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Ahead of Sunday's Berlin Marathon, Wilson Kipsang reiterates his determination to add his name to the record books
Wilson Kipsang insists breaking the marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday is possible.
The Kenyan believes that, so long as he can work as part of a team with pacemakers and other members of the field, the current world best mark of 2:03:38 set by his countryman Patrick Makau in the German capital two years ago will be history.
"Right from the start, I've prepared to run very well here," he told BMW Berlin Marathon event organisers. "It's in my mind to run the world record.
"Having run 2:03:42, I know it's possible," continued the 31-year-old, who was just four seconds off Makau's mark when he won the Frankfurt Marathon two years ago. "I've trained to my very best, and if everything goes well with the pacemakers and my colleagues, I think we can do it. It's a team effort, like in training, even more in a race. The more you have a strong group, the more easy it is."
Kipsang will have to see off strong competition from the likes of fellow Kenyans 2003 world 5000m champion Eliud Kipchoge, who ran 2:05:30 on his debut over 26.2 miles in Hamburg back in April, and 2011 world junior cross country champion Geoffrey Kipsang (no relation) if he is to win, while attempting to set what would be the ninth marathon world record set at this event in the process.
The women's race is also set to be hugely competitive, with Florence Kiplagat and Irina Mikitenko, both former winners in Berlin, lining up alongside the winner of last year's Boston Marathon, Sharon Cherop, to run a course described as "flat and forgiving" by America's 2011 Boston runner-up Desiree Davila who will make her return from injury on Sunday.
"I think I can run in the 2:19s, but not a minute faster than my best," commented Kiplagat in a pre-event press conference. "I know I'm in good shape, but so is everyone else," added the 2011 Berlin winner.
Cherop, on the other hand, believes a personal best is possible, but only time will tell if that is enough to see her victorious on her Berlin debut. "It's my first time here, and I gather it's a really fast course," she said. "I've run 2:22 three times, and I think I'm going to improve that here. I'm going to run my fastest time."
» Coverage of the Berlin Marathon will be aired on Eurosport 2 at 7.45am and 9.30pm on Sunday September 29


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During this past Monday night's (March 11, 2013) episode of Raw in Indianapolis, CM Punk suffered an undisclosed injury during his main event match against Kane, as PW Insider first passed along. He was able to finish the match just fine but the severity of the injury was unclear at that time.
There still isn't much information floating around on the situation but Punk has worked Raw brand house shows. That is until this weekend's run where he has been given some time off, according to the Wrestling Observer.
C.M. Punk is not scheduled to be at the Raw house shows today and tomorrow. He's getting the shows off to rest. He's hurt, but as noted, the injuries are not Mania-threatening. He was at the show last night in Bridgeport, but only did an interview.
The hope, of course, is that this injury isn't bad enough to cause problems in the future. It may seem silly to think such a thing but if you remember, he worked on his bum knee late last year until finally getting checked out and essentially being ordered to do a quick surgery to get cleaned up, causing him to miss the TLC pay-per-view (PPV) and take about a month off from actual wrestling.
Obviously, WrestleMania 29 and his pending match with Undertaker is a far bigger deal than a gimmicked throwaway bout with Ryback.
Also of note, it would seem the urn you saw on Raw this week that Punk stole will be in play in the weeks to come. House show reports reveal Punk and Paul Heyman using it to play catch and horse around with while insinuating the ashes of Paul Bearer are, in fact, inside it.
So get ready for that, just in case they do it on TV.

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HENRICO, Va- A fire in a West End house causes major damage to the interior of a home. At 3:15 PM Henrico County Division of Fire responded to a report of a house on fire at 1811 Haviland Drive.
When fire units arrived they found a single story residential structure with heavy smoke from the eves and gable vents. Crews were met by the occupant that stated no one was home. Fire crews made entry and found a fire in the living room.
The fire was extinguished quickly but heavy damage to the home had already occurred. No injuries were reported. Two adult occupants are being assisted by The American Red Cross. Fire investigators are on scene to determine the origin and cause of the fire.
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News: Katt Williams Busted On Gun Charges Again, Barely Makes It To NYC Performace
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Comedian Katt Williams just made it to his sold out show at New York City's Carnegie Hall yesterday (November 6) night after he was arrested earlier in the day and briefly imprisoned on gun charges.
According to New York's Daily News, Williams and ten members of his crew were taken in on weapons charges Thursday morning after police noticed three visible guns in his Cadillac Escalade, which was missing a license plate, in lower Manhattan.
Upon exiting a building, the stand-up comic told authorities the vehicle was his which led to police arresting him plus his surrounding entourage.
Originally scheduled to perform that evening at Carnegie Hall, Williams spent 18 hours behind bars before being released on a $25,000 bond around the same time he was supposed to begin his stand up show.
Nearly an hour later, the comedian rushed to the stage apologizing to fans.
"I'm not moving at my usual pace," he reportedly told the packed crowd. "I just got out of jail 35 minutes ago."
Ironically, Williams was arrested in November 2006 at Los Angeles International Airport after a stolen gun was discovered in his briefcase days before he was also booked to host the BET Hip Hop Awards. The comedian narrowly made it out in time to MC the show.
In related news, the hip-hop comedian will be releasing a new DVD, It's Pimpin' Pimpin' next week.
The 77-minute disc is set to follow the same formula known for making Williams' popularity soar along the likes of previous releases including The Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1 and American Hustle The Movie.
It's Pimpin' Pimpin' is currently scheduled to drop on Tuesday, November 11
The finalists for the Online Hip-Hop Awards have been announced. Vote for your favorite artists, blogger and websites here.


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Rutland, Vermont - November 13, 2010
Food shelves across the state are putting out a cry for help this holiday season.
The Salvation Army of Rutland has seen bare shelves for over a month. Saturday the shelves were restocked as volunteers helped unload donations from the annual stuff-a-bus event. The food shelf relies on up to four massive food drives annually to serve year-round needs, and to fill hundreds of holiday meal baskets for families across Rutland County.
"This year right now we have over 200 families, plus the council on aging sent us 45 families that they need help with. Then Tuesday and Wednesday of this week we are taking another open enrollment for holiday assistance. Then after Thanksgiving we will have it for Christmas. Last year we did 373 for Thanksgiving and 495 for Christmas meals. We do not know what the numbers are going to be this year," said Captain Rose Balcom.
Volunteers will sort the over 20,000 pounds of food donated in this years drive, and split the items between Benning-Rutland Opportunity Council and the Salvation Army.
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PEORIA, Ill. -- Nationwide many not-for-profit organizations are preparing for the trickle down effects of the shutdown, that could leave them cutting services and programs.
Officials with the Heartland Division of the Salvation Army say while they are facing new challenges with the shutdown, there is hope that programs will continue to operate smoothly until a deal is reached.
"Most of our programs that we get funding for are already in place. So what might happen is we might see some delays, said Rich Draeger, Assistant Development Director of Salvation Army, Heartland. "We get some pass-through money that maybe we use for rent and utilities assistance or maybe to buy a bus pass and things. So sometimes we might see those drop off or go down a little bit, but then hopefully once the shutdown is over we'll see those programs come back up to full strength."


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Twins starter Mike Pelfrey undergoes surgery on right elbow
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Mike Pelfrey's absence from the Twins' rotation will be a lengthy one.
The team announced on Tuesday night that the righthanded pitcher underwent elbow ulnar nerve decompression surgery. The surgery was performed Tuesday by Dr. James Andrews in Pensacola, Fla.
Pelfrey originally went on a rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Rochester to recover from a groin injury, but was returned from his assignment after experiencing numbness and tingling in his right fingers.
At that point it was discovered he had ulnar nerve irritation. Pelfrey has been on the disabled list since May 2. He was 0-3 with a 7.99 earned-run average in five starts this season.


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CBS News reporter Lara Logan sexually assaulted, beaten in Cairo; Update: Unhinged NYU fellow attacks Logan as "war-monger"
Lara Logan in Cairo on Friday before she suffered a sustained beating and gang sexual assault. Image: CBS
I haven't always had kind words for CBS News, but I've always admired reporter Lara Logan's guts and willingness to report on the ground and on the battlefield around the world — even if I didn't agree with her perspective.
CBS News reports this afternoon that Logan was sexually assaulted and brutally beaten on Friday amidst the celebrations in Cairo.
She was flown back to the U.S. and is in a New York hospital recovering. There is little detail about who the assailants are at this point.
But this much can be said:
Damn the animals who are responsible. Damn them.
Please keep this brave journalist and mother of two in your thoughts and prayers:
On Friday, Feb. 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a "60 Minutes" story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into frenzy.
In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew. She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers.
Flashback Feb. 3: Logan and crew detained…
Update: Here's your New Tone Alert via Jim Geraghty — an NYU security and law "fellow" named Nir Rosen uses the occasion to attack Logan as a "war-monger."
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The knock-on effects of the 2007 writers' strike have been felt heavily in the last few years. Last summer saw the obviously rushed likes of "Wolverine," "Terminator Salvation," "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra;" all of which were patently harmed by the disruption caused by months of inaction by screenwriters, while the films were in or gearing up for production. Hell, even "Star Trek," easily the strongest of the tentpoles that year, had script issues.
This year, meanwhile, saw movies like "Robin Hood," "Prince of Persia," "The A-Team" and "Jonah Hex," among others, all of which were hastily greenlit post-strike and all critical and commercial disappointments, leading to panic among studio executives. Next year, however, is set to make up for the two dismal preceding seasons with a veritable banquet of blockbusters, all of which have (hopefully) been carefully nurtured and developed without the need to quickly fill a release date or to rush a script into production. That's the theory, anyway...
Indeed, the problem next year looks to be a surplus of product, rather than an absence of it: seven comic book adaptations (four of which are superhero movies), 11 sequels, 12 potential sleepers, six R-rated comedies, seven CGI-heavy family comedies, one eagerly anticipated Terrence Malick film, and one piece of counter-programming with Angela Bassett and an odd title ("Riding the Broom," which we'd never heard of before today...). It's likely to be a veritable cluster-fuck.
Even director Jon Favreau, who's coming off two smash hit "Iron Man" movies and whose film "Cowboys & Aliens" is one of the few relatively original properties (original in that it's based on a comic book that no one's read) is a little worried, telling Hero Complex that "It's going to be a bloodbath. There's never been a summer like this next summer. It's going to be bloody [for filmmakers and the studios]. As we were sticking thumb tacks in a calendar we realized that this is going to be looked back upon as Omaha Beach."
He expanded "There's not a weekend where there won't be teeth on the floor. The audience wins but it's going to be rough for people making these movies. Then there was the big rush to 3D, so you have all of these people fighting for a limited number of screens and to get the 3D done, since most of these are hybrids or conversions, so this is a technology that is still in the relatively early stages and there's going to be a lot of blood pressures going up in the months ahead."
Favreau's a smart man about all things not related to the choice to make "Couples Retreat," and he's bang on here, even if we're surprised that anyone in the community has come out and said as much at this point. The fact is, even if every one of the films next summer are unreserved artistic successes (and with the likes of "Priest" and "The Smurfs" on the way, it's unlikely), some of these films are going to tank, and tank hard.
The $1 billion question is, which ones? There are a handful of surefire home runs, but not as many as you might expect from a summer full of franchises, or potential franchises. So what's likely to connect? What's likely to surprise? And what's likely to get lost in the rush?
The Safe Bets
William Goldman famously said that "Nobody knows anything," but that's not strictly true -- even Somalian schoolchildren know that "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2" will make an obscene amount of money. Of the six films to date, only "The Prisoner of Azkaban" has grossed less than $800 million worldwide (and then only just), and the final film in the franchise is likely to get a "Return of the King" style boost, particularly in the way that Warner Bros. are marketing it as a true event. Unless the imminent Pt. 1 turns off the audience by incorporating new plot points borrowed from Todd Solondz's "Happiness," this'll be a monster. The other dead certs are likely to be a pair of CGI sequels. While "Cars" was actually on the lower-grossing end of the Pixar scale, again, that's a very relative thing, the original was huge in terms of DVD and merchandising, hence the sequel. The only question is whether the adult crossover audience that have been so key to the colossal success of recent Pixars will return, having been burnt by the original, easily the weakest of the studio's efforts. DreamWorks has its sequel to "Kung Fu Panda," which conversely, was one of the best-liked of their films, and one of the biggest-grossers outside the "Shrek" franchise, so it should do nicely. Whether it proves as charming as the original remains to be seen, but with a script polish from Charlie Kaufman, we're certainly intrigued. Both should easily match, and probably exceed, the grosses of their predecessors, particularly with a lack of competition from upstarts Fox and Universal. Finally, while it can't hope to match the surprise factor of the original, and while it's been beset by controversy of late, "The Hangover 2" should prove highly profitable thanks to the goodwill from the original, particularly with the costs staying relatively low, compared to the $200 million behemoths it's up against.
Fool Me Once, Shame On You...
Two of the biggest sequels (or, to be more accurate, threequels and fourquels) of the season, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," have something in common -- they're the latest in series which started with generally well-liked originals, and followed them up with widely despised sequels (or in the case of the Pirates franchise, two). All sequels were monster hits, to be sure, but much of that can be put down to the goodwill held towards the first film -- indeed, "At World's End" grossed a full $100 million less than "Dead Man's Chest". With only four years separating "On Stranger Tides" from the third film (and only two between "Dark Of The Moon" and the particularly awful "Revenge of the Fallen"), will that be enough to heal audience's wounds? Or will audiences look for something fresher, regardless of the quality of the newest entries? We'd imagine that both will end up being fine, albeit coming in with thinner grosses than their predecessors, but it's still worth bearing in mind, particularly if the new films continue the death spiral for the franchises.
Another long-running series rolls on with "Fast Five" (which we're still disappointed wasn't called "Five Fast Five Fiverious") facing Dwayne Johnson off against franchise leads Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, whose return to the series in 2009's "Fast and Furious" led to the biggest film so far. But that film opened to little competition in April, when the public are semi-starved for big, loud, action movies. Moving it to June in a summer as crowded as this one could see the series come a cropper.
The Superhero Showdown
After the 2008 triple-threat of "Iron Man," "The Dark Knight" and "Hancock," we've had something of a breather from superhero movies the past couple of summers, with only "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and "Iron Man 2" hitting. 2012 will see the return of most of the big hitters, with "The Dark Knight Rises," "The Avengers," "Wolverine 2" and "Spider-Man" all set for summer releases, and "Superman" set for Christmas, but 2011 will see four relative newcomers to the field, none of which are guaranteed to be smash hits by any means. "X-Men: First Class" has the most pedigree, being the fifth mutant movie in 11 years. But it's coming off two disappointing entries, and is taking a prequel/reboot approach, with none of the original cast returning. Will Matthew Vaughn's bold, period-set approach pay off and make the franchise feel fresh again? Or will the relatively unknown cast and Kennedy-era setting (and, perhaps more importantly, what we hear is the same rushed, damn-the-script-we've-got-a-release-date-to-hit development process that beset the previous two films) prove a turn-off?
Marvel, meanwhile, play their last two cards before "The Avengers," introducing "Thor" and "Captain America" to wider audiences. Both are potentially risky prospects -- "Thor" is the intrinsically silliest of the four heroes that makes up the superteam, and the images and footage to date haven't been hugely reassuring. "Captain America," meanwhile, like Fox's mutant epic, has a period setting to contend with along with a B-list director in Joe Johnston and a patriotic hero who may not play as well internationally. However, both have prime release dates. "Thor" will be the first to hit, which'll prevent superhero fatigue from settling in, and "Captain America" with the late July slot that served "Inception" so well last year, could play strongly through August and September, as long as the word of mouth is decent (and it does look a little more promising than "Thor" at least). But if both underwhelm, and it's a distinct possibility, expect to see "The Avengers" get an "Iron Man 3" surtitle fairly quickly.
Perhaps the biggest question mark is Warner Bros.' "Green Lantern," the first of the company's new wave of DC Comics movies that they hope will replace the 'Harry Potter' franchise. The film has the advantage of having the most in-demand man in Hollywood, Ryan Reynolds, in the lead, heading up a strong cast also including Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Tim Robbins and Mark Strong. But Reynolds' credentials as a bona-fide movie star are as yet unproven -- his only megahit to date, "The Proposal," relied on co-star Sandra Bullock. While history's proven that you don't need to be an A-lister to carry a superhero film, "Green Lantern" has a tougher mountain to climb than most -- similarly to "Thor," the character's cosmic powers and space setting could be a tough sell in the current climate of more grounded heroes. Plus, fan reaction to Comic-Con footage, the all-CGI costume and the somewhat cheesy design work we've seen so far have been fairly muted. All it'll take for the buzz to turn around is a kick-ass teaser trailer (one's expected to debut with 'Harry Potter' in a few weeks), but in the meantime, this is looking like the one of the dicier prospects of the season.
The Filthy Five
From July 15th, four promising comedies, all of which are near certainties to be R-rated, will open right on top of each other, one each week. It kicks off with David Gordon Green's "The Sitter," starring Jonah Hill and Sam Rockwell, with the Justin Timberlake/Mila Kunis rom-com "Friends With Benefits" from "Easy A" helmer Will Gluck following the next week, and ensemble comedy "Horrible Bosses," Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman starrer "The Change Up" and Ruben Fleischer's "30 Minutes or Less" with Jesse Eisenberg following hot on their heels. All look promising to various degrees, with decent scripts and strong comedy pedigrees, but if all five were to keep to their release dates, they'd likely cannibalize each other. Unlike the superhero movies, they can push their release dates without dropping the stock price of their parent company, and we imagine at least one or two of the films will move to the fall. We're pretty certain that one of them will be either "Horrible Bosses" or "The Change Up," two films toplining Jason Bateman set to open on successive weeks. The latter has the most mainstream appeal, with an A-list co-star in Reynolds, and a body-swap high concept, but it's only just started filming this week, and "Horrible Bosses" has the most potential to match the sleeper success of "The Hangover." We're sure that at least one will blink, but it could be either. Otherwise, "The Sitter" may find that opening against the final 'Harry Potter' to be too much of a challenge, even if it is a theoretically smart piece of counter-programming, while "Friends With Benefits" may want to put more distance between it and the similarly-themed Natalie Portman comedy "No Strings Attached," which opens in January.
The August 19th 3D Pile-Up
As Favreau noted, 3D screens are going to be hard-fought over next summer, and at no point will it be more obvious than on August 19th, when "Spy Kids 4," "Conan" and "Fright Night" will all open in the format. Even with "How To Train Your Dragon" and "Clash of the Titans" proving that the screens can be shared, something's got to give, surely. "Spy Kids" is the only kids' option, but it's got to wrestle them off "The Smurfs" and "Mr. Popper's Penguins" -- all it takes is for one to be a monster hit, and exhibitors may not want to bring in the newcomer. "Fright Night" probably has a wider appeal than "Conan," but Lionsgate has very deliberately placed the latter in the same slot that they did so handsomely with last year for "The Expendables." If we were DreamWorks, we'd seriously consider moving "Fright Night" to October, which is currently fairly thin on Halloween fare -- we're sure "Paranormal Activity" will pull a third installment out of thin air, but there's unlikely to be a new "Saw" film this year, so the competition'll be much thinner.
The Question Marks
There's a number of films also due which, while no means risk the size of "Inception" or "Scott Pilgrim," have the potential to either fly under the radar of audiences, or prove to be something a little different in a summer full of costumed heroes and jokes about the word 'vagina.' Still not quite over the monstrosity that was Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes," we've been wary about Fox's "Rise of the Apes," which hits on June 24th. But with the always-unpredictable James Franco in the lead, motion-capture work from Andy Serkis as lead ape Caesar, and talented director Rupert Wyatt at the helm (as well as a script that, while not perfect, is more interesting than we expected), this could prove to be something a little different. But at the same time, it could prove a little out there for audiences in the summer -- if we had to put money on which of the summer movies would flop in a serious way, it'd realistically be this one. J.J. Abrams meanwhile, has "Super 8" on the way, crammed between 'X-Men' and "Green Lantern" on the schedule, and it's not hugely expensive, so it should turn a profit. But with a wealth of alien invasion pictures hitting theaters between now and then and a low-key cast, it'll need the marketing campaign to turn up a notch for this to be a genuine blockbuster.
"Cowboys & Aliens" is also a little different, taking a genre that hasn't had an easy time at the box office of late, the Western, and giving it a sci-fi spin. There's a potent combination of male stars, in the shape of Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, but Craig hasn't proven a box-office champ outside the Bond movies, and Ford's appeal has long shrunk thanks to decades of half-assed, mediocre choices (although if "Morning Glory" hits, that could change). Despite the risks and competition, the concept's high enough, and the buzz from Comic-Con glowing enough, that it should do fine.
The Sleepers
All of the films we've discussed so far have one thing in common, from the FX-fests to the bawdy comedies -- they skew very heavily to male audiences. Even the two big animated flicks are action-led, and likely to leave the tween girl audience a little cold (again, we'd be surprised if a studio didn't take the likes of the Miley Cyrus vehicle "LOL" and place it in the summer -- there's an audience there that isn't being catered to). For the slightly older crowd, there's no "Sex and the City 2" style blockbuster, but there's a selection of films that could well prove to be breakout hits. The Judd Apatow-produced "Bridesmaids" gives Kirsten Wiig her first lead, alongside Rose Byrne and Jon Hamm, and with a promising script and an early release date, stands a very good chance of being the comedy titan's biggest hit since "Superbad." "Something Borrowed," with Kate Hudson, John Krasinski and Ginnifer Goodwin, looks to be a more traditional rom-com, but it's really the only one in the summer, and, while we're not expecting "The Proposal"-style numbers, should clean up nicely.
Meanwhile, the only summer movies with real awards potential are Tom Hanks' second directorial effort, "Larry Crowne," in which he'll co-star with Julia Roberts as a middle-aged man who returns to college, and "The Help," which toplines Emma Stone in a Southern civil rights drama. The former has the same slot that proved so lucrative for "Forrest Gump" 15 years ago, and even if Hanks isn't quite the box office behemoth he once was, should bring in a decent adult crowd, while the latter's based on a bestseller and Oprah favorite, and with Stone poised to become a megastar, could well capture both grown-up and teen crowds. But if either turn out to be really good, they may well find themselves moved to a fall slot to be better positioned for an Oscar run.
Finally, the closest thing 2011 offers to a potential "District 9"-style sleeper is "The Darkest Hour," which will see Emile Hirsch and Olivia Thirlby trapped in an alien invasion in Moscow. We're sure that a marketing campaign similar to Neill Blomkamp's film is in the offing from Summit, but again, with "Skyline," "Battle Los Angeles," "Paul," "Super 8" and "Cowboys & Aliens" all coming first, it may prove too little too late if the film doesn't prove genuinely fresh.
Plenty may change between now and the summer (although the release of "Thor" is now only six months away, so time is ticking along. As we've said, there's bound to be some high-profile release date changes -- we've already seen "War Horse" move to the fall, and it's distinctly possible that others may follow.
The problem there, however, is that the fall is just as crowded: December alone sees the release of "Hugo Cabret," "New Year's Eve," "Alvin and the Chipmunks 3D" "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" (itself moved from a summer date)," "Sherlock Holmes 2," "The Adventures of Tintin," "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," "The Muppets," "We Bought A Zoo" and "War Horse," with "Twilight: Breaking Dawn," "Puss In Boots," "Tower Heist" and "Happy Feet 2" hitting not long before. We're sure there'll be casualties then too, although it remains to be seen which ones.
john | November 9, 2010 6:18 AM
The superhero boom is just getting started. To fight possible superhero fatigue, studios will just raise the bar further. The way technology advances, something done five years ago is passe. Aside from new films, rebooting is a way to reinvigorate. Get ready for the 100th batman and 100th superman film coming next year..... (the second restart in the last 4 years for that character, remember Superman Lives?) Then expect flash and wonder woman to surely follow. DC is going to enter the frey to compete with Marvel. Studios are looking for the next tentpole franchise. You can't just go back to the standard die hard or leathal weapon action/fantasy fare after audiences have got a taste of superheroes. Like I said this is just the beginning. This next ten years will dwarf the last ten, out.
john | November 9, 2010 5:38 AM
I think thor and green lantern will be huge X-men and cap will also be hits. Was worried about green lantern but seeing some of the concepts has turned me. Just hope it works
Drew | November 5, 2010 5:32 AM
Just got a chance to read this! ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT
Is it telling that my first thought was "Jesus, I have to see all of this crap?"
BradZuhl | November 3, 2010 9:33 AM
2011 will be the year the superhero bubble bursts. So many of these films will bomb that studios will have to rethink their knee-jerk reaction of making a movie out of any comic book that falls open in front of them. Maybe then they'll start spending money on some intelligent films.
John S. Bury | November 3, 2010 4:39 AM
I'm sort of with Scott on the 3D issue. Going on a sense of people more than statistics, I just think it's too thin a gimmick to sustain blockbuster strength. Sure, everybody loved "Avatar", but has anything since really grabbed people the same way?
On a somewhat related note, I'll be very interested to see how things play out for Marvel over the next two years. Save "Iron Man", they haven't really struck a chord with audiences for a longass time. If one of the next wave doesn't really hit - and I think we can probably rule out Thor and Cap for that - my call is their movie heyday is essentially over. Then again, I wouldn't count on that meaning they'll stop making flicks; in both comics and film, Marvel have pretty much always had dollar-sign eyes. No loyalty to anybody: see Kirby and Ditko back in the day, and Favreau now.
Oliver Lyttelton | November 3, 2010 4:19 AM
Thanks Joel -- slip of the wording. It's being corrected.
Joel | November 3, 2010 3:42 AM
"All sequels were monster hits, to be sure, but much of that can be put down to the goodwill held towards the first film—indeed, "At World's End" grossed a full $100 million less than the original."
I think you mean it grossed $100 million less than Dead Man's Chest (domestically). AWE is #2 in domestic gross by about $5 million over the original and was a bigger worldwide success by about $300 million.
Oliver Lyttelton | November 3, 2010 2:09 AM
Yeah, that's entirely possible -- Prince of Persia did it as well, it was put back a whole year.
The Playlist | November 3, 2010 1:58 AM
i think what might happen instead of "casualties" per se, is films being bumped an entire year into 2012. We saw it happen with The Wolfman, The Adjustment Bureau and Green Zone (look how those turned out), so it's very plausible it'll happen again to some of these pictures.
emma | November 3, 2010 1:30 AM
i have a strong feeling that some studios will be in financial crisis even more next year like MGM. They are making too much super heroes movies, people actually need to see some original project. last year Inception saved that desastrous summer 2010. The only one action scy fy movie that i want to see is TRON LEGACY it took almost years to made the movie. Thor, Green Lantern and others are made in the hurry and that's not good.
Scott Mendelson | November 2, 2010 11:11 AM
Been saying this for two years (been making the Iron Man 3: The Avengers joke since the Thor trailer crapped on the bed in July). There's a decent shot that we'll see a $50 million opening for at least one film every weekend from May until late July. Of course, most of these films are so expensive that they'll HAVE to open to $50 million just to survive. Me thinks this will be a summer of reckoning, as audiences overdose on 3D (and revolt over having so few options to see a given movie in 2D), and the studios realize that they can't survive when every single one of their movies has to make $400-600 million just to break even. Paramount seems to be getting out of the blockbuster game, so maybe Disney will be the only 'only tentpoles, all the time' studio in a few years. That would be nice.
mongoloidmike | November 2, 2010 10:46 AM
wow. just... wow. there are some terrible movies on the horizon.


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"In Syracuse's case, you know what you face and it's a really good zone," Calhoun said. "They don't look quite as fluid on offense and the zone is not moving as quickly as it was early in the season. And we're talking now half a step. But that half a step will be made up. Jimmy is not going to sit back and allow that to happen.
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There are 16 players in the class and half are three-star athletes. The Huskies were believed to be looking to bring 16 or 17. They had 17 but lost three-star cornerback Adrian Amos to Penn State this week. There may or may not be a surprise addition to the class Wednesday on National Signing Day. Still, the class is pretty good considering the coaching turnover. It's a testament to the staff's ability to retain much of the class while things weren't so stable before Paul Pasqualoni replaced Randy Edsall as coach.
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Seen This Fashion Bomb?44 Comments
Above is the sketch of the man suspected to be behind the bombings in Hyderabad.
Just what we needed: a terrorist with Elton John goggles. One word of advice, son. When you meet those virgins in heaven , do take them glasses off . With those shades, even your Jihadi achievements wont help you in getting laid.
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Many of us have often accused the Left parties and their minions in the intelligentsia of pissing on the Indian army and the defense establishment at every possible opportunity. Well, in a disturbing development this "pissing" has crossed over from the world of metaphor in to the world of mice and men in a way that is sure to make even the most news-hardened among you hold your nose to block the stench.
Nothing New49 Comments
Hyderabad burns, confirming once again why India loses the most number of people to terrorism after Iraq. Weeping families, burnt and charred bodies, blood on the streets. And drowning out the wailing of the sirens and the cries of agony and loss reverberate the words of a state legislator declaring that he is a Muslim first and an Indian second and of another Hyderabadi politician publicly announcing that it would have been legitimate to kill a dissident author.
Shocking –yes.
One Two Buckle My Shoe49 Comments
It's official. You cannot call the honorable members of the House opposing the 123 agreement "headless chickens". Or ballless cocks for that matter. Cause if you do, prepare for collective clucking sounds, bedlam and hearty flinging of verbal excreta to an extent that would make a chicken farm look clean and orderly in comparison.
As China opens 31 nuclear power reactors making the same concessions to foreign powers that their page-boys in India are frothing about, the divided loyalties of "General Tso's chickens" has been exposed (if at all there was any doubt about the loyalty of a political party that split on the issue of whether to support China or Russia when India was at war with China) once again. As was evident in Sitaram Yechury's bumbling interview with Karan Thapar and in statements by other luminaries, the Left's objection to the nuclear deal has less to do with the deal itself and more to do with its idealogical opposition to strong Indo-US ties, ties which the red-thonged "mother ship" and its subservient "green" vassal state feel more than a bit queasy about. (As an aside, it's almost Gunda-esque comical to hear the most stringent voices against the Indian nuclear program, the Karats and the Yechuries wax eloquent on national security)
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Haye haye mera beta jawaan ho gya, toota hua teer kaman ho gya
On August 20, "Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind", the fruit of my fingers, turns three. And so I feel like a Dummy (dad + mummy) blogger, which is why we have the standard "proud parent" graphic below.
It has been an eventful year for RTDM, with it winning the IndiBlog of the Year 2006, a fact that caused much merriment in the Greatbong household with calls to all and sundry and conversations on the lines of "Yes mera beta came first this year. How did your blog-munna do? Not that good? Aww…koi baat naheen…(wicked grin)". The jubilance was in sharp contrast to 2005 when my good-for-nothing blog came second, despite the best coaching and cramming classes money can buy. No doubt the repeated boxing of its ears, the 100 lines of writing "I shall come first in class" on the blackboard and the ritual humiliation, inflicted on it as sanctions for its "failure" to live up to it's parent's expectations, had its effect.
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Is it a bird? Is it a Chinese plane? Is it Osama's nose? Is it a long-range missile with a noxious, bio-hazardous payload pointed straight towards the enemy capital ? Is it the missing X-man Erecto, brother of Magneto?
No it's just the General —-rising to the occasion, in a style that cries out, as the Salt N Pepa song goes, "Whatta man, whatta man, whatta mighty mighty man".
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Film critics from Peshawar to Pondicherry acknowledge Raj Kumar Kohli's "Jaani Dushman–Ek Anonkhi Kahani (2002)" (released 5 years ago on August 15) to be one of the greatest horror/ science-fiction movies ever to be made in the history of celluloid. And the reason for that is because Jaani Dushman is one of those rare genre-busting movies where fear operates at many levels—some levels being so subtle that you realize the true horror of what you have just witnessed, many hours or even days after the end credits have rolled, as you wake up in the dead of night , cold sweat running down your brow and the front of your pyjamas wet, with Sonu Nigam's (as one of the hero's) effeminate, uber-girlie "bhaiyya bhaiyya" ringing in your ears in a petrifying cadence.
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It was with a wry chuckle that I read about Sharad the Pawar's volte face on the India Cricket League today, ostensibly at Digvijay Singh's insistence.
In a complete U-turn on the stand against the breakaway cricket venture promoted by the Essel Group, BCCI president Sharad Pawar today said that the Indian board would not ban players who join the Indian Cricket League (ICL).
"There is no confrontation between the BCCI and ICL, it is a media creation. We did not issue any statement on banning anybody for life if he joins another organisation," Pawar told reporters in New Delhi.
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The long list of human rights abuses perpetrated on minorities in India just became longer—claimed Nongra-dhuti ("nongra" is Bengali for "soiled") Ray waving a copy of this press report.
An Indian suspect was forced by police to eat 50 bananas as a laxative, to retrieve a necklace he was accused of stealing and swallowing.
When the bananas failed to produce the desired effect, police fed Sheikh Mohsin rice, chicken and local bread.
Finally the necklace, which appeared on an X-ray taken on the suspect, was excreted and retrieved.
Mr Mohsin will appear in court on Monday in the eastern city of Calcutta, and could face a prison sentence.
Police say he snatched a gold necklace worth £550 ($1,100) from a woman as she shopped for toys on Saturday.
When cornered by police, he swallowed the necklace.
The suspect was fed 50 bananas on doctor's advice, after the X-ray dealt a blow to his denials.
But only after a further meal did he yield the necklace, Calcutta police deputy commissioner Gyanwant Singh told AFP news agency.
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Additional affidavits released Wednesday in regards to the Marley Lion murder case provides more insight into what happened on the night of the 17-year-old's death.
Court documents state 30-year-old Ryan Deleston said he, 32-year-old Julius Brown, and 27-year-old Bryan Rivers had actually planned to rob Famous Joe's during the early-morning hours of June 16, rather than anyone in the parking lot. Deleston told police Lion "interrupted their plan" so they decided to rob him instead.
An affidavit states Julius Brown performed a "surveillance sweep" of the parking lot and Lion's vehicle, to determine the number of occupants and to check for any pedestrian presence.
Deleston said he and Rivers then attempted to carry out the robbery. Police say Deleston was the one who fired shots after Lion sounded the vehicle alarm.
Rivers told investigators during a July 30 interview, "He shot that white boy for nothing."
Since Charleston police say the attack was a coordinated effort, all three suspects were charged with murder and attempted armed robbery in addition to other charges.
The affidavit also clarifies the involvement of 27-year-old George Brown, who faces a charge of accessory after the fact of murder.
Court documents state George Brown brought the handgun which killed Lion to Deleston on July 15, just minutes before police purchased the murder weapon through a confidential informant. Brown was issued a $200,000 bond Wednesday.
After the bond hearing, George Brown's father said his son kept quiet about the murder because he doesn't trust the police.
In November, 2010, the younger Brown was shot five times just before he was scheduled to testify for the prosecution in a murder trial. George Brown Jr. said police failed to protect his son.
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11:30am Friday 21st September 2012 in News By Rachael Burnett
TWO men were attacked by a gang in Weymouth in separate incidents within a few minutes of each other.
The alleged assaults, which police believe could be linked, took place during an afternoon.
Police are appealing for information about the attacks which happened between the bus station and Swannery car park.
The victims, aged 23 and 35 from the Weymouth area, were reportedly approached by a group of men, with one being butted and the other punched in the face.
The men, who were not known to each other, escaped without serious injury.
Borough Councillor for Melcombe Regis Joy Stanley said she was shocked and appalled by the attacks.
She said: "I'm absolutely outraged that this sort of thing happens in the town, especially in the middle of the day.
"It's shocking that people are treated like this and it's appalling, I hope the police have every success in getting evidence to find the people who have done this."
Coun Stanley added: "The area is improving all the time and it's definitely not a bad area. A few bad incidents have given it a bad reputation but the people in this area are the salt of the earth."
Robin Bradley, of Commercial Road, said: "It seems very unusual, especially in broad daylight. We do get our problems around here with people behaving badly but I thought it had been more peaceful recently."
Officers believe the attacks could be linked and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
PC Steve Brown, of County CID said the same group was probably involved in both incidents.
He said: "These two alleged assaults appear to be connected to the same group of men."
PC Brown added that a motorist who had to stop to avoid hitting one of the men might have important information for the police.
He said: "We are particularly keen to speak to the driver of a silver coloured car, who was forced to stop at the scene.
Two youths aged 17, of no fixed abode, and a 19-year-old man from Weymouth have been arrested and released on police bail while inquiries continue. Details have just been released about the assaults which happened at around 4.30pm on Monday afternoon.
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I think Weymouth has never been so bad (in my lifetime). countless arson attacks, assaults, burgalries.
I'd be suprised if the these tow 'thugs' are actually from Weymouth though (born n bred). Too many of the wrong type moving to our beautiful town!
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Piedmont Virginia Community College hosted a tribute Monday morning for all students and staff who have served in the military.
The event, in honor of Veterans Day, kicked off with drums and bagpipes as the American Legion Color Guard did their "marching of the colors."
That was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem and a moment of silence. Then, PVCC president Frank Friedman gave some brief remarks before breakfast was served.
Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Carwile said, "Well having events like this allows us to show not only the community but the actual veterans that everybody wants to help, everyone is here, we are supportive regardless of if we say it or not. Just shaking someone's hand, patting them on the back, saying thank you, means the world. And some people overlook that."
PVCC just received a $67,000 grant for veterans services. The school is using the money to fund a new veterans advisor position at the college, as well as for outreach and marketing.
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When school districts apply for state funds, they must indicate that they will implement one of these four models:
The Restart Model - would convert a school to a charter school
The School Closure Plan - would close the school and send the students elsewhere in the district.
The Transformation Model would replace the principal and improve the school with comprehensive reform, and professional development.
And The Turnaround Model, which is the plan that Estacado will use - will replace the principal, screen the existing staff, and rehire just half of the teachers.
LISD says all Estacado contract teachers have been given the opportunity to reapply for their jobs at the school or move to another campus within the district.
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A Virginia family of cattle farmers will be featured on National Geographic next month in a new show called FAMILY BEEF.
The Buchanans are a multigenerational family of cattle farmers in the rural town of Rich Valley, Virginia (Smyth County). The show will follow three generations of the family: Raymond "Poppy" Buchanan, 80, "Big Tom" Buchanan, 58, and Bucky "Bo" Buchanan, 30.
"Keeping a 2,000 acre farm on its feet in 21st century America is no easy task, especially with corporate owned farms 'ruling the roost'. But the Buchanans are doing everything they can to preserve their family legacy and hang on to their way of life" says the official news release.
The show airs Wednesday, August 7th at 9 and 9:30 p.m.


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Was David Petraeus as great a general as the write-ups of his downfall routinely claim? This is a provocative question that I will begin to answer with another question: Did America prevail in the Iraq War? I suspect few would say ōyesö and believe it, which is no reflection on the valor and sacrifice of the American and allied troops who fought there. On the contrary, it was the vaunted strategy of the two-step Petraeus ōsurgeö that was the blueprint of failure.
While U.S. troops carried out Part One successfully by fighting to establish basic security, the ōtrustö and ōpolitical reconciliationö that such security was supposed to trigger within Iraqi society never materialized in Part Two. Meanwhile, the ōSunni awakeningö lasted only as long as the U.S. payroll for Sunni fighters did.
Today, Iraq is more an ally of Iran than the United States (while dollars keep flowing to Baghdad). This failure is one of imagination as much as strategy. But having blocked rational analysis of Islam from entering into military plans for the Islamic world, the Bush administration effectively blinded itself and undermined its own war-making capacity. In this knowledge vacuum, David PetraeusÆ see-no-Islam counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine would fill but not satisfy the void.
The basis of COIN is ōpopulation protectionö -- Iraqi populations, Afghan populations -- over ōforce protection.ö Or, as lead author David Petraeus wrote in the 2007 Counterinsurgency Field Manual: ōUltimate success in COIN is gained by protecting the populace, not the COIN force.ö (ōCOIN forceö families must have loved that.) Further, the Petraeus COIN manual tells us: ōThe more successful the counterinsurgency is, the less force can be used and the more risk can be accepted.öōLess forceö and ōmore riskö translate into highly restrictive rules of engagement.
More risk accepted by whom? By U.S. forces. Thus we see how, at least in the eyes of senior commanders, we get the few, the proud, the sacrificial lambs. And sacrificed to what? A theory.
The Petraeus COIN manual continues: ōSoldiers and Marines may also have to accept more risk to maintain involvement with the people.ö As Petraeus wrote in a COIN ōguidanceö to troops in 2010 upon assuming command in Afghanistan: ōThe people are the center of gravity. Only by providing them security and earning their trust and confidence can the Afghan government and ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) prevail.ö That was a theory, too. Now, after two long COIN wars, we know it was wrong.
COIN doctrine approaches war from an ivory tower, a place where such theories thrive untested and without hurting anyone. On the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, however, the results have been catastrophic. Tens of thousands of young Americans answered their countryÆs call and were told to accept more ōriskö and less ōprotection.ö Many lost lives, limbs and pieces of their brains as a result of serving under a military command structure and government in thrall to a leftist ideology that argues, in defiance of human history, that cultures, beliefs and peoples are all the same, or want to be.
Attributing such losses to PetraeusÆ see-no-Islam COIN is no exaggeration. In his 2010 COIN guidance, Petraeus told troops: ōWalk. Stop by, donÆt drive by. Patrol on foot whenever possible and engage the population.ö As the Los Angeles Times reported last year, ōThe counterinsurgency tactic that is sending U.S. soldiers out on foot patrols among the Afghan people, rather than riding in armored vehicles, has contributed to a dramatic increase in arm and leg amputations, genital injuries and the loss of multiple limbs following blast injuries.ö
Indeed, the military has had to devise a new category of injury -- ōdismounted complex blast injuryö -- while military medicine has had to pioneer, for example, new modes of ōaggressive pain management at the POI (point of injury)ö and ōphallic reconstruction surgery.ö
But not even such COIN sacrifices have won the ōtrustö of the Islamic world. On the contrary, we have seen spiraling rates of murder by our Muslim ōpartnersö -- camouflaged by the phrase ōgreen on blueö killings. COIN commanders, ever mindful of winning (appeasing) ōhearts and minds,ö blame not the Islamic imperatives of jihad but rather summer heat, Ramadan fasting and the ōcultural insensitivityö of the murder victims themselves. Such is the shameful paralysis induced by COIN, whose manual teaches: ōArguably, the decisive battle is for the peopleÆs minds. ... While security is essential to setting the stage for overall progress, lasting victory comes from a vibrant economy, political participation and restored hope.ö
Notice the assumption that something called ōoverall progressö will just naturally follow ōsecurity.ö Another theory. It didnÆt happen in Iraq. It hasnÆt happened in Afghanistan. Since nothing succeeds like failure, the doctrineÆs leading general was rewarded with the directorship of the CIA.
There is more at work here than a foundationally flawed strategy. In its drive to win Islamic hearts and minds, COIN doctrine has become an engine of Islamization inside the U.S. military. To win a Muslim populationÆs ōtrust,ö U.S. troops are taught deference to Islam -- to revere the Quran; not to spit toward Mecca (thousands of miles away); and to condone such un- or anti-Western practices as religious supremacism, misogyny, polygamy, pederasty and cruelty to dogs. Our military has even permitted Islamic law to trump the First Amendment to further COIN goals, as when ISAF commander Petraeus publicly condemned an American citizen for exercising his lawful right to freedom of speech to burn a Quran.
This explains why the reports that CIA director David Petraeus went before the House Intelligence Committee in September and blamed a YouTube Muhammad video for the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, sounded so familiar. Whatever his motivation, it was all too easy for Petraeus to make free speech the scapegoat for Islamic violence. But so it goes in COIN-world, where jihad and Shariah (Islamic law) are off the table and the First Amendment is always to blame.
If there is a lesson here, it is simple: A leader who will betray the First Amendment will betray anything.
Diana West is the author of ōThe Death of the Grown-up: How AmericaÆs Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization,ö and blogs at dianawest.net. She can be contacted via firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @diana_west


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Coach Larry Calhoun, the star of the Move to Learn exercise break videos, will be at the Marshall Elementary School campus on April 26, 2013, to introduce administrators, teachers and students to the Move to Learn Initiative.
A team from The Bower Foundation and the Mississippi Department of Education's Office of Healthy Schools will accompany Calhoun to present a live demonstration of the Move to Learn videos. The presentation will be held at 1:00 p.m. for 3rd-5th grade students in the auditorium. Marshall Elementary School is located at 2909 Oak Forest Drive.
"Improving nutrition and physical activity levels for Mississippi school children is a priority; healthy children are more likely to be academically successful," said Anne Travis, CEO of The Bower Foundation. The foundation is partnering with the MDE OHS to improve the health of students statewide through the program. "Brief physical activity and increased fitness improve learning and test scores. With this in mind, Move to Learn was designed to be fun for students, improve learning, and assist teachers with classroom management," said Scott Clements, Director of MDE's Office of Healthy Schools.
The Move to Learn videos feature Coach Calhoun leading students in simple movement exercises that can be done in a small space. Teachers are noticing that incorporating the fitness breaks in the classroom has increased their students' ability to learn and to focus on schoolwork. The fitness breaks help teachers create positive learning environments and promote effective classroom management.
These brief, organized, and free classroom movement breaks can help teachers manage their student's energy levels so that after a fitness break children's brains are more focused and ready to learn or take a test. These breaks were developed by Mississippians for Mississippi children. Research shows us that when we exercise our body we are also exercising our brain.
Mississippi teachers are excited about this resource as they prepare students to meet education standards. "Marshall students have benefitted from the program in a comprehensive manner" says Dr. Kathleen Grigsby, principal at Marshall.
Studies have shown that physical activity increases children's ability to learn, and as fitness improves, test scores improve. More information about The Bower Foundation's Move to Learn programs may be found on the Internet at www.movetolearnms.org.
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In many ways, the Quadrennial Defense Review revalidated the Marine Corps as the Nation's Expeditionary Force-in-Readiness. Several separate studies to include the Marine Corps' Force Structure Planning Group effort, the Bottom Up Review, and now the Quadrennial Defense Review essentially all came to the same conclusion, that the Nation requires "a versatile Expeditionary Force-in-Readiness . . . A force to be most ready when the Nation is least ready."
If those words sound familiar, it's because they were written by the 2d Session of the 82d Congress to describe the capabilities the Nation needs in their Corps of Marines. The 82d Congress went on to structure the Corps to include "not less than 3 Combat Divisions and 3 Air Wings and other Services organic therein." Congress further stipulated that the Corps be kept always at a high state of combat readiness and to hold aggression at bay while the American Nation mobilizes. It recognized that the Corps must never orient toward one specific threat, such as the Soviet Union, but be ready to fight across the whole spectrum of warfare.
Before Desert Shield/Storm, we began to trim personnel, equipment, and structure. Immediately after Desert Storm and before the Bottom Up Review, we made even deeper cuts--reducing our armor by 50 percent, our artillery by 40 percent, our infantry by 26 percent, and our aviation, both fixed and rotary wing, by 26 percent. We did this in order to rapidly reach the "Base Force" level mandated by the Department of Defense. Soon thereafter, the Bottom Up Review validated the relevance and value of a strong and versatile Marine Corps and held the Corps' end strength at 174,000. With this information as background, let me address the Quadrennial Defense Review.
The Quadrennial Defense Review's difficulty in reassessing America's defense strategy, force structure, military modernization programs, and defense infrastructure hinges on the intractable problem of simultaneously surveying three distinctly different periods in time -- what I call the "Near Battle," the "Mid-Range Battle," and the "Future Battle."
The "Near Battle" is today -- what our warfighting commanders-in-chief around the globe are currently facing. No matter how much we talk about the future, we must be properly manned, equipped, and trained to fight the potential major regional contingencies that exist today in places such as Northeast Asia and Southwest Asia, as well as meet our other global security responsibilities. There is a North Korean Army that is a threat today! There is an Iraqi Army that is a threat today! We have Marines in Albania and Zaire because of our global security responsibilities today! These are all realities we must not forget. To be relevant, any changes that the Quadrennial Defense Review proposed had to address these issues.
The "Mid-Range Battle" is tomorrow-- the 2000-2005 time frame-- when I believe the technology we are experimenting with today will mature. In order to properly position ourselves for the "Future Battle" to come, each of the services is working hard with experimentation, concept development, and capabilities development. The Marine Corps' Warfighting Laboratory and Sea Dragon Experiments are specifically aimed at reaping the benefits of "leap ahead" technology. These experiments, to be carried out in three complementary phases between January 1996 and June 2001, will focus on the development of operational concepts, and advanced tactics, techniques, and procedures for operations in an expanded and dispersed battlefield, in an urbanized littoral, and in conjunction with numbered fleets. The first phase, which culminated in the recent Hunter Warrior Advanced Warfighting Experiment at 29 Palms, focused on operations in a dispersed battlefield. It clearly demonstrated the promise that "leap ahead" technologies have for empowering small, dispersed teams to dominate an expanded battlefield by fire and maneuver.
Unfortunately, some of that technology is not yet available. The Joint Strike Fighter, the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle, the Light Weight 155mm Howitzer, and the advanced fire support command and control system are just a few examples of innovative technologies that are still being developed. But, we know the technology will work and that it's coming quickly, so we are attempting to position ourselves doctrinally and organizationally for the arrival of these new technologies in the 2010-2020 time frame. Not only does this allow us to keep abreast of technology, it also allows us to remain abreast or indeed ahead of the changing threats . . . to be "threat flexible" -- to be capabilities-based, vice threat-based. We are not building to a single threat but to a wide variety of potential opponents -- both symmetric and asymmetric. To afford experimentation on this scale, experimentation that we must do, the Quadrennial Defense Review had to make some hard choices regarding the current force.
The "Future Battle" is the day after tomorrow -- the 2010-2020 time frame -- when we know we will face an asymmetric enemy and may well face a peer competitor. It is then when I envision a Marine Corps newly structured, newly equipped, and capable of operating at great depths across an extended littoral battlefield -- a battlefield that by the year 2020, will contain 70 percent of the world's population.
To get there -- to get that capability -- requires that we face up to difficult choices today. Do we ignore today's threats and, as some pundits want, skip the experimentation stage and move directly to a restructuring of our forces base upon the next generation of technology. Or, do we determine through experimentation, the doctrine, tactics, techniques, procedures, equipment and structure that we will need for the spectrum of conflict in the 21st Century -- and do so with minimum risk to our ability to meet today's and tomorrow's threats? We cannot do both. My belief is that we should take the latter path until the experimentation is validated and the "leap ahead" technology is available. A move now would not be a Revolution In Military Affairs (RMA) because the technology for that revolution is not yet available. So, instead of a "leap," we would end up building a "bridge" to the future. This would be far more costly and would not address the realities of today's "Near Battle."
To get to the force and capabilities I believe the Nation needs in its Corps of Marines -- to meet the anticipated threats of the next century -- we must generate the money necessary to conduct experiments and develop the technology required. For the Marine Corps, the Quadrennial Defense Review directed manpower reductions to save money for investment elsewhere. At my request, the Secretary of Defense directed that these reductions come only out of our infrastructure or supporting establishment and not from our trigger pullers (our Fleet Marine Forces). By focusing exclusively on infrastructure, we are "fencing" our operating forces and are, therefore, able to continue to meet the Nation's requirements for their Marines. At the same time, by allowing us to keep the dollar savings derived for the manpower cuts, your Marine Corps will be able to boost its procurement and modernization efforts. This reduction will not commence until a thorough plan has been developed to ensure fairness to our Marines and "Civilian Marines." The reduction will be completed in 2003.
The replacement for the CH-46, an aircraft that has been in service for over 35 years, has been one of my biggest concerns. I am very pleased that the Quadrennial Defense Review shares that concern. By increasing the MV-22 buy rate to 27 in the FYDP, leveling at 30 aircraft per year in FY04,Congress, the Secretary of Defense, and now the Quadrennial Defense Review have all acknowledged the value of this aircraft. The MV-22 brings the Nation and the Marine Corps a tremendous capability. I am convinced that once the world sees the capability, operational reach, and versatility of this aircraft, interest in procurement will grow significantly.
Each of the services has struggled for years with personnel reductions and downsizing. This will necessarily continue as we implement the Quadrennial Defense Review. The result within our manpower processes is turbulence and on the individual Marine, soldier, sailor and airman is uncertainty. At a point in time, and I believe we are very close to that time now, the services need a floor -- a certain end-strength and structure -- to which we can plan, program, recruit, promote and retain.
While the services have done their part to position themselves for the future, far more can be done to position our defense infrastructure to embrace and exploit the "revolution in business affairs." I applaud the Secretary of Defense's decision to form the Defense Reform Panel, charged with applying the same level of scrutiny and analysis to the Defense Agencies, OSD and Joint Staffs, and defense infrastructure that the services were subjected to in the Quadrennial Defense Review.
I look forward to working with the follow-on National Defense Panel to further refine our plans for the future, and to address possible longer term challenges that we have yet to consider. In this regard, I am especially anxious to hear their views on the problem of diminishing global access, and possible asymmetric strategies by potential adversaries to deny us access into a theater. You have my assurance that your Corps will retain its core competency of forced entry...from the sea -now, and in the future.
The Quadrennial Defense Review could not have been completed without the timely infusion of vision, commitment, and energy of Secretary Cohen. His biggest accomplishment during the entire process was his ability to build consensus. The Service Chiefs were consulted at every step -- full participants in the Review. The Quadrennial Defense Review could have failed in many different places -- it didn't due to the leadership of the Secretary.
Finally, I am continually pressing upon my Marines that now is the time for innovation, experimentation, and change. The Corps cannot afford to wait until the next century to react. We must continue to move forward or suffer the consequences of the status quo. The Quadrennial Defense Review process, the questioning, the challenges, the justifications, and the rigorous analysis that the services have been subject to and participated in has served to remind us of what Abraham Lincoln said, "Just as our situation is new, we think anew and plan anew." The Quadrennial Defense Review has helped us to start to think and plan anew. Now, those who are tasked by the Constitution to "raise Armies and maintain Navies," must decide whether the correct balance between the three battles I described earlier has been reached. In the case of the Marine Corps, I believe that the correct balance is there!


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