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Sex plays a severely contradictory role in the oeuvre of Steven Soderbergh. While sex, lies, and videotape, Schizopolis, and Full Frontal—among Soderbergh's "independent" films—portray sex as commonly pursued by deceitful means and engaged in for cynical reasons, Out of Sight and the Ocean's franchise—among his Hollywood films—equate sex and its appeal with high-wattage, glossy magazine star power. Due to Soderbergh's status as a filmmaker who seems more concerned with showing off his director-of-photography skills via technological gimmickry or pure stylization than developing consistent themes, it's difficult to gauge which representation he believes to be true. Now, The Girlfriend Experience arrives as the first cinematic statement about the current economic crisis, and its exposé of the fantasy-weaving occupation of high-class prostitution and the ethically dubious financial class that employs its services would likewise be one more noncommittal Soderbergh "project" if not for this surprise: it works. Unlike in Bubble, with which it shares many small-scale qualities, Soderbergh's detachment for once fits the world he depicts, and though The Girlfriend Experience is not a "personal" film in the traditional sense, it nonetheless successfully weds his visual preoccupations to his chosen material (written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien) in a way that feels pertinent, if still intentionally off-putting and distant.
The Girlfriend Experience has already achieved notoriety for starring 21-year-old adult film star Sasha Grey in her first major non-porn role as Chelsea (real name: Christine), escort for wealthy Manhattan wheelers and dealers, but the film itself is more Belle de jour than mature Traci Lords. Soderbergh has cited Red Desert and Cries and Whispers as influences on The Girlfriend Experience; the film's major European art cinema source, however, seems to be 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her. Just as Godard employed Marina Vlady's Parisian prostitute as a handy symbol for Gaullist France's outer bourgeois prosperity and inner rot, Chelsea fittingly stands in for the alluring glamour and vacuous sexual rewards prized by both America's privileged business class and those who look on it with envy. Emblematic bourgeois couple Vlady and her mechanic husband in 2 or 3 Things and Chelsea and her personal trainer boyfriend Chris (Chris Santos, one of the film's many nonprofessional actors) in The Girlfriend Experience also share notable similarities, with the latter pair suitably updated to represent their disposability in relation to those with the money and power to use them. The jumbled, nonlinear episodes are just as sad and absurd as those in Godard's satire, with Chris pathetically peddling a line of athletic wear to a store that can't afford to overstock and Chelsea meeting with a sarcastic entrepreneur (film critic Glenn Kenny, in a hilariously sleazy bit) who pitches her involvement in work that borders on white slavery.
Click here to read the rest of Michael Joshua Rowin's review of The Girlfriend Experience.
mjr | May 29, 2009 4:52 AM
Gotcha on those two points. I find it interesting, though, that the "pervasive anxiety" fretted over by the Wall Street types (as well as the diamond seller) reflects an economic situation that most strongly affects low man on the totem pole Chris, the only character in the film whose emotional life is not based on the "transactional" (or else, a la Christine, superstition, her numerology system echoing the tenuous market surfing responsible for those transactions and transaction-like mentality.)
Mark Asch | May 28, 2009 2:18 AM
To clarify, I mostly just infer that his lifestyle is unsustainable because he's a high-end diamond dealer in the midst of a depression. (Sasha is, in general, a luxury object purchased by people who did well in boomtimes; I think a lot of their lifestyles are unsustainable, thus the tone of the pervasive anxiety.) And when I say his thinking about purchasing a hug is maybe correct, I'm talking about the sense I get from the movie that its emotional universe is almost exclusively transactional.
Fair 'nuff with the Jewishness, though.
mjr | May 27, 2009 9:11 AM
Yeah, but the tone wasn't right. And the State of Israel comment is indicative of that -- why bring that up when it has nothing to do with the rest of the film? If anything it makes him less sympathetic -- his interest in the election boils down to that for his own interests (since the film defines him almost exclusively by his Jewishness) -- and a caricature. Also, I don't think it's ever stated that the guy's lifestyle is unsustainable. And what makes correct his thinking that the only way of obtaining a hug is purchasing one?
Mark Asch | May 27, 2009 6:46 AM
I dunno, I really liked the last scene. The chubby Hasid didn't really seem like a punchline to me — he seemed more earnest, gentle and relatable than all those Muscle Milk-chugging finance douchebags (I refer to both Chelsea's clients and to Chris' — it's a fruitful parallel that I should probably write about at some point, but I digress already). It put a different, more human face on the movie, right in time for its summing-up: a guy who works selling diamonds (a luxury) advising that it's better to put money into gold (more reliable), and watching his completely unsustainable lifestyle fall away from him. (Telling Chelsea to vote for McCain, he seems to project his own insecurities onto Israel: "The state of Israel must be maintained.") The guy just... needs a hug; the irony, of course, and the whole point of the movie, is that still thinks, maybe correctly, that the only way to get a hug is to pay a hot chick in a La Perla thong to give you one.


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Some say the game of basketball is like the game of life. It can't be played alone.
When one of your teammates falls, you're there to help them up.
On Thursday night, a group of men did just that.
"It's a sad reason why everyone is gathered here, but at the same time, it's for a good cause," said Marquise Gray.
Gregory Watkins was more than a teammate and friend to these guys - he was a brother. Watkins was shot and killed at the 12th Street Market in Flint on Saturday night. Thursday night's game was a tribute to him.
"Basketball was like his first love and he enjoyed it. He kept us up in spirit when we played together," said his former teammate, Chrishaun Vardun.
By all accounts, Gregory Watkins is remembered as a great person.
"I mean this man was a real good man, a family man, and his wife and his son, they have to grow up without a father, all because of some foolishness, it's a sad story," said Gray, who played basketball at Beecher but knew Watkins back from their playing days.
On Thursday night, his wife, Stavona Watkins, and her two kids watched as these men expressed their love in their own way.
"They're taking me up under their wings now," said Stavona Watkins.
And it was clear Gregory Watkins' brothers will be there for 8-year-old Stevon and 5-year-old Constance too. The two children were Gregory Watkins' children.
Stevon got to play with the guys for just a few minutes on Thursday night. When he took the court, he got a huge cheer. And then on his first shot, it happened. He made a 10-foot jumper, and that bucket opened a floodgate of emotions.
"It was very emotional because Greg is always working with him, playing basketball and football, and everything, so right when he ran off the court, he ran into my arms and said, 'I miss him so much,' and broke down, so it's hard, but it's all in good spirit," said Stavona Watkins.
For just a couple hours the emotion of losing Gregory Watkins was put to the back of these guys' minds.
"I'm just happy to know that she's here and to know that these are all the people who loved Greg when he was around," said Vardun.
And when the final buzzer went off, the score meant nothing. But to play for their teammate, their brother, the game meant more than we will know.
Gregory Watkins and his wife graduated from Hamady High School in 2004. The money raised from Thursday night's game will go to his wife and kids. Stavona Watkins told TV5 she plans to use the money to help put their two children through school.
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Elegant aesthetic. Utilitarian refinement. Akana Designs has been creating fine cabinetry and furniture for over twenty years. During this time, the company has worked with both residential and corporately based clientele throughout the United States.
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Previous to establishing the business of Akana Designs, Steve Akana studied Fine Arts and graduated with a B.A. from UC Berkeley. Working at a studio after graduation, he produced paintings that were exhibited in New York, Washington DC, and San Francisco. Although he no longer deals in canvas painting, it is important that these works be shown. These photographs of his paintings are simply meant as evidence of his artistry and as reference to a previous body of work.
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Harrisonville played aggressively against Raytown South in the Class 2 sectional game Nov. 12 at Harrisonville.
But for all the Wildcats' shots on goal, only one made it in, and the Cardinals walked away with a 2-1 victory and the chance to move on to quarterfinals.
"What an abrupt end to the season," Harrisonville head coach Dan Coleman said. "Regardless of the opponent, we really felt we had the team to make a much deeper run in the tournament. It goes to show you that every game is a unique animal and must be respected as such."
Raytown South scored first at the 27 minute mark of the first period as senior midfielder Zach Munday headed the ball off a corner kick into the goal past Harrisonville junior goalkeeper Ben Spencer. Harrisonville kept fighting and had a good chance to knot the score at the nine minute mark as Raytown South senior defender Kole Turley was given a yellow card for tripping up Harrisonville senior Brandon Brewster.
Wildcats junior Douglas Croy took the free kick about 20 yards from the goal, but the ball bounced off the outer goal post. And just a few minutes later, Harrisonville sophomore Cole Harkrader saw a chance, squeezing through several Raytown South defneders, including leaping over one, to take a shot at the goal. The ball went just wide.
In the second period, Harrisonviile finally tied things up at the 32:38 minute mark as junior Zion Hartzler scored. But the Cardinals came back within 10 minutes as junior forward Jason Martinez kicked a cross to Munday for a goal to give Raytown South a 2-1 advantage.
The Wildcats tried to tie the score again in the 22nd minute of the period as another foul on Brewster was called. Croy took the free kick, which was blocked by Raytown South defenders. The ball came back to Croy who made a shot on the goal and was kicked away by the Cardinals.
And with 16 minutes left to play, Harrisonville junior Austen Cummins took a corner kick which was headed out by Raytown South. Cummins kicked the ball back toward the goal and Brewster's head connected, but Cardinal senior goalkeeper Logan Rice made the save.
"Much credit to Ray-South," Coleman said. "They scouted us well and executed an effective game plan. Us giving up that early corner kick goal really allowed them to play to their strength. The numbers they positioned behind the ball made it really difficult for us offensively. It was a hole we just couldn't dig out of. And Martinez was great. His work-rate was fantastic. He created the game winning goal out of what appeared to be nothing."
A 2-1 halftime advantage turned to a 5-1 victory for Harrisonville in the Class 2, District 13 championship game against Warrensburg Nov. 7 at Harrisonville.
Warrensburg scored first in the game on a goal by junior Nate Miller in the 37th minute. The Wildcats responded in the 31st minute as junior Zion Hartzler kicked a cross to junior Shon Hartzler, who finished with a goal to knot the score.
Harrisonville took a lead with just over five minutes left in the first half as Zion Hartzler passed the ball to senior Brandon Brewster who took a shot. Warrensburg goalkeeper Kye Denker came out of the goal for the save, but the ball bounced off him, allowing Harrisonville sophomore Cole Harkrader to score on the unattended goal.
The second half belonged to the Wildcats as Brewster scored just 30 seconds into it to give Harrisonville a 3-1 advantage. In the 20th minute, senior Kolton Weibusch scored off a corner kick by junior Austen Cummins. The final score came with 13 minutes left in the game by Brewster.
"I'm exceptionally proud of my kids," Coleman said. "They fought extremely hard; not only tonight, but have all season long. The work they put in and the commitment they showed was every bit a coach could ask for. They, themselves have much to be proud of, and although are very disappointed right now, have nothing to hang their heads about. I'd go to battle with those 22 young men any day."
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ESPN agreement to bring unprecedented exposure to SBC
New contract goes through 2012February 19, 2009 · SBC
The Sun Belt Conference and ESPN signed a new agreement that will take national television exposure to unprecedented heights.
NEW ORLEANS - The Sun Belt Conference and ESPN announced today a new agreement that extends the network's relationship with the conference through the 2011-12 academic year. The agreement, which will take effect beginning in the 2009-10 academic year, will expand the conference's national television exposure to unprecedented highs and was negotiated exclusively with ESPN, Inc.
"The Sun Belt Conference's negotiation with ESPN, Inc. is one of the most significant events in the conference's 33 year history," said Sun Belt Commissioner Wright Waters. "There have been many great steps taken in the history of this league including the Sun Belt becoming a member of the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Bowl Championship Series. I firmly believe that this new deal and our partnership with ESPN, Inc. is another important step for the success of the Sun Belt Conference."
"We are thrilled to remain the exclusive national television home for the Sun Belt Conference," said Burke Magnus, ESPN senior vice president, college sports programming. "Through this extensive agreement, ESPN's long relationship with the conference will continue to grow with additional coverage across our multiple platforms, including ESPNU."
The new agreement will give the Sun Belt Conference's rising football league a minimum of two games on either ESPN or ESPN2. Additionally, ESPN Regional Television will have the right to produced, distribute and syndicate up to five football games each year. ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, will also be granted additional opportunities to select games to air. This trio of networks will be granted a 12 day rolling window during the season to select additional games to televise. Games available for selection are after the third Saturday of the season. This provides the Sun Belt Conference additional opportunities for exposure previously not available.
In recent years, football teams from the Sun Belt Conference have made the most of their appearances on the ESPN family of networks. Perennial league power Troy defeated Big 12 powers Missouri and Oklahoma State in nationally televised contests. The Trojans also won the 2006 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl on an ESPN nationally televised game. Florida Atlantic became the first Sun Belt Conference team to win bowl games in back-to-back years, as the Owls won the 2007 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl and the 2008 Motor City Bowl in ESPN nationally televised games.
ESPN and the Sun Belt Conference have a long history as partners in men's basketball. ESPN will televise the conference's men's basketball championship game for the 29th consecutive season in 2009, marking its longest affiliation with any conference in the country.
ESPN will continue to air the Sun Belt Conference men's basketball championship game and the new deal will also create additional appearances for the league's men's basketball programs. Sun Belt Conference men's basketball teams will now make a minimum of four appearances annually on ESPN or ESPN2. Additionally, ESPN Regional Television maintains the right to produce, distribute and syndicate up to eight men's basketball games annually.
Sun Belt Conference women's basketball, long one of the conference's most successful sports, will also benefit greatly from the new deal. Sun Belt Conference women's basketball teams will make a minimum of two appearances annually on ESPNU. This is the first time women's basketball is guaranteed national exposure on an ESPN network in the history of the Sun Belt Conference. ESPNU will televise either the league's women's basketball championship game, or up to two regular season games.
Detailing the Sun Belt Conference-ESPN Agreement
Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball
Olympic Sports
What they are saying about the Sun Belt Conference-ESPN Agreement
Frank T. Brogan, President of Florida Atlantic University and President of the Sun Belt Conference
"The Sun Belt agreement with ESPN will provide tremendous exposure to a league that is growing exponentially as it showcases the quality of teams that take to the field, the diamond and the courts. The agreement will also allow universities to demonstrate the educational opportunities that many Sun Belt schools offer. In a time when many universities can not afford to spend precious dollars in advertising to potential students and donors, televising games will allow for publicity at the national and international level."
Peg Bradley-Doppes, Denver Athletic Director and Representative for ADs on Executive Committee
"This is a wonderful and significant achievement for the Sun Belt Conference that provides our great league with important national exposure. Being associated with the prestigious ESPN moniker is an added plus for our thriving league. I think the conference was very progressive in its negotiations as shown by the inclusion of our highly successful women's basketball league in the agreement."
Larry Blakeney, Troy University Head Football Coach
"It is always a great opportunity for all of us in the Sun Belt Conference to play in front of the national audience that ESPN provides. To be on that grand stage is something that is very exciting for our players and fans. As a coach we look at playing on these national broadcasts as a great recruiting tool. I am personally very excited about having additional opportunities to showcase our league."
Ronnie Arrow, South Alabama Men's Basketball Coach
"Whenever you can get the exposure that ESPN provides, it is a major plus, not only to the families in your program, but to potential new student-athletes as well. This agreement adds a whole new dimension in coverage to the conference and its institutions."
Rick Insell, Middle Tennessee Women's Basketball Coach
"I commend the league for moving forward and continuing to build solid television coverage for our conference. Having a chance to be on ESPN is always a big plus for any league and we feel this new deal with ESPN will only enhance the Sun Belt's reputation around the nation."
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Something wicked this way comes
Something big has been looming on the home-theater horizon. And now it's moving. Coming closer to your home. To your family. Chances are, you've at least heard the rumblings.
It's 3D home viewing, it's almost here.
Unfortunately, those "rumblings" you've heard have probably been little more than faint rumors. For the release of what is being billed as the most significant innovation -- if not full-out leap -- in home entertainment, a great deal of speculation and confusion has hopped aboard for the ride.
As you might expect, Vann's has entrenched itself in the rumors, press releases, debuts, announcements, and fan-fair, and here we have for you the short-and-sweet of it: 3D technology, how it works, who's offering it, and how you can get it.
Sorcery or stereoscopy?
As funny as it might seem, when it comes to seeing in three dimensions, the magic number is two. Whether it's seeing the world in 3D with your eyes or seeing a 3D image on a screen, both phenomena take advantage of the same fact: you have two eyes.
Humans, and other animals, have two eyes for a reason. If you haven't tried running an obstacle course with one eye closed, we don't suggest you try -- chances are you'd end up with a serious injury or two. You see, each eye by itself sees only a two-dimensional image, that is, an image with only height and width. In other words: no depth perception. Ouch. But pair two eyes up, and voilà, you've got 3D vision, a.k.a stereoscopy.
Not to dredge up memories of junior-high science class, but the wizard behind the scenes is something known as parallax. As you've probably noticed, your two eyes are situated slightly apart from one another. Accordingly, whenever you look at something, each eye sees the object or scene from a slightly different angle. (Try to thread a needle while constantly alternating between eyes to experience this effect.) This difference in perspective is parallax.
Now, when the incoming visual information received by each eye is sent to the brain, this uses its special, built-in visual processing abilities to meld the two slightly askew perspectives, making it possible for you to perceive depth and spatiality.
And, just as simply having two eyes -- and two slightly different perspectives -- allows you to see three dimensions in the real world, it also makes it possible to see television in 3D.
After all, that's what we're all really interested in, isn't it . . . 3D TV?
Three roads to 3D
While several approaches to reproducing 3D images have been developed, they all share one thing in common: you guessed it, parallax. Whether it's the old blue-and-red style 3D movies or the latest alternate-frame sequencing technology, they all achieve a 3D effect by taking advantage of the brain's natural image processing. In essence, all these technologies present different images to each eye.
(Oh, and something else that each technology has in common: each requires the use of technology-specific eyewear.)
Road No. 1: The Classic
Yes, while not as prevalent, they're still around: those old, blue-and-red 3D movies. Maybe you've been to a renovated local outdoor theater, or maybe you've caught one of the recent episodes of a major sitcom shown in 3D. In any case, the principle at work is pretty simple.
Each frame of an anaglyphic 3D movie (yes, that's the technical name) is actually composed of two, identical images, one superimposed over the other and situated slightly off-center. The only difference between the two is that the image shifted to the left is red, and the image to the right is blue.
When you push Play and put on the funny cardboard glasses with different color -- red and blue -- lenses, each eye sees only one of the two images, i.e. the image whose color corresponds to the color of that eye's lens. Because each image is slightly offset, and because each eye sees a slightly different angle of the scene, this technology is able to mimic the natural parallax difference between the two eyes.
Ta-da: 3D!
(Unfortunately -- in a nostalgic kind of way -- no new 3D HDTVs will be using this technology.)
Road No. 2: The Split
While the anaglyphic 3D method is based on the color (or wavelength) of light, the polarization 3D method uses the polarity, or orientation of light's waves to achieve parallax. In essence, however, they both achieve a 3D effect using very similar approaches.
As you might be aware, every frame that flashes on your TV's screen is written (or scanned) horizontally into the screen's many rows of pixels. Frames can be scanned onto the screen in one of two ways. While progressive scanning writes all of the rows at once in one big sweep across the screen, interlaced scanning writes all of the odd rows first, and then very quickly fills in the even rows. Thanks to interlaced scanning, polarization 3D is possible. But first, a word on polarization.
While light waves travel in a straight line overall, the ups and downs of the wave itself can vibrate with different orientations -- up, down, left, right, in a spiral . . . any direction perpendicular to the direction of the light wave. The term "polarization" refers to this property of light. While natural light has no polarity, all light waves can be polarized. In other words, all light waves can be made to vibrate in a particular direction as they travel through space, and the orientation of that vibration (polarity) affects how the light is seen. For example, when unpolarized sunlight reflects off a puddle or windshield, it acquires one type of polarization and appears brighter because all of the waves have the same, concentrated, polarity. Polarized sunglasses help reduce this type of glare by filtering out light with common reflective polarities. There are two important observations here: first, that the direction of a light wave's polarity can vary, and second, that polarized light can be filtered. These are the keys to polarization 3D technology.
Three-dimensional video produced using polarization technology has two different polarities -- one for each eye. And that's where interlaced scanning comes into play. Each half of the screen's horizontal scan lines -- odd and even -- has a different polarity. When you put on the special 3D viewing glasses for polarized displays, each lens lets only one of the two polarities through. Accordingly, the right eye sees only the pixel lines with one polarity, and the left eye sees only the pixels with the other polarity.
And, yes, you guessed it: the images shown by each set of pixels are slightly off-set, just as they would be if you were viewing the real scene with your two eyes. Accordingly, each eye has a slightly different perspective, and the brain combines these parallax views into a complete 3D image.
Road No. 3: The Flash
While still looking to parallax for its success, the third 3D home theater technology takes a slightly different approach to stereoscopy than its peers. Anaglyphic and polarization 3D technologies are described as "passive" because each technology's eyewear has no power source or moving parts. Alternate-frame sequencing 3D systems, on the other hand, are known as "active" systems because the required glasses participate, well, actively in bringing you a 3D, stereoscopic experience.
With alternate-frame sequencing (AFS), it's all in the name. This active 3D display technology operates by showing full frames on the screen, alternating showing them to each eye. In this case, one of the keys to understanding the technology will require examining how the video is filmed.
For AFS to work, not only do you need to have two eyes, but so does the camera that's used to film the video. Advanced AFS cameras actually have two lenses, set slightly apart from each other . . . just like human eyes. When a movie or TV show is filmed, two versions are recorded, each from a slightly different angle. Then, when the final movie is assembled, the individual frames of each version are shuffled together, frames from each version alternating one after the other. In order to separate these two versions for each eye, special liquid-crystal (LC) shutter glasses are required.
Unlike the glasses used in other 3D display technologies that have lenses with different color spectrums or polarities, the glasses used in AFS 3D have an active matrix of liquid-crystals, just like an LCD HDTV. Now, instead of working to let light pass through like an LCD's liquid crystals, the LC glasses used in AFS 3D are designed to completely block out light. When a frame from the version of the AFS video intended for the right eye flashes on the TV's screen, the left lens in the shutter glasses blackens, allowing only the right eye to see. Then, when the subsequent left-eye frame flashes on the screen, the right lens blackens, and only the left eye sees the image. This process happens hundreds of times per second, corresponding perfectly with the frames showing on-screen and the parallax with which the AFS camera recorded the video is made available to your eyes.
Finally, if you're wondering how the LC shutter glasses know when to open and close, most alternate-frame sequencing technologies use a wireless signal transmitted from the TV to communicate with the glasses, ensuring unique operation for each program you watch. Currently announced 3D HDTV models offer different transmitter configurations: 3D-ready HDTVs either sport built-in transmitters, or included separate transmitters with purchase; 3D-capable HDTVs require purchase of transmitters.
The Feature Presentation
All this talk of 3D-capable HDTVs begs the question: what are you going to watch once you have your new 3D HDTV on your wall?
Currently, 3D movie and television content is being developed for availability via a variety of sources.
First, several of the manufacturers planning 3D HDTV releases are also planning to introduce 3D-capable Blu-ray Disc players. Not only would these newest-generation players still be capable of playing DVD and Blu-ray video in 2D, but they will also be compatible with the new 3D video formats. Note: 3D content will only be available when a 3D Blu-ray movie is played in a 3D-capable Blu-ray player connected to a 3D HDTV.
Second, several new 3D-only television networks are purportedly in the making, but there are currently no concrete facts.
Finally, manufacturers are also preparing 3D video games for use with new 3D displays.
The technology is here, manufacturers are building 3D televisions and LC glasses, and studios are beginning to record 3D content, but the 3D home entertainment revolution is still just beginning to move forward. Accordingly, as of yet there are no cold, hard facts on the matter. However, in the side panel you'll find what we know right now. And you can be sure that we'll update this run-down as often as anything definitive emerges.
A Final Note
Don't worry: new 3D HDTVs are still fully compatible with standard-definition and non-3D HD viewing, so you can still watch all your favorite DVDs and 2D Blu-ray movies.


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By Staff
New Castle News
New Castle police have charged two Mahoningtown residents in connection with the Aug. 7 robbery of the Last Minit Mart.
Antonio Montgomery, 49, of 115 W. Wabash Ave., was arrested Tuesday and is being held in the Lawrence County jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Pamela Kelley, 53, of the same address, who allegedly was in the car with him when the robbery occurred, is facing conspiracy charges. A warrant was issued and police are looking for her.
Montgomery is accused of holding up a clerk at the store at gunpoint and stealing $189.
According to police, a state trooper who responded to the 513 Montgomery Ave. store around 5:45 p.m. that day said he had seen a red Ford Tempo with a white racing stripe on the hood parked in the north end of the lot. The trooper said a woman was in the passenger seat.
Police were called to another convenience store in Mahoningtown later, where employees reported a red Tempo had sped through its parking lot and they provided a license plate number. The car was registered to other members of the Montgomery family.
Officers found the car behind the Montgomery address on Wabash Avenue and had it towed. They determined Antonio Montgomery was one of the residents at that house and served a search warrant on the home and car.
Police investigated Montgomery's criminal history and determined he is not to possess a firearm because of previous offenses.
After interviewing family members and viewing surveillance video of the store, police charged Montgomery with robbery; persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control sell or transfer firearms; prohibited offensive weapons; terroristic threats; theft and receiving stolen property.
Montgomery was arraigned by District Judge Scott McGrath.


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I Am In Love With a Fictional Character
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 2,388 People
The new fallout mc. Oh wait she hasn't beenthough of yet.
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I'm not exactly in Love with thembut I gush over them a great deal, Tobias Eaton, and Uriah Pedrad.
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I'm so sick of this... ALL of this.. Its nots fair.. I want to be with Nico NOW im so sick of waiting to be with her... Im tired awkwardly trying to telepathicly communicate with her.. I want to talk to her,see her, feel her...I wasnt really interested in astral projection but now... I have to! I...
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About My Childhood and why I've always been differentHi guys. I wrote this in my Penzu account a while ago but thought I would post it up on here for you guys to read too. It explains how life has been for me and especially growing up, how I have always been this way. Its fairly long but not hugely, I know a few of you have already...
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'Time' passes with every 'tick' of the clock,every falling star, every second-hand glimpse into space. Who says who we are, who we should be, and why we should be such? Is it not our choice to be who we are, see who we see, and love who we love?Personally, I find that our connection to these loved ones, these 'other-halves...
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A little OT for this groupbut since we all seem to be going through some tough times right now, I hope this gives a little optimism :)Keep believin' ((hugs))
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Damon Salvatore from the Vampire Diaries.. I'm more in love with him that I've ever with an actual person
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That Moment When It Finally Hits You..."…I can't believe it. I'm in love with someone who isn't even real." It didn't actually dawn on me until a few days ago when I found this group, but I've had these feelings for a loooong time. It started when I was 12 years old; I was just starting to venture out on my on...
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It's sad but I'm okay with it I'm in love withVal from shadow walker la banks and Joel from order of the seers
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Ever since I can remember I've always preferredcartoons over real men. I remember when I reached 5th grade I felt I was getting too old to be crushing on cartoons and tried to stop. But that didn't last long. I was who I was and I feel comfortable with it. I don't tell a whole lot of people since most of them would not...
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especially Leo Valdez from Rick Riordan'sHeroes of Olympus Series. TEAM LEO
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In Love With A Cartoon Character...Well, I typed in 'Dealing with being in love with a fictional character' into Google, and I ended up on this site. I've been in love with the same cartoon character for nearly 7 years. Yes, I know, lots of people get crushes on cartoon or anime characters, and it usually only...
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I've noticed that most people in this group arein love with humans. That got me thinking, how many people here are in love with someone that ISN'T a human? I'm curious as to who else besides me has fallen for someone of another species. :3
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Guardian Angel . Can You See Me?Dear Guardian Angel, Hi:-) its me. Your baby girl. Is it wrong to think your always by my side even when I cry? Even if all I look into is air? Is it wrong for me to love you even though I cant see you? Is it wrong to believe you are always by my side , watching me...
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hey guys I said beforethat I was going to post on this day so I'm posting it now before I go through the rest of this good so any ways I said in my last story that I have been busy and that I just couldn't wait for this day to come I'm very excited bout today it's going to be fun and that is that my...
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Just a song I wrote last night: Take me home Iknow we'll find a way Don't leave me on my own to fight another day You say I'm a hero and I'm everything you need But this hero's in a battle she does not know how to lead Take me home Take me home You know you make me strong And living here without you I can only fight so...
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My husband. x3 Lol I'mso weird. Can you guess who he is and where he is from? cx
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I am in love with the character Mai from AvatarThe last airbender. Do you think this is normal ?
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Journal of the PossessedHydrolic horseback, cloud-studios? Yes, there is a troop of them in me. In my palaces and graves there is a night watch, an empty spool crew that guides the camera...threadless masses of emotions deep in my mind's pocket with human faces but angelic experience.
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I'm in love with SOOO many fictional charactersits hard to count how many lol ❤❤😊😍😍😘😘💋😏👌🙌🙌📚📖
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To All My Lovely EP Friends ♥I just saw this picture and automatically thought of our crazy group LOL :D Love you all !! ♥
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Ever since I was a little girl I have a sexualfantasy and dream about Inuyasha from the anime Inuyasha... I've always had dreams I was his girlfriend and I would imagine sexual things to do with him. I'm wondering if anyone else feels this way about this character? I don't even watch anime except inuyahsa bc I just find him...
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Maeliss 18-21, F 3 Responses 9 Apr 19
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Stanley J. KaniaGraduate Admissions Counselor
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About me: I joined the Marywood Admissions staff in the fall of 2011. I am from Moosic, PA and graduated from Marywood in 2011 with a BA in History/Political Science/Law. I am currently seeking my Masters of Business Administration at the University of Scranton. After graduate school, I plan on continuing my education at Marywood by enrolling in the PhD program focusing on Higher Education Administration. My ultimate goal is to become a college professor or a collegiate administrator.
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The Explanation
(for those who require one)
And, of course, that is what all of this is -- all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or simply to go on, senselessly, incomprehensibly, beatifically, in the face of mortality and the truth that our lives are more ill-writ, ill-rhymed and fleeting than any song, except perhaps those songs -- that song, endlesly reincarnated -- born of that truth, be it the moon and June of that truth, or the wordless blue moan, or the rotgut or the elegant poetry of it. That nameless black-hulled ship of Ulysses, that long black train, that Terraplane, that mystery train, that Rocket '88', that Buick 6 -- same journey, same miracle, same end and endlessness."
-- Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather
-- Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather
When Legends Gather #17
Orson Welles and Francis Albert Sinatra
This entry was posted by Tom Sutpen
for the series: When Legends Gather
2 comments :
- swac said...
"Hey Francis...would you like to play a Mexican cop in my next movie...No?...Who would you recommend...?"
- March 26, 2005 12:27 AM
- Tom Sutpen said...
Ha! This photo was taken at a Roosevelt rally in 1944.
(Thanks a bunch, Stephen. Now I'm trying to get the image of Sinatra playing Vargas in "Touch of Evil" out of my head . . . maybe with Joey Bishop as Uncle Joe Grandi?)
- March 27, 2005 6:14 AM
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The Farmington Public Schools Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the on Shiawassee in Farmington. Here are five things you should know about the board's agenda (download a full packet of information from the district's website):
1. The budget
School officials are expected to approve the district budget tonight – because it's required. June 30 marks the end of the district's fiscal year. Facing a $7.9 million shortfall, officials are proposing a 0.22-mill increase in the local millage rate. However, the school portion of property tax bills will drop for most homeowners. According to the budget document, for a home with a taxable value of $96,080, school taxes will drop from $1,903 last year to $1,761 in 2011-12. The full budget document is posted on the district's website.
2. A resolution calling for regulatory relief
The school board will consider approval of a resolution, developed by the American Association of School Administrators and the National School Boards Association, that calls for relief for school districts from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), or No Child Left Behind, federal regulations. According to the resolution, the deadline for ESEA reauthorization is three years overdue. Read the full text.
3. The Farmington African American Parent Network (FAAPN)
A year-end report from FAAPN will highlight the organization's activities, which are focused on getting parents involved in improving academic achievement for all learners. The group was formed when No Child Left Behind reporting requirements uncovered a gap in achievement between African-American students and those in other racial subgroups.
4. Farmington Forward report
This lengthy document will be presented in two parts – the second at the board's July 19 study session/organizational meeting. It recaps progress made toward goals that are part of a plan launched in 2008, with four broad goals in the areas of curriculum; instruction and student achievement; community relations; and budget/finance and human resources/operations/technology. Learn more, and read previous years' reports, on the district's website.
5. Public comment
For our money, this is the most important agenda item. You can talk or ask questions about any issue. This isn't set up as a dialogue; board members generally just listen, or they may direct the superintendent to follow up. Remember to fill out a comment card, usually available in the board room before the meeting.


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Anderson Antunes, Contributor
All things wealth-related. And a bit more.
As millions of people in Brazil prepare to vote in second-round runoff elections for mayor in important cities such as Sao Paulo, not to mention the long-awaited verdict on a government corruption scandal from the mid-2000s known as 'Mensalao,' one would assume that politics are prominent in today's hot topics discussed by Brazilians.
As it turns out, that's not the case. The questions being asked by almost everybody in Brazil these days are "which end will have Carminha?" or "who killed Maxwell?" All of these questions are related to the country's most-watched TV series right now, the telenovela 'Avenida Brasil.' Aimed at the new Brazilian middle class, commonly referred as the 'C-class,' 'Avenida Brasil' has become a phenomenon by focusing on characters that live in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, instead of well-to-do people, something new for the coveted primetime occupied by telenovelas in Brazilian TV.
With an average audience of about 46 million viewers every night and 65% market share, 'Avenida Brasil' is even expected to cause a blackout tonight. Its last chapter will air on TV Globo, Brazil's largest broadcaster, and based on the increase in consumption of energy recorded in previous episodes–up to a threatening 5% nationwide–government officials are worried that Brazil's power companies will not meet its demand in energy services while 'Avenida Brasil' is on air, due to the country's troubled energy scene.
But, the one place where there are no worries? The headquarters of TV Globo, as 'Avenida Brasil' just so happens to have broken a record of the most-commercially successful telenovela in Brazilian history. With dozens of high-profile advertisers such as P&G paying as much as $400,000 for a 30-second spot, the telenovela earned about R$1 billion ($500 million) throughout its seven-month run. Considering that more than 500 advertisement deals are carried by its network of affiliated stations, the total earnings of 'Avenida Brasil' are set to top R$ 2 billion ($1 billion), FORBES has learned exclusively. This is an unprecedented sum not only in Brazil but in all of Latin America, where telenovelas are an immensely popular genre. And considering that the telenovela's 180-episode season cost around $45 million to make, that's a remarkable profit margin.
Sure, there have been other hit telenovelas before 'Avenida Brasil,' but nothing like this. Specialists believe that TV Globo's choice to air a telenovela whose characters' lives are mirrored in the audience were determinant in its success. "Brazilian telenovelas have always had suburban characters ever since the 1970s and 1980s. What is different now is that mainstream TV networks are focusing much more on what the marketers call the 'new middle class' or the C-class," says Heloisa Buarque de Almeida, a professor of anthropology at the University of São Paulo. "This is a section of the population that has ascended economically since the years of the Lula government, and they are consuming much more now."
It only makes sense. With the growth of the Brazilian economy and wider availability of credit and government cash transfer programmes, 35 million people have in recent years joined an expanded middle class. This has not escaped the attention of marketers, who are always eager to reach this new mass of Brazilian consumers. Evidence of this are the endless commercials for new flat-screen TVs, mobile phones and refrigerators that appear when 'Avenida Brasil' airs.
That, in a way, contradicts a common belief among TV executives, that the audience demands outrageous or fantastical plot twists. Apparently in Brazil, they just want to watch themselves.
ALSO READ: A Kiss Is Just A Kiss? Not If It's A Gay Kiss (On Brazilian TV)
"The total earnings of 'Avenida Brasil' are set to top R$ 2 billion ($1 billion)", it's almost 10% of the brazilian TV market! Really impressive!
The novel Avenue Brazil always had revenge as the center and the last episode showed Carminha a great villain as a good person. The novel was really amazing and without exaggeration Avenue Brazil stopped the largest country in the south esmiferio!
I loved this novel! It was incredible twisted by Carminha sinpatisei me with her as well as millions of Brazilians!
Oi oi oi
#OiOiOiFinal É Brazil gente! Essa novela entrou pra história do País, e até do Mundo!
Por isso que o país não anda direito, o povo larga seus afazeres para assistir uma novela… Lamentável, em plena discursão sobre o mensalão na câmara, só se fala em novela.
Grande bosta.
essa bosta vale 2 bilhões, e a tua? rs
Save this alienation !
After read this article I caught myself thinking: Isn't it the same what north americans are doing? The audience of Yakee's game was bigger than the presidential debate. They are one month before election day and guess what?? They are watching HONEY BOO BOO CHILD! Come on "perfect" people..
American novelists, be prepared! That's the modern way to make money with intense emotions!
Really outdone yourself this novel, the great majority of the population represented where we saw most often imagines a fiction out of reality for the majority, in "Avenida Brasil" art represented in fact the reality of much of the population. Most successful #oioifinal
Rede Globo knows the tricks to produce such a sopa opera bit hit .
The most important of the whole telenovela Avenida Brasil, in my oppinion , was turning out Carminha from a disgusting villain to a charimastic individual, who suffering extreme mood disorders did not know what she was doing during those 7 month period of the Avenida Brasil.
A mais importante parte da novela foi mesmo a transformação da personagem Carminha, de uma vilã para alguem muito carismático, houve pessoas ue devem ter se emocionado com dó da personagem . A Rede Goobo sabe como fazer bem uma novela.
Rede Globo knows the tricks on how to produce such a soap opera bit hit .
The most important of the whole telenovela Avenida Brasil, in my oppinion , was turning out Carminha from a disgusting villain to a charimastic individual, who suffering extreme mood disorders did not know what she was doing during those 7 month period of the Avenida Brasil.
The Brazilian people only talk about it, I think a futility talk about soap operas, we youths should we concern ourselves more with the politics of our country is drifting these thieves..
It's not "telenovela", the proper word used in brazilian portuguese is "novela". Gosh, we are in the 21st Century and you still think people speak spanish in Brazil…
It was funny because even the most people who don't like soap operas couldn't take their eyes away from the TV, too XD It was seriously one of the best, if not the best, soap operas I've seen, it was really, really awesome :)
o brasil arrazou a novela de fato foi muito bem feita e dirigida,mereceu todo o sucesso ainda mais pq tinha addicted to you da shakira na trilha sonora,amei brasil mostrando seu poder em novelas e agora com o cinema!
This novel was very exciting, I personally liked it!
As a Brazilian who watches soup operas I should say that I consider them as cultural products and that being interested in watching ourselves can really be a good thing – it can also make us understand our complex problems and fight against values that lead to social inequalities – a lot about marriage, homosexuality and conflicts between the rich and the poor (although we deal with stereotypes here) has been shown and discussed through Avenida Brazil – more than we have really seen on political shows and all. What I am trying to point out here is that we do not have to choose between watching soap operas and being concerned with our political affairs. We can do both with interest and responsibility. After all, the same Brazilians who have been watching this TV show have led our country to reach the point of finally sending corruption to trial.
A teledramaturgia nacional atinge sua maioridade
Ondina Fachel Leal
Há momentos em que aqueles, como nós antropólogos, que temos a cultura como tema de estudo, temos que voltar nosso olhar para a TV em nossa sala-de-estar. Este é um destes momentos, quando mais de 50 milhões de brasileiros estão sintonizados diariamente sofrendo e se divertindo com as peripécias de uma telenovela.
Parentesco perdido, reencontro, paixões, ódio, vingança, choro e riso é a matéria-prima da qual é composto o drama nosso de cada dia e, claro, é do que feito os folhetins e as telenovelas. Mas a qualidade desta telenovela é inovadora dentro de uma formula e de gênero literário que exige a repetição. Na Avenida Brasil é preciso mencionar a qualidade visual da narrativa e uma certa estética de sucata com seres que surgem do lixo, o belo através do rigor na fotografia, na composição das cenas, no cuidado com diálogos. Tem também a atuação das duas artistas Adriana Esteves e Debora Falabela, Carminha e Nina, com um desempenho dramático excepcional.
A mídia em geral tem indicado a vingança como o elemento que criou empatia com a trama, como se este sentimento preenchesse desejos íntimos de nosso telespectador embrutecido e passivo. O nosso público (de qualquer classe social) já se sofisticou e nossa teledramaturgia Made in Brazil há muito exigiu esta cumplicidade de sua audiência. Ainda que a vingança seja um dos temas desta telenovela, outros "plots" têm seduzido muito mais o telespectador. Tem vingança, mas tem muito mais. E o "muito mais" é o que conta nesta telenovela.
O que mais cativou o telespectador foi a comédia dos costumes, a ascensão da classe D e o empobrecimento da classe A. Os dois polos, o do Divino e da Viera Souto didaticamente explicando o que é cafona e o que não é. O que pode e o que não pode. Esta possibilidade de identificação e de se verem mutuamente em um jogo de espelhos, onde o espectador se enxerga e se identifica com gostos escolhas estéticas de personagens e seus entorno. Eu diria que é a critica social do gosto o que permanece constante no desenvolvimento de toda a narrativa. "Plots" se resolvem ou se esgotam na trama, mas esta narrativa sobre os gostos é o que permanece. Texto e diálogos são inteligentes e é impossível conter o riso nestes jogos de identificação. Acho que tem algo de Pantagruel e de Os Pequenos Burgueses, um pouco de Rabelais e de Gorki na nossa Avenida Brasil. E certamente a heroína Nina (ambígua heroína) tem muito de Lisbet Salander a personagem de Milenium de Stieg Larsson, em sua aparente fragilidade, em sua resiliência que é nutrida pelo desejo de fazer justiça, para uns, de vingança para outros. É o autor parodiando cenas de velhos ou recentes "clássicos", incluindo subtextos, brincando com nossas perspectivas, implodindo maniqueísmos fácies e, sobretudo, fazendo homenagens a grandes autores e nos brindado com uma teledramaturgia de qualidade.
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"This is a section of the population that has ascended economically since the years of the Lula government, and they are consuming much more now."
It has mor to do with Fernando Henrique Cardoso then Lulla!!!
Brazilian soap operas have always been so great quality and a very high expense, the change in Brazil has nothing to do with the success of the novel, nor with anything in relation to this novel
Brazilian soap operas have always been so great quality and a very high expense, the change in Brazil has nothing to do with the success of the soap opera, nor with anything in relation to this soap opera
This article is very interesting, but what called my attention was the 'mirroring' effect you cited. Brazilian people don't want only to see themselves because they, the class-c, are growing economically important, but because it's the law of fiction, right? The concept of mimesis by Aristotele and the sociedy of spectacle of Guy Debord. People make the spectacle and they respond to it copying it. Most of people in Brazil are poor, so the things they will prefer to see is something they understand and that they are part of.
Soap-operas about rich people are unrealistic and naive to Brazilian mass. After many years of watching the same surreal life of Leblon's people, poor people got tired.
Brazilian soap operas have always been so great quality and a very high expense, the change in Brazil has nothing to do with the success of the soap opera, nor with anything in relation to this soap opera.
brasil! essa novela foi muito boa
today was the first day in Telemundo avenida brasil this novela is the best!!!!! It should be at 8:00 pm instead of la Reyna del Sur. Please not in the morning! cause I work in the morning and I wont be able to watch this novela avenida brasil
Hoy empezo avenida brasil en telemundo es un novelazoooooo!!!!! me gustaria verla en el horario de la noche en lugar de la reyna del sur 8:00 pm porfavor ponganla de noche porque trabajo de dia y no voy a poder verla grasias y felicitaciones telemundo por otro exitaso mas.


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In the middle of the hoopla and celebration for Mayor Bill Haslam's gubernatorial victory, cell phones were much in evidence up and down the hall as legislators, lobbyists, and political junkies were making calls and sharing information about House races across the state.
As reports of every Republican incumbent winning re-election and Democrats around the state going down to defeat came in, there were shocked faces and whispered consultations. Longtime popular incumbents like Dennis Ferguson in Roane County defeated by a young woman named Julia Hurley. Eddie Yokley defeated in Greene/Cocke counties. Former Speaker Jimmy Naifeh maybe won in a squeaker and House Democratic Caucus Chair Mike Turner got a scare from a total newcomer.
Republican gains in the double digits make the prospects likely for a wide open fight for the next House Speaker.
The decimated ranks of the House Democrats will leave the Black Caucus with almost half of the Democratic seats, but a large Republican caucus likely means they may be shut out of their traditional leadership roles as committee chairs and holding the second spot of House Pro Tem, the longtime post of state Rep. Lois DeBerry.
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Today there is a vast amount of content,opinions and articles to read out there on the web, in regards to this campaign race. Majority that I have read are usually blogs, and personal responses to articles and forums. When trying to get a feel of how people are going to vote, or their political opinions I stay away from the right left news sites. The point of this would be to get a feel for average joe, and not the opinions of some hot shot journalist from a news network. So I set out to do just that.
Scouring various sites on a daily basis became a second job for me. I jotted down various responses, and entries from many different sources. While doing this. I stumbled upon a vast majority of extremely prejudice posts that changed my whole project. Now, before you think that I might be referring to posts like "McCain sucks and is old" Or Barack Obama sucks and has big ears" think again and read ahead. Yes, I am talking about the comments or entries that include racist undertones, or just blatant racists statements.
I will state that everyone has a right to free speech, and I will not attack that. What I want to ask is, would or do you honestly base your vote, your one chance to make a difference, on such a shallow determination? Do people really do this? Voting on what a candidate could do for us as a nation would be more important, am I wrong on this? Well, for some that's not the case. For those who read this, I just wanted to ask a question. Would you vote on the basis of color, if the candidate you were choosing went against every other belief that you have? This may not be the case for some, but for others it seems that it is.
This is pertained to all. May you be black,white,Hispanic or whatever. The fact of the matter is we are Americans, we have a duty to enlighten ourselves, and help guide the United States for the better wouldn't you say? After all, take a look around. We have much bigger problems on our plate than the color of someones skin.
This article was not written to tell you whom to vote for. Nor was it created to take away ones right to an opinion. Personally, I think both candidates have their good and bad.The sole reason for it, is that just maybe it will reach someone out there, that might think that our future as a country is more important than such simple and shallow prejudices.We all know this type of thing exists within our government, and its politicians. The possibility to make a difference is you, its that simple.
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Hey y'all ...Dying for some fried clams in h-town
Are you sure you don't want fried oysters instead? I can steer you to some good places. For clams, Red Robin sells them, although I've never tried them. They actually make some pretty good fish in their fish and chips, although I don't care for the fries. Then there's always GULP, Long John Silvers.
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James will likely steer you to Mardi Gras Grill which I would second the recommendation. What part of town are you in? Captain Benny's by my house is good for oysters. Also I like them at Monument Inn.
Red Lobster has the frozen variety which I would always get and since I don't know any better, they were okay.
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Yes, probably no different. But when it's all you've got.....
I don't think I've ever had fresh ones. I ordered some on the Oregon coast one time and were told they were fantastic but they were just like Red Lobster's. :-( Doesn't the Oregon coast produce clams? I thought they did. I don't think I'll be going to the east coast again after last summer's trip to DC.
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Just about the only place for fresh clams is Cape Cod. There was a place on the main drag in Hyannis called the Clam Shack (surely long gone by now but back in the day) that served them hot and fresh with incredibly crisp fries. We'd beg our parents to take us there every. single. day. I can still taste them just thinking about it,
Not trying to be glib, but you won't find real fried clams on the Texas Gulf Coast. As you probably know, clams are native to New England. Seriously, if I wanted clams, I'd keep a lookout for a wanna getaway fare sale from Houston to Boston on www.southwest.com, and I'd head there for a weekend of clams, chowder, and lobster rolls.


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I was convinced the traditional media's coverage of state and local politics was dangerously missing the needed context to put its reporting into perspective. I started my blog to add some of this context and to influence those who were doing the reporting.
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The most important evolution is that the blog has become a full-time enterprise with investors and a healthy advertising base. This entrepreneurial spirit drives me to try to improve the blog almost 24 hours a day.
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Every waking moment—and since we have a newborn, that's often.
What have you learned from your own blog?
The blog has been an absolute blessing in terms of the interaction it provides with some very smart people across a broad range of industries -- health care, law enforcement, technology, etc.
What makes Florida politics fascinating to you?
There's never an off-season. When Bill Clinton talked about the 'permanent campaign' he had to be thinking about Florida, which has not had moment to catch its breath, politically speaking, since the 2000 election debacle. That mess really put the Sunshine State on the radar of every assignment editor in the country. Now a day doesn't go by where some story breaks that makes you go, "Oh, Florida..."
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