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- LATE PROPOSALS. Any bids received in the Erie County Division of Purchase after the date and time prescribed will not be considered for contract award.
- EMERGENCY CLOSINGS. In the event the closing of certain County facilities and/or operations and/or services due to any flood, fire, fire drill, power failure, uncontrolled weather conditions or other cause beyond the Division of Purchase control, only bids received in the Division of Purchase prior to the date and time or postmarked as of the date prescribed will be considered for contract award.
- ANY CHANGE IN WORDING OR INTERLINEATION BY A BIDDER OF THE INQUIRY AS PUBLISHED BY THE COUNTY OF ERIE shall be reason to reject the proposal of such bidder, or in the event that such change in the Invitation to Bid is not discovered prior to entering into a contract, to void any contract entered into pursuant to such bid.
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- FAILURE TO MEET DELIVERY SCHEDULE as per accepted bid may result in legal action by the County of Erie to recover damages.
- PRICES SHALL BE QUOTED F.O.B. DESTINATION AND DELIVERED INSIDE. "Tailgate delivery" will not be accepted unless specified by the County. 9. COLLECT TRANSPORTATION CHARGES WILL NOT BE PAID BY THE COUNTY. All freight, cartage, rigging, postage or other transportation charges shall be prepaid and included in the bid. There will be no additional charges for delivery.
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- THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER TO WHOM THE BID IS AWARDED SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS the County of Erie and its agents and employees from and against all claims, damages, losses or causes of action arising out of or resulting from such vendor's performance pursuant to this bid.
- THIS BID IS FIRM AND IRREVOCABLE for a period of 45 days from the date and time of the bid opening. If a contract is not awarded within the 45 day period, a bidder to whom the bid has not been awarded, may withdraw his bid by serving written notice of his intention to do so upon the Division of Purchase. Upon withdrawal of the bid pursuant to this paragraph, the Division of Purchase will return any security deposit that may have been required.
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- IN THE EVENT ANY ITEM OR ITEMS in this bid are made available to the County on a Government Contract at a unit price lower than that price on which award was made to the low bidder, the County reserves the right to purchase at the lower price under Government Contract.
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Deshaun Watson, According to a Super Bowl Coach and Two NFL Quarterbacks
Deshaun Watson dazzled on Monday night. In leading Clemson to a stunning 35-31 win over Alabama, the quarterback flashed arm strength, shed tacklers (50 of his 72 rushing yards came after contact) and demonstrated mental and physical toughness that scouts have a hard time quantifying. In two national title games against Nick Saban's supremely talented Alabama defense—featuring about a dozen potential NFL starters—Watson posted a spectacular stat line: 825 passing yards, 116 rushing yards, eight total touchdowns (seven throwing, one rushing) and one interception.
But as Watson heads toward the NFL draft, evaluators around the league believe his prospects are murky. At this point last year he was pegged as the top draft-eligible quarterback and probable No. 1 overall pick. Now he's projected as the second or third quarterback off the board, with a ceiling of mid-to-late first round. Watson hasn't regressed significantly over the past year, though he had a few shaky performances early and had patches when accuracy and/or decision-making weren't great (especially near the end zone). One of the things that seems to be keeping Watson's stock afloat is intangible: He just wins. "Quarterback wins" are a touchy topic at any level of football, but there's no ignoring the fact that Clemson lost just two games over the last two years. "He's played in big games, and he's won in big games, and those are ultimately the things you're going to fall in love with," a scout told me in December.
So why the drop? As a veteran NFL scout told SI.com's Pete Thamel last week: "He showed what he's capable of doing against Alabama last year. That was his best game of the season. But I just don't see him as the pocket passer like a lot of people prefer in our league." Another NFL evaluator told me it's as simple as other players emerging: At this point last year the question for 2017 was Watson or Miami's Brad Kaaya. Then DeShone Kizer and Mitch Trubisky came along, becoming the shiny new objects of scouts' affections.
To delve a little more into what Watson achieved against Alabama's defense, and how he projects to the NFL, I asked three smart football minds to serve as The MMQB's analysts: Four-time All-Pro Randall Cunningham, one of the NFL's original dual-threat quarterbacks; three-time Super Bowl winning coach Mike Shanahan, whose experience with quarterbacks ranges from John Elway to Robert Griffin III; and current Cleveland Browns quarterback Josh McCown, who has been in the league since 2002 (and whose team might consider Watson with one of its two top-12 selections).
• NFL EYES ON THE HEISMAN CANDIDATES: What scouts think of the Heisman winner Lamar Jackson and the other four finalists.
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McCown: I don't watch a ton of college football. I obviously know about Deshaun because he's one of the best college players in the nation, but [the national title game] was my first time really watching him closely and I was very impressed with his skill set and his poise.
Cunningham: I've heard a lot about Deshaun Watson, but I'm not into the hype. What I like is: Kids who have good character. When I watch Watson play, I see a team player and a guy who is humble. On the field, look at his demeanor. He's very focused, but he's also having fun playing the game and that's something I'd want to have in my quarterback if I'm running a franchise. A lot of people don't know how to have fun out there, they put too much pressure on themselves or let the pressure get to them. That's not Watson.
Shanahan: I don't know too much about the intangibles but from afar my initial impression is that he's a fantastic guy. The way he handles himself, his answers in the post-game interview, those were all positive.
McCown: The thing I liked most [on Monday] was that he started slow, and he overcame it. As the game got tighter, he played better. When scouts are at the game, they're watching him the whole time: his demeanor on the sideline, how he's interacting with coaches and teammates. Watching from TV, I thought, he must be doing something good on the sideline because he was playing at such a high level down the stretch. In the NFL, players who play at a high level and play for a long time, they find a way to do that.
Cunningham: He has a lot of poise. He has the poise of an NFL veteran, really. He's a field general. He doesn't rush, he's patient. You can't teach that, it's innate. He reminds me of myself when I had come back from a knee injury. I had a brace on my knee and people said, Well, now he's going to be limited. Great players figure out ways, no matter circumstance.
Shanahan: Anytime you beat Alabama the way he did, you're going to get people really excited—and rightfully so. He put up a lot of yards in both of his games against Alabama, and that's a great defense.
Cunningham: You can talk about him as a runner or how well he runs all day, but he has a very strong arm. I think he definitely has the arm strength you're looking for, and really that you need to be an NFL quarterback.
Shanahan: He has a good release. He has the ability to make all of the throws. That's the first thing you look for.
McCown: The NFL game and the college game are becoming very different. We've seen so many Heisman Trophy winners come in, and don't do as well in the NFL. But with Deshaun, I actually think the NFL game could help him a little bit. In college, some of the throws you are asked to make are different—because of the nature of the field, the hashes, the run pass options. When you have the arm strength, which Deshaun certainly does, some throws that maybe he's not been asked to make yet, he'll be asked to make in the NFL. And maybe he's really good at those. Just look at recent history. Dak Prescott, I know he did great things at Mississippi State, but he flew under the radar a little bit, and then he gets in the pro game and it's like, Wait a minute, he can make that throw? He can make this throw?
Shanahan: What does Deshaun Watson have to do to be an elite quarterback? What he'll have to do, eventually, is when he drops back, he has to read the whole field and not just one side of the field. The way you can do that is you need to focus on your coverage and the concepts that are going on. When a guy has the ability to run, that's O.K., but when he's approaching the line of scrimmage he has to keep his eyes downfield before he crosses the line of scrimmage to see if there's an open receiver. If you miss him, well now they're looking at you to make a seven-yard gain. But, as you're looking down field as you approach the line of scrimmage and everything is covered, use your athletic ability and slide before somebody hits you. When the pocket collapses a little bit, he steps up and looks for the hole, and he's looking to escape to one of those holes. In time, what he'll learn is to slide and step up in the pocket, slide into those holes where he can still keep his focus downfield. If you don't do that, you don't last in the NFL.
McCown: When you have an asset like your legs, like Deshaun has, and it's part of your game and your skillset, you have to utilize it. Whatever team he goes to, you don't want it to stunt his growth. You don't want him to rely on it so much that it limits him as a passer. A lot of times, you'll see with mobile quarterbacks, they come in and find ways to move the football and move their team with their legs. It stunts their growth as a passer, and then when the time comes that maybe they're not as fast, or have an injury, or teams catch up to them a little bit, they're not able to win games with their arm. Tom Brady is case in point that there's still such a premium to play from the pocket and with accuracy, because you can play for so long. That's the biggest balance for Deshaun as he comes into the league. It's hard because it's such a win-now league. Coaches in the NFL will say, Well we can do all of these RPOs (which we run to an extent in the NFL) and we can do this that and the other and move the football with him. That's great, but are you risking his growth as a passer because of it?
Shanahan: I think the ability to run is always good, but you're not going to outrun people in the National Football League. And if you do, you're going to wind up getting hurt. But what it allows you to do is have the ability to buy time and make big plays. Sometimes the ability to run can be a hindrance because a lot of guys will take off and run and they don't focus their eyes downfield; they're focusing their eyes on where the holes are, Where am I going to run to? If you get into the NFL, and you have the God-given ability that Deshaun does to make some plays with your legs, as you're approaching the line of scrimmage you have to be looking downfield. You have to do that because you want the ball to be thrown if you do run, and you can't take the hits like he took [on Monday night]. He won't be around in the NFL if he keeps taking those shots. He needs to learn how to slide in those situations. On a college team, when you're playing for a national championship, you understand why he's not sliding, you understand why he's making the plays. But as he gets to the next level, he'll have to understand his importance to his football team. That one play is not going to be the difference in your year. He'll need to be smarter about when to go, because he needs to stay healthy.
McCown: Everybody made a big deal of that hit that spun him around. I've actually [received] a hit that spun me around like that. [In Week 1 of 2015 against the Jets, McCown scrambled toward the end zone, collided with two defenders, and fumbled the ball. He left the game with a concussion.] I think that's absolutely something he needs to be aware of. In this league, what wins games and moves teams is arm talent and accuracy. Mobility is a plus, and it can be part of it, but your best ability is your availability. That's one of the things I've been most impressed with Dak Prescott. When he moves and runs, he goes and gets down and protects himself. That's a veteran move, something I wish I learned earlier in my career.
Shanahan: It takes a while to learn to be a pocket passer. You can tell that he struggled a little bit with the intermediate and deep routes. That does take some time. Your footwork in the pocket, your ability to slide in the pocket, instead of just taking off and looking downfield or looking at the holes in the defense where you can keep your head up and still slide and still focus downfield. And key the whole defense? That takes time. That doesn't happen overnight. So that's something he is going to have to work on.
Cunningham: I think he could play right away if a team needs him, but it's always my preference to have a rookie sit and learn behind a veteran. Maybe it's only for the preseason or a few games, but you never want to rush someone out there too soon.
McCown: The back shoulder throw on that last drive was my favorite play. He threw one down the middle to No. 13 [Hunter] Renfrow—who, side note, I think is going to play in the NFL for a while, that kid impressed me too. But that throw, that's not an easy ball to complete. It was a bender seam throw that he made, and I thought, Man, that's an impressive, NFL throw.
Cunningham: That last play of the game, I knew that it was coming. I had seen what [Alabama] had done previously to try to stop them. They were playing a zone, faking blitz, rushing five, but they were playing a zone. So Clemson ran the old roll out— that's an NFL play. When you roll out, because blitz may be coming, and it's a quick decision. Deshaun threw a perfect pass to his receiver. They should've called pass interference on the defense for slamming the receiver on the outside as he ran his slant route, but it was just a perfect play.
Shanahan: In evaluating him, the first thing you'd do as an NFL coaching staff is go back the last couple years and look at his interceptions. He didn't have any [on Monday] but you'll look back at any he's had and say, What does he have to do to eliminate those turnovers? See if he can recognize that by watching film and understanding it, and applying it. Some guys are never able to do it, other guys are.
McCown: For any college player, but Deshaun especially, I think it'll be important to continue to be more consistent with the football and accuracy and decision-making. That will come as he grows. When you get to this level, accuracy is a premium. For guys to stay consistently at a high level is to put the ball where you want it.
Cunningham: After the game, Dabo Swinney said, "I told you that's the best college football player in America." He is, but he's an NFL player. When you get into big games, you find out who the real players are. He proved, in beating Alabama, he's the real deal. Deshaun Watson and NFL? Yeah, no doubt about it. Watson is a first-round draft pick in my eyes, easily.
• WHO IS MITCH TRUBISKY?: It's the question evaluators across the league are scrambling to answer as the first-year UNC starter has established himself as the best draft-eligible quarterback in college football.
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Recapping the top college and draft-related storylines of the past week…
1. The national title game lasted 4 hours, 8 minutes, making it the longest title game since the BCS was introduced in 1998. It's not an anomaly. College football games are getting longer. The average college football game in 2016 was three hours and 24 minutes—seven minutes longer than it was four years ago. We may have reached a tipping point. Those in power are aware that longer games are problematic. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott and SEC commissioner Greg Sankey are among those who have publicly advocated addressing the issue. (In my opinion, one of the easiest fixes is eliminating clock stoppages after first downs.) It reminded me of a conversation I had with Mike Mulvihill, FOX Sports' Senior VP of Programming, Research and Content Strategy, in November on college football ratings. Here's Mulvihill on the issue of college football's increasing game length, from a network perspective: "On the most practical level, it does make our jobs a little bit more difficult in that we're looking for as many opportunities as we can to do triple headers, especially on the cable side. When you face a regular possibility of games not going only beyond 3 1/2 hours but in some cases beyond four hours, it does make the nuts and bolts of our job much more difficult. Philosophically, something we talk about around here a lot is the biggest pressure we face is the competition we're in for people's time. There are so many distractions out there, entertainment programming, news programming, things you can be distracted by on your phone or other forms of entertainment. We face a lot of pressure to sustain people's attention for a sustained period of time. What we've observed is, over the last five years the sports trending in a positive direction, especially among young people, are the sports that ask a little bit less of your time. Baseball is aware of the challenges they face in pace of game. NASCAR is up against that. Golf is up against that. And now perhaps football is too. When you're in this environment where time is of the essence, it's an issue we think about a lot."
2. Here's another draft trend to keep an eye on: It's the year of the redshirt sophomore. Last year, seven redshirt sophomores declared for the draft. Two went in the first round (Ohio State corner Eli Apple, No. 10 to the Giants, and Buckeyes linebacker Darron Lee, No. 20 to the Jets), one went second round (Clemson cornerback Mackensie Alexander, No. 54 to Minnesota), one went third (Stanford tight end Austin Hooper, No. 81 to Atlanta) while three went undrafted (Auburn running back Peyton Barber, Bowling Green wide receiver Roger Lewis, Ohio State wide receiver Jalin Marshall, all of whom latched on with teams). This year, expect a much more successful redshirt sophomore class. So far, I've counted seven redshirt sophomores who have declared or are thinking about declaring, who have first-round grades: Ohio State safety Malik Hooker, Alabama cornerback Marlon Humphrey, Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer, Ohio State cornerback Marshon Lattimore, Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon*, Michigan's do-everything safety Jabrill Peppers, Stanford defensive end Solomon Thomas. (For more on Mixon, see item No. 3). A few things intrigue me here. There's a micro-trend about the redshirt sophomore quarterback. Kizer is now the third redshirt sophomore QB in the last four years who could become a first-rounder—joining Jameis Winston in 2015 and Johnny Manziel in 2014. Though eligibility rules have changed, this is really a new phenomenon. Prior to Manziel, only four redshirt sophomore quarterbacks were drafted in the first round since 1970. As for the other position players, I asked a few people I knew in the NFL to explain the uptick. One person categorized this as simply a talented group, while someone else pointed to the Collective Bargaining Agreement's rookie wage scale. "The ceiling is lower on first-round contracts and more emphasis on earning power in a second contract," the evaluator said. Thus, some players are being advised to enter the league with one less year of wear-and-tear from college, knowing they will be one year younger in the four or five years their rookie deal expires and more attractive for a big second contract and potentially an even bigger third contract.
3. Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon is entering the draft; he says he received a first-round grade from the NFL Advisory panel. There's no question Mixon has first-round talent, but I would be shocked if he is taken in the first two rounds. He might not go by the third round either. A quick refresher for the uninformed: During an altercation in 2014 Mixon punched a female student, fracturing four bones in her face; he was charged with misdemeanor assault, and entered a plea that involved fines and community service, but no jail time. The entire ordeal is steeped in controversy, in large part due to the leniency handed down by OU coach Bob Stoops, and because until a few weeks ago Mixon hadn't publicly expressed remorse. Over the next few months, Mixon will be compared to Chiefs rookie wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who in 2015 pleaded guilty to domestic abuse by strangulation. Some teams removed Hill from their draft boards entirely, though the Chiefs took a chance in the fifth round after GM John Dorsey said he did due diligence and believed Hill was on the right path. You'll hear people debate the weight of visual evidence (Mixon's incident was captured on video; Hill's was not) and really, this is about optics. Mixon will embark on a personal campaign to prove to NFL teams that not only can he be trusted to stay out of trouble, but they can trust him to represent the franchise in front of their fans and community. Another thing to remember with Mixon: The running back will be included in the NFL's recently revised personal conduct policy. As a rookie, he cannot be punished for conduct that occurred in college, but he can be considered a repeat offender if a similar incident occurs after he is in the league.
4. Last year there were a record 107 underclassmen to declare for the draft, and with a week until the deadline, I have already counted 80 on the books. The NFL will announce the official list on Jan 20.
5. It's not too early to start thinking about the 2017 college football season. The four national championship semifinalists (Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Washington) are each expected to return as Top 10 teams, but keep an eye on Florida State, Oklahoma, Penn State and USC as early favorites to threaten. Speaking of the Trojans, one player I'm definitely monitoring next season is quarterback Sam Darnold. His coming out party in the Rose Bowl culminated a season during which NFL evaluators buzzed about his poise. And as a redshirt sophomore next year, he could be the early leader of the 2018 quarterback draft class, joining Louisville's Lamar Jackson and UCLA's Josh Rosen.
• THE COLLEGE COLUMN MOCK DRAFT: The early projection for where Deshaun Watson and 31 others will land in the first round.
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Per Peter Burns of ESPN: In the national title game, Alabama failed to convert a third down in the last 3 hours and 37 minutes of real time (8:49 p.m. to 12:28 a.m. ET).
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June 19, 2007 - A study published today in Circulation shows that the use of NT-proBNP (N-terminal proB-type natriuretic peptide), a biomarker by Roche Diagnostics for suspected heart failure (HF), reduced emergency department (ED) visits by 21 percent.
The multi-center trial, which included 500 patients and seven hospitals, also showed that NT-proBNP guided strategy in the management of suspected acute HF in the ED lowered the number of patients re-hospitalized over 60 days by 35 percent, and trimmed direct medical costs of all ED visits, hospitalizations and subsequent outpatient services by 15 percent over 60 days from enrollment.
NT-proBNP and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) have been shown to provide incremental value in the rapid diagnosis of HF in the emergency room. Due to its greater stability, NT-proBNP may represent a more useful diagnostic marker than BNP for cardiovascular disorders including HF.
"An approach using NT-proBNP in conjunction with clinical assessment improves the overall management of patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected acute HF through the facilitation of diagnosis, and provides health cost savings that are accompanied by an improvement in selected clinical outcomes," said Gordon W. Moe, M.D., a cardiologist and director of the heart failure program and biomarker laboratory at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Canada, who chaired the study.
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Watch Friday, January 30, 2015 at 7pm on WORLD.
"The most moving documentary I've seen in years. Both an ardent love letter to past vitality and a grateful salute to those who remain in place." – David Denby, The New Yorker
Detroit was the birthplace of the middle class, an industrial utopia where anyone who worked hard enough could experience the American Dream. Today, Detroit is on the brink of bankruptcy. In the past ten years, this iconic Midwestern city has lost 25 percent of its population and 50 percent of its manufacturing jobs. Local officials are in the midst of the most dramatic "downsizing" of an American city ever seen: demolishing thousands of homes, reconsolidating massive tracts of excess land, cutting basic services, and even encouraging Detroiters in the most marginal neighborhoods to move. Detroiters who have stuck with the city are at the breaking point. Despite these desperate conditions, there is still an allure to Detroit artists; curious outsiders flock to the city in search of inspiration and opportunity.
Detropia is a cinematic tapestry that chronicles the lives of several Detroiters trying to survive and make sense of what is happening to their city: the owner of a blues bar, a young blogger, an auto union rep, a group of young artists, an opera impresario, and a gang of illegal "scrappers." This unlikely chorus illuminates the tale of both a city and a country in a soul-searching mood, desperate for a new identity.
"Our film – part love letter, part cautionary tale – enters the world of Detroiters who could leave if they wanted, but have chosen to stick with a city that so desperately needs them," says Ewing and Grady. "They represent the resilience of Americans who are facing a quickly changing world. We are thrilled to share their story with the rest of the country."
How Detroit rebuilds itself will set an example for countless other post-industrial cities with similar fates. Today the entire country is watching to see if this storied metropolis has the courage, creativity, and grit to reinvent itself.
To learn more about the film, visit the Detropia companion website (http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/detropia), which features information about the film, including an interview with the filmmaker and links and resources pertaining to the film's subject matter. The site also features a Talkback section, where viewers can share their ideas and opinions, preview clips of the film, and more.


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"The Human Body" Exhibition came to Romania this March. The exhibition, which includes over 200 items – real human bodies that through organs and tissue dissection offer a unique, 3D and real-life perspective on the human body, will be on display at the National Museum of Natural History Grigore Antipa in Bucharest, between March 22 and June 30, 2013.
The event aims to change perceptions of the human body, giving Romanians, for the first time, the opportunity to see a human body through the eyes of a surgeon and to "experience" a visual journey inside the body, according to the organizers. The exhibition also tries to encourage people to respect and take care of their bodies, paying more attention on how they chose to live. For example, visitors will see the effects of smoking, obesity or other conditions resulting from neglect or abuse of the body.
The exhibits have already been presented in cities such as London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bratislava, Budapest, Dublin, Kiev, Lisbon, Madrid, Prague, Turin, Vienna and Oostende.
Tickets for 'The Human Body" exhibition cost between RON 32 and RON 60 for individuals and from RON 85 to RON 135 for groups. For groups of over 10 children the price is RON 30 per person. Tickets can be purchased from Germanos, Orange and Vodafone stores, Carturesti and Humanitas bookshops, or online from eventim.ro network. If you plan to buy tickets from the museum, call beforehand to ask whether they are still on sale.


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The California Assembly just passed one of the nation's strictest vaccination bills.
The rule eliminates the option for parents to abstain from vaccination due to religious or other personal beliefs and requires all school-aged children to have undergone 10 complete vaccinations before enrolling in California schools, the New York Times reports.
The bill passed with bipartisan support with 46 in favor and 30 against the measure.
The bill received more public testimony than any other bill this year, California Assembly member Marc Levine, one of the bill's supporters, said at a press conference.
He also discussed some of his reasoning behind supporting the bill:
"We live in a society where we have a social responsibility to act in a manner to protect not only ourselves, but others as well. That means that we respect our neighbors and don't play loud music at 2 a.m., that we drive safely on the road, that we pay taxes even though none of us wants to...This social responsibility also includes protecting children from preventable disease."
Perhaps the most compelling testimony in favor of the bill came from seven-year-old Rhett Krawitt, whose childhood leukemia made him ineligible for vaccination and thus highly susceptible to the kids around him who might get sick.
"Vaccines save lives," said Krawitt.
Others like Krawitt — anyone with an immune condition that renders them unable to get vaccinated and many elderly people — depend on the collective immunity of the public, whose vaccinations create an environment where he won't encounter the preventable diseases they're vulnerable to.
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In 1992 as a graduate student at Stanford now Senator from New Jersey Cory Booker (D) pinned an Op-Ed for the Stanford Daily entitled So much for stealing second. In it, he details that in 1984, while at a New Year's Eve party, he groped a woman's breast without her consent. The first time she pushed his hand away, but the second time, as Booker recalls, he hit his 'mark.' Booker continues that after the assault, he and the woman struck up a cordial friendship and that she confided in him that that night she had been drunk and unsure about what she was doing.
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Senator Booker goes on to state that while attending Stanford he saw the error of his ways. He claims that he moved away from viewing sexual relations as being best achieved through "luck, guile, strategy, or coercion." To a more progressive sentiment, one clearly displayed in his "soliloquy titled 'The Oppressive Nature Of Male Dominated Society And Its Violent Manifestations: Rape, Anorexia, Battered Wives.'
Senator Booker called on President Trump to resign as a result of the infamous audio recording outlining a particularly sexually explicit conversation with the then real estate mogul and Billy Bush. Both Senator Booker and recently disgraced Minnesota Senator Al Franken (D) chastised Trump for his alleged misconduct.
Sexual harassment and assault are serious and unfortunately pervasive problems in our society. Women of all creeds, ethnicity, and backgrounds are coming forward and bravely exposing the people that once preyed on them. Continuing to bring offenders to light, particularly with the aid of the national spotlight, is what is necessary to change the culture around sex and sexual encounters.
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Admittedly, Senator Booker's case is far different from that of Harvey Weinstein, or Kevin Spacey, or even Al Franken. Senator Booker was only 15 when he inappropriately groped the young woman, whereas the others were grown men. In the article, Booker outlines that the woman kissed him first and then things escalated to a point she was uncomfortable with.
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In the 1992 Op-Ed Booker notes that he chose to recall his own personal experiences regarding sexual misconduct so as not to bask in hypocrisy.
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Our Achievements 2015/16
Dear Parents and Carers,
This year, our two schools amalgamated to become St Winifred's Catholic Primary school. We had been working towards this for a long time and it was wonderful to be able to celebrate this great milestone. We had a beautiful service in our church for our whole school community and all of the children had parties in the afternoon and a special commemorative coin.
As we reach the final few days of another very busy school year, we would like to share with you some of the other highlights of this year and achievements which we can all be really proud of.
We have supported a number of charities and raised over £1,786 for worthy causes. You donated a really generous amount of food for the Manna Centre and our local food bank at harvest. We also supported Sports Relief and an orphanage in Uganda. At Christmas you donated lots of toys and gifts for the Salvation Army 'Christmas Appeal'. You have also continued to donate to our Food Bank which supports our school community.
We continued the 'Roots of Empathy' initiative in both Year 1 classes. This is a programme which involves a number of visits from a mother and baby throughout the year, to support Personal, Social and Moral development. This has been a wonderful experience which enabled the children to get to know 'Meela and Campbell' and to see how they have grown and developed over the year. We will definitely be continuing this programme next year.
We took part in the Year 2 and the Year 5 Maths Zone competitions for Lewisham schools and our teams came first in both. A group of our Year 5 children also took part in an extremely challenging debating competition at Colfes' School and they got through to the final. Our year 5 and 6 children won the Kwik Cricket competition at Bonus Pastor.
Our swimmers won a large number of medals (including many gold ones) at the schools' gala earlier this year. Our girls won the runners up Trophy at the Affinity Sutton Football tournament which was held at our school last week. One of our pupils won the Christmas card design competition for the Police Commissioner and was invited to turn on the Christmas lights at Scotland Yard.
Another pupil has gone through to the borough final for her road safety design. She will be presented with a prize next week and her design will be printed on signage around the borough.
We have had a range of animals living at schools this year including hens, rabbits and guinea pigs at the junior site which have received excellent care from the children. It was really exciting when the baby rabbits were born and the children were able to see them grow and develop. We have had guinea pigs and rabbits in the garden at the infant site.
Year 2 children incubated eggs and watched their chicks hatch, grow and develop. This has been a wonderful learning experience for the children. Lily and Alfie have been frequent visitors at the junior site helping the children to be confident with dogs.
Year 6 classes have had a visit from 'the Bug Man' who brought lots of animals and helped the children to consolidate their learning in science.
All of the children have been on a range of very exciting educational visits which have really enriched their learning in so many areas and supported our very broad and vibrant curriculum.
These have included visits to the Portrait Gallery, the Museum of London, the Bear Factory, the British Museum, Leeds Castle, the Horniman Museum, the Royal Academy, the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Geffrye Museum, the Golden Hinde, the National portrait Gallery, Brooklyn Bowl, the Royal Academy, Thames Barrier, Pizza Express, the Cable Car, Chislehurst Caves and St Paul's Cathedral, to name but a few.
All classes visited educational centres including Horton Kirby, Eltham, Soane Centre and Woodland's Farm, to enable them to learn about living things in the environment and natural features such as rivers. Both Nursery classes went to visit Pets at Home and they went on a wonderful strawberry picking trip. Both of our Reception classes have had six Forest School sessions at Manor House Gardens. We have made many visits to Manor House Library and Park. Children have also visited the Lee Fire Station and Tesco in Lewisham.
They visited Our Lady of Lourdes Church, The Good Shepherd Church and the local Sivan Kovil Temple to learn about places of worship.
The junior children went to the National Theatre and the Unicorn Theatre at Christmas to see 'Wonderland' and 'The Baddies'. Year 2 went to the Unicorn Theatre to see 'Snow Child'. Year 1, Reception and Nursery
children went to Albany Empire to see 'The Bear'.
Year 5 children went to Manor House Gardens to sing Christmas Carols for the local community. They also took part in a special mass at Good Shepherd Church this term.
Year 2 and Year 6 took part in the 'Turning of the Year' concerts at Blackheath Concert Hall. Year 2, also performed 'Swinging Samson' with children from St Margaret's and St Matthew Academy. Their parents were invited to all of these events.
Our Year 3 pupils went to Eltham College for a series of Art workshops in the summer term.
Year 2 have just returned from a fantastic three day school journey in Gavestone Hall (Sussex), Year 4 went to Carroty Woods for a superb 3 day adventure and Year 6 had a wonderful 5 day adventure with PGL in the Isle of Wight .
Year 5 girls spent a day at St Ursula's School where they had a taste of technology. Year 6 children went to St Thomas More Secondary School for a very exciting science day. They also spent a day at Goldsmiths learning about University life. Goldsmiths' students came to school to lead art workshops for Year 5 in the summer term. Year 6 pupils have all been to their new schools to take part in induction days and staff from secondary schools have come to visit the children. All of these experiences have really supported the children in their transition to secondary school.
Year 6 children took part in the Junior Citizens programme which taught them all about personal safety.
These educational visits greatly enrich learning for all of the children. We subsidise all visits from money raised by our Friends Association. This year we continued to use public transport as much as possible for educational visits and we have also walked where possible.
Many visitors came to our schools this year to enrich our curriculum provision in all classes.
'Ten Ten' drama group led a series of workshops for all the classes in September. The 'Elevate' dance company, led Assemblies and workshops at both sites in the spring term. These were based on gospel stories and values and were incredibly powerful and inspirational for the children and staff.
A drama group ran sessions for Year 2 classes to enrich their topic work on Florence Nightingale. The children all gained a great deal from these experiences.
In October, all junior classes took part in performance poetry workshops which inspired them to develop their own pieces.
Quantum Theatre Group performed 'A Christmas Carol' at the junior site for our older children and 'The Elves and the Shoemaker' for all our younger children at both sites. Quantum performed 'at the bottom of the Garden' for all the children on both sites at the end of the spring term. They also performed the 'Gruffalo' for all our younger children and 'The Writing on the Wall' for our older pupils.
'Perform' theatre group came to work with our younger children on a number of occasions throughout the year. The Science Museum outreach team led truly inspirational workshops for all the children from year 1 to 6 on a range of relevant areas of learning in science.
A tree expert came to work with Year 3 pupils on tree identification as part of their science work.
We have worked hard to keep all our children safe and to teach them to keep themselves safe in a range of situations.
We took part in the 'Kidscape' anti bullying project this year and many of our classes took part in workshops and assemblies to empower them to deal with bullying. This also involved training for all members of staff. The NSPCC led assemblies for all Key stage 1 and 2 pupils on keeping safe and they led workshops for all year 5 and 6 pupils. We also ran workshops for Year 6 pupils on the subject of 'Gang culture'.
'Child net' also came to the junior site to run sessions for the children on internet safety.
Our Year 4 and 5 pupils took part in First aid training to help them to know how to respond to emergencies. I
would like to extend this to other classes next year.
Officers from the Fire Brigade came in to talk to all pupils in years 2 and 5 about all aspects of fire safety. Our Year 3 and 6 children took part in Bikeability training. This helped many of them to learn to cycle and also to be safe when cycling on the roads. All our classes got to have lots of fun riding all sorts of amazing bikes in the autumn term.
Sustainable transport
We have continued to work really hard to encourage sustainable transport and have submitted our Primary School Travel plan application for Gold accreditation.
Music has had very high profile in our school.
All our year 2 children have had ukulele lessons throughout this year. Junior children have had opportunities to learn to play guitar, flute, violin, drums and brass. This opportunity is taken up by over 100 children each week. Our orchestra have performed two great concerts at the junior site.
Year 5 children took part in the Schools' Proms at the Albert Hall and our children took part in two 'Turning of the Year' concerts at the Blackheath Halls. Pupils in Years 2, 3 and 4 went to see the Bright Sparks concerts at the Festival Hall.
Trinity Laban led an amazing classical music workshop for Years 4 and 5 this year. A 'Rap' company came to lead workshops for Year 3 pupils and recorded their creations.
We also held School Book Fairs twice this year and managed to get a very good selection of books for all our classes in both schools.
We had a very special visitor, dressed in red who gave all the children a treat at Christmas.
We have had a number of performances and special events in school throughout the year.
All classes took part in Christmas Assemblies (14 in total!) which were wonderful celebrations of achievement. We had Harvest Festival celebrations at both sites. You donated an amazing amount of food for the Manna Centre and for our local food bank. It was lovely to see so many of you at these events.
We have had a number of Masses at the church and at the junior site throughout the year. Each year group from year 2 and above has prepared a service. Year 1 joined us for a number of services and for the first time in many years, our whole school came together at our church to celebrate Our Amalgamation.
We had a beautiful carol service in school at Christmas. We also celebrated Ash Wednesday and had a penitential service at Easter in school. We had a lovely service to celebrate with all our First Communion children and they had a party in the hall in the afternoon. Last week we had a beautiful service in the church for our year 6 leavers.
All of our children dressed up on World Book day and we had storytelling and lots of book related activities in classes.
Six of our musicians performed solos at the Hither Green Festival and astounded the audience.
We had a truly spectacular celebration of the diversity of our school community through our international food and culture afternoon this week. It was wonderful to see so many of our parents and carers enjoying the food and fun.
We are ending the year with a barbecue at the Newstead Road site. This will be organised by our school meals providers and will be a great way to finish our year. We hope to have another one in September for all our families to welcome everyone our new school year.
The pupils in our school have a strong voice and many initiatives and activities which have taken place this year have been as a result of pupil voice.
Pupils from each class have been involved in a range of groups. This has helped them to play an active role in making decisions about the school in order to ensure we hear the voices of the children as we continue to develop. We have a School Learning Council, an Eco Council and a Rights Respecting Group. All Year 1 children take turns being 'Buddies' throughout the year and they help others in the playground.
Our Eco Council have been involved in encouraging lots of recycling initiatives: phones, MP3 players, Christmas cards, pens, stamps and batteries. They organised our 'Clean Plate Day' and have worked to reduce waste on both sites. These groups have also organised Fruity Fridays at the junior site. A small group from our school council went to talk to the Mayor at the Town Hall in October about issues which caused them concern.
These groups have run a number of assemblies throughout the year which have really inspired the rest of the school.
A group of Year 6 girls organised and ran a talent competition for children in years 2 to 6, earlier in the year and recently a group of Year 4 children ran a competition in their class. Children in Year 5 led an assembly and a charity appeal for an orphanage in Uganda.
Sport and physical development has had a high profile on both sites this year.
We have used our Sports Funding on both sites, to employ sports play leaders who organised activities every lunch time. These have really engaged the children as well as improving their skills and fitness. We will continue with both of these areas of provision next year.
We hosted girls' football tournaments at the junior site on two occasions this year. These involved a number of
schools in our local area. It was a privilege to hold these events at our school and one day we hope to win.
We had a 'Skip to be fit day' for all our children at the junior site – this really inspired more skipping throughout the school.
The whole school made the most of Sports Relief to improve fitness of all the children as well as to raise money for worthy causes.
Our children have also been taking part in a number of other sporting competitions. Our Year 1, 5 and 6 children have taken part in sporting events and competitions at Bonus Pastor Secondary school.
A number of individuals have taken part in competitions and deserve a special mention. Tobias in Year 6 swam for our school in a number of competitions and won gold in many events. Visnu in Year 5 plays for Kent Cricket Club and Sofia in year 5 is a champion in badminton. Our children play rugby with Old Colfeans and Football for a number of local clubs.
All children from Year 2 and above have had a half term of weekly swimming lessons. Affinity Sutton have led weekly football lessons for our girls in Years 2, 3 and 4.
We had sports events for Nursery and Reception in Manor House Gardens at the end of term and we had sports activities for all the other classes at the junior site. These were organised very capably, by our Year 6 children. They were great fun for all involved.
Art and Creativity
We have been working hard to develop art across the school and this year we have taken part in the National Gallery's 'Take One Picture' project. This focused on 'Roman Triumph' by 'Rubens' and each class created pieces of art in response to this work. Nursery, Reception and Year 1 created instruments and tabards which they played and wore in their carnival procession to open our International afternoon. All other art work was displayed around the Newstead Road site.
Our children at the infant site were asked to contribute art work for the Manor House Garden Festival. This was displayed around the park along with work created by the other local schools.
We have involved parents and carers as much as possible in the life of the school.
At the infant site, many parents have been coming to class on Friday mornings to read with their children and this has been a really positive experience for all involved.
Parents and carers have also joined their children for lunch on a number of occasions at the infant site. The children loved eating with their parents and parents found out about school dinners.
We ran a meeting for parents and carers on understanding Dyslexia and another and on Internet safety. Parents and carers were invited to our 'Ten Ten' workshop in September and to Masses and many special events throughout the year.
Our annual International Food and Activities Day was an amazing community event which was very well attended by our families and many of our parents helped with organisation and ran activities.
Lots of our parents have been helping classes each week and accompanying on educational visits.
We are extremely privileged to have such tremendous support from our parents and carers in all aspects of school life. This makes a huge difference to the provision in our school and the achievement of our children in all areas of learning.
Breakfast and After-school provision
We have continued to build on our after school clubs and this year we have run: Multi Sports, cricket, diamond football, gymnastics, French, Italian, craft, cheerleading, drama, board games and street dance. We have also run a lunch time club at both sites for children who do not want to be on the playground all the time. We have run football for boys and girls before school at the junior site.
Little Gremlins continue to ensure excellent before and after school provision in our hall for the schools in our local community. They also run clubs throughout the holidays.
Our Friends Association have run a number of extremely successful events for our families including : two discos, an Easter egg hunt at each site, a quiz night, cake sales, a pampering evening, a bingo night, a Mexican Night and a phenomenal Family Fun Day to finish off the year. They raised a large amount of money for our school which has been used to support our rich and vibrant curriculum.
I have received countless positive comments about the children's behaviour on educational visits and from people who come in to school to work with the children.
And finally, through these rich experiences and a creative and challenging curriculum we have achieved high standards in all subjects in all classes this year.
The Future of St Winifred's Catholic Primary School
Recently our building development plans were agreed and funding agreements have also been signed off. We are expecting our building work to begin at the end of the autumn term and are looking forward to the wonderful opportunities which this will create for our school community. We are particularly looking forward to having all our pupils working together on one site.
Thank you all for the tremendous support which you have given to our school throughout the year.


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Thursday, January 30, 2014
who leaves first shall die
he name of this picture is who leaves first shall die. In this picture, even thought the girl said if the guy leave he will die but her hand is blocking the knife from hurting him.the guy in this picture looks like he loves her so much by holding her waist so close to him but the knife is aiming straight at her neck.this is the difference between a man's and woman's way of expressing their love for each other.women always have a very sharp mouth that hurt man but actually she is the one always hurt.at the orther hand ,man shows as if he truly love her but in the end , he just end up hurting her more!meaningful picture isn't it ?
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each time i go home, i come back with a few new things. this time i was on a mission for afghans. my grandma eileen and mom used to crochet all the time and i was anxious to get my hands on a few of their blankets. i use a blanket every night on the couch – even in the middle of the summer. i'm just more comfortable like that.
while we were in oregon, my mom pulled out a dozen or so handmade afghans and quilts and told me the background on each one – who crocheted it. when it was crocheted. the story behind the colors and patterns. danny limited me to two (and that's all we really could stuff in our carry-on luggage), so we came home with these.
{both crocheted by my grandma eileen. we totally love them.}
plus i may have snagged another milkglass vase…


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James Thomas Aubrey, Jr. (December 14, 1918—September 3, 1994) was an American television and film executive. President of the CBS Television Network during the early 1960s, he put on the air some of television's most enduring series, including Gilligan's Island and The Beverly Hillbillies. Under Aubrey, CBS dominated American television in the way General Motors and General Electric dominated their industries. The New York Times Magazine in 1964 called Aubrey "a master of programming whose divinations led to successes that are breathtaking."
However, Aubrey's abrasive personality and oversized ego—"Picture Machiavelli and Karl Rove at a University of Colorado football recruiting party" wrote Variety in 2004—led to his firing from CBS when charges surfaced he was favoring producers who had given him bribes and was plotting to take over the network's parent company to remove his bosses. "The circumstances rivaled the best of C.B.S. adventure or mystery shows," declared The New York Times in its front-page story on his firing, which came on "the sunniest Sunday in February" 1965. After five years as an independent producer, Aubrey was hired by financier Kirk Kerkorian to preside over Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's near-total shutdown in the 1970s, during which he slashed the budget and alienated producers and directors. Aubrey resigned from MGM declaring his job was done and then vanished into almost total obscurity for last two decades of his life.
Hollywood executive Sherry Lansing, a close friend of Aubrey's for two decades, told The Los Angeles Times in 1986 "Jim is different. He does his own dirty work. Jim is one of those people who are willing to say, 'I didn't like your movie.' Directness is disarming to people who are used to sugar-coating. It's tough for people who need approval to see somebody who doesn't. Myths and legends begin to surround that kind of person."
Born in La Salle, Illinois, Aubrey was the eldest of four sons of James Thomas Aubrey, Sr., an advertising executive with the Chicago firm of Aubrey, Moore, and Wallace, and his wife, the former Mildred Stever. He grew up in the tony Chicago suburb of Lake Forest and attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. He attended Princeton University and was a star on the football team, playing left end. He graduated in 1941 with honors in English and entered the United States Army Air Force. He rose to the rank of major during World War II. While in the Air Force, he taught actor James Stewart how to fly.
After the war he went to Los Angeles, California, where he initially sold advertising for the Street and Smith and Condé Nast magazine companies. His first broadcasting job was as a salesman at the Columbia Broadcasting System's radio station in Los Angeles, KNX-AM, and within two years rose to be the network's West Coast television programming chief. In that capacity he put Have Gun, Will Travel on the air. Aubrey was promoted to manager of all television network programs, based in California, until he went to ABC in 1956.
On December 16, 1956, American Broadcasting Company president Oliver Treyz announced Aubrey would immediately become the network's head of programming and talent. (Treyz also said Aubrey would be proposed as a corporate vice-president at the next annual meeting.) ABC, the weakest of the three networks, was then a perennial also-ran with a weak roster of affiliates and programs, something comparable to Fox circa 1988. Aubrey told the Los Angeles Times in 1986 "I went because [ABC chairman] Leonard Goldenson in effect said, 'Look, I don't know that much about TV, I'm a lawyer.' And he let me have autonomy."
As vice president in charge of programs (a title he gained before March 1957), he brought to the air what he recalled as "wild, sexy, lively stuff, things that had never been done before", shows such as Maverick, a western with James Garner, and 77 Sunset Strip, a detective show with Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Aubrey also scheduled The Donna Reed Show, a domestic comedy, and The Real McCoys, a rural comedy with Walter Brennan. Despite his success at ABC, Aubrey saw a limited future at the network and asked to return to CBS, doing so on April 28, 1958, initially as assistant to CBS, Inc. president Frank Stanton. (Thomas W. Moore would take his old ABC job.) Aubrey was made vice president for creative services in April 1959, replacing Louis G. Cowan, who was promoted to network president.
Aubrey was promoted to executive vice president on June 1, 1959, a newly created position that was the number two post at the network. His responsibilities, network president Cowan told The New York Times would be "general supervision of all CBS Television Network departments." On December 8, 1959, Cowan resigned, having been damaged from his connection to the quiz show scandals. (He created the show The $64,000 Question and owned the company which produced it for the network, though Cowan denied he knew anything about the rigging of the program.) Cowan's letter of resignation to Stanton declared "you have made it impossible for me to continue." Aubrey was named president the same day and elected to the board of directors on December 9.
During his five years running the CBS Network, Aubrey made it tremendously successful, substantially increasing ratings and doubling the company's profits. In the 1963-1964 season, all twelve of the top day-time programs and fourteen of the top fifteen prime-time shows were on CBS—the lone exception in the evening was NBC's Bonanza, ranked number two. His formula was characterized as "broads, bosoms, and fun," resulting in such shows as The Beverly Hillbillies and Gilligan's Island, despised by the critics—and CBS chairman William S. Paley—but extremely popular with viewers. Aubrey said in 1986:
CBS's dominance was so great that when the fall schedules were announced, ABC and NBC would wait until CBS announced its plans, effectively making Aubrey programmer for all three networks. CBS had great success with rural-themed programs such as the Hillbillies, The Andy Griffith Show, Mr. Ed, Green Acres, and Petticoat Junction. Yet another CBS hit Paley hated was The Munsters.
"The hucksters' huckster," David Halberstam labeled him, "whose greatest legacy to television was a program called The Beverly Hillbillies, a series so demented and tasteless that it boggles the mind, depicting as it did, in the words of Murray Kempton, 'a confrontation of the characters of John Steinbeck with the environment of Spyros Skouras.'" While Aubrey had a great feel for what would be successful with viewers, he had nothing but contempt for them. "The American public is something I fly over," he said.
In 1962, a United States Senate committee investigating juvenile delinquency held hearings on sex on television and called executives from the three networks. The chairman, Senator Thomas J. Dodd (D-Connecticut), blasted "an unmistakable pattern" and informed the executives "you all seem to use the same terminology—to think alike—and to jam this stuff down the people's throat." Dodd accused Aubrey of putting "prurient sex" in the CBS program Route 66 and confronted him with the "bosoms, broads, and fun" quotation from a memorandum by a CBS executive. Aubrey denied saying the phrase.
When Spyros Skouras, the chairman of Twentieth Century Fox, was forced out in July 1962, Aubrey was widely mentioned to be his successor, but he openly denied he had any intention of leaving CBS.
Aubrey was a controlling man and a workaholic, working twelve-hour days, six days a week. He was endlessly reading scripts, watching episodes, and ordering changes such as dictating scenes be reshot or changes made in the furniture and dressing of a set. His actions at CBS created much resentment and meant when his superiors moved to fire him, he had no base of support to rely upon.
Murray Kempton said Aubrey "was the fourth president of CBS as Caligula was the fourth of the twelve Caesars" and his treachery led the producer John Houseman to dub him "The Smiling Cobra." Houseman in public was less direct. In December 1962, CBS announced it was spending $250,000 an episode on Houseman's hour-long drama on American history for the next season, The Great Adventure. However on July 25, 1963, CBS announced Houseman had resigned. The producer told The New York Times "The kind of show they want is not what I wanted to produce" but attributed his departure to a simple difference of opinion, the Times reporter stating Houseman "expressed no crticism of C.B.S."
In Only You, Dick Daring!, his humorous but yet damning account of the five and a half months he spent trying to make a show with CBS for the 1963-1964 television season, writer Merle Miller wrote of how Aubrey would simply walk out of meetings without offering any substantive comments on Miller's program. Miller was assured by other CBS executives that Aubrey's silence meant things were fine, but Miller later learned of efforts by Aubrey to force him out. (A pilot for the show, know as Calhoun and County Agent, to star Jackie Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck, was shot and put on the fall schedule, but the series was cancelled before it ever aired.) Miller quoted an independent producer: "Aubrey's the most important man in television, in the history of television, maybe in the history of entertainment. He out-Mayers Louis B. Mayer ten times over."
Aubrey's outsize reputation—beaming smile, dapper dress, endless womanizing—inspired characters in Keefe Brasselle's The CanniBalS, Harold Pinter's The Inheritors, and Jacqueline Susann's The Love Machine; Aubrey is network executive Robin Stone in Susann's novel. The New York Times Magazine would describe him as "6-foot 2-inch with an incandescent smile" with "unrevealing polar blue eyes."
Aubrey's success went to his head and he became even more arrogant. He was abusive to the network's affiliates, advertisers, and talent. The treatment of Jack Benny was typical.
Aubrey first rescheduled Benny's series without consulting the star. Benny, a good friend of Paley's who had been with CBS since 1948, objected to his new lead-in for the 1963-1964 season, Petticoat Junction. (His lead-in had been comedian Red Skelton.) Then in the summer of 1963, Aubrey told Benny his show would not be renewed at the end of the forthcoming season, Aubrey having deciding Benny out of step with current tastes and no longer relevant. Benny took his show to NBC, his home before 1948, where it was soon cancelled, proving Aubrey's point if not his tactics.
The star of CBS's Life With Lucy also had problems with the network president. "Lucille Ball couldn't say his name without calling him a S.O.B.," Stanton said.
Aubrey, who on May 9, 1963 warned the network's affiliates the high cost of rights for professional sports could price them off television, nevertheless in January 1964 agreed to pay $28.2 million to air the games of the National Football League for two years, seventeen games each season. "We know how much these games mean to the viewing audience, our affiliated stations, and the nation's advertisers," Aubrey told The New York Times. In April, he agreed to extend the deal for another year for a total of $31.8 million.
In the spring of 1964, The New York Times Magazine declared CBS "for the 10th year in a row . . . was the undisputed champion of the television networks." The Times quoted an analyst who said CBS was "almost comparable to what General Motors did in autos or what General Electric [did] in electrical equipment."
Aubrey fought constantly with officials of CBS News, especially its chief, Fred W. Friendly. Friendly felt Aubrey was insufficiently concerned with public affairs and in his memoir, Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control recounts budget meetings at CBS where Aubrey would talk of how much money the news was costing the company. However, Paley supported the news and protected Friendly's division from Aubrey's proposed budget cuts. In 1964, CBS Reports, a news program, was blamed in the press for the sharp drop off in the ratings of The Beverly Hillbillies—the comedy had been number one in its first two seasons, but dropped to eighteenth when CBS Reports became its lead-in for its third season. CBS responded by moving CBS Reports to Mondays.
In April 1964, charges were printed in a celebrity scandal sheet that Aubrey was taking kickbacks from producers. The Federal Communications Commission made inquiries and CBS learned that despite his $264,000 annual salary from the company, Aubrey's car and apartment were paid for by Filmways, the producer of the Hillbillies, Green Acres, Mr. Ed, and other CBS programs. (The apartment on Manhattan's Central Park South was owned by Martin Ransohoff, the head of Filmways.) While not illegal, CBS had not known of Aubrey's ties to the production company.
More troubling were the charges of favoritism in purchasing programs. Aubrey's friend Keefe Brasselle, who had bit parts in several movies in the 1940's and 1950's, had no experience as a producer. CBS executives were also concerned by allegations Brasselle had ties to the Mafia. Nevertheless, Aubrey scheduled three shows from Brasselle's Richelieu Productions for the 1964-1965 season, all without pilots, even today an almost unheard of practice. (The shows were The Baileys of Balboa, a sitcom with Paul Ford; the newspaper drama The Reporter; and The Cara Williams Show, a sitcom starring red-head Williams, billed as the next Lucille Ball.) Costs skyrocked on Brasselle's shows and all three bombed.
In late 1964, Aubrey approached Stanton with a proposal. Claiming he had investors lined-up and ready to buy the company, Aubrey said once in control, they would fire Paley, install Stanton as chairman, and promote Aubrey to Stanton's post, CBS corporate president. This did not come to pass, but Aubrey's contempt for his boss William S. Paley knew no bounds, Aubrey even showing his disregard for Paley in public. "Aubrey was torpedoed at last," wrote The New York Times Magazine, "by a combination of his imperiousness, the ratings drop, and a vivid afterhours life culminating in a raucuous Miami Beach party—details of which no one ever agrees on—the weekend he was fired."
Paley ordered Stanton to fire Aubrey and he did so on February 27, 1965, though the announcement delayed until the following afternoon, a Sunday. Stanton's statement declared:
Aubrey's successor was announced as John A. Schneider, the general manager of WCBS-TV in New York City, who had no experience in network television. Aubrey was so despondent at losing his job Stanton feared he would kill himself. Wall Street took the news badly as well: CBS stock plunged nine points over the following week. "I don't pretend to be any saint. If anyone wants to indict me for liking pretty girls, I'm guilty," Aubrey said. Aubrey continued to be a CBS employee until April 20.
Jack Gould, television critic for The New York Times, wrote two days after Aubrey's dismissal that Aubrey
Aubrey's marriage to Phyllis Thaxter, an actress signed to MGM in the 1940s, ended in divorce in 1963 (they wed in 1944) because of his work and his "liking pretty girls"—one he was frequently seen with when he went to MGM was actress Raquel Welch. They had two children, James Watson Aubrey (born January 5, 1953) and Susan Schuyler "Skye" Aubrey (born circa 1946).
Aubrey, who left CBS with $2.5 million in network stock, moved to the Sunset Strip and set up a production company. His attorney, Gregson Bautzer, in 1967 tried to buy the American Broadcasting Company for another client, Howard Hughes. Aubrey was to have run ABC after the takeover but the reclusive Hughes refused to testify in person before the Federal Communications Commission, which had to approve the purchase. Consequently, the deal collapsed.
In 1967, Aubrey signed a two-year contract to produce films for Columbia Pictures. Despite being frequently rumored as a candidate for many posts in the entertainment industry, Aubrey told Vincent Canby of The New York Times he had "no desire ever again to become involved in the corporate side of the entertainment business." His first project was an adaptation of a Patricia Highsmith book.
Aubrey resurfaced when Las Vegas businessman Kirk Kerkorian bought Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for the first time. They had been introduced by attorney Gregson Bautzer, who represented both men. Aubrey was Kerkorian's third choice after Herb Jaffe of United Artists and independent producer Mike Frankovich both declined the post.
Aubrey was named president and CEO on October 21, 1969, replacing the fired Louis F. Polk, Jr. Aubrey received a salary of $4,000 a week, but had no contract. He said in 1986 "I wanted Kirk to be able to say, `Get lost, Jim,' without obligation if it didn't work." Like most of the big studios in the 1960's, MGM was struggling and Kerkorian said his new president would bring the company back roaring back to its former glory. Instead, Aubrey presided over a bloodbath, bringing the payroll down from 6,200 employees to 1,200. Aubrey eliminated hundreds of jobs when he relocated corporate headquarters from New York City to Culver City.
Aubrey ordered the sale of MGM's historic collection of costumes and props such as the Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz and the suit Spencer Tracy wore in Inherit the Wind. (It was bought by one of the defense attorneys defending Charles Manson, who regularly wore it to court.) The studio's Culver City backlot was sold to developers. Aubrey literally threw the company's valuable archives into the trash and brought production to a standstill. Aubrey announced plans for faster and cheaper movies, none of which would have a budget above $1 million, but the studio proved you get what you pay for when many of these inexpensive films bombed with critics and audiences. (One success was the Richard Roundtree film Shaft which cost $1 million and sold $12 million worth of tickets.) Aubrey did cut the company's debt from $80 million to $22 million with his moves. Agent Sue Mengers said he was a very tough dealmaker. "I'd rather go to bed with him than negotiate with him."
Aubrey again took a hands-on approach to MGM's products, personally ordering cuts on films. The New York Times Magazine wrote "Aubrey's heavy involvement with every creative detail of MGM's pictures far surpassed his immersal in CBS's scripts." After he made edits to the film Going Home starring Robert Mitchum, its director, Herbert Leonard, protested publicly. "He unilaterally and arbitrarily raped the picture," he told Time in 1971. Director Blake Edwards was incensed by changes Aubrey made to his film The Wild Rovers with William Holden, telling The New York Times Magazine "Cuts? He doesn't know as much as a first-year cinema student. He cut the heart right out of it." Television producer Bruce Geller, who created Mission: Impossible, had his name removed from the credits of his first film, Corky, because "It's not my picture any more." The producer of the film Chandler, Michael S. Laughlin, and its director, Paul Magwood, took out a full page ad, bordered in black, in the trade papers declaring
Laughlin told Time "You just can't deal with Aubrey. He realizes that litigation can be a great expense, and that because of legal delays the film will have disappeared long before your case comes to court."
In 1973, Aubrey announced his resignation, declaring "The job I agreed to undertake has been accomplished." Kerkorian was named as his successor on October 31. Time Magazine declared "Under Aubrey, MGM churned out profitable, medium-budget schlock like Skyjacked (which featured his daughter Skye Aubrey) and Black Belly of the Tarantula; directors often charged him with philistine meddling, and he alienated many of them" but "as a financial auteur, Aubrey may have deserved an Oscar."
Aubrey and Sherry Lansing, who entered the movie business as a script reader at MGM under Aubrey, were struck by a car while crossing Wilshire Boulevard in the mid-1970s. Both were badly hurt and Lansing had to use crutches for a year and a half. Aubrey nursed her back to health. "He came every day. He would say, 'You're not going to limp.' My own mother and father couldn't have given me more support," she told Variety in 2004.
Aubrey became an independent producer. He produced ten films, none memorable. His greatest success was a television movie featuring the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders—"broads, bosoms, and fun" once more. In the mid-1980s, he was chairman of Entermark, a production company backed by wealthy Texans, including former Governor John Connally, which made low-budget films. To publicize this venture, he granted a rare interview to the Los Angeles Times in 1986. Reporter Paul Rosenfield found him unrepetant:
New York Post gossip columnist Liz Smith reported this profile of Aubrey had led to rumors he would again return to head CBS after Paley was forced out in 1986 when Lawrence Tisch acquired the network.
He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in 1994, largely forgotten, and was buried in Los Angeles's Westwood Memorial Park . His marker there identifies him as "A Man Among Men." His daughter is writing a biography of her father, Variety reported in the summer of 2004.
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