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I absolutely love samurai movies. After anything WWII, samurai movies are up there on my all-time favorite movie genres. I even posted these sweet samurai iPhone wallpapers a while back of my favorite Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune. Yeah, I love samurai movies that much. From Takashi Miike, the same director of the action packed 13 Assassins, the new film Hara-Kiri looks pretty darned good. Check it out below.
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ill be in rincon from the 8th - 20th of jan haha cant wait
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nice. have fun guys. feedback on the forecast is always appreciated!
I'll be there (aguadilla/jobos) Jan. 28th - Feb. 3rd. Just booked the flight tonight. Gonna watch the superbowl in PR. Kinda weird....Should be interesting!
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im gonna be going down there in March....wondering how you guys are getting around to spots.....renting cars? or do you know of any kind of shuttles? also, how are board rentals in rincon?
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does jan. 8- apr 23 do anything for you? ahahah
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IntroductionOlympic National Park first became famous for its rainforests and glaciers and it is also known for the longest stretch of wilderness ocean beach remaining in the conterminous United States. This stretch, north and south from the Quillayute River is almost exactly as it was before Columbus —except that in 1492 (and until fairly recent times) Indians had permanent homes and temporary camps at many places along the coast now deserted. Backpackers and hikers can travel the miles of beaches and explore the forests and cliffs. Kayakers can also paddle the rivers and Pacific.
Rialto Beach, 12 miles from Forks, Washington, is an entry point for some 55 miles of wilderness coastline protected by Olympic National Park. I only had time for an afternoon but it was enchanting! I hope to return someday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An increasing number of high school students are graduating on time but dropouts are still a problem, creating a drag on the economy, according to a report issued on Monday by a nonprofit group.
The high school graduation rate rose to 75.5 percent in 2009 from 72 percent in 2001, said the report by the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University. That rate is well below the goal of 90 percent graduation by 2020.
The number of "dropout factories," or high schools where at least 60 percent of students fail to graduate on time, dropped to 1,550 in 2010 from 2,007 in 2002.
"Although some states and school districts show that the dropout rate can be solved, other states and districts are lagging, with 10 states having lower high school graduation rates recently compared to earlier in the decade," said the report.
The Everyone Graduates Center produced the "Building a Grad Nation" report along with Civic Enterprises, Alliance for Excellent Education and America's Promise Alliance, a nonprofit headed by former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife Alma. The groups have been tracking graduation rates since 2002.
Wisconsin was the only state to have reached the 2020 goal of 90 percent graduation. Vermont was close behind.
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Graduates earn on average $130,000 more over their lives than dropouts, it said.
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For years, North Korea has violated U.S. law and U.N. resolutions. Among its many infractions, it has continued its prohibited nuclear and missile programs; committed gross human rights violations; counterfeited U.S. currency and indulged in repeated acts of terrorism and acts of war.
Yet the United States has only half-heartedly addressed these violations. For example, the United States has sanctioned Burma, Belarus, Burundi, Congo, Iran, Sudan, Syria, and Zimbabwe for human rights violations, but the Obama administration has not yet sanctioned a single North Korean entity for human rights violations even two years after the U.N. Commission of Inquiry declared Pyongyang had committed "crimes against humanity."
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Ted Kennedy Jr. is seriously considering a run for the US Senate seat of John Kerry if, as expected, the Massachusetts senator becomes Secretary of State.
Kennedy's brother, former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy, told the Boston Globe that leading Democrats, including Senator Charles Schumer of New York, want his brother to consider a campaign to replace Kerry and hold the seat for Democrats.
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My thoughts exactly, will we ever be rid of this family of power-hungry idiots?
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Criminalizing From the Bench: The Expansion of Section 10(b) in United States v. O'Hagan
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One of the fundamental tenets of our Constitution is that the federal government may not impose criminal punishment on its citizens unless Congress has acted clearly and decisively to declare their conduct illegal. In its recent decision in United States v. O'Hagan,1 the United States Supreme Court violated that principle by criminalizing conduct that was never explicitly made a crime by the federal securities statutes. By accepting much of the Government's misappropriation theory of liability under Rule 10b-5, the Court seems to have greatly enlarged the ability of the Securities & Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the Department of Justice ("DOJ") to punish outsiders that trade on material nonpublic information. Moreover, the Court's opinion threatens to federalize the determination of what constitutes a fiduciary relationship, a determination currently made by the states. The reality, however, may well be that the impractical standard enunciated by the Court will prove once again that the judiciary is ill-suited to craft policy.
In a case that seems to epitomize the oft repeated axiom that "bad facts make bad law," O'Hagan involved a partner at a Minneapolis law firm who purchased shares in a potential takeover target of one of his firm's clients. Mr. O'Hagan abused his position as a fiduciary by stealing one client's funds and attempting to cover up that theft with proceeds gained from trading on the misappropriated material nonpublic information of another client. For these actions, he was convicted on eight counts of theft by the State of Minnesota. He served thirty months in state prison and was disbarred. In addition, Mr. O'Hagan was indicted by the federal government on 57 federal charges, including securities fraud under Rule 10b-5 and Rule 14e-3(a), mail fraud, and money laundering. He was convicted on all counts and sentenced to an additional 41 months in federal prison. On appeal to the Eighth Circuit, his federal convictions were overruled on all counts and the Circuit court rejected the so-called "misappropriation theory" of insider trading liability.2 The U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded.
Classic insider trading — where an insider or his affiliate commits "deception" by trading with a purchaser or seller of securities to whom he owes a fiduciary duty, without disclosing material nonpublic information — has been prosecuted by the Government for over thirty years under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the SEC's Rule 10b-5. Rule 10b-5 provides that it is "unlawful for any person . . . [t]o employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud, [or] . . . [t]o engage in any act, practice or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security." This language creates a broad and pliable definition of criminal activity, without delineating the specific actions that Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 seek to prevent.
Beginning with In the Matter of Cady, Roberts,3 the SEC determined that Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 barred trading by insiders or their affiliates on the basis of nonpublic information because of the special duty owed by corporate insiders to shareholders. Not surprisingly in light of Congress' failure to craft the statute with particularity, the SEC creatively grounded application of Rule 10b-5 in Cady, Roberts upon a rather amorphous disclosure duty flowing from the special relationship between the buyer and seller in the transactions at issue, which gave the shareholder the right to all material information known by the insider before making an investment decision.4
With aggrandizing boldness and without guidance from Congress, since Cady, Roberts the SEC and DOJ have consistently asked federal courts for expanding "interpretations" of Section 10(b) that reach far beyond any boundaries ever contemplated by the legislature. The Government has attempted to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret Section 10(b) to prohibit mere negligence,5 any trading while in possession of material nonpublic information (even where there is no duty to disclose),6 mere breaches of fiduciary duties,7 and "aiding and abetting" violations of Section 10(b) by others.8 These attempted expansions of Section 10(b) all failed, not because the Court disagreed with the policies the Government sought to advance, but because the Court adhered to the constitutional principle that Congress must make those policy judgments in legislation it enacts. Any contrary result would violate the long-standing principle that "[i]t is the legislature, not the Court, which is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment."9 This principle is embodied by the rule of lenity, which requires that all ambiguities in a criminal statute be resolved in the defendant's favor.10
In contrast to classic insider trading, which involves "fraud on the purchaser/seller of securities," Mr. O'Hagan was convicted of "fraud on the source," meaning that he did not commit fraud on the people from whom he purchased his shares, as was the case in all Supreme Court precedent under Section 10(b) before O'Hagan. Rather, he committed fraud on his law firm and its client by misappropriating material nonpublic information from them without disclosure and then using the information to trade. This theory of liability, generally known as the misappropriation theory, is a judicial creation11 that was used to fill a perceived "gap" in securities regulation — a gap that flows from the very framework of Section 10(b) that the SEC itself recognized in Cady, Roberts. In fact, if activities such as misappropriation were believed to fall squarely within Section 10(b) when Cady, Roberts was decided, the focus on the duty of the insider to the shareholder would have been unnecessary and the ascension of the disclosure duty as the touchstone of insider trading law would not have occurred in Chiarella v. United States.12 By asking the Supreme Court to interpret Section 10(b) to include the misappropriation theory in O'Hagan, the Government was simply taking another step in its more than 35 year campaign to expand its powers to punish those actions it deems undesirable, without guidance from the legislature. Unfortunately, the current Court allowed this expansion and "construct[ed] its own misappropriation theory from whole cloth," with little apparent awareness of the potential impact of their "inconsistent" and, at times, "incoherent" decision.13
There is substantial reason to believe that the imprecise standard that the Court created in O'Hagan may cause significant difficulties for enforcement in the future. First, it is unclear what types of fiduciary relationships may give rise to the duty to disclose that underlies the misappropriation theory. In the case of Mr. O'Hagan, the analysis was simple: he was a partner in a law firm; his law firm had a client; he owed a fiduciary duty to both his firm and its client; he broke that duty by failing to disclose his misappropriation; and he traded on the basis of that information. But O'Hagan provides little guidance as to what other types of relationships also will create such a duty, since fiduciary duties are generally defined by state law. In the past, lower federal courts have allowed private, confidential relationships — such as those between husband and wife,14 parent and child,15 and doctor and patient16 — to be the basis for what amounts to a federal common law crime of "fraud" enforced by DOJ and the SEC. Because inquiries into misconduct under the misappropriation theory turn on detailed examinations of such private relationships, which have never before been subjected to federal regulation, such investigations are destined to become either engrossed in second-guessing of state courts or, more ominously, in federalizing fiduciary law. In effect, O'Hagan has left the judiciary with little choice but to adopt a traditionally legislative role and determine what is and is not a fiduciary relationship, and potentially decide what is and is not a crime.
Second, because the O'Hagan Court made an explicit finding that if the source of the inside information consents or authorizes its use for trading, fiduciaries will likely be able to abuse that information unless it directly conflicts with the interests of the source. For example, an attorney who is advising a client as to whether the client's company should acquire another business might ask if she could buy a few thousand shares of the potential target. Assuming permission is given, there is no Section 10(b) violation. But permission actually is not even necessary under the new regime. Disclosure before trading also negates liability under Section 10(b). The same attorney in the example above might enter into a meeting with her client and say "I've decided to purchase 10,000 shares of the target company, and I thought you should know." Cases of authorized and informed insider trading will almost certainly start moving through the federal courts as market participants seek to exploit the loopholes left by the imprecision of the Court's opinion. This is especially true because conviction for securities violations requires both an intent to do the underlying act as well as knowledge that the act was illegal. The current state of the law is so unclear that demonstrating knowledge will be difficult, if not impossible.
Third, under O'Hagan's misappropriation theory, the requirement that material nonpublic information be used "in connection with the purchase or sale of any security" is satisfied simply if the misappropriated information is actually used in a subsequent securities transaction. O'Hagan focused, almost myopically, on breaches of fiduciary duties, so much so that the requirement that the resulting fraud be "in connection with the purchase or sale of any security" is basically read out of the statute and Rule 10b-5. The Court accomplishes this task by assuming that the breach does not occur until after the fiduciary has actually traded on the information, rather than when he misappropriates the information. The result of this act of prestidigitation is that now the Government has to establish that the misappropriated information is actually used in making the securities transaction; previously, it was possible to establish a securities violation by showing mere possession of such misappropriated information prior to a transaction.17
In 1987, Senator Alfonse D'Amato, then ranking member of the Securities subcommittee, recognized that "it is incumbent upon Congress to confront the basic policy questions of what uses of informational advantage are to be forbidden, rather than leaving the law to be developed on a case by case basis."18 As one would expect, the SEC has preferred the "flexibility" offered by "case-by-case" determinations, which enables the Government to prosecute "evolving types of conduct,"19 and it is exactly this kind of imprecision that the rule of lenity in criminal prosecutions is meant to prevent. Congress must act in order to define more precisely what constitutes a crime under the insider trading laws, because it is not the Executive's constitutional role, with the approval of the Judiciary, to criminalize activities. Such overreaching is particularly unnecessary because a fiduciary's use of misappropriated information could be better addressed by the states through their existing fiduciary laws. The decision in O'Hagan is especially unfortunate in light of this more practical, not to mention constitutional, alternative.
1. 117 S. Ct. 2199 (1997).
2. See U.S. v. O'Hagan, 92 F.3d 612 (8th Cir. 1996).
4. See id. at 911-13
5. While it was not a party in the case, the Government submitted an amicus curiae brief urging the Court to expand Section 10(b) to cover negligence in Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder, 425 U.S. 185, 197-99 (1976).
6. See, e.g., Dirks v. Securities and Exchange Comm'n, 463 U.S. 646 (1983); Chiarella v. United States, 445 U.S. 222 (1980).
7. See, e.g., Sante Fe Industries v. Green, 430 U.S. 462 (1977).
8. See, e.g., Central Bank of Denver, N.A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N.A., 511 U.S. 164 (1994).
9. U.S. v. Wiltberger, 18 U.S. (5 Wheat) 76, 95 (1820) (Marshall, C.J.).
10. See, e.g., O'Hagan, 117 S. Ct. at 2220 (Scalia, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part) (citing Reno v. Koray 515 U.S. 50, 64-65 (1995); U.S. v. Bass, 404 U.S. 336, 347-48 (1971)).
11. See, e.g., S.E.C. v. Cherif, 933 F.2d 403,410 (7th Cir. 1991); S.E.C. v. Clark, 915 F.2d 439, 443-44 (9th Cir. 1990); S.E.C. v. Materia, 745 F.2d 197, 201-02 (2d Cir. 1984). In 1987, some in Congress once again sought to address the misappropriation theory by proposing legislation that would define the unlawful uses of misappropriated information. See S. 1380, 100th Cong. (1987). The sponsors' memorandum accompanying the proposed legislation, the "Insider Trading Proscriptions Act of 1987," noted that "the misappropriation theory . . . is itself judicially-created construct, the parameters of which have never been addressed by either Congress or the Supreme Court." See Explanatory Memorandum accompanying introduction of S. 1380, the proposed "Insider Trading Proscriptions Act of 1987," introduced by Senators Alfonse D'Amato and Donald Riegel on June 17, 1987, at 2, reprinted in 133 CONG. REC. 16,391 (1987).
12. See 455 U.S. at 230 ("But such liability is premised upon a duty to disclose arising from a relationship of trust and confidence between the parties to a transaction.").
13. 117 S. Ct. at 2221, 2224 (Thomas, J., concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part).
14. See, e.g., U.S. v. Chestman, 947 F.2d 551 (2d Cir. 1991), cert. denied, 503 U.S. 1004 (1992); S.E.C. v. Lenfest, 949 F. Supp. 341 (E.D. Pa. 1996).
15. See, e.g., S.E.C v. Sheinberg, 1992 WL 372190 (S.E.C. Release No. 13465) (C.D. Cal. 1992); United States v. Reed, 601 F. Supp. 685 (S.D.N.Y.), rev'd on other grounds, 773 F.2d 477 (2d Cir. 1985).
16. See, e.g., U.S. v. Willis, 737 F. Supp. 269 (S.D.N.Y. 1990); S.E.C. v. Cooper, 1995 WL 739046 (S.E.C. Release No. 14754) (C.D. Cal. 1995).
17. See, e.g., In the Matter of Sterling Drug, Inc., Release No. 34-14675 (April 19, 1978).
18. Definition of Insider Trading; Hearings Before the Subcomm. on Securities of the Senate Comm. on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Part I, 100th Cong. 4 (1987) (statement of Sen. D'Amato).
19. Fedders at 35, 37
Jay V. Prabhu is an associate with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C. He and his firm filed an amicus brief (available at 1997 WL 145007) in support of the respondent on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in United States v. O'Hagan, 117 S. Ct. 2199 (1997). Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering formerly represented Mr. O'Hagan in connection with the Securities & Exchange Commission's investigation of the events at issue in the case. Mr. Prabhu has not received any confidential information concerning that representation.


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There was a few threads about this a while ago and there was no definite answer. Well, yesterday I finally replaced my 'rings and fitted deore middle and inner. It works fine for the middle but you need some spacers for the inner. It caused some issues with my DRS but that's easily solved too.
I just thought it was worth a post in case anyone was still wondering whether you could or couldn't, it's coming up to that season after all. I took some photos, mainly of the issues I had with the DRS if anyone wants: HERE!


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In his provocative new book, "The Real Name of God," Rabbi Wayne Dosick challenges long-held thinking about faith and spirituality. The La Costa resident will be at Open Door Books Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Why did you write this book?
There are so many people who want to know God, to be in relationship with God. But sometimes it is difficult, because the God we meet in the Bible is such a paradox. Why does the one perfect God have scores of names? And why is the one perfect God both the loving, compassionate giver of the highest ethical values, and so often harsh, judgmental and vengeful — wiping out enemies and opening up the Earth to swallow the unfaithful? If we can somehow understand these paradoxes, we can better know God.
None of the names we have for God is God's real name. If you picture a beach ball, each one of the colored panels is one of the names of God — only one aspect, or characteristic, or attribute of God. When we call God by any one of those names, we are invoking just that one aspect. My question was: What is the name of the whole, total, complete God, the whole Divine Beach Ball? Could I find the name of the whole God hiding right in plain sight in the Bible?
What kind of research did you do?
A great deal of my research was the inspiration and understanding I received from being in prayer and meditation, and from deeply studying ancient texts. Once I had the notion of the real name of God, I looked at every instance in the Bible when the name is used — all 359 times — and saw that, indeed, in each of those places, the presence of the whole full God was absolutely necessary to the event or the teaching.
I also found that the name is used in the voice of human beings when a person is asking, "How do I come into the fullness of my GodSelf, God within me?"
How long did it take you?
Most of my books have taken a year or two to write. This was a project that I kept coming back to for the last seven or eight years.
What is the real name?
The real name of God is Anochi. It is usually translated as "I." But Hebrew has another word for "I" which indicates the small self, the ego. Anochi is much more; it is the fullness, the totality, the completeness of God. Anochi is the God of the vast universe, the God of creation and history, and the inner God of breath and soul, the God with whom we each can have a deep, personal, intimate, loving relationship.
My translation of Anochi into English is "I-Source," for God is the Source of All That Is.
Why has the name been hidden?
Actually, throughout the ages some of our sages and mystics knew the real name of God. They left us hints in sacred writings, which are quoted in the footnotes in the book. But it was never the right energetic moment for the name to be revealed. Now it is. The world is moving closer and closer toward oneness consciousness, so it is time for everyone to know the name of the one God.
Why now?
While the whole world in which we live often seems chaotic and filled with mayhem, we are actually moving closer and closer to the time when we will really understand that either we all survive together, or we all perish together. The three western religions — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — are all sourced in the Abrahamic tradition of the Bible. If we could find the Bible's one name for the one God, then we can all realize that we are all the children of the same God, and that God, our parent, wants us to love and flourish together. This is the oneness consciousness that can bring the dissident and warring forces of the world into new-found harmony and peace.
How does knowing the real name help people?
So many people have said, for example, "I cannot believe in a God who brings plagues that kill; I cannot believe that a loving and compassionate God would destroy cities and obliterate enemies; I cannot believe in a God who sits idly by while disaster strikes." Now we know. That is the behavior of only one aspect of the whole God. The total, complete God is everything — light and dark, good and evil, right and wrong, male and female, justice and mercy. God says to us: My children, who are created in my image, see all the aspects of me. Now, please choose to imitate my attribute of good far more often than you choose evil, right far more than wrong, peace far more than hatred and war.
By knowing the whole God, we can strive to embody God's highest and best characteristics. And we can strive to be in deep, loving relationship with God, for God is love. We, too can be love — with God and with each other.
How did your work on this book help you?
At the end of the book, I offer "A Personal Word," where I describe the results of this soul-journey on my theology, my practices and observances — both as an individual and as a rabbi. I now am in relationship with Anochi — the whole God, and not just an aspect of God. This, of course, impacts my personal relationship with God, my inner spiritual life, my prayer life, my encounter with ancient texts, my understanding of how and why the world works. It gives me a deeper, richer world-view. For example, I have re-written the traditional Jewish prayer-blessing to no longer address God who is the "King of the universe," because that masculine designation is only one aspect of God. Instead, I address God who is "the source of all worlds and the breath of all living beings." That is a huge change in Jewish theology and ritual, but it is the spiritual energy that speaks to me through the discovery of Anochi.
What do you hope people get out of reading this book?
"The Real Name of God" offers four reformations to our long-held thinking and beliefs. 1) The real name of God is genderless, or, better, "gender-ful"; it encompasses both the divine masculine and the divine feminine. We no longer have to deal with exclusively male God-language. 2) We are assured that the harsh, angry God we so often meet in the Bible is just one aspect of the whole God. 3) We meet both the transcendent God of the whole universe, and the immanent God within. 4) The one God is the God of all humankind.
How does this unite all religions?
One God. One World. One People.
It is the hope and the promise of walking with God once again in Eden on Earth; that the healing and perfection of the world is not just a fanciful dream but can become reality — even in our lifetime.
"The Real Name of God: Embracing the Full Essence of the Divine," by Rabbi Wayne Dosick, Inner Traditions, 224 pages, $19.95


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From John Cappelletti to Mike Rozier, running backs once walked off with 11 consecutive Heisman Trophies. Recently, though, quarterbacks have...
NEW YORK — From John Cappelletti to Mike Rozier, running backs once walked off with 11 consecutive Heisman Trophies.
Recently, though, quarterbacks have been too tough to pass up. The past five Heisman winners have been QBs.
Reggie Bush is a good bet to snap that streak tonight and become the 41st ball carrier to tuck away college football's most prestigious individual award since Chicago halfback Jay Berwanger won the first in 1935.
USC's untouchable tailback is the favorite after capping a brilliant junior season with two breathtaking performances and an outrageous average of 8.9 yards per carry.
"That's crazy. That's ludicrous," said Tony Dorsett, the 1976 Heisman winner from Pittsburgh. "It is just unheard of. Reggie's a gamebreaker, a big-game player. That's all you need to say."
Guess where Dorsett's vote is going?
Bush will be joined by Texas quarterback Vince Young and USC quarterback Matt Leinart in midtown Manhattan when the Heisman is handed out for the 71st time.
Reggie Bush, USC, running back
Class: Junior. Ht.: 6-0. Wt: 200.
2005 highlights: Rushed for 1,658 yards on only 203 attempts, an average of 8.9 yards per carry. He also had 17 touchdowns — 15 rushing — and led the nation in all-purpose yards with an average of 217 per game. Bush had his biggest games against Notre Dame, Fresno State and UCLA, which were USC's biggest games.
Vince Young, Texas, quarterback
Class: Junior. Ht.: 6-5. Wt: 233.
2005 highlights: Passed for 2,769 yards, rushed for 850 yards, scored 35 touchdowns and ranked first in the NCAA in passing efficiency (168.56). He also had some marquee games in the Longhorns' biggest wins, including their early-season victory at Ohio State.
Matt Leinart, USC, quarterback
Class: Senior. Ht.: 6-5. Wt.: 225.
2005 highlights: Passing up the opportunity to enter the NFL draft last spring, Leinart passed for 3,450 yards and 27 touchdowns in his senior season. But he threw for only four TDs in USC's three biggest games. He had a passing efficiency rating of 158.29.
The three finalists were the favorites even before the season started.
Leinart, last year's Heisman winner, became a contender to repeat as soon as he decided to bypass the chance for NFL millions and return for his senior season. The left-hander has thrown for 3,450 yards and 27 touchdowns this season, improving to 37-1 as a starter for the top-ranked Trojans.
If Leinart wins the Heisman, he'll join Archie Griffin as the only players to win the award twice. The Ohio State running back did it in 1974 and '75.
As a past winner, Leinart gets to cast a ballot.
"Reggie's got my vote," Leinart said after Bush ran for 260 yards and two touchdowns in the Trojans' 66-19 victory over UCLA that wrapped up a perfect regular season.
If Bush wins the award, he and Leinart will become the third set of teammates to win the award in consecutive years.
The last were Army's famous Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside, Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, in 1945 and '46.
And the two USC stars could become the first Heisman winners to play together in a college game when USC (12-0) meets No. 2 Texas (12-0) in the Rose Bowl for the national title on Jan. 4.
Or if Young wins, the national-title game will be a matchup of Heisman winners for the second straight year — and the second time ever.
Last season after Leinart won the award, USC played Oklahoma and 2004 Heisman winner Jason White in the Orange Bowl, marking the first Heisman showdown in college football.
Young has always been one of the most dangerous runners in the country — he showed that in last year's Rose Bowl, scoring four touchdowns on the ground against Michigan — but this season he has developed into a top-flight passer. The junior leads the nation in passing efficiency at 168.6 with 26 touchdown passes.
He would be Texas' third Heisman winner. The first two were running backs. Ricky Williams won it in 1998 and Earl Campbell ('77) was part of that long run of Heisman running backs, starting in 1973 with Penn State fullback Cappelletti and ending with Nebraska tailback Rozier.
In between, USC cemented its reputation as Tailback U. with Charles White ('79) and Marcus Allen ('81) joining O.J. Simpson ('68) and Mike Garrett ('65) as Heisman winners.
USC has gotten back in the Heisman-winning business in recent years with quarterbacks. Carson Palmer took the award in 2002, then Leinart last season.
With six Heisman winners, the Trojans trail only Notre Dame, which has seven.
• Defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz was appointed the interim replacement for ousted Colorado coach Gary Barnett and will lead the team against Clemson in the Champs Sports Bowl on Dec. 27 in Orlando, Fla.
• NFL Hall of Famer James Lofton is interested in the coaching vacancy at San Diego State. Lofton has been the San Diego Chargers' receivers coach for four seasons.
• East Stroudsburg quarterback Jimmy Terwilliger received the Harlon Hill Trophy as the nation's top Division II player. He passed for 4,571 yards and 50 touchdowns this season — including nine TD passes in a 66-49 win over C.W. Post.
• A record crowd will see Brigham Young play California in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 22. The game at Sam Boyd Stadium has sold out for the first time in its 14-year history, organizers said.
• Offensive coordinator Tom Kearly was hired as Michigan Tech's head coach.


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Why this, why now? After years of doing my own design, bits and pieces as needed for jobs at my work and doing designs for friends and family I figured it's time to make this legitimate. So i've filed my license with the state of Tennesee, upgraded my hardware and am now making it official. Wilpig Consulting is live and open for business!
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From April 2015, everyone over the age of 55 will be able to take their pension as and when they want it, even as a one-off lump sum.
Currently only 25% of your pension can be drawn as a tax-free lump sum.
The remainder has to be drawn as a taxable annual income.
The Chancellor's reforms will give people much greater control over their pension savings. But is there a risk they will blow the lot too early?
This risk certainly exists but there are three reasons people will still keep most of their money tucked up in their pension pot once they retire.
The first is people aren't daft. They understand if they blow all their pot in the first year they're going to have a miserable time thereafter.
The second is while you can still take 25% of your pension as a tax-free lump sum, anything else you take is taxable as income. So if you take the whole lot in one year, you are going to pay a hefty tax bill on it. By staggering withdrawals you can keep the amount of tax you have to pay to a minimum.
Thirdly, unless you have a particularly lavish lifestyle, you are unlikely to be able to draw your pension all in one go. Chances are you would meet your spending needs, then you would squirrel the rest away, probably in a tax-free savings vehicle - like a pension.
The reality is, in a world where you can draw your pension at any time, there isn't a burning need to get your money out of it as quickly as possible.
The investments you hold in a pension grow free from capital gains tax and UK income tax.
If you can access them at any time, it makes sense to keep them wrapped up in the pension until you actually need them.
There is certainly a need to provide savers with more information so they are able to make better decisions about how to draw their pension.
But ultimately the reforms proposed by George Osborne give greater freedom to individuals and that should be welcomed.
With greater freedom comes greater responsibility, however, and savers need to exercise some prudence over how quickly they draw their pension.


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I read about it yesterday - at several reputable online news sources.
Apparently Bristol was also involved - shortly thereafter she (Bristol) made a very weak apology.
As I said previously, if parents spent more time quality time with their kids as they are growing up, there would be less of this trash.


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Like most of us, Kim Kardashian clearly loves a little pampering every now and then.
The pregnant E! star was spotted in Beverly Hills on Friday getting a manicure, a pedicure as well as a massage.
All at once.
Which is totally understandable.
After all, when you've got things like exercise, working on a baby registry and getting blood facials on your plate, time is of the essence!
Catch a new episode of Kourtney & Kim Take Miami Sunday at 9 p.m. on E!


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A Heartfelt Farewell to The Mystery Bookstore
Today is the final day of business for The Mystery Bookstore in Los Angeles. If you are in that area, be sure to stop in to their farewell party tonight.
Since I can't be there, I wanted to send my own farewell wishes and sincere thanks to the staff. I had a slew of friends who agreed to help me and this is what we put together. I hope you'll take a few minutes to enjoy it and then leave your own farewell in the comments. This post is a tribute to a wonderful store, a wonderful staff and the end of an era in crime fiction.
Thank you Mystery Bookstore! We Love You!


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Maryland to discuss death penalty repeal
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is scheduled to meet with Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley to discuss death penalty repeal.
Jealous and Maryland NAACP State Conference President Gerald Stansbury are scheduled to meet with the governor in Annapolis on Thursday.
Jealous has spoken out in favor of repealing capital punishment, and O'Malley also supports repeal.
The governor led a repeal effort in 2009. However, compromise legislation was approved instead of full repeal. The compromise restricted the death penalty to murder cases with biological evidence such as DNA, videotaped evidence of a murder or a videotaped confession.


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This is an very Australian film built for a particular sense of humour.
Having lived in both Sydney and Melbourne, I feel I can say that this will
appeal more to the Melbourne than the Sydney sense of humour.
Forget "The Crocodile Hunter", Nicole Kidman or Russel Crowe. This is a lot closer to your typical Australian.
Reading the other comments, two things surprised me.
1) That anybody outside Australia, the UK, NZ or Ireland actually got this movie. To those Americans who praised it, thank you for taking the time to appreciate something outside your normal experiences.
2) The ferocity with with those who didn't get it damned the movie.
The Castle is very very clever. Yes, there are references to "wogs" and "lebs", but if given how that's exactly how a large percentage of these ethnic groups refer to themselves, they are terms without power and thus are rarely used in a racist sense. Melbourne is a wog city. It has the largest Greek population outside of Greece and is the third largest Greek city in the world. It also feature a huge population of first, second or third generation Italians. Some of my ex-coworkers sounded like they were straight out the Godfather. Then there are the lebs and the polacks and and a great mix of European Cultures.
Wogs. The lot of them. :)
To reduce the movie to laughing at the lack of intelligence in the family or to picking on racial minorities (not that the wogs are a minority in Melbourne), is to miss the point entirely. If you don't live in Aus, I can fully understand why this would be the case.
But simply because a movie is a outside your understanding or experience or doesn't fit your personal expectations of what is "funny" it no reason to condemn it. Once you get more sophisticated than "Beverly Hills Cop", you are not going to carry 100% of the audience, and the audience shouldn't expect that it would. (Notable exceptions exist.. Dead Poets' Society immediately comes to mind)
Personally, I like movies is one that makes a social comment, or those that a rift in society and stir informed debate. The Castle is a reflection on the "Australian Dream", if such a thing exists, which is that everybody should get "A fair go". This is streets apart from the American dream of riches beyond imagination at the expense of everything else, and highlights the great difference between the two cultures.
This movie was quite a surprise, and a pleasant one at that. To be
honest, I would probably never have rented nor watched this movie if
broadcast, based on the amateurish look of the video cover and the ads.
My reaction to it, before seeing it was that it was another movie
slapped together to piggyback onto the success of another movie with
the same actor/director/theme etc.etc. while the fire was hot. But, a
friend borrowed it from the library, and the video was sitting there,
so I decided to watch it. Was I happily surprised! The one liners make
this movie, if you pay attention and catch them all, this movie has
many a belly laugh. It was true to life too, I KNOW these people,
whether they come from Australia or Arkansas, they're out there, and
this is their reality.
Remove the accents, put a few non working appliances in the front yard, a car up on cinder blocks, and you have the American version. A very nice surprise for me, if you like humor that doesn't insult your intellect, you'll like this movie. Many a memorable line in it too.
I would disagree with others who have commented on the profanity in this movie. In this case there is very little profanity for profanity's sake, it's usually very well timed and ads to the storyline, like when he passes the barrister the note in court.
This is one of those movies, like "This Is Spinal Tap", that appears to
aim low but taps into a certain subculture so precisely that it is
elevated into something wonderful.
As a pom living in Sydney, I always insist that all overseas visitors watch this film in order to "get" Australia and Australians. The Kerrigan family are easy to mock, but qualities of togetherness, moral courage, unpretentiousness and un-PC earthiness embody a great strand of the national character and warm them to us.
Most of all, though, The Castle is just plain funny. You'll find yourself using the catchphrases over and over again, and you'll smile every time you do it. It's just one of those films. A classic.
Every once and while you find yourself watching a movie you have heard
nothing about. A film with no A-Listed actors, no director with a treasure
trove of awards and the sheer name of the films title at an office water
cooler would result in blank stares and crickets scratching their hind legs
in the background. Such was the case with the 1997 Australian gem, The
Directed by Rob Sitch, who went on to help another underachieving treasure with The Dish, the story is about an Australian family's struggle to keep their home in lieu of being given a compulsory notice from the government that the airport is expanding where their house presently stands. Although I try not to be simplistic and sum up an entire plot in as little as one sentence, really, that is all you need you know to enjoy this independent comedy.
The family is played by a host of unknowns. Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe, Sophia Lee and Wayne Hope play Darryl, Sal, Dale, Steve, Tracy and Wayne Kerrigan. The family lives a simple life and enjoys their time together to the fullest. They complement each other at each dinner table, they watch television as a family unit and they spend their time discussing items listed for sale in the trades papers. Their sister just got married and other than the eldest son being in jail for a crime the family holds no grudges, things could not be better.
So when the government sends notice that they must leave their house for the airport expansion, they agree not to go down without a fight and they illicit the help of other street families and a local barrister that has no business defending in Federal Court.
You might think this all sounds very serious for a comedy plot line, but it's the exact opposite. The story begins with a long narration from the youngest son who reflects on how proud he is of his family. He talks about how each member bring a unique talent to the unit and how the father figure is the one that is full of positive reinforcement. The narration and visuals surrounding his description are Australian humor at its best. Whether we are laughing at the fathers adoration and praise of simple tasks like the scooping of ice cream from a tub or the wonderment of family members over an invention of a motorcycle helmet with a brake light on the back, we marvel at the sheer naivety of the family and what it deems to be important.
The best way to covey this functional family unit is to describe it as a family of Woody Boyd's from Cheers or a litter of Joey characters from Friends. They all utter words we would deem obtuse, but it is all in good fun and it comes across as simple people simply observing their surroundings and commenting on how they interact with the world. As example, when Dale Kerrigan is speaking of the family's fame after taking the matters to court, he narrates, `Dad said it was funny how one day you're not famous, and the next day you are. Famous. And then you're not again.' There speech is entirely primitive, but funny in the same vein.
To go into more detail about the film would give away too much and this film must really be viewed and enjoyed without expectation. You may not belly laugh at any time during the short 84 minute running time, but I doubt you won't spend time shaking your head in reaction to something a Kerrigan family member utters with a I can't believe he just said that' notion.
So I recommend The Castle. I recommend it with pause. It is an above average comedy that was made for less money than the cost of the Matrix end credits (They used the family name Kerrigan so they could use Kerrigan trucks during the shoot), but it can teach us a lot about the family unit. Here is a group of simpletons that love each other, respect each other and will do anything to preserve their home'. What better lesson is there than that?
This is a shocking movie. Shocking in the sense that it's centered around a family that genuinely loves each other. It came across as such an odd concept in this day and age that I thought at first that there must be a catch - could the family be cannibals? Zombies? A cult of pagan jaywalkers? But no, they were simply a "family" in absolutely the best sense of the word. The conflict of the movie arises from the fact that the airport bordering their loving home wants to expand and uses some Australian law that grants them the right to buy out their neighbors without the neighbors having any sayso in the matter. Well this just won't do and so the plot is set into motion when the quirky homeowner decides to fight the ruling with his reluctant friend, a probate attorney who is woefully unprepared to take on the big guns in law, but who nonetheless feels obligated to help his friends no matter what the obstacle. Overall the movie has such charm, such style and such love that, by films end, you want to be adopted by the family, quirks and all. An excellent movie.
I just loved everything about this movie. This is how comedy films
should be made. It's just a really beautifully scripted and perfectly
acted film and there are just so many extremely funny scenes in it that
it's hard to pick out a favourite.
It would have been so easy to ruin this movie by overacting, as happens in many American comedies, but everybody gets it just right and the end result is that rare thing - a perfect movie! The Kerrigan family home is under threat from the local airport authorities who want to use the land their house is built on to extend the airport. Their father, Darryl Kerrigan, played brilliantly by Michael Caton, vows to fight them all the way and engages a local lawyer, Dennis Denuto (played by Tiriel Mora), to help him fight the case in the courts. Unfortunately, the lawyer is a small-time criminal defender who has no knowledge of property rights or constitutional law - but this doesn't bother Darryl since he has complete faith in Dennis' ability to save his home.
The film follows the Kerrigans battles through the various courts and contains some of the funniest and most heart-warming courtroom scenes that I've ever seen. Everyone should see this movie!
This is undoubtedly one of the funniest films ever made, and needs to be
considered alongside This is Spinal Tap for consistent and enduring
brilliance. That said, if (as another reviewer has said here) you haven't
laughed after 5 minutes, just give up - it isn't for you.
While Tap has muted backhanded affection for heavy rock while simultaneously ripping into its absurdities, The Castle completely LOVES its characters as much as it makes them look utterly ridiculous. The entire cast are superb, there are a hundred quotable lines, and the simple story may seem clichéd, but is nevertheless executed to warm-hearted perfection. A special nod should go to Tiriel Mora as inept solicitor Dennis Denuto, who has the ability to make you cry with laughter on the 10th viewing.
No family has less taste or less of a clue about, well, anything than the Kerrigans. And yet by the end, there is no family you'd rather belong to.
This film, most definitely, is going straight to the pool room.
Of all the excellent comedies the vastly underrated Australian film
industry makes, this is the only one which I insist that every single
friend I make from overseas must watch.
This is the quintessential Aussie film - a simple story about a family trying to keep things the way they are, not afraid to have a go at those in power who think they would like to "develop" these people. It's brilliant.
Basic plot: The Kerrigan household is a happy one, but a knock on the door one day changes that. Faced with a compulsory acquisition notice, the family's patriarch decides to take on the system, and to prove for once and for all that a man's home is his castle.
The jokes are funny, but are very Aussie-centric. I'm really surprised at the amount of positive feedback in these reviews from non Aussies, I've always felt that this is one movie which requires a 'native speakin' translator' if you are to get all the jokes! (And tend to recommend overseas folk watch The Dish, made by the same film team but is far more accessible and wider in scope than the very narrowly aimed Castle, which is really just driven by Australian humour, language and colloquialisms).
A true gem, very vibrant movie. For anyone who grew up in a similar location (not next to an airport, but in a 'bogan', working class suburb or small town) it will remind you of so many things you saw as a child. Profanity? Get over it, that's how we talk!
The plot is very standard, predictable fare, and frankly, from what I'd heard through word of mouth, I was afraid that this would be a MIRAMAX formula feel good picture like "The Full Monty", or "Little Voice". Well, I'm very glad to be able to say that it isn't. This is the real thing, and it is the character of the family, all their quirks, and the small touches that makes this a great comedy. I have no doubt this will be a film that I'll revisit again and again. How many films do you see that, the next day a number of lines, and bits still playback in your head? If you like films like "This Is Spinal Tap", and the other Christopher Guest films, and like characters from "Fargo", I'd recommend "The Castle". It's a charming little gem.
Roland E Zwick felt compelled to write a rather scathing review of The
Castle and how it failed to meet one major requirement for a comedy... it
was not funny. Well, that is fine and I can accept the fact that maybe
idea of what constitutes humour is seemingly at odds with the vast
of voters on IMDB, however I do think that he should get a few facts
straight before he makes comments about so called influences he has
attributed to this film. Roland stated:
""The Castle," a highly praised Australian farce, is a decidedly minor, lackluster and virtually laughless installment in the recently very popular genre known as the offbeat working class comedy. This vain attempt to mine the territory exploited so successfully a few years back in "The Full Monty," mistakes quirkiness for humor, so much so that it is not overstating it to say that there is nary a laugh in the film's entire (and blessedly brief) 84 minute running time."
Unfortunately, if Roland had bothered to do his homework just a little better, he would have noticed that "The Castle" released in Australia 10th April 1997 and the US 7th May 1997 does actually predate "The Full Monty" which was released in the UK on 27th October, in Australia on the 16th October 1997 and the US on the 13th August 1997. As this seemed to be something that affected his judgement (his use of the term "vain attempt" was a rather strong condemnation), I felt it was an error that needed to be put right.
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In basketball recruiting, the July recruiting period is a chance for college coaches to zero in on their top targets. And for us here at RecruitingNation, it is likewise a chance to attend July's biggest events and watch the nation's top players.
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