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Could Facebook's fall crush Instagram?
The photo-sharing app hit the jackpot when it was bought by the social network for $1 billion, but now its value is dwindling.
Facebook (FB) caught the tech world off guard in April when it bought the photo-sharing app Instagram for $1 billion -- a surprising sum for "a smart set of photo filters and the tools to share them," says Alex Klein at The Daily Beast.
But that was back in the good old days, when investors were breathlessly hyping Facebook's IPO and prepared to cut the social network a little slack.
Since the failed IPO, Facebook's share price has been cut in half, and no one may regret the buyout more than Instagram, whose value has plunged alongside Facebook's.
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How does Facebook's share price affect Instagram?
The $1 billion hasn't officially changed hands yet, and "Facebook did not agree to pay $1 billion in cash," says Steven Davidoff at The New York Times. Instagram will get $300 million in cash and 23 million shares in Facebook, which were valued at $30 a share at the time of the deal. Today the shares are worth $19. That means Instagram is worth about $740 million, or 25% less than what Facebook offered. The value could keep falling until the two sides finalize the purchase. Indeed, the deal "to acquire Instagram in April is starting to look like a bargain," says Rallye Lexus at Mashable.
Why hasn't the deal been finalized?
The buyout had to go through several regulatory hurdles, and it only just received approval from the Federal Trade Commission. Facebook and Instagram are still waiting for approval from the state of California. "The antitrust delay is what has really hurt Instagram," Davidoff says.
Could Instagram have gotten a better deal?
Yes. Most stock deals come with provisions that ensure a fixed dollar value, meaning Facebook would give Instagram more shares if the stock price fell. The deal "appears to be a very hastily negotiated deal by some young executives inexperienced in the world of mergers and acquisitions," Davidoff says.
Should Instagram have known Facebook's stock would slide?
Hindsight is 20/20. However, "there were early warning signs that the currency of Facebook shares was primed for a fall," Klein says. "In fact, the Instagram deal itself was a flashing yellow light" that Facebook doesn't always make great decisions. However, "let us not forget that $738 million is a lot of money for a photo app company with 13 employees," says Rebecca Greenfield at The Atlantic. "Even if Facebook's stock sinks to zero, these guys still get $300 million."
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New Jack City
|New Jack City
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Mario Van Peebles
|Produced by
|Doug McHenry
George Jackson
|Written by
|Thomas Lee Wright
Barry Michael Cooper
|Story by
|Thomas Lee Wright
|Wesley Snipes
Ice T
Allen Payne
Chris Rock
Mario Van Peebles
Judd Nelson
Russell Wong
|Music by
|Vassal Benford
Michel Colombian
|Francis Kenny
|Edited by
|Steven Kemper
|Distributed by
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|Release dates
|Running time
|100 minutes
|United States
|$8 million[1]
|Box office
|$47,624,353 (domestic)[1]
New Jack City is a 1991 American crime film directed by Mario Van Peebles in his directorial debut, who also co-stars in the film. The film stars Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock and Judd Nelson. The film was released in the United States on March 8, 1991.[2]
Wesley Snipes played Nino Brown, a rising drug dealer and crime lord in New York City during the crack epidemic. Ice-T played Scotty Appleton, a detective who vows to stop Nino's criminal activity by going undercover to work for Nino's gang.
Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes) and his gang, the Cash Money Brothers, become the dominant drug ring in New York City, once crack cocaine is introduced to the streets, during the late 1980s. Undercover detective Scotty Appleton (Ice T) strikes a deal with stick-up kid, Pookie (Chris Rock). The deal takes a wrong turn when Pookie takes the money and runs off, causing Scotty to have a long chase. He wounds Pookie with his gun and attempts to arrest him, but the police let him go.
Meanwhile, Nino plots to turn an apartment complex (real life Graham Court, known in the film as the "Carter") into a crack house, with the assistance of his best friend/right-hand man, Gee Money (Allen Payne), enforcer, Duh Duh Duh Man (Bill Nunn), gun moll Keisha (Vanessa A. Williams), Nino's girlfriend, Selina (Michael Michele), and her tech-savvy cousin, Kareem Akbar (Christopher Williams). Gee Money and Keisha take out Rastafarian rival, Fat Smitty, while the CMB throws the tenants out the Carter, and Nino forces the building's landlord out into the streets, naked.
After Det. Stone (Mario Van Peebles)—leader of the team tasked with taking down the CMB—is put under pressure by the Police Commissioner, Scotty volunteers to go undercover and infiltrate Nino's gang. He is partnered with loose-cannon, Nick Peretti (Judd Nelson), as they try to convict the gang with evidence of drug trafficking. Elsewhere, Frankie Needles (Anthony DeSando) pays Nino a visit to deliver him a message from mob boss Don Armeteo (John Aprea), who taxes the CMB. Nino scornfully calls for Needles to relay a message back to the Don that he's cutting off taxing him, and that CMB is an independent operation.
While he and Nick are spying on Nino and his crew as they hand out Thanksgiving turkeys to the poor, Scotty spots Pookie, now a crack fiend. He tracks him down just as Pookie was in the middle of beating his junkie girlfriend over the turkey he brought back. Instead of arresting him, Scotty puts Pookie in rehab for his drug addiction. After completing treatment, Pookie wants to return the favor and help Scotty bring down Nino. Against his better judgment, as well the strong disapproval of Stone and Peretti, Scotty recruits Pookie to work undercover at the Carter, gathering incriminating evidence against Nino and the Cash Money Brothers.
However, Pookie ends up relapsing and sneaking drugs. While high, Pookie is caught by Gee Money, who also realizes that he is wired. When the cops realize their cover has been blown, the CMB abandon and burn the Carter complex, including any evidence of their activities with the crack addicted civilians inside. Later, the cops try to reach Pookie, but they find his bloody corpse attached with explosives. Nick defuses the explosives mere seconds before they explode. Meanwhile, when Nino discovers that Gee Money ordered the Carter to be destroyed, he vehemently threatens him to never make a costly mistake again.
After Pookie's funeral, Scotty and Nick take matters into their own hands by going undercover as a drug dealers wanting to do business with Gee Money. Scotty infiltrates the CMB—thanks in part to the ambitions (and increasing drug use) of Gee Money—after they bribe Frankie Needles. Nino doesn't trust Gee Money's new clientele, but agrees to do business with Scotty, warning Gee that if Scotty isn't who he claims, he'll kill the both of them. On their first encounter, Nino tells Scotty a story of how he murdered a school teacher as a part of his initiation into a gang called the L.A. Boyz, as a youth. When questioned by Scotty if the murder was personal or business, Nino explains this away by saying: "My brother, it's always business. Never personal." Scotty further gains the trust of Nino after "saving" him from a gun-toting old man (Bill Cobbs)--who earlier, tried to convince the police of Nino's destruction of the community—and by revealing information about Gee Money's side deal.
While Nino, Scotty and the CMB attend a wedding, Nick sneaks into Nino's mansion to collect the video tapes from the Carter drug operations, in order to gather evidence of Pookie's death and the drugs. After the wedding, Don Armeteo sends hitmen to assassinate Nino. A massive shootout erupts between the CMB and the hitters. After witnessing Nino use a little girl as a shield to protect himself, Scotty attempts to shoot Nino behind his back. Keisha is gunned down as she sprays a hail of bullets into the van the shooters escape in. Later, Selina condemns Nino for his murderous activities and Nino throws her out. Don Armeteo calls Nino to taunt him, explaining that he "needed to be spanked" for his arrogance. Nino threatens him before the Don hangs up. Later, he opens fire on Don Armeteo and his henchman from the back of a speeding motorcycle, killing them all.
Scotty and Nick meet with Stone to arrange a sting operation to nab Nino, once and for all. But at the sting, Scotty's cover is blown by Kareem, who just happened to be at the scene the day Scotty wounded Pookie. A shootout ensues; Nick saves Scotty by killing the Duh Duh Duh Man, before he could open fire on him. Nino manages to escape. That night, he confronts Gee Money for his act of betrayal. Gee accuses Nino of being egotistical, and putting himself over what they built together. Gee wants things to go back to the way they were, but Nino sees no going back, and regretfully kills him.
After the gang's collapse, Nino holes himself up in an apartment and continues his criminal empire, solo. Scotty and Nick infiltrate the complex, with Nick taking out Nino's guards and Scotty crashing into Nino's apartment. Nino is brutally beaten by Scotty, who reveals that the school teacher Nino killed was his mother. For his crimes against the community, as well as his mother's murder, Scotty attempts to kill Nino again, but Nick gets him to put down the gun. As a bloodied Nino is taken into custody, he warns Scotty that he'll be out in a week and that he's a dead man.
At his trial, Nino pleads guilty to a lesser charge and turns state's evidence, falsely claiming that he was forced to work for the CMB because they threatened to kill his mother and pointing the finger at Kareem as the actual leader of CMB. Because his punishment would include at least 12 months prison time, Nino gets only a year in prison, which leaves Scotty outraged. But as he's speaking with reporters outside of the courtroom, Nino is greeted by the old man (who tried to kill him earlier) who says "Idolator! Your soul is required in hell!"; the old man then shoots Nino in the chest. Scotty and Nick are both satisfied, as Nino falls over the balcony to his death. As onlookers look down at Nino's body, an epilogue states to the viewers that "Although this is a fictional story, there are Nino Browns in every major city in America. If we don't confront the problem realistically--without empty slogans and promises--then drugs will continue to destroy our country."
- Wesley Snipes as Nino Brown, an arrogant, smart drug kingpin who uses his ideas into selling cocaine and crack. He was the murderer of Scotty's mother.
- Ice T as Scotty Appleton, a New York Police detective who vows to bring Nino down as retribution since Nino was clearly responsible for Scotty's mother's death.
- Allen Payne as Gerald "Gee Money" Wells; Nino's childhood friend and the second in command of the Cash Money Brother's (CMB).
- Chris Rock as "Pookie" Benny Robinson; a former stick-up kid who becomes homeless and poor after Scotty shoots him in the ankle. He also became a crack addict afterwards then eventually became a police informant and infiltrates the CMB at the Carter until he was caught sneaking drugs and killed.
- Judd Nelson as Nick Peretti; Scotty Appleton's partner in the CMB investigation.
- Mario Van Peebles as Stone; the leader of the CMB police operation.
- Michael Michele as Selina Thomas; Nino Brown's girlfriend who becomes extremely jealous when Nino falls for Gee Money's girlfriend.
- Bill Nunn as Duh Duh Duh Man; the CMB enforcer and Nino's personal bodyguard.
- Russell Wong as Park; a police officer who has Pookie use high technology for his infiltration.
- Bill Cobbs as Old man; an elderly man who is against Nino's crimes towards the city. At the end of the film, he kills Nino as he exits the courtroom by shooting him in the chest; Nino then falls to his death.
- Christopher Williams as Kareem Akbar; a bank teller turned gang member of the CMB.
- Vanessa A. Williams as Keisha; a female gang member of the CMB.
- Tracy Camilla Johns as Uniqua; Gee Money's ex-girlfriend who falls for Nino.
- Anthony DeSando as Frankie Needles In His Arms; a mobster who has connections towards the CMB from his boss, Don Armeteo. Around the film, Nick and Scotty forces him to bring Gee Money to let Scotty join the gang.
- Nick Ashford as Reverend Oates
- Keith Sweat as singer at the wedding
The film is based on the crack cocaine war in the US. It was the first theatrically released film for director and co-star Mario Van Peebles. The film was based upon an original story and screenplay written by Thomas Lee Wright[3] who had previously penned a draft of The Godfather Part III[4] and would go on to write, direct and produce a seminal documentary of American gang life, Eight Tray Gangster: The Making of a Crip.[5]
The screenplay was co-written by journalist turned screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper, who also scripted 1994's Above the Rim, and Sugar Hill, which also starred Snipes. Cooper is the first African American screenwriter in history to have two films produced in one year: Sugar Hill was released on February 25, 1994 by Beacon-20th Century Fox Pictures, and Above The Rim was released on March 23, 1994 by New Line Cinema.
Barry Michael Cooper's rewrite was based on a December 1987 The Village Voice cover story written by Cooper titled "Kids Killing Kids: New Jack City Eats Its Young".[6] The story revolved around the 20th anniversary of the 1967 riots in Detroit, and in its wake, Nicky Barnes, rise of crack cocaine gangs in the late 1980s, such as Young Boys Inc., and the Chambers Brothers.
It is set and filmed in New York City between April 16 and June 6, 1990.
New Jack City received a favorable reception by film critics for its cast, storyline and soundtrack.[7] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three and a half stars out of four, writing:
Truffaut once said it was impossible to make an anti-war movie, because the war sequences would inevitably be exciting and get the audience involved on one side or the other. It is almost as difficult to make an anti-drug movie, since the lifestyle and money of the drug dealers looks like fun, at least until they're killed. This movie pulls off that tricky achievement. Nino, who looks at the dead body of Scarface and laughs, does not get the last laugh.[8]
Time Out London described the film as "a superior example of what used to be called blaxploitation."[9]
New Jack City was produced with an estimated $8,000,000 budget. The film initially premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 1991, before being released nationally on March 8, 1991; it grossed $7,039,622 during its opening weekend. It became the highest grossing independent film of 1991, grossing a total of $47,624,253 domestically. The film holds a 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.
American Film Institute Lists
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills - Nominated[10]
- AFI's 10 Top 10 - Nominated Gangster Film[11]
Home media[edit]
DVD was released in Region 1 in the United States on August 25, 1998 and Region 2 in the United Kingdom on July 26, 1999, it was distributed by Warner Home Video. DVD was re-released as a Two-Disc Special Edition in Region 1 in the United States on August 23, 2005 and Region 2 in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2006.
Special Edition DVD features:
- Commentary by: director and co-star Mario Van Peebles
- New Jack City: A Hip-Hop Classic
- Harlem World: A Walk Inside
- The Road to New Jack City
- Original music videos: "New Jack Hustler" (Nino's Theme) by Ice T, "I'm Dreamin'" by Christopher Williams, and "I Wanna Sex You Up" by Color Me Badd
- Original theatrical trailer
Cultural impact[edit]
The New Orleans based Rap label Cash Money Records is named after the Cash Money Brothers gang.[12] Cash Money Records rapper Lil Wayne has a series of albums titled "Tha Carter" after The Carter Complex,[13] and Lil Wayne and Tyga have referred to themselves as Young Nino.[14][15] Wrestler New Jack got his name from this movie.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- New Jack City — original soundtrack to the film
- ^ a b http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newjackcity.htm
- ^ Blaise, Judd. "New Jack City (1991)". Allmovie. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ^ (as determined by Writers Guild of America arbitration),
- ^ see The Godfather Companion by Peter Biskind (HarperPerennial, 1990), pages 134-5
- ^ The film told the story of the Rodney King riots from a gang member's perspective and a review in the Hollywood Reporter called the Discovery Channel production "more frightening and sympathetic than any existing dramatic films on the subject".
- ^ Cooper, Barry Michael. "Kids Killing Kids: New Jack City Eats Its Young"; December 1, 1987
- ^ Wilmington, Michael (March 8, 1991). "Plot Twists Litter Harlem Thriller 'New Jack City'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ Roger Ebert. "New Jack City". Chicago Sun-Times. May 1, 1991.
- ^ http://www.timeout.com/film/63255.html
- ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills Nominees
- ^ AFI's 10 Top 10 Ballot
- ^ http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2009/07/eric-s-blog/cash-money-records-the-independent-years-1991-1998-.html
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/tha-carter-mw0000694619
- ^ http://rapgenius.com/Lil-wayne-doa-lyrics#note-6862
- ^ http://rapgenius.com/534005
External links[edit]
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- New Jack City at Box Office Mojo
- New Jack City at the Internet Movie Database
- New Jack City at Rotten Tomatoes
- New Jack City official site at WarnerVideo.com
- New Jack City movie review by Janet Maslin for the New York Times (1991)
- Cooper, Barry Michael (2011, March 16). "New Jack, New Jack: Big City of Dreams." Baltimore City Paper.
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Lebanese land mine wounds four Israeli soldiers
Four Israeli soldiers were injured in a landmine blast along the northern border with Lebanon, media reports said on Wednesday.
A Lebanese army communique said that the "Israeli patrol violated Lebanon's sovereignty."
"An infantry patrol of the Israeli army penetrated 400 meters inside Lebanon in the Labbouneh area at 00:24 local time," the statement said.
"An explosion took place and the soldiers were wounded, with blood found at the scene. A military committee has opened an investigation in coordination with UNIFIL," the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, it said.
An Israeli military spokesperson said Wednesday that the soldiers were hurt during "overnight activity adjacent to the northern border." It did not say if they were injured in training or in combat, and refused to elaborate further.
Israeli media said that the three soldiers were taken into surgery and one is in the ICU.
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The top 25 on "Idol" season 11 features two Georgians: Phil Phillips of Leesburg and Aaron Marcellus Sanders of Atlanta.
We will hear the 13 guys on Tuesday and 12 women on Wednesday. On Thursday, the top 12 (or like last year, 13) will be named. Fox has not released how it will work but I presume the top 9 or 10 will be from the public votes and the final three will be "wild card" picks from each judge. We then go straight into the live final rounds next week and the way things are scheduled, it appears a top 13 is likely.
Last week, I talked to Phillips and Marcellus.
Here are bits from the Phillips interview:
Where the 21-year-old performs: mostly Albany and Valdosta. He has never performed in Atlanta, though he has visited.
Began performing at age 17: "I just want to get out there and play bigger places. I'm not the bar scene type. I'd rather play restaurants and festivals."
"Idol" as an outlet: ""This isn't really my type of show. It's more pop. I feel like they saw something in me that's different. I'm trying to do something different. I just feel so blessed to get this far."
Has he ever met Luke Bryan, who is from Leesburg, too? "He did a concert back when he was just getting famous. I said hey to him. He seems like a really nice guy. I didn't know him personally."
His style: "It's jazz and rock mixed together. I'm trying to do my own thing. I'm not going to try to be something I'm not. I want to tell the world stories I have. I hope they can connect."
What's the quirkiest thing about her? "I'm kind of strange. When it comes to being in front of the camera, I get nervous. I hate talking, doing interviews. I don't want to say something stupid."
The Dave Matthews comparison? "I love Dave Matthews. I am into John Butler and Damien Rice. Also Johnny Long. Those kinds of musicians. They don't give a crap what the world thinks, just do their own thing. Dave is awesome. I feel like I'm a little different from Dave in the songs I do, the way I write my original songs. Still, he's an inspiration for me."
His family: mom's a secretary in the school system and dad owns a sporting goods store. He has two sisters. Everybody sings. "I had a great childhood."
Life with the same first and last name: "It's my dad's name. I'm a junior. They wanted to keep the name in the family. I don't have a problem with it. People called me P Squared. Philly Cheesesteak."
You might vaguely remember Aaron Sanders from season 10. That is his actual last name. But he has been using Aaron Marcellus professionally as a musician so he made sure "Idol" has him identified as such this time around.
Marcellus, who was born and raised in Decatur, has been given the "montage" treatment by "Idol" thus far. We've heard bits of his singing but no back story. We didn't even get to hear any of his "sing for your life" performance.
This places him at a major disadvantage to garner votes and will place greater weight on his one live performance Tuesday than it would for, say, Reed "the Idol producers love me" Grimm.
After interviewing him, I can see why "Idol" did not focus on him. He has a solid R&B voice but not a terribly interesting back story or quirky nature. He seems like a perfectly pleasant 27-year-old musician, who moved to Teaneck, N.J. two years ago with his brother Will Pierre, who is 31, to pursue a singing career. "We've been trying to be performers our entire lives," he said.
His first trip to "Idol" was season 7. He made it top 50. He tried seasons 8 and 9 but didn't get as far. He made it to the top 40 last year, season 10. This year, he landed in the top 25. Since this was his third trip to L.A. for "Idol," the others called him the "Hollywood vet."
At age 27, he said if he didn't make it this far again, he isn't sure if he would have tried again at age 28, his last chance. "Thank God I didn't have to," he said.
He said season 7, he didn't quite know who he was. He had learned versatility but hadn't put enough of himself into his singing. He recalls Simon Cowell telling him he "didn't stand out." He feels he has gotten better. "I've learned to let Aaron in and be more aggressive with who I am as an artist. I'm a soul singer, a pop soul singer. Every year, I've gotten better at that. I'm the package now."
Marcellus didn't want to dwell on his lack of airtime. "I'm just grateful to be here," he said. I'm not one to complain. On Tuesday, I will be introduced to America." His song choice, he said, "is a little different from what everybody else is doing. It's my chance, my two minutes to just say hi, 'I'm Aaron Marcellus. Can we take this journey together all the way to the end?' "
He is a single guy, "married to my music," he said. "I'm very focused right now."
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February 27th, 2012
2:42 pm
February 27th, 2012
2:44 pm
Ummm… Phillip? If – as you say, Idol "isn't really my type of show" – then why the heck try out??
February 27th, 2012
2:51 pm
If Aaron didn't make it the first three years he tried out… but made it this year… maybe the talent this year isn't as good as the last three seasons.
February 27th, 2012
3:00 pm
Thanks Rodney.
Rickster we could have a discussion of those that tried out and didn't make it, but went on to gain fame without Idol.
February 27th, 2012
3:14 pm
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February 27th, 2012
3:19 pm
Hey, everyone!
February 27th, 2012
3:46 pm
Hey Harriett!
February 27th, 2012
3:54 pm
Phil is cute.
February 27th, 2012
4:08 pm
Interesting vignette about Ryan and Sasha Baron Cohen (Il Doofi)
February 27th, 2012
4:31 pm
Hi everyone! Catching up – From the previous thread on Friday – I agree with D that Idol has not been actively *pushing* for a male winner the past few years… but until they fix the broken voting system, they will continue to get a male winner, no matter how good the girls are. It will probably not be possible for a girl to win.
Sam-A, Rickster and JT – no kidding! 6 hours this week = TOO much. Thank goodness for fast-forward!!
Rodney, I think they do go straight into the finals next week. My DVR for next Wednesday says "Top 12 Finalists Perform" and then for Thursday "One singer goes home in a results edition". So it looks like the regular season schedule after this week…
February 27th, 2012
4:34 pm
Oops, Rodney, I was answering your question from the last thread and didn't read the article yet. So never mind, you already know that!
February 27th, 2012
4:58 pm
No time for visiting today. Bye!
February 27th, 2012
4:59 pm
So glad to be able to say "24 hours till Idol!" and be able to write it on a Monday!!
February 27th, 2012
5:02 pm
I might DVR the race tonight… and then FF through it.
Man those cars are going to go REALLY fast!
Have a great evening, everyone.
February 27th, 2012
5:15 pm
Rickster (2:51pm post), I don't think you really want to go on record saying (okay, inferring) the Idol producers and judges are the be all and end all at choosing talent. Afterall, they gave us Lee DeWyze!
February 27th, 2012
5:35 pm
Most notable singers (so far) who were rejected at Idol auditions:
Hilary Scott of Lady Antebellum
–She auditioned twice and never got past the first round.
Colbie Cailat
-Also auditioned twice, and didn't get through either time. The second time she sang her original song "Bubbly" which went on to win a Grammy.
Amber Riley (Mercedes Jones of Glee)
-She auditioned for "Idol" at age 17, but she too didn't even make it past the producers.
February 27th, 2012
6:04 pm
Phil Phillips was awful during the audition rounds. He's not the first person to make the top 24 just based on his audition, but since his audition included proving that he can't sing, I hope he doesn't make the top 12.
February 27th, 2012
6:08 pm
Maybe the quirkiest thing about him is that he'll answer the question, "What's the quirkiest thing about her?"
February 27th, 2012
6:12 pm
Hahaha, Nutmeg, I noticed that too!!
February 27th, 2012
6:54 pm
I for one am rooting for Phil Phillips. So far I haven't seen anybody that really just makes me see any superstars, but Phil is quirky and different. He seems like a great kid and I will always pull for someone from southwest GA. I like Reed Grimm and Jen Hirsch as well. Hopefully somebody will jump out soon.
February 27th, 2012
9:16 pm
I am impressed with Elise Testone — but she is at the very bottom of the popularity rung, so she will be the longest of longshots to make the top 12. She's one of the older contestants and not as current in terms of the hot young pretty girls, but could wipe the floor with anyone, boys or girls, on a hot R&B number, which is my kinda party.
February 27th, 2012
10:01 pm
Home, terrible cold, missing the little guy and mom has a doc appt tomorrow. Other than that, everything is good!
February 27th, 2012
10:47 pm
Airborne, D., Airborne. Grapefruit flavor. I'm a firm believer. Take it when I fly or when I'm around fluish people.
February 28th, 2012
8:01 am
Don't forget…Idol is on tonight.
Mercedes, I had a scratchy throat before I got on the plane. It took 3 days of getting steadily worse before the cold appeared.
February 28th, 2012
8:43 am
Interesting night on "The Voice." The last girl to make it to the battle rounds is a girl from Georgia (Atlanta, I think.) Can't remember her first name, but last name is Evans.
Christina even grabbed a mic and climbed up on the stage to sing the chorus of the song with her.
Now THAT'S an audition!
February 28th, 2012
9:14 am
That girl is from ATL, and was shown on the WXIA news this am. Don't watch Voice – but thought it a bit rude for Christina to just jump into this audition! Did the girl choose her?
February 28th, 2012
9:20 am
February 28th, 2012
9:24 am
What are we Glee now?
If I were auditioning and a big name star jumped on stage with me, that is who I'd choose to be my mentor.
February 28th, 2012
9:30 am
Good morning all! Today is Nana's birthday, and I am going to see if I can persuade her to pay us a visit.
The Voice wrap-up made me see that not all the artists are as good as first thought them to be. But, now the most interesting part of the show is over. I really enjoy the blind auditions. I wonder what is going to happen with the guy who was super and multi-talented that nobody turned around for? They all about had a fit when they realized what they had passed on.
February 28th, 2012
9:34 am
Sam-A…. Christina was the only one who had any room left on her team, so when Christina hit her button, the choice was already made.
Actually… the girl was quite honored to have Christina come up on stage.
There must be something about the acoustics in the auditorium that makes people sound better there than on TV. Thought the guy with the hat & beard that Christina picked was horrible. Same with Lex Land. Wasn't impressed in the least with the guy that nobody wanted until they all turned around.
February 28th, 2012
9:41 am
Rickster: same can be said for Idol – how many that sound terrible to us viewers are raved and carried on over – this happens repeatedly, yet we all often agree the voices are crap.
Simon has at least admitted several times that he made mistakes on the repeat viewing, both putting thru and kicking off.
The judges on these shows should have big earphones so they hear only the music and singer, not the audience noise, which sometimes is deafening.
February 28th, 2012
9:47 am
Happy Birthday Nana if you read this !
February 28th, 2012
9:48 am
Yes, Nana – have a great "me" day, and many more to follow!
February 28th, 2012
10:02 am
I left her a message. Hope she visits us for a bit!
Really looking forward to Idol this week.
February 28th, 2012
10:07 am
Another Pisces! Happy Birthday, Nana, and please post. Would like to hear what you have been up to.
Thanks, D., for reminder. Would not have remembered to set recorder for Idol tonight. Hope your cold is better – and that it wasn;t the flu. Some I know have been seriously ill this winter.
Anyone else noticed there are better TV-shows than movies this season?
February 28th, 2012
10:07 am
Speaking of "The Voice" – Rodney's posted a thread about how 4 Atlanta-area residents are in the Top 48.
February 28th, 2012
10:11 am
Happy Birthday Nana! Hopefully you don't have to bake your own birthday cake! (But if you do… it'll be delicious!)
February 28th, 2012
10:50 am
Sam-A… Rodney's "Voice" thread has the girl from Atlanta's (Sera Hill) audition – including the Christina duet.
You can tell the girl's thrilled.
February 28th, 2012
11:03 am
Suprise, suprise, I'm still alive!!!! And to all, a big HELLO.
I've been laying low until the top 24 starts, so now that it begins, I will be back regularly. In fact, some of you may wish I would stay away.
And thanks for all the birthday wishes. I appreciate them.
February 28th, 2012
11:03 am
I am sure she's thrilled – but it still seems rude when the gal is auditioning, to jump in uninvited and take over – which from the film on the news, looked like it was 2/3rds the Christina Show.
February 28th, 2012
11:04 am
Nana: Quick ??: How is Memory doing. Last report was walking and doing pretty good. l hope that's still true!
February 28th, 2012
11:09 am
Welcome, Nana!! So good to see you here and I hope your birthday is filled with lots of great things and much love.
February 28th, 2012
11:14 am
Sam-A; memory is doing better, but still not well. She is still walking, standing and tring to run, but still has trouble. When she's tired, her hind quarters will droop and she will drag. Thanks for asking about here.
February 28th, 2012
11:18 am
Nice to hear from you Nana, and happy birthday.
February 28th, 2012
12:08 pm
RoHo: thanks for clarification. They didn't say (or, getting dressed, I missed) that the audition was over first – just couldn't imagine anyone, even a diva like her, interrupting an audition. Glad to hear she had better manners than that!
Nana: we all get along the best we can, with all the nasty things aging brings (ie arthritis, poor memory and eyesight, etc). Hope precious Memory has many happy years ahead. And you too! I sure miss your Soliloquies about all the wonderful food you're cooking, especially the fried okra/green tomato/potato combo!!!!! I would dream about that (if I slept more than 3 hours per night).
February 28th, 2012
1:44 pm
Sam-A: I cooked the fried okra combo last Sunday for dinner. It sure was good.
February 28th, 2012
1:51 pm
Kellie Pickler celebrates her 1-year anniversary:
February 28th, 2012
3:27 pm
Time for me to go for the day. Much to wrap up around here. Really loved seeing Nana back today.
Idol night! Yaaaaaay!
February 28th, 2012
3:45 pm
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Fiction: There's no hope for those diagnosed with mental illness.
Truth: There are numerous treatments and forms of support that make it possible for those with mental illness to hold down jobs and lead a normal life.
Fiction: There's nothing I can do to make a difference in their lives.
Truth: The way you speak and act can make a huge difference. It can promote understanding or it can add to the burden. For example, seek to separate the person from the diagnosis (So instead of calling him or her a schizophrenic, describe them as a person with schizophrenia). Also, don't label them as crazy or inferior. That is both insulting and inaccurate. Those with mental illness should be treated with respect; they have the same rights as others in society.
Fiction: They're more likely to be violent than the average person.
Truth: There is no evidence that those with mental illness are any more violent than another person (but they ARE more likely to be victims of crime.)
Fiction: I'm not at risk of mental illnesses myself.
Truth: Mental illnesses are common - more than half the population will receive a diagnosis at some point in their life. It will likely affect their wider family, too.
Fiction: Mental illness is related to mental retardation.
Truth: The two are not related in any way at all. Mental illness affects a person's mood, thoughts and behaviour; retardation affects their intellectual functioning and creates some challenges for daily functioning.
Fiction: Mental illnesses are caused by a weak character.
Truth: Mental illnesses are caused by a number of factors – social, biological, emotional, psychological, environmental, or a mix of these.
Fiction: Those with mental illnesses can't hold down a job (or they're less effective than most other employees).
Truth: Studies conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) showed no differences in productivity between those with mental illness and those without mental illness.
Fiction: Children don't suffer from mental illnesses. What we see is bad behaviour due to poor parenting. Many kids just want attention and have been spoiled by their parents.
Truth: 5-9 % of children are diagnosed with a recognised form of mental illness. However, they can still succeed at school and in relationships if they receive the understanding and support they deserve.
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38 U.S. Code § 7264 - Rules of practice and procedure
(a) The proceedings of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims shall be conducted in accordance with such rules of practice and procedure as the Court prescribes.
(b) The mailing of a pleading, decision, order, notice, or process in respect of proceedings before the Court shall be held sufficient service of such pleading, decision, order, notice, or process if it is properly addressed to the address furnished by the appellant on the notice of appeal filed under section 7266 of this title.
Source(Added Pub. L. 100–687, div. A, title III, § 301(a),Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4116, § 4064; renumbered § 7264 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), (d)(1),May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L. 102–82, § 4,Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 376; Pub. L. 105–368, title V, § 512(a)(1),Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3341.)
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–368substituted "Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims" for "Court of Veterans Appeals".
1991—Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(b)(1), renumbered section 4064 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–40, § 402(d)(1), substituted "7266" for "4066".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–82added subsec. (c).
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Investigators and prosecutors in North Carolina need strong tools to fight public corruption at all levels of government, Attorney General Roy Cooper and Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby said Thursday. Under Cooper's direction, the NC State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has been the lead investigative agency or a significant partner in more than 500 investigations of public officials over the past decade, including members of the previous Governor's staff and a Governor for conduct committed while in office. "Stopping public corruption and restoring faith in government mandates uncovering and prosecuting crimes of public officials," Cooper said. "Though SBI public corruption investigations have resulted in many convictions, we've also learned that investigators and prosecutors need stronger tools to uncover the truth and assure that public corruption will be stopped and prosecuted." "We rely on public officials to act with integrity, but when they don't we need the ability to get to the truth and prosecute cases effectively," Willoughby said. "Being able to compel the truth when the public trust is at stake would help preserve the integrity of government." State prosecutors like Willoughby usually call on the SBI to investigate complaints against public officials. When local prosecutors have a conflict of interest, they also ask the Attorney General to prosecute these cases. SBI agents also work closely with federal investigators and prosecutors on public corruption cases. Although many of these cases have resulted in successful prosecutions, some founder due to uncooperative or untruthful witnesses. Changes in the law would help, Cooper said. Cooper is calling on state legislators to:
State prosecutors could convene a grand jury to question witnesses under oath, subpoena records and deliberate evidence of wrongdoing by officials. A grand jury allows prosecutors to compel witnesses to testify under oath who otherwise might refuse to cooperate with an investigation. Federal authorities have this authority, but state prosecutors don't.
When an FBI agent is present during an interview, a witness who lies or conceals the truth can be charged with a crime because federal law makes it a felony to lie to federal agents. SBI agents working closely with federal agents to investigate public officials have seen witnesses withhold information or lie, then change their stories when a federal agent enters the room. The proposal would mean making a material false statement to an SBI agent in a criminal investigation a felony. Truth telling should be uniform.
Currently state law allows prosecutors to convene an investigative grand jury for serious drug felonies with the permission of a three-judge panel. Cooper has pushed to allow it for public corruption, and to make lying to an SBI agent a felony, but the legislature has failed to act. (S 1404, 2009; S 132, 2007) Examples of public corruption investigations handled by the SBI include the following cases:
In recent years, SBI agents have investigated several state executive branch officials from agencies including the departments of Correction, Environment and Natural Resources, Public Safety, and Transportation. In addition to public corruption, SBI agents across the state also routinely investigate excessive force complaints, and various criminal allegations involving government officials and members of law enforcement, including state troopers and prison guards.
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Ryan Seacrest could be the hardest working man in show business. And his dedication to deejaying started way back when he was a tween putting on pretend shows for his parents. He got his first real radio job at 16. While a journalism major at University of Georgia, ESPN hired him to host a weekend game show, encouraging him to drop out and head to LA to pursue full-time DJ work. By 1994, his ride-home program on 98.7 earned national syndication while his pretty mug graced a slew of TV shows ("Gladiators 2000," "Click," and "Wild Animal Games"). In 2002, he was tapped to host what would become the nation's most-watched TV show, "American Idol." He has since replaced Casey Kasem on countdown duty, Rick Dees in the morning on KIIS FM and his idol Dick Clark upon his passing at the helm of his annual New Year's Eve special. The Hollywood Walk Of Fame star recipient and Emmy nominee became a red carpet regular at awards shows and co-host of "E! News Daily" as part of a $21-million contract with the network. Despite a long list of super hot ex-girlfriends (Shana Wall, Teri Hatcher, Sophie Monk and Julianne Hough), the well-groomed metrosexual never seems to be fully able to squelch the not-straight speculation.
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The Children's Room Book Club for ages 8 - 12 (or thereabouts) meets on the first Wednesday evening of the month at 6:30 p.m. That means there will be a meeting, Wednesday, October 5, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss Steel Trapp: The Challenge by Ridley Pearson.
In November, the book club will read War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. A movie based on the book is due out December 25 of this year. Steven Spielberg is the director. Mark your calendar for Wednesday, November 2, at 6:30 p.m. If you love horses, this is a great story. It is also good historical fiction. Copies are available in the children's room.


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Here is the guacamole recipe that Rosanna Scotto featured on Fox 5.
3 Haas avocados, halved, seeded and peeled
1 lime, juiced
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 scallions, diced
1/2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1 crate of cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (optional)
Tabasco sauce
In a large bowl place the scooped avocado and lime juice. Using a fork, mash it up and add the salt, and pepper. Then, fold in the scallions, jalapeno, tomatoes, cilantro. squeeze more lime juice. Let sit at room temperature for 1 hour and then serve.


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This post has been a long time coming. Ever since we purchased our little brown dungeon (as I so fondly liked to refer to it as) we knew we had to do something about the dismal exterior. However, an updated kitchen, finished basement, and usable living room all trumped the exterior updates. Recently, though, we started thinking about how we could make the exterior match the interior.
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The reintroduction of legislation that would enforce states to collect sales tax from internet retailers - called The Marketplace Fairness Act is back. On the top, it seems favorable for brick and mortar retailers like Best Buy or Wal-Mart and bad news for internet retailers like eBay or Amazon. Interestingly, many online giants such as Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), J.C. Penney, and Home Depot are actually in favor of the tax. And the main organizations that oppose it are eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and the Heritage Foundation. There can be a couple of reasons why these online retailers are supporting it. One, it is an additional amount which will be charged from the consumer. And ultimately, the effects of this cost are to be borne by the end-consumer. Secondly, the online retailers via this Act actually get benefitted with the permission to deploy warehouses in those states where tax is imposed. This will cut down their shipping cost drastically. Whatsoever be the case, I don't think this regulation is going to make any impact on the topline of these retailers.
In this article, I have screened three online retailers from above and analyzed them on the long-term investing landscape. I see two of them offering an excellent investing opportunity for the year ahead. Let's discuss them in detail.
eBay: PayPal is paying off
The result declaration in mid January, 2013 has surged the stock of eBay by around 7%. The prime driver of the strong quarterly result was the 18% growth in revenue. The continuous global expansion of PayPal was also evident in the quarter as registered accounts reached around 123 million.
PayPal added around 2 million accounts in the quarter and had revenue growth of around 24%. This was mainly driven by continuous adoption of PayPal by consumers and merchants. The geographical expansion of the facility further aided this growth. Additionally, because of the increase in tablet and smartphone users, the volume of mobile payment in 2012 has increased by around 250% year-over-year. But the story doesn't end there, PayPal is not stopping just at the online payment services, it's going offline with its point-of-sale initiative this April. eBay has announced that it has underwent an agreement with 23 large retailers to take part in the initiative. Now PayPal can be used for payment in around 18,000 stores all across the country. The large retailers include RadioShack and Dollar General.
To increase the reach of its offline payment, it has collaborated with Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a payment and point of sale solution provider for stores and gas stations. PayPal's digital wallet will now form part of Gilbarco's machines. Gilbarco serves some of the big names in the retail industry. This deal follows the deals with Ingenico and Discover Financial Services helping the company to expand its horizon in offline payment market as well.
Considering the growth opportunities in the offline payment market for PayPal and the initiatives taken by the company to capture the same, the stock's future should be as secure with the services it offers. For me the stock is a Buy.
Amazon.com: Will Amazon keep up the gross margin gap?
Amazon reported its 4Q12 result with total growth in revenue of 22% year over year. The total revenue for the quarter came in at $21.27 billion which was below the consensus of $22.26 billion. But the gross margin expanded to 24%, nearly 350 basis points higher than last year's fourth quarter. The expansion in gross margin is mainly because of three reasons- increased third-party unit sales, lower transportation cost and growth in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
The factors that helped the company to increase its gross margin can be useful in the future as well. In the last quarter, the sale of third-party units rose around 40% as compared to 25% growth in sales of Amazon's own products. The rise in third-party sales contributed 39% to overall paid units up from the previous year's 36%. Third-party units may not carry the same level of leverage on revenue as Amazon's own products, but they are more profitable hence provide a better margin. Looking at the last two years and the profitability factor of sales of third-party units, the shift should continue in the coming quarters as well and help the company's gross margins.
Taking up the lower transportation cost, Amazon operates roughly 90 fulfillment centers globally, up from last year's 70. The proximity of these facilities to customers provides reduced transportation costs. The recent announcement of three new fulfillment centers in Texas and one in California underlines the company's commitment to opening more of such centers in future. The increase in the total number of fulfillment centers should offer a reduced transportation cost in the future as well.
The increased gross margin of the company helps me maintain a view of long-term profitability for its stock; hence I recommend a buy for it.
Barnes & Noble: Nook losing popularity and physical stores losing count
This online retailer is going to face headwinds both in the near-term and far-term future. The declaration of its guidance for an expected loss in its Nook segment followed by the less than expected holiday season sale and the announcement of downsizing its physical operations creates some concern about the stock.
In 2013, Barnes & Noble expects its a deeper loss from its Nook Segment compared to last year. The lower than expected sales from the segment should be responsible for the loss. In the last three months of 2012, B&N lost more than 50% of its share in the tablet market. The Nook is losing popularity, and this is evident from the fall of 12.6% year-over-year in tablet revenue for the holiday season. The Nook segment was supposed to help the company in the losses in future from the otherwise shaky physical store segment. Because of cannibalization of physical books by the digital ones, many retailers are downsizing their operations including Barnes & Noble. In the next 10 years the company could close about one-third of its physical locations. On an average, the company can close 20 stores every year to reduce its operations from the current 689 physical locations to only about 500. Additionally, the sale of its retail segment from the nine-week long holiday season that ended on December, 2012 fell by 11% year-over-year because of closing of stores and low online sale.
The Nook tablets are gradually losing their popularity and with thickening competition from products like Kindle Fire, Ipad Mini, Surface etc., the road for both the stock and the tablet is rough. With all the downsizing and weak performance of Nook tablets, I am not very optimistic about the stock. In a long-term, the stock for me is a Sell.
What these online retailers have to offer?
Summing up I can say, that the sales tax on online retailing can take away some share of the advantage they have over physical stores. But the overall cost benefit which the online retailers have over brick-and-mortar businesses cannot be challenged. eBay's initiative of taking PayPal offline and its strategy to expand the coverage to more than 18,000 physical stores should help the company to increase its profitability. The increasing incline of Amazon.com towards more profitable third-party unit sales and increasing count of fulfillment centers should be able to maintain the increased gross margin of the company. I'll recommend both eBay and Amazon as a Buy. As for Barnes & Nobles Incorporated, the future is foggy. With Nook losing popularity and the company's plans to close one-third of its physical stores, the stock seems a Sell.
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Is WV doing enough to prepare for the downsized role of coal in the state economy?
Cal Kent and Ted Boettner inhabit opposite ends of the political spectrum, but they agree that West Virginia must face the fact that coal soon will play a smaller role in the state's economy.
"Coal just isn't going to be the source of state revenue as it has in the past," said Kent, director of the BB&T Center for American Capitalism and a distinguished fellow in economics at Marshall University.
In a separate interview, Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, said he "fears we're heading toward a hard landing" if the state doesn't prepare for a downsized coal industry.
Several weeks after those interviews, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin promised to work on improving the coal industry's future.
"To keep our industry alive and well — and I promise you we will — we must continue to seek out new markets and uses for it while doing what we can to help the industry reduce costs and be more productive, efficient, safe and environmentally friendly," Tomblin said in his State of the State address given Jan. 8. "While I will never back down from the EPA because of its misguided policies on coal, we should remind ourselves a challenge doesn't always lead to confrontation.
"Last summer I sat across the table from EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and shared our story. We have been hit hard. But with planning and perserverance, I believe the obstacles can be overcome."
Market forces
The southern coal counties of West Virginia, along with eastern Kentucky and parts of Virginia and Tennessee, lie in what is known as the Central Appalachian region. Recent and long-term market conditions are working against an improvement in their fortunes.
The reasons for the pessimistic outlook for thermal coal include:
Coal production has trended downward for several years. According to the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training, production in recent years peaked at 162.7 million tons in 2008 — just before the Great Recession — and totaled about 129.6 million tons in 2012.
Boone County lost its spot as the state's top-producing coal county in 2012, yielding that position to Marshall County. Production in Boone County fell about 5.2 million tons from 2011 to 2012 while Marshall County's production increased by only 71,000 tons.
But coal mining employment had been increasing in recent years until 2012. According to WorkForce West Virginia, coal employment rose from 2007 to 2011, then fell, and it's on track to fall again when final numbers for 2013 are calculated. Likewise, coal mining wages were on the increase until 2012.
Tax impact
Severance taxes are a large part of the state's general revenue collections — about 10.4 percent.
But severance taxes aren't just collected on coal. They're also collected on natural gas, timber and other extractive resources.
In the first half of the 2013-14 fiscal year, coal severance taxes were down $32.8 million compared with the first half of FY 2012-13. Gas severance taxes were up $37 million, and other severance taxes were up $7.1 million.
Yet the state still collected nearly three times as much in coal severance taxes as in gas severance taxes.
Another tax implication from coal's long-term decline is personal income taxes. Wages directly attributed to coal mining accounted for about 6.8 percent of all wages paid in West Virginia last year, and 8.6 percent of all private-sector wages, according to WorkForce West Virginia data.
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Many West Virginians blame coal's problems on the Environmental Protection Agency alone and ignore the market forces driving production down.
Boettner asks, if West Virginia cannot stop the EPA from imposing more restrictions on burning coal, what does it plan to do to regenerate growth in the southern part of the state? At least Kentucky is talking about the problems, but that came after a large number of coal-related job losses in the eastern part of the state, he said.
"I don't think we want to wait until we lose 6,000 jobs," Boettner said.
Kentucky officials have begun an effort called SOAR, or Shaping Our Appalachian Region, to find ways to improve the economy of eastern Kentucky as demand for its coal falls and mines shut down. Also, President Barack Obama has included eight counties in eastern Kentucky — none of them bordering on West Virginia — as one of the first five Promise Zones he wants to form to combat poverty.
Counties in Promise Zones will have priority for existing federal programs.
So far, no widespread effort to move the southern West Virginia economy beyond coal has gained traction.
Kent says the region must diversify.
"We can't depend on extractive industries, so we're going to have to bring in other industries," he said.
Which ones come in should be driven by the market, not by government, Kent said.
Meanwhile, Boettner said, there are things that can be done to improve the region and the state.
For one, there is about $2.5 billion in the abandoned mine lands trust fund that is not being put to as good use as possible, he said.
Also, the governor and the Legislature should consider keeping the workers' comp debt tax on coal after it is due to expire. The revenue could be used to support job training efforts, he said.


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