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Dodger golfers get a mulligan…
It was another rainy day here at Dodgertown, forcing the workouts indoors. Several players, including Eric Gagne, Derek Lowe (pictured) and Brad Penny threw bullpen sessions inside the batting cages, while other players took batting practice before departing early.
Eric Gagne had set up a golf tournament for players and staff members as a team-building event, but it got washed away with the workouts. It's impressive, though, that Eric took it upon himself to try and create the chemistry that is so important on a big league club. His ability on the field speaks for itself, but he's also great in the community and the clubhouse.
Gagne and some of his teammates will get a mulligan, though, as he, Brett Tomko, Kenny Lofton and Derek Lowe will film "The Big Break All-Star Challenge" for the Golf Channel on Wednesday at Pointe West Golf Course here in Florida. They'll have a skills competition, interviews and more, which will all be shown as a half-hour special. We'll let you know once it airs.
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I certainly hope that the Dodgers strongly consider Gagne's intangible effects off the field when it comes to deciding whether to extend his contract. It's hard to identify with other Dodgers since they haven't been here long. He is now my wife's favorite player (since LoDuca was traded away). I'd like to keep her interested in the team. It makes things easier for me. On an unrelated topic, can you give us ome insight into how the camp might be conducted differently under Little than it was Tracy? Are fundamentals stressed any differently?
I'd like to point out that the caption for the picture is incorrect. DLowe may be the pitcher in the background, but #31, with the beard and long sox, is Brad Penny.
Perhaps this is where the money is coming from to make payroll. That is, if Frank hasn't already skimmed the pot to pay for his and Jamies' over indulgence!!!
I mentioned earlier today that the Giants' Buster is out with a broken leg. Now, Krud, Krap and Bochy want a rule change for sliding into home! Why now? What if the runner would have broken his leg…would they still be crying about it? i don't think so. Nobody said they should change the rule when Hamilton was put on the DL or any other player getting hurt in a collision at home.
They obviously want to make it a pussy game; make sure nobody gets hurt. It's already disgusting how many players get put on the DL these days for no better reason than shuffling personnel back and forth. How many people got put on the DL back in Drysdale's and Sandy's day?
They had to gut it out, because otherwise they wouldn't have got paid. Bunch of f'ing pussies!
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Enchanted ~ please find us another thread. I don't like seeing the names Gagne & Penny 😕
Now we know why Ned is such a hack at trades.
""When my dad was dying, one of the last times I saw him I asked him if there was something I should know," said Colletti. "And he said, 'Always give more than you receive.'"
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I hope we pound the shit out of Panty!!!
Same old boy!
Yep!! If we can't beat Panty with Kersh going, it will be a new low.
Penny looks like Slo-Mo in regular speed!
LOL!! Unfortunately, Billz has turned into a facsimile of Panty.
Nice play by Navarro and Uribe (can't believe I just said that)
C'mon Andre!!!
LOL…we needed Nellyjune to say "Come on Andre"!
I'll bet there aren't 8,000 people there…and, that's being generous!
Well, that's good to hear. From what I gathered from reading all the articles about Bud turning down the Fox deal, Frank has already leveraged the future ticket money and doesn't see any of it. It is going to pay for loans he took out against it.
I want to know how he played off all the various companies to the various banks to get loans on everything. Obviously just a little digging would've revealed he was just moving money on paper from entity to entity.
I also heard and read that if mlb takes over the team, Frank would no longer own the surrouding areas either. It has something to do with a contract he signed as owner. I'm hoping it's true.
Yep Beav, and it is catching up to him. He can't get a loan now.
I hope it's accurate also Trumom.
How was Father's Day Wally?
Really good Beav, thanks. How about yours?
I restained the back deck. 😐
Good for you. That's always nice to get out of the way and it looks so good when it's done.
This line-up can make Brad Penny look good, and that ain't easy.
What do you mean?…..we've scored one run in 13 innings 😉
No easy task, but our boys are up to the challenge. Damn, I wanted to pound on Panty.
We will….have faith!
I bet you did!!!
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Ouch!! LOL!!
Hey, Beav….what's the topic for tonight?
How about, where's the oddest place you ever got a little action?
I beg your pardon…I got lot of action!
I'd have to say in a breezeway and a park bench in Waikiki. Same girl, same night, we just switched locations 🙂
Hope your wife doesn't read this blog if it wasn't her. LOL!!
It wasn't. And she doesn't!!!!
I'm too embarassed to say 😉
C'mon Trumom, we can handle it. As far as outdoors, either on the beach in Maui or on a mountain top in Sedona. As for indoors, at the bar next to the Cubby Bear before a Dodgers-Cubs game.
Aw c'mon Tru. We won't tell anybody. 😉
Shhh, my child read this! lol
Wouldn't want her to think I'm whorable 😉
Yay..I'm multi-tasking. Listening to Charlie and Rick while watching the Detroit feed!
I bet this team is glad they don't have to see Verlander this series.
For sure! We can't even hit Penny!
No doubt!!!
Cmon Andre!!!!
A week from tonight I will be a Target Field watching the Dodgers play the Twins.
Catch a muskie for me.
Is it an Andrew Zimmern bizarre food? He is from Minnesota. I am guessing that is a fish 🙂
Its a big sportfish of the pike family.
Good for you Nelly. Sounds fun!!
Watch out for those huge Minnesota state birds (Mosquitos)! You might want to bring your bug juice. I worked there a few summers back. The size of those bloodsuckers up there are huge, running a close 2nd to the monsters in Alaska.
Cute. That one yours VL?
Naw, just a pic of a young disgruntled Dodger fan I dug up. 😉
vl – Thanks for the heads up about the mosquitos!! That's good info to have.
enchanted – Thanks for the fish info.
Jhall – So far, the weather is looking questionable – thunderstorms all three game days. Hopefully that changes in the days ahead.
Sorry to hear that Nelly. Alot can change in a week however. I thought that stadium had a retractable roof.
I guess not. It looks beautiful.
No retractable roof. So far this season, they have just had rain delays instead of postponed games. So, hopefully that remains the case. We are doing a stadium tour so that should be fun because it's before the game so we will get to see batting practice.
Fifth inning….Pennny's just about done. What stamina this boy has!
All of Andre's at-bats have been very good, patient at-bats.
Perfectly dreadful. That wasn't very good now was it?
What do we have, like 2 runs in the last 23 innings?
Nice catch, Andre!
Another fine AB from Marcus Thames. Explain to me why he's on the team again.
I can't figure it out! I'd much rather have Sands.
Me too. It makes me wonder what Gibbons is doing these days also.
They probably working on his swing and just we remember we was desparate for him to be up here.
Wow, another run!
Whoa! Navarro with some signs of life!
I guess Navarro is scare that Ellis is here lol.
Norfolk & Weigh. Navarro got another hit.
No just more starts for Navarro not like Ellis have a chance.
I hope the Dodgers known you can run on Martinez. I would love to see Gordon take off.
Wow Gordon that was slow from that replay.
These guys can't do anything right.
Well, let's hope Kersh can go all the way. I don't want to leave this in Grrrear or McDooDoos hands.
Is it me, or, is Steiner an awful announcer?! You'd think he was working for the opposing team!
He's not very good.
He's terrible. His horrible attempts at humor make me cringe most of the time. .
He announces like he doesn't even like our players. The Detroit announcers had nicer things to say about our team.
Perhaps the new owners will give him the heave-ho 😉
29,355 pid attendance!
Hi Kathy, yes, those minor leauge games are actually really fun. I remember going to the Pawtucket Red Sox games when I was just a tiny kid living in RI. Really sad that getting into Fenway is so unattainable these days. I remember when you could walk up and get bleacher tickets for cheap. I wicked appreciate you stopping by!
Holy Crap 1-19 for the Marlins.
Attendance 29,355.
I don't want to jinx it but can we get back to back you know what lol.
Sweet, under 30K paid and probably under 10K there. Thanks Trumom and VL. Dad and Bear will be so happy.
If I remember Dad's chart correctly, this game last year was 56000, so that's a nice drop. 🙂
Honestly though, how are they even getting that many people to pay for tickets?
Very good question.
They probably still season ticket holder.
I believe season tickets only account for about 17000 per game.
Damn. Loney's got his average up to .266.
We got lucky there.
Dang Vinny had to mention 0/7 for Caroll. You have Kemp at 3rd why not suicide squeeze?
Carroll's the most useless man with runners on base that I've ever seen.
Pretty sad. Big difference between setting the table, and cleaning it up. .
Yep way different and the reason he should bat 2nd behind Gordon.
WTG Kersh! Help yourself out!!
Kerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsh!!! Wah-Hoo!!!
I'm glad to see that some of our starters have figured out it pays to help yourself with the bat.
Too bad some of the regular players don't know that!
Woo-Hoo, win streak!! WTG Kersh!! WTG Bud!! Overall, a great day for the Dodgers!!
Good job guys. Just for fun, let's do it again tomorrow!
Damn fine ballgame from Kersh.
AWESOME!!! Kersh wanted this one bad. Great game!
Did the Tigers really pick Miller over Kershaw? Now the Red Sox just called him up.
Fabulous game by Kersh!!!! Win streak!!!
Oh Vinny was so excited and said Kershaw was hitting .304 but it was only .294.
Kershaw tied Koufax in batters faced against an AL Team. They each faced only 29 batters.
Well, I'm with those who aren't celebrating yet. Selig's decision is merely the baseball equivalent of getting some insurance runs late in the game. Our lead is more comfortable, but our bullpen is tired. I'll only celebrate when that fat lady is belting it out.
Tonight's game was a welcome return to the under-30,000 class. We also got to within about 600 of attaining the biggest single-game drop yet. As predicted, using the Yankee series was going to accelerate the figures. The upcoming Angel series might likewise slow us down a little as we hit the midway point of the year at Game 41. We need to keep the boycott going. Now is not the time to weaken.
Game 38 attendance (2010): 56,000
Today's attendance courtesy of trumom : 29,355
Greater than last year = 5 / Less than last year = 32
21st straight game of negative attendance
Games less than 30,000 this season – 6
Games less than 30,000 in 2005 – 2010: none
Last game was 9/14/2004 – 29,704
Lowest attended game of the year: Game 8 – 27,439
Largest single game drop: Game 18 (55,662 – 28,419 = 27,243)
2010 attendance (38 games) – 1,692,743 (44,546 average)
2011 attendance (38 games) – 1,355,670 (35,676 average) #10 in MLB
Drop of 337,073 total
Average drop of 8870
Extrapolated for 81 games – 718,498
Projected 2011 final attendance – 2,889,718
2010's final attendance – 3,562,318 (#3 in MLB)
Next game's (39) attendance in 2010 – 56,000
Will do sir!!!!
I look at today as a good first step of a very long an unsturdy staircase. It's going to take a long time to get to the top with a lot of stopping along the way.
I just notice we played the Tigers last year at DS and why are we playing them again this season? I could understand the Angels vs Dodgers every year same with the A's and Giants but it seem we never get to played the A's.
Miggy vs Bills 0/12 with 4 k's. Kemp vs Scherzer 0/13 with 4 k's.
Why couldn't it be a Kershaw vs Scherzer duel? Those 2 were in the same draft class and was picked ahead of Lincecum and what's rare that they played a team that drafted Miller ahead of Kershaw.
The Tigers was lucky with Verlander because of the Padres drafting Bush but would've that been something if they had Kershaw over Miller? A staff of Verlander and Kershaw in the top 2 look like a nightmare.
P Clayton Kershaw: 1-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB.
Kershaw's night at the plate was indicative of the Tigers inability to get National League pitchers out on this road trip. In four games, the opposing pitchers have a pair of bases-loaded singles, three walks, and five RBI in four games.
You'd think National League teams would start batting their pitchers cleanup against the Tigers. Hell, the Tigers seem to pitch around them like they're Babe Ruth reincarnated.
I got that off the Tigers game recap blog.
Did anyone say offense and hitting with risp? Ogden just had there 1st game last night and they scored 20 runs and a very rare thing you don't see often everyone in the lineup that played got a hit and scored at least 1 run.
Another day, another letter to The Times:
Don't count me in as someone who is celebrating Selig's decision to nix the Fox deal. Not yet anyway. It's kind of like being helped out of the pool by the guy who shoved you in there in the first place.
I read the Simers and Plaschke articles Tuesday morning. I've listened to sportstalk radio. Now that everyone's finally getting on the same bandwagon that I and other enlightened Dodger fans have been riding for years, we enjoy the company. But my frustration continues on.
We all need to realize that the timing of the hopeful sale is critical. We need to not only get a new owner in here immediately, but he/she absolutely has to have money this time because:
Carroll, Miles, Furcal, Blake, Barajas, Navarro, Thames, Broxton, Garland and Kuroda are all free agents after the season. We don't need any of them back, with the exception of Carroll and possibly Miles. Broxton too, if he comes back looking like the Broxton we used to have. The 100mph Broxton. But we'll probably get most of them back because no one else wants them.
Prince Fielder, Albert Pujols, Brandon Phillips, Mark Buehrle, C.C. Sabathia, Jonathon Papelbon – all these guys might well be on the market. The Dodgers used to be players for talent like this. Even if he would be willing to pony up the money, we will never be even considered a place the higher talent will want to play for with McCourt as the owner.
Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier and Clayton Kershaw will leave as soon as they become free agents in another year or two. Guaranteed.
McCourt, stop being the petulant little boy you must have grew up as. Please be a man and sell the team now.
Oh btw hurry back Wallace.


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Just five days before the "sequester" and its automatic across-the-board spending cuts kicks in, Washington seems frozen in its inability to deal with what most people think is a terrible way to address the federal deficit – no apparent negotiations between the Obama administration and congressional Republicans, assigning political blame the main activity.
The finger-pointing began Saturday with President Obama's weekly radio/web address and the Republican response from Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota.
"Are Republicans in Congress really willing to let these cuts fall on our kids' schools and mental health care just to protect tax loopholes for corporate jet owners?" Mr. Obama asked. "Are they really willing to slash military health care and the border patrol just because they refuse to eliminate tax breaks for big oil companies? Are they seriously prepared to inflict more pain on the middle class because they refuse to ask anything more of those at the very top? These are the questions Republicans in Congress need to ask themselves."
Senator Hoeven countered with, "Why won't he work with us? And the answer, quite simply, is because he wants higher taxes."
"President Obama … not only wants higher taxes; he's actually preventing economic growth and private-sector job creation," he said. "He is blocking it with more regulation, red tape, and bureaucracy."
On Sunday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood repeated his warning that the sequester could mean bad news for travelers as air traffic controllers were furloughed and some small regional airports shut down.
But Mr. LaHood – a former congressman from Illinois and the lone Republican in the Obama cabinet – took a shot at his fellow party members, too.
"Well, look it, I'm a Republican," he said on CNN's "State of the Nation." "My audience is trying to persuade my former colleagues that they need to come to the table with a proposal, which ... they haven't done. While the president has, the Republicans haven't."
Over on CBS's "Face the Nation," Education Secretary Arne Duncan warned of the impact just the threat of sequestration is having on his field.
"There are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips, who are getting notices that they can't come back this fall," Mr. Duncan said
Republicans pushed back against such dire warnings.
"Stop sending out your cabinet secretaries to scare the American people," Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"Shame on Ray LaHood," Sen. John McCain responded when asked about the transportation secretary's shot at Republicans on "State of the Union."
As to who's responsible for the sequester, Senator McCain pointed to the most-read item in Sunday's political news: Bob Woodward's op-ed piece in The Washington Post.
"My extensive reporting for my book 'The Price of Politics' shows that the automatic spending cuts were initiated by the White House and were the brainchild of [then-budget director] Lew, during the negotiations and White House congressional relations chief Rob Nabors – probably the foremost experts on budget issues in the senior ranks of the federal government," Mr. Woodward wrote. "Obama personally approved of the plan for Lew and Nabors to propose the sequester to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid…. Nabors has told others that they checked with the president before going to see Reid. A mandatory sequester was the only action-forcing mechanism they could devise."
As Woodward notes, a majority of Republicans did vote for the Budget Control Act, which included the sequester. But, he adds, "Key Republican staffers said they didn't even initially know what a sequester was – because the concept stemmed from the budget wars of the 1980s, when they were not in government."
In any case, the Woodward piece – written by one of the most influential journalists in Washington – gave plenty of political ammo to Republicans to cite for what House Speaker John Boehner has taken to calling the "Obamaquester."
The White House finds it necessary to dispute the Woodward account of responsibility – initially, at least – for a budget maneuver with no readily-acknowledged paternity. White House press secretary Jay Carney calls Woodward's charge that Obama had "moved the goal posts" on budget negotiations by seeking new revenues to accompany spending cuts "willfully wrong."
In a two-page statement Sunday, the White House elaborated:
"There has never been any question that the President seeking revenues as part of a plan to replace the automatic cuts in the sequester was expected from the very beginning in the 2011 fiscal negotiations and the passage of the Budget Control Act. That the President today is seeking a balanced plan to replace it with revenues and entitlement reforms cannot in even the slightest way be considered a change of policy, a change of expectations, or moving the goalposts."
With that, Woodward fired back.
"The White House pushback is a classic case of distortion and confusion," Woodward said in an e-mail to Politico on Sunday. "We unfortunately have seen this too often in recent presidential history.... I do not think it is willful. They are just mixed up, surprisingly so."
The psychology behind what's happening now has become a topic for professional discussion.
"It's often believed that you won't be able to extract the very best concession from the other side unless you are on the brink of something that's very bad," Robert Mnookin chairman of Harvard's Program on Negotiation and author of "Bargaining with the Devil," tells The Associated Press. "It's a hugely dangerous game to play because people aren't always rational in their behavior."
In any case, as Jake Miller writes on the CBS News blog, "Everybody bought in, but nobody wants to claim ownership" of the sequester.
"Everybody's hands are dirty," he writes. "But just days before a manufactured crisis sets fire to America's economic recovery, policymakers have fled the burning building, seemingly more inclined to point fingers than put out the blaze."
Meanwhile, the dire warnings and blame-shifting continues.
Sunday afternoon, the White House announced that it would be releasing "new state-by-state reports on the devastating impact the sequester will have on jobs and middle class families across the country if Congressional Republicans fail to compromise to avert the sequester by March 1st."

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The night skies will be a little brighter than usual this weekend as the "harvest" full moon emerges overhead.
The harvest moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, which this year comes next Thursday, Sept. 22.
According to National Geographic, the harvest moon can be seen starting Friday, Sept. 16.
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This full moon, also known as the penumbral eclipse, happens when the Earth, moon and sun all fall in a straight line, according to Space.com.
This harvest moon is the last eclipse of its kind until 2024, National Geographic reported.
Viewers can expect to best see the slight darkening of the harvest moon with binoculars or telescopes.
However, the harvest moon can be viewed by looking for contracting light and dark regions. Moon gazers can also expect to see the Tycho crater in the bottom-left quadrant of the moon, according to Space.com.
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"It is always darkest before the dawn. Too Human will be out in 2008. A firm date with tons of new info is coming soon," reads the brief post. "This will be followed up with a playable demo. The demo will speak for itself."
Considering the recent legal battle, and the long history of Too Human's development, some fans aren't holding their breath. The game began its life as a PlayStation title, shown at E3 in 1999, before being converted into a GameCube project. Following the end of Silicon Knights' partnership with Nintendo, the game was put on hold, until the company announced in 2005 a deal with Microsoft to publish an Xbox 360 version.
According to the lawsuit against Epic, Too Human is now utilizing a new engine that Silicon Knights refers to as an "enhanced" version of Unreal Engine 3, unoriginally dubbed the "The Silicon Knights Engine." The game's opening cinematic was released coinciding with this year's E3.


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SHIRLEY — A group gathered at the Shirley Center Cemetery on a recent Saturday morning to meet with David Gallagher, chief of conservation at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.
Gallagher described various solutions for preserving the 18th-century headstones at the Whitney family plot that have been damaged and impacted for many years by the growth of a large twin-trunk pine tree.
The Whitney family plot is one of the most historic in the cemetery and is the final resting place of Phinneas Whitney, the first minister of Shirley's Meeting House.
The Whitney family were also were generous donors to the town in the 19th century, giving the land and much of the cost of the Center Town Hall in 1848 and were responsible for the ornamental tree plantings in the cemetery. Over the last 100 years, the large twin pine has significantly damaged several 18th-century family headstones and broken the plot fence.
At a hearing earlier his year, the Board of Selectmen voted to have the tree removed, fearing it may fall and damage many of the oldest headstones. It is the tallest and most prominent tree in the cemetery.
More recently, an independent arborist, Carl Cathcart, inspected the tree at the request of several concerned citizens and found it sound and healthy based on a visual inspection. He further suggested additional testing to determine the interior density of the tree and possible solutions, such as trimming and cabling the twin trunks together to increase stability.
At an ad hoc meeting about the tree earlier that week, concerned citizens, the Cemetery Commission, and Selectman Andy Deveau discussed the restoration of the cemetery plot as an important part of the solution whether the tree stays or is removed.
The group felt that an additional opinion about the restoration of the plot was necessary to have the most information for a solution, and Gallagher agreed to help.


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The latest figures were released by the Adcorp Employment Index on Thursday.
The actual overall number of jobs grew by 12 556 in mining but permanent jobs continued to decline. In the last four months of 2012 the economy added 12 029 jobs, reversing the decline of the first eight months of last year.
Employment increased in all sectors except mining and manufacturing. Permanent jobs declined by 5 542 whereas temporary jobs increased by 9 074 in the reporting month of December.
The unofficial sector – that part of the economy that was not captured by official statistics – grew strongly, creating 9 024 jobs. The primary and secondary sectors continued to shed jobs. Tertiary sectors (mostly services) gained 17 000 jobs.
The strongest employment growth was observed in transport which stood at 12.7% , wholesale and retail trade 3.4% and construction 4.7%. Adcorp revealed that from 2000 to 2012, the number of permanent jobs declined by 1.9-million, whereas the number of temporary jobs increased by 2.6-million.
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Sharp described the decrease in permanent jobs and increase in temporary job as "a striking feature" of South Africa's labour market.
"In other words, all of the growth in jobs over the past decade has been of a temporary nature," he said. Permanent work has not yet begun to increase since the 2009 recession, whereas the recession is hardly evident in the secular increase in temporary work, Sharp said.
"In circumstances of variable and unpredictable sales volumes, employers are able to match their labour input to output levels by utilising temporary workers.
"The growing effect of seasonality on output levels in agriculture, retail trade, tourism, catering, logistics and other sectors has increased the use of temporary workers in these sectors," he said.
Increasingly employers viewed labour costs – such as employee administration and other human resource practices – as "non-core" activities, preferring to outsource these activities to specialised third parties.
He said the country's labour legislation was becoming "increasingly onerous". The regulatory burden was consequently rising, with the result that employers were increasingly seeking ways to reduce their exposure to regulatory risks, Sharp said. – Sapa


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Gov. Rod Blagojevich showed up late for his prayer breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Wednesday, then left hastily before breakfast was served.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich showed up late for his prayer breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Wednesday, then left hastily before breakfast was served.
That beat his performance in 2004, when he was the first no-show in the more than 40-year history of the event.
This time, the Democratic governor apologized, explaining to the audience that he needed to get to a meeting at the Executive Mansion to discuss a capital-spending bill he's trying to get passed, then planned to get together with legislative leaders later in the day in Chicago.
"We have a golden opportunity here in Illinois to have a jobs program passed, a public works program, the capital bill we're trying to get done," Blagojevich said before he left. "But it requires bipartisan support and a bipartisan approach."
During his speech, Blagojevich also addressed criticism by legislators and others about the way he does his job, saying he doesn't have a "fancy governing philosophy."
"When you're elected governor, and I have had that opportunity and privilege twice now, it's not like you get the chance to go to governor's school," Blagojevich said. "They don't have a school for new governors, you just sort of have to figure out how to do the job."
He said the last thing the legislature should do is attempt to solve the state's fiscal problems by asking Illinoisans to pay more in taxes.
"What we ought to do is invest in our infrastructure, find creative ways, think outside the box, push and prod the system, don't accept things the way they have always been, but try new approaches and invest in our infrastructure and build schools," he said.
Before the governor arrived by plane from Chicago, Blagojevich spokeswoman Rebecca Rausch said he would not have time to answer reporters' questions, including his response to the latest jobs-for-campaign-contributions allegations stemming from the corruption trial of Blagojevich fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko.
The governor arrived about 15 minutes late to the prayer breakfast, swiftly entering the ballroom of the Crowne Plaza through a service hallway and briskly exiting in the same manner.
He stayed for about 20 minutes of the 7:30 a.m. event, which lasted about an hour and a half.
Some lawmakers who were in attendance cited various reasons for the governor's tardiness and quick departure.
"He's a busy man, and he has a lot of responsibilities," said Rep. Rich Brauer, R-Petersburg. "I have all the respect in the world for the position (of governor), and certainly when he tells me he has other meetings to go to, I assume that's what he has."
Sen. Deanna Demuzio, D-Carlinville, said being on time "always seems to be somewhat of an issue" for the governor.
Sen. Larry Bomke, R-Springfield, said, "As far as the governor coming late and leaving early, it may be obvious to some that he didn't want to talk to the press."
Bomke added the governor's tardiness could have stemmed from his travel plans.
"It's not uncommon for him to be late for this. One time, he didn't make it at all," he said.
Blagojevich's Springfield appearance came a day after Ali Ata, a former high-ranking state official, in a plea agreement with federal prosecutors claimed the governor was on hand when Ata gave Rezko $25,000 for the Blagojevich campaign, and that Blagojevich immediately asked Rezko if he had discussed the possibility of a job on the state payroll for Ata.
Blagojevich, who denies trading jobs for contributions, has not been charged with criminal misconduct.
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Wheelchair athlete Driscoll speaks at Prayer Breakfast
SPRINGFIELD -- Jean Driscoll, a former Olympian and world-class wheelchair athlete, spoke Wednesday at the annual Governor's Prayer Breakfast about being blessed with a wonderful life despite challenges she faced living with a disability.
Driscoll, who is also an author, motivational speaker and advocate worldwide for persons with disabilities, described her successes and failures growing up and how it helped her achieve victories in the Boston Marathon, where she captured seven consecutive titles and set five world records.
She also won silver medals in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games, and is a world record-holder in the 10,000-meter track event and marathon road racing distances.
Sports Illustrated for Women recognizes Driscoll as one of the top 25 female athletes of the 20th century.
"Oftentimes when people see the wheelchair, immediately there are ideas that form in their minds about maybe what it's like to have to use a chair," Driscoll said. "Maybe what my life has been like. Well I have to tell you, I have had an incredible life."
She is co-founder of a nonprofit organization called Determined to Win.
Lawmakers present at the event described Driscoll as dynamic and inspirational.
"We look at the challenges in our life and the things we're faced (with), and to think what she has done and her attitude is just an inspiration," said Rep. Rich Brauer, R-Petersburg.


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Media inflates number of protesters at rally against worker freedom
The mainstream media has persisted in reporting that around 12,500 union members participated in the rally against worker freedom at the state Capitol.
The Capitol's facilities management office estimate was in the same ballpark. This was the number the unions had predicted.
However, many experienced Lansing hands who were present believe the crowd was barely half that size. In one sense it's irrelevant, because the bill is now law. And yet, if the lower estimates are the correct ones, this would be the second indication in the past two months that the political appeal and power of unions here is much less than imagined.
The first indication was the overwhelming defeat of the union-funded Proposal 2 ballot initiative, which would have banned a right-to-work law in Michigan, among other things. Based on the numbers, even many Michigan Democrats who voted to re-elect President Obama voted against the unions on Proposal 2.
So were the union protest numbers juiced-up? You decide. Below is a photo taken from the fourth floor of the Capitol building at 10:05 a.m. on Dec. 11, 2012, during the protest against worker freedom. The crowd size increased somewhat over the next hour, but not dramatically so. Starting around noon hundreds of people were seen streaming away from the Capitol (it was cold).
The photo below was taken from the same location on April 15, 2009, and shows the largest tea party demonstration held in Michigan that day (at least a dozen smaller demonstrations also occurred around the state). Crowd estimates that day were in the 5,000 range.
Note that in the top photo, lots of grass can be seen on either side of the paved area in front of the Capitol. In the tea party photo, those areas are covered by people and no grass can be seen. On the other hand, the unions had their speaker dais across the street from the Capitol, in front of Lansing City Hall, so more people can be seen on the street there instead of concentrated right in front of the Capitol. In addition, several hundred union protestors were inside the Capitol, which was not the case at the tea party event.
Here is the assessment from one of those long-time Lansing observers — myself: The unions turned out around 6,000 people, and perhaps a few more given their greater dispersion, but nowhere near the 12,500 reported.


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The political dance over the US debt ceiling crisis and federal deficits continued Sunday with the possibility that top lawmakers could be summoned to the White House for more negotiating – although no meeting had been scheduled.
Positions were clarified (or at least reiterated) on the morning TV talk shows as the clock kept ticking toward the Treasury Department's August 2 deadline for raising the US debt limit in order to avoid Uncle Sam's not being able to pay some bills.
The run-up to that Perils-of-Pauline moment is unlikely to include two very large discussion points: The grand plan for tackling the nation's deficit and debt – a $4 trillion package over 10 years – once being seriously discussed by President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner. (Remember those halcyon days?) And the effort by some Republicans to leap-frog to a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution. Not going to happen in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
National debt ceiling 101: Is a crisis looming?
Meanwhile, the political ground continues to shift as credit rating agencies, state governors, and independent voters weigh in on budgets, debt, and taxes.
Americans like lower taxes. No surprise there. Sixty percent cheered when Obama and congressional Republicans last year agreed to extend the Bush-era tax cuts, according to the Pew Research Center.
"But most also acknowledge that the best way to reduce the deficit is through a combination of cuts in major programs and tax increases," Pew reported recently. "And a large majority (66 percent) approves of raising taxes on incomes of $250,000 or more to reduce the debt."
So when Obama talks about "millionaires and billionaires doing their fair share," he seems to have most of the public with him.
But among all-important independent voters, the debt/deficit issue has become trickier for elected officials concerned about the political fallout of however they vote.
Back in May, independents by a 15-point spread (49-34 percent) told Pew they were more concerned that raising the debt limit "would lead to more spending and bigger debt." Now, independents are just as likely (45-46 percent) to worry that "not raising it would force a default and hurt the economy."
Poll-reading lawmakers are moving in that direction as well – particularly when they consider (as CBS News put it) that "credit rating agencies are putting the Treasury Department under the gun as they decide whether to strip the US of its coveted triple-A credit status."
Both Moody's Investors Service and Standard and Poor's have warned that they could downgrade the country's triple-A credit rating, and the Washington Post reports that "the Obama administration has mounted an intense behind-the-scenes campaign to keep the nation's major credit rating companies from issuing threats that they might downgrade the United States over the swelling size of the federal debt."
"There might be a fringe who believes that playing with Armageddon is a good idea, but I don't think that's where the majority will be," White House budget director Jacob Lew told CNN's State of the Union Sunday morning.
That "fringe" includes a substantial number of freshman GOP House members philosophically opposed to raising the debt ceiling under any circumstances – locked into a position that Speaker Boehner is trying to talk them out of.
But it does not include many governors – Republican as well as Democrat – who see the dangers of defaulting on US debt obligations.
"It would be an embarrassment for the United States of America to default on its obligations,'' Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (P) told the Reuters news agency at a meeting of the National Governors Association in Salt Lake City Saturday.
"I really think we need more statesmen and less politicians in Washington right now because it is a situation that must be solved," Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) said in another Reuters interview.
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Superintendent reflects on three years in Sherwood
Heather Cordies office in the Sherwood School District Administration Building is dominated by a huge conference room table with 10 chairs around it (and room for more) with her small desk tucked along a wall.
When Cordie started the job of superintendent three years ago in July, she knew she wanted a large table as a setting for meetings because the building doesnt have a conference room, but cost was a factor.
In a modular, behind one of the schools, a district maintenance worker found the table in two pieces; it was scarred with coffee rings and other remnants of long-ago meetings but was refinished at a low cost into a beautiful, shiny table worthy of high-level meetings.
I love that the table has a history in our district – our maintenance staff, led by Ian McNeely, did an amazing job of refinishing it, Cordie said.
Before Cordie came to Sherwood, she was the assistant superintendent in the Redmond School District with the superintendent there serving as one of her mentors.
She was so good about giving me opportunities to lead, Cordie said. She knew my career goal was to someday be a superintendent and had me working on various community projects, leading various strategic initiatives and overseeing the principals, which was great preparation.
Then in January 2010, the superintendent announced she was retiring. Getting the right job is all about the right fit, and I had done my homework on Sherwood. For example, it was a statewide leader in the CLASS project, and work Redmond had just begun. I set my sights on Sherwood and didnt apply for the Redmond superintendents job.
(The CLASS project - Creative Leadership Achieves Student Success - is an innovative education initiative designed to empower teachers and raise student achievement.)
A short time later, Sherwood advertised for a new superintendent, and Cordie not only applied but got the job. Another factor was that her husband Tony is a firefighter with the Clackamas Fire District and had a three-hour commute to and from Redmond, whereas in Sherwood he now has a half-hour commute to his station.
The timing was right, the district was right, Cordie said. Even with all the challenges that all districts face – Sherwood included – it has been the most amazing opportunity. We love living here. Coming to the Sherwood School District has been a wonderful move for my family and for me professionally. It is everything I hoped for.
On the other hand, Cordie quickly realized that you are never fully prepared for the job of superintendent - at the end of the day, everything rests on your shoulders. she said.
But she has had a lot of support from the Sherwood School Board and the strong staff and administrative team.
One of the things that makes the superintendents job a little bit easier is having a strong, supportive Board of Directors who remain focused on the right things, she said. I am thankful to the board members – they trusted in me as rookie, and they have helped me become a better superintendent. We have recently lost three veteran members, but every time one leaves, a new one comes along with different perspectives and strengths which will ultimately help us all become better.
Funding issues loom over every school district in the state, and Sherwood is no exception.
The fiscal reality that Oregon faces is not a surprise, but it is different being part of a team dealing with those fiscal challenges, as opposed to being the leader of the team that deals with budget reductions and must ultimately be accountable for those decisions, Cordie said. Being the superintendent leading those challenging reduction processes, as opposed to an assistant superintendent, looks very different. It is a different level of accountability, worry and concern.
Another huge issue for school districts is safety, even more so since the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy last December. In fact, the day before Cordie spoke to the Gazette on Aug. 15, Sherwood police found four bottle bombs in a Laurel Ridge Middle School parking lot. The Metro Disposal Unit was called, and it successfully exploded two of them, while the other two apparently had malfunctioned when the suspects tried to detonate them.
That is scary, Cordie said. Safety is another added worry and burden – to make sure we are doing everything we can to keep students safe. We have taken strong and decisive steps and formed an emergency preparedness response team comprised of administrators, who are working to proactively put systems in place for our district.
In addition to the 5,000 students in the Sherwood School District, there are 255 teachers and 226 classified staff, and employee issues come up that are challenging, Cordie said. Sometimes there are personnel issues that become very public. In any of those instances, it is our job to ensure that our policies and training opportunities are analyzed and revisited in order to help ensure our students safety and well-being.
A difficult issue that the district and Cordie have had to face recently is the arrest of Denise Keesee, a Sherwood High School math teacher who faces second-degree sex abuse charges involving two former students. She was placed on administrative leave last winter and resigned from teaching in May.
On the advice of our attorneys, the district does not comment on matters of personnel or pending litigation, Cordie said when asked about the former teacher. It is important for our community to know, however, that the district takes the allegations against Ms. Keesee very seriously; we acted swiftly upon learning of the allegations and we are, and will continue, to cooperate fully with the police investigation.
One of the districts accomplishments that Cordie is most proud of is its transition to a proficiency-based model of teaching and learning, even before House Bill 2220 passed.
HB2220, passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2011, requires school districts to determine students progress toward achieving the academic content standards; show, at least annually, students and parents whether students progress meets or exceeds grade-level standards expectations; and assures that students academic grades reflect their academic proficiency.
Some of the districts other major accomplishments were the successful construction of the Bowmen House by Sherwood High School students and its subsequent sale, multiple state championships, putting more than 600 hand-held electronic devices into students hands last year, and receiving $382,000 in the form of a collaboration grant during the 2012-13 school year.
This was an opportunity to provide professional development to staff that they would otherwise have not received, and more than 172 of our teachers volunteered to participate, said Cordie.
She added, I have worked diligently, among our administrative team, to get the right people in the right assignments in an attempt to capitalize on individuals strengths. Strength-based leadership helps everyone to be more successful, and the administrative team is working hard to take the district to the next level.
Along with utilizing employees strengths, several staff members have won state awards.
Athletic director Randy Ramp was named Oregon Athletic Director of the Year by the Oregon Athletic Directors Association; Sherwood High School teacher Allison Meadows was named Outstanding New Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year by the Oregon Association of Career and Technical Education; and Hopkins Elementary teacher Marika Conrad was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award from the National Council on Geography Education, which was one of only nine winners across the nation.
And another reason for the districts success is its relationship with the city of Sherwood, along with other community partners, according to Cordie.
This shows up in a number of ways, including intergovernmental agreements for the maintenance of the school grounds landscaping and the school resource officer, Cordie said. This doesnt happen everywhere. I value our city leaders who are willing to work together with us to make this the best community possible.
Cordie, who recently signed a new three-year contract with the district and earned her doctorate in educational leadership, added, Im so honored to be here and be part of this district and community – there are, no doubt, more great things to come and I am eager to be a part of them.


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'Inside Llewyn Davis' rich in storytelling and music
Darleen Ortega | 12/24/2013, 12:01 p.m.
I suspect it will help one's enjoyment of "Inside Llewyn Davis" to have an understanding and appreciation of how the directing/writing/producing brothers Joel and Ethan Coen approach the art of filmmaking. I'll begin by placing myself quite firmly in their fan club, which may hurt or help my credibility depending on where you stand, but it will help me explain why this belongs among my favorites of their many wonderful films.
Although Coen films vary in tone from broadly comedic (Raising Arizona; O Brother, Where Art Thou?) to melancholy (A Serious Man) or bleakly violent (No Country for Old Men), the brothers ground each in a very particular time and place in American culture, and that time and place is rendered with such specificity and care that it feels like a character in its own right.
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That background (much of which is captured in a wonderful set of articles on the film's website) is helpful but not necessary to appreciating the film. As with most of the Coens' films (save for The Ladykillers, which I found largely unwatchable), Inside Llewyn Davis is packed with rich details and nuance that deepens with repeat viewings -- but all you really need to know is that this particular slice of Americana, occurring in a time of cultural transition, serves as a rich setting for a meditation on the tension between authenticity (whatever that is) and commercial success.
Like all the Coens' protagonists, the title character is flawed and in some ways doomed -- but to me, he is one of their most resonant. As beautifully realized by Oscar Isaac in his first major film role, Llewyn Davis is a handsome and talented purist who is eking out a meager existence playing in small clubs and steadily wearing out his welcome on the couches of friends and acquaintances.
He disdains most other musicians because they don't meet his standards of artistic integrity, and is himself the target of similar disdain by a jazz musician, a beat poet, and an "early music" scholar. To some extent, he creates his own bad luck with arrogance, thoughtlessness, and impulsive decisions; a bitter former lover remarks that he is like "King Midas's idiot brother" because "everything you touch turns to shit."
But not when he performs. His voice carries a pure soulfulness that could break your heart, and his renditions of sorrowful old ballads surge from a genuine place.
One especially telling scene contains the contradiction that plagues him. Having traveled all the way from New York to seek out a Chicago producer who might be able to boost his prospects, he asks for an audition and is invited to sing something that demonstrates what is "inside Llewyn Davis" (as his non-selling album promises to deliver.) He chooses to sing "The Death of Queen Jane," a bleak old tune about a woman's death in childbirth, which he delivers with wistful sweetness, leaving a bit of his soul on the empty stage. The producer responds, "I don't see a lot of money here." Davis doesn't connect with audiences enough to make it as a front man, in his estimation.


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Title text: I'll never forget you--at least, the parts of you that were important red flags.
This comic plays with that some phrases are generally interpreted as communicating positive sentiments, although they strictly are ambiguous.
Cueball is mulling over a previous relationship. Usually when someone says something like "I will never have with anyone what I had with NN" it implies that the couple had something so good that it could never be replaced. But when he thinks "Thank God", it is suddenly implied that the relationship was so horrible he's thankful he'll never have to experience it again.
The title text goes along the same line: "I'll never forget you" is usually positive – but then it becomes clear that it is the red flags, the warning signs about the person (that they would not be a good fit for a serious relationship and marriage), that he'll never forget.
- [Cueball staring into a pond]
- Cueball: I know that no matter where I go, or who I build a life with,
- Cueball: I will never have with anyone, what I had with you.
- [Cueball walks off]
- Cueball: Thank god.
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That'll teach Cueball to date his own reflection. Davidy22[talk] 08:30, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
I see the black liquid as a reference to Armus from Skin of Evil. 184.108.40.206 21:10, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
- That's as may be but it makes more sense that it's a pool reflecting the night sky. -Pennpenn 18.104.22.168 01:08, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
I thought it was a hole he'd dropped the body down....220.127.116.11 17:37, 23 May 2018 (UTC)


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LOS ANGELES -- Robyn Regehr was intent in making a good first impression with the Los Angeles Kings. Instead, his new teammates made an even bigger impact on the veteran defenseman.
Justin Williams and Jeff Carter scored 98 seconds apart on the first two shots of the game, Williams added a goal on Los Angeles' first shot of the second period, and the Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 3-0 on Thursday night behind Jonathan Bernier's first shutout of the season.
Regehr, who joined the defending Stanley Cup champions in a trade with Buffalo on Monday, played for coach Darryl Sutter while with Calgary during the 2003-04 season when the Flames came within one victory of winning the title.
"There was a little bit of nervous energy," Regehr said. "It's been a very busy last couple of days and lots of stuff going on, like getting to know new teammates.
"It was nice just to go out there and play. The guys played really hard. We had a great start and jumped on them early."
Regehr earned an assist on Williams' second goal. He also blocked two shots and was credited with a game-high six hits.
Williams extended his goal streak to five games, eclipsing his previous best. He picked up a loose puck along the boards in the Kings zone, after a long wrist shot from the right point by Mikko Koivu went wide, and carried it deep into the Minnesota end before putting a wrist shot past Niklas Backstrom's stick at 1:29.
Bernier made 23 saves en route to his sixth NHL shutout and first since Feb. 12, 2012 -- also against the Wild at Minnesota. The five-year veteran is 9-0 with a 1.50 goals-against average in 10 starts.
"I guess I've got a pretty good record against them (3-0-2), but it was actually a pretty easy game for me," Bernier said. "The guys did an awesome job in front of me, blocking a lot of shots and clearing those pucks. When you get two quick goals like that, it definitely helps the goalie."
Mike Richards set up the second goal with a pass deep in the right circle to Carter, who got behind Devin Setoguchi and slid his 21st goal through Backstrom's pads before many in the sellout crowd had found their seats.
Minnesota coach Mike Yeo replaced the six-year veteran with Darcy Kuemper, who faced only four shots the rest of the period.
It was the second time Backstrom was pulled from a game this season and the first since March 5, when he gave up four goals on 17 shots in the first period of a loss at Chicago. It was Kuemper's first appearance since that game.
"It's tough for sure to start the game like that," Yeo said. "We have to eliminate some of the big mistakes we are making. Two goals on line changes, that's usually something we are pretty strong on. This has been a grueling stretch, but we have a couple of days now and we have to use them the right way -- get the rest and get focused on this final stretch."
Williams made it 3-0 at 3:52 of the second with his 10th goal. He took a long lead pass at the red line from Anze Kopitar and beat Kuemper high to the glove side with a shot from the top of the right circle.
Minnesota lost on consecutive nights for the first time this season, slipping out of a first-place tie in the Northwest Division with Vancouver.
The Wild beat the Kings in a shootout on March 30 and will host them again April 23.
"We owed them," Williams said. "We had a 3-1 lead in their building and let them come back. We had them on a back-to-back then and we had them on a back-to-back tonight also. But this time we didn't let them back in the game, mostly because of Bernier's play.
"I thought we got a little bit sloppy in the second period and toward the end of the first, but I thought we finished the game well."
Minnesota forward Jason Pominville, who was teammates with Regehr with the Buffalo Sabres before they were traded two days apart this week, also played his first game with his new team.
"We had some good (offensive) zone time, and I think the scoring chances will definitely come for sure," Pominville said. "I think we can find ways to create a little bit more."
The Kings, who had just 14 shots, returned from a 3-1-1 trip.
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Brewer, a sophomore, aggravated a back injury early in fall camp and has been out ever since. He played in nine games last year and was considered the favorite to replace Seth Doege heading into the fall.
Walk-on freshman Baker Mayfield grabbed the starting job in the meantime and has performed well, completing 66 percent of his passes for 1,120 yards and eight touchdowns as the Red Raiders have jumped out to a 4-0 record. Davis Webb, another freshman, has also seen time at quarterback.
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Mansfield was found dead shortly after 12:30 a.m. inside his home at 121 Bear Branch Trail in Reidsville.
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The feature animation world is about to get a bit bigger as Paramount Pictures is looking to expand its original animation output. The studio surprised last year with the excellent Rango, a film which many (myself included) stood head an shoulders above what Pixar and DreamWorks Animation had to offer in 2011. The studio has since put into development a number of properties, but thus far the only one we've known much about was The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2.
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Details regarding Paramount's animation division come via Variety, as the outlet reports that Jonathan Albel and Glenn Berger (Kung Fu Panda 2) have been tapped to pen the SpongeBob SquarePants sequel for director Paul Tibbitt (a veteran of the series). Moreover, Mary Parent (Pacific Rim, Noah) is producing not only SpongeBob Squarepants 2 but also The New Kid, an adaptation of the Penny Arcade comic. Gary Whitta (The Book of Eli) is penning the script, which centers on a human boy in a school full of aliens.
Though it comes as welcome news, it's not exactly a surprise that J.J. Abrams is developing an animated feature for Paramount. He's been with the studio for some time now, having helmed Star Trek, Super 8, and Mission: Impossible III all for Paramount. Details on Abrams' animated project are—surprise—nonexistent at this point. Variety says Abrams is "shepherding" the film, so it's unclear if that means he'll be directing or just simply producing. Judging by the amount on his plate at the moment, I'd guess it's the latter.
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The studio's direct follow-up to Rango will be The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2, but who knows which project will follow that one. Paramount sparked to developing its own animated projects when word got out that DreamWorks Animation looking to strike a new distribution deal with a different studio, as Paramount has distributed all of DWA's features since 2006. Paramount apparently requested a higher fee for both theatrical and homevideo releases from DreamWorks Animation, and since the partnership was due for renewal at the end of 2012, DWA balked at the offer.


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Shared Topic: Positive Random Dungeon Stories
"Is my DPS high enough?"
Our warlock shyly asked us if she was doing alright. I assured her that stuff was dying fast enough so I was satisfied. Our crazy well-geared and could have gotten away with being arrogant tank agreed with me.
This week's Shared Topic, as suggested by Zan from Altoholic Anonymous aims to balance out all the pugging horror stories floating around the internet. Links to the other participating posts can be found at Blog Azeroth. Also want to mention that I noticed a few other bloggers coincidentally posting about happy LFD stories earlier this week. I didn't catch names so please let me know or report to Blog Azeroth so I can link you on the Shared Topic recap at Twisted Nether.
I have talked about how impossibly lucky I am with the LFD before, but since I don't recycle posts for Shared Topics, I have two newer stories to share.
Back to our warlock, I knew it was a "she" because the instance was Oculus. The date was December 26th, some time before the instance was nerfed. Not that it really matters… Players still instantly drop group upon zoning into Oculus. So yeah, after our first tank immediately dropped, I got to know the rest of my pugmates pretty well. After our second tank immediately dropped, I got to know them even better.
The warlock told us about how excited her kids were with their Christmas presents. She's a cool (and obviously rich!) mom who got her kids some video games. The DK chimmed in that he and his wife were expecting their first kid in a few months. The rogue let us know that he was a kid. I couldn't contribute much to that conversation so they looked at my mana and asked if I ever ran out.
Relaxing and chit-chatting made the wait rather enjoyable. It was especially nice that all four of us were coming from completely different worlds, yet we had plenty to talk about.
The wait was getting long, so eventually the DK offered to reforge his weapon and tank for us. Obviously, as soon as he finished reforging, a third tank zoned in. We called the DK back.
"Is this one staying?"
We burst out laughing and tried to explain to the clueless tank that we'd been stranded at the entrance of Oculus for the past half hour.
Anyway, once we had a tank, we finished the instance in 15 minutes. Utter faceroll.
And the warlock's DPS?
Who cares?
My other group had a colder start. I had an ominous feeling when the rogue asked for might. Never mind that the warrior tank that was from his guild already had Improved Battle Shout up. (Yes, I realized that there's something wrong there.) The ominous feeling grew when we wiped a few pulls in. Wiping a few pulls into Utgarde Keep must be a bad sign.
Sure, in a way, the wipe was my fault, I neglected bubbling or healing myself while I was being attacked because I thought I'd have time after getting that big heal out on the rogue. I shrugged.
As I was running back, I got a whisper from the tank.
"I'm going to blame the dps for that wipe and deny that it had anything to do with my crappy tanking. I'm just a dps skipping the queue."
Oh dear. I guess that explained the Improved Battle Shout. I confessed that I could have bubbled but didn't. He was easy to heal (after all, the mobs were beating on the dps and I more than on him), so it was all good. I just vowed to be more careful.
Thankful for my good nature, the tank chatted with me for a bit as we ran the instance. He told me his stories of fail, bragged about his Ulduar tanking gear. He must have been the funniest guy I've ever run into in a pug. He may not have had mad tanking skillz, but he certainly made up for it by having me laughing my face off.
And yeah, we got through the rest of UK without any further problems.Explore posts in the same categories: General WoW
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4 Comments on "Shared Topic: Positive Random Dungeon Stories"
March 4, 2010 at 10:08 pm
That is the weirdest and potentially greatest UI I've ever seen.
It's always a cozy feeling when you get a group of socialites in the random PuG. Unfortunately, those are few and far between.
March 5, 2010 at 12:15 am
Most of my favorite LFG memories come from before cross-server Instances. (I have a few good ones, but this isn't about those.) Nowadays, five-mans go by so quickly and silently that it's rare for me to have a positive or a negative run. They just "are", if that makes sense.
A Random Heroic memory that I am fond of, however, was just shortly after cross-server Instances became available. I started doing Randoms at night, and one of my first using this tool was a Violet Hold run. The Tank was a Bear.
The run is going along, and this Tank is good. Really good. It's rare for me to not have to throw a Misdirection on the Portals where the mobs split, but this guy was able to grab up everything himself.
We get Zuramat, and then Xevozz. Both were beautifully executed. After Xevozz, the Tank apologizes for being "rusty", since he hadn't been able to play in a few months. I never did have the chance to say anything, and after Cyanigosa was dead, everyone left group pretty quickly.
If he was "rusty" then, I can only imagine how good this guy is now. He wasn't from my Server, and I don't have his name. But he was one of the best Tanks I had ever grouped with at that point.
I don't do Randoms all that often these days, even though I still have Emblem gear that I could get for my Hunter. They're so impersonal these days that it's hard for me to enjoy Heroics like I used to.
And I've only done one (well, two, but I don't know if the second should count) Instances on my Death Knight so far, but I can say right now that if I want even a little bit to Tank, I'll queue as a Tank. If I just want to DPS, I'll queue as DPS. Since my main is a Hunter, I'm used to DPS queue times, and it would be a heinous cheating of the group to "skip to the head of the line" just to save some time.
This was a good column. Thanks for sharing. 🙂


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Rick Huxley, the bassist for the 1960s British Invasion pop-rock group the Dave Clark Five, has died, the band's leader said on Tuesday.
The band scored No. 1 hits on both sides of the Atlantic during its decade-long run from 1960-1970.
"Glad All Over" holds the honor of knocking the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" out of the top spot on the UK chart in 1964, while "Over and Over" topped the US chart in 1965.
Clark remembered Huxley for his modest demeanor and humor.
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The Dave Clark Five was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
Huxley was born in Dartford, England, east of London, the same town that is home to the Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards.
Huxley is survived by two sons and a daughter.