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Play hard and try to win games. Actually, I guess that should always be the goal for every sports team, for like ever. But, I guess, for arguments sake, the "culture change" thingy.
Play hard and try to win games. Actually, I guess that should always be the goal for every sports team, for like ever. But, I guess, for arguments sake, the "culture change" thingy.
Trade for a small forward who is above dleague material
I don't understand how none of you understand that there is no such thing as a re-build, i've been reading this site for years wondering when someone will put the pieces together. no historically winning team gets anywhere with this re-build idea. ie. lakers celtics, spurs. what it takes preferable destination teams to get back to winning at a high level should not take a team more then a year or two. when you here any team talking about a re build all it means is the owners not paying for a good team, yet will still profit. Teams with cheap owners get their GMs to say this to the public, to calm down the reaction of their fan base. this allows a fan to say ya we suck but were rebuilding so ill keep cheering my team on. The reality of the current state of the raptors is that we were owned by the teachers, bottom line profit. now we are owned by two massive company's who are willing to throw advertising money into the raptors players and still reap the rewards for their all ready thriving company's. thus benefiting the raptors organisation over all. imo we will not see any of these rewards for at least 2 maybe 3 more seasons because of the state of the team our current GM has us in. Bell/rogers will put money into the raptors but not untill the time is right. bc will be gone nest year, we will tank next year and land wiggins in the draft, then we need a payroll of at least 80 million worth of players around him including and all star and a ex all star along with 2 or 3 vets who can still play +/- basketball for a good 15 - 20 min a game.
The focus this year should be to win as many games as possible and get into this culture change thing. Tanking would be silly, we don't have our pick unless we tank in the extreme and get lucky plus we already have a whole throng of young players who need to develop. So let's just try to actually win, see where we are in need of improvement and try to get better next year. We already have a lot of young talented players and so far we have been in almost every game we've played, it's now a matter of teaching our guys how to win games down the stretch and make winning plays.
I'm personnally watching Demar Derozen this year, he is scoring way more efficiently this year and as much as some people like the say he is getting no calls, he is getting to the line 5.2 times per game, which is good for 15th in the league: to put that in perspective Dwayne Wade is 14th. Coincidentally Lowry is 11th on that list which puts us in with the Lakers, the Heat, and the Thunder as the only teams with 2 or more players in the top 15.
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."
i hope the team stays they same, and we keep losing close games after the season ends lets just pray we fall between 4 and 14 so we can get that monkey off our backs ( our pick to okc ) once we are approaching the trade deadline trade bargs and jose for picks but not 2013 draft we want 2014 draft picks, try to get rid of LK. next season let DD, JV and KL ED and and Ross start tank the season and i mean tank lets get less then 10 wins, then draft(2014) wiggins and trade the 2014 picks (bargs and jose) and cash and player for a FA all star on a team that has one year left on his contract and the team he is currently on is worried he will walk and they get nothing, and fill the rest with vets. This is how you construct a good team. you do not try to develop more then one young asset at a time.
Haaa - when we're 4 and 54 he'll write that we're right on course, what's all the panic about???
9th, so OKC gets a late pick
BTW Matt, what's with all of these negative threads? Loosen up a little.
The focus should be on cleaning house so the new GM can have as clean a slate as possible. Start with the GM and his entire crew, the scouting department and work your way down to the coaching staff. In effect, anyone in management and any coach or other staff that was there pre-Casey: automatically fired. Best scout in the world? Awesome. Colangelo hired you? Fired. Your things are in a box in the alley. Here's the buyout. Good luck!
Take Wayne Embry, give him a million bucks to be the interim GM and tell him to unload salary and players like he did in 2006. Bag of balls for Landry Fields? Done. Case of Coke Zero for Bargnani? Excellent. Done. Starbucks giftcard for Amir? Perfect, done. Kleiza? Waived. Bought out. Whatever. Buy them all out. Start over. Do what you shoudl have done 3 years ago if you'd have had real owners.
The focus for the rest o the season should be to develop the youngsters while putting together a package of Jose, Bargs and Amir for an impact type player.
Actually, I don't think Jose Bargs and Amir will get you an impact player so I would settle for a physical PF like Milsap or Jefferson.
I chose trying to go back to the culture of last season, to do that, Coach Casey has a couple things to do:
1. Hold guys accountable: He's had quite the short leash (in terms of last season), on putting guys on their asses if they aren't going to perform at the effort they should be. Those guys included Calderon, Derozan, Bargnani. Our main guys last season. Now, it's not nearly the same. Coach Casey has Bargnani through "hell or high water", which quite frankly may be a good or bad message. Yes, players gain the confidence of their coaches, but how long can you tolerate a player going 2-19, and playing below average defense (as usual)? He's got to start going back to the "hot hand". Also, he's been inconsistent, one day he'll say "we kept Amir over Jonas, because Amir was the hot hand," or he'll go to say "Bargnani is our guy, no matter what the circumstances."
2. Go back to playing 'grind-it-out' basketball, and protecting the paint: Coach Casey came into the season, with no doubt a better, more capable team on both ends of the floor, although specifically, upgraded offensively. The one thing I believe he did wrong throughout this entire process of "accelerated rebuild", is ASSUMING the team has already inherited the defensive, 'pound-the-rock' culture. I felt he didn't do a great job of that, because of the fact you had key players last season (Bayless, James Johnson, Barbosa, Forbes, etc.) all gone. You built a culture on a team that, quite frankly had no future with the organization, now left with below average defenders, or solid AT BEST. (Derozan {Solid defender}, Bargnani, Calderon). Not to mention, trying to create a team that will play up-tempo, which they haven't been successful in at ALL (looking back at Triano's years), and how successful has a run-and-gun offense been without coaches named George Karl, Mike D'antoni, or players named Steve Nash?...
3. Be CONSISTENT: I feel he's gone frantic and crazy all over the place, with the rotations so far this season. A 2-point-guard lineup, playing 12 guys, not playing your key guys at the end of games, keeping an ineffective rotation out for an extended period of time. All of these things have hurt the team. The best teams in the league have depth, but the best teams in the league are disciplined in their rotations, and minutes passed out to their guys. Jonas Valanciunas MUST be playing in the 4th quarter - unless of course he has fouled out, or having a poor performance - Bargnani, Calderon, Derozan must be sitting if they are not producing or giving the effort on either end. Create a 9-man rotation, that you believe is most effective for a team to be successful in a game. Try to mix-and-match lineups so they aren't totally liable offensively, or defensively. A lot of this goes back to holding players accountable.
Just a couple of opinions of mine, and I know for a fact, that I'm not the only who's observed some different coaching from Casey & co. from last season, to present. It's time for a shake-up as well, with guys hurting the overall environment of the team, it's best bet to try and get young assets, and guys who will play hard every night on this team, instead of trying to do things faster, and having loyalty on a guy, who quite honestly is doing much for you.
#FireBC #TradeBargnani #FreeEdDavis
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
we are in such a f-up situation how do we even know if bc is as bad as he looks, i was looking up how much money he was allowed to spend for the suns compared to what hes allowed to with the raps, and just as i thought in his tenure in toronto shows he has been trying to make a winning team while spending alot less money(and im sure this was not his decision to make) ill say this thou im in sales myself and if my boss told me i had to perform at the same rate of sales while cutting my budget by millions im not sure what i would do...... thank god we have new owners..... should only take a couple years to right the ship..... in this reseach i happened to notice some thing, steve nash has been grossly underpaid for the last ten years wow look it up.
what was the goal for this year? lose to the better teams, beat the worse teams, split the middle teams. wind up close to .500 and fight for a playoff spot while creating a team out of guys who had just met. Lose to better teams? brooklyn, boston, dallas, okc, utah, denver, san antonio etc.....check. Fight against the middle teams? Split with indy, lost both to philly, beat minny....check. Beat the worse teams? beat suns & magic, lost to charlotte and detroit by a total of 2 pts. So far all is going to plan. Well, we did lose to half the teams we were supposed to beat but if you're going to say the evaluation of a season in progress can be judged by two one point controversial losses...go ahead. I won't. We may be on our way to a lost season, we just haven't played enough bad teams to make me see that yet. Think of the Denver game as a metaphor for the season. Don't go to bed at halftime. i guess that puts me part option 1 and part option 5.
I thought the thread was a good idea. Guess not. Sorry for attempting meaningful conversation on what looks like a lost season at the moment.
calderon,bargnani, and derozan need to go. We have 4 capable starers in lowry,ross,jv and ed.
Same goes for JV. Lets give him some looks in the post, see what he can do. When weve done this, hes actually been pretty damn good. No Aaron Gray. No AA. MP only in small spurts. No JC for 30+ minutes
To me, this goes one of two ways. 1) We lose even more (is this possible??) - and actually have a legit shot at a top 3 pick or 2) we realize that our young guys are actually our best players and we make a bit of a run, setting up the nucleus for next year.
One other note .. people seem to be morally offended by giving OKC the 4th pick vs the 14th pick. From our perspective - the outcome is identical. We lose the pick and get our pick for next year. As a result, wouldnt you rather be in the bottom five with a legit shot at a top 3 pick? I know its not a great draft .. but a top 3 pick is still a top 3 pick. And .. I sure as hell hope we arent in contention for another top 3 pick next year. Ya, the draft is better .. but holy shit, that will mean a lot of bad ball over the next 2 years ..
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Apple files Apple iPad design with China's Patent and Trademark Office
0. phoneArena posted on 20 Jan 2013, 01:21
On Friday, Apple filed two designs of the Apple iPad with China's Patent and Trademark Office in an attempt to trademark the tablet's looks in the country; one black and white and one color image was sent under International Class 009 which covers computers, peripherals and the like in an attempt to avoid last year's patent battle with Proview over the use of the iPad name...
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1. cripton805 (Posts: 1485; Member since: 18 Mar 2012)
What Apple wants, Apple gets. Spoiled brat.
9. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)
Protecting innovation isn't being spoiled.
11. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
your name should be:
stupid is as stupid does...
19. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Also with that avatar of hes™®©
12. lolioslol (banned) (Posts: 182; Member since: 10 Dec 2012)
Shut. The. F*ck. Up.
26. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
your comment contains much less profanity that Mxyzptlk's.. Thumbs up!
23. Tele7 (Posts: 47; Member since: 12 Dec 2012)
You know people had already used a rectrangle with rounded corners, it was called "brick", it is not innovation
29. JC557 (Posts: 1865; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
Well, it was known as Candybar form factor. Then it became slate after they became larger touchscreens.
25. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)
Yes, true, protecting innovation isn't being spoiled, but protecting stupidity is. And apple is always doing the latter.
24. cheetah2k (Posts: 1836; Member since: 16 Jan 2011)
Its a bit late. All those Chinese copies would be considered prior art..
2. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
So did they get name "iphone" in Mexico?
3. mick25 (banned) (Posts: 110; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
Good luck trying win a patent battle in China.
13. lolioslol (banned) (Posts: 182; Member since: 10 Dec 2012)
This. I think they will find the Chinese are less receptive to their bullsh*t shenanigans.
15. mick25 (banned) (Posts: 110; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
Chinese legal system is much different than that of US and EU. On top of that, Chinese domestic manufacturers are supported and even subsidized by the government. Apple is well aware of this.
27. troutsy (Posts: 334; Member since: 17 Feb 2012)
Silly Apple, everyone knows that China's Patent and Trademark office is a shadow corporation owned by the Copying and Producing Cheap Knock-off Office.
They just handed over the designs to every competitor in China!
4. wildcard (Posts: 65; Member since: 15 Jan 2013)
apple is all about money money money an thing last forever
18. darkkjedii (Posts: 26800; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
What company isn't about money?
20. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
But no company is like Apple, dirty, greedy, stealing other peoples invention, and patenting what does not belong to them, also letting no others using this!
5. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 4567; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Great!! More patent wars we can look forward to!
6. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Description of the patent should be:
"A large rectangular device with rounded corners with a multi-touch display housed in a thick screen bezel."
7. tedkord (Posts: 15731; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
"Apple files Kinght-Ridder Tablet design with China's Patent and Trademark Office"
Fixed your headline for you.
8. roscuthiii (Posts: 2344; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
So... just filed for but not granted yet? How long does the process usually take in China to be granted a patent?
Given that it's China, good luck to Apple trying to litigate against any company there they feel infringes on their patent. If thermonuclear war isn't working out so well for them in the Western world, I'd love to see how it pans out in the Far East.
I guess that only leaves litigation against non-Chinese companies. I wouldn't be surprised if the Tim Cook visit and the iPhone financing options isn't simply a ploy to cement a "most favored nation" bargain with the Chinese government: Apple finances their devices in China to make them appear more affordable, Apple won't litigate against Chinese manufacturers in foreign markets because they *license* the designs filed in the Chinese PTO keeping the terms privy only to themselves... and in exchange, when Apple sues a foreign competitor in China it won't be tossed out of court as is happening in basically the rest of the world. Outside of the US that is.
10. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
China do not do it - they only copied previous tablets that never sold very well or copied previous ideas already out there...proof is out there...
14. lolioslol (banned) (Posts: 182; Member since: 10 Dec 2012)
What a great way to boost their image in China! I mean they're doing so well already, providing gainful employment to thousands of Chinese, trying to make a deal with China Mobile, I'm sure tying up their legal system with their never ending bullsh*t will go over just as well as it did everywhere else in the world.
Well done apple, take a bow, you are done.
16. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
These are nothing but signs of nervousness.
17. dorianb (Posts: 616; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
I wonder how much they're gonna pay for this patent & still get sued & lose in China.
21. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
They have plenty of money to waste, its good all there money is spent on litigation and not on innovation™®©
22. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Well Goophone has patents to lot of these things i guess ... apple has just filed ... filing doesn't mean granted. So lets wait and watch :)

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Equine Guelph Launches 'Full-Circle Responsibility'
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"What about the neighbour down the street who has fallen on hard times and is unable to afford sufficient hay to feed his horses?" Ecker asks. "All of us have a responsibility to take the necessary steps to prevent a horse from suffering."
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The plight of the unwanted or neglected horse is a growing welfare issue in North America. Seldom does a week go by without a publicized horse welfare issue in some form of neglect, abuse, or abandonment. With an aim to provide a greater foundation of knowledge regarding the welfare of the horse, this year Equine Guelph (the horse owner and caregiver's center at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada) has launched its latest awareness campaign, "Full-Circle-Responsibility."
Through this educational initiative, Equine Guelph's goal is to assist horse owners to develop the necessary tools and skills to make sound management decisions based on scientific research in order to support the well-being of the horse.
With the current economic climate and changes in the racing sector in Ontario, many in the horse industry have been forced to look for ways to live more frugally. Unfortunately in many cases, it's the horse that suffers.
"The majority of horse owners and riders have a strong attachment to their horses, and would not purposely go out of their way to neglect a horse," says Gayle Ecker, director of Equine Guelph. "But proper equine welfare goes far beyond providing the basics of food and water. It's about how the horse is managing with the conditions in which it lives. It's about taking full responsibility for horse ownership right up until the end."
What is Equine Welfare?
The simple definition of welfare, or "quality of life," can at times be unclear, as this term can mean different things to different people. This is especially true of equine welfare, where breeds vary greatly in their needs. Nonetheless, everyone can agree that providing good welfare to horses should be based on both physical and mental health.
In the past, society normally regarded equine welfare only as it relates to the animal's physiology and its environment, such as feeding and shelter. But over the past 15 years, the science of animal welfare has made huge developments in recognizing their needs by expanding the concept of welfare and management issues of the horse to include also their well-being and related tolerable threshold of pain, suffering, or neglect.
What's Best for the Horse?
Just last year, Equine Canada and the National Farm Animal Care Council came together to provide horse owners with updated guidelines for general equine management with the release of Canada's new "Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines."
"The code was developed for both the professional and the individual owner for the health and welfare of horses," says Jack de Wit, director with the Equine Canada Board of Directors and chair of the Code Development Committee.
The code was established to develop and enforce guidelines for minimum standards for horse welfare, including proper nutrition, appropriate shelter, disease prevention and treatment, humane handling, and, when necessary, humane euthanasia. Its development was led by an 18-person committee made up of equine owners, caregivers, animal welfare and enforcement representatives, researchers, veterinarians, and government representatives. A five-person scientific committee, which included researchers with expertise in equine behavior, health, and welfare, also aided in its concept.
Printed copies of the 92-page "Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines" are available by contacting Equine Canada; the code can also be viewed or downloaded at www.nfacc.ca/codes-of-practice/equine.
Meanwhile in Ontario, a new organization was formed to contribute to improvements in farm animal care and welfare. Established in January 2012, Farm & Food Care is the first coalition of its type in Canada and resulted from the amalgamation of the Ontario Farm Animal Council and Agricultural Groups Concerned about Resources and Environment in order to bring awareness, appreciation, and information to farmers to help ensure that farm animals are raised in a responsible manner.
"While we do not specifically represent horses at Farm & Food Care, there are many parallels that exist between farm animals," said Kristen Kelderman, farm animal care coordinator of Farm & Food Care Ontario, based in Guelph. "Regardless of whether you are taking care of a cow, horse, pig, or chicken, good farm animal welfare should be the same across all species."
Farm & Food Care offers a farm animal care helpline to assist farmers with management-type issues, but is not meant for legitimate abuse or cases where laws have been broken.
"We do not take horse (abuse) calls, because we do not have this agreement on the horse side," states Kelderman. "When people do call our office about horses, we recommend that they call the OSPCA (Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) directly. The helpline does not have the mandate or resources to respond to the thousands of calls that the OSPCA does, but is simply another tool for people to use when they are concerned for an animal's welfare."
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Equine welfare is a human responsibility and should extend beyond our farm gates, says Ecker.
"While your horses are being properly cared for, what about the neighbor down the street who has fallen on hard times and is unable to afford sufficient hay to feed his horses?" she asks. "Do we turn a blind eye and hope they'll be alright until the spring? That the problem will fix itself? All of us have a responsibility to take the necessary steps to prevent a horse from suffering. As they can't speak, we must speak for them."
To own and care for a horse should be a privilege, not a pastime. Equine welfare education is one important key to helping overcome limited mindsets, creating a system of accountably, and ultimately preventing inhumane practice.
In partnership with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Equine Guelph is developing a "Full-Circle-Responsibility" equine welfare educational initiative which stands to benefit the welfare of horses in both the racing and non-racing industries.
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Has it been cold where you are? I am way over winter. Yesterday I had a training run with my marathon group and we ran 6 miles in extremely cold temperatures. The temp was –1 with –11 wind chill when we headed out at 8:00 AM. Yes, something is wrong with us. LOL! I have no interest in repeating that anytime soon. I don't think my toes thawed until mile 4. My hands did fair a little better due to a find at Fleet Feet this week – Hot Lava Instant Heat Pack made by BioRelief. You click the little button in these puppies and they heat up and stay warm for about an hour. They can be reused. You boil them to return them to their natural state. While my hands did get a little cold by the end of the run, I am sure they were much better off than if I hadn't used these new packs at all. I warmed myself up last night with some spicy tuna rolls & cabernet at Molly Woo's. Can't beat gluten-free sushi & wine, right?
I am hoping for a warm up this week, but I am not sure that I am going to get that wish. One can hope, right?
Sunday – Breakfast for dinner – craving some sweet potato hash browns
Monday- BBQ chicken breasts, parmesan potatoes, steamed broccoli & salad
Tuesday – Mexican night – going to try to encourage Jon to branch out – perhaps burritos or chimichangas
Wednesday – Shrimp pasta, roasted veggies and salad
Thursday – Burgers, baked steak fries, green beans & salad
Friday – Leftovers or pizza
Saturday – Spaghetti & bison meatballs and salad
Baked Goods
I am feeling brownies this week.
Maple Oat Scones
Week in Review
T.G.I.Friday's adds gluten-free menu
Gluten-free groceries – what you need to know.
Cherbourg Bakery to hold grand opening this week.
Review: Peas of Mind Veggie Wedgies & Puffets.
Post introduces 90 calorie marshmallow treats – gluten-free
Kikkomen introduces gluten-free soy sauce
Stay warm! Hope you have a wonderful week!


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Work party at Corbin Park Disc Golf Course on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 11am. Clearing out the alternate basket location "SLEEVE'S" See the Corbin Park thread for more details, thanks. NIDGC
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sooooo im the generator and shop vac guy, and i expect as many corbin lovers possible here for the work party ive got some trash bags as well for a little clean up, if anyone else has anything to add please bring with.
see ya tomorrow at 11amFrisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up to the roof and gets stuck - George Carlin
Very nice little work party we had. It turned out VERY successful albeit a bit of a struggle at times because some of those sleeves put up a good fight. We had 7 show up overall and we got the sleeves cleared for hole 4 (both long positions), hole 8 short, Hole 13 short, hole 14 left (nearest the river), and the dreaded long long position (the seldom played and seen one) for hole 18 (the 3rd position near the dugout). SO now all holes have all sleeves useable again and we even had one of the helper clear off the outside band of ALL the baskets of the peppering of aces from throughout the year. Take note everyone that aces will be cleaned off the bands at Corbin so you will be better off just writing your ace on your disc because we will take it off the basket, nobody cares about your ace on a 200 ft hole that you play 25 times a month anyway - plus it really is a form of vandalism, period! Thanks to everyone who came out to clear sleeves and clean baskets. We got everything done that we hoped to accomplish. The only thing that I didn't get to do was play a round after but am looking forward to my next round there, especially with 18 in the LONG position. Nice work NIDGC and volunteers.
im sorry you missed the doubles round afterward. we had a great time, even had a buddy playin cali. oh and an ace on 13 as well. all in all a very good dayFrisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up to the roof and gets stuck - George Carlin
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Snuppy, the first male cloned dog, was also created by Seoul National University researchers in 2005.
The findings have been published in the Theriogenology veterinary journal.
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Is Downtrodden Weinstein Company Paying to Play at New Showtime?
Disgruntled as its recent self-esteem plunge has made us, no one could realistically suggest that the Weinstein Company is what you'd call "circling the drain." Maybe "studying the drain," or even "pawning the drain," if today's latest Harvey newsflash is to be believed: The Weinsteins have locked up a deal with Showtime as the premium-cable outlet for 95 films over seven years. Starting in 2009, the agreement covers both Weinstein Company and Dimension Films releases, including the so-hot-no-one-will-claim-it Inglorious Bastards and Rob Marshall's musical Nine.
The best part, though? According to reports (excerpted after the jump) the Weinsteins are actually paying Showtime to air their product:
[I]n an unusual twist, the indie distributor apparently will make an advance "bonus" payment of as much as $100 million to the pay cable channel.
As in other pay TV deals, Showtime would parcel out payments to the Weinsteins according to the performance of the various films at the domestic boxoffice — minus the prepayment, which is essentially a discount on the amount Showtime will owe the supplier.
Declining to discuss the financial terms of the deal, the Weinstein Co. co-chief Harvey Weinstein called the suggestion of a prepayment clause "rumor and innuendo" but added that in his opinion, the deal is "a game-changer" for his company.
The only game we see changing is Showtime's, which blew off Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM (the Weinsteins' original cable partner) demands three months ago and which, before yesterday, didn't have a theatrical output deal in place. That it achieved not only that, but got the distributor to pay for it, thus underwriting a good chunk of the original programming it needs to keep its carriers happy? That's awesome.
Granted, it's TWC — the $100 million is widely perceived as insurance against the day when Matt Blank's hotline to Harvey bounces back with an automated disconnection message. And regardless of whether or not Harvey pulls out the big '08-'09 he's planning — Gawker's analysis seems to suggest otherwise — Showtime will need more than Tarantino Oscar bait to fill its slate (its Viacom divorce partner CBS Films is good for roughly 30-40 projects in that time). But as marriages of convenience go, we've seen worse. Anyway, it's hard to resist the idea of the new Showtime as something of a mail-order bride. Best of luck to all!


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The judge at the hearing assigned four experts to analyze the cruise ship's data recorder and ordered them to report their findings in July, confirming predictions by Prosecutor Francesco Verusio that examination of the data, as well as of conversations involving officers on the ship's bridge, could take months.
Prosecutors must decide whether to seek a trial against the captain, other top officers and officials of Italian cruise company Costa Crociere SpA, which is owned by Miami-based Carnival Corp. Crucial to their decision could be the experts' conclusions on several details, including the Concordia's velocity when it slammed into a reef the night of Jan. 13 off Giglio island, its exact route and what commands were given by whom and when.
Participants acknowledged that the search for truth and justice will be a long one.
"Today is just the beginning," said Francesco Compagna, a lawyer for some passengers and an injured Russian crew member, Irina Nazarova. "It is the first day. We don't expect quick things but we think that the investigation must follow in all the directions," said the lawyer.
The shipwreck killed 25 people, and seven others are missing and presumed dead. Captain Francesco Schettino is accused of abandoning ship while many of the 4,200 passengers and crew were still aboard during a confused evacuation.
Prosecutors say the captain steered the ship too close to the island to show off the vessel to islanders in a publicity stunt.
Survivor Sergio Ammarota, among those who entered the hearing, said he wanted to know "exactly how it (the crash) happened and why the captain ... could have carried out such a maneuver."
Compagna added that lawyers are trying to determine "that it was not the first time that the Costa boats used to go very close to the island."
Schettino has previously claimed that the reef, which appears on many tourist maps, wasn't on his navigational charts. Schettino is also accused of abandoning ship while many passengers and crew were still aboard, and struggling to escape. Some of the passengers and crew jumped into the water and swam to shore after the Concordia's tilt made it impossible to lower all the life boats.
Four experts were appointed by the court to examine the data recorder. Lawyers emerging from the theater at the end of the daylong hearing, which was closed to the general public and journalists, said the judge ordered the experts to present their findings at a hearing on July 21.
Costa Crociere has distanced itself from Schettino, contending that he made an "unauthorized" maneuver that took him perilously too close to the island. It has said that only once, in August, was the cruise ship allowed to sail close to Giglio, because of a special occasion on the island.
A lawyer for Schettino — who is accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship — slipped into the theater through a backdoor. Schettino, who is under house arrest in his home near Naples, denies wrongdoing and didn't attend the hearing.
Schettino's lawyer, Bruno Leporatti, later told reporters that the captain expects that the black box exam will "further confirm what he already told investigators."
Italian law allows injured parties to attach civil suits to criminal cases, and at least some of the survivors or lawyers or relatives of the victims who came to the hearing are pressing requests for compensation.
"The compensation that has been proposed to our clients absolutely is not in line with the damage suffered," lawyer Michelina Suriano said. The Italian news agency LaPresse quoted Suriano as saying her clients were offered (euro) 11,000 (about $15,000) by the cruise company.
Much of Saturday's hearing was devoted to just who will allowed by the court to attach lawsuits to the case.
Among those rebuffed were residents of Giglio, an island that lives off tourism and where the wreck of the Concordia still rests on a rocky stretch of sea bed just outside the main port. Their lawyer, Pier Paolo Lucchesi, said the decision by Judge Valeria Montesarchio was tantamount to dividing injured parties "into major league and minor league."
Environmental groups were among others that were excluded. So far no major oil spill from the wreck has occurred, but there are fears the wreckage, with its refuse and other contents, will spoil the pristine waters off Giglio, which host dolphins, wheels and other sea life.
The conversations among Schettino and his officers, and with Italian coast guard officials, are crucial in determining what happened, and why the captain initially told the coast guard there was a blackout aboard, but didn't mention the collision.
Some conversations have already been made public, including one played on Italian TV in which a coast guard official based in Livorno, on the mainland, in a phone call repeatedly orders a reluctant Schettino to get back on his ship and direct the evacuation and rescue efforts.
Giulia Bongiorno, a lawyer for some of the passengers, said she would press the court to order analyze of recorded conversations from the time the Concordia left the port of Civitavecchia a few hours before the collision and not just immediately before and following the accident and evacuation.
She also is seeking examination of recorded conversation between the captain and his officers on the bridge and the engine room.
Among those present Saturday was the Italian cruise company itself. "We are an injured party, we lost a ship," Marco De Luca, a lawyer for Costa Crociere contended.
Another lawyer representing passengers — Giuseppe Grammatico — is also a survivor. Grammatico told reporters that some passengers, including himself, seized the initiative to be evacuated, because orders weren't forthcoming from the ship's officials.
"Just think, our lifeboat was lowered into the water because we insisted that it be done without an order from the captain," Grammatico said.
Relatives of some of the missing, including Frenchwoman Mylene Litzler, were among those attending the hearing.
Costa Crociere again came under the spotlight earlier in the week when a fire broke out in the generator room of the Costa Allegra, leaving the cruise ship without power and adrift in waters known to be prowled by pirates in the Indian Ocean. The ship arrived in the Seychelles after three days under tow. There were no injuries.
"I can understand the Costa Allegra's fire," angry Concordia survivor Patrizia Bagnasco, who came to the hearing, said. "But for the Concordia, we're talking about an unexplainable human error," LaPresse quoted her as saying.


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NCUA Approves Alloya/CenCorp Merger; Member Vote Pending
The NCUA on Thursday approved a request to merge the $1.37 billion Central Corporate CU into the $1.4 billion Alloya Corporate FCU.
Alloya CEO Chuck Furbee made the announcement in a letter to members posted on the Warrenville, Ill., corporate's website.
Regulator approval is just one step in the process; CenCorp members still have to vote to approve the deal.
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Should the Southfield, Mich.-based CenCorp's 330 members vote to approve the merger during a special meeting on April 4, Furbee said he anticipates the merger would occur by the end of April.
The consolidation would push the surviving Alloya's assets to nearly $3 billion, making it roughly the same size as the $2.7 billion Catalyst FCU of Plano, Texas. Only the $4.2 billion Corporate One FCU of Columbus, Ohio, would be larger.
CenCorp members would convert to Alloya systems later this year, Furbee told members in the letter. He also said Alloya members can learn more about the merger during the corporate's next scheduled transparency webinar on Thursday, March 28.


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LAKELAND, Fla. - Deputies say they have arrested the stepmother of a 14-year-old accused of bullying a girl prior to her suicide.
Vivian Vosburg, 30, has been charged with two counts of child abuse with bodily harm and four counts of child neglect, according to Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Officials said Vosburg beat a child with her fists in her home as several other children watched.
Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference Friday afternoon that one child in the home took a cellphone video of the beating and posted it on Facebook.
Judd says Vosburg is the stepmother of one of two girls charged with felony aggravated stalking earlier in the week. Officials say the girls bullied and harassed 14-year-old Rebecca Sedwick before she committed suicide.
Deputies said Vivian Vosburg's charges are not related to the arrest of her daughter, 14-year-old Guadalupe Shaw.
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Fred Honor calls his grandfather Elijah Davis his hero. Davis was honored Saturday on his 100th birthday during an event attended by more than 300 people.
Fred Honor calls his grandfather, Elijah Davis, his hero.
Davis was honored Saturday on his 100th birthday during an event attended by more than 300 people.
"Grandfather Davis taught me how to be a man, to have a good wife and treat her with respect," Honor, 32, said as he waited to have a photo taken with his grandfather, along with his wife, Aurora, and their son, Xaivier, 6.
Davis, a Marion County native, also was recognized for his devotion to his 11 children, 30 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren, and his service to his friends and community during the gathering at Howard Academy Community Center.
Davis and his wife of more than seven decades, Elizabeth Inez Davis, who died in 2002, had nine daughters, Carmelita Maxey, Adelle Clayton, Gwendolyn Davis, Gracelyn Honor, Zelderstine Jackson, Meltonia Moore, Sheron Madison, Junie K. Hunter-Pate and Delphenia Davis-Hyche; and two sons, Elijah C. Davis and Roland Davis.
All the children were raised at the home Davis built himself about 79 years ago in northeast Marion County, according to Gracelyn Honor. The home recently was moved to accommodate the widening of Baseline Road, she said.
Roland Davis traveled from Seattle, Wash., and granddaughter Carmen Williams came from Brentwood, Calif., to join the celebration. Elijah Davis' first great-grandchild, and the recipient of the Elizabeth I. Davis Scholarship, Kymberly Cloud, 37, also attended. Cloud, who has a bachelor's degree in journalism, has been involved in producing the annual Oscar presentations show.
Family members described Elijah Davis as a devoted Christian, hard worker, strict disciplinarian, pianist and musician, and "the eldest deacon at House of God Church."
Davis said "faith and family" were what sustained him during his century of living.
"I remember my father mainly on his knees praying," said Maxey.
Hunter-Pate recalled her dad "working in the fields and holding church service in our home. We are a close-knit family."
"Dad used to comb my hair. Dad took us to our activities after school, and he was a hard worker," Jackson said.
"We were told we had to stay in school. My mother, who wrote poetry and did prison ministry at Lowell, worked as a nurse, an educator, and retired with the Marion County schools' custodial service. My dad was maintenance manager at the Fairways Motel. They told us they wanted us to have a better life. All 11 of us have college degrees or ratings, and four are teachers," Gracelyn Honor said.
Cousins Glossie Atkins, Althea Jacobs and Kecheta McCoy also attended the party.
"Elijah Davis would share anything he had," said Atkins, who has known him practically "all my life."
Jacobs said he was a "hard worker."
"He loves the Lord," McCoy added.
According to family members, Davis volunteered for nearly 50 years at the Mount Canaan Community Youth Center, an outreach that was founded by his wife.
"Dad received letters from President Obama and Governor Scott," Gracelyn Honor said, with the missives recognizing his 100th birthday and congratulating him on 50 years of service to the community.
Surrounded by family members and smiling broadly, Davis said of being a strict disciplinarian, "It paid off."
"And you have to have a sense of humor," he added with a hearty laugh.


text: There's a great deal of speculation regarding the ultimate fate of Batman/Bruce Wayne in the forthcoming The Dark Knight Rises. The promos themselves play on the idea "the legend ends" and Nolan is finishing off his trilogy with a sense of finality. This could mean that Bruce Wayne finally accepts his role as Batman without any remaining reservation, that he finally becomes the Batman of the comics. Yet there is also a lot of speculation that Bruce Wayne/Batman is finally killed and someone else might take the role of Batman. Personally I'm really looking forward to this film after Nolan has done a damned good job with the previous two films. Personally, I'm really hoping that the sense of finality is that Batman has returned to stay by the end of the film as the person he was always meant to be. Candidly, if they do kill Bruce/Batman off, even with someone else to take his place, I will be royally pissed about it. Some might see it as balsy, but I think it would be a like dissing the fans. For myself I want my favourite superhero ultimately triumphant over terrific odds and to live on to fight the good fight. Thoughts anyone?


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RSI said Thursday, June 5, 2014 that the first-ever Canadian exhibition will combine the exhibits of the RSI and the Canadian Association of Railway Suppliers (CARS) with more than 50 Coordinated Mechanical Associations (CMA) technical and educational sessions.
As well, RAC's Canadian Rail Summit will include conference sessions on a wide range of topics, including: Supply Chain Competitiveness (freight and intermodal); Upcoming Canadian Transportation Agency Review; and Safety Management Systems and Culture.
"Excitement is building for this first joint event with RSI, CMA, CARS and RAC in Canada, which offers attendees a unique opportunity to network with North American railway supply industry representatives," said RSI President Tom Simpson.
"With our U.S. and Canadian associations working together, I am confident that this show will be a true success," said CARS Executive Director Sylvie Newell. "The railways will have the opportunity to network with over 140 exhibiting suppliers from North America and many more attendees. I'm extremely pleased to have CN's support on this event and CN President and CEO Claude Mongeau as our keynote speaker at the opening plenary session."
Registration options for attendees include a full conference pass for US$300 or an exhibition-only pass for US$250. Full conference registration includes access to the Canadian Rail Summit and all of the Coordinated Mechanical Associations technical and educational sessions. Fees also cover entrance into the exhibit hall during show hours, the opening plenary session, and all meals and receptions on the exhibit hall floor.
Exhibits will be hosted by the RSI, and members of CARS and RAC will have access to the RSI exhibit space at the RSI member rate. The exhibit hall will feature more than 140 exhibits and 30,000 square feet of space. Meals and receptions will be held on the exhibit hall floor.
"The Canadian Rail Summit will give railways, suppliers and other stakeholders an excellent chance to exchange ideas about the important areas that are impacting the industry," said RAC President and CEO Michael Bourque. "We're very much looking forward to holding this year's event with our partners, old and new."
The Coordinated Mechanical Associations include Air Brake Association, Inc. (ABA), International Association of Railway Operating Officers (IAROO), League of Railway Industry Women (LRIW), Locomotive Maintenance Officers Association (LMOA), and Mechanical Association Railcar Technical Services (MARTS).
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I think the joy of having a breakthrough is so much more intense after you've been researching for years and years, because they are so few and far between. I had one the other day and it illustrates how the most basic of rules of genealogy methodology are always instructive.
Shown at left is my grandmother, the ever-wonderful Mattie Mae Springer, born in Hardin County, TN in 1921. Her line has been a huge brick wall for me–both of her parents, in fact. Her parents, Walter Springer and Effie Fendricks, were both also born in TN and I trace them both pretty well. It is their parents who have stopped me cold. Both sets of parents indicate on the census that they were born in Alabama, so of course the big problem becomes where in Alabama? I'll focus on Effie since that's where the breakthrough came in.
Effie's father was Mike Fendricks and I find him first as a young man, newly married in Hardin County, TN with his wife and infant child in 1880. The surname is odd–there were none even close to that I could locate in TN. In fact, it took me several years to even locate Mike Fendricks in 1880 because the census taker as you can see wrote "Fenwick".
Mike Fendricks was not in TN in 1870–I assumed he was still living in Alabama at that point. In those early years, I was not as well learned in the art of census searching as I am now, but I also have not been great at conceiving of surname variations.
I did find him in 1900 (now spelled Fendrix) and subsequently on all the other censuses in TN until his death.
The most interesting thing of note on this census was that his father was listed as being from "Washington, DC". That jumped out at me and are the sorts of clues you've got to really be good at catching because they'll help you later on.
I diligently researched all of his children, finding good data on all except one or two. After that, Mike Fendricks fell into a black hole, where I just couldn't find anything. I couldn't find my Mike in 1870 in Alabama–there were too many to search without some sort of lead.
Finally, using the cluster research technique (on an associate named Dee Suggs who was also from AL) led me to focus on Lawrence County, AL. I noticed there were a few blacks with the surname "Fendrix" in 1910, 1920, etc. When I tried to trace them back on the census, I found another man named Mike "Fenrick" in 1880 in Lawrence County! Now I was really confused.Who in the heck was that? MY Mike Fendricks was 27 and living in TN at this time; could this "Mike Fenrick" be his daddy? He is 53 years old in 1880, with a wife and many children in the household. I can't make out his birthplace on this census: it is rendered as Massachusetts (MA) on Ancestry.com.
Trying to find this 2nd "Mike Fenrick" in 1870 proved fruitless. Until I used the magical wildcard symbol *. I decided to just search for all black males, no first name, last name Fen*. Viola. Up jumped "John M. Fenerick." That's right. JOHN. M. FENERICK. Talk about an odyssey of name variations.
Wow. I didn't see that one coming. But again, the wildcard technique was not one I was using in earlier years.
His first name here is John, with his likely middle name being Mike, but it is absolutely the same person who is being called "Mike" in 1880 because of the wife & children. And look what else I found:his birthplace was D.C. You know I coulda fell out my chair!! My Mike is not in the household in 1870, but going by age, this 2nd John Mike (possibly my gggrandfather) would have birthed my Mike Fendricks when he was about 18 years old.
Another interesting point is that when I researched the Fendricks/Fendrix name for white slaveowners, they seemed to all be in the Washington DC area on the 1850, 1860 slave census. My working theory is that Mike Fendricks father (John Mike) had been sold to the deep South from owners in DC. Those particular name spelling variations never occurred to me! I don't know why. It always pays to revisit brick walls every now and then, with fresh insight and fresh knowledge. I contend that every day/month/year I read journal articles, read my fellow geneabloggers , attend conferences and converse with my genea-buddies makes me better and better.
Now, on to the task of finding his slaveowner. I am so excited to get to 1870 on this line. And, yes, I did check the 1860 census to make sure he wasn't a freedman. So I filled out my "1870 Neighbor Chart" for John Fenerick where I note all the people within 10 pages of him on the census who are: black with the same surname, white with with a large amount of real estate, and any others who jump out at me for assorted reasons. My Neighbor Chart is a customized chart I created in Word to analyze ancestors on the 1870 census. I also note the prevalent surnames that blacks are using. This chart allows me to identify possible white slaveowners in order to focus my research, as well as to identify other possible black ancestors.
I have centered for now on Samuel Shackelford, a large slaveowner who lived closest to John Mike, as well as the Bynum family. The research continues!


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Where did these kids go? It's alarming to me that 14% of the class disappeared. How many are gone from the other classes?
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Original post made by John Adams, Amador Valley High School, on Feb 5, 2009
Where did these kids go? It's alarming to me that 14% of the class disappeared. How many are gone from the other classes?
a resident of Birdland
on Feb 6, 2009 at 9:47 am
If you haven't noticed, people are leaving Pleasanton. Our state unemployment rate is now over 7 percent. People don't always announce when they leave - they just pack up and go - renters and homeowners alike.
a resident of Castlewood
on Feb 6, 2009 at 8:00 pm
I'm sure they're not heading to private schools!
a resident of Del Prado
on Feb 6, 2009 at 9:56 pm
I have noticed that my son's GPA has also changed and it is not because his grades changed. Is this Zangle thing correct. I have heard that some student's GPA are wrong and colleges are finding problems with Pleasanton's transcripts. Have you hand check your kids GPA? A=4 B=3 C=2 D=1 F=0. Add up all of his grades and divide by the number of grades you just added up. This will equal his GPA.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Feb 7, 2009 at 5:06 am
"Where did these kids go? It's alarming to me that 14% of the class disappeared."
In case you haven't noticed, California is no longer the "Golden State." People and the kids they spawned are leaving. Wanna bet that's a major factor in that 14%?
a resident of Downtown
on Feb 7, 2009 at 9:07 am
Zangle and Zillow etc... are estimation sites to allow the general public to supposedly have an objective forum to measure communities equally for housing, education etc.... Unfortunately they rely on a template approach the isn't very objective. My experience with the college application process over the last several years is that Pleasanton School transcripts are very highly regarded.
Not one college that I'm aware of even considers Zangle in its admission process.
on Feb 8, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Dear Zestimates...zangle IS used in the admission process at colleges because zangle is the new system that the PUSD is using to keep track of a student's history. However they've had major problems with the implementation. Probably not surprising - the information OUT is only as good as the information IN. The GPA's and class rank and course information that is listed on a student's transcript is what is generated out of zangle....so all colleges see it eventually. The transcripts my high schoolers used to get is much more informative than what we are now getting from zangle.


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Summaries of EU Legislation
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Towards a renewed Africa-EU partnership
The Africa-EU partnership needs to evolve to support the sustainable and inclusive growth of the African continent. In view of the third EU-Africa summit of 2010 the Commission therefore presents elements which should guide the partners' cooperation priorities.
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of 10 November 2010 on the consolidation of EU Africa relations 1.5 billion people, 80 countries, two continents, one future [COM(2010) 634 final – Not published in the Official Journal].
The priorities of the Africa-EU partnership must be adapted to the new challenges of the next ten years. Enhanced relations between Africa and the European Union (EU) should in particular be beneficial for the sustainable and inclusive growth of the African continent.
Addressing common challenges together
The partners share common interests and objectives as regards:
- achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – to do this they must build on the initiatives taken by African countries and pay particular attention to the more fragile countries and the most vulnerable population groups;
- the peace and security process, monitoring of which must take place within the framework of the African Union and the UN, supported by regional mechanisms for conflict prevention;
- promoting governance, democracy, rule of law and human rights, involving, in particular, civil society and the private sector;
- defending common interests at international level and strengthening Africa's position within international organisations;
- combating climate change and environmental degradation, the sustainable management of natural resources, and disaster risk reduction.
A forward-looking vision
During the next ten years, cooperation and investment should contribute to instituting inclusive growth, promoting cooperation in terms of:
- social cohesion, by extending social protection systems and good governance of the labour market;
- developing accessible and reliable basic services and infrastructures, particularly in the energy, information and communication technologies, water and transport sectors;
- skills, innovation and entrepreneurship, including education and training;
- migration and mobility, to ensure legal migration related to the labour market, whilst monitoring the situation of vulnerable groups (such as refugees, asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors).
Cooperation should also enable the conditions for sustainable growth to be created, through:
- regional integration, driving stability, growth and development, but also through increased trade and improved economic governance;
- sustainable development and supply of raw materials, by supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and respecting the environment;
- increased agricultural production, particularly in favour of small-scale farmers, sustainable and ecologically efficient production;
- energy efficiency and sustainable energies, identifying joint action timetables, investments and tax reforms.
See also
- The website of the Africa-EU partnership, 3rd Africa-EU Summit
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My father in law has a formula that had never failed, according to him. And so far every case we've tested it on comes out with the correct gender. (It can also be usedto plan a baby.)
Add 45 + (mom's age at conception) +(mom's month of conception)
from the total number subtract consecutively (total-1-2-3...) Until you get to the lowest number positive number.
for the remaining number odd = boy, even = girl, 10 or 0 means there is a possibility for twins (but this is harder to tell)
for this pregnancy I was 27 at the time of conception and conceived in may. So I added 45+27+5= 77. Then I began to subtract 77-1-2-3..=11. Which would predict a boy, and it turned out that I'm having a boy!


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HOUSTON - Houston police are investigating a report of a female jogger being sexually assaulted and robbed at gunpoint Friday morning.
The alleged incident happened at Terry Hershey Park located on N. Eldridge Parkway in west Houston.
The woman says she was followed into the park's bathroom and attacked by two men.
After the men left, the woman ran to a nearby coffee shop and she called police and her husband.
Harris County Precinct 5 deputy constables also responded to the scene to help with the investigation.
Police have not released very many details about the case, but a neighborhood association has issued a warning to residents.
Employees at a nearby coffee shop said the victim is a regular customer who managed to run a quarter mile up North Eldridge to their cafe for help.
"I know she came here right away," said an employee. "She was definitely more shook up than anything and I'm sure just being in a comfortable place after that happened helped."
They are urging people who use Terry Hershey Park to make sure they walk, jog or bike with a friend and always carry a cell phone programmed with emergency numbers.
According to the alert emailed by the neighborhood group, the suspects are described as two black males between the ages of 18 and 20. One was wearing a black jacket and the other wore a gray sweatshirt.
If you have any information about the case, call Harris Co. Precinct 5 Constable's Office at 281-463-666.
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Fitting in seems overrated in two musicals of substance
ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor
NEXT TO NORMAL at the Kalita Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd.
Through July 3. UptownPlayers.org.
BILLY ELLIOT at the Winspear Opera House,
4103 Flora St. Through June 19.
Reality: It's so inconvenient sometimes. For Diana, the wife and mother in Next to Normal, reality often means staying drugged to the point of catatonia; for 12-year-old working class kid Billy Elliot struggling through life in an England mining town interferes with his passion to dance. Mental illness and politico-economic upheaval — not exactly the stuff of the typical song-and-dance musical. But there is little typical about either of these shows.
For Uptown Players, the regional premiere of Next to Normal is the best show the company has ever done: The best cast, all of whom are at the top of their games; the best set; the best band (a pitch-perfect performance, led by music director Scott A. Eckert); and the best directing personally for Michael Serrecchia, who moves the scenes seamlessly as the play hits you in waves, alternatingly poignant and humorous.
It's not the easiest material to make into a musical. Diana (Patty Breckenridge) had struggled with bipolar disorder for years, ever since a tragedy left her with a slipping grip on reality. Her husband Dan (Gary Floyd) has soldiered on, monitoring her prescription use and looking for warning signs. But what if Diana doesn't want to feel "normal"? What if feeling a little crazy is her baseline — it's normal for her?
At the same time we watch Dan and Diana work through their marriage, we see how their daughter Natalie (Erica Harte) and her new boyfriend Henry (Jonathan W. Gilland) mirror their relationship from 20 years ago.
These are heavy issues, but for each moment of devastation, you are simultaneously awed by its beauty and power. It helps that the score — basically a rock opera — is performed by some of the best singers around. On all her songs, Breckenridge reaches into the emotion and the musicality; nowhere is she better than on "I Miss the Mountains," a heartfelt ballad of the Jewel-Indigo Girls variety that you can imagine hearing on the radio.
Floyd's lilting tenor melds gorgeously with Anthony Carillo, playing Dan and Diana's son Gabe, especially on "I Am the One" and "It's Gonna Be Good." Carillo imbues his performance with an impressing physicality as well, bursting out of his skin on the anthem "I'm Alive."
Next to Normal, which won the Tony Award for best score as well as the Pulitzer Prize for drama, sounds sad, and sometimes it is, but its genius is leaving the audience with the memory of the power of the human spirit. This is not a musical about depression; it is a musical about hope.
You could say almost the same thing about Billy Elliot, now at the Winspear Opera House. This national tour of the Elton John hit about how a boy discovers ballet is perhaps an even less likely topic for a musical treatment, given its context: A strike during the Thatcher Administration that, in the mid-1980s, nearly resulted in a British civil war, and polarized the classes in a way that hadn't been seen in a century.
Billy (played on press night by Giuseppe Basilio, but with a rotating Billy almost each performance) is growing up amid the fiercely testosterone-fueled environs of Northern England, with a father and older brother who are miners, with only the memory of his late mother and his often soused grandmother to nurture him.
Billy is forced to study boxing, but when he wanders into a ballet class led by Mrs. Wilkinson (Faith Prince), he begins to realize that being different isn't easy, but it sure is liberating.
You know you're in a strange world, even in musical theater, where the showstopping number in the first act ("Expressing Yourself") is a lavish tap-dancing fantasy about the joys of cross-dressing, led by Billy's fey companion Michael, who seems more at home in his burgeoning sexuality than his older friend.
Everything about this production is massive — the sets, the themes, the score, the dances, the talent, even the accents — except the kernel of it: The lone boy who wants to make a better world for himself. (In the show's most moving sequence, miners contribute what they can to help fund Billy's audition for the Royal School of Ballet, because they realize — sadly, beautifully — that Billy represents the future, their future, as their industry is being gutted by right wing bullies.)
Broadway veteran Prince demonstrates her star-power with a flashy supporting role, but Basilio is a remarkable young dancer, with fine lines and a commanding presence during a duet with his older self and on his big solo number, "Electricity." On opening night, the audience swelled in a sustained, spontaneous ovation. It was completely deserved. It was, itself, electric.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition June 17, 2011.


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6 Easy Pieces
The three systems we gathered for this test include Celestion's AVP305 ($900), Atlantic Technology's System 170 ($1,496), and a sextet of speakers from Wharfedale's Pacific Evolution series that total $2,000. Though even the priciest of these speaker six-packs remains affordable, they differ quite a bit in terms of both technical design and styling. So grab an opener, sit back on the couch, and let's sample some speakers.
Celestion AVP305
In a world filled with bland, boxy speakers, Celestion's silver-toned AVP305 system ($900) is a sight for sore eyes. The package consists of four identical AVS301 satellites with aluminum-dome tweeters and small aluminum-coated woofers (see the table on page 40 for details) along with a matching AVC301 center speaker that sports a passive radiator the same size as the woofer. All five of the satellites have the same kind of curvy, aerodynamic enclosure, while the S20 powered subwoofer is a traditional-looking black box. I preferred to keep the grilles clamped on the satellite speakers - the metallic drivers' pointy dust caps looked like they might zap me at any moment. Besides, I thought the gray-toned grilles enhanced the system's retro-futuristic look.
Each satellite speaker includes a sturdy set of spring clips for hooking up bare speaker wire, and a pivoting base provides a range of setup options. The most common will be to place each speaker on a stand or shelf and aim it toward the listening position. Alternatively, the base can be transformed into a wall mount with the addition of a few screws. The center speaker's base doesn't offer the same level of flexibility, but it can swivel horizontally to accommodate an off-center listening position.
Besides its stereo line-level connections, the subwoofer has an input-level adjustment, a crossover control that's continuously variable from 40 to 140 Hz, and a phase control that can be adjusted from 0 to 180°. There's also a Cinema/Music EQ switch that's intended to tailor the sub's output for movies or music.
After placing the front three speakers on stands in the front of our 21 x 13-foot listening room, with the sub in the front left corner and the surrounds on stands near the side walls behind the couch, I gave the Celestions a spin. The system's dynamic capabilities were way better than I expected. Watching the opening car chase from The Transporter on an LCD front projector, with the AVC301 center speaker just below the screen and the AVS301 L/R satellites on either side, I was surprised that such little speakers could convey such a big, loud, effects-laden soundtrack so convincingly. The system's handling of surround effects also impressed me. For example, in a scene where Frank washes his vehicle in a garage near the beach, the natural rendering of a background breeze and waves put me right into the scene. Pretty good show for a $900 rig.
It was only when I watched the new, uncut DVD of Dances with Wolves (all 4 hours of it!) that I noticed some shortcomings. The rumble of stampeding beasts in the buffalo-hunt scene sounded boomy and indistinct - not too surprising given that the tiny S20 sub has only an 8-inch driver. And when I slid over to the right side of the couch, Kevin Costner's ponderous voiceovers coming from the center speaker darkened in timbre and dropped off in volume (see Tom Nousaine's lab notes, page 44).
As with movies, listening to music immediately amazed me that such a compact package could produce such a large, seamless soundstage. The combo's delivery of Copland's Appalachian Spring, as performed by the Atlanta Symphony under Robert Spano on Telarc's Rainbow Body SACD, was surprisingly full, with a relaxed tonal balance that made the massed strings and brass sound airy and sweet. Spacy rock mixes like those on Sigur Rós's CD ( ) were also well served by the Celestions. During the narcotic drones of "Untitled #4," a dose of the eerie spaciousness and depth that I'm used to hearing on our larger reference speakers managed to come through intact.
When I downshifted to more basic music mixes, however, a few seams began to show. The system's imaging was vague, which made Richard Thompson's vocals on "King of Bohemia" from Mirror Blue difficult to pinpoint. And on "Moon River" from Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones, the drummer's normally crystal-clear brush strokes sounded somewhat blunted, and the lowest notes of Dave Holland's acoustic bass were pretty much missing in action. (Switching to the sub's Music EQ setting didn't make much difference except to reduce overall bass level.) But those criticisms are ultimately nitpicks. For a sub-$1,000 system, the Celestion was surprisingly powerful.
Celestion's AVP305 combines cool, futuristic looks with above-average performance. And it does so for a very reasonable price. If you're ready to leave black boxes behind and step up to something snazzy (and shiny), this speaker system is worth a serious look - and listen. PDF: Fast Facts PDF: In the Lab


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Making the Knicks an above .500 Team with the Roster they have now is easy.
The Knicks biggest mistake with Isiah Thomas at the helm is they had 5 coaches in just 4 seasons (Chaney, Wilkins, Herb, Brown, Isiah).
Another mistake is putting Players in the Starting Lineup before they can take off their previous team Jersey. Way to many Knick Players should not have been in the Knicks Starting Lineup their first season with the Knicks (Marbury, Crawford, Q.Rich, Curry, Davis, Jalen, Francis, Jefferies, and now Zack this upcomming season). Why? Each one of the Players have a NBA Career History of being a "ONE on ONE" Player, not a Team-Player and that is the main reason why their Previous team did not want to keep them.
NBA Sports Writers and Commentators are waiting for the beginning of the 2007-8 regular season to start so they could see all the major moves of Big Players this offseason "MESH" with their NEW teammates early in the season.
Do we Knick-Fans see Zack Randolph making this Knick Team finally start meshing together on both sides of the court? or do we just see Zack making it easy for certain Knick teammates to score without being double-team by defenders?
For the Knicks to start the 2007-8 regular season getting off to a WINNING start of being a 500% and better team than they have to have "STARTERS" that are familiar with each others talents and skillz in certain situations.
1) The Marbury/Crawford Tandem is not great but they do know each others talents/skillz in alot of situations on the court.
2) The Curry/Lee Tandem has been the best Bigman Tandem that compliments each other on this Knick-Team as Starters the last two seasons (each time they start together the Knicks start the game off with a decent lead vs any oponent).
3) A healthy Q.Richardson (mentally) likes to play his HEART-OUT at the SF-Position with Crawford as his SG and David Lee as his PF. Q.Rich physical injuries do not stop him from having a well played game with Crawford & Lee on the court with him.
The offseason addition of Zack Randolph is "GOOD and BAD" for this Knick-Team. It's GREAT if Zack do not Start early in the season unless injuries to Curry or Lee. Maybe, by midseason Zack Randolph could become a Full-Time Starter, Maybe.
Zack Randolph should be the BEST backup to Curry or Lee, for the Knicks to have a Successful Season, Zack comming off the bench with Players like Balkman, Nate, and Collins would give this Knick Team a strong deep depth off the bench.
If Jared Jefferies is getting his thing together this offseason knowing NOW after one season of learning how his teammates talents and skillz flow on the court could also bring more depth off the bench. Making Jefferies a Starter last season with him being CLUELESS to his teammates performance is a major reason for a 33 WIN season (SAVE-FACE coaching).
Starting Zack Randolph because of his Star Stats of 23-10 is a "SAVE-FACE" FOOLISH mistake that will lead to an unsuccessful Knick season. Especially having knowledge of why David Lee had such a successful 2006-7 season. It was not Lee's double-double Stat that made Lee have such a great season, it was David Lee COMPLIMENTARY Talents with his Teammates. He made his teammates talents and skillz shine.
Example, the Toronto Rapters had a somewhat decent Bigmen lineup with C/F-Bosh in the middle of everything with their Bigmen rookies well performances. Would you mess-up Toronto Bigmen STARTERS by adding this new player Zack Randolph who just arrived to the team to the Starting Lineup? or would you have Zack comming off the bench to earn him-self a Full-Time Starters job by meshing with his teammates first???


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Gregerson among six to represent Friars in Classic
By Corey Brock / MLB.com
On Thursday morning, reliever Luke Gregerson was tabbed as the Padres' lone representative to appear on Team USA's roster. Gregerson follows former Padres pitchers Heath Bell (2009) and Jake Peavy (2006, 2009) as members of the organization to appear in the Classic.
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Also Thursday, pitcher Edinson Volquez (Dominican Republic), outfielder Chris Denorfia (Italy), infielder Jesus Merchan (Spain), pitcher Mark Hardy (Canada) and outfielder Corey Adamson (Australia) were also named to provisional rosters for the Classic, which begins in March.
The MLB Network will broadcast all 39 games of the Classic, Major League Baseball's only international tournament, which will begin with Brazil facing two-time defending champion Japan in Fukuoka, Japan, on March 2, and end with the final game in San Francisco on March 19.
Team USA is in the Arizona bracket with Canada, Mexico and Italy and opens against the Mexicans at Chase Field on March 8. The other three first-round brackets are in Japan; Taichung, Taiwan; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Gregerson has a career 2.92 ERA over four seasons in the Major Leagues, all with the Padres. In 2012, he was 2-0 with a 2.39 ERA in 77 games. Gregerson also had a career-best nine saves, filling in for an injured Huston Street as closer at times.
Volquez went 0-1 but didn't allow an earned run in his only start for the Dominican Republic in the 2009 Classic. Denorfia hit .400 in 10 at-bats for Italy in 2009 with three doubles.
Hardy and Adamson are Minor League prospects for the Padres. Hardy, a 24-year-old right-hander from Vancouver, has a career 3.48 ERA over parts of three seasons.
Adamson might be one of the youngest players in the entire Classic. A 20-year-old, Adamson might have played his way onto the Australian team with a hot winter in the Australian Baseball League. Playing for Perth, Adamson was hitting .352 with a .425 on-base percentage in 27 games as of Thursday.
San Diego first baseman Yonder Alonso was asked in December if he had any interest in playing for Spain in the Classic but he declined, citing wanting to stay with the Padres during Spring Training.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The anxiety was palpable during Tuesday night's Chorus of the Keys rehearsal at First Baptist Church.
Under the direction of Don Clause — "Coacher Don" to the chorus' 140 members — the singers belted out Broadway show tunes from their spring concert program, "Broadway's Fabulous Ladies."
From the way Clause paced, one hand curled into a fist and the other gesturing wildly, it was clear the retired real-estate developer and former director of New York City's Big Apple Chorus meant business.
"He's one of the best and most experienced barbershop chorus directors around," says Bob Amer, a tenor in the chorus and the group's marketing director. "He's a taskmaster and he drills us, but he's fun."
The chorus will perform this weekend at Riverview High School's new 1,100-seat performing-arts center, which it hopes will set a precedent for other local performing-arts organizations in need of a venue.
The chorus, which held its annual spring concert at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall for years, can no longer afford the Van Wezel's higher rental fees, a fact that many local arts groups have had to face, including the Jazz Club of Sarasota.
"I think we've taken a leadership role by going to Riverview," Amer says. "We're showing how much we love this community and how much we want to remain in this community."
Chorus of the Keys was founded in 1949 by a Boston barbershopper named John Whelan. Its members live up and down the Gulf Coast. Clause lives in The Villages, in Lake County, and drives two hours every Tuesday to rehearsal in downtown Sarasota.
The Barbershop Harmony Society's 2004 and 2009 Florida State Champions, Chorus of the Keys was one of two choruses in the state to qualify this year for the 2010 International Barbershop Convention.
It's been six years since the organization qualified for the worldwide competition, which will be held June 28 to July 4, in Philadelphia. One Voice, the group's breakout competitive chorus, which exists solely to compete in Sunshine District contests and international qualifiers, is hoping to bring home even bigger accolades.
"We're out to make sure we don't come in second to anybody," Amer says.
Conact Heidi Kurpiela at [email protected].
Sarasota Chorus of the Keys will perform "Broadway's Fabulous Ladies" at 2:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 6 and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 7, at the Riverview High School Performing Arts Center. Also on the bill are performances by the comedic South Florida quartet Hot Shots and the Miami-based foursome Fortissimo, as well as a guest appearance by Soundsations, a Sweet Adeline quartet, singing songs from "The Music Man." For more information, call 484-7589 or visit www.chorusofthekeys.org.


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..... I would like nicer leoparding. How?
That pie looks pretty nice. The ovens spring looks good, and it has a gentle, even leoparding. I think youre right that it is going to take a lot of fire since you dont have a whole lot of insulation or thermal mass. I think the U shaped fire is probably the right way to go. Do you have a metal peel? You might be able to get a little more leoparding/color on top by lifting the pie up to the top of the dome for the last few seconds. How long was that dough fermented? At what temperature? CL
Making the outer edge of the crust a bit smaller may help also.
Thanks Craig.No I dont have a metal peel, but I am going to get one for sure. Also a little round one for turning.The dough only fermented for around 7-8 hours and room temp. I used 0,5% fresh active yeast.
Longer fermentation will boost your leoparding. Fight the urge to use the fridge.
One of the reasons I've been bitten by the pizza bug was stumbling upon Jeff Verasano's site a little over a year ago. He's a strong proponent of the fridge, and most of my dough has been made according to his process. What is the primary benefit of using the room temp fermentation vs. refrigerator storage? Is it like brewing, where the 70F ales get more fruityness than a 52F lager?


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Law firm a three-generation tradition for Martin family
PITTSFIELD -- Jack Martin never envisioned this scenario unfolding when he founded his own law firm in 1958.
First his son John Jr. joined the firm in 1986 following careers in accounting and banking. He was followed by his John's younger brother, William, who returned to the Berkshires in 1991 following a stint at a Boston law firm.
But the family connection didn't stop there.
John Jr.'s sons, Thomas and Michael, were admitted to the Massachusetts bar in July, and Thomas decided to enter the family business by joining the firm, now known as Martin, Oliveira & Hamel, as an associate. Michael, who lives in Quincy, is currently clerking for state Land Court Chief Justice Karyn F. Scheier in Boston, but said he plans to eventually join the firm.
Like father, like son, like grandsons. Martin, Oliveira & Hamel is now the oldest three-generation law firm in Berkshire County. Jack Martin, who will be 80 in August, claims the firm is the only one of its kind in Berkshire County history, and says he has done the research to prove it.
"I can go back 100 years," Jack said. "There's been two but there's never been three."
Thomas Martin, who at 27 is two years older than Michael, joined the firm in August. A recent graduate of the Roger Williams School of Law in Rhode Island, the University of Rhode Island graduate had spent the last two years as a law clerk with a firm in Newton before deciding to return home.
He majored in business administration at URI, but Thomas said visits to the firm as a boy gave him the "curiosity" to see if he could make law a career.
"I had to make a decision between the law or business," Thomas said. "I decided to clerk to experience the law. I enjoyed it and decided that this is what I wanted to do."
Thomas, whose principal areas of practice are civil and commercial litigation, said he didn't feel any pressure to join with the rest of his family.
"It was always do what you want to do," Thomas said. "I looked up to my grandfather and father growing up, and I wanted to be like them."
Both brothers graduated from St. Joseph Central High School, and they were inducted into the state bar on the same day, an occasion that was attended by the entire Martin clan. Michael, who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts Law School after serving as executive articles editor of the UMass Law Review, said the brothers spent all summer studying together.
"It was the fulfillment of something that happened beginning in May," Michael said. "My grandfather handed me my professional license. It was a real good moment."
Michael majored in finance at Roger Williams. But he didn't go through what his brother did before deciding on a career.
"I enjoyed finance when I was in school," he said. "But law was in the family. It was always something that was there growing up, and something that I felt comfortable pursuing as a career."
"I never felt any pressure to be a lawyer," he said. "I was trying something that was there and it became pretty natural.
"The school part was [natural]," he added. "The real life is a learning process."
Michael isn't sure when he will join the family firm. Unlike his older brother, Michael is still single, and his father said he enjoys following Boston's professional sports teams.
"Boston's a fun place to live," he said. "There's a lot to do down this way. It's a good place to gain some experience. But I'm lucky I have something back home that I can come back to."
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Trying to be relevant and hip, Superman writers have made another misstep.
Trying to be relevant and hip, Superman writers have made another misstep.
I�m not talking about the upcoming movie �Man of Steel,� although I�m sure there will be problems aplenty with that film.
I�m talking about the recently relaunched DC Comics version of the original superhero.
Superman has been iconic and arguable static for decades. Writers tried a little change on for size in 2011 by having Superman toss aside his U.S. citizenship. He was meant to be a hero for all the people of earth, not just Americans. While I appreciate the message, the delivery was ill-timed � unintentionally coinciding with SEAL Team Six�s mission into Pakistan to eliminate real-life supervillain Osama bin Laden. The stunt was ultimately unimportant too: DC Comics reset its continuity a few months later.
Outside forces saved the day in 2011, but Superman�s latest blunder is integral to the new stories the comic book company is pushing throughout 2013.
You see, Superman, or rather his alter ego Clark Kent, is going global in a new way.
Kent has been a newspaper reporter with the Daily Planet in Metropolis since his Action Comics No. 1 debut in June 1938. Over the decades he has used a succession of typewriters, teletypes, desktops and laptops to cover major news events in the fictitious DC Universe. He even tried his hand as a TV newscaster in the 1970s.
In his latest comic book incarnation, Superman has been around for five years and so mild-mannered reporter Kent has been on the beat for a fraction of real-world time. Yikes, journalists and arithmetic. Right?
So Kent, angry with the way the Planet has descended into entertainment news hell, walks out on his job. The problem, Kent says, is that the Planet�s corporate owner has watered down news for the masses.
The story, written by Scott Lobdell, takes place in Superman No. 13. That�s the third volume, of course. The first two volumes ended in 2011 with a combined numbering of 714 issues.
Kent�s speech rings a little hollow though considering news has been pimping itself out since town criers stood in the marketplace. Newspapers are a business.
And as good a writer as Lobdell is, he is still most widely known for drawing half-nude buxom superheroines in the cheesecake-filled 1990s.
I certainly subscribe to the notion that journalism is a noble profession with great responsibility. It�s up to a free press to inform the public of things the government doesn�t necessarily want it to know. Everything else is public relations, according to iconoclast George Orwell.
At one point in his take-this-job-and-shove-it speech, Kent said reporters have been reduced to stenographers.
I certainly agree with that and share some of Kent�s disappointment; however, his solution to his disillusionment with the news industry is self-righteous and fruitless. When Kent walked out of the Planet he did what every jackass with an opinion has done in the last 10 years � he started a blog.
Blogs may have seemed like the solution to corporate media a decade ago, but I think we all know now that blogs are just a lot of hot air.
News reports � even the most frivolous � have to undergo some form of editing. When you pick up a newspaper or magazine or watch a television newscast or read an online report from a real news agency, you know the story has gone through some sort of process. That is not to say the information should be blindly believed. (I say question everything.)
But such information should always carry a little more weight than Bob�s Blog of Downtown News.
Some people might think that makes me a media elitist. I�m just keeping it real.
If you trust bloggers more than you do a newspaper or news program regardless of political bent then I question your grip on reality. And this is coming from a guy who regularly reads Superman comic books.
Contact Daily News Senior Reporter Lindell Kay at 910-219-8455 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter and friend him on Facebook @ 1lindell.