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As chief creative officer of DC Entertainment, Geoff Johns handles the company's properties across a variety of multimedia formats while still writing comics and other projects. We spoke to him recently about his work on Batman: Arkham Origins, Injustice: Gods Among Us, and his graphic novel Batman: Earth One (shown above).
Can you describe the many facets of your job in a nutshell?
I've been writing comics for a long time now - over 10 years - mostly for DC Comics. Since I was a kid I've always loved DC Comics. I've written for games, TV, and film. I work at DC Entertainment in a role where I am still a writer by trade, but I work with Warner Bros. and all the divisions like Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, theatrical, television, and consumer products on anything DC. I guess I'm kind of an evangelist and liaison from the comic books to all the media stuff. That includes games. I'm a huge gamer; I love games.
Can you talk about your first exposure to Arkham Asylum back when it first came out?
Well I bought it and played it as a fan. I was blown away like everybody else by what Rocksteady did and what the game entailed. I love superhero games not because they were any good, but back in the day... I don't know if you remember the Death and Return of Superman SNES game, even though it was just a simple 2D sidescroller I still loved it because it was based on the lore. All these years later to have a superhero game based on the mythology I really love be executed so brilliantly and be a great game, it's like the Christopher Nolan movies. They're great films and then they also happen to be Batman films. And this was a fantastic game that also happened to be a Batman game.
You became chief creative officer in 2010. Did you do any consulting on Arkham City, or did you play that as a fan as well?
We worked on Arkham City. I mean it was already started, but we worked on Arkham City during that time with the guys.
Can you describe the early discussions on Arkham Origins?
We talked about what would be interesting to explore, what story they wanted to tell -- it was all character based at first. The story is the first thing we spoke about, and what the world would be like, what Batman would be like, what certain characters would be like. You would see characters roll back like Penguin or characters you've seen before, what they looked like, what their relationships were, and how that would eventually evolve into the Arkham games.
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How did it progress from there?
It's a lot of conference calls at first when we're talking big, big picture. We try to do at least video conference calls and talk about it. Eric [Holmes, creative director] was out here and Ames [Kirshen, executive producer WBIE] and I would go out and have drinks or whatever and talk about it in general. The day-to-day is really trying to support them and let them tell what their vision is. With all my friends that love comic books it's just the same type of thing - "Wouldn't this be cool?" It was an absolute pleasure. We're constantly talking about things that are either story-driven, character-driven, or game-driven. It changes all the time.
How would you compare your comic take on the origin of Batman in Earth One versus what WB Montreal is doing?
It's really different. In Batman: Earth One...the first time you see [Batman] he tries to make a jump off a rooftop and can't make it. This is really beta Batman. It's Batman before he's good. The Batman in Origins still kicks ass and he's learning kind of trial by fire. Batman Earth One was tackling a Batman who was doing it for the wrong reasons and not doing it very well. He's ultimately learning that maybe the reason he's doing this or why he should continue to do this aren't quite the same reasons as when he started to do this. This story is very different. The [Origins] story is further along. He's very confident in what he's doing. It's called Arkham Origins and it really is the introduction of what Arkham means. Arkham evokes a sense of insanity and chaos embodied in the twisted minds and colorful villains of the Batman universe. That had to start somewhere. This is really more about Batman's initiation into that insane world, where my book's more about Batman as a vigilante and really deciding which path to go down.
Would you say that Origins is more closely tied to the traditional Batman comic canon than Batman: Earth One?
Yeah, I would. Obviously it's got the DNA of Arkham and Arkham City. That stuff springs forward from the comics. Batman: Earth One is almost like Arkham Origins Origins. It's even before this.
One of the cool things to see in a new Arkham game is the take on character designs. What was your impression of the new Batman?
Character design was something we talked a lot about and went through very meticulously. There's a lot of debate on all sorts of characters. Every single character in there, you'd start with the Arkham and Arkham City version and then look and scroll it back and say, "Well, where were they back then?" Those designs reflect that. I'm excited for people to see them. There's one in particular I found very interesting that evolves throughout the first game. You'll see a character start somewhere and eventually end up and match right up with Arkham, which is cool.
We know about Deathstroke and Black Mask.
We talk a lot about Deathstroke because he's not traditionally a Batman villain. He's a DC Universe villain. You'll see how the DC Universe actually opens up a little bit in some of this stuff coming up like [Batman: Arkham Origins] Blackgate. There's a reason Deathstroke's in the game and there's a story that he has that opens us up to a bigger DC universe. There are some nice surprises in there. You want to keep people guessing and keep them unsure of what's around the next corner. Part of the reason the Arkham games work so well is the storytelling is just phenomenal. The gameplay's amazing, but the storytelling's just as good.
[Next page: Geoff Johns talks working with the Injustice team, more Arkham Origins, and writing DC Universe Online.]


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Friday, December 27, 2013
Marc Lawrence College & Pro Upsets Weekend of DEC. 28
TEXAS Over Oregon by 1
Will he stay or will he go? Day after day on the sports pages, ad nauseam… at least now a decision has been made and Mack Brown is riding his steer off into the sunset. We can't deny that the man is uber-popular in Austin, so there will be plenty of burnt orange in the stands in San Antone for Ol' Mackie's swan song – along with some inspired play from his troops on the field. But let's take emotion out of the equation for a moment and look at some numbers. Big 12 dogs of 3.5 or more points are 5-1 ATS in bowl games versus Pac-12 opponents, while pre-New Year's Day Pac-12 bowlers are 1-11 ATS as favorites of 6 or more versus foes off a loss. And once again, we go back to the middle of October when the Ducks were 6-0 and had anointed themselves a spot in the BCS Championship game already, and all the Nike execs were scrambling to get their spots reserved in the Rose Bowl suites. It was then that the Ducks pulled on the hot pink helmets to play Washington State and were summarily torched for 557 yards passing by Mike Leach's offense and a statistical slide ensued. From that point on, Oregon has slipped a -101 net YPG, the 4th biggest decline among bowl squads. We also found this trend very interesting: bowl teams with first-year coaches are 1-4 SUATS as
double-digit favorites (that's four SU losses in five tries, folks). Add it all up and you will not fi nd us fading a Texas team that is obviously in a 'Win One for the Gipper' mode. In fact, when you bring emotion back into the discussion, the Longhorns might fi nish by chanting "Remember the Alamo!" after tonight's upset. The Clincher: pre-New Year's Day dogs of 7 or more points off a SUATS loss are 20-5-1 ATS when facing an opponent that failed to beat the spread by more than 7 points in its last game.
Washington over NY Giants by 8
After cashing last week's 5* call on the Redskins, we're putting the war paint back on again in what looks to be Mike Shanahan's swan song in Washington. For openers, they will look to avenge a 24-17 home loss to the Giants on the 1st of December, a game in which the Skins won the stats. The win snapped a 5-game ATS series win skein by the Hogs and that ties nicely into Washington's 10-1 ATS record as division road dogs of less than 7 points when seeking revenge. Not to mention the Hogs' 7-1 ATS mark in games after clashes with the Cowboys. Meanwhile, the Giants return home off a road win 'leaking oil' like the Exxon Valdez, having been outgained in each of their last four contests. Not good news when they're being quarterbacked by an erratic signal caller (Eli Manning) who is 3-7 SU and 2-8 ATS home off a win in division games, including 0-5 ATS versus .500 or less opponents. While the rating is lowered to a 4* this week, the intensity is ratcheted up in Mike's final curtain call. Especially with our AWESOME ANGLE (page 2) fi rmly in his corner. The Clincher: Shanahan is 17-8 SU and 18-7 ATS in division games off back-to-back losses, including 9-1 SU and 10-0 ATS when his team owns a losing record.
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Hope you can help me out!
It is defective: the 2nd line should have shown its top row, as the 1st line did.
QuoteHope you can help me out!You will have to help us out a bit first.We have to know what type of LCD you are dealing with.We have to know what program code you are using.We have to know how your LCD is interfaced with your Arduino.Don
/*lcdSetup - GuyBasic setup for a LiquidCrystal displayConnections:RS = 12RW = 11E = 10D4 = 6D5 = 7D6 = 8D7 = 9A = 5V (+)K = GND (-)VDD = 5V (+)VSS = GND (-)V0 = PotMeter Middle PinPotMeter:Right Pin = 5V (+) Left Pin = GND (-)*/#include <LiquidCrystal.h> //Include the LiquidCrystal libraryLiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 10, 6, 7, 8, 9); //Setting a LiquidCrystal as 'lcd' void setup() { lcd.clear(); //Clear the display lcd.begin(16,2); //Define the Length and Rows}void loop() { lcd.setCursor(0,0); lcd.print("Hello forums!"); lcd.setCursor(0,1); lcd.print("Pixels MESS up"); delay(100000);}
There are 2 lines missing then, on the bottom row.
I also tried using all data pins, didn't change anything.
QuoteI also tried using all data pins, didn't change anything.It has nothing to do with external connections.The lcd is toast.
It's a 1602a LCD, it doesn't say more on the lcd.
Damn that, ordering a new one then. Any good places to get one?
But lets go back a step. What happens when you connect just the backlight, the power, and the contrast (pins 15, 16, 1, 2, and 3)?
Back one more step - are you using a resistor in series with either backlight lead?
Any good places to get one?
QuoteBut lets go back a step. What happens when you connect just the backlight, the power, and the contrast (pins 15, 16, 1, 2, and 3)?Did this, when I put the contrast all the way up only the top row changes contrast. The bottom one doesn't.
QuoteBack one more step - are you using a resistor in series with either backlight lead?I am not using a resister in series with either of the backlight lead, is this needed?
Without this resistor you could damage the LEDs but it is more likely that your power supply is not capable of supplying enough current to do so. In this case it's output voltage could be dropping and this could possibly be causing the LCD to malfunction.[/color]


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Adam Dean: On Covering Japan's Devastation
Posted by Holly Hughes on Tuesday March 29, 2011 | Photojournalism, Photos In The News
Posted by Holly Hughes on Tuesday March 29, 2011 | Photojournalism, Photos In The News
Adam Dean, a Beijing-based photojournalist represented by Panos Pictures, arrived in Japan roughly 20 hours after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of the country. After he returned home to Beijing on March 26, Dean (one of the 2011 PDN 30 emerging photographers) answered our questions about the logistical challenges of covering the catastrophe, and also wrote about the story's emotional impact. We reprint his email to PDN below.
(Some of Dean's images from Iwate and Myagi Prefectures can be seen on The New Yorker's Photo Booth blog, and were printed in last week's issue of the magazine.)
Dean writes:
"I was traveling and working with a British writer from The Daily Telegraph newspaper, and between us we have covered earthquakes in China, Pakistan and Indonesia, cyclones in Burma and tsunamis in Thailand, India and Sri Lanka, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as undercover reporting trips to North Korea and Burma but from a logistical point of view this has been one of the hardest assignments to cover.
"When we first arrived it was almost impossible to find a car available to hire and a fixer or translator who was prepared to travel north. In Japan, obviously a wealthy country, it is much harder to find an English speaker who has the financial motivation to come and work in a potentially dangerous environment with journalists compared to poorer countries …. Japan is also a deeply rules-based society so therefore the 'work-arounds' that journalists might normally use when covering a story like this are less effective here.
"When we first arrived in Tokyo about 20 hours after the tsunami, we were hearing reports of water shortages up north so we bought up as much food and water as we could find in stores in Tokyo where many of the shelves were already beginning to empty. In the first 36 hours most of the flights and trains north from Tokyo were canceled, all the highways were closed to all but emergency vehicles and as a result the minor roads were clogged with traffic. The other real supply issue was fuel. Some of the oil refineries were damaged in the earthquake so there has been a shortage of fuel which has been compounded by residents fleeing from areas affected by the nuclear reactor leaks who have been constantly topping up on fuel fearing a meltdown. Over a week after the earthquake, there were queues of up to seven hours for fuel in some areas.
"Communications has also been a problem in the tsunami-affected areas where the network infrastructure has been badly damaged but generally it is not too bad. I hired local mobile phones and 3G data cards on arrival at the airport which allows us to be online in most areas and I have a satellite phone and a BGAN for transmitting images when conventional networks are down.
"Once on the ground, the access has not been a problem. Soldiers, police and other officials have been very helpful in allowing us to work. The real problem has been a logistical and supply issue and access to the remote areas that were affected by the tsunami.
"The catastrophic tsunami was sadly eclipsed by the potential threat of a nuclear meltdown so I have been covering both angles of this story. Once we had sorted out the logistics after our arrival, we headed north to Sendai and stopped on the way in Fukushima at some of the evacuation centers for people living in the exclusion zone close to the failed nuclear reactors. Since then we have been working our way up the tsunami devastated northeast coast in the Myagi and Iwate provinces.
"Covering stories like this is always harrowing. You are photographing people on what is likely to be the worse day of their lives. Many whom I met had lost everything; family, home, savings etc and were now living in cold temporary evacuation centers with little to eat and no idea what or how they would recover their lives. Despite this, without exception all the people that I talked to and photographed in Japan were kind, gracious, generous and optimistic. There was very little complaining or even criticism of the government response."
Photo © Adam Dean/Panos. Dean's March 15 image of rescue workers piling bodies onto a truck in Rikuzen-Takaata, Japan, was recently published in The New Yorker.
Posted by Conor Risch on Wednesday May 16, 2018 | Awards/Contests/Grants, Photojournalism
Eight photographers have won the first Reuters photojournalism grants of $5,000, the news service announced today. Reuters created the grant program to support "a diverse new generation of photojournalists" who can tell stories from new and different perspectives. Reuters launched the initiative last year at Visa pour l'image international festival of photojournalism in Perpignan, France.... More ›
Posted by Kevin Sullivan on Friday May 11, 2018 | Photojournalism
On the dangers of "poverty tourism." More ›
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How social media can destroy a photographer's quest for personal and artistic growth. More ›


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Lacie and Jeremy Gragg of Newton announce the birth of their daughter, Rayna LeeAnn Gragg, on Nov. 16, 2012, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton.
Rayna is welcomed home by sibling Kaiya Marie Gragg, 3.
Grandparents are Tammie and Scott Deeter of Kellogg, Dan and Lee Dahlem of Newton and Timothy Wells of Newton.
Great-grandparents are Kenny and Vicki Rhodes and Margaret Wells, all of Newton.
Great-great-grandparents are David Adams of Newton, formerly of Cheyanne, Okla.


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Grand opening held for medical/dental clinic at Bethesda Mission for LionCare
Grand opening held for medical/dental clinic at Bethesda Mission for LionCare
Penn State College of Medicine medical students were on-hand when Harrisburg's Bethesda Mission introduced its new medical and dental clinics to the community with a grand opening on Monday, June 30. Bethesda Mission is a homeless shelter in Harrisburg that serves the greater Harrisburg area and is also home to LionCare, Penn State Hershey's student-run clinic, advised by Dr. George Henning, Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Edward Bollard, Internal Medicine, is LionCare's founding director and was recognized at the event.
With the help of more than 200 generous individual donors and businesses, clinics are located in a brand new facility with greater resources for guests at the mission. LionCare regularly holds clinics for women's health, neurology, psychiatry, orthopaedics, dermatology, ophthalmology and general care at the facility, none of which would be possible without the Penn State Hershey physicians who regularly volunteer their time to see patients and teach students.
LionCare is a student-run organization with a board of first- and second-year medical students from the College of Medicine. Students sign up to volunteer on a weekly basis and look forward to the valuable clinical experience and opportunity to serve the community. Most clinics run on Thursday evenings. For an updated schedule, visit http://www.lioncare.org/calendar.
Physicians and residents interested in volunteering and teaching at LionCare, should visit http://www.lioncare.org/volunteer/physician-volunteers.


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Does anyone know what's happened to chesterfield's lug? Their website doesn't appear to exist anymore. www.spirelug.org.uk
I was hoping to get involved in linux in my local community, I even tried to go to a meeting but there was noone about, i'm sure i was at the right place as there was a "Spirelug this way" sign on the wall.
I may just be starting out in linux and i expected it to a challenge at first, but i wasn't expecting the local users to hide from me. Is it some sort of initiation test? I realise that some groups are very small and lack resources, so i would offer to help out where i can. I thought it would be advantageous to everyone to encourage new people to experiment with linux and that the community spirit is what open source development is all about.
I suppose i could always try sheffield, they seem more active and at least they have a presence on the web.


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|6 years ago :: Jun 09, 2012 - 8:21PM #1
Watch the video..... it's very interesting. Of course nothing can be verified as of now......
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|6 years ago :: Jun 09, 2012 - 11:25PM #2
Kafr Sousa is more of a suburb and has seen a lot of clashes...
Midan protests but has never been outside of government control.
Both are mostly Sunni areas...
Mezzeh clashes this weekend were new two months ago and renewed this weekend
This is in the center of Damascus.
Mezzeh protests are the most promising.
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|6 years ago :: Jun 09, 2012 - 11:42PM #3
The fact that so many 'ordinary' people are willing to risk their lives just to organize and participate in these protest rallies - which seem to be non-violent - suggests to me that things are very very very wrong inside Syria. And that what's wrong inside Syria is coming from inside Syria - from the Baathist 'government'.
It seems very obvious to me that this Syrian 'opposition' is every bit as 'grass roots' a phenomenon as the protests in Egypt were.
I am saddened and dismayed by the behavior of the few posters here who seem to be finding excuses to support Assad's tyrrany and human rights violations against his own citizenry.
The level of 'sectarianism' within Syrian society is shocking to me: how can one ethnic group be 'worthy' of government protection and another not? There seems far more 'racism' inside Syria than so many other troubled nations.....
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|6 years ago :: Jun 09, 2012 - 11:55PM #4
Indeed... how can one group be worthy of medicine, hospital access, propane and kerosine... for cooking, heating and staying healthy/alive... and another not?
How can one ethnic group be allowed freedom of movement and another afraid of getting shot or raped from the government at night?
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Reigning MVP Tom Garlepp has signed to play with the Bendigo Bank Braves in 2013.
The star big man is currently playing with the Sydney Kings and will arrive in Bendigo after his NBL commitments.
Garlepp is the one of the last pieces of the Braves' puzzle as coach Ben Harvey tries to put together a national title-winning squad for next season.
Garlepp averaged 18.7 points and 9.6 rebounds in his debut season for the Braves.
"I am happy to be back in Bendigo," he said. "I enjoymed my time there last season and I am looking forward to getting started again this season.
"I think we have a very talented team and we can be a big threat in 2013."
Harvey has been forced to wait until January to sign Garlepp due to the SEABL's restricted players' policy.
Garlepp has averaged less than 20 minutes per game for Sydney, allowing the Braves to sign him along with its two imports Ivan McFarlin and Jazz Ferguson.
"We've had to wait until the cut-off for the restricted players but we've finally signed Tommy," Harvey said.
"He was great for us last year and we will be looking for the same effort that saw him become on of the dominant big men in the league last year."
The Braves' season begins at home against Knox on March 15.
More in tomorrow's Bendigo Advertiser.


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Last year, for the first time since 2006, violent crime increased in the United States. This probably won't surprise Chicagoans, who saw murder rates spike last year. And it's not easy to explain, since there nothing obvious happened that would account for the national trend. But the uptick is not great cause for concern. Judged against recent history, things are pretty good on the crime front.
The national murder rate is now about half what it was in 1991. That puts it at the same level as it was in 1961, which most baby boomers and their parents regard as the Age of Tranquility. Violent crime in general is down by nearly half from where it stood two decades ago.
In Chicago, last year's surge in killings has been followed by a decline. So far this year, homicides and general violence are down significantly from last year and the year before.
No one really knows exactly what accounts for these ups and downs. I called criminologist Franklin Zimring of the University of California, Berkeley, who said that while experts are good at constructing after-the-fact explanations, they are not very good at predicting things in advance. "We don't have a recipe to reduce murder by 20 percent," he says.
One interpretation of Chicago's pattern is that Mayor Emanuel reduced the size of the police force last year and then pulled cops off desk duty to increase their presence on the street this year. "If everything else is equal and more police are used effectively, more police will sooner or later have a significant positive impact," says Zimring. But he says the changes in police numbers here aren't big enough to have much effect.
The crucial thing to keep in mind is how much less dangerous the streets are than they used to be. Even with last year's increase, says Zimring, "levels of life-threatening crime in most big and small cities are much closer to their modern historic low points than to the periods of greatest public fear." It may not seem like it, but when it comes to public safety, we are in a new golden age. Still.


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Ya have to think Bruce Vilanch who writes for the show had something to do with that tight outfit.
Thanks Bruce
Ya have to think Bruce Vilanch who writes for the show had something to do with that tight outfit.
Thanks Bruce
James Franco released this pic today. Not sure what to make of it.
SiriusXM 11am to 3 EST
Screencap from gags extras on DVD. Looks like fun.
To bad it wasn't someone else, besides Seth Rogen
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he's beginning to look like a middle-aged pizza-cook!
You can always count on Pat Grimshaw to bring his words of wisdom
he needs some botox
Nice photo shoot. where's it from?
Dashing as ever
I want him as a boyfriend
He posed for Flaunt Magazine. Very sexy .
How is there any way of knowing thats his ass?
Probably the best way would be......
Just Flat Ass Ask Him.
Double post
I've been in love with him and his ass ever since I saw them both in Milk.
Daydreaming is free, so why not go for the brass ring?
I would love to be in a threeway with James Franco and James Marsden then, in the throes of passion if moaned "Oh, James", I wouldn't hurt eithers feelings).
I could die with the biggest smile a coroner ever saw.
I just want to lick it. You guys have any real or fake buttpics? I think his ass deserves its own thread.
thanks man this got me wankin
Your promised butthole... all I see is the butt. Where is the hole? Still, those buns look inviting.
It's so scrumptious!
So......what does this video have to do with James Franco's Ass or did I miss something? I know this is your first post but it would help if there was some visuals to go with the topic.
that the most stupid video ever to do with james franco or anything for that matter!
All the Franco brothers with their momma. All 3 of them could get it.
All three are lookers but only Dave has the typical and classical beauty now.
LOL. I thought that was Sean Paul !
OMG that ghetto look isn't right for him, but they pulled it off well. I didn't recognize him.
"Don't wait for the world to be ready. Find what you're looking for."
Joey Graceffa
hahah I love James Franco... He could get it anyday anytime anywhere.. His ghetto look is sexy too.. I love him.
Well this certainly is interesting news. For those who don't know, Travis Mathews gained some fame for a very well-received short film called I Want Your Love, which featured graphic gay sex, as well as an equally explicit documentary series called In Their Room. Might we see more of James than we've ever seen? Time will certainly tell.Originally Posted by Travis Mathews
He's a cutie and totally gay I hear.
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He's a cutie and totally gay I hear.
...Now he's teamed with gay art-porn director Travis Mathews to direct "James Franco's Cruising," inspired by William Friedkin's controversial 1980 gay murder mystery "Cruising." ... Franco's work includes the five-minute homoerotic short "The Feast of Stephen."
The film that Mathews and Franco are creating together is an examination of people trying to make sense of Franco as star figure -- as well as a documentation of
Franco's attempt to produce a film that re-imagines the lost 40 minutes of "Cruising." ...
"He knew he wanted real gay sex in it," Travis said. "His people went looking for a filmmaker who had filmed real gay sex, and I suspect someone who would complement his vision. We talked about why we would be interested in still looking at this film. We talked about his interest in the film and his interest more broadly in so many gay-themed stories and visionairies. He's worked with so many in front of and behind the cameras over the years."
Mathews, who plays himself and directs, and Franco, who also plays himself and produces, decided to document the recreation of the 40 minutes that were lost from the film after an intense battle with the MPAA to change its rating from X to R. EXCLUSIVE: James Franco Teams With Gay Art-Porn Director Travis Mathews For a 'Cruising'-Inspired Film | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews | Indiewire
I'm too excited to understand what the article is saying! Will James Franco have real gay sex in the movie because he wants it to be REAL?
when is james franco gonna come out the closet? i don't get why he's constantly shaking his foot instead of just saying "i'm gay or bi". ridiculous. i would have been like okay if this wasn't an everyday thing but he's clearly in the closet with how he has an acute interest in the lgbt community. i'm convince that dude isn't straight.
They will have gay sex in the movie, but you can bet your last dollar, you will never see a penis in the movie--Lots of butts and jockstraps, but no full frontal.
Wow if he ain't gay then he is really interested in gay stuff. I'm not complaining one bit because I looooove James Franco! His little brother is cute too. There is an interview with him and his brother on youtube that is just too adorable.
i don't really have a comment:::::: I'm just hiding out from the mods because I broke the code of conduct or rules of engagement in another thread....it was the rum typing I swear.....I usually obey the rules and keep my feet about it all....It was the 151 typing, not me....
okay bye!
just open and exhale, we can light a match and torch all the evidence.
And I know, if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest . . .
Personally I think James Franco is a great actor. He was amazing in Howl. If he wants to explore sexuality and homoisms on film I'm not going to complain. He better show his cock though
Maybe he is so comfortable in who is as a heterosexual man that doing gay roles does not scare him.


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Getting rid of the pain with Flexible!!
Getting rid of the pain with Flexible!!
I was lucky enough to get picked to log Flexible from Formutech Nutrition and hella excited because for the past 2 months I been dealing with this crazy trap/shoulder pain that shoots down my triceps and stops just underneath my elbow on my forearm and its been killing me. I already got knee pain, bad leg, feet and ankle that are all focked up. My old joint supplement is no longer working as well as it did.
So here I am hella happy to be trying Flexible. Why? Because it not only has MSM and Glucosamine but also has Cissus!
2 months ago I joined the National Guard so lately I have only been running, bike ride, elliptical, and a looooooooot of body weight exercises to get me ready for basic training and all the PT I'll do once I ship out to basic training at the end of August. BUT with my recent injury in the trap going down my arm I have not been able to do push ups without lots of sharp pain. I have o insurance or money to go see a doctor unfortunately. Last weekend I had my second drill with the National Guard at the end of the day on sunday one of the drill sargents caught me massaging my forearm and shaking my arm off and he came yelling in my ear "WHY THE FOCK ARE YOU MOVING? YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO MOVE! GET DOWN GIVE ME 15 DIAMOND PUSH UPS!" I got down but couldn't get back up. I did my best on saturday and sunday with pain and we did so much PT that at the end of the day I couldn't do 1 anymore, I was going down and I fell forehead first. That monster of a drill sargent.. dude is 6'4 and 245lb Monster Drill Sargent.. Grabbed me the back of my shirt and pulled me up to my feet in like 1 second like i was a rag doll. Yelled "WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!???" I lied and told him I got hurt earlier that morning at the beach(They call it Hell Beach, doing cross fit at the beach) and my shoulder hurts really bad and the pain goes down my arm to my forearm making it go numb. I got yelled at some more because I didn't tell any of the Sargent so he took me to a medic and he goes to tell me that from what I told him my muscle was swollen and causing the tendon/artery i forgot what it was exactly to be suffocated by the swollen muscle and calling the arm to go numb. To just ice it and and take ibuprofen. That if the pain is there next month when I go for my next drill they will take me to the hospital to get it looked at. Went back and the drill sargent made me do the squat holds holding the M16 for not doing the push ups he told me to do. I stopped counting at 2 minutes and i think I held on for another 40 seconds maybe before legs started shaking and he told me to go get out of his sight.
And now I sit here with ice on my shoulder/trap and forearm anxiously waiting for Flexible to come and take the pain away.
Come on mailman, is it here yet? lol
Army Veteran. OEF.
2nd day today and I know its too early to tell any difference while on Flexible but the pain on my leg and foot took a bit longer to set in while I was running. Pain usually starts 3 minutes into my run but took a bit longer to set in. Pain on trap/neck along with shoulder and forearm is still here all day long. Hopefully I'll start feeling a difference soon. I need this pain GONE SOON!
Army Veteran. OEF.
It's been 5 days and I've started to feel a difference. For the past 2 months the pain on my forearms has been at it all the time. When on the computer that pain kills. Today the pain was not here the whole time. It comes once in a while but its not constant pain like its been. Which is awesome.
I went to train with my recruiter this morning. We did lots of warm up exercises, than ran a mile, some more exercising, some marching, I did push ups and didn't feel any discomfort on my shoulder while doing, only after I was done doing push ups arg lol. We parted our ways, I went on a 3 mile bike ride, did some ab work at the park and once I got home I did some shoulder stretching with a band.
Took my first dose of 4 caps at 10:30 with first meal and the second dose of 2 caps I'll take in about 2 hours with my next meal.
Army Veteran. OEF.
Woke up today with no pain what so ever on my forearm or shoulder. Super excited. Even thinking about trying to do some push ups but afraid to try and have the pain come back. Hitting the gym right now. We'll see how I feel and if I bust out some push ups to see if the pain is really gone or not.
Army Veteran. OEF.
yoooooooooooooo! sorry IDK why I didn't see your link dude!! Really glad to see its treating you right so far!
Could you do me a solid and do 4 caps am and 4 pm for a couple weeks and tell me if you see a difference vs the 4 and 2 dosage?
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I was already planning on bump it up to 4 and 4 after the first week anyway =D.
So no pain today, I even did some lifting. It was with light weights but I did them anyway. Machine Incline Presses, Behind the Neck Pull downs, Machine Shoulder Presses, Rope press downs and a butt load of shoulder stretches after. And before I left I attempted push up. When I get hurt I kind of break down mentally scared to do something that would further cause any pain or injure again. It was light that when I had my motorcycle accident, didn't get on a motorcycle again ever since, when I had the muscle tear playing soccer and I haven't played since. But I was feeling good today, woke up in great mood, no pain so I go down on the floor, hands shoulder width, looked down and closed down the gap to diamonds and knocked out 5 push ups without any shoulder or forearm pain. I'm a very happy man right now =).
There was a light discomfort on my forearm but no pain. Felt so f'n good. Its been over a month since I lifted any type of weights and not to feel any pain was a great feeling. Would be great to be at 100%!
Army Veteran. OEF.
Back from the gym. And just had breakfast.
I didn't have any pain on my shoulder the past 2 days but late last night it started hurting really bad out of no where. Woke up today and there was no pain on shoulder, just light discomfort on forearm. Been doing my usual jog, and shoulder stretches. Doing this new one as well.
I do that 3 sets for 15 reps, than do 10 reps of front raises and 10 reps on upright rows. No need for heavy weight. Just focusing on form and the stretch.
Than the bands work.
Only walked and jogged today. Light pain on the forearm today as well. Shoulder hurts a little bit as well but nothing too much.
Army Veteran. OEF.
Got my jogs done the past few days. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 speed. The past 3 days I jogged more than 1.5 miles before the pains in my leg started, which is great they usually start hurting way before half a mile. And as I do on the 6th day I take up a notch and run. Today was that running day.
1 mile bike ride
1 mile run in 7:43 mins at 8 speed. My fastest so far. I beat my record from my first drill by 5 seconds.
.50 mile jog at 5.5 speed.
.25 power walk at 4.5 speed.
Lots of shoulder stretches.
2 Supersets of Crunches & Push ups
25 & 20
Didn't feel any pain doing push ups just weak. Struggled to do 20. Taking all this time off from lifting and doing push ups because of my injury has made me weak. And it showed after I went to do some lifting.
Machine Incline Presses
3 sets of 12 reps
25, 35 and 45 pounds each side. I struggled at 45 pounds and that made me angry. I usually warm up with 45...
Machine Rows
3 sets of 10 reps
55, 75, 90 pounds. Again 90 pounds was a bit heavy and made me even more angry.
Machine side raises
3 sets of 8 reps
30, 35 and 40 pounds. Heavy again and it was like WTF! But no pain so that was the only good part about it.
3 sets of 10 reps
Laying Leg raises
3 sets of 25
1 mile bike ride.
Mad that I was struggling with such little weight and 20 push ups but that was expect since I haven't lifted in over 2 months or done push ups in over a month and half. But very happy about my run, it's my fastest yet. Tomorrow its an off day, than back at it Thrusday to jog at 5.7 speed and 5 mile on the elliptical and few exercises. It really sucks to go to the gym and not do any exercising. It was the way I found worked better for me to get used to running everyday. I go up in speed everyday and run a bit longer everyday, than the 6th day I run faster.
I'm happy to say that my shoulder no longer hurts and there is only that small pain on the forearm that comes and goes. Its great because the pain before was constant, always hurting. Now it comes and goes. Pretty sure that is good news that it might be going away. Hopefully by the 13th when I go for my next drill with the national guard I'll have close to no pain at all. Been dosing Flexible 4 caps with breakfast at around 10 or 11am and the other 4 caps around 6-8pm with the second to last meal of the day.
Army Veteran. OEF.
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Wednesday I took the day off from everything and had NO PAIN all day. LIGHT light disconfort on forearm late at night after walked into the kitchen and bump my arm against the cabinet. Gave that like shock from the pain and after it was there for like 5 mins than went away. I got so pissed off about it, I was about to front kick the cabinet than I was like no I dont want the pain on my leg to come back lol.
Yesterday in the morning I went to the gym with this girl that used to date a guy I was friends with. She called me and asked if I could go with her to her gym because she thinks are form was bad. Personally I thought I was going to get laid lol but nope she just wanted help at the gym with her form and new exercises for back, bis and tris. So I worked out back, bis n tris a bit with her. Thought her how to deadlift, she said she loved it and would keep doing it so that was a nice feeling to know that she'll keep doing it and not just do cardio everyday like she said she used to do. Still wish I got laid but I got a nice little workout in with weights and had zeeeeeeeeeeero pain! No pain at the gym, no pain after at home. NOTHING! That was so f'n awesome. I'm so excited and relieved. Yesterday I went to sleep with a smile on my face. I'm ready to jog today and do some abs after.
Army Veteran. OEF.
Alright so the pain is acting bipolar right now lol. One day it will hurt like crazy, one day it will be just slight discomfort, another day it will be lil bit of both.
Friday I had no problem jogging and doing my shoulder warm ups. But after I got home it was hurting a little bit.
Saturday I took off from the gm. I finished doing my taxes late and having to pay a fee for it arrrgg and after I went out to eat with my mom. The pain on my arm would come and go.
Sunday I got to the gym early iin the morning. Did my jog and my knee started hurting a bit, this is the first time since I started Flexible. I finished my jog, 1.25 miles, did some power walk and regular walk up hill, did 3 miles on the elliptical machine. Felt like I was dying. Went to the bathroom threw cold freezing water in my face and felt like it was a slap in the face. I got back in the gym floor and killed the abs. Did every machine we had for 3 sets of 15. Went to the stretch room and did some more crunches, leg raises, you name it I did it. Left the gym and could barely pedal the bike uphill to get home lol. When I got home I felt this sharp pain for about 3 minutes than it went away.
Yesterday I was on fire again. Jogged a mile, power walk .25 miles, walked uphill, did a 7 mile bike ride while this HOT HOT girl with what looked like booty shorts did back extensions and lying leg raises in front of the bike I was on. What a f'n sight! Got a boner that only went down after she was done lmao.
Today I left the house to the gym already feeling crappy. Got to the gym and I felt like I was dead. I jogged about .60 miles before I lowered the speed and walked. When I was at about .80 miles I raised the speed back up just to finish my mile. Went to the back and did some shoulder stretches. Got back out and did some forearm and calves. It's crazy how my forearm will hurt like a motherf'er for no reason at all when I'm at home doing nothing yet when I was at the gym working them they didn't hurt at all! Like I said, I went home ate, went to post office and it started hurting like crazy. When I got home it stopped. =X
It seems like its improving. The pain is not constant anymore like it was before. Comes and goes. This weekend I have another drill to go to and I'm a bit anxious. Don't know what to expect. I can't bang out a bunch of push ups like I used to but I'll see how it goes and hope for the best and no injuries when I'm there.
Army Veteran. OEF.
Dude you would be having a boner too if you saw the ass on that girl! lol If the ass wasn't amazing enough she was wearing small lycra shorts, idk it looked like booty shorts to me. Everytime she went up on her back extensions she would squeeze her butt cheeks like we do when we squat. Holy hell! All I wanted to do was jump off that bicycle face first into that ass with my tongue sticking out =D
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Army Veteran. OEF.
Yesterday I thought I would be pain free. Than at almost 11pm I go to take a shower and while in the shower the pain started. WTF! Out of all the times for the pain and it came while in the shower. So stupid lol.
Jogged today, did that elliptical bike for 5 miles, shoulder stretches, planks and some more bike riding. Only had some slight discomfort but no real pain.
Will rest tomorrow so Saturday I'm fresh for all the PT I'll be doing on my drill this weekend. Will have to take my Flexible saturday morning, hide the other caps somewhere either inside sucks or underwear so I can take them later on saturday and than sunday morning.
Army Veteran. OEF.
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NEW ORLEANS — City workers wearing gloves — and a few in face masks — threw sofas, armchairs and quilts into garbage trucks today, clearing out a homeless encampment of about 160 people. Officials said it attracted rats and called it a public health hazard.
By the end of rush hour, an area underneath an overpass less than a mile from the Superdome, where the NFL's New Orleans Saints play, was empty of tents, clothes, cardboard boxes and other items. Workers hosed down the concrete.
City officials gave the homeless about 2 1/2 days of notice and said there were enough beds in shelters. Most of them went to a shelter, but some didn't.
"I have no desire, no inclination, to live in there with a hundred men," Billy Holmes said, gesturing to the nearby New Orleans Mission. He said he had been living under the highway for more than a month after he damaged a disk in his neck in June, ending his construction work.
Holmes said the city wanted the encampment cleared because it looks bad to tourists — the city's biggest business — and because the Saints have their first preseason home game Friday.
"In my opinion, the football season takes precedence. They want to clear it out for tailgating and parking," Holmes said.
The area has been cleared of homeless people periodically over the years three years, including in late 2012 before the Super Bowl.
The mission took in 32 people early today, bringing its population to about 232, said director David Bottner.
Whatever the city's reason and timing, he said: "I think it's a wonderful idea that you would ask people to go and receive the help that they need to begin to get on the path that God has created you for."
Dwayne Williams, 46, sat on one of his six bags, ranging from a duffel to a plastic one tied to a cord around his neck.
Matt Anderson, a freelance photographer before Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, rode up on a bicycle and tried to convince Williams to see a counselor from Unity of Greater New Orleans, a coalition of 60 agencies working for the homeless.
"Unity fixed me up four years ago, when I was living in an abandoned building," he told Williams. "They climbed a fence to get to me. I came through Unity and I've got a place to live."
Williams didn't want to listen, but Anderson left with information about him, which he planned to pass on to a Unity case worker.
About 20 minutes later, a car pulled up. Williams put his duffel into the trunk.
"I told Mr. Williams I was going to find a way to bring him home and stay with us," said Jack Tucker, who was in the front passenger seat.
The city's health director, Charlotte Parent, said the area was closed because trash and filth attracted rats, and the city couldn't get it scrubbed and put out rat poison with the homeless there.
A day before the sweep, Robert Daniels sat on two milk crates outside a large maroon-and-white tent someone gave him while he was panhandling last week. Big chunks of concrete anchored the tent's ropes.
"They had rats before we came around. Bourbon Street has got a whole lot of rats," he said. The city's famed street in the heart of the French Quarter attracts millions of tourists each year.
"Wherever you've got trash, you've got a whole lot of rats. This ain't going to change that," Daniels said.


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Two years ago, Wanda and Frank Tardio moved from Palatine to a larger home in Inverness Hills.
"I was familiar with the area and liked it, then I fell in love with the house, and next I met such nice neighbors -- that I knew it was where I wanted to be," Wanda Tardio said.
Listing sheetPrice range:$500,000 to more than $1 million
Age of homes: 34 years old and newer
Schools: Marion Jordan Elementary and Walter Sundling Junior High schools in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 and Fremd High School in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211
Parks: Inverness Park District
"After we moved in, they had a little block party so we could meet the neighbors, which was very nice. There were six or seven neighbors there to welcome us to the neighborhood. I can't say enough about how friendly everyone has been."
Wanda always wanted that nice dream house where they could entertain and get the whole family together.
What does Wanda love about the house? "It's big," she said. "We came from a house one-third the size. We live on a cul-de-sac, so when we look out the front, it's a really pretty view. We just had that pretty snow, and it looked like a winter wonderland with all the mature trees, and we have an in-ground swimming pool to enjoy in the summer."
The upscale Inverness Hills neighborhood features 78 two-story and ranch houses on one-acre homesites along winding roads that meander through the countryside.
These distinctive homes feature unique architectural designs because of the diversity of builders having worked in the subdivision, including Dior, Liberty Craft, The Nicholas Group and others, said real estate broker Tony Sarantakis of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Arlington Heights.
Nestled on the border of Barrington just west of Ela Road, the neighborhood was developed by Art Gingold beginning in 1979 during a residential explosion of larger homes with varied designs taking place in Inverness in the 1970s and '80s.
Many of the homes back up to a 16-acre conservation area donated to the Inverness Park District. There residents enjoy the beautiful, serene property that provides a habitat for wildlife such as deer, fox and coyote, Sarantakis said.
Sarantakis and his wife, Tina, purchased one of only ten lots remaining in the subdivision 25 years ago. He loves singing the praises of the subdivision where they and their two children, Tori and Nick, and the family pet lab-retriever Rocco have lived for 24 years.
"We like the acreage, and the schools were a big consideration at the time we moved here. It's more of a neighborhood feel rather than being so spread out like some other subdivisions," said Tina Sarantakis, who is also a real estate broker.
"Being in the real estate business, we keep spending money to keep our house updated. We did a paver patio with a fireplace. It's really nice in the evening to go out there and sit and watch the fire," Tony Sarantakis said.
A benefit of living in Inverness Hills is its active homeowners' association, which has the largest participation of any in the area, said Sarantakis, president of the association.
"This group has evolved into a network of close friendships."
For other activities and recreation, the Inverness Park District manages three beautiful parks -- Maggie Rogers Park, North Park and South Park. The park district also offers sports leagues and classes for children and adults and hosts summer concerts and annual holiday events.
Also, just as the Inverness Golf Club was the center for recreation in 1939, it's a center of social life today. The club offers golfing, gourmet dining, tennis courts and swimming -- something for everyone in the family.
Buyers also seek out Palatine Township Elementary District 15 and Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 schools, specifically Fremd High School, which is a big draw for people to purchase a home in Inverness Hills, they said.


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ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — This is supposed to be the dawn of a new era in Toronto, where the Raptors have a new executive running things (Tim Leiweke), a new general manager (Masai Ujiri), and a new "global ambassador" in place (Drake). This new brain trust is going to try and turn things around, to help the Raptors organization improve from their recent struggles. But alas, one key member of the Raptors organization will apparently have to sit this season out.
According to a report in the Toronto Star, the Raptors mascot, known simply as The Raptor, is out for the season after suffering a torn achilles tendon during a Raptors training camp appearance in Halifax. The organization confirmed the bad news via Twitter…
"I called him, I talked to him Friday night," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said during his postgame remarks last night. "I was disappointed. My daughter cried, you know, she was upset. He's a good man. He'll bounce back. He's in good hands with the physicians. The Raptor will be back, he will be back. We need his spirit.
(via SI)


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Event Type: Benefit Concert: Ellen Rose and Kristin Ditlow in Recital
Event Date: 10-28-12 at 3 P.M.
Location: Mount Vernon Music Hall
402 Leftwich St. at Yates
Mount Vernon, Texas 75457
Contact: Ute Miller at 903-563-3780 or
visit www.mountvernonmusic.org
Mount Vernon Music proudly presents the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's principal violist Ellen Rose in a benefit recital with pianist Kristin Ditlow on Sunday, October 28 at 3 P.M. in Mount Vernon Music Hall, 402 Leftwich St. at Yates in Mt. Vernon. The two performers, whose careers have taken them around the world, will present music by Boccherini, Enesco, Clarke, Vaughan Williams and Ellen Rose's own transcriptions of other masters. Proceeds from this event will go to support MVM's ongoing outreach programs.
Tickets are $10 for MVM members, $15 for non-members, and $5 for college students with valid ID. Children's admission through high school is free (8th grade and younger must be accompanied by an adult ticketholder). Memberships in MVM start at $25 and are good for the entire season from June 1 through May 31. For more information call Mount Vernon Music at 903-563-3780, or visit www.mountvernonmusic.org.
Mount Vernon Music is a 501(c)(3) organization formed in 2006 to further the performance of classical and other fine music in rural East Texas. For more information on the mission and concert schedule of Mount Vernon Music, and about historic Mount Vernon Music Hall, please visit www.mountvernonmusic.org.
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Ellen Rose, a Juilliard School graduate, has served as Principal Viola of the Dallas Symphony since 1980. She has performed with Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Yo-Yo Ma in chamber music concerts and has appeared as soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Europe and South America. She served on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival from 1989-2002, and currently teaches at Southern Methodist University. She can be heard on two CDs on the Centaur Records label. She has given master classes at the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Ms. Rose has been a performer and guest speaker at the Viola National Congresses in Sweden and the U.S. She has authored two books, Extreme Viola (a scale book) and Viola Excerpts Plus. In January 2010, she presented the world premiere of a viola concerto dedicated to her by composer Margaret Brouwer and commissioned by the Dallas Symphony. In 2010, she returned to Romania to do master classes and perform chamber music, and joined the faculty of the Summer Institute in Budapest, Hungary.
Ms. Rose has worked with Children's Medical Center of Dallas to raise money for the children's cancer unit and has raised funds for the Nelson Children's Center for abused and abandoned children. She has also been a volunteer counselor at the Dallas Pregnancy Resource Center.
Kristin Ditlow has appeared as a soloist, collaborative artist, and conductor throughout the United States and Europe. Recent seasons featured her appearances at San Francisco Opera, Tanglewood Music Center, Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, Carnegie Hall, and in venues throughout Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, and Hungary. Upcoming appearances include engagements in China and the United Kingdom in the fall of 2011, and in Italy, Hungary, and Germany in 2012.
Philadelphia music critic Michael Caruso praised the "technical command and interpretive distinction" of Ditlow's playing. Other reviews have hailed her "enormous passion, fine precision, and great musicality ... the chemistry between her and the other members of the new trio."
As an opera and voice coach, Ms. Ditlow has served on the faculties of the Curtis Institute of Music, Westminster Choir College, and Roberts Wesleyan College. She has worked at the Spoleto Festival USA, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Bronx Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, San Francisco Opera Center, Delaware Valley Opera Company, the Princeton Festival, Crescendo Summer Institute, Si Parla, Si Canta, ImaginationSound, and the Ameropa International Festival. As a chamber musician, she founded two award-winning chamber ensembles, the Lukens Piano Trio (her current ensemble) and the Mühlenberg Piano Quartet. She has also appeared as a sonata or duo partner throughout the US and abroad.
Ms. Ditlow is devoted to promoting new music, as well as instrumental and vocal chamber music. Her innovative programming includes a variety of vocal chamber music and cross-genre performances. She has premiered works by Logan, Chobanian, Andoniadis, Hollos throughout the world. She holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Westminster Choir College, and is currently a candidate for the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the Eastman School of Music. She maintains an active presence on the web at www.kristinditlow.com.


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Turkish side Kasimpasa have made an enquiry for West Ham striker Carlton Cole
Sky Sports understands Turkish side Kasimpasa have made an enquiry for West Ham striker Carlton Cole.
By Pete O'Rourke - Follow me: @skysportspeteo
Last Updated: 26/01/13 1:28pm
Cole's future at West Ham has been the subject of speculation this month with his contract due to expire at the end of the season.
The forward is yet to be offered a new deal by the Premier League club and they could try to sell him now rather than risk losing him for nothing in the summer.
West Ham have brought in two strikers on loan this month in Marouane Chamakh and Wellington Paulista, and with Andy Carroll set to return from injury, Cole could find himself pushed well down the pecking order at Upton Park.
The news has alerted a number of teams at home and abroad to his possible availability before the close of the transfer window.
Kasimpasa have expressed an interest and they are thought to be locked in talks with the Hammers in trying to agree a fee for the former Chelsea man.
West Ham are thought to be willing to sell for a fee in the region of £3million and Kasimpasa's Turkish rivals Galatasaray and Fenerbahce are believed to be keeping a watching brief on the situation.
A number of Premier League clubs are also keeping tabs on Cole and could move for him before the transfer window slams shut next Thursday.


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In his eight seasons as manager of the Red Sox, Terry Francona generally protected his players when they veered off the path. It was one of the qualities that made him the best manager in franchise history.
In his new book, Francona stays loyal to that ideal. But there are some interesting passages in "Francona: The Red Sox Years."
The book, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, was written with Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy. It's essentially a biography of Francona with an emphasis on his time with the Sox. Along the way you will learn how difficult it was to manage Manny Ramirez and Pedro Martinez. You'll hear about the time David Wells threatened to punch the manager.
Daisuke Matsuzaka was a diva and the end of Nomar Garciaparra's tenure in Boston was difficult. No surprises there. But even a few selfish moments from David Ortiz are detailed.
Reading the book will give you a newfound appreciation for Francona and all the personalities he had to contend with.
The book details the 2005 incident when Ramirez refused to play in Tampa Bay when the team was shorthanded. Francona made it clear he was annoyed when he spoke to the media and a controversy erupted. When John Henry told Francona he wanted him to make a public apology, Francona was prepared to quit.
"John had a blind spot for Manny," Francona says in the book. "Manny was the perfect player because of his numbers. But I was livid that day."
Francona and Shaughnessy started the book soon after Francona was fired by the Red Sox. So it's not a surprise that Henry, chairman Tom Werner and team president Larry Lucchino are targets for his ire.
Henry comes across as cold and distant, refusing to acknowledge email from Francona in 2012 despite their close ties for eight years. Lucchino is cast as a bully who refuses to call Francona by his first name.
"I've been around a lot of baseball managers," Lucchino told Francona, according to the book. "But you, by far, make me the most uncomfortable."
Werner is painted as being hungry for attention to escape Henry's shadow.
Theo Epstein had to bridge the gap between the clubhouse and the ownership group. There are many passages about how he kept the peace during tough times.
It was interesting to learn that Epstein hired two "outside consultants" to put together proposed lineups for Francona every day. Eric Van was hired after Henry noticed him on the Sons of Sam Horn message board. Voros McCracken, a pioneer in sabermetrics, was the other.
Francona never met them and he wasn't mandated to use their lineups. But at one point Francona told Epstein he had enough of the suggestions and to keep them to himself.
Even the doctors and trainers added to the drama at Fenway Park.
"Our medical staff was all [expletive] up. There were more egos on the medical staff than there were on the team," Francona says in the book. "Without [Dr.] Larry Ronan, it wouldn't have worked."
Francona also details how players like Johnny Damon, Kevin Millar, and Gabe Kapler helped forge team chemistry. There are terrific anecdotes about his fondness for the clubhouse guys and team employees. Just how much Francona loves baseball and the people in the game comes through.
When Jon Lester called to say he was cancer free, Francona broke down crying. He once wrote a check out to advance scout Dave Jauss when the players failed to vote him a full playoff share in 2004.
There's not much said about Francona's private life — although he does admit to hoarding pain pills in 2012 because of his many physical ailments.
There's an amusing passage about how Derek Jeter always would acknowledge Francona before his first at-bat. But when Alex Rodriguez tried it, Francona ignored him. You'll laugh learning about the time Michelle Damon and Shonda Schilling started fighting in the family room.
Francona largely gives a pass to the "chicken and beer" crew while acknowledging how difficult the 2011 team was to manage. At one point, when Lester disappeared into the clubhouse during a game, Francona sarcastically asked him what the score of the Jets game was when he finally returned to the dugout.
This is not a book for kids. The language is coarse and the opinions unfiltered. But for Red Sox fans who want more than the team-approved version of events, it's a fun read.
For years, you had to wonder what Francona really thought. We'll probably never know 100 percent, but this book gets you very close.
My thought after finishing the book? Good luck to John Farrell.


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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Smithfield Foods Inc., the world's largest pork producer, said Thursday it is on track to end the practice of keeping female hogs in small metal crates while pregnant at its U.S. facilities by 2017 and plans to phase out the practice at its international hog production operations and its joint ventures by 2022.
The Smithfield, Va.-based company, which has been criticized for continuing to breed sows in gestation crates that severely restrict the animals' movement, said it had successfully moved 38 percent of its pregnant sows from the crates to group housing at the end of 2012, up from 30 percent a year ago.
The company previously had been in the process of converting a number of its sow farms from individual gestation stalls to group housing for pregnant sows by 2017, but took a break from that conversion in order to deal with the economic downturn the last few years.
Smithfield's North Carolina-based livestock subsidiary Murphy-Brown operates about 460 hog farms in the U.S. with approximately 851,000 sows producing about 15.8 million market hogs annually. It also partners with about 2,100 independent farmers and contract breeders in the U.S. to raise hogs.
In the practice that Smithfield is phasing out, female pigs are kept in gestation crates where they stay during their four-month pregnancies. Afterward, they are moved for about three weeks to a crate large enough to nurse their piglets before being artificially inseminated and placed back into the crates.
The treatment of livestock destined for the dinner table is "becoming very important to our customers and is an important factor in the recent growth in our food service business," CEO Larry Pope said in a conference call with investors regarding its second-quarter financial results last month.
In 2011, The Humane Society of the United States had filed a federal complaint saying Smithfield was misleading consumers by suggesting it does not abuse pigs. The animal-rights group said the gestation crates and other abuses continue at Smithfield facilities, violating federal securities laws that prohibit companies from making false or misleading statements.
"The situation has changed pretty dramatically since the end of 2010," said Paul Shapiro, the organization's senior director of farm animal protection. "We recognize this progress."
The organization released photos and video in 2010 showing about 1,000 large female pigs crammed into gestation crates. The investigation also uncovered other alleged abuses, including a pig being shot with a stun gun and tossed into a trash bin while still alive and prematurely born piglets falling through gestation crate grates and dying in manure pits.
Shapiro said Smithfield's move away from gestation crates is an important step but other issues with the treatment of the animals still exist.
"There's an increasing awareness that the treatment of animals who are raised for food is very important," Shapiro said.
Michael Felberbaum can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/MLFelberbaum .
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao has a new contract that increases his deferred compensation and other benefits.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/UxZC7a ) reports that the new contract raises Rao's annual package to about $800,000. The contract runs through June 30, 2022.
The contract increases Rao's deferred compensation to $146,500 for the current fiscal year. It will increase to $191,500 in fiscal 2014.
His base salary of $488,500 remains the same. But he will receive $50,000 in incentive pay for his performance during the 2011-2012 academic year.
The university's board of visitors also increased Rao's personal expense allowance to $50,000 annually.
VCU Rector John Doswell says Rao's deferred compensation had lagged behind that of his peers at other research universities.
Information from: Richmond Times-Dispatch, http://www.timesdispatch.com
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text: QRL Intrust Super Cup - Round 5 Previews | WYNNUM MANLY v TWEED HEADSBMD Kougari OvalSaturday, April 16 - 2pm*Live on ABC1The importance of this weekend's ABC TV game for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls cannot be overstated, with the Bayside club going into the match with a 0-4 record. It is difficult to see a team making a dint in the final half of the year if they were to start the season with five straight losses. Their opponents in the battle of the Seagulls will be Tweed Heads, who have impressed so far in their outings and are yet to drop a game. However, Wynnum Manly coach Paul Green was happier with his team's improved showing last weekend against the Norths Devils, with the Seagulls dominating much of the play, without being able to hold on for a result. Green has reshuffled his line-up from last week to make room for forward Tim Natusch (returning from suspension). Tweed has a new-look back-row due to the unavailability of Selasi Berdie, with Cody Nelson moving from the bench to lock. Tweed fullback Ryan Milligan plays his 50th Cup match for the Seagulls.EASTS TIGERS v NORTHS DEVILSLanglands ParkSaturday, April 16 - 3pmAfter grabbing their first win of the year in the dying minutes of their last match, the Easts Tigers will be looking to build on that momentum this weekend against the Norths Devils. Five-eighth Luke Kelly and fullback Dane Chisholm - the Tigers' match-winners against Souths Logan - are again expected to figure prominently for the Langlands Park club. Troy McCarthy has named an unchanged line-up with Kelly, a former Storm NYC captain, partnering Matt Minto in the halves. After a slow start, Norths have shown their class in recent weeks and have hit their stride with two strong wins, including a 34-0 shut-out of Central Comets. The same 17 have been named to take to the park for the Devils and in a huge boost, Bronco Josh McGuire was last night cleared of a grade 1 striking charge at the judiciary. In the head to head stakes, the Devils hold the aces with 18 wins to the Tigers' eight. Key Devils forward Troyden Watene makes his 50th appearance in the Queensland Cup.NORTHERN PRIDE v SUNSHINE COASTBarlow ParkSaturday, April 16 - 5.30pmThe Northern Pride have never beaten the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles - but this weekend will provide the home side with the perfect opportunity to change that statistic. The Pride will be aiming for a record-breaking 17 straight Intrust Super Cup wins in front of their home crowd and given the way they have been performing recently, it seems inevitable that the Cairns club will continue its stunning run of success. The Sea Eagles are in a rebuilding stage and while the young side showed good intensity in the early stages of their last game against Redcliffe, inexperience proved to be the difference. Simple errors and poor reads in defence saw them outperformed by the well-drilled Dolphins side. The Sea Eagles have named explosive winger Tyrone Coppedge for his first match of the year, while the Northern boys are set to be without North Queensland Cowboys contracted forwards Blake Leary and Ricky Thorby.IPSWICH JETS v REDCLIFFE DOLPHINSNorth Ipswich ReserveSaturday, April 16 - 6pmThis game is building up as one of the highlights of the weekend, with both sides undefeated so far in the competition. The Dolphins have won all four of their past outings, while the Jets started their season with two straight draws before notching two wins, including last weekend's strong 32-12 victory over the Mackay Cutters. The Dolphins inflicted the Sunshine Coasts worst-ever defeat last weekend, with star halfback Ryan Carr pulling the strings on the field and lightning-quick fullback Justin Hunt providing the polish. However, the Dolphins are predicted to face a sterner contest against the Jets, whose style of play so far this season has seen them impress many. While Ipswich have been without the spark of attacking weapon Donald Malone (shoulder injury) for the past few weeks, they don't seem to have missed him as much as would have been expected, with the Jets backs, including Joseph Tomane and Brendon Marshall, filling the void. Redcliffe dominates the head to head record, winning 22 of the 31 games. Ipswich forward Trevor Exton plays his 50th Queensland Cup match for the Jets and his 140th overall.CENTRAL COMETS v MACKAY CUTTERSBrowne ParkSaturday, April 16 - 6pmThe Central Comets will be desperate to notch their first win of the season in front of their home fans in Rockhampton. After leading against the high-flying Tweed Heads Seagulls last week, the Comets let them off the hook with too many errors, an area of their game coach Wayne Barnett is looking to tighten up. The Comets will also be boosted this week with the inclusion of utility Ian Webster, who has missed the past few games with a rib complaint. Webster is a versatile player who is equally home in the halves or at hooker. After starting strongly, with good wins over the Norths Devils and the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles, the Cutters have suffered two big losses and could face an uphill battle to avoid the same fate against a desperate Central Comets outfit. Making their task all the more difficult is the absence of skipper and experienced five-eighth Grant Rovelli, who fractured his ribs in last weekend's loss to the Ipswich Jets. Ben Jones has been named as his replacement for the Cutters, who are also likely to be without the Ah Mau brothers - Leeson and Isaak. Local Mackay product Kailem Perkins will make his Intrust Super Cup debut for the Cutters in a tremendous boost to the area. Head coach Anthony Seibold has been impressed with the development of Perkins, a member of Mackay's Under 18 team last year.SOUTHS LOGAN v BURLEIGH BEARSDavies ParkSunday, April 17 - 3pmThe only Sunday game of the round, Davies Park will play host to two desperate footy sides. Burleigh have been uncharacteristically slow out of the blocks, and will be searching for only their second win so far. The Magpies will have a point to prove to their home fans, after the Tigers snatched a last minute 32-26 victory from their nest last weekend. However, both teams are fairly evenly-matched and it would not surprise if this game develops into a real arm-wrestle. The Bears have made a few positional changes from the team that took the field at Pizzey Park last week, with Riley Brown named at hooker and Nick Parfitt to start the game at centre. Souths Logan have made minimal changes to their team, with rookie Wesley Forsyth coming in for Mark Ioane. Paul Bramley, a former premiership-winning coach with Souths Logan, will travel to Davies Park for the first time in his new role as Burleigh's head coach.


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A Lake Stevens man who was just steps from the finish line in the Boston Marathon said he thought he was going to die as an explosion went off.
The video above shows Bill Iffrig, 78, crumbling to the ground as the first blast detonates. He told The Seattle Times, "The force from it just turned my whole body to jelly and I went down," Iffrig said. "I thought, 'This is probably it for me.'"
Iffrig was able to stand back up and finish the race at 2:50 p.m. His time was 04:03:47.
According to the race website, 527 people from Washington were registered to run in the Boston Marathon Monday. As many as 132 of those are from Seattle.
At least three people were killed and over 100 people were injured in a terrorist attack at the finish line.
"It was definitely a bomb," Snohomish runner Patti Crookshank told KIRO Radio's Ron and Don Show. Crookshank had finished the race and was about a block ahead of the blasts. "It was an explosion where your hair kind of blew in the back and everybody kind of felt it. My instincts were 'where is the next explosion going to be'," she said.
Crookshank said a friend finishing two minutes behind her saw the explosion. "He was very disturbed by it and he's a physician."
The American Red Cross has a website to search for your loved one. Google has also set up a "person finder" tool.
Jason Campbell, of Seattle, was near the finish line when the blasts went off. He told KIRO Radio's Dori Monson Show they had just walked past the flag of nations area along the course.
"We were about a block away when we heard two loud booms."
At first, Campbell said, he thought the booms were from cannons he heard earlier in the day for Patriots Day.
"It was definitely much louder than that. I think within seconds, we saw these police officers looking right in our faces, saying 'get away from the area.'"
Campbell said the street was chaotic after the two explosions.
"All of the sudden there were just tons and tons of people running away from where we just were," he said. "So we joined in, and just started running."
"Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and the people of Boston," said Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn. "We are monitoring the situation."
Listen: Seattle runners share first hand account of Boston Marathon explosions
Seattle runner Jessica Smith had already finished the race and was on her way back to her hotel when she heard the explosions from the finishing area. She told The Dori Monson Show she feels very lucky she wasn't caught in the blast.
"It's very packed. The streets are filled with people," she said. But it wasn't until she got on the subway that she learned what happened.
The same thing happened to University of Washington graduate student Carol Xu, also running her first Boston Marathon. Xu told Dori she had just completed the race and was changing out of her sweaty clothes when the blasts sounded.
"There was no immediate reaction so I guess a lot of people thought it was no big deal."
Xu said she thought it was fireworks, and never imagined it could be bombs until word started spreading about what happened.
"I just can't figure out why somebody would do that," she said.
Boston Marathon explosions prompt extra patrols in Seattle
2 killed as 2 bombs explode at Boston Marathon
Photos from the scene in Boston
Listen: Former 710 ESPN host Mike Salk from Boston on Marathon explosions


text: The Bumgarner Effect kicked in yesterday. Yeah, so he gave up a couple of bombs. Pffft. Otherwise, he was great. I'm amazed the Giants "went for it" with MadBum and threw him into the fire with, get this, Buster Posey catching! I just don't know this team anymore. Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy are geniuses. Uh, but we lost. Because we can't fookin' hit. (Except for Madison Bumgarner.) Not hitting is a sadly familiar refrain, so I'll refrain from saddling you with it. The Bumgarner Effect just kicked in. I think I like it.


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Big Ed Beckley Jump – Twin Falls Speaks Out
Most of us learned last night that the Twin Falls City Council decided 5-2 that Twin Falls would not enter into a lease agreement with Beckley Media to allow Big Ed Beckley to jump The Snake River Canyon at the Evel Knievel jump site.
Today on Top Story on NewsRadio 1310 KLIX, Mayor Don Hall cited safety concerns as a contributing factor to his decision to vote against the agreement.
Rebecca Mills Sojka voted for the lease agreement stating that she felt that if the council decides not to have a jump then nobody should be granted a lease to jump.
Many who called the show today said that they thought Beckley should be granted permission to jump from the Knievel site. Others, back the denial and refer to the bad experience and financial losses that followed the Evel Knievel jump in 1974.
You can listen to all of the interviews and comments in their entirety by listening to today's Top Story Podcast at newsradio1310.com
What do you think? Comment below and let us know.


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More Spike Bull Elk Hunting Permits in Utah
The Wildlife Board also approved a major archery deer hunting change.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's elk herds will get some much-needed help in 2009.
On Dec. 4, the Utah Wildlife Board approved spike elk hunting changes for next season. The changes should open room in the herds for more cow elk. The calves these cows will produce are vital to the future of Utah's elk herds.
The board also lengthened the general rifle buck deer hunt in southern Utah, approved a major change to Utah's statewide archery buck deer hunt and started a management buck deer hunt on Utah's two best deer hunting units.
In the 2009 Utah Big Game Guidebook, you can see all of the changes the board approved. The guidebook should be available at www.wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks during the week of Dec. 15.
Spike bull elk hunters can now hunt spike bulls on 26 of Utah's 29 limited entry bull elk hunting units.
The only limited entry elk units where spike bull hunting will not be allowed are the North Slope, Three Corners and South Slope, Diamond Mountain units in northeastern Utah, and the Pilot Mountain unit in western Utah.
And a few more hunters will be hunting spike bulls in 2009 after board members raised the number of spike bull rifle hunting permits to 12,500. In 2008, a total of 11,000 spike bull permits were available.
Anis Aoude, big game coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, says the changes the board approved are important to the future of Utah's elk herds.
"On many of these units, the number of bull elk and the number of cow elk is the same," Aoude says. "The only way to make room for that many bull elk is to keep reducing the number of cow elk. And that could spell disaster for the herds. Because the herds have fewer cow elk in them, fewer and fewer calves are being born.
"If the situation doesn't change, eventually the elk populations will crash and the fantastic elk hunting hunters are enjoying in Utah now will be gone."
Aoude says opening all but three of the state's limited entry units to spike bull hunting will allow more spike bulls to be taken while still protecting the larger bulls in the herds.
DWR biologists recommended 17,000 spike bull permits at public meetings a few weeks ago. They changed their proposal after hunters said some of the units would be inundated with hunters if 17,000 permits were offered.
"We survey hunters after every hunting season," Aoude says. "The survey we conduct after the 2009 hunts will give us a good picture of what the hunting pressure was like on each unit."
Archery changes: If you like to hunt during Utah's general archery buck deer hunt, you'll have to wait until Sept. 2 to hunt statewide.
Utah's general season archery buck deer hunt runs Aug. 15 to Sept. 11 on most of the units in the state.
You can hunt in a single region until Sept. 1. Starting Sept. 2, you can hunt in any region in the state.
"Hunters in southern Utah are concerned that too many archery hunters are hunting in the Southern Region at the start of the season," Aoude says.
"Depending on which region you choose to hunt in, this change could prevent you from hunting in the Southern Region at the start of the archery season. But you can still hunt in the region halfway through the season."
General archery permits are capped at 16,000. But within that cap, there's no limit on the number of permits that can be sold for each region.
When you buy your permit, just indicate which region you want to hunt in. You can hunt in that region until Sept. 1.
Starting Sept. 2, you can hunt in any region in the state.
Nine-day rifle deer hunt: Utah's general rifle buck deer hunt will be a nine-day hunt in each of the DWR's five regions. The hunt will run Oct. 17 to 25.
The only exception is five subunits where buck-to-doe ratios aren't meeting goals in the state's management plan. The hunt on the five subunits runs Oct. 21 to 25.
The five subunits that have the shorter hunts are the Nebo and Oquirrh-Stansbury subunits in central Utah; the South Slope, Vernal subunit in northeastern Utah; the LaSal Mountains subunit in southeastern Utah; and the Monroe subunit in south-central Utah.
Management buck deer hunt: More hunters can hunt on the Paunsaugunt and Henry Mountains premium limited entry units after board members approved a management buck deer hunt for the units.
The management hunt runs Nov. 2–6 on the Henry Mountains unit and Nov. 7–11 on the Paunsaugunt unit. If you draw a permit for the hunt, one of the antlers on the deer you take may not have more than three points on it. There's no restriction on the number of points the other antler can have. You can hunt with a rifle, a muzzleloader, or a bow and arrow.
"This change will give more hunters a chance to hunt on these premiere units while still protecting the larger bucks on the units," Aoude says.
Mule deer management plan committee: The deer hunting ideas the board approved came from Utah's Mule Deer Management Plan Committee. The 17-person committee included representatives from the Mule Deer Foundation, Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, the Utah Bowman's Association, the Utah Wildlife Federation, the Utah Farm Bureau, the Bureau of Land Management, Utah's Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit Association, all five of Utah's Regional Advisory Councils and the Utah Wildlife Board.
For more information, call the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office or the DWR's Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700.