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Mitchell Johnson gets Cricket Australia central contract, Test opener Ed Cowan misses out
- June 22, 2012
Discarded paceman Mitchell Johnson has been given a lifeline as one of 17 players awarded a Cricket Australia contract.
CA has cut its centrally contracted players from 25 to 17, but with the ability to upgrade others if performance warrants.
Cricket Australia 2012-13 Contracts
Contracted players: Michael Clarke, Pat Cummins, Xavier Doherty, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, Ben Hilfenhaus, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Ricky Ponting, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Matt Wade, Shane Watson, David Warner.
Dropped from last year's 25-man list: Doug Bollinger, Callum Ferguson, John Hastings, Nathan Hauritz, Phil Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Jason Krejza, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine, Steve Smith, Cameron White.
Added: Matthew Wade, David Warner, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc.
While Johnson has not played for Australia in any form of the game since November last year, current Test opener Ed Cowan misses out on a contract.
One-day specialist David Hussey keeps his contract, despite never playing a Test, while national Twenty20 captain George Bailey also misses out on a contract.
Australia's selectors said the contracts were awarded on the form of the players over the past 12 months and their likelihood of being selected for Australia in any form of the game the next 12 months, with the weighting for Tests outweighing one day internationals, which outweighs T20.
National selector John Inverarity said the national selection panel (NSP) had faith in the likes of Cowan and Bailey who could still be awarded a contract.
"Naming just 17 players initially, with the ability to upgrade others, as and when performance warrants, ensures a tighter alignment between current performance, recognition and reward,'' Inverarity said in a statement.
"There are a number of very good and highly regarded players who the NSP have considerable faith in - and hopes for - who didn't, on this occasion, make the cut for the contract list of 17.
"Ed Cowan, George Bailey, Peter Forrest, Clint McKay, Dan Christian and some others come readily to mind.
"The expectation is that a handful of names will be added to the list as the season unfolds and upgrade points are accrued by those players representing Australia in the various formats of the game.''
CA chief James Sutherland said with only six contracted batsmen, question marks lingered over Australia's next wave of international batsmen.
"My sense is that the jury's out to some extent on the batting side of things," Sutherland said.
"There is probably some uncertainty in the selectors' eyes about the exact make-up of the team in Tests, one-dayers and Twenty20s."
Under the new pay agreement signed with the Australian Cricketers' Association, the minimum CA retainer contract is worth $230,000, with performance payments, including $14,000 for test match, $5,600 for an ODI and $4,200 for a T20.
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Eddie of Hobart says June 22, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Not surpised on Cowan. He's not even in the top 4 or 5 openers going around at the moment. Considering players like Katich and Jaques are better players why should he get one. He's lucky he even plays for Australia with an average of 29.
Steve says June 22, 2012 at 3:12 PM
Biggest joke of a decision the new regime has made. I'm not sure I'm willing to put much faith in this new lot either if this kind of decision is going to be made. Who on earth keeps pushing to include Johnson still, he was never good enough consistently anyway, let him go and give some more promising prospects a contract.
Adam of Melbourne says June 22, 2012 at 3:20 PM
poor comment eddie. katich (although much better i agree) has retired, and jaques? come on, get serious
Jesus@MUFC says June 22, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Katich is retired and Jaques is always an injury concern. Cowan provides stability. Another "what the" move by cricket Australia. Mitchell Johnson hasn't changed, still cannot probe at batsmen, cant build pressure.
Good list says June 22, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Interesting list. It seems only those whom are certain starters get a gig which I reckon is great. Cowan doesn't deserve one with an avg under 30 same can be said the rest of the young batsman coming through. Johnson lucky to get one
Sam J says June 22, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Amazing the nepotism that goes on with the national side. Johnson? Seriously? Guy hasn't played for Australia, or anyone, for an eternity and even before he got injured he was playing woefully. But becasue he's in someone's good books he gets looked after. And if the T20 skipper can't get a contrat, it shows how seriously CA takes the shortest form of the game.
SteveCG of Woy Woy says June 22, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Perfect list. Well done new selectors. The best players in the land are on the best deals, those on the fringe have something to strive for - and strive they will, as many of our present and former stars had to do to get into Aussie sides of the past. The haters can look at Johnson all they want; he was world player of the year a few dozen months ago and remains close to 30 - he will be back, and he is a better product than anyone who missed out. Brilliant. It is full steam ahead.
Ken of Melbourne says June 22, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Haddin ? Harris ? Johnson ? They have to be kidding. Is there something in the coffee at Cricket Australia ? They turn out the most illogical decisions, one after the other. Clearly these selectors are no better than the previous mob of serial failures either.
Marvellous effort CA says June 22, 2012 at 3:43 PM
Everything they're doing makes perfect sense except the decision to reward Mitchell Johnson, but ultimately they're in a better position to judge than we are at the minute, and they'll live and die by the decision. Cowan probably should be in there but isn't, but he has a very good chance if his form warrants it. I'd say this change to teh contract system is a huge tick to CA.
Ken of Melbourne says June 22, 2012 at 3:45 PMDid you want to make a comment? Use our form below
I was so shocked by the inclusion of Mitchell "One day I will bowl at the wickets" Johnson, I clean missed the fact that Ponting still has a contract. So much for the renewal process. Australian cricket is a bad joke.
Emperor of Dubbo says June 22, 2012 at 3:46 PM
Bizarre. Seems form has nothing to do with selections. Maybe we need Mrs Johnson to put the same hex on selectors as she put on her son after his tour of South Africa...
Murph of Prahran says June 22, 2012 at 3:49 PM
Hate this decision on Cowan. So often, he was the guy who anchored down one end while a Clarke/hussey/Watson played their shots. I'd be very interested to know how many century partnerships he has been involved in. He provides a lot of stability. Hope he comes back. As for Mitch, He doesn't possess any test cricket qualities whatsoever. Cook and Strauss will be salivating if he is picked for the ashes.
You are kidding me right? says June 22, 2012 at 3:52 PM
Mitchell Johnson? This no hoper really? We have (in no particular order) Pattinson, Cummins, Siddle, Hilfenhaus, McKay, Cutting, Lyon, Starc, Harris, Copeland all above him in the test pecking order IMO, add Brett Lee to that for ODI's. So if we were to pick a test team entirely made up of bowlers he would be last picked for tests and 12th man for ODI's. And somehow he gets into our supposed top 17? It has to be for his marketing value. Only reason I can think of that this club quality bowler would get another contract. But remember Michael Beer and Xavier Doherty I think it was got CA contracts last year and then Nathan Lyon was picked for the Sri Lanka tour all of a week later.
Alessandro Smith says June 22, 2012 at 4:04 PM
one problem why is brad haddin there i would replace him with tim paine
Jack of Tassie says June 22, 2012 at 4:09 PM
Bailey deserves one. If given the chance reguarly he could perform.
Ryan of Perth says June 22, 2012 at 4:10 PM
"contracts were awarded on the form of the players over the past 12 months". How on earth did they come to the conclusion that Johnson is a reliable pick? Surely with this system in place, they did NOT need to award him a contract, and then upgrade him when he performs. I'm baffled by this. Agree with ken of Melbourne- there must be something in the coffee.
Ted of Wallagoot says June 22, 2012 at 4:17 PM
Nothing yet nothing chnages at CA, and what about the review, all huff and no bloody puff!!
Moooooot says June 22, 2012 at 4:23 PM
Cowan is the best thing to for Australia at the top order since Hayden/Langer... He is the only one that has shown patience at the crease. What a joke selecting Johnson... move on CA, it is time for Cummins and Pattinson to fill those shoes!
Damien of Sydney says June 22, 2012 at 4:24 PM
Johnson is still one of our better players in the limited forms of the game. That hasn't changed. If that continues off course he'll reamin amongst our top 17 and be entitled to a contract. He's well down the queque as far as Test bowlers go. Unless he goes back to Shield cricket and dominates there he shouldn't play Test cricket again. He was seen as the spearhead so his inaccuracy could be tolerated. Not anymore. With Pattinson and Cummins as the new spearhead/s Johnson is no longer required. Cowan is a fill in until someone better comes along. It's no surprise he's not amongst the top 17.
craig phillipson of Toowong says June 22, 2012 at 4:32 PMDid you want to make a comment? Use our form below
how the hell does steve smith get one .. that guy sucks
AC of Brrokvale says June 22, 2012 at 4:35 PM
What no comment from lewis from macksville re Hughes... How did he not get a contract!?? How can a starter for the heaviest weighted format not get a contract? Is Cowan no longer the Openner?
pont of Sutherland says June 22, 2012 at 4:43 PM
Whatever Clarke is on its way too much...Stringbean.
William Marley says June 22, 2012 at 4:57 PM
Johnson has always bowled well in the limited overs stuff. Only occasionally in the Tests. Fair enough. Cowan has failed to take the opportunity presented to him, so he doesn't deserve a contract at this time. Lots of motivation for those who narrowly missed out.
adam hoskinson of Rozelle says June 22, 2012 at 5:11 PM
You'll never learn, CA!!!
paul of brisbane says June 22, 2012 at 5:12 PM
i personally this Cowan should have got one, not that he still wont get picked. I think quoting averages is meaningless. Who averaged decent numbers in the west indies on bowler friendly pitches. I reckon if your gonna play Warner and Watson in the top 3 you need someone there just to keep it steady
Internet Toughguy says June 22, 2012 at 5:31 PM
The contracts list virtually isn't important any more. They can name 17 now and upgrade whoever they like later. State players aren't left out in the cold, it is still plenty lucrative to be George Bailey, especially if he keeps performing and earns the pay raise. With the structural changes to Cricket Australia, they have a lot of performance control over players who aren't contracted. They can direct the lower coaches on what they want to see. It's probably enough for most batsmen. The main thing at the moment is managing bowler injuries. So after picking some senior players, it's all fast bowlers, because they're the ones they want constantly monitored.
Al says June 22, 2012 at 5:39 PM
Well CA have just told another lie contracts were awarded on the efforts of the past yr huh? guess they cant read performance graphs , i.e a down hill decline more than any other cricketer in that period of time . So CA are saying Johnson has been rewarded for his poor performances . Son many great steady seam bowlers going around, they opted for the wild card.
What's new? of Newcastle says June 22, 2012 at 5:44 PM
And so what has changed with the supposed new broom. Allocation continues to be based on something - certainly not performances though. How can Haddin, Johnson and co even be considered? Aren't you better in going for some younger blood that at least has the potential to improve? Some of those at CA could get a run with the HSU - we'll look after our own! Inverarity seems to have transferred all his limited cricketing ability- lets call it for what is(he was hardly a world beater)-to the role of selector.
Stevie Carter of Devonport says June 22, 2012 at 5:47 PM
Ken of Melbourne, yeah mate, and I have no doubt you have no problem with Harris who gets injured every second game getting a contract! And you would probably want Hodges to get one too. Idiot
Wayne says June 22, 2012 at 5:50 PMDid you want to make a comment? Use our form below
What a waste of money. When are people going to realize he just can't bowl. It amazes me that one of the worst first class bowlers I have seen in the last 40 years gets another contract. Mind you the last fast bowing coach was awful too ... God help us in the Ashes.
timbo says June 22, 2012 at 6:20 PM
Astounding that Lewis of Macksville hasn't weighed in on behalf of his client Phil Hughes, given that the issue of Cowan has come up. Could it be that after 23,000 posts questioning his sanity and intelligence, Macksville's doyen of sports writers finally got the hint that his views are considered laughable at best?
Neil of Vale says June 22, 2012 at 6:39 PM
I just don't know what to say about Mitchell Johnson. If this is on form, how do Ponting and Johnson get contracts. Cowan has done ok so far. He is not the flair player but is more the rock we need between Warner and Watson. Fair enough if they are keeping him on his toes, but he should remain in the team. Again. It just defies belief that MJ is anywhere near the top 50. Let alone 17. I can't wait to see their explanation. I don't want to be negative on the guy too much, but the entire cricket world knows he is fragile mentally and he appears to have some form of mental concern. I simply though Australia had moved on after his absence showed we actually have bowlers capable of performing at test level and not just every 5th test.
Big Dog of Hobart says June 22, 2012 at 6:43 PM
Johnson is rubbish. Always has been & always will be. Haddin is over the hill & everyone knows it....apart from CA. Two worst decisions ever by CA.
juliane of noosa says June 22, 2012 at 7:07 PM
@27 Neil ,all hail nostrodumbest oh might one how art thou
Neil of Vale says June 22, 2012 at 7:21 PM
29. It's all about opinions. If its in relation to the comments surrounding a mental issue. I refer directly to MJ stating several times he has issues regarding pressure, family issues and uncertainty over his ability. So I think it is fair game. Care to explain?
John of Brisbane says June 22, 2012 at 7:36 PM
Agree with the comments on Cowan, he should not get a contract, how does an average of 28 warrant a contract. Perhaps he will write a book now on why he didn't get a contract. We have better openers then that in Australia and I am not counting Hughes
Chandler of Brisbane says June 22, 2012 at 7:40 PM
craig phillipson of Toowong he didn't. it's doesn't exactly mean you won't get picked for australia if you aren't on the list, i think a few that have been culled have been black balled but
mark of brisbane says June 22, 2012 at 7:50 PM
ok its offical the new ca board is just as bad as the last. gutless wonders, its jobs for the boys going on at ca, its very well knows that clarke and co like haddin and johnson. HOW THE F did them guys deserve a contract. REALLY!!!
Nathan of Melbourne says June 22, 2012 at 8:03 PM
Do the people bagging Johnson's contract realise it's for one dayers as well as tests, and have they ever watched a game of cricket?? Yeah Johnson shouldn't be in the test team, but FFS, he's got a bowling avg of under 21 in one dayers since the start of 2011, and 25 overall. Johnson is also Australia's number one ranked ODI bowler in the ICC rankings despite not playing since October or whenever. He can also bat a bit and score quick. To big dog, neil of vale, and the rest who are new to the sport of cricket, you sound a bit ignorant so allow me to explain that a bowling average under 21 is very very good, hence his contract makes sense to people who understand the game.
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certainly, he has the potential to be a match winner, he has more natural talent than than any other on his day , hes been spending a lot of time with Lille he will show you all hes a freak
Good list says June 22, 2012 at 8:34 PM
Paul of Brisbane the sad thing is be it first class or test matches batsmen must score runs those that score more runs have a higher average. So to say that he adies other score runs is a cop out, his poor average is the product of a good temptement coupled with a poor array of shots and lack of natural ability.
Rahul of Melbourne says June 22, 2012 at 9:03 PM
Ok Haddin shouldn't be there nor should Johnson, its good they kept Cowan out as it shows that beyond the 5 core batsman they are unsure who else will make the cut and gives players such as Khawaja, Forrest and Lynn an opportunity to consolidate the extra batting spot after a good shield season. Watch out for Forrest and Khawaja who will do great this shield season.
comeon of we are sharp here says June 22, 2012 at 9:10 PM
@31 it astounds me timbo is yet to post loko
Neil of Vale says June 22, 2012 at 9:37 PM
Form over the last 12 mths and likely hood of playing in next 12 mths. Tests outweighs 1 dayers, which outweigh T20. So, I still don't see why Johnson would be picked with all the quality that has come through? It's time to move forward. No need to for names. It's just an opinion.
martin of brisbane says June 22, 2012 at 9:38 PM
lewis from mackelsville hows your wrists? phil must be the best payer ever! love your commitment hope one day in the future it is validated!
Peter of Launceston says June 22, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Johnson has the ability to be rubbish at all 3 forms of the game. He makes me hate fast bowling. KFC must have wanted him on the commercials this season.
pinkyWong says June 23, 2012 at 12:44 AM
cowan missed out cuz MJ and Haddin kissed some serious butt ! Ed is the logical foil for Warner, Watson and Pup. Usman and Forrest also robbed ! This is a croc !
Ken of Newcastle says June 23, 2012 at 12:53 AM
Agree with Rahul of Melbourne, players such as Cowan have not been selected because his performance(Average in the 20s) doesn not warrant confidence. Players such as Hughes and Khawaja can leap frog him by good starts to the shield seasons as their average for Australia was higher when dropped then what Cowan is averaging now. Should be a good fight for the top order spots this season.
MuskLifesavers says June 23, 2012 at 2:53 AM
All the people moaning about Johnson getting a contract, he's likely to mostly play ODI and T20. If you look at his 2011 ODI stats, he was averaging 20 for the year when he was injured. If you look at his 2011 T20 stats, he was averaging 23 for the year. They are not bad stats at all, so just calm down. If he starts bowling like a drain, he'll be junked, the Aussies have too many options to be patient with him now.
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so cowan cant get a contract despite playing for aus recently. and yet brad haddin gets a contract for being backup wicket-keeper in a local nsw game. WOW good to see cricket aus have learnt from previous mistakes and are finally getting their priorities straight.... can you sense the sarcasm?
Big Dog of Hobart says June 23, 2012 at 7:33 AM
Why do people keep talking up Khawaja? Unlike Cowan, he can't even score runs at Shield level let alone tests.
Al says June 23, 2012 at 8:16 AM
Our resident troll loko is well qualified when it comes to talking about M.Johnson, lack of mental toughness.
Joe of London says June 23, 2012 at 8:30 AM
He bowls to the left, He bowls to the right, That Mitchell Johnson, His bowling is sh1te!!!!!!!!!!!
In a spin of Darwin says June 23, 2012 at 8:33 AM
Godd idea to restrict numbers and leave the door open for players to be added based on performance. Johnson should have been one made to prove himself prior to be given a contract. Cowan has the opportunity to continue to prove himself and if he does I am sure he will be given a contract. At least three of the contracted players probably only have a year left in them so the door is open for others to stick their hand open over the next 12 months. I especially like the restricted number of batsmen which will make the coming domestic season interesting to see who puts the runs on the board and grabs themselves a place.
Peter says June 23, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Cowan doesnât get a contract because he only plays one format and obviously not convincingly enough to guarantee himself a spot for the coming 12 monthsâ¦but never fear, as usual and addressed on Twitter by Cricket TAS â âMuch discussion around @eddiecowan & @Bailsgeorge not receiving CA contractâ¦word is Ed will be addressing media tomorrow so stay tunedâ so we will hear from Ed how proud his to play for his country regardless of contract, oh so selfless, blah, blah. He will haver chatted with his mate Invers and have an understanding of what he needs to do, blah, blah! Just let your cricket do the talking Ed, like everyyone else does! If heâs good enough he will get upgraded anyway. Johnson is a joke, what happened to selecting on form, what are his stats for the past 12 months to warrant the contract would be the question some journalist worth their salt would ask the NSP. Basically anyone can play for Australia if they are good enough and make a loud enough noise with performances (well hopefully anyway), so itâs no big deal really. They could actually do without central contracts altogether and simply reward players with substantial tour and match payments. Give the states mo
ryan of brisbane says June 23, 2012 at 11:12 AM
dropping khawaja and hughes? this is a joke, these two are the future test batsmen and need to be included in the squad. you messed up CA.
Brad says June 23, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Johnson already had another year to go on his 2 year CS contract, hence they had to keep him on the list, or go to court to cut him before it's expiry. Makes much more sense now.
Dave of Canberra says June 23, 2012 at 1:11 PM
So can people who don't have a CA Contract still play for Australia?
channa bakmiwewa of srilanka says June 23, 2012 at 2:18 PM
selectors are very conservative not amenable to change keeping too much faithin the old guard suprised abouot handing over contracts to haddin, johnson and harris instead given it to kawaja,mitchell marshand to baily because this is a team building phase otherwise reaching no 1 will take some time because these youngsters need exposure and experience
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Worst spearhead ever of more wides to come says June 24, 2012 at 6:50 PM
Really? Johnson? what a joke, werent the selectors watching like the rest of Australia as soon as he was out of the team we started to win.Unbeleivable he is a joke of a bowler cant even get it seam up after how many years playing?. Also admitted to not trying before he was injured in South Africa should never play for Australia again especially with all the better young fast bowlers about,talk about rewarding mediocrity.
Loko says June 24, 2012 at 7:25 PM
Thanks for inviting me to comment Al. With respect to M.J. you have missed the mark yet again. For your information you ignorant ring stinger M.Johnson had a two contract which was rolled over this year. You lack of any Knowledge astounds me yet so quik to comment. Not sure how many times you were dropped at birth.
A says June 25, 2012 at 7:33 AM
@ Loko when i wrote my comment it was prior that information being publicly announced. The contract was made under the old regime where hilditch (the virus, like yourself), was in charge
Brian of Brisbane says June 25, 2012 at 7:35 AM
Whilst I don't like Mitchell Johnson as a bowler Al loko is right and you are a fool. Should get your facts straight before preaching to one and all. Typical of how little you have in that peanut brain of yours.
Al says June 25, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Brian of brisbane as you are calling yourself atm can only comment on an article that's presented loko
JP of Auckland says June 25, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Al stop making excuses and back pedalling. You are wrong so many times but do not ever have the good grace to accept it. It just shows that you don't know squat.
Reg says June 25, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Hang on Mate - you got it wrong admit it and move on. Don't try and justify it, you dig a deeper hole.
Brian Fisher of Brisbane says June 25, 2012 at 11:56 AM
@ Al why do I have to justify who I am all the time? You are a lost cause just clutching at straws. No not everyone hates you but many do so look within. You have serious issues.
Al says June 25, 2012 at 2:38 PM
Ah the good old brian fisher and reg has been a while since you brought them out lokes/ nut job!
Mick says June 25, 2012 at 3:28 PMDid you want to make a comment? Use our form below
Al - you are a donkey. You got it wrong again take your medicine and just go jump.
Chook says June 25, 2012 at 3:30 PM
@ Al sorry what was that...you are wrong...
Surgeon General of Als psychiatric ward says June 25, 2012 at 3:37 PM
I think you will find the patient Al is sufferring from a cerebral hemorrhage. Often happens to people of this elk!
AJ of Adelaide says June 25, 2012 at 5:02 PM
@67 and 68 i would suggest you be a bit more creative 2 justify s in 2 blogs made by the same very simple human . Refine your skills troll boy or girl. At least your new fixation has left me alone for a while, fair dinkum i sick of reading your crap!
AJisanarse of Rectumissore says June 26, 2012 at 7:24 AM
oh look AJ is back ...hahaha Al's alter ego!
Emiley says June 26, 2012 at 8:18 AM
@68 that's good that's pretty good.
Parabola of Somewhere says June 26, 2012 at 2:00 PM
The question is - is this the squad of contracted players that will firstly knock of the Saffas at home this summer and then regain the ashes? Short answer - NO.


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The City of Chicago just settled a wrongful death case for $3.2 million.
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- Did the City owe the decedent a legal duty, and if so was it a public duty or a special duty?
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Pledge from "Simpsons" co-creator ups reward in case of pit bull assaulted with ax
The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever attacked a pit bull mix with an ax in Bradenton, Florida is up to $13,600 — thanks to a big donation from the co-creator of "The Simpsons."
Hollywood writer, producer and director Sam Simon pledged $10,000 to the reward created to help find those responsible for leaving a 2-year-old red and white pit bull mix named Axel with a two-inch-deep gash in his head, apparently inflicted by an ax.
Simon is founder of the Sam Simon Foundation, which adopts dogs from shelters and trains them as hearing dogs for the deaf, and runs a variety of other programs aimed at saving the lives of dogs and enriching the lives of humans.
Simon announced the contribution Friday morning on the nationally syndicated radio show of Bubba The Love Sponge. (Bubba kicked in $1,000 as well.)
The donations brought the reward to over $13,000, according to the Bradenton Herald.
Axel — as he was named by his rescuers — was picked up last Monday by a Manatee County Animal Services officer and rushed to Beach Veterinary Clinic, where he immediately underwent surgery.
The veterinarian's office reports that, except when under anesthesia, Axel's tail has been wagging constantly.
The wound damaged the dog's sinus cavity and while pieces of his skull had to be removed during the operation, he is expected to make a full recovery, veterinarian Luke Berglund said.
Axel's medical care is being funded by No Kill Manatee County, and you can find more details on Axel's newly created Facebook page.
The $13,600 reward, which will be given to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved
Axel is being given pain medicine and antibiotics, and will undergo treatment for heartworms this week. Based on his other scars, it's possible he was used in dogfights or as a bait dog.
Anyone with information about the incident, or interested in fostering Axel, can call Manatee County Animal Services at 941-742-5933 ext. 8314. Tips can also be reported to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office at 941-747-3011 or Crime Stoppers at 1-866-634-TIPS(8477).
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SNAKE MOUNTAIN without a doubt!
This version please!!! (I'm really hoping for TWO Wind Raider stands!)
Crystal Castle
Snake Mountain
This is a very good point, and I agree completely. The only caveat is that Crystal Castle is hidden, so you can't really display many (actually hardly any) characters around it without creating a major shift in the canon. But still, it is more important than Snake Mountain
SNAKE MOUNTAIN without a doubt!
This version please!!! (I'm really hoping for TWO Wind Raider stands!)
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Snake Mountain's classic toy has this demonic funhouse vibe to it that I absolutely loved as a horror movie loving child and even now as a grown up, I find that I still very much love the aesthetic of the whole thing. I just think it's done really well, from the use of the color purple to the sculpted little faces found inside and out, the wolf on the gate, the old bridge, the shackles on the ledge... this vs. Filmation? Or MYP? Visually, they both bore me in comparison to the toy.
As for Crystal Castle, I feel like I saw it in the stores and probably ended up owning it before I saw the cartoon version, because I recall seeing it on the show and like so much of Filmation's versions of things, I thought "That's not right!" I also like that the toy is more of Etheria's version of Castle Grayskull than the show version was. It has eyes, the mouth is a pair of doors that open outward... it has a "face" like Grayskull. I always used to think (and still do) that that was what was so cool about its appearance. I'm not saying a MOTUC Crystal Castle has to have a bed with canopy, a set of drawers, etc... but heck yeah- the throne should be an elevator that rises to the top of the castle, it should have a treasure chest, and a rack to hang She-Ra's shield and sword I also like the sculpted rocky cliff with the clouds around it... the Horsemen could sculpt it in such a way that figures could actually stand on ledges for battles and stuff. What are they going to do with Filmation's gold hood ornament version of Crystal Castle to make it interactive with 6" action figures? I acknowledge I'm in the minority here, but maybe the throne could be sculpted to resemble the Filmation castle as a nice little nod to those fans
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oooh, I think this is a VERY good point I never thought of. I love the crystal castles filmation design, it's so intricate, beautiful, and much more she-ra-esque than the toy from the 80's. BUT you couldnt display it with anyone around it ... that wouldnt make sense.
Since there seems to be a toss up between filmation design and vintage for both the crystal castle and snake mountain, it would be a hard thing to tackle ..... more so than I realized when I started this thread.... Im learning! and I love it! = )
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Snake Mountain easily. For me Crystal Castle might not even crack my top ten for playsets. After Snake Mt I'd go with Fright Zone,Eternia(Viper Tower,Grayskull Tower & Central Tower) these might have to be done separately to get all them),Eternos Palace, Point Dread with Talon Fighter & The Slime Pit to name a few.
Snake Mountain of course! It is afterall Skeletor's stronghold. The Crystal Castle playset in the POP line was a dollhouse but in the cartoon, it was completely isolated from the rest of Etheria and the interior looked more desolate than Castle Grayskull.
I'd love to see a Crystal Castle (Filmation version), however I had to vote for Snake Mountain!
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Last month, there were 792 U.S. announced mergers, valued at $50.6 billion, according to data from Thomson Reuters. This compares to 678 deals in January 2012, totaling $48.9 billion, Thomson Reuters says. The number of deals was up nearly 17% while transaction value was flat.
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Auntcarol123 | Nov 06, 2010, 11:59 PM EDT
The Dec.14, 2009 posting is not mine.
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Auntcarol123 | Nov 06, 2010, 11:16 PM EDT
You clearly have a drinking problem. Hopefully you will get the help that you need so that you are healthy enough to raise your child in a drink/smoke free environment. That is the least you can do for my nephew. Liam will find us eventually my friend. Two wrongs don't make a right.....
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Auntcarol123 | Dec 14, 2009, 10:16 AM EST
I think this Dad should put the call on a speakerphone and hand his son a special fascinating toy to play with during the 15 minute conversation, at least if the child is multi tasking there is less damage, maybe feed him his meal as well.
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catarerina | Dec 02, 2009, 12:27 PM EST
A very sad story, as it always is when children are caught in the middle of an ongoing battle between the parents. The little boy is too young to understand what is happening and no doubt is confused.
The father should not have to spend every dime to make sure that a standing judgment giving him full custody is enforced.
I imagine the judge felt a couple of phone calls a week could do no harm, but that would depend on what was said during those conversations.
At any rate prior to granting that to the mother he should have at least looked very closely at why the father was given full custody and ordered an evaluation of the mothers fitness to continue contact with her child.
If she did not want to commit to this then no deal. The father has spent enough money if she loves the child let her spend some, come to the states and do a psychological evaluation and then make the decision if there should be any contact.
I hope things work out for the child's sake.
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The Pirates knew they were taking on a tough opponent as the Jackrabbits had been a nemesis in recent years, but they were in no mood on Friday.
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Ali Ferrari |
Coastal Carolina vs. Radford
Coastal Carolina vs. Charleston Southern
2012 NCAA Athens Regional - Georgia Southern
2012 NCAA Regional - Georgia
2012 NCAA Athens Regional Practice
Allanna (Ali) Ferrari enters her fourth season with the Coastal Carolina softball team and her first as Associate Head Coach. Ferrari has assisted with all aspects of the program, helping to lead the Chanticleers to a school-record equaling 44 victories last season, including a Big South Tournament championship and a win in the NCAA Regional. Ferrari coached three First Team All-Big South Conference players in 2012 with pitcher Kiana Quolas and utility player Sarah Maples joining third baseman and Big South Freshman of the Year Kory Hayden.
Coastal Carolina ended the 2010-2011 season with an overall record of 25-34 and took fifth in the Big South Conference after going 7-11. Chelsea Pineda was named to the All-Big South Second Team as catcher and Sarah Maples earned a spot on the Big South All-Academic team. Brooke Donovan was named the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Player of the Week three times during her freshman campaign,Ashley Bagwell received the honor twice during the 2010-11 season and Jesse Winans took the honor once.
During her first season Ferrari helped lead the Chanticleers to their best finish since 2006 and a nice run in the Big South Tournament. Also, in her first year, she had a Big South co-Freshman of the Year honor in Jazmin Daigle and All- Big South first team honor in Cacia Pierre.
Ferrari came to Conway from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she had served as the head coach for the past two seasons and assistant coach from 2004-2007. While at IUP, she was responsible for all aspects of the Division II program, including recruiting, budgeting and coaching of the program. During her time as head coach, her squad posted a 36-45 record, improving to a 19-19 mark last season. Under her direction, she had back to back Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Rookie of the Year honors in shortstop Marissa Leslie and pitcher Erin Holloway. She also led the squad to a berth in the PSAC Tournament her first year at the helm and had three NFCA All-Region and eight All-PSAC players over the two seasons. The Crimson Hawks were also recognized for their academic success, ranking in the top 10 in the nation with a 3.43 grade-point average and had players earn 16 NFCA Scholar-Athlete awards.
In her first season on the staff in 2005, IUP earned berths in both the PSAC and NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional tournaments and won three games at the region tournament to qualify for the championship round.
Prior to her time at IUP, Ferrari was on the coaching staff for one season at Saint Francis (Pa.). She has been active in softball camps, including serving on the staff at the UCLA Bruin Softball Camp in Los Angeles where she works with many of the top players and coaches in the country.
Ferrari was a standout player for two seasons at California (Pa.), earning several accolades during the 1999 and 2000 campaigns. She was twice selected First Team All-PSAC West and All-Mid-Atlantic Region and played on two conference championship squads. In 1999, Ferrari played a key role on a Vulcan team that won the Mid-Atlantic Region championship, and she was named to the All-Tournament Team.
Ferrari earned her bachelor's degree in business administration and management from California in 2001 and earned her master's degree in sport science and sport management at IUP in 2010.


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Wow. This piece blows my mind. I want to say, it's not often that the privileged acknowledge it but that fact is that it's far from 'not often'. It's 'almost never'. Most even get offended when you point out the obvious fact of it.
I remember watching ER once, when the Dr. John Carter character was musing ruefully outside a Skid Row hovel-office building. Not a care in the world. Laughing to himself in the pitch black, all white and rich and stuff, his back to the street. A patrol car pulls up, not to confront him as he stands there laughing about nothing and staring at an empty building in the middle of the night, but to asks him if he's OK and, sure, of course he is. Thanks for asking. He barely turns to them, barely acknowledges their presence. He's the King to their palace guards. They sincerely warn him to be careful and drive off as he continues to muse about the rascally old white man (Ed Asner, I believe) who'd conned him.
I had the hots for Dr. Carter, but even so I was thrown totally out of the story; I actually feared for the fool (I know. Hyper-imaginative much?). But he had not a moment's thought that he'd be robbed or assaulted; they didn't even have him check his surroundings occasionally or have brought a friend with him. Who wouldn't have sat in their locked car -- it was cold -- had they no choice but to stare at a building in a dangerous neighborhood? When the cops came to check on him rather than Rodney King him, I went from vicarious fear to bitter squint-eyes. How nice it must be to walk around the world, all white and rich and male and cossetted by the police. No stop and frisk for him (what the hell would he have been doing in that neighborhood at that hour except buying drugs or sex?). This is why I think I know what George Zimmerman was feeling when he saw Trayvon walking around all Free And Unfraid While Black: Oh hell no! Not this time.
This is why minorities, perhaps, should not be allowed guns; you never know which random insult will be that one too many.
I'm a writer and a voracious reader; I can suspend disbelief with the best of them, but every now and then the weight of world's war against the Earth's meek bleeds all the romance out of me. You just get tired of being required, day in and day out, to press your face up against the glass of rich, white, and/or male privilege. No person of color could have written such a scene without retching and only rich, well-educated white men, men so privileged they sniff at the rules of the ghetto, could have. I've often said that pop culture is how America dreams. Well, we all know what happens in dreams, don't we? The truth comes out.
That's why this Princeton commencement speech by Michael Lewis (upon whom I've had a professional crush since 1996) is one for the ages; he doesn't kid himself that his wild success in life, however much he rocks as a writer, is anything but pure luck. Boy, I bet half the audience was livid. yay!
Julia LaRoche, of Business Insider, writes that, "Michael Lewis says that he's really, really lucky.
He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in art history and soon after enrolled ingraduate school at the London School of Economics.
Lewis eventually landed a job on Wall Street at Salomon Brothers and would later become a very famous, award-winning author ("Liar's Poker," "The Blind Side" and "Moneyball").
However, during his remarks atPrinceton's Baccalaureate he said that all his fame and fortune are a matter of luck and the same goes for other successful people.
These are two of his key points.
- He said that success is "always rationalized" because successful people don't want to acknowledge that they were actually just really lucky. What's more is, the world doesn't want to realize that either.
- Lewis told the Princeton graduates that if they are successful then they should recognize that they also were very lucky. That said, "You owe a debt, not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky."
Here's his speech he gave. [via Princeton University]
"Don't Eat Fortune's Cookie"
Michael Lewis
June 3, 2012 — As Prepared
Thank you. President Tilghman. Trustees and Friends. Parents of the Class of 2012. Above all, Members of the Princeton Class of 2012. Give yourself a round of applause. The next time you look around a church and see everyone dressed in black it'll be awkward to cheer. Enjoy the moment.
Thirty years ago I sat where you sat. I must have listened to some older person share his life experience. But I don't remember a word of it. I can't even tell you who spoke. What I do remember, vividly, is graduation. I'm told you're meant to be excited, perhaps even relieved, and maybe all of you are. I wasn't. I was totally outraged. Here I'd gone and given them four of the best years of my life and this is how they thanked me for it. By kicking me out.
At that moment I was sure of only one thing: I was of no possible economic value to the outside world. I'd majored in art history, for a start. Even then this was regarded as an act of insanity. I was almost certainly less prepared for the marketplace than most of you. Yet somehow I have wound up rich and famous. Well, sort of. I'm going to explain, briefly, how that happened. I want you to understand just how mysterious careers can be, before you go out and have one yourself.
I graduated from Princeton without ever having published a word of anything, anywhere. I didn't write for the Prince, or for anyone else. But at Princeton, studying art history, I felt the first twinge of literary ambition. It happened while working on my senior thesis. My adviser was a truly gifted professor, an archaeologist named William Childs. The thesis tried to explain how the Italian sculptor Donatello used Greek and Roman sculpture — which is actually totally beside the point, but I've always wanted to tell someone. God knows what Professor Childs actually thought of it, but he helped me to become engrossed. More than engrossed: obsessed. When I handed it in I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life: to write senior theses. Or, to put it differently: to write books.
Then I went to my thesis defense. It was just a few yards from here, in McCormick Hall. I listened and waited for Professor Childs to say how well written my thesis was. He didn't. And so after about 45 minutes I finally said, "So. What did you think of the writing?"
"Put it this way" he said. "Never try to make a living at it."
And I didn't — not really. I did what everyone does who has no idea what to do with themselves: I went to graduate school. I wrote at nights, without much effect, mainly because I hadn't the first clue what I should write about. One night I was invited to a dinner, where I sat next to the wife of a big shot at a giant Wall Street investment bank, called Salomon Brothers. She more or less forced her husband to give me a job. I knew next to nothing about Salomon Brothers. But Salomon Brothers happened to be where Wall Street was being reinvented—into the place we have all come to know and love. When I got there I was assigned, almost arbitrarily, to the very best job in which to observe the growing madness: they turned me into the house expert on derivatives. A year and a half later Salomon Brothers was handing me a check for hundreds of thousands of dollars to give advice about derivatives to professional investors.
Now I had something to write about: Salomon Brothers. Wall Street had become so unhinged that it was paying recent Princeton graduates who knew nothing about money small fortunes to pretend to be experts about money. I'd stumbled into my next senior thesis.
I called up my father. I told him I was going to quit this job that now promised me millions of dollars to write a book for an advance of 40 grand. There was a long pause on the other end of the line. "You might just want to think about that," he said.
"Stay at Salomon Brothers 10 years, make your fortune, and then write your books," he said.
I didn't need to think about it. I knew what intellectual passion felt like — because I'd felt it here, at Princeton — and I wanted to feel it again. I was 26 years old. Had I waited until I was 36, I would never have done it. I would have forgotten the feeling.
The book I wrote was called "Liar's Poker." It sold a million copies. I was 28 years old. I had a career, a little fame, a small fortune and a new life narrative. All of a sudden people were telling me I was born to be a writer. This was absurd. Even I could see there was another, truer narrative, with luck as its theme. What were the odds of being seated at that dinner next to that Salomon Brothers lady? Of landing inside the best Wall Street firm from which to write the story of an age? Of landing in the seat with the best view of the business? Of having parents who didn't disinherit me but instead sighed and said "do it if you must?" Of having had that sense of must kindled inside me by a professor of art history at Princeton? Of having been let into Princeton in the first place?
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