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The character of Steve Rogers has been on one of the most intense journey's of any of the Marvel heroes. He's gone from a scrawny man with a hero's heart, to super soldier hero, to man out of time, to leader of the Avengers, all to come up against his greatest challenge, a world at odds with his worldview.
In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by fellow Avengers Megan Calcote, plus Bethany and Riley Blanton to talk about Captain America: Civil War. We discuss choosing side, team Iron Man, team Cap, team Ross, revenge, new heroes, hero against hero, the fight in Siberia, a few last things, a quick rundown and ratings.
Choosing Sides (00:03:37)
Team Iron Man (00:05:23)
Team Cap (00:15:37)
Team Ross (00:28:46)
Revenge (00:31:09)
New Heroes (00:42:55)
Hero Against Hero (00:53:20)
The Fight in Siberia (01:02:24)
A Couple Last Things (01:06:07)
A Quick Rundown (01:11:46)
Ratings (01:13:28)
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind. We discuss out first encounters, family dynamics, immaturity and selfishness, wishing upon a star, an art film, aliens at the end, music as a language and our ratings.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. We discuss three years later, miracle or mistake, responsibility, two ways, crummy gods, new characters, a huge leap. more about the movie, opening the door and our ratings.
Incredibles 2. We discuss 14 long years, good for goodness sake, villain with a point, what separates heroes from villains, perception is reality, from Mr. Incredible to Mr. Mom, needing help, nurturing children, truly a fantastic four and our ratings.
Ocean's 8. We discuss our Ocean's history, impressions, the heist, in another world, characters, comparing, two gentlemen, surprises, things enjoyed and our ratings.
Star Wars: Most Wanted. We discuss reading the YA books, the good guy, the counterpoint, is money freedom, world building themes, new syndicates, the Droid Gotra, worldview, going to space and our ratings.
The Incredibles. We discuss the set up, the family, an interesting dynamic, super friends, Syndrome, the look, feel, music and our ratings.
Solo: A Star Wars Story. We discuss before Solo, Han, Qi'ra, connections and motifs, Beckett and the gang, Lando and L3, Chewbacca, Enfys Nest, Dryden, ILM's work, the score and ratings.
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GoldenEye. We discuss, continuing Bond, born to be Bond, the new M, relevancy, the villains, new friends, our Bond woman, Boris, action, music and our ratings.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. We discuss a prequel, fortune and glory, the mine cart chase, Short Round, accessibility, Willie, a living nightmare, the action, the score and our ratings.
Avengers: Infinity War. We discuss gearing up for war, Thanos' plan, what is love?, the Avengers, culling the hero herd, part one of two, the action, ratings and the next movie.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. We discuss who plays board games, bringing this forward, there is no reset button, the characters and their avatars, production, the end and our ratings.
X2: X-Men United. We discuss picking up from the first film, starting off with a bang, blessing and a curse, the coming war, road to Dark Phoenix, anger vs faith, quiet moments, new mutants, dealing with people, does it hold up and our ratings.
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Ready Player One. We discuss the score board, desolation, savior or slaver, virtual vs reality, references, the characters, bleakness and hope, ratings and if we'll see the movie.
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Licence to Kill. We discuss continuing Bond, the story, the villains, Bond's friends, the women, the action, music and our ratings.
Tron Legacy. We discuss 3D feelings, coming back to cult classics, appreciation and box office, Jeff Bridges, perfection, Sam and the cast, Dillinger vs Flynn, production design, music and our ratings.
Black Panther. We discus our history with the character, the cultural impact, the characters, "we" not "us vs them", humor, the truth, story and cgi, wrapping up with our ratings.
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Wednesday afternoon, March 13, the House Appropriations Committee, voted NO on a motion to give HB 13 a do-pass recommendation. HB 13 is the state pay plan.
Rep. Steve Gibson, R-East Helena, moved to pass HB 13 and send it to the House floor. His motion failed 9-12, with Gibson and the committee's eight Democrats voting for HB13, while the other 12 Republicans opposed it.
House Democrats tried to "blast" HB 13 out of committee and on to the floor of the House today. March 14. The motion failed 41-55. Three Republicans voted for the blast motion: Steve Gibson, Liz Bangerter, and Mike Miller. All Democrats voted for the blast motion. Our thanks to all who voted for the motion.
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Lady Leopards flush with honors for 2013 season
The 2012-2013 season was a good one for the Malvern Lady Leopards basketball team.
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The menu at Renee's Gourmet Pizzeria offers up the usual pizzeria fare, including calzones, salads and flat bread.
It's what the newly opened Troy pizza place doesn't serve that makes it unique: The restaurant is entirely gluten- and nut-free.
Industry experts say they don't know of another such pizzeria in metro Detroit — or in Michigan. They call it a game-changer for people with food allergies and intolerances — people such as the restaurant's namesake, Renee Hertz. Renee is the 14-year-old daughter of co-owner Gabe Hertz, and she has a severe nut allergy along with celiac disease, the gluten intolerance affecting around 1 percent of Americans.
After several years of watching his daughter become sick from cross-contamination after eating out, Hertz decided to leave his position as co-owner of a Bloomfield Hills-based Relax The Back franchise and open the pizzeria in February with co-owner Tim Karapici at 1937 W. Maple Road, in the Cambridge Crossings shopping center.
His career change took a nontraditional path, one motivated by passion rather than experience. Hertz had no formal culinary education or restaurant experience. With a background in sales, his only connection to the food industry was a catering business his mother owned years ago.
He invested $300,000 into opening Renee's and spent a year developing his gluten-free pizza dough — a blend of rice, tapioca and bean flour. "I figured if I could make dough that did not taste like cardboard, and actually tasted really good, then I could not only attract people who were gluten- and nut-free, but also regular customers who want to eat gourmet pizza," he said.
"I know the only way a restaurant can be 100 percent safe for those people is not to have the ingredient in the restaurant."
Finding a niche
At Renee's, every item is homemade and each product is carefully screened to be free of contamination from nuts and gluten. There are also signs posted on the door prohibiting customers from bringing in food containing those ingredients.
"We had a couple sneak in baby food that was processed in a facility that had nuts, and we had to sanitize the whole area," he said. "We can't take any chances."
Besides making the 50-seat pizzeria safe, Hertz said he also wanted to make it affordable for families; the 12-inch specialty pizza is $12.99 and the 16-inch is $16.99. He said he sells between 80 and 150 pizzas a day.
The menu contains more than the typical pizzeria fare. There are chicken strips made with Fritos in the breading, french fries (a rarity in the gluten-free world) and family recipe Hungarian goulash with dumplings along with cinnamon rolls and an assortment of other baked goods – all gluten- and nut-free.
Margaret Orlando, president of the Tri-County Celiac Support Group, Southeastern Michigan's largest celiac support group, dined at Renee's and toured its kitchen. The organization is considering giving Renee's its first restaurant endorsement.
"Renee's is really trying to do something special for people with celiac disease" and others who cannot consume gluten or nuts, she said.
Orlando said she is not aware of any other restaurant in the area or state that can claim to be allergen-free, although there are several all-gluten-free bakeries.
She said metro Detroit's restaurants have a long way to go in learning about how to safely prepare gluten-free items, even if more restaurants are offering more gluten-free alternatives. Those restaurants could learn from Renee's, she said.
"People (with food intolerances and allergies) are really supportive of anyone who tries to help us, and if they have a good product people will come back," she said.
Stacy Goldberg, founder and CEO of Detroit-based Savorfull LLC, which connects businesses and organizations with allergen-free foods, said Renee's is targeting the two populations most in need of restaurant dining options. But the key for the pizzeria's success, she said, will be getting the word out to the gluten- and nut-free communities.
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Steve Pollard, owner of a Guido's Premium Pizza Inc. franchis e in Okemos and adjoining WOW With Out Wheat, Michigan's only restaurant to be certified gluten-free through the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, said he supported Hertz's effort to offer safe and affordable pizza, but cautioned about Renee's low prices and only gluten-free offerings.
Pollard said he would not be able to stay in business if not for his regular pizza business, even though sales of his gluten-free pizzas have increased 70 percent since he began serving them seven years ago.
"There would not be enough customers to support a separate entity," he said.
WOW's offerings, which also extend beyond pizza, are prepared in a gluten-free facility next to the Guido's restaurant, but served to customers seated in the main dining area, so there is no separate gluten-free dining space, said Pollard.
Due to the cost of gluten-free products, Pollard said he has to charge higher prices for gluten-free items. A regular 12-inch specialty pizza at Guido's is $12, while a WOW 12-inch specialty pizza is $22.
He sells about 70 regular pizzas and about 22 gluten-free pizzas daily.
Hertz, however, said he has no intention of expanding into the regular pizza business; he is able to keep costs down, he added, by making everything from scratch — including milling his own flour.
Though he has no revenue projections, Hertz has a goal of getting his pizza into schools and stores such as Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's.
"Right now, this is all passion; it's not about making money," he said.
Hertz mentioned a recent Friday night, when there was a 40-minute wait for a table at the restaurant. "So that's got to mean we're doing something right," he said.


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Lint quality matters to the customer, it matters in the marketplace, and, ultimately, it matters to the bottom line of the grower.
That's the message delivered by Gary Adams, vice president of economics and policy analysis for the National Cotton Council of America, speaking at the recent Beltwide Cotton Conferences in New Orleans.
"When deciding which variety of cotton to plant, growers do so based on how that variety is expected to impact their bottom line," says Adams. "One of the factors determining that bottom line is the quality of the fiber."
Ultimately, the "value" of quality in any given year will be reflected in the market through the price signals, he says. "Market-price data show that the differential between 31-3-35 and 41-4-34 in the past decade has exhibited an increasing trend in the premium associated with 31-3-35, with particularly strong increases over the past three years," he says.
When deciding which variety of cotton to plant, growers do so based on how a particular variety is expected to impact their bottom lines, says Adams. Consideration must be given to expected yield, fiber quality characteristics, and how much it costs to produce the crop. All of these factors must be evaluated in light of climate and agronomic conditions, he adds.
"Most growers will tell you that yield is at the top of their list when making variety selections. If you pencil out the numbers, we'll generally find that a higher yielding variety with slightly lower quality characteristics provides more return than a lower yielding variety with better quality. For example, another 100 pounds of 50-cent cotton offsets the lost revenue of a five-cent discount on 1,000 pounds," says Adams.
Despite that simple example, the cotton industry cannot lose sight of the need to produce the type of fiber that the customer wants, he says. It is not a viable long-term strategy to mass-produce cotton while ignoring the demands of the customer, he adds.
"One encouraging note is that new varieties released by seed companies appear to exhibit both higher yields and better quality, as opposed to what has long been believed to be a trade-off."
Advances in spinning technology, says Adams, have led to increased speed and greater demands on the fibers. Textile manufacturers stress the need for longer, stronger cotton with less variation in micronaire, greater uniformity in fiber length, and reduced contamination.
"Of course, the first question from the grower is, 'How much are you willing to pay for these quality improvements?' Ultimately, the 'value' of quality in any given year will be reflected in the market through the price signals.
"That value will reflect the customers' willingness to pay for quality characteristics in light of the availability of cotton with those particular traits. Growers must be mindful of the premiums and discounts offered by the market because they have a direct impact on the price received and could be the difference between profit and loss."
It's interesting, says Adams, to look at recent trends in market signals for different quality traits. "First, looking at the differential between 31-3-35 and 41-4-34 the past decade has exhibited an increasing trend in the premium associated with 31-3-35, with particularly strong increases over the past three years.
"I would point out that the data represent market-year averages with the 2004 year-to-date data reflecting the August-November average. In the first four months of the marketing year, the premium above the 41-4-34 base is a full five cents per pound."
Obviously, says Adams, 31-3-35 reflects the combination of several different quality traits relative to the base. It also is interesting to look at the trends in the individual components of this comparison, he adds.
"Market-price data indicate that the premium associated with a 35 staple length versus a 34 staple length has increased from 40 points in 1994 to about 150 points in recent years. The premium associated with a leaf grade of 3 has increased from zero up to 100 points. Finally, the color premium has fluctuated over the past decade with little in the way of a discernible trend."
Relative to the base grade of cotton, it has generally been the case that discounts are larger in absolute value than the premiums, notes Adams.
For example, the premium associated with 31-4-34 has generally ranged between 50 and 100 points, while the discount on 51-4-34 has moved between 200 and 400 points. In the case of leaf, a 3-leaf now has a premium of 100 points while the discount associated with a 50-leaf is just under 200 points.
"However, the relationships between premiums and discounts have changed over time. Specifically, the difference between the absolute values has dropped. This is particularly evident in the comparison of 33 staple length and 35 staple length.
"In 1994, the premium associated with a 35 staple length was about 40 points, while the discount of a 33 was just over 200 points. For the 2004 marketing year, a 35 commands a premium of almost 150 points, and the discount associated with a 33 has dropped to 133 points."
Looking at micronaire, there is no discernible trend over the past decade, but it continues to be the case that significant discounts occur with mike above 5.0 and below 3.0, says Adams.
Lint quality, he says, can be the difference between a profit and a loss for the grower. "Variety selection is just the first decision a producer makes that determines quality. Numerous opportunities to enhance, maintain or reduce fiber quality occur throughout the growing season, at harvest time, and during ginning."
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--David Simon, CEO of Twin Capital Management LLC, an event-driven hedge fund firm, offered his insight on the trends he expects will take place in the coming year. His predictions are based on more than 25 years of experience as an investor.
Mr. Simon's predictions for 2013 include:
- Margins for Apple will get squeezed throughout the year, and its ability to create new and innovative products could slow considerably. The stock price is likely to drop to $420 before it reaches $700 again.
- Facebook shares may trade up to the initial public offering price of $38 before the year is over as rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated.
- You have not heard the last about fears of the European Union falling apart.
- Unless Republicans and Democrats learn how to play well together, the value of the U.S. dollar will decline significantly because no one wants to resolve the looming problem of the U.S.'s off-balance sheet liabilities, such as Social Security, Medicare and government pension shortfalls.
- If the U.S. dollar does decline, gold could soar above $2,000 an ounce and commodities will rally significantly.
"For 2013, given the looming standoff in U.S. Congress regarding resolution of the fiscal deficit, corporate CEOs will sit on the sidelines until there is certainty in government spending and taxes. If and when some real decisions are made, expect to see a robust event and deal environment for the remainder of the year," said Mr. Simon.
About Twin Capital Management:
Twin Capital Management LLC is an alternative investment management firm founded by David Simon in 1988. The firm manages equity-based, event-driven strategies with the goal of consistently producing superior, risk-adjusted, and uncorrelated returns. Twin Capital Management's investment process is designed to identify, analyze and maximize the upside of opportunities, while minimizing risk. David Simon was recently honored by The Young Jewish Professionals (YJP) with the "Equity Event Driven/Merger Arbitrage Award" at the 2012 YJP Finance and Hedge Fund Summit. Twin Capital Management LLC won HFMWeek's best "Merger Arbitrage Fund" at the 2012 U.S. Hedge Fund Performance Awards.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. The information contained in this press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase interests in any fund managed by Twin Securities, Inc. Such an offer or solicitation can only be made pursuant to a final offering memorandum, only to investors who meet certain eligibility requirements, and only in those jurisdictions where permitted by law. An investment in a private fund is not appropriate or suitable for all investors and involves the risk of loss, as well as other risks more fully described in the offering memoranda. Twin Securities, Inc. is a registered investment adviser. More information about the adviser can be found in its ADV Part 2, which is available upon request by calling 212-687-6834.


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NEW ORLEANS — Roger Mason's first 3-pointer, near the end of the third quarter, was ruled a two-point shot after the quarter ended in Wednesday night's game against the Houston Rockets.
As if Mason needed any incentive. Mired on the bench the past two games with Eric Gordon getting more and more playing time, Mason sank three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, fueling a 17-2 run that propelled the New Orleans Hornets to an 88-79 victory — their season-high third in a row.
"I didn't play much in the first half, but to be a good pro, you have to always be ready," said Mason, who didn't play in the big win Monday against San Antonio and played just five minutes in the previous game at Dallas. "God gave me the strength to hit some shots. I knew that the law of percentages would catch up, and I was able to hit some shots that I know I can hit. I just keep working, staying in the gym, and I feel good."
In a game in which Gordon scored just five points on 2-of-12 shooting, 3-point ace Ryan Anderson went scoreless and rookie standout Anthony Davis had just six points, Mason made 17 — including 15 in a furious fourth quarter by the Hornets (10-25), who had 29 points in the fourth. Mason alone outscored the Rockets 15-10 in the fourth.
Houston (10-25) had won five in a row coming into the game.
The points and the three 3-pointers are a season-high for Mason, a 10-year veteran in his first season with the team. The Hornets entered the quarter 1-of-13 on 3s.
Mason's barrage actually started with 1:09 left in the third. He sank what was counted as a 3-pointer that cut the Rockets' lead to 64-60. The quarter ended with Houston leading 69-60, until Mason's shot was corrected, giving the Rockets a 10-point lead.
However, he was just getting started. He sank consecutive jump shots within 26 seconds, then made a 3-pointer one minute later that cut Houston's lead to 69-68 and touched off the outburst by the Hornets.
Mason sank his second 3 at 6:30, giving the Hornets the lead for good, 73-71. Gordon drove and passed to point guard Greivis Vasquez, who, perhaps inspired by Mason, sank a 3 for a 76-71 lead then skipped down the court as the Rockets called timeout.
Mason dropped in his final 3 with 4:18 showing for an 81-71 lead, and the Hornets held on the rest of the way, beating a Southwest Division foe for the third straight game and winning the second of a three-game home stand.
"If you would have told me Ryan wouldn't score and Eric would get five points and we would win, I wouldn't have believed you," coach Monty Williams said. "But when you play defense like we did, it gives you a chance. And Roger came in and hit some big shots and also played good defense."
After a pedestrian first half in which the Rockets led 36-34, they pulled away with a 13-4 run to start the third quarter, leading 49-38 after Chandler Parsons sank a 3-pointer.
With a one-minute, 7-2 burst, the Hornets finally closed to 64-59 with 1:19 left. However, guard/forward Carlos Delfino sank a 3-pointer and Toney Douglas got a fast-break layup off a half-court bounce pass from James Harden, and the Rockets had their 10-point lead heading into the final quarter.
Mason had plenty of help in this big victory — another game the Hornets likely would have lost before Gordon returned and the team got back its full lineup after some injuries.
Like Mason, backup center/power forward Jason Smith and Vasquez also had 17 points. Smith continued his strong, aggressive play off the bench, and had three blocked shots and 10 rebounds, tied with small forward Al-Farouq Aminu and Houston's Patrick Patterson for game high.
Vasquez was a force all game while his teammates struggled, and also had 11 assists. Farouq pulled down double-figure rebounds for the third game in a row, and four were on the offensive end.
Harden had bedeviled the Hornets for three quarters, scoring 22 points. However, he scored just three in the fourth. And, the Hornets battled the Rockets even in the lane, both teams scoring 36 points. The Rockets outscored the Hornets in the lane 60-28 in the lane in the Jan. 2 game won by Houston.


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GRANTS PASS — It turns out that the mechanics of shooting invasive barred owls to make room for threatened northern spotted owls are cheaper and easier than some people had imagined.
Equipped with a specially modified shotgun and a remote-controlled digital owl caller, biologist Lowell Diller found that once he arrived at a known site, it took two hours and 23 minutes to call in, shoot and process a barred owl. He estimates direct costs at $100 to $150 per bird.
Done in conjunction with the California Academy of Sciences using a scientific-collection permit authorized by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the study represents the first look at the feasibility and cost of removing barred owls. The study, the results of which were published online last month in Wildlife Society Bulletin, covered 73 barred owls killed from 2009 through 2012 on private timberland owned by Green Diamond Resource Co. outside Eureka, Calif.
It comes as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has started a $3.5 million experiment to see if killing 3,600 barred owls over six years in California, Oregon and Washington helps spotted owls, whose population has continued to decline despite designating 18.5 million acres of forest reserves for habitat.
The barred-owl trait that makes it a threat to spotted owls — that it will aggressively defend its territory — makes it an easy target for someone with a digital owl call, Diller said.
Diller said the data have not been analyzed, but in nearly 100 percent of places where barred owls were completely removed, spotted owls soon moved back.
Barred owls are bigger, more aggressive and less picky about food than spotted owls. They also need less territory. They started working their way from the East across the Great Plains in the early 1900s, and by 1959 were in British Columbia.
In a typical encounter, the bigger female barred owl will fly into a spotted owl, knocking it off its perch. One or two body-slams is usually enough to convince a pair of spotted owls to look for a new place to live. Barred owls now cover the spotted owl's entire range, in some places outnumbering them as much as 5-to-1.
The actual shooting represents less than 1 percent of the costs of surveys and other work that go into removing barred owls. All the owls were dispatched with one shot. Once one member of a breeding pair was collected, the mate usually returned within 10 to 15 minutes, and was also killed. Using a shotgun equipped with a perforated barrel extension to make it quieter made it easier to kill the surviving bird.
The biggest variable in time and cost is getting to known barred-owl sites, Diller said. In areas with existing roads, like the Green Diamond forests, it takes a couple hours of driving. In remote wilderness, it would take a day or more of walking.
Diller said that despite hunting all his life, he found it difficult, emotionally and ethically, to shoot the barred owls. They are very similar to the spotted owl, which he had studied and admired for decades.
"People who don't want to see it done like to also say it will be too expensive," he said. "They try to include that as part of the reason that we shouldn't do it. In my mind, we need to separate those two" issues.
While it is unusual to kill a raptor like an owl to protect a threatened or endangered species, it is not unusual to kill one animal to help another survive.
Paul Henson, Oregon state director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the study answered important questions about managing the incursion of barred owls into spotted owl territory. The experiment now underway will take it to the next level, from a few score birds to a few thousand.
"This is the first good technical quantitative evaluation of what it will take to do some of this," he said.
Dan Rosenberg, co-director of the Oregon Wildlife Institute in Corvallis, said in an email that the study confirmed "small-scale removal is a feasible approach. It is planning the long-term, range-wide management to address barred owls that remains the challenge."
Hanson said it may only be necessary to remove 20 percent of the barred owls from the Northwest to provide enough refuges for spotted-owl numbers to start recovering.


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Woman killed in crash in Danville
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A woman was killed Friday morning in a crash involving a single car.
Rebecca Tanis Richardson, 54, of Chatham, Va., died in the crash, which happened around 8:05 a.m. at Piney Forest Road and Davis Drive.
Richardson was driving south on Piney Forest Road when it went off the right side of the road and hit a utility pole, Danville police said.
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Hey acute, when you're free, could you add my new wRHG 6 and remove Acel? Her quote and stuff is in the post.
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If we're talking drama, we must be talking Basketball Wives! In Royce Reed's VH1 blog from this week, she doesn't hold back when discussing the other women. And I mean, she REALLY lays it all out on the table.
Speaking of Evelyn Lozada, Royce jokes, "Evelyn is getting married y'all. Yeah, I said it. I'll admit I thought it was a publationship (that's a relationship for publicity) but I seriously doubt anyone would get married solely for attention…especially after calling me out about having a blog, a twitter account, etc. when she now has more followers than all of us, tweets that ruin friendships, and a new blog…I'm just saying. I hope she doesn't eat her words, because I will be serving up a lot of sh*t if I find out it's fake. With that said, I'll leave that notion alone and say that I do now believe the relationship is real." Publationship! I love it!
Moving on, Royce has a sharp tongue when speaking of Suzie Ketcham's new bond with Jennifer Williams. "Suzie and Jenn. Seriously? Okay, first of all let's call a spade a spade. You all are close right now by default. Suzie, you have run your mouth repeatedly and now you wonder why I'm not speaking to you? I said hello when you texted me. I also let you know you were full of sh*t." She continues, "Everyone saw how pressed you were to become friends with people who could care less and I still had your back. But first time shame on you, second time shame on me. Third time…won't be a third time… Jenn, sweetie, how are you calling someone immature and friendless? At the end of the day, I'm free and I go home with my pride, my dignity and REAL FRIENDS." Ouch.
Speaking of her "real friends," Royce also has some pretty harsh words for buddy, Tami Roman. She writes, "Tami, Tami, Tami…I love you but you had a messy moment. I understand you trying to get Jenn and Evelyn to speak and trying to see where each of their minds are. BUT that's not where the problem was. The problem was you going back to Jenn and Suzie about our lunch date with Kesha [Nichols] and Kenya [Bell]. You call me out when I'm wrong so now I'm calling you out. That was deadass wrong. There was a different way to say how the first impressions went, but it was delivered all types of messy. Imma give you a pass because…hell…I don't have a reason, I just am. But next time Imma wear full armor and tell it like it is so when I get popped it won't hurt. Imma still say it though…" Yowsers.
Finally, Royce doesn't like to say "I told you so…" but she totally does! She blogs on the Evelyn/Jenn meltdown, stating, "I don't LIKE to be right about things like this. I just never felt the friendship was as solid or close and it looked to most viewers. I've know these women since summer 2009. I've seen a lot, heard a lot, but never vocalized much. It wasn't my place to tell them 'This friendship is the pits!' Just from last season it seemed very one-sided and strained. I've never really seen them get deep or support each other fully. It always seemed full of side-eyes and judgments. Ten years or not, time doesn't constitute the title of 'Best Friend.' But,again to each their own. Crocodile tears aside, what I DON'T respect is passing off blogs you didn't write as your own then retracting them and throwing the true author under the bus when you get backlash from it." Royce certainly doesn't hold back, does she?
Moving right along, in an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com, Evelyn discusses the upcoming season, whether her relationship with former bestie, Jenn is salvageable, and Shaunie O'Neal getting into the drama more than usual.
She begins by stating, "I am happy to be with some of the ladies, I'll say that! I am really good friends with Shaunie O'Neal, we were friends before the show, and Tami Roman."
Of course, as we all know, 36-year-old Evelyn has had recent discord (to put it mildly) with her former shadow Jennifer. She reveals, "As of now, me and Jennifer are not friends and I don't think I will ever reconcile the friendship." Continuing, Evelyn cites Jenn's ego as a point of contention, "In the first episode they talked about her being 'bougie,' when you are that person and you get a little bit of fame, you start believing the hype. She thinks she is better than everyone else."
Also, on Evelyn's radar as potential trouble? Newbie Kenya. Of her new castmate, Evelyn claims, "Most of the cast members feel she's a little strange to say the least. She's not really someone I would hang out with after filming , she's not my type of person."
Evelyn admits that she is a fan of the other newcomer, Kesha Nicols. She says, "Kesha always remained herself and didn't change, she wasn't trying to do anything to make her mark on the show, but with Kenya she is not being herself and tries really hard to fit in. When you come into a fourth season, you smell B.S. from far away. It's best to be yourself, that's why I took a liking to Kesha. She is a really sweet girl and always seems like she is the same person on and off of the set."
Of course, Evelyn doesn't think she'll have to put up with Kenya for long, stating, "I think her fakeness could definitely be Kenya's demise."
Or, could her demise be the Queen Bee herself, producer Shaunie O'Neal? Evelyn hints, "Shaunie actually gets into a conflict with one the cast mates , she's usually quiet and stays out of the mess. She did have an issue with one of the ladies on the show, and I think viewers will be surprised that she voiced that and who that person ended up being."
Evelyn admits that living in the spotlight can be hard at times, admitting, "I have my moments, sometimes you may say something and then look at it after filming and regret it. We all have those moments. I would have told Jennifer never to talk to me again, but that doesn't make sense on the show because there are cameras here and you have to tell the story even if it can be frustrating."
Of course, Evelyn wants to stay out of the drama (sure she does) and focus on her upcoming nuptials to New England Patriots player Chad Ochocinco, exclaiming, "We're getting married this summer in Florida – I can't believe it's just a few months away!"
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PHOENIX (AP) Ian Kennedy has been maddeningly inconsistent in the follow-up year to his 21-win season.
His performance Tuesday night was a reminder of how good he can be.
Kennedy pitched neatly into the eighth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks used an unearned run to beat Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0.
It was the first 1-0 victory of the season for the Diamondbacks, who needed left fielder Jason Kubel to rob Luis Cruz of a two-run homer with a leaping grab at the wall to end the fifth inning.
The lone run came in the seventh, when Paul Goldschmidt reached on shortstop Hanley Ramirez's throwing error and scored from first on Miguel Montero's double.
With San Francisco's win at Colorado, the Dodgers fell six games behind the first-place Giants in the NL West. Arizona ended a six-game home losing streak.
Kennedy (13-11) gave up four hits in 7 1-3 innings, striking out six and walking none.
"Really what made my fastball better was the execution of my off-speed pitches," Kennedy said. "I was throwing those for strikes and when you do that it's going to be a good game, at least you give your team a chance. You've got to against Kershaw, he's one of the best pitchers in the game."
Kershaw (12-9) allowed three hits, striking out five and walking three in seven innings.
"I blinked first tonight," Kershaw said. "I threw a pitch I shouldn't have. I didn't put it where I wanted to and Miguel did a good job with it and made me pay for it. You can't blink first in those games and I did."
Montero said he hit a slider a little over the plate. It was about the only hard-hit ball off of Kershaw.
"That was the best he's looked in the times we've faced him this year," Montero said. "He had everything going. I ran into one pitch and that was the difference. But his stuff was very, very good."
Kershaw is 0-2 in his last three starts despite allowing a combined three earned runs. The Dodgers have lost all three games.
"It hurts when he pitches so good and we don't get a win," Los Angeles manager Don Mattingly said.
But, Kershaw said, "They all hurt the same right now."
Regular closer J.J. Putz, who blew consecutive saves last week, was out with a stiff back, manager Kirk Gibson said, so David Hernandez came on in the ninth. He gave up a two-out double to Shane Victorino, then Adrian Gonzalez struck out looking, staring at home plate umpire Dan Iassogna after the pitch.
Kennedy got big defensive plays from third baseman Chris Johnson and second baseman Aaron Hill. Johnson nabbed Kershaw's sharp line drive in the sixth and Hill made a lunging grab on Andre Ethier's liner leading off the seventh.
Kennedy, a 21-game winner a year ago, left after giving up a single to Luis Cruz. Brad Ziegler came on and got a double-play grounder to end the inning. Ziegler has induced major-league best 17 double plays, most by a National League reliever since Jeremy Affeldt's 18 in 2009.
Goldschmidt reached for the third time when Ramirez's throw on a deep ground ball bounced in front of first base and Gonzalez couldn't handle it. Montero followed with the double to deep right-center that easily scored Goldschmidt, who had been picked off at first by Kershaw in the second.
Montero advanced to third on a passed ball and tried to score on Johnson's fly ball to center. But Matt Kemp's throw arrived first and Montero was out on a close play, ending the inning.
The Diamondbacks loaded the bases in the third when John McDonald singled with one out, then Adam Eaton and Hill drew two-out walks. The threat ended when Kubel bounced out.
The Dodgers got a runner to second when Ethier doubled to left-center with two outs in the fifth. On the next pitch, Cruz launched one to deep left but Kubel, backtracking in a hurry, made a leaping grab at the wall to rob him of what would have been a two-run homer, and the game remained scoreless.
"I wasn't sure if it was going to get out or not but thankfully it hung up a little bit so I could get under it," Kubel said. "It was fun. I'm just happy it worked out and thankfully it saved us a couple of runs. It could have been 2-1, who knows?"
Kemp doubled with two outs in the seventh but was stranded after Ramirez's check-swing dribbler to the pitcher.


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After collecting applications from various organizations in the community, club chairwoman Cathy Fillmore and her dedicated team of board members determined that StandUp for Kids was this year's deserving recipient for the club's 9th annual event.
"It was a very hard choice to make, but collectively, we really wanted to see the money go where there is the most need [and] benefits women or children, which is an absolute prerequisite of any recipient for our fundraiser," said. Fillmore. "We wanted to contribute to giving the children forced to live on the streets an opportunity to get back into society and become a real part of the community again. We truly feel that sometimes all it takes is to know that someone cares."
All funds raised from the event will go to support abused and abandoned children living on the streets of San Diego by providing basic necessities, education and job training and funds for the nonprofit's "Send a Kid Home" program, which helps reunite children with a loving family member or friend who can provide shelter and support.
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Re: unhappy inquirymarym Nov 12, 2011 9:28 PM (in response to iopbeachhouse)
If you say you don't have an agreement until a signed contract and payment are received, then you don't have an agreement. They might be angry, but they'll cool shortly. I'm not certain what your concerns are...that you'll be sued? What would their damages be? Disappointment? Failure to provide a vacation? Since you don't have their money, I would perhaps just send a brief apology, remind them that you alerted them to the other request and include your wishes that they're able to make alternate arrangements
Re: unhappy inquirydiane.herman Nov 13, 2011 10:00 AM (in response to iopbeachhouse)
Yes! What you did was wrong. You actually issued a contract to Person B. At this point in time, you are committing to renting the week to Person B. It was unethical and inconsiderate of you not to give Person B a chance to complete the transaction. I personally put a time limit on it of five days, but you can decide what time limit works best for you. You have to give it a chance though!
Once you actually issue a contract, you are committed to Person B for a reasonable period of time, to give Person B a chance to complete the contract.
When Person A called and emailed, it would be OK to follow up with Person B at this point - to make sure that they intend to complete the transaction.
But bottom line - you don't have two contracts for the same time period bopping around out there simultaneously. That is just bad business.
Re: unhappy inquiryiopbeachhouse Nov 13, 2011 12:42 PM (in response to diane.herman)
I should have clarified...I sent Party A and B both a blank contract that they must complete and send back with the deposit before the booking is confirmed. We make it clear in our contract that there is no agreement/no reservation until the initialled, signed, completed contract and check for the deposit are received. I have had too many people promise to send the contract and check and then never follow through and I end up losing bookings waiting. In this case, Person A scanned the check and contract and sent the check overnight mail. Person B replied that she was prepared to put the contract in the mail the next day, but Person A had already sent the scanned documents and mailed the check. Either way, someone was going to feel they were treated unfairly. How else could it be done so no one gets upset?
Re: unhappy inquirymarym Nov 13, 2011 2:48 PM (in response to iopbeachhouse)
I'm with you on this one iopbeachhouse - I can't tell you how many times I've taken the time to get a contract ready, sent it with a bunch of other information only to have people sit on it with no indication as to what their plans are, or tell me they've made other arrangements. I used to mark my calendar as "occupied" when I sent out a contract, would turn down subsequent inquiries, and then have the original inquiry fall by the wayside. No more - I always tell people we operate on a first come, first serve basis. Someone was bound to be disappointed. I'm thinking for the amount of money that might have been at issue, there would be no "verbal contract". They would have to have had a written contract to enforce, and there was no payment made yet. So they're out nothing except for being disappointed.
Re: unhappy inquirytansy Nov 17, 2011 10:08 AM (in response to iopbeachhouse)
I word it as 1st come 1st served...I'll send out a dozen booking forms for the same date...it is whoever gets it back gets the booking - I tell everyone who enquires if there is a booking form already out for that week...if anyone is really serious they get it back pronto....it's all we can do, that is, do business with folk that mean business!
Re: unhappy inquirychristineb Apr 14, 2012 4:40 AM (in response to iopbeachhouse)
This is always a difficult call, but in order to avoid this very situation. When I issue the lease agreement, I indicate that as a courtesy I will place a temporary hold on their dates for a specific length of time - if it is during high season, it is the end of the next business day. But, if it is low season and I don't have as many inquiries then I will give up to 48 or 72 hours. I basically say that if I don't hear back from them by the specified date, it is implied that they are no longer interested in the property and I open the dates for booking again. If I get an inquiry during this grey time, I am always up front and indicate that there is a potential contract pending but if they are interested I will contract them if the reservation falls through. This approach has really served me well and it is a very rare instance that I have been left "holding the bag". Anyone who comes back at the end of the time limit wanting an extension is politely given the reason why it isn't possible (other people waiting to book etc).
Re: unhappy inquirymarym Apr 14, 2012 5:52 AM (in response to iopbeachhouse)
I think we've all had this situation at one time or another. I had it happen to me just last month and what made me feel bad was that it was a return guest - a family that would have vacationed with us for the third year. I sent out a contract on 2/14. In my cover sheet, I always tell our guests that as a courtesy to them, we block off the time in question on our VRBO calendar, but that if we don't hear from them within a reasonable period of time, we will assume they're not interested and make the week available again on our calendar. I waited 3 weeks, and when I didn't hear anything, sent a follow up e-mail. Was told the check/contract would be in the mail that week. I waited 10 more days and sent another follow up e-mail. Was told the check would be in the mail that week. I wanted another 10 days, and finally pulled the plug on the whole arrangement and withdrew our offer to rent after waiting 6 weeks! Don't you know that I get a response about how disappointed THEY are that I've decided with withdraw our offer; that the family had all made arrangements to take the week in question off and now their vacation was ruined. Seriously, I don't get it. I sent back a response that I was running a business and didn't think I should have to chase down a contract and the deposit. I told them that if it was salvageable, they could express mail the contract/check so that it would get here by the weekend. Heard nothing of course. I'll never understand why you have to guess about people's intention when a signed contract and deposit remove all doubt...!
Re: unhappy inquirykiawahcottage Apr 17, 2012 2:52 PM (in response to marym)
I guess I've been lucky. Never had a contract completely disappear into the abyss. As a precaution I include the following line just under the title of my contract. "This offer to rent expires 15 days after date of receipt unless returned with payment." When the arrival date is six months or more out I'll make it 21 days. I think it helps them concentrate on making sure they get the thing signed and sent out with a check. Also if it does not go out it says right on top that the offer expired.
Re: unhappy inquirytwobitrentals Jun 20, 2012 1:56 PM (in response to marym)
Nice to hear of others that have this same frustration! AND, isn't it funny that they don't expect for companies to wait, like expedia, or any other travel sites. If they don't book immediately, they could lose out. BUT, for us they "expect" something completely different.


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Minister at iconic black Methodist church in Dallas steps down amid allegations he coerced young men
DAVID WEBB | Contributing Writer
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A lawsuit filed against St. Luke Community United Methodist Church in Dallas and its former senior pastor, the Rev. Tyrone D. Gordon, portrays the pastoral office of the predominantly African-American church in Southeast Dallas as a hotbed of homosexual harassment.
St. Luke, with 5,000 members, is one of the largest African-American churches in the North Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, which is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit. St. Luke isn't one of the six gay-affirming Methodist churches in the Dallas area, but its congregation includes some LGBT members.
The Rev. Zan Holmes, who preceded Gordon's appointment in 2002 as senior pastor at St. Luke, is a respected civil rights leader. The church is known as a center for community activism, and it has attracted prominent members such as Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, a U.S. trade representative appointed by President Barack Obama.
Thus far, church leaders at St. Luke and the North Texas Conference have remained silent about the lawsuit, as has Gordon, who announced his resignation as senior pastor from St. Luke in January to take effect on Wednesday, Feb. 15. On that date Holmes, who has also kept silent, will return as interim minister.
W. Earl Bledsoe, the bishop of the North Texas Conference, released a statement at the time of the resignation noting Gordon gave up his credentials during the investigation of complaints lodged against him by St. Luke church members.
The Rev. Eric Folkerth, pastor of the gay-affirmative Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas, said in a telephone interview this week that his reaction to the news of the lawsuit was one of "deep sadness and sorrow." Folkerth said he hopes the controversy will be viewed as a "sexual abuse of authority," rather than in terms of the sexual orientation involved.
"I am hoping, praying and trusting that hopefully all of this will be dealt with appropriately in the church and in the legal system," Folkerth said.
The Rev. Cameron Jerrod Greer, 26, who is a graduate student at SMU's Perkins School of Theology and a pastor ministering at Cockrell Hill United Methodist Church, alleges in the lawsuit, filed on Feb. 3 in 101st District Court in Dallas, that Gordon, 53, sexually harassed him and several other young male members of the church for at least seven years.
In the petition filed by Dallas attorney and St. Luke church member Marilynn Mayse, Greer alleges that in 2003 and 2004, beginning when Greer was 18, Gordon rubbed his penis up against Greer's buttocks on more than one occasion in front of four other young men who appeared to regard the activity as "normal behavior."
In another instance, Greer alleges he observed a young man wiping sweat off of Gordon's body as the pastor stood in his underwear with his pants lowered. Greer, who worked as an audiovisual technician at St. Luke, alleges in the lawsuit that he observed numerous instances of inappropriate behavior by Gordon involving young men.
The incidents often occurred in Gordon's church office and sometimes between two Sunday services, according to the lawsuit.
Greer also alleges that Gordon invited him to his home in August 2004 when the pastor's wife was out of town to discuss the young man's plans to become a Methodist minister. Gordon allegedly prepared one of Greer's favorite meals, spaghetti, and invited the young man to watch a movie with him. While sitting on the sofa Gordon allegedly moved closer to Greer but was interrupted by the arrival of one of Gordon's two daughters.
In two other alleged incidents in 2009 and 2010, Greer claims in the lawsuit that, while he was serving as a pastor at First United Methodist Church in Seagoville, he visited Gordon at St. Luke, where Gordon insisted on hugging him and rubbed his penis against him. Greer adds in the petition that he asked Gordon to be a guest preacher at the Seagoville church, and Gordon implied that Greer would have to do "something" for him in return.
The lawsuit alleges that St. Luke church leaders had been informed about complaints of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment made by church employees and members against Gordon as early as 2006, but they took no action. It also claims that church leaders failed to protect Greer and other young men from Gordon's alleged harassment.
In the lawsuit, Greer explains his delay in lodging complaints against Gordon as part of a process that was required to address the "issues" and to begin a "quest toward healing."
The lawsuit, which accuses church officials of breach of duties, claims Greer has suffered "severe emotional distress, mental pain and suffering, and adverse physical consequences, physical pain and suffering." It seeks unspecified punitive damages.
The lawsuit describes Gordon as a "predator" who used his spiritual authority to "coerce certain young male members and employees" into "sexual acts and relationships for his own personal sexual gratification."
Gordon, who was born in Los Angeles, received a bachelor's degree from Bishop College in Dallas, and he did his graduate work at Fuller
Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif. He came to St. Luke as senior pastor after serving as senior pastor of St. Mark United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kan.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition February 10, 2012.


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Dr. Zorba Paster: Pesky allergies can be treated in variety of ways
Dear Dr. Zorba: My nose is clogged, my eyes itch, I sneeze and sneeze and sneeze. I love walking in the woods but when I do, I pay for it. Allergies are the pits. What's the best treatment? And while we're on the topic, what should I do about ticks and bug bites? – Stuffy
Dear Stuffy: You sound like one of the books I used to read to my children – "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day."
I know exactly about those pesky allergies because I have them. My mom, God bless her, called me 'Sneezy' at this time of year. She would dole out Benadryl when I was a kid, which made me so groggy that I stopped talking and went to sleep. Hmmm … maybe that was her intention.
I found the old-fashioned pills simply wretched. Allergy treatment today is as easy as 1-2-3.
1. Antihistamines. Start with one of the non-sedating antihistamines available over the counter – Claritin, Zyrtec and Allegra. Try one of them – doesn't matter which one – and if it doesn't work, double the dose.
If that fails then try one of the others. Each one is a bit different.
If you're still stuffy, you may want to add the decongestant Sudafed, but be careful because it can keep you up at night.
Finally, if you're suffering when you're trying to sleep, add good old Benadryl and you'll sleep like a baby.
2. Prescription steroid nasal sprays. They're super effective at clearing the nose and safe to use as a stand-alone treatment. In fact, they're my go-to drug for allergies. Some use them alone, while others use them as an add-on to antihistamines. Your choice.
3. Eye drops. Start with over-the-counter antihistamine drops. I like the generic equivalent of Nafcon A or Vasocon A – cheap and effective. If that fails, call your doctor for a stronger prescription drop, such as Patanol.
These three steps work 95 percent of the time. All come in generics, so always choose them. Save money and you'll be happier. If they fail, consider expensive drugs such as Sigular or call your doctor to see if you need the old standby – allergy shots.
Now what about bug bites? Prevention is the name of the game: Wear long-sleeved shirt and long pants in the forest to keep them off. Spray yourself – or better yet, spray your clothes – with DEET or Permethrine. When you get home, shower up and look for ticks. They have to be on your skin for more than 24 hours to spread Lyme disease.
If you find a tick on your body after more than 24 hours call your doctor. The antibiotic doxycycline – one 200mg dose – given within 72 hours of a tick bite can stop Lyme in its tracks. If you're in the woods a lot, ask your doctor for a prescription to have on hand.
Now the fun part, treating those itchy bites. Recent research from the British Medical Journal shows that medicated creams containing cortisone, Benadryl or benzocaine are worthless.
Here's my treatment: If you itch all over, use Aveeno oatmeal bath. If you have a super-itchy spot, consider a cool, moist compress with Domboro solution, available from your pharmacy.


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I have been thinking quite a lot about this post, it's a big important issue. It's a topic where the guitar mfg. industry is intersecting with politics and the bigger world in general and that's kind of fun. But also, because it's something that I really do care about, and though DiPinto Guitars is not nearly big enough to be a real player in this debate, I can certainly blab about it to anyone who is willing to listen.
If you don't know about the Lacey Act, here's the nutshell version…it's a bill from 1900 that banned the importation of animal products from countries where it was illegal to harvest those products. My best understanding is that it was written to try and stop the ivory trade. In 2008 it was ammended to add plant products too. And that is what all the fuss is about. There's your job-killing government overreach, or whatever they are calling it on the Wall St. Journal editorial page.
I would just like to point out right now that for the last I-don't-know-how-many years we've had to get a Fish and Wildlife license because the guitars we import (made in South Korea) have abalone and shell inlays. So that's they way these things work. At some point, we showed up on somebody's radar as an importer of products that contain abalone and mother of pearl, they keep our info on file and we all make sure that our guitars don't have any endangered shells used as inlays. I don't really have a problem with the extra 10 to 15 minutes and $100 it takes every year to renew my license.
Gibson Guitars is a huge company, and it takes them way more than 15 minutes and $100 to comply with the law, but this is basically why they are having such a tizzy-fit. Ok, so they got raided a few times. But you know how it is, raid me once, shame on you, raid me twice, shame on me. Although, that's not how how their CEO Juszkiewicz sees it, he's got the whole industry up in arms, he's got NAMM on his side (it's not the only issue I disagree with my lobby group about) he's got Tea Party activists drooling all over themsleves to point out the needless governtment regulation, he's got Ted Nugent ready to go arrow hunting to shoot down them pesky varmint government regulators.
But lets take a step back for a moment and see who does agree with this…
|Mick Jagger
|Dave Matthews Band
|Jack Johnson
|Willie Nelson
|Maroon 5
|Jason Mraz
|My Morning Jacket
|Linkin Park
|David Crosby
|Lenny Kravitz
|Barenaked Ladies
|Sarah McLachlan
|Simon Le Bon
|Bryan Adams
|Brandi Carlile
|Deborah Harry
|Sara Bareilles
|Lily Allen
|Brad Corrigan (Dispatch)
|Bonnie Raitt
|Ray Benson (Asleep At The Wheel)
|Of A Revolution (O.A.R.)
|Bob Weir
|The Cab
|Ryan Dobrowski & Israel Nebeker (Blind Pilot)
|Jack Antonoff (fun.)
Razia Said
|Pat Simmons (Doobie Brothers)
|Jools Holland
|Brett Dennen
|Lana Del Ray
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OK people… Mick Jagger and Sting. I don't care WTF Ted Nugent has to say, you could not get higher profile artists than Mick Jagger and Sting. I don't know why Gibson doesn't embrace that rather than fight it (I don't know, but I do have some ideas. That's a subject for another post)
I'm sure I'll have more to say about this issue, but that's all for now.
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Emmy Watch: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Picks His Favorite Episode From Modern Family's Fourth Season
"Never close your eyes on the court!"
With the Emmys less than a month away (September 22), Vulture has been talking to nominees, asking them to discuss their favorite episode from the most recent season of their show. We've already chatted up Mad Men's Linda Cardellini, Scandal's Kerry Washington, and Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Up today: Jesse Tyler Ferguson of Modern Family.
The Episode: "The Wow Factor"
While it's no secret that Mitchell Pritchett-Tucker is super-competitive and a bit of a perfectionist, "He usually reins that in when he's around his family," says Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Not so in "The Wow Factor." The eighteenth episode of Modern Family's fourth season found Mitchell determined to end playground bully Milo's reign of terror. The pint-size Putin has been ruling the handball court with an iron, er, hand, mercilessly taunting, then defeating, all challengers (including Lily). The rational response might have been for Mitchell to consult with Lily's teacher or Milo's parents. "But Mitch has been bullied his whole life," Ferguson explains. "It struck a chord with him to see Lily bullied."
And so Mitchell proceeds to suffer what Ferguson jokingily refers to as a "mental break." He first tries to show up Milo on the court — and loses, badly. Mitchell then seeks out the wisest character on Modern Family: Luke. The youngest member of the Dunphy clan, played by Nolan Gould, schools Mitchell in the art of handball. And it works: Mitchell returns to the playground for a rematch with Milo, and proceeds to destroy the young man. Completely. "I wasn't sure when we were doing it if it was going to work," Ferguson says. "It's a little risky to be playing a scene where I basically have to try to beat down a little kid in handball. It's a bit aggressive!"
Ferguson apparently went the method route in doing the scenes with Milo (Luke Grakal). "I got a little bit too much into it," he says. "I was really trying to beat this kid. I had to remember, 'I'm an actor,' and make sure I didn't make this kid actor feel bad at the end of the day. But I really wanted to beat him. Desperately. I was drawing from that." Ferguson was also drawing on his new-found handball skills, taught to him by "The Wow Factor" writer Ben Karlin. "He taught me the ropes," the actor says, explaining he had never really played the game before this episode. "I was an indoor kid," Ferguson says. "I steered away from the outdoor activities. If I was commanded to go outside, I'd sit in the corner with my coloring book." The actor didn't need any help from producers with Mitchell's post-victory gloating ("Boom boom goes the dynamite!"). "That whole section was improv," he says. "Sarah Hyland taught me one cheer that she knew, and I threw that in. But they just basically let me do what I wanted, and then they just cut it together as a series of quick jumps."
Perhaps the best part of "The Wow Factor" for Ferguson was working with Gould. The interplay between the two actors at the very end of the half-hour resulted in what Vulture recapper Zach Dionne called "one of the best end credits sequences the show has ever dished up." Luke, channeling Sergeant Hartman from Full Metal Jacket, intimidates Mitchell both verbally ("Never close your eyes on the court!") and physically (hitting him in the face repeatedly with a kickball). "It was the sensei teaching the student," Ferguson says. "Nolan's incredibly smart and such a fun kid to be around, but I rarely get to work with him. We had a lot of fun together doing that." Gould maybe had a bit too much fun: Ferguson says his young colleague really, really enjoyed throwing the ball at him. "There was a point where I was like, 'Okay, Nolan, you get one more'," he says. Thankfully, the ball was made of foam and didn't cause any long-term damage. "My face is my livelihood, unfortunately," Ferguson jokes. "They weren't going to ruin the moneymaker."


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In Profiles in Courage, President Kennedy told the stories of eight United States senators who risked their careers by standing up for particular ideals or principles, even when constituents or powerful interest groups pressured them to bend. Today, elected officials are too often captives to opinion polls, reluctant to act in the broader public interest when it means taking unpopular courses of action or offending powerful groups. The Profile in Courage Award honors modern-day elected officials who govern for the greater good, even when it is not in their own interest to do so. The award celebrates individuals who choose the public interest over partisanship – who do what is right, rather than what is expedient. Award Criteria
President Gerald Ford receives the 2001 Profile in Courage Award from Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
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