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NEW YORK, November 5, 2013. America met the first woman who may officially die for a mistake errantly called the Affordable Care Act of 2010 on Sunday evening.
Her name is Edie Littlefield Sundby. Repeated assurances by the President to the contrary, she lost the health care plan she liked and fervently needed. Now this Stage IV cancer survivor may lose her life.
Reaction of the Obama White House was swift and obscene. At least one senior Democrat male personally led a political war on an especially vulnerable woman.
Then there is the disturbing case of Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel. Judging by his recent performances on Fox News Sunday and on MSNBC, Dr. Emanuel's revolting combination of arrogance and malevolent conceit will do more for challengers to Democrat despotism than billions of dollars might in forthcoming 2014 and 2016 political campaigns.
Something serious rots now underneath the foundation of the regime.
In the deeply disturbing rollout of long-delayed Obamacare specifics, the mainstream press starts to understand wider implications of Team Obama's disappearing "mojo".
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Perhaps they remember what Carl Sandburg wisely observed on the relevant subject: "shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the women who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are".
As President Obama founders now in toxic quicksand, we should consider lessons offered in fiction and in fact.
Truth under the Obama Administration is Stranger than Fiction
Like the highbrow fictional character Sherman McCoy from Tom Wolfe's absorbing novel, Bonfire of the Vanities, Barack Obama suffers under challenging and embarrassing circumstances.
Considering an incessant litany of lies, one harkens back to this priceless interchange between errant son and caring father in Wolfe's 1987 tour de force to understand our President's psyche:
"Sherman McCoy:
There's one thing I can do. I want to see the truth come out, and burn every one of them, and there's one way to do that.
Mr. McCoy:
And what is that?
Sherman McCoy:
Mr. McCoy:
In this case, if the truth won't set you free, then lie."
Does this dream from a different father animate our President?
Lessons from the Example of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
In his first inaugural speech, President Roosevelt declared:
"I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a [demeanor] which the present situation of our nation impels. This is pre-eminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly."
Today, President Obama could not complete the second sentence uttered by Roosevelt without being drowned in laughter.
Assiduously shielded from view by Democrat lawmakers who rammed the Affordable Care Act through Congress in 2010, then hidden from voters until long after the pivotal 2012 election, the truth comes out now in torrents, drowning loyal Democrat supporters and steadfast Republican opponents with equal force.
With regard to improving access to quality health care at affordable prices, we learn continually the cost of foundational lies concerning whether Americans could keep plans they actually liked. It is as if H.L. Mencken speaks directly to us each passing day:
"Unquestionably, there is progress, The average American now pays off twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages."
In 1933, America did not yet lead the world. Great Britain gamely held that honor, struggling under a myriad of long-simmering challenges. It mattered then, so much less, than it matters in 2013 that America might quickly find her way.
Lessons from the Example of President Lincoln
The closest comparable moment in America's history may well be on March 4, 1861, when President Lincoln asked seminal questions to a nation already rent asunder.
"Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hopes, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it? Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility that any portion of the ills you fly from have no real existence? Will you, while the certain ills you fly to are greater than the all the real ones you fly from, will you risk the commission of so fearful a mistake."
President Lincoln posed searing inquiries yet unwisely held his trust in "better angels." Though the nation survived, America suffered grievous wounds and still nurses raw scabs from our First Civil War. Could a second one follow, so many decades later?
Divisions in our body politic run so much deeper than most may appreciate.
Shortly, we get results from a small number of pivotal elections.
In the expected triumph of far-left Bill De Blasio over Joe Lhota for Mayor in New York City and in other races, Democrats including President Obama may choose to drink again from a cup of delusion.
When they do, they will commit fateful errors. Americans are spoiling to reject incumbents in both political parties and more than upset with a system that fails all but connected cronies.
It is not a party that takes shape, but a movement that will reclaim America's promise starting after November 2014 when profound change ultimately becomes feasible, in peace, at the ballot box.
Democrats beware: An active, vocal majority recognizes Obamacare for what it truly is, a fetid set of devious, immoral, and poorly constructed political acts, wrought in secret that now reveal our collective shame.
A slapdash plan that destroys a functioning health care system for 85% of Americans to assist a fraction of the 15% once outside care will not earn the "F" it truly deserves.
Instead, voters will expunge Obamacare starting next year in the fury rising over a bonfire set and stoked by tone deaf Democrats.
Whatever happens at the ballot box tonight, mark this day as the moment President Obama anointed himself leader of the lame duck Democrat dynasty.
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Former Anderson Police Department officer Bryan Benson was arrested in Redding on Monday. He is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a parking lot near the Shasta County jail in 2010. Benson was charged federally after pleading guilty last year in state court to assault by a public officer and was sentenced to a year in prison. The plea bargain prompted a public outcry and the passing of state law that closed a loophole that allowed Benson to avoid a stiffer penalty because the alleged assault occurred before she was booked into jail.
All cases of sex between jail inmates and officers are considered non-consensual. But at the time of Benson's plea bargain, the law didn't extend to arrestees who were being transported to jail. Benson had alleged the sex was consensual and Shasta County prosecutors said they had no choice but to charge him with the lesser crime.
The Anderson Police Department fired Benson in 2010. The unnamed victim has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the police department that is still pending.
The new charges are in federal court and Benson faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.

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Thin Lizzy's Gary Moore Leads The Hendrix Experience Tribute
Former [b]Thin Lizzy[/b] guitarist Gary Moore led an all-star tribute to [b]The Jimi Hendrix Experience[/b] at a special 40th anniversary Monterey DVD launch in London's West End last night (October 25).
Celebrating 40 years since The Jimi Hendrix Experience first played the Monterey International Pop Festival, the revolving tribute band at The Hippodrome included two former Experience members; drummer [b]Mitch Mitchell[/b] and bassist [b]Billy Cox[/b] as well as [b]Primal Scream[/b]'s drummer Darrin Mooney and Dave Bronze on bass.
Left-handed guitarist Gary Moore kicked off the concert with the classic 'Purple Haze' backed by Mooney and Bronze. That combination powered through seven tracks including 'Foxy Lady' and 'Angel'.
After 'Fire', Mooney and Broze left the stage to make way for Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox (pictured above) to come on and play three tracks - including an amazing 'Hey Joe'. The pair were originally part of the original [b]Band Of Gypsys[/b] Woodstock festival line-up.
Bronze and Mooney then returned to jam with Moore for a blistering fifteen minute 'Voodoo Chile'.
The special launch evening had started with an introduction by former NME writer [b]Keith Altham[/b] telling anecdotes about his experience of the Monterey International Pop Festival and a screening of the film to the packed house.
'Jimi Hendrix Live at Monterey: The Definitive Edition' celebrating the 40th anniversary of Hendrix's debut at the legendary Monterey Pop Festival is released next Monday (October 29).
Last night's full set list was:
(Gary Moore/Darrin Mooney/Dave Bronze)
[b]Purple Haze
Manic Depression
Foxy Lady
The Wind Cries Mary
I Don't Live Today
(Gary Moore/Mitch Mitchell/Billy Cox)
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Hey Joe[/b]
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The original Monterey International Pop Festival set list was:
18th June, 1967
[b]Killing Floor
Foxy Lady
Like a Rolling Stone
Rock Me Baby
Hey Joe
Can You See Me
The Wind Cries Mary
Purple Haze
Wild Thing[/b]
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I have just bought my first house and the gardens are a little neglected in places with weeds and overgrowth in areas. The previous owner was only there a couple of years but owner before that LOVED her garden and the perennials are all hers.
Anyway the whole gardening thing is new to me. I am falling hard though. I am probably making tons of mistakes as i am learning. This forum is great . I am wondering if anyone could help me figure out what this plant is. It seems to have taken over in a couple spots and I think I am going to need to get rid of it. the roots are insane though. They look like a mess of worms and go deep and are very clingy. I don't know how to post a picture here but I have a link to the photos of the plant. Someone suggested it could be chives gone to seed and someone else suggested a lily of some sort. Any ideas? http://www.flickr.com/photos/shellsinmypocket/712155606/
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Looks a bit like tradescantia to me. |
- Posted by laurie_z3_mb sw MB (My Page) on Wed, Jul 4, 07 at 8:24
Yep, that's tradescantia or spiderwort all right. I guess it's a plant that you may want to just devote an area alone to, as it may choke out other plants. Welcome to the forum too. There's lots of information here for anybody starting out in gardening. Don't hesitate to ask questions, as we were all beginner gardeners at some time.;^) Laurie |
- Posted by valleyrimgirl 2b (My Page) on Wed, Jul 4, 07 at 11:18
I also have the spiderwort, 4 different colors, a white, the zwanesburg blue, a pink and a purple (just like yours). I have not found that they are invasive in any manner in my yard. Yes, the purple and pink have spread but not taken over just an individual plant here and a plant there but the white and blue have not. I really enjoy its many little flowers. The white spiderwort... The zwanesburg blue was and still is mixed up with Grandma Jean Daylily just like it was when a friend of mine sold the daylily to me. They are very happy together so I think that they may remain that way here. Since they have taken over in your yard...yes, get rid of the majority of them. Wonder how many years they have been in the yard? Maybe your soil conditions are the exactly what they like. Brenda |
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This is sort of an odd collection of things that I have in fair numbers right now. I list them together, partly since I suspect some of the things I'm looking for might work best as a trade for more than one thing. Here are some of the things I'm looking for: Masdevallia caesia (probably not other Masdevallias, but possibly other Pleurothallids) Stanhopeas (cool growing species only) Cymbidium tracyanum (but not other Cymbidiums) Platyceriums other than P. bifurcatum (a mounted P. superburm would be nice) Other interesting and uncommon cool-growing epiphytes Aristolochia grandiflora (see link at bottom) Here are some of the things I have. Species Impatiens: I only have one of the rooted Impatiens tinctoria cuttings ready, but I will root more. I have't decided whether to divide the tubers of my big plant (it's not dormant and probably will not go dormant). The Impatiens namchabarwenis cuttings were just cut back (and 5 more started), so they look a little ratty. They will become bushier as a result of the pruning. I also have about 20 seeds. Begonia luxurians: I have 6 more, plus one too big to ship if someone locally needs one (San Mateo county). Agapetes serpens: These are barely ready and still inside. I also have other Agapetes rooted but not ready (A. hosseana, A. smithiana Major) and not propagated (Agapetes serpens 'Nepal Cream' (alba form)). I have other plants propagated, some of which are listed in the link at the bottom. I'm limited severely by space (I grow in a 20 x 20 ft area) so my "wants" are very limited. If I don't find trades, I will consider trading for postage. In general I prefer to trade for postage instead of plants than I don't truly "need". Several of the above plants need cool summers, and I would expect the plants to go to people with the appropriate conditions. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Aristolochia grandiflora post, with other plants listed
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List me for postage trade on all impatiens, i am climate controlled in Texas, thanks. Nice collection. firstname.lastname@example.com |
I would love that begonia lusurians but I don't have anything cool growing. Possibly you would like to trade for a card at your favorite nursery or something else??? |
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Hi I received your dmail on DG. Please check it. Very interested in the luxurians. Thanks Re: Beg. Elaine |
I would interested in sending postage for any impatients or agapetes. I live in the pacific northwest, a cool summer here. I also have a heated greenhouse for all my prize plants. Sorry, I have none on your list to send. I grow a lot of fushias, standard fushias and other. I have 4 begonias that are quite old, I save in the greenhouse. Let me know if this is fine with you. Darlene |
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Hello, Thought you might enjoy seeing the latest picture of my OSU blue tomatoes that are ripening. the color is pretty intense and is best where the sun hits them. They are ripening from the top down. Still pretty hard so not ready to pick yet. The biggest are roughly golf ball sized. |
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I picked my first ripe Cherry Tomato two days ago :). |
That isn't ripening you are showing. That's what you said it was - changing color "where the sun hits" them. The anthocyanin isn't there because of the ripening process. Later they will ripen (red) like other tomatoes, from the blossom end up. Any part which receives bright light will stay purple. If you want more purple on them; wait until you see the bottom coloring up (red), pick them and place the fruit in bright light rotating them towards the light source. That will encourage more anthocyanin being produced. |
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Lincecum Pitches 3 Solid Innings, Giants Shut Out Royals In Cactus League
Tim Lincecum pitched three strong innings and Hunter Pence homered as the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0 on Friday.
Kazmir Pitches 3 Scoreless In Spring Debut With A's
Scott Kazmir pitched three scoreless innings in his debut for the Oakland Athletics in a 2-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
A's, Diamondbacks Finish In 8-8 Tie In 10 innings
Brandon Moss and Sam Fuld homered and the Oakland Athletics finished in an 8-8 tie in 10 innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.
Hudson Scoreless Again, Giants Beat Reds In Cactus League
Tim Hudson extended his spring training scoreless streak to five innings, Pablo Sandoval homered to lead off a three-run fifth and the San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 Thursday.
Taylor's Hot Streak Not Enough, A's Lose To Brewers In Cactus League
Ryan Braun hit his second homer of the spring and added a single to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Oakland Athletics 7-2 on Wednesday.
Cain Throws 3 Shutout Innings, Giants Top Angels In Cactus League
Matt Cain pitched three shutout innings in his first start of the spring and Pablo Sandoval hit a pair of RBI singles as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 Wednesday.
A's Split Squad Rallies In 9th, Defeats Brewers In Cactus League
Wily Peralta gave up one hit in three scoreless innings in his first spring start, but Luke Montz hit a two-run homer in a three-run ninth to rally an Oakland Athletics' split-squad to a 6-4 victory Tuesday over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Bumgarner Solid Again, Giants Beat Rockies In Cactus League
Madison Bumgarner took another positive step in preparation for his first opening-day start, throwing three scoreless innings Tuesday in the San Francisco Giants' 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
Milone Gives Up 3 Runs, A's Split Squad Falls To Cubs
Justin Ruggiano hit a two-run homer and an RBI double, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 6-4 win Tuesday over an Oakland Athletics split-squad.
Lincecum Strong In Cactus League Debut, Giants Lose To Padres
Tim Lincecum, who signed a two-year, $35 million deal in the offseason after finishing 10-14 with a 4.37 ERA in 2013, gave up a hit, walked one and struck out one in two innings. He was the National League's Cy Young Award winner in 2008 and 2009.


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Stuffed chicken breasts are a simple way to change up dinner. Submitted by LITTLERAMONA84 Carbs: 10.1g | Fat: 12.7g | Fiber: 3g | Protein: 60.2g | Calories: 403.5
Cookbook creator says: 1/5/13 Submitted by WMGABBY Carbs: 21.9g | Fat: 11.8g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 24.1g | Calories: 295.1
Cookbook creator says: Monday 12/31/12 Submitted by MRSDUDLEY Carbs: 17.3g | Fat: 2.3g | Fiber: 4.1g | Protein: 37.1g | Calories: 236.6
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These are addictive. They're sweet, salty, spicy, and crunchy. Cut back on the sriracha/chili flakes to tame these fiery nuts. Use smoked (not hot or sweet) paprika. Submitted by STEPFANIER Carbs: 16.2g | Fat: 18g | Fiber: 4.3g | Protein: 7.6g | Calories: 241.6
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When I threw this recipe together, I was actually shocked at how absolutely delicious it turned out. It's lip-tingling and packed full of flavor, with wonderful texture!. You won't even miss the deep fryer! Submitted by SHEHEATHIE Carbs: 28.3g | Fat: 3.1g | Fiber: 1.2g | Protein: 45.5g | Calories: 309.8
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These are an excellent replacement for salty treats like chips, these will keep in an airtight container for 2 weeks. Makes 8 half cup servings. Submitted by JANNERS1980 Carbs: 24.2g | Fat: 5.7g | Fiber: 6.1g | Protein: 7.1g | Calories: 166
This is chocolate cake in a coffee cup...with a few changes to make it healthier Submitted by SPITFIRE12 Carbs: 42.4g | Fat: 0.6g | Fiber: 1.5g | Protein: 6.9g | Calories: 197.8
Fresh and juicy during spring and summer months, strawberries are delicious when combined with tender spinach, creamy goat cheese and crunchy toasted almonds. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 6.4g | Fat: 16.6g | Fiber: 2.3g | Protein: 4g | Calories: 181.2
These are great served as a side dish with any meal. Submitted by KEVINKELLY Carbs: 25.1g | Fat: 9.8g | Fiber: 2.7g | Protein: 3.7g | Calories: 200.2
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Our roundup of December's most memorable mug shots may be weirder than all of those that preceded it in 2012. Featured posers include a student accused of assault for feeding unknowing people pot brownies, a DUI cop busted for DUI and -- a first -- the booking photo of a Westword contributor that will put a smile on your face. Check them out below, and be sure to click on the links or headlines to read our original coverage.Big photos below.
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Michelle Speas
Given the anemic economic environment, nonprofits need to keep accountability and transparency in mind as they decide what to cut - and not cut - from their budgets.
Long-term organizational survival in this economic environment is rooted in the trust the public has in your good name. How are you stewarding that trust?
Are you protecting your name and your brand? Which leaders in your organization are holders of the trust? Are you able to answer the question, "Why should our donors trust us with their gifts?"
With stewardship of that trust as a backdrop, nonprofits should make budget allocations with the goal of moving the organization and its mission forward.
Therefore, reinvesting or reallocating resources among budget items should be done in way that fuels growth and creates forward progress.
When contemplating budget cuts, what deserves a second look?
First, too many organizations have reduced the effectiveness of their development departments by freezing open positions or completely eliminating positions.
The development office consists of the very people who work closest with our donors and who have their trust.
Development budgets are fair game, but not at the expense of eliminating the caretakers of your trust and brand.
Second, are you spending dollars on unchecked office-supply orders, unnecessary travel and expenses, and excessive salaries and raises for executive directors and senior personnel?
Yes, I said it, and I've been a CEO. But how can we justify executive salary increases while our frontline staff, and the average teacher in North Carolina, have not received a raise in years?
All raises need to balanced and thought through with 100 percent buy-in from the board of directors.
One board member commented off the record that they "were shocked" to learn the CEO's salary increased considering the overall financial condition of the organization.
If you are a CEO and make above $50,000, your salary and benefits are public information. Your board members may not be the only people checking you out.
An executive director of an international relief agency shared, "I spend every dollar as if it's my own personal money. That's how I have to make every decision now. I agonize. I pray. This is not my money, and too many organizations have lost the public's trust thinking they are entitled to spend as they like. I am accountable to our donors at every level."
A marketing director with a health and human services organization with over 150 employees remarked, "I tend to err on the side of being cautious with dollars. Personally, as a marketing director, if I get something really glossy in the mail, it means either they have a very healthy marketing budget or they are overspending. One way I have saved dollars in my budget is to bring a lot of production in house."
Are you transparent? How many of these questions are you able to answer?
- Is your organization listed on the IRS list of tax exempt organizations?
- Have you updated your organizational and financial data on GuideStar?
- Are you rated by Charity Navigator, the watchdog agency that rates 501(c)3 organizations based on their financial efficiency and ratio of overhead expenses to the overall budget?
- Do you post your 990 on your website?
- Do you know what the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is?
Michelle Speas, MA, CFRE, is president of the NonProfit Collaborative, a Advance, N.C.-based cooperative of nonprofit consultants.
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So, JJ Abrams has made the film of the year. Oh yes, he has...
Star Trek
is sci-fi with soul. A pacy, endlessly thrilling reboot that pumps energy and emotion into a notoriously sterile fiction.
The multiplex masses loved it (highest grossing Star Trek film at $385m worldwide).
The non-fans embraced it (those "This is not your father's Star Trek" ads worked).
Even the arms-folded Trekkies/Trekkers had to admit it was
"fun, watchable."
And now, inevitably, phasers are set to "Make a sequel!" (not an authentic phaser setting).
The cast have signed on for two more and original writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and co-producer Damon Lindelof are working on the story for the first - with a 2011 release planned to chime with the show's 45th anniversary.
Orci has promised the second Trek will "deal with modern issues" and Abrams himself has stressed the need to drill deeper into ground barely skimmed by the first movie.
Depressingly, top of Abrams' checklist appears to be 'Hire A Big Lorry, Fill It With Money And Dump It On William Shatner's Porch.'
("The fun is that the destiny of the characters isn't constrained by pre-existing films or TV series. Whether it's Shatner or Khan, it would be ridiculous to not be open to those ideas.")
That's Khan - the late Ricardo Montalban's genetically engineered, Nietzschien ubervillain, last seen forcing Spock to sacrifice himself for the good of the Enterprise in the second-best Star Trek film, 1982's The Wrath Of Khan.
Movies, of course, are business - made to make money for the studios who pay for them. Given the first film's receipts, no force on Earth could deter Paramount from holding to the three-movie business model - however creaky the concept or tired the characters (or actors).
But JJ's Star Trek is such an accessible, fully formed, start-to-finish satisfying experience, how can he push to the next Warp Factor without, umm, breaking the engines?
Orci's comments are worrying enough. What exactly
these "modern issues" poised to be processed into an oh-so-relevant allegorical plot theme?
Back in the early-to-mid 2000s, the Battlestar Galactica rework was spoilt for real-world riffs: Iraq, fears about post 9/11 civil liberties, the 'war on terror' and its attendant xenophobia, political paranoia, fundamentalism vs humanism, the ethics of Guantanamo Bay, a violated superpower poised to establish itself as a quasi-colonial force in the Middle East - and possibly beyond...)
Today, what would Star Trek 2 have to draw on? At the edge of a new decade, world affairs feel stuck in a wait-and-see holding pattern: post-Bush, pre-Obama (jury still out), with the key powers too focused on paying the bills to engage in anything conveniently cinematic.
How about a big, bold bad guy - a sly nod to Iran's President Ahmadinejad - who plans to use secretly acquired weapons to hold the world to ransom? Already covered in the first movie.
A newly assertive Russia doubling for the warlike, adventurist Klingons? Even that's off now - with Obama's recent nixing of European Missile Defence.
The steady drawing back from Iraq and Afghanistan as the basis for a barnstorming storyline set on a stricken planet, overrun by civil war, whose leaders beg the visiting Enterprise crew to stick around and call in Federation reinforcements? Too dry.
Something environmental, perhaps? A guest spot from Al Gore as the leader of a race from the future warning Kirk and Spock of impending natural disaster? Zzzzzzzz.
The writers can't even take the world recession as the cue for a story about intergalactic resource-wrestling - because, come 2011, we'll surely be back to our old profligate selves.
As for Abrams hints about Shatner and Kahn, the once-wonderful 24 wrote itself into ironic knots by cartoonishly burping back old characters and classic nemeses.
After delivering such a fresh and sparky reinvention, surely no-one wants to see the franchise blunder down dirty old Meta Street, tripping over foregrounded geek-winks and inviting canned applause at the regular introduction of tired old adversaries.
Abrams needs to quit pestering Shatner, shelve his old Trek DVDs and push
Star Trek 2
forward by looking back - to the series' traditional focus on humanity and morality.
He should view Battlestar not as an inspiration for reflecting reality, but as a model for how to lock audiences into a space-bound saga by developing rich, interesting, flawed characters and pitching them into an irresistible swirl of ethical dilemmas.
Abrams now has the opportunity to do for sci-fi what Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight did for comic-books: subvert genre prejudice by taking a well received redux deeper and darker. More adult, less adolescent.
And definitely no Tribbles.
What are you hoping to see from Star Trek 2? Would you be happy with a checklist of series regulars or must JJ try harder? Or maybe you hated his version anyway...
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8 Inanimate Objects Horror Movies Made Us Fear
Cinematic Listology By David Christopher Bell on October 23, 2013 | Comments (3)There's probably no funnier first-world fear than thinking your stuff might come alive and try to kill you. Then again, pretty much the entire horror genre is based around exploiting ridiculous irrational fears – it's just that some fears are a little more irrational than others. Your toaster isn't out to get you. To celebrate that, here are some of the most innocuous, completely stupid objects that horror films have found a way to demonize (successfully even!):
The 10 Worst Real Estate Listings Cinema Has to Offer
Cinematic Listology By Kevin Carr on September 24, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThis article is presented in partnership with SINISTER, in theaters October 5. Don't forget that you can see Sinister first with Tugg.com and Film School Rejects in Washington, DC (and many other cities) by visiting SeeSinisterFirst.com. Even though movies often get a bad rap for glorifying sex and violence, there's a lot of lessons that can be learned from various films. Horror films, in particular, have taught people a variety of helpful things. For example, we all know to never split up when being chased by a maniac. We know to never drop your weapon next to a killer's "obviously" dead body. And we also know not to go out a-sexing and a-drinking in the woods without at least keeping one eye open for a deranged psychopath with a questionable past. Movies have also taught us to ask what might be considered bizarre questions when deciding on a new place to live. Has anyone been killed with a nail gun in the living room? Does there happen to be a gateway to hell in the basement? How many former tenants have gone completely bat-shit crazy and murdered their entire families? (Note: if the answer is more than zero, you might want to reconsider renting or purchasing this home.) These real estate listings below might seem to be a good deal, but read between the lines and discover the wicked deal you're getting on the purchase price might not be a good deal at all.
An Autopsy Report on the 'House' Series Finale
Channel Guide By Amber Humphrey on May 23, 2012 | Comments (3)Dr. Gregory House was a caustic, egotistical pill-popper who'd insult a dying woman to her face for his own misanthropic reasons but also because doing so would have provided him with some vital insight into her condition. There was brilliance behind that cantankerous behavior and if it weren't for the Holmesian powers of deduction that allowed him to save lives (and his dreamy eyes), he would have been totally irredeemable. As it stands, he's one of the most memorable and beloved TV characters in recent history. And now, after eight seasons and more than one hundred last minute diagnoses, Fox stalwart House has ended. Along with all of the standard medical puzzles, this year, the titular doctor, played as wryly as ever by Hugh Laurie, was incarcerated, then released from jail to find that many of the familiar faces at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital had dispersed; he added a couple of new members to his diagnostic team (Charlene Yi and Odette Annable) and learned that friend and fellow M.D. Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard)—one of the only people that he ever truly cared about—was battling cancer. Although the episode that capped off this final season was far from outstanding (or even an episode that will be remembered in a year's time), it was a suitable conclusion and a welcomed end to a powerful show that had been puttering along during these last several seasons.
Movie News After Dark: Portal Animated, Blade Runner Art, Game of Thrones Ladies, Avengers Reading and Looking at You
Movie News By Neil Miller on April 30, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWhat is Movie News After Dark? Mostly, it's a nice little nightly column about movies and entertainment. Before you came along, it was nothing. We begin tonight with a first shot of an independently produced Portal animated movie. It's from an artist and animator named Alex Zemke, who plans to make a Portal short called Companionship. This reminds of Dan Trachtenberg's indie short Portal: No Escape, but with some pretty cool animation. We'll have to keep an eye on it.
Movie News After Dark: Nerdist Late Night, Goodbye House, Mad Men and The Trailers of SXSW 2012
Movie News By Neil Miller on February 9, 2012 | Comments (1)What is Movie News After Dark? It's a nightly movie and entertainment news column that brings you all the stuff you should be reading that hasn't already been published on Film School Rejects. We admit that we're honored to be an inspiration to every person, writer and sentient being mentioned in the links below, and would like to pay them back with a link. Also, it's a column whose author is going on vacation for a week starting tomorrow, so you'll be seeing some fresh faces pinch-hitting over the next week. It's likely that they will do a much better job, but lets not tell them that. We're already having problems with their egos, as it is. We begin this evening with an image Tweeted by Chris Hardwick, king of the Nerdist empire. It's a preview from his appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, in which he will assuredly be pimping his new book, hitting on Zooey Deschanel (because who wouldn't) and talking about nerdy things with another nerdy famous person. If Questlove plays the drums with lightsabers, I'm in.
Channel Guide: Our 2011 Emmy Predictions
Features By Merrill Barr on September 17, 2011 | Comments (2)Guess what everyone, the Emmys are back in town! Aren't you excited?! No, that's okay, neither am I. Just another night for some of Hollywood's biggest talents to pat themselves on the back for making pretend (really good pretend, though). But you know what, we here at FSR will treat this with the utmost respect that we do all awards ceremonies. That said, before we get to the predictions, let's take a look at some of the top winners from the Creative Arts Awards portion of the Emmys which were awarded last week: Futurama walked away with the top honor for animated program based on the episode 'The Late Philip J. Fry,' beating out front runners South Park and The Simpsons who dominated the category between 2000 and 2009. This also marks the second time Futurama has won the award for Best Animated Series. Maurice LaMarche also walked away with the award for Best Voice-Over Performance for his work on the series as Lrr and Orson Welles. Gwyneth Paltrow took the award for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Holly Holiday on Glee. Game of Thrones took the award for Best Title Sequence. Boardwalk Empire took the win for Best Visual effects beating out the likes of The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones. Deadliest Catch won the award for Best Reality Series (a win that is more than acceptable in this category). Okay, now that we got that out of the way, let's move on to […]
Channel Guide: Five New and Five Returning Must-See Shows To Watch This Season
Channel Guide By Merrill Barr on September 10, 2011 | Comments (9)This week begins what will be a host of premiers over the next month for all the new and returning shows of the fall season. Regardless of what your thoughts may be on this year's crop, one can't deny that the main theme across the board seems to be diversity. Shows from all walks of life are dancing (sometimes with stars) around the schedule this year, and perhaps it would be a good idea to pick out some favorites that you should definitely give at least a DVR record. So here are five new and five returning shows that you should be checking out.
This Week in Blu-ray: Sons of Anarchy, Top Gun, House, Malcolm McDowell and More
Blu-ray Spotlight By Neil Miller on August 31, 2011 | Comments (1)It's time for another day late edition of This Week in Blu-ray. I might as well just move this column to Wednesday, as I'm so often cramming to get releases from certain studios — who will remain nameless (Fox) — that send out their review material at the absolute last minute. That said, I'm glad they decided to send their releases this week, as they earned a Pick of the Week with one of the best shows on television. Also included in this week's rundown: we fly into the danger zone, I admit to not hating something that screams Disney Channel, Criterion drops to juicy releases and Hugh Laurie is still so dreamy. All that and more in this week's saucy selection of high definition accoutrement. Sons of Anarchy: Season Three With the seemingly obvious exception of Breaking Bad, there may be no better drama on television than Kurt Sutter's Sons of Anarchy. Conceived with a great passion for the brotherhood of biker gangs and filled with characters, both main and supporting, that are infinitely engaging, it's one of the grittiest, gnarliest and often best-acted shows around. In their expansive third season, the boys from Charming go on the hunt for Jax's kidnapped son, Abel, a tour that leads the crew all the way to Belfast and one hell of an emotional finale. After season two's finish, it's hard to believe that a repeat is possible. But when it comes to SAMCRO, anything is possible. As for the Blu-ray earning […]
Blood, Sweat and Latex: Brother, would you haunt this 'House?'
Blood Sweat and Latex By Shannon Shea on July 25, 2011 | Be the First To CommentNearly anyone can do something once. Repeating an experience for a second time, in some ways, is more daunting than the first time. When you are new to a situation, everything is potential. Possibilities. Every result is either positive or a "learning experience." However, shouldering an experience for a second time, it is easy to let negative questions and self-doubt wander into your psyche, especially when that second experience, in comparison to the first, appears grander and more demanding. Confused? Let me explain. The Supernaturals was a "friendly experience." Mark Shostorm and his small crew bonded quickly over a challenging but manageable amount of work. We all parted friends and remain in touch (except Ed Ferrell – Where are you Ed?). After the wrap of the show, I had returned home to New Orleans to spend the holidays with my (then) girlfriend Tracy and my family. I had no idea when fortune would take me back out to California to work on another film, but somehow, I knew it was going to happen. I knew so positively that I didn't run out and get a job. As fate would have it, I was correct.
'House' Star Walks, CBS Says Goodbye To Another Show While CW Says Hello
Television By Merrill Barr on May 18, 2011 | Comments (4)In what is perhaps the most shocking and unexpected TV news of the day, Deadline Oxford is reporting that House M.D. star Lisa Edelstein (Cuddy) will not return to the show next season. Supporting cast members Omar Epps (Foreman) and Robert Sean Leonard (Wilson) both renewed their contracts this month to return for the eighth (and what is most likely going to be final) season. Edelstein was the only remaining cast member still in the negotiation process and has apparently decided not to return. There is no word on how her character will be written out of the show or if she will appear for the premiere of season eight to conclude her character's story line. But the silver lining is that the news will most likely soften the blow of recent CBS show cancellation, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior. A spin-off starring Forest Whitaker to CBS's hit procedural Criminal Minds was never really that good and the ratings were a testament to the fact that the series truly felt like a cash grab. It also didn't help that unlike many of CBS's spin-off series, this one had nothing new to offer to the franchise, not even a city. It was nothing more than another (and inferior) BAU unit going around the country to stop serial killers.
Movie News After Dark: X-Men Photos, Scream 5, Michelle Williams in Oz, Akira and Cinematic Marriage Proposals
Movie News By Neil Miller on May 17, 2011 | Comments (1)What is Movie News After Dark? It's a nightly column dedicated to things happening in the world of entertainment. It's also deathly afraid of Kevin Bacon. It would like to reassess it's number of degrees and somehow increase from its usual 2 to at least 8. That way Mr. Bacon and his X-Men character can't clamp its nether regions in the contraption above. At least we think that's what that thing is. We begin our night with X-Men: First Class and a massive dump of images over at Gamma Squad. From high-res shots of the meticulously crafted costumes to high-res shots of cool CGI mutants to a high-res shot of whatever the hell Kevin Bacon is doing in the photo above. I almost don't want to know. But I do, because this movie continues to look better and better with every little marketing bit.
This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we talk with stuntman legend Vic Armstrong (who brought to life Indiana Jones, Superman and James Bond). We also chat with camera operator/cinematographer Peter Simonite (Skateland, Tree of Life), and we dig deeper into the monster-making world of effects master Shannon Shea. Plus, Matt Razak from Flixist spars off with Mike Smith from Examiner.com for our Movie News Pop Quiz, and we all learn an important lesson. By that, I mean a lesson about re-imaginings, reboots and re-re-re-makes. Listen Here: Download This Episode
Movie News After Dark: Rachel Weisz, Community, Dinosaurs vs. Aliens and Lego Jack Sparrow
Movie News By Neil Miller on May 11, 2011 | Comments (1)What is Movie News After Dark? It's a nightly movie news column that wishes it could recreate the world using Legos. It would begin with the cast of Community and Rachel Weisz. It would then have them play one of the most epic games of paintball ever! Sal Mineo can come, too. Rachel Weisz may be doing more than taking a trip to Oz with James Franco and Sam Raimi. Word on the street is that she may also land a leading role alongside Jeremy Renner in The Bourne Legacy. In other news, I enjoy leading off my nightly columns with pictures of Rachel Weisz.
FOX Cleans House, Wonder Woman Pickup Rumored
Television By Merrill Barr on May 10, 2011 | Comments (7)After weeks of negotiations between FOX and Universal over the production costs of hit medical drama House M.D., the show has finally been renewed for an eighth season on the network. The issue of the negotiations stemmed from the fact that FOX wanted to drastically cut the cost of producing the show since the recent drop in ratings from last season. Series stars Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Olivia Wilde, and Robert Sean Leonard are all signed on to return, but co-stars Lisa Edelstein, Jesse Spencer, and Peter Jacobson are all still in the middle of negotiations. However, their returns are almost a guarantee. In addition to the renewal of House, the network also picked up three pilots to series including the comedy I Hate My Teenage Daughter starring Jaime Pressly, another comedy in the form of The New Girl starring Zooey Deschanel, Bones (which also saw a renewal a week ago) spin-off Finder which had a back door pilot on the hit crime-drama a couple weeks ago, and the new J.J. Abrams series Alcatraz.
Year in Review: The Best Criterion Files of 2010
2010 Year in Review By FSR Staff on December 29, 2010 | Be the First To CommentUpon discussion and deliberation between Landon Palmer and Adam Charles (the two primary authors of the Criterion Files column) it was decided that due to the column's state of near infancy and a small number of articles to choose from they would not reflect upon each other's incisive works throughout the year of what was considered, or what they felt to be, the articles each were either most impressed by from the other, or considered the most indicative of what the column represents – and instead opted to choose 10 releases of the Criterion company in 2010 they felt most noteworthy of attention.
Delving into each other's works even if the output was extended to 26 articles each over the course of a full year to choose the favorites from would actually prove to be a much simpler task than what was done for this year's Year in Review. Trying to narrow down a list of the most significant Criterion Collection releases of any given year to a list of 10 is like…well, trying to list the 10 best of anything of which everything deserves attention. So, take these not as a slight against any of the other releases by any means (please, see every film they include in the library because they've selected it for a reason), these just happen to be a consolidation of releases Landon and Adam considered either significant for the availability on home video, marked a trend of the company's direction of material to include in the library, personal affections, or were simply just incredible works in presentation of the picture previously not able to be experienced from prior releases.
Boiling Point: Short Come Backs
Boiling Point By Robert Fure on November 29, 2010 | Be the First To CommentWhen not sitting in the cinema or the drunk tank, you can often find me claiming some couch space and settling in for some television, either live or on the DVR. It's quite the life, let me tell you. During the down time of television seasons, you're no doubt beside yourself with what to do. Go outside? No thanks, Mr. Sun. Hang out with friends? Who? No, it's best to watch old seasons on DVD until the new episodes roll around. Then once they're here, celebration! After a six or eight month hiatus, it's time for a welcome reunion with favorite characters and engaging storylines. It's time to settle in for a solid 12-22 weeks of brand new amazing adventures! Well, maybe a decade ago. Or even five years ago. But today it seems that whoever is in charge of the network schedule isn't so much a fan of Connect Four as he is of Scattergories. If you're not down with the game parlance, what I'm trying to say is almost no channel just runs a straight season anymore. Virtually every cable network runs a scatter shot program, three episodes here, a two week break there, a marathon on Saturday, and then another four episodes in a week.
This Week in Blu-ray: The Sound of Music, Alien, Back to the Future, Toy Story 3 and More!
Blu-ray Spotlight By Neil Miller on November 2, 2010 | Comments (7)Last week, I picked perhaps the worst week of the year to take a break from This Week in Blu-ray. As you will see in this week's entry, two or three of the most impressive releases of the year hit store shelves. And it's likely that they – the likes of Alien, Back to the Future and Hausu – have already made their way into your collection. I will be talking about them anyway, dear reader. For those of you who need a little extra nudge, here it comes. I also have plenty to say about this week's releases, including a few deliciously crafted releases for some legitimate cinematic classics. Julie Andrews sings, Dick Van Dyke flies through the air and Bing Crosby tap-dances with Danny "F**kin'" Kaye as our weekly Blu-ray buying budget empties faster than our tear ducts during the final act of Pixar's Toy Story 3. Give it up, Blu-ray lovers, it is perhaps the most magical time of year. Also, This Week in DVD host Rob Hunter stops buy to review a few releases that were well off my radar screen. And he does so with gusto!
The FSR Fall 2010 Watch List Wrap Up
Television By Merrill Barr on September 25, 2010 | Comments (3)With premiere week over I've compiled a list of the week's top premieres from each night. The winner of each night is based upon the quality of the writing, the shows entertainment value and if it's a new series, the shows sustainability. This year had some extremely heavy hitters and some of the best performances we have seen on the small screen. So without further ado, here are the winners of the FSR Fall 2010 Watch List (please note that this list only applies to shows that started before or during the week of September 19th). Sunday: Boardwalk Empire In what should come as no surprise, Boardwalk Empire was top dog on Sunday. I'm not big into period pieces which is why I really never got into Mad Men, but Scorsese has made me fall in love with the 20's and Atlantic City. Steve Buscemi is a great lead and a guy I can't wait to watch every week. If only Scorsese could direct every episode and not just the pilot.
The FSR Fall 2010 Monday Night Watch List
Television By Merrill Barr on September 20, 2010 | Comments (8)Now that you've gotten your Sunday night fix of Boardwalk Empire, it's time to move into the beginning of the work/school week. Monday night is a time for action, suspense and comedy from all networks, and there's plenty of each to behold this year. Many television classics such as 24 and Las Vegas have come out of the worst work day of the week. As I'm sure you're all just looking to decompress after a hard day, get your DVR remotes handy becomes it's time for Part II of The FSR Fall 2010 Watch List. THIS LIST IS NOT THE EVENT!
Olivia Wilde Joins Freaky Friday-esque 'Change Up'
Casting Couch By Scott Beggs on September 16, 2010 | Comments (1)By the end of 2010, fans will see Olivia Wilde on House, in theaters for The Next Three Days and Tron: Legacy, and will hear more about her role in Cowboys and Aliens. She's going to be everywhere, and that's not even counting television appearances, magazine photo shoots, and co-starring roles in dreams. Now, she'll appear alongside Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds for The Change Up – a film that sees uptight Bateman switch bodies with slacker Reynolds for the record-breaking 2,000th body changing movie. The best possible outcome? A twist ending where Batemen finds himself permanently stuck inside Jodie Foster's body.
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Nat Wolff Talks About Playing Isaac In The Fault In Our Stars
After coming of age on Nickelodeon's The Naked Brothers Band, 19-year-old actor and singer Nat Wolff seems poised for an effortless transition from tween heartthrob to leading man. He's in this week's The Fault in Our Stars as Isaac, a cancer-afflicted teen who eventually loses his sight, and he played that part so well that he was recently cast as the lead in the adaptation of yet another John Green book, Paper Towns. The up-and-comer spoke about playing a blind character, collaborating with Green, and why he's really glad that there's not a Fault in Our Stars sequel.
How did you prepare to play a blind character?
I met with a lot of cancer patients and that was really informative in the sense that they were no different than any other kids that I've met. And then I met with a couple of blind people. I met with a guy named Ethan who really helped me out. He was 19 when he went blind and he got dumped by his girlfriend, like my character, so he helped me—technically, when I was watching him, but also emotionally. He had a lot of rage but he was really funny, and I thought, Oh my god, this is perfect for the character. And so I made sure in the movie, I was like, I don't want Isaac to be the joke. I want him to be funny. He's got an edge.
[STOP READING NOW TO AVOID SPOILER] Tell me a little bit about shooting Gus's eulogy scene. That must have been an intense experience.
Yeah, it was. Especially because we'd gotten to know each other so well—Ansel, Shai, and I. Every single time I talk about it I start to choke up, thinking about how somebody who's actually alive still is going to die ... I mean, especially someone I love, like Ansel. It was painful.
There was a lot of audible sobbing during that part at my screening.
Oh, man. My brother said he started crying at that part. And I started crying too. I didn't start crying during my part of it just because it's too hard for me to watch myself, but during Shai's part of it I started crying. And then the part where Laura [Dern] says to Shai, "I'll always be your mother"—I was just like, F#!!!k.
[END SPOILER, START READING AGAIN!] There's a point where you're like, I just want it to stop; it's so sad!
Yeah, you're like, OK, OK!
MORE: Ansel Elgort On Filming The Makeout Scenes In TFIOS: "I'm Just Such A Good Kisser!"
Was it more fun shooting the scenes where you got to take out your rage by smashing trophies and throwing eggs?
So fun. And I was really blind doing [the egg-throwing] scene. I put glass eye contacts in my eyes because I just didn't want to have to fake it. So I ended up actually being blind. I was like someone who just went blind because I didn't know what I was doing. For the scenes where I have one glass eye, I just had the one glass eye contact in, and it messed with my depth perception. So even though I could see, I was kind of, like, off. It made it so there was no acting.
You were also in Palo Alto with James Franco this year, and I hear that in that film you also get to smash a car into a wall. People seem to know that you're good at smashing stuff.
Yeah, I end up playing people with a little bit of—I guess some rage. Palo Alto's a whole different kind of character. He's a much harder-to-like character, but I found a way to like him. Me, myself, I'm much more like Isaac.
Are you something of a rebel in real life?
I think, yeah ... Wait, ask me again.
Are you a rebel?
I think if I say I'm a rebel then I'm probably not [laughs]. I always tend to gravitate toward the outsider. I just tend to do things in an odd way, and it's something that, when I was younger, used to make me feel bad about myself. And as I've gotten older, it's been, I think, one of the reasons why I'm a good actor—because I'm weird.
You're also going play Q in the adaptation of John Green's next book, Paper Towns. Are you excited to get to play the lead this time?
I am. I read the book on the set of Fault in Our Stars. That character's so soulful and great. I loved it. He's this kid who's in love with this girl, and then they go on this really romantic night together and they go all over the city, and then in the morning she disappears and it goes into this awesome mystery—this hunt for her. It's kind of a mystery and a romance.
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Fault translated really well to film. Do you think Paper Towns will adapt as easily to screen?
I don't know. It's [by] Michael Weber and Scott Neustadter, who I think are the greatest screenwriters ever, who did 500 Days of Summer and Spectacular Now and Fault. They're doing it, so they're going to make an amazing screenplay. I know that John thinks, and everybody kind of thinks, that it's not as easily turned into a movie as Fault, because there are lots of different sections and it's a little more poetic in the middle. So it's not as plot-driven like Fault. But the way they're talking about it, it just sounds like such a good movie.
One last thing: There's a lot of talk in the film about how An Imperial Affliction ends in the middle of a sentence and you never find out what happens to the characters afterward. Do you ever envision where Isaac would end up beyond the movie?
[SPOILER IN HIS RESPONSE] John Green told me that in apparently half the fan fiction, Isaac ends up hooking up with Hazel, which I think is kind of messed up. Maybe they're grieving and they end up—no, I don't know. I think it's one of those stories where I'm really glad there's not a Fault in Our Stars 2.
But Isaac is going to survive.
He's going to survive.
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The jury's decision, on an 11-1 margin, fell on the exact date when Curry first held her son 32 years ago.
On July 2, the jury of nine women and three men found Smith, 24, guilty of kidnapping, robbing and murdering Wellborn Elementary School teacher Kevin Thompson in April 2011.
Jurors began their deliberation Tuesday afternoon and completed it Wednesday morning at 9. While Calhoun County Circuit Judge Brian Howell read the jury's recommendation for execution, several jurors began to cry.
"This is a highly emotional case. You can tell it was emotional on the jury. They put a lot of thought into this and they spent three weeks of their lives with us," Calhoun County District Attorney Brian McVeigh said outside the courtroom.
During the trial, jurors heard testimony that two other men, Tyrone Thompson and Jovon Gaston, were also involved in the kidnapping, robbery and killing, an incident that began at Kevin Thompson's Jacksonville apartment on April 20, 2011. Prosecutors say Kevin Thompson was kidnapped, driven to several ATMs in Jacksonville and Anniston and robbed of $400 at gunpoint. The third-grade teacher was later duct-taped and driven to Cherokee County, where he was stabbed to death and left alongside U.S. 278. Thompson's body was found nearly two days after his mother reported him missing.
Earlier in the trial, jurors watched video footage of a police interview in which Smith confesses to slitting Kevin Thompson's throat.
McVeigh said he expects to begin Tyrone Thompson's trial in six months and Gaston's afterward.
"I hope by this time next year we have all three cases completed," he said.
Smith will be sentenced by Howell on Sept. 3, after the court completes a sentencing investigation. The investigation, McVeigh said, will include a review of evidence presented during the trial, an interview with Smith and a review of the defendant's criminal history.
For the last three weeks, Frances and Rena Curry and close friends of Kevin Thompson wore his neckties to the courtroom in memory of the teacher. Today, Frances Curry wore a white shirt with the letter K embroidered close to her heart.
"This is a victory, but it's also a hollow victory. Lives have been torn apart. People are in tears ... my life will never be the same," Curry said.
Thompson's mother thanked her friends, family and the DA's office for their support.
The last two days of the nine-day trial involved background on Smith's abusive childhood, including testimony from Smith's family, counselors and local child abuse investigators. Smith's mother, Chrisandra Smith, testified Monday about her addiction to drugs and alcohol. Jurors also heard testimony from counselors and psychologists who said Smith was sexually abused by a close family member when the defendant was 4 years old.
Arleen Pollard, Smith's paternal aunt, waited for the jury's decision and spoke briefly to her nephew before he was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs.
"I know you can't take things back, if I could take it back I would have taken him as a teen when his mother asked me to," Pollard said.
Pollard said Smith's mother was "too distraught" to hear the jury's decision Wednesday morning.
Frances Curry said she's prayed for Smith's family and the families of the accused.
"I wish them the best," Curry said, "But I still want justice for Kevin."
Before the jurors left the courtroom today, Curry hugged each one, whispering, "Thank you. God bless you."
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It's more than an hour after sundown and the temperature is still 90F. The next three days have forecasts of 100F or over, with heat indexes of 105 to 112F, depending on humidity.
Dogs days are here, and the soccer season kicks off next week. Mad dogs and Englishmen. I have been training in the heat. The only relative cool workout occurs in a pool. I think I am drinking over a gallon of water a day. Got to, to ward off heat sickness. I will run again after 10 pm when the heat is only in the 80's. Got a soccer friend who has been training for a marathon. She's been training in the heat, too. She went to run in the San Fransisco marathon, and lo and behold, while running in the cool weather there placed first amongst the women, and twentieth over all. She says she surprised herself, but not us; we who have watched her train for a couple of years. She routinely puts in 90 miles a week. Her name is Emily. We are expecting her to go on to greater achievements. No caffeine or alcohol for the duration.... I am looking forward to fall this year. Missed the one last year. Time for another glass of water with just a bit of ice. |
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My outdoor activities get shut down after 10 AM, at least anything which takes more than 15 minutes. Refereeing in this kind of weather is not my idea of fun. Sports can get kind of dangerous too. We lost a kid 2 years ago to heatstroke while training with his school football team. Have to keep my eyes out when watching marathons and the name Emily. Good luck to her. |
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