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LOCKPORT – Cordero R. Gibson of Niagara Falls was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for his role in the shooting death of a Niagara University student last year.
Gibson's attorney, Dominic Saraceno, said Gibson shouldn't have pleaded guilty, but efforts to cancel the plea were denied by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas. Saraceno said Gibson will appeal.
Farkas denounced Gibson from the bench. "You, sir, are a coward," the judge said. "You set in motion a series of events that you take no responsibility for."
Saraceno, a member of the county's conflict defender staff who took over the defense after Michael S. Deal worked out the plea bargain, accused co-defendant Gordon N. Jackson of cooking up the robbery effort that ended with the shooting death of Brandon Johnson, 21, of Rochester, Dec. 8 in an apartment on University Court in Niagara Falls.
Jackson, 18, of the Falls, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced Sept. 19 to 21 years to life in prison.
Gibson accepted a plea offer to first-degree manslaughter with a commitment from Farkas that she would sentence him to no more than 18 years.
Gibson tearfully apologized to the Johnson family but said, "I know it's not enough words."
The defendant also commented, "Everything that's been said about me, it kills me every day. I'm in jail with people with problems. … I abused alcohol and I abused drugs, and if I didn't, I probably wouldn't be here."
Farkas ordered the grand jury transcripts to be brought to the courtroom to settle the attorneys' dispute over the level of knowledge Gibson had of the robbery plan. The testimony came from two men who were in the car with Gibson and Jackson but were never charged.
Saraceno told Farkas, "Two people were given a pass that night. They didn't get charged. They cooperated with the District Attorney's Office."
Deputy District Attorney Doreen M. Hoffmann replied, "There was no criminal liability for those individuals. To say they were given immunity is incorrect. They testified they tried to talk [Gibson and Jackson] out of it."
Saraceno said, "{Jackson] came up with this plan. He used my client to facilitate the robbery. I don't believe my client knew the co-defendant had a gun."
That's when Farkas called for the grand jury transcripts and read portions aloud. Saraceno said neither he nor Deal had been allowed access to them. After hearing them, Saraceno said, "The transcript is riddled with issues of fact that should have gone to a jury."
One of the uncharged men testified that he entered the apartment with Gibson, not Jackson, and found several men smoking marijuana. Gibson and the other visitors soon left and rejoined Jackson, who had been in Gibson's car during the apartment visit.
The witness testified that Gibson mentioned seeing bags of marijuana. Farkas, reading aloud, quoted the witness as saying, "Cordero said something about robbing the place. It wasn't serious. Gordon took it to the extreme. He said, 'I got two jobs, but this could be the rest of my kid's Christmas present money,' "
The other uncharged witness told a similar story and quoted Jackson as saying, "I feel like robbing somebody today."
Both men said that after the apartment visit, Gibson drove the car to Jackson's house, and Jackson went inside, returning with what appeared to be a gun that he placed in the car trunk. They went back to the University Court apartment, where Jackson shot Johnson in the head with a shotgun.
"It's clear from that transcript that [the uncharged men] had the same amount of knowledge as Cordero did," Saraceno told Farkas. "You've got one man standing here convicted of manslaughter and two others who weren't even charged with a misdemeanor. It's not just."
Hoffmann said Gibson knew the two students who lived in the apartment, and Jackson didn't. She said Gibson should not be given credit for calling the police later.
"Mr. Jackson was trying to contact him. He was afraid that Mr. Jackson was coming after him. He called out of fear," Hoffmann said. She also accused Gibson of being "manipulative with the police" by saying he would confess only to a certain officer, whom he described. The prosecutor said that when that officer was found, Gibson said, "That's not him."
Hoffmann said a plea with an 18-year sentencing cap "is all the leniency, at this point, that he's entitled to."
"I wish he'd have gotten more," said Wanda Johnson, the victim's mother. "He was older, and he manipulated the court and he manipulated those kids."
"I'm glad he got something," said Freddy Johnson, the victim's father. "It won't bring my son back, though."
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much apreciated. and angel, near the seat belts. i have a sedan but the rear is not dif i do not think. just tryin to find where you are locating.
Nor-Cal SPI Syndicate Boss
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Ok, this might be a long post but here goes.....
With any LED application the main goal, or at least IMO, is to 'hide' the light rods. You want to make it so you don't see the actual LED, you want to see the 'glow' from them. Under the dash is easy (zip straps/ties will be your best friend) and the same goes for the rear passenger floor ones (you can zip them to the back bottom frame of the seat. Just make sure the rear passengers don't like playing 'footsies' with the bottom of the seats. So we got to where you should probably install the tubes. Best thing to do with hiding wires is to run them under the carpet if possible or in this case it will be easier to just run them along the center console. You can remove the entire center console very easily, a few screws here and there (two in the cup holders) and one in the back cup holder (hidden by a little cover you can pry up). If you have an armrest you have to remove that first, then there are some screws inside there I think, can't remember but it's very very basic dismantling of the center console. If anyone installed their own short throw shifter they know what I am talking about.
Anyway, once you get that all out of the way, run the wires from the back tubes up under the seat rail (very important cause you don't want to 'slide' the seat back over the wires) and up towards the center console. You can then run the wires up between the seats. Make sure you keep the wires away from the shift linkage and anything else in there. Use zip straps to tie them to other 'things' along the way to keep the wires in place. If the wires are not long enough, all you need to do is get a similar type wire (same gauge, if you don't know what I mean, take the led and wire down to an automotive shop, tell them what you are doing and they will help you find the right wire). You will also need some 'butt connectors', yes that is what they are called for the same gauge wire you have. A wiring tool (used to crimp the butt connectors and to strip back the rubber around the wire) works awesome right about now but you can always do it the Canadian way (not recommended) and use your teeth to strip the wire and use some old pliers to crimp the butt connector. Anyway...lol... you get the idea. If the wire is to short, strip back about a 1/4", little less of the rubber on the LED wire and do the same on the new wire. Slide the stripped LED wire into one end of the butt connector and then slide the stripped new wire into the other end. While holding them in the butt connector (make sure the rubber is flush with the ends of the butt connector so you don't have the possibility of shorting it all out) and crimp the butt connector at each end then at the middle. When you crimp it, the steel shaft inside the butt connector compresses and 'traps' both ends of the wire inside and also cause it's steel, can conduct electricity between the two. Anyway that is how to extend the wires. Now to the fronts.
Same as the backs, get all the wires run to where you want, eventually you want all the wires run up together to the same spot near the front near the cup holders but below them. Find out where you want the switch to go and use the amount of wire you need, plus a little extra to get the switch to that spot. Also, wherever you are planning on putting the switch or switches is up to you (I still recommend putting them in the fuse panel door on the dash just below the headlight switch on the drivers side and I also recommend using one switch for all the interior lights) but anyway, you are going to want to run the postive LED wires together (if your using one switch) and if your using two, run the two front LED postive wires together and the two back LED postive wires together (twist them together). Next, you are going to want to wire ALL the negative LED wires together and ground them in the same place. Easiest would be to find another ground wire and splice into that ground (usually you can just unscrew the screw or bolt holding it down and wrap the wire around it). What you want to have is all the ground wires twisted together. You can buy an 'end' to put on the wires that are twisted together (electrical pieces, you can buy them where you buy the wire) there is one that has a ring of steel and a plastic end piece that is what you would crimp after you slip it on the ends of the twisted wire (called a ring terminal). You want to basically get a good ground, if you make your own, scrape the paint off the metal surface so that there is a metal to metal contact with the ring terminal on the twisted wire and the steel of the car. Use a self tapping screw and your done. You can also ground it to the battery (negative terminal '-') or like I said and the preferred way, find a ground to ground it to that is already there. Anyway.... lets sum things up so far....
You got your ground in place, you got your positive wires twisted together. You need to connect the positive LED wires to the switch. Most switches it doesn't matter what end you put the positive LED wires on. If you use a 'lighted' switch you will have three terminals (PM me if you need to know about that) but anyway, attach the LED wires to the switch (using those typical electrical wire ends (also depends on the switch. You can also solder them on to the switch as well, there are many ways. Once that is in place (if one switch, all LED postive wires to one terminal on the switch) and (if two switches, two LED front positive wires twisted together to one terminal on one switch and the two LED back positive wires twisted together to one terminal on the other switch).
Anyway so what you have now is all the LED wires are hooked up to something. You got all the LED negative wires grounded together to the chasis and you got the LED positive wires run to the switch or switches.
Now you need to get power to the LED tubes.... ok finger break... back in the next post.....
Chad (S2)
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Now you need to get power to the LED tubes. You can do this two ways. The first way, you can run a wire directly from the battery. All you need is a ring terminal, like the same kind you used when you ran the ground, some wire of course and an inline fuse (not sure how big to get, maybe ask the shop guy when you go to buy the wire and all that other stuff). You will want to feed the wire though the firewall, there is a rubber grommet that will have wires going from the engine bay into the inside of the car, you will have to find it and basically what you want is to run the wire though from the engine bay. Obviously like I stated, your batter would be unhooked before you do this. Anyway, attach the ring terminal to the wire (1/4" or less stripped wire pushed into the ring terminal and then crimped) and then the ring terminal to the bolt holding the 'vehicle wires' to the positive terminal on the battery but don't connect the battery back up to the terminal til the end, got it. Next run the other end of the wire about maybe 12"-15" away from the battery and install the inline fuse using butt connectors. It should be common sense by now how to use those. You might also want to put some wire loom (plastic cover over the wire to protect it) and zip strap it in place away from any other components under the hood. Once that is done, run the wire coming out of the other side of the inline fuse through the firewall and up to the other terminal of the switch. Mount the switch, get all the wires all zip strapped securely out of the way. Then go and connect the battery and 'test' your new LEDs. If they work, put the console back together and you should be done.
Next post will be how to wire the power up through the fuse panel.....
Chad (S2)
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If your going to pull in power from the fuse panel under the dash (which works also) you are going to probably have to do some research as to which fuse to 'tie' into. You might want to ask SA_PYRO_NE who is the moderator for the car stereo (ICE) section of this board. Anyway, whatever fuse you do tie into, you can use a male (yes male and female come into play here) terminal onto the end of the LED postive wires. That wire will be 'jammed' for the lack of a better word in where the fuse under the dash goes into the groove it sits in if that makes sense. I have seen some people put an inline fuse in between the LED postive twisted wires and the male terminal before also.
Honestly, I always just run power from the battery cause I don't like 'tapping' into the fuse panel. It does work but I prefer not to do it. To be honest, maybe ask someone else how to do that one. I have done it before like I posted above but like I said, I prefer to just not mess with the fuse panel and just run straight from the battery.
Hope this helps or give you a good idea anyway. My fingers are killing me from all the typing and I am sure I could have just found a link on the net somewhere but this one is geared to what you are actually planning on doing. Anyway, post back if you have questions and if anyone wants to add anything else to this, please feel free.....
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looks good, love the mini-series format. reading it it is kinda still out there for me cuz i am not electricly inclined but i printed it and am going to get help from a friend who is into electrical stuff, so it should be fine. thanks alot and a lil ice, tape, and elevate on those sore fingers! ;)
Nor-Cal SPI Syndicate Boss
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Just reading over what I posted and there are some 'gaps' in the information.... hard to type all that at once..... see if it makes sense and I will try to edit it, everything is listed as far as I know, rereading it right now but the 'process' is off.....
Like I said, it's going to be a LONG email!!
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Thank you soo much for all your help S2! Now maybe I could actually get this done sometime.
I do have a few questions though:
1. Were could I get all the stuff I need to do this project besides the LEDs?? Like the extra wires, the switches, the butts, the rings, all the stuff you said we needed.
2. What would be a good length for the LEDs for under the dash on both sides and either under the seats in the back or next to the seats in the back???
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All LED negative wires together and grounded to the car.
All LED positive wires to one terminal on the switch
Run power (from the battery) to the other terminal on the switch with an inline fuse in that wire.
Run power (from the fuse panel) to the other terminal on the switch and done (or wire in an inline fuse but ask someone else about this cause I did it the other way).
DISCONNECT THE BATTERY BEFORE ANY WIRING. It's a must, no butts about it plus it's the safest way to do it also.
Chad (S2)
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You can get the wires and all the 'terminals' at any automotive store like NAPA or whatever they are called in the states, they all have them. The terminals and butt connectors come in packages of 6 to 10 or more and are really cheap, like a couple bucks if that for a package. The wire depending on what gauge you need is also very cheap, few bucks and as far as length of wire, you sorta have to guess. Better to get more than less cause you want to have enough 'play' in the wires to hide them and secure them with the zip straps (you know what those are right?)
Question 2
I got 8" neon tubes under my dash right now and they fill the entire floor area really nice. My friend has 12" LED tubes (think that is the length) and they are almost to big. I would go for something about 8" and you could always measure the area under the dash also. Make sure you put the tube up high above your feet so you don't snag them with your shoes, boots, toes, etc....
You can probably also use an 8" for the back also, just take a tape measure and measure the seat width where you are planning on mounting the LED tube. Also, put it under the seat right near the back where it goes up. You don't want the tubes in the middle under the seat, you know what I mean. I also seen someone mount them to the bottom of the back seat but that way you will see the 'tube' and to me that sucks. I like the 'hidden' installation way better.
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LoL! sorry for all the questions especially if your fingers hurt. I should just d/l Yahoo really quick and talk to you on there. but neways
Where did you get your 8 inch? They only have 6 in and 12 in from where I was gonna order them online?? And where would you install them in the back? I was thinking under the back of the front seats at first, but as I said then I discovered the lil space next to the seats, only prob is that they tubes probably would show there too.....?
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Chicken breasts cut into strips
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 tablespoons ground red curry powder
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 lemons, zest and juice
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Mix together the ingredients for the marinade in a large plastic bag. Add the chicken strips. Marinate for 6 to 8 hours in refrigerator, turning twice during marinating time.
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TepigSnivy 3 years ago#131
Xavier flies out of the way of the shock, and readies Night Prey when suddenly he hears a shout. SON, HALT. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT OUR ENEMIES, THEY HAVE THE POWER OF SHADOW ARCEUS.
Xavier smirks at Plasmo. My my, I never would have thought you'd become one of us...
Les Miserables - 'At The End Of The Day'
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Dark Island - Plasmo, Regice, Tharja
"Mwa ha! I thought I would have to destroy you! So glad we both agree that the shadows are the real rulers."
Giga Regice lowered his arms and reverted back into normal Regice.
"So, you were blessed with being Yveltal's offspring? Hmm, yes... a bit like Surzy. However, we should of killed that pathetic excuse of a legendary when we were there."
Ghost Island - Lady Magius, Sable
"Untie me this instant!" Lady Magius squealed.
"I'm afraid I can't, ma'am." Sable said.
"Yes you can! You have arms!" Lady Magius screamed.
Surzy crashed through the wall of the tower and collapsed on the floor. "Oh my! Surzy?" Lady Magius said.
DigiHerokid 3 years ago#133
Luke,Rachel, and Shocky
Rachel snuck up on the distracted Tharja.
"Hey Banshee!Clense!"
Shocky and Luke foucused on double teaming S.Arceus.
"Hydro Jet!"
"Spirit Thunder!"
Then S. Arceus used Destruction Reaper.The island was torn in half.Then broke into peices,crumbled and destroyed.Psy island was no more.
Pendragon71037 3 years ago#134
(Question: is Irwin the Toxicroak still in this? It'll save me the small hassle of making a new Character if he is.)
Chuck Finley is Forever! People that agree: 5. I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and am 100% proud of it. Yeah, it's hot, but it's a dry heat.
Ohmu quickly regained his footing, noticing the center of Psy Island disintegrating. Well Scorpio, you to what you wanted. Noticing Luke and the Kirlia holding their ground, Ohmu dashed over to help, HWAAAing along the way.
Apparently, I'm nobody.
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Luke,Rachel, and Shocky
(Uh, Tharja, Plasmo and Regice are on Dark Island now()
Dark Island - Plasmo, Regice, Xavier, Tharja
Plasmo felt a buzz from his iForme. He opened it up and the holographic map came up. Then, they looked to see Psy Island completely collapse and disappear off the map. Plasmo smiled.
"Hey Xavier, didn't you used to have friend of sorts there? He's long gone now."
DigiHerokid 3 years ago#137
"OHMU!",said all three at once.
"Ohmu,they got away",said Luke.
"I want to find that Banshee!",said Rachel angrily.
"Well,what next?",Shocky asked.
S.Arceus had left.They sat on one of the boulders thst had made up Psy island.Then the small noise of hooves was heard.
Xerneas walked under the one tree that had survived.His horns began to glow then he used geomancy.A few sprouts started to grow and the tree grew bigger.Xerneas was healing Psy island.
SorceressTharja 3 years ago#138
((Is it me you're referring to as Banshee?))
Dark Island, Tharja, Plasmo, Regice, Xavier
"Well it is nice of you to get re-acquainted, but we came with a job to do did we not?" Tharja smiled "I would hate to have to kill someone unnecessarily." Laughing now, she said "Oh, that's a lie. I would love it. Hahahaha"
"Xavier here has things covered."
"Oh." she conjoured a Shadow Ball and tossed it into the air before making it explode - causing a shower of shadows. "So we wasted our time coming here then? Well I'm going to go and have a look at the remains of Psy Island. Maybe some of the weaklings survived for me to kill." she walked over to Plasmo and whispered "I hear Shadow Ball is super effective on ghosts like you." before teleporting away, back to Psy Island.
Psy Island, Tharja (Xerneas)
"Oh? Now what's this? Wittle babbie Deerling here wanna make things all nice and pwetty again. Naughty babbie Deerling." she pinpointed Xerneas's location and bombarded it with psychic energy. Xerneas cried out in pain, tormented by the energy. She spoke to it telepathically 'Aww, you don't like that? Maybe we shouldn't mess with things that don't belong to us? Oh no we shouldn't. Oh no we shouldn't!' then she opened her thoughts out to a wider audience 'Watch, weaklings, as your legendary pokemon squirms like a Magikarp caught between the beaks of a Pelipper. Watch, as before your eyes the first legend dies.'
"...hehe." Ohmu chuckled, who had finished charging his Horn of Judgement. Seeing Tharja distracted, Ohmu charged, body clad in a blue aurora. Nobody here's to cover for you.
Apparently, I'm nobody.
SorceressTharja 3 years ago#140
Psy Island, Tharja, Ohmu
The Horn of Judgement struck Tharja, who instinctively teleported as it made contact - minimizing the damage from the blow. She reappeared a short distance away and flung a Shadow Ball at Ohmu, who shrugged it off as nothing. "Hahaha. You have strength." she used Chaos Strike, the rounds this time forming into a wall that enclosed Ohmu into a cell, ready to hurt him should he touch them. Tharja smiled and awaited his move.
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SUNRISE, Fla. – Devils coach Pete DeBoer likes to refer to his first NHL job as a learning experience that included so much dissatisfaction with his bosses it affected his job performance.
During his three seasons coaching the Florida Panthers, DeBoer had two ownership groups, three general managers and two trade-deadline fire sales.
"When I look back here, my frustration ... I carried that into the dressing room with me," DeBoer said Friday before coaching against his old team. "You can't do that."
As a 40-year-old rookie NHL coach in 2008-09, DeBoer led the Panthers to a 93-point season that is the franchise's second highest, but they missed the playoffs on a tie-breaker with Montreal.
His next two teams finished with losing records, no playoffs again, and after the 2010-11 campaign DeBoer was fired.
"This will always be a special place because it's my first job," DeBoer said of his time with Florida.
DeBoer, who now has 199 career wins, landed a second job with the Devils three months after being fired, and in his first season with them his 2011-12 team made a surprise run to the Stanley Cup Final. The Devils missed the playoffs last season and are in the hunt this season with 16 regular-season games to go.
Meantime, the Panthers are still struggling. They've made the playoffs just once since 2001-02 and they're all but out of the chase this season with a 24-34-7 record. And although they reacquired star goalie Roberto Luongo at this month's trade deadline, the team again sold off veterans.
DeBoer has only been gone three seasons, and already the Panthers are down to one player whom he coached, Russian defenseman Dmitry Kulikov.
"It looks eerily familiar to the last year I was here or the last couple of years.," DeBoer said of Florida's current roster before forcing out a couple of sarcastic coughs.
DeBoer says he's been impressed with new Panthers coach Peter Horachek , who is 21-25-3 since replacing Kevin Dineen early this season after the team started out 3-9-4.
"I think upon reflection and watching, I think (Horachek's) done a very good job of handling the situation, much better than I did at the time," DeBoer said.


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was the lead vocalist, songwriter, bandleader, and general mastermind of
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's uncompromisingly abrasive music and bitterly cranky persona made him a cult icon in underground rock circles, and even if
the Fall
's appeal was far from universal, their harsh experimentalism left a huge imprint on '90s indie rock. Notoriously confrontational and difficult to work with,
had a penchant for firing bandmembers on whims, yet
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's original vision for the band endured largely intact. His lyrics -- at least, when he delivered them intelligibly -- were generally
the Fall
's focal point: abstract poetry filled with complicated wordplay, bone-dry wit, cutting social observations, and general misanthropy (sometimes more implied than clearly stated, but apparent nonetheless). Weathering the original wave of post-punk in the late '70s,
had some minor chart success in the U.K. during the mid-'80s, and stuck around long enough to become a press favorite for his colorful, opinionated interviews and fondness for beer. Recording with various lineups into the new millennium,
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was born in the Salford area of Manchester, England, on March 5, 1957. As a teenager, he listened mostly to '60s garage rock (of the
variety) and experimental rockers like
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. He auditioned for several different heavy metal groups in the Manchester area, but was far from a gifted singer, and was consistently rejected. In the meantime, he worked as an office clerk for two years, then took a job as a dock worker in 1976; a year later, in January 1977, he formed
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as a more personal vehicle of expression, tailored to his own idiosyncrasies and musical tastes. Their debut single, "Bingo Master's Breakout," was followed by the full-length
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, which kicked off a string of difficult, challenging, amateurish releases that were clearly connected to punk rock, but also far artier and more ambitious. In 1983,
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while on tour in the U.S.; she brought a stronger melodic sensibility to the band's clattering art-punk cacophony, making it as close to accessible as it would ever get. Albums like
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This Nation's Saving Grace
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Bend Sinister
were among the group's most popular and critically acclaimed, and amid numerous lineup changes,
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even hit the lower reaches of the British singles charts a few times over 1986-1988. However, the Smiths divorced, and
left the group in 1989.
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had become an enduring cult hero in the U.K. (especially in his hometown). In 1996, as part of his increasing interest in electronic dance music,
guested on the
single "Plug Myself In"; he'd previously appeared on a
track, "(I'm) In Deep," from the 1989
What's That Noise?
album. 1998 proved to be one of the more disastrous years in
took the band on a brief, tension-filled North American tour, which ended with his arrest in a New York hotel on misdemeanor domestic assault charges. Allegedly,
punched, kicked, and choked his girlfriend -- the band's keyboardist,
Julia Nagle
-- one week after
reportedly hit him in the face with a telephone, giving him a black eye. He pleaded not guilty, and was ordered to undergo counseling for alcohol abuse and anger management; after six months of good behavior, the charges were eventually dropped.
remained in the band -- oddly, since the rest of the lineup had quit in a huff.
took some time off from
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to record his first solo album later that year;
The Post Nearly Man
was chiefly a spoken word outing, backed with snippets of electronica and past
songs. After recording with
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THAT BREAKING NEWS - POLICE HAVE ISSUED AN AMBER ALERT FOR A 14 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE GIRL. THEY SAY LACEY DEWENT IS IN DANGER, WITH A 26 YEAR OLD MAN SHE MET ON THE INTERNET, AND HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE YESTERDAY. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER LAURA THOREN JOINS US LIVE FROM SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE, WHERE SHE JUST SPOKE WITH THE MISSING GIRL'S FATHER. DOUG AND SHELLY - LACEY'S FATHER IS DISTRAUGHT - JUST WANTS TO SEE HIS LITTLE GIRL HOME AGAIN. WE'LL GET TO HIM IN A MINUTE BUT FIRST LET ME GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND. 14 YEAR OLD LACEY DEWENT WAS DECLARED MISSING WHEN SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP IN SCHOOL TODAY AROUND 8:30 AM. BUT NOW THIS SITUATION HAS GOTTEN MUCH MORE DIRE - ADVANCED TO AN AMBER ALERT - TONIGHT AND POLICE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE DEWENT IS NOW IN DANGER. SHE'S DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4, WITH BROWN HAIR AND HAZEL EYES. POLICE BELIEVE SHE IS TRAVELING WITH THIS MAN ROBERT BUTLER, WHO THEY HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE DEWENT MET ONLINE. BUTLER IS 26 YEARS OLD. WE'RE TOLD THEY ARE TRAVELING IN A CAR THAT POLICE SAY COULD LOOK LIKE THIS BLUE SUBARU - AND THEY COULD BE HEADED TOWARD FLORIDA. HER FATHER TELLS US HE JUST WANTS TO KNOW HIS LITTLE GIRL IS SAFE. Daniel Scott DeWent, Lacey's Father: We're obviously very concerned, and very worried. We don't know where she is - and I mean, she's just our little girl. Laura: If Lacey was watching this, what would you say to her? I love you. We all love you. We want you to come home. We want to know you're ok. HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT LACEY. ACCORDING TO FAMILY'S FACEBOOK PAGE - SHE WAS LAST SEEN IN BLACK PANTS, PINK SHIRT AND TAN COAT. SHE HAS A BIRTH MARK BEHIND HER RIGHT EAR IN HER HAiRLINE. THEY HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THEY MAY BE TRAVELING TO OCOEE FLORIDA, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF ORLANDO. HER MOTHER POSTED, WE WANT HER HOME SAFE, THAT IS ALL. WE ARE STAYING IN TOUCH WITH THE THE FAMILY - AND POLICE- TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS, BUT IF YOU RECOGNIZE LACEY AND THINK YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HER - CALL POLICE RIGHT AWAY. LIVE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE, LAURA THOREN KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. IF ANYONE SEES HER, THEY'RE ASKED TO CALL 768-2450. WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS
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Last week's Gallup poll had Obama and Romney tied, 46-46. Data from the May 1-5 poll, however, has Mitt Romney retaking the lead at 46% to Obama's 45%.
Fron Gallup: These are the results when registered voters are asked: "Suppose the presidential election were held today. If Barack Obama were the Democratic Party's candidate and Mitt Romney were the Republican Party's candidate, who would you vote for Barack Obama, the Democrat or Mitt Romney, the Republican?" Those who are undecided are further asked if they lean more toward Obama or Romney and their leanings are incorporated into the results. Each five-day rolling average is based on telephone interviews with approximately 2,200 registered voters; Margin of error is ±3 percentage points.


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Painter Bob Nicoletto descended a ladder from the top of the two-story foyer he'd been caulking and grabbed a bottle of water from Mike Bocchino. "I'm done," he announced, making a "cut" sign across his neck.
Bocchino, construction superintendent for South Jersey builder Bruce Paparone's four-house development on Nine Acre Road in Cherry Hill, understood perfectly. It was 102 degrees outside, and Nicoletto and several other subcontractors had been at it since 7 a.m. Enough was enough.
Still, the fact that a 3,600-square-foot house was being customized for a buyer willing to pay a starting price of $600,000 had been sufficient to get everyone working on yet another scorching day.


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Muncaster Castle
Muncaster Castle is a privately owned castle overlooking the Esk river, about a mile east of the west-coastal town of Ravenglass in Cumbria, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1]
Note: The place is now corruptly known as "Muncaster", which first appeared in a Cumberland church register in 1577, the original name according to all old evidence and records being "Mulcaster", registered in the pipe rolls of Cumberland circa 1150 (also as Molecaster and Mulecaster in 1190 and 1236 respectively) The placename "Muncaster" contains the Latin word castra, meaning "encampment", or "fort".[2] It is suspected that the site of the castle lies on foundations dating to the Roman era, which, if they exist, may represent a castellum for the nearby Roman fort of Glannoventa at Ravenglass.[3]
Muncaster Castle is owned by the Pennington family, who have lived at Muncaster for at least 800 years. The Muncaster estate was granted to Alan de Penitone in 1208. The oldest parts of the castle include the Great Hall and the 14th century pele tower, a type of watch-tower fortification unique to the English-Scottish border region.
Between 1860 and 1866 Anthony Salvin extensively remodelled Muncaster Castle for the Barons Muncaster.[4] Sir John Frecheville Ramsden, 6th Baronet discussed proposed modifications to the castle with Edwin Lutyens from 1916, but nothing came of these; Lutyens did design the Muncaster War Memorial, constructed in 1922, on a commission from Ramsden.[5]
Muncaster has beautiful gardens including features designed to take advantage of views of the Esk Valley and the mountains.[6] There is an owl sanctuary, a maze, and reportedly a resident ghost.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- Grade I listed buildings in Cumbria
- Listed buildings in Muncaster
- List of work on castles and country houses by Anthony Salvin
- Luck of Edenhall
- Castles in England
- List of historic houses in England
- ^ Historic England, "Muncaster Castle (1068780)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 October 2012
- ^ "Latin Word Lookup". Catholic.archives.nd.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
- ^ Muncaster Castle and Ravenglass Bath House article at www.cambridgemilitaryhistory.com
- ^ Emery 1996, p. 232.
- ^ Historic England. "Muncaster War Memorial and area wall (1086636)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ Historic England, "Muncaster Castle Gardens (1000669)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 October 2012
- Emery, Anthony (1996), Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500, Volume I: Northern England, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521497237
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October 12th, 2011
Flasher Surprise
Now that's just WRONG!
Funny, but WRONG!
You're right, not enough pubes.
LOL dude you're too funny XD
hahaha… funny !!
Thanks Kenn!
you guys really do take dick jokes to the next level.
Yes, an all new low. Quite.
Mike's gonna be pissed you used his dick photo.
you'd think from the size of the flasher's nose he was hiding something more promising.
so thats how invisible man looks like? :o)
Holy %^%#$. Great comic.
a natural uncircumsised penis! yay
I made the mistake of browsing through a bunch of these when I was in school. Ahaa. Great comics though(:
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This morning Tracey Emin's diminutive sculpture "Roman Standard" (2013) was unveiled in Soho's tiny Petrosino Square park, with the artist and other attendees enjoying breakfast inside the triangular plaza, while nearby local residents from the group Friends of Petrosino Square (FoPS) demonstrated against the recent installation of the a Citi Bike bike rack in the space typically reserved for public art installations. Emin's tall, tiny work (pictured below) was installed behind the park fence, rather than in the large pedestrian area at the corner of Cleveland Place, Lafayette Street, and Spring Street — like Carole Feuerman's sculpture last summer.
"When the park was renovated this area was designated for public art," a member of FoPS told ARTINFO while a man nearby dressed as Uncle Sam posed in front of the offending bike rack. "We're petitioning the city's Department of Transportation and Department of Parks to move the racks across the street. The DOT's original Citi Bike map has this rack on the other side of Cleveland Place, but they moved it onto the square in the middle of the night because of concerns about traffic."
The Citibank-branded racks for the citywide bike rental system, which is due to launch on May 27, take up a large section of the small park and, once stocked with bikes, will turn a pedestrian area formerly used for temporary public art exhibitions into a bicycle parking lot. The majority of the Citi Bike racks are installed on the street in former parking spaces, rather than on sidewalks, as they are in Petrosino Square. "This is about art and public space," the FoPS member added.
Attendees of Emin's unveiling seemed generally supportive of the group's plight, and several of them signed the petition. There's no doubt that her sculpture, were it installed in the space occupied by the bike rack, would be much harder to miss.
Emin's "Roman Standard," which is being presented by the Art Production Fund with an assist from her U.K. and U.S. galleries — White Cube and Lehmann Maupin — will be on view in Petrosino Square through September 9.
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A popular and controversial downtown restaurant was firebombed early Thursday morning.
Police say passersby spotted flames in the front of Cavalli on Peel Street near De Maisonneuve Boulevard at around 5:10 AM.
Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames quickly but the sprinkler system was activated and there is water damage to the restaurant.
Montreal police constable Manuel Couture says Cavalli was targeted by an arsonist earlier this summer in May, but police can not say if the two incidents are related.
"We're searching for suspects but we don't have any information. We have to meet with witnesses and see if there are cameras in the restaurant to know who threw it."
In January, the liquor board suspended Cavalli's licences for 100 days after police determined the place had become a hangout for members of the underworld. Its name had been mentioned at the Charbonneau Commission and it had a list of infractions.
On the scene, one of the owners told the media, that the incidents were being exaggerated by reporters and that the Molotov cocktails were thrown by teenagers, not gangsters.
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I have partaken in a free wee at Maccas on more than one occasion.
Hurrah for them!
...thought that might get your attention!
I regulary visit McDonalds with friends, they eat and I pick up sachets of black pepper and straws which are very handy for work
They are also very handy when in a foreign country and you need a pee - they never question you using the loo so I say Hurrah for McDonalds
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.
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I am a horse for a single harness, not cut out for tandem or teamwork; for well I know that in order to attain any definite goal, it is imperative that one person do the thinking and the commanding. Albert Einstein
I have partaken in a free wee at Maccas on more than one occasion.
Hurrah for them!
Haha, for the last 10 years, McDonalds has been my pee break stop. A few weeks ago for the first time in ages, I bought a coffee from them. It was weird actually going in there and going up to the counter. I hate the smell of the place, but the order taker was super nice.
The burgers themselves aren't that bad honestly. They're 100% pure beef, contain no pink slime and a small percentage of the meat is grass fed from Australia. It's also not cooked in any oil, so it's 100% safe. It's actually better quality beef than what you're getting at most supermarkets assuming you're buying conventional beef. Ordering a couple burgers with a side of fruit and a salad sans dressing is actually a 100% primal option if you don't buy all organic pastured meats, and I think most of us don't due to cost.
Don't put your trust in anyone on this forum, including me. You are the key to your own success.
I once walked 300 miles to a McDonalds. A friend of mine rode his horse 300 miles to the same McDonalds and used the drive thru.
Female, 5'3", 50, Max squat: 202.5lbs. Max deadlift: 225 x 3.
I use the bathrooms regularly myself and am always amazed at the odor when you walk in the door. Not the bathroom but the whole place. Can't imagine how bad the employees smell when they are done working!!
Oh how I miss Mickey Dee's I love their hash browns and sausage mcmuffins with egg. But most of all is the cute lady behind the counter that smiles at me and always laughed at my jokes. I dont think she got them as she was Haitian and Quebec french is very different from hers. But man was she pretty.
I will lay off their food, I will lay off their food, I will lay off their food...........
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The Program Committee of the ASLH invites proposals for complete panels and individual papers for the 2005 meeting, to be held November 10-12 in Cincinnati. Panels and papers on any facet or period of legal history are welcome. We particularly welcome topics and participants representing the full range of the Society's diversity.
Panel proposals should include the following: a c.v. for every person on the panel, including complete contact information; 300-word abstracts of individual papers; and a short description of the panel. Individual paper submissions should consist of an abstract and a c.v.
The deadline for submissions will be February 1, 2005. Electronic submissions (in Word or Word Perfect) are strongly encouraged and should be sent to . Hard copies, if necessary, should be mailed to Thomas Gallanis, Co-Chair, 2005 ASLH Program Committee (postal address given below).


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Elinor Donahue
Born Apr 19, 1937
Mary Eleanor Donahue, best known as Elinor Donahue, is an American actress. The naturally red-headed Donahue played Robert Young's eldest/popular daughter, Betty Anderson, on the 1950s sitcom, Father Knows Best. She was married for nearly 30 years to… Read More
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1937 Birth Born on April 19, 1937.
1960 23 Years Old She appeared in 1960 with Marion Ross in an episode (""Duet") of the crime drama series The Brothers Brannagan. … Read More
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In 1964, Donahue appeared as Melanie in "The Secret in the Stone" in the NBC medical drama, The Eleventh Hour, starring Jack Ging and Ralph Bellamy.
1978 41 Years Old In 1978, Donahue starred in the NBC sitcom "Please Stand By."
1984 47 Years Old In 1984, she made an appearance as Mrs. Broderick, the mother of a teenaged drug addict on the last season of Happy Days.
1987 50 Years Old In 1987 she played the title character's mother in the short lived Fox series "The New Adventures Of Beans Baxter". … Read More
1990 53 Years Old In 1990, she played the part of "Bridget," a Beverly Hills clothing store manager, in the movie Pretty Woman. … Read More
1994 57 Years Old In 1994, she made an appearance as Aunt Lillian in The One Where Nana Dies Twice on Friends.
1998 61 Years Old In 1998, Donahue published a memoir entitled In the Kitchen with Elinor Donahue, in which she relived some of her memories of Hollywood along with providing more than 150 of her recipes.
2010 73 Years Old In September 2010, Donahue made an appearance on The Young and the Restless as Judge Anderson, one of Nikki Newman's old friends, and also as the woman who will be marrying Billy Abbott and Nikki's daughter, Victoria Newman.
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BELLEFONTE, Pa. - They kept their silence for years. They thought no one would believe them, that their cries for help would go unanswered.
But with Jerry Sandusky's conviction on 45 counts of child sex abuse Friday, the former Pennsylvania State University football coach's young accusers received a resounding message: You have been heard.
The trial's end closed an ugly chapter in the history of one of the state's most prominent universities, but in many ways, Friday's verdict serves only as a beginning.
Others remain to be tried in court, civil lawsuits are sure to follow, and a handful of ongoing investigations promise to expose more damning details.


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Extreme Makeover: Around 150 family, neighbors, coaches and friends gathered
in Bronson Park in Kalamazoo Monday night to celebrate Becca and David
Nielsen's year-long transformational journey on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Weight
Loss Edition.
City manager search: A Saginaw city councilman is hoping City Manager Darnell Earley takes the job as Kalamazoo's city manager, a position for which he is to interview later this month. The councilman says Earley mishandled a change to health benefits for 740 city retirees.
Rebuilding: La Mexicana Market, which was destroyed in a fire last October, may make a return to the Edison Neighborhood. A fundraiser is planned for May 25 at Bell's Brewery Eccentric Cafe.
Chicken and duck theft: A flock of chickens and a duck were stolen from the 23000 block of Portage Lake Road in Mendon Township sometime late Sunday night or early Monday morning, police say.
Disc golf championships: The Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) Amateur Disc Golf World Championships are coming back to Kalamazoo in 2015. The event will be played in the Kalamazoo area from July 18-25.
Conference title tie: After reviewing video and discussing an alleged scoring mistake during Friday's Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference track meet, it was determined Tuesday Portage Northern tied Battle Creek Lakeview for the boys title.


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The Elusive Prey by S J Lewis
Kim and her friend Barbara voluntarily sign on for an unusual wilderness adventure where they'll be trained and used as sex toys by the Dominant men who claim them—a real life fantasy fit for only the most daring. Arriving at the hamlet of Gordburg, they discover a resort town where women are caged, being readied for the market where they'll be sold at auction. Some women are sent to Gordburg by their dominnant masters for intense training, others choose to go for the titilating adventure. The two curious women discover that many of these caged women relish their predicament. For others it's a rough challenge. For those who run this unique resort, the fantasy is not a fantasy at all, but very real!
Undeterred by what she's seen, Barbara decides to go straight to the market for purchase—and the hard sex she expects to enjoy. Meanwhile, Kimberley decides on a game of hide and seek where she'll be pursued by both men and women intent on making her their slave toy. She wants to the feel the thrill of being captured, forcefully subdued and compelled to submit to their sexual demands. Kimberley sets out on a game of escape and evade where she becomes Elf-girl, a cunning and elusive player. While there's no one better at dodging the hunters, Kimberly really wants to be caught, tamed and put in her place by a man powerful enough to give her the satisfaction that comes from total surrender. Can the adventurous Elf-Girl succeed in living out her dreams? Or will time run out, leaving her desperately longing for more?
A story with lots of twists, turns, hot scenes and exciting action to keep the reader turning pages.
Consensual bdsm.
Posted by maria on 10th Dec 2012
The story was engaging and loved Elf-girl and really, really like Greg too. They had a lot of chemistry together and I could feel their relationship going beyond a wild adventure for just a few days.
Any chance of a sequel Mr Lewis?
I would love to know more about this couple.
Posted by Unknown on 23rd Apr 2010
The Elusive Prey by S. J. Lewis
Reviewed by Lancelot Knight, (c) 2005
Is The Elusive Prey meant to be a picture of the real world? Or does Lewis mean it in some sort of symbolic way, using some kind of alternative world scenario to illustrate his or her thesis? Probably a little of each is a plausible answer.
Lewis transports the reader to a Twilight Zone-like world where vacationers can hunt women and women can choose to become the prey. The operative word of course is "choose". As the novel opens Kimberly and Barbara are trekking to a hotel where the next day they will choose to become the wanted, the prey. Once captured, they can be used in any manner by the man or men who snare them—indeed, they can even be sold into slavery. (And what they bring from the slave sale is fastidiously deducted from their vacation expenses, of course!)
Kimberly, having played the game before, looks forward to being captured again. The feeling of helplessness is a tremendous turn-on for her. She brings with her a friend, Barbara, who has the same fantasy of being pursued. But Kimberly has bit more of a wide-ranging fantasy, however. She wishes to become known as Elf-Girl, the elusive prey who cannot be captured, who becomes something of a legend.
The first night Kimberly betrays Barbara to a group of four men, because she realizes she cannot achieve her goal with the somewhat dull-headed Barbara. Kimberly watches from the shadows, and gets excited and masturbates, as she observes her friend being used by the four men "like a cheap whore" Barbara later enthusiastically says.
One of the interesting ideas of this book is that perhaps being a prey answers some women's basic needs as much as being the hunter mentality is important to males. This might be hard-wired into our brains from a few million years of evolution, and the "vacation" is merely a response to those needs.
However, I don't mean to imply that The Elusive Prey is a heavy-handed tome. Quite the opposite. It is a good old fashioned adventure story as much as anything, fleetly told and briskly moving.
S. J. Lewis is a brilliant stylist who brings the reader into Kimberly's world of hunters and prey, of slaves and slave owners. Elf-Girl seeks to elude Greg, a master hunter who resolutely and relentlessly tracks her. She visits a mysterious place called simply The Farm, and every adventure brings her more renown and fame in the game preserve. But will she succumb to the wily hunter who seeks his elusive prey?
I started off this review by asking if Lewis meant to suggest there actually could be such a place as depicted in The Elusive Prey. In one sense that is a foolish question. The answer to that is, as Aristotle would say—if there isn't such a place, there should be.
Reviewed by Lancelot Knight


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In Memoriam: James A. Nakamoto, A Hui Hou Kākou
|October 15, 2013
|Posted by Hitting the Stage under Features, News
One of Honolulu's most admired and beloved thespians and educators, James A. Nakamoto, passed away last Wednesday (10/9/13) at the age of 81. Following are some words to mark his passing from just a few of the many voices who can tell the story of a man.
Till Another Day
I was not a drama student while attending McKinley High School in the early 70s, and if the truth be known, I wasn't a fan of drama either. It wasn't until I was out of school that I had come into contact with the drama students who were a part of the McKinley Theater Group, and with their teacher, who would play a very large role in the lives of these young people, both then, and now—I was part of that roster.
James A. Nakamoto, or "Nak," as he came to be called by his students, was not your normal, everyday "in by 7 out by 3″ educator. Sometimes he stayed in class or at the auditorium (his second home) till late in the evening; I mean really late! This man had a bounty of energy that would put any athlete to shame.
He also had a temperament that would make a sailor blush. Nak was not a shy person to say the least, nor was he someone who held his thoughts to himself. If he had something on his mind, it would probably come out of his mouth. He certainly knew how to handle himself if the less than ideal circumstances crossed him.
On the flip side, Nak would earnestly commend those who put forth effort, who worked hard, who gave it their all on behalf of the team. Teamwork was something that Jim Nakamoto tried to get all of his students and colleagues to aspire to. Remarkably, for many of us, he did just that. He taught us not to put up barriers but to knock them down. He helped us to dig down deep and find the best in ourselves so that we might be successful in all that we do. He especially instilled in all of us a passion for the arts and for the stage. He loved the theatre and he made it his life. He was a Director bar-none.
Jim Nakamoto was a friend for life to the many that knew him. He was my friend too…"Till another day," Jim.
—Wayne K. Paakaula
Peter Pan
I was at McKinley High School (1963-1965) and knew he taught drama but never really met him since drama was for "nerds."
In 1991 I got a call from Jim asking if I would be interested in acting in a play entitled Pilgrimage (written by Ed Sakamoto) for Kumu Kahua Theatre (KKT). My acting experience at that time was in film, so I had no knowledge about stage acting. After meeting with Jim and the cast, I decided to take a shot at doing theatre. He guided me in the intricacies of stage acting, and thus began a long friendship with him. He later directed me in the revival of Our Hearts Were Touched with Fire at Blaisdell Concert Hall in 1998; See You in a Sakamoto Play, which was a reading at KKT in 1998; The Life of the Land at Aratani/Japan America Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, in 2002; Searching For Paradise at McKinley High School in 2005; and lastly, It's All Relative at KKT in 2011. In all instances he was professional and genuine and passionate about honoring the playwrights' words.
When KKT was having auditions for another of Ed Sakamoto's plays, Stew Rice, a young man got up to audition. He had on shorts and tee shirt and had his hair in a ponytail. Watching him audition, I thought he was very good but had never seen him before. Then there was a buzz from the auditioners: "Jason Scott Lee." During the break in auditions, I heard Jim's assistant tell Jim the actor's name. Jim said, "Who that?" She tells him that he starred in The Bruce Lee Story and The Jungle Book. I said, "Jim, if you cast him, you sell out!" He says, "Yeah no!" And he did, and KKT sold out a few days after tickets went on sale. It was a box office smash.
I always joked about Jim's age since he never admitted how old he was. I used to tell people that Jim was so old that he taught King Kamehameha when he was a child.
He was always a lover of the theatre and, lately, movies, as he would take in obscure movies during the day. The last time I saw him before his hospitalization he was headed to Kahala Mall to see a movie he couldn't remember the name of but he thought sounded interesting.
It was sad seeing him at Kaiser not being his normal happy self. My memories will always be of him as a Peter Pan…always young!
Rest in peace, Jim, my friend! I'm sure you're giving God stage directions!
—Allan Okubo
Aloha Jim Nakamoto
I met Jim after his time at McKinley High School. Listening to his former students speak of him, they seemed to put him into a category somewhere between a god and a friend—or maybe some kind of hybrid—to be feared, respected and loved, all at the same time.
By the time I met Jim and began my long friendship with him, he had mellowed quite a bit. Maybe the stresses of teaching had subsided by then. Every once in a while you would see flashes of the old "Mr. Nak"—if you weren't living up to his expectations of you or fooling around too much at rehearsals.
I knew Jim Nakamoto as a director. He directed me in many plays, mostly Ed Sakamoto plays. Our association spanned over 20 years. We took a few shows to Los Angeles where we were able to fulfill his and our need to see professional theatre productions. He loved and looked forward to his trips to Ashland, New York, and Los Angeles to visit friends and see theatre productions. In fact, during our last visit with him in the hospital, he mentioned that he had had to cancel his travel plans to do just that because of his stay in the hospital.
When I last saw him, he looked frail and tired. That's not the Jim that I will remember. The Jim in my mind is friendly—always greeting me with a smile and cheerful words. The Jim in my mind is passionate—always giving 110% to whatever he's working on and expecting the same of you. The Jim in my mind is caring—always interested in what was going on in my life and with my family. The Jim in my mind is vigorous—even walking with a cane, he exuded vitality and youthfulness.
I will miss my friend, teacher, mentor, and advisor. Aloha Jim, A hui hou kākou.
—Dann Seki
21 Responses to In Memoriam: James A. Nakamoto, A Hui Hou Kākou
I had the blessing to be in the Class of 1976 at McKinley High School. Being a district exemption from the distant country side of Kaneohe, I had no idea that his urban institution would draw many "soon to be" nationally acclaimed musicians… and not to mention a squadron of exemplary Theater talent.
In an effort to take life easy during my senior year, I decided to enroll in a drama class. Instead, I was engulfed and overwhelmed into a whirlwind of all things thespian and theater. Jim Nakamoto (Mr. Nak) was the leader and mentor of our unruly band of wayward kids and very quickly shaped us into wannabees of Olivier, Brando and Pacino.
Gridiron hero's gave way to actors… and the pursuit of boxing skills was replaced by an admiration for the ability to cry on cue.
Where did this new found sensitivity come from? Again… all credit is due to Mr. Nak and his influence on transforming our young minds to recognize and appreciate beauty in the nuanced, sublime and the sub-text.
Godpsell was my initiation into musical Theater; followed soon after by West Side Story. I witnessed first hand how "Nak" assembled teenagers into a self-contained "Company"; a machine that could tackle all of the minutiae of running a Theater production, including ticket sales, promotion, sponsors, set design, construction, finance, lights, costume, props, stage management, dancers, choreographers, actors and musicians.
Looking back I am astounded at the education we "did not realize" we were receiving in teamwork and running an organization. But how could we? Nak just made it all soooo much fun!
Oh, how I miss those days…
…and it explains too why I miss the man.
Our best tribute to Mr. Nak I suppose would be in the life we live, and the passing to posterity the illumination of "the Arts."
To this day, when I sit over coffee with my daughter… talking about the film we just saw… I can hear his voice in mine when making an observation or two. Little does she know that her love for film, actually originates from an old majestic theater on 1039 South King Street… and the wisdom and care from a dedicated Drama teacher… more than a lifetime ago…
[…] Wayne K. Paakaula, Allan Okubo, and Dann Seki share their stories, admiration, and aloha: "In Memoriam: James A. Nakamoto, A Hui Hou Kākou." […]
I had the honor of being in McKinley Theater Group (MTG) with Mr. Nak from 1978 to 1981. Those three years at MTG were the best part of my high school career at McKinley. Mr. Nak had a way of making everyone feel like superstars. He was an honest, fair and and extremely talented director and thespian who could take a group of totally unfamiliar people and mould them into an incredible performing theater troupe. From drama, to musicals, to Pidgin English Shakespeare Mr. Nak could do it all. With him we presented Jesus Christ Superstar, A Twelfth Night and James Grant Benton's What 'Eva. In 1980 Mr. Nak took MTG, Kailua HS Theater Group, Kamehameha Schools Theater Group and Our Redeemer Theater Group to the International Thespian Conference at Ball State University in Muncie Indiana. We presented What 'Eva as well as a Hawaiian Hoike. Following Muncie we toured DC seeing Joesph's Amazing Technicolor Coat at Fords Theater and then The Elephant Man on Broadway in NY. That experience was an eye opener for me and everyone else on the trip. Although I never pursued a professional career in acting his lessons still guide much of what I do in my life, my career and my newest love, improvisational theater. Mahalo Mr. Nak, you are missed dearly.
I don't recall calling him anything but "Mr. Nakamoto" … more out of respect than anything. I only took 1 year ('65) from him but it was the bestest. He treated us like the grown ups we weren't. But his humor and love of what he taught made us feel special. Much love and aloha to you Mr. Nakamoto.
I first encountered "Mr. Nakamoto" in my senior year (1965) at MHS during the production of "Hello Dolly". I was in charge of designing the parasols and other props. I can't forget how we were all in awe at Mr. Nakamoto's exuberance and passion for teaching and for life in general, something new to us back then. Thank you, Mr. Nakamoto for showing us the way. Adieu, adieu…
I spent one year in the 60's at McKinley. Mr Nakamoto was my drama teacher. He guided me through my first speech contest and I won the state title in duos. He worked with me and stood by my side as I competed. He was always supportive, kind, and inspirational.
After I came to Los Angeles to start on my career as a professional actor I would always run into Jim as he came to see several productions I was in.
I love that man. A true theater artist. I owe a lot to him.
Ma Poina Oe ia Au
Keone Young
My dear Mr. Nak……Thank you for always being there when I needed a father figure in my life during those high school years from 1976-1978. Thank you for helping me believe in myself. Thank you for telling me I was worth more "than that". You truly helped me through many tough times. I wish I had been able to introduce you to my husband and daughter. I wanted you to see how blessed my life turned out. You would have been proud. I'm sure you are smiling down at me now though. <3
Jim Nakamoto was more than a teacher. He was a great teacher, a mentor, and a friend. Heaven only knows how many McKinley High School student's lives were enriched by his genuine interest in our lives.
When I was 15 and trying to pass the driving test for my license – – I failed twice because I was unable to stop on a steep hill and then advance without the car slipping backwards. Mr. Nak had this great Ford Galaxy that would hold its position on the hill . . . he let me use his car for the test . . . I passed! As I think about life's highs and lows a drivers license doesn't seem too important (unless you are 15).
Thanks for the great memories!
I signed up for Speech and ended up in Drama 1964-1965. That was the beginning of my time with the MTG until I graduated in 1967. Mr. Nak was a teacher, mentor and friend to all of us. He made our high school years memorable and fun. He continued to touch our lives through my daughter who had him for yearbook and later when his mother was in the nursing home at the same time as my dad. Thanks Mr. Nak for all you did for all of us … we will never forget.
char kikukawa daitoku
Hi Char, what is my favorite dance partner up to these days? Are you still in the islands? Aloha!
How do you say "Goodbye" to someone who made his students feel bigger than life itself. A man who simply made you feel more like his kid than a student. Mr Nakamoto "Nak" gave all of himself everyday to everyone he came in contact with. I had the privilege of being in drama for 3 incredible years! 77-79 are years I will never forget. He taught me to trust & believe in myself. He gave me direction when there was none and for this I am grateful. Mr Nak is and always will be a shinning Star…a light the will burn for eternity. Mr Nak's light will continue to shine on all of the lives he has touched ( and there are more of us than you know). Thank You Mr Nakamoto for your inspiration and this is not Goodbye but Aloha and Until We Meet Again…..
Wayne Paakaula, please contact me at 550-4317 or 382-3950. Thank you.
Mr Nak.
You are the one person who kept me wanting to go to school.I too was in MTG for 3 years: 77-79. All wonderful years.I made many friends who we are still in contact with. All thanks to Mr. Nak. I loved his laugh. It was heartfelt and from the belly. My favorite funny moment was when we were rehearsing for Jesus Christ super star. It was the leper scene. Another student Daniel Balalong was taking his time going across the stage. Without thinking about it Mr. Nak yelled "hurry up, crawl along Balalong. We all laughed until tearing were coming down our faces.
Thank you for being such a GREAT mentor, teacher, friend.
You will not be forgotten. I know your spirit will live on through us and your presence will still touch who love drama as you did.
My Dear Mr. Nakamoto ~
It seemed like only yesterday when I stumbled into the auditorium to audition for "West Side Story" in 1976, my introduction to performing onstage. Rehearsals were grueling but I LOVED every minute of it! That production led me to the next two, "Hello Dolly", and "Celebration"! And your drama classes…oh my goodness! It was my favorite class in high school! I can still remember doing an improv skit with my fellow classmates, Richard, Lynn, Tammy, Emi, etc, the class of '77…and going to the 1977 Regional Thespian Conference in California after graduation.
You taught me, all of us, truly valuable lessons about life: everyone has an important role, work hard together, and we can do anything! And have fun doing it!
To this day, I can still hear your laughter. It always made me smile and laugh too.
You will be sorely missed but I know you will round up the angels in heaven and have the greatest production of your life!
Ke Akua Ho'omaika'i Oe.
Aloha Oe.
I did not take drama as a class but spent 3 wonderful years on the stage at McKinley with Mr. Nak. It all started with "Hello Broadway" and there started my love for the classic Broadway musicals and for theatre in general. I was very shy at first, but Mr. Nak got me over that in a hurry ("a girl whose name was Carrie, she carried her charms to everybody else, I had to marry Carrie, or die, die, die…"). After high school, I took a 40 year break from theatre then got back into it again as a result of my youngest daughters love for drama in high school. I have told her many wonderful stories about Mr. Nak and my time with him (65-67). I look back on those 3 years in my life more than any others. Mr. Nak, you will be missed. Thank you for 3 of the most wonderful and memorable years of my life.
Aloha, dear friend
Ron, da haole boy, Fox
Class of 1967
To say that James Nakamoto changed my life isn't hyperbole. For someone who grew up in Mayor Wright's and whose frame of reference was limited to Kalihi-Palama, MTG opened up whole new worlds to me of what was possible. Art and literature and theatre became accessible and familiar instead of being intimidating and strange. And by his example, giving back and passing it forward is built into how Ive tried to live my life. I'm forever grateful for having known Mr. Nak.
Class of 1972
What can I say about dear Mr. Nak that hasn't been said already? Do we believe in fate? Do we believe in the Theory of 6 Degrees of Separation? I, too, lived a life of a MTG student of Mr. Nakamoto's from 1974-76. Even before high school and still in intermediate school (Washington Intermediate,) my then BFF and I were determined and destined to head for the high school with the best drama program. We lived the magical life through Camelot, The Apple Tree, Two Gentlemen in Verona, Celebration, Godspell, West Side Story, and even our senior class play-Rocky Horror Picture Show. Some of us were invited back as part of the alumni cast: Examples: Hello Dolly,and James Grant Benton's 12th Night or Whateva! Even my dog became a cast member with Benji Lum in Two Gentlemen! Then there were more memories created in our drama classes and statewide thespian competitions. MTG drew talent from "kids" from all walks of life-sort of like pot-pourri of unique individuals who worked very hard whether we were actors on stage or learning the art of theater behind the stage. Mr. Nak would bring out the best in each of us as individuals who made tremendous impact as a collective cast. We eventually grew up as adults. Most of us went on to live our lives after graduation as our MTG days faded into our memories. I moved to the mainland but "googled" Mr. Nak not too long ago-although older, he looked good and in my mind, he didn't age and he stayed in my fond memories like a freeze-frame photo. Anyway, I think I feel the same sadness as I received the news of Mr. Nakamoto's passing. And, was it fate that I recently found a few senior photos given to me by co-cast members back in 1976? How ironic that Mr. Nak's death is bringing some of us back and reconnecting after all these years…So I join all of you in reflecting and realizing what an impact Mr. Nak had on us and the community. And, it really hit me that each participant I had the fortune to meet had left an imprint in my mind. Heck, we sure did spend a lot of time together back then. What a cohesive group we became as we dedicated ourselves to common goals. The friendships, the relationships, acquaintances, and such…Mr. Nakamoto was the common thread that brought us together over generations. I see we lost a few of our friends along the way…while some of us can't be located. But those that heard about our favorite teacher passing away, share in the sadness that those were important years that brought us together and will never be again. I hope to see some of you in Mr. Nak's honor-just know, I remember you all and each one of you left an impression that eventually made me the person I am today. -Liz (Hall) Kawakami Class of 1976
Correction: Two Gentlemen of Verona
Mr. Nak, we thank you for the blessings your life bestowed upon us. You gave strength and vigor to our young souls. You were both a mentor and father to most all of your students. I do not know a single one who would ever shame your name. At the time we met I personally needed a strong influence to guide my wild ambition and you gently gave me that strength. You trusted us all to make dreams come true and in our odd teenage ways we did it with love. The long hours seemed like nothing in time and space with you directing our crazy energy. You never seemed to tire or waver from your goals and this inspired us all. Thank you for the years of your time and efforts for us all during the '76 to '78 years. "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" brought me to MTG. I was suppose to go to Kaimaki High, but begged and pleaded to go to McKinley High. So many productions I have forgotten but "Celebration", "Taiming of the Shrew" and "Moments" will always be with me along with all of the wonderful folk that took on those adventures. I especially thank you for the book you lent me from NY that had to be returned in two days. I read it over night. Stanislavski's work on acting will always have a special place in my heart. You knew how to reach everyone's potential and make us each feel special. I will never forget seeing you years after high school at the Mark Taper. The joy in your eyes for my success will never die. Blessed be on your new adventure in the afterlife. Erin.
I never imagined that a day would finally come when Mr. Nak would no longer be in my world.
Never, ever.
If I could have given him some years off of my life's allotment, so that we could exit stage right together, I would have gladly done it in a heartbeat.
Our motley crew of high school drama queen misfits were more than just students to him, we where his children whom he taught, counseled, nurtured, scolded, and above all else loved without hesitation.
Mr. Nak's work week started on Monday, and never seemed to end. When we were hungry, he fed us, when our parent(s) couldn't or wouldn't pick us up, he would drive us home, and when we were failing in class, he would go and talk to our other teachers to find out what we would need to do to bring our grades up to speed.
There is so much more I'd like to say about this wonderful and brilliant man, but my eyes are so filled with tears right now that I cannot continue to type much further.
As I sat with him during his final days in the hospital, I apologized for not being a better son, and he said "That's okay, I just want to know you are happy." I continued to read from "Romeo and Juliet" to him, one of the very first plays I went to see at McKinley High School with my Washington Intermediate School English class.
Thank you Mr. Nak, thank you for being such a great dad to me.
I miss you so much it hurts.
A great teacher and more so a great man! He will be missed by many! I graduated from Mckinley High School in 1970 and that was the WORSE day of my life! Not that I graduated but the fact that MTG was going to be a thing of the past! I did many musicals with Mr. Nak and knew that someday that was going to end! Those were the best moments ever and for that I thank you Mr. Nak! Go with the angels my friend! We'll see you again!!


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So now that he's officially gone, can we wish him well in life?
I liked the guy, and was sad when he left. I love how he made me look like an idiot by scoring twice against Pittsburgh after I had told a friend how he couldn't score to save his life.
Good luck, good health, and good fortune to you and your family, My Dear Swede.


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Northwest NEWS
ebruary 5,2001
DAR honors Eastside Literacy Council
Eastside Literacy Council was honored with a Good Citizens Award by the David Douglas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) at the American History Month tea.
The award was accepted by Alba Knight, an Eastside Literacy Council student and volunteer, and Mary Lampson, program manager of the Duvall office.
Eastside Literacy Council is a volunteer-based non-profit organization that provides free instruction to adults who would like to improve their reading and helps adults prepare for the GED.
More volunteer tutors are needed. Call (425) 844-2459 or (425) 558-2459 for details.


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A question in the original version of Trivial Pursuit, Genus Edition, asked: ''Which of the five senses is most closely related to memory?''
I know the answer is the sense of smell. This was proven to me once summer day when I was transplanting a bunch of the herb, tansy, into the herb garden.
Although I read a lot about tansy, I never grew it until the spring I found it at the herb farm. I bought a couple plants and took them home, but it wasn't until I popped the first plant out of its container that I got a whiff of its camphor-like scent. I was instantly transported to my grandparents' garden.
This was a scent from my childhood. It reminded me of playing in my grandmother's flowers, walking through the field adjacent to their house picking wildflowers, searching for wild strawberries to snack on or the tender young leaves of what we used to call ''chow chow,'' which I later discovered was garden sorrel.
There is no shortage of pleasant fragrances emanating from the gardens, the fields and the woods in spring. We no sooner get past the hyacinth explosion than lilac, crabapple, apple and cherry blossoms start filling the air with perfume.
And then, as if in direct response to the sweetness in the atmosphere, along comes the pungent odor of another spring arrival, Allium tricoccum, otherwise known as ramps. Along with the emergence of the plant comes its many admirers, foragers and culinary experts in the field of ramp cuisine. You know who you are.
While I associate the fragrance of tansy and other herbs with my grandmother, it was certainly the pungency of ramps that brought back memories of the older male relatives in my family. The men seemed to bask in the aroma of the wild leek, even as the women were repelled by it. While my family was not from the Appalachian area of West Virginia, home of the NRA (National Ramp Association), where ramps are not only welcomed in early spring but are honored with festivals and parades, my predecessors were from southern Pennsylvania, which is close enough.
Ramps, also called wild leeks, are a member of the lily family of plants, as are onions, leeks and garlic. The flavor of ramps is described as a combination of all three. The plant is native to North America and grows wild in the wooded mountains and valley areas from Canada all the way to South Carolina.
It is believed that the city of Chicago got its name from the wild leek, which permeated the countryside near the mouth of the Chicago River. The word, some historians believe, was adapted by the French from a Native American word attributed to the smelly plants.
One of the first edible plants to emerge in spring, ramps are believed to thin the blood and provide the first of the vital nutrients absent during winter due to the lack of fresh food. They are also believed to help relieve symptoms of the common cold, although I think it probably works because the odor forces people to avoid each other.
The bulb is a bit larger than a scallion and the leaves are broad and smooth. Any doubt about plant identification can be relieved by simply pulling one up and giving it a sniff. If it clears your sinuses, it's probably a ramp.
Eating raw ramps is not for the meek, but people still do it. The leaves also are edible although more mild in flavor than the bulbs. They can be chopped and stored in bags in the freezer to use ramp season has ended. Use sparingly because it doesn't take much to flavor a dish.
Scramble eggs with chopped ramp leaves and asparagus for a flavorful breakfast or toss a few whole, clean ramps, including the leaves, in with the beef roast. There are recipes available on Internet sites and a simple search will reveal a lot of ways to use this stinky, but tasty spring vegetable.


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Churches plan services to honor those lost on Sept. 11
By Becky Barclay
Published in News on September 9, 2011 5:22 PM
Wayne County's churches are commemorating the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, with special services, a luncheon and even a parade. Pastors will talk about freedom, liberty and hope. Choirs will perform patriotic music. And congregations will be remembering those...
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