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Unregulated after-hours clubs and "BYOB" joints. Juice bars across the hall from boozy "adult" night spots. Untrained bouncers. Scores of drunks pouring into the streets at 2 a.m. closing times.
When you add in guns, this late-night clubbing cocktail has proven lethal in cities like New Haven and Hartford. Growing outrage over multiple killings has sent state and local officials scrambling in search of ways to stop the violence.
Their list of solutions so far (and it's clearly still a work in progress) sounds almost as complex and varied as the tangled web of existing state laws and regulations that now govern — or fail to govern — these clubs.
Take, for example, after-hours clubs that don't serve alcohol or food and thus escape nearly all state or local regulation.
"They charge you $20 cover to get in and do anything you want," says Michael Lawlor, Gov. Dannel Malloy's top criminal justice adviser. "The question is what, if anything, can we do about that."
Lawlor says state agencies are now searching to some sort of regulations these clubs might fall under.
State Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney, who happens to be from New Haven where there have been multiple club-related deaths this year, says maybe there shouldn't be "after-hours" clubs, especially if you can also bring your own bottle. He argues that maybe all-night spots should have to obey the same 2 a.m. closing time.
Looney says all too often, "people who are already intoxicated [and have just left bars where they've been boozing it up all night] come into these places with more alcohol."
New Haven's chief administrative officer, Rob Smuts, doesn't think the city wants to go that far. "I don't think we're talking about closing times," he says.
Instead, New Haven Mayor John DeStefano would rather allow municipalities more authority to crack down on "nuisance" club owners who let their patrons get out of hand.
There's also a proposal to require that all club bouncers get training or certification from their local police department.
At a news conference last month, DeStefano pointed out that one-quarter of his city's 16 homicides in 2013 were connected to late-night clubs.
Smuts says another partial solution would be to allow clubs in an area to set up their own local "entertainment" taxing district to pay for additional private security or more police patrols. Smuts says a majority of New Haven club owners city officials have talked to "would be in favor of that… but they don't want any freeloaders."
In other words, if they are going to have to pay for added cops, they want everybody operating night spots in their area to chip in on the cost. Some changes would be needed in state law to let club owners create their own tax districts.
Looney thinks that's a grand idea, and says if club owners don't want to do it voluntarily, he's ready to force cooperation through legislative action.
Except that anything that could hurt the profits of bars, restaurants or the liquor industry has a nasty time getting through Connecticut's General Assembly. Those businesses provide lots of jobs and bring in lots of tax revenue and life to urban centers, and their owners also know how to use lobbying power at the State Capitol.
Yet the link between clubs and gun violence seems clear.
The most recent incident happened on Oct. 26 outside the Key Club in New Haven. One woman was shot to death and five others wounded. The club has since surrendered its liquor license while the state and local police conduct their investigations.
In Hartford, Mayor Pedro Segarra pointed to two separate killings in August that happened outside the popular Up Or On The Rocks club near Hartford's train station.
Segarra wants changes in the state law that allows a club to have one area for boozing by adults and another for people under the legal drinking age of 21.
"To attempt to have non-drinking events... at the same location where people are allowed to drink, it's not a workable formula," says Segarra. He says it's simply not enforceable.
"If it's next to impossible to regulate, should we just eliminate it?" is the question Lawlor says the state needs to answer about juice bars.
State liquor officials don't even know how many of these popular "non-alcoholic" bars for young people exist in Connecticut. Current state law says the owner of a café that wants to have a "juice bar" for minors simply has to notify the local police chief.
The cops can then, at the café owner's expense, assign an officer to watch over those young "non-drinkers."
Smuts says New Haven officials aren't looking for anything drastic when it comes to juice bars. "We're not looking to shut them down," he says, just "tweak" the laws or regulations governing them.
What exactly those tweaks would be Smuts isn't ready to say: "That's not something we're going to rush into."
Lawlor says Malloy believes that the state's "mosaic" of laws and regulations governing juice bars and after-hours and BYOB clubs "need to be looked at in a comprehensive way."
Malloy is well aware that any attempt to overhaul our rats' nest of liquor laws in 2014 is certain to trigger some major lobbying fights and get folks all riled up in what happens to be a big election year.
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The British Fashion Council (BFC) has carefully curated 120 emerging and established accessories, jewellery and ready-to-wear designer brands to show their autumn/winter 2012 collections at the leading designer showcase, The Exhibition at London Fashion Week. The Exhibition will showcase 22 new designers for February 2012 and will be open to all UK, International media and buyers. Registration is available on site at Seamans Hall from 17th – 21st February, 10am – 7pm (closing at 6pm on the 21st).
The Exhibition at London Fashion Week is based at Somerset House, now situated over 2 floors instead of 4, it sees a newly curated style with a focus on creating a more tailored and visually merchandised feel to the showcase. New exhibitors this season include footwear designers, Alain Quilici; New York based Alejandro Ingelmo; Julian Hakes London and Kat Maconie. Other newcomers include NEWGEN designers Huishan Zhang and Lucas Nascimento.
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The Exhibition will have merchandised feature areas for each of the returning BFC showcasing initiatives; NEWGEN, sponsored by Topshop will feature some of London's most innovative designers; Estethica, sponsored by Monsoon, gives a platform for eco-sustainable design; Headonism, showcases new British milliners supported by Ascot Racecourse; the BFC/Elle Talent Launch Pad and The Navy Board Room Collective, comprising of NEWGEN alumni, will be located on the first floor.
NEWGEN sponsored by Topshop now situated in the East Wing will showcase some of the UK's finest emerging talents. This season marks the 10th anniversary of Topshsop's sponsorship of NEWGEN and this London Fashion Week kick starts the celebration of their continuous backing of the scheme. New designers for this season include Simone Rocha who's collections have generated great press recognition and have gained her prestigious stockists throughout the world. Lucas Nascimento, a graduate from the London College of Fashion who has spent the last three seasons showing at Rio Fashion Week and Huishan Zhang, a Chinese born London based designer who has found inspiration and direction in his own national identity creating a brand where Eastern heritage meets Western influence.
Brand new fine jewellery initiative 'BFC Rock Vault' sponsored by the International Palladium Board and curated by Stephen Webster supports showcases and promotes Britain's most innovative fine jewellery talent. Housed in a structure located on the Terrace of Somerset House, overlooking the Thames, the designers will create their own unique installation within this dedicated area. This unique showcasing initiative has been developed by the BFC to nurture the creative fine jewellery talent based in London and give these designers the opportunity to further develop their businesses and exposure amongst both UK and International media and retailers. Designers featured within the Rock Vault are Alexandra Jefford, Fernando Jorge, Hannah Martin, Hillier, Husam El Odeh, Jo Hayes Ward, Jordan Askill, Melanie Georgacopoulos, Sophie Bille Brahe and Tomasz Donocik. These designers will also feature alongside five concepts created by Central Saint Martin's students made from the precious metal Palladium. An event to launch this initiative will be held on Saturday, 18th February at the designated BFC Rock Vault space.
The BFC's ethical initiative Estethica sponsored by Monsoon is showcasing 13 cutting edge designers this season. Over the past 6 years Estethica has supported over 100 designers, chosen for their design excellence and commitment to working in a sustainable way. All designers adhere to at least one of the key Estethica principles of fair trade and ethical practice in the production process; the inclusion of organic fibres and the use of up-cycled and recycled materials and fabrics. Designers showcasing this season include ready to wear designers Ada Zanditon, Dr Noki's - NHS, Henrietta Ludgate, Junky Styling, Makepiece, Monsoon, North Circular, Reclaim to Wear and Victim Fashion Street. Joining them are accessory designers Aiste Nesterovaite and Pachacuti; Jewellery designer Joanna Cave and Lingerie designer Charini.
Headonism is a BFC initiative curated by Stephen Jones, celebrating the new wave of emerging London milliners and is supported by Royal Ascot. It showcases emerging talent within an installation that will be located in the East Wing of Somerset House. It was launched during the BFC's 25 year celebrations by Mayor of London Boris Johnson. Designers participating in Headonism this season are Charlie Le Mindu, J Smith Esquire, Noel Stewart and Piers Atkinson and new addition William Chambers.
The four recipients of the BFC/Elle Talent Launch Pad 2011/12 award, Claudia Catzeflis, Saloni, Sophie Hulme and Vassilisa will showcase their collections in a newly dedicated space in The Exhibition. The four winners were announced by Elle Magazine in September 2011 to receive support to develop their businesses and grow relationships with regional retailers; Anna (London, Essex, Norfolk), Cricket (Liverpool), Hervia Bazaar (Manchester), Square (Bath). February 2012 is the second season for these designers to exhibit at London Fashion Week.
Four prominent multi brand showrooms will be representing designers at The Exhibition at London Fashion Week, Showroom Belgium, Place Rouge, Trace Publicity and Rainbowwave. The Showroom Belgium will be a visiting showroom as part of the BFC International Fashion Showcase. The Flanders Fashion Institute will present a selection of emerging fashion talent from Belgium including: A.Knackfuss, Cedric Jacquemyn, OMSK and WOLF by Sofie Claes and an installation created by Ra at The Exhibition during London Fashion Week. Trace Publicity will be returning for a second season bringing seven designers including Teatum Jones, Georging Hardinge and Fashion Fringe winner Fyodor Golan. Place Rouge will be joining for their third season with brands such as A Friend by A.F Vandevost, AVHASH by Anne-Valerie Hash and Jean Pierre Braganza. Rainbowwave will be supporting emerging talent with a showroom fully dedicated to designer Camilla Skovgaard.
For February 2012, the BFC has launched another brand new initiative 'FASH/ON FILM' sponsored by River Island. This new scheme aims to support and develop relationships between fashion designers and film makers, providing a showcasing opportunity at London Fashion Week. To celebrate the launch of this new initiative River Island will produce a short film showcasing their new Design Forum collection designed by Royal College of Art graduate Julian J Smith. It will premiere during London Fashion Week at the first BFC Fash/On Film festival sponsored by River Island in the Canon Cinema in the Courtyard Showspace and the Canon Screening room in the Embankment Galleries, Somerset House. To view the full schedule for the Fash/On Film showcase please visit: www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/digitalschedule
February 2012 sees the addition of a 3rd showspace space, the 'Embankment Gallery Showspace' at Somerset House. Situated in the embankment galleries, the former exhibition space will now be the venue for catwalk shows, presentations and events throughout the duration of London Fashion Week. The Showspace will host 11 designers' shows this season, designers showing in the Embankment Gallery Showspace include Christian Blanken, Kinder Aggugini and Simone Rocha.
Caroline Rush, CEO of the BFC commented "This season sees a newly curated style of The Exhibition at Somerset House, this new layout and format will offer press and buyers a much more tailored and edited selection of British talent, this will help to bring more focus to the designers participating in the Exhibition. February sees the welcome return of seasoned exhibitors plus exciting and brand new designers providing visitors with the best possible talent in the UK fashion industry."
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Volume 19 Issue 9 | July 14- - 20, 2006
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Cranes over new high-rise developments on the Lower East Side, seen from Houston St. and Avenue A.
Board studies plan to limit East Side towers
By Lincoln Anderson
Community board members and housing activists got a first glimpse Monday night of a preliminary draft proposal for a sweeping rezoning of the East Village and half of the Lower East Side that would curb development of tall condo towers and hotels and include incentives for providing affordable housing in new construction projects.
In seeming awe, David McWater, chairperson of Community Board 3, several times referred to the undertaking the study area includes a total of 114 city blocks as simply the massive rezoning.
Harvey Epstein, a former chairperson of the board, explained that it was the next big rezoning by the city, following on the heels of prior major rezonings of such areas as Williamsburg/Greenpoint, West Chelsea and the Hudson Yards.
Under a community-led process known as 197-a, Community Board 3 last year proposed a contextual rezoning for the area between E. 13th and Houston Sts., east of Third Ave. and the Bowery, as well as parts of the Lower East Side, including E. Houston St. to Grand St., from Essex St. to Allen St.; and Houston St. to the north side of Delancey St. east of Essex St. The board then made its pitch to the city. On Monday night, the C.B. 3 197-a Task Force received a presentation from a pair of city officials on what the Bloomberg administration is willing to offer.
The citys zoning study area is the same for the East Village, but for the Lower East Side includes the blocks bounded by Houston St., Pitt St., Delancey St., Ludlow St. and Grand St. and the west side of Chrystie St.
Arthur Huh, the Department of City Plannings C.B. 3 district liaison, explained and answered questions about the general zoning provisions, while Gabriella Amabile, a planner with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, discussed the component for inclusionary zoning for affordable housing.
The general plan is to create zoning, under which new buildings will have to be built out to the street wall no plazas will be allowed for new buildings and maximum heights will be capped. No air rights will be allowed to be shifted from adjacent lots to add height to new projects, such as was done, for example, with The Hotel on Rivington, which was built to 16 stories by cobbling together air rights. Building heights would be capped, in general, at 80 feet about eight stories tall throughout the rezoning area.
The East Villages typical low-rise buildings, looking southwest from Ninth St. and Avenue B.
In areas being proposed for the inclusionary zoning program along Houston and Delancey Sts., the west side of Chrystie St. and the west side of Avenue D maximum building heights would be taller, 120 feet. A developer who includes 20 percent of the floor area in his project for affordable housing would get to add an additional 33 percent of density to the project. The affordable units would be eligible for families of four whose annual income is 80 percent of the areas median income, or $56,720. Developers would also be able to qualify for the 421-a program, under which they would get tax breaks, if the affordable housing they build within the inclusionary zoning is for families of four whose annual income is 60 percent of area median income, or $42,540.
The developers would also be able to build the extra height but locate the affordable units elsewhere in the C.B. 3 district. But housing advocates at the meeting felt this would be unlikely, given the neighborhood dynamics, and that all of the affordable housing would be included in the new projects.
In general, the inclusionary zoning component is similar to the one included in the recent Greenpoint/Williamsburg waterfront rezoning.
The community facility zoning allowance would also be available within the rezoned area. But, some task force members said the allowance which allows dormitories, for example, to be built extra tall should no longer be made available to developers in the neighborhood.
Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, asked Huh why the five blocks between Third and Fourth Aves. south of 14th St. werent included in the zoning study area. A 26-story New York University dormitory which will be the tallest building in the East Village is being built on E. 12th St. in this strip.
Institutions like N.Y.U. have identified this area as the place where they want to keep growing, Berman said, adding that the university already has a couple of monstrously out-of-scale dormitories on Third Ave.
Frankly, if the zoning stays the same, were just going to see more of these, Berman said.
Added Barden Prisant of C.B. 3: Just because Third Ave. has become a valley of towers doesnt mean it has to stay that way.
But, Huh said, the 114 blocks in the study zone already cover a very large area and that to add the Third and Fourth Aves. corridor raises a lot of issues that changes the specific nature of the study. To raise the issue of contextual zoning in this area it is just too different.
Berman said he suspects N.Y.U. has been lobbying the city not to include the Third and Fourth Aves. area in the zoning study. But Christine Shakespeare, N.Y.U.s head of city and government relations, said she wasnt aware that the university was doing any such lobbying.
Nevertheless, Berman said, Theres a lot to like in the citys proposal.
The task force also made known its displeasure with part of the plan that would add a commercial zoning overlay on St. Marks Pl. Opponents said a lot of the businesses on St. Marks illegally took over residential spaces years ago and shouldnt be rewarded now with legalization.
Members of the task force also said they want to make sure that antiharassment provisions are included along with the rezoning so that existing low-income tenants arent pushed out by developers looking to build megaprojects benefiting from the inclusionary zoning height bonuses.
There was some concern the zoning south of Houston St. would remain commercial, which some feared would continue to allow large hotels to be built, such as the roughly 20-story hotel currently under construction by the Pomeranc group on Allen St. between Houston and Stanton Sts. However, McWater, C.B. 3 chairperson, noted later that regardless of whether the zoning would be commercial or residential with the 80-foot height cap, developers would no longer be able to build mammoth hotels.
Damaris Reyes, director of Good Old Lower East Side, or GOLES, objected to the idea of having inclusionary zoning on the west side of Avenue D, across from the public housing on Avenue Ds east side, arguing that instead it should be spread throughout the East Village.
Inclusionary housing along Avenue D is cutting off the projects and is just consolidating low-income housing there. I dont think we want to put all of the low-income housing in our part of the community, she said. Weve lost so many areas [of affordable housing] within the East Village area that the character is completely different. I dont think theres a need to include it on Avenue D.
It seems like class-based zoning, added Paul Bartlett, a C.B. 3 member.
McWater said the task force will send a letter to City Planning outlining its concerns about the preliminary draft rezoning.
In addition, the task force plans to take up the contentious issue of the long-vacant Seward Park Urban Renewal Area sites south of the Williamsburg Bridge. After the city announced a new plan for the sites at the end of 2003, there was a backlash, primarily from the Grand St. community, over its low-income housing component, and it was ultimately dropped at the end of 2004.
McWater said he hopes this time he will be able to pull together all the community stakeholders and politicians and have a real dialogue about what the community wants to see on these sites on which old tenements were razed decades ago, but which today are primarily used as parking lots. The community board will attempt to initiate its own 197-a community-based rezoning plan for the Seward sites this time around, he said.
Before the task force started its discussion of the hot-button issue, McWater, hoping to head off any flare-ups, said he wanted a spirit of co-operation intelligent, rational, nonemotional dialogue.
However, in some initial harsh words, Frances Goldin, a veteran Lower East Side housing activist, blamed the failure of the citys last proposal for mixed-income housing on the sites on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, himself a Grand St. resident, whom she said blocked the plan.
Goldin said H.P.D. recently contacted Seward Park Area Renewal Coalition, or SPARC an organization of housing activists formed several years ago to spearhead the areas redevelopment and last week met with them, along with some Pratt experts, and worked up ideas for a new plan for the area. The new proposal includes low-, middle- and market-rate housing, with community facilities and commercial space.
They wanted to move fast on that plot, Goldin said. Its one of the largest sites of city-owned land.
McWater said Councilmember Alan Gerson has proposed having a large arts or cultural institution as an anchor at the Seward Park renewal area, but that no such institution had been identified yet.
McWater said, because of circumstances, Grand St. representatives were unable to make Monday nights task force meeting. He said, ideally, he hopes to have a public forum on the issue in the fall.
The board chairperson said hed like to start from square one with local stakeholders, adding hed maybe put up butcher paper and let people write what they want there.
I think the politicians want to do something and they will be here for our meeting next month, McWater said.
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A new book by Eric Abrahamson and David H. Freedman, A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder, claims that a degree of disorganization is a good thing. The authors think that keeping things in perfect order reduces efficiency and wastes time. They also think a messy home is more nurturing for children.
"There are people who spend all day keeping things in their places who really wish they had time to do other things," Freedman says. "But they feel obligated to do this."
Source: Clutter: New book strikes a blow against the cult of über organization, an article by Valerie Finholm, The Hartford Courant
The quote above reminds me of a basic principle of organization that I read in some book: Always put every single thing on any project away, even if you are going to work on it again tomorrow. To me, that seems a perfect example of excessive neatness being a waste of time.
I appreciate the permission to keep various reference materials stacked around the computer, even if it does look messy to the unaccustomed eye. I think I had better continue to strive for some order in the house, though. The stacks would get pretty deep around here if I just embraced my messy tendencies.
If this topic speaks to you, you'll enjoy one of the interesting book reviews currently in the news: "Embrace the Clutter", by Penelope Green of the New York Times.
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Our Marcus finds a worm in his milkshake and is a little freaked out...
After an extreme electrical storm the worms of a small town become vicious flesh eaters. City guy Mick (Don Scardino) gets caught up in all of the flesh eating and soon realises visiting his new girlfriend might have been a bad idea.
Squirm is one of those classic scary creature turned killer flicks we all so love but given its 1976 release, the effects are more low key than we're used to today. With that said Rick Bakers nearly 40 year old practical effects, that pretty much consist of worms burrowing into faces still far outshine the modern totally unrealistic CGI approach.
Not a whole lot happens for the first hour here, it's all character set ups. These are all cute and light with a dark undertone but there's no scares beyond the odd slimy worm slipping down a wall out of someone's sight. However when the worms really start snapping it never really lets up. The flick isn't all that scary but the sheer amount of wiggly worms on show here is pretty gnarly and still totally effective.
The image here leaves it's age behind for the most part and provides a warm, clean and bright presentation. There's a distinct late 70s/early 80s feel to the style but everything here shines in HD. Warm sun bathes everything everything with a glow, natural lighting brings fine detail to life and beyond a little softness the upgrade here is amazing really.
The image has a fair few instances of good depth, especially in the woods, though with a loss of sunlight it can sometimes feel a little flat at times. Black levels aren't perfect but they are close enough to give the image a sharp edge and tend to compliment colours rather than engulf them.
There's a distinct crackle to this track but it's certainly got power behind it. The initial overbearing wave of storms, screams and a young boy singing hits like a hammer, albeit one which needs a little more bass behind it. The score is very much of it's time and genre but it's eeriness is sometimes lost within it's unpleasant sound and instrument choices.
Much of the dialogue here feels a little disconnected from the visuals and airy. Sound effects can feel a little tinny and it's all very, very central but there's a few distinct layers here. Dialogue, general ambience such as music or nature chirps and often a third eerie elements. Given the tracks limitations it's never all that dynamic but it does it's job well enough.
The commentary with Lieberman is an enjoyable track with a lot of detail and warmly told stories from the writer/director. The 'Q&A with Jeff Lieberman and Don Scardino' (24:93 HD) from a 2012 screening is more of same and the director plays to the crowd well.
'The Esoteric Auteur: Kim Newman on Squirm' (16:09 HD) has the movie expert talking all things Lieberman's and covers his career quite well and of course goes into Squirm in more detail.
There's also the films trailer.
Squirm is the sort of film I used to watch as a kid and think that it was about as hard as horror got (mainly because I was yet to learn about psychos, zombies and mentals) but now I just enjoy watching these silly killer bug flicks. The story here is pretty light but turns dark at just the right time and given the right crowd would still make an audience feel uneasy.
The disc looks great, sounds okay and has a fair set of features, even if it's not quite and full as some of the other Arrow titles out there.
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This atrociously bad film should only be released as the MST3K version IMHO.
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 23rd September 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: PCM 2.0 English
Subtitles: English SDH
Extras: Commentary, Q&A, Featurete, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Jeff Lieberman
Cast: Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R.A. Dow
Genre: Horror
Length: 92 minutes
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2013 Outback: attendance up, TV down from 2012 (MSU/UGA)
As you may have noticed from watching all the New Year's Day games, a plethora of tickets were still available at the bowl games, particularly the Gator Bowl.
For the Outback Bowl, the addition of Michigan did help increase attendance (54,527 vs 49,429) somewhat but it was still far from a sellout. In terms of TV, the rating dropped quite a bit, from a 5.0 (MSU/Georgia) to a 4.3 (UM/SC).
It's obvious Georgia is a bigger TV draw than SC, but I'm a little surprised Michigan didn't help keep that number closer for 2013. Pairing this with the poor showing of last year's Sugar Bowl (3rd lowest BCS game of all-time), it seems to confirm that while we're a big TV draw (compared to 95% of programs), we're not quite big enough by ourselves to draw a huge numbers of viewers.***
(Note on link: while the ratings are as solid as TV ratings get, take the attendance figures with a grain of salt; there is simply no way there were 70,000+ at the Orange Bowl -- on TV it looked like a typical U of Miami game.)
***Update: as 'Murph' pointed out below, the Outback bowl was on ABC last year, not ESPN. Since ESPN is in 87% of TV household (essentially 5/6), this means the "normalized" number for last year's Outback would be 4.2 -- thus the TV rating was essentially unchanged from 2012/2013..


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A Brooklyn man was arrested for making online threats to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly in the comments section of an article on Gothamist.com.
Richard Strauss (49) allegedly told readers to "aim their sights" at Kelly, adding that the Irish American NYPD vet needed "a well-placed [bullet] to his thick skull".
The New York Post reports that police swooped into arrest Strauss, who was previously charged with gun possession in April 2004. He was released on bail on Wednesday evening.
Using the moniker Ladder157, the accused posted the following comment on the Gothamist article: "NYPD Spied On Muslims At Yale, Sent Undercover On Whitewater Rafting Trip."
"Ray Kelly is an enemy of the people and the constitution. As such, he should be treated as any other enemy of the U.S.A. would be. Kelly is a legitimate target due to his illegal actions. I took a federal oath to protect the U.S. Constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic and Kelly is most assuredly a domestic enemy. A well placed round of 7.62 ammo to his thick skull would work quite well to eliminate the threat that he poses. All New Yorkers should aim their sights (both figuratively and literally) on this piece of excrement. Come get me Kelly if you have the balls and I don't mean the ones you suck on."
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In response, Gothamist publisher Jake Dobkin was subpoenaed by the NYPD over the comment. He explained what happened:
"In general, I try to evaluate every subpoena on the merits. If it's a subpoena in a civil case, we'll generally notify the commenter that someone is trying to get their information. Although now that we've switched to Disqus and Facebook authentication, we often don't have email addresses for the commenters, which makes them harder to contact. In criminal cases, the subpoena often prevents us from doing that - our only choice when we believe the subpoena was issued in error or bad faith is to have our lawyers fight it in court," Dobkin posted in the site.
"But in this case, where there was a clear death threat against a public official, I felt there was a strong reason to comply and give up the commenter's IP address (we didn't have his email.) That's not the kind of comment or commenter that we want on our site."
In a recent Esquire interview, Commissioner Kelly said that death threats were just part of his job.
"Sure. You get death threats in this job. That's why I have these guys [referring to his security detail] with me. I'm a nice guy, but people want to kill me."


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In this searing novel, a study of unbearable grief, two families are forever haunted by a fairy-tale wedding, described in a prelude, and a marriage that lasted barely an hour when the bride and groom died in a car crash. Twenty-six-year-old Becca Copaken, sunny, beautiful, athletic and musical, married her sweetheart of 10 years, John Tetherly, a yacht designer, and, not coincidentally, the son of a fierce, proud woman who cleans houses, among them the summer house of Becca's parents, Iris and Daniel.
Shared grief does not exactly bring the grieving parents together.
The Copakens are "from aways," vacationing in Red Hook, Maine, from their apartment in New York City, while John's mother, Jane, is one of the natives who rather disdain the foreigners.
All of the characters are acutely rendered. There is Iris, the super-competent woman who knows best what is good for everyone else; her unambitious husband, Daniel, who teaches at a mediocre law school, and their needy younger daughter Ruthie, who keeps sorrow at bay by studying to exhaustion at Harvard. The most poignant and memorable inhabitant of the novel is Iris' father, Emil Kimmelbrod, a semi-famous violin soloist whose advancing Parkinson's disease has silenced his beloved Guarneri. Having lost his entire family in the Holocaust, he has learned that there is "no apparent limit to the amount of grief a man could survive if he allowed inertia and the passage of time to push him through his days." A stoic if bitter realist, he tells Ruthie that "there is no logic to loss. There is no guiding hand allotting tragedy in bearable increments."
The survivors cope, or fail to, in unique ways. Daniel hides out in the gym, trying to relearn the boxing he'd been good at as a young man. Jane locks herself into furious and bitter grief. Ruthie and John's brother Matt abandon their academic plans and drop out of school. They turn themselves into an ersatz Becca and John. They begin a romance and Ruthie works at the library while Matt becomes obsessed with finishing John's project, the restoration of an old wooden boat.
Never mind that Matt knows nothing about boats, while Ruthie is afraid of the water. Iris and Emil make a project of Samantha, Jane's 9-year-old niece, who shows an uncommon musical gift. The two plan to turn her into a violin prodigy. Jane knows she should be grateful but deeply resents their do-gooder interference.
A freak storm erupts suddenly on the evening of the Copakens' annual July 4th picnic. But the climactic disaster it brings in its wake has the unpredictable consequence of mending the frayed human hearts of the novel's players. Like Samantha's blossoming, it hints that not only is survival possible, but that there is still hope for something like peace, even redemption.
One of the pleasures of the book is in its detailed description of work: boat building, boxing, teaching and learning music. Sometimes, it suggests, what saves us is the work of our stubborn hands.
Brigitte Frase is a writer and book critic in Minneapolis.
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2-Ingredient Nutella Brownies, Bulgogi-Style Grilled Steak, Strawberry Orange Julius & a Vegetable Galette
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Room Dividers at the Aman Hotel
Reading through Condé Nast's guide to the best hotels of 2010, we discovered the Aman Hotel in Beijing, next door to the Summer Palace. The decor there is incredible—especially the carved screens, which act as space dividers in the bedrooms, bathrooms, and sitting areas.
The hotel is inspired by Ming Dynasty style, which favored an uncluttered look and furnishings of exceptional quality. Wedding beds, which are traditionally used as multipurpose rooms within rooms, form the heart of many of the Aman's suites. Screens are also used to section off the bathtub (a look we love), decorate the walls, and subdivide desks from a larger space.
The Aman Hotel is an international resort chain. (We previously blogged the Aman-i-Khas in India.) The hotel at Summer Palace is their first in China and was built within a series of traditional dwellings.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (December 14, 2011) – The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics hosted a luncheon earlier this week, recognizing the Gerald Thomas family and Thomas Construction Company, Inc. for their generous donation to the new on-campus baseball facility set to open this season and officially announced the naming of the stadium – Thomas Stadium.
The luncheon, which was held at the Carnegie Hotel, included the Thomas family and several members of the ETSU Athletics Department. Guest speakers included Dr. Paul E. Stanton (President), Dave Mullins (Director of Intercollegiate Athletics), Tony Skole (Head Baseball Coach) and Matthew Scruggs (ETSU senior outfielder).
"We are extremely grateful to the Thomas family for their contributions to ETSU as an institution, and to ETSU athletics in particular," said Mullins. "Their generosity was the key to proceeding with this new baseball stadium project, and without them none of this would have been possible. They are a true Buccaneer family."
The Thomas family generously provided the stadium site development, labor and materials valued at approximately $500,000. The family has contributed over $1.3 million to East Tennessee State University over the years, including site work for Betty Basler Field and gifts to the Quillen College of Medicine, Gatton College of Pharmacy, Buccaneer Athletic Scholarship Association (BASA) and the Hoops Club.
"Everyone that is associated with our university and especially those who have been associated with ETSU Baseball, will be forever grateful to Gerald and Sandy Thomas and their wonderful family," said Skole. "Their generosity will have an eternal impact on our university, our community, our baseball program and on the lives of all those young men who have the privilege of wearing the Blue and Gold. Our coaching staff and our players are extremely excited about opening this season at "The Thom." With Opening Day only 64 days away, we are looking forward to welcoming the new traditions that this stadium will bring to our program. It is going to a wonderful facility that will change our program forever."
Thomas Stadium is set to open on February 17, for the start of the 2012 baseball stadium, when the Bucs host Eastern Kentucky in a three-game series.
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UH Hilo hosts Pacific Islander Higher Education Conference, February 8-9University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
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Posted: Jan 24, 2013
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo hosts a two-day Pacific Islander Higher Education Conference February 8 – 9 at the university's Campus Center. The event is free and open to the public, and registration is required.
Navigating the Success of Pacific Islanders in Higher Education brings together education, community and government leaders along with high school students and their families to encourage students of Pacific Island heritage to seek a college education and develop strategies to ensure their success.
"UH Hilo has become a popular destination for students throughout the Pacific region. Over the years, many Pacific Island families have also made Hawaiʻi their adopted home and as with any new immigrant population comes the cultural, social, and educational challenges," said Vidalino Raatior, director of the UH Hilo Pacific Islander Student Center.
"The conference aims to bring together stakeholders to address the critical issues related to these student populations in the local high schools and develop strategies for supporting their needs," said Raatior.
The conference convenes at 9 a.m. on Friday, February 8, in Campus Center 301 with a leadership summit featuring high school and college educators. UH Hilo Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Luoluo Hong will give the keynote address focusing on institutional partnerships to ensure student success at all levels of service as a matter of social justice.
Government, church, Pacific Island and community leaders will join educators during the afternoon session at the Pacific Islander Student Center (Campus Center 307), where talks will focus on developing collaborative partnerships to support the students' needs.
February 9 has been designated as a "College Day" for high school students and parents of Pacific Island ethnicity to participate in workshops, forums and activities to inform, motivate and inspire them to seek higher educational opportunities and resources.
Sessions begin at 9 a.m. with the keynote address by Dr. Lorraine Sonoda-Fogel, a local doctor of Samoan descent who will talk about resilience amidst poverty and the value of hard work as exemplified by her own life story. Breakout sessions, workshops, a resource fair, panel discussions, and information from various university officials will wrap-up the conference.
The event is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education and sponsored jointly by UH Hilo and UH Manoa.
For more information and/or to register, call (808) 933-3857 or visit www.pacificstudents.org.


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An Easton man was arrested Thursday night after police said he allegedly agreed to meet a juvenile to exchange the drug Molly for sexual favors, according to The Enterprise.
Christopher Biggins, 30, of Depot Street was charged with alleged statutory rape of a child, enticing a child under the age of 16 and distribution of a counterfeit drug.
The paper reported that the arrest comes following a two-month investigation by Easton police.
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The judges have spoken, and the votes are in. A three-judge panel of local dignitaries selected "Signs of the Season - Beyond Words" by Willowglen Academy as the first-place winner in this year's FHN Community Festival of Trees contest. "Let Your Actions Shine" by Open Bible Learning Center received the most votes in the People's Choice category. Each organization will receive FHN's top award, a $500 check.
The tree decorated by Therapy Dogs International, "Tails Tell Tales," took second place in the judging and will receive $300 from FHN. The Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois' tree, "I Can't Wait to ... in Girl Scouts," came in third with the judges and will receive $150.
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School's tree, "The More That You Read, the More Things You Will Know," received enough votes to nab second place in People's Choice and a check for $200. Sojourn House's entry, "Piecing Lives Together," was third and the winner of a check for $100.
All 17 trees remain on display at the library through Jan. 2.
Blood drive
Volunteers from Titan Tires will be at the library from 2 to 6 p.m. Jan. 7 to assist our local branch of the American Red Cross with a neighborhood blood drive. Make an appointment to donate blood between those hours by calling 815-233-0011 or go online to redcrossblood.org. You also have the option to just drop in, as I will probably end up doing, sometime during the afternoon.
Northwest Chapter Executive Director Leslie Mastroianni tells me the library location couldn't be more convenient. It is a central location with plenty of parking, easy access to the building, and a spacious room for their set up right on the first floor.
You are eligible to donate blood every eight weeks (56 days). First-time donors are always welcome.
Come prepared with a photo ID or your Red Cross blood donor card, and, remember, drink lots of liquids beforehand so you're well hydrated.
There's still time
It's never too late to express your love for libraries through a gift to the Freeport Public Library Foundation. If you're looking for inspiration, consider this: Alfred Grupe grew up in Freeport in the 1930s. When he fell ill in Peoria in 2007, he remembered Freeport Public Library as a sanctuary during his youth. Grupe left an incredible $100,000 donation to the library.
Many donations to the Foundation's endowment fund are made in memory of - or in honor of - a beloved friend of family member. Donations are tax-deductible, and, if you hurry, there's still time to make your contribution by the end of the year. Send your check to the Freeport Public Library Foundation, c/o Trust Division, 100 East Douglas Street, Freeport, IL 61032.
Library Director Carole Dickerson can be reached at 815-233-3000, ext. 216, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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- Film Release Date : 2013-05-30
- Languages spoken : English
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- Original title : After Earth
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Intersection of Cherry and Harrison Streets
SPD Ptl. Cody Eason was dispatched to the area for a possible fight. When he arrived, he witnessed a woman yelling at a man who was walking away from the scene. The officer started walking after the man and he started to run from the officer. Eason caught up with the man and placed him under arrest for fleeing on foot. The man smelled of alcohol, as did the woman and both were placed under arrest for public intoxication.


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I own both an Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. I have no preference in the eternal console fanboy war. In fact I always kind of considered them equal, maybe even the PS3 coming out ahead because of its ability to play blurays and its FREE online services. Xbox live is definitely the slicker system as far as presentation, but not having to pay Sony kind of made up for the lack of bells and whistles on the PSN. However, as most of you reading this probably know by now, the Playstation network was hacked into and taken down as a result on April 20th. This is posting on May 4th and the PSN is STILL dead to the world. Not being able to play any games online (including the MMO ONLINE ONLY DC Universe) would be bad enough, but the question remains of whether or not the hacker(s?) obtained user credit card information. While Sony is a victim of a crime in this situation, the surprising lack of timely information and concrete answers is of great concern to me both as a gaming enthusiast and a consumer. To me it says that while Sony wants to be at the technological forefront in terms of horsepower, how people use and interact with the technology seems to be lost on them.
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Will Smith eulogized his late "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" costar James Avery, his television father figure, with a reverential Facebook message posted Sunday.
The 45-year-old mega-star, whose rap career was parlayed into a blockbuster film career after the 1990s family-friendly comedy, posted a photo of himself alongside Avery and their "Fresh Prince" costars Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons and Alfonso Ribeiro, who played the wealthy Banks children. Avery played Smith's domineering Uncle Philip Banks, better known as Uncle Phil, on the NBC sitcom, which aired from 1990 to 1996.
"Some of my greatest lessons in Acting, Living and being a respectable human being came through James Avery. Every young man needs an Uncle Phil. Rest in Peace," read the caption on Smith's official Facebook page.
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Avery's Judge Philip Banks took in the ragamuffin teen at his posh manor in Bel-Air following "one little fight" in Smith's native Philadelphia. Avery died on Dec. 31 at a Glendale hospital following complications from open-heart surgery. He was 65.
The group snapshot was taken the last time the costars were all together, the caption said, but it is unclear when that was.
Soon after his death, Ribeiro, who played Phil's pretentious son, Carlton Banks, remembered the actor on Twitter.
"I'm deeply saddened to say that James Avery has passed away," he wrote on New Year's Day. "He was a second father to me. I will miss him greatly."
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Ali, who played Phil's streetwise youngest child, Ashley, also shared a few words about the late Avery.
"James was my teacher my protector & the most magnificent actor. We're feeling his loss very deeply. He'll always be apart of me #JamesAvery," she tweeted, later sharing a few photos of Avery on the set of "Fresh Prince."
Avery's posthumous body of work includes his final film, "Wish I Was Here," directed by Zach Braff, which wrapped in September. The dramedy is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this month.
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The Lipscomb Lady Bisons continue to show improvement on the basketball court, but their efforts are not producing wins.
Monday night they lost 81-76 to USC Upstate in the final home game of the season at Allen Arena. Guard Jenna Bartsokas, forward Valerie Bronson and guard Miaca Bowman were honored before the start of the game in "Senior Night" ceremonies. It was also "Think Pink"/"Pack the House" night with approximately 1,200 fans in attendance.
After allowing Upstate to start quickly the Lady Bisons controlled the game for most of the first half and held a 33-28 advantage at intermission.
In the second half the Lady Bisons twice led by as many as 11 points, the last time at 12:03 as center Jess Reece sank a pair of free throws for a 56-45 advantage.
With 11:47 remaining in the game the Lady Bisons held a 10-point edge, 56-46.
Upstate then went on a 17-2 run to take over the game at 63-58 with 7:10 left to play.
"We've got to meet those runs," Lady Bisons coach Frank Bennett said. "We've got to pull together when adversity is happening.
"It also happened in the ETSU game. The other team is really fired up when it is making those plays. They are playing extra hard."
To counteract that energy the Lady Bisons have to find ways to get the defensive rebounds and have confidence breaking the press to stop the run.
"We have to raise our level of play," Bennett said. "That is our next plateau to break over the top."
The Lady Bisons tied the game at 63-63 on a 3-point shot by Bartsokas with 4:41 left on the clock, but they could not regain the lead down the stretch.
"We did a lot of good things," Bennett said. "We had five players in double figures which was a very good sign. We just need to be more consistent and develop several legitimate threats.
"After we finally stopped their run we played really well down the stretch. We gave ourselves chances to catch up."
Forward Hannah Phillips continues to become more of a force on the court late in the season. She scored 15 points, her season high which also tied for her career high. She barely missed a double-double for the second game in a row with nine rebounds. She also tied for the team-high in assists with five and tied for the team lead in steals with four.
It was the fourth time in the last five games that Phillips has scored in double figures. She has hauled down a career high nine rebounds in each of her last two games and is averaging 7.4 rebounds per game in her last five games.
Bronson led the way for the Lady Bisons with 18 points, tying her season high set Feb. 5 at Jacksonville. Bartsokas finished with 17. Both Bronson and Bartsokas hit three-of-eight attempts from beyond the 3-point arc.
Center Brittany Duerk and guard Anna Bowers each chipped in with 10 points.
Upstate guard Tee'Ara Copney scored a game-high 28 points. Forward Chelsea McMillan finished with 18 points. Forward Lauren McRoberts just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds, tying Phillips for the game-high on the boards.
Thursday night the Lady Bisons will play at Kennesaw State in a game that could be important in determining the final Atlantic Sun Tournament seedings. They close out the season at Mercer, the only team that did not qualify for the tournament.
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Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has dismissed speculation linking him with a move to Paris Saint-Germain.
The France international acknowledged the quality of players that PSG have been signing in the past couple of years has been high, but believes the Ligue 1 side still have some way to go before they enter the world elite.
"For now, I am at Real and I do not want to leave," he said to TF1's Telefoot, when asked about the PSG rumours. "Paris invests in very good players like Thiago Silva and [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic. But it takes time.
"They must first win the championship and they reach the last 16 of the Champions League to achieve the same level of the big clubs."
Benzema also played down any personal unrest over Gonzalo Higuain being favoured by Los Blancos boss Jose Mourinho up front this season.
"It is true that I have less playing time than last year," the 24-year-old continued. "But I am someone who battles, and that's from the beginning of my career. I will continue like this with the aim of playing more and scoring more.
"There was no discussion with Mourinho. I respect his choice [to play Higuain more]. When he calls me, I try to be decisive.
"I can finish my career at Real - if it's possible, we'll see. For now, I feel very comfortable here."
Benzema believes the French public and media should not slate France team-mate Samir Nasri so heavily and admitted the idea of captaining his country is alluring.
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On September the 19th a man named Graeme walked in off the street and requested to speak with someone about our Buggies For Good programme. Graeme, Melissa and I sat down and had a chat – I assumed that he wanted to donate a buggy that was no longer needed. This usually what happens when people pop in mentioning Buggies for Good – and we love it! However Graeme was different he happened to walk in almost by accident as his daughter just lived around the corner but Graeme and no buggy to donate instead he sat down and told us a story….
Last year Graeme took a holiday to Thailand and ended up visiting a couple of hilltop villages in the North along the border of Burma. What he found there kept him in Thailand for 3 months – much longer than his intended holiday. Graeme decided to wanted to help the people that lived here so he become a volunteer of the Creating Balance Foundation of Thailand – a program designed to create hope for families living in some of the worst conditions in the hill tribes of Northern Thailand.
The hilltop villages are a dangerous area of Thailand. Poverty and drug abuse are rife as that is the main trafficking area for yabba, or meth-amphetamine. Children are often abandoned by their parents as the pull of the drug gets too strong. The children are left to be cared for by the grandparents or in many cases no one at all. There is no medical care in these villages and the roads are almost impassable during the 3 months of monsoon season. The area can become so hazardous that the NZ government warns against travelling in the area during monsoon season. Graeme sat with us for an hour or so explaining the day to day the lives of the people that lived here and how all of the children living here help one another. Many of them are disabled, physically and mentally. He told us the story of Naha, a young girl who was left to her own devices in a rotting shack, unable to walk or talk. The Creating Balance Foundation made a wheelchair for Naha allowing her to move outside the confines of her shack for the first time in over 5 years. This was also the first time she had ever sat on a chair. Graeme showed us photos of her sitting in her new chair – the joy on her face was so palpable that we immediately became invested in her story. Instead of being confined to the same three walls, Naha was now able to move around the village and reconnect with the people who helped raise her.
The next story hit us even harder. Mel and I heard about Kanjana, a 6 year old who has been paralysed down one side by a parasite he caught at the age of three. The Foundation found him when visiting another orphan they were keeping an eye on. In Graeme's words – "While visiting Somphon, we were told that there were still two severely disabled children in the village that needed help. Both of whom were orphans staying with their grandmother. While Somphon was playing the guitar, the grandmother in question came to visit us with her grandson, Kanjana. Kanjana is 6 years old and had been born a normal child. However in his 3rd year he became seriously ill and lost his ability to talk. He is now largely paralysed and unable to speak. Due to his paralysis he can only eat liquid food. He gets two packets of milk a day. Which is a luxury food item his grandmother can scarcely afford. What shocked me most was the way this grandmother carried Kanjana everywhere on here back wrapped in shawl, the boy was clearly to heavy and big for a woman of her size to be carrying."
Graeme began thinking of ways to help this woman out. He knew how exhausting it was getting around during monsoon season when your ankles are deep in mud – but try navigating this terrain with a 6 yr old permanently strapped to your back! He decided she needed a buggy that could handle mountainous terrain and without knowing our brand name or even our existence he went in search of one! Thankfully we do exist and Graeme managed to find us and tell us about the people that he has come to care for so much. As he continued to discuss all the children he had met with Mel,I began looking into whether we had anything in our Buggies for Good inventory. When I returned Graeme was telling us about the amazing guitar prowess of one of the boys. When he finished his story he turned to us and asked if he could be cheeky and take a Mountain Buggy back to Thailand with him on his flight the next morning. Unfortunately I had to say that we don't have anything like that here – but if he could find his way to our warehouse he'd find a refurbished Urban Jungle waiting for him! Graeme was so surprised he was speechless and left the building with tears strolling down his face – which in turn made Mel and I sob! All in all it was an emotional day at the office but we were delighted that Graeme found us and Buggies for Good could help.
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Pure DWTS 12 – Rapping, Ranking, Grading, and a Poll On The Dancing With The Stars Judges
Tom Bergeron posted this new video at his twitter of Carrie Ann, Len, and Bruno during their best judging moments of Season 12 to a rap song. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry watching this? 😯 But, it inspired a new Poll and ranking question which you can view and partake in below and in the comments if interested.
Lastly, if you were to rank Carrie Ann, Len, and Bruno on how well they judged Season 12, how would you rank them in order? You can also "grade" them if you like.
My favorite judge is Len. I love his grumpiness. I also respect how he tries to stick to the traditional rules of ballroom dancing. I think his role as a judge on the show is the most important for this reason.
In ranking and grading the judges this Season, I'd do so like this. (Note: I took a grading point off for how they tried to manipulate and take away our rights to vote at the end even though I suspect producers were involved too.);
1. Len – Grade: B-
2. Carrie Ann – Grade: C
3. Bruno – Grade: C- (I've loved him and his dramatic style in the past and sometimes he describes just what I'm feeling after a dance. I can't imagine the show without him. But, he goes too far in his criticisms when he demeans the contestants!)
I look forward to all of your thoughts! 😉


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