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It's that time again!!!!!!!!!!!! Scouting reports are my one of my favorite pastimes, and have been for a very long time, since I was about 15 to be exact!
Scouting reports to me are so much better when you do it yourself rather going by what someone else says and/or a players stats. You learn so much more by taking the time to watch the tape and really study each position and the players that come with it. Remember the film NEVER lies.
Moving right along aren't we. So far we have covered the receivers and cornerbacks. Both classes were are very deep. This safety class is deep as well, but it may not be as deep as those positions and others. Know this, while those positions may very well produce a few 4th round starters, this position group is not that far behind as I believe it will provide some true quality players all the way through the third round. I see about 7-8 day one starters here. Just like the other posts, I did not forget "this guy (insert name)" because I didn't list him. I listed the prospects I would not mind seeing in the horns but also would be a nice fit and/or brings something different or extra to what we already have.
Calvin Pryor
Louisville 5'11" 207lbs
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- Very Physical
- Run Support
- Quick
- Comfortable in the open field
- Good ball skills
- Good breaks
- Awareness
- Tough
- Instinctive
- Good blitzer
- Versatile
- A hitter not a tackler
- Can take bad angles
- Does not always breakdown
- Very average speed
- Could bring a lot of penalties
- Drops head far to often/whiffs
Player comparison: Dashon Goldson. Like Goldson, Pryor is a big time hitter who can play really good run support, but also has the skills to play the deep middle and protect the back end. Pryor has a complete skillset, but just needs to play smarter. Once he realizes not every tackle has to be the BOOM, and starts playing a little more under control he will be a problem for years to come.
Deone Bucannon
Washington State 6'1" 211lbs
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- Very explosive and powerful
- Above average speed
- Very good ball skills
- Very Physical
- Versatile
- Size to cover tighends
- Plays very smart
- Very good awareness
- Good hands
- Has a frame that will last a long time
- Inconsistent angles
- Needs to wrap up on tackles
- Very average lateral agility
- Will probably struggle with quick twitch receivers
Player Comparison: Sean Taylor. No he does not have the top end speed of Taylor, but like Taylor he is a very big athlete playing safety. His speed is nothing to shrug at, and his over athletic ability and explosiveness is near the top. Like Taylor is a very physical ball hawk. He plays fast, angry, and furious. Bucannon has all of the skills and size needed to be an upper echelon safety.
Hasean Clinton-Dix
Alabama 6'1" 208
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- Very good ball skills
- Arguably the best in the zone
- Very instinctive
- Makes good reads
- Breaks on the ball well
- Smart player
- Fluid hips
- Not very physical
- Toe tackler/drag down guy
- Man coverage could be better
- Very average speed
- Run support
Player Comparison: Rahim Moore. When Moore came out of UCLA he was pegged as a good deep middle safety who needs to get more physical and tougher. When I watch Dix, this is what I see. He has a little bit of Ed Reed to his game with his ability to play deep. But unlike Reed his run support is none existent, and he is not very physical. He does this sort of let you run by and then jump on you and drag you down, or the toe tackle. His ball skills are some of the best, and his ability to read the QB is very impressive. He shows a high football IQ when playing at a more traditional depth (12 yards) with reading and reacting when he is more involved in some of the traffic.
Jimmie Ward
Northern Illinois 5'11" 193lbs
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- Very instinctive
- Physical
- Great ball skills
- Good tackler
- Plays smart
- Plays fast
- Very fluid
- Quick feet
- Good acceleration
- Above average speed
- Very explosive
- Versatility
- Good blitzer
- High Motor
- Very competitive
- Size
- Needs to gain weight
- Lacks strength
- Played lesser competition
Player comparison: Earl Thomas. When Thomas came out there was nonstop size rumblings. The big difference between Thomas and Ward is that Thomas was without question faster (very rare speed for a safety, cornerback type of speed). The ONLY real knock on Ward is his size. He will fill out his frame over time, but right now, the fear is that he might get pushed around by tightends and bigger receivers. Size limitations excluded, he has the film of the BEST safety in this class. His game is very complete. The best part about him is his competitiveness and motor.
Terrence Brooks
FSU 5'11" 199lbs
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- Smart player
- Very good speed
- Leadership
- Very good burst
- Great closing speed
- Tough
- Good instincts
- Very aware
- Fundamentally sound
- Not the most physical
- Good at a lot, but great at nothing
- Needs to get stronger
- Below average ball skills
- Only average explosion
- Very average man coverage
Player comparison: Rashad Jones. Brooks is a Jones clone. Very similar size and build, and a guy that is very very solid. Jones is a top ten safety, and Brooks has that ability as well. He plays with his head more than his physical skill. He moves smoothly and has very good burst, but needs to improve overall explosiveness.
Ahmad Dixon
Baylor 6' 212lbs
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- Very quick
- Physical
- Amazing blitzer
- Above average ball skills
- Above average speed
- Fearless
- Explosive
- Good breaks
- Good burst
- Run support
- Lacks fluidity in hips
- Gets caught flat footed too often
- Needs to take better angles
- Does not like to wrap
- Man coverage needs work
- Awareness
Player comparison: Eric Berry. Dixon is a poor man's Berry. Not quite as athletic but not far behind. There are a lot of similarities in the game, skill, and build. Dixon needs to learn to play with smarter and more aware. He loves to strike and is a hell of a blitzer. His speed and burst are ingredients for a player that can become a very good ball hawk.
Jerry "BooBoo" Gates
Bowling Green 5'11" 223
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- Physical specimen
- Tough
- Physical
- Ball hawk
- Return skills
- Amazing instincts
- Quick
- Good speed
- Versatile
- Turnover machine
- Good tackler
- Can cover deep middle
- Fluid hips
- Run support
- Played terrible competition
- Probably will be asked to shed some weight
- Sort of a maverick
- Not the most explosive
Player comparison: Jairus Byrd. Gates is a ball hawk with loads of upside, and is very physical. Like Byrd, Gates does it all, but does it all quietly. They both show the ability to cover a lot of ground, plays the ball, and can tackle anyone.Both players are fundamentally sound, but also tends to do their own thing but it works for them. Gates most impressive skill set is his return ability. He has a knack for scoring whether it be from interception, fumble, kick, or punt returns.
My top ten safeties (entire class) are:
- Calvin Pryor
- Deone Bucannon
- Jimmie Ward
- Hasean Clinton-Dix
- Terrence Brooks
- Ahamd Dixon
- Dion Bailey
- Jerry Gates
- Dontae Johnson
- Isaiah Lewis
Most pro ready:
Jimmie Ward
Most potential:
Calvin Pryor
Most explosive:
Deone Bucannon
Biggest bust potential:
Ahmad Dixon
Jerry "BooBoo" Gates


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7 Clues to Ignore in an Email (if You Want a Virus)Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
Viruses are fun! Who doesn't want some foreign teenager remotely controlling their PC in order to sell Viagra online?
Unfortunately, it is harder to get a virus than you think. You have to randomly click links in suspicious emails that, if you had actually read the email, you'd normally delete.
So to help you out, here are 7 clues to ignore in an email if you want to get a brand-new virus on your PC.
1. You don't know who the email is from. AutoFacebookReminder has the word Facebook in it, and you use Facebook, so it must be from Facebook, right? Ignore this.
2. The email is personally addressed to you. Actually, it is addressed to your email name, but that is just like your name. Close enough to ignore.
3. The sender's email address is nonsense. Facebook is in California, but their employee named Vvmtxcnf is from the Austin, Texas office. It could happen. I'd ignore it.


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Disclaimer: Before we even get started I am well aware Marian is our best offensive player on a team that has a true dearth of offensive talent on it right now. This is not a desire to trade Gaborik for the sake of trading him but looking to possibly capitalize on a team failing to be able to attract a big name FA for multiple years now. Also aware that Gabby has a no-trade clause he would have to waive.
The number of problems this team has are vast and scoring heads the lists as much as any of the others except maybe for salary cap issues. Gaborik last year was all that we could have hoped for and then some with his 44G 42A first season here and managing to play 76 games. The problem I have is I dont see the numbers holding up, especially the games played over the course of the next 4 years of this deal. I can certainly see him being a 30-40 goal, but more like the 60-70 points he normally gets vs the 86 he had last season. With this team a guy who can score even 30 and put up 65 points is certainly nothing to sneeze at, but I am wondering if selling high on him might not be the best play. In that though I am not talking about trading him just to deal him, but looking to take advantage of a team like LA who has tried for the last 2-3 seasons to lure a goal scorer there in the likes of Hossa, Gabby, Kovy but been unsuccessful. If the Rangers could get a package like Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn and something else (Bernier hopefully) then I would have to take that and look at the overall impact it would have on the club. Personally I love Simmonds and Schenn as Simmonds is a bigger/better version of what many want Cally to be up to maybe a 60 pt guy, Schenn is a version of Mike Richards and Bernier would be a legit backup/trade chip. I dont think LA would make that kind of deal for Gabby alone, but if we gave them Girardi maybe they would.
This kind of move no doubt hurts us for the upcoming year, but we get 3 top notch young pieces to go with our own ones and conceivably shave 10 mil off the cap this season and down the line, gives plenty of space to sign Staal, and with the pack of prospects you now possess you can either trade pieces or think about sacrificing future picks for other players. For those of who want to you could replace Gabby's production with Kovy or just save the money and build later. If you basically swap Gabby for Kovy salary wise we have still added 3 prime pieces to add in our move forward. Have at it.


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Afghan president's half-brother denies corruption
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
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Dawood Azami, BBC News
May 27, 2010
The half-brother of the Afghan president has denied any involvement in corruption.
In an interview with the BBC, Ahmad Wali Karzai accused "local enemies" and and the Western media of spreading malicious rumours about him.
Mr Karzai, the leader of the provincial council in Kandahar, has been linked to the drug trade and organised crime.
He has strenuously denied the allegations, accusing his critics of "seeking to defame him".
Ahmad Wali Karzai is one of the main power brokers in the province of Kandahar, an area where the Taliban have a strong presence.
In an interview with the BBC, he said that Western officials had now realised that many of the allegations against him were baseless.
"Western officials have been victims of the negative propaganda against me by my opponents who have an agenda," he said.
"The Western media want to sell stories and that is why they base their reports on rumours."
Kandahar, the second biggest city in Afghanistan, is the birthplace of the Taliban movement.


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Lay not thy treasure upon the earth,
Most corporates, of course, do both things—swindle the earth as well as invest in religion. And they take care to bribe the auditors in both places.
Especially in India, where Hindus actually worship wealth as a goddess called Laxmi, and where the acquiring of vaibhav (worldly stature, replete with wherewithal) is an endorsed spiritual goal.
Like religious institutions of the top order the world-over, the Vatican for one, some of India's temple trusts are among the richest corporates going, and the classes and the masses have an appropriately unequal access to their sanctum sanctorums. And those that are out of caste have none, even as many gods that are installed within have not even a human face.
And the priests have ordained that, as among the corporates, there is a pecking order not just among the ruling elites but among the gods and goddesses as well.
You can hardly be any considerable god or goddess if the gold over your temple roof is pasty and thin, and if corporate big-wigs or their political mentors never visit you.
The state shall decree no holiday or festivity in your name.
Over the last two decades, following the opening up of the Indian economy per diktat of the Washington Consensus, Indian corporate strides, especially in such things as Information Technology, have been the story to follow, don't we know.
The "breaking news" now is that the global machismo of India's corporates has indeed arrived at those pinnacles of fraud without which no corporate prowess may be taken seriously, much like the street-corner temple that only the neighbourhood urchins frequent.
The Satyam corporate (the name means "Truth", would you believe it?) has raised India to the level of a Madoff.
Its founder-CEO, who we are told, had begun his Icarian flight from the humblest of beginnings, has confessed to having systematically fudged the accounts of the company, to the tune of some 7000 crore rupees ($70 billion ?)!
The books have been manipulated to show inflated holdings and profits and reduced debits inorder to draw a market valuation wholly incommensurate with its factual standing. All calculated to induce investments that are now not worth the paper they were written on. Some 53000 very hi-tech personnel may soon be fending for themselves.
If you are a sucker still, you are free to think that nobody but the CEO had an inkling. But do consider that the auditors of Satyam have been the one and only Price Waterhouse firm—same that audited Enron. Those are not the types who ever pay for their "efficiency." No state is above them. They simply gather their gains and take off, where other meat awaits them.
Big swindlers require comparably big auditors as well, no?
Just as they also require clout among the political class and other scions of the establishment.
No surprise, therefore, that the firm and its CEO had been paraded by an erstwhile chief minister of the state of Andhra Pradesh where the firm is located to the then President Clinton on his India visit as an icon of "shining India."
And no surprise that the same CEO seems to have received a happy helping hand in land deals of a massive dimension favouring his family by those that govern the state now.
Or that the police could not lay hands on him for three whole days after he made his canny confession—canny, we say, because it turns out that he might have been at risk of losing the firm entirely to other predators if he hadn't done so in time.
Thus it is that India has truly "arrived"; nobody now may say that our share in globalization is of a low order of chicanery, after all.
Some two years ago, the CNN-Ibn news TV channel in Delhi did a series of programmes based on sting operations that exposed the money-laundering shenanigans of some top-level sadhus and sants, many associated with the VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad).
India's corporate channels have, of course, always had this love-hate equation with organized Hindutva, seeking its perpetuation inorder to thwart secular, class-based consolidations among the masses, but wary of its potential to derail the operations of capitalism per se by causing inter-community mayhem and disruption of productive activity.
Be that as it may, I remember at the time (precisely on 15th of February, 2006) writing an email to the CNN-Ibn CEO, Rajdeep Sardesai, asking "when will your lenseye penetrate some corporate board-room as well?"
And receiving a chuckle from him, which read "Desperate to do a corporate 'hit'" (16th feb., 2006)
You see, it is silly to think that the corporates indulge in corruption; such was the meaning I read into the chuckle.
Corporate media channels, in India at the least, routinely bash the politician as being at the heart of India's degradations. They are the only ones, for example, who have spawned a culture of dynastic rule, never the corporates! And, remember, corporate inheritors don't fight any elections either.
Sometimes, very occasionally, the bureaucrats may come in for a swing or two, not for their corruption, mind you, but for the old-world obstacles they often raise to the speedy operations of capitalism. Nehruvian habits of mind, these are dubbed.
Indeed the main business of India's democracy is seen to comprise facilitating the so-endless efficiency, the unremitting merit, and the global sheen of the corporate sector.
And now Satyam happens, and wretchedly the cry goes up that this may just be the tip of the iceberg, even as other corporates cry hoarse that one bad fish does not pollute the ocean.
The very same who have had no difficulty in shouting world-wide "Islamo-fascism" at any single occurrence of "terrorism."
And, like it or not, India's corporate media channels are having to take notice of the Satyam scandal. Interesting in the coming days to see what treatment the story receives as the days go by.
And, equally interestingly, corporate conglomerate bosses can be heard on TV to be recommending "regulations" that were anathema to them until a minute ago. As it is now recognized that elected governments do, after all, have the all-important role to ensure that the baby is not thrown with the bath-water, namely, that the strides that Capital has been making are not reversed.
Indeed, all the way from the Lehman collapse upto Satyam, another form of globalization seems afloat—one that screams "regulation," and rather insidiously means to hold the governments responsible for corporate shenanigans rather than Capitalism itself.
The whole point of this new slogan of globalization is to ensure that the world does not, god forbid, begin seriously to consider alternatives that stink of socialist prejudices.
It has been seen in contemporary India that whenever some notable celebrity is in trouble—facing a jail sentence, or some such—he invariably takes a posse to one or other of the favoured big temples to ask for a manat (boon), which is religiously paid back once the gods have successfully bestowed their favour.
We have nary a doubt that the minute Ramlingam Raju, the troubled Satyam CEO, and his dear brother are out on bail, the first visit they will make will be to Tirupati Devosthanam.
Celebrity CEOs and celebrity gods, after all, do belong together.
India's first Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru, had small love for either, and when a scandal did happen (the Mundhra scam), the straightforward result that the then heavy-weight finance minister, T.T.Krishnamachari lost his job.
But then Nehru was, if not a socialist, at least a Fabian/Democratic socialist.


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The sixth season of the music series, live from the (((artists den))), will premiere this July on PBS. If you've never watched the show . . . very popular recording artists & bands perform for very small audiences in non-traditional settings all over North America. It's a really cool concept . . . and this season Lucky Brand is 1 of 4 companies sponsoring this amazing music series.
Tuesday night, a few of us from Lucky had the privilege of attending an exclusive Imagine Dragons show at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. The venue has quite a history of it's own & this historic location was not disclosed to the lucky few who received tickets (through a lottery) until just before show time.
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The band captivated the intimate crowd with their vocals, drumming skills and the message that they are just regular West Coast guys sharing what they love with the world . . . in the hopes of bringing a little joy to everyone (very humble!). They rocked the small theatre for 90 solid minutes while the crowd was on their feet singing & stomping along to favorites from their album Night Visions like Radioactive, It's Time, Demons, On Top of the World (my fave) & a great version of Stand by Me.
After the show, Lucky hosted a VIP party in the courtyard garden at the Ebell. It was a beautiful summer night, Moscow Mules were the cocktail of choice & all of the guests left with a limited edition Imagine Dragons T-shirt designed by Lucky for the event.
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Mumford and Sons at The Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, CA Soundgarden at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA The Killers at Capitale in New York Ed Sheeran at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in New York The National at Park Avenue Armory in New York Imagine Dragons at the Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles, CA . . . the season finale!


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Similar to years past, we're going to be featuring each of the 25 titles on the BTBA Fiction Longlist over the next month plus, but in contrast to previous editions, this year we're going to try an experiment and frame all write-ups as "why this book should win." Some of these entries will be absurd, some more serious, some very funny, a lot written by people who normally don't contribute to Three Percent. Overall, the point is to have some fun and give you a bunch of reasons as to why you should read at least a few of the BTBA titles.
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I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson, translated by Charlotte Barslund and the author
Language: Norwegian
Country: Norway
Publisher: Graywolf
Pages: 224
Why This Book Should Win: Because it was written by Per Petterson, arguably one of Scandinavia's finest living writers. The book has already won a slew of prizes. In Norway, it won the 2008 Critics' Prize and the 2008 Brage Prize. And in 2009 it won the prestigious Nordic Council's Literary Prize. Why not give it another one?
This post was written K.E. Semmel, a writer and translator whose work has appeared in Ontario Review, The Washington Post, World Literature Today, Best European Fiction 2011, and elsewhere. His translation of Karin Fossum's next novel will be published by Harvill Secker in the UK in 2011 and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the US in 2012. And he's a St. Louis Cardinals fan.
When Per Petterson burst onto the international literary scene in 2007 with his novel Out Stealing Horses, the English-speaking world got a glimpse of what readers in Scandinavia have known for quite a while: Petterson's work is special. On the dust jacket for this new novel is a quote from Richard Ford: "Per Petterson is a profoundly gifted novelist." That Ford is a fan of Petterson's work can be no surprise to readers of each author. Like Ford's narrators, particularly Frank Bascombe, the narrator of I Curse the River of Time, Arvid Jensen, is a self-reflective man whose story unfolds most powerfully as a kind of internal monologue.
This long passage, in a lively translation by veteran translator Charlotte Barslund, is an example of Petterson's power as a reflectionist. With a few deftly chosen words he tells us a lot about Arvid Jensen:
And then I entered the hall and walked into the kitchen, the living room, where everything was as it had been for almost ten years, the same posters on the walls, the same rugs on the floor, the same goddamn red armchairs, and yet not like that at all, not like it was in the beginning, when there were just the two of us against the world, just she and I, shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand, there is just you and me, we said to each other, just you and me, we said. But something had happened, nothing hung together any more, all things had spaces, had distances between them, like satellites, attracted to and pushed away at the same instant, and it would take immense willpower to cross those spaces, those distances, much more than I had available, much more than I had courage to use. And nothing was like it had been inside the car either, driving through three or four districts in Romerike, in eastern Norway, east of Oslo. There the car was wrapped around me, but up here, in the flat, things fell out of focus and spun off to all sides. It was like a virus on the balance nerve. I close my eyes to true up the world, and then I heard the bathroom door open and her footsteps across the floor. I would have known them anywhere on earth, on any surface, and she stopped right in front of me. I could hear her breath, but not close enough to feel it on my face. She waited. I waited. In one of the bedrooms the girls were laughing out loud. There was something about her breath. It was never like that before. I kept my eyes closed, I squeezed them tightly shut. And then I heard her sigh.
"For Christ's sake, Arvid," she said. "Please stop that. It's so childish."
Much like Out Stealing Horses, I Curse The River of Time is a novel in which time itself takes on the role of a character, bending backward and forward. The novel interweaves three strands of time:
'Do I have a tan now?' she said.
I laughed again. 'You and I,' I said. 'Just you and I."
'Isn't it fun,' she said and she smiled. I let the oars rest in the rowlocks. The water around the boat fell silent, and silently the cabin was floating up above the rocks and the smoke rose softly from the chimney, and how impossible it was to grasp that in the end something as fine as this could be ground into dust.
At a kiosk that was still open, there were newspapers stacked on a stand outside, and in large bold typeface on every front page it said THE WALL TUMBLES, and I could not breathe, where had I been? This was bad, I had not paid attention, it was really bad, and I started to cry.
I was searching for something very important, a very special thing, but no matter how hard I tried, I could not find it. I pulled some straws from a cluster of marram grass and put them in my mouth and started chewing. They were hard and sharp and cut my tongue, and I took more, a fistful, and stuffed them in my mouth and chewed them while I sat there, waiting for my mother to stand up and come to me.
The various strands loop together to form a bold and smart novel, one that portrays the complex relationship between a son and his mother, between time and memory, and finally between the individual and his struggle to find his place in society. Taken together, the novel's structure may seem deceptively simple, but it is extremely powerful on the whole. Perhaps most impressive of all, however, is that the novel doesn't telegraph what is to come next; like time and memory, it does not flow in a straight line: it jumps from A to D and back to A. As such, it's a novel that invites the reader to ask questions. Why are we back here, at this point in time? What does this have to do with his mother's journey to Denmark? These are simple questions, but they are certainly not simple answers, and, at times, you may find yourself wondering where Petterson is going with his story. Yet it's precisely this which makes I Curse the River of Time so special: In this novel, Petterson writes with venerable authority, like a master unafraid to try new, ever-bolder moves. By the end of the novel you know exactly where he's going with his story, and you know exactly where you've been. And it's quite a trip.
The publisher's blurb for Oleg Pavlov's The Matiushin Case promises the prospective reader "a Crime and Punishment for today," the sort of comparison that is almost always guaranteed to do a disservice to both the legendary dead and the ambitious. . .
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Oct. 14, 1924April 22, 2012Eugene H. Wrasman, 87, of Tennessee and formerly of Delphos, died Sunday at his residence. He was born Oct. 14, 1924, in Delphos to Edward and Elizabeth (Klima) Wrasman, who preceded him in death.In 1947, he married Anna Strouth, who died in 1981. In 1986, he then married Margaret Reynolds, who died in 2003.Survivors include sons Gene (Judy) Wrasman, Bill (Deborah) Wrasman, Don (Denise) Wrasman and Bernard (Becky) Wrasman; daughter Beth (Benny) Bailey; sisters Irma (Tom) Buettner, Mary Lou (Bill) Browning, Alice (Gene) Rayman, Marg (Charlie) Ashby, Sister Mary Gail (Dorothy) Wrasman, SND and Jane (Ron) Goergens; sisters-in-law Mary and Barb Wrasman; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Ruth Harrison; and brothers, Ralph, Dick and Melvin Wrasman.Mr. Wrasman was a World War II veteran of the United States Navy who served in the Pacific. He graduated from St. John's High School and was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Clinton, Tenn.Mass of Christian Burial begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Theresa Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Sunset Cemetery in Clinton.Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Friday at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton, Tenn.Preferred memorials are to the Sisters of Notre Dame.
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Six arrested over Carlisle stabbing
Six people have now been arrested over the murder of a Polish man in Carlisle.
32 year old Poitr Kulinski died after being stabbed outside his house in Arnside Road in Carlisle.
Six people, all Polish nationals, are now in custody answering police questions.
Four people were arrested yesterday afternoon. Three men - one aged 30 and two aged 23 were arrested on suspicion of murder. A 26 year old woman was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.Last night two more men were arrested on suspicion of murder, one aged 30 and another 44.
Detective Chief Inspector Paul Duhig said:
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - You will pay to cross the new downtown and East End bridges, but what does that mean for the people in our community who can't afford the extra expense to get to the other side of the river? Both Indiana and Kentucky are taking input this week on how to ease the burden of tolls on low-income folks. The first of two meetings happened Monday in Clarksville. The second goes from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 23 at the African American Heritage Center at 17th and West Muhammad Ali Streets in Louisville.Even before those meetings TARC already asked the states to exempt them from paying tolls. The chair of its Board of Directors said they don't believe the area's bus system can operate efficiently paying a toll every time they cross the river.
"We're really concerned about the mobility of our passengers and passing on that expense to passengers who already pay a fare on TARC," explained Cedric Merlin Powell. Tolls causing a potential increase in rates concerns passengers like Lottie Huckaby. Getting from Jeffersonville to Louisville is a matter of life and death for Huckaby. Every day she travels across the river to get radiation treatments for lung cancer. She cannot afford to drive herself.
"Every day I have to take treatments, so I have to do it every day so you're looking at $3.50 a trip for just one day," said Huckaby.It's a small price to pay for her health, but not one she wants to increase because of bridge tolls. Barry Barker, TARC's executive director, said they're not considering it now, but their busses cross the river nearly a thousand times a week. Paying money each time would affect their budget. "If we end up paying tolls that's certainly not dollars turning wheels."As part of the bridge project each state must pay TARC $10 million because part of making the project a reality included enhancing bus service. None of that money goes towards operations. Barker said the majority will go towards 21 new buses.
"Those buses will have more comfortable seat, luggage rack, WiFi," said Barker.Those are perks that could make commutes less stressful then dealing with traffic in a car. A high-tech bus would be nice for Huckaby, but if that also includes an increase in rates riders like Huckaby they may not matter if it costs even more to ride.
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Greetings fellow Redskins fans! Free agency is fast approaching and again we hear about the Redskins being fined $36M for "violating the spirit of the salary cap." Or how about the one about "competitive balance?" It really started to bother me how openly cocky the NFL has been; what they call "spirit of the salary cap" is actually called collusion. I watched as John Mara said draft picks should have been taken and, like many of you, wanted nothing but the worst for him and the Giants. Let's take a look at the background information and see if we can get to the bottom of this fine.
It's 2009, and the CBA is set to expire. There is no progress toward a new CBA and the owners have already determined they will be locking the players out. The owners don't like how much of the pie the players are getting and want to turn the tides in their favor.
In 2010 the NFL tells teams and GMs not to dump contracts into the uncapped year. A few teams do; among them, the Redskins. Albert Haynesworth's contract, along with DeAngelo Hall's, gets restructured to dump a lot of money into the uncapped year. The NFL approves these contract moves by signing off on them to avoid the obvious charges of collusion. All Redskins fans rejoice! We will have serious money, and are moving in the right direction. The season ends in disappointment, but hey, at least we have a ton of money right?
On March 12, 2012, right before free agency begins, news breaks; the Redskins will lose $36M over 2 years. That money will be spread among 28 of the other NFL teams. The NFLPA has signed off on the deal as well. What just happened? I'll give it to you plain: we almost ruined the NFL's lockout argument so they hit us hard. The NFL's whole argument was that the business of running an NFL franchise was more costly than anyone realized and they weren't turning much of a profit, if any. So, their plan was to limit the amount of money that went to the players. How convenient that this notion of profitability comes with the renewal of TV deals looming. Anyone remember the NFLPA wanting to the see the NFL's books, and the subsequent fallout? Well, long story short, the NFL bullied the NFLPA into getting what they wanted and in return, the NFLPA agreed not to pursue any legal action against the NFL. They also dropped the legal cases that were in full swing. The Redskins dumping outrageous contracts into the uncapped year made a mockery of the NFL's crying broke. How can you legitimately lock out players, look to slow salary cap increases, and set a rookie pay scale under the guise of not having the resources to pay the players when you dump $36M in one year? Simply because there was no cap? In essence the Redskins, with their actions, made the NFL's argument transparent and phony. Because of that, the NFL lashed out to quickly put the teams who did not follow the status quo in their places. The NFLPA could have argued that the cap could be increased if teams could afford to dump these contracts, and that was counterproductive to the NFL's lockout strategy.
The NFLPA had to agree to the deal because the $36M didn't disappear from the books, it was spread to 28 other teams. They thought they were looking out for the players' best interest, but they were really getting strong-armed by the NFL. The NFL basically told the NFLPA, "if you don't sign off the cap will become stagnant." This fine all comes down to money. Profits, salary cap (real or fictional) and the NFL's desire to expand its business.


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Blue Bomber Report Record: 6–3–0
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No excuses for offence
If Blue can't score tonight they might never score again
History will record that sometime just after 7 p.m. tonight on what promises to be a chilly and wind-swept field at Canad Inns Stadium, the litany of excuses for the bad joke that has been the 2012 edition of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers offence will officially run out.
In a season in which there has been a seemingly endless variety of excuses offered up for why Winnipeg is the home of the worst offence in Canada, there will no longer be any excuses left to make when starting quarterback Buck Pierce leads Winnipeg out on to the field tonight.
We know this so unequivocally because all the excuses that have been trotted out this season are no longer valid. Consider:
Shut up about injuries
This is, by far, the healthiest the Winnipeg offence has been this season. Even for the three games Pierce was healthy at the start of the season, the team was still without starting tailback Chad Simpson and starting slotback Cory Watson. And for the first game against B.C., they were also without both their starting tackles.
Well, Pierce is back tonight after missing the last eight games with a foot injury and Simpson, Watson and left tackle Glenn January have long since returned. The only hole tonight being filled by an injury replacement will be at right tackle, where Jordan Taormina will sit out his second game in a row with a pinched nerve.
Crowton no longer a CFL rookie
The Bombers knew they were taking a chance last winter when they hired a stone-cold CFL rookie in Gary Crowton to be the architect of their offence. But the club had fallen in love with Crowton's resumé, which included leading record-breaking offences in both the NCAA and, briefly, for the NFL's Chicago Bears.
Unfortunately, Crowton's resumé doesn't line up behind centre in the CFL and he admittedly struggled at first to adapt to an unfamiliar two-down game and everything else that goes with it.
Well, Crowton's now had 11 full games, plus two in the pre-season, to get used to the venerable rouge and the excuse of, 'I'm still just getting the hang of things' is long since retired.
The guy you wanted under centre will be under centre
There were three proven CFL quarterbacks on the market last winter -- Ricky Ray, Henry Burris and Kevin Glenn -- and Bombers GM Joe Mack decided to stick with Pierce.
Well, Pierce is back now and he's had a couple of weeks of practice. The bottom line is time is up for Pierce -- and, by extension, Mack -- to show why Pierce was the preferred alternative.
And Pierce knows it.
"My stock hasn't gone up since I've been off the field -- I've got to play, bottom line," Pierce said Thursday. "The quarterback position isn't always about your performance and stuff like that. It's about helping your team find a way to win."
That won't happen, said head coach Tim Burke, with just Pierce alone.
"All the good things he brings will overcome some of the rust he has," said Burke, referring specifically to Pierce's above average arm strength and release. "(But) he can't win the game if he's laying on his back on the turf. And he can't win the game if he's got to run for his life all the time. And we can't win the game if he throws the ball to us and we drop the ball."
What you will have on the field tonight is a Bombers offence that will have the man the front office wants lining up behind centre; he'll be supported by the players the front office wants to be surrounding him; they all will be running the offensive scheme the front office wants to be running; and it will all be playing out against a vulnerable opponent.
It has all the apparent ingredients to succeed, in other words. All of which means there is no longer any excuse for failure. And that means only one inescapable conclusion can be drawn if this offence nevertheless fires blanks again tonight:
The problem isn't on the field, it's in the front office.
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Under state law, home and business owners may qualify for a temporary reduction in assessed value that could result in a lower tax bill until repairs are made or structures are replaced.
Property owners who have incurred $10,000 or more in damage from the fire should contact the Office of the Assessor's East District Office at (626) 258-6001 for information. Forms will also be available at evacuation centers and online at Office of the Assessor's website at http://assessor.lacounty.gov.
Forms must be submitted, along with photographs and repair estimates, within one year of the date of damage.The fire that broke out Jan. 16 in the Glendora/Azusa area of the
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How do you pronounce Mearns, as in Sara? I was curious, so I tried to look it up on the web, but no luck.
pronunciation of Mearns
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Like 'earn' or 'urn.' You can listen to her say it on this video. Hopefully the link will open to the "photo booth interviews" clip.
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Thanks. I sounds to me like /mərnz/ in IPA. (I hope that comes out right in people's browsers.)
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I enjoyed the photo booth interviews!
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How do you pronounce Mearns, as in Sara? I was curious, so I tried to look it up on the web, but no luck.
Teresa Reichlen also pronounces the names "Mearns" and "Bouder" at about 00:30 in the Swan Lake episode - perhaps differently from what most Americans would guess at.
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text: content LE Magazine December 2005 Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee A New State of Health for America By Matt Sizing Gov. Huckabee gives student Julie Nolan a ride on his back, to demonstrate that before he changed his eating habits, it was like carrying her around all the time. Healthy Arkansas Initiative Even before undergoing his own personal health transformation, Gov. Huckabee had established himself as a leader in improving the quality of health care for Arkansas natives. He received national recognition for creating the ARKids First program, which provided health insurance to tens of thousands of children who previously had no access to health insurance. The governor also was instrumental in the passage of a ballot initiative in 2000 requiring that all of the state's tobacco settlement money be devoted to improving the health of Arkansans. In May 2004, Gov. Huckabee launched his most ambitious program to date: Healthy Arkansas (www.arkansas.gov/ha), an initiative to create incentives and offer information to help Arkansans eat healthier, exercise more, and stop smoking—in short, to transform one of the nation's unhealthiest states into one of the healthiest. According to a 2001 report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Arkansas ranked first among the 50 states in stroke mortality, sixth in deaths due to lung cancer, eight in mortality due to heart disease, and ninth in cancer mortality. Gov. Huckabee after completing the Firecracker 5K Race. These frightening statistics were a direct reflection of the prevalence of obesity, tobacco use, and physical inactivity among Arkansans. The 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Study found that 37% of Arkansas adults were overweight, 24% were obese, 27% engaged in no exercise or leisure-time physical activity, and 26% were current smokers. In the previous decade, the state's number of obese adults had climbed 80%. Health indicators among Arkansas youth were equally worrisome. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 2001 found that 14% of Arkansas youth were overweight, 34% did not get enough regular exercise, and 19% were current smokers. According to CDC projections, nearly 10,000 Arkansas youth were likely to die from smoking-related causes, a figure 11% above the national average. "We must convince Arkansans that the key to real change is a behavioral change," Gov. Huckabee noted in announcing the initiative. "We eat the wrong foods. We smoke too much. We don't exercise enough. If a person maintains a normal body weight, exercises at least three times each week, and doesn't use tobacco, that person will live an average of 13 years longer than he or she would live otherwise." Using existing resources and funding sources, Healthy Arkansas seeks to achieve the following goals by January 2007: Increase from 64% to 85% the percentage of juveniles who are active at least three times a week for at least 20 minutes. Increase from 15% to 30% the percentage of adults who exercise at least three times a week for at least 30 minutes. Reduce the percentage of obese children from 11% to 5%. Reduce the percentage of obese adults from 23% to 15%. Reduce the percentage of adolescents who smoke from 36% to 16%. Reduce the percentage of adults who smoke from 24% to 12%. PARTNERING WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON Among the many people impressed with Healthy Arkansas and Gov. Huckabee's personal health transformation is former President Bill Clinton. Earlier this year, the former president asked Gov. Huckabee to join him as co-chairman of the newly formed Clinton Foundation-American Heart Association (AHA) alliance to fight childhood obesity. Alarmed by the rising tide of childhood obesity and the threat it poses to the nation's health and wealth, the AHA approached former President Clinton in an effort to address the problem from multiple vantage points. The threat can hardly be overstated: growing numbers of American children are afflicted by a broad range of obesity-fueled conditions that previously were not seen until adulthood, including type II diabetes, high blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol. And overweight children and adolescents have a 70% chance of becoming overweight adults, greatly increasing their risk for heart disease and other chronic diseases. The Clinton Foundation-AHA alliance will target a variety of audiences— consumers, industry, health care providers, schools, and the media—and focus on several key areas that can have a dramatic impact on the lifestyles and behaviors of children. For example, the alliance intends to work with restaurants, manufacturers of packaged consumer foods, food service companies, and other food industry groups to make changes that encourage children to eat healthier. Like Gov. Huckabee's Healthy America campaign, the Clinton Foundation-AHA alliance will work with school and community leaders to develop healthier food options and more opportunities for physical activity during and after school hours. As Gov. Huckabee noted in announcing the Healthy Arkansas initiative, "Our society has become sedentary, and our country's current culture of inactivity and overeating poses disturbing dangers for our nation's young people. In the last two decades alone, the percentage of overweight youth in this country has nearly tripled, and the trends are only getting worse. If we are not careful, this epidemic will threaten the health and well-being of an entire generation of young people." Diabetes Education Improves Health, Controls Costs Nowhere has Gov. Huckabee and the state of Arkansas moved more aggressively than in the area of diabetes intervention. The state's Diabetes Disease Management Program is a unique public-private partnership that brings together agencies and organizations as diverse as Eli Lilly and Company, the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and the Arkansas Department of Health's Diabetes Control and Prevention Program. Working with Eli Lilly, which supplies diabetes medications to the state, Arkansas has opened 24 diabetes education centers around the state for residents who want to learn more about managing their diabetes. The program emphasizes face-to-face consultation between trained diabetes educators and patients. Patients are taught how to make positive lifestyle changes, with specific information provided on topics ranging from diabetes medications to the importance of exercise, eating healthy, and effectively managing stress. For Arkansas and other states, controlling the rising tide of type II diabetes is more than a matter of physical health—the state's fiscal health is equally at stake. The US Department of Health and Human Services reports that someone in the US is diagnosed with diabetes every 25 seconds. Direct medical costs attributable to the disease are estimated at $130 billion. And according to the CDC, an astonishing one in three US children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes without proper intervention. In Arkansas, where the prevalence of diabetes climbed 35% from 1993 to 2002, controlling diabetes is essential to reining in explosive growth in the state's Medicaid budget. Medicaid insures nearly one quarter of the state's population. Arkansas' annual Medicaid budget now tops $3 billion—up from approximately $600,000 just 10 years ago—and is growing at an annual rate of about 9%. "We must rein in the cost of this program," Gov. Huckabee said in announcing the Healthy Arkansas initiative. "Five percent of the Medicaid cases are taking 50% of the Medicaid budget. We have to change people's behavior. Otherwise, the growth of Medicaid will continue to erode the resources we have for public education, public safety, and other parts of the state budget." Pilot Program Shows Promising Results Initial results involving a sample of Arkansas Medicaid patients with diabetes demonstrate the benefits of the state's aggressive education and intervention approach. This trial study tracked 212 Medicaid recipients with diabetes from 60 counties. The study subjects were referred to certified diabetes education centers throughout the state, where they underwent an hour-long initial assessment of individual training needs—more than they likely have ever received from their personal physician. Over the next year, each participant received 12 hours of group or individual instruction on nutrition and diabetes self-management. Working with nurses, registered dietitians, and diabetes educators, the program participants learned how to monitor their blood glucose levels, were taught how to self-examine eyes, feet, and skin for diabetes-related circulatory problems, received counseling on the importance of exercise and stress management, and were shown how to make healthy food choices and adopt better cooking habits. Participants were even taken on a "field trip" to a local grocery store, where educators demonstrated the importance of understanding food labeling. Initial data from the study found a 27% increase in the number of subjects whose average blood sugar level met American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommendations. The number of patients who screened positive for symptoms of depression dropped 10%, while the number exceeding recommended blood pressure levels fell 7%. The frequency of self-monitoring of blood glucose levels rose 21%, while daily foot exams increased by 8%. Moreover, over one year, mean HbA1c—a critical marker of blood glucose control—declined 0.4 percentage points among subjects who completed the program. "Studies show that tight blood glucose control, sustained over time (as measured by HbA1c), slows the development of diabetes-related complications, such as eye, kidney, and nerve diseases that can lead to amputations," according to Carol Hendrickson of the ADA's Leadership Council. "In fact, research has shown that for every 1 percentage-point drop in HbA1c (e.g., from 9% to 8%), there is a 35% reduction in the risk for diabetes-related complications." The Arkansas researchers believe that the state's diabetes intervention program can reduce resource utilization among Medicaid recipients within one year and is likely to improve diabetes outcomes over time at little or no cost. The program's success has prompted the state Department of Health to open an additional 18 ADA-certified disease management sites, targeting counties with the highest number of diabetes patients. "We learned a lot from this effort," Gov. Huckabee noted. "We discovered that when we can identify those who suffer from diabetes and then provide them with free, close-to-home help, it makes a huge difference in their lives, the Medicaid program, and the state's economy." SHOULD GOVERNMENT BE THE "GREASE POLICE"? The growing epidemic of obesity and its associated costs have led some to call for greater government involvement in Americans' eating choices. As Gov. Huckabee notes in his book, "some of the same people who demand that government stay out of our bedrooms are demanding that it take over the kitchen!" This is an approach the governor adamantly opposes: "We do not need the government to become the 'grease police,' dictating what size cheeseburger the law will allow or taxing obese people at a different rate than thin people because of the likelihood of additional health care costs associated with obesity." Gov. Huckabee points out that efforts to dictate or restrict personal behavior in private homes or businesses invariably shifts the focus from a discussion of health to one of personal rights. Instead, he favors creating a culture of health that encourages and rewards people for making healthy choices. "Historically, telling liberty-loving Americans what they can and cannot do has not proven very successful," he notes. "What does work is changing the culture so that individual choices become cultural choices and ultimately the behavioral norm. Smoking is increasingly considered boorish and invasive behavior, not so much because of a government-sponsored ban as because people are more aware of the health risk and find the practice annoying and disgusting." Rewarding Healthy Behavior While Healthy Arkansas seeks to reduce obesity, tobacco use, and physical inactivity among all Arkansans, included in this broad initiative are several programs that specifically target Medicaid recipients and state employees. Shortly after unveiling Healthy Arkansas, for example, Gov. Huckabee announced that the state would implement a series of steps to reduce smoking among state employees and Medicaid recipients. A policy directive ordered state agencies to ban smoking within 25 feet of the entrances to state buildings. Each state agency was directed to study a potential smoking ban on all state property. Both the state Health Department and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences implemented complete smoking bans on their property. Rather than simply banning or discouraging smoking, however, the governor has implemented innovative measures to encourage healthy behavior. Although traditional health insurance policies do not generally cover services that help people quit smoking, Gov. Huckabee asked the Arkansas State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board to amend state employee health insurance policies to cover nicotine patches and similar smoking-cessation aids. The Board oversees health insurance policies covering more than 63,000 state employees and their dependents, as well as nearly 71,000 public school teachers and their dependents. He also asked the Board to explore financial and other incentives that could be offered to state employees who voluntarily participate in programs that reward healthy behavior. Today, state employees receive nutrition counseling, "walking breaks" instead of smoking breaks, and discounted health insurance premiums if they agree to undergo a voluntary personal health-risk assessment. Gov. Huckabee extended similar incentives to the state's nearly 600,000 Medicaid recipients, directing the Department of Human Services to expand Medicaid coverage to pay for nicotine patches and similar smoking-cessation tools. According to a recent national study, 26% of all adult Medicaid recipients in Arkansas used tobacco products in 2002, costing the state an estimated $540 million. Nationally, approximately one of every seven dollars spent on Medicaid is related to tobacco use. "If we're going to urge smokers to quit, we must support their efforts by doing things such as paying for nicotine patches," says Gov. Huckabee. "It's not fair to ask people to help if their health insurance plans won't cover their cessation efforts. We must make such tools available to state employees and to those receiving Medicaid benefits. "Those who don't smoke cost health plans less money. Allocating funds for cessation programs thus saves us money in the long run." BMI PROGRAM TARGETS CHILDHOOD OBESITY One of Gov. Huckabee's first pioneering statewide health initiatives was creation of the Arkansas Body Mass Index (BMI) School Program in 2003. With this program, Arkansas became the first state in the nation to address the growing epidemic of childhood obesity. BMI assessment is used as a screening tool to determine whether a child is overweight, underweight, or at risk of becoming overweight or underweight. Because preventing and treating childhood obesity is more effective than treating obesity in adults, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends BMI screening for all children and adolescents. Under the Arkansas program, each child's height, weight, and BMI is measured, and an individualized report is mailed to parents, along with an explanation of BMI. If a child is overweight, additional suggestions concerning diet and activities are provided, and parents are encouraged to discuss the results with their family physician. In addition to providing individualized information to parents, the program is compiling BMI data by school district and statewide. The results will be used to target problem areas and to assess the program's overall effectiveness. From Healthy Arkansas to Healthy America Gov. Huckabee hopes to see other states—and America itself—follow Arkansas' lead in creating incentives for healthy behavior. "Ultimately, it is my hope and goal that Healthy Arkansas will spread like a highly contagious but benevolent virus that could become the genesis of 'Healthy America,'" he writes. "I'd like to see all 50 states find creative ways to reward positive behavior rather than continually pay absurd amounts of money for the catastrophic results of bad behavior and health."


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FOX 11 Vice President and General Manager Kevin Hale has the story of a Los Angeles school that's pulled off an incredible turnaround. Could it be a model for the rest of the city?
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"We love our school!"
I came down to 99th Street Elementary in South Los Angeles, to get a firsthand look at a school that's trying to beat the odds. The enthusiasm is palpable. Under Mayor Villaraigosa's Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, 99th Street has made great strides in recent months. Test scores are up, enrollment's up, attendance is up and the campus is filled with hope.
Marshall Tuck
"This is a school that in two years has gone up 20 percent."
A new principal, Sherri Williams, has completely changed the culture of this campus.
Sherri Williams
"When I first came here this school had such a bad reputation."
Now, the campus is pristine, the kids are engaged, 13 students have been identified as gifted, and parents are here day in and day out helping out in the trenches.
"Good morning Mr. Hale."
"Good morning to you. Very nice to see you."
"A number of things really impressed me and one was how respectful the kids are."
"That's the atmosphere that we're providing for them."
99th Street hit a milestone under the Mayor's watch-it's being removed from the list of low performing schools.
It still has a long way to go and like many schools in the district, it's facing huge challenges. Administrators can't, in effect, fire failing teachers; they don't even have the power to evaluate a teacher's performance; and when cutbacks come, seniority rules force out new hires-often the best and brightest. And leaders like Principal Williams, who spent months training staff, must say goodbye to the very people who've helped reshape the school.
Blame this. It's the State Education Code, which in many ways protects adults over what's best for kids. Governor Schwarzenegger tried to change the tenure and seniority rules in the code, and tried to garner more local control, but was shot down by the teachers union. No surprise here.
We all care about teachers but not at the expense of our kids. You can demand change: Revamp the code once and for all and start putting our kid's education first.
Jerry Brown
"As Mayor of Oakland I created two charter schools. I have stood up to teachers unions."
You should hold him to that. You can write to Governor-elect Brown and Tom Torlakson, the state's new superintendent of Public Instruction, and tell them to take up the fight and change the Code. Brown's gone on the record saying he wants to simplify the Education Code and return decision-making to local schools. Well, the only way local control will work is to give administrators the power to evaluate and get rid of under-performing teachers.
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It looks like Roman Polanski's sure-to-be Oscar bait "Carnage" has now found a home with Sony Pictures Classics.
Deadline reveals a deal is pretty much signed to inked for the picture. "Carnage," by French writer Yasmina Reza (the play is originally called "God of Carnage"), is a New York-set story (a location the helmer can't film in, for obvious reasons, and instead has been shot in Paris) that follows two sets of middle-class parents who meet for dinner after their children get into a fight at school. Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz take on the roles of Penelope, Michael, Nancy and Allen, respectively, and this should easily be an actor's showcase. The film recently wrapped shooting and as it heads into post, we figure it's a surefire bet for Venice or TIFF later in the year.
The real-time film will run about an hour and forty-five minutes, featuring the principle leads bouncing off each other in what promises to be one of the most exciting character pieces of the year. No word yet on when the pic will land in theaters but it will surely arrive in time for awards consideration.
12 | April 9, 2011 9:24 AM
It looks like the title's changed back to God of Carnage. Deadline used that title and now (for whatever it's worth) IMDB is using it.
Nik | April 8, 2011 7:35 AM
Yeah, this is one of my most anticipated films of the year. Can't wait to see how the Winslet-Waltz dynamic works out..
sp | April 8, 2011 2:07 AM
Gonad, Waltz was not mesmerizing in ' Green Hornet'. I don't like Jodie Foster in her part. She cannot do sharp-edge comedy. John C. Reilly is perfect casting.
gonad | April 7, 2011 12:33 PM
Waltz is going to rock in this, wait and see. He's a mesmerising screen presence, though I've only seen him in Inglourious Basterds and The Green Hornet.
James | April 7, 2011 11:38 AM
Me too! Want to see the play in LA, where it's playing with the Broadway cast, but tickets are crazy expensive.
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Published by Toronto Mike on June 12, 2014 @ 22:25 in Politics
Kathleen Wynne's Liberals will form a majority government in Ontario. This surprising result means two historic firsts:
1. Kathleen Wynne is the first woman elected premier of Ontario
2. Kathleen Wynne is the first openly gay person elected premier of any Canadian province
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3. The fact Kathleen Wynne is a gay woman is no longer a relevant detail.
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Byrne waves furiously from pole postion, but with the RTE cameras rolling, a delayed start is not an option!
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