOMDocument object the pointer which is stored in the m_doc member variable. The XmlDomDocument default and copy constructors are declared private since we only want this object created one way, with a constructor that accepts an XmlDOMDocument pointer and the name of the XML file to be parsed.
XmlDomDocument::XmlDomDocument(const char* xmlfile) : m_doc(NULL) { createParser(); m_doc = parser->parse(xmlfile); }
Since the DOMDocument is "adopted" by the XmlDOMDocument, we must release the memory consumed by the document when XmlDOMDocument is destroyed.
XmlDomDocument::~XmlDomDocument() { if (m_doc) m_doc->release(); }
Get Child Element Value
The XmlDomDocument::getChildValue() takes the name of a parent tag and the index of the parent tag in the XML file. For example, if I want to get the price of the Harry Potter book from the example XML file, the parent tag is "book", the parent index would be "1″ – like with C/C++ indexing starts from 0 – and the child tag is "price".
string XmlDomDocument::getChildValue(const char* parentTag, int parentIndex, const char* childTag) { XMLCh* temp = XMLString::transcode(parentTag); DOMNodeList* list = m_doc->getElementsByTagName(temp); XMLString::release(&temp); DOMElement* parent = dynamic_cast<DOMElement*>(list->item(parentIndex)); DOMElement* child = dynamic_cast<DOMElement*>(parent->getElementsByTagName( XMLString::transcode(childTag))->item(0)); string value; if (child) { char* temp2 = XMLString::transcode(child->getTextContent()); value = temp2; XMLString::release(&temp2); } else { value = ""; } return value; }
[Lines 5-7] Instead of strings Xerces uses its own XMLString objects, so whenever we want to exchange strings with the platform we must convert from C++ strings to XMLStrings with a call to XMLString::transcode() which returns an XMLCh pointer when passed a pointer to a character string. The XMLCh pointer is then used in the call to DOMDocument::getElementByTagName() which returns a pointer to a DOMNodeList object. After we are done with the XMLString object we must release its memory back to the heap with a call to XMLString::release(). This a very common Xerces string usage pattern.
[Lines 9-13] In the Xerces DOM model an XML file is a collection of DOMNodeList objects each with a single root element that has 0 or more parent elements, retrievable by index, and each parent has 0 or more children, retrievable by child name. Getting back to our Harry Potter book example, the root element is "bookstore", we want the second "book" parent referenced by index "1″ and we want the child referenced by name "price". DOMNodeList::item() returns a pointer to a the parent list object at the given index, which is cast to a DOMElement pointer. Similarly a pointer to the child element object for this parent is returned with a call to DOMElement::getElementsByTagName() the pointer to which is cast to a DOMElement pointer. The child element we want is always the first item in the child element list.
[Lines 14-23] If we get a non-NIULL child element, its value can be obtained from a call to DOMElement::getTextContent() which returns a ponter to an XMLString then copied to a string object and returned to the caller. Otherwise the string with a NULL value is returned.
Get Element Attribute Value
Retrieving XML element attribute values is very similar to retrieving child element values. The element tag and index – analogous to the parent tag and index – and the attribute tag are specified. For example if we wanted the book category for the Harry Potter book, the element tag is "book", the element index is "1″ and the attribute tag is "category".
string XmlDomDocument::getAttributeValue(const char* elementTag, int elementIndex, const char* attributeTag) { XMLCh* temp = XMLString::transcode(elementTag); DOMNodeList* list = m_doc->getElementsByTagName(temp); XMLString::release(&temp); DOMElement* element = dynamic_cast<DOMElement*>(list->item(elementIndex)); temp = XMLString::transcode(attributeTag); char* temp2 = XMLString::transcode(element->getAttribute(temp)); string value = temp2; XMLString::release(&temp); XMLString::release(&temp2); return value; }
[Lines 5-12] Retrieve the attribute value in a manner simliar to the child value, except we get the value directly from the element itself.
[Lines 14-17] Convert the XMLString object containing the attribute value to a standard string then return to the caller.
Get Child Count
To get the number of elements contained under a given parent, we call DOMDocumentElement::getElementsByName() with the parent name, which returns a list of parent elements. We get parent element at parentIndex then call DOMDocumentElement::getElementsByName(), this time with the childTag. As before this gives us a pointer to a DOMNodeList from which we can get the child count directly with a call to DOMNodeList::getLength().
int XmlDomDocument::getChildCount(const char* parentTag, int parentIndex, const char* childTag) { XMLCh* temp = XMLString::transcode(parentTag); DOMNodeList* list = m_doc->getElementsByTagName(temp); XMLString::release(&temp); DOMElement* parent = dynamic_cast<DOMElement*>(list->item(parentIndex)); DOMNodeList* childList = parent->getElementsByTagName(XMLString::transcode(childTag)); return (int)childList->getLength(); }
Test Application
The test application is defined in the main.cpp file. It uses the XML file then gets all the books their attribute and child values then prints the values to stdout.
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string> #include <iostream> #include "XmlDomDocument.h" int main(int argc, char** argv) { string value; XmlDomDocument* doc = new XmlDomDocument("./bookstore.xml"); if (doc) { for (int i = 0; i < doc->getChildCount("bookstore", 0, "book"); i++) { printf("Book %d\n", i+1); value = doc->getAttributeValue("book", i, "category"); printf("book category - %s\n", value.c_str()); value = doc->getChildValue("book", i, "title"); printf("book title - %s\n", value.c_str()); value = doc->getChildValue("book", i, "author"); printf("book author - %s\n", value.c_str()); value = doc->getChildValue("book", i, "year"); printf("book year - %s\n", value.c_str()); value = doc->getChildValue("book", i, "price"); printf("book price - %s\n", value.c_str()); } delete doc; } exit(0); }
Build and Run
You can get the source code for the project from Github - https://github.com/vichargrave/xmldom.git. To build it just cd into the project directory and type make.
After building the test app run it as follows:
$ ./xmldom Book 1 book category - cooking book title - Everyday Italian book author - Giada De Laurentis book year - 2005 book price - 30.00 Book 2 book category - children book title - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book author - J. K. Rowling book year - 2005 book price - 29.99
Author: Vic Hargrave


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So let's see if I get flamed on my first post on this site...
The guy is looking for a way into the NFL. Why not as a backup (starter?) for the Bengals?
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Total Yards, Career 1st, 19,628 1999-2002 (17,364 passing, 2,264 rushing)
Total Yards, Season 1st, 7,928 2002 (6,540 passing, 1,388 rushing) 2nd, 6,727 2001 (5,770 passing, 957 rushing)
Total Yards, Per Game 1st, 528.5 2002 (7,928/15) 2nd, 448.5 2001 (6,727/15) 5th, 395.5 2000 (3,955/10)
Passing yards per game 1st, 436.0ypg (2002) 4th, 384.7ypg (2001)
Most Passing Attempts, Career 1st, 1,905 (1999-2002)
Most Passing Attempts, Season 1st, 674 (2001) 2nd, 669 (2002)
Most Passing Attempts, Per Game 4th, 44.9 2001 (674/15) 5th, 44.6 2002 (669/15)
Most Completions, Career 2nd, 1,095 (1999-2002)
Most Completions, Season 2nd, 413 (2002) 3rd, 369 (2001)
Most Completions, Per Game 3rd, 27.5 (2002) 9th, 24.6 (2001)
TD Passes, Career 2nd, 178 (1999-2002)
TD Passes, Season 2nd, 76 (2002) 12th, 60 (2001)
Passing Yards, Career 1st, 17,364 (1999-2002)
Passing Yards, Season 1st, 6,540 (2002) 2nd, 5,770 (2001) 57th, 3,936 (2000)
Was a starter for Wake Forest, busted his arm and ended up at UC. Remember?
Because of Mauk's reconstructive surgery, it was doubtful that Wake Forest would let Mauk compete for playing time at Wake in 2007. He decided to take advantage of an NCAA rule, since rescinded, that allowed graduate students with remaining athletic eligibility to transfer and become immediately eligible.[1] Mauk chose the University of Cincinnati primarily because it was close to his hometown and new coach Brian Kelly was installing a spread offense similar to the one he ran in high school. The major question was whether his arm would improve enough to allow him to play.[2] For his part, Kelly was not sure whether Mauk could come back; he had the Bearcats' medical team contact the physicians who performed Mauk's surgery, and required that he pass a physical examination with emphasis on the throwing arm. Ultimately, Kelly decided to bring Mauk in, figuring that if nothing else, Mauk could serve as a mentor for the Bearcats' younger quarterbacks who would have to adjust to the spread offense.[1]
Mauk, who was named the starting quarterback over junior Dustin Grutza, was trying to lead the Bearcats to their first winning season in the Big East. The Bearcats jumped out ahead early, winning all five non-conference games. They then entered Big East play, with Mauk leading them to victories over Syracuse, UConn, USF, and Rutgers. Mauk and the Bearcats finished with a 10-3 overall record, capping their season and Mauk's college career with a 31-21 win over Southern Miss in the 2007 PapaJohn's.com Bowl in which Mauk threw for 334 yards and 4 TD's, becoming the game's MVP. This gave the Bearcats their first 10-win season since 1951, and virtually assured them a spot in the season-ending national rankings for the first time ever.[3]
Cincinnati Commandos
In his first season with the team (2010), he started 9 regular season games and threw for 52 touchdowns and 1631 yards, both league highs, capturing the CIFL MVP and CIFL Championship Game MVP awards as the Commandos went 11-1 and won the league championship.
I don't remember the guy having a cannon for an arm, but I do remember him being consistent, mobile, smart and accurate. I think this is the kind of guy we need for the new WCO being brought in by Gruden.


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The Twittersphere is mourning the death of former 'Moesha' star Yvette Wilson, who played Andell Wilkerson. She was 48 years old.
As previously reported by NewsOne.com, Wilson was suffering with Stage 4 cervical cancer and was in dire need of funds in order to pay her mounting medical bills.
Shar Jackson has been sending out tweets asking for prayers for her friend and co-star for the last few days:
On June 11, 2012:
RT @itsgabrielleu: !!RT @SharJackson: Everyone plz send prayer and light to my sister and best friend Yvette Wilson…..—
G.U [MY] Inspiration (@_ILoveUGabU) June 11, 2012
7 hours ago:
Fuck Cancer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!—
Shar J (@SharJackson) June 14, 2012
2 hours ago:
Oh god….. My heart is soooo unbelievably broken ….—
Shar J (@SharJackson) June 15, 2012
And finally this tweet came in an hour ago:
I wanna thank all my tweeties for their prayers but god has chosen to take my sister Yvette home.. …—
Shar J (@SharJackson) June 15, 2012
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Since that time, the condolences have been pouring in for Jackson, who played Moesha's best friend Niecy Jackson on the show.
Wilson's death has also been confirmed on her Wikipedia page.
RELATED: New Study: Cervical Cancer Lingers In Black Women
Wilson, who also co-starred on 'The Parkers' with comedienne Monique' and such memorable films such as "House Party 2," "House Party 3," and "Friday," was not only battling cancer but has also been plagued with kidney problems and needed kidney transplant as well.
Friend Jeffrey Pittle, a stage 4 cancer survivor himself, created a website for Wilson, so that people could donate money for not only her medical needs but also help with any transportation costs that are associated with her getting to various medical facilities. To date, the site had raised $13,599 of the $25,000 they were seeking — or 54 percent. The fundraiser ended June 9, 2012.
As previously reported by NewsOne.com, Wilson is the fifth tragedy that has occurred from the "Moesha" show. Star Brandy Norwood struck and killed a woman with her vehicle. Merlin Santana, who played Moesha's first boyfriend, "Ohaji," was only 26 years young when he was shot dead in California as he sat in the passenger seat of a car. Mac, who had the recurring role of "Uncle Mitchell" and was Andell's boyfriend, died in 2008 from complications of pneumonia. The ever-popular "Hakeem," Moesha's sidekick who was played by Lamont Bentley, was killed in a car crash more than 6 years ago.
RELATED: Remembering Yvette Wilson [VIDEOS]
Other colleagues and stars have begun sharing their condolences via Twitter:
Yvette Wilson was super cool everytime we ran into each other. Rest peacefully.—
Tony Rock (@TONYROCK) June 15, 2012
Wow!! May God rest her soul. "@otengkk: @MalinsWorld just read Yvette Wilson has passed away RIP"—
Malinda Williams (@MalinsWorld) June 15, 2012
Rip Yvette Wilson…thank u for many years of laughs from Moesha & The Parker's. lockerz.com/s/217279707—
niecy nash (@NiecyNash) June 15, 2012
#RIPYVETTEWILSON Great actress from "Moesha" & "The Parkers" She was truly beautiful inside & out. You will be missed. Love & Light—
Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) June 15, 2012
one love to Yvette Wilson. you're on a higher plane now. sad that you will now really never ever ever ever eva–come around here no mo. #RIP—
Questo of The Roots (@questlove) June 15, 2012
There has been no official statement released, but check back with NewsOne for updates.
Rest in love and laughter, Ms. Wilson.
Other Yvette Wilson Coverages & Related Articles:
Moesha Star Yvette Wilson Succumbs To Cervical Cancer
'Moesha' Star Yvette Wilson Dead At 48 Years Old
Cervical Cancer Lingers In Black Women
What Do The New Cervical Screening Guidelines Mean For You?


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Maersk ships are most famous right now for the movie CAPTAIN PHILLIPS and his hijacking story as captain of the Maersk Alabama (BTW, very good movie, far better than the ads would lead you to believe). But Maersk also has some dang impressive machinery that's worth noting. The picture above is of the largest and most powerful diesel engine in the world, the one that powers the Emma Maersk. It's 4 stories tall and 85 feet long. It produces an astonishing 5.5 million foot-pounds of torque. Each of its 14 cylinders is 3 feet in diameter, each producing up to 100,000 BHP. The thing is damn heavy too, weighing over 2,300 metric tons and over 300 tons of that being just the crankshaft. So by any measurements, pretty damn huge and impressive.
To Hamsterdam, all. Iowa had an interesting game to talk about yesterday, there are several posts on the main page to discuss those that are probably the better place for that, but have your fun here as you see fit as always. Lots of NFL out there that I suppose will be discussed, probably some futbol as well.


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If the call to prayer was made and Ibraaheem ibn Maymoon al-Marwazee had raised his hammer, he would not strike with it (i.e. he would immediately stop work), [and instead go and answer the call to prayer].
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Nebraska Attorney General Criticized for Comparing Welfare Recipients to Hungry Raccoons
Posted Aug 12, 2011 7:18 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning has issued an apology after comparing welfare recipients to hungry raccoons during a campaign speech.
Bruning is seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. Speaking on Saturday, he told of an effort to protect endangered beetles found during a road construction project, report Fox News and the Omaha World-Herald. Biologists called in to trap the beetles placed dead rats in buckets in an effort to attract the beetles and then relocate them. A local farmer noticed that raccoons found the buckets and ate the beetles.
"The raccoons, they're not stupid," Bruning said. "They're going to do the easy way if we make it easy for them. Just like welfare recipients all across America, if we don't incent them to work, they're going to take the easy route."
Among those criticizing Bruning's statement was Kate Bolz, a policy analyst with Nebraska Appleseed, a public interest law firm in Lincoln. "It's a misconception that folks who access public assistance aren't working," she told the World-Herald. "It's a requirement for those programs unless someone is disabled or facing a crisis of domestic violence."
Bruning's campaign manager later said the attorney general supports welfare reform, but he regrets the "inartful statement."
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|'Peephole' drives add more danger to winter travel
|Sunday, November 24, 2013 9:00 PM
Staff Writer
Those drivers — peephole drivers — who clear just enough snow and ice from the windshield to see out — are endangering themselves and all other pedestrians and drivers in their path.
Delphos Police Chief Kyle Fittro was adamant about drivers clearing snow and ice off of vehicle windows fully before driving anywhere.
"Windows need to be free and clear of obstruction," Fittro directed.
Manager of driving training programs for American Automobile Association (AAA) Dr. Bill Van Tassel says peephole driving is a very common roadway problem and failure to completely clear all the windows can create significant blind spots.
"You may be a great decision-maker or great at maneuvering your vehicle but if you can't see, you've lost right there," Van Tassel explained. "People are in a rush and they underestimate the dangers of not fully clearing their windows."
Another facet to the behavior is the danger to pedestrians and other drivers when chunks of snow and ice are dislodged from the vehicles that are not sufficiently cleaned off. A chunk of ice flying off a car can prove deadly if it would hit a pedestrian walking down a sidewalk, standing at a corner or getting into or out of a vehicle. That same chunk of ice flying backwards and finding its mark on a vehicle can crack the windshield on impact and/or blind a driver causing a collision leading to deaths, injuries and property damages.
Tri-county Driving Instructor Tom Osting said that he often sees people driving with their face up to the windshield trying to look through a small area scraped off during the winter.
"It's an accident looking for a place to happen," Osting said somberly.
He said drivers need to take that extra five minutes to defrost their windows, use a windshield washer fluid with ice melt or use a can of aerosol ice melt and remove all obstructions on their windows.
"Vehicle owners should check that their wipers are good, too," Osting recommended. "Replace them once a year to see much better."
Even though Ohio has no law addressing the removal of snow and ice from vehicles, there is a state law that could apply and requires operators to have a clear and unobstructed view to the front, both sides and rear of the vehicle.
Fittro explained, in short, Ohio Revised Code 4513.24 — "Windshield and windshield wipers — states that no person shall drive any motor vehicle, other than a bus, with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side wings, side or rear windows of such vehicle other than a certificate or other paper required to be displayed by law."
Sheriff's deputies in Geauga County have stopped people driving with snow or ice covering their windows and given them a warning and Chagrin Falls police officers will not hesitate to pull a driver over and compel them into cleaning the snow and ice off their windows, hood, roof and trunk.
Another consideration is the rise in auto insurance premiums after receiving a moving violation.
Tips on peephole driving prevention:
• Start the vehicle, turn up the heat and turn on the defroster;
• While the engine is running, step out and spray a de-icing solution on your windshield;
• Use an ice scraper with a long handle to get some leverage to scrape the ice from the windows; and
• Continue to clean all windows on the vehicle and remove ice or snow from the hood, trunk, roof and bumpers.


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Dining Room Table Transformation – Part One
"Puffery". That's the first word I heard this morning. Kevin said it to me before he even opened his eyes. "What?" I replied. "I just had a dream that you were creating a new design style called Puffery". He answered, … Continue reading


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Colorado's Jeff Larentowicz might be gunning for Sporting KC tonight.(Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
Anyone that finds soccer boring and uneventful who are going to see their first soccer match tonight in the Second Leg of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at Livestrong Sporting Park, might be in for a surprise. With the Colorado Rapids trailing Sporting KC 2-0, Rapids manager Gary Smith is making it clear he only has one tactic in mind if his side want to move on; mind games.
In an obvious attempt to get into the head of Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes, Smith compared Sporting to a college team describing KC's physical play as "overzealous" and "absolutely ridiculous" referring to challenges made against his players in the first leg this past Sunday.
Look, his team is down 2-0 going away playing in the toughest home venue in MLS, and to be perfectly honest this is the only shot they have. If they try and play Sporting straight up, they will lose. They will do anything and everything to get into the heads of Sporting KC players and make this look more like hockey rather than a soccer game. Expect to see at least one reckless challenge made by a Rapids player in the first 5 minutes (ref will be less likely to book or send a player off).If Sporting can keep their composure and not get sucked into their trap, Sporting KC will advance hopefully with little less than a few cuts and bruises. If advancement becomes inevitable for Sporting KC, look for Vermes to remove Julio Cesar, Roger Espinoza and Omar Bravo to avoid injury and or retaliation for the final.
- Colorado will have more fouls committed on Espinoza and the Sporting KC midfield than shots attempted; more goal box skirmishes than Colorado has shots on goal.
- Red Card for the Red Head: Rapids defensive midfielder Jeff Larentowicz has been eyeing Roger Espinoza all year. If defeat becomes inevitable, he will be the angriest red head in the world and he will tee-off.
- Sporting 5, Colorado 1: No chance
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John Woo's historic epic Red Cliff is one of the best films of the year. Already a huge hit in Asia, which financed the original two-part $80-million five-hour war film (the most expensive movie ever produced in China), the two-and-a half-hour western cut of Red Cliff launched stateside last week in New York without much fanfare, and opens on 30 screens in 15 markets including L.A. this holiday weekend. The reviews are strong (Tomatometer 86%, Metascore 73.)
What gives? Well, indie distributor Magnolia was shocked at how easily they landed the movie against no other bidders for a low upfront fee. Part of the problem is that the movie had already played in Asia, where piracy is rampant. Anyone can pick up a pirated DVD for nothing. No foreign Oscar bid was possible because China did not submit the first part for consideration in 2008, nor the second in 2009. At first Magnolia was led to believe that the film was eligible for a Golden Globe, but eventually the HFPA said that no, the 148-minute version had to be the same as the one released in the country of origin. That was the end of that idea.
A concentrated Oscar bid for direction, cinematography, production design or costumes could be persuasive, but the Academy screening committee didn't see fit to book it for their members. (They probably had no idea what it was.) At this point, the VOD (Amazon and Xbox Live) and theatrical release are aimed at hawking the eventual March 30 launch of both the long and short versions on DVD and Blu-Ray, with extras. "There has to be a groundswell out there," said Magnolia's Eamonn Bowles of his plans for an Oscar campaign, "a level of enthusiasm for us to get behind."
In many ways Red Cliff is Woo's bid for cinematic grandeur--he's aspiring to the sumptuous period war films of Akira Kurosawa, Ang Lee or Zhang Yimou. Woo (A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled) is one of the few Hong Kong action directors who was able to adapt to shooting big-budget Hollywood studio movies, from Hard Target and Face/Off to Broken Arrow and Mission: Impossible 2. Woo is arguably one of the greatest action directors working today. Revered in Asia, he got a kick out of bringing his studio expertise to China. "I learned so much from Hollywood craftspeople here," says Woo. "I wanted to take it back to Asia so young people could learn from it. They all want to make a big-budget Hollywood movie. It's an opportunity to use new equipment. We brought good people from the U.S., and a visual effects team."
Filmed for 13 months with eight months of post, the movie is BIG: massive battles on foot and horseback, sea battles with flaming arrows and fleets of blazing ships, elegant sets and costumes, gorgeous landscapes, swooping, sophisticated digital FX shots, and thousands of extras, both real and digital. The Chinese government supplied 700 to 1500 Army solders as needed to help build roads as well as act. And the VFX team delivered a very expensive two-minute shot of a camera following a Woo's signature dove flying miles across rough terrain between two enemy camps.
While Woo reveled in the freedom of moviemaking without studio interference, shooting the picture almost killed him and his tireless producer Terence Chang. They were under unbelievable duress. For anyone who knows anything about film production, see the film, and you'll understand why. Luckily, China offered strong infrastructure and a huge sound stage. The most dangerous thing was the weather, Woo says. He shot the ingenious "turtle formation" scene in the hot summer. Soldiers wound up in the hospital. And in the final battle, several stuntmen were injured in the fire, which was pushed by a strong wind. While he creates storyboards, Woo keeps the slow-fast rhythms of the action in his head. "It's like a musical," says the director, who keeps four units running at once and uses six cameras running at different speeds; he shot 2 million feet of film. "I design an action sequence like a dancing scene. I already know what I want, everybody knows my style."
And yet even the truncated version--Woo went through seven writers and 13 drafts-- is clear and coherent to those who don't know the history behind the battle, which is as famous in China, Japan and Korea as The Battle of Thermopylae. The Chinese cherish this story of character and cunning, of the little guys using strategy and tactics to outwit and outfight the greater force. "Such a small army can defeat a bigger army with teamwork, innovation, intelligence and courage," he says. Woo could be speaking about how he and his crew survived the shoot.
Lust, Caution star Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro (House of Flying Daggers) and the pan-Asian cast are superb, their characters identifiable and accessible. Red Cliff is exhilarating, eye-popping, and fun. "The characters are like superheros for Asia," says Woo. "I want to make them human, just like people, kind, warm, have energy, laugh, have sense of humor." Woo added several smart, strong women to the legend. "I tried to make it so we could relate to them."
Four Asian distributors joined forces to back Red Cliff, which Columbia was interested in backing early on, before it ultimately balked at the film's bulk, length and potential pricetag. (The budget soared from $35 million to $50 million to $80 million.) Producer Chang assembled the film's initial production funding, taking a bank loan against investments from Korea's Showbox Entertainment, the China Film Group, Taiwan's CMC Entertainment and Japan's Avex Entertainment. Summit Entertainment handled global presales.
"There was no other way to do it," said Chang on the phone from Beijing. "It's a Chinese film based on a famous story well-known in Asia that John has wanted to do for 20 years."
After Woo's longtime Hong Kong star Chow ditched the film on the first day of shooting on April 14, the company had to destroy a lavish set complete with a running river built at Beijing Studios to make way for Chen Kaige's next film. Leung stepped in for Chow. China's cash-only below-the-line filmmaking costs about a third of what it would have cost to shoot in the U.S. Red Cliff would have run at least $200 million to shoot Stateside, according to Chang.
Next up: Woo keeps his eye on several U.S. projects, from a remake of Melville's Le Samurai to a Marco Polo film to the World War II flying film The Flying Tigers. And there's an action musical, too. "I wish I could make it," says Woo. "It's one of my biggest dreams."
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DavidC | December 2, 2009 1:09 AM
Couldn't agree more.
You watch: they're gonna blame John Woo, the audience, the opacity of Chinese history -- everything and everyone except themselves.
Tulkinghorn | December 1, 2009 10:50 AM
What gives?
Easy enough. The idea of "Red Cliff for Dummies" -- the release of a major epic cut to half its length -- had no appeal to movie buffs; the idea of a 148 minute subtitled epic about Chinese wars had no appeal to anyone else.
All the way back to "Once Upon a Time in America" -- all the way back to "Greed" for that matter -- the same thing happens: The shorter version never works.
Morons. Thank god for DVD.
Michael Harpster | November 25, 2009 9:24 AM
The odd all formats release by Magnolia. I saw the trailer in the local Lamelle but then saw it on TV as well-watching some of it on TV killed the theatrical for me-it looks like it need a big screen. Maybe this kind of release works for them but it's hard to imagine any real benefit.
Brian | November 25, 2009 4:35 AM
I'm somewhat disappointed at the way the film is being dumped on the market. It opened in New York almost by surprise. I hadn't seen any ads or promotion and only found out it had opened by reading the New York Times review last Wed. (a week ago), which was supplied by one of the TV reviewers, indicating, perhaps, that the main film reviewers didn't deem the film important enough to review. It's only playing two theaters in Manhattan, one on the Lower East Side. (If Chinatown still had theaters...) I only hope it sticks around for at least two more weeks so I can see it once the academic season finishes.
I am eager to see the shortened version, in the hope that it would represent a marked improvement over the two-part 5-hour original cut, which I've seen on DVD on a big-screen TV. It's way too long in that version, with nearly an hour in the second part devoted to worrying about when and if the wind will change in time to turn the tide of battle during the big naval confrontation. There are easily two-and-a-half-hours that can be removed from the whole thing.
The other problem I have with this film is that the heroes I came to know from a Japanese animated version of the story (Liu Bei & co.) are minor characters in Woo's film, which foregrounds two less likeable characters as the heroes (the ones played by Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro). They're not much different from their antagonist (Zhang Fengyi), so I had trouble rooting for them.
Still, it should be impressive on the big screen.
To me, the best model for an epic production that gives you a strong human story amidst the spectacle is Anthony Mann's EL CID (1961), starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren. I place that one over even BEN-HUR, SPARTACUS and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.


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Oct. 19, 2012 -- Today's parents may need to update their advice for crossing the street safely to: "Look both ways and turn off the cell phone!"
A new study shows teens are twice as likely as adults to be hit by a car while crossing the street because they were distracted by an electronic device like a cell phone or iPod.
Researchers found 18% of teens treated at an urban emergency room for pedestrian accident injuries were using an electronic device when they were hit by a car while crossing the street. That's compared with only 9% of adults.
Among younger children, jaywalking or crossing in the middle of the street and darting into the street were the most common contributors to child pedestrian accidents.
The results were presented today at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans.
The study looked at what factors contributed to pedestrian car accidents among 1,075 people who were treated at a major trauma center in New York City after being hit by cars in the years 2008 to 2011. Of those involved in pedestrian accidents, 145 (13%) were children.
Among children aged 6 and younger, pedestrian car accidents occurred most often because the child darted into the street (44%) or crossed in the middle of the street rather than at a crosswalk (36%).
"While most of the young children in our study were supervised by a parent or guardian, these children still exhibited a lot of risky behaviors in terms of mid-block crossing and crossing against the signal," says researcher Nina Glass, MD, of Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City.
Unsupervised activity accounted for the majority of accidents involving children aged 7 to 12 years old (53%), followed by jaywalking (47%) and darting into the street (25%).
Most teenagers aged 13 to 17 who were struck by a car were also unsupervised (88%). Among teens hit by cars:
In contrast, 18% of adult pedestrian accidents were due to jaywalking, 15% involved alcohol use, and 9% were linked to the use of an electronic device.
The results also showed children who were struck by a motor vehicle were more likely than adults to:
SOURCES:American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Oct. 20-23, 2012, New Orleans.News release, American Academy of Pediatrics.
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How to Know if Your Teenage Child Is Using Marijuana
Four Parts:Physical Evidence of Marijuana UseIndicators of Marijuana IntoxicationBehavioral Changes in Your ChildObtaining Positive Evidence
Adolescence can be a stressful time, and many teenagers will at some point try using marijuana (cannabis). Because marijuana use can expose you and your child to trouble with the law, and marijuana abuse could lead to more serious lifestyle problems in your child, it is important to detect marijuana use early and take appropriate actions.
Part 1 of 4: Physical Evidence of Marijuana Use
1Look for change in your child's patterns of coming and going. If they are staying up much later than you, for no legitimate reason, or if they are coming home late from school or leaving the house without an explanation, make note of those.
- By themselves, behaviors like those are not uncommon. It could just as easily be a new boyfriend or girlfriend—but do take changed behavior into account.
2Take note of unusual items. Specialized devices such as pipes, grinders, and rolling papers are strong indicators of marijuana use, and is about the strongest evidence any parent would need. When confronted, the likely excuse will be "I was just holding it for a friend so they wouldn't get in trouble."
- Be aware that kids can and will easily improvise their own paraphernalia from aluminum foil, empty soda cans, or even apples. If your child is hiding homemade baked goods such as cookies or brownies, it's probably not the sugar content they are trying to hide.
3Track your child's spending. If your child is asking for money without telling you why, simply don't give it to them unless they do—especially if it's a repeated occurrence. Do take note of when they ask: if it's around a family member's birthday—especially your own—it may be a totally innocent request.
- If they are over-spending their allowance on a regular basis, make it clear that you want to know why they can't keep to a budget. They may be buying pot, or they may just have a problem managing money. Require them to keep a detailed budget of everything they spend for a month or two. This will help you weed out any issues that might need addressed.
4Watch for disappearing or misplaced items. Some teens will remove the aerator from a faucet to use it as a pipe screen. Other household items that may be used in connection with marijuana are cotton swabs, rubbing alcohol, knives, matches, and plastic bags.
5Check for evidence that your child is trying to conceal marijuana use.
- A rolled-up towel by your child's bedroom door could be used to keep pot smoke (or cigarette smoke) from drifting into the living areas of the home. If you find one, take a sniff—whatever they are filtering will leave a smell.
- A smoke detector that's been covered up or disabled could mean that they're trying to keep their smoking from sending off a huge alert. It could also mean your cooking is always setting off the alarm! Regardless, it's dangerous to disable a smoke alarm. Make it your habit to check once a week.
- Check for eye drops. Unless they're pulling frequent all-nighters with their legitimate study group, there's no really great reason for a teen to be sporting eye drops as an accessory. If you find them, confiscate them. When they ask where they are, ask why your child needs them.
- Look for finely ground marijuana "shake". Marijuana users often drop some on surfaces without noticing. It resembles dried basil or similar spices. Pot seeds resemble large, greenish coriander seeds
6Observe unusual odors. Fresh marijuana emits a smell similar to skunks, but less pungent, unless it is kept in an airtight container. Marijuana smoke has an "herbal" odor resembling that of fresh tomatoes and burnt tea leaves, and it lingers in clothing, hair, and upholstery.
- Items such as air fresheners and incense may be used to mask the smell. If you find those things, remove them. Not only might they mask the smell of pot usage, their artificial smells don't do any home justice.
Part 2 of 4: Indicators of Marijuana Intoxication
1Look at your child's eyes. You may notice a reddish cast to the whites of the eyes. This is cause by the dilation of the capillaries in the eyeball.
- Eye drops designed to relieve red eyes can be used to make bloodshot eyes appear normal.
- Pupils may be dilated (wide open), and the eyes may not track a moving object in unison. Eye drops will not help this.
2Look for physical signs. You may notice slight tremors in the eyelids, hands, legs, or stomach.
- Note any tendency to be sleepy during the day or early evening.
- Also be aware of impaired coordination and slowed reflexes.
- Look for a silver-coated tongue.
3Judge their mental state. They may seem slower than usual in understanding things, or may be moody, exhibit paranoia or anxiety psychosis.
4Observe your child's eating habits. Marijuana use increases appetite, and your child will eat more than a typical teenager, particularly snack foods and sweetened beverages.
- Look for disappearing "munchies" and empty packaging in the trash, or if your child is creating odd food items such as sandwiches with unusual ingredients.
Part 3 of 4: Behavioral Changes in Your Child
1Pay attention to your child's relations to you. Pot changes how people interact, including mental acuity, detachment, paranoia, or the tendency to giggle uncontrollably at things that just aren't funny. It's also difficult for people who are high to relate to people who are not.
2Look at your teen's social circle. If their old friends have suddenly stopped visiting, or a newer, more detached group of friends are now coming around, they may be people who don't have the best interests of your child in mind.
- Insist on meeting anybody your child brings to the house, and take a couple minutes to get to know them.
3Examine changes in your child's interests. Has your child suddenly taken up new hobbies or abandoned old ones? This could be as innocent as growing out of a childhood fascination with Hot Wheels, and discovering that playing guitar is a great way to meet girls—or it could be that it's a great way to get high for free. The key is to know, so ask why they are changing.
4View your child's internet use history. Sites such as erowid.org contain information related to marijuana use. While it is normal for a teenager to visit such sites through usual curiosity, excessive visiting of these sites, particularly over long times, indicate more than a passing interest.
Part 4 of 4: Obtaining Positive Evidence
1Use a drug test. Tetrahydrocannabinol dissolves in fats, so marijuana use is detectable in drug tests for as long as a month after your child stops using it. If you're willing to spend about $100, you can confirm a positive test result by sending a sample to a lab for gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy, which rule out the possibility of false positives.
- If you don't wish to promote drama, take a snippet of their hair—as close to the root as possible—and send it off to the lab.
2Confront your child about marijuana use. Many marijuana-using teenagers will try to divert you from the issue or appear uncomfortable maintaining a discussion. Try not to judge too harshly: marijuana usage is very common among teens and even adults.
- Explaining the physical, emotional, and legal risks may not stop them from getting high, but not explaining them leaves your kid clueless.
- Once you're clued in to their drug use, keep track of all the above.
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- Keep in mind that all teenagers are different, and the reasons behind their marijuana usage are sometimes harmless. Talk to your teenager about why, and do your best to not be cross, but understanding. Addressing issues in a positive manner will always be more effective and much more pleasant for both you and them.
- Marijuana use is easiest to detect when it begins. If your child has been smoking for a while, behaviors characteristic of intoxication can appear normal, and your child will be better at concealing his/her marijuana use.
- Watch if they avoid you when coming into the house.
- You cannot legally request or even consent to a search of your child's property by law enforcement. And in any event, getting the law involved is unlikely to be helpful in dealing with your child's marijuana use.
- Using too intrusive of a method for gathering evidence, such as searching your child's room, is likely to alienate your child, impeding your attempts to intervene.
- Many of these signs may be the result of relatively harmless activity. Be sure that you rule out other causes, such as eating comfort foods to cope with depression or bloodshot eyes from excessive monitor use. Accusing a non-using child of smoking marijuana is likely to alienate him or her for a while.
- If you find out your child is using marijuana, try to find out why and resolve underlying problems. Simply monitoring for and punishing marijuana use will be as ineffective for you as it is for the government.
- Scrutinizing your child too closely could be unlawful if your child is at least eighteen years old or if you are another authority such as a camp counselor.
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