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Published: Friday, September 17, 2010 at 9:32 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 17, 2010 at 9:34 a.m.
It's not the type of thing TV networks talk about when they're trying to generate excitement for their new fall season: that many of their longest-running shows - Law & Order, Cold Case, the CSI franchise, Desperate Housewives, The Simpsons - either are fading as big hits or have disappeared from prime-time lineups.
So the fall season that starts Monday, an annual ritual of replenishment, is more crucial than ever in an industry where most new shows fail.
The competition will be intense. TV watching is at a record pace in U.S. households - 35 1/2 hours a week, according to Nielsen. Challengers to the four major networks - ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox - will be more aggressive than ever in trying to siphon viewers.
Broadcasters will try 23 new series this fall, including CBS' new take on Hawaii Five-0, Fox's Lone Star (about a Texas con man) and NBC's conspiracy thriller The Event. Seventeen other shows will move to new time slots as network programmers try to maximize the impact of newer hits such as Fox's Glee (now slotted for 8 p.m. Tuesdays) and CBS' The Big Bang Theory (now at 8 p.m. Thursdays). Networks plan a dozen new comedies throughout the season, part of a big push for laughs in what are trying times for many viewers.
Meanwhile, cable networks, which once avoided the programming overload as the Big Four rolled out their fall schedules, don't do that anymore. Shows such as HBO's Prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire, Showtime's Dexter and FX's Sons of Anarchy will compete for attention.
Together, it will amount to a TV programming traffic jam. Unlike past years, the vast majority of the major networks' lineups will be unveiled all at once - starting Monday - in what Fox programming chief Kevin Reilly calls a "four-way, premiere-week horse race."
"We've never really been this squared-off before," he says. "There are a handful of good shows out there, and a couple will rise to the top, but I think there will be mass carnage" at the outset. "Some shows that will ultimately prove successful may not be apparent out of the gate."
Tim Spengler, president of ad-buying firm Initiative North America, says that although the networks "had a pretty good success rate last year finding some new hits" - including Glee, ABC's Modern Family and CBS' NCIS: Los Angeles - "too many shows are aging, or their runs as hits are nearing the end." That makes the prime-time race even more chaotic.
Amid the upheaval, what are the keys to a network's success? Analysts and industry insiders point to five goals:
1: Solve the 9 p.m. problem
A major problem facing ABC, CBS and NBC is holding on to viewers from 9 to 10 p.m., prime time's final hour and a crucial period because it leads into newscasts, from which local stations make most of their profits. Steady erosion is one reason NBC tried - without success - to replant Jay Leno at 9 p.m. last fall.
One problem is the increasing usage of digital video recorders, now in 38 percent of homes, allowing viewers to more easily save shows and watch them later. An average of 9.3 million viewers are playing back recorded shows from that hour, 24 percent more than at 8 p.m. and a total that's more than many individual series draw at 10.
But that's only part of the story.
"The bigger issue is that we all have a limited number of hit shows, and we place them where we can maximize the benefit," says ABC research chief Charles Kennedy: sandwiched so they can benefit from lead-ins while jump-starting new series at 10. "Nine (p.m.) tends to hog up a lot of our resources" and is the home of longtime hits including ABC's Grey's Anatomy, CBS' CSI, ABC's Desperate Housewives and NBC's Law & Order: SVU.
Many of TV's signature series of the past, from NYPD Blue to ER and Northern Exposure, aired during the final hour of prime time, won Emmys and made headlines. But now the buzz during that time slot has shifted to cable series such as AMC's Mad Men.
"A lot of the pushing-the-envelope has gone onto cable," says analyst Brad Adgate of ad firm Horizon Media, while "none of these (network) shows are groundbreaking. The golden age of the 10 o'clock drama has ended."
Unfazed, ABC, CBS and NBC (Fox doesn't program that hour) will premiere eight new series at 9 p.m. this month. Three go head-to-head on Wednesday: NBC's Law & Order: L.A., CBS' The Defenders and ABC's The Whole Truth. But they may be hurting themselves in the process: All of the newcomers focus on cops or lawyers, giving fans of other genres few alternatives.
2: Find buzz-worthy shows
The key challenge facing the TV business, says Warner Bros. Television Group chief Bruce Rosenblum, is making enough noise to launch new hits. "There's such a broad array of choices right now for viewers that attracting attention for programs is harder."
All the more reason the hit-dependent business is starved for more splashy successes. Outside-the-box shows win an outsized share of chatter online and from critics, often fueling their success.
"When there's a broadcast hit, the numbers are so much bigger than any other medium. People do notice, and they start talking about network TV," says ABC scheduling chief Jeff Bader.
ABC experienced that when the groundbreaking drama Lost and comedic soap Desperate Housewives hit big in 2004 and helped boost Grey's Anatomy a year later.
Fox's musical comedy Glee had a strong first season; now NBC is trying The Event, a serialized conspiracy thriller that aims for the Lost crowd, and ABC has a new drama about a family with superpowers, No Ordinary Family. In May, Fox plans to unveil Terra Nova, a Steven Spielberg series about a time-traveling family in the dinosaur age.
Yet there's a general consensus among industry analysts that as the business contracts, programmers are becoming increasingly risk-averse. And though hits are tough to predict, there are no surefire bets this fall.
"We didn't get the feeling there was a game-changer, not this year," says analyst Lyle Schwartz of ad firm Group M. "The networks are finding it harder to stand out. What they need to do is take some risk." Too rarely do network TV viewers say, " 'This is a show I really want to watch because tomorrow everyone is going to be talking about it, and I'd like to be in on the conversation,' " Schwartz says.
"Big-event television has a huge halo effect on the medium and is incredibly valuable if they can stumble on the next hit," says Initiative's Spengler, "particularly as video becomes pervasive across multiple platforms. There are so few opportunities for scale, the power of a big audience is very valuable."
3: Stick with what works
On the other hand, CBS has succeeded - winning seven of the past eight seasons - with a meat-and-potatoes diet of crime dramas and laugh-track sitcoms, though critics rarely describe its shows in the reverent tones reserved for cable series (such as Mad Men) with a small fraction of CBS' audience.
"That's the rub, but at the same time, we will gladly take the rating for a big broadcast hit vs. the perception that something has more eyeballs watching it than it actually does," says CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler.
Hits such as CSI and Fox's House have reaped billions in worldwide syndication, so there's a strong business incentive to nurture programs with stand-alone episodes that hold up well in repeats. But networks, taking a page from the cable playbook, have infused more of these "procedural" dramas with character stories and humor, which makes them less dependent on cookie-cutter plots and appeals to younger audiences.
Weaker success rates have left local stations starved for comedy reruns. That's why future rights (in 2013!) to ABC's Emmy-winning hit Modern Family were sold to USA for $1.5 million an episode after only one season, and The Big Bang Theory will easily top $2 million an episode in syndication.
With those successes, "there's clearly a renewed appetite for comedy," Rosenblum says.
4: Fix Fridays
Friday evening has been pretty much a wasteland on network TV, so it's hard to believe that some of TV's top hits, including Everybody Loves Raymond, The X-Files and CSI, started their runs on Fridays, where each gained traction before being moved to another night. Now, DVD rentals, video games and DVR menus clamor for attention.
Though TV viewership on Friday is just 8 percent lower than the rest of the week, most networks in recent years have retreated with newsmagazines, reality shows and fading dramas. "Networks have not put anything on that's compelling enough to keep the ratings up, but the audience is there," says ABC's Bader.
This year might be different. The five broadcast networks plan nine dramas, including new shows with Tom Selleck (CBS' Blue Bloods) and Jimmy Smits (NBC's Outlaw). Fox's returning Human Target and The Good Guys will settle there, filling a night that Reilly says has been "pretty disastrous for us."
And CBS, which has an older audience that's been most loyal that night, has moved CSI: NY there, with new co-star Sela Ward. "We're going to find audiences growing on Friday night," predicts Tassler. "There are a lot of great choices; this is a case where all boats will rise."
Even so, ABC is hedging its bets: It has not yet locked in premiere dates for Body of Proof (starring Dana Delany as a coroner) or the reality series Secret Millionaire, and might save them to fill holes elsewhere on the schedule.
5: Make money from the Internet
While most people still watch TV on television sets, their favorite shows are available on an ever-widening array of other devices: computer screens, iPads, iPods, mobile phones or streamed from computers to TV monitors.
That's in addition to the many shows that can be watched anytime on demand through cable systems or delayed with DVRs, which allow viewers to skip through commercials.
Some networks and studios embrace the practice, figuring it helps expose more potential viewers to shows they'd otherwise miss. If they like them, the theory goes, they could become regular viewers on TV, helping to stem the long-term ratings erosion big networks face.
"What we've seen is that online is additive to viewing," says ABC's Kennedy. When asked in surveys why they watch online, "the vast majority say, 'I wanted to catch up, and I forgot to record it or I wasn't home.' "
The amount of online viewing is still small. While 10 percent of Lost fans watched the ABC series online last season, the typical series draws just 3 percent of its viewers that way.
Trouble is, there's a risk that viewers - and especially the younger, more tech-savvy ones sought by Madison Avenue - are being conditioned to make their own must-see schedules, and in many cases avoiding the ads that help pay for expensive prime-time series.
"You're seeing a tremendous amount of experimenting on many of these platforms," Reilly says, even some that might ultimately hurt the networks. "The notion of ubiquity is not a great business model for us."
And Warner Bros., which has been more conservative than its peers in making shows widely available online, urged caution as the practice threatens to disrupt the far-more-lucrative markets for DVD sales and syndication.
"As an industry, I think it's important to step back and evaluate the overall impact," Rosenblum says. "The long-term business effects of online streaming are less predictable at this point."
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Skip to comments.Ron Paul accused US Troops of War Crimes in Desert Storm (1991)
Posted on 12/23/2011 6:47:34 PM PST by mnehring
From The Ron Paul Political Report, October 15 1991
American Values?
During the Iraq war, American troops were instructed to use specially equipped tanks to bulldoze the trenches that held Iraqi soldiers- Not a single American was hurt, so meager was the resistance. Thousands of Iraqis, teenagers coerced into the army by the dictator Hussein, were buried alive, while the unprecedented military tactic was hidden from the public through media censorship. Captain Benny Williams, who Led the charge was awarded the Silver Star for his role. Also hidden: the apparent fact that many of the rag-tag teenage soldiers were trying to surrender as they were entombed.
boy this is all coming out at once...
kind of like someone was prepared in advance for it
What a crock of $hit. The enemy was given the choice, surrender or die. So it is in war.
He certainly speaks the propaganda of our enemies?
Actually, this has been floating around since 2007. It is coming to a head now both because he is threatening the Conservative candidates position, is smearing the Conservatives (did you catch his nasty attack on Bachmann?) and it was revealed he lied about not knowing or being the author (CSPAN video from 1995 he admitted writing them).
You want to play at war, you have to pay the piper.
Was it a war crime to seal japanese soldiers in their caves on Iwo Jima??
I don't think so.
Iowa has no problem screwing us over with ethanol causing all of our foodstuffs to increase at an insane rate. It's all about the lucre. They'll probably vote zero, instead of paul and feel better about themselves.
Absolutely. Our son was there and it's much better the enemy died than not only our son but his brothers in arms.
Ron Paul can KMA!
Ron Paul is such scum. I'm ashamed that two of my brothers actually like him. I'm working on them, though...
Ron Paul is a POS and he can GTH.
I am now and always have been one for making the enemy die for their country.
I'm with Jaz - Racist Ron can KMA.
I have reposted this one for years, every time a paultard tries to defend him.
He was all over the talk shows at the time elaborating on this position.
Evidently, we were supposed to jump in with trench knives and fixed bayonettes.
Well, well, well, I'd say that between Ron Paul's praise for David Duke and this latest load of horse manure about "U.S. War Crimes" in Desert Storm, it's time for that effin lunatic to withdraw from the campaign and if he had any honor at all, resign his seat in Congress.
Burying enemy troops without a shot fired is very efficient.. and clean....
Hardly, all of this STUFF has been readily available. It's time his supporters admit they are supporting an anti-American, anti-Semitic,Racist, U.S. Military hating, insane big mouth.
We know from wars fought in the past what teenagers are capable of doing in battle. Our troops should not be expected to be pc when engaged in war.
I always thought that Bush Sr did a great job with that war and I am still convinced he did. He minimized US soldiers life and cost $$$ to this country, while winning a resounding victory. It was a proud time to be Republican and American.
That was part of the reason I believed that his son GWB knew what he was doing, only to be proved wrong, painfully wrong.
Ron Paul?? There is no end of crazy sounding statements in his past. Who cares if Iraq soldiers died in that war? They invaded a neighbor country. Their job was to die or surrender.
(boy this is all coming out at once...
kind of like someone was prepared in advance for it)as a long
Paul has a long and documented history of being a nut case and making ignorant comments there must be tons of stuff laying around like this
Once again, RuPaul shows that dementia is a terrible disease.
Great find, partner!
I'm kind of surprised the media did not wait until Paul got the nomination before coming out with this. I knew this stuff about Paul from previous election cycles. I'm surprised this is news to anyone. The way I look at it, anyone who supports Paul pretty much knows what the guy stands for, and is OK with it. We've always had a blame America first (and every other country in the world is wonderful and as peaceful as warm puppies except for wicked, wicked Israel) contingent in the GOP, and it is this aspect of Paul's candidacy that is attracting a lot of support from liberals, moderates and Democrats.
Iowa is raking in those 85 octane ethanol bucks like they were water.I watched and called on farmers in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. Even in the biggest cities like Omaha and KC you will meet folks with a gas pump on their land. Ron Paul is the worse we could do.
Sarge, put me on that list, too.
RuPaul can kiss my neocon Zionist hindquarters.
Never any proof that surrendering Iraqi soldiers were buried alive.
THe bunkers the Iraqi soldiers were in were at least three stories tall (two below the ground), built with typical German efficiency.
They had to have a backdoor to flee thru and you just don't sit there when you hear American tanks coming to visit you.
Ron Paul is more than an isolationist, he is mentally ill, a Jim Leach on stereoids. He was strange the first time I met him, many decades ago. He's still strange, but more dangerous to America today than ever before.
Iowa is raking in those 85 octane ethanol bucks like they were water.I watched and called on farmers in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. Even in the biggest cities like Omaha and KC you will meet folks with a gas pump on their land. Ron Paul is the worse we could do.
For some kicks, let's see what some of our Paul supporting FRiends have to say in defense of this commie traitor nonsense.
Can you provide a link?
So this POS thinks it would have been more "fair" if we would have taken causulties? Paul is a wack job, and god help this country if he gets in!
This appears to be sourced from an old FR thread from 2007:
This was not a tactic only used on fancy bunkers.
There were also standard trench lines set up in places, using prefabricated soviet style siding (made of a substance like cinder block) to keep the sand from collapsing. We used this tactic there with the A9 Ace armored bulldozers used to breach the berm as well as tanks.
When they refused to surrender, we kept them buttoned down with Mark 19 automatic grenade launchers from beyond their range and tomb-stoned them. It only took a few of these operations where not one of them had a chance to earn 72 virgins and they quit refusing to surrender.
Had they been able to inflict any casualties on us at all, the die hards would have kept fighting.
Wrong sect. It was the Shi'ites who were encouraged to rebel, then abandoned.
I don't know if he's anti-American so much as he thinks our foreign policy ought to be the precise opposite of what it is. My impression is that he's got this inverted Alice-in-Wonderland view of the world - he thinks our enemies ought to be our friends, and our friends ought to be our enemies. It is in this respect that his views resemble those of the left.
"Was it a war crime to seal japanese soldiers in their caves on Iwo Jima?"
HEY SJB! How are ya? Merry Christmas to you and yours, hope this finds you doing ok?
My Best,
"Burying enemy troops without a shot fired is very efficient.. and clean...."
I have zero doubt they were trying to surrender as they flopped around on fire.
The occaisions Wrong Paul is talking about here are in the midst of shooting, across an entire trench front.
No, an individual troop does not get a battle halted in the midst of fighting, and no again, there is no obligation to offer quarter. Yes they were scared when they died. That is war.
I totally agree. They are the personification of the Rockefeller wing. And from the moment GHWB got in...he got rid of every Reaganite. And when GWB got in he and Rove systematically attacked and undermined all real conservatives in the states and for congress...an ideological war that the msm and rinos were complicit with.
"Captain Benny Williams, who Led the charge was awarded the Silver Star for his role."
Finally Bush relented enough to send over C-130's and drop pallets of food and water on isolated Kurd settlements. I vividly recall seeing tape of these skids crashing to the ground, landing on people's houses, and people, for that matter. It was a freaking disaster of an operation, and an international embarrassment.
This was the time when they began the "no fly zones" incidentally, which later turned out to mean little enough
No, Bush cobbled together a coalition of collective security forces, in the vacuum of the recently collapsed USSR when we stood unchallenged in the world, and that was the easy part. The aftermath was a mess and Bush was nothing to be proud of.
Holy cow, I was worried about you.
Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing in any of the various Hague and Geneva Conventions that requires an offer of surrender to be accepted. It is usually US policy to do so, but that policy can be suspended.
why is this crucial information about Paul coming out so late in yhr Primary campaign.
If this is true he needs to get out now.
You have precisely summed up that entire debacle regarding the Kurds and how Poppy Bush screwed the pooch.
... and that only counts the things he has put in writing.
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Tube travellers and London bus passengers will face above-inflation fare rises in the new year.
London Mayor Boris Johnson announced today that bus and Tube fares would be rising by an average of 4.2% from January 2 2013.
Mr Johnson also announced that charges for his "Boris bike" Barclays Cycle Hire scheme will double, with daily hire going up from £1 to £2, weekly access rising from £5 to £10 and yearly membership going up from £45 to £90.
He said he had managed to keep the bus and Tube rise down to 1% above the July 2012 RPI inflation rate by securing an extra £96 million of funding.
The average rise - the same as the January 2013 increase for national main line season ticketholders - means some fares will go up by more than 4.2% while some will go up by less.
On the "Boris bike" scheme, the majority of trips are made within the free 30-minute usage charge period and additional charges for late return, non-return and bicycle damage will not increase.
Mr Johnson said today: "Before the end of the year I will spell out further investment on the transport network that will help us to provide faster, more frequent and reliable journeys for Londoners, which is crucial to the economic development and growth that is so vital to our great city.
"This fares package is hugely important to our millions of passengers and I am very pleased to have secured nearly £100 million that will help to keep fares as low as possible, and protect the important concessions that we offer the most vulnerable Londoners."
Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT transport union, said: "This increase shows that we are still paying off a heavy price for the expensive failure of the PPP (public private partnership) privatisation disaster.
"It also means that the mayor has no excuse for cutting staff and closing ticket offices as he's lumping on above-inflation fare rises.
"We believe there should be a policy of freezing fares to recognise the tough times people are facing, to increase the use of public transport and to help boost the economy."
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160 gold bricks, no achievement...
i have all 160 gold bricks...
3 from every lvl
2 from every episode
6 from the extra lvls (including lego cities)
all bounty hunter missions
bought all of them from cantina
and i even built the golden stud fountain
160/160... did not get achievement
is it possible that maybe because my friend (controller 2) purchased some of them from cantina?
reason i think that is maybe because we both played through every lvl but he did not get some of the episode completion achievements?
someone please heeeeelp i've wasted countless hours trying to do these lol
That worked or me as well! Thanks!:woop:
This really works!!!
Thanks for that it worked a treat, was a bit annoyed when it didn't pop at first!! :)
Thanks. I played Yoda's mission. It works too.
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The computers on campus are not technically up to date but they work perfectly fine. The network speed works incredibly well considering that there are more than 300 people using the same network at once. The wireless is pretty amazing considering that I can use my WiFi all over the campus.
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On my 8-23-03 v1.5 xbox with the BFM M7 for example, it will hard freeze whenever I launch games or apps from the HD. This can happen in evox or avalaunch. Using Avalaunch, the launching screen appears and the Xbox status indicator LED goes from green to red for 3 seconds and then back to solid green and nothing ever happens. I am forced to hard reboot.
Could this be due to Focus chip?
When might the next BFM 1.5 compatible (focus compatible?) BIOS be out? Or is there a workaround besides chipping?
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I'm trying to write a program that counts all the characters in a string. I originally had it, but then realized I can't count spaces. I can't see why this does not work.
for(m=0; z[m] != 0; m++) {
if(z[m] != ' ') {
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Any assistance appreciated.
Edit* Does it make a difference if the input(strings) are being scanned in like this? And yes, everything is initialized. I've tried printing what z[m] evaluates too and it isn't the actual value of the string at "m", I think this is the problem.
for(j=0; j<7; j++){
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I can't see why this new ad campaign is so controversial. Five long years agoin August of 2000Vanity Fair splashed Heath Ledgers blond pubes all over their cover. Heath was wearing some low-rise jeans, and his pubes were clearly evident. To see the Heath cover, click here.


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Jane Norton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Colorado, had a hunch that by dinnertime Wednesday, conservative voters across the state would have heard about a federal judge blocking much of Arizona's immigration law.
She had a hunch they would be angry.
So Ms. Norton's campaign ordered up a new round of robocalls, informing voters that Ms. Norton was proud to have been endorsed by one of the immigration law's strongest advocates, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer. The campaign had already called 80,000 Republican voters. Now, it planned to call 100,000 more, said Josh Penry, Ms. Norton's campaign manager.
The calls to Colorado voters Wednesday night were just one sign that the federal ruling in Arizona is likely to ripple through this heated campaign season.
Republicans quickly denounced both the ruling and the Obama Justice Department for challenging the law in the first place. Some said the ruling would further energize voters who are angry about what they see as federal overreach on health care and other issues.
Rep. John Boozman, the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Arkansas, said he expected the judge's ruling to further rile voters and motivate them to reject Democratic incumbents. "It's a defining issue," Mr. Boozman said. Mr. Boozman takes questions at every town hall, he said, and "this will come up at every one."
Democrats, divided on the issue and running against stiff political headwinds, were unsure how the ruling would play out.
Some called it an unhelpful distraction from the campaigns they have been building around jobs, economic themes and border enforcement. Pat Waak, chairwoman of the Colorado Democratic Party, said candidates can't win in the fall if they aren't talking about jobs and the economy.
"We're not talking about credit-card companies not being able to take advantage of you, or student loans," she said. "We have to be the messengers of what affects your life."
Other Democrats said U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton had usefully inserted herself between the two political lightning rods—the Arizona law and the Obama administration.
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D., Ariz.), who had encouraged the Justice Department suit, said Democrats can now say that however one feels about the Arizona law, major elements of it have been put into question by a judge. "This helps Democrats talk about solutions," he said in an interview.
The judge's ruling doesn't order Congress to act, and lawmakers have shown little interest this year in tackling the issue. But if immigrant-rights advocates and anti-illegal immigration activists agree the current system is broken, they appear to have no choice but to press for congressional action.
"I'm hoping that this has turbocharged that understanding and sent it from Arizona straight to Capitol Hill, where we really need to be having this discussion," said Angela Kelley of the Center for American Progress, a group with close ties to the White House. She is an advocate for an immigration overhaul that includes a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. "At some point, you've got to eat your vegetables," she said.
But for Democrats, the turbocharge might be at the polls, and to their disadvantage. William Gheen, president of the anti-illegal immigrant Americans for Legal Immigration, called Wednesday for all congressional incumbents to be ousted in November.
"There's a wave of anger sweeping across this nation today as people of all races and political affiliations feel that we the people have been betrayed by this president and this judge," he said.
Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, an anti-illegal immigration firebrand who is running for Colorado governor on a third-party ticket, predicted the ruling would motivate conservatives, tea-party activists and all voters who "are so sick of the federal government."
"This action will stoke the fires of states' rights throughout this country, and well it should," Mr. Tancredo said.
In Arizona, Democratic House members in swing districts—Reps. Harry Mitchell, Ann Kirkpatrick and Gabrielle Giffords—had denounced the Justice Department's effort to block the state law. Ms. Kirkpatrick said Wednesday that the ruling wouldn't end the legal fight.
"Elected officials would be wise to stop talking about distractions and focus on their constituents," Ms. Kirkpatrick said, vowing to press for federal action on a border-security law this fall.
Obama administration officials said the ruling should force Republicans who sided with a bipartisan effort on immigration in 2006 and 2007 to come back to the table.
And administration officials said they believe that after the midterm elections, the debate will shift. In their view, an energized Republican base might drive the results this November. But the 2012 presidential election, which will draw a far larger number of voters to the polls, will likely turn on swing voters, including Latinos in key states such as Colorado and Nevada, administration officials said.
"I find it incomprehensible that Republicans are almost unanimously negative on this decision," New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said. "It's just alienating Hispanic voters.…If Republicans continue to block efforts for comprehensive reform, they're going to suffer at the polls. "
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She is ripe as guest-enemy for Resident Evil! xD
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Okay I must clearly be disturbed because this is actually kind of arousing.
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Peach: You found me beautiful once.
Mario: Honey, you got reeeal ugly. *Blows her head off with a shotgun*
Mario: Honey, you got reeeal ugly. *Blows her head off with a shotgun*
Hm, there's something different about you, Peach....have you lost weight? lol
I told you that peach was evil! Or at least Proton Jon and the Runaway guys did...
hey peach!! ever heard of make up?? cuz' you need some!!
hey peach! ever heard of makeup?? cuz' you need some!!
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a wet dream gone horibly wrong freakin sweet!
that what will happen mario people they don't make video games in the Future and good job
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much respect and faved
thats realy cool that you did that!
You are amazing, I love the way you paint. <3 Her expression is also wonderful.
XD Would Mario hit that? Awesome!
Wow...I guess it's her time of the mouth. HA HA HA!!!
It's just a joke.
It's just a joke.
i really love the Silent-hill nurse-esque pose.
that's me?
~Princess Peach♥
~Princess Peach♥
NOOOO! The T-Virus has infected Mushroom Kingdom! Curse you Umbrella corp.
hehe something ate her crotch XD
your zombie inspired me to draw some of my own.
Oooooo...amazing! I love it!!!!
its obviously that time of the month.....
mamma mía =[
Holy shit thats awesome. haha
Whoaaa, man. This is pretty awesome. <3
This is GLORIOUS!! I love you forever for this.
HOly crap that is frickin SCARY!!
this is cool.
wow, thats pretty bad looking
somewhat scary but cool LOL
Wow, I will never look at Peach the same way again. Here come the weird nightmares.
eep! Scary!
don't tell me the infection reached the mushroom kinkdom, too. man, i thought i was safe there.
Zombie Peach Nice!
This is beyond fantastic
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS!! Una Peach que no esta en bikini!! OMG THANK YOU!! THANK YOOUUUUUUUU!!! I FREAKIN LOVE IT!! I AM SO FREAKIN HAPPY YOU MADE MY DAY! XD
What if Nintendo made Left 4 Dead?
oh my..i dont want to say it freakin scary!!


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Young man's death leaves a huge hole
Published: Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 12:00 a.m.
To The Editor: Last Sunday, I attended the funeral service of one of the most respectful young men that I have ever met.
Killed tragically on an icy road, Adam Hill left this world way too soon. He was a wonderful young man whose passing will leave a large void in our community for years to come.
I will be sad whenever I go to Fletcher Park and I don't see him there. But I will be happy too for I know where Adam is today. I am also jealous because he got there before me.
Adam will be missed. My prayers are with his family.
Glenn M. Dudas
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The U.S. Coast Guard is moving forward with a proposal that would allow fracking wastewater to be transported by barge on inland waterways, opening a draft policy to public comment that will end Nov. 29.
Transport companies, oil and gas producers and others working in Ohio and Pennsylvania have expressed a desire to use waterways such as the Ohio River to move wastewater by barge for recycling or disposal.
For several years, the federal government, under its powers to regulate interstate commerce, has mulled authorizing the proposal. For decades, merchants have used rivers, especially the Ohio, to ship commodities of all kinds, including steel, grain, minerals, coal, oil, gas and chemicals.
With 98 percent of all the brine generated or entering Ohio disposed of in injection wells, and few options in Pennsylvania to do the same, proponents of the proposal say it will help facilitate movement of the waste to other states and reduce the truck traffic on roads in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Patrick Creighton, a spokesman for the Marcellus Shale Coalition, said the industry group thinks wastewater transport via barge can be done in a safe way.
"The Coast Guard is going to move forward in a way that's responsible," Creighton said.
James Guttman, CEO of the Guttman Group near Pittsburgh, which sources and delivers oil and gasoline to regional stations and transports the commodities by barge on the Ohio River, said his company is planning to provide comment in support of the draft policy.
"These are tank barges. They're not open-hopper barges with coal on them; they're completely enclosed," he said. "After they're built, they're inspected by the Coast Guard, the people that transfer goods to them are licensed by the Coast Guard and the people that push the barges by boat are licensed. They're scrutinized every step of the way by the right people."
The Ohio Oil and Gas Association told The Vindicator in May that it supports the proposal as well.
Although it did not cite environmental hazards in its proposal, the Coast Guard did recommend a number of safeguards for workers coming in close contact with the waste, which contains light radioactive and toxic metals from its contact with underground rocks during drilling.
Erika Staaf of PennEnvironment said barge transport is no improvement on current methods.
"Transporting drilling waste by truck leads to increased air pollution, risks accidents and spills, puts undue pressure on local roads and infrastructure; transporting this waste by barge in our nation's rivers is unnecessarily risky," she wrote in an email.
Staaf faulted the Coast Guard proposal for not specifically mentioning environmental safeguards, since any spill on rivers such as the Ohio or Monongahela would have major cleanup costs. She also said the public should be given more time to comment, beyond the time left.
A standard barge tow running down the Ohio River averages 15 barges tied together. They carry the cargo equivalent of 1,200 tractor-trailers, according to the Columbiana County Port Authority.
Approval of the proposal could come sometime after the public commenting period concludes.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
If this doesn't spell disaster, what does? Huge quantities of very poisonous waste being hauled on a waterway that is the drinking water for millions of people? And where are they shipping the waste to? If if can be purified somewhere else, why isn't it being purified here? Why does our government keep selling us out to a few rich, greedy, businessmen? If they can't figure out a way to safely dispose of their waste, then they should not frack.
@GIB Everyday thousands of gallons of oil, gas and other chemicals are shipped by barges on our water ways now.. I guess they aren't harmful either. How many so called disasters have a occur . NOT MANY!!!!!!!
No amount of radioactivity is "safe" and exposure is cumulative.
"Radiation levels in fracking wastewater were first addressed in a December 2011 U.S. Geological Survey report that found that millions of barrels of wastewater from unconventional wells in Pennsylvania and conventional wells in New York were 3,609 times more radioactive than the federal limit for drinking water and 300 times more radioactive than a Nuclear Regulatory Commission limit for nuclear plant discharges."
RobX: Yes there are other sources, but to further understand radiation go to this link:
UticaShale: I gave you the link to the EPA. If you don't want to educate yourself it's not my problem.


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But with two different changes occurring at two different schools in Utah, one could argue that state saw its college football identity shift even more radically.Both BYU and Utah embarked on a new adventure last Friday (BYU to independence and Utah to the Pac-12). Ignoring revenue differences (frankly a win for both schools), which school has positioned itself for greater long-term success on the field?-- Dave, Provo, UtahBoth programs are substantially better off than they were June 30. While that may be more obvious with Utah, I've been saying for some time now that BYU's bold move looks smarter every day. It will be getting more exposure and TV revenue than ever (seven of its games this season are already slated for ESPN or ESPN2), and its scheduling flexibility will allow it to play in more high-profile games (future opponents include Texas, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, West Virginia and Boise State). However, as long as the current BCS structure remains in place, the best way to reach the BCS and/or the national championship is to play in an AQ conference, which gives Utah a significant edge, even disregarding the fat Pac-12 paycheck.But the biggest keys to "on field" success are internal, not external. Which program has the better coaching staff and talent in place, or on the way? Again, I give the edge to Utah. You can debate all day whether the Utes' Kyle Whittingham or the Cougars' Bronco Mendenhall has been more successful since their coinciding 2005 ascensions. They have nearly identical records (Whittingham is 57-20, Mendenhall 56-21). Whittingham had the bigger achievement of the two (2008's undefeated Sugar Bowl season) and more recent success (three straight seasons with 10 or more wins), but Mendenhall has more conference championships (two to one) and more double-digit win seasons (four to three). Going forward, however, Whittingham has a slightly more established staff, highlighted by new offensive coordinator Norm Chow (whose predecessor, Dave Schramm, had plenty of good years and remains on staff). Mendenhall, on the other hand, shook up nearly all his key staff during and after last year's 7-6 disappointment, anointing himself defensive coordinator and promoting quarterbacks coach Brandon Doman to offensive coordinator. The moves seemed a bit panicky.I also expect Utah to reap the benefits of Pac-12 membership in recruiting, allowing the program -- which already recruited heavily in California -- to attract higher-caliber prospects in the highly fertile state. BYU is banking on its increased exposure to boost its national recruiting profile, including the possibility of more non-LDS players. That may be so, but the lure of the Pac-12 still figures to attract more four-star recruits than BYU's unique situation. Short-term, Utah may struggle a bit this season as it adjusts to the grind of a major-conference schedule, but there's no reason Whittingham's program can't contend for at least a division title the following year. BYU may win more games this season, and the Holy War will likely remain a very even rivalry. But until the day BYU either gains AQ-conference affiliation or the sport's postseason model undergoes a radical restructuring, it will always face a ceiling that no longer besets Utah.As much as I enjoyed last week's refreshing scandal-free Mailbag, I have to ask, how likely is it that Chip Kelly will actually survive long enough to coach a game in the 2011 season with Lyles' most recent accusations that Kelly paid him $25,000 for his influence over recruits and that Kelly asked Lyles to submit the scouting reports retroactively to cover up the purpose of the payment?-- Paul Kemp, Birmingham, Ala.There's no other way to put it. With Lyles providing the details -- corroborated by that handwritten thank you note, phone records and e-mails that match his described timeline of events --Yahoo! basically caught Kelly red-handed. But as I wrote at the time, there remains some significant ambiguity as to the legality of what Yahoo! caught Kelly doing.This is not clear-cut like Jim Tressel's unethical conduct violation (Bylaw 10.1). Tressel withheld information from the NCAA and there was a smoking gun e-mail confirming it. He had to go, one way or the other. But what rules, if any, did Oregon break? Certainly, it employed a scouting service the NCAA would not condone, but that in itself is not a major violation. If it's true Lyles chauffeured Kelly around Houston on his recruiting visits, that constitutes a non-sanctioned individual aiding in recruiting. Again, not a major violation by itself. The most serious possibility, of course, is that the NCAA will deem Lyles a "representative of athletic interests" who impermissibly helped recruit players, but at what point did that occur? When he first started interacting with Oregon coaches (around 2007)? Or when he received the $25,000 three years later? Because that makes a huge difference as it pertains to his relationships with LaMichael James and Lache Seastrunk. And what of the alleged cover-up Lyles claims Oregon undertook with those retroactive scouting reports? That's Lyles' assertion, but what did Kelly tell the NCAA?Ultimately, Kelly will survive for as long as Oregon's administration still feels comfortable with Kelly being the face of the program. There's been no indication to this point that Oregon is looking to cut ties, though the more details that come out, the worse Kelly looks. It may also be that some of his staff (like football ops guy Josh Gibson, one of Lyles' point men) and/or the compliance department become the fall guys. One thing to keep in mind: When you talk about decision-makers at Oregon, you have to include Nike mega-booster Phil Knight -- whose opinion may hold more weight than anyone employed by the school. Knight likes Kelly, he likes winning and I don't imagine he's a stickler for mundane NCAA rules. He may well keep supporting Kelly right up until the still-distant day when serious sanctions do or don't come down.I still remember my shock and dismay at the dismissal of Mike Leach before the 2009 Alamo Bowl. My children and I held signs during the game expressing our extreme disgust for the university president and athletic director. Many fans seemed to be with us but seemed to soon lose interest and jump on the "Tuberville Train." My brother is embarrassed by my inability to move on, but I miss the excitement, seat-filling and sometimes craziness of Leach. Do you see Tech football becoming a player in the "Big 12" again, or do you see Texas and A&M continuing to laugh at us?-- Jayma Vaughan, Georgetown, TexasI'm sure you're not the only Tech fan pining for the Leach days, and I'm guessing the upcoming July 19 release of his autobiography, Swing Your Sword, is going to reignite some of that bitterness since I'm told it includes more details about Craig James and the events surrounding Leach's ugly exit.But Tommy Tuberville had a whole lot of success at Auburn, and it's baffling to me how people are universally disregarding the Red Raiders. Tuberville's first year was rocky, particularly on defense, but he made an exceptional coordinator hire in former TCU safeties coach Chad Glasgow. Tech will be breaking in new quarterback Seth Doege, who started one game in 2009, but there's talent around him. 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They beat 1990 winner Ty Detmer and BYU 44-28 to open the season in the Pigskin Classic. A couple weeks later they beat '91 winner Desmond Howard and Michigan 51-31 up in Ann Arbor. Then late in the season they lost to 1992 winner Gino Torretta and Miami 17-16 in Wide Right I.-- Matt, Tallahassee, Fla.Penn State faced four Heisman winners in a row from 1981-84, and six in seven years: USC's Marcus Allen ('81), Georgia's Herschel Walker ('82), Nebraska's Mike Rozier ('83), BC's Doug Flutie ('84), Miami's Vinnie Testaverde ('86) and Notre Dame's Tim Brown ('87). Walker and Testaverde's teams were both ranked No. 1 when Penn State beat them in bowl games, and Rozier's team played for the national title.-- Jon, Falls Church, Va.These were two of the most unique and impressive submissions from people providing comparisons to Chattanooga's streak. They also made me nostalgic for the days of multiple powerhouse independents and the wealth of intersectional games they created.I also got a whole bunch of e-mails from SEC fans referencing various feats from the past five years (in which the conference produced five national champions and three Heisman winners). While nearly every team could make some claim to facing a whole bunch of both, I appreciated the humor in this one.Just a note on the facing multiple Heisman winners: South Carolina won the Heisman for Tim Tebow in 2007, for Mark Ingram in 2009 and for Cam Newton in 2010. It also won the Heisman for Darren McFadden the week before winning it for Tebow in '07.-- Chris, Columbia, S.C.And South Carolina also played all five national champions.It's become obvious the lengths the NCAA (Read: College Presidents) is willing to go to keep from having to share any money, or, as it likes to put it, "preserve the integrity of amateur athletics." Being that it is utterly futile to try to suppress an economic market the size of college athletics, which is what the NCAA is trying to do with its Draconian rules and useless bureaucracy, what would stop a venture capital firm from setting up a group of "minor league" football organizations? The players could be paid whatever the market would be willing to stand, learn the game, as well as be eligible for the NFL after three years. Would such a thing be viable?-- Matthew, Lubbock, TexasWith all the scandal in college sports this year, most of which involved money changing hands, it's become increasingly popular to portray the players as poor, exploited peasants toiling against their wills for the benefit of their privileged overlords. It's a provocative analogy, and it feeds into our country's greater contempt for authority and rich people, but it's such a grossly misguided generalization of the college athlete population. Yes, many NCAA rules are outdated or unfair to the players. But the vast majority of college football players do not walk around bemoaning their place in the system, or seeking out the nearest Edward Rife to help attain their "market value." While nearly every player dreams of the NFL, the overwhelming majority want a college diploma and understand the significance of a scholarship. And if they don't, their parents do.There are exceptions, obviously. Plenty of kids come from underprivileged backgrounds where academics were never deemed a priority. Many either have little aptitude or interest in attending college, and for them, I really do wish there was some sort of viable alternative like the one Matthew's proposing. Baseball players can sign straight out of high school. NBA hopefuls can spend their year-in-limbo in the D-league or (like Brandon Jennings) in Europe. Football doesn't have that, and maybe it should. But to think that model would compete with or supplant college football is absurd. For one, Alabama or Ohio State fans aren't going to suddenly switch their allegiances from their favorite school to their favorite minor league team. Just the term "minor league" carries a negative connotation for fans. And the benefit for players would be negligible. Maybe they'd make a few bucks, but unless these same venture capitalists are going to pony up and buy away Nick Saban, Bob Stoops and Gary Patterson, players who bypass college won't be receiving the best possible preparation for a pro career.The next time you hear someone bemoan how evil the current system is to college players, go online, do some research and try to figure the financial value of a full four-year scholarship (average: $200,000), a dedicated academic support staff, strength trainers and medical professionals and tutelage from some of the most respected leaders in one's chosen field -- a field in which potential career earnings could reach into the tens of millions. Admittedly, whatever that number is will still not be in the same ballpark as Mack Brown's $5 million salary or the Pac-12's $250 million TV deal. However, I also guarantee the disparity won't be nearly as great as that of, say, IBM's annual revenue ($99 billion), its CEO's salary ($30.3 million) and that of the software engineers who actually produce the products (roughly $150,000). That's the way the world works, folks, not just the NCAA.While it doesn't detract from the point you were making, compact discs were around in 1986. I had a CD player by then, along with maybe seven CDs. (I think the first one I bought was Foreigner's first album.)-- Mark, Austin, TexasYou must have been the cool kid in school. I don't recall seeing one until about 1989 (my first purchase was most likely Def Leppard's Hysteria). Next you're going to tell me you had a Twitter account in 2007.You mentioned in your most recent Mailbag that you have purposely been avoiding using the Big Ten's new division names. Every Big Ten fan I know thinks they are the dumbest names ever, and time has not changed anyone's opinion. Jim Delany initially indicated he would reconsider following the initial uproar, but we haven't heard anything recently. I'm concerned that without additional pressure from the media it will be forgotten. Has there been any additional discussion about changing the names recently?-- Mike Johnson, Frisco, TexasThe names, unfortunately, are not going anywhere. Delany made those comments last December just to quell the storm. When I talked to him at the Rose Bowl a few weeks later, he didn't sound like a guy planning to go back to the drawing board. Since that time, the conference has spent countless hours and money beating viewers over the head with those "One Conference, Two Divisions" PSAs heralding the new names. While I would expect (and hope) the punch lines to pick up again come fall, by season's end we'll probably be conditioned to begrudgingly accept the names.That is -- unless fans stage a massive protest at the conference title game. Maybe each division winner's fans can print up T-shirts declaring themselves "East" and "West" champs.Hello Stewart, just want to say I enjoy reading your column. I'm a big fan of the Oregon Ducks and although I'm happy that they made it to the BCS title game this year, I was also disappointed that they lost the game. Chip Kelly is now 0-2 in BCS games so far, and unfortunately (and hoping to be wrong) I'm seeing him as the Pac-12's Bo Schembechler, i.e., coaches teams to great regular seasons but almost always loses the big bowl games.-- John Akimoto, Honolulu, HawaiiI'm guessing both you and Chip have bigger causes for concern right now.Come on, Stewart. We were (somehow) tied with two minutes left in a BCS title game. Oregon. In football. When Oregon took over the top spot in the AP poll, I'd sit in my chair and just stare at that No. 1 spot with our name. Chip is a hero, Stewart. If police caught Coach stealing kids' candy bags on Halloween night, he'd still be doing it "the right way."-- Shawn Ihle, Redneck Riviera, Fla.Or not.


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The top 3 salon chairs in 2015 are rated according to the following:
· Adjustability - how easy it is to adjust the parts of the chair to support the customer better
· Stability- how secure the chair parts are and how well it stays put despite uneven floors
· Weight – barbers prefer light chairs because they often have to move them around
· Comfortableness – clients need to be comfortable so that they will come back to the same salon
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20" Wide Hydraulic Barber Chair by D Salon
This heavy-duty chair is larger than most chairs, making it a must-have for those with plus-sized clients. The pump is powerful and securely holds the chair seat in to the desired level. Previous buyers said that the chair is of high quality despite its affordable price.
All Purpose Hydraulic Recline Barber Chair by Best Salon
Recommended for beginner barbers, this chair is simple and easy to operate. The hydraulic pump allows the user to adjust the height of the chair seat. This red chair has a plain yet plush design that can easily fit in any salon.
Reclining Hydraulic All Purpose Cutting and Shampoo Barber Salon Chair by LCL Beauty
This versatile chair can be used in regular mode for haircuts and reclined for shampoos. Users reported that assembling the product is quick and convenient. The chair is extra wide and its foot rest is adjustable, thus it is ideal for salons who work with clients of varying heights and body types.
These are the top three salon chairs of this year according to online reviews. Your own picks might differ from the ones given above depending on your requirements and preferences.


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