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It would be easy to chalk the Houston Dynamo's 4-1 loss to FC Dallas up as a result of circumstance. After all, the Dynamo went down a man and, against a very good Dallas team, were not able to catch up.
While the club has put the result behind them, the note in the Dynamo camp is that it's a game the team can learn from—especially concerning the response in the time following David Horst's red card, where the score ballooned form 1-1 to the final tally.
"We should've done better. Those 10 minutes were not good enough," said goalkeeper Tally Hall. "Definitely frustrating, even though I'm optimistic about what we have and the talent we have on the team and the way we're able to play. We move on from what was a disaster … and know we have one game this weekend that we've got to win."
Moving on means figuring out what went wrong and working out the kinks.
Handling those sudden changes are something that the Dynamo work on often. Responding when the ball turns over or to plays that do not go their way; it is all a part of the philosophy and culture that the club tries to create.
"I don't say we use the frustration, we use the foundations of our team that we know what makes us successful and that's working together and working for each other," Hall said. "[Head coach Dominic Kinnear] always says you've got to create your own luck and moving forward we want to create our own luck and that's going to lead to goals and lead to wins."
If the lopsided loss can serve as a reminder of what happens when the club is caught unprepared, it will serve that purpose going forward. If not, the club could receive the same lesson soon as they prepare for three consecutive road games.
"After watching film I thought we played some really good stuff," said forward Will Bruin. "We just need to not hurt ourselves and that's stuff we've been stressing. I don't think there are many teams that can play with us when we put the ball down and play.
"We're not dwelling on it. We're learning from mistakes and moving on to the next game."
As the club looks to turn things around and learn they are hoping to have the services of captain Brad Davis for the first of those three road games at the New England Revolution. Davis left Saturday's loss after turning his ankle when Je-Vaughn Watson stepped on the US international's right foot.
"He's a bit day-to-day," Kinnear said. "We're trying to get him ready for the weekend, so we'll see how it goes."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com.


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"The more awareness we promote of the child in the womb, the safer that child becomes," states Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life. "Oklahoma legislators have opened windows to the world of the unborn that will hopefully save many, many lives."
Fr. Pavone's comments are in response to SB 1742, a comprehensive bill passed by the Oklahoma Senate on abortion related matters.
"The people of Oklahoma, through this legislation, reflect a growing trend across America toward more common sense about abortion. Anyone who opposes the rights of parents in relation to a minor age daughter's abortion, or state funding to assist in childbirth and adoption, or informed consent, is certainly among a misguided minority. Moreover, who can reasonably hold that our laws, which prevent pain to animals that are slaughtered, should not prevent pain to unborn children who are aborted?", Fr. Pavone asked. "The Priests for Life association urges that Oklahoma's governor sign this bill into law."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.

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Another old person's thoughts on Twilight
Two weeks ago, I watched the second installment of the Twilight movies. (Don't judge. Just because I've watched two of these tweenage titilators doesn't mean I liked them. Plus, I took an antidote right after and watched the entire Decalogue and read three T.C. Boyle books. Just kidding. I only read a chapter in a T.C. Boyle book.)
I am not a parent, so I haven't really been caught up in the supposed abstinence subtext of the movies and books. After watching the first movie, I commented that maybe I could get the teenage appeal. I may not be a parent, but I was a teenager not that long ago. I understand the power and maybe even value of experiencing a story of unrequited love. For teenage me, that movie was Immortal Beloved starring Gary Oldman as Ludwig von Beethoven. (You can go ahead and judge me now.) I'd also read an interview with Catherine Hardwicke and was impressed by her committment and approach to visually portraying the already highly successful (read: financially lucrative) first volume of the series, which is what compelled to watch it.
After New Moon, however, as soon as the credits began rolling I said to my husband, who'd been in and out of the room unable to sit through 10 minutes of plot dragged out over two hours, "So I don't think this is an abstinence tale, but a story about making enormous, life-changing decisions at too-young of an age based purely on passionate desire." I'm not a parent, but that's not a lesson I'd want to pass on to anyone.
One friend of mine commented that the problem with the central focus of the story is not unlike the problem with how our church approaches marriage and relationships: "It's all focused on you-know-what and only you-know-what rather than the other 95 percent of a couple's life that is every bit as important as you-know-what."
Still, I'm not overly concerned that teenagers across America are drooling over hearthrobs Kristen Stewart (the twitchy, always annoyed one), Robert Pattinson (the brooding, messy-haired one), or Taylor Lautner (the boy in a muscle man's body). Haven't we all been a part of some cultural or (sub-cultural if you're really cool) phenomenon that made us borderline obsessive? As a tween I laid my head every night on a New Kids on the Block pillow case.
I also wonder if they see all the reviews and media criticism as written by lame grown ups who've taken all the fun out of these books and movies with their poo pooing and finger wagging and eye rolling. I have a feeling that we lame-o grown ups are taking these things even more seriously than they are.
Stay tuned for my Twilight Eclipse review next year, well after it's been released on DVD and available on On Demand...


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Jose and Kerri Mendez of Warwick announce the birth of their daughter, Aleahbelle Milagros Mendez, on March 22, 2012 at 7:25 a.m. at Women & Infants' Hospital, Providence. She weighed 6 lbs. and was 19 inches long at birth. She is also welcomed by her doggie, Ginger.
Maternal grandparents are Kenneth and Janet Levesque of Warwick.
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Missouri voters demonstrate independence
While a majority of Missourians supported Republican Governor Mitt Romney for President, a similar margin supported Democrat Claire McCaskill for U.S. Senate. Republican Congressional candidates prevailed in 6 of the 8 Congressional District races, but voters also supported Democratic candidates in four of the five statewide races. Full results of Tuesday's elections can be seen here [1].
Divided government continues in Congress
With President Obama winning reelection, he will be working with a divided Congress. The Democrats added two seats to their majority in the Senate. Beginning in January, they will have a 53-45 majority in the US Senate. There are now two Independents, who will likely caucus with the Democrats. Due to retiring or defeated incumbents, the Senate will have 11 new members to the chamber.
Republicans held on to their majority in the US House of Representatives. With nine races still undecided, the Republicans currently hold a 233-193 majority. With newly elected Congressional members, more than 1/3 of the House has two years or less of Congressional experience.
In Missouri, Missouri incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) defeated Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO). Due to redistricting, Missouri now has eight Congressional districts. Each of the incumbents in those districts was successful in winning reelection.
Incumbents prevail in four of five statewide races
The power of incumbency was evident in the outcome of the five statewide office races up for consideration in Tuesday's election. Governor Jay Nixon (D), Lt. Governor Peter Kinder (R), Treasurer Clint Zweifel (D), and Attorney General Chris Koster (D) all won re-election. The only newcomer will be Jason Kander, the Democratic candidate for Secretary of State who beat Republican Shane Schoeller.
Nixon, Kinder and Koster all have degrees from MU. Zweifel has a degree from UMSL.
Republicans maintain veto-proof majority in the Missouri Senate, elects new leadership
The November 6th elections resulted in a few changes to the makeup of the Missouri Senate. The upper chamber will consist of 24 Republicans and 10 Democrats. 12 of the 34 Senators will be freshmen, serving their first term. The numbers represent a slight change from the 2012 legislative session, with Democrats gaining a seat in St. Louis where incumbent Sen. Jim Lembke (R-St. Louis) lost to Rep. Scott Sifton (D-St. Louis). Republicans will control 70% of the Senate seats, still allowing them to maintain their veto-proof majority. When the Senate convenes on January 9th, 2013, there will be 11 Senators who are alumni of a University of Missouri System campus: seven from MU, two from UMKC, one from UMSL, and one from Missouri S&T.
On November 8th, the Senate elected its leadership with Tom Dempsey (R-St. Charles) elected as the incoming President Pro Tem and Ron Richard (R-Joplin) elected as the incoming Majority Floor Leader. Jolie Justus (D-Kansas City) will serve as the Minority Floor Leader.
Missouri House sees increase in Republican margin, elects new leadership
The House of Representatives will welcome 46 new freshmen in January, including 35 Republicans and 16 Democrats. Republicans will now hold a 110-53 majority in the lower chamber, giving the Republicans a veto-proof majority.
Five incumbents seeking re-election were defeated Tuesday. These included Rep. Tom Shively (D-Shelbyville), Rep. Paul Quinn (D-Monroe City), Rep. Brent Lasater (R-Independence), Rep. Cloria Brown (R-St. Louis); and Rep. Melissa Leach (R-Springfield).
There are at least 48 members of the incoming House who are alumni of one of the University of Missouri System campuses, including 31 from MU; 8 from UMKC and 9 from UMSL.
House members have already met to elect new leadership. Republicans elected Tim Jones (R-Eureka) as Speaker. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Salem) was elected Speaker Pro-Tem. Rep. John Diehl (R-Town and Country) was elected Majority Floor Leader. Rep. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's Summit) will be Assistant Majority Floor Leader, and Rep. Sandy Crawford (R-Buffalo) was elected Majority Whip.
House Democrats have selected Rep. Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis) as Minority Leader. Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) was elected Assistant Minority Leader, and Rep. John Rizzo (D-Kansas City) was elected Minority Whip.
Committee chairs will be announced in the coming weeks, and new committee assignments are expected in early January.
Tobacco tax Proposition B defeated
Voters in St. Louis, Kansas City, Columbia, and Springfield passed the measure, and it lost in the majority of Missouri's rural counties. The final tally was 49.2% yes, 50.8% no, with the issue decided by 42,000 votes. Higher education leaders had supported the proposition as a means of providing funding for expanded medical education and other institution priorities.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis visits UMSL
MU Sinclair School of Nursing receives $14.8 million federal grant
The MU Sinclair School of Nursing announced on Nov. 5th a $14.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The four-year grant will be used to implement a project aimed at reducing avoidable rehospitalizations among nursing residents. Insights gained from the project could provide a national model for senior care. MU is partnering with CMS and state Medicaid programs to improve care at 16 nursing facilities in St. Louis.
The grant received letters of support from Congressmen Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) and Lacy Clay (D-MO), Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), and Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) all wrote letters of support for this proposal, the largest research grant awarded in MU history. For the entire press release, click here [3].
University of Missouri students hold event to get out the vote on election eve
After spending the last several weeks helping students register to vote, student leaders with the Associated Students of the University of Missouri (ASUM) and the Missouri Student Association (MSA) helped coordinate a get out the vote event for students in Columbia on the evening before election day. About 500 students picked up informational packets on candidates and ballot initiatives while fellow students read poetry, sang songs and entertained the crowd. Students also logged on to find out polling places and what items they should bring in order to vote. Representatives of the Mizzou Alumni Association's Legislative Network were also on hand to sign up student volunteers to help communicate with lawmakers in the coming session.
Senator Brown Visits Missouri S&T
On October 19th, Senator Dan Brown (R-Rolla) visited Missouri S&T to discuss the state's opportunity to receive federal funds from the Department of Energy to introduce small modular reactor technology to the state. The Senator heard from a coalition including Missouri S&T Provost Kent Wray and Vice Provost Krishna Krishnamurthy, Mayor George Sanders of St. Robert, local utility officials, and representatives from Ameren and the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives. The group discussed the unique partnership that has been formed in order to pursue the funding opportunity. Both Missouri S&T and Mizzou are involved in the effort. Following the meeting, the Senator was taken on a tour of the research reactor by Dr. Samuel Frimpong, Chair of the Department of Mining and Nuclear Engineering.


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Jodie Foster has found love with TV host Ellen Degeneres' ex-girlfriend, according to a report.
The Silence of the Lambs star has been linked to photographer Alexandra Hedison, who dated DeGeneres for three years until they split in 2004.
According to E! News, the pair has been dating since the beginning of the summer (13).
A source says, "It's pretty serious. They're totally in love."
Foster finally confirmed longrunning speculation she is a lesbian in January (13) at the Golden Globe awards when she was presented with the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille award.
She used her acceptance speech to thank her ex-partner Cydney Bernard, with whom she has two sons, Charles and Kit.
Foster said, "There is no way I could stand here tonight without acknowledging one of the greatest loves of my life. My ex-partner in love but righteous soul sister in life, my most beloved BFF (best friend forever) of 20 years, Cydney Bernard. I am so proud of our modern family."


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Titus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and possibly George Peele, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were extremely popular with audiences throughout the sixteenth century.
The play is set during the latter days of the Roman Empire and tells the fictional story of Titus, a general in the Roman army, who is engaged in a cycle of revenge with Tamora, Queen of the Goths. It is Shakespeare's bloodiest and most violent work and traditionally was one of his least respected plays. Although it was extremely popular in its day, it fell out of favour during the Victorian era, primarily because of what was considered to be a distasteful use of graphic violence, but from around the middle of the twentieth century its reputation began to improve.
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Just like that, Cards hold the cards in Fall Classic
BOSTON -- Amazing how quickly things can swing in October. That's the beauty of playoff baseball.
One minute Fenway Park is jumping, with David Ortiz's home run in the bottom of the sixth inning the signal for 38,436 to start asking about the parade route. And then just as suddenly, it turns as quiet as Boston Common on a Sunday morning in December.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- Amazing how quickly things can swing in October. That's the beauty of playoff baseball.
One minute Fenway Park is jumping, with David Ortiz's home run in the bottom of the sixth inning the signal for 38,436 to start asking about the parade route. And then just as suddenly, it turns as quiet as Boston Common on a Sunday morning in December.View Full Game Coverage
The mute button, in this case, was a five-batter stretch in the top of the seventh inning when Mike Matheny managed as well as Carlos Beltran hit. And just like that, the Cardinals were leading the World Series over the Red Sox, one game apiece.
Well, OK, not literally leading the Series. That's a figure of speech. But for sure, they have tilted the event in the National League's direction, or at the very least set the table for an extended battle that provides a stage for someone to be the next Carlton Fisk.
The Cards' 4-2 victory in Game 2 -- secured by three blow-you-away innings from Carlos Martinez and Trevor Rosenthal -- not only offset an ugly St. Louis performance in Game 1, but it gave Cardinals Nation reason to thrill to the elegant strides of the Clydesdales on Saturday night, when the teams meet at Busch Stadium (6:30 p.m. CT airtime on FOX, 7:07 p.m. first pitch).
The Redbirds have many reasons to feel terrific about their situation. Among them is the fact that the next three games are home games, and St. Louis has played better at Busch this year than any other team in its home park. The Cardinals are 5-1 there in the postseason, 18-3 since the end of August and 59-28 overall.
"[We] feel good about ourselves, because we know how well we play at home," Beltran said.
And why wouldn't they be feeling good?
The Cards would seem to have at least a slight advantage in the pitching matchups. The Red Sox are starting the excitable Jake Peavy, who got pounded by the Tigers his last time out and is searching for the signature moment to his career, and a physically suspect Clay Buchholz in Games 3 and 4 (not that Joe Kelly and, most likely, Lance Lynn have been stringing together zeroes).
Michael Wacha, the best pitcher on the planet at this moment, is lined up to pitch Game 6 when the series comes back to Fenway Park, assuming it does. The rookie was lucky to be the winning pitcher on Thursday night, when he walked off the mound trailing, 2-1, after Ortiz's home run. But opponents have hit .103 off Wacha in his last five starts, four of which were in playoff games. He hasn't allowed a hit with a runner in scoring position in more than a month.
"He's been incredible," Cardinals center fielder Jon Jay said. "We saw a glimpse of it in Spring Training when it was his first time around us, and a lot of guys were saying he could pitch right now in the big leagues. He went down to the Minors, didn't pout, worked hard, came back and has been outstanding. He has been huge."
Beltran, who needed an injection of a painkiller to mask the pain from the badly bruised ribs he hurt slamming into the right-field wall in Game 1, was a big factor in Game 2 (2-for-4 including a gorgeous go-with-the-pitch single off lefty Craig Breslow to score an insurance run and cap the Red Sox's meltdown in the seventh inning). And Beltran should feel better with some rest and more treatment.
Matheny declared himself "very encouraged" about Beltran, admitting he didn't know what to expect when Game 2 began.
"We were all kind of sitting around waiting to see how things would turn out today," the manager said. "We didn't know how he was going to feel. But obviously he feels pretty good. He was moving well, too. ... He's the kind of guy that knows how to make the best of what he has."
With no designated hitter in the NL park, the Red Sox will have to sit either Ortiz -- who has five home runs in the last 11 games and 17 all-time in the postseason -- or Mike Napoli, whose three-run double was the big blow in the 8-1 victory in Game 1. Boston manager John Farrell said he won't have Napoli catch, so it's an either/or situation in each game. And Farrell said late Thursday night he's leaning toward Ortiz at first base in Game 3. The slugger didn't play there all season, so it's fair to wonder how confident he will be in tight spots.
Credit Matheny for pulling all the right strings in Game 2, when the outcome turned largely on offensive-first left fielder Jonny Gomes throwing wide to the plate from shallow left field on a Matt Carpenter fly ball in the seventh. A strong throw cuts down pinch-runner Pete Kozma and preserves the 2-1 lead, at least until Beltran comes to the plate, but Jarrod Saltalamacchia whiffed in trying for a swipe tag, and Breslow, backing up the play, airmailed third base in trying to cut down Jay.
Kozma, who had just replaced David Freese, and Jay had just executed a double steal. Matheny also hit the jackpot when he left the left-handed-hitting Daniel Descalso in to face Breslow, who walked him, and in the eighth inning when he had the precocious Martinez face Ortiz, rather than going to lefty Randy Choate.
This is the situation that the Cards had envisioned using Kevin Siegrist in, but Ortiz had homered off him on Wednesday. While Martinez would give up a single to Ortiz, that was damage that his team could live with, especially with him and Rosenthal combining to strike out six of the 11 hitters they faced.
Advantage, Cardinals.
"We're just worried about playing our kind of baseball," Jay said. "That's what we did today. The pitching really set the tone and we got some clutch hitting. We've been through this before. We've had to fight. We know this isn't easy. We know it's the World Series and the two best teams are out there. We just have to keep fighting hard."
He's right. They'll be tested again. But until further notice, it's the Cards who hold the cards.
Phil Rogers is a columnist for MLB.com.


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"But if I were a Dodgers fan, I'd be nervous about Puig in October. He's as likely to cost the Dodgers a playoff game with a needless mistake as he is to win one on a walk-off home run.
For a while, Puig's frequent fundamental lapses were forgivable. Airmailed cutoff men and unnecessary outs on the basepaths were accepted as part of The Puig Show. Besides, he was saving the season. Let him be."
"No more. Puig and Hanley Ramirez have turned the Dodgers into near-certain NL West champions. Now it's time to prepare for the playoffs. And clearly, Puig isn't ready."
"The Dodgers are in a precarious position here. Mattingly should bench Puig for a day – the clearest form of manager-player communication – to make certain he understands the need to be more aware of game circumstances. But that's probably unrealistic because Puig helped the Dodgers go on an historic 42-8 run, and the paying customers in L.A. would be displeased if they bought a ticket to Dodger Stadium only to learn their hero wasn't in the lineup."
"You can see it coming from here to the autumn leaves.
Crowd screaming. National television cameras blazing. Game 4 … or 5 … or 6 of the playoffs. And Yasiel Puig runs into an out, overthrows a cutoff man, commits some egregious mistake that costs the Dodgers the game. Maybe even costs them the playoffs.
The Dodgers go home for the winter. Their fans are left hugging only their chipped and faded 1988 World Series champions coffee mugs.
And Puig jets off to join a South Beach conga line for the winter. Party on!
Hoo, boy."
"Do you think they haven't tried? School is in session every day with Puig. Manager Don Mattingly talks with him. Coaches lecture him. General manager Ned Colletti schools him. Teammates from Juan Uribe to Adrian Gonzalez try to teach him.So far, Puig doesn't appear to be much for school. Or lessons.
Or umpires, or sleep."
"So what do you do if you're the Dodgers?
Wine and dine him even more?
Sit him down indefinitely?
Sit him down for six innings, then insert him into the game in a sixth-inning double-switch?
Wait. They did that last one Tuesday. And Puig emerged from his time out to immediately stroke a game-winning home run. The guy can do no wrong even when he does wrong."
"Biggest question this season now is this: Can the Dodgers eke a Kirk Gibson moment out of Puig this October before they get a Frankenstein moment?
This Tasmanian Devil of a player has mesmerized a community and captivated a baseball nation. He is Must-See TV, one of the game's most exciting talents. What Mike Trout and Bryce Harper were last year, Puig, to some degree, is this year.
Yet this late-night carousing, cutoff-man missing, curfew busting phenom borders on going berserk-o out of control. Did you see the tantrum he directed at plate ump John Hirschbeck after striking out Monday in Miami? Holy smokes."
Guess what? ANY player on the Dodgers could cost the team come playoff time. Just because Puig is young and "doesn't play the right way" doesn't make him any more or less likely to make a mistake. But don't let that get in the way of a pageview-grabbing column.
"If you go back and look at the commentary about a young Roberto Clemente or, really, almost any other young Latin superstar in baseball history, you see a lot of the same things being said about them that are being said about Puig. Many of the actual words are different — I don't think anyone these days actually calls them "hot-blooded" or anything — but there is this presumption, it seems, that most young Latin ballplayers are some breed of wild horse that needs to be tamed. Contrast this to young American ballplayers who mess up sometimes and are talked about as if they need to grow up. We assume age-appropriate immaturity in the latter that will inevitably be grown out of and assume culturally-determined otherness in the former that must be beaten out of them via discipline and disapproval."
Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated and Jason Gay of the Washington Post threw their respective hats into the Puig corner with a couple of great pieces.
"A few months after Puig made his debut, with every game he plays still opening itself up like some brand new, unexpected gift, I feel like the isolated one. Despite our various advantages in communications, Americans are nearly as removed from Cuban baseball stars as Cuban fans are from major leaguers. Puig may only now be learning the blessed and sacred unwritten rules of American baseball, but we are only learning now what the Cuban game has to offer."
"They need less of Puig's reckless on-field behavior. They need less of his arrogant refusal to listen to instruction. They need less of an attitude that infuriates umpires.
But they love the victories that the reckless, arrogant attitude produces.
They needed to bench him Tuesday. But they couldn't bear to bench him for the entire game.
He needs to learn. But Mattingly showed that he's unwilling to possibly sacrifice a victory to finish the lecture."


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A selection of books from the library at Tyninghame House purchased in 1987, before it was dispersed at auction. The core of the collection consists of 345 volumes believed to have belonged to the lawyer and politician Thomas Hamilton (1563-1637), 1st Earl of Haddington, known as ?Tam o? the Cowgate? by his friend King James VI. A collector of books throughout his career, he signed them with the form of name and title he bore at the time of acquiring them. However, research on these books since they came to the Library suggests that some of the volumes signed ?M[agister] T Hamilton? may have belonged to his father, another Thomas, who had also been a student at Paris. The first Earl acquired books in French, Latin, English and Italian, mainly on history, politics and political theory, law, literature, but also some courtesy books and other more practical works on subjects such as medicine and agriculture. The remainder of the collection comprises 11 works owned by the 2nd Earl (1600-40), and 41 works acquired at later dates. Among the latter are four illustrated books which came from the library of George Lauder of the Bass, and several fine Scottish bindings, including Tasso?s Gierusalemme Liberata, (Glasgow, 1763), bound by James Scott of Edinburgh.
B.P. Hillyard, ?Books for the National Library from Tyninghame House?, Scottish Book Collector, 6 (June/July 1988), 26-7. ----, ?Durkan & Ross? and Beyond?, in A.A. MacDonald, M. Lynch and I.B. Cowan (editors), The Renaissance in Scotland, Leiden, 1994, 369-384.
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text: Reviewer: Chunkblower Review Date: July 14, 2011 Format: Blu-ray Released by: Warner Release date: June 14, 2011 MSRP: $35.99 Region A Progressive Scan Codec: AVC, 1080p Widescreen 2.40 | 16x9: Yes 2011 The out-of-nowhere success last spring of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (over a $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts) led to a mad rush of studios putting their own reinterpretations of classic fairy tales into production. Right now there are two versions of Snow White in preproduction from competing studios, with other Grimm's tales being considered as well. Beating all these projects to the punch to attempt to ride the cash-in gravy train is Warner's Red Riding Hood. Directed by Twilight's Catherine Hardwicke, Riding Hood was released this past spring and aimed to capture much of the same audience that religiously follows the teen vampire franchise. Unfortunately for those involved its critical and commercial reception was rather tepid, leaving this reinterpretation of the folk favourite lost in the woods. The Story The secluded village of Daggerhorn, which sits on the edge of a dark fairy tale wood, would be an ideal place to live were it not for its small werewolf problem. For generations the town has been besieged by a bloodthirsty supernatural predator. Despite the specter of the werewolf that hangs over the village whenever the moon is full, and the animal sacrifices used to keep the wolf satiated, the residents of Daggerhorn seem to make out alright. In Daggerhorn, the nubile Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) is betrothed to the son of the wealthiest man in the village, Henry (Max Irons). She's not enthusiastic about the betrothal since she's in love with the humble woodcutter, Peter (Shilosh Fernandez), and has been since they were children. Valerie's mother Suzette (Virginia Madesn) had entered into an arranged marriage with Valerie's father (Billy Burke), also a woodcutter, and sees "marrying up" as the only way for Valerie to have a hope for better life. In preparation for her wedding, Valerie's folksy, forest-dwelling Grandmother (Julie Christie) has made her a flowing hooded red cape. Her idyllic existence is changed forever the day her sister is slain by the werewolf. In response, the town priest, Father Auguste (Lukas Haas), summons Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), a renowned wolf slayer, to deal with the beast. Unwilling to wait, the men of the town go out to hunt the wolf. The posse tracks and kills a large wolf, but not before it puts the bite on Henry's father in the worst way. When Solomon arrives, he clues the villagers in on what the score really is. Seeing that the wolf's head trophy hasn't reverted to its human form, the large wolf they killed was clearly not the one responsible for the loss of life and livestock in Daggerhorn. Reminiscent of The Thing, every resident of the village is now a suspect. During the week of the "blood moon" is the only time a werewolf bite will turn its victim into a werewolf. Just so happens that Solomon's arrival coincides with the beginning of the blood moon. The village is sealed off for the duration and, despite being under the auspices of the church, the town holds a pagan flavoured, orgy-like feast. During the feast, Valerie tries to make Peter jealous with her bisexual grinding and Peter and Henry mix it up. Valerie and Peter steal away from the festivities for some firelit, but still safely PG-13 rated, making out before being interrupted as the wolf attacks the festival goers. Val is cornered by the beast and she finds out that she is able to psychically communicate with the wolf. It reveals to her its plan to return and turn Val into a wolf as well. The town imbecile is apprehended on suspicion of wolfery and his sister Roxanne (Shauna Kain) goes to Solomon to barter for his release. When her first offer of money and the use of her body as payment is rejected, she accuses Valerie of being a witch. Valerie is apprehended along with her father and questioned by Solomon. She reveals what the wolf said to her, that he would spare the village if she left with it, so Solomon decides to user her as bait to lure and kill the wolf. A mask is put on Valerie (which is supposed to be a pig's face, I think, but looks more like an aardvark to me) and she's tied up in the town square. What she lures is her two blue-balled suitors who pretty much torch the entire town to free her. Their escape plan doesn't quite go as intended and soon Valerie finds herself on the way to Grandmother's house, to confront the wolf and find out the secret of its identity. All of this overcomplicated silliness is set against a backdrop of hazy, dreamlike visuals. Where director Catherine Hardwicke brought steely iciness to the first film in the Twilight franchise, here she and director of photography Mandy Walker (who also shot Baz Luhrmann's gorgeous Australia) go in the opposite direction: Red Riding Hood is awash in lush, saturated colors. Even when the scenery is predominantly snow-capped mountaintops, she uses Valerie's distinctive cloak (which seems able to shift in length for greatest impact) as a contrast. The result is a film that is always visually dynamic and arresting. The painterly design of the cinematography actually makes the cut-rate CGI easier to accept. Since the entire film is covered in a layer of artifice the blatant artificiality of the aerial shots of the town, for instance, aren't as jarring as they would be in a film more grounded in reality. The idea of reinterpreting the fairy tale of Little Red Cap (or more commonly known as Little Red Riding Hood) as metaphor for a young girl's sexual awakening by tapping into the sexual undertones inherent in pre-Grimm version of the story was a good idea… when it was done by Neil Jordan in 1985. Red Riding Hood tries to mine a lot of the same ground as In the Company of Wolves but the PG-13, teenybopper lens it filters everything through means it's not able to deal with neither the horrific elements nor the sexual aspects in a satisfying way. Even the whodunit plot, which comprises the majority of the running time, is slim and underdeveloped. Red Riding Hood doesn't do nearly as good a job of shifting suspicion between red herrings as The Thing, or even Scream, did. The end result is an occasionally interesting but mostly unfocused movie. What's more disappointing is that story is framed largely as your typical class conflict, straight out of Titanic. You have the overbearing mother who is pushing her daughter to marry into a higher caste, despite the fact that she's in love with a ruggedly handsome, but penniless commoner. The whole movie feels a little too calculated to appeal to teen girls, with allusions or references to Titanic, Twilight and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland hitting all the bases in hopes of catching the same audiences. Yet, when you see Valerie bumping and grinding with another girl in hopes of making Peter jealous, I get the feeling that Catherine Hardwicke has more to say about teen sexuality and gender politics than the tried and true story template of her story will allow her to explore. If the film doesn't work, you can't fault leads Amanda Seyfried or Gary Oldman. Oldman chews the scenery so hard there must've been someone standing just off camera ready to perform the Heimlich manoeuvre at a second's notice. Seyfried is just about perfect in the female lead: with her heaving bosom, breathy voice, dewy eyes and perpetually pouting, bee-stung lips she's pretty much female libido incarnate. Julie Christie shows what a great actress can do with next to nothing, and hints at story direction that would have worked as both a nod to the original fable and as an interesting plot thread in and of itself. Less successful is Virginia Madsen, well-cast (Madsen herself comments on the resemblance in the special features) as Seyfried's mother but given little to do, and Billy Burke plays almost exactly the same role he does in the Twilight films: the main heroine's monosyllabic father. Image Quality The AVC transfer does the carefully crafted visuals justice. Valerie's red cloak is often contrasted against the snowy backdrops and because of the soft filter often employed the result is very occasional slight bleeding of the red. There are a lot of dimly lit scenes, and high a grain level is maintained throughout, but detail rarely suffers. Not surprising, since this is a new film, but the source material is virtually flawless and never suffers from distracting compression issues. This is a fine looking transfer of a visually stunning movie. Sound The 5.1 English DTS-HD Master Audio track is filled with atmospheric effects. Along with the expected echoing wolf howls and snarls, there are a lot of moody ambient noises. Dialogue, score and sound effects are generally well balanced though in a couple of brief moments, all three are laid on a bit too thick and the track turns to aural mud (during the [strike]orgy[/strike], sorry, festival, for instance). These moments a few and far between, though, and the track is as good as you'd be right to expect from a recent release by a big studio. Supplemental Material Red Riding Hood didn't exactly set the box office alight, so it's surprising to see that the Blu-ray is pretty loaded with special features. The features, like the film itself, constitute a mixed bag. The main feature is presented in two versions: the theatrical cut and a slightly extended, alternate cut. Both versions are rated PG-13, and the difference between the two is a mere 34 seconds of slightly lustier lovemaking and a new final shot that ads a minor twist (it also makes Valerie's final narration the ending make ever so slightly more sense). The alternate cut is minutely better but both versions are essentially the same film. The major centerpiece of the supplemental features is Secrets Behind the Red Cloak, a feature-length, picture-in-picture commentary featuring Catherine Hardwicke and stars Amanda Seyfried, Max Irons and Shiloh Fernandez. If you've watched a Warner Blu-ray with the In Movie Experience, you'll be familiar with the interface. Secrets is only available on the theatrical version of the film, so if you're hoping for insight into the changes made between the theatrical and alternate cuts, you're SOL. From the pop up menu, you can access the Behind the Story features, a collection of short, behind-the-scenes vignettes. The Reinvention of Red Riding Hood (5:25) presents a bit of historical background on the classic fable and compares the different versions of the story with the film. It's nice that they touch on this subject, but they don't go very deep and spend a bit too much time patting themselves on the back for how clever their reinterpretation is. Red's Men (3:18) is clearly aimed at the film's tween/teenage audience and is really nothing more than a Teen Beat photo spread in video form. If you talk in text-speak and have ever been heard to say "OMG, Edward is soooo hot," then you'll probably eat this up. Otherwise, skip it. In Red Riding Hood: The Making of the Score (10:59) music supervisor & co-composer Brian Reitzell, co-composer Alex Heffes and Catherine Hardwicke talk about the concept for the sound design. This potentially interesting feature doesn't come off as well as intended. Unforgivably, at one point Hardwicke's cell starts ringing while Heffes is speaking and, oddly, this feature about how minutely the sound design was crafted is plagued by a faint, and utterly annoying, clicking noise while the participants speak. Before the Fur…Making the CGI Wolf (0:40) is a quick breakdown of a single shot during the second wolf attack. Been there, done that about a billion times by now. Constituting a failed attempt at a joke, Red Riding Hood in 73 Seconds (1:28) is just the film on fast forward with the occasional stop on a few random scenes. I don't doubt, however, that this will be many people's preferred way to watch Red Riding Hood. The Casting Tapes section contains audition footage for Shiloh Fernandez (5:30), Max Irons (1:22) and then 31 seconds of the pair screen testing together. These clips are exactly what you would expect and are for fans of the actors only. There are also clips of rehearsals for The Dance (1:46), The Festival (0:55) and The Wolf Attack (3:11). About as interesting as the audition footage, but could help you win a bet with a friend who doesn't think the pagan festival scene could look more ridiculous than it does in the movie. Oh, and given her wardrobe in these scenes, I'm convinced Seyfried would look hot wearing anything. Four deleted scenes (running an aggregate 4:18) add a few brief character moments but don't contribute to overall the story, except for establishing Roxanne's brother at the beginning of the film which is helpful, but not essential. There's also another one of those dreadful Gag Reel (2:37) that studios seem convinced we love so much. When it comes to gag reels for Amanda Seyfried movies, well, that joke writes itself. Lastly are a couple of music videos. The first is for the song The Wolf (2:20) by Fever Ray, a band I'd never heard of and, hopefully, never will again. The second is Just a Fragment of You (3:07) by Anthony Gonzalez and Brian Reitzel. The videos aren't music videos in the traditional sense, but sizzle reels set to music. Boring. Final Thoughts Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood borrows from many classic wolf-inspired tales: Little Red Cap, The Wolf and the Seven Children and even the Russian opera Peter and the Wolf. Despite this impressive pedigree, however, the film itself is a mutt. It's choppy and unfocused and leaves its best ideas wholly unexplored in favor of shopworn plot conceits. One thing I never found it to be, however, was boring. Even when I was just appreciating the visuals there was always something on the screen to hold my attention, even if it wasn't holding it in a vise-like grip. I can't recommend the film as anything beyond a visual experience, and even then it's the slightest of recommends. If you're looking for a modern reinterpretation of the classic tale, your time would be better spent watching In the Company of Wolves again (and if you haven't seen it, then go see it right now!). Rating Movie - C- Image Quality - A-* Sound - A- Supplements - C+ *Because of the quality of the HD format, the clarity, resolution and color depth are inherently a major leap over DVD. Since any Blu-ray will naturally have better characteristics than DVDs, the rating is therefore only in comparison with other Blu-ray titles, rather than home video in general. So while a Blu-ray film may only get a C, it will likely be much better than a DVD with an A. Technical Info. Colour Running time - 1 hour and 40 minutes Rated PG-13 (US), PG (Canada) 2 Discs (1 Blu-ray, 1 DVD/Digital Copy Combo) Chapter Stops English 5.1 DTS-HD Audio (Theatrical & Alternate Cut) French Dolby Digital 5.1 (Theatrical cut only) Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 (Theatrical cut only) English SDH subtitles French subtitles Spanish subtitles Supplements Alternate Cut of Feature Film Secrets Behind the Red Cloak Picture-in-Picture Commentary Red Riding Hood: Red's Men featurette Gag Reel Music Videos Deleted Scenes Other Pictures


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Food Microbiologist at Work
When Peggy McNult of the NRCM mentioned that she had never profiled a microbiologist in the Department of Agriculture, I jumped at the opportunity to showcase a little known side of microbiology, namely food microbiology, in addition to presenting my profile.
I supervise the microbiology section of the Ohio Department of Agriculture's Consumer Analytical Laboratory (CAL) which is the regulatory laboratory for the State of Ohio. It analyzes products collected by the Meat, Food, and Dairy divisions' state inspectors.
I joined CAL in 2000 as a Microbiologist, after graduating from The Ohio State University with a Master's degree in Food Science and Technology. The valuable laboratory experience that I gained while conducting graduate research on E.coli O157: H7, as well as my deep interest in developing and validating rapid methods for various food matrices, prompted me to seek employment in a laboratory environment. The food analysis/testing at CAL, being regulatory in nature, provided the perfect environment to utilize my proficiency in validating methods in order to ensure that they meet Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC), USDA or FDA standards.
Currently, I supervise a staff of 11 microbiologists at CAL. I ensure that my team undergoes periodic job-rotations which allow them to enhance their skill sets and also be cross-trained in all sections of the laboratory. My team is responsible for testing produce/food samples for Salmonella sp, E.coli O157: H7, Listeria sp., Shigella sp. and other food-borne pathogens. Dairy products are tested for total microbial counts, coliforms, alkaline phosphatase and for trace amounts of antibiotics. In case of a food borne outbreak, CAL microbiologists test suspect food samples following USDA or FDA guidelines. Positive testing outcomes lead to a recall of the "tainted" food from retail markets within the state. The laboratory is also a part of several Federal Cooperative Agreements, such as the USDA Microbiological Data Program (MDP)--to test produce samples for pathogens; Food Emergency Response Network (FERN)--to conduct validation studies to improve detection methods for biothreat agents in food; and a program in conjunction with the EPA to test the efficacy of hospital disinfectants based on their label claims.
This year has been a very interesting albeit challenging one at CAL since food safety has garnered so much national media attention. The increased consumption of imported food products and the threat of intentional biological agents in the nation's food supply have made food testing a top priority in the Departments of Agriculture. This has resulted in increased testing at laboratories such as CAL. However, new and improved detection methods and the use of molecular methodologies have resulted in generating more accurate and quicker results.
Maya Achen, RM(NRCM), Microbiology Supervisor, Consumer Analytical Laboratory, Ohio Department of Agriculture; she achieved her NRCM certification in 2006.
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An interesting topic came up a few days ago in the forums about database compatibility.
It turns out you can still run CLR functions, sprocs etc when changing the compatibility level from 90 to 80.
Of course i had to test this behaviour because i had a hard time believing it.
i used my high precision timer for performace measurements which is written in C# as a test bed.
You can find the whole script in that post.
When i created the database and all CLR functions I changed the compatiblity level to 80 with:
EXEC sp_dbcmptlevel testCLR, 80;
Then I tried using the CLR functions and they worked just...
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A negative Width value??
I can hear it now:
Are you insane Mladen?? Do you want our apps going around looking ugly??
Well... of course I do! It means i can go around fixing them for big bucks :))
But joking aside, -1 and -2 width values are very usefull.
Setting the width to be -1 means that the column will have the width of the longest item in it.
Setting the width to be -2 means that the column will have the width of the column heading.
Pretty cool, no?
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In a lengthy article about WebDAV i've written a long while ago I've explained how and what WebDAV is and what are the problems you might encounter. Suggesting by the comments (over 200) it's a pretty popular topic but there's no help on the net for anything more complex than simple operations because MSDN suggest that WebDAV is totally unsupported. So anything you do with it you're on your own. Having said that let's see how to do those 2 things from the title: Cancel a Meeting Request 1. get the Meeting Request URI from the inbox 2. get the...
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I've written two more articles on SQLTeam about Service Broker.
The first one shows how to deploy a One to Many scenario over multiple servers. I've shown how to implement auditing from many child servers to one central storage server that holds all data. This is also applicable in a reverse situation of One to Many
The second one explains how and where to start looking when you have to troubleshoot and debug it.
Go and have a read.
Service broker is fun stuff!
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And no, you shouldn't look at the back of it. :)
Whenever I talk to anyone about looking at the computer monitor for a longer period of time everyone thinks i'm nuts when i say i can look at it for 12 hours straight with no problem at all.
After that statement I get the usual dose of: "You're such a geek!", "Sure way to ruin your eyesight!" and "Don't you have a life?" replies.
Just to set things straight: "Yes I'm a geek with a touch of Nerd and proud of it!", "Not really.", "Yes I do have a life....
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Recently i'm seeing a lot of questions about how to modify data in the tables which are part of the multi-join select statement.
And i keep wondering how can this be so hard to remember. The methodology is quite simple.
More here.
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This is acctually quite simple. There is 'startup' option that you can set to the procedure.
There are a few limitations though:
- your stored pricedure must reside in the [master] database
- it's owner must be dbo
- it musn't have any input or output parameters
Here is some sample code:
USE master;
-- first set the server to show advanced options
EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced option', '1';
-- then set the scan for startup procs to 1
EXEC sp_configure 'scan for startup procs', '1';
IF OBJECT_ID('spTest') IS NOT NULL
DROP PROC spTest
-- crate a test stored procedure
CREATE PROC spTest
-- just create a sample database
EXEC('CREATE database db1')
-- set it...
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Some time ago i've written about the TableDiff.exe utility. It's a great tool for quick table comparisons and i've grown tired of typing it in the command line.
That's why I created this simple TableDiff GUI to help me along and i've decided to share it with the world. :)
You can download it here.
Hope you find it usefull.
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In a previous post I've shown what locks are held when doing "update if exists, insert if not" problem in 2 different ways. Of course i had to see how MERGE statement (new in SQL Server 2008) behaves in this matter.
More here.
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DBCC FREEPROCCACHE; and DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS; are commands that clean the cached execution plans from memory.
The consequence of running those statements is that all your objects (sprocs, functions, views) must be recompiled which can be quite costly.
There is no way around that. And if you want to recompile 100 sprocs you have to execute each one and each one returns data.
I didn't want this so i created this script that uses a not well know SET option called
which returns only schema and no data to the client. Since returning data can take a long time this thing is pretty...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 28th Oct 2010 20:07 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Now, this is an interesting development in the ongoing war against Android. Oracle didn't just sue Google for allegedly infringing its Java patents; it also claimed copyright infringement. Oracle has amended its complaint, and, fair is fair, they've got the code to prove it: indeed, Android contains code that appears to be copied verbatim from Java - mind you, appears. However, the code in question comes straight from Apache's Harmony project, which raises the question - would a respected and long-established cornerstone of the open source world really accept tainted code in the first place?
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When utilized within a Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services are part of a business process determining the logical order of service activities – logical units of work performed by one or more services. Today, the most popular tool for organizing service activities into business processes is Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WS-BPEL), a language defining an execution format for business processes operating on Web Services. While it is not a trivial task to define a business process definition with WS-BPEL from scratch, using a graphical WS-BPEL tool can significantly simplify this process.
Examples and practice are much more valuable than theory when it comes to building applications using specific development tools. Unlike many other books on SOA in the market, this book is not focused on architecture. Instead, through numerous examples, it discusses practical aspects of SOA and WS-BPEL development, showing you how to apply architecture in practice with the help of PHP, ActiveBPEL open-source engine, and ActiveBPEL Designer – powerful development tools available for free.


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One of TV's best dramas is back, and that's the best TV highlight this week.
"Justified" has never gathered the raves showered on "Mad Men" or "Breaking Bad." But the saga of Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) has been one of the most consistent and entertaining dramas of recent years.
The FX series begins its sixth and final season at 10 p.m. Tuesday. The first three episodes continue the robust mix of unusual characters, twisty stories and punchy dialogue. The Kentucky backdrop adds a distinctive flavor often missing in other TV crime stories.
Olyphant remains a scintillating and sassy hero as Raylan, who...


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Here's what I wrote about the new Bar Covell in this week's Gold Standard newsletter for the LA Weekly. (Gentle reminder: if you're not subscribed yet -- you can do so here.)
A glass of L. Preston blend fit the mood at the end of an oddly chilly July 4th weekend. I'm looking forward to see what Bar Covell has in store, and already have plans to go back next week. Given how often I make it out to bars these days, that says a lot about a place.
And back to the part about City of L.A.'s red tape: talking to Lancaster about what he's had to go through was an interesting reminder of the disconnect between what the pols say about encouraging local business development, and what it actually takes to get a new venture off the ground. It's alarming and incredibly frustrating; and a longer story for some other time.
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DOMA's demise: One overreach undone by another
June 26. 2013 6:22PM
A mere 17 years ago, 342 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 85 U.S. senators voted to pass the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which clarified that "marriage" under federal law meant the union of one man and one woman. President Bill Clinton signed it. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court declared all 360 of those elected officials bigots. As judicial overreaches go, this one was a stunner.
A strong legal case can be made that DOMA unconstitutionally intruded upon the states' sovereign powers. Regulating marriage has always been the province of the states. Through DOMA, Congress grabbed for itself power rightly reserved to the states. There are even arguments that it must be struck down on sex discrimination grounds or as a violation of the Fifth Amendment (where the court ultimately wound up). Yet the court went far out of its way to pronounce DOMA a malicious act of willful bigotry. As is too often the case, it produced an ill-reasoned ruling by finding a conclusion it hoped to reach, then clumsily grasping for legal arguments to justify it.
The first clue of this was that the court took the case at all. Both the plaintiff and the U.S. government agreed that the section of DOMA being challenged was unconstitutional. The appeal should have been denied, as Justice Antonin Scalia pointed out in his dissent. But Justice Anthony Kennedy and the liberal justices could not resist the temptation to legislate from the bench.
Kennedy wrote that Congress, through DOMA, "seeks to injure the very class New York seeks to protect (same-sex couples)." He continued: "The avowed purpose and practical effect of the law here in question are to impose a disadvantage, a separate status, and so a stigma upon all who enter into same-sex marriages made lawful by the unquestioned authority of the States."
Dozens of currently serving congressional Democrats — including the famously liberal Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Chuck Schumer of New York — voted for DOMA. Their purpose was to injure gay Americans? No. The purpose of the law was to maintain the existing — and universal within the United States — definition of marriage.
Kennedy's smear was deliberate. Without it, he could not overturn DOMA on the broad equal protection grounds he desired. Only such a sweeping ruling could set the stage for striking down state same-sex marriage bans, which are all doomed by this ruling.
The United States of America will survive that change. How the republic will fare with a Supreme Court that habitually dismisses its own constitutional constraints is another question.


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Ford's Goal in 2nd OT Evens Series
BOSTON, Mass. – One of the longest and wildest games in the long history of Yale-Harvard men's hockey came to an end at 9:20 of the second overtime when Dan Ford's slap shot from the left dot sailed over a number of Bulldogs piled in the crease to give the Crimson a 4-3 win and even the best-of-three, ECAC Quarterfinal Playoff Series at 1-1.
Conor Morrison's shot from the high slot was blocked in front, and nine of the 10 players on the ice were low and looking for the rebound. It's possible that none of those nine players ever saw the puck until it bounced off the back of the net. Ford, playing defense on the left side, came in from the point and blasted a slap shot as the puck slid to the dot in the circle. Two Bulldogs were lying on the ice around Yale goalie Nick Maricic, who was also trying to find the puck while on his stomach. Some of the Elis even had their backs turned to the puck.
"I don't think anyone in the building knew where it was. The puck got shot into a pile and it took half a second for it to come clear. It went right to the one guy who was facing the goal," said Keith Allain '80, Yale's Malcolm G. Chace Head Coach.
The loss spoiled Maricic's career-high 49-save effort, one that deserved a better result. The Bulldogs (16-15-3) might have closed out the series with any productivity from its power play. Yale went scoreless on 11 chances, while the Crimson (11-9-11) were able to erase a 2-0 deficit with three straight power-play goals.
Harvard may have had the advantage in shots, 15-10, in the opening period, but Yale was the opportunistic team. Colin Dueck and Chad Ziegler hit the net even-strength and Maricic was spectacular with all kinds of tough saves, including three penalty kills.
Raphael Girard (48 saves) made some tough stops too, but he didn't see as much rubber, even with four Yale advantages. The Crimson didn't get hurt by taking three penalties in the first 11 minutes because the Elis never really got sustained pressure.
Dueck's third goal of the year came on a shot from the point that found its way through bodies and bounced hard off the upright pad at 5:17. Ziegler got an assist for sending the puck to the top of the left circle for the junior defenseman.
Ziegler was rewarded for his pass when he got a great feed from Andrew Miller at 16:36. The senior winger was set up in the middle slot and Miller's pass was one-timed over Girard for his eighth of the season.
The Yale goalie, who dove on three or four pucks in dangerous situations, stopped Alex Fallstrom on a mini-breakaway with eight minutes left. Alex Killorn also came in alone on the Bulldog net and had the near corner ticketed until Maricic stuck out his leg at the last second as the final seconds ticked off the clock.
The Crimson, which has led the nation in power-play efficiency for most of the year, used two advantages to tie it at 2-2 in the second. Danny Biega whizzed a slap shot through traffic waist high at 8:09 to cut the margin in half before Marshall Everson one-timed a feed from behind the goal line top shelf at 16:07.
Both sides had plenty of chances to add to the period's scoring with 26 shots on net combined. Maricic (14 saves, 5 on the PK) and Girard (10) weathered numerous scares to get to the second intermission without further damage.
The Bulldogs were unable to create time and space with the man-advantage and was scoreless on its first eight chances through two-plus periods, producing just seven shots on target. The power play to start the third did not include one shot on Girard.
Harvard made it three straight with yet another power-play tally. Biega got his second of the night with a rising slap shot from the point at 11:20, his 10th of the year.
Yale was struggling to get pressure on the home end at 5-on-5 in the third period despite 11 shots on target. Time was running out and the visitors were heading for a heartbreaking 3-2 decision. Yale still had another chance with its final power play of the game with just over four minutes left. The Blue put three shots on goal but came up empty again.
Finally, it came down to getting the extra skater and an extra ounce of desperation. With under a minute left, Yale got three or four shots including a mad scramble in front of Girard, and the last one found the net. Kevin Peel sent a pass from the point to the left circle for Clinton Bourbonais, who turned and fired off Girard's pads. The puck came within reach of Antoine Laganiere. As the junior forward was falling to the ice, he sent the rebound from the mid slot inside the right post with 27 seconds left.
Overtimes can often lack flow, feature careful play and include referees sticking their whistles in their pants. There was nothing slow or conservative (27 shots) about the first extra session, which included two power plays for both teams. Yale had a 16-11 edge in shots and the most grade-A chances.
"I thought the third period was our best period to that point, and then I thought the first overtime was better. I thought we were getting stronger as the game went on," said Allain.
Harvard had the first advantage, then Yale got an opportunity before the Crimson had another. The Blue's final power play of the first OT was its best with three or four grade-A situations (a clear look with no defender between the man with the puck and the goalie from short range). Girard stood on his head on those and sent the game into another sudden-death period.
The Elis had four of the seven shots on goal in the second OT, but Harvard's third sent the series to Sunday.
"You gotta put it by you. It's a series. The quicker we can put it behind us and get our bodies ready for a hockey game tomorrow, the better we will be," said Allain.
Antoine Laganiere's goal was his 18th this year, three behind Brian O'Neill's team-high 21 tallies…The last multiple-overtime Yale-Harvard game was at New Haven in 1934, a 5-4 Yale win in two extra sessions… Yale used the same lineup as Friday night… This is the first time a Yale-Harvard playoff series has gone to three games… Quinnipiac and Colgate was the only other playoff series to require three games after the Bobcats won Saturday.
Filed by Steve Conn, Yale Sports Publicity Director
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Crews, meanwhile, were battling wildfires in Little River and Franklin counties.
By 2 p.m., the Arkansas Forestry Commission listed 18 counties, including Pulaski County, as being under a burn ban.
Van Buren, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, White, Perry and Pulaski counties were under high wildfire risk, the second-highest classification. The rest of the state was said to be in a moderate risk.
The National Weather Service said the combination of "gusty northwest winds" and low humidity levels combine for an elevated wildfire danger.
"Afternoon relative humidity levels will drop below 30 percent in northern and western sections of the state on Tuesday," the weather service said in a statement. "This will make it easier for fires to start."
Dry conditions and the heavy winds could also help spread fire, the agency noted.
"Even if you are not in" the counties under the burn ban, "outdoor burning is strongly discouraged," the weather service said.
Three fire crews were responding to the reported "large fire" in Little River County, while the Franklin County blaze was said to be "mostly contained," Arkansas Forestry Commission spokesman Adriane Barnes said in an email.
Those fires come after wildfires Saturday and Sunday burned more than 500 acres across the state.


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February 10. 2013 12:51AM
Residents heed calls for safety, patience during blizzard
By TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
Betty Delisle and her son, Will, dig her car out of a snow drift on Lincoln Street in Manchester on Saturday. (Thomas Roy/Union Leader)
Snow totals from around NH
Snow totals statewide, according to the National Weather Service and airports. All figures are in inches:
New Boston: 30.4
Goffstown: 28
Fitzwilliam: 25
Nashua: 24
Hollis: 24
Pelham: 24
North Stratford: 22
Concord: 20.4
Milford: 22
New Ipswich: 22
South Weare: 20.5
Mont Vernon: 20
Peterborough: 20
Laconia: 20
Manchester: 20
North Weare: 19.5
Mount Washington: 19.2
West Hampstead: 19
Exeter: 19
Moltonborough: 19
Rochester: 18
Madbury: 18
Gilford: 18
Durham: 17
Hudson: 16
Bedford: 16
Berlin: 14
Keene: 14
East Alstead: 14
Pinkham Notch: 14
East Milford: 13.5
Tamworth: 12.9
West Chesterfield: 12.5
North Conway: 12.4
Walpole: 9.5
Wentworth: 7.8
Effingham Falls: 7
Errol: 7
York Pond: 5.5
Bath: 5.2
Jefferson: 4.6
Lancaster: 4.1
Bethlehem: 4.1
Colebroook: 3
Much of the state was hit with more than 2 feet of powdery snow before the storm tapered off Saturday afternoon and skies cleared enough to illuminate just how much piled up in less than 24 hours.
New Boston, with 30.4 inches, received the highest snowfall total, while Goffstown was slightly behind at 28 inches, according to snowfall totals compiled by the National Weather Service.
"We're lucky, I guess," said Dwight Lovejoy, chairman of the New Boston Board of Selectmen.
Lovejoy said the town "basically shut down" at noon Friday, with people encouraged to stay home. He said plows continued Saturday to try to keep roads clear and that no problems, such as accidents or fires, were reported to town officials.
"We're just tucking in," he said. "We're good so far."
That wasn't the case everywhere.
The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Activity Center - known as the "Bubble" - at Franklin Pierce University collapsed under the weight of the snow. Fortunately, it happened late enough that no one was inside at the time and there were no injuries. The roof is supported by constant air flow between two layers of plastic material. The bubble also collapsed during the 2008 ice storm.
The center serves as an indoor recreation area for the school and a practice site for the university's athletic program during inclement weather.
There was some flooding on the Seacoast, leading to some messy cleanup but no indications of serious damage.
At least eight communities got 2 feet of snow or more, while at least an additional 10 received more than 20 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
Gov. Maggie Hassan, who had declared a state of emergency Friday night as the storm intensified, asked state residents to remain cautious.
"Though it may seem like the storm has eased in many areas, we will continue to see strong winds into the afternoon hours, leading to heavy drifting and dangerous driving conditions," she said in a statement. "In addition, we are closely watching developments on the Seacoast as we reach high tide and the risk of flooding increases. Our state emergency response personnel stand ready to assist local communities in any way possible to respond to any flooding. Please be extremely cautious if you see flooding, and alert your local first responders as soon as possible."
Hassan on Friday asked residents to stay off the roads after 7 p.m., but stopped short of issuing an order similar to that of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who banned all traffic in Massachusetts, with a few exceptions, effective at 4 p.m. Friday. The Bay State ban remained in effect on Saturday.
Police said people seemed to heed the warnings and stayed home during the storm.
Nashua police Sgt. Robert Page reported very few accidents resulted from the snowstorm there.
"To me, it seems like everything shut down," he said. "A lot of the businesses that are usually open were closed, and that kind of gave people no reason to be out. I think that helped a little bit."
In Portsmouth, Sgt. Kuffer Kaltenborn reported the city was "doing remarkably well."
"It sounds like most everyone heeded the warnings and recommendations to stay inside," he said.
In a release, state Fire Marshal J. William Degnan asked residents to keep portable generators at least 10 feet away from a home and keep snow away from heating vents to prevent exposure to carbon monoxide. He also encouraged people to report downed lines to utility companies, make sure snow was cleared from doorways to allow a quick escape in an emergency and to use snow rakes from the ground, rather than climbing a ladder, to clear snow from roofs.
The city of Manchester closed its emergency operations center Saturday morning. A city-wide parking ban continues until noon today, according to a release from Mayor Ted Gatsas.
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Most people only use constants in the standard rule, to write out a set value.
Some people will even use them, when setting up key fields for inbound processing.
That's all fine and dandy, but unlock their true potential and use them in extended rules as well!
Yes, any constant you have defined in the map, can be referenced in an extended rule.
As a reminder, you can see and setup your constants by going to Edit > Constants.
Each constant will have an ID (name), type and value.
You can reference any constant in an extended rule, simply by using the ID, just as you would a variable.
Now, you may be scratching your head, thinking "if something's a constants, why wouldn't I just reference the value in the extended rule?".
That's a valid point, and for many situations, it would be a lot easier to just type the value.
If #FIELD = "constant value" then
#FIELD = "constant value";
Or even
Writeblock("constant value");
In those situations, yes, it's a lot easier to just type the value in-line and be done with it.
But what if you need to reference the same value in multiple extended rules? What if the value changes?
Now you need to go dig thru the rules, and change them all. Sure, you could create a variable in the Pre-session rules, and reference it instead. It'll accomplish the same idea.
But what if you have a constant value that has special characters in it?
To me, it's a bit of a burden to go look up the hex values, then replace them within the quotes with ^##. Especially when there are multiple values. Plus, if you look at the map a year from now, you have to "decode" it, to tell what the true value is. Anyone else that looks at your map, won't know off hand either.
I personally always forget the exact syntax for using the release character too. If your constant has quotes in it, is it /" or \" or //", it usually takes me a couple tries to get it 100% correct.
Instead, just copy and paste the value into the constant and be done with it.
Tabs? No problem
Quotes? No problem
Unprintable characters? No problem
The constant value takes them all, then you just use the ID in the rule.
I've seen some maps where there is a constant called QUOTE, with a value of ".
Then on certain fields where the value of the field needs to be within quotes, they have a rule
Simple as that, and anyone looking at it, has some idea as to what is going on there.
I ran across a problem recently, where there were certain descriptions being sent in the data.
They were 250+ characters long, and most only differed by a few characters.
Originally, they were trying to type the entire description within the rule.
This caused a few problems…
1. You can only have 256 characters within quotes
2. Those that were under 256, the extended rule box only shows you about 50 characters, then you have to scroll.
3. It was a pain in the rump, trying to see exactly which description we were looking at, since they were all very similar.
Once we created a few constants, and gave them some meaningful names, it was a lot easier to read the extended rule when it looked like:
IF #DESC = const_itemA then
IF #DESC = const_itemB then
IF #DESC = const_itemC then
Which leads me to my final bit of advice for constants.
Since they do look and behave just like variables, I recommend either going with a naming convention that lets you know it's a constant, like adding const_ to the beginning of the ID (name). Or if your variables are usually lowercase, make constants uppercase.
If nothing else, just add in a quick comment, to say it's a constant.
IF #DESC = itemA then //itemA is a constant
Sure it all makes sense now, but when you or someone else looks at the rule later on, you don't want to be searching in the map to see where the "variable" was declared and populated, only to finally remember it was a constant. Save your hair from being pulled out, and do the extra work up front.
Hopefully now that you know you can use constants in extended rules, it can help clean up your map, and make your mapping life that much easier.
As always, any and all comments are welcome. Even a quick "thanks", to let us know that you found this somewhat useful, is appreciated!
Feel free to request any topics or ideas as well.
Thanks for reading!
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17-year-old shooting victim: 'I thought I was going to die'
Wrapped in bandages and propped on her couch, Sandrisha Wesley is on the road to recovery.
"It's hard. I'm just trying to be strong," she said.
The 17-year-old and her boyfriend were at home in Vancouver on Dec. 10 when they heard a knock at the door. Four men forced their way into the home, holding them captive.
"I tried to get away to the front door and some guy came up to me with a shotgun," Wesley said.
It was a moment she will never forget.
"He said, 'Get on the ground, get on the ground.' And so I did," Wesley said.
A second later that man shot her as she laid on the ground near her dining room table.
"I went into shock first, and then I looked at my leg and had a burning sensation and had to drag myself to my couch," she said.
Two weeks later, Vancouver police officers, along with Clark County sheriff's deputies, arrested one of the suspects, 20-year-old Andrew Adams-Mott, during a traffic stop on Interstate 5.
On Thursday, Adams-Mott appeared in court. But Wesley says Adams-Mott is not the person who shot her.
The shooting changed her life forever.
"My leg was only holding from one tendon; they shot my bone off," she said.
Wesley says she's lucky and that someday she will be able to walk again, but she says the scars and memories will stick with her forever.
"It's hard. I wake up every morning crying because I have to look at a scar. It hurts," she said.
Sandrisha's family has set up a You Caring page to help with Sandrisha's mounting medical bills.


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Going into the conventions, I expected that both parties would receive a post-convention bounce, but that the Romney bounce would be larger. This, I thought would boost Romney from being a point or two behind Obama to being even or slightly ahead.
However, the polls show that Obama received the larger bounce and thus now leads by three or four points. Why did this happen?
Part of the explanation may reside in the more aggressive tone of the Democratic convention. The Republicans devoted considerable effort to claiming they are nice; the Democrats got on with the business at hand, which consisted mostly of pounding Romney.
But I think the central explanation for the Democrats' success is the most obvious one — the electorate, by a small margin, seems to prefer what the Dems are selling.
At the purely substantive level, voters don't appear to prefer either side. They certainly don't believe that Obama has performed well with respect to jobs and the economy, nor is there any sign that they think he has the answers going forward. However, voters also don't believe the Romney has the answers. Rather, they seem to believe that Romney, to quote the Democrats' mantra, will rely on the traditional "trickle down econommics and de-regulation that got us into this mess in the first place."
The Democrats' edge is at the emotional level. Romney has improved as a candidate and the Republican Convention probably helped his image. For example, a new poll shows that as many voters now regard his time at Bain as plus as consider it a minus.
Yet Romney still lacks the ability to connect strongly with voters. And a clear majority seems convinced that Obama cares more about ordinary Americans (i.e., them) than Romney does. In bad economic times in which neither Party is viewed as having the answer, it is normal to prefer the guy who comes across as more empathetic.
This doesn't mean that all is lost. But I no longer consider this race a toss-up; Obama, it now seems to me, has the edge.
The burden thus falls on Mitt Romney (with Paul Ryan's help) to show that he is not offering the same ideas that, supposedly, "got us into this mess" (Romney isn't, as I have argued before). If Romney doesn't meet this burden, he probably will not be able to rely on America "coming to its senses" and voting out an unsuccessful incumbent. He probably will have to rely instead on "events" between now and early November and on the debates.
But "events" (if any) may not cut in Romney's favor, and Romney is unlikely decisively to outdebate Obama.


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Bill Ward: I miss Black Sabbath
Bill Ward has said he misses his former Black Sabbath band members, but feels he has "lost a friend" in Ozzy Osbourne.
The 65-year-old drummer - who left the heavy metal group in 2012 saying he had not been offered a contract that was "signable" - told DC Heavy Metal he would consider returning to the group, if he felt healthy enough.
He revealed he was still in contact with Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, but no longer felt able to trust Ozzy.
Bill said: "I miss playing with Terry, Geezer, just horribly. I absolutely miss him to death. And I miss playing with Tony just... every day. I mean every single day I - it just blows me away, man.
"And obviously I miss Oz. With Ozzy, I've lost a friend, as far as I'm concerned.
"A man that I dearly loved, and I still dearly love, but I've had to really now readjust just how much I'm going to trust and love him. He fired back on some pretty mean stuff in the press... Like with any of us, when we get hurt, we're going to pull back our love and our considerations for another human being when they kick out at you. So that's been a big loss."
The rocker revealed he had suffered a "horrible illness" in September 2013 which caused him to lose a lot of muscle, and he is still recovering.
But he revealed if he felt able to perform again to his full ability, he would like to reunite with the group.
He said: "I'll always have an open mind to playing with Black Sabbath. I love the band. I miss them terribly. And so my answer would be leaning towards if something could be worked out."
Tommy Clufetos is currently working as drummer with the band who are performing in London's Hyde Park this summer.


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I have been running my own small project in south Ethiopia. I have progressed with the same thinking as OLPC before I discovered their existence.
I have a really good understanding of what they do. However, would they consider a project at my school. This would work well because they are highly motivated to go forward with a laptop project and they now have some basic skills.
Please have a glance at my project:
I have tried to contact them directly but the phone number listed on their website is not correct and i cant get hold of an email.


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I've kinda been assigned as the designated Aim profile fixer-upper in my dorm, and so far I've seen these spywares attatching themselves to profiles-
buddypicture.net <--- seems to be new
I googled for a download that would remove talkstocks automatically, but I got virus warnings. I was wondering what procedures were being used by any AntiOnline victims that can be deemed successful? I don't wanna get friggin netbus on my pc again, that was scary enough.


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|2007-09-12, 16:22
|Link #201
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
First of all, good to know ur not the one who did it. Second of all, if Im gonna have any chance of dishing out all the "concrete" criticism, I think I may have to start a new thread and fill the first 20 pages or so withnot leaving any space 4 any "blanket statement". I wont fault ur friend 4 doing sth he enjoys, but that doesnt mean he gets to enjoy doing anything to sth we might enjoy! Does that make enough sense? I hope it does because by "barely" I think I done a hell of a job indicating the number of slips and mistakes in the translation, and hopefully the "outrageousness" of them as well. Last but not a bit possibly the least, its a dating-sim all-time classic we r talking about here, I seriously doubt if it can pass 4 one's tool 4 "lingual acquisition" for kami's sake! So if u really would love 4 me to start that "error-reporting-ish" thread and embrass us all, do let me know plz! 以上~~~
|2007-09-12, 17:00
|Link #202
In any case, I'll tell my friend what you said, I guess. But, do realize before anything else, that you're in no place to tell people what to do with their free time...besides, I haven't heard any other complaints from people who are somewhat fluent in japanese.
In any case, using proper spelling and grammar to get your point across might make your case look more believable...because right now, telling you something like "if you don't like it, ignore it", and not paying attention to what you said, looks like the best option. Just a piece of advice.
Finally, if this is just an attempt to troll, look elsewhere...you're not going to get anything out of me.
|2007-09-12, 17:47
|Link #203
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
It would be one thing if you were coming here with a constructive, positive attitude, offering to legitimately help constructively improve this voluntary, fan project. You could have said "Hey, I'd like to contribute some suggestions to help improve the accuracy of the Japanese translation for this project. How can I help?" Instead, you come here with your amazingly awful grammar and spelling (How can we take anything you say about translation accuracy seriously if you can't even write a proper English sentence?), to complain about and criticize the way someone's spending their free time, and boast smugly about your own "clearly superior" Japanese skills. How deplorable, and postively embarrassing to you.
If you find the fan translation so offensive, I highly recommend that you uninstall the patch, return the game to its native Japanese, and enjoy this all-time classic in its pure, unaltered form. Then you can rest assured that you will never again have to be offended by someone else's voluntary, free, fan-inspired labour of love.
|2007-09-12, 20:24
|Link #204
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Toronto, ON
Age: 33
|2007-09-13, 00:56
|Link #205
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Alright, Ill start the thread, since he wants so much for me to be "so awesome", and wants so much for himself to be the opposite. Im currently working on a chinese patch 4 the game so the thread may take some time, but believe me, it wont disappoint anyone. And if my memory is correct, I dont think any of my replies or messages are interspearsed with or indicative of any sort of imprecation. So people here better get prepare 4 something so damn revealing and apocalytical that has driven the nice and kind translator to resort to foul language. ~~
|2007-09-13, 03:39
|Link #206
Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 32
dukedhx, i would like to humbly point you towards this part in our forum rules:
Second - if you are meaning to create the thread you speak of here, then i am going to say this - our forum is not the place for it. Go complain directly to the translator if you have a bone to pick with him, or use this thread if you have some constructive complaints/suggestions... put some effort in your posts There are not going to be any threads with the sole purpose of complaining about something.
|2007-09-13, 04:49
|Link #207
Sorry, Sky. I was just directing him the message from the translator. But you've got a point there, about how he shouldn't make the thread here. Didn't think about it.
Thanks for the support here anyway.
In any case, dukedhx, feel free to e-mail him or whatever, or if you have any constructive criticism for the patch, you can simply post in this thread. I won't continue arguing here.
@Skyfall - Can you edit the thread's name to "Da Capo Plus Communication - Translation patch"? I'm sure most people saw it by now, but it'd be nice if it was named what it should be.
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|2007-09-13, 07:48
|Link #210
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Sorry, Skyfall. I don't often read forum rules... I'll "stay kindly reminded" from now on~~
I guess it won't have any point for me to carry on here if I cannot start a new thread. I'll e-mail the translator once I have own project sorted out, I'll be in touch with him before too long~~
|2007-09-13, 09:00
|Link #211
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Oh, I think I can single out one or two mistakes before I vanish from here. Otherwise some may actually believe that I'm actually fully of **** and just a dumb*** who drops by to let off steam.
A.出会い頭にぶつからないと気が済まないのか、 Game Translation:It's like striking your head against a brick wall to break it.... (Hilarious, isn't it?)
My(Correct) translation:She had to bang her head against mine everytime we met, otherwise she wounldn't settle.
B.実はこれが挨拶なのかな……? Game Translation:Or is it her form of greeting the tree? (Tree? Where in God's name did the translator get that idea?)
My(correct) translation:So is it, in fact, a way of greeting each other?
C.金属バットで肩を叩きながら俺は首をかしげる。 Game Translation:I rest my head on the pat. (LOL. It's really spinning out of this world!)
My(correct) translation:I pat my iron bat on my shoulder (as if I was a baseball player).
Game translation:The definition of desparation, threatening innocents' lives. Having understood the situation, I got there 15 minutes earlier. (Out of this world,...this is just so getting creative...again, out of this world!)
My(Correct) Translation: I ran the japanese(needs revision) dictionary like crazy(desparately) for the meaning of the words, and it still still took me 15 mins to understand it(the letter).
I can honestly go on and on here until the judgement day, the doom of the world...etc. Anyway, I'll e-mail the translator as I promised when I have time. By then, he'll get the "whole package"~~~
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|2007-10-15, 11:27
|Link #212
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Can anyone send me the translation for DCPC on my email please?
Because translators website doesnt work.
thanks in advance
|2007-10-15, 13:02
|Link #213
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Sweden
Age: 27
I formated my computer not so long ago so I lost the patch and everything and now when I felt like playing through Kudou's route the site is down. So here I was wondering if anyone that still had the files could put it up on rapidshare and maybe give me some instructions on how to apply it.
|2007-10-30, 22:41
|Link #216
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
need help cant find DCPC if anyone can help plz post or send me a link by email email@example.com
|2007-10-31, 14:14
|Link #217
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
|2007-11-10, 16:57
|Link #220
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Just finished playing through Kotori's path and I must say...
I'm extremely grateful to those who put their time and effort into making such a wonderful patch. Can't say that the translation itself doesn't have any errors, but you can't expect perfection from an alpha patch
Still can't believe there are people who would complain about getting a free translation. This is the reason why some groups/individuals would just stop translating or won't release the patch. People just can't be grateful with what they have...
Keep up the good work!
(prays for a translation of dcsv/dcws)
|bishoujo, circus, ero-game, game patch, translation
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