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Dallas (2012 TV series)
|Soap opera
|Created by
|David Jacobs
(original series)
|Developed by
|Cynthia Cidre
|Josh Henderson
Jesse Metcalfe
Jordana Brewster
Julie Gonzalo
Brenda Strong
Patrick Duffy
Linda Gray
Larry Hagman
Mitch Pileggi
Emma Bell
Kuno Becker
Juan Pablo Di Pace
|Rob Cairns
Jerrold Immel
(original theme)
|Country of origin
|United States
|No. of seasons
|No. of episodes
|33 (List of episodes)
|Executive producer(s)
|Cynthia Cidre
Bruce Rasmussen
Michael M. Robin
Ken Topolsky
Bryan J. Raber
|Running time
|42 minutes
|Production company(s)
|Cyntax Productions
Warner Horizon Television
|Original channel
|Picture format
|1080i HDTV
|Original run
|June 13, 2012– present
|Preceded by
|External links
|Official website
Dallas is an American television drama series developed by Cynthia Cidre and produced by Warner Horizon Television. The series is a continuation[1] of the prime time television soap opera of the same name that aired on CBS from 1978 to 1991. The series revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Dallas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries.
The series brought back several stars of the original series, including Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing, Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing, and Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing. They were joined by the next generation of characters, including Josh Henderson as John Ross Ewing III, the son of J. R. and Sue Ellen Ewing, Jesse Metcalfe as Christopher Ewing, Bobby's adopted son, and Julie Gonzalo as Pamela Rebecca Barnes, the daughter of Cliff Barnes and Afton Cooper.
The series is made for TNT, sister company to Warner Bros. Television, which has owned the original series since its purchase of Lorimar Television (the original show's production company) in 1989. On July 8, 2011, after viewing the completed pilot episode, TNT gave a green light for the series with a 10-episode order,[2][3] which premiered on June 13, 2012.[4] Advance screening reviews of the series were generally positive from critics on Metacritic.[5] On June 29, 2012, TNT renewed Dallas for a second season consisting of 15 episodes, which premiered on January 28, 2013.[6][7][8] The second season has received critical acclaim, with a score of 82/100 from reviews on Metacritic.[9] On April 30, 2013, TNT renewed Dallas for a third season consisting of 15 episodes[10][11] that premiered on Monday, February 24, 2014.[12][13]
- 1 Plot
- 2 Production
- 3 Cast and characters
- 4 Episodes
- 5 Ratings
- 6 DVD releases
- 7 Awards and nominations
- 8 International broadcasts
- 9 References
- 10 External links
The series revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Dallas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. It focuses mainly on Christopher Ewing (Jesse Metcalfe), the adopted son of Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and the late Pamela Barnes Ewing[14] (Victoria Principal), and John Ross Ewing III (Josh Henderson), the son of J. R. (Larry Hagman) and Sue Ellen Ewing (Linda Gray). Both John Ross and Christopher were born during the original series' run and were featured in it as children (although played by different actors). Now grown up, John Ross has become almost a carbon copy of his father, bent on oil, money, and greed. Christopher, meanwhile, has become a lot like Bobby, in that he is more interested in the upkeep of Southfork Ranch, much like his adoptive father. As an additional point of contention, Christopher is also becoming a player in alternative energy (methane clathrate recovery), thereby eschewing the oil business. However John Ross is determined to resurrect the Ewings' former position in the oil industry. John Ross states in season one that he is J. R.'s eldest child, which contradicts the original series (a twenty-three year old James Beaumont was J. R.'s first-born in seasons 12–13).
Alongside John Ross and Christopher, original series characters Bobby, J. R., and Sue Ellen return in full capacity for the new series. Additional familiar characters, including J. R.'s and Bobby's niece Lucy Ewing Cooper (Charlene Tilton), their half brother Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly), and Ewing family rival Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) appear occasionally as guest stars.[15][16] Various other actors/characters from the original series have also made appearances, including Audrey Landers (Afton Cooper), Cathy Podewell (Cally Harper Ewing) and Deborah Shelton (Mandy Winger). Ted Shackleford and Joan Van Ark, who first appeared on Dallas in the late 1970s before joining the spin-off series Knots Landing, also returned as Gary and Valene Ewing.
New main characters that made their appearance in the first season included Bobby's third wife, Ann (Brenda Strong); Christopher's new wife Pamela Rebecca Barnes Ewing (Julie Gonzalo), daughter of Cliff Barnes and Afton Cooper, introduced as Rebecca Sutter; and Elena Ramos (Jordana Brewster), the daughter of Ewing family cook Carmen Ramos (Marlene Forte), who is caught in a love triangle with Christopher and John Ross. Harris Ryland (Mitch Pileggi), plays Ann's villainous ex-husband. New main characters that made their appearance in the second season included Ann and Harris's daughter, Emma (Brown) Ryland (Emma Bell); and Elena Ramos's brother Drew Ramos (Kuno Becker). Other, new characters were also introduced during the second season Judith (Brown) Ryland (Judith Light) as Harris Ryland's hyper controlling mother & Ken Richards (Lee Majors) a man from Sue Ellen's past.
Prior to Dallas, Cidre was best known for producing and writing episodes of Cane, an American television drama that chronicled the lives and internal power struggles of a powerful and wealthy Cuban-American family running an immensely successful rum and sugar cane business in South Florida. In 2010, TNT announced it would order a pilot for the continuation of the Dallas series.[17] The pilot was filmed in and around the city of Dallas in early 2011. Production began in late August 2011 in Dallas on the remaining nine episodes in the first season order, based in studios constructed for the Fox television series The Good Guys.[18]
Executive producer Cynthia Cidre wrote the pilot script, while Michael M. Robin served as the director and executive producer for the pilot. David Jacobs reviewed Cidre's pilot script and gave his blessing to the new series though he has chosen not to participate in its production. A dispute erupted when the opening credits were originally planned to read "Developed by Cynthia Cidre, based on Dallas created by David Jacobs". But upon the determination of the Writers Guild of America's screenwriting credit system, there are currently two separate credits: one listing Jacobs as the show's sole creator and another listing Cidre as the new show's developer.[19]
A sneak preview of the series, including clips from the pilot episode, aired on July 11, 2011, during an episode of TNT's Rizzoli & Isles.[3] Patrick Duffy stated that the new show is "exactly the same [as the old show], but it's 2012. We consider this year 14 of the show. It's exactly as if [viewers] forgot which channel we were on."[20]
The new series is a continuation of the old series following a 20-year break, during which the characters and their relationships continued unseen until today.[21] It does not take the events of the reunion TV movies Dallas: J. R. Returns or Dallas: War of the Ewings into account. Instead, we find the characters having evolved over the last 20 years.[21] Cynthia Cidre, show developer, has confirmed that the new series does not pick up from where the TV movies left off because the movies had tried to resolve lingering plotlines in two hours. It continues from the events of the 14th season, their development and consequences extrapolated to 2012.[22]
Production crew[edit]
Cynthia Cidre, Bruce Rasmussen, Michael M. Robin, Ken Topolsky and Bryan J. Raber serve as executive producers for the show. Rasmussen had previously worked as the supervising producer with the hit TV series Roseanne, for which he was awarded the Golden Globe.
In the first two seasons, Jesse Bochco and Michael M. Robin have been the most prolific directors, each directing five episodes.
Unlike the original series, which did limited location shooting in Texas but was filmed primarily in Los Angeles, principal photography for the new series takes place in and around Dallas. The new series is also doing location shooting at the actual Southfork Ranch in the northern Dallas suburb of Parker.[23][24]
Opening sequence[edit]
The opening sequence features a shortened version of the original theme music, and echoes the original series opening with modernized shots of Dallas in sliding panels. Unlike the original series, the actors are not listed alphabetically and, for seasons 1 and 2, there are no images of the actors seen in the credits. Josh Henderson and Jesse Metcalfe alternate top billing, and the original stars are credited at the end ("with Patrick Duffy", "and Linda Gray", "and Larry Hagman as J. R. Ewing" until Hagman's death in season 2. The Dallas logo scrolls from left to right, rather than zooming upwards as it did on the original series. The sequence ends on a shot with the camera flying towards Southfork similar to the shot in the original titles where the camera flies over the gate towards Southfork. The season 3 titles feature the return of the iconic 3 way split opening, similar to those used in the original series for its first 11 years, with moving images of the actors. In addition, the Dallas season 3 logo zooms upward as it did on the original series.
Cast and characters[edit]
Regular cast[edit]
- Josh Henderson as John Ross Ewing III,[25] the son of J. R. and Sue Ellen. Ambitious and anxious to prove himself by following in his father's footsteps, he is determined to start drilling for oil at Southfork. In the episode 'Love & Family' he marries Pamela Rebecca Barnes.
- Jesse Metcalfe as Christopher Ewing,[26] the adopted son of Bobby and his ex-wife Pamela Barnes Ewing. The biological son of Sue Ellen's younger sister Kristin Shepard. In the pilot, after spending years in Asia researching alternative energies, Christopher returns to Southfork, to get married.
- Jordana Brewster as Elena Ramos,[25] the daughter of the Ewing family cook, and childhood friend of Christopher and John Ross, both of whom are in love with her. She has a masters degree in energy resources. She is Christopher's fiancée.
- Julie Gonzalo as Pamela Rebecca Barnes,[27] Under the alias of Rebecca Sutter she marries Christopher in the pilot and was pregnant with twins but miscarried them in "Guilt & Innocence". It is revealed in the season one finale that she is Cliff Barnes's daughter with Afton Cooper. In the episode "Love & Family", her marriage to Christopher is finally annulled, and she and John Ross get married at the end of the episode.[28]
- Brenda Strong as Ann Ewing,[29] Bobby's third wife and an old friend of Sue Ellen. She has assumed the role of matriarch of Southfork while dealing with her ruthless brother-in-law J. R. Ewing and her ex-husband Harris Ryland.
- Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing,[30] the youngest son of Jock and Miss Ellie and the adoptive father of Christopher. A family man at heart and owner of the Southfork Ranch, Bobby is determined to keep the promise he made to his now-deceased mother: never to allow oil drilling on Southfork.
- Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing,[31] the mother of John Ross and J. R.'s ex-wife. Since leaving J. R., Sue Ellen has grown confident and influential with a budding career in politics and ran for governor. She still harbours feelings of guilt for using John Ross in revenge against J.R. during his childhood.
- Larry Hagman as J. R. Ewing,[32] (seasons 1–2, 3) The eldest son of Jock and Miss Ellie and John Ross's late father. A cunning and ruthless oil baron, J. R. has spent his recent years in a nursing home, being treated for clinical depression. Hagman died during production of season 2, signalling the on-screen death of J. R. Ewing. J.R. will return in 2014 in season 3 using unused footage of the character.[33][34]
- Emma Bell as Emma Brown (season 2–present)[35] Daughter of Ann Ewing and Harris Ryland. Her birth name is revealed in the second season as Emma Judith Ryland. She starts romances with John Ross and Drew Ramos.
- Mitch Pileggi as Harris Ryland (season 2–present, recurring previously), the head of Ryland Transport and Ann's ex-husband. Ruthless, narcissistic and always eager for more power, he has been shown enjoying tormenting his former wife, as well as trying to blackmail Sue Ellen and suing Bobby. It is revealed during the season two finale that Ryland's transport company is also a front for cocaine smuggling where the contraband is pressure molded in the guise of designer knockoff merchandise, in this case, women's shoes.[35] Note: Pileggi previously played a very minor character named Evan Scott Morrisey who was in conflict with J. R. (4 episode appearance from 1989–90, see film bio of actor for source)
- Kuno Becker as Drew Ramos (season 3–present; recurring, season 2; main),[36] Elena's troubled brother. He witnessed his father's death, which turned him into an angry juvenile delinquent. He ended up enlisting in the military and after a tour in Iraq straightened him up, he found work on oil rigs all over the globe. He is on the run now after blowing up the Ewing rig.
- Juan Pablo Di Pace as Nicolas Treviño (season 3–present), a powerful self-made billionaire businessman from Mexico who comes across as a good, genuine guy, even though there are darker parts of his personality which he's hiding.[37][38]
Recurring cast[edit]
- Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes (season 1–present),[27] the long-time rival of J. R., as well as the half-brother of Christopher's adoptive mother and Bobby's first wife, Pamela Barnes Ewing. At the end of the original series, Cliff managed to gain control of Ewing Oil and now – wealthier than ever – his ongoing feud with the Ewings in general and J. R. in particular, continues. As shown in the first season finale, Cliff is behind Rebecca's scheming, as Rebecca's identity as Cliff's daughter is revealed. He was a main character in the original series, appearing throughout its run.
- Judith Light as Judith Brown Ryland (season 2–present), Harris Ryland's mother, "an authoritative and controlling battleaxe who will fight to the death to protect the people she loves".[39] She is majority stockholder in Ryland Transportation.
- Leonor Varela as Veronica Martinez/Marta Del Sol (season 1),[40] a mentally unstable con artist who pretends to be a Mexican heiress. She is involved with J. R. and John Ross's plans to take over Southfork, until they turn on her and she is murdered by Vicente's gang.
- Callard Harris as Tommy Sutter (season 1),[41] Rebecca's supposed older brother, involved in her plot to extort money from Christopher. It is eventually revealed he and Rebecca are not actually brother and sister, but lovers. As Rebecca's feelings for Christopher grow stronger, her and Tommy's relationship begins to crack, until Rebecca kills Tommy in self-defense during a fight.
- Marlene Forte as Carmen Ramos (season 1–present),[42] the faithful Southfork cook and Elena's mother.
- Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing Cooper (season 1–present),[43] niece of J. R. and Bobby and the older cousin of John Ross and Christopher. She is the daughter of Gary and Valene Ewing and was a main character in the original series.
- Lee Majors as Ken Richards, an old admirer of Sue Ellen's and a commissioner of T.E.S.H.A., a state agency looking into Christopher's rig explosion.
- Steven Weber as Governor Sam McConaughey,[44] who joins forces with Cliff Barnes and Harris Ryland to try and take down the Ewings. It was revealed that when Barnes and Ryland joined forces, McConaughey's campaign for governor was aided greatly by Ryland
- Faran Tahir as Frank Ashkani (seasons 1–2), Cliff's menacing right hand man. Born Rahid Durani in Islamabad, he was taken off the streets by Cliff some 30 years ago. Cliff gave him a proper education, eventually hired him as his private driver, and "adopted" him as a son. Marginalized and betrayed by Cliff, Askani began colluding with J. R. Cliff learned of the defection, he set up Ashkani to take the rap for Tommy's murder and convinced him to make a statement at the clearing Rebecca, and to afterwards commit suicide by swallowing a poison pill Cliff gave him. Ashkani made the statement and committed suicide while being arraigned for Tommy Sutter's murder.
- Carlos Bernard as Vicente Cano (seasons 1–2), a Venezuelan businessman who finances J. R. and John Ross' deal with Veronica. When the Ewings fail to hold up their end of the deal, he turns violent. He eventually is sentenced to prison, after federal agents raid his house. In season 2, he escapes from the supervision of the Venezuelan consul general while awaiting extradition. He holds the Ewings hostage at Southfork to force Christopher to turn over his methane extraction technology, but this attempt fails and he is shot dead by Elena's brother Drew.
- AnnaLynne McCord as Heather (season 3), one of the workers in Southfork Ranch's cattle operations [45]
- Donny Boaz as Bo McCabe (season 2 - present, recurring) - a worker in Southfork Ranch's cattle operations first seen in the episode A Call To Arms as a drug pusher where Emma Ryland was scoring painkillers. In Season 3, he is the ex-husband of Heather who has a child when they were briefly married. He is a former professional bull rider who was injured where he has a dark secret - prescription drug addiction to painkillers and dealing drugs which John Ross uncovers in the episode Playing Chicken.
- Jude Demorest as Candace Shaw - John Ross' secretary who is also a prostitute connected to Judith Ryland's prostitution ring. John Ross later has her terminated for unwanted sexual advances which results in her firing by Harris Ryland - she later faces Emma to the point where her family's illegal activities (her dad's business with the Ochoa-Mendez drug cartel, the CIA, and her grandmother's prostitution ring) were part of a plot to bring down Ewing Global.
- Fran Kranz as Hunter McKay- he's the grandson of original character Carter McKay, played by George Kennedy. Hunter works with Nicolas Trevino to get Ewing global stocks.
The first season premiered on June 13, 2012, and introduces the central characters of the show: John Ross Ewing III, Christopher Ewing, Elena Ramos, Rebecca Sutter, Ann Ewing, Bobby Ewing, Sue Ellen Ewing and J. R. Ewing. The main focus of the first season is the discovery of oil reserves on Southfork by John Ross and attempts by him and his father, J. R. to wrest the land from Bobby. Other storylines in this season include the love triangle between John Ross, Christopher and Elena, Christopher's marriage to Rebecca, Sue Ellen's plans to run for Governor of Texas and Bobby's health problems.
|# Ep.
|Timeslot (ET)
(in millions)
(in millions)
(in millions)
|Wednesday 9:00 pm
|June 13, 2012
|August 8, 2012
|Monday 9:00 pm
|January 28, 2013
|April 15, 2013[50]
|February 24, 2014
|Summer 2014
DVD releases[edit]
|Originally aired
|DVD release dates
|Season premiere
|Season finale
|Region 1
|Region 2
|Region 4
|June 13, 2012
|August 8, 2012
|January 8, 2013[51]
|November 12, 2012[52]
|January 28, 2013
|April 15, 2013
|11 February 2014[53]
|October 7, 2013[54]
|February 24, 2014
Awards and nominations[edit]
|ALMA Awards
|Favorite TV Actress-Drama
|Jordana Brewster
|Julie Gonzalo
|Key Art Awards
|Best Trailer - Audio/Visual
|Dallas Theme Song Video MashUp
|NAMIC Vision Awards
|Best Performance - Drama
|Jordana Brewster
|Imagen Awards
|Best Primetime Television Program
|Best Supporting Actress/Television
|Jordana Brewster
|Julie Gonzalo
International broadcasts[edit]
|This section needs additional citations for verification. (May 2014)
South Pacific[edit]
In Australia on the Nine Network's primary channel from August 22, 2012 (Wednesdays), then moved to their HD channel GEM from May 16, 2013 for the last three episodes of season one. Season two premiered on Fox8 from October 2013 (Mondays) and then the Nine Network's primary channel from November 20, 2013 (Wednesdays late-night).
In New Zealand on TVNZ's TV One from December 28, 2012 (Fridays double episodes) for season one.
In the United Kingdom on Channel 5 from September 5, 2012 (season one) and January 29, 2013 (season two).[55]
In Italy on Canale 5 (as was the original). Cancelled after two weeks and moved to La5 (another Mediaset channel).[citation needed]
In Bulgaria on bTV from June 3, 2013.
In Austria on ORF from January 27, 2013.
In Belgium on RTBF (French) from November 15, 2012 and Vijf (Dutch) from September 2012[56]
In Czech Republic on Nova from January 3, 2013.
In Denmark on Kanal 4 from August 7, 2012.
In Estonia on Eesti Televisioon from July, 2014.
In Finland on MTV3, AVA from November 2, 2012.
In France on TF1 (Season 1) from June 22, 2013 (Season 1: Prime time broadcast with three episodes every Saturday) til July 6, 2013, then moved to Saturdays later-night (23:15 instead of 20:50 for its finale) til July 7, 2013. Season two on NT1 from September 4, 2013 (Wednesdays prime-time).
In Germany on RTL Television (Season 1) from January 29, 2013. Season two moved to Super RTL from April 8, 2013.[57]
In Hungary on RTL Klub from August 29, 2012. Season two moved to RTL II from April 12, 2013.
In Iceland on Stöð 2 from June 15, 2012.
In Ireland on TV3 from September 3, 2012.
In Italy on La5 from October 16, 2012.
In Malta on Melita More from October 7, 2012.
In the Netherlands on NET 5 from September 4, 2012.
In Norway on TV 2 from July 2, 2012.
In Portugal on RTP1 from January 20, 2013.[58]
In Romania on Antena 1 from January 12, 2013.
In Slovakia on Markíza from January 2, 2013.
In Slovenia on POP BRIO from September 14, 2012.
In Spain on TNT from June 18, 2012.
In Sweden on TV4 from August 20, 2012.[59]
In Turkey on Star TV from August 18, 2012.
In Canada on Bravo from June 13, 2012 and TVA (French) from April 2013.[60]
In Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela on the Warner Channel from June 18, 2012.
Middle East[edit]
In the Arab world on MBC4 from March 2013.
In Israel on Yes Drama from August 5, 2012.
In Indonesia on WarnerTV from November 29, 2012.
In the Philippines on Jack City from 2013.
In Singapore on MediaCorp Channel 5 from August 6, 2013.
In South Africa on M-Net from August 28, 2012.
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External links[edit]
- Dallas at the Internet Movie Database
- Dallas on Twitter
- Dallas on Facebook
- Official website for Southfork Ranch
- Fan Website for Dallas
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It's time to continue this series of discussions with Maryland's position coaches, this time with Charles Bankins.
There's a lot to get to, since Bankins handles Maryland's tight ends and special teams. Let's just say he has a lot to sort out this camp.
Onward to the Q&A…
Q: At tight end, Ralph seems to think it's a toss-them-in-a-bag-and-throw-one-out situation. Is that how you're seeing it?
CB: I think they all have different roles and bring different skills to the equation. You add them all together and we have a chance to be pretty good at the tight end position by committee. There's not a dominant player. There's no Vernon Davis or anything like that at the position. But they're all pretty good players.
Q: Let's play a little word association. Tommy Galt?
CB: Consistent.
Q: Lansford Watson?
CB: Very good athlete.
Q: Devonte Campbell?
CB: Super athlete, but still young.
Q: [Matt] Furstenburg?
CB: Furstenburg could be the best of the group.
Q: Why is that?
CB: Because he's got the size to be a blocker and he's got some speed to stretch the defense. Now, he's got to understand he has a chance to be the best of the group, but until then we'll make the best out of everything.
Q: And Dave Stinebaugh?
CB: Stinebaugh's just a freshman, but very coachable. He's hit that freshman wall right now where it's all just running together and jumbled up. With a year with [strength coach] Deege [Galt] in the weight room, I think he has a chance to be a pretty good ballplayer for us.
Q: [Ryan] Schlothauer?
CB: He's a great walk-on. Super. He tries to do everything exactly right, the way you want it. We talked about him having great sessions in the weight room and yoga and getting his flexibility. You couldn't ask for more in a walk-on than what he's given us.
Q: You mention Vernon, and then there's Joey Haynos and Dan Gronkowski. All those guys finished second or third or first on the team in receptions at some point in their career. Is this going to be a different year where it's not as involved in the passing game?
CB: I think the tight end position can still lead the team in the number of receptions. Any time you run the West Coast offense, a tight end has to be a major part of what you're doing. I don't know if one guy will be the guy, but by committee we should have enough catches to put us close to that.
We also have some talented receivers, too. You look out there and you're pretty excited about what you see there, too.
Q: Now to the special teams. The kicking situation –
CB: Right now we're giving Mike Barbour the chance to lose the job, let's say [laughs]. At some point, they say with anything if you try to get two, you end up with none. We're going to give him a chance to show what he can do and put him in enough situations to see really what he's made of and see how important it is to him. The cream usually rises to the top. If he's the guy we think he can be, he'll be fine. If not, we'll open the door up for other people.
We're going to have a consistent kicker one way or another.
Q: When you're watching [Sunday]'s scrimmage and he makes four in a row, I'm sure there's part of you thinking 'Thank God this decision is now made,' and then he misses the next three.
CB: [Laughs] It's just like in the spring. As soon as you move one guy to No. 1, he has a terrible day. I think they like being the underdog. I think I just have to tell them how bad they are all the time [Laughs] and they'll step it up and play.
Q: Kickoffs will be Ferrara, probably?
CB: Probably, but if he doesn't kick it, Mike will be doing that, too. Or Travis [Baltz]. Travis has a strong leg as a kickoff guy. So, the great thing about the situation as far as kickoffs go is you always have Travis Baltz in your bullpen that you can go to. You never feel like you're out there on a life raft.
Q: Of all the guys under your purview, has Travis been the most consistent of the bunch?
CB: No doubt. Even when he has bad days, he knows what he's doing. That's the great thing about Travis. He knows what it takes to be good. He knows when he's not doing those things. And he works to fix it.
A lot of the guys, they can't even figure out what they're doing wrong to get it corrected. That's a big step in being the kicker he is.
Q: Now to the return guys. How's Torrey Smith at this point?
CB: Torrey is doing a great job. We're excited about the ball in the hands of Caleb Porzel. We want to give him a chance to see what he can do. But like I say all the time, he just got done with prom and figured out how to put a corsage on a girl. I'm not ready to turn the keys over to him yet. [Laughs]
Q: And the same kind of thing goes for the punt return?
CB: Tony's got to step it up. It's his chance to be a special part of what we're doing here. We're going to give him time to field the balls and get north-south. The scheme is designed to take advantage of his athletic ability. He's got to be consistent at catching the ball. Again, kind of like Mike, we're giving him the chance to have the job and it's his job to lose at this point.
Q: With those six special teams units, give me some guys that are going to be staples of those things – will be on three, four or five of them.
CB: [Antwine] Perez is a guy who does a lot of things well. He's involved in our defense a lot. Unit by unit, there's different guys who step up, but he's one who comes to mind. Austin Walker is another kid who's been a force on those units in the past and I expect him to continue to do that.
Some of the young linebackers are going to have to step up and contribute – [Avery] Murray, [Darin] Drakeford. Even Drew Gloster hasn't been playing that much [before], and he can help us with his speed.
Surprisingly enough after the scrimmage the other day, LaQuan Williams – phew, he's fast down the field. He can disrupt some things on kickoff.
What I try to do is with a guy who plays a lot or starts is to try not to use him but on wwo units, whatever I think they're going to be best at. Nolan Carroll will be great in our kickoff coverage and then our punt return as far as beating up their gunners and keeping our punt returners clean.
There's a lot of roles for guys, and with special teams there are special skills involved. Like I told the team, Da'Rel Scott is a great back for us, but I don't think he'd be too good at going down and covering kicks. Whereas an Austin Walker, that's his forte. That's what he does. I think it takes some special skills. Special teams is a skill in itself.
Q: Hakeem Sule is another guy in that bunch?
CB: Sule is another guy that's steady, consistent, going to be in the right position. Maybe not tall enough or fast enough to be an every-[down] linebacker, but he can be a great contributor on special teams.


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Taking a quick break in the middle of the day to down a mug of water before heading back into the metal studio. The photo is of my Baltic Bazaar loot-- I highly recommend going there if you're in the Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill area. It took me forever to get over there but I am so glad I did. Thanks for telling me about it, Rena!
They sell fabric by the pound and all the pieces are in a variety of sizes and perfect for small projects. I needed some for displays and made it out of there with 12 pounds.
It was totally worth the drive and crazy search for parking.
My favorite pieces are below: the red one has a pattern that reminds me of those projects when you were a kid and used peas and toothpicks to create structures. The cream colored one has such a pretty texture, I wish there was more of it!
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Flywheels useful as a power protection alternative
For some control applications, a brief power outage or brownout is an inconvenience. However, for the majority of computer-controlled processes, even a momentary glitch in the power supply is completely unacceptable, as well as costly. The traditional means of guaranteeing a continuous power supply has been the use of battery-based uninterruptible power systems (UPSs) along with engine gen-sets.
While UPSs are a proven solution, their lead-acid batteries are slow to recharge, require constant maintenance, are temperature sensitive, and pose a heavy environmental cost. Proper disposal – governed by strict environmental regulations – is also an issue.
Battery manufacturers state that battery life can be maintained for at least four years if they are kept at a constant temperature of 75 °F and experience no excessive cycling. This can be problematic for facilities that experience frequent short duration power interruptions. Every time the batteries are called upon in such instances, the battery cycling degrades the overall life of the battery. In addition, most batteries for UPSs are connected in series, which means than one dead cell in the string can render the string useless.
Acting as a mechanical battery, the flywheel stores kinetic energy in a high-speed rotating group and converts it back into electrical energy to support critical loads. Providing ride-through time to bridge power to the backup generators, the flywheel system is a space saving, near-zero maintenance, and affordable means of guaranteeing constant power for mission-critical installations. A 2006 Federal Technology Alert by the U.S. Department of Energy stated, "Flywheels appear poised to replace or supplement batteries as a backup power supply in UPS systems. ...Although the initial cost of a flywheel is typically greater than batteries it would be replacing or supplementing, its longer life and simpler maintenance will often result in lower life-cycle costs."
Flywheel technology stores kinetic energy in a quiet, spinning disk to provide a reliable and predictable source of dc power. With recent advances that have made it more compact and able to support higher power applications, flywheel technology has emerged as a reliable, environmentally friendly power protection solution that stores energy mechanically instead of chemically, thereby enhancing dependability and reducing the carbon footprint.
Designed for high power, short-duration applications, a flywheel system can replace lead-acid batteries by working like a dynamic battery that stores energy kinetically by spinning a mass around an axis. Electrical input spins the flywheel rotor up to speed, and a standby charge keeps it spinning 24/7 until called upon to release the stored energy (see cut-away image).
Proven technology used in the flywheel allows the flywheel hub, which is a high-speed permanent magnet motor/generator with contact-free magnetic bearings, to levitate 100% and sustain the rotor during operation. This configuration allows the rotor hub to spin with no metal contact, eliminating bearing wear, bearing oiling or greasing, or maintenance. As a result, no bearing replacements are required for the life of the flywheel.
Unlike traditional batteries, the flywheel can charge and discharge at high rates for countless cycles without degradation throughout its 20-year life. The amount of energy available and its duration is proportional to its mass and the square of its revolution speed.
When used in conjunction with a UPS system, fly-wheels can provide uninterrupted DC ride-through power and voltage stabilization during brief utility power disruptions and brownout situations, preserving the battery array for use in longer-term outages. Most backup generators require six to 10 seconds to come on-line and connect with the UPS via the automatic transfer switch.
Some flywheel units can provide up to 300 kW of instant ride-through power and voltage stabilization for more than 20 seconds (or other combinations of power and time), which is more than enough time for the major-ity of electrical disturbances.
When comparing the life-cycle cost of batteries with the life-cycle cost of flywheels, it's clear which technology has a longer cost savings over the life of the technology. What most engineers have discovered is that the flywheel has been favored over batteries due to an ROI in three to four years.
However, it is important to know that the purchasing decision is not necessarily an either-or option since the flywheel can be used with or without batteries.
When used with batteries, the flywheel is the first line of defense against damaging power glitches because it absorbs all short-duration discharges.
As a result, the flywheel reduces the number and frequency of discharges, which shorten battery life. When the flywheel is used with the UPS and no batteries, the system will provide instant power to the connected load exactly as it would with a battery string.
If the power event lasts long enough to be considered a "hard" outage (rather than just a transient outage), the flywheel hands off to the engine-generator.
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My earliest memory of reading is with my mother. It may have even been a classic "Dick and Jane" book. I'm sure she had read many before that, but that's the first one I remember reading with her, or at all.
I remember trying to sound out the words and the excitement I felt when I got it right, and understood what it meant. Not only that, but I was comforted by my mom; a bonding experience that unfortunately doesn't happen for millions of children in America.
In Steven Levitt's book, 'Freakonimics' he touches on this when he says that the best predictor of future success of any child is not what their parents do, but who their parents are. Their socio-economic status. For example, children who grow up in poverty hear 30 million less words spoken than their upper-middle class peers by the time they enter Kindergarten. - This leads to a literal difference in structure and learning ability of the adolescent brain.
By the time I was in middle and high school, I was an avid reader of fiction and some non-fiction, but definitely quasi-non-fiction, like 'Chariots of the Gods' by Erich von Däniken. After all, it was intriguing to think that all we knew was dictated and influenced by aliens.
Then came the computer and reading largely subsided. Not to mention, it was time to try some new things.
By the time I started really reading again, I was married and had kids. (See what happens when you don't read!) I started mainly on historical non-fiction, but mostly, I began to see the value of education, and educated mind, and crtitical thinking skills. Not just for the sake of it, but for pure survival in this information-based economy.
At the time, I wasn't a Republican, nor was I a Democrat, but I was always for the outsider underdog; regretfully voting for Nader in 2000. (I was 22 years old.)
When Bush took office, my gay co-worker was visably upset. I said, "What's the big deal? If he does a bad job, we'll just vote him out." What I didn't understand at the time was the long-term effects of poor government policy and especially Supreme Court appointments. Then came 9/11 and eventually the Great Recession of 2007, where $2 Trillion in fiat money disappeared from American's pockets overnight.
Most importantly, I learned about the "Ignorance as a Value" crowd I wrote about in my last post.
Reading As Problem Solving
So, what does this have to do with reading being a form of problem solving?
The way that I read, I read to better understand the nature of humanity and how things work. I read for education. I read to understand my biases. I read to be a better father, husband, and citizen.
However, often what happens is you stumble across something that becomes a problem solver. I imagine this is the same kind of experience a religous person has when they open their religious text of choice and read a random verse and it magically applies to their life.
The difference is, if you are having a problem, reading a book to solve that problem isn't the way that it works, at least not with me.
When I say 'Reading is Problem Solving,' what I mean is the epiphany often experienceced when stumbling upon a thought or idea that solves a problem that you either didn't know you had or weren't actively trying to solve.
The problems range from every day experiences in parenting, to business, to civic leadership, to therapy; however, the problem solving is different for everyone.
Some Problems Solved
For me, there are countless examples, but I will provide four short ones. (Some of the everyday problems solved are too nuanced for this forum.)
The first was from Chris Hedges, 'Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle.' I loved this book, but one simple line solved a lot of problems for me and my efforts. "You can change someone's reality, but you can add to it." Simple, yet profound.
The last three were from the same book. I often call it my 'Bible' and is the only book I have taken the time to read multiple times. The author was Nassim Taleb and the book was 'The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.' For me this book was life-changing.
The book is far too complex to describe in a blog post, but first was that uncertainty and randomness rule the day. Many history changing events look obvious with hindsight, but beforehand, the event was only a statistical probability, not a reality, and many times, not preventable. He uses a puddle from a melted ice-cube as an example. While you can infer that it was an ice-cube, you could never reconstruct that specific cube from the puddle it leaves.
The information needed would be far too complex, as is true of almost everything, including what happened to America on 9/11. We can see and still live with the mess, but the conditions that led to that moment in time are far too complex and random to have any amount of certainty in it's prevention. We are talking culutural structures and events that have happened over thousands of years.
Second, is simply that demarcation between science and pseudo-science is not only that the conjecture or hypothesis is testable, but if it is conceivably falsifiable. For example, unicorns are not falsifiable. You can make logical arguments for their non-existance, but you can't scientifically prove they do not exist. All you can say is that there is no evidence for the existence of unicorns.
Third, and last, is how he starts the book, and that is with Umberto Eco's library of 30,000 books. Or, as Taleb calls it, his "unlibrary." Taleb says the following:
(The library)...separates visitors into two categories: those who react with "Wow! Signore professore dottore Eco, what a library you have! How many of these books have you read?" and the others - a very small minority - who get the point that a private library is not an ego-boosting appendage but a research tool. Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as your financial means, mortgage rates, and the currently tight read-estate market allows you to put there. You will accumulate more knowledge and more books as you grow older, and the growing number of unread books on the shelves will look at you menacingly.
Umberto Eco's library solved a huge problem for me. It was a problem related to trying to know it all. Now when I walk in to a library like the Cliff Cave branch on Telegraph Road, my first thought is, "Wow, look at how much there is I don't know."
Hence, the beginning of my life as a skeptical empiricist, but more importantly, an avid reader who reads for the sake of reading, and the occasional euphoric epiphany of everyday problem solving, like when I read "What Makes a Rainbow?" with my 4 year-old daughter Adelaide.


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TEAMS: Phoenix Coyotes, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks, Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils
TEAMS: Phoenix Coyotes, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks, Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Chris Conner scored in his Phoenix debut, Mikkel Boedker had a pair of assists, and the Coyotes held off the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Thursday night. Phoenix kicked off a critical three-game homestand by beating Los Angeles on Tuesday and left the Red Wings flatfooted with three second-period goals. Michael Stone got the flurry started, Shane Doan finished it off and Martin Hanzal scored into an empty net with less than a second left. Chad Johnson stopped 34 shots in his third start of the season. Valtteri Filppula scored in the first period and Daniel Cleary had a power-play goal with 1:13 left in the third, but Detroit couldn't finish off the comeback and lost for the third time in four games. This familiar matchup -- they have been playoff opponents two of the past three seasons -- featured two teams fighting for a playoff spot in the crowded Western Conference. The Coyotes helped themselves by beating the defending Stanley Cup champion Kings 3-1 behind Jason LaBarbera's 39 saves and two goals from Keith Yandle. The Coyotes were active at the trade deadline, but not by adding players. Instead, Phoenix traded veterans Raffi Torres, Matthew Lombardi and Steve Sullivan for a prospect and two draft picks. The Coyotes insisted they weren't giving up on the season, though, saying the moves were made so they could get something for three unrestricted free agents while giving young players in their system a chance to play. The Red Wings came into Thursday's game in better position in the standings -- sixth place -- after winning four of their previous six, but have had to grind out games because of an injury count that has climbed over 200 games lost. Detroit was without center Damien Brunner, defenseman Kyle Quincey and right wing Mikael Samuelsson against the Coyotes, along with Todd Bertuzzi and Darren Helm, who have been out most of the season. The good news for Detroit was that captain Henrik Zetterberg returned after missing two games with a strained groin. The Red Wings had the jump early, turning a penalty on Rob Klinkhammer in the opening minute into a power-play goal by Filppula on a rebound. The Coyotes took over from there, firing 20 shots at Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard in the second period, their most in a period since Feb. 14, 2009, against Calgary. Stone scored less than 2 minutes into the second period, beating Howard stick side with a hard slap shot from above the right circle. Conner, called up with Chris Brown after the trades, made it 2-1 midway through the period, taking a nifty pass from Boedker before whipping a wrister past Howard high to the stick side. After sweating out so many close games recently, Phoenix enjoyed a rare cushion when Doan made it 3-1 with his 12th goal of the season late in the period. Yandle set it up, catching the Red Wings on a line change with a long pass to Hanzal, who flipped it ahead to Doan. The Red Wings pulled within a goal when Cleary tipped in a shot by Johan Franzen, but they couldn't get anything else past Johnson amid a late flurry. Hanzal sealed it with his 10th goal of the season. NOTES: The debut of Detroit rookie D Danny DeKeyser was put on hold until at least Friday because Red Wings coach Mike Babcock wanted Brian Lashoff in the lineup for the penalty kill. ... Coyotes D David Schlemko didn't play after the first period due to what the team called an "ailment." ... Howard allowed more than two goals for the first time in seven road starts.
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It's good to be a toddler in Tulsa. According to data collected by bundle.com, parents in Tulsa spend 35 percent above the national average on their kids. For three years, the business website monitored spending by households with children at stores that sell toys, clothing and other services for kids. And Tulsa ranked No. 4 in the top-10 list, behind Minneapolis, Miami, Brooklyn and New York.


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Posts Tagged 'Drew Barrymore'
Drew Barrymore is not fond of Tweeting away like other stars – because she thinks "it"s bulls—."
"Ironically, with all this, "We"re now more connected than ever with technology," I don"t think we"ve ever been farther apart. I think it"s bulls—," People mag quoted Barrymore, as telling, Nylon"s August/Denim issue.
Technology and social media make everyone feel "more connected," she said, "but [we''re now] weirdly disconnected."
Barrymore also said she hated to act pretentious.
She said: "You have to not pretend to be perfect, because that"s not only boring as [expletive], but it"s just not real.
"I just really want to be true to myself. That"s essential in life. I would never be able to put on a charade. I would totally [screw] it up."
Drew Barrymore has admitted that she has a little bit of dude inside her, who loves strip clubs.
The sexy actress, 35, who wore a skin-tight black Calvin Klein outfit for the cover of Elle magazine, said that she was feeling like a 13-year-old boy who loved strip clubs.
"In a lot of ways I feel like I have a little bit of dude inside me – except mine happens to be a 13-year-old boy, not a fully-fledged man," the Sun quoted her as saying.
"I like a good strip club as much as the next guy. I actually like it," she added.
Drew Barrymore learning boxing
Posted July 14, 2010on:
Actress Drew Barrymore has admitted that she's learning boxing these days.
"I went to a boxing class because I needed the exercise but I'm not athletic but uncoordinated and lame," the Daily Express quoted her as saying.
The Charlie's Angels action star, 35, also said that she's having fun learning this new skill.
"However I found it so much fun. I'd never boxed before but I was beating the c*** out of the punch bag. I was so into it," she added.
Actress Drew Barrymore has praised gay singer Ricky Martin for his courage to come out in public and accept his sexuality.
She insisted that it"d help other celebrities to "come out."
The singer/songwriter Martin accepted homosexuality publicly last month, saying he"s a "proud homosexual".
The "Wedding Singer" actress complimented Martin for his bold step as she thinks his act will encourage other gay stars feel accepted, reports The Daily Star.
"My lofty goal in this world is that we can live in a world that doesn"t judge each other, I just want people to be able to live their lives that are true to them. I celebrate what (Ricky) is doing because we have to create a world for each other where acceptance is first and foremost," she told Access Hollywood.
Drew Barrymore planning a vacation
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Drew Barrymore has made up her mind to go on a vacation this year since she feels she hasn"t taken a break since three years.
Barrymore"s directorial debut "Whip It" released in 2009 and she is also preparing for her next movie "Going the Distance".
And the 35-year-old star is planning to go on a holiday once her movie releases in August this year.
"My flaw that I"d like to make peace with is to take a vacation. So if I do that this fall, you"ll know that I"ve done something for the first time in three years", the Daily Star quoted her as saying.
No Botox for Drew Barrymore
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Drew Barrymore would prefer to resemble an old mutt than resort to age halting mechanics such as Botox, facelifts and liposuction.
The 35-year-old ET actress revealed she had no qualms with wrinkles and looked forward to growing old.
"I'm so curious as to what's going to happen naturally that I can't imagine wanting to alter things just yet," the Daily Express quoted her as saying.
"And to all those women putting botulism in their faces – we don't know what the long-term effects are, so stop. I'd rather look like a basset hound than do that to my face," she added.
Drew Barrymore"s latest film Everybody"s Fine apparently bears streaks of her emotionally fractured childhood.
The actress plays Rosie Goode, the daughter of Frank (portrayed by Robert De Niro) who mistakenly believes she has been living the Las Vegas high life.
"Clearly everybody"s not fine in the family but that"s what modern families do. They put on a front," the Mirror quoted her as saying.
The 35-year-old star continued: "It"s a film about connection and communicating. I found the whole concept intriguing. As you grow up there is this shock at how distant people can become, how much they grow apart and how difficult it is to carve out time for your family and friends.
"Rosie puts on an act for her father because she knows he"s really proud that his little girl has realised all her dreams.
"So even though she"s struggling, she"s not going to show him that. She"s trying to do the right thing but, like her sister and brothers, she"s stuck in a cycle that needs to be broken."
Drew Barrymore is convinced that she was a dolphin in a previous life.
According to National Enquirer magazine, the actress is so obsessed with the placid marine mammals that she has even turned her home into a shrine to them.
She told a pal: "They are just really special creatures and highly evolved. To tell you the truth, I"m convinced I was a dolphin in another life and that"s why I"m so attracted to them."
The "He"s Just Not That Into You" star has over 200 statues and figurines of the creatures dotted around her property, including ones carved from crystal and wood, reports Contactmusic.
She also swam with dolphins while holidaying in the Bahamas and Hawaii.
'Poison Ivy' star Drew Barrymore and her lover actor Justin Long were seen making out in public in a New York bar on July 9.
The two had split earlier this year, but still remained friends, and now it looks like they have reconciled and their romance is back on, as revealed by clubbers at the Cabin Down Below in New York's East Village.
"They were groping each other and making out in the middle of the bar. They couldn't have cared less if there were other people in the room," Contactmusic quoted a reveller as telling Life & Style magazine.
"Justin held her hand or had his arm around her constantly. They make an adorable couple, and they seem totally in love!" the reveller added.
Actress Drew Barrymore along with Emmy Rossum and other celebrities rallied on the streets of Hollywood to protest against the new California ban on gay marriage.
The celebrities joined thousands of activists to protest about the re-instatement of Propsal 8, which bans same-sex marriages after they were legalised briefly last year.
Star Trek actor George Takei, Kelly Osbourne, Sophia Bush, comedienne Kathy Griffin and singer/actress Deborah Gibson are among other celebrities who have criticised California"s approval of the ban.
"I was raised a good Catholic girl and nowhere in church do I remember it ever being an issue for everybody to be treated equally. I can"t believe it"s 2009 and this is still an issue," the Daily Express quoted Gibson as saying.
Osbourne added, "It goes without saying that if you love someone, you should be able to marry them no matter."


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By Bob Flynn
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The Berea Pirates open the season tonight with a tough road matchup with Class 5A Letcher County Central.
Both the teams are coming off 2-9 seasons in 2012 and are looking to get off to quick starts in 2013.
The Cougars enter the season with a new coach — former Brethitt County Coach Mike Holcomb — but return a veteran team from last year.
Junior quarterback Zane Blair leads an offense filled with big-play receivers in Josh Boggs, Colton Collins and Joe Pack.
Holcomb's teams historically have been wide-open offenses that throw the ball a lot, but they also like to run the ball.
The Cougars' backfield is also well stocked with veterans with leading rushers Keith Boggs and Chas Bryant returning.
Berea coach Adam Coleman is very familiar with Holcomb's teams and said he knows what his team will face tonight.
"I know coach Holcomb very well. They like to throw it, but it's not a throw-every-down team, the do like to run it too. They don't run a hurry-up offense, but they don't huddle up after every play either," Coleman said.
Letcher County Central has good size across both its offensive and defensive lines, but Coleman said he feels like the Pirates' athleticism and speed can nullify some of that size.
The Pirates will have to put some pressure on Blair, Coleman said, but more importantly, they must contain the Cougars outside receivers and tackle well.
"Blair is a good athlete and he's a big kid and likes to run it, so we have to keep some pressure on him up the middle, not trying to flush him out of the pocket, but to hurry him up a little bit and try to make him uncomfortable in the pocket," Coleman said. "They can score quick and can put a lot of points on the board if we don't tackle. If those receivers get downfield on us and we don't tackle them real quick, we are going to have a hard time getting them down."
On offense, the Pirates will be looking to utilize their quickness on the line to control the ball, Coleman said, and to keep the Cougars offense off the field.
One disadvantage the Pirates will face going up against the much larger school will be the shear number of players the Cougars can call upon, while Berea will only play about 15 players in the game, Coleman said.
Practices have gone well this week, Coleman said, and he thinks his team is ready to go.
"The kids are excited and ready to get the season going," he said. "We're going to go down and give it what we've got and come out of there with the best results that we can hope for."
Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. in Carlisle.


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I know I will anger my fellow liberals by saying this, but I find President Obama's condemnation of Russia's newly passed law that makes criminals of gay people, or those who embrace and support them, a little suspect.
I say that because the president's own history on gay rights, along with Bill and Hillary Clinton's is, to say the least, a little confusing and contradictory.
In the first couple of years of their tenures in the Executive Branch, both President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton dragged their feet in condemning the African government of Uganda and its American fundamentalist Christian advisers — including the Rev. Rick Warren who offered the benediction at Obama's first inaugural — for their joint efforts to pass anti-gay legislation that called for the death penalty in some cases for Ugandans found to be involved in same-sex relationships.
In 2009 or 2010, when it came to light that one of the Ugandan pastors who was a driving force behind that legislation had been invited by American evangelicals to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, several gay rights organizations pleaded with both President Obama and Secretary Clinton to boycott the breakfast. Neither one did.
Hillary Clinton, in fact, praised the breakfast as an important "American tradition." The fact that the breakfast is a political "must show" for pols of both parties obviously contributed more to its importance as an American tradition in Hillary's eyes than the fact that a man who advocated the death penalty for Ugandan gays had been invited to attend.
I raise this issue because I believe, if President Obama and Mrs. Clinton, who covets the presidency the way her husband coveted Monica Lewinsky, really believe in the human and civil rights of the world's homosexual people, they should both loudly and angrily condemn Vladimir Putin's actions and make clear the United States will not participate in an Olympics held in a country that criminalizes and imprisons people because of their sexual orientation.
But, given their failure to boycott the National Prayer Breakfast knowing that it included a man who viewed being gay as a capital offense, I am not holding my breath.
And that sad reality should be a wake up call to all gay people, our friends, and our families as to just how fragile and tenuous all the progress we seem to have made in recent years really is.


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Man who died in fall from Accrington car park had drug habit
8:00pm Thursday 7th February 2013 in Hyndburn By Jessica Cree, Crime reporter
A MAN who plummeted 80ft from a town centre multi-storey car park killed himself, an inquest has found.
Mohammed Shaffak, 23, jumped from the roof of the Accrington Arndale Centre after losing his job in a British Gas call centre and starting to smoke cannabis.
Mr Shaffak, of Charter Street, Accrington, was described by his brother Mohammed as "intelligent" and "caring".
The inquest heard he had a strong work ethic but started mixing with "the wrong crowd" after he was made redundant.
Mr Akram said: "He began to smoke cannabis but was still looking for work. He began to cause problems at the family home and and we could all tell something was not right. I was in complete shock when I heard of his death. There had been no indication and the news would just not sink in."
Mr Akram said he felt his brother had not received the support he needed from medical professionals to help with his drug use.
The inquest found that Mr Shaffak suffered massive internal injuries in the fall on November 15.
Elaine Block, deputy coroner for Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley, said evidence from pathologist Dr Richard Prescott revealed the impact of the fall had damaged his heart, causing internal bleeding.
Mrs Block said: "The only conclusion I can draw is that Mohammed Shaffak killed himself. He jumped from the sixth floor of the Accrington Arndale Centre, sustaining injuries from which he died.
"It seems the only people who do not suffer in these incidents are the people that supply the drugs."