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Oct. 19, 1999
The Bob Williams Factor: Year Two
Head coach Bob Williams enters his second year with the Gauchos and if last year is any indication, he knows what he is doing.
The 1999 Big West Coach of the Year, Williams will take a deeper, if somewhat unproven, roster into the new season. Last season he really only had seven or eight players who he could consistently call on. This year, if all goes as expected, he will have nine or ten legitimate options to call on.
The Backcourt: Experience & Depth
The Gaucho backcourt will consist of four returnees, a redshirt and three newcomers. Derrick Allen (6.7 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 4.2 APG and 2.4 SPG) and Larry Bell (3.6 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 4.3 APG and 1.4 SPG) will share the point guard duties. Williams believes it was their emergence last season that led to the team's dramatic turnaround after the first eight games.
"Derrick Allen and Larry Bell, in a lot of ways, represented our basketball program last year," he said. "B.J. (Bunton) and Josh (Merrill) played well early and maintained it. It was the play of Allen and Bell that really elevated us from 0-8 to 15-5."
Allen, who led the league in steals and was among the league-leaders in assists, seized a starting spot in the preseason and held on to it all year. Bell became a starter at mid-season last year. By the end of the campaign, he led the Gauchos in assists and had also become a defensive stalwart.
The Gaucho future at the point guard slot is represented by B.J. Ward, a freshman out of Oxnard's Santa Clara High School. Last year he helped lead his prep team to the California State Division 5 Championship. This year, he is a candidate to redshirt.
"B.J. Ward will be an outstanding player," Williams predicted. "He is so quick, you just can't stay in front of him."
UCSB has five candidates for the two wing spots. Senior Erick Ashe (10.6 PPG, 2.6 APG, 38.8% from the field overall and 31.2% from three-point range) and junior Brandon Payton (9.1 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 35.9% from the field overall and 29.7% from three-point range) will be expected to improve on their field goal percentages.
"Ashe is a very experienced and mature player," Williams said. "He improved a great deal as last year progressed. Brandon (Payton) is still the best player on this team at creating his own shot. Last year he hit some really key shots and from 17-feet in, he is deadly."
Still, Williams believes that perhaps the area most in need of improvement in 1999-2000 is outside shooting.
"Our offensive perimeter game has to be better," he began. "We can't have our two best shooting off-guards shoot the ball 27-percent from the three-point line. We can't be a 32-percent three-point shooting team and be effective."
Two newcomers could play key roles in shoring up the Santa Barbara perimeter game. LaRon Bryant, a junior transfer from American River Junior College and Nick Jones, a freshman who teamed with B.J. Ward at Santa Clara High School in Oxnard last year, are both outstanding outside shooters. Bryant could provide immediate help and Jones, another redshirt candidate, will be a major part of the Gaucho future.
"LaRon Bryant is one of the best shooters that I've ever been around, either at Davis or here," Williams assessed. "We do shooting workouts where you have to make 100 before you stop. The guys were doing the workout and Derrick (Allen) calls me and leaves me a voice mail to tell me that it took LaRon 122 attempts to make 100 three-pointers. The guy is just a knock-down shooter."
As a sophomore at American River, Bryant was named First Team All-State after hitting a tremendous 115-of-232 from three-point range, a scorching 49.5%.
Williams is also excited about Jones.
"Nick Jones scores inside and out," Williams said. "He has a real knack for scoring and he seems to be able to score on everybody in our program."
The leading candidate for playing time at the small forward position, or the other wing, is 6-foot-6 redshirt freshman Mark Hull out of Hoover High School in Glendale.
"Mark Hull will play both wings and even some at the four spot in the right situation," began Williams. "Mark is going to be somebody that everyone will love to watch. He is athletic, he plays his rear-end off, he makes people around him better and he plays within himself. He will be a very nice addition."
The Frontcourt: Bigger & Deeper
Like the UCSB backcourt, the team's frontcourt could also be much deeper than a year ago. But unlike the backcourt, the frontcourt is not long on returnees.
The lone returnee from last year's team is 6-foot-8 junior Adama Ndiaye (3.3 PPG, 4.0 RPG and a team-leading 25 blocked shots in 23 games). Ndiaye suffered a lower abdominal injury in December of last year, missed five games and never regained the form he was showing just prior to the injury. He returned this year at about 230 pounds, 22 pounds heavier than he was last season.
"Adama Ndiaye is kind of a new guy," Williams stated. "Last year he was afraid. He was new and he was in his third basketball situation in three years. This is the first time that he's coming back to a program in three years. Plus, he has put on 20-22 pounds and In think those things will help him."
Ndiaye will play both the four and five spots. He will be joined at the five by a duo of redshirts. One, 6-foot-9, 235-pound Mike Vukovich, is a sophomore who played for the Gauchos two seasons ago as a freshman. The other, 6-foot-9, 245-pound Ross Carmichael, is a junior transfer from Texas Tech.
As a freshman, Vukovich averaged 2.8 points and 2.5 rebounds in 23 games. He spent a good portion of the summer at a pair of big man camps and the Gaucho coaching staff hopes to reap the benefits. Carmichael transferred to UCSB in the Winter Quarter last year and will not become eligible until the end of Fall Quarter this year. As a sophomore at Texas Tech, he started 12 games, averaging 3.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. He also led the squad in blocked shots with 26.
"I thought last year at times, due to injury, we were pretty thin, especially in the frontcourt," Williams recalled. "This year I really think we have depth. You look at Adama Ndiaye, Mike Vukovich and Ross Carmichael and those guys all play 6-foot-9. Carmichael and Vukovich especially give us big, physical players at the five. They can throw it around a little bit."
Ndiaye will also be a candidate for playing time at the four spot. He will be joined by junior Juliano Jordani, a transfer from the College of Southern Idaho and redshirt freshman Eric Hare, out of McKinney High School in McKinney, Texas.
"Juliano Jordani, Eric Hare and Adama give us depth at the four spot," Williams predicted. "Mark Hull can also play there in certain situations. But again, we are big and strong with some versatility at the four."
While Jordani and Hare stand 6-foot-7 and 6-foot-5 respectively, they check in at 235 and 230 pounds. Williams hopes that Jordani in particular can fill the offensive shoes of Bunton and Merrill. He was an outstanding three-point shooter at the junior college level, hitting 48.3% as a freshman. Last year an ankle injury limited him to 31.0%, but Williams thinks he has the tools to improve on that.
"All of our reports tell us that Jordani is just the perfect player for us," he said. "He's tough, he shoots the ball well, he scores down low, he defends. He is a tough and physical guy, but just as importantly, he is a long-range shooter at the four spot, which we need."
Offense Via The Defense
The Gauchos will call on a bevy of newcomers and a host of returnees to pick up the slack for the departed offensive stalwarts Bunton and Merrill, but Williams expects there to be other ways of making up the difference.
"We are going to be a better defensive team," he assured. "Even though we were okay defensively last year, we're going to have to be much tougher defensively this year. We will have to create more steals and generate more offense from the defensive end. We're pretty good if we get a steal and can get into the open court. We have good open court speed and we are good in transition. We are going to have to create more of those situations this year."
If UCSB can muster more steals this season, it would mean a new school record. Last year, the Gauchos picked opponents pockets a school-record 236 times. Five players had 24 or more steals and three had 38 or more. Allen led the team with 68 and actually tied the school record with eight in a win over UC Irvine.
The Schedule
Santa Barbara opens the regular season with a November 20 home game against the defending Pac Ten Champion Stanford Cardinal. It will one of the most important games for the program in many years.
The Stanford matchup is just one of several good games on what is one of the Gauchos' best schedules in years. In addition to playing the Cardinal at home, UCSB will take on another Pac Ten school, USC, on the road (December 1). They will play two games against the newly formed Mountain West Conference (vs. BYU at the Thunderdome on December 29 and at San Diego State on December 22), one game against a Western Athletic Conference foe (November 24 at San Jose State) and four games against the always tough West Coast Conference (At the Thunderdome against Pepperdine on December 11 and St. Mary's on January 8 and on the road at USF on November 28 and St. Mary's on January 8).
The Big West schedule will once again consist of home-and-home meetings against five Western Division opponents plus a trio of home games and a trio of road games against Eastern Division teams.


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Trainer Todd Beattie had always thought Fabulous Strike was capable of rating behind horses. But having consistently drawn inside, the five-year-old son of Smart Strike just never got the opportunity and scored most of his victories on the lead .
On a foggy Saturday afternoon at Aqueduct Racetrack, Fabulous Strike finally got the chance to show a new dimension. Taken back by jockey Ramon Dominguez as True Quality shot to the front in the Grade 3, $103,100 Gravesend Handicap, Fabulous Strike rallied through the stretch and went on to a 1¾-length victory in the six-furlong race, the final graded stakes of the year in New York.
With the scratches of Cavallo Pazzo, Grand Champion, Night Stand and Songster reducing the field to four, jockey C.C. Lopez gunned the three-year-old True Quality to the lead, zipping through fractions of 22.28 and 45.24 over a good inner track. But straightening for home, Dominguez roused Fabulous Strike and he responded with a determined run that carried him past the front-runner and to the wire in 1:09.74.
"I was just as happy with him having something to run at as I was with him on the lead," said Dominguez. "He's a push-button kind of horse."
Good Card was another 3½ lengths back, with Lucky Island fourth.
The odds-on favorite, Fabulous Strike returned $3.10 for a $2 win bet as he wrapped up his 2008 campaign, having won three of his five starts with one second. The victory, his 12th in 19 lifetime starts, was worth $64,860 and boosted his bankroll to $939,412 for owner Walter Downey.
Although there are several races in the Northeast for Fabulous Strike over the next two months, Beattie said he would like to bring the gelding to Dubai for the $2 million Golden Shaheen on March 28, 2009.
"We'll go back to Penn National and make a decision in four or five days," he said. "I would like to go to Dubai with him. We'll see if this is enough to get him there."
Winning trainer Todd Beattie of Fabulous Strike (No. 2): "I thought rating was always a possibility with him. Today I just let Ramon make the decision. He didn't have a smooth training schedule in between his last race and today. I moved him from Penn National to my brother-in-law's barn at Laurel (because of the track condition). He actually lost some training, which hurt him.
"We'll go back to Penn National and make a decision in four or five days. I would like to go to Dubai ($2 million Golden Shaheen, six furlongs, March 28) with him. We'll see if this is enough to get him there."
Winning jockey Ramon Dominguez: "I was planning on going to the lead, especially with the inside post. But the horse that C.C. (Lopez) was on (True Quality) was very quick out of the gate and after a few jumps I took hold. Down the lane, he finished up nice. He's a push-button kind of horse."

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RALEIGH, N.C. – The pressure valve that at times seems to control life for the Memphis Tigers had opened in the form of a 71-66 victory over George Washington in the NCAA Tournament's round of 64.
After the game, inside the Tigers' locker room at PNC Arena, senior guard Chris Crawford leaned forward in his chair and summed up the Tigers' uncomfortable position in the week that followed their American Athletic Conference flameout against Connecticut.
"Our backs were against the wall," he said.
So it's not an exaggeration to say the victory here on Friday saved the season as measured by Tiger Nation's ultra-sensitive emotional gauge. After all, Memphis coach Josh Pastner was the one who immediately said in the postgame press conference at the AAC Tournament that they needed to win two NCAA games, and senior guard Geron Johnson straight-out said that they would win two NCAA games.
Now, to pull that off, the No. 8 seed Tigers (24-9) must go through the No. 1 seed Virginia Cavaliers (29-6) on Sunday. The game will start at approximately 7:40 p.m. Memphis time, after the completion of the game between No. 11 seed Tennessee and No. 14 seed Mercer. Virginia overcame a five-point halftime deficit to defeat No. 16 seed Coastal Carolina 70-59 and is considered a significant favorite on Sunday.
"We don't look at is as some kind of Cinderella story," Tigers sophomore forward Shaq Goodwin said. "We just need to win our next basketball game."
Virginia ranks first nationally in scoring defense at 55.4 points per game. As of March 22, the Cavaliers ranked in the top 10 nationally in nine defensive categories. Virginia has held 33 of its 35 opponents below 50 percent shooting from the floor, and opponents are shooting 38.5 percent (ninth nationally) from the field.
That has much to with the fact Virginia has won 17 of its last 18 games, the lone loss on March 9 in overtime at Maryland.
"They do a good job containing the ball and making you take tough shots," senior guard Joe Jackson said. "Then again, I don't think they've played a team as quick as us."
The Tigers' resume proves they can handle an opponent that likes a fast pace. They swept Louisville in the regular season. But they went 0-for-3 against UConn, which plays slower than Louisville, and 0-2 against Cincinnati, which struggled to score against pretty much everybody that wasn't Memphis. Virginia is more UConn-Cincinnati and less Louisville.
"I didn't know they'd swept Louisville," said 6-8, 235-pound senior Virginia forward Akil Mitchell, who is tied for seventh all-time in school history with 787 career rebounds. "I just feel like if we can get the game at our pace, we'll be successful, just like any game."
Jackson issues a caution about the pace, saying, "We can't come out and play all wild and free just because (people) say we gotta push the pace."
The Cavaliers probably will be happy for the Tigers to shoot early and often from the perimeter, as they have limited teams to 32.4 percent shooting from 3-point range. But the Cavaliers also understand the importance of keeping Memphis out of transition, another area in which they have excelled defensively this season.
"That's one of our non-negotiables," said guard Joe Harris, who's shooting 42.1 percent from 3-point range.
The common non-negotiable come Sunday: Win or go home.
"There's no looking back," Pastner said, and then, at one point, in response to a question from a Washington Post reporter about what it would mean for Memphis to advance to the Sweet 16: "If we don't get out of the first weekend, I might be working with you at the Washington Post, with the fan base in Memphis."
As for Geron Johnson, he remains ever-confident the Tigers will back up his prediction of winning two games in the NCAA Tournament.
"I'll be in New York next week," he said, referring to the site of the East Regional.
But until tip-off on Sunday, Johnson says he will be watching other NCAA Tournament games and paying close attention to the last two minutes of games where the outcome is assured.
"Guys are sitting there with towels on their head, upset," Johnson said in what for now is a happy and hopeful Tigers locker room. "I don't want to have that face."
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Nelson Mandela was discharged from a Pretoria hospital this morning, South Africa President Jacob Zuma said in a statement.
Mandela, 95, the anti-apartheid leader and first black president of South Africa, remains in critical condition and at times "unstable," Zuma said in the statement.
His doctors are "convinced that he will receive the same level of intensive care at his Houghton home that he received in Pretoria," Zuma said. "His home has been reconfigured to allow him to receive intensive care there. The health care personnel providing care at his home are the very same who provided care to him in hospital. If there are health conditions that warrant another admission to hospital in future, this will be done."
Mandela had been in the hospital since June for a lung infection.
"We thank all the health professionals at the hospital for their dedication. Most media have also been notably responsible and we thank them also for the maturity and understanding that all have in general displayed," Zuma said.
Nelson Mandela Through the Years: See the Photos
On Saturday, false news reports that Mandela had been discharged stunned the country and threw the international media into a frenzy, with a small army of media outlets scrambling to his home.
However, the reports turned out to be a false alarm and prompted Zuma to issue a statement Saturday, denying the media reports and assuring the public that Mandela was still hospitalized and was responding well to treatment.
A Mandela relative had apparently misunderstood her communication with one of Mandela's doctors and erroneously believed he had been released.
The relative informed other family members, who, in turn, relayed the faulty information to the media.
Read: Nelson Mandela's Illness Puts Spotlight on Palliative Care
Mandela: Father of Modern South Africa
Mandela, who turned 95 in July, remains an almost mythical figure in South Africa.
Read: South Africa Celebrates Nelson Mandela's 95th Birthday
After his anti-apartheid efforts landed him in jail for 27 years, he was released in February 1990 and four years later was elected the country's first black president and the first one elected by a full, non-racial democracy after the demise of apartheid.
Nelson Mandela Turns 95: See the Photos
He is widely considered the father of modern South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century.
ABC News' Rob Nelson contributed to this report.


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With the U.S. Supreme Court taking on two cases this week involving same-sex marriage, here is a look at the local celebrities, politicians and other notable figures who have identified as gay or bisexual.
David Bowie: The music star, who owns a home in Woodstock, told Playboy magazine in 1976 that he was bisexual. Bowie has been married to model/actress Iman since 1992.
Cat Cora: The celebrity chef, who is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, has four children with her partner, Jennifer.
Sean Eldridge: The entrepreneur and political activist lives in Garrison with his husband, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes.
William Hanauer: The Ossining mayor (right) married his longtime partner Dr. Alan Stahl in 2012. Hanauer is Westchester County's only openly gay mayor.
Victor Garber: The actor, who has called Highland Mills home, is in a long-term relationship with artist Rainer Andreesen.
Jeffrey Jew: The chef, who is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, was open about his sexuality while competing on the 10th season of Bravo's "Top Chef."
U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney: In 2012, Maloney became the first openly gay candidate elected to represent New York in Congress. The congressman represents New York's 18th District, which includes Putnam and Orange counties, parts of Westchester County and the southwest corner of Dutchess County.
Kevin Meaney: The comedian, who has called Tarrytown home, came out during an interview on XM Radio's "Stand Up Sit Down" in May 2008.
Rosie O'Donnell: The Nyack-based comedian is married to Michelle Rounds (pictured), and the couple adopted a baby girl named Dakota in January 2013. O'Donnell also has four other children: Parker Jaren, 17, whom she adopted in 1995; Chelsea Belle, 15, adopted in 1997; Blake Christopher, 13, adopted with former partner Kelli Carpenter in 1999; and Vivienne Rose, 10, born to Carpenter through artificial insemination.
Fred Schneider: The lead singer of The B-52s, a former Mahopac resident, told Metro Weekly in 2012 that he has been with his partner "since the Stone Age."
Rufus Wainwright: The musician, a Rhinebeck native who once attended Millbrook School in Dutchess County, married his longtime partner, Jorn Weisbrodt, in August 2012.


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Arizona defensive tackle Darnell Dockett has received a ''six-figure'' fine from the Cardinals for his behavior in the waning seconds in a 7-6 loss to the Jets on Sunday, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed Friday.
The exact size of the fine was not known and it was uncertain Dockett's participation Sunday in Seattle would be affected.
He indicated in a tweet Friday night that he was appealing through the players' union.
The punishment stems from Dockett refusing to go along with a coach's directive to allow the Jets to score late in the game so the Cardinals could get the ball back and go for the tying touchdown.
Dockett got into a heated on-field argument with safety Kerry Rhodes about it.
The issue became moot when the Jets purposely downed the ball at the Arizona 1 and ran out the clock. It was Arizona's eighth straight loss.
Dockett said earlier this week he had apologized to Rhodes and the two had agreed to move on. But Dockett emphatically said he had never quit in a game and never would.
Suggs gives up guns Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs was ordered to surrender personal firearms as part of a domestic case with his girlfriend. Suggs's attorney, Warren Alperstein, said Candace Williams filed a court order in November, the Baltimore Sun reported.
Williams is the mother of Suggs's two children.


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Who said anything about "giving" ideas? Those things cost money, you know.
Snow-fucking-White. Mr. Disney.
Nah, not even once. They'll either claim prior art or rush in a new extension of 21 years to get around it as a stop gap.
Copyright technically won't be eternal, but its duration increases linearly over time in a way that it never ends.
No, it will definitely end. About 70 years after the last human died.
No, it will definitely end. About 70 years after the last human died.
you think copyright will be ended by the extinction of the human race?
oh you poor naive sod, there are plans for that.
No, it will definitely end. About 70 years after the last human died.
you think copyright will be ended by the extinction of the human race? oh you poor naive sod, there are plans for that.
No, he thinks we'll all go extinct before 2018, when congress plans to extend it from life+70 to life+90.
Parent beat me to a similar joke/point.
Heh, parent beat me.
The first archeologist to discover the copyrighted works of humanity will be summarily executed by Automated Copyright Enforcement Mechanism.
No, it will definitely end. About 70 years after the last lawyer died.
There. FTFY.
No, it will definitely end. About 70 years after the last lawyer died.
No, lawyers will still be scuttling about long after the human race has been destroyed.
I think it's odd that the Ouhg family is still seeing the benefits of the 'wheel' patent.
If it's called "A Modest Proposal", that means it is satire:
Admittedly, it seems like every new class of student that reads it has some in it that thing Swift actually wanted to eat babies...
I kept waiting for the baby eating, but it never happened.
I kept waiting for the baby eating, but it never happened.
The baby was everyone's "baby", ie the public domain, which is eaten by us all in the form of progress and now shat out as irrelevance.
That explains why we, the public, have moved from being "citizens" to being "consumers"
I kept waiting for the baby eating, but it never happened.
Are you suggesting that the author should have copied someone else's work?
I do not see why not, after all, he must have obtained the necessary permissions from and paid the appropriate royalties to the Swift family for the use of the title. Surely as a part of the proposed eternal copyright laws, this would extend to Names, Titles and Ideas?
What we really need is a special copyright for Mickey and the rest of the Disney characters
so that The Walt Disney Company can stop lobbying to extend all copyrights.
It would be hard to get away with it due to equal protection etc.
Could "they" do something like purchase haiti or somalia and change its law to be eternal copyright, then have the US and their newly purchased state form a reciprocal treaty for copyrights, then transfer all their copyrights from the us to haiti, then return our countries laws to something sane for 99.999999% of content?
What we really need is a special copyright for Mickey and the rest of the Disney characters...
It's called Trademark, and once Disney realised they could have just Trademarked the mouse instead, they laughed about how needless yet simple it was to crush out and poison the public domain from which Walt's famous works initially sprang.
They have. The character is protected by trademark, not copyright. Only the films themselves require copyright - and for some reason, Disney wants the original, pre-WW2 cartoons kept out of public domain. It's not like they're making much, if any, money off them right now... I'm not even sure they're not in the Vault.
I'd rather special-case certain films, than argue that ALL copyrights should last for the duration of the Disney monopoly.
they laughed about how needless yet simple it was to crush out and poison the public domain from which Walt's famous works initially sprang.
Incidentally, if you think Disney is done ripping off the public domain, then you've missed John Carter [wikipedia.org]. Wondering why on Earth Disney would create a film about a Civil War vet who is sent to Mars to save the Princess of Helium?
Because it's based on the now public domain A Princess of Mars [wikipedia.org].
Disney is, to this day, still profiting off the public domain, while refusing to allow anything they have made to ever enter it.
I'm sure you're all completely shocked to discover that. Completely.
Though to be fair, after reading the John carter wikipedia page, it does appear that they actually purchased the rights to this one back in the early 80s.
I'm not clear on why, but I just realized that the author of the original books was Edgar Rice Burroughs, and - well, he created a company to manage licensing his works [wikipedia.org] which apparently still sues people for using Tarzan. Trying to find more info on that discovered several articles about Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. suing comic book companies for using Tarzan and John Carter himself [google.com].
So presumably we're talking trademark rights, and not copyright rights, since the movie covers only public domain books. Which also demonstrates quite nicely how trademark can be used to extend copyright well beyond the death of the author, since Edgar Rice Burroughs died over 60 years ago. And it's being used to extract royalties for making a movie based on public domain works.
Probably. Who knows, except the lawyers who worked out whatever rights we're talking about.
So maybe this is Disney being hoist with their own petard?
I just finished reading my (free, of course) Gutenberg ebook copy of A Princess of Mars so that I can have it fresh in my mind and be outraged at what Disney has done to a great classic. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Working on Gods of Mars now.
I have all 11 volumes in paperback, which I read years ago, but those dang paper books are format locked and I can't get them onto my reader. I hope Gutenberg (or someone) finishes publishing the series in electronic format. They only had the first four when I last looked
Take another look [gutenberg.org]. They have a few more. If you can access the
Incidentally, if you think Disney is done ripping off the public domain, then you've missed John Carter. Wondering why on Earth Disney would create a film about a Civil War vet who is sent to Mars to save the Princess of Helium?
Because it's based on the now public domain A Princess of Mars
Disney is, to this day, still profiting off the public domain, while refusing to allow anything they have made to ever enter it.
There was an obscure direct-to-dvd live action adaptation of "The Princess of Mars" released in 2009. Princess of Mars [imdb.com] Disney is the first major studio to take on Burroughs Martian tales in 100 years --- in a high-riisk $250 million dollar production.
This is why you make the movie:
The world of Barsoom is a romantic vision of a dying Mars, based on now-outdated scientific ideas made popular by Astronomer Percival Lowell in the early 20th century. While depicting many outlandish inventions, and advanced technology, it is a savage world, of honor, noble sacrifice and constant struggle, where martial prowess is paramount, and where many races fight over dwindling resources. It is filled with lost cities, heroic adventures and forgotten ancient secrets.
Barsoom [wikipedia.org]
"A Princess of Mars is singularly important... in that it innovated the grammar for the American version of the lost world romance." --- Junot Diaz
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Princess of Mars [loa.org]
MGM in its prime was the home of the prestige big budget production based on works in the public domain.
Disney was a small independent studio that used animation to remain com
What we really need is a special copyright for Mickey and the rest of the Disney characters
so that The Walt Disney Company can stop lobbying to extend all copyrights.
I've said the same thing many times, but sadly it would never happen.
But suddenly you make me think of something that might work Reset all copyright terms back to something simple like 50 years from publication. BUT, you can extend the copyright for as long as you want for a payment each year of
$1 Million + $100,000 * years over 50 since publication , (in inflation adjusted dollars)
so $1M at year 50, $1.5M at 55, $2M at 60, and so on
If you have Winnie he Pooh, you can pay for as long is it makes sense to do so, if something has little value it will go into the public domain at 50 years.
The money collected for the copyright extensions can be first directed to scanning everything the Library of Congress or any other library has to be put online so that it really does go to the public domain.
Starting from year one the copyright costs $1 and doubles every year. So year 2 is $2, year 3 is $4, etc.
If Disney was to renew their Mickey Mouse copyright this year, it would cost them $19,342,813,113,834,066,795,298,816.
I like this plan. Copyright fees would cross $1,000,000 by 20 years.
If Disney was to renew their Mickey Mouse copyright this year, it would cost them $19,342,813,113,834,066,795,298,816.
Now you know why they wanted that $45 trillion anti-piracy lawsuit - preparing for the day when they are forced to pay for copyright in those terms
simply because they were born a mere century and a half after the book was written?
How does 120 years equal a century and a half? You have children at 30 when the book was written. Grand-Children 30 years after the book was written, Great-Grand-Children 60 years after, Great-Great-Grand-Children 90 years after, and Great-Great-Great-Grand-Children 120 years after. If you die at 70, copyright would last another 70 years, so your copyright would expire 110 years after the book was written, 10 years before your Great-Great-Great-Grand-Children are born.
There is to much abandonware as there is now and the last thing we need is longer copyrights that will let to most lost software / books / movies that should be in the open but can't be due to copyrights.
I'm all for eternal copyright. However, after a certain amount of time (say 20-30 years or so), you would have to start paying a fee to the government to maintain your copyright. This fee would increase at an exponential rate for every year after that. This way companies that have a valuable copyrights could hold on to it for at least some time, but the vast majority of creative works would be converted to public domain within a reasonable time frame.
(I also think patents could work similarly, except that the exponential fees would start at say 3-5 years and with a fixed timelimit of 20 years after which the patent will expire.)
I say start it immediately, at $1. Then double it each year. Math so simple, even Congress can understand it.
In a decade, it'll cost just over a grand a year. By two decades, it'll be costing over a million. Even 30+-year copyrights would be possible, if they were worth billions of dollars to whoever owned them.
This would also allow for near-immediate entry into the public domain of works by extinct companies. Abandonware would flourish - when a company goes bankrupt, unless their copyrights get bought up, their products would enter the public domain within a year.
I think there should be some grace period, then jump to a larger value. The overhead for the government handling a $1 transaction will exceed $1. I propose it is free for 10 years, then $100 on year 11, doubling per year.
And I really hope so. Otherwise, I will have to accept that there are people who truly believe that:
"it will be difficult to enforce due to the inherently criminal nature of digital technology"
I didn't know it was inherently criminal until few minutes ago. Someone please save me.
Its hard not to comment on the entire , prevalent these days, rent seeking behavior from some distant heirs. I do not five a flying rat's ass about descendants of Jane. She wrote the classic. Not the heirs. What did they do
Definition of tongue-in-cheek [merriam-webster.com].
Copyright should be 5 years, penalties for violating copyright should be large enough to discourage willful copyright violations (i.e criminal, not civil). After 5 years, copyright is gone, want more money? do more work!
Here's the problem I see with that: People like free stuff. If we make copyright terms sufficiently short that people could just wait and get a cheap-ass bootleg copy legally they might just do that.
Without a major uprising of sorts the media money will buy whatever copyright rules it wants. People won't rise up because they don't think there is a problem while they leech whatever they want for free off the Internet. It's not like most of them could afford the outrageous prices with their minimum wage and e
If we make copyright terms sufficiently short that people could just wait and get a cheap-ass bootleg copy legally they might just do that.
Perhaps. Or perhaps as evidenced by video game sales, people would prefer to get it RITE NAO rather than wait even just a couple months for a guaranteed price reduction.
People have shown again and again that they will pay even if they can get it for free. See most of the pay-what-you-want deals or studies like this [guardian.co.uk].
Yes, plenty of people will get it for free. It's irrelevant. We just need to ensure artists get paid enough to make it reasonable to produce new works, not that they get a cut from each and every single viewer.
The fact that some people will never pay for stuff is part of the problem.
Prices are high because the artist wants to be compensated for their work. I say the artist, but I mean everyone in the chain.
If more people paid perhaps those legitimate buyers wouldn't have to pay so much to compensate for the sales that never happened. Perhaps it's just that the chain's expectation of fair income is excessive.
I am, of course, playing Devil's Advocate here. I fully support copyright reform that ensures creators are
I forgot to address the pay-what-you-think arrangements. Those work well because they can break down the 'payment barrier'. To most people, spending a few dollars is just like spending nothing. Apple capitalized on that idea with the app store and people are happy to spend heaps on small purchases.
Pay what you want... I can chip in a few dollars and hardly notice. All those small purchases soon add up to serious income for the artist.
That's not how a market works. People will pay what they can or feel it's fair. Sellers will set the prices according to what brings them more revenue. More people willing to buy doesn't drive the price down; in fact, it'll probably increase it.
Prices are high because people are willing to pay them. Blame the buyers, not the cheapskates.
Copyright should be 5 years, penalties for violating copyright should be large enough to discourage willful copyright violations (i.e criminal, not civil). After 5 years, copyright is gone, want more money? do more work!
Agree for the most part, except about the criminal violations. If an act, after you wait sufficiently long time, is not a criminal act, then it should not be a criminal act if you do not wait sufficient time. But good luck getting the "hang 'em!" legislators to agree.
To re-establish the aristocracy and it's permanent claims on resources. Family dynasty money.
To re-establish the aristocracy and it's permanent claims on resources. Family dynasty money.
Yeah, but which family? That's the sticking point. Once we determine which family, just lob random child porn viruses at their computers and turn them in. (Yes, I wish I was joking. Just as this entire topic was the result of someone thought-experimenting along the lines of Jonathan Swift, so too is my above suggestion; it is not a call to action, nor is it inducement of terrorism, but of course saying that it's not might mean that it is in this newspeak, so double-plus-good to our overlords, or somethi
How about we change copyright to being perpetual, but require that all previous public domain goes back to copyright as well. All of the descendents of the authors those public domain stories that Disney used for its movies can sue Disney for royalties.
If you refuse to give back to the public domain, then the public domain should never be accessible to you.
I am sorry. I did not RTFA. I have been thinking along the lines of the author for a while.
Here was the idea my wife and I came up with: Follow the original terms of copyright (20 years) for exclusive production, then after that time allow derivative works but allow the original to be retained for whatever term is chosen (for example, the current 70 years after death). What does this mean? Star Wars would have been in public domain. Allow Lucas to keep the rights to the original and the manipulation of it, but the setting and characters become public domain. A simple addendum to this: deriva
I actually don't think 2 years if fair, you're not going to establish market dominance in the book selling industry in two years based on your novel, even if it's the most groundbreaking piece of literature every written. So at the end of 2 years Amazon can give your novel away as an ebook for free or $.50 for a paperback copy? Yes, most of the profit from a work comes from the first year or two, but I think you'd see prices collapse overnight if everything more than 2 years old was public domain. Actual
People will still buy from the author. Paulo Coelho makes a ton of money by giving away his books as free downloads, just because lots of readers buy an hardcover from him afterwards.
Imagine you are a kid and in 30 years you have kids yourself. You want to sing them a song your mom sang to you as a kid, but you can't, because there is a copyright on it for 30 years.
So you wait another 30 and want to sing it to your grand child, but you can't, because there is a copyright on it for 70 years. So you wait another 30 and just before you die, you want to sing it to your great-grand-child, but you can't, because there is a 70+70 year copyright on it.
While considering this most modest proposal of 'eternal copy rite' I think we should also take pause to consider another terrible form of piracy so frequent today. That of creating a body of work, that's soul purpose is the critique of an existing piece of work. Obviously any monetary benefit derived from such a work , would not exist without the author of the original work. So much so that such works are derivative works par excellent of the original. Since the comments are bound to do nothing more then make the original less useful and worse then it's initially concise and proper format the author should retain control over Removing or modifying any comments not fully in the spirit of the original.
After all, all freedoms have limits , and freedom of speech certainly is of a lower value then an authors freedom to create wealth and provide a viable income to her/himself and future descendants.
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
So that's how the constitution reads...I was asking one of the younger attorneys at the firm about the "limited time" if the application of the Sonny Bono copyright schmutz didn't make copyright, in effect, unlimited.
His response, verbatim...and I am not shitting you:
"Unlimited is a limit."
The law is whatever they want it to be folks.
Imagine being sued for writing something similar to what someone else wrote say, 1000, 4000, or 10,000 years ago. Pick your timeframe, it doesn't matter. It would be impossible for anyone to do enough research to make sure their work hasn't already, at some point in history, been done by someone else. As Soloman said, "Nothing is truly new under the sun."
I've got my own modest proposal;
If you wish for your creation to provide for your offspring to the fourth and beyond generation, establish a trust or foundation to accept the proceeds from the sale and use of your creation, invest it as necessary to preserve the contributions and what interest is not too risky, and hope that it does indeed provide enough income to fund this before a reasonable copyright runs out.
Because, it seems to me, the past function of copyright is to protect the interests of the creator, the author, inventor, what have you. NOT their children's children's children's children's.
Perpetual copyright is the equivalent of perpetual patent. At what point are we no longer protecting the original holder, and are perpetuating a stream of income forever to those whose only interest is in being born of someone born of someone born of someone who was born of the instigator of the whole darned thing?
And if the initial proposal is acceptable, to perpetuate copyright forever, then clearly it must be assignable, so that one could even grant it in perpetuity to a mere friend. Or their dog. And their offspring. In perpetuity.
Time to really consider what copyright should be. Notice there are no corporations out there with perpetual licenses to prosper? They have to provide value to survive, even if that value is only to their shareholders or management and employees. So what of value does perpetual copyright provide to anyone other than the spawn of the initial holder?
I know. Money. Wrong answer. I pay copyright holders liberally for their work. When they are long gone, I just can't summon up a reason to do so.
At least to the extent that the work is completely creative and does not rely on prior art.
So, we must exempt the use of previously used words or phrases. Or, the use of characters or glyphs previously invented. Using those borrowed ideas, which are in the public domain, should place any derivative works also into the public domain.
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DUE WEST, S.C. – Junior Carlos Recinos (Houston, Texas) scored both of the Cobras goals in their thrilling 2-1 double overtime win over Erskine College on Wednesday night in their Conference Carolinas opener. Recinos' game winning goal came in the 114th minute off a cross from Rommel Fondin (Palm Bay, Fla.) to give the Cobras the win.
Recinos scored the first goal of the game in the 35th minute with an assist from Jordan Snell (Palm Bay, Fla.). The Flying Fleet tied the game at one off a header by Jake Kimber in the 66th minute and that is where the game remained until Recinos found the back of the net 48 minutes later.
Coker's James Sweeney (Huntingtown, Md.) had four saves in the match, while Erskine's Roberto De La Vina recorded six saves.
The win improves the Cobras to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in conference play, while Erskine falls to 2-2-1 overall and 0-1 in the conference.
The Cobras will be back in action at home on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. against USC-Aiken in a non-conference match.


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An acceptance letter to law school wasn't an automatic ticket to a summer of rest and relaxation for a recent Gettysburg College grad.
Instead, Alex Ferraro '12, who graduated summa cum laude in May, with honors in his two majors and Phi Beta Kappa recognition, spent the summer serving the needs of Pennsylvania seniors through a ten-week public policy internship with the Pennsylvania Department of Aging in Harrisburg.
Ferraro's selection as a Finnegan Summer Fellow provided him the opportunity to get a peek into state government before he heads off to the University of Pittsburgh Law School in the fall.


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Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers believes their maiden Premier League win against West Brom is a "massive step forward" for the club.
Swansea had failed to find the net, let alone record a win, from their first four league games, but that changed in spectacular fashion on Sunday as the south Wales club finally got the rewards their impressive performances have deserved with a 3-0 Liberty Stadium success against the Baggies.
"I always try to take the pressure off the players and put pressure on myself, because of how we play the players need to feel confident. But for the players in their own minds to get a win is a big thing and it is a massive step forward, not only did we get the win but the style in which we did it was superb," said Rodgers.
"We looked a real threat, like we have done all season. We were very creative but I also thought that was a big compliment to our organisation defensively.
"People will write about our style and passing, but there is substance to how we organise our lines and to keep three clean sheets in five games at this level is a tall order for a newly promoted club."
The days leading up to the game had been hard for Rodgers and the Swansea community. Rodgers' father Malachy died last Saturday at the age of 59 following a battle with cancer, while the local area has had to deal with the deaths of four miners at the Gleision colliery in nearby Pontardawe.
A minute's silence was held ahead of the game as a mark of respect for both events and Rodgers, who revealed three of his four brothers attended Saturday's game, said the miners and their families had been in his thoughts prior to the game.
He said: "I am happy to give some hope to my brothers and pay tribute to the supporters who have been incredible for me, and I have to thank them, and football in general, for their support.
"They understand it is not easy when you lose people but the football world has shown there is sympathy for people. Obviously we have had the situation with the miners down here which has been absolutely incredible and obviously I was thinking of their families when talking to my brothers on Friday.
"But my emotion is fine. I am happy to be back at work, I love my professional life, I love Swansea and I love nothing more than getting a win with a great performance."
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LGBT Student Services at UH Mānoa to be listed as a community resourceUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Posted: Feb 9, 2011
UH Mānoa's LGBT Student Services, a program under the Office of SEED (Student, Equity, Excellence & Diversity), will be listed as a community resource when PBS Hawai'i airs two films, Out in the Silence and Anyone and Everyone on Saturday. The films will be shown back-to-back on the primetime evening of February 12, with Out in the Silence starting at 8 p.m., followed by Anyone and Everyone at 9 p.m. on PBS Hawai'i (Channel 10).
Out in the Silence, a 2009 documentary that screened at the Hawai'i International Film Festival last year, delves into the topics of young suicides due to bullying, and the storm of controversy ignited by filmmaker Joe Wilson's announced wedding to another man in his small Pennsylvania hometown. For more information on the film, see the website at www.OutintheSilence.com.
Anyone and Everyone, a 2007 documentary by executive producer and director Susan Polis Schutz, depicts parents and their gay/lesbian children from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds, and their struggles with conflicting religious and cultural beliefs. For more information on the film, see the website at www.anyoneandeveryone.com.
"We support anti-bullying education, and applaud PBS Hawai'i for airing these two powerful films," said Camaron Miyamoto, coordinator of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Student Services office at UH Mānoa. "The timing couldn't be better, as state lawmakers are currently debating topics such as the civil unions bill and protection of students from bullying in the schools."


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Suns-Kings Preview
The Phoenix Suns own the worst record in the Western Conference, so they're hoping a coaching change can provide a jolt.
The Sacramento Kings aren't much better, and their potential changes include packing their bags.
Lindsey Hunter will make his coaching debut as the Suns attempt to win for just the third time in over a month Wednesday night when they visit the Kings.
Phoenix (13-28) seems to be on its way to a third consecutive season out of the playoffs after losing 13 of 15 since a season-high four-game winning streak, falling to the bottom of the West.
Those woes continued with Thursday's 98-94 loss to Milwaukee, a defeat that resulted in coach Alvin Gentry and the club mutually agreeing to part ways.
That was the initial move in a shakeup that also has seemingly led to the departure of assistants Dan Majerle and Elston Turner, who were among those interviewed to replace Gentry.
Instead, it'll be Hunter - the team's player development director - at the helm for the remaining 41 games.
"I think the simple answer is that the organization needed a jolt," general manager Lance Blanks said. "We needed something that would shock the system of us, the players, and risk trumps safety in this business. We felt this was the right person to take the risk on."
Hunter spent 17 seasons in the NBA before retiring in 2010, winning NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit. The three practices since his hiring have been longer than the ones Gentry ran.
"I know these practices are a lot longer than they are accustomed to, but we've got a lot to get accomplished," Hunter said. "Like I told them, I don't watch the clock. I just watch what they do, and we have to work until we can't forget what we're supposed to do, not until we get it. We have to work until we can't forget it."
The emphasis on defense may help the Suns since they give up an average of 104.1 points on 40.5 percent shooting from beyond the arc while going 3-17 on the road.
"I'm a defensive guy," Hunter said. "That's the identity that we're going to try to create, is being a tough, nasty, defensive-minded team, and we'll go from there."
The Kings (16-26) may be headed for an identity overhaul of their own, possibly relocating to Seattle and becoming the SuperSonics. While the move is still awaiting approval from NBA owners, Sacramento is making efforts to keep the team.
The Kings are returning home for the first time since the Maloof family announced that they were selling their entire 65 percent share for $525 million to a Seattle group led by investor Chris Hansen on Monday. Hours following that announcement, Sacramento fell 114-105 at New Orleans to lose for the sixth time in nine games. The Kings are allowing an average of 111.7 points in those defeats.
DeMarcus Cousins had 29 points and 13 rebounds against the Hornets, and is averaging 23.0 and 13.0 over the past five games.
The center has 20.9 points per game and 9.6 boards over seven meetings with the Suns, but turned in one of his worst performances of the season against them in a 101-90 loss Dec. 17. Cousins finished with nine points and 10 rebounds while making only 1 of 10 attempts from the floor.
That was Phoenix's fourth consecutive win in the series, and Jared Dudley is averaging 18.0 points over the past five meetings.
The swingman had 20 points against the Kings last month, while Shannon Brown poured in 22 while sinking 10 of 13 from the floor.
Brown, who averages 12.3 points, has totaled 41 over the last two games.


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Retreat or protect?
That ongoing debate, brought into sharper focus in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, will now get the attention of a new East Hampton Town coastal erosion committee, appointed by the town board on Tuesday to examine such issues as the placement of structures to protect the beach, the dunes, and the houses and businesses beyond them.
Councilwoman Theresa Quigley, who moved for creation of the ad hoc committee, will head it along with Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc, whom she described as her polar opposite on the issues.
Diane McNally, the presiding officer for the East Hampton Town Trustees, was named to the committee. Also appointed were three Montauk waterfront hotel owners, Steve Kalimnios of the Royal Atlantic Beach Resort and Royal Atlantic East, Alice Houseknecht of the East Deck Motel, and Paul Monte of Gurney's Inn. Thomas Muse of the Surfrider Foundation, who called for the advisory group at a November town board meeting, will serve on the committee, as will Robert De Luca, president of Group for the East End, Wayne Grothy, marine coastal program director for the Nature Conservancy, Chris Coleman, a Montauk real estate broker, and Patrick Bistrian of Bistrian Materials, which handles marine dredging, beach restoration, and revetment construction.
Mr. Grothy, whom the board had met only an hour earlier during the meeting's public comment period, touted the Nature Conservancy's model for sea-level rise, available for local and international coastlines, and said that this tool, online at coastalresilience.org, would be useful for short-term, long-term, and emergency land planning.
Councilman Dominick Stanzione said the committee seemed very "Montauk-centric," and asked that someone from East Hampton Village be included, as well. The board agreed to ask Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. to appoint a representative.
Ms. Quigley felt strongly that the committee should be kept small. Councilwoman Sylvia Overby did not agree. With a preference for varying points of view, she asked, "Why would we keep it small?"
Ms. Quigley said members could organize their own subgroups that could include anyone else they might find helpful.
With the committee created, its mission is to find common ground between those, including many environmentalists, who believe policy should favor a retreat from the coastline, and those who put asset protection ahead of retreat to save businesses and residences, the supervisor said. If common ground is not found, Ms. Quigley said, town code "is what it is." The town's own Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan favors retreat, as it does not support hard structures on the beach in most coastal areas of the town.
Mr. Wilkinson called the L.W.R.P., "a snapshot in time" subject to review in light of events and historical movements.
The intention is for the committee to start with Montauk, but keep the big picture in mind, said Supervisor Bill Wilkinson, because any plan implemented as a result of the discussions would affect other hamlets and beaches.
This is about the economic survival of Montauk, said Mr. Wilkinson. "If you don't let a motel rebuild or introduce hard structures to protect them, it's a matter of time," he said. On the other side, he added, are those that say, "Let it fall in." The drastically different viewpoints confirm why the committee "critically needs people on both sides," he said.
The common interest seems to be the beaches, Mr. Wilkinson said. "It's all about sand," said Mr. Wilkinson, "that's our gold. . . . That is our gold mine."
Ms. Quigley agreed.
Reconciling the differences between those on both sides of the argument is necessary if the committee and any plan that results from it are to succeed, Mr. Stanzione said. "Engineer a beach," he proposed. "Buy 25 to 30 years of protection without hard structure." That approach has been discussed before, but it is an expensive one and the question has always been, who would pay?
As the committee begins its work, Mr. Van Scoyoc suggested it first turn its attention to properties in the Montauk business district, which is "extremely low lying." The area was "overwashed in 1938," he said, and breached again in 1954. "Short-term solutions are just that," he said.
Mr. Wilkinson said that the committee would prioritize the different areas affected, since "some are worse off than others."


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UPDATE 1, 6:35 CT: Turnout in Madison is on track to be "one of the highest in state history for a partisan primary, adding to the already historic nature of the recall of Gov. Scott Walker."
UPDATE 2, 8:08: The polls have closed. I'm following the results at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, here, but nothing's in yet.
UPDATE 3, 9:55: Barrett obviously won... by a lot... so my prediction is shot all to hell. The most interesting number is Walker votes versus all the Democratic votes combined. The strong support for Walker is notable, since he wasn't really opposed, and Republicans could cross over and attempt to influence the Democratic race. So far, most of the evening, Walker has been ahead of that total Democratic vote. Right now, there are 496,936 votes combined for the Democrats, and Walker's lagging at 475,019 — which is 21,927 back, but the point is still clear. Why bother to come out and vote for Walker? Why not cross over and affect the competitive Democratic race?
UPDATE 4, 10:21: In the comments, B astutely analyzes:
The way the numbers are working out, It appears that the total vote for the dems will not even reach what would have been the 800k+ threshold figure to even have a recall. And that ignores any spoiler votes for Falk by Walker supporters.
Does make one wonder, doesn't it. Did that many people, around 200k, decide not to show up, change their minds, sign the recall petition just to get some jerk out of their face, or....
Perhaps we are seeing the real recall petition total here. The total when you can only vote once. And for yourself. Or at least not vote as often or for as many people as you could sign the petition..


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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Summer Camp and your Food Allergic Child
My son has numerous food allergies, the most serious being peanut. However, allergies or not, his father and I want him to enjoy his summers. As a child, I attended a summer day camp when I was very young and then a sleepaway camp when I was older. We wanted the camp experience to be a part of his childhood, but both scenarios are daunting when dealing with a food allergic child. Unlike school, camp is more unstructured, more relaxed. How would the summer camp handle food allergies? How could I feel comfortable send him off each day? How did he feel about this adventure? We have had great success. I will share my experience, which I hope will empower you to allow your child to attend camp.
I consulted with my son's allergist at Mass General Food Allergy Center and asked for guidance and encouragement regarding summer plans. Paul E. Hesterberg, MD, and his staff empowered me with knowledge and emotional support. All it takes is careful planning.
Find a camp that feels right to you
My son attends a private school that offers summer camps for kids. This made it simple, right? Well, not so fast. Although the environment would be familiar, I would be dealing with a whole new crop of counselors. To alleviate my own worries, I met with the summer program director as the school year was drawing to a close. I explained my son's multiple, serious allergies, and I emphasized the need for everyone to understand the offending foods. The director insisted that everyone would know about his allergies, and they would call me at any time. In fact, the director programmed my phone number directly into her cell phone before we parted ways.
Ask the right questions
I made a list of questions, issues, worries that were on my mind. I asked about daily snacks, field trips, and even art-project materials. My son also has a severe allergy to egg. Would they be using egg-crates from home for art, which could contain egg residue? What about snacks? Would they adhere to the "no nut" and "no egg" guidelines that my son needed? What about field trips? I requested that the director let me know about all field trips. On a field trip, because we were concerned about what remains could be on the bus, we opted to drive him and met the group at the location.
Remind, Remind, Remind!
Don't be shy when it comes to your child. I was certain to assess the staff each morning and, when necessary, remind them about my son. Sometimes different counselors switched rooms and teams. I made sure to let them know about my son's allergies, and how they could reach me. When the director was off for two weeks, I made sure to touch base with the interim-director to let her know about my son. We are lucky. Our school—and thus the camp—are very accustomed to food allergies and it is very aware of accommodating all children. However, as every parent of a food allergic child knows, it takes only one mistake to bring on potentially life-threatening situation.
Let your child have fun
I believe that stress and fretting is contagious. When I lather my son with sun block and bug spray each summer morning, I make sure to keep my worries to myself. After all, during "bug week" he needs to be focused on caterpillars, slugs, and beetles and not on food allergies. Nothing is better than hearing about the giant castle he built in the sandbox and seeing his cheeks covered with sticky Popsicle stains when I pick him up at noon. This is a step-by-step process with our family. My son only attends a half-day camp. Rest assured when he asks to attend a full day camp, I'll be looking back at this checklist, talking to our allergist, taking a deep breath, and then, like any good camper, jumping right in.
Thank you Mass General Food Allergy Center for always being there for us, rain or shine, hives or clear skin, you are always ready to guide us through life's transitions.
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BOLINGBROOK – Local business leader Mir Ali describes the first time Pakistan's flag was raised outside the village as a landmark event within the Pakistani and Bolingbrook communities.
"The first Pakistani people moved to Bolingbrook about 25 years ago," Ali said. "And 22 years ago, Talat Rashid, a planning commissioner and founder of Bolingbrook's Association of Pakistani Americans, lobbied that the flag be raised on Pakistani Independence Day."
About 20 families witnessed Bolingbrook's first Pakistani flag hoisting ceremony and Ali explains that the inaugural proceeding steadily evolved into Bolingbrook's annual Pakistan Day – an event that is attended by locals and visitors from Iowa, Ohio and Canada – and shed light on Bolingbrook's burgeoning Pakistani community.
"Bolingbrook is the only town in the nation that holds such a historic ceremony where the Pakistani flag has been hoisted for 22 years and the Consulate General of Pakistan has always attended," Ali said. "What started out as a ceremony with only 20 families has grown into a celebration with over 10,000 people."
Since that initial event, Ali, too, has become a driving force in preserving and ushering Pakistani culture to the Bolingbrook community.
A native of Pakistan, Ali emigrated to Glen Ellyn when he was 2 years old. He later received a bachelors in business administration from UC Berkeley, then returned home to the western suburbs.
"About 90 percent of my family lives in the Chicagoland area, so this will always be home to me," Ali said. "I was looking at places to settle and Bolingbrook seemed like a great fit – a diverse, tight-knit community full of opportunity."
Currently, Ali is the director of operations for Shamrock Companies – a Yumm! Brands franchisee with more than 40 KFC and Taco Bell locations throughout the midwest. Additionally, he is the president and CEO of Midwest Brass and Marble, a wholesale stone and metal retailer.
His mission to serve and help others extends far beyond the business world.
About 10 years ago, Ali founded the Bolingbrook Youth Cricket League and Bolingbrook Premier League, volunteer-run organizations that work to make cricket both accessible and affordable to people of all ages. The organization helped establish two cricket fields in Bolingbrook and more than 130 children have graduated from the youth league.
In addition, Ali also started the "Wickets not Tickets" initiative, a program geared toward underprivileged teens – many of whom are first and second generation immigrants – who are experiencing difficulties acclimating to American society.
"Youth has been our focus since day one," Ali said. "We have tried to grow the sport on a grassroots level and use cricket as a device to keep children out of trouble."


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Tip sought in 2013 death of man on Perrin Beitel
Updated 10:14 pm, Wednesday, February 5, 2014
SAN ANTONIO — When Harold Eugene Johnson saw homeless people on the streets, he would buy them food until he ran out of money for himself, his sister said.
Described as fun-loving and kind, Johnson's life was cut short Aug. 17 when he was shot to death in his gray Ford Taurus.
"He did not deserve this," said his sister, Pinky Johnson, 48. "He took care of everybody. People he didn't even know, he took care of them. I just can't believe that somebody would do that to him."
Johnson, 51, was the third-youngest of nine siblings, his sister said. The large family is still devastated by his sudden death, she said.
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"He loved life," Pinky Johnson said. "He loved being around people. He was the life of the party."
Crime Stoppers announced Monday that a reward is being offered for information connected to Johnson's murder.
Police responded just before 2:30 a.m. Aug. 17 to reports of shots fired in the 4200 block of Sun Gate Street. They found Johnson's body in the parked car in the nearby 9500 block of Perrin Beitel Road.
The car had been parked since 10:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a pawnshop adjacent to a strip club on Perrin Beitel, according to the club's manager.
The manager said an unidentified man walked up to the car and shot Johnson in the head. The manager said he did not know Johnson and that he had never come into the club.
The club's cameras were not positioned to record the crime. The pawnshop did not have outdoor surveillance, and business representatives would not comment on the shooting.
Several other strip club employees saw Johnson's body and saw a man running north along Perrin Beitel.
The business has a parking attendant, but he was not in front of the club, which was closed when the shooting occurred.
Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest in the case.
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Ricky Gervais: Steve Carell Is "Doing the Right Thing"
http://images.eonline.com/resize/66/...cky.031709.jpgDavid Brent approves of Michael Scott's one-year plan. Ricky Gervais, the original deluded boss to which all others must pay homage, said Thursday that, despite the billions that...
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David Brent approves of Michael Scott's one-year plan.
Ricky Gervais, the original deluded boss to which all others must pay homage, said Thursday that, despite the billions that would be made if Steve Carell stayed on The Office longer, the NBC star's decision to leave after next season is a good one.
"It was of course inevitable (and sad), but I wish him all the luck in the world," Gervais writes on his blog. "He is quite possibly the nicest, hardest working man in America and it has been a joy working with him over the last six years. (And taking the piss out of him at every award show.)"
Indeed, Gervais' quips and Carell's stone-cold stares have made for many highlight reels over the years.
"It was expected of me, as executive producer, to persuade him to stay on," Gervais continues. "With syndication in full swing the more successful the show remains, the more billions we all make. It was tempting, but the truth is, I believe he is doing the right thing. He's fulfilled his contract and more, and is a huge film star now. (I knocked it on the head after 12 episodes and a Christmas special.)
"I'd be lying if I said he should do more. He shouldn't. He should move on, continue to do great work, and buy a new house every time The Office is repeated somewhere. (That's what I do. Maybe I'll buy one next door to him one day. That'll f--king teach him.)
"Good luck Steve."
Gervais' run on the BBC version of The Office lasted as long as the series did: two seasons and the Christmas special.
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DIXON – One hour and 19 minutes.
That's how long Byron Adams was in Dixon the day prosecutors say he suffocated Margaret Atherton in her West First Street home on Sept. 11, 2009.
Police tracked his path from Chicago to Dixon through iPass records and surveillance video taken from two local stores, Dixon Police Lt. Clay Whelan testified Friday.
That path, along with other evidence, is what led police to identify Adams as the prime suspect in Atherton's death, Whelan testified.
Adams, 54, of Chicago, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say he shoved two rolled up socks in Atherton's mouth, bound her hands with a black necktie, and put a pillowcase over her head.
He then took her purse, wrapped it in a towel, and tossed it in a trash bin behind the Dollar Tree. An employee called police when she found purse while taking out the trash.
Police found Atherton dead in an upstairs bedroom in her home about an hour later. Adams later told police he was having an affair with Atherton and that things quickly escalated that day when he told her he was seeing another woman.
Whelan testified Friday that there was no evidence that Adams and Atherton were having an affair.
After 3 days of testimony, the case soon will be in the hands of the jury.
Both Lee County Assistant State's Attorney Peter Buh and Adams' attorney, David Mandrgoc, rested their cases Friday.
Adams did not testify.
Closing arguments will begin Tuesday morning. If convicted, Adams faces 20 to 60 years in prison.
Whelan, the lead investigator in the case, was the last witness to testify for the prosecution Friday.
An Atherton neighbor testified Wednesday that he noticed a white car parked on the street the morning Atherton was killed.
The neighbor told police that he had seen Adams, who delivered newspapers in the neighborhood, driving that car. He said he recognized the "H20" prefix on the license place.
Dixon Police Chief Danny Langloss testified Friday that police ran the partial number and it immediately hit on a white 2000 Pontiac Grand Am that was reported stolen by Adams' ex-girlfriend a month before.
Adams was arrested in the car on Sept. 13, 2009, in Chicago.
Whelan testified that iPass records showed that a car with the same license plate was driven west on Interstate 88 from Chicago to Dixon and passed through four tollway plazas.
The car was clocked in the westbound lanes of the Dixon tollway about 11:30 a.m. At 12:49 a.m., the car was back at the tollway, heading east to Chicago, Whelen testified.
Whelan presented to jurors a slide show of pictures taken by police after Adams' arrest and surveillance shots taken from several toll booths between Dixon and Chicago.
In each of the photos, there were distinct features or imperfections on the car, Whelan said. There was a dent near the passenger side back light, a rectangular piece of adhesive residue, and a blue Cubs baseball cap on the ledge of the back seat.
Police also pulled surveillance video from the Dollar Tree and Walmart stores in Dixon. Though fuzzy, a white car, which Whelan said resembled the shape of the Grand Am, is seen driving behind the Walmart.
The car then was driven back around and to the back of the Dollar Tree next door before pulling back into the Walmart parking lot.
On the video, a black man wearing a distinctive black Oakland Raiders outfit with white stripes is seen walking into the Walmart, then walking out after using the bathroom.
Those clothes, Whelan testified, were found in the trunk of Adams' car after his arrest.
After Buh rested his case Friday, Mandrgoc argued that Adams should be acquitted because prosecutors had no evidence, other than Adams' "alleged" confession, that linked him to Atherton's house on the day of her death.
Mandrgoc argued that police did not find Adams' fingerprints inside the home, nor did they recover any shoe or tire imprints that linked Adams to the scene.
He also said police recovered only a "minuscule" amount of DNA.
A forensic biologist testified Thursday that she found a mixture of DNA from two men on the knot of the pillowcase and on the necktie.
Atherton's husband, Ryan, was the major DNA contributor, while Adams was the minor DNA contributor, she testified.
Mandrgoc also argued that Adams' confession to police on Sept. 17, 2009, was "based on promises by the police to get a lower sentence" that would allow probation.
Associate Judge Charles Beckman denied his request.
Mandrgoc asked police Friday about the possibility of other suspects in the case.
Whelan was asked about the notation "Sterling burglary ring" that he had made in his field notes during the homicide investigation.
Whelan testified that police were following up on all leads in the case.
Mandrgoc called two Atherton neighbors to the stand Friday. They testified that 3 weeks before Atherton was killed, they saw a black man talking on his cellphone staring at their houses.
The man, the women said, looked to be in his 20s or 30 and was muscular. One of the women testified that the man apparently got into the passenger side of a white car after a while.
Neither woman reported the incident to police until after Atherton's murder.


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SEGADE, Lara. From the Desert: the erosive forces of Fiction in Ciencias morales (Martín Kohan) and La mirada invisible (Diego Lerman). Anclajes [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.1, pp.73-87. ISSN 1851-4669.
The novel Ciencias Morales (2007), by Martín Kohan, narrates life at Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires during Malvinas' War. A meticulous and precise story reproduces the ambition of total control and the oppressive atmosphere inside the school. A series of silences and ambiguities, though, reveal the impossibility of such control and its illusory narration. Even when it's not named straight, war structures and goes through the whole novel. In this work we analyze the senses that Ciencias morales produces regarding war and the transformations on them that take place in the film La Mirada Invisible (2010), by Diego Lerman. The aim is to research into the way in which some fictions of the 21st century put themselves according to state stories linked to biopower- as defined by Michel Foucault- to narrate the recent past: dictatorship, war and the link between them.
Palabras clave : Malvinas' war; Kohan; Fiction; Control; Resistance.


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