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Isabel Leonard
2013 Richard Tucker Award Recipient
Manager: Damon Bristo, Tim Fox
Management Territory: Worldwide
"The plush, animated mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard is a beguiling Cherubino, the count's page, though, in this production, the character comes across as just an adolescent boy trying to look mature in a light three-piece suit in order to impress the older countess, whom he pines for. That this Cherubino is 100 percent hormones was palpable in Ms. Leonard's singing of the breathless aria "Non so più," in which the young man tells of being so swept up with longing for every woman he sees that he goes through each day trembling with elation and utter confusion." Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, September 23, 2014 - Cherubino in 'Le nozze di Figaro' at Metropolitan Opera
"Leonard's darkly lustrous mezzo-soprano is ideal for the plum role of Rosina. The American singer commands the wide range, the coloratura agility and the striking physical beauty, charm and stage presence to make an audience take the heroine to its heart. Some singers overdo the character's calculation, but Leonard balanced sweet and saucy nicely. You really believed this Rosina when she explained, in her touchstone aria, "Una voce poco fa," that while she appears to be gentle and obedient, she will turn into a viper if necessary to get her way." John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune, February 2, 2014 - Rosina in 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' at Lyric Opera of Chicago
"Leonard, as Dorabella, sang with a magnetic charisma and a remarkable depth of tone, possessing springy agility in "Smanie implacabili" and a convincing sincerity in "Il core vi dono", her duet with Rodion Pogossov's Guglielmo. This was yet further confirmation, as if a winner of the Beverly Sills and Richard Tucker Awards needed it, of potential already being realized." David Allen, Bachtrack, September 25, 2013 - Dorabella in 'Cosi fan tutte' at the Metropolitan Opera with James Levine
Highly acclaimed for her "passionate intensity and remarkable vocal beauty," Isabel Leonard continues to thrill audiences both at home in the United States and internationally. She is the recipient of the prestigious 2013 Richard Tucker Award from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation.
Isabel Leonard returns to the Metropolitan Opera in the 2014 – 2015 season for two of her most-beloved roles: Cherubino in the new Richard Eyre production of Le nozze di Figaro conducted by James Levine and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia. Ms. Leonard also returns to . . . the Vienna State Opera as Rosina and Bayerische Staatsoper in La Cenerentola, a role she will take to Washington National Opera for her debut. In concert, she makes her Italian debut in Rossini's Stabat Mater with Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Nicola Luisotti and returns to the San Francisco Symphony as Concepcion in Ravel's L'heure espagnole under Charles Dutoit. Ms. Leonard also makes her Town Hall debut in New York City with the Collegiate Chorale in the title role of Handel's Susanna. Isabel Leonard and Sharon Isbin will take their voice and guitar duo recital to the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater, Emory University, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the summer of 2015, she will return to Santa Fe Opera for the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon's Cold Mountain in the role of Ada Monroe.
In the 2013-2014 season, Isabel Leonard returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Dorabella in Così fan tutte under James Levine, which was also HD broadcast in the spring of 2014. Ms. Leonard made her highly-awaited debuts at the San Francisco Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, both as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia. She also debuted at the Dallas Opera as Rosina. In concert, she appeared at the Tanglewood Festival singing the trio from Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier under the baton of Andris Nelsons and at the Aspen Music Festival in a duo recital with guitarist Sharon Isbin. She was seen alongside other opera luminaries at Carnegie Hall's Marilyn Horne Song Celebration and with Nathan and Julie Gunn at the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
Metropolitan Opera audiences recently heard Ms. Leonard in two important role debuts during the 2012-2013 season: Miranda in Ades's The Tempest and as Blanche in John Dexter's ground-breaking production of Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites. She also appeared in the English-version of The Barber of Seville which was broadcast internationally in HD. Last season also brought another important role and company debut as Sesto in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito at the Canadian Opera Company. In recital, Ms. Leonard was featured in her Zankel Hall recital debut at Carnegie Hall. She also appeared at the University of Notre Dame, Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, San Francisco Performances, and at Atlanta's Spivey Hall to rave reviews. She debuted Berlioz's Les nuits d'été with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra under Edo de Waart and closed the season in Japan at the Saito Kinen Festival, where she performed the title role in L'enfant et les sortilèges and Concepcion in Ravel's L'heure espagnole with Seiji Ozawa conducting.
In recent seasons, Ms. Leonard has appeared as Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, all at the Metropolitan Opera; as Sesto in Laurent Pelly's production of Giulio Cesare at Opéra National de Paris with Emmanuel Haim conducting and as Cherubino; the Glyndebourne Festival as Cherubino in the new Michael Grandage production of Le Nozze di Figaro; and the Vienna State Opera as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro. She made a sensational role debut as Ruggiero in the new David Alden production of Handel's Alcina at Opera National de Bordeaux and her interpretation of Costanza in the Peter Sellars production of Vivaldi's Griselda at the Santa Fe Opera was met with the highest critical and audience acclaim.
Other notable engagements have included the title role in Offenbach's La Périchole at Opéra National de Bordeaux, where she also made her European and professional stage debut as Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Cherubino at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and Dorabella in a new production of Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Salzburg Festival directed by Claus Guth, which was telecast live internationally. Ms. Leonard made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette conducted by Plácido Domingo. This production was recorded for DVD release and broadcast live in HD. She has appeared as Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Colorado; in the title role of Rossini's La Cenerentola at the Fort Worth Opera; as Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Chicago Opera Theater; as Cherubino in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera; and made her professional US opera debut as Stéphano in Atlanta Opera's production of Roméo et Juliette.
Ms. Leonard made her New York Philharmonic debut in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges conducted by Lorin Maazel, and her American orchestral debut in The Three-Cornered Hat with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Festival under Gustavo Dudamel. Other concert engagements include Mozart's "Ch'io mi scordi di te?" with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra, de Falla's Siete canciones populares españolas with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, Mozart's Exultate, jubilate and Mahler's Symphony No. 4. with the St. Louis Symphony, Mozart's Mass in C minor with Esa-Pekka Salonen and Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette under Valery Gergiev, both with the Chicago Symphony, Cherubino in a concert version of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, and Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette with James Conlon in her debut at the Cincinnati May Festival.
Ms. Leonard is in constant demand as a recitalist having made her first coast-to-coast recital tour in the 2007-08 season in Atlanta, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Fort Worth and ending with her Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall. She has appeared as a guest soloist in the Marilyn Horne Foundation's 75th Birthday Gala in Carnegie Hall and was featured in a solo recital as part of the Foundation's On Wings of Song series in New York City. Ms. Leonard has also performed with soprano Barbara Bonney in recital at Alice Tully Hall presented by the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society.
Ms. Leonard is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards which include the Beverly Sills Award (2011), the Richard Gold Award of the Shoshana Foundation (2007), a Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Award (2006), the William Schuman Graduation Prize of the Juilliard School (2006), the Makiko Narumi Prize of the Juilliard School (2005), the Marilyn Horne Foundation Award of the Music Academy of the West (2005) and was a winner of the Giulio Gari Competition (2005).
Isabel Leonard is a native New Yorker and received both her Bachelor and Masters of Music at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Edith Bers. She has also studied with Marilyn Horne, Brian Zeger, Warren Jones, Margo Garrett, Denise Massé and Janine Reiss.
(Updated September 2014)
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Let's examine this 'final text' of the TPD which came out of COREPER on 17th December 2013; what do we have?
'Nicotine containing products' has now been replaced by Electronic Cigarettes, which is an improvement and a problem all at the same time. (There are many conflicts and contradictions in this 'final text', so buckle up for the ride….)
OK, so it's great that Electronic Cigarettes have finally been recognised as the real issue here, but in doing that, hasn't it now become obvious that a separate regulatory instrument is required? As in, a properly researched legislative proposal to examine what would be the best way to regulate electronic cigarettes specifically? Perhaps a bespoke framework, such as was done with the Cosmetics Directive?
Unfortunately, the downside to this recognition is that it leaves a rather dangerous loophole, if we assume that the EU doesn't recognise its own Directives which already apply to ecigs and nicotine containing products (and every other product which is now or may ever be on the market!): it leaves nicotine containing products which are not ecigs, or medicinal or tobacco products, outside of the regulation. And they do exist.
The upside is that now non-nicotine containing electronic cigarette products would be covered. But covered in what? (Covered in…. Feel free to add your own ideas! )
Since this Directive conflicts with a lot of "other relevant Union legislation" as well as various international treaty obligations, it is hard to imagine how this made it into the final text.
Of course it does appear – at first blush – to confirm that electronic cigarettes do not have to be reclassified as medicinal products, but since many Member States are in the habit of 'gold-plating' EU Directives, and they do have the ability to add extra requirements if they choose to, this is cold comfort. (Fortunately, the Courts have been looking at the real evidence, so no doubt, unwarranted medicalisation of these consumer products will continue to be successfully headed off.)
This seems to be some sort of strange hybrid between a Marketing Authorisation for a medicinal product and the notification requirements for tobacco products – plus a bit! Don't believe me? Check out the detail!
Well, (a) above is already largely covered by various existing Directives, but (b) is a step too far. Ingredients? Yes, obviously. That makes sense and is already required, but emissions? These are not tobacco products. We would support emissions testing, but only once enough research has been conducted to be able to form a meaningful standard for such testing. In the absence of a meaningful standard, emissions data is largely irrelevant. There is already sufficient data about the contents of the vapour produced by electronic cigarettes to know that there is a practically negligible risk associated with them. So where is the proportionate justification for demanding such a burdensome, and unclear requirement?
(c) sounds like tobacco regulations, but these are not tobacco products.
(d) sounds like medicinal regulations, since it is medicines which have doses, and these are not medicinal products. (How many courts have to rule on this before they will listen?? We are up to 7 rulings now, with the recent one from Hungary. It beggars belief!)
(e) this would be the "refill mechanism" which the Commission hasn't invented yet. No. Just no.
(f) err… already required by various Directives for compliance with them, and since the "requirements in this article" either don't apply, are illegal, or are just plain daft, again, no. Just no.
Again, this is already enshrined in the legal obligations of manufacturers, together with very clear definitions of who is considered a 'manufacturer' (and 'importer', 'distributor', or any other kind of 'economic operator'), so it seems a bit pointless to ask for a declaration of what is already a legal obligation under at least 4 other Directives, specifically concerned with product quality and safety. Indeed, a specific Declaration of Conformity is required under the RoHS Directive anyway.
This is yet another indication of the EU Institutions' total ignorance of the existing regulations – which is all the more shocking, because we have personally introduced them to their own Directives on more than one occasion, to more than one Institution, over several years now!
"Proportionate fees" wouldn't be a problem, but if only we could have proportionate proposals!
Tut tut! Flagrant disregard for international, binding obligations on environmental protection, such as:
"The overarching objective of the Basel Convention is to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects of hazardous wastes. Its scope of application covers a wide range of wastes defined as "hazardous wastes" based on their origin and/or composition and their characteristics (article 1 and annexes I, III, VIII and IX), as well as two types of wastes defined as "other wastes" (household waste and incinerator ash; article 1 and annex II). The provisions of the Convention center around the following principal aims: (i) the reduction of hazardous waste generation and promotion of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, wherever the place of disposal…"
"The Bali Declaration on Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood, adopted by COP 9 in 2008, has affirmed at the political level that waste, if not managed in a safe and environmentally sound manner, may have serious consequences for the environment, human health and sustainable livelihood."
How can the EU suggest that it would rather see disposable products than the infinitely more environmentally-friendly refillable and rechargeable ones? And obviously, the bigger the tank (or cartridge), the bigger the reduction in waste products. Surely that one is a no-brainer – particularly in the context of the total absence of evidence of harm caused to anyone over the past 8 years by ecig cartridges or tanks.
Obviously, this cannot be an acceptable level, if this is truly about helping smokers make the switch away from tobacco smoking. This is also an egregious and apparently deliberate misinterpretation of the fine work of Drs Farsalinos and Dawkins, and others.
And in paragraph 4 of Article 6, for tobacco products it says:
Possibly makes sense for tobacco products, and obviously, we wouldn't want to see vitamins (or god forbid, Viagra – which doesn't even vapourise! Doh!) included in eliquid, but since no-one is producing such a product, is this really necessary? As for caffeine, where's the problem? There are caffeinated eliquids out there, and if people want to vape their caffeine as well as drinking it, then why the hell not? Again, where is the evidence that caffeinated liquids cause health problems? It doesn't exist.
(c) sounds like a purely tobacco measure, relating to additives for making the smoke look less deadly (perhaps), but certainly doesn't apply to ecigs. No one is producing eliquid with green vapour. (And yes, that does sound rather appealing, doesn't it?) Since it's not smoke, where would the problem be with that? Seriously, though, we would not tolerate such additives under our standard for eliquid manufacturing anyway.
(d) is the anti-menthol cigarettes bit, and is really not appropriate for ecigs, particularly when what is actually needed is improvements in nicotine uptake from ecigs (although we're not doing too badly for that with the better devices).
(e) Well, everything ecig is "unburnt", and of course we don't want to see "additives that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction", but there is plenty of protection against such things in the existing consumer regulations.
This just goes to show why it is daft to try to apply tobacco regulations to non-tobacco products.
OK, so back to Article 18, para 3:
Yes, obviously, and already part of the existing requirements.
Again, yes, obviously, and already part of the existing requirements.
No, because ecigs aren't medicines. (And yes, I'm as sick of saying it as you are of hearing it!)
Child-proof already required by CLP, and tamper-evident eliquid bottles is good practice. ('Tamperproof' would mean 'unopenable', so presumably they mean tamper evident.) However, if tamper evident 'refill containers' is to include hardware, such as the tanks on refillables, then this would be hugely problematic, resulting in no rebuildables, no changeable atomising heads, etc.
Shades of Professor Branestawm here. I can't wait to see what the Commission invents for this. Trouble is, it won't be an ecig is we know and love them, so no. (Also, as Tom pointed out, since eliquid bottles have to be child-proof, and children aren't supposed to have these products, children shouldn't be refilling them, so why would they need "leakage free refilling"? )
This is a blend of medicinal, tobacco and consumer regulations. Ends up being a predictable and unnecessary mess. The existing requirements are more than sufficient to protect consumers. (And with a nod to the irony, considering the length of this post, who wants to have to have War and Peace accompanying their ecig?? I mean, there's quite a bit of information that's already required under the existing regs. Add this lot and it'll be a weighty tome!)
Ingredients, nicotine content, and batch number already required. 'Keep out of reach of children' has been replaced with 'Store locked up' for nicotine products by the CLP Directive, which applies an internationally-binding new system for Globally Harmonized System labelling, which the EU has signed up to. It is interesting to note that 'keep out of the reach…' is hazard class 3, whilst 'store locked up' is hazard class 4. 4 is more hazardous than 3, so the GHS has strengthened CHIP (which was replaced by CLP under the GHS). No doubt, once the toxicity of nicotine is properly recognised as being far lower than currently assumed, this will change back to hazard class 3, and 'keep out of the reach of children' can be properly reintroduced. "Delivery per dose" is a medicinal concept, and doesn't apply to non-medicinal ecigs.
Article 12, paragraph 1(a) is a fairly bizarre proposition, considering it's in the tobacco products bit:
Totally and utterly irrelevant to ecigs, which categorically do not promote or encourage smoking – precisely the opposite! And bear in mind that this is increasingly well-supported in the academic literature.
Also, in Article 12, paragraph 1(c), it reads:
So, in direct contravention to the regulations surrounding Misleading Marketing and product descriptions, we would no longer be allowed to describe the flavour of the products! Ridiculous!
Article 18 goes on:
It's bad enough that we can't tell the full truth about the products now, but the notion of putting these misleading warnings on ecigs is anathema. Talk about contrary to the "high level of public health" obligation!
And paragraph 2 of Article 11 (for tobacco products) refers to Article 8(4):
which sets out the requirements for those distinctive tobacco warnings:
Surely, it would be dangerously misleading for consumers to see tobacco-style health warnings on a safer, non-tobacco product??? What can the EU be thinking?
And back we go to Article 18, paragraph 5 (they do like to send you all over the document, don't they?):
Oh dear, oh dear. So that's no VTTV, no RY4 Radio, no forums which allow vendors to post (so that includes all of them) – but fortunately, this is a totally illegal infringement of Treaty obligations under the TFEU (amongst other reasons), so cannot survive to the end game.
So no multi-state Vapemeets then. Like that could be stopped! They're deluded if they think this can work!
Fortunately, the ASA is working on sensible, sector-specific guidance, so this should be easy enough to overcome.
And yup, you guessed it: Article 16 describes the ban on cross-border sales of tobacco products. They can just about get away with this contravention of the Treaty obligations, because of the WHO FCTC, but that's for tobacco products, not ecigs. Not a chance!
Can you think of a single other consumer product for which manufacturers are expected to undertake such a burdensome procedure, in addition to the legal compliance they already have to achieve? No, neither can I.
That'll be like watching paint dry then, but fair enough. No doubt no news will go on being good news in that respect.
… as they are obliged to do, yes.
"Adverse effects" is a medicinal concept. Consumer products are either 'safe under reasonably foreseeable conditions of use', or they are not, and if they are not, they are graded by how dangerous they are. This is a good system. It works. There's even a well-coordinated EU-wide system for reporting dangerous consumer products: RAPEX.
So let's just put this hysterical fear of possible (and as yet, undocumented) "risk to health and safety" in context, shall we? For the whole of 2013, there were 6 RAPEX alerts recorded under the search term "electronic cigarette", and 1 further one recorded under the search term "e-cigarette", all of which were either for non-compliance with the Low Voltage Directive, or non-compliance with CHIP/CLP for labelling. (In other words, if those vendors had been compliant with the existing regulations, there wouldn't have been a problem.)
By contrast, for the whole of 2013, there were 482 RAPEX alerts recorded under the search term "toy", of which 457 were "serious" (the same level as for all 7 of the RAPEX alerts for electronic cigarette products recorded for that year).
They do seem to want to watch a lot of paint drying, don't they? And since almost all the currently available products would no longer be available under this proposal, what can they learn?OK, this one actually sounds scarier than it is, to a certain extent, because they DO have to have "reasonable grounds for concern", and the "competent authority" may take "appropriate measures"… which is kind of what happens with RAPEX already.
They seem to be increasingly desperate for some evidence of harm, don't they? We just need to make sure we don't give it to them.
Again, "justified grounds" and their action has to be "justified and proportionate".
I realise it's cold comfort, when this TPD revision was supposed to be "justified and proportionate", but demonstrably isn't. Nevertheless, it ain't over til the fat lady sings… and I ain't singin' yet!
ROFL. Would be amazing if it became factual, wouldn't it?
Who knew that the future ecig innovations would be coming from… the Commission? I really can't wait to see it.
Phew! Long, isn't it? Twice as long as the original proposal… and a bit late in the day – within this Directive at least – to be introducing completely new ideas, still with no proper consultation, impact or risk assessment, scrutiny, justification or due process.
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We didn't have time to memorialize the late, great Stan Winston, but we couldn't let Cyd Charisse no unnoticed:
That Singin' in the Rain number in the last panel is smokin' hot. (And probably explains my affinity for short hair and long legs.) People, turn off those lame "dancing" reality shows and go rent the movie.
I did not realise how many fellow Cyd Charisse fans there were amongst the people I know (and some, like you Heidi, I have known for quite some time). It's lovely to know how many of us appreciated her.
Ironically, our family is going to a stage production of Singin' in the Rain tonight. I hope the company does something to observe her passing.
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The room was very clean. Overall it was not a horrible experience, but I would pick different hotel next time.
The staff could have been way better. One night there was a blackout in my room and the receptionist wanted me to cope with it till the morning, altough it was just a matter of going to the hall and flipping a switch (which I did by myself). There was no luggage service/bellboy to help us with our luggage. The lobby bar staff was really bad.
Breakfast excellent, quiet area, very clean place
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A bit up the hill from the trolley us stop
Comfty bed, nice room, good breakfast
Bathroom doesn't have a shower curtain and the bathroom floor gets wet
Clean, 10 min from the city center, staff very helpfull, very good value for money.
Friendly and helpful staff, close to downtown, good secure parking... at a price.
Toilet bowl was cracked and looked as if it would shatter if you sat on it. All electricity... not just the lights, was shut down when you left the room so any camera, phone or computer batteries you want to charge just wont be charged and after a hot day inthe city you come back to warm drinks in the fridge.... this is blatant cost cutting at the expense of the visitor and is just not acceptable when you are paying four star rates.
Loved Bratislawa. A bit of a distance to old town, but no problem to drive to hotel and back.
10 min walk to center, nice & clean rooms, seemed as brand new!, comfortable; possible to park in garage under the hotel (12.50 Euro/day)
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Comfortable, light and airy, clean room with reasonable amount of space. Good bathroom and comfortable bed. Good breakfast included in price. Secure parking under the hotel. Close to old town, an easy 10 minute walk. Friendly and helpful staff. Very good value for money.
Curtains weren't heavy enough to keep out the 4.30am sunrise. Otherwise it was all good.
internet fast and free, car parking, good location although a little far from the center
double bed - two beds pushed together - a hole in the middle, lack of scrambled eggs and cottage cheese on breakfast
a small, nice and very comfotable hotel ! very quiet and not too far from the city-center, walking distance !
wellness / SPA very occupied...! you have to pre-book...!
Nice staff, quiet place.
Terrible smell from smoking in non smoking room.
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good location - 10 minutes to the old town clean & quiet breakfast ok wi-fi ok
-stupid to charge 12.5 Euro when you can park free just outside/near the hotel -the rooms can do with a bit of paint in same places were damaged by travellers -hidden charges if you like to use sauna/other facilities
Nice clean room Breakfast ok Staff ok Free public parking in the area Walking distance from city center
No elevator Price a little bit high
Certainly not a 4 star hotel. The breakfast did not include a wide variety of food and at when some sortiments were finished they did not bother to make the refill although there were persons still eating. For the sauna you have to pay 9 euro/hour and they close at 7. the Gym is very small equiped poorly.
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Excellent location. The old town and the castle is only 20 mins walk. Their room and half board package was very convenient. Staff is very friendly and helpful.
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Very friendly personnel and nice atmosphere of the hotel.
A little bit worse access to the hotel (stairs).
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In my opinion, its definitely Yagami Light » Death Note!
Even though I haven't read about any character smarter than him, I think there is, but untill then, agreed
L was smarter than light in my opinion.
i don't know smartpersons..so i say Eren
The ****ing solo king
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L Lawliet
Light Yagami
Those guys are the smartest I know of.
Aizen and Kisuke.
One above All, is he like God or something.
Personally I think akiyama from the liar game beats both deathnote and code geass characters...even though they strive at different things
Uchiha.. Madara...
Proof? He is currently still living, is OP as **** and caused his student to become a freaking Jinchuriki of the Jubi which means he is practically the new Rikudo Sennin AKA "God of Naruto Universe".
Kisuke Urahara. He is a genius.
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L was smarter than light in my opinion.
No, in the databook it's noted that Near and Light are both more intelligent than L.
lelouch is in top 5
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Lelouch Vi Britannia
L Lawliet
Light Yagami
Those guys are the smartest I know of.
All hail Lelouch!
I'm gonna say Sosuke Aizen is the "chessmaster."
Batman is the smartest
Teuchi. Nuff said.
Without a fvcking doubt, Kisuke Ura-fvcking-hara. Hands down the smartest fictitious character, period!
Based on real feats, these characters are the most intelligent
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It's L because L > Light
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In my opinion, its definitely Yagami Light » Death Note!
I would agree but I personally think that L was more intelligent. L had Light caught and completely sussed out. He only 'lost' to Light because the police were losing faith in L due to the constant accusations.
L > Light > Near > Mello
Urahara is the only character to be smarter than his creator/mangaka/artist/illustrator. Meaning, Urahara takes the title of 'smartest anime/manga character'.
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – One of the more interesting things to come out of pre-U.S. Open interviews Tuesday was Paul Casey's account of his conversation with former touring pro Miller Barber, Mr. X. Casey said he ran into Barber on a range a couple of days ago and X enlightened him about diabolical Open setups of yesteryear.
"He said the rough was always a foot, two feet deep when he was playing," Casey related.
Then there were the greens. Casey said Barber told of hitting an approach shot into the first hole that landed on the middle of the green and bounced over into crazy high rough.
"They looked for the golf ball and never found it," Casey said.
Barber said he expressed dissatisfaction over such a setup and was told by the USGA man, "You should have struck it better."
Which brings us to the current setup. The rough just off the fairway is playable. Under the direction of Mike Davis, the game is no longer one of hack-a-wedge-out.
"An absolutely brilliant setup this week," Casey said.
– Jeff Rude
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Our colleagues at Antitrust Law Source posted an interesting update about probable charges alleging that traders at approximately a dozen global banks – including Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, and USB – fixed the foreign exchange market, or "forex," market. The U.S. Department of Justice may bring charges by the end of the year. Read the complete article on Antitrust Law Source.
Supreme Court refuses to review FCPA challengePosted in Criminal Charges in Securities Cases, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review the first Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) case appealed to the highest Court. The appeal sought to limit the scope of the FCPA by narrowing the law's definition of the term "foreign official."
Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez, former executives of Terra Telecommunications Corp., had challenged their convictions under the FCPA and had asked the Supreme Court to clarify who counted as a foreign official under the law. The Eleventh Circuit had affirmed the conviction and the ruling that defined the term instrumentality as "any entity controlled by the government of a foreign country that performs a function the controlling government treats as its own."
Whistleblowers wanted; Holder seeks increased compensation for financial crime informantsPosted in Corporate Governance, Whistleblower Issues
In the first major public comment about white collar crime in more than a year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) called for an increase in compensation for whistleblowers under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA). Senior DOJ officials, in three separate speeches, appealed to whistleblowers to come forward with information about crimes and suggested that compensation levels were too low to entice executives in the financial industry to report wrongdoing.
Attorney General Eric Holder, while speaking at New York University, suggested that Congress increase awards in cases involving banks and financial institutions. Under current law, FIRREA caps whistleblower awards at $1.6 million. Holder noted that under the False Claims Act (FCA), tipsters who provide information to law enforcement concerning wrongdoing can receive compensation at a level of 25 percent to 30 percent of the recovery received by the government.
Holder cited that in an industry that included a collective bonus pool of $26 billion and a median executive pay of $15 million, a "paltry" windfall of $1.6 million is "unlikely to induce an employee to risk his or her lucrative career in the financial sector." Holder suggested that increased awards could improve the DOJ's ability to gather evidence of wrongdoing "while complex financial crimes are still in progress — making it easier to complete investigations and to stop misconduct before it becomes so widespread that it foments into the next crisis." Continue Reading
Sixth Circuit case specifies additional language required in indemnification survival clauses in M&A agreementsPosted in Executive Officer Matters, General Business News, Shareholder News
A recent Sixth Circuit case, interpreting Ohio law, found that a merger agreement stating that the representations and warranties "shall survive…the Closing until… the second anniversary date of the Closing…," without more, was not sufficient to modify the statute of limitations for breach of contract claims related to the merger agreement. Fortunately, this issue can be remedied in merger agreements with the addition of a provision expressly limiting when "actions," "demands" or "claims" may be brought.
This article describes the Sixth Circuit case in greater detail and provides a sample contract provision that M&A parties can add to their M&A agreements to ensure that courts will respect the parties' intent to modify the statute of limitations in the survival clause of the agreement.
Background of the Sixth Circuit case
Escue v. Sequent, Inc., 2014 FED App. 0412N (6th Cir. 2014), involved the acquisition of Better Business Solutions of Alabama, Inc. ("Better Business") by Sequent, Inc. pursuant to a stock for stock merger that closed Jan. 1, 2007. On Dec. 18, 2008, the plaintiff, the sole shareholder of Better Business, sent a letter to the defendant corporation stating that he intended to sue the defendant corporation for breaching its representations and warranties. However, the lawsuit was not filed until September 2009. Continue Reading
Late Form 4s aren't just embarrassing anymorePosted in Corporate Governance, SEC Enforcement Cases, SEC News
Yesterday, the SEC announced penalties totaling approximately $2.6 million against directors, officers, beneficial owners and issuers for failure to promptly report information about holdings and transactions in company stock.
The primary enforcement weapon for these types of failures historically has been public shaming: Rule 405 of Regulation S-K requires issuers to identify insiders who failed to file Section 16 reports on time during the previous year. But, apparently, based on yesterday's announcement, the SEC also will levy fines against issuers and individual insiders for chronic filing failures.
Settled fines for individuals ranged from approximately $25,000 to $100,000. Six publicly-traded companies settled claims that they contributed to the filing delinquencies of their insiders and paid fines ranging from $75,000 to $150,000.
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According to a Wall Street Journal article reported by Emily Chasen, Senior Editor at The Wall Street Journal's CFO Journal, on Sept. 5, 2014, the U.S. Commerce Department acknowledged "it cannot determine which refiners and smelters around the world are financially fueling violence in the war-torn Congo region."
The WSJ article noted that companies including Intel Corp. and Apple have spent a substantial amount of time and millions of dollars "investigating their supply chains to figure out which components might contain gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum from mining operations blamed for funding armed militia groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo." According to Tom Quaadman, vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, "[a]t the end of the day, the conflict minerals rule creates the worst outcome — it has not helped lessen the conflicts in the Congo and creates economic harm in the U.S."
The SEC final rules on conflict minerals, adopted Aug. 22, 2012, pursuant to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, require companies to publicly disclose their use of conflict minerals that originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. See SEC Adopts Final Rules for Disclosing Use of Conflict Minerals (posted Aug. 24, 2012). Additionally, the conflict mineral rules have been the subject of much litigation during the past two years, which has provided no clarity to companies as to their compliance obligations.
Editor's note: Though the basis for the conflict mineral rules is a worthy and noble exercise, the execution has been costly and time-consuming for U.S. companies with very little benefit. If the U.S. Commerce Department cannot track the source of these minerals, how can companies be expected to do the same to comply with the disclosure rules? The SEC needs to step back and reassess the cost-benefit of the conflict mineral disclosure obligations.
Porter Wright launches Antitrust Law SourcePosted in Antitrust, Porter Wright News
We wanted to take a moment to announce our newest endeavor, Antitrust Law Source. Antitrust Law Source is a new site designed for visitors to quickly and easily learn about developments in this growing arena. The site will focus primarily on news and legal updates related to antitrust in a podcasting format. The podcasts will feature a variety of insights, educational offerings, discussions and interviews with thought leaders across a variety of industries.
The site is prepared by members of our firm's Antitrust Practice Group and will feature news and information on a range of areas, including:
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Merging? Making an acquisition? Be careful out there.Posted in Antitrust, Corporate Governance
Almost 40 years ago, Congress passed the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the "HSR Act"). The HSR Act provided a mechanism pursuant to which parties to an acquisition of assets or voting securities would be required, if certain thresholds were met, to file a notification form with the antitrust enforcement agencies — the Federal Trade Commission (the FTC") and the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (the DOJ) — and observe a waiting period before they consummated the transaction. The HSR Act empowered the FTC to promulgate rules and regulations governing the circumstances under which the parties would be required to submit an HSR Act filing.
The HSR Act rules and regulations are extensive and extremely complex; therefore, it is prudent for investors — both companies and individual — to have compliance procedures in place to ensure compliance with the HSR Act. Every so often, the FTC reminds us of this fact when it brings an enforcement action to penalize those who do not abide by their rules and regulations. That happened last week with an action, and consent decree, filed against Berkshire Hathaway. Continue Reading
SEC adopts money market fund reformPosted in SEC News
On July 23, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it adopted amendments to the rules governing money market mutual funds. Read a copy of the final rules.
These amendments complete some long-awaited steps to make structural and operational reforms to address risks of investor runs in money market funds to address investor runs out of funds as occurred during the 2008 financial crisis. Specifically, the new rules require institutional prime money market funds to value the funds on a floating net asset value rather than a fixed $1 share price. Additionally, the rules allow money market funds boards to impose liquidity fees and redemption gates during periods of financial stress.
The final rules provide a two-year transition period to enable both funds and investors time to fully adjust their systems, operations and investing practices.
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It has been more than two years since the JOBS Act was passed and almost nine months since the SEC proposed crowdfunding rules — but still no final rules. Should entrepreneurs care? Probably not. The proposed SEC rules are burdensome. The rules limit the total amount raised to $1 million in any rolling 12-month period, and moderate-income investors would be limited to a $5,000 investment (at the most). Additional proposed rules require audited financials (for some offerings), limits on advertising, and filings with the SEC, among other requirements. Entrepreneurs with great ideas should not settle for these types of investments.
Crowdfunding for accredited investors already exists, and it may fill an important funding gap for growing businesses that have not attracted angel investors and are not ready for venture capital or private equity. Not all startups are tech based, and not all angel investors in a particular entrepreneur's community know what a good investment looks like. But a well-curated accredited crowdfunding platform can provide exposure to a lot of potential accredited investors. Continue Reading


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FreePOPs 0.2.9 and Mac Mail (edit: 14-10-2009)
This guide will be updated from time to time in time, whenever the necessary plugins (format .lua) will need to be amended and updated. I will personally update all the necessary materials.
(To view the log of the updates in the bottom of the article )
This guide shows you how to create a user on the mail to get mail from Hotmail (purely demonstrative), however, this guide also works with services such as Free, Virgil, Tin, Alice, Live, MSN, Yahoo and many more (click here to know all the services supported mail).
Just replace @ hotmail.com with the extension service of your account: @ hotmail.it example, @ libero.it, @ virgilio.it, @ alice.it, etc ...).
Installing and updating FreePOPs
- 1 Download and install updated FreePOPs ;
- 2 Start FreePOPs and add it later in the startup process of our user how to show images, so you do not have to click all the time "by hand" (just select from the menu of the System Preferences under Account, and then add the program FreePOPs between applications from start);
- 3. Download FreePOPs Mac Updater , copy it to the Applications folder and then run it (so it will automatically update all the files necessary);
Configuring your email client (Mail on OSX)
You enter in the "Preferences" Mail and follow the successive images here:
Create an account with Mail, and enter the necessary information as photos, replacing "email@example.com" with your Hotmail address (or that of your mail service)!
Set "127.0.0.1" as the incoming mail server, your account name including extension @ hotmail.com (or whatever you have, eg. @ Hotmail.it, in short, the full email address) and password and click continues without worrying about the error that will be reported!
Set the parameters of your provider (the service that you use to connect to the Internet precisely, eg, Alice, Infostrada, Fastweb or otherwise) about the outgoing mail server.
Note the parameter changes from the provider with which you are connecting; therefore refer to the instructions found on the website of your provider! You can find here an exhaustive list of the most common SMTP mail services.
REMEMBER: FreePOPs handles mail in INPUT and OUTPUT NOT in.
Entering the Mail Preferences, under Accounts, and once you select the account you just created, edit, as in the picture, the incoming port from 110 (default) to 2000!
Then save the account to close and reopen Mail and download your mail!
You can see here the screens of my personal configuration ... as explained so far ...
For those who were a bit '... let's say "skeptic" here you can see a demonstration video of the entire procedure:
To download high-definition video click HERE (18,91 Mb)
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) - FAQs
- I installed and configured Mail FreePOPs as the guide says, but I can not receive mail. Because?
You have updated the .lua FreePOPs? To do this you just download FreePOPs Mac Updater and run it, it's all automatic updating.
- I have configured and installed Mail FreePOPs but I get the following error: "The connection to the server 127.0.0.1 on port 110 timed out." What to do?
Attention, port 110? Check well the guide says to set in the menu "Advanced" account created with Mail port 2000 for incoming server. Please correct it and try again to receive e-mail!
- I followed the step by step procedure, but nevertheless I get the following error: "server error occurred was: The connection to the server 127.0.0.1 on port 2000 has expired." What should I do?
First, double-check once again the parameters entered by comparing them with this guide, after checking through Activity Monitor (found using Spotlight) if it appears between "all processes", one called "freepopsd." In this case there is no means FreePOPs is not running, so run it from the Applications folder by double-clicking the program icon!
- FreePOPs is active, .lua are updated, and the configuration is correct, and yet still I get the error "Connection to the server 127.0.0.1 on port 2000 has expired." What could it be?
It happened sometimes to observe the correct configuration with FreePOPs active ... but despite this not download e-mail. The solution was to change the DNS of the connection. Open System Preferences, then click Network and then select your connection indicated by the green dot, click Advanced and then the DNS tab to add (the + button) and also 184.108.40.206 220.127.116.11. See the image below as an example ...
January 9, 2009 - Microsoft has finally opened its POP and SMTP server at all. Check out this article to learn the parameters for proper configuration of Hotmail on Mac without using FreePOPs.
January 5, 2009 - Released FreePOPs 0.2.9
December 23, 2008 Released update Hotmail (0.2.20081219)
November 15, 2008 Released update Hotmail (0.2.20081114)


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Adam Pearce
Real Name
Adam Pearce
Date of Birth
June 24, 1978
Place of Birth
As a kid, Adam Pearce was quite the athlete. He lettered in football and baseball while in high school. Unfortunately, though, those dreams were cut short as he suffered from Acute Muscular Compartment Syndrome, which basically required him to learn how to walk again. He would battle his way through that to become a professional wrestler.
March 2, 2014
Just like they have been doing for the last couple of years, a WWE 2K14 challenge was held during Wrestlemania 30 week, where various wrestlers participate in a tournament to see who is the best at the video game. This year, Xavier Woods, an avid video game player, won the entire thing. His prize was a championship belt and a Playstation 4.
April 11, 2014
A video created by a WWE fan that showcases the Wrestlemania winning streak of the Undertaker as seen through WWE 2K14.
April 6, 2014
A video of a simulated match on the WWE 2K14 video game featuring Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan and Batista fighting for the heavyweight championship at Wrestlemania 30.
April 5, 2014
A simulated match on the WWE 2K14 video game between Triple H and Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania 30.
April 5, 2014
A video of a simulated match on the WWE 2K14 video game between John Cena and Bray Wyatt at Wrestlemania 30.
April 5, 2014
A video of a simulated match on WWE 2K14 featuring Undertaker and Brock Lesnar, with Paul Heyman roaming the ringside area in hopes that his client is able to put the winning streak to rest.
April 5, 2014
A video of the greatest moments in Wrestlemania history as portrayed in the WWE 2K14 video game. One of the featured spots, as expected, is when Hulk Hogan body slams Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania 3.
April 3, 2014
A fan created this video of a WWE 2K14 simulated match between Manik and Tigre Uno, based on their performance at TNA Lockdown 2014.
March 23, 2014
A video of the Undertaker beating Brock Lesnar in WWE 2K14, which was produced by the company to promote their big match at Wrestlemania 30.
March 20, 2014
Since the game has been out for quite some time now, retailers are reducing the cost of WWE 2K14 down to $39.99. Sales should be assisted greatly by the added interest that Wrestlemania 30 is bringing. Vince McMahon is very adamant about this aspect of the business, as he feels that it draws in the younger viewers that he targets.
March 18, 2014
Alberto Del Rio does the Kofi Kingston entrance in WWE 2K14.
November 16, 2013
Chris Jericho does the Bret Hart entrance in WWE 2K14.
November 16, 2013
Damien Sandow does the comic Santino Marella entrance in WWE 2K14.
November 16, 2013
Daniel Bryan does the Randy Orton entrance in WWE 2K14.
November 16, 2013
JBL does the legendary Steve Austin entrance in the new WWE 2K14 video game.
November 16, 2013
Randy Savage does the CM Punk entrance in WWE 2K14 video game.
November 16, 2013
Wade Barrett does the Miz entrance on WWE 2K14.
November 16, 2013
WWE put together an entertaining video of the Shield doing the 3MB entrance on their new video game.
November 16, 2013
Damien Sandow will not be working live events for WWE this week because the company is sending him to France to promote the new video game.
October 29, 2013
Rumors were floating around that Nick Dinsmore was given a release by WWE because of backstage politics as opposed to budget cost. Those rumors are gaining steam right now because the company is reportedly interested in hiring Adam Pearce as his replacement. The former NWA champion has been spotted at the performance center a couple of times already this month.
October 21, 2014
To the average WWE fan, Adam Pearce is not a household name, but to those in the industry, however, he's definitely a familiar face. The longtime independent wrestling star was spotted backstage at Payback 2014. The belief is that he was a guest of the company, as he has been helping to train some of the developmental wrestlers at the WWE Performance Center.
June 2, 2014
On June 6, Tommy Dreamer is doing another House of Hardcore wrestling event, and the ECW legend has stacked his card up tremendously. Confirmed for the event are Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, AJ Styles, Devon, Bully Ray, Abyss, Gangrel, Kassius Ohno, Adam Pearce, Kevin Steen, Homicide, Matt Striker, Petey Williams, Shane Helms and the Godfather.
May 20, 2014
In his quest to become the public announcer for the San Diego Padres, Adam Pearce has been going through several rounds of auditions. The former NWA Heavyweight Champion recently revealed through Twitter that he has advanced yet another round.
March 8, 2014
It looks like Adam Pearce could be preparing himself for life after professional wrestling, as the former NWA heavyweight champion has done his second audition for a job with the San Diego Padres. He revealed on Twitter that it was a public announcer position, and he is among a group of candidates for the job.
February 8, 2014
Prior to becoming a professional wrestler for New Japan and future IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Hiroshi Tanahashi had dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. That was his primary sport in high school.
August 11, 2014
During the early 1990s, Billy Kidman was trained to become a professional wrestler by former WWE star Afa Anoa'i.
July 21, 2014
Yujiro Kushida, who regularly teams up with former TNA star Alex Shelley in New Japan, was mentored by former WWE star Tajiri early on in his career.
July 21, 2014
Prior to becoming known worldwide as a legend in professional wrestling, Bruiser Brody was actually a pretty good football player. He was an all state high school player in Michigan. His talents were so good that he caught the attention of a university in Texas. He parlayed his success in college to an NFL career, doing a brief stint with the Washington Redskins.
May 1, 2014
While he was easily one of the best overall performers during his generation, Tully Blanchard was a bit of a headache backstage. Shortly before he decided to leave WWE, Blanchard ended up failing a drug test because of cocaine, so management had no choice but to fire him. Bobby Heenan had to replace him in the match at Survivor Series 1989.
May 1, 2014
While he does not get featured as much by WWE nowadays, Pedro Morales will forever have a place in company history. The Puerto Rican star was the first guy to have won the WWE title, world tag team championship and the Intercontinental Championship. Morales even held the WWE and tag team championship, which he won with Bob Backlund, at the same time.
April 29, 2014
For a young professional wrestler, being able to work with a big time star could be what helps to spring board your career into the next level. A memorable feud with the legendary Harley Race was how Hercules Hernandez managed to make a name for himself during the territorial days. It was shortly after that feud that he found himself being signed by the NWA.
April 28, 2014
Prior to becoming a star in professional wrestling, Scott Norton was a star in the arm wrestling world. The former WCW star won at least thirty championships, including four national titles. He also traveled overseas for competition, including a life changing one in Japan. Norton also had enough recognition to be cast in Over the Top, a Sylvester Stallone movie about arm wrestling.
April 28, 2014
While he will forever associated with the famous wrestling last name, Ole Anderson is actually not an Anderson at all. His real name is Alan Rogowski. He simply adopted the Ole Anderson name to connect with the audience who were already familiar with Gene Anderson, his story line brother. Another interesting point of interest is that Ole Anderson is a play on the word oleander, a poisonous plant.
April 28, 2014
Back in 2000, the world of professional wrestling was saddened by the death of Masakazu Fukuda. While working a tournament match, Fukuda was hit by a flying elbow drop from Katsuyori Shibata. The blow proved to be fatal, as Fukuda had to be taken to the hospital, where he died a couple of days later. New Japan finished the tournament and dedicated the event in his honor.
April 28, 2014
Prior to becoming a star in WCW, Sid Vicious managed to pull off a pretty amazing feat while working for New Japan. Even though he was an unknown, Vicious was able to convince the promoters in Japan to give him a shot at the legendary Tatsumi Fujinami and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. He lost, of course, but was able to gain some recognition in the late 1980s by being in the match.
April 27, 2014
For as long as she has been on television, Stephanie McMahon has been a topic of interest for professional wrestling fans. Many WWE fans are quite enamored with her, so it comes as no surprise that her bra size is routinely discussed. During an interview once, Stephanie revealed that she received breast implants and now has a bra size of D cup.
April 24, 2014
Since she has been around WWE for a very long time, wrestling fans have been wondering how old Stephanie McMahon is. She was born on September 24, 1976, which makes her 37 right now. Due to her age and the fact that the kids are getting a little older, Stephanie recently decided to scale back on her responsibilities within WWE. She is no longer in charge of the creative department.
April 22, 2014
The boring gimmick that Lance Storm received while working in WWE was actually a little jab at internet wrestling fans. Many viewed him as a guy that was just too boring to be a star. In actuality, though, Storm has a pretty good personality and a sense of humor backstage. WWE went with the gimmick in order to try to something to see if it would give him momentum.
April 13, 2014
Back when he was a teenager in Mississippi, Kamala was a bit of a thief. He became known in town as a burglar who came from a poor family. The local police did not want to arrest him, so they heavily suggested that he leave town to avoid any further complications. The future WWE star opted to flee to the state of Florida, where he made money by picking fruit.
April 11, 2014
In a little known fact in professional wrestling, Bobby Heenan was originally scheduled to manage Jesse Ventura. Vince McMahon had lured him away from the AWA for that particular role. However, Ventura had blood clots in his lungs, which was due to his stint in the Vietnam War, and was forced to retire as an in ring performer. WWE moved Heenan on to other wrestlers.
April 10, 2014
In one of the more interesting connections in professional wrestling, when Wahoo McDaniel was a teenager in Texas, he was coached in baseball by George Bush, who would go on to become the 41st President of the United States.
April 9, 2014
Even though the truth has been out there for several years now, a lot of wrestling fans are still under the belief that Ole Anderson and Arn Anderson are brothers in real life. They're not. The relationship was created for their on screen characters to help Arn connect with the audience quicker because Ole was already established in the territory.
April 4, 2014
Back during the 1980s, one of the most talked about segment in professional wrestling was when Uncle Elmer got married on national television. It was an actual wedding, as the performer was really wanting to marry his longtime girlfriend. When he approached Vince McMahon about it, the promoter loved the idea and decided to make it a draw for WWE.
April 4, 2014
One of the biggest mysteries in professional wrestling involves Dennis Condrey and his decision to walk away from the Midnight Express. When asked about the situation, Bobby Eaton said that his former tag team partner basically left without saying a word to him for two years. Condrey reportedly did not inform Jim Cornette or the NWA, either.
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