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Keeping Punk Rock Elite: How Looking Back Is Helping Silverstein Move Forward
01/30/12 at
Thomas Nassiff
Keeping Punk Rock Elite:
How Looking Back Is Helping Silverstein Move Forward
Words By: Thomas Nassiff
All photos courtesy of Silverstein and Hopeless Records
song streams courtesy of Hopeless Records (
stream the songs by just scrolling down and looking for the media player
LtR: Billy Hamilton, Josh Bradford, Shane Told, Paul Koehler, Neil Boshart.
What? American Nightmare? What does Silverstein know about American Nightmare?
Shane Told is speaking freely. The Silverstein frontman and lead vocalist, donning a deep, white V-neck and a pair of black skinny jeans, sits on a bench just outside the Orlando House of Blues. On the ground near his faded black Vans is what looks to be an iced coffee, and Told seems tired.
A group of children accompanied by two weary parents walk past the bench, sporting Mickey Mouse ears and grasping the ends of strings that tame the hand-made balloon animals on their opposite ends. Casting a shadow behind us is a five-story virtual amusement park called LaserQuest; in the not-so-far distance is another enormous building, which houses the circus spectacle known as Cirque Du Soleil.
Playing a show at Downtown Disney just provides a different setting than your average nightclub.
Told has a good reason to look tired. Less than an hour ago, he was tearing through a blistering set of just over a dozen songs with his band. In a direct supporting slot, playing right before August Burns Red, Silversteins set was essentially a greatest hits of sorts. From songs on the bands first LP,
When Broken Is Easily Fixed
they still close with My Heart Bleeds No More to tasty previews of new tracks that will appear on the early February release of
Short Songs
, Told and Co. played a little something for every Silverstein fan.
They even played songs that would entertain non-fans, like the American Nightmare cover of Hearts that has become a staple of Silversteins set within the last year. In fact, Silversteins rendition of Hearts was released on a 7-inch called
Support Your Local Record Store
. The Record Store Day-exclusive vinyl featured two other covers: Kid Dynamites Pits and Poisoned Apples and Propagandhis Fuck the Border.
Perhaps those melodic punk staples arent what youd expect a band touring with August Burns Red, Texas In July and letlive. to cover for a surprise 7-inch. You wouldnt be the only one surprised by Silversteins early influences.
It's weird when people say we aren't a hardcore band or we aren't a punk band, Told says. It's like, obviously we know we aren't [a band like that], but our influences are those bands. We just put a different spin on it instead of trying to rip someone off.
Silversteins story leading up to the release of
Short Songs
is one of a band in transition. For most of the groups career, it released music via scene staple Victory Records, and that partnership led to a great deal of success. From the fan-favorite, critically lauded
Discovering The Waterfront
in 2005 to the more straightforward
Arrivals and Departures
in 2007 and the concept record
A Shipwreck In the Sand
in 2009, Silverstein became a post-hardcore tour de force on Victorys roster.
But after four albums, Silversteins contractual obligation to the label reached its end and despite all the success the pairing had delivered, the band chose to part ways.
There comes a time when a term has reached its end and you look forward to something new. It was time for a change and to explore what else was out there, Silverstein drummer Paul Koehler says. It's like completing a term in school and now it's your turn to get a job There are people at Hopeless that we've known almost as long as we've been a touring band.
With a new label that goes about business in a different fashion, Silverstein was set for a revitalization of sorts. While
A Shipwreck In the Sand
wasnt a negative stain on the bands catalog, their momentum wasnt as high as it used to be; things were beginning to feel stale, at least from an outsiders perspective. Switching to Hopeless, with the labels innovative mindset, got the band out of whatever mini-rut it was in. Subsequently, the appropriately titled
EP had some of the best songs Silverstein had written in years.
[After Victory], we decided that there were other labels that were a better fit for us with our ethics and with the things we wanted to do musically, Told says. With Hopeless we were able to do the
EP, the Record Store Day 7-inch, and now
Short Songs
, and I think with Victory that wouldn't happen. We wanted to do this stuff before, put out lots of releases, but with Victory, it comes down to dollars and cents a lot of the time, and with Hopeless they saw the passion we had for these projects and was really supportive of them.
Told described the process of getting
Short Songs
approved as shockingly easy. The band simply brought the idea to the label, was given resources to record the songs, and was sent on its way. We were like, Really? They were like, Yeah, its a cool idea, Told says.
ABSOLUTExclusive: Silverstein - "Sick As Your Secrets" (Original song. Album opener.)
Sick As Your Secrets
Told expands on his thoughts, saying he wants Silverstein to be a more evolutionary band. Its no secret the music industry has changed since the band started, and where Silverstein and Hopeless meet eye-to-eye is in the belief that the traditional model of a band releasing a record, then touring on that record for two years, is dead.
Ian Harrison is the head of marketing at Hopeless Records. Hopeless sat down with Silverstein before the release of
and challenged the band to come up with something amazing, Harrison says. Were always encouraging bands to move beyond the model of traditional recording and touring. We want to see more creative and interesting stuff that fans can connect with. We were really impressed when they came up with
Short Songs
and we thought it was the perfect move for them. We feel there is a lot more to Silverstein than people know about because of how the band has been presented in the past.
Harrison continues to point out recent releases like the acoustic versions of
When Youre Through Thinking Say Yes
Reach for the Sun
that Yellowcard and The Dangerous Summer, respectively, put out through the label. Its these kind of smaller releases that Hopeless strives for because of the connection they bring between fan and artist, and because it keeps the bands momentum rolling.
We think thats the future of how bands, especially in this scene, are going to thrive moving forward, Harrison says. Youve got to put out more projects like [
Short Songs
] if youre going to stay relevant.
The leeway to be more creative and Silversteins chance to have more fun with [its] career, according to Koehler, is just one aspect of the bands changing face. The group put out a full-length in 2011,
, that felt like its most cohesive record since
Discovering the Waterfront
a welcome release in the minds of older fans.
felt more lightweight, like it was written with no outside pressure, and the band echoes that sentiment. After four well-received records, the groups fifth studio LP came with the ebbs and flows you would expect out of a veteran band. The hard, fast songs were there so were the signature Silverstein breakdowns and the more ballad-y aspects. Most importantly, it was the record Silverstein wanted to write most, perhaps more so than any album in its career.
It's important to remember that Rescue was written over the course of a year in between everything that was going on, Koehler says. It was a time without a label we wrote and recorded on our own, before we even secured the home. Hopeless was already in discussion with us and heard some of the demos, but the album was pretty much finished by the time we signed with them. I think this made
our album, and thats something we're very proud of.
isnt a far departure from anything Silverstein has done in the past, but the punk influences that always linger around the band are certainly felt. The back-to-back pair of Texas Mickey and The Artist conveys this well the former is a more pop-punk song, featuring Bayside frontman Anthony Raneri on guest vocals, while the latter is a straightforward, blunt hardcore punk song. The Artist was appropriately featured on the
Support Your Local Record Store
7-inch, fitting in with the covers the band chose better than any song in its catalog.
Despite the bands original influences American Nightmare, Kid Dynamite, Propagandhi and Lifetime are our favorite bands collectively, Told says Silverstein chooses to go in a different direction when it writes its own music. At least until now, that is.
I dont think we
try to stray away from our influences, Koehler says. I think weve just found our sound, our Silverstein sound, and thats what it is. No matter what type of song were writing, its still the five of us its always been the five of us so it has our sound there. Even with [
Short Songs
], were not trying to be Kid Dynamite. Were not trying to be American Nightmare.
Since we started 12 years ago, there was no The Used or Underoath those bands werent around back then, Koehler continues. So we were trying to make a band that sounded like Mineral and Knapsack and The Get Up Kids thats what we purposely wanted to sound like, with hardcore mixed in. And then we started screaming, and it just so happened that there was a floodgate of bands that were doing that, and I guess thats how we became popular. We just started doing something that ended up catching on at the right time.
For Silverstein, what it boils down to at the present time is letting its influences shine through more than ever before. While always evident in the musicianship on the bands records, from the prominent heaviness in the guitars to the pounding kick drum,
Short Songs
shows the kind of band that Silverstein
have become and probably almost
ABSOLUTExclusive: Silverstein - "236 E. Broadway" (Cover song. Originally by Gob.)
236 E. Broadway (Originally by Gob)
Told talks about how each of the members in Silverstein were in previous bands that sounded like a lot of the groups they cover on
Short Songs
. I played in a punk band that sounded like Propagandhi and Lifetime, he says. Our old guitar player was in a band that sounded like Hope Conspiracy and old Cave In. When we made Silverstein, we tried to use those influences in our own way.
Told says that
Short Songs
is just an example of the band letting their original influences become more obvious in their songwriting. On the release, the A-side is 11 original Silverstein songs and although that half of the record only amounts to 11-and-a-half minutes, listeners actually get an abridged version of a normal Silverstein release.
All of the characteristics of the bands career-spanning sound are still there the ballad-y parts, the slower parts, the breakdowns and, of course, Tolds signature screaming-to-singing switch-offs. Its essentially a typical Silverstein record that is drastically cut down in time, with none of the songs topping 90 seconds, and instead of some of the grandiose post-hardcore elements in
or previous albums, everything is considerably more stripped down.
Pointing again to the influence of Hopeless Records, Told and Koehler describe a less stressful recording environment during the creation of
Short Songs
. With the whole album written and recorded in just a couple of weeks, Told says the production value and depth of musicianship is what changed most. Instead of multiple layers of vocals, and instead of using a segment of strings, and instead of all the other tricks in the post-hardcore production bag, the band recorded everything very simply. Its the difference between going into the studio and knocking out two songs in their entirety versus going to the studio, working for a few days, but then knowing that one song isnt even completely done yet, Told says.
As a result of the short song lengths and the stripped-down sound, however, the band had to be careful to write parts that were especially memorable. You might only play the chorus once, so the chorus has to sound like a chorus right away, Told says. It can't just become catchy because you repeat it four times. We have a 7-second song about Josh stealing Billy's food out of the bus fridge. Even that has a verse, chorus and ending, he laughs.
At the end of the day, Silverstein doesnt feel like its doing anything drastically different than it has been all along. For over a decade now, this band has been playing its own sound, but because of the wave of post-hardcore/screaming bands in the mid-2000s, got lumped into a category that it doesnt necessarily fit into.
Short Songs
should do more than enough to separate Silverstein from the pack.
While the 11 originals on the album make for a good listen, the 11 covers on the B-side will be much more fun for fans that grew up with these old punk bands themselves. From the pure aggression of Gorilla Biscuits Good Intentions, to the familiar half-minute of the Descendents Coffee Mug, to the short-but-sweet acoustic sounds of Green Days Ballad of Wilhelm Fink, the covers present something for everyone. The band even recorded two versions of NOFXs Its My Job To Keep Punk Rock Elite the album version has the original lyrics, while the version that premiered on Punknews a few weeks ago has lines playful lines like, We survived Victory.
Its funny how, over time, people have assumed because of all the other bands like us that have come out, that we dont even know who these bands are, Told says. Its weird that people are like, What, American Nightmare? What does Silverstein know about American Nightmare? And I mean, I have an original American Nightmare shirt. I saw them play at Hellfest. Its just weird that because we sound a certain way, people dont think that we have those influences.
What remains to be seen is how much of a lasting effect
Short Songs
will have on Silversteins songwriting moving forward. Koehler and Told say that although the band wont change the way it goes about writing music, there is no doubt that the experience will leave some sort of impression. Told says even something as simple as how the guitars were recorded could run over to the next Silverstein LP.
With the ever-changing landscape of the music industry, a shift toward its earlier influences could be exactly what Silverstein needs to stay fit and relevant. Or, maybe its not only time will tell. Whats certain is that in an industry fueled by social media and the ever-shortening attention span of its audience, a band keeping its momentum going is essential.
And Silversteins momentum might just be starting again.
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Early Edition: Silverstein
01/08/12 at
Thomas Nassiff
has taken a different trajectory throughout its career than most of the bands they came up with. They were part of a group of "screamo" or "post-hardcore" bands, or whatever you want to go ahead and call them, that got big in the middle of the 2000s.
Discovering the Waterfront
put them on the map;
Arrivals and Departures
continued their momentum;
Shipwreck In the Sand
was a cool concept record, but you could feel things growing stale; and
was something of renewal for the punk aspects of the band's sound.
Silverstein has always toured with good bands, although they could have easily slipped into the wrong spectrum of the heavier music community. It seems natural for them to release
Short Songs
- a collection of 11 original songs and 11 old punk covers - although if one were to just listen to their most recent releases, it might not make sense.
utilized a fair amount of punk influences, much like
Discovering the Waterfront
, and
Short Songs
is just Silverstein paying tribute to the bands it grew up on.
With a total of 22 songs but a run time of under 20 minutes, this is a quick listen. It's essentially an EP, but it's a fantastic idea and a great move for the band. The originals will appeal to both old fans and new listeners who check this out solely for the covers. At times, you wonder if Silverstein couldn't just take a step back and write a terrific
-esque pop-punk record. Later in Short Songs, we actually get a Descendents cover - a neat and enjoyable take on "Coffee Mug." Other standouts are the
cover of "It's My Job to Keep Punk Rock Elite" and the awesome
Green Day
cover of "The Ballad of Wilhelm Fink," where vocalist Shane Told sounds eerily like Billie Joe Armstrong.
In the end,
Short Songs
is a solid release for this band, but the most interesting aspect of it is wondering where the band will take its sound next. Personally, I think their tried-and-true format of half-sung, half-screamed vocals and breakdowns has seen its climax. I would love to see this band strip everything down, get into the Blasting Room with Bill Stevenson, and write a beastly punk/hardcore album. Or take a queue from your labelmates and record with Steve Evetts. You've covered American Nightmare before. You're covering NOFX and Gorilla Biscuits now. Silverstein, I've loved your band since the eighth grade - but for the sake of your continued relevance to older fans who have outgrown the "summer of screamo" and the likes of early
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
records - ditch your established (and slightly repetitive) sound, and make us a punk record. It seems like it's what you want to do anyway.
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Delhi Gang Rape: A Mirror To Our Society?
When societies indulge in hysteria at periodic intervals, they react more and more … and more. And think a whole lot less!
Delhi – The Rape Capital
Delhi gang rape: Anger rises in city as victim sinks timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Del…—
Times of India (@timesofindia) December 19, 2012
Thousands take to streets in outrage after Indian student nearly killed in brutal, hours-long gang rape on bus natpo.st/VRlcms—
National Post (@nationalpost) December 19, 2012
Why Delhi continues to be the rape capital of India. wp.me/p2ZvIE-2 via @wordpressdotcom—
orishtha ray (@orishtha) December 19, 2012
A girl liking a Facebook post gets immediate arrest but a gang rape requires "due process". The law here is a cruel joke.—
Awesomly Awesome (@Play_err_) December 19, 2012
@waglenikhil Also want to see what if a poor woman was the victim? Not a solid, middle-class, English speaking girl.—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) December 19, 2012
Delhi has a population of nearly 1.5 crore, (15 million).
Delhi's population is more than the population of nearly a 100-countries of the world.
Can deviant behaviour by a couple of hundred people make Delhi the rape capital of India?
Kill … hand … shoot … death … mutiliate
Please raised voice for following Saudi rules.. for Delhi Rape case, cut his p*** n leave them
True justice for girls—
Vibhuti Singh (@singhvibhuti) December 19, 2012
@timesofindia my request to govt of india ,please cancel the permitt of bus used in delhi rape and seized all the bus of yadav travels.—
jahangirbhabha (@bhabha75) December 19, 2012
In delhi rape case, if i would hav been on victim place, i would have cutted all their hands,legs and let them be handicapped.—
rohit chaurasia (@RKC1106) December 19, 2012
2 more rape case in Delhi 2day , 1 with a 3 year old girl :/ da best way 2 serve rapist is : unki maa behen ko nanga karo beech sadak pe—
Nishit Adatia (@adatianishit) December 19, 2012
She was assaulted with an Iron Rod…how digusting and a henious crime.. Castrate them all….
Mansi Pandey (@PandeyVirgo) December 19, 2012
It's important to give permission for girls to carry fully loaded GUN to shoot at site.
Delhi gang rape… fb.me/1UtJINIho—
php & MBA (@kvsude) December 19, 2012
the accused of Delhi gang rape should b given strict punishment!! system like shariat should come 2 our country to stop these barbarians!!—
hassans sibu (@hassans_sibu) December 19, 2012
Pottu thalunga daa andha 6 beraiyum!Broadcast their execution all over India!
#Delhi rape case—
Jebin (@jebinkumar) December 19, 2012
Thinking of the worst and the most painful death method for the delhi's young girl rape criminals and they must suffered it every momemt—
MediaMatrix (@mediamatrix) December 19, 2012
I say take the intestines out of delhi gang rape criminals, castrate them by surgery—
imran hussain (@hussainimran029) December 19, 2012
Wat the hell is happening in Delhi.Aisi saza deni chaiye inko ki agali bar koi sapne mein bhi rape ka khayal na laye http://t.co/5hzEMrzW—
Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant) December 19, 2012
Delhi gang-rape: Girl was dead:-(
JUST HANGING WILL NOT DO….they shud be given a critical and cruel DEATH!!!!!!!—
Subha Ghosh (@SubhaGhosh3) December 19, 2012
In Delhi rape case justice shouldn't contradict.. Hang or castrate them..—
Manisha Bhati (@bhati_manisha) December 19, 2012
If imprisonment can solve the crime problem, USA would not have the world's largest prison, probation and prosecution numbers.
If executions can solve problems, after 30-years of executions, China would not have a corruption problem.
After 1300-years of cutting hands, legs, heads, fingers, the Islamic world is still not crime-free.
Deviants like these gang-rapists must be dealt with professionally.
Are these gang-rapists worth the anger, vindictiveness, vengefulness?
Have a quick trial – and ensure expedited appeals. Carry out the sentence.
Victim Women; Guilty Men
The very fact that we in India call molestation and rape, eve teasing is a clue to what we think of it.—
Pritish Nandy (@PritishNandy) December 19, 2012
To protect our women from rape, Our government should call those crazy Connecticut shooters from USA to do random massacre here in Delhi.—
Pragati Ajmani (@pragz_1992) December 19, 2012
Why did only women parliamentarians stage a protest against rape? Do our male MPs believe this does not concern them?—
Seema Goswami (@seemagoswami) December 19, 2012
#Rape is an outdated thing.Media is not anymore interested in rape.They r interested in gangrape.If u r not gangraped,none wll come 2 help u—
taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) December 19, 2012
US may need gun control, India needs dick control.—
Lalita Ji (@SastiBaat) December 19, 2012
For starts, Stop telling the stories of Rape in Silhouettes & Shadows. And stop saying Victim. Say Survivor. Better still, say Fighter.—
barkha dutt (@BDUTT) December 19, 2012
US may need gun control, India needs dick control.—
Lalita Ji (@SastiBaat) December 19, 2012
Pallavi Purkayastha, Keenan Reuben and now Delhi Rape victim! Hope the country awakes to some justice!—
Seema Khanna (@cmakhanna) December 19, 2012
For desi cops RAPE is just another four letter word. Shame in the extreme.—
Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) December 19, 2012
Is a woman any more a victim than a child? Or a old-couple robbed and murdered? Or a young couple who leave orphan children behind? This musical chairs of crime against children, against women; against the aged guarantees that the subject changes – but not the situation.
Sick Society
@SastiBaat @waglenikhil Be real. Outrage is coz a low-income, Hindi-speaking UP-bhaiyya raped a solid, middle class English-speaking girl—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) December 19, 2012
The very fact that we in India call molestation and rape, eve teasing is a clue to what we think of it.—
Pritish Nandy (@PritishNandy) December 19, 2012
World is watching closely – Fox News, The Australian, BBC, Telegraph report gang rape! #TheRealDelhi #WhereIsMyIndia—
The Real Delhi (@TheRealDelhi) December 19, 2012
Only one rape conviction in Delhi in 2012 – Zee News bit.ly/V7rZaF #RIP—
«««★★R†P★★»»» (@iCountU) December 19, 2012
I will feel ashamed next time on Independence Day/ Republic Day while taking the pledge wherein we toi.in/t0l7Ua—
Sarina Imzi (@SarinzzImzi) December 19, 2012
Derek O'brien on Delhi gangrape: We often make the mistake of considering rape as a women's issue..it is not..It is men's issue—
Tapan Budhwar (@daddyki_galti) December 19, 2012
Does deviant behaviour by a few hundred people from among crores of people make a society sick? But when large parts of the society go on rampage that is surely a sick society.
International Attention
The #Delhirape gets global attention. india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/out… A shame to the nation.—
Srividhya Sundaresan (@Aarsun) December 19, 2012
Gang rape on New Delhi bus provokes outraged Indians to demonstrate
gu.com/p/3cj9n – so so sad how women are treated in India :(—
Colin McDermott (@colinmcdermott) December 19, 2012
Delhi bus gang rape: 'What is going wrong with our society?' gu.com/p/3cje9/tw via @guardian #India #vaw—
(@IWInitiative) December 19, 2012
I wonder if outlawing buses will be a point of discussion.
Gang rape on New Delhi bus provokes outraged… m.guardiannews.com/world/2012/dec…—
Mick Guzman (@postalpoet) December 19, 2012
shocked with the delhi rape incident. Something is terribly wrong somewhere. If this is the way women are treated God save our society—
Abhimanyu Ahlawat (@abhi_ahlawat) December 19, 2012
Why this hankering for 'international approval'?
Shame … Shame
@waglenikhil No one resigned after train blasts in Mumbai. But after Taj and Oberoi was attacked … The division between India and Bharaat—
St. PT Barnum (@StPTBarnum) December 19, 2012
Listening to a mother of rape victim speak on india at 9 I feel helpless. Helpless and ashamed—
Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) December 19, 2012
delhi gang rape :enjoy से rape तक का सफर ,केवल वो 6 ही नही हम सब कहीं न कहीं बराबर के गुनहगार है,काश चिल्लाने से हमारा दब्बूपन कम हो सकता—
mahendra singh (@mahendrasngh03) December 19, 2012
After reading the story of Delhi gang rape incident feels like what a country we live in—
dinesh babu (@dinesh_chn) December 19, 2012
RAPE!!! is an shame for our country #Shame #Delhi—
Ibad Khot (@ibad_ik) December 19, 2012
"Delhi gang-rape: My son is in a trauma; we're taking him back, says father of victim's friend – India – DNA" ( bit.ly/URojfx )—
(@semprecontro) December 19, 2012
"Five fast track courts approved for Delhi rape cases" ( bit.ly/URobMP )—
(@semprecontro) December 19, 2012
About the Delhi rape incident,those those fucked up psychotic sick men should not be hung but tortured to death!!waitingToSeeWhat govt does!—
Ankita Rao[0/5] (@anki_rao_) December 19, 2012
Dear media networks, don't give me this bull abt which city ranks where in rape stats…even a single rape is shameful…#Delhi 1/2—
Roshini Sharma (@Roshni_Besharma) December 19, 2012
If a member of your family have cancer, does it the makes your family ashamed? If a few members of the society display deviant behaviour, where is the shame? We just have to deal with it?
Help for the victim
Checking Headlines every hour..just to read "She is better, improving & responding well to treatment".. #PrayForHer #Delhi #Rape—
Isha Ganeriwal (@IshaSG) December 19, 2012
While people are out having candle-light vigils, protests, posters, twitter-campaigns, is anyone trying to do anything for the victim? Without intestines, how will the girl manage her life? How will she manage her future medical bills? Instead of this silly shame, meaningless outrage I did not see anyone working to establish a 25-lakh corpus to take care of this girl!
Respect for Women
We've demeaned our goddesses: Farhan Akhtar's poem on Delhi gang-rape movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.as… via @moviesndtv—
PAUL (@Bon55Paul) December 19, 2012
india needs to vigilant abt safety of woman .. No woman deserves to be scared to live! Delhi gang rape has seriously touched n scared me—
samantha ruth prabhu (@samantharuthFC) December 19, 2012
Such a silly idea!
girl,who was raped in delhi, shud not have followed western culture—
shivendra singh (@shivendraINDIA) December 18, 2012
@saritatanwar why that gal was enjoying with her boyfriend? is it indian culture?—
shivendra singh (@shivendraINDIA) December 18, 2012
I am interested to know who will follow this rape case n everyday crime against women from tmw. One day outrage at india gate is not enough!—
nikhil wagle (@waglenikhil) December 19, 2012
if Mahatma Gandhi were alive today,
he would recommend four monkeys,
the fourth one holding his crotch so as not to rape. #Delhi #Rape—
Rahul Bhomiya (@BhomiyaRahul) December 19, 2012
Almost all rape cases happen during the night in NCR.Thn why cant Delhi police get at least 60-70%cops to work night shifts? #DelhiGangRape—
Digvijay Ankoti (@digvijayankoti) December 19, 2012
What a place for it to happen every 40 mins. In delhi the natl capital of the worlds largest democracy a rape happens every 40 mins!—
Krishna Daswani (@dswnque) December 19, 2012
Shiela Dixit's been quoted by ToI demanding that rape be made non bailable.The 3 time Delhi CM shud know that rape is already non bailable!—
Riya (@riya_93virgo) December 19, 2012
And the politics and commerce
Wow! Some jerks are really turning this whole rape issue into a Delhi vs. Mumbai debate.—
Pallavi Gulani (@astromental) December 19, 2012
If the Delhi rape case was occurred in gujarat instead of Delhi then modi was enough to punish the rapist wit death sentence !!—
arun gurani (@arun_gurani) December 19, 2012
In Delhi women get raped, people look on, helplines don't work
>RAPISTs vote 4 CONg & Rape mothers,sisters & daughters bit.ly/STOA0m—
विजयेन्द्र शरण (@sharan_vj) December 19, 2012
If there has to be numbers..Only two women are safe in Delhi..Sheila Dixit & Sonia Gandhi..!! #Delhi #Rape #Shame #UPA—
Saraansh Chawla (@saraanshchawla) December 19, 2012
Advertising their app along with the Delhi Rape story. Trust TOI to do that.—
Razi Shaikh (@_RaziShaikh) December 19, 2012
2day BJP leader protecting against Delhi gang rape and tomorrow they will forget and all party will celebrates victory on Guj election.—
PawanChy (@pawanchaudhray) December 19, 2012
What about respect for men? What about respect for elders? What about some respect for children? Any special reason why only women should be respected? What about some respect for our leaders? For our police? For our diplomats? For our public servants?
What do we expect? Four policemen in four direction for each citizen of this country?
When we believe that some one should get more respect, we compensate and automatically respect some people less! Is this the reason why we respect some people less.
What happens when societies indulge in hysteria at periodic intervals? They react more and more … and more.
And think a whole lot less!


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The San Diego Chargers found out their 2012 regular season schedule on Tuesday, along with the rest of the league. The Chargers appear to have a pretty average schedule, with no stretches seeming too easy or too horribly difficult. The one exception for the California-based team might be a December game against the Jets in the New Meadowlands. They'll attempt to take a run at the AFC West title in 2012.
Here is the full 2012 San Diego Chargers regular season schedule:
Week 1: Sep. 10 @ Oakland Raiders
Week 2: Sep. 16 vs. Tennessee Titans
Week 3: Sep. 23 vs. Atlanta Falcons
Week 4: Sep. 30 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Week 5: Oct. 7 @ New Orleans Saints
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Racing in Mysore is now a year round activity. Not long ago racing was confined to the monsoon months of August, September and October but with a base of over 400 horses, Mysore is slowly marching towards establishing itself as an independent turf authority in the country. With the Bangalore Turf Club running into turbulence and the fate of racing at the premier centre hanging in balance beyond September 22, 2010, Mysore is expected to take the lead.
Mysore Race Club is more than a century old. The Mysore Race Club celebrated its centenary year as far back as 1991. Racing started in Mysore under the patronage of the rulers of Mysore as far back as 1891. The Royal Family of Mysore could not have chosen a better venue than the foothills of Chamundi Hills for setting up a wonderful racecourse after moving it from Kebbe Katte. It was during the rule of H H Sri Chamaraja Wadiyar of Mysore State that the sport of horse racing began in the then capital city of Mysore near the present Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering which was known as Kebbe Katte Bungalow.
Racing continued at Kebbe Katte Bungalow till 1920. The existing race course was built at around this time by H H Sri Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar who was a great sportsperson and also lover of race horses and owned many race horses himself along with his brother H H Sri Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar. The race course, occupying 152 acres of land, has a Grand Stand which has since been renovated a few years ago, a magnificent paddock complex. The race track is oval shaped race track.
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on Jun 21, 2007 at 1:15 pm
I love the art that has been hung at the Danville Starbucks, Railroad Ave. The art gives a very cozey feeling to the store. What I find offensive is a woman who would complain about the cigarette in the picture, then not give her name...very cowardly. Perhaps she should not frequent that particular Starbucks and allow the rest of us who appreciate art to enjoy. Christopher is an extremely talented artist and should be allowed to share his passion and love of art with our community.
on Jun 21, 2007 at 2:57 pm
They should have taken down that 'handsome old guy' painting, (it's encouraging kids to get old), and left the 'cute young blonde' painting up. Here's how you can tell if something is art. Hang it up. Take it down. If no one notices, it wasn't art. If you take it down and they start a petition, it was art. If you leave it up, and they start a petition to take it down, it's either a masterpiece or really, really awful! Good to see that people in Danville have a soul. (I'm the old guy in the painting). Chris is a great Starbucks barista and an even better artist!
on Jun 21, 2007 at 3:24 pm
This would be pretty funny if it weren't so sad. A series of over-reactions results in a less display space for art. Unfortunately, this is a pattern that has repeated over-and-over. One minor incident or complaint and public resources disappear. It's easier and safer to shut things down than to find solutions. The net result is that our community is diminished, bit by bit.


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'Accountants do not possess a philosopher's stone which can turn a debit into an asset.'
I expect that most readers will find these two statements puzzling. Most will think they are clearly incorrect. So will the accountancy profession and all bookkeepers, whose first rule is'A Debit is an asset or expense, a Credit is a receipt or liability.'
But to Her Majesty's Inland Revenue they are perfect sense !
The statements were made by Lord Millett, one of the United Kingdom (UK) Law Lords, in the course of a judgment in the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region (IR v Secan Limited, judgement 8 December 2000). The case concerned a Hong Kong property development company which had 'capitalised' its interest costs into Work in Progress as part of the cost of its property development in its financial statements, but which subsequently sought to obtain a tax deduction for the interest during the year it was incurred. It is not clear from the case whether the company was seeking only to deduct the interest earlier for tax purposes, or whether it was actually hoping to gain a double deduction for the interest (firstly as interest, when incurred, and later, as part of cost of sales, when the property was sold). The Hong Kong court held, quite properly in my opinion, that the tax treatment should follow the proper accounting treatment which had been adopted by the company, so that the interest should be deducted once only and as part of the cost of sales when the property was sold.
If matters had stopped there the case would have merited no more than a footnote as another small victory for common sense.
But the Judge thought it necessary to give an extraordinarily convoluted, and certainly contentious, explanation of the bookkeeping process - including the two statements at the head of this article and more in a similar vein. His words have since been picked up by the Revenue as justification for reversing their acceptance of a long standing, and in my view entirely correct, adjustment in a similar situation where a company includes depreciation in stock – see IR Bulletin issue 59, 24 June 2002: Interpretation – Depreciation in Trading Stocks.HM Revenue and Customs
By way of background, it may be helpful to remember that ever since the general adoption of Statement of Standard Accounting Practice (SSAP) 9 which became mandatory in the 1980s, companies have been obliged to state their stocks in their financial statements at 'the lower of cost and net realisable value', and cost is defined to include the cost of purchase, direct production costs, production overheads (specifically including depreciation) and the cost of other overheads attributable to bringing the product to its present location and condition. Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 9 is consistent with International Accounting Standard (IAS) 2 on the Valuation of Inventories, and with the UK Companies Act 1985, both of which require or allow the inclusion of a reasonable proportion of production overheads in the cost of stocks.
So where the production overheads include depreciation of the fixed assets used in the manufacturing process, companies must include an element of that depreciation in the cost of their stocks.
In many businesses, particularly those with a high turnover of stocks, or a quick manufacturing process, the depreciation element may be insignificant, and in practice it is frequently ignored. But in certain industries there are businesses which can directly attribute a substantial level of depreciation to their carrying value of stock. (such businesses generally maintain extremely precise costing records which show the cost of depreciation in each item of stock).
Unseen by the human eye
How then should one compute the taxable Sch. D Case I profit of such a company? Everyone knows that book depreciation must be added back as a disallowable (capital) expense and common sense therefore requires that the company should work out the amount of depreciation which has actually been deducted in determining the accounting profit – and add back this amount. This will be the amount of depreciation on non-production assets (which is not included in the cost of stocks) plus the depreciation included in the cost of goods sold in the period. If the company's stock increases over the year, and the depreciation in that stock is greater at the end than at the beginning, the add-back will be less than the depreciation credited against fixed assets for that year, and if the depreciation in stock is declining, the add-back will be greater.
This has been agreed for some companies by the Business Profits Division of the Inland Revenue for many years, and has worked fairly. But the Revenue's new interpretation, based on Lord Millett's 'extremely persuasive' judgment in respect of interest, is that in some way unseen by the human eye and in a manner not perceived by accountants, the full amount of depreciation deducted from fixed assets is actually charged against the profits of the year, and that a separate, notional, and presumably fully-taxable amount representing an element of the value of the stock (note its 'value', not its 'cost') is then added to profit as part of the 'sale' of the closing stock from one year to the next. Lord Millett actually goes further than this notional sale – he states that 'each year is treated as if it were a different trader' - which to me is a novel concept.
Under the new Revenue interpretation, the add-back of disallowable depreciation must be the amount credited against fixed assets in the period, regardless of the amount of depreciation in the cost of stock at the beginning or end of the year.
Considerable implications
The implications of this change are considerable, and in many cases defy logic or common sense. For example, one would have thought it axiomatic that the purpose of adding back a disallowable expense in the computation of trading profits for tax purposes is to determine what those profits would have been if the disallowable expense had not been charged in the first place. So the purpose of adding back depreciation is to determine the profits before depreciation – which will form the basis of the taxable profits after capital allowances etc.
Adopting the Revenue's interpretation means that a company's taxable profits will actually depend upon its accounting rate of depreciation – e.g. if a company changes its accounting policy for book depreciation (without, obviously, any change in its profits before depreciation) this by itself would alter its taxable profits if it changed the amount of depreciation in stock at the year end. This cannot be right in principle - can it ?
Similarly, one can imagine a start up company which makes no sales and has no income in its first period of account because all it does is to create some work in progress on hand at the end of the its first period. Although it has nil book profit or loss and no income or receipts, the Revenue would require that all the depreciation in stock must be added back, to create a taxable s. D Case I profit. This cannot be correct – can it ?
Common sense and equity
I believe it is likely that the Revenue's new interpretation will be challenged and overturned in the courts – already robust counsel's opinion has been obtained that Lord Millett's words are far from an authoritative explanation of correct accounting practice. In the mean time I would urge any company facing a challenge from the Revenue to a Depreciation in Stock adjustment to resist strongly on the grounds of common sense and equity.
After all, it cannot be correct to add-back a disallowable that hasn't actually been deducted in the first place – can it ?
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The tip and the Facebook posting got the bureau's attention. Agents combed public records and reached out to a network of informants to learn more about Khalifi. The informants told agents that Khalifi wasn't just expressing support for terrorist groups and jihad; he wanted to participate in what he considered a holy war.
Within a month or so, FBI agents decided that Khalifi was dangerous enough to warrant an intensive inquiry. They tapped his phones, monitored his Internet use and tracked his movements with teams of surveillance agents. The work confirmed what their sources had been saying, and FBI officials said it was time to get a better sense of what Khalifi had in mind by sending in undercover agents.
By late summer of last year, agents determined that Khalifi was brokering car sales on the Internet and was looking to buy a Toyota Prius. One of the FBI's undercover agents, a man who called himself "Hussien," posted in an online advertisement that he was selling such a car.
The agent soon heard from Khalifi, and they met in an office building parking lot on a cloudy and warm Thursday in September 2011. They chatted about the car and then hit it off, the FBI said, speaking in Arabic about their pasts as Muslims from Arab countries.
Khalifi also spouted violent rhetoric about Jews, Israel and U.S. policy. Hussien played it loose, agents said, mostly nodding in agreement.
"That was a good first meeting," said the case's lead agent, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for security purposes. "It set up a follow-up meeting. We were establishing a relationship."
The men met again the next day, and Khalifi bought the car. Soon, Hussien and Khalifi were hanging out and chatting on the phone about religion and automobiles. The agents lined up another deal, this time for a beat-up Volkswagen, to further develop the relationship.


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Mar 25, 2001
First Person/Opinion: On Red Flags, Pace Cars And Rider Safety, Part II
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By Joe Facer

The red flag is always unlucky for the racer who causes it to be brought out, but it can be lucky or unlucky or both for all the other racers. A restart, if it is early enough in the race, can wipe out a great start or erase a blown start and give you a second chance from your original grid position. If the restart comes later in the race, you can keep your race position when you grid in the previous lap's race order. It can also allow you to correct a mechanical problem, make suspension adjustments, mount fresh tires, and save the day for you. But you can also find that all the racers that you had worked so hard to leave 10 seconds behind, are now parked alongside or right behind you. Or you can find that the change you made to fix a handling problem while you waited for the restart has now made the bike handle worse.

At Sears Point in 1996, Mat Mladin received a fabulous break when a red flag caused a restart and rescued him from having stalled his bike on the grid during the first start. Aaron Yates got a rotten break in the same race when he went from a 10-second lead to sixth place on the restart, but he also got a fresh set of tires at half distance, something that made his return to the front possible, and he made the most of the fresh tires and won the race. At Road Atlanta in 1999, Mat received a fabulous break when Rich Oliver's luck went bad and Mat was rescued from a very bad situation that was not of his creation. The racers who were chasing Mat in the Championship missed an opportunity to take the points lead or draw ahead of Mat because of Rich Oliver's bad luck. Fate gives and Fate takes away and it always favors someone over everybody else. But you cannot lose sight of the fact that the cause of a red flag is invariably that an incident has occurred that poses a substantial hazard to the safety and well-being of the racers. Whether it is a spot of oil or a 5-ton ambulance, the red flag is the surest way to minimize or eliminate the hazard and rider safety is always paramount. Well then, can we find a way to level the playing field and make the red flag situation more fair?

Not as much as we'd like to. There will always be too many red-flag situations in motorcycle racing, it is in the nature of the sport. I've had the opportunity to watch some vintage auto and motorcycle racing recently on Speedvision and it is painful to watch some of the early open wheel auto and stock car racing films because of the high standards of safety that we've grown to expect in auto racing today. Up until the 1960s, it was not uncommon to see open wheel race cars with the driver dressed in cotton coveralls. Often the driver sat with his head higher in the car than the roll bar, and was fully exposed from the waist up in a car that was no wider than his body, and that did not enclose his arms. When these cars rolled over, the end results were always brutal and often deadly. When you segue from one of these vintage programs to a current auto racing series with cars with full roll cages, five-point safety harnesses, and complete or virtually complete driver coverage, you begin to see why a full-course yellow flag with a pace car is so common in auto racing instead of a red-flag situation.

Roll cages and safety harnesses minimize injuries to drivers and the driver walks away from the typical crash. When the occasional broken bone or concussion occurs, the driver is protected and stabilized within the confines of the roll cage. Life-threatening injuries are relatively rare, even in the fastest cars. The recent death of Dale Earnhardt, an exception to this, has been laid to failed safety equipment/the racer's choice to forgo a full coverage helmet and optional head and neck restraint, and just plain bad luck.

Advancements in auto racing safety have been significant and widespread. Usually crash cleanup in auto racing is about moving cars off the track or out of impact areas. A full-course yellow flag with pace car keeps the race lap count going while the track is cleared. The cars are bunched behind the pace car in the order they were running and circulated around the track at a very low speed. The race is kept from being overly long and the cleanup is kept safe since the pack appears at the incident at relatively long intervals and at a very slow speed. The track can even be completely blocked with tow trucks and wrecks in the process of cleaning it up while the pack is elsewhere. If need be, the whole field parks behind the pace car while the track is cleared. Many auto races are long enough that pit stops are required or can be accomplished without putting you out of the points. The full course yellow gives teams an opportunity to minimize the impact of a visit to the pits. Pit stops will move cars to the end of the pack but keep them on the same lap if they are quick about it. When you are racing for from one to four hours, or from 150 to 600 miles, a couple of 5 to10-minute sessions at 20 to 40 mph under the yellow flag and behind the pace car does not impact the racing in a major fashion. The full course yellow maintains the continuity of the race and allows spectators at the track and TV viewers to make their own pit stops. This is also an opportunity for the broadcasters to run commercials without cutting away from the racing. When the track goes green, the race gets a fresh start with the pack charging the first turn with all the excitement of the original start. This arrangement appears to work well for auto racing and is widely accepted as fair by the racers, broadcasters, and fans, and firmly incorporated into race strategies.

There are problems with implementing this crash clean-up strategy in motorcycle road racing. As a practical matter, the predominant type of professional and amateur motorcycle road racing in the world today is some form of sprint racing. Most races run from 20 minutes to just under an hour and over distances that can easily be accomplished without pit stops. Races of this type cannot withstand even a moderate interruption or shortening of the racing without profoundly affecting the race character and results. Motorcycles are highly tuned and the bikes and the riders run as close to flat out as they can and still have something left for the end of the race. Of the seven AMA Superbike races at the time of the Road Atlanta incident mentioned above, more than half of them, Daytona, Phoenix, Willow Springs, and first race at Road Atlanta, had Superbike races in which the podium was still in question going into the last lap or the last turn, or in which a conservative riding strategy up until the last few laps of the race played a major part in the finish. A 10-to-20-minute stretch of running at a third of racing speed under the full-course yellow flag would eliminate much of the race. Interruptions of the races or shortening the laps spent at racing speeds should be avoided if at all possible.

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"Here's a picture of our team Nico's Angels walking for the POAC (Parents of Autistic Children) Walk for a difference on Saturday April 27, 2013. It was a gorgeous day filled with lots of love from our family & friends. We raised over $2,000.00 for POAC. POAC helps special needs families with activities & free training workshops. Special thanks to CustomInk for making our beautif shirts & for their generous donation."


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Written by Administrator Friday, 19 June 2009 01:03
Jacob Lee
Communications & Web/ Social Media Coordinator
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Phone: 949-328-0122
Website: www.FocusNorthAmerica.org
FOCUS North America is excited to announce its first Radio on Demand Program (Podcast), The FOCUS North America Podcast on the Orthodox Christian Network.
Kansas City, MO – June 16th, 2009 - The Focus North America Podcast will feature engaging commentary and timely updates on Orthodox Christian social action volunteers, agencies and ministries of the Orthodox Church reaching out to the poor and needy here at home.
"We are excited to have this opportunity to partner with OCN and the great work they are doing in sharing the Orthodox faith. Every dollar given to FOCUS North America and every podcast listened to and shared with a friend helps to provide vital Food, Occupations, Clothing, Understanding and Shelter for the truly needy in North America," said FOCUS' Executive Director, Fr. Justin Mathews. Fr. Mathews continued, "The podcast will feature how FOCUS North America is uniting the faithful in serving our neighbors in need as the Lord commanded us to do in Matthew 25."
Rev. Dr. Christopher Metropulos, the Executive Director of the SCOBA Agency, OCN said, "Serving the poor and needy in North America should be a priority for every Orthodox Christian. We are proud to partner with FOCUS North America and support their dynamic and growing ministry on behalf of the whole Church."
The new podcast titled "FOCUS North America" will be available on OCN's newly enhanced and upgraded web site www.myocn.net. Each episode will be Fr. Justin Mathews with co-host Jacob Lee, the host of the popular "Generation Orthodox" and "Journey's to Orthodoxy" podcasts. The podcast will be enhanced by regular contributions from Nick Kasemeotes and many others.
FOCUS North America is committed to serving those in need in North America by providing aid through its programs and partners, supporting existing Orthodox agencies, ministries and professionals, and supplying parishes with what they need in order to initiate new social action ministries in their own communities.
To learn more about FOCUS North America and to watch a video highlighting the work of FOCUS North America visit: http://www.focusnorthamerica.org.
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FOCUS North America established to support and build up domestic Orthodox social action ministries.
KANSAS CITY—April 7, 2009—In early 2009, FOCUS North America (Fellowship of Orthodox
Christians United to Serve) launched as a network of Orthodox Christian social action ministries that
express Christ's love in North America for those who are hungry, thirsty, strangers, naked, sick or in
prison (Matt. 25:35-5). In its first 60 days of operation, FOCUS North America has partnered with
dozens of Orthodox agencies and parish initiatives and awarded more than $30,000 in grants.
FOCUS grew out of the need for an Orthodox Christian effort to address the persistent and pervasive
needs of the suffering, impoverished or vulnerable in North America. It is a staggering reality that over
40 million people live below the poverty line and the unemployed rate exceeds 11 million people in North
America and is increasing. While there are a variety of Orthodox Christian agencies within all
jurisdictions effectively engaged in addressing these needs, a coordinated effort with national support and
encouragement could be much more effective.
In January 2009, an historic meeting of twenty leaders, staff, academics and patrons of leading Orthodox
Christian domestic social action agencies, with members representing a variety of Orthodox jurisdictions
in North America, was sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Marilee Ajalat and the Orthodox Vision
Foundation. That meeting was the catalyst for the creation of FOCUS North America and the refining of
its vision, which is to make a significant and sustainable impact through Orthodox Christian social action
initiatives in the lives of suffering, impoverished or vulnerable persons of any age, race, creed or color in
North America, especially in, but not limited to, ministries providing immediate relief in the areas of
Food, Occupation, Clothing, Understanding and Shelter.
FOCUS is compelled by Christ's mandate to serve those in need through:
- Education in faith communities of the Scriptural mandate, historical precedence and urgency forliving out the Christian faith and witness through personal involvement in social service
- Support of existing social action agencies through training, coordination and funding from significant private and public sources
- Initiating the creation, and nurturing the healthy growth and funding, of new locally-based social outreaches and their leaders
- Collaboration with individuals who want to support social ministry through volunteerism or funding of these initiatives
Orthodox agencies and parishes with social service initiatives or plans for future projects are encouraged
to become part of the FOCUS North America network. For more information about FOCUS North
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Several Bengals rookies could contribute early
Whether the Bengals' 2010 draft class has the impressive depth of the '09 class remains to be seen, but several rookies are poised to compete for regular playing time in their first season, and others may be able to contribute ...
Gresham should give Palmer shot in arm
Rookie Jermaine Gresham finds himself in a great spot, having joined a Bengals team that sorely needed a pass-catching tight end who can get downfield.
Bengals sign OG Hudson
The Bengals signed OG Otis Hudson, a fifth-round selection from Eastern Illinois, on Wednesday.
Report: Ravens sign OL Harewood, CB Harris
Ravens rookie OL Ramon Harewood and veteran CB Walt Harris have officially signed with the club, the team's Web site reported Wednesday.
Benson may face discipline because of assault charge
Bengals RB Cedric Benson faces a misdemeanor assault charge in Austin, Texas, stemming from a May 30 incident at a bar, and police and Benson's attorney, David Cornwell, have different accounts of events.
Report: Bengals RB Benson arrested
Bengals RB Cedric Benson was arrested and charged with assault with injury Tuesday in Austin, Texas, according to a report on the Web site of the Austin American-Statesman.
Ex-Bengals WR Henry had brain condition before death
The late Chris Henry, a Bengals wide receiver who died in December at age 26, had a chronic brain injury that may have affected his mental state and behavior, researchers said Monday.
Bengals sign WR Briscoe
The Bengals announced Friday that they have signed WR Dezmon Briscoe, the team's sixth-round draft pick (191st overall).
Bengals cut WR Davis
The Bengals announced Tuesday that they have waived WR Chris Davis.
Bengals release CB Ratliff, four others
The Bengals released veteran CB Keiwan Ratliff and four other players on Friday.
Patient approach helped Bengals' Scott
Bengals RB Bernard Scott fared well as a rookie after applying lessons learned as a runner and a kickoff returner.
Recent form of little guide in Bengals' PK search
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Bengals sign OL Sowells
The Bengals announced Tuesday that they have signed free-agent OG-OT Isaac Sowells, a fourth-year NFL veteran.
Kelly's return helps Bengals' offense
The Bengals now have several starter-caliber options at tight end after re-signing TE Reggie Kelly earlier in May.
Schedule must be weighed in predicting outcomes
Don't tell me the schedule doesn't matter in the NFL. Here's a look at teams that will benefit the most and be hindered the most by whom they play this season.
Rookie Trevor Robinson starts at center for the Bengals on Sunday against Dallas, with Cook in a backup role.||||||| Cook was activated off the injured reserve list on Saturday. He hurt his right ankle in the final preseason game but has recovered enough to play.
Bengals center Kyle Cook has a foot injury that could sideline him for the season, another setback to Cincinnati's offensive line in the preseason. Cook got hurt during a preseason game on Thursday night against Green Bay. He initially thought it was only a sprained ankle, but tests found more significant damage. He was wearing a protective boot on his right foot on Tuesday and said he could be sidelined for a few weeks or possibly the entire season.||||||| The Bengals already have lost left guard Travelle Wharton for the season with a knee injury. Their backup at center is rookie Trevor Robinson, signed as an undrafted free agent from Notre Dame. He played guard in high school and college, but the Bengals moved him to center during training camp.
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Detroit Lions WR Calvin Johnson was kept mostly quiet again in one of the most hyped WR/CB matchups of the season. Against Richard Sherman and the Seahawks in Week 8, Johnson was held to three catches for 46 yards in the Lions' 28-24 win.
This matchup got some spice earlier in the week when Sherman changed his Twitter handle to "Optimus Prime" (Johnson's nickname is Megatron). Prime did his job for the most part, but the Autobots ended up losing.
Fantasy Impact: Sherman has quickly emerged as one of the top corners in the league, so there's no shame in getting beat by him. Megatron couldn't get going until late in the game when the Lions tried moving him around more to exploit weaker matchups.
Fantasy owners shouldn't panic about Megatron yet, he remains a top WR1 option against the Jaguars in Week 9.
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What do you do with an odd shaped piece of glue that kind of looks like Homer Simpson? Sell it on Ebay for $239,365.
It's not known if that is the actual price that will be paid for this strange and unique item.
Owner Chris Herbert says he found the glob of glue sticking out of an old glue bottle. He says he is blown away by the fact that people are willing to pay for the glue glob.
"That's just bizarre really, I mean it's quite surreal. I can't quite believe someone actually decided that they will pay two-thousand pounds for a piece of glue," says Herbert. "So I'm just amazed, so I'm very, very please, I'm happy. I don't know what I will spend the money on, but yes amazing it's been very surreal."
On his Ebay page, Herbert says he is entertaining several offers for the glue, including 500 camels and all t he parsnips he can eat... a piece of toast that looks like Elvis... and a Porsche.


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Gary Oldman Comments on Role in GobletGoFFilm
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Actor Gary Oldman is quoted briefly speaking about his role as Sirius Black in an interview posted on IGN. Mr.Oldman says that his part in the Goblet of Fire film is very small, noting:
I'll disappoint you because I'm just a tiny, tiny little part in the next one. I'm just embers in the fire. But if I do Harry Potter five, I'm featured in five. And, oh, they'll have to pay me big bucks for that. (He laughs)
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Relationship between nonprofit and for-profit entities questionedThe state Department of Justice is investigating the financial relationship between the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum and Evergreen International Aviation, spokesman Jeff Manning confirmed for the News-Register.The agency sent a formal letter to the museum on Nov. 28 requesting relevant documents, ...
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