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23 May 2015 7:12 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
This week it's the first part of a double feature. It's the 1988 Studio Ghibli film "Grave of the Fireflies," directed by Isao Takahata, which many describe as one of the saddest films of all time. So, it's appropriate that Sketchy, the saddest podcast of all time (sad as in pathetic), discuss this heartwrenching film.
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The Tale of Princess Kaguya, 2014.
Directed by Isao Takahata.
Featuring the voice talents of Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan and Mary Steenburgen (English)/Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora and Takeo Chii (Japanese).
A girl is born of the bamboo trees, and she is brought up to be a Princess …
During the Studio Ghibli season at the BFI last year, for the first time, I watched Grave of the Fireflies. Powerful, profound and deeply moving, I was in awe that this was from the same studio that brought us Ponyo and My Neighbour Totoro. Lest we forget, there are two key artists behind Studio Ghibli: the surrealist, playful and obsessed-with-blustery-winds-and-planes Miyazaki, and the sombre, heartfelt vision of Isao Takahata. It is the latter who directs The Tale of Princess Kaguya – and it is one of the finest films of 2014, balancing profound truth with dreamlike fantasy.
Based on a Japanese folk tale, »
- Simon Columb
28 April 2015 7:02 PM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Time's inimitable critic, Richard Corliss (1944 - 2015), pictured above. Visit David Hudson's roundup at Keyframe Daily for coverage. In the past week there's been more additions to the Cannes Film Festival lineup, including new movies by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Naomi Kawase and Gaspar Noé.When Manoel de Oliveira died earlier this month, word spread that he had made a film that would be released only upon his death, Memories and Confessions. Now word has come that its premiere screening will be on the 4th of May in Porto.Above: We're on the fence whether we should be excited for this, but the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's The Visit certainly has us intrigued.New York's essential film listing site Screen Slate has turned to Kickstarter to help fund its project. Speaking of New York, this May the Museum of the Moving »
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30 March 2015 7:00 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
The Blu-ray edition of Christopher Nolan's sprawling space pic is packed with featurettes about the making of "Interstellar," including a 50-minute special narrated by Matthew McConaughey about the scientific research behind the story.
Benedict Cumberbatch's star turn as Alan Turing doesn't quite elevate this pic above Oscar bait, but it's big and glossy and worth a look.
Reese Witherspoon stars in the big-screen adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's best-selling memoir about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Witherspoon was nominated for an Oscar for her performance, as was Laura Dern, who has an extra-special role as Cheryl's late mom.
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26 March 2015 7:34 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
As the Robotech film moves ahead, we look at the anime's history, knotty rights issues, cultural impact, and earlier failed film attempts.
"In the year 1999, high above Macross island in the South Pacific, a phenomenal event occurred in the skies which altered the cause of human history..."
With a blaze of animated light, a huge alien space craft bursts through Earth's atmosphere and collides with a city, reducing its buildings to atoms in an instant.
That dramatic opening heralded the arrival of Robotech - and American television had never seen anything quite like it. Here was animated show which told a sprawling saga set across multiple epochs, full of alien invaders and exotic transforming robots. Its characters seemed low-key and somehow real; there were brave pilots, nervy new-recruits, romances and love triangles. There was action, but also comedy, tragedy and pathos. It even provided a generous helping of bubblegum pop music. »
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24 March 2015 12:48 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
GKids has set an Aug. 7 release date for "Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet," the animated feature produced by Salma Hayek-Pinault.
"The Prophet" will debut in Los Angeles and New York on its opening weekend and then expand.
The story portrays the unlikely friendship between a young mischievous girl and an imprisoned poet. The film has distilled the 26 poems in Gibran's 1923 classic into a collection of eight animated films from eight directors.
The film includes the voices of Hayek-Pinault, Liam Neeson, John Krasinski, Frank Langella, Alfred Molina and Quvenzhane Wallis. Directors include Tomm Moore ("Song of the Sea"), Joan Gratz ("Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase"), Joann Sfar ("The Rabbi's Cat"), Bill Plympton ("In Your Face"), Paul and Gaetan Brizzi ("The Hunchback of Notre Dame"), Michal Socha ("Chick") and Mohammed Harib ("Freej").
Producers are Hayek-Pinault, Clark Peterson, Jose Tamez and Ron Senkowski. Participant Media is financing along with Doha Film Institute, »
- Dave McNary
24 March 2015 5:05 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
From Marine Boy and Thundercats to Cities Of Gold and Akira, we look at the TV shows and movies that introduced the UK to Japanese anime
One evening in 1994, the BBC screened a documentary simply called Manga. Presented by Jonathan Ross, it showcased the rising popularity of Japanese animation, largely focusing on the output of Manga Entertainment, whose dubbed VHS releases had made a huge impact on anime fans and caused a certain amount of consternation among the mainstream press.
For British viewers, the anime boom took a long time to arrive. In America, Japanese shows like Kimba The White Lion, Gigantor and Astro Boy were a common sight on television in the 1960s, yet it took until the late 70s and 80s, and a string of European-Japanese co-productions, before anime finally began to find a hold on UK television.
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20 March 2015 5:00 AM, PDT | The Independent | See recent The Independent news »
Now that lead animator Hayao Miyazaki has apparently retired, his co-founder of the Studio Ghibli animation house, Isao Takahata, might begin to get the international recognition he deserves. The animations Takahata has directed, which include the Second World War drama Grave of the Fireflies and the wistful contemporary urban tale Only Yesterday, have tended to be less fantastical than Miyazaki's – but The Tale of the Princess Kaguya takes the viewer on some wonderful flights of fancy. »
19 March 2015 10:43 AM, PDT | www.themoviebit.com | See recent TheMovieBit news »
The latest from Studio Ghibli and it's legendary co-founder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies), The Tale of The Princess Kaguya already delivered one breathtaking clip of it's beautiful hand drawn animation, and now we have another one which shows just how visually stunning this Oscar nominated animation is. Based on the classic Japanese folk tale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, and featuring the vocal talents of Chloe Grace Moretz and Lucy Liu, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya opens in U.k. cinemas tomorrow, Marhc 20th, and in Irish cinemas on March 27th. »
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19 March 2015 8:36 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is a 'tumultuous emotional journey' yet will struggle to compete with attention-grabbing films such as Big Hero 6 or Frozen
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, the latest release from Japan's best-loved animation studio, Studio Ghibli, has already won critical acclaim on the film festival circuit and was nominated for an Academy Award this year. It's unlikely to excite kids, however, and I seriously doubt the matinee screenings will be populated by fidgety throngs of birthday-party groups. This is because Studio Ghibli is an odd quantity for much of its audience outside of Japan, where it has a niche but devoted following of mainly adult foreign-film enthusiasts. The film previewed this week at the only independent cinema in London's West End, the Prince Charles, that caters primarily for obsessive film lovers. Quentin Tarantino loves the place, once saying: "The Prince Charles »
- Josh Strauss
17 March 2015 6:15 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
To celebrate the cinema release of Studio Ghibli's Academy Award nominated new film, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya on 20th March, we are giving you the chance to win exclusive Studio Ghibli merchandise and DVDs!
From Oscar-winning animation house Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, The Wind Rises) and directed by Ghibli co-founder the legendary Isao Takahata (Grave of The Fireflies), comes the spellbinding and visionary tour de force The Tale of The Princess Kaguya. Nominated for an Academy Award (Best Animated Feature), this exquisitely drawn and spellbinding story is based on the classic folk tale 'The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'. Studiocanal are releasing both English language and Japanese versions, the dubbed release features an all-star cast with Darren Criss, Lucy Liu and Chloë Grace Moretz (as Princess Kaguya).
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- Dan Bullock
17 March 2015 1:56 AM, PDT | CineVue | See recent CineVue news »
★★★☆☆ There was much discussion over the past year about the winding down of beloved Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli with its two founding fathers, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, hanging up their pencils. Both found fitting if unspectacular ways to bow out; first Miyazaki with the soaring The Wind Rises (2013) and now Takahata with the evocative fable The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Kaguyahime no monogatari, 2013). A melancholic swansong, it blends the director's prior occupations and provides a perfect canvas for a final visual flourish. Taking watercolours as inspiration, the aesthetic is impressionistic and painterly with a fluidity that imbues the piece with an intrinsic magic.
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15 March 2015 2:30 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Director: Isao Takahata; Screenwriter: Isao Takahata, Riko Sakaguchi; Starring: Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora, Takeo Chii, Nobuko Miyamoto; Running time: 137 mins; Certificate: U
Isao Takahata makes his directorial comeback with The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, his first film for Studio Ghibli since 1999's My Neighbours the Yamadas. The man behind the brilliant, emotionally-devastating Grave of the Fireflies may be in his late 70s, but on this evidence he's still able to conjure up a memorable yarn.
Based on an old Japanese folktale, it centres on a kindly wood cutter who stumbles across a tiny girl living in a bamboo shoot. Taken in by the man and his wife, she's named Princess but earns the moniker Little Bamboo from other children in the village due to her ability to magically grow at speed.
When her adopted father finds gold the family uproot to a mansion in the city and a life »
10 March 2015 8:52 AM, PDT | www.themoviebit.com | See recent TheMovieBit news »
Hitting screen on this side of the pond in just ten short days, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is the latest from the legendary Studio Ghibli, directed by its equally legendary co-founder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies). Nominated for Best Animated Feature in this year's Oscars, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is a retelling of the classic Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter with an all star voice cast, including Darren Criss, Lucy Liu, and Chloe Grace Moretz in the title role. As you can tell from the above clip, this hand drawn animation looks absolutely breathtaking, reminiscent of Japanese watercolours, and no doubt continues the proud Ghibli tradition of matching beautiful with a deep and meaningful story. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is released in the U.K. on March 20th, and Ireland on March 27th. »
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9 March 2015 8:51 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
To celebrate the cinema release of Studio Ghibl's Academy Award nominated new film, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya on 20th March, we are giving you the chance to win one of three pairs of tickets to a back-to-back preview screening of Studio Ghibli's The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and Grave of the Fireflies! Both films were directed by Ghibli co-founder, the legendary Isao Takahata.
This celebration of all things Studio Ghibli will feature Japanese snacks for attendees, and additional prizes for those who bring along their most prized Ghibli possession or dress up as their favourite Ghibli character! This event will be taking place on the evening Monday 16th March starting at 6.15pm at a London West End location.
From Oscar-winning animation house Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, The Wind Rises) and directed by Ghibli co-founder the legendary Isao Takahata (Grave of The Fireflies), comes the spellbinding »
- Gary Collinson
1 March 2015 2:30 AM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
We're only three months into 2015 but already it feels like blockbuster season is here. This month sees the next instalment in The Divergent Series, a new offering from Neill Blomkamp and Disney reinventing an old classic in live-action. Add these to an Oscar winning acting showcase and the latest from Studio Ghibli and March is looking golden.
Release diary: What movies are coming out in 2015?
Digital Spy rounds up the five films you have to see this March...
1. Chappie
Release date: March 6
Why you should see it: All the talk surrounding Neill Blomkamp at the moment is surrounding his proposed Alien sequel, perhaps overshadowing the fact he actually has a new film coming out. Following on from District 9 and Elysium, the filmmaker's third feature Chappie centres on a police robot who's rebooted and develops a consciousness. Look out for a mulleted Hugh Jackman, Die Antwoord playing themselves and startlingly »
26 February 2015 6:00 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Following on from the UK poster, StudioCanal has now debuted a new trailer for The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, the latest film from Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies), and we have it for you below after the official synopsis…
Legendary Studio Ghibli cofounder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, Pom Poko) revisits Japan's most famous folktale in this gorgeous, hand-drawn masterwork, decades in the making. Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter (James Caan) and his wife (Mary Steenburgen), a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady (Chloë Grace Moretz). The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her – but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime.
From the studio that brought you Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and The Wind Rises comes a powerful and sweeping epic that redefines the limits of »
- Gary Collinson
23 February 2015 12:24 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
The 87th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood last night, with Birdman named Best Picture, as well as taking home a further three awards – Best Director (Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu), Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel also managed a haul of four Oscars for Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
In the acting categories, Julianne Moore (Still Alice) and Eddie Redymayne (The Theory of Everything) were honoured with Best Actress and Best Actor respectively, while Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) received Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor.
You can check out a full list of the nominations below, with the winners highlighted in red…
Best Picture
The Grand Budapest Hotel
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22 February 2015 10:25 PM, PST | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
A memorable 87th annual Academy Awards for Fox Searchlight saw Birdman claim best film, director and two other statuettes to tie with The Grand Budapest Hotel's four-strong haul.
Boyhood, which entered the evening on six nominations and had been expected to push Birdman in several of the senior categories on Sunday night, won a sole best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette.
The film's time in the Oscar ceremony spotlight will not be forgotten, however, as Arquette paid tribute to her "Boyhood family" and made an impassioned plea for wage equality that spread like wildfire across social media.
Eddie Redmayne from The Theory Of Everything prevailed in a tight best actor contest to deny Michael Keaton another success for Birdman. The popular victory had the British actor jumping with excitement on stage at the Dolby Theatre.
Julianne Moore finally converted her fifth Academy Award nomination into a win for her performance in Still Alice in what »
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22 February 2015 5:40 PM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
As Billy Crystal always sang… It's time for Oscar, Oscar Oscar.
That's right – it's Oscar day and Thn will be tweeting and updating you live with the latest Oscar winners at this years Academy Awards.
So don't worry about not being close to a TV screen, stay with us as we bring you our predictions and the actual winners right here.
Here are the winners as they are announced live.
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
My Prediction: J. K. Simmons, Whiplash
Thn's Prediction: J. K. Simmons, Whiplash
Winner: J. K. Simmons, Whiplash
Achievement In Costume Design
My Prediction: Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Thn's Prediction: Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Winner: Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Achievement In Makeup And Hairstyling
My Prediction: Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, Guardians Of The Galaxy
Thn's Prediction: Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, »
- Sacha Hall
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Britney Spears and Mel Gibson to vacation together!Britney Spears and Mel Gibson are headed to Costa Rica where they will vacation with the singer's father and Gibson's wife, a source tells PEOPLE.
"They're just going away for a few days to relax," says a source.
The group plan to stay at Gibson's Costa Rican home. They will be back early next week.
The unlikely pair were first spotted together back in mid-March when they dined at Russian restaurant Romanov in Studio City. However, it wasn't their first meeting. Gibson and Spears and their families met a number of times after the pop star was hospitalized in February, a different source told PEOPLE at the time.
"Mel and his wife Robin clearly saw a woman in crisis and wanted to extend themselves in any way possible," the source said.
Gibson and Spears used to be neighbors when the singer previously lived in Malibu. "There are no expectations, there is no agenda," the source added. "It's simply an act of human kindness – one neighbor reaching out to the other."
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Britney Spears could visit "Mother" a third timeThree times may be the charm for Britney Spears and "How I Met Your Mother."
With Spears making her second guest appearance on the abruptly popular CBS comedy, the show's co-creator, Craig Thomas, tells THR.com that Monday's episode was written to leave the door open for the pop singer to make a return appearance next season.
"She was better than the first time, and I think the fans will enjoy it because her return answers a larger mystery set up earlier in the series," Thomas said. "So there's a good plot reason why she's there. And when people watch Britney's second appearance on the show they'll see that the door is still open for her to come back."
Spears' first visit resulted in "Mother" hitting its highest rating ever. The show has since maintained an elevated audience level compared to last year. Once considered on the bubble for a fall renewal, the critically acclaimed comedy is now considered a lock to return next season.
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Britney goes from meltdown to amazing comeback!Smiling and looking tanned and relaxed - Britney Spears is back to her best.
Gone are the blank eyes, stripper outfits and erratic car rides round LA - the fallen pop princess is finally back in the driving seat.
Looking happy and healthy, the star is clearly determined to get her career back on track.
Pounding the treadmill every day at Bally Total Fitness Gym, the 26-year-old is still carrying a few pounds, but now she looks toned.
Former manager Larry Rudolph is telling people: "She's in great shape. She could end up having the biggest comeback in history."
Brit's new single Break The Ice reached number 15 in the UK charts, while her latest album, Blackout, has sold over two million copies worldwide.
And now Madonna's revealed she is a fan. "I love Britney's new album," she said. "I work out to it."
And it's not just Brit's career that's on the up. On Tuesday the singer's legal team will go to court to fight for greater visiting rights to the two young sons she lost custody of to ex-husband Kevin Federline.
It's all a far cry from being the world's most public celebrity burn-out case when she was hospitalised twice this year and arrested. She was finally taken into psychiatric care when she refused to hand Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, 19 months, to police. The bitter custody battle for her boys has driven Britney to ever more bizarre behaviour.
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Rudolph said this week: "Everybody wants to see the world's greatest entertainer back on stage."
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Were there hidden signs that UCSB mass shooter, Elliot Rodger could one day erupt? His own mother, Li Chin Rodger, gave a glimpse into her son's mental state when she claimed he was a special needs, high functioning autistic child in divorce documents exclusively obtained by RadarOnline.com.
The future killer's father, Hunger Games second unit director, Peter Rodger filed for divorce from the boy's mother in 1999, when Elliot was seven years old.
Her attorney subsequently filed a request for child support that read, "The parties' son Elliot has special needs; he is a high functioning autistic child."
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Elliot's father questioned the autism diagnosis and stated in his own sworn declaration, "Though Li Chin Rodger claims in her court documents that Elliot is a high functioning autistic child, I was not involved in any prior evaluation of Elliot. Li Chin did not inform me about any evaluation of Elliot. This disturbed me greatly. I am now in the process of having Elliot evaluated by a child psychiatrist. Li Chin Rodger has agreed to be a part of the process."
The 22-year-old, who law enforcement officials say killed seven people, including himself, also "heard voices."
Rodger stabbed three males in his apartment before taking to the streets in a black BMW on Friday night. There, he fatally shot two female UCSB students and one male. Rodger also hit two bicyclists with his car and seriously injured others with gunfire.
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Rodger lived in a world of nannies, private schools and trips to Europe and Asia. He attended movie premieres thanks to his father's work as a director and his mother's friendship with George Lucas.
After Peter and Li Chin divorced, the director remarried but Elliot reportedly never liked his stepmother, and in his final days, planned to kill her.
Elliot had written an extraordinary manifesto, 141 pages that details almost every aspect of his 22 years – a disturbing look into the mind of a madman.
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For example, it states how when hearing an African American classmate brag that he'd lost his virginity at age 13, Rodger was outraged.
"How could an inferior black ugly black boy get a white girl and not me? I am beautiful and I am half white myself," he ranted. Elliot's mother is from Malaysia.
"I am descended from British aristocracy," he continued. "He is descended from slaves."
PHOTOS: Elliot Rodger's UCSB Victims
Several years later, when he was a student atSanta Barbara City College, his father drove up from L.A. to meet him for lunch and they went to a casual spot in a shopping center. It might have gone well until he saw a "dark-skinned Mexican boy" together with a "hot blonde" girl.
He became enraged and considered it an "an insult to my dignity." He had the same reaction to seeing an interracial couple.
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Elliot had refused to take psychiatric drugs prescribed by Dr. Charles Sophy.
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At the time of his death, Elliot hadn't seen a psychiatrist in over two years, and was seeing a psychologist.
"At the time of Elliott's killings, he was being treated by two psychologists: one in Santa Barbara and another in Southern California," a family insider previously told us. "His family now recognizes that he should have been in intensive treatment, including psychiatrists."
"They did everything they could to get him help, and they are absolutely riddled with guilt and self loathing because of Elliot's actions," the source said.
PHOTOS: Elliot Rodger's Life Of Luxury
His family remains in hiding.


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|AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is informing Texans in need about federal programs such as the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) that offer nutritious meals to children and adults. Approximately 13,000 adult and child care centers and home-based day cares in Texas are serving free or reduced-priced meals through the federally-funded CACFP.
These federal funds are available to help Texas families who find themselves in difficult times financially. Assistance programs should be utilized as a temporary bridge to a better economic situation — not as an endless highway. TDA is committed to helping these families with their immediate nutritional needs to assist them in becoming food independent in the future.
Meals provided through the CACFP are funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). CACFP provides nutritious meals to children and adults enrolled in participating child care centers, day care homes and adult day care centers.
Households with children enrolled in a participating center or home who are enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits; receive Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC); or who are enrolled in Early Head Start, Head Start or Even Start Programs; or who receive Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) benefits, automatically qualify for free meals.
Households with children enrolled in a center or home that does not receive any of the above assistance may qualify for free or reduced-price meals based on household income. See the chart below for income eligibility guidelines.
Foster children placed with a caregiver by the state or courts are eligible for free and reduced-price meals. If you have foster children living with you and wish to apply for free or reduced-price meals for your foster child, contact your child care center or day care home for assistance.
Parents or guardians who become unemployed may apply for free or reduced-price meals on behalf of their children at any time during the period of unemployment. Adults who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) benefits, Medicaid or Supplemental Security Income automatically qualify for free meals.
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GILMER--U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) told the quarterly and organizational meeting of the Upshur County Republican Executive Committee on Saturday he is "sick of people telling me" the nation cannot secure its border with Mexico.
Speaking at the Indian Rock Baptist Church near Gilmer, Gohmert said Israel and Saudi Arabia have secured their borders and that the White House just erected a second fence, so "I think they (fences) would be helpful" at most places along the U.S.-Mexico border.
About 75 people attended the public meeting, at which Upshur County District Attorney Billy Byrd swore in new and reelected committee members.
They included County GOP Chairman Cynthia Ridgeway and committee members Lanette Crittenden, Jesse Loffer, Joyce Dolle, Jackie Oliver, Richard Ridgeway, Charlie Pelezo, Bill Stenger, Laurie Fisher, Michael (Micky) Denton, Ronnica Ridgeway, John Ussery, Leslie Cathcart and Madaline Barber.
Other committee members who were not present for the swearing-in included Deborah Hodge, Blanton Dawson and Joe Dodd.
During his approximately 75-minute presentation, which included a question-and-answer session with the audience, Gohmert addressed a number of issues ranging from foreign policy to his contention that some members of his own party in the U.S. Senate are "stupid."
The Congressman, who represents part of Upshur County, is opposed for reelection by Democrat Shirley McKellar in November.
Concerning security at the Texas-Mexico border, Gohmert indicated he believed the border was vulnerable to Islamic extremists wanting to enter America.
"These people are crazy, but they're not stupid," he said. "Our southern border is porous. . .How stupid would you have to be not to take advantage of our southern border?"
He further said border patrol agents had told him "we've got people coming from terrorist countries.
"I've been down there and I've heard gunfire. . .When a .50 caliber round goes off," Gohmert said, the sound is unquestionably gunfire and it is being fired to the American side.
Gohmert also contended that when it comes to border security, "Texas has made a difference. The federal goverment has not."
When Woodrow Wilson (who was President from 1913-1921), was in office, the Congressman said, Wilson sent 75,000 National Guardsmen to the border to secure it. The nation would not need that many now to do the job, the speaker contended.
He said some illegal immigrants are being arrested by non-federal officers for "trespassing" because they fail to pay the $4 admission fee to a park.
Gohmert also said President Obama contends that the number of illegal immigrants is down, but the Congressman attributed that to hot August weather, saying numbers normally drop during that time of year.
Addressing the issue of children immigranting in masses, Gohmert said rattlesnakes are in the area and "it's no place to be sending kids." And while some immigrants "want to get caught," the "coyotes" working for drug cartels do not, he added.
As for peril elsewhere in the world, Gohmert termed the Kurds faction in Iraq "our friends" who protected him when he visited there.
"You arm the people that believe in freedom" and "let them do the fighting," the Congressman said.
In addition, Gohmert indicated he had taken action to try to prevent in Yemen an attack like the one that killed an American ambassador and other Americans in Benghazi, Libya.
In Benghazi, the Congressman charged, the Obama "administration had cries for help and didn't respond." He added he knew a former Army Ranger, injured in that attack, whose superiors "were not committed to get him what he needed."
"I don't know that any crimes were committed in Benghazi, but there certainly was a lot of bad judgment," Gohmert said.
He also said he "fired off a letter" to Secretary of State John Kerry to get Americans out of Yemen--and gave a copy of it to a reporter who found talk on the internet of an attack on that country.
Murderers who were released from the American prison in Guantanomo, Cuba, were sent to Yemen, and personnel of the American intelligence operation "weren't monitoring what was happening in the capital around Yemen," the speaker said. Thus, said Gohmert, he told Kerry's chief of staff "we don't need another Benghazi" and, as a result, 80 Americans were sent to the airport.
But a constituent of Gohmert's in the area has advised the Congressman that only "eight of us made it out" so far, the Congressman said. "We've still got a lot of people over there that they haven't sent a plane for," Gohmert added.
He additionally said that while "we are now in a time when Christians are the only group it's okay to persecute in America," it is "heartbreaking" to see Christians persecuted around the world.
"To whom much is given, much is required. Christians are being prosecuted around the world, and we're not doing much to help them," Gohmert lamented. ==
He said the United States provided former Egyptian President Morsi with aid although he persecuted Christians, and "we owe so much to the people in Egypt for rising up and breaking that caliphate in half." Gohmert termed it unfortunate that President Obama did not like Morsi being ousted.
During the question-and-answer session, where Gohmert answered questions from four citizens, former Upshur County Republican Party Chairman John Melvin Dodd asked if Republican U.S. senators are "stupid" or "traitors"--an apparent reference to GOP conservatives' disenchantment with establishment Republicans in Congress.
Gohmert said some GOP senators are "stupid--to me, that means a lack of common sense."
And "when you hear somebody say I'm a progressive, normally" it means they "believe in what the Communists believe in," he added.
Progressives believe civilization should return to a "socialist/Communist system" that has "failed every time" it has been tried, Gohmert continued.
The Congressman said he "didn't get threatened a whole lot" by Republican Congressional leadership with comments such as "you better vote for this bill." Instead, leadership is "more clever," praising newly-elected conservatives and using "more of a come-on. . .(that) 'we want you to be a team player,'" he said.
"That's what I've run into more than anything," said Gohmert.
Gohmert said he had voted against a continuing resolution on governmental spending and asked why a lame-duck Congress should come back in December and give U.S. Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid "leverage" before he goes out as majority leader (if Republicans take control of the Senate in the November election.)
Yet, Gohmert indicated some Republicans wanted to pass amnesty for illegal immigrants, and a gasoline tax hike, so they could blame Reid for it. The Congressman said he disagreed with that sentiment.
"If there was one more Louie Gohmert, (Speaker of the House) John Boehner would have a heart attack," Gohmert said, alluding to his strained relationship with his party's leader in that body. As for criticism of himself, Gohmert added, "One guy called me a moron one time, and misspelled moron."
When Upshur County Pct. 1 Constable Gene Dolle asked about military personnel saying they were being trained in martial law and to kill Americans, Gohmert replied that the government officials "always have an explanation."
"I know that this administartion has used a lot of pressure to keep people quiet," and has prosecuted so-called "leakers," the Congressman said.
Citizen Ron Cook asked whether departing Attorney General Eric Holder--with whom Gohmert had a sharp exchange of words during a Congressional hearing and who is resigning--would be charged with any crimes.
"Not in this administration, but (the) Fast and Furious (scandal) has to be properly investigated" since people died, the legislator said.
"He (Holder) has covered up things. He has obfuscated," Gohmert charged. He said Holder (who was held in contempt of Congress) has not provided certain documents to legislators although he told Holder that since the attorney general gave them to convicted terrorists, "I think you can give them to Congress too."
A citizen, Jackie Ellis, asked about the American solider being held in a Mexican prison after he supposedly took a wrong turn into Mexico at the border. Replied Gohmert, "If this administration wanted him out. . .he would have been out the first day."
President Obama or Kerry could threaten to cut off aid to Mexico if the soldier is not released, he continued. "I've raised a lot of cane about it," Gohmert said.
As he neared his presentation's end, Gohmert turned to a domestic issue, saying that every federal department's budget annually "automatically goes up by a formula," and the House had twice passed his bill to stop it. He said legislators like him "get beat up" in every Congress for just slowing the growth rate of spending.
"The only problem is we need a Republican senate," said Gohmert, a reference to the fact the GOP holds a majority in the House of Representatives while Democrats have the majority in the other body.
Upshur GOP Chairman Ridgeway afterward praised Gohmert's "conservative values."
At a luncheon in the church annex afterward, Constable Dolle discussed how his grandparents came to the United States as legal immigrants through Ellis Island in order to "better themselves," and that they believed all immigrants should become American citizens.
The constable, whose paternal grandfather was from France and married to a woman from Hungary, said immigration is designed to "help America become a better place," not fundamentally change the nation.
Although his grandfather, a mechanic, had worked on Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's vehicle, both grandparents became "very staunch Republicans after things started changing in the Democratic Party," Dolle said.
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GILMER--The Upshur County Grand Jury returned 10 indictments Thursday, including two against a Gladewater man on charges of "criminal mischief committed because of bias or prejudice" and "deadly conduct committed because of bias or prejudice."
John Wayne Black, Jr., 53, remained in Upshur County Jail under $75,000 bond on each charge, said District Attorney Billy Byrd's office.
The deadly conduct indictment alleges Black shot into a Gladewater building, with recklessness as to whether it was occupied, primarily because of his bias or prejudice against the married couple who owned it, said Byrd.
The criminal mischief indictment charges Black drove his vehicle into the same people's Gladewater home for the same reason, causing more than $20,000 but less than $100,000 in damage, Byrd said. The husband and wife were in the kitchen when Black allegedly drove the vehicle into the living room, but nobody was injured, said the prosecutor.
Black is accused of committing the offenses Aug. 1, Byrd's office said.
Of the 10 indictments Thursday, three were sealed because no arrests had been made, Byrd reported. Defendants, charges, and bond information in the other open indictments were as follows, his office said:
--Phyllis Levone Jones, 42, of Gladewater, possession of controlled substance (cocaine) on June 14, $5,000
--Amanda Christine Pettit, 25, of Fort Worth, possession of controlled substance (methamphetamine) on Sept. 2, $5,000 bond
--Daniel Wayne Wooten, II, 38, of Gilmer, theft of property (of) less than $1,500 with two or more previous convictions on Aug. 27. He remained in county jail under $10,000 bond.
--Jason Dale Neal, 43, of Longview, driving while intoxicated; subsequent offense--habitual offender on Sept. 1, $10,000 bond
--Lester Shane Browning, 43, of Avinger, unauthorized use of vehicle on Aug. 2. He remained in county jail under $40,000 bond.
The sealed indictments included one apiece for possession of controlled substance (cocaine), forgery and burglary of habitation.
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BY PHILLIP WILLIAMS/Special Correspondent
GLADEWATER--A 16-year-old Gladewater High School football player was killed and his brother was injured when their vehicle overturned near this city as they were en route to school Wednesday morning, said Upshur County Pct. 3 Justice of the Peace Rhonda Welch.
Nikalas (Nik) Santos Reyes Wisinger was apparently killed instantly, while his brother, 18-year-old John Tristian Wisinger, was treated and released from Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview following the accident on Farm-to-Market Road 2685, said Judge Welch. She said she pronounced Nik Wisinger, a front-seat passenger in the vehicle, dead at the scene at 9:10 a.m.
John Tristian Wisinger was driving the southbound 1996 Jeep Cherokee Sport when it ran off the right side of the roadway, he overcorrected, and the vehicle overturned several times near the intersection with Scarlet Oak Road, Judge Welch said. The crash occurred at 7:54 a.m., said Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Pam Edge.
Both youths were wearing seat belts, Mrs. Edge said. The accident occurred about two miles northwest of Gladewater, Judge Welch said.
The Department of Public Safety troopers who investigated the accident, Corporal Sandy Taylor and Trooper Billy Spears, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Nik Wisinger was a junior while his brother, who suffered only minor injuries, is a senior at Gladewater High School, said Gladewater ISD superintendent J.P. Richardson. Richardson said he believed Nik played linebacker, and that John Tristian does not play football.
Richardson said the Gladewater Bears will play the Kilgore Bulldogs in Kilgore Friday night as scheduled as the Wisingers' mother wished. Meantime, a memorial fund has been set up for the family at Austin Bank in Gladewater, he said.
Gladewater High School Principal Cathy Bedair said Nic Wisinger "was always just so full of life and always had a smile on his face and just had fun."
The youth was "very intelligent, and made friends with everybody," she added. "Everybody just loved him. Didn't meet a stranger. . .(He was) very respectful, very well-behaved. Just (a) great young man."
Asked about the atmosphere at the high school Wednesday afternoon, Richardson told the Tyler Morning Telegraph, "Well, it's quiet. It's kind of (a) somber day today...Our kids are handling it, grieving, leaning on each other."
Grief counselors and youth ministers were at the school Wednesday, and "we've slowed things down today," but "we still need to stay in routine," Richardson said. "We feel that's important."
He also said the school had to give students and staff "time to grieve," and that counselors would be available the next two days. "We've just been monitoring the kids very closely," Richardson added.
Ms. Bedair said Richardson had described the atmosphere at the high school "perfectly," and she added, "You just go into mama mode, and you just want to make sure the kids are okay. And every adult here was in mom and dad mode today."
Richardson said high school students and staff members were called about 9 a.m. into the school auditorium, where head football Coach John Berry emotionally announced his player's death. The news drew a gasp from the audience of nearly 600, who "had no idea what they were doing in the auditorium," the superintendent said.
"I thought it was best that they all heard it at once," Richardson said, although it is a "big blow when you hear something of that nature at one time." The students were told to be thinking about the Wisinger family, and a student-led prayer was said before the assembly dismissed, said Richardson.
Counselors from all the school district's campuses, youth ministers and youth pastors were waiting for the students, who were told to take their time and remain in the auditorium if they needed to, the superintendent said. As the pupils exited, there were two tables where they could write notes to the Wisinger family, he added.
"We have a plan in place (for) any time (something like) this happens," the superintendent explained.
Richardson said he was meeting with school principals shortly before 8 a.m. when he received a call from emergency services concerning the accident. He said he was told he and the high school principal needed to come to the scene, and that the caller told him "it wasn't good."
He and Ms. Bedair rushed to the accident site, arriving before the youths' mother, Richardson said. Ms. Bedair drove the mother to Good Shepherd, following the ambulance which was hauling John Tristian, and the principal was at the hospital when the death was announced to the student body, the superintendent said.
After the assembly, Berry met with the varsity and junior varsity football teams and told them "let's talk about it," according to Richardson. The coach also told the players to "lean on each other" and that "your peers are going to need you," Richardson said.
He also said he had visited the Wisinger family at their home and told the family the school district would help if it could.
Ms. Bedair said high school students would gather in the gymnasium from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. today for a ceremony honoring Wisinger before they launch 68 balloons at Bear Stadium in his honor since he wore number 68 in football.
During the ceremony, a student will sing, friends of Wisinger will speak, poetry will be read, and the lights will be dimmed so students can light up their cell phones in a candelight-type effect, she said.
Richardson meantime said Gladewater ISD had received many "positive" messages from other school districts, and it was good to know people "are praying for you." He asked the public "continue to pray for our students and the faculty."
"He's jsut fun. He was always just so full of life and always had a smile on his facdeand just had fun...very smart young man, very intelligent, and made friends wtih everybody. Everybody just loved him. Didn't meet a stranger...He just enjoyed life and had fun...very respectful, very well-behaved. Just great young man."
"He has said everything perfectly...you just go into mama mode and you just want to make sure the kids are ok, and every adult here was in mom and dad mode today."
2:30 to 3:30 in gym tomorrow fora meori9al ceremon;y, featuring a student singing, his friends will speak, and poem read. Dim lights and cell phones will beon like a "candlelight" ceremony.. will walk out to field and release 68 balloons--his number.
"I received a call a little before 8 o'clock thils morning" while meeting wit hprincipals. It was emergency services iforming him he needed to come to scene and bring high school principal Cathy Bedair with him. "He had told me that it wasn't god on the phone. We rushed to the scene."
They got there before the mother arrived. Bedair drove the mother to Good Shep, following the ambulance. "We have a plan in place anytime this happens." all kids called into high school auditorium about 9 a.m. and he had Coach Berry announce it. "We had all of our staff members in there...I thought it was best that they all heard it at once." were told "be thinking about them." all counselors even from lower campuses and youth ministers/pastors were on hand and kids were told take their time and stay in auditorium if need be. There were two tables for kids to write a note to the family as they exited. had student-led prayer before dismissing in the auditorium.
"When ti was announced, the kids had no idea what they were doing in the auditorium" nor did the staff. There was a "gasp" "big blow when yuou hear something of that nature at one time." almost 600 counting staff were in there. coach Berry was emotional and football player--JV and varsity met afterwards--and he told them "let's talk about it." gotta "lean on each other." "Your peers are gonna need you."
lot of "positive" messages from other districts. good to know people "are praying for you."
"We've just been monitoring the kids very closely." he visited with family at home and told them school would help if it could. memorial fund being set up at Austin Bank in G'water. Probably some type of ceremony tomorrow afternoon before JV football game at high school. students are working on it.
he played linebacker.
brother does not play football.
"Continue to pray for our students and the faculty."
minor injuries. the mother wanted the ball game played.
cpl. sandy taylor and trooper billy spears
John Tristian Wisinger, 18, of gilmer.driver. non-incapcitating injury. nothing about good shep. both wearing seat belts.
nik, who was killed was the passenger in front seat. wearing seat belt.
7:54 a.m.
Principal Cathy :Bedair.
nic is a jr. tristan is a sr.
Nik), 7-8-98, 16 yrs. old, little confused on the address.
gladewater high school f'ball player.
his brother, believed to be 18, was driving, treated and released from an unknown hospital.
no got brother's name. Tristan Wisinger.
1-vehicle accident. inter. of 2685 (Red Rock Road) and Scarlet Oak Road.
coming down 2685 headed south. en route to school at g'water.
jeep cherokee sport.
ran off the road to right, driver overcorreted, and overturned several times. dead boy was wearing seat belt. doesn't know if brother was.
happened about 8 a.m. dead boy was in front seat.
DPS Cpl. Sandy Taylor, Trooper Billy Spears.
she pronounced boy dead at scene at 9:10.
apparently killed instantly.
about 2 miles northwest of g'water.
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Gladewater and East Mountain firefighters and police were called to a truck fire on US 271, near Red Hen Road Thursday around noon. Metal shavings and junk iron in the trailer of an 18-wheeler caught fire. A two-vehicle accident also occurred at the location as a man in a pickup truck reportedly pulled over to get out of the way of fire trucks and a woman in a car behind him collided with the pickup. An ambulance was called to the scene for the woman's injuries.


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Easy to use, very clear. Ideally needs a widget and option to return to message list after a deletion as opposed to showing the next email. Nothing major just a personal niggle
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I like Gmail but this is more polished. Good job, Devs!
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Great mail app!!!
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This app is excellent in terms of features designed and ease of use really love the slide button for all these options and also love the preview window as the emails come in. The only issue I have experienced is that the emails sometimes start to come in blank that there's no content to the emails in this case I will just close the app completely relaunch it and it would then work fine. The other
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The best I've seen! 2devs: could you implement at least the SPAM folder? I can't disable spam check at the mail service I'm using and thus can't check if there are important mails. Thanks!
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But I want an option so that mails don't just open in short preview mode by default....
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Thanks devs for this great e-mail app..! Simple,clutter free and ease of navigation..! awesome work devs..! Keep it updating :)


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Reliance Infrastructure on Friday justified the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro fare, which will range from Rs10 to Rs40, before the Bombay high court.
In an affidavit submitted before HC, RInfra has said the fares were fixed on the basis of the project cost. The company added that a flat rate of Rs10 was currently being charged as promotional fare for a month, but the maximum fare would be increased to Rs40 later.
Senior counsel Iqbal Chagla said the promotional offer will be valid till July 9.
Justice RD Dhanuka took the affidavit on record and kept the matter for hearing on June 19. HC has asked Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) to file a rejoinder by then.
Phase I of Metro was inaugurated on June 8 amidst great fanfare. However, in the fixation of fares, a dispute arose between MMRDA and RInfra.
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Take a close listen to If We're Honest—the stunning, soulful and openhearted third album by Christian music superstar Francesca Battistelli, a GRAMMY® Award nominee and six time Dove Award winner—and you will hear that her latest song cycle is a deeply honest and powerful piece of work vividly reflecting the 28-year-old singer-songwriter's own journey.
"I definitely think the albums I've made have documented my journey from being a young woman to becoming a young mom," says Battistelli. "My Paper Heart, I had just graduated college and moved to Nashville. I was single and had no idea what was in store for me. I think you can hear my searching on that album. There are a lot of songs about trust and trying to figure out what God was going to do in my life. "Of course, Battistelli was headed towards a tremendous and uplifting success story with My Paper Heart, hitting #1 on the Christian charts in 2008, and breaking the Top 40 on the Billboard Top 200 pop charts too. "I'm Letting Go" would become Battistelli's first hit, while "Free To Be Me" earned her a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Gospel Performance.
By the time of her sophomore effort, 2011's Hundred More Years, Battistelli was already an established star in the Christian music world. As she recalls, "By then, I found myself on this very exciting crazy train. I had just gotten married and we were soon expecting our first child. Life was a little bit nuts then, and I think that's reflected on that record, which is a little bit more serious. You can hear me trying to make sense of it all on that album, or at least trying my best." Again, Hundred More Years would prove to be a considerable success, another #1 album on the Christian chart, and a Top Twenty success on the pop charts as well.
Now, with If We're Honest, Battistelli has created her most personal and accomplished musical statement yet. "This album is a really good reflection of where I am right now," she says. "My family and I moved back to Nashville in May, and I went right to work writing for this album. From my perspective, it felt like the pressure was off after that famously terrifying second album and all that was happening back then. This time around, I really just let go of all that self-imposed pressure. Somehow I felt as though I didn't have to prove as much, even to myself, and I think that allowed me to do my best work."


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Evan Brock
6-0, 155 pounds
Arab High School
Brock completed nine-of-10 pass attempts for 200 yards. The junior scored three touchdowns through the air and rushed for 66 yards on 16 carries scoring a fourth touchdown in the 41-26 win over Etowah.
Tyler Martin
6-0, 165 pounds
Linebacker/Running Back
Boaz High School
Martin made 11 tackles and had three quarterback hurries in the 21-0 win over Southside Gadsden. The junior also returned an interception for a 75-yard touchdown. Offensively, Martin rushed for 69 yards on 15 carries.
Chad Davis
6-3, 200 pounds
Defensive back
Briarwood Christian School
Davis (junior) made 12 tackles with four solo and broke up a pass in the 45-6 win over Pinson Valley.
Corey Dennis
6-2, 185 pounds
Wide Receiver
Charles Henderson High School
Dennis rushed for 220 yards on 15 carries in the 50-36 win over Rehobeth. The senior also completed eight-of-11 pass attempts for 113 yards scoring twice in the must-win region game.
Jake Ganus
6-3, 185 pounds
Chelsea High School
Ganus (junior) completed eight-of-15 pass attempts for 201 yards including 42, 22 and 75 yard touchdowns in the 38-32 win.
Michael Gilmore
5-10, 165 pounds
Levi Billups
6-0, 180 pounds
Wide Receiver
James Jackson
Wide Receiver
Juane Thomas
Wide Receiver
Erwin High School
Gilmore completed 20-of-30 passing attempts for 315 yards including a 50-yard touchdown strike for the junior. Billups (junior) caught seven passes for 97 yards, Jackson (junior) caught seven passes for 129 yards, and Thomas (junior) caught three passes for 83 yards including the 50-yard pass from Gilmore in the loss to Chelsea.
Ben Moore
5-10, 165 pounds
Running Back
Cullman High School
Moore rushed for 275 yards on 26 carries scoring on runs of 59 and 45 yards. The senior also caught a 47-yard touchdown pass in the 34-14 win over Mortimer Jordan.
Demarcus James
5-9, 220 pounds
Running Back
Tramaine Irby
5-9, 180 pounds
Demopolis High School
James rushed for 248 yards on 24 carries in the huge region win over Greenville 44-34. The senior and Washington State commitment rushed for three touchdowns of 9, 50 and 3 yards and recovered a fumble on defense. Irby made six tackles in the win. The senior also picked off two passes.
Kevin Williams
6-0 160 pounds
Anthony Stevenson
6-3, 175 pounds
Wide Receiver
Fairfield High School
Williams and his offense went to work with the Tigers behind 42-0 in the first half. The junior completed 30-of-46 pass attempts for 386 yards scoring six touchdowns with 116 yards rushing and a touchdown in an amazing comeback to lose the game 48-47. Stevenson (senior) caught 17 passes for 208 yards with a nine-yard touchdown. The 17 receptions is good for sixth place in the AHSAA record books.
Kyle Crabtree
5-10, 165 pounds
Jordan Bethune
5-8, 145 pounds
Wide Receiver
Fort Payne High School
If you need any evidence on how well Crabtree and his teammates have performed this year you only need look at their record. They are the only undefeated team left in class 5A. That record wasn't in jeopardy last week. The senior completed 14-of-20 pass attempts for 247 yards scoring on touchdown passes of 20, 60 and 8 yards in the 49-18 win over Albertville. Bethune was on the receiving end of Crabtree's passes. He caught four balls for 132 yards including the 60-yard score in the win.
Will Lang
5-10, 175 pounds
Hartselle High School
Lang (senior) completed 12-of-15 pass attempts for 168 yards scoring three touchdowns in the 47-6 win over Curry.
Daniel Bostick
6-1, 215 pounds
John Carroll High School
Bostick (junior) made 13 tackles in the 34-13 win over Woodlawn.
James Bradberry
6-1, 180 pounds
Defensive Back
Pleasant Grove High School
Bradberry had two interceptions in the 27-22 win over McAdory. The senior's last interception came with three seconds left in the game.
Brandon Bender
5-10, 170 pounds
Quarterback/Defensive Back
McAdory High School
Bender did a little of everything in the loss to Pleasant Grove. The senior rushed for 132 yards scoring twice on 16-yard runs. He also tossed a 30-yard touchdown pass. Defensively, Bender made 12 tackles, caused and recovered a fumble.
Zac Whited
5-8, 140 pounds
Running Back
Oneonta High School
Whited rushed for 159 yards on 11 carries in the 55-41 win over Jacksonville. The senior scored five touchdowns of 5, 6, 65, 3, and 5 yards. He also caught a 35-yard touchdown pass in the win.
Ameriol Finley
6-1, 185 pounds
Spanish Fort High School
Finley completed 19-of-25 passing attempts for 164 yards in the 28-6 win over a resurgent LeFlore. The senior rushed for 130 yards on 19 carries. Finley is committed to South Alabama.
Jordan Huff
5-10, 18 pounds
Running Back
St. Paul's Episcopal School
Huff rushed for 190 yards on 20 carries. The sophomore scored four touchdowns on runs of 22, 2, 5 and 34 yards in the 42-6 win over Citronelle.
T.C. Robinson
5-11, 215 pounds
Tallassee High School
Robinson (senior) made 21 tackles and returned an interception 21 yards for a touchdown in the 21-20 win over Russell County.
Jonathan Piteo
6-2, 185 pounds
Walker High School
Piteo is another defensive standout for Walker. The junior made 10 tackles in the 50-15 win over Brewer. He also had a sack, a fumble recovery and blocked a punt he returned for a touchdown.
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BAMAKO, Mali Negotiations between two rebel groups in Mali's north, who signed an initial agreement to merge and create a new Islamic state in the region, have run into problems over the imposition of Shariah law and the influence of an al-Qaida-linked group, representatives from both groups said Wednesday.
The National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, a separatist group fighting for independence, and Ansar Dine, whose fighters want to impose an extreme form of Islam, took over the northern half Mali in late March when a coup in the distant capital, Bamako, caused disorder in the country.
The two groups had often fought together against government soldiers before March, but there has been rivalry between them since they gained control of major towns. Fighters have occupied different parts of each city and sometimes compete for whose flag should fly over key buildings.
On Saturday, the two groups came to an agreement in principle to merge and create a transitional council and an army of the "Islamic State of Azawad," a word the Tuareg people use for northern Mali. Since that agreement, however, negotiations toward a final declaration have stalled, according to the representatives.
A spokesman for the NMLA says it does not want to see a strict form of Islamic law imposed in any new state and is worried about Ansar Dine's links with al-Qaida's affiliate in North Africa called al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. The terror cell is responsible for dozens of kidnappings in the region and attacks on Western targets, including the French and Israeli embassies in Mauritania.
"We don't accept Shariah law. That's never what we wanted," Mossa Ag Attaher, an NMLA spokesman told the Associated Press by telephone from France.
"There are also problems linked to certain concepts, like how the region is going to be governed," Ag Attaher added.
The NMLA wants the new state to ratify the United Nations' conventions which deal with human rights, something Ansar Dine is said to be resisting. Ag Attaher said that Ansar Dine's links with AQIM were also proving a stumbling bloc.
"We can never accept that a movement from outside Azawad comes and controls part of this territory," Ag Attaher said.
AQIM has its origins in Algeria, but was pushed south into Mali starting in 2003. The terror cell is known to operate several bases in Mali's remote deserts and forests, but until the rebels seized the key towns of Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu in northern Mali, their fighters had never been openly seen in the major cities, where AQIM commanders have now been spotted.
Oumar Ould Hamaha, an Ansar Dine fighter in Timbuktu, confirmed that negotiations were proving difficult between the two rebel groups.
"We agree on 80 percent of the subject matter with the NMLA," Ould Hamaha said by telephone. "The most important thing is that we come to a common agreement now."
The NMLA's Ag Attaher said that the negotiators in the northern city of Gao are now waiting for the head of Ansar Dine, Iyad Ag Ghali, to arrive there to take part in discussions. Ag Ghali was not present when the initial document was signed.


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work encompasses many of the leading pediatric clinical pharmacologists at universities and children's hospitals in the United States. Thus, it can draw on the data from the more than 200,000 in patient and 2 million pediatric outpatient visits each year.
In some areas of the United States, health insurance providers report spending more on pharmaceutical coverage than in patient hospital services. In trying to address the rapidly growing cost of prescription pharmaceuticals, some insurers and managed care organizations have begun to develop more restrictive formularies, basically applying tiered payments to offer incentives for the purchase of preferred pharmaceuticals. Thus, insurers have an interest in encouraging safe and efficient clinical testing of drugs for use by the pediatric population. One way of building on the incentives already being supplied through FDAMA would be to encourage the use of pharmaceuticals that have received guidance and labeling instructions for administration to pediatric patients. Some have suggested that third party payers should perhaps stop paying for either off-label or innovative interventions unless they are used as part of a well designed, controlled, and adequate study. Other providers have established policies that do not deny payment to any patient participating in any phase I through IV clinical trials. In New Jersey, for example, insurance and managed care organizations have agreed not to exclude patients from coverage for health care needed because of participation in certain phases of clinical trials. Standard contracts often exclude patients from coverage when they participate in clinical trials.
Legal questions remain: What will the effect of the mandatory study rule be, particularly for marketed products? Will the FDAMA incentive be renewed after its initial impact is evaluated?
Although the ethics of research with children will always differ among cultures and nations, the fundamental principles of how such research should be done can be developed. In any event, ethical issues should be openly discussed. The World Medical Association and the American Medical Association have established a task force to receive and review input on the Helsinki Declaration in an effort to achieve some standardization of basic ethical principles for research with humans.