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The KPFA that can't say yes
Defend free speech at KPFA by attending the board meeting this Saturday, Jan. 10, 11 a.m., at Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland
by Anthony Fest
Like Hallinan, I'm not a "neutral" observer, but rather a participant in the struggles at the station. The LSB is divided – quite sharply – into two factions, with Hallinan and me on opposite sides of the aisle. I invite KPFA and KFCF listeners to consider and evaluate both our opinions.
Curiously, Hallinan expressed his views on the state of KPFA without identifying the individuals who actually wield power at the station. This would be somewhat like discussing U.S. politics over the past eight years without mentioning George Bush and Dick Cheney. The current powers that be at KPFA are General Manager Lemlem Rijio and Program Director Sasha Lilley. In my opinion, these two managers also are responsible for many of the problems that now afflict the station.
How did they come to power? Rijio was appointed interim general manager in early 2006 by Greg Guma, at that time the executive director of KPFA's parent organization, the Pacifica Foundation. Guma says he and Rijio had agreed then that she would hold the job no longer than nine months; he recently wrote on an email list, "I wish she had stuck to the arrangement we had made."
Late in 2006, Rijio, in turn, appointed Lilley as interim program director. In September 2008, Guma's successor, Nicole Sawaya, elevated Rijio to permanent-status general manager. Sawaya acted on her last day on the job at Pacifica. (For more about this, see my article, "September Surprise," at mediajusticekpfa.blogspot.com).
As Rijio and Lilley have now been in office more than two years, it's appropriate to look at what they have and haven't done.
Certainly, they've excelled at instigating conflict and controversy. In January 2007, Rijio cancelled the program Youth Radio after one episode of the program aired a song containing FCC-prohibited words that the program producers had neglected to edit out. The blue language certainly needed a firm response, given the possibility of the station being hit with a huge fine. But it was hardly sufficient reason to permanently eliminate a program, particularly one tailored for the next generation of listeners.
In August 2007, without any preceding negotiation or discussion, Rijio withdrew management recognition of KPFA's long-established Unpaid Staff Organization (UPSO). Although most of the station's paid employees belong to a union, the more numerous volunteer workers ("unpaid staff") were thus left without officially recognized collective representation. By a surprisingly lopsided vote – 13 yes, 0 no, 5 abstaining – the KPFA Local Station Board directed Rijio to rescind her action. The Pacifica National Board, which oversees the entire network, passed a similar resolution three months later. Rijio has ignored these directives.
By the way, Hallinan's claim that the UPSO's "criteria for membership violate Pacifica bylaws" is false. See the Pacifica bylaws at www.pacificafoundation.org. The relevant portion is Article Three, Section 1B, which expressly recognizes that unpaid staff organizations may set their own membership qualifications.
Last summer brought the shocking act of KPFA management summoning Berkeley police to have unpaid programmer Nadra Foster thrown out of the station. Rijio and Lilley were not the ones who called the cops, but neither has apologized to KPFA's community of listeners, many of whom surely found it disgraceful that an organization founded by pacifists would take such action. An eyewitness account of the police action, from KPFA's Anita Johnson, can be found at www.blockreportradio.com.
Following the uproar over the police action, management did announce a mediated "healing" meeting for staff. That meeting was set for Sept. 30 but was cancelled one day beforehand and has never been rescheduled.
Meanwhile, about 75 KPFA staff members have signed a no-confidence statement calling for a new general manager at the station. Those signing include music hosts, news reporters and public affairs programmers. Although most of us do not receive paychecks for our work, we do want respect and fair treatment.
Another ominous management action, albeit less well-known, is the effective suspension of KPFA's Program Council, which is historically the body that was responsible for programming decisions. With members from the paid staff, unpaid staff, the listener community and the Local Station Board, the Program Council was a working example of representative decision making.
But after becoming program director, Lilley disputed the decision-making authority of the Program Council and instead claimed that power for herself. Under her direction, the council, which formerly met weekly, now has not met for months.
Being an organization that talks about democracy, KPFA ought to be able to practice participatory decision making in its own affairs. Instead, the decisions most vital to listeners are now being made autocratically. Rather than becoming more democratic, the station has regressed in the past two years, with top-down commands replacing discussion and voting.
Is management contemplating another 1995-style purge of programmers? Or do they simply want to preempt unwelcome attempts at change, like the 2003 effort to move Democracy Now to a better time slot?
Certainly, adding new local programs seems not to be on this management's agenda. To date, all they've done is take a show – Youth Radio – off the air. Lilley has imported programs from KPFA's sister stations in New York and Los Angeles, but there have been no new locally produced public affairs programs created during her tenure.
Important communities such as African-Americans, Filipinos, LGBT people, seniors and veterans still do not have dedicated programs, and there's not enough coverage of labor, the environment or the "justice" system and its prisons. Occasionally, there is a notable special program, for example, the coverage of the Winter Soldier assembly last March, which was certainly a vital broadcast. Yet one-time specials are no substitute for a long overdue reevaluation of the overall program schedule and a democratic process for updating it.
As Hallinan notes, money is tight at KPFA these days. However, that need not be an obstacle to enhancing the programming. Most of KPFA's existing programs are already produced entirely by unpaid staff; these include some of the station's most popular and innovative programs, such as Voices of the Middle East and Guns & Butter.
With training and dedication, new volunteers can create new shows. Indeed, it is precisely by engaging with the many communities that merit more attention, and by adding fresh programs, that KPFA could help alleviate its financial crunch – by attracting more listeners and more subscribers without expanding the payroll.
But adding new community-based programs and programmers is apparently not the intention of the current regime. One staffer says he's been ordered out of meetings after suggesting that one way to attract more subscribers is to broadcast better programs.
Important communities such as African-Americans, Filipinos, LGBT people, seniors and veterans still do not have dedicated programs. … By engaging with the communities that merit more attention and by adding fresh programs, KPFA could help alleviate its financial crunch – by attracting more listeners and more subscribers without expanding the payroll.
And what has been the role of the Local Station Board in these conflicts? Hallinan's faction on the board, the "Concerned Listeners," has stood by the present regime almost 100 percent.
But given the record of this management, KPFA and KFCF listeners should ask what it is that the Concerned Listeners are concerned about. Is their goal to promote the well-being of the radio station or only to defend the power of the incumbent management? It's insincere to call for an end to infighting at KPFA while at the same time supporting those who set off the clashes in the first place.
If the present management could abide by its own words and engage in dialogue and consensus building, instead of issuing directives, KPFA might not be a house divided against itself. But because this management continues to follow an inappropriate command-and-control style of doing business, scores of staff members say the station needs new leadership. Until that happens, the station will likely remain mired in conflict.
But Hallinan and I are in agreement on one matter: It is indeed high time for a discussion about the future of KPFA and Pacifica and how to make the station and the network relevant and important to more people. That discussion should take place in multiple forums, including KPFA's own airwaves.
Anthony Fest has been a KPFA reporter since 1994. He is also a staff representative to KPFA's Local Station Board (LSB). He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. This story first appeared in the January 2009 edition of the Fresno Community Alliance Newspaper.
Calling all KPFA staff and listeners to attend Local Station Board meeting Saturday
Staff and listeners who were appalled when KPFA and Pacifica managers called police who violently arrested and jailed 12-year volunteer programmer Nadra Foster have organized a fundraiser for Nadra's legal defense against the serious criminal charges she still faces. The fundraiser is Thursday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m., at La Pena, 3150 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley.
One of the organizers, Local Station Board member Tracy Rosenberg, who also heads the influential journalist advocacy group Media Alliance, is now being threatened with expulsion from the board. She explains:
"While looking at La Pena's calendar, I was upset to discover another benefit had been scheduled there only two weeks afterwards and was described on the calendar as a benefit for Concerned Listeners of KPFA. I was appalled that instead of assisting with the benefit for Nadra, who is STILL facing five charges in Alameda County Court, a competing event would be scheduled at the same venue. It struck me as callous, inhumane and extremely disrespectful, both to Nadra herself and to unpaid staff organizing at the station.
"So I made up a flyer where I asked those in the Pacifica family who also objected – since I figured there had to be more than just me – to contact the scheduled performers at the benefit and explain to them that this benefit was not a good idea. I also thought that South African freedom choirs and labor rights activists shouldn't be raising funds on behalf of the slate that has continued to support the manager's refusal to recertify the UPSO and to support CL'er Sherry Gendelman's statement that she 'tipped her hat to KPFA management for calling the police on Foster.' I am not in any way disavowing authorship of the flyer and have been quite straightforward about it.
"The benefit has since been canceled as some of the performers were indeed uncomfortable.
"I just learned that the LSB has scheduled a 30-minute 'investigation' of the flyer for the next meeting. This is scheduled in open session, so I am asking that if possible you try to come to the Jan. 10 meeting at 11 a.m. at Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., in Oakland."
Tracy's colleague on the board, Sasha Futran, writes in response:
"There is a serious attempt underway to pressure and maybe even attempt to get rid of some of the LSB members on our side. It won't succeed; there really is no chance. However, in the meantime it is also very important that Concerned Listeners and some specific staff members see the kind of support our board members have and for there to be a large turnout.
"We also need to have our arguments prepared both for the LSB discussion and public comments by anyone who speaks. … It is also important for people to be willing to speak up. If a lot of people speak, everyone is quite safe. If people are afraid and don't, that is what gives the others the courage to try to do horrid things. Besides, staying silent will guarantee changes to the station that we won't like.
"It's really time to take a public stand and it would also be a good idea for people to ask what the station is doing to set in place measures that will prevent the police from being called for no good reason to begin with."
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Weekend news anchor Anthony Fest, Africa Today host Walter Turner, and Pushing Limits host Adrienne Lauby are among those who keep me hoping to see KPFA become the real community resource we all so want it to be.
It's hard to believe in KPFA as community radio at this point, when it doesn't even have a functioning Program Council, but well. . . there's this LSB meeting to try attending this Saturday, 01./10/2009,↓
This is one of those watertight "how dare they" litanies of seeming atrocities. But each point raised is worthy of a long discussion. It's not as simple as "four legs good, two legs bad" as they used to say on Animal Farm.
KPFA long ago had a super-fragmented program schedule, and did anyone listen? All of the groups mentioned here should be producing powerful and engaging specials and podcasts, not fighting over airtime. It's not enough to believe in one's cause. To be on KPFA you have to make radio that is good enough that mass audiences really want to listen to it….it's mass media, not just for our friends in Berkeley. Wouldn't it be better to have all of these diverse voices working in the newsroom or contributing to regular music and public affairs shows, augmented with really excellent specials on individual struggles?
UPSO collapsed on it's own. The majority of members refused to come to meetings anymore because they were hijacked by a a vitriolic sect of screamers bent on taking-over UPSO. These were awful, antagonistic bullies who didn't produce radio, but claimed "going to meetings" qualified them for membership. The meetings disappeared and elections were never held so when this tiny group started posting meeting notices, management rightly refused to recognize them. End of UPSO, for now. But new elections are happing, so stay tuned. Maybe new green shoots will grow.
About Ms. Rijo Ms. Lilley, it seems to me that staff and volunteers alike were hungry for leadership and a certain measure of calm stability. Management has been such a revolving door punctuated by gridlock and meltdown of the "democratic" boards and councils. One can keep pushing the labor hot button by citing the UPSO story, but really, is this the central issue (or given the real history, any issue at all?) of running a major radio station? I think they're doing a pretty good job considering the extreme difficulty of managing an institution that is always growling and baring its teeth.↓
Tracy Rosenberg
In response to Ghandifan: KPFA has never, whatever the transitory nature of the program schedule, attracted mass audiences. Not for sixty years. I don't think that's surprising considering one of its mandates is to broadcast "unpopular points of view".
The important balance is how many listeners become subscribers/members – in other words, the depth of support and relationship among the niche listening community the station can reasonably expect. Involvement deepens support.
So the Rijio/Lilley strategy of eliminating community involvement is unlikely to financially strengthen the station … and hasn't.
While the Unpaid Staff organization finally did get itself re-recognized, it was after almost two years of struggling, a struggle that should never have happened.
What some people call stability, other people call an unhappy workplace.↓


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SAN ANTONIO - AT&T told Randy and Noreen Cohen in July that they needed to dig a hole in their back yard to do some repairs. The Cohens had no problem with this because the work was being done in the utility easement in their backyard.
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For three weeks, it was left alone in the backyard, surrounded by ugly, flimsy orange mesh fencing and covered by a broken piece of plywood.
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The company apologized for having taken so long to make the repair and said the job simply fell through the cracks.
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by Sarah Einselen
Purdue climatologists now say they're expecting a warm, wet spring this year.
Dev Niyogi, state climatologist based at Purdue University, said a warmer and wetter start to farmers' planting season is likely to give way to some drying during the growing season.
Cass County has received roughly the normal amount of rainfall over the last month, according to the National Weather Service. Storms headed through the area were moving too fast to drop heavy precipitation, said Purdue assistant climatologist Ken Scheeringa, but the storm track slowed down "tremendously" last week.
"During most of February," Scheeringa said, "the storms were just racing here like a horse race, one storm right after another.... Those did not bring us a lot of rain or snow, they just came often."
However, a storm last week took days to cross the state, he said, a trend that's likely to continue. "The storm is coming in and staying a while before it's leaving."
"It's possible that it could get too wet," Scheeringa said. "It just depends on if we continue with the same storm track."
Soil moisture has been improving in the area after last year's severe drought, according to a release from Purdue, enough to eliminate the drought conditions. The Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts about 2.5 inches of extra Indiana rainfall through May, when last year's for the same period fell short by more than 4 inches.
And while "mild to moderate" drought might develop late in spring and over the summer, it's unlikely to be anything like last year's parched weather, Scheeringa said.
While the Great Plains farther west are headed into a second severe drought year, states in the eastern half of the Midwest have better times ahead.
"When we say drought again, that's what people are thinking about, 'oh no, it'll be another 2012,'" he said. But the kind of drought conditions climatologists expect are more akin to a fairly usual drought affecting parts of the state for two or three weeks over the course of the year.
A minor drought of that sort "doesn't necessarily impact the bottom line as far as the crop yields go," Scheeringa said.
In fact, "that's very common," he said, happening about every two or three years. "The drought that happened last summer may happen two or three times in a century."
One area farmer said even if the spring gets "too wet" for corn and beans, in any case the season's likely to be better for farmers than last year.
"Overall, as long as we get some more moisture here come this winter to replenish the moisture in the subsoil and the topsoil, I don't think to start off the season it'll be that bad," said Brad Plank, who farms corn, beans and tomatoes in Cass County with his father.
"If it's warmer and wetter spring, then depending if it's raining when the guys are planting, it could affect how soon a guy gets out there," he continued. "If a guy's able to get out there and plant, it'll help greatly."
The only negative effect, he said, could be on corn roots, which may grow shorter if plenty of water is available in shallower soil.
"That could have an effect on us later in the summer when it does turn dry because the roots won't be as deep, they'll be shallow," Plank said.
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Sources: Death of 2 Bexar County Sheriff's Office K-9s preventable
K-9 deputies died after being left inside hot car for nearly 30 hours
SAN ANTONIO - New details emerged Monday night about how the deaths of two K-9 deputies with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office might have been prevented.
Last Thursday, Deputy Steve Benoy left his two K-9's -- Vegas and Hades -- in the back of his county car for more than one day. He came back nearly 30 hours later to find both dogs dead.
But several sources have told KSAT 12 that those deaths were preventable because the Sheriff's Office had heat alarms that warn officers when their cars are too hot. Those systems, though, were never installed.
The systems are commonly know as K-9 heat alarms, or 'hot-dog' alarms. When a car's interior reaches a certain temperature, usually between 80-85 degrees Fahrenheit, the system kicks in.
The car automatically lowers the vehicle's windows, turns on a fan, and sets off the car's horn. Some systems even send a message to the responsible officer's cell phone.
The Bexar County Sheriff's Office bought two similar systems in late 2009. It's still unclear why they were never installed, but the two systems sat in boxes, untouched on a training room floor for over a year.
The systems were bought with a grant for just over $27,000 for the K-9 Enhancement Program.
The heat alarms have since been removed from the building where they were initially kept, although it was not immediately clear where they are now.
KSAT reached out to the Sheriff's Office several times Monday for comment. No phone calls were returned.
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Jackie reminds everyone that she's on call on Tuesdays, and laughs off Toya's jealousy claims.
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Actually, you did say Baird's, before the edit.
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I took a closer look at the legs, which looked gray at first. Given that they are yellow, definitely not Baird's. And it was "almost"...I did edit.


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"Dwyane Wade came into this game averaging 26 points," Hubie Brown said late in the second quarter. "Taking 22 shots a game, getting to the line 12 times. Right now, he is 0-5 with two turnovers. It's magnificent that Miami is still up." It wouldn't last much longer.
"The Heat say he's fine," Mike Tirico told the audience after halftime. "But we've been observing him. ... Dwyane doesn't look right. I don't know if he's not feeling well, whatever it is."
A few minutes into the second half, we saw Paul George of the Pacers conceding a wide-open three, but Wade passed it up. Instead, he gingerly hopped a few steps forward, right into George and a foul-line fadeaway that missed so badly it actually gave Miami the rebounding advantage. The ball bounced back to the Heat, and eventually back to Wade behind the three-point line. He took it this time, and barely drew iron. The Heat were down seven at this point.
"Mario Chalmers, Juwan Howard, LeBron James out there talking with Dwyane Wade, and at the end of that timeout, a little back and forth between Eric Spoelstra and Dwyane Wade in that huddle. Here's what was happening at the end of that timeout as those two guys were talking about. ... Whatever, shot selection, whatever it might be. Dwyane was pretty hot." There's Mike Tirico talking about the video from Game 3 where Wade looks like he's ready to fight his coach.
Then, there's Hubie again. "Wade is having a very, very difficult game right here."
In case it wasn't clear.
The Pacers played great defense all night and forced Miami into what felt like an endless blooper real of missed threes and lazy jumpers. Roy Hibbert anchored a balanced Indiana offense on the other end, as the Pacers pulled away almost as soon as the second half began. And Larry Bird spent the game surrounded by 20,000 Indianapolis fans wearing T-shirts saying "Gold Swagger," which has gotta be considered a sign of an imminent apocalypse.
But it was hard to watch Game 3 and come away thinking about anyone but Wade. As Erik Spoelstra said afterward, "When you go into halftime and Dwyane hasn't scored, and you're tied? 43-43? You're like 'OK, this is a good position to be in.'" Only it wasn't.
Game 3 was just the loudest example of something I've been coming to terms with for two years now: Dwyane Wade isn't what he used to be. He was probably playing through some sort of injury on Thursday night, so this isn't about his game somehow falling to pieces. As a player he's still occasionally great and he'll be great again, even if his whining to the refs is as bad as anyone in basketball.
And it's definitely not about him shouting at his coach during the third quarter, a clip and/or shouting excuse that's sure to be waterboarded into our subconscious by noon Friday at the latest. That happens all the time in sports, and if a player's having as bad a game as Wade did, frustration's understandable.
Game 3 was more of a general reminder for me that Wade, at one point maybe the coolest player the NBA had, has become something a lot less fun.
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It dates back to last year, after the new Heat superteam lost on opening night, and Wade strolled up to the podium and dismissed any criticism, saying, "Sorry if everyone thought we were going 82-0."
Then later in the year, when he criticized Spoelstra: "Me and LeBron are going to continue to try to find a way with the game plan we have. We're trying to be effective. We have a great coaching staff; I'm sure they'll look at things and see how to utilize us a little better." Keep in mind, this came while there was pretty much constant speculation that Spoelstra wouldn't last past midseason.
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Also keep in mind that as long as Dwyane Wade's been the face of the Miami Heat, Spoelstra's always been the guy behind the scenes, helping build him into what he's become. As Kevin Arnovitz explained at ESPN last summer:
... Wade is Spoelstra's subject, both on film and in the gym. When Wade comes to the Heat as a rookie in 2003, his jump shot still needs some refinement, and Spoelstra takes on that challenge as a project.
Spoelstra works Wade out incessantly. He wants Wade to establish more balance on his shot and to learn to absorb contact. "I used to do my 1-2 step-in, wide base and he would literally shove me so I could learn how to shoot with contact," Wade says. "And once I got that done, he made me do it with a shot fake, which is even harder."
Fast forward to a game in November 2004, with the Heat and Jazz tied in overtime. Guarded by Raja Bell on the last possession, the ball goes into Wade.
"It was the exact shot we'd been working on," Wade says. "I hit the game-winner and I remember looking over at him, smiling like, 'This is working.'"
Context like that made his shots at Spoelstra that much harder to process. Even when he clarified his comments along the way, he managed to undermine Spoelstra along the way.
"I never would put anything on the coach," he said, "Win, lose or draw because they can give us the game plan, but they are not on the court playing. With this team, especially with the IQ of this team, we are smart enough to make adjustments on the floor. ... Now is the time to take ownership that this is our team, even though we respect our coaches for what they do."
He's much better with the media than LeBron, and his easy smile made him my girlfriend's favorite player the first time she ever saw him play in person, and it's all part of how he's kept his reputation mostly in tact through all the Decision-related melodrama.
All of which is to say that it's easy to miss, but the example above is a microcosm of the past two years. You have to read closely to see it, but Dwyane Wade actually seems like a bit of a dick these days.
Just in the past week, we saw him tackle Darren Collison with a flagrant foul that almost certainly should've gotten him kicked out of the game. Then he was criticizing the Pacers for the way they celebrated winning Game 2. Which, well, OK. If that's not a pot-kettle situation... (Wade after being criticized for a celebration in last year's Finals: "Every team in the league when they go on a run, they do something. ... It's a part of the game of basketball.")
And there was also this glowing ESPN feature, praising him for his humility and "the ultimate sacrifice" he made this year that allowed LeBron James to win the MVP.
So Wade gave in. He fought off his ego and decided he'd take the supporting role in this potential blockbuster flick.
He told LeBron to play like the MVP he was. And whaddya know? LeBron's MVP again.
"I just had some time to sit back and think a lot," Wade said. "I just realized what we're playing for, and what I'm playing for. ... I felt that it had to come from nobody but me, to say, 'Go ahead, man. You're the best player in the world. We'll follow your lead.' Once I said that, I thought he kind of exhaled a little bit."
Which, well, OK. Couple issues there.
- LeBron was every bit as dominant last year, so I'm not sure why we're pretending this year was some sweeping change in 2012.
- The only major difference was that Wade missed about 20 games this season, giving the world less of an excuse to discount how unbelievably dominant LeBron is.
- Most importantly, did Wade just kinda sorta take some of the credit for LeBron's MVP?
This sucks.
For so long, Wade was one of the two or three most enjoyable superstars in the league. He was Kevin Durant with more charisma and a killer instinct. Now he's Jordan on the Wizards.
Or, to put it a different way: LeBron has always wanted to be like Jay-Z, but over the first seven years of their careers it was Wade who personified Jay's combination of cutthroat instincts and charm that hooked everyone. And then Heat became Watch The Throne, mostly because the same way Jay-Z recognized he needed Kanye West to keep him relevant, Wade knew he needed LeBron, and he was savvy enough to make it happen. The problem is what's happened since.
The genesis of this Miami Heat team was such a watershed moment for the future of basketball that there are a million different lessons to be learned from what's happened since. We'll be debating the meaning of this Miami Heat team for decades. But as much as we talk about how The Decision changed LeBron's career and basketball, in general, I'm beginning to wonder whether we've all missed just how much it's changed Wade.
I don't know whether it's Heat backlash affecting the way we perceive him, Heat backlash affecting the way he acts, or some combination of the two. But it's definitely happening.
This has nothing to do with the Pacers series or What It All Means or even anything concrete about Wade's game. I just want to say that I miss the old D-Wade. You know, back when he was the coolest player in the league -- not the old man badgering officials for calls on one end, cheapshotting the Pacers on the other, then dismissing them in the media with a different kind of cheap shot.
"I've been around Dwyane for many years," Spoelstra reminded the media Thursday after he brushed off the confrontation between he and Wade. "I've seen him bounce back on similar storylines like this and come back and have great games." The Heat have an extra day off for Wade to rest, and he's still a great player, so he probably will bounce back from here. It just won't be as fun as it used to be.


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At the forefront of the local battle against domestic violence is Daybreak. The women's shelter was founded in 1986 by then-District Attorney Charles Baker.
Daybreak's shelter housed 98 victims of domestic violence last year. In addition to the shelter, the program also took 382 crisis calls in 2011, filed for 41 protection from abuse orders and provided court advocacy for 71 additions victims. They referred 594 to other social services agencies and educated 373 students in the Walker County School System on the dangers of dating violence.
Daybreak also sponsors the SAIL Program, which helps women who leave abusive situations get on their feet. They assist in providing relocation expenses and other items to get them started in a new life. The organization assisted 61 clients through this program last year.
Daybreak Executive Director Jan Hulsey has been with Daybreak since the beginning and she works closely with the Board of Directors that oversee operations and with the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, which advocates domestic violence awareness and intervention around the state.
Current District Attorney Bill Adair has also been involved with Daybreak since the beginning and continues to be one of the shelter's biggest supporters.
"Daybreak is the best run community resource in our area," Adair said. "It has provided something for a lot of Walker Countians who needed it."
Jasper Police Chief Connie Rowe has also been involved since the early days and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. She said that one of the most important things regarding law enforcement has been the evolution of domestic violence and teaching officers to deal with aggressors, victims and assessing the situation. Rowe said that the ACADV has done a great deal of work in educating law enforcement officers and advocating change.
Rowe believes that is important because domestic violence is such a widespread problem.
"Regardless of the size of our jurisdiction, we all respond to domestic violence calls," Rowe said. "Domestic violence is not narrowed to a particular socio or economic demographic. It is across the board, in all neighborhoods, in all jurisdictions, in all races. There is just not a profile of a domestic violence victim or a domestic violence offender. Everyone in law enforcement needs training in that area."
Adair said that the shelter does a great job of taking immediate reaction and providing what the victims need immediately and over the long term.
"The shelter provides, in my view, the primary safety net, which is emergency shelters for these women and children." Adair said. "The secondary thing is access to court services, which Daybreak provides and is a great resource for people going through this," Adair said. "For a long time that was the second part of the abuse, they didn't have access to the court system and now that's being helped by further services of Daybreak."
National statistics show that a domestic violence victim on average leaves their abuser seven times before they finally leave for good. Hulsey said that recent statistics show that abused women in Alabama leave an average of just four times, putting the state below the average. A database of domestic-violence-related homicides also shows that last year there were 19 murders in that category, a drastic decrease from the 41 killed in 2010.
"I would like to think our work has helped to bring those number down," Hulsey said.
Adair, Rowe and Hulsey all commended the community for supporting the shelter and their efforts.
Hulsey said that the amount that comes from the state is negligible and may soon be eliminated entirely. The shelter receives funding from the DA's office, grants and the United Way, but community support is the most important aspect of keeping the shelter operational.
"Domestic violence programs work if law enforcement works with it, if prosecution works with it and the community supports it," Hulsey said.
"This is a very well respected program and everyone recognizes the financial integrity and security of the program," Rowe said.
Anyone who is a victim of abuse or needs help can call the Daybreak Crisis Line at 205-384-1157 or the Alabama domestic abuse hotline which will send callers to Daybreak or the nearest resource to them at 1-800-650-6522.


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PHOENIX -- Phoenix police say a woman is facing a manslaughter charge after her boyfriend was found mortally wounded in an apartment complex.
Authorities say officers responding to a call of shots fired Saturday around 4 a.m. found the 26-year-old victim on a stairwell landing.
They say it appears some kind of altercation occurred between him and the suspect, 24-year-old Ashley Eide.
Police say Eide's 5-year-old child was there but was unharmed.
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Areas of StudyMost graduate English courses at UAB fall into one of the following three groups, under which are listed the areas of study. Degree requirements may make reference to these areas and groups. Reading lists for Plan IIstudents studying for area examinations are available as links below. Plan II students should know that each of the area exams will present a choice of two clearly identified passages from the relevant reading list. The examinee will choose one of these passages as the starting point of his or her essay; the essay itself will address the following question:
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Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by skipaway, Jan 23, 2012.
Gave birth to a colt by Curlin....so cute
Happy Birthday Little Boy
What is the sweetest picture ever, anywhere.
Another cute picture and article:
Rachel's Boy
He's adorable! I look forward to seeing many, many pictures of him as he grows up.
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First Steps
Can't get the first steps, but that star, those legs, everything's precious.
Just born and already walking? Such a fast learner!
His hindquarters are freaking huge! He's so cute.
That first picture w/his front legs splayed out and him looking around...*wibbles*...
Wat a wittle precious baby boy!!!
Seriously now, he's gorgeous!! What a lovely little colt he is indeed.
So happy to hear all went well and there's happy and healthy new little guy in the Horse World.
His name should be Star Bright, look at that blaze on his forehead.
Transported to Rood and Riddle for "pain management related to birth".
I don't know a thing about the care and feeding of horses, but I hope this is not a big deal. The other boards I'm on for thoroughbred racing are alite with this story. Hope she feels better soon.
Rachel Alexandra makes Precautionary Trip to Hopsital
Rachel's baby romping in paddock at Rood and Riddle.
Stonestreet stable says Rachel's doing well.
Hey, look how fast I can go when I get all four legs moving together!
They look good. Now I hope all runs smoothly from now on.
from Coronado's Quest on TC and Rachel's FB page.
Rachel and her Foal are Home!
Now the big countdown...Queen Z's been moved to the foaling barn!
(Right now, btw, Vegas is saying something like 50-1 the Curlin-Rachael Alexandra foal is in the Derby in three years, 100-1 on No. At the current odds I'd happily but $20 on no. I'll be impressed if he makes it out of Maiden Special Weights and fully expect him to be nothing of consequence. Great race mares rarely produce great runners--biggest disaster was Genuine Risk, with two foals that were worthless in flat racing and one slipped pregnancy, and of course that was the one by Secretariat.)
Z will get her own thread
As to your other point, there's about a 1:1235 chance of little Rachel/Curlin making the field. Live foal births estimates for 2012 by the Jockey Club are approx 24,700. I still wouldn't make a bet either.
Personally, I don't care if he races or not. Everything went well, there was a live birth and the little guy's doing well. That's all that's important to me.
Although, I do know there's a lot of money riding on this lil guy. I'm not that far into a fantasy world here. However, I do believe that anything after what I posted up there is just gravy now.
There's a name that colt contest on Stonestreet's web page for Rachel. Winner gets a meet and great with Rachel and the little one, and overnight stay in the guesthouse there.... Hmmm.... {puts thinking cap on}
Current Photos of Rachel and Son
Sooooo cute! He's so fluffy!
There's a cute new video of the little guy on the bloodhorse website. He's getting a whole lot of attention and petting, and seems to mostly like it. He's pretty adorable.
Rachel Alexandra is now in foal to Bernardini (sire of Zenyatta's colt)
I need to give some time to Rachel Alexandra:
Rachel's boy
Calvin reunites with Rachel
And meets the Little One
Just announced after the running of the Curlin Stakes at Saratoga was the name of RA and Curlin's colt: Jess's Dream. Kind of meh to me.
Stonestreet is having another Meet Rachel day, on October 12. There are 4 sessions, 25 fans max per session, rsvp instructions on their facebook page.
I put in for it. I figure, what the heck, maybe I can meet the Princess (sorry, I have to call Zenyatta the queen, but I love Rachel, too). We'll see if I get in.
So I was notified today that I get to meet Rachel Alexandra on October 12. Who would ever have thought I'd get to meet Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra within 6 weeks of each other? We won't get to feed her, but I have always heard the farm hosts a very nice visit for people. I will also check about seeing Union Rags when I'm there, and of course spend time with my boy Tinner over at Old Friends.
Awesome sk8pics, give her a pat for me.
So, got to meet Rachel yesterday. She was sleepy, LOL. But very sweet. For the first few people who went up to her, she didn't look at them but just kept staring straight ahead. When I went up to her, she turned her head to check me out and so offered her nose, so I kissed it! I never would have guessed that in a span of 6 weeks I'd kiss Zenyatta on the nose and Rachel Alexandra on the nose. She was very soft and looked good, in spite of being tired. At Lanes End the day before, I thought Curlin was going to fall asleep standing there posing, so maybe everyone had a wild night.
Anyway, if anyone would like to see a few of the pictures, send me a PM and I'll send you the link.
Congrats again to 2nd time Mother: Rachel Alexandra. She birthed a filly who weighs in at 140lbs.
oh and congrats to Bernardini...proud papa.
Little Rachel and Mom
I just said the same thing Rottie. Congrats to one and all!!
Best suggestion I heard so far for a name is "Almost a Valentine"! Hopefully the filly gets a better one than the lame name they saddled the colt with (Jess's Dream.) Not that I expect him to do a thing (he'll probably end up a gelding packing short stirrups around or something) but if on the off chance he can run worth mentioning that's going down with Giacomo and Lil E. Tee in the 'non-classic names' records.
You guys haven't heard the latest...
Oh! Best wishes to RA for a quick and full recovery!
What a shame, IIRC, she spent time at the Rood & Riddle Hospital due to complications after her first foal. This doesn't bode well for more foals.
What is "non-classic" about the name Giacomo?
Let's hope her proven courage on the track will carry over to the battle she is fighting now...
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George tells the Chicago Sun-Times that the archdiocese is asking the federal government for permission to feed and provide temporary housing for the children. George says the children are "in danger and without adequate shelter." He says there should be "a compassionate and merciful response."
The cardinal's spokeswoman says the archdiocese will find out after Aug. 6 if the U.S. Health and Human Services Department will let them help.
The Border Patrol says 57,525 unaccompanied children have been apprehended at the border in recent months.
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The Buccaneers have been in need of a dominant defensive tackle for a long time. Last season's starters, Chris Hovan and Ryan Sims, combined for just 1.5 sacks. The Bucs need a consistent pass rusher that can also help improve their 32nd ranked run defense.
Tampa Bay picks third overall in the upcoming 2010 NFL Draft. This puts the team in position to have a chance to select one of the top defensive tackle prospects, Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh and Oklahoma's Gerald McCoy. These two players are also considered the best two prospects in the draft by many scouts and are both projected to be off the board within the top six picks.
The Bucs have taken the next step towards drafting one of the two highly touted prospects, as they will be bringing both in for pre-draft visits just a week before the draft. Oklahoma's McCoy will be visiting the Bucs on Sunday, April 11th. Shortly after, Nebraska's Suh will be in town to visit the Bucs on Tuesday, April 13th.
Oklahoma defensive tackle Gerald McCoy will arrive in Tampa on Sunday to visit with Morris and the coaching staff, according to Ben Dogra, his agent. McCoy will leave on Monday.
Suh is slated to visit Tampa Bay on Tuesday.
Source: Tampa Tribune - Anwar Richardson
PewterReports.com Take: It should come to no surprise that the Bucs will be visitng with both Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy. Both are regarded as the two of the best defensive players in the draft and would fill one of the team's biggest needs. Luckily, the Bucs are in a great position to draft one of the two. Most draft experts expect the St. Louis Rams to select Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford with the first selection the in the draft. The pick that will most likely decide who Tampa Bay selects will be the Detroit Lions' second overall pick. If the Lions select Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy would likely be the pick. But if the Lions decide to upgrade their offensive line and give better protection to last year's first overall pick, quarterback Matthew Stafford, by selecting Oklahoma State's Russell Okung, the Bucs would then have the option of either Suh or McCoy. Either of the two would be an immediate upgrade at the defensive tackle position.


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when i installed the theme studio, it was a free trial version... do anyone of you have a crack for this? or a keygen maybe?
when i installed the theme studio, it was a free trial version... do anyone of you have a crack for this? or a keygen maybe?
Hi dark_minister! Welcome to Nokia Discussion Boards!!
Series 40 Theme Studio is a free software. All you have to do is to request for the serial number so that you can continue using the product for free. After 14 days of evaluation using, one pop up window will be comming informing you to request for a serial number. Please connect your machine to internet and could easily request for a serial number in the popping up Browser window after wards.(please make sure that you have logged in to Forum Nokia.)
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ok, thanks for the help!
Any help would be appreciated.
PS: I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, as well as removing all application data files that seem to be related to the theme creator and have also run a registry cleaner after the uninstall, but nothing I try seems to work.]
EDIT: You can ignore this, I eventually got an email with a different serial number.
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I've Installed series 40 theme studiov2.2 in my computer. And i have not internet connection. I don't know how to do to register it!!
Is any one want to help me???
Send me a crack or serial number!!!!
I'm a junior member
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does eny one no how you change the icons because when you you click ''main menu'' then ''menu icons'' it brings the list of icons but you cant click them to change it????? wtf help plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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You should download the Carbide.ui Theme edition instead.
hi. i would like to use the nokia series 40 theme studio 2.2. I have a trial version and i need a registration code. Where can i get it? I ve heard that this prog. is free, isnt it. thanks Peter
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thx! but it's a trial version too, so i'll need a serial number for this one. Where can i get? and really thanks for your help!
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I hope this helps.
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I had useing s40 2.2 theme creator trail verson . now it want serial number.


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Philadelphia trailed 31-10 with 8:17 left in the fourth quarter before Vick helped lead the Eagles back in a stunning comeback win over the Giants at New Meadowlands Stadium. He threw for 242 yards and rushed for a game-high 130 yards on 10 carries, tossing three touchdowns and rushing for another. "By far, this is one of the greatest comebacks of my career, being down by such a huge deficit," Vick said after the Eagles improved to 10-4. "We were able to come back in a short period of time. It's outstanding." All four of his scores came in the second half. He was kept quiet in the first half, getting sacked twice and throwing one interception, before leading the late offensive explosion, which gave the Eagles a leg up in the NFC East race.
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Gilberry may be a little-known pass-rush specialist with two career starts, but his three-sack performance against the Rams was enough to set him apart from the other contenders for the defensive honors in Week 15. He was the only Chief to record a sack in Kansas City's 27-13 win, and he made two of them late in the fourth quarter as the Rams tried to come back. Gilberry stripped the ball from QB Sam Bradford with less than three minutes to play, and while St. Louis recovered the fumble, Gilberry sacked Bradford again on the next play and Bradford threw an interception on the play after that one. Gilberry was part of a defense that had allowed 32.4 points per game in its last five road contests, but it tightened up as the Chiefs held onto their lead in the AFC West.
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The Eagles and Giants were tied at 31 with 14 seconds to play on Sunday when the Giants sent out the punt team. DeSean Jackson, who had made a 30-yard catch earlier in the game, was back deep to return. "I was thinking to myself like 'they're not going to kick it to me,'" Jackson said. "I was thinking he was going to kick it out of bounds." That's what Giants head coach Tom Coughlin was thinking, too. Rookie P Matt Dodge had been told to kick the ball out of bounds. "But it got to me," Jackson said. "From there, I just used my instincts and my speed to get into the endzone." Jackson returned the punt 65 yards for a TD after muffing the catch and recorded a first — it's the only game-winning punt return for a TD to occur as time expired in league history.


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