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Do you know what happened 162 years ago this fall... back in 1850?
California became a state
The people had no electricity.
The state had no money.
Almost everyone spoke Spanish.
There were gunfights in the streets.
So basically nothing has changed except then the women had real boobs and the men didn't hold hands.
The hills were green in the winter and the weather was warm.
I can't remember quite that far back!
What's really changed is the fact that, according to the California Dept. of Finance website, the population of CA in 1850 was 92,597 and the 2010 census shows a current population of 37,253,956. According to Wikipedia that puts CA, if it were an independent nation, at number 36 of 252 nations listed. I've lost track of where we are as an economic force, but I recall that we're near the top all by ourselves.
I'm not saying I think the above is good, just what the change has been in 160 years.
Several millions of those people were Iowans who turned San Pedro into Saaan Peeedro.
Yeh, every New Year's the freezing flatlanders see everybody at that danged Rose parade and game in their shirtsleeves, and they're on the next bus out here.
Culture shock sets in, and they head back home after six months to two years in Calif. . Culture shock sets in all over again back home, and in six months they come back to Calif. - for good.
Wifey still talks about how things were different back home in Ill. Sometimes it makes me almost wish I'd left her there...
My family left Cali in the late eighties after the Savings and Loan scandals. We ended up in the Northwest and love it. It seems that half of everyone around here is from Cali and never went back. Used to be that this was true of western Oregon and if they found out you were from Cali they weren't so nice. When we first came to Washington it was better to keep where you came from to yourself especially if you came from California.
For all of you who would like to move here be warned of the carnivorous Slugs, Lots of rain and snow. Its Cloudy and cold most of the time. As I write this its 32 degrees outside and frozen and has been that way all week. You've been warned ..Fred
Real men are boobs ...
Just ask any woman .....
So, every woman who is married has at
least ONE real boob ....
Yep, them folks down in Peedro will always correct you and if it doesn't take, they start yellin'. It's also kinda a like downtown Frisco. Oh no no no, it's called "The City"
How can you guys go on and on about a state with so little importance. Thank God we've got states like Iowa and Nebraska. It gives us something to be proud of.
Mike, don't forget Kansas, might upset the Jelfster
George I was thinking of Steve when I said that about Iowa and Nebraska. And though I've never been to Kansas that I can remember, I'm sure it's a beautiful state. Actually it's one of the few states I've never been to. And I think I'm missing something important. Maybe. Possibly.
Read the book, "What's the Matter with Kansas?"
We all like to eat! All the states have something to contribute to the food supply.
Mike G. -- "I've never been to Kansas that I can remember..." That's the whole point. If it were worth remembering, you would have.
I've been to Northern Arkansas though,I went deer hunting in the Sunnydale area. I shot a nice 6 pointer.
I know at least one woman that will agree with you
Well, I am not looking to pi$$ any one off but I was born in Austin Texas, moved to Colorado in my early 20's, moved back to Texas, then was transferred by the company I worked for to the Bay area of California where I lived 12 miles from the Napa Valley. I lived there for 8 years. There are some great sights to see in California and do not regret living there. Then the company I work for offered me a good promotion and moved me to Denver Colorado about 9 years ago. I drive through Kansas a couple of times a year to visit friends and family in Fayetteville Arkansas. I would rather visit Kansas about 25 times before going back to California. Just My .02.
Ca. is a nice state, it is the people that piss me off.
I wish I had never moved here.
Now I have 3 kids and 5 grandchildren here.
I understand and feel your pain.
I was born here in California, 3rd generation native in fact (one grandmother born in San Jose of Italian immigrants - other 3 grandparents from Italy). It's a beautiful state. Mountains, valleys, beaches, deserts, great weather, lots of agriculture, everything a person could possibly want. Now if we could only develop a strategy that would convince about 35 million of the 37+ million who live here to move elsewhere things would be perfect!
Please dont send them to Colorado, Kansas or Arkansas!
Thanks, Paul, as Colorado gets more and more Califunny every year I enjoy my small town living here out in the boonies more and more. PS I grew up in the Denver area and moved away to go to school. I remember only once being "homesick", and got over that pretty fast. The nice thing about it is Colorado is now a nice place to visit. I'm hoping in a few years to take a trip-as in driving my T from here to there and then around there and return to here in it.
When L.A. was a little town like Wichita, southern California wasn't a bad place to live. We used to drive through bean fields and orange groves to get to Knotts', where the ghost town was a free place to hang out while you waited for your chicken dinner. The Crown Valley down to Capistrano was a beautiful drive through curvaceous hills, green in the spring and accented by splashes of yellow mustard left by the Spanish explorers to mark their passage. Then it was westward ho the bulldozers, and those lovely hills disappeared under houses and apartment buildings, and orange trees became extinct in Orange County, and millions of people and their cars followed the bulldozers, and it all wasn't so nice anymore. Some old white guys are bothered by the ethnic diversity, but Mom's best friend was Nisei, and I was raised with Mexicans, and worked where most of the folks I worked with were black, so the diversity doesn't bother me a whit. In fact, it's a culinary and cultural plus. What bothers me is that too many people, even if they're mostly good people, are too many people. I'm just grateful that millions of people are willing to live in California, and Chicago, and New York, and so on, which means that all of them aren't where I am.
Born and Raised here in L.A. sure wish I could remember the days when Steve and others were here. But that was before my time, I have never known it anything but to crowded - still love So Cal though. It makes driving our antiques abit more of a challenge, I think. Almost always too much traffic :-(
My grandparents (on my step fathers side) were honest to goodness 'Grapes of Wrath', dust bowl, Oakies who moved to Calif. during the Depression.
My real father and my mother moved from New York to Calif. in 1948. I lived there (on and off, thanks to the military), from 48 to 97.
California was the place to be in the 'Surfin USA' early 60's, but then 'The Hippies' came along. :-(
I remember a bumper sticker I read years ago.
"Welcome to California !
Now, go home !!!"
It always seems to me, heavily populated areas in warm climates have the stink of human odor and never feel the cleansing of a below 0 fahrenheit winter. However while in Phoenix Arizona last week it actually got below freezing for about 10 minutes and I think I saw several of the natives shivering and wiping frozen tears from their cheeks. Ahhhh!
California used to have the most courteous drivers in the nation, the best roads (you always knew when you were leaving California, the road turned to shite), and miles and miles of real honest to goodness FREEWAYS with nobody on them.
Now we've got the rudest and most impatient drivers in the nation who are more than likely to hit you and make a run for it, the crappiest roads in the nation, jammed packed with all those rude morons I mentioned already. It used to be considered impolite to honk your horn on the freeway, now it's a way of life (feels a lot like driving in NYC) and a couple of tollways (and more to come) which were bought and paid for back when the gas tax actually was spent on road improvement. To top it all off, we've a governor and legislature that seems hell bent on destroying every bit of industry and small business here.
Some days, I just want to jump in the T and head East...but I need to finish it first.
Dennis, in Oregon we called those CIO, California Improved Okies.
C'mon, lets hear more horror stories. California's preposterous reputation keeps the timid flatlanders home, and out of here.
When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence level in both states. ~ Will Rogers
Traffic, Oakland shooting deaths, crime aside ...
I like California.
Honestly, if you get out of the Los Angeles area
it gets better
My maternal grandmother (1902-2000) told how she and my grandfather (1895-1965) decided to move to CA from Peoria, Illinois. He was drafted into the US Army during WW I. While in the service he met some boys from CA. They told him how beautiful it is here. When the war ended and he returned to Illinois he met and married my grandmother. They had their first child (1919), then he told her, "If I stay here in the coal mines I won't live much past 40. We're going to CA." She was heartbroken, saying, "What about my family, my parents, my brothers and sisters?" His answer was, "Don't worry. They'll all follow us." Sure enough, that's just how it turned out. Her mother (her dad had died by then), all eight of her siblings, their husbands/wives, and eventually a zillion cousins.
I guess it was a preview of what was to come a little later after WW II.
I was going to say something much as Henry Petrino said, but he beat me to it and said it much better.
Ya but John, Henry didn't mention that now most of the followers are from 3rd world countries and they go on welfare when they get here, except for the ones that work cheap and keep my wages low.
John and I were typing at the same time this morning. I don't think he's referring to the 9:56 am post about my grandparents, I think he's referring to my earlier post about developing a strategy to get 35 million of our 37+ million to move out.
Henry wrote about his grandparents coming to California.
Mine came in a similar way except they were about 1896. One son came to California and stayed about 2 years. His aunt and uncle were already here. He visited the aunt and she said,"your mother would like you to write her". He wrote a letter telling them how wonderful California was and if the rest of the family could come to California, The sons would have a lot of work to do and the parents could retire.
They all came to California and sure enough the 3 sons became building contractors in the L.A. area and built some of the stations along the Pacific Electric RR. They also built a castle for the Lt. Governor (see picture). They built many houses and banks and hospitals as well as a prison.
Those were the days when we had freedom and liberty. If you owned the land you could build anything you wanted. Not very many rules and restrictions.
Norman, When all of California west of the San Andreas fault slips into the Pacific Ocean, California will once again be a place of Freedom and Liberty. Until then Progressives hold California hostage!
Golly Jay, I've had the same thought. What worries me is such an event wont't actually do us much good. The progressives in Washington D.C. will just fill the void.
Henry, Unfortunately your right! But on the positive side I'd have Ocean front property without having to move. :-)
The way I heard it in California was that when the Big One hits, everything east of the Colorado River will fall into the Atlantic.
Steve, They tell that to Californians living West of the San Andreas to make them feel better. After all it is the land of warm and fuzzy!
Seriously, they've always thought a certain place mid-run in the San Andreas Fault would isolate an earthquake in one half affecting the other half. After studying a 1998 quake in NZ, and the big one in Japan last year, they now believe the whole fault could rupture together, meaning both San Francisco and Los Angeles areas could become disasters at the same time.
In addition to some supplies, we have a 5KW generator to power the house after a big one. We have a couple of extra gens for sale on CL, but no takers.
Oh, CONgress is debating how many $Billions in aid to give to the victims of Super Storm Sandy. I would like to see them encourage rebuilding only in areas 50 miles or more inland from the coast. There's just as much likelihood of another super storm this year as last year.
Ralph - My full support on the idea of encouraging rebuilding only in areas that are less likely to suffer the same calamity. I fail to understand why we should underwrite rebuilding on coasts the routinely suffer floods. In particular, I find it absolutely amazing that we continue to fight the Mississippi river with a below sea level New Orleans. I'm all for the culture, food and diversity but good grief people, find some higher ground!
Some say that the San Andreas Fault is God's slow patient way of dealing with the Sodom and Gomorrah that Los Angeles and San Francisco have become. I asked a friend the other day while we were having lunch why he lives in San Francisco and he replied " it's just my 'LOT' in life!" Then he asked "would you pass the salt please!" GRIN!
I guess I am safe...I live one mile east of the San Andreas. But I will miss the view from here of The People's Republic of Santa Cruz and the Giant Dipper roller coaster.
Sodom and Gomorrah are in CONgress.
I don't have a problem with people in New Orleans building below sea level. Oh some may die but that's a risk I'm willing to take.
Ralph and Walt -
My wife and I visited New Orleans about 6 months before Katrina hit. We took the riverboat ride up and down the Mississippi one afternoon. The guy on the loudspeaker was pointing out interesting things and places as we passed them. At one point he commented that New Orleans is about 18 feet below sea level. I said to my wife, "Why the heck would you put a city so close to the ocean and on the river in a spot that low? It's just plain stupid." The rest, as they say, is history.
I agree with you - next time it's taken out by a storm (and there WILL be a next time), move the whole works about 5 miles upriver.
Ralph, you have a point about "California Improved Oakies", only you got it backwards, it's 'Oakies Improved California'. They came there to work, they built the roads the the Hippies blocked and the parks the Hippies smoked dope in.
I don't think the west side of the fault will "fall into the ocean" In fact if you carefully study the beaches around Camp Pendleton, you will notice several former beaches at varying levels above sealevel. The area appears to be raising up rather than falling down. One thing I know about the fault is the land west is moving north, and some day people in California will have the best of 3 worlds, at least taxwise. They will be off the coast of Oregon and Washington, and can live in California with property taxes limited by proposition 13, no sales tax in Oregon so they do all their purchasing in Oregon and they will work in Washington which has no income tax. Unfortunately for us, it is only moving a few inches per year, so none of will live long enough to enjoy that advantage.
I could go on with theories, but this is enough for today!
I don't have the references to back this up, but I've always understood that the entire continent of North America is slowly sinking on the east coast and slowly rising on the west coast, sort of a gradual continental tilt. So, I believe your Camp Pendleton beaches observation is accurate.
Norman, You Rock My Friend!!!
The Hippies were a colorful blight on the California landscape for sure, they are the major reason that Knott's Berry Farm is fenced and you have to pay to get in today, not to mention what happened to all the beach side communities.
For all their prattle of getting back to nature, not one of them really understood farming, sanitation or irrigation or what happens when you mix the two.
You know what a "bowl of granola" California is now, what if everything EAST of the San Andras falls off? And what's left of California becomes an island much like Catalina...now that's a horrifying thought!
Oh, Flatlanders, don't forget: we have four seasons here - Fire, Flood, Earthquake and Riot. You better stay away, and call your family in California to come home.
Lived in San Rafael in '67 - '69 while in the Army. Have been back to CA a few times on car tours since. Beautiful place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there again.
You nailed it Ralph. True Southern Californians don't speak in years by number. We speak in geographic years. The 'Watts' (riot) year, the Malibu Hills (fire) year, the the Baldwin Hills (flood) year and the Northridge (quake) year, right?
Close, Dennis. Watts has been replaced by the, "Welcome to LA, where the police treat you like a King" year.
There are also some of the same things in San Diego County. In 2003 we had the Cedar fire which started by a lost hunter and moved 30 miles overnight from Julian to San Diego, and then turned around and went through Alpine. We were evacuated for a couple of days and didn't know whether out house or Model T's would still be there. The firefighters stopped it less than 100' from our property and because of the wind direction at the time we didn't even have the smell of smoke! See pictues
The first picture from our front yard when we left home, the second on the road parked for a while looking back
I've lived in the Los Angeles area all my life. It isn't what it used to be for sure, but where else can you work on your T almost 365 days per year? I don't like what has become of Southern California either, but I doubt if I'll ever leave.
I was born in San Pedro over 80 years ago and the weather has not changed. When Cabrillo landed in San Pedro back in 1543 he named it "Baya de los Fumos" which translates to The Bay of Smokes and we still have smog due to the geographic nature of the topography and not from the automobiles and trucks.
Good point, Frank, and one you don't hear too often. I have also heard that what we today call the L.A. Basin was called the Valley of Smoke by the early Spanish who came to the area for the same reason.
You're way off in that year, Frank. Juan Cabrillo didn't land in San Diego until 1569, and later made his way up the coast.
Smog isn't what it used to be. I see Mt. Wilson 60 miles away from where I'm sitting in my upstairs office right now. I knew a guy from Oregon back in 1959 who lived in Norwalk six months before he knew there were these same mountains 40 miles north of him.
This is only a little deceiving - mild telephoto lens. The Mormon church is about 800 feet away.
I've heard people from the L.A. Basin have been in the smog so long they don't trust breathing air they can't see. :-)
Ralph he was very active and since he died in 1543 he was a very important and famous man to be able to continue to explore at that time after he died although just skin and bones in 1569 as you suggested because that was 26 years after he died. Sorry your facts are in error. I know about Cabrillo because being born in San Pedro with a beach named after him and a lot of historic artifacts, we had to study his life. He died out in the Channel Islands while still exploring at the young age of 46, again in 1543 . . . . 26 years before you say he discovered San Pedro Bay.
I think you're both wrong. Looks like it was 1542. From the San Diego History Center website:
September 28, 1542
Juan Rodr�guez Cabrillo sails his flagship, the San Salvador, from Navidad (Mexico) into San Diego Bay on September 28, under the flag of Spain. He comes ashore, probably near Ballast Point on Point Loma. He names his discovery San Miguel and declares it a possession of the King of Spain. Cabrillo dies in the Channel Islands off Santa Barbara less than four months later. At this time the native population of San Diego area (estimated at 20,000) includes Luise�o, Cahuilla, Cupe�o, Kumeyaay, Northern Diegue�o Indian groups. Indians gather acorns from at least six species of oaks, collect fresh fruits and vegetables, hunt and fish.
"Close, Dennis. Watts has been replaced by the, "Welcome to LA, where the police treat you like a King" year."
Good one Ralph, good one.
Dennis, the other part of that was Richard Jewell, wrongly accused of the bombing at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996: "Welcome to America, where the FBI handles you like a Jewel."
Fifty years after Columbus landed in the New World, soldier-navigator-explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo led the first European expedition to the shores of what is now the state of California . The voyage, which ended with Cabrillo's death, marked the beginning of recorded history in the Western United States .
Little is known about Cabrillo's early years. Even his nationality is uncertain; most biographies describe him as Portuguese, but in his exhaustive 1986 biography Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, historian Harry Kelsey writes that Cabrillo appears to have been born in Spain , �probably in Seville , but perhaps in Cuellar.� His date of birth and parentage are also unknown, but events in Cabrillo's life lead Kelsey to believe he was born of poor parents �around 1498 or 1500,� and then worked for his keep in the home of a prominent Seville merchant. The final mystery about Cabrillo is his place of burial. He died on January 3, 1543 off the coast of southern California , but his burial site is unknown; Santa Catalina Island, San Miguel Island and Santa Rosa Island have all been suggested.
To be technical the four months works out to be January 3 1543 close but technical.
I will now vouch for the year when Cabrillo discovered San Diego, but he and the crew had been at sea for so long, they were craving fresh food. On the beach they found some birds nesting and decided to cook up some eggs. One of the crew members dropped an egg in the sand and said,"sandy egg Oh!"
My grandfather on my fathers side was born in Sacramento in the 1850s, and in 1851 on my mothers side my great great grand parents
were homesteading Jacks Valley Utah territory. That's just south and west of Carson city ( before Carson city was there).
You're working too hard, Norm.....
My grandfather on my fathers side was born in Sacramento in the 1850s, and in 1851 on my mothers side my great great grand parents
were homesteading Jacks Valley Utah territory. That's just south and west of Carson city ( before Carson city was there).
We called it San Fran.& some times Frisco.
and boy the city dwellers don't like that.


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Saturday, October 29, 2011
FOX And DirecTV Battle Set To Affect NASCAR Fans
It's a scenario cable TV and home satellite dish owners know all too well. A powerful company that provides programming wants more money and the company that must pay to distribute those services says it's a raw deal.
DirecTV has slightly less than 20 million home dish customers in the US. The company is not large, but serves a very distinct market and has been influential in the growth of specialty programming and home satellite services.
The term to remember in this tussle is "bundling." What FOX (and parent company News Corp) wants is a significantly higher fee for providing a group of networks to distribute. DirectTV claims the requested rate hike is almost 40%. FOX called that ridiculous, but will not state a number or percentage.
"We already provide News Corp. nearly a billion dollars a year for their channels and we have no problem continuing to compensate them fairly." DirecTV said in a media release. "The deal being offered is unfair and unwarranted."
The issue is that FOX will not value the company's networks separately. While networks like FX have been on a roll, increasing fees for the likes of SPEED, FUEL and the NatGeo Channel is debatable. There are also Fox Regional Sports Networks in the deal. FOX will not "unbundle" the network package.
New Corp has put in place the keepmynets.com website. The list of all the FOX networks involved in this dispute is featured. The idea is to spin the rate increase as just a fair deal for DirecTV that is in line with the other FOX partners. That is far from the reality.
DirecTV has set November 1 as a date for FOX to get things settled or those network signals will be removed from the home dish service. Needless to say, most consumers are not interested in the broader issues despite the fact that increased costs will be passed along as usual to the end-user. People just want their TV shows.
NASCAR fans have already been emailing with concerns about losing SPEED and that programming at a critical time of the racing season. Featured programming affected would be the Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR shows from the various Sprint Cup Series tracks and the Monday through Thursday RaceHub news and interview program.
One very interesting twist in this equation is the gentleman pictured above. In 2008, at the time of this photo, Chase Carey was the CEO and president of DirecTV. He helped grow the company through strategic partnerships with sports providers. He made his mark and has now moved on.
Today, he is the president of News Corp and leads the bargaining team to the table with detailed knowledge of exactly how DirecTV works and where the company is vulnerable. Imagine having a former CEO as an opponent in a financial dispute.
As usual, it's getting ugly. The keepmynets.com site has lots of anti-DirecTV "news" stories posted and features comments from consumers worried about not seeing different shows or series. DirecTV continues to paint FOX as a money-hungry monster that can't deliver the goods to justify a rate increase of any kind.
All we know is that this weekend things will be fine, but come Tuesday there could be a significant void in the ability of NASCAR to distribute some key programming to a very important segment of the TV marketplace.
We will be updating any news on this topic that happens on the TDP Twitter, Facebook and blog sites. Should this issue press right up to the deadline, we will offer a live blog next Monday of the ongoing negotiations. These things have a history of getting resolved at the last minute, so as they say on TV...stay tuned.
Please feel free to add your comment on this topic. To add your opinion, just click on the comments button below. Thank you for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
41 comments:
- NascarIdiot said...
I dont really want to pay Directv more, so drop them, AND drop my bill what you were paying to teach lesson to all involved.
- October 25, 2011 at 9:10 PM
- WickedJ said...
Why does this remind me of the NFL/NBA lockout drama?
Millionaires arguing with billionaires.
- October 25, 2011 at 9:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
I can't help but wonder if Chase Carey is looking to settle a score of some type. Perhaps someone at DirecTV wronged him and this his way to pay that back?
- October 25, 2011 at 9:17 PM
- atugirl said...
I almost don't really care about the deal and the business. I just want to keep Speed, however selfish that may sound. I really rely on the channel and it would really throw me off to lose it
- October 25, 2011 at 9:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
It's just like the cable and satellite companies do to the consumer. I dont want a 'bundle' either, seems like a taste of their own medicine.
- October 25, 2011 at 9:26 PM
- Greta said...
The local CBS affiliate in Houston is also having issues with DirecTv, and will go dark if an agreement isn't reached by the end of the month.
- October 25, 2011 at 9:33 PM
- RvNGrammy said...
Anyone who goes to another provider for their TV service will probably go through the same issue at one time or another. NewsCorp is a greedy bunch...you know that if the rate change were approved, we, the customer, would see our costs go up. Go DirecTV...fight NewsCorp!
- October 25, 2011 at 9:34 PM
- Roland said...
Hate it for you Direct TV guys. We went through this same situation this time last year on Dish Network. Except they didnt drop Speed for some reason. They dropped my regional Fox Sports channel with 3 games left in the season for the Atlanta Braves. Thank god they made the playoffs, cause if I missed Bobby Cox's last game somebodys headquarters would have been burned to the ground. Not kidding either. Boy was I mad. I left a very nice note on Dish Networks facebook page. It got real ugly for a couple weeks but they worked it out. Turns out I was blaming the wrong company. Fox was the bully. Damn Rupert.
I agree with WickedJ, this is just like the lockouts. Hopefully it will be NFL style, as in they work it out at the very last minute. There will be a lot of unhappy people if it goes NBA style.
- October 25, 2011 at 9:39 PM
- earl06 said...
Bundles are anti-competitive and anti-consumer. You can cut the cord and watch anything you like illegally, if that suits your moral standards. Ask yourself, would they do the same thing to me? Tough situation to put consumers in because there seems to be a situation that would benefit providers and consumers, a la carte. Never seems close to happening, tho', does it?
- October 25, 2011 at 9:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
I am not a Directv subscriber, so I don't have a dog in this fight.
But if I did, I would have no regrets telling Fox/Newscorp to get lost and saying good bye to SPEED. The only SPEED program that I watch anymore is Wind Tunnel, and that isn't worth paying for a whole package of programming that I don't like.
SPEED bears little resemblance to what it once was. It has changed from a racing channel to a lifestyle channel with some weekend NASCAR programming. I don't watch the truck racing because of Michael Waltrip. The racing support programming has gone downhill steadily as someone at SPEED tries to increase ratings by appealing to the lowest common denominator.
I do have to admit that SPEED knows its market. There are a lot more young drunks and fools than there are serious NASCAR fans.
- October 25, 2011 at 11:45 PM
- bowlalpo said...
It's OK with me to drop SPEED, etc...as long as DirecTV decreases the amount of my monthly bill by the $2 to $3 (or whatever it is) to compensate for what they have taken away from me.
Oh...you mean it doesn't work that way??
I need to get out more anyway.
- October 25, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
Greta said...
"The local CBS affiliate in Houston is also having issues with DirecTv, and will go dark if an agreement isn't reached by the end of the month."
Same for Seattle's NBC station. They're part of Belo Television and it affects 16 stations nationwide.
- October 26, 2011 at 1:02 AM
- KoHoSo said...
Here's the two groups of people I will feel sorry for if these entities do not come to an agreement.
1. The DirecTV subscribers stuck in the middle of an XX month obligation who would have to pay a stiff "early termination fee" to cancel their service.
2. The poor (and I mean that in both senses of the word) first-level customer service representatives that will take the brunt of customers' anger...a group that would actually like to help but cannot because they have no power and are forced to do nothing but read scripted answers or risk getting fired. (believe me, as a former resident of Denver, I know this as a former employee of DISH Network where we also knew all of the scuttlebutt coming from DirecTV's call center that was basically just up the road from DISH headquarters)
Question for JD...did the situation with Chase Carey come about due to NewsCorp once owning a significant stake in Hughes Electronics when it was the parent company of DirecTV? (assuming I am remembering that ownership mess correctly)
- October 26, 2011 at 3:14 AM
- Jonathan said...
Maybe this will give me a reason to get Dish or even comcast a try! Were paying 90 something dollars a month for Direct Tv!??!! Is Dish or Comast that much (with speed)???? Or any other providers? Would love some impute from people cause I wouldnt know what to do without Speed during the weekends I think I will cry LoL! Plus getting away from Direct Tv may be a good ideal
any thoughts people
- October 26, 2011 at 4:02 AM
- GinaV24 said...
I don't have direcTV service but when Comcast was my provider in the Philly area without any competition, they did a fine job of overcharging the consumer for everything.
Personally I only watch RaceHub and once in a while the truck races if Mikey isn't on there to ruin it for me. So from my perspective I wouldn't really miss much other than catching up with Steve Byrnes.
It's funny isn't it, the government deregulated so many of these services and it was supposed to benefit the consumer, instead IMO it has worked against us. I'd like to see them offer ala carte services. When it comes right down to it, I probably only watch 10 channels of the however many FIOS offers.
- October 26, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- MRM4 said...
I am one of those under a contract with DirecTV. I signed a new one several months back to get a second DVR. It didn't matter to me at the time because I had no plans of going anywhere else.
Even if I could, I probably wouldn't. It would cost me over $20 more a month with Comcast to get what I have now and Dish doesn't cut it for me. I am one of those that will be stuck. But I will say when Nov. 1 rolls around and those channels are removed, I will begin complaining they need to lower my bill for taking away channels I watch.
- October 26, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- 52 yr. fan said...
Looks like it may be time to
drop DirectTV and hook up with
Time Warner. Plus no thunder storm outages.
- October 26, 2011 at 8:57 AM
- TexasRaceLady said...
I live in rural East Texas. My only TV options are Dish and DirecTV. I will not go to Dish, so I guess I'll do without SPEED.
WFAA in the DFW area is also having issues with DirecTV. It's an ABC station.
Don't these people realize they are shooting themselves in the foot by demanding more carriage fees?
- October 26, 2011 at 9:27 AM
- w17scott said...
Mr Editor -
As you say, things like this have a way of getting worked out at the last minute ...while I am a DirecTV subscriber (hostage), I'm hammered each week with promotional offers from Dish Network and Comcast ...there are options, but price more than anything will dictate my decision ...interesting, to say the least
- October 26, 2011 at 9:49 AM
- Anonymous said...
So,,,,get rid of the Speed Channel. With a few exceptions, it is anchored by complete idiots who can't get a job anywhere else because they have no talent. RaceHub consists of grown men acting like buffoons. Raceday w/o John Roberts would be like watching two toddlers having a food fight. Why on earth would anybody feel this network is worth a dime more than they are now receiving.
In short, if the product is garbage, it's certainly not worth paying more. The loss of Speed will not be the worst thing that could happen. It may be the best thing though.
- October 26, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- brucer said...
The Fox Regional channels are worthless do to the weird blackout rules and DirTvs desire to sell the MLB and NFL packages. Not being in bondage, the FIOS package is starting to look mighty good.
- October 26, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- diane said...
So the bookstores lost out to Amazon and the video rental stores lost out to Redbox and Netflix. The Cable and Satellite companies will eventually lose out to being able to get content on the internet and stream it to your TV screen. I know people who get 98% of their stuff that way now (some illegally) but the other companies will have to try and delay it by stopping bundling and just let people pick and pay al la carte.
- October 26, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- wmwiz said...
"Cable and Satellite companies will eventually lose out to being able to get content on the internet and stream it to your TV screen."
Great idea, but one small problem for many people. Some ISP's are starting to impose LOW USAGE CAPS and HIGH OVERAGE CHARGES for those who would dare to "cut the cord" for internet streams. Who are these villians? The same companies that also happen to provide pay TV services.
- October 26, 2011 at 11:27 AM
- David Evertsen said...
I am so tired of being held hostage by TV Providers and Networks, really getting sad. All this shows is proof that greed is more important than customer service on both parties..
- October 26, 2011 at 12:20 PM
- glenc1 said...
Jonathan, you just have to do the research...there are different packages, and it will be priced according to your needs (do you need the 'everything' package, or will 'medium' do?). DISH is cheaper for many people than Direct, but it depends on what you get (they are offering a price freeze deal right now.) If FIOS were available here, I'd be gone in a flash. I have Dish & basic T-W cable. We've been through this carriage thing a few times. I never lost anything except the Weather channel for a few days.
- October 26, 2011 at 1:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Don't forget Formula 1 - season ending races upcoming. Sebastian Vettel may have the championship but second and third are still a bit up in the air. Is there another source for following those races?
- October 26, 2011 at 1:27 PM
- AncientRacer said...
I agree with @Diane
What we are witnessing is a new delivery paradigm struggling to be born.
What the content providers just do not seem to get is that I, and I would like to think a lot of others, can get along just fine without their "product."
Do I need SPEED? No. I'd miss it for awhile, but would get over it. Do I need "Pawn Stars"? No. "Real Housewives"? No. "Race Hub?" No. "Top Gear"? No. "Nancy Grace?" No. O'Reilly"? No. I do not NEED any of them -- and of this list there are a few I not only do not need but also some I would not give house room to.
Do I need 10,000 channels in HD? No. Whatever would I do with them except pay for them?
Every six months or so for the last year or two my provider has shaken things up "to serve (me) better". At first when something went away I was ticked. Now I.Simply.Do.Not.Care.
- October 26, 2011 at 2:41 PM
- OSBORNK said...
The bundling of channels by Fox and other companies is nothing short of extortion. They force cable & satellite companies to buy channels that cannot survive alone to get desirable channels like Speed. That's why we have 300 channels and can't find anything we want to watch.
I don't understand why Direct subscribers cannot stand the thought of switching to Dish. If you investigate, you will find Dish is cheaper and a better value. My brother went from cable to Dish to Direct and then back to Dish. His bill is smaller with Dish than with either of the other choices and he got away from the dreadful customer service problems he had with Direct.
- October 26, 2011 at 5:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
For those of you with DirecTv (I'm one) I imagine that you can cancel your service without having to pay a penalty if they eliminate a channel that you contracted for. I don't believe that they can force you to pay for something they no longer provide.
I'm not a lawyer - but I'd be willing to bet that if you go to the mat they'd have to acquiesce.
- October 26, 2011 at 7:48 PM
- AllisonJ said...
Abject corporate greed.
- October 26, 2011 at 9:39 PM
- sbaker17 said...
Due to a job loss earlier this year in my household, significant changes were made to the budget to offset the reduced income. One change was a lower cost cable package that does not include Speed. Other than maybe a couple of times over the last 9 months, I haven't missed it a bit.
- October 26, 2011 at 10:07 PM
- Bozo said...
I guess DirecTVs "Todd in Mumbai" will be fielding a lot of questions from angry customers. Here is a heads up: If you ask "Todd in Mumbai" a question, wait until he finishes reading his answer before asking him another question. Speak slowly and be patient, "Todd in Mumbai" will be translating your question as you ask it. Whatever you do, don't interrupt his reading with another question because he will have to start all over with his reading of the answer to your first question. This can get confusing for everybody involved very quickly. Finally, do not ever answer yes to any of "Todd in Mumbai's" questions because every yes answer will result in an additional $19.95 on your next DirecTV invoice. Screw these guys. They take Speed of the air and I switch providers as soon as my contract is up.
- October 26, 2011 at 10:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
Not directly on topic....I won't miss Speed much, and DirectTV is trying my patience. Today I called for another matter and got "Mary in the Philippines". I asked. She could not understand me and looked up another customer's account instead of mine. I hung up. This after the weekend before dealing with them on the phone when they told me I had ordered the movie Transformers, not the Mississippi State-South Carolina game, which I missed.
- October 26, 2011 at 11:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
Speedvision was way better than Speed.As far as I'm concerend,just junk all t.v.I'll go to jayski and view the articles.At least I'll get honest opinions and not scripted coverage.
- October 26, 2011 at 11:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
Based on the quality of Race Hub lately and recalling Mikey making a fool of himself covering the last Truck race, I don't much care what happens with Speed. I agree with an earlier post. There are a bunch of people on Speed who are lucky to have a job. I'm with Time Warner. This issue is no different than any other Labor issue--first casualties are the paying customers just like JD said.
- October 27, 2011 at 7:07 AM
- PDXLeelaB said...
I have had DirecTV since 1998. At first they were awesome. But when the living room receiver died we had to buy a new receiver at full price and sign up for new 2 year contract. That receiver lasted 18 months w/another 2 year extension. The next replacement we bought at full price lasted a whole 20 months so another 2 years tacked on. The bedroom receiver is the original and because I won't upgrade with another 2 yr contract I have only 12 of the pay per view channels and half are soft porn. I don't have Hot Pass and none of the newer channels are available. Our household income decreased by 60% in 2007 and my job could be gone soon so making 2 year commitment to anyone is a bad move. For Telephone / Internet / DirecTV I pay $200 per month. If I bundle with the telco I pay $115 with no contract. I would pay $10 extra per month for Speed/FX/Nat Geo but DirecTV won't go that way. I have no choice. I continue to pay for services DTV won't offer me or I leave them.
- October 27, 2011 at 12:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
It must not feel too good to be a DIRECTV customer dealing with this dispute. I really enjoy watching my Regional Sports Networks but good thing I still get to enjoy them since I am a DISH subscriber. Working for DISH I can tell you that DISH has a long-term agreement with FX, you should take a look into DISH.
- October 27, 2011 at 2:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
check out VELOCITY Network, an HD net in the place where HD Theater used to be
Its a car lovers dream!
- October 30, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- ChrisK said...
This kind of thing happens every so often. After all of the posturing and politicking, they always settle at the last minute. Then they use it as an excuse to raise the rates to the consumer.
- October 30, 2011 at 12:13 PM
- Ginny said...
Speed isn't part of DirecTV's basic package so we went with the next higher one specifically for Speed. If they really do drop Speed, we'll be cutting back to the basic level of service.
I enjoy the entire weekend of racing shows and love all the personalities involved. I hope that eventually there will be an alternative solution other than the internet, because the ISP in this area has bandwidth limitations.
I do not believe DirecTV's total garbage about wanting to fight for their customers. Fox wants to charge DirecTV more, and DirecTV does not need to pass all those charges on to customers. But they are USING Fox AND me as an excuse to set in motion a large rate increase. DirecTV is blaming Fox for a potential 40% increase, directing us to take out our anger on Fox, and hopes to be praised by customers for eventually negotiating only a 20% increase.
It's just business, and typical marketing bs, but I'm fed up with both companies.
- October 30, 2011 at 4:26 PM
- Shaun said...
The customers are always the ones that get the short end of the stick when it comes to a take down. First they are without their channels, then if the contract price goes up soon after they get their channels the price will go up. You would think with as much as Directv charges their customers that they would be able to eat that increase, but that might stop them from doing something grand, so might as well be ready for it. Working for DISH I remember going through that take down last year, it was not a great time indeed, FOX wanted a 40% increase(sound familiar?) and of course that wasn't going to happen, so there was a month long take down, at which point Directv went on the attack with ad campaign bashing DISH for taking the channels down and how all customers should go to directv, well I guess this is Karma coming back around. I do fell sorry for the 19 million that will miss their FOX channels for the time that they are gone, like It's Sunny in Philadelphia, Sons of Anarchy, American Horror Show, or the great movies that they cut up and put a lot commercials in. But we will let you watch them all on DISH.
- October 30, 2011 at 7:41 PM

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Tar Heel left-hander Kent Emanuel limited the Duke baseball team to two hit in his ACC-leading third complete game of the season as No. 1 North Carolina defeated the Blue Devils 7-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday at Boshamer Stadium.
Emanuel (8-1) allowed just two hits – a Grant McCabe single in the first and a Jordan Betts home run in the seventh - struck out eight batters and walked one over nine innings of work. He retired the Blue Devils in order in six frames and set down the final nine batters he faced to close out the contest.
Junior Drew Van Orden (2-5) suffered the loss, giving up six runs – five earned – on six hits in 5.2 innings pitched. The Duke right-hander allowed two hits through the first four innings, but two walks and five hit batsmen proved costly.
North Carolina (37-2, 16-2 ACC) scored two runs without registering a hit in the bottom of the first. Van Orden struggled with his command in the early going, walking a pair and hitting two batters to bring the first run home. A bases loaded wild pitch put the Tar Heels on top 2-0 after one.
In the bottom of the fourth, Matt Roberts laced the first pitch of the at bat down the left field line for a double. The UNC catcher advanced to third on a fly ball to centerfield and ultimately scored the Tar Heels' third run of the afternoon on a passed ball.
North Carolina added a pair of runs the following frame to extend its lead to 5-0. Right fielder Brian Holberton, who was 3-for-5 on the afternoon, began the frame with a solo shot to right center, his seventh home run of the season. After Michael Russell was hit by a pitch, Mike Zolk continued the inning with a base hit to left. A Parks Jordan sacrifice fly plated Russell, giving North Carolina a five-run margin.
The Tar Heels made it a 6-0 ball game in the sixth on Colin Moran's 62nd RBI of the season. Center fielder Chaz Frank led off with a single, stole second and advanced to third on an interference call against Duke shortstop Kenny Koplove. Moran then grounded out to second base, but Frank was able to scamper home on the play.
Betts sent the first pitch of the seventh over the wall in left field to cut the North Carolina advantage to 6-1. The home run was Betts' sixth of the season and 11th of his career.
A Frank RBI single in the seventh scored Russell for a second time, extending North Carolina's lead to 7-1.
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The pedestrian bridge over Coal Creek at Flagg Park east of Lafayette was unearthed and repositioned Wednesday, Nov. 6, nearly two months after it gave way to flood waters.
The 22,000-pound structure was no match for the torrents of Coal Creek during the September flood, breaking free from its abutments and drifting downstream.
Work crews spent Wednesday morning clearing mud and debris from the bridge, which for the past eight weeks resided at the bottom of the creek bed. Fortunately, due a design that accounts for flooding, the bridge survived the ordeal structurally intact.
"Our ultimate goal today was to just pick up the bridge and put it up on blocks so it could be inspected," said Jesse Coffman of Pro Lift Crane Service, which extracted the bridge. "The flood transposed it about 150 feet downstream."
Brent Wheeler, a project engineer with Boulder County Parks and Open Space, said structural engineers looked over the bridge and found no cracks, no breaks in the welds and no deformities. Engineers declared it fit for reinstallation.
The bridge is designed to sit on reinforced mounting pegs on each end but isn't bolted down. In the event that flooding lifts it off its mounts, the structure, which is tethered by a cable on one end, is designed to pivot to reposition itself lengthwise in the direction of the water flow.
In this case, it appears the design worked.
"The design allowed the water to flow instead of forcing the bridge to act like a dam," Coffman said. "It just looked like it had some cosmetic damage from all the rocks that hit it while it was down in the creek bottom. But that's it."
The concrete bridge abutments, which saw significant washout around their bases, didn't sustain any damage either.
"We're pretty pleased," Wheeler said. "We got it all done in one operation. They dropped it back in place and it still fit."
Urban Drainage was tapped by Boulder County to conduct and subcontract out the work.
"They're better suited for a lot of this than we are," Wheeler said. "Parks and Open Space focuses more on trails and trail repairs."
While much of the Coal Creek Trail remains closed due to flood damage, the section of the trail system that the Flagg Park bridge provides access to was reopened a couple weeks ago, Wheeler said. Flagg Park and the bridge remain closed.
The Coal Creek/Rock Creek Trail system is open between Colorado Highway 7 and Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center. The trail is closed north of Hwy. 7 and south of Exempla.
The Flagg Park parking area is slated for improvements which will transform it into a regional trailhead, Wheeler said. The county hopes to begin that project early next year.


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More of a foamie problem than a level ten problem. I keep shooting the darn things out. The one that came on the gun shot out 3 weeks ago. I put a replacement on with hard epoxy the next day. Lost it again last weekend. What am I doing wrong? I scored the bolt face, and the epoxy remained on the bolt itself, apparently the foamie didn't adhere properly. Thanks!
never had a problem with mine..... couple drops of superglue did the trickfor me


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What ranks and titles have you held? The 3rd world bantamweight champion of Shooto.
Do you have any heroes? Caol Uno.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It's a grand sum as a martial artist.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? Yes, I was majoring in international agricultural development.
What was your job before you started fighting? I was working as a sales and marketing man in a food company.
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? I won the Kanto tournament in high school and I was 5th in the college championship. (Both for wrestling)
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ROCKFORD — No doubt the majority of the sellout crowd Sunday at BMO Harris Bank Center derived more satisfaction seeing the Stanley Cup than the game between Texas and Rockford.
But it was close.
A turnout of 6,353 got to see the National Hockey League's symbol of excellence off the ice and a nifty American Hockey League comeback on it. The IceHogs overcame a horrendous start to emerge with an entertaining 4-2 victory over the Stars.
Some fans had to exhibit patience by standing in line for hours, but IceHogs head coach Ted Dent couldn't wait anywhere near as long. He used his team's timeout just 2 minutes, 53 seconds after the opening puck drop. His team trailed 1-0 then, and 2-0 a little more than two minutes later.
The Stars, despite missing AHL scoring leader Travis Morin (18 points in eight games) to a call-up by the Dallas Stars, outshot Rockford 10-1 to begin play — and 48-34 on the day. Chris Mueller and Francis Wathier gave Texas the early edge on the Stars' first and fourth shots directed at goalie Antti Raanta.
"I'm not afraid to take timeouts early," Dent said. "We were just flat on our heels. They were all over us, and I just wanted to make sure our guys understood we had to get going and support Antti (Razanta) in the net. We need to start better than that."
Jimmy Hayes fed Drew LeBlanc for a second-period score to make it 2-1. Then came the eventful final 20 minutes. Alex Broadhurst and Mark McNeill produced back-to-back unassisted tallies to tie the game and take the lead for good. Broadhurst then fed Klas Dalhbeck for an empty-netter to cap the festive afternoon.
"It was awesome," Broadhurst said of his tying score after he stole the puck near the blue line and then split three defenders before depositing the puck past goalie Christopher Nilstrop. "My first goal at our rink, so that's pretty cool.
"I was pretty lucky. Their forward tried to give it back to a defenseman and he didn't see me coming. I just picked it up and split them."
McNeill followed Broadhurst's lead less than two minutes later at 12:26, rifling a shot from the right circle into the far side of the net.
"It can be contagious, especially when the crowd gets going," Broadhurst said. "It creates more energy and everyone gets fired up. I definitely think we got some momentum from (my) goal."
Rockford (7-2-1-0) continues to lead the Western Conference in points (15) and extended the league's top unbeaten streak (5-0-1-0) to six games. Texas (5-3-1-0) entered the day second in the conference, with 11 points. The teams concluded their two-game season series, with Rockford winning both.


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I was at a local store today, the same one that refuses to carry Emags. I asked the guy why it was again that they didn't carry Emags...because the last time I talked to a guy there I got an excuse. I got the same thing this time...here is what I was told:
The Emag is basically a mag with an electronic frame slapped on. And why would we carry a gun that costs about $1000 when we have mag at $200?
It made me think, but I know the Emag isn't just a hypermag. Then I talked about the release of the X-treme Emag and how it will have the anti-chop eye and low pressure mod and cool milling...then the response was:
Yeah, but for $1400 you could just get an angel, a gun that started out aluminum and already milled(or something like that)
And so I started to think of why the Emag costs what it costs...maybe Tom could help me out on the exact figures....for most of the whole gun.
I haven't really seen an Emag under $1000 unless it was a sale and certainly not in cool colors...so I am trying to figure out what justifies the cost of the emag. I'd like to let these guys know. They are gonna be missing out when the X-treme hits the scene! Also I really don't think it's fair to compare it to a classic mag with standard feed and no barrel.


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DELAND, Fla.-The North Carolina A&T bowling team had a strong finish to their first conference tournament of the season, going 5-3 overall and finishing 3-1 on Sunday, including wins over nationally-ranked Bethune-Cookman and Norfolk State.
The Aggies (11-9, 5-3 MEAC) led the tournament in total pinfalls, totaling 3,550 on Saturday and finishing on Sunday with 6,378.
"Day 2 was a lot better than Day 1," said A&T head coach James Williams.
The Aggies started off bakers play on Sunday with a 767-690 win over No. 18 Bethune-Cookman, beginning with a 209 in the first match to overpower the Wildcats. Then the Aggies took on N.C. Central, and fell to the Eagles 688-684. The Aggies bowled a 212 to take a 520-511 lead before the Eagles out-bowled the Aggies 177-164 in the final match for the win.
The Aggies rebounded from that loss to take down No.11 Norfolk State 663-658 final. The Aggies came back from behind in the final game to secure the victory.
"The Norfolk State match was probably the defining moment of the tournament," said Williams. "We had just lost the previous match to N.C. Central. During the match, Norfolk State had a commanding 48-pin lead after three games. The girls dug deep and found a way to put together a 201 game just to force Norfolk State to be honest and bowl."
A&T kept up the momentum, and capped off the tournament with a 714-693 win over Florida A&M. Williams said that this good start sets a good tone for conference play for the season.
"The biggest thing I want the ladies to take away from this weekend is that they can't let anyone in the conference intimidate them," Williams said. "If we continue to be true to ourselves and not do anything out of character, eventually the match will come to us. We just have to be patient and understand that this is a marathon not a sprint. Just maintain the pace and wait for that opportunity to "pounce" and then get the job done."
On Saturday, the Aggies posted a 2-2 record, and had three players finish in the Top 10 in individual scores. The Aggies began the tournament with an 898-846 win over N.C. Central. Freshman Emily Strombeck led the team with a 212 game. Courtney Crook had a 196 score.
"Winning the first match really set the tone for the day," said Williams. "They were consistent, and honestly I think we caught a couple of teams off guard by how prepared we were."
The Aggies then lost to Bethune-Cookman 984-960. Crook bowled a 230 - the highest individual score on the day - while Strombeck finished with 222 against the Wildcats. The Aggies came back by taking down the Rattlers 873-835. Junior Cherise Poole bowled a team-best 198.
The Aggies ended Saturday with a 919-819 loss to defending MEAC Champion Norfolk State. Freshman Najah Owens and Strombeck bowled a 184. Strombeck finished the day second in individual standings behind B-CU's Staci Hillard with a 785 total pinfall. Crook and Owens finished seventh and eighth respectively in the individual standings with 730 and 703 total pinfalls.
The Aggies will take on the Southern Division again in the first weekend in December. To earn a berth in the MEAC Tournament, something A&T has not done since 2009, the Aggies will have to finish fourth or higher in the Southern Division.
"We definitely have a few things to work on and develop, but we have about 2 weeks to do that and incorporate that into our games," Williams said.


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GETAWAY is a gritty, heart-pounding action thriller starring Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke ("Training Day," "The Purge," "Before Midnight"), actress and international music sensation Selena Gomez ("Springbreakers," "Wizards of Waverly Place"), and Academy Award® winner Jon Voight ("Coming Home," the "National Treasure" films). The...
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GETAWAY is a gritty, heart-pounding action thriller starring Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke ("Training Day," "The Purge," "Before Midnight"), actress and international music sensation Selena Gomez ("Springbreakers," "Wizards of Waverly Place"), and Academy Award® winner Jon Voight ("Coming Home," the "National Treasure" films). The film is directed by Courtney Solomon ("An American Haunting").Former race car driver Brent Magna (Hawke) is pitted against the clock. Desperately trying to save the life of his kidnapped wife, Brent commandeers a custom Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, taking it and its unwitting owner (Gomez) on a high-speed race against time, at the command of the mysterious villain holding his wife hostage.
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It seems a bit odd to take on a movie review of Courtney Solomon's Getaway, as only in the loosest terms is Getaway actually a movie. We begin without questions - other than a vague and frustrating ''What the hell is going on?'' - and end without answers, watching Ethan Hawke drive his car into things (and people) for the hour and a half in between. We learn very little along the way, probed to engage in the mystery of the journey. But we don't, because there's no reason to.
There's not a single reason to wonder about any of the things that happen to Hawke's former racecar driver/reformed criminal - forced to carry out a series of felonious commands by a mysterious stranger who is holding his wife hostage - because there doesn't seem to be a single ounce of thought poured into him beyond what he see. We learn, via exposition delivered by him to gun-toting computer whiz Selena Gomez, that he ''did some bad things'' before meeting the love of his life and deciding to put that all behind him. Then, we stop learning. We stop thinking. We start crashing into police cars and Christmas trees and power plants.
Why is Selena Gomez along for the ride? Well, the beginnings of her involvement are defensible: Hawke is carrying out his slew of vehicular crimes in a stolen car. It's her car. And she's on a rampage to get it back. But unaware of what she's getting herself into, Gomez confronts an idling Hawke with a gun, is yanked into the automobile, and forced to sit shotgun while the rest of the driver's ''assignments'' are carried out. But her willingness to stick by Hawke after hearing his story is ludicrous. Their immediate bickering falls closer to catty sexual tension than it does to genuine derision and fear (you know, the sort of feelings you'd have for someone who held you up or forced you into accessorizing a buffet of life-threatening crimes).
The ''gradual'' reversal of their relationship is treated like something we should root for. But with so little meat packed into either character, the interwoven scenes of Hawke and Gomez warming up to each other and becoming a team in the quest to save the former's wife serve more than anything else as a breather from all the grotesque, impatient, deliberately unappealing scenes of city wreckage.
And as far as consolidating the mystery, the film isn't interested in that either, as evidenced by its final moments. Instead of pressing focus on the answers to whatever questions we may have, the movie's ultimate reveal is so weak, unsubstantial, and entirely disconnected to the story entirely, that it seems almost offensive to whatever semblance of a film might exist here to go out on this note. Offensive to the idea of film and story in general, as a matter of fact. But Getaway isn't concerned with these notions. Not with story, character, logic, or humanity. It just wants to show us a bunch of car crashes and explosions. So you'd think it might have at least made those look a little better.
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Having a decent bed is critical to making that happen, Loegering learns.
Sleep deprivation affects learning making it vitally important for children to get a good night's rest before they go to school. Many take for granted the comfort of a bed, but for some area children a bed would be considered a luxury.
Providing those children with beds has become a special project under the direction of Lisa Loegering, assistant director of community engagement at the University of Minnesota, Crookston and a collaboration with community partners.
Loegering first saw a project for providing beds to children in need on another university's Web site. She decided to contact Karen Broekemeier at Polk County Social Services to see if such a need existed here. "I was surprised to learn of just how great the need was in Polk County," explains Loegering. "We have children who desperately need a bed, and the thought of a child without a bed spurred me forward with the goal of finding beds for 20 children in our county."
On Wednesday, the first ten beds were delivered to children from ages 6 to 16 in the county. The needs of children were prioritized by Broekemeier and her social workers and a list was developed to help get the beds to the neediest children first.
Loegering began the work by putting together a list of different components needed for the project, and she was met with enthusiasm from those interested in participating. Included in the project were bed frames from the University of Minnesota, Crookston which were in storage because they had been replaced by a new style of bed for campus use; quilts and stuffed bears made by volunteers in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP); sheets and pillows donated by the Salvation Army; and toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss donated by Dr. Jensen at Renu Dental.
With everything but the mattresses in place, Loegering began to have some concern about the project. "We desperately needed the mattresses, but the donation I was hoping to have come through was taking longer than expected," she said. "Fortunately, when community people heard about this need, they opened their hearts and their checkbooks to help." Those generous gifts purchased the first 10 mattresses, but Loegering is still hoping to provide 10 more beds to area children in need. It will take another $1800 for the purchase of those 10 additional mattresses.
Broekemeier shared stories with Loegering about the need for beds and how families lack financial resources and struggle to provide for the most basic needs of their families. This week children in Crookston and several other area communities will have a bed of their very own and the opportunity to get a good night's sleep before they head off to school.
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First State Community Bank (FSCB) opened up Monday in the former Bank of America location at 412 Main Street. For months, the transition has been on-going for customers who wanted to stay with Bank of America or switch to the new bank. The bank is headquartered in Farmington, Mo., and has recently purchased nine Bank of America locations.
On Saturday workers were busy putting finishing touches on the exterior signage of the building, preparing for the grand opening at the beginning of the week.
"We closed on the Bank of America branches on Friday night and on Saturday we spent the entire day getting everything switched over before our opening on Monday," David Putnam, Central Missouri Area FSCB President said.
Putnam said overall everyone has been cooperative and patient through any issues that have arisen, which is being handled on a one on one basis.
"Almost everyone who has come in has had a real positive attitude. I think they have figured out we are geared towards a town like Boonville," Putnam said.
FSCB has also set up a system to assist people with the transition.
"We also have a call center that is assisting people who cannot come in to the building," Putnam said.
Putnam said Bank of America's focus is now on the large communities and larger customers.
"They are getting out of the rural communities. We have had a lot of success in the rural communities, which is the prime focus for FSCB," Putnam said. "Our other focus is on the community and providing good customer service."
"We have had the rare opportunity to greatly expand our presence throughout Missouri and specifically within our regional footprint." Greg Allen, CEO and Chairman of First State Community Bank said. "We are excited to have new team members on board and we are also eager to serve our new FSCB customers."
During the next month FSCB will work on smoothing out the transition and helping out it's customers. They will train their employees on their systems and their business techniques.
"Our goal is to fill the facility with bankers. The front was closed a while back and our goal is to open it again," Putnam added.
Putnam added FSCB will also assist in helping out the community.
"We will be here to support the community," he said. "Individuals will now be able to talk to someone here about possible donations."
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Luther improved to 4-5 in the Iowa Conference after defeating Loras by a score of 58-55 in overtime.
The Norse battled back from 13 down in the first half and put together a 20-7 run, and held a 13-point lead with nine minutes left in the second half. The Duhawks, who entered the game with only three losses for the season, answered with a 20-7 run of their own to send the game into the extra frame.
Playing in their first overtime game of the year, Luther outscored Loras 6-3 securing the season sweep of the series.
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Darin "Ersty" Erstad may have short-hopped the official opening pitch for the first-ever Husker Night at Kaufmann Stadium Saturday night in Kansas City, but let the record show that his third-inning performance in the FOX Sports television booth was nothing short of perfection. While connecting with former Anaheim Angels' announcer Steve Physioc and one-time Angel teammate Rex Hudler, Erstad circled the bases for Alex "Gordo" Gordon and the Royals every bit as much as he bolstered Nebraska baseball. Meanwhile, Gordon, who caught Erstad's opening pitch Saturday night, took a day off to be with wife Jamie, who delivered the couple's second boy, Sam Patrick Gordon, on Monday afternoon.
Ersty – the affectionate nickname Hudler uses whenever he talks to Erstad – was in game day form for Saturday night's barrage of observations and questions while the Royals battled in the midst of their best regular-season streak in 24 years (KC is also the only major league team not to lose a series since the All-Star game). Perhaps that's why Herbie Husker and Slugger, NU's and KC's respective mascots, acted like cousins. Erstad and Hudler, of course, were in sync as well, and their repartee was made for television because the viewer could watch the action throughout their inspired and friendly discussion. Physioc couldn't resist asking his broadcast partner why Erstad lasted so long in Major League Baseball. "He was all eyes and ears … no mouth!" Hudler said. "He played the game the way you hope your kids would play the game … very serious and very intense." Sometimes, the older Hudler had to say: "Ersty, it's okay, man … relax a little bit."
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Suddenly, up pops Erstad's photo in his Nebraska baseball uniform in 1994, the same year he was the punter on the Huskers' national championship football team. After that, there's a photo of Erstad as an Angel with a caption that reflects his career .282 batting average and 124 major league homeruns. Because Erstad was an All-Star and multiple Gold Glove winner, not to mention a heroic figure on a World Series championship team, Physioc remembers thinking how "people will be standing in line" to hire him as a major league coach after his playing career ended. Family, however, was Erstad's priority, just as it is now, and he relishes his role as head coach at his alma mater because "I'm in position now to give back and affect kids' lives in a positive way," he said.
That statement became the perfect bridge for Physioc to draw some comparisons between Erstad and Gordon, who snagged his short-hopper first pitch so quickly and deftly that many fans didn't even notice it hit ground before glove. "Alex lives in Lincoln, loves the University of Nebraska and likes to go to all the football games. He's a little like you … a determined mentality … a guy with a football mentality playing baseball," Physioc said.
"Gordo's like me," Erstad said, "but only when I go into the office at 7 in the morning, and he's already in the cage hitting. He's always working when nobody's looking. He has that, and you can see it working for him on the field and off the field. He has his name on the door of our new indoor facility, and he's just a tremendous guy to have around."
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Erstad doesn't see "anyone taking Gordo's Gold Glove away from him" because he's "just too solid" to let such a thing happen. "It's pretty impressive that he played infield, then switched to the outfield and won a Gold Glove. That's not easy," Erstad said with a laugh while admitting Gordon is going to have to get a Gold Glove in the infield, too, before "I give him too much credit."
That triggered another Hudler question. "Are you the only player in baseball to win a Gold Glove at first base and centerfield?" he asked. "I think so," Erstad answered. "You're the only one who's been in this game for that many years to do that?" Hudler asked. "How do you transfer that to your players now?"
The answer: "You have to work hard and work on all parts of the game," said Erstad, who calls Nebraska "a special place" that continuously motivates him to recruit, so he can prove skeptics wrong build the foundation for his ultimate goal – win the College World Series in Omaha.
Wanted: Kids Armed with Motors, Respect
"We're looking for kids who are special and have that high motor," Erstad said. "It's so refreshing to look in the eye of a kid. I had that look in my day and now I can get others ready to chase their dream. I'm not looking for guys who want to choose what they're good at. I'm looking for guys who want to be good in every way they can. At Nebraska,we believe in the whole player."
According to Erstad, growing up in North Dakota and attending Nebraska prepared him to seize the opportunity MLB presented. "I worked my tail off," he said, adding that Gordon has reached his heights using the same kind of work ethic. Somehow, both Royal announcers found a way to pique one of Erstad's hottest button about what it takes to play in the bigs.
"I don't talk much about playing in the big leagues because everybody's equal when they get there," Erstad said. "At the end of the day, I can't tell you what kind of stats people have or how many homers they have, but I can tell what kind of person they were, and I can tell you how they treated their teammates, how they were in the clubhouse and how they treated people off the field. That's the biggest life lesson – how you treat people, and that's the truth."
Bottom Line: Gordo Works, Plays Like Ersty
That same thought was featured on Sunday's telecast when Physioc and Hudler aligned Erstad's observation with a catch that bounced Gordon off the left field wall. The Royals' announcers compared Gordon's all-out effort to Erstad's constant hustle and true grit, pointing out that years from now, people will forget Gordon's batting average and his Gold Gloves, but they'll always remember his commitment to character and how he treats everyone around him … the Nebraska Way, the Erstad way.
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Horace Walker, 23, 522 Paula Dr., Thibodaux, 2 counts contempt.
Ronald Daniels, 50, 100 Cypress Dr., Berwick, 2 counts contempt, probation violation warrant.
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Jared Johnson, 20, 215 Beham Ct., Thibodaux, contempt.
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Charles Edward Carr, 39, 109 Third St., Sterlington, holding for other agency.
Andre Bertell McKay, 23, 25739 McCarroll Road, Springfield, holding for other agency.
Tyrone David Clark, 37, 415 La. 20, Schriever, distribution schedule II drug.
Gilbert Moses Jr., 34, 97 Tulane St., Houma, possession schedule I drug, felony carrying illegal weapon, use of firearm while in possession of controlled dangerous substance.
Harold Eugene Pagan, 57, 210 North Hollywood Road, Houma, entry after being forbidden disturbing the peace by intoxication.
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William Paul Brown, 29, 223 Idlewild Drive, Houma, DWI, improper lane usage, open alcohol container in vehicle.
Horace Raymond Scott Jr., 38, 260 Sugar Plum St., Houma, DWI, no driver's license, speeding.
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Tyler Berger, 24, 719 St. Charles St., Thibodaux, fugitive.
Nicole Duet, 23, 110 Laura Ln., Grand Isle, driving on right side of road, DWI.
Larry Clement, 54, 2213 St. Mary, Thibodaux, 3rd DWI, driving on roadway laned for traffic, driving on right side of road.
Dontrell Franklin, 26, 1528 Magnolia Heights, Vacherie, possession or distribution of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana — 2nd offense, vehicle registration expired, possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles, expired motor vehicle inspection, turning movements and required signals, obstruction of justice, operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Courtney Tabor, 31, 519 Locust St., Thibodaux, contempt.
Bradford Smith, 42, 613 Cleveland St., Patterson, resisting an officer, possession of cocaine, possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles.
Marlon Bennett, 38, 254 Randolf, Lafayette, obstruction of a public passage, possession of cocaine, driver must be licensed, possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicle.
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Brad Adams, 24, 716 Manchester, Thibodaux, resisting an officer, remaining after being forbidden.
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Antonio Tillman, 29, 574 Greenville St., Raceland production/manufactoring of cocaine or cocaine base.
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