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This interview was originally broadcast on May 21, 2012. Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator is now out on DVD.
Actor and writer Sacha Baron Cohen is famous for taking his characters — Ali G., Borat, Bruno — into the real world, interacting with people who have no idea that they're dealing with a fictional character. But his new movie, The Dictator, is a scripted comedy about a tyrant on the loose in New York.
Interview Highlights
On why he enjoyed playing a dictator
"Dictators are ludicrous characters, and, you know, in my career and in my life, I've always enjoyed sort of inhabiting these ludicrous, larger-than-life characters that somehow exist in the real world. And just looking around, you know, over the last 10 years in particular, I kind of became obsessed [with] Colonel Gadhafi, amongst others, but Gadhafi in particular because he was so over the top. His dress style was so flamboyant, so ridiculous. In fact it could only really get to that level of absurdity by the fact that he was somebody who was unquestioned. You know, it's a bit like when you walk around Los Angeles, and you see some of these stars dressed in a peculiar way, the reason they're dressed like that is that no one actually questions them."
On Gadhafi's flatulence
Baron Cohen: "He, you know, is notorious for breaking wind furiously during various BBC interviews."
Gross: "Do they edit that out, or do they leave that in?"
Baron Cohen: "They actually, they did a little piece on it because after he did the interview, they noticed that he was breaking wind, not only breaking wind but sort of raising himself up before breaking wind in a kind of proud moment of defiance of Western journalistic standards."
On the design of the set:
"I said [to the set designer] 'Listen, we want to create this new country that is not quite in the Middle East, it's not quite in Africa, but, you know, it has elements of Gadhafi, it has elements of the United Arab Emirates, it has elements of Turkmenistan. We don't want it to be specific, but we want it to feel real."
On Borat speaking in Hebrew in the movie Borat
"I do like the irony of Borat, a deeply anti-Semitic character, speaking Hebrew, and this guy [in The Dictator,] who you know, wants to annihilate Israel, is also speaking Hebrew."
On why the movie The Dictator, unlike Borat, is scripted
"We actually just thought we could make a better movie if it had a script and, you know, didn't involve real people. I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible. We got away with it on Borat because Kazakhstan was a real country. So you could say, 'I'm from Kazakhstan National Television.' People would look up Kazakhstan, and it existed. But if I came this time and said, 'I'm from Wadiya,' they'd, you know, look it up and realize it didn't exist, and if I said listen, 'I'm the dictator of Turkmenistan or, you know, or Libya,' they could look it up on Wikipedia and realize that I'm not. So it would have been impossible to, you know, have this real story."
On being brave
"I don't know if I'm brave. Yeah, I mean, I don't know if I'm brave. I think I think in the moment. So when I'm in character, I'm in character, and I'm obviously thinking about what's going on around me, but it's easier to do stuff when you're in character."
On the police and FBI following his characters
"There was a time, you know, I got so used to the police turning up. You know, with Borat, I think they came about 45 times. Sometimes it was the police, then the FBI were following us for a while. They had so many complaints that there was a Middle Eastern man ... driving through America in an ice cream van, that the FBI assigned a team to us. And so we had the FBI and then we had the Secret Service. But there were so many of these instances, and with Bruno as well, that for a while it would take about six months afterwards for me not to totally freak out whenever I saw a policeman."
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Our first guest, actor and writer Sacha Baron Cohen, is famous for taking his characters into the real world and interacting with people who have no idea that they're dealing with a fictitious character.
He's done it with his characters Ali G, a hip-hop wannabe and clueless TV interviewer, Borat, a misogynistic, anti-Semitic and all-around clueless man from Kazakhstan, and Bruno, an Austrian, gay fashion reporter who comes to America and is, of course, clueless and incredibly inappropriate.
In Baron Cohen's latest movie, "The Dictator," which comes out on DVD next week, he plays General Aladeen, the tyrannical ruler of the fictitious North African country Wadiya, and he travels to Manhattan to address the U.N. Terry spoke with Sacha Baron Cohen last May, when "The Dictator" was in theaters.
Here's a clip from the film. The clueless dictator is in a health food store, run by an environmentally dedicated young feminist played by Anna Faris.
ANA FARIS: (As Zoey) Anyway, let me give you the grand tour. Up on the roof we've got this amazing organic garden, and...
SACHA BARON COHEN: (As Aladeen) Boring. Do you sell any assault rifles?
FARIS: (As Zoey) Oh wait, I got it. Humor, right? I took a feminist clown workshop once. Help, help, I'm trapped under a glass ceiling. I wasn't the best student, but...
COHEN: (As Aladeen) You seem educated.
FARIS: (As Zoey) Yes, I went to Amherst.
COHEN: (As Aladeen) I love it when women go to school. It's like seeing a monkey on roller skates. It means nothing to them, but it's so adorable for us.
Sacha Baron Cohen, welcome back to FRESH AIR. Thank you so much for coming back to the show.
COHEN: Thank you for having me back, Terry.
GROSS: So this is the first time that you have a character that comes to America, and it's scripted. You know, Bruno's come to America, Ali G's come to America, Borat's come to America, but that has been your character coming and actually talking to real people who didn't know who the characters were and didn't know that they were, you know, made-up characters.
So what are some of the differences for you - first of all, why did you do this as a scripted film? My assumption would be because it was unsafe to do it any other way at this point, between how famous you are now, more people are in on the joke, lawsuits, you've risked your life in other films for the joke. So I assume that's among the reasons why this one's scripted.
COHEN: That's it, and the biggest one was a creative one. We actually just thought we could make a better movie if it had a script and, you know, didn't involve real people. I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible because, you know, we got away with it on "Borat" because Kazakhstan was a real country. So you could say I'm from Kazakhstan National Television, and people would look up Kazakhstan, and it existed.
But if I came this time and said I'm from Wadiya, they'd, you know, look it up and realize it didn't exist, and if I said listen, I'm the dictator of Turkmenistan or, you know, or Libya, they could look it up on Wikipedia and realize that I'm not. So it would have been impossible to, you know, have this real story.
Plus it had got extremely dangerous. On "Bruno," I remember towards the end, you know, we loved the experience. But I did say to the team, you know, at some point we've got to stop because you can only be so lucky, and we'd been incredibly lucky, We were very close a lot of times to, you know, sustaining real injuries and not just me, the crew as well. You know, there was a lot of kind of very violent situations, and we were antagonizing a lot of people who were armed, which we hadn't really dealt with in "Borat."
But with "Bruno," we felt that because he was sort of more of an unlikeable figure, in a way, that you would have to put him in slightly more dangerous situations and situations of homophobia. You know, and in a lot of places where we were dealing with homophobes, a lot of those guys were armed. And so it became - you know, we were very lucky that there wasn't really a problem.
GROSS: Well, I can definitely see why you're doing scripted movies now.
GROSS: In the don't-push-your-luck category.
COHEN: Yeah, I've got to say I do miss some of the fun. I miss a lot of it.
GROSS: Well, it must be so weird not to have - I assume, like, you have permits to shoot on the street, and you might have police protecting you as opposed to police trying to arrest you. That must be a new feeling for you.
COHEN: Yes. I mean there was a time, you know, I got so used to the police turning up. You know, with "Borat" I think they came about 45 times. Sometimes it was the police, then the FBI were following us for a while. They thought that - they had so many complaints that there was a Middle Eastern man, and this was Borat, who is supposedly from Kazakhstan, a Middle Eastern man driving through America in an ice cream van, that the FBI assigned a team to us.
And so we had the FBI and then we had the Secret Service. But there were so many of these instances, and with "Bruno" as well, that for a while it would take about six months afterwards for me not to totally freak out whenever I saw a policeman. And so it was totally bizarre shooting "The Dictator," to actually have cops protecting me. It was...
COHEN: ...quite ironic. I mean, a lot of the cops loved it, you know. But, I mean, there was one time during the filming of "The Dictator," there's one shot where we are just driving down the street, and I suddenly saw a bunch of police around a hotel room. I said all right, wait a minute, stop the car, and it turned out that Ahmadinejad was staying at the hotel. And I said, all right, great. We've got to shoot something here.
And so basically Ahmadinejad's convoy arrived and, you know, it's a bit of the movie where the dictator is down and out in New York on the street and no one recognizes him because he's had his beard shaved off. And so I was there saying, you know, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, it's me. I've still got your tennis shorts. What are you doing? It's me. Ahmadine, where are you? You know, my friend, (unintelligible), you know, you are my doubles badminton partner, why you're not responding?
COHEN: Anyway, the police were so scared. They all were fans and they were, you know, they were saying listen, please don't ruin this for us. We've got, you know, they've asked, you know, the Iranian government have asked us to look after Ahmadinejad. So, you know, if you cross the street we will have to arrest you. So there is a - there's a shot in the movie that is, that we use. You see me surrounded by five cops and those guys are real.
GROSS: And they...
GROSS: And they didn't arrest you.
COHEN: No, they didn't arrest me but they made it clear if I was going to cross the road that they'd arrest me. So, and I've got this thing where I can't get arrested in America, otherwise my visa then becomes taken away from me.
GROSS: So one of the things you stay away from in "The Dictator" is religion. We don't know if this dictator is Muslim. There's no mention of Islam, there's no mention of the prophet Muhammad, and that's a good thing, I think, because I don't think it's - I mean, Muslims are very offended by anything that parodies the religion but also especially it's considered sacrilege to, you know, parody in any way the prophet. Did you intentionally try to avoid that so as not to be misunderstood, so as not to insult people who you had no interest in insulting?
COHEN: Exactly. I mean, firstly again, he's not an Arab dictator, and he actually says that he isn't in the movie. And so we wanted to really ensure that he was not Arabic in any way. So we created a new language - well, I say that, but he actually speaks at times in Hebrew, which would be strange for...
GROSS: Like Borat did.
COHEN: Exactly, which would be strange for an Arabic dictator. And we created a new alphabet, which was actually a form of Manchu, which is a dialect, Chinese dialect. And we wanted to make sure the architecture was, you know, not exactly Arabic, as well. So we wanted it to be Arabesque but have influences of Africa and other dictatorships, as well.
And in terms of the religion, you know, he's not a Muslim. His religion is himself. You know, he's turned himself into a demigod. You know, and also we wanted to really make it clear particularly after the Arab spring that this was in no way a parody of Arabs. This was a parody of people who oppress Arabs and people who oppress other people around the world.
So that was kind of really crucial, you know, for me to, you know, put out there to show that, you know, that we do support, you know, the rights of people to be free, whatever their religion.
GROSS: Do you get any criticisms from Hebrew-speaking people for using Hebrew in your movies and passing it off as the language of the oppressor or the language of - yeah?
COHEN: Well, when - during the premiere of "Borat" in Israel, they had a screening, and about two-thirds of the way through, somebody shouted in the back row, you know, (unintelligible), which means he's speaking Hebrew. And at that point, the whole audience erupted in applause. You know, I think they loved it, you know, the irony.
I do like the irony of Borat, a deeply anti-Semitic character, speaking Hebrew, and this guy, who is the - you know, wants to annihilate Israel, is also speaking Hebrew.
DAVIES: Sacha Baron Cohen, speaking with Terry Gross. We'll hear more after a break; this is FRESH AIR.
DAVIES: We're listening to Terry's interview recorded in May with Sacha Baron Cohen. His movie "The Dictator" is out on DVD next week.
GROSS: So the movie is scripted, but in promoting the movie you did things that were just in character, and this was really hysterical, when the Academy Awards people - I guess it's the National Academy of Arts and Sciences?
COHEN: Yes.
GROSS: When you were told that he couldn't show up in character for the red carpet, you did a really hysterical video in character in your full dictator regalia with your virgin bodyguards protecting you. And I'm going to play the clip of - we'll just hear the audio of that video that you did.
COHEN: (As General Aladeen) Good morning, great Satan of America. How are you? I am fine. Thank you. On behalf of the nation of Wadiya, I am outraged at being banned from the Oscars by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Zionists. While I applaud the Academy for taking away my right to free speech, I warn you that if you do not lift your sanctions and give me my tickets back by 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, you will face unimaginable consequences.
(As Aladeen) Furthermore, it is an act of aggression that nobody in films have been recognized by the Academy. Where are the nominations for such classic films as "When Harry Kidnapped Sally," "You've Got Mail Bomb" or "Planet of the Rapes"? On top of all this, I paid Hilary Swank $2 million to be my date, and she will not refund a penny.
(As Aladeen) My Sunday calendar is now as empty as a North Korean grocery store. But whatever happens, I still plan to attend director Brett Ratner's after-party, since it's impossible to catch herpes twice. Death to the West. Death to America. And good luck, Billy Crystals(ph). You're fantastic. How was that? Did I sound crazy enough?
GROSS: That's Sasha Baron Cohen in character as The Dictator, after he was banned from the Oscars. Why were you banned in character?
COHEN: I don't know. I mean I'll tell why I was invited. I was invited to the Oscars originally because I did this movie "Hugo" with Martin Scorsese, and the movie got nominated for a few awards. And so I think he was quite an unprecedented thing that the Academy essentially banned me from coming with a beard on. And...
GROSS: And this was to the red carpet and to the Oscars?
COHEN: Yes.
COHEN: Yes. I was not allowed to come. So the head of the...
GROSS: Could you have come yourself or just not come in character?
COHEN: They said I could come as myself. Yes. But the dictator was not to be dictated to.
COHEN: So, but the head of the Academy called my up agent and threatened him, and it became kind of like a, you know, semi kind of mafia-like threat of, you know, if I turned up within half a mile of the Oscars, he said that I would be arrested by one of the 250 plainclothes FBI officers that were, you know, under his command.
They said that there would be repercussions for my career in Hollywood, that I would 0 you know, there'd be repercussions for the film "Hugo." And so - so I issued that statement.
GROSS: But you defied the Academy. You actually showed up in character as the dictator on the red carpet. How did you decide to defy them?
COHEN: Well, they actually capitulated. I mean I put that video out saying that they had until 12:00 and it was obviously, it was a kind of jokey threat, but they actually gave in and they gave, handed me back my two tickets. So...
GROSS: OK. So what you did was, you were talking to Ryan Seacrest, who was doing, you know, the red carpet stuff and, you know, broadcasting from the red carpet, and he was interviewing you and you explained that you had Kim Jong Il's ashes in the urn and that like, oops, you accidentally spill them all over his beautiful tuxedo jacket. And I think you've explained that the, quote, ashes were actually flour and baking flour.
COHEN: Yes. Yes. It was flour. And then I was showing him the irony that the urn was actually made in South Korea. And so I lifted it up and it spilled on him.
GROSS: So I kept trying to put myself in Ryan Seacrest's shoes because it was a very funny stunt. At the same time I'm thinking like, God, this is, like, his big night. It's almost, like, you know, in the movie "Carrie," when she's, like, she's finally, like, she's prom queen, they like her after all, and then she has the pig blood spilled on her.
Did you worry, like, you were going to ruin his night, and maybe the flour wasn't going to come out of the jacket and he'd have to be on like global television with a stained jacket for the rest of the evening?
COHEN: Well, I think that's why it was flour rather than something that could stain, and that's why it was something that you could really brush off. And also, that's also the reason, you know, I was, you know, sitting with my co-writer and we were saying, you know, who do we - who do we spill it on, and we only came up with the idea the night before.
And, you know, we thought, you know, do we do it on Clooney or Brad Pitt? And I thought no, we can't do it on them because that really is their big night, you know, that is, you know, Hollywood is celebrating them for the, you know, their, you know, achievement in movies.
You know, really the journalists on the red carpet are just there to, you know, talk about what suit you're wearing and what, you know, and promote various fashion labels. So to cover a suit that was given by a fashion label with a bit of flour that could be brushed off we thought wasn't really such a terrible thing.
And also, after the actual event, I sent him a new jacket that was identical with a little label inside, which said made in the Republic of Wadiya by child slavery.
GROSS: Any regrets about anything you've done in character that looking back you think did cross the line and was maybe, like, hurtful in a way you didn't want to be or inappropriate in a way that you did expect it to be?
COHEN: There's always a discussion before anything is done. It's, you know, me and my co-writer or, you know, this can be co-writers, and we sit around and discuss the morality of a particular act, you know, is the subject worthy of, you know, having an hour of their time wasted?
Or - and if something worse is happening, you know, then, you know, for example, the hunters in Arkansas, when I'm Bruno, and I'm coming onto them, you know, and being flirtatious with them, which really isn't such a terrible thing.
If a woman was being flirtatious with a man, I don't think a man would get extremely upset; he might blush. But - so there was no real logical reason why a man being flirtatious with another man should get a man incredibly upset unless the subject exhibited some deep-rooted homophobia.
So, you know, when it's something like that, we do always question the morality. And, for example, if a woman was pregnant or, you know, there was somebody who was poor or somebody who was undeserving, you know, I'm certainly much more reluctant to do anything, and those people would be ruled out.
And, you know, if you look at the Ali G show and you look at generally the people who I interview, they tend to be white, wealthy, powerful males, you know, in positions of extreme influence.
GROSS: So in addition to your movie late last year there was "Hugo," Martin Scorsese's movie, which is based on a book about, you know, a children's or a young adolescent's novel about the rediscovery of the very early filmmaker George Melies.
And I'm just thinking what it must've been like for you to not only be in character but to be in somebody else's character. It's not a character you created. It's not something you have a lot of control over, and also you probably have to do a lot of takes, as you would in any movie, not only to get it right but just to get, you know, get it from different angles which the film director will need, you know, coverage.
Do you have the patience for that? Since you're so into, for lack of a better word, you know, like, guerilla filmmaking.
COHEN: Yes, I did. I mean, part of the reason I agreed to do that movie was I knew I was going to make "The Dictator." I knew it was a different genre, and I knew I had to learn how to make a real movie. And so I said, you know, Marty, if I make this movie, do you mind if I sit by your side and ask you a variety of inane and, you know, often idiotic questions about how to make a movie?
And he said fine. And I ended up sitting next to him by the monitor, watching how he directed.
GROSS: What's a kind of question you asked him?
COHEN: Well, I would ask basic stuff like - because there's so much improvisation on my movies, you know, because it's a scripted movie but, you know, we improvise a lot. So, you know, we do a couple of takes that are scripted and then half an hour of improvisation.
So I said how do we make it an interesting shot? And he said, well, you know, I said how do we get any movement to the camera while we're improvising? Because often, comedies can be very, very static. And he said, well, he goes, you know, there's a method that Kurosawa uses, which is you put two cameras, you put them on sticks, and then you put them on dollies, and then you keep on moving them around.
And so, you know, he knows every movie that's been made since the beginning of cinema and actually in every continent, and he's memorized every single movie. So it was incredible. He was giving me incredibly obscure movies to look at, which inspired me for the character in "Hugo" and inspired me for "The Dictator."
And I kept on asking him about it and also asking the other people on set how I would, you know - I basically abused everyone on set and abused the fact that they were sitting ducks for six months.
GROSS: Well, Sacha Baron Cohen, it's been great to have you back. Thank you so much for coming back to our show.
COHEN: Thank you having me back. Thank you for letting me speak for so long.
DAVIES: Sacha Baron Cohen spoke with Terry Gross in May. His movie "The Dictator" is out on DVD next week. I'm Dave Davies, and this is FRESH AIR. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.


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Montgomery, Ala.- The No. 38 Nebraska men tennis team (8-5) notched their first win of the consolation bracket at the Blue Gray Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Ala. on Saturday, March 16. The Huskers knocked off the Troy Trojans 4-1. Nebraska will face off against Columbia Sunday, March 17, at 8:30 A.M.
The Huskers began play forfeiting the doubles point to Troy after losses at the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. The pair os Scott Elsass and Brandon Videtich were able to pull out a lone doubles victory against Troy's Tommy Cundy and Andre Stabile 8-4.
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1. Andre Stenger (NEB) def. Anas Rouchdi (TROY) 6-4, 6-3
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September 23. 2013 10:24PM
DOE hosts packed forum on hotly debated Northern Pass project
By DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
Colebrook shows up wearing orange against Northern Pass
Hundreds packed the Grappone Conference Center Monday night as the Department of Energy hosted a hearing seeking public input on the Northern Pass project's revised plan to transport electricity from Canada through New Hampshire.
As with the original plan, there was no shortage of comments both for and against the hydropower project, which still faces a lengthy approval process.
(See Another View by Gov. Hassan, Page A7.)
"They're going to get a lot of input, but I'm optimistic that what that means is with maximum input, we're going to come up with a better plan," said state Sen. Andrew Hosmer, D-Laconia. "There's still going to be more work for them to do, clearly."
The audience was split between Northern Pass supporters wearing blue and opponents who showed up in bright orange. Although the mix appeared relatively even, speakers opposing the 1,200-megawatt Hydro-Quebec project received the loudest cheers during the first round of remarks to the DOE.
"Quebec should find another target," said Sherill Crow of Londonderry.
Hosmer said he was speaking on behalf of the city of Franklin, which is part of his district and the proposed location for Northeast Utilities to build a new converter station if the project gains approval.
"The citizens of Franklin realize compromise is essential in this process. They want this project to be sensitive to others," Hosmer said. "They understand this project had a very poor introduction to this state."
Northeast Utilities and its New Hampshire subsidiary, PSNH, hit an immediate obstacle when the original plan called for placing towers to carry the transmission lines through scenic and remote areas of the North Country.Northern Pass announced last fall a redesign in the White Mountain National Forest to reduce structure heights. The revised route calls for eight miles of underground power lines instead of using towers, but it may need to go underground for much more distance to satisfy opponents.
Bob Baker, an attorney from Columbia wearing an orange button, received one of the loudest receptions of the first 20 speakers.
"We must keep in mind, first and foremost, this project is not necessary to keep the lights on," Baker said. "It's a nice-to-have project at-best — if you ignore all the environmental impacts that it would have on this state and this region."
The DOE will compile all comments from the meetings and those submitted online as it considers material to be included in an environmental impact statement. Federal approval is needed because the project is international; even if the DOE grants the presidential permit, Northern Pass will need to clear state and local regulators.
Many of the supporters who addressed the DOE panel spoke of the jobs and economic opportunities that would come from the project. Opponents have remained skeptical about the jobs, questioning how much labor would really come from local communities and how long the work would last.
"Is this going to be just like they're going to build the towers and then everybody's unemployed again?" said Marty Vaughn, who owns a small farm and runs a disk golf course in Canterbury.
Vaughn wasn't entirely opposed to the project, but said he wants it to have more buried power lines.
"Why would you want to wreck the beautiful forests that are here without doing some kind of research to see if there is a way to get through it or around it without disturbing it? If you could do that, then I see where maybe that could be possible as long as New Hampshire makes money, too," he said.
The original scoping meetings were held in 2011 in Pembroke, Franklin, Lincoln, Whitefield, Plymouth, Colebrook, and Haverhill.
This round is necessary to discuss the revisions made to the plan.
The meetings continue this week in:
• Plymouth on Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 5 to 8 p.m. in Plymouth, at Plymouth State University, Silver Center for the Arts, Hanaway Theater, 17 High St.
• Whitefield on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, Presidential Room, 101 Mountain View Road.
• Colebrook on Thursday, Sept. 26, 5 to 8 p.m. at the Colebrook Elementary School gymnasium.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge ordered the state Thursday to release more documents to people trying to write a book about the 1959 "In Cold Blood" murders.
Judge Larry Hendricks issued the order after hearing arguments in a case that will decide what will happen to files kept at the home of a deceased Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent Harold Nye, who was part of the murder probe. The killings of Herb and Bonnie Clutter and two of their children became the subject of Truman Capote's acclaimed novel "In Cold Blood."
The documents will be used by Nye's family and Seattle memorabilia dealer Gary McAvoy to defend themselves in a lawsuit filed by the state of Kansas.
The dispute arose when Ronald Nye, of Oklahoma City, decided to make the files from his late father public. Initially, he gave the documents to McAvoy to auction off. The men now say they don't plan to auction off the materials, and instead plan to write their own book about the killing.
But the Kansas attorney general's office contends the materials belong to the state, and it sued in 2012 to get them back. Tai Vokins, an Olathe attorney representing McAvoy and Ronald Nye, said the state has objected to most of his requests for documents needed to defend his clients.
Among the documents ordered released Thursday was the complete KBI investigative file into the Clutter killings, although the only people able to view it will be parties in the case. Hendricks also ordered Attorney General Derek Schmidt to pay $3,986 in attorney's fees, saying he didn't think there was a good faith effort on the state's part.
Assistant attorney general Ward Loyd had argued it would be "over burdensome" for the state the provide the documents. Loyd declined to comment after the hearing.
Two parolees, Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, were eventually convicted of killing the Clutters and were executed in 1965. Four years later, Harold Nye began a two-year stint as the KBI's director.
The hunt for the family's killers mesmerized the nation and drew journalists from throughout the U.S. to the small western Kansas town of Holcomb.
Hickock and Smith fled to Florida after the Kansas murders, and they remain suspects in the unsolved killing of a Sarasota, Fla., family a few weeks after the Clutters' deaths.
"In Cold Blood," which takes the reader through the killings, the trial, and their execution is celebrated because it reads like a novel. Scholars have long debated its accuracy. Vokins said the proposed book would contradict Capote's account of the killings.


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Legendary Tribute: An Entertaining Celebration
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Whatever vision you might have regarding Tom Osborne's last act, curtain call or swan song, perish the thought right now. The Saturday Night Live performance on March 9, 2013, inside Omaha's CenturyLink Center, will not indulge anyone buying a ticket with your traditional "Thank You Tom" Tribute.
No sir and no ma'am. This Tribute to Tom Night of Legends Gala "is not going to be a retirement dinner. It's going to be one big celebration with two hours of fast-moving entertainment," said Paul Meyers, Nebraska's associate athletic director for the Huskers Athletic Fund.
It will be a celebration and a stage show of amusement and amazement rolled into one ... a real hootenanny for a legendary coach and athletic director who retired Jan. 1, 2013, and remains on the scene as Nebraska's Athletic Director Emeritus.
"This is about Coach Osborne," Meyers said. "He's a legend, and we're celebrating his legendary impact on Nebraskans over the last 50 years. We decided early on that we should do this in a way that's never been done before. So we're going to celebrate the accomplishments of a legendary man with some more legendary coaches, legendary players and legendary performers."
Miami Dance Company Opens the Curtains
That is not a typo. Performers will be a big part of this really big show that will open with the New Century Dancers, a company on the cutting edge of technically superior live entertainment planning and production.
Why wouldn't the opening kickoff to this Hall-of-Fame revelry feature talent from Miami, the home of some of Osborne's greatest football memories? I mean, Osborne's first national championship came in the Orange Bowl against a Hurricane team led by Ray Lewis and Warren Sapp, both legends themselves. And who can forget Osborne's third and last national title two years later in Miami against the nation's No. 2 Tennessee team, led by none other than the legendary Peyton Manning?
"I can only imagine what the New Century Dancers will do to showcase some of Coach Osborne's best games, memorable bowls and national championships," Meyers said, knowing full well that the fun certainly won't stop there for Nebraska's own version of Saturday Night Live honoring perhaps the state's greatest legend.
"Because Coach is such a legend himself, we've hired the best Legends in Concert," Meyers said, waiting for me to ask which one will dazzle a Nebraska crowd the most - Michael Jackson, Neil Diamond or Frank Sinatra?
College Football Icon: Osborne Did It His Way
I didn't bite because every one of those performers will knock your socks off. I've seen Michael Jackson in a Legends Concert, and you can't go wrong with anything his impersonator sings. I would also enjoy hearing someone impersonating Neil Diamond with America and I Am, I Said. I can also envision a Sinatra impersonator saluting Osborne with My Way and then Fly Me to the Moon, as long as there's a full one over Miami and Nebraska's leading on the scoreboard.
"We're definitely going to have some fun with all this," Meyers said, pointing out that the night's overall theme will be a Nebraska version of ESPN Sports Center, replete with College GameDay Host Chris Fowler serving as emcee. Fowler has been the primary studio host for college football since 1989, so he's seen Osborne's 60-3 reign of terror up close. Who knows? Maybe he'll point out how Nebraska might hold a slight comparative advantage over Alabama's recent dynasty.
Holly Rowe has been a sideline reporter for ESPN since 1998 - the year after Nebraska's unprecedented streak ended. On March 9, she'll be in the CenturyLink building, too, looking to go table-to-table for updates and analyses.
We've all seen ESPN ads where the most powerful sports network pokes fun at its own on-air personalities. Let the record show that there will be more than one Nebraska-related vignette on this special night to honor a special man, husband, father, grandfather, coach, Congressman, athletic director, mentor and leader.
Alvarez, Switzer, Snyder, Plus Husker Stars
Meyers and his event planning team have all sorts of ways to honor Osborne with a creative parting shot, not to mention appropriate crowning glory.
Did we mention three legendary coaches who will be in Omaha that night? They are Barry Alvarez, Barry Switzer and Bill Snyder. Scott Frost, the last quarterback to play for Osborne, will be there. So will Irving Fryar, who shocked his head coach when he earned his own doctorate degree last spring.
Nebraska has received commitments from Heisman Trophy winners Johnny "The Jet" Rodgers and Eric Crouch and please stay tuned for other Husker major award winners who might commit using those three magical Michael Jackson words - I'll Be There!
Legend is definitely a theme here, but we all know Tom Osborne. He might interpret legend as old and say if you're not dead, how can you be a legend? T.O. probably belongs in the camp of an American journalist/satirist who once labeled a legend as "a lie that has attained the dignity of age".
Two of T.O.'s Favorite Causes Will Benefit
We all know better, especially when you consider how energized Osborne still is at 75. I mean, he could be the poster boy for the adage that age is a case of mind over matter; if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Right?
"Coach Osborne is a true legend, and that's why we want to honor him with something we've never seen here," Meyers said. "CenturyLink has told us we can accommodate 4,000 people that night, and we'd love to fill the place up. This is going to be an evening to remember and an important piece of Nebraska history, so it was only natural and logical to ask Coach where the proceeds should go."
In Meyers' opinion, Osborne selected two "legendary" causes near and dear to his heart: 1) The TeamMates Mentoring Program that Tom and wife Nancy co-founded 21 years ago; and 2) The Nebraska Athletic Research Center for Study of Brain and Sport Performance. The center will be located inside an expanded East Stadium this fall and will be the first research facility in the history of intercollegiate athletics.
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Meyers was not surprised by Osborne's designated causes. "Leave it to a legend to help more kids get one-on-one mentoring and tackle something like concussions at the same time," he said. "We know the price of these tickets is higher than events we usually sponsor, but we also know this Tribute to Tom will be in an historic league of its own with the proceeds benefiting causes that prove what we all know - 'There is no place like Nebraska!'"
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — On Christmas Eve, Rachel Driver gave birth to a baby girl.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — On Christmas Eve, Rachel Driver gave birth to a baby girl.
Jocelyn Lily Driver, at a healthy 6 pounds 14 ounces and 20 1/2 inches, was delivered into a tub in the living room of the Drivers' apartment.
Rachel and Jon Driver, whose own mothers had some home births, opted to have their first child at home.
"We wanted to have as natural a birth as possible, without unnecessary interventions," Rachel Driver said before the birth.
The decision meant that there would be no option of pain medications, which she acknowledged was hard. Although at one point during her contractions Driver fleetingly understood why women ask for an epidural, the birth went much better than she expected.
"I had psyched myself up for something horrible," she said. "But it was really great."
Although Jon Driver can't compare his daughter's birth to a hospital birth because he'd never experienced it, he liked having the baby at home because he felt like he was able to offer more help to his wife.
"I was able to rub her back, help her, get her water if she needed it, instead of being the middleman who had to ask permission for everything at a hospital," he said.
The couple agreed, given the choice, they'd do it at home again the next time.
Home births have been on the rise in the U.S. since 2004, according to 2012 data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Home births in the country rose by 29 percent from 2004 to 2009, according to the data. According to a 2010 Tulsa World story, in Oklahoma, births attended by midwives that occur outside of a hospital increased 54 percent from 2004 to 2007.
Faith Morie, who delivered the Drivers' baby, has been a midwife for a little more than five years.
Many of the women who opt for a home birth choose it for the same reasons as the Drivers —to have as natural a birth as possible, free of temptations of pain medications or other interventions they consider unnecessary, such as physicians' decisions to induce labor.
Some of those who give birth at home do it for religious reasons, or because they want only women involved in the labor process. For others, the decision is cultural or based on financial considerations, as home births can be less costly for those who have no medical insurance. Morie estimates that the services of a midwife range from $2,000 to $4,000. And for some, the relationship-based care and more one-on-one time that a midwife can offer is appealing.
Morie is a certified professional midwife, meaning she did not receive formal training at a hospital the way a certified nurse midwife does. She completed her training through the Association of Texas Midwives, through a combination of distance learning and apprenticing with certified midwives, then received her certification through the North American Registry of Midwives after passing exams.
Morie says not all women are candidates for home birth. She and most midwives usually only accept clients with low-risk pregnancies. Those who have gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, certain blood-borne diseases, genetic conditions or other risk factors are better off at a hospital, she said.
But for the rest, Morie believes home birth is a safe option.
And when complications arise, as they sometimes do, midwives transport their clients to a hospital, where they can receive the help they need.
Several Tulsa-area mothers say their home-birth experiences were wonderful.
Anna Transue, who gave birth to her first child in September, said she never wanted a home birth.
"I started out seeing a doctor," she said. "But as I was progressing through my pregnancy, it became clear that my philosophy was not lining up with the doctor's."
Transue said she had always aligned with the midwifery model of birth, and Ina May Gaskin's "Guide to Childbirth" book - published in 2003 - opened her eyes to the alternatives to hospital birth.
Transue argues that birth is a natural human function, not a disease or sickness that requires hospitalization.
"We are capable of birthing babies," she said.
So, seven months into her pregnancy, Transue switched to the care of Ruth Cobb, a certified nurse midwife. Transue originally intended to deliver at Cobb's birth center, a facility where women who work with a midwife can give birth, but she decided to avoid the additional fee and have Cobb deliver her baby at home.
"It was a really great experience," she said.
Transue had been anxious that a home birth would be messy and did not want people invading her space at home. But, she said, being in the comfort of her own home during the 10-hour labor turned out to be great.
Jennifer Schafer, a mother of three, agrees.
Although Schafer had her first two children at a hospital with no problems, she chose to deliver her third child at home.
She had heard that home births were powerful experiences, and hers was.
"It was more peaceful, in your own environment," said Schafer, who had her youngest child six months ago. She also liked being able to move around her home during her labor, rather than being restricted to a bed as she was in the hospital. And she didn't feel rushed through the whole process, she said.
No one in her family or circle of friends had had a home birth before, but all were supportive, Schafer said.
There were no complications during her delivery, and she was able to manage her pain by standing during the 28-hour labor, she said. If she had been required to stay in bed in a hospital setting, she says she is sure she would have requested an epidural after about eight hours.
Although the idea of having as natural a birth as possible had always been on her mind, Taylor Kilburn wasn't opposed to a hospital birth, if she could find what she was looking for. But she says an unhelpful conversation with her general practice doctor early in her pregnancy turned her away from looking for an option within the more traditional setting, such as working with a midwife at a hospital, and she reluctantly made the decision to have a home birth.
The three women say they knew there were risks to a home birth, but they didn't think it was any riskier than a hospital birth.
"I really believe if a woman is low-risk, and you're working with a midwife or professional who know what they are doing, then having a home birth is completely safe," Transue said.
Lynn Frame, an OB-GYN at St. John, is an opponent of home births.
Frame agrees that birth is a natural human function.
"Women have had babies for a million years before obstetricians," he says. "But for the last 200 years, medical science has improved the outcome."
Years ago, moms had a higher chance of dying during childbirth because of bleeding, infections or other complications. When more people began having hospital births, the deaths decreased, he said.
Frame said those who view home births as perfectly safe options have not seen the "horror stories" that doctors see.
In recent years, studies have offered different statistics on the safety of home births. A 2005 study in the British Medical Journal found that home birth had a similar mortality rate to that of low-risk hospital births. But a 2011 statement by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says published medical evidence shows that planned home births carry a two- to three-fold increase in the risk of newborn death compared with planned hospital births.
Frame said it is hard to come by maternal morbidity rates during home births because those deaths are attributed to hospitals that are often trying to help a patient brought in after a home birth has gone bad. He said home births sound great, but mothers who choose to deliver at home are thinking only of themselves.
"It's 'I want, I want, I want,' " he said. And they come in with a mindset that doctors and nurses are the bad guys, he said.
"I choose not to be set up to be the fall guy," he said.
Frame strongly advises against home births.
"Don't do it," he said. "It's more dangerous."
But home birth is not the only option for people looking for natural births. Lynne Burson, a midwife with OU physicians, said the majority of certified nurse midwives - those trained as nurses - work in a hospital.
There are five midwives on the OU team, and they deliver babies at Hillcrest Medical Center and the Peggy V. Helmerich Women's Center.
Midwives work with patients who are low-risk, Burson said. They are able to spend a little bit more time with patients, allowing labors to progress in a natural way. In many instances, they are able to accommodate the patient's wishes, such as not receiving an epidural or not having their labor artificially accelerated.
But she says there is a delicate balance between being able to accommodate patients' wishes and following hospital procedure. For example, if a patient who has had a previous cesarean section asks to eat throughout her labor, midwives cannot allow it, in case the patient needs another c-section.
"But most of the requests we can accommodate," she said.
All parties encourage women to educate themselves before making a decision. But Frame cautions against relying solely on home birth advocates for information.


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Nicotine addiction is dependence on nicotine. Being dependent means there is a physical change in how your body reacts to a substance. Your body will also have a reaction when you stop using the substance. Nicotine can be found in tobacco products such as cigarettes, snuff, chewing tobacco, cigars, or pipes.
Tobacco use is also associated with several serious health conditions, such as:
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Chronic bronchitis
- Emphysema
- Cancer, like cancers of the larynx (voice box), oral cavity, throat, esophagus, lung, and colon
- Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- Stroke
- Increased risk of stillbirth, infant death, low birth weight, miscarriage, premature delivery, or sudden infant death syndrome
- Alcohol or drug use disorders
- Depression, bipolar, anxiety, personality, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders
- Shorter life span
- Problems if you have surgery
Nicotine addition can be treated, often with a combination of therapies.
Nicotine acts on the brain's chemistry. It creates feelings of pleasure. However, the effects go away within a few minutes. Users will need to continue using nicotine to keep the good feelings going. This cycle can lead to addiction.
Risk Factors
Anyone who uses nicotine products can become addicted to the substance.
The risk may increased with:
- Family history or exposure to smoking
- Exposure to smoking in movies
- Depression
- Victims of bullying
Symptoms develop when nicotine is not being used, also known as withdrawal. Symptoms of withdrawal include:
- Irritability
- Craving
- Nervousness
- Headache
- Thinking and attention problems
- Trouble sleeping
- Increased appetite
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms, medical, and smoking history. A physical exam will be done.
Breathing tests may also be done to see how well your lungs are working.
Your doctor may monitor your nicotine use by checking a cotinine level in your saliva or blood.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment may involve 1 or more therapies. Options include:
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
NRT relieves withdrawal symptoms. NRT products include:
- Nicotine gum
- Lozenges
- Nasal sprays
- Patches
- Inhalers
The chance of abusing these products is low since NRT does not create "feel good" feelings.
NRT may help you to:
- Avoid smoking
- Reduce the amount of tobacco you use
- Quit and stay smoke-free
Electronic Cigarettes
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) turn liquid nicotine into a vapor that can be puffed. Some smokers have used e-cigarettes to help them quit. Right now, there is conflicting evidence on whether or not this is the case.
Currently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with several major anti-smoking organizations, have determined that there has not been enough research on e-cigarettes to make any claims about their safety or effectiveness in helping people quit smoking. In addition, the long-term effects of e-cigarette use are not known.
Behavioral Therapy
Behavioral therapies include:
- Counseling
- Group behavior therapy
- Telephone quit lines, cell phone programs, and text messaging programs
- Internet and computer-based programs
- Self-help classes and manuals
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
Some antidepressants and nicotine partial agonists may help you quit. Other medications may help ease withdrawal symptoms or block the effects of nicotine if you start smoking again.
The best prevention is to never use tobacco products. Try to avoid places where people are smoking.
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TUSCALOOSA | Mercedes-Benz plans to build an automotive parts staging facility in Vance that will employ about 500 people. Site preparation for the 900,000-square-foot facility has begun at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, the German automaker's plant here.
TUSCALOOSA | Mercedes-Benz plans to build an automotive parts staging facility in Vance that will employ about 500 people.
Site preparation for the 900,000-square-foot facility has begun at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, the German automaker's plant here.
Mercedes officials said Thursday that they expect to have the $70-million facility in operation by February 2014.
The 500 new jobs there will be in addition to about 1,000 jobs that Mercedes will add soon for production of its C-Class sedans in Vance.
Those C-Class-related jobs were previously reported, but Mercedes spokeswoman Felyicia Jerald said Thursday that the company will probably announce within the next few weeks its hiring plans, including how people can apply for those jobs.
No decision has been made yet on hiring for the 500 staging facility jobs. Jerald said Mercedes has not decided if it will run the facility or outsource the work to another company.
Mercedes currently has just fewer than 3,000 employees at its auto production facility in Vance.
Mercedes makes M-Class and GL-Class sports utility vehicles and R-Class crossover vehicles at MBUSI. It already has been training some of its Alabama employees in C-Class production in Germany. Those workers will serve as team leaders in training other workers here in the sedan production starting later this year.
The first American-made C-Class sedans that will go to dealerships will go into production next year.
"With the C-Class, there will be more parts coming in so we have to look at logistics" of making sure the right sequence of parts get to production, said Martin Schwenk, Mercedes vice president of finance.
Jerald said MBUSI has outgrown its staging area for parts and needs the additional space.
Mercedes opened its first North American plant in 1997 in Vance to make the M-Class. It later added the R-Class and GL-Class production. Those three models are made only in Vance but are sold in 134 countries, which often have different requirements for vehicles made for their market. This affects the parts going into the vehicles.
The C-Class sedans made here will be sold only in North America. But Mercedes also has announced plans to build a fifth, all new and still unnamed SUV in Vance.
"With five different vehicles and the storage of parts of them, we need a much larger facility," Jerald said.
Mercedes made its plan public at the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority's board meeting Thursday afternoon.
The board granted Mercedes about $3.87 million in tax abatements for the project. The tax breaks are given to manufacturers that create jobs. The abatements include non-educational sales and use taxes incurred during construction and non-
education ad valorem taxes.
TCIDA reported that the facility's direct employment will generate more than $310 million in new payroll over the next 20 years.
In other action, the TCIDA granted about $510,000 in tax abatements to automotive supplier Borgers USA Corp.
Borgers, which has a plant on Brookwood Parkway in Brookwood, is adding a $7.5 million automotive molding line to its facility. The line will allow it to increase production and will result in 15 additional jobs at the plant.
The Borgers plant opened in 2004 and initially served just the nearby Mercedes plant, said Andreas Schalk. In 2010, it added more assembly line manufacturing and started serving more customers, including General Motors and Chrysler.


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I knew exactly the spot for it - this little corner at the end of my hallway. We needed a "mail drop" kind of spot and this was just the thing.
A little white paint always goes so far with cheap crap.
Awesome idea! I was just trying to figure out what to fill a large, old frame with. Looks like you just gave me one more project for this weekend. Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
very clever and very cute!ReplyDelete
It looks amazing! I love it!
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I love it!ReplyDelete
How fantastically practical and oh so chic ! You've done it again my dear, so gorgeous !
what a great idea!ReplyDelete
very well done and in great taste! I love the added textures it gives this space.
wow I love your dedication - this looks great!ReplyDelete
I love it! I made a jewelry holder using the same material- I just might have to make a little mail station too!ReplyDelete
BRILLIANT! love this idea and love the quatrafoil grill. So clever!
BTW...the invitations are a hit!
What a great idea! I'll be adding this to my project to-do list. Love your blog by the way!
oh wow impressedReplyDelete
I love this idea. I may have to steal the frame portion for my home office. Kudos!!!ReplyDelete
The magnet solution made me smile!
I use a pretty piece of china made to display pastries.
I love it! Thanks for posting the how to!
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You crafty woman! That looks fantastic.ReplyDelete
Oh nice...it's much more practical what you just did...great post!
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Umm...In a big pile on a kitchen counter.
Slinking away. Blushing and Hiding.
Carry on.
you're a mad genius! love it. still can't get over how gorgeous your kitchen is. *drool*ReplyDelete
That magnet solution is pure genius! I love the screen and how it turned out!ReplyDelete
Holy cow. What a great eye you have. That is so perfect for that space. Not to mention so cool. Love the pics matched w/ that super cool table. Very well done. Love it!!ReplyDelete
That looks great all together. The table is such a great find!
I've been on the hunt for frames at second hand shops lately and I keep striking out.
This is awesome and I love it and will now have to steal it. I actually try to get rid of my mail as fast as i comes in but I do occasional;y need to keep stuff around. I have a magnetic bulldog clip on the side of my fridge I keep things in. I am getting better about remember to weed through it every once in a while.ReplyDelete
wow love it! white paint works wonders. great jobReplyDelete
WOW!!! No other words even seem appropriate!!!
Thanks so much for sharing the DIY instructions...will definitely be utilizing them!!!
Such a great idea! And, I may have to use your white paint/cheap crap quote. Too funny, and so true :)ReplyDelete
Our mail usually ends up on the desk in our office. Your solution is genius - love that table!ReplyDelete
Everything you do is wonderful. I love your taste. Best design blog out there for me.
This is just the first thing and only thing I don't agree with and I must be a little loco because it's such a small thing but here it is..I think the table shold be in the center of that wall, not lined up to be in the center of the staircase it is in front of. It looks really off. There..I've said it! (Sorry..love you...)
I love this. How creative to use a radiator screen; and it's so pretty, too! I also would have thought that the screen was magnetic...but you came up with such a great solution.ReplyDelete
What a fabulous idea. I have an old frame and might have to give this one a try. As much as I try to organize it with wall organizers, baskets, files, etc. there is still a lot of mail that ends up on our kitchen table. It drive me crazy! I try to act on things as soon as they come in but hubby is a bit of a clutter bug. This might be the perfect solution!
Sheila - No worries at all. YOu are entitled to your opinion. I tried it there first but it looked weird. Maybe it doesn't read in the photo but this is in a walkway so tucking it in the corner looked better to my eye.
Naz - You can buy those magnetic clips at Staples. (for some reason they don't carry the non magnet ones, dont ask me why)
You are so creative! Your "cork board" is fantastic and I wouldn't be surprised if it shows up in the next Martha Stewart magazine!ReplyDelete
I love this! I've been looking for something like this in my house, but hadn't thought of anything that I loved. I might have to steal this idea! It looks great!ReplyDelete
wow, this is such a creative way to turn a frame/"cork board" into something totally new. it's brilliant and clever and definitely has transformed your hallway :) it's perfect.ReplyDelete
"A little white paint always goes so far with cheap crap." *chuckles* Best line ever.
Mine sits in assorted piles throughout our house b/c husband dumps it wherever. Drives me nuts! A problem I'm currently trying to remedy.
What a great use of a radiator grill! We have a mirror that has three mail holders attached that my mom bought for me ages ago at Target. It's hanging in our kitchen, but somehow it quickly gets overstuffed and mail piles up on the kitchen island. Perhaps that's because it takes me forever to open my mail!ReplyDelete
So Gorgeous!!! OMG...not kidding you, my mail center is a pile of magazines, bills and inserts on my coffee table. I don't even have room for a mail center. phooey!ReplyDelete
I love it - that radiator grill idea was fantastic! It looks great there. I just bought a white parsons desk off craigslist to use by our entrance for this exact purpose - it has pretty things on top and I can hide all our mail in the drawers!ReplyDelete
I am in so in love with this table, it kind of hurts my heart.
With that said, we have a little console and I painted the details in with some gold acrylic paints. We drop keys, wallets, and phones, and when we have the time, it's the perfect perch for some spring flowers!
Much more fabulous than the plastic bin from walmart that I keep on top of the fridge. I dump all of our mail in there and when it gets full I put away/shred/scrapbook accordingly. It's useful but not pretty.ReplyDelete
What an awesome idea! This is the first time I've seen this...I love it!ReplyDelete
We are in desperate need of a mail drop station...ours is just randomly scattered throughout the living room, kitchen, and office. Shame.
You made an inexpensive project look as high-end as the rest of your home. Well done!ReplyDelete
Genius! Love that idea!
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Oh my, that table is so pretty! And you are super crafty with the wonderful frames, they look fabulous!!! Mail stresses me out, it piles up with the kids stuff from school and it drives me crazy, I have a file for everything but for some reason it doesn't go in it's spot by itself :) Take care-
BRILLIANT idea! That is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
very clever, practical and pretty! great job.
Great idea! You're craft projects are ingenious!!!ReplyDelete
That's awesome! Found you through Tip Junkie.ReplyDelete
I love your idea!! I just wanted to let you know that I have featured you over at www.somedaycrafts.blogspot.com. Come on over and grab a button!!ReplyDelete
Oh yeah....this would make a great inspiration board in my craft room.ReplyDelete
i am so going to do this in my kitchen! thank you!!!ReplyDelete
Saw your "sighting" on craigslist, then had a look at your own version - better! Lighter, which means it looks as though its not there. I know what you mean about colour. I know your home is "light light light", but I have that deep grey in our bathroom, and at the back of the bed in both bedrooms - but even I wouldn't link it with a RED carpet! Sadly we moved here before I had a digital camera, so all the early befores are in "real" photo versions - but you should have seen the colour schemes (schemes? no, you really wouldn't have thought "Mmmmm nice" to any of our rooms!!ReplyDelete
Oh don't get me wrong - I LOVE the deep gray on the walls in that photo. I think its really beautiful. Just surprises me someone who goes for such a chic color on the walls would also go with red carpeting.ReplyDelete


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Updated: Ex-Londonderry coach accused of sex assault on pre-teen girlsBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
March 04. 2013 9:05AM
LONDONDERRY — A former youth football coach is facing multiple sexual assault charges after allegedly fondling two of his daughter's middle-school-aged classmates during sleepovers at his Londonderry home, police said.
Timothy G. Longua, 41, of 7 Lane Way, turned himself in on a warrant by Londonderry Police shortly before 8 p.m. Friday evening. Longua had been scheduled for arraignment in Derry District Court Monday morning; however, his arraignment was rescheduled after he posted $10,000 cash bail and was released from Rockingham County Jail Saturday.
According to a release from Londonderry police Monday morning, Longua is due in 10th Circuit Court, Derry District Division, March 25 at 8:15 a.m.
Local police were contacted by the officials from the state Department of Children, Youth and Families in early February, according to Londonderry Police Detective Donald A. LaDuke.
LaDuke said one of the young female victims gave a statement to officials at the Child Advocacy Center of Rockingham County on Feb. 12.
The victim said Longua first assaulted her at her friend's house during the summer of 2012 when she was 11 years old. She described Longua as being "really drunk" at the time and alleged Longua crept into the bedroom and touched her breasts, buttocks and private area while she slept. A similar incident occurred later that summer, when the victim alleged that Longua, who she said placed his hands under her shirt and tried to push her hand down his pants, awakened her again.
A third incident occurred at a sleepover in late December, when Longua allegedly fondled the victim one more time, despite her protests. The victim, now 12, told officials she believed Longua had assaulted at least one other preteen girl, also 12.
LaDuke said the second victim said she reported an incident of Longua "rubbing her thighs, lower buttocks when she was wearing shorts" to Longua's wife, Maura, who allegedly told her she'd tell her husband "to stop doing that," according to the court records.
Both victims told authorities Longua was "always drunk" when they were over and they both said they saw Longua drinking multiple Bud Light beers from a downstairs refrigerator. Maura Longua reportedly told police that drinking "is her husband's weakness."
While state child welfare officials interviewed two other classmates who'd slept over the Longua home, no further disclosures of possible sexual assault charges have been made, LaDuke said.
Londonderry Police interviewed Longua on Feb. 20, and he denied all accusations although he admitted his fondness for beer and reportedly told police that "he doesn't want to admit to something he doesn't remember," according to police statements.
A call made to the Longua household wasn't immediately returned. According to Ryan Ouellette, president of the Londonderry Wildcats Football and Youth Spirit League, Longua was an assistant football coach for the Londonderry Wildcats for the 2012 football season. The 2012 football season started in July of 2012 and was completed in November of 2012. Longua was one of a group of seven adults, including a team parent, who were responsible for coaching/managing a group of 35 second- and third-grade football players, all young boys, on the Wildcat U3 football team.


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Tom Osborne: One Last Legendary Breakfast
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For four decades, Tom Osborne has been an Omaha football breakfast fixture. "Anybody here today remember Johnny's Café?" Osborne asked when he stepped onto a stage at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Convention Center Friday morning, referring to the South Omaha steakhouse that was the original home of the Big Red Breakfast in the early 1970s.
"Geez," Osborne said when he spotted a few hands go up, "you guys gotta be about a hundred years old."
Ted Grace, a builder who lives in Valley, Neb., was one of the few in a room of more than 300 Husker fans whose hand went up. "I've been coming to these breakfasts since Bob Devaney and Tom started them in the '70s," Grace said. "I've seen hundreds of these events, and this is probably the best because it was Tom's last. He always brings integrity and perspective. He always brings humor and humility. Every time I've ever seen him break down film over all these years, he brings credibility not only to the football program, but to the university and the entire state.
"As a fan," Grace asked, "how can it possibly be any better than to have Tom Osborne be your head coach, your Congressman and your athletic director? You could see how he touches people before, during and after the breakfast. I am amazed at how he stays on top of the football program, how he still breaks down film and how patient he is with every request for an autograph, a picture or just a handshake."
Signs Shirts, Magazines and His Own Book
Maureen Kopocis of Ralston asked Osborne to sign her new Nebraska shirt. Bob Lodes of Omaha needed the legendary coach's signature on The Osborne Era – a Sports Illustrated cover commemorating the greatest five-year run in college football history. Omaha's John Kinney and Jack Kinney, his 10-year-old son, made a joint request for Osborne to sign Faith in the Game, an Osborne-authored book they've been reading together one chapter at a time.
And that's just a quick snapshot of what happens when a Hall-of-Fame football coach and soon-to-be retired athletic director makes his final football-related public appearance in the heart of Nebraska's largest city.
"I remember when Tom would come up every week and show us the game film before he'd head over to the TV station to tape his weekly show," Grace said.
"It used to be we went through the whole film, and at the end, there was about eight guys left," Osborne said with a smile and a nod that those who raised their hands might still be the same eight from yesteryear.
Three Bellevue Men See First Sunrise Service
Three fans who never had a chance to see Osborne analyze film or pour a cup of early morning wisdom found their first sunrise service a memorable one. The three attend the same Bellevue church, and they all insist their first-ever breakfast breakdown film session could not have been more entertaining. Tom Skinner, 74, Wes Hansen, 70, and Ed Hanline, 54, left their inaugural T.O. event fully impressed.
"We've never met Tom until today, but we all feel like we know him," Hansen said. "(Former Husker quarterback) Tom Sorley's parents lived right down the street from us, so we always heard stories about his integrity."
Skinner was particularly impressed hearing Osborne describe how he involved everyone in the Athletic Department to write five core values and develop a mission statement. "Integrity's No. 1," Skinner pointed out. "You can see it in the leadership Tom showed today."
Show Integrity, Leadership; Recruit Character
"It helps you understand why his teams were so successful," Hanline said. "He recruited character to go with the integrity and leadership. You can see how his short list of guiding principles created life success, not just football success."
Osborne would leave later Friday morning on the team flight from Lincoln to Indianapolis for Saturday night's nationally televised Nebraska-Wisconsin Big Ten Championship game, but he accommodated two dozen people before his presentation and another three dozen after his post-presentation radio interview.
"He was nothing but class every minute he was here," said Jim Kalal of Ralston. "He's inspired so many people in this state and affected so many lives throughout the country."
Within seconds of getting out of his SUV in front of the hotel, Osborne was asked for an autograph. A few yards later, another fan asked for a picture. Osborne graciously accommodated both 6:40 a.m. requests. He signed jackets, sweatshirts, helmets, footballs, books, magazines, posters, pictures, CD's and videos. When he told a classic yarn about hunting with Tony Davis and a familiar tale about golfing with Bob Devaney, the banquet room lit up with laughter, even for those who had heard them before.
The Blackshirts: New Take on an Old Legend
Pat Lawlor of Omaha had flashbacks of growing up in Lincoln where his father owned the sporting goods store that supplied the first Blackshirt practice jerseys in Nebraska football history.
"My grandfather (JohnLawlor) told me that (former Devaney assistant) Jim Ross came into the store one afternoon and wanted some jerseys that weren't red," Pat recalled. "He took Jim about four floors upstairs and had a whole section of black jerseys. He threw an armful at Coach Ross and said: 'Here, take these. I've never been able to get rid of 'em … take 'em all … nobody wants 'em."
Lawlor said his family sold Nebraska football gear to the University of Nebraska in the 1890s when the Huskers launched their program. "We still have every newsletter from the 1930s that covers all of our days in the Big Six Conference."
The Big Six, Seven, Eight, 12 and Ten
The Big Six morphed into the Big Seven, then the Big Eight, then the Big 12 and now the Big Ten. Lawlor is well aware that Nebraska has not won a conference championship in 13 years. "I think we're all ready to see that happen tomorrow night," he said, knowing full well how important the Blackshirts will be in that history-making moment.
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An Allegheny County man who made more than 100 pornographic images of a young Butler County girl during a four-year course of escalating sexual assaults will spend up to 30 years in prison.
Butler County Judge William Shaffer on Wednesday declared 50-year-old Ronald Morgan a sexually violent predator and sentenced him to 182 to 364 months in state prison.
Shaffer presided over Morgan's trial last May, when the victim testified that Morgan, who had been a friend to her mother, plied her with gifts and trips.
The girl alleged she was assaulted at Morgan's home on Jacks Run Road in Ross Township or when she accompanied him to hotel rooms.
The girl alleged Morgan began fondling her when she was 12, then escalated his assaults over the years to intercourse.
Among the evidence presented to the jury were more than 100 photographs and a dozen videos of the girl on Morgan's home computers.
The assaults ended in April 2011 when the then-15-year-old girl disclosed the assaults to her father.
The jury convicted Morgan of 217 sex crimes: two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and possession of a controlled substance and one count each of statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and corruption of minors. He also was convicted of 103 charges each of making and owning child pornography.
A member of the state's sexual offender assessment board testified during Wednesday's sentencing hearing that Morgan has paraphilia, a sexually-oriented mental defect that makes him likely to offend again.
Morgan, who has denied the allegations, plans to appeal.


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My dad was hired to fly a rock band called Los Viajeros on their concert tour. He invited me to join them, so I'm traveling all across North America - plus a few other places. Along the way, I'm meeting lots of new people!
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