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The Celtics have a lot of needs. They really could use some size to help their horrible rebounding situation. I mean, imagine how different things would have been if they could have been at least an average rebounding team?
You can also say "imagine how different things would have been had they had a reliable scorer off the bench?" Which is why the Celtics are among the teams showing interest in Jamal Crawford:
The Portland Trail Blazers are fielding trade offers for guard Jamal Crawford and the Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Boston Celtics are among the teams actively pursuing the scoring specialist intensely, a league source tells CSNNW.com.
Other teams who have shown diminutive interest are the Los Angeles Clippers and the Phoenix Suns according to a person familiar with the situation.
Crawford CAN score.. there's no doubt about that. But he made $5 million last year and he's sure to be looking for AT LEAST that… and that's working on the assumption that he's opting out of his deal just to get the hell out of Portland. The more realistic belief should be that he wants more money, which immediately makes me want to pass on him.
Also, he's not the most efficient scorer out there and, let's face it, this Celtics offense is built around guys who can hit the shots they take. The C's aren't getting 100 shots up on a nightly basis. They're lucky if they get 80 up sometimes. And no matter how you slice it, Crawford had his worst shooting seasons last year since his Chicago days. The ony thing that saves his advanced numbers is the 92.7% clip she shot from the line. The only time he shot worse from the field was his rookie year and he never shot worse from 3. And to top it off, he's 32 years old and he's probably looking for one more good contract before he really slides down the back side of his career. I just don't like this equation for Boston.
Call me nuts, but if Boston is going to spend $5 million on a bench scorer, I still say that guy should be Ray Allen. Even if we assume he's not here, I'd be less than thrilled about over-spending for volume scorer who is sketchy defensively.


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If you're looking for a real challenge, Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG ) YouTube may be hiring.
Shashi Seth, brought in last year to lead the video-sharing site's monetization efforts, is leaving the company. In the latest in a line of troubling executive defections at Google, Seth is moving on to become chief revenue officer at Internet eye-candy start-up Cooliris.
There are probably several reasons behind his departure, though I'm guessing that the tall order of turning the eyeballs on YouTube into dollar signs proved to be a daunting task.
YouTube's popularity is undeniable. It has launched viral celebrities. It served as the springboard for a pair of presidential primary debates. It is one of the most trafficked sites in the world, trailing only Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO ) and Google itself. Yes, YouTube is a more popular online destination, according to Web tracker Alexa.com, than News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS ) MySpace, Wikipedia, Facebook, and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) .
What is all that worth? Not much, to a bean counter. Sources tell GigaOm's Om Malik that the site generated $80 million in revenue last year, with $125 million in its sights this year. Bear Stearns analyst Robert Peck isn't as generous, figuring YouTube's revenue will be $90.2 million this year.
We have to lean on third-party sources because Google hasn't felt any kind of urgency to spill the beans. Even when it had to give the reason for a rare fiscal shortcoming two quarters ago, Google blamed the monetization challenges of social networking. That pointed the finger at Google's relationship with MySpace and its own Orkut, rather than YouTube.
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Social networking and video sharing have the same problem. They both cater to young audiences with little interest in generating advertiser leads. The problem is compounded at YouTube, because serving up chunky video files doesn't come cheap.
YouTube has also relied mostly on display advertising, and revenue-sharing deals with its largest content creators through small graphic overlay ads that pop up during streams. That limits the sponsor pool to brand-awareness campaigns from companies that can bankroll graphically appealing marketing.
I don't get it. Google's monster product is AdSense, the paid search wunderkind that places contextually relevant text ads into search queries and third-party content pages. Why isn't there more AdSense on YouTube?
At the end of every YouTube clip, the site scrolls through several related videos. Wouldn't that be a perfect place to wedge in a little AdSense action? Why can't there be ads offering great deals to Vail after a clip of someone wiping out on the slopes? Shouldn't there be song-file vendors or ticket resellers making their pitches at the end of a popular music video?
Consumers have spoken. They don't want pre-roll, short ads that appear on sites before the selected clip. However, YouTube has already programmed viewers to wait for the end with its roll of related videos. Allocating half of that space to ads is a fair compromise, and could be a huge moneymaker.
YouTube should be so much easier to monetize than social networking. The wide variety of YouTube clips lends itself perfectly to distinctive advertisers, with an occasional local search angle to boot. Why is YouTube settling for video advertisers typically from whatever movie studio has a big movie opening this week or a consumer products company with a rollout to promote?
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CBS (NYSE: CBS ) is pushing the envelope this week by testing a skinnable player. In other words, the marketing message of a sponsor can frame the actual image of the video player. Yes, it once again limits the pool of potential advertisers to the heavies with brands to etch into noggins, but at least it's yet another way to milk more out of a video-sharing site without physically disrupting the clip streaming process.
If you're a YouTube-consuming Aeron chair potato, all of this must sound terrible to you. There is no way that you would want sponsored player skins, in-video overlay ads, and text ads scrolling at the end of your clip.
But keep in mind that Google spent $1.65 billion to buy YouTube. Even if Google wants to simply break even in running the site, it has to find better ways to monetize it, short of erecting tolls to charge viewers for access and video creators for the bandwidth. No one would want to see that, right?
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This article will rate our three options for receiving calls when Acrobits Softphone or Softphone is not in the foreground in the areas customers find most important. The three options are Push Notifications, Multitasking through Keep iPhone awake and Multitasking through tcp (or in background). You can read about the options in detail in the articles below.
Battery Life.
Winner - Push Notifications - If Battery life is the most important concern for you, Push Notifications are the way to go. Since SIPIS does all the work, the effect on battery life will be negligible.
2nd Place - Multitasking through tcp (called backgrounding in our apps) - Though it uses significantly less battery than Keep iPhone awake, it will still use more battery than push notifications since there will be some activity when the app is in the background.
Last - Multitasking through Keep iPhone awake - This option will be hardest on battery life. Basically, this means the app will take the same amount of battery when in the background as when it is in the foreground.
Winner - Push Notifications and Multitasking through Keep iPhone awake - Keep iPhone Awake should work for virtually all users (provided they have a compatible device). Push Notifications should also work for almost all users. Some providers may work better with one method or the other, but I suspect they balance each other out.
Last - Multitasking through tcp (called backgrounding in our apps)- If your SIP provider or PBX actually supports tcp, this option will likely be as reliable as Push Notifications or Keep iPhone awake. But most users will probably need to use our proxy. When using our proxy to convert traffic, reliablility will be highly contingent on how well the provider works with third party proxies. Some providers work very well with the proxy, some very poorly or not at all. If you have any issues using this method, feel free to open a ticket. Sometimes we can solve issues related to this.
Compatibility with iPhones
Winner - Push Notifications - All iPhones support Push Notifications, only those with an iPhone 3GS or later will be able to use either multitasking option.
Winner - Either Multitasking Method - Though SIPIS (our server that handles push notifications) is very secure and we have never had any security issues, we must state that multitasking is more secure than Push Notifications since we do not have to transfer your account details to SIPIS. But this should not be a concern for most users. I suspect the only users that need to worry about this are those that use the Softphone or Groundwire with a PBX and work at a company with strict security policies.
Overall Winner - Push Notifications - We recommend Push Notifications as our preferred solution. But we expressly wrote this article because we realize there will be users with specific needs that may prefer or need to use other methods. Between this article and our other articles on multitasking and Push Notifications, you should have enough information to make an informed choice of which method is best for you.
We support more methods for recieving calls than any other SIP Client on iOS. This is very important to note. Most SIP Clients on the App Store only support Push Notifications OR some version of the Keep iPhone awake option. And I believe we have the only SIP Clients that support the tcp option. Even if one of the methods have some issue for your provider, at least one of the options will work for almost everyone.
Jailbroken iPhones - These comparisons do not take jailbroken phones into account. Between the different jailbreaks and different devices, we are unable to provide accurate information as to which method will work best or give the best battery life.
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Prepare to get very excited, Gleeks, as Konami has today released an all-new trailer for Karaoke Revolution Glee showcasing a first look at actual gameplay footage as well as snippets of some of the 30 minutes-plus of exclusive show footage featured in the game. The never-before-seen footage is interwoven throughout the games video montage sequences from the first season of Glee. Heres a breakdown of the game-exclusive footage contained within the following song sequences:
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- Cant Fight This Feeling – Watch Finns full solo performance of the song in the New Directions classroom.
- Taking Chances – See Rachel Berrys full audition.
- Bust A Move – Check out additional clips featuring the full cast performance of the Young MC song.
- Ill Stand By You – An extended performance sequence from Finn on stage in the auditorium.
- My Life Would Suck Without You – Rock out with the full cast in exclusive non-televised performance shots with Mr. Shue.
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SLEEPY?EYE - Minnie Stockstead, 99, of Sleepy Eye, died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, at the Sleepy Eye Care Center.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 30, at 2 p.m. at St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, Sleepy Eye.
Visitation will be held on Thursday from 1-2 p.m. at the church.
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Police are investigating a shooting tonight in Binghamton.
Binghamton Police say it happened near Oak Street and Seminary Ave around 9 p-m.
Police had initial reports of around 20 people arguing on Oak Street near Chapel Place.
That's when they received a call of shots fired.
Police say no one was injured, but they have taken some people in for questioning.
One person was found with a gun, but they're not sure if it was used in the shooting.
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I bought a lamp at a garage sale - very large, bronze casting I believe, Moroccan in style, marking is American 45 Casting Company Inc. Does anyone have any info on this company or at least what materials they used (bronze) and the general time range they were in biz? This lamp has marble, a blue cut crystal ball and cherub for the base. Stands about 3 feet tall with 3 arms off of it with filigreed cast covers. Any info? Thanks!
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i was wondering if you found anything out about your lamp with the marble base and blue crystal with the cherobs. my girlfriends mother is thinking about letting hers go at her garage sale and im tryin to see how much they go for or what there worth?? she wants to know b4 shell sell them and i just started hunting for them
I didn't find anything about the lamp - all the ones I saw online didn't resemble mine. I eventually sold it at a garage sale for $20 (which is what I paid for it). I'm sure if you've got the right buyer, you would get more, but I just wanted to get rid of it due to its size.
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Accident kills ride's owner
For more than an hour Saturday afternoon the Island County Fair fell silent, after the co-owner of the fair's carnival died when struck by one of his own rides.
According to the Island County Sheriff's Office, it was just after 2 p.m. when Doug McKay, 40, climbed onto the platform of the Super Loop 2 to lubricate a portion of the ride's track. McKay, the co-owner of Paradise Amusements, attempted to make the fix while the ride was in operation. At some point, the ride's double-ended passenger cart -- which rides on a single vertical loop like a rollercoaster -- struck McKay, carried him more than 30 feet in the air, then dropped him.
Sheriff Mike Hawley said Saturday that the fatality was definitely accidental.
"This was clearly an accident," he said.
According to Island County Medical Examiner Robert Bishop, McKay likely sustained fatal head trauma at the time of the initial impact. After falling, McKay struck the ride several times before landing on his back over a metal fence. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Law enforcement and volunteers with Fire District 3 immediately cordoned off the area, then drove a number of vehicles into the accident scene to hide McKay's body from view.
The accident traumatized carnival workers and a number of children who were on the Super Loop 2 at the time of the accident. Many were spattered with McKay's blood.
Rob Volz, whose 12-year-old son, Dylan, was on the ride, was in the front of the car that struck McKay. Volz said he and Dylan's mother took the boy home to wash the blood off him as quickly as possible. Dylan Volz was one of about 30 children who saw the accident happen while on or near the ride. After the accident, they were gathered up by law enforcement and questioned for more than an hour.
Volz said he took his son home before the questioning was over. He said he believes authorities were insensitive by preventing the children from cleaning up after the accident.
Even with information from those interviews and other witnesses, the Island County Sheriff's Office did not have a conclusive scenario for McKay's death. While early reports indicated that McKay's arm or hair might have gotten caught in the ride, as of Wednesday, the sheriff's office had no conclusions.
"It is unclear which part of his body became entangled," said Jan Smith, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office.
Those who saw the accident had their own viewpoints. Jason Jelinek said he was about 100 feet away from the Super Loop 2 when he saw the ride hit McKay.
"The guy was leaning over and it hit him in the arm," he said.
While there was nothing to be done for McKay after the accident, FD3 volunteers did give trauma counseling to witnesses almost immediately after the accident. Darin Reid, the operations chief for FD3 at the fair, said district volunteers called in two counselors from Compass Health -- the county's public mental health provider -- and six from the South Whidbey School District.
Jason Porter, another witness to the accident, said he was impressed by FD3's actions.
"They were on it," he said.
Less organized was management of the scene. In the aftermath of the accident, one newspaper photographer was threatened by fair security, while another was ordered by FD3 personnel to turn over her camera and film.
Despite the tragedy, the show did go on at the Island County Fair. Music on the main stage started back up less than an hour after the accident, and the fair finished out Saturday as scheduled. On Sunday, Paradise Amusements reopened all carnival rides and games, with the exception of the Super Loop 2.
The fact that they did so was a fitting memorial to a man that fair emcee Jim Freeman called a friend. He said of all the carnival owners he has worked with over the years, McKay was the best.
"We've got a guy who lost his life for the safety of others," Freeman said.
Freeman said after the accident, he could see from the stage that the Island County Fair became "two fairs," the one before the accident and the one after. Having worked the stage for two decades, Freeman said this year's fair attendance was as good as ever until McKay's death. The incident started a mass exit of people Saturday afternoon that could still be felt Sunday, he said.
The state Department of Labor and Industries did investigate the accident, but determined that it did not have jurisdiction, since the victim was a business owner, not an employee.
Paradise Amusements, which is based out of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has been in the carnival business for about 40 years. McKay had recently taken over co-ownership of the business from his father. Paradise has a three-year contract with the Island County Fair. The 2004 fair will mark the end of that contract.
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On Day 14 of my "blogging for breast cancer awareness campaign" I'm wearing a hue that is called fandango, according to the color wheel.
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Anyway, my fandango pink sweater is a lively color and I'm feeling it today.
It's mid-month and I'm still planning pink parties.
What awesome people we have in LA (lower Alabama)!
My Making Strides for Breast Cancer Awareness Walk Team is hyped and ready to roll out the pink carpet.
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ROBERTSDALE, Alabama -- Denzel Smith ran for 353 yards and four touchdowns as Robertsdale outlasted Faith Academy 50-43 on Friday night.
The Golden Bears (4-6) rushed for 528 total yards on 58 attempts in the game. Smith carried the ball 33 times and scored on runs of 3, 16, 32 and 32. Demarcus Robinson had 10 carries for 92 yards and a touchdown, and Jaylin Williams had eight carries for 61 yards and a pair of scores. His touchdowns went for 45 and 1 yard, the last one giving Robertsdale the lead for good with five minutes left in the game.
Faith Academy drove inside the Golden Bear 25 in an attempt to tie or take the lead, but the Rams turned the ball over on downs.
"That's a little too much offense for me on their side," Robertsdale coach Brian Campbell said. "I don't mind us running that much, of course, but their quarterback is a heck of a player."
Malik Rosier, a Miami commitment, kept Faith in the game. He completed 17 of 27 pass attempts for 268 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. He also carried the ball 13 times for 142 yards and one score. Willie Jackson had eight receptions for 110 yards and two TDs for Faith (3-7).
Campbell, in his second season as head coach at Robertsdale, said his team is on the right track.
"I thought overall we were more competitive this year for sure," he said. "There were three games that we were out of pretty early. Last year, that happened a lot. This year, there were probably three other games we played to the wire and could have won. We weren't that far from seven wins.
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NEW! The American Association of Veterinary State Boards RACE committee has reviewed and approved this program for 10 CE hours.
New! ARPAS has assigned 18 ARPAS CEU's for ARPAS members participating in the 27th Discover Conference
The objective of this proposed Discover Conference on Strategies for Improving US Dairy Cattle Welfare is to engage the US dairy industry in a conversation of the growing importance of addressing key welfare concerns industry-wide.
The goals of the conference are to define animal welfare for dairy cattle within the context of the impact of other issues on other industries and of welfare issues in other food animal industries; describe the key findings from a number of very successful lines of research defining animal welfare and addressing practical problems in the care and housing of dairy cattle; create opportunities for open discussion of contentious animal welfare issues among industry professionals and scientists working in the dairy industry; and encourage conference participants to act as information multipliers thus facilitating proactive adoption of science-based practices that result in improved dairy cattle welfare.
This conference is organized to appeal to academic and industry representatives of many aspects dairy husbandry including facility, equipment, and technology design; animal ethology; veterinary health, immunology, and pharmaceutical business; nutrition, genetics, and other areas. Graduate students are encouraged to attend
Registration postmarked by April 27, 2014 is $375.00 for ADSA-ASAS-ARPAS members and $425.00 for nonmembers, which includes sessions and most meals. After April 27, the registration fee will be $475.00 member/$525.00 nonmember, and will be accepted on an availability basis. To optimize interaction among participants, registration will be limited to the first 140 applications received.
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Yesterday I spent the day doing something that was very disturbing. I was giving moral support to my wife and her sister as they tried to make certain their aunt was going to get the medical care that she needs.
This is the situation: Lorraine Lee is 89 and retired from the school system in Tacoma. She has paid for health insurance for all of her adult life.
Lorraine fell and broke her hip and had to go into Cottesmore Nursing Home until she gets well enough to go back to Sound Vista Assisted Living.
Both facilities have been very good to Lorraine. She was doing her physical therapy and getting better.
Now comes the problem: The Insurance Company, Secure Horizons by United Health Care. What a joke that name is.
Lorraine is not even close to being able to care for herself again and she was informed with only two days notice that they were going to stop paying for her medical care and she had to go back to Sound Vista.
We talked to the social worker at Cottesmore and was informed that is common. The insurance companies do everything they can to not pay for the medical care that the patient has been paying them (for decades) to take care of. The social worker stated that it is awful how the insurance companies treat the people who they exist because of. They just don't want to pay anything.
Lorraine's health has nose-dived because of the stress put on her because she doesn't know if she will receive health care that she already paid for.
Let's be truthful. Whatever your political affiliations are, the truth is grim in this country. The politicians and the people who make the decisions regarding what health care is available in the USA only serve themselves. All rhetoric about how they are concerned about your welfare are just empty words to get your votes and your money.
We live in the world's most wealthy nation. We do not have a health care system. The rich get what they want. Everyone else is left out in the cold begging for whatever they can get, if they can get anything.
Contrast Lorraine's story with these two: In the early 1980s, I lived in England where a friend had a bad car accident. He spent six months in the hospital and came out with no hospital bills. He was able to rebuild his life.
I spoke with a Canadian author who told me his daughter had a disease that would cost millions to treat here. In Canada, treatment was free. Do you think that he would ever move his family to the USA?
If you think that with socialized medical care, you'll pay for someone else's bill, think again. Unless you die young, you will get old. It happens to everyone. You will need medical care. When you are at your most vulnerable and can't fight for yourself is when you will be taken advantage of and denied what you paid for.
In closing, I am proud to be an American and ashamed of the medical care system we have and the new one proposed. Despite the possible backlash from political correctness advocates, I cannot with a good conscience remain silent any longer.
The American public has been lied to for far too long.
Bob L. Morgan, Federal Way
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The women of Whispering Pines were introduced to the "Red Hat Society" recently. The group will meet once a month and do a craft and enjoy refreshments. Seated are, first row, Miriam Walters, Dorothy Petro, Mary Davis and Dorothy Bernard; second row, Vickie Hoffman, Peggy Deatherage, Helen Graybeal, Lois Lawerence; third row, Ferne Oliver, Pernie Wukotich, Ruth Cottom, Annie Mae Byers, Skip Wethearld, Sandy Hostetter, Joan Gurnick, Donna Round, Doris Grossen, Martha Bell and Betty Brooke. Red Hat ladies are Debbie Beirdman and Cynthia Cash. (Submitted photo)


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IRVINGTON -- Earlier this month, Irvington lost an appeal to get its insurance company to cover a $5.4 million personal injury judgment it paid to a township woman earlier this year. Now, the township hopes to recoup the money from an administrative firm it says incorrectly handled the insurance claim.
The township filed suit in October against Allied Risk Management, which was providing claims handling for the municipality when, a township woman, Chantel Porras, received a severe shock as she tried to move a fire department water pump left in her in-laws' flooded Rutgers Street basement nine years ago.
"We feel we have very, very viable claims against them," the township's attorney, Marvin Braker, said last week.
In December, the township bonded for $5.4 million and paid out the award to Porras.
The township's former insurance carrier, Coregis, denied coverage, because, it said, township officials did not notify them of the accident for two years, it did not have control over the lawsuit and the township breached the policy's cooperation clause.
The current suit says Allied and the company with which it merged in 2004, Cannon Cochran Management Services Inc., flouted their obligations by neglecting to monitor the insurance claim, failing to conduct an investigation and not communicating with either the township or its insurance company, among other faults. Cannon Cochran is also named in the suit.
The attorney representing the township in the matter, Robert W. McAndrew, said Cannon Cochran essentially abandoned the claim when it should actively have been monitoring it.
A message left at Cannon Cochran's corporate headquarters in Danville, Ill., was not returned yesterday.
The suit, pending in Superior Court, is in its discovery phase, with depositions scheduled to take place within the next few weeks.
"If we can't resolve it, we're prepared to go trial," McAndrew said of the possibility of a negotiated settlement.
The suit is asking for damages, fees and costs. Although the township cannot demand a specific amount in damages, it can make its case for an amount during the trial, McAndrew said.
"We anticipate by way of proofs that the damage is $5 million," he said.
Irvington closed its 2008-2009 fiscal year with a shortfall of about $2.5 million and could end this fiscal year with an even larger deficit if does not succeed in selling a vacant hospital property within a few weeks. Earlier this month, Mayor Wayne Smith said that 20 police officers and 10 firefighters could be laid off to help bridge an anticipated shortfall.


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"Fruitvale Station" is a movie as direct and devastating as a point-blank bullet to the back, like the one that killed Oscar Grant on the first morning of a new year, 2009. Oscar, a 22-year-old African-American, was headed home with friends when they were detained by Oakland transit cops, responding to reports of a fight on a train.
Gun goes off, Oscar's mortally wounded. The shooter -- a white officer claiming he intended to use a Taser and mistakenly grabbed his pistol -- gets two years for involuntary manslaughter, serving half of that sentence. Several witnesses capture the shooting on cellphone cameras, and within days millions view the footage.
Writer-director Ryan Coogler's remarkably assured filmmaking debut begins with that raw footage, so we know Oscar's fate. Then he rewinds 26 hours to exemplify who this young man was, and it's a compelling bundle of contradictions played by Michael B. Jordan, who can get his tuxedo pressed for awards season. The first time we hear his voice, Oscar's making resolutions he'll never keep. Unavoidable tragedy to come makes Oscar's every move count, in heartache or hindsight consolation.
Oscar awakens on New Year's Eve with his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz) and their preschool daughter Tatiana (Ariana Neal). It's his mother's birthday, another reason to be happy, if Sophina wouldn't hassle him about a fling with another woman. Oscar has that kind of duality about him: a loving partner who'll cheat, a Chuck E.
We observe a life over a day, not that different where it counts from us or people we know. A life flawed by a cloak of street-itude that Jordan playing Oscar slips on and off like silk. The ache is in the domestic details Coogler provides, how those transit officers aren't the first to jump to conclusions about Oscar's motives. A father clowning with his child. The joyous din of a family kitchen. Life before death.
Then the shooting, a gut-wrenching sequence matching eyewitness cameras for effect, and an ER vigil led by Spencer's magnificent sorrow and strength, urging Oscar's loved ones to "lift him up." Public outcry and the shooter's justice (or lack thereof) are left to end notes rather than the heated rhetoric a less confident filmmaker might employ.
"Fruitvale Station" is lean -- barely 80 minutes -- but Coogler's intentions aren't mean. Vengeance is someone else's, while this movie finds justice in making an unnecessary victim human, not just a statistic or cause. In a sobering coincidence,
Coogler's movie arrives at a time when Trayvon Martin is the latest Oscar Grant, who was the latest Amadou Diallo, who was the latest Rodney King. Lift us up.
"Fruitvale Station" is rated R for profanity, drug content, brief violence.
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FRUITVALE STATION (R). Directed and written by Ryan Coogler. At Triplex Cinema (Great Barrington). 1 hour 24 minutes
WITH: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Ariana Neal, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray


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Co-Produced by New Found Glory's Chad Gilbert and Lisa herself, the album features Loeb's brand of quirky lyrics and rollicking guitar licks. With the help of Gilbert and engineer Brad Wood (Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair), Loeb has taken her songcraft to a new level balancing a professional sound with a more spontaneous imperfect energy which reflects the snappier production schedule instilled by Gilbert. No Fairy Tale contains 12 brand new tracks including the title track & first single along with 2 songs written by acclaimed Canadian rock duo Tegan and Sara.
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By Sharon Litwin • Oct 9, 2013
The Historic New Orleans Collection and its senior curator Mark Cave have collected oral histories of some of this city's extraordinary citizens. On this week's Notes from New Orleans, Sharon Litwin links HNOC's remarkable recording of soon-to-be 92 year-old former Lt. Governor Jimmy Fitzmorris to the anniversary of a controversial event; one that is likely not familiar to many younger Orleanians and certainly not to most newcomers.
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Syracuse, NY -- Two Onondaga County sheriff's deputies will be honored Wednesday in Albany for their actions May 5, 2011, as they answered a call of an armed man at the Central New York Regional Transportation Center.
Deputies Michael Hoosock and Adam Quku will receive Deputy of the Year awads during the New York State Sheriff's Association's annual Heroes Luncheon at the Desmond Hotel in Albany, the sheriff's office announced.
Hoosock and Quku, along with a Syracuse police officer, were called to the transportation center after a waitress at a nearby diner thought she saw the man had a gun. The three approached the man, who drew what appeared to be a handgun from his waistband and went into a shooting positition, police said at the time.
The deputies and officer were forced to draw and shoot their serivce weapons to protect themselves and others in the area, Sheriff Kevin Walsh said.
Benjamin J. Campione, 55, a man authorities said was suffering from mental illness, died in the shooting. His gun turned out to be a pellet gun, authorities said.
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The digital Official Programme comes with all the content you would expect from the print edition, as well as an exclusive video footage. Digital Programmes will be available from 9am on matchday, meaning fans from all over the globe can get ahead of the action and read their official 84-page programme, even if they are unable to attend a game.
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The print edition will be available to buy in and around the Boleyn Ground on matchday as usual, packed with all the usual exclusive content.
Tuesday's issue features interviews with midfielder and former Wigan star Mohamed Diame, summer arrival Yossi Benayoun and young professional George Moncur. Former West Ham players Luis Boa Morte and Ray Stewart are also interviewed, as is Ladies team goalkeeper Toni Anne Wayne.
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MOBILE, Alabama – It was revealed in court on Thursday that two suspects charged with stabbing and beating an elderly Chickasaw man are in a romantic relationship and are expecting a child.
DeAngelo Terrell Smith and Yasmin Munnerlyn were in District Court along with a third suspect, Carlos Nottingham, 20, for a preliminary hearing which resulted in their cases being sent to a Mobile County grand jury. All three face indictment on burglary and attempted murder charges.
The victim, 86-year-old Carroll Jordan, was attacked in his home on Jan. 27, and later died at an area hospital, although it was determined the attack did not cause his subsequent death; an aneurysm did.
He died during surgery at a local hospital several days after the attack.
During Thursday's hearing, besides telling Judge George Hardesty that Smith and Munnerlyn were romantically linked, investigators also gave additional details about the burglary and what the trio allegedly did after leaving Jordan's home on 11th Avenue in Chickasaw. The three pawned a ring stolen from Jordan for $40 and subsequently spent the money on gas, pizza and synthetic marijuana, according to a detective.
A flat-screen television reportedly belonging to Jordan was recovered in a neighbor's yard, according to police reports.
It's unclear what else was taken, but the detective said, in addition to the beating, Jordan was stabbed five times and the knife used was recovered and sent off for forensic analysis. Early indications are that Smith was the ringleader and that Jordan's home was watched prior to the break-in, as he was known to often leave his door unlocked to allow neighbors to check in on him, according to testimony.
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stan mayes
10th May 2008, 18:48
A very happy 819th birthday in Hamburg Hafen is being celebrated today and tomorrow by the visit of many ships from maritime nations.
stan mayes
10th May 2008, 18:48
A very happy 819th birthday in Hamburg Hafen is being celebrated today and tomorrow by the visit of many ships from maritime nations.
10th May 2008, 19:10
Happy birthday - hope they don't ban the Reiper
Jim C,
stan mayes
10th May 2008, 20:04
Reeperbahn and Grosse Freiheit still in business Jim,but sadly the Zillertal closed some years ago.
10th May 2008, 22:29
Reeperbahn and Grosse Freiheit still in business Jim,but sadly the Zillertal closed some years ago.
It seems there are spoilsports everywhere these days!(Jester)
Derek Roger
10th May 2008, 23:34
Reeperbahn and Grosse Freiheit still in business Jim,but sadly the Zillertal closed some years ago.
What !! No Zillertal ?? It was the only place one could have fun without getting into " Trouble "
Oh Happy days
Remember the rifle range at the back close to the ' Bogs " where one could try and win a stuffed toy or whatever ? I was a Marksman in earlier life with the Army Cadets ; but I could not hit a bloody thing there ! The sights were so far off it took two or 3 attempts before one could hit the bull ( By that time you had already " Bought " the Teddy or whatever . Plus the fact one was not fully in command of ones senses after and hour or two of Quaffing Ale and listening to the band ; jumping up and down on the tables etc .
Oh Happy Days Indeed
K urgess
10th May 2008, 23:43
I remember the barmaid's hands.
Capable of carrying ten steins at once. [=P]
The Oompah Band!
And don't dance on the tables unless you want a quick exit.
Definitely happy nights.
Derek Roger
11th May 2008, 00:55
I remember the barmaid's hands.
Capable of carrying ten steins at once. [=P]
The Oompah Band!
And don't dance on the tables unless you want a quick exit.
Definitely happy nights.
The barmaids were buxom and could hold their beer . Every round we had "she " also had a Stein ( on our bill ) . So by the time we were pissed she had consumed as much as we had !
Trouble was she was serving about 6 tables with the same performance ??? How Does that work ????
Could never keep up with those Ladies .
Oh Very Happy Days Derek
Tom Haywood
11th May 2008, 07:43
My first foreign port ashore on the "Northumberland" after Fremantle in 1965.
We berthed at "Amerikof" and took a ferry across the river to the city proper.
K urgess
11th May 2008, 14:54
I remember on my first visit to Hamburg in December 1967 loading German cars (the usual selection) at the opposite side of the river destined for Texas.
I crossed the river using a tunnel but I can't for the life of me remember where the tunnel entrance on the Hamburg side was and particularly the exit on the Blohm and Voss side. I think the entrance is the white domed building bottom centre left of the picture mentioned below but I can't spot the other end.
Can anyone spot the tunnel on this (http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/116555/ppuser/8196) aerial shot in my gallery?
I particularly remember the civilian gate guard's interest in my new copy of Playboy. [=P]
I should have swapped it for his wartime Kriegsmarine greatcoat. I know which would be the most valuable now.
Pat Kennedy
11th May 2008, 15:08
I seem to remember that tunnel had an elevator which could take one car at a time. The white domed building is the St Pauli exit, and just over the road is Der Hafenkrankenhause, where I spent an unhappy week with a damaged kidney after a fall on board the Agapenor.
11th May 2008, 15:52
The car lift sounds familiar, Pat. On my last visit, one of our ABs was mugged just after entering the tunnel - better in gentler times.
John T.
Pat Kennedy
11th May 2008, 16:25
It was a good place back in the old days, I always had a good time ashore, and much appreciated those vending machines where you could get sausages and bread with mustard for a few pfennigs on your way back to the ship.
Do you recall the big blonde woman who came aboard selling English newspapers and toothpaste etc. she was married to a Brit, an engineer in the Palm Line, and she spoke English with a pronounced scouse accent.
My favourite bar there was the Cabbage Patch, not in St Pauli, but off in the opposite direction, beyond Howaltdswerk shipyard, not as commercial as the Reeperbahn bars, more like a local pub.
stan mayes
11th May 2008, 22:23
The old tunnel is still in operation - by foot or car.
A new 8 lane tunnel has been built down river of it.
Hafenkrankenhaus was closed about 15 years ago under protest of every Hamburg citizen.
The Cabbage Patch near Rosshafen was owned by Paul Levermann and his father in law owned Little Cabbage Patch two miles from there.It was my local as I had my home there for four years with my German wife Elsa.
The bar owner called me King George.
Top left of picture is now reclaimed and newly developed and is Hafen City with a new cruise terminal.
Pat Kennedy
12th May 2008, 18:57
So they closed the Hafenkrankenhause down? A shame, they were very kind to me in there, and it was there I was introduced to the culinary delights of German hospital food.I remember particularly a dish, piled high with mashed potato and covered in some reddish sauce, crowned with a fried egg. That was breakfast!
I also was involved with a German girl, she lived in Blankenese, and we got engaged, but the logistics proved too much for both of us, and sadly we called it off.
Quantam Leap
21st May 2015, 17:07
Was hospitalised in Hamburg in '64,was on the Riebeeck Castle great wee ship she was too,bit down in the mouth at first, that was until I found out there was a bar in the hospital grounds, didn't touch a drop,honest.


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Tomorrow marks the winter solstice-the day in the Northern Hemisphere when the sun is at its lowest point in the sky and we experience the least amount of daylight.
Winter holidays help us brighten the darkness. Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Three Kings Day, Bodhi Day, Dongzhi Festival and Pancha Ganapati, to name a few, attest to a universal need for celebrations and light during this dark month. We miss the sun!
Sunlight is vitally important for our well-being. Sunlight provides warmth, improves our mood and nourishes our body with vitamin D. Children naturally respond to sunlight by wanting to play outdoors or just being "outside." They need their daily dose of sunlight and vitamin D.
Children need all types of vitamins to grow up healthy and strong. In a similar way, children also need love for healthy development.
EPIC (Every Person Influences Children), a parenting program from Buffalo, NY, identifies love as a "Powerful Vitamin." I refer to it as "vitamin L." Like vitamins, children need a daily dose of love from parents, guardians, extended family members and caretakers.
Today, when we see more darkness in the sky and experience it in our lives, let's remember that it is always within our power to love our children. In so doing, we can provide them with the capacity to feel safe, overcome adversity and grow.
Remember "Show and Tell" in school? Show your love for your child with a daily hug.
Tell your children every day with words. Listen to their concerns with empathy. Answer their questions with honesty. Be there for them as they navigate a world which can be dark and scary. Remind them that the Winter Solstice only lasts a day and each day thereafter the sun stays in the sky just a little bit longer.
As George Harrison wrote and sang, "Here comes the sun, and I say, it's all right."
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Customised memory and souvenir provider Cherishing Moments has opened its second kiosk in the country at Select CityWalk, Saket, Delhi. Spread over 100 sq.ft., the kiosk deals in products such as wax hands, baby memory prints, designer candles, and body copy. The visitors can collect the memories of their own hands and feet or those of their loved ones through wax replicas, prints, etc. The unique concept was first introduced a couple of months ago at AlphaOne mall, Ahmedabad.
Speaking on the occasion, Sugandha Malhotra, Founder, Cherishing Moments, said: "We are very excited on the opening of our second kiosk in the country at ct CityWalk, one of the most admired shopping malls in India. Now, we are all set to spread moments of joy among people along with giving away a great unique keepsake, which people can cherish for years to come in other major cities as well."
According to Malhotra, an individual kiosk draws an investment of around Rs 8-10 lakh.ED Blogging Battle's The company plans to open one more kiosk by the end of this financial year and eight more in the next fiscal for which it is currently in talks with shopping malls such as Inorbit (in Mumbai and Baroda), WTP Jaipur, and few others in Delhi. Based on a quick-returns business model, the retailer plans to focus on only kiosks for now. However, the company might explore the option of opening proper stores in the future once other new concepts in the pipeline are introduced.
The products at the kiosk are priced between Rs 40 and Rs 2,500. The retailer plans to go the franchise way for expansion.
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It's a bittersweet day for the Gretna school
It was standing room only at Kate Middleton Elementary School in Gretna on Monday as proud family members gathered to watch their graduates. Monday was the last kindergarten move-up ceremony at the school.
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The last day of class for the school will be May 23. More than 2,500 students will be affected by the closures; they will be shifted to a total of 27 campuses.


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if viewers of the tv show Ghostmine would like to learn about the real history of the Chinese Massacre at Deep Creek….this is a great post!
Sumpter has so much history and so many great archival photographs, it's been hard to figure out what to tackle next. Surprisingly, turning on the television led to inspiration.
There were six episodes of "Ghost Mine" on Syfy channel in Jan-Feb of 2013. Another twelve episodes started airing in early Sept. It's been great fun hearing behind-the-scenes chatter around town. How deep was that mysterious portal really? What local man carved the Masonic door? Who placed the Masonic rocks? All three answers involve a supposed security guard who makes his television debut in an upcoming episode. (At least I think he hasn't been on TV before.) A more open-ended debate was which paranormalist was the worse housekeeper: Patrick or Kristen?
Anyhow, in the second season's fourth episode, they touched on the role of Chinese in mining the West. They interviewed Greg Nokes about the massacre of Chinese miners in Hells…
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Series: Gray Whale Inn Mysteries # 1
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Natalie Barnes has recently opened the Gray Whale Inn, a bed and breakfast on an island off the coast of Maine. Cranberry Island is beautifully described by the author with its wild berries, beach roses and boats. Into this gentle seaside community comes a developer who wants this world to change, and the residents are split on whether this is a good or bad thing.
Newcomer Natalie opposes it, and when the developer dies, the police target her as the best suspect. She has to find the killer to keep herself out of jail and the inn going. The characters and setting are impressive and the plot well done. I enjoyed this book and will look for the next in the series.
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Giants beat Patriots, 21-17, in Super Bowl XLVI
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New York Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes hugs head coach Tom Coughlin as they get doused with liquid at the end of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. The Giants won 21-17. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Unless otherwise noted, the following incidents were reported to Huntsville police Monday. In items with incomplete addresses, police withheld the information.
North precinct
Atkins Drive: A range oven was stolen in a home burglary in the 2220 block at 6:30 p.m.
Memorial Parkway: $200 worth of cigarettes were stolen from a gas station in the 900 block shortly after 2 a.m.
West precinct
Governors Derive: Cigarettes were stolen in a burglary at the Shell station in the 3000 block shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday when it was reported.
Millennium Drive: A Wii and video games were stolen out of a car in the 5400 block between 6 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday.
Newson Road: A laptop, clothes and cash were stolen in a home burglary in the 4100 block between 9:20 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
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Joey Road: A wallet, wedding ring and camera were stolen out of a car in the 100 block between 7:30 p.m. Sunday and 6:30 a.m. Monday.
Memorial Parkway: Three leather jackets were shoplifted at 2801 address at 6 p.m.
Whitesburg Way: A .38 SPL revolver, clothing and food were stolen in a burglary in the 8000 block between Dec. 20 and Jan. 3.


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Much of the media deceitfully reports Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy's comments as "anti-gay" while describing the other side as "pro-marriage equality." Cathy's statement, "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit," means he trusts God's design of the family is best. His position is in line with our country's official motto, "In God We Trust."
The LGBT community calls Chick-fil-A's stance hatred and sees it as a hindrance to its placement within the American social order. Others simply look at this as a political or constitutional rights battle. In my opinion, it's a spiritual battle and an indication of the perilous times we are living in.
The majority of people seem to believe we are our own moral authority and truth is relative. Our society shouts no one has the right to impose his morality on others. Scripture says that in the end times, masses will fully reject the word of God and produce their own mishmash of personal morality. It also says people will become angry and begin calling good bad and bad good.
The most important thing is that Christians recognize these things and take courage.
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Saginaw Spirit winger Josh Shalla broke the franchise record for goals Friday night, firing a slap shot home in the first period. It was one of four first period goals for the Spirit, which easily won 5-1 at the Dow Event Center.
Shalla broke a tie he shared with Ryan McDonough. After Friday's win, he now owns the Spirits goals record with 119.
"It feels pretty good to have my name on the top of the record there," Shalla said following the win. "A lot of good players came through here and it's an honor to be on that sheet."
"It's a credit to Josh," Spirit coach Greg Gilbert said. "He's worked hard and obviously he's had a lot of success in this city. ... I'm real happy for him and I'm glad he got it done tonight. It'll get a little more pressure off him."
The win was an important one for the Spirit, which still has a chance to grab home ice advantage for the playoffs. The Spirit are just one point behind Sarnia after Friday's games for the final home ice spot.
The Spirit have just one game left, at 7:11 p.m. Saturday at the Dow Event Center against the Kitchener Rangers. With Guelph's 4-0 win over Owen Sound and London's 3-2 win over Sarnia, the Spirit moved up to the fifth spot in the Western Conference.
With a victory Saturday over Kitchener and a Sarnia loss at Plymouth, the Spirit would grab home ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs.
The Spirit jumped off to a strong start, scoring four goals in the first 11:18 of the first period. Eric Locke scored on a pass from Dalton Young just 3:08 into the game.
"It's playoff hockey right now," Shalla said. "We are still jockeying for position, so we would like to move into fourth and get home ice.
"Kitchener, we could play in the first round, so we're going to take that game pretty seriously."
Shalla followed Locke's goal in the first with his historic goal, also his 40th of the season, while Brad Walch and Locke added two more goals to make it 4-0 with just over half the first period over.
Windsor scored its goal in the first period and had several power play chances in the second period, but couldn't convert.
Spirit goaltender Clint Windsor made 27 saves in net. Michael Fine scored the other goal, in the third period for the Spirit.
Even though the Spirit have clinched a playoff spot, earning home ice advantage in the final game would be a nice boost heading into the playoffs.
"One more at home and we've got to play well again," Gilbert said. "We don't want to pick up any bad habits heading into the playoffs. We're going to play to win tomorrow. We just want to play our best hockey as we head into the playoffs."


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Austal has appointed the chief operating officer of its Asian operations, Greg Jason, as its new chief financial officer.
Mr Jason replaces interim chief financial officer Michael Atkinson.
Austal said the pair would work closely together during a six-month handover period.
Austal chief executive Andrew Bellamy said Mr Jason had made significant contributions to the business in increasingly senior roles, initially in helping to shape long term strategies and most recently in the acquisition and activation of the company's Philippines shipyard.
Mr Jason joined Austal as Executive Manager - Business Development in 2007.
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That satisfies all the conditions doesn't it? If you want to be more complicated, make up any two 9th degree polynomials such that, when you add, all terms with power greater than 4 cancel but the terms with power 4 do not.
Your misunderstanding may have to do with thinking that factors have to cancel. That won't happen when you are adding polynomials.


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North Korea collapse could cost $1 trillion
This from my Reuters colleague Dean Yates:
South Korean estimates have said it would cost $1 trillion or more to absorb the North. Financial markets in Seoul would plunge given how expensive and messy such a transition could be.
My spin: I am sure the South has watched the German example closely and shuddered.
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The price tag would likely be much higher. However, it doesnt really matter since the overall cost is incalculable. The cited estimate also does not likely include any military events which may occur preceding the collapse. Anyways, there is a greater likelihood that NK refugees would stream north to the undefended Chinese border, than south to the DMZ. Now whether the Chinese would accept the refugees with the same grace as the South is another issue altogether.
We can not estimate the real cost in case of war because it is unpredictable that how it will longer and who will involve. Now a days world's geopolitical conditions are getting worst and worst and many political forces of world heading toward collision between each others to secure their interests, and influences into other countries to form the union to counter existing political turmoil, like Russia, Latin-America, China, Arabs and Africa, These all regions are challanging the Uni-Polar world on different fronts.
Multi-Polar world order is in formation but how much time it will take is unpredictable, on contrary basis if the US's efforts may be successful to break this formation most likely the N-Korea's war cost will minimize significantly.
If there is one thing South Korea needs, its land. If there is one thing that North Korea needs, its a new government.
I don't think that anyone would disagree that the Korean Peninsula would see far greater benefit from reunification in the long run.
I also think that they underestimate the amount of help they would get from the international community as well.
James is correct about the South drawing grim lessons from the German reunification experience. I recently viewed a documentary on NK in which a SK government adviser said precisely that.