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By Yokota Fritz
That's the taunt I received every single day when I walked home from school when I was a child living in Omaha, Nebraska. I hated it.
But I didn't grow up in a vengeful psycho mass murder nutcase, and I'm sure many of my readers endured similar bigotry and worse. Maybe it's because I ride a bicycle that I turned out to be so well balanced and happy as an individual.
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Wow, that's rough. I'm been reading your blog for a while and I don't think you've ever mentioned before that you were of Asian decent, not like it matters on a bike blog, but it usually comes up.
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Oh great, now I've got to stop reading your blog or I'll get cooties.
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Actually, as both a cyclist in an auto-centric culture and a GOOK, I understand PERFECTLY what Mr. Cho is saying in the NBC footage. He certainly fits the stereotype of the SUPER-achiever Asian male.
I try my best to buck the stereotype by being lazy. But, it's tough.
From the Buddhist Jew perspective, it seems Mr. Cho was DESTINED to his fate from a very young age. He felt so trapped by the same identity crisis, the stereotyping, and taunts the ALL American Gooks feel. This was really the ONLY way he was getting OUT. We all have our own little ways of dealing with it.
Unlike you, Fritz, I became UNBALANCED, disgruntled, and MAL-adjusted because of the bike and its place in American culture.
of the roadway.
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Paul Tay
The straw that broke the camel's back: Flunking Creative Writing 101
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writers 46 minutes ago
BLACKSBURG, Va. - As experts analyzed the disturbing materials, it became increasingly clear that Cho was almost a classic case of a school shooter: a painfully awkward, picked-on young man who lashed out with methodical fury at a world he believed was out to get him.
"In virtually every regard, Cho is prototypical of mass killers that I've studied in the past 25 years," said Northeastern University criminal justice professor James Alan Fox, co-author of 16 books on crime. "That doesn't mean, however, that one could have predicted his rampage."
When criminologists and psychologists look at mass murders, Cho fits the themes they see repeatedly: a friendless figure, someone who has been bullied, someone who blames others and is bent on revenge, a careful planner, a male. And someone who sent up warning signs with his strange behavior long in advance.
Among other things, the South Korean immigrant was sent to a psychiatric hospital and pronounced an imminent danger to himself. He was accused of stalking two women and photographing female students in class with his cell phone. And his violence-filled writings were so disturbing he was removed from one class, and professors begged him to get counseling. Cho rarely looked anyone in the eye and did not even talk to his own roommates.
He described himself in his video diatribe as a persecuted figure like Jesus Christ. Cho, who came to the U.S. at about age 8 in 1992 and whose parents worked at a dry cleaners in suburban Washington, also ranted against rich "brats" with Mercedes, gold necklaces, cognac and trust funds.
Classmates in Virginia, where Cho grew up, said he was teased and picked on, apparently because of shyness and his strange, mumbly way of speaking.
Once, in English class at Westfield High School in Chantilly, Va., when the teacher had the students read aloud, Cho looked down when it was his turn, said Chris Davids, a Virginia Tech senior and high school classmate. After the teacher threatened him with an F for participation, Cho began reading in a strange, deep voice that sounded "like he had something in his mouth," Davids said.
"The whole class started laughing and pointing and saying, `Go back to China,'" Davids said.
Cho's great-aunt, who lives in
South Korea, said Thursday that because he did not speak much as a child and after the family emigrated to the United States, doctors thought he may be autistic.
"Normally sons and mothers talk. There was none of that for them. He was very cold," Kim Yang-soon said in an interview with AP Television News. "When they went to the United States, they told them it was autism."
Neither school officials, who have his educational records, nor police who have his medical records, have mentioned such a diagnosis. Autistic individuals often have difficulty communicating, but such a diagnosis would not necessarily explain his violence.
Regan Wilder, 21, who attended Virginia Tech, high school and middle school with Cho, said she was sure Cho probably was picked on in middle school, but so was everyone else. And it didn't seem as if English was the problem for him, she said. If he didn't speak English well, there were several other Korean students he could have reached out to for friendship, but he didn't.
A 2002 federal study on common characteristics of school shooters found that 71 percent of them "felt bullied, persecuted or injured by others prior to the attack."
Cho "would almost be a poster child for the pattern that we saw," said Marisa Randazzo, the former chief research psychologist at the U.S.
Secret Service and co-author of the study, conducted jointly with the Education Department.
Among the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre were two other Westfield High graduates, Reema Samaha and Erin Peterson. Both young women graduated from the high school last year, but police said it is not clear whether Cho singled them out.
Another expert who has worked with mentally disturbed young criminals suggested that Cho's actions probably had genetic causes.
"This is very different" from someone who was bullied to the breaking point — Cho was clearly psychotic and delusional, said Dr. Louis Kraus, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center.
"This type of mental illness that this poor man had was not something that was likely precipitated by teasing or bullying," he said. More likely, he said, is that Cho had a biological psychiatric disorder that may have worsened in recent years because of the pressures of college life and his leaving the support of his family.
Fox, the criminologist, said Cho probably made the decision to go on a killing spree months ago based on his weapon purchase. That would explain why witnesses described him as remarkably calm when he did the shooting.
"There's a lot of scripting that's going on in their heads, a lot of planning. Once they've decided it, there's a certain degree of comfort and satisfaction that they'll be the last to laugh," Fox said.
Fox said there is typically a precipitating event that sets a gunman off. It is not yet known what that was in Cho's case.
"It may not be huge" to normal people, but to Cho "it was the final straw that broke the camel's back," Fox said.
Associated Press writers Sarah Karush and Seth Borenstein in Washington, Sarah Cohen and Lindsey Tanner in Chicago, Sharon Cohen and Vicki Smith in Blacksburg, and Genaro C. Armas in State College, Pa., contributed to this report.
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What's that name again?
By Michelle Tsai
Posted Thursday, April 19, 2007, at 6:44 PM ET
On Tuesday morning, Virginia Tech and police officials revealed the identity of the student gunman behind the Virginia Tech shootings. In the media blitz that followed, many news organizations referred to the killer as "Cho Seung-Hui"; others used the Americanized version, "Seung-Hui Cho." How did the news outlets decide which name to use?
They made their own decisions based on the little information they had at the time. Reuters, the Associated Press, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, among others, went with Cho Seung-Hui, putting the family name first because that was how authorities had released the information. News desks in Asia tend to follow the tradition of listing the family name first, but in America, it's often left up to the subject of the article. In general, a reporter would ask an interviewee what name he or she prefers, but in this case, Cho was dead, and no one from his family could be reached. Virginia Tech, meanwhile, had concluded that "Cho" ought to be listed first because a state trooper of Korean origin who was working on the case recommended the more formal expression.
At the Washington Post, editors debated the matter of the name several times. The paper heard from people who knew the student that he sometimes went by the single name "Cho." By Thursday it was clear there was a conflict, as the paper had learned that the gunman had written the Americanized name on a speeding ticket and on a mental-health form. (At this point, they're still calling him Cho Seung Hui.)
The Asian version of the name—Cho Seung-Hui—appeared to be more widespread, in part because of its use in the ubiquitous wire stories from Reuters and the AP. As a result, some Korean-Americans felt media groups were playing up Cho's foreign-ness, according to the Asian American Journalists Association, which advised reporters to use the American order. As of Wednesday, Reuters was sticking with the Asian version, partly to conform with coverage from other news organizations. The AP, on the other hand, is investigating the name because of inconsistencies among various documents. (The wire service has its own inconsistencies: Official AP style eliminates hyphens for North Korean names—like "Kim Jong Il"—but includes them for South Koreans—like "Roh Moo-hyun.")
National Public Radio, ABC News, the Los Angeles Times, and others went with the American format of the name. They reasoned that Cho had been in the United States since 1992, and there was other evidence to suggest he preferred the American way. For instance, he used "Seung Cho" when he handed in work for his playwriting class. The L.A. Times also learned that a name tag found in Cho's suite said "Seung" and that Princeton University records showed that his sister had also Americanized her name. ABC News arrived at its decision after talking to its own producer in South Korea, producers in the United States, and staffers of Korean descent. CBS News made a decision late Wednesday to switch to the American style after it learned from the shooter's former principal that he was known as Seung-Hui Cho in high school.
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I too was bullied. I have scars both permanent, a crooked tooth, and faded into invisibility, a burn on my left bicept from a pair of tongs deliberately heated in highschool shop class. It wasn't bigotry though, I and my persecuters shared the same pasty white skin.
I totally understand why he felt like he had no choice but to fight back, from the sounds of things he
"bullied, persecuted [and] injured by others".
The tragedy here is that his diseased mind didn't allow him to see that he really did have other options. Despite the horror I feel at his actions and a deep belief in the importance of personal responsibility I still feel some compassion for the man.
If he had been treated with kindness and tolerance throughout his life would he have been a healthy individual? Maybe not. But would he have chosen do what he did? Seems unlikely.
As to bicycles and mental health. For me there was and still is a direct link between my mental health and my bicycle. As a child it physically took me away from my tormenters. As a depressed teenager it gave me something positive to do when I was overwhelmed. And as an adult I still turn to the bike when I feel my mood slipping. The exercise, the focused concentration and the feeling of being in complete control that come from a good hard ride is the best therapy I've ever had.
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My sister's adopted from the Phillippines. Every day she got the same thing: "Hey gook, go back to Asia." I'm ashamed to say it was usually my friends who were making the comment.
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EXCLUSIVE: Grandad's anger at uni murderer
Graham Brough In South Korea 20/04/2007
THE grandfather of Cho Seung-Hui said yesterday: "Son of a bitch. It serves him right he died with his victims."
Kim Hyang-Sik, 82, said he had a doom-laden dream of Cho's parents the night of his murderous rampage - and woke to hear the news of the massacre and his grandson's death.
He watched Cho's sick video of himself holding a gun to his head.
His sister Kim Yang-Sun, 85, who also saw it, told the Mirror that afterwards her brother was so distraught he had "gone away for a few days to calm himself down and avoid more questions".
She too repeatedly referred to the killer as "son of a bitch" or "a***hole" and said his mother Kim Hyang-Yim had problems with him from infancy.
Yang-Sun revealed the eight-year-old was diagnosed as autistic soon after his family emigrated to the US.
She said: "He was very quiet and only followed his mother and father around and when others called his name he just answered yes or no but never showed any feelings or motions.
"We started to worry that he was autistic - that was the big concern of his mother. He was even a loner as a child.
"Soon after they got to America his mother was so worried about his inability to talk she took him to hospital and he was diagnosed as autistic."
Yang-Sun spoke at her tiny one roomed shack inside a vinyl farm shelter in the Gohyang area of South Korea's capital Seoul.
The family had stayed there the night before they emigrated in 1992. Yang-Sun said Cho's mother had been reluctant to marry her older husband.
She said: "She had five brothers and sisters and she was the second eldest child. She took care of them after she graduated from high school, which meant a lot of self-sacrifice.
"Hyang-Yim was a full-time house person on one of her parents' small farms outside Seoul. She stayed at home like that for years and was still single at home when she was 29.
"We became worried that she was spending too much time at home with her brothers and sisters and family and getting to old for a husband.
"So the family decided to force her into a blind date to find a husband. She met Cho Sung-Tae on that date. He was 10 years older at 39 and still single too. They decided to get married soon after that.
"She didn't want to but her family insisted because we thought she was getting past the right age and it would be good for her.
"Her husband was very serious and quiet and careful with money. He was not very sociable and not very friendly to his mother-in-law and father-in-law.
"After they were married he went away twice to Saudi Arabia in the 80s to try to make some money in the construction boom. He came back with about £2,000, which was enough to buy a small house in Seoul. He also ran a second-hand bookstore. His mother was living in the States on a long term visit to stay with his sister. She asked him to bring his family to live there.
"His sold the house to pay for the emigration costs and rented instead but there were lots of delays and eventually the whole process to get the permissions and organise things took eight years.
"By that time the money from the house was nearly gone. They were barely making ends meet so they had nothing to lose and had this idea of the American dream where there was a lot of money to be made."
She went on: "The reaction of my brother was that Seung-Hui was a troublemaker and it served him right that he died because he caused his mother a lot of problems. He was more worried about his daughter.
"He spoke to a few reporters to express sympathy to victims' families on behalf of our family but now he has gone away. He is 82 and lives quietly on a small farm and all this is too much for him."
Other relatives admitted Cho's parents had always been aware of his problems but had neither the time nor money for specialist help.
His uncle Chan Kim, 56, said: "He wasn't like a normal kid. We were worried about him not talking.
"Both his parents knew he had mental problems but they were poor and they couldn't send him to a special hospital in the United States.
"His mother and sister were asking his friends to help instead.
"His parents worked and did not have time to look after his condition and didn't give him special treatment.
"They had no time or money to look after his special problem even though they knew he was autistic."
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Paul Tay
It is a true tragedy- all around.
Riding my bike is one of the only things that has kept me "sane" over the years. Without my bike/s, I'm convinced I'd be a different person.
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By JEAN H. LEE, Associated Press Writer Sun Apr 22, 7:27 PM ET
CENTREVILLE, Va. - Korean Americans in the community where Seung-Hui Cho grew up are still reeling from the shock of learning that the Virginia Tech gunman was one of their own. But many say Cho was a stranger even among the tight-knit families who were his neighbors.
Cho moved to northern Virginia when he was 8 and was raised in a growing immigrant community where the pressure to succeed was overwhelming and seeking mental health care carries a stigma.
After the slayings, Korean Americans held prayer meetings and candlelight vigils as they struggled to understand how Cho slipped through the cracks.
"I think we failed him as a society at large," says Josephine Kim, a mental health expert who also emigrated from
South Korea at age 8. "I think our community failed him, the school system failed him, and definitely the immigrant life really failed him."
Cho, 23, left South Korea with his family in 1992. He and his older sister, Sun-Kyung, belong to what Korean Americans call the "1.5 generation" — those born in Asia but raised in U.S. and fluent in English by the time they reach high school.
Their parents, Sung and Hyang Cho, found work at a Washington-area dry cleaner, a business that has attracted many Korean immigrants. And like nearly three-quarters of the Korean community in the United States, the family attended a Korean church for a time. The children attended high school in nearby Chantilly.
A friend and high school classmate of Sun-Kyung Cho, Diana Hong, says Sun-Kyung was an overachiever — smart and accomplished. But she worried about her younger brother, who relatives said was unusually quiet and classmates say was sullen and withdrawn.
"From the beginning, he wouldn't answer me," Kim Yang-soon, Cho's great aunt, told AP Television News on Thursday in South Korea. Cho "didn't talk. Normally sons and mothers talk. There was none of that for them. He was very cold."
She said the family was told in the U.S. that Cho suffered from autism — but no records show such a diagnosis.
When her brother landed at Virginia Tech as a freshman, Sun-Kyung Cho asked friends to watch out for him, Hong said.
"The very first time we went to his dorm room, we were like: 'Hey, I know your sister ...' But he just nodded, and that's it," she said.
Cho didn't respond to further invitations and e-mails, Hong recalled.
Hong said her heart sank when she heard last Monday about the shooting at her alma mater. Later that day, she learned a friend was among the wounded, but would survive. On Tuesday, she discovered Cho was the shooter.
"He was very alone. He didn't talk with anybody," Hong said, twisting her hands. "Maybe we didn't try enough. I guess these questions come up in hindsight."
Sun-Kyung Cho said in a statement Friday that the family was "heartbroken" by their son's actions.
"We have always been a close, peaceful and loving family. My brother was quiet and reserved, yet struggled to fit in. We never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence. He has made the world weep. We are living a nightmare."
Many wonder why Cho did not receive more help — and why school officials or police failed to intervene, allowing a troubled young man to buy a pistol.
Kim, who specializes in depression among Korean Americans, characterized Cho as an "internalizer."
"They're not disruptive," she said. "Those students are withdrawn and isolated, and even though we see that as a problem, because it's not disruptive, often they slip through the cracks."
And she said Korean society — Confucian, patriarchal, and steeped in pride, dignity and the importance of family — has long viewed mental illness as a taboo topic best kept in the closet.
Many Koreans consider it "a sign of bad blood or a sin to be depressed, Kim said. "It's against our culture to talk about these things."
In immigrant families, the generation gap often is exacerbated by the cultural divide of parents struggling to make ends meet while their children try to become American, she said.
"Every Korean immigrant kid goes through it. And I think some come out stronger and better, and for some, it's really tough and they can't get over it," Hong said.
Kim, whose younger brother, Paul, was a classmate of Cho's at Virginia Tech, said she did not know the Cho family personally. But she speculated that "the parents really wanted to provide the American Dream for their kids, which required that they made superhuman sacrifices working really hard."
"That might have meant they didn't have enough time at home with their kids. It's often kids raising themselves," said Kim, speaking by telephone from Cambridge, Mass.
Little is known about Cho Seung-Hui's childhood and upbringing and what triggered Monday's rampage.
"Regardless of what circumstances shaped Seung-Hui Cho's life, I think this is an important time for the Korean-American community to reflect on how to take better care of the young people who feel like they're on the margins," said Heidi Shin, whose family lives in northern Virginia. "It's an absolute tragedy but we as a community have to figure out to learn from it."
The Chos, like many Korean immigrants, settled in the outskirts of the Washington suburbs. Centerville, about 26 miles from the nation's capital, had been known as an enclave for young, working-class families seeking more affordable housing in affluent northern Virginia.
Though still predominantly white, Centreville is more than 14 percent Asian, and Fairfax County was home to more than 28,000 Koreans, according to the 2000 Census, making it the sixth-largest Korean-American community. And that number is clearly rising, residents say.
Northern Virginia — wealthy, competitive and awash with high-achievers — is not an easy place for any teenager. But studies suggest adolescence is especially hard for young, Asian-American males, many of them conscious of the burden of living out their parents' dreams.
Kim cited a 1993 study in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease that showed the prevalence of depression higher among Korean Americans than other Asian Americans subgroups — and highest among Korean-American males.
Cho's classmates say Cho was a solitary, quiet figure who wore a low-riding backpack and was teased for his mumbled speech.
Charles Hsu, a Virginia Tech student, said he never knew Cho. "I'm pretty in with the Asian crowd at Virginia Tech but not many people knew him. I don't know how he went under our radar; usually Asian Americans tend to flock together."
Hsu is Chinese-American, but he joined about 150 Korean Americans who gathered Friday night at their church in nearby Herndon. Candles flickered on coffee tables, photos of the 32 killed lined the walls, and the U.S. and South Korean flags hung on the walls.
"We respond to this tragedy as Americans and as Koreans, so let's pray for this nation, that this nation will heal," the Rev. Dihan Lee said in prayer.
Many sobbed openly. After praying, they scribbled messages of condolences and faith on Hokies banners to take back to the Blacksburg campus.
But Lee urged worshippers not to be ashamed of their Korean heritage.
"Right now there's a lot of shame being passed around, but it's really important to understand: This is not our shame ... even though we sense it."
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The question that a lot of Cubs fans have been asking is what exactly happened to make the Dempster deal to the Braves blow up? Well today we are starting to get some answers from Braves' GM Frank Wren. Now, a word of caution, these are quotes from Wren but he does not speak for the Cubs, the Cubs have not made any public comments about this and will not as that is pretty status quo now that Theo is running the show.
Via Gordon Wittenmeyer / Chicago Sun-Times
ON WHAT HAPPENED TO LOSE DEMPSTER DEAL: "In his case, from my understanding – and I'm only getting it second hand from the Cubs – they had a meeting with him a couple weeks ago and laid it out, and the primary two suitors were use and the Dodgers. And he had positive things to say about both, and he had a slight preference to the Dodgers because of Ted Lilly. He and Ted Lilly are best of friends and he'd like to go play with his friend. And I think there were also some personal issues that suited better for him. And as it went down, from my understanding, the Cubs informed him in the last week that the Dodgers weren't really as aggressive as we were and they thought the deal was going to go with us. I think he was given a heads up along the way. I think it may be the way it was presented as far as coming out in the media [Monday]. I think that was blindsiding, not that he necessarily didn't know this was coming down.''
ON BRAVES' STANCE IF DEMPSTER WERE TO RECONSIDER TODAY: "I'm not going to paint us in a corner one way or another. Let's just say that we have moved on. And we're looking for impact pitching, someone that can make a difference for us as we go down the stretch the last two months. We feel we can win our division. But we feel we need to improve our starting pitching.''
ON IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN MAKING TRADES THESE DAYS: "I think the Twitter and the internet have really changed the dynamics for how it all works. We were able to keep this deal under wraps for about three days as we worked through a lot of details, and it never leaked out. And then the second we got to … the Cubs taking it to the player, it was out everywhere. It's a different dynamic than we've ever worked in, and it does make it sometimes more difficult to get our jobs done.''
Really great stuff from the Braves' GM here as it gives us a second-hand view of what had actually taken place over the past week or so. It's interesting to hear that really there is no way that Ryan Dempster could have been blindsided by this deal coming about as he has been in on it since day one. That's not exactly great news for Dempster as this process drags on considering that he is already being considered public enemy number one by some Cubs fans. But let's take a step back here and a breath, or two, to get our bearings.
To do so I suggest we look at Ryan Dempster's post game comments today. Patrick Mooney posted this one on Twitter. "If that's still an option down the road, then that's something I might look at to make the best decision for me/my family." To me that sounds like Dempster is waiting to see if the Cubs can make a deal with the Dodgers, if not then Dempster might be open to going to Atlanta, the return might not be the same, but it's a slightly cracked open door.
Here is some post game video of Dempster from Paul Sullivan. It sounds like a guy that really hasn't made up his mind about anything yet, and wants to take more time than everyone else wants. Thing is, Dempster has until July 31st to make up his mind on where he wants to go, there just might not be anywhere to go by then.
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The Warriors actually gave him more years and money than the Knicks, never thought the Knicks would be outbid after plunking down 60M for PJ. Can't blame Kerr, his daughter goes to school in Berkley and his family can fly up to Oakland in an hour during the season.
A coach is overrated anyway and an unproven one like Kerr is even more so. There are a lot of good coaches out there and I hope PJ picks one with experience that he can work with rather than DFish or another rookie head coach.
Remember I pretty much called this...in the 'Woodson Fired" by chronicling and profiling Kerr
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I didn't disagree with Kerr's philosophy(feeling that's what it would take to win a championship) on the matter but he should have done a better job executing, reshaping the team... to accomplish that. He failed doing so and bailed, in particular when the going got tough looking towards the transition yrs. He knew Sarver was going to [cut back] starting rebuild. His excuse, [he needed to spend more time with his family] yet went right back into broadcasting...
Kerr has some red flags
EDIT: Misheard.....Kerr wasn't ready to coach at that time(Seattle Group purchase of Kings) but apparently he must have left the door open because Phil is interested in peaking his interest again.
Steve Kerr met with Phil Jackson on Friday and officially discussed the New York Knicks' head coaching vacancy.
"We talked about the coaching position and we'll keep talking," Kerr said on Sunday. "I've made it pretty clear [the past couple of years] that I'd like to get into coaching, and now it's sort of out there. It's like anything else, you have to explore it and that's what we're doing."
Kerr is in New York to call the Brooklyn Nets-Toronto Raptors game Sunday and added the two sides will maintain discussions.
Kerr and Jackson also spoke over the phone on Saturday.
"It's the only reason I'm talking to them, I wouldn't have known anybody else in the Knicks' organization," Kerr said. "The fact that Phil took this job was the connection. Of course, he was my coach and I have a ton of respect for him. And I'm honored that he's talking to me about the job. We covered a lot of ground and there's a lot to discuss with a job like this on both ends.
"It's the Knicks and it's Phil Jackson, my coach. So I'd be crazy not to look into it. We'll further the conversation on both sides. But meanwhile I'm really busy with my own (broadcasting) job."
So let's do the math Steve.....You left the Suns in 2010 because you said you wanted to spend more time with your family although Sarver asked you to [take a paycut] and you knew the Suns/Nash championship window closed and [rebuilding was on the horizon].
But you stated above after talking with Phil you've wanted to coach for the past couple of yrs. Well from 2013-2014 - 2yrs comes to 2011-2012. So you only wanted to spend time with your family for 1yr?
lol @ Kerr
I won't be disappointed at all if he doesn't get hired and will be skeptical as heck if he does
So what does he do to us, he spurns us with his some ole bs
Here's what he said...
Steve Kerr's explanation of why he didn't take the Knicks job: "I think they're going to turn it around, [but it's going to be a big undertaking and it's going to take time]. [The idea of doing that 3,000 miles from home], it just didn't feel right."
But here's what gave him away if you look at the first sets of quotes one of the key statements he made was, "he's only talking to us because of Phil".... that spells red flag from the jump because it clearly shows he's not that interested coaching in New York for New York. Also he used the same lame excuse an out which was family, although San Diego is approx 500 miles from Frisco. The last time I checked at least 40% of the Warriors schedule will consist of making long East Coat trips on the road, at least 4 of them to New York. alone. But here's the clincher his true motives were revealed by him and Tannenbaum.
We initially offered a 3yr deal probably $12-15mil and we begin to hear reports by Wojo leaked and others that....
"The Knicks are trying to treat Kerr more like a 1st yr coach instead of a seasoned winner like Pop and Doc Rivers"
"Steve is reportedly looking for a contract similar to Mike D'Antoni when he was in New York 4yrs $24mil and to match up with Phil's years, he'd prefer a 5yr $30mil deal"
"Knicks are okay letting Kerr fulfill his TNT duties calling playoff games, they'll wait"
"Tannenbaum says....Steve's a thoughtful guy but he's weighing all of his options"
"Knicks improve their offer to Kerr"
Detroit locks up SVG and all of a sudden the Warriors are hot on the trail meeting Kerr in OKC. Right after they meet he says he'll accept but wait what did he get offered....?
THAT'S RIGHT 5yrs $25mil
Kerr wanted his money and he didn't want to take on a tough challenge in helping turn things around here. I'm not hating on him looking at this in a vacuum but what I do find comical Kerr turns out to be just like most people.
Can we say Phil got worked over something miserably by this clown? See this is why we can't always put too much stock in what someone has accomplished in the past especially when they are crossing professions. Phil has a zero slate history and is much a first time GM as Steve Kerr will be a first time coach.
GMing/POing is not the same as coaching. Phil received just a small taste of what's to come. Wait until he starts trying to make deals with teams. He better bring in someone like Tom Penn(former Blazer's capologist), possibly Keke(although he has a big gig with the NBA operations) etc etc...I'd prefer someone who's a little younger yet has experience) or else he's going to get bludgeoned to death trying to make things happen here. Hopefully Phil's plan B turns out better than his plan A but by my account he is not in any way impressing me with his first couple moves.
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Only guy on that NY Post list I like is PJ himself. PJ should take a page out of SVG's book and be president of of bball ops while coaching the team.
at the very least this dosent make the dolan PJ tagteam look very good. And how does this look in Melos eyes? FYI i am a melo supporter
point is PJ couldnt even get his "good friend" on board, how is he going to work his "magic" on players?
Early scuttlebutt is Melo wants Mark Jackson in New York.
It's going to be kind of odd for Phil especially when it comes to the coaching....I mean didn't he have dinner with Melo..... Phil all but saying he's going to hire Kerr? Geeeeeezzzz not a good look Phil really not a good look at all. Not to mention whoever was a remote Plan B, C, D-Z option should have been touched down before Kerr made a decision to go to GS. Wants Melo to take a paycut but upped our final offer to Kerr which essentially was the same money per/yr as GS' offer?
My advice to Phil don't have any candle light dinners with anyone over who you're potentially bringing to the bench, keep everything close to the vest.
Phil's moves/non moves....
- Signed Crack Head Odom
- Whiffed on signing Kerr
Come on $60mil better produce far greater results
According to Marc Stein of ESPN
Please don't bring in Shaw if he has greatness within..... the Nuggets would have been running the Triangle(system is proven right), they don't. So we'd clearly know he'd be the Puppet of Puppets here. Not sure he got the most out of the team in Denver injuries withstanding as maybe Karl could have. He also shat on the aged vet Richard Pryor and banned him from the team early on, I can only imagine what potential clashes he'd have here with our cast of characters.The New York Knicks will likely pursue a young head coach that Phil Jackson has previously worked with and whom he can mentor following Steve Kerr's decision to accept the Golden State Warriors' head coaching position.
Tyronn Lue, Derek Fisher, Luke Walton and Mark Madsen have been mentioned as possibilities.
The Knicks could also go a member of Jackson's coaching tree that has previous head coaching experience in Kurt Rambis or Brian Shaw.
Shaw was Jackson's longtime preferred successor with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Last edited by Broadway; May 16, 2014 at 09:12.
is odom officially signed?
Dont sleep on Odom skills
It's no risk for the Knicks since his contract is not guaranteed for next season but if Ike Diagu could not make the Knicks squad the last off-season I don't expect Odom to. His play was awful the last couple of years.


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Freescale's Tiny Kinetis KL03 MCU Targets Internet of Things
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We hear the term Internet of Things (IoT) a lot these days. Some people think this is all pie in the sky and will never come to fruition. I am not one of their number. I think that we are poised on the brink of a technology revolution in which just about everything is accessible and controllable via the Internet. I also think that we don't really have a clue what the world will look like technology wise in the next few decades.
Though there is so much talk about the IoT, and a lot is happening already, we are still waiting for some key elements to fall into place, including easy design creation and deployment. Also, if we wish to include microcontrollers in just about everything, those microcontrollers need to address some key issues.
First of all, they need to be small. We're talking about ultra-small package footprints for space-constrained applications, including battery-powered consumer devices, medical monitors, and remote sensor nodes. Of course, the microcontrollers also need to offer extreme energy efficiency coupled with high performance.
To address these considerations, Freescale has unveiled the Kinetis KL03 MCU, which it calls the "world's smallest" 32-bit MCU based on ARM technology. The Kinetis KL03 offers advanced integration and ease of use in a chip-scale package that measures 1.6 x 2.0 mm -- smaller than a dimple on a golf ball.
The microcontroller offers increased energy efficiency in the form of rapid MCU wakeup, process, and return to sleep profiles. Additional flexible low-power modes and intelligent peripherals allow designers to extract the maximum system life from the most miniscule of power budgets.
Based on the ARM Cortex-M0+ architecture -- the smallest, lowest power ARM core -- the Kinetis KL03 provides the 32-bit processing power required to support complex algorithms, connectivity stacks, and sophisticated human-machine interfaces. With code compatibility across a suite of more than 900 MCUs based on ARM Cortex-M processors, and with pricing of $0.75 (USD) in 100,000 unit quantities, processors like Freescale's Kinetis KL03 will be a driving factor in bringing the IoT to fruition.
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Synopsis:MBE 2 adds ten new looks and a greatly accelerated rendering engine to what was already, arguably, the leading product in the business for adding "film look" effects to digital video. With its improved performance (given a compatible video card), I'd give MBE 2 a 9 out of 10.
Price: $395 (individual plug-ins; $99 upgrade from MBE 1); $795 (plug-in suite)
For more information, contact: Red Giant Software, www.redgiantsoftware.com
Eighteen months ago I reviewed Magic Bullet Editors for Final Cut Pro, published by Red Giant Software (November 2004). Essentially, I gave MBE a solid 7 out of 10 considering the pros of functionality versus the cons of pricing. I suggest referring to my original review as I'm not going to re-cover the same territory here in this follow-up of version 2.
But first, a quick summary of the functionality for those of you new to the software: Magic Bullet is a collection of effects and filters designed to bring the same kinds of effects used in big-budget films to more modest digital video productions. These filters add grain, artifacts, and color manipulation in ways that are generally more subtle than what you'd get with your NLE. There's also more specificity to certain kinds of effects than would make sense to include in a general-purpose NLE's standard effects palette; you can actually mimic the looks and processes used by actual films and TV shows with these filters and looks. All the effects are configurable as well.
Magic Bullet Editors is derived from the Magic Bullet custom effects package designed by former Industrial Light & Magic developer Stu Maschwitz for use in Hollywood productions. It's an off-the-shelf version of the original Magic Bullet that works as a plug-in for various NLEs. Hence the "Editors" portion of the name. Individual plug-ins go for $395 ($99 upgrade from MBE 1); the entire plug-in suite goes for $795.
MBE 2 is a full-step upgrade to the software. For more detail on specific features and effects, check out the review of MBE 1.
Rendering Speed
One major consideration in the first MBE review was rendering speed. For all its dazzling effects, the engine that rendered those effects in MBE 1—even on a state-of-the-art G5—was just too slow to fit into the workflow of many videographers who face tight deadlines and probably spend too much time in the editing bay on most projects anyway. MBE 2 promises to improve on its predecessor in that regard. And it does!
On a "standard," out-of-the-box G5 Mac, rendering is marginally faster than in the first version (really too close to call), but the real power comes to those who amp up their machines with one of the newer ATI or NVIDIA, with speed jumps ranging from 4X to 17X. See Table 1 for details.
Table 1
What accounts for this performance boost? The new, proprietary Deep Color RT Render Engine. This little creature alone makes up for any hindrance described in my previous review of MBE.
I found rendering speeds to be significantly faster and even surpassed some estimates given by Red Giant Software (depending on the effect applied).
So, What Else is New?
There are ten new Look presets that you can quickly and easily apply to your footage, as well as the Misfire Film Damage plug-in carried over from version 1. Combining these presets will give you complete control over just how much like film you want your footage to look.
The one thing that I like about this is the ability to adjust each element of the Looks to taste. There is so much control available to the user that the user's manual barely scratches the surface. If ever there were a plug-in begging for an in-depth training DVD or manual, this would certainly qualify. (And I'd be the first to sign up.)
In addition to Apple Motion 2 support for Mac users, there is also the new Compression Correction engine. This little diddy will allow you to smooth out the "jaggies" that have plagued the DV format since its inception, making for a cleaner finished image as well as better blue- and green-screen processing.
So, What's Wrong with It?
The initial release seemed a bit buggy for a few users judging by the reception MBE 2 received in the Red Giant Magic Bullet forum on Creative COW, but their engineers have been quick to respond and issues have been getting worked out in minutes and hours, it seems, rather than weeks and months. I should point out that I've experienced none of these problems, and I only mention it because of the speed of response. To me, that's awesome customer service.
I would liked to have seen more preset Looks packaged with the software, and I half expect it won't be long until I discover that someone has started a repository on the Web of user-designed looks to share.
The list price has jumped 30% as well, but for the added benefit of the Deep Color RT Render Engine, I'd say that's a fair trade—if you've already invested $150-$350-plus in an acceptable video card, that is.
I'm going to bite the bullet (pun intended, of course) and give Magic Bullet Editors 2 a more-than-respectable 9 out of 10.
System Requirements:- Hardware: Mac G4+ running OS X 10.3+ with 256MB RAM or 600MHz Pentium 3 running Windows 2000/XP- Software: Apple Final Cut Pro 4.1+, Apple Motion 2.0, Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5+, Avid Express 1.5+ or Media Composer (does not currently support Apple FCE, Avid Liquid, Ulead MSP, or Adobe After Effects)


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, September 21, 2007, 12:00 AM
Town Square
Redwood debacle leads to new city promise
Original post made on Sep 21, 2007
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, September 21, 2007, 12:00 AM
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a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Sep 21, 2007 at 10:40 am
I see, from reading comments in the above article, that personal property rights and health issues are of no concern to Canopy's Executive Director Catherine Martineau.
Who has given the authority to City Arborist Dave Dockter to release tree removal requests to Canopy?
What ever happened to personal property rights and the rights to privacy--it is clear that the city has let numerous organizations and people dictate to the population as a whole based on their own personal desires.
If Ms Martineau and Mr Doktor want trees on their property, then let them plant as many trees as they want--however it is time that the assorted busybodies in this city let people do what they want with their property as long as they adhere to established guidelines.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Sep 21, 2007 at 10:46 am
Back again. I just read the title of the article--looks like the Weekly is trying to stir up some controversy with the headline "Redwood debacle leads to new city promise".
Who is it a debacle for--Canopy and the neighbors? What about the property owners?
As stated in the article:
"With only three allergy-based redwood removals in two years, Planning and Community Environment Director Steve Emslie said he doesn't believe there is a problem."--it looks like there is no major problem and it certainly does not need to be classified as a "debacle"
Also note that Dockter approved all 40 requests to remove redwoods received in 2006--so whay is the removal of these two trees considered a debacle and why has it raised the ire of Canopy?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 21, 2007 at 11:14 am
When removing a protected tree from your own property I can understand the City notifying the neighbors as they would when a building permit is issued, but why Canopy. Who are Canopy? They are a loose knit groups of rather interfering residents who have no respect for individual property rights. They are, in fact, the self proclaimed "Tree Police".
Sorry, but I don't think Canopy should expect to have the right to be notified if a redwood or oak is being removed from anyones personal property, but the neighbors should be notified.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 21, 2007 at 11:17 am
Don't give Canopy the publicity. The next thing is they will take a lesson from the tree sitters at Berkeley and try the same here.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 21, 2007 at 11:36 am
Lucy and Resident are right. The city policy of notifying Canopy of tree removals is a recipe for discord in town. The last thing we need is an activist group like Canopy getting involved and protesting every tree removal permit issued to individual homeowners.
Canopy is involved in discussions when the city adopts policies, which they have every right to do.
But do we really want Canopy using individual homeowner actions for publicity and to make ideological points with the media?
There's enough ill will between neighbors who get involved with each other's home remodelling projects already without adding this kind of thing to our daily news stories.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Sep 21, 2007 at 11:53 am
My eyes tear up every time I drive by the Bonomi's redwood STUMPS, and the tears aren't from allergies. Those were beautiful trees, and I am sick that our city stewards allowed prior council decisions to be over turned. Had I known that the city arborist issued a permit after our elected City Council rejected the Bonomi's petition, I would have appealed.
This has made me sick. If I get a note from my doctor, will the City Council remove the staff who let this happen? I applaude Dave Dockter for his early stance on the issue. I am saddened that he was pressured into reversing his position.
Mr. Grossman and Ms. Janov, please don't cut down your trees.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Sep 21, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Teary-eyed--what about the other 38 permits to remove redwood trees that Doktor approved? Would you have appealed each and every one of those?
What about private property rights?
What makes redwoods so special?
What about every winter trees come toppling down all over. During the recent arts festival in downtown PA a tree toppled over--luckily no one was hurt, but it got little play in the papers.
People who are completely against the removal of trees need to get a grip and understand people's rights and the dangers that trees can cause.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 21, 2007 at 12:02 pm
One can already see the problems the City policy has. We have two homeowners who followed the rules and were granted permits, listed by name in news stories and now on this public forum.
Who thinks the kind of public calumny that has been visited on the Lowell homeowners should not be directed at the people in Teary-eyed's post?
Do we really want this going on in our city? If Teary-eyed or Canopy want a city policy that excluded allergy sensitivity from the allowed for tree removal, they are free to advocate to the Council that this be made a part of the law. But please... leave these poor people alone in their individual capacities.
Once we start down this road where actions of individual homeowners or residents become sources of public protest and discussion, there is no logical end.
a resident of The Greenhouse
on Sep 21, 2007 at 2:19 pm
One thing that is overlooked is whether losing two or even 10 trees in the City is a cause for alarm. Once it was required that every residence (more than 20,000 in Palo Alto) had a street tree in its front yard. In my walks in many different parts of town my unscientific survey is that every residence has at least 2 and often 3 trees of different sizes on its lot. Including trees in our parks we must have well over 50,000 trees within our borders.
For Canopy and others please put your concerns in perspective. Leave individuals and their property alone.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 21, 2007 at 3:47 pm
I couldn't agree more, Tom. I think there are some rare species of trees that need to be protected, but some people forget that trees don't live forever. The cool thing is that If you cut one down, you can simply plant another one, and there's no net loss.
There seems to be a divide in this community between people who believe that they are frequently, if not always. I could tolerate certain reasonable restrictions on tree removal, but I would place the burden on the city to show why you shouldn't be able to get rid of any particular tree.
I got rid of some trees on my property, and I was scared to death of having problems like this. Thankfully it all worked out.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 21, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Don't you hate when you don't proofread your own postings? I wish there was some way to edit these postings. Anyway, in the 2nd paragraph, insert "enjoin others from excercising their own freedom in decision making over their property or personal affairs." after "there seems to be a divide...frequently if not always"
Sorry about that.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 21, 2007 at 3:53 pm
This is annoying. I will be surprised if the editors leave any of my post intact. Let me specify who the divide is between - those who seek to prohibit free decision making and those of us who cherish our freedom to make decisions for better or worse, especially when it doesn't directly impact the other parties personal property. Its seems dangerous to restrict freedom based on another person's subjective interpretation of the world.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 21, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Perspective Rules: While I like these trees- would have to agree with you- although I think
the way it was done was dubious= still have to agree that property owners should be able to
remove trees from their land- unless it's an endangered/threatened species in its natural habitat= and this is coming from a part time tree hugger! get over it- and if you don't like it than do something positive about it- plant a redwood tree of your own- or plant several hundred= protect the forest we still have from clear cutting- but picking on these folks is getting a little over the top!
a resident of Stanford
on Sep 22, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Nora Charles is a registered user.
My, what's with all the tree haters? Shouldn't the magnificent redwoods that make Palo Alto special take precedence over property rights? Imagine a treeless Palo Alto--one pretty joyless, ordinary town indeed. But your posts have inspired me to make a contribution to Canopy, so many thanks, Marvin especially!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 22, 2007 at 6:00 pm
See what publicity does!!
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 22, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Thank you Nora!
That is a wonderful idea.
Marvin is truly an inspiration.
I just looked up Canopy online and they are NOT a radical activist group that ties themselves to trees.
I think I will make a contribution and volunteer too.
I think their efforts are commendable.
I would like my grandchildren and their children to enjoy as many trees as possible. With all the new housing and buildings planned to go up around here, we will need as many trees as possible to filter out the dust and sound. I have allergies too, but I don't care!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 23, 2007 at 11:17 am
Let's get the record straight on Canopy. The first sentence of Canopy's home page under "Mission" says that Canopy is an "advocate for the urban forest" (aka City and residential trees).
Dave Dockter, the City arborist, is very much aligned with Canopy. Not only is he slated to present a talk he dubs "The Miracle of Community Trees" at a Canopy workshop, Mr. Dockter is a Canopy volunteer redwood tree tour guide, Canopy donor, and penned at least one article under his City title for Canopy's newsletter in which he is described as "a contributing resource for Canopy and supports its mission and goals." Back when the redwood tree protection ordinance was being considered, seems that Mr. Dockter asked Canopy members to send letters to him for the public record:
Web Link
That article included imagery of "trees . . . falling to the chain saw" and "dismayed neighbors." Pretty easy to guess what those letters might have said.
I'd find it hard to maintain objectivity if I was this closely aligned with an advocacy group whose mission related to what I do professionally.
Anyway, Canopy, from its tree gift program for City mayors to all the other things it does, is one of the most astute and active advocacy groups in town.
I support much of what Canopy does. I just don't happen to think that City staff should promise special treatment to special interest groups, and particularly not to a group with which the staff person is so closely associated.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Sep 23, 2007 at 1:59 pm
I was not aware of Mr Doktor's association with Canopy and I personally have no problem with Canopy, as a group. However I agree with As to Canopy's comments regarding the relationship between a city staff member and a public advocacy group.
I think the City Council should look into Mr Doktor's promise to Canopy to give them all requests for the removal of trees in PA.
And I again claim that the city council also needs to addres sthe matter of the personal property right's of homeowners with regard to the removal of trees.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 23, 2007 at 2:17 pm
I don't know Mr. Doktor, and he is probably well-meaning, but the idea of special-interest groups "capturing" agencies of government is a well-establish bad thing (Theodore Lowi, The End of Liberalism). Would we like it if developers got the heads-up from "moles" in the planning office? Canopy perceives itself as pursuing the public interest and it largely does - but where its activities put it adverse to individual private citizens, things need to be arms-length, with no special treatment.
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Here is a look at some of the defensive names to watch for in the class of 2011 from the state of Alabama.
Defensive ends plentiful
The state of Alabama has a good history supplying quick defensive ends, and 2011 will be no different. The headliner of the group could be Davidson athlete Jabrian Niles. Niles, 6-foot-3, 225 pounds, was actually a back-up quarterback last fall, but his strength and quickness was too much of a temptation to keep away from the defensive line. In Foley jamboree this spring, Niles had four batted passes in four quarters of play and harassed quarterbacks from both Fairhope and Hoover.
John Carroll has a loaded junior class, and perhaps the best of the bunch is big, athlete Kameron Wood, a 6-foot-5, 220 pounder who came up with several big games last fall.
"Kameron has the potential to be a big-time player. He has the size that you simply can't coach, and he has very good athleticism for someone who is just going to continue to add mass," said John Carroll Coach Chris Musso. "He camped at Mississippi State and their coaching staff just swarmed to him. If he continues to develop like we think he will, he will be special."
Carver-Montgomery's rising junior class is deep and talented, and one of their stars last fall as a sophomore was Antonio Humphrey who registered 10 sacks for the Class 5A semifinalists.
Loachapoka big man Ricky Hunter has good bloodlines as the nephew of former Alabama basketball star Erwin Dudley. Hunter, 6-foot-3, 265 pounds, could easily wind up at defensive tackle before all is said and done.
Long, rangy defender Corey Johnson was a sophomore starter for Class 5A Anniston, and Johnson, 6-foot-4, 206 pounds, has the athleticism to also play outside linebacker if needed.
Columbia's Robert Flowers comes from good bloodlines with several brothers who played collegiately and a father who stands 6-foot-8. Flowers had double-digit sacks as a sophomore starter and good size (6-foot-3, 225 pounds).
While defensive tackles are in shorter supply than ends for 2011, several prospects to watch include Central-Tuscaloosa's Danny Williams, a 6-foot-2, 323-pound prototype nose tackle and Satsuma's Antwan Brunner, a 6-foot-2, 270-pounder with quick feet.
Linebacker unit shines
Alabama 2011 commitment Brent Calloway has staked a claim as one of the top underclassman linebacker prospects in the southeast with a tremendous summer camp circuit, but Calloway isn't the only in-state linebacker with Division I potential. In fact, this could be the deepest unit for the class of 2011 in Alabama.
Blount's Antonio Marsh plays with his hand down for the Class 6A squad, but the 6-foot-2, 200-pounder will very likely move to outside linebacker in college. With long arms and great feet, Marsh has already earned a verbal offer from South Carolina.
Foley High School has been fertile recruiting ground for Alabama the last two years providing two of the Crimson Tide's most prized signees in Julio Jones and DJ Fluker. The class of 2011 at Foley includes another potential star in defensive end Dre'Shon McGaster who like Marsh will likely move to linebacker in college. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound pass rusher was a standout for Foley as a sophomore and is expected to be a key weapon on defense this season.
"He has a great first step, he's explosive off the ball and his quickness and acceleration are pretty impressive," said Foley head coach Todd Watson. "But I think what's special about him is that while he's clearly very talented he's also got great technique for a guy that young and it's something he works hard on."
Watson said that while McGaster needs to add some size to play up front in college, his potential is clear and his speed coming off the edge make him a very strong pass rusher in any defense.
"He's going to bulk up as he gets older and depending on what kind of defense he ends up in, I think he is capable of being a true pass rush defensive end or a hybrid outside linebacker type pass rusher. He really reminds me a lot of Antwan Odom when you look at his frame with his long arms. He's still so young and has so much potential. We're definitely excited about his future."
B.C. Rain's Devaunte Sigler may have one of the best combinations of size and athleticism in this unit at 6-foot-4, 225 pounds and a 4.59 40. Sigler is the cousin for Blount Head Coach and former Tide star Kelvin Sigler.
Decatur linebacker Desmond Lavelle was one of the Class 6A program's leading tacklers last season as a sophomore, and at 6-foot, 223-pounds, he has the early frame of a true inside linebacker.
Another middle linebacker with plenty of potential is Carver-Montgomery's Robbie Mangum, a 6-foot-1, 225-pound wrecking ball and one of Carver's many sophomore contributors during last fall's Class 5A run in the playoffs.
One of Sweet Water's top contributor's during their Class 1A string of championships is 6-foot-2, 210-pound Chris Landrum who does most of his damage at running back but is expected to have a future at linebacker at the next level.
Theodore's Carl Robinson at 6-foot-2, 205 pounds hopes to put on a similar show as a junior as his senior teammate and Rivals250 member C.J. Mosley. Robinson had over 80 tackles as a sophomore.
McGill-Toolen defender Charles Benning is similar in build and style of play to Lavelle and stood out during June's EAC Combine. Benning is 6-foot, 210 pounds.
Spanish Fort linebacker Blake Dees was another EAC standout and moves extremely well for a 6-foot-1, 220-pounder with 4.7 speed in the 40.
Williamson's Antwan Rogers is a physical pass-rusher in high school at 6-foot-1, 233-pounds but will very likely move to linebacker in college as a big linebacker. Rogers was another camp standout this summer.
Huffman is never lacking in Division I talent, and outside linebacker Detorious Shipley could be the next big-time Viking at 6-foot-2, 215-pounds and a 4.7 40-yard dash.
Lincoln high school's Desmond Wills is a physical specimen at 6-foot-1, 215 pounds and a 4.5 40-yard dash. Wills was a sophomore starter and rolled up 132 tackles last fall.
Gadsden City's Terrick Wright was a back-up quarterback last fall, but this season he is set as one of the Titans's starting outside linebackers at 6-foot-2, 200 pounds. Wright could get some college looks with a good fall campaign.
Big-time defensive backs lead the way
Valley safety Enrique Florence has already made waves with a 6-foot-2, 210-pound frame and offers already from Alabama and Auburn. Florence has the frame to even grow into a linebacker, but as one of the state interception leaders last fall it is likely that he will continue to be a dominating force in the defensive secondary.
Walker High School was a playoff team last fall thanks in large part to cornerback Jacquese Kirk, a lockdown defender with 4.4 speed in the 40.
"He's a kid that most of our opponents tried to avoid by the end of the season," said Walker head coach John Holloday. "He had that much of an impact as a sophomore and that's really rare to see."
The 5-foot-11, 165-pound Kirk earned plenty of attention for his game-changing turnovers - including seven interceptions - that helped lead Walker to a playoff run that took them all the way to the state quarterfinals.
"He's a very smart player and when you combine that with his athleticism it leads to big plays," Holloday said. "He's got great instincts and that allows him to turn an ordinary play into a big play. I think he's got the potential to be a really excellent college corner. He's got all the tools you need to be a playmaker at the next level if he continues to work hard."
Vigor cornerback Eric Dixon has prototype size for his position at 6-foot-, 170 pounds. Dixon was another key contributor to last fall's state championship run for the Wolves.
North Jackson's Denzel Bynum made a name for himself this summer with blazing 40 times at both Alabama and Auburn. Bynum ran at least one sub-4.4 40-yard dash during testing.
McKenzie High School isn't a large football program, but the south Alabama school has a star in the making in athlete Emmanuel Johnson, a 5-foot-10, 175-pounder who could star on either side of the ball.
Another large corner is Leeds athlete Jonathan Rose who at 6-foot-1, 180 pounds is already bigger than his father, former Auburn star Charles Rose.
Hoover's Rico Dunn has the bloodlines to succeed as his father is former Tide defensive lineman Eric Curry. Dunn, who is 6-foot-2, 185 pounds, previously played at Spain Park.
Vestavia Hills features physical head-hunter William Dillard, a 6-foot, 185-pounder who was a part-time starter last fall for the Rebels as a sophomore.
Other safeties with size to keep an eye on are Gadsden City's Anthony Swain, a 6-foot-2, 185-pounder, Bibb County's Taylor Morton, a 6-foot, 183-pounder and Vestavia Hill's Patrick Prewitt, a 6-foot-2, 180-pounder who had four interceptions last fall.
BOL Xtra: As talented as the early returns indicate the 2012 in-state class will be on offense, the defensive side of the football could be even better. Prattville High School will line up two huge defensive linemen this fall which isn't unusual for the three-time defending state Class 6A champions - except that the two players are just sophomores. Defensive tackle Justin Shanks at 6-foot-3, 251 pounds is as physically impressive as any senior and defensive end Caleb Gulledge, at 6-foot-4, 255 pounds, has been compared to a young Bobby Greenwood. Haleyville's Jachine Haltiwanger is already a monster physically at 6-foot-5, 225 pounds. Bob Jones linebacker Reggie Ragland will line up at tight end this fall and also stars on the basketball court for the Class 6A program, but the 6-foot-4, 225-pounder has a clear future at linebacker and was a star at Alabama's summer camps. Faith Academy's Chris Cashier is a two-way star at receiver and defensive end, but his frame at 6-foot-4, 210 pounds could lend itself to any of several different positions. McAdory's Marcus Turner was the most impressive sophomore at the EAC Combine in Vestavia in late spring and will get college looks in both the secondary and at wide receiver with 4.49 40-yard dash speed.


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Funny Car Champion John Force tells why he likes Norwalk!
NORWALK, Ohio – They call him, "The Man."
When fan favorite John Force bedazzles the Golden Anniversary celebration of Summit Motorsports Park with his special edition Funny Car and showmanship on August 10, 2013, he recalls early impressions of the Auto Plus Night Under Fire presented by Kelly Services.
"The size of the crowd is what was always amazing," said John Force, a National Hot Rod Association 15-time Funny Car World Champion. "It was probably the biggest I have ever seen. The fireworks were unbelievable. They always had a little bit of something for everybody – Jet Cars, wheelstanders like my brother Louie raced here. He had a wheelstanding truck. They had motorcycles and fuel bikes and every category you could think of.
"They had Jet Trucks and they were unbelievable," John Force said. "Then you top it off with a Funny Car show. All of that put together makes us as racers want to put on a show and run big numbers.
"Winning the Night Under Fire is the icing on top of the cake in front of a packed house."
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, as John Force chased his racing dream, Bill Bader Sr., then president and owner of Norwalk Raceway Park, developed the foundation for the young track to become an industry presence.
"I met the Bader family years ago," John Force said. "They are a great family, with Bill Jr. and Bobbie and Bill Bader Sr.
"Understand that I raced in the early days with some of the best promoters – the people I called the P.T. Barnums: Vinnie Knapp, Bill Donner, Steve Evans, and Jim Rockstead – People that put on races with 64 Funny Cars, and the rock shows.
"That era has gone away, and yet Bader passed that passion on to his kids," John Force said. "They stayed true to that promoter mentality. This is footbacll country, and yet they could get these people to love drag racing. That is what fascinated me."
In a thrilling, high-speed occupation, sometimes John Force met danger on the way to the track.
"I remember flying into another track, maybe Lebanon Valley, and the pilot was looking out the window," John Force said. "He asked if those were high power lines in front of us. It turned out he had never landed there, and we had to turn around and land a different direction to get me to the track.
"I thought I would never top that, as far as a crazy deal to get to a race," John Force said, "but a few years later I was on my Nightmare Continues Tour, since I was winning a lot of championships."
When John Force's rig pulled into what is now Summit Motorsports Park, he wore a Nightmare Continues T-shirt.
"Bill Bader says he has an idea about how he wants to introduce me," John Force said. "I say, 'I'll do whatever you want, since you are paying me.' Before they take me out to the starting line, they put me in a coffin with a big old rat's head on the front of it. They are playing Michael Jackson's "Thriller," I think, and they pull me out on the starting line.
"It kind of shook me inside that coffin," John Force said. "When I jumped out of the coffin on the starting line with the shirt on, the fans went nuts. My little kids loved seeing it. They thought it was cool.
"That was the kind of stuff Bader did," John Force said. "They never stopped improving and thinking outside of the box. They just keep coming up with new ideas.
"I remember one year I did a burnout in the final and they turned out all the lights in the stadium," John Force said. "It was header fire and the fans were screaming. You couldn't see where you were at when you were backing up. I went on down the track and won."
The partnership between John Force Racing and the track expanded to include a special edition Funny Car raced only at the Night Under Fire, and repeated in 1/24 scale collector grade cars.
"He always did tributes to the military," John Force said. The eleventh car in the series celebrates 50 Years of Norwalk. "It has gone on for years and years. The 50th Anniversary is something special for me to be a part of and to honor them with that. That is pretty cool. I am honored to be driving that 50th Anniversary Funny Car."
John Force Racing returns to Summit Motorsports Park twice a year – especially to Night Under Fire which is on August 10, 2013 – with fond memories of racing and family.
"We were here on the Fourth of July and it was an opportunity for my kids to see fireworks," John Force said. "Ashley has raced me here in the final and beat me once. I raced Courtney in the final last year. Robert has won here. We have all won here.
"They are celebrating 50 years of racing here, so I am honored to be a small part of the event," John Force said. "What they built, John Force didn't build. I am proud to be a part of it."


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The data, which the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday (March 8), showed the number of people of one race who identify themselves as black or African-American falling by 30 percent between 2000 and 2010. The city had 6,796 black residents in 2000, but the number dropped to 4,704 in the new census.
Black residents, who made up 23 percent of East Palo Alto's population in 2000, now make up only 16.7 percent of the city, according to the census.
The dramatic drop in the number of black residents drove the city's overall population down despite modest growth within other racial groups and ethnicities. Hispanic and Latino residents saw their number rise from 17,356 to 18,147 over the past decade (a 4.6 percent increase) and they now make up nearly two thirds of the city's population — 64.5 percent in the new census compared to 58.8 percent 10 years ago.
Statewide, the Hispanic/Latino population surged by 27.8 percent over the past decade, census data shows.
The new census also shows that East Palo Alto's white population remained relatively flat, going up slightly from 7,962 in 2000 to 8,104 residents in the new census. The data suggests that many of these residents were also classified as Hispanic or Latino (which is an ethnicity, not a race). Of those residents listed as not Hispanic or Latino, 6.2 percent are white.
East Palo Alto's population decline came at a time when most Bay Area cities experienced growth, according to the census. San Jose and San Francisco saw their respective populations go up by 5.7 percent and 3.7 percent over the past decade, while Palo Alto's population rose by 9.9 percent.
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Elementary math task force gets the go-ahead
Selection will begin later this month for members of a parent-teacher task force to explore "exemplary practices" in elementary school mathematics.
The Palo Alto school board Tuesday night (March 8) unanimously approved formation of the task force, which will be charged with identifying materials — including technology — to challenge children who perform above grade level.
More than 70 percent of Palo Alto elementary students perform at the "advanced" math level on the California Star Test. And in a survey last year, more than 40 percent of Palo Alto elementary school parents said their children are not sufficiently challenged in math.
The task force idea stems from a Jan. 25 school-board discussion in which board members noted some campuses have developed "flexible groupings" and other approaches to challenge children, and urged that those ideas be shared with other schools.
Superintendent Kevin Skelly cautioned that any approach suggesting "laning" is not appropriate at the elementary level, but that using "flexible groupings" to challenge students would be acceptable.
The task force will be composed of one parent and one teacher representative from each of Palo Alto's 12 elementary schools, one middle school math teacher and one or two principals.
Parent representatives will be selected by the site council at each school. Those interested are asked to submit letters explaining their reasons and qualifications to the school site council.
Teacher representatives will be chosen by principals at each school, and participating teachers will be compensated for their time.
The math task force will meet monthly starting in April or May, run through March 2012 and ultimately be asked to "make achievable recommendations to the superintendent that will direct the allocation of district funding toward achievement of this mission."
Cars burglarized in Palo Alto restaurant parking lots
Four cars were burglarized in restaurant parking lots along El Camino Real in Palo Alto Wednesday night (March 9), Palo Alto police Sgt. Sal Madrigal said Thursday morning.
All of the burglaries occurred within about one hour and laptop computers were the primary targets, Madrigal said.
"The vehicles had their windows smashed and laptop cases were taken," Madrigal said.
The first two thefts occurred in the parking lot of So Gong Dong Tofu House, 4127 El Camino Real, at approximately 7:22 p.m., he said. Two other burglaries were reported 56 minutes later in the parking lot of Sundance The Steakhouse at 1921 El Camino. Madrigal said police are investigating the thefts but have not yet identified any suspects.
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CARSON, Calif. – The SuperClasico is always a heated game for the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA, but the match will have extra implication as LA look to solidify a spot in the postseason.
The Rojiblancos have long since been eliminated from contention for the MLS Cup Playoffs, but the Galaxy are currently tied for fourth place with the Colorado Rapids, just one point ahead of sixth place San Jose Earthquakes. With the Rapids taking on Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday before facing San Jose next Wednesday, LA must begin to rack up points as they seek to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth straight season.
Although the SuperClasico is always a heated and physical affair, Galaxy midfielder Marcelo Sarvas admits that LA must approach each game like it's a playoff game from here on out.
"It's like every game from here to the end of our journey this season. We have to get points because we are dealing with a lot of risk," Sarvas told LA Galaxy Insider. "We're very close to heaven and yet very close to hell. We need to reach the playoffs."


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Bruce and Jennie Hannemann say viewing pornography triggers the brain into releasing a flood of its own endorphins.
In our highly sexualized culture "sexual immorality is running rampant" with literally millions of people struggling with porn and sexual addictions daily, say Bruce and Jennie Hannemann.
"The problem inside the Church is as bad as the outside," the Green Bay, Wisc., couple said, pointing to a survey of U.S. Christians showing that 50 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women struggled with pornography use.
This has led to countless wounded souls, broken relationships, divorce and dysfunctional families. In 56 per cent of divorces "an obsessive interest in Internet pornography" was a significant factor.
The Hannemanns spoke on the effects of pornography at Holy Trinity Church in Spruce Grove May 5. The couple gave a similar presentation at the Catholic Pastoral Centre May 7. Both presentations were part of the Edmonton Archdiocese's first annual Life and Family Week.
Jennie said those who become trapped in pornography addiction are not necessarily losers. "The profile of an Internet pornography addict is intelligent, sensitive and spiritual," she pointed out. "Aren't those the characteristics of the majority of Catholics?"
The Hannemanns are co-founders of Elizabeth Ministry International and cofounders of RECLAiM, an online program for porn addicts. Bruce, an author, is a former porn addict himself.
Jennie has served families for over 35 years in the roles of educator, pastoral and family life minister, Catholic radio personality and retreat director. Her journey through her husband's pornography addiction has enhanced her work with the hurting and has intensified her belief in the power of God's grace.
"Pornography corrupts us to our core," she said. "It's time to reclaim our culture for Christ."
The couple said in reality, Internet pornography is like an addiction to drugs or alcohol. Pornography viewing triggers the brain into releasing a flood of its own endorphins and neurochemicals such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine. The porn viewer becomes addicted to these chemicals and finds it almost impossible to break free.
Bruce said people often begin watching porn at a young age out of curiosity. He started at age nine when he found a stash of porn magazines in his dad's office. Curiosity turns into compulsion and soon porn viewing becomes a form of self-medication every time there is a problem.
When people frequently use pornography for pleasure, escape and coping, the brain begins to believe this is the way to deal with the stresses of life.
As a result, their thoughts become dominated by sexual images, urges and fantasies, spending increasing amounts of time, effort and energy in pleasing themselves or fighting the urge. They are unable to stop.
"Just as with those who struggle with drugs and alcohol, they have developed a chemical dependency," Bruce said. "They can't imagine a day without masturbation."
Men addicted to pornography prefer masturbation to having sex with a woman, noted Jennie. "Pornography is ruining the sex lives of an entire generation (of young men).
"By the time they get married, they are not going to get aroused by their wife."
The couple noted teens are extremely vulnerable to Internet pornography as well as sexting and urged parents to take precautions and to "talk about this with your children." Sexting, the act of sending nude pictures via a smart phone, is popular with young people aged nine to 18.
One of the great challenges in helping people break out of pornography is the fear, shame and embarrassment they feel. Because of this, many keep their struggles a secret and suffer alone.
"I couldn't function anymore because of my addiction," recalled Bruce. "I sought help but I still couldn't stop." He said his life changed only after he retrained his brain through an online recovery program.
"Willpower alone is not going to be enough," Jeannie pointed out. "Porn addiction is a chemical addiction. It's not about sex and is not going to be cured by marriage."
In their presentation, the Hannemanns promoted the program RECLAiM Sexual Health, describing it as a science-based online recovery program that helps individuals move forward on their personal path to freedom from unwanted sexual behaviours.
They said RECLAiM, which combines "brain science" with insights from Theology of the Body, leads to physical, mental and spiritual healing.
For more information on the program go to www.ReclaimSexualHealth.com.