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When George sees six stranded chicks on an island in a pond it's monkey to the rescue! Also: The Man with the Yellow Hat always takes such good care of George, so when the Man comes down with a terrible case of the sniffles, George wants to return the favor. But how?
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Now that we've addressed the benefits of embracing a theme and choosing appropriate works, it's time to tackle the reason we join book clubs in the first place: discussion. As an introvert, I am intimately aware of how I used to allow others to voice their opinions while keeping my own quiet. My "excuse" always was… "I already know what I think — I want to hear others' ideas and thoughts." While this is true on a certain level, I now realize that every member of a book club or classroom has a responsibility to participate and add to the discussion. Each and every individual's voice is distinct and important and no one should be able to take a back seat — or dominate — any discussion.
The question is… how do we make this desire a reality? Too often, one or two voices are too present and drown out those who are too absent, turning what should be a lively discussion into a tiresome diatribe. A good friend of mine, with many years experience in the classroom, provided a wonderful solution to this all too common problem. She recommended that a book club start with a concrete, yet subjective question and ask every member to voice his/her opinion before starting the discussion. She has found that hearing every voice right from the start encourages the quieter members to speak out throughout the discussion and reminds the more vociferious members not to "hold court."
The question should NOT, however, be: "So, did you like the book?" This question tends to lead to a negative, subjective discussion, because if one member did not care for the novel, the tenor can turn negative very quickly, and those who did enjoy aspects of the work may silence their dissenting opinion. (More on this common mistake in part 5).
A better question to begin with might be: Which character did you connect to the most (or least) and why? Another might be: Which part of the story was the most engaging? Or: What first impression turned out to be incorrect? Notice that each of these questions are subjective in that there really isn't one right answer and the member must disclose something about themselves without getting too personal. Even quiet members will be encouraged to voice an opinion and hopefully then engage in the ensuing discussion.
As an introvert, this idea has worked for me and I hope it will help you to hear every voice in your own club!


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July 26, 2000
Los Angeles -- UCLA soccer player Jessica Winton, a freshman forward for the Bruins last season, has elected to transfer in order to play closer to her home of Atlanta, Ga. She is still undecided on which school she will attend.
As a freshman last season, Winton led the Bruins in points with 29 (12g, 5a) and played in 20 of UCLA's 21 games.
No. 14 UCLA opens its 2000 season at No. 6 Clemson on Aug. 25.


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Lindsay Lohan "Banned" From Hotels in Mexico?
Lindsay Lohan "is dying to take a vacation," and "has her heart set on chilling on the beach in sunny Cabo San Lucas, Mexico" claims Star, but "she can't find a good hotel that is willing to take her in!"
According to a "source" for the tabloid, "Lindsay has been permanently banned from the two best hotels in Cabo — the Palmilla and the Montage Los Cabos."
What's the supposed problem?
"They've had enough of her late-night partying and drunken antics," explains the mag's so-called "source," who goes on to allege that "guests complain about her, and they think she's bad for business."
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Lohan's agents "have been trying to fix the situation" to no avail, claims Star, and the actress is "pretty peeved by the snub and doesn't think it's fair at all."
"She's even refusing to look into other hotels that will actually have her," alleges the mag.
There is NO such ban in effect.
A rep for the actress confirms to Gossip Cop, "Lindsay has not been banned."
Maybe Star should be "banned" from repeatedly publishing inaccurate stories about Lohan.


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Celebrity Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal stars in his first action game for mobile! In a post apocalyptic future, the mutation of a zombie virus creates a new sentient breed of zombies that have enslaved mankind. It's up to SHAQ to take down these Mutant Zombies with his awesome powers and abilities. GET READY FOR A SHAQDOWN!
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3. Easy to pick up controls.
4. Defeat thousands of Mutant Zombies across 3 stages with 3 big bosses!
5. Earn Shaqra to unlock new game modes for hours and hours of gameplay.
6. Slick HD graphics and animation by Street Fighter Artist Long Vo.
7. Developed by Hiptic Games, the makers of GO NINJA!
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LOL, WTF?!?! I don't know how I found this game, but it seemed too crazy not to download. The story is hilariously over the top. Unfortunately, I won't get to see what happens after the first chapter because the game itself is a really weak running game with mediocre controls. Shaq can't need the money this badly.
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Awesomely ridiculous This game is not something out of this world, but is worth playing in some downtime for a few minutes at a time. Its kinda absurd, ridiculous, (repetitive), but fun
Great Dumb Fun!!!!! This is a perfectly fun game for an airport or waiting at the dentist's office. Perfectly brain dead fun.
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MflffiAN MM MM S27.000 SHORTAGE HUSBAND APPEARS
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Gearing House President, on
Congress Grill, Tells the
Power of Voting Trust.
Increase of Concern's Deposits
from $5,000,000 to $168,
000,000 Cited to Probers.
WAaHTNOTOV. Dae. H. "tot Uov
ran Influence" in Nov Vork hanking
'orm.l t'.ie liai tor moM if te-day'l
"elon of the Houtv money tfUOt IWf
' fating committal wit ii Walter K.
.'rew. ,i banker and p'aaldeiu of th
s'ew York Clean. if House Aaooclatlon,
under lire of gatacUOna by Hatnud
i'nlPn.vK, the eOMHtittaO't sttoinev.
3d.. Inrrrniyer sjugut !n Miln 10 "t
Mr. Prow to admit that ihe phi imniennl
.;e uf the Bankers' Trut Company dc-olls-lroni
to.K'o.iiJti in WTO to tlfWimn -AO
n tie profottl tfme na due l the
Influence of J. I'. Morgan 4 1 'oninany.
Mr. PrW did not Rn .mat What n.i
meant by a "Morgan, institution." but ha
admlttel that the ttirce men who ho'.d j
a voUng truot that rule- the 1 Hunkers'
Trust Company' wan. aeuoluteJ With
Mr. Morgan.
Mr. I.'iitennyri- fgdoavgrod to bring i
.ml that the merger of the Mercantile!
i ruat Company Wfchjh WaJ controlled by
ihe Knuitabie Ufa Aaaurano Company, I
v iUi th Bankers' company and blob
i dded materially to the deposits of the
.utter. wa brouxht about through the'
Morgan Inlluonoo." Mr Prow, although
a d ft aetOr of the Hankers' company, nld
pi know , nothing t tha negotiations,
which were conducted antlfaiy by the
trustees, j
W.nci Ur I'nui.njev took up tha
"liters' Trual Company Mr Prow gald
i( manngemetvt III hoi 1 by a true:
.uin-tnit'oe rotnftoood of II. P, Dftvliotli
"eorjTi h. i'iiv and Danlol O. Raid.
Mr. Daelaon la aaaoolntad with J. P.
Morgan Oo. and Mr. Beta la a di
rector In the atool corporation. Mr.
rrew aald tha three man admlnlatarad'
tha affair of the company, aleeted Ita
board of director and controlled ita
.Mr. Itirtwrmyor produced rtntorneni
Rawing dapoalu of tlK,0On,'JUQ In the
llhinke.-' Trust I'mniMny and In BIO
"ecord a lericf of statement of the In
stitution showing that dspodts had
grown from JS.irw.Am In October, i'a.
when It was organised
To what do I'OU nttrlliute this phs
nomennl riae? ' u-ki-l Mr, L'nte mj'er,
"Well, tha Banker' Trnat Company
abaoroeO the Manhattan Trnat Com
pany and tha Mercantile Trnat Com
pany." "Do yon attribute It to that?"
"Partially. Partially to good govern
ment." Mr. ifntarmyer ptt into the record
the trust agraamanl undar which the
Bankatw' Trust l ompany is eotMU (ad
It civea to (h trustees absolute eOBlro!
i,f ill of I lie atooh In the comrstny as
. ,. ,. ton -haiei '..-eld to cjuallfy IMMII
,.. , ,,r i is board of dlrertors. power to
name the dlrootoll and the power to
Mgki n purchaaag of banking insti
tuttona, v llio.ut eopaUlttnp' ttie etock
boldag i.
ONLY ONE OTHER CONCERN, i
"Have you ever bafOPi haapd of aj
banking IniUtlltlon being nmnaited by
cut UK Irust?"
No, and R'Ve heard of only one I
" .us aiean tiie iiu.iranti-e Tiuat 'om
j, v, anotlier Miirg.tn institution?
a haatad eott04U followed, Mr. Prop
ilxlarinx bO did i-ot know what wua
meant by a "Morgiin ronrern."' .Mr.
I'nterinyer brought out that II. P lm
viaon. tleorge K. iluki'i and William I'
l'orter composod the voting trimt of
the (Juarautee Company, and that .Mr.
Davlaou and Mr. Porter were in the
firm of J. P. Morgan A: Co.
"To what do you attribute the won
awKd growth of Iheao two eompg
Dies?" aekud Mr. i:ntermyoi .
To the ahaoridlon of Hit atanhattOD
tCogrttowed o Fourth Pago.)
This Will Make Board of Edu
cation More Specific in
Estimates. He Savs.
Mayor flaynof In a tuesaage t the
Hoard of Aldermen to-day on the sub
ject of the recent cutting down of thr
IMS budge! by IIO,IO0i gives bll rea
sons for dlaopptrovlng tovorgl of the
Items oontklnad In the reduction voted
for by the Aldermen, and alao glies fits
reason" for approving many of the
cuts made by the floord
On of the 010ft Imiuigtant of the
latter appro Calf la that contained In
the budget of l!ie Hoard of MttCgUOg
for nn additional appropriation over
lent yaar or lltf.TIO for what tlie Al
dermen called "rnds and ffenolaa,"
Tfiaaa Inollldf classes In DOOklng, sew
ing, languages and singing.
The Mayor in approving tills cul said
that Whan a similar cut waa made UM1
yaar the Hoard of lOducatlon had no
trouble In Continuing the clusaee cri
ticised. The Mayor criticised the Hoard
,,! Education for falMUg to provide the
Budget Committal and the Hoard of
Aldermen with "data OfOBtlaJ to the
conoldaratlon of its budget.' a
lie also called attention to large bal
ances In the Hoard or BdUMtlOB! the
employment at smaller salaries of
teacheri who auccaod thoae who re
sign or us. say that the refusal of
the i.uard of BdalOAtlog to auppl) Ihv
Itoae,! ol ICttmate with the actual lig
uriri of oalances has now brought thai
matter "to a head." au.l declare (hit
the coming year will sec action taken
oompt lllnx the yielding up of the fig
ures WhtCh are Withhold, He ad, Is.
"Wi shall no longer make appropria
tions to tjbo Hoard of IMucatlon In the
T le M;ior also approVOi the cut made
In i he Ihtl of niployeea for the Public
ldhiaiv. Heretofore, he aays, employes
of the library were paid out of the
library'! own funds, hut this year tho
attempt was made to aaddle additional
tmployeefl on the city at the latter's
llegardlug the . lit mad" liv the Alder
men in tho appropriation for the Play-
groundi Cominloolon, ttie Mgyor, in ap
pyovlng the reduction, oayoi "it ooom
to mo that tho m amber of that Coin.
mlooton might well be onpootod to do
KOMie things for whlcn they now seek
create paid positions."
The Mayor then makes this recom
mendation to tho Board
I I com to me plaiu tint your hon
ontblo tod' should have a lopjofontO'
tlVO or. the committee whloh OtakOO uj)
t.iie tentative budget OOOh year, the
chairman of your llnance committee,
for Instance. If tJhal were the eiiae
tiiere wouhi be greater barvnony be
tween tho Board of iCatlmata ami your
lioteirablo body In the making up of the
budget, and many misunderstandings
WOlltd be avoided."
The Mayor allows Borough Pr, widen t
McAnenv MO, 000 out ot n ' tit estimate
of MOM; the Hoard of HeaHh, N,gM
out of a cut estimate of ItOteUO; the
Board of Kstlmate Its full stlmatv of
110,000, and the Civil Service ( 'ominiaabm
Its full estimate of BU.taW, both of win 'b
tiie Aldermen had pruned to 7.ero.
In all. the Ma'or lias vetoed com
paratlvalj few roduotlono, thus uphold
ing In a large BlOOlUr the action of
tlio Board of A4dormon and conveying
in the tone of his nieweage. ills fullest
approval for the elm,! they )i4i,l taken
in attacking til tentative Ut,O0O,O00
budget fur 1913.
Mil. Lap.
Kramer and Moran 050 f
Pys and Oraaoa aso 6
Parohloot and Sgg. .... 800
Boot and Wablr 860 0
ut and Tolger 860 6
Clarke and Mill gso 6
Bedell and Mitten 860 o
Oameroa and WMHiour 850 e
Walker and Well 860 6
Broocc and Berthet 830 g
Bunt Brother . 8S0 0
Drobach and Colllna 860 0
Carmen and leoftea 860 a
Meftu and Iasntui 860 8
By an and Thorn a . 860 f
ey leading . Poimea record 840 mile
T lap, mad hp Boot and K1U, lU.
" Circulation Books Open to All."
llftfcWWr NEW
Governor Holds Veteran Re
sponsible for State Funds
Mixed W ith His Own.
General's Counsel Says $1 18,
(KX) Mortgage Foreclosure
Will Be Averted.
Siie.UI to Tli Cmnni Wotad.l
AI.1IANY. Dec. 10, A shortage of
$JT,fJ0 eMsta In thf account of Oen.
Danlal K. Mokloa, 1". S. A., retired, as
Chairman of the MOW Yurk 'State Monn
menta Commlsaloii, according to Slate
Comptroller William Sohmer. A mass
Ot correspondence in ttie office of t!ie
Comptrollaf shows efforts made sines
ll'IO to obtain an accounting bj Oen.
!' -klofi the reault of which has leen
the resluctlon of the amount unaccounted
foi from 140,000 to .".'.OiJO.
While H'.ate officials had known of
the tangled accounts of tha coinmla
sbn the matter trim not made public
until to-day, following a meettng ot
Efcg Monumints L'oninilsslon In New
Vork City, What action was taken at
tiiat meeting no one In Alb,m knova.
Comptroller Sohmer has turned the
nutter over to Attorney-General c'ar
nitaly. Mr. C'armody refuse, 1 to com
n am on the matter.
Uou. Sicklea obtMnod delay from
the Compitollar'a office up to DpC, 6.
He waa Informed that if tin accounting
was not made gt that time the Attor
tu". letters! would take action. Uen.
Si'kle laat week aaked for another
extenalon until Dec. tO. So action has
yet been taken on the request.
"The CummUalon wanted to rcalgn
tht ee moiitiui ago, a hen ita members
b urned of the ahortuge," aald 00, I
to-dnj, "iitit J nouidii't hear of It. Then
(len. Sickles aaked time ujitl; Dec 0
tu adjust ihe 'matter, and 1 lupposc
tha Hit Inability tu do ao led to the
fact tliat the funds under his care are
short becoming public.''
Fortunately the t"f!j,000 appropriated
laat year for Ihe Uettyaburg celebration
is all rlgbt 1 understand that Hen.
Sickles is well able to replace the funds
and that 'he I trying to aell property
to do It. The difficulty aeema to ha e
come from the way the fund of the
Monument Commission were handled.
(Sen Slvkle had complete control and
it appears probable that "he, mixed his
p ersunal and commission accounts."
Hen. Ilokloj Wggn'l discussing hia
tinanclrtl sffu.irs a li b rgpgrtOtfl to-day,
however. His alterd.int saiil ti i,i
eral would receive no one. that no notes
would he taken to him. and lie had no
OlOOaajTe from the UonoraX to deliver.
Daniel P. Huys, of No 115 Broadway.
inn. Slrklea's attoruey. said tin fore
closure would be met at the proper
timet and that Die mortgage would be
taken care of.
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with ajul sank a steamer to-day off thin
port. Th" Ihiws of the liatlleshlii e
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caused by not fltOBOro being driven
through her boas 1'he ,,stteHhl' nas
arrived off Plymouth sound bul no
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of the ogltleehli cenintioi iittilng thai
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be wuu'd Out tlrtrlglU,
Nurse's S2.S,(K)0 Breach of
Promise Suit Resulis in Sen
sational Denouement.
Though Living With Husband,
Woman Sought Heart Dam
ages from Another.
A .'I0 breach of promise su.t had a
si II national ending In thf Supreme Court
to-day when the plaintiff. Mrs. Helen
V. Cauley. a trained nurse, who had
just finished testifying she hail been
left a widow nine years ago, was ud
dently confronted by her husband. Two
hour after she had described how
David A. Sherard. who acquired a for
tune in tile trucking business, bad wisind
and won her and then failed to keep
his promise to marry her, ahe waa on
her way to District-Attorney Whitman's
office In the company of deteellvee. A
charge of perjury ha been lodged
agslnst h.
Mrs Cauley waa the flrat wltneaa.
She teagfted he cam to New York
from Wllkes-Barre, Pa., in 190 to take
a course of training at the French Hos
pital in the summer of 1910. she says,
Sherard came to the hospital to be
operated on for appendlcltla. The wit
ness nursed him through his Illness.
After he left the hospital, she wore.
Rheratd telephoned tier often, but ahe
declined his Invitations, as he was a
married man. Later, she tesllfled, he
told her his wife was dead. One day
while she was driving through Central
Park, In October, 1910, the witness said,
the defendant proposed marriage. After
their engagement she an Id she vliiteil
him at his ofrtcc and their relation be
came intimate.
Sh told her tory In a matter of fact
way. She said that In IHO-.'. when sh
was twenty year old. she was married
at Greenburg. Pa., to Joseph A. Cautoy.
who was employed "around the mines."
In December the following year her
husband was killed In a railroad acci
dent near Pittsburgh, she declared.
Croti-examlned by C. K. McOuIre,
for the defense, she said that In March,
1911, Sherard told her he could not
marry her. Ills wlf had died In the
"I asked him when we were to oe
married," said the witness "and he
said he couldn't marry me at all, be
cause his relatives were keeping such
a close watch on him and besides, bis
iter-ln-law expected him to marry
her "
Then AttOmOy McOuIre questioned
the witness closely about her marriage
and the death uf her husband. She
aid she iiad been at the funeral and
while she couldn't Just remember the
nam of His undertaker alio thought
ii wua Do ran,
Fullerton Well attorney for the
plaintiff, called onh on more witness,
Mra Sophie Porter, who lives In PrlfbOf
avenue, Westchester. She testified h
accompanied Mrs Cnule on one DO
Oggion, when the plaintiff had an ap
poitittnent with sherard She lootlflod
she heard Mrs. Cuuley ask the defend
ant why he wouldn't keep his promise
Ui marry her and that ihe defendant
said. "1 know I asked you to many
but I can't, as my alstor-in-law ex
pects me to marry her."
T ie plaintiff rata rested and At
torney Mnlulre asked the Court to
wall for a few momenta, as his first
witness was on the way to court There
was a abort wait, but apparently nOUO
ex eyi Sherard counsel and t tie de
fendant himself had an Inkling or w iai
was coming
Then mi atlai oe of Dlftriot- ttlornoj
Whitman' staff entered with .i small, I
lark man, no Immediately was called
0 the wiincs eiaiel
"What I your name" gfgod Ml
"Andrea- I finally.' ... m, rapli
The wltneaa did not know won ,t
was all about
"Do yoi see your wife In this i uurl '
neuii vrai tu ,i"' i ituaotiufl
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iCoti.nticd gn fourth Pag, ,
v t il i i 1 1 i ill isiis.
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Informer Who Is Back Denying
A Murder Plot, and His Wife
Tall, Thin, Ion-Nosed Per-1
son, With Gray Hairs,
Is Description.
It was "Kitten" described ii beau
ttful Mrs Amy Bdlth KartlngtOg a
"tall. Ihlu, Willi a long nose and some
gray hairs," who , time between her
and her hUOband, Bdwln Do Wolff liar
rlngtnn, well known ten years ago In
tl.s broker.-ige and r.itlro.io worlds is
an assuclais of the lata l oin p. Hunt
ington and K'lwlt, Hawley. a ling
to testimony given In Mra KftTrtllg
ton's divorce suit this afternoon befor
Justice Cohalan In Uka Supreme Court.
Mrs HarrtuKton testified thai her
husband abandoned her In July, 1911, and
wenl to live in the ,...i,i i... of Mrs
Bring Moon , v. ot west RtghtyetgtUi
street, with "Klttoii," whu. Mrs ll.u
rlnglon n.'ivs aas known also it "Mrs
Harrington Mrs Moore anatiricd iti.it
Harrliurton and the "KlttS? ogm t "
er apartments bofott PtuUlkagl Vtng,
1911. and rfnglnd until July, ui;. oOjog
Itnerlrgftiw was orrd In his wtfo'i a -
tlon for n divorce.
Mis. Moore aald ihe eouplf oorsiptod
two rooms in her .title An elevator
bO) also lOOtUltl thaj the cmjplc
known in ihe apart mom ggggg m Mr
and Mm Ha i iig'on Justice l.'ohalM
raaorvod donjnn
Mr Mgrrington, k hi ttiM, ha had
roehaakgbl cgraor, .storing th railroad
uisineas as OtgnagpapOkgr In in ,,rtt -of
the Houiliern Pa. lib Italleoad In Sea
OHoatlf He iggnlgg rn paggont Mr,
llar"lnrton June '. lust. Im h
month after hl tin t wl'e, w ii .
with hoi ihe pkdldlrgg gl ggtnjjji park,
. J.. oWtatned a OlvOfOe from hi'" I .
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gull Ivan.
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a sue Uat ir ' ri Wall street he
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Stricken by Remorse, Widow
Requests His Pardon as
Christmas Gift,
William l.rsaght s shot and kilted
by Spotty J.m. M.nch 4. iu, n a
saloon braal at Third grogWO and TWOS'
t-w-e.,nd sir lie ft a widow and i
iltle daughter. To-dsy Mrs. gfgltjtl
sent a letter to Oov. Ilx, liegging lii .
'" yrant a ngegjOg to Jones, who '
eiAlllg an llHleteiji,i.it cllt'lce u
.in twenty yeojs to Ufa mipi neintm n
sing sing for the kill.ng
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Utd Her child oy ,'tioru work ggjggf b
.una of Kilty Orant, snd by poaing for
rtlfja, d,-"lsr nkf dl I Jone, who-o
..he ha never s. en, a great injustice hv
iig to spi ii at the trial to Iggglf
tn he- hushau l' JpuBkgg e'ut and kit
. i re. loin n. -h when Igtogtaatod, Sue .
tWWtP s"1 gWW belle, 'i Nt, A' . ill tin,
nelggoi a jurv hgl Jones Ufad III,
tot which killed Lynaghl in iaUd.
Ig n tan og Joggg, in luna or
i .ii. juiite Puater referred lo tk
. i fbut Jones had a revolver COnoggled
his i: onset leg and di e 1 mog rffrj
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Two of Them Got Drunk," He Says,
On Arriving From Havana To
Day, "And Shot Gambler, When
It Was Only Intended to 'Throw
a Scare" Into Him.
District - Attorney Whitman Says
Webber's New Story Is of No Value
as Against His Sworn Statement,
but Becker s Lawyer Is Elated.
Giiifes&inK that remorse prevents him from sleeping and that h
cannot keep Mi mind oft live men in the death cells in Sing Sing Prison,
"Uridine ' VVdiber nie ol the lour inturmers in Bm iiiufdcr trial of
Lieut, llecker repudiated his sworn testimony on his return to New York
from Havana to-day. WeMvr was a passenger on the steamer Saratoga.
He said there was no murder plot and that while Becker was anxious
to have Rosenthal scared oft or bought off the idea of kilting the gambler
was never mentioned. Kosenllial, according to Webber, was killed by
the miMake oi two of the gmiinen, who got drunk and disobeyed in
Joseph I. Shay, CtHlOSg of record for Becker, who e preparing the
papers in an appeal, says Webber's statement properly placed before Jus-,
tice Cioff, in connection with corroborative evidence which has been
gathered since the trial, will be sutticient to set aside the verdict of murder
in the first degree. Becker, according to Shay, is entitled to a new trial.
District-Attorney Whitman disagrees with Shay. He says Webber's
statement is of no value at this time nor will it be in the future, as against
his sworn testimony. Webber, Mr. Witman says, wants to live in New
York and is trying to smooth out tilings for his own safety and peace of
mind. Thl District-Attorney Insists that a murder plot was clearly proven.
Webber's statement was nude voluntarily to reporters. He persisted
in his stury, even when reminded that it was contradictory to his evidence
given in the trials ot Becker and the gunmen.
Webber denied that he played cards on the trip to Havana or on
ihe return trip or while lie was in Havana. He came back after a stay
in Havana of a lew days, he said, because of the notoriety following
newspaper publications iruwuncing his arrival in that city.
He was not called back to be a witness in the Aldennanic Investiga
lion, he (aid. He bai not been asked tu give testimony in that proceeding
and would not do K.
"1 couldn't,'' aiJ Webber. "I don't know of any specific instance of
police Kralt 1,1 n,y ,,wn knowledge. I always fought graft collections.
Ihe only man I ever paid .my money to is dead. I won't mention his
name and the in.utei Is Clotsd 10 tar as I am concerned."
Webbf. is tilled with remorse. He can't sleep nights. His thoughts,
he sakJ, im continually on the live men In the Sing Sing death house,
rent there on his testimony. He says it will kill him it thev are executed
and he did nol mean this In the sense that he expected to be assassj
lated out of revenge,
MOM SI 111' RISK l) AT THE EW STORY.
WebberN lUTfirislng statement that he Ivtid not known of a plot to kill
Herman Kosenth.il was outlined to Assistant District-Attorney Moss, who
.1 nduded Ihe Keeker and gurmien trials. He expressed great surprise.
This Is the first time I ever heard such a story," said Mr. Moss.
Webber never, during the preparation of the testimony, sjid there had
tot been i murder plot. On the contrary, he always repeated the s:ory
ie told afterward on the Standi It he had told us that he did not know
,i nn plot, nl course we would not have Used him as a witness
"I understand Webber intends to live In New York. Perhaps he is
lug to arrange io mane nis lire
ii me men wnu wprg hhivicicu "i
Webber WIS nmilouf 00 his
more peaceiui oy placating tne mends
iiic muruei Herman Kuscniiiai.
arrival. He seemed to be anxious to
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There's a good chance you're reading this article after a long session of late-night gaming over the warm glow of a dimly lit joint. Good for you -- and now let me tell you how you got to your current stage in life.
The truth is that your favorite games have been slowly evolving to align with your stoned tendencies—but you probably already knew that. The shocking thing, though, is that the companies that sell you those games don't want to admit it. HIGH TIMES found out the hard way.
It all goes back to 1984, when John E. Dell decided to illustrate the world's economy for a high school project by making a functional model of international drug smuggling. He named the project Drugwars, and since then thousands of kids have sat in the back of class with their TI-83 calculators in hand, ignoring entire lesson plans just to build virtual marijuana empires. For those of you who weren't slackers in high school, Drugwars (later renamed Dopewars) was essentially the world's first drug-trafficking game, in which players would receive a virtual loan and have one month not only to pay it back, but to earn a profit through the distribution of illegal drugs. Since its inception, Dopewars has traversed nearly every conceivable electronic device, cementing its legacy as the first offering from the gaming industry that openly used marijuana as the basis of its interaction with players.
It wasn't long until the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 became the law of the land in America, which was (not coincidentally) also the same year that the arcade classic Narc came out. Back in the day, we all went through innumerable piles of quarters trying to beat that game. Frontlined by developer Eugene Jarvis, Narc threw players into a futuristic world in which Washington, DC, has authorized agents Max Force and Hit Man to apprehend various drug traffickers and junkies, taking aggressive measures if necessary. The word aggressive is being used a little lightly here: Players were equipped with either a rocket launcher or an automatic weapon and instructed to transform waves of enemies into gelatinous mountains of limbs and organs. Narc was the world's first ultra-violent game, and it paved the way for bloodfests like the Mortal Kombat franchise -- because, let's face it, all those joint-toting potheads just needed to be killed in the most horrific way possible. The agents simply had no choice.
When the game was ported over to Nintendo in 1990, all game-play references to drugs were stripped from it, leaving Narc fully intact with the same level of blood and gore, but rendering its already convoluted storyline even more incoherent -- and essentially psychotic. After all, if you're not slay- ing people in the name of ending the scourge of drugs, why are you slaying them at all?
In 2005, the game was relaunched with somewhat of the same premise; however, instead of Daft Punk helmet– wielding cops from the future, players took the role of pseudo-corrupt officers that occasionally used drugs confiscated from criminals as "in-game power-ups." Cocaine would grant you increased gun accuracy and a damage bonus. LSD would instantly turn all of the characters on the map into jesters or demons based on their criminal alignment in the game.
When a character was on Ecstasy, enemies ceased to be aggressive -- you're basically that guy in the middle of the dance floor spinning around with your shirt off. Marijuana, on the other hand, caused the entire world to slow down, similar to "bullet time" in The Matrix. Labored movements would be accompanied by streaks of colors and visionary spirals. (Ten years later, I'm still trying to locate that strain of herb.)
Naturally, the game generated an incredible amount of media controversy; however, in a CNN Money interview, Midway spokesman Reilly Brennan opined that society should be used to these risqué subjects by now. "Entertainment is growing up," he said. "I know this is a sensitive topic these days, but this is what people want to see. Look at TV: People love The Sopranos, The Shield, Nip/Tuck. That's what people are watching .... We're not trying to glamorize drugs in any way and we're not trying to promote the use of them."
Of course, it was clear that the world was not ready for recreational drug use in games. The sale of 2005's Narc was banned in Australia before the game was even released, with authorities ruling it "unsuitable for a minor to see or play."
By this time, however, marijuana in gaming was in full swing, and nowhere was this more apparent than in Rock- star Games' infamous Grand Theft Auto franchise.
Any gaming company that accumulates $1 billion in lawsuits (even drawing legal heat from Lindsay Lohan) has clearly perfected the science of ruffling a few feathers. Granted, most of those lawsuits were from former attorney Jack Thompson, a guy so aggressive in his persecution of Rockstar Games that he was actually disbarred by the Florida Bar Association and fined $100,000. Oh, and he's lost every single lawsuit that he launched against the gaming company.
Rockstar definitely earned its name with the reinvention of the GTA franchise in Grand Theft Auto 3, released in 2001. It was undoubtedly the world's first adult "sandbox" game, which gave its players access to an unprecedented amount of criminal activity in a fictitious version of New York appropriately dubbed "Liberty City." The game featured an imaginary white powdery substance known as "spank," and it didn't take a Harvard-trained research chemist to surmise that it was likely derived from cocaine. In GTA's Vice City sequel, we saw lead character Tommy Vercetti (voiced by Ray Liotta) get caught up in a very archetypical '80s lifestyle filled with exorbitant amounts of coke, grotesquely constructed Hawaiian shirts, machete-armed Cuban gangsters -- oh, and did I mention exorbitant amounts of coke? In fact, the game even begins with an international drug deal gone wrong when Vercetti is ambushed in a blitzkrieg of bullets, killing all but him in the fray. Vice City was also the first Grand Theft Auto installment in which a player could sell and deliver drugs through the use of a not-so-covert ice-cream truck.
Needless to say, the game's success led Rockstar to push the envelope even further with its follow-up, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which takes place in the '90s in a place eerily similar to Los Angeles (although most of the game is set in Southern Cali, "San Andreas" refers to an area that also encompasses San Francisco and Las Vegas). Shortly after it was released, Rockstar ended up in the metaphorical dog house when it turned out that code for a hidden sexual mini-game titled Hot Coffee (which the company had decided to scrap in production) was mistakenly left in San Andreas and could be accessed through the use of certain modifications on the PC and console version of the game. While this caused the predictable uproar in conservative communities across the land (the game was temporarily pulled off the shelves and received an "Adult" rating), a relatively unknown feature that was successfully deleted enabled the main character to smoke pot, causing the camera to wobble sporadically. Unlike the Hot Coffee hack, this feature was nowhere to be found in any variation of the game, although that hasn't stopped modders from creating their very own home-brewed versions of virtual smokeathons within GTA: SA.
With the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar basically poured every conceivable reference to heroin, crack, marijuana, cocaine, steroids and methamphetamines into the game and then hired a battalion of attorneys to deal with the repercussions. The company approached the fourth installment of the franchise as if it had a bullshit-proof force field surrounding every creative director, coder, graphic artist, dialogue writer, PR rep and janitor in the company. That ballsiness paid off on April 29, 2008, when Grand Theft Auto IV sold $310 million worth of units on its first day of release, breaking the Guinness World Record for "highest-grossing video game in 24 hours." In fact, GTA IV even grabbed the record for "highest revenue generated by an entertainment prod- uct in 24 hours," raking in more cash in a one-day period than any Hollywood blockbuster ever released.
Grand Theft Auto IV's triumph was eclipsed only by the fifth installment of the franchise, which shattered every record established by a single unit of entertainment, essentially rewriting the paradigm for the entire gaming industry. Instead of $310 million, Grand Theft Auto V earned a jaw-dropping $800 mil- lion in its first 24 hours, and within just six weeks, 29 million copies of the game had been shipped -- more than GTA IV sold in its entire lifetime.
The monumental commercial success of Grand Theft Auto V was matched by a level of in-game drug integration that the industry had never seen before. Not only could players purchase an entire marijuana dispensary (for the bargain price of $204,000) on Vespucci Beach and run relevant "pick-up" missions to keep their loyal customers happy, but each of the three playable characters smoked weed throughout the storyline, which occasionally led to some pretty entertaining outcomes. Heck, in the online offering of GTA V, high-end luxury apartments available for purchase all came with a pre-installed bong on the table that could be lit up and shared among your gaming buddies.
With such an elaborate history of drug use in the Grand Theft Auto franchise (and since the company's New York digs are within a 3.5-mile radius of HIGH TIMES), we thought it would only be appropriate if we contacted Rockstar Games NYC to hear firsthand why the company had made the decision to incorporate such a truly exponential level of drugs in the GTA games.
This is the part of the story that gets strange, if not downright bizarre.
Our requests were generally met with silence, sometimes with a vague demurral that was usually accompanied by a statement along the lines of "Oh, we can't do that -- absolutely not." We tried multiple avenues with Rockstar; we even contacted its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, and were placed on hold and eventually disconnected for upwards of an entire week. No one in the company was ready to discuss the inclusion of all that drug-related content in the Grand Theft Auto series -- we couldn't even get them to admit that drugs were actually in the games, despite the abundant evidence. However, this wasn't a phenomenon localized to Rockstar Games. Not at all. Folks, this code of silence seemed to be global.
Take, for example, Infinity Ward, the creators of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, who chose to include a special "Cannabis Leaf Emblem," along with in-game titles like "Blunt Trauma," "High Command" and "Joint Ops" -- the kind of pot puns that High Times readers will immediately recognize. Plus the company's most recent game release, Call of Duty: Ghosts, offers a selection of gun camouflages, among them a bundle of fresh marijuana leaves. Infinity Ward even decided to place cannabis plants within the foliage of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. It's as if the Call of Duty developers were sewn together from pieces of lesser potheads to form some supreme Frankensteinian weed monster that breathes fireballs of THC and pees out hash oil. But Infinity Ward declined to make any statement. Our entire worldview on the gaming industry and marijuana was slowly col- lapsing before our eyes.
Luckily, we got in touch with Nick Robertson, former associate producer of THQ (makers of the Darksiders, UFC Undisputed and Red Faction series), and he shed some light on our predicament, which turned out to be a sadly predictable one. "I think, even though teams, developers and studios have a really cool creative vibe, it comes down to [the fact that] they're owned by a bigger company, and it's still a very corporate-structured world," Robertson said. "It's a very Office Space type of environment for such a creative and fun industry. The weird thing about it is, a majority of the US is cool with [marijuana], but the media applies a certain stigma to it. It's something that could be portrayed negatively—Rockstar coming out and talking about weed just gives the Fox Newses and Jack Thompsons more ammo."
Nick went on to say that our previous suspicions concerning the gaming industry are spot-on: In short, the people making your favorite games are serious potheads. "From my experience in the gaming industry, almost everybody I've worked with smokes weed," he said. "It's so common -- a lot of guys just sit around at work and code all day, then go home and play video games all night while smoking. They just go hand in hand."
Since we weren't having much luck with American gaming companies, we thought we'd take our chances overseas -- specifically in Europe, starting with Jagex (the makers of Runescape), a company that I briefly worked for while living in Cambridge, England. As we might have expected by that point, we got nothing. Then we reached out to Norway- based Funcom for some clarity. These are the makers of the mass multiplayer online RPG Age of Conan, a game filled with enough nudity to even make a mid-'90s "Skinemax" connoisseur blush. After a brief conversation with a receptionist, I was told that someone would get back to me regarding an interview. Several days and various follow-ups later, they hadn't.
We did, however, get in touch with the Czech Republic's Bohemia Interactive, whose hottest property, DayZ, was spawned as a user-created mod of the company's ARMA franchise, which was manifested by Dean Hall, a former commissioned officer in the New Zealand Army. The success of the mod caught the eyes of Bohemia Interactive, and Hall was hired by the company to develop a full stand-alone DayZ game. I'd met Hall before (at the E3 2013 expo, just days after he traveled to Nepal to climb Mount Everest), so I knew we'd at least get some kind of reply. And so we did, albeit a rather brief one from brand and PR manager Korneel van't Land: "Thanks Zeus, but I'm afraid we can't really help you with this. Marijuana is just not some- thing we pay attention to: there are no company policies, and there are also no plans to place marijuana in a Bohemia Interactive game."
Now that's a very European response.
As a last-ditch effort, I tried the only contact I had left: Clint Ourso, studio production manager of Deep Silver Volition, creators of the Saints Row franchise.
When Saints Row hit the scene in 2006, it was viewed as a game that took the Grand Theft Auto sandbox formula and added a major "over the top" quality. Players could use tanks to traffic drugs, and marijuana was readily available for purchase in liquor stores throughout the town. The creators of Saints Row knew they were up against some stiff competition, which probably explains why each installment of the franchise got a tad more flamboyant. With Saints Row 2, we saw a continuation of the drug integration within the game, along with developers modeling the storyline from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. They even had porn star Tera Patrick in their marketing campaign.
Boldness in the face of adversity seemed built into the Saints Row franchise, and within minutes of our reach- ing out to Ourso, he eagerly called back to inform us that he had passed the idea on to Deep Silver Volition's marketing team, and that being featured in HIGH TIMES would be a stellar way to promote the Saints Row brand. We brainstormed some ideas -- including the developers going in depth to discuss the meaning behind certain marijuana elements in the game.
Later that day, I got another email from Clint conveying his excitement for the piece, even thanking me for the "awe- some opportunity to be featured in HIGH TIMES." It was literally the equivalent of finding an oasis in a desert of corporate conformity and cowardice. Surely the marijuana gods were smiling on me.
The next day, I sent over a few sample questions that were meant to give the people at Deep Silver Volition a chance to really open up about their product and make it clear to the world that not only are they a badass company that has been going head to head with the most successful gaming franchise on the planet, but that they will continue to do so and have a blast doing it. The questions were met with approval, the photos for the feature were secured -- it was undoubtedly the most prepared I've been for anything all year. But on the day that the in-depth interview was scheduled to take place, I received a call from Clint telling me that the CEO of Deep Silver Volition had had a sudden change of heart, and that he'd effectively pulled the plug on his company discussing marijuana with HIGH TIMES.
Yes, that actually happened. My quest had come to an abrupt and unexpected end.
So the next time you're preparing for a weekend-long binge of gaming while enjoying the flavor and aroma of your most exquisite cannabis, keep in mind that the vast majority of your favorite games have been designed not only to appeal to, but essentially exploit, the recreational drug culture -- that although these companies are happy to take your dollars, they don't necessarily want to be seen with you. Let's face it, every gaming company wants to be perceived as edgy, to cultivate some rebel image that they're sticking it to this nefarious thing known as "corporate" -- that's one of the quintessential elements that induces gamers to show loyalty toward publishers. These companies want you to believe that, deep down, they really are just like you—but after my labyrinthine voyage through
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For the last couple weeks, the wallpaper on Steele Wasik's cell phone had the number 7,000.
That represented the points he wanted to record in hopes of capturing the AAU Junior Olympic national title in the decathlon.
Wasik did that and then some last weekend, as the Medina resident dominated the competition in registering 7,037 points en route to winning the 17-18 age group championship at Eastern Michigan University.
Despite having more than enough points to win the title heading into the final event, the 1,500-meter run, the 17-year-old was going to do anything to accomplish that goal.
"I knew I had the total to win it, but I also knew it would've hit me a week later that I didn't get my goal," Wasik said. "It all came down to the 1,500. It was nice because some of the other athletes were out there cheering me on."
The incoming St. Edward senior, who is being recruited by a host of major college track programs, needed to clock a 4:52 to get to the 7,000-point plateau. That was 11 seconds faster than his previous personal record in the event.
Wasik went out and recorded a time of 4:47.44 to place fourth in the event. Overall, he beat Benjamin Johnson of Nashville, Tenn., by 1,314 points.
The time in the 1,500 was one of six career-best performances over the two days, which also included five individual event wins and two runner-up finishes.
"It was perfect," Wasik said. "I had to work for it both days and the ending was one of those you always hear about."
Despite rain and spring-like conditions at EMU's Olds-Marshall Track at Rynearson Stadium, the 6-foot-5, 190-pounder came out and posted wins in the 100 dash (11.32) and long jump (21 feet, 5¼) before finishing his busy day with a trio of personal-best performances in the shot put (2nd place, 42-6¾), high jump (1st, 6-7) and 400 (1st, 49.02).
That put him on pace for the 7,000-point goal as he had 3,883 points to lead Chris Davis of Collierville, Tenn., by 532 with five events to go.
"I was happy with the first five events, especially because it was pouring down rain and windy," Wasik said. "No one wanted to be out there, so to high jump and long jump like I did and finish with the fastest 400, it gave me a lot of confidence."
Despite winning just one event on the final day, clocking a 14.25 in the 110 hurdles, he posted career bests to place second in the discus (135-4) and third in the javelin (144-1). He also cleared 10-11 to take third in the pole vault.
While it was a grueling two days against 28 athletes from across the country, it was a celebration of the dedication Wasik has put into the decathlon since last summer. He dropped high school football and basketball to work on the 10 events, all for the feeling he had last weekend.
"Having the title of national champion means a lot to me," he said. "It shows that all the hard work paid off. It proves to a lot of people that I'm a national-caliber athlete and it sets me on that course. I have the potential to go somewhere."
Wasik will now take some time off to visit a few colleges, including Stanford and Oregon, but he's already setting new goals.
"I want to win the New Balance Indoor Nationals in the pentathlon, win the indoor state meet for Ed's, beat (former Berea standout and current Ohio State runner) Donovan Robertson's state record in the 300 hurdles and win the state outdoor meet.
"Lastly, with how well I did in this decathlon, I'm confident I can come back next year and break the record (of 7,379)."
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In your April cover story ("Nigeria at the crossroads"), you stated that there is an agreement in Nigeria that political power should rotate between the North and South, with each side getting two tenures. I would like to correct that statement: There is no such agreement in Nigeria or in the national constitution. That arrangement only exists within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which incidentally has been ruling the country since 1999. But Nigerians generally do not subscribe to that agreement. This power rotation will only be implemented if the PDP wins the 2011 elections. But as far as Nigerians are concerned, it's "let the best man (Northerner or Southerner) win".
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Epistle to the Romans
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Getting Biblical in Daily Life
Since Romans is mainly a Christian letter, written by Christians for Christians, most of the squabbles and infighting about its meaning come from Christians. Go figure.
Roman Catholic Perspective
Roman—it's right there in the name. You would think Catholics love Romans and, by extension, Paul. But you'd be wrong. It's not that Catholics don't dig Paul. But as far as the original followers of Christ go, Peter is much higher up on their list of apostolic crushes.
Peter gets to be the first Pope. He gets the keys to Heaven. He's the rock that built the church. Paul just gets to stand around holding a sword in his hand waiting to be beheaded. He even has to share his feast day—June 29th—with Peter. Talk about getting muscled out (source, 6).
But Paul is still the most prolific author in the Bible, so he hasn't been totally left out of Catholic thought and theology. His writings have had influence on lots of important Catholic thinkers through the years.
Augustine, for example, was especially fond of Paul. Not only did he convert to Christianity after reading a single line from Paul's letter to the Romans (it must have been a really good one), he also based some of his doctrine of original sin on Paul's thoughts about Adam eating that apple in Romans 5:12-21 (source).
Thomas Aquinas was also influenced by Paul, whom he called "the Apostle" (because they were so tight… no, not really). Aquinas believed that Paul's thoughts in Romans 2:15, pointed to a natural law that was written on the heart of every single person. This idea is still part of Catholic theology to this day. Go Paul.
Looks like it's not all snubbing and sword-holding from the Catholic Church when it comes to Paul, after all.
Protestant Perspective
Protestants on the other hand—and we're including a wide net of non-Catholic faiths in this section—are really, really into Paul. In fact, you might say that Paul and his letter to the Romans started the whole Reformation. Gee, we wonder why Catholics don't like him as much.
Martin Luther pretty much got the ball rolling. Though he began as an Augustinian monk and a nice Catholic boy, Luther grew disillusioned with the feeling that he could never escape guilt and sin try as he might. But when he read Paul's letter to the Romans, he realized that he was just trying too hard.
Luther clung to Paul's idea of "justification by grace through faith" (3:28). It's the idea that "works"—in other words, doing stuff we think is holy to impress God—doesn't get us anywhere. Finally, Luther realized that all his Catholic piety and prayers couldn't bring him closer to God. He just had to open his heart to God's love and grace in order to be saved (source, 7-8). It was a nice thought.
The Catholic Church was less tickled. Since they were the only show in town, they weren't really open to criticism, to say the least. Luther persisted, though, and was eventually excommunicated. Thus, Protestantism (named because its adherents "protested" the Catholic Church) was born.
Other Christians began to follow in Luther's footsteps. John Wesley http://wesley.nnu.edu/john-wesley was so inspired by listening to Luther's commentary on Romans, that he decided to branch out and do his own thing, too. John Calvin http://www.iep.utm.edu/calvin also was pretty darn into Paul. These guys became the fathers of modern Protestant denominations such as Presbyterian, Baptist, United Church of Christ, and Methodist (source, 4). That's quite a reach Paul has.
Paul's been hugely influential to all different kinds of Christians. Though, actually, it is sort of ironic (and sad) that Paul, who was striving for Christian unity throughout Romans, would unintentionally create the biggest schism in the Christian church over 1,400 years later. Oh, irony. You're so nutty.
Jewish Perspective
Paul's letters, especially his letter to the Romans, have led to loads of problems between Christians and Jews throughout the years.
Many not-so-nice folks have pointed to passages in Romans where Paul criticizes non-Christian Jews, talks up hypocrisy among the Jews, and details all the faults of Jewish law. To them, these verses confirm what they already suspect. Paul—and by extension God—thinks it's fine to hate and oppress Jewish people. Sigh.
Of course, this argument ignores the huge fact that Paul was Jewish. He states his proud Jewishness: "I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin" (11:1). He cites Hebrew scripture left and right. He honors the spirit of Jewish law. And, don't forget, he worships Jesus—the guy he saw as the Jewish messiah. So yeah, he's pretty down with Judaism.
Paul himself struggled his whole life with the idea that his Jewish brothers and sisters were not all rushing to accept Jesus as the Messiah. But in Romans especially, he refuses to denounce or reject them as a whole. Just take a look:
• "Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much, in every way. For in the first place the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God." (3:1-2)
• "Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law." (3:31)
• "There is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him." (10:12)
• "I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means![…] God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew." (11:1-2)
• "All Israel will be saved[…] As regards the gospel they are enemies of God for your sake; but as regards election they are beloved, for the sake of their ancestors; for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable." (11:26-29)
Given this background, we're guessing that Paul would be pretty horrified at the way his writings have been used over the years. One of Paul's biggest fans, Martin Luther, even wrote an essay called On the Jews and Their Lies. Sadly, he quotes from Romans to make some of his awful points.
Interpretation of Paul: You're doing it wrong.
Islamic Perspective
Most Christians probably don't know that Islam really respects Christianity. Christians are called "People of the Book" along with Jews. The Qur'an actually mentions Jesus—he's called 'Iesa in Arabic—around 25 times. Nice name dropping, guys.
But as far as Paul goes, Muslims would probably part ways with him on a few key issues. While Paul thinks Jesus's death and resurrection are essential to understanding who he is, Muslims don't believe these events ever happened at all.
Even though most scholars think the crucifixion is pretty much a historical certainty, the Qur'an says that Jesus did not die at the hands of the Romans. They say that the enemies of Jesus would boast, "'Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.' And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him […] Rather, Allah raised him to Himself" (4:157-8).
Of course, Muslims don't mean any disrespect by this. It's actually the opposite. They think Jesus is far too great a guy to have been executed. Islamic tradition teaches that Allah just made it look like Jesus died on the cross, even though he actually ascended into heaven unharmed. It's inconsistent with Islamic ideas about God that someone so faithful would be allowed to suffer and die. Of course, Paul doesn't see it that way at all.
Aside from what it says in the Qur'an, some Muslims even have an antagonistic relationship to Paul. They believe that Jesus's true teachings (which, naturally, point to Islam) have been warped and distorted over the years. Who is the prime culprit for this? Paul. After all, he never even met Jesus and yet his writings and ideas about the guy have formed the basis for Christianity (source).
The Qur'an does promise that "those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad…] will have their reward with their Lord" (2:62). But if people think you distorted God's true message, then we're not sure you're included. Sorry, Paul.


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Tori Spelling checked into a hospital amid her marriage crisis last week and she was spotted on Saturday being helped into the car by a very concerned and worried looking husband, Dean McDermott. Spelling's hospital stay lasted six days, and comes with no explanation, but this hasn't stopped the rumors from churning, according to Softpedia on April 28.
While Tori was in the hospital it was reported that McDermott was by her side every day, showing up in the morning at about 10 a.m. and staying until about 8 p.m., leaving just before bedtime. Saturday Tori was seen with her hospital bracelet still securely on her wrist and looking a bit worn out while Dean helped her into the car to take her home.
Dean was at the hospital for at least 10 hours every day and he was seen as "stressed out" while visiting Tori. He would only leave the hospital room to go outside to get a breath of fresh air or to use his cell phone. He was also seen bringing food in for his wife. E News reports that Tori was in the hospital for at least six days. Some reports had her feeling weak, tired and dizzy when she was checked into the hospital, but this has not been confirmed by Tori or her camp.
This rocky marriage is highlighted on the reality show, "True Tori." This show follows Tori and Dean and emphasizes all their trial and tribulations of their marriage. Just last week Tori wrote about her marriage problems on her blog, and it sounds as if she plans on leaving very little sacred on her reality show. She did want a chance to tell her fans what is really going on before the tabloids reported their own version, which is very often not the correct version. Tori writes:
"I wanted to take a moment to address what's been going on in my life over the last several months. Our family has been going through an incredibly difficult and trying time, and the story of what I've been going through has been told by everyone except for me. So, it's time for me to set the record straight."
Her reality show is still a new show, with the premiere of "True Tori" airing on April 22. Some believe that while the couple did have marriage problems, these problems are being hyped-up for publicity for her reality show. Both Tori and Dean are actors and surly realize that the success of this reality show is going to depend upon keeping the fans interested and coming back.
According to Us Magazine, the crisis going on in their marriage started with Dean cheating on Tori, leaving her devastated. She honestly never thought this could happen. One of the things to come to the surface during "True Tori" is that she is not very good in bed.
This revelation had to be a hard pill to swallow for the former "90210" star. It's not something a wife wants to hear about herself, but to allow this bit of trivia to be heard by the masses just goes to show how committed these two are to keeping the fans coming back for more!
Again, some wondered if this was hyped-up a bit for the sake of the show and some are even speculating that Dean's affair was conjured up for the same reason, but this is only speculation. Both Tori and Dean were married to other people when they started their love affair, so it shouldn't be too surprising to see one of them do it again. Tori thought that they were above this happening. Their marriage seemed rock solid to her.


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Yoga for People, a non-profit organization, is out to "make yoga available to everyone on the planet"—bringing peace and happiness to people suffering from addiction, crime, anxiety and depression.
And they're holding a special "12.12.12" fundraising event this Dec. 12 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. On that day, patrons can drop in and experience a variety of unlimited yoga, tea and workshops in over 12 participating studios. With a minimum donation suggestion of $12, the event is open to the public with no pre-registration required.
All proceeds from the "12.12.12" fundraiser will be used towards bringing free yoga to teens and adults in shelters, prisons and other at-risk or underserved communities. In accordance with their belief in making yoga available for everyone, there will be over 12 satellite studios entertaining their own schedules in addition to the main venue in Trolley Square.
The Trolley Square schedule will feature classes taught by some of Utah's more influential yoga instructors who are donating their time and resources especially for this event. Class include Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Beginner Yoga, Falling for Inversions and Bhakti Yoga, ensuring there is something available and accessible for all who wish to participate.
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A competitive field awaits the song category at the upcoming Oscars and each will be performed on the show come March 2.
To make sure the headlines kept coming, the key was not to announce them all at the same time, but let it trickle out. First came news that Pharrell Williams would perform, then Idina Menzel, U2, and finally Karen 0.
The four songs nominated are:
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"Let It Go" from "Frozen"
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"The Moon Song" from "Her"
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"Ordinary Love" from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson
Once again, this looks to be a very competitive field with "Let it Go" and "Ordinary Love" battling it out for the win. If emotion carries the day, it would lean toward U2. If pure entertainment and popularity wins out, then it is Menzel. Note, this award goes to the songwriter and not the singer, so Bone and company would head to the stage, while Menzel would not. She could go up, of course, just not take home a statue.
"Ordinary Love" won the Golden Globe.
This category has some controversy along the way when one nominee got the boot. "Alone Yet Not Alone," with music by Bruce Broughton, was disqualified after he sent out emails to branch members highlighting his song and asking for them to listen and vote for it. In a nutshell, when a nomination goes out each eligible song is listed only by title and the name of the film in which it is used. It also omits composer and lyricist credits from the DVD of eligible songs.


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Oh, Tony Bennett. We see what you're doing here: releasing your duets to the gentle wilds of the music blogs one by one, each a mini-event. Gaga showed off her Broadway chops (which, let's be absolutely clear: exist, have existed and will exist for a while longer unless she decides to sing only in death-metal growls or back-of-the-throat squeals for hours a day). Amy Winehouse had her duet, the proceeds from which will presumably go to Mitch Winehouse's foundation in her honor when/if it finally exists. Mariah Carey got a preview.
And now here's Carrie, croon and vibrato in tow, on "It Had To Be You." There's nary a country styling to her performance, and she's in good if mannered voice. It's almost startling. Several listens past, we're still split on whether Carrie's comfortable with this or whether she'd rather drop the jazz act and start keying up her voice and her ex's car. But then again, she's singing at Bennett's birthday benefit, so maybe that's your answer.


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We decided to skip the "Biggest Songs Of The Year" or "Best Club Bangers" list, for a few reasons. One, we can't tell good from bad when we are drunk in the club, two, this shit has been covered ad nauseum, and three, it makes us feel like we're at work. We're tired enough of playing "Look At Me Now", so forget asking us to blurb about it. Instead, we're going to cover the ten worst songs of the year. We'd be just fine if we never heard any of these ever again….
10. Flo-Rida – "Good Feeling" – The trend of ripping off big house songs for top 40 rap tracks was perfected by Flo-Rida and Pitbull a few years ago, and they almost had the timing right with songs like "Krazy" and "Hotel Room". But with "Good Feeling", Flo-Rida had no problem going right after Avicii's massive Etta James sample-driven "Levels", before it had a chance to blow up itself. And not only that, Avicii's perfectly mixed piano stabs were traded for some white-washed acoustic gee-tar licks. So here's a paradox for you: Is a Bingo Players remix of "Good Feeling" that doesn't feature Flo-Rida actually a remix of "Levels"?
9. Nicki Minaj – "Roman In Moscow" – What happened here? Sure, the original Pink Friday didn't exactly live up to expectations, but surely we thought Nicki would come correct with her second LP. This started out okay, but then goes off into left field and loses us completely, as Nicki channels her inner O.D.B. or something, triple dog daring and all. Leave this off your album, darlin'.
8. Bruno Mars – "The Lazy Song" – So, shame on us for even posting the above video, as it has clocked over 258 million views already. So please, don't click on it, unless you want to hear Bruno rhyme "dougie" with "Snuggie". Disposable pop trash at it's worst.
7. Lil Wayne – "How To Love" - How did Lil Wayne follow-up "6 Foot 7 Foot"? With this auto-tuned, adult contemporary love song. Picking this song as a single is like the equivalent to putting a sticker on Tha Carter IV album cover that says "This Album Is Highly Likely To Suck". And guess what? It does. But what do you expect from a guy who's not allowed to smoke or drink?
6. Kirko Bangz – "What Yo Name Iz" – Aside from the fact that this cat doesn't know how to correctly form a sentence, Mr. Charming here has a handful of auto-tuned pick-up lines to impress the ladies, such as "I swear to god I tell that pussy to get over here / like I am Scorpion, no Mortal Kombat" and "Like Sean Michaels, swear to god I hope the little woman got Gieco". Aside from all the oath-taking he does late night in the club, this dude's, uh, "name is" a play on "Kurt Cobain". Get it? "Kirko Bangz". You know, because of how similar they are to one another.
5. Plies – "Just The Tip" – We didn't think Plies could come up with a song more offensively ignorant that "Becky". Shows what we know. This date rape anthem is exactly what the title suggests it is.
4. 50 Cent – "I'm On It" – 50 seemed to please the streets with his Big 10 mixtape late last year, but he hasn't been able to create a compelling club jam, as each attempt is worse than the one before it. Not sure if he's trying to channel his inner-Mike D with that hook, but either way it's terrible. If this is any indication, Interscope's been doing him a favor by keeping his album in the vault….
3. Will.I.Am and Company – "The Megaupload Megasong" – This isn't a song. It's a megasong. While we appreciate the movement behind "The Megaupload Megasong", the execution was terrible. Will.I.Am leads with a sort of paired down, Bob Marley-esque acoustic guitar style, but instead of singing about love lost or freedom, he's singing about a file-sharing site. "Megaaaaaaaaa / Uploooooooooooad," he cries. Mix in some audio samples of celebrities in hallways saying "M-M-M-egaupload" and you have one of the strangest tracks of the year.
2. Gucci Mane – "Burr" – BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. This is what happens when we allow semi-retarded individuals to have record deals.
1. Future – "Tony Montana" – Where did Future come up with such an original song idea? You know, this song is so innovative that he could probably get with Brian DePalma or somebody and make a MOVIE of it! Oh, wait….
C'mon now, u know LMFAO deserve at least 2 slots on this list.
@JustMarv yeah that "workout look at my body" terd of a song definitely belongs on this list… But the HHS staff is cool with those guys so they aren't gonna dis them…
I think the big difference w/ LMFAO and the rest of the people on this list is that they don't take themselves seriously. Pretty much everyone on here thought they were making art. Burr!
@Pizzo well I gotta agree with you there, that does make a huge difference… I might not be a fan but I totally see your point.
Wow…so I had to click on that "Burr" link, and if I had to describe it to someone…I guess I'd say it'd be like getting caught at a red light between a short bus with the windows down, and a car with a loud system. As for "Kirko Bangz", the only similarity to Kurt I want to see him strive for is uhh…let's just say "the final chapter of his life story"…LOL! These descriptions were hilarious…the rest of the lists were on point, but this one's the winner for me.
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