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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana ? Indiana freshman Jeremy Hollowell will miss his third straight game Friday night when No. 5 Indiana hosts Jacksonville.

Less than an hour before tip-off, the school issued a statement saying Hollowell would not play until "compliance issues" are resolved by the NCAA. It did not specify what issues the school or NCAA is looking into.

Indiana athletic director Fred Glass says Hollowell and his family raised the concerns and have fully cooperated with investigators.

Last week, coach Tom Crean said the Hoosiers (11-1) had kept Hollowell out of two blowouts because of personal issues.

Indiana has been short-handed all season for a variety of reasons, including injuries to forward Derek Elston, who missed nearly two months after knee surgery, and forward Austin Etherington, who has a season-ending dislocated kneecap.

Source: http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/f1c33fd4f05e414cbac7f308d77b9206/BKC--T25-Indiana-Hollowell-Out/

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Little time left to head off longshoremen's strike

NEW YORK (AP) ? Shipments of products as varied as flat-screen TVs, sneakers and snow shovels could sit idle at sea or get rerouted, at great time and expense, if more than 14,000 longshoremen go on strike as threatened ? a wide-ranging work stoppage that would immediately close cargo ports on the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico to container ships.

Commerce could be brought to a near standstill at major ports from Boston to Houston if the strike takes place on Sunday, potentially delivering a big blow to retailers and manufacturers still struggling to find their footing in a weak economy.

"If the port shuts down, nothing moves in or out," said Jonathan Gold, vice president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation. And when the workers do return, "it's going to take time to clear out that backlog, and we don't know how long that it's going to take."

The 15 ports involved in the labor dispute move more than 100 million tons of goods each year, or about 40 percent of the nation's containerized cargo traffic. Losing them to a shutdown, even for a few days, could cost the economy billions of dollars.

In addition to transporting goods, U.S. factories also rely on container ships for parts and raw materials, meaning supply lines for all sorts of products could be squeezed.

"The global economy moves by water, and shutting down container ports along the East and Gulf coasts while the national economy remains fragile benefits no one," Deborah Hadden, acting port director at Massport, the public agency that oversees shipping terminals in Boston. It is not a part of the contract dispute.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said "the livelihood of thousands of Florida families lies in the balance."

The master contract between the International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, a group representing shipping lines, terminal operators and port associations, expired in September. The two sides agreed to extend it once already, for 90 days, but they have so far balked at extending it again when it expires at 12:01 a.m. Sunday.

The union said its members would agree to an extension only if the Maritime Alliance dropped a proposal to freeze the royalties workers get for every container they unload. The Alliance has argued that the longshoremen, who it said earn an average $124,138 per year in wages and benefits, are compensated well enough already.

Federal mediators have been trying to push negotiations along, but there has been no word from either side on the progress of the talks since Dec. 24. As recently as Dec. 19, the president of the longshoremen, Harold Daggett, said the talks weren't going well and that a strike was expected.

The work stoppage would not be absolute. Longshoremen would continue to handle military cargo, mail, passenger ships, non-containerized items like automobiles, and perishable commodities, like fresh food.

Joseph Ahlstrom, a professor at the State University of New York's Maritime College and a former cargo ship captain, called container ships the "lifeblood of the country."

"We don't fly in a lot of products. It's just too expensive," Ahlstrom said. "The bulk of the products we import come in inside containers."

The White House has weighed in on the issue, urging dockworkers and shipping companies Thursday to reach agreement "as quickly as possible" on a contract extension. Obama spokesman Matt Lehrich said the administration is monitoring the situation closely.

If it happens, the walkout could be the biggest national port disruption since 2002, when unionized dockworkers were locked out of 29 West Coast ports for 10 days because of a contract dispute.

The ports only reopened after President George W. Bush, invoking powers given to him by the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, ordered an 80-day cooling-off period. Some economists estimated that each day of that lockout cost the U.S. economy $1 billion. It took months for the retail supply chain to fully recover.

An East Coast port freeze would have its biggest impact at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, where 3,250 longshoremen handled 32.3 million tons of cargo in 2010. The authority is not a party to the contract dispute.

Other major ports affected would include Savannah, Ga., which handled 18 million tons, and Houston and Hampton Roads, Va., which each handled more than 12.5 million tons.

Thousands of other jobs would be directly affected by the shutdown. Truck drivers might not have any cargo to transport, tug boat captains no ships to guide and freight train operators nothing to haul.

Simultaneously, another labor dispute involving dock workers was playing out on the West Coast.

Longshoremen at several Pacific Northwest grain terminals worked Thursday under contract terms they soundly rejected last weekend. The owners implemented the terms after declaring talks at an impasse. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union has yet to announce its next move.

Workplace rules, not salary and benefits, have been the obstacle to a new deal.

The dispute involves terminals in Portland, Ore., Vancouver, Wash., and Seattle, where longshoremen have been working without an agreement since the last contract expired Sept. 30.

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Associated Press writers Ken Thomas in Washington and Tamara Lush in Tampa, Fla., contributed to this report.

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The Quest For The Perfect Toothbrush

A drawing from H.N. Wadsworth's 1857 toothbrush patent. Wadsworth's toothbrush was the first to be patented in the U.S.

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A drawing from H.N. Wadsworth's 1857 toothbrush patent. Wadsworth's toothbrush was the first to be patented in the U.S.

Patent 18,653/U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

There are some consumer products where every year brings new innovations. Computers get faster, cellphones get lighter, cars get new bells and whistles.

It's easy to imagine why inventors are drawn to redesigning these products ? the technology for making them is changing all the time.

But what about consumer products that have been around for a long time? For the toothbrush, the answer is a resounding yes.

According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website, as of Christmas Day there were 138 patents with the word toothbrush in the title issued this year. 138!

I talked with several of those patent holders about why they invented their toothbrushes, and they all said pretty much the same thing: Something was missing in the toothbrush universe.

"Cleaning the teeth is actually a pretty complex problem, and I think that's probably why there's been so much invention around it," says Tom Mintel, vice president of research and development in Colgate's global toothbrush division. He's not at all surprised there were so many toothbrush patents issued this year.

Brushing isn't like floor polishing. There are areas in the mouth in need of cleaning that have different shapes and funny angles. Teeth are hard, but gums are soft, so you can't brush both with the same vigor.

Mintel says one solution Colgate is pursuing is making toothbrushes smarter. The company just released an electric brush in the United Kingdom that has sensors in the handle that tell the toothbrush where it is in the mouth. "So instead of expecting consumers to switch between different speeds depending on what surface they're brushing, this brush does it automatically," he says.

Corporate giants aren't the only ones trying to build a better toothbrush. Michael Davidson, a dental hygienist in a suburb of Houston, says most new toothbrushes are designed for their looks, with fancy handles or different-colored bristles.

"I haven't really seen one that addresses how the user is using a brush in regards to the more effective brushing techniques," he says.

The most effective technique, says Davidson, requires holding the brush so the bristles are tilted at approximately a 45-degree angle down toward the gums. "So I just kind of sat down one day and said, 'If I were going to design a really, really good toothbrush, how would I do it?' "

A drawing from Michael Davidson's 2012 patent for "Toothbrush And Method Of Using The Same."

Patent 8,108,962/U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

A drawing from Michael Davidson's 2012 patent for "Toothbrush And Method Of Using The Same."

Patent 8,108,962/U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

He figured instead of trying to teach people to tilt their hands to the right angle as they held the brush, he would tilt the bristles to the correct angle. That way all the brusher had to do was go back and forth. "It was idiotproof. I guess that would be the best way to say it," he says.

Davidson hopes to bring his toothbrush to the market by next June. (Click here and scroll down to see Davidson's patent.)

A drawing from Joshua Atkin's 2012 patent for "Dehydrated Dentifrice And Toothbrush."

Patent 8,328,451/U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

A drawing from Joshua Atkin's 2012 patent for "Dehydrated Dentifrice And Toothbrush."

Patent 8,328,451/U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Joshua Atkin was spurred to his invention for a different reason. Today, Atkin is a dentist in Dayton, Ohio, but before entering the oral care world, he worked as a jazz saxophone player.

"I traveled a lot, and one of the most frequent things I would forget would be a toothbrush," he says. So Atkin invented a disposable, all-in-one toothbrush. (Click here and scroll down to see Atkin's patent.) It has a hollow handle that dispenses dried toothpaste pellets. "You put them on the brush head, run them underwater, and then you have a flavored toothpaste."

It's probably safe to say that very few schoolchildren grow up dreaming of becoming a toothbrush inventor. Colgate's Mintel certainly didn't.

"But I have to say it's been amazing to work on something that looks so simple, [but] really is a heck of a lot more complex than I think you would give it credit for at first glance, and is something that touches everybody," says Mintel.

Put that way, it sounds like a pretty noble calling.

Below are three toothbrush patents filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, including the first toothbrush patent filed in the U.S.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/12/27/168080635/the-quest-for-the-perfect-toothbrush?ft=1&f=1007

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MMA Marketplace: Chris Leben returns to the cage with a pretty sweet Affliction shirt

Chris Leben hasn't fought in more than a year. After losing to Mark Munoz in November of 2011, he tested positive for a banned painkiller and was suspended for a year. On Saturday, he'll try to get his career back on track against Derek Brunson, a Strikeforce fighter making his UFC debut.

For Leben's return, Affliction designed a shirt featuring graphics from his tattoos.

It has more meaning than your average Affliction design. Unfortunately, the design comes with a high price. Buy it here for $57.99.

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In the sync before my last re-download, I noticed that it wanted to attach the same photo to many people that it didn't belong to, so I tried the option to use the backup copy of my FTM tree and relink to my Ancestry.com tree. In doing that, I lost the setting to link all of my preferred photos on everyone in my tree. That affected thousands of people - with no indication to warn me that might happen. I'm fixing them as I work on my online tree. I also lost a whole bunch of media that went with my FTM tree.
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Well, it?s officially over.

With an eight-game gap and one week of games left, MDS and yours truly disagree on only five games.? Which means that, even if MDS sweeps, I?ll still be three games ahead.? (Math continues to be my strong suit.)

Of course, if I sweep I?ll finish with a 13-game lead.? And based on the five disagreements, I think I will.

Read on to see our picks and our takes for the final week of the regular season.? It all re-sets to 0-0 for the playoffs, at which time MDS will have a chance to exact revenge.? Or to fail again.

Last week, I was 11-5 and MDS went 10-6.? For the year, I?m now at 157-82-1, good for 65.4 percent.? MDS is 149-90-1, which keeps him at 62.0 percent.

Buccaneers at Falcons

MDS?s take: The Falcons wrapped up home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs, but they say they?re playing to win in Week 17. They shouldn?t have much trouble winning against the Bucs, who have collapsed at the end of the season.

MDS?s pick: Falcons 34, Buccaneers 13.

Florio?s take:? The Bucs haven?t been the same team since they nearly beat the Falcons in Tampa.? The Falcons are still trying to prove that they?re one of the best teams in the league.

Florio?s pick:? Falcons 27, Buccaneers 17.

Jets at Bills

MDS?s take: Football fans, the Greg McElroy-Ryan Fitzpatrick quarterback matchup you?ve all been waiting for is finally here. Fitzpatrick will throw a couple of touchdown passes in what may be his final start in Buffalo.

MDS?s pick: Bills 20, Jets 10.

Florio?s take:? The Jets have folded the tents, even though the circus is still in town.? Buffalo celebrates the news of a new lease with a home win to end the season, just in time for plenty of changes.

Florio?s pick:? Bills 27, Jets 14.

Ravens at Bengals

MDS?s take: At first glance this might look like a big game, matching up two playoff teams. But with the Bengals locked into the No. 6 seed and the Ravens highly likely to end up with the No. 4 seed, neither of these teams has a lot to play for. I think the Ravens, however, will be a little more motivated to build on the momentum from last week?s win over the Giants and will take this one.

MDS?s pick: Ravens 21, Bengals 14.

Florio?s take:? This meaningless game has plenty of meaning for the Bengals, who need to convince themselves that they can beat the Ravens, in order to obtain the confidence that they can do something else they haven?t done in an even longer time ? win in the playoffs.

Florio?s pick:? Bengals 27, Ravens 20.

Bears at Lions

MDS?s take: In 2000, the Lions were 9-6 heading into Week 17 and needed only to beat the 4-11 Bears to make the playoffs. Instead, the Bears pulled the upset and Lions owner William Clay Ford cleaned house and began the disastrous Matt Millen era. This year it?s the 9-6 Bears who need to beat the 4-11 Lions to have a shot at the playoffs. I?ll take the Lions to get their revenge in an upset.

MDS?s pick: Lions 28, Bears 24.

Florio?s take:? Rodney Harrison declared while watching the Lions lose to the Falcons that Detroit?s body language suggests the Lions have quit.? The Bears haven?t.? Sometimes, it?s that easy.

Florio?s pick:? Bears 24, Lions 10.

Texans at Colts

MDS?s take: The Texans are playing for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, while the Colts are already locked into the No. 5 seed in the AFC. Houston has more to play for and is a better team and will win this one going away.

MDS?s pick: Texans 36, Colts 17.

Florio?s take:? The Texans have never won in Indianapolis.? They need it this time more than ever.? But the Colts will have coach Chuck Pagano back, and even if the Colts leave so much on the field that it will make it harder to win in the playoffs, they?ll leave it all on the field to beat the Texans.

Florio?s pick:? Colts 27, Texans 23.

Packers at Vikings

MDS?s take: This is the biggest game played in Minnesota since Brett Favre led the Vikings to a divisional playoff win over the Cowboys three years ago. Unfortunately for Vikings fans, they?re hosting a Packers team that?s peaking at the right time. I like Aaron Rodgers to lead the Packers to a high-scoring win.

MDS?s pick: Packers 35, Vikings 27.

Florio?s take:? The Vikings are playing for a postseason berth.? The Packers are playing for a bye.? The Packers remain the better team, and they have every reason to demonstrate that on Sunday.? To the delight of the Bears.

Florio?s pick:? Packers 34, Vikings 21.

Dolphins at Patriots

MDS?s take: A win probably won?t be enough to earn New England a first-round playoff bye, but the Patriots will be motivated to try ? and to wash out the bad taste of back-to-back disappointing performances, in a loss to the 49ers and a close win over the Jaguars.

MDS?s pick: Patriots 41, Dolphins 14.

Florio?s take:? The Pats still have a crack at a bye.? That?s all the incentive they need to take out the Dolphins for the second time this month.

Florio?s pick:? Patriots 34, Dolphins 17.

Panthers at Saints

MDS?s take: It?s a meaningless game for both teams, but that doesn?t make it a bad game: Both of these teams have been playing good football in recent weeks, despite falling short of the playoffs. I like the Panthers to keep their winning streak going and make a statement that they?re a team to keep an eye on in 2013.

MDS?s pick: Panthers 24, Saints 21.

Florio?s take:? New Orleans is trying to finish on a high note.? And they are succeeding.

Florio?s pick:? Saints 34, Panthers 10.

Eagles at Giants

MDS?s take: The Eagles quit on Andy Reid months ago. The Giants have looked in the last couple weeks like they quit on Tom Coughlin. Both of these teams are slouching toward the end of the season, but the Giants have more to play for.

MDS?s pick: Giants 14, Eagles 10.

Florio?s take:? The Giants are playing for pride, along with a sliver of hope that they could make it to the playoffs if enough other teams lose.? If the Giants find a way in, there?s a pretty good chance they won?t lose again.

Florio?s pick:? Giants 27, Eagles 20.

Browns at Steelers

MDS?s take: This game is meaningless, and I?m tempted to pick the Browns on the theory that the Steelers will be feeling a hangover from their disappointing Week 16 loss. But the Browns have gone in the tank over the last couple of weeks, and at this point I?m not sure I?d pick them to win on the road against anyone.

MDS?s pick: Steelers 17, Browns 9.

Florio?s take:? The Browns haven?t swept the Steelers since 1988, 11 years before the current edition of the Browns was born.? With rampant changes looming in Cleveland, the Steelers still have enough gas in the tank to avoid getting punked by the franchise they?ve owned since 1999 (even though the Browns are now technically owned by a guy who still owns a chunk of the Steelers).

Florio?s pick:? Steelers 20, Browns 10.

Jaguars at Titans

MDS?s take: Last time the Titans suffered a humiliating blowout loss and were called out by their owner, they responded by winning the next game. I think they?ll do it again.

MDS?s pick: Titans 24, Jaguars 14.

Florio?s take:? Bud Adams isn?t happy with his coaching staff.? He?ll be slightly less unhappy after Sunday, but still unhappy enough to clean house.

Florio?s pick:? Titans 27, Jaguars 16.

Chiefs at Broncos

MDS?s take: Knowing they need to win in order to earn a first-round playoff bye, the Broncos will pound the Chiefs, who have nothing to play for other than the first pick in next year?s draft ? which Kansas City will earn by losing.

MDS?s pick: Broncos 27, Chiefs 10.

Florio?s take:? With 10 straight wins each by at least seven points, the Broncos could be the best team in the playoff field.? They?re definitely good enough to continue chasing a bye week.

Florio?s pick:? Broncos 34, Chiefs 10.

Raiders at Chargers

MDS?s take: With Norv Turner virtually assured of being fired after the game, his team will send him out a winner in an AFC West contest that doesn?t really matter for much of anything.

MDS?s pick: Chargers 24, Raiders 10.

Florio?s take:? Norv Turner has one last chance to change the owner?s mind.? It won?t matter.

Florio?s pick:? Chargers 24, Raiders 10.

Cardinals at 49ers

MDS?s take: San Francisco will shake off Sunday night?s thrashing in Seattle to clinch the NFC West.

MDS?s pick: 49ers 28, Cardinals 3.

Florio?s take:? The Niners are on the brink of squandering the NFC West title that we were ready to hand them back in September.? If they can?t beat the Cardinals and Brian Hoyer at home, San Fran doesn?t even deserve to be in the playoffs.

Florio?s pick:? 49ers 31, Cardinals 13.

Rams at Seahawks

MDS?s take: No one wants to play the Seahawks right now. They?re destroying everything in their paths. The Rams will be no different.

MDS?s pick: Seahawks 45, Rams 7.

Florio?s take:? The Seahawks, who lost their first round of NFC West games, have been exacting revenge in a big way.? They finish the job on Sunday.

Florio?s pick:? Seahawks 41, Rams 17.

Cowboys at Redskins

MDS?s take: In the biggest game of the day, the Cowboys will ride Tony Romo and Dez Bryant to a high-scoring win. I suspect that Robert Griffin III is hurting more than he?s letting on and won?t be able to move as effectively as he did in the Redskins? Thanksgiving win over the Cowboys. Dallas will take the NFC East crown.

MDS?s pick: Cowboys 31, Redskins 28.

Florio?s take:? For the second straight year, the NFC East title game returns to prime time in Week 17.? For the second straight year, the home team advances.? For the second straight year, the Cowboys come up short.

Florio?s pick:? Redskins 24, Cowboys 21.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/26/richard-sherman-likely-to-sue-league-if-suspended/related/

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New Year's celebration at Burpee Dec. 31 | The Rock River Times

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Celebrate the New Year ? naturally ? at Rockford?s Burpee Museum of Natural History.

Join the museum from 1 to 5 p.m., Monday, Dec. 31, for ?Celebrate Around the World.? The museum will come alive with a host of activities to mark the arrival of 2013.

Learn of New Year?s traditions, superstitions and good-luck charms from Rockford?s six Sister Cities. Where did New Year?s Eve celebrations begin? Where did the tradition of parades begin?

With your New Year?s Eve crafts of crowns, hats, various rattles including turtle rattles, you will be ready to celebrate. On each hour, the New Year will be celebrated at one of Rockford?s Sister Cities. With the striking of the hours, ginkgo leaves will be dropped over the railing from the second floor on the revelers. With this cascade, you will parade to music, shouting ?Happy New Year!? through the museum to the third floor.

On the third floor, participants may watch performances of the Rockford Dance Company?s Junior Co. They will perform a variety of dances from the Sister Cities.

Also on the third floor, the Native American Awareness Committee will have a display of special Native American items. They will be explaining the Native American 13 lunar month year and how that corresponds to the 13 plates of the turtle?s shell. The wigwam will be open for stories of the turtle and the New Year.

Throughout the museum, the Sister Cities Committee will have displays of the geography and culture of the six Sister Cities. The six cities are Schwieberdingen, Germany (Belvidere); Vaux-le-Pe?rnil, France (Belvidere); Brovary, Ukraine; Changzhou, China; Borgholm, Sweden; Ferentino, Italy; Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan; and Tasza?r, Hungary.

In the Mahlburg Auditorium, there will be stations with a variety of crafts for the entire family. With the crafts you made at Burpee, you will be ready to ring in the New Year at 5 p.m. with the folks celebrating ?across the Pond? in Paris and our Sister City Vaux-le-Pe?nil, using natural confetti.

A special display of items from the museum?s permanent collection will also be offered.

All activities included in the Special Festival Fee of $5. Free to members. ?Rick?s Picks: A Lifelong Affair With Guitars & Music? is offered for an additional $10 per adult.

?Rick?s Picks,? which opened Aug. 11, tells the story of Cheap Trick leader, songwriter and guitarist Rick Nielsen?s passions for guitars, music and rock and roll, revealing many surprises and secrets along the way.

Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults and $9 for kids 6-17. Admission is free for members. The annual membership fee is $70 for families or grandparents and $60 for an individual. Free parking is available at Burpee Museum, 737 N. Main St.

For more information, call (815) 965-3433 or visit www.burpee.org.

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Movie Review: 'Les Mis?rables' ? CBS Philly

(Anne Hathaway stars as Fantine in the latest screen version of Victor Hugo?s classic.)

By Bill Wine
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) ? Somewhere between opera and operetta, Les Mis?rables is a heart-on-its sleeve narrative concert.

The intense and thrilling experience that was the legendary, sung-through, ?80s stage show set in squalid revolutionary France, Les Mis?rables was an adaptation of Victor Hugo?s 1862 political novel and, in any form, is a testament to the human spirit.

And if the movie doesn?t quite replicate the parade of privileged moments of the stage play, it still resonates with intense emotionality and extravagant romanticism.

(3? stars out of 4)

In short, it casts a spell.

Hugh Jackman stars as prisoner-turned-politician Jean Valjean, an ex-convict who, after spending nearly two decades in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, breaks parole and runs off to start a new life, becomes a factory owner and then the mayor of a small town.

Russell Crowe plays Javert, Valjean?s former prison guard, now a ruthless inspector, obsessively pursuing Valjean for decades.

And Anne Hathaway is destitute factory worker Fantine, a single mother turned prostitute whose young daughter Valjean promises to look after.

Their fates will intermingle during the 1862 uprising as French revolutionaries man the barricades.

Amanda Seyfried and Eddie Redmayne offer youthful romantic support, while Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen contribute comic relief as greedy and disreputable innkeepers.

Director Tom Hooper, coming off his 2010 Oscar for best director (for The King?s Speech), demonstrates with this epic production that that was no fluke.

Instead of the usual way of filming musical numbers, which is having the performers lip-synch to prerecorded tracks, Hooper had his performers sing live during filming.

This proves to be a tremendous advantage in some cases.? Jackman, anchoring the film and changing considerably as his narrative arc unveils, is terrific throughout as singer and actor.

And Hathaway?s delivery of ?I Dreamed a Dream? is one of the most impactful in movie history: in one long, dramatic closeup, she sings her heart out while breaking ours.

But in other cases -? for example, with Crowe, who is not suited to this style of singing -? the unique approach reveals troublesome shortcomings, in singing if not in acting.

The screenplay by William Nicholson, based on the musical play by Alain Boublil, with memorable music by Claude Michel-Schoenberg and remarkably timeless lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, makes room for eighteen musical numbers ?- including ?One Day More,? ?Bring Him Home,? and ?On My Own.?

Not all soar, but all register.

Following dozens of screen adaptations of Les Mis?rables as far back as the silent era, this is the first musical version.

Offering virtually no spoken dialogue, it isn?t perfect. But the class warfare on display, the portrait of the downtrodden, the focus on inequality and injustice, makes the film seem a lot less like a period piece than you might think.

As the sad songs mount up, you might even find yourself thinking of it as ?Occupy Wail Street.?

So we?ll barricade 3? stars out of 4 for a stirring musical drama with many moments of magnificence.? Unless you?re allergic to screen musicals, don?t Miz it.

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Fighting poverty, unrelated adults increasingly share housing

From just 2010 to 2011, the number of 'additional adults' in households grew by 1.9 million, the Census found. Poverty and the 2007-09 recession played key roles in people deciding to share houses and apartments.

By Reuters,?Reuters / December 26, 2012

Young adults have returned home to save money, contributing to an increase of 'additional adults' in households, the Census found.

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Many Americans are building bulwarks against poverty out of roommates, group houses and their parents' spare?rooms, with a Census report released on Nov. 28 finding the number of people considered "additional adults" in U.S. households grew between 2007 and 2011.

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In 2011, 17.9 percent of those 18 or older were considered "additional adults," compared to 2007, when 16 percent of legal adults fell within the?definition.

An additional adult is someone who is not the head of a household, and is living with someone other than a spouse or domestic partner. The Census also does not count college students.

From just 2010 to 2011, the number of "additional adults" in households grew by 1.9 million, the Census found.

Poverty and the 2007-09 recession played key roles in people deciding to share houses and apartments.

"We think that there is an economic reason for this," said Suzanne Macartney, one of the authors of the report. "We found that people who were living with others would have had a higher poverty rate than if they were living on their own."

The relationship is often symbiotic, with the additional adults improving the finances of the households where they live.

Ms. Macartney explained that "people who are more economically squeezed, economically vulnerable, are living in other people's households, and those who are more economically vulnerable are taking in other adults."

In 2011, the official poverty rate for the country was 13.9 percent. The rate for additional adults was higher at 15.8 percent, according to the Census. But the Census also found that householders who shared their homes with others had lower poverty rates than those who did not ? 13.5 percent compared to 14.9 percent for householders who did not take in another adult.

The youngest adults make up the largest section of those living in other people's homes, with 18- to 24-year-olds accounting for 35.3 percent, followed by those between the ages of 25 and 34, who represent 30.5 percent.

Young adults recently graduated from high school or college have fared poorly during the recovery from the recession. In October, the unemployment rate for those aged 20 to 24 was 13.2 percent. For those aged 25 to 34, it was much lower at 8.3 percent, according to the Labor Department. Still, those rates were higher than the national jobless rate of 7.9 percent.

Many young adults have returned home. According to the Census nearly half of all additional adults are the children of the heads of the households where they live. The second largest group is not related to the householder, making up 19.2 percent.

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Geographically, at least 20 percent of people were considered?additional?adults in the District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, New York and Nevada. ?

The number of additional adults increased in 40 states between 2007 and 2011, mostly in the south and west, which were badly hit when the housing bubble burst, the Census found.

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London VC Spared Jail After ?Groin Thrusting? Sexual Assault On Tube During Olympics

Stefan Glaenzer, a partner in London VC firm Passion Capital has been spared jail after pleading guilty to, and being convicted of, sexual assault on the London underground during the Olympics period. As we reported in November, the former chairman of Last.fm admitted sexually assaulting an American tourist on a packed Central Line train by thrusting his groin into her back, Westminster Magistrates? Court heard. His defence was that he was under the influence of cannabis.

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The Best "White Christmas": Otis vs. Elvis

Let's get one thing straight right away: "White Christmas" is the best Christmas song. It has tradition, nostalgia, and romance. No church. There are more versions of it that you could ever care to hear—Bing Crosby's original 1941 performance is a classic, Frank Sinatra's 1944 version is good enough, and the Drifters' 1954 recording is doo-woppy and fun. More »

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Inver Grove Heights Farm Land For Sale

For those who may have the entrepreneurial spirit, discovering farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN could be the ideal circumstance. Just what you might or could not understand is that this type of life is essentially a means to integrate both household and work. Make no doubt about it, life on the farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN is a real business. It is hard work, either, however lots of people would not go back to living any other way.

Sorts of Farm and Ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN

For beginners, there are many different kinds of farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN. These can easily consist of dairy farms, cattle ranches, growing crops (of many different varieties), orchards as well as a poultry farm or ranch. Which type you choose is right for you will depend upon how much land is readily available, its place and a number of various other elements.

There are a number of other types of land which are closely related to farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN. For instance, you might be considering hunting land or timber land or even land for grazing a herd of livestock. There are even real estate agents that focus on some of these kinds of farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN.

The Family Farm and Ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN

While many of the trends are against the small household farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN, there are still lots of people engaged in this sort of way of life. There is something about being able to live off the land, consuming what you grow and / or raise, plus having the ability to offer enough of this to support your household at the same time.

The family farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN is additionally a business enterprise. Prior to determining to enter this sort of lifestyle it is most effectively to know precisely what to anticipate. There will be costs as you start to farm or raise pets. It is additionally essential to know exactly what your crops or items will certainly be sold for. Of course there are always variations in any type of market, featuring crops and livestocks and anything else which can be produced on a farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN.

Benefits of Life on the Farm and Ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN

There are a number of outstanding advantages to life on the farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN. For starters, you ought to be anticipating consuming most of what you expand and raise. This must generally convert into a much healthier diet plan and design of life. Imagine having the ability to consume your own fresh grown fruits and vegetables, drink milk from your very own cows, fresh eggs and meat from your very own livestock. Compared to the hormone feed beef and antibiotic and pesticide loaded fruit and vegetables, you are likely to lose a great deal of weight and feel a lot more energetic and healthy.

Yet another benefit of life on the farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN is that you (and your family) will certainly be closer to nature. You will likely see a lot more range of plant and animal life than it would be possible to note while in the urban area. It is additionally much simpler to cherish nature by more closely noting her cycles and weather patterns.

All of your family members will be inculcated with the suitables of effort and taught great healthy American worths. Hard work is definitely not the opponent of those living on the farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN. On top of this, you will certainly find out how to run all different types of equipment and devices. Plus, there will not be any need to go to the health club for a great workout, given that farm life is enough of a workout!

For lots of people, being away from the hustle and bustle of the city is another terrific advantage of being on the farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN. There will not be any type of traffic, no more 9 to 5, no more everyday commute and being rushed, needing to rush everywhere. You will be independent and pretty much able to do things exactly the way you want; no boss is evaluating your shoulder.

Drawbacks of Life on the Farm and Ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN

Possibly numerous of the benefits do not apply or not have you too thrilled about life on the farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN? Definitely there are also some negatives to think about prior to jumping into this type of lifestyle.

For many people, not being in the city might be thought about a downside of life on the farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN. Some people truly take pleasure in being in the urban area and the busyness of every little thing going on. If this is you, than it might be challenging to live on the farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN.

Yet another potential disadvantage is having to count on your very own efforts. Some people merely were not built to be business owners. If the idea of not having a paycheck waiting each week seems merely scary, life on the farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN could be tough.

Some people are simply not able to deal with the daily grind of farm work. It demands waking early, doing chores every day and ensuring that all of the work gets done when it should. It is hard being on the farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN, understanding that it all depends on your efforts. In this kind of life it is vital to make your very own security.

Discovering Your Farm and Ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN

Finding land to utilize for your farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN can be as simple as calling a professional real estate agency. There are even specific companies which concentrate on this kind of land. Of course, the cost selection you are looking at will additionally have a bearing on what sort of land might be available.

Many individuals have the dream of getting closer to nature and leaving the urban area to provide their families a more healthy life. Locating your very own farm and ranch in Inver Grove Heights MN could be simply exactly what you have been searching for. There are lots of benefits of this kind of way of living, however it is definitely not for everybody and ought to only be done after really mindful consideration and research.

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SpaceX rocket goes for 12-story-high hop

A SpaceX video shows the Grasshopper prototype rocket taking a 12-story leap toward full rocket reusability in a Dec. 17 test flight.

By Alan Boyle

SpaceX's prototype Grasshopper rocket took one giant leap last week, rising to a 12-story height and settling back down safely on its landing legs at the company's Texas rocket test facility. Just for fun, the engineers let a dummy cowboy go along for the ride.

The Dec. 17 test flight at the pad in McGregor, Texas, was documented in a YouTube video released today ? and discussed in a?series of lighthearted tweets from SpaceX's billionaire founder, Elon Musk.

"To provide a little perspective on the size of Grasshopper, we added a 6-ft cowboy to the rocket. ... Then we took him for a ride," Musk wrote. So how did the cowboy fare? "No problemo," said Musk.

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The 10-story-tall Grasshopper rocket is designed to take off and land vertically, as part of Musk's plan to develop a rocket capable of returning itself to a launch pad for rapid reusability. Today's vertical-takeoff launch systems generally rely upon expendable lower stages ? although the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters could be recovered from the Atlantic Ocean and refurbished for reuse. If a rocket stage can return to its launch facility intact and ready to go again, that could significantly lower the cost of spaceflight. That's what Musk is shooting for.

SpaceX says the Grasshopper consists of a Falcon 9 rocket first stage, a Merlin 1D engine, four steel landing legs with hydraulic dampers, and a steel support structure. During the prototype's first flight test on Sept. 21, the Grasshopper rose 6 feet into the air. The second test, on Nov. 1, lasted 8 seconds and lifted the Grasshopper 17.7 feet (5.4 meters) off the pad.?The company said last week's third test went for 29 seconds, during which the Grasshopper rose 131 feet (40 meters) into the air, hovered and landed safely back on the pad, using closed-loop thrust vector and throttle control.

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A dummy cowboy is perched on SpaceX's Grasshopper rocket for a Dec. 17 test.

In addition to the Grasshopper, SpaceX is sending its Dragon capsules to resupply the International Space Station, working on a version of the Dragon that could carry astronauts into orbit sometime soon, and developing a Falcon Heavy rocket that could conceivably power flights to the moon. But Musk's long-range goal is even more ambitious: getting settlers to Mars. He has said Grasshopper-style rocket reusability is a key part of that long-term strategy.

"If it does works, it'll be pretty huge," he said last year during a speech at the National Press Club in Washington. ?

More on the commercial space race:

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Home (More or Less) for the Holidays ? Get a Life - BDN Maine Blogs

Thomas Wolfe wrote, ?You can?t go home again.? He meant that home doesn?t change ? we do. Many of us are all too well aware that home/our family of origin hasn?t changed. This is why we struggle during the holiday season. We feel obligated to spend time with those who hurt us the most while clinging to the false hope that maybe this year will be different.

So?as you prepare to go home, how about doing things differently this year?

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When you left home you stopped being part of your family?s daily life. Unless you?re one of the fortunates who come from a very healthy family, this is where your family stopped changing in terms of how you all relate to each other. If you want this to change today; you must communicate what you want to be different and be willing to consistently reinforce it.

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How old do you feel when you visit family? Right. You?re a kid. They relate to you as one and worse, you feel and respond like one. My legal name is James. I?ve always preferred to be called ?Jim.? I?m a 45 year old man and to this day my parents refer to me as ?Jimmy.? They haven?t changed. I have. When people stop growing as individuals they tend to become resistant to change. My choice was to continue to be passive in how I relate to my family and be unsatisfied or be assertive in setting boundaries regarding how I was willing to relate to them (I accomplished every change I sought except for my childhood nickname).

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Relationships are not stagnant. They are dynamic and ever changing. If we do not adjust, greater distance between us becomes inevitable. In order to close that distance, we need to be able to discuss what?s different. I have consistently found that people are resistant to hearing how I think they need to change but are generally receptive to hearing how I have changed and what it is I need. This is why therapists recommend, ?I statements.? We tend to get less defensiveness and more receptiveness.

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While we were growing up, our family of origin unknowingly assigned roles and expectations to us. These don?t change unless we take action to change them. Whatever ?one? you were growing up, you still are in their eyes. Maybe you were the smart one, the pretty one, the funny one, the responsible one, or the screw up of the family. Chances are that however they saw you and related to you then is how they do so now. What would you like to be appreciated for? What have you wanted your family to recognize and be proud of? As unfair as it may seem to you?ask for it.

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Maybe you were the black sheep of the family. ?This left many of us feeling a part from when we so desperately wanted/want to feel a part of. Maybe you?re willing to pretend and conform and be who they want you to be so that you can get your needs met or at least get through the holidays. Maybe you spend Christmas hiding your political or religious beliefs. Maybe you pretend that you?re happy or that your life is just what you want it to be. Maybe it?s worth it for you. I hope you get to a place where it?s not. Pretending sucks and so does conditional love.

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The best people I know are black sheep. Take a fresh look through your extended family. Perhaps someone else is or has become one. Embrace them. My chosen family today are primarily people who are the sole sane member of their biological family. Today I feel no obligation to a person simply because we?re related by blood. I have learned to love and accept my biological family as they are with no expectations of them changing for my benefit.

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I get my needs met by my chosen family. We are intimately connected. These are the people I most readily cry, share fears, dreams and belly laugh with. These are the people I can call at 2am and know they?ll answer the phone. I did not allow such people in my life while I was waiting for the family I was born to change.

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Whatever you experience with family, don?t let it keep you from claiming new brothers and sisters. Don?t let it keep you from having mother figures and father figures. Don?t hold out for others to change. Receive the people the Universe places in your path. We are all connected. Happy Holidays.

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In part five, Karen and Jim will discuss relating to your coworkers and why we cannot kill them.

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South Korea charges North building missile that could reach US

South Korean officials say they have evidence that North Korea is working on an intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach as far as the United States.

By Donald Kirk,?Correspondent / December 23, 2012

A piece of wreckage of a North Korean rocket that the South Korean Defense Ministry estimates could be a combustion chamber of the rocket. South Korean officials say this piece shows North Korea has the capability to fire a warhead more than 6,200 miles putting the U.S. West Coast in range.

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South Korean defense officials say they have evidence showing a recent North Korean missile launch was to test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

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South Korean navy divers have recovered more than three tons of debris from the first stage of a missile Korean analysts say was fueled by a type of nitric acid developed in the former Soviet Union over 40 years ago for firing missiles with warheads more than 6,000 miles. The rocket, fired from a pad in northwestern North Korea on December 12, managed to put a small satellite into orbit, but officials offer the discovery of nitric acid as evidence of the real reason why North Korea was anxious to test it.

The defense ministry released a photograph of a truck carrying the most conspicuous piece of the debris ? the gleaming white casing for the first stage. The word?Unha in Korean lettering, the name of the rocket, was clearly visible.as it was in North Korean pictures of the rocket before the launch.

?Definitely their main purpose is to have the capability of reaching the US west coast,? says Kim Tae-woo, former president of the Korea Institute for National Unification. ?North Korea this time proved the capability of their ICBM."

The evidence of the rocket?s mission as a test of an ICBM, according to the defense ministry, was that the main piece of the wreckage was a container for ?red
fuming nitric acid? that?s not ordinarily used in missiles for launching satellites.

A member of the team that examined the rocket was quoted by Yonhap, the South Korean news agency, as saying they had found the rocket ?was intended for testing ICBM technology rather than developing a space launch vehicle.? He said the team based this conclusion on the fact that ?red fuming nitric acid? was used ?as an oxidizer? and could ?be stored for a long time at normal temperature.?

Navy divers reportedly found still more wreckage on Sunday and are still scouring the seabed of the Yellow Sea off the southwestern coast of South Korea.

The major piece picked up from a depth of 250 feet measured more than 25 feet long and nearly 8 feet in diameter. Mr. Kim, who worked for many years as a senior North Korea analyst at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, says the success of North Korean scientists and engineers in launching the rocket ?does not mean an immediate threat.?

?They are successful this time,? he says, but ?it was just a simple test.? He adds that ?their satellite technology is very primitive? ? so much so that analysts here believe
North Korea has lost touch with the 200-pound object as it circles the earth.

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Afghan policewoman kills US adviser, police say

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? An Afghan policewoman shot and killed an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, the latest in a rising tide of insider attacks by Afghans against their foreign allies, senior Afghan officials said.

The woman, identified as Afghan police Sgt. Nargas, had entered a strategic compound in the heart of the capital and shot the adviser with a pistol as he came out of a small shop with articles he had just bought, Kabul Governor Abdul Jabar Taqwa told The Associated Press.

The woman was taken into Afghan custody shortly after the attack.

Earlier, she had asked bystanders where the governor's office was located, the governor said. As many Afghans, the policewoman uses only one name.

A NATO command spokesman, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Lester T. Carroll, said the woman was arrested after the incident. The slain adviser was a contractor whose identity wasn't immediately released.

The attack occurred outside the police headquarters in a walled, highly secure compound which also houses the governor's office, courts and a prison. Kabul Deputy Police Chief Mohammad Daoud Amin said an investigation was under way.

"We can confirm that a civilian police adviser was shot and killed this morning by a suspected member of the Afghan uniformed police. The suspected shooter is in Afghan custody," Carroll said.

The killing came just hours after an Afghan policeman shot five of his colleagues at a checkpoint in northern Afghanistan late Monday. The attacker then stole his colleague's weapons and fled to join the Taliban, said deputy provincial governor in Jawzjan province, Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani.

More than 60 international allies, including troops and civilian advisers, have been killed by Afghan soldiers or police this year, and a number of other insider attacks as they are known are still under investigations. NATO forces, due to mostly withdraw from the country by 2014, have speeded up efforts to train and advise Afghan military and police units before the pullout.

The surge in insider attacks is throwing doubt on the capability of the Afghan security forces to take over from international troops and has further undermined public support for the 11-year war in NATO countries. It has also stoked suspicion among some NATO units of their Afghan counterparts, although others enjoy close working relations with Afghan military and police.

As such attacks mounted this year, U.S. officials in Kabul and Washington insisted they were "isolated incidents" and withheld details. An AP investigation earlier this month showed that at least 63 coalition troops ? mostly Americans ? had been killed and more than 85 wounded in at least 46 insider attacks. That's an average of nearly one attack a week. In 2011, 21 insider attacks killed 35 coalition troops.

There have also been incidents of Taliban and other militants dressing in Afghan army and police uniforms to infiltrate NATO installations and attack foreigners.

In February, two U.S. soldiers ? Lt. Col. John D. Loftis and Maj. Robert J. Marchanti, died from wounds received during an attack by an Afghan policeman at the Interior Ministry in Kabul. The incident forced NATO to temporarily pull out their advisers from a number of ministries and police units and revise procedures in dealing with Afghan counterparts.

The latest known insider attack took place Nov. 11 when a British soldier, Capt. Walter Reid Barrie, was killed by an Afghan army soldier during a football match between British and Afghan soldiers in the restive southern province of Helmand.

More than 50 Afghan members of the government's security forces also have died this year in attacks by their own colleagues. Taliban militants claim such attacks reflect a growing popular opposition to both foreign military presence and the Kabul government.

In Sunday's attack, Jawzjani, the provincial official, said the attacker was an Afghan policeman manning a checkpoint in Dirzab District who turned his weapon on five colleagues before fleeing to the militant Islamist group.

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Study: Cannabis Is A 'Potential Exit Drug To Problematic Substance ...

Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--December 21, 2012.

by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director??

Three quarters of medical cannabis consumers report using it as a substitute for prescription drugs, alcohol, or some other illicit substance, according to survey data published in the journal Addiction Research and Theory.

An international team of investigators from Canada and the United States assessed the subjective impact of marijuana on the use of licit and illicit substances via self-report in a cohort of 404 medical cannabis patients recruited from four dispensaries in British Columbia, Canada.

Researchers reported that subjects frequently substituted cannabis for other substances, including conventional pharmaceuticals. Authors reported:

?Over 41 percent state that they use cannabis as a substitute for alcohol (n=158), 36.1 percent use cannabis as a substitute for illicit substances (n=137), and 67.8 percent use cannabis as a substitute for prescription drugs (n=259). The three main reasons cited for cannabis-related substitution are ?less withdrawal? (67.7 percent), ?fewer side-effects? (60.4 percent), and ?better symptom management? suggesting that many patients may have already identified cannabis as an effective and potentially safer adjunct or alternative to their prescription drug regimen.?

Overall, 75.5 percent (n=305) of respondents said that they substitute cannabis for at least one other substance. Men were more likely than women to report substituting cannabis for alcohol or illicit drugs.

Authors concluded: ?While some studies have found that a small percentage of the general population that uses cannabis may develop a dependence on this substance, a growing body of research on cannabis-related substitution suggests that for many patients cannabis is not only an effective medicine, but also a potential exit drug to problematic substance use. Given the credible biological, social and psychological mechanisms behind these results, and the associated potential to decrease personal suffering and the personal and social costs associated with addiction, further research appears to be justified on both economic and ethical grounds. Clinical trials with those who have had poor outcomes with conventional psychological or pharmacological addiction therapies could be a good starting point to further our under- standing of cannabis-based substitution effect.?

Previous studies have similarly demonstrated cannabis? potential efficacy as an exit drug. A 2010 study published in the Harm Reduction Journal reported that cannabis-using adults enrolled in substance abuse treatment programs fared equally or better than nonusers in various outcome categories, including treatment completion. A 2009 study reported that 40 percent of subjects attending a California medical cannabis dispensary reported using marijuana as a substitute for alcohol, and 26 percent used it to replace their former use of more potent illegal drugs. A separate 2009 study published in the American Journal on Addictions reported that moderate cannabis use and improved retention in naltrexone treatment among opiate-dependent subjects in a New York state inpatient detoxification program.

Full text of the study, ?Cannabis as a substitute for alcohol and other drugs: A dispensary-based survey of substitution effect in Canadian medical cannabis patients,? appears online in Addiction Research and Theory. NORML Advisory Board Member Mitch Earleywine is a co-author of this study.

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An article review of Yunfei? Chong ,2011.? ? The Research on how Chinese vocational education break through the current bottleneck of its development , Concurrent discussion on how to establish the mechanism of school enterprise cooperation in Chinese vocational education?. ????Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College

This article focuses on ?how to develop Chinese Vocational Education by establish the mechanism of school-enterprise cooperation . The authors have stressed the cooperation between schools and enterprises that appear to have a problem in creating a program of bilateral cooperation which respectively provide help to achieve a common goal or a win-win due to? the failure of the government to encourage partnerships between schools and enterprises.; government-lead ?. The author aims to highlight the collaboration between industry and academia like ?Dual System?? vocational education models in Germany that provide job internship ,one of the reason for difficulty of school-enterprises cooperation; administrative subordination;. Yunfei mentions that perhaps almost vocational colleges perfom actively, but it not accompany with enterprise or industry that did not contact the colleges forwardly.

This article is significant given that the difficulties of school-enterprise cooperation is lack of talent training as well as evaluated by educational expert. ?However as a result of somewhat abstract implications, the article would perhaps only be of interest on ?co-sponsorship mechanism and policy guarantee especially on government-lead.? The authors have used ?vocational education models to describe the government- lead in developing countries like ;Amerika, England, Germany and Japan; and to compare the efficient model of personnel training.Although showing differences in ??implementation but strives to achieve the common goal of providing provisions to ensure the training is going well.The author mention it provides good reference to strengthen the government ?lead, strengthen the legislation of vocational education, strengthen the overall plan and supervise, and establish the cooperation mechanism.

The author has started writing specifying keywords should be known and so began a discussion on the topic. The author have a very good in processing due to problems in school-enterprise Cooperation is more specific that can identify the cause of how the occurrence constraints to progress chinese vocational education. The topic has an objective to be achive.The author has made a claims that government-lead is the only way to break through the current bottleneck of vocational education development but ?an evidence was provided is not reliable. The conclusion also are drawn just a simple word and not complement. The principal of the text can be better organized

As a conclusion it can be said that the author has managed to transfer information on how to solve the bottleneck problem as experienced by chinese vocational education which should strengthen the school-enterprise cooperation.? To the success of this cooperation must be the government in terms of provision of assistance and reform The author seems to only look to the government-lead, although the schools are supposed to provide entrepreneurship education as recommended by Robert Kowasaki in her book, rich dad, poor dad where he suggested that education for entrepreneurship have since translated children from school. Similarly, vocational education should start at school with teachers who are trained as discussed by Qiu Feiyue and Lifang Le (2010). Quality education will produce a quality student . I am? agree with Malaysia system vocational school that was up grade to be a college and develop the teachers skill.

Source: http://citve1213.blogspot.com/2012/12/criticle-review-1-ahmad-sashwani-azmi.html

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