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Monday, January 16, 2012
The Wordsmith's Craft
by Lynne E. Riggs
Some may have seen the New Year's TV program showing the tsuikidoki craftsman who takes a flat sheet of copper and over three days to a week beats it into a gracefully shaped teapot, complete with spout, using only a hammer, a high-piled rack of toriguchi forming tools, and the accumulated experience of two or three decades (reference here). The completed work is functional, durable, beautiful to look at, and comfortable to hold in the hand. A work of polished craft is honest work indeed.
For those of us who think of ourselves as wordsmiths, the work of the tsuikidoki craftsmen strikes a recognizable chord. Like them, we have our "forming tools" (though they can't be hung on a rack to show off to visitors), and we have our years of accumulated experience that tell us how to get a grip on our materials and how to aim our "hammers" to get the desired results. And yes, it can take a week to refine a manuscript from its original material to the polished, crafted work that we call our product, but the result will long communicate its message in print or on the Internet, quoted, paraphrased, and reforged by others for years to come.
Thinking about this model of craft and professionalism is encouraging as we return to our routines in the New Year.
In 2012, SWET starts its thirty-second year. SWET exists because many people who work with the English word in Japan wear more than one professional hat—we may translate, write, edit, proofread, develop copy or captions, compile indexes, offer advice about design, guide the layout of tables and charts. We are charged with getting a grip on words and shaping them in the desired form for a desired purpose, and are paid to do it skillfully. And beyond that, we build bridges between cultures.
Tasked to cover so much professional territory, we can benefit not only from collaboration with each other, but also from the experience of those who have done these things before us. SWET is a repository of that experience, both in its archives and in the living body of its membership, a valuable repository to tap and to build upon.
SWET's website is in the process of being redesigned, but SWET has to redesign itself as well. The membership is shifting. SWET was founded by wordsmiths who worked predominantly with the printed word and who were accustomed to face-to-face interaction and networking. Today is an era of Internet-based communications and social media, e-books, websites, and "cloud" computing. What will SWET be in this era? Who wants and needs it? What will it do? How will it operate? These are questions that members with initiative and a sharing impulse will answer, and we hope that will include you.
A spirit of information sharing and mentoring has driven SWET and its activities since its founding. We hope that spirit will be carried on, giving what we do enduring value and a heightened presence in a world that needs the right words and good communication more than ever.
Lynne E. Riggs
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
About Mori Ōgai on Translation
by Kay Vreeland
The American Lauren Elkin writes a literary blog in Paris and she posted on Mori Ōgai on translation and fallacy. A snippet: "Ōgai talks about the virtues of being 'wrong' in translation—adding or detracting from the original text; of most interest, I think, is the final section in which he contemplates how far a translation should go into the source culture." She is LaurenElkin on Twitter.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
eBooks and the Author
by Hugh Ashton
I'm considering all the new options by which we can now read books (i.e. the ebook reader market, which appears to be coming of age - sort of), and it seems to me that there are both technical and business issues here.
The software to convert existing material to ebooks does not seem to work at all well. For example, although Adobe claims that InDesign CS4 produces ebooks, it doesn't - these are simply strings of text, rather than organized and formatted books).
Though there is obviously some technological skill required to produce an ebook, many producers of ebooks will be the authors, with sub-optimal technical skills, and the situation, with its different standards (Kindle, Stanza, nook, PDF, etc. etc.) seems to be much worse than, say, the start of the Web, where we were all learning what these strange "tags" and weird angle brackets meant.
Although there is an easy-to-use conversion service provided by Feedbooks, it comes with a very large string attached - the demand that the material enter the public domain, which to me seems an unfair restriction to put on an author who has something original and worthwhile to say, and who has taken the time and trouble to say it.
So… Any ideas on how ebook publishing should proceed? I have a little more to say about this and ebooks at my own site.
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Thursday, April 02, 2009
More thoughts on self-publishing
by Hugh Ashton
I'm not attempting to monopolize this blog, but my last post seemed to generate quite a lot of interest, including some from people who had interesting things to say, but haven't yet bothered to write them here as comments.
One point that was made in conversation to me was the question of self-publishing fiction rather than non-fiction. To summarize what he said (and I am sure my friend will correct any misinterpretations of his thoughts) - non-fiction is quantifiable to a much greater extent than fiction. You can make a reasonably intelligent stab at guessing that "Penguin Care for the Over-80s" will not have a terribly big market, while "How to wipe out your credit card debts" will have a much greater chance of success. In fiction, on the other hand, chance plays a much greater part. Who would have guessed that the Harry Potter series would take off the way that it did? It was turned down by over 40 agents, I believe, all of whom have probably cursed their lack of judgement with phrasing that would do credit to Voldemort himself. And some "famous" writers come up with duds. Elmore Leonard, for example, who is one of my favorite dialog stylists (and he has some lovely comments about writing dialog which I'll quote below), has not always come up with a success. So that's why non-fiction tends not to be self-published to the same extent as fiction. Poetry, of course, is yet another kettle of piranha.
Anyway, the proof copy of Beneath Gray Skies came back today. I have to say, even though my name has appeared on the front cover of publications in the past, this was a thrill (does it ever wear off?). The cover has come out exactly as I designed it (the fact that a couple of items are off-center is my fault - not Lulu's). I also misunderestimated (I love that word) the amount of space for the inside page margins - it makes a 500-page book a little difficult to read if the text is too close to the binding. So I've redesigned the book, with a wider inner margin and a tighter leading value (which IMHO make the whole thing look better anyway). Amazingly, the page count has come down fractionally, which means I will have to re-do the cover (spine will be a fraction slimmer).
However… and this is not good news… Lulu has a bug in the database. It's bitten me in the backside, and it's bitten a number of other people, and it means I am temporarily (I hope) unable to update my projects with the new files. Grrrr… I have contacted their support teams, and apparently it is being fixed - it has been for some people already. So I hope I'm next in line. Once I've done that, I can order two new proofs (pocket and trade sizes) and approve them. Lulu does not allow a book to go out into the big wide world without a proof of the final revision being ordered and approved by the self-publisher, which is reasonable, I suppose.
And the other thing is that now the book is on the market, I have to do battle with the US IRS in order to make sure my royalties are not withheld against tax. Not that it will amount to a fortune (unless all you good people go out and buy copies), but I seem to remember someone once talked about "no taxation without representation".
Oh yes, Elmore Leonard.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in. But said is far less intrusive than grumbled, gasped, cautioned, lied. I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she asseverated," and had to stop reading to get the dictionary.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said" . . .
. . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or almost any way) is a mortal sin. The writer is now exposing himself in earnest, using a word that distracts and can interrupt the rhythm of the exchange. I have a character in one of my books tell how she used to write historical romances "full of rape and adverbs."
I went through my next novel ruthlessly pruning adverbs after reading this. Also, he says "avoid prologues" and "never use 'suddenly'". In Beneath Gray Skies I broke some of his rules (there's a prologue, and I use regional dialect a lot, but I think the dialog still holds up).
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Is this the future of fiction publishing?
by Hugh Ashton
About two and a half years ago, I finished a novel with which I was quite pleased - Beneath Gray Skies - it's an alternative history novel, set in the Confederacy of the 1920s. Actually, I was very pleased with it indeed. I'd done things in my writing I'd never done before: multiple points of view, different plots and sub-plots meshing together, and very different styles of dialog for the different characters. I also wrote a lot of it in a foreign language—Southern US English, which is far from my native mode of speech. And it was a proper length novel - none of your "slim volumes" for me - this baby weighed in at well over 110,000 words!
As you are meant to do, I sent off the synopsis and the first chapter, etc. to various agents and publishers, and collected a healthy crop of rejection letters. Now, authors are meant to be 100% dedicated to selling their work - if at first you don't succeed, etc., etc. So I sent off another round. But it gets a bit discouraging after a while, and in any case, when you live in Japan, the time factor, not to mention the expense, come into play. After all, some people seem to say that etiquette demands you don't submit your work for consideration by more than one person at a time. And how am I meant to live while I'm waiting for replies (the traditional publishing world still revolves around paper - no e-mail here)? At this rate, I'd be collecting an old-age pension before I collected any royalties on this thing.
But happily, I found an agent here in Tokyo who was willing to look at the manuscript, help me improve it, and sell it off through contacts. The book accordingly went through at least three more independent readings, resulting in tightened dialog, structure and plot – a completely new chapter was added at the end, which made the denouement (that's a great word - never written it before) much more credible and balanced the story better.
However, options within Japan are limited, and we quickly exhausted them. But enough people had read the book and commented favorably on it for me to believe in the inherent worth of the book. I didn't want to go in for vanity publishing – where you pay for copies of your book to be printed, and you end up with the minimum print run lying in your back bedroom while you wonder what to do with the 2,950 copies you didn't send out for review or give away as Christmas presents. Read Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum for a wonderful account of vanity publishing.
It also seems that there is only a handful of English-language publishing companies, who own most of the imprints you see in bookstores. These are "media conglomerates" who concentrate, not on literature, or even entertainment, but on quarterly profits and balance sheets, in order to swell the shareholders' dividends and the management's bonuses. Gone are the days of publishing as something bigger than itself (i.e. literature). There was a time in popular music when the music industry took chances - released material that probably would only just turn a profit after a number of years, but it was released because "we like it" or "it deserves its chance to be heard". Those days disappeared a long time ago - now if you want to listen to something non-mainstream, go to the independent labels, who are often not producing physical products, other than the souvenir CDs sold at gigs. Although so many books get published, many of them are non-fiction self-help or similar "mumbo-jumbo" and the vast majority of fiction purchased in the USA comes from a mere handful of authors (fewer than a dozen authors are responsible for 80% of fiction sales, if I recall the statistics correctly). What chance does a new writer have in this market?
Someone recommended Lulu to me, but I was still interested in getting the thing published commercially, so I didn't take the idea that seriously at the time, but when I re-read the manuscript, I was convinced again that this was something that at least a few people would want to read, so I looked into it a little more.
Lulu is not a vanity press - but a way of facilitating self-publishing through Print-On-Demand services. You basically upload a PDF of your work (you can use other formats as well, but if you make your own PDF, you get what you want) and a cover and you're away. To publish through Lulu costs nothing except the cost of ordering a proof copy - they even supply you with an ISBN, and will distribute through Amazon.com. You can also pay ($50 or so) for distribution through other Amazons, Barnes & Noble, etc. Of course, your profits (royalties) are less if you go through outlets other than Lulu, but you do reach a wider audience. Unless I am really lucky, I am not going to get rich out of this (I wouldn't mind being famous, though).
But Lulu states its goal is "to have a million authors selling 100 copies each, rather than 100 authors selling a million copies each". That suits me fine (though I'd like more than 100 copies to be sold) - it's a very welcome step away from the major monoliths, who seem reluctant to take any risks at all when it comes to new content. I'm not expecting to sell a million copies - it would be nice, of course, but given the amount of time and money I have to spend on promotion, it would be nothing short of miraculous (and I would have badly misunderestimated my story-telling skills - to borrow a memorable phrase) if I sold a million copies.
Beneath Gray Skies would make a wonderful movie, though, I think. So why not buy a copy and judge for yourself?
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As an on-again, off-again, card-carrying but generally uncaring member of the North American Rock Garden Society, also known as NARGS, I've learned that if someone has to ask what NARGS means, it's a sign they are not enlightened.
This is a serious group of gardeners. Not evangelical as are many other types of gardeners, but intense and committed to the tininess of tiny plants, grouped in a bunch of rocks with hopes that their stratifications look natural.
If you think rock gardening isn't for you, you might find it interesting to know who else has succumbed to it. Just to drop a name, I am now rubbing elbows with the likes of Nancy Goodwin of Montrose. Yes, Nancy is also a rock gardener.
It was never my intention to become a rock gardener. I attended the group's meetings because it is widely known that they have the very best programs. They lured me in.
Rock gardening is a calling
When I announced on my Facebook page that I had become a rock gardener, my friend and fellow rock gardener Bobby J. Ward, NARGS executive secretary, wrote in the comment section, "Glad you finally heard the calling!"
This may sound a bit smug on Bobby's part, but it wasn't meant to be. It's just that rock gardeners are snobs.
Bobby is in good company, too. Elizabeth Lawrence wrote in her book, "A Rock Garden in the South": "All rock gardeners are snobs. ... Some snobbery is to be expected, for all are agreed that the cultivation of rock plants is the highest form of the art of gardening."
When I went over to the other side, joining this garden elite society, I got curious to hear others' perspectives on rock gardening.
Nancy Goodwin says:
Rock gardening is a challenge if we [in North Carolina] try to grow alpines that want cool air, constant moisture combined with excellent drainage, but if we accept those things we can't change and select plants that can tolerate our climate, it is one of the most delightful ways to garden.
There are no rules. The most important requirement for plants that grow in my rock garden is small size. This is a place for the tiniest aquilegias and other perennials, the smallest bulbs, very slow growing conifers, all plants that might be smothered in areas where larger plants grow. It is also an area which is viewed best at ground level. This garden can be in sun or shade and with or without rocks; its success depends on perspective and proportion.
I agree with her. I like to see the whole plant, on the tiniest scale. There is something very intriguing about this.
A different perspective
Bobby Ward says:
Whether growing rock garden plants in a raised bed, trough, wall, or berm, I am required to get up close and personal, thereby learning details about rock garden flowers, seed, and leaves that might otherwise go unnoticed by me.
For me, the rock garden is my favorite part of the garden because if demands focus and attention to detail that I overlook in other plants in other parts of the garden.
My calling officially came when Tim Alderton, fellow NARGS member and research technician at the JC Raulston Arboretum, spoke to my garden club, The Bloomsbury Garden Club.
His talk, entitled "Colorado Cousins," was about his journey with the NARGS annual meeting in Colorado during the summer of 2010.
Even though I didn't realize it at the time, he dumbed down his talk to my group, but that was OK, for it was still over most of our heads. But I was enamored by the plants growing at what would appear to be against all odds.
After I made my announcement that I was going to become a rock gardener, other friends wrote to say they were not surprised since, as Elizabeth Lawrence further wrote, "All gardeners become rock gardeners if they garden long enough."
This is not to say I will no longer garden for wildlife; I will. And I do love large, lusty blooms, the bigger the better. But, for now, I've carved out one area of Helen's Haven and made a rock garden.
I'll post about my new rock garden as I progress. If I start to sound a wee bit snobby, just know that I'm succeeding.
Helen Yoest lives in North Carolina and writes about Gardening With Confidence. She's a garden writer, speaker, and garden coach. She's also a field editor for Better Homes and Gardens and Country Gardens magazines and serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum. You can follow Helen on Twitter and Facebook. To read more by Helen here at Diggin' It, click here.

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In my last post I provided an overview of what SQL Server database corruption is—and how it's almost always caused by problems at the IO subsystem (or disk) level. However, while it's all fine and well to talk about things in such a theoretical sense, in that post I also mentioned that a great way to get a 'feel' for how corruption works is to simulate it a bit on your own. Accordingly, in this post I'll provide a step-by-step walkthrough of what that looks like by simulating some corruption.
Part I: What Is Corruption?
Setting the Stage
Obviously, when it comes to actively trying to 'corrupt' a database there are a couple of caveats that need to be addressed—above and beyond the OBVIOUS caveat that this is something you'd never want to do with production database. (It IS a great experiment to test against COPIES of your production databases though).
Otherwise, the caveats to simulating corruption are that you'll want to DELETE any potential existing data from msdb's suspect_pages table (which we'll talk about in a future post), and that you'll obviously want to make sure that you've got a viable backup (even if it's a simple copy/paste of an existing .BAK or .mdf/.ldf files) of whatever database you'll be corrupting.
In my case, I'm corrupting a copy of the AdventureWorks database that I have running in my environmentwhen it comes to actively trying to 'corrupt' a database there are a couple of caveats that need to be addressed—above and beyond the OBVIOUS caveat that this is something you'd never want to do with production database—mostly because I just hate AdventureWorks so much. So, in my case I'm backing it up like so:
Simulating Corruption
Then, when it comes to actually simulating corruption, that ends up being a bit hard to do when SQL Server has its 'hooks' into the database in question – so I'll just Detach it using the SSMS GUI, as follows:
Once detached, the database is just a collection of 'zeroes and ones' that I can then open up and 'mangle' as needed. At this point I then just need to find the actual .mdf file for this database (which I happen to know is in my D:\SQLData\ drive on my test server), and then I can open it up with an application other than SQL Server.
And, in this case, what I actually want to do is open up the AdventureWorks.mdf in a Hex Editor – something that will painlessly let me look at all of the 'zeroes and ones' that make up the actual data in my file.
For this test I'm using HxD – a great freeware Hex Editor that I like a lot.
Then, once I open up the AdventureWorks.mdf in HxD, I'm greeted by something similar to the following:
And, if I scroll down a ways, say to offset 0218D2A0 and friends (or roughly 1/4th of the way into the data file), I see what clearly looks to be a number of sequential IDs – as highlighted below:
And, it's at this point that I can 'simulate' some corruption—by simply overwriting those existing values with a bunch of zeroes (or ones, or any other value)—as follows:
Granted, this simulation is going to be a bit different than what you might expect with some sort of 'minor disk malfunction' that could result in corruption – but the point of what's going on here should be obvious. I've just arbitrarily chosen a bit of data somewhere in the middle of my file – and 'corrupted' it by clearly setting it to values that SQL Server did not specify.
Corruption Isn't Always Obvious
Once my sample database has been sufficiently corrupted, it's time to bring it back online. Though, just remember that I had to detach it in order to 'hack it' with some corruption. In most 'real-life' corruption scenarios, SQL Server would have asked the OS to write data to disk, and the OS (or the IO subsystem) would then have 'mangled' the data being written – to the point where corruption would have occurred.
But, even in this case, note that if you follow along with the example provided, the AdventureWorks database comes back online without a problem. In fact, you can even query meta-data without a hitch (because meta-data pages weren't corrupted in this example or experiment).
So, at this point we've been able to 'inject' some corruption into an existing database – and hopefully this gives you a sense of just how disastrous corruption can be – because there's no indication whatsoever that some of our data has been completely mangled.
And, in this case, we've just 'hacked' some of the data in a non-clustered (but UNIQUE) index for the Sales.Customers table – so this simulation really provides an example of some 'tame' corruption in terms of how much pain has been potentially caused. But, the corruption COULD have been to a larger block of data or to a much more important location – to the point where (instead of losing 'duplicated data' in an index) we could have actually lost actual data in a clustered index and so on.
Or, even worse, if instead of having this corruption 'land' on some of our user data, it could have 'landed' at an inopportune location within the .mdf that that's used by SQL Server to keep track of allocation information – which, in turn, is what SQL Server uses to keep track of WHERE it's storing user data. And, in cases where this kind of data gets destroyed (which is typically fairly rare – yet it DOES happen), then instead of losing your own data, you lose SQL Server's 'references' to where your data is stored – and potentially risk losing much more than just a few snippets of even mission-critical data here and there. In fact, if corruption happens to occur on page 9 – the 'boot page', for example, then you're dead in the water and SQL Server can't actually repair the database in question – at all.
But, the key thing to note is that, in this example, we've interjected some corruption and there's really no indication at all. In fact, it's not until a query is run against the corrupted index itself that we get any sense that there's a problem. And, once we DO get a sense that there's a problem, it certainly LOOKS ugly based upon the error that SQL Server spits out:
Up Next
In following posts we'll take a look at whether or not corruption can be prevented (spoiler alert: it really can't—in most cases) and what that means from a disaster recovery perspective—if, for example, you happen to care about your data and don't want to risk what would happen if corruption were to rear its ugly head.
Part III: Preventing Corruption


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The Vice President said that in the 21st century the world is increasingly moving towards a knowledge economy where industrial trade relations are being replaced by a complex system of information exchange.
Following is the text of Vice President M Hamid Ansari's Convocation address :
"I am happy to be here today, in this historic city, for the annual convocation ceremony of the ninety-third academic session of the University of Lucknow.
Gosha gosha ilm o hikmat ka hai sub dekha huwa
Ye ghanimat hai der-e-maikhana ab tak baaz hai
I recall this couplet because in all my wanderings in many incarnations I never had an opportunity to come to this institution of higher learning founded, like some other of our universities, in the early decades of the twentieth century. Over the years, its alumni and teachers have contributed to national life in different fields.
At the time of independence, this university had a student body of 3,893 and a budget of 23 lakh rupees. Today the strength of student's community on the campus has grown to around twenty thousand. Another sixty thousand students are enrolled in its one hundred and twenty-three affiliated colleges in different undergraduate and post graduate courses.
The Vision of Lucknow University is 'to develop human resources for furtherance of knowledge through teaching, research and innovation.' It's stated Mission is to enrich diversity of cultures and promote economic, social and spiritual advancement for an egalitarian society.
These objectives sum up all that an institution of higher learning should be doing in our society. They are in consonance with our constitutional principles and with the age-old belief that higher learning must teach to explore, to feed curiosity, to question everything and thereby become better human beings and more productive citizens. In an earlier age, the objectives were summed up in four virtues: seek and gain temperance, courage, justice and prudence.
Some definitional clarity is relevant. What is a university? One answer could be in terms of ideals: a place that not only produces knowledge but also produces doubt, a place that is 'creative and unruly, home to polyphony of voices'. Another answer could be practical, with a focus on the end product: to impart skills to get a job or a better job, to improve prospects in life.
So why does a young person (or an older one) go to a university? The logical answer would be to seek satisfaction on either of the two counts and, in some cases, both.
The concern I propose to address today pertains to the extent and degree of our success in this endeavour. Have our universities fulfilled the responsibilities undertaken by them? In what manner have they lagged behind? What is the corrective?
I raise these questions in the context of weighty assessments made earlier and in recent years. The Radhakrishnan Commission in 1949 reported 'an uneasy sense of the inadequacy of the present pattern' of higher education.
Almost six decades later the National Knowledge Commission, tasked to 'build excellence in the educational system to meet the knowledge challenges of the 21st century and increase India's competitive advantage in fields of knowledge' reported in 2007 that 'it is important to recognize that there is a quiet crisis in higher education in India which runs deep. The time has come to address this crisis in a systematic and forthright manner.'
This audience is aware that Article 21-A of our Constitution has made the Right to Education a fundamental right to ensures free and compulsory education to all children in the age group six to fourteen. This is being implemented through the Right to Education Act of 2009. The right to education does not extend to higher education which in all societies is based on choice and merit. The first involves options, the second a capacity to benefit from it.
Our literacy level, which was 65 percent in 2001 rose to 74 percent in 2011. This trend, despite gender imbalance, will continue and may even accelerate.
India has the third largest higher education system in the world. We have around 652 universities and university level institutes that impart higher and technical education. They also provide affiliation to more than 33,000 colleges and institutes. According to some estimates, round 27.5 million students are enrolled in these institutions across the country.
Wide disparities still exist in enrolment percentages among the states and between urban and rural areas. Disadvantaged sections of society, including SCs, STs, Minorities and women, have significantly lower enrolments than the national average.
And yet, less than one-fifth of the estimated 120 million potential students are enrolled in our higher education institutions, which is well below the world average of 26 per cent. At the same time, we have yet to create sufficient capacity by way of skills training to accommodate those who cannot or would not proceed for higher education.
Our system turns out nearly seven lakh science and engineering graduates every year. On the other hand, industry surveys show that only 25 percent of these are employable without further training. The picture is more dismal in other disciplines if a recent, non-official, employability report is to be believed.
The conclusion is inescapable that the demographic dividend that is likely to last till 2040 may well be in danger of becoming a liability if comprehensive correctives on quality covering students, faculty and teaching, research and assessment standards are not forthcoming very quickly.
It is thus evident that we confront multiple crises that relate to the input, the process, and the output. What is the purpose, and comprehension level, of those who enter institutions of higher education? Does the teaching process enhance these levels meaningfully? Does the outcome contribute to the requisite 21st century skills on the one hand and on the other to the research and innovation requirements?
Any assessment of what ails our institutions of higher education must begin with the quality of the school leavers that seek admission in them. Since secondary education is the most critical segment of the educational chain dealing as it does with the youth who are the source of future social and human capital.
The challenge here is to modulate the very considerable quality difference between the elite higher secondary schools in the public and private sectors on the one hand and the average or below average ones on the other, a difference that is often camouflaged by the variations in marking standards by different Boards. As a result, and in order to accommodate the less capable, undergraduate teaching often begins at sub-standard levels. Its impact is pervasive.
Our first problem is thus with the new entrants to universities. The school leaving student today has much greater access to sources of knowledge than those available two decades earlier. Yet, and with the exception of the top level, principally in urban areas, the average is poorly schooled and often unprepared to absorb undergraduate teaching in colleges and universities.
Mediocrity thus prevails, standard text books are discarded, learning by rote becomes pervasive, and a teacher's ability gets assessed by his or her capacity to predict the pattern of questions in the examinations.
Acquisition of knowledge, which should be the primary purpose of going to a university, necessitates a questioning mind. This needs cultivation of critical faculties in an endless quest. What Lucknow's own poet, Israrul Haq Majaz, expressed in another context should be the motto of every seeker of knowledge:
Raaste main ruk ke dum le loon, meri aadat nahin
Laut kar wapas chala jaoon meri fitrat nahin
Teachers on their part cannot be absolved of responsibility. It has been said that 'no man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection towards his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he himself believes to be of value.' A feeling of intellectual independence is thus essential; the teacher should not be expected to flatter the prejudices either of the populace or the officialdom. This degree of commitment, needless to say, requires an ardent desire to be true to professional calling. How often is the ideal upheld?
While material conditions of university teachers have improved considerably in recent years, the same cannot be said about the quality and quantity of their inputs into teaching and research. Reports of absenteeism make disturbing reading.Performance appraisal is lacking or inadequate and parochialism and inbreeding have added to a noticeable decline in the esteem in which teachers were earlier held.
The importance of higher education has been reiterated by the Government in the Twelfth Five Year Plan. It stresses that higher education is critical for developing a modern economy, a just society and a vibrant polity. The world over, there is a positive correlation between the gross enrolment into higher education and per capita GDP.
Higher education equips young people with skills relevant for the labour market and the opportunity for socio-economic mobility. It is an input into the creation of a responsible citizen body through which our national goals, developmental priorities and civic values can be examined and refined.
In the 21st century, the world is increasingly moving towards a knowledge economy, where industrial trade relations are being replaced by a complex system of information exchange. This has shifted the focus to a nation's abilities and resources to produce and generate new knowledge that can place it on top of the global power hierarchy.
Countries are now required to match the global demand for skills with appropriate supply of human resources in order to remain competitive in the global market place.
The massive expansion in enrolment in recent years has resulted in unbearable burden being put on the physical and pedagogic infrastructure of colleges and universities. This is manifested in overcrowded classrooms and distortion of desirable student-teacher ratios, overall shortage of teaching and tutorial space, overloading of laboratory and library facilities, and often a lowering of quality of teaching.
Shortage of teachers, and failures to fill in time, vacant faculty positions, has added to it. In many universities, particularly those funded by State governments, budgetary shortfalls lead to faculty positions deliberately being kept vacant.
Two areas of particular concern pertain to budgetary allocations to higher education and to research incentives and outputs. We spend only around 1.2% of our GDP on higher education which is much less than other large developing countries such as Brazil and China. The use of technology in higher education remains limited and standards of research and teaching in our universities are below international standards with no Indian university finds a place in the rankings of top 200 institutions globally.
A disturbing phenomenon is the lack of focus on research with only 1% of the enrolled students pursuing research in various areas. According to data for 2009, India stood eleventh in terms of number of papers published, seventeenth in terms of the number of citations, and thirty fourth in terms of number of citations per paper. Our research output as global share of scientific publications was a mere 3.5% compared to 21% of China. The total number of patent applications filed by Indians in 2010 comprised only 0.3% of the total applications filed globally.
The picture is no better in social sciences and humanities. In social sciences, India is 12th in ranking with 1.18 percent of global publication share compared to China's 3rd rank and 5.14 percent share.
The Parliament's Standing Committee on Human Resource Development in its 248th Report of February 26, 2013 sought to diagnose the problem. It observed that 'traditional universities in our country are so overburdened with imparting undergraduate and postgraduate education and managing the affiliation system that they are not able to focus on research.'
In recent years, private sector initiatives have contributed to the growth of higher education. Today, around 60% of total enrolments in higher education are in private institutions. While some of them excel in their chosen areas, there are legitimate concerns about many of these institutions being substandard, exploitative and suffering from the general shortcomings in higher education mentioned earlier.
How do we propose to address these problems? It is expected that the number of eligible students for enrolment to higher education institutions is set to double by 2020. This would translate into a very large number of young persons. In order to realize the country's 'demographic dividend', the challenge would be to achieve growth of higher education combining access with equity and an overriding emphasis on quality.
Some of the main policy initiatives in the Twelfth Plan relate to the adoption of state-specific strategies given that almost 39% enrolments are in state universities. Some of the steps include enhancing the relevance of higher education through curriculum reforms, promotion of research and quality education, vocationalisation, use of Information Communication Technology in education, networking and distance education.
Other steps include programmes for general development of universities and colleges, enhancing the financial outlays, special grants for the construction of hostels, scholarships to needy students, interest subsidy on educational loans, and making interventions to attract and retain talent in the teaching profession.
Given the structure of our higher education system, the attainments of these objectives would need to be a collective effort of the Central and State Governments. The private sector has emerged as an important participant and its contribution in expansion programmes would need 'an enabling regulatory mechanism' for robust implementation, monitoring and quality assurance. This is yet to take shape.
The new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy announced by the Prime Minister in January 2013 stipulates a doubling of gross expenditure on RD from 1 to 2% of GDP, increasing the number of RD personnel by 66%, increasing India's share of global scientific publications from 3.5 to 7% and creating an environment for enhanced private sector participation in RD.
Other proposals include the establishment of publicly or privately funded Research and Innovation Universities. These are ambitious targets and their achievement would undoubtedly bring about a qualitative change. A lingering doubt, nevertheless, remains given the resource constraints, the persisting shortage of faculty and researchers and the social mindset that propels the best minds away from teaching and research.
And so we come back to the question I posed at the beginning of this talk. How do we get the brightest to explore, to question, to produce knowledge in all its manifestations? New technology and global connectivity are helpful but do not confer understanding. This requires an open mind driven primarily by its autonomous impulse, an impulse that can be generated by the Vision and Mission of Lucknow University enunciated almost a hundred years earlier.
I conclude by extending my heartiest felicitations to the graduating students. They owe their success to their own hard work and commitment. They should not forget their debt to society and the country and remain mindful of the millions of fellow citizens who are deprived and marginalized and need compassion and help.
For them, and for all of us, Mahatma Gautam Buddha's wisdom is of perennial relevance: "If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your path". This would make the world a better place and all of us better human beings. "


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An ovulation home test is used by women to help determine the time in the menstrual cycle when getting pregnant is most likely.
The test detects a rise in luteinizing hormone (LH) in the urine. A rise in this hormone signals the ovary to release the egg. This at-home test is often used by women to help predict when an egg release is likely.
These kits can be bought at most drug stores.
Alternative Names
Luteinizing hormone urine test (home test); Ovulation prediction test; Urinary LH immunoassays; At-home ovulation prediction test; LH urine test
How the Test is Performed
Ovulation prediction test kits usually come with five to seven sticks. You may need to test for several days to detect a surge in LH.
The specific time of month that you start testing depends on the length of your menstrual cycle. For example, if your normal cycle is 28 days, youll need to test on day 11. (That is, the 11th day after you started your period.)
You will need to urinate on the test stick, or place the stick into urine that has been collected into a sterile container. The test stick will turn a certain color or display a positive sign if a surge is detected.
A positive result means you should ovulate in the next 24 to 36 hours, but this may not be the case for all women. The booklet that is included in the kit will tell you how to read the results.
You may miss your surge if you miss a day of testing. You may also not be able to detect a surge if you have an irregular menstrual cycle.
How to Prepare for the Test
Do not drink large amounts of fluids before using the test.
Ask your doctor if you need to stop taking certain drugs before using this test.
Drugs that can decrease LH measurements include estrogens, progesterone and testosterone. Estrogens and progesterone may be found in birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy.
The drug clomiphene citrate (Clomid) can increase LH levels. This drug is used to help trigger ovulation. Women taking this drug should wait three days after stopping the medicine before checking their LH levels.
How the Test will Feel
The test involves normal urination. There is no pain or discomfort.
Why the Test is Performed
This test is most often done to determine when a women will ovulate. For women with a 28-day menstrual cycle, this release normally occurs between days 11 and 14.
If you have an irregular menstrual cycle, the kit can help you tell when you are ovulating.
The ovulation home test may also be used to help you adjust doses of certain medicines.
Normal Results
A positive result indicates an "LH surge." This is a sign that ovulation may soon occur.
Rarely, false positive results can occur. This means the test kit may falsely predict ovulation.
Talk to your doctor if you are unable to detect a surge or do not become pregnant after using the kit several months. You may need to see an infertility specialist.
LH urine tests are not the same as at home fertility monitors. Fertility monitors are digital handheld devices. They predict ovulation based on electrolyte levels in saliva, LH levels in urine, or your basal body temperature. These devices can store ovulation information for several menstrual cycles.
Falcone T. Womens health. In: Carey WD, ed. Cleveland Clinic: Current Clinical Medicine 2010. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:section 14.
Fritz MA, Speroff L. Induction of ovulation. Speroff L, Fritz MA, eds. Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2011:chap 31.
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Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Bellevue, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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Carla Maxwell
Carla Maxwell (Artistic Director, Limón Dance Company) joined the Company in 1965. She soon became a principal dancer under Limón's direction and, in 1975, served as Assistant Artistic Director under Ruth Currier. Maxwell was appointed Artistic Director in 1978. She received the 1995 Dance Magazine Award and a 1998 New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Award for "finding a creative present in the context of a revered past, and thereby offering choreographic opportunity to multiple generations of artists; for inspired leadership and artistic accomplishment." Her work has been honored by the governments of Colombia and Mexico, and she was the recipient of a 2002/2003 Isadora Duncan Award for her re-staging of José Limón's Psalm. Acclaimed as a brilliant dramatic dancer, Maxwell has danced many major roles with the Company, including the title role in Carlota, Limón's final ballet that he choreographed for her. She is responsible for many of the Company's reconstructions of Limón's dances and, as a choreographer, has created works and taught for the Company and others internationally.


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At its regular monthly meeting today, the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library (B&ECPL) adopted a 2006 operating budget of $25,599,226. On November 15th, the Erie County Legislature adopted a 2006 County Budget, allocating $21.7 million in property tax for library purposes. No capital funds for new library materials were included. This amount is $7 million and 24.5% less in total County support than the Library received in 2004, reducing County funding to levels provided ten years ago.
View the entire B&ECPL 2006 budget adoption package, including detailed revenue and expense charts (PDF)
Erie County support totals more than 85% of the Library's revenue, said Library Board Chair Rebecca L. Pordum . Obviously, we cannot absorb cuts of this magnitude without painful adjustments to Library operations throughout the County. No matter how we approach it, $21.7 million is not enough to deliver even a facsimile of the record-breaking service the Library delivered in 2004. Of the 36 libraries that will receive County funding in 2006, each must do much more with far less.
In order to seek supplemental revenue to sustain services compromised by reduced County support, the Library Board also announced the establishment of a new Development Office to be managed (on a transitional basis) by Ruth A. Collins, effective January 1, 2006. This follows previous action by the Board, recognizing the need for the Library to create development capacity within its internal operations.
A 35-year veteran of the Library System, Mrs. Collins has held various positions on the Library's administrative team since 1985 when she was appointed Human Resources Officer and, later, Assistant Deputy Director for Public Services. Her current assignment is Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO), a position she has held for three years. The annual stipend for this new post is $48,000.
Citing the fact that during Collins' term as COO, the Library has applied for and received more than $1.7 million in government grants and aid as well as more than $140,000 in corporate grant awards, Chair Pordum said, We are pleased that Mrs. Collins has agreed to defer her full-time retirement plans in order to assist the Library in its development efforts.
B&ECPL Director Michael C. Mahaney explained that this office will expand the Library's ability to deliver services as it consolidates responsibility for grants coordination, corporate sponsorships and administration of a new System-wide volunteer program. In light of staffing reductions, the Library must reassess service priorities for 2006 and beyond, and this service plan will form the basis for the Library's fundraising objectives, he said. I believe that Mrs. Collins' experience, accomplishments and commitment to the organization qualify her uniquely to assist us in this endeavor.
In consideration of her most important tasks over the next 12 months, Collins said: Maximizing existing relationships with local foundations and corporate partners, developing a synergistic relationship with the Library Foundation of Buffalo and Erie County and recruiting a development professional to implement the Library's fundraising plan are my top goals.
As Collins steps down as COO, she will be succeeded by B&ECPL's current Human Resources Officer Mary Jean Jakubowski. Mrs. Jakubowski is a 14-year veteran of the Library System, with management experience in various Library departments. She received her Masters of Library Science Degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo's School of Information and Library Studies in 1991. The Board approved Jakubowski's three-year appointment, with a salary of $85,000. The Human Resources Office will remain part of Ms. Jakubowski's multiple responsibilities until a new Human Resources Officer is recruited in mid-2006.
In separate action, the Board of Trustees reappointed Library Director Michael C. Mahaney to a second three-year term. His current salary of $102,000 will remain unchanged as he begins his second term, but it is subject to Board review in mid-2006.


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With security being an important part of our lives, the OSCE covers its three dimensions: the politico-military; the economic and environmental; and the human. Find out how to be a part of it!
Working on children's rights for almost 70 years, UNICEF, is present in more then 190 countries all over the world working for children's welfare.
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Killer Joe (US - BD)
No, that's okay, Gabe doesn't need any fried chicken. He had a big lunch earlier...
Killer Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hit man with the charm of a southern gentleman. Chris (Emile Hirsch) hires Joe to kill his mother in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. Unable to pay for the service upfront, Joe takes Chris' sister, Dottie (Juno Temple,) as a retainer until he can be paid. (From Lionsgate's official synopsis)
William Friedkin burst onto the Hollywood scene with his fifth feature – a European-inspired, rough & tumble, cinéma vérité cop classic called The French Connection. Riding a wave of critical acclaim (including some Oscars), he adapted William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist, which went on to become one of the biggest blockbusters of all time (number nine if inflation is taken into account). There was only one place to go from such heights – straight down. Besides a couple of interesting crime flicks ( Cruising and To Live and Let Die in LA), Friedkin's post- Exorcist career was defined almost entirely by disappointment, both in terms of creativity and box office numbers. The director began the '00s with a pair of undistinguished thrillers ( Rules of Engagement and The Hunted), then finally broke out of his rut with Bug – a love-it-or-hate-it comedy/horror/melodrama hybrid that dispensed with his usual hyper-realism in favour of a stagy-looking, (nearly) single-environment set, expressionistic lighting schemes, and a micro-sized cast. It seemed too much to hope for Friedkin, now in his 70s, to make a full comeback, but after a five year break he came back with Killer Joe – another stagy, quirky, love-it-or-hate-it comedy/horror/melodrama hybrid based on another of writer Tracy Letts' plays.
Killer Joe is the unmistakable follow-up to Bug on just about every level that it almost requires a double-feature treatment. Besides obvious clues, like the pairing of director and writer, Friedkin makes very similar stylistic and tonal choices. These choices are made largely out of necessity, but he regularly shapes his confines to his artistic advantage, striking a singular balance between remaining true to the stage origins and fully embracing the advantages of film. Friedkin breaks out of the smaller scope of a stage play sometimes and moves his characters through a vivid series of locations. A good example of this is towards the beginning of the film, where Chris discusses his plan with his dad (Thomas Haden Church) on a trip to the strip club through a series of cuts. This discussion could've and likely would've been told in a single sitting onstage, but, in an effort to partially hide the story's origins (the play reportedly takes place entirely on a single set), Friedkin makes it into something entirely filmic. However, this is the exception to the rule. Even a sequence where Chris is chased by motorcycles plays out mostly with sound and culminates in a single location. Other particularly theatrical camera moves (zooms, extreme close-ups, quick cuts) appear to be made with Friedkin's tongue planted firmly in cheek. Assuming I'm reading things correctly, this subversive imagery is nicely married with Letts' dialogue and storytelling style, which blends organic truism with wacky characterizations and unusual poetry.
Like Bug, Killer Joe dives into the spiraling madness of eccentric characters and does it without a lot of judgment. There's certainly a freak show element to the whole thing and no mistaking the disturbing quality of the subject matter, but these people, even the horrible ones (which most of them are), are continuously demonstrated as relatable human beings. The relatable quality comes in handy during the extended climax, where things go a little, shall we say, 'dark.' The first hour of the film is really just a means to set up the final sequences with a tonal and emotional basis. I believe the finale would still be a pretty powerful mix of manic performance and disturbing imagery without the context, but there'd be little suspense, little reason to care about the outcome, and little reason to laugh at the ironic insanity of it all. Though it didn't get much of a wide release, Killer Joe did earn some notoriety for garnering an NC-17 rating from the MPAA. This Blu-ray features the same cut that was handed the NC-17, but, for whatever reason, it is marked as 'unrated' (there is also an R-rated cut for the Blockbuster crowd, as if that matters anymore). As per the norm, the rating appears to have more to do with sexuality than violence. There's a lot more frank nudity here than in the average sexually-charged thriller and even the most mundane of the film's sex has a skin-crawling quality, including suggestions of pedophilia and incest. Then there's that extended climax, which I'd rather not talk about. Because so much of the 'objectionable' material is tonal or an integral part of the last 20 minutes of the film, I'm actually very curious about what was cut to get an R.
In keeping with the Bug comparisons, Killer Joe features another conservatively-sized cast of major characters. This gives them a proper chance to shine. Matthew McConaughey has had a particular good year between this and Magic Mike (for which he may get an Oscar nomination). Personally, I see this as the more interesting of the two performances, but there is a shared moral ambiguity and cool charm between the characters. Emile Hirsch was a particularly promising talent following Into the Wild and Milk, but, when Speed Racer flopped (undeservedly), he reportedly fired his agent and found his way into crap roles in bad movies, like Darkest Hour and Savages. This role isn't particularly thankful, Chris is a worthless and occasionally whiney little weasel throughout the film, but like Joe, he's likable beyond his basic actions. Juno Temple (daughter of music video director Julien Temple) hasn't had a major Dakota Fanning/Saoirse Ronan-level breakout just yet (she's older than she looks – 23), but if she keeps making good, eclectic choices like this, she'll certainly outlast her competition if she keeps taking chances on projects as peculiar as this. Dottie isn't necessarily the lead character, but she's absolutely the vulnerable and loveable center of the film -– a sort of 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl' as filtered through the film's occasionally terrifying, trailer-trash lens. Thomas Haden Church and Gina Gershon don't surpass expectations, but that's not a bad thing when they make it so easy to expect so much from them.
Killer Joe was shot using Arri Alexa cameras, which I believe marks it as Friedkin's first foray into digital HD cinema. This 1080p, 1.85:1 transfer shows off the format with an incredibly clean and incredibly colourful image. Friedkin and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel embrace the clarity of digital without giving up the director's usual penchant for grit. The palette here is similarly stylized to Bug, including sequences entirely bathed in a single hue, specifically blue. These blue sequences are wonderfully vibrant without blocking or bleeding effects into their fragile white and pink highlights. Nighttime interiors tend to feature a mix of this consistent blue and a golden-orange blend, supported by deep blacks and more vivid highlights. Daytime sequences are also mostly stylized (there's a subtle 'candying' effect on the production design hues), but Friedkin and Deschanel sneak in a few incredibly life-like exteriors that are slightly uncanny in their clarity. Even more impressive are the mixed shots, where characters and other elements escape the hyper-stylized colours and contrast them with perfectly natural hues (skin tones, especially). Details are very crisp without edge haloes or other noticeable sharpening effects. There's a slight digital softness to some shots and the backgrounds are occasionally pointedly out of focus, but the separation of elements is pristine and the textures are salient. The darkest of the dark scenes feature a little bit of dancing digital noise and slightly mushy details, but, overall, this is a fine, fine-looking transfer.
This DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack isn't particularly outstanding, but only because aggressive noise isn't really an important part of Killer Joe's sound design. The sound of eerie silence and clarity of dialogue takes precedence, while effects work is mostly devoted to precise, slightly over-cranked little items, like the crunch of teeth through fried chicken or the click of Joe's lighter. The occasional aural highlights include immersive, bombastic thunder and rain effects, a noisy strip club sequence, a brief, dynamically contrasted motorcycle pursuit, and a pretty bassy explosion. Once again, workhorse composer Tyler Bates has written the score for a Lionsgate release. This score blends a cool Southern-fried rock sound with a sort of mid-'80s approach to generic thriller music, which fits the film's irony-laced approach and helps fill out the stereo and surround channels when the mix feels a little too thin.
The extras begin with a commentary from Bill Friedkin himself. Friedkin is always a delight to listen to on a commentary track, but is also not particularly good at filling said track with valuable information. He's also usually very loud. This track sees Mr. Loud coming to the table better-prepared and may be the best or at least most informative track he's ever recorded. In the past Friedkin had huge problems doing little less than narrating the on-screen events, but he makes a basic effort to even be screen-specific with his comments this time, which is a wonderful change of pace. This is the oral history of Killer Joe, beginning with Friedkin's work with writer Tracy Letts on Bug, his hesitation with the project based on its subject matter, Letts' place on the production (it sounds like Letts' script was pretty specific), the history of plays on film, developing characters through visuals, shooting on location, sound design, Bates' music, and the difficulty of filming some of the more shocking sequences. I think my favourite part of the track is a piece where he discusses turning his back on over-rehearsing and shooting excessive takes, both processes he was once famous/notorious for. He goes off on tangents and even rants, mostly concerning the ratings board, but this is to be expected from a 77-year-old guy that has been in the business since the early days of the MPAA rating board. Also, he's William Friedkin – if he isn't ranting about something, he's not doing his job. The best of these rants is on the pertinent subject of films provoking violence.
Up next is Southern Fried Hospitality: From Stage to Screen (25:40, HD), a look at the film's history. This featurette covers Letts' original story, the difficulty of adapting it to screen, casting, character motivations, Friedkin's direction, and dealing with the controversial 'chicken scene.' It includes interviews with Letts, Friedkin, and actors Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon, and Juno Temple. The extras also feature a Q&A with the Letts, McConaughey, Hirsch, Gershon, and Deschanel (39:30, HD), a video intro from Friedkin (3:40, HD) – both extras taken from the film's SXSW premiere – a redband trailer, and trailers for other Lionsgate releases.
Hey, budding fan-fiction writers: we need a Killer Joe/ Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation crossover where it turns out that Joe and Vilmer Slaughter (both played by Matthew McConaughey) are either brothers or the same dude. Get on it! The rest of you: if you've got the stomach for a shocking conclusion and an oddball sense of tone, I highly recommend at least renting Killer Joe. It's an entertaining and unique experience unlike any other American film I've seen this year. This Blu-ray disc looks fantastic, including brilliant colours and hyper-clean details. It also features a crisp, low-key DTS-HD MA soundtrack and possibly the best commentary track that director William Friedkin has ever recorded.
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Review by Gabriel Powers
leigh1975 Contributor Join Date: October 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 318
I'm so glad Bug wasn't a fluke. I've always had time for Friedkin, even in his lean times I found some interest in the output, even in points of stuff like The Guardian and Jade. Well, maybe not Deal Of The Century.
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Great review and I'm totally with you on almost every detail except for one. I found the tone of the original play and the subsequent film to have quite a sneering view of its characters. I don't think there's much love for these people, which is why the Jacobean conclusion is more funny than tragic.
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Release Date: 21st December 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Director's Commentary, Southern Fried Hospitality: From Stage to Screen, SXSW Q&A and Director's Introduction, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
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Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon, Thomas Haden Church
Genre: Comedy, Crime and Thriller
Length: 103 minutes
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This is the third consecutive day that it's been raining here. This IS NOT the San Diego that I've come to know and love.
Yesterday I had to drive 90 miles round trip in the rain to have Christmas supper with my mother-in-law and her boyfriend. Jim and I decided to take it kind of slow so we hit a few of the side streets to see what Christmas decorations there might be. One of the places we stopped was Carlsbad Village. It was there that I got an unexpected surprise:
That's the historic Carlsbad Depot built by the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in 1887. It was Carlsbad's first commercial building and also housed the telegraph office, a Wells Fargo bank, a United States Post Office, and the general store. The last passenger train stopped in 1957, and the depot was closed in 1960. The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 30, 1993.
As I was standing there, an Amtrak train zoomed by, obviously at its maximum speed which I believe is 79 mph right there. The sound was loud and the wind rush felt like a hurricane. Interestingly, the Depot is used as the Carlsbad Visitor Center but there is no fence or anything between the Depot entrance and the tracks. I'm thinking that a visitor might be quite surprised by the unexpected Amtrak train zooming by, and I certainly hope the visitor doesn't have a child running around loose. I see an accident waiting to happen.
I'll be visiting again, when I have more time, to get some pictures of trains on the tracks next to the Depot. All I got yesterday was this one of the rear end of the southbound Amtrak train:
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SPL sets reconstruction date
Scottish Premier League clubs will vote on a reconstruction
package on 15 April in the hope of it being implemented by the
start of next season.
All of Scotland's top clubs were present at the Hampden meeting
to discuss the proposed three leagues of 12-12-18, which would
split into 8-8-8-18 after 22 games.
It will take an 11-1 vote to pass the motion, which will also
have to be approved by the Scottish Football League, which has yet
to set a date for its vote.
Dundee United chairman and SPL board member Stephen Thompson,
said: "Everything is positive and moving forward. There is a
process in place and we will take it from there."
Asked if he thought reconstruction would be in place for the
start of next season, he added: "That's the plan."
St Mirren chairman Stewart Gilmour was more cautious – he said:
"We had a good discussion. There was good dialogue and difference
of opinion but a long way to go.
"I don't know what will happen. The SFL clubs are still to meet
and until they come back. There is a lot of tidying up to be
Ross County chairman Roy MacGregor admitted he was concerned
with the practicalities of the split.
He said: "There is a lot of debate to go on yet and we will see
how that goes. My concerns are for the fans.
"The fan is the most important person, not the clubs, not
anything else and I do believe that considering what the fans are
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo., May 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq:ORLY), a leading retailer in the automotive aftermarket industry, today announced that its Board of Directors approved a resolution to increase the authorization amount under its share repurchase program by an additional $500 million, raising the aggregate authorization under the program to $3.5 billion.
The additional $500 million authorization is effective for a three-year period, beginning on May 29, 2013. Stock repurchases under the program may be made from time to time, as the Company deems appropriate, solely through open market purchases effected through a broker dealer at prevailing market prices, based on a variety of factors such as price, corporate requirements and overall market conditions. There can be no assurance as to the number of shares the Company will purchase, if any. The share repurchase program may be increased or otherwise modified, renewed, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time, without prior notice.
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NWSB managing editor Q brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from Thursday night's game between the Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz. J.J. Hickson and Jonny Flynn ended the season on a good note while Wesley Matthews and Luke Babbitt ended the season on a sour note. With the Blazers season over after this contest, it makes you start pondering offseason decisions.
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Who owns the land? Only the land knows. We mortals are passersby, and our lives are but a brief moment in the great span of time and space. We are born, we live out our lives, and most of us do the best we can with it, but the wind is forever, and the rivers flow forever to the sea, and all the seasons of the weathers will come and go after we are gone. But the Earth endures, the Earth is eternal" - Earl Hamner
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