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Amid Chilly Scenes of Winter Olympics, Some Ambitious Americans Aim for Gold in Them Thar Hills
Unlike the Summer Games, there are no scantily clad divers or glistening sprinters. There is none of the running, swimming and throwing. Instead, there are blurs of bright color hurtling down gleaming mountains at speeds a runner can only imagine. There are bobsledders with frost on their goggles, ski jumpers with ice in their veins and skaters who flourish their spins and snoops with surpassing grace. There are lugers and schussers and slalomers—a whole culture of athletes who hare come from all over the world to play out their dreams in a winter landscape.
During the last month, PEOPLE has profiled several of America's top prospects at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Now, as these Games get under way, we look at others, some with the unmistakable glint of gold in their eyes, some with less grandiose dreams, some just very glad to be there at all. For some, it is the first Olympics. For others, it is the last shot.
Let the Games begin.
Duncan Kennedy finds luge is better the second time around
Luger Duncan Kennedy no longer shaves his head, but check out the tattoo on his left arm. It says U.S. LUGE across an American flag spouting red flames. "I came up with the design and thought it was really cool," says Kennedy, 24, the wild man of the World Cup circuit. "I wanted something timeless."
Lately, Kennedy has been approaching timelessness himself. His numbers in the luge—a roller coaster of an event in which sledders shoot feetfirst, like human bullets, down a curving icy course at 75 m.p.h.—have been some of the best in the world.
Kennedy enters these Games on a roll—make that a slide—having taken two golds, two silvers and a bronze in his first live World Cup starts this season. "This time I'm a contender. It puts the race in a new perspective," he says. Growing up in Lake Placid, N.Y., Kennedy got into luging at 12—because it seemed like "the ultimate sleigh ride." And he has held on tight to the kid in him. "I guess I've been kind of an individual," he says. Maybe lugers can be choosers.
For Eva Twardokens, the ski is mightier than the sky
Private pilot Eva Twardokens admits she should be studying for her instrument-rating exam so that she can get her commercial license. Or maybe she should be thinking about marketing the Santa Cruz, Calif. house she remodeled last summer with the intention of selling, "I guess I'm too excited about the Olympics to think about a Cessna 172." says the 5'5", 130-lb. skier. "But right now the only thing on my mind is skiing. I'm into my Olympics psyched-up mode, and I love it."
Twardokens, whose parents defected from Poland at the 1958 World Fencing Championships in Philadelphia, is having a gratifying World Cup season. But the tour, on which she is rated in the top 20, has taken a physical toll on the slalom and giant-slalom specialist. "Competing requires constantly coping with the logistics of travel and trying to keep to a low-fat, high-carbo diet." says Eva. "I never seem to find the right time or place to sit down and let my breath out. Thank God for adrenaline."
Whether it's adrenaline or 10 years of experience on the U.S. Ski Team. Twardokens is one of the squad's best bets for an Albertville medal. Indeed, the 27-year-old skier has surprised herself by doing so well. "At the beginning of the season I didn't know what to expect," she says. "But now I feel I can win if I take it one race at a lime." Her solution? "I have to concentrate," says Twardokens, "on concentrating."
With three very good skates, the U.S. has sweep dreams
Kristi Yamaguchi. Tonya Harding. Nancy Kerrigan. A year ago the three Americans finished 1-2-3 at the World Figure Skating Championships in Munich, the first time one country had swept the women's competition. Now all three are back to form the strongest U.S. women's figure skating team in almost four decades—but so, too, is Midori Ito, the explosive skater from Japan who was favored at the Worlds until she injured herself a day before the finals.
The ultrapolished Yamaguchi, 20, of Fremont, Calif., who added the national championship to her world title last month with a nearly flawless meld of seven triples, is considered America's best prospect for a gold, a feat no American woman skater has accomplished since Dorothy Hamill in 1976. Harding, 21, from Portland, Oreg., lacks Kristi's artistry, but she has something else: the triple axel. She and Ito, 22, are the only women in skating history to have made the challenging 3½-revolution jump in competition. "On any given day," said Yamaguchi, "the champion could be any one of us."
Speed skier C.J. Mueller finds a Rocky Mountain high
It used to he all downhill for C.J. Mueller until 1981, when he discovered the rush that conies from real speed. Dining a holiday in the French Alps, Mueller tried speed skiing and was clocked at 103 m.p.h.—or more than 20 m.p.h. faster than the top speed in a World Cup downhill race. "I thought, 'Yeah, this is what I'm gonna do,' " he says.
A decade later, the 40-year-old construction worker and self-described ski bum from Breckenridge, Colo., whose personal best is now up to 136.6 m.p.h. (2.4 m.p.h. under the world record), is back in the French Alps. But this time he's America's best hope in speed skiing, which is making its debut as an Olympic demonstration sport at Albertville.
The sport is simplicity itself. Skiers, outfitted in aerodynamic suits and helmets, schuss straight down a steep, smooth run and through a 100-meter-long speed trap. The event, in which scores will be recorded but no medals awarded, could become a full-fledged medal sport at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway. "As long as I stay healthy and we have good weather, I can win," he says. And he doesn't mind being 40 in a world of 20-year-olds. "The biggest difference," Mueller says, "is when I'm tuning my skis, I'm listening to Frank Sinatra instead of heavy metal." Doobie, doobie...whooosh!
A trucker and a waitress aim to gild their blue collars
Just because they're a couple of working stiffs—he's a trucker and she's a waitress—and just because his name is Rocky doesn't mean that pairs skaters Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval have to have a story with a perfect Hollywood ending. "We're just happy to be going to the Olympics," says Rocky. "Realistically, we're looking at the top 5 or 6—but a miracle could happen."
Make that another miracle. Urbanski and Marval weren't supposed to win the Nationals in Orlando last month either, but they did, alter going into the finals in third place. Urbanski, 31, is married to a skating coach and works as a waitress at Kid Shelleen's in Wilmington, Del. Marval, 26, a bachelor whose real name is Rocco Marvaldi, owns a trucking company in New Egypt, N.J., with his brother. Win or lose, Calla expects to be back waitressing in Kid Shelleen's. As for Rocky: He says he'll keep on trucking.
Without a trace of medal fatigue, Bonnie Blair flies again
Bonnie Blair has her priorities—medals first, then the man, then the chocolate-chip cookies. "My goal is to defend my title in the 500-meter race, win a medal in the 1,000 and see what happens in the 1,500," says the standout speedskater who took a gold in the 500 and a bronze in the 1,000 at the 1988 Games in Calgary. In Albertville she's spending time with her boyfriend, speedskater Dave Cruikshank—and time in the kitchen too. Bonnie, 27, brought her own baking soda and vanilla with her from Champaign, Ill., so she could bake cookies the way she likes them. What, after all, do the French know about chocolate chips?
After Albertville, says Bonnie, "my coaches certainly don't expect me to retire. They've already bought tickets for me to the 1994 Winter Games in Norway." Dave may be seeing less of her, but when you're dating someone as good as Blair, that's the way the chocolate-chip cookie crumbles.
Where there's a Will (and a Walker) there's a way
Bobsledder Handy Will, 27, originally meant to get to the Olympics on skis. But in 1983, as a member of the U.S. Ski Team, he wiped out on the slopes in Montana. "The doctor told me it was basically all over," says Randy, who had two reconstructive knee surgeries. But Will wouldn't quit. Supporting himself doing odd jobs in his hometown of Lake Placid, N.Y., site of the only U.S. bobsled run, he threw himself into his new sport. "I'm not that big," says Will, who at 5'9" and 175 lbs. will steer the four-man sled. "But you can substitute anything for determination."
The chances of the U.S.'s winning a medal improved substantially when Will's sled added Minnesota Viking running back Herschel Walker—all 6', 225 lbs. of him—as a pusher. Walker, 28, of Irving, Texas, who look his first bobsled run only two years ago, promises nothing less than "the fastest push-off times in the world."
Mary Docter skates to a big comeback—in life and on ice
After a disappointing 19th in the 3,000-meter race and an 11th in the 5,000 at the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary, speedskater Mary Docter saved her best performance for the postcompetition press conference. "You've been saying that I've been drinking, that I've been taking drugs, that I'm promiscuous, that I'm a loser," she said, then paused to set up the laugh line: "I'm not a loser." Last March, Docter, 30, of Madison, Wis., finally stopped the jokes. Admitting that she was high on marijuana (not prohibited by the International Olympic Committee because it does not consider it a performance-enhancing drug) within an hour of arriving in Calgary, she began a 12-step program at Minnesota's Hazelden Foundation. A recovering substance abuser who used to view the World Cup circuit as an extended party, the onetime also-ran has a chance to be a winner in this, her fourth Winter Olympics. She is not expected to medal, bill Mary thinks she is up to the competition. "I trained hard, I'm technically as good and I have guts," she recently told a reporter. This time, at least, no one is laughing.
Scott Hamilton has his gold; now he's back with a microphone
Conspicuously absent from Scott Hamilton's memento-filled 24th-floor apartment in downtown Denver is his 1984 Olympic gold medal. It hangs in the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs—a way for Scott to remind himself to move on. Says Hamilton, 33: "I didn't want the light to shine bright at the Olympics and then get dimmer every year after that."
The bright spots these days include exhibition skating and time out with his girlfriend, Karen Plage, 23, as well as his current gig as CBS's primary skating commentator in Albertville. "I've done tons of homework," he says, "but when it happens, it's going to be live calls." Expect no hissing from the diminutive (5'3") dynamo. "You don't want to be overly critical, because everyone has worked extremely hard," says Hamilton. He knows that since 1962 audiences have grown accustomed to commentating pooh-bah Dick Button (on ABC). "But," he says, "I have my own style."
And staying power. Hamilton is now in his sixth season touring with Discover Card Stars on Ice, which he produces and which features such past Olympic standouts as Debi Thomas and Brian Orser. "I've been busting my lower you-know-what, skating more now than I ever did when I was an amateur."
Hamilton is nothing if not adaptable. Raised in Bowling Green, Ohio, by his adoptive parents, Ernie Hamilton, a retired biology professor, and his late wife, Dorothy, a home ec professor, Scott, at 2, was discovered to have Schwachmann's syndrome, a disease that hinders digestion and stunted his growth. In need of exercise, skating became his salvation. Hamilton's big regret is that his mother, who died of cancer when he was 17, never saw him compete in the Olympics. "I really miss her," he says. He remains in touch with his dad, his brother, Steven, 29, and his sister, Susan, 38.
Off-ice, Hamilton savors his moments with Plage, a 5'9" senior communications major at the University of Colorado. He has known the green-eyed Colorado native since 1981 through his friendship with her father. "I always liked to be around when Scott was around, but I didn't know why," says Karen. "Now I've got the man I want." Marriage has been discussed, but for the moment professional concerns take precedence. "All I want to do," says Hamilton, "is have a nice career, work as hard I can" and, he adds—perhaps remembering the vulnerability of being in the rink—"not make anybody angry."
The cold war having thawed, Katarina Witt has warmed up
Can a princess of the proletariat become a queen of capitalist consumption? If she's Katarina Witt, she already has. Du Pont, Danskin and diet Coke have signed the former East German ice star to lucrative endorsement contracts. And CBS is beaming her live across the country as its Olympic skating commentator, complete with Teutonic accent and patrician detachment. On the sidelines this year after winning gold medals at the last two Winter Olympics, Witt, 25, has no regrets at bowing out as a competitor, particularly with her sport in the throes of a controversial transition, with balletic grace, in the view of some critics, giving way to bounding athleticism. "I think I will have more fun as a commentator," she says. "Besides, I can't see myself trying a triple axel—and I don't want to."
Once the darling of her country's Communist regime, Witt was jeered by East German crowds after the government's collapse in 1990. That period was emotionally wrenching for her. "It was very difficult," says Witt, who lives in an apartment in East Berlin. "I didn't see that I did anything wrong. I was winning the medals for myself and, of course, for my country." Soon, though, the political heat diminished, and her star is ascendant once more. "Since the [Berlin] wall is down, all the possibilities have opened up. I'm glad it happened." This year alone, Witt will make more than $1 million for endorsements and skating appearances.
Witt hopes to overcome her natural shyness, but fame is an uneasy crown. Recently an unemployed Westminster, Calif., man, was jailed on felony charges for mailing her some 60 threatening and obscene letters since 1990. "Luckily," she says, "the majority of my fans have been supportive and nice."
Though rumored romances are legion, true love seems nowhere in sight. Witt has fended off both Donald Trump and Italian skiing sensation Alberto Tomba, and though she does admit to a seven-year relationship with German rock musician Ingo Pohiltz, that ended a year ago. Says Witt: "He wanted me to be at home more." Currently, she says, there is no one special. Her ideal: "Someone who is good in his field."
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Around this time of year, Steve Rossi, project and facility management group leader at ALS, shifts his focus to shutdown mode. Preparation and planning for the weeks that the ALS is out of commission is a huge part of Rossi's job. While much of this is invisible to users, all of it is absolutely essential to the maintenance and growth of the ALS.
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As I impatiently wait for New York to become the sixth state in the country to legalize gay marriage, I figure I may as well do something besides refresh the Advocate's main page every five minutes. It's getting late in the day, anyway.
So here's a round-up of what everyone's been saying about yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on Wal-Mart v. Dukes. In a 5:4 decision*, the issue was not whether Wal-Mart was indeed discriminating against women but whether the more than 1.5 million women suing Wal-Mart could do so as one group. They cannot, according to the majority opinion, which was written by Antonin Scalia, and I honestly don't fully understand his justification (or why they let that dude anywhere near a gavel). I do know that the court's decision made big business very, very happy as it may mean the end of the class action lawsuit.
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NEW YORK -- Recently acquired pitcher Chad Gaudin arrived at Yankee Stadium this morning, having spent the night at a hotel following a flight in from his old home of San Diego. The Yankees traded for Gaudin last week, shipping a player to be named later to the Padres.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said before Sunday's game against Boston he plans to use Gaudin as a reliever who can also spot-start. He will not replace Sergio Mitre as the fifth man in the starting rotation. Gaudin's role, Girardi said, will be a fluid one.
"I talked to him tonight about, 'I could ask you to give us one inning and I could ask you to give us distance, either one,'" Girardi said. "We could also see him as a spot-start if we ran into a situation where we needed a spot-start. There's a number of things that this guy can do for us, because he has been stretched and has been a starter. So his role is one of those roles that won't completely be defined."
Gaudin prefers starting. He went 4-10 with a 5.13 ERA in 19 starts with the Padres this season.
"I've done both," Gaudin said. "I've been successful at both. So whatever the team needs."
With Gaudin available, Fellow Yankees reliever Alfredo Aceves may not be needed Sunday night, Girardi said.
"He did throw 33 pitches the other day," he said. "His back's a little sore. So it'll be kind of a game-time decision."
The team also designated pitcher Josh Towers for assignment
Alex Rodriguez will be the designated hitter Sunday night. Jerry Hairston, Jr. will play third base. Rodriguez still may take a game off against Toronto later this week.
"I just chose to DH him tonight," Girardi said. "And I could still give him a day against Toronto or I could DH him another day."
Here's the rest of the lineup as Andy Pettite (9-6, 4.35 ERA) faces Jon Lester (9-7, 3.79 ERA):
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2. LF Damon
3. 1B Teixeira
4. DH Rodriguez
5. C Posada
6. RF Swisher
7. 2B Cano
8. CF Cabrera
9. 3B Hairston
Meanwhile for the Red Sox, outfielder Jason Bay will be back in the lineup. David Ortiz has the night off.


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Spirit Awards 2013: Harvey Weinstein Has Great Day With Winners 'Silver Linings Playbook', Jennifer Lawrence, David O Russell; 'The Sessions' And 'Amour' Also Score
On-scene coverage by Deadline's Pete Hammond and Dominic Patten, Awardsline's Anthony D'Alessandro, and contributor Diane Haithman. Written by Nikki Finke:
Refresh For Latest… SANTA MONICA – The always fun (and usually comic) 28th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards from Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization, spread the wealth today at a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. (The broadcast will air at 10:00 pm ET/PT on IFC.) Many audience favorites won, as indicated by the cheering. The Weinstein Company scored the most marquee winners for Silver Linings Playbook including Best Feature, Best Female Lead Jennifer Lawrence, and Best Director and Best Screenplay for David O Russell. Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate's The Perks Of Being A Wallflower took First Feature for Steve Chbosky, and Fox Searchlight's The Sessions won Best Male Lead for John Hawkes and Best Female Supporting for Helen Hunt, while Warner Bros' Magic Mike won Best Male Supporting for Matthew McConaughey. Sony Pictures Classics' Amour won Best Foreign Language while Cinedigm's The Invisible War took Best Documentary. (See below for all the winners)
This is an annual celebration honoring artist-driven films made with an economy of means by filmmakers who embody independence and originality. The host is Andy Samberg, in a bewildering green tuxedo, here flanked by Film Independent co-Presidents Sean McManus and Josh Welsh who spoke of their commitment to diversity. Nominees for Best Feature included Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Bernie, Keep The Lights On, Moonrise Kingdom, and Silver Linings Playbook. Awards also were given in the categories of Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay, Best Director, Best Screenplay, John Cassavetes Award (given to the best feature made for a budget under $500,000), Best Male Lead, Best Female Lead, Best Supporting Male, Best Supporting Female, Best Cinematography, Best International Film, Best Documentary, and the Robert Altman Award given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast – in this case, Starlet.
Welcome to the only award show watched by more people in person than on TV. It's packed. Guests and presenters at the luncheon include Motion Picture Association Of America chief Chris Dodd, Francis Ford Coppola and Sophia Coppola and Roman Coppola, Dave Grohl, Paul Rudd, Bruce Willis, Jack Black, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Laura Dern, Daniel Radcliffe, Salma Hayek, Fred Armisen, Kyle MacLachlin, David Ayer, John Lesher, Ellen Page, Ketrry Washington, Common, Zoe Saldana, Jason Bateman, Rashida Jones, Emily Mortimer, Michael Pena, Bryan Cranston, Amy Poehler, Jeremy Renner, Matthew McConaughey.
The show begins with a video of Jeremy Renner & Salma Hayak thanking the sponsors. In fact, this year's Spirit Awards will be interspersed with several pre-prepared videos and digital shorts, which is what Samberg wanted. There's a humorous digital short of a fake trailer of a fake movie Bottlecap starring Samberg and the dog from The Artist and later another of Samberg auditioning for the nominated films via Skype. And clips for Best screenplay featured fake dialogue. (Like Moonrise Kingdom co-stars Ed Norton and Bruce Willis saying "Surfing has a rad future".) Samberg offers a tribute to past host John Waters – "the Brad Pitt of Baltimore".
Monologue is getting a lot of laughs including joke about Mr Frontal Nudity's (aka Michael Fassbender's) penis is big: "It streched from 2012 to 2013." Samberg starts ticking off the Best Feature nominees: "Silver Linings Playbook. Or as they call it in Japan, 'Garbage bag man'." About The Sessions, he said, "Helen Hunt, I'm not going to make any jokes about your nudity. Your performace was inspiring. But John Hawkes, what's up dude?" Samburg finishes by dissing the Oscars. ("I have one thing to say to you, Hollywood. Fuck you. Fuck you, Oscars. This is our Oscars. You can keep Matthew McConaughey because we have Matthew McConaughey. So everyone say it with me, 'Fuck you, Hollywood.'" There is silence. "What, no takers? Not even you, John Waters? Let's start the show." All in all, the show was a lot tamer than in previous looser years.
Silver Linings Playbook
Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon (producers)
"We want to thank The Weinstein Company," says producer Donna Gigilotti, who claimed (jokingly) that she knew Silver Linings Playbookwas going to win. To David O Russell, she said, "This award is yours." "You teach us everyday," added producer Jonathan Gordon. Backstage, producer Bruce Cohen had this quip about Sunday's Academy Awards: "We were sure that we were not going to win today. And we are sure we are not going to win tomorrow." also backstage, David O Russell said he was as overwhelmed by today's Best Feature win as he was 19 years ago when his indie film Spanking the Monkey won for Best Feature and Best First Screenplay. The award, he said, is important because it brings more aucdiences to Silver Linings Playbook: "That's everything. To give it life in an Internet age when everything is so fleeting." About his hopes for Sunday's Oscars, Russell said he is just happy to be in the game. ("What's not to like about going to the World Series?" he said.) He praised Harvey Weinstein for having confidence in the film but admitted that the slow rollout was a "spine tingler". "He based it all on word of mouth. When we opened he didn't blow it out in thousands of theaters" but "you have to say a prayer and let it go". It was, Russell said, "a blessing" that it worked. As to whether it's fair that Silver Linings Playbook competes with lower-budget films at the Indie Spirits, Russell said he has no qualms. "I was here with Spanking the Monkey which we made for $80,000 and when we put it through post it came to $250,000. And that film was at the same ceremony when Quentin Tarantino had Pulp Fiction,"he recalled. "We're all part of the same group. Silver Linings Playbook was made in 33 days with 152 pages for about $20 million or less." Russell acknowledged that the film had more resources than Benh Zeitlin did for Beasts Of The Southern Wild "who made that film with toothpicks and glue on the bayou". Russell added: "He's a very young man. He'll be back here at the Spirits, no doubt. I'm not worried about Benh Zeitlin."
John Hawkes, The Sessions
"The Sessions is truly an independent film, shot for very little money," says winner John Hawkes thanking his co-stars, producers snd director. He adds that he hopes the movie helps people see beyond disabilities. "It was a physical challenge for sure," said John Hawkes backstage about playing the iron-lung poet Mark O'Brien. "Any amount of pain I dealt with was my own choice, but it was minimal daily." Aboout preparation, O'Brien "left a lot of amazing writing behind that I checked out. There was his autobiography, his poetry and an amazing Oscar-winning short film Breathing Lessons made by Jessica Yu. In trying to figure out the physicality of the part, all these materials were a start."
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
"I love doing independent film," says Jennifer Lawrence. Then she talks about how the long hours and freezing temperatures on location are worth it. She thanks David O Russell, Bradley Cooper and Harvey Weinstein "for supporting this film".
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
"Benh Zeitlin is a young man, Benh Zeitlin will be back," winner David O Russell says of his fellow nominee, the helmer of Beasts Of The Southern Wild.
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
A loud cheer erupts from the audience when Matthew McConaughey's name is read. "I had to drop my drawers to win an award," he sings before thanking fellow nominees and "everyone and Sue [Kroll] and Jeff [Robinov] at Warner Bros". McConaughey concluded by praising indie films: "Let's keep making 'em". Backstage, McConaughey recalled "week-long discussions with Steven Soderbergh about the right thong to wear and that turned into a stalemate. I brought up Jim Morrison as being an influence for my character Dallas. But then I got fitted into these ballet slippers and got this Richard Simmons/Mikhail Baryshnikov thing going and found this obsessed but comedic route toward the character. Steven told me, 'If you play this straight and serious, it will be hilarious.'"
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
"Thank you, thank you so much," Helen Hunt gushes. "I got to dance with the sexiest dance partner ever – even though he never moved John Hawkes." Nudity has been a big issue for Helen Hunt this year, and backstage when asked about taking her clothes off, she joked, "I'm never taking them off again. That's it." Although Hunt downplayed her expectations for Oscar Sunday by saying that her plans for the big day include "eating breakfast", when asked backstage if she expects to win, Hunt exclaimed with a laugh, "Yes."
(Award given to the director)
Amour (France), Michael Haneke
There is big applause for Amour when it is read with the nominees. And of course it wins. "I must be the oldest man in the room," says silver-haired Michael Haneke before thanking everyone. Backstage, however, he said that the youth of the Independent Spirit crowd makes the award especially important to him. "My impression is that this is given by a younger audience, that is important for a film like mine that deals with such a serious theme… In a society like ours that is aging, it is important to make films that deal with such a subject and treat it seriously." He said the only thing he is going to do to prepare for Sunday's Oscars is to put on his tuxedo.
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
"The last time I held one of these was 19 years ago," says winner David O Russell and thanks everyone including Harvey Weinstein. Russell makes a point of also thanking his son for teaching him so much about mood disorders and opening his heart.
(Award given to the director and producer)
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky (director); Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith (producers)
Onstage winner Stephen Chbodsky said: "Smaller movies need big friends and that includes everyone in this room." To the audience and media, he thanked Emma Watson for helping bring his novel to the screen and described how the Harry Potter actress would bang her fist on the table saying to studio executives, "Get this film made!" Noted Chbodsky: "I waited 10 years to write the screenplay after I finished my novel. Then it took me another six months to write. Then it took a year to get it greenlit with Emma Watson. I lived Wallflower. I was one as a kid."
Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed
Derek Connally thanks everyone. "Well, it doesn't belong to everyone, I'm gonna keep this," he jokes. He starts to ramble. With that, Bryan Cranston comes on stage to give him a drink to end his speech. Big laughs. Matthew McConaughey then comes onstage and scoffs, "Derek Connelly, way to take your time dude." Then McConaughey intros a clip from Bernie saying it's gone to his mom's head. "She corners every producer with her big idea to remake The Graduate with her in the Ann Bancroft role. And guess who would be Dustin Hoffman? Me! It's weird." Big laughs.
(Given to one film's director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
Starlet, Sean Baker (director); Julia Kim (casting director); Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Karren Karagulian, Stella Maeve, James Ransone (cast)
Indie stalwart Laura Dern intro'ed. "I love Robert Altman," she says and tells a story about the first time she worked with the legendary director and about the mixed messages Altman gave her and other actors – and how that friction enhanced their performances. Starlet director Sean Baker said, "Film Independent has been my biggest supporter besides my parents." Baker spoke about the lengths his casting director Julia Kim went in assembling the acting ensemble. "She found Besedka Johnson, who played our 85-year-old Sadie, working out at a YMCA. She never acted before. Julia knows that I want my films to have human interaction, great dialogue, and actors who are talented improvisers."
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000. Award given to the writer, director, and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.)
Middle of Nowhere
Ava DuVernay (writer-director-producer); Howard Barish, Paul Garnes (producers)
Winner Ava DuVernay reminds everyone that John Cassavetes was not only a pioneer in independent filmmaking but also in distribution – and gets cheered.
Ben Richardson, Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Winner Ben Richardson is cheered and says, "Thanks to everyone at Fox Searchlight for taking this film as far as they have. I can't believe it." Then Sophia Coppola presented a Special Distinction Award to cinematographer Harris Savides who died on October 9th. Backstage, when asked whether his win here made up for not securing an Oscar nomination, Richardson grinned: "Yes, it does!" He called young actress Quvanzhane Wallis his inspiration. He said he was moved by the script, too, but when he first met Wallis, "I just saw what she was going to be able to do, the energy she was going to be able to put out."
(Award given to the director and producer)
The Invisible War
Kirby Dick (director); Tanner King Barklow, Amy Ziering (producers)
"It's been a great year for documentary film," says winner Kirby Dick. Producer Amy Ziering adds, "This says to our service men and women that you are not alone and not forgotten." Backstage, Dick said that the biggest challenge was trying to produce a film that would be entertaining to general audiences but also influence "a few hundred people in Washington who are policymakers". He said filmmakers expected a highly negative response from the military but "that didn't happen" and that the film has screened to 250,000 military men and women as part of their sexual assault sensitivity training. Ziering stresses that at first it was difficult to get women to come forward and talk about sexual assault in the military. But when they finally spoke, "they were grateful that someone was listening and someone cared" and that inspired more to step forward and speak out.
19th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
(The 19th annual Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)
Gimme the Loot, Adam Leon (director)
(The 18th annual Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)
The Waiting Room, Peter Nicks (director)
16th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
(The 16th annual Piaget Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.)
Stones in the Sun, Mynette Louie (producer)
Winner Mynette Louie said that the Independent Spirit Awards are important because they create "such a strong connection with on the ground filmmakers [who work for] the love of art rather than money – and our bank accounts show it." Backstage, she joked that she was wearing "loaner diamonds" but that the award carries "25Gs so I can't complain." She said that she plans to use the award money to "pay my bills. It's so helpful because as an independent producer it's very hard to make money doing what I love."
The Spirit Awards Nominating Committees selected nominees from 299 submissions this year and applied the following guidelines in determining the nominations: uniqueness of vision, original and provocative subject matter, economy of means (with particular attention paid to total production cost & individual compensation), and percentage of financing from independent sources. The Spirit Awards Nominating Committee is comprised of writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, actors, critics, casting directors, festival programmers, and other working film professionals. The Spirit Awards are the primary fundraiser for non-profit Film Independent's year-round programs including the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Film Independent at LACMA Film Series, and Film Independent's Artist Development program offering free Labs.
4:30P EST/am in baltimore
west coast people tweeting ISAs are
already/currently LIVE
but FI website says awards live stream
will not begin until 10P
any way we can watch now??
have a spectacular time
rooting for the beasts
thought 2012 was stolen
from pariah
many thanks
Come on. Independent films made for millions, with big stars! What happened to real independents.
Speaking of film, in 1956, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis made a film that was never released but was eerily prophetic. It was titled "All the President's Friends." Through a series of wacky bereaucratic foul-ups, M and L become close personal advisors to the President of the United States. This fictional president has an insatiable appetite for women, and tries to use Dean and Jerry as his procurors. But leave it to Jerry all the wrong things – hilariously, the president misses every amorous opportunity. In the end, it turns out the boys did somethng right: Dean unknowingly averts a world war by "distracting" a very dangerous babe who is chasing the President. He sings a song that may have become a hit if the film had been released: "Your Ballot Box." Then, Jerry saves the president's marriage by admitting to be the owner – and wearer – of a certain "soiled dress." "What's the big deal?!" Jerry squawks. "It's only tartar sauce!" Everyone in the Oval Office has a big laugh. Fans can oly hope of seeing the picture someday, and comparing the fictional events to the real ones.
Waist Dylan McDermott or Dermot Mulroney?
In what kind of universe "Silver Linings Playbook" is an independent movie? Oh, the power of Harvey… Now, excuse me cause I have to go and barf.
It's the same universe where O. Russell can do an obnoxious slow clap when Riva won the Bafta: 'Oh my Godddddddddddddddddddddddd, I can't believe a film veteran was rewarded for her strong work. Doesn't she know that Lawrence should win EVERY award? Don't the voters realize that Lawrence's work was on the level of a Daniel Day Lewis or something? How DARE they?' I liked SLP a lot, but any director who looks stunned – STUNNED – when their actress don't win an award tells you a lot about their sense of entitlement. 'Doesn't everyone realise that the SLP team should win EVERY award?'
Couldn't agree more.
The most irrelevant "awards" of the season. Seriously… how is ones' career helped by this award??
I forgot IFC airs these since they're not the home of independent films anymore, just cheapjack comedies and lame animation.
Magic Mike an indie flick? What alternate universe did I wake up in? Is Romney president?
fluffo, I couldn't agree more about Magic Mike ( Warner Bros. released it ) . Silver Linings Playbook is not an indie, but Harvey Weinstein brought another award show. So, now, I don't take the Spirit Awards seriously anymore.
They go by budget. And by that standard Magic Mike is an indie movie.
Congrats to Stephen Chbosky. Wallflower is the most under-looked film of the year. Deserved some attention by the Globes and Academy.
A modest budget studio film is just that — it does not go through the same rigors and hardships of true independents. This award has become meaningless and redundant. no longer care.
Except for the fact that it is NOT his debut film. He wrote and directed a film called The Four Corners of Nowhere which premiered at Sundance 15 some years ago. But then again, Dustin Lance Black won for Best First Screenplay after having written two films (and directed one) which had been produced and released, so someone at the IFP has trouble counting.
I wish he was
"Benh Zeitlin is a young man, Benh Zeitlin will be back." Really, David? Really? A jab at 86-year old woman who's a better person and artist than you will ever be? Michael Bay and Brett Ratner have nothing on you. You're the biggest douche in Hollywood! So self-entitled and just plain obnoxious.
It's takes a lot of blind hate to read anything nefarious in that quoted sentence. You should save some of it for tomorrow ;)!
Calling it now, Silver Linings winning Best Picture tomorrow making it back to back to back for Harvey. It's time for people to stop feeling sorry for Ben – Argo was entertaining, yes, but best picture? Hell no. Spielberg's not getting it for Lincoln as most voters likely slept through at least half off the film…
Ah yes another awards show bought by Mr. Weinstein. I give up.
Andy Samberg is one of the worst actors and one of the most unfunny actors in Hollywood. Plus, he has acted in some of the most horrid films in film history. Because of that, Adam should never have been asked to host the Spirit Awards, nor should he be trash talking the Oscars. I am surprised the producers didn't ask Rob Schneider to host this award show. What a shame.
Isn't it a shame what has happened to IFC? I remember when Herzog's My Best Fiend was a staple and now its shit like Transporter 3, which of course is the lead in for the IFP Awards!!
Commericals= The Death Of Cablevision
How did Perks win Best First Feature? Chbosky directed Four Corners of Nowhere in the 90s.
yeah his first one premiered in competition (i believe) in 95 at sundance. actually to decent reviews. i suppose they could forgot the end of the award's title "best first feature in seventeen years".
to me that's even stranger than the inclusion of SLPB.
Is it just me…or did Silver Linings Playbook totally suck? Really…I'm asking!
It's you.
Okay, no, it didn't suck. But I am stupefied at the heights to which this dance movie has soared. Then I remember Black Swan.
No, it is not just you, Pete.
I haven't been to the theatre in years and on the spur of the moment my husband and I found ourselves at this one. I cannot believe how terrible it was. Truly awful, no originality, pieced together story line, not to mention bad acting . I almost felt leaving, that the film was snippets of the "best" of cultural relevancy thrown in together, mixed around ala…..MOVIE! But one thing that girl COULD do was SWEAR. Boy could she. Maybe the award was given for the best foul mouth.
Personally, I agree with you. I walked out. I thought it was too cliche, predictable, and over-hyped beyond imagination. The only character I cared about at all was Cooper's, and they were trying to redeem him with a forced romance with Lawrence's character, who I thought was just flat and bad the entire movie.
Magic Mike was an independently produced movie for 7 million. Warner Brothers bought it afterwards.
Wallflower was cliche city… Shame on those who found it original.
Agreed. Some ridiculous critic compared Wallflower to the Breakfast Club. That is one the most laughable film quotes ever.
Totally agree with you. Any movie with the cliche of a car going fast, a dork screaming with arms up raised while the cool guy smiles driving, is a crap to me.
Gosh it's so daring of people to trash Weinstein! Whatever else one says about him, he has made and/or championed a lot of good work. More pro-rata than the big studios. And he happens to be better than almost anyone in this business at promoting and marketing. I guess that's a mortal sin to some readers of this site. I happen to think it's part of the business. Making good pictures that don't get seen isn't noble. It's under-achieving. Perhaps under-achievement is a more comfortable condition for some people…
It's because the budget was $21 million, and it's explicitly stated for the Indie Spirits that the films should have a budget under $20 million…except at the discretion of the nominating committee. There's also a similar catch about the films being American made or something along those lines. The problem is, the discretion is usually only applied to Harvey's films (The Artist and Silver Linings Playbook).
Brokeback Mountain…also made for 20 million and financed by Universal. These awards have been infiltrated by the majors through the back door for many years now. Clearly Beasts of the Southern Wild is the true independent winner but the film but was somehow overlooked. It's a funny town.
David, their is nothing wrong with supporting quality films ( even though Silver Linings Playbook is a forgettable mess of a movie ) . Michael Barker , James Schamus, and others fully back great indie work, but they don't buy people or bully individuals. That is Harvey Weinstein's forte.
lol david o russell has been running around talking about his son to shill his film, yet when he won for best director, he completely ignored that son who was patting him on the back and instead embraced bradley cooper.
and silver linings shouldn't be classified as independent, anyway.
at some point the budget has to matter, not just traditional studio involvement
I'm not impressed with any awards show that ignores the greatest motion picture ever made, Les Miserables.
There were children sitting center stage, front row and it was appropriate to swear and talk about sex in front of the kids? These people are pigs, all of them.
Magic Mike was ACQUIRED by Warner Brithers, not made by them. It was an independent film in budget, but also because it was paid for with independent funds not studio money. Channing Tatum and Soderberg put up most of the budget themselves.
Samberg looks great in the tux. I think he's a very funny guy. I enjoy everything that he does. "Lonely Island" movie or Broadway musical please.
Did I miss something or did David O. Russell forget to thank the writer of the book he adapted when he won best screenplay award? If he did omit the author, shame on him!
Although I missed the Spirit Awards last night, and agree with most of the above posters on their (mostly negative)comments, I just watched an edited version this Sunday afternoon (approximately 85 minutes after discounting commercials) and have to admit I quite enjoyed it. Modest, unpretentious, refreshingly uncensored (without being bleeped, the occasional "f" and "s" bombs slipped by without calling attention to themselves), the honorees spoke with seeming sincerity and good humor. Would that tonight's Academy Awards extravaganza would take a lesson from the Spirits–namely, Less Is More.
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Poll: Twins in your family tree?
Do you ever find yourself seeing double?
There's been a peak in twin births, particularly in the US. A report by the National Center for Health Statistics indicates that the twin birth rate rose 76% since 1980, and in 2009, one in every 30 babies born in the US was a twin.
In the past, we've written about twins, and the MyHeritage family even has its own set of twins!
With the celebration of National Siblings Day yesterday, we want to know how many of you have twins in your family history. Let us know!
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- I have two sets of twins as brothers and a sister in my family One set were born in Wandoan and the other set in Longreach
- My set of boy/girl twins were born in 1996. The last set eas born in 1910.
- I personally have given birth to two sets of twins. Boys in 1988 and Boy/Girl in 1994. There are quite a few sets of twins in our family tree!
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Where:Boston Convention and Exposition CenterBoston, MA
Newly released information on treatment for myeloma is critical to improving patient care. Designed to meet the needs of oncology nurses who manage the treatment of myeloma patients, this FREE CE symposium addresses the development of and access to emerging treatments.
This activity is sponsored by the International Myeloma Foundation and the Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education and supported by educational grants from Celgene Corporation and Millennium Pharmaceuticals.
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HOUSTON (AP) - Yao Ming has fulfilled all the requirements needed to begin his NBA career, and he's not expected to miss any regular-season games with the Houston Rockets.
"We're trying to get him to Houston Sunday or Monday," his agent, Erik Zhang, said Thursday. "We're ecstatic. This is great. Everything has turned out great."
Yao was the Rockets' first pick in the NBA draft but he missed all of training camp - including five exhibition games - while playing with the Chinese national team at the Asian Games. Zhang said Yao will be prepared, though.
"He'll have 10 days to get ready, although he missed a lot of time in training camp," he said.
After fulfilling his obligations to the Chinese Basketball Association, Yao had to give assurances that he would return for future international tournaments.
Yao also received a visa to travel to the United States.
"Yao has signed an agreement with the CBA basically affirming his responsibilities as a national team player," Zhang said. "Houston has reached agreement with the CBA on various issues. The key was allowing Yao to play for the national team."
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Unifying gift
Thanksgiving is the day I really count my blessings. I have a roof over my head and food to eat. Many aren't so lucky.
On Nov. 19, I was doing my Hanukkah and Christmas shopping and picked out some things that I needed for myself. I had the most embarrassing moment I have ever had. I was short $20. I apologized and told the clerk that I couldn't buy certain things.
I then heard a lady say, "I'll pay for this lady." I hugged her and told her I would send her the money the end of the week when my check came in. She did not want to hear this.
I gave her my card then she handed me a card that read: "Share your life with Christ, we'll share our love with you." This lady's name is Kathy Anderson, pastor of God's House of Remnants.
Thank you, pastor, for what you did. You made me so very happy, and I'm so grateful to you. God will definitely bless you for this good deed right before Thanksgiving.
I go to churches and schools and teach people about many different things, mostly about tolerance.
I'm white. The pastor is African American. What a blessing to know that different races can be one.
Diny Adkins
Lake Hunter Circle
Mount Pleasant
'Snazzy' building
When I opened the paper recently my heart leaped to see a picture of the proposed Spaulding-Palozzi building. What a refreshing, snazzy building. We all treasure our old historical houses and other city buildings. However, there is a time to stretch forward.
Where to build it? Perhaps near The Citadel in Hampton Park. Or at the intersection of Albemarle Road and Folly Road. Or best of all, on Savannah Highway property that Clemson owns where the experimental farm exists.
Build it there and include six Italian cypress trees at each corner. What a classy sight. Motorists from Walterboro, Beaufort, Savannah and even Florida would say, "Wow! Charleston has beat us. They have come alive. What a classy building."
Ruth B. Guy
North Shore Drive
James Island
Museum's mission
You published a story on the Charleston Museum and the trajectory it's on. I have objected to the exclusive focus on Charleston since the '80s when it began. Here's why.
When I was a kid, we went to the museum pretty often, probably at least once a month. It was cool to walk into the darkened entrance and see the bicycle with the huge front wheel before going through the turnstile to the museum. Once inside, we found a wonderful world of exciting things: the mummy, terrifying to a small kid but still fascinating, and cases of various skeletons and shrunken heads.
The exhibits opened my eyes to a world beyond Charleston and Summerville, where I spent my real life. There was an interactive display of the various "great fires" that had ravaged Charleston. Minerals were displayed in a black curtained cube. They would glow with different colors when you turned on a black light.
You never had enough time in the museum.
The hurricane and earthquake displays are interesting now, but only the most die-hard Charlestonphile could sustain an interest in the furniture, clothing and silver for more than one or two visits. I think the museum has abandoned the "mission" of every good museum: to educate its visitors about the world.
What if the British Museum, which our museum was modeled after, decided to focus on London and "de-access" all the things in the collection outside that mission? Our world would be a poorer place for it.
So, too, is it a poorer place for our citizens since our museum decided to take up navel-gazing.
Gloria B. Jenkins
Stonewood Drive
Clamagore on land
I find it interesting that a Patriots Point study says it would take $6 million to put the USS Clamagore on land, when it only took $1.7 million to put the USS Drum on land in Mobile, Ala., about 10 years ago.
Also it claims that drydocking and preparing the Clamagore to remain waterborne would cost $3 million when the last submarine in a similar condition, the USS Pampanito SS-283 in San Francisco, required less than $350,000 about six years ago.
I guess either work can be done more efficiently in Alabama and California, or Patriots Point got the results they wanted in the studies they paid for.
Jack Harden
RMC(SS), U.S. Navy (Retired)
Elderberry Circle
North Charleston
Giving thanks
Recently I found myself in Walgreens with my 100-year-old grandmother in a wheelchair and my daughter unconscious on the floor. Needless to say I was a little rattled.
Before I knew it, a total stranger with a cell phone called 911; an off-duty fireman appeared out of nowhere to check on my daughter and stayed with us till help arrived, at which point he disappeared; the pharmacist and other Walgreens employees came running and offered something soft to put under my daughter's head.
Everything happened very fast. A kind lady helped me get my grandmother and wheelchair into the car; the EMTs reassured me everything was OK; someone helped me find my daughter when I became lost at the ER; my dear neighbor came to sit with my grandmother so I could be with my daughter.
Thank God my daughter is fine. We learned the hard way that you shouldn't get a flu shot when you haven't eaten all day.
We don't know all of the people who helped us, but we want to thank each of them for being there when we needed them. Thank you.
And Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Vicki Miller
Meggett Quail Road
History at stake
Kudos to Robert Behre for his insightful Nov. 17 article, "History at stake in water election." His keen grasp of journalistic excellence is evidenced by the subtitle, "Openly gay candidate challenging incumbent in runoff Tuesday."
One can only admire Behre's expertise in explaining the historic significance that an openly gay (not just closet gay) might actually have been elected to a public office in South Carolina.
Despite his craftsmanship in dealing with such a sensitive and important topic, I assume that Behre will appreciate constructive criticism, since equally crucial aspects of the candidates' resumes were not as clearly presented.
The readership, no doubt, would have appreciated the candidate's weight, height, God-given hair color, size of ears, athletic ability, religious affiliation, family pedigree, blood type and tongue rolling capability.
None of these factors could be considered discriminatory — well, at least, most are not. Future articles including a more exhaustive listing of crucially important personal attributes could provide the readership with criteria that would predict performance in the elected office.
Richard Smith
South Battery
A Stall High tribute
I went to R. B. Stall High School Nov. 15 to attend a memorial service for Austin Mulkerin, a young man and student at Stall who lost his lifelong battle to Hunter's Syndrome. I worked with Austin when he was in elementary school and his first year of middle school. He touched my heart like no other.
The celebration of Austin's life at Stall was by far the most beautiful memorial I have ever attended and was a true send-off to a student.
Principal Kim Wilson, teachers and friends, along with the administration and staff, the Junior ROTC & Honors Choir gave a beautiful send-off to Austin, aka Cookie Monster.
A surprise to me and a lovely bonus was Mr. Wilson presenting Austin's parents with his high school diploma. This touched my heart with such love and joy that I wanted to share what a fine service the Stall High School community provided for Austin, his family and friends.
I feel certain that those lives that Austin touched over the years in the Charleston community are better for having met him and his family.
Stacy Adler Smith
Castle Hall Road
Mount Pleasant


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The conference is hosted by the Department of East Asian Art History of Freie Universität Berlin, the Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB), the Japan Foundation Tōkyō, and the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin.
Accompanying the comprehensive retrospective exhibition on the eminent Japanese artist HOKUSAI Katsushika (1760-1849) that will take place from August 26th to October 24th 2011 at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, the conference will bring together prominent scholars on the art of Hokusai as well as leading experts on the art of the Edo period.
Participating scholars include Matthi Forrer (Leiden University ), John Carpenter (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), Shimizu Yoshiaki (Princeton University), Inaga Shigemi (Nichibunken, Kyōto), Naitō Masato (Keiō University, Tokyo), Franziska Ehmcke (University of Cologne), Ewa Machotka (Leiden University ), Noriko Brandl (University of Vienna), Evgeny Steiner (SOAS, London), and Christine Guth (Royal College of Art, London).
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By Will King, Fort Leavenworth LampMay 21, 2009
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (May 21, 2009) - Sgt. Jovan Luna and Spc. Thomas Rincon were named the winners of the Fort Leavenworth 2009 Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year competition in a ceremony May 15 at the Frontier Conference Center.
A total of six competitors, three NCOs and three Soldiers, demonstrated their abilities in the Army Physical Fitness Test, land navigation, weapons qualification and Warrior Training Tasks during the competition May 11-15. Each competitor was also required to complete a written examination and oral knowledge assessment board.
Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. John Cross II, president of the board, said the NCO and Soldier of the Year competition was about Soldiers demonstrating their knowledge, skills and abilities.
"I have four attributes that I expect of all Soldiers: I expect them to be skilled, I expect them to be fit, I expect them to be disciplined, and I expect them to be resolute. Those are the things that I'm specifically looking for in Soldiers," Cross said.
He said self-development is one of the key pillars to Soldier development and essential if NCOs and Soldiers want to reach the top of their profession and compete for Soldier and NCO of the Year.
"You're never going to get there unless you have the mindset that it's a profession. In order to be an expert in your profession, you have to be committed to the profession," Cross said.
Luna, of the Combined Arms Center Special Troops Battalion, is the noncommissioned officer in charge of Main Post Chapel. He said he competed in order to be an example and motivation to his Soldiers, and said it was a team effort studying and preparing for the competition. Luna said his girlfriend, a sergeant in the Army Reserve, even joined in to help him get ready for the competition
All of the training and preparation paid off, as Luna said he aced the land navigation event and scored a 282 on his APFT. He said being named Fort Leavenworth NCO of the Year during the Year of the NCO was special, but that NCOs need to always train and lead their Soldiers.
"To win during the Year of the NCO, that's just icing on the cake," Luna said.
Rincon works at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks and is assigned to the 256th Military Police Company, 40th MP Internment and Resettlement Battalion. He said he trained for two weeks with his team leader and platoon sergeant before the competition, focusing on land navigation and Soldier knowledge.
Rincon said the knowledge assessment board was the most difficult part of the competition because "it's the last thing you have to do before you find out the results."
He said the event he performed the best was weapons qualification, where he knocked down 37 of 40 targets. Rincon offered advice for Soldiers who want to compete to be Soldier of the Year.
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Terence Blanchard's trophy case is about to get a little more crowded.
The jazz trumpeter's "Choices" CD has received the Academie Charles Cros' Grand Prix du Disque 2009 for jazz, one of France's most prestigious arts awards. Blanchard missed the Jan. 7 Grand Prix ceremony in France, but a representative of the organization is slated to present Blanchard with his award at Snug Harbor on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m.
Blanchard's students from the Thelonious Monk Institue of Jazz will perform at the club immediately following the brief ceremony.
Additionally, Blanchard, the trumpet voice of Louis the alligator in the Disney animated film "The Princess and the Frog," is nominated in two categories for the upcoming Grammy Awards.
His performance on "Dancin' 4 Chicken," a track on drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts' album "Watts," is up for best improvised jazz solo. The original score Blanchard composed for the movie "Cadillac Records" is nominated for best compilation soundtrack album for motion picture, television or other visual media.
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The output of each new iPhone hasbecome a global event.The Apple smartphone has become such a star heinvites himself even in the newspapers of 20h.iPhone 4 was noexception to the rule, especially with the leak, he began to make aspecialized websites several months ago.But the product is it allhype?For this new iPhone, Apple has not done things by half as wecriticized him for the launch of 3G.In addition to the design reviewin depth, especially the technical evolving on almost all points.
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The IRS reported, in their 2005 IRS Data Book [3], that the number of audits last year increased by 21% to 1.2 million returns, which followed an increase of 19% from 2004 to 2005.
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- Too many deductions for the self-employed – That big vehicle deduction didn't make the IRS happy…
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Lynn Hamilton Rutherford, Georgia Poet
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- Lynn Hamilton Rutherford said...
Wow ... what an honor THAT was!!! I'll never forget that day as long as I live!
- February 13, 2009 at 5:23 AM
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