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HC notice on woman's plea seeking fresh passport for son stranded abroad for 8 yrs
Sensing MP bypolls' defeat, BJP indulging in horse-trading: Cong
SC stays HC order to parties to go virtual for MP bypolls
SC terms ex-HC judge attempting to enter ex-SC judge's house forcibly as unfortunate
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Pakistani PM Imran Khan writes to Facebook CEO seeking ban on Islamophobic content
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BJP targets Congress via Jamat-e-Islami, drags in RJD
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Congress MLA in MP resigns from Assembly, joins BJP
Obama scoffs at Trump's '60 Minutes' interview
When make-up burnt through Bhumi's skin during 'Saand Ki Aankh' shoot
Bigg Boss 14: Salman Khan Introduces 3 Freshers
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Don Jamieson
Don is currently co-hosting VH1 Classic's hit heavy metal talk show series, That Metal Show. The program is a round-table talk show where legends of rock hang out and discuss their past and current projects in front of a live studio audience full of metal maniacs. Rolling Stone Magazine just dubbed That Metal Show one of the 50 Best Reasons to Watch TV! Amongst his many accomplishments, comedian Don Jamieson's proudest moment is becoming an Emmy Award-Winner for his work on HBO's Inside the NFL. Don and long-time comedy partner, Jim Florentine, lent their brand of humor to the popular sports show; writing, producing and performing sports-themed comedy sketches. The two have also collaborated on the hidden-camera DVD and Comedy Central web series, Meet the Creeps as well as a series of prank call CD's, Terrorizing Telemarketers, which get a lot of airplay on the Howard Stern Radio Show. He is also a joke writer for the country's best celebrity roaster, Lisa Lampanelli and has lent his voice to MTV2?s Crank Yankers. Don's stand-up act brings his everyday take on life, the hip, the cool and the tragically sublime into the spotlight. Besides performing at clubs in New York City, Don tears it up at clubs and theatres all over the country. For the last four years, he has been the regular opener for Andrew Dice Clay. His reputation as one of New York City's top comics was cemented when he was asked to perform live on ABC's Good Morning America. Don started his career as one of the young and talented comedy minds at MTV helping to launch the careers of comics like Jon Stewart, Kevin James, Pauly Shore (sorry) and Tom Green, but unbeknownst to many, Don was spending his nights on the local comedy scene developing his own comic style. Making the transition from comedian to television host isn't easy for most. Don has hosted his own series, OLN's Beach Ambush, and is currently in production for the SEVENTH season of VH1 Classic's, That Metal Show. Enter 2010: Don Jamieson inked a deal with legendary metal label Metal Blade Records to release the comedian's debut stand-up comedy album. The album, titled Live and Hilarious, was filmed during Don's performance at Bar Anticipation in Lake Como, NJ on January 30 and will be released in 2011. When asked about why he chose Jersey as the location for his performance for the upcoming stand-up album, Don had this to say; "I'm a Jersey boy and there's nowhere better to record my first ever live comedy CD than good old Dirty Jerz! Malls, mullets and metal!!"
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Diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed in Syria are plodding along, with the United Nations Security Council expected to vote today on a resolution to extend the UN observer mission in Syria. Meanwhile, the conflict has passed yet another milestone: its first high-level assassination.
The vote comes on the heels of a suicide bombing at a government building that killed Defense Minister Daoud Rajha and Deputy Army chief Assef Shawkat, who is reportedly President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law. It is the first major assassination of the 17-month conflict, and a possible turning point for the opposition in attacking major installations of the Assad government.
The UN's observer mission expires in two days, and the Security Council has long been divided over whether or not the new agreement should include sanctions against the Syrian government. Russia, a longtime ally of the Assad regime, says it will not support the enactment of Chapter Seven of the UN Charter, which allows for the use of sanctions and military intervention. Russian diplomats acknowledge, however, there is always the possibility of last-minute negotiations, reports the Associated Press. China has backed Russia in blocking previous resolutions proposed by the US and European Security Council members.
As fighting in Damascus blazed on for the third straight day yesterday – the heaviest fighting in the capital since the conflict began more than a year ago – diplomatic meetings in New York, Beijing, and Geneva focused on urging Russia and China to support the Western-backed resolution. The draft resolution on the table would allow Mr. Assad 10 days to withdraw troops and heavy weaponry currently deployed across Syria. If the Syrian government fails to do so, the Security Council would submit a new resolution pushing for sanctions, according to the BBC.
As Russia digs in its heels on Syria, hope for a unified international response to the violence is waning. On July 15, the International Committee of the Red Cross labeled the Syrian conflict a civil war for the first time. With world powers failing to come to an agreement on how to move forward on the Syria conflict, the opposition group, the Syrian National Council [SNC], says "we have other options," according to the Monitor.
"What we are saying here is that if there is no possibility of counting on what is the legitimate mandate of the United Nations Security Council, then we have other options," says Bassma Kodmani, head of foreign relations for the Syrian National Council (SNC) executive office. "If the door is closed in the face of the Syrian people, then we need to explore other scenarios."
The SNC supports a Security Council resolution under Chapter Seven, and called this week's vote a "very last chance to breathe life into the [Special Envoy Kofi] Annan peace plan." More than 4,000 people have died in the four months since Mr. Annan's plan, which calls for a cease-fire and political transition in Syria, was launched.
Many in the international community are frustrated with what they see as a lack of action in Syria and worried about this inaction putting further stress on an already fragile region. A Wall Street Journal editorial argues that the Obama administration has long contended that military intervention would push Syria into a civil war and kill thousands, but "the US hasn't intervened and all this has happened." The violence has claimed at least 17,000 lives since it began in March 2011.
The Obama Administration touts its "smart diplomacy," but there must a Russian colloquialism for sucker. The US has turned a kleptocracy with oil and aging nukes into a diplomatic power broker in the Middle East with a veto over American action. The US should at least call the Russian bluff and pull the UN mission out. Its mandate was to monitor a cease-fire, but there isn't one to monitor.
The cost of US inaction carries a fast-rising price. Saudi Arabia and Qatar, two of our closer Arab partners, are arming the rebels and eager to see Assad go. They'd rather defer to American leadership but may be forced to act more robustly on their own. The same goes for Turkey, which must deal with a refugee flood. Israel worries about the loose WMD and may act to secure it. The longer we fail to step in, the harder it becomes to shape the outcome in Syria.
In an Op-Ed published in the China Daily titled "International Diplomacy's 11th hour," Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, adds that "the logic of war, in Syria, is becoming evidently more powerful than the logic of peace. The Syrian opposition talks about a revolution to topple the regime, while President Assad is maneuvering to stay in power, whatever the cost."
As the civil war burgeons, reconciliation is becoming more and more difficult to imagine. Mr. Trenin warns that if the five world powers voting on the Security Council resolution this week are unable to find common ground, not only are there stark implications for Syria, "but the prospects for future conflict management in the world, from Iran to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, will become much bleaker."


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Freshman discoveries: W&M students make historical find in Richmond
Sharpe scholars walk into an old building, walk out with a cache of lost documents
Without so much as a map or an "X" to mark the spot, a group of Sharpe Scholars uncovered a historical treasure.
Their find will shed new light on the lives of early 20th-Century African Americans.
The group discovered a cache of original documents related to the life and work of Maggie L. Walker, the first female to found a bank in the United States and a "womanist" who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of other black women.
The students were exploring the attic of a building in Richmond when they came across piles of 1920s and '30s documents associated with the Independent Order of St. Luke, an organization led by Maggie Walker that was dedicated to helping improve the lives of African Americans during the Jim Crow era. The documents include letters from Walker, insurance papers and rare copies of the organization's newspaper, doubling the number known to exist.
"When you have these all together, it gives you a fabulous film over time of how people were living and dying in this area," said Heather Huyck, an adjunct associate professor at William & Mary. "It's a really fascinating treasure for historians and for the general public. It will help us better understand all American history."
Third year of a freshman seminar
The discovery comes three years after Huyck, a former National Park Service employee, began teaching a freshman seminar on the St. Luke Building and its historical context. The seminar is part of the College's Sharpe Community Scholars Program. The program takes freshmen, teaches them about community issues and then asks the students to address those issues through student-generated projects.
Huyck began teaching the seminar in hope of preserving the St. Luke Building just off of I-95 in downtown Richmond. During the early 20th Century the building served as an economic powerhouse in the Jackson Ward community. Through the Independent Order of St. Luke, Maggie Walker used her entrepreneurial skills to fill needs otherwise denied to African Americans during that era, creating insurance, a bank and a newspaper—"the tools and institutions that helped people be middle class," Huyck said. Under Walker's 35 years of leadership, the order grew to include more than 100,000 members in 24 states and provided professional jobs for African American women and safe meeting places for African Americans "in the middle of Jim Crow, which sought to thwart their aspirations in every way it could," said Huyck.
Walker's home, at 101/2 E. Leigh Street in Richmond, is a National Historic Site administered by the National Park Service, but the four-story St. Luke Building, boarded up and vacant, has been largely ignored. Huyck and her students have been trying to change the building's status by working toward getting the site designated as a National Historic Landmark.
With permission from the Stallings family, which owns the building, Huyck's students have been inside St. Luke's before. However, because it is vacant and deteriorated, they had not done much exploring. Huyck knew there were boxes in the attic; however, she had never been up to investigate them herself.
'Just doing a video'
At the end of February 2009, a group of Huyck's students were in the St. Luke Building with Ron Stallings as he gave an oral history."We were just doing a video of the owner walking through the building," Lindsey Nicolai '12 said. "Mr. Stallings said, 'You know, I've never been up to the attic yet.'"
So everyone decided to climb the narrow stairway and look at the attic. At first, they saw some old props and an aisle seat from the building's original center auditorium. They also saw boxes full of documents from when the building housed a daycare in the 1970s. As they continued to explore the space by the light of their flashlights, a cell phone and a light for their video camera, one student picked up a piece of paper that would change everything.
It was a 1930s "death card"—an insurance card that recorded someone's death and the related payout information.
"We got really excited, and we started moving boxes out of the way and picking up stuff," said Amy Clinger '11, a Sharpe Fellow who was leading the group of students that day.
When the students began moving aside the boxes of 1970s documents, they revealed stacks of papers from the 1920s and '30s.
"At that moment, my first thought was one of disbelief," Nicolai said. "After we had learned that many people thought these documents were lost forever, I thought it impossible that we had discovered even a few of those long-lost documents."
Among their findings, the students discovered four copies of the St. Luke Herald. Previously, only four were known to be in existence. They also discovered stacks of the death cards, letters from Walker to other organizations and various other documents from the businesses that once existed in the building.
"It was like a big treasure hunt," said Clinger. "We were excited—very, very excited. We were on a high all day long."
A renegotiated dinner
Huyck had told the students to let her know when they were done in the building that day. She was shopping with her husband when her cell phone rang.
"It was a delirious Amy and I could hear all this giggling in the back," said Huyck. "I had lightly said to them if anybody finds another copy of the St. Luke Herald, I would take them to dinner at the Williamsburg Inn. This was a mistake. I had to renegotiate that dinner—it'll be at our house instead."
With the permission of Stallings, the students removed six boxes of documents from the building that first day. Stallings stored those documents in another one of his buildings, and the students took a few samples back to Williamsburg to show Huyck. She immediately realized how much the documents could tell about African American women's lives.
Later that week, the students returned with Huyck and several National Park Service employees to remove the rest of the documents from the attic. Altogether, the students carried out 31 boxes.
Once they were all removed, the group had to decide what to do with them. That process showed the students about doing history work in "real time," said Huyck.
"They've been in an attic for 80 years, with zero climate control and zero security, but somebody had carefully placed the St. Luke documents under the newer papers to protect them and had carried all those boxes up the stairs," said Huyck. "They go from non-existent to being sacrosanct, and we're trying to figure out how to make that transition. We want to do what's best for the documents and for the students' education. The students found these documents!"
Finally, it was decided that the documents would be given to the National Park Service, but the students would get them for about a year to copy and catalog them. Because the papers have been in the attic for decades, they are covered with soot and dust. With training from the park service, the students began using a lab at William & Mary to do their work in April. Because of the number of documents, which are being stored in the Swem Library's Special Collections Research Center, the students believe the work will continue through next semester.
Serendipitously, most of the six students who made the discovery are part of the seminar's document team. The other two teams include one that is enhancing the Maggie Walker National Historic web site and another that is producing a folder on the St. Luke Building. Originally, the document team was hoping to, at best, find old newspaper clippings and documents from members of the community.
"This is the kind of stuff we thought we'd never find, or we thought we'd find like one letter," said Clinger. "But instead we found something much more important."
Documents of a rare type
Huyck said the documents hold a wealth of information for both the students and other historians to explore.
"It has incredible research value. African American women's history is one of the toughest fields in terms of records," said Huyck. "These people were poor; many of them had been enslaved."
As the Sharpe seminar starts cataloguing and copying the documents, it becomes clear that the find will illuminate scholars' understanding of life under Jim Crow. Correspondence to Maggie Walker—as well as copies of letters she sent out—will show the links the St. Luke organization had with other social and political organizations. The paperwork of the insurance arm of the order reveals data of a more personal nature.
"It tells us how people died. It tells us where people actually were. It tells us how everything actually worked," Huyck said.
Clinger said that going through the documents—seeing the information on the death cards and letters signed by Maggie Walker—has helped her and the other students see the personal aspects of both Walker's life and her businesses.
"I know history can be kind of boring to people sometimes," she said. "But this brought a sense of adventure for the students. History can be exciting, not just in researching it but in these kinds of finds and processing them and getting to know this historical figure as a person—someone who did write letters, someone who signed her letters, sealed them and worked with these people that were going through these really difficult times."


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2006 Media Game
I can't believe I'm actually taking the time to write about this. It's really too bad that Derek Lowe had to take his family to the airport, because otherwise he was going to "cover" this event. While it would have given him a chance for some payback in ink, it would have been an error on his part and would have brought the total number of errors on the day to more than 20, I believe. The box score only has 15, but those were the ones I could find on the scoresheet. Needless to say, it wasn't pretty.
In the end, the Electronic Media, led by Dodger bullpen coach Dan Warthen on the mound, walked away with an easy victory, 22-9 against the Print Media.
On the print side, half the guys had more errors than hits, but Diamond Leung of the Riverside Press Enterprise paced the "offense" with a 2-for-4, 3 RBI performance.
On the electronic side, there were many offensive heroes, but among those whose names you'd recognize were Dodger broadcaster Pepe Yniguez (3-for-4, 3 runs) and FSN Prime Ticket's Jim Watson (2-for-4, 3 RBI). A lot of that team was made up of behind-the-scenes guys who cover us on a regular basis at the stadium.
Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register was the only regular beat writer to play and would have been D-Lowe's prime target for hazing, as the two Michigan natives beat each other up on a daily basis. But Plunk was respectable, going 2-for-3 with his family in the stands. Tony Jackson of the Daily News didn't play, but he was kind enough to blog about it before the game. Steve Henson gets a free pass, as he was celebrating his wedding anniversary off site.
Several local columnists turned out, including Kevin Modesti, Randy Youngman and Greg Patton and I must give props to MLB.com's Amanda Branam for being the only woman brave enough to battle this out-of-shape, testosterone-filled bunch. Patton looked impressive at shortstop but the rest of the writers could have used some fielding tips from Cesar Izturis…
Mariano Duncan and Dan Warthen were kind enough to stick around and throw BP the whole time, mixing in some changeups and eephus pitches with their 40 mph batting-practice fastballs.
I wish I could come up with some more descriptive play-by-play, but let's face it, it's not worth my time writing it or yours reading it. What matters is that these guys (and gal) had a great time, or so it seemed, and an annual tradition that had stopped for a couple of years seems to have been revived.
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I've noticed many posts about Charlie Steiner and feel that I should put in my two cents worth here as well: I've listened to many baseball announcers in my life and I simply do not care for Charlie Steiner in the least bit. I'm horrified that he may be the one to replace Vin Scully, if/when Vinny retires.
Here's to hoping that Dodger brass actually pays attention to this blog, because it would appear the general consensus is a total dislike of Steiner or his approach to calling a game. It's not working… please get rid of him and find someone with class that can work into the next few years as replacement for Vin when his time comes to move on from baseball.
It will be a sad day indeed when Vin Scully can no longer call games for the Dodgers. I have many fond memories growing up and listening to his calls. He's a true Baseball legend and can never be replaced… but at least the organization can find someone that has a similar love of the game. Someone that announces with the same objectivity that Vinny is known for. It's this objectivity that I believe has endeared many LA listeners to the style that Vinny brings to his trade. Let's not ruin Scully's legacy with Steiner at the microphone… please.
Mariano Duncan with 3 strikeouts. I like that competitiveness.
I enjoy Steiner just fine. He's not a "number one" announcer in the Vinny mode, but he's fine as a number two guy.
There are 30 teams, but there may not be 30 "number one" guys out there.
Maybe Steiner would be less annoying if he was just announcing the game by himself. Teamed with a "color guy", he tends to engage in banter trying to be cute or clever. Maybe he should just stick to play by play and add a few baseball related stories instead of pontificating on the minutia of the setting in a feeble attempt to be entertaining.
the printing media got spanked badly.
I wouldn't mind Guzman being delt, but who knows.
Deadline is two minutes away and nothing from the Dodgers??
They needed something.
Fox says we just got Maddux…but waiting for approval because cubs sending cash.
r u sure?.. wat did we give up?
I just read Izzy was the price for Maddux.
wow! we should have gotten more for him…
We just got Lugo for Joel Guzman.
Josh, so did we do Maddux for Izzy? How'd Izturis take it?
My thougts exactly…why Lugo for Guzman?
ned collettic is a *******!.. wat the **** is he thinking?.. joel guzman is a top prospect in baseball! y are we giving him away?.. retarded! i guess he HAS been getting advice from tommy, this has paul konerko written all over it, wat a shame
So I guess …we traded Guzman and Izzy for Maddux with an upgrade to Lugo's bat.
It certainly will be a Shame if we don't win it all.
But,…we got to root, root for the Home Team…
It sounds like Ned was trying to prevent some of our other rivals from getting talent. We we gave away to much.
Lugo can really hit, (hes now leading the Dodgers in HRs….with a 0.308 avg) interesting. Guzman, I think, was now our 3rd best OF "prospect" (including Ethier). Time will tell, but the team just got alot better for August and Sept.
I personally love both deals, Guzman may pan out in time but in Tampa Bay it won't matter. Lugo is a spitfire that now holds the team lead in HR's! He hits the ball for average and has pop in the bat as well as he can steal bases. He's by far a better offensive upgrade over Izturis. Defensively obviously he's no Izzy, but not many are. Maddux coming to Dodger Stadium seems like a nice match and he should do well here. Penny, Lowe, Maddux! Um, be happy people! Lugo in the 7 spot over Izzy is OBVIOUSLY BETTER! I think we did a great job!
i'd have to say ned did a darn good job. i really wanted to see izturis go for whatever we could get for him. maddux could be a nice veteran addition. he should pitch better than he has this year since he'll be pitching in games that matter.
at least lugo can hit way better than izturis and we need lugo now more than guzman later. our outfield is set.
a lot of us wanted ned to be active at the deadline and he was.
They better resign Lugo. He's a free agent at the end of the year.
I believe we have sent some shock waves over the Nat West.
I thought Guzman had fallen behind some of our other minor league players. I think it is going to take him a couple of years to figure out how to play at the major league level.
I love the Maddux for Izzy trade…….don't have a good feeling about the Guzman for 2 months of Julio Lugo thrade though…..classic Ned, does one good thing, then does one not so good thing.
The decent prospects for middle of the road vet trades (ie all three trades Ned has made with Tampa and the Perez trade to a degree) really just don't sit well with me. Yeah the prospects could turn out to bomb, but it just doesn't sit well…..can't explain it.
These deals are good. They can only help the Dodgers. I'm sorry to see Guzman go, but he had no position and there is no saying if he'll ever be a major league ballplayer. Izturis was an easy out and we didn't need another easy out in the lineup.
On Guzman, Pedroza for Lugo and Izturis for Maddux
1) We traded a gold glover for another gold glover in Greg Maddux. He's someone that will help himself out there, which is always nice. Maddux has also won more gold gloves that Izturis, so hopefully this means we can still keep our gold glove quota while releasing Jose Cruz.
2) Julio Lugo is a sign that the Dodgers have no intention of making Ramon Martinez more than a backup, which is what he is. Lugo is riding a contract year, and the Dodgers will get draft picks when he signs elsewhere. This is excellent news for Delwyn Young, though, and I expect him to see a lot more playing time in AAA back at second base.
3) Guzman's attitude was not impressive. When Matt Kemp was sent down, he said he knew what he had to work on and that he would be back. Guzman, though, said "I have nothing to say." I can understand trading him, and Soriano would have been stuck at second if he were traded over, and would you really want to see that? Lugo will provide adequate defense, draft picks, and still decent bat and decent speed.
4) Where does Maddux go in the rotation? Jon Weisman says he replaces Aaron Sele, which might make sense given Sele is historically better in the first half of the season and Maddux is better in the second half. Sele will still start tomorrow, but his starting job may depend on how well he can handle the Reds' bats tomorrow. I'd expect Maddux to have his first start in blue Saturday against Florida. I've heard he likes pitching in humidity because of the movement he gets out of it.
5) The Lineup for tomorrow, I predict, will look like this:
Furcal – SS
Lugo – 2B
Drew – RF
Ethier – LF
Betemit – 3B
Martin – C
Loney – 1B
Repko/Lofton – CF
And the rotation order, from here on out will be
6) Finally, I want to express some sympathy to Duaner Sanchez, who separated his right shoulder in a car accident. He'll be out for the rest of the season, and that's just gotta be rough to have that happen to you right then.
Don't feel good about the trend. Ned has moved on Navarro Johnson, Pedroza, Guzman, Tiffany, Jackson, Aybar, Pimental. Maybe none will be big time players but we don't have a lot in exchange. It's the trend. When will it stop? I really don't like bringing in older players for a short period of time. Maddux maybe OK. Certainly not a big time pitcher this year. No doubt less so next year at 41. Izzy had to have a place to play. He deserves that. However, Lugo. How does that work? – Betemit, Lugo, Furcal, Kent. Ned loves moddle infielders. Lugo is a free agent at end of season and turned down $8M a year contract offer with Tampa. Wants $10M. Let's get real. His agent is Scott Boros. Don't think he fits into future plans. At that salary, hope not. Not impressed with the Lugo move. Tend to look long term instead of to 2 month rented players. On the positive side, moves mean delwyn Young moved up OF cepth chart if he doesn't get traded.
I'm all right with this trade. Izy's easy out bat needed to be removed from the lineup – can't have two pitchers' spots next to each other! Will miss his defense big-time, of course.
Guzman – his attitude tells me he will have some years yet before he adds real value. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm not sorry to see him shift. All in all, trades that are neutral to good on my radar.
We need Maddux to step up, since we can't carry Sele and Hendrickson. Hope this works out well for the Dodgers. Thanks to Ned for preserving the farm.
Decent trades all around and I'm really happy we didn't get Soriano… the epitome of a "rent-a-player" if I ever saw one. Lugo on the other hand is still young enough to commit some money to, and may be interested in his $8 Million now that he is playing for a non-Tampa Bay organization. After all, these guys want to win, don't they? Or is it really all about the money? Call me naive. lol
Guzman may or may not pan out. His attitude certainly didn't attract any sympathy when he was sent down earlier in the year. He's got some growing up to do… obviously. And really, it's a selfish gesture for him to think that he was better than AAA when his stats went south. Time will tell.
Cesar Izturis… we'll miss you. Too bad your arm blew up when it did, otherwise you'd still be the man at short. Good luck to you in your new digs. Chicago is a great baseball town, and will become and even better baseball town when Dusty Baker moves on. Sorry Dusty. You were a great player.
Greg Maddux… here's to hoping you can dominate once again. We need your leadership and experience for our younger pitchers and hope that it also rubs off on our veteran pitchers that need a lift these days. Show them what a REAL professional is all about.
Go Dodger Blue!! The second half is yours if you want it bad enough.
The other thing about Maddux is, he also counsels the young pitchers. This is better than Honeycutt talking to Bills.
"The other thing about Maddux is, he also counsels the young pitchers."
Not just young pitchers. I think he might help Derek Lowe get his sinker back and then some.
Agreed on both… Maddux will be a huge benefit to the entire pitching staff, both with his talent and the ability to coach from his own example. His professionalism will go a long way to helping all on the staff. So consider it an addition to the coaching staff as well, and it makes it an even better acquisition.
Bottom line is that the Dodgers are a better team today than they were yesterday. All the Maddux haters need to realize that we just got a Hall of Famer for a career .260 hitter. Besides we needed to trade Izzy, he deserves better treatment than he got from the organization after getting hurt last season. Also remember Maddux will be getting 5-7 starts in pitcher freindly Dodger Stadium over the next 2 months. If he wins those games that could be the difference in the division. Also, if we do manage to make the playoffs, you'll all be glad he's pitching for us instead of against us.
The Lugo deal is a little confusing to me but it does give us more depth. All of you know that we have had our fair shair of injuries this season. Could it be that Kent's injury is more serious than we are being told? Only time will tell how good Guzman will but when you get the chance to pick up a proven Major League hitter for two guys who have'nt proven anything, you make the deal. Unfortunately, we are'nt going to be able to hold on to all of our prospects. Besides you have to have a mixture of pressure tested veterans and young players to contend year in and year out.
Finally, I have to agree with most of the Steiner comments. However he's not alone. Lyons is just as bad and both of them together is enough to make your ears bleed! They both spend to much time "homing" for the Dodgers. They certainly do not fall into the category with Scully, Doggett, Porter, Drysdale and Monday. Personally , I think the team should bring back Ross. I know that sometimes his broadcasts were a little to "stat driven" but as a true baseball fan I enjoyed his approach.
I can understand change and I can see that management is still going for it this year. With that said the Izzy for Maddux makes sense. The Lugo for Guzman also makes sense for this year. Guzman was losing ground in the system and quickly became expendable. All in all you have to like the moves for this year, we're better then we were this morning. I still think next year will be our true coming out when the kids really start to produce. Now Grady has to produce and make smart decisions with the upgades he's been given.
Nice work Ned, now lets do what we're suppose to do and take the division !!!
Go Dodgers !!!
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Consumer group urges hospitals to end mass screenings
A consumer group called on hospitals across the USA to stop "fear mongering" by marketing health screenings directly to patients. Public Citizen says the low-cost tests — advertised for what appear to be "bargain basement" prices — often lead to expensive and even risky follow-up exams.
Although advanced medical tests can help carefully selected patients, selling them to the general public is more likely to harm than help people, says Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group.
In letters sent Thursday, Public Citizen called on 20 hospitals and health systems to stop sponsoring screenings by HealthFair, based in Winter Park, Fla., which offers tests in specially equipped medical vans. According to Public Citizen, companies such as HealthFair rely on "fear mongering" while "scaring healthy individuals about their future health."
HealthFair advertises a $179 basic package of four cardiovascular tests — including echocardiograms and carotid artery ultrasounds — which it says are "valued at $2,300." Patients with suspicious results could end up receiving follow-up tests that cost 10 to 100 times that much, says Michael Carome, director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group.
"That $179 may seem like a bargain, but zero dollars would be the real bargain," Carome says. "You don't need to spend any money on these tests unless you fit into a very narrow population, and no one needs to be screened with six at once."
Hospitals often have a financial incentive to work with HealthFair, because their facilities perform any follow-up tests, Carome says.
A spokeswoman for HealthFair declined to comment for this story.
Nanette Bentley, a spokeswoman for Mercy Health in Cincinnati, which sponsors HealthFair screenings, says the tests have value.
"Health screenings can be a lifesaving tool," Bentley said in a statement. "Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the American Heart Association. Our implementation of these screenings is consistent with our values of compassion and human dignity while expanding access to care in the communities we serve. Our local health care team is closely involved with managing patient care."
Experts note that even painless tests have risks.
Non-invasive CT scans, for example, expose people to radiation that increases their risk of cancer, says Steven Nissen, chairman of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic, who has long been critical of mass screenings.
"I have seen people in my own practice who have been unnecessarily harmed" by overtesting, Nissen says. "This is a serious problem."
CT scans can lead to invasive procedures, such as angioplasty, when doctors use balloons to inflate the arteries around the heart, Nissen says. In a 2010 article in Archives of Internal Medicine, Nissen described the case of a woman who underwent angioplasty because of one of these scans. The doctor performing the angioplasty tore an artery, which led to a heart attack and bypass surgery. The woman ended up needing a heart transplant.
Such horrific complications are rare, but they could become more common if hospitals offer serious medical tests to everyone who walks in off the street, Carome says.
People who want to protect their health have much better options than mass screenings, Carome says.
They should consult a trusted doctor who can individualize their care. And people should focus on proven lifestyle changes, such as exercising, eating a healthy diet and quitting smoking, Carome says.
The only tests that an average person needs are simple and cheap, Nissen says. These include measuring their weight, waist circumference, blood pressure and cholesterol.


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Since the start of the Islamic conquest of the Maghreb in the 7th century ce, Berber and Arabic have been in continual contact. This has led to large-scale mutual influence. The sociolinguistic setting of this influence is not the same, though; Arabic influence on Berber is found in a situation of language maintenance with widespread bilingualism, while Berber influence on Arabic is no doubt to a large degree due to language shift by Berber speakers to Arabic.
Linguistic influence is found on all levels: phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon. In those cases where only innovative patterns are shared between the two language groups, it is often difficult to make out where the innovation started; thus the great similarities in syllable structure between Maghrebian Arabic and northern Berber are the result of innovations within both language families, and it is difficult to tell where it started. Morphological influence seems to be mediated exclusively by lexical borrowing. Especially in Berber, this has led to parallel systems in the morphology, where native words always have native morphology, while loans either have nativized morphology or retain Arabic-like patterns. In the lexicon, it is especially Berber that takes over scores of loanwords from Arabic, amounting in one case to over one-third of the basic lexicon as defined by 100-word lists.
Keywords: language contact, loanwords, Arabic, Berber, Morocco, Algeria, Maghreb
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2009-2010 Rankings & Estimates Report: Frequently Asked Questions
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Q. How many years has this report been released?
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Friday that it has brought first-of-their-kind charges against the New York Stock Exchange for unfairly giving certain customers an improper head start on trading information.
The SEC charged that the NYSE failed to comply with restrictions on the distribution of trade and quote data that are intended to ensure the public has fair access to current market information.
NYSE and its parent company, NYSE Euronext, agreed to a $5 million penalty and system changes to settle the SEC's charges.
Specifically, SEC Rule 603(a) of the National Market System (NMS) regulation prohibits the practice of sending market data to proprietary customers before sending that data in consolidated feeds that widely distribute trade and quote data to the public. The NMS rule is designed to ensure that the public has equal access to current market information about the best displayed prices for stocks and trades.
"Improper early access to market data, even measured in milliseconds, can in today's markets be a real and substantial advantage that disproportionately disadvantages retail and long-term investors," said Robert Khuzami, director of the SEC's division of enforcement, in a statement. "That is why SEC rules mandate that exchanges give the public fair access to basic market data. Compliance with these rules is especially important given exchanges' for-profit business interests."
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"The SEC alleged that, at certain times during that period, NYSE delivered market data through two proprietary data feeds slightly faster than it delivered market data to the consolidated tape. The alleged timing differentials, which were generally at the level of milliseconds, were the result of technology issues that have been resolved," the NYSE said. "The SEC does not allege any intentional misconduct or that the NYSE data delays caused any investor harm. NYSE completed systems modifications in 2010 and 2011 that eliminated the technology issues that were the subject of the investigation."


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 2, 2007, 12:00 AM
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 2, 2007, 12:00 AM
a resident of Palo Verde
on Nov 6, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Thanks to the review of Maldanado Pizza restaurant a friend of mine and I will visit tonight. Though more costly than Round Table, we are willing to pay in order to find pride of ownership and an out of the ordinary pizza. Thank you . . . we've been looking for a better pizza since El Camino Round Table closed.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 6, 2007 at 5:22 pm
I would love to see Zachary's open up a joint here in Palo Alto or Mountain View. As a native Chicagoan, I will testify that Zachary's is the "real deal" in terms of Chicago Style pizza. Every other California Chicago style isn't really Chicago-style at all, in my opinion. I enjoy the decor of Pizza Chicago, and I do appreciate that they have Vienna Beef hot dogs, but the pizza consistantly dissapoints me, and even if it tasted better, it still wouldn't be Chicago style.
Its hard to think of excuses to drive from here to Berkeley, but I just might have to again some time.
Go Bears - the Chicago football Bears (the only REAL Bears)
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 6, 2007 at 5:31 pm
The best pizza I have ever had was in the pizzerias in Italy. The smell of yeast from the dough being mixed and tossed as you enter the place and then the smell of the charcoal burning in the real brick pizza ovens makes your taste buds go into overtime before you even see your pizza. The charcoal brick pizza ovens give the pizza a flavor you just don't get on the gas burning conveyer belts here.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Nov 7, 2007 at 7:48 pm
I wish that North Beach pizza would venture further south than San Mateo. When I'm up that way, I often stop in and bring home their traditional, cheesy, wonderful pizzas, which the whole family loves.
A completely different style of pizza that I also love is Pizza Antiqua at Santana Row. Extremely thin and crispy, this pizza is almost more flatbread than pizza, but it's also awesome.
Now I'm hungry - !
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 8, 2007 at 7:41 pm
There is one real Chicago style deep dish pizza place in PA, its the Patxi's off university ave.
check it out and they have a website.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 26, 2007 at 5:30 pm
deep dish pizza is the worst food choice next to china takeout for anyone remotely concerned about health
deep dish pizza can easily have 2000 calories per serving with mounds of artery clogging fat
a resident of Community Center
on Nov 26, 2007 at 5:43 pm
sara, everything in moderation. One pound of carrots can really mess with one's estrogen levels. Who eats a whole pizza, anyway?


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During the 14th annual Pershing Insite conference in Hollywood, Fla., more than 2,000 attendees who benefited from speeches not only from the brain trust of Pershing and its parent, BNY Mellon, but also from former President Bill Clinton, Deepak Chopra and Fareed Zakaria. Among those who filled the exhibit hall and Pershing technology pavilions were 395 sponsors and exhibitors and 1,329 of what Pershing calls "customers" and customer prospects from the broker-dealer and RIA space.
For complete coverage of the Pershing Insite 2012 conference, see the conference's home page on AdvisorOne.
Clinton Talks Bipartisanship in Conference Opener
Following a wide-ranging speech by Bill Clinton, Pershing Managing Director Frank LaSalla led a question and answer session with the former president in the kick-off keynote session at Pershing Insite. Responding to a question on how the nation could fix its fiscal woes, Clinton laid out a three-part plan. Our report on the session was one of eight articles on AdvisorOne published during the 14th annual Pershing Financial Solutions Conference in south Florida.
CEO Aims to Broaden Pershing's Global Reach
At a time when advisors are focused by necessity on the global markets and economy, Pershing CEO Brian Shea said in an interview during the Insite 2012 conference that advisors of both the RIA and broker-dealer persuasion could benefit from Pershing's global footprint. "We execute, clear and report in 65 countries" around the world, Shea said. He further noted in an article based on that interview that Lockwood, part of Pershing's Managed Account Solutions, is now working with BNY Mellon's investment management unit to build separately managed accounts that invest globally.
Tibergien: For Advisors, Future Growth Lies With Women and Younger Investors
In another interview, the CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions, Mark Tibergien, spoke about the opportunities for advisors among women and younger investors. In a speech delivered to attendees and in the interview, Tibergien also urged advisors of all kinds to look ahead, determine where they wanted to be in 10 years' time, and take action now to make that future brighter.
Mr.Tibergien is the longtime lead columnist for Investment Advisor. Read his latest article, Growth and Austerity.
For a comprehensive look at Pershing Advisor Solutions and Tibergien's accomplishments at PAS, see this cover story from Investment Advisor, Human Capitalist.
Pershing Reshuffles Leadership Duties
During the conference, Pershing announced a number of promotions and shifting of responsibilities among its key executives, most of whom have very long tenures at the company, such as Lucille Mayer, who is now co-chief information officer for Pershing. Among those with new titles are Jim Crowley, who in addition to overseeing the company's clearing operations for U.S. independent broker-dealers is now also Pershing's chief relationship officer.
In an interview during the conference, Crowley noted he will be overseeing Pershing's BD relationship managers, who will follow his "Four Cs" of services: to be collaborative, consultative, consistent and comprehensive. How will he measure success of those relationship managers following these four principles? "By how much time we are spending side by side with our clients."
Another Pershing executive whose responsibilities have been expanded is Caroline O'Connell. In addition to her previous duties overseeing marketing and corporate communications, O'Connell is also now chief strategy officer for Pershing; she will be responsible for innovation strategies across the company.
O'Connell said that in addition to creating a global strategy, he responsibility will be to communicate "consistent messaging" across the company, to Pershing's customers and the media, showing "how vast are the resources at Pershing," including its growing collaboration with its parent company, BNY Mellon.
Editor's note: O'Connell's team was also responsible for creating the Insite 2012 conference mobile application, which other conference organizers should consider, in this editor's opinion, when building their own conference apps; it's the best such application I've seen.
Deepak Chopra spoke at the Pershing Insite 2012 on "The Soul of Leadership: Unlocking Your Potential for Greatness." In his trademark approach of speaking directly to each person in the packed general session, we reported Chopra's core message. "A true leader," he said, "is the soul of a collective consciousness." We are all storytellers of our hopes and wishes, heroic strivers of mythological dimensions. "A good story is the story of the hero's quest, and a good story starts with a dream."
For complete coverage of the Pershing Insite 2012 conference, see the conference's home page on AdvisorOne.
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Average IRA balances are about a third higher, and the median balance is about 42% higher, when an individual's multiple accounts are considered together, the Employee Benefit Research Institute found.
In 2010, an average combined IRA balance for an individual was $91,864, according to an analysis of EBRI's IRA database. The median balance was $25, 296. For all IRAs, the average balance was $67,438, up 32% from 2008. The median balance was $17,863, up 26% from 2008.
"The results show the importance of being able to look at an aggregation of an individual's combined account balances to determine the potential total retirement savings he or she has," Craig Copeland, EBRI research associate and author of the report, said in a statement.
The analysis, released in May, is based on data from more than 11 million individuals in the EBRI IRA database.
Individuals with the highest average and median balances had traditional IRAs that originated from a rollover. Their average balance was $123,426, with a median balance of $38,138.
"When comparing the incidence and dollars going into IRAs from the two funding sources of contributions and rollovers (aside from capital gains and interest earnings), rollovers overwhelmingly outweighed new contributions," Copeland wrote.
Although more than 1 million accounts received a contribution in 2010, compared with just 665,000 accounts that received a rollover, the size of the rollovers made in dollars is almost 12 times the size of the contributions made.
"This is not surprising, in view of the annual IRA contribution limit of $5,000 ($6,000 for those age 50 or older), relative to the theoretically unlimited amount that could be added through a rollover," Copeland added.
The average rollover amount was $69,012 and the average contribution was $3,335. More than 43% of individuals made the maximum contribution.
Roth IRA owners had the lowest average balance at $22,437 and a median balance of $11,471, despite receiving more contributions than traditional accounts. The average contribution to traditional accounts was $3,517, compared with $3,240 for Roths, but, overall, Roths took in $2.3 billion in contributions, compared with $1.3 billion for traditional accounts.
"The average and median total individual balances increased for each IRA type, each age group, and each gender group," Copeland noted in the report. "Consequently, it appears that the total average and median increase in balances is explained by an actual increase in the dollars individuals are holding in IRAs, rather than just differences in the databases."


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Why Samsung Drops Apple Sales Ban Requests
In a major turn of the smartphone patent war, Samsung will drop its injunction applications against Apple in five European countries. The WSJ's Yun-Hee Kim tells us why this move will be good for both companies.
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Not happy with the Volt getting all the burning-hybrid headlines, the new Toyota Prius race car caught fire on Sunday during Super GT testing in Okayama, Japan.
According to Super GT's press release, the fire was caused by "wiring problems." The team's blog said overflowing gasoline caught fire and that the driver had "surprisingly minor injuries."
At least Toyota can relax knowing this Prius racer, sporting a mid-mounted V6 and rear-wheel drive, has almost nothing to do with the street cars you see clogging up the Whole Foods parking lot.
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Yes, I stole this idea entirely from Sakuracon but it seemed really popular and like a really good idea:Basically the AMV viewing room would be shanghaied a few times over the course of the weekend for a popular creator who attends our convention (ie TCL, rollthestampede, etc) to show off some of their work and Q+A with the audience. I think we have a lot of really awesome creators here and they have genuine fans, as well as people who are just interested in how they work, and we could get a number of good panels out of this.Similarly, I know that Sakuracon also had a "Creator Panel" where the different spotlight people did an hour or so of Q+A, which I also thought went nicely.Is anybody else interested in this idea? Should people other than our two or three really big name creators be allowed to have spotlights? If so, does anybody have suggestions on who/how we decide who is eligible?
Hmmm... it might be intresting. I don't know how many of the editors actually came down to Kumouricon. What there was like 5 of us at the AMV dinner, and another 2 showed up to do Iron Chef? And it also comes down to how many videow we have to our names, i only have 2 at the momment and what i do create between now and con will be submitted to the contest.
I'm soooo in.
- I would be happy to assist and coordinate such an event or programming track block. This would be a blast.
- In the 24-hr AMV viewing room, we "interrupt" the playlist (hey - they've got a computer and sound already up & running ...) and creators & studio folks bring a USB external HD or thumbdrive, talk about their projects, etc. Also a great way to screen projects 'in the cooker' and get audience feedback. ('Which ending do you like better?')
What I think might work is - I'll generate a simple spreadsheet (or HTML table with a link for everyone to see) with some AMV blocks and some 'creator' slots in it, and we can fill them on a first-come-first-served basis?(Starts designing a grid 6 days long ... we start Thursday at a a 'secret' AMV party location TBD, and go a day over past the Dead Dog party...) <- KIDDING !!!


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RogueScribner wrote:The Vicar wrote:burlivesleftnut wrote:Man, I hate Joss Whedon. He writes great stories but the implications always mean bad news for the characters. I have a feeling Whedon is a sadist, and he not only likes torturing his creations, but his readers as well. I really don't WANT Buffy to face a traitor, but I am too involved in her shit to turn away. Fuck you, Joss Whedon.
I think Burl took that well, don't you?
( ducks as Burl hurls a bust of Teh Whedon at my skull )
Look on the bright side. Maybe it's Kennedy and maybe she'll finally die a grisly death.
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and run your mail order healing crystal necklace business. LET'S GO!
JERSEY SHORE – 10:00PM (MTV) Did you miss The Situation and company? What's that? You just saw them for twenty hours yesterday? Well, time to up your dosage because the gang is back again for a new third season starting tonight. And the setting returns to Jersey, where there will be much eating and drinking and pretend arguing. Out of group for this season is the nutty Angelina, who is replaced by Snooki's friend Deena. Will Deena be makin' some trouble? Oh, you know she will.
Someone needs to explain to me why this show is produced the way it is. For one thing, there's a black box around the screen the whole time. Does this show really require artistic cropping? And what's with all the scratch mark effects on the footage? It's like the worst Nine Inch Nails video ever. ANTICIPATION: JERSEY!
WIPEOUT – 8:00PM (ABC) It's the season of the show you thought ABC only aired when they had no actual shows to give you. This season has a winter theme, so expect lots of snowy obstacles like the spinning ski lift and the man-eating reindeer. Just kidding. There are no man-eating reindeer. But there SHOULD be. By the way, if I were a billionaire, I'd definitely pay to erect an elaborate Wipeout style obstacle course in my backyard. Does falling onto large mats ever get old? It does not. ANTICIPATION: INJURY!
CSI – 9:00PM (CBS) There's a dead hooker in a dumpster tonight. There's always a dead hooker in a dumpster on this show. Oh, and Carrot Top guest stars. I kid you not. I assume he'll be bringing his novelty basketball/tissue box with him. Wherever Carrot Top goes, murderous rage is sure to follow. ANTICIPATION: DISTURBING!
GREY'S ANATOMY – 9:00PM (ABC) There's a school shooting, which reminds the doctors of the shooting they went through. I see the writers of this show figured out the formula. Mass shootings equals ratings GOLD. Throw in Carrot Top and a dead hooker and it could easily dominate. ANTICIPATION: BODIES!
ESQUIRE'S ULTIMATE BACHELOR PAD – 10:00PM (DIY) A rotating hot tub? Well played, Esquire. ANTICIPATION: SINGLE!
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Nicole Richie, Taye Diggs (�Day Break�), Tori Spelling, Paris Hilton, Ashlee Simpson, Stars of �Grey�s Anatomy,� Gavin Rossdale, Nickelback, Katharine McPhee, Vanessa Williams (�Ugly Betty�),
Tommy Lee, Chingy, Mario Lopez (�Dancing with the Stars�), Carmen Electra, Dave Grohl,
Ryan Seacrest, Tony Hawk, William Shatner (�Boston Legal,� �Show Me the Money�) and Cast Members of�High School Musical� Are Among the Star-Studded Lineup Scheduled to Appear
The �2006 American Music Awards� announce a star-studded lineup of celebrity presenters scheduled to appear and help hand out 20 American Music Awards representing the best of Pop/Rock, Country, Soul/Rhythm & Blues, Rap/Hip Hop, Latin, Alternative, Adult Contemporary and Contemporary Inspirational music. The special airs live TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
Presenters scheduled to appear include Nicole Richie, Tori Spelling, Ashlee Simpson, Paris Hilton, Gavin Rossdale, Nickelback, Katharine McPhee, Tommy Lee, Mario Lopez (�Dancing with the Stars�), Vanessa Williams (�Ugly Betty�), Kenny �Babyface� Edmonds, William Shatner (�Boston Legal,� �Show Me the Money�), Carmen Electra, Foo Fighter�s Dave Grohl, Taylor Hicks, Clay Aiken, �Grey�s Anatomy� stars Isaiah Washington and Justin Chambers, Taye Diggs (�Day Break�), Ryan Seacrest, Tony Hawk, Linkin Park, Chris Brown, Ice Cube, Chingy, Sean Paul, Tyrese, Frankie J, Brian McKnight, �Hannah Montana�s� Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus, Chamillionaire, JC Chasez, JoJo, Sarah Silverman, Weird Al Yankovic, Jesse McCartney, Cheetah Girls, Wendie Malick (�Big Day�), Kirk Franklin and cast members from �High School Musical.�
The �2006 American Music Awards� is hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and will emanate from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA. The special is produced by dick clark productions, inc. Performers announced for the special thus far are Beyonc�, Carrie Underwood, Dixie Chicks, Gwen Stefani, Josh Groban, Mary J. Blige, Nelly Furtado, Pussycat Dolls, Rascal Flatts, Snow Patrol and Tenacious D.
Winners of the American Music Awards are selected by the public. A national sampling of approximately 20,000, taking into account geographic location, age, sex and ethnic origin, will be sent ballots by the National Family Opinion, Inc. firm under the supervision of Broadcast Research and Consulting, Inc. Names of the nominees on the ballot were compiled from data supplied by the music industry trade publication, Radio & Records and Nielsen Soundscan, which tracks retail music sales. Results of the voting, tabulated by the Ernst & Young LLP accounting firm, are kept secret until envelopes are opened during the presentation ceremonies.
The executive producer of the �2006 American Music Awards� is Allen Shapiro. Producer of the television special is Larry Klein, with Louis J. Horvitz directing. Writers will be Barry Adelman and Fred Bronson. Executive in charge of production is Bob Bardo. The associate producer is Don Harary. John Shaffner and Joe Stewart are the production designers. Talent producer is Carla Patterson. Executive in charge is Fran La Maina.
For a complete list of nominees, please visit www.abc.com. To request media credentials to cover this event, please visit http://www.dickclarkproductions.com/ama/and complete the credential application.
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American Idol 2010 Winner Lee DeWyze's 3 Songs in Finale
The wait is finally over. An American Idol has been named and a former paint salesman's dreams have finally come true. Lee DeWyze, from Mount Prospect, Illinois, was named the winner of season 9, much to the delight of those who voted for him.
Lee DeWyze Wins American Idol Season 9 was the surprising headline in the TV world this Wednesday night. Most fans and TV critics expected Crystal Bowersox to win, but the public decided otherwise. 2% was the difference between winning and losing on American Idol 2010 season finale. Simon Cowell the 'Idol' judge known for his supposed meanness and who will be leaving the show, got a little emotional, here is what he said:
"I didn't think I was going to be this emotional and I genuinely am. … Everybody asks who's going to replace me, who going to be the next judge. The truth is you guys are the judge of this show and you've done an incredible job over the years."
Let's enjoy the American Idol 2010 (Season 9) winner Lee DeWyze's 3 Songs in Finale:
1. The Boxer;
2. Everyboby Hurts;
3. Beautiful Day.
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I really don't have a gut feel for who will win this. I have tipped France by 3 however. My theory is that France could have played a lot better in the 2nd half last week. I do think that Wales is better than England. But just think France have more in reserve.
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Directed by Prabhudeva, produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala and co-produced by designer Shabinaa Khan, the film has Sonakshi Sinha opposite Akshay.
The 43-year-old actor, who is extremely fitness conscious, will soon be heading to an undisclosed location for two months to train in this form of martial art.
"The movie will introduce to audiences a new kind of sport and being the professional that he is, Akshay has decided to take two months off to train intensively in combat karate," said a source.
"Set in the rustic heartland of the country, the film has a lot of action and required a star who knew the technical know-hows of his dangerous sport. Akshay seemed the perfect fit since being a trained martial arts professional he could pull the role off with panache," the source added.


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