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A prolific rebounder at both ends? Yes.
The willingness to dive on the floor and come up with the hustle plays when called upon? The senior does that too.
All of those characteristics were on display in the Bears' latest triumph as Weber-Brader scored a game-high 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to power Olympia to a 69-54 Narrows League 4A victory over visiting Bellarmine Prep on Friday night.
"Everyone contributed tonight," said Weber-Brader, last year's Narrows League Bay Division MVP. "We're just having a lot of fun playing right now."
Marcus Raschkow added 13 points and Jamey Smith chipped in 12 despite playing limited minutes due to foul trouble to help the Bears improve to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in league play.
Kyle Foege scored a team-high 16 points for Bellarmine Prep, which also got 11 points from Sefo Liufau.
Trailing by two at halftime, Olympia scored the first seven points of the second half to grab the lead for good.
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Age has nothing to do with it. There were other 16 and 17 year olds there
I confess I don't feel too badly re: Russia losing a spot in ladies. The Russian fed pushed the next generation too hard, and I thought without an experienced leader on top of the pack (Leonova struggling this season), there could be trouble if something went amiss.
I would have felt worse if Team Russia had lost a spot in ice dance or pairs, since they actually have talented, experienced and proven skaters in those events.
Both Adelina and Liza did themselves proud IMO.
A different day, a different time and I think you could see a half a dozen different variations in the standings between Sotnikova, Tukt, Gold, Osmond and Li. The ice is slippery and everyone had their own cross to bear. Some obviously heavier(Adelina, Liza) than others (Li).
Overall, I think everyone showed that the talent and potential is there. A lot can happen in the off season and I'm excited for all these skaters.
Can we fast forward to October yet?
Will Russia bounce back to win at least 1 gold medal at the Sochi 2014 Olympics?
This has been a disastrous worlds for Russia (and also for Japan- just one medal, bronze), in spite of the gold by V&T and bronze by Bobrova-Solevial (sp?). They were expected to dominate the ladies field. They did not even earn 3 spots for the 2014 Olympics. Liza and Adelina are both talented young ladies, but finishing this low year before the Olympics does not bode well for either one. Mens results were even more dismal. Kovtun did not justify his selection over his older rival who actually finished higher than him at the Russian nationals. So instead of 2 spots, they have just one in Sochi. Their hopes will be pinned on old man Plushenko who may not even be physical shape to compete, considering how many injuries he has had in the last 2-3 years.
I think Russia needs to rebuild for 2018 now.
ETA: For 2014, I think they need to put a lot of value on next year's GP series, for selecting just 2 ladies. Which wonderkid will be left out? It's heart breaking.
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Russia needs to stop being so shortsighted, they need to look at the young kids and see who their money is best placed on and nurture them from there. Not wait until they are 14 or 16 and expect them to win the Olympics in the first few years then call them failures when they dont. That is what has got them into trouble the last 5-8 years. Same goes for pairs and dance.
Why is this worlds so disasterous for Russia. They have two medals, only Canada has more. (and only one more at that)
In normal circumstances it is much easier to keep 3 spots than gain 3 spots. Although in both scenarios you need 2 skaters to place together under 13, when you are trying to keep 3 spots you have got there one skater whose placement won't count, so you have a room for error. If one of the three messes up, there is one spare attempt for good placement. Unfortunately, in the case of Russian ladies, Liza and Adelina were placed in position of 'trying to get third spot', rather than keep three spots. They went there with the knowledge that Leonova has been useless the whole season and therefore it was like if she wasn't there. That left them with no room for error; they knew that it will be their placements that need to be under 13. Considering that it was their first worlds, and they knew the consequences of if they don't place well, and the Olympics being in their country next year, I am not surprised that they did not skate to their potential. It is too much burden put on their young shoulders.
Interview with Nikita
- Nikita, what happened to you in this tournament?
- I have no idea what happened, because I trained very well. In training, there was not the slightest nervousness, nothing. I could feel every movement, every finger.
- It seemed that you were struggling in the free program?
- I just couldn't get the connection with Lena. Something is not the same as during the program. I do not know how to explain it. Everything went to inconsistency. Terrible.
- What will you do now?
- We'll take a break and then work again.
- This season you worked with Elena Kustarova?
- Yes, Elena helped us. Not as much as I would like in some moments. But when she could she came to us. It's great to have her try it in the women's part, because we have always had male coaches. She helped Lena with many questions and skated with me too. She's a very good technician. She worked on the polka a lot with us, also she helped with FD, complemented the choreography, adding some emotion. She put very much in us in a short time.
- Are you going to continue working with her?
- I can not say. Where to go, where we train?
- Do you have complaints about the work of your coach Morozov?
- Nikolai worked with us in full. We worked in the USA before the World Championships, everything was perfect. It is true that from time to time in Lena ache a little something in one place, then in another. Sometimes she couldn't practice at full strength. But when Lena was able to train at her best, we have done everything to the maximum. Charges in America have been very good. We skated with with the feeling that we want to fight, compete. Nikolai did nothing wrong.
- You said that you have a problem with the lifts. You have found such a professional?
- We worked with great specialists at the start of the season. As far as I know they are working with Canadians Weaver - Poje. Super specialists. We have so much to do with them, but, unfortunately, only on the floor. The we started to do our programs & didn't work on the new lifts on the ice. We need to do them over & over again. When we went to Novogorsk they were put on the shelf. But we have great ideas and do great lifts on the floor. And I'll be insisting to do it in new programs, because it isn't interesting skating without them.
- So according to you, the coach is good, good training, what is missing?
- I do not know. I spoke to Tatiana Anatolievna after the event & she agreed. Perhaps, in training I gave too much in training, and there was nothing left for the competition. Apparently, we are too inexperienced, green. We need to learn to save our energy and use it more intelligently.
- What are the priorities now?
- We made so many mistakes. We have been through all that we can. We had starts when after 7 place in SD we won medals, we had starts like this. It is necessary to work out all the negatives and clear them away. Do it right, with a cool head. And, of course, we have to be very well prepared physically. Of course our priorities are the lifts and the connection on the ice ... You just have to work day and night, and do it.
And they should write NO ONE off just yet. The ladies are very young, and I look for rebounds from Gachinski and Kovtun in hte mens, and you can NEVER count out Plushenko...EVER. He is a warrior. If he can walk, he will be there-but he will NOT unless he feels he can skate his best, which has been good enough in the past..But the team needs to rebuild to secure the future of Russia as a powerhouse. We have the talent and with this crop, the time. I love our ladies chances in 2016, but am NOT ready to write them off for Sochi just yet, either! So very proud of the pairs and ice dancers...


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Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney on August 28, 2009, Marvel shareholders would receive a total of $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own. At closing, the amount of cash and stock will be adjusted if necessary so that the total value of the Disney stock issued as merger consideration based on its trading value at that time is not less than 40% of the total merger consideration...Disney to Acquire Marvel Entertainment (via /.) Discuss
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Marvel including its more than 5,000 Marvel characters. Mr. Perlmutter will oversee the Marvel properties, and will work directly with Disney's global lines of business to build and further integrate Marvel's properties.
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I hope Disney doesn't mess around too much with Marvel, like in this funny parody of the situation.
Now we can look forward to YouTube video clips of some poor slob dressed as Wolverine getting kicked in the nuts by kids at Disneyworld.
Everybody sing: "S-P-I … D-E-Y … OMFG!"
Well, that'll make the licensing around all the Marvel rides at Universal parks interesting.
Is there a more telling comment on our times than:
"We believe that adding Marvel to Disney's unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation,"
Hulk smash capitalism!
The crossover rights alone….
High School Musical: Xavier's School for the Gifted
You should really see the dance number with Charles.
But yeah, I'll bet this is just a deal to grab a slice of the movie profits. Marvel will retain rights to it's content with little creative oversight from Disney. But thing will happen like Buena Vista will handle all distribution of Marvel DVD's and reap a portion of the profits.
Marvel may not be takin seriously in the near future.
To guys talking about family friendliness, Disney has a long history of making other things on the side. They just tend to do it under different brands, in order to maintain the connotations of the word "Disney". If they keep Marvel things under "Marvel", they won't necessarily change them, at least in that particular direction.
Errrfff! Buckskin Barbies and Family Friendly Wolverines? Not sure I can see how this will be an improvement.
Does it mean that they will dumb down Marvel stories?
This cannot be good news.
Makes you wonder if Disney will scrap all of the Marvel characters with dark or mystical/Satanic seeming references… I agree they should have bought DC…
Howard the Duck can wear pants, Jack Kirby and Carl Barks can roll over in their graves in unison.
not trying to be mean love them both, but popular culture is formed by popular media, hence the ridiculous claims of c.i.a. involvement with Disney, perhaps less incredulous considering the logic of controlling with media. so what/who are your role models? they are probably vanilla, sacharrin, anthropomorphic caricatures with strong Amerikan 'values', no? just sharing sobriety. disneyfication.
Or rather, Howard the Duck no longer has to wear pants… beg pardon.
Admittedly I'm biased, but I think it could have some horrible consequences for some of the marvel properties. I worked for a contract software developer in the 90′s and worked o. Multiple Disney software products and saw first hand how they work. The Evil Mouse is a menace. Workflow is insane.
They will not hesitate to compromise Marvel's intellectual properties if it means better margins. They'll idiotize many of the properties in order to create a greater mass appeal.
I'm just watching "Bolt", Pixars first film under the Disney banner and its a VERY impressive affair. If this acquisition results in some animated Marvel films of this sort of quality I'll be very happy!
Marvel would never allow the dumbing down of its brand give them credit.
You realize that after the deal, Marvel properties are no longer Marvel's, do you?
Well, maybe it's time for Pixar to do something nasty– and Howard the Duck would be the alien waterfowl who could make it happen.
I'm not sure which set of stereotypes here is the more hysterical: that Disney is kidified and dumbed-down, that Marvel is a creative powerhouse, or that DC Comics is more family-friendly. Have people just not seen Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men Origins: Wolverine or that DC's latest crossover thing is meant to deal with the fact that they keep killing their superheroes off all the time?
I think it is good news, as long as Disney treats Marvel like Pixar. Pixar gets to make their films on their own terms with the funding coming from the very deep pockets of Disney.
Marvel clearly knows what they are doing when it comes to story and their IP within the context of comics, movies and animation.
Marvel studios, as a film making company, is self financing their films- but all on the back of some huge loans. They don't have a big margin for error. Having Disney as a backer for production costs and a built-in distribution parent is a HUGE boon to the film making division.
And, say what you will about Disney's lack of modern story telling ability (abysmal). They are masters of merchandising and marketing- neither of which are Marvel's strong suits. Marvel has tended to over market their IPs on garbage, low quality stuff like the Spiderman Eu De Toilet mentioned earlier. They stand to make far better and more profitable deals for their IP through the Disney machinery.
I have no fear that Disney will change the direction at all of the comic division unless it flies off the rails. This merger is all about the IP and how it can be used for profit outside of the print comic realm.
The important question is whether the Marvel universe is going to be Disneyfied like Times Square? Will Disney censor or block controversial Marvel releases the way it did with Miramax?
X-Men of the Caribbean! Iron Man and the Seven Dwarfs! Wolverhontas!
@ #29
I'd actually go see Iron Man and the Seven Dwarfs.
#11–That's what I was wondering about. I wonder how long the existing contracts are and whether Universal will re-theme everything when the expire. Easy with some rides like the Incredible Hulk Coaster, difficult with the Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man.
So Disney will give the same treatment to the X-Men and the Punisher as they gave to Tarzan. Grrreat.
I foresee Squirrel Girl becoming the dominant figure in the Marvel Universe since she's the closest thing Marvel has to a Disney character.
My spider sense is tingling. Something bad is about to happen.
They can do a Fantastic Three plus that dumb, stupid robot revival, featuring Wall-E
I'm against this. IMHO, one of the big problems of the world (that affects US) is that the rich people and companies are getting too big. They can at whim drive out smaller ones by operating stores at a loss for decades, force wages lower, prices higher, "Scab" the workforce by illegal labor and outsourcing.
This Disney/Marvel merger is pure "Monopoly". A Monopoly is not 100% share of the market, it is as low as 17%, it is the level where you can force your will outside of the "Laws of Supply and Demand".
And then Disney is rabid at defending it's "Copyrights" and is a large part of the grotesque copyright abuse of today, including the laws the RIAA built it's lawsuit machine on. Not to mention that only a handful of its characters are "Originals", most are from "Public Domain" works, or rather they wouldn't be in the public domain if Disney's laws had been around back then. Marvel and DC are of course protective of their interests, but they look liberal compared to Disney.
One notable story of interest is Disney sending armed guards with black paint to a daycare center. They'd painted a few Disney characters on the walls and Disney sent people to "Paint it black". Yes, a place of business, but really look at the "Free Advertising"… Warner Bros scored a propaganda victory by sending it's own artists to re-paint, free of charge, their characters…
So I'd hate to see classic "Marvel" characters under Disney. They'd file off all the "Rough Edges" and set lawyers on fans like rabid wolves for fanfiction and blogging complaints on having the Punisher going back to "Mercy Bullets" and such.
They are two seperate visions. Disney has worked itself to be "Family Friendly" to be "American Culture" and it's had an influence, most notably that we don't have an animation industry anything like Japans. Kids stuff, "Family Movies" or the once or twice a decade "Underground" thing.
Marvel, on the other end, has been defying culture for decades. I don't mean "Anti American", but quite the opposite, championing free speech and new ideas. Stan Lee is a legend to those into the comic book field for he "Cracked the Code" by publishing a "Drug" story without code approval. As soon as he cracked the code, he put out comics that had been forbidden for years, Marvel's "Horror" line of characters. And Marvel even now with 40+ years of plots they have to account for or re-hash still manages to make entertaining stuff.
Hey, Kid! Wanna draw a cool picture of Spiderman on the cover of your notebook? Well, you just violated copyright law, punk! We're gonna have to take you downtown.
#6 posted by Jasonclock, August 31, 2009 8:29 AM
As I understand it, Disney bought Pixar.
That's the way the story goes, but where the rubber hits the road it's just Disney's marketing and distribution helping Pixar's production. That is, Disney's role in Pixar's world is decidedly non-Disney, and Pixar has assumed the role of a creative force that previously was the domain only of Disney itself. That aspect has been completely marginalized in their relationship with Pixar.
this whole Disney + Marvel thing makes me very uneasy. Disney = anthropomorphizactory. Marvel = Spiderman. Animals with human characteristics * humans with animal characteristics = a negative times a positive = a negative.
How soon until the Church of Scientology buys Disney?
You know, initially I found this news disturbing. My brain instantly turned anti-Disney due to conditioning (self-imposed). Oh no! Disney's going to suck the life out of Marvel's characters! Then I realized that a majority of the terrible movies I've been subjected to in the past 10-15 years have been Marvel projects. And I remember my brother's collection of comics portraying men as MEN and women as masturbatory objects. I say Disney's got it right. Now I've got one target to despise instead of two.
I predict:
- Marvel themed rides (to compete with Six Flags, since they already do DC themed rides)
- Pixar Marvel movies
- Less racy female characters
- The Disney profit machine getting bigger
I'm sure it will be a "success", but it doesn't feel right. Picture the Catholic church purchasing the Baptist church. Two puzzle pieces that sort of fit, but don't quite look right when placed side by side.
Get ready for a re-launch of the Condorman and Sky High.
Since nobody's said it yet: This is just ripe for that Mickey/Deadpool crossover we've all been waiting for.
This news would have really gotten to me when I was eighteen. Now I can't care enough to put down this here Krazy Kat anthology.
Now, if they come after Fantagraphics…
I wonder how much Stan Lee, the soul of Marvel until the lawyers pushed him out will make from this deal. Unfortunately I don't think Stan will be getting as much as he deserved for creating so many beloved characters & nurturing Marvel through the decades.
If they make a live-action film with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, I'm joining al-Qaida.
You wouldn't like Donald Duck when he's angry.
At the end of the day, does Marvel's comic-making business have any real value, or just the intellectual properties they hold?
Galactus v. Bambi
I don't think this necessarily signals that Marvel will be stuck making "family friendly" films from now on. "Kill Bill" was made by Disney-owned Miramax, and that easily had as much slashing action as any Wolverine comic.
DC is more or less safely in the hands of Warner Bros. – has been since 1969.
It's a common misconception that DC characters are tamer, brighter, more family-friendly, and Marvel's are dark and angsty. Both have a wide range of characters and titles with different tones.
Just like many of those posting here, I hope Marvel's books doesn't become homogeneous, and that they, well, keep publishing books!
I have similar concerns about the Disney-ification of Marvel, but overall, I'm waiting before I count Spidey and company out for good.
I don't think something like Civil War or the death of Captain American would have happened under Disney's watch, but we'll have to see if they let the writers and artists keep their creative spark.
I agree with the earlier comment about media concentration and Disney getting bigger, it's tough on smaller companies and what with Disney's history of copyright bullying. Frankly I wish they hadn't bought Pixar because that would have meant more competition in the field of computer animation.
Will Disney dumb down Marvel characters? They might modify some slightly to work with a larger project, but chances are if they want family-friendly superheroes, they'll just create new ones, and they'll be as obnoxiously popular as Hannah Montana.
Disney will probably keep it all under the "Marvel" label, and if they want to produce films then they've got a whole bunch of their own studios to do it with (Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax).
Actually what we'll probably see is more marketing and branding, manipulating images with ideas. For example, the image of the lion standing regally on a rocky mountain outcrop, from The Lion King – echoed in the trailer for the first Narnia film with Aslan doing the same thing. Disney excels at this. Marvel characters we're familiar with will start showing up everywhere, certain characteristics emphasized, to get 'em into our brains so we know they stand for something, and when products come out we'll have this image in the back of our minds fully associated in advance.
I sence that this might not go so well. Who ever heard of Spider mouse or The Incredible Dulk? It kind of bumbs down on the hero average don't you think?
@25/Anonymous, er, Pixar didn't produce Bolt. John Lasseter (Pixar head honcho) did however replace the director. But it was not a Pixar film.
I can't believe no one has said this: Only Superman can save us now!
After the abomination of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I really think anyone "worried" about Disney dumbing down Marvel IP is barking up the wrong tree – Marvel/Fox was doing a far better (worse?) job of it already. Marvel, RIP.
Didn't work for the Muppets.
"I can't believe no one has said this: Only Superman can save us now!"
Not if DC loses the copyright battle. Superman could wind up as a Disney property too.
@25, Bolt isn't a Pixar movie. It's a Disney film. It was, however, the first Disney feature produced under the oversight of John Lasseter as Chief Creative Officer of Disney. Confusing, yes :)
KENEKE, you do know Superman was created by a Canadian…
"Marvel characters we're familiar with will start showing up everywhere, certain characteristics emphasized, to get 'em into our brains so we know they stand for something, and when products come out we'll have this image in the back of our minds fully associated in advance."
@47, This has already been happening by Marvels own hand for decades. Marvel just hasn't been very good at it. You can't tell me you haven't wandered through a Target or the like and not seen images of Spiderman, Wolverine and Iron Man adorning toothbrushes, party hats, school supplies, beah towels, t-shirts, etc. Marvel has typically licensed their IP out to low quality merchandise, with ugly designs. It is largely cheap and not, in my opinion, helpful to the brand. Disney are indeed experts at this and may actually improve the quality of the licensed material.
But will they Disney-fy the Marvel universe like Times Square? Will Disney censor or block Marvel releases due to protests the way they have with Miramax?
i have about 500 marvel comic and cards does that mean my comics will be worth more or less now that it has the disney stamp THIS IS NOT GOOD IF IT IS LESS
As I understand it, Pixar bought Disney some time back. Interesting things afoot…
A picture is worth 1,000 words, right?
I think it'll be a good move for both The House of Ideas and The House of the Mouse. It'll give Marvel the kind of corporate umbrella that has kept DC secure for a while, and licensing opportunities abound for Disney, with loads of great characters to play with in film and TV, among other things. I think it's pretty exciting, all around.
Now, let's get John Lasseter heading up some rad new flicks!
As I understand it, Disney bought Pixar.
Who else is thinking Kingdom Hearts: Excelsior?
Disney is a shrewd business corporation and with Marvel it just got interesting. Games, clothing, action figures, and more with a Disney/Marvel relationship will be amped to the highest. I keep hearing all this is bad and such but think it over Marvel has got a great deal with this merger. Disney just put the whole film and theme park deals on notice. I think in the weeks ahead Disney will unveil the list of what we can see coming from this deal. I expect that through this Disney will air all Marvel films on ABC Family, Disney Channel, Disney XD, and ABC which will be huge plus the reairings will generate loads of cash. I also expect all Marvel's rides will move to Disney most likely to Disney Studios Park. They will also pop up more heavily in retail stores, Disney stores, and the theme park stores too. I see $$$$$ in the millions or more for this deal and with the House of Mouse building more to its cruise line, family resort hotels in Hawaii and D.C. plus I expect a Marvel theme hotel too soon. The whole thing is a win-win for fans. Marvel would never allow the dumbing down of its brand give them credit. I mean look at Disney and their characters I mean they are everywhere and the licensing alone gives Marvel a base to spread to ends DC comics could never get. Disney is a smarter people than some credit them for I mean look at their parks, cruise ships, hotels and all then toss in Marvel and Pixar plus the fact that DreamWorks just inked a deal makes it even sweeter for Disney. Spielberg's deal will soon end with Universal which means Jaws and Jurassic Park may leave too for Disney. Folks I smell a huge swell with Mickey surfing a money wave only Uncle Scrooge could love. The House of Mouse just put Universal, Paramount, and other studios to notice Marvel is ours and now you got to deal with us which means distribution, licensing, dvd's, video games, etc. are Disney to decide what is done. Some may think this may be bad news but has Disney ever done anything they have done half ass —- Answer: Nope!
Disney will make Marvel films that they couldn't have done and spin a web of gold the whole way to the box office.
I can't help thinking that characters and stories that are already bland will eventually become "family friendly" dull.
As least Disney is a more fastidious licensor than Marvel ever was, which can only be good news.
(Seriously… Spider-Man eau de toilette. It exists.)
I always thought of Disney as more of a DC kind of company.
Mickey Mouse, Superman, you can't get more American that that. Marvel is angsty and complex. It just doesn't fit.
Coming this Summer…
(Magical music)
A mysterious young boy…
"Dad…why am I different from the other children?"
"Different? No James…you are special"
(Fade in young James climbing a tree)
With a magical gift…
(James falls out of the tree, breaking his leg)
"Someone! Help!"
(James' leg suddenly heals good as new)
The Adventures of Wolverine
Summer 2010
Makes me wonder about the future of Marvel characters at Universal Studios Orlando.
All brands/properties will stay the same,,,until they start losing money. That goes for Pixar as well as MArvel..Once the sales slump, they'll send in the "marketing experts".
It's spelled W-H-O-A.
Uncircle the wagons everyone – I think everything will remain status quo at the House of Ideas. Just a larger parent is now skimming from the till (and footing the bill). Disney knows a thing or two about brand recognition and fan base. It's why they shelled out 4 billion for Marvel. They're not gonna go in and mess with that 4 billion. It seems everyone is afraid they will make it Disney, but Disney itself admits the purchase is to diversify their demographic wallet-share. Besides, Marvel already makes a kid-friendly line of comics called Marvel Adventures. They already do a good job themselves of separating the meatrial between adult and kids.
This could be a GOOD thing too. With deep pockets from Disney, a great series like Captain Britian and MI13 doesn't have to be canceled before its time. And money might be freed up to try more short run or experimental titles.


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George Thornton is an American open water swimmer who, at the age of 73, attempted to become the oldest individual to successfully cross the English Channel. The attempt by the retired Colorado State University professor from Fort Collins, Colorado of 8 August 2013 was halted at 9 hours 18 minutes after being escorted by Eddie Spelling on the boat Anastasia.
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The bottleneck at Kingston Pike and Forest Park gives drivers and passengers more time to look around. The nearby new development, Highlands Row, takes its name from an old roadhouse once familiar to cross-country motorists. Before Ashe's was here, even before Long's and Mayo's, before there were any strip malls at all, the main thing in this neighborhood was the Highlands Grill. The restaurant was in a sturdy brick house fashioned to look like a homey Southern place.
It's always hard to explain how it worked in those days, but back then Kingston Pike dog-legged to cross the railroad tracks on a short perpendicular bridge. In 1940, if you were in a DeSoto traveling west on 11 from Washington to New Orleans, or south on 70 from Chicago to Florida, you'd see the Highlands Grill straight ahead. It drew locals, too; a couple of generations of Bearden kids, and Neyland-era UT students, took their dates there.
There was a wink and a nod to it, because it had a roped-off area where, if they knew you, you could have a drink. During its era, Knoxville was a beer-only town; wine and liquor were illegal. Its country setting cut down on the cops. Highlands was actually just outside of city limits when it opened, in the late '30s. As some restaurateurs in town were experimenting with Italian and Chinese cuisine, Highlands concentrated on Southern country fare.
Highlands lasted here until around 1960. By then, it was no longer a landmark you couldn't miss. Screened by a new strip mall, Kingston Plaza, and forsaken by the Pike's main route, it became the location for Andrew Morton's posh gift shop. But its memory has lasted half a century.
Tom Weiss, who recently built the adjacent office/retail development he calls Highlands Row, aims to please prospective clients, but he's stubborn about this spot, historic by Kingston Pike standards. "The old building was built as a restaurant," he says, "and it always seemed to me that the best use would be to put it back in service as a restaurant."
Now, as crews rebuild the old concrete bridge across the tracks, Weiss means to reopen the Highlands Grill this May. Actually, this being the 21st century, when the preposition at is a sign of quality, it'll be called the Grill at Highlands Row. He named his new development after the old restaurant, it's only fair the he should rename the old restaurant after the new development. "I'm hoping people just call it the Grill," he says.
"I never had any ambition to be in the restaurant business, but here I am," he admits. His timing might have been better. As he was finishing Highlands Row, the economy crashed, and traffic engineers announced plans to wreak a major highway improvement project that would isolate this corner for many months. Commitments have been slow coming. Two successive restaurant tenants, each of which seemed promising, evaporated.
"When I first decided to have a restaurant, and realized nobody else was gonna do it, my involvement got deeper," he says. He justifies the restaurant development as a chance to showcase Highlands Row: "to show Knoxville what we'd done there."
Few interior traces of the old eatery remain, just the holes in the brick wall where stovepipes used to pass through. It's been 50 years. The old dining room is discernible, though, and offers seating for 110. He expects significant bar business, and a lounge will take the space of the old Highlands Grill's kitchen; the new kitchen will go into a latter-day addition. A new patio, on the Kingston Pike side of the building, will be open in warmer months.
"Knoxville doesn't really have a great local steakhouse," says Weiss. "Some will take exception to that. But Knoxville doesn't have a non-formulaic local steakhouse. I want to make this a distinctively Knoxville and East Tennessee restaurant. A steak and seafood house with a Southern flair. Many items on the menu would be distinctive: different, a little bit better than can be found elsewhere.
"Knoxvillians want to embrace their Southern roots whether they have them or not," he adds, which sounds odd and plausible. They're still working on the menu. He's stingy with hints, because he doesn't want to give culinary plagiarists an advantage. But about 40 years ago, in Nashville, he encountered something he hasn't seen since. "We'll have one signature staple item, cornballs," he says, a spherical sort of cornbread, deep fried. As if suddenly reconsidering the sound of that, he says, "Actually they may or may not be named cornballs." He insists it's something very different from hushpuppies. "Nobody's mom or grandmother makes them."
About a prospective grits recipe, he offers no hints. "Other people will start making it, I'm sure. I want to be sure we're the first."
His chef is Shane Moore, who's owner of Mancino's Pizza and Grinders in deep West Knoxville. The restaurant's general manager will be Chad Barger, formerly of Copper Cellar, who's a partner in the venture. Between them and a third partner in New York, they've got enough capital to open it with cash alone.
Weiss means to riff on the legends of Thunder Road, the bootlegging route celebrated in movie and song. "That was Thunder Road," Weiss says of what we now know as Old Kingston Pike. "A particular hairpin curve in Thunder Road. We're going to recall that era in a fun and updated way."
Updated often means expensive, and this is a business near Sequoyah Hills and Cherokee Country Club. But nearby Long's, which has been in business since Eisenhower's first term, offers one of Knoxville's cheapest lunches. For those who might have been wishing for a Long's that's open at night, his promise of no entrees over $30 may not be much consolation.
He acknowledges that it's a challenge. "The rest of it's a chapter yet to be written," he says. "All the good business minds thought me a damn fool. I hope to prove them wrong."
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Great article, Jack, as always, but a couple of corrections and a comment:
1) The Highlands Grill building was never a house. It was built and operated by a guy named Hutsell as a restaurant from the start. The lower level was reserved for known customers who would imbibe bootleg whiskey and dance.
2) The new restaurant will be The(capital "T")Grill at Highlands Row because a restaurant in Birmingham has assumed the original moniker since the closing of the original.
3) Shane Moore, Executive Chef, is indeed the owner---with his wife Susan---of Mancino's, but his claim to fame and his entree to his current position is more relevantly related to his Washington D.C. positions as Executive Chef of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the State Department dining rooms in two different stints. The Moores moved back to Knoxville after 9/11, wanting to raise a family in a safer environment and bought Mancino's which they continue to own. Shane's desire to resume a career as a tour de force in the kitchen led him to The Grill position.
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… yes I should be getting old, by having a "they do what, with what now? Is not technologies wonderful" moment when we grabbed a fairly standard Tv from argos, that had built in DVD player and iPhod dock.
I have no concept how typical these issues are, is this fairly normal in the UK now, or is it a new thing?
Anyway seeing as we have no cable or Television aerial these appears to work pretty nicely. I use the BBC iPlayer to download the programs (mainly Cbeebies) move them over to the now-doesn't-make-telephone-calls iPhone, slot it in and ta-da instant Tv factor.
Works pretty properly. Sadly I have no thought if this would truly push out "live" iPlayer programs direct from the iPhone itself, as the mobile BBC iPlayer appropriately identifies our Wi-Fi network as being ultimately becoming a mobile connection (vodafone).
Modern day technology is fairly impressive, subsequent factor you know they'll have Wi-Fi TV's that directly play iPlayer stuff (and C4 too I guess )
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Litchfield is a city in Montgomery County, and is located off exit 52 on I-55 about halfway among Springfield, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri. The population of Litchfield was 6,939 at the 2010 Census. Historic U.S. Route 66 runs by way of the City.
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Central Illinois (except Springfield): Central Illinois (except Springfield): Pictures relating to the middle section of the "Land of Lincoln" (except for the Capital City of Springfield) might be identified in this collection. Each and every city and town I've photographed is contained within its own set, and rural (as in "countryside") photographs are grouped by county.
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The on-screen talent of television and film will turn out for the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.
For those watching from home, the red carpet begins at 3 p.m. Pacific (6 p.m. Eastern) and the main event will air on TBS and TNT at 5 p.m. Pacific (8 p.m. Eastern). Film and TV stunt ensemble performers will be honored at 3:15 p.m. Pacific (6:15 p.m. Eastern) during the red carpet pre-show webcast on tntdrama.com and tbs.com.


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Blanchure? Im not sure
what that is, but its attracted my attention. This time around,
Ill be looking at Bourbons Blanchul Mini DX Nokou Marron.
The front of
the box seems simple enough: pictures of the biscuit on a background
of chestnuts with the characters describing what it is. What makes it
slightly more complicated is that a lot of it seems to spell out
words in French. Marron is easy enough in that its chestnut, but
it looks like its also composed of langue de chat cookies
and, is all-together called Blanchul which could be
Blanchure. Even then, Im not sure that blanchure is
technically a French word.Blancheur? It seems to imply
something being whitened or whiteness, but I digress. Also on the
front is the text Enjoy the superb taste of marron chocolate &
cookie made with the finest ingredients and that it contains 10%
ingredients are as
Sugar, Cocoa Powder, Wheat Flour, Whole Milk Powder, Egg
White, Shortening (Hydrogenated Oil (Rapeseed, Palm, Palm Kernel,
Coconuts)), Chestnut Paste (Chestnut, Sugar), Dextrin, Margarine
(Hydrogenated Oil (Palm, Rapeseed), Skim Milk, Salt, Water), Cacao
Mass, Chestnut Powder, Palm Oil, Shea Fat, Cocoa Powder, Soy
Lecithin, Glycerol Esters of Fatty Acids, Artificial Flavor (Vanilla
Flavor, Chestnut Flavor), Caramel Color, Carotene (Color), Ammonium
Bicarbonate, Glucose, Syrup (Corn, Potato, Sweet Potato), Salt
open the side flap of the box
according to the perforations. I pull out a flat, brown, foil package
containing the cookies and easily rip it open. The chocolate scent
immediately escapes. I pull out a cardboard tray (not plastic!) to
reveal the tiny, 1 cookies. The photos of the cookies on the box
actually show the cookies to a near 1:1 scale!
the sandwich made up of 2
langue de chat cookies with a chocolate chestnut middle into my
mouth, it immediately begins to melt. The chocolate melts in your
mouth. The cookie parts melt in your mouth. Despite all of the
ingredients, the flavor is light and pleasant. With the way its
being described and the daintiness of the portions, I almost expected
a super-rich tiny cookie, but its not. The initial flavour that
hits your mouth is chestnut and then the chocolaty flavor fully takes
Blanchul Mini DX Nokou
Marron is a very nice and light treat. Its too easy to inhale in
one sitting, especially since theres only a dozen in one pack. I
would consider re-purchasing this product.
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Mark your calendar: Corporate Cup set for Sept. 15, 2013.
Teams and sponsors were honored at a luncheon Tuesday for participating in the 32nd Annual Corporate Cup. Capping off the celebration were the top six raffle winners who had a chance to win a brand new Fiat from Performance Auto Group.
The top six were selected from the thousands who purchased a raffle ticket to benefit the American Lung Association. They are Marsha Hopkins, Nancy Sarver, Ken Klabunde, William Carter, Roger Westfall, and Alicia Breyne.
The first person to select a key was Laura McCoy, who stood in for Marsha Hopkins. Hopkins was out of town and unable to attend. McCoy was then the last person to try her key and it was the winner. She called Hopkins on the spot to tell her she had won.


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Winchester panto stars entertain hospital children's ward (From Hampshire Chronicle)
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Winchester panto stars entertain hospital children's ward
7:00pm Thursday 27th December 2012 in News
THE CHILDREN'S ward of Royal Hampshire County Hospital was full of silly jokes, show-stopping surprises and early Christmas treats last week (Thursday December 20).
Princess Jasmine, played by Felicity McCormack, the Empress, played by Kali Hughes and Widow Twankey played by Julian Eardley from this year's production of Aladdin at the Theatre Royal Winchester spent the day lifting Northbrook Ward's mood.
They arrived with chocolate and plenty of games to play with the children who have not yet been sent home for Christmas and spoke to parents hoping to lift everyone's spirits for the holidays.
A spokeswoman for the theatre said: "It's something that the cast love to do, especially when the children are feeling unwell, it's a really rewarding visit for them."
A trip taken every year by the pantomime cast to lighten the hearts of many children, these excitable characters filled the hospital ward with laughter - just in time for Christmas.
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Back to The Far East: A.D. 1401 to 1500
CHINA AND MANCHURIA (Continued Ming Dynasty)
The virulent form of syphilis, supposedly generated by the interaction of Columbus' men and the Caribbean Indians, reached China about 1505. (Ref. 140, 260) The population about 1580 has been estimated at 130,000,000, although drastic reduction occurred at the end of the century by plague. New crops, including sorghum, sweet potato, maize, peanuts and Irish potatoes were helping to feed the people. Commerce was stimulated by silver from the new world, received in payment for extensive Chinese exports of tea, silk and ceramics. By 1600 the state had converted almost all its revenues to money in the form of silver. (Ref. 140, 8, 101) In contrast to the West, China had no gradual rise of bourgeoisie as the nature of the state almost prohibited this. A temporary exception might have occurred at the end of this century in the development of the large iron works near Peking and the private porcelain work shops of King-to-chen and the silk trade of Su-Chu. This all stopped with the Manchu conquest in the next century. (Ref. 260)
Throughout its history China has usually had a command economy with prices and production centrally and rigidly controlled in one way or another1. By making large scale private accumulation of capital difficult or impossible, the pace of economic development and technological innovation was markedly restricted. Thus in this century while European countries were developing new, better and cheaper weaponry, China held fast to large siege cannons and no one had the means or motive for developing gunpowder weaponry in new directions. The resulting lag behind European military and technological development cost them dearly in the long run. (Ref. 279)
During the Ming Dynasty, about 1517, the Portuguese arrived at Canton with their guns. Being little better than pirates the Chinese treated them as such, although the foreigners did give some aid against other pirates. The Chinese thus finally rewarded them in 1557 by allowing them to settle Macao and to govern it. The Portuguese proceeded to build great opium factories employing men, women and children, all of which brought millions of dollars yearly to the Portuguese provincial government. They were followed by the Spanish, who after taking the Philippines, moved over to take the Chinese island of Formosa after 1571. The Dutch came still later.
It was probably in this century that the compilation of the Great Herbal in 52 volumes, with information about 1,200 herbs, was completed - an authoritative work in China still today. There are many medical adaptations from Chinese medicine in the western world, including iron for anemia, castor oil, lanolin, camphor, chaulmoogra oil, ephedra vulgaris and a method of inoculation with small pox matter for immunization against that disease2.
The Portuguese establishment at Macao, permanent by 1557, was only a minor irritant, but at the same time China was under constant pressure from a Mongol power under Altan Khan in the north and from attacks by Japanese pirates along the coast. Huge armies also had to be sent to aid Korea, when the Japanese invaded there. All of this coincided with a decline in the authority of the Ming government, with power actually passing – into the hands of the palace eunuchs3, who, with their own armies and secret police, were able to terrorize officials and populace and extort heavy taxes. (Ref. 8)
Jurchens of Manchuria were fairly well controlled by the Chinese government until about 1580 when they fought back to again take complete control of that country.
It was mentioned in the last chapter that many samurai turned pirate. By 1550 the kings of Burma, Siam and Cambodia all employed Japanese cut-throats for their personal body guards and Japanese pirate traders were at their height, even in Siamese, Philippine and Korean waters. In spite of feudal, clan wars through the country the common people of Japan prospered and the population rose from 15 to 25 million, a figure 2 times that of France, 4 times that of Spain and 5 times that of England. The artisan and merchant classes grew rich on war profits and traders did well with lacquer and steel wares as far away as Calcutta. Some silver and copper even went to Europe. At the same time, how- ever, the imperial fortunes went down so that Emperor Go-Nara (1526-1557) even peddled samples of his calligraphy on the Kyoto streets to regain a fortune. (Ref. 292, 12)
In 1542 the first Portuguese ship called at ports in Kyushu and by 1573 the port of Sakai had become a free market and town. Soon powerful craft guilds extended their networks and monopolies from one town to another. In 1549 Francis Xavier, the great Jesuit, arrived and made 150,000 converts, even including some of the great lords, to Christianity in a single generation. Although closely watched, after two years Xavier extracted the taboo information that there was an emperor in Japan above the Shogun, but he never did see him and no westerner saw an emperor for yet another 300 years. The Portuguese had guns, of course, and it didn't take the Japanese long to copy and then improve on the few which they bought from the westerners. Japan had copper and got tin from Malaysia to make new bronze cannon. (Ref. 12, 279)
Oda Nobunaga, of both imperial and Fujiwara lineage and ruler over a small fief, including the port of Nagoya, was a military genius, who defeated all the major clan lords between Tokyo and Kyoto by 1568, using foot soldiers equipped with matchlocks. He deposed the Shogun and set up a puppet in his place as he began to build the Emperor Ogimachi a magnificent new palace. Then with the emperor 's sanction, he destroyed various feuding barons and all but one Buddhist monastery in Japan. With Christians he was lenient. In 1575, at 41 years of age, Oda met the lords of the north coast at Narashino in the biggest battle of all - commanding 100,000 men with cannon and muskets. There was no battle in Europe to compare with this for another century. Oda was finally assassinated but during his career Kyoto had climbed from a population of 20,000 in 1550 to almost 500,000.
His place as head of the army was taken immediately by the most talented of his staff, Hideyoshi, son of a peasant foot soldier. He gave the emperor allegiance and completed the unification of Japan. He was the one man in Japanese history, up until 1945, who really ruled Japan and yet was outside the pool of imperial blood. Small arms and cannon made the older forms of fighting and fortification partially obsolete and facilitated the establishment of a single, central authority. (Ref. 279, 12)
In 1592 Hideyoshi set out to conquer China, dispatching 205,000 men to Pusan, but Korea was loyal at that time to China and many men were lost to Korean ships during the crossing. Still, the main army was at the Yalu River on China's border within 6 months, there to meet counter-attacks by more than a million Chinese troops. After a 3 year stalemate, Hideyoshi sent a second force and China sent another 2 million reinforcements. The war ended when the Koreans demolished the Japanese supply fleet, as will be detailed under KOREA, this chapter. Hideyoshi died in 1598 during peace negotiations, but for sheer carnage Europe would see nothing like this until Napoleon's campaign more than two centuries later. That Japanese general was given the name "Taiko", meaning "Great Sovereign" a word which has entered our own language as "tycoon". His invasion of Korea cost the lives of 260,000 men and ruined the Japanese peasantry, because their crops had been commandeered to feed the troops. (Ref. 12, 222) We should note here, parenthetically, that carriages in Japan were normally pulled by Korean oxen and horses were primarily reserved for nobles. (Ref. 260)
After the cruel ruler Yonsangun was overthrown by rebels, Chunjong came to the throne in 1507 and attempted to control the great families through the use of Confucian scholars as ministers. This led to the development of many bitterly antagonistic factions. With the decline of the Ming Dynasty in China, near the end of the century, there was a similar political and cultural decline in Korea. The Japanese invasions of 1592 to 1598 (See above) completed the devastation and made Korea the "hermit kingdom" isolated from the rest of the world. (Ref. 19, 113, 222)
The Japanese crossed most of Korea and reached the Yalu River on their way to conquer China. They were held there by millions of Chinese troops, but it was a canny Korean Admiral Yi, who destroyed the Japanese wooden supply line ships by ramming them with the world's first iron clad ship, which was painted to look like a fierce turtle. This was 250 years before the Monitor and the Merrimac. The vessel was propelled by oar power and was a most effective weapon against the frail Japanese boats. (Ref. 162) Admiral Yi Sun-shin eventually made an entire fleet of "turtle boats", each armor-plated with what was probably 3/8 inch wrought iron, cut in hexagonal shapes and riveted together. Knives, spearheads and spikes were attached to the plating to deter enemy boarding. In separate actions in 1592 and again later in 1597, Yi destroyed or captured nearly 500 Japanese ships, with no Korean losses. (Ref. 11)
At the beginning of the century the area of present day Burma consisted of
- An Araken monarchy, with a capital at Mrohauing
- Burmese Ava in the main Irrawaddy Valley, captured by the Shans in 1527 (Ref. 206)
- Burmese Toungoo in the Sittany Valley
- Mon Pegu on the Irrawaddy delta and Tenasserim
A powerful Thai kingdom existed, controlling much of the eastern coast of the Malay Peninsula. In the last half of the century tin was exported to Europe to supplement the Cornish tin mines. (Ref. 292)
The Laos kingdom of Luany Prabang stretched along the upper and middle Mekong.
The eastern coast was controlled by the Siamese while Malacca, on the west, had been conquered in 1511 by the Portuguese, who then controlled the spice and tin trade of the world. Had the remaining Malay states united they might have been able to drive out the invading Portuguese, but they fought against one another, instead. (Ref. 140) When the value of bronze artillery became known to the rulers of India, China and Japan, Malayan tin became critically important. (Ref. 279)
Portugal also had stations on Java and Borneo to further consolidate their far eastern trade. In "greater" Java the chief town was Bantam, even for some time after the Dutch built Batavia, in 1619. Bantam was on the northwest tip of the island, surrounded by swamps, with red brick walls and cannon. Three streets leading away from the royal palace were filled with vendors of poultry, parrots, fish, meat, hot cakes, silks, thread, precious stones and what-not. But to the east of the city there was a square where large scale merchants, investors and shippers met. The Chinese played a large role in this gathering, of ten buying up produce for months before the trading ships from the west could arrive on the monsoon winds. (Ref. 292) By the end of the century the Dutch were making their appearance by setting up a factory on Sumatra. The Spaniards had established themselves in the Philippines with a capital at Manila by 1571 after the islands had first been "discovered" by Magellan4 in 1521. The-Spanish exchanged Mexican silver for Chinese silk with galleons sailing back and forth from Acapulco to Manilla quite regularly after 1572. (Ref. 292) The Muslim states on Mindanao retained their independence from Spain for another three centuries. (Ref. 153, 8)
Except for the island of Bali, the Islamic faith had completely replaced Hinduism and Buddhism in Indonesia by the end of the century and the old Majapahit Kingdom was broken up into a number of small, weak Muslim states, no match for the invading Europeans. (Ref. 175)
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DURHAM — Police announced Tuesday an arrest in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man in April.
Investigators took Rakeem Montel Best into custody around noon and charged him with murder, said police spokeswoman Kammie Michael.
Best, 20, of Durham is one of three people charged with the slaying of JeJuan Jonteil Taylor, 19, of Durham.
It was shortly after 9 p.m. on April 18 when police were notified of a shooting at the Duke Manor Apartments in the 300 block of South LaSalle Street. Police found Taylor shot to death inside a vehicle parked outside one of the buildings at the complex, Michael said.
Investigators have not disclosed a possible motive, but charges against two people arrested in April indicated that robbery played a role in the shooting. In addition to murder, police charged Hope Farley, 19, of Durham and Thomas Antwan Clayton, 21, of Morrisville with one count each of conspiring to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, Michael said.
Best is being held at the Durham County jail without benefit of bail, Michael said. Farley and Clayton have been in jail since April without benefit of bail, court records show.


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PS Vita 2.01 firmware released to fix firmware 2.00 issue
- Posted December 3rd, 2012 at 21:35 EDT by Timothy Nunes
Sony released this evening a firmware update for its newest handheld that appears to fix some issues with features implemented in the 2.00 firmware update.
It appears that the PlayStation Cloud upload functionality has an issue regarding the save upload functionality that was made available to PlayStation Plus subscribers. To be exact, the issue caused the save uploading process to fail altogether. Now that this update is live, it should fix all PS Plus issues found in the 2.00 firmware update.
It may be disheartening to know that this update is mandatory, since not everyone has PS Plus, but the ability to upload saves makes for a secure situation--especially in regards to titles like Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. Regardless, the problem has been alleviated, and the fix is only a download away.
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Everyone in Frankfort's echo chamber is focused on problems with the Affordable Health Care Act or next year's Senate race. But in just eight weeks, lawmakers will convene to craft a new, two-year budget.
It's their most important job and certainly their toughest.
Public schools and universities are crying for more funding. Both have suffered through years of funding cuts and say it's past time to reverse those cuts and invest in the one area every lawmaker claims is his top priority.
But it's not. They won't say so but their top priority — for some, their only priority — is to get themselves and their party re-elected. Then maybe they can look at what they need to do for the people who send them here and pay the bills.
They know the state budget is seriously underfunded. But they have no appetite for new taxes or closing wasteful tax loopholes. Some will argue expanded gambling is the solution; others will say we don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.
A very few will speak the truth: a decade of budget cuts are having a significant negative impact on real lives and our tax structure is inequitable, inadequate and outdated. Their colleagues will agree but say now is not the time. Some will say it's time to "prioritize," by which they really mean across-the-board cuts and no new taxes.
We've cut $1.6 billion out of the budget while demanding schools and universities do more with less. We can't afford new taxes but we complain about no money for textbooks and rising tuition rates. The administration says we can't afford child care assistance for poor working mothers, many of whom will now have to go on welfare and stop paying income taxes, costing the state twice. We don't have money for kinship care which allows abused or neglected children removed from their homes to be placed with relatives. Those children will go into foster care instead, which costs the state far more money. We don't have money for a Department of Public Advocacy social worker program, despite clear evidence it actually saves the state money.
Meanwhile, we leave on the table more money than our budget gap in sales tax exemptions alone. (We can't solve the problem entirely by eliminating all of those because the biggest one is for food and medicine.)
Some say there are savings enough in the present budget to pay for what is needed in education. They might be right. But try finding a majority of 138 who agree on the same ones. And some who say we simply don't have money to take care of our children always seem to find plenty for corporate welfare. They call that "an investment in our people" but, in the end, who really profits from the dividends?
In 2003 the state faced a 5 percent budget shortfall. Then Republican gubernatorial candidate, Rebecca Jackson, said to me: "Ronnie, you know both of us can find 5 percent savings in that budget in 15 minutes."
"Yes, ma'am," I agreed, "but we'll never find 138 people who agree on the same 5 percent."
As George Harrison sang, "It all comes down to what you value." In Frankfort they value re-election more than the education and welfare of your children.
They'll say that's not true. They'll say we have no choice and must tighten our belts. But it will be your and your children's belts that will get squeezed still more tightly.
So listen to what they say. But watch what they do. Then remember both next time they ask for your vote.
Ronnie Ellis writes for CNHI News Service and is based in Frankfort. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow CNHI News Service stories on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cnhifrankfort.
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