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"Improvisational Theatre - It's In The DNA"
Back then I taught and directed, and Drake Doremus' Mom, Cherie Kerr performed, along with so many other brilliant people.
There's a misconception that improvisation is necessarily comedic, thus the term "improv comedy." Improvisation, as we approach it, is simply telling the truth, our own truth and the truth of the character.
The result is often laughs which we love to hear. As Art Linkletter always said and Allan Funt proved, "People are funny." But funny isn't the task. Drake Doremus understands that.
From the age of six, Drake improvised in his mother's workshops. He performed in the Orange County Crazies, his Mom's company. I remember him as a brilliant actor/improviser, able to hold his own and then some with adults.
Cherie and I and so many have gone on from The Groundlings, me on my own in New York and here, and Cherie with her Orange County Crazies.
In his film, LIKE CRAZY, Drake Doremus created a story and his cast improvised it. It is my personal and professional pleasure to introduce Drake's Mom, teacher and director, Cherie Kerr.
— Gary Austin
The greatest scene ever created and performed at The Groundlings was BLAIR HOUSE. The piece was included in the Groundlings' very first show in 1974.
Skeptic: Oh come on Gary. How can you say that? You left The Groundlings in 1979, you returned briefly in 1990, and you've seen maybe five Groundling shows in the last thirty years.
Gary: You've done your research.
Skeptic: There are dozens of Groundling shows you've missed with hundreds and hundreds of scenes you've never seen or even heard about.
Gary: I've been busy. Lots of travel and lots of errands.
Skeptic: So how can you say that?
Gary: Listen.
It was three days before our opening at The Oxford Theatre in East Hollywood. We were to be reviewed by Sylvie Drake of the Los Angeles Times. She had written an article about us in the Calendar Section of the Times the previous Sunday. She concluded her story with, "This could be the start of something big." I knew that in order to fulfill her prophesy I needed to add one more scene to the show in order to balance things out.
I called a workshop. I had no ideas. So, as always, I started idea-less and began to build.
I set up a barroom onstage. I sent Gloria Vassy and Jean Pflieger to the down left table. I asked Cherie Kerr and Jim Lashly to sit at the down right table. The waiter had to be Jimmy Martinez, one of the funniest, most brilliant comedian/clowns I've ever known or seen anywhere. I put Jim Smith behind the bar, as he was not a great improviser and he needed something in the show, so giving him a bit part would fulfill that need. I put together a house jazz ensemble consisting of singer Tracy Newman, stand-up bass player Richard Levine, and percussionist Archie Hahn.
Now that everyone was in place, what to do.
I asked Gloria and Jean to play the Viola Spolin game, HOLD IT. The exercise requires the actor to hold an extreme facial expression throughout the scene, no matter what happens in the scene. I told them not to speak. I directed Cherie and Jim to play the Spolin game PRE-OCCUPATION, which requires each actor to focus on a separate pre-occupation while performing an activity, in this case drinking wine.
I told Jimmy to serve the two tables. Jimmy had a great snob waiter character, so we established an upscale restaurant. (In the show Jimmy wore a tux, and all others wore evening clothes.)
I asked the ensemble to play music softly under the entire scene no matter what might happen.
I told the bartender to stay behind the bar and not to get involved unless someone approached the bar.
The improvisation began and ended. Fifteen minutes after I had cast the piece we had a perfect scene. Here's the story.
When the lights come up the restaurant is in full operation. The combo is playing really good music, and Cherie and Jim are engaged in conversation about their pre-occupations as they sip wine at the end of their meal. Jim's pre-occupation is that he has just noticed that he has forgotten his wallet. He confides in his date and says he will handle the situation. He begins to build a rant about having left his wallet at home, and the rant gets louder and louder, breaking the "sophisticated" decorum of the restaurant. The rant is increasingly filled with profanity. The waiter begins to physically melt as he tries to calm the customer. (Jimmy had an uncanny ability to look like the melting wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz.) The strategy works. The panicky waiter encourages the couple to leave. They exit without paying.
The behavior, the characters and relationships, the give and take, the texture, the mood, and the specific beats of the scene fell into place the first time it was improvised. All elements of the scene were in perfect balance. By luck the actors were perfectly cast. We repeated the scene. Nothing was changed or re-written from the first improvisation. The scene became a staple of our shows for a couple of years. Reviewers and audience alike loved the piece.
Skeptic: So why is that the greatest scene?
Gary: If I were to divide all work into two categories, process and result, and rate each on a scale of one to ten, then BLAIR HOUSE gets a ten in both categories.
Skeptic: Maybe there have been others that you don't know about.
Gary: Unlikely. I've been doing this since 1968. I know the percentages. However, I'll make one concession. Maybe, unlikely, but maybe there has been one other scene which I would consider equal to BLAIR HOUSE. Maybe one.
Skeptic: So what's your point?
I had learned as an actor at THE COMMITTEE the idea of doing in order to discover. It was an ass backwards approach that worked beautifully. Give yourself a task and discover the idea in retrospect. In other words, instead of executing an idea, execute and find out the idea. Don't go for result. My teachers were Del Close and Alan Myerson, and improvisers Howard Hesseman, Gary Goodrow, Peter Bonerz, et. al. I was fortunate to have the best teachers in the country.
BLAIR HOUSE taught me the lesson of process vs. result so clearly that I have approached my work via process ever since.
I'm a songwriter. I can't help but have an idea of what I want to write about. Because I am willing to abandon my idea while doing the work I've assigned myself, I have never written the song I set out to write. The resulting idea has always been better than the original idea.
I don't want to be imprisoned by my idea. If I put idea (result) ahead of task (process), then I will censor impulses that conflict with my idea. The result? Rehashing that which I've done before. It may be that my impulses will lead to ideas I've never had.
My friend and fellow traveler Michael J. Gellman of Chicago's Second city has written a book on improvisation entitled PROCESS: AN IMPROVISER'S JOURNEY.
The only significant difference in our approach is the pronunciation of the word. Because of his time spent in Canada, Michael pronounces "process" with a long "o." I pronounce it the American way.
And the work goes on.
The Funniest Man I Ever Met
August 9th, 2010 I delivered the following speech at the Groundling Theatre at KIP KING's memorial. Chris Kattan, Kip's son, presented a warm, funny and poignant evening.
Kip sat here. The rest of the cast sat in the front row and entered the stage from there. That would have been difficult for Kip.
That was a couple of years ago, not long before he went into the hospital. We were working together again.
Kip was discovering the joy of ensemble work.
Kip King was the funniest man I ever met. And I've know some funny people. I saw the tears underneath the laughter and when the tears came they came easily. The sadness of the clown and the joy of performance and laughter.
Jerry Lewis tried to clone him. Luckily he failed.
In a workshop about thirty years ago I asked Kip to go onstage and make a hospital bed with the chairs and to lie in the bed. I told the group, "Kip is dying. You each have exactly one minute to tell him good-bye. You must leave the room when your time is up."
We laughed and we cried as we watched Kip interact with his friends. The funny and the sad back and forth, unpredictable and as truthful as Kip himself.
When Wenndy and I visited him in the hospital I didn't think we were saying good-bye. I told him we'd be back. How could there be a final good-bye?
Kip came to the house for singing lessons with Wendy in his last couple of years. He had trouble walking and so he sat in a chair for his lessons. Kip was finding easy access to his emotions through singing. He always greeted us with new jokes upon arrival. Wenndy and I laughed as deeply and as heartily as any laugh we've ever laughed.
I don't know how funny those jokes were, but Kip King was telling them, and there was nothing funnier, ever.
The night before the Groundlings 30th Anniversary Celebration at the Henry Fonda Theatre, Wenndy and I threw a party at the house for our friends, including all those who had traveled from around the country for the event.
Kip sat in an easy chair and conversed with people. More and more people gravitated toward him and soon everyone at the party had formed an audience around him. Kip spoke and we listened and we laughed. It was a show. People from the East Coast who were there still talk about it.
Kip had his characters. The Telethon Guy. The jokes he wrote in the 70's stood up in 2004. They were silly, smart jokes and only Kip could get laughs from them. No one else. No one else. It seemed to me that those in the audience knew they were laughing at the man and the jokes were just the wagon he rode in on.
In the Telethon piece, Kip introduced Lynne as Sonoko and Suzanne as Rita Chandelier and Sandy as the old decrepit dancer, Slam Bones. If Kip was the funniest man I ever met, Sandy Helberg did the funniest dance I ever saw, as Kip sang, straight faced and oh so sincerely, Mr. Bo Jangles. Jerry Lewis sentimentality magnified.
In Pee Wee's early days, when Pee Wee was a stand-up comedian, before he became a Kids Television host, Kip played his vaudevillian Grandfather in a presentation sponsored by Norman Lear for a possible television series. Kip's Grandfather secretly coached Pee Wee in the art of telling jokes.
Kip's latest great character, created just before he became ill, was a totally blind Hollywood agent. When he perused a client's 8 x 10 and made his selection, we bought it. He made us believe that he had picked the best picture.
In 1979, just before I resigned from The Groundlings, a rift had developed in the company.
I was Artistic Director and there was a bitter division over the definition of The Groundlings… who we were and what was our purpose. I was the leader of one of the two factions.
There was a contentious meeting with all members of the company in attendance. It was the big showdown. Kip sat there. In the midst of the noise and anger and confusion he stood up and he spoke in defense of my position and in defense of me personally. His remarks were spoken through his tears and I knew that I had a true friend.
The last time I saw Kip, just a few weeks ago, I spoke to him, our faces in close-up wth each other, inches apart. I asked Velma if he could hear me and she said "yes but speak a little louder." Wenndy and I had remarked during the months Kip was ill how frustrating it must have been for him not to be able to speak. That was his life – talking and being loved for it.
I have never seen two eyes look at me with such intensity. His eyes pierced me and brought me into himself. I searched his immobile face for signs of a response as I spoke. A slight stretch of one side of his lips told me he was laughing. When I told him I have cancer his face contorted and I wished I hadn't said that. I assured him that I'm in the midst of a treatment that will give me many more years and I hope that made him feel better. This man, in his situation, cared about mine. Overwhelming.
Whenever I looked up at Velma, there were tears streaming down her face. Her love for her husband was written there.
Beginning in the 70's all of us at The Groundlings watched Little Chrissy grow up. Chris came to workhops and shows with his Dad. The outgoing messages on Kip's phone were the voices of father and son doing Kip King schtick. The tutoring was happening and Chris was learning.
Chris became the first second generation Groundling.
Helen Hunt told me a story about working with Chris on Saturday Night Live. She and Chris had been rehearsing a scene for a couple of days and Helen thought that Chris seemed familiar to her on a personal level, but she couldn't figure out how. She finally asked him if they had ever met.
According to Helen, Chris said, "Yeah. You used to babysit me." Kip and Helen and Chris were in our early workshop family. And here was Chris, realizing the dream his Daddy had for him.
Kip didn't realize the fame he deserved, but then fame is about being known to strangers. We who are not strangers to Kip know him in ways that strangers cannot. To us he is the greatest star.
Keep it comin' Kip, keep it comin'.
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By Jacqueline M. HamesMay 8, 2014
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md (May, 2014) -- The library technician at the Post Library Annex greeted mothers and their children as they came into the main room.
Chairs were pushed against the wall for parents to sit on while children played on a brightly colored area rug as they waited for a special edition of Storytime.
Garrison Commander Col. Brian P. Foley joined the children for Storytime on April 17 and read two books to the enthusiastic audience. The children laughed and counted along during Foley's reading of "Count the Monkeys" while their mothers looked on.
Families were invited to a special screening of Sesame Workshop's "Little Children, Big Challenges," after the readings. The video is meant to teach children and their parents resilience techniques, and is part of a complete tool kit, which includes a guidebook for parents, and access to a resilience app, "Breathe. Think. Do," for smartphones and tablets.
"Our motto here is when the parent deploys, the whole family deploys," said Lynn Chwatsky, vice president of community and family engagement at Sesame Workshop. "We believe that there is a service member, but the whole family serves."
On May 16, the "Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families" will perform two free showings at 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. at McGill Training Center, 8452 Zimborski Ave.
Anja Young, a former military child and actress who lived on Fort Meade, plays Katie.
Doors will open 30 minutes prior to each performance.
Chwatsky is in charge of overseeing Sesame Workshop's military family initiative project and community engagement, identifying a community and addressing its unmet needs with media and other resources starring "Sesame Street" muppets.
The purpose of the LCBC tool kit is to encourage children to talk about or express their feelings, and show how parents can engage in a dialogue with their children during difficult times, like during a long separation, Chwatsky said.
"We realize that when we are talking to young children and school-aged children, we know that you can't just talk to these children, you have to talk to the adults in their lives," she said.
The video, starring Elmo, shows children how to react to the possibility of a long separation, how to deal with frustration, sibling rivalry, and learning and persistence.
The accompanying booklet for parents and caregivers outlines ways for adults to introduce new strategies for difficult situations, adding to the video with topics like dealing with aggressive behavior and moving.
These basic tenets of resilience help teach children self-regulation, Chwatsky said.
"We are giving them those skills and tools to get through those moments, and then hopefully the skills that they develop to get through those moments will then help them through life, through some of life's easier [and] more difficult challenges," she added.
Emily Tower, married to Maj. Daniel Tower, thought the video was especially appropriate because her husband is leaving for school in a few weeks. Their 3-year-old daughter Allison liked the video.
"We learned a good word - 'strategy' - didn't we?" Tower asked her daughter after the video. "We can come up with some strategies to survive the summer."
Tower said this is Allison's second long separation from her father, but the youngster doesn't quite understand what will happen when her dad leaves. The video encourages families to come up with funny ways of saying goodbye and emphasizes that the caregiver will return, which will be one of Tower's summer strategies.
Chwatsky said it's not just children who benefit from the program.
"We're seeing these adults benefiting from this because you, as an adult, are empowered with tools you help to build resiliency in your child," she said. "It's actually building your resilience too, knowing you have the tools to help children."
Danette Simmons, who attended with her son Conner, 5, was reminded of how to help her children during difficult times.
"Instead of just saying 'bye' and then out the door, you know, take time and then spend a little more time talking about [the situation]," Simmons said.
Conner, whose dad is Sgt. 1st Class Robert Simmons, said the video was good before growing too shy to say anything else.
One of the eldest children at the event, Jameson Holyoak, enjoyed the video as well. He believes what he learned will enable him to help his mother Rebecca with his younger brother when their dad leaves for work.
Calvin gets sad when his father Senior Airman Michael Holyoak leaves for the night shift.
"These kids are serving, too," Chwatsky said. "These resilience skills are going to help them through everything. It's going to help them through these little everyday things that we were talking about, but it is also going to help with the bigger things like when a parent deploys."
Chwatsky emphasized that the tool kit is available across multimedia platforms, and resilience videos are posted on the Sesame Workshop website and YouTube. The program is also available in Spanish.
"Our children are our future. Our Soldiers' children are our future leaders of our military and our Army, and we want to help them and get them as prepared for life as possible," she said.


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Gainesville, FL - The No. 1 University of Florida gymnastics team
(2-0, 1-0 SEC) heads to Baton Rouge, La., for its first road meet of the
season. The Gators face No. 24 LSU (0-2, 0-1 SEC) at 8 p.m. (ET) Friday, Jan. 21 in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
Meets between these two teams are traditionally close contests. Since
1995, 22 of the UF-LSU meetings have been decided by less than half a
point. The last time UF visited LSU in 2009, the Tigers claimed their
first win over UF since 2005 with 196.80-195.825 result. Florida took
each of the three meetings between the two teams in 2010, including the last at the Southeastern Conference Championships when UF claimed the title and LSU was fourth.
In last week's Southeastern Conference opener, Florida swept all four
events plus the all-around as the Gators claimed a 196.775-192.90 win
over the then-No. 16 Kentucky Wildcats. Freshman Alaina Johnson opened the meet with wins on vault (9.95) and uneven bars (9.925). Her score makes her one of five Gator freshmen all-time to earn a vault mark of 9.95. Johnson equaled her score set in the season opener to earn her second consecutive bar win. After her performance versus Kentucky, Johnson picked up her second consecutive SEC Freshman Gymnast of the Week honor.
Sophomores Liz Green and Marissa King shared their first balance beam title of the season versus Kentucky with identical marks of 9.825. King added her second title of the evening when she shared the floor exercise win with Ashanée Dickerson at 9.875. Dickerson collected her second consecutive all-around and ninth overall with her total of 39.225.
LSU posted a record of 15-13-1 in 2010 and took ninth in the NCAA
Championships. The Tigers were led in 2010 by Susan Jackson, who won the 2010 NCAA all-around crown. As a senior in 2010, Jackson also claimed the SEC Gymnast of the Year award and was named the SEC Female Athlete of the Year. In 2011, LSU has lost in both of it road meets, opening the season with a 195.40-193.35 loss at Oregon State and dropping a 194.775-194.475 decision at Auburn last Friday.


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A 68-year-old woman has died as a result of a house fire Thursday in Holdrege.
The victim has been identified as Martha J Gould.
Phelps County Attorney Tim Hoeft says a passer by reported the fire shortly after 6pm. Gould was pulled from the fire and taken to the Holdrege hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Hoeft says a preliminary investigation indicated Gould died of smoke inhalation.
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- The CW embraces The Flash, 'Supernatural' spin-off
- Jul 29:
- 'Homeland' set to return, but where's Brody?
- Margulies: Anthony Weiner 'the gift that keeps giving'
- Robin Williams returns to TV in 'The Crazy Ones'
- 'Big Brother' behavior appalling, says CBS boss
- 'Under the Dome' renewed for a second season by CBS
- CBS boss: We tried to keep Cote de Pablo on 'NCIS'
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- 'The Voice' judges say their mission is not to make stars
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- Blair Underwood presents a new version of 'Ironside'
- NBC to deal with Russia's anti-gay laws in Olympics coverage
- Michael J. Fox tries to find the funny in Parkinson's
- NBC producing Hillary Clinton miniseries
- Cory Monteith recalled as 'wonderful guy,' great leader by Mike O'Malley
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- 'Sharknado': Syfy sensation coming to movie theaters
- 'Doctor Who': Matt Smith parties with the TV critics
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- Gandolfini pilot won't air on HBO
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"Shake It Up!," the hit musical-comedy that co-stars Oakland native Zendaya, has been canceled by the Disney Channel.
The series, which also features Bella Thorne, will conclude its run after its current third season, with the final episodes set to air this summer and the fall.
"Shake It Up," which debuted in 2010 to an impressive average of 6.2 million viewers, is pegged to a pair of best friends who star on their local TV dance program.
The cancellation might be surprising, given that "Shake It Up" still pulls in robust ratings -- ranking No. 1 among children 6-11 and 9-14 -- but the Disney Channel tends to end some shows before the decline sets in.
It's certainly not the end for Zendaya. The talented 16-year-old, who recently finished second on "Dancing With the Stars," has signed on to star in a Disney Channel original movie based on the book "Boys Are Dogs." Meanwhile, her debut album, with Hollywood Records, is set to debut in September.
Thorne also has a Hollywood Records deal, a three-book deal with Random House and will star in the indie thriller "Home Invasion."


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Winter's still hanging around? Tiggle's still playing with her hangers!
Posted by Dave on Apr 9, 2016 in Boob Bloopers, Boob Watch, New at Scoreland, newcomers, swimsuits
It has come to my attention that winter is still hanging around in many parts of the world. Cold and snow forced the postponement of several opening day games in baseball. Too bad.
Fortunately, it's always sunny at SCORELAND. Two reasons for that. First, our main studio is in Miami, Florida. Second, big tits bring on the heat.
Tiggle Bitties is an MM-cup natural who has taken the big-boob world by storm, so to speak. You'll be raining cum all over the place when you check out her latest photos and video today at SCORELAND.
Tiggle is outside. She's wearing a bikini that can't contain much of her boobage. Soon, her tits come out. Then her pussy comes out. Then she makes her pussy cum.
The photo above is another great one of Tiggle. Does this girl know how to take a bad photo?
Melissa's become a milky milker and her big boobs are even bigger
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Melissa Mandlikova was six months pregnant when she last appeared at SCORELAND.
Well, the stork has delivered her bundle of joy. (We like to use scientific, sex education terms, you know.)
Melissa began lactating so the call went out to her. Would she like to show and milk?
Melissa shakes and swings them, takes off her dairy queen outfit and milks her now-giant tits.
Their size is amazing compared to the ta-tas Melissa shook in the beginning of her modeling career in 2006.
See the photos and videos at SCORELAND now.
Sheridan Love is the Top Heavy Chef at SCORELAND
Posted by Elliot James on Aug 21, 2014 in Deep Inside Scoreland, modeling jobs, New at Scoreland, Tit Tricks, Tits in Tight Tops
The best part of waking up?
It's not coffee in your cup.
It's finding Sheridan Love and her 34G-cups padding around the kitchen. Sheridan's wearing a pink bikini under a robe.
What's for breastfast? See the video and photos today at SCORELAND. You'll see the menu.
I hope the cooking and food TV networks don't start to copy SCORE after seeing this. Ya never know with these reality TV execs.
We asked Sheridan if she watches her SCORE videos at home.
"I don't watch my video scenes because I know I'd be a harsh critic of myself," she replied. "But I do look at the pictures."
How can we change Sheridan's mind about that?
"Go Topless Day" is August 24
Posted by Elliot James on Aug 19, 2014 in Behind the Scenes, Boob Watch, Boobs in the News, Life With Big Tits
Thousands of topless women across America and Canada and around the world will take to the streets on Sunday, August 24 for the 7th annual "National Go Topless Day."
The event is held each year in August in observance of Women's Equality Day, August 26, 1920, when American women were given the right to vote.
"New York has been legally topless for women since 1992, but Los Angeles still bans it," said a GoTopless spokesperson and the leader of GoTopless NYC.
The "Go Topless" movement was created and is sponsored by the Raelians, a group of UFO believers. Members believe humans were created by aliens known as the "Elohim" and that not allowing women to go topless is an insult to the aliens.
I'm not making this up.
"As long as men are allowed to be topless in public, women should have the same constitutional right. Or else men should have to wear something to hide their chests," said a Raelian priestess and "Go Topless Day" organizer.
Most women wear pasties.
Prepare for the big day by checking out their "Boob Map" at their information-packed website, Gotopless.org.
I'm all for this event. Naked nipples are beautiful. Only perverts are disgusted by bare nips. Not allowing women to go topless is not only an insult to the aliens but to me personally.
What you might have missed this past week and don't want to miss this weekend at SCORELAND
Posted by Elliot James on Jun 13, 2014 in Behind the Scenes, Boobs in the News, Deep Inside Scoreland, New at Scoreland, newcomers, print magazines, Tit Tricks
"The Tighter The Better"
Amy Anderssen: Amy is as hot as a pistol now. Mega-stacked and super-slim the way SCORE models were in the beginning (you know their names), Amy would have definitely been a Boob Cruise babe back in the day. And she has as much booty as a pirate queen.
"Mad Over Madison"
Lily Madison: Lily calls herself a cupcake addict and a full-time nerd. If this is what a nerd looks like, we need to start hanging out at Mensa meetings to find new models.
"I Plan To Have A Lot More Sex"
Annellise Croft: A British blonde MILF with an overflowing bra, very long nipples, great legs and a pussy that's been ignored is a candidate for a porny ride. Today is the day. She's proud of her big boobs and is here to show that pride.
"The Mirror Has Two Boobs"
Micky Bells: Micky is the covergirl of the September '14 all-naturals edition of SCORE, now at eBoobStore and a magazine rack near you. Plus there's a bonus video of Micky posing for this shoot and taking a shower.
"S.O.S. Bikini Blast"
Vanessa Y. "I stopped smoking, I started drinking beer and my boobs got bigger," said Vanessa, covergirl of upcoming November '14 V-mag. This is the first time Vanessa has worn a bikini. Finally!
So join today and feed your need for big boobs. No site posts as much as SCORELAND.
Sarah Rae this Monday at XLGirls.com
Posted by Elliot James on Jun 8, 2014 in Digital Magazines, Interviews, Other SCORE Group websites, print magazines, Tit Tricks, XLGirls
I asked Sara Rae if she thought that women should be allowed to be topless anywhere it's legal for men to be shirtless, like New York City.
"I think we should all just walk around naked if we want to and not have some invisible force out there 'allowing' us to do things," Sarah answered. "Why do we need something out there telling us what to do, what we're allowed to do in every aspect of our lives, and why is everyone so okay with this?"
If Sarah actually could legally walk around topless, I'd be honored to be her neighbor.
Tomorrow, Sarah returns to XLGirls.com with "I Love My 34JJs," another beautiful pictorial, plus a boob bouncing, self-sucking video, a lot of it in very sharp slow motion. I've already watched the video four times and I'm not done. If anyone has made nipple self-sucking an art form and a science, it's Sarah Rae. She will also tell us which model has been an inspiration to her.
On the print magazine scene, Sarah is back in the September '14 XL Girls (SCORE Special 269), now at eBoobStore.com.
Meet Miss Nips
Posted by Dave on May 8, 2014 in Boob Watch, Cummin Soon, Hardcore XXX, newcomers
A lot of great nipples have passed through our studio. I believe that the pair you're going to see at SCORELAND on Saturday rank among the best. They just might be the best.
How good are they? Elliot titled Annellise's video "Nipple Star." He titled her interview video, "Meet Annellise And Her Pointy Nipples."
The owner of these nipples is Brit MILF Annellise Croft. Obviously, Elliot is fixated on Annellise's nipples. I was, too, when I interviewed her.
You can see Annellise right now in "Busting Bad" at SCOREVideos.com. She's fucking. It was her first fuck in seven months.
Or you can wait and see her Saturday at SCORELAND.
Me? I've already jacked to her three times, so you can do whatever you want.
That redheaded hottie with big milky boobs is back
Posted by Elliot James on Apr 23, 2014 in New at Scoreland, Tits and Tugs
"I'm a bit of an exhibitionist," says Bebe Cooper, former lingerie store clerk.
"But I usually don't express it."
In the rare appearances that Bebe makes, she does express herself nicely!
We welcome Bebe back with another milk-engorged breast and nipple show. This one includes a sheet of glass…
Sarah Rae, Jennica Lynn and the art of self-sucking
Posted by Elliot James on Apr 1, 2014 in Deep Inside Scoreland, Life With Big Tits, Other SCORE Group websites, Tit Tricks, XLGirls
The other day I was given a mailed-in letter from a fan of models who self-suck their own nipples. He wanted to know who some of the best self-suckers are. You can probably guess who I said were a few he must check out. I told him if he doesn't know who Jennica Lynn and Sarah Rae are, he needs to know.
Many girls can't physically do it even if they have really big boobs. Not only can Sarah Rae do it, she makes an art form out of nipple self-sucking. I asked her a few questions (because I love watching girls do this) and she kindly answered (because she is so nice). Thank you, Sarah Rae.
1) How often did you practice getting both nipples in your mouth?
"I tried almost every day for about a year."
2) Did you use a mirror to practice?
"I didn't really use a mirror. I practiced a lot on webcam. I get to see a preview of myself while I stream so I guess its kind of like a mirror. The first time I actually got it was on webcam. The person who I was chatting with was super awesome and took a screenshot of it for me."
3) What is the right technique to get both nipples in your mouth and hold?
"Suck hard. I like to start sucking a little bit before the nipple. It helps me balance the weight."
4) Have you timed how many seconds you can hold them?
"I can only hold both for a couple minutes. However I can hold one all day. While I'm cooking, taking a shower, tweeting, vacuuming, all day!"
A couple of years ago, we asked in a SCORELAND Poll, "When a model will only show her boobs, what kind of video would you want to see most?" 19% answered they'd like to see a lot of nipple self-sucking.
Then there's nipple-self sucking during sex, something I'd like to see more of.
And your thoughts?
Bebe Cooper and her pointy, lactating nipples hijack SCORELAND today
Posted by Elliot James on Mar 13, 2014 in Boobs in the News, breast growth, Deep Inside Scoreland, Life With Big Tits, New at Scoreland, Tit Tricks
Has it been four years since Bebe Cooper revealed her gorgeous body for the first time? It doesn't seem like all that time has passed.
Bebe's body is just as shapely as it was when she first visited SCORELAND. The sexy redhead (she reminds me of the bad girl in a film noir) hasn't changed a bit except for her big boobs being one inch bigger now at 41 inches. Her elongated nipples are awesome.
Bebe's lactation abilities haven't changed, either. They might even be stronger since she fills a wine glass with her mammary milk today in a fresh photo spread and video.
Welcome back, Bebe Cooper.


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- Understanding the toolbar and setting the essential preferences to get started
- Adding .mov files, still images, and Photoshop and Illustrator assets to a project
- Animating with behaviors and keyframes
- Creating 3D animations with lighting accents, shadows, and reflections
- Creating simple and complex particle systems
- Creating real viewer interest with Focus Behavior and the 3D Camera Framing behavior
Skill Level Beginner
Using the Paint tool is sort of a hybrid between creating shapes and creating particle systems. Let's get started exploring Paint by actually creating a shape. Go up to the Create tools in your toolbar and click on the Rectangle tool, just click-and-drag it anywhere on the canvas. Now, let's open the Inspector and change it from a Solid Fill to an Outline. If you press F5 on your keyboard, you will now notice the rectangle icon is a Paint icon. Anytime a shape changes to an Outline from a Fill, it changes into the Paint icon and that enables all the different options that you get with the Paint tool.
Now let's create a line that's a little bit more organic than a rectangle. So let's delete the Rectangle by pressing Minus in the Layers tab and actually grabbing the Paint tool, and let's create a line that sort of comes off the canvas and arcs around the word and goes back off the canvas. Now, even though this isn't very smooth right now, we are going to deal with this in a little bit, so don't sweat it. With the Paint Stroke selected, let's look at some of the different options. By default, Solid is set and we can change things like the Brush Color and the overall Opacity and its Width just by clicking-and-dragging.
But let's jump down to First Point and Last Point Offset. If we keyframe these, we could actually keyframe the stroke drawing on to the screen. But there is a behavior for that. So, let's go to Add Behavior > Shape and choose Write On and by default, it's going to write on over the length of the comp. So let's just click the right edge and trim the duration down, so the paint strokes animated on over the first 50 frames. Now, press Play and you will see it's writing right on the screen.
Now, Write On by default will draw in a constant speed, I like to actually have it sort of Ease In and Ease Out. So, let's just choose Ease Both. That way when it starts drawing, it's a little slower and then it speeds up and it slows back down. You can choose whatever you like, I just happened to like Ease Both. So now that we've the Paint Stroke animating on, let's go back and select Paint, make sure our strokes are on the screen and go through some of the other options under the Style section. With the Brush Type Solid, honestly this is pretty much what you get.
You can go to the Geometry section and actually switch the Shape from Bezier to B-Spline and that will smooth things out a little bit, but you could also drag the Roundness slider and that will smooth things out quite a bit. Let's go back to the Style section and change the Brush Type from Solid to Airbrush. And you notice this is already helping the shape. Airbrushes are actually made up of little dots. So to show you that, drag on the Spacing slider and you will notice we have increased the spacing and all we are getting is a bunch of dots.
So, if we saw that in motion, it would just like dots animating on the screen. This may not seem like a big deal now, but as you start tweaking some of the different settings, this is a neat thing to check out. Let's look at Brush Profile, open the disclosure triangle and you will notice its set to White to Black and this is again, working from left to right. So this is working from the center of each little dot out to the edge. So, let's change it slightly by clicking in the center and changing the Opacity and now you'll notice we are getting a slightly different shape to the Brush stroke.
Let's add one more and crank it up, now it's starting to look a little bit more like a shiny bubble. Feel free to add more and adjust as you like, I'm going to leave this like that. Okay, now that we have out Brush Profile, let's drag the Spacing a little closer together and look at the options under Stroke. Now, I'm not going to go through each one of these options, I want you to feel free to explore at your own leisure. For right now, let's change the Color Mode from Use Brush Color to Pick From Color Range and just choose anyone of the preset gradients.
I'm going to choose Dusk, I sort of like that and I think it fits well with the background. Now, let's randomize the scale of all these different little bubbles. And we can increase the overall scale, so it looks a little more bubbly, if you will. Again like I said, feel free to click through and adjust some of the different settings like the Jitter is sort of the offset. So now let's go back to the beginning and press Play.
That's pretty cool. But remember at the beginning I had said they act a lot like particles. Well, in order to enable that, you need to go the Advanced section. Under Advanced, just check the Dynamics box. Now, if you move your playhead back to the beginning and click Play, you will notice it looks just like an animated particle system. We stop playback for a second and just adjust the Dynamics a little bit. Move your playhead back to where you can actually see the formation of the path a little bit and let's just bring the Speed back down.
We'll bring the Speed down to 22 and adjust the Speed Randomness to 51. Now, let's go ahead and press Play. And there you have it, your paint stroke, a hybrid of shapes and particles. So, one last thing about Shape, even though this is really cool the way it is, if you go back under the Style options, you can change your Brush Type from Airbrush to Image. And if you had any other images in your comp, you could drag that image into the Brush Source and it will behave just like our bubble dots and while that's pretty amazing, just keep in mind all this does take processing power.
So, be aware of the size of the object you add into your Brush Source. So I hope you've enjoyed our little overview of brushes.


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Yesterday, you got your first look at the Dragon Age: Inquisition box art. Today, BioWare is delivering so much more.
In a new gameplay trailer release this morning, BioWare and EA have announced an October 7 release date for the much anticipated third entry in the Dragon Age series. Players will return to Thedas in the role of the Inquisitor, accompanied by characters new and familiar.
For more on Dragon Age: Inquisition, be sure to check out our coverage from September 2013.
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Elder J. Devn Cornish was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2011. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Sixth Quorum of the Seventy in the North America Southeast Area. He is currently serving as the President of the Caribbean Area.
Elder Cornish received a bachelor of arts in biology from Johns Hopkins University in 1975. In 1978, he received a doctor of medicine, also from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his pediatric residency at the Boston Children's Hospital at Harvard University. In 1985, he completed a neonatology fellowship program at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center. More recently, he was professor and chairman, and later vice chair, for faculty development in the Pediatric Department at Emory University School of Medicine.
Elder Cornish has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Guatemala–El Salvador Mission, elders quorum president, ward executive secretary, ward mission leader, ward Young Men president, bishop, high priests group leader, stake president, president of the Dominican Republic Santiago Mission (2003–2006), and Area Seventy.
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When and Where to see Mars
At the bottom of this page we have links to pages for various areas around the world and the times that Mars will rise and transit (pass overhead.) Around the beginning of August Mars can be found above the eastern horizon after sunset. It is currently in the constellation Aquarius and in an area of few bright stars. Mars is easy to spot, as it's the brightest object in the night sky.
Mars begins August at magnitude -2.3 and is therefore very easy to spot. During the month, it will continue to brighten to -2.9 by August 29th. After that, Mars will slowly begin to fade throughout September and October.
The two star maps here are identical except that one shows the constellation figures and the other doesn't. Use whichever you find easier. Click on the images for larger versions.
Allow Mars to rise further above the horizon before you start viewing, at least a few hours. The higher Mars is in the sky, the clearer it will be for viewing. By all means, make every effort to get a good set of binoculars or a telescope to see Mars as this is a once in a lifetime event. If you have a local astronomy club there's a fair chance they may have a night set up for the public to come see Mars through their members telescopes. Another option is if you have an observatory nearby, they may have a public viewing night. For more information, you could try the astronomy department of your nearest university.
In another area we have information about specific Martian features for you to look for. This section is to help you locate Mars in the sky, and to list rising and transit times for Mars around the world.
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Close Encounters of a Red Kind: Retrograde Motion of Mars
Mars through a Telescope: Getting the Most from the Red Planet
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The NRL has had some howlers as their season theme song - the latest effort from Jessica Mauboy escapes that tag
- From: The Courier-Mail
- February 28, 2013
THE bad news for Jessica Mauboy's new rugby league anthem is it lacks the pure magic of Simply The Best - the good news is it's not a poem.
Rugby league marketing men traditionally announce their new offering with bristling confidence, as if it's as bulletproof as a new Harry Potter movie.
But deep down they cringe with uncertainty because there is no tangible way of telling whether their dart will hit the bullseye or bounce off the wire and land on the floor.
Turner's What You Get Is What You See and then the rousing Simply The Best, which seemed to sweep the code to a wider level of public interest during its five-year run at the start of the 1990s, set the bar so high that all others normally fall under it.
The worst flight of fancy rugby league had was to ask Thomas Keneally to write a poem called Blow That Whistle for the 1999 NRL season.
A poem read by a man who looked like a Methodist minister ... bewildered fans had never seen the like of it before and they never will again.
Former NRL boss David Gallop may have done an honourable job running the game but as a music critic, he made a great administrator.
Gallop was reported to be one of the prime movers behind the signing of Australian Idol's Wes Carr for his Feels Like Woah, which was the theme song for the 2009 season. But it was a bit cryptic and was on the nose even before we got to find out what a "Woah" actually felt like.
For the past two years, the NRL has used Bon Jovi's This Is Our House but, as a song deliberately written to be a sporting anthem, it was a bit try-hard and never won the hearts of the masses.
But there were worse ones ... such as Vanessa Amorosi and Lee Kernaghan recording a quirky version of the Easybeats classic Friday On My Mind to promote Friday night football in 2001.
The NRL had the chance to use Bon Jovi for another year but have dumped their song and turned to Mauboy's remake of the 1960s classic Something's Got A Hold On Me in the hope of throwing a net around families and children.
The catchy number is worth a try. The risk is that it may fall through the crack in the middle between the kids and the hardheads who are the NRL's traditional fan base.
No matter what happens, they must be comforted by the thought that Mauboy won't be Meat Loaf at the 2011 AFL grand final.
He tried to sing Bat Out Of Hell and ended up having to leave Melbourne like one after barely hitting a note.Originally published as Jess ain't simply the best
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Andy of Cairns Posted at 10:59 AM February 28, 2013
Well done NRL. About time someone started to give our home grown talent a go. Sick & tired of listening to OS crap trying to praise what I definately agree with as "The greastest game on earth".
Go Cowboys Posted at 10:34 AM February 28, 2013
Yep, take nothing away from her as a performer and artist but this is no anthem for RL. Bring on ACDC or Airbourne next year!
Rudi of SW Sydney Posted at 10:08 AM February 28, 2013
@Dave - Would have to agree with you on that front. I am not an NRL fan but for the game to sell itself as harder, tougher and stronger than the rest (which is the topic of another rant) it needs to have music to sell itself as such; Back in Black, To those about to rock (get them to do an edit for the NRL); Thunderstruck, TNT - any of these could be easily used to sell the game, attract people and attention and still appeal to a wide age audience as ACDC is so iconic in our culture.


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Bollinger isn't talking about dates or bank accounts or even lottery numbers. The numbers she is referring to include cholesterol levels, blood sugar, bone density and other health-related levels which can make the difference in an individual's well-being.
"If you don't know your numbers, you don't know what direction you are headed," the pharmacist warned. "We want to fix a problem before it becomes full blown."
For those who don't know their numbers or are in need of an update, Bollinger, her company Health Priorities Inc. and Super D are here to help.
From her office adjacent to the pharmacy in Super D at 702 N. Main St., Bollinger can perform a variety of screenings, including cholesterol, osteoporosis, arterial elasticity, body composition and hormone levels.
"Basically anything that can be measured or monitored," she said about her screening equipment. "We have prevention in mind or if the disease is already present to slow it down."
Armed with a degree in pharmacy from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and her doctorate in pharmacy from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., along with numerous certifications, Bollinger created her company after realizing the need for intervention programs. In reviewing patient records while working at a long-term care facility, she explained she realized that many health care problems could be prevented if patients had known what to do earlier in life.
The idea is on the cutting edge of pharmaceutical care, according to Bollinger. She points out the Board of Pharmacy created a special certification category - a consulting pharmacist - to cover her area of expertise. She added her company, Health Priorities is the first of its kind in Missouri and perhaps in the United States.
The emphasis is on consulting, Bollinger said. She does not diagnose problems but with referrals from physicians will set up programs for patients.
"My goal is to provide more complete provision of health care. As a pharmacist I complete the continuum of health care begun by the doctor's diagnosis and the nurse's patient care," said Bollinger.
For three and half years, Bollinger worked on her own, taking Health Priorities on the road to companies, hospitals, doctor's offices, clinics or wherever there was a need for screenings and her services. Since mid-summer, she associated her company with Super D in Sikeston.
Affiliating with Super D has enabled her to meet more patients and spread her message on preventive care to more people, she said.
"When we see a disease is not under control, for example a patient is using too much medication in an effort to keep their disease in check, we can provide intervention. Our goal is to provide a better quality of life for the patients and to help save their health care dollars. When they are better able to manage themselves, the patients will not over utilize medications, they use the correction medications and this saves them money."
Another advantage to being at Super D, Bollinger said, is the support she receives from other pharmacists and especially from the pharmacists at Super D. "And that support that goes all the way up the corporate ladder," she added.
She notes being at Super D is returning to her beginnings. Even before she attended pharmacy school, the New Hamburg native worked there and after completing her studies, she was a pharmacist at Super D for several years. While she also works as a pharmacist, her primary goal now is to assist patients and help those who might be in need of medical care.
Initially, Bollinger has concentrated in providing assistance to diabetics but said she is now expanding the programs available through Health Priorities at Super D. If a patient needs assistance with a program she doesn't now offer, she said she would develop one or find someone who could assist the patient.
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On June 5, 2007, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit in Columbia, Missouri was recognized with a Gold Level Award in the Federal Electronics Challenge. Each Gold Level Award recipient completed mandatory activities in all three of the electronics life-cycle phases (acquisition and procurement, operation and maintenance, and end-of-life management); completed four additional optional activities; and mentored other federal facilities or agencies on electronics issues. Federal Environmental Executive Edwin Pinero said, "Electronics stewardship actions undertaken by these partners in 2006 include impressive actions, such as: ensuring that 100% of all electronics purchases were products registered at the Silver level with the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT); instituting a system to automatically power down all desktop computers at the end of each business day; and donating thousands of electronics to educational institutions under the Computers for Learning program."


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Welcome to the EAACI-WAO Congress 2013!
Join us in Milan for the EAACI-WAO World Allergy and Asthma Congress, 22 - 26 June 2013. It will be the most important meeting for advances in research, treatment and prevention of allergy and asthma in 2013.
The Scientific Programme Committee has put together an outstanding programme covering the whole field of allergy, including lots of new topics, highlights and new formats of education and communication. We believe that there will be something for everyone; whether you are interested in clinical practice, basic science, translational medicine, allied health, veterinary medicine or education. The Congress will include 8 Plenary Symposia, 45 Symposia, 3 Satellite Symposia, 30 Meet the Expert Sessions, 25 Workshops and 34 Oral Abstract Sessions.
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Meeting was brought to order at 2:25 p.m.
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Minutes from the 9/13/00 meeting were approved.
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Fourth graders from area schools attended "History Works" at the Harlin Museum on October 23, 24, and 25, 2007. The 360 students represented the following schools; Fairview, Glenwood, Howell Valley, Junction Hill, Richards, South Fork, and West Plains Elementary. Previous to attending the half day events, students viewed information about Lennis Broadfoot and his sketches of work life in the Ozarks in the late 1930's at www.watersheds.org. Each student attended four sessions while at the museum. During the tools session, Jim Decker showed students many of the tools used during this time period including a draw knife, cross cut saw, a hand corn sheller, a corn planter, and a rabbit trap. Students enjoyed getting to touch the tools and feel how it really felt to use them. Students were introduced to three of Broadfoot characters, who told them about what life was like in the early 1900's. Lennis Broadfoot, portrayed by Jem Duffin, Aunt Nancy Rasor, portrayed by Marideth Sisco, and Jess Thompson, portrayed by Al Vance, brought the Broadfoot drawings to life with their accounts of everyday life in the Ozarks. Rick Scarlet brought his "three legged mule," a tool for holding wood while a craftsman shapes it with a draw knife or spoke shaver. Each fourth grader experienced using a spoke shaver under the watchful eye of Scarlet, who also demonstrated how a shingle was made. For most students, drawing with charcoal just like Lennis Broadfoot, was a first time experience. After a lesson on how to use charcoal, presented by local artist Pat Hight, students tried to capture Broadfoot's style by sketching an animal or person. Artist, Will Roach, helped the young artists complete a finished charcoal drawing.
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Drosera Filiformis are Carnivorous Plants and are quite rare on Long Island, NY these days. They were once found much more often. These grow in a sandy swath on the edge of a bog at the bottom of large sand dunes near salt water. As the Sun was lowering in the sky when the day was coming to a close, the rays lit up the swath of these Sundews into a blazing and dramatic sight. Taken June, 2012 (the cameras settings are off a year) Part of Author's local exploration of Carnivorous Plants project.
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Dubbed 'Scottish Village of the Year' in 2008, Port William is a proud and welcoming village on Scotland's dramatic Atlantic Coast. Should you rent a cottage in Port William, you'll be made to feel extremely welcome; the residents here - though vehemently proud of their village - are happy to share it with visitors, something which lead Port William to be named Scotland's "most vibrant" village in 2007.
Thanks to its location on Scotland's wild Atlantic seaboard, Port William is perfect for coastal holidays. The village has a proud fishing heritage, with a once bustling harbour and bronze statue of a fisherman on the seafront. Take a walk along Port William's shoreline on a clear day, and both the Isle of Man and Ireland are visible thanks to the village's south easterly aspect - don't forget the camera!
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Plan your trip to Port William for the beginning of August, and experience the village's most popular attraction: the Port William Carnival. For one week, residents and tourists alike take part in a number of special events in the village, including craft fairs, scarecrow competitions, art shows, sports, and the popular Crowning of the Carnival Queen. The carnival offers good clean fun for all the family, and best of all, it's free.
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SoftBank CEO: Increased Bid For Clearwire Not Necessary
SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said Sprint Nextel hasn't asked for permission to raise its bid for Clearwire, and he doesn't see such a move being necessary because the U.S. carrier will have a controlling stake.
Japan's SoftBank agreed to buy 70% of Sprint for $20.1 billion in October, a deal that requires Sprint to get permission to raise its $2.2 billion offer to buy the portion of Clearwire it doesn't already own.
Clearwire's investors seem to anticipate a higher offer as the mobile broadband company's shares have stayed well above Sprint's offer of $2.97 a share, recently trading at $3.46. Several large Clearwire shareholders are fighting the deal.
But Son, who also launched an offensive against Dish Network attempt to buy Sprint, said a failed shareholder vote would still give Sprint what it wants.
"Even at the worst case, Sprint will end up with a good control of the company, so they aren't asking for any increase for the bid," Son said in an interview Tuesday with reporters from The Wall Street Journal.
Sprint currently owns slightly more than half of Clearwire, whose shareholders will vote on the deal on May 21.
A Sprint spokesman declined to comment, but last week Chief Executive Dan Hesse expressed confidence in closing the Clearwire deal by July 1.
Sprint has commitments from Comcast Intel and Bright House Networks to sell their collective 13% voting stake in Clearwire to Sprint, even if the deal gets voted down.
As part of its acquisition of Clearwire, Sprint agreed to provide up to $800 million in financing over 10 months through $80 million note purchases at Clearwire's option.
Cash-strapped Clearwire declined the financing in January and February, as it was considering a competing offer from Dish, but the broadband provider took the cash in March and April, and plans to do the same for May.
That $240 million in notes can be exchanged for Clearwire shares at $1.50 per share, but can only be converted after the merger is either completed or terminated.
If those notes were eventually exchanged for shares, and Sprint bought the voting stakes from its Clearwire partners, then Sprint can get its voting stake to about 67%.
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Son seems to agree with that situation. Sprint's increased stake in Clearwire will give it control over the board, allowing it to block other bidders for Clearwire's large spectrum holdings. Verizon Wireless has offered to pay as much as $1.5 billion to buy spectrum leases from Clearwire.
"Clearwire would be prohibited to have any sales of frequency to outsiders and so on," Son said. "That is good enough."


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Music Choice's Inside Rising Star checked in with mentor Brad Paisley once again, who spoke about his offer to bring contestant Jesse Kinch out to his Aug. 22 show in Holmdel, N.J., not far from where Jesse grew up.
"We'll be standing up in front of 18,000 and he'll be singing whatever he wants," said Brad, noting that his band would learn a couple of Jesse's songs and he would get to experience the crowd.
"There's nothing like seeing that audience right there and realize that if you do the right things, they're going to be yours," added Brad.
Inside Rising Star airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. on Music Choice Play as well as Music Choice on Demand. Rising Star airs on ABC Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.
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Fred Stellbrink and Dusty Levangie from the Prescott Hiking Club take a break before they finish the Big Bug Mesa hike. Photo/Stan Bindell
By Stan Bindell
A hike with Fred Stellbrink from the Prescott Hiking Club is always tough and strenuous. If Stellbrink says the hikes are 10 miles they are closer to 15 miles. If he says the hike includes a 1,300 foot change in elevation, well it could be a bit more.
That was the case when this loop hike on Big Bug Mesa turned into a 15 mile hike. The hike starts at what is known as Five Points or Five Corners after driving up the country road that begins at Poland Junction. Five roads actually come out on the top. Those who drive down the other side will come out at Walker Road.
Hikers begin their trek at Trail 706 at an elevation of 6,926 feet. Those coming from Phoenix might feel the altitude. Those coming from Flagstaff will feel right at home.
This hike offers a lot for naturalists aside from the workout. The walk includes dropping down to about 5,400 feet before the loop has the climbers making their way back up the mountain. The trek is well worth it because of the scenic green trees, mostly pines, and the surrounding mountains. While flowers are not abundant, every once in a while enough would pop up to keep the walk colorfully entertaining.
The heat of the day could tax the hikers who weren't in as great shape as some of the others, but it also brought out the butterflies to enjoy the yellow primrose, blue flowers and thistle.
Toward the end of the hike Turkey Creek offered a little water, but it may not be drinkable and hikers need plenty of water for this strenuous trek.
Those with great mapping or exploratory skills can figure out this loop, but those with an easier hike in mind can take the 5.5 mile Big Bug Mesa-Old Dandrea Ranch Loop which is rated as moderate. This is another high elevation hike. This hike also begins at the top and drops down to 6,400 feet. Walnut trees and fruit trees will be found along this hike.
Directions to Big Bug Mesa:
Both entrances are from Highway 69. From the south, take Poland Road from Poland Junction straight up to Five Corners. From the north, take Walker Road. From Walker Road, drive 6.9 miles. After crossing a narrow bridge, turn left onto Forest Road 670, sign posted for Big Bug Mesa. Follow the well-graded dirt road for 5.9 miles to reach Five Corners. There is plenty of parking for the few vehicles at the top. Resource Book: "Best of Prescott Trails" by Pat Baillie.
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Shankar-Harris Jayaraj going to London
Harris Jayaraj tweeted, "Flying to London with director Shankar to compose rest of the songs for Nanban." The music director will score four songs in London for the lyrics penned by Madhan Karky and Na. Muthukumar.
Earlier, Shankar-Harris Jayaraj had worked in blockbuster Anniyan. The songs of the film had topped the chartbusters of the year. Now that they are joining hands again, expectations have reached sky high.


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