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Never-before-seen footage of a 1984 commercial shoot shows Michael Jackson's hair accidentally catching fire, an incident that would lead to a decades-long addiction to sedatives that may have played a role in his death last month.
The raw footage shot for a Pepsi commercial on Jan. 27, 1984 at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium and obtained by Us Magazine, shows Jackson descending a flight of stairs when the pyrotechnics on stage go off early and engulf the singer's head in flames.
At first Jackson – wearing a sequined shirt, jacket and signature glove – continues to dance unaware as flames and smoke emanate from his hair. As the fireball grows around his head, he is set upon by members of the crew who tamp out the flames.
In the video, one can easily observe a large red bald spot in the center of Jackson's head after the flames have been extinguished.
Jackson suffered second- and third-degree burns to his scalp and the back of his head, prompting him to begin using and then abusing painkillers, he would later admit.
US magazine, which contains pictures of the incident, hits newsstands Friday. The magazine also suggests that the accident kicked off Jackson's obsession with plastic surgery. The magazine has not said how it obtained the Pepsi footage.
Police investigating Jackson's June 25 death have confirmed that his home was filled with powerful prescription drugs including the painkillers Oxycontin and Demerol and the hospital-grade anesthetic Diprivan.
The then 25-year-old Jackson was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
"Michael is quite shocked. He's fortunate that there were no injuries to his face," Dr. Steve Hoefflin told reporters at the time of the accident. "At this time I don't think skin grafts are necessary."
Hoefflin is now retired and could not be reached by ABC News.com.
"Within two weeks of the fire, Michael was back on his feet and in good spirits," Jay Coleman, the agent who repped Jackson when he cut the deal with Pepsi, told ABC News.com.
Coleman was not at the shoot, but said the accident made front-page news and the ads were run on the television news weeks before they officially ran as paid spots beginning in February 1984.
Coleman said he did not believe the accident spurred the singer to begin abusing drugs, but a decade after the fire Jackson, himself, said it did.
In 1993, in a statement denying allegations that he had molested a child, Jackson admitted he was hooked on prescription drugs since the accident and would enter rehab.
"I remain out of the country. I have been undergoing treatment for dependency on pain medication. This medication was initially prescribed to sooth the excruciating pain that I was suffering after recent reconstructive surgery on my scalp," the singer said at the time in a statement.
Friends and associates of Jackson have said they routinely tried to stage interventions to help the singer kick his habit, but they were routinely rebuffed or pushed away.
"[Friends and family] were very, very scared about these things and we talked together how can we take care of this, but it was very complicated," said Deiter Wiesner, Jackson's former business manager.
A senior law enforcement official confirmed to ABC News that Jackson was "heavily addicted" to the painkiller Demerol and received "daily doses" of OxyContin. His body was found covered in track marks consistent with intravenous drug use.


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We have the California park, I think expanding it out to include a park that brings to life some of the USA's other history from across the land would be awesome. It would open the park up for some amazing possibilities for imagination in newly designed attractions that don't necessarily have to be movie-based, but it would also be a great opportunity to bring something didactic back into the parks rather than just passive thrills.
The only thing that could bring about a question regarding a park that celebrates Americana is that much of Disneyland already does that.
I still think it would be better than a Star Wars or Marvel park. But then again, that's personal taste on my part.
When I heard news of that park in Virginia that they had thought about at one time, I thought that would be an interesting park to visit. So I'd have no prob with them doing something like that in Anaheim.


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The Scrapbook is not superstitious, but there was a curious, and slightly disconcerting, convergence of Deep Think last week that caught our attention. It began with a front-page story in the New York Times—"As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around the Globe" by Nicholas Kulish (Sept. 28)—which could be excused as one of the Times's routine efforts (usually confined to the Arts pages) to rekindle the sixties spirit. Or maybe not. The article chronicled a worldwide cycle of mass protests—from India and Israel to Greece and Spain—against elected governments, reflecting "wariness, even contempt, toward traditional politicians and the democratic political process they preside over." One young Spanish woman summed it up this way: "Our parents are grateful because they're voting," Marta Solanas told the Times. "We're the first generation to say that voting is worthless."
Well, not quite: Senorita Solanas is just the latest generation of comfortably alienated middle-class youth to find their parents' institutions off-putting, or the trappings of democratic politics and governance hopelessly bourgeois. You expect such parlor nihilism from the young, and you certainly expect the Times, now safely in the hands of Baby Boom editors, to print it on Page One.
What you are less likely to expect is a chorus of support from people who, theoretically, should know better. First, there was former OMB director Peter Orszag, an alumnus of President Obama's economic team, who took to the pages of the New Republic to deplore America's polarization and lament that Washington seems incapable of getting things done. This is hardly the first time The Scrapbook has heard a politician complain about dissent, or exhort the machinery of government to do his bidding. But it was the first time we had heard an ex-cabinet officer suggest that "we need to minimize the harm from legislative inertia by relying more on automatic policies and depoliticized commissions for certain policy decisions."
Wrote Orszag, "we need to counter the gridlock of our political institutions by making them a bit less democratic."
Once again, The Scrapbook is accustomed to journalists who profess impatience with the machinery of democracy, and look longingly to the rule of the enlightened and anointed. Such distinguished citizens as Thomas L. Friedman and Fareed Zakaria routinely exalt the energetic leadership in the People's Republic of China, where such annoyances as voting, Republicans, public sentiment, and free speech are in short supply. We are less accustomed, however, to hearing such talk from political practitioners such as Orszag, or the elected Democratic governor of North Carolina, Bev Perdue. We can't say whether Perdue shares Orszag's faith in rule by "automatic policies" and "depoliticized commissions," but after listening to her last week, we know what she doesn't like.
Now, it is true that Governor Perdue instantly recognized the implications of what she had said, and sent word the next day to the press that she had been "joking . . . sarcastic." But The Scrapbook has listened carefully to what she said, and believes she meant it. And why shouldn't she? Her party lost its momentum in Congress after the 2010 elections, and during the last year has had considerably less success enacting Obama's agenda. There's no undoing the results of the last election; the obvious solution is to abolish the next.
Which, of course, will not happen. But it is surely a measure of the state of mind among Democrats that, having failed to persuade voters in the last round, they daydream about preventing them from voting in the next. Everyone in Washington believes that public opinion is on their side, and that if the other guy would just shut up and act bipartisan, Congress would do what we want them to do. The only difference between Peter Orszag and Bev Perdue is that Perdue wants nothing to be tested at the ballot box, and Orszag wants to write the rules and regulations himself. But both know exactly what Americans need and deserve.
There's a hilarious passage in a memoir (Crisis, 1982) by Jimmy Carter's late chief of staff Hamilton Jordan, in which he flies to Panama to plead with the resident dictator to offer safe haven to the ailing ex-shah of Iran. Not only does Gen. Omar Torrijos agree to Jordan's proposal, but he does so (in Jordan's admiring account) almost instantly—and with no recourse to any argumentative legislature! What a contrast, Jordan reflects, with politics in Washington, where an irritating system of checks and balances prevents President Carter from snapping his fingers and demanding obedience.
If this were Europe in, say, 1932, The Scrapbook would be worried about where such sentiments might lead in the wake of an economic and political slump. But since it's America in 2011, these Democratic dreams of authority just sound absurd, and we thank whatever gods may be that we all get to vote again in just 13 months.
Lean Backwards
Last week, Fox News was in the middle of a cross-country tour celebrating the network's 15th anniversary. It seems they have good reason to celebrate. The network remains the undisputed cable news ratings champ, and while it's hard to pin down the exact figures, it's estimated that Fox News made $700 million in profit last year. That's more than "CNN, MSNBC and the evening newscasts of NBC, ABC and CBS combined," reports Business Insider.
Given Fox's competition, their continued success is hardly surprising. "The genius of Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes," as Charles Kraut-hammer once remarked, "was to have discovered a niche market in American broadcasting—half the American people." Krauthammer's observation seems to be reinforced by the fate of the more liberal news network, MSNBC. While Fox was breaking out the party hats last week, the New York Times reported, "MSNBC Is Close to Falling to Third Place in Cable News Ratings." Not only that, TV Newser reports that CNN's ratings are up double digits this month, mostly at the expense of a slipping MSNBC. CNN now beats MSNBC in just about every hour of the day outside of primetime. And even in primetime, MSNBC's ratings advantage is very narrow.
The Times attributes MSNBC's ratings plunge to the departure of the famously difficult-to-work-with Keith Olbermann earlier this year. It's true that Olbermann's replacement on MSNBC, Lawrence O'Donnell, has brought in significantly fewer viewers. But Olbermann has a news show on Al Gore's Current TV channel, and he hasn't exactly taken his audience with him. The number of viewers for Olbermann's new program could probably fit comfortably into the former vice president's Prius. If MSNBC rose to prominence by voicing a fiery liberal opposition to George W. Bush, that era is definitively over. In a center-right country, there's just no demand for a combatively liberal network.
In case anyone thought that Olbermann's departure might cause the network to reevaluate the utility of putting a liberal spin on the news, the answer is "no." MSNBC's big moves this year have been its oft-mocked "Lean Forward" marketing campaign and the hiring of Al Sharpton, a commentator not exactly known for his Murrow-esque commitment to veracity.
Meanwhile, CNN has been courting the center. While those attuned to liberal media bias can still find much at CNN to complain about, the pretense of objectivity at least matters to the network. And it has rounded out its commentariat by employing figures popular among grassroots conservatives, such as Dana Loesch and Erick Erickson. Even a slight attempt to cater to the political perspective of half the American public might be paying some ratings dividends.
Speaking of dividends, we assume that Comcast/General Electric/NBCUniversal shareholders will at some point care whether their cable news network makes money. When that time comes, it won't exactly be a difficult decision to throw in the towel and clean up the hot liberal mess that MSNBC has become. The Scrapbook suspects they'll replace the current lineup with something that's more, well, fair and balanced.
Inspire Editor Expires
Times are indeed tough for the magazine industry—advertising is down, subscribers are aging, young readers prefer the online and the free, and few print organs have made their online versions -really work. But none of that is why Inspire looks to be joining the likes of Gourmet, George, Sassy, and Talk in the dustbin of failed periodicals. Inspire's editor Samir Khan wasn't fired because he spent too lavishly on the publication's Hollywood parties, or because he crossed swords with the wrong Newhouse. Khan was caught in the crosshairs of an unmanned drone last week in North Yemen, alongside his pal Anwar al-Awlaki. Inspire, by the way, is the English language tract sponsored by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Dispatching Awlaki, a 40-year-old American-born Yemeni cleric and member of AQAP, was a major achievement for the Obama administration in its campaign to bring AQ officials to justice. In May, Navy SEALs put paid to Osama Bin Laden, and at the end of August AQ's Number Two, Atiyah abd al-Rahman, wound up on the wrong end of a drone in Pakistan. Khan, it seems, was a bonus. The 25-year-old Saudi-born New Yorker was probably just riding in the wrong convoy at the wrong time.
In a sense, you have to hand it to Khan. Most editors never really want to get too close to their subjects. Try to imagine Vogue's Anna Wintour schlepping fabrics across Seventh Avenue. But Khan lived the life. He wasn't afraid to embrace his subject—which of course was jihad.
Khan's audience was English-speaking Westerners disenchanted with the Zionist-imperialist conspiracy to destroy the umma and looking for tips on how to bring it down. The purpose of Inspire was to guide and encourage these young jihadists.
Some of Khan's editorial choices were derivative, to say the least. Aside from the bad rhyme in the headline, "How to Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom" was little more than a reworked version of Andrew Kopkind's infamous 1967 New York Review of Books story with the diagram showing how to make a Molotov cocktail. We wonder what was in the works—a profile of the new al Qaeda emir titled "Ayman al-Zawahiri Has a Cold"?
To be frank, The Scrapbook was never entirely sure who was reading Inspire—outside of Western intelligence services. Pretty much anyone who logged on to its website must have had his name filed away in some pretty sensitive places. And that loss to intelligence-gathering is the only reason to miss Khan, whose sad misspent life had only a slightly longer run than his evil publishing empire.
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An Elizabethtown attorney has collected hundreds of signatures in opposition to the relocation of county offices from the downtown area.
Benjamin Humphries, whose office is located on East Poplar Street, said he has generated around 300 signatures through a petition circulated in his office and personally emailed magistrates asking them to consider sponsoring a resolution pulling money for a new county government center.
Humphries said circulation of the petition started shortly after the county allocated money for the design of a new building. Visitors to his office have voluntarily offered their signatures as they have noticed it, he said.
Humphries said he did not put forth a strong effort to promote the petition but has optioned it as an outlet for county residents to voice their disapproval. He plans to present the petition to Hardin Fiscal Court at some point.
Humphries also is considering an appeal in Hardin Circuit Court and said he needs to hold discussions with the aggrieved parties who spoke out against Fiscal Court's vote last week to hire ICON Engineering & Inspection Services for the performance of architectural and engineering services.
Among those who spoke against the measure were Elizabethtown-Hardin County Heritage Council Executive Director Heath Seymour and Judy French of the Hardin County Historical Society.
French during the meeting told Fiscal Court they made the decision without giving taxpayers a chance to properly weigh in as she pushed for town hall meetings and open discussion. Humphries seconded French's comments this week, saying the decision was made on short notice with little warning to the public.
"I still think there is time to right this wrong," Humphries wrote in a letter to Magistrate E.G. Thompson.
In his response to Humphries, Thompson pointed out the decision to hire ICON was 8-1 and said any attempt to undo the vote "would likely only be an exercise in futility." Magistrate Bill Wiseman offered the only dissenting vote.
Thompson reiterated this point during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon, saying he stands behind his vote to consolidate county departments under one roof.
"It is time to move forward," he said.
Magistrate Fred Clem said he understands the concerns of those who disagree with the decision, but he based his vote on facts he unearthed.
"Our vote was well thought out and we did our due diligence," he said. 'I don't think there's anything to reconsider."
Judge-Executive Harry Berry last week said the county is not abandoning downtown because the Hardin County Attorney's Office will consolidate its divisions and staff and move into H.B. Fife Courthouse.
The new facility is expected to encapsulate around 60,000 square feet and cost $12 million, most of which will be financed through bonds and paid down over time. The new facility would be located on land owned by the county adjacent to the Emergency Medical Services center.
Last week, downtown business owners indicated the loss of county government would impact their customer base and lead to more vacant space.
Elizabethtown City Councilman Kenny Lewis, whose auction company is located in the downtown area, pointed to numerous proposals made by the city several years ago to obtain the former Herb Jones Chevrolet property in conjunction with the county and construct a new downtown government center with a parking garage.
One of the options included the city and county sharing the building and costs. Lewis said the proposals were cost effective for both governments. As it is, he said, the county shuffled in its plans without seeking further input.
"It was the most hush-hush, under-the-table, under-the-radar operation I've ever seen," Lewis said.
Seymour said the county should be more open to talks considering the project is slated to cost millions.
"It just seems like there should be more discussion before we spend that much money," he said.
Marty Finley can be reached at (270) 505-1762 or email@example.com.
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Elusive 1856-O Liberty Twenty, XF401856-O $20 XF40 NGC. The 1856-O double eagle is quite simply the rarest New Orleans Mint gold coin, although it has been frequently compared to its close cousin, the 1854-O twenty. The 1856-O had a mintage of 2,250 coins--exactly 1,000 less than the 1854-O twenty, at 3,250 pieces the second-rarest regular issue in the series.
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The 1856-O double eagle garnered extensive coverage recently in the numismatic press, after the heirs of James Bullock turned his newly discovered specimen over to expert numismatist John McCloskey for evaluation. The front-page cover story of Coin World on July 26, 2010, proclaimed "1856-O gold double eagle surfaces in Ohio / Rarest New Orleans Mint gold coin in family holdings."
McCloskey's extensive Coin World coverage included detailed diagnostics of the newfound specimen. Heritage was privileged to offer the example, certified XF45 by NGC, soon after in our Long Beach Signature (Heritage, 9/2010), lot 5554, where it realized the healthy sum of $345,000--quite a payday for the Bullock family consignors, who were unaware of the coin's value and rarity until they turned it over to McCloskey.
The present coin is not the Bullock coin, but it is certified XF40 by NGC--a slight difference when one considers the elusive nature of the 1856-O double eagles as a whole. This coin will accordingly provide an important opportunity for the numerous underbidders in the Long Beach auction with a second chance to acquire what is among the most historic and desirable gold coins ever made by the New Orleans Mint.
It is today unknown exactly why the mintages of the 1854-O and 1856-O double eagles were so skimpy. One possibility is the extensive repairs that the building had required--virtually since its opening, but especially during the mid-1850s. Its designer, William Strickland, had styled many other classical (mostly) Greek Revival structures, beginning with the second Philadelphia Mint, the Dahlonega and Charlotte mints, and the Tennessee State Capitol. (Strickland also occasionally designed Egyptian Revival spaces, such as the famous Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, mere blocks from the Tennessee Capitol.)
For the earlier New Orleans Mint, Strickland used a Greek Revival design with a red-brick façade. Doug Winter's reference on the Gold Coins of the Orleans Mint: 1839-1909 opens with an introduction to the history of the mint, by Greg Lambousy, Director of Collections at the Louisiana State Museum. He writes:
"Strickland was paid $300 for which he provided the government with four watercolor and ink drawings and sixteen pages of manuscript specifications for the New Orleans Branch Mint. He never visited New Orleans and did not oversee the construction. Strickland designed supports and foundation that were better suited to the firm ground of Philadelphia, as opposed to the soft soil of New Orleans. Accordingly, an endless number of repairs, reconstructions, and makeshift accommodations had to be made in various parts of the building throughout its history."
In 1854, the federal government hired West Point engineering graduate and Louisiana native Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard--who would later achieve national prominence as Brigadier General Beauregard, the Confederate officer who attacked the Union garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, during the April 1861 bombardment which would mark the beginning of the Civil War--to fireproof the building, rebuild the arches supporting the basement ceiling, and install masonry flooring. Beauregard completed the work by 1859. During this same period, the Mint's heavy machinery was converted to steam power.
Amid such chaos, it is little wonder that New Orleans managed to produce only 2,250 examples of the 1856-O twenty--and one notices that the later O-mint issues through 1859 are also on the skimpy side. With the Bullock specimen joining the population totals, there are now an even two dozen pieces certified at NGC and PCGS combined--11 at NGC and 12 at PCGS ranging from Very Fine to AU58, plus one Specimen-63 NGC coin. As we wrote when cataloging the Bullock coin, "The certified total almost certainly includes duplications. We would be unsurprised to learn that as few as 16 separate coins exist today that are theoretically available in the marketplace."
The present example shows even wear over the high points on each side, giving the coin a well-balanced appearance. The surfaces are remarkably free from the handling marks one would expect from a coin that was circulation for many years. The only post-striking marks of any note are in the reverse field below the eagle's right (facing) wing. The more obvious pedigree identifiers are two planchet flaws: a small one below star 12 and a larger, irregular-shaped one between star 13 and the date. The subdued orange-gold surfaces show just the slightest trace of charcoal patina around the devices and within the recesses. The 1856-O is listed among the 100 Greatest U.S. Coins by Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth. The pattern of planchet flaws on the lower obverse suggests this example is the Akers plate coin.
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BUSINESS, welfare groups and unions have struck a rare alliance and will convene their own jobs summit before Christmas to tackle problems they say keep one in five unemployed people locked out of the job market.
They also want a shake-up of employment services to improve training for the unemployed to match the skills employers desperately need.
Calling for a new jobs vision, the Australian Council of Social Service, the Business Council of Australia and the Australian Council of Trade Unions will today pledge to work together on common ground rather than fight on issues where they disagree.
The groups will invite experts to the jobs summit and hope to set out policies to help the prospects for low-skilled workers, single mums, the disabled and other disadvantaged job hunters.
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Since it determines both the cycle of the day and the circle of the seasonal year, the sun provides the structure of our existence, the framework within which our world revolves. As such, it seems to suggest all celestial and earthly order.
In archaic times, people perceived the sun, in its shining prime and glory, the giver of heat and light and life, to be the effulgent force of the female.


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Patient- and family-centered care means working with patients and families, rather than just doing to or for them. Patients, families and the entire healthcare team collaborate to improve the care experience and enhance quality, safety and efficiency for all.The University of Michigan Health System Cancer Center Patient and Family Advisory Board was created in 2011 to act as an advisory resource committee to the administration, faculty, and staff of the cancer program throughout the University of Michigan Health System and Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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To ensure the delivery of exemplary patient- and family-centered care in the adult cancer areas of the University of Michigan Health System and Comprehensive Cancer Center through an active partnership of patients, families, health care providers, and the community.
- Congressional briefing on cancer research funding
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What is the Patient Family Advisory Board?The Patient and Family Advisory Board is a partnership of the University of Michigan Health System's patients, families, health care professionals, and community members who understand what it's like to be treated for cancer. We are committed to putting our patients and their families at the center of everything we do. By sharing experiences about our care, we can help ensure that exceptional care is delivered to all of our patients and their families.
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Olympic bid officials from Tokyo, Istanbul, and Madrid were all in Fiji over the weekend to make their official 2020 pitches to the general assembly of the Oceania National Olympic Committee.
The delegation includes 17 pacific nations, including Australia, New Zealand, Guam, Samoa, and yes, the Federated States of Micronesia.
All three committees offered the group their different strengths during the respective meetings, with Tokyo stressing safety, innovation, and experience, Istanbul focusing on getting youth involved in sport, and Madrid talking about the ideals of inclusion and Olympism.
"We are reminded of the power of the Olympic movement in every corner of the planet," Madrid Official and International Triathlon President Marisol Casado said. "What is interesting is that the values are translatable in every language, culture, and nationality, even when we are far from home.
"We are more similar than different."
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Baltimore police say they plan to crack down on the city's notorious dirt bike riders, pledging to infiltrate the groups using social media and undercover officers in an effort to disrupt the packs of riders.
Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said the popularity of the documentary "12 O'clock Boys" — a reference to the high-flying wheelie pose that riders strive to achieve — has "glorified" dirt bike riding and drawn enthusiasts from other states. It is illegal to operate the motorized bikes anywhere in Baltimore.
Batts said police and prosecutors plan to target the rides' organizers.
"If you're organizing these dirt bikes, if you're organizing to come to Druid Hill Park on Sundays or ride through the neighborhood, I think you should be held accountable," Batts told residents at a neighborhood forum this week. He said he hopes to seize as many bikes as possible and "crush them."
Some neighborhood leaders have long criticized the police for not doing more to control the riders, who swarm over neighborhoods in packs of 40 or 50 at a time, popping wheelies and performing tricks as they weave in and out of traffic.
But not everyone agrees on the best way to deal with the subculture that has channeled some young men and boys away from violence and drugs into the world of motocross, attracted by the thrill of riding fast and impressing one another with feats of athleticism.
Some city leaders, including Councilman Carl Stokes, want Baltimore officials to explore creating a space where people can ride the bikes legally, possibly on trails or in a park.
"It is part of the popular culture — not the hoodlum culture, but popular culture," Stokes said. The city should try to accommodate dirt bike riding like it has skateboarding and mountain biking, he said.
One enthusiast, Christian "Ying" White, said the riding is misunderstood.
"We're not doing nothing bad — we're not selling drugs, we're not shooting nobody," said White, an 18-year-old West Baltimore resident known for a trick where he touches the ground with both hands while popping a wheelie. "It's like a Baltimore sport."
Residents of neighborhoods who feel besieged by the bikes see it differently.
"People feel their life is in danger when dozens of them swarm around you on a neighborhood street," said Del. Shawn Z. Tarrant, a Baltimore Democrat whose district includes Druid Hill Park, a hotbed for the riders. "It's a huge nuisance," Tarrant said.
He said the bikers and their associates stop traffic to let packs of the riders pass through intersections, creating a sense of lawlessness. Tarrant worked to see passage of state legislation last year that allows law enforcement to suspend driver's licenses for people caught driving the bikes on highways.
Tarrant said he is concerned about the safety of riders, other motorists and pedestrians. His emphasis has been on the safety hazards. But he is cognizant of the predicament presented by enforcing dirt bike laws and involving more young men in the criminal justice system.
"All I am trying to do is say, 'Hey, there is a consequence to pay for being bold and breaking the law and putting people's lives in harm's way because you want to have fun," he said.
As authorities step up their efforts to combat the illegal pastime, they will have to determine not only what to do with the riders, but with their bikes.
Evidence of the city's situation sits in the impound lot on Pulaski Highway in East Baltimore, where more than 800 of the confiscated bikes — Hondas, Kawasakis and Yamahas, some adorned with stickers such as "666" and "Woody" from "Toy Story" — sit in pens behind 10-foot fencing, rusting and choked by vines.
Paul W. Tolle, the towing division chief who oversees the Pulaski Highway lot, said the bikes have filled two pens and he is now using a third. City officials years ago tried selling or donating the vehicles, but abandoned the effort.
Lotfy Nathan, the Los Angeles-based filmmaker and Maryland Institute College of Art alumnus who made the "12 O'clock Boys" documentary, said urban dirt bike riding exists in other cities, but it is "definitely most high octane and tumultuous in Baltimore.
"There is a degree of lawlessness in Baltimore that allows this to happen," Nathan said.


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Have you considered using a hitch extender? Here's one with a 3500 lb capacity and a 350 lb tongue weight max. The 18" version should put the pivot point of the trailer tongue behind the edge of your open tailgate.
As someone who has tried all kinds of RV's over the years, and as cute and cool looking as teardrop trailers are, I strongly recommend getting an RV with a bathroom and standing headroom. Have you considered small toy haulers. They come as short as 16 or 17 feet (box length, add four feet for the tongue). Just long enough to stuff a kayak into and will easily accommodate two motorcycles or one ATV. IMHO If you are going to deal with the hassle of parking a trailer, it may as well be one with most of the comforts of home.....
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Pre-Gay L.A.
A rich and definitive history of the gay rights movement's West Coast origins
This book explores the origins and history of the modern American movement for homosexual rights, which originated in Los Angeles in the late 1940s and continues today. Part ethnography and part social history, it is a detailed account of the history of the movement as manifested through the emergence of four related organizations: Mattachine, ONE Incorporated, the Homosexual Information Center (HIC), and the Institute for the Study of Human Resources (ISHR), which began doing business as ONE Incorporated when the two organizations merged in 1995. Pre-Gay L.A. is a chronicle of how one clandestine special interest association emerged as a powerful political force that spawned several other organizations over a period of more than sixty years.
Relying on extended interviews with participants as well as a full review of the archives of the Homosexual Information Center, C. Todd White unearths the institutional histories of the gay and lesbian rights movement and the myriad personalities involved, including Mattachine founder Harry Hay; ONE Magazine editors Dale Jennings, Donald Slater, and Irma Wolf; ONE Incorporated founder Dorr Legg; and many others. Fighting to decriminalize homosexuality and to obtain equal rights, the viable organizations that these individuals helped to establish significantly impacted legal policies not only in Los Angeles but across the United States, affecting the lives of most of us living in America today.
�White details this history for posterity with dedication and attention to detail. For historians and those interested in the evolution of the movement for homosexual rights in Los Angeles, Pre-Gay LA emerges as a valuable reference tool.�--Bay Area Reporter
�White skillfully weaves informative studies of key leaders such as Harry Hay with illuminating analyses of the movement�s overall developments. Highly recommended.�--Choice
"This book reminds us how much we owe to the men and women who, more than half a century ago, bravely stood up against prejudice, how hard they worked, how human they were, and in the end how admirable. Todd White has written a carefully documented account of people and organizations engaged in a struggle for gay rights many years before Stonewall."--Gay & Lesbian Review
"This engaging social history provides a reliable and nuanced account of what happened in the American homophile movement and of those who took on societal prejudice. White has done an exemplary job of integrating the biographies and organizational history."--Stephen O. Murray, author of Homosexualities and American Gay
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My hybrid's heater stopped working during the coldest month. When the car was checked by the dealer, they found a "hole in the radiator caused by a rock", which is not covered by warranty and the battery was "going bad", which was covered by warranty. The battery problem was "probably due to the cold weather". I park in an enclosed garage every day and night, so would that really be the problem in southern, coastal Mississippi? Also, can you tell the leak is caused by a rock (conveniently not covered by the warranty)? The leak was small enough that smoke was used to find it. No warning lights came on, no leakage noted in my garage. Anyone have ideas as to the validity of their excuses? - LSK
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My opinion - a radiator leaking due to physical damage may be difficult to disprove. It can indeed happen. I'm wondering how the stone got past the condenser (which sits in front of the radiator........) and hit the radiator though... The battery failure is cut and dry - they have specific test equipment that passes or fails a battery, clear cut. - DaveJHM
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Gunner leaves TNA
After a series of negotiations, it appears that Gunner and TNA have decided to part ways. The former world television champion announced through social media that was he accepting booking on the independent wrestling circuit now. While there seems to be some slight resentment, he professional opted to thanks everyone that he worked with.
June 20, 2015
Rock and Austin up for Emmys
Once again, Dwayne Johnson and Steve Austin are competing against one another. However, this time, it is not inside of a wrestling ring. Both of them are candidates for most outstanding host of a reality television program. Both are also candidates in other categories as well.
June 19, 2015
GFW television deal
During a recent interview, Jeff Jarrett not only confirmed that he was still in negotiations for a television deal in the United States, he also noted that he was in negotiations to get international television deals as well. His deals with wrestling companies overseas could play a big factor in securing those contracts.
June 17, 2015
Samoa Joe final ROH match
Since there was so much confusion within the internet wrestling community over the situation, ROH decided to release an official statement in regards to Samoa Joe working the television taping on June 20, 2015. Even though he is under contract with WWE, he will honor his contract and work the tag team match with AJ Styles. It is being billed as his final appearance.
June 9, 2015
Jim Ross disputes boom period
There is a lot of wrestling available on television each week, and that has the internet wrestling community buzzing about an upcoming boom period. Jim Ross, on the other hand, doesn't think that's the case. He feels that in order for professional wrestling to get better, the shows need to be easier to understand and the creative department needs to allow the performers a lot more freedom so that they can become stars on their own.
June 8, 2015
R Truth retiring
Even though we see him frequently on television with WWE, there is still a lot of members of the internet wrestling community that are unaware of the actual age of R Truth. He is a bit older than most people think. The former world heavyweight champion is 43 years of age, which puts him among the top of the roster when it comes to that figure. Retirement rumors spring up frequently, but Truth plans on being a performer for quite some time.
June 6, 2015
WWE in Italy
TNA wasn't the only wrestling promotion finalizing a new television deal in Italy this week. Vince McMahon did so as well. He has secured a contract that will enable WWE to keep broadcasting their programming in that country until the year 2020. The promotion has been with Sky Italia since 2003. The network stated that the business partnership between the two sides have been mutually beneficial and should continue on for years.
June 4, 2015
Jim Ross criticizes TNA
Since he has worked in the industry and remains a big fan, Jim Ross likes to discuss things that are currently taking place on television. He is not a big fan of the train segment that TNA did on Impact Wrestling this week. Ross stated that he is a big fan of both Mickie James and James Storm, but he feels that the creative department is giving them really bad material to work with. He also mentioned that he likes where Storm is taking his character.
June 4, 2015
Ring of Honor ratings
When the announcement was made that Ring of Honor was going to be broadcast on Destination America, a lot of the internet wrestling community assumed that there was going to be an immediate ratings war with TNA. Despite all the hype, ROH failed to even crack the top 100 cable television show for the evening. Joe Koff and company are already aware that they are running a replay, so most of their fans have already seen the episode.
June 4, 2015
TNA losing viewers
While the internet wrestling community is making a big deal about it, the staff at TNA were not surprised that Impact Wrestling lost more than 100,000 viewers this week. Dixie Carter and her team knew that a drop usually takes place whenever a television show changes days. It has happened to them before, and it has also happened to Smackdown. Once fans figure out that they have moved, then the numbers will slowly start increasing again.
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Photos: Gabrielle Douglas wins Gymnastic All-Around Title
Don Pavlin Posted by Don on 2012-08-02 11:46:52 tags: Photo
LONDON (AP) — Make it a pair of golds for Gabby Douglas, who added the all-around title to the one she won with the U.S. team two nights ago.
Douglas became the third straight American to win gymnastics' biggest prize, taking the lead on the very first event Thursday night and never really letting anyone else get close. She finished with a score of 62.232, less than three-tenths ahead of Viktoria Komova of Russia.
Douglas brought the house down with her energetic floor routine, and U.S. teammates Jordyn Wieber, McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross jumped to their feet and cheered when she finished. Douglas flashed a smile and coach Liang Chow lifted her off the podium.
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