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FROM THE BOOKCOVER:Succubus Dreams is the third book in the Georgina Kincaid series. Of all the books so far this one is my favourite. It is a very dark, almost tragic story, not only for Georgina but for many of the supporting characters. But it all the more emotionally gripping because of it.
Some days, a girl just can't catch a break ... especially when the girl in question is Georgina Kincaid, a shape-shifting succubus who gets her energy from seducing men. First there's her relationship with gorgeous bestselling writer Seth Mortensen, which is unsatisfying on a number of levels. It's not just that they can't have sex in case Georgina inadvertently kills him (generally a turn-off for most guys). Lately, even spending time together is a challenge. Seth's obsessed with finishing his latest novel, and Georgina's under demonic orders to mentor the new (and surprisingly inept) succubus on the block.
Then there are the dreams. Someone, or something, is preying on Georgina at night, draining her energy, and supplying eerie visions of her future. Georgina seeks answers from Dante, a dream interpreter with ties to the underworld, but his flirtatious charm only leaves her more confused-especially as the situation with Seth reaches crisis point. Now Georgina faces a double challenge-rein in her out-of-control love life, and go toe-to-toe with an enemy capable of wreaking serious havoc among mankind. Otherwise, Georgina, and the entire mortal world, may never sleep easy again.
Georgina has an awful lot thrown her way. Her boss saddles her with an incompetent rookie succubus who is supervised by the imp who wrote the original contract for her soul. An imp she hates and fears A seed of doubt is planted that their may be something awry with its' conditions.
Georgina is struggling to make her relationship with Seth work, but their unique circumstances (like no sex) and differing expectations make for a bumpy ride. It is clear Georgina loves him dearly and it breaking her heart when time after time events conspire to unravel her efforts to make it work.
After each seduction of her victims, Georgina is tormented with vivid dreams of a domestic life that seems to fulfill her every desire for happiness—a husband, a home, a child and a profound feeling of contentment. Things missing from her waking life. Each day she rises with the captured energy drained from her and a deep sense of loss.
Georgina consults Dante, a magical human familiar with her supernatural world to help interpret her dreams and identify the source of the energy drain. Despite significant difference a certain respect builds between the two. We learn a great deal about Dante, a story that in many ways parallels Georgina's in terms of choices and consequences.
Additional relationships are mirrored with Georgina's. A posse of Angel's are in town for unknown reasons and a human member of their party crashes with Georgina. Eventually we learn how their mission and Georgina's troubles are connected. She observes the secret and forbidden love affair between one of the Angels and her guest, not unlike her own relationship with Seth. Foreshadowing her future, the affair ends in the most tragic of ways and is perhaps the most poignant scene in the novel.
With Succubus Dreams, Georgina continues to evolve as a fascinating and complex protagonist. She has had centuries to reflect and regret her choices which led her to becoming a succubus but she remains steadfast in her positive outlook. At several points the Angels compliment her with "you're not so bad for a demon". And in fact, there are several veiled implications that she may have a destiny very central to the good versus evil struggle.
This is not a HEA episode in Georgina's life, but it is one that explores her resilience and tests her endurance and resolution. Almost as if she is being prepared for bigger things. I look forward to seeing how Georgina will grow the next time around. I hope you will too. Can be read without prior exposure to the series but as always better appreciated if you read the earlier books for back story and recurring characters.
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Popes rarely produce viral sound bites, but legions of Catholic bloggers continue to pass around a quote from Pope Benedict XVI in which he openly blessed the passion that drives them to their keyboards. "Without fear we must set sail on the digital sea facing into the deep with the same passion that has governed the ship of the Church for 2000 years," he said, in a 2010 Vatican address easily found at YouTube. The goal is to live in the "digital world with a believer's heart, helping to give a soul to the Internet's incessant flow of communication."
If that quotation is too long, bloggers can embrace this shout out from Pope John Paul II, who could become the patron saint of digital scribes. Just before his death in 2005, he proclaimed: "Do not be afraid of new technologies!"
That quote should fit atop a computer monitor.
"The greatest obstacle is always fear, when the church tries to get involved in something new," said Brandon Vogt, author of "The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists and Bishops Who Tweet."
"There's the fear of the unknown, the fear of making mistakes, the fear of creating controversy and, most of all, the fear of causing divisions in the church. ... Are there going to be bad apples? Of course. Will there be people who think they've been appointed as the pope? Of course. But Catholic leaders -- including our bishops -- can't ignore what is happening online."
As in the secular media, the social-media tsunami has rocked the old-guard religious publications.
For Catholics, diocesan newspapers long served as the official establishment voices, often clashing with independent publications on left and right, as well as those produced by religious orders such as the Jesuits. Now, Catholic bloggers have emerged as a quick-striking source of alternative commentary and information -- often from a sharply pro-Vatican point of view.
"The Catholic blogosphere is probably one of the most orthodox parts of the American church, in large part because there were so many people who feel like the church being attacked and they want to defend it," said T.J. Burdick, a Catholic educator who edited the new "One Body, Many Blogs" e-Book.
In this collection, a circle of Catholic writers provided their "10 commandments" lists for blogging about religion. In addition to the need for prayer before clicking "post," these blunt recommendations included:
* First, said Marc Barnes of the Bad Catholic blog: "Don't suck. There is a tendency within the Christian world to think the work we do will be good work, if only we do it for God." Anything less than excellence "is no service to God, no matter how well we think we are witnessing, giving testimony, or whatever Christian euphemism we want to use to disguise the fact that we can't be bothered to make something awesome."
* Never assume "everyone who reads your work has the same viewpoint on issues of faith," wrote Lisa Hendey of CatholicMom.com. "Find a Jewish, Protestant or even Atheist friend or acquaintance and invite them to join you for a cup of coffee and a peek at your blog. While they view it, watch carefully how they interact with your content and what lasting impressions they have in reading your work."
* Along that line, but in pews, Deacon Greg Kandra advised: "Keep an open mind to the many ways there are of Being Catholic. Not everyone loves the Latin Mass. Not everyone adores strumming guitars and liturgical dance." When in doubt, he added, "Ask yourself periodically: WWJB?"
* Kevin Knight of NewAdvent.org warned: "Truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a pixel, will pass from the Wayback Machine cache until all is accomplished." With a strong "amen," Katrina Fernandez of The Crescat said her first commandment is to "remember that we will be ultimately judged by every word we utter and write. The Internet is forever, folks."
* Former atheist Jeff Miller, blogging at The Curt Jester, advised: "Do onto other bloggers as you would want them to do onto you. If you want to be linked by others, then be generous in linking to others and to give proper attributions to where you first noticed a story. If you want others not to jump to conclusions about what you write, make sure you are not doing the same."

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Diversifying University of Missouri Extension's income streams is crucial to funding a vibrant extension effort that is relevant, reliable and responsive. Gifts, grants, contracts, endowments and fee generation are all possible sources of new income streams. The additional funding received from each of these sources can enable MU Extension to accomplish programming and projects that would not be possible otherwise.
Gifts are donations of money, tangible items, volunteer time or other valuable resources that can be used immediately to support the mission of University of Missouri Extension in the short run (one or two years).
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Grant and contracts can dramatically expand the resource base from which we deliver MU Extension's mission. Generally, MU Extension develops a proposal indicating that if the funder will provide resources, generally money, we will provide specific educational efforts or activities that benefit the funder and also support MU Extension's mission. The money is provided for a specific, defined purpose. Grants and contracts are generally made available by federal or state agencies, corporations, foundations or organizations rather than an individual or family.
Endowments are a long-term funding strategy whose proceeds are designated to be used for a specific purpose. The money put into this fund — the corpus — will be part of the fund forever to earn interest and grow. Only the earnings portion of the endowment will be spendable. The earnings are generally distributed monthly within a year of starting an endowment, or the endowment decision-makers can choose to put the earnings into the endowment. The larger the corpus, the more earnings it can generate — earnings that will be available in the future to support more significant programming.
Fee generation is the practice of asking the people that benefit the most from MU Extension programming to pay something to participate in programming. As public funding efforts for MU Extension are no longer adequate to sustain the level of programming that is acutely needed by Missouri residents, charging program fees is becoming increasingly necessary.
Not all programs charge fees. Gifts, grants, contracts and endowment funds can support programming and reduce the need to charge fees. Also, some MU Extension programs have such high public value that they are funded 100 percent by appropriated tax dollars, eliminating the need to charge for participation.
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Terminated: Orange Housing Authority fires top employee
Board commissioners of the Orange Housing Authority (OHA) have terminated whistleblower and Executive Director Tanya Wilson a little more than a year into her appointment, effective Friday, March 8. This makes the second executive director the OHA board has let go in little more than a year. The previous executive director, Frank Anderson, was removed from his post at the end of 2011 amid allegations of gross negligence, mismanaging government funds and conducting shady business practices on the public's dime. The OHA board tasked with overseeing Anderson was left intact.
Wilson's termination comes just days after she reported alleged OHA board violations to HUD officials, the federal agency overseeing the quasi-governmental unit. The OHA board was scheduled to review and possibly enter into an employment contract with Wilson at its March 8 public meeting although she had been acting in the executive director capacity for roughly 15 months already. They instead chose to terminate the executive director following a three-hour closed-door executive session.
OHA board commissioner Joe Robinson voted against the firing, but was outvoted by board president Mary McKenna, commissioner Michael Combs, and commissioner Patricia Coppage. Combs made the motion to terminate Wilson's employment with the agency and give the ousted executive director six months severance pay. Combs stated that Wilson would be given the chance to resign rather than be fired, but Wilson declined the offer.
"I haven't done anything to need to resign," Wilson told The Examiner after the board's March 8 meeting. "I've never been fired from a job before, and I've never even had a negative evaluation. They're going to do what they're going to do, but that doesn't make it right."
Wilson said she will now institute the OHA grievance process to appeal the board's decision. OHA board president McKenna said she had no comment on the board's actions or Wilson's termination.
Prior to her termination, Wilson penned a letter to OHA commissioners and board president McKenna, Orange City Manager Shawn Oubre, the Orange City Council, HUD Regional Director Dan Rodriguez, Public Housing Revitalization Specialist Kelvin Williams, and HUD Office of the Inspector General Special Agent Rafael Galindo. In the correspondence, the executive director outlines what she has done to improve the OHA's "troubled" status from the wreckage of Anderson's time in charge of the housing authority. Still, she insists, the cause of the housing authority's problems may not have only stemmed from one bad egg.
"The situation with the Board has become untenable," the executive director stated in the letter. "I have been wrongfully prevented from attending closed executive sessions. In addition, I have repeatedly been asked to sign documents that I believe violates HUD rules and regulations.
"I am deeply concerned with the direction the Orange City Housing Authority is currently heading. I believe the board should immediately employ a specialized audit firm to conduct a forensic audit and retain independent outside attorneys to advise the Agency on HUD policies and procedures. I believe there may have been improper spending on behalf of the Authority. I have voiced these concerns and reported them to HUD and OIG.
"These have been difficult times for the Authority. I am hopeful that by taking a proactive stance concerning these troubled issues, we can turn this Agency around and bring it into compliance with Federal and State regulations."
Wilson also alleged that OHA commissioners were skirting procurement procedure laws. Questions as to the validity of those procurement procedures prompted a letter from HUD Regional Director Rodriguez ordering a halt to OHA projects across the board. OHA attorney Guy Goodson said he expects Rodriguez's cease-work order to be lifted soon, adding that the procurement process utilized by OHA was within the law.
Additionally, any resident wanting to address the board about the projects proposed by OHA, or the projects' indefinite halt, was prevented from addressing the commissioners during the March 8 meeting to air out their concerns. OHA commissioners did allow a man they called the "Resident Council President" to have control of the floor for approximately 30 minutes to rebuff a petition signed by a couple hundred residents stating that OHA's procurement procedures were not in the best interest of the residents of OHA.
"I'm here to clear up a lie that was told in my face," Resident Council President Anthony Vigas told the board. Vigas' time at the microphone was mostly used to facilitate a verbal altercation with OHA Quality Control Coordinator Raymond Young, the person responsible for forwarding the residents' petition to the Secretary of State and HUD officials.
"You will discover that the (MOU that spurred development's demise due to improper procurement) does not serve in the best interest of our agency, and more importantly, our residents," Young wrote to HUD and state officials. "Our residents are very concerned about this matter. Their voices need to be heard."
Vigas said the residents are acting out of fear spawned from misinformation. Residents who bypassed OHA board policy and shouted out their concerns during the board's meeting concluded that racism was motivating the board to quell public input. Board president McKenna and commissioners discussed taking steps to allow public comments in the future.


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The man suspected in at least 50 rapes and 10 homicides throughout California whispered a message on a surviving victim's answering machine.
"I could kill you," he said after several heavy breaths. "I could kill you."
The prolific serial killer and rapist appears to have been dormant since 1986, but authorities still don't know his name or his face. Still, investigators are holding out hope that they will find him.
He has been dubbed "The Original Night Stalker" because his crimes predate those of the "Night Stalker," convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez, who died of cancer in June on Death Row.
Larry Pool, a retired investigator for the Orange County Sheriff's Department, tried to find the Original Night Stalker for 16 years before he retired.
"It sticks with you," he said. "It's a case where you don't want to breathe your last before we see the offender identified."
In the "Original Night Stalker" cases, authorities have the recording, handwriting samples, a footprint and a huge amount of DNA evidence that links at least 10 murders and 50 rapes to one man.
But they don't know who all of this belongs to.
His 10-year crime spree began in 1976, and the terror extended from Sacramento to Irvine. Two double-homicides were in Goleta, just north of Santa Barbara.
Detectives found shoe imprints and twine used to tie up his victim near a crime scene there.
Pool said the killer appeared to get around on a bicycle and target first-level homes and apartments near green belts.
In at least one case, police found a detailed, hand-drawn map of a neighborhood he terrorized in Goleta. On the back of the map was a single word: PUNISHMENT.
Some believe the killer is still alive, and could be in his 50s or 60s.


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No. 92,410
FIDELITY BANK, f/k/a FIDELITY SAVINGS
JAMES M. KING, et al.,
1. An appellate court's review of questions of law is unlimited.
2. The proceeds resulting from a sheriff's sale under an order of foreclosure are not cash separate from the land, and a court does not have unfettered equitable power to distribute surplus proceeds to any party it deems deserving regardless of whether the party attempted to protect its rights.
3. A junior mortgagee who appears and asserts its position in a senior mortgagee's foreclosure action has the right to share in surplus proceeds from a sheriff's sale after payment of the senior mortgage.
4. A junior mortgagee who fails to appear and assert its position in a senior mortgagee's foreclosure action waives any payment priority it might otherwise have had to surplus proceeds from a sheriff's sale. Neither law nor equity requires otherwise.
Review of the judgment of the Court of Appeals in 33 Kan. App. 2d 804, 109 P.3d 180 (2005). Appeal from Sedgwick district court; KARL W. FRIEDEL, judge. Judgment of the Court of Appeals affirming the district court is affirmed. Judgment of the district court is affirmed. Opinion filed June 16, 2006.
Bradley S. Anderson, of South & Associates, P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant.
Karl R. Swartz, of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellee.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
BEIER, J.: This foreclosure appeal requires us to determine whether a junior mortgage holder waives its claim to excess sheriff's sale proceeds if it fails to appear and assert its position in a senior mortgage holder's action. We hold that it does.
Defendants James and Carolyn King assumed the debt on certain real property in Wichita in 1997. Fidelity Bank, f/k/a Fidelity Savings Associations of Kansas, FSB (Fidelity), was the mortgage holder. In 2000, the Kings executed a second mortgage on the property with U.S. Bank, N.A. (U.S. Bank), for $32,000. The Kings defaulted, and Fidelity sued to foreclose its mortgage on the property.
In its petition, Fidelity named the Kings as defendants, as well as U.S. Bank and Commercial Federal Bank, which held a judgment against the Kings. The defendants were properly served. Commercial Federal Bank filed a notice disclaiming any interest. U.S. Bank did not appear or file an answer or otherwise participate in the foreclosure.
The district court entered a decree of foreclosure, ruling that Fidelity held a first and prior lien upon the property. It entered judgment in favor of Fidelity and against the Kings for $65,321.25 plus interest, costs, taxes, and fees. The district court did not recognize any interest in any other party and stated that the defendants and all persons claiming by, through, or under Fidelity would be forever barred and excluded from asserting any title, interest, estate in, lien upon, or claim against the property. The court set a redemption period of 3 months from the date of the sale and ordered that proceeds derived from the sale would be applied: (1) to pay costs of the action and sale; (2) to pay real estate and special assessment taxes; and (3) to pay Fidelity's judgment, including interest. The court ordered "[t]he balance, if any, to be held by the Clerk of the Court, subject to further order of the Court."
The sale was held on January 28, 2004. U.S. Bank was the high bidder at the sale, purchasing the property for $93,500. The district court confirmed the sale on February 13, 2004, and paid Fidelity $73,092.71 in full satisfaction of its judgment. The clerk of the court held the remaining proceeds of $20,407.29.
On February 25, 2004, River City Enterprises, LLC (RCE), filed a motion in the district court, seeking distribution of the excess sale proceeds. RCE had acquired all of the rights and interest of the Kings just before the sale. Standing in the Kings' shoes, RCE moved the court to distribute the $20,407.29 held by the clerk to RCE.
The next day, the court granted the motion and ordered that the excess proceeds be distributed to RCE as the owner of all the Kings' rights and interest in the property. The court noted that no notice was necessary; Fidelity was the only party that had appeared in the foreclosure action and its judgment had been paid in full.
On March 5, 2004, U.S. Bank filed a motion requesting that the court set aside its February order, deny RCE's motion, and instead distribute the excess proceeds to U.S. Bank. U.S. Bank alleged that it was still owed $29,680.67 on its mortgage on the property, that it had an interest superior to RCE's because of its status as a junior lienholder, and that it was entitled to receive the surplus proceeds from the sale in satisfaction of its lien. RCE filed a response, arguing U.S. Bank had lost any interest it had in the property, including any right to recover surplus proceeds, when it failed to adjudicate its lien in Fidelity's foreclosure.
At the hearing on U.S. Bank's motion before the district court, U.S. Bank argued that there was no clear Kansas authority on the issue of whether a junior lienholder is required to appear and adjudicate its lien in a senior lienholder's foreclosure action to preserve a claim to surplus proceeds. Although it had not appeared in the foreclosure, U.S. Bank asserted that it had bid up the price on the property roughly $20,500 at the sale. Further, it argued it had priority in the surplus proceeds over RCE because RCE purchased only the Kings' right of redemption. It conceded that it no longer had any rights tied to the property, including a right to redeem, because it had not adjudicated its interest. However, it advanced cases from other jurisdictions and language from the Restatement (Third) of Property in support of the idea that its right to surplus proceeds survived its failure to appear and protect its interest in the foreclosure.
For its part, RCE agreed that proceeds from a sheriff's sale must be distributed to lienholders in order of priority before any excess goes to the debtor, but it argued that U.S. Bank's failure to appear or adjudicate its lien in the foreclosure meant it lost its right in the property and forfeited its status as a junior lienholder. Rather, U.S. Bank had become a mere unsecured creditor of the Kings and had no right to surplus proceeds from the foreclosure sale.
The district court denied U.S. Bank's motion, and the Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's decision, relying on instructive Kansas cases and distinguishing the extrajurisdictional cases upon which U.S. Bank had relied below. The Court of Appeals also was unpersuaded by U.S. Bank's equity argument: the Kings' debt to U.S. Bank was not erased by the foreclosure, and U.S. Bank owns the property and can still enforce its note against the Kings personally. The Court of Appeals adopted RCE's position that
"a junior lienholder who has responded in a foreclosure action, and whose lien is adjudicated by the trial court, has three rights: (1) the right to offset bid its judgment at the sheriff's sale to protect the value of its lien; (2) the right to redeem the property from sale should the owner fail to redeem [during the owner's exclusive period]; and (3) the right to share in surplus proceeds after payment of the senior mortgage judgment." Fidelity Bank v. King, 33 Kan. App. 2d 804, 812, 109 P.3d 180 (2005).
According to the Court of Appeals, U.S. Bank's failure to participate in the foreclosure meant it possessed none of these rights. Instead it was merely the holder of an unsecured note. RCE, as holder of the Kings' right of redemption and right to excess proceeds, was therefore entitled to distribution of the $20,407.29 held by the court.
Our review in this appeal is unlimited, as it raises only questions of law. See First Nat'l Bank & Tr. v. Miami Co. Co-op Ass'n, 257 Kan. 989, 998, 897 P.2d 144 (1995).
The proceeds of a foreclosure sale are generally applied to costs and taxes and then to the judgment owed to the foreclosing party, as set forth in the district court's foreclosure decree. Although statutes govern procedures for foreclosure sales, there is no statute governing distribution of excess proceeds from such a sale. In this statutory vacuum, we look to the Restatement (Third) of Property: Mortgages § 7.4 (1996), which lays out the following guiding principles: "When the foreclosure sale price exceeds the amount of the mortgage obligation, the surplus is applied to liens and other interests terminated by the foreclosure in order of their priority and the remaining balance if any, is distributed to the holder of the equity of redemption." These principles are consistent with long-standing Kansas law. See Blandin's Adm'r v. Wade, 20 Kan. 251, 255 (1878); see also McFall v. Ford, 133 Kan. 593, 1 P.2d 273 (1931) (setting forth pithy formula leading to distribution of surplus proceeds: "Foreclosure, sale, confirmation, debt satisfied, taxes and costs paid, surplus to debtor. This is the customary routine.").
Neither party to this appeal urges us to depart from these principles. The question here is whether U.S. Bank must have appeared in the Fidelity foreclosure and adjudicated its junior rights tied to the property to preserve its lienholder status and thus its priority entitlement to surplus proceeds. It insists that its participation in the foreclosure was not necessary. RCE insists that it was.
U.S. Bank's arguments are the following: (1) It is accepted practice in Kansas for a junior lienholder to protects its interest in surplus proceeds merely by bidding at a foreclosure sale; (2) the lower courts' holdings are ambiguous and rely upon faulty analysis; (3) as a policy matter, the Court of Appeals' decision will have a negative impact on Kansas citizens; and (4) the distribution of surplus proceeds in Kansas is governed purely by equity, which favors its position.
We can quickly dispose of U.S. Bank's second and third arguments. Our review of the holdings of the lower courts, as set forth above, is unlimited. In such expansive review, if any "fault" or "ambiguity" exists, it will be addressed and corrected. With regard to the third argument, we will not reach a decision in a case based on public policy when we have legal authority that guides us to appropriate resolution. See Noel v. Menninger Foundation, 175 Kan. 751, 267 P.2d 934 (1954). The courts will not pass on the propriety, wisdom, necessity, and expedience of existing law, otherwise constitutional, even if the court does not consider it to be in the public interest of the state. See Cardarella v. City of Overland Park, 228 Kan. 698, 700-01, 620 P.2d 1122 (1980).
U.S. Bank's first argument -- that bidding by a junior lienholder, as opposed to participating in the foreclosure suit, is common practice and sufficient to preserve a priority right to surplus proceeds -- assumes that surplus proceeds are not bound to an interest in the land subjected to sale. This necessary premise is incorrect.
U.S. Bank relies on McFall, 133 Kan. 593, for the proposition that proceeds from a foreclosure sale are cash separate from the land. On the contrary, McFall says:
"Since inferior judgment liens are cut off by the sale, surplus takes the place of the land, and the lienholders may apply for distribution of proceeds of sale . . . . [W]henever surplus, standing for the land to which the lien attached, ought in equity to be distributed to lienholders, it may be distributed to them, on application to the court having control of the surplus. This is the very purpose and object of reserving, in judgment and order of sale, power to dispose of surplus." (Emphasis added.) McFall, 133 Kan. at 601.
Because surplus proceeds remain tied to the land that is the subject of the foreclosure, those with preserved interests in the land are paid first. Under Kansas law, payment to lienholders in order of priority comes directly after payment of costs. Thereafter, any surplus belongs to the debtor in execution. See Blandin's Adm'r, 20 Kan. at 255. In this case, RCE has acquired the debtors' remaining interest in the land. This includes the debtor's right to surplus. Unless U.S. Bank is a lienholder, i.e., a holder of an interest in the subject land, it does not, as a matter of law, come before RCE in the surplus proceeds payment queue.
The problem for U.S. Bank is that it did absolutely nothing to preserve and ensure its lienholder status when Fidelity's first mortgage was foreclosed. It ignored its chance to protect its priority for surplus proceeds. In Kansas, as the Court of Appeals stated, "a mortgage foreclosure merges all liens on the land." Fidelity, 33 Kan. App. 2d at 807. When the foreclosure decree was issued, it was silent on any continuing role or right for U.S. Bank. At that point, U.S. Bank was still the holder of a promissory note that could be sued upon, but the mortgage that had secured that note by providing it a lien on the land no longer had legal effect. Again, as our Court of Appeals noted correctly, the Kings' debt to U.S. Bank was thereafter unsecured. See Fidelity, 33 Kan. App. 2d at 806-10 (citing Restatement; drawing analogies to Kansas cases in which redemption rights are lost through failures to adjudicate junior liens in foreclosure proceedings).
U.S. Bank's fourth argument -- that equity rather than law controls and commands a different result -- also fails.
U.S. Bank relies on Butler v. Craig, 29 Kan. 205, a Kansas case from 1883, and an 1863 Illinois case cited in McFall for the proposition that a court has equitable power to distribute the proceeds of a judicial sale "to the person [to] whom in law and equity [they] more properly belong[]." Butler, 29 Kan. at 207.
The issue in Butler was entitlement to surplus proceeds as between the original debtor and a third-party representative of the debtor who acquired the debtor's interest in the property. This court held that the third party was entitled to the surplus proceeds. Butler, 29 Kan. at 207. This case is too factually distinct to be influenced by Butler.
The Illinois case cited in McFall, Ellis v. Southwell, 29 Ill. 549 (1863), states that a court may distribute sales proceeds "on application, to an incumbrancer not made a party to the suit if it appeared that in equity, he was entitled to receive the fund." 29 Ill. at 552. But Ellis, when read carefully, is more helpful to RCE than to U.S. Bank.
Robert Southwell sought foreclosure of his mortgage on property owned by James Ellis, naming Weinhagen & Hornbostle, among others, as subsequent mortgagees and codefendants. Weinhagen & Hornbostle filed an answer and a "cross-bill," seeking foreclosure of their subsequent mortgage, which was attached with its underlying note to their cross-bill. Ellis filed no answer to the cross-bill, but it was never formally resolved by the court, either through proof or confession. Nevertheless, the court placed Weinhagen & Hornbostle behind Southwell but before all other creditors and the debtor when there were sale proceeds to distribute. Ellis, 29 Ill. 549. If U.S. Bank had made an effort to protect itself in the Fidelity foreclosure, it could persuade us that it is in the same position in this case as Wienhagen & Hornbostle was in Ellis. But U.S. Bank made no such effort.
U.S. Bank's purely equitable argument was made and rejected in Pool v. Gates, 119 Kan. 621, 240 Pac. 580 (1925), which, although not a foreclosure case, dealt with an analogous sheriff's levy and execution on land:
"Appellee argues that since . . . the court sits as a chancellor in confirming a judicial sale, with power to consider equitable as well as legal matters, he may also sit as a chancellor and direct the surplus proceeds of a sale to be paid to any one equitably entitled to it. The conclusion goes too far . . . [t]he Kansas cases [citations omitted], cited by appellee, do not go so far as to support his contention, neither do the cases cited from other jurisdictions. [In all those cases], the payments by the junior mortgagee, upon prior liens, were alleged in the pleading and adjudicated in the decree foreclosing the junior mortgage. [Citations omitted]." 119 Kan. at 627.
To the extent equity should be a factor in the outcome rather than the only factor, it favors RCE rather than U.S. Bank. We agree with the Court of Appeals' assessment:
"U.S. Bank explains that junior mortgage holders often choose to protect their interest by bidding at the foreclosure sale in order to make sure the property brings a price sufficient to satisfy the junior lien in case the property is subsequently redeemed. Otherwise, the holder of the redemption right might be able to redeem for an amount exclusive of junior liens. U.S. Bank argues that if River City receives the surplus, U.S. Bank's debt remains unsatisfied, the Kings remain owing on the debt, and River City, a stranger to the original note and mortgage, gets away with the Kings' equity and U.S. Bank's additional funds it paid to protect itself at the sheriff's sale.
"U.S. Bank also argues that not allowing recovery of surplus proceeds by a foreclosed second mortgage holder over the holder of the equity of redemption will result in the chilling of bids at Kansas foreclosure sales and of lending to property owners for second mortgages. U.S. Bank asserts that if it is forced to appear in every foreclosure action, '[g]reat expense would be incurred by junior lienholders, who would, to avoid excessive legal expenses, be required to spend excessive time and money specifically finding the value of foreclosed real property, determining whether it is financially prudent to answer foreclosure petitions, and then considering bidding at a foreclosure sale.'
"We are not persuaded by U.S. Bank's claims of equity. First and foremost, U.S. Bank is the owner of the Kings' property by virtue of its high bid at the sheriff's sale and theoretically can recoup any amount paid through subsequent sale of the property. Second, U.S. Bank has an enforceable note for approximately $30,000 due from the Kings. U.S. Bank can reduce the note to judgment and pursue collections remedies against the Kings. In its reply brief, U.S. Bank argues that River City is awarded a windfall by receiving the surplus proceeds. How River City came into ownership of the Kings' property rights and for what purchase price is irrelevant for our determination. River City purchased all the incidents of ownership, including the right to redemption and the right to any surplus proceeds after payment of the foreclosed interest. The Kings apparently benefitted from the exchange.
"Third, we doubt our decision will have a chilling effect on bids at sheriff's sales and on the ability of individuals to obtain a second mortgage loan. The consequence we foresee will be an enforcement of the understanding that in order to protect a junior lien, a financial institution must appear in the foreclosure action brought by the senior mortgage holder, assert the junior lienholder's position, have the court adjudicate the junior lien, and then make sure the junior lien is recognized in the journal entry of foreclosure." Fidelity, 33 Kan. App. 2d at 810-12.
To this discussion, we add only that today's holding furthers the simple and straightforward equitable principle that a party that chooses to sleep on its rights loses them. U.S. Bank took a long nap during Fidelity's foreclosure. This awakening may be rude, but it has the virtue of advancing future clarity and predictability in Kansas law governing surplus proceeds.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals affirming the district court is affirmed.


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Well LG ya'll screwed me AGAIN!
ITS NOT THE BEST CHOICE FOR A NEW CELL GLAD TO SEE ITS OFF THE MARKET NEVER EVER LIKED IT I AM GLAD THEY MADE ANOTHER 1 I BET ITS PROBLEY worse!
Worst. Phone. Ever.
When I first got this phone, I absolutely loved it. I loved the pretty purple color and the overall layout of the phone. I also loved the slide-out QWERTY keyboard, which I thought would make texting easy and convenient.
Not long after I got this phone, the keyboard would start to freeze up in the middle of a text. I would end up having to text with ABC keybaord with the phone closed, which I thought I would never have to do again. Not only that, when using the QWERTY keyboard, if I made one tiny typo, hitting the "back" button would erase my entire text. Talk about annoying.
Then, my phone started randomly restarting itself, or turning off completely without turning back on. What kind of phone turns itself off randomly? The LG Scoop does, apparently. This also would most frequenty happen while I was in the middle of a text...this phone was supposed to be a good texting phone, but most of the problems occurred while I was texting. Weird.
These next problems aren't very big, but I think I should mention them. The camera is horrible. The shots were delayed, so I would have to hold my phone still for 5 seconds after taking the picture. Also, the picture quality was just...ugh. You had to have bright sunshine just to get a clear picture.
Oh, and the sound quality is also horrible. There was no point in having any music on this phone, because listening to it was almost as bad as listening to full-blast white noise. Also, forget speaker phone...unless you didn't want to be able to understand the other person, and didn't want them to be able to understand you.
Pretty purple color
Cool pre-set wallpapers...I guess
Everything else
My final point is, it's a good thing this phone is discontinued. It was horrible.
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LG Rumor... Rumor is, its a good phone!
I have now had this phone for almost a year now. I was pleased with it at first, but am now just getting frustrated with it. At first it was a good phone, worked well, it had a neat 'qwerty' keypad. I have had a few problems with it now, I have been unable to use the blue-tooth feature, it is unable to find a blue-tooth device. The phone turns off from time to time, or freezes up when you are in the middle of a text. The phone will hang up on someone when I am calling them.
-Very good 'qwerty' keypad, making texting a breeze
-Has 3 alarms
-Speaker phone is good for when you are checking voice mail
-Turns off for no reason
-Freezes up and you have to remove battery to get it back to normal
-Speaker phone is only good for receiving voice mail
-Does not come with anything i.e. head set, memory card, etc...
-Unable to get games because my network doesn't support this cell when it comes to downloads... even though they sell it.
-Camera sucks, 1.3 Mega-pixel... looks like a cluster of squares when taking pictures
-Web browser is very limited, unable to look up any info if you needed.
-When talking on the phone it will seem to go threw a black-out zone, and the call will seem muted.
-Unable to connect with my blue-tooth device, also unable to connect to other cells even when they are next to each other.
-When talking on cell, it is very hard to hear the other person on the other end.
...the verdict is, I would only recommend this phone to someone who can not hear, because this phone is just good for texting. I will never buy this make let alone an LG phone again, I would get a Nokia cell they seem to have always been there for me, never had a problem with them... at least not like this piece of poop.
Even though my contract isn't up for 2 more years I will be getting a new phone come the new year. It is just a shame they make such poor quality phones, when you have a 3 year contract... just a cash grab for the cell phone company!!
Problems problems problems
I bought one of these phones and I absolutely loved it once I first got it. I bought it in green. That was my first mistake.
The problems keep coming. Typically, I have found that the white and black version of this phone do not have as many problems as the green one for whatever reason. The phone:
Randomly turns off, typically in the middle of texting someone
Decides to freeze up (the whole screen turns white) so you have to take the back out and put it back in, then turn it back on.
If you're using the keyboard side, and slide it back, it sometimes freezes up, but the screen won't turn white.
It has horrible absolutely horrible picture quality. The lighting has to be absolutely flawless just to get a clear picture. It doesn't have flash, so you can forget night pictures. And without a memory card (which comes separately) you can only take up to about 30 pictures/videos.
The speakers aren't very clear at all, so talking on speaker-phone is a misery.
Your inbox/outbox/sent/draft can only hold up to 100 messages each so you're constantly deleting messages.
What is good about this phone is:
The keyboard is set up just like a computer keyboard so it's easy to use for fast texters.
It has an automatic lock when the phone is on standby.
You can lock certain texts.
The keys are pretty big, so slower texters can use it.
But overall, I'd have to say that this phone is good for texting.. if that's all you plan to do. If you plan on doing anything other than that, do not buy this phone. Especially the green one.
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I bought the Rumor Dec. 12th, 2007 so I'm going on a year with it and I've had the same one the whole time. I'm 20 and use it like a teenage (yeah I said it), texting close to 3000 each month. I agree with a previous post that states the qwerty keyboard is a nice addition but not faster then T9 due to it being so wide and still only using 2 fingers rather then the 10 that the qwerty was designed for. So here's my list
-Long battary life (I charge mine every night but it could go 3 days without a charge, thats good in my book, especially for my usage)
-MyWords dictionary for T9 (encorperates commonly used words that aren't already in the phones dictionary)
-Durable. I don't drop it alot but last a year is a good thing
-I like the rubber-like coating
-auto-key lock
-IM capable
-Doesn't feel as bulky as I suspected
-Awesome call quality, loud and clear speaker
-Does seem to have a program/software glitch causing it power off every now and then
-Mic for speakerphone not very sensative.
-Web browser EXTREMELY slow
-buttons become less and less sensetive over time
-Doesn't look like the most advanced phone, is often mistaken for an old Nokia brick type phone.
Overall a good phone, but is definatly user specific.
Hope this helps a bit
This phone is horrible. Last February, I bought 2 Rumors, one for me, one for my brother.
Within a week, I noticed that it started turning off all by itself. No 'powering down now' notice, just a screen gone black.
Within three weeks, my brother's phone was erased of all its memory. We went to Sprint and they said that it is encoded in the software, that if you punch in a certain code within 8 seconds of pressing the power button to turn it on, it destroys the phone from the inside out. No service, no contacts, no pictures, etc.
Sprint replaced it. Within about 2 months, my screen started freezing up. Around that time, my brother's new phone's screen went white. Just white. No detail. Just white. Sprint refused to replace it. They said go to LG and talk with them.
So now my brother has no phone. And that was almost four months ago. Today I told them I've had it with mine turning off, along with all of its other faults, like terrible sound, and slow internet.
They refused to replace it.
Here are some pros.
-QWERTY keyboard
-3 Alarms
-Casual size and aimed for a teenage audience
And the cons.
-Phone can and probably will fall apart
-Letters/Numbers on keyboard/numberpad smear off within a few months
-Randomly turning off
-Wipes memory
-Instant messaging is slow and mostly shows only YOUR submissions
-Slow and limited browsing of internet
-Hard to navigate on Facebook
-No place for phone charms
-No memory card or headset/headphones
-MP3 player stops and skips for no reason
Anyway. I hope I've stopped good people from getting a terrible phone.
Wonderful phone!
This phone is an excellent phone and an excellent buy. Some people have complained about it turning off by itself and that is because you need to delete your text messages about everday and it will not turn off. I have had this phone for a month and have had no problems. I have it through sprint and even though some people complain about the sprint/rumor combo, I have had no problems.
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also has t9
nice features
nice included ringtones and pictures
has notepad word processor
has email, im, text, voice sms, facebook, picture mail
the buttons are sort of loud when you push
the screen picks up finger prints easily
camera lens picks up finger prints
Just a warning, the white rumors scratch more easily than the black!!
Firmware fix available as of Jan 19!
Regarding the issue of pressing any other key while pressing the END button that self-destructs and wipes itself clean from the phoneâs onboard memory - requiring nothing short of a trip to the factory for repairs/reflashing.
Firmware fix is available now. Simply do the following:
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Follow prompts to download and install the software. This process took about 10 minutes or so for my phone, so be patient.
I would have given a lower rating had I not been able to download the fix. Otherwise, I absolutely love my phone.
I won't go into all the specs since there is no need to be redundant (read all the reviews here at Phonescoop). Obviously the Rumor is tailored towards power-texters and the QWERTY keboard is great for setting up contacts list as well. It is also fun for email. Text is very small for email.
I had a Razr and absolutely hated it. I had to replace it since it was stolen (why does someone want a phone that has been reported stolen and had the ESD locked?) I used to drop the Razr all the time due to the slick cover. I love the Rumor's rubberized cover. The Rumor doesn't have a cheap feel to it. I love all the raised keys. The menus are intuitive. The resolution could be better (the only thing I liked about the Razr was the display). It feels good in my hands. The reception has proven to be good for having this phone for a week now.
The only reason I don't give a perfect review is the speaker. It is somewhat distorted and is located on the back of the phone; so speakerphone quality is mediocre.
As far as the issue with the sliding keyboard issues: I personally like it because it is easier to slide it a bit when pulling it out of my purse to light up the phone. I rarely carry it in a pocket so this issue is not going to affect me as much as others. The pre-loaded screensavers are nice (I like the fish pond the best).
Some cool extras: EZ Tip calculator and Unit Converter.
Excellent phone!
- Great feeling in the hands...and without that lacquer material that leaves finger prints!
- Screen is pretty clear and decent size for the phone
- Speaker (regular speaker and speakerphone) is VERY clear. Even at the lowest level, I've had no problems hearing people on speakerphone, which was always a problem on past phones.
- Buttons are nice firm whether you're typing with the keyboard or the number keys.
- The video phone allows you record videos up to 10 minutes...I wanted to point this out because I've NEVER had a phone that allowed me to even go past 30 seconds! You just have to have a memory card in order to transfer the video anywhere.
- Nothing too complicated...menu/navigation is straight to the point and won't need to refer to the manual too much.
- The QWERTY keyboard itself is a major pro! Like others said, there is a bit of a learning curve for it. I also love how the screen goes into (and stays in) landscape mode when the keyboard is slid out, no matter what your doing. Pretty convenient if you'd rather just use the keyboard at all times.
- No flash for the camera/video...so you have to be under GOOD light to get those good pictures. :(
- MP3 player is good and clear, but can't get quite loud enough for my tastes.
- If you're used to power vision and need it, pass up this phone. Simple as that. Thankfully, that doesn't apply to me.
- The ringer could be MUCH louder. Even on the max setting, I've missed a couple of calls just because of the ringer being too soft.
NOTE: With the mp3 player, a SanDisk memory card is ESSENTIAL to use it. But you'll find that the memory card is quite useful for more than just the mp3 player. You can use it to transfer videos, pictures and mp3s from the phone to your computer! Saves time, and possibly money, as if you don't need the internet, you won't need the PCS vision on your plan for transferring your pics and videos.
The pros, for me, definitely outweigh the cons and I'm VERY happy with my purchase!
Sweeeeeeeeet :)
Love it! I've had a Samsung A920 for the last 2 years, and it finally petered out on me. I'd been very reluctant to switch telephones because I love the A920 so much, but when no one could hear me talking I had to switch. I sell phones for Sprint, and I had placed my eye on the Rumor for when my phone finally bit the dust. I was skeptical at first because as a rule I strongly dislike LG phones. They tend to be somewhat flimsy, have horrid reception (ESPECIALLY their CDMA models), are prone to bugs, and be an overall disappointment. Not to mention I'm spoiled to Samsung-they make fabulous products. I haven't had a single problem with reception, have thus far located no bugs, and this phone is sturdy! Aside from the phone not being tri-band or Power Vision, I love it :) On a note having more to do with Sprint and not the phone, they have very few games available for download at the moment and this makes me sad :(
-Simplistic menu syles
-Beautiful screen resolution and large size
-Easy QWERTY (hit the alt button twice to stay on alternate mode)
-T9 available and has the option to save words
-Sturdy build
-Speakerphone shortcut button
-Loud ringers
-Easy alarm options
-MP3 player
-MicroSD slot
-1.3 MPG camera
-Easy to lock and unlock (press and hold back)
-Easy to read time on idle/lock screen
-Idealistic backlighting for using in the dark
-Easy to operate bluetooth
-Pre-loaded with Sprint Navigation and Email
-Crystal clear call clarity
-Overall very user friendly
-Not tri-band
-Not Power Vision and therefore not Sprint Music Store capable
-No flash (makes ideal picture-taking awkward)
-Lack of games available for download (Sprint's issue, not phone)
-No place to hook a carry strap
I strongly recommend the Rumor. On another note, I wish PhoneScoop would remove that idiot LGHATER's review. It's obviously bogus and is preventing people looking at exclusively the score and not reviews a very inaccurate result!


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If the twists are true, I can deal with all of them, but Colton the Weasel is going to be hard to take. He was hideous mean on Survivor. So I'm hoping the rumor thing is false.But still, Bring it On BB!!!!!
Quote from: bcp19 on June 26, 2012, 10:17:17 PM (and if Brenchel is in there, they are automatically sent home)LMAO!!
(and if Brenchel is in there, they are automatically sent home)
Here's my take on this:If anyone's coming back, I'd like them have not been on All-Stars or on a second season altogether. No Brendon/Rachel. I'm growing sick of those two. Refused to watch a second of their TAR season, and I'll turn in my BB fan license if they're on for a third season.On another note, nobody from Survivor. I wouldn't know who they were, anyway.And for the love of all that is good and holy... No couples. No pairs. No immunity twist that keeps a houseguest safe for four weeks. I want fun twists.
Exactly 2 weeks away from the premiere! Who's ready?
Next name for the house: Show contentDAN!
Is this an All-Stars season? I'm so confused.
Quote from: Jimmer25 on June 29, 2012, 12:53:59 PMIs this an All-Stars season? I'm so confused.I thought we had established that it was going to be all new HGs. Rumors persist that someone will return, but I think that speculation may be more about hosting a competition rather than competing.
Some of these seem like stretches IMO.
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Katherine Heigl Discusses "Knocked Up," Josh Kelley, Grey's Anatomy & MoreSteve Marsi at .
Katherine Heigl, whose new film, Knocked Up, opens on June 1, recently talked to USA Today about her own desires (or lack thereof) to become pregnant, as well as how she balances her career and personal life, what's next for her, the drama on the Grey's Anatomy set, and more.
USA Today: Ever thought you were knocked up?
Katherine Heigl: "No, I've never had a real pregnancy scare. I've had paranoid panic attacks. I've always been very, very careful because for me, it's not something I'd want to have just happen. I would like it to be planned. But there have been those moments where, if I'm just even half a day late, I'm like, ' What's going on?? Noooo! '"
USA Today: Your Knocked Up character has a truly gruesome birthing scene. And you were in the delivery room with your older sister, Meg. That at all impact your decision to have kids of your own?
Katherine Heigl: "Oh, yeah. I've always planned to adopt anyway, but that definitely reinforced my want to. I'm done with the whole idea of having my own children. (It) doesn't seem like any fun. I don't think it's necessary to go through all of that."
USA Today: Have you had a big, life-changing moment that caused you to grow up fast?
Katherine Heigl: I feel like a totally different person at 28 than I was at 21. I don't even recognize that naive person. I grew up a lot in the last five years. My engagement (last June, after a year of dating musician Josh Kelley) was a very altering moment, going from feeling footloose and fancy-free to "This is huge. This isn't just dating. This is my future husband." I'm ready for something like this now.
USA Today: Have you made wedding plans?
Katherine Heigl: Not yet. Isn't that depressing? I think we're trying to get our acts together and try to do this sooner rather than later. But it requires so much planning and thought if you want to have the kind of wedding I want to have.
USA Today: Would that be like the big splashy to-do thrown for Cristina and Burke in last Thursday's Grey's season finale?
Katherine Heigl: No, no. Nothing quite that serious. I want bridesmaids, but I want it to be more of a party. I want the wedding to be very intimate and small. I don't think we'll be married in a church. Probably somewhere scenic and beautiful. I'm a big black-tie/formal kind of gal and I love old Hollywood, so those are my ideas right now. Then it's just a matter of finding the time. I get two weeks off at Christmas, so that's a possibility. And then I wouldn't have time off again until next spring.
USA Today: You were raised in the Mormon church, but don't practice anymore?
Katherine Heigl: I haven't since I was about 19 or 20, when I moved to L.A. and was working a lot. I couldn't find a ward I was comfortable in. It kind of petered out mostly because of that. My good friends are Mormon, some of the best people I know.
USA Today: Your love interest in Knocked Up (directed by Judd Apatow of The 40-Year-Old Virgin fame), is an unemployed bum with slacker friends. How do you click with Josh's pals?
Katherine Heigl: Josh's friends are all musicians, so they don't just sit around getting stoned. They sit around making music. And that can be just as irritating sometimes. You're like, "Can we have a conversation?" (instead of) lyrics all the time?
USA Today: How do you balance your life with Josh with your hectic career?
Katherine Heigl: There's not a lot of balance. It's one extreme or the other. He is going to come and visit me (on the East Coast) while I'm filming (her next comedy feature, 27 Dresses). But there's not going to be time to just hang. As soon as the movie's over, I go right back to Grey's Anatomy.
USA Today: What has been the fallout of all the drama over that homophobic slur used by Isaiah Washington and you coming to the defense of T.R. Knight?
Katherine Heigl: "I was ultimately grateful that it opened up a dialogue. To me, I wasn't making a political stand. I was making a stand about hurting people's feelings. It's very simple in my mind. You do not actively seek to hurt other people's feelings. I don't care what their sexual orientation, race or gender. You don't do that. We are all human beings, part of the human race, and we need to be compassionate and giving and kind with one another. Enough Michael Richards. Enough with Mel Gibson. Enough with this. It's disgusting. The world is still very bigoted. Go see Borat. I didn't laugh during that movie. I cried. I was horrified."
USA Today: What do you think of Washington's PSA?
Katherine Heigl: "What PSA?"
USA Today: He just shot a public service announcement for GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).
Katherine Heigl: "Oh, he did? That was nice. To me, I don't live this every day the way both T.R. and Isaiah have to. I think it's their journey and their burden. I don't see Isaiah that much and don't have as many scenes with him, so I don't know what he's going through personally right now. I know that he was very ashamed and that was a necessary emotion to move forward and not backward. His attitude and behavior and thought process needed to change, and the only way to do that is to be self-aware and honest. And I think he was. I have forgiven."
USA Today: I couldn't help noticing that Knocked Up has a line of dialogue that twice includes versions of the word Washington used.
Katherine Heigl: Yeah. We shot that before (the Grey's Anatomy drama). Personally, I think it is language that needs to become obsolete. I hate to be righteous about it. I would prefer not to (use it).
USA Today: Do you hope to return to work with both T.R. and Isaiah?
Katherine Heigl: "I do. I think Isaiah very much values his job and his character, and he takes it all very seriously and he's very passionate about it. I'd hate to see him lose that, although I do think two strikes and you're out."
USA Today: He did already hit two strikes, with two separate uses of the slur.
Katherine Heigl: "There's been two. So if there's a third... you know. And T.R., that would be so stupid if he was written off. He's such a huge part of the show."
USA Today: We read those quotes in February about you being contractually obligated to return to Greys Anatomy despite your displeasure (over the raise).
Katherine Heigl: For me, that was never about me not wanting to play Izzie anymore. I want to play that character. I want to be there. So that was an unnecessary threat. I don't know why they did that.
USA Today: Has it all been worked out?
Katherine Heigl: No. It's sort of stagnant right now. I'm grateful the show's over (for the summer) so I can have a break. It's been a tough year for everybody.
USA Today: Kate Walsh's character is being spun off into the fall series Private Practice. It would have seemed natural to spin off your character after Izzie inherited the $8.7 million, which she donated to open a clinic.
Katherine Heigl: That's what I was hoping, actually. When Shonda Rhimes told us there was going to be a spinoff and Kate was going, I was like, "I wanna go. I wanna go do a spinoff, do something new." But I really love the idea of the spinoff; it could be really interesting. And Kate's so fabulous.
USA Today: So no bitter spinoff envy?
Katherine Heigl: Kate Walsh and I live right near each other, and what I'm going to miss most about her leaving is that we're not going to be on the same schedule (for) after-work drinks. That's going to bum me out.
Steve Marsi is the Managing Editor of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Google+ or email him here.


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3rd NJ man gets prison sentence in 2011 white supremacist attack on 2 men of Egyptian descent
TRENTON, N.J. – A third New Jersey man is being sent to prison for his role in an attack by white supremacists on two men of Egyptian descent.
Federal prosecutors say 31-year-old Christopher Ising, of Waretown, was sentenced Friday to 33 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
He had pleaded guilty to committing a hate crime assault and conspiracy in a New Year's Eve 2011 attack in the town of Sayreville.
Authorities alleged he was a member of a white supremacist group known as Atlantic City Skins.
Prosecutors say Ising and two men who belonged to the group Aryan Terror Brigade went out looking for non-whites to attack after attending a white supremacist "meet and greet."
The victims were punched in the head, one with brass knuckles.
Ising's co-defendants got prison sentences at hearings Wednesday.


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Disney swings for the trees with 'Chimpanzee' | 3 stars
Disney's offering for Earth Day 2012 is a gorgeous and technically dazzling look inside the world of chimpanzees — their use of tools, their nurturing instincts, their means of organization during fights and hunts for smaller monkeys, whom they sometimes eat.
But "Chimpanzee" is also a throwback, a documentary that follows a baby chimp named Oscar as he struggles to learn the ways of his tribe and to survive in the dense rain forests of Africa's Ivory Coast. It's moving and entertaining as well as informative.
And as Tim Allen narrates and the chimps themselves provide moments of low comedy and high pathos, you might be reminded of the studio's popular "True Life Adventures" nature docs of the last century — films which humanized, sometimes to the point of cloying, their wild and untamed subjects.
In a vast, fog-enshrouded jungle, we meet baby Oscar, his mom, Isha, and the chimp in charge of this tribe — Freddy, an alpha male tasked with keeping order and keeping other chimp packs from invading their turf, eating their figs and taking over the grove of nut trees that keeps Oscar's extended family fed, even in the jungle's lean months.
They've learned to use rocks and sticks to open the nuts. But despite this advantage, the vast "army" of chimps led by one-eyed "Scar" (of course) threatens to chase them to the hinterlands, where the food promises to be more scarce.
If you see allegories in human behavior among our primate cousins — battles over resources, clannishness — take that as purely intentional, too.
Allen's narration makes this kid-friendly film even more so, though the script does tend toward underscoring the obvious. "Yum yum" at meal time, and the like. And since these chimpanzees use tools, you know "Tool Time" Allen will join them in a healthy grunt or two.
But that doesn't spoil what is a lovely film, all extreme close-ups of chimps grooming, eating (with their mouths open), working out which rocks or sticks are good for cracking nuts and which aren't. Watching the chimps hunt tiny monkeys (nothing remotely graphic is shown) for food is a lesson in role-playing, teamwork and elementary tactics. We see them build their intricate "sleeping platforms" at night, wash their food and pass down knowledge from parents to children. The detail presented here is amazing.
Nature itself makes a glorious set as we're treated to stunning shots of fluorescent mushrooms and dazzling little-known waterfalls. After the omnibus documentary "Earth" and the broader "African Cats" (by the same filmmakers), Disney may have hit on just the right mix of information and entertainment with "Chimpanzee," the best Disneynature film yet.