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PASADENA, Calif. – The No. 4 BCS-ranked Michigan State Spartans, champions of the Big Ten Conference, and the No. 5 BCS-ranked Stanford Cardinal, champions of the Pac-12 Conference, have earned berths to play in the 100th Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET), Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at the Rose Bowl Stadium.
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Michigan State finished the year with a 12-1 overall record (8-0 in conference). The Spartans earned the Big Ten Conference BCS automatic qualifier after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten Football Championship Game, 34-24. The Spartans return to the Rose Bowl Game for their fifth appearance all-time; the last taking place in 1988. Michigan State is 3-1 overall in its Rose Bowl Game appearances.
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Jaymere Hadden's 17-foot basket was good as the buzzer sounded in overtime giving the Carl Albert State College Vikings a thrilling 61-59 win over the Redlands Community College Cougars in the second game of Monday night's doubleheader in El Reno.D. Brown's 14 points weren't enough for the Lady Vikings as they lost 57-39 to the Lady Cougars in Monday night's opener.The CASC teams will return to action next Monday night at Mick Thompson Fieldhouse against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. The women's game will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the men's contest at 8 p.m.


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VATICAN CITY — It's not very often that St. Peter's Square is turned into a hoops court or a soccer field. But on rare occasions the world of sports comes to the See of Peter.
Tomorrow, 300 children will be digging, setting and spiking during the first volleyball rally ever to be played in St. Peter's Square.
Kids aged eight to 11 will be playing on 16 makeshift courts in the square between 8:30 and 10 a.m. — before Pope Benedict XVI begins his weekly general audience at 10:30.
The special event is to highlight that Italy will be hosting the 2010 Men's Volleyball World Championship (Japan will host the women's world championship games).
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Perhaps the most unusual game to have been played in St. Peter's Square was in the 15th century when it hosted a marathon bout of "calcio storico fiorentino," the Florentine version of nearly rule-less soccer that looks more like rugby and wrestling combined. It's said Pope Sixtus IV peeked out his studio window every now and then to see how the grueling match, which lasted from mid-morning to dusk, was proceeding.


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After weeks of rumors, Red Bull signed Ricciardo from Toro Rosso to a multiyear deal on Monday. The Australian will replace Mark Webber, who will retire from F1 at the end of the season to race sports cars.
The 24-year-old Ricciardo had been the favorite to fill the Red Bull seat since the Hungarian Grand Prix at the end of July, and the decision was expected to be announced at the Belgian GP two weeks ago. It was then put back amid growing talk that Kimi Raikkonen or even Fernando Alonso would replace Webber.
"I think it's a bit of relief now there's no more speculation and dodging questions ... I found out few days before the announcement but I still didn't know at Spa, so no lies were told," Ricciardo said Thursday ahead of this weekend's Italian GP. "Everyone knows now, so it's nice. I've got eight more races this year so looking forward to giving Toro Rosso a nice farewell."
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"I'd love to be as competitive as I can as quickly as possible," Ricciardo said. "I'm pretty fortunate to have spent some time with Red Bull racing as a reserve driver. By December hopefully I'll already have a good relationship with the guys and see how they work. But I've got a head start."
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Yosemite National Park is right up there with the Grand Canyon and the Rocky Mountains when it comes to awe-inspiring landscapes in America. The park's striking cliffs, waterfalls, and towering forests have been captured by dozens of iconic photographers, and every year, millions of visitors traipse through the wilderness to recreate these images for themselves. But it's been more than 70 years since Ansel Adams captured Yosemite's beauty and needless to say, nature changes. Nature changes so much, in fact, that the park's most sought-after views are being obstructed by nature itself. The park's solution? Chop down thousands of trees to let those cameras keep on clicking.
Wildlife officials at the park say that the problem trees are Yosemite's iconic ponderosa pines and cedars, which grow tall and fast, choking out other trees and overtaking meadows. The cause, ironically, is a lack of fires in the park. Before Abraham Lincoln set aside the land of Yosemite for protection in 1864, fires set by Native Americans or ignited by lightning kept a natural balance between the oak trees, pines, and grass meadows. But for more than 150 years now, we've been putting out those natural wildfires, and the massive trees have grown unnaturally thick and are taking away the park's historic views.
The National Parks Service says that the views need to be preserved, just like historic buildings and wildlife refuges. However, the decision has perplexed and angered park goers, environmentalists, and even photographers, who don't understand why you would kill part of a magnificent natural landscape just for the sake of a photo op. When all is said and done, about 1000 evergreen trees are expected to be chopped, some that are more than 30 inches round and 100 feet tall.
Park officials have spent more than three years studying Yosemite's 181 scenic vista spots, and found that in 28 percent of the locations, the view was completely obscured, and in 54 percent it was partially blocked. The park's ideal solution calls for removing or thinning trees in 93 of the locations over the next ten years. Cutting would begin in 2012 and only take place in September and October, which is after bird nesting season, but before bat hibernation begins. No trees older than 130 years would be cut.
"We are looking to remove the minimum number of trees in the most ecologically sensitive ways," said Kevin McCardle, a historical landscape architect at Yosemite. "We have to find a balance because we are preserving these places for the enjoyment of the public and future generations. Enjoyment means allowing people to connect with nature. But you have to be able to see it."
Next month, the park will release its official "Scenic Vista Management Plan," outlining the full details.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — At a table in the library of the Maryland Historical Society, an investigator with the National Archives pulls file folder after file folder from a cardboard box and hands them to library director Patricia Dockman Anderson. An FBI agent sits nearby.
Item No. 451: an invitation to meet Vice President Hubert Humphrey in Hawaii in 1966. Item No. 1695: a ticket stub to the 1912 Democratic National Convention. Item No. 1332: a program linked to President Abraham Lincoln's 1865 funeral.
Until recently, the documents were evidence, some of the more than 10,000 items seized in a massive theft investigation that ensnared a well-known collector of presidential memorabilia and his assistant. This week, however, they were returned to the society to become again pieces of history available to researchers.
"We're the stewards. This stuff belongs to the American people, and we're responsible for it," Anderson said. "That's why it's so gratifying to have these back. Ultimately our job is to make sure it gets from one generation to the next."
Barry Landau and his assistant, Jason Savedoff, were caught in the act of stealing documents from the historical society's library almost two years ago.
An investigation ultimately led authorities to a cache of thousands of stolen documents in Landau's New York City apartment, including documents from a who's who of American and international history: Presidents George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt, English writer Charles Dickens and German philosopher Karl Marx, scientist Isaac Newton and women's rights champion Susan B. Anthony. Both men ultimately pleaded guilty to their crimes and are serving prison sentences.
Now, officials are returning the stolen documents to their rightful owners: 24 different victims nationwide, including university libraries and historical societies in New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Officials returned 21 items to the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore on Monday.
Returning the documents has been easy, but figuring out who should get them has required some sleuthing.
The origins of a few of the most unique documents were easy to trace, either because the thieves kept records of those heists or because they were so valuable the institutions they had been stolen from knew they were missing.
But approximately 90 percent of the stolen materials are what historians refer to as "ephemera:" invitations or menus from balls and dinners, tickets to baseball's 1949 World Series, a program for a 1909 performance of the Marine Band. The items could have belonged to any of a number of collections and likely wouldn't have been cataloged. Archives are often so vast it is impossible for curators to inventory every button, ribbon and scrap of paper they oversee.
Returning the documents has been a joint effort by the FBI and the National Archives and Records Administration, the agency charged with preserving historical records and one of the victims of the theft.
Starting with a catalog of the 10,194 items they had seized, investigators searched for any telltale clues: a mark left on a piece of paper by a rusted paperclip, ink residue from one document that sat atop another for years, black paper stuck to the back of an item that suggested it had been ripped from an album.
Museums and archives provided records and answered questions. The thieves themselves also agreed to help as part of their plea deals. Even so, identifying the objects' owners wasn't an exact science.
"It's not going to be perfect," said Greg Tremaglio, a special agent with the National Archives' Office of Inspector General who worked on the document return.
But Tremaglio said investigators tried to place the documents where it made sense.
For example, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania has an extensive collection of material related to onetime U.S House Rep. and former Philadelphia Mayor J. Hampton Moore. There is a good chance that any documents addressed to him came from there.
The Maryland Historical Society, for its part, is grateful to investigators and pleased to have its materials back, Anderson said.
Like other archives affected by the thefts, the historical society has re-evaluated policies that enabled the thieves to get away with materials. It has reconfigured seating to make it easier for librarians to see patrons and instituted more rigorous screenings of guests leaving the library.
On Monday, Anderson studied the objects as investigator Mitch Yockelson handed them over and FBI agent Matt Kazlauskas used the item catalog to explain why certain documents were believed to be the society's. Seven of the items were tickets to the U.S. Senate's 1868 impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson.
Anderson turned over a white ticket from May 26, the day senators failed to convict Johnson by a single vote. On the back were hash marks, as if someone had been tallying votes.
"Isn't that cool," she said.
On the back of other items were small pencil markings made by the thieves. A few said "W2," short for a nickname the thieves gave themselves: "weasel 1" and "weasel 2." Anderson said those marks are now important, too.
"It's part of the documents' history," she said.
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text: Time to Shop—for Basis, That Is December 12, 2013 11:20 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Fran Howard AgWeb Contributing Writer Email It can pay to look outside your local grain elevator. With cash corn and soybeans prices much lower than a year ago, shopping for basis has become even more critical for producers who want to maximize sales. "There are real basis opportunities in the corn and soybean markets right now based on regional supply and demand," says Logan Burgess, a grain broker for Grain Hedge in Bozeman, Mont. This year, producers selling to ethanol plants are being paid premiums due to crush margins that have returned to levels not seen since 2007. "Ethanol facilities have been very aggressive bidders of spot corn," Burgess notes. "It often pays for producers to look outside their local elevators and to haul their grain to an ethanol facility." While basis in general has tapered off into 2014, opportunities still exist for nearby sales into February. "Coming out of the 2012 drought, we saw exceptionally strong basis levels," says Burgess. "This marketing year we are returning to a more typical basis environment now that grain stocks have replenished, especially for corn." Leaving Money Behind As corn and soybean prices slip closer to breakeven for many producers, shopping for basis becomes even more important. Yet many producers don't harvest the extra money being offered. "Looking at cash prices over the past 5-10 years shows that basis is becoming more volatile," says Burgess. Grain Hedge has been collecting and tracking bids from around the country for the past 10 years. Each day the firm tracks 40,000 bids in the cash market. Six Markets for Corn "Our research has shown that a producer's best market will change six times during the year, on average," says Burgess. "But on average a producer will only sell to two separate locations in a year. They are leaving cents on the table." And each cent per bushel left on the table can add up to big bucks for a corn producer and possibly more for a soybean producer. Eight for Beans "Soybean producers need to be even more attentive to basis," says Burgess. "A soybean producer's best market will change on average eight times during the year." The "best markets" Burgess refers to could be a river terminal, elevator, oil crusher, ethanol plant, or other end-user of corn or soybeans and take into account hauling and storage costs. Both AgWeb and Grain Hedge offer tools to help producers find their best markets. AgWeb's free service provides cash grain bids and basis by ZIP code. Grain Hedge offers more in-depth subscription services for $20 per month, or free to brokerage clients. Back to news


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The 90-minute showdown between Vice President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Paul Ryan may be most remembered for Biden's grinning, laughing and even mocking his younger opponent. But the more lasting impact was reinforcing how this election is an unusually telling referendum on how people want America governed – and a call to arms for each party's base.
Biden forcefully recited the Democratic mantra in ways that Democrats needed to hear after President Barack Obama let them down with an underwhelming performance in his first debate against Republican Mitt Romney.
Biden spoke with the passion and warmth Obama lacked. Biden, a skilled politician at ease talking to people, often addressing Ryan as "my friend," effortlessly using anecdotes about his family to make his points, and turning serious and even somber when detailing his views on abortion.
His language was plain and pointed. There were no academic talking points about the perils of Romney's tax cuts – "The middle class got knocked on their heels," Biden protested. "The recession crushed them. They need some help now. The last people who need help are 120,000 families for another . . . $500 billion tax cut."
He vigorously defended the Obama administration's slow, arguably steady economic progress. "I don't know how long it will take" to get the jobless rate, 7.8 percent last month, to drop further. But don't worry, he urged: "We're going to give you a fair shot again."
Ryan presented the Republican line, talking tough on foreign policy and turning to the private sector to repair the economy. It was an almost scholarly performance, more from the head than the heart.
"We have three bottom lines" on taxes, he said: "Don't raise the deficit, don't raise taxes on the middle class, and don't lower the share of income that is borne by the high-income earners."
History says vice presidential debates rarely matter, since people vote for president, not the running mate.
Still, in a skintight race with an unusually polarized electorate, where almost anything can make a difference, it's likely the Biden-Ryan debate in Danville, Ky., will further incite the partisans.
On that score, Biden and Ryan did what they had to do. Polls taken after the debate reflected the split: A CNN/ORC International survey found 48 percent of registered voters thought Ryan did better, while 44 percent preferred Biden's performance.
Biden succeeded, though he probably will be lampooned for his frequent smirking and tut-tutting as Ryan spoke.
Democrats probably will appreciate comebacks like his dig at Ryan on Iran and the Middle East: "So all this bluster I keep hearing, all this loose talk, what are they talking about?" an animated Biden asked. "Are you talking about, to be more credible – what more can the president do, stand before the United Nations, tell the whole world, directly communicate to the ayatollah, we will not let them acquire a nuclear weapon, period, unless he's talking about going to war?" Ryan responded, and Biden, 69, was almost lecturing his 42-year-old opponent.
He spoke about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "who's been my friend 39 years." He insisted that in Iran, "the ayatollah sees his economy being crippled." And finally, "I don't know what world this guy's living in."
Democrats also were buoyed by his plain talk on domestic issues. He cited the Romney remark that 47 percent of Americans see themselves as "victims" dependent on government help. Biden recalled "the people I grew up with, my neighbors, they pay more effective tax than Gov. Romney pays in his federal income tax. They are elderly people who in fact are living off of Social Security."
Romney had his own mission Thursday. The former Massachusetts governor, whose patrician image got a makeover in the first debate, needed Ryan to continue marketing the brand of sensitive conservatism that Republicans are selling.
Ryan probably pleased Republicans. He stoically stuck to his talking points, refusing to be goaded by Biden's prodding. Ryan insisted Iran was now four years closer to a nuclear weapon. No they aren't, said Biden. "Of course they are," said Ryan.
He repeated the Romney view that America looks weak, a dangerous sign to rogue nations. "When they see us putting daylight between ourselves and our allies in Israel, that gives them encouragement. When they see Russia watering down any further sanctions, the only reason we got a U.N. sanction is because Russia watered it down and prevented these central bank sanctions in the first place. So when they see this kind of activity, they are encouraged to continue, and that's the problem," he said.
Running mates occasionally make a difference in close races, most notably Lyndon Johnson's ability to deliver Texas and its crucial electoral votes to John F. Kennedy in 1960. Ryan could swing Wisconsin, where a Quinnipiac poll taken Oct. 4-9 showed Obama up 3 points in a state once thought to be safely Democratic.
More significantly, each candidate has cemented his standing as a partisan crowd-pleaser, able to stir the faithful the way the cooler Romney and Obama often cannot.


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Annie Gawthrop is my 2nd cousin 2x removed. She married Walter Bannister on 22 October 1919. The report of the wedding from the Burnley Express of Saturday 25 October 1919 is below.
The Wesleyan Church, Laneshawbridge, on Wednesday was the scene of a wedding of local interest. The bridegroom was Mr. Walter Bannister, only son of Mr. J. T. Bannister, cotton manufacturer, Oak Leigh, Trawden, and the bride was Miss Annie Gawthrop, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benson Gawthrop, of Bridge House, Laneshawbridge, and formerly of Benside. The bridesmaids were Miss Edith Gawthrop (sister of the bride) and Miss Emmeline Bannister (sister of the bridegroom). Mr. Ed. Fishwick presided at the organ. The Rev. John Gawthrop (uncle of the bride) was officiating minister. The bride was given away by her father, and the bridegroom was attended by his cousin (Mr. Ernest Bannister) and Mr. Wilfred Lowcock. Following the ceremony, a reception was held at Bridge House. Later in the day the bride and bridegroom left for London.


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When the U.K. press began dubbing Adele "the next Amy Winehouse" in late 2007, the hype didn't touch upon the heavy singer/songwriter influence found in the Londoner's music. Influenced by Suzanne Vega as much as Jill Scott, Adele first made an impression in 2006 when she toured as an opening act for Jack Penate. She had graduated to headlining status by the end of 2007, thanks to BBC Radio 1 playing her single "Daydreamer"; another song, "Hometown Glory," was also released as a single on Jamie T.'s label, Pacemaker. An appearance alongside Paul McCartney and Bjork on the BBC 2 television show Later with Jools Holland came next, and a recording contract with XL Recordings was finalized soon after.
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Chinese lenders accounted for almost a third of global bank profit last year, up from 4 per cent in 2007, as they grabbed market share given up by struggling European peers, according to The Banker magazine's annual rankings.
Three Chinese banks topped the profit table, led by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) for the second successive year, with pretax earnings of $US43.2 billion ($42 billion), according to The Banker.
ICBC was followed by China Construction Bank, which delivered a $US34.8 billion profit, and Bank of China , with earnings of $US26.8 billion.
JPMorgan was fourth with a profit of $US26.7 billion, while HSBC was the most profitable European bank, with earnings of $US21.9 billion.
Bank of America topped the magazine's Top 1,000 list for the second year, which uses Tier 1 capital as a measure of a bank's ability to lend on a large scale and endure shocks.
JPMorgan was second in that table, with four Chinese banks in the top 10 for the first time — ICBC ranked third, CCB was sixth, Bank of China ninth and Agricultural Bank of China 10th.
National Bank of Greece reported the biggest loss last year – $US17.4 billion, followed by Belgian group Dexia .
Eurozone banks accounted for 6 per cent of global profit last year, compared to 46 per cent five years ago and their 45 per cent share of global assets, the Banker estimated.
In contrast, Chinese banks accounted for 29.3 per cent of global profit last year, the magazine said.
It said the Tier 1 capital of Bank of America was $US159 billion at the end of 2011, slightly down from a year before but $US9 billion more than JPMorgan.
Bank of America also topped The Banker's first Top 1,000 list 42 years ago, when it was based on assets rather than capital.
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I came to the Bureau County Republican in May 2013 after spending nine months in the Quad Cities at the Quad City Times. I do a very similar job. I edit copy for the newspaper. I design and layout a few pages. The newsrooms, despite size, are similar as well. Reporters are busily writing articles and cultivating leads, and designers are doing everything in their power to create a good-looking product. And the one thing, despite a smaller range, that has not changed is me. I am still the youngest in the newsroom. At least here instead of six years, there are only three years now.
I find it funny how my age can amaze and befuddle my co-workers. Sometimes it's amusing to me to watch them stuttering and marvel at how young I am and how much pop culture from their childhood I missed. It seems like a child's life can't be complete without watching the classic TV shows of more than 30 years ago. Let me take you on a little journey through BCR newsroom Memory Lane.
Now Greg, I'm sure you all know Greg, his columns and cartoons delight those who read them, seems to have the hardest time realizing my age. Often times, as a point of reference, he has to be reminded I was only 3 years old when he started working here at the BCR, and even then I don't think it makes much difference to him.
We were chatting one day after lunch and he made a reference to Mrs. Howell. Now to me, that name means nothing, so I do what any normal person would do and ask, "Who is that?" The look on his face was priceless; you would think I had canceled his birthday. To him, the fact I have never seen an episode of "Gilligan's Island," to know who Thurston and his wife are, is an abhorrent fact I think he would much rather forget. But at least I knew the show revolved around a never-ending, three-hour tour.
Upon further discussion one morning, it was also discovered I have no idea who the characters are on "The Golden Girls." I just know they are some seriously sassy older women who often times end up on memes floating through the social media universe. And Betty White was on the show too. How did we arrive at this conclusion? Greg asked if I knew who Alice, Flo and Vera were. Apparently saying, "Aren't they the Golden Girls," is not an acceptable answer.
I think I shocked him when I dropped my recently acquired knowledge of the name of the Lone Ranger's nephew's horse during a recent office discussion. It's Victor, in case you were wondering. It is all thanks to finally watching "A Christmas Story" the whole way through during Christmas last year. However, had you asked me what the name of the Lone Ranger's horse was, I wouldn't have been able to tell you until two weeks ago after watching Disney's movie of the TV series.
But I think I might have redeemed myself when Greg discovered I at least knew who Fonzie was. He's the guy who hits the jukebox and said "hey" a lot. However that doesn't make up for the fact I didn't know who Potsie was. You can't win them all, and that's just fine by me.
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TROY -- Ed McDonough, the Democratic commissioner of the board of elections for Rensselaer County, has demanded $5 million as settlement for criminal defense fees incurred during proceedings relating to the 2009 Working Families Party voter fraud investigation and trial.�
If the amount is not furnished by the involved parties, McDonough has threatened to seek "punitive damages from individual defendants," according to the 24 page letter, which was sent to The Record.
The demand follows a notice of civil lawsuit that McDonough's attorney, Brian Premo, filed earlier this year, which did not state the settlement amount sought. The threat is an attempt by McDonough's attorney, Brian Premo, to bring the various parties involved to the table in an attempt at negotiation in the hopes of furnishing his client with a settlement.
McDonough has been tried on indictments relating to the voter fraud case twice. The first trial, in which he and former city Councilman Michael LoPorto were co-defendants, the jury deadlocked. In the separate trials which followed,, both men were acquitted.
In addition to the settlement sought, the letter makes claims against Rensselaer County District Attorney Richard McNally, and seeks immunity for McDonough from civil liability. It also implicates Special Prosecutor Trey Smith. In a of previous claims, the letter states that Smith "fabricated evidence while in an investigative role and then used it to wrongfully indict and prosecute McDonough as a scapegoat for other Democratic operatives and candidates who committed numerous election crimes."
Rensselaer County Attorney Stephen Pechenik was contacted, but could not comment on the case, as it is pending litigation.


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Opencast plans in the Shipley County Park area are being studied in this bygones picture.
The shot was taken in July, 1982, and there were protests in the air that the mining proposal would damage the park.
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Greeks have pulled out more than $1 billion from the banking system on fears their country will drop out of the European Union's single currency if it can't make its debt payments.
The European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund have been pumping money into the country to keep it in the euro, but they have demanded that the Greek government slash spending to get the funds. The crisis has thrown Greece into political deadlock and the country will hold new elections on June 17.
With so much world focus on the Mediterranean country, we want to know: What does it mean to be Greek right now?
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Former Heavyweight Champion of the World, Mike Tyson sits down with the current movie champion, Leonard Maltin to discuss the top Oscar nominees for Best Picture and the best actors and actresses in them.
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Grip: Vida Lott
February 22, 2011
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Leonard Maltin: Hi, and welcome to the program.
I'm Leonard Maltin.
Leonard Maltin: We're talking Oscars tonight.
My guest is the
Leonard Maltin: Undisputed Former Heavyweight
Champion of the world.
Leonard Maltin: A man you've also seen
in movies like
Leonard Maltin: Crocodile Dundee in
Los Angeles, more recently
Leonard Maltin: The Hangover.
Mister Mike Tyson.
Leonard Maltin: Welcome Mike. Nice to have
you here. Lets start
Leonard Maltin: with best pictures. There
a lot of choices this year.
Leonard Maltin: We've got Inception. We've
got Toy Story 3--
Mike Tyson: Well, I think Avatar should
definitely win Best Picture,
Mike Tyson: and Halle Berry definitely
should win Best
Mike Tyson: Actress, because she was
beautiful. Her performance
Mike Tyson: was just stupefying.
You know?
Leonard Maltin: There's only one problem.
Avatar didn't come out this year,
Leonard Maltin: and Halle Berry
isn't in it.
Mike Tyson: No, no. You're mistaking.
Avatar did come out,
Mike Tyson: and Halle Berry was in it.
It was 3D, and she had
Mike Tyson: all that blue colored shit
on, but it was her, because
Mike Tyson: I've met her before in
person, okay. Trust me.
Mike Tyson: Believe me on
that, alright.
Mike Tyson: Don't question it.
Leonard Maltin: Okay. Okay.
Leonard Maltin: Lets try another film then.
The Social Network.
Leonard Maltin: Did you like
The Social Network?
Mike Tyson: Listen, I'm not really on
Friendsters or anything
Mike Tyson: like that, but after watching
that particular
Mike Tyson: movie I decided to sign up.
It's kind of tricky with
Mike Tyson: me and these internet...all these
little tricky secret buttons, you know.
Mike Tyson: You think you could
be my Friendster?
Leonard Maltin: Sure.
Mike Tyson: I'll hold you to that.
Leonard Maltin: Alright.
Leonard Maltin: There's one independent
film in the lineup for
Leonard Maltin: Best Picture this year.
It's called Winter's Bone.
Leonard Maltin: It's this little film--
Mike Tyson: Forget that. I don't know anything
you're talking about.
Leonard Maltin: One nominee you should know
something about is
Leonard Maltin: The Fighter.
Mike Tyson: I saw it. Yeah.
Leonard Maltin: Mark Wahlberg spent a
lot of time training,
Leonard Maltin: getting ready, trying to be
a convincing fighter on screen.
Leonard Maltin: You think he could pass
muster in the real life
Leonard Maltin: in the ring?
Mike Tyson: Is it going to be Marky
Mark by himself, or
Mike Tyson: is he going to have the
The Funky Bunch with him?
Leonard Maltin: No, just Marky Mark.
Mike Tyson: I don't think he got it
in him. The Funky Bunch
Mike Tyson: was carrying him all along.
You have the heavy
Mike Tyson: set black woman scream at
the top of her lungs,
Mike Tyson: and you got the other guys
doing the Hammer, Vanilla Ice
Mike Tyson: stance. It's a possibility
he might get obviated without
Mike Tyson: The Funky Bunch.
Leonard Maltin: The front runner for
Best Picture this
Leonard Maltin: year is The
King's Speech.
Mike Tyson: Don King's speech?
Leonard Maltin: No-no. It's a movie called
The King's Speech.
Mike Tyson: Oh, I thought it was
some more of that
Mike Tyson: only in America bullshit.
I heard enough of that
Mike Tyson: for one lifetime. Shit. Well
regardless, King's Speech,
Mike Tyson: Don King, I didn't
see that shit.
Leonard Maltin: Mike, I want to talk to
you about Best Actresses now.
Leonard Maltin: We've got a lot of talented
woman here. We've got
Leonard Maltin: Natalie Portman,
Michelle Williams--
Mike Tyson: In all due respect, I think
if Meryl Streep doesn't
Mike Tyson: win for All The Kids Are
Here, this whole Oscar
Mike Tyson: crap is rigged,
you know.
Mike Tyson: It's just not right.
You know what I mean.
Leonard Maltin: I think you're getting
a little mixed up, because
Leonard Maltin: Meryl Streep isn't in any
of these movies, and
Leonard Maltin: the movie is called
The Kinds Are All Right.
Leonard Maltin: Did you actually see this
movie, The Kinds Are All Right?
Mike Tyson: Yes, I saw the damn movie.
What you mean asking
Mike Tyson: me if I saw the movie?
Of course I saw the movie.
Mike Tyson: What you think I'm doing
here for if I didn't see the damn movie?
Mike Tyson: Who you think I'm here for?
You think they just brought
Mike Tyson: me out of here out of
osmosis or something?
Mike Tyson: I watched the damn movie.
I mean, if you gonna host
Mike Tyson: a show like this, you need
to do your homework too.
Mike Tyson: You need to watch the movie
again. You might've went
Mike Tyson: to sleep, or
passed out.
Mike Tyson: You went and took some
Ozone, or some sleeping
Mike Tyson: pills, but just get it
together, and watch
Mike Tyson: the movie again
please, alright.
Leonard Maltin: I will on
your advice.
Mike Tyson: So disrespectful
you are Leonard.
Leonard Maltin: No. No.
Leonard Maltin: I'm going in a different
direction now.
Leonard Maltin: Are there any movies
this year that you think
Leonard Maltin: were left out, were
overlooked by the Academy?
Mike Tyson: Yes, big time. My movie,
The Pigeon Whisperers.
Leonard Maltin: The Pigeon Whisperers?
Mike Tyson: Yes. My movie.
Mike Tyson: I starred in it. I wrote it.
I directed it.
Mike Tyson: I'm very similar to Kevin
Costner's Dancing with Wolves,
Mike Tyson: but I'm not dancing with no
damn wolves. I'm talking to pigeons.
Leonard Maltin: You're talking
to pigeons?
Mike Tyson: Big time.
Leonard Maltin: Is this a real movie Mike?
Mike Tyson: No. It's a big time
real movie. A matter of fact,
Mike Tyson: I've got a clip.
Mike Tyson: Roll.
[pigeon cooing]
Mike Tyson: Hey, what's going on?
Allan McLeod: My pigeon Chompers.
He's depressed.
Allan McLeod: His brother was killed
by a hawk. I don't know
Allan McLeod: what to do.
Mike Tyson: Hey old Chomper boy buddy,
friend of mine.
[mimics a pigeon cooing]
[the pigeon coo's back]
Mike Tyson: Don't mention it. Just remember
to pay it forward, alright buddy?
Mike Tyson: You have all
my magic.
Mike Tyson: Fly Chopper.
Fly Chopper. Fly.
Mike Tyson: Can you believe
I'm not nominated?
Mike Tyson: You see that?
Mike Tyson: Pfft. This is
all bullshit.
Leonard Maltin: That's Mike Tyson's
take on the Oscars.
Leonard Maltin: I'm Leonard Maltin.
We'll see you next time.


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At 7 pm the polls closed. The Harris County Clerk's office must now count and tabulate the votes cast today in Houston's 769 voting precincts. While we wait for the final results, let's take a look at the numbers from early voting:
City of Houston, MAYOR, with 46,333 ballots counted:
Kevin Simms 7.55%
Amanda Ulman 1.60%
Dave Wilson 10.40%
Fernando Herrera 14.31%
Annise D. Parker 52.76%
Jack O'Connor 13.38%
Dave Wilson's 10.4 percent is surprising, considering he's been poling at less than 1%. General wisdom is that conservatives are more likely to vote early than left-leaning voters. In my opinion his strong early showing is likely to dramatically decrease as the evening progresses.
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, AT-LARGE POSITION 1,
Stephen C. Costello 51.80%
James Partsch-Galvan 7.88%
Scott Boates 21.77%
Don Cook 18.54%
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, AT-LARGE POSITION 2,
Kristi Thibaut 16.75%
Elizabeth C. Pérez 10.41%
Andrew C. Burks, Jr. 20.69%
Gordon R. Goss 1.75%
Bolivar "Bo" Fraga 9.51%
Eric B. Dick 7.44%
Jenifer Rene Pool 7.55%
M. "Griff" Griffin 7.25%
David W. Robinson 11.84%
Roslyn "Rozzy" Shorter 6.81%
With such a crowded field this race is still anybody's game, fewer than 6,000 votes separate the early leader Burks from ninth position shorter.
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, AT-LARGE POSITION 3,
Melissa Noriega 56.67%
Chris Carmona 24.19%
J. Brad Batteau 19.15%
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, AT-LARGE POSITION 4,
Louis Molnar 10.65%
Amy Price 18.43%
C. O. "Brad" Bradford 70.92%
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, AT-LARGE POSITION 5,
Laurie Robinson 18.43%
Jolanda "Jo" Jones 42.16%
Jack Christie 31.46%
Bob Ryan 7.94%
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT A, with 3,125 votes counted:
Brenda Stardig 43.06%
Helena Brown 47.01%
Bob Schoellkopf 9.93%
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT B, with 4,710 votes counted:
Kenneth Perkins 8.87%
James Joseph 4.04%
Kathy Blueford-Daniels16.98%
Phillip "Paul" Bryant 5.66%
Alvin Byrd 28.27%
Jerry Davis 26.22%
Charles A. Ingram 6.63%
Bryan Smart 3.33%
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT C, with 7,492 votes counted:
Randy Locke 3.88%
Josh Verde 17 2.47%
Ellen Cohen 55.28%
Karen Derr11.17%
Brian Cweren 27.20%
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT D, with 6,498 votes counted:
Larry L. McKinzie 14.60%
Wanda Adams 85.40%
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT E, with 4,283 votes counted
Mike Sullivan 100.00%
City of Houston, DISTRICT F, with 2,789 votes counted:
Al Hoang 56.72%
Hoc Thai Nguyen (Nguyen Thai Hoc) 20.84%
Peter "Lyn" René 22.45%
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT G, with 5,917 votes counted:
Clyde Bryan 19.60%
Oliver Pennington 80.40%
Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT H, with 2,710 votes counted
Patricia Rodriguez 27.81%
Edward "Ed" Gonzalez 72.19%
Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT I, with 2,694 votes counted
Leticia Gutierrez Ablaza 31.28%
James Rodriguez 68.72%
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT J, with 2,013 votes counted
Mike Laster 70.67%
Rodrigo Canedo 9.78%
Criselda Romero 19.56%
Out gay candidate Laster takes a commanding lead, but this heavily Hispanic district is likely to see significant election day voting, so this early number, based on so few votes, is likely very different than the final number we'll wind up with.
City of Houston, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT K, with 4,102 votes counted:
Pat Frazier 22.68%
Larry Green 70.24%
Alex Gonik 7.08%
Houston I.S.D., Trustee, District III, with 1,981 votes counted
Manuel Rodriguez 52.95%
Ramiro Fonseca 47.05%
This race garnered national attention after Rodriquez mailed an anti-gay flier attacking Fonseca, and the Houston Chronicle subsequently pulled its endorsement of Rodriquez. That information did not become public until after early voting closed on Friday, so any effect it had on the race would not be reflected in these numbers. Only 102 votes separate the candidates at this time.
Houston I.S.D., Trustee, District IV, with 5,881 votes counted:
Davetta Daniels 33.81%
Paula Harris 66.19%
Houston I.S.D., Trustee, District VIII, with 3,091 votes counted:
Dorothy Olmos 40.28%
Juliet Kathy Stipeche 59.72%
Remember that these are only the votes cast during early voting, the final numbers can, and often do differ dramatically from early voting totals.


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October 11, 2013 — It was well past midnight after a long, delayed flight to Florida. After having spent eight hours in an overcrowded airport, my partner Janice was about to meet my family for the first time. Worse, I could hardly put her fears to rest because my own nerves were getting the best of me. I'd never officially introduced anyone I'd been seeing to my father, stepmother, or sisters before. I was mentally preparing myself for awkward handshakes and embarrassing questions.
But as soon as he saw us, my six-foot-tall father got out of the car and wrapped us both in a big bear hug. Nothing says "welcome to the family" quite like an embrace from a traditional Italian father. Most heterosexual couples would view this as a kind gesture; to us, this tender acknowledgement meant everything.
Four years ago, I couldn't have imagined a world in which my family would see Janice and me as no different from my sister and her longtime boyfriend. Or one in which my 80-year-old grandmother would push me to get married before she is "no longer here" (her words), even though she knows very well that it won't be to a nice Italian man.
My relatives have come a long way since extended family members outed me at age 20 after perusing my Facebook page. Surely, this is just a phase, they thought. How could a feminine woman whose favorite pastime is shopping possibly not like men? Thankfully, the trauma of coming out was cushioned by the recent progression of LGBT rights.
It's much easier to feel comfortable in your own skin when Callie and Arizona are tying the knot on Grey's Anatomy and the President takes a stand for marriage equality. The people I love quickly realized that who I date doesn't dictate my interests, morals, or personality. My sexuality is a part of me, but it doesn't define me. Just because I like girls doesn't mean I'm two seconds away from chopping off my hair and moving to a vegan commune (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Janice and I have also been fortunate enough to have the support of her family, though the road to acceptance has been rocky. For years, Janice's parents believed that their having dressed her in her male cousin's secondhand clothing as a young child had "turned" her gay. Today, they are supportive and proud.
Though we are lucky enough to have a strong support system and to live in an era in which support for LGBT rights has become mainstream, we're still met with painful reminders of our otherness whenever we encounter mean-spirited stares or hear about hate crimes on the news. I never forget that I'm living freely and openly thanks to early pioneers of gay rights who sacrificed a great deal. But the progress I've seen in the last decade gives me hope that one day soon, every parent will welcome their LGBT children with open hearts (and maybe even a bear hug). Because when it comes down to it, my sexuality says as little about who I am as my hair or skin color. And in the age of marriage equality and shows like Modern Family, it really shouldn't be a big deal at all.


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