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Voters See Manufacturing as the "irreplaceable core of a strong economy"
New National Poll Finds Strong Support for Cracking Down on China's Cheating
Voters Strongly Favor a National Strategy to Restore U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness
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Washington, DC. Voters say that creating jobs, specifically in manufacturing, and strengthening manufacturing in the U.S., are top economic priorities, according to the findings of a new poll and focus groups conducted by a bipartisan team of prominent Republican and Democratic pollsters.
By a sizeable margin, voters rate manufacturing as the industry "most important to the overall strength of the American economy" and support a national strategy to restore America's global leadership in manufacturing.
Significantly, a majority of voters (56 percent) no longer see the U.S. as having the world's strongest economy, and fewer than 25 percent think anyone in Washington is doing a great deal to help enforce a level playing field for U.S. manufacturers. However, 88 percent of voters believe that it's possible for America to have the strongest economy, and 92 percent believe that it is important for the U.S. to regain that position.
"It's striking how clearly voters—Republican and Democrat alike—see strengthening manufacturing as the key to rebuilding the U.S. economy," said Scott Paul, executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), a non-partisan, non-profit partnership of leading U.S. manufacturers and the United Steelworkers (USW) that commissioned the poll.
This is the third straight year in which AAM has commissioned a national poll. Paul said that the favorable impression of American manufacturing continues to increase with each year's polling.
When it comes to trade with China, the poll found that voters emphatically support tough action on Beijing's cheating on currency and other trade obligations.
"These findings make clear that a strong majority of voters believe Washington should stand up to China's unfair trade practices, and that there is overwhelming support for a national strategy to restore U.S. leadership in manufacturing," Paul said.
Indeed, overwhelming majorities of Independent, Republican, and Democratic voters expressed strong support for "a national manufacturing strategy to make sure that economic, tax, education, and trade policies in this country work together to help support manufacturing in the United States."
The bipartisan survey of 1,200 likely general election voters was conducted between June 28 and July 2 by the Mellman Group and North Star Opinion Research, firms that poll for Democratic and Republican candidates respectively. The findings include results from six focus groups held in Columbus, OH, Orlando, FL, and Phoenix, AZ, as well as two dial tests in St. Louis, MO and Vienna, VA of manufacturing messages frequently presented to voters by the national media.
"It's no surprise that Romney and Obama are hitting each other hard on China, outsourcing, and job loss," said Paul. "This election will turn on who voters believe will go to bat for them to create and vigorously defend manufacturing jobs."
In the focus groups, voters were stunned to learn that steel production for the center span of the new Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge had been outsourced to china. When presented with proposals to enact strong Buy American provisions for such public works, overwhelming majorities of Republican (87 percent), Democratic (91 percent), and Independent (87 percent) voters were in favor. Even when presented with arguments from critics of Buy American about allegedly higher costs and increased taxes, voters supported Buy American policies by a wide margin.
When it comes to outsourcing and China's cheating, more than two-thirds of respondents said that China's violations of international trade rules were costing the U.S. jobs, and nearly as many (62 percent) said Washington needs to get tougher on China's cheating.
Voters of all affiliations overwhelmingly support getting tough with China, even when posed with the argument that getting tougher on China's trade violations could "start a trade war." Fully 83 percent of those surveyed also had an unfavorable view of companies that outsource jobs to China. In contrast, voters maintain extremely favorable views of goods manufactured in the U.S. (97 percent favorable).
The survey also explored the Obama Administration's decision to rescue the U.S. auto industry. 57 percent of those surveyed think the quality of cars produced by the U.S. auto industry has improved. And regarding the actual rescue decision, when presented with arguments for and against saving the U.S. auto industry, a significant majority of those polled (61 percent) support the government's action. This support was found to be strong across the country, not just in the Midwest.
"This survey leaves little doubt that voters understand that U.S. manufacturing is the nation's most powerful engine of job growth and that they want more urgent action taken to address trade violations and halt outsourcing that is sapping our global standing and future security," said Paul. "Voters across the political spectrum do not believe that any of our national leaders are doing a great deal to boost manufacturing or to stop outsourcing. Candidates would be well advised to heed this message."
Similar polling conducted for AAM in 2011 by Mark Mellman, CEO of The Mellman Group, and Whit Ayres, President of North Star Opinion Research, subsequently garnered a 2012 Campaign Excellence Award for "Public Affairs Campaign of the Year" from the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC).
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Your poll indicates strong support for U. S. made products vs foreign, This being the case, why did jobs go overseas? Answer- they were cheaper to make there and, in most cases, and sold for less than U. S. made products One additional question should have been asked"Would you pay more for U. S. products than imports if quality equal"? Your poll results might be reversed..
Congress and foreign manufactured goods
The newly Senate purposed legislation s3332 supports foreign shipping being allowed an environmental break to dump bacteria, virus and invasive pathogens in our waters for decades as they deliver foreign made goods, this is happening as they create new tax's and cost to be incurred by American small business's to protect their employees health.
China stold 40 thousand dollars of of companies money
Get out and stay out. Should be our new slogan..we manufacture a major league baseball product and searched tirelessly for a wound care factory I the USA...not only did china steal our money..they disappeared..refused to take our calls and that was after we wired 50 thousand d dollars is good ole USA funds...the day I had to wire a communist Country our hard earned dollars..I was sick as a dog..for years I advocated strongly..wrote Lou Dobbs....no longer enjoyed the creative process knowing my innovations were being handled by those who could care less about our nation..our product..they have no regard..no respect..no ethics.....and the process of creativity has all but left and my desire to build my company has weaned...to this dayChina has money and we still do not have our goods equal to the amount
We are 40 thousand dollars short.....I say never ever go back..force CEO s out of china..and make china pay for stealing every state in the union and their ability to profitand prosper..how sick were we to allow this in the first place.
Voters on both side see how vital US manufacturing is to our eco
When Scott Paul says It's striking how clearly voters—Republican and Democrat alike—see strengthening manufacturing as the key to rebuilding the U.S. economy, it is reassuring that the recent emphasis on the vital need to bolster our manufacturing base is being heard.
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Prison guards avoid cost-cutting, rip off taxpayers
by Desha Carter
The purpose for this missive is to address the issue of state ordered furloughs affecting all state workers in California … except those of the prison industrial complex.
Allow me to expound: CDC (California Department of Corrections) has adopted a way to circumvent the impact of the furlough rule and, in the process of getting over by not having to adhere to this rule, never having to suffer any loss of their wages. They make extra money at the taxpayers' expense!
Here's how it works: On the days that each guard is to take a furlough day, they instead use a "vacation" day, thus not being forced to lose any actual working hours. But here's the kicker: When those "vacation" furlough positions are open, their buddies (other guards) fill in for them on those days and earn "pay and a half" (overtime pay) for a regular eight-hour shift that is going to be alternated between them all. And they are milking the taxpayers dry.
This information needs to be brought before the Senate committee and the governor's desk. This is a severe violation of funds appropriations and abuse of trust. The taxpayers of California should be made privy of this information so they may see how the penal system is taking them for a serious ride to the unemployment line and ultimately the poor house.
The circumvention of the furlough rule isn't extended to doctors and nurses at all. It is only for "prison guards" who are always whining about they're not paid enough! What a crock. They already get paid too much for this babysitting job.
Prisons are nowhere near as violent as they were in the '70s and '80s or even early '90s. The administration has made practically every prison into a "SNY" (snitch, pedophiles, rapists, victims' yard) joint. All of the Level 4 180-degree design prisons are on a modified lockdown program like an Ad Seg or SHU unit; no going to the chow hall, no commissary, very limited program activity.
And for those who give the slightest hint of being independent thinkers and/or can't be controlled by their peers or don't cower in the presence of guards, they are immediately made targets by the guards and accused of and ultimately framed for being an "associate" or "member" of a "prison gang." Then given an "indeterminate SHU" sentence, where they either parole, snitch (drop out or debrief) or die!
This is what prison has become. For those who want to just actively function amongst their peers, they're either put on modified lockdown yards or validated and externally slammed in SHU. The only program choices are become a SNY or go to SHU to snitch, parole or die …
At any rate, the CCPOA and CDC act with impunity in everything they do. That is why they don't adhere to the furlough rule. Because they, like most law enforcement, believe the law does not apply to them.
Why is it that if a regular Joe robs a store he's sent to prison, but when prison guards (CDC and CCPOA union) rob the state (taxpayers), they get pay raises and promotions?
I'll conclude this missive, but I look forward to seeing active steps being made to expose this information to the people. Continue to fight for social justice and keep up the good work of bringing relevant issues concerning the community and being a voice for the voiceless, who would never be heard if not for your involvement.
Revolution is a never-ending struggle. It is not for the faint hearted.
Send our brother some love and light. Write to: Desha Carter, H-19027, 4B-3L-07, P.O. Box 3481, Corcoran CA 93212. And make some noise about the prison guard ripoff. Call your state legislators and tell them to obey the federal judges' order to release 44,000 prisoners – and lay off thousands of guards. – ed.
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Bob Billy Bad Ass
Just good advice. You should view the California State Personnel Board web site and do some fact checking prior to posting any further comments about this issue.
A memorandum was released about 6 months ago requiring all state employees to utilize their furlough hours prior to using any other type of hours. The only exception is made for sick leave.
Also… "prison guards" have not received a raise since 2005.
I love the part about "Call your state legislators and tell them to obey the federal judges' order to release 44,000 prisoners – and lay off thousands of guards. – ed." HA!
That will save money! LOL!!! BTW I'm glad you got out. Inmate!↓
I see clearly
CCPOA has been saying the furlough program is costing money since the Governor started it. CCPOA is sueing to stop furloughs. They don't work for jobs that are running 24/7/365!
On a side note, I hope the victim of inmate Carter's crime is able to read his whining. I'm sure he didn't care about his victim nearly as much as he thinks the public should care about him.↓
True Citizen
Funny that an inmate would write such propaganda let alone be it published anywhere. As an educated black American in this day and age I find it troubling that any news outlet worthy of reading would not take the time to fact check a story prior to putting it out. This kind of behavior is detrimental to putting aside racial issues in our country and just lends creditability to those that want to imply that the black community is a drag on this society.
Maybe I shouldn't besurprised that some want to keep racisim alive, but with a brother in the White House we should think differently.↓
Honest Abe
Seeing as though there is one side being spoken here, maybe the truth about Desha Carter should be told and his motives for his article. INMATE Carter is a 5-count CONVICTED rapist that had a violent history towards women prior to his conviction for his current term. INMATE Carters' anoymosity towards authority is obvious given this article and his obvious intent to defame an intire proffesion of professional peace officers. The San Fransisco BayView should be ashamed for publishing this type of material, but as mong as the paper considers itself the "Nations Black Newspaper" this garbage will continue to find the light of day.↓
My fiancee and father is an employee of the CDC and just so you know…this doesn't happen. They do not get vacation pay any more – they lose money by taking vacations. And as for working more shifts and making time and a half, that is how most of these officers live! Their regualr pay checks go to their bills and what ever they have to eat on comes from their overtime checks.
Maybe this author should get some facts from actaul officers before publishing BS.↓
Mr.Desha Carter
THIS IS MR. CARTER, WHO SUBMITTED THE ARTICLE THAT HAS SO MANY UP IN ARMS. FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE COWARD WHO ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE MY CHARACTER IN A MALICIOUS FASHION. THE COWARD STATED THAT I WAS A CONVICTED RAPIST. WELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MATTER IS THAT I HAVE NEVER BEEN CONVICTED OF ANYTHING REMOTELY AS APPALLING AS RAPE! STATISTICS WILL SHOW THAT 87% of rape/pedophilia is committed BY MIDDLE AGE HETEROSEXUAL WHITE MEN. SO FOR THIS COWARD TO KEEP THE NEGATIVE STIGMA THAT BLACK MEN LONG FOR PALE FACE DISGUSTINGLY THIN CAUCASOID WOMEN IS A GROSS MISREPRESENTATION OF MYSELF AND BLACK MEN IN GENERAL! MY CASE RECORDS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND CAN BE VIEWED BY ALL. IF ANY OF YOU "MOLES" WHO PROPAGATE THIS CRAP ABOUT ME WERE SPEAKING ANY TRUTH AT ALL. YOU WOULD HAVE PROVIDED SOME EVIDENCE OF THE FLAGRANT B.S. YOU HAVE PUT INTO CYBERSPACE. IT IS A KNOWN TACTIC THAT HAS BEEN USED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THEIR AGENTS TO VILIFY THE CHARACTER OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHOM THEY CONSIDER A PROBLEM OR THORN IN THEIR SIDE,TO ASSASSINATE A PERSONS CHARACTER TO DISCREDIT THEM, AND ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT DOING SO. THE INDIVIDUAL LOSES HIS VOICE AND IS FORCED INTO SILENCE, BUT I WILL NOT BE SILENCED BY ANY OF YOU COWARDS! AND FOR THE PERSON WHO SAID THAT I WANTED THE PUBLIC TO SYMPATHIZE WITH ME. NOTHING COULD BE ANY FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT ME, ITS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE AVERAGE HARD WORKING STATE WORKER, WHO IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE CCPOA– ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL UNIONS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I HAVE SINCE BEEN FREED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRUPTIONS, AND WILL GLADLY CONFRONT ANY OF YOU COWARDS WHO HAVE HIDDEN BEHIND A KEY BOARD AND CALLOUSLY INSULTED AND ATTACKED ME, FACE TO FACE. WHEN SHOULD WE MEET? IN REGARDS OF: MR. DESHA CARTER↓
Rosa Parks Wasn't Tired
Maybe it's time to start sueing the guards union,instead of the state, for the daily human rights abuses they enact upon the human beings in their care, bankrupt them, worked with the KKK! Then they wouldn't have the financial power to terrorize our elected officials into submission. The guards are the real 'animals' and have been on state welfare far too long. While our children,our elderly, our disabled and thousands of homeless and mentally ill go without these goons are robbing the state coffers around the clock. The only good thing about the prison system is it keeps the guards of the street 8 hours a day. And they would be on the streets as most couldn't hold a job anywhere else. Unless of course they go into business selling care packages to inmates at a ridiculous mark up after convincing the state that packages from home were too great a security risk, and then have a monopoly on the market, like that would happen.↓
How anyone can call a Corrections officer and animal is beyond me. They work in the most repressed line of work EVER! If a white guard tells a black inmate to lock up – he's racist. If an inmate DELIBERATELY defies an Officer and the officer puts him in hand cuffs – it's excessive force. If an officer gets an unknown liquid thrown on him, the inmate has to AGREE to be tested for a communicable disease.
And we should continue to help the elderly and sick – not the lazy and drunk. Welfare is a nothing more than an abused joke.
If someone wants to bring up the state budget – why not take away the free cable TV that inmates have? Or the top quality medications that they receive while those people who are rightfully on welfare can't afford food, let alone insurance. Why does an inmate need an MRI every time he complains of a headache? Prisons should go back to the way they were in the 70′s – actual punishment.↓
I think this whole world is about HATE!! Just because a corrections officer is there to keep a criminal locked up gives them no reason to treat inmates bad, abuse them, or use there badge as a power kick. Just because a inmate is locked up doesn't mean they should be treated like crap. This whole world is about control and power. No one knows how other poeple are, how they were raised, not everyone is rich to have great lives. A lot of people in this world have a disease and only some see that. But, Ihate to break it to you drug addiction is a disease and these people need rehabs and help. Just like cancer and hiv-aids. You guys just see oh they commited crimes lock them away. Well, the wonderful place you lock them up your paying for and I'd rather pay to have them in rehab and working on work released then sitting in a prison not getting help and then most get release back into the world and never got help. And the wonderful SHU unit and AD Seg is crazy. These inmates should not be put in these cells forever. They are there with no windows,air, and can't get programs,no work, nothing. Just because some stupid cops want to believe they are associates or gang members. Grow up who cares you guys are just scared. Because half the inmates locked up would kick your ass behind the badge. You put them in there so you don't have to deal with them. It's cruel and you don't care there dying in there cells. One less inmate you have to care for. In CA your state is so screwed up you people don't know if your coming or going. The governor has straight bankrupt your state and you people keep letting the wrong ones in office. You people are o.k with these prisons spending 45,000 a year for an inmate in the mean time your children don't have healthcare, housing, welfare, or education. You people are wonderful. Three strikes was great to start so great your locking every person up and then the cycle keeps going and your children and there children are being raised in orphans, foster care, or other family members. The cycle just keeps going. Great job. There should be set sentences for every crime. Another thing a man gets 105/life for bank robbery but a murder gets 25/life you guys make me laugh. I think it's time for everyone to sit back and think what you really want in November 2010 for CA. Before you put another retard into office. I know some will say oh your crazy or run there mouth about what I have said but run your mouth away I speak the truth first hand and someone in this world has to say something I'm not scared and no one else should be. Screw three strikes and government spending on junk. Stand up for our children of the future it's time… Or they won't have a future and the world s going down the drain fast.↓

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It's very demanding but the staff are amazing.
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Hot summers and long, cold winters full of snow.
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Located a few train stops away from the Big Apple.
There's 6 spots that are free throughout the whole campus
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Newark isn't a safe town but if you stay on campus you'll be good, you can also venture out to njit.
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My suite mate just crossed into a sorority, they look like they give each other a good sense of community, I would join it I didn't play volleyball.
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New Jersey is where I grew up so I'm used to having all of the seasons so it's good for me.
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My suite mates make housing a lot better then what it is.
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Apartments up university avenue and James street.
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Rutgers Newark is the most diverse school in the nation. I've met people from the UK to California and it's great to be around .
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When People Stop Getting Better
One way to break down a lifetime would be to think of it as two portions-- the part where the person became better, and the part where he coasted.
In a normal person's life, the getting better part would include everything from his first breath of air, as he learned how to see and feel and breathe, through school as he learned different things, and probably through the beginning part of his job as he developed a baseline proficiency in his trade. The coasting part would be most of his career, as he put his educational investment to work, and, of course, retirement.
There are a lot of ways to get better. You can learn new things. You can travel and see the world, thus gaining new perspective. You can build your personality. You can create a body of meaningful work. You can become more healthy and more fit. You can actively cultivate relationships with people.
At some point, most peolpe will all but stop these things. I've noticed two big catalysts. The first is when someone gets a job. The job validates that they have skills, whereas school tells us that we need skills. Most people in any given company aren't improving themselves anymore, so by taking a job you become surrounded by a peer group that's no longer focused on bettering themselves.
The other big catalyst is marriage. Once a person is "chosen for life" by another person, they get out of shape, pick up their partner's negative characteristics (because it's easy to slack, especially when it's accepted), and stop developing their personality.
These two things don't HAVE to stop people from getting better, but without actively managing their paths in life, most people succumb to it. Actually, a marriage between two motivated and self-aware people SHOULD be a good opportunity for mutual self improvement.
I tend to take extreme positions on certain issues, and this is one of them. I think that when you stop getting better, you're essentially dead. The human experience is one of growth and pushing limits, and once you stop doing that, you're done.
When you're constantly becoming better, you get to see the same thing a few years apart and have it mean something different the second time. You understand it from a different perspective and learn something new when you see it again. It's the foundation of a rich life.
You also have more to teach other people. Think of the stereotypical old guy who tells the same stories over and over because he doesn't have any new ones. Most people are already like that by the age of thirty.
Over the years I've probably called a dozen different things "the most important thing you can do". Let's make it a baker's dozen and add this one to the list. If you have an attitude of constant curiousity and self improvement, I think you get the most out of life possible and give the most back possible. What's more important than that?
As penance for slacking on posting lately (and just because it's a good thing to do), I'll be posting twice a week for at least four weeks.
I'm looking for someone to take over TaskSmash.com. If you're interested, check out the thread in the community section.


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4:10pm Tuesday 21st January 2014 in Sport By Alan Feldberg
AMERSHAM & Chiltern RFC left behind a month of indifferent form to register one of their results of the season in National League 3 South West.
They beat fourth-placed Brixham 36-27 to draw a line under a run of four losses in their last five games.
They didn't start brilliantly, missing two kickable penalties before conceding the first try to trail 7-0.
The visitors crossed again shortly afterwards and with 15 minutes gone, Amersham were reeling at 12-0 down.
Jack Kenyon finally found his range off the tee to make it 12-3, and Amersham were right back in it when Chris Jack's break sent Sam Portland over.
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That made it 17-15 at the break, and Amersham went further clear with a second try from a charge down.
Tom Shiel claimed this one, and the defining moment came shortly afterwards.
Leading 24-15 but penned for a long spell in their own 22, Amersham suddenly broke out through winger James Carty before Matt Craggs went over for the match-winning score.
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Retracing her long road as librettist-lyricist of Broadway's Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, "Today" co-host Kathie Lee Gifford opens up about how she found star Carolee Carmello, her unusual lead producers and her own purpose in life.
As book writer and lyricist, Kathie Lee Gifford is hell-bent on spreading the good word about superstar Jazz-Age evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, controversial subject of the long-gestating Broadway musical Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson. Directed by Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre artistic director David Armstrong, who helmed the show's pre-Broadway engagement, Scandalous, which features songs by David Friedman and David Pomeranz, opens Nov. 15 following previews from Oct. 13 at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre. Last seen as Sister Act's Mother Superior, Carolee Carmello, a two-time Tony Award nominee for Parade and Lestat, stars as the title preacher, who found Hollywood fame and a highly publicized fall from grace. Straight from co-hosting NBC's "Today," Gifford recently sat down with Playbill to praise and defend her late muse — and share some inspirational theatre-world anecdotes.
What drew you to Aimee Semple McPherson? One might say you're a little obsessed.
How did you first discover her?
Is that when your fascination began turning into obsession?
How did she fall through the cracks?
KLG: In fairness, I didn't think it would take 12 years. I thought maybe a week or two. [Laughs.] The first thing I wrote, Under the Bridge, which was based on a children's book, practically wrote itself in about 10 days, and it only took about a year before we were Off-Broadway at the Zipper Theatre. I thought, "Well, this isn't so tough." It's a lot harder to try to tell an epic tale about an incredible woman like Aimee that isn't from source material. I've probably written about 10 musicals total about Aimee; at least 40 songs have come and gone.
The musical's title has also changed quite a bit, hasn't it?
So Scandalous isn't just for churchgoing, God-fearing folk.
Those theatrical Pentecostal sermons must lend themselves beautifully to the stage.
KLG: She had thousands of healings documented in the press, who usually don't like to document such things. She was kidnapped many, many times — twice by the Ku Klux Klan. We know that for sure because one time she was kidnapped with a woman, Frances Wayne from The Denver Post, who happened to be interviewing her when they both got thrown into the back of a sedan. She also gave John Wayne his first acting job. She baptized Marilyn Monroe as a baby. Even though he was an atheist, Charlie Chaplin was her good friend and helped design sets for her pageants. She was amazing at promotion and spreading her message. She was a genius, and that's why I needed a genius like Carolee Carmello to play her.
Carmello has been with the musical since an early production in 2005 at New York's White Plains Performing Arts Center. How hands-on were you in her casting?
Was there ever a point in the writing process that you considered playing Aimee yourself?
But when you first started working on the show, you were younger than Carolee is now. Playing the part never crossed your mind?
Evangelicals have gotten a bad reputation over the years as greedy, phony hucksters, and, as you mentioned, Aimee's intentions within the church have likewise been questioned. How do you view her motives?
KLG: No, not all the time. She was human. But there's no question in my mind that Aimee started out as sincere as you can be. Her first husband, Robert James Semple, represented all that's good about a faith-filled person, and he was her first model of what it looked like if you lived your faith. Then she gets all this success, because she's brilliant and gifted, and she sets her sights on Hollywood, because she was a visionary. She was a woman of sincere faith, but she was also sincerely flawed, as is every person in this room. So she goes through a true crisis of faith that we really haven't seen onstage since A Man for All Seasons. By the time she gets to Hollywood, she's a superstar, and with that comes money, Paris fashions, and temptations. She's got two huge vulnerabilities: loneliness, because she chooses men who never live up to her first husband, and her addiction to painkillers.
And it was that drug addiction that eventually killed her?
Does Scandalous focus on Aimee's Hollywood rise and fall?
Arguably her most negative tabloid attention dealt with her infamous 1926 kidnapping trial. How does Scandalous address that scandal?
Even though she had been kidnapped in the past, her story about those five weeks does sound fishy.
What about Aimee's life and trials do you most relate to?
You were raised in the Jewish tradition but became a born-again Christian at the age of 12, and you've been very forthcoming about your faith over the years. Did your own religious beliefs inform the writing of the show?
KLG: I am stunned that the Foursquare Foundation wanted to be a part of this, because we are so honest about Aimee and her weaknesses. I think it shows great courage and vision on their part.
Nothing in the show had to change because of that partnership?
So the Foursquare Foundation had to accept the show's depiction of Aimee as is, warts and all?
Fair enough, but I would guess that Foursquare Foundation cares less about funding interesting theatre and more about honoring Aimee's legacy.
Here's something taken directly from Foursquare Foundation's website: "Since its inception in 2005, the Foursquare Foundation has funded projects in over 103 countries on six continents. Projects have directly resulted in seeing 5,521,073 people brought to Jesus Christ, according to the Foundation's 2010 annual report." If this is the same foundation funding Scandalous, is one of the goals of the musical to bring people to Jesus?
Your other lead producers are Dick and Betsy DeVos, conservative Republicans who have donated to various religious and far-right organizations, so you've attached the show to producers with deep roots in both the Evangelical church and the Republican Party. Because the Broadway community is a largely liberal one, were you at all concerned about what kind of message that might send?
Whether or not you've had that conversation, their conservative politics and controversial funding record may not sit well with everyone in the New York theatergoing community.
There's been some buzz after an item in the Times that called out your producers as "unusual newcomers."
You must know that it can be hard for some people to separate product and politics. After all, Chick-fil-A's antigay stance doesn't make their chicken any less delicious, but gay consumers still have the right to not eat it anymore.
She would go into the brothels and invite the hookers to come to her meetings, and she would tell them, "I'll save you a special seat." She'd go into the bars and invite the drunks too. She went into the deepest sewers of despair and told people that there was hope. She didn't judge anyone, but the irony is that she was judged so harshly. She was crucified by the press and by the status quo religious order because she loved people so much and had the audacity to think they had a place in God's kingdom. The beauty of Aimee's message is that it was one of tolerance and love — come as you are and see what God can do for you. We should applaud her for that.
KLG: I sat with both of them for years, and it was invaluable. Her son actually became pastor of her church when she died. I totally had their blessing. My assistant Christine found Roberta — or Birdie, as she was called. I didn't think she'd answer the phone, but I called her up and asked if we could have lunch. She said, "I don't do lunch, but you can come over." I said, "Can I bring you anything?" She said, "No flowers. Bring cookies." As I'm getting off the phone with her, she says, "Aren't you forgetting something? 'Name that Tune'?" She had rebelled against her mother's faith and married a Jewish violinist named Harry Salter, who went on to create "Name That Tune," which was the show I got my big break on in the '70s. What a coincidence! It was like "The Twilight Zone."
What was that first meeting like?
Did Birdie get to see the musical?
Have you watched any of the films based on Aimee's life? Most notably, the 1976 TV movie "The Disappearance of Aimee" starred Faye Dunaway as Aimee and Bette Davis as her mother.
How did your collaboration begin with songwriters David Pomeranz and David Friedman on Scandalous?
Did you write any of the music in Scandalous?
KLG: Compared to my whole career, it's a new chapter, but yes, I have. I'm actually meeting with people in L.A. about Under the Bridge being made into a film, which I'm very excited about. I wrote Key Pin It Real, a junior high school musical with David Friedman. I wrote several songs for the musical Hats, and I did the lyrics for an It's a Wonderful Life adaptation with John McDaniel. I have about four other musicals in various stages of development, but the last few years I've been focused on nothing but Aimee. Marvin Hamlisch and I had talked about working together on In Canaan's Eyes, an ensemble musical where everybody gets a big song, but we never got to, and it breaks my heart. At least I had him as a friend.
You're lucky to have the platform and built-in fan base of "Today," on which you announced that Scandalous was coming to Broadway. How often will you be plugging Scandalous on the air?
Is there such a thing as too much self-promotion?
You often use "Today" to spread the word about other plays and musicals that you see on a regular basis. You're always very positive and supportive of new work.
Do you remember when you first fell in love with live theatre?
You did make it to Broadway in the 1999 Sondheim revue Putting It Together.
Do you regret declining his offer?
Next you played Miss Hannigan in a limited engagement of Annie at Madison Square Garden in 2006.
KLG: I can't believe it. I know we're a little fish coming into a big shark-infested ocean, and I'm incredibly excited and grateful. I'm so grateful to the Nederlanders for giving us the amazing Neil Simon Theatre. Jimmy Nederlander, Sr.'s encouragement is the actually the reason I started writing the book all those years ago. Jimmy has always loved the show, and he kept encouraging me every step of the way to keep working on the book and making it better. I like that we did this the old-fashioned way and didn't just say, "We're coming to Broadway!"
With your resources and connections, you probably could have brought Scandalous to Broadway sooner, but instead you've paid your dues and crafted a stronger product in the process.
What about the destination?
What's your purpose, Kathie Lee?
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The sneer on his face every fifth day is a pretty good indicator of how serious Josh Beckett takes his starts. Forget about losing. Beckett has disdain for making a bad pitch.
"He gets mad about outs that are hit hard," notes Red Sox first baseman Keivn Youkilis. "We always joke about that with him. I'm like, 'You just got three outs and three outs were hit right at people.' But that's how he is. He's a perfectionist, just like myself, like [Dustin] Pedroia."
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In his dealings with the media, Beckett is often perceived as surly. The truth of the matter is, Beckett isn't a big fan of talking about himself. His best answers come when he's asked about a teammate.
Why is this?
"It all comes from a saying my dad told me a long time ago," said Beckett. "Accept credit and take blame. I don't know. It's one of those deals, you don't want it to be like a conscious deal, but it is. I think that this is such a team game that unless you're out there just striking everyone out, guys are making plays behind you. Wins and losses, I'm not going to say they're completely luck, but a lot of things have to go right for you to win a game."
Beckett is the owner of an expansive ranch in south Texas. He is a huge fan of hunting and fishing.
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LONDON (AP) -- Britain's financial regulator has fined the queen's bank, Coutts Bank, 8.75 million pounds ($13.8 million) for failing to maintain effective controls on accounts of high-risk customers and to prevent money laundering.
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Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith will play Tuesday in Game 3 against the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center, Darren Dreger of TSN's Hockey Insider reports. Smith took a nasty blow to the helmet behind his own net as Blackhawks rookie Andrew Shaw ran into him face first. Smith was able to finish out the game somehow, though the Coyotes eventually lost 4-3 in overtime.
Phoenix head coach Dave Tippett said that Smith was "100 percent" following the game, but fell back on a vaguer statement that left his goaltender's status in doubt. Smith did not practice Monday, but did take part in the team's morning skate before the game Tuesday.
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My family runs a small business and we have struggled through a tough economy. We have to prove our income often to maintain our MaineCare eligibility because our income is barely enough to sustain our household and certainly not enough to afford private health insurance. Our health care expenses that are not currently covered by MaineCare are difficult to manage already; without MaineCare, we would simply be lost.
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Why enact a budget that would harm the state economy more than it would help it?
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The Eagle's Nest is like no other vacation retreat in Florida. Here to enjoy is the best Florida has to offer: the shores of the Gulf of Mexico at your doorstep, comfortable 3 bedroom 2 bath houses to relax in, and a wildlife paradise to be a part of!
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Barley Chicken Chili Recipe
- 1 cup chopped onion
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- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2-1/4 cups water
- 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth
- 1 can (10 ounces) diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained
- 1 cup quick-cooking barley
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 cups cubed cooked chicken
- In a large saucepan, saute onion and green pepper in oil until tender. Add the water, tomato sauce, broth, tomatoes, barley, chili powder, cumin and garlic powder; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add chicken. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes longer or until barley is tender. Yield: 9 servings (about 2 quarts).
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by Clifford A. Ramirez,
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Graduation from high school is an important milestone in life for children and families. The young graduate is suddenly faced with several options, among which are continuing with school or entering the workplace. Regardless of the choice, the individual is no longer a child in the eyes of society and the law. The young person has become a fully responsible adult, with all of the rights due any citizen of these United States.
In the postsecondary environment, the transition is sometimes something of a shock for those of us who are parents. We have become accustomed to dealing closely with schools in all matters regarding our children. But now, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a set of federal regulations, applies to our children and to most of the colleges and universities they attend.
FERPA was established in 1974 as part of a larger body of legislation dealing with the privacy of our citizens. Introduced by Senator James Buckley of New York, FERPA sought to make certain guarantees to students about the privacy of their education records. In the context of those regulations, the guarantees are made specifically to postsecondary students, whom FERPA acknowledges as fully responsible adults. After all, these young people, most of whom are already 18 years of age, are considered responsible adults in other arenas (such as the workplace) and where other laws and regulations are concerned.
FERPA makes four guarantees to postsecondary students. They are:
the right to inspect and review education records
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the right to have some control over the disclosure of information from those education records
the right to file a complaint against any institution for the alleged violation of these FERPA rights
Please note that these guarantees are made direct to the student, not to the parents nor to any guardians of the students. For the most part, the student is the only individual who can authorize access to her student records. As parents, we no longer have a right to access the student records of our adult children without their signed, written consent to do so.
Colleges and universities comply with these regulations by dealing exclusively with the student. Bills for tuition are an exception. Since student bills are financial records, involving yet another set of regulations, institutions are allowed to communicate with parents about financial records if the student authorizes the school to do so. Such authorization, however, applies only to financial records and may never include academic or other student records.
The realization, then, that parents need to make is that their children are no longer children. They must act for themselves and take responsibility for themselves. Our influence is suddenly limited to the quality of our relationships with our children, because we cannot force schools or the law to do anything about our children. All the more reason for strengthening our relationships with our children.
Under the regulations, it is the student who can inspect and review his records or seek to make changes to those records. Within certain parameters, students can instruct institutions to withhold information about them. That means that information may be withheld from any and all inquiries if the student so wishes. And it is the student who must file the complaint for alleged violations of these FERPA rights.
Institutions are required to advise students of their rights under FERPA. Such notification defines how the institution complies with FERPA and with other local regulations regarding the privacy of student records. Students and parents can locate this notification in the privacy policies of colleges and universities. Typically, these policies are included in college catalogs and on institutional websites.
FERPA is administered by the Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO), part of the US Department of Education in Washington, DC. It is the FPCO which interprets and resolves complaints regarding FERPA and the FERPA rights of students. The Department of Education provides more information for students, institutions, and even parents on its website - www.ed.gov.
Article from College Parents of America (www.collegeparents.org)
Student Spotlight
Hello there!
My name is Mana Boushehri and I am less than 8 weeks (yes I have counted) away from graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology with a minor in Chemistry. I will be attending the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis beginning August of 2009 and will officially be Dr. Mana by 2013! I am originally from Branson and have had the amazing opportunity apart of the Missouri State community and the many of the fantastic student organizations available.
My interest in Missouri State was sparked long before my high school years. My older sister attended what was then known as SMSU, and opened my eyes to all the opportunities that Missouri State offers. Springfield is only 40 miles away from Branson, making it an ideal place for me to be an individual away from the watchful eyes of my parents, and at the same time close enough to make quick weekend trips home. My parents were very open to exploring other universities during my senior year of high school, but from the beginning, we all knew Missouri State would be the place for me; the scholarship and friendly Honors College staff didn't hurt either!
Throughout my college experience my parents have been the indispensible rock that I rely on. Whether it has been the quick phone calls to see how I am doing during a tough midterm or finals week from my dad, or the countless meals my mom has cooked and hand delivered, I know that this experience would not have been as enjoyable without their support.
The transition from high school to college life is just as daunting and unsettling for a student as it is for parents. The important thing to remember is that as students, we have been equipped with the tools we need by our parents to navigate the so called real world. We may not always directly ask for help and advice, but the unconditional love and support is always appreciated.
Student Services Spotlight - Office of the Registrar
Mission Statement
The mission of the Office of the Registrar is to provide quality support services to students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and other constituents of the University. As part of this mission, our primary goal is to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and security of academic records. The Office of the Registrar supports the University's mission to develop educated individuals by interpreting, communicating, and enforcing academic policies and procedures for the benefit of the entire University community. Exemplifying the public affairs mission of the University, we strive for excellence in everything we do and are committed to making a difference in the lives of others by creating a work environment based on integrity, service, and inclusiveness. To maintain the highest possible level of efficiency and effectiveness, we will challenge ourselves to continuously examine the way we deliver services and information.
Primary Services
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Address Changes, Enrollment/Degree Verifications, Grade Change Processing, Grade Reports, Name Changes, PIN Assistance, Transcripts
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Commencement Information, Course Substitutions/Waivers, Degree Audit Assistance, Degree Program Admission, Diploma Orders and Distribution, Intent to Graduate Application, Major and/or Minor Declaration
Adding/Dropping Classes, Audit and Pass/Not Pass Declaration, Catalog and Class Schedule Publications, Enrollment Verifications, Registrations, Senior Permission for Graduate Credit/Mixed Credit, Withdrawals (Dropping All Classes)
Veterans Services
Benefit Application Assistance, Enrollment Certification, Verification of Progress Towards Program of Study
Find more information about the Office of the Registrar at www.missouristate.edu/registrar
Tips for Parents and Families
Taken from University of Toledo (http://parents.utoledo.edu/tips.asp) Each month there will be five more tips included, but if you would like the whole list you can visit the above website.
Tip #30: Students should attend all college orientation activities. It helps them become acquainted with their future environment, offices and organizations that will help them through their college career.
Tip #31: Students need parental encouragement and support. Parent attitudes mold their values and your pride in their success will help them achieve their goals.
Tip #32: Encourage your student to visit the career center. Spring semester of freshman year is the best time to start using the career center services. They can help with internships; resume building, interview skills and more!
Tip #33: Ask your student to write a resume early in their college career. This will be a "reality test" and they will see early on what they can do to improve it in time for graduation.
Q and A with the Parents Association
Each month we will be taking questions that you have posed and answer them in the cleverly titled Q & A with the Parents Association. If you have questions that you would like to have answered over any area of campus please send them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Important Dates and Deadlines
You and your student may want to be aware of the following dates and deadlines. For a complete list please visit the Office of the Registrar.


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A Celebration of the Life of Dobby the House ElfCharacter Birthdays
June 27, 2008, 11:09 PM
The calendar on JKRowling.com has been updated to extend birthday wishes to Dobby. A simple House Elf and small in size he might have been, but to many of us, Dobby made the biggest of sacrifices that still looms large in the hearts of many of us here at TLC. As such, we ask that you please join us as we celebrate and remember Dobby.


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MURRAY COUNTY, GA. (WRCB)- Murray County Chief Magistrate Judge Bryant Cochran is being investigated for possible judicial misconduct.
Channel 3 has learned the Judicial Qualifications Commission in Georgia will be taking a hard look at Judge Cochran.
A Murray County woman is bringing forth allegations the judge is abusing his power.
Acting on a tip, Channel 3 started looking into the situation earlier this week.
On Monday, Murray County Attorney Greg Kinnamon copied Channel 3 on an email. The email contains details about the case.
The email eludes to a scenario in which Judge Cochran allegedly propositioned the woman, while working with her on a case she brought to court.
The woman has since hired legal council and we have yet to receive comment from her.
In Kinnamon's email, he calls the allegations unfounded, stating he personally knows Cochran.
With Cochran running for re-election, he told Kinnamon's office, he thinks the allegations are politically motivated.
Channel 3 has reached out to Cochran's attorney for comment and have not heard back.
Stay with WRCBtv.com for updates to this developing story.
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Is your road north London's worst rat-run? (From Haringey Independent)
Get involved: send your pictures, video, news & views by texting HARINGEY to 80360, or upload here
Is your road north London's worst rat-run?
Updated 1:35pm Wednesday 2nd April 2014 in News
Traffic speeding along residential short cuts causes misery for the occupants of many streets across north London.
Now the Times and Independent Series is on the hunt for the worst rat-runs across our boroughs.
If you think you might live down one of Barnet, Enfield, Harrow, Haringey or Borehamwood's most blighted thoroughfares, we want to hear from you.
Whether it's commuters trying to shave a couple of minutes off their route to work, lorries squeezing down narrow roads, or an influx of parents on the school run – tell us why your street deserves the crown.
We want to name the worst rat runs in the borough and see what the council is doing to make them safer.
To put your street forward, send an email titled 'Worst Rat Run' to firstname.lastname@example.com, with a brief explanation of the issues in your road and your contact details.
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10:15pm Sat 29 Mar 14
Ringslade Resident says...
Ringslade Road, N22, a small one way road, lined with terraced cottages - the new North London through route... except for when the HGVs get stuck.....then nothing gets through......for a long time.
10:05am Sun 30 Mar 14
Warberry Resident says...
The paper asks, what the council are doing to make it safer, in a word, nothing.
In a year or so, we have gone from 2600 vehicles a day to 3000 whilst Tony Kennedy at Haringey Council comes up with innovative solutions such as doing nothing to resolve the problem.
10:08am Sun 30 Mar 14
Warberry Resident says...
2:40pm Mon 31 Mar 14
Tony McLoughlin says...
12:11am Tue 1 Apr 14
phil.fuse says...
In fact, the pic above in the gallery is the corner of Ringslade!!
2:37am Tue 1 Apr 14
harvey_uk says...
What will you do Barnet Council and those councillors we elect to represent the interests of the people of Barnet?
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2005: Gray, With Mild Returns
With 2005 fast approaching, Wall Street analysts are once again gazing into their crystal balls. What they see is a dull but mildly positive year for stocks.
Although strategists are calling for higher interest rates and a weaker pace of earnings growth next year, they believe stocks will inch up as the economy continues to grow at a respectable pace.
The median forecast among the major brokerages is for a 4% increase in the S&P 500, although estimates range from a decline of 4.6% to a gain of 10%.
One of last year's most accurate prognosticators, Tom McManus of Banc of America, is actually among the more bearish pundits this year, saying the market could remain flat or fall slightly over the next 12 months."We continue to believe that stocks remain a riskier bet in 2005 than in the recent past," he said. "While both earnings and [price-earnings] multiples have improved from 2002-2003 levels, stocks have significantly outpaced their long-term performance trend." McManus worries that inflation will escalate next year and that rising interest rates will trigger a "consumer downshift." While inflation has remained tame in 2004, price pressures are starting to show up at the wholesale level, and some analysts fear that higher consumer prices will follow. Retailers and auto companies have attracted buyers this year with aggressive discounts and incentives. But some say these offers are unsustainable in light of rising interest rates and high energy costs. If prices do go up and the Federal Reserve raises rates as much as analysts expect next year, consumer spending could potentially falter, particularly given the low savings rate, high debt levels and lack of fiscal relief. Rates are expected to climb to between 3.25% and 3.5% by the end of 2005 from 2.25% currently.
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Can Wall Street strategists make it two solid years in a row?
|S&P 2004 Target
|S&P 2005 Target
|Abby Joseph Cohen
|Chip Dickson
|Smith Barney
|Tobias Levkovich
|J.P. Morgan
|Abhijit Chakrabortti
|Merrill Lynch
|Richard Bernstein
|Ed Keon
|Morgan Stanley
|Henry McVey
|Bear Stearns
|Francois Trahan
|Banc of America
|Tom McManus
|Gary Gordon
|*Ed Keon replaced Ed Yardeni, who had a 2004 target of 1260.
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CATEGORIES Obits, CinematicalSad news arrived Thursday afternoon for fans of colorful actors. John Phillip Law, who appeared in dozens of movies over a career that spanned more than four decades, died on Tuesday from undisclosed causes, according to the Associated Press. He was 70 years old.
As noted at his official site, Law took on roles both big and small, in epic blockbusters and tiny independents, all over the world. He began his acting career on Broadway before getting nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Newcomer for playing an endearingly sweet Russian seaman in Norman Jewison's The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming in 1965. He swiftly moved on to meatier parts in films that later became enduring cult favorites -- Giulio Petroni's Death Rides a Horse, Mario Bava's Diabolik, and, especially, Roger Vadim's Barbarella, in which he played a blind angel.
As his career continued, the overall quality of his films varied wildly, but he could be counted upon for level-headed performances, always looking like a proper dignified gentleman no matter his surroundings. I think my first exposure to him was when he played the title role in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad; he looked very heroic to me as he battled mythical creatures, but I also loved him in Open Season, snapping off words as the nastiest kind of all-American villain. Demonstrating his versatility, both films came out the same year (1974).
In the '80s and '90s he dabbled in television, making appearances on The Love Boat and Murder, She Wrote, while continuing to make films. As Joe Leydon noted, he was "a good sport about cameoing in CQ, Roman Coppola's uneven 2001 homage to the sort of tacky European-produced B-movies that provided gainful employment for Law during his heyday in '60s and '70s." Law's tall, soulful, rangy good looks will be missed on the silver screen.
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As we settle into post-draft mode we can quickly assess the Panthers did not answer all their questions with the draft. In fact, we got a couple very important ones and couple semi-important ones remaining to answer before we enter training camp. I'm not real confident OTAs or mini-camp will necessarily answer them either.
1. Where will the additional pass rush come from?
We know DE Charles Johnson will bring it from one spot. With 4th round pick Frank Alexander being the only new pass rusher added to the roster it would seem the plan is to hope for improved play from Greg 'The Kraken' Hardy and the return of LB Thomas Davis. If that is the plan then honestly I'm not too worried. The Panthers did help themselves with the run defense int he draft. We are going to love LB Luke Keuchly. So the Panthers will be much better at stopping the run next year and will therefore create more 3rd and long situations. There's a good chance we likewise see more 3-4 sets which would allow DEOLBs Antwan Applewhite and Thomas 'The Furor' Keiser more chances to get after it. Mix in Davis or Beason coming on stunts and zone blitzes and I see another 10 sacks for this team in 2012 (31 in 2011) which would put them around #10 in the league.
2. Are we done at CB?
Ask only out of curiosity because it seemed like a big need prior to the draft since we didn't bring in an experienced player to at least compete. I love the pick of Josh Norman and I think he could be a year 2 or 3 starter. He has a nose for the ball but CB is a big leap in the NFL.
So it would appear the Panthers seem content with letting Captain Munnerlyn, Darius Butler and Brandon Hogan competing for the island across from Chris Gamble. Honestly there is no reason why one of these three guys could not step up and be a quality starter. My money for 2012 is Darius Butler who is entering his 4th season. The former 1st round pick won't get a better chance to show the Patriots they made a mistake. There is an outside chance 2nd year Hogan gets the call given he has tremendous upside but might still need a year or two. Either way I hope Munnerlyn slides to the nickel where he is better suited. That way he can play gunner on coverage as well.
3. Are we happy with the DT rotation?
Most of us thought a DT would be added to the mix at some point this offseason. We are now past free agency and the draft and the Panthers have the same roster at DT they had in February. That can only mean they are convinced that finally getting Ron Edwards at NT will make a big difference. We know they think highly of Andre Neblett and Jason Shirley. They have also recently praised Frank Kearse. It is certainly way too early to give up on Fua or McClain, who I think both will contribute in 2012. That's not a very experienced rotation or even one highly thought of from a draft pick perspective. But they all fall in that high motor category so though DT might still be our biggest weakness it will still be stronger than in 2011.
Now here's two questions I think got answered:
4. Who will return kicks?
Our punt returner will most definitely be Joe Adams provided he doesn't develop fumblitis [knock on wood]. I'm not even going to venture into the Armanti Edwards quagmire. Suffice to say enough is said. I think Kealoha Pilares stays at kick returner though.
5. Do we expect Thomas Davis to be the starter at WLB?
Though Kuechly is being billed as a BPA pick its apparent the Panthers are planning for Thomas Davis to not be available for an entire 16 game schedule. If he does what has never been done and contributes an entire season then great, I will be extremely happy about that. But considering the offseason signings at LB and the drafting of Kuechly having a healthy Thomas Davis will be more like icing on the cake than a real need.
So what are your remaining questions to be answered before Training Camp?