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- Acampora, Paul. "Great Moments in Baseball." In Mercado. Mother and elder brother attempt to fill a deceased father's place in the life and baseball ambitions of a youth-league pitcher.
Told with perception and sympathy.
- Adler, David A. The Babe & I. Illustrated by Terry Widener. San Diego: Harcourt, 1999. In 1932, a boy sells papers outside Yankee Stadium to help his family make ends meet, and ends up selling one to Babe Ruth.
- Adler, David A. Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball. Illustrated by Susanna Natti. New York: Viking, 1982. [Cam Jansen Adventure #6] Cam Jansen, the girl with the photographic memory, nabs a memorabilia thief.
Cam, you see, stores mental pictures of whatever goes on. She's a walking pre-teen surveillance system. After she identifies the perp, she summons the police, who baldly violate his Fourth Amendment rights. Teachers and school librarians seem to love her, but I am worried by little Miss Jansen.
- Adler, David A. Jeffrey's Ghost and the Leftover Baseball Team. Illustrated by Jean Jenkins. New York: Holt, 1984. Friendly ghost intervenes invisibly to help a team of rejects succeed on the diamond.
Until, naturally, they find inadvertently that they can do even better without him. A pleasant enough variation on an ancient theme.
- Adler, David A. Mama Played Baseball. Illustrated by Chris O'Leary. San Diego: Harcourt, 2003. During the second World War, a woman takes a job in the All-American Girls' league to support her family.
Picture book that tells its simple story through the eyes of the ballplayer's young daughter Amy.
- Aiello, Barbara, and Jeffrey Shulman. It's Your Turn at Bat: Featuring Mark Riley. Illustrated by Loel Barr. Frederick, MD: Twenty-First Century, 1988. [The Kids on the Block Book Series] A young sports reporter is dismayed when a teacher assigns him a report on sewing--but when his baseball team needs uniforms, the research comes in handy.
Mark Riley, the protagonist, is a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy. One of a series of children's books featuring diversely abled characters.
- Alborough, Jez. Hit the Ball Duck. 2005. La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller, 2006. Wacky ballgame played by farm animals.
The first edition of this picture book was a British publication by HarperCollins.
- Alden, Laura. Umpire's Adventure in Alphabet Town. Illustrated by Linda Hohag. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1992. Unable to find his uniform, Umpire wears his underwear on a journey across this letter-happy city in search of it.
The entry between Turtle's Adventure and Victor's Adventure in Alden's popular series.
- Alexander, Holmes. "Now in October." Saturday Evening Post. In Owen (1948). Scrappy veteran second sacker is goaded into all-out play by news that he's being shipped down to Newark.
The shortstop's name in this story is "Pinky Jennifer." Ah, those were more innocent times . . .
- [Allen, Alex B.] No Place for Baseball. Illustrated by Kevin Royt. Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1973. [Springboard Sports Series] High fly ball shatters neighbor's window: where to play that will not involve constant reglazing?
"Alex B. Allen" appears to be a pseudonym for prolific collaborators Florence Parry Heide and Sylvia Worth Van Clief.
- Allison, Bob, and Frank Ernest Hill. The Kid Who Batted 1.000. Illustrated by Paul Galdone. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1951. A young chicken farmer from Oklahoma draws 299 consecutive walks and leads his team to the World Series.
Wacky and well-written, this novel about a sabermetrician's dream ballplayer suffers only from its inherent lack of tension: since Dave King can draw a walk at will, the only suspense is in wondering when he won't (how does the seventh game of the Series sound?) Much-imitated, notably by Matt Christopher and Troon McAllister; there are also elements here of the archetype that Bernard Malamud would draw on for The Natural.
Note: the author is NOT the sameBob Allison who starred for the Twins in the 1960s.
- Anderson, Jack. "Surprise Pitch!" Boy's Life. In Owen (1948). Hurt in a spill from a horse, a young pitcher tries switch-hurling.
Pleasant little yarn with a modest double-twist at the end.
- Anderson, Ken. Tom Huntner – Sophomore Pitcher. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1947. Steely title hero learns that, in life as on the diamond, your best trick pitch is a straight fastball.
While Tom Huntner is blazing those fastballs, we get a comic-relief subplot where a chubby pal of his becomes an amateur graphologist, and a sinister subplot involving Lanky, a teammate who breaks training to smoke cigarettes, drink beer, and hang around with "middle-aged men who looked as if they might have been the villains of any of a dozen books Tom had read!" Lanky is the one stiff-necked player who hasn't responded to the evangelism of the improbably-named coach Dyke Southern. When Lanky is finally arrested, "Tom turned and went to his room, to pray as he had never prayed."
- Archibald, Joe. "Diamond Dust." In Margulies (1948). Scout plans a dirty trick to secure a pitching prospect, but alert opponents foil him.
- Asano Atsuko. Battery. Tokyo: Kyouikugageki, 1996. Newcomer pitcher and veteran catcher learn to work together to help their youth-league team win on the diamond.
First in a successful series of novels about the batterymates.
Criticism: Koishihara
- Auch, MJ. One-Handed Catch. New York: Holt, 2006. In 1946, young Norm Schmidt loses his hand to a meat grinder, but regains the ability to play baseball – and learns to live an independent life.
There's not all that much baseball here till the final scene. Inspired by the author's husband Herm Auch, the model for Norm, One-Handed Catch is a well-constructed, imaginative recreation of a disabled child's adjustment to the world, both physically and socially.


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ORIENT lost to Millwall today and never looked like they believed it would be any other way.
The visitors stayed on level terms at the New Den until the 70 minute mark, but that was because the Lions were toothless in front of goal.
Millwall captain Paul Robinson provided the break-through at close range with a simple tap-in when the ball fell at his feet, after Ben Chorley was beaten to a high ball in the box.
Then Steve Morinson made certain of the win, if it was not so already, from the penalty spot on 79 minutes.
Adam Chambers floored Scott Barron with a challenge which belonged on the rugby pitch. Keeper Jamie Jones guessed wrong and Morinson smashed high into the opposite corner.
Chorley did pull one back for Orient, on 90 minutes when he headed in from Jason Demetriou's corner. But it was a consolation which failed to set up a thrilling finale and prevent a first defeat for Slade as Orient boss.
This was a poor display by relegation-threatened Orient. Maybe the plan is to keep the powder dry for the crunch Wycombe Wanderers clash, next weekend.
Millwall could have won by more, but it was a low quality encounter all round, as neither side played like the game was very important in their respective campaigns, at opposite ends of League One.
Only Jason Demetriou, who impressed when Slade put him on for John Spicer, tested David Forde in the Millwall goal before Chorley scored.
The 69th minute substitute unleashed a low drive which brought a diving save from the keeper at his near post on 76 minutes.
Earlier in the game, Neil Harris somehow poked his effort wide from eight yards out, on 28 minutes.
The forward was put through one-on-one with keeper Jamie Jones after Chambers under-hit a back-pass to him in a melee.
Earlier, Marc Laird stroked his effort into Jones' arms when he was totally un-marked, ten yards out.
On loan Eric Lichaj shone at right-back as he soaked up the pressure from Danny Schofield and chums and broke attacks up. Little got past him.
Now the fight for survival rumbles onto next week when Orient have a must-win game against Wycombe Wanderers, at Brisbane Road.
Jones (gk), Chorley, Mkandawire (capt), Chambers, McGleish (Pires 85), Thornton, Daniels, Jarvis (Patulea 80), Spicer (Demetriou 69), Smith, Lichaj.
Subs not used: Morris (gk), Purches, Ashworth, Baker.

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From: Gilles Detillieux (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Date: Mon May 15 2000 - 13:08:53 PDT
According to "NEPOTE Charles (Neuilly Gestion)":
> According to Gilles Detilleux:
> > According to "NEPOTE Charles (Neuilly Gestion)":
> > > I have the same problem using a french locale (fr_FR), on a Linux
> > > Mandrake 7.0 box.
> > > As a newbie I won't hack the code... I am interested by Gille's
> > > solution. Is
> > > it possible to simply remap ascii char 160 to ascii char
> > 20. What are
> > > the files to modify ? How ?
> > >
> > > Is there a problem to change next ht://Dig version to let the parser
> > > convert   to a space ?
> > > Is it long and/or difficult ?
> >
> > My solution was to set the locale, but apparently that didn't do the
> > trick on your system. I'm really not sure why. Geoff's solution
> > was to patch the source. It's a trivial fix: just change the 160 on
> > htdig/SGMLEntities.cc line 34 to a 32 (20 is the hexadecimal value of
> > a space, not decimal), and recompile, reinstall htdig, and reindex.
> (I tell you a secret : I installed via a RPM file ;-)
That may be your problem right there! If you installed htdig from
htdig-3.1.5-0.i386.rpm, it was built on a Red Hat 4.2 system with libc5,
which doesn't properly support locales. Please provide more details
about your system (distribution name and version, cpu type) and which
RPM you installed. Your other messaage seemed to indicate that locale
support was working, so I'm puzzled by the apparent discrepancy.
> Ok. May be I will try : it will be my first time changing a source code (I'm
> a bit afraid)...
You may find it easier to install the src.rpm, and use the rpm command
to build the source. That way, it's easier to replace one package
with another. Of course, you will have to develop a patch file for the
change to htdig/SGMLEntities.cc, and add it to the spec file.
> > The change is a bit different in version 3.2, as the SGML decoding has
> > changed, but it should be simple there too. I don't think we want to
> > make this a permanent change in the distributed source,
> > though, because
> > it may have some undesirable consequences for some users. Of course,
> > it's open for discussion.
> Let's open the discussion.
> Questions :
> -- What sort of undesirable consequences can we have ?
I don't know, but offhand the only thing I can think of is some users
might prefer non-breaking spaces to remain non-breaking in the excerpts
displayed in search results. It's probably not that big a deal, but we
have been burned before when a seemingly innocuous change causes a lot
of people to complain.
> -- Is there a case where the   has a lexicographic sence ?
> -- Is it possible to have the choice to remap   (like having a new
> attribute in htdig.conf (yes, I know, another one...)) ?
It's certainly possible. The real question is whether this is desirable.
The package is already suffering somewhat from feature bloat - the whole
range of configuration attributes is very confusing to new users - so the
decision to add another option must take that "cost" into consideration.
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"The laundry list of green initiatives adopted by the City of Austin is a tribute to Austin's commitment to becoming the most livable city in the country. Green oases in the middle of urban areas, community gardens are a necessary part of any livable city. Located in areas easily accessible to residents, these public spaces offer land on which neighbors work together to grow their own food, thereby reducing fuel consumption and pollution emitted by trucking produce across the country."
"Austin is home to 12 community gardens. For a city the size of Austin, this number is well below that of urban areas of similar size. In Portland, Ore., the Parks and Recreation department operates 30 community gardens with assistance from the Friends of Portland Community Gardens. Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods P-Patch Program works with the P-Patch Trust to support the efforts of 54 community gardens."
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For my Master's thesis at Penn (2010-2011 academic year), I worked with the High Energy Physics group at Penn on the design and implementation of measurement and readout electronics for the Large Hadron Collider and related experiments. More specifically, I worked on a line-terminating low-noise preamplifier design for the liquid argon calorimeter that is part of the ATLAS experiment. The design is in fabrication in an IHP SiGe BiCMOS process.
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During the summer of 2009, I was a participant in the SUNFEST REU program at Penn. I worked in Dr. Gianluca Piazza's lab on a project in MEMS energy harvesting. I also continued my research in energy harvesting during the fall of 2009, and from my experiences recommended a design for an improved piezoelectric harvester structure.
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JUDGMENT A.K. Sikri, J.
1. These two writ petitions involve common issue and therefore, they are taken up together and disposed of by this common judgment.
2. CWP No. 2729/96 is in the nature of Public Interest Litigation in which it is alleged that large scale unauthorised constructions have taken place in the Sarita Vihar flats and although these constructions are illegal, respondents DDA and the MCD have not been taking any steps for removing these unauthorised constructions. While various orders from time to time were passed in this writ petition and the respondents were directed to take action in accordance with law, the flat owners' association got itself imp leaded as a party. In some of the order sheets, it is reflected that the respondents DDA and the MCD had taken the stand that some policy was being worked out with regard to unauthorised constructions. We may reproduce the relevant portion of the order dated 5th December, 200 in this connection:
"It is stated by learned Sr. counsel for the association of flat owners of Sarita Vihar that flat owners have made only small additions and alterations in the flats and by no stretch of imagination they can be considered as non-compoundable deviations. It is pointed out by learned counsel for DDA that the question as to whether the deviations or constructions made by the flat owners are compoundable or non-compoundable in nature, is pending consideration of the Minister for Urban Development.
On hearing learned counsel for the parties, we are of the opinion that for the time being minor constructions which have taken place inside the buildings may not be disturbed till a decision is taken by the Minister for Urban Development. In so far as the question of major deviations which are of a non-compoundable nature the order dated 8.8.2000 will be complied with. Mis-user of the buildings and the encroachments shall be dealt with in accordance with the order dated 8.8.2000."
3. It is, thus, clear that notwithstanding pendency of such a policy decision to be taken by the Government, this court had passed the order for demolition of unauthorised constructions which was non-compoundable. The matter progressed in this respect when the DDA and the MCD reported from time to time as what auction they had taken. At this stage the Petitioner Association filed writ petition No. 3482/2001.
4. CWP No. 3482/2001 is filed by the Federation of Residents Welfare Association which is having its office at Sarita vihar. Sarita Vihar is a DDA SFS colony comprising of 5000 flats and having a middle class population of approximately 25,000 to 30,000. The colony consist of 13 pockets in all and most of the residents are retired Government officials, professionals like Doctors, Architect, Advocates etc. and others. Construction of this colony commenced in the year 1982 and the DDA allotted flats to the owners from 1989 onwards.
5. It is a matter of record that the DDA flats are constructed all over Delhi under various schemes. These flats are in various categories like lower income group, middle income group and high income group etc. The DDA which is a statutory body, was constituted on the enactment of the Delhi Development Authority Act in the year 1957. Since it has been constructing these flats under various schemes for the residents of Delhi. It is also a matter of record that these flats owners after buying flats from the DDA have made many additions and alterations thereon although these flats were given on this basis and the terms of lease do not authorise the occupiers to make any such structural changes. Going by the sheer necessities, the occupations have been making these additions/alterations as over a period of time the families have grown and the necessity for having more space has arisen. Same is the position in respect of Sarita Vihar DDA SFS colony. The petitions themselves state that to occupy the flats as allotted by the DDA, the occupants necessarily had to carry out certain changes by making additions/alterations, as they were imminent, to use and occupy the raw and modular flats so as to have peaceful and comfortable living. None of these additions/alterations have caused and change in the building or structure as a whole nor any hindrance has been caused to the neighbour in the vicinity. It is the case of the petitions that the flats were allotted to the occupants more than a decade ago and the additions/alterations have been in existence for almost ten years and to the knowledge of the respondents. The respondents have all along been assuring the occupants qua the feasibility of these constructions being regularised because of the amendment being regularised because of the amendment in the Delhi's Master Plan, increase in the F.A.R., Report of the High Powered Technical Committee, Report of the Malhotra Committee and time to time. The DDA, has from time to time, addressed itself to this problem. On 13th December, 1996 it enumerated 26 additions/alterations which would be condonable and no action would be taken against the allottees under the terms of the allotment. Thereafter, in the year 1998 the Government recommended the constitution of a high powered committee under the chairmanship of the Chairman, DDA. This Committee after going into various aspects of the factual matrix and in consultation with the MCD, officers of housing, planning, designing and Chief Engineer of various departments, submitted its detailed report fro consideration and approval of the Ministry of Housing, Urban Affairs and Development.
However, no action has been taken on this report. The petitioner also states that the Ministry of Urban Affairs and Housing and Development, Government of India, enhanced the floor area ratio (FAR) all over Delhi by publishing notification dated 23rd July, 1998. However, although this notification is applicable in respect of all properties in Delhi benefit thereof is not extended to the occupants of DDA flats. This writ petition is, in these circumstances, filed by way of Public Interest Litigation wherein the main prayer is that benefit of FAR be extended to the DDA flats as well.
6. Thus, as far as CWP No. 2729/97 is concerned, the petitioner wants unauthorised constructions and encroachments to be removed whereas the petitions in CWP No. 3482/2001 are praying for extension of the decision in respect of FAR to the DDA flats as well. It would, therefore, be appropriate to first deal with the second petition, i.e., CWP No. 3482/2001.
7. Dr. A.M. Singhvi, learned senior appearing for the petitions in CWP No. 3482/2001 referred to the decision dated 25th September, 1998 of the Government in respect of FAR wherein, inter alia, following additional FAR is permitted:
"Extra Spaces for your Expanding Family:
* An extra floor-a third-for houses on plots up to 50 sq.m.
Complete three floors for plots bigger than 50 sq.m. Two and a half floors were allowed earlier.
Four floors for houses on plots above 250 sq.m. facing a road, 24 m wide or more.
Basement excluded from the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) calculations in residential plots.
Extra floors, Additional FAR for Group Housing Now we can build two extra floors under group housing too. The FAR has been increased form 132 to 167, the permissible height in 33 meters.
Additional FAR up to 400 sq.m. allowed for community halls, recreation halls, creches, libraries, reading rooms and society offices."
8. He submitted that the FAR had, thus, been increased from 132 to 167 with permissible height of 33 meters. He also submitted that this benefit was even extended to the group housing schemes and referred to the latest building bye-laws for this purpose, the relevant portions of which are as under:
4.2 Residential plot-Group Housing (002) Maximum size of plot 4000 sqm.
Maximum ground covered 33.33% Maximum floor area ratio 167 Maximum height 33 mtrs.
4.3 Levy on Additional F.A.R. :
(i) Levy on additional FAR and/Or development charges for additional FAR over that permitted pre-23-7-98 norm shall be charged at the rate of Rs. 450/- per sqm. in case of plotted development and Group Housing Schemes. This levy shall be subject to revision as decided by the Government from time to time.
(ii) An additional surcharge at 10% of the amount of levy will be charge din all such cases where construction has already been raised in violation of pre-23-7-98 norms and application is made for regularisation of such construction.
(B) Compoundable Items:
(i) Deviations in the coverage/FAR to the extent of 5% of the permissible coverage/FAR or 13.5 sq.m. whichever is less in building (s) use premises, other than building(s) use premises where 100% ground coverage and fixed height is allowed as per architectural control forming part of comprehensive schemes like District Centre, Community Centres, cluster Court housing etc. may be compounded after levying penalty at the following rates:
Rates for Compounding excess coverage/floor area:
(A.A.) Compounding Excess coverage/FAR
(i) Deviations in the coverage/FAR to the extent of 5% of the permissible coverage FAR or 13.5% sq.m. whichever is less in building(s) use premises, other than building(s) use premises where 100% ground coverage and fixed height is allowed as per Architectural control forming part of comprehensive schemes like district centre, community centres, cluster court housing, etc. may be compounded after levying penalty at the following rates:
Rates of excess coverage/floor area:
Up to 5% of excess coverage/FAR, a one time compounding fee equivalent to the land rates in the concerned locality applicable at the time of the application for compounding.
(ii) For excess coverage/FAR for above 5% Any excess coverage above 5% or 13.5 sq.m. would be liable to demolish to that extent.
(iii) Compounding at set back infringements The infringements of the set backs maximum to the extent of 30 cm (1 ft.) may be compounded by way of levying compounding fee at the following rates:
Infringements Residential buildings Non-residential buildings up to 15 cm (6 inch) Rs.300 per sq.m. of area infringing the set back Rs.900 per sq. m. of area infringing the set back above 15cm Rs.600 per sq.m. of area infringing the set back Rs.1800 of area of the infringing the set back.
The authority if satisfied that there are other deviations of general nature, which are not described above, amy fix rates for compounding such deviations. However, there shall be no further relaxation in FAR and coverage over the permitted above."
9. The learned senior counsel referred to the building bye-law No.1.2. as per which building bye-laws apply to the DDA flats also for all purposes and only for purpose of FAR this application is excluded. He also referred to letter dated 1st August, 1996 from JD (LAB) H from DDA written to one Sh. S.C. Garg stating that the Government had clarified that unauthorised constructions would be considered as bar for allowing conversion form leasehold to freehold. This letter related to the DDA flats. He submitted that this letter was issued on the basis of Minister's letter dated 25th June, 1996 which admitted applicability of building bye-laws to the DDA. His further submission was that although reason for denying the extension of these building bye-laws and FAR to the DDA, as per the respondents, was that such additional construction was likely to affect the structure and services of the flats. This reason was clearly misconceived having regard to the stand taken by the respondents themselves. It was pointed out that the Union of India in its counter affidavit had admitted that the DDA flats were constructed as per building bye-laws and other norms, and specifically pleaded that it was wrong to say that these were not fit for human habitation.
10. On the basis of these factual averments, he couched his legal submissions in the following manner:
a. The building bye-laws framed by the respondents were statutory in nature. Once these bye-laws are made in respect of the building constructed in Delhi, they had to be uniformly applied for all such constructions including by the DDA. Therefore, they would automatically apply to the DDA flats as well.
b. If the respondents wanted DDA built up flats to be excluded it was necessary o have specific notification excluding the application of these bye-laws to such flats. No such document was shown by the DDA on the basis of which it could say that although the FAR for other buildings including group housing societies was 1.67 and in respect of DDA it was 1.00 only. There was in fact no provision in the building bye-laws to this effect.
c.In the absence of such a notification, the actions of the respondents in not extending the benefit of building bye-laws to the DDA was discriminatory and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. It was submitted that the DDA as well as flats constructed in group housing scheme were at par with each other in all respects and there was no reason not to extend provision of FAR to such DDA flats.
d. The respondents have permitted conversion of these DDA flats from leasehold to freehold. Therefore, those who had got it converted and were the owners thereof on freehold basis had every right to deal with their flats in the manner as per the building bye-laws. It was to specified by the respondents as to what would be the status of such flats.
11. ON the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the respondents submitted that such DDA flats were to be treated differently. Notification dated 23rd July, 1998 pertained only to plotted development. It was explained that FAR for group housing development has been increased from 133 to 167. But the same cannot be applied to already built up DDA flats as additional FAR cannot be generated without adding additional story or making additional construction in the open areas inside our outside the flats. Both these types of constructions are likely to affect the structure and services of the flats apart from being violative of other building By-laws norms like ventilation of the rooms etc. In view thereof it was submitted that such a policy of increase in FAR could not be applied to built up flats.
12. In the affidavit filed on behalf of the DDA, it is explained that there was indepth consideration of the matter by the Technical Expert Committee. However, the recommendations thereof were summarily rejected by the Ministry of Urban Affairs, Government of India. The relevant portion of the affidavit reads as under:
"5. That it is submitted that a Technical Expert Committee was formed under the Chairman of Commissioner (Planning), DDA comprising of the following members:-
a) Addl. Chief Architect, DDA.
b) Director (Building), DDA.
c) Directors (H) I & II, DDA.
d) Superintending Engineer (Design) DDA
e) Two representatives from Apex Association.
6. That the recommendations made by the said Technical Expert Committee was sent to the Ministry of Urban Affairs of respondent No.2. However, respondent No.2 vide its letter No.H-11017/99/DD/III
(a) dated 22-3-2000 have summarily rejected the recommendations made by the Technical expert Committee.
7. That it is submitted that the main recommendations of the said Committee were that the allottee may be allowed to cover open Courtyards and Terraces on the same level and for the construction of a barsati on the top terrace. Further, it was observed that the allottee was to ensure and be responsible for structure stability and the proposal for covering of courtyards and terraces had to be given by allottees for all the floors in the same block vertically to ensure structure stability as well as to maintain the asthetics of the building. However, the said recommendations were rejected by the respondent No.2 and thus, there is no question of any regularisation or computing additions/ alterations in the DDA flats. It is submitted that though FAR for Group Housing Development has been increased from 133 to 167, but the same cannot be applied to already built up DDA flats as the additional FAR cannot be generated without adding additional storey for making additional construction in the open areas inside or outside the existing flats. It is stated that both these types of constructions are likely to affect the structure stability and services of the flats apart from being violative of other buildings bye-laws norms like ventilation of rooms etc."
13. We may mention that commenting upon the nature of additions/alterations made by the residents of Sarita Vihar, the affidavit further states that in some flats, additions/alterations carried out by the occupiers are not minor and at some places even structural walls have been removed and additional constructions have been made on terraces and courtyards by encroaching upon the public land. It is denied that any pick and choose policy has been adopted by the DDA by asserting that uniform policy applicable for DDA flats is also applicable for Sarita Vihar flats. There is no provision for compounding additions/alterations in the DDA flats and it is not possible to extend the benefit of FAR to the existing DDA flats as the same would adversely affect the structure, services, asthetic and other provisions of the building bye-laws. It is stated that the DDA flats are constructed as per the drawing approved by the Engineering Wing and only a particular load can be taken by the structural wall which is called load bearing structural wall. If FAR is increased then it may affect the said load bearing structural wall and the stability of the structure may be adversely affected. It is also stated that list of 26 items was reviewed by the Minister after the Gujarat Earth quake incident by which the number of condonable items were reduced to 19. It was done to maintain the structural stability of the flats on the advice of the Expert Structure Engineers. Additions/alterations carried out by various allottees normally create hinderance/permission to the neighbours as is evident from the numerous complaints received in the office of the DDA and thus the increase of FAR with respect to existing DDA flats may create more problems. The report of Malhotra Committee is applicable to the plotted development and Group Housing Societies and not applicable for the already built up/existing DDA flats Thus, the recommendations for these types of development are not followed in its entirety. Learned counsel for the DDA also placed on record the recommendations of the Technical Expert Committee as well as rejection letter dated 22nd March, 2000 of the Government.
14. The report of the committee, which consisted of experts in the field, gave 'suggestions on the feasibility of more covered areas in DDA flats'. The report was prepared after discussing the matter with the MCD and suggestions given by the MCD had also been incorporated. The relevant portion of this report states:
"1. Root cause of the problem:
It is revealed that covering of balconies/courtyard wans terraces is quite common in many of the residential areas which has resulted into additional coverage. This also leads to problems of structural stability.
2. Parameters for giving permission/regularisation:
The permission for regularisation to allow(1) above may be granted subject to the following:-
a) That this does not encroach the pubic land.
b) Structural stability of the building is ensured.
c) Light & ventilation of the habitable rooms is ensured as per BBL.
d) Infringement of other's right are safeguarded.
e) The service elements such as manholes, rain water, fitting, sanitary fittings, etc. are not disturbed and remain exposed for periodical inspection and maintenance.
Items wise regularisation/permission can be considered as given below:-
i) No new/additional balcony should be allowed to be constructed, as it may cause structural stability problems.
ii) Window and grill should be allowed in the existing balcony for security reasons and weather conditions without changing the structural walls. In case of multi-storeyed flats, the consent of Chief Fire Officer shall have to be obtained.
II. Courtyard and terraces (other than roof terrace)
i) Covering of courtyards and terraces without damage to the existing structural walls can be allowed subject to light and ventilation as per BBL is ensured.
ii) The allottee/owner above will have right to use the terrace where courtyards are permitted to be covered. To ensure this conditions roof shall have to be laid at the floor level of floor above.
iii) As regards covering of the terraces at upper floors is concerned, owners at above floors shall have rights to cover the area available as a result of terrace of floor below.
iv) Structural stability will be the responsibility of the owner/legal representative.
III. Roof terrace:
IV. The barsati on the roof terrace of the top floor in additional to mumty can be allowed. This barsati should preferably be allowed adjoining to the mumty and equivalent to the size of room below so that the construction of wall over wall is ensured at terrace level and subject to provision of access to the residents of the Block for maintenance of water tank/plumbing system etc. v. It has also been revealed that in some areas like in Janakpuri where the flats have been constructed on individual Block basis, extra coverage of any kind should be governed by additional FAR on that particular size of plot subject to structural stability etc.
15. The report also lays down the procedure for regularisation/permission and collection of fee. This report was sent by the DDA to the Government vide letter dated 11th February, 2000 and it rejected the same vide letter dated 22nd March, 2000, inter alia, stating:
"It has been decided that there should be no relaxation at all and to deviation should be permitted from the original plan in the DDA flats, by the allottees of these flats are allowed to have mere construction, then this would not only undermine the integrity of the structure and the pattern of circulation-both pedestrian and vehicular-but would also lead to a number of complaints and disputes between the flat owners on different floors."
16. There cannot be any doubt that the recommendations of the committee are not enforceable and it is for the appropriate/competent authority to accept or not to accept these recommendations. The appropriate authority can reject the recommendations on valid grounds. In its letter dated 22nd March, 2000 it has given reasons for rejecting the recommendations of the Technical Expert Committee. While sitting in judicial review, the court cannot substitute its own judgment or wisdom for that of the authority which has to take final decision. However, at the same time, it is also trite law that the recommendations of the Committee which consisted of technical experts are not to be brushed aside lightly. The report of the Technical Expert Committee, as reproduced above, went into all the aspect of the matters and not only it suggested what kinds of additional construction should be allowed in these flats, it also mentioned in para 2 (reproduced above) the conditions which should be fulfillled before giving permission for regularisation of such constructions. The problem highlighted by the Association in this writ petition is social problem and humane approach had to be adopted. Of course, the constraints may also have to be taken into consideration. The reason given by the Government in its letter dated 22nd March, 2000 may be valid. It is not shown as to whether attempt was made to find solution thereto. Two reasons are given. First, reason relating to undermining the integrity of the structure has been taken care of by the Technical Expert Committee in its report while suggesting parameters for giving permission/regularisation stating that it should be given only when, inter alia, structural stability of the building is ensured. The second reason is possible disputes between flat owners on different floors. Solution to this problem could be attempted by laying down what kind of construction can be allowed on each floor by respective flat owners. Further, the Government also did not look into the matter from the angle projected in the writ petition.
17. Keeping in view these considerations in mind, we are of the opinion that it would be appropriate if the Ministry of Urban Development considers the matter again from this angle and also take into consideration the views of the Association as stated in this writ petition and noted in brief in this judgment. By no means we are giving any opinion one way or the other or we are suggesting that the decision of the Government is not valid. Keeping in view the magnitude of such a problem and involving public interest, we are only suggesting that the matter may be given a second thought by the competent authority. We leave it to the discretion and wisdom of the respondents to take a final view in the matter, after fresh look, in whatever manner it deems proper. We expect expeditious decision in the matter at the hands of the authorities.
18. As far as CWP No. 2729/96 is concerned, till such a decision as mentioned above is taken, it would be for the respondents to decide as to what steps are to be taken in the interregnum, i.e. to stay its hands or to act as per the interim orders passed in this writ petition pursuant to which the respondents have taken action.
19. Both the writ petitions are disposed of in the aforesaid terms.


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Movie Reviews: Super 8
A good movie, but not the instant classic it's been touted as. A gang of kids in a pre-Internet, post-Star Wars Middle America have their plans for a home-made horror movie (and the hapless protagonist's crush on their female lead) literally derailed when a train carrying something cracks open in front of them with the camera rolling. Where it goes from that sprightly opening is straight into Spielberg Love Letter territory — a little Close Encounters, a little Poltergeist, a little E.T., a little — make that a whole lot of — Jurassic Park, etc.
Even without Spielberg's shadow over the film, the emotional side of the movie is quite likable — the banter between the kids could have supported a story all by itself. And maybe it should have, since it makes the effects-driven side look all the less necessary, especially given how many pieces of other films it's been cobbled together from. J.J. Abrams is as technically adept as any director around, but he needs to make his next big personal project personal and not just nostalgic. I want to see a film from him that comes from someplace inside him, not from other movies.
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Review: 'Think Like a Man Too' gets lost in Vegas
Sequels, as "22 Jump Street" joked, are always "the same, only worse."
So, any pretense of insight into the battle of the sexes and any real connection to stand-up comic turned self-appointed relationships expert Steve Harvey's book, "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man," is long forgotten in "Think Like a Man Too," the sequel to the surprise hit of two springs back.
Kevin Hart has become the break-out star of this ensemble. So, "Too" is basically a star vehicle for the Manic Little Man — with Las Vegas as the playground for this "Bridesmaids" meets "The Hangover."
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Our "Think Like a Man" couples head to Vegas, where Candace (Regina Hall) and Michael (Terrence Jenkins) are getting married.
Cedric (Hart) has been mistakenly been named best man, and is spending every cent he's got — and then some — for a bachelor party for the ages for Michael, with Dominic (Michael Ealy), "Zeke the Freak" (Romany Malco), Jeremy (Jerry Ferrara) and Bennett (Gary Owen) along for the ride. Business executive Lauren (Taraji P. Henson) has set up a bachelorette party for Candace, Mya (Meagan Good), Kristen (Gabrielle Union), Tish (Wendi McLendon-Covey) and Sonia (La La Anthony). If only the groom's overbearing mom (Jenifer Lewis) will let her.
Hart's Cedric narrates the tale, which feebly grasps at basketball metaphors to "keep score" as the two ensembles head out into the Sin City night. Cedric nags the groom:
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And he needles their posse for their lack of party prowess. "I'm sick of this non-tourage."
None of this is fresh, and Hart's finest moment comes way too early — a no-holds-barred re-creation of Tom Cruise's underwear dance from "Risky Business" — to justify building the movie around him.
Maybe the funniest gag is the actual Steve Harvey cameo, a backhanded slap at just how far one comic/ radio host/game-show host/author/self-help chat-show counselor can take "selling out." The answer — when your face is on a slot machine.
But if there's one lesson we and the "Think" crew can take from "Jump Street," it's that sequels can be "exactly the same." They don't necessarily have to be worse.
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So here I am, re-reading Obito's flashback moment in the manga, when something odd came to me (as these things typically do when Im tired), and be warned before continuing: I am 100% over analyzing something that is basically irrelevant. Enjoy :D
So back in chapter 605, the chapter where Obito went on a psychotic killing spree over an event that clearly has another story too, I noticed something rather odd: Kakashi and Rin's placement during Obito's massacre. Allow me to elaborate:
What you're looking at here, on the top panel, is a picture that details the positions of the key players. Obito can be seen towards the forest down at the bottom middle, and Kakashi and Rin can be seen in the middle dust cloud towards the top. It is also clearly shown that Kakashi is surrounded by the Mist ninja.
This image shows at the top right panel that even though Obito had drawn the attention of the Mist ninja, they still were relatively close to Kakashi and Rin's bodies. Obito then charges towards the Mist ninja, thus charging towards Kakashi and Rin.
Now, if you look closely here on this page, on the panels to the right we are shown quite clearly that Obito is only feet away from Kakashi and Rin's bodies.
Obito then runs to the Mist shinobi he speared, which should place him within 5 feet of Kakashi and Rin. It is here I would like to point out the mistake, as what happens almost immediately next is-
Logically, the placement of Obito, Kakashi and Rin SHOULD have resulted in Kakashi and Rin being speared to utter death by Obito's attack. You could theorize that maybe the attack only sprouted from the ground at a long distance, thus placing Kakashi and Rin within the safety zone of the attack, but to that I would like to point out this:
Not only does this show that the attack sprouts within 5-10 feet of Obito (placing Kakashi and Rin nearly smack dab on top of the branches), but also just look at the amount of blood coming down from the sky. Even if somehow Kakashi and Rin didnt get hit by those things, they would have either A) drowned in blood, or B) be covered in blood in which case Kakashi should have waken up taken one look at the place and go "WTF HAPPENED HERE??!!". Plus, if Obito truly hated Kakashi the way he does now for "killing" Rin, as I have shown with undeniable proof; Obito was within walking distance of an unconscious Kakashi. He could have walked over to his body, slit his throat, retrieved his other MS eye, and potentially unlocked the Rinnegan on his own. After all, in the previous chapter Zetsu upfront told Obito that with the Senju DNA in his arm, and with both of Obito's eyes together, Obito might unlock a power never seen before. But hey, maybe that's just me.


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Former LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne's dismal score on the NFL Combine's Wonderlic test was leaked this week, renewing debate about the importance of the predraft aptitude test and whether players should even participate.
A projected top-five pick in April's draft, Claiborne received a stream of criticism and a smattering of support on his Twitter account, and responded Wednesday.
"At the end of the day I will be a top 10 pick!" Claiborne began, adding that the public understanding of the test and its uses is limited.
Claiborne exclaimed that "haters" will have to do more than criticize his test scores to bring him down, adding a smiley face and a row of dollar symbols.
He added, "You guys don't no me #Top10".
Claiborne also retweeted an NFL.com article in which former NFL general manager Charley Casserly broke down the importance of the test.
"I can tell you there are starting players in the NFL who have been to Pro Bowls that had single-digit test scores," Casserly wrote.
It has been reported that Claiborne suffers from a learning disability, which his agent, Bus Cook, has denied. After originally reporting Claiborne's low score on the test, profootballtalk.com did some digging and found that players with such disabilities are accommodated if a request is made in advance. It is not known if Claiborne sought such accommodation.
The test results are supposed to be confidential, but the best and worst scores are often leaked to the news media. The importance of the test as it applies to NFL performance is an often-debated topic. In 1998, Peyton Manning scored a 28 out of 50 on the test, while renowned NFL bust Ryan Leaf scored a 27.
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Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, LCSW was president of Postpartum Support International, (2006 – 2008), the organization's vice-president and Conference Chair (2005 – 2006) and Chair of the President's Advisory Council (2008- 2010.) She is a NJHSS Certified Perinatal Mood Disorders Instructor, and Adjunct Lecturer in the MSW program at the Silver School of Social Work, New York University, where she presents on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Ms. Stone received her MSW from New York University where she was the recipient of a President's Service Award. Intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy while working at Hackensack University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, she helped form and facilitate the Postpartum Psychotherapy program which helped assess, identify and treat women at risk or diagnosed with perinatal mood disorders. She also offered socialization groups for new mothers and their babies, as well as individual and group therapy specifically supportive to recovery from perinatal mood disorders. She has received numerous other awards for her initiation and implementation of other programs supportive to mental health, including animal assisted therapy.
Ms. Stone was a contributor to the NJ Governor's Task Force Educational Webinar on postpartum depression and is a frequent author and cited resource on the topic of perinatal mental health; recent writings include Perinatal and Postpartum Mood Disorders: Perspectives and Treatment Guide for the Healthcare Practitioner (Stone & Menken, eds, Springer, 2008), an article in the NJ Psychological Association's journal Empowering PPD Recovery with Dialectical Behavior Therapy and a chapter on the treatment of perinatal mood disorders in a graduate textbook entitled Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Clinical Social Work Practice, the first of its kind for social workers with a foreword by Aaron Beck. (Ronen & Freeman, Springer, 2006). Her Powerpoint presentation, "Telling the Birth Story", has been widely resourced around the world by healthcare facilities, agencies and mental health professionals as a guide for those interested in implementing PPD programs. She regularly presents on women's reproductive mental health issues at educational conferences, seminars and in the media; national television appearances have included the CBS Early Show, ABC News, NJN News, NBC News, The New Morning Show (Hallmark), A Place of Our Own (PBS), the Morning Show (FOX) and many others.
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The shock rocker has been voted top of 100 Coolest Stars in a readers' poll for music magazine, Kerrang!
He nipped in just above Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.
And he beat other cool people like Linkin Park's Chester Barrington who was 7th and Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit who came 28th.
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Marilyn Manson often makes it into the headlines because of his wild on-stage antics and controversial videos.
He's currently in the UK charts with his cover of the song Tainted Love.


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February 17, 2010
The Climategate scandal is a textbook case of professional malfeasance that should give Congress reason to pause before agreeing to a binding international agreement that would hamstring the world economy in order to prevent the climate from changing, says H. Sterling Burnett, a Senior Fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis.
Climategate was a series of leaked e-mails last year from the Climatic Research Unit at Britain's University of East Anglia, arguably the world's most prominent research center promoting the idea that humans are causing catastrophic global warming.
To say the least, these e-mails show scientists behaving badly, says Burnett:
- The scientists whose e-mails were disclosed attempted to suppress or alter inconvenient data, destroyed raw data so that others are unable to analyze it, used tricks to change reported outcomes, conspired to avoid legally required disclosure of taxpayer-funded data, and attempted to suppress dissent by undermining the peer review process.
- To make matters even worse, Climategate researchers threatened to seek the firing of editors at scientific journals that published findings that raised doubts about the urgency of the climate crisis.
While the e-mails do not disprove that humans are causing potentially catastrophic global warming, the importance of this particular data set and the critical role this cabal of scientists has played in shaping public perception of global warming cannot be understated, says Burnett:
- Until this scandal, East Anglia's climate data set was considered the most complete and thorough in the world.
- If this data set and analyses based on it are flawed, other data that suggest catastrophic global warming will happen soon should probably also be carefully re-examined.
Before trillions more of our dollars are wasted in a vain effort to control the weather 100 years from now, our leaders should be much more certain that human activities are the cause of potentially catastrophic global warming, says Burnett.
Source: H. Sterling Burnett, "Warming's Uncertain Science," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 16, 2010.
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WHISTLER -- Brett Camerota is the only guy on the U.S. Nordic combined relay team without a world title on his resume. While Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick and Billy Demong finished in the top six in the first individual event in these Games, Camerota finished 36th.
But don't tell Spillane that Camerota is the "fourth man" on the team.
"Brett's been around a long time, and he's been doing well all year," Spillane said. "We didn't have a 'fourth man' on this team. Everybody did a good job, both jump and cross-country. To say Brett's a 'fourth man' is false. He has done a great job all year, and he earned that spot."
Still, Camerota confessed that the pressure of performing alongside three accomplished teammates was substantial.
"There's pressure, for sure, being the fourth guy with these three," Camerota said. "But what we had to do was do what we normally do. Once I had a good jump, it made everything better.
"But yeah, I wouldn't want to take that jump again. Too much pressure."
That jump and Camerota's leadoff run in the cross-country relay phase, in which he passed a Finnish skier and tagged Lodwick in first place, inspired Lodwick.
"I have to give a lot of credit to Brett," Lodwick said. "To watch Brett go 133.5 meters? I was beside myself. I was so pumped, I was so psyched.
"And then to have him have the (guts) to go out in the first leg of this race and leave Finland behind, that's an extraordinary effort. The three of us have to thank him for stepping up to the plate. In my mind, he's the pivotal person within these four people who had an extraordinary event."
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Italian politician Romano Prodi claimed victory early yesterday over his bitter rival, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in a hard-fought election that cemented deep divisions in this economically beleaguered nation.
However, Mr Berlusconi's supporters immediately called Mr Prodi's proclamation premature. It came even though Mr Berlusconi's coalition was leading in one of the two races to control parliament.
Temporary stands were erected in Rome's Piazza del Popolo on Monday to celebrate Mr Prodi's centre-left triumph foreshadowed both by opinion and exit polls. But the celebration was postponed.
Final results from the two-day vote indicated opposing factions will likely control the two houses of parliament, a recipe for political instability and paralysis that could force new elections.
The votes of Italians living outside Italy could be decisive for the Senate, but they were still not known last night. In the photo finish, Mr Prodi's centre-left Union group won the House of Deputies. But the centre-right had one more seat in the Senate before the choice of the six senators elected outside Italy was known.
If the seven life senators, such as former prime minister Giulio Andreotti, exercise their right to vote, they could also change the balance of power in the Senate.
Mr Prodi opened a bottle of champagne and stepped onto a flag-festooned stage outside his party headquarters about 3am local time after official tallies showed his coalition had won a majority in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower and larger house of the Italian parliament, by a fraction of a percentage point.
"Today we turned the page," Mr Prodi told cheering supporters who had waited hours to hear him. "We must now make the maximum effort to change Italy."
However, the power to change Italy may rest with President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. It is his role to convene all party leaders and some other institutional figures to decide who will have a mandate to form a government.
He could ask someone to form a technical government to do urgent tasks before calling elections again in, say, October. He could even decide on new elections only for the Senate. It seems likely, however, that he will give a mandate to Mr Prodi.
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Turnout was slightly higher than at the last election five years ago: nearly 84 per cent of about 47 million eligible voters, the Interior Ministry said.
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Toni Lynn Dill, a 50-year-old resident of Biloxi, had a little too much fun last Thursday.
Dill, who said she had been visiting a friend in Bond, pulled into the Stuckey's store in McHenry and, perhaps thinking the store offered valet parking, came to a stop sideways in the parking spaces in front of the door.
According to witnesses, Dill proceeded to walk in the store, fall face first into a rack of merchandise and then pass out on the floor.
When DUI Enforcement Officer Sgt. Kevin Sharpe arrived at the scene, Dill was sitting in her car while two other deputies stood by.
After repeated attempts, she blew nearly twice the legal limit on a preliminary breath test.
"How much have you had to drink?" Sharpe asker her.
"I haven't had anything to drink," she replied in a decidedly slurred voice. "Why are you embarrassing me?"
Dill was placed under arrest and transported to the Stone County Regional Correctional Facility where she refused to take a Breathalyzer test.
Convicted once already of DUI, Dill faces a mandatory one-year suspension of her driving privileges for refusing the test.
"You could almost understand it at 3 a.m on a Saturday morning," Lt. Lewis Husband said. "But at 3 p.m. on Thursday afternoon?"
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