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A lifelong activist for social and environmental justice, Kevin McVeigh was among the founders of two prominent antinuclear and environmental organizations in Northern California, the Pelican Alliance (1978) and Interhelp (1981). After relocating to Massachusetts, he continued in environmental activism, founding the Green River Center in Greenfield in 1987, but in response to the intense public health crisis, he gradually shifted his focus to become an advocate for persons with HIV/AIDS. As a founder of the AIDS Community Group of Franklin County (Mass.), he has coordinated AIDS services for Tapestry Health, a not-for-profit organization providing affordable health care to in Western Massachusetts.
The McVeigh Papers document a career as a committed antinuclear activist and advocate for persons with HIV/AIDS. The collection includes organizational materials from each of the groups McVeigh helped found: The Pelican Alliance, Interhelp, the Green River Center, the AIDS Community Group of Franklin County, and Tapestry Health, as well as correspondence, newspaper clippings, journals and magazines related to the issues concerning, notes from HIV/AIDS caregivers' conferences, materials relating to men's support groups, and other material related to environmental protection and anti-war activism. Finally, the collection includes audio files of an oral history (approximately two hours) conducted with McVeigh in July 2010, and a small collection of antinuclear books from small publishing houses.
- AIDS (Disease)
- AIDS Community Group of Franklin County
- AIDS activists--Massachusetts
- Antinuclear movement--California
- Green River Center (Greenfield, Mass.)
- Interhelp
- Pelican Alliance
- Public health--Massachusetts
- Tapestry Health
- McVeigh, Kevin
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Another QB to consider ...
So I realized today that Flacco is a FA at the end of the season and hasn't resigned his contract yet. What are your thoughts on going after him?
I think his biggest negative is his lack of consistency. Sometimes he is only average, and sometimes he looks like he can make that next step to be close to elite. He seems to begood at protecting the football though.

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Dear Editor:
Yesterday we had a costly mishap? (accident) in our neighbor city of Hoboken where United Water or a contractor working for UW broke a main water pipe that contributed to another major breakage of a second one creating water damage in basements, broken streets' pavement and sidewalks. This man-created disaster will cost millions of dollars. Who will pay for it?
I'll bet that as always the taxpayers, mostly the "lucky" homeowners of Hudson County, will take the tab and help United Water and the infamous HCSA (Hudson County Sewerage Authority) to cover the expenses. Note that when UW and HCSA make a profit they don't share it with us. But, of course, who make the rules?
I only hope for a day when we the homeowners of this county have a voice to represent our interests or a US Senator, or State Senator, or mayor or even a commissioner who show support for us.
Our cities taxes goes up every year, the insurance premiums went up (due to Sandy?), the clean water is up, better not to mention the abusive "dirty" water processing cost, the PSE&G charges are also up (again, due to Sandy?) and if you are retired, as we are, our SS checks went up a ridiculous and offensive 1.4 percent. Soon, very soon, we will be turned out from homeowners to homeless.
My wife and I are residents of this same home for 43 years, and believe me, we can not take it anymore. Do we have any homeowners association or retired homeowners group who can represent us and raise our voices? Or should we sit down until we lose our homes?
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I saw this message on the side of a truck as I was driving the other day. I'm not sure what company or organization it was advertising, but I certainly appreciated the message.
I saw this message on the side of a truck as I was driving the other day. I'm not sure what company or organization it was advertising, but I certainly appreciated the message. Last week I shared with you that compassion is what the true spirit of Christmas is all about, and I've shared about compassion before, but it is worthy of repeating.
Compassion is "regarded as a fundamental part of human love, and a cornerstone of greater social interconnection and humanism." (wikipedia.com) It is empathy for the suffering of others and having a desire to help.
In some circumstances it may be easy to share compassion. When someone loses a loved one ~ we call, give hugs, bring meals, attend events that celebrate the lives people had and listen to those who are grieving. We grieve right along with them. We feel sad for those who experience great challenges, are bullied, or are victims of terrible acts. It seems natural to be compassionate.
What may not feel natural and may be more of a challenge is offering compassion to individuals who are different from us, perhaps do unhealthy things or even commit terrible acts. Not to condone horrific acts, but even people who do horrendous things need someone to pay attention and understand them. People who bully, steal, dress dark, or any other behavior or lifestyle that may be uncomfortable to relate to, frustrating or hard to understand, need love and compassion as much as the next person. A friend on facebook presented a challenge, he encouraged people to have a three minute conversation with a local schizophrenic, alcoholic, mentally handicapped or PTSD neighbor (only suggestions of lives that we may not understand so much). "Can you afford three minutes to raise the level of human decency?" he posted. We all have challenges, and we all have the desire to be treated like a human, to be understood by someone.
In the November edition of Readers Digest, Dr. Phil shared a story of the compassion of his high school football coach. Dr. Phil was a poor kid, didn't have money for lunch, missed a lot of school, moved a lot and never felt like he fit in anywhere. His coach noticed him and cared about him. Today Dr. Phil states, "I always hold in high esteem people who are kind when they don't have to be, when there's nothing in it for them." The compassion shown to him during those years changed the direction of his life.
The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized.
Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands. ~H. Stainback
Be that someone who shares compassion even when it's difficult. Take a few minutes to share kindness and understanding; to step into the world of someone else's challenges. You may just change someone's life and it will surely change you!


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NEW YORK (AP) -- Kelly Clarkson has something to sing about: She's celebrating the birth of her first child.
The Grammy winner announced the arrival of her daughter, named River Rose Blackstock, in a Saturday post on Twitter.
She says the baby arrived on June 12, and she and her husband are "on cloud 9."
Her rep confirmed the tweet.
The 32-year-old singer, known for hits like "Stronger" and "Since U Been Gone," married music manager Brandon Blackstock last year.
FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2013 file photo, Kelly Clarkson performs at Green Mountain Coffee s Great Coffee, Good Vibes, Choose Fair Trade campaign concert in New York. The Grammy winner announced the birth of her daughter in a Saturday, June 14, 2014, post on Twitter. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) ( Charles Sykes )


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Rob Pattinson & Kristen Stewart :: Twilight Time for 'Twilight'
When Kristen Stewart had an affair with Rupert Sanders, her director of "Snow White and the Huntsman," tweens hearts broke worldwide at the prospect of the actress leaving her long-time boyfriend and "Twilight" co-star Robert Pattinson. And many in the film industry wondered what their break-up would mean for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2," the long-awaited conclusion to the series, directed by Bill Condon, in theaters this week.
In other words, if they had broken up, would the couple promote the movie together?
As it turned out, they reconciled. Still, when they gave interviews, they did so separately. Nor did the subject of their real life relationship come up.
Pattinson came first, and his first question went back to how he approached the project when he was first cast as Edward Cullen, the lean, sexy teen vampire at the center of the best-selling series of novels by Stephenie Meyer.
"Start drinking vodka instead of beer and try to get a six-pack as early as possible and you'll be a much more successful actor," he joked as to his preparation.
Push harder
Now, at its end, has he been able to process the project that turned him into a star?
"It's still kind of fun to deal with the huge highs and lows of the entire experience. We still get surprised every time we have any 'Twilight'-related event or anything. I still remember, I think it was the third movie and we went to Munich, the entire Olympic Stadium was filled with fans. It was supposed to be a Q&A, but me, Kristen and Taylor [Lautner] just stood in the middle of the Olympic Stadium with 30,000 people just screaming for 15 minutes. We just to walked in there and did nothing, I mean literally. It was absolutely bizarre. There's no way you can ever compute it."
In her press conference, Stewart fielded a similar question about how far she's come during the five years of "Twilight." In the first film, she played Bella as a high school girl in an intense relationship with a vampire. In the last, she plays a vampire mother who's survived a love triangle involving a werewolf. It was quite a journey - how did she pull it off?
"By questioning yourself constantly along the way. I don't think you should ever stop doing that. You should question everything. Push harder. But I think it gets a little easier. Maybe it's just by chance that we (Pattinson and Lautner) happen to be the same age. It's a tough one because she lives so many years in such a tiny little period of time, but, I think I've grown up a little bit."
Becoming a celebrity
While their "Twilight" roles have made Pattinson, Stewart and Lautner international superstars, Pattinson doesn't confuse celebrity with his acting career ("I'm still just trying to come to terms with acknowledging being an actor, at all.") And he acknowledges he can still be star-struck, as he was when he had a role in one of the "Harry Potter" movies.
"I remember looking at Dan [Radcliffe], Rupert [Grint] and Emma [Watson] and being like, 'Those guys are actors.' But I was star-struck by these guys when I met them. With Dan, Rupert and Emma -- I was with them for 11 months and I still see them as massively famous people.
"But it's funny to see people get humanized," he continued, relating that process with "Twilight." It's strange to have gone through the same experience with Taylor and Kristen, and to see people retain their sanity, as much as possible."
It would be understandable for any of the three to have let their celebrity go to their heads.
"It's kind of amazing to see that people manage to maintain," he said. "I've seen a lot of other people have minor amounts of fame and just lose their minds completely, like after a casting announcement, let alone having done a movie."
Has the end of the series registered for Pattinson?
"Knowing that I only have a month of 'Twilight' stuff left to do, I don't think I've ever felt more completely bewildered," he said with a small grin. "I've said since the second one that it's going to take 10 years to really settle in my brain, and I'm four years into it."
As of now, he's baffled by the'Twilight'-movie phenomenon, which has (thus far) grossed over $2 billion in worldwide receipts.
"I don't think there is any analysis. I don't think anyone knows why people like it. I don't think even the fans know why they connect with it the way they do. It's a visceral thing. I don't even know if Stephenie [Meyer] could tell you why she was so fixated on this very, very contained story and obsessive characters. It's just a kind of anomaly."
Stewart at least has an aesthetic sense of closure. "I'm so happy that the story is told, you have no idea," she said. "Usually, you've got five weeks or five months to look at a schedule and go, 'That day is coming up. Now that day is coming up.' We had five years. The fact that this thing is out and it's not weighing on us anymore. It's a feeling and I will definitely miss that, but again I feel like it's not going anywhere. Any time something's brought up or you see someone... I mean, it is sad. It is strange, but it's normal. Things shouldn't stay stagnant. You've got to move on."
The well-rounded vampire
Things did not stay stagnant for Bella. Not only did she choose her boyfriend, but she became a vampire at the end of "Breaking Dawn - Part 1."
"I was really lucky to have played human Bella for so long," she said. "The best aspects of every vampire -- all of their gifts, everything that makes them really special -- is just an enhanced version of what they were when they were human. So I really did get to play an incredibly well-rounded version of a vampire just because I actually got to take those steps for real. I think that if you were to take the fact that she becomes a vampire completely away, it is just a more realized version of who she's been the entire time. I think it's why it really touches so many people too. It really does represent that stage of life where you're full, pumping, bubbling over with something maybe you can't put your finger on."
Throughout the films, Stewart has had to stick up for Bella in the press. Some critics have suggested that she is a poor role model for girls, because she makes self-destructive choices, and seems to invite an abusive male figure into her life. Stewart can now say the final film shows how powerful Bella was all along.
"She's a girl who has enough faith in herself not to ignore those feelings and find out why they're there," Stewart continued. "People kind of think she's nuts the entire time. They say: 'Bella's always losing it. She's making very odd decisions.' But her decisions are fully informed by feeling. Now (at the end), it all makes sense. She can stand up and go, 'I told you! It was worth it! We held on for a reason.' It's really satisfying. It's a lot of fun. It's also like breaking her in like a car. How fast does it go?"
The maternal instinct
Perhaps too fast in some scenes. Performing her stunts as vampire Bella, Stewart was injured. "I broke my thumb maybe like the first or second day of our really intense, action-type stuff, so that was really frustrating," she said. "What can I say? I'd ended up on the sidelines for so long, just itching (to do my stunts), going like, 'God, I think I could do that pretty well. I think I could do that pretty well. I was bursting to do it, which I think is probably why I broke my thumb in the first place. I was a little overzealous."
Bella also gave birth to her daughter, Renesmee, at the end of "Breaking Dawn - Part 1." Motherhood was something she connected with strongly in the final installment.
"I think that maternal instinct might be something that you're born with or not born with," Stewart said. "Some people have a really, really strong desire to be a mom. It was one of my favorite things about the story from day one. There was never enough about that in the script for me.
"Luckily, Stephenie has really been heavily involved in this last one. She was on set every single day and (Bella's motherhood) was something that we were really together about. And it was one aspect of her that I was really most excited to play. Vampires have slightly more animalistic natures. What better way to show that? I have a great relationship with my mom and she can be a bit feral when it comes to being a mom. I think that's kind of just what it is."
Working with kids
At the mention of maternal instinct, gossipers' ears perked up. Stewart was quick to settle any speculation that she was ready to enter motherhood in real life.
"Dude, I can't wait to be a mom, but I can wait."
Pattinson also welcomed baby actor Mackenzie Foy, who plays his child Renesmee. "I actually quite like working with kids and stuff," Pattinson said.
"I like working with kids, I like working with animals, which is what everybody says you shouldn't do. It makes you feel like you're not acting, as soon as you have someone who's just providing stuff to react to. Especially working with a baby and everything is great. I would say put a baby in every scene. You can put a dog in a scene and everyone's going to be better, I guarantee it. It was fun. They got some good baby actors."
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TRAINING: Training hasn't changed from the last fight. Work in the morning at 0630 / Training Session over lunch break / work until 1700 / Training Session / Sleep. Dependent on the day, the training sessions will consist of Strength and Conditioning, Wrestling, BJJ, Boxing, and Muay Thai.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I got into MMA when I was in college at the University of Missouri-Rolla. My grandfather was a boxer and I was always captivated by combative sports, and freshman year at college I walked into the Warrior Gym, what I thought was a local boxing gym, to train because I was no longer involved in all of the sports that I had previously been involved in growing up (basketball, football, baseball, and racing motocross). Ken Sparks was a pro boxer making the transition to MMA and the first 6 months in the gym was a weeding out process and I took a beating but loved the competition aspect of it and kept coming back.
What ranks and titles have you held? 2008 Texas – SW Regional Golden Gloves Champion, 2009 Grapplers Quest No-Gi Cruiser Weight Champion, Grapplers Quest No-Gi Absolute Champion, Grapplers Quest Gi –Blue Belt Heavyweight Champion, 2010 IBJJF World Championship – Blue Belt Heavyweight Silver Medalist, IBJJF World No-Gi Championship – Purple Belt Heavyweight Silver Medalist, USBJJF National Championship – Purple Belt Heavyweight Champion
Do you have any heroes? My Grandfather and My coaches – they have all reached the pinnacle of their professions whether it be Rafael Lovato Jr. in BJJ or Lewis Wood in boxing; they motivate and inspire me to push myself to greatness.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It means the world to me; it is the culmination of hard work and sacrifice, and the ability to compete against the best fighters in the world is a dream come true to put my hard work on display for the entire world.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? University of Missouri-Rolla; Bachelors of Science in Petroleum Engineering
What was your job before you started fighting? Petroleum Engineer – still is my day job, I work for one of the Forbes best 100 companies to work.
Ranks in any martial arts styles: Purple Belt in BJJ under Rafael Lovato Jr.
Favorite grappling technique: Any Choke I can slap on you.
Favorite Striking technique: Right Hand
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What everyone thought was an everlasting love between Controversial Star CS and Handsome Hunk HH turned out to be not for keeps after all. Their love story had been controversial from the very beginning. The high-strung CS regarded HH very well and loved him for his simple and quiet demeanor. Their "miles apart" personalities complimented and worked for them.
The very patient HH learned to accept and lived with their differences, and loved her no matter what, in spite of. After all, they have survived many relationship crises successfully, and have fought for each other amidst all the ugly rumors. But as they say, "Some good things never last." Then one day, they realized they were no longer each other's "other half."
The decision to convert their relationship status from lovers to friends happened even before the last holiday season. Both were quiet and decided not to make public about the whole thing. But CS confided to a friend, nonetheless, saying that HH and her were totally over, since last year yet...no reasons were given. Which was why people and some staff noticed how CS tried so hard to avoid HH.
But HH still loved her, obviously. At a staff party last year, seeing how drunk CS was, he volunteered to bring her home. Their situation is now breaking his heart. And why not? His world revolved around her for years. And for the young HH, to suddenly forget may not be so easy as it sounds. But if you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right.
"It is not how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility. "
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Sea Hunt (1958): In this episode, "Mark of the Octopus," from the popular scuba-diving show's first season, Mike Nelson is asked by the Coast Guard to investigate the mysterious death of a marine geologist. Starring Lloyd Bridges.
Beach Patrol (1959): A beautiful nightclub singer is suspected of murder when a mobster is killed on her fishing boat. Joanna Barnes guest stars in this rare unsold pilot. Starring Alex Nichol, Russ Conway.
Alarm (1954): A serial arsonist is setting deadly fires around the city. Investigators methodically eliminate the obvious suspects, leading to a very unlikely candidate. Byron Foulger guest stars. Starring Richard Arlen.
Front Page Detective (1951): Newspaper columnist David Chase is harassed by underworld figures who are seeking a little black book he supposedly possesses. Joe Besser guest stars. Starring Edmund Lowe.
Assignment: Mexico (1956):An international travel agent based in Mexico City goes undercover to help authorities stop a mob boss from murdering his wife. Starring Peggie Castle.


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The Burros haven't been 5-2 to start a season in the last five years, but reached that milestone Wednesday.
The Div 3A, No. 11 Burroughs girls basketball team man-to-man pressed its way to a 62-45 win over Div. 3A, No. 11 Barstow to equal the team's best start in five years.
BARSTOW — The Burros haven't been 5-2 to start a season in the last five years, but reached that milestone Wednesday.
The Div 3A, No. 11 Burroughs girls basketball team man-to-man pressed its way to a 62-45 win over Div. 3A, No. 11 Barstow to equal the team's best start in five years.
The Burros (5-2, 1-0 DSL) trailed 18-8 after the first quarter of play. The Burros were pressing, but it wasn't effecting the flow of the Barstow (3-2, 0-1 DSL) offense, so assistant coach Laura Larson and head coach Robert Campbell made a decision to switch up the Burroughs and go to a full-court man-to-man.
"We had to change up what we were doing. What we did in the first quarter wasn't working," Campbell said. "Larson is the one that suggested we go to the man-to-man, so that's what we did. From then on, the Aztecs had a hard time getting the ball down the floor."
The Burros scored 24 points in the second quarter and another 19 points in the third as the Burros scored at will in the middle two frames.
"Everybody was playing really good," Campbell said. "Our defense played great and everyone worked really well together on the floor. Chantia (Jennings) and Talia (Forsythe) are good friends and worked well together. Aubrey (Hayes) and Joanna (O'Neil) shot the ball well. Rachelle (Schiller), Kaitlynn (Roberts) and Alex (Simmons) all played well, with Alex and Kaitlynn as shooters and Rachelle as a really strong defensive player. We have a pretty deep team this year, which is great. We can play 10 or 11 players each night."
Campbell said there are a lot of positives to having such a deep team. It keeps his players fresh for the end of the game, it gets a lot of players into the game and it allows the Burros to press for longer periods of time because they have fresh bodies always entering the ball game.
"If one group gets rolling, we'll stick with that group a little longer or adjust otherwise," Campbell said. "I prefer to play a lot of players like we are now. The only two games where we didn't play a lot of different combinations of players, we lost so I think we have a good philosophy going right now."
The Burros closed out the win by scoring 11 points in the final quarter to beat Barstow by 17.
O'Neil had 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists in an all-around solid performance. Hayes also had 10 points. Madison Schiller had eight points and five steals. Jennings had eight points. Forsythe had eight points and six rebounds. Candace Perez had seven points, five assists and six steals. Simmons had four points and three steals. Celsea McGrew had four points. Roberts had two points, while Rachelle Schiller had one point and four assists.
The Burros move on to play Granite Hills today at 4:45 p.m. today in Apple Valley.


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I've had my share of falls on a bike. When I was little I skidded out on a gravel road and skinned my knee. In high school, my brakes failed, I couldn't make the turn on a steep descent, nearly hit a KU basketball player, and rear-ended his parked car. A few years ago, my shoelace got caught in my chainring. I slowed but couldn't free myself in time and fell. I fell on a patch of gravel I'd safely traversed twice daily for years. When I first got toe cages I forgot to take my foot out at a stop sign and fell over (this is really common by the way).
I'm not alone in these silly mistakes. My mom rode into a rosebush. My dad slipped on the slick mud hidden by a puddle. My cousin hit a patch of ice and fractured her elbow. My professor zoned out and went straight where the road curved.
"Control Your Bike" is the first layer of crash prevention because 83% of bike wrecks don't involve a car. Most bicyclists believe the biggest threat is cars and trucks, but potholes, railroad tracks, and dogs are bigger problems.
Astute readers at this point may say, "Wrecks that don't involve a car might be more common, but those involving a car are more deadly. I'll take my chances with the potholes, thanks." The statistics rely on reported wrecks, medical or police reports, which are typically quite serious. So the car-free bike crashes contributing to these statistics are just as serious as the car-bike collisions. Most of the wrecks I described were not reported since they did not require police or medical attention.
You can improve your control of your bike with these simple steps.
-Ride at least an arm's length from the edge of the road. Potholes and debris accumulate at the far edge of the road. Riding about 18" from the edge of the road lets you avoid most of that without even trying. When there is an obstacle in your path, scan behind you for traffic, and when it is clear, maneuver around the obstacle.
-Don't ride on sidewalks. In addition to putting you at increased risk of collisions at driveways and intersections, sidewalks have more obstacles.
-Know what to watch out for. Experience will teach you these lessons thoroughly, but it is possible to learn from someone else's experience. Here are some common causes:Gravel Potholes Railroad tracks, other longitudinal cracks can grab your wheel. Avoid these or cross perpendicular to the track. A car door opening. Give parked cars extra space. Respect the "door zone"! Dogs, children, squirrels, other cyclists. These can take you by surprise if you hug the edge, while giving yourself extra space gives you a better vantage and more time to react. In wet weather, ride slowly. Wet brakes take longer to brake, wet corners require wider turns, and puddles hide potholes.
-Keep your bike in good repair with the ABC Quick Check. Before you ride, check the AIR in your tires, test your BRAKES, examine your CRANKS and CHAINS, make sure your QUICK release levers are tight, and CHECK over your entire bike. It takes less than 30 seconds. The hard part for me was ingraining the habit, but now that I have the habit I do it daily without thinking about it.
-Practice. The more you ride, the better your bike handling skills are. Every mile you bike decreases your risk of a crash.
Controlling your bike will not only reduce your risk of serious wrecks, but also your risk of minor or no injury wrecks (the kind that don't get reported). Without that kind of wreck, you'll feel safer and be happier on your bike, and less likely to quit biking!
The Five Layers of Crash Prevention developed by the League of American Bicyclists for their Smart Cycling program are:Control your bike. 83% of bike wrecks don't involve a motor vehicle. Learn the common pitfalls and how to avoid them. Obey the law. In half of car-bike collisions, the cyclist was not obeying a traffic law. Discourage drivers' mistakes. Just like defensive driving, you can discourage drivers from making common mistakes by choosing where and how to ride. A key concept is learning how to control the lane. Avoid drivers' mistakes. For those mistakes they make anyway, there are a couple maneuvers you can learn—and practice!—to avoid a collision. Wear a helmet. Practicing the four principles above prevents over 90% of bike wrecks. The helmet can save your life for the few you can't avoid.


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I have a sword. Anyway, its ok for you Prince Adam, you already have a figure made of you!
I have a sword. Anyway, its ok for you Prince Adam, you already have a figure made of you!
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As a Josh I fully support this Josh! Let's have him before Ram Man, before Man-E-Faces, just not before Songster!
Ducks rocks
When will we get our Songster figure Mattel???
#2 - Although you are probably right that it will continue to be He-Man or Skeletor variants, I personally don't see the appeal of variant after variant after variant.
Aarons Top 10 (In Order):
Starburst She-Ra, Hunga the Harpy, The Twiggets, Stridor, Catras Cat Form, Kay-La, Skeleteen, Mini Comics Garn, Spinwit, FILMation King Miro
Give Josh a bit of edge and he'd make a cool enough figure....
I think I would actually prefer Josh over another He-man or Skelly varient s a sub exclusive as I don't like having more than one version of each character on display or clogging up my collection space. Though I would still prefer a more interesting character than Josh.
I say make Josh. Make Songster. Make Josh into Songster.
Make Josh look a little more like Bow and give him that kick-butt Guitar-AXE and you have songster!
Planet Claire has pink air
All the trees are red
No one ever dies there
No one has a headThe B-52's
and secondly, my point was that WE need to KEEP the POP haters buying the sub every year so that WE can get all of the POP ladies before this thing dies out.
And give him Kevin from the Motion Picture's last name and you you have all three of these characters wrapped up.
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Are we really trying to compare Gygor to Josh? Really there is no comparison. I will take a totally new figure of a never before mentioned character that looks cool over Josh. I am sorry but I have no appeal to Josh at this point in the line. Ask me in a couple of years, after I have Songster, who I really feel is a necessary part of this line, and maybe I'll take Josh. Really.
Aarons Top 10 (In Order):
Starburst She-Ra, Hunga the Harpy, The Twiggets, Stridor, Catras Cat Form, Kay-La, Skeleteen, Mini Comics Garn, Spinwit, FILMation King Miro
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i came up with the idea to merge the characters into one:
real name: josh
long time friend of bow, josh is a noble warrior, greatly skilled in using melee weapons. his weapon of choice is a magical spear he inherited from his ancestor: for this reason he was nicknamed lance when he joined the great rebellion.
don't know if mattel will ever release him in motuc, but for those who don't like havin' extra parts unused laying around, he could be an option to use bow's clean shaven head for a different character.
I think it is awesome that Josh has drawn so much board activity! I say, make him. I want Songster, Meteorbs, Energy Zoids, Galactimytes, Gleanons, vehicles, beasts, playsets, army builders, Sky Tree, all variants, tools and accessories, and sure, Josh too!
But get me my Jungle Attack He-Man fast!
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cool art from gbagok! like to see the bios, but dont feel id want a figure. Seahawk on the other hand. Yes! but hes filmation so were not getting him?
Without the Filmation rights, there will be no SEAHAWK. Or any other Etherian man or male rebel that is not on the Horde roster. But like Vikor and Gygor, they could take an early concept (in this case, a non-fighting male rebel from a mini-comic) and do something with it to make an exciting new character. Some people just can't get past the surface issue and see the potential.
I'd like there to be more Great Rebellion members. I'd love to see more guys on the team. Some express opposition to the idea of further developing Josh into a good action figure because they feel that he will "take away" a slot going to one of the POP girls. But in that exact same thinking, ANY character that is given a figure before Perfuma or Flutterina is "taking away". And, who is to say that couldn't release him towards the end of the line?
I want figures of tons of little known MOTU and POP characters! I love Vikor and any figure that gives me the chance to further develop and enrich the story of Eternia and Etheria! Expand the mythos, I say!
Etherian Rebel JOSH for the MOTUC (see my avatar)!
Another stupid question here....
Who are Geldor or Lodar? I can't seem to remember them.
Etherian Rebel JOSH for the MOTUC (see my avatar)!
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But i guess that´s the point, Josh looks to normal... to ordinary.
Geldor is something different, his beard , his clothes and he is dark skinned.
Josh, wears a vest, has brown hair and typical fair skin...
Don´t get me wrong, i´m one of those who said i would like to see him made into action figure but that´one of the points, i would like to see some of that action he would be featured. As i said before, in this one picture, were his sleeve is missing, he looks more muscled than Bow. I really could see him as an ex bodyguard or maybe one of those "human" Troopers, He-Man knocked out and took his armor, who changed sides.
Just like Adora???
Josh needs armor and a weapon. His name is ordinary, but we don't know his last name, nor his battlefield nickname. He needs fleshing out!
Etherian Rebel JOSH for the MOTUC (see my avatar)!
JOSH?!! Are you serious? LOL!
That comic appearance isn't doing him any favors either. I expect the following page to show him and Bow giggling and combing each other's chest hair.
SKELETORTILLA...It's taco night at Snake Mountain!
Im pretty sure if He-man, Bow and Ram man walked into a bar on a regular night on earth they would get some pretty weird looks too. Josh however would not. That's the whole reason he seems like a boring choice for a figure. He would need a total overhaul and a 'superhero' name added so would basicaly be a totally different character. That's why it seems kinda pointless.
But to those of you who want him, I wish you good luck with that one, I wouldn't buy him, but then there are a lot of MOTUC figures I wouldn't buy.
Personally I have zero interest in a figure of this character at this point.
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The Mexico High School Bulldogs were defeated Thursday night by Fatima 51-42 in a non-conference game in the semi-finals of the California Tournament. The Bulldogs were sluggish throughout the first half but found a way to tie the game at 18-18 at the half. They continued to struggle offensively in the second half and were outscored 15-9 in the fourth quarter.
Jake Willer led the Bulldogs in scoring with 13 points, and Jake Anderson contributed 9 points and 11 rebounds. The Bulldogs drop to 10-3 on the season, and 3-0 in the NCMC. They will play Boonville for third place at 4 p.m. Saturday.
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Jake Willer: 13P, 3RB.
Jake Anderson: 9P, 11RB, 2 assists, s steals.
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Matt Ridgway: 4P, 9RB, 2 assists.
Skylar Harrington: 4P, 3RB, 2 steals.
Jaeon Nunnelly: 4P, 1 assist, 1RB.
James Norton: 1RB.
Kamden Ekern: 2P.
EIGHTH GRADE BOYS: The Mexico eighth grade boys lost to Boonville Thursday night 39-28.
Leading scorers for MMS included: Miguel Vega 7P, Isaac Troy 7P,
Cameron Palmer 6P, Chris Campbell 3P, Clay Jeffrey 3P.
The Bulldogs will finish up their season Monday night at Montgomery County.
The B team lost by a score of 24-0.
EIGHTH GRADE GIRLS: The Mexico Middle School eighth grade girls basketball team played host to Boonville on Thursday.
The final score for the A game was Boonville 32, Mexico 9.
"We struggled with their press and the third quarter was really where they pulled away. They hit a trio of three pointers and had a couple of fast breaks and we just couldn't generate much offense in the second half to answer their run," stated MMS coach Cindy Allison.
Leaders for MMS were: Kronesha Belcher 4P/8R/2S, Sydny Hull 3P/2R, and Taylor Brown 2P.
Their record is 4-10 overall.
In the B game (2 quarters) Mexico was victorious 19-16.
"This was a close back and forth game that came down to the wire. The girls fought really hard and got key steals and key baskets when we needed it," said Allison.
Leaders for MMS were: Anna Proctor 6P/4R, Savanna Bradley 6P/6S, Tamijah Williams 5P/4S, and Brooke Ransom 2P.
The B team is 4-1 overall.
The girls will play at home at 6 p.m. Monday against Montgomery County.
NORTH CALLAWAY GIRLS: The Ladybirds had trouble finding the basket Thursday night against New Haven in the South Callaway Tournament. The Ladybirds scored 10 in the first quarter, 7 in the second, 7 in the third and 22 in the fourth quarter with the final 52-49 in favor of New Haven. With 56 seconds left in the game the Ladybirds were down by 9 and fought to get back into the game. At the buzzer Tara Oberlag shot a three-pointer to tie the game, but was unable to score.
"We had a bad shooting night, but the girls never quit and fought to the end," said NorCal coach Jack Peace.
Maddie Sorrell led North Callaway with 17 points, with 8 of those points coming in the first quarter. She also led in rebounds with 9. Jaida Gray had 14 points, 12 of them coming in the fourth quarter. Oberlag was the most consistent player for the evening scoring 12 points with two 3-pointers. Elaine Brinker had 6 points and 4 steals.
North Callaway 10-2 overall, plays for third place at 2 p.m. Saturday against Russellville.
JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS: The JV team won 45-6 against Missouri School of the Death with Taylor Hollenberg leading the way with 15 points. Their record is 2-8.
JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS: The JV team won 41-27 against MSD varsity team. The boys are 5-2 overall.
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The core Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. While abroad, Fulbright Award recipients are encouraged to progress their education through a number of academic and professional fields. As a distinguished Senior Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Mandalakas will analyze the social and economic barriers to the practical implementation of Isoniazid preventive therapy. In conjunction with that research, Dr. Mandalakas will participate in the education of medical students, research staff, and physicians while hosting a seminar series on designing clinical research.
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A Shawnee woman who lost her parents to homicide in 2010 was found dead in her Granada Estates home early Thursday morning. Police have arrested her husband on a first-degree murder complaint.
An apparent domestic-related shooting occurred during the overnight hours at the couple's home, 27 Bella Vista, where Shawnee launched the homicide investigation early Thursday morning.
Police Chief Russell Frantz identified the victim as Cathy Byus, 36. Her husband, 25-year-old Justin Byus, is now jailed in the case.
Shawnee Police Sgt. Dan Shumaker said police responded to the couple's home about 3:50 a.m. Thursday, where they found Cathy Byus with multiple gunshot wounds. An official cause of death is awaited from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Justin Byus was taken into custody at the home without incident, Shumaker said. As the investigation unfolded, he was booked into the Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center and is being held without bond. Formal charges have not been filed.
Cathy Byus, who grew up in Bethel Acres and graduated Bethel High School in 1995, experienced a family tragedy in 2010 when her parents, Gary and Linda Haas of Tecumseh, were murdered. The retired couple, who loved to travel by RV, was vacationing in New Mexico and were killed there after three inmates escaped from an Arizona prison.
Their deaths occurred in August, 2010, just months after Cathy and Justin Byus married in May, 2010. Cathy Byus also was expecting a child during that time.
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Lauren Bingham, who grew up and attended school in Bethel Acres with Cathy Byus, said the two had lost touch but reconnected as friends through Facebook in recent years. News of the homicide was quite a shock for Bingham on Thursday.
"I was heartbroken," Bingham said, adding she and Cathy Byus had last talked on Tuesday.
Bingham, who said Cathy Byus didn't have much family, said she often spoke about how much it hurt her to know that her son would grow up without knowing her parents — his grandparents.
"Now her poor baby has to grow up without her," Bingham said. "He won't get to experience her. I'm praying someone will step up and take care of him."
Bingham described Cathy Byus as always being a "kind and sweet" person. When she last spoke with Cathy Byus on Tuesday, Bingham said Cathy told her about the new Jeep she had just purchased. Bingham said Cathy Byus never said much about her husband.
"She adored her boy and she was proud of her home," Bingham said.
Justin and Cathy Byus purchased the upscale home in Granada Estates just last year, so Bingham said it appeared things were going well for them.
Following the deaths of Gary and Linda Haas, Cathy Byus and other members of her family filed a lawsuit against the private prison in Arizona where the inmates accused in the Haases' deaths had escaped. The results and any amounts awarded in that lawsuit were never disclosed.
It also was unknown Thursday if the couple might have been having marital problems, but court records show Justin Byus does a have criminal history.
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Scottish comedian and actor Billy Connolly has been performing for over 50 years now. His TV credits include the sitcom "Head of the Class." He co-starred with Judi Dench in the movie "Mrs. Brown." New projects include Dustin Hoffmann's directorial debut, "Quartet," with, among others, Maggie Smith. And he plays a dwarf king in "The Hobbit." But what he does, as he puts it, is standup comedy.
BILLY CONNOLLY: Algebra was a mystery to me.
Connolly, 1A plus 1B?
You take the first (unintelligible) you can't count letters. You can only count numbers, silly. Unless, of course, I was absent the day we did the B times table.
1B is B. 2B is a couple of Bs. 3B is a couple of B's plus the one we spoke about in the first place.
CONAN: Billy Connolly is on tour with a new show, "Billy Connolly: The Man Live," with performances coming up in San Francisco and New York, and joins us now from the studios at the Radio Foundation in New York City. Thanks very much for being with us.
CONNOLLY: It's a delight, thanks. It's lovely to be at NPR.
CONAN: Thank you so much for that.
CONNOLLY: I'm a big fan.
CONAN: Thank you. I know that you've been recently honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Television and Film Award at this year's BAFTA Awards in Scotland. Congratulations.
CONNOLLY: Well, thank you very much. It took me by surprise.
CONAN: Really? They took you by surprise and took you all the way there?
CONNOLLY: Yeah. (Unintelligible) I'm in a very strange position because I'm almost 70 and I - people are giving me sort of good attendance prizes...
CONNOLLY: Well, that's what I call them. Good contribution prizes or something they call them, I don't know, you know, for your outstanding achievement over the years. I think it really means you're getting old, go away.
CONAN: And that we're expecting you to make only one more headline.
CONNOLLY: I think I've got one left in me.
CONAN: But turning 70, that's got to be a bit of a shock.
CONNOLLY: No, it isn't. Really, I keep wondering what everybody's amazed about it. You know, I feel excited the same as I did when I was 37 and that has carried on pretty much the same all those years. I feel no difference at all. Somebody's told me, or I heard in the radio or something, someone said that Mark Twain said age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. So I just amble merrily forward. I don't care. I don't hide my age. I think hiding you age is a bit as sensible as acting(ph) your street number.
CONAN: Well, acting, let's go to that for just a moment. I want to ask you about that Dustin Hoffman movie where...
CONNOLLY: That was a smooth maneuver.
CONAN: Oh, thanks. We're professional seguers here at NPR.
CONNOLLY: You took my breath away there.
CONAN: Well, speaking of age, though, you're - you play a geezer in this picture.
CONNOLLY: Yeah, but I'm the youngest in the cast.
CONNOLLY: Really, I'm the baby.
CONAN: Maggie Smith...
CONNOLLY: It's lovely. And I was trying to think of things that old people do that I should do, you know, like sticking my tongue out when the spoon is only halfway to my face and stuff like that. But in actual fact, if you just behave yourself absolutely normally, you become like an old person because they're exactly the same as us.
CONAN: You've gotten the opportunity to work with two of the great actresses our generation, with Judi Dench in "Mrs. Brown" - I think a lot of people remember that - and now with Maggie Smith.
CONNOLLY: Yeah, and an absolute delight it's been, yeah - and not only that, but with Michael Gambon, as well.
CONAN: Mm-hmm. He's a great actor.
CONNOLLY: I was really desperate to work with Michael Gambon. I'd have so many great stories - not so much to work with him, but to be with him. He's a lovely man to be with, because he's funny. He's got lovely anecdotes and - he's just a joy.
CONAN: People will, of course, I guess - most prominently as the "Harry Potter" movies, but he's been in so much else.
CONNOLLY: Yes. And Tom Courtenay's in it, as well, whom I remembered from "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner..."
CONAN: "Long Distance Runner." Right.
CONNOLLY: ...and "Billy Liar."
CONAN: You write you're one of the youngest guy in the cast.
CONNOLLY: So, I'm the youngest guy, and even Pauline Collins is older than me. So it's lovely.
CONAN: Dustin Hoffman, his first film as a director. What was it like working with him?
CONNOLLY: It was an absolutely joy. I personally don't think it's his first film he's ever directed. You know, there's all these stories about him being a perfectionist and all that. I think that was him directing. I think he would say: Can I do another take on that? And he would do it his way and just kind of direct himself. I have not right to say this. I just imagined that. But he is an absolute delight, because he's such a splendid actor himself, that you never find yourself in a position where you're dangling, you know, with nothing much to do.
You know, a lot of people write scenes were one person has all the action and the other one is kind of hanging there, like an extra. Well, you never find yourself in opposition with Dustin. It just goes out the window long before you - it arrives at you. So that's lovely. He did a lovely thing one day. He was going through the script, and just 10 pages out and throwing them away and saying, we've said this. Why is it still there? We've said this already. And he looked up, and he said: That's the difference between the Americans and the British. The Americans make movies, the British make talkies.
CONAN: That's good stuff. Americans most recently remember Maggie Smith from "Downton Abbey," where she is...
CONNOLLY: Oh, boy.
CONAN: ...tart-tongued, I think, might be accurate. Is she anything like that in person?
CONNOLLY: She's exactly like that.
CONNOLLY: She's exactly like - she's very, very funny. And I wish to give you examples, but I would be accused of defamation of character. Character assassination is just her specialty. She's very, very good. She's a delight to be with. I love her company.
CONAN: It doesn't sound like this is one of those films where you're 10 minutes on the set and the rest of the day in your trailer.
CONNOLLY: No. We all hang about. That's exactly the same as "Mrs. Brown." People will call you, amazed that - you know, you read all about actors who stay in character all day and hide in caves, and then only come when they're called for and get the family to behave as a fill-in character.
Well, I have found with the vast majority of those great British actors, that they stand, telling stories at the side of the set, and they're called for. And they say, oh, look. The light's one. We've got to go. And they go and get straight into character. It's like stepping into an old shoe. And it's lovely. It's - especially Judi Dench. You know, we used to just stand screaming well after and then say, right, lads. Get yourself together. Right, then, action, and we'd be into it again.
CONAN: And there she's queenly again.
CONNOLLY: And then she's a queen, yeah, and I'm a scruff.
CONAN: Well, scruff - you were born to play that.
CONNOLLY: Oh, yeah. You're lucky you're not in this room...
CONNOLLY: ...with your fancy segues. Segue this...
CONAN: Let me...
CONNOLLY: ...springs to mind.
CONAN: Let me ask you another question. When I say you're performing in a new show in New York and San Francisco, does that suggest that somebody who sees it in New York at the theater there, the Beacon Theatre, is going to see the same show when you perform it in San Francisco?
CONNOLLY: It'll be same-ish. It's never the same choice. It's - I'm incapable of doing it the same twice. I'm not on any crusade to do new material all the time. I am on crusade to try and remember the material we got.
CONNOLLY: And I can never remember it. So I know the theme of it, so I walk around it and make it up.
CONAN: And I wonder, were you in New York during the storm?
CONNOLLY: No, I wasn't. I was in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. And I - we only had two hours of electricity down there that day. That didn't seem to bother anybody, but we had no Wi-Fi, and our telephones didn't work. That was son and I. So we go to Cancun Airport, and I was getting messages about Stanley - not Stanley. Who - what is the storm's name?
CONAN: Sandy.
CONNOLLY: Sandy. Sounds like a London window dresser. Kenneth Williams used to have a great character - a gay character on Sunday morning on British BBC radio, "Julian and Sandy." They where - My name's Julian. This is my friend, Sandy. Hello. And they were always window dressers or interior decorators or hairdressers. And I never thought I'd hear of a hurricane called Sandy.
CONAN: See, you're reminding me, I was in London for four years as the NPR correspondent there, and went over on a sort of scouting trip. And my first night there was New Year's Eve. And I saw you on TV doing a Hogmanay show. And I looked at that, and I said: I am never going to get this country.
CONNOLLY: You're not the first. But, you know, it works in reverse. I went to - many, many years ago, I did the Arab Emirates. I did Dubai and Oman. You know, Oman. Well, I did Oman, although it isn't an Emirate. I did Abu Dhabi and Kuwait. And I had a lot of Arabs in my audience. And I asked them how they had picked up on my stuff. And they had been to Strathclyde University in Glasgow, where they specialize in chemical engineering because of the oil industry. And they had girlfriends, and they couldn't understand the language. So they have had given albums of mine as tutorials.
CONAN: Language lessons?
CONNOLLY: Yeah. To learn street - Glasgow street language.
CONAN: They must have - well, a few particular words must have stuck to their vocabulary.
CONNOLLY: They spring to mind immediately, don't they?
CONAN: Our guest is Billy Connolly. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION, from NPR News. And there is a lot of material, it would seem to me, that would go over better in Scotland than it would here. How do you have to change to adapt to audiences?
CONNOLLY: Well, there's a funny you can do - it actually gives you extra material, explaining the material you've got, you know. And it actually pads the thing the thing out rather nicely. And sometimes it's rather pleasant to explain your culture to other people, or just words that you refuse to change, so you explain what the word means. You refuse to change it, just because it's comfortable in your mouth.
CONAN: Right.
CONNOLLY: And so - like, for instance, sly, when a person is sly like a fox. There's a Scottish word called slicket(ph), which I love, you know. It's sleek, oily. Slicket - I couldn't vote for him. He's got slicket eyes.
CONAN: That's nice.
CONNOLLY: You know, and so I refuse to change it. But I'd rather explain it to you than change it, you know. And Scotland has such lovely words, too, like a turkey, for instance, it's a bubbly jock.
CONAN: Bubbly jock? I've not heard that.
CONNOLLY: Bubbly jock, and that's exactly the noise the turkey makes.
CONAN: It's perfect.
CONNOLLY: Yeah, bubbly jock. And an owl is a hoolet. And that, again, is based on the sound that it makes. And - but my favorite is a wood pigeon, is a cushie-doo.
CONAN: That is an absolutely dead-on approximation of its sound.
CONNOLLY: Isn't it lovely? So a frog is a puddock and sparrow is a speug. So I've never used speug in a sentence, but when I was a boy, we used puddock. So I don't go around trying to convince everybody that my culture's better than theirs, but sometimes it suits my face better. It sits nicely in my mouth.
CONAN: And explaining your culture, it goes with the way you do your material. You don't tell jokes, per se.
CONNOLLY: I don't - well, sometimes, if I find a good joke, I take a great delight in telling the audience, because if you sit through two-and-a-half hours of me, the weirdest thing happens. It erases itself by the time you get home. You know, I've covered such a many subjects as the evening has gone on. By the time you got home, you can't remember anything. So I say, here's a little something you might remember.
CONNOLLY: You can give them a joke, as proof you have been here, like you're not having an affair.
CONAN: So you could actually tell a joke as sort of a something you can take away. It's cheaper than buying the t-shirt in the lobby.
CONNOLLY: It certainly is. And, you know, I say it, you know, your baby suddenly ask you: Was it good? And you'll say oh, yeah, it was good. I was wetting myself laughing. Oh, really? What did he say? And you say, well, I can't remember. So this little joke gets you - tides you over.
CONAN: We should also ask you, you are coming up again in performance in the film of "The Hobbit," and through the miracle of technology, you play a dwarf.
CONNOLLY: I do. And all of the dwarves are normal size. Well, they're not all. There's some wee dwarfs, too, and some big ones. But the vast majority of the dwarves are normal-sized people with fat suits on. They made us fat and wide and big hands and extra bits on my head and different ears, and you just shrink, virtually. When you're all together, it's quite hard to believe.
CONAN: Have you seen the film?
CONNOLLY: No. I've seen little bits of it.
CONAN: And how do you come off, do you think?
CONNOLLY: Oh, I come off great. I'm a great character, Dain Ironfoot. I don't have much to do. It's, like, in a cameo role. And I'm not really sure how much I'm allowed to say, but the king dies and I step into his place in a very violent way. But I'm a ruffian, you know. I ride a wild pig and I wear iron shoes and I use an ax as a weapon, and it's - I've got hair down to my waist, and my beard down to my waist and tattooed face, and it's an extraordinarily appearance. It takes two-and-a-half hours to get me ready.
CONAN: Well, that can't have been fun.
CONNOLLY: I was the wheel(ph) in a Volkswagen.
CONNOLLY: I've got so much stuff on.
CONAN: Well, Billy Connolly, we wish you a happy birthday. I understand you turned 70 in two days?
CONNOLLY: I do, yeah. Can't wait.
CONAN: And what are you going to do to celebrate?
CONNOLLY: I'm having dinner with my wife and some friends.
CONAN: Well, have a great time.
CONNOLLY: Well, thank you very much. Look, it's been a real jolly joy being on your station. I'm very proud of it. I love it.
CONAN: Well, we'll have you back.
CONNOLLY: And I give you money. If you check back your (unintelligible), I donate.
CONAN: We check those lists for every guest, Mr. Connolly.
CONNOLLY: All those never-ending (unintelligible) that you do.
CONAN: Well, thanks again. Good luck with the show.
CONNOLLY: Thank you so much. It's been a joy.
CONAN: Billy Connolly is on tour with a stand-up show "Billy Connolly: The Man Live." He performs next week at San Francisco's Marine Memorial Theatre and at New York's Beacon Theatre in early December. He joined us from the Radio Foundation studios in New York City. Tomorrow, TALK OF THE NATION: SCIENCE FRIDAY. Ira Flatow will be here with a look at this year's Ig Nobel Prizes. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. It's the TALK OF THE NATION, from NPR News. I'm Neal Conan, in Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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I'm one of the biggest Rondo fans out there, but I've watched this clip now over a dozen times and I can't figure out what he's thinking. Some people are going to say Rondo was being "selfish" by trying to stat pad assists. I don't buy that. How can someone be selfish by being too unselfish? Now if he was shooting poor shots instead of passing to open players that would be selfish. So the next possible explanation is Rondo's terrified of being fouled and going to the line. What else can there be? Is he trying to send a message to Danny, "See I have a clear path to the hoop, but I'm going to make it harder for no apparent reason." (Yes that was me referencing Danny trading away our starting center when we were the best team in the league).
Honestly I'd like some objective thoughts on this Rondo play. What do you think is going through his mind right here? I wouldn't even care if this was the first time he passed on an open lay up this season, but it definitely isn't. I'm going try and be positive and guess that he thought he might get blocked here, but you make the call: What's the matter with Rondo?
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i've seen him do this a few times but it is inexplicable Doc must be telling him to lay it up
he saw young and thought it would be a safer play to dish it out.. ?
Najahla Baldwin says:
I actually don't even know what to say about that pass because he wouldn't have been fouled. There was plenty of space for him to get off the two & complete it. Maybe they were looking for a three, you never know what DOC told them in their last huddle nor know what goes through player's minds when they lose a number one spot in the East and must win their next two games to gain their number one spot back. Or even if they just want to win because they think they deserve it! The time was limited and maybe he thought allen or pierce could've knocked the three.
It could have been a mental thing, a bad decision. he wanted to do one thing instead of the other and non really worked out... going for the lay-up should ALWAYS be the thing to do, but let's ASSUME he thought he could be blocked, so he may have wanted to also do that thing when he dribbles to one side takes it out and then back in to confuse his defender, but he found himself falling out of bounds, so ultimately none of the plays worked out... it was mental... and he's been playing like this for a while so it wasn't a one-game, one-play thing.
JD says:
SenneyKuel says:
Oh no they are going to block little old me I must do a crazy pass and lose all advantage. You Dunked on Bosh's forehead yet you're afraid to complete at the rim. Put your spine on Rondo its time to shine. Everyone knows your buddy Perk is gone but if you've happened to call him I'm sure he must have said something along the lines of "stop playing like a bitch"
Rondo could have stopped, pump faked it so that the defenders could have flown by and layed it up or took the contact and went to the line. Something is not right with Rondo and I don't know what it is, but he really needs to get his act together because he is the reason we are playing so poorly. His decision making since the trade has been terrible.
.chuckT. says:
not even a fuckin big deal to me..
-maybe he is looking for assists instead of buckets.
-maybe he didnt want his lay up to get blocked.
but what is very idiotic to me is the comments on this vid on the youtube page.
ppl saying Derrick Rose would have dunked over both of them, Derrick Rose this and that. And the highest rated comment 'fuck rondo, fuck the gay celtics'. people are making a big deal out of nothing..
just seems like people are thinking of anything to make the excuse to why we have lost these last two games..
THE WORLD IS NOT OVER - THE SKY ISNT FALLING - THE CELTICS ARE STILL THE CELTICS. The Lakers, Mavs, Magic, Bulls, Spurs, & Heat have went thru their reg season struggles, now we are going thru ours.. point-blank-period.
he was scared to get hit and he did not want to get fouled coz he's a bad ft shooter. if i were rondo on that play, i would've gone up strong. i'll take my shot at the line.
chuckT this problem needs to get fixed before the playoffs. Plays like this can cost you a game and it did for us. Derrick Rose would have jammed it and Rondo is more than capable of doing the same, but his head has not been in the game since the Perkins trade. He needs to get over it and start being that scrappy, tough-minded point guard that we all love.
We have seen this play many times finishing with a block and TA is a specialist. I understand Rondo. However he's not being such competive player he used to. We need the original Rondo coming back
Baller X says:
Trying to pad your assists can be selfish, especially right now in Rondo's case. Like the above play, if this were last year he would have easily laid it in, but when he turned around it was to find a teammate running down the floor with him, but there was no one so he decided to kick it out instead of getting the easy two like he would've done last year, taking a quick two away from his team. Also, if you look back to the NY game, toward the end when I think they got a steal and Ray ran the ball down the court to lay it in himself instead of passing it to Rondo (who was right at the basket), I think Ray did that b/c he knew Rondo would've just held the ball and waited to pass the ball back to Ray allowing Carmelo to catch up to the play and possibly save two points for the Knicks. Rondo also holds the ball in the half court too long, something Tommy has a problem with, to wait for a guy to get open/ or to find the easiest way to get an assist. This makes it easier for the opposing team's defense as nobody except Ray's man is moving b/c everyone else is just standing around waiting for Rondo to do something. When the ball moves, so do the players, and it makes the opposing defense work. Opposing teams have caught on to how Rondo gets his big assist numbers so they just stick to their man b/c they know he's not going to shoot, and now that he is shooting it's still playing into the opposing teams hand b/c he's not even shooting his shots. Rondo just needs to look at film and adjust to getting back to his game, and stop worrying about the assists
He tried to do the mj baseline turnaround but there was no space he got double minded
Jenda says:
my guess would be he saw the dynamic duo coming and felt like he'd get blocked.
wil says:
i just think he isnt confident in his lay ups lately...they seemed to far back to block him, i dunno its hard to explain maybe he just doesnt wanna get injured before the playoffs, remember he isnt that big of a guy in the nba, he always turns it on to another level in the playoffs...dont worry celtic faithful
wayne7779311 says:
I think Rondo is just playing it as safe as possible. And probably thought that the trailing defender was closer than he actually was. Thus simply pulled out.
Say what you will, but I think that certain players feel that this too-long b.s.regular season is their enemy and is why they unnecessarily end up going into the "main" season (playoffs) incapable to perform at the level which is critically needed to perform successfully.
And having already secured a seat at the dance...they know that their hat is already in the ring.
So if they pull back just a little from getting themselves splattered by much bigger guys for meaningless games, I ain't mad at them. Just blame Mr David "Howard" Stern for trying to milk everything that he can out of these guys. And only blame Rondo (if this possibly his thinking)for having a totally MADE-UP MIND that unlike last year when he had to carry excruciating pain from his regular season's badgered up body into the playoffs but yet they still came within 4-pts of a badly wanted world title, for not be willing to compromise his determination to not do anything "too" foolishly risky which would imperil this committment to winning it all THIS year. And to do everything in his power to see it come into fruition.
He's stubborn like that...and if this is where he's at in his desire for winning a title this year. Then so be it.
Maybe he doesn't want to carry that guilt feeling again if only he would had been a little healthier last year they would already be in possession of Banner #18.
I think we are gonna see Rondo really turn it on this year when the playoffs come into full effect.
wayne7779311 says:
Rondo has gone on the record in multiple interviews this year consistantly saying that HCA is important..."but" going into this year's playoffs (unlike last year's) is much more important to him.
And, to foolishly compare what Derrick Rose would have done to what Rondo did shows a severe lack of understanding that "while" Rondo was within arm's length reach to a world title last year(could practically taste it) and carries that understanding for what it takes to be a world champion...whereas our good friend Derrick Rose was sitting at home and not even close to one.
Rondo has been there (and won). Has been places that Derrick can only dream about. Derrick is like a new puppy out the gate this being his very first rodeo.
Two ENTIRELY different worlds.
Before 2008, I'm sure that Rondo would have jammed it too. And probably would have talked trash in the process.
Just dunk the damn ball....It would have been a statement dunk, Maybe Memphis would have called a timeout..
He would've got blocked, evident when he turns his head to see the other defender coming. How many PG's would've gone the extra step to see if another defender is coming? It shows how his court awareness and basketball IQ really is. Although I do agree, Rondo really needs to step it up.
what you guys are not saying is that even last year he would have gone up for a layup. This year the same issues with his attitude that people have said are back again. He just is being a bitch. and wants to show someone that he isn't happy and tell danny DONT MESS WITH WITH HAPPY. But I still think that he will be back in the playoffs. I won't panic yet but if they loose this year to a team because of the trade then Rondo has every right to be like he is right now.
- feared the LeBron chase down block
- tried to do the MJ spin back, didnt work
Rondo is a very complicated player, he is not happy obviously all around on and off the court. And he is the type to not care what anyone thinks or says, he will play when he is ready maybe when the playoffs come maybe not. Truth is the ending for this season lies in his leadership and Danny Ainge just pissed him off. Wrong thing to do to a guy like Rondo. We will all just have to watch and see...
Martinez Pizarro says:
He THOUGHT he had players running w/ him( which they shouldve been). But he was wrong. He always likes to slow up and wait for teammates so he can dish the ball and get them going in transition. That also gets them into to game more. To put it quite simply, Rondo didn't lay it up b/c he waited for his teammates. One of two things need to happen. The team needs to look to run more out on the break or Rondo needs to lay it up. Either way this ONE play did not cost us this game, or the Charlotte game so please don't make a big deal out of nothing. Besides if we win this game this play never shows up. So how 'bout we all be good Boston fans and stand behind our team. Okay!? Alright!
Martinez Pizarro says:
Pause at 00:07
Those are two Very VERY Athletic players. You guess what he was thinking.
I dont care why he didnt take this lay-up, cause Im used to him passing up lay-ups as this one all the time, but why did he not pull it out like this on the play he took the ill-advised floater..? Thats my question, I believe Rondo has been messed up in the head lately, and he gotta get it together...
tb727 says:
I actually paused it at 0:08. What I see is Rondo about a foot and a half in front of the foul line and Tony Allen about 2 feet behind. It's inexcusable for him not to go for the layup. So what if it got blocked. The only person who I'd be leery of blocking it would be LeBron since he's done it so many times in the past and is notorious for it.
The celtics must re-sign perkins. After of months and months of waiting for perkins recovery, perkins got healthy and they traded him. WTF!
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perk is gone, He signed an extension with the Thunder
Well why dont we just trade him too??? Morons he is in the top 3 best pg's in the league stat wise minus scoring, I swear some of you guys just want them to be perfect....let's see you lace up and see what you would do.
And would you STFU already about Perkins he was NOT good. You people act like he was some sort of superstar. He was hurt and will be again and again and yet again. We stole Jeff Green from the Thunder and Kristic was a throw in and to me thats one hell of a throw in.
arboleda says:
I've been a fan of the celtics ever since Garnett sign with them (I follow players not teams). The year that Boston won the championship they played amazingly unselfish and their line up rarely include Rondo. It was more like move the ball to find Ray or post up Pierce or Garnett, rest of the offense was find the open man and shoot, with Cassel and House, Celtics did not need Rondo to waste them offense by throwing bricks( which he still does now 3 years after). In my opinion he gotten over he's head and is very overrated, you just can't have a point guard who can't shot or is afraid of scoring in the NBA right now, specially with a caliber team like Boston (no matter how good your defense is). Bryan defense him while touching the paint, and still Rondo looks to pass, you just can't win like that because it turns into a 5 player vs 4 in the court. I think Boston should TRADE HIM for a point guard who knows how to shoot and is unselfish. (kind of like Nash)
Arboleda you are a idiot you just contradicted yourself Obviously if Rondo looks to pass that would be called being UNSELFISH you dope. He may not be a high caliber scorer, but so what they dont need him to be with all the options he has thats not his job. Remember rondo leads the league in assists and close in steals and is far behind all your "top" pg's in turnovers. Maybe you should follow a team and not just players cause you don't know jack.


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Undercabinet fixtures offer both task and accent lighting. Mounted under kitchen wall cabinets, they provide excellent task lighting at the countertop. Used in display cabinets, they provide accent lighting for three-dimensional art and sculpture. In workshops or laundry rooms, they are an ideal source of task and ambient lighting. They include slim, energy-efficient fluorescents, miniature linear lighting and strips of line or low-voltage xenon, halogen mini-lights or LEDs.