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Thrilling voyeurism: Rush read about an Australian art scam to prepare for the role of auctioneer Virgil Oldman in The Best Offer. Photo: Supplied
Geoffrey Rush knew he'd made it when his then six-year-old daughter, Angelica, discovered him on a Fantales wrapper. That was many years ago when, apparently, his primary claim to fame was that, once upon a time, he'd shared digs with Mel Gibson and played alongside him in Waiting for Godot. Since then, though, a lot has happened.
Acclaim for his work as a stage actor has resounded around the world. For his Broadway performance in Eugene Ionesco's Exit the King, Rush not only earned applause that could be heard from Australia, but also won a Tony for his efforts, his acceptance speech memorably thanking ''Manhattan audiences for proving that French existential absurdist tragicomedy rocks''.
The moment you first [meet a director] you get a feeling about what's ahead. It's kind of like you're auditioning each other.
He won an Oscar in 1997 (for Shine) and received three further nominations (for Shakespeare in Love in 1999, Quills in 2000, and The King's Speech in 2011). In 2005, an Emmy followed for the title role in The Life & Death of Peter Sellers.
In 2011, Australian critic Peter Craven declared that ''if our country still allowed the creation of theatre knights, we'd be talking about Sir Geoffrey Rush''. A few years earlier, during a visit to the Melbourne Writers Festival, David Denby, the esteemed film critic for The New Yorker, observed that Rush is ''not just one of the great Australian screen actors, but one of the great actors, period''.
I have been watching Rush for more than 30 years on the stage and screens big and small*. I have always been more than slightly in awe of his prodigious talent as an actor, his ability to surrender himself completely to a role as if it somehow came from deep inside rather than from the imagination of a writer with the help of a variety of collaborators.
Given all this, you would expect Rush to be very serious about what he does for a crust. Which he is. What you might not expect, though, is the mischievous sense of fun he brings to it, without sacrificing any of the intensity. It's a rare gift, one he believes was bestowed upon him by a specifically Australian tradition.
He explains: ''In my second year as an actor at the Queensland Theatre Company [in 1972], we had a guest English director and, once, during his traditional 4pm afternoon-tea break, he was sitting around holding court. He was a very good director, but pretty old-school, I think. And he was sitting around pontificating about how he'd never seen white-hot acting on the Australian stage.
''Then I thought back to things I'd seen, to Bobby le Brun's Dame Trot in Jack and the Beanstalk, which I believed was the best thing I'd ever seen - this was in 1958 - to Gordon Chater being astonishing on The Mavis Bramston Show, to the Sorlies' travelling tent shows, to the genius of Roy Rene, or Jim Gerald working for the Tivoli circuit. Maybe their work isn't in the Anglo tradition we've grown up in, but what do you mean we can't do white-hot acting here?''
That Rush sees his roots in this tradition is evident in his account of his early years as an actor at university in Brisbane. There he threw himself into a variety of theatrical endeavours, including the student revues, in which he allowed his inner clown to take charge. He remembers one of them very well: ''Entering in a tie-dyed T-shirt and tie-dyed jeans, I declared, 'This is a student revue. You're no doubt expecting a nude scene, so we'd better get it over with.' Deadpan, I fully disrobed with virtuosic rapidity. BLACKOUT. It brought the house down … [Afterwards] Alan Edwards … the first director of the Queensland Theatre Company, scalping for talent, offered me my first professional job. He must have thought I had a big future in front of me.''
Rush believes that traces of this showfolk tradition can be found in the work of many other Australians who have taken to the stage or screen. ''I think it's seeped into the work of Baz Luhrmann and Benedict Andrews and Barrie Kosky, John Bell, certainly. I think we're all indebted to that kind of rough magic … What appealed to me when I read Exit the King was not so much the philosophical discourse but that the king falls over more than 20 times.''
As well as the support of his mother - Rush still remembers her saying, as her teenage thespian headed off with the Queensland Theatre Company, ''You do what you need to do, lovey'' - a significant factor in Rush's professional development was the time he spent in Paris studying at the school founded in 1956 by legendary actor and mime artist Jacques Lecoq.
It was there he began to formulate a systematic approach to his craft, one he has applied to his work on stage and to the many films he has made, from his debut in a bit part in Hoodwink (1981) to The Best Offer, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso), which opens in Australia later this month.
''I always like to get a sense of the design I'm going to be working in,'' he says. ''What does the shape of this character look like as a figure in that landscape or in that space? I start to think about moving towards finding an outline or a silhouette that is going to have a subliminal impact … kind of like mask work, which I suppose is coming from the Lecoq training: how do you radiate out from that, how do you find the locomotion of the character, how do you find contradictions within that character?
''I always remember Lecoq telling us, when we were doing clowning, to take a look at Chaplin. In his tramp costume, you get this rather prissy, wannabe middle-class figure, tight upper body, shabby but attempting to look acceptable and proper. Then the bottom half is this loose, baggy-pants, shuffling character. And he's got the accoutrements of a bowler hat and a cane, which gives him the little man, middle-man class pretensions … I thought about that lesson a lot when I was working on the Peter Sellers film.''
As well as the mentoring from Warren Mitchell, when he played the Fool in 1978 to Mitchell's King Lear, he wants to acknowledge his many theatrical collaborations over the years with directors Neil Armfield and Simon Phillips. He's also grateful for the chance he had to work with Jim Sharman in 1982, on A Midsummer Night's Dream, although it didn't quite go as he had anticipated.
''I was generally a prose comedian,'' he says with a prankish grin and raised eyebrows. ''I was never really a verse actor. But he'd cast me as Oberon and I came out and did the big monologue at the beginning and thought, 'I'm having a fairly good go at this.' Then Jim very playfully and slyly said, 'Well, that's very good … for the suburban Oberon. Do you think we might see something a little closer to the king of the fairies?' Inside I seethed a bit, but then I went back and thought, 'F--- you. All right, here we go,'' and I was 20 times better. Having that kind of challenge makes your work better.''
Rush sees his involvement in a film project as an ongoing process of negotiation with whoever's calling the shots behind the camera. It begins when he first meets a filmmaker. ''The moment you first get together for a chat, you get a feeling about what's ahead. It's kind of like you're auditioning each other,'' he says. ''There have been some situations where I've declined a part because I've thought that there's no way I could match this director's version of it, or because I simply don't like it.
''Without naming names,'' he says, ''there was one director in America on a fairly big blockbuster film who told me that he liked to do lots and lots of different takes. 'Make that happier! Make that louder! Make that sadder!' And I thought, 'What, so you can then cut together a performance that I had no active involvement with?' I want to work the contradictions out in a positive fashion rather than just leaving someone with endless footage to play with down the track. Let's do it in the rhythm of the shoot.''
He loves to immerse himself in the kind of research required to get the detail right: whether it's learning to play a piano (Shine), a piano accordion (The Book Thief), or to wield a sword (Pirates of the Caribbean). When he was working to get inside the skin of art auctioneer Virgil Oldman in The Best Offer, the hook became the mindset behind ''the auctioneer's chant''.
''By good fortune,'' he says, ''when I was preparing for it, there was a huge art scam going on in Australia about the authenticity of certain Brett Whiteley paintings. I read all that with interest and wondered why people are so fascinated by these things. And it's because in an auction, within a minute maybe $10 million goes under the hammer, which creates a thrilling kind of voyeurism.
''In the articles I'd looked up, I read a comment by an Australian art auctioneer, Roger McIlroy, and saw that he was based in London and also had an office in Melbourne. I rang the office and asked the woman who answered how I could contact him in London and she said, 'Oh, he's sitting right next to me here.' So he came over and we had a really good chat about the kind of ego that an auctioneer on the podium needs. It's not unlike being an actor or a lawyer. You have your moment in a certain space to charge up.''
Next up for Rush is the fifth instalment of the ongoing Pirates of the Caribbean series, which begins shooting at the end of the year. An adaptation with Fred Schepisi of Don McKellar and Bob Martin's irresistible musical play, The Drowsy Chaperone, is also ''in the works'', along with a new project with regular collaborator Armfield. ''Neil and I are in talks to upset the apple cart,'' Rush notes with the customary twinkle and a vaudevillian's flourish.
* Rush is a long-standing friend of the writer.
The Best Offer opens on August 29.


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The California Highway Patrol has released the names of those involved in major crash on Highway 299 over the weekend. Five people were seriously hurt, including a teenager.
It happened around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday.
According to officers, Uriah Wells, 31, of Burney, was driving a 2002 Ford Ranger west on Highway 299, when the truck's right side tires went off the paved roadway.
The truck collided with a metal paddle marker and swerved across traffic, directly into the path of a 1996 Dodge pickup being driven by Ramiro Guridi, 70, of Fall River Mills.
The two trucks collided, sending them both off the freeway.
Wells suffered moderate injuries.
His two passengers, Katherine Crandall, 23, of Burney, and an unidentified minor, 16, of Burney, suffered major injuries and had to be extricated from the truck with the jaws of life.
Guridi and his passenger, Cynthia Guridi, 62, of Fall River Mills, suffered moderate injuries.
A total of five ambulances were called to the scene - including three from Redding and two from Burney. All five people were transported as trauma alerts. Two helicopters were also requested, but could not fly due to weather conditions at the time.
All involved parties were reportedly wearing seat belts. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the collision. Roads were slick at the time, but it's not clear whether that played a role.

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"I'm kind of a 'keep my head down,' kind of 'do my work' sort of guy, so I feel very honored to be acknowledged by the community for doing good work," Tenner says.
The Meyer Foundation is a private, independent organization that supports local organizations addressing community needs in Washington. Metro TeenAIDS is one such organization, dedicated to preventing the spread of HIV among young people in D.C.
"On some levels, given all the news about what's been happening to young gay kids … the Exponent award feels additionally powerful given that I remember those feelings of being in school and being different and the hope that things get better. To be acknowledged as an out gay man with a partner and a child feels extraordinary."
According to the Meyer Foundation's website, the Exponent Award was created in 2006 in an effort to recognize leaders of nonprofit organizations who have "potential for future growth and development" and who may be in "danger of burnout."
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Leslie Sampson says she got some exciting news July 29. She will soon be on her way to San Francisco to meet Paul McCartney as the winner of a contest by the charity Aid Still Required.
"Hello Leslie, Congratulations! The Paul McCartney campaign just ended and you have been selected as the winner!," said the winning email she received announcing her as the winner of the Paul McCartney meet-and-greet contest. She says she first learned about the contest in a story published by Beatles Examiner.
"Shortly after I read about the contest on your site, I made a donation, (then) re-posted it on Facebook and Twitter. Then, I forgot all about the contest. Last night, I received an email telling me I'd won. I didn't make it past the 'Congratulations!' before I started to cry and carry on. I didn't know what to think."
Sampson, who is known professionally in her writing career as KJ Hamilton, said she decided to ask her mother, also a McCartney fan, to join her. "We haven't seen Paul together since Soldier Field July 1990. And, now, we get to meet the man together. So incredible."
Entries in the contest were through contributions to Aid Still Required. Donors could choose to contribute any amount of money from $5 and up. The grand prize was an all-expenses paid trip for two to attend the upcoming Paul McCartney concert Aug.14 at San Francisco's Candlestick Park. The winner and guest would also be invited to visit him backstage and attend the pre-show sound check.
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Let's say Nintendo made you director for a new pokemon game. What would you do and what would you add? Also, it doesn't have to follow the traditional Pokemon games.
I just want to hear what people have to say.
Let's say Nintendo made you director for a new pokemon game. What would you do and what would you add? Also, it doesn't have to follow the traditional Pokemon games.
I just want to hear what people have to say.
I would change the battle system to a real time battle system for home consoles, but you wouldn't control your pokemon directly. Instead, your pokemon would be controlled by artificial intillegence (AI).
It would still play the same, you select an attack, but you would have to hit the "A" button to confirm/command the attack. So the trainer on screen will "say" (the text will show on the bottom "Ash: Pikachu! Use Thunder Shock" or "Ash commanded an attack! But pikachu is loafing around") Just like how the game say "Pikachu use volt tackle" or "The wild weedle use string shot."
Here is where it's different, the pokemon will use the same attack it used last. Just like on the show. The pokemon will use the same attack until it runs out of PP to use or commanded to use another.
Every pokemon can fight with out using their actual attacks. Pikachu can run around and claw or gnaw at an opponent/wild pokemon with out using PP.
This is the difference between wild and trained pokemon.
A wild pikachu may know thunder shock, but you will never find a wild pikachu that knows thunderbolt, volt tackle, rain dance, or any other attack that requires leveling up or a TM. Wild pokemon have "natural" attacks where as trained pokemon have "trained/learned" attacks.
And since wild pokemon don't really train or level up, this will explain why you don't see to many evolved pokemon in the wild.
So yeah, pokemon run around and battle each other and you as a trainer don't have to enter any attacks at all. By doing this, your pokemon will act feral when it reaches level 100. The more training and disciplined your pokemon is it will be apperent when your pokemon reaches level 100. Battling pokemon will actually teach your pokemon things, your pokemon will learn how to battle better. There will be a difference between a level 100 pokemon who was trained since level 45 and one since level 1.
Legendary Pokemon will act more wild in battle compared to non legendary pokemon because of their level. This doesn't make them any weaker, it just means that the more experience a pokemon has... the more aware it is in battle.
Let's say this:
Who will win in a fight, a body builder who has 4 years experience in Karate or an average Joe with 8 years experience in Karate?
The body builder is a lot stronger than the regular Joe, but since the regular Joe has more experience, it's possible that either one could win in a fight.
The same can be said about legendaries and regular pokemon in my real time system. The relation you have can also influence the way your pokemon battles too. A pokemon can have it's happiness to it's max, which can help it motivate it in battle. But at the same idea, a pokemon with its happiness all the way down can use that frustration to keep it going in battle.
How you train is up to you. You can battle with your pokemon and beleiving in your pokemon's abilities like Ash... or you can train your pokemon so that they develop attack technique just like Gary trains his pokemon. Or you can train your pokemon so they can rely on each other like a team or train each of your pokemon hard so that they don't have to rely on each other. It all depends on you.
Of course this will take a lot of coding and programming and seems very complex, which is a reason why I want Nintendo to stop adding new pokemon, work on the battle system, and add things you to what you can do with your pokemon.
Also, I would add a "dodge" command. Let's say you battled many charizards and noticed that charizard has to buff up it's chest before it uses flamethrower. Your pokemon don't notice this, but you as the trainer can command your pokemon to "dodge." Of course you can't dodge every attack, it's just gives you a 35% chance of avoiding an attack. But consider that an opponents attack must be aimed. All attacks now have a range and become weaker or stronger at certain distances.
They are adding "dodge" to the pokewalker and I think it's a good idea, but that's my opinion and I"m sure there are more people against my thought.
I haven't seen the show in a real long time so I'm not sure.
I would like to add realistic physics to the game so it feels more authentic to our world. Easier to imagine pokemon being actual animals and such. I'm sure there are a lot of us that sometimes wish pokemon were actually real.
I stopped watching when Ash got his badge from Clair back in the day in Johto.
The show messed up a lot back then when calling attacks.
Not surprised about that though...
I know, and I think his pikachu is the ONLY pokemon in the entire pokemon world that can OHKO a graveler with thundershock
Fine, level 14 Monferno.
That's probably why the movies keep getting sold out at theaters in Japan. xD
That's what I keep hearing.
Once at Pokebeach on one of their Podcasts, one of the members from Japan was saying that the show was taken more seriously than in America.
If the show wasn't targeted to children in America, more people would say that they enjoy playing pokemon.
I know that you were not targeting your post to me, but I just want to comment on your opinion.
I never said the show is getting old. I want to be able to go out in the public and not have people stare at me while having a little pokemon key-chain. I have a squirtle hanging off my M16 out here in Iraq! I was told to remove it because it didn't reflect professionalism.
Anyway, I still have it as a keychain. My platoon makes fun of me for liking pokemon, but I don't talk about it or say much about like the other guys who play World Of Warcraft. They talk about grinding, getting gold, going through some swamp, casting magic, and some other thing I don't understand at all...
but when I say "Get a life! The sun actually exists." they retort with:
"Why should I listen to you? You play Pokemon."
That makes me angry because they play to, but I don't deny the fact that I do play pokemon.
I want the show to take things more seriously, of course with some humor still, but I want the show to have more serious topics.
Eh. I see people at school all the time wear pokemon keychains and play the games. Someone stole my Pikachu keychain though.
But I'd say it's still popular. The old fans are still clinging to it and I saw a little five year old playing Platinum so there's always new fans to keep the franchise going.
But yeah, comparing America and Japan... Well, Pokemon is like the "Disney" of Japan. It isn't going to die out soon, that's for sure.


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DIXON ON LECLUYSE: "Maude Lecluyse is one of the workhorses of the team - shows up, works hard, practices hard. Maude is an excellent doubles player. She's had very, very good results over the years, particularly in doubles. She's got a big forehand and a big serve. She's moving better around the court. Maude is one of the most competitive athletes that I've ever seen. She always plays with passion."
AS A JUNIOR (FALL 2008): Finished the fall with a 5-3 doubles record and 1-3 singles mark ... Five doubles wins has propelled her into 10th on the all-time school list (39), with the rest of her junior year and whole senior year still left to go ... Teamed with Candynce Boney to win at No. 1 singles over Kelly LoRusso and Emily Herb of UConn (10/15), 8-4. Came back for an impressive win over Allison Campitello at No. 3 singles, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Earlier in the fall, Campitello had won the third singles bracket at the prestigious Eastern Collegiate Invitational ... Lecluyse and teammate Laura Danai, seeded No. 2 for second doubles at the Eastern Collegiate Invitational (9/28), won the bracket after four-consecutive victories ... First, the duo shutout a pair from Marist, 8-0 followed by a win over Lauren Hamilton and Emily Mannix of UMBC, 9-8 (2). Lecluyse and Danai then topped the third overall seed (Jurelle Mendoza and Robie Verano) from host Army, 8-0, before winning the championship match, 8-2 over the fourth seed (from Columbia).
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2007-08: Finished the season with a 8-15 singles record and 16-11 doubles mark, all with Laura Danai ... Was named the team's Most Improved Player at the annual end-of-year banquet ... Lecluyse and Danai were leading their No. 3 doubles match, 6-5, in A-10 third place match vs. Richmond (4/20), but it did not finish ... Teamed with Danai for an 8-4 No. 3 doubles win over Xavier in the A-10 semifinals (4/19) ... Topped Saint Louis at third doubles in the A-10 Quarterfinals (4/18), 8-6. Also came out victorious in No. 5 singles, 6-4, 6-4 ... Paired with Danai to win No. 3 doubles at Rhode Island (4/13), 8-5 ... Along with Danai, routed Quinnipiac (4/9) in third doubles, 8-2, while winning No. 5 singles, 6-2, 6-2 ... Teamed with Danai for impressive 8-2 doubles win over Temple (4/5). The doubles point proved to be the difference in UMass' crucial 4-3 victory over the Owls. Also won fifth singles, 6-3, 7-5 ... Won at second doubles over George Washington (4/4), 8-3 and topped GW in No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-4 ... Topped Long Island (3/29) along with Danai in No. 2 doubles, 8-3 ... With Danai, shut out Holy Cross (3/28) at No. 2 doubles, 8-0. Topped the Crusaders at No. 4 singles, 6-0, 6-1 ... Teamed with Danai for 8-4 second doubles win over the College of Charleston (3/19) ... One day prior, teamed with Danai for decisive 8-2 third doubles win over Charleston Southern (3/18) ... With Danai, came out victorious in No. 2 doubles, 8-3, over Siena (3/8). Later impressed in 6-1, 6-1 fourth singles win ... Won at No. 3 singles position vs. Army (2/24), 8-5 ... Teamed with Danai at No. 3 doubles for 8-4 win over Binghamton (2/15). Followed doubles performance with a comeback 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 at third singles ... Was victorious at fourth singles at Fordham (2/8), 6-2, 6-2 ... Ended fall competition with a 0-2 singles record and a 3-2 doubles record ... Won No. 3 doubles, but lost No. 5 singles at the UConn Dual Meet (9/26) ... Lost in the semifinal round of the No. 2 doubles bracket at the Eastern Collegiate Invitational (9/14-16).
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2006-07: Finished season with a 10-18 singles record and 18-10 doubles record ... Did not finish doubles in Atlantic 10 Third Place Match vs. Charlotte ... Helped clinch the doubles point in the A-10 Semifinals against Temple, with a 9-7 victory at No. 3 ... Teamed with Laura Danai to win at No. 3 doubles, 8-5, in A-10 Quarterfinals vs. Xavier (4/20) ... In the opening round of the A-10 Championships against Saint Joseph's (4/20), won at No. 3 doubles and No. 4 singles. Won 8-2 in doubles and 6-0, 6-4 in singles ... In the regular season finale vs. Rhode Island (4/13), teamed with Danai to win 8-1 at No. 3 doubles. Topped Amanda Barletta at No. 5 singles, 6-3, 6-1 ... Defeated Danielle Rodriguez of Quinnipiac (4/11), 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) at No. 5 singles ... Teamed with Danai to win at No. 3 doubles against rival Richmond (3/31), 8-2 ... Won a clutch singles match vs. Lynn University (3/19) at No. 5. Came up big with a third set tie-break win 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) to give UMass its first-ever win over Lynn ... Teamed with Ellen de Jong to edge a strong Cornell (3/10) tandem at No. 1 doubles, 9-8 (3) ... Defeated Erica Rosenblum of Binghamton (3/9), 6-4, 6-4, at No. 4 singles ... Went a perfect 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles in a weekend sweep over Hofstra and Army ... Against Army (3/3), teamed with de Jong to win 8-1 at No. 2 ... Won the deciding point at No. 5 singles, clinching UMass' 4-3 victory ... Against Hofstra (3/2), shut out opponents at No. 3 doubles, 8-0, and No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-0 ... Beat Martina Featherston of Fordham (2/25), 6-3, 6-3 ... Teamed with Masha Pozar to win at No. 1 doubles, 8-5 over Dartmouth (2/23) ... Against Brown (2/17), teamed with Pozar to win at No. 2 doubles, 8-3 ... Teamed with Pozar at No. 2 doubles to win 8-2 vs. St. John's (2/11). In the same match, came up big at No. 5 singles in a do-or-die situation, 6-4, 6- 0 ...Teamed with Pozar to shut out Albany (2/4) at No. 2 doubles, 8-0 ... In the fall season, at the Big Green Invitational (10/28-30), advanced to round of 16 after winning 6-4, 6-3 over Steff Catanzano of URI ... At the Brown Invitational (10/21), teamed with Dasa Stanimirovic to defeat Brown University in doubles, 9-7 ... At the Cornell Blind Duals (10/14-15), teamed with de Jong to defeat Binghamton in doubles action, 8-4 ... Teamed with de Jong to defeat UConn (9/27) in No. 2 doubles, 8-6 ... Advanced to finals of doubles competition at Eastern Collegiate Invitational (9/15-17) ... Teamed with Michele Spiess to win their semifinal match, 8-1 ... In the quarterfinals, defeated Kim Westcott and Aimee Kern of Albany, 8-2.
BEFORE UMASS: Competed in numerous tournaments in Canada ... In 2005, was a quarterfinalist in doubles for the Outdoor Nationals (aged) 18 and under ... In the Indoor Provincials, finished in fourth place for singles ... In the Outdoor Provincials 16 and under, finished in fourth place for singles, and first place for doubles ... In the Indoor Provincial Championships 16 and under, finished second place in singles competition, and first place in doubles ... Finished with a 4.0 GPA in senior year.
PERSONAL: Maude Lecluyse ... Born November 22, 1989 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada ... Daughter of Henri Lecluyse and Sylvie Leclerc ... Sister of Vincent ... An Accounting major.
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Just last week we reported about 'The Expendables 3' movie getting leaked online, nearly a month before it is released in theaters August 15. It was only 200,000 illegal downloads, but with over a million downloads, studio Lionsgate is taking legal action against the anonymous people who shared the early copy Sylvester Stallone's 'The Expendables 3' online.
We reported that they would surely go after whomever was responsible, and Lionsgate is reporting that they found out about the theft on July 24, and on July 31 filed a lawsuit against 'John Does 1-10' in a California federal court. In the filing, the film studio reported that they learned a digital file containing a very high quality reproduction of the movie had been stolen and uploaded to the Internet. The lawsuit states that all copies online of the film are traced to the original stolen one. The information became available as to the public lawsuit information which was first reported by Deadline.
Lionsgate's lawsuit uses familiar language in complaints against torrent users of 'Doe' when targeting operators behind sites such as limetorrents, hulfile, played, swantshare, dotsemper which the film has been found on.
The exact language used by the studio was: "By downloading one of these 'torrent' files associated with the Stolen Film from <limetorrents.com>, users join a 'swarm' where they download parts of the Stolen Film from many different users and also upload to other users parts of the Stolen Film they have already received, until eventually they have reproduced the entire Stolen Film on their own hard drives and in most cases have also uploaded all or a substantial part of the Stolen Film to others."
The studio claimed to have sent cease and desist demand letters to owners of the torrent sites, but there was no response from any of them. They are demanding temporary restraining orders to prohibit the anonymous owners of the sites from doing everything from hosting, linking to, distributing, reproducing, performing, selling or making copies available of 'The Expendables 3' film. Basically, they are defending they're copyright which they have every right to do.
Lionsgate is going even further with their demands than other major studios have done. The requested order also seeks to have the defendants prohibited from "operating any of the websites" and ordered to "take all steps necessary to recall and recover all copies of the Stolen Film or any portion thereof that they have distributed." Additionally, Lionsgate is looking to prevent defendants from transferring their assets and circumventing the court orders. The plaintiff wants registry operators to place the domain names on "locked" status.
The studio is also threatening subpoenas against ISPs hosting along with cloud storage along with banks and any financial institutions granting service to the torrent sites. The identity of the person who first uploaded 'The Expendables 3' still has not been found or revealed.
Back in 2011, producer Nu Image filed a copyright infringement suit against more than 23,000 BitTorrent users claiming that they had illegally downloaded the original 'Expendables' film.


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Mondays mean mammograms, mimosas and massages at BLMC
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (September 29, 2015) – Join Banner Lassen Medical Center for Monday Mammograms, Mimosas and Massages as the staff celebrates National Breast Cancer Awareness Month throughout October.
New human resources leader joins Banner Lassen Medical Center
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (May 14, 2015) — Banner Lassen Medical Center introduced Ruth Smith, SPHR, as the new chief human resources officer for the hospital. She began her role Monday, May 11.
Learn more about surgery at Banner Lassen Medical Center
Hospital gives a behind-the-scenes look at operating room offerings
SUSANVILLE, CA (May 1, 2015) — Banner Lassen Medical Center's surgery department wants to show the public what goes on behind those closed doors.
Banner Health lifts visitor restrictions at all facilities
2014-2015 cold and flu season starts to wind down
PHOENIX (April 1, 2015) – As the flu and cold season winds down, Banner Health has lifted visitor restrictions at all of its facilities. Restrictions for the 2014-2015 cold and flu season were implemented last Oct. 1; a little earlier than expected because of the outbreak of Enterovirus D68 across the nation.
Banner Lassen welcomes first baby of 2015
SUSANVILLE, CA (Jan. 5, 2015) — Banner Lassen Medical Center welcomed the first baby of 2015 at 8:47 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3.
Banner Lassen joins children's services program
Hospital qualifies as California Children Services medical provider
SUSANVILLE, CA (Jan. 5, 2015) — Banner Lassen Medical Center has received approval from the California Department of Health Care Services as a medical service provider in a program designed to help children with special needs
Banner Lassen opens lab draw station
SUSANVILLE, CA (Dec. 23, 2014) — Banner Lassen Medical Center Laboratory services will open a draw station at 1445 Paul Bunyan Road Suite A in Susanville on Jan. 19, 2015.
Banner Lassen Medical Center hosts Photos with Santa
Guests can donate food and winter coats for families in need
SUSANVILLE, CA (Dec. 1, 2014) — Banner Lassen Medical Center invites community members to have their photos taken with Santa Claus 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Dec. 12 in the Pioneer Room at Banner Lassen Medical Center.
Banner Health Clinic opens in Susanville
SUSANVILLE, CA (Aug. 28, 2014) – Banner Health Clinic opened in Susanville on Aug. 25 with two general surgeons who will live in and serve residents of this area. This is the first clinic in California operated by Banner Health, a nationally recognized nonprofit health care system with 25 hospitals including Banner Lassen Medical Center in Susanville.
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SUSANVILLE, CA (July 21, 2014) — Banner Lassen Medical Center and the Banner Lassen Medical Center Foundation invite the public to a low-cost family fun and fitness event at the Lassen County Fairgrounds, 195 Russell Ave., on Aug. 23 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Banner Lassen Medical Center to welcome new CNO
SUSANVILLE, CA (May 9, 2014) –Banner Lassen Medical Center has named Kathy Virgil-Belding, MA, BS, CRNC, as the chief nursing officer for the hospital.
Banner Lassen Medical Center introduces 3-D mammography unit
SUSANVILLE, CA (Feb. 12, 2014) – This month Banner Lassen Medical Center will begin offering patients new 3D mammography that will improve patient care and comfort.
Banner Lassen names new chief executive officer
Former chief nursing officer accepts permanent CEO role
SUSANVILLE, CA (Jan. 20, 2014) – Banner Lassen Medical Center announced today that Catherine Harshbarger has accepted the role of Chief Executive Officer at the hospital effective immediately.
Banner Lassen Medical Center has New Year's Baby
SUSANVILLE, CA (Jan. 3, 2014) — The staff of Banner Lassen Medical Center didn't have to wait long on New Year's Day to meet the hospital's first baby of 2014. Proud mother Alexandra Spencer welcomed her 7-pound, 11-ounce boy into the world at 3:46 a.m. Jan. 1.
Public Halloween event at Banner Lassen Medical Center
SUSANVILLE, CA. (Oct. 11, 2013) — The public is invited to Trick-or-Treat with Banner Lassen Medical Center on Oct. 31 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Banner Lassen announces leadership changes
SUSANVILLE, CA (Oct. 3, 2013) – Banner Lassen Medical Center announced today that Chief Nursing Officer Catherine Harshbarger will serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer to replace Bob Edwards who left the organization Friday.
Banner Lassen encouraging women to be proactive in fighting breast cancer while being pampered
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (July 30, 2013) – Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is also one of the leading causes of cancer death, but early detection is the best way to increase a woman's chance of survival.
Banner Lassen starting new volunteer program
Applications being accepted for volunteers interested in making a difference
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (Aug. 14, 2013) – Banner Lassen Medical Center is excited to announce a new volunteer program that will offer individuals a variety of experiences from administrative work to assisting in departments such as medical imaging, the gift shop and visiting with patients. Shellie Anderson, volunteer coordinator, said it's a win, win.
Emergency room changes improve timeliness of care
Banner Lassen Medical Center changes model of patient processes
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (June 14, 2013) – With an eye on reducing the wait for patients to see a provider at Banner Lassen Medical Center Emergency Department, employees are implementing a new process for evaluating and treating patients.
Four Banner Health hospitals named top performers
Banner Lassen Medical Center ranks among top rural facilities
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (March 14, 2013) – Four Banner Health hospitals including Banner Lassen Medical Center recently have been named HealthStrong™ Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States.
Banner Lassen Medical Center gets valuable simulation training
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (Nov. 19, 2012) – Healthcare providers at Banner Lassen Medical Center took care of mannequins this week to perfect the care they give to women who have just had a baby.
Banner Lassen Medical Center collecting coats
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (Oct. 26, 2012) – As cooler temperatures mark the changes in seasons, families are digging out their winter gear so they can bundle up against the cold. But for some, the winter season brings additional hardship when they cannot afford the warmer clothes needed to survive. Banner Lassen Medical Center is asking the community to clean out the extras in their closets and bring donations to its annual Winter Coat Drive, Nov. 8 and 9.
Banner Lassen named to Top 20 Critical Access Hospital list
SUSANVILLE, Calif (Oct. 9, 2012) – Banner Lassen Medical Center in Susanville, Calif. was recently named one of the top 20 critical access hospitals in the U.S. for financial stability.
Banner Lassen Medical Center staff dance for breast cancer awareness
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (Oct. 2, 2012) – The Pink Glove Dance is spreading … to Banner Lassen Medical Center. More than 80 staff members at Banner Lassen Medical Center star in their own Pink Glove Dance video to help spread the word about breast cancer awareness and prevention.
Banner Lassen named a top performer by The Joint Commission
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (Sept. 19, 2012) – Banner Lassen Medical Center was recognized today by a national accrediting body as a Top Performer in key patient care areas. "Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012," includes 620 hospitals that are leading the way nationally in using evidence-based care processes closely linked to positive patient outcomes. The hospitals identified as attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability performance in 2011 represent about 18 percent of Joint Commission-accredited hospitals reporting core measure performance data.
Banner Lassen invites community to relax and learn
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (Sept. 11, 2012) -- Banner Lassen Medical Center is offering the women of the community the opportunity to pamper themselves while learning about their health. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the hospital is excited to bring you "Manicures, Massages, and Mammograms" each Friday in October.


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These books are being released in January 2014. For other January releases, please see the links at the bottom of the article. Stay tuned for more January releases.
In this list:
- "And We Stay" by Jenny Hubbard
- "Being Sloane Jacobs" by Lauren Morrill
- "Double Digit" (Digit #2) by Annabel Monaghan
- "Fake ID" by Lamar Giles
- "The Gospel of Winter" by Brendan Kiely
- "The Impossible Knife of Memory" by Laurie Halse Anderson
- "No Place" by Todd Strasser
- "The Scar Boys" by Len Vlahos
- "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
The list only contains summaries of the stories. For more information and reviews, please check out the individual titles on goodreads.com.
And We Stay
Title: And We Stay
Author: Jenny Hubbard
Release date: January 28, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Publisher: Delacorte Press
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Synopsis on goodreads.com:
When high school senior Paul Wagoner walks into his school library with a stolen gun, he threatens his girlfriend Emily Beam, then takes his own life. In the wake of the tragedy, an angry and guilt-ridden Emily is shipped off to boarding school in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she encounters a ghostly presence who shares her name. The spirit of Emily Dickinson and two quirky girls offer helping hands, but it is up to Emily to heal her own damaged self.
This inventive story, told in verse and in prose, paints the aftermath of tragedy as a landscape where there is good behind the bad, hope inside the despair, and springtime under the snow.
Being Sloane Jacobs
Title: Being Sloane Jacobs
Author: Lauren Morrill
Release date: January 7, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Publisher: Delacorte
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Synopsis on goodreads.com:
Meet Sloane Emily Jacobs: a seriously stressed-out figure-skater from Washington, D.C., who choked during junior nationals and isn't sure she's ready for a comeback. What she does know is that she'd give anything to escape the mass of misery that is her life.
Now meet Sloane Devon Jacobs, a spunky ice hockey player from Philly who's been suspended from her team for too many aggressive hip checks. Her punishment? Hockey camp, now, when she's playing the worst she's ever played. If she messes up? Her life will be over.
When the two Sloanes meet by chance in Montreal and decide to trade places for the summer, each girl thinks she's the lucky one: no strangers to judge or laugh at Sloane Emily, no scouts expecting Sloane Devon to be a hero. But it didn't occur to Sloane E. that while avoiding sequins and axels she might meet a hockey hottie—and Sloane D. never expected to run into a familiar (and very good-looking) face from home. It's not long before the Sloanes discover that convincing people you're someone else might be more difficult than being yourself.
Double Digit
Title: Double Digit (Digit #2)
Author: Annabel Monaghan
Release date: January 7, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Synopsis on goodreads.com:
To say eighteen-year-old Farrah Higgins—or Digit—is good at math is a laughable understatement. She's been cracking codes since childhood, and is finally at home with "her people" at MIT in Cambridge. Her talents are so off the charts that her laptop is under surveillance by both the CIA and an ecoterrorist named Jonas Furnis. So when she thoughtlessly hacks into the Department of Defense's database, she lands in serious hot water inside and outside the law. Readers will be sad to turn the last page of this suspenseful, sassy, super smart thriller, the sequel to A Girl Named Digit.
Fake ID
Title: Fake ID
Author: Lamar Giles
Release date: January 21, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Harpercollins
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Synopsis on goodreads.com:
Nick Pearson is hiding in plain sight…
My name isn't really Nick Pearson.
I shouldn't tell you where I'm from or why my family moved to Stepton, Virginia.
I shouldn't tell you who I really am, or my hair, eye, and skin color.
And I definitely shouldn't tell you about my friend Eli Cruz and the major conspiracy he was about to uncover when he died—right after I moved to town. About how I had to choose between solving his murder with his hot sister, Reya, and "staying low-key" like the Program has taught me. About how moving to Stepon changed my life forever.
But I'm going to.
The Gospel of Winter
Title: The Gospel of Winter
Author: Brendan Kiely
Release date: January 21, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
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Synopsis on goodreads.com:
As sixteen-year-old Aidan Donovan's fractured family disintegrates around him, he searches for solace in a few bumps of Adderall, his father's wet bar, and the attentions of his local priest, Father Greg—the only adult who actually listens to him.
When Christmas hits, Aidan's world collapses in a crisis of trust when he recognizes the darkness of Father Greg's affections. He turns to a crew of new friends to help make sense of his life: Josie, the girl he just might love; Sophie, who's a little wild; and Mark, the charismatic swim team captain whose own secret agonies converge with Aidan's.
The Gospel of Winter maps the ways love can be used as a weapon against the innocent—but can also, in the right hands, restore hope and even faith. Brendan Kiely's unflinching and courageous debut novel exposes the damage from the secrets we keep and proves that in truth, there is power. And real love.
The Impossible Knife of Memory
Title: The Impossible Knife of Memory
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Release date: January 7, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 372
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
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Synopsis on goodreads.com:
For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. Now they are back in the town where he grew up so Hayley can attend school. Perhaps, for the first time, Hayley can have a normal life, put aside her own painful memories, even have a relationship with Finn, the hot guy who obviously likes her but is hiding secrets of his own.
Will being back home help Andy's PTSD, or will his terrible memories drag him to the edge of hell, and drugs push him over? The Impossible Knife of Memory is Laurie Halse Anderson at her finest: compelling, surprising, and impossible to put down.
No Place
Title: No Place
Author: Todd Strasser
Release date: January 28, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Synopsis on goodreads.com:
When Dan and his family go from middle class to homeless, issues of injustice rise to the forefront in this relatable, timely novel from Todd Strasser.It seems like Dan has it all. He's a baseball star who hangs with the popular crowd and dates the hottest girl in school. Then his family loses their home.
Forced to move into the town's Tent City, Dan feels his world shifting. His friends try to pretend that everything's cool, but they're not the ones living among the homeless. As Dan struggles to adjust to his new life, he gets involved with the people who are fighting for better conditions and services for the residents of Tent City. But someone wants Tent City gone, and will stop at nothing until it's destroyed.
The Scar Boys
Title: The Scar Boys
Author: Len Vlahos
Release date: January 21, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Publisher: Egmont USA
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Synopsis on goodreads.com:
A severely burned teenager. A guitar. Punk rock. The chords of a rock 'n' roll road trip in a coming-of-age novel that is a must-read story about finding your place in the world...even if you carry scars inside and out.
In attempting to describe himself in his college application essay--help us to become acquainted with you beyond your courses, grades, and test scores--Harbinger (Harry) Jones goes way beyond the 250-word limit and gives a full account of his life.
The first defining moment: the day the neighborhood goons tied him to a tree during a lightning storm when he was 8 years old, and the tree was struck and caught fire. Harry was badly burned and has had to live with the physical and emotional scars, reactions from strangers, bullying, and loneliness that instantly became his everyday reality.
The second defining moment: the day in 8th grade when the handsome, charismatic Johnny rescued him from the bullies and then made the startling suggestion that they start a band together. Harry discovered that playing music transported him out of his nightmare of a world, and he finally had something that compelled people to look beyond his physical appearance. Harry's description of his life in his essay is both humorous and heart-wrenching. He had a steeper road to climb than the average kid, but he ends up learning something about personal power, friendship, first love, and how to fit in the world. While he's looking back at the moments that have shaped his life, most of this story takes place while Harry is in high school and the summer after he graduates.
When I Was the Greatest
Title: When I Was the Greatest
Author: Jason Reynolds
Release date: January 7, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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Synopsis on goodreads.com:
In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on your head—even if you're totally clean. This gritty, triumphant debut captures the heart and the hardship of life for an urban teen.
A lot of the stuff that gives my neighborhood a bad name, I don't really mess with. The guns and drugs and all that, not really my thing.
Nah, not his thing. Ali's got enough going on, between school and boxing and helping out at home. His best friend Noodles, though. Now there's a dude looking for trouble—and, somehow, it's always Ali around to pick up the pieces. But, hey, a guy's gotta look out for his boys, right? Besides, it's all small potatoes; it's not like anyone's getting hurt.
And then there's Needles. Needles is Noodles's brother. He's got a syndrome, and gets these ticks and blurts out the wildest, craziest things. It's cool, though: everyone on their street knows he doesn't mean anything by it.
Yeah, it's cool…until Ali and Noodles and Needles find themselves somewhere they never expected to be…somewhere they never should've been—where the people aren't so friendly, and even less forgiving.
Suggested Links
- January 2014 young adult book releases: Retellings / Mythology
- January 2014 young adult book releases: History and Alternative History
- January 2014 young adult book releases: Mystery, Thriller, and Horror
- January 2014 young adult book releases: Paranormal - Ghosts & Souls
- December 2013 young adult book releases: Contemporary / Realistic Fiction


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RAAM Challenge -- a new spin to a hard race
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
Everyone has heard of the grueling Race Across America (RAAM) and maybe you had the chance to watch the movie covering the challenges the racers face. This year the promoters of RAAM are creating a new sub genre of endurance racing it's coming to Colorado Aug 5-7th to Prospect Colorado (just south of Longmont). In this event you don't race across America or even Colorado but you can qualify for RAAM if desired. This new event captures the energy of endurance cycling AND allows you to compete in a team environment in the 60, 125, 200 or 400 mile course on 1, 2 or 4 man teams. How does this work? Your choice but as I understand the rules, only 1 rider must be on course at a time so others can relax while trailing in the sag wagon until it is their turn or all 4 can ride together in a train. This makes a 200 or 400 mile race sound a lot easier and fun, right? This isn't the only new endurance event coming to Colorado this year, check out the new Grand Fondo in Fort Collins coming later in August. Stay tuned next week for more information on that event.
Below is the 200 mile version of the course For other course, check out the race page
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Really excited to do the Century ride at this new cycling event! RAAM is a great name in cycling and I'm sure this will be a good one. Glad to see something like this happening.
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We here at the RAAM Cycling Challenge are excited to launch this new nationwide series of Century Rides and as a Boulder-based company, are especially looking forward to this specific event since its in our backyard! For more information please visit us at www.raamchallenge.com or on facebook.
-RAAM Cycling Challenge Staff
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"Teen Mom" star Jenelle Evans has been tweeting about her pregnancy for the past couple of months, as she is growing larger almost on a daily basis. She is due in just a couple of weeks, but she is expecting to give birth soon. Even though she is still attending school, she is waiting for her second son, Kaiser, to be born. According to a new tweet published on June 23, "Teen Mom" star Jenelle Evans is now revealing that she is trying to start her labour, so she can meet her son.
Of course, Jenelle has revealed that she is excited to meet her second son. Since she is famous from her role on "Teen Mom" and from being a very controversial mother, she can't really go anywhere these days without people talking to her and snapping pictures. It sounds like they want to know what she is doing, including taking care of her unborn baby. There have been rumors of drugs, but she just wants to be left alone these days.
She went to the beach recently, but she quickly had to leave because people were talking to her and following her around. "It's sad yesterday we couldn't even enjoy 30 mins at the beach without being such a target yesterday. Ended up leaving after 10 mins," Jenelle tweeted yesterday, adding, "I'm going to walk all day today to try and get Kaiser to come out, haha! Any other ideas?!"
Instead, she decided to just walk around her neighborhood in hopes of starting her contractions. One can imagine that she wants to get the birthing process started, so she can become a mother for the second time. She isn't the first "Teen Mom" to become a mother for the second time. Last year, Kailyn Lowry gave birth to her second son, Lincoln Marshall, and Leah Calvert also had a third daughter with her second husband, Jeremy Calvert.
What do you think of Jenelle working to start her labour? When do you think she will give birth to her second son, Kaiser?


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The identity of a Christian comes from the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis reminded the congregation at today's daily Mass in the chapel of the St. Martha residence. The Holy Father said that "we, too, can ask ourselves: what is our identity as Christians." A person might have a great deal of theological knowledge and understanding, the Pontiff explained, but not be open to the leading of the Holy Spirit. "Perhaps you will be a great theologian, but you are not a Christian, because you do not have the Spirit of God! That which gives authority, that which gives you your identity and the Holy Spirit, the anointing of the Holy Spirit," the Pope said.
"Paul preached with the anointing of the Holy Spirit, expressing spiritual things of the Spirit in spiritual terms. Man, left to his own devises, cannot comprehend the things of the Spirit of God. Man alone cannot understand this!" Francis explained. "If we Christians do not understand the things of the Spirit well, if we do not give or offer a witness, then we lack identity. Now, we have the thought of Christ, and that is the Spirit of Christ. This is the Christian identity." A person who truly has the Holy Spirit in their life has a Christian identity that comes from the Spirit. "The authority of Jesus – and the authority of the Christian – comes from this ability to understand the things of the Spirit, to speak the language of the Spirit. It comes from this anointing of the Holy Spirit."
"Bestow on us Your Spirit," the Pope prayed. "Bestow on us your way of thinking, of hearing, of speaking: that is, Lord, bestow on us the anointing of the Holy Spirit."


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National Association of Black Journalists accepting gift from Barry Bonds gives wrong appearance
Eric Deggans | Aug. 17, 2010 11:46 a.m.
That's just one of the questions left hanging as the National Association of Black Journalists agonizes over a $20,000 gift bestowed from one of the most controversial sports stars in recent years, home run slugger Barry Bonds.
The NABJ, a group founded to advocate for diversity in newsrooms, announced the award last month during its national convention in San Diego. Almost immediately, members began to wonder on email listservs and close conversations whether such a move was a good idea.
That's because Bonds is expected to go on trial in March over perjury charges related to his testimony before a grand jury in 2003 that he did not take performance-enhancing drugs while competing.
So the world's largest organization representing journalists of color would be in the position of thanking Bonds' charitable foundation for a sizable grant months before some of the group's members would have to cover his perjury trial and perhaps opinionate on its meaning for the sports world.
That juxtaposition was too much for ESPN columnist Jemele Hill to take. She blasted the journalists' group for accepting the money in a column where she noted "it violates one of the basic tenets of journalism: You don't accept money from sources. It doesn't matter if those sources seem well-intentioned. It doesn't matter if the money will greatly help the organization."
The irony of this moment was also noted in a column from one of the journalists who broke news of the steroids-in-baseball scandal that has tarnished Bonds' reputation. Lance Williams, half of a reporting team that won the George Polk Award for its work at the San Francisco Chronicle, observed that Bonds has a long and well-earned reputation for hating the press.
"In those days, the writers and broadcasters covering the home run chase endured grief, static and jacking around from the Giants star, along with occasional physical threats," wrote Williams, saying Bonds' actions ranged from blowing off Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly after making him wait five days to haranguing an intern so badly he wrote a brief memoir about it.
This is an irony not lost me, a journalist who is both a card-carrying member of NABJ and a former member of the Pittsburgh news media, where Bonds' anti-media antics and erratic personality were already gaining attention when he played for the Pirates.
I don't feel as strongly as Hill about the ethical implications of the gift. NABJ as an organization accepted sponsorships for its last convention from the National Basketball Association, Rent-A-Center, Disney theme parks and Google – all major corporations that many of our members will cover in news stories to come.
And, frankly, it might be the best sort of irony to use money donated from a player who never particularly liked the press to build up journalists and journalism. NABJ has said the money will be used to fund a gift for outstanding media entrepreneurs named after longtime overnight radio talk show host Ray Taliaferro.
But in the end it's about appearances. Short of accepting the money a month before his trial, the timing for this announcement couldn't be much worse. And while Bonds' standing might not be elevated by the award, NABJ's credibility could sink.
At a time when some media activists are using any means at their disposal to discredit groups they see as unfairly advantaging people of color – including conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart's twisted reading of an anti-racism speech given by former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod – it seems there is less room than ever for associations which don't completely pass the smell test.
In the end, I don't think the gift or its acceptance will achieve the redemption and ethical calamities the harshest critics predict.
But at a time when confidence in journalists and traditional media may never be lower, why take the chance?
I wanted to take a moment in this space to come back to last week's column, where I worried about the possibility of HBO soft-pedaling the holdout of star New York Jets player Darrelle Revis in its unscripted series about the team's training camp, Hard Knocks.
After a joyous hour spent soaking up an episode filled with colorful coach Rex Ryan's playful profanities and the bitter reality of seeing hopeful players cut on camera, I realized my fears were way off base.
HBO's producers never seemed to shy away from the team's concern about Revis, showing Ryan jokingly calling his name in the camp's sleeping quarters while general manager Mike Tannenbaum fruitlessly worked the phones feverishly with the cornerback's agents to craft a deal.
And even though said agents nixed filming of a secret meeting they held right before the show debuted, HBO's cameras did capture Tannenbaum's thoughts after he left the meeting, which weren't particularly complimentary of Revis' salary demands.
In all, it was just the juicy off-field soap opera I – and many HBO Sports-loving fans – had hoped for.
Forgive me for doubting you, boys. Should have known you'd come through in the end.
Eric Deggans is TV and Media Critic for the St. Petersburg Times and a 1990 graduate of the Indiana University School of Journalism. His work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Village Voice, VIBE magazine, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Chicago Sun-Times and many other publications. He also writes a blog on media, The Feed, at blogs.tampabay.com/media.


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Assistance recipients spend bigger share on basics
June 29, 2000
Families receiving public assistance differ from other families in the way they spend. Expenditures on basic needs accounted for a bigger share of their spending in 1998.
Furthermore, such spending varies according to the number of public assistance programs a family participates in. Housing, for example, accounted for about 31 percent of the spending of families who were not receiving public assistance and about 38 percent of the spending of families receiving benefits from four or five programs.
The pattern was even stronger in food expenditures. The food budget share increases with every additional assistance program: 17 percent for families participating in one program, 20 percent if in two programs, 24 percent if three, and 26 percent among families receiving four or five types of assistance. Families that did not receive public assistance allocated a little less than 14 percent of their annual expenditures to food.
These data are a product of the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey program. The public assistance programs included in the analysis were supplementary security income, welfare, medicaid, food stamps, housing subsidies, and public housing. Find more information in "Spending patterns of public-assisted families," by Lucilla Tan, Monthly Labor Review, May 2000.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Assistance recipients spend bigger share on basics on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2000/jun/wk4/art04.htm (visited June 28, 2016).
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Erie School Board puts Glenwood school up for sale
Erie School District officials are hoping to soon have more money and less property to deal with.
That's because the Erie School Board voted unanimously to put the now-closed Glenwood Elementary School property, 3503 Peach St., up for sale.
The property will be sold through a sealed bid process, similar to how the district sold the former Hamilton Center, 2931 Harvard Road, in June.
That building was sold for $876,175 to the Sarah A. Reed Children's Center.
The district's $141 million budget for the current school year counts on $2 million raised by selling buildings. So Erie schools Superintendent Jay Badams said it is an issue of simple math to figure out how much he hopes to raise through the Glenwood sale.
"Obviously we're hoping to make the rest of that ($2 million) up with the sale," Badams said.
That could mean district officials would need to sell the 3.35 acre property, which covers the entire area between Peach, Richley and Chapin streets and Shunpike Road, for more than $1.1 million to meet budget projections.
District officials have ruled out the possibility of selling Burton or Irving elementary school before the completion of a long-term facilities plan.
"The rest of the buildings we have we've estimated that we'll need for swing space for construction," Badams said. "Even if we did our district's reconstruction plan in phases, we're looking at probably four to five schools in each phase. So we'll need the space in Burton and Irving."
The district will make the Glenwood property available for inspection by prospective owners starting today, according to the resolution authorizing its sale.
The bids on the building will be publicly opened at the district's administrative offices at noon on Dec. 14. If the board opts to accept one of the bids, they will do so at a regularly scheduled School Board meeting on Jan. 9.
The school district took another step toward closing budget holes Wednesday when the School Board unanimously approved a financial action plan for the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit.
A group of superintendents representing the 17 school districts in the intermediate unit are seeking to reclaim millions of dollars they say intermediate unit officials hoarded and disguised from the districts.
The action plan approved by the Erie School Board seeks to send at least $11.8 million back to the districts. The amount going back to the districts could grow even larger depending on the results of an upcoming forensic audit of the intermediate unit.
The plan has also been approved by the school boards of the Union City Area and North East school districts and will be voted on by the other 14 districts.
Erie school officials included $3 million from the intermediate unit in the budget projections. The finalactual amount that the districtmight not be determined until March.
Badams has said he is confident the amount of funding the district receives from the intermediate unit will at least meet the district's projections.
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In the early days of graffiti culture in the United States artists' had not only a great deal of notoriety with regard to their work but anonymity was in high volume which is why they received such an outlaw status. And this is why we all now know how much the late Ed Koch loved SEN One just to give an example. Their stories may read like folklore and myth to some who encounter them. But nevertheless they are captivating, humorous and downright entertaining to say the least.
All most certainly applies to George Colon. His story is just as worthy of a look as is any who pioneered the art form. Colon who has long held the moniker AIM - a acronym that reads out as art in motion - founded the Soul Stoned Brothers crew back in Willamsburg, Brooklyn in the early 1970s. His tale is one of how art basically kept his life from being terminated and of overcoming substance abuse issues.
Colon still paints, draws and creates but in addition to this he does speaking engagements about his life story while serving as an addiction counseling specialist. Recently he participated in The Fifth Annual is Hip Hop History? Conference at The City College of New York Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CWE) last month. It was there where I was able to catch up with Colon who was able to dispense some sage advice for others who are navigating the rough currents of the art world. The only difference was that I did not have to hunt him down like Jack McGee after Dr. Banner which has happened in the past with others seeking him.
Be Open
"Explore any ideas", Colon says. He urges artists' to be open to any possibilities that may come their way. George feels that far too often you will see that some creative types will limit themselves and focus on one avenue. In the end it will show up in their work in plain view and they will suffer for it.
2.Clear your mind
If you're looking for this list to read like a textbook or a manual think again. "Breathe and empty the mind allowing only the creative mind to create", says the veteran artist. You may think that AIM SSB is coming off like some sort of yogi or guru when he says this but in actuality he has a point. He often comes a cross those in the creative world who tend to be stressed out or bogged down by negative things that surround them. Or they sit at their space too long and do not know how to walk away and come back fresh. So his breath in through nose and out through mouth advice is not his way of ripping off Mr. Miyagi. It is something that has been passed down for generations of artists and as you can see with his work it has proven to be quite effective.
3.Let it flow
"The hardest part is letting go", said the carnival worker to Jennifer Lopez right before she bungee jumped in Selena. Does anyone remember that scene? Well basically that is what George is urging artists to do here. "Just allow the gift of creative mind to work", he states. Let go of any inhibitions that may prevent you from working is what is being said here in a nutshell. But the only way one can do this is if they take the advice given previously.
4. Do not pass judgement
This is a big one here because we live in a world of constant judgment, rejection and ridicule. We don't have all day to discuss these things nor could an entire article give us all the answers on how to handle them. But it is safe to say, however unfortunate, that the far too often cruel nature of our planet can crush a artist. But Colon offers that, "There is no wrong with the creative mind with good intention." This is a refreshing statement steeped in train of thought that there is no right or wrong answer. And that the more one passes judgment on the work of another in a negative light it will only come back to have an impact on their own.
5.Value what you do
This is a continuation of number four. Don't criticize the creative gift,embrace the gift and value it", Colon urges. In essence do not be your own worst critic because in the end you will become your own worst enemy. If you allow that to happen then absolutely nothing will be accomplished.
Don't compare
"Be yourself, thoughts of no one to enter, just you and your creative process", Colon advises. Do not use the work of another as a measuring stick or bench mark of your own he warns. It is one thing to be influenced by someone but it is completely another when it your work begins to look like someone else's. This is just like when a singer is told to find their own voice.
Again don't compare
Yet a second time Colon stresses this issue. "We are all distinct individuals,no need to trouble the mind with comparing", Colon says. It is essential that individuality is on full display when he you hear him speaking of this sort of thing.
Don't pressure yourself
"Allow yourself to create what comes to you with out the stress", George mentions. Finding an outlet or that can reduce the stress levels so that your work does not fail is key. Reading, taking a walk or meditating are possibilities. If you're not into those things make it a point to find something else that is not only constructive by stress relieving. Added pressure coming from within can lead to certain disaster.
Don't allow distractions
"Be free of all distractions that can interfere with the creative flow,serene space", adds Colon. I do not believe any interpretation is needed for this one.
Don't stop believing
Well Steve Perry would be happy with this one! "Do not trouble your your mind as not being good enough as that is debilitating,embrace your efforts and be pleased with your gift", Colon says. And again no interpretation is required.