Gov't considers testing anthrax vaccine in kids

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Should the anthrax vaccine be tested in children?

Concerned that terrorists might use the potentially deadly bacteria in some future attack, the government has stockpiled the vaccine, and it's been widely tested on adults. But never on children.

The question is whether to do those tests now so that doctors would know if and how well children respond to the shots ? or just wait and, if there is an attack, offer the vaccine experimentally at that time.

That issue was before the National Biodefense Science Board on Friday. The board gives advice to the Department of Health and Human Services on preparations for chemical, biological and nuclear events.

Even if the board recommends testing, there is no deadline for the government to decide whether to go along. And if it does agree, it's not clear how much time it would take to find money for such research and get clearance from review boards at medical centers that would conduct studies.

Another big question is whether parents would sign up their children to test a vaccine when there is no immediate threat. It's not possible to get anthrax from the vaccine, but there are side effects. In adults, shot-site soreness, muscle aches, fatigue and headache are the main ones, and rare but serious allergic reactions have been reported.

Anthrax is among several potential bioterror weapons and is of special interest because it was used in letters sent to the media and others in 2001, claiming five lives and sickening 17. That prompted extensive screening of mail and better ventilation and testing at postal facilities and government agencies.

The FBI has blamed the attacks-by-mail on Bruce Ivins, a scientist at an Army biodefense laboratory, who committed suicide before he could be charged.

Anthrax can be difficult to treat, especially if someone has breathed anthrax spores. Millions of doses of antibiotics have been stockpiled since the 2001 episode, and two experimental toxin-clearing treatments also are being stored.

U.S. troops deploying to Iraq, Afghanistan and some other countries are required to get anthrax shots. Since 1998, more than 1 million have been vaccinated. After lawsuits objecting to the requirement, a federal judge suspended the program in 2004, finding fault in the Food and Drug Administration's process for approving the drug. The next year, the FDA reaffirmed its finding that the vaccine was safe.

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Celestial compass obscured by urban light pollution for some nocturnal animals

ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2011) ? Urban light pollution has been shown to reduce the visibility of not only the stars, but also of an important navigational signal for some nocturnal animals. During clear moonlit nights, a compass-like pattern of polarized light that is invisible to the human eye stretches across the sky. The nighttime skyglow over major cities renders this celestial compass unobservable over large areas, according to a new study written by a group of physicists and ecologists at Freie Universit?t Berlin and the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB).

The report, which is currently in press in the Journal of Geophysical Research, cautions that screening of the celestial compass may reduce the evolutionary fitness of certain nocturnal animals, including species of beetles, moths, crickets, and spiders, possibly leading to disruption of food webs and affecting entire ecosystems.

"The visibility of the celestial compass is related to the degree of polarization of skylight," says the lead author of the study, Dr. Christopher Kyba, physicist at the Institute for Space Sciences of Freie Universit?t. "In a natural area with clean air, the degree of polarization of skylight is typically around 70-80%, and in Berlin aerosols reduce this to around 55%. We measured the sky polarization at night using a digital camera equipped with a linear polarizing filter, and found that inside the city light pollution reduced it further, to 11%," says Kyba. "Because light can travel so far in clear air, this depolarization effect extends far outside of cities. In a rural area outside of Berlin we found that the degree of polarization was still only 30%, even though the sky appeared dark to our eyes."

"The moonlit celestial compass is believed to be an important navigational signal for several species," says Dr. Franz H?lker, ecologist, study author, and leader of the research project "Verlust der Nacht" (Loss of the Night). "Nocturnal species of beetles, moths, crickets, and spiders are believed to navigate using the celestial compass. What our study shows is that the depolarizing effect of skyglow is a form of pollution with global reach." .

The researchers emphasize that these preliminary measurements from Berlin likely underestimate the problem. "We performed these measurements on perfectly clear nights in the winter, when the full moon rises higher than it does in the summer," explains Kyba. "On typical summer nights when insects are likely to be active, we expect the celestial compass to be even more obscured. In addition, Berlin and its surroundings are darker than most comparatively sized world cities."

An unexpected result of the research was the discovery that urban skyglow can itself be polarized. "We expected the skyglow on moonless nights to be almost unpolarized, but instead found it have a 9% degree of polarization," remarks Kyba. "Our best guess is that street canyons channel the upward directed light into beams. If this is the case then the skyglow over grid cities in North America could be even more highly polarized."

The scientists do not address reduction of skyglow in the paper, but believe that it could be achieved without making city streets dark. "Much or most of the skyglow propagating large distances from the city is caused by lights that aren't pointed at the ground," says Kyba. "Municipalities that wish to reduce their skyglow can choose from a wide range of commercially available lamps that produce 0% uplight." He recommends that businesses, local governments, or citizens that seek assistance in modernizing their outdoor lighting get in contact with the International Dark Sky Association.

The research was funded by two interdisciplinary projects, MILIEU and Verlust der Nacht. The Verlust der Nacht project, funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is specifically devoted to quantifying light pollution and investigating its impact on humans and the environment.

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Stu Kreisman: The Next Great TV Drama

There is a great new show that premiered on Starz last week. Kelsey Grammer plays Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, in the new series Boss. Not since The West Wing have I seen a better portrayal of politics on the small screen. It's an excellent show and well worth your time.

The reviews were mostly positive, some glowing. However, in this age of instant analysis, the comments following the reviews were curious to say the least. A large portion of the comments had to do with Grammer's own political beliefs (he's a conservative) as opposed to the quality of the show itself.

A lot of the readers automatically assumed that because Grammer was the star and the show was about a fictional mayor, it was a right wing hit job. Others speculated that the reason the show was about the mayor of Chicago was to somehow smear President Obama. Nonsense.

The show is about politics and power. The political party is never identified because the plot and actions can apply to either side of the political spectrum. Why Chicago? Well, my guess is when you want to do a series about someone who rules a major city with an iron fist you usually think of Chicago first, not Salt Lake City.

As for Grammer's participation, he's the star because he's an excellent actor. (He is also one of the producers of the series.) This just in: there are a lot of conservatives working in the entertainment industry and as with liberals, their political beliefs are not brought to the sets or influence the product. In fact, Grammer recently stared on Broadway in La Cage aux Folles, the musical of which the movie The Birdcage was based. Not exactly playing to his base.

If you can't separate political beliefs from the opposing side's acting, writing or directing ability, then you're missing out on a lot of great entertainment. If you can only see the finished product through the political prism then it's your loss.

Boss airs Fridays at 10pm on Starz movie network. In my opinion it's the next great political drama. It would be a pity if your prejudices caused you to miss it.

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Poorer countries, those spending less on health care have more strokes, deaths

ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2011) ? Poorer countries and those that spend proportionately less money on health care have more stroke and stroke deaths than wealthier nations and those that allocate more to health care, according to new research in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Poorer countries also had a greater incidence of hemorrhagic stroke -- caused by a burst blood vessel bleeding in or near the brain -- and had more frequent onset at younger ages.

Regardless of overall wealth, countries that spend less money proportionately on health care also had higher incidences of all four outcomes.

"Not only is the economic wellness of a country important, but also significant is what proportion of their gross domestic product is expended on health," said Luciano A. Sposato, M.D., M.B.A., study lead author and director of the neurology department at the Vascular Research Institute at INECO Foundation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "This is very important for developing healthcare strategies to prevent stroke and other cardiovascular diseases."

In the large-scale literature review, researchers took a unique approach to identify stroke risk by correlating it to nationwide socioeconomic status.

Previous research tended to focus on the link between stroke and individual or family financial standing, said Sposato, also director of the Stroke Center at the Institute of Neurosciences, University Hospital Favaloro Foundation.

The study linked lower gross domestic product to:

• 32 percent higher risk of strokes;
• 43 percent increase of post-stroke deaths at 30 days;
• 43 percent increase in hemorrhagic stroke; and
• 47 percent higher incidence of younger-age-onset stroke.

Similarly, a lower percentage of health spending correlated to a comparable increase in the 30-day death rate and:

• 26 percent higher risk of strokes;
• 45 percent increase of post-stroke deaths at 30 days;
• 32 percent increase in hemorrhagic stroke;
• 36 percent higher incidence of younger-age-onset stroke.

Investigators analyzed 30 population-based studies conducted between 1998 and 2008 in 22 countries. They used statistical methods to link stroke risk, 30-day death rate, hemorrhagic stroke incidence and age at disease onset to three internationally accepted economic indicators. The indicators included gross domestic product, health expenditure per capita and unemployment rate. Unlike the other two indicators, unemployment rate didn't affect stroke or other outcomes.

"It is important to further discuss the health priorities for different countries," said Gustavo Saposnik, M.D., M.Sc., study co-author and director of stroke outcomes research at St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada. "This will provide the necessary background to help countries make the changes in how different resources and money are allocated."

Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and a major cause of long-term disability. Worldwide, stroke is the second leading killer.

Dr. Sposato's participation was funded in part by the INECO Foundation.

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London cathedral official quits over protest camp (AP)

LONDON ? The senior St. Paul's Cathedral priest who welcomed anti-capitalist demonstrators to camp outside the London landmark resigned Thursday, saying he feared moves to evict the protesters could end in violence.

Canon Chancellor Giles Fraser said on Twitter that "it is with great regret and sadness that I have handed in my notice at St. Paul's Cathedral."

He told The Guardian newspaper that he had resigned because he believed cathedral officials had "set on a course of action that could mean there will be violence in the name of the church."

Dean of St. Paul's Graeme Knowles confirmed Fraser had stepped down, saying officials were disappointed that he "is not able to continue to his work ... during these challenging days."

Protesters have been camped outside the building since Oct. 15. When police tried to move them the next day, Fraser said the demonstrators were welcome to stay and asked police officers to move instead.

Days later, cathedral officials shut the building to the public, saying the campsite was a health and safety hazard. It was the first time the 300-year-old church, one of London's best-known buildings, had closed since World War II.

Cathedral officials, and the bishop of London, have since asked the demonstrators to leave, but they are refusing to go.

Knowles said Wednesday the cathedral was considering all its options in response to the protest ? including legal action.

But in a victory for the protesters, he said the cathedral hoped to reopen Friday following changes to the layout of tents.

In a statement, the Occupy London protesters called Fraser a "man of great personal integrity."

The protesters said Fraser had "ensured that St. Paul's could be a sanctuary for us and that no violence could take place against peaceful protesters with a legitimate cause challenging and tackling social and economic injustice in London, the U.K. and beyond."

Fraser, 46, a high-profile and liberal Anglican clergyman, was appointed chancellor of the cathedral in 2009.

The role involves overseeing the work of the St. Paul's Institute, which "seeks to bring Christian ethics to bear on our understanding of finance and economics."

The cathedral and the protest tent city lie within London's traditional financial center, which is called the City.

Fraser, whose father came from a prominent London Jewish family, is well known through his newspaper and magazine columns and frequent appearances on BBC radio.

He has criticized the effects of the government's austerity measures.

"Should the church get stuck into the mucky world of politics? How ridiculous, of course it should," he wrote in the Guardian in June, going on to quote the late Brazilian bishop Helder Camara: "When I give to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist."

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Overeem calls for first round KO of Lesnar, Mir says ?not so fast my friend?

There was a time Frank Mir disliked Brock Lesnar so much that he admitted his life was completely consumed by the goal of defeating the behemoth, but that doesn't mean the Las Vegas native is beyond being objective when it comes to analyzing a fight.

Alistair Overeem is confident he'll crush Lesnar in their year-end fight. Mir says it won't happen at UFC 141.

"Honestly, I think Brock will win pretty easily ? I think we're going to see the closest thing to a grappler versus striker match you'll see nowadays," Mir told ESPN.com. "Brock is going to cover up; maybe throw one jab. He'll rush Overeem to the cage, reach down for a leg and rip him down? I don't think he's going to get off his back. I'd be very shocked ? I'd applaud Overeem if he got off his back."

Mir has a pretty solid wrestling background and possesses world class jiu-jitsu skills, but he was overwhelmed by Lesnar's size (6-foot-4, 285 pounds) and knowledge/execution of positioning himself on top of a downed opponent at UFC 100.

The 6-5, 253-pound Overeem is a good striker and has added to his grappling game over the years, but is he going to be able to keep Lesnar away?

Overeem also believes it'll be grappler vs. striker, but says the guy who likes standings and banging has the advantage.

"I'm very confident. It's going to be a knockout victory in the first round. He's not going to get out of the first round. It will not come to the second round. He's a strong guy, a very dangerous guy. But, I think I've got what it takes to stop him. And I got what it takes to stop him in the first round," said Overeem (2:05 mark).

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Perry wants flat tax with some popular deductions

Republican Presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the ISO Poly Films plant, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Gray Court, S.C. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro)

Republican Presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the ISO Poly Films plant, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Gray Court, S.C. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro)

Republican Presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, left, and ISO Poly Films President Jon McClure tour the plant in Gray Court, S.C., Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro)

Republican Presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the ISO Poly Films plant, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Gray Court, S.C. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro)

Republican Presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the ISO Poly Films plant, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Gray Court, S.C. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro)

Republican Presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the ISO Poly Films plant, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Gray Court, S.C. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro)

GRAY COURT, S.C. (AP) ? Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry proposed a sweeping economic plan Tuesday that includes a flat tax proposal, private retirement accounts for Social Security, a lower corporate tax rate and reforms aimed at keeping Medicare solvent.

In a pitch to right-wing conservatives, the Texas governor outlined a proposal he calls "Cut, Balance and Grow" that he says is bolder and more aggressive than what his Republican rivals or President Barack Obama would do.

"America is under a crushing burden of debt, and the president simply offers larger deficits and the politics of class division," Perry said. "Others simply offer microwaved plans with warmed-over reforms based on current ingredients."

In his speech, Perry outlined a broad plan that would make fundamental changes to the tax code and to the nation's entitlement programs.

After weeks of calling Social Security a "Ponzi scheme," he offered five concrete principles for reforming the program. Perry said he wants to keep benefits intact for current retirees, but allow younger workers to choose to put their income into private accounts instead. He wants to allow states and local governments to opt out of the federal program and invest in different funds instead. And he wants to raise the retirement age for younger workers.

Perry also wants to make major changes to Medicare. His plan would allow Americans to receive a payment or a credit for the purchase of health insurance instead of the direct benefits provided through the current program. He would also gradually raise the Medicare eligibility age and pay people benefits based on their income levels.

Perry's plan sets a flat 20 percent income tax rate, but also gives taxpayers the option of sticking with their current rate. He would also maintain popular deductions for families making less than $500,000 a year and end taxes on Social Security benefits. Perry would end corporate loopholes and lower the general corporate tax rate to 20 percent.

Many elements of Perry's plan are controversial ? and others have tried and failed to pass them. President George W. Bush tried to add private accounts to Social Security, but the proposal was widely condemned and did not pass.

"I am not na?ve. I know this idea will be attacked," Perry said of the proposal. "Opposition to this simple measure is based on a simple supposition: that the people are not smart enough to look out for themselves."

President Barack Obama's campaign immediately criticized Perry's plan as hurtful to middle class Americans. Perry's plan, Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said, "would shift a greater share of taxes away from large corporations and the wealthiest onto the backs of the middle class."

The major policy rollout is a critical part of Perry's efforts to right a struggling campaign. It's an opportunity to demonstrate a heft and seriousness that wasn't on display during recent debates.

Distracting from Perry's speech, however, were new comments he made questioning whether Obama was born in the United States, a debunked controversy that centered on Obama's birth certificate.

In an interview with CNBC, Perry said it was "fun to ? to poke" at the president on the birth certificate issue. "I don't have a clue about where the president ? and what this birth certificate says," Perry said. He was defending an interview he did with Parade magazine, when he said he did not have a "definitive answer" about whether Obama was born in the United States.

Republican strategist Karl Rove ripped Rick Perry for casting doubt on Obama's birth. "You associate yourself with a nutty view like that, and you damage yourself," Rove told Fox News.

But the comments do appeal to a segment of the Republican Party's right wing ? a group Perry is clearly trying to court. Perry's policy speech Tuesday sets him distinctly to the right of chief rival Mitt Romney, who wants to make less sweeping changes to the tax code.

The birth certificate comments and policy rollout comes as Perry prepares to air TV ads in Iowa and has hired a roster of experienced national campaign operatives to help him. Perry's chief adviser on the economic plan is former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, who proposed a 17 percent flat tax when he ran for president in 1996.

It's taken Perry about 2 1/2 months to put together an economic policy package, and he's had to attend the series of debates without his detailed proposal. Romney also has attacked him repeatedly for not having a plan. Romney released a 59-point jobs plan in early September, about three months after officially announcing his bid.

Perry's plan would make more dramatic changes than Romney's. While Perry's plan includes the flat tax, Romney would lower rates on corporations and on savings and investment income for middle-class Americans.

Back in 1996, Romney criticized Forbes' flat tax plan as a "tax cut for fat cats." In the CNBC interview, Perry said if Romney renews that criticism, "he ought to look in the mirror, I guess. I consider him to be a fat cat."

Perry chose South Carolina, where he announced he was running for president, to unveil his economic plan. The first-in-the-South primary state is critical to his path to the nomination, though he has fallen in the polls here just as he has dropped nationally.

He also planned a news conference in the state capital, Columbia, and a fundraiser at the home of former South Carolina GOP chairman Katon Dawson, his top South Carolina adviser.

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iPod fathers unveil their next project, the Nest Learning Thermostat (hands-on)

Over the summer, we got word that a couple of unnamed ex-Apple engineers were getting ready to unveil an unnamed product, under the guise of an unnamed startup. As it turns out, that startup was Nest Labs, and those Apple alums were none other than Tony Fadell, longtime SVP of Apple's iPod division, and lead engineer Matt Rogers. And yes, the product they had to share makes fine use of a click wheel.

But if you thought they'd be cooking up a next-gen music player, you'd be so wrong. Instead, the pair have been designing a thermostat, of all things, dubbed the Nest. In addition to being the most stylish model ever to grace a dining room wall, it also promises the kind of intelligence we've come to expect in other household appliances -- just not thermostats, per se. It'll go on sale next month for $249 in places like Best Buy, but we managed to snag an early sneak peek. Find some photos below and when you're done, join us past the break where we'll explain how it works.

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"Senna" makes a fascinating subject in a pretty entertaining film about a sport that isn't followed that closely by most Americans. But our very ignorance of that subject helps the film and adds to its impact. We don't know this story by heart.

A psychologically intriguing if at times too hagiographic portrait of a man who often held pole position in his profession and felt nearer to God because of it.

There's not an ounce of fat or a wasted shot throughout.

You don't have to know anything about car racing at all. Instead, you simply have to like a great story, one that has all the elements: drama, inspiration, competition, victory, defeat, betrayal and, looming above it all, tragedy.

It's stripped of narration, talking heads, and anything else that might threaten to slow it down.

Even if you can't tell Formula One from Grecian Formula, Senna is pretty exciting stuff.

Though the film seemingly had a good ambassador for the sport, astounding racing footage and was well-presented, the subject matter never fully engaged me.

You don't have to be a Formula 1 nut to enjoy this enthralling documentary ... Asif Kapadia's film Senna is so skillfully put together that its portrayal of a complex, charismatic and fascinating figure will grip even those with no interest in the sport.

"Senna" is a streamlined piece of filmmaking, completely immersing the viewer in Senna's world and never losing momentum as it moves from one breakneck race to another.

It's impossible not to be impressed by how director Asif Kapadia and writer Manish Pandey have managed to craft a biographical film completely out of archive footage.

Uses an astonishing wealth of racing and interview footage - including film shot by in-car cameras during races - to chart in a compelling way the dramatic rise and heart-rending end of the Brazilian legend.

The film is a snapshot in time of an imperfect, interrupted life more than a gateway drug to racing enthusiasm.

There's no doubt Senna was a great driver, but this competently executed highlights reel doesn't tell us much beyond that.

...an entertaining, absorbing and inspiring documentary celebrating a champion's talent.

Ayrton Senna was a phenomenon, and as such, he was filmed, interviewed, and photographed repeatedly throughout his career, images now assembled as the documentary Senna.

Even those with no interest in Formula One - and I count myself amongst such people - will be captivated by this phenomenal motion picture.

"Senna" is simply the greatest sports film I have ever seen.

Kapadia fosters a distinct 'you are there' feeling for the races by composing his visual storytelling entirely of vintage footage, mostly derived from the Formula One archives.

Exhilarating in the extreme.

Undeniably gripping stuff.

I simply didn't care about it, and unless you already know who Senna is and are curious to know more, I doubt if you will, either.

It's hard to see how anyone wouldn't be absorbed by this fascinating film about a formidable driver and man.

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Weekly Ketchup: Battlestar Galactica Movie in the Works

This Week's Ketchup includes news for two adaptations of old TV shows (Battlestar Galactica and The Man from UNCLE), new movies for directors Matt Damon and the Wachowskis, and new roles for Aaron Eckhart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shia LaBeouf, Melissa McCarthy and Mickey Rourke.

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LONG AWAITED BATTLESTAR GALACTICA MOVIE NO LONGER FRAKKED

Director Bryan Singer (X-Men, Superman Returns) is currently filming the revisionist fairy tale Jack the Giant Killer for New Line Cinema, but is also continuing to develop projects to take on in the near future. Those had previously included remakes of Logan's Run and the King Arthur movie Excalibur, but both projects have been either canned or delayed in recent months. These developments have pushed up Singer's plans for a movie adaptation of the classic 1978 science fiction TV series Battlestar Galactica considerably. This week, Universal Pictures hired screenwriter John Orloff to begin work on adapting a feature film based on the concept of the survivors of the human race searching the galaxy for the fabled lost planet Earth following a massive Cylon attack. John Orloff's previous credits include A Mighty Heart, the current Shakespeare revisionist drama Anonymous, two episodes of the Band of Brothers mini-series and cowriting Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole. These current plans for a feature film remake of Battlestar Galactica follow a recent post-9/11-influenced TV series reboot on the Sci Fi channel which aired for several seasons and also led to the spin off prequel series Caprica.

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#1 BRADLEY COOPER IS THE NEW MAN FROM UNCLE

Two months ago, George Clooney departed a chance to reunite with Ocean's 11/12/13 director Steven Soderbergh in the movie adaptation of the 1960s spy TV show The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Clooney's reason for giving up the role were concerns that the extensive stunt sequences could potentially exacerbate the injuries that Clooney suffered while filming Syriana. This week brought news that Warner Bros has offered the lead role of American agent Napoleon Solo to 36-year-old Bradley Cooper, which also serves to significantly de-age the role (in comparison to George Clooney, anyway, who is 50). Robert Vaughn played Napoleon Solo in the original 1964-1968 series opposite current NCIS star David McCallum's Illya Kuryakin, as two agents from opposite sides of the Cold War who were brought together as part of an international espionage team. Bradley Cooper was offered the role after Steven Soderbergh first considered Matt Damon and Johnny Depp, who both passed. If Bradley Cooper signs on as expected, he will be firming up a relationship with Warner Bros which also includes the studio's action movie adaptation of John Milton's Paradise Lost and the two Hangover movies. Steven Soderbergh expects to start filming The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in March, 2012, before moving onto his long-planned Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra (starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon), which was recently picked up by HBO Films.

#2 MATT DAMON'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT TO START FILMING SOON

Matt Damon has been wanting to follow the actor-turned-director career arc of his buddy Ben Affleck for quite some time. Last year, Damon set up a project called Father Daughter Time, which is still in development at Warner Bros. This week, another project at the same studio emerged as potentially the more likely to start filming first, in the spring of 2012. The currently untitled legal drama, which is reportedly in the same vein as Erin Brockovich, would also costar Matt Damon as a salesman recently arrived in a small town, where he finds his life changed (though exactly what that entails is unknown). The premise (whatever it is) came from an idea from The Office costar John Krasinski, who then developed it with author Dave Eggers before pitching it to Matt Damon as a project the two actors could both cowrite and costar in together. Matt Damon is, of course, also famous for cowriting and costarring in Good Will Hunting with Ben Affleck, which earned them both Academy Awards.

#3 THE WACHOWSKIS RETURN TO SCIENCE FICTION ACTION WITH JUPITER ASCENDING

Directors Andy and Lana Wachowski are currently filming segments of the science fiction ensemble drama Cloud Atlas (along with at least one other director, Tom Tykwer). However, what the Wachowskis are most famous for is not just science fiction, but science fiction action, which is where this story's distinction lies. Although most stories are citing The Matrix Revolutions as the pair's last science fiction action film, that angle seems to ignore that the 2008 flop Speed Racer was both an action film and far enough out there from current technology to be called science fiction. Anyway, the news this week for the Wachowskis is that they have signed a deal with Warner Bros to start developing a project called Jupiter Ascending. Although this is the first that's been heard of Jupiter Ascending (of which there are no other details, except that they wrote it), the Wachowskis are expecting to start filming as soon as early 2012, and are already in discussions with actors in search of the film's lead. This Warner Bros deal for Jupiter Ascending is particularly noteworthy considering the plight of the Wachowskis' previous project. That film (which has the working title of Cobalt Neural 9) had to be scrapped due to difficulties in finding financing for a futuristic film about the gay relationship between two soldiers from opposite sides of the war in Iraq.

#4 MELISSA MCCARTHY HITTING THE ROAD AS TAMMY

After winning an Emmy for her title role in the sitcom Mike & Molly and her star-making supporting role in Bridesmaids, actress Melissa McCarthy is setting her sights on producing and writing her own movies. New Line Cinema has acquired the rights to the comedy script Tammy, which Melissa McCarthy cowrote with her husband Ben Falcone (who also costarred in Bridesmaids as the air marshall), and which McCarthy will also produce and star in. Tammy is the story of "an overweight woman who is laid off from her job at Hardee's, discovers her husband is having an affair, and decides to go on a road trip with her alcoholic, foul-mouthed, diabetic grandmother." The ultimate destination of that road trip will reportedly be Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. In addition to Tammy, other film projects that Melissa McCarthy has in the works include the Jason Bateman comedy Identity Thief, a supporting role in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up spin off project, and a comedy about a woman who plans to steal the Stanley Cup to cheer up her sick hockey fan husband.

#5 MICKEY ROURKE DROPS OUT OF THE EXPENDABLES 2 TO BE ONE OF SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS

Mickey Rourke has decided to drop out of Sylvester Stallone's sequel to The Expendables, which he costarred in as the knife-wielding Tool. Instead, Mickey Rourke will be spending the same time costarring in the second film from Martin McDonagh, director of In Bruges. In this dark comedy, Mickey Rourke will play a gangster whose Shih-Tzu dog is stolen by three bungling friends attempting to get rich quick, played by Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken.

#6 SEX MACHINE AND THAT KID FROM 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN JOIN QT'S LATEST

It's another week, so there's another story about the increasingly awesome cast of Quentin Tarantino's slave era Spaghetti Western Django Unchained. This week, the two new costars are actors who have previously worked with either Tarantino (as an actor) or Leonardo DiCaprio, but have not yet costarred in a film that Tarantino has himself directed. Quentin Tarantino is of course, the director of such films as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Inglourious Basterds and the two halves of Kill Bill. First up is Tom Savini, who costarred with Quentin Tarantino in Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn. Tom Savini will, along with M.C Gainey (who played Tom Friendly in LOST), will play one of the three Brittle brothers, the slave-owning outlaws who rape Django's wife, which sets off the whole story of the film (presumably). Also cast this week was Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who costarred with DiCaprio in last year's Inception. It's not yet known who JGL will be playing, but since there are three Brittle brothers, and the first two were cast relatively recently, there is a good possibility JGL might be playing the third (but... not necessarily; that's just a guess from this writer). Tom Savini and Joseph Gordon-Levitt join a cast that already includes Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Don Johnson and the aforementioned M.C. Gainey.

Rotten Ideas of the Week

#3 SHIA LABEOUF IS A GIANT... THAT'S IT. JUST A GIANT

Shia Labeouf has attached himself to star in a "modern day adult dramatic fairy tale" with the working title of A Giant. The script is by writer/director Gil Kenan, who directed Monster House and the children's fantasy adaptation City of Ember. A Giant tells the story of the friendship and love that develops between a rebellious young woman and the 20 foot tall giant (Shia LaBeouf) that lives in the shadows next door. The Henson Company is coproducing this project, and Universal Pictures may eventually step in to distribute. This story is one of the Rotten Ideas of the week... just because. It's a movie about a twenty foot tall Shia LaBeouf falling in love with a "rebellious young woman." That about says it all, right there.

#2 WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF THIS BEACH BOYS BIOPIC WASN'T A ROTTEN IDEA?

One of the ironies of the plurality of the band name The Beach Boys and their association with "surf music" was that only one of them, Wilson brother Dennis, was actually a surfer. Dennis Wilson also drowned in the waters near Marina Del Rey, California in 1983 at the age of 39. Aaron Eckhart, costar of such films as Battle: Los Angeles and The Dark Knight, has signed on to portray Dennis Wilson in a biopic called The Drummer. The independent production will be directed by Randall Miller (Bottle Shock, The Sixth Man) from a script by Jody Savin, who also collaborated with Miller on his last three films (Bottle Shock, Nobel Son and Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School). Aaron Eckhart also recently signed on to star as Frankenstein's Monster in the darkly modern revisionist action film I, Frankenstein. This is one of the week's Rotten Ideas due to the consistently low RT Tomatometer scores for Randall Miller's films as director.

#1 SONY STILL IN SEARCH OF THE LOST SYMBOL

Earlier this year, Ron Howard declined the job of returning to directing Sony Pictures' adaptations of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon novels, after previously directing both The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. The third book in the series is called The Lost Symbol, and Sony Pictures is still developing an adaptation of that novel, with news this week that director Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go) is the studio's top choice for the job. The script adaptation was worked on by both author Dan Brown and screenwriter Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things). Although he is not yet officially signed, Tom Hanks is expected to reprise his role as Robert Langdon. This is the week's Most Rotten Idea not so much because of the Mark Romanek news, but because of the low RT Tomatometer scores for both of the previous Robert Langdon movies.

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Scientist: Satellite must have crashed into Asia

Undated artist rendering provided by EADS Astrium shows the scientific satellite Rosat. The German Aerospace Center said the retired satellite is hurtling toward the atmosphere and pieces could crash into the earth as early as Friday. Spokesman Andreas Schuetz told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 that most of the satellite named ROSAT, which is about the size of a minivan, will burn up during re-entry. (AP Photo/EADS Astrium)

Undated artist rendering provided by EADS Astrium shows the scientific satellite Rosat. The German Aerospace Center said the retired satellite is hurtling toward the atmosphere and pieces could crash into the earth as early as Friday. Spokesman Andreas Schuetz told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 that most of the satellite named ROSAT, which is about the size of a minivan, will burn up during re-entry. (AP Photo/EADS Astrium)

BERLIN (AP) ? A defunct German research satellite crashed into the Earth somewhere in Southeast Asia on Sunday, U.S. scientist said ? but no one is still quite sure where.

Most parts of the minivan-sized ROSAT research satellite were expected to burn up as they hit the atmosphere at speeds up to 280 mph (450 kph), but up to 30 fragments weighing a total of 1.87 tons (1.7 metric tons) could have crashed, the German Aerospace Center said.

Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said the satellite appears to have gone down over Southeast Asia. He said two Chinese cities with millions of inhabitants each, Chongqing and Chengdu, had been in the satellite's projected path during its re-entry time.

"But if it had come down over a populated area there probably would be reports by now," the astrophysicist who tracks man-made space objects told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

Calculations based on data made available to scientists by the U.S. military indicate that satellite debris must have crashed somewhere east of Sri Lanka over the Indian Ocean, or over the Andaman Sea off the coast of Myanmar, or further inland in Myanmar or as far inland as China, he said.

The satellite entered the atmosphere between 0145 GMT to 0215 GMT Sunday (9:45 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Saturday EDT) and would have taken 15 minutes or less to hit the ground, the German Aerospace Center said. Hours before the re-entry, the center said the satellite was not expected to land in Europe, Africa or Australia.

There were no immediate reports from Asian governments or space agencies about the fallen satellite.

The satellite used to circle the planet in about 90 minutes, and it may have traveled several thousand kilometers (miles) during its re-entry, rendering exact predictions of where it crashed difficult.

German space agency spokesman Andreas Schuetz said a falling satellite also can change its flight pattern or even its direction once it sinks to within 90 miles (150 kilometers) above the Earth.

Schuetz said the agency was waiting for data from scientific partners around the globe. He noted it took the U.S. space agency NASA several days to establish where one of its satellites had hit last month.

The 2.69-ton (2.4 metric ton) scientific ROSAT satellite was launched in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1990 and retired in 1999 after being used for research on black holes and neutron stars and performing the first all-sky survey of X-ray sources with an imaging telescope.

ROSAT's largest single fragment that could have hit is the telescope's heavy heat-resistant mirror.

"The impact would be similar to, say, an airliner having dropped an engine," said McDowell. "It would damage whatever it fell on, but it wouldn't have widespread consequences."

A dead NASA satellite fell into the southern Pacific Ocean last month, causing no damage but spreading debris over a 500-mile (800-kilometer) area.

Since 1991, space agencies have adopted new procedures to lessen space junk and having satellites falling back to Earth. NASA says it has no more large satellites that will fall back to Earth uncontrolled in the next 25 years.

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AT&T's profits are down, but the carrier is still smiling

There's good news and bad news in AT&T's third quarter report. The carrier's profit dropped to $3.6 billion for the quarter -- that's down from $12.32 billion from this time last year. That drop could be due in part to the loss of iPhone exclusivity (a matter recently compounded with the addition of Sprint as a carrier for the 4S) and the fact that the company pulled in profits from the sale of assets in 2010. AT&T activated 2.7 million iPhones during Q3, a marked drop over previous quarters. On the up side of things, the sale of Android devices has more than doubled, year over year. AT&T added 2.1 million wireless subscribers, passing 100 million, which the carrier seems quite pleased with, as evidenced by the exceedingly chipper video below.

Update: AT&T dropped us a line to point out that the gains from a one-time tax settlement also significantly contributed to the company's 2010 profit and by extension the drop in profits year-over-year. According to an AT&T spokesperson, "If you take those one-time items out of the mix, profit was actually up 13-percent year-over-year. In addition, wireless margins were up significantly, which means wireless profits increased."

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UN calls for power transfer in Yemen (AP)

UNITED NATIONS ? The U.N. Security Council called Friday for Yemen's president to immediately accept a deal to transfer power to his deputy and end escalating violence in the strategically located Middle East nation.

The council unanimously adopted a resolution expressing serious concern at the worsening security and deteriorating economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen "due to the lack of progress on a political settlement and the potential for the further escalation of violence."

President Ali Abdullah Saleh has so far balked at a U.S.-backed plan proposed by Saudi Arabia and its five smaller allies in the Gulf Cooperation Council to hand over power to his deputy and step down in exchange for immunity. He is accused by many Yemenis of pushing the country toward civil war by clinging to power despite massive protests, the defection to the opposition of key tribal and military allies, and mounting international pressure to step down.

The resolution was the first adopted by the U.N.'s most powerful body since the Arab Spring uprising in Yemen began eight months ago. It was clearly aimed at stepping up international pressure on Saleh, who was president of North Yemen from 1978 until 1990 when he became the first president of a unified Yemen.

Yemeni activist Tawakul Karman, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with two Liberian women earlier this month, welcomed the resolution but said it didn't go far enough.

"We are asking for a trial" for Saleh, Karman told reporters at U.N. headquarters. "We are asking to send him to the international tribunal as a war criminal."

Philippe Bolopion, U.N. director for Human Rights Watch, said the organization welcomed "the long overdue condemnation of Yemeni government abuses," but believed the council should have distanced itself from the council's impunity deal.

"By signaling that there would be no consequence for the killing of Yemenis, the immunity deal has contributed to prolonging the bloodshed," he said.

British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant was pleased with the unanimous approval of the resolution, which he said "includes some tough messages to President Saleh and to the opposition."

The resolution calls for Saleh, or those authorized to act on his behalf, to immediately sign the Gulf Cooperation Council deal "to achieve a peaceful political transition of power ... without further delay."

Although the deal would give Saleh immunity, the resolution also underlines the need for an independent investigation into alleged human rights abuses "with a view to avoiding impunity."

Saleh was gravely wounded in an explosion at his presidential palace in June and went to Saudi Arabia for treatment. During his absence, mediators and opposition groups sought to persuade him to stay away and transfer power, but he declined and returned abruptly to Yemen late last month.

Unlike the resolution on Syria that was vetoed by Russia and China on Oct. 4, the Yemen resolution makes no mention of sanctions or any other measures.

It demands "that all sides immediately reject the use of violence to achieve political goals," and that armed groups remove all weapons from areas where peaceful demonstrations are taking place.

The resolution "strongly condemns" human rights violations by Yemeni authorities including the excessive use of force against peaceful protesters.

With fighting intensifying, there are concerns that a civil war would significantly hurt efforts by the United States and Saudi Arabia to fight Yemen's dangerous al-Qaida branch, and could turn the mountainous nation into a global haven for militants a short distance away from the vast oil fields of the Gulf and the key shipping lanes in the Arabian and Red seas.

The resolution raises fresh concerns "at the increased threat from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and the risk of new terror attacks in parts of Yemen."

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, as the Yemeni branch is known, is considered by the U.S. to be the most dangerous of the terror network's affiliates after it plotted two recent failed attacks on American soil.

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Associated Press Writer Anita Snow contributed to this report from the United Nations.

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Soulja Boy declares innocence after arrest

TEMPLE, Ga.?? Hip-hop star Soulja Boy proclaimed his innocence as he encountered dozens of screaming fans outside a bail bond company following his arrest on a drug charge in Georgia.

CBS Atlanta reports that the artist said, "I'm innocent, man" during the chaotic scene Tuesday as bodyguards rushed him into a waiting car.

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Soulja Boy, also known as DeAndre Cortez Way, faces a drug charge after police stopped his rental car in the west Georgia town of Temple on Interstate 20.

Temple Police Chief Tim Shaw said police stopped the Cadillac Escalade early Tuesday because a light wasn't working. He said officers found marijuana inside.

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Way was booked into the Carroll County Jail on charges of marijuana and firearms possession. The rapper was released on $10,000 bond.

Shaw said that based on what he knows of the arrest, all five occupants of the car were very cordial.

Carroll County officials say Way is represented by attorney Kip Jones, who had no comment when contacted.

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Zoo: Help us care for surviving exotic animals

ZANESVILLE, Ohio?? The zoo that has taken in survivors from the Ohio exotic animal shootings is appealing for donations to help look after them.

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Just six animals ? three leopards, a grizzly bear and two monkeys ? were captured alive while 49 others were shot dead by the authorities, with the owner of the private Muskingum County Animal Farm near Zanesville thought to have released them and then apparently killed himself Tuesday.

The last animal, a monkey infected with herpes B virus, was found to have been eaten by one of the large cats, Sheriff Matt Lutz told NBC station WCMH.

Karen Minton, Ohio state director for the The Humane Society of the United States, told msnbc.com that the sheriff's deputies who shot the animals had had a difficult call to make, but added, "We think they did their job."

The survivors were taken to Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

On its website, the zoo thanked people for their concern about the animals.

"Your donation will assist in defraying costs for the relocation, care and rehabilitation of the released animals in our care," the statement said.

Video: Sheriff defends shooting loose animals in Ohio (on this page)

WBNS-TV, citing zoo officials, reported that it had received call of support from across the country.

The animals were to be evaluated by veterinarian staff, the station said.

'Tragedy'
The dead animals included 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions. Six black bears, two grizzlies, a baboon, a wolf and three mountain lions were also killed. Authorities said the slain animals would be buried on Thompson's farm.

"What a tragedy," said veterinarian Barb Wolfe, of The Wilds animal preserve sponsored by the Columbus Zoo.

"We knew that ... there were so many dangerous animals at this place that eventually something bad would happen, but I don't think anybody really knew it would be this bad," he added.

Video: Hanna: 'A wild animal is like a loaded gun' (on this page)

Photos showing the remains of tigers, bears and lions lined up and scattered in a field went viral provoking visceral reactions among viewers, some of whom expressed their anger and sadness on social networking sites.

Will Travers, chief executive of the California-based Born Free USA animal welfare and wildlife conservation organization, said police had no choice but to take the action they did.

"It's a tragedy for these particular animals, for no fault of their own they've been shot, and I can see how difficult that decision was for the police," he said.

Officers were ordered to kill the animals instead of trying to bring them down with tranquilizers for fear that those hit with darts would escape in the darkness before they dropped and would later regain consciousness.

Sheriff Lutz said at about 8 p.m. Wednesday that they were confident all the escaped animals had been accounted for, NBC4i.com reported.

"We're convinced that we do not have any animals running at large. [The monkey] was in an area where one of the cats actually killed one of the monkeys and we feel he could have been eaten by one of the cats," he said, according to the station.

NBC4i.com said that Columbus zoo had reached out to other zoos for possible placement. It reported the animals would be held in quarantine before being brought into the zoo itself.

Dead owner's wife owns animals
However, it said the animals still belong to the wife of owner Terry Thompson, who took his own life.

Lutz said they're not trying to take away the animals from Thompson's wife, NBC4i.com said. She was part of the decision and she would work with the zoo on visiting the rescued animals.

NBC4i.com said the zoo had called in extra security after reports of death threats from people who are pro-animal rights.

Story: Ohio escape renews call for exotic-animal crackdown

The Humane Society of the United States criticized Gov. John Kasich for allowing a statewide ban on the buying and selling of exotic pets to expire in April and called for an emergency rule to crack down on exotic animals until the state comes up with a permanent legal solution.

"Every month brings a new, bizarre, almost surreal incident involving privately-held, dangerous wild animals," Wayne Pacelle, president and chief executive of the Humane Society, said in a statement. "In recent years, Ohioans have died and suffered injuries. ... Owners of large, exotic animals are a menace to society, and it's time for the delaying on the rulemaking to end."

Activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also called for emergency regulations and pointed the finger at Gov. John Kasich, saying the incident should serve as his "wake-up call."

"Surely, after this latest incident, enough blood has been shed for the state to take action," the group said in a statement.

Ohio has some of the nation's weakest restrictions on exotic pets and among the highest number of injuries and deaths caused by them.

This article contains reporting from The Associated Press, NBC News and msnbc.com staff.

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Ami Fields-Meyer: Restraint -- Gilad Shalit's Return to Israel

After five years in the custody of his Hamas captors, it seems that Gilad Shalit's painful and much publicized saga is finally winding down. The Israeli government has struck a deal with Hamas: Israel will release upwards of a thousand terrorists (most of whom were serving life sentences for murderous crimes) in exchange for one honest young man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

On a trip to Israel in August 2010, I had the opportunity to spend a few fascinating moments with Gilad's father, Noam Shalit. We exchanged pleasantries. He asked what my tour group was doing in Israel. I explained. He nodded. Then I asked him what people like me could do to help his son's situation.

He shook his head, and almost in a whisper: "Nothing."

Slightly over a year later, I, indeed, haven't done anything to help his son's situation. With the exception of keeping informed and posting sporadic "Gilad" Facebook status updates, I've done nothing particularly profound to help bring about Gilad Shalit's homecoming. Few have. In the end, as Noam Shalit foresaw and foretold, it has had everything to do political negotiation tactics and diplomatic deals that surpass the powers of ordinary Israelis -- let alone high schoolers in California.

Nevertheless, in the days following the announcement of the deal, the emotional investment of Jews internationally is visibly coming through. Some advocates of the exchange -- certainly many in the global Jewish community -- see Shalit's return as a form of justice. Many see it as an inevitability that completes an era and finishes a story.

But to approach the deal as a justice implies some sort of return to equilibrium; an evenness, a moral balance between loss and gain. In truth, no such balance exists, nor will one.

Yesterday I heard Sharon Brous, a prominent Los Angeles rabbi, frame the Shalit exchange by describing the extraordinary nature of a country who is "letting love dictate policy."

Indeed, Israel is that country. The trade is a present-day embodiment of the pervasive Talmudic adage, "to save one life is to save the whole world." It restores confidence in the hearts of soldiers that regardless of circumstance, they will come home. Indeed, this trade, in all its controversy, seeming paradox, and ardent instability, is a consequence of a deep and overwhelming love of life.

But among those being released is a woman who -- over the internet -- lured a heartbroken Israeli teenager to a Palestinian city, where he was promptly murdered; a man who planted explosives in a Tel Aviv nightclub and killed 21 young partygoers; a woman who escorted a suicide bomber into a jam-packed pizza parlor where he blew up 16 people; a man who orchestrated a hotel bombing that killed 30 people who were celebrating the Passover holiday; a man who bombed a bus in Haifa that killed 17 travelers; the men who founded Hamas' armed wing; a man who, along with several others, pulled an Israeli man out of his car in Ramallah and -- because he was Israeli -- lynched him.

The Shalit exchange is hardly justice. The songwriter David Ford puts it more eloquently: "When victory comes at too heavy a price, there's honor in choosing defeat." Undoubtedly, the world needs Gilad Shalit to fall into his mother's arms; but it doesn't take a skeptic to wonder if the price of that reunion is exorbitant.

I urge the global Jewish community to exercise delicate restraint in its recognition of Gilad Shalit's return to Israel. Jews and Israelis and champions of peace worldwide have attained a goal, though not a victory. It is a time for joy, though not a time for celebration. We have seen a deal, but we have certainly not seen justice. "Nothing" is not a response we want to have to hear again.

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