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In February 2012, nearly 80 percent of Nigeria's prison population was awaiting trial; nearly a quarter of those detainees had been held for at least one year. For a country of 160 million, having almost 50,000 people locked in 227 prisons might not sound like too much of a problem. However, the unacceptably high proportion of unconvicted persons in prolonged prison confinement is very definitely a cause of concern.
Most of these detainees are held on a "holding charge"—a preliminary charge brought by the police and designed to extract a remand order from a local magistrate's court, which in turn enables the police to hold a suspect while criminal investigations continue. There are good reasons for this practice. Often, investigations are not completed within the maximum 48 hours of detention allowed under Nigeria's constitution. The police are undermanned, over-worked and ill-equipped. Crime suspects may interfere with investigations, tamper with evidence or threaten witnesses.
But the actual practice of the holding charge in Nigeria makes a mockery of these reasons. Under the law, suspects may only be admitted to a prison on the orders of a court. But when a magistrate issues a remand order, the warrant does not include a date on which the suspect is to be brought back before the court by the police. Effectively the detainees may be held at the pleasure of the state for indeterminate periods. This explains why many detainees languish in prison for years. Two recent cases illustrate this.
Sikiru Alade was arrested as a 30 year-old in March 2003 and detained awaiting trial on the orders of a Magistrate in Lagos, Nigeria. For over nine years thereafter, Sikiru was detained in a prison without being returned to Court for a trial or review of his detention. In June 2012, the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) invalidated his detention and ordered his release, in a case brought on his behalf by the Open Society Justice Initiative. He was finally released in October 2012, nearly 10 years after his initial detention on a holding charge.
Sikiru is not the only victim of this unfortunate travesty of justice. In 1990, Ernest was arrested and remanded on suspicion of involvement in an armed robbery. He was 18. Although the alleged victim of the crime did not exist and there were no witnesses, he remained incarcerated until one of our partners in Nigeria, the Rights Enforcement and Public Law Centre (REPLACE) intervened to secure his release in 2008.
In both cases, as is usual in most criminal cases in Nigeria, the suspects allegedly committed a crime under state laws. The Nigeria Police Force, a federal institution, investigated the crimes. State magistrates courts remanded them in federal prisons. The interface between these federal and state institutions has traditionally been ill-defined. As a result it is all too easy for detainees to fall between the cracks and end up forgotten by the justice system.
This does not have to continue. Nigeria's 1991 Administration of Justice Commission Act theoretically created both state and national bodies tasked with improving links between the different criminal justice institutions. The national administration of justice commission includes the chief justice, the federal attorney general, the minister of internal affairs, the inspector general of Police, the director of prisons, and the president of the Nigerian Bar Association. Each state committee is similarly constituted by state level officials. The primary mandate of these bodies is the "general supervision of administration of justice," which extends to ensuring maximum cooperation amongst justice institutions; the reduction of congestion in courts and prisons; and remarkably, ensuring that "persons awaiting trial are, as far as possible, not detained in prison custody." Regrettably, neither the national commission nor the state committees have ever been established as envisaged under this law.
In an effort to address some of these issues, the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria and the Open Society Justice Initiative launched a project in 2004 aimed at reducing the number of detainees awaiting trial as a proportion of the prison population. It also sought to ensure effective coordination between the Legal Aid Council, the police and prosecutorial authorities with a view to reducing the time it takes for the department of public prosecutions to issue legal advice. Realizing that the police are the gateway into the criminal justice system, the project focused some attention on the police with the establishment of the Police Duty Solicitors Scheme in 2005.
This scheme, developed with the support of the federal police, made available 16 young lawyers (duty solicitors) on compulsory national service in designated police stations across four of Nigeria's 36 states: Imo, Kaduna, Ondo and Sokoto. Their mission was to offer legal aid and assistance to crime suspects within the first 48 hours of their arrest. The duty solicitors interviewed suspects; they contacted families and lawyers, where available; they applied for police bail on behalf of suspects; and they represented suspects appearing in court on arraignment. In its first year, the scheme resulted in the release of 1,255 people awaiting trial, against a previous annual baseline of 3001 detainees in custody, representing a 41.7 percent decrease in the number in custody. The project also diverted 636 persons away from indefinite pre-trial detention. During its first year the project reduced the number of pretrial detainees by 88.4 percent in Imo; 86.2 percent in Kaduna; 30.5 percent in Ondo; and 61 percent in Sokoto.
The project has now been running for seven years. It has released over 10,000 persons and expanded to two additional states, Edo and Kebbi. Two of the project states—Ondo and Sokoto—now have judicial instructions that limit the length of pre-trial detention to not more than nine months. The project has also attracted external funding from the Macarthur Foundation, which supports two more states, Plateau and Rivers. In 2011, Justice Initiative initiated an external review of the project preparatory to possible takeover by Nigerian authorities.
The review covered the first five years, from 2005 to 2010, and sought to assess the impact of the scheme and to identify continuing challenges. It concluded that the scheme had, among other things, resulted in a significant reduction of influx of minor offenders into the prison system, as well as increased government attention to the problem of pre-trial detention.
The Police Duty Solicitors Scheme is a low-cost but effective tool that focuses on the entry point into the criminal justice system, and that engages with the system through to the point of imprisonment. While the scheme was designed to address needs in Nigeria, the model underlines a broader message: that this kind of administrative innovation can both ease the burdens on an overcrowded justice system, and address the excessive and unnecessary use of pre-trial detention.
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This is a good. With time and funding, I hope the project gets to other states considering that police detention is prevalent every where in Nigeria. Should we not be moving for the abolition of "holding charge" and ensure Nigerian government is accountable for its obligation to provide efficient justice system? The cases from the ECOWAS court will serve as precedence for enforcement of other rights e.g "prohibition of torture, cruel inhuman and degrading treatment" especially by the police. However, there needs to be more awareness on the rights of persons to appear before the ECOWAS court for enforcement of Fundamental rights, since it now has such powers and he African Commission or Court of Human Rights. Most Nigerians are not aware that they can enforce their rights in regional courts, after exhaustion of local remedies. The ECOWAS Court and the African Commission or Court of Human Rights should as much as possible ensure that the Council of Ministers or Commissioners as the case maybe monitor their judgments to ensure implementation by states; and states who do not enforce judgments maybe suspended. This practice is used by the European Committee on the prevention of torture to ensure European Countries found in violation comply with its judgments or rulings or be suspended from the Council of Europe.
Dear Barbara,
Thanks for reading the post and making those interesting comments. I think abolition sounds good but it may not happen immediately so we're trying to deal with the reality we have today while hoping that we'll get a better deal tomorrow.
The ECOWAS Court is a "first instance" court in that ECOWAS citizens can approach the court without the need to "exhaust local remedies." It is different with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights where you have to demonstrate that you have exhausted local remedies or couldnt do so because they do not exist or cannot serve the ends of justice.
In terms of implementation, i should make clear that state parties to the protocol establishing ECOWAS Court undertook to designate an institution with responsibility for ensuring the implementation of the court's decisions. Interestingly, Nigeria has designated the Federal Attorney General's office as that institution.
I'd be delighted to exchange a bit more on the subject, if you think necessary.
The Article is worth reading and I commend the writer. I note however that the REPLACE/OSJI initiative achieved tremendous success because of the cooperation of the state agencies. I wish the article had laid a little more emphasis on the non-implementation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (1991) That Act, if deligently implemented would need no effort from anyone to reduce to the barest minimum the time spent on pre-trial detention in Nigeria. May I plead that the project be contnued and expanded to other states, especially high population density capitals in Nigeria.
Thanks Saka. We're mindful for the potential long term benefit of having the AJC Act activated as soon as possible. We're working with partners (hope your organization can join us) to make this happen.
Well done Dr Stan.
I sincerely commend your effort. I'm particularly delighted to know that the review was conducted, and achieved tremendous success.
From the survey of the scheme, one can confidently imply that, the PDSS is a laudable and low-cost effective tool that can ease the burden of overcrowded Justice System and use of pre-trial detention as you stated.
However, what is the position now? How soon can it get to other states? How is OSJI intending to achieve more, or maintain the success?
All passed committees on prisons and police reforms have not made significant result on the criminal judicial system. The Federal and State Criminal Institutions can barely do little or nothing because they have failed to realize the need for investigation before arrest. Everything falls back to us, the CSOs, and others.
I would suggest continuity of the project and expansion to other states, as soon as possible. OSJI could invite other funders into the scheme, work closely with CSOs that are willing to monitor and influence the scheme in other states, and in collaboration with the Legal Aid Council.
Thanks for your comments and questions Ivy. We've scheduled a set of meetings in december 2012 to discuss some of the questions you raised in your commentary. You're welcome to join us on december 16 in Abuja or send any ideas you might have to enrich the discussions.
Not just Nigeria. I know a young man arrested and held for 14 months in New York City's Rikers jail in a cellblock reserved for murderers and the most violent gang members. When he could only afford an overworked legal aid lawyer, he had no way to prove his innocence. When he got money for a private lawyer, that lawyer and two pro bono lawyers got access to evidence that showed he was not guilty... and a NYC jury acquitted him 100% of 12 counts. But those 14 months, including time in solitary for having bootleg cigarettes, made him suicidal and traumatized when he finally was freed.
Thanks for reading, Ann, and for your comment. You may know that the Open Society Foundations also works in the U.S. on the kind of criminal justice reform issues that you cite. Our U.S. Programs' Criminal Justice Fund backs groups who seek "to reduce mass incarceration, challenge extreme punishment, and promote justice system accountability in the United States by promoting public investments in effective, community-based strategies that increase public safety".
Jonathan Birchall, Communications Officer, Open Society Foundations
I like what Open Society is doing in the name of the Law. I'm really trying to see how I can get paralegals in Kenya to do some grass-root justice as I saw in Sierra Leone and the Philippines. I hope to couple this with trauma healing and psychosocial support for people like the man Ann Tares speaks of in her comment above, who was incarcerated for 14 months, including time in solitary for having bootleg cigarettes. I hope the trauma healing & psychosocial support can help heal such victims from suicidal tendencies, trauma suffered and reintegrate them into society
Well done Stephanie. As you may know, Open Society Foundations has an office in Nairobi, Kenya to which you may turn with justice reform ideas. Justice Initiative partner, TIMAP for Justice, is an excellent organization to discuss paralegalism with. They've done incredible work with paralegals in Sierra Leone. Happy to make the connections if you're not already connected.
I am writing from Bamenda-Cameroon. Is it possible for you to extend your activities to other prisons in Cameroon? I am very impressed with your Godly and humane activities. I sincerely trust and hope you could through your activities let those who have been deprived of their legal rights be compensated accordingly. Keep up the fight and be good and merciful to the downtrodden. May God bless you and your work.
Thanks for writing Asongwe. I'd say no. As you may have noticed from my article, we're in transition with the project at the moment. I'd like to think there are legal aid projects in Cameroon that might be responsive to your perculiar needs. However, if you do not know any, i'd be happy to link you up with our partner organization in Cameroon. Please inbox your details.
Stan, your article is a narrative of the destruction and distortion of young and old lives within our criminal justice system and this nightmare has refused to go away, The darkness that is the holding charge sorting system, has become an acceptable processing vehicle that those who should know better, use in dealing with issues they do not want but its forced on them. You know Stan, i doubt if things will change.. why should it.. after all the rich don't sleep in police jails nor prison cells, so pray tell me how or why should things change. Stan do we have Jonathan Birchall's programe here in Nigeria?? More industrial grease to your elbows Stan!!!. Mrs Hassan Baba, former D.G Legal Aid Council Of Nigeria.
Thanks DG Hassan-Baba. Our project owes its initial success and continuing institutional support to your vision and exemplary leadership. Jonathan is my colleague. He directs communications at the Justice Initiative. If i understood correctly, you wanted to know if the programme he describes is available in Nigeria. The programme is designed for the US like we've designed Africa programme to suit our perculiar criminal justice needs. Happy to explore with you any elements you think might be useful for us.
Delighted to see injustice addressed, wherever it exists.
Dr Stanley lbe deserve appreciation and acknowledgement for raising the voice in
Nigeria with the support of OSF . It is expected that the leaders and the organizations should come forward to redress the grievances of the people. Please keep it up......!!!
Thanks Ramesh. Please note that i do not have a PhD....at least not yet.
Nigerian government need deliverance to do the right thing at right time. 40% of inmate are innocent citizen and 50% is from poor family who has nobody to speak on their behalf. Only poor goes to prison. Innovation is needful for those that love change and ready to work for change in Nigeria .
I feel its a wonderful movement go ahead with other state.
Dear Stanley your idea and project is highly commendable. It would appear that the Nigerian government and indeed all others who do not give serious attention to access to justice and the imperative of legal aid do not appreciate the need for all citizens and non citizens whether poor or rich to have access to the legal system and have confidence in the judicial process. The alternative is ultimately anarchy. Well done my brother.
Dear Sir I am gravely concerned for my Wife a Becky Rose Schuman who has disappeared and I feel tha she has fallen into the hands of the police perhaps and that she may be being detained in one of the Womens Prisons she is a beutiful natured Women but she may be co- ersed into the signing of a guilty plea but she My wife is innocent and she went missing seventeen days ago and I have not heard any thing fron her since our last conmunication. my nabme is David. Becky is 30 years old and we want to start a family of our own and nothave her suffer these injustices I believe that she has been inteerrigated and if so she will hold out for as long as she can but she is only a young girl. Please can some body please help us PLEASE.
Felicitaciones y muchas gracias por el gran trabajo que realizan y especialmente por la publicación, difusión y respuestas.
Stanley,salute your industry in this write up.The much talked about 1991 Administration of Justice Commission Act eventhough i have not taken pain to read thru it made much reference to the AG. Stanley often times the AG has no much business except his employer is interested.What happens to the Director of Public Prosecution who is the person that gives advise on the frivolous charges.
However the PDSS is a good step which with adequate funding should be extended to all the states in Nigeria and in terms of Manpower the members of the NYSC scheme will be available.Stanley,your Organisation in conjunction with SPIDFEL can actually do a conference on the Legality of this illegal regime tagged "HOLDING CHARGE".Stanley wish you the BEST.Please tell us about your PH D.i bin think say we be friend.
Dear Cornelius, thanks for the comment, and apologies for the delay in replying! (as noted by Stanley, he doesn't actually have a PhD)
Dear Stanley, we would like to include information on this project in a joint publication of UNODC and UNDP on early access to legal aid. could you contact me via email to discuss? many thanks, Miri.
Thanks for contacting us, Miri. I've forwarded your email to Stanley. Best wishes, Jonathan Birchall


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Januarys such a fun month for me. Im excited about a new year, resolutions I wont keep and how many people and animals well help.
There are also special birthdays this month beginning with Elvis birthday. I celebrated his birthday already on Jan. 8 by taking one of his famous songs, You Aint Nothing But a Hound Dog, changing it into my own rendition, called I Aint Nothing But a Pound Dog.
I really like my version. Who knows, maybe I could audition for American Idol with my new song. Ive got to work on the rocking dance moves Elvis had, which might be difficult with four legs. I could get a black wig, a white jumpsuit and hit the road!
The next birthday is for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Even though Dr. King was born Jan. 15, Ill celebrate his birthday Monday, Jan. 21, since its a federal holiday.
I really admire Dr. King trying to teach everyone to care about each other and to be kind. Thats sort of what I try to do in the animal world. I try to teach people that animals are valuable, have feelings, feel pain, experience joy and only want to live, just like the rest of us.
The next two birthdays this month are really special to me. The first one is MINE! I will be 4 years old Jan. 30 and will have a party that youre invited to on Saturday, Feb. 2, from noon until 2 p.m. at the Georgia Industrial Childrens Home on Mumford Road.
I hope youll plan on being there to help me celebrate. To help commemorate this special day, Im asking everyone to bring dog and cat food so we can continue to help others. Come on out to see me!
The last birthday in January I want to mention is for my nonprofit group Central Georgia CARES. Theyre turning 4 just like me. What a magnificent difference this group has made in the Middle Georgia region not only for animals but also for people, too.
Four years ago, CARES vision to create an animal welfare entity unlike any Macon had ever seen before was born. It was important to establish the organization in a way that was sustainable throughout the years and would address core issues systemic to most every city.
CARES structured itself to promote, among other things, spay and neuter, adoption of shelter pets, humane education and anti-cruelty. CARES believes in euthanasia only for those animals who are sick, injured or vicious instead of an ineffective tool for population management.
Finally, CARES highlights the strong bond between humans and animals because we both enrich each others lives.
Yes, January is a glorious month! Happy birthday Elvis, Dr. King, CARES and me!
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My Nan gave us a bunch of freshly cut daffodils yesterday. I love Spring, and I heart daffodils! So, I used them in a photo shoot with Jack today. I love his eyes in these shots, which is why I am entering this into the Paper Mama's weekly themed photo challenge again this week. (Thanks to Chelsey for featuring my photo last week!) I know I am very biased, but I honestly think that Jack's eyes are the most amazing eyes I have ever seen.
My lovely little Staffy/lab doggy, Maisey, got in on the photo action today. She loves to get on the backdrop when the camera comes out, although for this reason, she often gets in the way. She's such a poser.
Tonight, my husband and I are going on a rare night out... together! So Jack is staying overnight with his Granny. I know he'll be fine, but I miss him terribly already. We are hardly ever apart, and I always feel like I'm missing a limb when he's gone. I'm sure we'll have a great night, but... roll on tomorrow!


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Our very own Will Spangler won an essay and photo contest with the Native Plant Society about the Rare Plant Treasure Hunt we participated in in the Delta. Way to go Will! We look forward to more Rare Plant Treasure hunting next year.
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According to a May 13 report from The New York Times, President Hugo Chávez announced early in the day that an offshore natural gas exploration rig, the Aban Pearl, leased to Venezuela's national oil company sank off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and forced the rig to evacuate all 95 of its workers. The cause of the sinking is unclear.
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DNV GL announced it has mapped out what is necessary to be in compliance with U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) requirements to operate FOIs, FSOs and FPSOs in U.S. waters.
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A man and woman were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning they suffered while renovating a southeast Wichita duplex late Tuesday afternoon.
Wichita Fire and Hazmat crews responded to the 2500 block of South Holyoke Court at around 5:30 p.m.
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Changing China
Giant on the move
Adventures in Chinglish
Whatever happened to the exploding shrimp? Do you know the way to Racist Park?
The Beijing authorities have been working long and hard in the run-up to the Olympics to stamp out Chinglish — but examples still abound all round town of this unique mix of Mandarin and English.
It's fun checking out the slogans on T-shirts to find the finest example of strangulated language.
Some Chinglish has even won the official stamp of approval.
"Brokeback" — popularised from the movie "Brokeback Mountain" about two gay cowboys – has passed the test with formal acceptance by Chinese scholars as Mandarin shorthand for gay.
But it would be hard to top the all-time favourite quintet of Chinglish entries picked by the U.S.-based Global Language Monitor:
– If you are stolen, call the police
– Airline Pulp (food served aboard airlines)
– The slippery are very crafty (slippery when wet)
– Do not climb the rocketry (rock wall)
– Deformed man toilet (handicapped restroom)
We'll be keeping our eyes and ears open for more…
PHOTO: 21-year-old Beijing T-shirt seller Xinxin stands in her stall in the popular Huawei Shopping Centre in Beijing June 13, 2008. REUTERS/Gillian Murdoch
I am not at all sure whether Chinglish is destined to become the future global language.
Interestingly however nine British MP's have nominated Esperanto for the Nobel Peace Prize 2008,
This seen at http://www.lernu.net
Why don't we use Esperanto at such international events, I wonder?
On the bathroom door of the restaurant I was in last night, a sign read, "Crumbly, please take care." Perhaps it meant the glass was fragile, or maybe they just get a mature clientele.
There is a "Happy VD Clinic" in Taipei.
Hurray for Chinglish
The article states: "Deformed man toilet (handicapped restroom)".
Handicapped? Yuk! In the UK the term "handicapped" isn't a whole lot better than "deformed man".
Anyway, the feature is an "accessible toilet". ("Disabled toilets" are toilets that are blocked, broken, vandalised, etc).
Restroom? I haven't seen any beds in one yet but when I do, I'll start calling them restrooms.
Silly colonials!


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HARTFORD, Conn. —
President Barack Obama is providing a ride on Air Force One to 11 relatives of those killed at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School so they can attend his gun control speech Monday before heading to Washington to personally plead with senators reluctant to back gun legislation.
Before a speech in Hartford, Obama plans to meet privately with relatives of seven children and one staffer killed during December's massacre. Afterward they plan to travel back to Washington on the presidential plane.
The White House says Obama is going to argue in his speech that lawmakers have an obligation to the children killed and other victims of gun violence to allow an up-or-down vote in the Senate. That would require 50 votes to pass, rather than a procedural maneuver some Republican senators are threatening to require 60 votes, potentially sinking the legislation.
"Imagine what they would say to the families of victims in Newtown about why a certain measure never came to a vote because they filibustered it," said White House spokesman Jay Carney.
Majority Leader Harry Reid brought gun control legislation to the Senate floor on Monday, though actual debate did not begin. He took the step after receiving a letter from 13 conservative Republican senators including Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, saying they would use delaying tactics to try preventing lawmakers from beginning to consider the measure. Such a move takes 60 votes to overcome, a difficult hurdle in the 100-member chamber.
The conservatives said the Democratic measure would violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms, citing "history's lesson that government cannot be in all places at all times, and history's warning about the oppression of a government that tries."
Echoing a frequent demand by Obama, Reid said that in the wake of December's killings of 20 first-graders and six educators in Newtown, Conn., Republicans should allow votes on gun control proposals including expanded background checks and bans on assault weapons, saying, "Shame on them."
He added, "The least Republicans owe the parents of those 20 little babies who were murdered at Sandy Hook is a thoughtful debate about whether stronger laws could have saved their little girls and boys."
The Democratic gun legislation would require background checks for buyers in nearly all gun transactions, strengthen laws against illegal gun sales and boost school safety efforts. Democrats are trying to find GOP support by offering to compromise on the safety check proposal, but so far no deal has been completed.
With Congress returning this week from a spring break, the Sandy Hook families want to speak to senators who have not voiced support for the legislation, to ask for support in memory of their children and the school staff who were killed Dec. 14. They originally planned to travel to Washington earlier on Monday, but the White House offered to give the families a ride so they could also attend Obama's speech before their lobbying push.
The families' trip was organized by Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit started by community members in the wake of the shooting. "The group is encouraging senators to come together around legislative proposals that will both save lives and respect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans," the group said in a statement.
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HARTFORD, Conn. —
President Barack Obama is providing a ride on Air Force One to 11 relatives of those killed at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School so they can attend his gun control speech Monday before heading to Washington to personally plead with senators reluctant to back gun legislation.
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"The Presents of Angels" is a holiday art show at the Hyannis Harbor Arts Center at the Guyer Barn featuring the work of master sculptors, well-known painters and photographers. The exhibit is Saturday, December 1st through Saturday, January 5th. Artists include Arnold Geissbuhler, Harry Holl, Sarah Holl, Edith Vonnegut, Pandora Peoples, Susan Breen, Shawn Dahlstrom, Tina Holl, Carol Covill, Cindy Sauers, Michelle Noiset and Richard Williams. A holiday gift boutique will be open during all free events. A portion of the sales proceeds will benefit WE CAN, an organization empowering all women in transition from job loss to domestic abuse. All holiday exhibits and performances are free and open to the public.
The holiday performance series includes:
Saturday, December 1st: Dance performances by Cape Cod African Dance and Drum and Troupe Isis.
Saturday, December 8th-6PM: Cape Cod Poetry Review Publication Party hosted by John Bonanni. Performances by local writers featured in the literary journal and music provided by Kathleen Healey.
Saturday December 15th -7PM: An Evening of Monologues exploring holiday topics with host Tamora Engle.
Friday January 4th -7pm: An Evening of New Year's Poetry hosted by Joe Gouevia, including performances by Barry Hellman and other authors.
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Curtain Call at BAM for the opening night of Merce Cunningham's "Nearly Ninety."
Last Thursday night Merce Cunningham turned 90
and at the Howard Gilman Opera House of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where they performed the world-premiere of his "Nearly Ninety."
Alastair Macauley
in the
New York Times
wrote: "The two factors that make 'Nearly Ninety' exceptional, though, remain the choreography and the performances. Mr. Cunningham's dance imagination actually appears more fertile than ever before. Onward!"
Todd Thomas, Andrew & Andrew, and Parker Posey
Anne Bass and Karen Brooks Hopkins
Eric Gallo and Joe Regan Jr.
Barbara Giffuni, Ziona Grossman, and Rose Billings
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Jo Andres and Steve Buscemi
Danny Simmons
Harvey Lichtenstein
Joseph V. Melillo
John Paul Jones
Elisa Lipsky-Karasz and Steve Eichner
Eddie Muntes and Denise Bernardo
Holley Farmer
Lee Ranaldo and Paul D. Miller (AKA "DJ Spooky")
Emma Desjardins
Jenny Goldberg and Shawn Sprecker
Susan and Alvin Chereskin
Lee Ranaldo and Leah Singer
Marisa Tomei
Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon
Limor Tomer, Joel Gold, and Joan Hershey
Martin Kace and Bella Meyer
Judith R. Fishman and Alan H. Fishman
Sean Redmond and Joy Curtis
Burt Barr and Trisha Brown
Danny Simmons
Holley Farmer
Kim Gordon
Parker Posey and Todd Thomas
Romeo Gigli
Trevor Carlson, Merce Cunningham, and Pepper
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Stanley Kriegel and Myra Zuckerbraun
Evan McCarthy, Julia Johannsen, and Hana Vanderkolk
Earlier this month, the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
raised a record $1.1 million at a gala benefit at Cipriani 42nd Street. More than 400 attended the event which honored Weil, Gotshal and Manges Partners and JBFCS trustees
Michael Epstein, Lori Fife, Stephen Jacobs,
Lori and John Reinsberg
for their outstanding contribution to the organization and commitment to provide the highest quality social services to New Yorkers in need.
JBFCS Executives and Board Trustees - Paul Levine, Executive Vice President and CEO, John A Herrmann, President, Anthony E. Mann, President–Elect, Roger A. Goldman, Board Trustee, Jamie B.W. Stecher, Vice President of the Board, Laurie N. Sprayregen, Board Trustee, Honorees - Michael A. Epstein, Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and JBFCS Trustee serves as Secretary of the Board and Chair, Lori R. Fife, Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and JBFCS Board Trustee, John Reinsberg, Deputy Chairman of Lazard Asset Management, Lori Reinsberg Private Art Consultant and JBFCS Board Trustee, Stephen E. Jacobs, Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and JBFCS Board Trustee
John Reinsberg, Deputy Chairman of Lazard Asset Management, Lori Reinsberg, Private Art Consultant and JBFCS Board Trustee and children Hillary, Justin and Evan
Of the honorees,
Paul Levine,
CEO of JBFCS, said that, "We are seeing the repercussions of the growing economic crisis in the lives of individuals and families coming through the doors of our community counseling centers and in the voices we hear on the phone from people seeking help…and in the face of extreme economic hardship we honor those trustees who have stepped up and made a tremendous difference -- not only in our financial coffers but in the fabric of the agency itself."
JBFCS, along with other organizations, faces major cuts in government funding which pays for a large share of the operations of services – from counseling centers to day treatment programs to residential facilities.
JBFCS Staff - Jo Gonsalves, Director of Communications, Beverly Groce, Communications Assistant, Thom Hamill, Director of Development & Philanthropy, Carol Davidson, Associate Executive Director of External Affairs, Jennifer Magdol, Development Assistant, Sophia Martin, Development Assistant
Guest at the gala dinner
The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services offers the most advanced mental health care and social services to help promote well-being, resilience and self-sufficiency for individuals and families. Every year, across the five boroughs and in Westchester, more than 65,000 people rely on JBFCS for help through some 175 programs.
Step up and help when you can.
Michael A. Epstein, Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and JBFCS Trustee serves as Secretary of the Board and Chair, wife Lisa and children Jesse, Emily, and Eric
Jo Gonsalves, JBFCS Director of Communications and Ronald Ries
Roger A. Goldman and JBFCS Board Trustee and wife Sandra
Helen Sears, Queens Council Member, District 25 and Ronald Ries, JBFCS Chief Financial Officer
Ernest Greene and Mary Pender Greene, JBFCS Assistant Executive Director
Lori R. Fife, Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and JBFCS Board Trustee, husband Mark and daughter Elizabeth
Alan B. Siskind, retired JBFCS Executive Vice President and CEO and John A Herrmann, JBFCS President
Jean Shafiroff, JBFCS Board Trustee and Anthony E. Mann, JBFCS President–Elect
Stephen E. Jacobs, Senior Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and JBFCS Board Trustee and wife Sherry
Carol L. Levin, JBFCS Board Trustee
Paul Levine, JBFCS Executive Vice President and CEO and wife Ethel
Louise B. Greilsheimer, UJA Senior Vice President for Agency and External Relations and Karen Spar Kasner, JBFCS Board Trustee
Jean L. Troubh, JBFCS Chair of the Board and Harvey R. Miller, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
Last Thursday, Beth Ostrosky made a special appearance at Lord and Taylor for the North Shore Animal League ...
Hec-Lin, Roberto Negrin, and VJ
Beth Ostrosky
Brendan Hoffman, Jacqui Lividini, and Ken Natori
Melanie Seymour-Holland and David Holland with more furry friends
Stephanie Mattera and Zoe
Neal Hamil, Grace Kelly, and Christy Hinze-Clark
Melanie Seymour-Holland and Macky
At the beginning of this month, on Friday, April 3rd and Saturday, April 4th, the New-York Historical Society's
Chairman's Council held its 2009 Weekend with History featuring a two-day program of informal conversations and presentations by scholars and cultural figures.
Drew Gilpin Faust,
historian and President of Harvard University, received the Society's 4th annual American History Book prize for her
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
(Alfred A. Knopf, 2008). Mrs. Faust received a $50,000 cash award, an engraved medal and the title of American Historian Laureate.
Nancy Newcomb and Drew Gilpin Faust
Among those participating in the weekend were:
David Cannadine,
Whitney, J. Oates Senior Research Scholar, Princeton University; Honorary Professor, University of London; and author of
Making History Now and Then;
James Chanos,
Founder and Managing Partner, Kynikos Associates;
Jim Dale,
Tony Award-winning actor;
Ronnie M. Eldridge,
Host, Eldridge & Co;
Eric Foner,
DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University, and editor of
Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World;
John Steele Gordon,
An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power;
Roger Hertog,
President, Hertog Foundation;
Daniel Walker Howe,
Rhodes Professor of American History Emeritus, Oxford University; Professor Emeritus of History, UCLA; and author of
What Hath God Wrought;
Bill T. Jones,
Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
Paul Kennedy,
J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, Yale University; and author of
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers;
Lawrence Kudlow,
Host of CNBC's
The Kudlow Report;
Pauline Maier,
William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor of American History, MIT, and author of the forthcoming
The People and the Constitution: An American Story;
George E. Pataki,
Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, and three-term governor of New York State;
Andrew C. Revkin,
Environment Reporter,
The New York Times;
Richard Rabinowitz,
Founder and President, American History Workshop;
David S. Reynolds,
Distinguished Professor of English and American Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York, and author of
Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson;
Marjorie Shelley,
Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of
Works on Paper,
Metropolitan Museum of Art;
Jean Edward Smith,
John Marshall Professor of Political Science, Marshall University, and author of
Richard Sylla,
Henry Kaufman Professor of The History of Financial Institutions and Markets and Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business, and editor of
The State, the Financial System and Economic Modernization;
Valerie Paley,
New-York Journal of American History;
Byron Wien,
Chief Investment Strategist, Pequot Capital Management. And from the New-York Historical Society:
Louise Mirrer,
President and CEO;
Jean Ashton,
Executive Vice President and Library Director, and
Linda S. Ferber,
Executive Vice President and Museum Director.
Anita and Byron Wien
Drew Gilpin Faust and Pam Schafler
Verne Oliver
John and Catherine Debs
Valerie Paley
Roger Hertog and Bernard Schwartz
Nancy and Burton Staniar with Sarah Nash
Last Wednesday, Bloomingdale's held its Spring/Summer 2009 Fashion Presentation and Luncheon to Benefit the NYU Child Study Center.
The luncheon benefit was co-chaired by
Michael Gould,
Bloomingdale's Chairman and CEO, with NYU Child Study Center luncheon co-chairs
Katerina Alevizaki-Dracopolous, Jennifer Creel,
Christine Mack.
Proceeds from the Benefit will directly support the groundbreaking research in neuroimaging being conducted at the NYU Child Study Center. This innovative work is on the verge of providing "Brain Function Growth Charts" that will be as transformational for child/adolescent mental health specialists as height and weight growth charts have been for pediatricians. Bloomingdale's underwrote the luncheon and donate 10% of sales from purchases throughout the store on April 15 to the NYU Child Study Center.
Among those attending:
Alice Tisch, Merryl Tisch, Brooke Neidich, Marcia Mishaan, Claude Wasserstein, Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz, Anne Keating, Jane Buffet,
Nicky Kinnaird.
The NYU Child Study Center is the nation's leading institution for research, prevention and treatment of child and adolescent psychiatric and learning disorders. Through science-based clinical care, cutting-edge research, expert professional training, and extensive public education, the Center strives to generate new knowledge about child mental health, improve the practices of healthcare professionals who serve children, and influence child-related public health policy. Most importantly, the Center provides hope, help and care to children and their families who suffer from these disorders. The NYU Child Study Center is committed to giving children back their childhood.
Bloomingdale's Spring/Summer 2009 Fashion Presentation
Dr. Harold Koplewicz and Lorraine Bracco
Nathalie Kaplan and Jill Roosevelt
Fiona Rudin, Jamie Lindenbaum, and Suzanne Cochran
Charlotte Bonstrom Assaf and Erica Karsch
Christine Mack and Jennifer Kennedy
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Susan Friedman and Carole Olshan
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Lorraine Bracco, Monica Foreman, and Frank Doroff
Linda Sirow, Katerina Dracopoulos, and Rabiana de Lande Long
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Vanessa Cornell and Mary Solomon
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BlackBerry Z10 sales kick off this Friday in the United States, but it is still unclear how popular the smartphone and its Q10 cousin running BlackBerry 10 will be, amid a number of contradictory predictions and indicators.
AT&T will put the Z10 on sale for $199.99 and a two-year contract this Friday, followed by Verizon Wireless a week later at the same price.
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Less than a week after BlackBerry blogged that an unnamed partner purchased 1 million BlackBerry 10 smartphones, a Gartner analyst on Monday predicted that BlackBerry will achieve less than 5 percent global market share through 2016.
"Market conditions will make it extremely difficult for BlackBerry to rise above iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8 platforms," blogged Gartner analyst Van Baker.
While calling BlackBerry 10 a "modernized new platform based on touch technology," Baker added, "The question is whether the new platform is sufficient to motivate the buyer to choose BlackBerry over the platforms they know."
Consumers will be key to BB 10's success, meaning that enterprises should wait six months before installing the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 for mobile device management to support multiple devices "until it is clear that BB10 has proven successful in the consumer market," Baker said.
Also, while BlackBerry last week said it has 4,200 businesses and government customers testing BB 10 devices with BES 10, it isn't clear how many are motivated to adopt the technology.
In fact, more than a dozen companies have told Computerworld that they are moving off BlackBerry, supporting Baker's point.
"We have determined that BlackBerry is simply no longer a fit as a corporate-issued device and are replacing them with an iPhone or Android," said William Rhodes, director of technology of PowerLine Services in an email. "The determination is based on the historical complexity the device needed in order to integrate within a corporate environment [with a separate BES server], thus driving up IT support costs in maintaining connectivity for BB devices to corporate system."
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It's the question people ask me, everywhere I go. But I don't even have to go anywhere. I just sit at my desk, and the phone rings, and people ask. Then they change their voice and call the next day and ask again. They ask it even more than the other questions, the ones about the gunfights, the ones about Hank Williams, the ones about Kid Curry. I'm the guy, they figure, that knows the answer. I learned last week that maybe they were wrong.
The question they ask is, "Is there an underground Gay Street?" For years, I've taken a deep breath, looked at the clock, and said something like this: Well, not really. Not in any practical sense. It's just in one block, the 100 block, and there are just some places where you can stick your head out under the sidewalk, that's all. I've been down there. There are some doors and windows that haven't seen the light of day in 80 years, I've seen them. But then, wham, there's a retaining wall, and thousands of tons of dirt fill, from where they leveled out Gay Street and installed the viaduct over the railyards in 1919. And they're cut off from all the other pockets by brick sidewalls. They're just holes.
Still, it's one of my favorite blocks. Most of these buildings were here when Gay Street made a steep drop down to the Southern railyards. For years, this end of Gay Street was something like a rollercoaster, a steep slope down to the bottom, followed by a sharp rise up and over the iron bridge that spanned the railyards. Then, in 1919, they raised the street to level that harsh dip, covering the lower floors of several businesses. Most already had basements, some even sub-basements. Today, they're almost like icebergs, with deceptive expanses of floor space below the street level.
For a century this block was the first newcomers saw of Knoxville when they got off the train. It's the one place hereabouts with connections to the black, immigrant Italian, Jewish, Swiss, and working-class white communities. The 100 block may be the only place in America where hillbilly guitar pickers lunched on kosher pastrami sandwiches and latkes.
It was also once the best block in town to see the old translucent sidewalks, constructed of glass prisms in a cast-iron frame. Manhattan's Soho is famous for its glass sidewalks; on Gay Street, we've generally repaired the broken ones by asphalting them. Only a few are still visible.
One morning six or seven years ago, in response to persistent rumors that there are still streetsigns and storefronts down there, even saloons where you could still see barstools in the windows, photographer Aaron Jay and I knocked on every door on the block to see who would let us have a look downstairs; against their better judgment, several did. What we found were several underground pockets, each about the size of a walk-in closet. They were all dirty and dark. We found no streetlamps, no cigar-stand signs, no circus posters, no saloons. Disappointed, we came back to the office with a photo of a plain sooty window. We ran it to show that there's nothing much down there.
I'm not sure we were looking at it in the right light. Just this fall, maverick developer David Dewhirst has enlisted urban architect Buzz Goss and his wife, designer Cherie Piercy-Goss, to take another look at underground Gay Street. They found a good deal more than I did.
All three have long acquaintance with this block. Dewhirst has lived here for years in a renovated townhouse; his place has some doors and windows in the basement. Back in 1994, the Gosses worked on this block; one of their more exotic renovations was on the east side, below street level. Some of the buildings have three levels below the street. The Gosses' residential project opened up space below the sidewalk, hollowing out areas on either side of the front walkway to allow natural light all the way to the third level below the street, which is now a residence. The apartments have porches with patio furniture.
Goss points out how several buildings were redesigned, circa 1919, to accommodate the new viaduct level; that accounts for the unusual layout of the Emporium Building at Gay and Jackson, which invites visitors to walk up into a large room or down into an even larger room. Looking at the Victorian plaster, he's been trying to figure out how his predecessors redesigned these buildings.
"That's the fun part," Goss says. "It's almost like archaeology."
Other buildings are more mysterious. The lower room at 108 Gay Street includes what appears to be the original cast-iron sidewalk. But alongside it is a detailed Victorian cast-iron pillar rising from an elaborate pedestal that's several feet deeper than the now-buried sidewalk, suggesting earlier, unremembered building-up projects.
With some out-of-state partners, Dewhirst recently acquired some more Victorian-era buildings, notably the elaborate Emporium, the oldest of several buildings that once housed the Sterchi Brothers Furniture Co. It was here about a century ago, and still has the most imposing underground storefront. The windows are long gone, but still standing are two great columns of polished Tennessee marble, detailed to impress, but seen by few since the Wilson administration.
Low on the column front are still the cranks that once rolled out a canopy to shield this grand entrance from rain and sun that haven't visited here in over 80 years.
Most of these basements show some evidence of the old sidewalk, if only in the form of crumbling concrete. But in the building recently occupied by the old Mill Agent is the most surprising survivor of 1919: an old translucent glass sidewalk. Even the street's original steep grade is obvious: the sidewalk climbs several degrees. Its cast-iron frame is pimpled with tiny knobs for traction; in the center of the sidewalk, a few inches from the walls, where thousands once walked, it's worn flat.
Beneath this glass sidewalk is the reason for the glass, the original basement once illuminated by these little windows. Underneath, some of them are thick prisms, perhaps to direct the light.
Dewhirst and Goss recently co-hosted a costume party down here, and the turn-of-the-century glass sidewalk, illuminated from what's now the sub-basement, was the conversation piece.
"It's just fascinating," says Dewhirst of the sidewalks and his whole Gay Street underworld. He says the 100 block's underground presence and its potential is one of the main reasons he has bought almost a dozen buildings on this block.
Goss is the first to admit it's nothing like the big, all-the-way-under-the-street space of Underground Atlanta. "It's more like Krakow, Poland," he says. There, he says, you can find intimate cafes beneath the street level. That's how he and Dewhirst picture the 100 block: as a hive of galleries and cafes connected along the ragtime-era sidewalk.
Dewhirst and Goss are already planning to punch through brick walls between individual addresses to complete the sidewalks on either side of the street. Dewhirst even pictures the walkway wrapping around underneath the viaduct via a catwalk to connect with itself. Construction will begin before the end of the year, and Goss expects to have some units finished by next summer.
"This kind of thing could only happen in Knoxville," he says, waving a hand at the up-and-down architecture once required by the city's awkward blufftop location. "This is what we've got." He thinks it's the sort of weird feature people will talk about when they entertain visitors: "Oh, you're coming to town? You have to see this."
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Let's get this party started, right? There has rarely been a January in video game history that was less interesting than the month about to end. Yes, "Don't Starve" is fun (and on the PSN now) and you really must play "Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition," but is that really IT? Did we miss something? I know that most people were busy playing 2013 games like "Assasin's Creed IV: Black Flag," "Call of Duty: Ghosts," and "Battlefield 4," but it's time to move on. We need some games to really get this year and, to be honest, the entire PS4 generation, going. Will we get them in February? Sadly, if you're hoping for an onslaught of awesome in the shortest month of the year, it's more of a trickle. There are only four games of serious note and while I'm very excited to play all four, we need waves of games to push the PS4 to a wider audience. That will come later in the year. For now, here's what you're going to want to play in February. Finish up "Black Flag." You're running out of time.
February 7: "The LEGO Movie Videogame"
The LEGO brand has become one of the most successful in the history of video games but this game will have different expectations in that it's based purely on a LEGO property. Games like "LEGO Marvel Super Heroes," "LEGO Star Wars," and the upcoming "LEGO The Hobbit" have fan bases outside of the legendary toy to appeal to. How does a LEGO game work without something like "Harry Potter" or "Indiana Jones" to tie in with? The buzz on the film is very strong and one hopes that it's creative enough to appeal to both kids and adults in the same manner that the video games have over the years. This game features a world made entirely of LEGO places and the characters from the film. So, will it be a part of that cursed subgenre of movie/TV tie-ins, almost none of which are worth the disc on which they're burned? Or will it fit with the LEGO genre, which are some of the best family games of the PS3 generation? This one will be released on both the 3 and 4, along with a half-dozen other systems like the Vita, DS, etc. I think if you close your eyes, you'll be able to just see it.
Platform: PS3/PS4
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Developer: TT Games
Before You Buy: Check out our list of five franchises that need a LEGO game, including one that kind of happened after we wrote it.
February 11: "Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII"
While we have to wait for the PS4 debut of the "Final Fantasy" universe, this long-awaited game is finally coming to the PS3 after years of anticipation. Follow us here because the world of "FF" can be confusing. You may be wondering what this is given that "Final Fantasy XIII" came out four years ago and you may have played "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn" last year. Reportedly, this is a direct sequel to "Final Fantasy XIII-2," expanding on the world of this installment in the "FF" series and concluding its story with a focus on the saga of the beloved Lightning. The game is reportedly more action-based, looks gorgeous, and has received some very high grades in Japan, where it has been released since November. With so few games to take up our precious playing hours, it seems like a perfect month for a "Final Fantasy" game. These are time commitments. I think the last one I played took me 498 hours. Give or take.
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There's a formula Pittsburgh coach Paul Chryst likes to use when building a team: start with the inside and go from there.
Given a year to figure out what he's got on his hands with the Panthers, Chryst hit the recruiting trail this winter with one goal in mind.
"We felt like we wanted to get bigger and the only way to get bigger is to recruit bigger," Chryst said.
In both size and numbers.
Pitt signed 27 players to letters of intent yesterday, including 10 offensive and defensive linemen that Chryst hopes lays the foundation for the program as it moves from the Big East to the ACC next summer.
The five offensive linemen — Dorian Johnson, Carson Baker, Jaryd-Jones Smith, Alex Officer and Aaron Reese — are all at least 6-foot-4 and weigh 280 pounds or more. The five defensive linemen — Tyrique Jarrett, Luke Maclean, Justin Moody, Shakir Soto and Jeremiah Taleni — are all at least 6-2 with Taleni and Jarrett both listed at 300 pounds or above.
"To a certain extent there is a formula but I don't think it's unique to what we did at Wisconsin," said Chryst, a former offensive coordinator with the Badgers before coming to Pitt 14 months ago. "Any great team has strength in the offensive line and defensive line. We're not reinventing the wheel there."
Maybe, but the Panthers are certainly rebranding under Chryst, who went 6-7 in his first season on the job last fall. He's hoping to do the same at Pitt, which needs to replace two starters along the offensive line and create a more competitive environment at a position that was battered by injuries in 2012.
The linchpin is Johnson, a 6-5, 290-pound star from Belle Vernon (Pa.) High considered one of the top line prospects in the country. Chryst called the high school film on Johnson "as good as you'll see from an o-lineman" and believes he can make an immediate impact.
"He's going to get an opportunity, absolutely," Chryst said. "He's a special player."
The Panthers believe they've landed more than one in what felt to Chryst like his first real recruiting class. He had the job at Pitt only a handful of weeks last February, the result a 16-player class that included standout freshman running back Rushel Shell but did little to address depth issues.
"We ended up dressing out 53 guys at the bowl game," he said. "That's not what you want."
Pitt had enough leeway this time around to sign both a kicker (Chris Blewitt) and a punter (Ryan Winslow). The core of the skill position players, however, came from the trio of Clairton (Pa.) stars Tyler Boyd, Titus Howard and Terrish Webb.
Boyd, Howard and Webb all starred for a program that is redefining what a high school powerhouse means. The Bears went 48-0 during their final three seasons and won a state title each of their four years in the program. The 6-2, 185-pound Boyd played quarterback, running back and wide receiver in high school but is expected to get his first crack at wide receiver when camp opens in August.
While Howard and Webb were firm commitments all the way through, there appeared to be some last-minute anxiety from Boyd, who was also considering Tennessee and West Virginia among others. Boyd didn't sign until midmorning yesterday, though Chryst says he was never really worried.
"We don't get caught up in a lot of the buzz around it and he's earned the right to have that buzz around him," Chryst said. "We always felt good about him and what we were saying to him and what he was telling us. We're certainly really excited to have him because he's a special person."
One that could give Pitt's offense a needed dash of explosiveness alongside senior-to-be Devin Street. Boyd scored 117 touchdowns during his high school career and ran for more than 5,755 yards but showed flashes of what he can do on the outside too, catching 13 passes for 295 yards.
While Boyd talked about working out of the Wildcat formation, Chryst wasn't quite ready to go that far.
"I think our job is for any player to find ways to get them involved in the offense," Chryst said. "We will exhaust every way we can for our players to get involved in the offense. I think he's one, what he's shown on tape, him talking and his understanding of football, we can put a lot on his plate."
Getting Boyd, Webb and Howard as a package deal could help the Panthers develop a pipeline to one of the most talent-rich high school programs in the state.
"I know they're also the type of guys that will keep branching out and it's not just going to be those three," Chryst said. "That's pretty unique."
Soto, Jarrett, quarterback Tra'Von Chapman and tight end Scott Orndoff have already enrolled and will be available when spring practice begins next month. The rest of the class will have to wait until August, at which point the Panthers will officially be members of the ACC.
Chryst said the conference switch came up on the recruiting trail but he didn't lean on it as a pitch. He doesn't think he had to.
"Our focus was on this university and the people here and what we're trying to do," he said.
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There's a formula Pittsburgh coach Paul Chryst likes to use when building a team: start with the inside and go from there.
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Pitt Football: Panthers beef up lines in 2013 recruiting class
There's a formula Pittsburgh coach Paul Chryst likes to use when building a team: start with the inside and go from there. Given a year to figure out what he's got on his hands with the Panthers, Chryst hit the recruiting trail this winter with one goal in mind.
'Sad Day": College football guru Beano Cook dies at 81
Beano Cook, the college football commentator with an encyclopedic knowledge of the sport he dearly loved, has died. The 81-year-old Boston native had worked for ESPN since 1986 and was the sports information director at his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, from 1956 to 1966. The school announced Thursday that Cook had died in his sleep.
'God was watching over him': Derrick Burns is finding a way to adjust to life without football
Everything about Derrick Burns screams football player. The broad shoulders, muscular legs — even the football he constantly carries around with him — make it obvious that the young man with the easy smile has got game.
Louisville knocks off Pitt
Russ Smith scored 18 points, Kyle Kuric added 17 and No. 17 Louisville held on to beat Pittsburgh, 57-54, on Sunday.
Pittsburgh (15-14, 4-12) cut the lead to one and had three chances to tie or take the lead in the final minute, but Tray Woodall missed a jumper and senior Ashton Gibbs' shot from just inside halfcourt as time expired missed off the back iron.
Backyard Basketbrawl: West Virginia storms past Pittsburgh
West Virginia center Deniz Kilicli doesn't know if he'll get chance to play Pittsburgh again. The next time the rivals face each other on the basketball court, Kilicli could be long gone. The burly center from Turkey didn't miss a chance to give the Mountaineers perhaps the final word in the Backyard Brawl.
College Basketball: Ex-Aliquippa star Pope leads Seton Hall past Pitt
Seton Hall rode some unexpected shooting by a freshman and some steady plays by its seniors to a sorely needed win. Freshman Aaron Cosby made five 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 19 points, while Herb Pope had 19 points and 14 rebounds.
College Basketball: South Florida ends Pitt winning streak
South Florida's Hugh Robertson combined a perfect night offensively with a stellar defensive performance that helped the Bulls rebound from their worst-ever Big East loss.
College Basketball: Woodall leads Pitt past Villanova
Pittsburgh senior Ashton Gibbs is a happy man now that his backcourt mate, junior Tray Woodall, is back and healthy in the starting lineup. He's almost as happy as Woodall, who recovered from a groin/abdominal strain to turn in one of his best performances of the season.
College Basketball: Pitt falls to Louisville for eighth straight loss
Pittsburgh hoped the return of point guard Tray Woodall and a raucous home crowd would help them finally snap their nearly monthlong losing streak and earn their first Big East win of the season.
College Basketball: Lifeless Pitt loses fifth straight game
Eli Carter scored 14 points, Dane Miller added 11 points and 12 rebounds and Rutgers crushed reeling Pittsburgh 62-39 on Tuesday night.
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Nicole and Derek are giving Evan and Anna a run for their money!
That was really lovely!
Nicole and Derek are giving Evan and Anna a run for their money!
That was really lovely!
"In a world of pollution, profanity, adolescence, broccoli, zits, ozone depletion, racism, sexism, stupid guys and PMS, why the hell do people still tell me to have a nice day?" - Unknown
Wow nice for Nicole! Great dance.
Will you ever come back Julianne?? =(
Nicole: She is beautiful. And, Mr. Hough, I love his carriage and posture. I would love to dance with him! She did a very decent job!
"...each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." - Mitch Albom, one helluva writer
When you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, you know which one you hit by the one that yelps!
That was pretty good. She was slightly stiff and not completely connecting with him, but she kept up pretty well.
Derek really knows how to make his partners look better than they are.
"Whatever you are, be a good one." Abraham Lincoln
Ugh! Is this going to be the season of gushing over Nicole??
Wait, Len is speaking up. Thank you Len!
I hope Khate gets all 3's or less. Maybe she will trip on her dress or her shoes will malfunction ala tanya Harding
It's so annoying! And yeah, she was so trying to downplay her ability!
Tear em' apart Len!
Edit: I'm not screaming ringer, cause she does need slight improvement... I just want Derek to get a duddd!
Keep your feet on the ground, when your heads in the clouds!
I agree. I could stand looking at him all season.Originally Posted by fluff;3860360;
He who laughs last thinks slowest
Maybe we should chug on over to namby pamby land where we can find some self confidence for you, you jackwagon!
I guess i'm in the minority. I love Derek, always have...he's a great dancer, and let's be honest, maks, derek, Julianne (prev seasons), there are a few of them who always get the best partners.
Len is still mad about the space program comment?
Will you ever come back Julianne?? =(


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March 7th, 2011 5:00pm EST
The twelfth season of "Dancing With The Stars" begins March 21, and reality TV star Kendra Wilkinson is an early favorite to win. She'll be competing against hip hop star Romeo, boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard, Disney star Chelsea Kane, "Karate Kid" Ralph Macchio, supermodel Petra Nemcova, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, talk show hostess Wendy Williams, WWE wrestler Chris Jericho, former "Cheers" star Kirstie Alley, radio personality Mike Catherwood.
Take a look back at the previous 11 seasons and see who won the coveted mirror ball tropy. There were four athletes, six women, one African American,
Summer 2005 Kelly Monaco (actress)
Winter 2006 Drew Lachey (singer)
Autumn 2006 Emmitt Smith (former football player)
Spring 2007 Apolo Anton Ohno (speed skater)
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Autumn 2008 Brooke Burke (model)
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Spring 2010 Nicole Scherzinger (singer)
Autumn 2010 Jennifer Grey (actress)
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A host of state and federal politicians will gather this month in Anchorage to discuss federal management of Alaska, and where state and federal managers are facing conflicts.
The meeting, hosted by the Alaska Outdoors Council, will be held on August 12 and 13 at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage.
President Bill Iverson said he was impressed by the list of special guests, which includes: Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator Mark Begich, Congressman Don Young, Governor Sean Parnell, Attorney General Michael Geraghty, Deputy Commissioner of DNR Ed Fogels.
The Council is especially interested in how the federal government plays a role in Alaska's outdoors. Iverson said they'll be considering "the current relationship between federal managers, responsible for managing 62% of Alaska, and Alaska state managers responsible for natural resource management and development statewide."
The event is open to the public, you can register online.
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Nullification is the way to deal with federal overreach in federal regulations…Don ,Lisa and Parnell knows this they just don't have the political will to do it. They have been federalized by their retirements and health care!