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Where is That Smell Coming From?
Here's the latest on a legal case that has raised a big stink in a powerful Washington D.C. law firm.
You may recall that Steptoe & Johnson filed a lawsuit against hamburger company, Rogue States – which opened a joint next door – claiming that the burger group had been piping fumes into the firm's air intake system, which allegedly caused employees "headaches, nausea, dizziness, watery and itchy eyes, drowsiness and distraction." Here's an earlier account on the Law Blog.
The case has played out in D.C. Superior Court, and where the smell is coming from is among the biggest sources of disagreement, according to this Washington Post story.
Steptoe employees described grilling fumes that left them with watery and itchy eyes, nausea and headaches, while the restaurant produced witnesses who cast doubt on the source of the smell, suggesting it could come from another nearby restaurant that sold kabobs.
A smell expert testifying for Rogue States said he could not conclusively determine the origin of the smell and that perhaps Steptoe could bring in a team of "calibrated noses" to determine the true level of odor, according to the WaPo piece. A Steptoe expert said that, to his nose, the smell in Steptoe's conference rooms was the "distinct" fume of "grease or chemicals" coming from the burger shop.
In closing arguments, Rogue States attorney Gary C. Adler painted the lawsuit as a "crusade" against Rogue States by a powerful law firm that has grown accustomed to getting its way, the article said. Deborah B. Baum, who represented the law firm, said: "The theory that Steptoe is this litigation machine that can't stop until it gets its way … is preposterous."
Who will win the smell test? Judge John M. Mott is supposed to rule on Tuesday.


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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Ecstatic wriggle
Thanks to all of you who helped me to stop be angry at myself about my mistake. Your comments were so supportive.
During yesterday's hike, to prove to me that she felt great, K demonstrated the art of an ecstatic snow wriggle:
Actually, it is. After finding a dearth of treats on the ground, K sat next to me, leaning against me in a comforting way. She stayed that way until I clambered to my feet like a stiff octogenarian. Ah, the love of a dog...
29 comments:
- Kristin G. said...
Great news, that K is feeling fine, and I love her goofy moves!! Sorry you took a spill though. I would imagine it's one of the hazards of living in your terrain. I hope the effects of your spill are short-lived. Happy Sunday to you and your pack. :)
- February 27, 2011 at 3:54 PM
- Joe said...
Nothing beats a roll in the snow :).
- February 27, 2011 at 3:59 PM
- houndstooth said...
I'm glad to hear that K is not only feeling fine, but giving us all the giggles today! What a girl she is! Those wriggling pictures always make me smile.
Isn't it nice to feel so loved?! Hubby fell down in the living room the other day (he's a natural born klutz) and Morgan ran over and sat on him! I'm glad you were okay after your fall. I wish I knew what it is about a slip on the ice that made you hurt so darned bad afterwards.
- February 27, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Benny and Lily said...
We are happee K is feeling better
Benny & Lily
- February 27, 2011 at 4:28 PM
- The Teacher's Pets said...
First of all, thank you for becoming my newest follower! What an honor to be followed by a fabulous blogger so thank you again!
I would love to know what kind of camera you own because your photos are always gorgeous and crisp and clear! I only use a cell phone camera but when I have enough $$ I will invest in a "real" camera!
I love seeing dogs wriggle and wiggle on the ground because they are surely full of delight and their movements always make me smile!
- February 27, 2011 at 4:31 PM
- ♥♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥♥ said...
The Mom in me is making me want to tell you that it may be time to wrap you in bubble wrap:) Hope there will be no lingering discomfort from the fall.
When I fell in the fall while walking the three dogs, I had the same thing happen with three furballs smothering me - I didn't have any treats so I am not sure what they were looking for other than the blood dripping from my face:( At the moment I let myself think they were concerned about me:)
Good to hear that K is just fine.
- February 27, 2011 at 5:28 PM
- Tank said...
I'm taking notes... look for treats dislodged from pockets when asst. goes down. Got it! BOL
- February 27, 2011 at 6:01 PM
- ~Kim at Golden Pines~ said...
I really thought and really hoped that K would be just fine! I'm glad that's the way it turned out! If we had snow, I'd roll in it too just to celebrate! ...okay, I'd have one of my dogs do it! :-))
- February 27, 2011 at 6:54 PM
- Mr. Pip said...
Ecstatic snow wriggle - I love that! It sounds like the name of a poem.
Your pal, Pip
- February 27, 2011 at 7:02 PM
- Dream Valley Ranch said...
Oh My Goodness, KB...how are you feeling this evening? Ouch! I felt sore just reading about your fall!
I did giggle, though, at the opportunistic behaviors of the Duo after you fell...silly pups! But you can't blame a lab for being a lab :)
I'm soooo happy that K is okay after yesterday's Kibble Mix Up! What a relief!!
Beautiful pictures of a beautiful day my friend...it was gorgeous over here at DVR, too! The Mooselini Family did not show up but we did see some cute coyotes!
Lots of gentle hugs your way,
Sue bee doo and the DVR Crew!
- February 27, 2011 at 7:24 PM
- Sierra Rose said...
Big smiles watching K wiggle!!! Glad she is super ok!! :)
Sierra Rose found her self on the receiving end of a skunks spray last night around midnight....her wriggle was all over our house carpets, as she fled by me indoors, before I could keep her on the deck to try to figure out what to do! All ok now...lots of rinsing eyes out, 3 baths, and perhaps more to come...carpet cleaning, and letting the super chilly air inside to air things out... Really wish we had made it to the mountains this weekend!!!! :)
Sweet hugs,
Sierra Rose
- February 27, 2011 at 7:34 PM
- Sierra Rose said...
Oh...and, so glad you are ok after the slip! I did one of those earlier this season on the ice, heard a crack...and was quite spooked. Careful out there!!!!
Sweet hugs,
Sierra Rose
- February 27, 2011 at 7:35 PM
- Maery Rose said...
The snow roll photos are great! I'm glad you are okay. It's sure been a year for a mix of ice and snow. In case you don't make it to my blog, I hope you'll check out this photo and what it says at another blog. I think you'll like it. You can click on the photo once there to read what it says. http://windling.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/wind-stories-2.html
- February 27, 2011 at 8:22 PM
- browndogcbr said...
Hi KB,
You will be in our prayers this tonight that you will suffer no ill effects from your fall.
We are so glad that K suffered no ill effects of the food mix up.
That series of pictures of K rolling and getting up are priceless! Loved yesterdays pictures of the Downy and the Nuthatch.
Wishing y'all and early spring!
BrownDog's Humans
- February 27, 2011 at 8:26 PM
- jen said...
I love the pictures of K rolling around and acting like a goof! She looks great!
I read your post from yesterday, if it makes you feel any better I have given Leroy, Sherman's medicine and vice versa, more than once. And worse...I once gave my daughter the worng dose of medicine, I gave her it in Tablespoons, instead of teaspoons and had to call posion control, she was fine, but still I beat myself up over it for a long time!
Mistakes happen...that is what makes us human:)
- February 27, 2011 at 8:42 PM
- Khyra And Sometimes Her Mom said...
K's goofy pics SO made me smile!
Thanks for sharing them!
- February 27, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- Tweedles -- that's me said...
I am so happy that K is okay and you are ok.
I love the wriggling in the snow!!
I think thier making snow angels!
And I don't blame them for looking for that jackpot of treats!
- February 27, 2011 at 9:42 PM
- Tammie Lee said...
looks like a wonderful day.
your dog looks like a pup to me in these photos.
- February 27, 2011 at 11:14 PM
- 24 Paws of Love said...
Sorry to hear of your fall. Isn't it funny how we think our dogs are coming to save us and it always come down to the food?? BOL We agree with you there, for the love of a dog.
- February 28, 2011 at 12:55 AM
- Angus said...
So pleased about K.
That first photo of R is a real classic.
- February 28, 2011 at 12:57 AM
- Jed and Abby in MerryLand said...
Hope you're ok! We know the dogs were rushing over to protect you, and if any fallen treats accidently had to be rescued, too, well, that's life. Really, K was lying close to you to keep you warm. And we bet if you hadn't been able to move, R would have raced home just like Lassie to bring help. Once again, do you carry a cell phone or a klaxon or one of those lo-jack things to pinpoint your location?
We haven't read about K's misadventure yet. We're off to do it now.
Jed & Abby
- February 28, 2011 at 2:01 AM
- 3 doxies said...
So glad K demonstrated da correct way to get up...my legs are just a tad short so it don't take me as long to get up...hehehe!
Good gravies lady, you is gonna gives us a heart attack withs you fallin'...at leat K and R was theres to make sures you was okays...bwhahahaha...yea right. I mean afters they eated da loose treats. Hopes you no too sore.
- February 28, 2011 at 3:43 AM
- Louise said...
I hope that you're feeling few effects of your fall yesterday. And, I'm very glad that K is feeling fine after her gourmet adventures. She's such a charming animal, whether she's being a princess or a clown.
- February 28, 2011 at 7:11 AM
- Tom, Tama-Chan, Sei-Chan and Bibi-Chan said...
R does look so distinguished and K so very happy in those photos! Sorry about your fall, though!
- February 28, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- ♥I am Holly♥ said...
I do hope you are okay after that fall. That is scary. The pictures are great and I love the ones that show the goofy side!! Be careful on that ice! Lots of love, Debbie and Holly
- February 28, 2011 at 1:22 PM
- Maggie Mae said...
We is very happy dat you is OK after your fall and dat K is Okie Dokie too!
Woofs and Licks,
Maggie Mae
- February 28, 2011 at 2:20 PM
- Pup Fan said...
Awesome wriggle photos... what a cool sequence!
- February 28, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- sophie...^5 said...
In June 2007 Sophie and I were walking the rocky edge of the beach and unbeknownst to me was a dead fish just waiting for her to devour. I ran towards her because I thought the fish carcass may end up in a vomit session later. Well, I tripped landing on my left cheek bone..knocked myself out and with the tide coming in..really didn't care much what happened. Sophie dropped the fish and came over to me and sat while I became more aware. Love her to this day even if she seeks out the worst things to gnaw on!
- March 1, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- Snowcatcher said...
Ahhh, that last paragraph tugs on my heart! How wonderful that K returns your sentiments so appropriately. Love that sunset. Haven't read about the mistake yet, but I hope everything's okay...
- March 1, 2011 at 4:11 PM


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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Former Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylva arrested by EFCC
EFCC said in the statement that the former governor "was found hiding in a dingy corner in the upper chamber of his expansive mansion," in Abuja after his staff told them he was not in town when they went to make the arrest.
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"The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today, May 8, 2013, arrested the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva.
"He was picked up at his No. 3, Niger Street, Maitama, Abuja home. On arrival at the facility at about 10.00 am, the Commission's operatives were told that the ex-governor was not in town but they insisted on conducting a search on the house having obtained a warrant from the court.
"During the search, vital documents were obtained. Ironically, the ex-governor who was said to be out of town was later found hiding in a dingy corner in the upper chamber of his expansive mansion.
"He was immediately whisked away and is currently being interrogated at the Abuja headquarters of the anti- graft agency. He is being grilled in connection with fresh evidence linking him with a bouquet of fraudulent transactions that borders on money laundering. Part of the new evidence includes a number of eye-popping real estate acquisitions in Abuja.
"The arrest of the former governor is sequel to his refusal to honour invitations by the Commission. Rather than appear before the EFCC, he got his lawyers to inform the Commission that he was unable to appear because he was sick, and hospitalised in Lagos. The lawyer had promised to appear with his client on May 7, 2013 but failed to do so.
"The Commission warns that it will no longer tolerate the antics of suspects who treat its invitations with levity."
110 comments:
EFCC, can't arrest someone. Rather, they can invite you for questioning.
- May 8, 2013 at 11:12 PM
Yeah Yeah, whatever! Don't know who's worse sef, EFCC or the corrupt government officials.
Next Please
- May 8, 2013 at 11:12 PM
- BONARIO NNAGS said...
"found hiding in a dingy corner in the upper chamber of his expansive mansion"
quite shameful,anyway to others,they're still Innocent till they're stripped of their immunity.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA3310
- May 8, 2013 at 11:15 PM
Lmaoooo...first it was Alams disguisin in female attire,now dis!! Bayelsa! #imsleeptho. Lindaikardashian gudnite.
- May 8, 2013 at 11:16 PM
- ayomide adeware said...
Na so dem dey talk...
- May 8, 2013 at 11:18 PM
- Lexo22 said...
Good for him..... Onye kptara nku aruru si ngwere biara ya olili.
..... Sooner Amechi will follow him.
- May 8, 2013 at 11:18 PM
Let d ball keep rolling. Going d way of his oga. Can u people go after dat Edo state former governor. Abi una dey fear he papa.... Linda post my comment pls
- May 8, 2013 at 11:19 PM
Your sin would find you
- May 8, 2013 at 11:19 PM
- 9jagurl said...
Story! All na show! Watch dem go release d badt bayelsa guy after Unc Jona secretly intervenes. Nobi Naija we dey!
Yeye EFCC, Corrupt people, who dem wan deceive? Na today yansh dey back?
Rubbish! Oya NEXT!!!!!!!!!
- May 8, 2013 at 11:19 PM
Timipre Sylva again! Why is he hiding if he is not guilty, and failing to appear after being invited? Well, lets hope this is not another case that will be swept under d rug like the others, or treated with light sentences like the pension scam.
- May 8, 2013 at 11:20 PM
Dat serve him rit
- May 8, 2013 at 11:23 PM
This is fun.but will all know mr president is behind this arrest..corruption everywhere.mr GEJ fight it well avoid sentiments
- May 8, 2013 at 11:24 PM
- ★★PRINCE CHARMING™★★ said...
Good, but we need more than all this initial gra-gra that EFCC always does, we want to see them follow this thing to the very end, I am waiting for the day a highly placed corrupt leader whether past or present would be locked for good, I mean real jail!
- May 8, 2013 at 11:26 PM
- forensic brain said...
Toothless dog called EFCC. Let them keep barking!
- May 8, 2013 at 11:27 PM
I think EFCC is now broke looking for cash.. Thief is aresting thief. Holy ghost fire kill all of them...
- May 8, 2013 at 11:28 PM
- juliet igboekwe said...
mtcheww and then sometime in the future he would granted a presidential pardon
- May 8, 2013 at 11:32 PM
Don't worry dude, if you r found guilty, Jonathn wld pardon u, e sure
- May 8, 2013 at 11:34 PM
Na so!just 1derin whom he offended dat ratted him out..oh well,dier biz!BTW are dose boobs??
- May 8, 2013 at 11:34 PM
- Lasisi Segun said...
Abeg we know how this will end. They should stop wasting our time on this drama and allow him to enjoy his loot in peace. I know this present crop of leaders aint interested in tackling corruption. Next pls
- May 8, 2013 at 11:36 PM
And our president would still grant him pardon after this.. *smh*
- May 8, 2013 at 11:42 PM
No doubt he is involved in money laundering, d only reason he is being arrested is cos he is in d bad books of Johnathan.
- May 8, 2013 at 11:47 PM
- flairevent said...
Story bag! Effc is d most corrupt body in 9ja
- May 8, 2013 at 11:47 PM
What a shame. Actually Efcc has caught a lot of ex'leaders in regards to corruption...But that's where it ends,Johnathan's regime promotes corruption or let me put it rightly..Johnathan's regime Tolerates corruption. Let's hope they don't brush this one under the carpet like they do to all the other similar cases of money Laundring...
Pretty Girl
- May 8, 2013 at 11:49 PM
You can run but can never hide.
- May 8, 2013 at 11:51 PM
GEJ, I hope u'll pardon him as u did to Alamco.
- May 8, 2013 at 11:56 PM
- Lanre! said...
Naija corrupt things! Dem go release Unc Jona broda sharpaly in 2 days... Una go see!
Rubbish EFCC!!!
- May 8, 2013 at 11:57 PM
Will this our so called politicians ever learn? They are so rapacious for personal gain and subject the ordinary citizens to hardship. They re impediments to progress they should just rot in jail.
- May 8, 2013 at 11:58 PM
All the EFCC needs to say is he has been arrested. The description of where he was hiding is completely irrelevant ! Is it meant to impress us and show that they are doing their jobs or is it meant to imply his presumed guilt because he was 'hiding'? Semantics by the EFCC is not important. They will not try him and if they dont focus calmly on their jobs, he will benefit from their irrational exuberance , which will be the reason for messing up any case they may have !
Spokesmen should not get emotionally involved in their statements or judges may interprete their statements wrongly. Easy to appear prejudiced.
- May 9, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Soon everything will settle same old news nobe today.
- May 9, 2013 at 12:00 AM
All the EFCC needs to say is he has been arrested. The description of where he was hiding is completely irrelevant ! Is it meant to impress us and show that they are doing their jobs or is it meant to imply his presumed guilt because he was 'hiding'? Semantics by the EFCC is not important. They will not try him and if they dont focus calmly on their jobs, he will benefit from their irrational exuberance , which will be the reason for messing up any case they may have !
Spokesmen should not get emotionally involved in their statements or judges may interprete their statements wrongly. Easy to appear prejudiced.
- May 9, 2013 at 12:00 AM
See how ordinary this man now looks. Power is so transient. May God hv mercy on corrupt politicians.
- May 9, 2013 at 12:04 AM
Ok naw...but EFCC sld pls find a fitting bra fr d guy.
- May 9, 2013 at 12:09 AM
Got this on twitter, "Tega is suffering from Kidney Infection and needs Transplant urgently. Pls assist him, See d video http://goo.gl/EpTuK ". Don't know if you av seen it too, cus I can't see it on your blog and I wonder if U av seen it, why won't you post a story like this to help the young boy?
- May 9, 2013 at 12:11 AM
Good! I hope it doesn't disgrace itself the way it did with Ibori.
- May 9, 2013 at 12:13 AM
I wonder why they can't arrest Peter Odili, his the former Governor of Rivers State and he stole so much money.
- May 9, 2013 at 12:15 AM
#lindalies...u dey trend on top twitter...u dey lie reach dat level???
- May 9, 2013 at 12:15 AM
- efezzy said...
Well... U can't eat ur cake and hv it. I've been expecting dis 4 long. Even Ibori dat performed 100% beta was brought to book hw much more dis hardened drug addict. Same tin awaits all oda corrupt Leaders who tink dey can hv dia way wit d law. Smh....
- May 9, 2013 at 12:38 AM
when is GEJ going to pardon this one again? pleaseeeeeeeeeee EFCC be acting as if they are effective lol let them dem play with their childrens future greddy bastards
- May 9, 2013 at 12:42 AM
Gud 4 u, u meet moni 4 d state but u won eat am alone keep us 4 hunger nw were u end up? Hid n c nai u don dey do but u don c sey God pass u abi? No worry dis is jst d beginning Hon Dickson u dey hear abi? Mak una (govs) no worry God dey c una finish twwwwww
- May 9, 2013 at 12:46 AM
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- Oby Azike said...
oh dear
- May 9, 2013 at 12:49 AM
Once again, the toothless bulldog called EFCC barks in the media. Nothing will come out of this. Case is over as it is. Where is Cecelia Ibru and the Bank Chiefs we were regaled with their corrupt dealings? Where are the subsidy thieves? What about the Pension Thieves? Abeg leave matter. How can you use DINGY and Mansion in the same sentence?
- May 9, 2013 at 1:08 AM
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- May 9, 2013 at 1:16 AM
GEJ is really tackling his enemies, am here chilling and waiting for the PDP in house saga or trouble come next year in preparation for 2015 elections.
- May 9, 2013 at 2:56 AM
- Titilola Akintayo said...
See coward, why hiding if your hands are clean? or is the government witch hunting him too? No matter how much you amass of collective wealth your children they will one day curse you for the too easy life you are providing for them.
- May 9, 2013 at 3:29 AM
No mug shot.
- May 9, 2013 at 4:10 AM
- Arise Naija said...
Good job done by the EFCC but I just pray they dont bury the case as usual
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- May 9, 2013 at 4:35 AM
- Rayenter10ment said...
Bayelsa Again.....This guy is hiding? Hope he won't be worse than Ala....Lol. #Funny things over here
- May 9, 2013 at 5:14 AM
- Zion Daughter said...
why d arrest pls?....let him be
- May 9, 2013 at 5:45 AM
- BLOGLORD said...
abeg e! he will soon be released on a fine of 100k.
- May 9, 2013 at 5:52 AM
9jaaaaa 4 show.
- May 9, 2013 at 6:00 AM
EFCC is more corrupt.if u offend Oga @d top he sends Efcc after d person.when will nig change
- May 9, 2013 at 6:06 AM
And yet! Lucky Igbinedion is walking freely!!
#I weep for my country#
- May 9, 2013 at 6:13 AM
@Anon 1.08am, I was also wondering how dingy the upper chamber of a mansion could be. EFCC and their demo. Lol!
- May 9, 2013 at 6:29 AM
- somadina obi said...
"Found hiding in a dingy corner" lwkmd.......that one Bad oooo!
- May 9, 2013 at 6:30 AM
- LawAbidingCitizen said...
EFCC and their witch-hunting! No agency in Nigeria is as corrupt as the efcc themselves with the only exception being the Nigeria police!
- May 9, 2013 at 6:50 AM
Dr kunle,you are right,the description of where and how they found him was not nessesary,can thy do the kind of search Boston police did......thy are here running mouth......security personnels are the richest in this country......obasanjo backed the arrest of alamesia...goodluck backs that of sylva.........uptil now they havent arrested maina....ndi ara..efcc my foot
- May 9, 2013 at 6:54 AM
- ~prodigy07~ said...
And the dog (EFCC)suddenly began to bark again.jona why are u doing this,witchhunting ur brother,karma surely awaits u. u will definitely be paid back in your own coin.
- May 9, 2013 at 7:00 AM
Na wei them don arrest d x-governor, we don dey alerted, bt when them go free em, I swear we no go knw, that is hw we operate in dis country called NIGERIA
- May 9, 2013 at 7:01 AM
Like seriously, how many years are they going to give him if he is found guilty. To a guy that was sentence to 45 years because of a phone while the biggest thieves are sitting comfortably in there homes.
- May 9, 2013 at 7:09 AM
Ordinary Nigrian is getting wiser so let de so called efcc and their crime partners leave us alone, we know their pranks
- May 9, 2013 at 7:11 AM
EFCC is corruption itself, ifu dnt settle the ogas at the top, they ll come for u.imagine dat igbenedion ex gov of edo state with hitler beards, after ripping the state off 4 8yrs efcc said he stole only 2million naira with the masions he has, mtcheeww they shld just allow dis one go like dey ve bin doin the others nd btwn! Linda post my comment o
- May 9, 2013 at 7:16 AM
U r an idiot, why don't u simply say linda post this to assist the boy than that rubbish u typed dia. Everyone knows linda is kindhearted and has helped pple like this. Fools like you soil pple's name.am sure u've never contributed a shilling to help someone
- May 9, 2013 at 7:17 AM
But dey belong to d same cult so it will be settled in-house
- May 9, 2013 at 7:31 AM
Beside every successful thief is a successful solicitor. U wan try Mbaise woman? Nor go there o.
- May 9, 2013 at 7:38 AM
- kelvin said...
the truth is he has been arrested
- May 9, 2013 at 7:39 AM
U jst took the words outta my mouth!.....they are all thieves!
- May 9, 2013 at 7:43 AM
Lmao @ fitting bra!
- May 9, 2013 at 7:47 AM
U jst took the words outta my mouth!.....they are all thieves!
- May 9, 2013 at 7:48 AM
EFCC said in the statement that the former governor "was found hiding in a dingy corner in the upper chamber of his expansive mansion,"
If him no get roach for him cupboard why him dey hide naa. Anyway, dem no dey carry last.
- May 9, 2013 at 8:15 AM
- Booker T Samuels said...
No disrespect to Bayelsans or whatever d fuck dey call themselves. You guys are a shame. D whole south south as a whole cus all ur uncles in power Hv done is steal, steal and mmmmmmmm steal.
- May 9, 2013 at 8:22 AM
Ok, soon, Ameachi would follow the ladder to.......
Bia Linda why didn't you post my comment on the jet issue and his babymama? If you like don't post this one, all I know is that you read it, or you want me to give you link so u can follow it up or would you rather I bring you the info? Which one u dey sef.
I Waka pass.
- May 9, 2013 at 8:29 AM
- Marcel Duplexis said...
And d moral of the story is: Don't bite the fingers of your political oga at d top, u can never be bigger than him! Qed!
- May 9, 2013 at 8:30 AM
- Marcel Duplexis said...
With all d cash they steal, they still are not resourceful! Why should he hide in a dingy corner, when he could have built a panic room,knowing fully well dat Jona was going to get him sooner or later!
- May 9, 2013 at 8:33 AM
It's a pity dis saga is continued again. Who dey decieve Who. EFCC abi Fed gvt. Abeg make una sweep am under d carpet as usual.
- May 9, 2013 at 8:39 AM
EFCC go and sleep jor,u guys are even more Corrupted than Timipre sylva one million times.go and start from OBJ,then we will know u guys mean Business....
- May 9, 2013 at 8:42 AM
Thank you
- May 9, 2013 at 8:55 AM
serious winch hunting be this
- May 9, 2013 at 8:59 AM
- Cute G said...
This is critical!!!
- May 9, 2013 at 9:09 AM
GEJ's enemy. Look at how gaunt he looks! From grace to grass.
- May 9, 2013 at 9:10 AM
- kelvin said...
many days for the thief one long day for the owner
- May 9, 2013 at 9:30 AM
This is not news abeg. Atleast I know I'm not a novice in this Nigeria. We all know the end of this thing. I dunno why nigerians even get excited when 'news' like this springs up. Btw lool he's my Neighbour.
- May 9, 2013 at 9:31 AM
Admitted, Sylva was a corrupt governor, but there are very few political office holders or military officers who had held political appointment in our country since independence, who had not been corrupt or enjoyed the spoils of office beyond the ordinary. The actual allowances and benefits-in-kind for public office holders in Nigeria are really outrageous and condemnable -they are at extreme variance with the level of abject poverty of the ordinary Nigerians and level of economic development of our country! I weep for our country! Anyway, God is visiting the thieves in public offices with terminal illnesses and making their children drug addicts and big embarassments to them. Think of it, right from independence, do you hear of their children making personal achievements in life? What the children/grandchildren only get are political appointments from every new govt, just to obtain the support of their families. However, some are even too useless to be given appointments! I rest my case.
- May 9, 2013 at 9:53 AM
Don't mind them,using words they know nothing about.dingy and mansion.msheeeuw.why is d corrupt wife of d president still walking free.u only have 2 be in d good books of the president,perfect ur ass kissing technique and u are safe.
- May 9, 2013 at 9:59 AM
the only ex-governor with the biggest dick
- May 9, 2013 at 10:00 AM
- tolly jones said...
d guy is a thief if u go to bayelsa u ll see he didnt do any thing to develop d state as governor they should lock him up and trow away d key dab ass
- May 9, 2013 at 10:01 AM
Hehehehehehe..OLE!!! BARAWO!!! Well done EFCC!!! But what of Peter Odili???
- May 9, 2013 at 10:03 AM
How many of the so called Nigeria Politicians are not thieves? Iam not defending Slyva, but it's a clear indication of selective justice in Nigeria. If it continues like this, I doubt any good thing coming out. We need disciplne and unyielding leadership in Nigeria.
- May 9, 2013 at 10:05 AM
Wow dis man has a sagging breast,he needs a push up bra,if he is innocent he will be released.
- May 9, 2013 at 10:11 AM
- munchie said...
can u imagine,see big thief and a phone thief was sent to 45yrs imprisonment,very corrupt country and government,ex gov Ibori dat stole all d treasury money in is state no even get 15yrs ,dis country is sick
- May 9, 2013 at 10:36 AM
Pls we all know Jonathan is behind this, why should you bring somebody down when he steps on your toes jonathan should take a look at the increasing poverty rate,the criminals on the street,the power problems,terrorism,just to mention a few of our problems,so he left all these things that he should face and then decides to waste time plotting the downfall of an enemy when boko haram members are plotting another deadly attack right now...God bless Nigeria!
- May 9, 2013 at 10:37 AM
- adeniyi opemipo said...
Hmmm all days is for the thief A̶̲̥̅̊nϑ one day is for the owner... You thieves watch it. Is soon gonna be γ̲̣̣̥our turn
- May 9, 2013 at 11:01 AM
anon May 9, 2013 at 10:00 AM they said Duke's own is legendary. Lol.
- May 9, 2013 at 11:45 AM
- soladunn said...
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- May 9, 2013 at 1:07 PM
Every day for the thief one for the owner
- May 9, 2013 at 2:23 PM
- odobo grace said...
Na real Lindaikardashian! Hian
- May 9, 2013 at 2:56 PM
Duke ke? that stingy fool....no go there unless u wan carry HIV..
- May 9, 2013 at 3:03 PM
abi my sista.dey jst dey disturb dem self
- May 9, 2013 at 4:24 PM
Who is fooling who, this guy has gone to apologies to his political god fathers, so the rest now is nolly wood movies, he will be release and the case will die a natural dealth in court
- May 9, 2013 at 5:43 PM
- Sir Sokari Dappa Andrew-Jaja said...
EFCC can arrest, especially if one fails to honour their invitation and especially when they have a warrant.
But why would anyone fail to honour their invitation?
- May 9, 2013 at 8:02 PM
See man boobs! This one na B cup, get a bra!
- May 9, 2013 at 11:57 PM
anon May 9, 2013 at 3:03 PM that's why he's stingy because he has a big one and they say he can do.
- May 10, 2013 at 1:53 AM
They are all the same.. Bunch of Liars.. Who are they deceiving.. Me or their papa?
- May 10, 2013 at 4:25 AM
Mechie onu!
- May 10, 2013 at 5:19 AM
upon all the money he stole, look at the ridiculous outfit he's wearing. it just shows money don't buy class
- May 10, 2013 at 12:50 PM
Na delta state governor dem sabi disgrace n lock up. Edo state ex governor wen be big tif fear nor let dem catch am! Alamaeisigha nko? Dem give am presidential pardon, this one na world pardon dem go give am! Useless pple! Linda post my comment o! Excel
- May 11, 2013 at 1:07 PM
He can never go to grass. Even in d 5th generation of his clan. If only u know d root of dis matter, u will review ur post.
- November 2, 2013 at 9:14 PM
Thank u
- November 2, 2013 at 9:17 PM
Hmm so u ve tasted d dick of all d governors in dis country? U re even more corrupt nd wayward than d Sylva. EFCC should come after u as well. Fool!!!
- November 2, 2013 at 9:19 PM
Thank u my sister. God bless u.
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Savory Baked French Toast
6 slices stale bread, quartered (I use sour dough usually; it's delightful. I've also used onion rolls which are quite tasty)
4 pieces cooked bacon, roughly chopped/crumbled
2 tomatoes, cut into largish pieces (bigger than diced, let's say)
8 eggs, beaten slightly
1 cup milk
1 cup yogurt (I use greek-style for the slight tangy flavor it gives)
1 cup grated cheese (I've used sharp cheddar, but you could use pretty much whatever kind you like best)
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As usual, everything is last minute when it comes to preparing. That's usually because I'm so darn busy doing everything else that by the time I'm thinking about the kids, I've realize that the pen I had the does kid in last season is housing waterfowl because a skunk killed three ducks and my best goose. My husband moved the waterfowl in that pen while we planned to live-trap the skunk.
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I was happy with my purchase and buying minutes was easy as well. I think that the priests must get a lot of Americans looking for their roots who just show up at their doorstep, without specific information, leads, or clues in hand.
Once I demonstrated my politeness, persistence, and specific connection to the area, they were most often extremely kind in return, showing or copying baptismal records.
I tracked my Shore side of the family to Birch Cooley, Minnesota where my grandmother had grown up. After looking at census records and newspaper obituaries at the Minnesota Historical society, I tied in other surnames as well: McCarthy, Hurley, and Desmond.
Families tried to stay together when they immigrated, and that is exactly what happened on this branch of my family tree. Shore doesn't sound particularly Irish, so having the other surnames helped tremendously to find the Irish townland. However, I did find it, with the help of some distantly related Shore cousins who were generous with clues and spirit.
Catherine Hurley Shore, my great-great grandmother, was a tough ancestor to nail down. Two of her four children's death certificates listed different maiden names for her. Her obituary and her own death certificate listed none. A plat map of the Minnesota township and the neighboring township revealed a clue. Immediately to the east of her farm a Patrick Hurley was listed, as well as a few other Hurleys. In addition, although at the time I didn't realize that it was a clue, Patrick's township in Minnesota was named Bandon.
When I searched the microfilm version of the Griffith's Valuation, I searched for Shore and Hurley together. I knew from local death certificates that William Shore's mother was Mary McCarthy Shore. So, I added, in the back of my mind, the name McCarthy. Guess who I found? Mary McCarthy Shore was renting from a Bartholomew Hurley in Farranalough, County Cork. Farranalough, as it turned out, is just a few miles northwest of Bandon, Ireland.
Once you arrive in your townland, there may be ample opportunity for you to continue your research. Librarians, as I mentioned above, are wonderful resources, but so are retired, local farmers. I was privileged enough to meet one in the graveyard near Farranalough.
As it turned out, John Joseph Lyons was not only kind-hearted, but had done a tremendous amount of local historical reading and was willing to spend a whole day driving around the townland, telling stories, and looking at my archival plat maps. After our day of touring, he even dug into his own files of the area and came up with local census information that wasn't available in the States.
We scheduled an additional meeting to visit a smaller, out-of-town graveyard in which the Hurley family of that area was buried. Mr. Lyons's grandmother was a Hurley as well. We may be distant cousins, but I don't have specific genealogical proof to that end. I would like to think that this wonderfully gentle, sweet man and I are cousins.
Rule 5: "How could I have been so stupid?"
Sometimes a clue is staring you in the face, and you look back, possibly for years, without understanding its worth. That's what happened to me on my Cooper and Healy side of the family.
Catherine Cooper, my great-great grandmother married John Halloran in the U.S. On her grave marker in Minnesota, her place of birth is listed as Hospital. For years I thought that this was a quaint way of saying that she was born in a hospital. Then, I realized that the letter "h" was capitalized, so it could certainly be a proper noun, a place name, and that's what it is - a Catholic Parish in Limerick.
I wrote to the Limerick Genealogical Society asking for help. They were most efficient in their research and provided me with baptismal information for the Cooper family, along with general information about the area. Catherine had been baptized in Hospital, along with a younger sister, but an older brother had been baptized in Bruff, not too far away.
Catherine's mother's name, according to the baptismal records, was Julia Healy Cooper. Her husband was Edmund Cooper. In Bruff, I saw from the church records that there were many female Healys in the area, starting as early as 1784.
The Limerick Genealogical Society also reviewed the Griffith's and found that a Julia Cooper was living in Rawleystown, just north of Hospital. Additionally, a Mary Healy was listed as an immediate neighbor.
I ordered the corresponding archival plat map from the Irish Land Valuation Office and was able to go directly to the land. Unfortunately, the old cottages were demolished and new ones stood on their site. Julia, to my best account, did not immigrate to America. She probably is buried in the small graveyard just south of town, although I couldn't locate her gravestone.


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napokon sam je procitala,posto nisam procitala predhodne bilo je jako tesko ovu knjigu citati,pratila sam seriju i nekako uspjela da pohvatam konce,al jedva.
Was dreading this a bit as I did not really enjoy feast for cros and bought this would have a similar effect on me. Pleasantly surprised that I got back into the story with this one and enjoyed most of it. Think that this mainly down to liking the Tyrion sections , always good value. There is something annoying about the Daenerys parts though, constant lists of names and details that make it a struggle to get throught those chapters. For me, a return to pretty good form.
My first read through of the newest book in the Song of Ice and Fire series. The book itself isn't so new now but I had to do a reread of the previous four books before I was going to tackle this one. I'm glad I did. Without the rereads I would have been very confused about why some people were in the places they were and why they meant when they said some things. Martin includes some explanations but these are integrated into the story and not really meant as a fill-in for readers. Martin expects you to have read all the previous books and kept up with the goings-on in the realm. I enjoyed this book. This book happens at the same time as book four does. There was just too much material to write about that Martin had to split it all into two books. And whereas the fourth book consisted of many viewpoints from characters I either didn't like or wasn't invested in, I didn't like it as much as I'd hoped. This volume however has the viewpoints of some of my favorites: Jon, Tyrion and Daenerys. It's a long book though. And I'm only halfway done: this book was too big as well and was divided into two. That is a lot of damn hours of reading/listening but in the end it is all worth it. I've said it before, but this series is a masterpiece; very complex and dark but fantastic. It's not for everyone, but if you can handle it, you'll never forget it.
This is the fifth and latest of Martin's Song of Ice & Fire series, which I can honestly say is my least favorite.
Likes: it continues the tale with both style and spectacular character development, he's still able to slip surprises into the tale, great ending.
Dislikes: poor editing (especially parts at the beginning that should have definitely been in the previous book), small chunks that tend to be boring because they introduce new characters or transition moments that feel forced like an infomercial, his need to kill off characters for shock value (at first it kept me on my toes, but now it is frustrating to the point of not wanting to invest in any character), and finally he introduced a reborn character at the end of the last book and then no mention at all in this one (which is the author's right but it still ticked me off).
It's been a while since I read book 4 but didn't really have any problems sinking straight back in to this series (the TV show has probably helped with this). Books 4 & 5 run more or less in tandem following different groups of people in each tome. This one deals with what happens to Tyrion, Jon Snow, Daenerys, Bran, Stannis, Reek and a few other subsidiary characters. Each chapter is headed by character name so you know who's up next and as some chapters end on cliff-hangers you want to jump ahead at times to see what happens to that person/group rather than returning to somebody else's tale.
Considering this is a fairly sizeable book (624 pages without the appendix) the overall story arc isn't greatly advanced. It ends with a lot of people still in the same place they started. As this is not really a complete book the ending isn't really a conclusion, it just stops and of course some of the characters face imminent peril so I guess I'll just have to move straight on to Part 2.
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Linda Slack and her friends are willing to bare their feet, in hopes we can warm them up.
This week's Does It Work product: Hot Sox.
They're linseed-filled-slippers you can microwave. The ad said simply said heat them up and put them on. But when Linda reads the directions and warnings, she's not happy.
"The Hot Sox are not designed to be walked in. That might be a problem."
But it's not the only one. "Do not place in the washing machine or dryer. Spot clean only!" That's a little disturbing to Linda Sterrett. "I would not put them in the microwave after they got smelly. It's just a bad thought! I don't know how to describe it, but no! We don't want to do that!"
However, the gals do put in a clean pair for the first trial. And they get warm. But that's as good as it gets.
"Oh, they are heavy!" says Linda Sterrett. "I couldn't walk with these. I'd be on my nose. And the idea of a slipper you can't walk in? That's not a slipper to me!"
And then there's still that nagging issue of using the microwave for food after you've heated up those sweaty slippers.
"It would still bother me," says Carol Wells, pulling a cup of coffee from the microwave. "I couldn't drink this coffee. No way." She pours it down the sink. And then she slips on the Hot Sox.
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Since it's three thumbs down, because of the washing, the walking and the weight, we contacted the company.
We called and e-mailed the head of Harriet Carter Gifts, who sold us the slippers. We never got a response.
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In episode 30 of Carnagecast, the gang discusses Lords of Waterdeep, an Euro-style board game from Wizards of the Coast based on the perennially favorite world of the Forgotten Realms for Dungeons & Dragons. Rod runs down how the game works, then the conversation breaks out into how this game may appeal to different groups […]
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In an interview with ET Now, Ashvin Parekh, Partner, Ernst &, speaks about the Basel-III norms to be incorporated in the Indian banking system. Excerpts:
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5 Voice Over Roles : Which are you?
By Stephanie Ciccarelli
March 22, 2007
While there are many ways to communicate a message, the art of voice over is tops for delivering the human touch.
Which role suits your voice?
Learn more about five different styles of voice over used for commercial and industrial use and leave a comment about the style you work with the most.
Over the centuries, the art of communicating with other people about a given purpose and the transmission of the spoken word, the most powerful, persuasive, and distinctly human tool in any marketers arsenal, has evolved to the degree that you don't have to be in the same room to get a message across, even the same country for that matter.
Geographic locations and time zones afford little to no obstacle for communicating with others in a meaningful and cohesive way.
With all of the advantages this new world and new media bestows, it is very important that a message received is a message that is understood, believed and acted upon.
Much of this depends on the copy writing and voice over skills of the messengers, which brings us to five different character roles you can perform as a voice talent to get the message of your client across in a direct and effective way.
1. Instructor (formal, didactic voice over)
2. Real Person (informal voice over)
3. Spokesperson (advocate, authoritative voice over)
4. Narrator (omniscient storyteller)
5. Announcer (sets the stage and calls for action)
Let's explore these types of character roles in detail.
1. Instructor
When teaching someone on what to do, for example, a corporate training video or children's game, the voice over best suited for this kind of project is a straightforward, didactic and educated voice. The role of this particular voice talent is to instruct or provide information to fulfill a specific goal or purpose.
2. Real Person
Projects requiring a more casual approach often benefit from relatable, genuine voice overs. These voice overs are referred to as "Real Person" voice overs, commonly known as the "regular guy" or the "girl next door". The character is homegrown, sensible, and friendly with a touch of familiarity and provides a more intimate interpretation that instills trust.
3. Spokesperson
A Spokesperson can be on camera or off camera depending on the medium you are using. The role of a spokesperson is generally played by a confident, charismatic person able to promote a cause, product, or service with ease and authority. A voice over of this nature needs to be driven, optimistic and assured.
4. Narrator
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Do you find that you are hired for a particular kind of read? Which of these five roles do you identify best with?
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Much to my surprise, I am often hired for the "regular guy"...I don't really like my real guy voice, but that gets me more work that I can count.
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Very interesting thoughts today. Thank you for stimulating my thinking this way.
Be well,
Those who have been doing this for a while have learned the fine nuances in voice delivery to accommodate reader "types" or roles. It is because we are called upon to do so.
Versatility allows you to become the voice for many role types.
What is so critical is to "know thy audience". Many voice artists make make the shift almost automatically upon review of the script. And of course, like any business, there are trends and cycles, and you may find yourself developing a niche... it lasts a while and then there are other needs throughout the industry which changes up things.
Some things however, remain constant, I believe. I think it's because my Dad was a doctor, one sister a med tech, another a scrub nurse, another an LPN, and a brother in law who's an opthamologist, I have an uncanny knack for getting all these medical and highly technical scripts sound like they make sense, when they are almost like speaking a foreign language!
Thanks for "listening".
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I love these Vox Daily's! They are informative, helpful and basically just reiterate what we already know, but in a nice compact little reminder. Love it! I am definitely "real person" although I do narration weekly for Insight for the Blind.
I've had the opportunity to do most of those but I think that spokesperson is the one for which I've received the most requests. I want to do more narrations because I just love telling stories.Posted by:
What a great article! I find I can identify with the Instructor simply because of my background as a Physician Assistant and love of medical terminology (lots of big words!) But I being the Narrator and creating a colorful world and interesting characters with just my voice. But, then there's the Real Person...wait, I don't have multiple personalities, do I (or I)?Posted by:
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More excellent tuition - thankyou Stephanie.
When I started, I strove to bury my (as I thought) 'English vicar' tones - but found that people wanted to buy them! Then came gigs at the opposite end of the field - manic football commentary, loopy female - and some challenges in between, including an audiobook with 20 characters to at least indicate if not fully inhabit. Despite a deepish voice, I never quite nailed the 'generic' 'manly' 'authoritative' commercial voiceover... where I suppose the Neumann-buying money is! One of the many great things about Voices.com is you get a chance to explore every genre. Actors we are of course, but surely we please our audiences best if we are true to ourselves?
I am involved with Sports on a daily basis. I do Sports Public Address Announcing for many sports. Therefore, the announcer role is my area I feel could be of interest. However, I have been involved in spokesperson and narration in different areas of my background.Posted by:
I tend to get Narrator, Real Person and Character roles...mostly...
I'm whichever of those I need to be for the particular read. Any
writers out there reading this? When you ask for any of those reads,
make sure you write it FOR that read! You can't write a hardsell
read then ask for a Sam Elliot! Nor can you write 100 words and
ask for a relaxed easygoing read!
My diction is excellent and my voice has been called "soothing," so I usually get instructor or narration gigs. I also have occasional forays into character (not really mentioned above) because I'm a film/TV/theatre actor and pretty good with accents.Posted by:


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HOWARDVILLE - Elizabeth K. Johnson, 71, died Nov. 10, 2006, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Born Sept. 22, 1935, in Lilbourn, daughter of the late Bennie and Mattie Lee Greer, she was a member of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church and volunteered for Beverly Entripe, Kids Beat and the New Madrid County Resource Center Tutoring Program.
Survivors include: two sons, Robert Gary and Douglas Gary of South Bend, Ind.; one daughter, Connie Willis of Elkhart, Ind.; three brothers, Arthur "B.A." Greer of Dallas and Alfonzo Greer and Bennie Jo Greer of Lilbourn; and 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Brendy Greer; and three sisters, Patsy Jones, Liddia Marie Taylor and Anna Wilhite.
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Waterford — When he was 2, Bill Berloni's mother asked him whether he'd like a brother or a sister.
"And I said, 'A dog,'" he told an audience at the Waterford Public Library Saturday afternoon.
It was a moment of foreshadowing for Berloni, who received a Tony award in 2011 as the honor recipient for Excellence in the Theatre for his long career making stars out of strays.
Several dozen gathered in the basement of the library Saturday to hear Berloni tell the tale of how he became the first theatrical dog trainer — the world's only one, in fact, at least in name.
"That's because I made it up," he said.
It was back in the 1970s at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, where a little-known musical called "Annie" debuted to terrible reviews before proceeding to Broadway success and musical canonization.
Working 70 unpaid hours a week behind the scenes in the summer of 1976, Berloni hoped that one day he would land a role in one of the shows. So when the director called then-19-year-old Berloni into his office, he thought his day had come.
The director had realized they would need to cast and train a dog — unheard of in stage musicals until then. For $35 — and the promise of a stage role — Berloni agreed to do it himself.
"(The director) needed basically a sucker to take on this responsibility," Berloni said.
So Berloni was sent to shelters around Connecticut with a Polaroid camera and a van on a casting mission: to find a mutt to play Sandy, Annie's beloved canine companion. It was on this trip that Berloni finally saw for himself the plight of so many abandoned animals who live in kill shelters, their days numbered when they arrive, often living in squalid conditions.
"To me, dogs came from good places," he said.
The dog who would become the original Sandy was set to be euthanized the next day. For $7, Berloni rescued him, put him in his van, bought him a 19-cent hamburger from McDonald's, and brought the bedraggled, antisocial pup back to the theater, to the director's dismay.
But through careful rehabilitation, rewarding with treats and bonding with the cast, Berloni slowly trained him not only how to be a stage dog, but how to trust people again. "Annie" debuted later in the summer, and the dog did well, Berloni said — though the show itself was panned by critics.
Berloni eventually moved to New York to study acting, taking the original Sandy with him to live in a tiny fifth-floor walkup in Greenwich Village. When producer Mike Nichols brought "Annie" to Broadway, the show took off — and so did Berloni's career: At age 20, he became a world-famous animal trainer and quit acting in favor of his newly cultivated talent.
Since 1977, he has since trained animals for 24 Broadway shows as well as for movies, TV shows and commercials, all of them rescues from animal shelters. And he owns 23 rescue dogs of his own at home, fulfilling the promise he made to himself after that first fateful shelter trip in 1976 always to adopt rescues.
With him on Saturday were Chico, who played Bruiser in the Broadway version of "Legally Blonde," and Casey, who is training with Berloni as an understudy for Sandy in the current run of "Annie" on Broadway. Both are rescues — Chico from Newark, N.J., and Casey from Nashville, Tenn.
Saturday, Berloni went through the traditional trainer's moves with them — heel, stay, sit, lie down — before rewarding them repeatedly with treats.
In speaking of his training philosophy, and answering the questions of many dog owners in the audience, Berloni said he plays to the dogs' natural abilities and inclinations, always encouraging and never punishing.
"You're looking into the eyes of nature, and there's free will there," he said.
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By BARBARA MARTINEZ
A majority of New York City teachers who lost their positions at schools earlier this year have neither applied for another job in the system nor attended any recruitment fairs in recent months, according to data released by the Department of Education Thursday.
New York is the only city in the country where teachers are guaranteed pay for life even when their school closes and they are put out of a permanent job. In Chicago, teachers get a year to find a new job. In Washington, D.C., highly rated teachers get a year or a buyout option, while low-rated teachers are dismissed.
The employment guarantee costs New York's DOE more than $100 million a year in salary and benefits for teachers who don't have permanent teaching jobs, the agency says. Those teachers go into what the DOE calls the Absent Teacher Reserve pool, where they can be called up to work in schools as substitutes or do other jobs. The DOE says the average teacher in the ATR pool earns $82,000 a year, and some make more than $100,000. Some teachers have been in the pool since 2006.
The issue of the ATR pool promises to be one of the toughest battlegrounds this fall as both the DOE and the teachers union present arguments to a panel of mediators who will try to broker a deal for a teachers contract, which expired last fall.
"At a time when our schools are struggling to maintain vital programs and services, we cannot afford to spend $100 million a year paying the full salaries and benefits of teachers who aren't in the classroom teaching and many of whom aren't even trying to find new jobs," said Ann Forte, a DOE spokeswoman. "It's time for the UFT to work with us to find a better way."
The United Federation of Teachers counters that this is a problem of the DOE's making, and one that the UFT has offered to resolve in numerous ways, all of which have been rejected. The union said the schools chancellor, Joel Klein, could place the teachers in job vacancies in schools and wipe out the ATR pool. "The fact that he has chosen not to do so indicates that he prefers to have the issue to complain about rather than to resolve the problem," the UFT's president, Michael Mulgrew, said in a statement.
For Mr. Klein, forcing teachers into vacancies would go against his philosophy of giving principals market-based autonomy and accountability. For the UFT, putting a time limit on ATR teachers' ability to find jobs threatens the tenets of seniority and tenure, the sacred hallmarks of teachers unions.
Of the nearly 1,800 teachers in the ATR pool, 59% had not applied for any jobs through the DOE's job-recruitment system nor attended any of the job fairs, the DOE said. There are currently about 1,200 job openings in the system and significant restrictions on schools' abilities to hire teachers from outside of the system, giving ATR teachers and other current instructors first shot at job openings.
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