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Jennifer Lopez confirms to Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS LA morning radio show that she is ALSO leaving American Idol. Steven Tyler announced his departure on Thursday.
After two years as a judge of the hit Fox television show Jennifer says, "The time has come."
"I really have been torn," says Jennifer, "I fell so in love with the show…I didn't know I would be moved so emotionally…"
"I have my movies and my music…but it gets more complicated…as the kids get bigger. Something has to give," she says, "I think, that's where I am right now."
"I could just keep doing Idol for the rest of my life, but that would be giving up a bunch of things," Jennifer added, "We had an amazing run."
"No matter what you guys need over there, I'm always here." Jlo is NOT ruling out appearing as a mentor once in a while.
Jennifer choked up as she discussed making the difficult decision, and swears it had nothing to do with money.
Mateja Praznik
Well, looks like she made up her mind pretty quickly. How long before we hear about Randy?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_I3NQHPT3NA6VGKK22RCMTGOCII Tiffany
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!! Did I say yayyyyyyyyyyyyy?????????
2 down, 1 to go. C'mon Dawg, make us happy.
Damn I'm so happy I have goosies.
dabney c
OMG! It's slash-and-burn over at the Idol boardroom. They're really serious about revamping the show, eh? Let's hope they don't screw with their winning formula in the name of change.
A clean sweep! Yea!
Good riddance, can't say I'm sorry to see you and Steven go. I hope Randy is next, I could survive without hearing him say Dawg for the millionth time.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5CTSGSGATMXQESVDDD7RWQRYXU Jane
LOL. Halo9125 beat me to it — GOOSIES!!
I actually would have been okay if she stayed, but man. This is gonna be weird. I just hope they make some magic happen with new awesome judges and don't ruin the show.
Good! Now I want Sting to replace Steven, and Madonna to replace JLo. :)
Goodbye and good riddance!
Oh Yeah! Later J.Ho! I was once somewhat of a fan.. mostly thanks to her movies that I actually find very entertaining overall (Hello, Monster-In-Law?! So underrated)
After getting to know her a little better on Idol, I have come to realize that I can not STAND her egotistical, Diva-like attitude. Girl, you can not sing (recent songs are all CRAP), and you can't really dance anymore either (without a pole). SEE YA!
And…. no one cares. That's what happens when you try and play the press game for too long, JLo. Stephen Tyler totally stole her thunder.
Also, I'd be totally happy if AI was canned and all Fox's efforts went into the X-factor tbh.
Well, well, well. Is idol making a clean sweep of it? I like Jennifer, but not agonizing over her and Steven's departures. Happy trails!
Fabulous! Cher, Cyndi Lauper – love to see either one of you in that seat. Adam in Tyler's seat, and why not shake things up and put Pink in Randy's seat. Who says we need two male judges?
(Based on the fact this show is too dumb to ever hire Shawn, Sara, and Ben)
Looks like in the last few years Idol has left we'll be seeing one or two offs of aging celebrities looking for a quick career boost, then moving on.
Others lining up better move quick, that shark's about to get jumped.
http://twitter.com/BamadansPad Danny Latham
Celebrate good times, SHE GONE!! Hope to break out the broom, Randy Dawg!!!
yo dawg, this news is just beautiful. i have the goosies.
For the new judges panel, I would love to see: Jimmy Iovine, Ben Folds, and Cher.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AP5IYKIADXUZ2JOQ2VOF76WOVE Sophia
can't say im happy about jlo leaving. she brought class to the table and show. will miss her but excited to see mariah, kelly & jimmy take their seats at the table. *wink*
Also, I'd be totally happy if AI was canned and all Fox's efforts went into the X-factor tbh.
FOX killed their golden goose by allowing XFUS to compete with Idol. That's talent show overload for you, and on the same network. Same with NBC and their moronic idea of airing The Voice twice a year. *eyeroll*
FOX should've stuck to one show. That said, I'd appreciate XFUS much more without the cheap but probably costly Vegasy performance productions. Bleh. Didn't like the judges last season either, but with 2 new ones, it might be more bearable. We'll see.
http://profile.yahoo.com/DY5236XYY2SBL7EJNTK5ROIGMA Madred
Now that the judge's panel is being revamped, let's talk about limiting votes like other shows do.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Pietro-Matos/100000170166826 Pietro Matos
Those are awesome news, BABY !!!!
http://twitter.com/newbornstarr Wally.
Bring in Mariah!!
http://twitter.com/BamadansPad Danny Latham
Idol has a golden opportunity to bring in a panel that does not necessarily have something to pimp for themselves, but once and for all make it about the contestants. Glue the new panel to the seats to alleviate the over usage of standing Os. Let's bring in new segments to highlight the contestants rather than overpimp the panel.
Translation 'I got everything I needed from Idol to revive my moribund music career and increase my profile overall, so having gotten everything I need –I'm gone.'
JLo was a terrible judge. By turns either useless, an obvious mouthpiece for TPTB, or randomly kind of mean for no reason, and dull dull dull. She didn't even bring the lulz. And for this she was paid tons of money AND got to use AI to flog her own music?
Yeah, will not miss her. Buh-bye now.
Buh bye, not gonna miss her!
Aaand, Mariah as a judge just became more realistic. (not that I would want her, because NO) They wouldn't have the room or the money for two divas at the same time. Now kick out Randy officially, and get one star (Kylie Minogue would be great, or Adam if a guy is needed), one producer and one A&R guy.
NO to Mariah! :D
Sting and Madonna FTW!
yup – revived her career, got a ton of $$, now she's out the door.
Bring on Seal and Keith Urban. They both judged and mentored on Voice Australia (isn´t Seal also an American?) Anyway, best judges and mentors I´ve seen on any singing competition. Seal is the most articulate and well spoken I´ve heard and Keith is such a sweet guy and surprisingly, knew every song regardless of genre that was performed. He sang along them all, weather from his team or not…even the cheesiest pop songs and he knew the words :)
Also, I'd be totally happy if AI was canned and all Fox's efforts went into the X-factor tbh.
I personally don't get strong feelings over getting a show canceled. If I don't like it, I just don't watch anymore. Its not like anybody is forcing you.
Good! lol I don't think that anyone cares if Randy stays or goes. lol
They will have to drag Randy kicking and screaming from his Idol judges chair. Unlike performers Steven and Jennifer, the salary for Idol is way more than he could make anywhere else.
I couldn't stand X Factor USA — way too much flash with little actual substance. And the judges were pretty much useless on that show as well — all they seemed to care about was that someone from their team won
I see a lot of calls for Ben Folds. Is he megasuccessful? Only song I know is Brick, which I really liked.
Looks like in the last few years Idol has left we'll be seeing one or
two offs of aging celebrities looking for a quick career boost, then
moving on.
Ever since Season 6, people have been saying "idol only has a few years left." Still here. Season 10 at least proved that new judges can help bring life back into the show. Hopefully Season 12 will do the same. I think part of Season 11′s downfall in ratings was not changing anything. The judges were old news by then.
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Seal is British, British Nigerian to be exact.
Keith sounds awesome!
They shoulda never got rid of Paula………that's all I have to say about that.
Seal is British (born in London)
What did Paula do or say that was so worthy of keeping her job the last few yrs she was on the show? Her career did not really receive any type of boost and her own dance show bombed big time.
Tyler and JLo are having their decision to leave made for them by TPTB. Steven already said he has to leave his mistress before she boils his rabbit . . .haha. Unfortunately, AI became "Celebrity Career Rehab". It needs to get back to basics = finding the best undiscovered singing talent in America!
The buzz Tyler and Lopez brought was undeniable but, they absolutely would not JUDGE. New panelists must:
A. be a credible name in the industry – not necessarily a singer
B. not be worried about image impact of critical opinions given contestants
C. Not expect performance slots on the show – this takes away from the Idols
Unless Nigel is doing some big-time politicing with the Marc Graboff (President of Core Media Group -owner of AI) he may not be far behind ST and JLo.
http://profile.yahoo.com/DJ4FPAE2BM4XDCNVQITJSS3S2Q Sue
Changing the judges doesn't really keep the show fresh IMO, but changing the format, introducing new concepts into the competition every season definitely will.
"(Based on the fact this show is too dumb to ever hire Shawn, Sara, and Ben)"
Idol doesn't want judges who critique seriously, consistently, fairly and from an informed viewpoint. They really don't.
No, but why does he need to be? Far more important is that he is actually good at being a judge — he has opinions and isn't afraid to state them. And he appears to be very well respected in the music industry.
I wouldn't mind Keith Urban either.
http://twitter.com/esqape Zach
Listen Baby……this is excellent news!
Honestly, it sounds to me like Fox is putting the most pressure on having this clean sweep just like they did to X-Factor when it didn't get phenominal ratings last year. They don't want Idol to fall in ratings anymore and they'll hopefully do whatever possible to turn it around. I'm hoping they do something about the WGWG problem, like taking away instruments again.
So I do see them hiring "big names" due to Fox's pressures. I'm going to guess Mariah, a young singer like Miley, and then a record executive. I wonder how much money Jay Z would take to do this? ;)
Any chance they'll get rid of Ken Warwick too or does he come as a package forever?
Ben Folds is a fantastic judge on The Sing-Off. He's smart, articulate, and funny. You don't need to be megasuccessful to be a judge, but you do need to know something about music.
Keith Urban would be a good choice. He has experience as a judge, since he has been doing The Voice Australia (which I understand has actually turned out at least one successful winner), and we know he is a fan of Idol, since he performed on the finale with Kris back in S8 (and toured with Kris and also gave one of his songs to Scotty) and has talked about he and Nicole loved the show. He's also a country superstar, which (A) gives you a judge who knows the country genre and (B) is a big name that might bring in new viewers (doesn't hurt that he's a good-looking guy…lol)
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I'm really relieved somewhat actually. It always seemed so obvious that J-Lo and Steven saw AI as a vehicle for revamping their careers more than actually doing their jobs as judges. The show is really starting with a clean slate next year at the judges table aren't they? With the way the ratings slid this past season, I'm not really surprised by all of these changes.
The more I hear about The Sing-Off, the more sorry I am to have missed that show. Any link would be greatly appreciated. Thx. :)
Hopefully they do, lol.
girlygirltoo said: "No, but why does he need to be? Far more important is that he is actually good at being a judge — he has opinions and isn't afraid to state them. And he appears to be very well respected in the music industry."
But that sounds like Adam, and people are saying he isn't successful enough to be a judge.
I never understand why Paula is so loved, but Steven/JLO were so hated. They were basically two Paulas.
Just go to Youtube.
Buh bye!!!!
2 down…1 togo…..GET CHER PINK LAMBERT
American Idol's show format is fine as it is, IMO. I do not want to see a change to the XFactor model of auditions before live audiences. I just can't accept that. Audiences are for those contestants whose talent has been deemed sufficient by the producers and judges to be worthy of an audience.
i do suggest elongating the semi=finals slightly. Too big of a cut between 24 to 10+WC's. Also, we must get more of the sing-for-your-life performances. Many of those are fantastic and we get only a few seconds on TV. Because of airtime available, this would mean less time allocated to general auditions and wasted face time given to auditioners who don't even get to top 40. yay.
These are the type of tweeks that need to be made to the production of AI. It isn't just the judges panel. I'm sure Core and Fox executives are looking at everything.
It seems the only known constant for AI now is Ryan Seacrest.
Imagine all female panel of madonna gaga & mariah or pink
Kelly isnt a good judge & shes proven on abc that she cant pull in ratings
I'm just less concerned with the "who" of who will be the next judges, than with the "how" they do the job. It should be in their contracts that they must, for the 10-13 MILLION dollars they are paid, that they actually must judge, critique, give reviews and constructive criticism.
1) No "dawg" "dude" comments ever.
2) No " I like your outfit" as the only feedback.
3) Judges must be familiar with the music. Period. For 13 million dollars it is unacceptable and embarrassing for Idol to not be familiar with the music being performed. For that kind of salary doing a little homework should be expected.
4) No self-promotion, no self-pimping, no judges performing.
(( Unless the judge is Adam F. Lambert. Then I say sing baby sing!! Muwahaha! ))
Also, I'd be totally happy if AI was canned and all Fox's efforts went into the X-factor tbh.
Also, its not like X Factor would be any better for FOX. At least idol has more credibility. So far, the X Factor has shown us its all about money, the judges, and the flashing lights/OTT production.
I just like her and miss her cute zany ways…….just my personal taste.
LOL. Yes, but Paula had that childlike innocence the other two most certainly don't have. That said, the few times I watched XFUS, I didn't find Paula as endearing, and I don't want her back on Idol tbh.
I didn't hate either one. Just miss my Pauler……
"The judges were old news by then"
That's why I said one or two offs, the constant change probably needed to sustain interest in an aging show.
Pretty much this. I know some like to claim that she had a better ability to predict success and all that, but let's face it, to Paula everyone was a star who destined for greatness. Kinda hard not to get the successful ones right.
3) Judges must be familiar with the music. Period. For 13 million
dollars it is unacceptable and embarrassing for Idol to not be familiar
with the music being performed. For that kind of salary doing a little
homework should be expected.
Amen! Idol should make sure the judges are furnished with advance lists of the songs contestants will be singing along with info on who chose the songs. Judges should never blame Idols for picking the wrong songs when those songs were forced on them.
Two down, one to go.
I'm not gonna miss Jennifer. She did seem to be getting a bit better than she was first year. But she's very male centric, way more than Paula ever was.
I will miss her clothes. I loved seeing what she'd wear. She had flashes of fair and honest crtiques. They were elongated flashes though. The first few shows I thought she was the shit!
At least she formed better sentences than Steven, Randy, and Paula – COMBINED!
Wouldn't Dr Dre and Snoop Dog make a colorful pair at the judges table? Up in Smoke!
ooh I like the Seal idea! I've never seen him judge, but I liked his music and honestly, I think the judges could use some more racial diversity than the celebs that have been suggested to be in talks by the media (I know Mariah has a mixed background, but that would still be one pale ass panel)
But having the two shows competing is bringing both of them down. I strongly believe only one can survive successfully on the same network. And given that, I'd care a lot less about the 12 years old, bloated mess.
Looks like in the last few years Idol has left
It's still the number one scripted show.
It's so nice of Jennifer Lopez to leave the door open to a mentoring or Performing slot. What a sacrifice.
http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro
Am I the only one who thinks the judging panel can get worse, much worse?
I'm 2/3 there with you. Adam, Pink, and Usher!!!!!!!!!!! Mariah could be entertaining but for some reason I think Adam and Pink would be interesting together and Pink and Usher would bring a more current edgier dynamic to the show.
And idol has ratings, history, and credibility on its side. X factor had a poorly received first season and was a bit of a mess. Might as well invest in a format that works(idol) and has history on its side. So far XFUS has yet to find a star.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=195101108 Stefan Wind
So happy to hear this. We can finally get back to watching American Idol instead of the "J-Lo variety show".
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5CTSGSGATMXQESVDDD7RWQRYXU Jane
But she's very male centric, way more than Paula ever was.
No way, you must have forgotten how Paula publicly declared an Adam/Danny showdown all the way back at top 13 week(and again a few weeks before the finale), the way she would meltdown after her favorite boy toys were eliminated(ie Constantine, Chris Daughtry, Michael Johns, Danny Gokey), and the way she favored Bo/Constantine over Carrie.
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You'e right it can.
Of course-just look at the Season 9 panel.
I would choose people who know music, but are not performers….especially singers. There should be many people in the business like that who would be credible judges, but wouldn't take up contestants time on the stage.
The only problem with that is they probably wouldn't be famous enough to act as a viewer draw….which Idol desperately wants.
I don't think any ex-Idol would work. It's hard to be critical of someone who is in the same position you once were. And if Adam were a judge, we'd have 200 post threads about how he changed his makeup!
I for one was tired of the "Days of Our Lives" drama that was Jennifer Lopez on AI.
The first year was JLo and Marc Anthony and their inseparable love.
Then year two, Anthony was sent down the road "kicking rocks" and it was about her romance with a back-up dancer and the premier of "Dance Again" music video on family TV (AI) containing slightly raunchy orgy scene.
What would be next for year three - an affair with her acting coach culminating in a joint dramatic reading (raunchy as well) on the S12 Finale Show?
Arrivederci Jenny!
I don't hate her, but she wasn't a great judge. So… bye!
Bring on Mariah!
And next….ADAM!!!!
then…well…im not gunna get greedy..ill be happy as long as those 2 r there.
Frankly, I was so happy to see her sign on… now I am more than equally happy to see her leave. She now appeals to me far, far less than when she signed on. (not that my opinion means much in the big scheme of things)
Jennifer may have loved the show, but she and Steven were both there to revamp their dwindling careers. There's nowhere they could have gone and made the big bucks that they got paid from Idol. It was always about them, and not the contestants. Good riddance to both of them.
Someone said Usher? Ooooh! Yessssssss!
http://twitter.com/eilonwya10 Eilonwy
Now can we please have a female judge who is a recording artist who writes many of her own songs?
I'd really like the female musicians on the show who write and rearrange songs to be visibly and noticeably recognized as "true artists," same as the males. Putting somebody at the judges' table who has lived it might nudge the show in that direction.
We will miss Jen!
Jennifer Lopez is classy, beautiful, down-to-earth and very intelligent.
No one will top her. She's the best female American Idol judge ever. Idol is a family show and Jen appealed to both young and old viewers.
I don't know whether I will watch Idol next season. I can't stand Mariah Carey, I don't care about Fergie and I really don't want to see Miley Cyrus behind the judging table.
I enjoyed Season 10 and 11 very much. Steven, Randy, Jennifer, Ryan, Nigel… They had a lot of respect for each other. They were like a family. Our family.
It's a sad day in Idol history. :(
I see your POV, but at this point, the type of contestants who advance on the show are determined by the narrow voting/viewing demographic. I think that the only thing that could change the voting/viewing demographic is recruiting young judges who have a large CHR fanbase.
"What did Paula do or say that was so worthy of keeping her job the last
few yrs she was on the show? Her career did not really receive any type
of boost and her own dance show bombed big time."
http://www.etsy.com/shop/AdorablyHooked Gwen
Buh bye.
http://twitter.com/bignliddle BigNLiddle
See ya. Wouldn't wanna be ya.
I would….
Excuse me while I buy some fireworks to celebrate this awesome news.
"What did Paula do or say that was so worthy of keeping her job the last
few yrs she was on the show? Her career did not really receive any type
of boost and her own dance show bombed big time."
I liked her personality and how she supported the contestants. Also, she didn't use the show mainly as a way to boost her personal career. She was just a judge on the show that was it. Then years later she decided to try singing again and showcased her music on the show. Moreover, I don't think the failure of here dancing show relates to whether she was good as a judge on Idol or not.
I think it's a day for celebration. I don't see too many unhappy that Steven and JLO are gone. She said she would be happy to return to pimp her work, so the chances of us getting to see her lip sync through another performance is pretty much a sure thing.
Wow. I'm surprised. I guess Mariah will be the new diva in charge. Mariah seems like a bigger dope than JLo though so I can't really see that as an improvement.
I sure hope they get the mix right for the judges because the potential for disaster is pretty big this season.
"We will miss Jen!
Jennifer Lopez is classy, beautiful, down-to-earth and very intelligent.
No one will top her. She's the best female American Idol judge ever.
Idol is a family show and Jen appealed to both young and old viewers."
Is that you, JLo? lol
dabney c
Eilonwy, that's a good idea. For years I've been thinking that Jan Arden would make the perfect judge. Not sure she's known in the U.S., though. She's a brilliant Canadian singer-songwriter, who's got a great personality and sharp wit but is not really "glamorous" in the Jlo/Mariah sense.
So, I go back to Shania Twain. She's a great balance of glamour, sweetness, and popularity, plus she's a "real artist". I much prefer Shania over Mariah because she comes off more down-to-earth genuine to me.
I'm 100% sure the new panel will not include Jan Arden or Ben FoldsFive. The show is competing with big stars on XF and TV. Judges without big names will just sink the show utterly. But I wish they'd include one show biz producer/exec because performers hate to criticize other performers. Makes for boring TV.
Yeah, Mariah won't be an improvement over JLo IMO. Well, like Leandro said, we thought the latest panel wasn't great, but it could get worse…
How about Usher and Madonna if Sting isn't available? How about Bono? He could donate his salary to his favorite charity! ;)
I'm happy.
I see a lot of calls for Ben Folds. Is he megasuccessful? Only song I know is Brick, which I really liked.
The reason for the calls for Ben Folds is that he's an excellent judge. He loves acappella music, can pinpoint exactly what makes a group performance great (or subpar), and isn't afraid to throw in terms that the audience might not know. He'll say something like, "I think you were going for the minor b-flat on that passage, but you ended up slightly sharp" instead of "You were pitchy, dawg." And he'll be saying it to a specific person in a 20-person group.
He makes you feel smart just to listen to him.
Excellent, two down, one to go.
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But I wish they'd include one show biz producer/exec because performers
hate to criticize other performers. Makes for boring TV.
I can't see Jimmy Iovine giving up the ability to learn which contestants are in and which are in the bottom before giving us his sage opinion on who did better. If he were on the panel, he wouldn't have that safety net to make himself look brilliant.
I never understand why Paula is so loved, but Steven/JLO were so hated. They were basically two Paulas.
I think of Steven as being another Randy. Good-hearted, but not a lot to say really. I think that the problem Jennifer and Steven faced (in addition to being on the show to exploit it) was that there was no Simon to push against. So, we had two Randies and a Paula.
dabney c
I agree that they'd never go for anyone who isn't (or wasn't at one point) a superstar. But the producer/exec role is already perfectly filled by Jimmy. Although he's not a judge, he does give pithy, often dead-on critiques, and I think his opinions do affect the overall climate of the competition. In the same way that Simon's harsh critiques often drove the kids to do better, Jimmy's post-performance opinions might carry some weight with the kids. I'm sure they want to impress him, considering he's the one hiring them after the season is done.
But the truth is, it doesn't seem like voters are all that swayed by any of the "professional" opinions. At this point in Idol's audience maturation, everybody picks their favourites and then votes accordingly, regardless of who the pros are pimping/de-pimping at any given moment.
Having said that, I think the show does need a Simon or a Jimmy-type judge at the table – not so much for his influence, but for a necessary boost to the entertainment value of the judging … the long, boring, endless judging segment of the show. I miss the audience booing Simon when he said something nasty. I miss the kids getting a thrill when "the mean judge" likes their performance. These are dramatic elements that have been sorely missing the last 2 seasons.
I'm going to take a wild guess and that we won't be hearing any names til' August. AND that this season's winner and runner-up will have to deal with the question "Who do you think should replace JLO and Steven?". I'm sure they'll be estactic about that.
ETA: Actually we won't be hearing any names probably til' September.
she has "movies"?
Jacko86 – You call her videos that were shown on Idol to be classy? I think they were trashy!
"At least she formed better sentences than Steven, Randy, and Paula – COMBINED!"
… LOVE IT! The flip-side is the serious salaries they get for it. Remember many a contestant's puzzled face wishing they knew what was just said to them on Natl. TV
http://twitter.com/MissGolightly22 No Thanks
If they get rid of Randy, can we replace him with Pharrel or Timbaland?
i do suggest elongating the semi=finals slightly. Too big of a cut between 24 to 10+WC's. Also, we must get more of the sing-for-your-life performances. Many of those are fantastic and we get only a few seconds on TV. Because of airtime available, this would mean less time allocated to general auditions and wasted face time given to auditioners who don't even get to top 40. yay.
I think anything that takes away from the power of the audience, once the live rounds start, is a blow to the concept of this show — which is that the audience is the ultimate judge. I tolerate the Judge's Save as a necessarily fail-safe but I'm not going to enjoy several weeks of the judges deciding who goes home.
I would say, either shorten the audition rounds, or find some interesting filler. I think it's encouraging that Haley is on hand for the Chicago auditions. They should include some of her footage on the show.
Lengthen the Hollywood week. That's the most "dramatic" part of the show. It also gives some of the best performances. The Las Vegas group round was amazing this last year.
Get Michael Slezak (and Jason Averett) there in the final forty to do some interviews. Nobody is better at interviewing Idols. I always feel, when I've seen his interview, that I'm finally getting to know the contestant. I don't get that sense from any other interviewer, even Jim Cantiello or Lyndsey Parker.
only some of the worst acting ever seen by man since the creation of motion pictures.
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Oooh I like Bono, I think he'd be great, he's another very honest and articulate dude. OK here's my proposed panel to cover all the bases:
Keith Urban – country superstar, sweet heart, heartthrob, knowledgeable of all genres
Bono – rock icon who's still relevant (more so than Sting and Tyler)
P!nk – current pop star who actually sings, is very straight forward, has a huge CHR fanbase, is very relevant
Selena Gomez – to represent not only the Disney teen demo but also the minorities
Niiiiiiice! That panel would be full of win!
Now can we please have a female judge who is a recording artist who writes many of her own songs?
Would she be expected to be eye-candy as well? Alicia Keys would fit that bill. Shania Twain as well.
How about a female producer? I'm not up on that, but I remember Adam mentioning how smart, opinionated, and intimidating Linda Perry was when he worked with her.
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Taylor Swift writes many of her own songs. She might not be a good singer but she's a star and will pull in a young audience.
X-Factor US has the exact same format as X-Factor UK which has found many current stars. So I don't know what the format has to do with anything, lol.
I will just say that Idol can get a fantastic panel, but if they don't solve the problem of having the same winner each year, most people will just end up being disappointed around finale time again.
Only solution is to take away those damn instruments and go back to pre-season 7.
I think Bono is a little busy with U2 not to mention trying to save the world to have the time to be an Idol judge :)
Yes her videos were very classy! She's a very classy and sexy woman. :)
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I don't see why one must write their own music to be qualified to judge singing and artistic interpretation. Believe it or not, one can be successful and talented at singing without being a song writer. I would rather they just find someone who can actually sing, and has a good understanding of the industry. Anything else is merely a nice side dish.
Yep. You didn't know she's an actress? OMG She was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category "Best Actress".
She'd starred in movies directed by Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone, Francis Ford Coppola, Bob Rafelson etc. before she started her recording career.
She's worked with Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, Sean Penn, Ralph Fiennes, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, George Clooney, Richard Gere, Vince Vaughn, etc.
She used to be one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood and she's still the highest paid Latin actress in Hollywood.
She's one of the most successful romantic comedy actresses of our generation. The Wedding Planner, Maid In Manhattan, Shall We Dance, Monster-in-Law…
She will star in the upcoming Taylor Hackford thriller 'Parker' with Jason Statham and Nick Nolte.
After all that talk about how the X Factor gets female winners, I would lmao if a WGWG wins it this year.
And Scotty and David Cook aren't "the same" winners. Scotty and Lee are also completely different.
Also the instruments have very little relevance to why they won. Scotty only played a few times-he would have won either way.
Bono, Cher, Madonna, Sting… all too big to ever do Idol. I doubt Mariah will do it, but maybe. Hard to see her wanting to do something that J-LO just left.
I like the Keith Urban idea. He's obviously open to reality shows, and he's talented and cute. I didn't watch the Voice he judged, but reports are good.
I will not miss JLo or Steven. I don't miss Simon or Pauler either. I wouldn't miss Randy and I like the moving him to more of a mentor idea.
Taylor Swift writes many of her own songs. She might not be a good singer but she's a star and will pull in a young audience.
True. My only reservation with her is that, from the little I've seen of her, I don't think she'd be comfortable judging.
Keith Urban seems to be the most realistic option to be sure. And I won't mind looking at him during his comments. :p
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Taylor Swift would make a horrible judge. I dont think she could hurt a fly much less give honest critiques.
So happy Jennifer is leaving. She was a bore. And everything Steven heard was rainbows and sunshines. Its time to move on and maybe its time to scrap the show. Since Kelly and Carrie, a star has not been made and a woman will never win.
She was also nominated for a Razzie as worst actress of the decade!
Yea she has her movies and her music – thanks to Idol.
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Maybe a girl will have a better chance of winning if the cougers have more age appropriate eye candy to focus on.
Now there's an idea! That might work! LOL
Yes! He's a WGWG! Perfect. Although having eye candy didn't get a girl to win the voice.
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Another more age appropriate hottie – Jon Bon Jovi. Now we gotta get Bieber in there too to distract the tweens, LOL!
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If I had to hear one more time, "THAT GAVE ME GOOSIES" I was going to pull my hair out. UGH. What an annoying phrase and she kept using it like she thinks shes being cute. No JLO you and your voice are annoying.
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I liked Jennifer well enough despite my believing she was following Nigel's storyline in critiquing Haley in the later rounds of S10. But I think her salary was ridiculous and huge sums make the judges more susceptible to corruption.
Maybe being an Idol judge should come with a two-year term limit and immunity from being removed before your term is up. That would lead to more honest criticism (apart from being worried about their perception in the public).
Or perhaps one judge should have immunity for life with guaranteed salary increases (percentage-wise) so they can play the brutally honest asshole.
This is great news. I'm so glad she won't be there next year.
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Then a WGWG will win again – White Guy Without Guitar. The instruments have nothing to do with it (or very few). The solution is attracting new kind of viewers.
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Not much is revealed about his past until the Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise arc where he tells Revy that he was raised in Tokyo with a family that did not care much about him. He has a mother, father, and an older brother who was academically capable and landed a job in the Japanese government, whereas Rock entered college one year late, and his family significantly lowered their expectations of him.
He worked for Asahi Industries in the beginning of the series where he is introduced as an unremarkable, meek white-collar salaryman who was constantly bullied by his superiors and felt trapped in his empty life of routine and submission. During a business trip in the South China Sea, the ship he travelled on was hijacked by the Lagoon Trading Company to retrieve a data disk he carried; as they departed he was taken hostage by Revy, much to Dutch's disapproval. It is also here that Rokuro is given his nickname 'Rock' from Dutch by playing on the phonetic pronunciation of his name.
Instead of being rescued or ransomed, his department chief, Kageyama, abandons Rock in an attempt to cover up the smuggling operation in which he had been an unknowing participant. Kageyama sends out a group of mercenaries to kill Rock and the Lagoon Company to destroy the disk; but Rock, even though he never experienced combat, manages to help the Lagoon Company defeat the mercenaries with a ridiculous plan of his by using the Black Lagoon's anti-ship torpedoes to shoot down the mercenaries' attack helicopter. Having been invigorated by the experience of piracy and unwilling to return to his boring life in Japan (and that he has already been declared dead by his superiors), he decides to stay in Roanapur and joins the crew of the Black Lagoon.
Rock is a humble and good-natured person despite being on the business end of guns from friends and foe alike, and often seems surprised at the barbarity of the Southeast Asian crime world. He wears a teal neck tie, short-sleeved dress shirt, slacks, and dress shoes since even though he is a pirate, he retains his business persona. He is not a fighter in any way but a pacifist who prefers to use words over weapons when interacting with the hostile people encountered on the job. Rock, from joining the Lagoon Company, has often wondered if he is experiencingStockholm syndrome, consequentially developing a friendship with his former captors and co-workers.
Within the Lagoon Company, Rock is usually responsible for account management, diplomacy, negotiation, translation, interpretation, and running occasional errands. Having worked in the resource department of Asahi Industries, Rock is skilled in geology and chemistry. He is also a skilled linguist due to frequent traveling from his previous job, able to speak in Japanese (his native language), English, Spanish, Romanian and Russian. He also has a surprisingly high tolerance for alcohol, owing to the heavily drinking lifestyle of a ladder climbing salaryman.
Rock's earnest personality has earned him the interest and respect of several characters in Roanapur, including Balalaika, Mr. Chang, Rowan "Jackpot" Pigeon, Yolanda, Eda (who develops a crush on him), and the young Garcia Lovelace, whom he trusts to the greatest degree. In many ways, Rock is the heart of the Lagoon Company, serving as a balance for his more jaded teammates and as a bright spot in the world of darkness that is Roanapur. He retains a strong sense of right and wrong, trying to hold on to and share his beliefs with others in Roanapur. He is often shocked and horrified by how people suffer from the injustices of the criminal underworld despite his best efforts, wearing him down as the series progresses. Although physically weak and unarmed, Rock has shown tremendous courage to stand up for himself, others, and for what he believes is right as seen when he clashes with other characters over their immoral actions, especially Revy.
He is one of the "luckiest" characters in the series as he managed to survive every single thing he experienced from being taken hostage to being shot at. Thus far, he has survived the wrath of Revy, Balalaika, Roberta, and Sawyer, all without using a weapon other than his wit. Though he is a pirate with morals, he is neither good nor evil as described by Yukio, but rather in the twilight, unable to chose between a life of crime or normality.
Later in the series, Rock begins to enjoy his life as a pirate and becomes even more comfortable with corruption, and it is shown that a darker side of his personality is beginning to emerge. In "Roberta's Blood Trail", he is personally appointed by Chang to help Garcia Lovelace and Fabiola Iglesias track down Roberta before she finds the American Special Forces unit that killed Garcia's father before she and the unit kill each other and endangering Roanapur to destruction at the hands of the United States. Rock knows that Chang doesn't care if Garcia or Roberta is killed and only wants to keep Roanapur out of the eyes of the world for it's drug trafficking, and Rock manages to turn Chang's plan around by demonstrating exceptional deductive reasoning skills by figuring out every factions motives and playing on them. He manages to give the Americans an escape route out of Roanapur and towards their mission area in Laos to stop Roanapur's drug trade, as well as having Roberta follow them and have Garcia snap Roberta out of her psychotic rampage. However, doing all that required him to use the same callous and manipulative thinking as Chang, and he even seems to find the same sense of power over others psychologically rewarding. However, this apparent change in Rock alienates and disturbs the other characters, particularly Revy and Dutch, who do not understand Rock's motives and think he simply doing it to extract a large reward from Garcia, causing them to fear that Rock is becoming sadistic, cunning, and ruthless due to being corrupted by Roanapur. However, he does it entirely because he wanted to save someone, and manages to achieve Chang's goal of keeping the US out as well as saving Fabiola, Garcia and Roberta. Fabiola, enraged by Rock's high risk strategy which involved manipulating Garcia into a game of "Cambodian Roulette" with Roberta and gambling with people's lives, shoots him with a blank and states that she hopes never to see him again. Months later, things haven't changed in Roanapur and Rock begins to think he hasn't made a difference at all. Revy later tells him that it will hurt him if he continues to look at Roanapur with life in his eyes, to which Rock responds that he came close to the darkness but is not ready for it yet.
Dutch has stated earlier that he believes Rock should never wield a gun because if his bullets were like his words, they would ricochet back to them.
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Revy Edit
From the beginning Revy had a explosive and rough attitude towards Rock. But it grows to a a respectful but still rough relationship. And at times he criticized some of her usual habits and job related actions to be unholy, infantile, and sickening in ways. And also recognized her actions not just out of toughness or sheer recklessness but an illness and disorder that made her what she is. Obviously Revy would display a degree of retaliation but took his words into account. Especially in their little emotional standoff at at diner in Calm Down, Two Men. Rock left a lasting impact on her life. But probably unaware of the Revy's romantic feelings towards him. She has become attentive and protective of him and in jealousy. Ready to lash out at anyone who plans to hurt. kill, or hit on him. And kind of lashes out against him for his stupidity, morals, moments of embarassment and out of complaints about him "trying to get killed". And also complains about the habit of being captured. He is also at Revy's best kept unaware to moments when she could be seen visibly hurt or saddened by when he is hurt, or in a state of depression under grim circumstances like his feelings of alienation from Roanapur. Of course when she's not causing it. And as his personality grew darker in Roberta's Blood Trail, Revy was very disturbed and at some point kicked him across the deck of the boat.
Dutch Edit
As a direct accomplice to Rocks kidnapping in the past of course there was talk ransoming and threatening and of course roughing up. But overtime in taking him he took a liking and respect to Rock for his resourcefulness and skills as a former business man which serve well in the company. Dutch remains unusually calm and mellow than the average person an obvious contradiction to most in the world of Roanapur. In Roberta's Blood Trail he along with the rest of the group were uneasy and disturbed by Rock's growing darkness as a result of the twisted wiles of Roanapur.
Benny Edit
For the most part remains to get along with Rock. Seeming to be on common and friendly ground. Benny seems to be the only kind of normal person to talk to and not get eventually yelled at like Revy. In Roberta's Blood Trail, like the of Lagoon he was troubled by Rock's dark transformation. And there were some moments of weirdness between them when Jane begins a relationship with Benny. And sexually disturbing moments upon her return.


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Posted Wednesday, Jun 11, 2014
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Posted Monday, Jun 9, 2014
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Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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Calling All Summer Garden Volunteers!
Posted Thursday, May 15, 2014
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Ren Recognized Among Top Math Students in U.S.
Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Pike eighth-grade student Michael Ren garnered honorable mention accolades from this year's USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO), an exam used to determine the "top math students in America in grades 10 and under." He was one of just 23 students across the country recognized individually.
Great Auk Statue Donated to Pike
Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2014
A sculpture representing the last pair of Great Auks and their egg has been donated to the Pike School. The artwork, one of two created by New England sculptor Jim Sardonis, will reside in the library.
Join Us for Positively Pike, May 12th!
Posted Friday, May 9, 2014
Join us for a community celebration at Indian Ridge Country Club on Monday, May 12th, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. This fundraising-free, adults-only reception is an opportunity to socialize, meet new people and celebrate the best of Pike.
Speech Team Wraps Up Regular Season at "Foley Fiesta"
Posted Tuesday, May 6, 2014
The Pike School Speech Team competed at the Milton Academy Middle School "Foley Fiesta", the final regular-season contest of the year for the team. With over 300 students from fourteen schools, Pike's team garnered some positive results.
185 Years at Pike
Posted Friday, May 2, 2014
Faculty and staff members were honored in April for their years of service at Pike. The 12-person group represented 185 years of service to Pike!
Alumni Profile- Marisa Rodriguez-McGill '02
Posted Thursday, May 1, 2014
"I can still decline the 5th declension neuter nouns that I learned in Mr. Heinze's 7th grade Latin class..."
Pike Students Win National Science Bowl Championship
Posted Monday, Apr 28, 2014
Pike students Alice and Michael Ren were part of the championship-winning Greater Boston Math and Science team that took home first place at the 2014 Middle School National Science Bowl Championships, April 24th-28th in Washington, D.C.
Pike to Participate in Corning Partners in Community Program
Posted Friday, Apr 25, 2014
The Pike School has been chosen to participate in the 2014 "Corning Partners in Community" Program, sponsored by Corning Life Sciences. As part of the program, Pike will receive all-new laboratory products for its Upper School science department for the start of the 2014-2015 school year.
Students "Doodle for Andover"
Posted Friday, Apr 18, 2014
Artwork created by Pike Lower and Middle School students is featured on Solarize Andover's website as part of its "Doodle4Andover" project. Students were asked to create art based on the theme "My Friend, the Sun." Roughly 60 Pike students submitted artwork!
Great Showing at Math Night
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Lower and Middle School students and families participated in fun learning activities as part of Pike's first "Math Night" on April 10th.
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Join Us for Math Night April 10th!
Posted Tuesday, Apr 1, 2014
April is math awareness month and we are ready to celebrate! On April 10th from 5:15-6:30 p.m., we invite Lower and Middle School students and their parents to participate in fun learning activities! Twist your brain with brain teasers and ciphers, form human clocks, construct towers with spaghetti, sugar cubes or Legos, solve tangram puzzlers, get active in the gym, and much, much more! Each area is designed to engage children in grades PK - 5.
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Posted Monday, Mar 31, 2014
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Posted Friday, Mar 28, 2014
Congratulations to seventh-grade student Margaret Lee, who earned a gold medal for her artwork as part of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards national competition. Margaret was one of just two seventh graders from Massachusetts who earned a gold medal and one of only four Mass. students in total recognized by the prestigious competition. Her work will now be sent to New York City to be exhibited as part of the national exhibit with an awards reception held this upcoming June.
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Pike students traveled to Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Mass., to compete in the MathCounts State Tournament during spring vacation. Pike finished 10th overall in the competition with Michael Ren placing fifth individually.
Alumni Profile: Piercarlo Valdesolo '95
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Piercarlo Valdesolo '95 has two takeaways from Pike – a life lesson and a best friend. He is in his third year as Assistant Professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College in California where he teaches courses on social and moral psychology and runs the Moral Emotions and Trust Lab ("affectionately known as the MEATLab")
Pike Celebrates Read Across America
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This annual tradition coincides with the national read aloud day on Dr. Seuss' birthday. On March 3rd, Pike Lower School students celebrated the author's birthday with a special assembly and by reading his classic books during the day! See more photos!
Alumni Profile- Kier Byrnes '87
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"In all seriousness, one of the biggest takeaways from my time at Pike was gaining confidence to try things and when I failed, the strength to get back up and try again. It also provided me with a unparalleled support group of peers whom I'm lucky enough to still call to this day my friends..."
Gathering Memories and Photos
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The Alumni Council is pleased to announce that a visual timeline of the school's history is coming to fruition. Click here to read more and to send in your memories and photos!
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Posted Wednesday, Feb 19, 2014
Pike Lower and Middle School students were treated to a special assembly on the morning of February 19th as members of the Bright Pearl Dance Troupe in Andover came to campus to perform. The dance troupe, which includes Pike students Michelle Chen (Gr.1), Kristina Chao (Gr. 3) and Anna Yang (Gr. 4), performed a series of short dance routines for students in the theater.
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Ten members of Pike's 7th grade class earned recognition for their artwork as part of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a prestigious regional and national competition for young artists and writers in grades 7-12. Gold key award-winners Anna Lang and Margaret Lee will now move on as part of the national competition. In total, 19 Pike students submitted 25 pieces of work to the regional competition.
See Our Pike Students in Acting Out's Peter Pan
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Starting tonight, Pike students Jack Curtin, Elizabeth Packard, Kate Packard, Tate Blazonis and Danielle Page will star in Acting Out Theater Company's performance of Peter Pan. Jack will play John Darling, Elizabeth will play Michael Darling (Sat., 7 p.m./Sun., 3 p.m.) and Kate, Tate and Danielle will be Lost Boys.
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Aunt Sally Speaks
Who have been educated out of naive responses,
The hoodoo of love, the cinderella of class
Knowing that everywhere man has the same clock face,
the same moody defences
Against age and the loss of love in the hope of millennimums
Who think too much perhaps of elegance
Or the form of wisdom, having outgrown dreams
Like baby clothes a long while since;
Wiseacres playing with terrible dolls in the twilight
holding our sides, thinking of mad Loyola
Or that bald maker of roads, the much stabbed Caesar
Till the stars are bright;
Who cannot live in the Very Lights of the headlines
Or forget the unrehearsed summer of the shires
Because Europe is frightened, quakes like a woman,
Looks wildly behind?
How shall we live except as plants or fays
Who cannot take ten deep breaths in any crowd?
Neither the whimsical mob, nor those whose better times
Are only a pierrots disguise
For the disastrous pathos of their present?
What shall we do who cannot place a candle
Before the ikon of the future, nor yet acquiesce
Unconsciously in habit?
For whom the actor's gesture, the preacher's word
Are not enough being at all times too conscious
Of the shortcomings of motive, who refuse drugs
And the tailspin of madness?
What shall we do with our hardened arteries
Under the zeppelin shade of catastrophe
but emulate the gloss and selfishness of china
Till the clocks fly away?
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Value Co-Creation
utility or the equipment providers and thrust upon unwitting customers.
An alternate approach is to engage through enterprise co-creation. In the Southwest, what began as a "small, community-based collaboration to reinvent the energy system" ended up teaming with the local electric utility and nearly a dozen private companies to create one of the country's furthest reaching and comprehensive energy projects. Through co-creative approaches the group built is vision and strategy, and applied for and won a $10-million DOE grant for a smart grid demonstration project – and doubled the funding through local matching grants. The pilot project was oversubscribed with enrollees who bought in early, having been engaged as stakeholders in the co-creative process. The project recently went live, with the project executive director saying "those working on and advocating for the smart grid need to learn a lot more from customers than they need to learn from us."
3) Mobilized Employees: Enterprise co-Creation isn't limited to engagement of external stakeholders. Internal stakeholders – namely, utility employees – are as important a co-creation stakeholder group as any other. For many utilities, the knowledge and skill of employees – who are generally fully engaged in keeping the utility operating – goes untapped when it comes to new ideas and new ways of doing things. Enterprise co-creation can help create a mechanism to engage employees and identify novel, value-adding solutions to challenging problems.
Consider the case of the national postal system of France, La Poste. Like many postal systems around the world, La Poste was struggling with a rapidly declining mail business. This led to a rash of post office open-hour cutbacks and closures, and with it, steady decreases in customer satisfaction.
In an unusual move, La Poste turned to its employees to work collaboratively with management and the union structure to co-create solutions that would improve customer satisfaction. The employees focused on the process of post office scheduling, and came up with a solution whereby the post office employees actively schedule their own work, rather than have management create the schedule and hand it down to passive employees.
The results were stellar. Self-scheduling allowed employees to adjust opening hours to better fit with local customer needs. Average queuing times were cut in half, and for the first time in years, customer service levels increased. An additional benefit: postal employee absenteeism decreased dramatically. The results were so positive that La Poste is now looking to enterprise co-creation principles to create new products and services, and develop a new post office performance model.
How might a utility company benefit by providing employees with an enterprise co-creation platform?
Getting Started
While enterprise co-creation is a new concept for most utilities, there's nothing inherent in the utility business model that suggests the successes that companies in other industries have enjoyed can't translate here. And getting started doesn't have to be complicated. One approach could be to pick a small internal process ( e.g., service activation or repair and maintenance contact center) and open it up to a community of stakeholders. The same approach then moves from there,


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The 2013 free agency signing period begins next week (March 12) and if John Elway continues his recent trend, the Denver Broncos will be making a few splashes. Two years ago, the Broncos plugged a hole in the backfield with Willis McGahee. Last offseason, the team changed the entire landscape of the AFC West by signing quarterback Peyton Manning. Will the team bring in more big-name free agents this year? Only time will tell. While we wait, consider following these players in free agency: The RBs: Steven Jackson (Broncos proved in 2011 with McGahee that they are willing to sign RBs in their upper-20s.) Chris Ivory (Ivory would provide a much needed punch to Denver's backfield.) Peyton Hillis (Could Hillis return to Denver? He'd be hungry to prove himself again.) Shonn Greene (Denver has already been linked to Greene this offseason). The WRs: Danny Amendola (All of these receivers would be great slot options for Denver.) Wes Welker (Imagine Welker teamed up with Thomas and Decker.) Austin Collie (Manning'd buddy, Collie, is on the open market. One-year, minimum salary contract, anyone?) Brandon Stokley (Stokley wants to return; Denver should bring him back.) Backup QBs: Jason Campbell (Campbell is an experienced veteran that could provide depth on the roster.) Matt Moore (Coach John Fox worked with Moore in Carolina.) Secondary depth: Charles Woodson (Both Woodson and Reed want to land with 2013 contenders.) Ed Reed (If Von Miller is right, the Broncos are going to win it all this year.) Rushers: Glenn Dorsey (A humbled first round pick, Dorsey still has potential.) Dwight Freeney (Imagine third downs featuring Miller, Elvis Dumervil and Freeney rushing.) Richard Seymour (Another veteran lineman, Seymour still has some gas left in the tank.) Dannell Ellerbe (Ellerbe is a very talented outside linebacker that will be pursued by many teams this offseason.)
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I shouldn't need to wish that I am all I am not
I shouldn't need to always offer you my thoughts, but I do
And I've opened myself up to the wrong and felt that pain
And I've opened myself all up to you and felt the same
Please don't explain, just let me continue dreaming
You understand what hurts me but I was the one who made that known
And now it seems my time is over and I need some time alone
And I've opened myself up to the wrong and felt that pain
And I've opened myself all up to you and felt the same
Please don't explain, just let me continue dreaming
Why must I be affected
by the words of those who know not what they've said?
You're no longer someone I'll remember
but someone I'll regret.
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Brother Brown (founded 1995 and disbanded in 2004) was a Danish house duo, consisting of Atle Rønne Thorberg and Henrik Olsen. In the later half of the 1990s and beginning of the 2000s, Brother Brown made numerous remixes, most significantly of Madonna and Pet Shop Boys. Three of their remixes reached No. 1 on The Billboard Dance Chart: Die Another Day Madonna, Beautiful Christina Aguilera and When The Moneys Gone Cher.
Brother Brown's most significant release was called Brother Brown feat. Frank'ee Under the water which featured the Danish female folk vocalist Marie Frank. "Under The Water" reached No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart and won Brother Brown a Danish Grammy in the year 2000.
Own productions[edit]
- Brother Brown "Slap me some skin" (1997 Yoshi-Toshi)
- Brother Brown "Where are my Organs (1998 Kumba)
- Brother Brown "Under the Water" (1999 FFRR/Yoshi-Toshi)
- Brother Brown "Starcatching Girl" (2000 Brother Brown Records)
- Brother Brown "Brotha - Brotha " (2000 Yoshi-Toshi)
- Deep Dish "Stranded" (Brother Brown's Be-Mix)
- Amira "It's my desire" (Brother Brown's Sleepless In Jylland)
- Presence "Future Love" (Brother Brown's Love At 5 O'Clock Mix)
- Deep Dish "Mohammad is Jesus" (Brother Brown's Be Mix Part II)
- Gay Dad "Joy!" (Brother Browns Daddy Cool & Brother Brown Daddy Dub)
- Danny Tenaglia "Music Is the Answer" (Brother Brown's Bujakaffekop Mix)
- Catatonia "Karaoke Queen" (Brother Brown's 8000 C Mix)
- Pet Shop Boys "Drunk" (Brother Brown's Newt Mix)
- Full Intention " I'll Be Waiting" (Brother Brown's Copenhagen Mixes)
- Film Palast "I Want" (Brother Brown's Bananenflanke Mix)
- Örtz "We Don't Talk" (Brother Brown Remix & Brother Brown Radio Edit)
- Madonna "Die Another Day" (Brother Brown's Bond-Age Club)
- Christina Aguilera "Beautiful" (Brother Brown Divine Mix & Brother Brown Mixshow)
External links[edit]
- Brother Brown's Official Website—down, as of April 3, 2006.
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Ken Cuccinelli
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Just over two months ago, I wrote that Terry McAuliffe had to overcome a big challenge to win Virginia's gubernatorial contest: a white and old off-year electorate.


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Thatcher A. Stone, an aviation lawyer, was awarded $3,110 by a Manhattan judge for his expenses and inconvenience after he and his 13-year-old daughter were kept off a Continental Airlines flight at Newark Airport on Christmas Day 2004.
Stone said Tuesday that he and his daughter had planned a ski holiday in Telluride, Colo., during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. When they arrived at the boarding gate, the Continental agent told him they didn't have seats, according to Stone.
The only option Continental offered was a flight departing the day before he and his daughter were scheduled to return, Stone said. And to make matters worse, he said, handlers had put their luggage on the plane and wouldn't take it off.
"We asked the gate agent to call downstairs and tell them to off-load our bags, but he wouldn't," Stone said. "All our winter clothes were in the luggage."
Stone said the airline refunded his $2,000 cost of the tickets at the airport. But because their baggage contained their winter clothes, he said, he made no other plans. After three days, he was able to pick up his luggage from Newark, he said.
"We went to Stratton, Vt., for one day," Stone said.
Stone said the ruined vacation was especially upsetting because he is divorced, his daughter lives with her mother, and his time with the girl is limited.
Stone, a Manhattan lawyer who also teaches at the University of Virginia, sued for financial losses, which included non-refundable room deposits for the ski lodge, lift tickets and ski equipment rental, and for loss of use of the property in his luggage.
Manhattan Civil Court Judge Diane Lebedeff said federal law bars suits about an airline's general operations, but a passenger can sue for contract issues under state law if he bought a ticket, was denied boarding, refused the airline's compensation offer, and suffered damages.
Lebedeff awarded Stone $1,360 for his non-refundable, pre-paid expenses, $1,000 for what she termed "inconvenience damages," and $750 for loss of the use of the contents of his luggage, all with interest from Dec. 25, 2004 — the date of the bumping.
The judge noted that Stone did not sue on behalf of his daughter.
Marie Jahnsen, the customer service manager who argued the Houston-based airline's case in Manhattan's Small Claims Court, said she could not comment on the case.
In her 13-page decision, Lebedeff cited a 2004 law review article and analysis stating that since 1990, an average of 900,000 domestic passengers a year are bumped. The U.S. Department of Transportation says 96% of those passengers accept the airlines' compensation offers, leaving about 36,000 bumped passengers who may be entitled to sue.